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the lamp, will you, and let us nave q
look at t." he said.
Yarker brought the bundle to him
and stood by as the surgeon SLOWLY
unrolled the folds. Campion's heart
beat hard. What did you say This
was?"
Infant, DOCTOR" said Yarker,
whose gaze was directed to the cell.
ing. .
you're a pretty policeman" said
the surgeon contemptuously; there's
no infant here"
The idol had relented then-ah!
the relief of it.
Yarker rubbed his eyes. well, !
could ha' sworn l heard it howl" he
said; "but if 1t amt that, doctor,
what is it?"
you've been wool-gathering; you
know, 247. l shall have to report
you for this" said the inspector.
"Mr. Campion, sir, you can bear me
out, sir" said Yarkers "ycr heard it,
and saw it, sir, too"
II told you at the time you were
mistaken" said Campion; "you
wouldn't listen"
"And quite right, too, as it hap
pens" said the surgeon; do you see
what this is, Inspector"
The inspector touched it gingerly.
at looks to me-" he said, like some
form of dynamite"
"Exactly-I've never seer it in this
particular form, but I've no doubt in
my own mind it is dynamite"
Dynamite! Well, though Roland,
it was serious enough-but at least
it was more respectable than the
other charge.
why the devil couldn't you say so
at once, 247, eh?" said the inspector;
you've made me make a false entry
what's come to you, to take a par
eel of dynamite for an infant?-youll
hear of this again, let me tell you!"
The unfortunate Yarker, with his
dreams of promotion shattered, stood
dumb and trembling as the inspector
altered the charge with some temper.
"Now, sir" he said to Campion, "do
you wish to say anything at this
stage?"
"No," said Campion, Except that I
know nothing whatever of any dyna-
mite"
Very well, you will be detained
for the night Oh suspicion, and to-
morrow, when we've made inquiries,
you will be taken before the sitting
magistrate at the Marylebone Police
Court-put him in number g."
And so Campion found himself
locked in a cell; he sat there for long
with faculties benumbed, wondering
what would come next, and staring at
the gaslight in the corridor as it
fiickered through the corrugated
glass.
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EGz2@@raHNAsNG
HINTS FOR TIE
I HOUSEkEEPER


Oil paintings may be cleaned by
sponging with lukewarm water n
drying thoroughly.
Acid fruit drink-Pour boiling
water on mashed cranberries. When
cold sweeten to taste.
To renovate black lace wash the
lace in water to which a little am
monia has been added, then rinse 1t
in strong coffee.
Many housewives sprinkle water
on the broom before sweeping to COL
lect the dust and keep it from blow
ing around the room.
Buttermilk which has turned
slightly sour is an excellent wash Tor
the face. 1t is harmless and efficient
and is a great purifier.
The best housekeeper is the n
who passes less time in making
things clean and more thought IN
keeping them clean as she gees.
Try adding a little lemon juice to
the water when boiling rice. 1t gives
the rice a nice white appearance, anu
also keeps the grains well separated.
A piece of flannel soaked in paraf-
fin and rubbed over linoleum Will
preserve the surface and remove all
dirt and stains, and make it last
much longer.
When punches of sweet grass be-
gin to lose their fragrance plunge
them for a minute into boiling water
and they will be again as aromatic as
when first gathered. Dried lavender
may be similarly treated.
When filling oil lamps place a
small lump of camphor in the oil yes
sci. 1t will greatly improve the light
and make the flame clearer and
brighter. If you have no camphor
add a few drops Of vinegar OCCASION
ally.
1t is said that tie juice of the
rinaappIe Contains the natural fer
ments of healthy digestion to a re-
markable degree, and, if adopted by
American people, they would never
know what dyspepsia and indigestion
we're. A considerable amount OF the
Juice should be taken each day.
There is nothing prettier for the
centre of the dinner table than n
of the new deep silver baskets, with
or without handles over the top,
filled with fresh flowers. The bas-
kets also come in glass. A more
charming effect can be had by plac-
ing under the basket u of the
sound table mirrors.
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A Vivid Picture.

An accident to one of Sammy Pc
ters' eyes had led the doctor to order
a bandage and a dark o. for sew
eral days. 1t fell to the lot of Sam
my's patient mother to furnish the
sufferer with amusement.
What do you want me to read to
you this morning, Sammy" she
asked. Here's a nice book of ad-
venture Aunt Elizabeth sent over
after you went to bed last night.
Shall 1 try that?"
NO, please, mamma" said the
sufferer, politely. "P'r'aps later, but
couldn't you begin with the baseball
game? 1t was a very important one
yesterday, and l think you'll find it
on the ninth page"
"Certainly, DEAR" assented his
mother, and started in, slowly max
ing her way through the maze Of
strange terms.
"'Bates opened the first inning
with a hot drive into the crowd in
right field for two bases. Young sac
rifed, Lewis to Jordan, and Binnie
duplicated Bates drive into the
other corner, Bates scoring. On Nc
Cams single Binnie went home.
Lewis threw wide on R~itchey's hard
one, and the latter got to first. Tay-
lor flied to Hummel, and McGann
tried to score on Sweeney's single.
"'About fifteen hundred people
then suggested that Smithy wallop it
over the fence. Just at the moment
when it appeared that he might not
obey instructions, he lifted his club
against one Of Rit:hey's fine ones,
and sent it two feet above the choco-
late sign on the right side field fence.
The top Of the grand stand was lifted
bodily about an inch by the glad yells
of the Smithy association" She
paused for breath. 81 hope you un-
derstand this, Sammy, for I'm sure
/ don't"
Understand! Why, mamma" eX-
claimed the sufferer, cant you just
see it, can't you just smell the pea
nuts? Please read that over-that
about the chocolate sign."-Youth's
Companion.
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The O r of Guns.

To the word bore" when used to
tell the gauge of a shotgun, there at
taches an interesting bit Of history.
In the days when rife balls were
spherical and long cylindrical, conf
%cal-headed bullets and rifle barrels
were undreamed of, the gunsmith
adopted a curious but convenient
method of designating the gauge or
diameter of the bore. He expressed
it by stating how many bullets of the
size that would fit a particular mus
ket would go to make a pound. Thus
a ten-bore musket would be one of
such a bore than ten Of its bullets
would go to make a pound weight;
a sixteen-bore gun would be one
whose bullets would run sixteen to a
pound, and so on. Hence, the
anomaly that the larger denomina-
ton musket has the smaller bore.
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Everything Supplied in Christ.

Soul, dost thou desire eternal litef
Is there within thy spirit q hunger,
ing and a thirsting after such things
as may satisfy thy spirit and make
thee live forever? Then hearken
while the Masters servant gives thee
the invitation: "Come, for all things
are ready" all, not some, but all.
There Is nothing that thou canst
need between here and Heaven but
what is provided in Jesus Christ, IN
His person and in His work.
All things r ready, life for thy
death, forgiveness for thy sin, cleans.
ing for thy filth, clothing for thy
nakedness, Joy for thy SORROW
strength for thy weakness, yes, more
than all that in the boundless nature
and work Of Christ.
Thou must not say, u cannot come
because I have not this, or have not
that" Art thou to prepare the feast?
Art thou to provide anything? Art
thou the purveyor of ven 80 much as
the salt or the water? Thou know.
est not thy true condition, or thou
wouldst not dream of such a thing.
The great Householder Himself hath
provided the whole of the feast, thor
hast nothing to dc" with the provisions
but to partake Of it. If thou lackestil
come and take what thou lackest; the
greater thy need the greater reason
why thou shouldst come where all
things that thy need can possibly.
want will be at once supplied. ~
thou be so needy that thou has moth.
ing good at all about thee, all things
are ready.
What wouldst thou provide more
when God has provided all things?
Superiority of naughtiness would IT.
be if thou vert to think Of adding tc
His "all things" 1t would be but a.
presumptuous competing with the
provision of the great King, and this.
He will not endure. All that thou
wantest-I can but repeat the words
between the gates. Of He'll, where
thou now Hest, and the gates Oh
Heaven, to which grace will bring
thee If thou believest-all 10 provided
and prepared in Jesus Christ, the Saw
iour.-C. H. Spurgeon.
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Potato C~roquettes.

A delicious way Of serving pota-
toes Is the following: Boil and mash
twelve mediuE-sized white potatoes
using one tablespoonful Of butter in
stead of milk. When they are nearly
cold add beaten yolks of three eggs,
one teaspoonful Of chopped parsley.
one-quarter teaspoonful of grated
nutmeg and six drops Of onion juice.
Stir these ingredients together until
they are smooth. Make up into small
cone-shaped c%roquettes and stand
away to harden. When they are firm
roll them in the beaten whites of the
eggs and cracker dust and fry in
deep boiling lard until a light brown.
This will make twenty-five cro-
quettes.-New York Times.
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Preparing For Heaven.

The good are preparing for heay-
en-. No one goes home on earth wno:
cares nothing for home, takes nc,
thought for it, does not plan with ar
dent longing for the home coming.
The very life good people live on.
earth is a preparation for heaven and.
an uniting Of them for any othel
future. Each soul will go Ito bis
W place" There Is a legend OF an
Indian chieftain who, migrating WIFI,
his tribe, journeyed over the hign
mountains and through dismal
swamps, and at last, having reached
a valley fair to behold and good TO-
dwell in, threw down his burdens
exclaiming, "Alabama!" meaning
Here we rest" The true Christian
Is journeying toward the real Ala
bama," the valley home of the re-
deemed, where they lay down thcll
burdens and rest. "They rest from
their labors, and their works DO fol-
low them" There is such a home
of the soul."-The Rev. G. B. F. Hal"
lock, D. D.
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ANIMAL PROFITS.
4 Bostock Chimpanzee Showing Of
at EGO Per.

To invest ones money. III the pur.
chase of wild, forest-bred animals in
order to train the same for public
performances, is a somewhat specu-
lative business, for apart from the
expense of capture and the cost OF
training there Is always a danger
that the animals will fail to become
acclimatized to foreign countries, and
die when the unlucky Snowman or
circus proprietor has spent hundreds
of pounds upon them. Lord George
Sanger has confessed that he once
paid s120O cash down for six young
giraffes. Two days later two of the
animals died, and shortly afterwards
the remaining four died also.
Barnum used to say that only n
elephant, tiger, lion or monkey in
six which he purchased brought him
any profit, and other showmen make
similar complaints. The most aggra-
waiting part of the business is, how
ever, that often when an animal has
been trained, seems to be thoroughly
used to foreign climates, and is re-
paying some of the money it's owner
has spent on it's purchase and rearing.
it suddenly dies. Take the case, of
Consul, for instance, Mr.. Bostock's
remarkable chimpanzee, which died
some time ago in Berlin. This ami
NAL was insured for $4,000, and
was earning 800 to $50 a week
when it died. Furthermore, Mr..
Bostock has booked contracts for it
to appear at a price of $500 per
week.
Luckily Mr.. Bostock was able to
discover two other exceptionally fine
specimens of the chimpanzee tribe,
which he has named Consul I. and
Consul II. The former, which is the
cleverest animal Of the two, will APP
pear at the forthcoming Earl's Court
Exhibition, and earns as much as
s16O per week, while Esau, another
of Mr.. Bostock's wonderful chimpan-
ices, appears at ESQ.
These animals are most difficult to
rear, GlSplduta, uSSiS dnu iioAS,
which cost anything from $500 to
$500 each, being also very susceptible
to climatic changes They fully repay
the care and attention which must
be bestowed upon them, however.
Mr.. Bostock, for instance, has a
diminutive elephant for which he has
been offered sums varying from
$1,000 to G2400, all of which he
has refused. This is the smallest per-
forming elephant in the world, and
earns from $50 to 800 per week.
Another troupe of elephants earn
from $50 to s125 per week, a group
of tigers from s100 to G150, while
a group of lions bring in as much as
600 per week.
Performing dogs are perhaps the
least expensive. These animals can
be bought for about s10 apiece, and
we'll trained easily secur $50 per
week. Some OF Mr.. Bostock's dogs
earn as much as $50 per week, while
from ESQ to $50 is paid for the per-
Torrance Of his sea-lions.-Tit-Bits.
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Teaching Nuggets,

Faith knows no last farewell.
Every life has limits until deatF
breaks down the walls.
It is easy to allow our brief loss te.
hide His bitter cross
He assembled from the few that He
might descend on the many.
They who will not be convinced By,
truth will be convicted by 1t.
It's hard believing in the Holy
Spirit whom you will not receive.
1t is better to know that God is foF
US than to see that He Is with us.
1t makes all the difference whether
you are facing death or looking tc
larger life.
It is worth while to lose the Christ
you can see to gain the Christ whit
can be seen In you. I
: If we really believe the things w.
sing of heaven, our mourning Is eth
er selfshness or hypocrisy
It makes all the difference whether
truth is a way along which we are.
led or a predigested food with which
we are fed.-Henry F. Cope, In the
Sunday-school Times. III
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Stuffed Potatoes.

Select potatoes of even size, cut a
thin slice from one end that they
may stand firm and put in the oven
to bake; when we'll done, remove
from the oven and with sharp scissors
cut a lid from the upper end and
scoop out the potato into a hot bowl
with a teaspoon, keeping the skin
whole; beat the potato in the bowl
with a little cream, a teaspoonful OF
butter, a speck of salt and pepper,
then fill the skins with the mixture,
heaping it high on top; set the pota.
toes carefully on end and return to
oven for ten minutes to heat. Serve
on a platter with sprigs of parsley
and a few tiny. specks of butter
Boston Post.
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lIGnb1e
THE HAND.

Many systems new and old.
Throng the Minds door, day by day, ;
Every one with truth Of gold
Which should not be thrust away.
But, o needy human heart!
If thou knowest what is best,
Never with thy childhood part,
Faith alone con give thee rest.
Let the hungry intellect
Search the great PHILOSOPHERS;
Should not Mind the mind inspect?
See how marvellous it Is?
But when bafaed 10 the brain,
And life's mystery deeper grows,
Put thy hand in Gods again;
There alone is thy repose!
Charlotte Fiske Bates, in the Christian
REGISTER.
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CHAPTER XIV.
The Day After.

Campion opened his heavy eyes to
find the blue light of morning stream
ing in through the glass pane of his
cell door; cocks were Growing Justify
from neighboring back gardens, ven
ders were crying mackerel in the
streets outside, milk can were clat-
tering, and boys whistling-the
suburb was awakening with its usual
short-lived cheerfulness.
His heart was consumed with help
less rage at the utter impracticability
of his situation. Thought recoiled
from it bafied, and he fell at last into
a state of what hebelieved was stoical
calm, which was actually a stunned
torpor.
At last a constable-not Yarker-
unlocked his door. inspector wishes
to see you, sir, in the Office" he said,
civilly enough, and Campion followed
him to the room in which he had been
charged the night before.
The inspector looked up with a dis
tinctly worried expression. Look
here, sir" he began, we're not used
to this kind of thing here. I've taken
two distinct charges against you for
the same thing, and l should like to
hear any answer you may have now
before we go any further with the
case"
II reserve my Defense" said Cam
pion; "all l can say is, whatever the
charge is, I'm innocent of it,"
Come, sir, if you'll tell me what
the thing was that No. FAT found on
you, I may meet you further than
you fancy"
Was it a trap? 1t might be-but
Campion decided upon perfect candor
as his only chance.
You won't believe me" said Cam
pion, "but it was neither more nor
less than an Indian image-in fact,
an idol"
Right, sir" said the inspector,
"and if you'll cast your eye into that
bucket you'll see it." And in the
bucket Of water was the idol, head
downward, but not appearing to re-
sent the indignity.
Campion tseathed freely; whether
it had relented, or had merely arrived
az the end of its resources, it evident.
ly did not intend to carry things
further at present.
well" said the inspector, II don't
know how l came to detain you
really don't. l made certain las;
night, and so did the surgeon, that II
was n OF those dynamite prepare.
tons; it's been locked up safe in my
inner Don all night in that bucket
and it certainly don't look any way
like an explosive now. Can't you ex,
plain it any way?"
Il think" said %Campion, you're
the person to explain things"
The inspector coughed. II an
sure" he said, you are not the gen
tleman to make any fuss about thi!
little mistake. You see, we're bound
to look after ourselves, naturally, an!
if you were not willing to meet u:
halfway, why we could make it I'm
pleasant for you, as it is. 1t does ne
man any good. in the long run, having
the police against him. If you follow
me, sir"
Campion saw that his immediate
discharge was only a matter of ar
r~angement, the inspector being main
~ anxious to avoid the consequences
OF any public complaint or proceed.
Ing, aud shortly after, to his own in.
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Damson Cheese.

Stew damson plums until tender,
then drain off the Juice and remove
the skins and stones. To the pulp
add the juice, weigh it, then boil
until 1t is a dry paste. Stir in six
ounces of sugar to every pound OF
fruit and keep stirring until the mix.
ture will leave the sides of the kettl,
and adhere to the spoon in a solid
mass. If 1t will yield to the finger
without sticking when touched it is
done. Turn into glasses or china
molds. This is fine for meat or game,
and many prefer it to currant jelly.
New York World.
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S,7lss Prohibit Absinthe.

The national referendum Of the
question of prohibiting the manufac-
ture and sale OF absinthe in Switzer-
land has resulted in a majority OF
more than $4,000 in favor Of the pro-
hibition. The most famous brands
of absinthe are made in that country,
whence the liquor is largely export
ed. The increasing home consump-
ton has been the subject of crusades
similar 10 those carried on in France.
Prohibition will involve a big loss or
to the Government.
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Freak

"Is it a fact?" asked a judge
Justice Darling-the other day, of
counsel in a case that was before
him, that insurance companies in
sure against a successful appeal by
the other side?" YES" answered
the learned gentleman. II have been
told so. And they have different
rates for different judges."-London
Daily Mail.
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HIGHEST knowledge of ALI.

The more sincerely and faithfully
we deal with our own minds, the more
7 believe we shall discover that the
highest knowledge Of all does no,
come at once, and never comes 10
phrases and distractions. If man is
capable of knowing God, 1t must be
because there is that in him, that 10
every part of his being, which re-
spends to something in God.-Fred'
erick D. Maurice.
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Dutclh East Indian Rubber.

Considerable interest continues to
be evinced in the cultivation of rub
ber-pr oducing trees throughout the
Dutch East Indies, and the suitability
of the climate and soil, coupled with
undoubted labor advantages which
Java possesses over most other tropi-
cal countries, have resulted in a stead
ly increasing trend of European capt.
al toward rubber enterprises in that
.ountry.-Engineer.
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Idle SI,inS ON Great Lakes.

On the great lakes 1880 vessels
are idle at the present time and a.
600 marine laborers are unemployed,
antailing a monthly loss to the labor
ars Of sS4O,O 900 and the ship owners
of $4,000, 900. President William
Livingstone, of the Lake Carriers
Association, says that not more than
forty per cent. of the total tonnage OF
the association is in use at present.
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Household
Matters.
Cocoanut N1acaroOns.
SSsee* @% +ssSS

Add to a scant cupful of sifted
Hour one cupful of g%ranulated sugar
and two cupfuls of the best shredded
cocoanut. Mix thoroughly, then fold
into the mixture the whites of three
eggs whipped to a stiff froth. Make
into small fiat cakes and bake in a
slow oven until crisp and a delicate
broWn-New York Telegram.
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The Universal Longing.

It is not to taste sweet things, but
to do noble and true things, and vim
dictate himself under Gods heaven, as
a God-made man, that the poorest SON
of Adam dimly longs. Show him the
way Of doing that, and the dullest
day-drudge kindles into g. HERO
Thomas Carlyle.
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Recruiting Ealing Off.

The British authorities allow
the public to know how recruiting
for the regular army is proceeding,
but they have been unable to conceal
the fact that the number Of youths
presenting themselves for enlistment
has dropped most alarmingly during
the past few months.
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1867 Fewer Deaths in Chicago.

A study of the mortality of Chi.
cago for the first six months of 1908
shows that 1867 fewer persons have
died this year than last. If allowance
is made for the increase Of popula.
,tion the calculated saving is 1898
lives. =.
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Orr Duty.

Our business in the kingdom is to
see that the ground in Gods vineyard
is most carefully titled and thar We
do all il Il power to win men 10
God.-The Rev. RoWlev Green, Olney
Vile, +. l.
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Be 4 Soul Winner.

It is easier to preach publicly to a
great congregation than to win n
soul BIZ private means.
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Charles H. Lord, of Dunbarton, N.
H., recently cut a large pine tree on
his farm which, from tie rings, was
200 years old. The tree w5s 134
feet tall, measured five feet four
inches on the stump.
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Duma Approves 1UO,UOO,O 600 Loan.

The Russian Duma adopted the
Finance Minister'S bill authorizing
an internal loan Of S100,O00,O00 to
cover the anticipated budget deficit =