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bough to bough. But in the freedom and the liberty womanhood was not deserted As Ganymede she meets Orlando. Note the romantic fashion. Rosalinda is writ ten on every tree and love turns longing ly to poetry for the beautiful expression of it's lasting devotion. And then the recognition and the resulting complica- tons! Even the last words she utters are her nuptial song.
 "Weddng is great Junos crown,
 High wedlock then be honored.
 Honor, high honor and renown,
 To Hymen, god in every town
 Let us turn to the woman of more pas sionate temperament. There's Ophelia, of sturdy Danish stock, who possesses the heroism to love in silence. With all the joy of souls delight she would have received Hamlet to her bosom had not her father and brother exaeted the prom ise to tread the step and thorny way to heaven
 Does she love less because she speaks ton renders the passion deeper and stronger. Polonius, the father, dies at Hamlet's hands and Ophelia's reason Is dethroned. Even then she did not forget the love she had borne in silence, rather her insanity offers excuse for loves ex- pression, and in snatches of love songs, subtly and with the touch of the master artist, the fact gives to the close of her
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 w CT; how there can be so many ''fairest, brightest and most angelic among feminine creatures; why woman can ever make up her mind to descend from her lofty pedestal and love mere man; what man has ever done to deserve so glorious a reward; what love is, any way; these are vexing questions that can only be answered by a sort of mtuitive process. We know that no hind fails to find a. mate; that the cooing of doves is sweet love-music and never fails to draw the attention of the favored one; we know that love is a reality, most of us because we have experienced it, some few of us because we have observed it; some of us, from empirical knowledge, can speak of its utter disregard of persons, and all of us can testify to its unselfshness and its uncertainty.
 Now, the universality of love renders it a topic of absorbing interest, and even as 1t is the one great passion, common to all men, so Shakespeare. the master delinea- tor of human character, has made the lover take a prominent part in almost every one of his plays In this article, there is 10 intention to make study of the character of Shakespeare's lovers, but just simply to notice few that seem to
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ing lines of anguish. He continued, tremulously:
 T knew him-the Kid. Had the big gest, bravest heart that ever beat in the God-forsallen white spaces of map. One of that breed of fellows that the world nails to its crosses-the Kid was. And we were friends that is, he was a friend. He gave and took, and he was happier in the giving than I in the talk ing. That's the way it always goes; one gives and one takes-and God pity the man that only takes
 "Why did I bet on the deuces? Oh, the dirty deuces! Don't I know the game ? I know every card like a kid knows his mothers face! Didn't I know it was the last ditch for me and no hope? I tell you, gentlemen, I didn't play em; The devil played 'em for me-the black devil of the dirty deuces with the fiery feet that have been kicking me hellward for three aching years!
 Look at the cardsi Look at em! There's blood on every one of 'em, and they stink with the writhing flesh of a friend in the hames.''
 Frenchy took another drink and his manner changed. The violence of his de- lirious outburst gave way to quietness. He spoke ina low, penetrating voice, and the black flame of his eyes held his hearers.
 'The Kid and I had been riding across a big stretch of brown grass for two days, and our tongues were thick with thirst I remember how he gave me the last drops of water we had with us, cuss- ing a man who got thirsty. I can go without water with the biggest camel that ever stuck a foot in the sand said he. And took the water; l always took and the Kid was always giving.
 And along in the evening we struck a little water hole and camped. How the Kid did drink when he thought l wasn' looking! Oh, he wasn't such camel for carrying water with him! It was his big heart that carried the water-the sweet, pure, sparkling waters of friendship.
 "Along about Sundown dull gray cloud grew up in the west-smoke. But the wind was against 1t, blowing soft and dry from the east where the river lay thirty miles away Think we'd better ride on? says the Kid. But l was tired and wanted sleep and the Kid gave in. Says he, Horses need rest l guess didn't lay onto me, you know. Giving again and I taking.
 "So we lariated the horses and rolled in. Do you know how a man sleeps after he s been burning dry for days and fills up at last? I plunged into ten thousand fath- oms of soft soft sleep-deep, deep down. where the cool sweet dreams bloom in world of crystal! And everywhere in my sleep there were bubbling springs and
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THE LOGIC OF CREATION-By J. C. Hiden D. D.

4 Our missionaries among the heather now use the revealed fact of creation as an argument for Christianity. The first convert to Christianity in Siam was led to investigate and finally to accept Chris tianity by learning that the Christian missionary could foretell an eclipse of the sun. He had been taught to believe than an eclipse was caused by an enor- nous animal trying to eat up the sun. When he saw that the Christian could foretell the day and the hour of an eclipse he abandoned his superstition, ae- cepted the view that the movement of heavenly bodies were regulated by laws
 that these laws were the work of a crea- tive lawgiver-God; and that such God had a right to claim the services of man. The Rev. MT. McGilvary, a Presbyterian missionary to Siam, an uneommonly thoughtful man, gave me the account of this very interesting case of conversion from heathenism to Christianity. Now,
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spiritual truth, because it carries with 1t our duty to obey Him. to reverence Him.
 to worship Him. and Him alone. This is repeatedly insisted upon by the prophets of the Old Testament and by the apostles in the New. In Jeremiah. 32:17. the prophet makes this fact the basis of his appeal to the throne of grace: "Ah, Lord God! behold. Thou hast made the heavens and the earth by Thy great power and stretched out arm. and there is nothing too hard for Thee" In I Chronicles, 1926, the same fact Is insisted upon in contrast ing Jehovah with the whole tribe of false gods: For all the gods of the people are idols; but the Lord made the heavens" The same view of this fact is repeatedly taken throughout the Old Testament, in passages too numerous to quote. The fact is used as ground for
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the abolition of disease, but that is what we must aim at the abolition of one disease, and then of another, until we have clean bill of health.
 "Tubercular diseases are gradually di- minishing throughout Great Britain" he continued, "and we have good reason to hope that they will be altogether abol- ished in another thirty years.' But to do this, he urged, we must have more active measures to prevent the sale of milk containing tubercular baclli, and to insure the immediate slaughter of all infected animals
 He also insisted, Everything that is possible should be done economically, in dustrially and socially, to induce mothers of all rank and classes to nurse their own infants"
 The tragic story of the girl Daisy Lord. which has excited so much sympathy and indignation both in Ireland and on the Continent serves once again to Illustrate the injustice of a man-made law when applied to women, but while on the one hand it shows that among us there are still many survivals from the old barbar- ous days when the death penalty was meted out with as little thought as men now give to the destruction of vermin. on the other the correspondence to which it has given rise proves clearly that the bulk of public opinion has advanced to far more humane and rational point and leads to the confident hope that the law will shortly be altered in accordance with this advance.
 The girl, even now little more than a child, and herself illegitimate, in the az ony of fear and shame of her trouble, de- stroyed her newborn child, at whose birth no doctor nurse or friendly human being had been present.
 She was, after being kept for four months in prison before her trial sen fenced to death, and three weeks were allowed to pass before the death sentence was commuted to penal servitude for life. During this three weeks she attended the services at the prison chapel at Halloway. screened from the other prisoners by a red curtain It is to the inquiries made
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drank and drank and drank, and every gulp was sweeter than the last.
 ''Then the dreams changed and the many bubbling water holes of sleep went dry and fine hot dust sprayed up out oi the chinks where the water had flowed Then the wind of sleep grow hot and hot ter. It scorced my face and sent thin needles of fine into my brain. And then l was standing up and the Kid was be- side me. What did we see?
 "The wind had veered about while we slept All hell was climbing up the west and booming wind swept bowling devils through the smoky twilight. Above the unnatural dawn long black ragged arms reached out into the zenith and cloaked the stars I heard a horse snorting and tugging at his lariat.
 Good God, Kid,p l wheezed; let's be off
 "The Kid turned his face upon me and smiled-that slow, brave smile haunts me night and day.
 Your horse is gone-' He waved his hand toward the miles of dark that stretched toward the river. Pulled his stake just before you woke up; heard him go.' The Kids voice didn't even tremble.
 "'Quickp I yelled; the matches! Start a back-firev
 Then a big cold hand gripped my heart; the Kid had given me the last match that day; I had wanted to smoke.
 "All hell behind us and a horse for twol A 30-mile heat with the mustangs of the devil and double weight to car ry! It made me sick-dizZy sick. I for got everything. Oh, gentlemen, when you face hell-fire you'll know if your mother bore coward.
 For a minute we stared into the west "a minute years long. Big pink waves of smoke rolled into gulfs of purple and disappeared in holes of murk. Above, the blood-red surf frothed and sparkled and fell in yellow showers. Great blank cts of dense gloom dropped from the sky and smothered out the hellish morning, hurling momentary night down the howl ing windl Then keen, zigzag blades of fire rippe dthrough the belly of the night!
 q felt the Kids hand grasp mine. Oh, God! the feel of his handi One horse for two, Frenchy,' he said, quiet as a man who proposes another drink at the bar. One of us makes a run for his life; and the other-' He motioned carelessly toward Hell. One more deal of the cards. Frenchy, and the last for one of us. High hand takes the horse; low>hand produce the deck
 q produced the deck-greasy and dogeared; for many's the social game the Kid and I had played with 'em together. We squatted on the prairie in the red twilight and the Kid dealt.
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did not that heather reason eoreetly7 Was not the revealed fact Of creation an intensely spiritual fact to him?
 No such God as is described in the Bible was ever reasoned out by human logic. Nearly all the arguments used by adopts in natural theology to prove the existence of such a God were suggested by revelation. External nature may prove the existence of a designing and powerful Creator; but on the moral char acter of this Creator 1t gives sats factory light. Cicero's work .0n The Nature of the Gods," written by one of the most learned men of all antiquity, falls infinitely below the knowledge pos sessed by sprightly 6-year-old child in the infant class of a well-managed Sunday school. Cicero did not know who made him. and he had no means of find ing out. All the learned volumes, writ ten by his Greek teachers in philosophy could furnish him no trustworthy infor-
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Not Fond of Dreaming.

From the Bohemian.
 One of the most notable characteristics of the guides in the Maine wilderness is their economy in the of language many of them hardly ever speaking ex- cept when spoken to. and having a dis inclination for anything in the line of an extended conversation or discussion.
 The story is told of couple of guides of this sort who were employed together in summer camp, and who only spoke to each other twice day. In the morn- ing it was, Good morning. Bill'; ''Morn- ing. Sam" And at night it was Good night, Bill; Good night, sam"
 One night after the usual sautations. Sam volunteered the information Dead hoss up the gulch. Bill"
 No response from Bill.
 The next day, after the good nights had been exchanged, Bill ventured upon a correction. Said he: That ain't no dead hoss up the gulch; it's a, mule"
 There was no reply from Sam. Early the next morning he quietly arose packed up his belongings and was about to leave the camp when Bill noticed him and said: Matter, Sam? Where you goin'?"
 "Goln ter dig out" said Sam. "Too much talk and argument around here for mer'
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But the dead horse parted the herd and woke up and the fire was dead md the sun looked like a moon through tha smoke Three aching years ago. 1t was. and I've dragged my carcass about and tried to look like man. But night and day the deuces have followed me and tortured me. They burn holes in the dark whenever l shut my eyes: four pairs of oeVlis dance before me all day in the sunlight till my head whirls."
 Frenchy picked up the four deuces and held them trenblingly before the staring crowd
 Look at 'em! Let 'em burn through your hides into your souls, There's the blood of the Kid on 'em. The damned dirty deuces! They've got me in the last ditch! I'm donei'
 Frenchy crushed the cards and dashed mem to the floor. He arose unsteadily to his feet, took his guns and staggered out of the barroom of the Big 6n
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IT Is quite possible to read certain parts
 of the Bible in a purely scientific, or in a purely critical spirit. and thus fall to discern the spiritual content of what is read. Take, for instance the first chapter of Genesis. A reader may critically examine the account of creation with reference to it's supposed relation to geology, or to natural history The re- suits would probably be unsatisfactory from a scientific point of view; and the student, failing to find what is not there. and what was never intended to be there. may find himself perplexed
 But it is easy to prove to the satisfac- ton of any fair-minded reader that the spiritual content is there. The argument is as follows:
 L The truth that God Is creator is
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proving that God has right to our serv- ice; that idolatry Is as stupid as 1t Is wicked; and it is manifest that the prophets and psalmists regarded 1t as a most important spiritual truth. The New Testament writers takes the same view.
 The Evangelist John in setting forth the dignity of his pre-exlstent state says:
 All things were made by Him. The au- thor of the Epsitle to the Hebrews, in the opening of a treatise, whose burden
 Is that Christ is worthy of our highest reverence appeals to Christ's creative ac- ton: By whom also He made the worlds" Saul, in his speech at Athens,
 urges the same point against idoltary:
 God that made the world, and all things therein" etc And: For as much then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and mans device." True. he does not here quote the scripture statement as his
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basis; but then we are to remember that he was addressing heathens. to whom the scripture was no authority.
 2. The first verse of the first chapter of Genesis is a statement of an important spiritual truth, because It eombats ma terialism If the Bible did not plainly reveal to us that God created the uni verse, it would hardly be possible to hold our own against the materialist. John Randolph of Roanoke once said: Take away the Bible, and l will drive any man into atheism"
 B. The opening statements of the Book of Genesis combat Pantheism They re- veal a personal God He is represented as a spirit as speaking seeing, design ing. Now, suppose that the world did not know, and had no means of ascer- taining that a personal, designing, spirit ual God created the universe, what vast difference that would make in the relig- ious condition of the human racel
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mation on the questions Of his origin and his destiny. How he came here: why he Was put Sere; what he was expected to do here. aud what was to become of him after he left this World-all these were o1egt'os.s as terribly dark as they were ircraensely important. "The world by wtsccIa knew not God; and hence the greatest problems of life were dark % the heather thinkers. though they were seeking for God, If haply they might feel after Him and find Him.
 And the darkest aspect of this sad pie ture is seen in the ethical results. No solid basis of practical ethics has yet been found apart from the Bible. Some settled belief as to mans origin and mans destiny is essential to any sound view of mans duty. God who made us and Who has revealed Himself to Us as our Creator, is the fundamental fact in morals. as well as the starting point in theology.
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Y ondon. October 10.-Mr. J. M. Bar rie's delightful and fantastic play, A ..What Every Woman Knows, shows that he at any rate is no believer in the oft-repeated libel that women have no sense of humor.
 The heroine, who has really been re- sponsible for the humorous speeches which have done so much to make the parliamentary success of her husband, John Shand. M. P, sums up the situation at the end of the play, and draws from the worthy man the first laugh or ms life, when she says, You see, dear' IL IS not true that woman was made rom mans rib, she was really made rom his funny -bone!"
 But indeed when women are accused of want of humor and the inability to see a joke, one is often reminded of the Scotchman, who being told that It LOOK a surgical operation to get Joke Into Scotchmans head, replied quietly; That's an English joke"'
 At the annual meeting of the Inter national Council of Women, held in Ge- neya during the first week in September. public health was perhaps the subject or discussion which excited the most in- terest Lady Aberdeen, who addressed the meeting in French, spoke of the almost total abolition of typhus fever from Ire land during the last sixty years. Before that time half the medical men in the country succumbed to that terrible dis ease, which is now so rare that many of the young doctors have never seen case.
 Lady Aberdeems own work in the cru sade against tuberculosis, now being car jed on in that country was most grate- fully acknowledged by almost every speaker, and, indeed, the congress was for the countess a series of well-earned triumphs.
 Sir James Crichton Browne, on the Sth of September, in addressing four hun dred associated sanitary inspectors as- sembled in the Town Hall. Liverpool. spoke on the same subject. It may sound chimerical," he said, ito talk of
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-10-15
HODGE BROTHERS
The Bible Training Glass.

The attendance at the opening ses-
sion Of the training and Bible study
course, Friday evening, crowded the
Sunday school room Of the Lutheran
church to the limit. R. M. White
presided. j. H. Engle made pre-
liminary statement, taught an intro
ductory lesson and explained what is
contemplated in the proposed course.
There were questions and answers
and when upon adjournment the call
was extended, SO persons enrolled.
1t now seems that the estimate OF 100
members is low. Persons desiring to
enroll may report to Mrs. II. 5. Tay-
Tor, secretary, or at the session Fri
day night.
The text book chosen is Teacher
Training Lessons by Hurlbut.
Books are on sale at the State Sunday
school office. Price % ceuts.
Meetings viii be held ia the Luth7
eran church until further notice is
given.
The enrolment fee is so cents, pay
able any time before January first.
The hour OF meeting is 1880. A
Bible lesson and a training lesson will
each occupy IS minates. At $40 q
tifteen-minutes preview Of the next
Sundays lesson will be given for the
benefit OF teachers. and as substi-
tute for the teachers meetings which
are temporarily disbanded.
MIR. Eagles fall convention schedule
was arranged before he had any
thought Of being asked to direct the
instruction. Substitute and assoei-
ate teachers will therefore be named.
Rev. G. A. Cole will teach the Bible
study lesson next Friday night. Miss
Laura B. Baylsss will teach the child
study lesson.
Brief lectures on related topics by
capable persons will be occasionally
given. Already DR.. F. S. Blayney
has been secured for two Of these leo
lures.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-10-15
RESCUED At SEA
ANOTHER CREW OF AMERICAN
AERoNAUTs IN BALLOON
RACE MEET DISASTER.
SAVED BY LIFEB9AT CREW
American Balloon st. Louis After
Travelling for Hours In a Haze
Comes Down In the
North Sea.

Berlin, Oct. 1.-THE second OF the
three American balloons that started
In the race Tor the international
trophy on Sunday from Schmargen-
dorf has met disaster In the North
sea. The st. Louis" manno1 by N.
II. Arnold Of North Adams. Mass, and
Harry J. Hewitt, was carried overland
BY treacherous air currents and later
in the haze the aeronauts lost their
bearings until suddenly Monday night
they saw the guard lights Of an I'M
known coast.
This meant they must descend or
risk the danger Of being driven far
out Of the track Of vessels. They
chose the former course and for an
hour they were buneted By the waves,
almost giving up in despair.
Eventually they we're rescued By Q
nfeboat and the first intimation that
an accident had occurred to the st.
Louis was conveyed In q wireless mes
sage from Arnold saying: Lost every
thing in the North sea last night"
The Associated press was able to
communicate with Mr.. Arnold at VII.
helmshaven, to which place he had
been transported by one Of the tor
pedo boats, which last evening was
sent out to render assistance TO any
OF the balloonists who might drift out
over the water. Mr.. Arnold told q
graphic story OF their descent and res
cue by q lifeboat. He said:
"AIl day Monday with the exception
Of the early afternoon we we're unable
to see the earth and We lowered the
balloon repeatedly to communicates
with the people 10 ascertain our
whereabouts. Apparently we could
not make them understand but this
was apparently due to our poor Ger
man.
Finally we decided TO risk proceed
ing, atm having 20 sacks Of ballast
Moving In q northWesterly diree-
ton IN the evening we passed a city,
The Hghts Of which we're visible Eve
miles 70 the vest and We learned later
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-10-15
An Interestlna Law Point.

washington, Oct. 1.-THE question
whether person who commits an act
Of bankruptcy and afterwards be-
comes insane can be declared bank
rupt is involved in the case of H.
Franklin Schlegel vs.. the Union Stock
Yards bank of Buffalo, In which a PEI
tition requesting the supreme court
Of the United States to bring the case
up for review was filed in that court
Tuesday. The point has been decided
both ways by the lower courts, and
It is urged that the supreme court
should settle 1t finally one way or
another