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Sarvey of the World’s News * -SQiETHtNO FOR HOTHHKL* For the Man With the Hoe T UTE, suggestion Oui t the V nKeiT State* g».V«CUUieilt fcmtlktl u lift work of high power wire less aerogram stations covering the whole country has wot with the approval of goreniuiont officials <uitl uieuibm of congress. It Is proposed that these stations he erected b,v uud l»e placed under the control of the war depurluieut. These stations are to be used mainly for gov Tames\TOireti it Wles* wan, ireitsuT\ el'. Fifty u! the nly's utif.M’tun.Ltt‘> who make their living 1\ 1 soiling pH- |iers. ih ' i HI h tun) illumine s wcue cniled togeiher by Ncnncu ii.lul toll'd to term the nasiiriniiitiii. in addressing the meeting Keiinen said: \We lime the ambition- of uoj:uml Uieii, luvt bemuse id our u-UhcUous are fun ed to tight a buttle for liveli hood sm'h as our noruml ht'ethreu cau- -*•» wttt r a n COMMON SENSE HOUSE MILES I FOB USE IN HOT WEATHER. erumeutal busluess, but of course it I uoi dream. -1 led Hml through this or- could be provided that they could hau die urgent commercial business in times of general breakdown of wire telegrahpic systems. Major V. McK. Saltzman of the sig nal corps, which maintains govern meut radio stations in the Hdorlor of the United .States, has urged that a central system of stations consist of Washington, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Denver, Suit bake City and Man Frnn- I'iseo. There are two northern sta tions, St. i'aul and Helena, ami three southern stations, New Orleans, San Antonio and Phoenix. X X MONOPOLY OR COMPETITION? .Joseph Edward Davies of Miulison. Wis,, who recently took the oath of of lice as eouiuiissioner of eorporulious, is secretary of the nutiouul Demonjulk committee. Preiittrutory to constructive work in legislation and to the unniHiiiremeut li.v the administration of a definite pro gram in regard to \big business\ (he bureuu of corporations, it is said, will ' * - ‘ V gmii/sation our voice imry tn* heard, and wo vvill lie ill do to Imy ueiTssailea of life at a price we run afford to pay.\ X * SANTIAGO SURRENDER The Regimental association of the District of Columbia made extensive .preparations for its ttrsl: reunion .Inly 17 to celelciile the fifteenth nnniver- Hury of I lie MU'i'cmler of Santiago, Culm, X, * NEW IDEA IN \riLESCOPES Professor \\. A, (\ogshall. head of the Indiana university department of ast ronomy. is buildup a new telescope for the ol.servator.v, 't'hc insl niuient will tuivo a imii'h large? field thim that j of tlie ordinary roHociing tolesonpe and lie of much less length in proportion to the vtiameter. In the telescope now in use only one rcliei Up' is used, with a para I ><' I<' i curve its i he rcilotliug slirliice. The Meld of ^.ut h a lolesiope is fd good deli iiltion in\thc couior only ami i onnuamis a tii'li 1 .,y ifiim line to I w\n degrees 'Phi' luuglji nf llie entile lelojjcupe. as a lulc. is between Inc and seven limes l lie diameter Idle iievi ielesru|ie w ill Inin i I rum four In Mve limes ns large a Meld us mi ordinary lelesi \|ie of llie ..aim to-al leiigt h 11 i v [,i hr I u u feel in illa me ter, six leel m In. ill Icngtl. and will 11V hide n Me d el | h l ee 0 n I -■ * l» schoolgirl m illiners Idle |i e ‘ di 1 11 ir»1■ > \t I , ,i i i 1 1 1 1 i ru .oniig HU\ I lie I'lisiiiu-s ' lielilennig linsbmeN' hnaiaial hiir.luu V noiirsr It's the people that are thryiu' to got Homefld.u' f'r mrvvfhiu' that iud in gettiii uaxvtbiu' f'r ivrj tiring.— Mr, Dooley. There Is a wholesome lesson in the sentiment expressed above. It applies to the man and woman vvho are deceiv ed i>,v the mall order bouse bid for their lull'd earned dollars. Something for nothing or next to nothing is pure bun combe and not good business, let. there me folks who are tempted, bile and are hiiton. When you find a ridiculous differ ence in llie prire.s charged for a given article by tile mail order house and the local dealer in the satne commodity (loud be too 11 liti-K t\ reader judgment ami semi the tempter I Me money that should remain in your own town. The country merchant has to be pretty square in business or the sheriff will sell him out, l'siially you cmi depend upon him for n square deal Bui what giiariiutee of a square deal have you with the mail order house miles away7 Wouldn't von rather see w hut you buy before the seller ha buy a pig in a bag? I lout imagine i! house does business Lixpei'imeiiii'i's in . more often than many mail order id Hon your money than at the mail order I or ptida nl lirophy ' 011)10 i a live v a lues not Mud out llial bargains me only tine A Real Born word \lad has I i'elliaps tie- •f \lailv lib'll''-- III Hill II hell Hill n ui'im so i luii u ' ■‘Ill'll I - lilt'll lull itu'ii Pul Hi-,. .111s.i linill adde IK.' ' I i\ lean i i nr ■OV |o I gll I I I lie I II Tin i li ‘M i ii 0 I'l Mi i, \V books 1 V Ulslleil .i |>;• 111*si rilium 1 l 'I. in I u II I'oslhvi' -h - lie 1 1 a I j 11 ' il.Oi \ i III II j b 'I It I T- ln |irel It i a1 pota loc> of I lie v. oi'i.ur f'O' tin I.lir o| I lie - I l allgi si | ..... lei'll - 11 i1/,a 1 I lull |. le K lia-s,.|| gooil u ilium ;'i mem- m a i Ii .i j get \\ lii * bel l\t din ■ vv a-. a real I IIC lea - I l<et l lady. been variously l„ -I ll'.sl lion I - Ilia I ' lied by III ulle \f Ids who ha fur , uiinlrv low n Mail u i >i •;( ft * 11 1 s.-inl I ant born lady fia id lu.H I\ d\ Practical Painter* For Owntri and Drivora Issued by the Work Horaa Parade Association of Boaton. Lom.l lightly and drive slewly. I »tnp iu the sbtitle if possible. Water year lmrse us often as possible. Mo long as u horse is working, water iu moderate quunUlies will uot hurl him. But let him drluk ouly a few swallow K if lie is going to stand stall, r Wlien lie comes in after work sponge I off (lie harness murks uud sweat, his ! eyes, lus nose mid mouth and the dock. : Wash his feet, but not his legs. ! If llie iheruumieter is To degrees-or higher wipe him nil over with a wet sponge. I sc v iuegm' water if possible. Do nut turn the hose on him. Saturday night give a brim mash, cold, mid add a tablespoonful of suit- pel cr .. ...... . use a horse hat unless it is a canopy lop lull. The ordinary bell situi'i’d lial docs uyore harm than good. A .pongo oti lop, of hoad or even n cioih is good If kept wet. If dry ii is wor .e i Man notliing If n horse is oven-ome by heat get him lulu llie shade remove harness a ml bridie wash \i.q his mouth, sponge him all \ies shovvei his leg;, and give him ' four oiinees of aromatic spirits of am 1 niohia or two entires of sweet spirits of min in ii pint of vuiler. or give him a pini of inflrc warm cool Ids head at oia i imiiigi uld water or if ncossarj, • it\t ire vv replied in a i b>Ih 11 Mil Imi'se Is Ilf! his feed |ry lum him , |u\ Ipuii'l s of oal - mixed Willi in an and a III l H' walei mill add a ill Hi '.ill or Mig.'ii m gne dim oatmeal gruel oi ba I'ic.v w n i er I u di'l id. vv ,i l ■ h y our lau'-.e II lie st up. svv nil W h e a td r o t v n b y D r y F a r m m g Photograph by Montana farmers' Institute. This picture shows what can he uceottiplished In the dry regions of the west by llie use of dry farming lUeilmds. Tito land where this Hue crop of wheat ts being shocked was worthless exeepl tor gra/.iug until dry luruling was intro duced. Now splendid yields of small grain can be produced on as little as four teen In sixteen inches of rainfall One rerenl crop ot wheat yielded at the rule, of thirty bushels per U're. A merit mi Agriculturist. f X FOR GROWERS OF SMALL I FRUITS. If pla. i ov or is t Ii you vv h nt e.xlru e pu pui|nd curb cilusfer ‘ sUe of gin. tine grgpes paper bag lien the fruiI sliol fasien f n loot, hei hours I In .nliniralimi . ‘uni \I w ui'l, i- •leimun.-i uf hi sudden ly u'lii k \i it I, - i ml. \i 1 i Ii hI- lit is in duugi'i Il lie I lies slitirl ■ Us ill'oop or If gs liiined side d a heal or sun I .ond m ( lie. 'M\ke mid need, alienttoii at mu c M II 1- su | | \ I Hull Ihf hm se sweals in Mie sMible nl nig'hl tie Iu ui milsiile ( ulis. h' i - 1111 1 - u|T <11 1 imi i u Hie nig'lil lie '.■iiniil will si ui\ I I he Hex I day > heal INTERNATIONAL CENTER I leiitln:, .Norvv egia n | Mil l It I IMIIIIIIMUII' II III Ill’ll' >' I I labors on iniml uf a al inlei'est- ( lll'lsl la a V IMM'-Mi I lie V 111 el j. a n hlj'l in uf \ uh t u C m 'll It'd |u King V li b u I u| hah during a private lie I'esu 11 - nt his him . rae I lie I'l'uii\ | fui | he rsla bli:,li w nrld i eh I el I ui I HI tu Ha linn I I a mil I I'l, i lug III II Mage frig i'l n 'ii I lie I I'.H Mil V ol 1| l but I p kaii'Hi- ( il Apprehensive I !-- Inn. nl ,i|. - ini' H I III lie- ag tiiul. b\ • Ihe Mi-si I w u 111 g 111 - .)' ifirnn I Inr he w as n olio place Milk Mil imiki mid It s H eel I g*uu,| 11 1 I III u! 11 ' gel I I II ul'l\. fa r I lie In rgest fI'uIn I'.uln ia pur For Chickens, but Keep It Clean. labial ..i biiheriuilk loud I u| I III' kl’lls \lb ■ uiiug but a s 1111111 * ]s should mu la> III I In lording V essels I lirly milk is a- area I a disease breeder for fowls as P is |or poopio Many people in foodilit ilabbei tirsl ..of il mi the stove iu sop,irate the .ni'il from the whey I arm ai d Ban. Il (•) by American P iths Association Joseph Edward Davies, Who Is Col lecting Data on Corporations, lake a oareful survey of Ihe dala nl ready amassed anil will rollout inure, with a view to determining seioniimai y whether moilopollsl ir or eompetjh'.e business is the mure rtUrirnt and w hetlu'r I i'u sf- m u ll their limit of of ticien« y at a eertnin point. Prior l\ the Iasi presidential ram fiaign Mr. Davies was HitIt* know n out tide Ills shite During 1ie t precouveu .'ion tight lie proved sm li a capable Hinpaigiior, luiwever. Unit wlien the ■oiliest for the presiileie y opened tie w as put in charge of the western head quarters. 'The eoininisshmei' is a native of \\ a ;erlovvn, Wis. He is in Ids thirty sc\ •nth year, and was admitted to the bar hi Bull The next year lie was elected ^l'osei'Uting attorney of Jefferson conn ly, Wis.. mid soon hern me active in slate polities. He was chairman of the Democratic state eiinveiitiou in IMln. * *? HIGHER EDUCATION FOR MANY Tile Jviigdish government is planning tu provide srholiirsliips and other aids which will make possible a university i education for every hoy or girl who makes a certain standard. X X RADIUM AS CANCER CURE The effpr radium iu the treatment of cancer is to be made the subject of u special investigation at the Harvard Medical school, under the direction of Dr. William Duane. For the present the experiments will ,ve conducted in the Collis P. Hunting- ton building, but in the near future a sjiedal building is to lie erected ad joining the medical'school and devoted entirely to the work of radium inves- tigatkm. Dr. Duane has studied in the laiiora- iory of Mme. Curie, the discoverer of radium, and has been iri touch also with the work of the Radium institute sb Ltmtitm. The Investigation is to be made un der the general supervision of the can cer commission of Harvard. An ssamiK-eaumt ot Dr. E. E. Tyr- see, director of the commission, says a gnmp t£ investigators is being assem- bied f » attack the problem of c*nc« ^eatareia from various points of view. X X tfttXt OF THE FUTURE H k <?h*teee dock at North Esd. » ihe river Mersey, Uvmrioei. wMch declared open liy King Geeege Iflfy ti. a w hXDt for the T«rpo*e of inaiiwindiifiug the largest b e n •U M l X it expected, wifi be eonstrart i <T iarlif ttr nrTf ten years. Tin* Kii l u . iiwj .1,1 \ (»«i tu id h mi ru’ 1 It! 1ie l 'i I iciiic ii- mu ol |n I l| i's. |MI> posed fm 1 1 • nun mlcrnati 'h.i 1 II ' 'V Mil II. il l - suggested shall ' t r,l| lititf' \I I iuumiil 1 mill.min i nlia mi . Ml - -• ill 1 i'i|i\li vi Idle V mcrii a ab • It.l - H-i'M What a Look Led To jug the nnHitti ilboul I lie stum i he Boi'dumr mixiui'c i- llu gn'ii j ii -v i nt\ l.ook \Ml I'l bln- I, lion i \i \\ In n fuiin.l du I lie i life I cil pu i l A ft in I hi' ('cult berry . u mu t ip burn ilium T work i' . ..... ; ml < iilM v :ib i w lili Ii it I si ’II m 'I ii unlit the bus! spiny ■lose lu.id tor rui I 1ist l i n tlic bl.-n k' :111 pub Ii g out mid bill'll u I uiur is off (In' nisp n ilium out mid I In so. uiur i li is llu heller Hoc I liu new . unc i' bum trull next A ugiisl HOT SUN KILLS CHICKS. < 11111 ' Hit' I TiT\ I mi *| I |»f* > ;titi| Iri hii A ftrl riMMii i’^l < lit nff I In’ s| il l set >i in \\ n-L;!li;i I h ilh'l nfllMt \il Iniisr .Mil! Iiid low \\ fffjs -ft ,| t iim |jiljll I rh nmiB’i ^ 1;i 1 \■ < i itiii III*' * ill’l'lns \IM'K I hr £ ■ siune ii s if ihu\ I u rm .liuiriui I vv urr wueds A Mower Hoit. It sometimes 1111 /,/,Iu-. u lul1 11 w 11 .,w lu get old sei'limis off the l ulling bur of the mower II nm have u -tool i ise \i\ lb I'l'IU i|IU .e III! Ill l u lle d III lilts U U lini'ullU II It Inis been uggesieil here Hull M | M'n |l\ 1 111 jg 111 In i |u ' u 'u| ici t uru i i\u u it h Su, ru' n i'v I >i'\l ui grii min in wlmli lluM illlfei'eitues beMvuuu ; mu Inu ii i I ion.- \lull I liu - u bin III '■■ I I . \in ui Is siuil U|'|||'!I1| I'll bv bill II w II l| ■ hull I\ v (’si 'gule llie i - * 111 1'\ 1 \ i ■1 ■ i uml ( 1111.1 1 ’ lilldlllgs o| I ; 11 ‘1. - oil III II | j u I I e 11111 1 1 U u I\ puss U|| |I\ I inerq.s \I I hi « ,'lsi 11 i- Iloi Mil'll mil I lull I\ I'll- I Mi M luun.i olliei mil unis liu i i' rr.);,iiih-il f,i vorubly In KeiTi'lury Ibvuus -uiggus I lull l» P BLACK TROOPS OF FRANCE The t'ill' I, n i'l 11 y uf I \u in u. w lib li WHS broiighl Mil\ existen e by I ' 'Inuel Mmigih. who us 'uutuiii inn • u \ oin I hi uuiulltuud of Xbiruii.'md . fuinmis mis siim In I ushodu in Islib bus gruwii |u gooil size uud imporlmiue us show ii a I Ihe mu I imiul rev ievv lul v I I w Imu e:u h suet ion I !iu Seiiegu [osi-. .Muiingnsunr troops mid oiliei's r<■<-i-tv i■<I regiment Mugs from I'ri'-udr'il l'oimnirr. The Senega lese regimenl a trendy had its ftng tiiul I'e.-eneil the insignia mid the Legion of Honor, vv hi'Ii decoration was gavetted not long ago. *» * TO RESTRICT IMMIGRANTS Senator William P. Dillingham of Vermont has a new plan \by whh-li lie hopes to redin-e immigration from B j B O ' R O T H y G 1 F F O T O ) s Me:' II 111 III I Ill'll th e I; III.' | ' I M M l I I S ix i ill I w I'll! ' i hoiii Ii I lie pu ,i\.-\l uf H I uni liiil nut crupu-'U 1\ leiiil i \llu lilu Hu In til mil u Bur lip lul 11II I isul I Ml |||-.| u i ' 111 \f U till II 1II,! I Ill' VV ol II I I IT pi’iiil I liruu i eu is In lltu s( ud v \f i a I tel w tin II lie vv u'llil pl’iiutl e nil's'.ton t\i tin rest of Hie pe mi1 lui u i nub nbulluil him un eurlli The most pluel i'u I pu I't uf his s, heme vv us |u niuri'i nl the Mme lie liegmi llis wul'k lie believed In marriage as neuess.-iry I ■ u ' umplule life uud Hint it should be entered upon vvitli one - iudgUleiit well in Imiul imi du/.eil I,; the glamour of I In suiuu\ Siv iienitlr- ufler lie i m m i l hi n isei f him i li St I 'eturshurg du willing til pu t lire gulleuy vv lu-n in- eu me suiiiul Huger hr tu I In 1111 _ l if, e u imu t hi- lieu l| l\l I |||| ; In ituliing of unld ■ \\ ith ids li|is was foriuuntp, with Ills ev es lie tuhl her that he liad j met with u smidim disappoint meut I Then she i\ld him I lint the mat' ll had ' been iirrunged by Iter parents Just slip the bill J ii w s until it rests where llie seel imi remove '1 lien vv I t ill’ k nit r ll III\ e blows will scud I Farm Journal ll\W II bet w el'll till' squutel. uud firmly is thin uni wish to Hi n Hammer strike the rivet \ few lie seutimi Hying Responsible For Serious Loss to Poul- tryrncr,—Some Preventive Measures. Not disease, Imt lack of shade. Is te sponsible fm- many poultry losses in sunt met', declares Professor J <i lltu p ill of till' college of ngl'ii 11 It It re uf the I niwTslly of Wisconsin The uvcri|ge pmilt ry man may lose several liens lie lore lie renlues tiiul heat i- respousl blu for I licit' death, or lie may expose v mine ulpuks t\ sunshine I\\ si i., w ilh llie result (hat half >d I hem die \ y mnig . hick Mat' lied (luring Imt weather must li\t be put out in llie sun until il ts several davs old m:d it must be accustomed to the eun grad ua My I or shade a corniield small patch of sunllovvei's. shrubbery and bustles uf any sort, ns well as fruit or shade lives are very satisfactory Many limes suti'lnctury shade may lie pro v ided In turning the chicken coops around so they face tile north Porta blu i ulmu limtses with solid floors cun l.u raised a foot or so from the ground -.n Hull tlie chirks may get under them mid thus escape the sun (lid doors uml u b 'er t, of Hint sort call lie used for shade by driving four slakes in the ground mid elevating the north end of the door some three or four \et from the ground, while the smith \end ts only a foot above the ground. S ikh II ducklings and goslings are even more subject to sunstroke than chi' kens. Best Support For Vines. Twine strings may lie the handiest ^support for a vine, but Just when the vine ts heaviest and tts shade most 'grateful a windstorm tears tt down i Put up chicken netting. It stays \lumng hi- plan -minmet' morning rough a upmi a printing the -iilijurt uf which \as a village fistivul in Bnssian rural life Tli\ central figure w as a girl apparent' ly aliuifl fifteen, vvilli beautiful blue eves, light luiir and a delirious smile on two lips nestling bel ween dimples. I'isku gazed Imig on the scene, tak ing it in as a whole and in pari, his eyes always returning to the centra] figure He went to other rooms. Imt returned before leaving the gallery to gaze upon the laughing face of inno c e n c e . Nor was lliis ail. He returned every day for a week, sometimes twice a day. each titfle to gaze upon the face that charmed him. O up day while thus engaged a man stepped up to him arid said in French: \Ton seem pleased with my work.\ “Your work \Yes; I painted it.” \Where did yon find ,vmrr iimdei for the central figure?\ “la Siberia. I am a traveler as -w-eH as painter. T found her in a smafl vil lage She is the daughter of a f»eas- ant.\ A week later Fiske was on a train bound for Siberia. A desire to see the origina l of the fest i val scene had taken fmsspssi-fu (4 bint, and he saw no reti- \ few days later he went to vtqw the ceremony lie found the bride In a tent surrounded by her girl friends mi asking where was the bridegroom lie was told that he would soon appeal', mid it was further explained that a> somi as the bride saw him she would run away Tlie bridegroom would fo! low and must cHtch tier before lie could lie permuted to marly her Tills was I he i u-foiii in (hat pari of Siberia i'resently a young man was seen ap proa liing The girls told the bride that (lie lii'idegromn was coming, and. leaving the tent, she ran like a fawn to elude him. The man found himself tripped mid balked at every turn. Fiske in order to gel a better view went up on to a rise In the ground. The girl was giving her intended a hard run The American looked on vvitli a wildly throbbing pulse, and once when the lover was about fo grasp the prize Ids heart stood slid. With a quick turn she avoided her pursuer and came running toward the point vv here Fiske was standing. As she passed hint she looked at him. What her eyes said no one except tlie two kimw, Imt they must have said something of importance, for Fiske gave a quick turn, advanced a few steps, stopped, then suddenly started after the beautiful fugitive. ; There was a clamor among the look- i ers on. but the American did not bear i it. Tlie bridegroom, seeing another chasing\ Ins bride, stopped a moment in wonder, then went on as if a fury 1 was smuTHig him. The girl looked ; back and. seeing herself doubly pnr- t sued, sped on as if on the wings of the wind. < hie wonld ha \'e tboagbt she I sought to cl ode them both. Fiske, be ing ihe fresher of the tiro, soon gain- Senior Berean Sunday School Lesson (iolden Text heart, fo r they v . Nl. Blessed are the pure in shall see Boil i Malt. fchonW not be gratified. « T h e n when the girl saw that te vtflage, fee sought the j jpd she lagged awl in a few minutes girl and found her ia a dneryard tnara-; more dropped fnfo his arm*, liing. She had grown a year older j Tb»s it was that Sf-ewer Ffcbe. who than when the pkdnre was rwittfed. |ted laid eat a fife ptan te which m*r- wffh a slight budding of her Jeawtr. j rj*«e ws-s to te entered U}*m with eir- Fbthe knew m tr a few phrases *4 ^eemspecrioa. found Mteueff the jm~ ifussis'B. tet they sufficed te etrsrtp te iaeawr of * itM d u p a t s e e t (Sri when te* The iirfurnuttJoB that be h M s e t e .itel»««a u S h t t e * t e « t w « b « t e M t e ter face cm etitrt*. • «* wteua she was IxetrcCbed. Hweeer jeacrie*] a r«wmr ibtb t nay \ The veir wwe at ««ce temmBed-ly ?<e. there h> ent thing ateat n hHt he ttgvenS bsaftted jmgfe. UI ut \ prses 1 An Impressive sight. It is more than likely that Moses was kept informed of the happening* in Fig.vpt The death of Kmnoscs II. after ii lung reign had doubtless set Moses ililnking about a change in tlie condition of his people * * * The time was mov ripe for a blow to lie struck for freedom, and the man who was to lead in this work was also ready. \Back of the wilderness\ that is. behind or to the west of it. This would be to (lie west of Midian and on Ihe eastern shores of the gulf of Akaliah. “Came to the mountain of Hml.T The Bedouin leaves the lower country in the summer and seeks the hilly slopes w here the pasture ts fresh ami green. This explains how Moses found himself in the mountainous re gion with the flocks of his father-in- law. \Fnto iioreb.\ This was tlie name of a large district within whose bounds whs ' Mount Binai. It xva.s call ed the \mountain of (bid\ partly be- eaused all mountains were regarded as sacred and also iiecanse of the spe cial manifestation of Uod which was here given to Moses, \The angel of the Lord.\ This phrase is often used- of manifestations of the presence of Hod through persons and in places. \A flame of ire.\ Fire is sfieeialiy ap propriate as a symbol of the character of God. Its destructiveness symbol izes the divine punishment of evil, its beat, emotion and energy. It als i sug gests the qua iity of jnrrity. \The bti-di horned with ftre.' The bramble or blackberry bash was afi aglow*with a brfifianrt light, but it was not devour ed by the fire. “Fee this great aSgXt* Moses ootk-ed the w o o d e rfsi spectacie and determined to Investigate. H e « » t » learn that the fire which de stroyed tff/t was a symbol e i ibeMess- ed i f t a a t e « f (God. testasteterfi- «§ I* titeteadk tatt dM »e£ tom XF # k b e * , so also t e resides te the « kk E ftert 1* « * « • to W r and Wadies It fate a ftrr e r H m te s eaergy «a d e adar- iiiu 1n la’ noticed In one's relations w i t h Hud \Drnvv not nigh hither\ Hud must not lie approuvhed with familiarity, Imt with respect. \But off thy shoes.” It is still customary’ for the sandals to be removed when a worshiper enters a mosque or auy other sacred place in the orient Hod must lie held In reverence. \Holy ground.\ not for its own sake, hut be cause there the presence of (lorl was manifested. \I am the find of thy father.\ Tlie Hod of Ids penplp is here speaking to him in the uuiet and solemnity of this hour, amid the wild surroundings of the wilderness. \Hid his face.\ A spirit of fear and rever ence took possession of li.iin. He did not dare to gaze on this mysterious scene, but lie was ready to hear what was said to him. \erses 7-10.—A surprising summons. His eager conmiuiiings were at last fo lie answered. Hod had not forgotten his people, but had seen their afflic tions and had heard the sighing* of their anguish. “By reason of their taskmasters.” These superintendents of labor were. cruel and heartless. They were, however, carrying out the instructions of their t.vrant master, the ambitious Pharaoh. His -desire for gorgeous palaces and splendid temples called for the exacting service of gangs of alien laborers without regard to rbeir conditions of life. “ L'nto a good land and a large.” The country Into vi hich they were to be guided was to lie as different from the land ot bond age as light is from darkness and sweet from tiitter. \Flowing with milk and h o n e y T h i s is a poetic figure o f fer tility and prosperity. The location o f the land o f promise is given. * * * ‘*i will send thee unto Pharaoh.” Who could I k better fitted fo r this mis- sios than Moses himself, whose knowl edge o f things Egyptian was perfect, whose sympathy with his- oppressed peojivte was hearty and whose knowl edge ot God was adequate? Verses 1 1 - 1 4 .—A strong credential The impulsfre youth had learned inteT «%<* lessons since theday whes te tdew the Egyptian. • • * ■
