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the sheep would no longer hold to- gether in the flock when God should smite the shepherd, but they would be scattered. It was not said as a rebuke to their cowardice, but be- cause now at the end, more‘lhun ever before, they seemed to him like sheep without a, shepherd, and he pitied them. So, lest despair should overtake them at the dread an- nouncement, he proceeds to reas sure them with the hopeful promise of the next verse. 1 32. I will go betore youâ€"At the close of the passover they would naturally turn back to their homes in Galilee. Besides, events to folâ€" low were to make Jerusalem an inâ€" secure place for them to remain. So they were to be scattered, tut, when they had returned to the old haunts, they would find that Jesus had gotten there ahead of them. 33. But Peterâ€"In his headstrong. self-reliant‘way answering for the rest, and vigorously protesting that, for himself, he will never be ,ofiended. He takes no account ;whatever of the promised resurrec- tion and meeting in Galilee. His fimpetuousness [leads him to contra- dict his Master, te assume a. super- ;iority to all his comrades, and .to ‘ laim for himself an invicible self- ufiiciency. 34. Jesus, introducing his asser- ion with the strong Verily I say nto‘thee, is equally emphatic. He eiterates that on that 'very night eter will be one of those to be of- ended‘ in him. This is enforced ith the addition, before the cock row, which is an expression for he approach of dawn of day. All he Gospels agree that there are to 6 three denials, although there is some confusion as to just the form [in which Jesus made this declara- ion to Peter. was at the high priest’s house, with- in which the trial of Jesus before the Jewish authorities was taking place. The court was beneath (Mark 14, 66) the audience chamber into which Peter would be unable '10 gain admission. A maidâ€"Elsewhere we learn she [was the portress. How she identi- Verse 31. Thenâ€"It was, accord- ing to Matthew’s account, and Mark’s also, just after the dramatic scene in the upper room, and the minds of the disdples must lime been filled with the amazing declar- ation of the Master that sue of them should betray him. .wa comes the even more definite stame- ent that on this very night they ll were to ‘be offended (that is. ade to. stumble) because (f him. his was simply in accord, Jesus exâ€" lained, with the ancient w nrds of 'Eechariah (13. 7) to the effect that 35. Even~Matthew’s way of say- 'ng what Mark expresses with the ords “exceeding vehemently” (14. 1). There can be no question about he courage of the man who drew Y is sword in his Master’s‘defenoe in the garden, and afterward dared proceed to the palace of the man hose servant he had smitten. He as the kind to follow Jesus to the 65am. In fact, all the disciples en- red the same protest. 69.. Peter was sitting Without in fihe courtâ€"Compare John 18. This .GUBED BY “FRUIT:A-TWES” Lesson X.â€"Peter’s Denial, Matt. 26. 31-35, 69-75. Golden Text, I. Cor. 10. 12. éIHE S. 8. LESSON GRIPPLED BY RHEUMATISM I am well acquainted witha man, knowr I3 thousands in Vancouver, Victoria. and New Westminster. who for nearly a yeeu Jas practically 3. cripple from rheumatism. le was so troubled with the disease tha! 3 found it difficult to even turn over in ed. His heart appeared so weak that he Iould hardly get up stairs. Last June, he :ceived a. sample of “Fruit-a-tives.” He ised them and dates his r’ECovery from '_at time. To-dny there is no other mar II Vancouver enjoying better health. Hr paw buildingahouse this fall and shingled n lood part of the roof in a driving rain orm without suffering any bad effects. 500 a box, 6 for $2.450 : Vt'EiVaLIâ€"gize, 25c. At dealers, or smut on receipt of price by Fruit-aâ€"tivcs Limited, Ottawa. “Fruit-aâ€"tives" is a. pasitive cure for Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lumbago, Pain in the Back and all Kidqu‘il‘roubles. INTERNATIONAL LESSON, DEC. 4. Vancouver, B.C., Feb. 1st, 1910 JOHN B. LACY, lmy nerves grew steadier and in a. :few weeks more I was feeling as Ewell. as ever I did in my life, and you may be sure I ‘wfll always ’gra’oefully recommend Dr. Williams’ iPink Pills to every one sick or ail-l ling, as they restored me to health I12nd strength after all other medi- ines had failed. ” ,1 wake up in the middle of sleep trembling like a leaf, and in a bath of cold perspiration. Later. the trouble grew so bad that I scareely got a'wink of sleep, and would toss ghout in bed, growing so weak that ' . feared for my lite. A doctor was palled in, and then another, but without avail. I became more and more low spirited, and without any apparent reason would have fits of crying. While in this condition, a. nervous wreck, a pamphlet was given me telling what Dr. Williams’ .Pink Pills had done for others, and EI determined to give them a trial. By the time I had finished a few ;boxes I began to get some sleep, ,and this greatly encouraged me. ,Then my strength began to return, l You can get these Pills from any edicine dealers or by mail at 50 nts a. box or six boxes for 552.50 mm The Dr. Williams’ Medicine Nerves that are over-worked or weak quickly indicate their dis- tress by pain. That pain may be’ neuralgia or inflamed nerves, usu- ally affecting the head, but often the spine and limbs. It may be nervous dyspepsia, easily started by worry, excitement or weakness. It may be St. Vitus dance, a common affliction among children, or neu- rasthenia, a condition of general nervous exhaustion accompanied by acute melancholy. Worst of all the pain may signal the early stages bf paralysis or nervous decay, All. these disorders signify that the hungry nerves are clamoring for nourishment in the form of good rich blood. The numerous curesroi the‘: above named nervous diseases and weakness in both sexes by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are accounted, .for by the fact that these Pills ace tually make new, rich blood and so supply the starved nerves and] the vital elements needed to strengthen them. . Mr. Wm. G. Jones, Westmead, Man., says: “A :few years ago it was my misfortune to suffer from nervous debility brought about through a severe atni Itack of la grippe or influenza. When; the first effects were felt I used toe 75. He went outâ€"It had happenâ€" ed, as Luke tells us, that at this moment Jesus was being led from the judgment chamber of the high priest out into the court, and he heard the imprecations and last de- nial of Peter. 80 it was the look which Jesus gave him, as well as the simultaneous crowing of the cock, that made the disciple hurry away weeping bitterly. it is this sincere repentance on the part of Peter by which we must measure his guilt. It proves to us that his love for the Master had not really changed. His blunders were the result of what appear to be worthy enough mo- tives. He may have wished merely to keep near Jesus, and denied the right of anyone connected with the enemies of his Master to know his identity. He lied first to avoid be- ing thrown out, and then a second time to cover up a falsehood which, if discovered, would surely lead to his ejection, and still a third time simply to keep up his dogged deter- mination to see the affair through to the end. Of course, there is no defending his conduct. But it was not the conduet’ofi a craven and faithless disciple, It’s about time to count up the things you have to be thankful for. 72. Denied with an oathâ€"Perâ€" haps he felt that, having been tricked into onefalsehood, he must now hedge himself in with another' and more emphatic repudiation of any connection with Jesus. 74. To curse and to swearâ€"Was it a. revival of “the habit of his old fisher days, dormant these three years” ’2 fled Peter as one of the compan- ions of the Galilaean we cannot tell. The accounts agree only in the larger fact of his repeated de- nials, and are full of differences in the matter of detail. As John was actually pmsent, his version of what took place should be studied carefully. 73. They that stood byâ€"A group of servants and officers, Who were warming themselves at a'fire. Pe- ter’s part in the skirmish in the garden seems to have been the thing which led to his detection new (John 18. 26). All Nervous Diseases (lured by Dr. William’s Pink Pills *. . Brockville, Ont. NERVE AGONIES TEST TUBE, MICROSCOPE AND SPECTROSCOPE. Probably arsenic has been more frequently used by murderers as a. death dealer than any other poison, and arsenic is a very peculiar poiâ€" son. It is a well-known fact that many men and women take arsenic in small doses as a medicine, while the inhabitants of Syria, are said‘to eat it as freely as we eat salt. To a person who has never touched, eaten or smelt arsenic a mediumâ€" sized dose would have a fatal ef- fect. No matter how it got into the system it would be deadly, for arsenic kills whether it is swallow- ed, rubbed into a. wound, or breathed as a vapor. Chapman, who was hanged for poisoning his mistress, used a'rsenic, and the drug was also used in the memorable Maybrick case. To micro-photography the discov- ery of many a, crime is due. The spectroscope is infallible in reveal- ing the presence of the minutest trace. of blood, but it is unable to distinguish between human and ani- mal blood. The microscope can, however. The corpuscles of difier- ent mammalia can only be distingu- ish-ed by their size and shape, and it can be seen that without the mi~ croscope it would be impossible to draw a. distinction between the Delicate to a, marvelous degree are the tests employed by analysts in the case of poisons. If a, man were to be poison-ed with arsenic t0- morrow and were buried without being examined internally, an an- alyst could a, quarter of a. century later gather from the remains of the body a considerable amount of the poison which kill-ed him and in the same state as that in which it was administered. made by his mother, and a. letter. This parcel was sealed in the pres- ence of witnesses. When the parcel reached Lafarge it contained only one large cake. He ate this, and nine days later he died. Mme. La- farge was arrested and charged with murder by poisoning. At the trial it was alleged that she had made the large cake with arsenic as one of the ingredients, and subâ€" stituted it for the five small ones. She was found guilty after a. trial exceeding a fortnight, and conâ€" demned to imprisonment for life. Medical detectives, as the ana- lysts employed by Scotland Yard are called, invariably carry through their duties with skill, certainty and absence of prejudice. They have mastered the action and character of every poison under the sun, and this fact, being well known, has de- creased poisoning to a Considerable extent during recent years. Practically the poison-ers can hide nothing from the modern analyst, for that gentleman is not only fa- miliar with all poisons, but can re- cognize their presence almost as easily as he can recognize the dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral. By the aid of his test tube, his microscope and his spectroscope, he is able to lay bare the pois-oners’ secret and track him down. If any great criminal was suspected of poisoning his wife the analysts, upon examining the remains, would be able to prove what poison was used and in what quantity. 1 1' Mme. Lafurge poisoned her hus- band, an ironmastgr, by means of arsenic. While M. Lafarge was in Paris on a. visit his wife pretended to send him a. parcel, in which was her portrait, CHEMISTS AID POLICE Criminals in France and England Were Brought to Justice. FIVE SMALL CAKES MARVELOUS TESTS. Few people who know mistletoe only as a desirable feature‘ of Christmas decorations understand that the plant is a parasite danger- ous to the life of trees in the re- gions in which it grows. It is only a question of time, after mistletoe once begins to grow upon a tree, before the tree itself will be killed. The parasite saps the life of the in- of slow growth, taking years to de- velop to large proportions, but when neglected, it invariably ruins all trees it reaches. The only me- thod of extermination is the cut. ting down of diseased trees. lehildhood; 'not only that, but an ‘pccasional dose of the Tablets will keep baby well. Thousands of mo- thers have found happiness through {the Tablets making their little ones; .Nvell and happy. Among them is‘ lngs. C. C. Roe, of Georgetown, 510nt., who writes: “I can» heartily: ‘recommend Baby’s Own Tablets as 1 help to the baby during the hot fected branches. ’ Fortunately it isifiummer season. We have used igthem and are much pleased with “their results.’ ' The Tablets at hsold by medicine dealers or by m ' get 25 cents a, box from The. Dr. Wil1 lgams’ Medicine 00., Biockville. at. M. Rogler, who was found burn- ed to death in a cottage in France some years ago, was said to have been murdered. An analyst took a few drops of blood from the dead man’s lungs and examined them by means of the spectroscope. He dis- covered _that their _condition was normal, which proved that death must have occurred before the cot- tage was set on fire. An interesting and unusual inci- dent took place at the Hurstpier- point (England) Volunteer Fire Briâ€" gade’s annual competition, held on the recreation ground recently~the presentation of a silver rose vase by the brigade to Miss D. Laurence- Smith, in recognition of the valu- able assistance she gave the fire bri- gade with whom she worked twelve hours continuously at a recent farm fire at Blackstone. Capt. Pearsey, in command at the brigade, asked Mrs. Borrer, who distributed the prizes after the competition, to make the presentation on behalf of himself and his men. Miss Lauâ€" renceâ€"Smith acknowledged the gift in a. few words, and hearty cheers were givenâ€"Lady’s Pictorial. Some time ago a man suspected of murder was found to own an axe covered with blood. An analyst ex- amined the blood, and found that it was that of a goat, the corpuscles measuring 41 tenths of 3, micron. On this evidence he was FOUND NOT GUILTY. Cloth stained with red thought to be blood is touL‘icd wiLh ammoâ€" nia. If who 3min is . mused by fruit juice, it turns blue or green; if by Condy’s fluid it becomes blue; and if by cochinewl it becowes crimson. But if it be blood, human or animal, the color under the influence of the ammonia‘does not change in the least. A man was found in Cornwéll with his head batter-ed in, evident- ly with some blunt instrument. The detectives who took up the case found a hammer some distance from the corpse. Upon it were a couple of grey hairs, and a. medical man declared that they came from some one’s eyebrows. On comparing the hairs with those of the deceased’s eyebrows they. corresponded. The two hairs on the hammer brought the murderer to justice. animal. The corpuscles of both men and animals are all circular with the exception of those of the llama, alâ€" paca, camel andtheir kind, which are oval. blood of a. man and 'the blood of an Pcrfcction Have won popular favor on their merits. Try them to-day and you will be charmed. MISTLETOE A MENACE. GIRL FIRE FIGHTER. TEA AND EFFEE No home is happy where there is p, sick baby. The sufferings of the [little one makes the Whole house- hold wretched, for what mother or, father would not rather suffer them- .selves than to see their little one puffer. But there is no reason for fwrebched homes because baby is ill. Baby’s Own Tablets will cum all the minor ills of babyhood and childhood; 'not only that, but an occasional dose of the Tablets will Queen Alexandra rather favored the idea of sending her granddaughâ€" ter to schoolf'but Queen Mary has always been reluctant to do so, partly on account of the great dif- ficulty of finding a suitable estab- lishment for the Princess, but al- so because Her Majesty thinks a. girl is better brought up in her own home than anywhere else, a View in which King George entirely co- ineides. » But the Princess’s own wishes are also to be considered. Her Royal Highness has of late been urging her mother to send her to some school and it is possible that her wish may be granted before very long. The-Princess is immensely fond of her home, but the desire of playmates of her own age is a'very. natural oneand it is impossible for‘ her to have‘them except at school. :WEAK, SICKLY BABIES MAKE HOME WRETCHEDJ Princess Alexandra. and Maud of Fife,‘ cousins, who have been fre- quent visitors at Marlborough House in the past, are both sever- al years the senior of Princess Mary, while the little daughters of MrsaDerek Keppel, who is one of Queen Mary’s most intimate friends, are rather too young to make suit- able playmates for Her Royal Highness. PRINCESS WANTS PLAYMATES Queen’s Daughter Would Like School Companions. There has existed for some time past some difference of opinion be- tween members of the royal family, says M. A. P., as to to the upbring- ing, of the Princew Mary. The difficulty in connection with the training and education of the Princess lies in the fact that Her Royal Highness is an only girl, and of necessity it has been rather a problem to find her suitable com- panions of her own age and sex. Miss Louvina Knollys, daughter of Lord Knollys, and a great favor- ite with Queen Mary, and indeed with all the royal family, is also several years older than Princess Mary. though the two are very great friends. Beverages .