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Aristic Yati. cnt illpol'tati)lS from GernaMny include sonie exceedingly artistic fans.a in the reitulation conbination of ima terials and decorative effet'l's and like wise a novelty or two. Fans of swans down are enjoying a marked degree of fashionable approval. and at the op era and other society affairs the large fluffy breeze-propeller of swainsdown has been conspicuously waved by many a distinguishing matron and Maid. One mounted in pearl and spangled gIauze is bordered by a row of cockatoo feathers in white. Another shows tor toise-shell imounting conbined with black and .gold spangled gauze. the distinctive nott being an edging of tortoise-shell most delicately carved. It is a fad nowadays to collect fans. and colletors who value their posses sions are investing in special cases in whi(h to store their treasures. These cases are gilt franed in the shape of fan, with a background of silk velvet or brocade, and the contents are kept On view. but safe trom dust.-Brook lyn Eagle. Dress of a Princeps. To belong to a royal family does not always mean that the children can wear silks and jewels and laces every day of their lives. The frugality ex ercised in the Germnan imperial family is well illustrated by an incident re lated by a writer in Everybody's 31agazinie. The empress, with two of her court ladies. was oitting on a terraee in the Park of Sans Soiei. at the Pots<am: Pamcc, when another lady of the court. a countess. apIpronehed. The countess was accin piiied by her little girl. and the empress called to her own little daughter. the Princess Victoria. who was playing down below, to come up ad make this child's acquaintance. A few minutes later the empress felt somebody tugging at her sleeve. "Mamma," whispered the small Voice it her ear. "see what beautiful things that little girl has (the countess's a 1ughter wVas Imost expensively dressed . And it is not Sunday, and there are no uncle-kings here. And I am a little princess. and she is a little counte'Ss. And she has on as beautiful thin.s as you give ne on Sunday and hen my uncle-king comes. May I put on my beautiful things' "No, little sweethi'art." the empress whispered in reply. "your p:pa is under too great an expe:e to permit ou to wear your good clothes every day, - We must be as careful as we 'can of our clothes, so as to helo him in every way possible." A Novel Work. A novel work for women, which, so far, doesn't seem to have traveled far out of England (where it originated), is the training to learn to fight fires. So firmly is it believed in Englandt that there is even a sc'hool established i for this training, which is actually ne.E patronized by a large number of wo ien. And, besides the school dev-oted to this work, several of the large col leges for women have departments, or rather brigades, whose memb~ers are ri;:idly drilled, and who have figured ~ tn many dramatie fires. The usefuln'ess of the training Las I been especially apparent with mnembJers of hospital staffs, and, most of all, -with those attendants who are on duty . in insane wvards. MIany panics have been averted which could not have been if they had not been drilled to1 .per'fect control., Part of the attendants are trained to run immediately to the part of the 1 house on fire, the others to circulate Samong the' patients at once, in such a way as to allay their excitement and I have them ready to march out in safety I if the fire should prove serious. In' the drilling the attendants take turnis at "quelling the fire and quelling the patients," as one girl put it, so that all of them are ready for any part they may be called to do. In the hospitals, too, wherever these .trained women are, the danger to pa tients and to buildings by fire is mini mized by the knowledge of exactly what do do. The course is thorough, including all the branches of life and property sav ing and of escape. Invisible Hair Nets. . I Smartest coiffures are now held in arr'an:ement by means of the invisible net. Not the old fashioned device. se namied. which was once used to hold the "waterf'ail" on the nape of our' ra ilniot he-'s shapely ne('k, lmt a rcallv navisile cover.' which is so dcii ('ate of tex tre that it enan be adjiusted ova any ';ind oif coiffure~ without in lrsonxs who haive slor't hlair's to trick omt f sight: will rind these nets o! riui'y hair. whli -h so readitily' h1-omes tact wvith thte opn a ir.' maliy thus he' pr!vetedt1 fom lo osn:: lnd destroy inag lhe etf'eet of ta' ci :n lttd" ciffture. Some( of the* n ew cotiffures rea liy re tire'4 thet inisib'.Ka net, nto matter howi long and r'egula:' the strandv of hair mlay be., for :111'a. the new hali' ar bre.:k ri: thegular r'iles of the sidahal n, w'iak '?thet nt indis-~ . pens:;bie. Fo ia : .t i ' V.ne tlf (araged' I \Vract porti oft the hair. This v:1' te flikeys i tch pnurse ' an ve:I::ga a b llr t ter warm driiawlilii ratil' tti laoth' r nul lionfth' neV:t aot' women prf r itn-IT o eve~:: I *.tttt ary2 t::r t -naturially a~w.v el.,e t th "n~ape" niz anti unsih' ly end[. One of the 1lrter* mod.les of haird:ssing, which ;ome of our women are dopting. is an indulated poipadour, parted in the entrie, with a low coil on the u-1pe of he neck, the poimpadobin g i carried 'ihIt down to the cii in the back. With this is worn an English "fringe" iust over the foreheai. This short 'hang." as we would call it in America. s frizzed anid is s lme llnsh l with :1 sliight I. curve. :ind snometiies ar aniged from either side of the parted ud undulated pomtipadour. It is very hort, not more than :in iii-i or an iich ind a half in length. Tall wmnen. vhose fhures are *EnI-dish.' that is. lim.-and shall one sa: angular'--are est stilted with this rat her trying coif ure. present undulation ealls for a very wide wave. indeed it canl hardly )e made too wide, and it must le ae jenituated quite deeply also, if one 6ould he really ultrafaishionable. The air must he kept glossy too, and 'each particular hair" must he found n its "Own particuisir plice.'* for :he ripples of the ui dilation must niatch perfectly to be correct. A -marked advantage of invisible nets .t that with them it is not necessary :o wear veils. They will hold the hair irinly in place. and one is spared the varmth of a veil.-Washington Times. To Get Rid of Superfluous Flesh. ,Iost personis Who are too stout have :w'o peculiarities: they Dave good appe ites ind at disilnclnatiln for a great inount of exercise, says Willin S. irge. M. D.. iii Good Housekeeping. It is said to be almost impossible for iY Onep to ne'Clulaite ahirge stock of Idpose tissue if really active exertiou n proper amount is made t'eery day. Stout people begin to exercise ini maious ways. and aro so po)s'5sscd vith the idea that they 'rear them elves at the beginnin: they a , (on :equently unable to c.ontinue: they rop back ineto ii:n'tivity. on the plea hat they really cannot endure so much 'xertion. Many stout persons. WOmenI eiS ecially. flind objectiomnzble fatty tissue ecuutilating about the waist line. It s this fact that gives them the keen !iscomfort. A fat figure iiiy be got en rid of in a very short time if tle iwner is willing to make the effort Lhe important point is to educate the nuseles. Many womei seem to have o knowledge of the existence of the hdominial musces. To get rid of an mipleasinmt bulkiness, it is necessary o go through simple miuscu!ar move nentts. Spread~ on the floor o:' the bed cbamn or a thick comfortable or blanket, ud have r'eady a small pillow to use n ease of need. Remove the clothing ad nut onl a loose slip or nightress. 'hen lie down on the blanket. . If iddiness does not result fronm placing he nead flat on the floor, take that osition. If it is uncomfortable use lie pillow. When all is ready clasp lie lands together under the back of he head and straighten the body out. xtending the muscles of the legs as traighit as possible. Then begin by aking long breaths: after this try to ontract the muscles of the abdomen. tt first maybe there will be no effect erceptible. wich is in itself the most onlusive evidence of the need of such xercise. Five minu-.es of effort a1; he outset is all that is wise to take ithout an interval of rest. If there a abundance of time. lie still on the blanket for a little while. put the feet lose togeth'er, keep the head flat on lie floor and resting on the clasped ands, then try to raise both feet at ne time from the banket. Do not nove the body, simply lift the feet, if ossible. Very likely the attempt will rove a failure. I know a woman who tried twenty ive times before she -,vas able to raise ier feet six inches from the floor. fter the effort has proved successful elease the hands from under the head md let them rest gently on the abdo nen. then lift the feetand observe the xmtraction of the muscles under the ands; the higher the feet are raised he more rigid these muscles become. As soon as practice enables one to :ontract these muscles readily, study :he structure of the body and try to nove all of the intetn'al organs inte )endently of each oth 3r. This is possi le, muscles of whiech one never even ~uspected the existence. A few months of t'.iis kind of train ng. wvithi a diet carel ully selected and easonabtly restricted, will (10 woniders n .the way of reducii.g corpulence. Piture~ btats, eitherli wi Ite or 1blac-k, ire still worni with dressy costumes. Elbow sleeves are grovwing imn favor, md w-ith thmem long .gloves arie womrn. The loose. blouse effect of wvaist is apidly becoming lost, while the Di etoire is taking its place. Of all the uses to which embroidery S put there woutld seem to lbe none cithi prcttier results t hana in millinery. Skir'ts areC cut circular. or many rored:l circular flaunces are *eenm, and ny knife-plentinags are us-'d~ as trim Theii new ha:- iar' smal'cr than here fire: ha-i, linigeii, eyelet embroid -y. thoe-s and fli::;: at-e used as :Sarplce effects lea 1 themselves read y to the newv waists and can be male win' to both the full anid the Seeves co'ntinue fatll at the tolp, thet hiiring down the catir- or along the unc-r seon'u is v-ar-'d by .atlhering, Tucker and chenaisettes, made of a-e ort lngerie. siow various em roieries and fatcy s titchings, and ire worn with iipen-throated surplice VANITY O VIRTUE. spartan Qualities That May ite Sublimy Yet a ;ore to Hear About. A S 1rian virtu. sen-, I," he- the 'a 'y-ftor-ellib.re bi're of the worst s1r' TkthmnvloSe supreme if not oily virtue iles in , the fni hat lie takes~ .1 t')hL \V tl''0!*t11ViV iittt -' the wholt' year round. You meet him in the ear in the stre et. in the cours of busines anvlywhere. anid nio matter wha-1:t the- tolle 1may be at thet Stalrt, the coniver'sation is bound to it< ide an aCcouit-quite incidentl. of cour'5C oF how oil lie frosti est of miorninigs lie frolics inl the ive cold water just as it Comes from the liydrat nt. Then there's the inn woi it walks dowil to his office eve'ry moriniigi. rain or snow. in snishine and in storm. The more distant his home from his otfice the more he will talk about it. and he will tell you that le is hecoie so wi custolied to it that the only thie he can get an extra thrill out of it is whelln til stret's a0re deep with snow and the3 wvinid is blowinig a1 hurricane. Heaven may forgix% the min who rises at 5. sunmer and winter. spring and fall. We never e:ml. The early iIser is nlot a criminah.11 simlply becaulse the law does not (esitgnaite his offense as a crime. But it is admitttl that the law has its defects. Nothinig cln a:tp proatl the look of sup-riority on the face of the early riser. He has found the only road to health or weailih. The books he has read before breakfast would, if collected in a heap. make the Congressiolal Library look small. There are some who would place in the first rank of this group that rugged, hardy. vigorous. full-blooded gentleman who can't breathe in a room unless all the windows and doors ar ' oplei. The lower the pressure of steam in the radiator. the lower the mercury in its tube and the wilder the play of the winds over the roofs and around the coriers. the more ilsisteni- is he that you are imperilling your very life by not ocupying an ofnice wide open to every wind that blows. Ohl, partan virtue is a fine thing. but It would b., simply suliie if its mod ern exponeilts al iniculcators would just keep still about it.-WYashingtoni Po-t. WORDS OF WISDOM. IIoalth is nature's reward for con formnity to her laws. Be praised not for your ances Ors, but for your virtues. I No nation can he destroyed while it possesses a good home life.-J. G. Ho! land. A man is rich in proportion to the things ihe caln adford to let alone. Thoreau. Ilappiness comes not from the power, of possession. but from the power of appreciation.-H. W. Sylvester. A man rarely thinks seriously on the subj-ect of religion until the- day the doctor is sent for in a hurry. Joy is for all men. It does not de pend on circumstances or conditions; if it did it could only be for the few.-I Horace Bushnell. Action is the word of God: thought alone is but His shadowv. They who dijoin thought and action seek to di ide duty and deny the eternal unity. Liberty means. not license. but such lrgeness and balaitee of manhood that men go right not bveenuse they are told to. but because they love that whiich is right.-Henry Ward Beeher. A. perfect faith would lift us a bso utely atbove fear. It is ini the cracks.1 eratnnies and gulfy fauiltst of our he" lief-the gaps that are not faith-that the snow of apprehtensionl settles and the ice of tuikindness forms.-George 3aeI.onald. . Wondrous is the strength of cheer ftlness: altogthelCr past calculation. its power of endurance. Efforts to be permanntly tuseful miust be uniform ly joyous-a spirit of sunshine. grace ftl from very gladness, beautiful be cause bright.-Carlyle. Foresighted Philanthropy. President Angel!, of the I'niversity of MIcbigan, told this story to a class in inter national law: Some y ears ago, when I was United States MIinister to Turkey, Greece was visitd by a severe famine. A great wave of sympathy and pity swept over the Uited States, affecting the women particularly. They raised hundreds of dollars for the relief of the sufferers. Withi true Yankee husbandiry they did not send the money in cash, but spent it in buy ing vast quantities of cloth, which they made into dresses for the Gecian women. One entire ship. I believe, was loaded by this outpouring of charity. I iiever was tired of re fring in diplomatic circles to the generoity of may countrywvomen, and for at time was the envy of the repre sntativ es of the other government5. "ShotlyI after the ship arrived and its cro had been distributed. I had co caio t0 o mak-:- a trip through Greece. It was in' the' days wvhen our ladies wore extremely large sleeves: lbut the tyhe in Gr'eece was not the same. You mayv imagiine my surprise and humilia tion when I saw that thP Gr~tecian w oen hiad not known wha''tiig A mer icai garmients ;ere ani Itad pt themln on their hushands for vrou - rsu day 3lagazine. .. A Polite Cab'uan. The usual Saturday aftelroon thr'ong, dresed in its best, swarmed uip andi down Br oadway. A. enbby, leaning confidingly bac': wird. said to another perched on the i'h seat of his hansomi I havena't seen a prett:y woman to A woman in the crowd. hearing. looked r1proal'hlfully utp. "Present coimpanly ailwvays excepted." r'rreted the cabby politely.-New York Press. Womran's "Good Time." Woman is having a good time-some peole think too zood a time. The era nts 'are not to be allowed to h o er her. the ehibiren tire niot to ice a1,l'wed to lot her her. her husband is no' to be a llowed to boCtht r her. She i to tb free to iead the higher life. ItI sunds bruttai. but perhaps woman wa n~ ot intended to live free from all bothers. Perhaps woman wats intend ed to tak' her shlare of thie world's IFI makinZr Good Country Roads. ,tq CO3 NITY is known I by its roads. Ical eSite A O depre(iates in market value A: hei bounded by bad high ways Cities. towns and cou1 iesz ow'e Iluch to good roads. Tlose so fortuiate as to enjoy good roads do not realize their value until they locate inl a vicinity that has poorly constructed roads. The aninal visit of the supervisor is not always appreciated by the farmer or by the man who is compelled by law to work his required lime on the roads. Too often it is lookea upon as n usClesq burden. Oftentimes it is so, for the work is really thrown away. Super visors get in their time and.draw their pay. The real service of a good road is often torgotten by otticers, as well n as by the imien working under them. A general public opinion demanding good road making is the first essent i-. Too much time is wasted and too much money is spent on good roads and bad e roads. The graft has worked its way into the maintenance of the public N highways. Every roadbed must have good draii- b C.ge. Dirt roads become impass:able. ad the rock or graveled 'roads soon lose their identity. When side ditches hold water many weeks during the a year, it is a clear indication of bad o drainage. Such roads cut up badly and are filled with deep ruts. Often times the side ditches are higher than the main roadway, and not only have no standing water in them. bu. they shed all the runiling water ilto( the to wagon tracks. Side ditches that are 0 serviceable must lower the water table in the roadbed and carry off all the surface water that would otherwise flood the roadway. Thu graveled or rocked road usually is graded before the hard material is spread upon it. and for a short time. at b least, the drainage is good. Since n water is the wor.st enemy to good roads a it is likely to make an attack any day a in the year, it would seem that the annual road-working season would not u altogether fill the bill with any kind of road, whether it be gravel. rock or dirt. IRoads to be at their best nced. ttention every time it rains; especi- t4 ally is this true of dirt roads. The grader is excellent for opening p up side ditehes and for fifling the road centre. but in many instances the work 0 the grader can not do is left undone. Bridges are not properly filled. The enids of ditches are never opened with the shovel. Even the roadway is left hollow, because of ignorance in hand uing a grader. The Farmers' Institutes have inter ested a number of farmer~s over In diana in dragging their roads after every rain and after a thaw inl winter. The result of this experiment has in deed been very satisfactory. Whlere it is impractical to have hard material for road m-aking, good drainage. with t the dragging pror-ess, will give farmersy living on dirt roads fair roads through d the entire year. The drag is so ar ranged as to drag all loose dirt to the road centre, and inl so doin~g the wagon ruts anld horse tracks are enltirely filled up. There are no holes for holding water. Then the dragging of the sur face when wet puddles the top, so as to assist in sheddinig the rainfall. which then passes to tile side ditches. The success of the dragging promnises to give the farmers of the dirt road districts a chance to show their publie spirit in good road mlaking. The farm- Ii ers join together and drag the roads p near their homes.-W. B. Anderson, in the Indianapolis News. Good Rloads and Autos .' Whatever the reputation for reck- y lessess and disregard for the rights of the road which many automobile driv ers or "chauffeurs" have acquired, the adent of the big car is undoubtedly Ie exerting a stronlg influence favorable to good roads, an incereasing influence which may be exerted powerfully when the time becomes ripe for legislative assistance. An interesting experience" is related to me of roads and country v ways, by M1r. Whitman Osgood, of Washington, who, with his wife, two n children and a "chauffeur," made a s' round trip last fall to' St. Louis in his automlobile. They went by thle famous r old National road, passing ithrough IHgertown. M1aryland; Bedford, Pennsylvania: Pittsburg. Zanesville,.t Columbus, Indianapolis. Terre Haute, etc. The greatest trouble MIr. Osgood encoutered. hlowever, was, as lie terms it. "the inevitable white horse." He says this particular colored animal is by far the miost fractious and un reasonable. anld in several eases caused accidents. only one of which resulted t seriosly. "Thie roads in M1aryland were very good"' said 3Mr. Osgood. "even in the Ii moutainls. Ill Pennlsylvania they wer ad and in West Virginia thecy wer . bad. Inl Oio the roads got bletter.l especially around Columbus. where for sevety. 'iles~ theys areC as level and smods as a floor. InI Indtianal they 1 were fair. but in Illinois an~d 31issouri -well, the next time I go over thiose roads it will be with a flying macinle. They were simlply fearful. We hald no bad weather. "I never knew before what aln excel-' lent index to the character of peCople h are tile roads whlich cut through tile Ii couty. Where there were good roads v there were good farms: where the r~oadsl were poor the farms were poor. f and thie farmers looked shifttless anid deod of en .rgy and amblitionl. We n fond it diftenit to get proper food jin b somie of the country districts, tile I ftre sending all their products iml mediately to the markets. The jour ne v the most exhilarating and in strt. and I am always hereafter a stri: advocate of good roads." Guy 1 [itchei!. in Indianla Farmer. Acco; :ng to ai Spanish exchange. tile Itepublic of Colombia. in South Amecr jeg, site the time'Is ot thl2 conquerors. has produced $13.000).000 worth of Tie Shlah of Persia has placed an oter order for six high class automo With th Funny ~ .ii 01'9 Felltva A Sordid .arnl. I never loved a swtat --az--'! Or cali Ill cuw. with linpiid eye Too dear:y to refuse to sell.. Epciiahly when beef was high. -Lou1-ville Cou rier-Joinal.. Of Two Evii. cohwigger - "Ho0w did ile get the w-food fad?" Codwell - ie mnarrid : cooking A Responsibility Mer. 'WhA'It art deninuds.** Said. the critIC rnestly. "'are pictueis of* r0-i life'." -Well," saidl the( .14-tress. -that isz at I provide. Ly phtographs are sale at every performamet." A Yellow Vt-il. "The Japs are remarialy pnrst it." Yes. indod. I slillier' to think hat Would become of us if they mould come over iere a:d becomu ok agents." Sensationiml Joutrnalim. "M11a foi :" said the traveler. Who was 'atinig a New York papelr. "Ali iehohler has his lad cut off and ill e tlireatens revenge at zA poll": Z(. Aiericans viil believe zat, zey ill believe anlythii" Nor D;sposed to Cavil. .eqantne-Thalt old farimer is liing everyl.body that when he cantc !t at you witi a iun you ran away." ItAilway Surveyor-"Well. lie's part right. I rani a w.ty r:.tilt throu.hL s land."-Chica .go Tribune. All by Hcrself. .She says she's g-oin to narry some iy th:tts worth while. if she eve irrios anyIaly. Sheo has refusd1 hal ozen inno-po youn.g men 1: luan.-y we'eks. "Why. she's a regnulhr lob1ster can .-ry, isn't 5he?"-Chicngo Tribune. Like Samson ot Old. "Yes. my wife ealis h'er littie Sky, rrier 'saluison., "'lhats a queer MIme for such n Uly little tiin-. "Well. you see., he'd be nothing with t his hair."-Pihildelphia I-'dgr. Reasonable. Church Worker-"Wou'l1 you assi ', :. good si., to seid a missionary t -e canionials?" Mr. Gotrox-"Not miuc-I'm a vege . rian-but I'll assist you to send them )ue easily digested cereal:"-Puck. Old. But Good. "Have you1 no gymnasium?" asked ao visitor at the Stillviih' Femialc ute lcademy. "Oh. every place is like a gymnasiun:t us." replied the polite lady princ(i i: "you wili notice that we have .mb belies everywhiere." Instance of A n imal Inteliienlce. Mrs. H-eriwayte--"I do believe the tl darling knows I'm getting i" meih. Pleasant Forgetfulness. Mrs. Biggs-"And when I caugnlt my shnd kissing the maidi I ses to him, r~y 'aughty like. I ses, 'John, you for t yourself!'" Mrs. Boggs-"Well?" Mrs. Biggs-" 'No!' lhe ses: 'on the )ntrary, it was you I had forgo!.ten.' Chicago Journal. The Tartar's Itetort. "Let me see." began Mr. IHonpee'k, he wooden wedding is the fifth anni~ ?rsary, isn't-" "No:" snapped his wife. "when onc( arries a blockhead the ceremony it But the miserable man had fled. hladephia Press. Open Qjuestion. lere is a man who stole $4000 fronoi e c Governent y-ears ago andi .a 1st returned $12,000~ to the 'conse~nC "R jinks. I am thinking.' 'Thinking wvhat?"' "If the Governnment would he bettN Si everybody stole $4i)00 and te .ned $12.Uo."-Chicago News. Single and 1Double. T hi." said the' man who wds shlow' the stra;nger' aro)und the city. as ht tet a b road stretch of beach, oigs to old1 Bigspud. It's all1 matde ad. That's Lis hotus . back there~ uo e left." "Is that oin made land. too?" asker ICstangerCi. "No: that's en mnarr'ied land. lie go wih his wife."-C..hicago Tibunell. Love. "Yes." saia the Chica go gi'i. "I'n glged to Mr. I3eks. It was realiy -ad to u:d ld hecautse I like Mr. Bu1 n quite as well andt they're equally Wat decided tihe thing?" asked lht 4-st al imfl~y if Iiu'ch a ; ii should< see~e neessay."- P'hiiidelpia Mary the 'Tumrn" Please. Unele E.'ales-"I don't know as you ll thank nme for interfering. Ellen. itthey tell me this Mr. Cashmaan yo : -e goigto a) nrtr is uttarly '~crth U'nele Charlnes--Not in a p'ecuniary ~e you know - he's got mioney .uith-but from an initelletual poai view." Elen-"Oh. Uncle Charles. you don'1 now what a turn you ptve me:"-B~os ).LTransrint. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR JUNE 25 Review of the Lemons For the Second I taxrter of the Year-Reart John xvi., 1-1--Golden Text, John xx., al-The .suimmaries. Les.son I. Tople: Jesus the Sheplherd of soul. Phlace: Jerusalem. .esus tells then that lie is the shepherd of the shep; 1e is also the door; the Ph ri sees and false professors were the thieves and robbers trvinI to de stroy the sheep. Those who trust in Christ antl enter in through the door shll be saved: Christ comes to give His life for the sheep; the wolf-Satan -tries to destroy the sheep: thehireling fleoth when the wolf cometh: the Good Shepherd cares for and protects the sheep: other sheep-the G;entiles-were soon to be brought into His church. Although lie laid down His life yet le would take it again. 11. Topie: .lesus in the crisis times of life'. Paeis : Uthabara, in Perea: Bethany. near Jrusalem. Lauzarn was sick mid lis sisters. Mary and Marlta. sent to Jesus informing -im: Je.us renmained in Benhabara two days; thent took His discitles and went to Bethaniy: when e arrived in 1-etl any Lazarus had heen dead and buried four days: Martha met Jesus first: Mary was thent alled: they mouried that Christ had not ieen there before he 4lied: .iSUS groaned in spirit and wept: the Jews s:id. "Behold. how He loved him ;" .1 ests asked tea to take away the stone: Christ prays; calls with a loud voice: Lazarus thon eatie forth: nmany of the Jows believed in i Jesus whenu they saw the miracie. III. Tople: Love's servive to the Master. Place: Bethany. at the lhomne of Simon the lienr. Jesus is :11aini in Bethany: a feast is provided for Hinm and His (1iscipes: La::,rus who was raised from the dead sat with Him at the table: during the supper Mary anointed *Chri*s herad and feet with very costly ointment: the whole house was tilled with the odor of the ointment; she wiped His feet with her hair. IV. Topic: The kingship of Jesus. Plae: 1rom Bethany to> .erusalem and in the temple courts: Jesus took His discinles and started toward Jer usalem. The people who had heard of the raising of Lazarus crowded around Him: a great throng of people cane' out from Jerusalem to meet Him; they greeted 1-ii as a king atnd cried. "Iosanina:" Christ rode on a younr Colt: certain Greeks desired to see Him; Andrew and Philin tell Jcsus: Jesus1 came out where the Greeks were and taught them. V. Topic: Jesus taeaches humility. Plave: An upper room in Jerusalem. Jesus and Hi1s disciples are about to partake of the Passover supper: the disciples disputed over which should be the greatest and Jesus teaches them a lesson in humility by rising and washing their feet; Peter objected: Jesus answers his objection: Peter says. "Not my feet only;" Christ re fers to His betrayal. VI. Tople: Aids to fruitful service. Place: In Jerusalem in an upper room. The supper is over; Judas has left and is planning to betray Him: Jesus teaches His disciples important truths through the figure of a grape vine; IHe is the vine; His Father is the husbandman; .Christians are the Ibranches: the branches must be purgedF that they bring forth much fruit: those who abide not in Christ are cast into thle tire: Christ is glorified when we bring forth much fruit. VII. Topic: Christ's prayer for His followers. Place: Idi an upper room in Jerusalem. Before Christ and His disciples go out into the darkne:.s of the night Christ prays: 1. For Himself. 2. For His disciples. ::. For all believ ers. He desired that they be kept from the evils that are in the world: thaut they be sanctified: that they may know the truth: that all believers should be truly united: that they may be paur takers of His .glor~y: He asks that His love may abide in them. VHi. Topic: .Christ's challenge antd 1riudiction. Place: Pilate's judgment hall. The Jews accuse Jesus: He is taken before the high priest: Hie is then taken before Pilate; it was early in the morning: the Jewvs would not en ter the judgment hall; Pilate went out to them; demands a formal charge: questions Jesus: is convinced thatI Christ is innocent; they clamored for Barabbas and asked that Jesus might be crucified. IX. Topic: The erucifixion of JTesus Christ. Place: Golgotha. Christ goes forth bearing His cross; a great mul titude follows: He was crucified at 9) o'clock: two thieves were crucified with Him; Pilate wrote the title in He brew. Greek and Latin; the soldiers east lots for Christ's tunic: Psalm 22: 18 is thus fultilled; Jesus provides for His mother. X. Topic: The resurrection of Jesus Christ. Place: A garden near Calvary. The women were early at the tomb; several women and John. and Peter had left: Mary tarried: twoangels ap peared to disciples in the tupper room. XI. Topic: The ministry of the risen Christ. Place: Isle of Patmos. John had been banished to Patmos: John was in the spirit on the Lord's day Sunday: heard a-voice; sawv see gold en candlesticks andl one like unto the Son of man stantding in the midst; Christ is described: John fell at His feet as dead.: was told to write what he had seen: this same Christ is still wlking in the midst of His people. XII. Topie: The blessedness of hetven. Place: Isle of Patmos. Join laid at vision of the new heaven and the newv earth: in the midst of the city was a beatutiful river of water: there was also the tree of life which bare twet mtanner of fruit?: servanis serv-ed im: thurre was no night: the Lord gave light to the city. The Nashville Anterican thinks that the mercenary spirit is growing: that we are tending more and more to neasure everybody and everything by mtoney. It pleads for and looks for wartd to a higher standard: We are living and have been living in a period of wealth-developing, of money-mtak ing, of industrialism and commercial isma in which have grown up colossal forunecs through the development of tte enolrmncas natural advantages or this wonderfutl country. In such a period of industrialismt success i-s apt to be measured by individulal wealth or earning capacity. But we shall conmc more and more to understand and appreciate the true standard; to etmate men. not in dollars and cen'. out according to their real wrth. The world's greatest benefac tors have been men who lived and died poor in material wealth. The scholar, the patriot, thle statesman. the artist, the scientist, the teacher. the moral exemplar. these in the greatness of their work, make the ere money grubber seem meanly JUNE TWENTY-FIFTH. our National Her'tage. Isa. 55: 1-13, This May Also be Used as a' Temperance Topic. There is no surer tcst of a nation -as of a man--than its budget of ex pcnd:iures. Is it fc- lattlcships or for schools? Whoever is the ruler of this nation, we are not safe unless the Over-ruler is God. There is no height of national glory more lofty than God's thoughts. and the naticn that comes nearest to them will come nearest to suprem acy. There Is no national prosperity ex cept- ab .he nation does God's will a fact that is very strangely neglect (in legislative halls. Suggestions. If ours is a great nation. it is great in spite of the saloon. No one ever dreamed of thinking that the saloon contributes one jot toward the great ness of anything. There is no greatness of our na tion in any directica?-in men, in goods, in learning, in arms-that is nor threatened by the saloon. No patriot is more useful than the home missionary, and no taxes are more truly contributions to our na tional welfare than our gifts to the home mission treasury. You are actually owner of your share of the possessions of your city and of your country, and you should be in active control of it. Illustrations. "The Man without a Country," in Hale's great story, was an exile on the ocea-n; but many a careless citi zen on land is practically a man without a country. To reserve one's patrilptism for war times is like cultivating a farm only In winter. A will must be verified in a probate court, and our right to our national heritage must be proved by service. A careless voter is like a soldier firing with his eyes shut. Youtag men and women are too seldom trained in the knowledge of the government of their community, state, and nation, and so are unpre pared for their civic duties. The Ln deavor Society may well become the agent for this preparation. A group of specially interested En deavorers may be formed, or the whole society may work together. Some text book of civics . may be studied under a competent teacher, and talks may be obtained from Christian men in office, who will tell about the operation of the parts of the government of which they have charge. A club may be formed for this pur pose, using as a basis of organization the constitution which the United So ciety furnishes free. Whatever plan is adopted, the work will be fascinating, and will continually grov. in interest as the members come to know more about SUNDAY, .JUNE TWENTY-FIFfIH. The Vast Field of Southern Asia. Mal. 1. 11; Matt. 8. 11; John 10. 10. What is known as Southern Asia in our missionary work embraces all of India, Bomba.y, Bengal, Burma, Malaysia, and the Philippine Islands. There are eight Mission Conferences and Missions in this field. Nearly or quite two hundred thousand dollars are annually expended here by the Parent Board, besides large sums by our Woman's Foreign Missionary So iety. India alone is a vast continent containing three hundred millions of intelligent peoples. This is in many respects the most promising and suc cessful mission field of the church. Four missionary bishops have juris diction in this field. They are Bis hops Thoburn, Warne, Robinson, and Oldham. India is a continent more than a contry, and contains one fifth of the population of the world. Its people belong to the Aryan race, like our own, and are governed by the Anglo Saxon. The people are philosophers, and are mainly Hindus, Brahmans, and Mohammedans. Nine tenths of the people live in villages averaging three hundred and sixty to the vil lage. Yet there are many great and populous cities. Great wealth exists In many localities. Yet India is so many-sided that there are sixty mil lions, so poor that they never went to bed other than hungry. Our work began In India in 1850 under the great Dr. Butler. To-day we have ;four great Annual Conferences, and nearly' one hundred thousand members and probationers. Christian colleges and native preachers with a rapidly ex pand-ng work promise permanency to this great church. The opportuni ties are exciting and the responsibili ty appalling. Men and money in in creasing streams should be poured in to India this quadrennium. The Philippines is a most interest ig field. 'Under the splendid work of Dr. Stuntz and his fellow mission aries, we have made a most promising showing in these islands. The Aglipay movement has openaed the way for Protestant work. With near 1 ten thousand members there now we may expect to rapidly increase during the present quadrennium. In harmony with the plans of the Evan gelical 'Union we limit our denomina tional work to certain districts. We have equal privileges in Manila with other churches, and to thie north the choicest parts of Luzon. The island of Mindonao has opened to us. One of the most hopeful of our Mission fields is in the Philippine Islands. The Minnesota Experin .ant Station has discovered that the cow suffers from the characteristic disease of twentieth century civiiizat ion, nervous overstrain. She hat :'muerament. She is over-civilized. "The high strurg cow has no place in the dairy scheme;' she should be elinminate:1." writes Professor Haecker. The St. Paul Globe says: "We think some body will strike a blow for this exotic type of cow. We have sufficient con fidence in the world to believe that it is a respcter of even bovine asp:ra Itions, that a vulgar consideration for cream and steaks will not :niitate against the development of the aesthe tic nature of the cud chewer, that se wil not become the victim of heart less unrelenting science,"