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If ' LIBERIA. OUR" J Life i'u the African Repufc American I HARDSHIPS THAT ] With the inception of a colonial policy by the United States the condition of our first foreign colony has * * TU- T> UK ^ xaiien on new imeiesi. iue nejiuuiiv of Liberia was founded and governed by the colonization societies, an arrangement which might haTe continued indefinitely had not Great Britain raised the question of sovereignty in connection with a dispute over boundaries. The Government of the United State3 having refused protection, the Liberians were advised to declare their independence, which they did in 1847. Liberia has thus completed Myaiiftg A CLEARING IN TH] a half century of self-government, and as the orderly course of events has been broken by but a single brief civic disturbance, the record in this respect is admitedly good. It is not, however, because of the efficiency of the Government, but rather on account of the peaceful and law-abiding tendencies of the citizens, that life and property are unexpectedly secure. Liberia is an agricultural community of about 20,000 colonists from America and descendants of such. This meager civilized population is not, however, centered at any one poirt, but is scattered in numerous settlements along 300 miles of coast line. Thero are no cities in any proper sense of the word, and nearly the entire population is engaged in EXECUTIVE MANSION" AT MONROVIA. farming. Tbe capital is Monrovia, a small settlement. All the farmers own the land they cultivate, and many have valuable estates. The coffee plantations of the St. Paul's River region of Liberia would, indeed, be a revelation to many. The planter'? house is usually of brick, two stories high and with wide verandas, at least in front. Inside it is comfortably and sometimes luxuriously furnished, and the owner prides himself, perhaps, that he haa achieved in Africa nroDertv and social status equal to that in America. There are not, however, any really rich men in Liberia. It is doubtful whether a fortune of more than $10,000 has ever been accumulated there. Each colonist has had to begin with little or, * usually, with nothing, and his present prosperity is in nearly every case the result of his own industry. There MONROVIA, THE CAPITi are no opportunities for men to grow rich from speculation or by rise of land values. Very little land is sold, the new arrivals being too poor to buy, while improved property is seldom alienated from the family. The Government provides emigrants with land freo of charge, But it will not do to continue this recital of facts favorable to Liberiu without admitting and explaining the popular adverse opinion on the subject. The well-informed reader has noticed before this an entire ^liscrep-, ancy with the frequently published j reports of returning emigrants. Their | narratives are usually exaggerated, j and often incoherent, but in the main ! true. Liberia resembles the house ! planned by a famous French novelist. J It was a success in all particular save j one?there was no doorway, no stairrtooa "rfltwnqn t-?an in 1 pq55 aim 5 crr?i.P !*. I aud prosperous^'farme!' there J[is, indeed, a gulf fixed, in the shape of four or five years of semi-starvation, sickness and difficulties of all sorts. The climate, the soil, the crops, the food, and even the cookery, are new. The emigrant starves by refusing or makes himself ill by attempting to eat improperly prepared native foods which in the right condition are both nourishing and palatable. He tries rancid palm oil and goes back to imported butter at seventy-five cents a pound, until his money is exhausted. He wastes his time planting his crops at the wrong season or in the wrong way. t~7 t r\ rs m rv r* t a\ttt I flKflT 6U1MI. ilic WhiGh Was Founded by Lid Societies, BESET NEWCOMERS. j He pays extortionate prices and is perhaps completely fleeced by those who are willing to "take the strangei 1in-" To send the colonist to Liberia is . manifestly but the first step in tht | process of colonization. Those who ! monooro/1 tV>o Trnrlr in fllA earlier daV? i understood this and acted accord: ingly, but after an independeut Gov j ernment had been set up and prosper j ity seemed assured, the careful management so necessary to such an j enterprise was withdrawn. The paradox has again come true, for 2 LIBERIA.N FOREST. colonization was abandoned on account of its success. Recent efforts should be called emigration or deportation merely, the essential idea of colonization being absent. Deportation has failed. It is worse than foolish to expect the inexperienced | emigrant to take up single-handed the j conquest of the tropical forest in the | face of the difficulties of pioneer life j in Africa. Unusual endurance or some exceptional fortune may bring him through, but the chances are mostly against him. The battle with ! thft fever and the forest is too loner. ! Five years of suffering, starvation and homesickness mean a deterioration which subsequent prosperity can scarcely atone for, even if the colonist's family is spared by death. Colonization means the partial re- j moval of these difficulties, and the success which attended early efforts of the kind is an indication of what might be expected if the resources of modern civilization were brought to bear upon the problem. It is at least certain that Liberia could offer opportunities considerably superior to those being eagerly sought by Europeans in the African colooies of the various powers. Indeed, Liberia is already in advance of any of these colonies, if we interpret the signs aright. There is more coffee under cultivation, and there are more good farms owned and managed by negroes than in any other part of tropical Africa. There are more good honses, more intelligent people, more chnrches and more schools, and, while the aggregate is yet infinitesimal compared with Europe or America, it constitutes the most favorable nucleus of civilization to be found in tropical Africa. Tc attempt to arouse excitement and stir up an exodus of American negroes would be to invite disaster on a large scale. The negro can honestly be advised only to stay where he is until he has far better assurance of safety than can now be given him. The important point is that the supposed failure of colonization during the iast hall century failure is not a demonstration of the existence of any insurmountable obstacles in the way of furnishing a home in Africa for those who find themselves uncomfortable here. LL, FROM THE HARBOR. The Turkish Taiinak. This is the yasmak worn by ladies of the Turkish harem, a veil designed to hide all save the dangerous 'dark eyes of Oriental women. European influence has so worked upon the feminine mind in the East that by slow decrees th? yasmak has grown more and more gauzy as the jears passed until THE HAREM VEIL. . to-day it is transparent enough to reveal the smoothness of a woman's brow, the red of her lips aud the white of her perfect teeth. It is an extremely coquettish face covering and is said to be in great favor among Constanti I uople belles. A HEROINE OF SANTIAGO. . Sarah J. Ennir i* a Colored Trained Nnni With a Flue Record. Sarah J. Ennis is one of theheroinef of the war. She went to Santiago ar a contract nurse on the 12th of July, 1898, and is still employed in the gen MRS. ENNIS, THE SANTIAGO NCKSE. cral hospital in that city, under Surgeon Carr. She has never been ill a minute, has never been off duty a day since slio arrived there, and at one time at El Caney had 110 sick and wounded soldiers under her charge. Only one of them died. All of her superior officers and associates, as well as her patients, speak in the highest terms of her skill, her energy and devotion. Mrs. Ennis is a colored woman, a native'of Santa Cruz, West Indies, ana is now twenty-nine years old. She came to this country with her husband, who was a steward on the illfated steamship Elb^ of the North German Lloyd Company, wtiicii went to wreck several years ago on the coast of Ireland. After his death she entered the school for trained nnrses connected with the Freedman's Hospital for colored people in Washington, and graduated from that'institution in April, 1898. From that time until ahe went to Santiago in July she was employed as a nurse in some of the best families of Wasnington. Latest Craze in London. The monogram glore is the latest craze in London and has just reached America. It cannot be called a pretty fashion, but as it is decreed to be the / II I /^///(^/^^ A MOKOGRAM GLOVE. thing, the thing it will certainly prove to be. Gloves made to order witti monograms are devoid 01 sincning, and the monogram is embroidered in the centre of the back of the hand. Those which are purchased from stock and then embroidered have the monogram set between the thumb scam and first row of stitching, and others have it placed on the wrist below the stitching. This latter position is not altogether a very advantageous one, as a glove usually wrin- | kles so much at the wrist that the monogram is apt to lose its prominence and the small amount of beauty it might otherwise possess. The most popular?if the new fad may be said to bo popular so soon?are the self-colored embroidered monograms. These decorations are so striking, even in self-coloring, that few will be bravo enough to hazard so striking a contrast as white or black, or vice versa. An Experiment For the Boy*. You can bore a hole through a pin without any lathe or other machine. All you need is a needle, two corks, o bottle and two pocket knives. Fit one of the corks firmly into the neck of the bottle and cut a V-shaped notch in the top. Stick a pin in the cork near tue top, so mat it passes mrougu BORING A HOLE TIIROCG:i A PIK. the notch. In the bottom of the other cork force the eye end of the needle, so that it is held lirinlv in place. Open the two pocket knives and stick the blades into the cork so that they balance each other. Then place the point of the needle on the pin, and as soon as it is well balanced a breath of air on one of the knives will make it revolve. Continue blowing whenever it goes too slowly. At first the needle's hard poiut will make e slight impression ou the pin, gradually working its way through until a clean hole is bored as perfectly as any lathe could have done it. This iuteresting experiment requires patience and careful handling, nothing more. When you show the other boys the pin, borec} like a needle, they will wonder how yon managed to do it.?New York Sun; * *7. *1 CUBAN EDITOR WARNED. General Ludlow Deals With an Offending Journalist. BANDITS RAID AND SACK A TOWN. The Order Forbidding the Importation of Firearms Aron?e? Comment?Edltoi Who Would Breed uiacora xnreaienea With Summary PanUhment?Proposed Relief For Starring Cuban*. Havaxa, Cuba (By Cable).?During tb? last few days some o( the local papers that are printed In English have published sensational stories regarding the disputes between the soldiers and the Cuban police, evidently with the Intention of preventing an understanding between them, aud, 1! possible, of stirring up more trouble. MajorGeneral Ludlow, Military Governor of the Havana Department, summoned an offend, ing editor before him and warned blm thai be must desist trying to embroil the soldiers and the police. "If you refuse, I know of two ways te compel you. One would be to put intc force the military regulations and sendyou to the guardhouse; the other would be tc send you befor6 the local judges, for th? application of the old Spanish law. Personally, you may abuse me as much as you like, but for the future you must abstain from ypur present methods la the other matter." General Ludlow complains that one o( the principal difficulties Havana Is now suffering from is the presence of many "worthless Americans"?men who come here virtually to ohange their usual sphere of idleness. In the opinion of General Ludlow, it is advisable to wait until autumn before endeavoring to rahje the ?10,000,000 or 512,000,000 necessary for the contemplated system of sewerage and other public improvements in Havana. He believes it quite probable that the money can be obtained here in Cuba. Jose Maria Gomez, Civil Governor of Santa Clara, has sent a dispatch to General Maximo Gomez urging him to use his Influence with the Americans to secure the construction of the projected Sancti Splrittus Railway, that would give work to the Btarvlng population of the district. According to dispatches from Puerto Prioolpe Province, the village of San Andres was recently raided by a band of forty outlaws led by Antonio Barcelo, formerly a citizen of Holguin, Santiago Province. The place was completely sacked, the bandits carrying off twenty horses, a large quantity of clothing and groceries, and 91200 in money. Five mounted armed men attacked a store in the village of Tiena Azure, abducted the proprietor and his wife, and carried away (200 in money. The people of the locality are frantically begging for protection, and a force of rural guards is greatly needed. Tho country folk are moving into the larger towns for safety, while the planters, many of whom have bought quantities of sugar cane in Isolated localities, fear tbat the marauders will destroy it before It can be gathered. The order of Colonel Bliss. Collector, of Customs, forbidding the importation of firearms has caused much comment. Many Cubans express themselves as believing that the step was taken to prevent increasing the strength of the Cuban forces in case u oollislon should follow a protracted stay of the Americans in the island. Some call it a regular Spanish measure in that it savors o( force. There does not appear, however, to be objection from any one high ;'a political or army circles. The complaints against the order are based mainly on sentlmontal grounds, and not because there is any plan to import arms into the islnnd for revolutionary purposes. On the other hand, thero are many Cubans who favor the measure. General Ludlow Is planning to change the names of the streets In the elty and to designate them hereafter by numbers. He will also floake better arrangements concerning the numbering of the houses. Three Bandlta Xeaa In Cabs. " Saxtiaoo de Cuba (By Cable).?Juan Caballero, a noted bandit, was executed at Mavari a few days ago. The rural guards at Holguin shot two outlaws who were attempting to escape. DEWEY'S BOUNTY CLAIM. AaserU That Hla Men At Entitled to Doable Reward For the Manll* Fight. Washikotox, D. C. (8peclal).?The Navy Department has transmitted to the Coprt of Claims a report of Admiral Dqwey, In which he contends that the Spanish fleet that was destroyed by the American squadron in Manila Bay on 1 ' 1R0R trno In f?nmhlnnMnn xslth the shore batteries, superior to the American naval forces. With the report of Admiral De^ey was sent the list of the claims for bounty by officers and men who participated in the actions of Manila Bay. Among the papers Inclosed are those relating to the cruiser Baleigh's part in the Manila Bay victory, with a list of officers and men of that vessel entitled to bounty. I The report from Admiral Dewey Is the most important communication in regard to bounty claims growing out of the war with Spain. Upon the view taken by the Court of Claims of Admiral Dewey's con-1 tentlon will depend the amount of money| to bo paid to Dewey and the officers and men of his Hay-day squadron for destroying the 8panish ships. Under the law on the subject the Government Is required to pay flOO for each officer and man on an enemy's ship destroyed by an American vessel, when the American naval force Is superior to the enemy. If, as Admiral Dewey, holds, the enemy's force .was the superior, , the bounty must be $200 for each officer and man on the.enemy's ships. There were about 1800 men in the crews of the Spanish vessels At Manila, and the Court of Claims must decide whether ?180,000 or ssuu.uuu shall be decided among the American crews. THE AGREEMENT ON CHINA. Raasla and England to Uphold th? Nation's Independence. St. Petersbobo (By Cable).?The arrangement betweon Great Britain and Russia reported as baring been signed here U not in tho form of a convention. The terms were set forth in a note, duplicates of which were exchanged by Count Muravleff, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and British Ambassador Scott. The preamble states that both counties agree to uphold the integrity and independence of China. There is no reference to the respective spheres of influenoe, but the agreement makes provision against a clashing of the interests of tbe railways In Manohuria and the Yangtso Valley. Porto Itlco'i New Governor. Brigadier-General George W. Davis, United States Volunteers, has been assigned to the command of tho Department of Porto Rico, with headquarters at 8nn Juan. General Davis relieves Major-General Guy V. Henry, who at bis own request has been relieved on account of ill-health. Snowstorm Kills Sheep in Scotland. Thero was a heavy snowstorm a few days ago in Perthshire, Scotland. The unseas* onable weather resulted in the killing of great uumSjers of slioop aud lambs. Cjoltng Notes. The Century Road Club of America rocognlze3 road racing and grants records made when duly certified. It is ostiraated that there are in Germany at tlio present time 110 less tban 3,120,000 bicycle riders. The average value o! each wheel Is plnoad at $50. Although Devonshire claims to have held the first cycle parade, tbls honor belongs to Liverpool, os It wa9 here, In 1890, that the first official cycle parade was organized. In Pari9 recently, at the meeting of the International Cyclists' Association, it was decided that English and French should be adopted as tb? official languages for joaununloatloaa. i I THE WAR'S COST TO DATE. It is Estimated by Treasury Officials to Amount to About $275,000,000. Uli Account OI til? rnmppiUQ imurrccuuB I the Total Ezpennei of the War Will Aggregate Over 9300,000,000. ; WH^T THE W^R H^S COST. [ Expended before July 1,1893.. $55,000,000 i Expended since that date... .200,000,000 Paid for the Philippines 20,000,000 Estimated war expenses for ' May and June 25,000,000 ' Total number of deaths in American army 6190 men ' Washington, D. C. (Special).?Treasury ' officials say it Is impossible to state exactly , the oost of (he war with Spain, but a study }f the Government's expenditures during the last year gives an approximation of the ' amount. Many Items charged in the ' Treasury statements as "civil and miscellaneous" aro really, directly or Indirectly, > saused by the war. This is conspicuously , true of the $20,000,000 Indemnity paid to i 3paip, and It is quite as true of largely ln, creased expenditures for clerks employed , on the bond issue, and for employes re. quired In several bureaus of the War and ! Navy Departments. An approximate calculation places the . expenditures of the Treasury thus far on account of the war wifh Spain at $275,; 300,00(1. I Increased expenses on account of the war before the beginning of the fiscal year amounted to about $55,0(/0,000. Since July I 1, 1893, the increase has been about $220,, j 000,000. This includes tho payment of $20,000,000 to Spain and the expenses incurred I in suppressing the Philippine insurrection. ! It is expected that the war expenditures I for the remaining two months of the fiscal 1 year will bring the total up to about $300,I 000,000. j Expenses of the navy are rapidly being | reduced to a normal basis, but the Phllip! pine campaign is keeping up the War De( partment expenditures, The Navv Depart ! ment expenses in April were $4,628,000, which is not largely in excess of the nor mal. The War Department expenses are, of course, very heavy and they will proba; bly never again be anywhere nearly so ! small as they were before the Spanish war. i The aggregate strength of troops employed during the war was approximately 275,000 covering the periodtfrom May, 1893, to April, 1899, inclusive. During this time the deaths from all causes were 6190, or two and a quarter per cent. LAWTON TAKES BALINAG. American Lull Only Two \Tonnd?d,Wblle the Filipinos Salter Severely. WAspiNOTOjf, D. C. (Special).?The folI Utninn ??K!a /4lar\nt?1i hoa haon rAPtticArl by the War Department: ' "Manila. "Adjntant-General, Washington: 1 "General Lawton's column, passing westward from Norzagaray, captured Balinag and Tillages in vicinity, scattering and pursuing sixteen hundred insurgent troops. His only casualties, two wounded; insurgent loss several killed, large number wounded and captured. "Have opened communication with Lawton via Malolos by means of Hale's troops and dotachments from city. Otis." The following dispatch was also re ; ceived: "Manila, May 3. "Adjutant-General, Washington: "List of prisoners in bands of insurgents jast received shows Lieutenant Gllmore and seven enlisted men. Navy, lost from Yorktown and six enlisted men. Army, three of the six wrongfully arrested la i January before hostilities began, all repotted to be doing well. Besides the above two men in hands of insurgents, South and Captain Rockefeller, still unaccounted for. "Otis." TWO WOMEN FRIENDS:FOUND DEAD. Strange Harder and Suicide at Stockton Which K?call> the Fre la Ward Caie. 8tockton, Cal. (Special).?A tragedy which recalls the Freda Ward case tn Ten* nessee occurred a few days ago In a loca lodging bouse when Mrs. Virglnle Hassel, a beautiful woman and the wife of a onoe ' wealthy Englishman, killed her friend, i Mrs. William Hlokman, and then placing | the pistol to her own forehead sbot herself. Both bodies were discovered by the father ( of Mrs. Hickman. The pistol lay on the j bed between them, where it had fallen from Mrs. Hassel's hand. The police have only theories to work in but the most Dlauslble is that Mrs. Haasel, who bad frequently declared that ahe would die before being separated from her friend, shot Mrs. Hickman while she i slept and then killed herself. | DEMOCRATS WIN IN BALTIMORE. Thomas O. Ilayes Elected Mayor by a Majority of Nearly OOOO. Baltimobe, Md. (Special).?One of the most exciting campaigns In the history of Baltimore city resulted In a Democratic landslide. Thomas 6. Hayes was elected Mayor by nearly 9000 majority over William T. Malster, Republican, the present incumbent. His running mates, Skipwlth Wilmer, for President of the second branch of the City Council, and Jamos H. Smith, for Comptroller, were chosen by practically thb same figures. In addition to these candidates at large theDemocrnts elected all of their candidates for the second branch of the City Counoll and eighteen out of the twentyfour members of the first branch. CENTURY'S CREATEST MURDERER. Sentenced to Fifteen Years Imprisonment For Killing Fifteen Persons. Bueslad (By Cable).?The trial of Herrmann, the wholesale murderer, who walled [ up the bodios of his three wives in a cellar and boasted of having poisoned His twelve children, endod in u vcrdiit of ''killing without premeditation," and he was sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment and ' ten years' loss of civil rights. Confused by pseudo-scientific theories of horedlty and degeneracy, tlie jury evidently decided to regard this monstrous criminal as an irresponsible person whose acts wore the result of uncontrollable impulses. Hence the failure to And a verdict of guilty of murder. i Influenza In India. A severe epidemic of influenza is prevailing in many parts of India. Canned Meat Poisoned a MinUtor. I The Rev. Dr. Thomas C. Carmon died u fow days ago at Bradley Beach, N. J., from the effects of poisoning, caused by eating canned meat about a month ago. He was the pastor of the Mothodist Episcopal Church at Bradley Beach. Dr. Carmou ? ? m aM VIn Unraa frtrn was S1AIJ-UIUU J OHIO utu, il\J >vw ? ?.i V sous and two daughters. Sampson's Squadron Keturnn. The North Atlantic Squadron, under the command of Rear-Admiral William T. Sampson, has arrlvod at New York City, after a thirteen weeks' cruise in the West Indies. Notes of tlio Diamond* Daly is playing a lino game at second for Brooklyn, Tho new balk rule to date has not materially improved the base running. Tho St. Louis Club has transferred Catcher Zlmmer to tho Cleveland Club. Chris Von dor Alio has opened a saloon in St. Louis. Thus he ends as he began. Joyce considers Seymour, Willis nnd Powell the best of the younger generation of pitchers. Callahan, of the Chicagos, says Dah'.en can cover more ground than any lnflelder in the world. Nichols, of Boston, seems to have more speed and more pronounced curves this your tuan ever before. A - THE SABBATH SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR MAY 21. Subject: "Chrl?t Before the High Prle?t,'# John zvill., 10-37?Golden Text: John i., 11 ? Commentary on the Day'a Leuon. 15. "Peter followed Jeaus." He followed afar off (Matt. 26: 58), and was, therefore, In tar mnra Hnnnrar nt rianuitic hla Tnrd than he would have been it he had been more courageous and kept closer to Him. "Another disciple." John, who went with the crowd through the gat?, for he "was known unto the high priest," and, therefore, probably was acquainted with the palace and knew the servants. "The palace." The court of the palace. 16. "But Peter stood (was standing) at the door." The wicket gate, having la gome wny been shut. Having once struok the high priest's servant, he must have felt it dangerous to keep too close to the retinue, who went in by the main entranoe. "The other disciple... .brought in Peter." He helped his intimate friena, leading him, indeed, into temptation?unconsciously, for he himself seems to have suffered no temptation from the servants?but also leading him near to Christ, who could save him in temptation. And, doubtless. Peter would have been tempted in some equally trying way if he had remained without, and he would have been beyond the reach of the eye of the Saviour who brought him to repentance. 17. "Art not thou also one of this man's disciples?" The R. V. leaves out the not. Peter may have been seen before by this maid; he was unfamiliar with the place, and had the shyness of t. plain man Inside of a great house, and besides was conscious of his danger of being recognised, for his marked features must have been clearly seen in his attack upon Malohns. "Hesaith, I am not." This was both falsehood and treason to his Master and the new kingdom. John had left him, no doubt, hurrying away across the court into the hall where Jesus was, to witness the proceedings, so that Peter did not have the assistance of his presence. He could not have denied Christ with John by his .Bide. Then he had goile ambng the persons gathered around the open brazier of charcoal (v. 18). "for It was cold," and hero he was standing among them, "and warmed himself." It is more than probable that the air was ringing with jest and laughter uuuui \i eaus, uui toiciumuui iuiuiu|/i,uc kept silence and tried to look as like' one of the scorners a3 he coald. It is always dangerous when a follower of Christ is sitting among Christ's enemies without letting it be known what he is. 18. "The high priest," Annas. Jesas was led first to Annas because he was still the legitimate high priest. Annas appears to have possessed vast influence, in so muoh that Ave of his sons became high priests, and his son-in-law, Calaphas, was now the acting high priest appointed by the Bomacs. "The high priest then asked Jesus of His dlsclplos, and of His dootrine." His teaching. This Inquiry probably had two objects; one was to entrap Jesus into saying something which could be twisted into a charge of blasphemy; the other was that it allowed time for the Sanhedrim to be summoned. 20. "Jesus answered him, I spake openly," etc. There was nothing in His teaching to be concealed. The high priest coald find out all about Him if be wished. They seek to wring from Christ evidence upon which to convict Him. It was contrary to the law and the spirit of justice. 21. "Whyaskest thou Me?" Jesus refnonri in hA a nartv tn this Injustice. Let them find the witnesses, for there were plenty of these. This would have put aa end to this unjust and illegal condemnation and brought out the truth, which the rulers did not want. The cunning of the high priest was foiled. 22. "One of the officers.struck Jesus with the palm of his hand." R. V., with his hand: but whether a slap on tue face, a box on the ear, or a stroke wltn a rod, cannot be determloed. In either case it was an insult and outrage. 23. "If I have spoken evil." In manner or matter, in the remark just made. Jesus here gives an interpretation of His own precept In Matt. 5: 39. Jesus had simply claimed the common rights of all men. "But if well, why amlttest thou.-Me?" The primary sense of the word translated smite is, to skin, to flay. It is perhaps safe to inter from the Saviour's use of this word that the offlcer's blow waa a severe one. 24. "Now Annas had sent Him, etc." TheB. V. is here probably oorreot; Annas, .therefore, sent Him bound on Calaphas. Thus far the investigation had been unofficial, or private, and the result of it was scarcely favorable to the design of the accusers. Meantime, the prisoner bad been relieved of His letters. Calapbas, as the real bigb priest, was president of the Sanhedrim, who had had time to assemble. Bat the trlul was irregular because it was against their law to try any one by night. The charge was blasphemy, the penalty for which was death, according to Jewish law. Having formulated their charge, they must adjourn till dawn to bring the case before the Sanhedrim at a regular meeting, at their own ball of meeting. When the preliminary examination was through, and the informal meeting had adjourned, there was a period of w<ing for at least two hours before the formal meeing of the Sanhedrim could take place. During this interval Jesus was insulted, and struck, and shamefully treated by the crowd. 25. "Simon Peter stood," or was standing and warming himself, as we saw above. To understand this scene we must put all the narratives together, remembering that probably Peter was beset and worried by a crowd of menials. "He denied." Here again was a simple denial with more posltiveness. 2G. "One of the servants.** About an hour later (Luke 22: 59). "Being his kinsman whose" ear Peter cut off." This statement gives one roason why Peter now denied with so much greater vehemence. 27. "Peter then denied again." So John, his mend, simpiy records; dui .uum, whose Gospel Is supposed to have been derived from Peter, says that he began to curse and to swear. "And immediately the cock crew," Or better, as the Greek has no article, "a cock crow." This was the sign which Jesus had given to Peter (John 13: 38), the second cock crowing called usually the cock crowing. Then it was that the Lord turned and looked on Peter (Luke 22: 61). It was enough. Like an arrow through his inmost soul shot the mute anguish of that reproachful glance. Then Peter saw himself as he was. He looked into the abyss into which he had almost fallen, and recovered himself. He went out and wept bitterly (Luke 22: 62). Flinging the fold of his mantle over his head, he, too, like Judas, rushed forth into the night. How Ohrist restored Peter is recorded In the last chapter of John. "WIRELESS TELECfAPHY. CzperlmenU Conducted at the Signal Service Experiment Station In Washington. Marconi's experiments in wireless telegraphy are of muoh intefeetin Signal Ser? <"? I oti nf W u oK I n rr f-nn PnlAfiol Allan spoalflng of the report that Marconi had feathered a gale In the English Channel, said there was nothing remarkable in that. Had there been thunder and lightning the electric wave, the medium of wireless telegraphy, might have been broken, and the coherer or receiver might have gathered lightning shocks. Wind and rain do not I effect wireless tolegr.iphy. In an experiment conducted by Sergeant Balth.iuthe [ electrical experiment stations of the Signal Service, at tho suggestion of Colonel Allen, a wave was sent through the heavy wall of the corridor with perfect effect. Ihe coherer is a glass tube containing a mere triile of silver and nickel lllllngs, ninety-live per cent, sliver and live per oeut. nickel. Tho armature Is a magnet of the dct.'Oherer. The wave causes the linings to cohere and attract the decoherer, which separates the particles again the moment the wave ceases. J Depletion of the BrilUli Army. The British War Office Is again at its wits' ends lo And recruits for the army. There was an outburst of military fervor after the battle of Omdurman, but it was shortlived, and now tho prospects are worse than before. The army, at present, is getting only the drees of voune manhood. Tho indus trial activity prevailing seems to be the explanation of tlio recruiting failure. Alto- I aether, the army Is bolng slowly depleted, [ Ihe recruiting being lusufllcieut'to replace tlio retiring batches. j GOD'S MESSAGE TO MANj | I 3BE?*UI>n> TUmi^UTC COnu I Hkl ' ntMiinn i i nvvun g r nvm WORLD'S GREATEST PROPHETS, j Afterwards ? Lifting the Rntt Fnd ? Th* Lord Triumphant?A Prayer for Jeaua*' Spirit ? Waiting for the Snnahiiie^ , Why the Cup Lacks SweetneM. , | The peasant sowed, unrecompensed, in paint, \n army rode and trampled down bis grainy Another year?the harvest yield Sprang rich and golden from the trampled Held! rhe minor delved in darkaesa and despair? i His tears concealed the trove his band laid ^ Sis orphaned child, years after,- found th& gem, . . ind lu ! It glorified a diadem. The friar sang a vesper, sweet and clear; ' Without his cell a monarch paused to hear; The friar slept, nor ever dreamed that he ? 3 Sad sung to kings and- sweetened history! ! The brave knight rode, fameless and aloue; ? The brave knight fell, and none reared him a atone; , His faithful sword, borne by another's hand. One day brought Joy and freedom to his The great man lived, lonely and poor and scorned; The great man died, and bat a beggar mourned; . A. thousand years?and lo! in twilight** gloom Ten thousand pilgrims' kneel beside hlat tomb! # , Faint heart, be brave and banish thy d?^ apair! Look to the past?find vindication there; Our little Mves make God's reward seenk late, I Dut recompensed are they whoswork and/ wait. ? Burritt Hamilton. Lifting the Bnft End. . ? The experience is common enough. Bat the man who will come up to the effort ia> not so common. It is a great test of fali^ oess, this matter of lifting the heavy end.) It is a test of selfishness, too. We hav? watched with deep interest many a case.' How often we have seen the stalwart man, with thews to throw the world, take th? place of his weaker felbw when It cams to the big lift. That is a case of yonr truer knight. It is doubtless wise that the delP ' " 'Sfl :ate man is so often placed near the heavy and, although we cannot see it. Certainly it does afford a fair test for the unselflshnes? i, .'ffl of strength. But there is a fine sifting process in-.olved whenever it comes about that the butt end of the log must be movedi' It Is then that the. fafiit-hearted maa skulks. That vigorous heaving of tense muscle is no slight task, and many a boaster U out of sight when the call for that toll is sounded. Fine gloves and Persian odor? are ill fitted to this enterprise. And so tha :raven finds his true place when the lift or the butt end of the log comes about Bat everywhere there are men who respond! when the call for suctr service comes.' They do not get the credit of tha' rat office and the front seat. They lift the butt end of the log, but they do not ? talk loudly about what.to?y would do. They ,-vj can be trusted for downright faithfulnecs, and they are#busy at their large work rather * than in booming their own prospects. You ? '-.m will not And their names often in the public < '>$3? print. Tbey cut no large Hgure in current events. They are unblazoned. But they are lifting the butt end of tbe log. And some time, when the true record and balance are made,when all the deeds that have advanced the world's weal shall have \>een summed.' , .-M up, there will be one surprise awaiting every man. It will be the abundant reward of each one who bravely undertook and. achieved the harder task. Such a man will rind himself in great honor, and tbe maa who Skulked will assume his true place. The final summation may be delayed, but the real tests of life are In the present. The Lord Triumphant. The Son of God entered the lists with Death to try tne question as to wnicn snouia be the reigning power In' the universe, whether life or death, light or darkness,corruption or immortal 'strength and beauty. They grappled for mastery, each with the other, in the wilderneis, on the cross, and la ; the grave. At first death seemed viccor. Ha appeared to triumph over the one Man aa over all other men. The Prlnco of Life waa slain. The hour and power of darknesa raunted their supremacy. And ChAos seemed about to spoil the palace of Life. But it was only for a moment. It was not possible that Christ should see corruption or be holden of death. Life broke from the sheath and hush of death into the rapture of the Eastet o morn. Death was robbed of its sting, the grave of Its victory, and the lord of death of his power to terrify. As the blessed Lord emerged from the empty tomb, leaving be^ hind Him the adjusted cerements of death, stepping forth into a garden where the spring flowers exhaled their rarest fragrance, it was forever established that life was itroDger than death, iight than darkness, ? ? 'han lies. God than sia.?Rev. F. B. Meyer. A Prayer for Jcaun' Spirit. Almighty God, thou art great, yet how condescending thou art! Thy glory ia abova the heavens, yet thy love Is seeking us out night and day, that it may do us good. And this is the confidence that we have in thee that having given the cros3 thou canst not and wilt not withhold anything thAt is good for us. Slay we see thee in all thy aspects and know thee to be the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of Salvation, the God who is mighty, not to destroy, but to save. May we know the power of Christ's salvation; may we yield ourselve*' to all bis pity, his solicitude, his dying, rising, triumphant love; then shall we have rest in our souls and a sweet, tender, ever . , -V3 abiding comfort. Let us enter into tho very J spirit and purpose of Jesus; then in us there snail be no dt-atb, no hunger, no sense ot pain, but a real doep joy in the Divine pres* ence. Help us to be true to the cross; may wo live in its mystery, may we exemplify its love. Amen. Waiting for the Sunftliine. Our lives are too often graves in which tlie best possiuiuues 01 luuriu uuu ?|iiruuiu beauty and strength lie sleeping, l'crhaps not one of us is living at his best. Ther^ are belter things in our soul than have been brought out. There is more love lying in our heart?sympathy, compassion, gentleness, helpfulness?than has yet been called out into service. There are undeveloped' possibilities of usefulness in every one's heart and hand. Many of our lives are like the trees injorchards and forests,all over the land,these , : early April days, waiting for the warm sun* shine and gentle rain to call out their foliujjo and fruits; we need the warm south wind of God's love and of the Holy Spirit t<* woo Tout the blessed possibilities that are sleeping in our lives. We need Enster in * our hearts, a resurrection which shall cause us to arise and shine and put on our beautiful garments.?J. B. Miller, D. D. / Why tlie Cup Lacks Sweetness. > Since Christ is risen, it Is the precious privilege of the people of God to think les? of the grave in which the body is laid, and more of the glory into which the soul ha# entered. It is because we are slow of heart to believe all that the Heavenly Father has told us concerning departed friend" that there is often so little sweetness in our cuft of bereavement. We think only of our great loss, of our desolate home, and, as some ona has well said, "the very crown of life is eclipsed by the casket, and the glory excelling grows dim in the shadows in which we choose to abide."?Christian Intelligencer- < To Exterminate California Sea Lions. The California State Fish Commission is about to undertake the task of exter< minating the sea ilons that ituest me uoji. tomia coast and destroy enormous quantities of ilsh. Many fishing firms hay? complained of the increasing lierds, and a meeting has been arranged to d6vise the/ most humane method of ridding California V waters of the posts. The seals on the Seaj ? Rocks at the entrance to the harbor of San V Francisco are exempted from any sucb action by special laws. Oiilck Trip Aroaml tlie World. Tho Russian Minister of Railroads has .announced that when the trans-Siberiaa Jine is completed it will b? possible to go around the world La thirty-three days. j " j