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V iirnil limonj I i Remarkable Demonstration When the Volunteers Leit For South Africa, j DISAPPOINTMENT IN YEOMANRY, j I TUerw Will Be Over l.?0.<>00 British Troop* In tho Field Within 3 Ken | Week*?Honor* rimmed For Lorii I Kitchener if New Campaign i* Sue- | censful?Attitnde of Holland's (Jueen London (By Cab!f>).?The first 500 Lon- J don volunteers started for South Africa Saturday morning and received au onthu- j elastic send off. Although many stirriug J Bceues have marked the departure of the j British troops for the front during recent i mouths the outburst of patriotism on this occasion was quite unprecedented siuce i tho Jubilee. It is the flrst time in the history of the movement that British volunteers have i been permittid to serve side by side with the regulars in real warfare, and the : people turned out iu thousands to tlttingly ' celebrate it. Every grade of society was ! represented in the crowds which thronged I the streets along the entire three miles of j the line of march to the railway station. I There were not enough police to keep the streets clear and the people broke through the lines and caused an hour's delay. The Imperial Yeomanry, nfter the flrst I flush of public applause, is being gauged ! gingery. It is dawning on the minds of all tb it what Great Britaiu wants are crack s hots and rough riders after the type of the American cavalrymen, and frequent i comments appear, pointing out that the average yeoman, who is a farmer, does not i come up tothisstandard, while the average lordliug, who adds brilliaucy to the force, is not, generally, much nearer the mark 1 in thiii respect than his yeoman tenaut, ! that both have far less military training J than the members of the volunteer force, j and it is a fact that a large percentage of j the eurolled Imperial Yeomen have never j served even in the yeomanry What is be- i tng forced upon the War Office is that 100 colonials accustomed to bushwacking, cow punching and scouting are worth 1000 ' Euglish clerks and farmers. The WarOfflce knows the value of its own i j?ork in carrying out the mobilization I til.heme and is content with drawing upon | the regular lines of reserve. The Daily Chronicle publishes a detailed statement showing thbt 104,373 men, with 239 guns, are now in the tield, and t&at, witn ( the troops now at sea or preparing, to sail, tliere will be an aggregate strength of 160,000 men, 32,003 horses and 448 guns in the course of a few weeka. This will be done without stripping India, England and Ireland of their batUtfp&V atiffeued by militia, and without catUng. for more than 10,000 out 28,000 citizen/ soldiers. i It is learned that Lord Salisbury believes the salvation of Great Britain's military system depends on General Lord X|nBh?i ener, in whom he has loug had implicit j faith. It has already been planned that j it Ljrds Roberts aud Kitchener bring campaign to a successful termination- tbi: latter, will be brought home to honors almost equal to those of the Duke otjWelW' ington. He rill be put iuto the War Offlo*. au'i will be given a free hand to brush away the cobwebs which clog the .British Army. i Lord Roberts, of course, will not pa neg- . lected, but by then he may be too oldjfotvsuch worlc as is outlined for Lord Kitch- 1 ener. Perhaps before this cau be acoom-^j j plished Lord Salisbury will be out of : aud Lord Kitchener will be discr^dtpijjl^; But upon such a rehabilitation by mMOS; ;;; of the young and brilliant ageat has the heart of the British Premier beeu sejififSljC'' remains to be seeu whether fate wlli^aable him to carry it out. There Is considerable irritation here over.;. Hoi laud's attitude, which may result In Huk! \ Foreigu Office making another " appoin^- i Tue youug Queeu is intensely pro-S Boer, and has written to the Pope, th?' Kaiser aud the King of Italy, begging ihern to take the diplomatic initiative " to stop.;; this cruel fratricidal war;" She has alsoo shown marks of favor to Dr. Leyds.^tb^r! j Transvaal representative, who with hUfJjj agents has bought andshipped m unit ions,* of war and enlisted officer* withont htaUfii drance since the war commenced.' : In Eurone England's onlv real frlaintmH! (talv, aud she is proving a friend ioiMMH Fr >!u the first tlie Italian Go nut every facility at the disposal British officers engaged in baying ma aad other tlilu^-i, while strictly I the neutrality principle afcaiust'-t^Bitojfc1 t-LAIVSMKX TO HELP BOJRKS, 4 Regiment of Cow Pancliers Being Or/ ganized-ia the Welti Misseipolis, Minn. (Special J.-^-johri <J.\ Alaber, a weil-known cattle man, of Chadroo, Neb., while here en route to Cbtcaga ? aud New York. 9ald that he had raised a regiment of 1000 "cow puuchoW,''; and plainsmen to go to South Africa aad? help the, Boers. Transportation w^ CQSt> $200 per maa, and the money has beetf.pledged In New York", Chicago and O'maua'. He is on bis way to find out how far tfc* pledges can be realized on before get* ting the men together. The plan, he said. Is to embark tbem as emigrants to the Transvaal, aad thus escape Federal Interference. The men are all accomplished rough riders and crack shots. Portuguese Republicans Agitate.' , Lisbon (By Cable).?The republican press Is working up an agitation against tb? iuouarchy on the basis of England's lnter-':_; ference with vessels outside Delagoa Bay.It declares that Euglaud's action Is a violatiou of Portugal's neutrality, and Is due to the weakness of the existing regime. | German Squadron Held Ready. / V^j Berlin (By Cable).?Reports are paly-.c ilslred from Wilhelmstiafen that the ttrSt,,| German ironclad squadron is completely*'? ready to leave for action within twenty-.4lour hours. ( PLAGUE ENDANGERS MANIU^fM Three Undoubted Case* Hnr? Appeared Within the City Limit*. Manila (By Cable).?Throe undoubted oases of bubonic plague have occurred within the city limits. White a strict quarantine has been established and huudr*ds of inspectors are making inspections of the entire city, the population of the city Is frightfully congested, and there is no sewerage system here. Horses are now be;ng inoculated to secure antitoxin serum. Dr. Eddy, an expert, is unwilling yet to state that there is no dauger of an epidemic. Seventeen Went 1'olnt Cadets Discharged. Seventeen young men left the Military i Academy at West Point, N. Y., a few days i ago, having been found deficient in their studies at the examination just closed aud being accordingly discharged, as follows: Cooley, of Michigan, auil Preutls3, of New York, of the second class; Snrague, of New Ynrk! Tlurnmn nf Knntnnirv nf Illiuois, aud Barry, of Teuuessee, of the thir<l class; Coury, of Ohio; Fridge, of Mississippi; Hascall, of New Hampshire; Burnett, of Alabama; Itiussiucr, of Massachusetts; Ge'ale, of Iowa; Crou. ot Mlohipan; French, of Kansas; Lacy, of Indiana; Falier, of Pennsylvania, aui Brant, of Nebraska, of tlie fourth class. Boet-lftritUh War Notes. About twelve hundred British subjects are still iu the ltand district. The British have already lost in killed, wounded aud prisoners nearly 8330 men. General Joubert, the Boer General, denies tliat he has ever protested against the use of lyddite. An appeal has been made to Americans for fuuds to establish a British hospital base at Cape Town. Queen Victoria has approved the adoption by tbe Royal Irish Fusiliers of the motto. Fausrti-a-Ballapti. Tfc^ British Government is threatened with i Mai famine, tbe most ?<w/ous d*jvelODSifcAt of recent weeks. t , Si SAMOAM TREATY RATIFIED Arpr:vod by the Scnat* Ap.q? Twc Hours' Debatj Artor an rxclianse of ltattRrntlon* TFitTi Great Itritaln ami Germany We Will Take I'oasenaiou. Wasjii.w.tok, D. 0. (Special).-Without the formality of a roll call, tlie Senate ratifleil the treaty under which Great Britain will withdraw from the Samoau Islands j and the sroup will bo divided between the United States and Germany. Six speeches in all were made on the treaty, three, by Senator.* Davis, Foraker and Spooner, advocating ratification, and ! three, by Senators Bacon, Money and Till- I man, opposing the acquisition of more | territory by the United Slates. Upon the j conclusion of the *p-<eches, the Senate, by ; its vote, showed itself so overwhelmingly j iu favor of the convention that ratification ; was announced without further proceed in es. There is reason to believe that the ; administration, anticipating ratification, j has made arrangements for the extension : of American sovereignity over Tuttilla, I Ofoo, Mnna and Rose Islands. Nothing , will be done until after an exchange of j ratifications with the Berlin and London ! Governments, whea instructions will be ' cabled to Commander B. F. Tlllev, com- j manding the cruiser Abarenda, directing : him to take possession or the islands iu ; the name of the United States. Commander Til ley will Issue a proclama- j tion to the inhabitants of the Islands, setting forth the purposes of the United Statos . In connection with theirgovernment. Tutuila will be regarded as a naval station, and Commander Tilley will be its first Governor. jnow tnat the Senate una ratified the ! treaty the three governments will make ar- j rangements respecting their consular representation in Samoa. The abrogation of the treaty of Berlin will naturally lessen j tha duties of Consul General' Osborn, who will probably be recalled and a consul ap- I pointed in bU stead. FATHER ENDEAVOR" CLARK'S TRi?. j vV JTT7 He Will Go Aronnd the^World in the Iu* 1 terest of Christian Endeavor. Eosto.t For the third time Dr. Francis E. Cflnrk, "Father Endeavor" ; Clark, aalie is often called, started on a 1 tour iu the interest of the organization of ! which b&js-tbe leader. After leaving Bos- ; ton, he nod bis wife goes direct to San | Francisco, whence they will sail for Japan. ! They will be in Japan nearly a month, at- j IjMdiug meetings and conventions in j various parts of the country. In reference ; to the remainder of the trip, Dr. Clark 3ay8: -r, , . I "From Japao, the trip to Cliirfa will be , made about the middle of Marcb. Here ] Christian Endeavor is particularly stroug. i By Jane 1 we.pill have to leave China, j taking the new Trans-Siberian Kali way i across Russia to Europe and including tea dkys of river travel and about twelve by j rail, to St. Petersburg!!. .-Thence we go to ; England, in,time to gteet the arriving | Americans, who will pour into London for ! the Nineteenth International Christian En- j deavor Convention, July 14 to 18." P/\fNAaDnli\if fl%ic? ham fimh'An Ti r /"! 1 f* tO.** > said: "The spectacle of 4000 or 5000 Amsr- i fcans crosjinjr the seas with this object ia view will be without precedent. And the ' fact that 12D[0 or <1500 of tliera will go practically in whole steamer loads will ba ad- ! ditionally noteworthy." wirtd as hostages to' preveot retaliation by j the natives. SETTLERS CO TO CANADA. Nearly 14,000 With Sii.OOO.ooo Left the Uuited States (.a*: War. Tobonto, Ont. (Special).?The Superintendent of Immigration has received re- j pprts from most of hia agents in the United | tote* and estimates that nearly H,000 set- I Ifata from the Republic have become resi,wkts of Canada during the ^ Conservative estimate places tUe-m<U of these persons at $2,000,000. mffix * The prospects for inoreasinJkfcfiemmber Of setjtlers from the United Stjrtes during 'the season of 1300 are very eaoonrwrlng. i Kansas and Arkansas sup pi sweater ! part of those who came. ALASKA MAY BE CU^WjMeL Suggestion Is MikIo to Create . tory ol Sewari!-, jJBj y Washington, D. C. (Special).?TftaNsSnnte Committee oa Territories cousidereil a bill itenting three judicial districts for Alaska and for a revision of the laws or the United j States applying to the Territory. A rum* j ber of Alaska men wero present with the j committee. They were asked if there was any senti- | mentln favor ot dlvidiug tlie.'ferritory at 4$t:.St. Ellas, makiug the southeastern por- | tffln the Territory of Seward. The reply | Sjgjfc'that the people believed such a division j ^rould be necessary at some future lime, i P^PrCanlil l'rsiierve Cuba'* Troen. General Rlus IIivera. Secretary of Agri- j culture, Industry, and Commerce, has ad- j dressed a communication to Governor ! General Wood, at Havana, advising that j steps be taken immediately to protect I Cuban forests belonging to the public do- j nrtiin. Ho urges that he be empowered to u;-r inunpotore. at a saiarv of S20C0 I euch, with instructions tc locate pnt>lic ! property and to consult with the officers of | the rural guard in the various provinces j as to tne best methods of preserving the ! trees, which are now belug used at the j pleasure of the iirst person who dosire.s tc i cut them. Dr. Bedioe Has lCeRigtieil. The resignation of Dr. Edward Bedloe, j United States Consul at Canton. China, | lias been accepted by the Department ol ] Slate at Washington aud Robert SI. Me- ! Wade, of Philadelphia, has been selected as j his accessor. Naval Cadet Dismissed For Hazing. j 1 Naval Cadet J. F. Maxwell, of NodH Carolina, has been dishonorably dispfjjiH from the Naval Academy at AnnapffljP-' Md., as a result or a c'Ourt-mart|A^flBBP[ found him guilty of participi&tlotf^uK^^ Christmas haziug. l'rominent Feopio. . .Tolla D. Rockefeller has given J to Columbia University iu New'York Cltyj for a chair of psychology. % The German Emperor's favorite saddle j horse is an Irish hunter. H* is a brown j gelding, bred in the United States. In 1883 three men, now well known, were friends together at the University of Strasburg?Rontgeu, Paderewski aud Tesla. Bishop Satterlee (Episcopal) of Washington, i* a lifelong rriend of Secretary ol i War Root, with whom he went to school j when a boy. Thomas Dunn English, the author of ' "Ben Bolt," says that no author should at- I j tempt to write poetry until thirty ->r a novel until after fortv. I A FARM PRODUCE EXPORTED I Figures Showing1 to What Countrie? They Go. l Great Britain ami Her Colonie* Taku More Thau One Half? KiglityPer Cent. Sold in Europe. ' ^ :-t\ r...l. TJ I WASHINGTON, U. v. lopnuinij.?i-muix ? *. Hitchcock, Chief of the Section of Foreign Markets in the Department of Agriculture i In a report oa the distribution of the agI ricultural products of the United States, I says: "The agricultural products exported ! from the United States during the Ave v?ars 1894-1898 had an average annual value of 4063,536,201. Of these enormous exports, about sixty per cent, fouud a market in the Uuited Klug* dom and its various dependencies. The sum paid by the British people for the American farm produce purchased during the period mentioned reached as high as 8403,953,854 a year. In the five years under consideration the United Kingdom alone took more than one-half of all our agricultural exports, the consignments credited to that country 'orming about fifty-five per cent, of the total shipments, and having an average annual value of $362,407,701. "Germany, which rank3 next to the United Kingdom as a market for the products of American agriculture, received about thirteen per cent, of the exports for 1894-1898, the average yearly value amounting to $86,320,274. France, with purchases that averaged .$13*988,790 ayear, was the third country in importance. The sxports to France, howe#ver, formed only about 0.6 per cent, of the total, and were hardly more than hnlf as largb as the shipments to Germany. The shipments to Germany, on the other band, were less than one-fourth th<* size of those to the United Kingdom. These three countries? the United Kingdom, Germany and France ?received together nearly seventy-tive per cent, ot me total agncunui-iii "Tht? annual records of exportation show that, with very few exceptions, the leading foreign countries materially increased tbeir purchases of American agricultural products during 1894-1898. In tbe total value of the agricultural exports there was an R.ivanpe from f6S6,633,747 in 1894 to $853,507,942 in 1898, making a gain of 3221,874,195. The countries of destination that contributed most of this increasewere the UDlted Kingdom, Germany, France, Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands. Japan, Italy, Denmark and British Africa. "Our exports of farm produce to the United Kingdom increased $82,588,854 during tbe five years, advancing from $356.006,251 In 1894 to $433,595,105 in 1898. This was decidedly the largest gain recorded, although the shipments both to Germany md to Prance showed an important growth. In the case of Germany there was au advance from $72,934,332 to $119,425,720, and in tbe case of France trom 641,911,333 to 475,327,096. The gain for tbe former country was $40,441,338, and' that for tbe latter $33,415,203. ' . "A summary of tbe agricultural exports for 1894-1898. showing the total for each :outluont, brings out the faot tha&kbdut jiglity-elgbt per cent, of all luce shipped from the Unlted'~M09^BMG| ug the live years mentioned wilflMijfiBft ii Europe. The value of tbe sbfp#83ts $ European countries from 1861 to l^. ^ Jj . lu-ive.averaged $536.953.907 a year. InflfefM It'reiched as hJgh^.#76l,870.7to/|tiw?^ tug an increase' 6f\J>195,5SS,939 ov?"th"j? ralue (ot 1394, whichviras $566.281;843. Tftfl ihief part ot tbe remainder went to Can-i uia auci cue otuer norm auinncau i .ries, ail average annual value of $48,724,257, and comprised slightly more than ;even per ceut. of the total. Tlie records !or the five years show oulv a slicjht gain, in 1394 the value was ?53.727.457, the folowlo? year it fell to $43,773,619, aud then tlowlv Increased until in 1S33 it amounted 'o $5G,71G,7o4." DEATH IN BUZZARD'S PATH. ?eop!o and Stock I'erUh in New Mexico'.* Severe Styrin. Gordo, N. Jr. (Special).?Details of the >lizznrd which swept over Southwestern N'ew Mesico indicato that it was the seversst storm ever experienced In that region A stretch of territory fifty miles in irldth, with White Oaks ami Nodules for lie centre, seemed to suffer the most, lithough the severity of the storm was !ui!y felt throughout the Sacramento UountatifregioQ. Toe velocity of the wiud was terrible, all roads and trails we're obiteruted, and the driving snow luadtr-lt"-' impossible for travelers to see their way iu ;he storm. When the storm abated, wagons which lad been abandoned, were found strewn til over the section. Several fatalities are reported, including the driver of the White Daks ami Lincoln stage, and many sheep serders have lost their lives. Thousands )f head of stock perished, and it te estinnfail Hii? t-ha In-ia will :!!? _rre??ftt? over ssob",000* ITALY ASKS REPARATION. IVuuU the Government to PuiiUh LouUW aim Lynchers. Washissto.v, D. C. (Special). ? The .talian Government has signified to the Jovernment of the United Stnte3 ia the polite aud courteous method Icuowu to xiodora diplomacy, it wisli chat the persons jullty oflyaohlng the lire Italians ;it Tulu.ali, La., last spring, should be punished. As under the existing law the trial and prosecution of suou casus as this is left entirely to the State authorities, the National Ipvernmeut Iswellnlgii helpless to meet twrequest oftbe Itallau Government. The President will probably make fresh representations to Con?re3S urging the speedy passage oftUe pending bills inteadto remove from State courts jurisdiction in cases where persons claiming treaty protection are the victims, aud transferring jurisdiction over thein to the Federal ' ourts. MONSTER TRIAL OF BANDITSFour Hundred Uisfomlitiiliii fuel ikJuijj i Many Prominent F?rmiii*. Rome (By Cable).?Sassari, iu Sardinia, Is the scene of a monster trial of bandits who infest the island aud the numerous neraon* iinetnad o? onenlv or covertly abet tine tlieui. Thervira 400 defendants,including landlords, wealthy tradesmen, statu audjmuuisipal official* aud many women. The witnesse< number 190!). the documents comprise 293 Iar;,'e volumes aud 1-9 lawyers are engaged. A huge wooden buildin:; was erected for the trial. Two-of the old judges resigned rather than undertake it. A third ouly cousented ot promise on immediate p;jmotlon. Senator Hannn on National Issues. Senator Hauua stated ift Philadelphia^ where the committee iu charge of arrangements for the Republi*an convention began Its work, that the National issues would be the prosperity o( th? working people of the country, and the reteutiou of the Philippines. San DumliiK" 1'ay* t'rauce. French deb; oi45S,Q09 iu liquidation . 9*?''"^ Nuref. There are - many American eye lists lit; Cuba, aujl these will form &nucleus tori Cuban cycling league. As for 1999, the general opinion, boriyL out by facts, is that last year was the boflj "bicycleaeason since 1996, m at table sales year. Over thousa^^^^^H^^^^^^^H have MHMH distaim^HMflfif^BH ICBKHB ci>i,:jraraH I^BH wheeli | BflHHHHHH '''MSSIBHHiHi I of sorrow, but the breaking up of tbe arc* tie of frozen grief in tLie warm gulf stream Cf ^cousolation. Incapacity to weep is inaouess or death. Thank God for the tear glands and that the crystal gates are so easily opened. Oh, tho wonderful hydraulic apparatus of the human eye! Divinely constructed vision. Two lighthouses at the harbor of the immortal soul under the shining of which the world sails In aud irops anchor. What an anthem of prai90 to God is the human eye! The tongue is speechless aud a clumsy instrument of expression as compared with It. Have you not seen the eyo flush with indignation, or kindle with enthusiasm, or expand with devotion, or molt with sympathy, or staro with* fright, 01 leer wlHi vilinlnv or droon with sadness. DE. TALMAGFS SERMON. SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED DIVINE. auhject: Lights or the Face?The Marvels of the Human Kye Prove tlio Infinite WlBdoin of the Creator?Divinely Constructed Lighthouses oi the Soul. [Copyright, Louis Klopsch, 1900.1 Washington, D. C.?Id thU discourse Dr. Talmage, in his own way, calls attention to that part of tbe human body never perhaps discoursed upon in the pulpit and challenges us all to the study of omniscience. Text, Psalm xciv., 9, "He that formed the eye, shall He not see?" The imperial organ of tbe human system Is the eye. All up and down the Bible God honors it, extols it, ilIii3tratos it or arraigns it. Five hundred and thirty-four times is it mentioned in tbe Bible. Omnipresence?"the eyos of tho Lord are in every place." Divine care?"as the apple or tue eye." in? ciouus?"tuo eyeiins ot the morning.'* Irreverence?"theeye that raocketh at its Father." Pride?"oh, how lofty are their eyes." Inattention?"the fool's eye in the ends of the earth." Divine iuspeetion?"wheels full of eyes." Suddenness?"in the twinkling of an eye at the last trump." Olivetic sermon?"the light of the body is the eye." This morning's text, "He that formed the eye, shall He not see?" The surgeons, the doctors, the anatomists and the physiologists understand much of the glories of the two great lights of tho human race, but the vast multitudes go on from cradle to grave without aDy appreciation of the two great masterpieces of the-Lord Ood Almighty, If God had lacked anything of infinite wisdom, He would have failed in creating the human eye.; Wo wander through the earth trying to see wonderful sights, but the most wonderful >slght we ever see is not so wonderful as the instruments through which wejteeit. It has been a strange thing to me Tor thirty yearB that'bobb scientist with enough eloquence andfljpagnetlsm did not go through the countrywlth illustrated lecture on cnnvasVtliirty feet square to startle and thrill and overwhelm Christendom with the marvels of the hjumau eye. Wo want the eye taken from all its technicalities and some pne.wbb shall lay .aside *11 talk abont the ptervgomaxlllary fissures, the sclerotica ana the cbiasma of tho optic nervejmd.tn plain, common parlance which you and.I and everybody cau 'Understand present tue subject. We have learned men trho have been telling us what our origin is and what we wero. Oh, if some one should come forth from the dissecting table and from the classroom oI the university and take the platform and asking the help of the Creator demonstrate the wonders of what we are! If I refer to the physiological facts suggested by the former part ot ray text, It is only to bring out in plainer way the theological lessons ot the latter part of my text, "He fhat formed' tlie oye, shall He not see?" I suppose my text raferred to the humhn 'eyo since It excels All. others in structure " > and adaptation. ^The eyes of flsh and rej>? tilefe-jiarl mol^s. and bats are very simple things bec&n&'jfrhey have not much to do. There are loffict# with a hundred eyes, but the hundredflyjohave less faculty than the The blactc beetle swimming tliftflajhtner pond has two eyes under two eyes, above tho water, J^thajfeur insectile are not equal to tho pPVSilan. Man plaSed at the head of Ml living creatuje3 must have supreme requlpmeut, while the blind flsh In the Mam* "moth cave of Kentucky have only an undeveloped organ of sight, an apo'.ogy for the eye, which if through somo crevice of the mountain they should go iuto the sunlight might he developed iuto positive eyosight. In the first chapter of Genesis wo find that God without any consultation created the light, created tho trees, created the llsh, created the fowl, but whoa Ho was about to make man He called a convention of divinity, as though to imply that all tho powers of Godhead wore to be enlistod in the achievement. "Let us make man." Pat n whole ton of emphasis on that word "us." "Let us make man." And if God called a couvenliou of divinity to create man I think tho two great questions in that conference were how to create a soul and how to make an appropriate window for thnt emperor to look out of. See how God honored the eye beforo He created it. He cried until chaos was irradiated with tho uttcrauce, "Let there bo light!" In other words, before He introduced man iuto this temple of the world He illumined it, prepared it for tho eyebight. And so after the last human eyo lias been destroyed In the final demolition of the world stars are to fall, and the sun is to cease itsshiuing, and theraoon is to "tilFU into blood. In other words, nrter tho humhtt.eyes are no more to bo profited by their shinfUC'thi'^U.andellers of heaven are to bo turned out. oSTT^sgducate and to bless and to help the hum"'in>"?$j}"Sei~anN_tho mantel of heaven two lamps?a gold lafitn aud a silver lamp?the one for the day and > the other for the night. To show how God honors tno oyo look at the two halls built for the residence of the eyes. Seveu bones making tho wall for each eye. the seven bones curiously wrought together. Kingly palaco of ivory Is considered rich, but the halls for the residence of the human eyes are richer by so much as human bone Is more sacred than elephantine tusk. See how God honored tho eyes when He made a roof for them, so that the sweat of toil should not smart them and the rain dashing against the forehead might not drip into them; the eyebrows not bemliug over the oyo, but reaching to the right audio the left, so that the rain and the swoat should he compelled to drop upon the cheek Instead of falling into this divinely protected human eyesight. See how God honored 'the eye in the fact nrMsonI<><1 l>v f> iintnmIsts and nilvsiolocrists tlmt there are 800 contrivauces la every eyo. For window shutters, the eyelitis opening and closing 30,000 times :i day, the eyelashes go constructed that tbey have their selection a? to what shall he admitted, saying to tho dust, "Stny out," and saying to the light, ''Come in." For inside curtain the iris or pupil of the eye, according as the light is greater or less, contracting or dilating. The eye of the owl is blind lu the day time, the eyes of some creatures are blind at night, but the human eye so marvelously constructed ii cau see both by day and by night. Mnuy of tho other creatures of God cas move the eye oulv from side to side, hut tfce human eye, so marveiously constructed, has one muscle to lift the eye, :?.ud another muscle to lower the eye, and c.uother muscle to roll it to the right, and another muscle to ro^l it to the left, and another muscle passing through .*? pulley to turn it round and rouud, an elaborate gearing of six muscles as perfect as God could make 1 then.-. Thtre i* also the retina gathering the rays of light and passing the visual i:u- ' pressioa along tho optic nervo about tho 1 thickness of tlie lampwick, passing the j visual impression on to tho sensorium and ou into tho son!. What a delicate lens, what an exquisite screen, what soft j niHhious, wnat wouoerral cliemTsTry ot cue human eye. The eye washed l>y a slow ot moisture whether we sleep or wake, rolling imperceptibly over the pebble of the oyo and emptying into a bono of tho uoatrtl, a contrivance so wonderful tlmt it can see the sun 95,000,000 of miles away and the point of a pin. Telescipe noil microscope in the .sime rontrivance. The astronomer swings and moves this way anil that and adjusts and readjusts the telescope until hi- gets it to the right foeus. The niieroscopist moves this way and that and adjusts a.id readjusts tho n;nguifyiitftaB glass :witil it is prepared to do iti^fHN hut the human evo wIt!ioutj^BH|HB holds the the in .Mout w TCiiioh i f i J mi j or palo with envy, or Are with revengp, or twinkle with mirth, or beam with love? It is tragedy nail coiuedy and pastoral and lyric in turn. Have you not seen its uplifted brow of surprise, or its frown of wrath, or its contraction otpnln? It the eya say one thine and the Hps said another thing, you would believe the eye rather than the lips. The eyps of Archibald Alexander and Charlos G. Finney were the mightiest part of their sermons. Goorgo Whltellel^l enthralled great assemblages with his eyes, though they were crippled with strabismus. Mauy a military chieftain has with a look hurled a regiment to victory or to death. Martin Luther turned his great eye on an assassin who came to take his life, and the villain fled. Under the glance of the human eye the tiger, with five times a man's strength, snarls back Into the African jangle. But those best appreciate thp value of .the eye who have lost It. The Emperor Adrian by accident put out the eye of his servant, and he said to his servant: " What shall I pa/you, in moneyorin Jands?anything you ask me? I am so sorry I put your eye out." But the servant refused to put any. financial estimate on tie value of the eye', and whon the emperor urged and >urged again the matter be said: "Oh, emperor, I want nothing but my lost eye!" Alas for tliose for whom a thick aid impenetrable veil Is drawn across the face o* the heavens and the face of one's own kindred. Thaj was a pathetic scene when a blind man lighted a torch at night and was found passing ulong the highway and somu one said, '-Why do you carry that torch when you can see?" "Ah," said he. "I can see, but I carry this torch that others may see mo and pity my helplessness and not run me down." Samson, tho giant, with his eyos put out by the Philistines, is moro helpless than the smallest dwarf with vision undamaged. All the sympathies of Christ were stirred when He saw Bartimeus with darkened retina, and the only salvo Ho ever made that we read o! was a mixture of dust and saliva and a pray&r with which He cured the eyes of a blind man from His nativity. The value of the eye shows as much by Its catastrophe as by its healthful action. Ask the muu who for twenty years has not seen the sun rise. Ask tho man who for half a century has not seen the face of a friend. Ask In the hospatul tho victim of ophthalmia. Ask the man whose eyesight perished in a powder blast. Ask the Bartimeus who never met a Christ or the man born blind -who Is to die blind. Ask him. Howitaddsto John Milton's sublimity of character when we And him at the call of duty sacrificing his eyesight. Through studying at late hours and trying all kinds of medicament to preserve his sight he had for twelve years been coming toward blindness, and after awhile one eyo was ' entirely gone. His physician warned him that if lie continued reading $nd writing he would lose the other eye. But lio kept on with his work and said after sitting in total darkness: "The choice lay before mo ; between dereliction of a supremo duty and loss of eyesight. In such a case I could not listen to tho pbj-siclans, not If iEsculapius himself had spoken from his sanctuary. I could not but obey that Inward monitor. I know not what spoko to me from heaven." Who of us would have grace enough ^sacrifice our eyes at the call of duty? T>I, n.xA I.ACA liaun anoKlrt.1 inn, luuuii uuu, sumo ua> u ucou nu>?uiuu to sou without very good eyes, General Haveloclc. the sou ot the more famous General Have lock, told mo this concerning his father; ia India, whilo his father aud himself with the army wero oncampod one evening time after a long marclu, Genoral Ilavclock called up his soldiors and addressed tliera, saying in words as near .i* I can recoiled: "Soldiers are their 200 or 300 women, children and man at Cawnpur at the mercy of Nana Sahib, and his butchers. Those poor people may any hour be sacrificed. How mauy of you will co with mo for the rescue of those women aft 1 children? I know you are all worn oat, aud so am I. But all those who will march with me to save those women and children hold up your hand." Then Haveloclc said: ,-It is almost dark, and my eyesight is very poor, and I cannot see your valsod hands, but I know they are all up. Forward to Cawnpur!" That hero's eyes, though almost extinguished in the service of God aud his country, could see across Iudia and across the centurios. But let anybody who has oue good eyo bo thankful aud all who have two good eyes be twice a3 thankful. Take care of your eves "mid thank God every morning when you openthem for capacity to see the light. I do not'tW>uder at the behavior of a poor man in France. He had been born blind, but was a Skillful groom in the stables. A surg30u rfdfL'g up tTff? 5.venjnr -avo his horses into the care of the bli&d~|l||^ Late at night the traveling surgeon wS^-to the stables and found the groom still at work upon the horses, and the grateful aud sympathetic surgeon resolved lu the morninir to reward the blind crroom wllhmonev. lint in the night the surgeon bethought himself that perhaps lie could glvo the groom something better thun money. In themorniug he said to the blind groom: "Step out into thesunshlne. Yon are forty yean of age. I could surely hiivo cured your blindness if I had seen you sooner, but coine to Paris and I will glvo you sight if you do not die under the operation." Paying the pijor man's way to Paris, the operation was successful. For the first time t(ie man saw his wife and children, and haying taken a good look at them lie turned and said, "Let me look on my friend the surgeon, who has opened all this beautiful world to :ne nnd 9hown me my loved ones." Was not that glorious? Only those who have been restored from utter blindness can appreclute the omnipotent blessing o( eyesight. The recoil of this question fs tremendous. We stun 1 at the centre of a vast cirrumforfluco of observation. No privacy. On n.?, eyes of cherubim, eyes of seraphim, eyes o( archangel, eyes of God. Wo may not bit able to see the inhabitants of other worlds, but perhaps they may be able to seo us. We have not optical Instruments strong enough to descry them; perhaps they have optical instruments strong enough to descry us. The mole cannot see the oagle midair, but the eagle mldskycan f*oe the mole midgrass. We are ablo to sec mountains und caverns of another world, but perhaps the inbubltants of other worlds can see the towers of our cities, the flash i>f our seas, the marching of our processions, the white robes of our weddings, the l>!ack scarfs of our obsequies. It pnsses out from the guess into the positive whou we are told in the Bible that tho inhabitants of other worlds do come to this. /ire lhoy not all mim.mering Sjuntrf JJtttll forth to minister to those wlio shall bo Jl liters ol s.-ilvatiou? lint human inspection an<l 'peetion and stellar inspection 11JHHD asjicctiou iuspectioJ^^H^B^H tiio said GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN. PRECNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS. The Tiling* I Mian ? Co-Worker* wYft* ^ Chrigt?Where All Have Equal Kijhtn \ The Revelation of the Father?Charltj and T>ove the Proof*?A Child'* Trust. An easy thins, 0 Power Divine, To thank Thee for these gifts of Thine! For summer's sunshine, winter's snow, For hearts that kindle, thoughts that glow, But when shall I attain to this? To thank Thee for the things I miss'/ For all young Fancy's early gleams, The dreataed-of joys that still are dreams, Hopes unfulfilled, and pleasures known Through others' fortunes, not my own, And blessings seen that are not given, And never wili be, this side of heaven. Had I too shared the joys I see. Would there have betn a heaven for me? Could I have felt Thy presence near, Had I possessed what I held dearV / / THE SABBATH SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR FEBRUARY 4. iabject: The First Disciple* of Jesni, Joha 1., 35-40?tioUlen Text: John i., 37?Memory Verses, 35-37?Co in men* tary on the Day's Lesson. Introduction.?The choice of His disclMes was a matter of Rreut moment to fesus. It was necessary that somo of them iliouid be witnesses of His life and work !rom the beginning of HU public ministry, fie did not choose those to be His witnosses who were hound hv the trfiHItlnm nf thn rabblpjc schools. Hs choso mea of simple, yet strong mind. Connecting Links.?We have here an account of John's testimony concerning Jesus. As soon as Christ was baptized Ha hurried into tho wilderness, where He remained forty days. During His absence Jobn had continued his work, but now at last he sees Jesus returning from tho wilderness. 35. "Again, tho next day after." On the day before, the day He returned from the wilderness, John had borne testimony of Him. V. 29. The disciples of John did not appear to be greatly impressed until John on the following day (v. 35) repeated his words. Edershelm argues, with seeming accuracy, that tbis was the Sabbath. "Two of His disciples." Andrew and John, the writer, who carefully avoids using his own name. i 36. "Behold the Lamb of God." See v. 29, spoken In reference to Isa. 53:7. All the lambs hitherto offered had been furnished by men; this one was provided by God as theonly sufficient' sacrifice for the sin cf j the world. His words would be to them j equivalent to a command to follow Him. I How faithful John was in his office a3 fore- i ruuner! He did Aot think of his own decrease, he Is anxious to have his followers ; become true disciples of Christ. He did ' not reckon that he had lost th03e who j went over from him to Chv.'st. 37. "Tlioy followed Jesus. ' They under- | 3tood John's meaning and Immediately did | as they were direoted. It would bo well If j all would immediately follow Christ. We | should follow Htm as our Redeemer, Pat- | tern, Guide and Shepherd. They iiay not i have Intended to leave John's leadership i permanently. 38. "What seek ye." Je3us knew, but ! He desired some expression from them. | The meaning is, What is your d )sire? your j petition, or request? "iUbbl.' Teacher, > master. "Among the Jews this title whs a < sort cf degree." They thus at once recognized His superiority and their ignorauoe. "Where dweilest Thou." "Where are Thou 3taylng?" He ba.t no permanent place of abode in this locality. In asking this question tuey intimate a desire to be bet- j ter acquainted with Him. Where is the iaa | where you abide? We desire to re3elveln- I struotion from you. 39. "Conn and see." A kind invitation ! to them to go with Him to His place of ubode. If those who "know not the. salvation of God would come at the ooaimand Of Christ, they would soon see that with Hi m is the fountain of life, and in Hfellght they would see light. "The tenth boar." St. John was so impressed with the first in' tervlew with Jesus that he remembered the hour. There Is a difference of opinion as to whether thla.Was 4 p. m., according tc the Jewish reckoning, or 10 a> m.v according to the Roman reckoning." If Andrew and John spent the day with Jesus<It must have been 10 a. m. This was probably the 3abbath dny. , ? ** ' 41. "He first flndeth hiafyjaai ..brother." It is supposed that at the satte time Andrew went to (lad his brother Simon, John also went and found htt Mwtber James and ' brought him to Christ. This was a true mis- | sionary spirit. God's salvation is so good | that those who experience His love are j always anxious to bring othors into the | 3ame holy relation. "We have fouud the ! Messlas." Ho speaks oxultlngly. Arousod j by John's faithful'testimony concerning | the coming Messiah,-they were ready to re- ! celve Him when they saw a few true mark.? | of his Messlahshlp. "Being interpreted." ; Messlas Is the Hebrew word aud Christ is its Greek Interpretation. - [ 42. "When Jesus beheld him." Jesus at once knew Simon better than Simon knew j himself. "Cephas ? a stone." See K. V. ! Petros, or Peter, has the same moaning la j Greek that Cephas baa in Syrlac. The j uatno was given him to describe his character. wUich was "stiff, hardy and resolute." 43. "The day following." This, accord- ! ing to Farrar, was the fourth day after His return from the wijderaess. Jesus started 1 on His return to Galilee, and "on the jour- i noy fell In with aucther young llsberman, I Philip of Bethsaida. "Follow Me." This i command is, in the gospels, issued only by j our Lord Himself. It is addressed to but one outside the circle of the apostles, the , rich young mau whom Jesus loved. Mark 10:21. How was It that these Galilean youths were brought with one look, one word, to the Savior's feet? In part by what He said, and by what John the Baptist had testllled concerning Him, and by His very look. 44. "Bethsaida." "The house of netsJi? ; so called because inhabited mostlyj^y.^gh. J ermen. There were two places' by thl? j name. The town *ro the.^ftiree disci- j pies, Andrew, PeJ 0% ^^Pbttlp, were born, I was on the west shi^Mf-ffiosea of Galilee, ! just north of Capej^fim. The other Beth- j iaidji.jvherhou3aud were fed, is on j The no'rtheast shore of the sea. Andrew I and Peter lived at Capernaum. Matt. 8: i 14; 17:24; Mark 1:29. I j 45. "Nathanael." Elsewhere called Bar- j tholomew. He lived at Cana in Galilee ' Wliuru our IjUTU {Jcnunuou xaia mai ilia* acle. Cana was about nine miles northeast , of Nazareth. "Of whom Moses and the prophets did write." See Gen. 3:.'.5; *22:19; .Oeut. 18:18; Isa. 4:2; 7:14; Jer. 23:d; Ezek. 34:23; Dan. 9:24; Micah. 5:2; Zech. 6:12; Mai. 3:1. These men wore familiar with the Scriptures, and surely here wn9 a great array ot testimony with reference to the I Messiah. 40. "Good out of Nazareth." The j question sprang from more dread of mistake In a matter sr. vital. He knew that Bethlehem (Mlcali. 5:2) and not Nazareth was to be the birth-place of the Messiah. It has been usually considered that hi-) answer was. proverbial; but It may merely have implied, "Nazareth, that obscure and Ill-reputed town in Its Uttlo, untrodden valley?can anything good come from ' thence?" Nathanael's objection arose from ignorance. Or.Ilnarlly all we need U a better knowledge of Christ and any objections we may have will melt away. "Come ami i see." Tbe same reply given by Josus. V. I 39. Philip could not answer his objej- I 1 tions, but still his faith was unshaken; and | Nathanael was not so filled with prejudice that he would not Investigate for himsel.1, Some things cannot bo explained that W3 can see are true. He who candidly examines the evidences of the religion of i Cbrl9t will become a believer. No history i ever published has so many internal and external proofs of authenticity as this has. J Those who have never read the Bible, ojJ| have read it only with a fixed pur^^|^H gainsay if, are ths ones^tfMI^^HaH my aeopest lortune, Mgnesi onus, Have grown porchance from, things I miss. Sometimes there comes an hour of calm; Grief turns to blessing, pain to balm; A. Power that works above my will Still leads me onward, upward still; And then my heart attains to this? To than!! Th?-e for the things I miss. . ?Thomas Wentworth Higgiuson. Co-Workers AVith Chrtot, Christmas commemorates the most important and far-reaching fact in the history of mankind?the fact of our redemption through the suffering and immeasurable sacrifice of the Son of God. If Christmas reminds us supremely ofanything.it mast remind us of this. It is not only the anniversary of great joy to us, but of the keenest suffering to another m the story of the agen ?of the advent into His earthly martyrdom, of the being who willingly sacrificed heavenly prtiice and r.ipture for the redemption of our lost aad sinning race. Thi? great fact, in itself sobering andx profoundly . impresssive, lays upon us as a race <?.' reciprocal obligations and calls tj? sacrifice which can nover be fully charged. We owe our Saviour loyalty, ser-'v vice, sympathy, self-abnegation. We owe all these as co-operators with Him in the building up of the kingdom whicli He came to earth to inaugurate.; The anniversary of Christ's birth reoallstfre grand privilege and obligation of every oilfe of .His earthly followers to Him. We are not to forget that we , are essential co-workers with Him in the redemption of mankind. Christmas joy is good, but so also is Christmas seriousness. The day is not complete unless it be hallowed by both. Our joy should imerge into !>ur sense of responsibility, and should suffuse it and glorify it with the color of divine privilege. Whore All Have Equal Right*. There Is a country residence in England, ( ffrand and massive in its proportions.a com- / bination of palace and castle. Walls and ) ramparts surround it; also porters' lodges t and kennels for dogs: but engraved upon its j porch In large stone letters is the sweet and ( Inviting word?"Welcome." It has a voice for.all comers. It Is the first thing that greets \? the.eye. ft can be discerned at a considers- I bio distance. It grants free aud hearty entrance within the spacious building and participation in its comforts aad attractions. Old and young, rich and po,or, alike are /welcome. So all have an equal right to the manger of Christ. The wise men visit it, and are made glad. The attendants of the stable look in and see the infant King. The birthplace of the Prince of Peace is for tbo highest as well as for the lowest. None need be afraid or ashamed of the cradle of tho Saviour of the race. The lowly spot Is tho aeritage of humanity.?Presbyterian. The Il^velatlon of the Father. There are many who stand yet on tho other side of Bethlehem and tho other side of Christmas. To them Christ has not come. lie is oaly a name?a so lethinpr vague, uncertain, of whom there are many conflicting opinions and various thoughts. And to t many thousands he is less than that. Bat this is still tho glory of God that Ho seeks to come into our life as the little child, tho beginning of a newe.* aud higher life, the revelation of the Fathor, bringing to tb? heart peace and breathing into the soul His own good will to men. . . . Those shepherds were not great or wonderfully wise or good m^n. But thoy hoard of Jesus Christ, the Savior, and "they sought and found Him. Aud for us, for, every one of us, there waits this sams Christmas gift? the gift of God's great love to every man who will seek aud receive Him.?Mark Guy Pearse. Charity and Love the Praofn. As we look back over tne months whioh have gone^wjwof us is not conscious, and ^laiUi^onsmusT^ Irials may havo fTSfalieu him aud howo*.'?! severe they may have been, of his obligatJSP to be grateful to the Almighty? Who of :;.V-inde0d- is not tho-o;ijrlily and profoundly fhankful? - tln*a shall our gratitude And'* expression? Only in the familiar way?, to for their is nothing new under the aun^Od works of charity and love, done in the naura*-^ jf Christ to those who are needy, are th?r jest proofs of what we say. Such proofs iiave nothing of novelty about them, but -hero may be such a novelty within us, in :he increased sincerity, earnestness and tenJerness of our b-jnevolence, that the Master "'V " .hall see, not only that our gratitude is genuine but that it bespeaks a true aud permanent growth in grace and in the joy of the Lord. With a Child'* TriMt. A child appeals to us specially because it io much needs U9, and the Eternal Chil<lt Loo. casts Himself upon us in love and in hope. Love waited Him when He came. True. He was laid in a manger, but He was laid there tenderly. He was trustful as children are trustful, aud there is nothingsoft>us the heart more than a child's faith. Most of us grow world-weary. The time joines when we expect danger at every itep when the grey sisters enter our houae , ind threaten to abide, when our idols turn to clay, and our eagerly sought prizes drop dead from our grasp. But wo are healed from the disease of nardness of heart by a little child who recalls the old time when we thought all men noble and all womoMj^|fc^_ Nothing, wo repeat, is to be once The Over