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! r , Killing Eggs of the Gypsy , I ~ | The attempt on the part of the S: gypsy niotli has been generally cousi attempts of modern economic eutom termination of a highly prolific species than 200 square miles. The introdue Professor L. Trouvelot. the French sa ter of raising silk from native ?ilk wo escape is not clearly known, but the years from the time of its introdr.cti ance in the neighborhood where it had 1 has expended in the annual appropri sum of $1,135,000. 300000000003300wOGGOOOCOCQ I tack of f otasl\ May J | [ause a World's famines a 8 ? ft Edward Atkiimoii's Dtre Prediction. O , S o 30000000000000000000000000 I * r VERY now and again some . LY fccientitlc investigator, delving j deep into the secrets of natural ^ forces, has unearthed a menaci I which has seemed to threaten worldi wide disaster and destruction to the 1 human race, says the New York Her-' aid. It would l>e hard to tell how many scores of times the people of .the earth bave been called upon to fate the prospect, remote or;'imraed!atfc They lia^e beenr'Rskedtoeonsider the results which. In some future cycle, wUJ corbe: from the steady cooling of the earth's surface, to prepare fop. mundane annihlhtion through colHslon with some , ?-i?-s,-r^m f&L-? whirling comet and to give attention to dozens of other hypotheses equally junalluriug. In the multiplicity of these theories It would seem that the possibilities had Deen exiiaustP'i. out every nuw anu then a new deduction is brought forward to startle the world. It has remained for Mr. Edward Atkinson, the scientist, essayist and political agitator. to develop the newest and most surprising theory as to the nature of the embarrassments which will force themselves upon the world's inhabitants as the e -nturies roll around. Mr. 'Atkinson believes with Sir William Crookes and some other eminent scientific speculators that the great diiliculty. when it arises, will come in the form of hunger?the exhaustion of the .world's food supply. But he does not believe this will be reached through over-population or the taking up of all the arable land. Mr. Atkinson's on fTfruc) in vi Avli1f.li ll ifilln lo-lSit IS ?? ?|?\ u ?o wkjwv ? ? -that the world famine is likely to come in the form of a potash faminethrough the using up of the potash in the soil, and the consequent failure of the land to product* food crops. It is safe to say that most persons never have taken potash into consideration as one of the food essentials 'Of the planet. It is a fact, however. '' s t > N\ I AN AMERICAN FARM IF WHAT I that it possesses real importance 11 the production of almost every fooi crop that grows. Potash is presen 1 in every part of the earth's crust, a least in every part presenting an ar;i Moth on a Large Elm Tree ate of Massachusetts^ta'feidlcate th" ih-red as one of.-;tljp'-^no?t important ology. The the ex rms. The result was mast tinf3BHpte. Twelve on. the mowp^c^pQe-Wfrious nuisescaped. Tljte &tawfcf Massachusetts ations for the moth work the hie surface.. ;^BR^potassiuni salts are found iri- Quantities in ;tll fertile soils. Miese salife are sucked up by the roots of plants and trees, which eagerly" seek them out as necessities of UfiL.jit is a significant fact that , even where soda predominates in the i soil the jftants take up the potash salti In preference. After taking part in the processes of nutrition and being transformed into organic salts the potash salts may resume their.qriginal form through combustion. ?!thefe is a loss in quantity, however,'and in the case of plants which are used iMkfood or in the various hpnian arts there is. of course, a nearly complete loss. The cause for concern in regard to the question of the. worH's^|uliifr food supply lies,, in the fafct jtfrifc jpbjash s not renewed i in the manjlfrr Of some other elements of vegetafi^liM, It is a mineral <le j^lt, arising through the natural decomposition of certain rocks. On tilled Ijjjmd there-is ;no opportunity for re ?s v *T xlfl* PROSPECTING FOR TOTASH IN ARIZONA newal in the ordinary course of rotation. It must be supplied, if ut all, from large mineral deposits. This would be a simple matter if these deposits were large and numerous. Inasmuch as potash is found in almost every part of the world it would seem probable that such large deposits would be of frequent occurrence. But. as Mr. Atkinson points out, exactly the reverse is the case. In discussing the matter before the Association for the Advancement of Science he called attention to the fact that the world's entire supply is at present being drawn from the mines of Strassfurt, Germany, and that, while other fields equally great may possibly exist, they have not been uu-1 covered up to the present time. Practically every hit of the potash used in the United States is imported. aiHi rue volume 01 tncso mipui-is is increasing rapidly, as the constant working of the soil makes tlie use of fertilizers more and more necessary. At the present time these imports amount to more than $2.00i).000 yearly, although the proportion of our soil requiring artilicial stimulus is relatively very small. I'otash is not now expensive, even with the necessity of bringing it across the Atlantic. The real danger, as Mr. Atkinson sees it. a food famine from., the exhaustion of the potash supply is imminent, but the possibilities of such a famine are interesting to contemplate. It would come about gradually, of course, the dwindling of the supply being accompanied by a steady increase in price. The lirst result, therefore, would be to nbico this finer* hiimhlo nrodlict among the precious metals. As time wont 011 it would rank, as Mr. Atkinson suggests. even above silver and gold. Before this point was reached, however, the rise in the value of the mineral-yvoplji .cause it to he sought after eagdrty*iti'every part of the world, would lead to the conserving of the j present sources of supply and to an att?Oipt to lind new ones. Men would prospect for potash with greater zeal than they now put into the search alter gold. The terrors of the alkali deserts would he braved and men wottld bore for the precious deposits all over the burniug plains of the ^outhwest. * At the same time, efforts would be made to gather the product from the scatered sources, of supply now In existence in some financially profitable manner. According to Professor Dittmar, the very greatest of all these sources is the ocean, and no doubt the brains of inventors and scientists would be nicked to devise a means of separating this potash from the waves. In all primitive countries wiiora thp snnnlv of wood is larsre not ash Is obtained by the lixiviation of wood ashes. This source also would be brought into use. and gradually the forest trees ami such plants as nettles, wormwood, tobacco ami kelp, all of which are capable of supplying potash in considerable quantities, would be burned to rejuvenate the impoverished soil. Men would live more and more largely upon the food plants, requiring only a small ^amount of potash for their growth, and a complete change in the accepted systems of diet wild result. To pursue the unpleasant transformation to its final result it is necessary to picture a world growing gradually more and m?re completely de . ... rw -! -r - - I void of life, farms barren of vegetation, houses and cities deserted and a race of beings growing steadily weaker and weaker, and, even in the intermediate stages of the change, entirely different from tiiose who now inhabit the earth. It is reassuring to note that the concensus of opinion among scientists is that this extreme condition never will be realized. There is one great principle generally accepted as holding good for all the operations of nature, which scientists bring up in opposition to those who predict a final cataclysm ol' the world in any form whatever. That is the principle of the indestructibility of matter. At a din MR. ATKINSON SAYS COMES TRUE. i is in ilio exhaustion of tlio source of .1 supply when tli?> demand grows, as t it is practically certain to do in ever t Increasing ratio. i- Not even Mr. Atkinson contends that 1 nor or scientists ueiu iu iinnn^iuu at which the predictions of Sir Williiun Crookes and Mr. Atkinson foniied the lending topic of discussion, tiiis principle \va? advanced as the chief argument against their conclusions. The scientists were confident in the belief that the potash taken in a thousand forms from the earth would iu some form return to the earth, and that in some way tiie conversion of potash from varied sources into shape by which it could feed the soil, would come about when necessity demanded it. There is no doubt, however, that the discovery of an addition to the world's supply of potnsh is a matter of real Importance, and it is likely that the sensation caused by the statements of Mr. Atkinson will lead to a vigorous search for deposits in this country. If such deposits of any considerable extent are in existence in any part of the country they undoubtedly will be uncovered before the German field is worked out. - - .Meanwhile, Strnssfurt, iu Saxony, enjoys a monopoly of the potash industry. The business is a trust in the fullest acceptance of the term, for the various mines all are controlled by an organization known as the Kali Syndicate, and the output is regulated absolutely. Under the terms of a rigid agreement each manufacturer Is allowed to put on the market only a certain fixed amount of the mineral each year. In this way the production is kept down and the prices are kept up. In Salt Lake County? Utah, over 90 per cent, of the domesticated bees have been killed by the smoke from th? smelters. I ENDE&yQRERSIN LONDON Ten Thousand Delegates Attend the World's Convention of the Soc^ty. - GREAT GROWTH OF MOVEMENT. The Report of Secretary lifter Shows That the Yoddc People's Society or Christian Kndeavor nan 59,712 Local Societies With 3,500,000 Sleinbers?President and Secretary Ite-elected. London (By Cable). ? Great enthusiasm marked the World's Convention of the Young People's Scclety of Christian Endeavor at the Alexandria Palace grounds. Even the intense heat could not dampen the ardor of the del 4.,.- ni a. rnni eguies. vreutfrui oecreiary juuu vyiiilam Baer said in bis annual report on "Worldwide Christian Endeavor:" "No one thing that I know of proves more certainly that God is in the Christian Endeavor movement than its remarkable numerical growth. In 18S1, one society with fifty members; in 1900, near 60,000- societies, with over 3,500,000 members. Nineteen years ago, one country, America, giving birth to our society; to-day -*very nation and land flies the Christian Endeavor banner. , ^!We find In the land of Its nativity, the United States of America, the largest number of Christian l&ideavor societies. The enrollment is 43,262 societies. Gveat Britain (and these figures include England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales) comes next with about 7000 societies. ; "There are now over 4000 societies in Australasia. The Dominion of Canada marshalls nearly, if not quite 4000 societies. China, poor, bleeding stormwrecked, was the first foreign country to take from the united States the Christian Endeavor seed; and, while the growth has been slow, comparatively, China to-day has not less than 14S societies. Jndia has 459, and Germany has 168 societies. "Africa's 138 societies, with many of their memBers in arms, are passing mrougn trying times, as il >va.s im 1898 during the American-Spanish war so it is to-day uuring the British- Boer hostilities, the Christian Endeavor pin adorns the uniform of the opposing forces. 1 . *&&& k '--?5 ' ALEXANDRIA PALACE, LONDON. "France responds to-day with 69 societies, Jamaica with 120, Mexico, 110; Madagascar, 03. Japan's 73 splendid and vigorous societies are worthily represented at this convention by the Rev. Tasuke Hurada, the president of the United Society of Christian Endeavor of Japan. Turkey has U0 socleties, Spain, 30. "But time would fail me to go through the long list, comprising European countries. South American republics, missionary lands and the islands of the sea. The total enrollment outside of the United States and Canada is 12,540 societies, and this figure, augmented by the greater number in the United States and Canada, makes an interdenominational, international and interracial brotherhood for Christ and the church of 59.712 local societies, with a total membership of 3,500,000." The Rev. Francis E. Clark, President of the Society of Christian Endeavor, delivered the presidential address. He spoke of Christian Endeavor in the Far East, "in progressive Japan, in j distracted China, and with hopeful be-1 ginnings in Korea." His tour of the j world, Mr. Clark said, had convinced him that "the Christian Endeavor tree would bear fruit in any soil." Tlit> Upv Francis E. Clark and John I Willis Baer were elected, respectively, j World's President and Secretary of th* i'oung People's Society of Christian Endeavor. Tonne G?rl? Killed by a Train. .Tosie Zoble. aged sixteen; Katie Scliaf, nineteen, and Mary Wheeler, sixteen, while out riding started to cross the tracks of the Big Four Railroad about five miles from Shelbyville. 111., when they were struck by the locomotive of the White City Flyer aud instantly killed. Banlon Cause* a Woman's Death. Mrs. Hiram Schultz, who lived on a farm about a mile west of Washington, N. J., died from gangrene, resulting from the poisoning of a bunion 011 her right foot. The trouble set iu a month ago and the big toe was amputated, but it failed to save her life. More Marine Lieutenant*. Judge-Advocate-General Lomley, at Washington, has decided that the President has the authority to appoint six teen more second aud first lieutenants in the United States Marine Corps. A Notable Negro Dead. Cornelius Harris, the negro member of the (Jrand Jury which indicted President Jefferson Davis, of the Confederate States, immediately after the civil war, died at his home at Newport News, Vn. Harris was said to be the only surviving member of that jury. He was a Justice of the Peace for several years. Tornado Destroys a Town. Peoria, Texas, was destroyed by a tornado. Mrs. John Nelson aud her two children were fatally hurt. 81iot Hit Partner Dead. Alexander Sherman, a manufacturer of the antique pattern of lamps, was shot and killed by his partner, Isaac Michaelson. at their nlace of business, iu New York City. The murder was the result of a business quarrel. The men had been partners only-six weeks. Micliaelson is thirty-four years old and Sherman was forty. Michaelson was arrested. Rain In Nebraska. Northern Nebraska was drenched with vam, and fears for the corn crop In tbnt w inn ar? rplJpved ? - ? A CLOUDBURST IN TEXAS. Over a Score of Fersons Lost Their Lives in Coleman County. Herd'* Crr.elc Ti:rned Into a Torrent nnfl a Wall of Witter Swept Away Camper#, liesldeuta, Hounei and Herd*. Austin, Tex. (Special).?There was a series of cloudbursts extending from the Pan'Handle section of West Texas southward in Northern Mexico. Some sections where these deluges of water fell were so remote from telegraphic communication that only meagre details of *the damage were received. The storm in Coleman County, Tex., was the most severe of the series. It flooded a large section of country, and Herd's Creek from a stream a few feet wide was converted iuto a river over one mile in width. The terrific flood came down the valley in a roar and rush that was heard for miles. That part of the country is thinly settled, but over twenty people are known to have lost their lives. Most of them were ranchmen and their families. Three families of campers, numbering nine people, were among those drowned. ' John Euleisstine, J. O. Spath, four little, girls belonging to the Homen family, Thomas Werkel, Joseph Fableght and Henry Davis and two men are known to have drowned In one community. There was a cloudburst in Mason County, flooding a large section ol country and doing considerable damage to property. There was another cloudburst in Kerr County, washing away many bridges and a section of the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass Railroad. The storm also broke ovei a large section of the State of Coahuila, Mexico, flooding all the rivers and streams. Many Mexican settlements were washed away and the damage to property was very heavy, bat no loss of life is reported. The bodies of I. N. Check and wife. John Spahl, John Christine, Mr. Tate, ywlfe and two daughters, Bertie and Lizzie; Annie and Ivy Brown, of Stacey, have been recovered. Christine and Spahl died in an unavailing effort to rescue two children. A wagon,- containing a family of seven, was swept down stream and all perished. Houses were swept off their foundations and carried down stream, while stacks were torn to pieces and j ' swept away. Ten miles,of track and | grade of the Santa Fe Railway were j obliterated, fifteen bridges being de- j stroyed, one being lodged three miles below Its original mooring. Larg<* numbers of horses, cattle and hogs were swept down the stream, and the loss in this line alone, together with the damage and loss to crops, is enormous. Sixteen inches of rair fell within two hours, and the water ran to its highest point in thirty minutes. NEW FILIPINO HORSE. Native Scout* to lie Mounted With Ainer lean* Offlctri. Manila (By Cable).?The military au- | tborities have ordered the formation of four troops of native cavalry, to be re- J cruited from the Macabebes and officered by Americans. Major Batson, the originator of the idea of employing the Macabebe tribesmen a3 scouts, is to be commander of the new squadron of Filipino horse. The officers will be Captains James N. Munroe, William C. Geiger and Francis H. Cameron, and First Lieutenants David H. Biddie. .Tames Conway and Clarence C. Culver. The Macabebes have long been used as scouts, and their value in such work has already been demonstrated. The present plan of mounting them is intended to render them more effective by increasing their mobility. The pay of the Macabebe soldiers will be just I one-half that given to American troops, I owing to the fact that they are to be txnl/l in \fiwlmn l.IIvav flw* I j/HJVl IU iUVAIUUU ij lltci, M UilV IUC Americans are paid in gold. FOUND DEATH IN AN OLD WELL One After Another Four Perilous Descend and 'two Are Dead. Wilkesbarre, Penn. (Special!.? A number of boys were playing ball on a vacant lot at Button wood, a small j mining village soutli of this city when j the ball rolled into an old, abandoned ' well. Daniel Golivinski, aged fourteen j years, went down the well aftej- it. i His companions were alarmed when | he did not come up within a reasona bio time. The lad's father, Frank Golivinski, was notified, and he hastily descended the well. He. too. failed to return to the surface, a third uian named Stanley Knofski then went down. Nothing wafe heard from him, either. A fourth man. carrying a rope, took his life in his hands and descended, lie succeeded in bringing the three bodies to the surface. The'two Golovinskis? j father and son?were dead. Knofski was unconscious, but will recover. [ The well had not been used for many years and was filled with gas. Sea Captain Commit* Suicide. James T. Lent, of the ice schoonei Charles XV. Church, from Gardner, j Me., to Baltimore, committed suicide | by leaping overboard from his ves- j sel. Captaiu Lent's home was iu Weir Village, near Taunton. Mass. Seal Claim* Will Be Arbitrated. It was announced in Ottawa. Ont., that an agreement has been reached as to terms of arbitration of claims aris ins out of seizure of American and British sealing vessels; by llussiau cruisers in 1S:)2. Triple Tragedy in l5?ltlmori*. Poverty, coupled with ill-health anc? a weak-minded wife for a helpmate, were probably the causes which unpolled Louis Eisen, a shoemaker, at Baltimore. Md., to kill himself, his wife and fhirtoen-months-old babe, and to wound almost unto death his three-aud-a-half-year-old sou. R?clprocity]Aj;roeinfciit With Germany. The United States and Germany have entered iuto a reciprocity arrangement. The Political Campaign. The Arkansas State League of Re publican Clubs has indorsed McKiulcy and KOosevelt. The Mayor of Richmond, Va., has been elected for a fourth term. He is a Democrat. Mayor Mc(*uire. of Syracuse. win manage the Democratic Gubernatorial campaign in New York. Governor Benton McMillin has withdrawn frpm the contest for United States Senator in Tennessee. The first National Convention of the Anti-Imperialist league will be held at Indianapolis on August 15. I S , J \ THE SABBATH SCHOOL iffjf /INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR AUCUST 5. Subject: Jesus and the Children, Matt, xvlil,, 1-14 ? Golden Text: x., 14? Meniury Verses, 12-14 ? Commentary on the Day's Lesson. 1. "At the same time." After Peter had returned irom paying tribute. "Who la the greatest?" Such it blind human nature; always desiring to be made prominent. A spirit of jealousy was probably creeping in. They had seen Peter specially favored; and Peter, James and John had lately been honored above the rest by being with Him in the mount. "In the kingdom of heaven." They still view the kingdom of Christ as a temporal one, and the real import of their question is, Whom do you expect to honor by giving the first place in your government? What seductive dreams of greatness and glory arose before these Galilean fishermen as the nearest followers of the great King! And yet the greatness of which they talked was small indeed when compared with the greatness Jesus actually put upon them. 2. "Called a little child unto Him." The child was old enough to walk. Jesus proposes to teach them by means of an object-lesson. He corrects their false ideas about greatness, and. shows them that spiritual excellence and not outward splendor or authority constitutes true greatness in His kingdom. "If any man desires to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all." The very desire to be first makes him last in the very nature of thing*. The self-seeking spirit leads to Satan's kingdom, not to Christ's. It is the spirit that leads downward instead of to heaven. It is our duty, however, to do the very best we can in -everything, and to seek by every possible means to increase our usefulness. No one should be willing to be a cipher in God's work. . t?-- _ 1.1. _ - J -i- r j-i i oet aim in ide miasi. uesus men wjok the child in His arms. This made the lesson very forcible. The little child was their teacher. A child is completely free from folly, and the mania for glory, and from envy, and contentiousness, and all such passions. 3. "Except ye be converted." The word here rendered "be converted" means "turn about so as to face in the other direction." It always signifies a radical and complete change in method, spirit, or course. "And become as little children." Humble, teachable, obedient and trustful. "Ye shall not enter." There is no w^y into the kingdom of grace only by the door of humility. The proud and haughty cannot enter. They must humble themselves. 4. "Whosoever." All have equal privileges. "Shall humble himself." None but tne lowly are in the kingdom, and the lowliest in the kingdom are the greatest. To be humble is not to disparage one's self, but to use whatever we have in the humblest service. "The same is greatest." Selfishness is the root of all sin. It "dims the crown and diminishes the throne of those who would otherwise be great." True humility is one of the surest marks of true greatness. 5. "Whoso snail receive." That is. shall show kindness to, shall help and care for. "One such little child." This refers not only to actual children (Luke 9:48), but also to Christ's followers who have a humble, childlike spirit. "In My name." Out of love to Me and for My sake. "Receiveth Me." .Jesus considers Himself treated as we treat His little ones. 6. "Shall offend." Whoso shall cause one of My little ones to stumble and to fall into sin. Our Lord does not mean vexing them or making them angry; but tempting them or leading them into evil. There are many ways, such as tempting to lie, to drink intoxicating drinks, suggesting religious doubts, breaking down religious habits, sneering at the strictness of Sabbath-keeping and of obedience to parents. "It were better." This shows the heinousness of the offence. "That a millstone." A very large stone. "About his neck, etc." Drowning in the sea was a punishment used among tne ancients. The ; condemned persons either had heavy stones tied about their necks, or were rolled up in sheets of lead. It was a dreadful and inevitable ruin. 7. "Woe unto the world." Or, alas, for the world. It is the opinion of some that this word is used to express sorrow and concern. "Because of occasions of stumbling." (R.-V.) Because there are so many temptations and stumbling blocks put before men?30 many things to lead men j downward. "It must needs be." In this world that is so full of sin and wickedness those who serve Christ will be tempted; there will be all sorts of temptations presented to them. "Woe to that man through whom the occasion cometh." (R. V.) Woe to the man who is guilty of the awful crime of leading others down to hell. He that sins himself it weak; but he that leads others into sin is devilish. It is a fiend's business. How this applies to the saloon-keeper, as well as to many others, and what an answer to the old excuse that if I do not do the wrong thing somebody else will. Each man is personally responsible for his*own actions. 8, 9. "If thy hand, foot, eye causeth thee to stumble." (11. V.) If obiects as dear to thee as these most valuable and precious members of the body cause thee to st\imble and to fall into sin. "Cut them off and cast them from thee." No halfway measure will answer. The pleasing thing, if hurtful,* must be given up and renounced. It te of no use to try to regulate and moderate; safety lies only in entire abstinence. Other people may retain the limb, but you cannot. If the thing hurts your religious life, off with it. He is a fool who insists on keeping a mortified limb, which will kill him. "Into the hell of fire." (It. V.) The literal Gehenna ?vas a valley to the south of Jerusalem, a former scene of Moloch worship, and later the place where the refuse of the city was burned with perpetual fires. This fire is i the svmbol of terrible torment, which is ? i.i._ c ? II.. : Jf UWcLlllllg llic llliaiiv iniJJCIIlCCIlV , <IIIU *v will be an "everlasting:," "eternal" fire. 10. "I)espise not." As though they were beneath your notice. "Little ones." The weakest and most lowly of those who believe in Christ. "In heaven their angels." The angels in heaven, who behold .he face of the Father have a peculiar charge over them. How dear must these "little ones" be to Cod and how great the peril of those who offend them. 11. "Son of ..Ian is come." Jesus came to save sinners. This verse is omitted in R. V. 12. "One of them bp gone astray, etc." The lost sheep is a type of one straying away from the fold of Christ into sin. He immediately leaves the ninety and nine in a place of safety, and goes into the mountains, into the difficult and dangerous places and seeks the straying one. 13. "He rejoiceth more.' That sheep was of no more value than the other sheep. It was its rescue that caused the joy. Teachings. ? Those things that seem ?reat to men are very small in the sight if God. There will never be any contention about greatness among tho3e who have rieht views concarninflr it. MESSENCER CIRLS IN LONDON. l'ictureiquo Innovntlon Adopted and Xlien Abandoned by tilt* Company. _ The messenger girl h.is been tried in lionuon ana louna wanting, or rainer not wanted. There fell upon the metropolis a few weeks ago a dearth of boys so grievous that the district messenger concern had to employ girls. The girl messengers certainly looked trim and worked quickly. But a few days ago, finding it feasible to get the necessary boys, and fur other reasons, the messenger concern discharged all its female proteges, and boys now reign in their stead. Thus ends an attempt that, if it had been successful, might have greatly added to the picturesquenesa of London's streets. Railroads Kin ploy an Army, According to the report of the Interstate Commerce Commission for the year ending June 3U, IS!)!), seventy-one railways were in the hands of receivers on that' (kite. The number of persons employed on railways was !*2S.824. The number of people injured in railway accidents was 51,743, and the number of killed was 7123. Municipal Milk I'laut* in London. The municipal authorities of London have established sterilized mi [If plants in different parts of the metropolis. ' J X. J" , ' -I 'J-fi ?*?? ???I GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN. precnant thoughts frovi the world's createst prophets. All I Ask For?T.lglit and I.ove?The An- / awor to Pruyer ? What the Church Needs ? A Prayer, for Misnlonarle*? Holy Us to Forgive ? The Lilac. "Close to Thee!" Where'er I wander, Still these words my prayer shall be. Life were vain, if I, forgetting, Walked alone, apart from Thee. When in sorrow I'd recall them, When in paiavrepeat them o'er, In temptation, doubt or danger, Then 111 say them all the more. "Close to Thee!" Where'er I wander, iveep me ciose, nor lei me mraj, Guard iny lips, iuy thoughts, uiy actions. Keep me all along the way. And when eaptli life shall be over, Still niethiuks m.v prayer w ill b>i Just the same; 'tis all I'd ask for, Just to be kept "close to Thee." ?Helen M. 'Merrill iu Universalist Leader. Light and Love. It lias been said that "light enough t? see what should be done is more common than love to do what we know;" which is, in a measure, true. But it has been also said, with a good deal of reason, that ignorance does more damage than dishonesty. "The pure hydrogen of piety may draw, from an ordinary atmosphere. support for a flame of high intensity; but only when penetrated by the oxygen of a sound intelligence is its power perfected and irresistible." The wisdom of the serpent may and should be joined with the hannlessness of the dove. Loving (Jod with all the mind must emphasized as well as loving him with all the heart. Culture has a tendency to condense emotion into a principle, and to check boisterous manifestations. Other things being equal, he who reads and thinks gets on the fastest. .Error ,is close akin to sin and often full *as dangerous. No one cau have a perfect Christian character who is full of confused' ideas aud false notions as to duty. Xo one can accomplish a great deal for the world who does not direct his activity on right lines, adjusting himself properly to the forces which surround him and the laws which control him. The Aniwer to Prayer. A hundred times have I sent up aspira* tions whose only Answer has seemed to be the echo of my own voice, and I have cried out in the night of my despair, "Why art Thou so far from helping nie?" But I never thought that the seeming fames* was itself the nearness of (!od?that the very silence was :in answer. It was a very grand answer to the household of Bethany. They hadasked not too much, but too little. They had asked only tin; life of Lazarus; they were to get the life of Lazarus and a re velation of eternal life as well. There are some prayers which are followed by a diviue silence because we are not yet ripe for all we have asked; there are others which are so followed because we are ripe for more. We do not always know the full strength of our own capacity; we have to be prepared for receiving greater blessings than we have ever dreamed of. We come to the door of the sepulchre and be? with teurs the dead body of Jesus; we are answered by silence because we are to get somethiug battel?a living Lord.?Rev. George Matheson, D. D. What the Church Need?. We need men and women today ot large and living faith?faith in God, faith in God's presence and providence in the world today, f.iitli in thought," faith in freedom, faith that fears nothing that is true and despairs for nothing that is good, faith that is ready to give up anything which has proved unfounded, and that welcomes new truth from ...... \Yrfk n.wwl In.iilni'V wIlfXJA highest aim :inrl joy it is to advance the kingdom of God in tho world, m?n and women of broad and catholic sympathies, zealous and devoted in building up the kingdom of (Jod. to whom ecclesiastical self-puffery is odious and loathsome, leaders of character who are recognized and respected as examples of the cardinal virtues, of sincere and reverent piety, whose religion attracts and commands, and to whom sincere, honest, truthful men and women are everywhere drawn. God send us su<-h leaders in the church, and God give the church a zeal for righteousness and the best things which will tolerate 110 other leaders! A Prayer for Mis^onarieft. Great Head of the church, our evet< present Lord, bless, we beseech, Thy servants. who give their lives for the progress of Thy kingdom. Spirit of the Living God who, on the day of Pentecost didst brim; multitudes of strangers into Thy ready church, give to Thy people iu these latter days like earnestness of witnAiia.iiniiiMtir* Mini ri'iirfiiiess of heart, and may Thy power ho shown in every land. We thank Thee for the zeal and faith of nil Christ's messengers for witnessing lives and abundant fruit which Thou hast given. We rejoice in true disciples whom Thou hast raised up in the midst of darkness, for steadfastness of martyrs for Christ's people on misionary ground, who have witnessed a good confession in the midst of trial, in the enthusiasm of service, ami common faith and love draw all hearts together in devotion to the risen Lord. And may new hope be fulfilled through man> day* to come, to the glory of Cod and the advancement of the kingdom of our Lord. Aiucn. Help L'? to Forgive. Thy kindness. Lord in our forgeffaK noss of Thee has made our hearts ashamed. We confess lo Thee our impatience with our fellow men, our unkind thought* and words, our neglects v and our transgressions. Help us to for- w give as we would be forgiven: to pray J even for our enemies without hate and j* with sincere desire to love. May w?v* study kindness more than ease, and pvoy/vt in daily life and little tilings that^^ve believe it is more blessed to give tkKan to receive. And in our .-erviee slfiow us more of thine own gem-ion* tlnyght a. <* vilrCf llllU Hi1, I1U? " ** '???? ?^v.u? centers of liuhf :?:??! blessing; in the world. So give us . lieerful, lfclpful lives and a good and iH'sicel'j^r cud, through the inrfwflliiitf^- Tl^O' Spirit and th' grace-of JesufpTclin*t. Auicn. * The Lilac. Its 'Mny-tiJiie clusters, fair to see. And heartVsliaped leavi-s appeal to mo, With siiiiljrs glad children thither turn, Though fiydiion may its beauty spurn. I fancied wood-nymphs lingered near 'J'he old grAt-n lane and cottage dear, When this fctrong standard by the door Its pyramid!* 0f glory bore. The praises t]ne has every rose. And epigaea.Vwhere'er it blows; Lot me extol fchis gift of May. Its rustic lilooini and graceful spray! ?Ueorgo iRaturoft ?Jritlith in Ziou'i HeralJf I saw that tJioro was 110 other way for thi' afflicted clmndit'it of <>o?l to take l?u? to to < Jo?l Iwitli all their sorrows.? David Br&ineiil. PAID OEARL\( FOR ANNUITY. j 533,883 For S3^0<\ a \>nr anil White: Was Killnti Fiiul^ Months After. Tudge Sewell at San \Franeiseo has sua-; tained the demurrer to XtKn complaint in' the suit of Charles G. Ccbhaivjt, executor) of the estate of the last JonaVijjan Lloyd; White, to recover $53,883 from thV,. Mutual? Insurance Company of New York "k'ity. In August. 1S9S, White paid $5\,S83 toi the Mutual Insurance Company for\in an_' nuity of $3600 a year. Four months! jaten he lost his life in the Baldwin HoteKfirei at San Francisco. His executor suedp to? recover the original sum paid. The/court finds for the company. f \ \