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?Y May-we tg thankful e'en as though gr \ Thanksgiving Day had never come; Our love in gratitude should flow, 4 Nor mignt o\1t lips be mute and dumb. Each hour our hearts should thankful be And prayer and praise ascend to Thee. ' Each day should be Thanksgiving Day M For blessings that were gifts from Him; Though we forget, or though we pray? ' * Or whether down and deep within J ' Our hearts are hard as nether stone, 'rig* ^ \ Our gracious gifts were all His own ^ The gin ot ncrrie, of life, of health. -=^" Of plenty spread upon each board , . ; The things of years that make true weaitn, _ Rounded and heaped as gran'ry stored, ? Th*v? XTP. tbe ?ifts of psicrsj Hav? Though we forget or though we pray. $!fj- .ii-j.-!";.'-'! The gift of> country iree ana wide With liberty of thought and creed; vC-8 4jiMA land wherein we may abide And freely choose our ev'ry need' A country where sublimest. good Bespeaks our constant gratitude. > PT' ,mL kept *ast year was a" ?"~*n to tear up the paper, " V | too. They must havi k. 1 KT ' ^ere. but we aI1 1001 13% 8 J m H ' rtown llie steps didn' | WeU*lt S a ontl* now< f 1>00r ^?SS' Slie aI )?SP S I 1^ V won't be home till a gi . ? 5^ J |\i\l B Christmas. It takes a / V F DON'T know." said Grandma ! efrn ft'20 at a dcllar I Decker, laying aside her spec- ^ fe *' tacles and pushing the little Tbe days went by. as 1 iron teakettle to the front of \? louolJ ?ld Pe?P ?' a ' -the stove. "We may have a special dawned clear and br cause for thanksgiving this year, but ? clo(* Gramlpa D;c+ I can't think of any. There's the red be, Plucked ho** ot COW gone dry a month earlier than ^uikey. and ^lt eyes, usual, and the pumpkins caught by teardrops his wife .that early freeze, every one in the *ble " f?r field. But worst of all," and the old the ldst of ber *0lk Voice quivered a little, "there'll be f?u,nded 011 tbe walk , only us two at the table this year. "ttle ffure came up tof and what's the use to bake anything the oId 4^an ,sp!augT extra just pretending to keep Thanks- es8, 8 ? giving Day?" for Thanksgiving, aftc "What's that?" said her husband. , pitiful little st looking over "the top of his paper. "Not 0 * * Holland, i keep Thanksgiving when we've never . e ^ ovei-exei on, let the day pass these forty years discharged her fo without roast turkey and all the rest!" fau * and Q dol "I know," was the answer, "but we n oao c?ruer of ber P? .used to have Ellen and James, and "prcllief as sucl1 a li then after they died little Jess took tT ty tha \nuf h?, I their place. Dear little Jess, she al- Nevf V?lnd' dear' .ways seemed our own more than E!- "01IDg,. ^ ,t0o,ier ,W< len's. But this year we're all alone. old*ed. She doe and it takes more than turkey and aD?'bo^ on accTount ol pies and governor's proclamations to )e lozen. ts goc make a Thanksgiving. If we had not ?ltb ?*' m0ney 18 J lost that $20 Jess would be here now f.ut bei fi,Qgf,IS Jsr0,133 - - . ? . ... the sharp knife did it! msteact or up tomwianu s wording m Sud(leu,y it slipi,C(L y - - * *" unintentional cutting jj ft and out upon the tabli i. i i earthenware, stones, g I* shining pieces of go! 10 I j the bronze turkey had 11 J*- \ Jl*' ? -i his fcod si?ce that i] II.,, I|;i' j [j when he picked them ftll&PSii XM !f# Decker's paper. Ji;!-1 , rite j J'jSji} Ifii, How carefully each V -t LaS dried and admired! ) \ ' _!? cettins the humiliatic if being discharged, now flr"Mi?fegm( ftW. k?l were to be paid by t ^ Mr ! ^rst inteutled for tbat i rayj about the kitchen, bal 1 fflffli an<* daInty co?k'es>uu IM^Am ipf' On Thanksgiving Da; Wili i hei S^dfatber t0 hi [ and always keep Than ^lie keepiu?may iie ^ |'| so, as she filled the (lis! preserves and set thy / Too Much Dree ?The Pilgrim fathe J jYj economists; they nevt bent ovjgb the table. their Sunday clothes turkeys. ? Indianapolis l.thelr kitchen for money enough to pay ' 'last year's taxes on the old farm." rr\ j'And her eyes filled with tears. t ii "There, there, mother, don't cry," I / ;said the old man, half tenderly, half II ? [reprovingly. "It's no use crying for L\ * 'lost money or spilled milk, though \JjfA \Ifl >3r^ I ??TkAWA +Ka?? flfo./lAllQf <*n1rl iff rft J.'Y U"C "1VUJ " ' *- , I,,-, __ jwent to is a mystery to me. I was ? jog counting them out on the porch, and ~ -7?. Just laid them on my paper a minute .while I went to call Jess, but when I ^ icame back that big gobbler that we villi I ] mil. May we be thankful, Lord, each day, rare/; For blessings numbering1 infinite? $fP*Fbr gifts that heed no stint nor stay, m/iil/if Nor wait a coming day nor night^ 0LWThat ^upcn us 25 a sfi?wer> "Renewing in their gracious power.1 (May we be thankful tnat in Tnee\ gafV We find a Father kind and good- . w^om 'tis joy to bow the knee '-And know we shall be understood, . When soul is sad or heart opprest? In Thee is oerfect peace and rest. May we be thankful that a Fnend Stands ever closely by our side, Vho to each prayer an ear will lend, From whom we never need to hide One little thought that hurts or'grieves-* He listens, sorrows, and relieves. ^^ 22 Thanksgiving .Day?let it be each day^ We cannot give too deep of love; jSte|g And may our ev'ry thought betray W Our gratitude, and constant prove, That we t6 Him as children come 'fgjgfe And know 'tis best His will be crane trying his best CARVING THE TURKEY, 'tore I read it, How to Handle Cold 9teel on ThBnk9. e rolled some- givJnK Day ced, and takin Tlie firgt move o? the carver is to ' j T?? ^-?0 ' insert the fork astride the breastbone, an ye gn en at thp p0llltt piungiug it deep enough ere am t muc tQ secure a firm Then remove nee ess nen drumstick with one stroke of the en ng up su - j-njfe^ flrgt cutting through the skin n?. ' ea down to the joint, hitting it squarely. ? uo it myseir. It Jf? mtle difficult t0 jocate thlg Sh^t T? 3?int> but pressing the leg away U iU^i n U ^ 6 from the side of the turkey it is readiacd while after . . l -i ] y *oun"0I?? w ? 0 It is claimed that the expert carver an a a a nQt remove ^he fork from the , breast until he has quite finished. Be that as !t may !t 13 Qulte necessary .n. e ^ to use the fork in separating the thigh l? ' ... from the "drumstick." :er broughf in le great bronze / li i ' a little dimmed i A ) bent over the ?uv the oven. In I a familiar step y J and a dejected I the door, while ' \fAW3 i rom his chair. W & ' tss come home iad that morn* ^ r some trifling plunge the fork upright into the ars tied closely centre of the breastbone. The drumor, damp hand- stlck is removed by a single stroke of ttle toward the the kUife, hitting the joint exactly, paid! said grandma, - - * irk. "We can ^*3^ \ sn't give milk, ! the pumpkins \y id to have you yV " lot everything." tied a little as j ' There was an >2}^ of membrane e rolled bits of " been grinding aomentous day ^ y-shaped cut toward the joint from Grandpa separates the thigh and drumstick. ras washed and fuy ' ^(f Even Jess, for- Nljf/^A m that lies in that the taxes lie very money ^ ^ mrpose, tmstieu I :ing spicy cake S I til the shadows L ^5\V~~~r' Wrt* ~' y, as she helped ie cause for it, promised to do a neat stroke through the ball and hes with quince socket joint severs th? wing. first one by his To accomplish this make a V-shaped cut toward the joint, noiuing tne uugn " against the side of the turkey with med Up. the fork. The "drumstick" drops off giving picture neatly into the platter. The next stroke removes the wing. A deep cut through the ball and socket rs were close joint severs this with a part of the >r rigged up in breast meat. To strike the joint to go shooting squarely the first time requires skill, 3 Journal. though sometimes it Is done very neat ly by pure luck, and this calls forth most favorable comment from the expectant and hungry assemblage. If '' x \ x irrtiin /inaen't' otrlkp tlio ininfr nt r\ ^ ^ IUC tXUAiC UVVUM ?# w ? ? \\Y first, move it back and forth, pressing \ ?yj (fr l\| the "wing away from the body, disl w v c^osln& tlle ball the then cu' ; y vlr through and the wing is detached. J&r When this process is completed the gr* disjointed portions are laiu to one side of tlle Patter, or put on a separate plate, to allow of free space for slicing "s^?^ the breast meat. ' - - ' ' sii -1' ; S / .->v. r An Awakening In the South. ONE o? the most forcible evidences of the prosperity of the South, and an assurance that that portion of the country has been brought to a realizing sense of some of its needs, is the en thusiasm manifested over the subject af improved highways. It will be hard to find one point on which the South has recently experienced a greater awakening. Last June, whc*b the good roads train under the initiative of the Illinois Central Railroad made a trip, starting at New Orleans as the southern end of the line, it left behind it a trail of leagues and associations, State and local, devoted to improving the highways of half a dozen States. The recent convention at Buffalo, which attracted delegates from all over the Union, and even across the Atlantic, had an equally good result, although in a different way. Now comes the announcement that the Southern Railway Company has inaugurated a great movement iD its desire to improve the road systems converging to its tracks. The company is to run a good roads special. fully equipped, along its lines, stopping at various points to build a half mile or a mile of good road, and show the people what can be done and how to do it. This initiative should receive cordial co-operation. Rivers, the natural, and railroads, the artificial, highways, arc of little use if the people only a short distance away from their lines are unable to reach them. In many ways the people of the South have been held back for want of decent transportation facilities by the ordinary highway. In the rules governing the new rural mail delivery system one of the requirements is the ability to travel twenty-five miles a day, and the Impossibility of doing this has in many cases delayed the extension of the system. This is equally true of business opportunities of all kinds, more especially the disposing of produce on a rising market. It has been estimated by a man fully acquainted with market conditions in the South and South west that opportunities for more than a million dollars Increase In profits have been lost to farmers in the last two years through inability to get to market quickly at a critical time. And this not alone of the South and the Southwest. Right here in New York State farmers have been kept away from profitable markets by roads which were bogs or quagmires instead of paths fit for a man to ride over or a horse to travel in. But New York has seen the light, and to-day the imr provement of the highways is a question which is seldom allowed to drop out of sight. It Is an omen of good for the Southland that the people are demanding of their legislators more and more attention to the highways, and that the cold business part of the proposition is seen in its right light. Road building, although of national a. nn/1 mncf lmponuucu, is a iuuu -??ui ix, um* ui?u? be carried on under local conditions. It Is in this regard that the good roads trains are doing well. They strike all sorts of soil and all kinds of difficulties. and show the people how to improve ^heir travel facilities at the least possible expense, in the shortest possible time and with the smallest amount of trouble. That the railroads have an eye to the main chance in developing the lands along their lines in no way detracts from the ultimate benefit of their work to the farmer in the immediate neighborhood, as well as to the dweller in the city which the farmer wishes to reach with what he has to sell.?New York Tribune. Good Road* Save Money. One of the most important and encouraging of the many conferences held at the Pan-American Exposition was the good roads congress. The questions of mutual concern which uruu^iii uciEgaiun ? ty-nine of the States, and from Mexico and Canada, is one upon which much has been spoken and written, and had the congress merely met to continue the advocacy of improved roads it would have been of little note. The delegates, however, were not limited to the discussion of what ought to be done; they were able to compare notes upon what, has been done. Particularly gratifying reports came from the South, where highway improvement has been needed greatly. There was a general agreement among representatives of all parts of the country that the i-ise of public interest in good roads was steady and promising. and there was a general belief that much progress would be made in the next few years. Maryland has not overlooked this ntiaufii\n st-nto <ilfl hjis been enlisted in the worthy cause of road improvement, and public sentiment will probably be found in sympathy with n determination to keep up witb sister States in this important work. Moreover, good roads, aside from convenience, are of great money value to any community. Business is aided, as well as comfort or pleasure. Tbo price of hauling produce over a bad road far exceeds the cost of keeping the same highway in good repair.? Baltimore Herald. The Automobile Situation. At first thought it seems strauge tha. so many automobiles should be im 1? a n?A?innnq frrvm nnnnfripi [luriCU u?v auictimuu ^ w ^ ? ?.. that certainly know no more about the building of machines than we do, and whose inventors are certainly no more ingenious than ours. The mystery disappears, however, when one remembers that the automobile is a product of good roads, or, at any rate, that good roads are necessary for its existence, just as they were for its development. And American roadswell. our standards are rising everywhere, and even though they are still very low in most parts of the country, we are learning fast. The world's yearly supply of coal is worth six times her gold. v' r'? N ;|?IN0REVENT80FIHEWEEr WASHINGTON ITEMS. The Board of Visitors to the Naval Observatory, In a report to Secretary Long, favors civilian control of that institution. A board of high army officers, head ea Dy General Miles, was appointed to select permanent camp grounds on which extensive military manoeuvres may be held. As Bureau Chief. Rear-Admiral Crowninshield has selected the magnificent new battleship Illinois for his flagship when he shall become commander of the European squadron. Report of the Commission of Navigation shows that American shipping h:.i now practically reached the maximum tonnage of 1SG1. The Industrial Commission Is framing Its report on agricultural conditions. General Greely, Chief Signal Officer, has returned to Washington from a world tour inspecting cables. The Republican leaders In Congress plan to cut off all the war taxes in order to reduce the enormous Treasury surplus, which Secretary Gage now estimates at $130,000,000 for the year. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. Mindoro Islanders attacked an American garrison at breakfast, but our troops were fully armed and put the Filipinos to flight. Santiago Iglesias, a labor leader, was arrested on the arrival of the New York steamer at San Juan for failure to appear for trial on the charge of causing a strike in San Juan last July. The Democratic party has nominated General Eartolome Masso as its candidate for the Presidency of Cuba. The Municipal Council of Havana has decided by a vote of ten to eight to accept the bid of S. P. McGivney and R. T. Rockeby, of Jersey City, I tm orvj nm an fnv tho Wnvnnn W LliUU IS l7i.V('/?/U,VXU.t/v, ?.V4 VMV sewering and paving contract. Nearly $1,000,000 worth of American machinery has been ordered for a Porto Rico sugar works. At Inopacan, P. I., the insurgents cut the telegraph line. While American troops were repairing it they were fired upon by insurgents. After a brief skirmish the rebels were dispersed. First Lieutenant Robert T. Crawford, of the First Infantry, a sergeant and five men were drowned while attempting to cross the Baboan River, P. I. DOMESTIC. The Seventh National Bank, New York City, resumed business, and will pay depositors in full. In the Supreme Court of New Jersey a ruling was made which practically fixes $1000 as the maximum amount of damages parents may claim for the killing of a child. George Foster Peabody, of New *- nu~ l"*" /lAnofftH X OI"K Has piuciitaiij uvuw v? $21,000 to the Montgomery (Ala.) Young Men's Christian Association. The Norfolk Shipyard and Dry Dock. Company has been capitalized at $5,-: 000,000 to build a shipbuilding plant at Sewall's Point, near Norfolk, Va. Miss Emma King submitted to an inoculation of tuberculosis serum from a cow to aid Dr. Barney, of Brooklyn, in testing Professor Koch's theory. Francis Truth, -who had claimed to be a "divine healer," and under such a title was prosecuted in Boston by the postal authorities, filed a petition in bankruptcy with the Clerk of the Federal Court, Concord, N. H. The Police Department of Atlanta, Ga., have placed under arrest .T. H. Alexander ,a negro in the employ of the United States Government. He is charged with having stolen $4700 from the valise of Major P. C. Stevens, a United States paymaster. Tammany district leaders of New York City reported to Mr. Croker that in the attempt to scratch Van Wyck 12,000 ballots that would have been cast for the Wigwam's borough and county candidates were invalidated. Wpiirr Hart. "Father of the Third Avenue Road," died in New York City at the age of ninety-one. Robert A. Ammon. lawyer for the 520-per-cent. Franklin syndicate, was arrested in New York City charged with grand larceny in receiving and investing $100,000 of Miller's plunder. Pensacola, Fla., has quarantined against plague-infected ports. Burglars took $430 in money and stamps from the po3toffice, Princeton, W. Va. The thirteenth death from lockjaw due to antitoxin injections occurred in St. Louis, Mo. Two thousand in cash and $10,000 in pearls was stolen from the 'oan*: at Black Rock, Ark. On 218 counts, former Assistant Town Clerk R. A. Swan, Arlington, Mass., was sentenced to eight years in jail for embezzleuieut. FOREIGN, General Uribe-Uribe, in an interview at the front, gave his views on the present hostile attitude of Venezuela and Colombia, which, he declared, was only a war between the Conservative and Liberal parties of the two republics. Reports from America that the Danish West Indies had been sold to the United States were declared to be premature and incorrect by the Danish Premier. The French flag again flies over the embassy in Constantinople, Turkey, diplomatic relations having been resumed. A sentinel fired at United States1 Minister Hart, in Colombia, but the bullet missed the diplomat. The Cape Town (South Africa) Guard has again been called our, and Lord Kitchener has issued an order directing that all Boers captured in British uniforms are to be shot. An imperial Chinese edict appoints Yuan Shi Kai, Governor of ShanTung Province, successor to Li Hung Chang as Viceroy of Pe-Chi-Li Province, and Wang Wen Shao, to succeed Earl Li as plenipotentiary. It is announced that Andrew Carnegie will give $500,000 to build ami equip a technical college in Southern Scotland. The institution will probably be situated at Galashiels. Colombia lias accepted Chile as mediator of her troubles with Venezuela. Sir AVilliam Lnurier asserted in a speech at Montreal that Canada would yet capture the iron trade of the United States. Turkey made further concessions to French demands in the matter of granting permission to rebuild churches, convents and other institutions. Li Hung Chang was laid in the coffin he carried with him on his tour of the world, and after elaborate obsequies will be buried in the small vll J lage where be was born. | \ HER BANDITS IMAGINARY Ida Thompson, of Dover, N. Y., Con fesses to Fabrications and Crimes. She Declnres That She Herself Bnrned Fanner Krtchnm's Barns?Committed to a Home. Poughkeepsie, N. T.?Ida Thompson's weird midnight rides after the bandits she thought were bombarding the house of William Ketcham, of Dover, her benefactor, and otherwise annoying him. have been explained through the action of the county and city officials. A number of arrests were made and enough was learned to prove that the relen of terror at Dover. as pictured by Miss Thompson, was a fiction invented by her and intended to serve her own ends. Mr. Ketcham, while in Pouehkeep sie a week ago, had a talk with Sheriff Hoffman and Chief of Police McCabe! After hearing his story they concluded that there was something "fishy" about Ida's account of her single-handed raids on horseback and her battles with thusrs and vagabonds. They communicated with Justice Allerton. of Dover, and the town officials offered to co-operate in exposing her. The investigation had progressed to a point where it was possible to make arrests. So Sheriff Hoffman. Recorder PVifof XfnOn V*n -nronf -TX uioLiiauoci auu uuici iTi\.vauu ucuv to Dover. Recorder Morschauser acted as legal adviser for Justice Allerton. and the latter, upon information presented to him, isued warrants for the arrest of Edward Schriver. Frank Schermerhorn. William Dingy. Gilbert Dean and Ida Thompson. The charges were vaerrancy and disorderly conduct Dingy, Schermerhorn and Schriver were caught first and sentenced to three months in jail, the last two being put on probation. Schermerhorn mad. a confession Involving Ida Thompson. He stated that two weeks ago" he and Ida Thompson were near William Ketcham's home, and that she threw a stone through the window and then mounted a horse and rode to the woods, where she fired a revolver twice. Ida. when taken into custody, told Chief McCabe that she had thrown the stones and cut the farmer for the sake of notoriety, and was also guilty of other depredations. Her horseback trips after alleged bandits were planned to keep her benefactor In ignorance of her meetings with Schermerhorn. .As a climax she confessed to burning Farmer Ketcham's buildings, causing him a loss of S10.000. She was committed to St. Ann's Home, at Albany. IMMENSE POSTAL BUSINESS. The Financial Tranftactlons For the Last Fiscal Tear Were Over 8803,000,000. Washington, D. C.?The annual report of the Auditor for the Postofflce Department for the fiscal year ended June 30. 1901, says that in 183G, the year in which the Auditor's office was established as an independent institution, the total financial transactions were less than SG,000.000. while the aggregate of such transactions for the year 1901 was over $S03,000,000. The items which go to make up the sum total of these transactions are as icmows: neveuuea ior pusim seiviue, Sill,631.193; expenditures, $115,554,020: total amount of money orders Issued, $294,018,080; total amount of money orders paid, $281,554,711. Postal Service Estimated. Washington. D. C.?The estimates ot the anpropriatlons for'the Postal Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1003. aggregate $134,731,596. and the estimates of revenues $132,030,030, leaving a deficit of $2,710,940. SAMAR STRONCHOLD TAKEN. Rebels Driven Oat on the Second Day of Fighting. Manila.?Advices from Catbalogan, capital of Sainar Island, report that Major Waller attacked a force of insurgents occupying a strong position at Sojton, two three-Inch guns being used to shell the rebel stronghold. Throughout the first day the insurgents held the place, but on tne sec J J J ITT** 11/m? f Via uiiu nay iuujui. ??unci u-uchcu attack, and, after a desperate engagement, carried the position. Two marines of the attacking force and twen-. ty-slx insurgents were killed. Major Waller destroyed the stronghold and seventy houses. Washington. D. C. ? Rear-Admiral Rodgers at Manila cabled the Secretary of the Navy as follows: "Privates George Lynch and E. A. Klonan killed in action, Sajopan, near Basey, Samar, on the 7th inst." No further details of the action were given. A BOY KIDNAPER. TirelTe-Yoar-Old Lad Holds Smnll Child For Ranaom. Great Falls, Mont.?A twelve-yearold boy named Southwick kidnaped the six-year-old son of G. W. Ryan, a prominent grocer, and sent a note to the father demanding $1300 ransom, 4-* ^ ?1 ? ? Af ct\oca intn inreateuius iu mm picvco v*. 0^^^ the child's eyes and cut his hands off unless the demand was complied with. Mr. Ryan notified the police, who arrested young Southwick shortly after the Ryan boy had arrived at his father's store unharmed, having been released by Southwick. Southwick confessed that he did the deed of his own volition; and that he had no accomplices. He expressed no repentance and said: "I would have hit the old man for $S000 if I thought he would have stood for it." Miss Stone is Alive. United States Consul Dickinson has received through Bulgarian agents at Samakoff a letter from the brigands containing a few words in Bulgarian added by Miss Stone saying that slie and Mme. Tsilka are alive. Boers Got Two Guns. It is known that the Boers got away with the two guns captured from Colonel Benson's column iu the engagement near Brakenlaagte, eastern Transvaal. Tho Sporting World. It Is declared that professionalism has a foothold in the Amateur Athletic Union. A criticism made of the Carlisle Indians' football play is that they tackle too high. Chicago high scnool football aspirants are required to undergo a physical examination and obtain parents' consent. William C. Whitney's stable leads in the list of winning owners of the season. More than $108,000 is credited his ronreseutativeii "-.-I 5 THE SABBATH SCHOOL . - J INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FfiB nprciuRCD i Subject: The Call of Moses, Ex. III., 1-1* ?Golden Text: Ex. ill., 12?M.emorj Verses, 9-12?Commentary on tli? Day'* Lesson. ' , Introduction?The life of Moses is di vided into three periods of forty years each. 1. He was in Egypt forty years, during which time he was trained, first in his own home, and afterwards in the household of Pharaoh. 2. He was in Midian foriy years, caring for th^ sheep of his father-in-law, in the veiy wilderness where he was to lead forth the children of Israel. 3. The first eighty years of his life were only a preparation for his life work, which wa3 the deliverance of Israel. For forty years he led the people of God in their wanderingB, ? as mev journeven to war as canaan. 1. 4 Priest of Midian." Or prince, or both priest and prince: "the original has both meanings." "Led the flock." For aboui forty year*? Closes had been serving as a shepherd, caring for the flocks of his father-in-law. "Back of the wil-# dernes?." (R. V.) During all these years he had been hoWing communion with God. and was being prepared for his life work. But think of a man with power and ability such as Mo3es had, being held down for forty years with a few sheep! Yet this was evidently God's plan. His wanderings would make him thoroughly acquainted with this whole region, and this would be of great importance to him when he came to lead his people out from Egypt. "Mountain of God." Sometimes named Horeb, at other times Sinai. It was called the mountain of God because God aonearcd upon it to Moses. 2. "Angel of the Lord." Not a created anzel for he is called Jehovah. Vs. 4. 6. This was none other than Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of mankind. "A flame of fire." Representing God's maj. esty, purity and power, and showing that He was about to bring destruction to His enemies, and light and comfort to His people. "The bush burned." 1. # As an emblem it instructs. 2. As a miracle it astonishes. 3. As a magnet it attracts. 4. As a monitor it warns. This is, 1. An emblem of the state of the Israelies in f their distress. 2. Of the etate of the. church in the world. 3. Of the state of every true Christian. "Not consumed." Showinc that this was fire from heaven. 3. "Why the bush," etc. He desires if possible to see the cause of this strange appearance. God will reveal to listening f %ouls all they need to know in order to be able to follow and obey Him. ,, < 4. "God called?out of the bush." Flame is the best symbol of God. 1. It is immaterial. 2. It is glorious. 3. It is mysterious in its nature. 4. As light, it is everywhere?omnipresent. 5. It ^ enlightens the world. 6. It is a source of life, beauty and power. 7. It is undefiled and undefilable, absolutely pure. 8. It is terrible as a destructive power. v 9. It is warming, cheering and life-giving. "And said Moses." Moses being thus addressed by name, must have been more surprised by what he heard than by what he saw. ' 5. "Put off thy shoes." Putting off m the sandals is a very ancient practice ia worship. The rabbins say that the priests perform their service with bare feet in token of purity and reverence. All Mohammedans, Brahmins and Pafrsees worship barefooted to the present day. "This was required of Moses as a token of his reverence for God, of his humiliation for his sins, of his putting away all impurity in his life and of his submission and readiness to obey God's will." 6. "I am the God." God does not sav I "was" the God of thy fathers, but T "am" their God. The natriarchs were still living, for God is not the God df the dead but of the living. Mark 12:27. "Afraid to look." He was overawed by God's presence. 1 7. "Seen the affliction." That1 is, I have considered their afflictions. Their oppressed state, their sorrows, their tears. their sighs, their heavy bondage had all come in review before Him; for He counts the sighs of His people and puts their tears into His bottle. ,;4 8. "Am come down." When God did something very extraordinary He was V" said to "come down" to do it, as in Isa. 64:1. So Christ came down from heaven to save fallen man. "And a large." Ca naan was large eo' lpared with Goshen. "With milk and honey." God called His people out of Egypt, with its idolatry and n <mnd land filled with <U1{JUX.U?. , good things. The milk and honey are * typical of the richness and fulness of God's grace. < .? 9. "The cry?is come unto me." God had not come down to see whether the / subjects of His promise were in such a condition as to merit His salvation, neither was He attracted by their excellences or their virtures; but it was sufficient for Him that they needed the great deliverance that He was able to give. 10. "I will send thee." About forty years before this Moses had undertaken to deliver his people in his own way and by his own strength. Now he had learned , the other lessons God would t^ach him and liis time had come. There >ib a vast difference between God sending a man1 and a man running unsent. 11. "Who am I." Moses was the best prepared for this work of any man living: eminent for learning, wisdom, experience, and yet he says, Who am I? The better prepared any one is lor service. the less opinion be has of himself. "That I should go." Doubtless he was affected by the remembrance of his former failure. The work to be done was great and dangerous. 1. His life might be in danger. 2. What could a shepherd do to influence a king? 3. It was not likely that the Egyptians would give up 2.000.000 people who were doing their work without compensation. 4. To ' organize and discipline such a host of untrained men would require great patience and ability, o. It would be difficult to induce the Israelites to risk all, and leave Ejiypt for an unknown land. 112. "Will be with thee." My counsel shall direct thee, and Mv power shall bring all these mighty things to ,pass. "Upon this mountain." God shows him that in their return from Egypt they would stop at this mountain on theiT way, and would worship God in this place. This would confirm the faith of Moses for all the work of the long years which were to follow. Silk Industry Statistic*. The Census "Bureau's preliminary report on the silk industry in the United States oKnvfa tVi.it tlie eanital invited aerre pates $81,082,201. an increase of fifty-nine per cent, since 1890. and that the value of ?ilk products in 1900 was $107.256,25S. an increase of almost twenty-three per cent. There are 4S3 est?biishments against 472 in 1890. The number of wage earners in the industry i? 6.5,41fi, with total wages of S20.982.)94. The miscellaneous ernenses were S10.204.208, an increase of 141 per rent., and the cost of materials used was $52,406,663. Cannot Stop Hailstorms. Professor Willis L. Moore, Acting Secretary of Agriculture, has issued an official statement concerning the attempted prevention of hailstorms by the use of, explosives from specially designed cannon... Professor Moore says in part: "We have, here to do with a popular delusion, and efforts should be made to prevent its, spread in this country. The^ energy ex-. p'ended by nature in the production 01 hailstorm, a tornado or a rainstorm prob-l ably exceeds the combined energy of all; the steam engines and explosives in the? world. It is useless for man to attempt* to combat nature on this scale." t'rojjrcM of rrhfp'bniluTnjj. The shipbuilding industry in the United States._ c:*e!u?ive of the United States Navy Yard, according to a nreliminary report of the Oensnt Bureau had a total invested capital or 8~fi,8!)9.fr51 in ]POO. This h an increase of 181 per cent, since 1890. Tlte value of product.?. including custom work and repairing, was S73.444.753. an increase of almost ninetv-three per cent. There were 10S3 establishments and 43.121 ware earners. with total wages of ^4.338.100: r."sceilan?ous exoenses. ?3.582/57, and nntt r'( ?*i?.rpv:aln u?seH was S33.031.280. rv*