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fci^v DBMaHK gravel wal ?ounde<l crixpl ? _ M//, under the feet < 0MLhM blwM^atf P Colonial Captai: as be strode wii clinking spurs u the walk to 11 vine-covered co ta*e. He was well set-up your fellow, long-le; fed, broad-shouldered, and lithe as panther of his own native woods; alti getber a splendid type of the Colonli who bad dared to bid defiance to a empire It bad been thrve years since Captai Roger Good fellow had trod that wal last time, three years of battle, ao marching and privation, of bitter col and Intolerable heat and gnawing hut ger. The drams bad beat the (uueri march over many a lusty comrade, th while a great nation was being bolide in toil and suffering. Perhaps Roger Goodfellow tbougt Of these things aa he knocked at th stout door, or perbapa he thought onl of the fair-haired, blue-eyed girl wh bad stood there three years before an wared a misty farewell to mm. uai proud and half tearful. He had bee tlfb ting bit country's battles, and h wondered whether the Scotch Lleutei ant Forbes had been winning the gii he left behind him. Stories had com to him of what assiduous court th yoang sprig of fashion bad paid t Polly Ward, how he had singled be oat as the mark of all his attention! and by his persistent devotion ha made her the fashion among his sei It was with something cold clutchin at his heart that the Captain waite for the answer to his knock. He beard a hurried whispering o voice* from within, the scurry of fee along the floor, again the low-tone mnrmur and after a time the sound 0 Ute light step be knew so well crossini to the door. It was a startled face he looked 01 when the door opened, oae not devoid of larking fear and apprehension When she recognised him her hand came out Impulsively. The glad llgb fashed Into her eyes?and then die m?. It was as If the shadow of sod unseen terror had gripped her. "What! Roger?you T* she cried "Why have you waited all the* mrnths? I did not know you even t be alive. Not one single little messag your old-time friends. Tet the cit; has been in the hands of Genera Washington for three months." She was speaking with a hurried nej vonuness, and the catch in her volc< ran a little tremulous. The Captain looking eagerly for the signals her eje night float, thought her somethlnj leas than candid. It was not that sb< iras insincere?be read a welcome li the girl's manner not to be deniedbot rather something divided and din trait, something a little embarrassed I: her greeting, much aa if bis appear ance were malapropos. The ?oang niaa brushed aside hi fancies. "Yes? I. Pol! Faith, 'tis not mj faul I was not here six months ago. I bav ocen on the Southern service with Geo eral Greene. 'Twas only this mont! se'n night ago, that I got my es change, and I promise you. Boge - - -AV UW ^.1 uoooreuow pwwtt nvnu wuu w peed. There be weary cattle on th ray. metblnks; bat yon, Pol? Hoi wear the years? I do not need to asl t' faith, for yoar face tells a stor of time standing still Dear lass, ai glad to see me?" Bold he was and blunt; more coaf dent of manner than of mind. Whs he wanted to know he asked roundlj wlUi something of the placid, unruffle imperturbability of the motber-countr self-containment Good fellow wa neither to hold nor to bind until be ha found an answer to the question whlc troubled blm. " Twa? slways you. Pol?never an; but you with me," he told ber quletl; '?Las LixrmiAVT torbu, or tb HIOELA-ND BKOIHSXT OF HIS MAJX8TY.' much as if be were telling ber of son: mllltsry operation. "The fancies < thp other lads wavered, but my loi for 70a was firm as a rock. I alwaj loved you from tie Drat, even la ti days wben you played the golde haired queen among ua rough boy .Then I saw you grow up into one < the belles of the Colonies, made (hue of by the Macaronis and the officers < the King, and the hope almost dk out in me, but always the love wi there. There have, no doubt, been otl era more deserving, but none, I swea who loved you longer or bette ,Whether I win or lose 1 shall alwaj do that, and I can shake the hand < a better man. if he wins, aud wish hi good luck, even if be be a Brltls cficer like Lieutenant Forbes or " She bad tried to stop bim witboi trail. bat at tbe name her eyes leap* fain involuntarily to tbe closet doc .which trembled ever so slightly. T1 Captain stopped in an ominous sllenc looked at her for a moment searchin ly, then continued grimly the broke sentence. *?like Lieutenant Forbes, of tl 8ifUand Refluent of His Majeat "5s3-" * r^wr^Y' -;?{r?/TC>y ^crsty;- ^ -y Ik who in at the present moment hebitid ly the press door in front jf ax." con>f eluded Goodfellow in the tuuuc ovea d tone. n. The closet door opened and lot out a h man dressed la the awkward-fitting ip clothes of a country rustic. le "Enter Forbes." said the newcomer t- Bayly. "Quite right. Captain! That in. a if you meant that Alan Forbes and iff not King (Jeorge was back of the door. ?* .nan, oui wnm nrr juur rji*?* iuauv vt a that yoa can glower through a door b- and tell what In back cf it?" il "My eyes are good. Lieutenant n Forbes." returned tbe other gravely. "They can not far away a gullowu n waiting for a "py " k "And It dlsna tak the second sight d for that." answered the young Hlghd lander lightly. "That's easy telling. } man! But It will be nac spy that is tl bAQglt on It. whateffer." * "No?" asked tbe other incredulously, d "No. I will be a puir honest Scot wha came dangexing through the lines it for a crack with his may.** ic "Are you asking me to believe that y you broke through our pickets, knowo ing that the chance of a horrible death d stood waiting you here, for the sake of If seeing?your sweetheart." n "Of seeing Mistress Polly Ward," e corrected the British offleer. "Just i- for the chance of a twa-handed crack rl wl* her, and at all events there wasna e muckle chance of being taken. I ken e tue woods about here like a rabbit. But 0 I'm no* asking you to believe. Capt tain. Leave it or tak It, not a bit of i, differ It makes to Alan," concluded the d young man Jauntily. 1 "It may make all the difference beg tween life and death," answered Oocdd fellow steadily. "If you would trouble f * A e r ' ? to make the matter clear, perhaps?" f He stopped without finishing the sent tence. A dafflng answer was on the lips of Alan Forbes, bat tbe girl could not * stand by anj longer and see him play r' shuttlecock with life and death. She had been swltherlng in an agony of ' fear, white with rear. loosing rrom one * to the other with appealing eye*. Now she interposed. "You are not coming to a better understanding. Yon play at cross pury poses. Why do yon not stop laughing r' and make him believe you. Lieutenant Forbes? And yon. Roger?you ore quite wrong! The Lieutenant carried dispatches to Colonel Tarleton, and on bis way back stopped to see me for a few minutes. He is an honorable gentleman. just a? you are. I would not have you misinterpret each other." au?v Krt.l AAfiUHonAa ia aho 0ilC 1MU 9i(l4iVl VTVA VVUUUVUW wa ?MV v went on. and as she finished stamped V her little foot imperiously. ' "Do the officers of the British crmy ^ disguise themselves while they are car* Tying dispatches?" asked the Amcri" can. with Irony. "He discarded his cnifora in the i woods at a deserted hat uoue 11:tic J way from here." explained Polly. "Then answer a plain question plainly. sir." commanded the Colonial officer * brusquely. "Will you give me your word of honor that you broke through ~ our lines for the sole purpose of meet fllng Mistress wara.'" re "I will." "And that jon will renain absolutely |e silent regarding anything jou may 9 hare teen her? after you are again ^ without our lines?" "I give you the word of a Forbes, ^ and swear it on my father's sword ( hilt May the curse of all my ancestors ^ light on me gin I break it!" u The American looked hici through ^ and through with an eye that would r ravel the secrets of the soul?and be' lieved him. rs "Then. sir. yen are at liberty to de 3f part at once; anu u i say ue sooaer m the better. I hope ycu will sot think ,b Die too frank." nffaritrt ft/wvlfollnW hll ha?tl. at "I'm no* a grand tongue at the thanks. 4 Captain, but whiles I think malr than >r. I "y " ie And the King's officer went oat of ?. the house whistling a blithe air. g- There was a long, awkward silence >n after the Highlander left which Good* fellow was the first to break, le "And now. Pollj, since we have dlsj, posed of Lieutenant Forbes for the present has Roger Uoodteliow a f? I tore?ho far an yoa an* concerned?" | They say there Is no tenne In love? neither present, iwist. nor fnture. It is eternal. Isn't that what the ports say?" she parried. The Captain took Ills hesitation by J the throat. ami the lady in his arms. /* "Come. I'olly! A plain answer to a j I-laiu man. Is it yes. or no, lass?" From deep within the folds of his 0 coat he beard a faint "Yes."?The De- r llr.eator. ^ tl a HEADY FOR THE FOURTH. p We're ready now to celebrate? v VVc have a lot of nplints, A bucket fnl of arnica, r, Two tloseu kind* of lints? So let the noble eagle scream And rocket* split the sky, ; For now we have the gladsome day? The Fourth day of July. h The sticking-plaster's close at hand, ^ The soda s in the box. We also hiiiie some liniment * That's good for sudden shockf. a Then let the speaker cleave the air 0 And shoit in accents high? >"ow comes the day we celebrate? The Fourth day of July. P We have some ice already cracked, h Stored in a xkady spot; The bandages are neatly rolled Near a convenient cot. We're ready for 'moat anything. From wounded toe to eye, r S op rod the ea^le?we salute Tne Fourth day cf July. ai Ammonia's on the lower shelf To itootbc each sigh or groan, That number on the placard is J The doctor's telephone. t\ Cut looMe! The ambulance is here, y "he nurse is standing by. D And we're prepared to celebrate The Fourth chjyof July. . ?Baltimore American. a " ? 8< Evalatlon of Oar FlairTew persona have noticed the Inter- 0 estlnjr evolution cn our flag of the tars and stripes ax depicted in the armory of the Ancients at tie top of ~M Hull llnat tiomnna nn> * familiar with the irtory of Mrs. Rons ? and the making of the first flag of the free. But evidently It was not Mrs. a Boss who originated the Idea of stripes. ti J< ? U Down in the armory of the Ancients 11 yon will see the first broad red dag with the old English cross In the field. F Next a very similar flag, except that L the broad red becomes broad blue, 0 with no red but the cross Itself on the u white field. Next the white flag with its pine tree acd "Appeal to Heaven." whence cams our own State banner.' Then it would appear that the fathers Q went back again, for the next flag has tbe red and white longitudinal stripes, but in the field there are tbe crosses of f, St George end St Andrew, worked out cJ in red upon a white ground. The next flag restores the blue to the field. It ti too. has the longitudinal red and white it stripes, and the combined crosses of St. <>eorge and 8t. Andrew, as in tbe Brit- tl Ish Jack, worked ojt in red and white T upen a t'.uo field. It was not till after w that, upon the assertion of independence by the colonies, that Mrs. Ross's fla? appeared, und apparently she only ^ substitutei for the double crosses the circle cf thirteen stars upon tbe blue field. b The red. white and blue and the red f, and white stripes were all In tbe Das generations before Mrs. Ross was born, v as the collection of the Ancients deu- h castrates.?Boston Journal. t< ________ A Liberty Boll. U In chocolate, a hue quite cs dark but u rcther dlCereat from that of tbe Lib- v erty Bell banging in Independence a Hail, Is the toothsome bell, sold as a holiday sweetmeat. How carefully * the crack ha* been imitated! The crack I e will spread an mood as t!io childrea take a bite from the glossy little choc- c olate bell. u __ 11 OImMImc*. "And 1 told Jituiuie to staj Id the p yard!"?New York Journal. v r - ..ry-c-T , , - - -_v IINOREVENM THE WEEK fTASHlNOTOK ITEM. 8enor (ionzale* de Quewida. the new lubuii Minister. wai? murN to the Utile ll?*i*c by Secretary Hay and rei<cufcd liix credential* to Pretddi'nt loowvelr. A [Kill of l lie Senate showed fortyne Senator* It) favor of the Nicaragua note for th<> Isthmian canal, forty for lie Panama roate and neveu doubtful nil holding the balance of power. i'ti? tlmio. nn.inlmnnslv .adonfpd it pxultitioti iii appropriate $25,000 for I Inn* for n memorial monument In rashiugtou to Abraham Lincoln. The Houxp unanimously adopted a ^solution appropriating ?1UO.OOO torarfl the erection of a monument to ac prison ship martyrs at Fort Greene, irooklyn. N. Y. No action will be taken on the Stateood and Department of Commerce ill* at this session of Congress. Admiral Melville, Engineer-in-Chief f the Navy, announced the success of series of tests which give hope that II may soon be substituted for coal as ael on warship*. Senator Mc<?oinbcr introduced a bill rovkllng for a permanent exposition ullding at Shanghai. China, for the exIhltlnn nt Amortrnn nmduets. OUR ADOPTED IKLA5D8. A commission was sent to 8amar. r*. ? to appoint Senor Llortes Governor ad to establish civil government. Lieutenant Hagedom, Quartermaster f the Twenty-eighth Infantry, who rati arrested In March lust on the barge of embezzlement, was dismissed rom the Army and sentenced to two ears' confinement in the prison at Malta. The cholera epidemic in Manila was ecreaslng. tbe deaths averaging only even daily, bat tbe dUea3c was still erious la tbe provinces. The prospects of peacc in the Ulaad f Leyte. P. L, were brightening. DOMESTIC. Two deserters from Fort Shoridna, Jbert M. Beyer and Henry Maddaagb, PhIa?arc flf A stone falling on the head of Ira u Shaler, one cf the New York rapid ransit tun&el contractor:), fatally Inured him. Prayers for rx|p were made at nmerons points in Texas, the drouth eing severe. About thirteen thousand persons atfnded the annual communion services f the Christian Scientists in Boston. Embezzlement of between 916.000 ad $17,000 Is charged against Charles I Shlrler. Secretary of the American district Telegraph Company, under arest at New York City. It was proposed to separate the men nd women students in the Chicago Jniversity. Andrew Carnegie offered to give tbe rwn of Atliol, Mass., $15,000 for a pubic library building. Mayor Hayes, of Baltimore, Md.. reeived a voucher from tbe National "reasury for $104,080.03, principal and aterest due tbe city for its War ot 812 claim against tbe Government. Harvard's observatory at Cambridge, [ass., was giving time signals at nigbt y electric lights. Accused of embezzlement and orgery, W. H. Hawkins, real estate gent, at Marysvllle, Mo., was orested. While walking with bis wife in the ark, Lemuel Hickman, at Springfield, IL. suddenly shot and killed her. For cause unknown. Albert D. Marks, romlnent In Nashville, Tenn.. shot nd klUed himself. During a quarrel over a card game, Irs. Mary Sassanalll was killed by 'lncenzo Aduaslo, at Toungstown, O. The practice ship Chesapeake, with aval cadets aboard, went aground In Un? tpso OA/>n rvnlloil uuzNi|icaat; uaj, uuw TTOO WVW ff. George D. Middleton, on trial at 'aldwell, N. Y., for killing bis wife, ras found guilty of murder In tbe first egree. Tbe crime was committed at bttersvllle, Warren County, June 20. 901. At tbe Republican convention In tbe 'ourtb Congress District of Maine, lewellyn Powers, of Houlton. was nanimonsly renominated as Repreaenitive. rouiflx. President Loubet dismissed General onnal. commander of tbe army school, od retired bim for improper official* raducL Tbe Spanish-American treaty of iendsbip will probably not be con* Inded before autumn. Germany will await America's attiide toward Cuba before deciding on & diplomatic intercourse. Venezuelan revolutionists defeated le Government troops and declared resident Castro would be overthrown -itbln a month. A Lamjuet was given oy Americans i London to welcome H. Clay Evann, le new Cousul-Ucucral of the Uuitetl tales. Builders of stands along tbe route of tv? coronatioD procession in London ad not received so many applications ?r seats as were expected. The entire family of a farmer named Vetzel. consisting of Wetzel himself. Is wife and Ave children, were burnefi i> death in n farm house situated in >delsl?erg. Piussia. M. von Plebwe. the new Russian Miniter of the InUvior. will repatriate CO.DO people who had been expelled from arioUK cities during M. Sipiaguiue's dminisiration. King I0dward, in a speech on tlx* rar. praised the Bccra for their bravrv Cold weather was experienced In 'ape Colony. South Africa. Many aninils perished and telegraphic comiuligation was interrupted. Judge Taft informed tbe Vatican auboritles that If they preferred cash i> Philippine bonds indorsed by the imericau Government for the lands wned by the friars in the Philippines, hey could have tbe cash; tbe value of be lands is reckoned at from $7,000, 00 to $10,000,000. Colonel Grimm, of tbe Russian Army, k-as sentenced at Warsaw. Poland, to welve years' imprtaounient at bard lOor lor gelling umuarjr sccri'ut iu orcign iwwer. The Cubans were reported to have eceived offers for reciprocal arrangeueuts with Great Britain, which thfy rere disposed to consider should (he .11 lieu niiiicii inn iu mi vu , k'lth the island. Colonel Arthur Lynch, Member Tarla ment elect for Galway, was arajgued iu a London police court on the barge of high treason; the case of the irosecutiou was presented by Sir Edrard Carson, the Sollcitor-UeaeraL THE GREAT DESTROYER ? SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT ' THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. do* a nutliiMi Mm Rmmic a TnfoUlltr ' -Thr Conviviality Which I* a 80arc# of Mltrry and Rain to Kuf-A Father's Tippling a Bad ExaiopU Par Bit ?oa. A most entertaining story of good tern- . perance work come* to iu from Toronto, t One of rliH junior employes is a large n wholesale Iioum* built a very comfortable " residence and invited Ins fellow-employes c to sharr his hospitality in tbe nouec- ' warming. N'cxt day a senior employe, a ? well-known public man. congratulated the J h?n? of the eveninv before unon his com- * fo.-Ublo new home, and inquired how he 1 could save enough oat of his salaty to " build it. adding that he. with double the ^ salary, for no much longer a term. wa? ' mill in a rented house. Pressed tor an t answer the home owner at last modestly " Uteti that he wived the moneys that many * others *pent with the boys. His intern- * Kator took this a? a home thrust, for he ?* was convivial, good hearted and open- *" handed, as the oaying is, although r.ot by any means a drunkard. The answer ' haunted him. and indeed irritated him. * That very evening he attended a public M supper, and before it was over got pretty ^ merry, and was quite surprised when hi* > eldest son. a lad of fifteen years, who had ? been at a party, called to accompany him " home. He u-as hnmiliated that his son H should find him even slightly under the in- n fluence, and the mental disturbance caused 1 by his fellow-employe's statement was accelerated by the new incident. * Next morning, on reaching the ware- Jj house, the senior very frankly unbosomed Jj himself to the junior, and told him how unhappy his remark of the previous day j? k-?.l mill* Ilim nnrl hnir thp nnli.inninpjM I' ni accentuated by the feeling that hi? son might l>e badlj influenced by a knowl- 0 edge of hu father n tippling. The younger P man wan a member of a temperance so- . 1 ciety, and promptly invited hi* friend to join, but he demurred at pledging for life. '! and a compromise was agreed upon, that a pledge for a month on trial should l>c * prepared and presented to all the people 'J in the warehouse. The enterprise wis no d timely that every one, eighteen in all turned the pledge, except the manager. J who is one of the members of the Arm. It " was not presented to the manager until ' the name of eve^y employe in'the entali J1 lishmcnt wan affixed, but that gentleman. ' although a church member and a Sunday J1 -school Miperintendent, declined, and be * came the one fly in the sweet-smelling pot ? of ointment. The pledge has since been '' renewed for a year, and several of the ' signatories have since become members of ' a regular temperance society, includins the J; senior principal of this story.?Canadian Royal Templar. ' Ob* Girl's lafltaene*. One* it happened that a young man whr, u was MJWIIlg Ilia MIIU vcvuiub ?v a q nam ted with one of tho?e young girl* to i whom innocencc is u vital as pure air. c The magnetism of her goodness made him x a changed man. He forsook his'evil com- n Sanions, and when chaffed about the in- ii uence of Mi** M , be said: "When 1 x am with her I want to be good. and I c late myself for being bad. I dare not call 1 on her after visiting my old haunt*. I t wa* forced to choose between them, and * sbe drew me upward more strongly than I they were palling me down." Another one was at a party. Wine was t served with refreshments. She refused re- f peated invitations to take a gla*s of it. A r young man told another as the two were i talking of the entertainment the next t day: ! "I came very near breaking my p'edge. s The smell of the wine was so tempting it ? sent a cold shiver down me. But just as I * was going to yield I beard Mi*? Blank ii refuse wine. That gave me courage to 1 hold out. I watched her all the evening. I and I made a bargain with myself. I a said: 'If she drinks 1 will.' [ wa* hoping i and fearing that she would, but as often c an "she was asked she declined; and every tirac she answered with more vim. T 1 thought, and ?he saved the day. If it I hadn't been for her I wouldn't have pulfed 3 through, and to-day I'd have had a swelled ? head and a big load of remorse, far I'd. ! have gone on a drunk." f Statesmen Ars Alarmed. I The terrible conclusion is forcing itseii ( upon thoughtful minds that in cities uni- . versal suffrage. the corner stone of democ- 1 racy, of our peculiar American political in- % stitutious, is a failure. All this means that we turn the power 0 of government into agencies to foment in- } temperance. It means that we permit and j authorize the exploitation of a vile and tigerish appetite in the interests of cupid- a ity. j It means, to our national disgrace, that t America is ruled by the liquor power It t neans that Americans have not the will ( nor the ability to enforce law, that lawless- ( ness abides with us, that our legislation is a mere verbiage.?Archbishop Ireland. Lord Rosebery says, "I cannot but be struck by the pathetic urgency with which the appeals for dealing with this question j. come from everv part of England. Scotland, t Ireland and Wales. And though I say I ? am not a fanatic on this question, I view the uncontrolled condition of our liquor E traffic as a serious danger * * * much < nf thr crime. much of the nauDerism and ? almost all of the degradation prevalent in " thi* country is attributed to drink. But the second point on which I regard it as a p danger is this. that it u becoming too |j great a power in the State I no ?> far as to say this. that if the State doe* not ?oon c control the liquor traffic, the liquor traffic j, will control the State."?Forward. ^ Th? Saddest Fact. c A meeting was recently held in London. c ?*nder the chairmanship of Viscount Peel, 1 in the intercut of the farm colony establishment at Duxhurst for the reclamation ? o? drunken women. The saddest fact set " forth at the meeting wxi the ternble in- a crease of the evil which the farm is estab- {> li?!ipd to cure. Viscount Peel made the h alarming state-nent that the convictions of wonen in the police courts, chiefly for u drunkenness, had risen from 5873 in 1878 5 to 12,200 in 1809 ' A Chsplsla'i Remarkable Statement. . Chaplain J. H. Morgan, of the Huntsvil'c. Texas, penitentiary, says: "One-third ci the populous portion of Texas is under ? prohibition. Seventy-five per cent, of the q i imates of this prison come from ?i!oons and saloon influence* As these influences nn* curtailed, the number of State enm- [J u.als decreases." w An Empire's Taiapersac* Crasad*. ? One hunt red thousand copies of a pam pi let. entitled ' Away with Alcohol," were cutrinuted last summer by the accident in:i'.iancc departtrent of the Austrian Gov ?r u ient.?The Union Signal. 5 Th? Crnsade in Brief. -' TV town official* of Westerville. Ohio, I f "-f.i^rrl in LiltL 386. io. tendered bv the ? treasury of the State, a* the procced* of , honor prosecution*. , More thar 2000 m<o in the I'nitrd p States navy ire members of the Naval |> Temperanee league. and are pledged to *i total abstinence during their term of ser- it ri;-e. ii All workmen on French < internment ruhvay.s .ire warned against indulging in 'a strong drink while on duty, on penalty of } being discharged. Letter-earrier* are in- " eluded, and the rtle of aleoholie drinks i* forbidden in army canteen*. The New York Journal invites young men and old men to consider whisky, not from the point of view of one who *eeks T to r.n press Ins own will upon other*, but t from the point of view of each man's indi- a vidual interest and duty. t '* ' -1 .t.? * r?. 1 .VII Wlf l'l!ipi?jr> " lire ??iuiiiu v?. . lev I'irruii, now traveling in frrope, are to tal abstainer*, to whirn i? Rttrihuted h* ; mi^itary-lik*? precision with which the great organization is nandled and the | umall percentage of accidents lire i is brutalizing, wmc impaMiont, ? whisky infuriates, but ultimately unmans. - 1 l:?j ?.:.v a i. Aiconouc annua, comoineu wmi u i fat diet, totally xubjug.ite the moral nature unlesM their influence be counteracted , by violent exercuc. ? Dr. liock Ueip?ic. lieruiauy. ' -- V.< ' . "HE SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR JUL/ 6. uhjcci: Til* Olrlii mt Muu. Ex. xxln l*10~Col4?a Tail, NtM. rl., IU)l*a> ory Vtr*w, 4, &-Caam?Urj ? th? Di/'l Lmm. 1. '"WilderneM ( Sio." It U supposed hat thia wilderness, or de*ert. had its ame from a strong city of Egypt called lin. near which it lay. But before they iitnc to Sin they hiui an encampment by he Red Sea. after thev left Klim. Num. 1: 10, 11. "Sinai." Thi? is a mountain rith two peaks'; one of which was called loreb. tne other Sinn Sinai iikmih hornbiuli, and probably received this ame becau*e here the Lord appeared to foxes in the burning bivii. "Fifteenth ay." This wa* exactly on<? month from he time they had left Kjqjit. "Second nmth." Thin was Iyar or Zii and corre|*ondcd .1.1 nearly aa possible to our month lay. The Jewish month began with the veiling when the new moon was first disitvertd. 'J. "Murmured." For want of bread, t -.vmn they had taken a month'* provii<<11 when tney left E?vpt and now this r.is gone. "Against Moses." An ad-Ji* ional proof of the hardne** of their heart*. *hcv had just seen the bitter water sweet;ied (15: 23-25). the sea divided, and the Ml of Pharaoh slain. but these are nil for otten as they stand confronted with their ew difficulty. They evinced a fretful, unliankful spirit. .1. "Fleih pots." The Hebrews when in lavery were doubtless fed in companies, n. places where large pots or boilers were ? V\a niirnAdO ftf rmiL'inff t h??ir Ye have brought us." They M?em to have ctually lo?t the serine of having been deivered by the hand of Jehovah. "To kill -with hunger." People when murmuring ften anticipate evils which never will hapen. Discontent magnifies what ia past nd vilifies what in present without regard i> truth or reason; none talk more absurdr than murmurer*. 4. "Unto Moses." Ood made known lis purpose* unto Moses in order that c might rest easily and not be tempted to iscouragement. Will rain bread," etc. Effort* have been made to do away with he supernatural aspect of thin incident Lmggesting that the manna was nothing i than the gum of the tamerisk tree, to rhirh the name manna has been given: iut we are certain that this gum could iot have been the bread that is here said i> hare come from heaven. The manna ia ypical of Christ who came down from icaven (1 Cor. 10: 3). a supernatural gin. give life to the world. "And gather." *he manna was like a small grain. "A cerain rate." Every person was to gather according to his eating." V. 18. "Ever* lay." It would breed worms and apoil a hey undertook to keep it from one day o another. It was necesanr also to gather t earlv, before the sun had arisen. It fell ipon tne dew (Num. II: 9); it was so pure nd delicate that it could not bear contact rith the earth. Each one had to arise arly and seek bis daily portion. So it ia rith the people of God now. The heavenly nanna must be gathered fresh every mornng. We must feed upon Christ every day. nth fresh energv of the Soirit. else we will eaae to grow. V. 20. "May prove them." rhus God tried them to see if thev would rust Him and depend upon Him for fresh applies each day, and if they would keep ifs commandment*. 5. "The sixth day." The day preceding i be Sabbath. "Shall prepire.' The people gathered the manna and "ground it in nilla, or beat it in a mortar, an J baked it n panj, and made cake* of it; and the ante of it wa< a* the ta*te of fresh oil." fum. 11: 8. "Twice a* much." On th? ixth day of the week they were told to ,?ther and prepare twice oj much n usual, o there would be no work done of the (abbath. So manna fell on the Sabbath, iad it been a natural production it would lave fallen on that day an at other time*, ind had God not performed a miracle it rould have corrupted on the Sabbath m on ither day*. YY 23. 24. 8. "Then ye (hall know.'' That the !x>rd had brought their, out of Kgypt was (lain enough, yet they were ascribing it to ifoses and Aaron. God saw it neceaaary ta five them a daily miracle in the fall of nanna, that they might have the daily >roof of Hia divine interposition. 7. "Glory of the Lord." hither this gio ious work of God in giving you bread rom heaven, or the glorious appearing of Jod in the cloud, mentioned in ver?e 10. Against the Lord." From thi* wc see that rheri we murmur against God's servant* re are reaiiy murmuring against God Himelf. "What are we." Only His servant*, ibeying His commandments. We have not irought you out of your slavery. God by lis own almighty power has done that. 8. "Shall .give you." Their needs were til to be supplied; they were to have flesh d abundance that evening and bread in he morning, and six morning" each week hereafter for nearly fortv years. "Hearth your murmuring*." How offensive to Jod must their murmuring* have been, ,nd yet He bore with them and had mercy ipon them. 9. "Come near before the Lord." Evilently some particular place which had teen designated, where God appeared to hem in the cloudy pillar. The tabernacle ras not built until some months later. 10. "The glory of the Lord." A glorious manifestation of God's presence in a 'thick cloud." Chap. 18: 9. Thi# would ive them encouragement, and oat?e then o recognize God as their deliverer. 12. "Ye shall know." When God >lagued the Egyptian* it was to make them mow that He was their God. 11 "OtiiiTji." Ouails were then as now onsidered a delicacy. Among the Egyptins a qaail wm an emblem of ewe aod lenty. "Covered the ramp." They flew jw aod were so tame that the Nraelitet ould take as many a* they cho?e. The hildreo of Israel were again supplied with uails about a rear later. Num. 11: 21. 14. "A small round thing." It w.n like oriander seed fXum. 11: 7). and white | ike "hoar front." The peni le gathered on n average about three quart* for each nan. It wa< dry enough to grind and >ake like tTain, and wa* pleasant to the aste. It was a wholesome food, and was sed as bread by the Israelite* about forty ear*. It ceased to fall a* ?ooii a? the sraelitc* reached the land of Canaan, osh. 5: 12. 15. "It is manna." "What i* it?" R. r. They said^one to another. "Man-hu?" rbtch mfMiM. nat i* it. mc uiuima ???? type of Christ. I. It met a great need. K wao not understood by Israel, no was not understood by tho<* to .horn He came. 3. It was for all the peole. Christ is for the world. 4. It had to e gathered early, enrh day. 5. It wa* rhite and sweet, ao Christ is pure in Himelf and sweet to the taste of the retined Jill. 6. It g-are life to the Israelite*. Katurtl Soap Mia*. A natural soap mine ss noted by United tates Consul-General John L. Bittinger, f Montreal, as baring been found in the | lothills near Ashcroft, British Columbia, his natural washing compound, containi? borax and soda, is found on the bottom ml sides of several soda lakes, but no two nalvses of the compound agree as to comosition. the same sample having been reorted its containing ten to twenty per L*nt. of borax. A syndicate has l**n >rmed to put tta product on the market, nd about 275 Ions have already been ik??n out of one of the lake*, and this one il:e alone is aaid to cont.iin 20.000 tons of substance equal to the washing powders i common use. Three 4<reat Hirers. A Russian explorer has solved one of th* ,.i m-iMrai>hv in findim? the situa ion of the upper parU of the riven Honpho. Yan?{t*e an?1 Mekong. whirh have heir origin >n tlie huh plateau of Thibet, rh.- hr?t two oi tne.ie river* traven* 'hin.i, the Mekong running to the *ea l>e ween Anam an J Siam The explore! ouii<l that they all flow on the surface ot he *ivit plateau, 12.000 feet above ?ea I'vcl, ami are rfeparateil from one anothet iy parallel range* of mountains, running or th west and ?outhcast Itaaki la OkUhomi. Oklahoma ha* 13:? Mate banks and fifty ivc national hank*, with a total deposit oi 15,500,01)0. Tin' population of the Tern ory ii cjtiinalcd at <00,000. ' ' ' / " " ' ; | OOP'S MESSAGE TO MAW PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THS WORLD'S GREATEST PROPHCTSL . Fo?mi A Prayer Far MMaaa Tfca na> ItaaM of CkrM-Tk? Last ul AMdlag Tm?t of Coarage aad of Mnilhwi ia Imltatloa of Hii Life. For patience, Lord, in faith I uk, laat I may trial* bear, , And count it not an irkaoaa task A cro?* with Thee to share. The patience Thou didst ever show In every trouble keen. 'Abashing each maligning foe By iu aupern.il sheen; The patience with an onward look Inta Till' li'ut la#>A Enabling i'hee contempt to brook With dignity and grace; The patience that cnritncd Thy life Of wrrow and of pain, And turned for Thee *11 hate tad strife To everlaating gain. Abundant measure. Master mine. Of tbis I auk in prayer. That I. reflect in* '1 he*, may ahine E'en in the mid?t of care. Forgive me that I ever gave Myxelf to ]wuwi<m'a frown; O t*aeh roe. Lop I, how to be bray* And how to keep my crown. ?The Rev. William li. Bancroft, in Public Ledger. ???? Christ's KaaliMM. In this life-long fight, to be bf| everyone of us ?ingle handed ?!""> ft host of lot*, the la/t requisite for a goo4 tight, the last proof and teat of oar cour.nri? and manfulne*?. mnat >w> Innltv ft* truth?the most rare and difficult of all1 human qualities. For such loyalty, u it grown in perfection, ub ever more and more of uh, and set* before as a standard of manliness always rising higher tad higher. And this is the mat lesson which we shall learn from Christ's life, the mom earnestly and faithfully we study it. "For this end was I born, and for tibia cause came I into the world, to bw wit-' nea* to the truth." To bear this witness against avowed and open enemies is eon* paratively easy. But to bear it sgiwst those we love, arainst those whose iudff mcnt and opinion* we respect, la dl??W of furtherance of thlt which tpptowi Itself as true to our own inmost conacieaw^ thia is the last and abiding test of ooortga and of manlinesa. How natural, nay, how; inevitable it is, that we ahoold fau into the habit of appreciating and judging thing* mainly by the standards in common use amongst those we respect tad lore. But these rery standards are apt to break down with as when we are brought fM0 to face with some question which talng as ever so little out of ouraelres and oar usual moods. At such times we am driVen to admit in our hearts that ws, tad thoM we respect and lore, hare been looking a# and judging things, not truthfaOy, and therefore not courageously and maafally? but conrentionallr. And then comas on* of the most searching of all trials of coorq age and manliness, when a man or woman} ? I L. ? Wtliwj Ml IHIUU UJ VIIMI a^|FI VTW IMVlt to their conscience* u true, and to protart for it through evil report and nod report! againat all discouragement and opposition from those they lore or respect. The seme of antagoniam instead of rest, of distrust and alienation instead of approral ana sympathy, which such times bring, is a tas* which tries the very heart and reins, and it is one which meets us at all ages, And in all conditions of life. , . Absolute truth of speech and recti tada of behavior will not fail to bring thaie fierv trials, if also in the end their ezi cceding great rewards.?Thomas Hughes. Th? Secret of Growth. "We can't make things grow," said an old gardener, significant!)'. "We can only get them to grow." That is a wide distinction, and one which applies to human * as well as plant growth. The secret of tha promotion of growth is not what we do to the plant or the eou), but what we do for it. Our work must be done through the medium of changed or bettered con? tions. Ibe oniy legitimate or effector* way to induce gfowth in other*, or in our* selves. u to make circummnets more favorable to growth. Stimulate by minis* tering to?that i* the Divine law. "> Too often we try to force mental or moral growth bv chiding or shaming. Bat this is a wholly unnatural and frmtlte method?as barren of results as would be the constant uncovering and squeezing of a young potato. The only way to nut anything grow faster is to draw it oat bjn fulfilling or improving the natural conditions of it? expansion from within. Provide richer soil. Supply the elemrnte particularly needed for individual growth. Water, weed, cultivate?this is the seoit of both the plant gardener and the soul gardener. Is not nourishm^pt the basis oi aii real stimulants? The wise parent, friend, teacher, helgsr, will never use accusstion or complaint as a means of growth promotion. That method only offends snd stunts. To quietly improve the conditions and materials for tlw natural expansion of mind or soul, is the oniy rcasonaoie, enccuvc nmnoa. n fu Christ's method; and none was erer so auccctaful aa He in expanding and enriching the individual human life.?'WcQspcinf. Help* or HladnacM. Anything may become to as either a help or a hindrance. The right aae of that which is granted uj will prove its efficiency, tvhile its neglect or disregard m?y reveal it aa a real hindrance. Thai which ?cema ill may be a blessing; that which u teeming with benediction can bo transformed into a curse. "All thing* work together for good to them that lore God." is not an idle word, but a profound inith. The most threatening danger can bring succor. The lightning claah clarifies the atmosphere. Save for the storm, the rninbow in all ite beauty would be impossible. The use of all that comes into i life, end its enforced submission to MP, should he the purpojm of each pne.?'The Presbyterian. Tit* Lessen Taught by t Spring. A tourist writes of a spring as sweet tt any that ever gushed from junny hillside, which one day he found by the sea when the tide had ebbed away. Taking hia rap he tasted of the water. It was clear and sweet Soon the tide came in again and poured its bitter surf over the little spring. Hiding it nut of ?u!it. When the tide ebbuJ a'vay again the tourist stood once more by the spnug to see if the bra&ish Tive* had left tlieir bitterness in its water, but they were flowing sweet as ever. So it uiay be in the hesrt of the Chnsiun when floods of bitter trial and sorrow roll over his life. From secret wells the vreet waves flow, cryntai and fresh an ever ?pk ^ ti.i. m.M* Th* influence and prcwiee of the Holf Gh.?: in llic Go?p-:i to-day u the main* /prill,' of service, it is the secret of ^acres-. It Mow* out in dee J j of service and :n abort of lore.?licv. J. E. Honeywell M'.':!.-od?t, Ashlon, ill. Xl??arroctloD of ClirUt. . I The resurrection of Christ, which we ceV curate it Easter, is the only true and Mti? factory answer ab)ut our immortality. To deny th* one must overcome insur? tnonnUble difficulties.?lie v. P. F. Q'Hm% Stw York City. Vadercnttlac Mlnlni Htchliti. One of the roost remarkable feature* in the mining of bituminouii coal in the United State* is the progresx made in the development of undercutting machine*; in 1896 the ground mined by machine* waa 32.413,141 short ton*, in 1S99 it r(*?c to 4-V 9fi4.(*)i> short ton*, and in 1000?notwith* standing a decrease in Illinois, where tha | labor union* opfioaed the u*c of these machine*? to 52.70fl.500 ton.*. Tin* nunifier ol machine* in u*' wa* 3!)>l7 in l!JOO. a* com| pared with 312.5 in IS9-.1. and 2*122 in 1808. India's KnrMU of Commerce. The tiovrrnnient of India hiu decidcd to e<uhh*h .? Bureau of Otmmerce ou the lined uow iu?je?ted in America.