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r rSNAP SHO FAROE 1 kBy Mrs. L F. VERT few people in Englnud seem to bare any idea where the Faroe Island* are situated, although they are. without <Boubf, some of the most Interesting ( lands in Europe. Being only thirtytlx hours' journey from England, they are well worth a visit. The islanders, being cut off from the rest of the World and marrying only among thein elves, retain customs which must at one time have been universal in the North of Europe, but which have gradually died out elsewhere. The Faroe scenery is magnificent? wild, beetling crags, thousands of feet high, against which the sea dashes furiously; precipitous hills, having the appearance of terraces rising one above the other, covered with vivid grevn grass; berfutlful waterfalls and treams. land-locked fjords, and little flaking villages nestling in the hollow* -sU combine In kaleidoscopic variety Id charm and arrest the eye by their aovelty and beanty. 80 narrow are uiany of the channels through which our steamer passed that we tould alihost touch the cliffs *0 either band. 8ome of the islands in uninhabited except for the sheep graalng on the short, thick herbage. K and these become so wild that they hare to be stalked and shot like game. On some of the Islets you may see a % MIR&l^HBWMSBMBy V. i":''.'i ?,> v'-y jgy M J HHwUSfctife" '^*: 11S mv5S9hvEB?I^eSeSb^khf'%1'^ jeHE IB #j>LJgl , wsnS^MkHE^SSB^SMmw/^ MH&gBat^jEr'^WB j^gp}J]i3MlMB3B?BHR^^Z^3BBRpi WBattg^ ' I bB ^H| ^BH^PP^V^MnH A SCHOOL OF WHALES solitary farmhouse perched aloft on a height like an eagle's eyrie. Many f the farmvrs with tbe;i* families live oa the? wild. Inaccessible spots year ' In. year out, nerer seeing a human face k except for the yearly visit of tile priest, | Who comes to baptise any children 8 bora In the preceding twelve months. J or in the spring and autumn wben a fine day presents itself and the sea calms down sufficiently to allow of a boat being lowered to carry the sheep A* !> ! U *ka w iut vapuai us cAvusugv &vi ?uv necessaries of life. There wee scarcely a ripple on the Water, the blue of the sky reflecting ftaelf In the deeper blue of the sea. M we came to anchor in the spacious baj on the aontheaat of 8tromo. with the booses of Tborshavn. the capital of the ialanda. dnstered irregularly on the hills around, looking as if n food push would send them tumbling down into the harbor. Farther on these hills give place to lofty cliff* rising to a height of 1000 feet, and covered with green grass, with here and there gray ridges of stone cropping through. Nowhere can one discover 1 trees of any sort, not even a bush or hrab, but in spite of thla there ia no monotony in the acenery. for the variety of coloring and form of the Ialanda and the brilliant atmosphere more than compensate for their absence. The whole harbor was alive with the long, narrow boats of the ? Fnroese. their gunwales rising high * ?4 Jfc# ftk* SMIAO Atul IKA MIAIUIAII ASM vih wi iuu waioi aaiu tuc okuuvi v? a flashing in the sunshine m they dipped In and oat the fine, well-knit forms of their occupant* silhouetted against the sky as tliey propelled their craft with rigorous strokes towsrds our ship. t keeping time by chanting a wild saga. Whose haunting melody pursued us long after the singers had passed out Of sight The Faroese are magnlficect fellows, with fierce blue eyes, corn-ripe yellow hair, ruddy complexions, and thick bearda, and their dress is particularly becoming. Their short trousers, reaching to the knee, are made of homespuu doth, woven by the Faroese women during the long winter evenings, adorned with several brass buttons, a (short woolen coat fastened down lu frost wltb buttons, striped cloth square Jell j-bug cap. generally red nnd bine, gray stockings as thick as cloth, and shoes of yellow tanned skins resembling moccasins, formed from a single of ?kln vrannn) rloselv round "?U-.M? H" " *'wa SAW WHAT W* TOOK TO BX IXXXX.SB QUANTITIES OT LiSXX"? AM A HATTBB Of FACT IT WAS FI8H LT1NO IS THX HPS TO DRY. - -? ..? ?u_ ?nn n...1 IeaCU IOUI, (aiurrvu ai iue ivy auu fceel by stltcbe* which give them a puckereU-up appearance, and fastened round the ankles with a bright-colored woolen string, furnishing a costume Which is both picturesque and practical. All the men carry a grinda knlr~?A knife for killing whales, stock in * teathor glrdla round their waist [ TS IN THE ] ISLANDS. ?! ??? | K. von Thiele. | As we were being rowed ashore we saw what we took to be immense quantities of linen lying out on the rocks to tlry: in fact, the whole town j luMH|Xjj?{BBiH|^^u?'-.' mSBOPSm^BBSS^ A VIEW OP TH0B8HAVN?THB3B LITTLE WATEBCOCBSES ABB USED FOB A VABIBTT OF PUBP08ES. seemed to have chosen the day of our arrival as Its washing day. The curl< fcj --' - ?- ^ > ? oUM pan oi tne wnoie anair was iue I size of the article*. Tliey looked too IN THORSHAVX HARBOR. large for handkerchiefs and yet too small for sheets. What could they be? When we got closer, however, we discovered that It was not washing, but codilsh, drying lo the sunshine; and everywhere we went we came ac:*oss cod In various shapes and forms, either being washed or dried, or piled up In great stacks covered with tarpaullns. watting to be transported to the South of Europe as stock fish. . The town Is most plcturesquc and quaint The bouses are of all sizes and shapes, planted down higgledypiggledy wherever a few square yards of comparatively level ground can be found among the rocks; and so mixed up aie the bouses and rocks that It is often very difficult to discriminate between the two. This resemblance is ? ?--t"? jWjwsBSi TBI CCKIOD8 LITTLE PA.KLIAMIKT HOC8C further heightened by the uaturu of the bouses themselves, for they are mostly bcwn out of the rocks or have a foundation of unhewn stone, ou wblcb Is placed a wooden but from one to two stories high, thatched with turf, where brilliant emerald-green grass grows in great luxuriance, and is used as a browsing ground for the goats and sheep of the neighborhcod. The window* are of glass, neatly bung with lace curtains and adorned with flowering plants. The Faroese women are remarkably pretty, with an abundance of golden hair. They have blue eyes and exqulsIte p*ach complexions. Their everyday dress consists of a full dark cloth skirt, a bodice of the same, with a striped sbnwl round the shoulders, a gaily-colored apron, a handkerchief round the head, thick woolen strings and the universal skin shoes. UUr oral visit wn* ro ius cnuren, n | wooden build In/; of fairly large dimensions. with plain exterior and narrow , windows ranged on either side, the only outside ornament being a wooden spire with a globe on top. the whole structure reminding one irresistibly or a toy Noah's Ark. Running through the town are several little streams flowing over largo blocks of stone lying in Irregular masses at the bottom. The water eomes down from the hills in great force and strength, and after a heavy rainfall the channels are tilled up to the brim and overflow their banks, carrying away all otatacles. They seem to'be used for many purposes? for the supply of drinking water and for laundry work, U'sides U'lng the favorite feeding-place of the dueks. As we passed by we noticed a little girl helping her mother to wash the clothes; they knelt on the ground l?e Ide the stream, holding the artleles to be cleansed In the water with one band, wniic Trim top uiarr iiii'j ucni 1 them with a wooden clapper, souie1 thing like a cricket bat. ( We next went to the Parliament House, which, although open, was not ? 110 session, SO we UIUU i near a ucuuic. The Faroese are certainly most economical in the way they bouse their worthy representative*, for the august rhamlMT t'oiiKist.H of one small room with nix long benches at oni? end. taking up the whole width of tin* room. These ww evidently for thp Ministers and official*. the r<-**t of tin* members seemingly having to <-ontent them??1 wlftti kitirulintr In tlm Imilv nf flu* WOrfl "MM -t? w. ,?v lmll. Thp only ornamentation is a flnp crystal chandelier. a print of thp King of Denmark. and a Royal coat of arms. Thp Faroeae nr<? also economical In thp paympnt of their member*, who receive two kroner (about flftyflve centsi per day for n\x weeks, thp time tho Parliament is in session. The Faroe Islands were onee raptured by the English in the commencement of tlip nineteenth century. I any "captured." although, as a matter of fact, there was very little capturing about it. When England and Denmark were at war a ship was Bent to seize the Faroes, and wlien It arrived?the guns at the tiny little fort evidently not having considered It necessary to take any notice?the captain went on oi.nr? and IntprrIpwofl thn fiorernor. asking him which he preferred, to he annexed or bombarded. The Governor never hesitated for a moment. He said that if the English had taken such a violent fancy to the Faroes they -were quite welcome to have them: but of one thing he wan quite sure?be didn't want any bombarding. So the inlands were duly annexed, and the inan-o'-war sailed off. Some time after, when peace waa declared between the two belligerents, the English captain came back und informed the Governor that as the war was now over the Faroes were returned with many thanks. The Governor took the rentoratfbn very philosophically, evidently thinking all foreigners were mad and the English the maddest of all. On our way back to the ship we passed several patches of potatoes and barley and women busy making hay. Under the eaves of the cottages bung disgusting-looking strips of ticah. a few Inches In width and several feet In length, the Inside purple red and , covered with what appeared to be scaly black leather. They turned out to be strips of whale's flesh drying in the sun ready for winter consumption. The week before there had been a big catch of whales numbering several hundreds, the harbor at Thorshavn being filled with the great fish brought from the place where they had been caught to furnish meat for the community. When fresh the flesh Is described as being delicious?a cross between tender beefsteak and liver? but after It has been kept some time It becomes anything but palatable to strangers, although the Faroese delight In it The whales average from twenty feet to thirty feet in length and weigh over a ton. The Faroese are most generous In their dealings with those less fortunate than themselves: for after the whales are cut up pieces are distributed not only among the population of the district where the catch occurred and r? TUB FAMILY UKTOTK8 THE LOXO WISTIB Wf/IRTS TO 8PINMNQ. those who bad all the bard work and danger of driving the whales into the shallow bays where they were slaughtered. but the church and the widows and orphans also receive a share, and as whale's flesh constitutes to a great extent the meat supply of the inhabitants. this generosity is most praiseworthy. The Faroese eat scarcely any vegetables. their diet being almost entirely composed of fat of every sort and fresh Ash. and strangely enough they do not suffer from leprosy or other kindred skin diseases.?The Wide World Magazine. Guiding Genius of Greatest Ri jjggK ^fliUB&r Jgg mmk. ^*| BKxJ ^hBI fffWBHBHMMR.' WHBBBPk. A* J. Caasett, President of I CHANCE FOR AMERICANS China i Ccod Market Por Farming Implements From Tikis Country. United States Consul Henry B. Miller. of Xinchwang. has recently written a report urging American implement dealers to make nn eflTort to introduce their plows into the Chinese farming communities. He says: "Xortk China. Mongolia. Manchuria and that part of Siberia bordering on the Pacific, are destined awn to become consumers of American agricultural implements. The greater part CHINESE PLOW. of thin country is susceptible of cultlration. The production of wheat is Already a leading industry In various localities. It is carried on without the use of any modern machinery; but, in spite of these crude methods, the wheat usually sells at about one-half the pi ice In the United states, ana tne natives would increase the production by millions of bushels for the price of thirty cents gold per bushel delivered at mills. "The illustration given herewith presents n general view of the plow commonly used. The only iron about the implement is a long point that turns down to enter the ground. There Is also another form of point, wider and shorter than the one shown in the cut, that very much resembles that of the shovel plow. These points are cast in , considerable quantities in the seaports from scrap iron that is imported. They i are light, inferior articles and cost from twenty to thirty cents gold each." German Plaa to Car* Kicking Horaaa. A novel way of'caring horses of the kicking habit is practiced In Germany. A hag of sand or gravel is hung from the celling of the stable In such a man* ner that the bag will be a little distance behind where the refractory horse Is standing. Whenever he kirks be will strike the bag, and In return will receive a smart blow from It. which he will remember. It may take a few days to Impress up<<n his mind that he will always be rewarded for his unmannerly conduct in this manner, says the New York Ilerald. but unless he is exceedingly stupid he will quickly learn the lesson, and ttien the bag may be removed. It is asserted that a horse once cured in thia manner will never again think of kicking, but whether this is true or not time alone can tell. Th? Profitable MlMoarl Mai*. The Spanish-American war and the Boer war are past, but the Missouri mule is still far from being a drug on the market. At a recent sale near Columbia twenty-one head were sold at prices varying from $110 to $185 pet head. One span of two-year-old horse mules brought $321?as much as a a# HAAilaKtVii ami fn*A. ^U(MJ (ruui vi iUuuou;i a?uuu u mv year-old mare brought $170. Bulgaria has Issued three postage stamps to commemorate the defense of the Shlpka Pass in 1877. and the artist has compressed Into his drawing incident enough for a stirring story, there being at least a dozen figures of men. pistols and rides, stones and rocks, etc. The atmospheric pressure on the body of the average man is 32.400 pounds. The ordinary rise and fall of the barometer increases or decreases this pressure 2500 pounds. The usher Is one man who can make us all take a back seat. the World's ilway Corporation > v'V'':sv-: I '' '' Jm Pennsylvania Railroad. PRESIDENT ON CARNEGIE ] Roosevelt Speaks at Dedication of Washington Publio Library. Conor Sat? r? Has Application* Tor ' 0??r 800 Libraries Molt or Which Will IU Granted. Wasliins'.on. D. C.?"I nrn in the library manufacturing bu?ine*8." said Andrew (.'urncijle at the dedication of the Waxhington- Public Library. Mr. Carnegie uftcr the dedication > Mid that ho wan no well pleased with . the new library and the tue made of j his gift of $350,000 and the provision j for the supj?ort of the library that he | would donate another $850,000 for the ! erection of branch libraries on the same condition as the original gift, namely, that the city provide the sites i?ud arrange for the support of the libraries. Mr. Carnegie said that he had givcu. chiefly within the last two yearn. 730 library buildings. In the month of July last. 276 applications were received by him from all parts of the English-speaking world. When he arrived in New York last month from Europe be found awaiting hltn applications for 450 additional buildings. Today he hnx on hand 3S5 new applications. making in all under consideration now more than 800. "the great majority of which." be said, "will no doubt be given." Mr. Carnegie said no success in life came without concentration, and he begged to be permitted to continue to concentrate bis mind on the library business. He said it wax not a charity, he was merely helping people to help themselves. He paid a tribute ta Theodore Roosevelt, who was present, both as President and as an author. Mr. Roosevelt thanked Mr. Carnegie for bis gift. He flald It was "equally far from the two prime vices of our civilization?hardness of bcartaml softness of head." Continuing, the President said: "Mr. Carnegie, neither you nor any one else can make a man wise or cultivated. All you can do is to give him a chance to add to bis own wisdom or to his own cultivation. The only philanthropic work that counts in the long run Is the work that helps a man to help himself. The men who will submit or demand to be carried isn't worth anything." THa llhf?irv litfllHIntp is n lint titi fitt white marble structure occupying the centre of Mount Vernon square. In the very heart of Washington. For fts construction Mr. Carnegie gave J3T?0.000. and as an architectural ornamont to the capital it is quite equal to the Government buildings. A throng of distinguished persons attended the dedication ceremonies. COACHMAN KILLS A~BABV. Commits Saleld* Afterward In Room la Mount Vernon, N. T. Mount Vernon, N'. Y.?Helen Marion Finiay, a golden-haired baby girl, the four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Finiay. residents of the Corcoran Manor section of this city, was murdered in the bome of her parents by a coachman who bad been in the employ of Mr. Finiay. Albert King, the mnr deror. after be had almost severed the child's head, went into another room ond shot himself in the head. The r nrdcrer and tae child were alive when the neighl?ors and police entered the house, but died soon afterward. Accoidiag to testimony at the Conner'fl inquest the coachc.an had been very fond of the child. Klne had been forcing his attentions on Lizzie Hannen. who had been employed for several years by Mrs. Flnlay as a nurse for Mnrion. and, therefore. be wax discharged about four months ago. Frederick Sutherland taking his place. King continued to visit the nurse, and they had several quarrels. He had proposed marriage to her several times, and she had positively refused him. It is believed that be went Into the house to kill the girl, but not finding her took bis revenge by killing the baby, whom he found asleep In a room, and then shot himself dead. Mr. Flnlay is one of the managers in a department store in New York City, and he received there the news of the death of his daughter, but the details were not related to him until after he returned bore on the 11 o'clock train. SEVEN KILLED IN COLLISION. fnllht Train Strnek by m PuManarTnli Nnr Doqo?ta?, Fa. Pittsburg, Pa.?As a result of a collision between a passenger train and a; freight train on the Monongahela Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Cochrane station, just above Duqucsne, seven men are dead, one is dying and five others are injured. The passenger train was the West Elizabeth accommodation, which left Pittsburg at 3.20 p. m. It was on time and. according to the signal* displayed, had a clear track. At the siding at Cochrane it ran into the rea** car of an extra freight train which bad taken the switcb, but failed to clear the main line. The officials of the railroad attribute the disaster to the failure of Patrick Qulun. the rear bmkenian of the freight train, to see that his train had fully clearcd. Qulnn has disappeared. The calwose of th<? freight train overlapped the main track sufficiently to catch the trnder of the passenger engine. which was forced back upon the onniltiniiflAti Kntvitiifn nn.l umntrlno /*??r I wiiiuillMIIVU huii Tiii? thirteen passenger* wore Jammed against tin* rear end of the ear. Fire from the stove in the smoking car communicated to the wreckage, ami the Imprisoned victims were badly burned. James Stewart ami four forplcnors wen? the passengers who were killed. Tlio haggagpiuaster and a braki man also died. I)*7?nr'< Itrmnval Snitalnrd hy Court. The Court of Appeal* at Albany. N*. Y.. Ins handed down decisions affirmIns tlir? constitutionality of the Police Reorganization Law of 10??1. which legislated out of office th?* "Bipartisan" f b. .11.... v..... vA?.i* I ujirr v.uiinji ui i wi t? i ii j. i nn?l XV. S. Devcry. th?*n Chief of Po-! lire. The court affirmed tin* judgment , of the court helow in the nnioii of ; Devcry to secure reinstatement as I Chief of Police of New York City. t Tl:e decision of the court confirm* I ill'1 removal of Devery from that office. I n!)or World. Bessemer fAia.i union clerks have arranged with employers concerning hours for lOtKt. The Brotherhood of Carpenter* and .(oilier* is cuartering unions at tue rate ! of over thirty a month. Pipe anil holier eovererg of Newport News, Norfolk ami Portsmouth. Va.t have organized a union. The Nniional Union of the United Brewery Workmen will convene at Cluciunati. O.. February 1. 1JMKJ. Augusta, (Ja., plumbers have struck for $4 a day of eight hours. They have been gettloz $3.50 for ulno hour* Our. Budget OF KUMOR.. V?W??a Th? Troth mf It. Though grudgingly with many frown*, He pays the bill* for her new gown*, No liiuband ever scorn* to *ee Hiit wife attired becomingly. And when he note* with happy face How well she look* in silk and lace. And proudly take* her walking through The throngs upon the avenue. ir. r*n>* ? M,,;n nf iiuf rnnbinf Nor carat a hang how much he'* *penfc. The Inevitable. "Still, she is undeniably older." "Yes; time has dealt with ber kindly but flrmly."?Puck. A Cl??r Court*. "Sh-> says be is a man after ber own heart." "Then I suppose be will get it."? Judge. Pally Credited That. Ho 4?TI?# fVAIlklA wUK Villi ill VAft lut IIUUUIC ? Itu /WW ?o / ww don't believe a word I say." She?"No such a thing. I believe thoroughly what you just said."?Boston Transcript. Of Mo Avail. "They say she Is determined to marry a certain struggling young attorney." "Well, if she has made un her mind to marry him I guess there is do fur* thor use for him to struggle."?Puck. A Beat Nstd. Out-of-a-Job?"Don't you want to secure the services of a reliable advance niau?" Tyro Lecturer?"Indeed I do. One who can advance money to me when I *m stranded."?Baltimore American. Two of Kind. ^ "There goes Smartley with the umbrella I lost yesterday." "If you're sure he's got it why don't you make him give It to you?" "Because I'm pretty sure be knows where I got it"?Philadelphia Press. A Martyr. "Are you aware ot cue i?vi mm j uu sometimes make some rery dl?afreeable remarks?" "Yes," answered Miss Cayenne. "Isn't It dreadful to hare a circle of friends who enjoy that sort of thing no much?"?Washington Star. Qatar Thine About Glrla. "Human nature's a queer thing, especlally female human nature." "What are you thinking about now?" "For Instance, if a young man tells a girl, any girl, that she's altogether different from her sisters she always takes it as a compliment"?Philadelphia Tress. BotlaC f Wild Bea^--"I ate three llkeyoufor breakfast this morning." Educated Bear ? "Well I'm glad you're bad your breakfast." ? N*w York Sun. Aaothrr RrTona Demanded. "Did you bear about tbat member of the Legislature who wants to pass a law requiring a physician's certificate before people can kiss?" said Maud. "Yes." answered Mamie, "and I think It's time tbej made a man produce proof tbat be is sane before they let bim into tbe Legislature."?Washington Star. CoBfrmtulatloas. MI made an embarrassing mistake just now." remarked Van Major. "Congratulated Miss Cburcbmouse on ber engagement instead of giving ber my best wishes." "Ob. that's all rigbt." said Von Miner, reassuringly, "she's tbe one who is marrying the money."?Ciu'iutiati Commercial Tribune. Worried. "I am very much afraid." said Mrs. Cumrox, "that our daughter Isn't making the progress in musical culture that she ought .to, considering the cost of lessons." "Why not?" inquired her husband. "She prefers a piece that cost on!* fifty cents to one that I paid u dollar for."?Washington Star. Eiptctmllon Fulfilled. Dickson ? "Remember that i?rillianf young fellow Tompkins, who was in our das* at college? Wonder what became of him. I always thought the world would hear from Tompkins." Kichardsoii?"It did. He became an auctioneer, afterward traveled ns a barker for a side>how. and is now bent' iug ihi> buss drum for the Salvation Army."?Hal t iinore A merit an. AiMirvreil lijr THrplinnr. Parker?"What's wrong? Yon seem worried." Sireeter?"I am. I wrote two notes-. ojip my brother, asking him If ha took me for a fool, ntnl I lie outer xa Mhw (Joldius asking her if she would In* mine. While 1 was our somebody telephoned 'Yes." mid I don't know which of 'eru It was."?('hit-ago News. A Victim of rirrnnxtsmfi. "I can't help ft-eling that you have a rather ignoble view of the use of iiuuey 4n iinllticg " M "My dear si;-." answered Senator Sor?huui. "like ninny oilier well-racuuius people, you wnir.y nif. I'd !>* only too glad to get on without spending a cent. But the people who coutrol the vote* won't let me."?Wash;netou Star. jTHE EELIGIOUS LOT. READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR 11 i WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF. Poem: Tin Ron Bafora Ton?Who la K| M?l|hb?r?oVor)d'( Mttdl At* Ortftl Bat Oar Oaly Car a Should Ba tha Out Wa Can Halp. He goes before you, 0 my heart! Fear not to follow where He lead a; He knows the strength each task demands^ He knows the grace each trial needs. j He's just a little farther on J Along the dark and lonely wajr, j His bleeding t'ootpriats you may trace, I He goes before you all the day j He goes before you, 0 mv heart! ! Thro' deepest depth, o er highest height) j He knows where lurks the ambushed foe And what the battles you must fight; He sees the pitfalls you will meet, The placc where you will faint or fall; The weariness, the pain, the tears? He goes before you, He knows it all. He goes before you. O my heart! He does not ask that yon shall bear A single pang He has not borne, A single grief He does not share; He bxkons on thro' toil and woe. Thro' storm or calm or tempest blast, And yon shall see Him, as He said. For He shall lead yon home at last. He joes before yon, O mr heart! Still follow on thro' gain or loss, And for the joy that's net before. Despise the shame, endure the cross. The path vour falt'ring steps must take Is one His nail-pierced feet have trod; Thro' Garden. Mount and riven Tomb He goes before you up to God. ?Annie o. mm, in ismcago aut*bc?u Tit* Fart W? Kut Do. When a min's interests and affectioflt are ottered over the wholf wide field of humanity, he does not often count fbr much in practical aocial aerrice. Dilution counts against efficiency. It ia easy to be in theory a lover of humanity, after thp order of the Pecksniffs of the earth, aa% to be unkind and unloving toward our immediate neighbors. Therefore, according to the Congregationalist, the law of God does not say, Thou shut be a lover oC mankind, but rather, Thou ehalt love thy neighbor aa thyaelf. Its grip is specialising. The one man who is within reach. looms up out of the foe of a generalised humanity with his individual claim te conaideration. ^ Neighborly willingness is one thing; B neighborly activity another. The one g awaits its opportunity, the other grasps 9 OIIU WT? u, ill VIII W> ?UVH|Hf * *? W|rportunitv which nukes neighborhood. Tm man who fell among thieve* waa the neigh* bor of the prieat and Levite the moment hia need came within their reneh. Tha people of India were not within our active range of neighborhood nntil the wav wu open to nerve them with the Gospel. When the famine came the opportunity, of neighborhood increased. If a man is out of reach we am not to waste oar energies . .in worrv over hia trials and deprivations. But if God in any wm brings him and ua together, though -be be at tb? ends ot the earth, hia need and our opportunity: make him onr neighbor. Chrat presents the problem in its simplest elements, making it a primer basoa of the true spirit of neighborliness. Practically, under onr modern conditions ofl world communication we have a mora complicated problem to solve. Supposo the Good Samaritan with the wounded man upon hia breaat had come upon an* _?.i -f iL. ?.1 _ tLUn. Wilier VTIIU VI ure ? UICUW V1 Suppose be had come upon * battlefield where the wounded lay in heaps. Suppose 11 the money in his purse would only nave sufficed to bring him home and put bread in the moutha of hia children till be could cam something more. We hare oar responsibilities which we cannot wholly net a?ide for the moat urgent outaide calla. We have to use our atreugth and mean* with rare, and to make tbem go aa far aa poi-,ib!c. The needa of all the world are calling to ua. We sometimes fear to atop and tnink, so bitter is the cry of suffering. But (*o<I ia in charge. We muat do our par; and leave the rest to Him. Yet just because the stonr ia so aimple, it nets the few essential elements of the neighborly spirit clearly before ua. The Erie-it and Levlte could not be good neighon!. for they were aelfiahly unloving. The Good Samaritan found a neighbor where he found a need. If we seek an answer to the lawyer's question, we muat find lF along these linea. If we have the true love of our brother, we ahall find no lack of op* portunitiea for putting it is practice. We shall be tempted neither to dissipate our neighborly activities in sentimental talk and feeling, nor to think, with morbid self-reproach, that God has put upoe us the whole charge of Hii world. The man whom we can help will be our neighbor, given of God, and we shall do for him up to the measure and in the due proportion of our ability with a|loving and a quiet miaa. " Father Coining to K??t Too." The story is related ot a little lad who on one occasion had been away to spend the day a few mile* distant, and was returning home in the lingering twilight of a long Knglish summer evening. Ho knew the way well and as the light lingered was allowed to return home alone. When half the distance was covered, the heavy clouds upon the horizon began to crowd each other overhead. A premature darkness settled down, relieved only by vivid flashes of lightning and the rumble of nearing thunder. Frightened at the approach of the storm, with beating heart and quickened steps the lad prea*ed on, ?J ? */\ef1 ^iaipH a familitP voice faying: "Don't be afraid boy, father i? coming to meK you." The distance to the father ? ? goon covered. The little fellow was noon covered within the ample storm cloak of bis father, and the little hand vt.ij. grasped by the strong, manly hand. What cared the lad for the dark* ne.M, the rain, the lightning and the thunder? Father was there. The hd. long since frown to manhood, recalls with joy this little incident. He ays: "Many time* since has thst childhood memory returned in days of darkness and distress. The human father ha* long since gone home, but the Great Father remain*, and there is a still more wonderfill sense of safetv and comfort in 'the Father's hand.' He is all that an earthly j father could be. rained to the highest | power and nwltin'ied by an everlasting j end almighty love." A IUfrUtles. In order to be helpful to the multitude I the ?hosen disciples had a revelation at* . t^stini: the fact that Jesus wa? the Son of ! God. They saw the glory of Christ as nunJ ifested by His transfiguration on the I mount: they heard the voice of God. the I Father, "This is My beloved Son. Hear ye Him."?The Rev. Dr Hoiderby, Atlanta, Ga. Pursuit of Holiness. W!icn shall we learn thsf the pursuit I of i;?!ines4 :.s simply the pursuit or Christ? ' When shall wc ruhstitutc for the "it" of a j fictitious aspiration the approach to a living friend? Sanctity is in character and j not 1:1 mood?: divinity is in our own : piain, calm liiiiiianitv. and in no myotic rapiuit* of the soul.?Hetirv Drummond. Stiver "as a Christian." | T-? ?; (Tfr 'n a I'hnstian" is to suffer ae[ eor-i n-i to t!i* will ot God. In Ili.s M:fferi jiu a- i man I hri-: has left us an example I tin-, nv .?! cil.l follow. We can come into I -ii.vitli Cli'ist's "littering*.?Tb* I Ks.-. l)i-. C\ C. Hall. New York City. Claim t*ni<I After ICS Vrnri. j >! - Grnr^e A. l?r.?ves; ot O^ticn. I'tah. i l.i. ,i ihivl: troin tin* I niwil I .v.i'.-v ! for s~2A> svi her rhr;e J ... i Ktttit(iii'iii of a <la:rn that h.n !>t*en iiir; !"5 year*. The claim v..v; tor the I re and ?' .*iruct:?>a liy th?* Kronen. ' iiinmt 17!^. of n Hchoonrr lM*!nns>n>; '< j nptain Ji?Ur; I'alton, o! O.irlicr. Me. The claim im ar.J U.crc ar? usvc n heirn. Th? Year'* Patent Grnnti. The number of patent* granted by th# patent office during the year amount* to 77,000. Tin- number has never been equaled m the history of the office, tb? nearest to it bcinf 25,558. the issue of 190!.