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M ~i BraBHMfcCOVEREP |^ Hhipparion fj iML/ ' ^?|^^EANKS to the result of an exWHpedition sent out last year at the cost of Mr. William C. G'y Whitney, the story of the evolution <>f the horse is now complete. {This expedition, planned by Professor ^5^fapBp^Mw3jg?MHiMKMBHaFaff The Thiee-tceJ hipjaion, Just I , Henry Fairfield Osborn, of the American Museum of Natural History, and led by Mr. J. W. Gidley, went exploring in the Niobrara beds In the south* ern part of South Dakota. Nothing vr&a found until the very end of the season, when a herd of three-toed hipparlons was uncovered. Bones ?snough in perfect preservation were found to make one complete skeleton. With many fragments for exhibition and study. The ancestor of the horse ~l 2 3 ^ ~ [5 v H | 1. EOCENE. 2. MIOCENE. 3. PLIOCENE; |i"' 4. QUATERNARY AND RECENT. ? had three toes. The picture here given [ Illustrates the progress of the beast A- from that condition to his present state. when his weight rests on hoofs which I represent the enlarged and thickened I nail of the middle toe. The second ' and third toes are represented by splint bones, one on each side in the rear of the cannon-bone, not visible on the surface, but well known for their tendency to go wrong and make horses lame. , In the earliest ages of man there were wild horses on all the continents, but probably on none of the islands. W flue'd as Australia. They differed from ? ^modern horses In having shorter skulls jL^-^and deeper jaws. Their legs also were * shorter and their feet smaller in proportion to their bodies. They resembled overgrown zebras. The quarries con-j tainlnc thplr rpmnins nrp so nnmnioil In river and lake beds of the latest geological epoch that the name of Equus beds has been applied to them. In South America has been found an I ancestor of the horse of the same epoch called Hlppldium, with many of the A peculiarities of the hipparions, but with B a bead as large as that of the modern horse. Neolithic men left pictures of the early horses of Europe on their monuments of polished stones. SUSAN B. ANTHONY, "Tf i Hiss Susan Brc S (The Dean of Woiiiaii' $ ihis portrait of Miss Anthony was jfi on February 15, 1903, her eighty-third gi Mffdison stree, Rochester, N. Y. Mis; flfe tlie daughter of Daniel and Lucy (Rca< R school maintained by her father for hi tiie became a student at Quaker Boai fig at fifteen began ierching. Fifteen yeai gjfig her splendid career as a temperance, i ganizer. Since-the Civil War she has movement, and its progress is largel; Hi a*e. She Is the grand old woman of Ai ! Ab shown in the chart, the evolution of the horse may be traced in unbroken line from the Cretacic period down to the present time. From an original ancestor the size of a cat. the horse gradually came to be known as we know him to-day.?Harper's Weekly. Portable Shipping; Stall For Lire Stock. Some improvements in the method of shipping live stock are covered in the patent recently granted to Alexander Moffitt. Besides providing a portable and knock-down stall, means are provided to protect the animals from hard NMuJi "V. 1^' V a '^T7mH S Ym^BUIBSStBI^^EfLwwWmtf' m discovered, Up to Now the Arising L usage on shipboard or on the rail. The stalls are designed In groups of three, ? . i - - - - ~i. 1 ana are uesigneu, auiuug oiuei luiugs. to make an ordinary box car available for the purposes of transporting highclass animals. A car of this description will contain four of these outfits, thus affording means of shipping twelve animals. The construction is such that it is readily possible to take it apart and store it in a small space when it is not desired for use; and when there is a demand for its services it can be quickly put together again whenever it is desired. Such a device is particularly desirable for service on shipboard and as a part of railroad equipment, as it dispenses with the necessity of keeping a number of cattle cars on hand for this class of traffic. Another feature of this invention is the means afforded for suspending or supporting the animals Dy aujustaoie bellybands, whereby they can be upheld in case of sudden jars or in rough or tossing movements of cars and vessels: also, to provide novel arrangements of rope fastenings to keep the animals in position, without injuring or STALL. FOB SHIPPING HORSES. hurting them, while preventing their rearing or kicking out of their proper places in the stalls, yet permitting the desired freedom of the limbs, so that they will not be unduly harassed or restricted. When the recent act of Congress becomes effective the Navy will have almost 30,000 officers and men. The Korean Government is considering the advisability of introducing universal conscription. ir nnmn mn m/miam ? it unnnu ulu vTumnn. twnell Anthony. a iuflraee In America.) engraved from a photograph taken birthday anniversary, at her home, 17 s Anthony was born In Adams, Mass., I) Anthony. She was educated In a s own and ueighboring children. Later :ding School, West Philadelphia, and rs she taught, and in 1832 she began inti-.slavery and woman's rights orrrlvon hoi* xirholo * ^mo fn tho y due to her ze.J and uuflagging eourmerica, wUom all delight to hoDor. HOT BATH FOR ROBBERS Novel Means of Beating Of Train Thieves. By means of a recently patented idee it is now proposed to fl?bt train rot bers by tbe use of r. bath of hot watei The train robbers mos cases resor to the strategy of flagging the trai fc* ^ *#-. - . -* luk in the Ancestry cf t!ie Horge. ?From Harper's Weekly. and boarding the engine, which the take possession of and take the trai to a convenient place for the conttut ance of their work. The invention r( ferred to contemplates a system o piping encircling the engine in sue a way that all avenues of approac are covered and when confronted b, the weapons of a gang of thieves th Bath of Hot Wat* engineer, without the use of his hand and even when his hands are held ove his head in compliance to their ordei he can surround the engine with j curtain of hot water so that the thieve; will be blinded and otherwise disable* and forced to rlpsist thpir further ef fort3 to secure their plunder. This sys tern is designed to protect in this man ner, not only the entrances to the cal of the engiue, but also the steps am other parts of the tender and the plat form of the front car. This apparatu may be thrown into operation fron either side of the engineer's cab In iiki manner, thus placing this means o protection at the command of the fire man as well as the engineer. The idea, which is the invention o George A, Copp, of Chicago, 111., calli for a system of piping connected witl the boiler, below the water line, an< carried around the engine and tende and covering all the vulnerable points The pipes are supplied with spoon noz zles at frequent intervals and ate man ipulated by three valves convenient t< the feet of the engineer and fireman Each of the valves control a differen part of the system in order that thi scalding water may lie directed to tha part from which the advance is beinj made. Thus one lever will cause i curtain of hot water to fall around tin rear 01 me can, wnue auotner project! streams around the front of the en gine and the third throws a steaminj jet over the tender to the platform o the first car of the train, which is gen erally the express, car and the oni which the robbers would naturally at tack at the outset of their operations If the engineer finds himself confront ed from all directions, he can pres: all three levers and immediately sur round the engine with an envelope o: hot water and steam. MllHeittn I* 2300 Warn Old. A museum of the sixth century, B C., has come into the possession of th< University of Pennsylvania. The mu seuin is not big, being contained in i large earthen jar. but the contents ar? very vamaoie rroiri a Historical pom of view. Whether the specimens were exca vnted or purchased is not known, bu they undoubtedly represent a coilpctioi which must have been made durinj the time of Belshazzar, since it was found in one of the upper strata at Nip pur. The best specimen in the jar is an in scription containing the titles of Sar gon I., who lived about .'}S()0 B. 0 There is a black stone votive tablet oi Ur-Gur, 2700 B. C., which tells that this king built the great wall around tin city of Nippur. Then there is the terra cotta bricl stamp of Bur-Sin, which is the first ye found of that king. Another table ototftf tl?n f llir? lor crr\ lioll nf fliA fnninli cjuuicd uitu u'v was called Emakh, and that there wen twenty-four other shrines to gods in thi temple besides the ones that have beei found of Bel and his consort, Beltis.Chieago Record-Herald. The congested counties of Irelanc are all on the Western coast. A PRIMITIVE AUTOMOBILE $ ) A Road Locomotive Made in 1764 in England. , M x While It is a matter of history thai ' the first locomotive made and run id England was a small model of an ordinary road locomotive constructed Id 1.11784 Dy vvuiiam jyiuraocis, it is proo- , -> nbly little known that this original en- | r. gine is still in existence, and has, with t Q I -! JiBbE _ Tr ai Pia8T LOCOMOTIVE MADE IN ENGLAND, g, in the past year, been exhibited in Loudon by Messrs. Tangyes, Limited. The tc little locomotive is about fourteen tt inches high and nineteen inches long, tt with a width over the driving wheel of seven inches. The annexed reproduc- ? tion of a recent photograph of it illus- ? trates its makeup very clearly. There is an oblong board, mounted upon three wheels, with two driving wheels at the rear attached to a crank axle, tl ?ml nnp sfpprlnc wheel in front, ar- al ranged under the board, and running in a swivelling fork, which can be set by tl a tiller handle above. Behind the driv- " tng wheels Is the boiler, which is a rec- ^ taugular vessel, three and three-eighths gj inches high, four and one-fourth inches 8t long, and three and one-eighth inches h wide, uiade of copper. Through the oi boiler a flue passes obliquely, contract- hi ins from a circular chamber forming 11 the firebox to a small funnel in the 01 top of the boiler, which serves to carry ^ off the products of combustion from a spirit lamp arranged to burn within bi the firebox. The steam cylinder of the qi engine is mounted on the top of the y boiler and the lower part passes into m n it and is surrounded by steam. The m i- piston rod passes upward and is at- tc i- taclied to the end of a vibrating beam. ^ f which passes to the front of the car- tc h riage and is pivoted in an upright k, h pillar. The diameter of the piston Is tt y three-fourths inch, and the length of hi e its stroke is about;two inches. As the ai V! ? b( ; r ft W 1 ' ^ J ;r For Train Robbers. " TV s piston passes up and down it causes in r the beam to rotate the driving wheel- It . by means of a connecting rod attached m a to the crnuk axle. A leaden weigh: s is placed above the steering wheel to !CI i balance the machine, and to prevent its - tipping over when water is in the a( !- boiler.?Cassier's Magazine.' r '> "OREGON BOOT." g 1 ? Extraordinary Contrivance to Prevent ^ S Prisoners From KiicapioK. i Owing to the desperate character of ' e William Rudolph and George Collins, f alias Fred Lewis, the Union Bani; p, - robbers, writes Chief Desmond, of St. vi ^ ? fi J I W PGUNfo 1 m ? THE OREOOX BOOT. e Louis, in The Republic of that city, it tj. 3 has been decided to use the "Oregon jj - boot" when the men are placed in di i the train to be brought back to Union, re f Mo., for trial. P I have seen the Oregon noot used ss 3 but once in my experience in the Police - Department. That was when Marion sc rc . C. Hedgpeth was brought back to St. ^ - Louis for the Glendnle train robbery. cc * Hedgpeth was regarded as a dangerous to - man, and the California authorities th f who buught him back decided to put Ci the boot on him. Hedgpeth say that PI it was useless to try to get away with it on his leg and they got him here th safely. ^ i The Oregon boot is so nude that the ^ - weight of the lead band which en> circles the leg Just above the ankle 3 a nnnn fhn flnor wlipn thp nrisnn<?r t is not walking. The weight Is about ai eight or twelve pounds. It is fastened pa - to the heel of the shoe by strips of br t steel, which run down on either side. i These strips are screwed to the h?el. co ?1 When tlio prisoner stands or sits down ?I the weight, therefore, is not upon the - leg. liut when he walks he must lift the entire weight, and if lie tries to run! ?\ or jump I am told it will break the - teS- of hi [ Some New Office Rule*. s Any employe arriving on time win ue \ discharged. Our private correspondence Is for ca . your inspection. \ We are not here Sundays, but if you ^ t need us call 'phone . w j Call the head of the house "The Old 0j ? Man." He likes it. Zl 9 Should we raaSe a mistake, do not m ! forgive us; there's no excuse for it.? ai _ Boston Herald. A beneflcence to the unfortunate h* I German cities is the municipal pawn shoo. S : :.V t"V : . v'V <Rf >V -i TRIKE RIOTIN BRIDGEPORT 11 v avnr Mulvihill IniiireH While Trv J J J ing to Prevent Arrests. E rTEMPT TO RUN CARS FAILED tie Traction Company- Forced to A ban- \ don Its Effort* ~ A Clash of Anihorlty I Between the Mayor and Sheriff, In I Which the Latter Threatened to 8a- f persede the Former?Many Hart. 1 Bridgeport, Conn.?Thirty-two men, ? uong whom is Mayor Mulvibill, were ijured In a riot precipitated by an at- ? impt on the part of the Connecticut f auway aim i^iiuiig v^uuiijuiiy iu ruu l g cars with non-union men. A feat- * re of the disturbance was a clash of 0 athority between the Mayor and c lierlff Hawley's deputies, in conse- a nenc? of which the Sheriff threatened * supersede the Mayor in control of |! ie city. Five men were arrested for T irow.'ng stones. 1< Six trolley cars were started on the t arnum and State street lines at 11.20 a clock. There were large crowds In t ie vicinity of the car sheds at the fl me, but no violence was offered. The a irs were manned by twelve of the 130 xike breakers brought to this city by ii ie trolley company. Things moved n long smoothly until 1.30 in the after- e aon. The first car had completed Its b ilrd round trip, and was directly In ont of the Wheeler.& Wilson factory, c here a crowd of at least 1000 persons t ad gathered. The car was running c owly, owing to the crowd, when A :ones began to fly. Deputy Sheriffs t iendrie and Plumb, who were riding t i the car, saw n man In the crowd iirl a stone. They had the car stopped c nmiedlately and plunged into the t owd to get the offender. With con- u derable difficulty he was seized and I ragged fifty feet to the car, the inten- s on of the Sheriffs being to put him on c sard and take him to Polloe Head- p uarters. h The stone thrower was a big fellow a rid struggled so fiercely that a police- v lan, who was standing near by, went the assistance of the Sheriffs. Im- J lediately Mayor Mulvihill wag seen I YT~ r\ r\ 4- f> iiLL.yiug imuugu tut? IUUIJ. 11^ >YCIIL i A. ? the policeman and ordered him to a sep bis hands off the prisoner. He a len told the Deputy Sheriffs that they ad better let the man go. During the t rgument the stone thrower took ad- $ intage of the diversion which had t ;en created and wrenched himself a ee. He dashed into the crowd and 1 as lost to view. t In the nit atime the stones were fly- ii ig in a shower, and one of them ruck Mayor Mulvihill on the head. !e was wearing a soft hat. and a large Die was cut in this. Although the 1 Mayor's scalp was not lacerated, he rejived a large bruise. rT'ttn C?v,/N~:0?r- +-V. x lie uvu oiicims mtru juiiipcu uu tut; i ir and ordered the motorman to pro- r ;ed to the car sheds, a quarter of a \ ille distant. The bombardment did I 3t abate, and the crowd on the stiver t as so dense that the motorman could P jt go very fast without running some I le down. The stone throwing-scon * scanie so furious that the Sheriffs a rew their revolvers and flred five C iota In the air. This caused the bomlrdment to let up a little, and the car r ;ached the .barns and was run inside. * he "other five cars', operated on th? 1 irrie streets, received the same treat- f .The officials of the trolley company v ill hot reveal the names of the men ijured or the nature of their injuries. : is positively known, however, that \ >t a man of the twelve , who were i the six cars escaped injury of some ind. Every one of them, while going , ito the barns, was seen to be bleeding , ? j T- t Luiuseiy iiuiu me ueuu aim lace. 111 ? ldition to the trolley men injured, "! ond Master Davis, of the trolley com- ? my. was Injured by a stone, which ruck hlra In the head. Sheriffs ? endrie and Plumb were targets for le mob as well as the strike break- ' s. for each of them was struck in ifferent parts of the body at least , dozen times. All of Sheriff Hawley's Deputies re- . Drted to him for duty. In an inter- , lew the Sheriff said: "I will have no irther interference on the part of ^ayor Mulvlhill. I will have 100 speal men here to-morrow and will do y best to preserve pence, and if the ^a.vor' or any one else attempts to in- ? rfere he will be stopped; if necessary, will sunercede Mayor Mulvlhill In jthorlty." C Mayor Mulvlhill. In a statement, said s i interfered at Barnum avenue in an n idenvor to protect the Sheriffs from b . ? ~ c i.t J lc viuieuct; ui uie cruwu. J KILLED BY HIS PRISONERS: s s iptaln Overton Had Too Small Guprd j( For Captured liolomen. Manila.?Captain Clough Overton, of h le Fifteenth Cavalry, and Private o arry Noyes, killed at Sucatlan, Min- a inao, met their death at the hands of ?bel prisoners they were guarding. rivate Hartlow was wounded at the ime time. c Captain Overton's troops had been f1 ourlng Misamls Department for the H bel leader Flores and had captured P 'ty of Flores* followers, whom they s; infined In a house at Sucatlan. Over- S n and three men remained to guard ^ e fifty prisoners, while Lieutenant A imeron continued the pursuit of u lores. o The prisoners suddenly broke out of e house, go1: their bolos and rushed e four Americans on guard. Overton as slashed with a bolo and bled to d >ath. h Murdered In Her Husband's Absence. Mrs. Quack Stewart was assaulted id murdered ia her home tlire? miles t( ist of Lena, Ind. Tha woman's bus- tl ind was plowing in a neighboring t< >ld. It is believed three foreigners 11 immitted the assault. T Dislikes Women's Hats In Chnrch. Tit? Rev. Francis .T. Van Ham, pastor . the Old South Congregation;) 1 ? Iiureh at Worcester, Mass.. save no- " that lie would request the women Iii3 congregation to remove tlielr * its in church. Amu?fd at the Appointment. The United States Legation at Carais has notified the Venezuelan Gov- . nment of the nomination of Rudolf olge as Secretary of the American ixed commission, which is charged 01 1th the duty of presenting the claims ' American citizens against Vene- b lela. The nomination has occasioned ueh amusement, as Dolge is the man- n jer of a laundry In Caracas. q Tnrlcl*h Dobt Untflcallon. The Council of .Ministers at Constan- ~ oople, Turkey, has decided in favor of i.? proposals of the Ottoman Bohk for ie unification of the Turkish rtelit-- . i8' 'ULLOCH ISSUES LETTER ' [is Communioation to the Post* I master-General Made Public. i (e Charges Irregularities In the Admla* lifHtlnn nf Pnital Afffllrft?AllO Allege* Favoritism. t Washington. D. C.?S. W. Tulloch, s rhose charges -of corruption in the . | 'ostofflce Department brought from ' c 'ostmaster-General Payne a demand ' r or specifications in writing, made pul> j j ic a copy of the statement he had c lied at the Postofflce Department He cites cases to show how he earlj I <j ;ained the ill will of the then Firsl ? Assistant Postmaster-General Heati J or alleged refusal to pay from the * unds of the Washington office for cer t ain supplies for G. W. Beavers and ithers in the department. f He charges that about this time an o irder was Issued by the First Assist- e .nt Postmaster-General directing let* ? er carriers to secure a blanket bond | ^ a a single recognized company. A pro- ? est arose.- The postmaster consulted ' s ... - nt-i-a -a it? Al. I * ViLll lilt; KjLUVL UL LUC ouiai j auu i v owance Division, who Informed him t hat Senator Piatt, of New York, would i ? ppreciate the fact If he would select j * he Senator's company. The order was I t Inally modified to permit bonding in ! 8 ny company. ' | Several years ago residents of Wash- 3 agton received a letter from the post- !> aaster directing their attention to an J xpensive house to house collection ? iox. It received and distributed mail, j It was the property of an individual v ompany. The agent had the run of I he department. Finally, Tulloch de- fi lares, an order was issued by the First Lssistant Postmaster-General directing * he carriers to turn over to this agent t heir route books. t There was then sent out' an official c ommunicatlon bearing the heading of b he local office, seemingly requiring, a inder the approval of the Postoffice F )epartment, and over the facsimile ? ignature of the postmaster, the pur- ( hase and use of the box. He says the <j lostmaster never saw the letter and s ad no connection with the scheme, 4 na tnat inougu ue proiesieu uu uuuuu i ras taken. ? He charges that In November, 1897, j ? first Assistant Heath appointed Oliver 8 I. Smith, of Muncle, IncL, an intimate t riend, a laborer at $600 per annum, a nd allowed him $2 a day for carfare c nd Incidental expenses. December 15 he detailed Mr. Smith * o assist In repairing letter boxes at t 2 a day "and dated his appointment B iack to take effect at the same time g s the appointment as laborer. Mr. t ?ulloch said that Mr. Smith drew these P wo salaries, but spent his time in read- { ug newspapers. * HERMIT TODD'S WILL d le Leave* >40,000 or SS0.000 to a Womaa [ Whose Pocltetbook He Stole In 1888. v Syracuse, N. Y.?Surrogate Glass ha? * eceived for probate the will of the her- ] alt George Washington Todd. If the t srlll Is proved Mrs. Peter J. Jordan, of r Jrockton, Mass., will receive a fortune , fc o reimburse her for the theft of her urse, which Todd says he stole at the | F Srockton Fair, in 1888. Todd had no i a elatlves. He left money in Syracuse ' F md Rochester estimated at from $40,- j *00 to $50,000^ j \ Todd was known as the "Wheelbar-, i owjjerjplt/' He made frequent trips , t &' Ihis'cityT always pushing a wheel- j f mrrow'befort him. His hair was long J tnd he. occasionally visited the banks * vlth. an axe over his sbpulder. Mrs. I \ ordan is coming on to press her claim. ' i ? | . INJUNCTION ACAINST GOSSIP; p ?., j f Vornan Enjoined From Talking to or , j About ? Neighbor's Tenant*. t Omaha, Neb.?Judge Baxter, of the Jj District Court, has issued an injunc- j c ion restraining a woman from talking. ! t ?he injunction was Issued upon com- e ilaint of Mrs. L. Oliphant Dodge, pro-1 - i?.? ?i, ? i 4 inetor 01 an apartment uuuse, ( leclares that Mrs. E. Berge. a neigh- ? >or, is continually gossiping to and ibout her tenaDts, and lias caused scvral of them to threaten to move. Judge Baxter, in his Injunction, or-; lers Mrs. Berge not to enter the apnrt-' rjent house, nor to stop in front of the uilding, and not to talk in a gossip-1 ng way of or to any one living !n that i partment house. Mrs. Berge is indig* lant JEWS DENIED SELF-DEFENSE. tasiisn Order Expected to Stimulate Emigration to America. St. Petersburg, Russia.?Lieutenant- j Jeneral von Raaben, Governor of Bes- j arabia (the capital of which is Klshi- j j, eff) has been summoned to St. Peters- i h mrg. ! c A Ministerial circular forbidding the ! f ews to defend themselves has been is- ; ? ued. It is expected that tills step will j ? timulabe Jewish emigration to Amer* j t ca- I F Three thousand suits for damages a ave been instituted against the State j f Kishlneff. The damages demanded ; J mount to $1,500,000. J 1 " * 1 1 L. Ames Got* Six Year* In Prifton. After listening to the appeal of the v ounsel of former Mayor A. A. Ames r or mercy, Judpre Elliott, at Minneapo- p s, Minn., sentenced the once powerful P olitical leader and corruptionlst to v pend six years at hard labor in the 0 tate Penitentiary. A bond of $19,000 ras accepted by the Court and Dr. .mes will not have to go to prison ntil the Supreme Court has passed r u his appeal. Chilean-Bolivian Treaty. s( It was reported that the boundary t lspute between Chile and Bolivia had n eeu settled by an amicable treaty. '1 Venezuela Fay* Germany. Tne Venezuelan Government has paid d! ) Germany the sum of $03,000, being tl le sixth payment stipulated In the pro- a. jcol. The seventh payment, due next lonth, Is already in the Government reasury. Labor Oppose* Carnegie. r< The Trades Council at Muncie, Ind., t! y a unanimous vote, has resolved to ? se Its influence to prevent an invita- ? on being sent to Andrew Carnegie to u ttend a dedication of a $50,000 Carne- a "? ?- ii ie uurury iu d uijr. a b Tli? National Game. w Hans Wagner Is hitting the ball aa [j aid as he ever did In his life. The Chicago National team has three itchers?Chance. Kling and- Raub. John Ganzel Is making good on first y, ase with the New York Americans. i Manager Selee says he lienor saw a ~ lore beautiful ball park than that in ?. incinnnti. 3 It looks as though another Illinois rniversity player might break iuto 1st company. Several National eague clubs are said to be after Short n top Steluwedel. a ffiE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR JUNE 7. ' Subject: Paul'4 Voyage and Shlpirraok, A?-t? zzvli., 38.44?Qolden Text. Fil. 107-28?Memory Terse*, 41-44?Commentary on the Day'* Le?loti. The voyage to Crete (vs. 1-12). From, all he provinces accused parties were contantly being brought to Rome, and as soon is a sufficient company could be gathered ?aul was sent with them under the charge >f Julius, a Rom^n centurion; They * jj ' eached Fair Havens, on the south of >ete, during the season of storms on the Mediterranean, and when all navigation n the open sea was discontinued. Paul dvised tuem to remain here, but Jlilius, hq centurion, who had charge of the solliers and prisoners, had the authority to lecide and naturally trusted the masterand - ii he owner of the ship more than he did ?aul. Accordingly they set sail for Phetice. a more commodious port of Crete, inending there to winter. The nurricane (vs. 13-20). They set sail rom Fair Havens for Phenice. a distance if less than forty miles, on a pleasant day, xpecting to make a speedy and safe jourLey. But almost immediately a hurricane truck them, and the ship was caught and [riven before the wind fot twenty-three oiles in a southwesterly direction to the mall island of Clauda. This was about wenty-five miles south of Phenice, where hey aeaired to land. Then followed many lays of tempest in which neither sun nor tars appeared. Everything not indispenable to the preservation of the ship was hrown overboard, and all hope of being . , aved was riven ud. Paul. giving comfort and advice (vs. 21-, 8). Under that dark sky, and in that opelcssly drifting ship, there appeared the oy of light and life, for it held no Jonah leeing from duty, but a Paul bound in the pirit to testify for God also at Bome. Adapted to the need of these 300 souls t-ere his hopeful, encouraging words. First 'aul reminds them of their error in disrearding his counsel at Fair Havens. This te does, not to reproach them, but to give hem a basis of confidence in his present omforting assurances. Then he exhorts hem to be of good cheer, and tells them hat the angel of God stood by him in the light and assured him that there would ie "no loss of-any man's life." Their faith nd hopejin these strange, bright words of iromise were reinforcea bv Paul's grand , . ' onfession of trust in the God whose meriful purpose he had announced to them. )n the fourteenth night of the storm they liscovered that they were drawing near ome land. They had been driven about 80 miles westward to the little island of -lalta. Some of the sailors were trying to scape and leave the others to their fate, tut Paul said, "Except these abide in the hip ye cannot be saved," whereupon the olaiers cut the ropes that held the small >oat to the ship and allowed it to drift w .way, and the Bailors were obliged to reaain in the ship. 33. "Was coming on." While they were raiting for daylight they had cast out the nchors. "Paip besought." It is strange hat a prisoner shoold oe listened to for & noment. Ramsav explains this by the aaurance that Paul I}$re was a man of diainct-ion, that Luke and Aristarchus accomtanied Paul as servients, for in no other canity would they be allowed to go with lim. "To take some food." To their depair was added a further suffering from rant of food in consequence of the injury lone to the provisions, and the impossibilty of preparing any regular meal. We eee he force of the ohrase which alludes to chat a casual reader might suppose an un- - r mporlant part of the suffering, that there vas much abstinence. Then, too, with eath staring them in the face no one cared o eat. "Taken nothing." That is, no egular meal. This cannot mean that they; lad lived entirely without food. ' 34-38. "Not a hair fall." The ohm se is a iroverbisl one to express complete delivernce. "Gave thanks." Without asking lermission. Paul acts with authority ana n the presence of these heathen sQldiere ,nd sailors recognizes God. This must have Sd an influence fpr gooa. Too often it is e case that Christians allow the wicked o rule. "All of good cheer." Paul's hopeul and cheerful snirit had breathed hone nd comfort into the whole company. His aiih and courage not only caused him 1;o >a9a through these dark days without becoming despondent, but actually enabled lim to. inspire courage in all the rest. 37, 38. Were in all." The number ;iven here is very large, which shows that iis must have been a large shin. "Souls." rersons. "Eaten enough." They would hu9 have full strength for the task before hem. "Case out the wheat." Or grain, fhis would be the natural cargo of a merchant veEsel proceeding from Alexandria o Italy, as grain was the principal article xported from Egypt. The wreck and the escape (vs. 39-44). 39, 0. "Knew not the land." Even if some if the sailors were familiar with the Island if Malta, yet coming so suddenly upon it hey would at first fail to recognize it. Took counsel." They saw an inlet with a teach (R. V.) where they hoped to be able o land, and they discussed the beat means f doing so. "Casting off the anchors." [*hey cast off the anchors and left them in he sea. "Loosing the bands." Ancient hios were supplied with two rudders, like laddies, one being placed on each side of he stern. When the ship was anchored >y the stern it became necessary to hoist heae rudders out of the water and bind hem to the ship, but now that they were rying to jret the ship to land the rudders fere untied. 41, 42. "Two seas met." The channel rhich separates the little Island of Salmo* ictta from the Maltese coast near St. 'aul's Bay unites the'outer sea with the nner and forms just such a position as is lere described. "Soldiers' counsel." Acording to the Roman custom each of the irisoners was chained to a particular sollier who was his keeper. The Roman law nade the soldiers answerable with their wn lives for the prisoners placed under heir charge, and now that there was a ossibilitv of the prisoners escaping the ? oldiers wished them put to death. 43, 44. "Desiring to save." The centuion could not fail to see that it was to >aul that the safety of the whole party ras due. "Swim." As St. Paul had already ieen thrice shipwrecked and had been in he deep a night and a day (2 Cor. 11: 25) re may be sure that he was among those ?'ho were told to swim ashore. "Came to ass." And so the three points of Paul's rediction were accomplished?they were wrecked unon an island, the ship was lost nd their lives were saved. The Science of Foresirr. With a view to preserving and restoring . lie forests of the country much attention i now being given to spreading scientific lformition on the subject through educaional centres. There are three higher shools of forestry now in operation in the United States?at Yale University, at Corell University and at Biltmore, N. C. he science of forestry is also taught in bout forty other educational establishlents scattered through the States. The resent forest area of tnis country consists ? about 700,000,000 acres, but it is estimated bat the stand of timber is only one-tenth s great as it would be if the forests were ystematically and scientifically mauaged. 4 Laboratory Comet. Two experiment^ at Cornell University ;cently produced a fairlv accurate imitaon of a comet's tail by using the pressure f light on extremely minute particles. A mv<lpr rnnsistinflr of emery and the spores f puff-halls was put into a tube from hich Uie air was exhausted as completely s possible. Then the rays from an arc ght were concentrated on the powder, nd the lighter articles seemed to be "town out, as if the light repelled them, hich, according to the astronomers, is be way in which the sun actually produces he tail of a comet. Antoinnbiles on Railroads. A train of automobile carriages will sooa e run on the railway ketween Paris and )ijon, and it is expected that the distance -15)3 miles?will be covered at the average peed of sixty-two miles an hour. The serice will later he extended from Dijon t? larseilles and Nice. England's Millionaires. During the last three years twenty-two lillionaires have died in England. Their verage age was seveuty-uvc )ca*a. *