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evident that unlees the Liner -
e JeaPeetta China, and. saneee
leader aepliare able to nearehal
ighting teibea in her detence, the
great empiee is doomed to fall a prey
to grasping foreign powers, The last
power to make demands tiport her is
Brame, and the extent of the °moos -
alone required and. the peremptory
wey whieb. they are pite aorward,
netkes them seem the mese sweeping
of all. The demands are that Unita,
Quell not alienate any portion. of the
provixices of Kwangetuag, Kevetegaii,
Yavel-Cleate, and Yunnan, that Prance
shell have the right to extend her Ton -
;luta railroad. across the border into
rinunaan, and be granted a Pealing sta-
• tion at Lei -Chau -5', oxi the Han Chau
Pentnsula, immediately norta of tne
T.slana of Hainan. These territorial
concessions are supplemented by a de-
mand that the direoton tate Chinese)
postoffiee, now under control of Sir
Robert Haat, an Englishman. who is
direetor of. the Chineee maritime ova
toms, shall be a Orenobraali, the ob.
jeat evidently being the diminution of
British influence at Pekin. Eight
days are given Ciehaa in which to make
reply, apparently with the penalty ot
• the Prencli occupation of Hainan in
case of refusal, and as the Pekin Gov-
ernment seems incapable of doing any-
thing for itself, its compliance is ex -
petted, unless England interferes.
--
Thet as respects the Brenele terra-
torial demands England wall interfere
is, however, improbable, for although
that for the preservation of the bate-
geity of the four southern provinces of
Chine is clearly meant to cheek Bri-
tish territorial expansion eastvrard
from Burma'', it does not. conflice ith
the BrUisit claim, which is that Chinese
territory shall not be ceded to any
one. It is true that itt England Yun-
nan has for some years been regarded
as the hinterland of British Burutv.h,
and that negotiations were begun some
time ago for the acquisition of a por-
tion of Kwang-tung Province, in order
to safeguard Hong -Kong against for-
eign attack.. But the latter point
could doubtless be easily arranged,
while as to Yunnan, France has as
good a right as England to a share of
the trade of the province, and the too
other provinces would be readily con-
ceded to be within the French sphere
of influence. In sh.ort, France has de -
minded in Southern China only what
England has demanded in the Yang-
tse-Kneng Valley, their demands being
practically identical, and their effect
being to pre.serve the larger and more
populous portion of the Empire to the
free corameroe of the rest of the world.
•••••••••Ime.•
As to the demand for a coaling sta-
tion on the Chinese naainland, on the
saute terms as th.ose on which Kiao-
Chau Bay is -ceded to Germany, France
would secure by it only the same pri-
vileges enjoyed by Germany, by Eng-
land at Hong -Kong, and by Russia, at
Port Arthur and Talien-Wan. The de-
mand that the Chinese postotfice shall
pass under Enna. control is, as a dir-
ect blow to British influence in China,
quite another matter, and is pretty
certain not be be granted without, at
least, a long diplomatic struggle. 'What
attitude Japan will take in the prerais-
es has yet to be tletiown, though it is
reported that she is showing a strong
disposition to retain her hold on Wei -
Hai -Wei, the fortification a which she
is repairing, but her final demands,
with. those of England, will determine
the issue of the present complications.
Meanwhile, despatches leave little
doubt that the demand of Russia for
a lease of Port Arthur and Talien Wan
and the right of extending the Siberian
railway to these ports,will be gra.ated,
the Pekin Government being power-
less to refuse.
CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY.
Cruet Treatment or the Peer Cabaret by the
Spanish captain General,
Not less than four hundred thousand
men, women and children were taken
from their farms and homes by the
decision of the Spanish general to re -
concentrate the agricultural popula-
tion of Cuba within the Spanish lines.
Spain hoped to starve met the Cuban
rebeLe by driving the peaceful workers
in from their fields. Suck a military
measure was perhaps not meant to be
inhutrum, but the cantain-general was
shriply regardless of consequences,
and the consequences to these four
hundred theusand miserable "recon-
eentrados" have been simple, appalling.
It is estimated, and the estimate has
not been contradicted, that two hun-
dred thousand men, women and chil-
dren of the reconcentrated agricul-
tural population of Cuba has perished
by starvation. A population of 1105-
more than equal to the
total, population of Toronto, has been
simply starved to death.
Cabe is riot so far away as Armenia,
but Canadians will have an ides of how
well justiiied is war against Spain, if
they would stop to think of what is
meattt by the Starvation of two hun-
dred thousand web, women and chil-
dren. imagine the suffering of the
helpless ehild.ren ; the anguish of the
mothers unlit fathers -who look out
from thee paine of their own starvetion
on the hungete of their famished babes,
and then who en fait to sympathize
with President afcreaztley's decision to
put an end eo the system under whieb
each a high oritne against humanity
is paseible
If121rESTIBULE
OF WS SOULS,
uAT wo DERFUL MECHANISM)
THE HUMAN EAR.
.4. Very Item 4ar Strength awl epeackeee,
nal Cate Or satka Initiate hlieety et
tt'onetmtellett That it 11.8. 'Wide (Open fe
the Velvet or tied antral or Solana. lien
ler.eratenige cm Nearing.
Vrashington,Arfl 17.—Rev" D. Tale
Mtge preacbed this mornin,g from the
text; tamales xeLv, 9, "Be tbeet planted
the ear, stunt he not hear?" He aaid:
Atrohltectitre is one of the most fascin-
ating arts, and tbe steely of Egyptian,
Grecian, Etruscan, Roman, Byzantine,
Moorish, Reaaiseenee styles a building
tees been to many a, matt a sublime life-
work. Lincoln ana York cathedrala S.
Batan ana St. Peter'a and arch of
Tittes aad Thelma temple and ,alham-
bra and Partheatin are the monument's
to the genlim of those who built them.
But more wonderful than any arch
they ever lifted. or any transept win-
dow they ever Lliumined or any Car-
inthian °column they ever crowned or
any Gothic cloister they over elaborat-
ed is the) human ear.
Among the most skillful earl assie
duous physiologists a our tirae have
been those who have given their time
tc the examinatio,n of the ear and the
stady of its arches, its walls, its floors,
its canals, its %viaducts, its galleries,
its int cies, its convolutions, its
divine maohinery, and yet it will take
anotber thousand years before the
world oomes to any adequate apprecia-
tion a what God did when he planned
and executed the infinite and ever
-
mastering architecture a the huznan
ear. The most of it is invisible, and
the microscope breaks down in the
atberript at exploration. The cartilage
which we- cell the ear is Daly the storm
tioor of the great temple clear down
out of sight, next door to the iramortal
soul.
Such scientists as Helmholtz and
Conte and De Blainville and Rank and
Buck have attempted to walk the Ap-
plan may of the human ear, but the
mysteriou,s pathway has never been
fully trodden but by two feet --the foot
of sound and the foot a God. Three
ears en each. side the head—the exter-
nal ear, the middle ear, the internal
ear—but all connected by most won-
derful telegraphy.
The external ear in all ages adorned
by preciou,s stones or precious metals.
The temple of Jerusalera partly buUt
by the contribution of earrings, and
Homer in the "Iliad" speaks of Hera,
"the three bright drops, her glittering
gems suspended from the ear," and
many of the adornments a modern
times were only copies of her ear
jewels found in Ponmenan museum
Etruscan vase. But while Lhe
r ear may be adorned by human
the middle and the internal ears
adorned and. garnished only by
and a the Lord Almighty. The
e of a key of yonder organ
the air vibrating, and the external.
caches the undulating sound and
s it on throu.gh the bonelets of
incite ear to the iaternal ear, and
000 fibers of the human brain take
he vibration and roil the sound
to the soul. The hidden machine
f the ear by physiologists called
e names of things familiar to us,
he hammer, something to strike;
he anvil, something to be smit-
ike the stirrup of the saddle with
we mount the steed; like the
, beaten in the march; like the
trings, to be swept with music.
like a "snail shell," by which
f the innermost passages of the
actually called; like a stairway
und to ascend; like a bent tube
eating apparatus, taking that
enters round and round; like a
inth with wonderful passages in -
Loh the thought eaters only to
t in bewilderment. A muscle
cting when the noise is too load,
the pupil of the eye contracts
the light is too glaring. The
al. ear is defended by wax which
ts bitterness discourages insec-
vasion. The internal ear ire -
in by what is far the hardest
f the human system, a very roek
ngth and defiance.
ear so strange a contrivance
y the est:it:late of one scientist
catch the sound a 73,700 vihrae
n a second. The outer ear
in all kinds of sounds,
r the crash of an avalanche or
of a bee. The sound passing
inner door of the outside ear
ntil another mechanism, divine
ism, passes it an by the bone
tbe middle ear, and, coming to
er door of that second ear, the
has no potter to come further
neither divine mechanism passes
hrough into the inner ear, and
O sound comes to the rail track
brain brat:millet and rolls on
until it comes to sensation,
ere the curtain drops, and a
d gates shut, and the voice of
ins to say to all human in.. "Thus far and no farther."
veatibttle of the palace en
I how many kings of thought,
eine, of physiology, have done
of lifelong study and get no
than the vestibule! mysterious
reverberation and echo, Grand
depot of sound. Headquar-
which there come quick dis-
part the way by cartilages,
way by air, part the way by
rt the way by nerve—the slow -
Bach planging into the ear at
d of 1,000 feet a second. Small
ent of music on which is play -
e music you ever heard, from
deura of an August thunder -
the softest hrea,thixtgs of a,
Small instrument of music,
uarter o an inch of surae
thinne55 Of one-two hundred
ethpare a an inch end that
divided into three layers. In
musical staff, lines, sPaceta
rest. A bridge leading from.
(he eaturat world to the in -
tura world; we Booing, the anc tato
and.
cute
art,
are
the h
strok
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until a
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ed all th
the gran
storm to
flate.
°ray q
and the
and fifti
thintess
thee ear
bar and
the outsi
eitle spiri
abablient et Una end the bridge, ebut
the fog ea an urillifted mystery hidiag
tbride ;01iittnipbtiele3meriatlige •ergtehirevriol the
soul. The htanten votee is Goira one
legY the ear' That toine capable of
Prodnelate rraftle(014,4115 souuds, and
all that variety made, not for the re-
itgaamleznaxrete;f. Newt or bird, but.for the
About 15 yeara ego, in Venice, lay
down in, death One wiann. Many consid-
ered the areateet musicei composer of
the century. Struggling on up foul 6
years, of age, velum he was left fath-
erless V)tagner eose, through the oblo-
40tY of the world, and °Mimes all na-
thane seemingly against hien until he
gained. the favor of a king and. won
the enthusiasm. of the opera houses of
names and Araerioa, Struggling all the
W ay ola to 70 years a age to conquer
the world.'s ear. In that same attempt
to master the human ear, and gain su-
premacy ewer this gate of the hamar--
tai semi, great battles were fought by
afozart, Gluck and Weber, and by Bee-
thoven, and Meyerbeer, by Rossini and
by all the roll ot German and Italian.
and Preach composers, some ol them in
the battle leaving their blood on the
keYnotes aad the musical scores. Great
battles fought for the ear—fought with
baton., with organ iaipe, with trumpet,
with cornet -a -piston with all ivory and
• brazen and silver and golden weapons
of the orchestra; royal theater and
ca thedral and academy of music the
fortresses for the contest for the ear
England and Egypt fought for tbe =-
Pt:Malay of the Suez mud, and the
BPartans and the Persians fongat for
tbe defile at Thermonylae, but the
tels161;71;:se °era atlhleaignimes tso°11:1111;afnodr
the Thermopylae of atruggling cad -
the mastery of the auditory canal and
strugorvtiehde erzirresetsreoilethgee reraert Illawhyedrne
en hautiatilTheuinthdeerr thtotnelqrgfreeeattL neenrveoencel
strain of hearing his own oratorio of
the "Creation" performed he wee car-
ried. oat to die, but leaving' as his leg -
Hay to the world 118 symphonies, 163
tueoes for the baritone, 15 masses, 5
oratorios, 42 German and. Italian songs,
as canons, 365 Englisb and Scot& songs
With accorap,animent and 1,536 pages of
libretti. All that to capture the gate
of the bode. that swings in from the
tninPanum to the "snail shell" tying
monerttehei berucla of the ocean, of the im-
To conquer the ear Handel struggled
on from the time wben his father would
nob let him go to school lest, he learn
the gamut, and become a musician, and
from the time when be was allowed, in
the organ loft just to play after the
audience had left to the time when, he
left to all nations his unparalleled ora-
torios of "Esther," "Deborah,"e"Sam-
stlzh'' "grePhthah," "judas Maccabae-
Tsrael in Egypt," and the "Mes-
siah,' the soul of the great German
composer still weeping in the dead
march of our great obsequies and tri-
;taemrprahingorn.in the raptures of every Bee -
To conquer the ear and take this
gate of the immortal soul Schubert
composed his great "Serenade," writ-
ing the staves of the music on the bill
of fare in a restaurant, and went on
until he could leave as a legacy to the
world over a thousand magnificent
compositione in music. To conquer the
ear and take this gate of the soul's
castle Mozart struggled on through
poverty until he came to a pauper's
grave, and one chilly, wet afternoon
the body of him who gave to the world
the "Requiem" and the "G" Minor
SYnnehony" was crunched in on the
top of two °thee paupers into &grave
which to this day is epitaphless.
For the ear everything mellifluous,
from the birth hour when our earth
was wrapped in sweddling clothes of
light and serenaded. by other worlds,
from the time when 'label thrummed
the first harp and pressed a key of the
first organ down to the music of this
Sabbath day. Yea, for the ear the com-
ing overtures of laeaven, for whatever
other part of the body may be left in
the dust, the ear, we know, ist to come
to celestial life; otherwise, why the
"harpers harping with their harps ?"
For the ear carol of lark and whistle
ea quail and chirp of cricket and, dash
of cascade and. roar of tides oceanic
and doxology of worshipful assembly
and minstrelsy, cherubic, seraphic, and
archangelio. For the ear all Pandean
Pipes, all flutes, all clarinets, all haut-
boys, all bassoons, all bells and all
organs--Luzerne and. 'Westminster ab-
bey andFreiburg and Berlin and all
the organ pipes set across Christendom,
the great Giant's Causeway for the
raonarchs of music to pass over. For
the te‘r all chimes, all ticklings of chro-
nom.eters, all aiatheras, all dirges, all
glees, all choruses, all lulltibys,
all orchestration. Oh, the ear, the God
honored ear, grooved with divine sculp-
ture and poised with d— g..
dnierssineand upholstered with curtaainesu
. embroidery and eorridored b
wine carpentry- andtpillared with di -
vim architecture and chiseled in boae
of divine nmsonry and conquered by
processions of divine marshaling. Tae
ear 1 A perpetual point or interroga-
tion, asking, Etow? A. perpetuat point
of apostrophe appealing to God. None
but God could work it. None, but God
could keep it. None but God could un-
derstand it. None bet God could ex-
plain it. Oh, the wonders of the hu-
man earl
How surpassingly sacred the human
ear! You had Letter be careful how
you let the sound of blasphemy or un-
cleanliness step into that. holy of hol-
ies. The Bible says that in the ancient
temple tbe priest was set apart by the
putting of the blood of a ram on the
tip of the ear, the right ear of the
priest. But, my friends, we need all
a us to have the sacred touch. of or-
dination. on the hanging lobe of both
ears, and on the arches a the ears,
on the eustachian, tuts of the ear, on
the mastoid cells of the ear, on the
tympanic cavity of the ear, • and on
everything from the outside rim of
the. outside ear deer in to the point
where sound steps off the • auditory
nerve and rolla on down bato the, un-
fathomeble depths of the immortal
soul The Bible speeks of "dell ears,"
and of "unclecuencised ears," and of
"itching eters," and of "rebellious ears,"
and of "open ears," and of those who
have all the organs of hearing end yet
who itseeea:nto be deaf, for it cries to
them, "Ile that; bath ears to hear, let
hzm
To show how much Christ thought
of ebe human ear, he one day met a
Matt who was deaf, came up to him
and pat a finger of Hs right hand 111 -
the orifice oft the left ear ot the pa-
tient and led a finger oa the left
the orifice of tbe right ear
'
of lam retain and. agitated
pantie% and startled the 1701
with, a voiect that ratig dear
L5 to the Menai soar ate&
atha 1" and the polyphold grow
'any, and the lafleaued :antic
Ma and that man tette had ni
a sienna for many years tha
heard the Wanti of the waves o
tinniest the liruestote slielvi
allow bow neaoh Christ tho
the human ear, wben the epos
•got Mad and with one slaeh
sword dropped the ear of Male
the dust Cbrist ereated a nee
nal ear for Malchus correspond
the middle ear and the Wei
that no sword eoald olip aNTI1
And to show" /stelae God thiale
ear we are informed of the ft
in the milennial june which sh
ate all the earth the ears of t
will be unstopped, all the
growths gene, all deformation
Itetening organ cured, correote
ed. Every being on earth will
hearing apparatus as perfect
knows now to make it, and a
ears will be ready for that gre
PbenY in which all the ratteica,1
=tents of the earth shall play
eompaniment neatens of eart
empires of heaven mingling tbei
together with the deep baas of
and the alto of the woods, an
• tenor of the winds, and the bari
the thunder,. "Hallelujah!" aura
meeting tbe "Hallelujah!" desee
Oh, yes my friends, We ha,v
looking for God too far away i
cif looking for line close by
our own organieen 1 We go u
the observatory and look thrall
telescope and see God in Jamit
God in Saturn and God in Mars,
could see more of him throng
microscope of an Diarist, No king
isCied with only one residence,
France it nas been St. Cloud an
seines and the Tuileries, and in
Britain- it hao been Windsor an
moral and Osborae. At ruler do
always prefer the larger. The X
earth and heaven may have 1
castles and greater palaces, but
not think there is any oue more
ously wrought than the human
The heaven of heevens cannot
tain him, and yet .he says he
room to dwell in a contrite hear
I think, in a Christian ear.
We have been looking for God in
the infinite—let us look for him in
the infinitesimal, God walking the
corridor of the ear, God sitting in the
gallery of the human ear, God speaking
„along the auditory nerve of the ear.
God dwelling in the ear to hear that
which comes &ono: the outside, and ao
near the brain and the soul he can hear
all tbat transpires there. The Lord of
hosts encamping under the curtains
of membraue. Pieties of the Almighty
in the human ear, The rider on the
white horse of the Apocalypse thrust-
ing his foot into the loop of bone which
the physiologist has been pleased to
call the stirrup of the ear.
Are you ready now for the qu.es
of my text? Have you the endur
to bear its overwtheliniag sugges
!less? Will you! take hold of same
ar and balance yourself under
semiomnipotent stroke? "He
pleated the ear, shall he not hea
Shall tbe God who gives us the app
tus with which we hear the sound
the world himself not be able to c
•up song and groan and blasphemy
worship? Does he give us a faculty w
he has not himself ? Drs. Wild and Gra-
bar and Toynbee invented the accoum-
eter and other instruments by which
to measnre and examine bhe oar, and
do these instruanente know more than
the doctors who made them? "He
that planted the ear, shall he not
hear ga Jupiter of Crede was always
represented in statuary and painting
as without ears, suggesting the idea
that he did not want to be bothered
with' the affairs of the world. But our
God has ears, "His ears are open to
their cry." The Bible intimates that
two workmen on Saturday night do
not get their wages. Their complaint
itastantly strikes the ear of God. "The
• cry of these that rea,ped hath entered
tee ears of the Lard of Sabbath." Did
God neer that poor girl last night as
she thieve herself an 'the prison bunk
in the city dungeon and cried in the
midnight, "God here mercy?" Do yon
really think Giorl could hear her? Yes,
just as easily as when 15 years ago
s'he was sick with scarlet fever, and
her mother heard her when at mid-
night she asked. for a drink of water.
"He that planted the ear, shall he not
hear?"
When a soul prays, Gad. does not sit
bolt urigtht until the prayer travel
immensity and ()limbs to this ear. Th
Bible says be bends clear over. I
more than one place Isaiah said he bow
ed down his earr. In more than on
place the psalmist said he inclined hi
ear, by Which I come to believe tha
God puts his ear so closely down 1
I
_ your lips that he can hear your faint -
02 est wthisper. ft is not God away off
the tym-
waits and
t hrough
"Ephth-
ths gave
le cooled
ot heard
t night
f Galilee
ng. To
ught of
tis Peter
of his
bus iuto
• exter-
ing with
'ual ear
s of Om
tot that
all rose -
he deaf
vaseu lar
of the
have a
as God
11 the
at sym-
instrue
the 50 -
and
r voices
the sea
d the
tone of
ing up
nding,
e been
nstead
and in
P into
gh tbe
er and.
but We
h the
is sat -
and in
d Ver -
Great
d Bat-
es not
ing of
arger
I do
c,uri-
ear.
con -
finds
t, and
tion
awe
tivee
pill -
the
that
r ?"
ars-
8 of
etch
ta eleareh, to philbarmonie. Better
pia that tier imaer the blesSod teueb
"tiaileat 11Yennology. Better eon-
searatte for time end, eternity be aim
who planted tlie ear. Itonseeatt, the in-
fidel fell asleep amid his skeptical Man-
usoripts lying' all arouna the room, and
en axis dream, he entered betiven and
tbeera the song of the vvorshiperS, and
MS SO sweet he asked an atileat
what it meant. Ube augel said, "Pins
IS the paradise of God, ana the Stella
youtatter is the anthem of the redeem-
ed.." Tinder another roll of the cel-
estial musie Bousseau wakened and gat
111) 1.113 the eakbeight and., as well as he
could, wrote down. the sereius of tete
music, that he bad. heard in the wond-
erful tune palled "The Songs of tha
Redeemed." God Grant that it may
not be to yam and. to me an infidel
daeatzt but a glorious reality. • When
we, come to the night oe death and we
lie down to our last sleep, may our
ears really be walrened by the can-
ticles' ref the heavenly temple, and. ea°.
wags itncl. the anthema and the carols
and. the doxologies tliat shall cline))
tate musical ladder of tba't heavenly
ganiult.
AS TO EA.RLY MARRIAGE.
It depends upon a nuraber of things,
To make one rule fit all oases would
be impossible. Indeed, the numerous
and excellent; answers to this question
received by Siamese, differing so wide-
IY ba their import, have, like the ver-
deot of the travelers concerning the
chaeneleon, "all been right, and all
been wrong."
There are occasionally men to whore
home restrabats and home require -
manta would be exceedingly irksome,
even detrim.ental, They are, by every
implication of their being, free lances
—free to roam from land to land, from
city, to city, &outhouse to house, or to
bury themselves in laboratories, or lit-
erary dens, or other places where they
can be let absolutely alone, Their
wanderings, and the things pertain-
ing) to there, or their experiments and
burrowings, are eel tb.ey care for. Love
would be to them only a secondary son -
sideration, the care of a family a nuis-
ance. For men of this type to marry,
early- or late, would be a hindrance,
because their natural inclinations and
habits would cau.se friction and un-
happiness; things which are utterly
demoralizing to success,
There are, on the other hand, many
young men, and perhaps more women,
vvb.ose hearts are, by isolation, want of
syrapathy, loneliness, end lack of com-
fortable living, so dissatisfied that
brains and hands refuse to do their
petential best; and, in their restless-
ness, these people spend money need -
0 11 many things which have in
them a possible, temporary satisfac-
tion, or which render thought impos-
sible far a time. People of this type,
if rightly mated, find in marriage their
and highest happiness and most efficient
hich natp.
To a majority of people a feeling of
being settled is necessary to success.
Very few men can. have this feeling
without a home. The stu.dent orelerk
bas his room or his den; the niilitary
officer has his quarters • the sea cap-
tain, his cabin; the herdsman, bis
ranch.; associated men have their clubs,
societies and lodges; but, without a
woman a home is practically un-
known.
Few single men save their earnings.
During their bachelor days, they are
liable to forra expensive and careless
habits, a,nd to keep bad company-, all
of which means not only a scattering
of dollars, but a dulling of the brain
power and hand power by which dollars
are earned.. Such men need a neutra-
lizing influence, countermagnet,
which will draw and keep them away
from demoralizing laa,unts. This mag-
net is usually found in a wife and
home, "I should, never have saved a
dollar had I not had a wife's trust,
encouragement and counsel and the
hope of home before ray eyes," sa,id
a young man to the writer.
'A young man who takes a wife be-
fore he is able to support her puts him-
self in a very claubtful position as re -
e gards great success in life; for, unless
n he is extremely fortunate, his family
demands will increase faster than his
O ability te meet them. Most self-made
e rich men say the first thousand was
t the hardest of alt their wealth to ac -
o cumulate, so that a young man on an
ordinary salary, with a family on his
hands and no surplus earnings, will
find it very difficult to get this first
thousand ahead.
Again, while one husband and wife
find stimulus and happiness in build-
ing up a success bachby inch, another
couple would be constantly dialed and
irriteted by poverty and its deprive-
laons, and $o wreck life in an endeavor
to procure the wherewithal to live.
II; is worse still when only one of a
married. pair feels this impatience of
conditions and the irrita,tion froni. cur-
tailment of expense.
We anusb, then, conclude that whe-
ther early marriage hinders or helps
success depends upon three things—the
mental and material needs of the in-
dividual, his ability to provide satisfac-
tory home conditions and his ohoice of
a mate. These conditions being prop-
erly met early marriage is undoubt-
edly, in a, large majority of cases, not
a hindrance, hut an immense help to
suecess.
tete yonder; it is God away down there
ase ue. so close up •Lthat when you
pray to hina it is not mare a, -whisper
then a kiss. Alt, yes, he hears the cap -
titre's sigh and the splash of the orph-
an's tear, and the dying syllables of
title shipwreeked sailor driven. tin the
Skerries. and the infant's "Now I lay
me down to sleep," as dIstinctly as 'he
hears the 'Fortissimo of brazen, bands
in Me Dusseldorf ESetival, as easily as
he hears the salvo 'of artillery when
the 13 8i:enures of English troops ore
hloeou.e. Ile that planted the ear can
enjaulsittaeir batteries at once at Water -
just asas sometimes an eneranoina
strain of music will linger in your ears
beard. while passing through Bellevue
hfoosrpditaaysi after you, have heard it, and
a sbaep cry of pain I ance
clung to my ear for weeke,
and Aloe as a thorrid blasphemy in the
street soraetimes taunts one's ears for
wbduao:r:lh:hisf, Gcdthe in)loatsp
that 100
bolds not only the words you m'yvouweuhttaevre,,
very tones of your voice, go
0:elmeyhears, but holds
the, songsaehe prayers, the groans, the
all wondered at the pthanog‘raph, Nvhigh
years erten nowt that inetrue
bunt turned, the very words you now.
wirtilleheand the very tone of your voice
reprodueed. Amazerta phono-
graph! But more wonderftel is God's
letogtetreuiboi hold, to retain. Ah, whet de-
etneouragement for. our pray-
ers/ \What at 'awful fright for our
hand speeches! 'What aesurtutite
griefs fthae plattted the ear,
owhattrilmaLlieneorttedheaisrygra,,pathy for all our
021 e:iinte:r take that organ away from
Better pne it under the best
sound.. Better bake it atvay from all
gossip, from ell slander, from. all in-
usndallsoeta°1ionz°a1. Baeleltebad influe*ieo of avilr
P111 11 1 11(0 1
IN TAHITI.
"In Tahiti," says Sir John Lubbock,
"a person not properly tattoed would
be as much reproaebed and shunned as
if with us he should go about the
streets naked." The Papuans of the
southwest cicalae of New Guinea think
that clothing is fit only for women,
In the Andaman Islands the women
think the same thing aboet the men.
WATERPROOF PAPER.
Pegamoid paper awoke used in Eng-
land is said to be absoluitely erproot,
without presenting, the appettrance of
glaze. or varnish. Stains, dirt, ink, ac-
ids or infeetion cannot petietrate the
surface,
SWAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON) MA Y 1
*The Illinumbat lentry'" nate ela a 10
Conte* Text, aeon 11.9.
PRACTICAL NOTES,
Verse 6. The disciples went, an1.
did as Jesus coutratinded, Tb.e Sabbath
of the Jews began .eie Friday evening
and. lasted till atuadovvn Saturdep
On Saturday evening, Aprit 1, A.D. 34
—at the olose of tlie Sabbath—a feeet
was given in our Lord's honor, Oe
Sanday meruizig be sent two disciples
to the entrance to Betlia-ge, where an
ass's oolt stood war its tethered moth-
er. That it had never been used for
riding, Mark 11. 2, would give to this
eat in the eyes or arientale a, certain
symbolic value. The Eastern donkey
is a mock handsomer animal Limn the
donkeys et Europe and America, and
is held in high esti/miaow "Warriora
always rode on horaes, but judges
end kings in' time. or pea,ce rode
on asses. When the disciples loosed
the oolt and. its mother they were, of
course, challenged by the owners,
and their prompt answer, "The Lord
bath need of them," was satisfactory
which leads us to infer that; the own-
ers were believers in, Jesus, This in-
oident leads Matthew back to the pro
phetio writings, with which he was so
familiar, to find prophecies wallah it
seemed to fulfill, ft seenis plain that
our Lord planned to fulfill Zech. 9.9,
nd so to °all the attention of the
multitudes to his alessialithip,
7, Brought the assu,nd the colt, it
vould have been difficult to bring one
vithout the other, Put on them their
lothes, Their outer robes, instead of
• saddle. This was an act of enthusi-
sm, loyalty and reverence; but it was
ore. We shall be helped. to under -
Land it by referring hack to the story
ft John, who, when he was proelahrted
lag, was made to stand, and. ta sit on.
hreienTrims eau xteegeiofialloief symbols; people
here express quite as much by what
hey: do as by wbat they say.,
8, A very great muleitade,
realer part of the crowd. Spread thTeitet.:
armenta in the way. Not only was
bis done to jeleu ancient times
nd to Jesus on this occasion, but re-
atedly eminent 'Jewish rabbis had,
een similarly bettered. It will re -
tad the,modern reader of Sir Walter
aleigh's courteous act toward Queen
tridzeatabrieetea,hart:tioxenou.htndolnys tn:Inatimhestrfereosm.,,
reeed the/et in the way. An equally
9. The multitudes then went. before
d tbat followed. A compete -ism of
narratives of the evangelists shows
at our Lord timed his approach to
e city so as to come immediately in
ranee of the great caravan from
lilee, most et the members ofewhich
ieved (to some degree at least) that
Prophet of, Nazareth was the Mes-
h. These pilgrims to the feast were
t by a great ronititude from the city,
ta 12,, 12, 13. 'The annual approach
the passover was (ale of the great
hits of Jerusalem. Oried. Sang or
tilted. Rosanna. A Ifelrew parase
sing "Save now„" which begins
lm 118, 25. This ,wease was annual -
sung at the Feast of Taberniteles-
it was sung now, also, is an evid-'
of the popular Teoognitien of
s as the Messiah. The Son of Dam-
n, kerm was as full of mean-
ie the Jew as "a Sbuart" became
Scotland or a "Bonaparte" in
nee; a sort, en recogration of a
m: to the orovvm. Suppose tihe pres-
Emperor oa Germany to be (tepee -
°thing could well deprive his /loa-
f its political importatnee; and hie
descendants wouid Inevieality be
anized as "pretenders" to tate
-e, whether they aspired to it er
There never was a royal family
traditioned claim. stronger than
of David, Rlessed is he that com-
e ehe name of the Lord. "He that
th" was anothee Measianie title.
the excited crowds did not stop
Mark and John give oth-
er. theta, calls: "Blessed be
kingdom, of our father David!"
"Blessed be the King of Israel!"
also says they referred to Jesus
ing aad praised God with a loud
. Their voices bridged the valley
be Kidron and awoke the erhoes
r the nuirble porches of the tem
We lose the full significance of-
riuma.phal entry if we do not re-
ze it as, on the one hand, the
tutting outburst ofan enthusiasm
O common aeople which amid. no
r he restramede but, on the elle
ride this enthtesia,sei was par -
used by our -Lord—turned into
of a:tted elarable; a unique pro
tiou bis alessiahship. In the-
a La heaven.
All the city a as Moved. The word
d" in the- original is one Used
thqua.ke shocks and wind -storms
re not likely to overestimate thiS
otion. The 'city was excited as
hnz been recently excited, only
so, for orientiels are more de
rative than even Frenchmen:
lem, by ancient standards, was
t city, and at the Passover seas -
overflowed in a (way to whicli
Tern city presents a parallel. k
ars- later than this a care-
imate made of the people pras-
e passover in .Terusalem reach -
mi 1 lien seven hundred t hoes -
Who is this? is a question which
es general discussIon of oar
character and claims,
ie multitude. The pilgrims. jes-
prophet. Note the Revised Ver.-,
re. His followers &dare him
the great :Prophet foretold by
and zet such lead in triumph.
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an. With this verse we abruptly..
step from Mleueday fain Tuesday,. for
"When Jesus haa looked round about
at all :things in the temple, the even -
Lela having came, he went ,back et.,, 13e- „
thany", Mark 11. 11. On Tateday ) 'tueen
morting he returned. Jesus want into ' sae fare
the temple of God, wlhkrb was the very herself a
heart, or the Ihrobbing life f
ed. in the temple service wen eold. One
wontiere theeti ereders prainia-
ly obeyed Joe= and. left, Why dal
they net laugh blot to etiornt the
morel force emu/tolled obedient:a, et a
eViaent a divine inajeety sat la
his eye, The downleill eliti soldiera
'Abet Dame (1,0 arrest: hiM
Cr'el.hoemane, the effect of. bie glaue,a
upon Innitent l'eter, and the effeet ee
his silence on Pilate, among Many in-
,stenms, prove tale. Then, too, theee
tradere kw that their bueiness int
the temple was unlawful and
was populerly regarded as wieked, B
sides, the aaexeected show of strengt
as Sunday—the eathusitiatic support
the Dell:teens and et many j udeans wls
bed witneesed the • resurreotion 04
Leaartes—impressett these men. Fiveu
the prieses deemed it unwise naw to
attempt publicly arreet Jesus, 'Ile
tables oe the mo(ney changers. Th
temple tithes might be paid telly i
Hebrew coin. This restriction ware
harm}ny with the prejudioes th
people, who hated. the atamp of_th
operaseors. Idolatroue symbols VOA)
ofbee fixed foreign colas, .ane
smell symbol Catlin be used ia the purek
worship of Tebovith. To exchange this
money was therefore a neoeseity, bah
to exact a fee for thes exchange was
lealaweele and as in that den there
was 50 monetary standard, abundant
opportunities for fraud were offered.
13. It is written. In Ise. 56. 7. A/
den of thieves. A highwayman's cave,
See Ter. 7. 11. From the days lee tbe
judges till now Palesbine has beer.
rioh field for banilite; even Herod
the, Greet could not repress them..
1.4. The blind end the lame came t',04
him in the tetaple. It aaa been eaide
but, the authoriey ie questioned, that
deforraed and °rippled people were nee
allowed within the "eacred inolosuree•
which surrountled lhe inner courts of
the temple. If that were so, then the
rules of the rabbis were broken on, this
day.
15. The ohief priests. There were at
least thirty of these—including the
high priests, present and past, and the
hearts of the twente-four priestly te
courses. Scribes. Expoutders of the C
law. The wonderful things that he did.
His assurriptioia. of royal power. The
children crying in the temple. The
boys and girls who lied heard the ory
of the day before recognizing Jeans,
had begun again to eing "'Hosanna."
They were sore displeased. They were
themselves under condemnation for the
profanation of the temple.
15. Have ye never read. Psalm. 8. 2.
The thought of the verse of the Psalm-
ist is that a little ehild's ory, just as
muchl us the stars of heaven, indicates
the power and providence of God. And
by quoting this verse Jesus says in
substance: "The song of these chil-
dren is as true an attestation. of ma
•
as was my oven. raising of the dead
Lazarus. Their u.tterzinnes of praise are
a perfect answer to tile adversaries of
truth." He thus publiely aceepts and
senctions the words of adoring hom
age.
1-------'111Tel FRIENDSHIP.
How often is this phrase abused and
bow seldom do we see the full meaning
of it exemp'ified.
If there is one trait; more than anal
er that eboald be assiduously eu I live a
ed bite woman, who wishes to make
herself popular, that one, is loyalty th
her friends. That trait exultocibm many
and other estimable ones, and is the
basis of a lovely said noble character.
To begin with, the woman. who is
truly loyal never thinks evil of those
whom she has tihosere to closely assooi-
ate herself with, mire less will she ex -
Press sentiments that might be con-
strued into appearing derogatory,
backbiting and unfriendly gossip nev-
er find plaete, among tee nabural fail-
ii)olissgseitilsesat.; even the. /nest perfect being
When a woman" has been tried and
has stood the test, there. should well
nip iti the heart of the fortunate one
possesSing so sta,u,nolt a friend, a
great fountaba of tbenksgiving.
Petty jea emeies, sus' Hone—whether
well grounded or not, envy', and eVert
malice are more apt to /nuke thenaselv-
ee visible in tbe attittele of one wo-
man toward anotlter then is ever felt
in men's deaeings with inan. The hard-
seertsceexn.sure and severest judgment at -
ways emanate from critics of the gent. -
The woman, therefore, who has prov-
en herself loyal through good and ev-
il. report alike, has shown laerself to be
a rara eels that should he highly priz-
ed by those so fortunate as to call her
frNieoliting is so eositively injurious to
iaiteat, jormneat, 1, as the intense friendships
almost as ehort time. They tend to
that are born in an hour and die in
guerrilla/me or a friend—doe-s not cell
yflafiroricki ctettelei alt)ywnyliso th3ie,,t--opalusinyalfaot, leiealak:cec.ithenostze,,ec:. agararbrneeyectitalviierrli:ris:-asrsoelyfroatlettennaeast::_
A lady, no matte.r how much she may
mIlitetaltri.ineteoill.:ieghee 02 plit.toislemieatnye;u,gthhatlo jonorwe
dom, iteren hy too netieh regard for good
that friendships are preserved by a,
too al11011 free -
Great care eauntid be taken in tba
se/Elton of one's friends; and those of •
whom. we are going to make confi-
mtkdoe;eutlene;.'svcn:linea)ri;natirlitte:teth;neha'atioifwtfbtit3ini:ra::eifItt:;eitui:;:11;:est!ti:il.rtettli):87-
in one's own beert. Trite, friendship la
frsendsbip,
QUEEN NATALIel
Natalie or Bolivia is about 1,0well to the world and hide
11(1 her troubled liee in a eon.
Her 'husband, ex -King Milan, is
a moral monstrosity, and ter son, for
wbotri the father, betting made himself
totally unbearable, abdicated his
throne, lis shown decided (traits 01 it4a
becili by,
ABOUT THE SIZE OW IT.
Little Nephew Elmer—What is am.
el lbusLand, unele?
Old Unele Gront.—One that alert
lets his wife have her own waY,
ther it is good fox' her o' uat
• USa
eni. The seminary ttealf no man eauld
enterbut the re/teats., but the spaeious
courts about It were patees of general
resort, and unde.r the sbadow of its
noble porticoes many a rabbi besides
Jesus was accustomed, to Lead. Gast,
stet all them that sold and eought.
Those who sold requishiss for sacrifice.
stalls had leen erected in the .0eart
of the Gentiles, for which,doubtless
large ren.tal was :paid. to the priests,
In (these stalls wtne, oll, sell., doves,
eheep, oxen, and other conanortiLies us
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