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With the 4011(4103ton a the tiou defining the respectiee ePheres of
intatterute et Great, teritein and Franoe
in tee ceutral and western Soudan, 4
ehiee, oa,use of centention between the
two powers is removed, and, the long
eel -amble of Euroee for African. terri-
tory brougte, te an ena. Under it
Great Britain seeeres what she has de-
manaea from the beginning pf the dis-
pute, the whole territory subject to
Egypt before the Mandist revolt, and
with it complete possessien of tne
ItTile from its delta) to the great lakes.
In effect, a line is drawn from the
Ildediterrenean southward along the
teVenty-fif tit meridan o eaet longitude
!Leone the westera boundary a Egypt
proper, almost to the Congo, east of
which Bettain is to be supreme, and
west of which, to the British and
German territories on the Atlantie
coast, France may control,. Darfur,
liorcelofa,n, an& the whole a the Bahr-
el-Ghazel thus become British posses -
atone, while tne bounaltriee of the for -
r 'French sphere are 'nailed north
to include Wadai, Baghirmi, and
,Banena, north of Lake Telma, an area
of about 220,000 square miles, with a
population of 2,100,000.
This extension settles finaely the
•Lang struggle for posiession of the
shores of Lake Toned, the series of,
treaties, ending in 1894, having see:tir-
ed to the German Caraeroons a part
of the south coast, the British Niger
territories abutting the lake on the
oathaand west, and France now cora-
plating her tenure of, the borders on
the north and east. It gives France
also by far the largest share of Africa,
heassessions ineauding the whole of
Africa from the Mediterranean south
to the Congo and east to the Nile -val-
ley, except Morocco, the small Spanish
.strip south of it, Tripoli and. tlie
British and German colonies on the
WeSt coast. It will be interesting to
Mite what she will do with it, for al-
though she colonizes fairly well, she
has thus far shown more zeal in ac-
quiringterritory then in the more im-
portant work of developing it and
making it orderly and prosperous.
Moreover, as respects the areas ap-
propriated under the new convention,
It must be remembered that Great
Britain is in actual occupation of the
greater part a her sphere, while
France has yet to make good her claim
to the vast region passing -ender her
influence.
As Wadai is Moslem to the eore, its
sultan being an ally of the Senusi sect
of Mussulmans, as fanatical as the
Defahdists, and Bagbirmi and Kane=
e vassal. states of this sultanate, the
task of subjugating its two or more
millions of population is not likely -to
be an easy one. In dividing the -cen-
tral and 'Western Soudan, France and
Great Britain have been working for
the future rather than for the present
but it is evident that the latter has
secured the portion most easily amen-
able to European influences, and that
France will have to fight long before
elle can derive advantage from the
area which passes to the protection of
her flag. Nevertheless, the new con-
vention ie to be welcomed as complet-
ing the partition of the Dark Contin-
ent, and so putting it in the way of
„eivilization, with the exception of
Abyssinia, Morocco, Liberia, the Dutch
. republics and perhaps a few half
desert regions, north of Lake Tchad,
every foot of Africa being now within
the sphere of some European power.
REV. DR, TALMAGE TALKS ABOU'I"
THE WATER OF LIFE.
Water th TYPIetal of' Ilhe oespel ity
W9Tell,C5S 0,10 AbUndititCe-No Donee),
'le l. Peewee exiiikuteciffn
Eters' Mune fere There es one Sorree
-The nr, Prete:lies a nineteen Ser-
mon.
A tieeptetch fiona Waehington, suYS
Rey. Dr. Talmage preaelied tem the
,
followiug text :--"Whosoever will, let
hint take the water of life freely,'—
Rev x.eil, 17.
Mid -desert, the Water exhatisted
from the goat -skins, the caravan-
ng under under te blistering sun, the feet
consumed by the desert, what is it
that the people most. want? For
what would they give up the most
valuable cargo on the bate of the
caraels? Water ! Water t
An army is on 'the March. They are
fainting from the long way. The ean-
teene are empty. The hour of battle
Is (laming on. Forward yet for many
weary mile. No shelter from the
burning sun; pushing on through suf-
focation and heat. eethen is it that
the soldier most wants? For what
would he give up everythiog that be has
wite him? Whet, awful inapt fills his
mind, and fevers his tongue, and eon-
,
eurnes his vitals? Ask him, as tie, stag-
gers on under the weight of knapsack
and blanket, and if he have strength
enough to answer he will say, "Water!
Water 1"
1 was told by a gentlenaan who
walked over one of the battlefields on
a hot summer night: after a day of
carnage, that tee cry of the Wounded
was absolutely unbearable, and that,
after giving ,all Supply that he could,
he put his fingers to his ears, fax tlie
cry all triter the plain was from Meet
of the dying, "Water I Water ! For
God's sake give us water I"
The Bible is all a -sparkle with town
tains and wells, and rivers and oceans.
They toss up their brightness from al-
most every chapter. Solomon, re-
freshed with the story of heaven, ex-
claims, "As cold water to a thirsty
soul, so is good news from a fax coun-
try." Isaiah, speaking of the blessed -
nese of Christiens, says, "They shall
spring as willows by the water-
courses." In the Canticles, the Church
is oftea spoken of as a "well of living
water," and "strearae from Lebanon."
The prophet, glowing with the antion
potion , of the millennium, says,
"Streams shall break forth in the
desert:" while the text holds forth ten
thousand chalices filled with living
water. for a thirsty world.
I have, in the first place. to remark
fevered soul thrilled with the cool
totteli, and you eried, nttatrelee 1 Itureitat
1 have found it. Water! Cold water!
Inrigh.t water! Everbuiting water,
buret:tog from the throw, !"
I go, farther, end say that
water teifies the tiaspel by it$
treenees, On a hot Sabbath, when the
ootes breale throueh the al dere of the
will be a tiver. London bee a river
running theonelt it, eat that is the fit -
thy Thames. Peerie has a tieet running
through it, but that is the uncleap
Seine, 'Venice) eas water running
througb it., bat that, ie disturbed by
the filthy gondoliers. le)byion dela
bad a river running through, it, yet
that wee tbe beslinied. Elm:Mates, Jut,
meadowe to drink, how much do they blessed. be God, po enure or filth Shall
pay for that whieli they drink ? The rue into the ricer thatflows through
hutraniogebied drinks fectru the wine- tee Eiternal City. God Muth made every
glase of. the boneyeeciale. How meet) drop of that tvater bright:, teed clear,
is it a, glees? Tieeee le a tax on the and beaetifel, The righteous, robed
city water, but no tax upon the greet in white and genlanded, sit on ite
rivers; that roll in Perpetual reltenee to banks, and watch is tides, and bear
the sea. riOW Palleil Win the world pay the colt of its -teeters_ for ever and for
for all the tihowees that tide summer ever, No unhealthy mist hovers over
refreehecl the Porn-fieles ? Nothing, It that river; no malarie rises from its,
is free; and so is Me glorious Gospel, surfaee; no blaspheming orew put
It is free in its parclon, hope and sal- their /tare eat() that water. Thee+ who
vation to all wile will accept it. Here "ehine as the stars for ever" slialllook
is a man who says, " I will pay for down into the glassy wave, and have
it, or I will not have in I am an in- their feces refleetea. The thrones
dependent man; and I will give so and temples on either bane of that
much to have -ray soul redeemed, t river wilt bridge it with their shadows.
will endow 'a college; or I will estate, fh it the trees of life will dip their
lish a school; or 1 will build a chercle, branches. Breezes from off the Mils
ana by that purehese my salvation!" of Amaranth will ripple the waves.
Or he says, ' I -will do some grand, L suppose you have seen sheep and
good. works;.and God, I know, , will lamb e go clown to tbe river to drink.
accept them." God steys, ' Away with Hark near the voice of the sheep
your good worits as a purchase for sal- and lambs of heaven now itoraing down
vation ! Take this Gospel for nothing, frorn the hills, coming through all the
or never take it. It is free." valleys, coming down to the river of
1 have further to -remark, that the heaver, to drink, led on by one snow -
water typifies the Goepel because of white Lamb, at whose bleat alt the
its ebeaclance. When -we poet thewa- flocke follow. Hear the bleating cif
ter ,fromthe pitcher into the glees, we the( one :white Lambl And as the
have to be careful, or the glass will angel of God, standing on one of the
overflow, and we atop, when the 'wa- banks of the river, under the Tree of
ter hoe oorne to the rim. But when God, Life, looks down, and. sees that one
in summer, pours out his ehowers, he white Lemb leading all the great fleck
keeps pellet g on and. pouring on, un- of the redeemed, he takes his harp
til the, grass blades cry, "Enough !" from the willows by the water-eourses,
and the flowers, "Enough!" and the and strikes tine beautiful strain, sof
tepee,. "Enough I" but God keeps
pouring on and pouring on, until the
fields are soakedeand the rivers overa
flew, and the cisterns are all filled,
one the great reservoirs are supplied,
and there is water to tura the wheel,
water to slake the thirst of the city,
water to cleanse the air, water to
wash the hemisphere. Abundance 1
A.na eo with ehisglorious Gospel- En-
ough for one; enough for all. Thou --
sands have come to this fountain, and
have drunk to the satisfaction of
their souls. Other thousands will come;
and yet the fountain will not be ex-
hausted. But glory be to God 1 that
in this•Gospel fountain there is water
enough for all the armies of the earth,
and for all the armies of heaven. You
can not drink it dry. Oh, ye tempted
souls, come and drink of this blessed
promise; " You shall not be tempted
-
above that you are able, an.d that from
every temptation God will make a
way of escape, that you may be able
to bear it." Oh, ye bereaved souLs,
come and drink of this blessed prom-
ise; " All things work together for
good to those Nvho love God." "Your
light afflictions are only for a mo-
ment, and they work out a ,far more
exceeding and an eternal weight of
leery." Abundance of supply!
" Ye wretched, hungry, starving poor,
Behold the royal, feast !
Wbere Meecy spreaas her bounteous
store
For every humble guest.
See 1 Testis stands with opened arms
He calls; he bids you come:
Sin holds you back, an.d grid alarms,
that water is typical of the Gospel, But still there yet is room.
da.shes from, the city fountains has no Gospel to all who ate here, with just
I stand, Ole evening, offering this
because of its brightness. That which
lustre in it compared with that which asmuoh confidence that there is enough
aqueduct. The unpeetending ftathe hr.) or three pereons present... Rear
them as though there were only
springs up to -night from this Bible for
tain breaks forth frone the side of the it, ye dying nien and twornen--hear
hill, flashing with silver, and gold, -The %etre; eta the Bride say, Come.
And let him that is athirst come; and
see it, you almost clap your hands with
whosoever will, let him take the,water
and beryl, and chrysolite; and as you
gladness. But I' have to tell you of life freely."
that there is no brightness initconn- heve one more leading thought:
pared with this living foupnain of the The watee typifies the Gospel in the
fact 'that it is perennial.I know that.
Gospel; for in each falling drop I see
the glory of heaven.. "Good new' ' in this hot summer weather some of
Good news!" The angels chanted it. the fountains have dried, up; but stand
"Behold! I bring you glad tidings of on -
great jay and ealvation, which shall you the banks of the Amazon, or
of t•he St. Lawrence, or of the Messiss
be to all people. joy of pardoned -
ippi, or of the Ohio, and see if: they
a coining. heaven! Oh! it is a bright
sin! aDY rif br°kan b°adage I Joy el run dry. No; , they have been flowing
on • for thousands of years, and they
Gospel! Yoti remember the time when will probably flow on for thousands of
that fountain first flashed upon your years mein. The trees of the foreet
found Him whom my soul loveth 1" - a
have c st their leaves fort ages into
vision, and You cried, "Behold! have
A.xtd there was joy in heaven among
the angels of God over your forgiven
spirit. Roll on, 0 ye waters of glad -
THE HIT OF THE' PLAY.
Fiest Actor (pulling- the trigger of a
,
revolver six times)—Die, you raiser -
able villain!
Second Actor—Your pistol has miss-
ed fire, Sir Rudolph; bat I am smitten
with remorse fel- my many crimes, and
will die, according to your wish.
Then he rolled on the stage ba. agony,
while the curtain' slowly descended,
aneid' the cheers and laughter of the
ud fence.
PARTICUL.ARLY NECESSARY.
Friend—I understand that, in your
line, a man must be very plausible and
persuasive.
Drunainer—Yes; especially when he's
explaiaing to the firm why he hasn't
seal eny goods.
TWO SEASONS ONLY.
Master, to class—Now, will one o
you boys toll me how many seasons
there are?
lerederiek—Two.
Only ttvot Name them.
The football and, baseball seaeons.
LOCKET) ALL RIGHT OUTSIDID.
ttitye ',have a peculiar, head, said
Man who had juet coneulted a
phrtinologiet. . • ,
IJis friertd. took a step eack end sur-
veyed him critically,
it, looks all right, be said,
Oh, of Course replied the other. To
the unobservan't all heads are alike.
' :Possibly, etiggested. the friend, he
tie referring to the interior.
THE LAST HOPE GONE.
er tbaa leaves' ruetle or bumming -
HIE SUNDAY SC1100L.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON, APRIL O.
Comforter proposed.- Jelin )44.
Gok0a. i4.5U.
PRACTICAL NOTES,
Verse 15, If you love me, iteep UW
coniateadniente, "Let Your tore fax
me be shown not ie. tears beetnese Qt
rite departu.re, but in obedience to my
cernmende, True love - always leads to
ebedienee. The love of Chriet 09a-
etraineth
16, I will. pray the Father. The
myeterious relatioeship of Soo and
leather can never be comprehend-
ed, by mortal mind. Don't spend time
le trying to explain it. Another Com
-
teeter, The word here rerelered "Conn
foreer" is in 1 John 2. 1, trltaslatet1-
"A.dvoea.le." "Helper" has been nug-
ge.eted neerer in meaning to the
Greek word. In John 16. 8-14 the
-work- of the Spirit is described as
Pleading, arguing, convineing, in-
structing, guiding, and witnessing. lie
"Another" who will do ethat jestie
larnaself had been doing. tibiae with
you forever. Lifelong fellowshiln
17. 'the Spirit of truth, OillY a
few minutes before ;rests had said, "I
am. the truth." The world. Those
whose life is in bondage to the
desires of the world. Cannot receive.
"They shrink from the grace of the
bird's trill; "The Larnb wheel is in Hely green as one that is infirm of
them to living fountains of water, and te
sight shrinks front the brightness of
the xaidst of the throne shall lead
Blessed be God for the brightness, se
tele sun."—Ehurton. It. see.tb hitn not.
God shall wipe all tears from their
eyes." Go o
God. gives t every man a sueceptible
for the refreshment, for the freeness,
for the abundance, for the continuity iritual nature xis well as sensiftilvie,
physical arid intellectual na tuxes. And
of this glorious Gospel! "Ila! I. as perverse ignorance and o e
is a, great lantern in that light -house. anguish cliecerement, so that the
every jus ,
one that thirsteth, come ye to the wa- will dwarf intellectual growth, and
terS." 0011ne now. ..
Just oft our coast there ie a den-
gerous point fax the sa.ilors, and will paralyze physical energies, so a
light -house has been set up. There
a life sordid and base will tend to ex -
My dear aelred tele, Figgars, looking
up from hie wiles accounte which he
wae auditing, do you remember the
»erne of the avithriaetic you studied?
Wile- let me 500, replied Mrs,
gars, thoughtfelly. ''No; I don't bo-
li eve I do, Why?
woe itiSt Wondering', eepteined the
brute, if there wait aetythieg about it
you did reeall
the bosom of these waters,
birds of heaven have dipped their wings
in the. wave. And soft Le with this
Gospel. It is a perennial Gospel. On
just. as abuse of the laws of health
lightened it absolutely der end
Mind, Pretestaatte, in their stout
Maieteneeee of the riget of every hu-
man being to the word of God with-
-
oto note or comment, are etnnetimee
tempted. to ignore, if tliey tlo not (mitt)
forget, that we eeed. the Spirit of God
to Understand the things of God,
27, Peeee f leeve with you. "Peace
he Leaves us in this world," says St.
Augustine; "his pettee he will giye us
in the world to come; peacie lee leaves
tee$ whiele, by abiaing lite
rein, we may overeome the
enemy; his peace he will give
as when we elle!) reign without any
enemy; peace he leavee us, that hero
We may love one another; hie peatte
he wilt give 119, when if. wile be no
more poesible for us to disagree. In
him, and from him, have we our peace,
whether it be that wince). he leaves
with us at las going to the Father,
or that whion lie will give ue when
he brings us into the preeence of the
Father." My peace I give unto you.
"A peace that is mine, Not as the
world giveth. How the world giveth,
thank God, the bright-faeed little boys
and girls do not yet know, Bet
many a leather and many en Meier
echoler—even many whose hearts are
not broken and whose cheer is note
gone—nevertbelese know from ex-
perience "how vain are all things here
below." But there is no disappoint-
ment in any of the gifts of Jesus, leaet
Of all in his Peace. Let not your heart
be troubled. He who leans on Cod for
protection and guidance, and who
has learned about God tbeough the
revelation of the Lord Sexes Christ,
has no right to be melancholy abont
Me past or apprehensive of the future.
He is with us 'to the end. Be not
afraid..
shall hear the ripple of the wave, and earth we only see a portinn of, that
ness! • Roll on, till every deaf ear
great River of Life; but after tewhiee
the river will rise, and it -will join the
every blind eye shalt see the toss
of the crystalline brightness,
glory shall cover the earth as the tides of the celestial river that flows
end the
ter the sea. wSe hard by the throne of Goa. "And the
Lamb weich is in the midst, of the
-I have further to remork, that the throne shall lead them to living foun-
water typifies the G-oepel by its re- tain.s of water."
freshm•ent. How different you. feel Ah! my dear brothers and sisters,
i
spiritand puts you intoa happy, some of you have fatind this life a de-
,•
or after you have plunged. into the , sert march. You have had all you.r
bath! On a lot summer day there is trouble,s. Is there one in this much -
nothing that so soon brings you back enci that has ne-ver been bereft—that
from a bad temper or, a thsturbed has never been broken-hearted? Not
spirit, and -puts yo =to a happy one. You come to some one who you
d be God fax water! I love to suoSe is always happy whom you
Blesse
,t- think has never had any misfortunes;
alter you get a glass of cool water,
hear it fall in the shower. and dash in but -he will tell you he has had a thou -
the cascade, and to eee et; rueli from:
the iceemtcher into the clear glass. sand trials. A. man of great many
troubles saw a shepherd In the field
i watching the sheep, and he said to important. The ewe). en o
Hand around this nesetar of the bills e as to account us worthy ot a mane-
Hiin who brewe.a it among the maim- never had anything to trouble. Mini" dealt as to reach eaatli that is always
himeell, "Aht there is a man that. or strop may be buried in a trench so
accounted worthy?"
and ariek, all of you, to the praise of .festation of which the world. is not
water! bright water l beautiful water 1 and he went to the shepherd and az- moist, The treneh may bpartly e
coeted hien, saying, "Everything is filled, around the rod with gas coke, 23. This verse perfectly ansivers
tains. Thank God fax water 1 Clear
But I have to tell you there is a bet- beautiful around here. • You have no iron scrap or heeten cuttings. The Judas's allestien• It may be thus pave -
ter refreshment Oven than that. There te•oubles; you are to be congratulated. ground, ettel may also be connected Phrosed: "1 will troinifest myself to
wag a time when you were hounded , „nee ee eeeee troubles!" "Ahl said 'with the metal Pipes of a water sup- you, and not to the world, bectause that
, 0 , the shepherd to the man, "you donot 1
• is the very nature of things. You love
cl lt eh 1
by convictions, Sinai thundred. The e have ea etna;
.
I Way, it a few summers ago. There worlding may be in the pt•e,senee of
is machinery by which this light is the Holy Spirit and "know bin not."
reflected over the sea peculiarly, and
thet znachinery must, every half hour 'Ye know him- "Are knowing him."
in the night, he wound up. If the Dwelleth with yen. By your side.
men at that post should happen to Shall be in. you. ts in you.
sleep, alas for the sailors in the storm! 18. Comfortles.s. "Desolate;" "as or-
ates for the ship! God has lifted a , -
great lantern to shine 'over the sea of Pusan" There is no connection ot
this world's sin and darkness, and thought between the "Cemforter,"
temptation and trouble. It needs no Paraelete of verse 16, and the "oom-
human ageticy to wind it up. It shines fortless," orphans, of this verse. No
through ell the darkness of the one can study the words and. deeds of
world's suffering; and it says to the disciples while Jesus was with
those who are tossing on the sea, them and. not feel how like fatherless
"Reep off the rocks!" "How shall we little boys they would be with their
eecape if we neglect so great a salve.- Rabbi in. the grave; "sheep in the
tion?" If, after this water of salve,- midst of wolvee," indeed, and utterly
tion has been provided, without money belpless when Sadducee and Pharisee
and tvithout priceewe reject. it, where should unite for e, their ruin. Jesus
shall we spend, our eternity but here assures theni that Omit bereave -
among those whom God has met ment, the cause and manner of which
off ?" they cannot .yet understand, will be
While the d.00r of mercy is open, but temporary. I will come to you.
come, 0, ye wanderers! While ye I come; am always coming.
the fountain is flowing from the rock, 19. Yet a little while, and the world
tome, 0 ye thirsty onesi "Who- seeth me no more. •"Beholdeth me no
soever will, let him take the water of more." Not te "the world" but only
life freely." to avvitnesses chosen' before of God"
did our Lord appear after his
a -- resurrection Ye see me "Ye be -
PROTECTION FROM LIGHTNING. hold me ;" not only the fet.v to whose
eyes the wonders of the forty days
Telt
LETTER "R."
ONLY FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
%ANY FAMOUS PEOPLE WERE
PRACTICALLY UNKNOWN.
44111.0-g Wae l'epallrfis iteporgil•
fAutia, etainee weyeatin, a SOH'
narrestee, Ina Maciayok. Enke:111i 00
;ma coaayk Oayte a enquiry Doctor.
Is aot neeeesary to looa back ;matey
years to find men whose emees are
houseeold words to -day, end Who have
aelneved both fenee end fu.riAl.n,e, 00-
eupyiete obscure poeitions and gtvi.ng
titheiaptiifiatNci:eal car: taylioeynaaristoiftlaggehotehDebmr7101iotennatu beptonyrlece
was industrieusly working up a medi-
cal practice, with all tee attendant
hard work end strugele, at Soutlisea,
His Pee was as yet untried, and he
seenaed destiaed to live and die a coun-
try doctor, It was four yeers later
when he was tempted to try his 'pren-
tiee hand at writing, with what resent
the world Mad his bankere know
WhenConan Doyle was dispensing
phsyiee at Southsea Mr. 8, R. Crockett
eould not even claim the doubtful
position of "A Sticket Ministate" for
it was only in 1886 that he eutered the
Exec. Churcb. of Scotland, in which, he
served ari apprentieeship of seven
long years before he found. that his
LOCAtht.e.iO4pailapyiti:vith the pen rather than
IAN MACLAREN WAS UNKNOWN.
At this time, to, only 15 years ago,
"Ian Maolaren" had won populerity as
Have itt in Year Name eau Amin raenister of Seeton Park Church, Inv-
eacity Comeany. erpool; but fax a dozen more years his
If you want a recipe to be rich, to pen was eneaged in writing sermons
be remarkable, to play a role that
will bring yen prominently before pub-
lic notice, have a name with an "r"
in it. If move than one, ale the better,
and if it comes at the beginning or
end of your name, better still. If it
isn't in your surname have it in your
Christian name, but at all costs have
Haw onueung May ne Preserved 'ennui were meanest, but every .Christian.
the Eleetile Flatd.
Spiritual life brings spiritual vision.
The means universally emploYed to Because I live, ye. shall live also. And
ye shall live also." This is it promise
protect machinery of electric and pow- of the resurrection; and more, it is a
er leanest give assurance of the effeo- promise of eternal life—a life over
tiveness of Franklin's lightning -rod• which death has no power—given to
An easy or short path to the earth is all whe trust their soute in the hands
diseharges of their -Saviour; of suoh a life the re-
surrection of saved souls is a neces-
sary episode.
thunder -storm. Telegraph, telephone 20. lAt that day. The day of my
and cable circuits have their lightning victory. Ye shall, know. It shall be
conductors for protecting the' delicate demonstrated no youf., am the
Father. By unity o nature. in
Eine. As members of•My body, Eph. 5.
athpapmaratuBsveri7eedi6ientrieCaolaaill,ecCatrireilL AsvViitith so. in you. so ranisays, "Christ
it a "lightning arrester," — another I
"He that keepeth his commandments
liveth in me," Gal. '2. 24, and John,
name for a short cut to ground.
Without such Peoteetion eostlY dYna- develleth in hien and he in him" 1
mos would be ruined during thunder- John 3. 24.
lightning 21. The conditions under which the
storms. The high .pressure
discharge would pierce their insula-, promise is reaitzed are here once. more
raid down, This is the fifteenth verse
tion and lead to inevitable destruetion.
turned backward. There Jesus tells his
Very severe loss has often been caus-
ed by -neglect to provtde the simple disciples that they that Jove him will
One Isle I certainly keep his commandments;
safeguard of an arrester. In
stance eight electric cars ban their here he says that they that keep his
clueing a storm.
e. lightning -rod
meters burned out by a single flash
an a house or other than the simila•r one ha jobn. 12,
Shall be loved. A richer promise even
cortonandtments do it from love to him.
again to John 3, en.)
mentioned above. Pxojecting aarts, 22. Judas went unto him, dot is_
sucla as chimneys or gable ends, should
carton The apostle called by Mat-'
have iro.n rods projecting above them
thew (10, 3) leibbeus or Thaddeas; by -
two or three feet, with rods or strips Luke (6. 16) "'the brother of ,Tames',
of iron or copper extending from them Lord,
how is it that thou -wilt inani-
to the ground, fest thyself unto us, and not unto the
The ground connection is eSpeelDlly
Id "'Why hest thou so loved us
The richest man in the world is Mr.
John Rockefeller, whose naine begins
with an "x" and ends with another.
This fortunate individual cent:role the
Standard Oil Trust in America,. He
is a shining light in the world of
wealth, to whom ordinary millionaires
compare as rushlights to a petroleum
buildings, if put up ba a proper way, I to aRefer
26.
protects from danger, as do arresters WILI lnalltiteest maraalf.
or .
flare.
The United. States is the home of
millionaires, the best known being the
Astors, the Bradley -Martins, "r" link-
ed to "re," and the Vanderbilts. • The
name of Rothschild is a synonym for
wealtb the world over, ad the late
Baxou Hirsch runs a good second. Mr.
Hooley makes up for the 'absence of
"r" in his su.rnaxae by one in each of
his Christian neenes, Ernest Terali ;
while in the time of the South African
boom, the chief millienaires were
Messrs _Rhodes Rc,binson Wernher
, ,
and Barnet°.
But let us leave wealth for fame.
The first name thee occura is that of
Lord Herbert Kitchener, whose ap-
pointment as Sirdar Moug-ht him both
tune and fortune. Much of the credit
of the great English victories in the
Soudan belongs to Lora Cromer, wimee
name before he was raised to the peer-
age was Baring. How coulee the
Rhalifa without an "r" to bless him-
self with, withstand two men ao
endowed' with the lucky letter ?
my Some buildings contain in Limn' roofs trie, an Dior -
so much metal that is Well connected. to you as a consequence, and the result is
the ground by pipes, that rods on the we abide in yourhearts. That is the
chimneys and leading to the roof are divine inantreatation." '
sufficient. A rod with a poor earth 2a, He that loveth me not keepeth
conneolion raey be more a source of not. my sayings. And absence of love
-danger than a protectton, The dant- , makes revelation impossible, for it
age oceuring as a result of bad werk I means disobedience,
has with eome people undeeervedly els- 25, "'With (his verse the discourse
credited the rod itself. takes a fresh start, returning to the
In en utprotected building, to sit subject of the Paraclete."---Plernmer.
ilos
cried, "Fly lit Your own fears cried, enderstand my life. _there is .,
blaa
wrath of God cried, ...y . ,
"Fly1" Mercy said, ',come! comer,- ewe' that every few days goes off, and
arid you plunged like a hart ion, the all the sheep of my flock follow her,
waterabrooke, and out of that flood; 11:71‘1 that Mack ewe l' 1115 Plaglie °I
year soul came 'up cool, and clean, and roS life" It was a parable. In. evet•y
radiant; and you looked around, and • man's life there is at least one black
said, "Come and hear, ali ye that fear aweaenna• serrew' 0rin PertdeN41:31' ene
God, and I eine tea you what he hath aistister, one bereavement, one. agony.
done for my soul." I said, you httee foutte this life, some
here came a time of perplexity in ot You, a dosed. inmeti. the, sun has
your hurt. You lost your property.'smiltell Yell lay' daY' irall ilave been
Death, like a black hawk, swooped up- .°°'isuln041 almost Ill the desert' and
oh the famile brood, tied the children Yon ' havesta.ggered. wearily
, wean gone, you mnisurea your In, on in the leng tramp, Your lies eve
,frent groan to groan, front toes to toss, t'arella.dt Y,aner tongue is fevej'ea; Your
from tear to tent, you eemd, ti.om heart is siva What do you want?
Your distressed seirit, "Oh 1 that I had Weed to feed your hunger; water to
the narigs of a dove, 03,, then slake tbis all-censeming thirst,
I fly away tend be at reene From I alit glad to know that 'while earthe
the, denths, Of your fevered, Soul tem ly eilies may sometimes run short of a
.
celled oat, "Eas 'and lee -gotten teeee saintly of water, the New eerusalent
gracieuel is' hie Mercy clean vete will. never lack plenty of water. Have
Yee tbeitglit minutely of that
forever1 Rath he in his a tiger pita
up his tender neeecies against Melte As
when yon have been wo.liting• in a, thick
wood eit a hot eincenee day, You liecied
the (legit of fountains and your spirit
promitte of the Inble that there will
be living fountains in heaven? Not
ellen ae we see in our oily parks,
sprinkling telly a faint baptism un, the
tut commensurate with Thti'greet
enieg tor the answer, the promise Of citY °' heaven' On every Street' be
'cheated, ece while you were list- _
God, dropped t,,,01 end erten and eitetene fee e every mansion around the temple
the streame whereef sled) matte glad ot water. Flowing through that
en htone "Theie b. rixtex of God add the LE1;11b, fenntaills
ing ertthe t
the cite ief our God." You rejeleed at great eity, with tines d life in lin-
the tbonglat of the fountain. Your mortal leafage all either tiler°
under lightning fixtures, or near evens
with gilt frame picteres, or near
chinmeys, fireplaces or stoves, is dan-
gerous d uting the n d er-s tor ms.
et.
CASITS BELLI,
Magietrate—You eay you knocked
this man down beconee he said you
k l'ke e bulldog t
it
These things. All the wonderful reve-
lations, benedictions; and propbeeies
which they had been listening to. 13c-
ing yet preeent with yeu, The fellow-
ship of the present, so precious to the
eleerem meet soon end, no more "thiegs"
this son, could be spoken to them
by the Lord; but that is only beeatise
en everlael tag- fellowehip i8 to he
esh,ered in and the Holy Gimen as we
before it turned to the pathos an
beauty of 'Testae the Bonnie Brier
Bush."
Hall Caine, who can now rely on
making his own weight in gold out of
a single novel, was quite unknown 15
Tears ago. After years of ill -paid
journalism in Liverpool he had. come
to London to be Dante Rossetti's pri-
vate eeeretary and to find. scope and
inspiration for the gifts that were in
him. Tee change of environment
worked a miracle, for in 1885 his pow-
erful "Sb.edow of a Crime" introattoed
a new 'prophet" to the world. of read --
Fifteen years ago Anthony Hope wee
a scholar of Balliol, and his only am-
bition was to follow in the footsteps of
his uncle, Sir Henry Hawkins, as he
then was. It was not until 1890 that
he proved himself "a man of mark" in
quite another field of labor.
In 1884 Stariley Weeenan, the gifted
author of so many historical novels,
was waiting for briefs in Dr. Johnson's
Buildings, and did not even attempt
to solace his waiting hours by "trying
his hand" at fiction, of winch he is
now such a master.
KIPLING WAS A SUI3EDITOR.
Rudyard Kipling, in the early
eighties was assistant editor of the
andia.n Pioneer on. many less ropees a
month than he now earns pounds a
week. He was writing his "Depart-
neentae Ditties" in his few sPare mo-
ments, and hoped some day, as the
,height a his ambition, to induce the
world to 'ea.& them in buok form. Rider
Haggard had already wrette.0 one
book, "inelywayo and His White Neigh-
bors,' dud published it at a loss of
450, tend was an the verge of publish-
ing "Dawn" at a net profit of 410 for
a year's hard work.
Fifteen years ago Mme. Sarah
Grand was rambling the world over
with her soldier -doctor husband, and
only vaguely mapping out a novel
which the world now knows as
ty li the names of prominent. politicians "Ideala•"
in Englainsdevarene entreinperoantohuenoreedignThoef
the "r" ing dreams in the solitude of the veldt,
Olive Schreiner was dreamt -
Premier is Robert Ceoil Lord Stills- last gthrasclUaSitinyryasnseirtainngiftrsisparneselscren4in"
her brain.
Mrs. Zumplu-ey Ward was too busy
with domestie ‚cares to recognize the
genius that was waking in her, and
had been content to write only a sins-
ple child's story; and Mrs. F. A. Steel
was an Indian "ntemsaleb," with nev-
er a thought of pen or fame.
The stone story may be told of scores
of men now world-faraous in other
fields of effort.
The present Viceroy of India was
reading fax his B. A. degree at Oxford
in 1884, -and was already looking fel--
weed to an apprenticeship to politics,
which began in the following' year al
assistant private secretary to Lord
Salisbury, and Lord Kitchener was a
cavalry Major in 'Egypt, after aspen
of ob.scure, if useful, survey work in
Cruse.
Murphy—No, Yet. llonoe; 1 wouldn't
are pte,sently told, is to teaoh al
hov rctoinclea thot, but he said I looked
loike an English bulldog, things, neicl bting till Unties to re-
taillihratee."
26, The Comfort er, The Paraclete,
"The enavoeitte," whitth is the elder
Ghost. 10 my name. [lisle-xi4 at my
personal- presenteleaeh you all
things. The butean pirit eelightet-
eel. by -the Spirit of Gocl sees unmeasue-
ed truth end beauty in the Vely
tures, in the acLe at ierovielenee, end
in pewsonat rettemantott with God,
to whiela truth atid eeaueelfl meen-
CERTAIN INDICATIONS.
Hotel Manager' -'-1 see you have given
our finest suite of roome ,to a man
named Bile:has. Are you sure he can
pay the charge:a?
Clerk—Yes; he's rich etiough.
Mehager--IIow do you knevvt
Cierk—ITS is old and ugly, and his
wife 18 young and prate:.
bury; the leader of the House of Com-
mons, Mr. Arthur Balfour; Secretary
for Scotland, Lord Belfour of.Buxleigh;
for Ireland, Mr, Gerald Balfour; Home
Secretary, Sir M. Ridley; Colonial Sec-
retary, Mr. Chamber ; Admit:an y
First Lord, Mr. George Gosehen; the
late Under Secietary for Wee and pre-
sent Vicerey of Indite, Lord Curzon;
the present War Under Secretary, Mr.
Brodrick ;Lord President of the Coun-
oil, the Duke ot Devonshire, foemeely
Lord Hartington; Lord Privy Seale
Viscount Cross; Preside,n1; of the Board
of Trade, Mr. Ritchie.
No Primo Minister of this century
from Mr. Spencer Percival to Lord
Salisbury has lacked an "r."
HAD TO STAY,
An English nobleman whose eater-
tainmente are noticeably dull, is never-
tbeless hinieelf a men IA uateh dry
humor.
One evening he was leaning against
a. wall for a few minr
utes efreshment,
and surveying the throng of guests
gathered at his wile's bidding with a
speculative gene, when a voluble young
maa stepped. up to hien,
Pretty stow, isn't it? volunt eered the
lively stranger. 1 wonder if the par-
ties .Lord and Lady ---give are never
any livelier than 'this.
Never, returned the unrecognized
host. prottnptly,
Then I Shall make, my bow aid (eke I
myself all al, onoe, stela -elle young mat),
Lucky fellow, sant Lord ----with a I
whimsical smile; I'm obliged to stay. ,
Something in his tone enligbtened (bo
young man, who turned, crimsoo and
began to stantmer apologies. But his
host waived, 'al such attentpts, and
held out his hand to his unwise guest.1
‚Von can go with eleet oonscience,
said be, pleasantly, for you've given
ine the only amiteement I've had this
evenieg.
IISE OF SALT.
crewing nater Teat Me 311neral Is Sof
Very vreetesume.
For many ceeturies it has been the
common. belief that salt, end much al
it is necessary to the human eysteni.tv
Few people are aare that on an aver-
age the food we eat contains euffi-
cient of the mine/ell, fax all ordinary
parposes. Many physicians, on the
oontragy, are gow tending to the be-
lief that salt is moderately, it clot
highly, deleterious to the, system. It
is true that certain aeimals require
it in large quantities, bet this does
not head for the human for]' Salloes
who are donfirted abreact entivety to tea
use of salty food, sutler ills enspeale
able on long voyages. The use"of eati
pu,rely habit, end, tilthottgli them
who heve been addieted. tem use 01
it for years would_ undoubtettly sweet
it they were to break off sudtlenly,
there le no reason why they eennot rce
form giedttalle. Condiments in any
form are beeioning to be generally
decried by the ygi mines.
THE DARK SECRET.
11 s not dark enough yet, she
whispered as he peered eagerly up
end down the street. '
There e 50 one in sight, be replied,
atter a carefal. survey,
Bat some olie May tottle round that
corner et arty minute and. tecOgnize
us, and thert I should want to die,
Nell then, we'll wait, a bit.
,Whot dreadful deed dia those tWo
eenteenplate doirigt
Fte Was about to give bet bar lirst
leesons in riding a bicycle,
INtELt,EC i U'A HAWKS.
Hawke, have been seen to follow it
the wake, of a Moving -yellwily traie, te
swoop down on email birds that were
suddenly disturbed end frightened ny
the noise, a ad therefore for the mom-
ent were Ada their guard.
LONDON WAITERS.
The, howeet ory of the London wait-
ers is that they are being ousted by