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Nothing But Misfortune in., the Future if
You Watch. For It.
A despatch from Washington sayel eineunt of trouble, and So he ale -
Rev, Dr. Tal go peeached froM the portions it foe fill the days and
following text: Matthew vi, 1311, years of our life. Alas, for tbe pol-
"Sullicient unto .the day is the 01ell icy of gathering it nil up for ono
tberoof." day -or year f Creel thing to Put
The. We of every mem, woman and upon the back .of ono camel all Um
child is es 'CI(Jeely under the divine cargo intended for the entire care -
care as though such person woe° the veal. -1 ever look at my memorae-
oely man, woman or child, There dum book to see what eneagements
are no itecla
ideets, As there is a law mid duties aro far ahead, 'Let oveey
of stems in the natural world, so week beer 'its own burdens. The
there _is a law .of trouble, a law of shadows of to -day nre,thick enough.
disaster, a law of misfm•tune ; but Why implore the presence of other
the majority of teoubles of life are ,shadowe ? The cup is already dis-
henginary, and the most ef those tasteful. Why halloo to disasters
anticipated 'parer come, At any far distant to come and wring out
rate, there ie no "cause of comPlaint more gall in the bitterness 9 Aro we
against; Clod, Soo how Much he has such champions that, having woe
done to make you happy, bis sun- the' bolt in former encounters, we
shine filling the earth with glory, can go forth to challenge all the
making reinbew for the storm and future ?
halo for tho moentain, greenness for HERE ARE BUSINESS MEN
the ,mos, ((einem for the cloud, and met able to manage affairs as they
crystal fur the billow and procession now are. They cae pay their rent
of bannered ilamo through the open- and meet their notes and manage af-
ing gates of the morning, chaffinches_ fairs as they now arc, but how if a
to Meg, rivers to glitter, seas to panic should come and my invest -
eh an t and springs to blossom, and Incas should fail ? Go' to -morrow
overpowering ell othee sounds with and write on your daybook or on
ite song and overarching all other your ledger, on your money safe,
eplendor with its trItunple covering "Sufficient unto tlie day Is the evil
up ail other beauty with its gar- thereof." Do not worry about hetes
hinds . and outflashiog all thrones thate are far from due. 3)o not pile
with its dominion—dolivernime for 0 up on your counting desk the Bal-
last world through the Great Ile- andel anxieties of the .elaxt twenty
deorner. I discourse of the. sin of years. The Clod who has taken cane
BORROWING TROUBLE. of your worldly occupatiou, guard -
First, such a habit of mind and ing your 'Ater° from the torch of the
heart is wrong, hecamso it puts ono incendiary ene the key 'of the bur -
into a despondency that. ill fit e lar, will be 115 faithful in 1010 as
for duty. .1 planted two rosebushes in 1001. God's hand is mightier
in my gardea; the one thrived beau- than the machinations cif stock
the other perished. I found gamblers or the 'plots of political
the dead one on the shady Side of demagogues or the red right arm of
the house. Our dispositions, in revolution, and the darkness will
our plants need sunshine. lexpect- 11Y
and the storm -fall dead at
army of repulse is the cause of many •leet•
secular and rellgioue failures. Fear Se there are Persons in feeble
of bankruptcy bus uptorn many a health, and they are worried about
fine business and sent, the anan dodg- the future. They make out very well
Ing among the note shavers. FetU' now, but they are bothering them
of slander and ahem: has often in- selves about future pleurisies and
eater] all the long beaked rifeeees!rheum:dimes and neuralgias and lev-
et scorn and backbiting. Many of 'ere' Their eyesight is feeble, and
;they are worried lest they entirely
the misfoetunes of life, like lavenee,
flee if 'you courageously meet thex . pose it. Their hearing is indistinct
,and they are alarmed lest they be-
llow poorly prepared for religious
I come entirely deaf. They felt chilly
duty is a Mall W110 sits down under
1to-day and are expecting an attack
the gloom of expected misfortune !
If he prays, he says, "I do not think of typhoid. They have been ;troubled
;for weeks with seine perplexing mal-
t shall be answered,"
If hed and dread becominglifelong in -
lie says, "1 expect they will steal Hetleriee _
the money." Helen Chalmers told "'• ,.„_ec care 0 I our 'health
lam that her father, Thomas Chal-
:now and trust God f(:).; the future.
.
niers, in Um darkest hour of the his-
33e not guilty of tho blasphemy of
th
tory of e Pre° Chasking him to take care of you while
Church of Scotland .
o s
and when the trees of the land scoria- sleep with ,your windows tight
down .or eat chicken salad at 11
ed to weigh upon his heart said to
o'clock at night or sit down on a
his ciildren, "Come, let us go out cake of ice to cool off. Ile prudent,
rind flay ball or fly hite," and the
ana then be confident.
-only difficulty in the play wns that Again, the habit of borrowing iris -
the children could not keep up. with
fortune is wrong because it unfits
their father. The lectiheynee and the:
.us for it when It actually does come.
Summerfields of the Church who did ,
cannot always have
the most good toiled in the sun- 1
light. Away with the horrors 1 I SMOOTH SAILING.
They distill poison ; they dig graves Life's path will sometimes tunable
end if they could climb so high they among declivities and mount a steep
would drown the rejoicings of ha- and be thorn pierced. Judas will
von with kiss our check and then sell us for
SOBS AND WAILING. 80 pieces oi silver. Human scorn
will try to crucify us between two
Agate, the habit of borrowing 'thieves. We will hear the iron gate
trouble is wrong because it has a or the sepulcher creak and grind as
tendency to make us overlook pre- it shuts in our kindred. But we can-
seet blessing. To slake man's thirst not got ready for these things by
the rock is cleft, and cool waters forebodings. They Nebo fight imagin-
lenp into Ills brimming cup. To feed ary woes will come out of breath
his hunger the fields bow down with into conflict with the armed disas-
bending wheat, and the cattle come ;tors of the future. Their animunie
down from the (Amer pastures to aloe will hare been wasted long be -
giro him milk, and tho orchards yel- fore they come under the guns of
low and ripen, casting their JuieY real misfortene. Boys in attempting
fruits into his lap. Alas, thea to jump a wall sometimes go so far
meld such exubernece of blessing hack in order to get impetus that
man should growl es though he were 'when they come 1111 they are exhaust -
a soldier on hall rations or a sailor ad, and these long races inorder to
on short allowance ; that a man get spring enough to vault trouble
should stand neck deep i11 haevests brings us up at last to the dreadful
looking forward to famine; that one reality with our streugth gem°.
should feel the strong pulses of Finally, the habit of borrowing
health marching with regular tread trouble is wrong. because it is unbe-
Uncivil all the avenues of life and lief. God has promised to take care
yet tremble at the expected assault of us: The Bible blooms with as -
of sickeess, that a. man should sit suranees. Your hunger will be fed
ip his plensaut home, fearful that your sickness will be alleviated; your
ruthless want will some day rattle sorrows will bo healed. God will
the brokou window sash with tem- sandal your feet and smooth your
pest and sweep the coals from the path, end along by frowning; crng
hearth and pour hunger into tho and oponing grave sound the voices
bread tray; that a man fed by Him of vletory and good cheer. The sten-
who owns all the harvests should mer clouds that seem thunder charg-
expect to starve; that one whom God ed really carry in their bosom h01' -
loves and surroends with honedic- vests of wheat and shocks of corn
tion and attends with angelic es= and vineyards purpling for the wine-
cort and hovers over with more press. The wrathful wave will kiss
than motherly fondness should bo the feet of the great Storm Walker,
looking for a heritage of tears! Has our groat Joshua will command, and
God been hard with thee that thou above your soul the sun of prosper-
shouldst be foreboding ? Has He ity will stand still. Bleak and wave
struck Patinas shall have apocalyp-
tic vision, and you shall hear the
'cry of cilds and the sweep of wings
and trtunpets of salvation and the
voice of halieltda.h
UNTO GOD FOREVER.
Your way may .wind along danger-
ous brke paths and amid wolf's
bowl Daid the pare= of tho velture.
but the ivay still winds upward till
angels guardalit, aed trees of life
0501115011 it, and thrones line it, and
Crystalline fountaiMi !cap on it, and
the pathway ends at gates that aro
pearl and streets that are gold and
Cm-1*MB that, are always •open and
bills that; quake with perpetual song
and a city mingling -forever Sabbath
and jubilee and triumph and. corona-
tion.
Courage, my brother 1 The father
dces not give to his son at school
enough money to last hiin severed
mars, but, as tho kis for tuition
and board and clothieg and books
tome „in, pays them. So Clod will
not give you grace all at once for
the future, but will meet all your
exigenizies as they coma Through
earnest prayer trust Dim. People as -
for the grass that cushi9ns the earth crib() the euedess of a certain lino
' and the deeds that curtain the sky of steamers to business skill and
and the foliage that w(tves in the
forest. Tharik Him for 5 Bible to
read and a Sitvitnit (0 (Witter.
Again, the habit of borrowing
trouble ie wrong became the present
Is Stilliciently taxed with tele]. God
stinted thy board ? Has He covered
thee with rags ? Has He stread
traps for thy feet, and galled thy
cup and reseed thy soul, and wreck-
ed thee with storm, and thundered
'upon thee with a life full of calant
Ity ?
If your father or brother come
into your littnk where gold and silver
rtro lying abotit, you do not watch
!theist, foe you know they are honest,
!but if an entire stranger come by
. tee safe yeh keep your eye on him,
tor you do not knbtv his designs.
So some men treat God ;
, NOT AS AFATHER,
IAA a stranger, antl abt sospiciously
toward hire, It, is 'high the you
hegan to thank Gad Vol. present
blessing. Thank 1Iii for your child -
rem hupper, buoyant and bounding.
Praise Min for your home, with its
fountain of song and laughter. Ad-
ore Him for morning light and even-
ing shadow. Praise Him for fresh,
cool water, bubbling from the rock,
leaping late the cascade, soitielig in
the mist, falling in the shower, dash-
ing against the rock aad clapping
its hands in the tempest. Love Him
know not the fact that when that
lino of stemners started the wife of
the proprietor passed tho whole of
each day when a stetoner started in
1)1113701 to God for 1 1.8 safety and the
X.arge hrtereet Money to PaY will
soon eat up et farni, 11. etore, an (tee
tate, and the Interest on borrowed
teoublee Will eavamp onybody. "SO
0e/ea Mato the day Is the evil'
thereof."
TRXATING SOLDINRS.
Fortunes Spent in Tobacco and
:LiejAer by His Admirers.
A Eon of a, Yorkshire farmer al-
ways had 'a "hankering" after the
arnlY, but his parents were obdur-
ate, arid his military ardour filially
found vont in a modified fofin of sol-
diering in the Yeoinallry, which
those clays was rogercled as a klnd
of War Office jolje.
The father of the young fellowit
question died, and left the farming
besiness, which was a good one in
this �11S0, to his Son. The lattoi
felled to give the application to the
work which it required. He was con-
stantly driving in to the neareet
garrison town, where a regiment of
Dragoons were stationed, aad he
spent most of his evenings either at
the sergeant's 111085, or with i11111 -
thaw conmanions in the town.
Ho would not allow the soldiers to
pay Rn. anything if he could prelent
it, and lie spent money at a much
faster rate than he could make it.
Ile had inilitary friends at the farm
for week -ends and treeted them
handsomely in the matter of drinks
and cigars.
There could only to ono enci to
this sort of thing and it came. Ile
had to dispose of his farming in-
terests to Meet claims, and got out
of it with but a few pounds in his
pocket. With the aid of friends he
went out to America and begaa life
again on a cattle mech.
Harold Freemen, a young 'fellow of
thirty, came unexpectedly into a
sum of 52,500. He was a machinist
at a saw -mill with a wage of 57 a
week. He throw up his job and set
out to enjoy himself: He went to
L011f1011, and after a fortnight there,
went ori to Aldershot to see a friend
who was -a corporal in a line regi-
ment.
HE. LIKED TITE SOLDIERS,
and he spent all his time and his
money between Aldershot and Lon-
don with his soldier friends.' At the
cud of three months he had not a
Penny in the world, and was seeking
a job at his old employment. As he
was a good hand at his work, he
sueceeded in getting a job at Hull,
out Ile could not shako off his pro-
pensity for treating soldiers when-
ever he crane across them when his
funds allowed.
The dockyard towns of Plymoutlt,
Portsmouth, and Chatham are not
without their instances of the kind.
Apart from the„men who come off a
foreign station and on being paid
off, "brew the lot," there are dev-
Mane who beggar themselves in an
excess of admiration for the handy -
Man. A few years ago two men
frone Wolverhempton, who came
down to Southsca with an excursion
and had unwisely brought all they
had with them, spent (tbout £80 in
two days "signifying tho mune in
the usual Inanner," with blue -jackets
00(1 marines.
When they had paid for a wire to
a friend for the ainount necessary to
take them home, they were penniless.
Fortunately they were single men,
and had merely to return to the
process of "saving up."
IL B. Syors, who had 1C1.600 left
him a few years ego, went through
every penny at Chatham, teeating
sailors 011(1 marines. It was not all
"blewed" in treating to drink and
music hells, for he bought, all sorts
ref things allowable and forbidden to
111010 111 hospital, including scores of
pounds of tobacco for convalescents,
while ho sent, motey to needy rola.-
tires of his naval hiends. When last
hoard of he was a patron of a "doss-
house" in London, but Chatham
knew him no more.
311 must not be inferred for one
moment that soldiers and blue-
jackets arc generally guilty of
"sponging" on generous civilians,
for there is nobody more opo -hand-
ed and generous than eur soldiers
and sailors 1511011 they have the
wherewithal, but occasioilally indi-
viduals of the- above Character crop
up, and they insist. upon dams the
thing well to the total depletion of
their own funds.
TOO PARTICULAR.
A business man who had eaten a
meal at a restaurant where he fre-
quently took ids midday luncheon
walked up to the cashier and said:
I find I haven't a cent of change
about me to-duy. If you will kindly
let me owe for this until I come in
again, which will certainly be in a
day or two, X will square up then.
The cashier was not a good judge
Uf human nature, or was under the
1111111e1101) of a momentary irritation,
for she replied :
We don't run any accounts at this
shop. If you haven't anything to
pay with, you can leave something
with us as security.
I didn't say I hadn't Italy money,
the customer rejoined. X said I had
no change, Please take tho amount
of my check out of this.
And he took a flIty„-clollar bill out
of his pocket -book mid handed it to
the astonished cashfor.
It wilt be bettet to pay it now,
perhaps, he added, 1,1100 to leave
somethieg as .Sacurity, for you will
not be likely ,fM see Me here again.
Thon pielsing up his change, which
comprised ,about all the money the
cashier could find in the establish-
ment, lie bowed and walked out.
o
THE ROYAL KITCHEN AT ST,
PETIORSBURG.
The Walla and ceilings nee of black
mettle, covered with valuable orna-
ments. T110 kitchen utensils aro of
solid gold, end date back to the
thno of the Empress Catherine.
Their value is $50,0e0, and there are
ainong them several saucepans worth
5250, while a fish -kettle is Worth .
55,000. The kitehen staff consists
of 267 persons, aed the head cook
.eceives a salary of 550,000 a. year.
Six other cools (men eaelt from 55,-
00 to 57,500.
Seceess of the line. rut. eVeeything.
lees that we all toted eartain in Clod's hands and leave it there.
THE S. S. LESSON.
ATTEIMATIONAL LESSON
Sept, P9.
Text of the Leseon,—Ceraprehen-
sive quarterly 134mi:ow—Go3d-
en Text, Ps. ciii.,17.
Lesson I --God, the Creator of 0,11
things (Gen. i, 1; 11, 13). aoltleo
Text, Gen, 1, :1, "in the beginning
God dated the haven ned the
earth* 'To my 1111141 0110 Of /110
greatest and mest precious truths in
the first, two chapters in the pible is
that of God working uniiiiidererl; God
Ike th.eatbr of ail thing's in heaven
and on eavtli, to ivhom nothing Is
too wonderful (jar: xxXii, 17). When
Ho who connnanded the light to
thine out of daeknoss shiees la our
hearts to glvo the light of the loniar-
ledge of tile glory of God in the face
of Jesus Christ (1I Cor. iv, 6), we
are from that time on earth for and
la partnership with Hun that 00(1 111
ell things may be glorified through
Jesus Christ Pet. iv, 11).
Lesson IL—Beginning of sin end re-
demption,' (Gen. ill, 1-15.. Golden
Text,' Rohn. v, 20; "Where sin
abounded grace did much more
abound." Here is the a:Arnim° of the
great enemy, the devil, tbe adversary
of God and man, who continues es
stteh all through the Bible story to
Rev, xx, where he goes to Ms own
place forever. in verse 15 we have
the promise of 0 Deliverer who,
though He shall suffer at the hands
..of the adversary, shall finally con-
quer him. In verse 21 we havo the
inost simple illustration of the way
of redemption, and in verso 24 the
glony of the redeemed in paradiee re-
stored is taught by the cherubim.
Lesson Ill.—Noah saved in the tuec
(Gem rill, 1-22). Golden Text, Gen.
vi, 8, "Noah feund grace in the eyee
of the Lord." Chapter iv tells of
the division ',among those who wor-
shipped Gocl as set forth in Cain and
Abel, the one refusing Cod's way and
the other accepting it. As years'
passed on the increase was on the
side of those against God 1,111 all
flesh became so corrupt that God de-
stroyed all with a deluge, sparing
only Noah and his family, through
whom to people the new earth. The
great practical question is, Ani X in
the ark, the true ark, Christ Jesus,
in whom alone is redemption?
Lesson IV.—God calls Abram (Gen.
xii, 1-0). Golden Text, Gen, xii, 2,
"I will bless thee and make thy
name great, and thou shalt Ice a bles-
sing." Hatred of God is again spe-
cinlly manifest at the tower of Babel,
where God stopped them in their re-
bellion by the confusion of tongues.
Notwithstanding this, men fall away
iuto idolatry, and from the mass of
idolators God calls Abram to be ,a.
man wholly for Himself and the fa-
ther of a people whom ate can sepai:-
ale from all other people and bless
them that through them Ilo may
bless others (Ex. xix, 5, 0; xxxiii,
16),
Lesson V,—Abram and Lot (Gen.
xiii, 1-18), Golden Text. Math. vii,
12, "Whats.oever ye would that men
should do to you do ye even so to
them." It 'meanie necessary because
of the wealth of these two men in
(looks and herds that they should se-
parate, Their men who kept the
flocks were striving -among themsel-
ves in the presence of the heathen,
and this was a dishonor to God; so
Abram, to whom God had given all
this land, magnanimously gives Lot
his choice.
Lesson VI.—God's promise to Ab-
ram (Gen. xv, 1-18). Golden Text,
Gen. xv, 1, "I am thy shield and thy
exceeding great reward." This is
the chapter in which so many words
are used for the first time, such as
"fear not," believe," righteousness,"
etc., and here is the first promise of
the seed as the stars of heaven.
Abram is becoming increasingly scp-
seated unto God, and God is becom-
ing increasingly real to hint The
adversary is ever suggesting .loubts
and fears 0 11(1 seeking to turn his
eyes to the circumstances, but "I 0111
thy shield" should dispel all fear.
Lesson VIL—Abrabain's inteeces-
sion (Gen, xviii, 16-88). Golden
Text, Jas. v, 16, "The effectual, fer-
vent prayer of al righteous inan avail-
eth mech.." He who had dined with
Abraham and n.ow talked with him
was none other than Ile W110111 WO
kllOW as our great High Priest who
ever liveth to make intercession for
us, and tile ministry of intercession,
as set forthein Rev. Andrew Murray's
book with that, title, is one of our
greatest privileges.
Lesson V11.1.—Abraharn and Isaac
(Gen. xxii, 1-14). Golden. Text, Mb.
xi, 17, "By faith Abraham, when he
was tried, offered up Isaac." This
is the most remarkable type of the
sacrifice of Christ In the Scriptures.
Abraham and his 'only son aro so
stemestive of Clod ana His only be-
gotten Son. Isaac submissively bear-
ing the wood on which he was to be
offered, and the father, with the fire
end tho knife, making the picture
complete ill ON'OrY [WWI. 'r110 ram
sintering in Isaac's stead, taking his
Place on the alter, reminds Us of
Cheiet as our substitute, dying In
our Dlace,
Lesson XX.—Tsneus the peacemaker
(Oen. xxvi, 12-25). ' Golden Text,
Math, v, 9, "Blessed are the peace-
makers for they shell be called the
children of God." Abraham would
not strive for that which WWI right-
fully hie, but relive yielded to Lot
that God might be glorified. Isaac
In like manner yielded to the
tines property that was rightfully
his, and God was glorified in lihn,
01111 the Philistines said, "We saw
ceetainly teat the Lord was with
thee" (xxvi, 28). 33y meekness and
submission and yieldedness God is
glorified; nut by aseerting ourselves
and oar rights.
Lesson X. --Jacob at Bethel (Oen.
-X707111, 10-22). Golden Text, G en.
xxviii, 16, "Surely the toed
this place." Groat was the grace of
God to thin penitent MA untVorthy
nan, opening heaven to him and giv-
lig hini the most, previoue asserences
forgiveness and constant care and
ttlro,blesIng. All the promises of
God shall surely be kept, and per -
armed (11 (1oy, 1, 20; der. sat 20),
Qv lle .15 faithful. 1Ie cannot deny
,
LOSSOn XL— Jacob 10 prince with
(led (Gem xxxii, 14313). Uoiden 'Inxt
Lithe xvill, 3, "Men ought always to
prey foul not to faint." Our hem-
retily Pother is ever longing to do
great things for Hie people that His
power May be mien, that Ile May be
glorified, but we are not to be so
full of ourselves thet WO .1110‘101' 31111)
by our plaindeg and striviug aua (10 -
Lesson XII. --Temperance lesson
(I'rov. xxiii, 20-85). Golden Text,
nioy. xx, 1, "Wine is a mocker,
strong drink is raging, and whoso.
ever is deceived thereby is uot wise."
There is no salvation from the sin of
strong drink or any. other Sin except.
in 111111 who Ivas Made sin. for us,
who bore our 80110155 and carried
our griefs, who for us wan a man of
801TOWEi and acquainted with grief,
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R.ACE WITH A TIGER,
A Frenchman's Adventure in the
IVIalay Peninsula.
A race for life on a bicycle from a
man-oeting tiger e01111118 101010 like a
passage from a novel of adventure
than it does like an actual event.
Yet 'Monsieur If. Rosily, the noted
French author, traveller and sports-
man, claims to have taken part in
just :melee. race In the Malay ronin-
sula. Me says :
A bicycle gleaming under a shed
caught my eye that first morning at
IsTieuw,enhuys plantation. I could
not resist the temptation—I had not
ridden since leaving Franco. So I
sped along among the rico and coffee
fields for about six miles, until X
found rayself ha the heart'of a forest.
While I was enjoying the beauty of
the place there WAS a crunching of
branches, and X became conscious
that something massive and light-
footed wns approaching, Thirty
yards front where I eat O. tiger had
issued from the jungle.
I dared not 111050 a finger. To
reach my bicycle I must get to tho
road. This was impossible without
attracting the atteution of the brute,
and in two leaps he would be upon
me.
With extreme nonchalance the tiger
at length turned toward the depths
of the forest, 37 could bear it 110
longer. 1 tore from my hiding place,
clambered over intervenhig obstacles,
caught the bicycle. and ran along-
side, any hands on the handlebar.
In a flash, as37was mounting, I
caught sight of the great body
crouching for tho leap, I heard the
tiger at the first bound land not far
behind Inc. In the minute space be-
tween the first and second bound I
got myself well stinted and balanced
for the struggle.
His foerth bound brought the
tiger very, near. Tho next time '
felt the Wind of his fall. A. second
later his shoulder or paw touched
the tire and made me swerve.
What I no longer feared or even
thought of now happened—I lost
one pedal, then both. I regained
them with some trouble, but on ac-
count of the delay a claw once more
grazed iny rear tire.
Al, this instant tve came to a very
narrow bridge—two boards side by
side over an irrigation canal. The
wheels went over it true as an arrow
The passage must have slightly re-
tarded the awful thing behind me,
for although X dared not look be-
hind I felt him to be farther off.
We were now betWeon two fields of
bananas. A small treo had been cut
and thrown on the road so that it
completely barred the way. There
was nothing to do but try to go
ever it at top speed. I sailed- right
In furiously, and although nearly
thrown over, I succeeded in recover-
ing ray balance—went on, reaching a
smart elective, and rolled down like
a cannon -ball. At a turning of the
road the plantation buildings came
in view.
3 cannot, say when the tiger aban-
doned the race. But when I shot
ainid the group of my Mende, fell
and scrambled to my feet completely
out of breath and my eyes bulging
out, my first instinct was to look
around in the expectation of finding
the brute at any heels, ready to slay
us all.
For Week afterwards I ran that
race again in day-drenans and awful
nightmares ; and every time I passed
in front of my mirror I saw myself
as haggard as a lunatic. .
THE LARGEST PRISON,
In France, at the new prison,
which is about eight miles from
Paris, the authorities show their be-
lief ha fresh air and sunshine, and
the prison is 0. model sanatorium.
The prison is the largest in the
world and takes the place of three
old ones. It is built in a very
simple style, but covers, with its
floral gardens and residences of
officials, more than half to square
mile. There are as molly as 1,524
cells, but as there is De:commode-,
tion on the association system for I
about 400 more prisoners, the total
it will contain is 'considerably over
2,000.
LARGE IMOCICS SHEEP.
Austrnlio is tho wool centre of the
world, for it possesses more than
100,000,000 sheep, raid it cuts
enough wool from their backs to
being In 5100.000,000 a year. It
has some of the largest flocks of
81Mcp ON'Or gathel 00 together, and
Job's cattle upon a thousand hills
cannot compare with them. In proof
of this lee may mention that there
aro a hundred men in Now South
Wales alone who each own 50,000
head there are hundreds more who
hase 20,000 heacl ; four hundred who
efteh have 10,000, and many who
Own flocks of 1e000 rind upwards.
There aro twenty-one men who eath
own :100,000 sheep.
Muggins le not 'handsome, and he
knows it. When hie first baby was
born he asked: Dors it look like 11109
Of 0011550 they replied in the maim-
etive, Moll, said lie, with a sigh,
break it, to my wife gently,
ODDITIES Ill ORATORY.
NEMORABLE SPEECH -ZS 117
THE Baxnsa. 00253110170,
A Speiater ICillecl By Long -Wind-
ed Oratory.—Mr, First
Experience,
"The House is empty teed so are
Our stomeelis'I pray you, therefore,
enjoern tho debute for ono hour,"
was the appeal wrung from 1.1 101)5-
110111:411g member of the Nouse of
Conn -none more than two centuries
and a half ago by a wearisome 5120-
0 1511 o11 7)n1(
11,01015r 111111P50837amt
proeyete171ries
31,t8.to
conscience if ever men leas, refused
to adjourn the debate, with the re-
sult that a little later he fainted
front exhaustion In his cludr, and
'was removed ueemnscious to his resi-
dence, where he shortly expired,
victim of long-winded oratory.
It is some kind of consolation to
the moddee legislutor who yawns
through a speech an hour long on
Some "subject of parochial interest"
that he did not serve his country in
days when a single epeech sometimes
made a serious hole in a, week of a
session ; although it is true that
some of these speeches one would
give much to bare the privilege of
eittieg through even, 11011%
When in 1787 Sheridaft spoke for
three hours on Burke's proposal that
Hastings should be impeached, his
last sentence was more eagerly lis-
tened to than the first ; and he sat
down amid a scene of each enthus-
iasm that it wns unanimously agreed
to adjourn until the House resumed
a "calmer and more judicinl mood."
Sheridan's last speech in this his-
toric debate occupied no less than
four days ; and his oratory was so
captivating that not a. siugle rnem-
ber, ie. a House crewded to sellout -
Lion, who heard the first words of
the speech missed a word of the
"finest oratorical effort of the cen-
tury."
Another abnormally long speech,
which was by eonimon consent far
too brief, was Lord Palmerston's
ni..0QUENT VINDICATION
of his claims on the Greek Govern-
ment for Don Pacifico. This historic
speech, with its famous declaration,
°iris Romansum, lasted exactly
five hours, and as even Mr. Rdebuck,
Lord Palmerston's adversary at the
time, said, "It would be impossible
far five hours to pass more quickly
or delightfully."
When Sir Robert Peel, in his mem-
orable speech on 27111 January, 1846
brought the repeal of the Corn Laws
before the House of Commons, he
spoke for nearly four hours to a
House which lals eloquence and
powerful argument enchained to the
last moment.
Mr. Gladstone many times eclipsed
this record ; and it will be remem-
bered that Mr. Biggar on one oc-
casion claimed the ear of the House
for over five hours.
A story is told of a member in the
early days of last century who, after
speaking for three hours, suddenly
collapsed in his seat to the undis-
muishod relief of the few members
avho had survived his oratory so
long. To their horror, however, he
almost immediately stood up again,
and, after apologizing to the Speak, -
01' for his interruption to his speech
caused by a pain in his side, he
said "And now, sir, I will proceed
with iny opening remarks."
But while some orators have claim-
ed the attention of the House: for
hours or even days, there have been
others of at least equal natural elo-
quence who have been content with
seconds.
When a certain young member, who
is now a man of weight and elo-
(1001100, stood up some years ago to
make his maiden speech, ho gazed
helplessly nround him for a moment,
made an effort to articulate, and
then ignominiously resumed his
seat
wrnrour UTTERM A WORD.
The honorable member who suc-
ceeded him, with very questionable
taste, congratulated him on "having
made the most powerful speech" on
his side of the question in debate.
"since silence was the most eloquent
expression of the views of his
party."
This taunt so stung the "maiden"
member that when next he "caught
tho Speaker's eye" he made a speech
of such eloquence and stinging sar-
casm that 410 eat down amid a tor-
rent of applause,
When Lord Guildford made his
maiden speech in the House of Com-
mons his experience was so painful
that he decided never to repeat st.
"I managed to speak two or three
sentences, " he afterwards confessed.
"when a mist began to rise before
my eyes. I then lost my recollec-
tion, and could, see nothing but the
Speaker's wig, which swelled and
swelled and swelled until it covered
the whole House, 1 then sank back
on my seat, and never attempted to
speak nein.
011 one historic oseasion oven the
Earl of Chatham experienced the
miseries of an oratorical collapse.
He (maned his speech with the words
"Sesser, Mr- Speaker," which not
unnaturally tho lloese greeted with
O roar of .surprieed laughter: The
statesman glared around fiercely and
indignantly, and repented in tt loud-
er tone, "Sugar, Mr. Speaker."
A.gain the House was convulsed ;
and when a third time the hon,
member shrieked, defiantly, "Sugar,
Mr. Sneaker," ,the [louse was seized
by such 0 prolonged paroxysm of
laughter that Mr. Pitt resumed his
seat with disgust.
liEEDL,E-T1 1 READING MACHINE
A machine which threads ono 1:11011-
1011(1 needles a minute is at work in
St. Gall, Switzerland. The purpose
of the machiee is to thread eeedles
that aro placed afterwards in an
embroidery loom for Swiss
or Hamburg lace. The cleviee is al-
most entirely automatic. It takes
the needle front a hopper, carries it 1
along, end threads, ties the knot, 1
cuis the thread off a uniform leegth,
then Ce1-e108 1 110 needln ncross 011 1
open space and stithe it in a reek.
The work of threading these needles
8011 formerly done by hand.
TOIT1II'8 LITTLE EINES.
33/174.W T1117 BRITXS17 soxaan •
IVIJST ROT 1710.
Must N'ot 'Whistle 'Dead 2541eb111
Go In Shirt Sleeves, or Wxite
.Lettors to 3?apers.
At any moment Tommy nuty (ma
himself 41, prisoner for doing an 111-
iweent act, tvhich an ordinary citi-
zen can do, not merely meth legality
but also with the knowledge that
tale whole force of 111e British 31110.
pire is theoretically at Ms back In
order to ennble Min to, let us say',
weal, his hair 111 whatever fashion
Pleases 10111, or whietle any tunee bit
may think fit, always aesuaning ,thot
h3 does not, cause annoyance to the
public in so doing.
It is 011 account of this that such
a large proportion of yoUng.soldiere
aro punished In the first few months
of their service, usually for offences
Which the overwhelming majority of
them cfici eot believe to be in ex-
istence.
Most people imagine that an Ii3ng-
11shman's house is hls calitle and
that he can do what he likes in it,
and come in and out whenever las
pleases. Should he be a soldier,
however, he would find that the con-
trary Wile the case, and that he
was under strict military discipline
either in his own lionse Or ill his
lodgings. Hence, extraordinary as
It may seem, a soldier living in
lodgings may commit a, crime by go-
ing out to buy a paper and paay be
punished for so doing I This le an
orrenee that frequently occurs
nanongst married men who, owing to
absence of accommodation in bar-
racks, have received permission to.
take lodgings in the town they axe
quartered in, where they live with
tbeir 07.1170S ,and families.
THE SHADOW OF mum
is always over those men, who ac-
cording to the Army Regulations,
must not do quite a number of
things an ordinary citizen does hour-
ly. Por instance, they must not go
out after tattoo has sounded in the
evening unless they have previously
received leave ; hence it will be seen
that a soldier who leaves his own
house is liable to arrest and punish-
ment. Even if he has received per-
mission to go out, Tommy must be
very careful and not run down the
street for some tobacco in his shirt
sleeves or stand at the door in bot
weather without his tunic, or he will
fin(1 that he has committed. 6. crime 1
The regulations say that he must
always "appear in public exact in
his dress," and exactness in dress in
a soldier is defined by an infinite
number of orders to break any one
of .which may constitute a "crime."
Our boots are frequently a plague to '
as. Sometimes they wear down at
heel with lightning -like rapidity or
they press unduly upon ft favorite
corn. We grunable and send them to
the shoemaker or go on wearing
them in the hope that they will get
"used to our feet." Just as if
wearing badly fitting boots is not
enough punishment, the army au-
thorities regard it as a broach of
discipline, and woe betide the Tommy
who is discovered wearing' down-at-
heel or tight boots. Should the
leather be hard he win oleo hear of
it, for it is his duty to "keep the
uppers soft with dubbin or vaseline."
A Tommy who shaves off his
moustache is guilty of a grave of-
fence, and soldiers with musical pro-
pensities must bo careful
tvfrAT TUNES THEY WHISTLE.
Should the mournful straius of the
"Dead March" please them, and af
they should try to while away the
time by whistling that solemn har-
mony, they will find themselves con-
fined to barracks for SON011 days
In Ireland to whistle the "Wearin'
o' the Green" is a, ntilitary offence,
and her late gracious ItInjesty en -
(Jeered herself to the hearts of her
Irish soldiers by ordering that the
wearing of the shamrock on It.
Patrick's Day be 110 longer a crime.
Prior to this, several Irish soldiers
were every year punished for avearing
the emblem of their native land in
defiance of the Army Regulations.
Men who are ardent politicians will
fincl the army somewhat irksome, as
they must not attend political meet-
ings, nor speak in public, nor censure
OS criticise the authorities. A sole
dice must not write to the press
criticising or commenting on the au-
thorities, and if he Writes 41, private
letter to his friends and they pub-
lish it he will be held responsible,
and mihished for a military "crime"
in all probability.
Absurd as some of the.se "(Mines"
natty appear to the nonemilitenar
reader, most of them are really se-
rious matters when the welfare of a
regiment is considered. A. soldier,
for instance, with bad boots would
be unable to march properly, and we
know that battles are frequently
won by mnrches.
Reverence for the departed. 14 also
inculcated by the regulations con-
cerning whistling the "Dea.(I March."
Although some "crimes" are mani-
festly absurdities, still it would be
ditilmilt for the officers to preserve
discipline were 10 not for regulations ,
of the above nature.
THE LOST FLAG!.
As H.M.S. Ringslove was cruising
past one of the Solomon group of
Islands 111 the Pacifie, the lookout
reported that the British ling was
not flying. Ari armed body of mar-
ines was promptly sent ashore to
hmeire the reason. The chief did not
according to a :British Columbia.
paper, waste words in replying. Ile
summoned his favorite wife, ctrul
when 4to appeared, pointed to her.
She was clothed from head to foot
in the missing Union Jack, the flag
having been cut and fashioned into 11
loose -fitting blouse and skirt. This,
of cows°, does not settle the ques-
tion whether trade follows the ling
or the flag follows trade in the enn-
tori-covered advance of empire, but
t, does sleeve conclusively that the
mites of the Pncific isleiels, when ,
hey acquire. ci I i ;teflon, will nut
100(1 to take lessons of their Anglo-
Saxon siete)'e in the art of • .0alcing-
ever."