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11NTI9RNA.TIONA.L LESSON O. XI.
SECTEMBEJ 23, /903.
David Becomes Ling. -2 Sam. 2:1-10.
Commentary.—I, David anointed
king at Hebron (vs. 1-7i. 1, After thus
—Alter the loath of ea,u1 and his
eons. Inquired of the Lord—By means
Of Ablastin!.✓, the priest tievho was with
David during his fugitive lite, "At
tb,at de,clsive turning point in his life,,
David wisber1 to kuow, the will of the
; Lord. He saw that the promise of the
kingdom w,ais now to be fulfilled to
him. As he couid no longer remain
In the land of th,e Philistines, but
:must return to Lis own country, and
e e the northern part of the land was
heel by the Philistines, the return to
the territory of Ms owe tribe was
most natural; for there, where be
ha,d a long time found refuge (I. Sam.
xxii. u), nor ereg11t daunt on a large
following, and firm support and pro-
teption against the remains of Soul`s
army under Abner."—Lange. Cities of
• Judaae—It would be, useless to think
of udnertaicing to assume control of
the country in the northern part of
the kingdom, as that was in the
hands of the Philistines, and David
was in no position to drive theta out.
Go up—"Going up" meant a.ssuming
royal authority. God's answer was
immediate and clear. Davi1'4 decision,
guided by God, wails to establish him-
1ee'if as king at once. Unto Hebron—
One of the most ancient cities of the
world.
2. So David went up—It may bo
well to nota some of the leading
eilemeni„s winch we discern in David's
life and 'charm: Ler al.. lie entere til.m1
his new life. "He had, 1. A. vivid sense
of God's presence. 2. Personal proe-
sssss. '3. Promptitude in all his move-
. Monts. 4. A patience that was sub-
lime. ;i. An affelctionate heart. 6, A
enol head and a steady nerve. 7. Wide
eeperience. 8. A heart loyal to God.
'!!hither—We are to tliiuk of this
journey_ as a. marola of an army, or,
✓lathe!•, the migration of a large com-
pany of guerillas. There were few
household effects and few women
and children in the company ; it was
made up of bronzed youths inured to
iia.rdship, among whom rank and
fame were secured by daring deeds
rather than by anything comparable
to modern military skill.
0, 4. His men—The six hundred men
of lits cbosen band. With his house-
hold. There was to be no more roam-
ing in exile, but each one was to set-
tle down to the duties of a peace-
fuland quiet life. Cities of Hebron—
The small towns which surrounded
Hebron. Men of Judah—The elders of
Judah, the official representatives of
tbe tribe. Anointed. ''He had been
privately anointed by Samuel, by
which he had acquired a right
to the kingdom ; by, the present an-
ointing he had authority over the
kingdom. The other parts of the
kingdom, were, as yet, attached to
the family, of Saul.' '
6. David sent messengers —This
was 'David's first act as king, and it
was worthy of him. He had been in-
formed of the manner in which the
Philistines bad carried away the
bodies of Saul and his sons after the
battle. He had also been told that
the inhabitants of Jabesli-gilead bad
sent forth a party by night and had
taken the bodies from the wall and
carried them safely to their own
town gird buried them. Blessed be ye
—"David respected Saul as his once
legitimate so ereign : he loved eon-
athan as his most intimate friend.
aaul had greatly injured David, but
that did not cancel his respect for
A prominent club woman, if
Mrs. Danforth, of St. Joseph,
Mich., tells how she was cured
of falling of the womb and its
accompanying pains.
"Life looks dark "indeed when a
woman feels that her strength is sap-
ping away and she has ao hopes of
ever being restored. Such was my
feeling a few nenths ago when I
was advised that my poor health was
caused by prolapse:, or falling of the
womb. The words sounded like a
knell to me, I felt that my sun had set ;
but Lydia E. Pinkhaln's Vege-
table Compound came to me as an
elixir of life; it restored the lost
forces and built me up until ray good
health returned to me. Por four
months I took the medicine daily and
each dose added health and strength.
I am so thankful for the help I
obtained through its use."—Mics.
Fr e:re ns W11'Foxi'11, 1007 Miles Ave.,
St. Joseph, Mich.—s5000 forfeit If original of
about) latter proving genuineness cannot be produced,
The record of Lydia, E. Pink-
bane's Vegetable Compound can-
not be equalled by any other
medicine in the world.
"FREE MEDICAL ADVICE TO WOMEN,"
Women would save time and
mtuch sickness if they would
write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn,
Mass., for advice as soon as any
distressing syllnptoms appear.
Jim an the anointed of God, and as
the King of Israel.
6, 7. Will requite you—Will show
you 'this kindness ; that is, the at-
tention and honor Shown in the bless-
ings I give you through these mos-
imgers. Terry,. Be ye valiant—]3e of
good courage; be Strong and show
ypurselves brave men. Saul is dead—
And therefore ye are without a king
unless Ye acknowledge me, as the
house of Judah lias done.—Whedon,
11, Isla-Bosbsth King over Israel
(vs. 8-10).
8. Ish-Bioshieth--Saui's fourth and
only surviving son. He was a mere
tool in the hands of Abner. Abner
was a great general, and if Ish-
bosb.eth', who' was a weak man,
could be made king, Abner would
woukl be almost supreme. Mahan-
aim—Abner chose this town because
it was on the eastern side of'. the
Jordan, and so beyond the range
of the Philistines, who never seem-
ed to have crossed the river.
9. Made him king—Here was th'e
establishment of a rival kingdom,
which probably would have had no
existence but for Abner. He was
cousin 'to' Saul. Loyalty to the
house of his late master wias mix-
ed up with opposition to David,
and viesys of personal ambition in
his originating this factious move-
ment.—Gilead—The land beyond Jor-
dan. Ashurites—Tee tribe of Ashur
in' the extreme north. Jezreel—The
extensive valley bordering on the
central tribes. Ephraim Ben-
jamin—These tribes, wii'iclr hadnot
yet been .onquered by the Plaills-
tines, holding no doubt to the
house of Saul. Over all Israel—The
majority of Israel, not of Judah.
10. Reigned two years—Five years
and more had passed since the
death of Saul, and Abner now. pro-
claimed Ishbosheth King of Israel
and 'thought himself powerful en-
ough to reduce Judah' to obedieuce.
—Deane.
III. David king over all Israel (v.
1-10). After Abner and Ish-bosbeth
were assassinated, the tribes of
Israel. came to David, through their
elders, and urged him to become king
over all Israel. They have good rea-
sons for .this : 1. David was one of
their race. 2, Ho had shown him
SOLI worthy. 3. He was divinely ap-
pointed. 4. He understood the duties
of a king.
PRACTICAL SURVEY.
David preparation. 'The Stepp
from a shepherd's calling to kin•g-
ship is by no means a short one, and
in the case or David there were
years of preparation made up of
hardship and disappointment before
the crown was reached. Caring for
the sheep was his occupation when
Samuel came with the horn of oil to
anoint him King, as Moses was car-
ing for the herds in the desert of
Midian when God appeared to him in
the burning bush when he was about
to appoint him loader of Israel from
Egypt to Canaan. Busy with his
father's sheep, practising with his
sling, acquiring the skill with which
he was to vanquish Israel's boasting
foe, training his hand and voice to
soothe the malady of h mad king,
he had no thought that within a few
years he was destined to be a king
of God's own people. At Saul's death
acrisis would occur, and a man of
unusual power and experience must
be ready to tape the throne. God
had a youth in preparation for this
work. Now he was defending his
father's flocks by slaying the lion
and the bear, but it would not be
long until he should be called to
defend God's people against the as-
saults of the Philistines.
The long delay—There is no evi-
dence to show that David was impa-
tient to enter upon has royal office.
He !.roved hdmsel.f so great a de-
liverer to Israel that the song,
"Saul hath slain his thousands and
David his ten thousands" was sung
by the women of Israel, and Saul's
jealousy was so completely aroused
that henceforth David's life was by
no means safe in the hands of the
king. Saul Is in turn kind and gra-
cious, then fierce and vengeful. Da-
vsid is engaged in fighting off the
Ph,ulistiners on the one hand and in
evacli,ng the king on the other. Pur-
sued almost towdespair he finds
Mansell among the enemies of Israel.
!One thing, however, cheers him dur-
ing these seven or eight years of
waiting—ho has a warty friend in
Jonathan, Saul's son. But the same
battle that accomplished Saul's death
brought about that of hie friend.
There was real mourning for Saul
as well as for Jonathan.
Tho ,second anointing—The first
Was at iris home in Bethlehem, the
meanie at Hebron. Goe's purpose
had at last ripened, and Davids ex-
periene had ripened as well, and
upon his inquiring of the Lord he
Wee told to go to Hebron. There he
found a people ready to accept him
as king, and they anointed him as
smell. However, the way was not
clear to the exorcize et his office
over all Israel. ,
The tribes united—There was a
great loss to Ish-bosheth's kingdom
when 'Abner, his father's servant,
VMS slain, and he was soon to fol-
low his servant. Ishbosheth had two
captains, Baanall and Itechab, who
conspired against hinr and stew him.
These men were executed at David's
command, 'because they had slain
their master Without cause. This
opened the wiay for the uniting of
the tribes, and be. was for the third
time, anointed,—this time as king
over all Israel. By the taking of
tho Jebusites the seat of govern-
ment, which had been. at Hebron for
seven land one-half years, was re-
moved to Jerusalem. .tt last the
purpose made known fifteen years
previous was accomplished and David
was Israel's king. The testing tines
had been severe, the lasses had been
great, the burdens had been heavy,
bat he had endured and we,s crowned.
There are in, thls lessons of patienne,
reverence, ✓submission and trust.
Weak souls Taint, strong; souls en-
dure and win the God -ordained prize.
David S. Warrior. '
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Its Many Benefits Described
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Many reasons may easily be ad- rain cannot pass directly downward,
duced to show, that Nature has fixer- as explained above, but runs away
self thoroughly drained a consid- upon the surface, carrying with it
arable proportion of the soil, but much of the toil, and washing the
it is probable 'that lin course of fertility out of much which remains.
time, as land becomes more valu- But with proper drainage, the rain is
able, it will be found advisable to at once absorbed, and passes down-
artificailly drain the greater part wards, saturating the soil. in its de -
of our level or moderately sloping scent and carrying the fertilizing
Leeds that are worthy of cultiva- elements to the roots of the plants,
tion. The question whether it will while the surplus moisture runs
pay to drain a given area depends through the drains.
on the value of. the land before Again, drainage is absolutely
drainage, the cost of the opera- necessary for the proper pulveri-
tion, and the value of the land zation •of heavy soils. It is man -
when drained. This is a question ifest that a wet soil can never
which' every landowner must de- be pulverized. More water is held
tide for himself. by a pulverized and open soil than
At the outset it may be pointed by a compact and close one. :Wet -
out that drainage deepens the er is held in the soid between the
soil, and so affords greater room minute particles of earth, and if
for the roots of plants. Unless its these particles be pressed together
roots have an extensive pasture,
as it were, 'no plant can make use
of 'the resources of the soil to the
best advantage. In well drained
soils, the roots of most cultivated.
crops spread .themselves widely and
to a great depth; from two to
four feet is quite usual, and some
plants, such as lucerne, have been
known to send 'their roots as far
as thirty feet. No roots, except
those of aquatic plants, will grow
in stagnant water. Proper drain-
age lowers • the surface of the
ground water, so that the roots
are able to penetrate to their
normal depth, and furnishes con-
ditions favorable to the greatest
growth an eelargest yield of crops.
The drain, by taking away the free
water that occupies the pores of the
soil, allows air to pass through the
soiL The soil may be said to breathe
through the drain, for there is a con-
tinuous movement of air to and fro,
up and down, caused by vibrations
in the pressure of the atmosphere.
When the soil ill comparatively dry
there is a great deal of air in its
pores. Then, when a rain comes, it
fills the upper end Rf these pores,
and if tli•ere is no outlet for the air
below, it is imprisoned and exert-
ing a backward pressure on the
water above, prevents it from enter-
ing the soil more than an inch or
two. It may happen, therefore, that
in an undrained soil a heavy sum-
mer shower is forced to run off the
surface, while the land below the
first inch is as dry as ever. This is
one illustration of the truth of the
apparently contradictory statement
that underdraining is a safeguard
against drought.
ALI sloping land, unless laid down
to grass, is liable to great loss by
this surface washing during the
heavy rains in spring and fall. If the
land has not sufficient drainage the
compactly there is no space left
between them for water. This coni- kind when • alJghting on a plant..
most ss existsmore or less in it hung head downward, exposing
most subsoils,lwhich
r au the under surface to view, ' ome-
notreadilythropass. win water hdese times motionless, and sometimes
not Hence, all these swaying gently like a flower touch-
ed by gentle zephyrs. A bright vio-
let blue dilation of the thorax,un'
front of which its forelegs, band-
ed violet and black, extended like
petals, simulated the corolla of a
papalionaccous flower so perfectly
as to deceive the eyes of a prac-
tised botanist,
A whole tribe of spiders, members
of the T,homisadoe farLl.F, living
in flower cups, assume the 'colors
and markings of the flowers in
which' they lie iln wait for victims.
Brazilian birds, fly -catchers, dis-
play a brilliantly colored crest
easily mistaken for to fio'wer cup.
Bisects, attracted by what appears
to be a freshly opened blossclrn,
furnish the birds with fool. An As-
iatic lizard is entirely colored like
the surface of the desert plains
where it lives, except that at each
angle of the mouth., blooms a bril-
liant red folding of a flesh exact-
ly resembling a Attie flower that
grows in the sand. Insects lured
by the seeming flower are incon-
tinently disillusioned ' when they
settle upon it.—Scientific American.
datory habits. The mantis is really
e four -legged insect, for the fore
limbs are so modified that they Can-
not, under any, circumstances, be
used in walking, and are no more
properly, termed legs than would be
the arms of men or the wings of:
birds. They, are, in ,1aet,'the natural
weapons of the insect, and are used
for nothing else than fighting and
for capturing prey.
An insect discovered by; Wood Mas-
on masquerades sometimes as a pink
and at others as a wbite orchid.
Tlie whole f lower insect is either con -
spiel -0;161y white or of a resplendent
pink color, aria both in color and
form, perfectly imitates a flower.
The lower or'apparently anterior pe-
tal of an orchidaceous blossom, the
labelium, often of a very cutlet's
shape, is represented by the abdo-
men of the insect, -wile the parts
wli'ieh might be taken regarding it
as an insect, for its wings, are ac-
tually, the femurs of the two pairs
o.r posterior •limbs, so greatly ex-
panded, :lattened and shaped in
such manner as to represent the re-
maining petals of the flower. As
the mantis vests, bead dow'nward,
amid the stems and leaves of a plant,
the forelegs drawn in so that theyi
cannot be seen, the thighs of tbe
two hind ones radiating out on each
side, and the thorax and the abdo-
men raised at right angles to each
other, the insect might easily at first
sight deceive more discriminating en-
tomologists titan the honey -seekers
that settle upon it.
An allied species, exactly resemb-
ling a pink orchid, is mentioned by'
Dr. Wallace, on the authority of
Sir Charles Dilke, as Inh'ebiting
Java. Its specialty is alluring and
capturing butterflies. The expect-
ed guest having arrived, the seem-
ing feast spread out for his delec-
tation arises and devours him.
Prof. S. Kurz, while 'at Pegu,
lower Burmah, saw what he sup-
posed to be an orchid of a spe-
cies unfamiliar to him, but upon
examination fotund it to be a
mantis of the genus Crongylus. As
is common with the habit of its
subsoils are rendered more reten-
tive of moisture by having the par-
ticles of which! they are composed
separated from we another—in a
word, by pulverization. This in-
creased capacity to' contalp
moisture by attraction • is the
greatest security against drought.
The plants in a dry time send
their rootlets throughout the soil,
and flourish in the moisture thus
stored up for their time of need.
Soils tee are always wet, so that
large amounts of water evaporate
from their surfaces, never become
warm. The sun has great power to
warm dry eons, or soils which permit
of a free circulation of air, but it has
little effect DTI a saturated soil.
Warmth is essential to the germina-
tion of seeds and the proper growth
of silents. Farmers wlio are cultivat-
ing what is known as a "cold" soil
will be the first to oonoede the im-
portance of this fact.
Other advantages of under -drain-
ing many be mentioned, ouch as the
longer season of crop growth conse-
quent on the earlier seeding of drain-
ed land ; the comparative: freedom of
fall wheat and clover from freezing
out or winter killing; the absence of
open drains, which are a decided
nulsanes in the cultivation of the
land and the harvesting of the crop;
and, fast of all, the removal from the
soil of those soluble salts formed by
the decay bf rock and organic mat-
ter, which cannot be used by plants
and the presence of which In the soil
causes the condition known as "al-
kali laud." s t
Department of Agriculture, Ot-
. tawa, Commissioners' Branch.
ROMANCE OF A DIAMOND.
The Excelsior Claimed to be the
Largest South African Diamond.
In the circle whose members make
a living out of dealing in diamonds,
says M. A. P., there is a keen lutes. -
est just now in the operation about
to be performed 'tat Amsterdam on
the "Exoelslor," wdiich is claimed to
be not only the largest diamond
found in South AfricK'a, but tho largest
stone of its kind in the world. So it
may be, writes my Indian corre-
spondent, an appropriate moment to
rceall the romantic rilstory of the
Dam Pedro diamond, about which
there was eo muck excitement a. few
years ago. When the unfortunate
Emperor Dom Pedro was deported
from. Brazil. Isis greet it,iamond soon
came into the private market. An tat -
tempt was ri i.de• to sell it to the
Kling—tarn Prince of Wales—who
did not like to liege anything to do
with the painful busincs's. Then the
attt•ntio:i ;:11.' turned to India, where
the well k,lown f nancier, Mr. Jacobs,
of Simla and Calcutta (tilts original,
by 'the way, of Marion Crawtord';s
"14r. Isaac") iuok the matter in hand.
Eventually eaab: arranged the sale
of to stu:ie Lo alba \:z:ciu of Hydera-
bad for 46 lakhs, which, if the, ru-
pee were at it1, nominal value, rep -
repents a sum of £46:),000. Tiio Nizam
deposited '28 lakh,t with the bank
which Read possession of the dia-
mond, tile deal having been carried
out by means of a glees rrrl:ca and
the expert description given by elr.
Jacobs.
But There's many a slip between a
deal and a diamond, and one Happen-
ed here, the interruption coming
from a slip of an. Irish boy, Sir Don-
nie Fitzpntrfek, at that timo i:ritiah
rc,slgent at the Ancient court of Hy-
derabad. It is the bustness of the
lritish retsident in a native state to
advise—ants tacitly control—the chief
of the state ; and Sir Dennis went
to the Nizam, and asked him if he
realized that there would probably,
en the general prospects, be a fain-
Ino In Iiyeerab:ad the following sea-
son, and if 1:o could imagine what
itis starving subjects would do to
him If they knew he bad squandered
46 lakhis on another diamond for his
turban. Seldom had such a forcible
.argument been used in official or
diplomatic affairs. Shuddering at the
thought of scimitars at his throat
or hand -bombs hang up into hie how -
dab, the alarmed Nizam sent off at
ante to Jacobs to quash the bargain.
Quito naturally the latter refused to
bo east off thus peremptorily, but a
rosy days afterward lie took steamer
away. from Calcutta. This raised an
alarm, en account of 'tile 23 lakh,s
dc,po$ted, and Jacobs was arrested
before the vessel got clear in the
Hooghly. After n long trial, in which
ill the bar leaders in India were en-
gaged, the matter was settled by
Jacobs returning the 23 lakbe to the
Nizam and receiving ee,00:) to cover
ll,s expenses over the transaction.
REGARD ERYSIPELAS as n•dnn„erousdisease.
Anoint the swollen Itching skin with
Weaver's Comte, reduced. with lard or
sweet otl 11 it smarts sharply. Take 1, eaver's
Syrup.
FLOWERS OF PREY.
Insects of Form and Color of Orchids
erhieli Their Prey Think Plants.
Probably, in ;sonic respects, the
most surprising roesul1 of late en-
tomological explorations is the dis-
covery of Semblances of orcbideceous
flowers endowed with animal life
and voracious carnivorous appe-
tites, that seize end incontinently,
devour insect vegeearians tivliioh,
rehired by their form and color, in-
cautiously,' Ught upon them.
nese Slower insects belong to the
curious family D2antidae, of which
we have a,;well knnern member in our
Southern States, Phasmoinantis car -
ellen, commonly called "praying
mantle," though it the first part
or the name was spelled with an e
instead of an "a," it would be far
more appropriate, sines no known
insect is more bloodthirsty, and des-
tructive of smaller and weaker In-
dividuals belonging to its class. Its
form IS cliai'aeteri,stic of its pre-
BRITISIi NATIONAL PHYSIQUE.
official Report Shows its Deteriora-
tion in Recruits.
The physical unfitness of a large
proportion of the mea offering
themselves as • recruits for the
army in England is strikingly
brought out by the recent report
of the Director -General, Army Med-
ical Service, which' was published
by the War Office in the form of
a Parliamentary paper.
During the ten years just past
no less than a ,bout- 35 per cent.
of those medically examined were
rejected on various grounds, but
many that were too evidently un-
fit on reporting were not examin-
ed at all,. so that the total of
the rejections amounted to so per
cent., or three out of every five.
It is, therefore, an undoubted fact,
that at the present time a very
considerable proportion of the
young men of the country, espeol-
ally in the towns, are physically
defective and unfit for military
service.
The Army and Navy Gazette, is
commenting on this state or a.f
fairs, says:
"Fortunately, this is not the case
as regards the entire population,
but only those of the poorer classes.
It is from the latter, however, that
the 'bulk of the men desiring to be
soldiers come. Owing to the ad-
vance of sanitary science, and to
the encouragement of athletic:
sports, the general physique of the
upper and middle classes is improv-
ing rather than deteriorating.
"It is a deplorable fact that in
wealthy Enela.nil Borne 1;,000,000 of
the people, dwellers in overcrowded
towns, are in re state of actual
poverty. The bulk of 'til'e hien seek-
ing e:ilistment belong to this cate-
gory."
In this connection the Director -
General remarks, in his report:
"Were alt classes of the cemtnune
lay able to provide their offspring
with ample food and air Space a
healthy race would be produced'
and the proper material to fill the
ranks of the army would probably;
soon be obtained.'
The new scheme of army organa-
zation for the 13s'itish; army re-
quires 50,000 recruits a year, but
the Director -General's report shawls
that only 68,000 art examined an-
nually, and of these about 28,500
are rejected, giving a deficiency of
6,600 per annum, which England'
hopes to make up by colosilal air-
sistanca