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REV. DR. TALMAGE SAYS THIS IS has not come tot some pass In life
WHAT THE, BIBLE IS, Viloautgldly 4tiartialzbletwlaotu la iltay4
when applied to Ws prov deuce. Who
o ng 9 ow me
Whoa the nathilise 14 Dose There Will me that all flange work together for
Re Se Pee rer tee aeliefoldlee-Chrlses good. This does not itsek like it."
Neve. cemented's, Wecit• We, lie?" You continue to +study the dispeneation
it e4ierm.1914-The provideliee or iktd- and after awhile guess about what
rroteated isysiertea or reordeuee., God means, "He means to teach me
4 despatch from Washington says;- this. I think he. weantoto teach me
Y. Dr. Winne preached frora the t • PernaPs it is 0 hunable my
pride. Perhaps it ia to make Inc
fellOWIPIC text: 'Ter new we eee feel more dependent. Perhaps to
through a gloss, darkly; but then face teach me the uncertainity of life,"
to face." -1 or. sill. 12. . e But atter all, it is only a. guess -a
gh the mass derklY, The
The Bible is the moat forceful and leOkinamg
------- -,_ Bible enthrous uo_there shall be a saties
pungent of books, While it has the factory 'utifoleing. "What I do thou
'sweetness of a mother's hush for hu- knowest net now; but ,thou @Ink know
man trouble, it is all the keenneses hereafter. You will know why crod
of a sei•mithr, and the cruehing Power look to himself thee only child. Next
dor there was a household of seven
of a lightning -bolt. It portrays with children. 1Vhy not take one from
more than a painters power, at one.. that group, instead a your only one?
Why single out thei dwelling in which
stroke, picturing a heavenly throne
and a judgment conflagration. The there was only ono heart beating res -
string Of this great hop. are fingered ylx:nnealvechtl:i yararlilt iTrIliay mdieda:totdo fikvee
by all the splendors of the Alters now it away? Why fill trio oup of your
sounding with the crackle of consum- gladness brimming, if he meant to dash
big worlds, now thrilling with the joy it down? •Why allow all the tendrils
of your heart to wind around that
of the everlasting emancipated. It • object' ' and then when. every fibre of
. tells how one forbidden tree in .the Your own life seemed interlocked
Garden bloated the earth with teak- with the eh:Li's lite'with strong hand
ness and death ; and how another tree, to tear apart, until you fall, bleeding
and crushed, your dwelling deselate
though' leafless and bare, yet, planted your hopes blasted, your heart brek n?
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on Calvary, shall yield a fruit white) Do you suppose that' God will eitplaein
shall antidote the Poison of the that, Yea. Ho will ,make it plainer
other. It tells how the red -ripe °Ins -plain
than any- mathematical problem... -as
as that two and taro make four.
tars of God's wrath were brought to In the light of "the throne you will
the wine -exams, and Jesus trod them sets that it waa.right-all right. "Just
out; and how, at last, all the golden and true are all. thy Ways, thou King
°helices of heaven shell glow with the a saints!.
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wine of that awful vintage.'
daz- evfOriled,a nan who :Isaestelfsgeteel%11
IL the ides the eyes with an Ezekiel's vie- at the wrong 'tiumweaind to sell at tbe
len of wheel, and wing, and fire, and worst disadvantage. He tries thisen-
whirlwind; and stoops down so low terprise, and fails; that business, and
that •it •can put its lips to the ear of 17, LII:PPalitnurotTt11:87/:alrtul°g
dying child, and say, "Coin° up high- lacks customers. A. new prospect
er.' • • opens.. His inoome is increased. But
And yet Paul, in my text, takes the that. year his family are sick; and the
responsibility of 'saying that it is only talabilmareenV.Pegled"igeitna tray igeot3r=1
an iedistinot mirror, and that its rais-• look. Becomes iaithless as to moms.
, aim shall be suspended. I think there Beginsto expect disasters. Others
may be one Bible in heaven, fastened veagstr intrhi:g to downhurt up; te
t rn . Others with
to the throne. Just as now, in a mus- only half as Much -education and char-
eum, we have a larina exhumed . from aoter, get on twice as well. He some -
Herculaneum or 'Nineveh, and.
we look times guesses as to what it all means.
at it with , great •interest, and si.,; Be says, "Perhaps riches would spoil
1.;1Pee, ritual lee! v e ii}ir iiiS neps fessarg ticif
"How poor a light it must have given', Incleee.P
compared with our modern lamps!" So things 'were 'otherwise,a be leregmittled
I think that this Bible, which was a into dissipations" But there is no
limp to our feet in this world, may coinplete solutien of the niystery. He
lie near the throne of God, exiiiting wait
tirroughhia glassdarklydeity, and twist
our interest to all eternity by. the con- them be an eitilanatilimeteYesinig.odl'wV13
takethat • man in • the light of the
treat between its 'comparatively feeble thorna and say, "Child immortal:beer
mber the
light and •the illumination of heaven. tee explanation! "You reme
The Bible, now, is the scaffolding to failing of that great enterpriee-your
the rising temple,' but when the build- misfortune in 1837; your trial in 1857;
Mg is done there will be no use for the Your disaster 411 1867'This it; the ex-•
.seaffolding. planation. , And you will answer, It is
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• all right " • •
The idea Vail' devetepto-day is,
that in this world our knowledgeis
•
comparatively dim and unsatisfactory
but nevertheless is introductory to
grander and more complete
'thin is eminently true in regard to
our view of Go& We hear so much
about God that. we conclude we under-
stand him. He is represented as hav-
ing the tenderness of a father, the
firmness of a judge, the pomp of a
king, and the love of a mother.. We
hear about him, talk about him, write
about him. We lisp his name in in-
fancy, and it trembles on the tongue
of the dying octogenarian. We th.nk
that we know very 'much about him.
Take the attribute Of mercy. Do we
understand it t The 'Bible blossoms all
ovet with that word -Mercy. ' It speaks
again and again of the tender Mercies
of God; of the sure mercies; of the
great mercies; of the mercy that
en-
dureth forever; of the . multitude et
his mercies. And Yet I know that the
views we have of this great Being are,
most indefinite, one-iiided and incom-
plete. When, at death, the gates
shall fly Men, and we shall look
di-
rectly upon hip,- how new and sur-
prising We see ,upon canvas a 'picture
of the early morning, We „study
the °leen in the sky, the dew upon
tht grass, and the husbandman on the
way to the field. Beautiful picture of
the morning r But we ries at day -break
and go up on a hill to see tor ourselves
that which was represented to us.
While . we molt the mountains are
61. esfigured. The laiirnished gates of
heaven swing open- and shut, to let
pass a host of fiery splendors. The
clouds are al( abloom,- and hang pend-
ent from arbours of alabaster and ame-
thyst. The waters make pathway of
Inlaid pear' for the light to walk upon;
and there Is Morning on the sea. Tho
orags uncover their sacred visage;
and there Is morning among,„the moun-
tains. Now you go home auffhow tame
your picture of morning seeing in eon -
:Oast' Greater than that shall he the
contrast between• this Scriptural vlew
of God and that which we shall have
when standing face to face; This is a
picture of the morning; that will be
the morning itself.
Again; my text is true of the Flay-
lour's excellency. By image, and sweet
• rhythm of expression, a,nd startling
antitheses, Christ is set forth -his love,
his compassion, his work, his life, his
death, hie resurreetion. We are chal-
lenged • to measure it, to' compute it,
to Weigh it. in the hour of ourbrok-
en enthrallment, liot Mount up into
high experience of his love, and shout
until the' counteno.mis glows, and the
blood bounds, and the whole nature
is exhausted. "/ have found hfin I"
And yet' it is through a glees, dark-
ly. We see not half of that &wapiti;
sionite flee. We feel net half tlid
warmth of that Ioving•heart.. We Waft
• for 'death to let m rush into hid out-
spread maxis. Then we shall be face to
face, Not shadow then, but substance.
Not hope then, but the fulfilling of all
prefigurement, Thitt %yin be a Magni-
ficent unfolding. The rushing out in
.11 .• view of all hidden excellency; t.he com-
ing again of a long -absent :Testis, to
meet us -not itt rags, and in penury,
and -death, but amidst a light, and
pomp, and outbartiting joy such as none
but a glorified intelligence could ex--
perience. Ohl to gaze- -full npon• the
brow that was lacerated, upon the side
that was pierced, neon the feet that -
were nailed; to stand close up in the
Presence of Rim who prayed for tie
On the- mountain, and thought Of da -
by the sea, and agonized for 'is in the
garden, and died for us in horrible
orticifition; to feel of him; to embrace
Wm. to take his band, to kiss' his feet,
to rim our fingers along the (Scars of
oncient sufferings; to say, "This is
my Jesuit 1 He gave himself to me.
AAR never heave his prestinde. I shall
forever behold his glory. X abiall eter-
nally bear his visite. Lord Items, now
See, thee! r behold where the blood
started, where the tears courised, where
the fade was diatorted. X have waited
for thia hour. 1 shall never turn My
back on thee. No more looking
through impeded tiliseSee. No more
iludying thee in the. derknese. But,
to long as this throne stands, and this
everlasting river flows, and thole gar -
ands bloom, and these 'arehes of vie -
tory remain fo greet home heaven's
conquerors, so long I Wall see thee,
holm of my eliolte; Semis of my tong;
•
' I see,every day, profound myster-
ies of providence. There is no gum -
tion we ask oiteter than Why? Hosp.-
tab for the blind and limes asylums
for the idiotic and insane, alms-bou,ses
for the destitute, and a wprld of pain
and misfortune that demand More than
human solution. Ah! God wil) clear it
all up. In the light that pours from
the throne, no dark mystery can live.
'things now utterly .inscrutable will be
illumined as plathly as though the an-
swer were written on the jasper wall,
or sounded in the temple anthem.
Bartimeus will thank God that he was
blind; and Lazarus that he was cover-
ed with Sores; and Joseph that he was
oast into the pit; and Daniel that he
denned with lions; and Paul that he
was hump -backed; and David that he
Was driven from Jerusalem; and that
"sewing -woman that she could get
only a few pence for making a gar-
ment; and that invalid that for
twenty years he mulct not lift his
head from the -pillows and that widow
that she had Mob 'hard work to earn
bread for her • children. You know
that In a song different ioices• carry
different parts. The sweet; and over-
whelming part of the hallelujah of
heaven will not • be carried by those
who rode in high places, and
gave , sumptuous entertainments
but .pauper children will sing
it, beggars will. sing it, redeemed
hod -carriers will sing it, those who
were once 'the off -scouring of earth
will sing it. The hallelujah will be
all the grander for. earth's weeping
eyes, and aching heads, mai exhausted
hands, and scourged backs, and mar-
• tyred agonies. -
Again: the thought of the text is
just, when applied to the enjoyments
of the righteous in heaven. I think
we have but tittle idea of the number
of the righteous in heaven. • Infidels
say: "Your heaven will be a very
small place compared with the world
of the lost; for according to your
teaching, the majority of men will be
destroyed." 1 deny the charge. I
suppose that the multitude of the fin-
ally lost, an compared with the multi-
tude of the finally saved, will be a
handful. 1 suppose that the few sick
people in the Brooklyn City Hospital
to-dat,. as compared with the hundreds
of thoutiatkle of well people In the city,
would not be smaller than the num-
ber of them who shall „have upon them
the health of heaven, .For we are to
remember that we are living In only
the beginning of the dispensation, and
that this whole world is to be populat-
ed and redeemed, and that ages of
light. and love are to flow on. If this
be eo, the multitudeir of the steed will
be in vast majority. .
Take all the congregations that have
to -day assembled for worship. Put
them together, and they would make
but a small audience -compared wit)
the ,thousands and tees -of thousands,
and tea thousand times ten thousand
that shall stand ' around the throne.
Those flatbed up to heaven in martyr
fires; those wifre torn limb from limb
by Romish inquisitions; those tossed
for many years upon the invalid-coucli;
those fought in the armies of liberty,
and rose as they fell; those tuMbled
from high scaffoldings, or slipped from
the mast, or were washed off into the
sea. They came up front Corinth, frOM
laoditea, from the Red Sea bank and
Genneliaret's wave, from Egyptian
brick -yards, and Gideon's threshing -
floor. Those, thousand e of years ago,
slept the last sleep;.and these are this
monient having their oyez closed, and
their limbs stretched out for the
sepulchre.
A general expecting an attack from
the enemy stands On a hill and looks
through a field -glass, and Mee in the
great distance, multitudes atiproach-
init, but has no idea of their.ntimbers,
He says "I can not tell anything
sheet them, I merely know that tbere
are a great number." And so Sohn,
without attempting to count, says, "A,
great multitude that no man eau num-
We are told that heaven is a place
o f IlaPPinetta; but what do we know
about happiness) gappiness in thiti
world is only a hall -fledged thing; *
flowery path, with a 'serpent hiesing
sumo ; a broken pitcher, from vilddh
the water hao dropped before we could
drink It; it thrill of ethilaration, &l -
lowed by ditiastrous Malone. To help
UR to understand tbe joy of heaven,
the Bible takes tat to a river. We
•
stand on the grassy bank. We see
the waters flow on with ceaseless
wave. But the filth of the *Klee are
emptied into It; end the banks ate
torn; and unhealthy exhalations
spring up from it; and we fail to get
en idea, of the River ot Life in hea-
ven.
We ,get very imparted ideas et the
reunions of heaven. We think of some
festal day on earth when father and
mother were yet living, and the chile
den came home. A good time that!
But it had this drawback -all were not
there. That brother went off to sea,
and never was heard from, -That
ter -did We riot lay her away in the
freshness of her young life, never more
in this world to look upon her ft Ah I
there was a 'skeleton at the facia; and.
tears mingled with our laughter on
the Christmas -day. Not so with hen-
ven'ti reunions. Itwill been unite.
04. V
THE JAIL. OF ONTARIO,
REPORT FOR 1898 ',RESENTED TO
THE LEGISLATURE.
Tile Central, Prima Sievert end Iho norm'
nolorsuatery
Olf
The common jails, .prloons, and re-
formatories report has just been pre-
sented to the Legislature. The report
says that considerable improvement
has been made in the jails through-
out' the province. The rePect COnunent#
upon the fat that no many county
bomea have been eetellished during
the past year. As to the deciine in the.
number of pritionere committed the
terrupted gladness, Many a Christian
report says
"There has been cinite a large de-
cline In the number of prisoners com-
mitted during the Past year, namely,
628, the total being 8,256, as compared
with 8,884 in 1897. Tbe number of
adalt males committed was 559 less
than last year, while the number of
adult females allowed a decrease of
100. Of boys 'under sixteen years of
age, there was an iperease of 49, and
of girls under .sixteen years of age_a
decrease of 18. ; -
The number committed for crimes
against the person was considerably
less than. iu any previous year for
twenty-two years; while the comnilt-
tale for crime against property,., the
number was Slightly more than in
previous years, with the exception of
188 The committals for crimes against
public morals and public decency were
less than they have -been for the ease
five years. For offences against public
order .and peace the dercease is about
twenty-five per cent. is compared with
previous' years. All other causes show
a smeller number than in any other
year since 1877.
The committals ,for drunkenness
were lesethan foram past seven years,
being 1,707. The total.nutnber of pri-
soners in the, pile of the province at
the end of the year Was 644, an in-
crease over the previous year of 34.
The total jail expenditure of tbe
pro -
vine. during the past year was about
,415,000 less than in 1E97. -The oast of
rations amounted to 150.412; salaries,
1180,9155 and repairs 85,982; or a total
of $137,310;
CENTRAL PRISON REPORT.
parent wil look around and bad all
his children there. "Al 1" he Bays,
"can 1t_ne poseible that we are all here
-life'Cperils over 1 The Jordan pass-
ed, and not one wanting t. Why, even
the prodigal isbeve J almoet - gave
him up. How long he despised my
counsels, but grace hath triumphed.
All here! all here 1 Tell the mighty
joy through the city, Let the bell
ring, and the angels mention it in
their song. Wave it from the top of
the walls. All here!"
No raore breaking of heatt-strings
but face to face. The orphats left
poor, and in a merciless world,, kicked
and. cuffed of many hardships, shall
join their parents, over whose graves
they so long wept, and gaze into the
glorified• countenances '
fotever face
to face: We may come up from differ-
ent parts of the world, one. from the
land and another from the depths of
the sea; from, lives affluent and pros-
perous, or • from scenes ot ragged dis-
tress; but we shall all meet in rapture
and jubilee, face to face.
Many of' our friends have entered
aeon that joy. • A few days ago they
sat with us studying' these Gospel -
themes • but they. only saw 'through a
glass, 'darkly -now revelation bath
come. •God will not leave you flound-
ering in the darkness You stand.
wonder -struck and amazed, You feel
as if all the loveliness of life were dash-
ed out. Yon stand gazing into the
open chasm of the grave. Wait a lit-
tle In the presence of your departed,
and of Him ,who carries them in his
bosom, you shall soon (stand face to
face. Oh, that our last hour may
kindle up with This promised joy I May
we be able to say, like the Christian
not long ago, departing, -"Though a
pilgrim, walking through the valley,
the mountain tops are gleaming from
pok to .peak 1" or, 'like my dear friend
and brothel, Alfred Cooknaan, who te-
eently took his flight to the throne of
God, saying -in his last moment that
which ha a already gone into Christian
classics, "I am sweeping through the
pearly gate, washed in the blood eras
•
NOT NEGLECTING THE HAM
st was Their Wiltst• amid 'They Owns%
Have me Doeter's Advice Tee Elea*
The doctor had oonie In late from a
bard day's work, driving from place
to place, feeling pubes, living en-
couragement arid writing presoriptems.
Ho had eaten ilia supper at 11 o'clock,
made a laat call on amen with the
grip and had turned into bed, dog
tired.
It was long after midnight when the
telephone bell rang. The doctor was
-Mak in a deep sleep, Again the bell
rang out. sharply And impatiently and
continued to ring, but the doctor did
not hoer it. At the other end of the
hale a pale student pored over his
book, lEfo was Aiudying law. The bell
disturbed him, and he at length de-
cided to 'answer it and stop the ring-
ing. He took down the receiver mad
shouted " Heiler
"Is that you, doctor 1" asked an anx-
ious voice. .
"Yee, what do yottwantt" replied the
student who knew the doctor was tired
and did not wish to welt*, him unless
the case was serious.
"This is Potts, dodo, li J. Potts.
MS' wife. wanted me to call you up
to tell you that the baby wouldn't play
with Ms block e to -night and, seemed
kind of heavy aud dutl. NN hat do you
suppose is the matter, doctor My
wife 45 very uneasY." •
"Hum," said the etudent, trying to
think of 'something to •say, Is the
baby feverish .
•" No, I don't .think he is," replied
the. voice. "But h --sneezed once to-
night."
said the bogus dostor, "that's
a good sign, If he sneezed' and is
not feverish he is all Tight. You might
give him a little water if he wakes
tip and cries; if he gets too warm take
some of the covers off."
"Alt right, doctor. Much obliged.
Sorry to have had to disturb you, but
my wife -wouldn't go to sleep until
I called you up, Good -night."
" Ah," thought the pale student,
that is 85 llor...the doctor. Wish I
could earn it as easily." • ,
When he told the doctor about his
deception the next day he was thank-
ed, adMrs Potts' s bill was swelled by
42, one-half of which wet zo the pale
student.
" It's theirfiret baby," explained'
the doctor, and "they're tiekled to
death to pay any price for it.. I could-
n't ha.ve given Potts any better ad-.
vice myself."
Lamb 1"
THE wppitING RING.
In Germany the Continental !met=
prevails that diVes should give their
husbands a wedding ring at the nup-
tial service in .return for the erie they
receive from the man they have accept-
ed:. Married. women ;being generally,:
superstitious as to the removal of their
own wedding rings, it will surprise no-
body to learn that Teuton dames are
ire* toeohy as ,regards the respect
paid by their espouses to the token of
bondage they have accepted. If it. be
removed fronethe wedding finger and
carried about - in the waistcoat pocket
Or purse -as under _certain cironmstan
ces It is -woe be to the husband should
he -be unfortunate enough to be die -
°wired._ .The, inference is invariably
drawn that he has been guilty of an
aot of infidelity of some kind.A. steady
going butcher of Meissen, where
called "Dresden" china is manufactur-
ed, unwittingly discovered himself re-
centlyin' this predicament. ,
"You *joked, faithiesti monster I"
said the furious wife. "What disgrace.'
ful conduct have you been up to 1 You
must have slipped it off one day into
your waistcoatpocket, and it fell out
and was lost . • •
Denials of the Most soleron.kind were
of ng avail, and ,for some days the'do-
meatic-peace or that home seemed to
have /been destroyed. Threats of a
divorce were muttered, and the bapless
butcher was beside 'himself as to how
he could prove his innocence. Patience
in this case, however, brought its own
rcivard, and a few days ago Mr. Bemis,
the falsely accused butcher, was able
to vindicate his guiltlessness in a most
brilliant manner.
His wife was receiving the money at
the till, jealously casting furtive
glances at her Lard working lord and
master, when a female customer from
the country walked into the shop.
"Have you lost your wedding ting
said the 'stranger to the butcher.
The latter, fearing an outburst from
his wife, but fortified by the sense of
his inneeenoe anent the latter's In-
isinuations, boldly replied in • the af-
firmative •
"Well," she said, with a knowing
smile on her lips "here it is. I bought
a sausage here the other day and while
I was cutting it up for supper my
knife came upon this ring I presume
.it fell off your finger while you were
making *Usages."
The brawny butcher was on the point
of falling on his deliverer's neck and
embracing her, but his wife interven-
ed just in the nick of. time.
"No," she said, "I will let you kiss
me again now, but take care you don't
let the ring fill Ioffagaine This time I will believe you.',
Mr. Bones insisted, however, on pre -
seating the finder of his treasure with
a very bulky sausage of the same qual-
ity as a sign of hie profound gratitude,
and as soon as he could find time to
walk out proceeded to a jeweller's to
have the ring made a eke smaller,
,
FOUND THE MONEY. .
retailer Experience ore Teller of IkeReak
or rooms
To be short in his cash aftet a . day's
business is a rare occurrence for thel
teller in the Bank of Toronto, but a
- few days ago such a Case oceurred, and
over and over again he counted the
midi, but could not find where a bun-
dle of fiftiee-.400-had gone, • says.Toronto despatch. Deepairing of ever
recovering the money he had -made
good the deficiency out of his own
funds, but continued the search for the
missing bills in his opus memento.
Thinking there Was a possibility of the
money being around the deak, a car-
penter was called in, who moved the
counter, and at the back of it was
found a one -dollar bill. On the floor
was found eight fiftieth end when these
were produced the toiler was the hap-
piest official in the Institution. It ls
belie -Ma that the rats`accustomed to
visit the teller/1' Ittnehiwhibli, was kept
In the drawer, were tempted to carry
off the bundle of bills, and after get-
ting it on the floor, were unable to
drag It &Nil the hale. •
Menem Is only thb refuge of weak
minds and the holiday of fools.-.01tes.
taffetd.
- With the report is the Central Pri-
son report. The report says that the
committals during the year were 574,
which will' 891 in, custody at the Wel-
meneement of . the year, .ist October;
•as4.-Prie re -captured, makes the total
,niimbee 965, as compared with 979 the.
previous year. The sonunittals direct
number 529, and to, common jails and
transferred th'erefrion, 45. Never since
1880 have the committals been so few
in numbrz-The average population for
the year is 8.95, and the, average period
of sentence eight- months, fourteen
days, ae compared with 898 popnlation.
and nine ' months' period of •sentence
the Previous year. • .
There has been a large falling tiff
in the yearly average of vagrants The
falling off in thiaclass ofcommitments
largely accounts for the. reduction in
total commitments already referred to;
and likewise for the increased average
length of sentence, as vagrants are
usually short term pilsoners. •
•Tho uneducated represent Seventeen
per cent, of the total number commit-
ted as compared with 14.35 per cent.
in 1697. The intemperate oonatitute
sixty-four per cent; those reported
temperate thirty-five and two -tenth
per cent., and ' only throe in number
strictly temperate of the total &Mina -
meets. -Of the whole number 348 were
thirty 'years of age and under. The,
total stay of prisoners ivee 140,614 days
a reduction of 4,823 days The gross
per capita coat per diem for mainten-
ance is 44 Vicente. The. total cost of
maintenance outlay for the yeatt ia
$82,088.42, as against 956,806.24 the Pre-
ceding year.
In the .report of the Mercer Re-
formatory the number of commitments
to the Reformatory were shown to be
104, against 97 of the previous year.
Of the number coramitted, 58 Were in-
temperate; 20 could neither read nor
write, and 73 were under 30 years of
age The number of commitments to
the Refuge were .17, against 22 the
previous year; all except one were
over 18 years of age, , and nine could
neither read nor write. The average
population of the Reformatory is 55,
as compared with 59 1-2 in 1897, and
of the Refuge 41,7-8 as against 48 1-4
the previous year; Combined' the
average is 97, against•106 in 1897. The
per capita cost of maintenance is
$208.82, as competed .with g200.82, and
the net cash revenue 111,013•34, as etlial-
pared with $412.5.99 for 1897. ,
THE FIRST DOMINOES.
••••1111110
necisgratattly Stinted to 66.onenist,60 sure
Were Invented by nooks.
Two monks, who had been committed
to lengthy seclusion, contrived to be.'
guile the dreary houre of their
confinetnent without breaking the rule
Of 'silence which bad been imposed 011
thet3! by showing each other small flat
stones marked with bleak dots.,
By a preconearted arrangement the
winner would Inform the other player
of his victory by relocating in an un-
dertone the first line of. the vemer
prayer. In process of time the two
monks managed to complete .the set of
stones, and. to perfect the rules of the
game, so that when the term of incar-
ceration had expired the game was so
interesting that It „was genelally
adopted by all the instates of the mon-
astery as a lawful pastime.
It very soon spread from town O
town and became popular throughout
Italy, and the first line of the vespere
Iwas reduced Wale eingle work Domino,
by which name the game las ever
since been known.
' BOOKKEEPING IN. HAByLoNIA.
More Then•fieresi Eituniren CIsy Tablet
Have itteeetty•Seen
Paper and ink are periehable•thinge.
like' certain other .A.mOdern: improve-
ments," but some of t.he clay tablets
used by earlier civilizatiOne •still sur-
vive. In the • buried, city . of Nippur, ex-
plorers have recently, found in one
room mote thanseven hundred of thein,
the :business . records of a rich firm
of merchants, thurahu Sena.
These- doetuniints are dated in , the
reigns Of Artaxerxes I., 465.425 B. C.
and Darius IL, 423-415 11 C. ' The' tablets
are of various sizes, eosins reiiemlning
the ordinary oake of soap of Commerce.
They are covered with cuneiform char -
eaters,' clear and distinct as when the
book-keeper of Ulurashu inscribed
them, twenty-five hundred years ago.
Among them is this 'guaranty tor
twenty years that In emerald is so
well set that it will. not fall out:
_ "Bel-ahiddina and Bel-shumu, sons of
Bei, and .11atin; son of Bazuza, spoke
unto Bel-nadinsburau, son of Morashu,
as .fcslows; 'As concerns the gold ring
set with an emerald, we guarantee that
for twenty years the emerald, will not
fall out of ring. lf it oho -O&M' out
before the explration of twenty years,
Bel-ahiddina, and the two others, shall
pay td Bel-nadinshumu an •indemisitY
,of ten mane of siteer.'"
Then foilow the name's of „several
witnesses and of ati official who is da
scribed as 'the scrili of the Concordance
of Proper Names." The docuMent con
-
eludes with the thumb -nail marks of
the contracting parties.
• There are also leases of various kinds
and contracts for the sale of sun-dried
bricks and other naerchandise, and for
the loan of mod corn and oxen for
plowing.
valingtopE Egg To WA :MEI SUNDAY. .SCHOOL
GENERALS WHO WILL LEAD THE INTERNATIONALESSON, APRIL &
A.RMIES AT THAT TIME,
"The Mains of Lazarus." Oise 11•10•411•
Candela Text, John 111,
PRA,CTICAL NOTES. •
Verse 82. When Mary iota COM. O'er
sister Martha had gone forth to meet
Ihtleausase; vieearvseliniC20, MatoryrbeASIttingheinr 111Z4
;After a brief 'conversation ivitk Jeatui
verses 21-27, withoUt careful atudy 4
wilich the rest ot ,the atory cannot be"
underetood, Martha returned to the
house, and, calling Mary secretly, said,
"The Master is ctm2e, and calletb for
thee" verse 28. Mary rose quields and
went forth to meet him. Where Jesus
was. He was not yet come into the
town, verse 80, but „stayed where
Martha had met him. Saw hint, 411004
a tender emotions, some half hopefuia
perhaps some half reproachful, swept
oier her agitated heart at sight of the
Master she loved... She •feli down at
his feet. "Where she hed bees wont:
to sit and hean • his wor.d,'!--Churton.
Her abandonment emotion setae
have called thoroughly oriental, and
others thoroughly feminine, but we
must regard it ars thoroughly. human!.
Lord, if thou hat* been here, my,
brother .had .not died. Chrysostoin '
notices how much of heavenlY wiadona
'there wes in the 'subdued sorrow, of
both Abase holy women -a _perfect re-
verence tor a . Teaoher *hose nature
and pOwer they did not yet fully un- •
derstand. True Christiaa faith allure
• •
thatiiiearthee asorveeathyropawart:tonidGoidtionbieens40411
nrovidenee as its miles and prosperk
Lies and sunshine. • '
33. When Jesus therefore saw her
weeping. "Passionately lamenting.'
But in verse 35, where we are told
that ,Jesus wept, silent tears are
dieated. He groaned in the spirit. Dr.'
Marvin R. Vince,nt oaths attention to
the word- here translated "greened." It
occurs three times elsewhere, Matt. E.., .•
80; Mark 1. 48 ; and 14:5; and "in every,
case it expresses remonstrance and dia.'
pleasure. It is not plain whether our
Lord's indignation was at the hypo
ormy of the Jews, or at their unbelief,
or at the sisters' misapprehension, or
at the temporary triumph of Satan;
who had power over death." Perhaps
'there is a measure of truth.in each of
these explanetIons, Was troubled
-Troubled himself ;" show.ed- his deep .
emotion to the bystandere.. !- .-
35. Jesus wept. 'Silently thed tears. •
See note on .derse 83, : When our Lott?. -
lamented over thefall of Jerusalems•
tie he deseended the Mount of Olivine
we are told that he wept,aloud.
86., Bai4 the jews. Some of them,'
as we ishelt tsee from_the next verse.
The elique'whicb 15 forming to bring'
about the destruction of Jesus is
henceforth referred to as "the Jews,"
This use of the phrase "the Jews"
iitrikes one oddly, as if in a story or: •
Toronto QX Montreal, a .set of %the
heroes and heroines were called "the
Canadians." , The explanation is two-
fold: L John was a Galilean, and meld
hardly help making running comment
on the difference between our Lord's
reception in "Jewry' and among the
Galilean bills 2. This hook was al-
most certainly written after the oth-,
er gospels, and for readers who did '
not well understand Jewish prejudices
and ranicers, •Sellind how be loved
him. "See how he used to love him." •
Or, as Dr. 'Watkins phiasee it, "How
Ito must have loved him in his life.
.when he thus sorrows for his death."
.37.' But some of them were not ad
charitable as the speakers of verse 36. °
They foresee that this mtraele will
greatly add to the power of Jesus with ,
the people; and if, as has been sug-
gested, , this •saying :of the Jews' was
uttered in . hate •and ironically, it
throws light on the " groaning " of
verses 33 and 36. ' •
38. Therefore connecte this new man- ,
ifestation of indignation with' what
the Jews had just .said. Again groan-
ing in himself. See note on verse 88.
Cometh to the grav,e. Which, .e,s we ••
are immediately told; was not a hole
in the ground, but a 'tlepuliiher, soave,
probably a chamber or cell cut out of
the rock, like the place in which hie
own body was ehortli to be laid.r This
Ownership of a, private burying Place
indicates- family wealth. •
89; Take ye away the stone. He who
could call the dead to life might well
himself have rolled away the stone.
That he depended on human help sug-
gests God's method in the salvation •
of the world. It helped . the helpers
to increased faith, and, as Dr. Goinn
has beautifully said, it•brought. noble
testimony to the reality and manner
of tine miracle; for in later years,
doubtless certain Chrietiaus of Beth-
any were able to say, "I helped tO
r011 the stone away from the door of
that tomb." It is always a Christian
duty and privilege .to remove hind- ,
lances from ecitore the Sat:lour. 'By
this tithe, etc. Martha's/ '
'Lord was not atrong 'enough' to expect
an immediate resurrection, and her
sisterly feeling. shrank from anything
that would make her beloved brother
repulidee to the swims Of ethers The
flominaeder of the German Army -Career
orierd ',Tweeter, ,Counnander-iii4hiet,
of the British iferecs-Duke of OW
naught is repulse 'With (linters and
Men-atrancies LeadIng tieuerats-Artiall
Dehe lillitheel !Weed or the Massimo
Atm
Prussian law and the:German consti-
tution bothf make. of Emperor William
the war lord. In tbe event of war he
would have as helpers also constitu-
tionally, the reigning Princes of the
epnpire.
But the real commander would be
Gen. Count Alfred von Waldersee. Be
has served almost Sit years in the army,
Passed through every grade, from da -
dee, to Lieutenant -General and -person-
al Adjutant to the emperor. He is now
in cominand of the third, army, inspec-
tion district, with headquarters at
Hanover, where he was offered, but
declined, the occupaney of the Tetrad
Palace. .
Next to Von Waldersee wituld'come
Gen. Count von Schieffen, who, • like
Vim Waldersee, was trained up under
the •eye of Von Moltke,• and holds to
that great mann , war, motto; "First
Ponder, the dare." •
It may surprise even loyal Britons
to learn that In event of war that
Country could put in tke field 750,000
men. Supreme command would be
vested in Lord Wolseley, field Mar -
abet and commander-in-chief, whose
military -career is about the most otrik-
ins of .our era. He joined the army
the same year With Von Waldersee-
1850.. He saw active service almost. ev-
ery year of ,the next ten, and became
relief of Lucknow, during the cam,
paigna of the Indian mutiny s He .had
previously served in. the Crimes get-
ting there . • '
, . SEVERE I.VOUND,
whose seer , stilt sheers on Ins face.
His Wendt,' My' he ts wendertelly de-
,
vide& his enemiesthat he isaelf-con-
fident,to a fault. Certainly his career
has 'anon one to justify self-confidence,
After. hie Egyptian campaign, which
aimed to relieve and sive Gordon, he.
was thanked by both houses of Parlia-
ment, and perionaily toasted at a roy-
al banquet by no less a personage than
the -Queen herself, • '
Prince _Arthur, Duke of Connaught,
the. Queens third son, and the Iilexi
dukeof:Wellington's godson, and name-
sake, appropriately represents the iner-
tial Spirit of , Britain's royal. family.
He: has gone the route from 'a...cadet
at Sandhurst to a ,General on the' ac-
tive het, and has just now completed
a• Live -year term of 'duty as conunin-
der-in-chief of the great camp .01. in-
street:ion. at Alderehot.
Ile is popular With bah officers and
Men, and deservedly se, sines he th:nks
it worth his while to look personally
into every natal bearing upon their
. ,
comfort Or safety. -He is, further, a
thorough soldier., Archibald Forbes
delighted -to tell how Once in Vienna
be himsef rose abnormally early, and
as he was breakfasting met the Duke
win, had risen tree hours earlier, 00. 55
to; get a sight of the Hungarian cav-
alry. .Tlie 'Luke saved with Credit at
the battle of Tel-E1-1Kebir. Just new
be is at a,Parting of the ways. The
death of his netibew makes him heir
to the duchy of Se-Coliiiig-Gotha. If
he accepts the petty throne he must
abiiiidon the military career that, In.
the end, is , destined to land him 113
the place of commander-iwohief, so
long occupied, but not 'filled, by the
Duke of Cambridge. , •
-JAM6171 AND ZUELINDEN,
•
the latter now Governor ot Paris, are
the men who wbuld lead if the tricolor
flew in battle. The twohave nut one
point of likenesss'hoth belong to the
artillery. Jewett is stern, siient,,re-
flectiVe ; Zurlinden a dashing beau sab-
rottr.
Jamout fought inthe Crimea, in Italy
in the Chinese expedition. Ile was spe-
cially mentioned for bravery at the
battle of Pallikars In the '600 he
fought for Maximilian in Mexico. In
the Franco-German wat he was artil-
lery chief Of the 24 Army Corps. Sinee
he has commanded in Tonquin, been
Inspector,. General of the Army, and
member of the Supreme' Council.
Though he is a (levers disciplinarian,
he has unbounded influence over the
troops. A veteran said of him, late-
ly ; " Hie influence over his men is
like the away of Napoleon of the grand
itriny,-and that is the sort of leader
Frenchmen need."
Like Ja.ntout, Zurlinden was graduat-
ed froin the Polyclinic. He was a Lieu-
tenant at 28, a 'Major at 33 and
a Major General at 53. •In the Franca
German War he was a Captain of
artillery, and among the officers sur-
rendered' at: Metz. Offered a parole,
he /declined it, telling the captors he
%meld escape at the first opportunity,
liekept his word. Ha is said to be the
A `WOMAN'S cgrxext edian.Hs.
' Mrs. Foy, of Brookdale, Ohicago,• has
the most wonderful garden menagerie -
or the smallest farm in the Country.
Her cottage steads on an ordinary city
lot, only 25 by 125 feet,
At present her :menagerie eonsiste
of 1 horse, NO ehiekeris, 15 hens, lroos-
ter, 2 rabbits, 1 goat, 1 kid, 25 duck-
lings, 8 gotilinge, 1 dog, 8 turkeys, 1
canary bird, 1 cat, 1 kitten, 2 doves end
8 guinea chick&
Of course, the barn in which the
horse, is kept is meal, and the goat
has to be lifted in and out of WI
pen, as it la * tight kit for him.
The rooster, too, being of a roving
&position, has to be tied up, and, even
tini eat must be tethered to keep her
from feeding on the young chicks.
The dog is kept a Pritenter, as he hi
filled with it desire to fight the Ott,
and there is not tomb in Mr* Voy's
/Arden for any fight* But a happier
healthier eollootion of fowls ana
ani -
mats Mina he fella& *Or a pratior,
oleaner garden.
BRIEFLY MENTIONED.
There are more than 8,000 laundries
in London.
Of every 1,000 sailors, 84 have rheu-
matism every year.
• One-lifteeeth of the inhabitants of
Spain are nobles.
There are 9,000 cells in a square foot
of honeycomb.
The pernaudas are not included hi the
term, Weet Indies."
Japan is now so far advanced as to
make its own electrical machinery.
The skin a an elephant usually
takes about five tomes to tan.
The game of billiards was introduced
into Buropti by the Knights Templar.
The world produced in 1 8 more
gold than it, produced both gold aid
silver M 1 .
It has been observed in the hospit-
als that nails on amputated fingers
continue to groiv.
No picture 18hung -on the walks of
the Louvre in Paris until the Artist
has been dead ten years.
Within the last twenty Years the
French have annexed no fewer than
2,000,000 square miles of Africa.
Melbourne, now the seventh city ot
theeetapire, consisted at the time -of
Queen Victoria's accession of thirteen
huts.
It is estimated that telly two-thirds
of the whole amount of public, inoney
held by the London bariko dine nOt
bear interest.
THE OLD STORY.
When visions of her face tame o'er
Me
Of 11.30'1w/set face so tar away, •
say what lovers said before me,
What lovers will forever say;
That flowers bloom brighter for her
T.
That. birds tweeter for her see -
That gnats is greener, skieo more blue,
That all things take a richer bus.
Lovers have said these things be-
fore;
Lovers will isey them evetmore.
0 Menet young love, that hi all ages
)3eata ever one eternal fotm 1
With lasting youth your eldest pages
Glow eyes ever fresh and warm,
10 dear ield story, ever youngt
Artiste* have painted, poets' sung;
Sure, naught In life is halt so Sweet,
Death oittiriot melte you Incomplete,
Lovas have said these things I*
Sorel
Lovers wilt, sat theft Oilmen.
•
best horseman in Frame. During the Jews wrapped the remains of their
Dreyfus turmoil he has been a amino- loved ones in perfumes but they did
uous upholder of "the honor of the not embalm after the manner of the
many." Ile hia been at•pains to sur- Egyptians. He bath been dead four
round himself with it showy yet bril- days, Our Lord did riot start on his • '
liant staff. When he appears with journey to Bethany at once after
them, brilliantly uniformed and 'mag- hearing of Lazares'irithieeS, and two
inficently Mounted, the capital has a days 'would be required for his Jour -
'As a fighting race the Romanoffa 40. Said I not unto thee. We have
eight' 'Worthy even of Paris. ' ney.
Canal the Hohenzollern& In the war no previons record of them words, but
with Turkey twelve members of the they are in full hamony with out
Imperial family new service. • Lord's teaching. See Milt 9. 23. The
Tim EmpERDR Hungry glory of God.., See verse 4, where our
Lord says, "This sickness Is not unto
Alexander IL, took the field, though.
death, that is, although Lazarus may
thief command rested in his brother• die he shall be raised to life again, but
peathecoGrand y DorukLe000,NoonicbcoalanabeRawusesitiiied'..,
God_might be glorified thereby"-
. , -
for the glory of God, that the Son of
at need to near 9,000,001 Of thia the. .rw:trhdetir tahriadt tabling° skaanfaathteglory o(- the
he same.
Unlike his German musin, the pre -
Czar is the titular head.
41. Father, I thank thee that thou
sent Czar hates soldiering, so actual bast heard me. Words of gratitude
command of this vast multitude de- which every'one of us,would utter ev-
ery
morning and evening of our lives
valves still upon the CAT's grand un -
if we were only an conscious as was our°le, Grand Duke Michael. Illness abuts
. power of the divine Father.
uthneclOsza,arG'isrbarnoathnert,IkGearansderDguluks4e Oveciargdz
from a military career, but his three
42. / know that thou heated me al-
miLord of the immediate presence and
corrand
Niommlimndlasertillile°1aveitch' are ell . owtmaYsn'Quite aside from need of prayer which our Lord
the mysteri-
Their uncle, the commander-in-ohfef felt, and Which We may reverently in -
celebrated lately the fiftieth anntver-
quirts into but must Jim it difficult
&try of his introduction to the Noe Co explain, We See from those words
vice. Be is a fine, soldierly man, gen- that ihe prayed for our example, Neb.
Mt courteous, kindly of face' and s 5. 7, and also to iestruot those who
ttfaitaheirtkftoitontthise wttiothopsbouthnleoritheebirseasrted. str4dzi boyuin, doohnlenerdnatundg foot wnittbit:tore,
men is unbounded. Hb firat came in- elOthes. The •Tews did not Use/ eOffinetD
to protelnenee during the Ittiatte. but swathed their dead in hitadages a "
Turkish war, where he oommanded in linen.
several bathos and won vietories,
ably t re • evda5ficHltsrtinienntalo:leingaletluleenktiettirttiteathoef
bur yrs diseiVes which so impress.
as to brio! about our Lord's death. See
covriml,p Arrcmsn wyy-tt, tia the tioolettlist alid idyll authorities
Sweedle, what sort of wheel are you our Intro octal note,
gMna to ride this yea? -
A Pound of phosphatui battle 1,000e
000 match%
I'm Pushing four -wheeled baby.
carriage thiS Yeir• ThroEtibui,