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Jcs's ;ht 72rratl of Life, --John G: oa•51,
Co.• it Mars' ' Seeking Jesus (vs.
2::3) The events of this lesson bo -
gin c 1 the morning following the feed-
ing vi the, live thousand and the, walk-
ing or: he water, On the night tyfore
when the people saw the disciples
leave in the only beet on that side
of the sot without Joints, many of
them r,vuained over light oil the
wast (cast in hopes of again seeing the
great Prophet (John 8: 14) on the
next. day, but in the morning when
whey saw he was not there they "took
shipping" in the boats which had
:come from Tiberias and crossed over
to Capormrum "seeking for Jesus"
(v 24). When they found him on the
'vest ride of the sea they wore aston-
ished, end said, "When cattiest thou
hither?" 18 was a mystery to them
]tote he could cross the sea without
being seen, "News of his arrival had
aptrtr,.c1 far and neer, end his way was
hindered by crowds, mho had, as
brought their Biel; to the streets
through which he was passing, in
hopes that he would heal them'
(11.,,rk 6; 53.55). •
11. The distinction between mater-
iel and spiritual bread (vs. 26.34). 26.
Jesus' answered them --He paid no at-
tention to their question ns to how he
Crossed the sea, but instead disclosed
to them the unworthy motive they
had in necking him—to be filled.
verily, verily --the repetition of this
word among the Jewish writers was
considered of equal import with the
most eolernn oath.—Clarke. not be-
Cense—They 0'3re not attracted to
("hrist by any revelation that they saw
in his miracles, of his love or Mes-
siahohip, They comprehended no'spir-
itoal meaning. but because ye did
oat—They wore reeking him purely
.,oafish considerations. They
were looking at the result of the mir-
11(te0 rather than at tete divine agency
that had produced them. Selfishness
any form was very distasteful to
Jesus, and especially so now, when
be 0.00 these people following him for
"the loaves and fishes,"
27. which perishoth-•Our chief ob-
ject in,•life should not be to gain tem-
pora-' supplies. Every man should he
diligent in business, and should care-
fully provide for his bodily wants,
but ,till, that is not the principal
thing. We are to seek first "the king-
dom of God," and the one who seeks
first the satisfaction of his worldly
anti temporal wants, degrades his soul
and rets in n. manner unworthy of his
Creator, which endureth—Compare
this discourse with nor Lord's worcl3
to the Samaritan woman in John 4:
13.16. We are to labor for spiritual
and eternal good. Labor not for "the
things which aro seen," far' they will
.perish. with the handling; but labor
for the things which aro "not seen,"
for they are eternal. and will endure
forever. which the Son of man --"The
term is especially appropriate here,
as it, is only by virtue of his incar-
nation that Christ gives this enduring
food." s11e11 give—God gives us his
good things e10(1 yet we must, seek for
them him hath God sealed—Tho
seal is used as a sign, of (1) author-
ity, (2) genuineness, rind (3) protec-
tion God "sealed, that is, authen-
ticated Jenne as the true .Bread from
heaven, "(1) by direct testimony in
11(10 Scriptures, (2) by the voice from
heaven at his baptism, (3) by his.
miracles and Messianic work."
21. What must wu do JR. V.) --This
question is suggested by his exhortation
to labor, in v, 27. They boyo a desire to
do the works pleasing to Ced and thus
secure "that meat, which endmntth,''
29, This is the' work—They probably
were 1hinkin of works of the Insr,
tithes,, sacrifices, etc. Christ tells them
of 01)' wor5, 0110 moral not, from which
111 I.he. rest derive their value—belief in
Him whom God has sent. —Plu mer,
'iFaptdt is the principle which produces
good works," H you desire to do works
pie:ming to God, accept His Ambassador
—Iris representative in this world. '1110
greatcyt sin that human being's can cont.
nut in the sin of rejecting the Lord Jesus
Christ. It is an open insult. to the Al-
mighty, 30, Whet sign--13ign is the
motet word for nniracle fn Jelin They
evidently ull1ll'atuul lhnt Jesus 14 lnyfn
briar t0 the Mess—Inderide., and they ask
for (,orf, That we may see--P0008'had
been ;.riven rice :t;1ain and again,. but
their da•kened minds could not pensive
the 11'1114, They S^011110 caul here,' too,
foe they had just seen the miracle of
feeding the five thousand, 31. Did eft
ttinmi0--The,y really say to Christ Host
Ile must not expect to establish itis
chains as Ilea:dais 1 y giving,. five l,ho lsnttei
e1'' a-ival,'lor Moss's did melt her,: Hers
that; lc fad vast millions fur fmy.
geu•a, and his w:,t0 "bread fl'oai hmtten,,'.
d'hlle 1 bust sued barley bread and fills.
As it si wilt; en Psa. 78,21; l;xod.
18, 4, 1n these passages it is distinctly
stated that Cod sent the ' m1101.3, but
they Rorke it appear that it was Moses,
;?2, IL was not Alos0 that gave you (It,
A;I sle_sus'rrfetee their statements` by
shaving (=1) 1101 !t way not 114,0 but
(rod who sent the manna. (2) that torr
manna was ant the true bard-4iveelt
('0)3- Ant ce the change in t'a ee, lie
manna ceased after at few years, but
God i4 continually giving the true banal,
33. From bear ,n -"'lhc manna tuu0
from heaven, as God Himself said (l:xod,
111, 4), but the trite broad 0.1(3111 from
lh0 100.1 heaven, where (.hod the Father
dwells," Unto the world- he marina
leas giceu to the Hebrew oarsm for a
short time; the "true bread nae for the
whole world for 011 time. 31, 1 verncrc
give its this bread—They 'did not under-
stand yet that lie watt speaking of 111:1
Rolf. They had as vague a conception of
ilii rs aping as the Samaritan wont u1 at
the well had of the"lid ng w 1.10 1'he
tows expected that when the 81110:th
;.hound come Iii would give them all
manner of delicacies, such as manna,
wine and spicy oil. Chirke.
111. Je8110 the Bread of Life (vs, 35,
30),
35, I an the bread of life --Jesus
keeps them in doubt no longer; and yet
whet He speaks plainly the mystery
only deepena; 80 blind 11 1110 natural
heart, I ant the one who giveth life me
to the world and save from the death of
sitz, "Compare the 'tree of life' (Gen:
2. 9; 22, 24;) 'the water of life' (Rev.
21, 00; 22, 1)." Shall never hunger—
"Shall never desire spiritual grace and
not have it given to hum.„ 1n n healthy
spiritual condition the soul hunger., and
thirsts sifter God, but in Christ every
desire of the inner lifo is fully stet
the promise to such is, `they shall be
filled,” As bread supports the natural
life of man, so the salvation procured
by the death of Christ is that .'which
gives sustenance to the soul.
06, And believe not—They closed their
eyes, and would not acept the ptost loos
hive proofs of Christ's divinity;
IV. The blessedness'- of coning to
Christ (vs. 37-40). 37. Ada that'the Fa-
ther giveth—The Father draws all men
but only those who yield to the influenc-
es of the Spieit aro given to the Son.
There is no coercion; the choice in de-
termined by man's wil1.•In no wise east
cut --Jesus never closed His ears to the
cry of a penitent. Those who "conte"
in the true sense will be saved,
30.40. Christ came to do the will of
His Father; the Father's will is that lie
should keep every soul cortimittmd to
Hint. Those who believe is Jesus Christ
to the saving of the soul have the pro-
mise of everlasting life and will be rais-
ed up at the last day—the day when
this probationary state shall close, and
(,Christ shall come to judge the world,
"God's eternal purpose and man's free
will are here stated together. Men have
seized now one and now the other of
these truths, and have built upon themr
separate IT:RIgl systelms of (hlkctgine
which are but half-truths, Jesus unites
them. Their resolution transcends hum-
an reason, but is within the experience
of human life. "If there is no free will,"
says St, Bernard, "there is nothing to
save; if there is' no free grace there is
nothing wherewith to sava"'
In vs. 41.51 our Lord continues His
discourse, The Jews who were hotile to
Him murmur at His strong statements
concerning IIimself. But He repeats
then with added force. Those who ate
the manna in the wilderness aro dead,
ns that was merely for the body for a
short time; but those who 'partake of
the true bread from heaven shall not
die, but shall live forever,
PRACTICAL APPIIOS'I'IONS,
"'Ye seek nne....becauae ye did eat of
the loaves" (v. 20). Let us seek Christ
for what he is, not for what he gives.
Follow him for love, and not for loaves.
Tarn 1'rorn the greedy search for the
poor, unsatisfying barley bread of life.
Christ would have us occupied, not with
his gifts, but with himself. Ile would be
the source and centre of all our living.
The true bread (v. 32). Tho fie flour
in the Jewish sacrifices typified the hu -
inanity of Jesus (Lev. 0:14-23, 18. V.,;
21:5-0; heir, 7:20). Wheat has to he
threshed, On the threshing floor of the
world the tr[hnlunt of sorrow pissed
over Christ (ora, 53;5, 10; lIsa. 02,4;
2072, 81. -Wheat has to b:, sifted. In
the wilderness, and through alt his lei:i-
istry, (hrt t endured the temptations of
Satan (Luke 4.13) and the einitritdie
floes of sinners (Marl: 12:1); hake 4',21);
John 7:80; 8:50: Heb, 12.3). Wheat has
to he ground. Christ's sufferings in the
garden were excruciating (i01)1 22:41).
Bread has; to pass throeght fire. The
wrath of God ag0imat sin fell upon Jesus
on the cross (1'sa. 88:7; 21:9; 85:10;
(02;0, ,10; Matt,- 27:46). So costly was
the saerlfied of 111in who said, "The bread
that I will give is my fleshy which I will
giveforthe life of the world" (v, 51),
The Bread of God (v. 33). Bread is
God's gift. They tell us grain was un-
known in the geological period. It was
"given" to 111011 by God (Gen, 1:29, 30).
Christ is the gift of God to man (1 John
4:10), Grain grows In almost every
elinuite and every soil. So Christ is the
life of every soul who 'ometh 10 11151
(vs, 47, 40). (train is a necessity. Christ
is needed by the poorest and the rich-
est, the youngest and the oldest, the
weakest and the, strongest. As nothing
is so nourishing and essential to bodily
health as bread, so' Christ is indispen-
sniile to the soul. As day by day, morn-
ing, moon and night, we eat bread and
never tiro of it, so Christ constantly
satisfies every want of our spiritual
nature.
The Breed of life (v. 30), 0112)51 the
life is food for the hungry, water for
the thirsty, medicine for the sick, com-
fort for 1110 sorrowful Stan may eat
of material bread and die. They who
feed on Christ shall live (vs, 49.01), An
eastern prince used .to retire an hour
every' morning to n ehamber, in his pal-
ace, carefully removed from every com-
mon 050, "I1ere,' he said, "I found the
secret of my life." The room was furnish-
ed like a shepherd's •Shut, for his foie-
fnthers were shepherds; and there, with
the most simple surroundings, he was ac-
customed to quictty meditate upon his
past, his present and Ids future. Much
more than this inner chamber was to
the prince, "the closet" (Matt, 0:0)
should be to the Christian, C, )1.:
Faith the connecting )tedium. hi no
way can man please God. so perfectly as
by believing in Itis tion, Phis is the
work of God, that ye believe on ]Biel
whom He hath sent' (v, 20) 11y faith
the Christ 1110 is apprehended and the
Lord Himself is brought in personal con-
tact with man's inner being, Faith es-
tablishes a sure and most blessed con-
nection between Christ and the. soul.
It is the wire over which the current of
divine life poses 'to the bonen heart.
It Is not enough to ndttricr+the character
of CiChrist.Amore intimate relation
,unit be found, 'I'lie most wholesome
food will not nourish the body unless it
is erten and properly assimilated, 155
h,' atonement of Christ unnppl 3I will
,wail nothing to man.` 'Sin must be re-
uonn0e1, the world overcome, doubts
dismissed, and the bread of hie received
by faith. Spiritual life becomes extinct
when faith loses its hold on Christ, Re-
member also that the Ono w110 believes
nn the Son shall have everlasting life,
In Christ will centre the eternal delight
0f the redeemed. Greater than 000upy-
i0g a mansion, sitting on a throne, or
7v0aning a crown will it be to appear
with Christ in His glory -(Co. ,r, 4). This
thought thrills the saint with rapture,
and he exclaims, "Whom have I in hea-
ve % but Thee?" Christ the life—spirit-
ual glorious, eternal, shall le the evcr-
sa-s ins portion o7 the redeemed.
11. R, .1,
TWELVE JURYMEN FINED.
New York Men Decided a Case by a
Flip of a Coin.
New York, lfarch 2. -Justice Guy in
the Nety York Supreme Court sto aside
the verdict of a jury to•duy and fined
twelve jur,vatcn "30 vault for melding
the verdict by (he flip of .a coin, _ The
d�us,0
was a suit brought agatinst tiro
New Pork City Railway- Company for
damages in pausing the dtvablr of a
chs4d,
Toe jury brought in a t-m'diet • in
favor of the t'aihway company. The
evidence of the ease entered to Justice
trey to be so meal' apart front Wye ,ver -
diet that lie 0skcki the foreman of the
lorry how 0014 a verdict had been ar-
rived at The foreman toll the Jua•
Hee thntttluey had agreed on their find-
ing by the toss of a coin. T7ne Justice
then told taw, jurors that they had vie -
1:3(4 their oaths 0114 committed con-
tempt of court, • lie imposed the fine
and ordered their stales stddeket frena
the. jury list.
One of the jurymen, explaining the
verdict, said that the jury •was hope-
Isesly d1ridol, and that ono of its mem.
brio bad 5(1,000 in his peekot'te close a
burins deal and was anxious - to at-
tend to his business,
TEN MEXICANS KILLED.
Accident at: Power Company's ,Plant
Caused Little Property 'Damage,
Montreal March 2, --'rhe office of the
Mexican Light to l'ow'er Company has
reeei ed word that the steels -tent reported
in curmeetiol 'wish the works in Mexico
was more disastrous to native life than
to the company direct, It consisted of
a cave-in on the spill -way, in which ten
Mexicans lost their lives. The company
auflers.little, if any, monetary loss.
TORTURING S DISEASE
Afflktt;i tks briht little girl
Mrs. 1 Miner, 0 311 Suffolk Street, Guelph, Ont. says:' "A year
since, v;aile while Itviog in Oshawa, Ont„ my little daughter Lorinda, six
yeare of age contracted a skia disease on the upper part of her body. This
Ms! broke ke out lace tiny water blisters, nacrwaids laking the form of dry scabs, These
1' 'old disappear for a sherd time and then reappear worse than ever, The clothes
,nasi) sentant wah the skin set up such a severe irritation that it was impossible
to keep h• o scratching. We tried various preparationsyet obtained u from 6 1 P d no
'i.. •of result's until we began using yam -Rik. With each application the irritation
, wa'1;e, was greatly reIi wed and the child rested east
et T
duo'
continued
'c
ued
u.;.nt;, the as melons and scabs fart disappeared and in 0 short space of time the skin
w1S completely cleared huts the disease. It is now some months since we used
/: n.bale,,uul a5: there are no signs of any more eruptions breaking out on her body,
r believe 41m Buk has worked a complete cure." yawn-BuEk Cures cuts, chapped hands
n,l fi, a trial box,
Invl se cau)o i nd 44.
tus,p, addr r5 Zmrnak
Cd„ Toronto. glia
itch, : 13 48, eca,em,,
v massing ams and sill di,
eases or the akin, (Nal,
r0 Ir egg, r a ul "0105501, or
from Zahn fink ..
,t „Co., 'Toronto.
I-ITTLE LORINDA MINER GUELPH
CANADA'S FORESTS.
The Dominion Must Husband Her
Canada's forest area 1Ins been various-
ly eslivutled at from eight hundred
million to three hundred million acres.
The latter is the latest estimate, and
was given by Dr, 13, 1;, Fcrnow, the
recently appoint dean of the faculty
of forestry at the University of Toronto.
Ho is one of the best authorities est
forest subjects 011 the continent, and for
yew's gras head of the United States
Rhino, of Forestry, His estimate, he
thinks, "wilt 0000r the commercially val-
uable timber laud area, actual and 90 -
Walsh" At this estimate the forest
area of Canada is "not much more than
one-half of the conunercial forest area
of the l,nited States,"
Mr. It. 11. Campbell, Superintendent
of Forestry for the Dominion Govern-
ment, gives a rather larger estimate, He
hias calculated the forest area of the Do-
minion at ahem 535 million acres, divid-
ed as follows:
Timber itesources,
Acres.
Jiritisb Columbia . , 182 million
Alun., Sask., Alta. and un-
organised territories ,. 180 million
I!nterio ,, ,, ,, ,,,,,,,, 40 ndllf0),
Onebee .. ., ., ,. ..., 120 million
New ifrt:newiclt ,. ., „ 71¢ million
Nova 400.8(1 ,. 5 11(11 1011
"hstxhaustible" used to be favorite
word to describe Canada's forests, But
the drop from the old figure of 800 mil-
lion acres to the more recent ones given
above Shows clearly that the more Gate
ado's forest wealth is investigated, the
Tess are pcop10 inclined to Ilse that word.
Groat its this wealth may he, it is for
Canada to husband her resources, and
make her forests a permanent asset. Ir
order to do this, she must enrefu)ly pro
toot her forests and see to their being re
produced, that a future supply of timber
may be ensured from thein. This would
mean the careful management of these
lands 011 scientific and business 921(1001
0)8-4, and these it is that the forestry
moven—sent is reeking to introduce
thtd,,gbout the Dominion. •
NO MASS "OR HIM.
Mob Riotous at the Burial of a
Non -Union Miner,
Juneau, Alaska, Alar. 2,—Two Slavo-
mat miners, one, union and the other
non-union, disks yesterday and the bur-
ial of one almost precipitated e riot, in
which the, polity' were called to restore)
oder. Ills) union man was butted peace-
ably, but when the priest in change of
the funeral services attempted to any
unas for the non-union miner he found
tits dt(11eh door locked. A mob of 200
union men requested tbo priest to refuse
to bury the rimennioni.st, 17:e priest
declined to heed the demands of the Sb0-
ere mu,e, who refused ;n turn to permit
the body of the union minor to be Mit
en into the cputrh, The d:istua'bas at-
tempted to stop the hearse by holding
the hoist»' bridles, and succeeded in
dragging a number of men away from
the funeral prones 5011.
The 011u'sl:al attempted to restore or-
der, but for the time, being ftas power-
less. The crowd followed the body to
the cemetery and made another disturh-
11See there, Order was finally restored.
No one was injured,
4.*
• TO CORE A COLD IN ONE DAY
rote 1,AS ATNF (3R0M0 pufntne Tablets,
Drnggtata refund money If It halts 10 cure, B.
R. 0140V1J'S signature le on each bac uc,
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CRIPPLE BURNED TO DEATH.
Clothing of R. Nicholson Caught Fire
While He Was .Cooking,
Charlottetown, 1', P. I., despatch: At
High Bank yesterday Roderick Nichol-
son, aged fifty-five, unmarried, and liv-
ing alone, was burned to death while
cooking his dinner. His clothing caught
fire, Being a cripple, he was unable to
offer effective resistance to the flames.
Neighbors, seeing the smoke, rushed in,
but too late to save him, Ifo died two
how's later.
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CONTRADICTS MISS ROBINSON.
London, Mardi 2.—Mr, Kimball, eoli-
eitor for George 11ollaniiby Druce, and
who also. acted fur Ahr'y Robinson, the
witness in the Druce ease, who con
fessed yesterday that the much dis-
cussed diary was faked, denies that
part. of Miss Robinson's confession
concerning himself, He says he was
of the opinion the woman's mind was
unbalanced, and hers conl'e004011 Dor.
firms that opinion.
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PATENT REPORT.
]felon' will be found a list of Ameri-
can and Canadian patents recently R-
etired through the agency of Marion
& 81013031, Patent Attorneys, Montreal,
Canada, and 'Washington,
Any information on the subleet will
be supplied free of charge by applying
to the above named firm:
United 1t:,ttos:•
1, T. C. 1)nmlis, Hull, Que., mold for
eo np,,si(e S1.1'10110eS,
Dasyicl 1101101.5~ Sorel, (hu:., cork..
extracting device..
Joseph Morcott, E t Gertnain do Grants
Ilan), Que., potato digger,
Alfred M. Moshe}, Welland, Ont„ pan-
ed slew n.n0r,
Joseph C. Locke, Belleville, , Ont.,
horseshoe—creaser.
William 1E. Scott, )Idhtreal, Oise., ves-
m)'bull cooper.
Canada.:
Harry A. Sedgeld:, Median, Wis„ U.
chock valva,
John W'a'ctrp, Leeds, Quo',, snow road
machine,
GROUN J TO DEATH.
Woman Plunges�to Death Undcr
Wheels of Train.
h
New York, \lurch 2.—Leaping before
an uptown subway local at. loth street
to -night a woman was ground to 10-
sttmc dentis beneath the front (rucks.
Su holly was She nil -dilated that iden-
(Wca(ion ass made almost impossible.
The train was halted suddenly and
plunged in darkness, stampeding the
passengers, who left the curs. The
woman was dressed in black and white
and stood about midway of the plat-
form before she Slade her plunge,
As an uptown Broadway local n-)01
n she jumped before it. The motorman
stopped the car after it had passed
three feet over the body.
The sudden stopping and the cues of
'pigeons on the platform eau ed a rush,
of passengers to -the doors of the trait.
Every one was ordered off by the po-
lice, laud tete wrecking 0105' was sum-
moned.
The car was jacked up enough to al-
low the Wren to slip the burly to the
spines between the local and express
Police from the East 22nd Street Sta-
tion drove tire. crowds of cun0us out of
(lo; station and niter a half hour's de-
lay tlafflc was. ren0e0 d,
The polar said identification tfas
possible onlythrough the clothing.
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DENTIST GETS INJUNCTION.
College Restrained From Action Till
Trial Takes Place,
Toronto despatch: An interior injunc-
tion was grated yesterday morning by
Mr, Justice Anglin to _112. 1J, Moore Lit-
tle against the College of Dental Sur-
geons., The college is restrained from
p.rtcrfring in any way with Mr. Little,
who is a thoroughly qualified licentiate
of the collage, from practicing Isis pro-
fession.
.According to the affidavits filed in
court and statements of counsel, lir.
Little is, employed by a layman, who
has equipped a set of dental parlor., and
other dentists object to this alleged de-
gradation of their tailing,
)lr, E. P, B, Johnston, N. C., argued
that dentists as 0 body had no domestic
forms by which they could cancel cer-
tificates like the legal and Radical pro-
f0seioue,.
The, Homewood Stnitaritun at Guelph
was in the same position its the, dental
parlors. '1'60 shareholders received divi-
dends 00 the work of medical men.
()mitten by-law No, 10 of the College
of Dental burgeons, Mr. Johnston said
it was (Ise most remarkable 6~-100
brought into court. The college actually
presumed to usurp the functions of the
10rislature of the Province by provid-
in,, that if the itemised declined to sub-
mit to the decision of the Disciplinary
('entmittec he could appeal to the Coun-
ty Court,
lh. N, \V. 1'.owell, li, C., ler the col-
lege, said that 51r. 1,dttle's method of
employment made dentists mere mony-
,uaking machines,
"It's of interest to know that these
employers are unskilled nun," said lir.
Lowell, referring to the 00000310 of the
dental parlors. "Henry was 0 baggage
man on it Niagara boat, Fisher wis a
barber, Perkins a printer and Hopkins
was convicted, and; I believe, is wider
sentence for obtaining money- under
false pretences."
Ills Lordship, however, thought that
W'. Little's rights were entitled to tate.
point's protection until trial and grant-
ed the injunction,
BOYCOTT BRITISH GOODS.
Natives of India Being Stirred Up by
Agitators.
1l0slon :flog,., March 2.—The officers
of the German steamship S(ucnl!els,
which arrived here to -day from India
and Ceylon, reported a serious condition
of affairs throughout India, The natives,
they assert, nue openly defying the
British. They have boy'eo!ted the Brit-
ish goods, and have refused to handle
cargoes shipped by British merchants.
111 the interior they are on the verge of
open revolt, and in maty cases they are
aro arming and preparing to combat
British rule, Agitators are largely re-
sponsible for the present conditions.
They are inciting the natives to acts of
violence. They believe the Japanese will
aid them if they should engage in war
with Britain, and they declare they will
be victorious.
In the larger cities the feeling against
the, British and foreigners in general has
taken the form of a boycott. and com-
merce is greatly hampered, The Neuen-
fels was delayed sixty-four days at Cal-
cutta waiting for her cargo, The natives
Iefosed to work on the freighting, and
it was weeks before a gang of longshore-
men could be got together who would
load the ship. Calcutta harbor at that
time was filled with British steamers
nimble to got cargoes,
•-
AFRAID OF BOMB ARTISTS.
Alfonso's Proposed Visit to Barcelona
Alarms Madrid Police,
fadrid, ll.,nit 3 '15,' auto incemeut
that 181x' Alfonso will visit i,ueelona
in Ala 0,11, accompanied by Premier Alan.
nn is massing considerable ,air and some
anxiety among the King's tvelltvr;hds.
The polu0 of 13a,elont hat the pepu-
taiou of nulfiri^'act ;171(1 the Mel that
ore or two bombs nye exploded there
weekly with disastrous regularity 07.71110
to make a 1 oral visit inopportune.
It is str,.ed that hang Alfon , s pies-
-77,717 will synchro otic wit ;:the arrival,
of a German squadron, aid' some B1ohn)
Helens and ,;newspapers declare '40
the visit will have identical imports I,nu, with the King journey to Carta.
,,Rua -ter meet King Edward when the
Atl511-Spanish entente was fixed up,
By Thelr Deeds,
A tattered, beggar in ,the street
SPIVSMwdy5 some old crooning hymn,.
And held to those tvllom he Wright meet
His hat with 'ragged, greasy briny,
Twornen'—two mi lit men —came by--
Two honored leaders of the town;
Caine, too, a dame of repute high—
Each passed the beggar with a frown.
But still the beggar sang away,
With atvlcwtu'd SULFA to 0(1011 word;
And through the balance of that day
The three that chanting echo ltdard.
They card, and held Vie fading Strsn
s
As memories of things that bless;
And added to their other gains
The golden one of kindliness.
Now, by some care)esa prank of fate,
These four met on the Way to Doaih,
And journeyed to the Joyous Gate
Where but the perfect enteroth.
The ciirdcr halted them, and told
Ilow ell who entered ovist be known
By goodly deed—by deeds of gold—
IV helpful actions sill their own,
The honored melt explained that they
Had gidott of their earthly wealth
To help their fellowson the way
1'p knowledge, peacefulness and health
The woman told of visits made,
The suffering std poor to greet --
All three told how the world had laid
Its laureled tributes at their feet.
"You may go in," the warder smiled,
"Although your fame we did not
know,
A clip of mot,e1 to a child
is more than all the passing show."'
The beggar turned to take his, Way'
With htttnblied mien and drooping
head.
The warder called to him to stay. '
"Come in! We've heard you sing!" he
said.
—W. D. Nesbit in Chicago 'Tribune,
Prayer.
0 Thou who art our God and ,Saviour,
we thank Thee for the love that will
not let us go, blurt follows its into the r'
furthest country, the most desolate wil-
derness, and strives continually for our
redemption, \Ve praise Thee that Thy
love is strong enough to send us the
suffering necessary to warn us against
sin and chasten us for our good, Yet
Thou dost delight not in our misery but
in our happiness, and our light afflic-
tion, which is but for a monaent,work-
eth for us more and more exceedingly
the eternal weight of glory, Not the
stroke of Thy fatherly correction, ;but
the awful retribution of sin, teach us,
0 God, to dread; and bestow 111800r,ns
grace, that we may flee for refuge ;to
the hope set before us in the'gbspel.
Bless and help us, 0 (104 of our salsa •
tics, and snake us a blessing and d.bolp
to others, .Amen.
The Charmed Chamber.
Ih ii in every house, some time or
other. No home cant he long without it,
And when it discovers itself it rules
imperiously over every one belonging
to the faintly, and even exerts Its
power far beyond it on many others.
It gathers about in eager, anxious and
sometimes, we might more truly say oft -
times, sleepless thought. 1t is the cen-
tre of attention. To it 011 mutinied
stream! sympathy flows. It oonl
Rands low -voiced speech, noiseless foot-
steps, subdued light, a muffled knocker,
ever open eyes, ministering hands,
loving hearts and everything ib wills.
Its sovereignty' is an 'undisputed sover-
eignty, and its haw is the law of love.
All bow to it, and no burden it im-
poses, however heavy, is ever spoken of
as grievous, All wait on it, and delight
in becoming its ministering' angels.
What is tide charmed chamber? It 1e
the sick room. Tient part of the house,
whether lofty or lore, spacious or nar-
row, magnificently or meanly furrdshed,
alter disease contends with health and
seeks to ovecomo it. The sick ono
there, in his weakness and helpless -
sass and danger, gather's about him the
strength and wisdom and skill not only
of the individual dwelling to which he
belongs, but also tlu,t of the whole
neighborhood. This gracious sympa•,h,y
is ons of God's natural Mafvs, 111111 it
is unspeakably grand. It prochtims 1 rp
true kinship and brotherhood of n.ra,
It brings to the surface, what tete bustle
and business of life covmsup and in :1
great measure hides out of sildtt, fdln
genuine human 0ffectien each has for
the other. ' Ralph \Waldo Emerson
speaks a great truth in these words:
"We have a great deal more kindness
than is ever spoken, , .,Maurge all the
unselfishness that chills like east
winds the world, the whole human
family is bathed with an element of
lore like fine ethr. How menu pc1-
8011.5 we 10001 111 houses, whom we scar-
cely speak to, 011001 yet we hone, and
who honor usl How maty w0 622 in
the street, o' sit with rt church, when),
though silently, we rejoice to be witht
Read the hinge .go of those w tnde111k
ty lamins. 715 heart knowellt'
lids kindness 1.87.44.10d wheh90
throws down hoyMdjll (t > oriel';-,tt lti"d
01)01 by goim, ant`" threatened with
death. Then all hearts are towelled,
and expres5'(11eir sympathy by doing
all that watt he don to Minister, n far
,es in tit; ..his, restoration to h,tlth-
And t)'yy as a touchy; tight to look
1gn01, atef 1.:1, 11, 1lick'cn, 1), D„ in
Domiatin Presbyterian,
Che pay1oll of the city of 500 Y01$
1141 year footed up the total of 570,215,-
1151.011, paid to of fiutly 0lenienl help and
laborers of all kind.. The cost of admin-
istration incident to paying out this
large suns was 883:12:1,