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The Exeter Times, 1891-4-2, Page 6SITIWAY ERADING. The Sabbath 01ale, Fattier. Iknow that all my life Is portioned out for me, And the changes that will surely come I do not fear to see ; But I ask thee for a present mind, Intent *It pentsteg Thee. I ask Thee for a thoughtful love. Through constant watching Wins To meet the glad witheoyfal =nee Mel wipe the weeping eyes; Awl hear at leisure front iteelf • Ecothe and sympathize. and Saviour, endures the shame and pain of that publie whipping. Sometimes men died under the fierce bah. Often they fainted. It was a fitting gateway to the path of death. And after the scourging came a third terrible scene. That at the house of Caia. phae, and that at the house of Herod,is re, peatea at the 1104Se of Pilate. Jesui s s giv- en over to the soldiers, faint with pain, His back bruised and blood-stained. The merciless soldiers mock Him. They put a crown of thorns upon His heaelt and a reed • for it scepter between, His tied limads, and then "each with his derisive homage of woad trot Iaave the restleeebendea knee, each with his infamous spit- The greet ship which has just floated out Thathuire rrieste and . ting, each with the blow over the head from of dock N. 13, in which she had been built, Beekieg for some great thing to de the reed scepter, wlaieh His bound hands at Portsmouth, is the largest man-of-war Or secret: thine to know; could not bad." they pass 'before Rim, cry. 1 that hat ever been constructed in England; I woad he mated as a ellild - And guided. where I go. 'H Kin ot the Jews r mocking aud it is only fitting that the christening of aad Insulting Him. so magnificent a vessel should be graced by Wherever in eerthe world I am, But now Pilate makes another endeavor the presence of her Majesty, and that the have a fellowship) wiala heat e after justiee. Ile sends for Jesus andhthags name selected for the ship should he one of whatsoeetate, To keep and cultivate ; f th • before the multitude the oldest and most bonorable in the annals Aral a work of lowly Mee to de For Hine on whomI wait. o I ask Thee for the day strength— To none that ask de:nal, .6.nd a miud to blend with outward life— While keeping at Thy side ; Content to 1011 a little seam It Thou he &rifled. THE ROYAL SOVEREIGN, The New British War Ship. A TRIUMPH OF NAVAL. AWE/TEO' TIIKE. The Moat Formidable Vessel Afleatt 00111Elt DOTAL SoVEitEigNS OP TUE MANY. That Feautdfol Prayer. posts and shaft brackets being also formed of steel castings. The flat pieces of keel are composed of plates 2 in. in thieknese, whilst the vertical keel has a thicknees of din., with a maximum heighb of 5ft. amidships, diminishing to 3ft. Cin. at the first long- itudinal, end tapering towards the extre- mities- A novelty has been introduced in this portion a the structure, as the vertical keel is perforated to allow the water to pass freely between the first watertight longitudinal. Above there is a second watertight longitudival on the port and starboard sides, so that, as it mat- ter of fact, the whole hull from end to end is largely sub -divided, for the purpose of minimising to the fullest possible extent Tun itimt or nem= to tbe bottom plating from reeks or torped- oes. The frames have also been sweetly designed with reference to the great weight to be carried, and additional stiffness ia eecured by double longitudinal bulkheads, whech not only form a pasesge for eav eomt Forth Ho genies thozi-erewneda, withhandes of the Bdtr'dh.n743.- earlY 400 years ago timunication below tee watersline from end to ed„ and the ma robe cast bout Him, with there was a lug s slup,of the first rate cal!. e_ e, nu but support the middle portions of the the " wea.riness of His dreadful agony" upon ed the Sovereign. Commandod. ley. Su- hull when the ends ars simultaneously ole - His eyes, and His blessed face stained with dilutes Brandondshe grea,tely disturgiuslied rated by waves. A protective teel deck, the marks of blows and spitting. And himself m the action with the French., unclear otin. in thickness, extends under water from Pilate appeals for pity. " Behold. the man 1" the gallant Prunanguet, off Brest, In 154. tfie bow for about 761t. and from the stern But there is no pity anywhere, save in Ten years later she was described as a e for :a distance of about 72ft. From thisdeclo the heart of Christ for these his enendes. vessel of 800 tons and " niaryelfoas goodly. and resting unon an armour shelf, is built a " Cruelty Him .1" " crucify Him 1 :Is the She then ley in the revert aril, ;gamete and was. appears. ! belt of Mi ed armour with a backing of only greeterig. "Take ye Ilim and cruelly being much out el reoair tt teake. The lower edge of the belt extends Forgivieg as we Fay to be forgiven. "And I Ifim," eays Pilate, "ft I find no fault in moo odtetatrhe rebuilt- No Soyeeen ,ed's 5ft. din. below the toed draught -line, while who treepoee against ess."--3.tatt. ri:., If.1 law, and by our law He might to dm, lee, tegaged agunst Thmee4nratwIallaeldr.71tiat711.eLoeaz T h ,. greatest thickness ifs 18in., the belt its - forgive us our trespesses -1 e 01 Si those Hite." The Jews amswer, " We have a RoYalbol. ereldu , the upper edge SI.i.erried. 31t. :awe the line. l'he &wipes of our Lord had not been , cause He made Himself the Son of God," llngtiIseIme. the ad boveretg,n, patched up elf extending over a length of 250fte haste ha leltowship witlt Hint before they Here at bat le the reel, aceneetion. And or agave rebudt, fought on out of a total length of 38Sft., and teretm- learned. to tliirle. very highly of the ptivilege after the strauge events of the eFly mom- ran' nr-woure oecasiox :ding in arm om.ed bulkheeds. At the wad duty of prager. They had even so thew : beta and in sight of the face a tiras moment under another name. It was not. however. fere and eftee elide of the bat, and dieing dv—witat we rely see iu ours, theugh not 1 rieeuen, Pilate is stertled at the words. , mod me thee another '11S C1,. ggeeea ee directly from the rretectide deed. ate, the te eo ead au exteot—prayer reauseet to a e remembers lite mystermus dream which , such ue the hsts a the King a Navy Royol. barliettes, formed of armor 17 i1. thick.. mere feria et words, tieving little or ee , hie wife liaa Lest eiglet. and .wbich ahe (tame Ill that yettr slirst-We trum-oforate 51 -h Suneritnimeed upon the thick bat of light to do the work of one day laborer. If a raetudeg on the lire of tht,s who thoeght and told bitu of, waing rnbun aud eaynng : m her earlier daye wee known as the hove- araisonr, 4in, thiele at the sides and 3in. thick Dutchman was made a, colenist and kept it FM& COLONIES. Gen, Booties Scheme, as Practised in Hol- land and Germany: Attention lias lately been drawn to the question of far colonies as a means of con- verting the homeless vagab onds of our streets into useful laborers. For light upon the subject it is necessary for us to turn to the Continent. The beggar colonies are more analogous to the training labor colonies which we are Asked to promote. The two most important institntionsof this class in existencein Holland are those at Veelutizen and Oremerseb.aus, which in 1886 contained 2,020 and 400 inmates respectively. These colonies are supported by the State, and are occupied tor themost part by beggars and drunkards Com - mated to them for definite periods at the instance of the police authorities. Destitute persons, however, are also admitted on their own:application (oreiwilligers). The colonists are trained and oecupied in farmwork and other industries, andtheyreceivesmallwages for their labor; they have every opportunity afforded them of exchanging a life of vag- rancy and cadging for one cf honest work. The results, however, in this direction are very slight. Most of the inmates on their discharge return to theirforerier occupations; readmiesioiss are the rale rather than the exception ; and of 3;253 persons who were in the colonies iu December, 1885. 425 only were there for the first time, while forty- three bed been admitted fifteen times or more. In view of these facts Englishmen would scarcely regard such labor colonies as a good investment for their philanthropic capital. Whoa Sir John McNeil visited the Dutch colonies in 1853 he reported to the board of SuperViatill for the ROW of the poor in Scotland that it took fifteen colonists vain, proleuged reretaions of plirasts Ivor- , " !Uwe thou nothing to do wah that just retell a the nee% tees hinnehed atVs, eel. . ou the sereens, running across the ship; and thy of bang called prayed am impreteed ' men." " lie Untie Hirniatif the Sextet God." wick. She 1* til beeit dee:geed hy the cep. 1 bated Phirteas Pett. the eather of Foaludt behind this Bide armour co31.bunkers are ar- ranged, whereby a. large arneunt of addition.) were these early followers of Christ wall tbe What may diet rime ? Master's riews a -ad eeutiments comerning " And lie weet again into thetjudgment natal architects, and built by Peter Pett, to protection is ;secured. Over the these ;lets a decotion, thatMIe day they hall tuel saith unto Jesus Vs henee art and she was the nrst of our long hue of armour belt there it also a 3in, steel I1344) the strange request, Lord, tweet us bew to pray 1" We call Wisit strange request beceuto they had doubtleta been used tti tbe 141.8 (4 prayer common in the eynagegue god in tOe home. Were there not moreover the psalms of David and Asapb, of Ager and Hattalaletle ? It isTate evitieut that Jesus Thee ? ButJesusgerebam no newer, Then threeilerkere. Her tonnage has been varo deck, worketi so thee horizontel deck pro - with Pilate mite himt SIddhest tholt ttot oriely stated, but seeme to have been 1.av xt ; tection extends from end to end. Objection unto me? Knowest thou not that I have the length of her gen deck W48 1371!•olud has been talteu to the fact that the side power ta ei-ucify Thee, quit have power to ' her beain was 4711. 610. She carriea, at armor etops short at 'lie auxiliary battery. releese Thee ? Jesus imswered: Thou couldest different time, from litt to 120 gum. (11141 It remain% however, to be stated thet, have WI power at all against Me except it bad a complement of 815 officers and men. while the side of the ship at this part le were given thee from above ; therefore, tie She was in several of the moms of the &At wholly =protected, the guns are proteeted 1,4 eo spelseet of the greet question of that delivered Me mood:co bath the greeter Buteh war, notably in thot of Oetober 23, qy eke eereene and the rewe by armoured 167.111", when she flank her imenediete germ- emplacements, And in order to prayer that they felt as if they would be sin.', grateful to hoe Pot sie ism 1 f ogee O. prover, Mete appeets to the people. Here is ao ent, and 'Ater she had =mug her many . rimerrat .A. SAFE FA,SSAGE se toceli as a, model that might serve as the nein perfesetly innoeent. There is no fault captains Jermeiele Smith, Jobe; Co', John e ee- for thm e ammunition. front the eeveral maga,- 51111100. 111311 whieh they should build a its him at all. Bat again the great mob . Wotwatig. Richard Haddock, 311s. "r eines tothe gone of the secondary artnament„ prayerfullife. They did not ash so much . breaks out in tbv reets and coes. "If thou . Williad.-- Reeve.% pc:rtraitsofsaute of tl,ese, etrasered tiibel 15 -Ivo been uteelan) for 4 eample peayer ae for Rome word that , let this men go then art wet Ceeer's friend. ' and ot it.dialit:OS SIP ;Easel+ Jordan aud et, It is also to be noted that, with a view of fitted. ahoeld swear tInett " LOW ti) 11Fay..' The Witesesever tesdieth iiitivelf a kiteg epeaketh , Prime. Revert, 'alio flew them tlegs iss het. , ,ptet.entgeg wateritem gegies its way below 1 a 41 that eavitre Royal Navel Exhibition et Clielrea, Cepteut netreee.Pf^hrv t:111;l110.Ann;Itt rrectl'allitr.linelieevcrietry kiv-,i)eLrilal'8, I be" %.e-ol-allatP41,:etittliefreoriathTe."e 4hrs time` liacs Coe' cornet:ended her in the four day:deistical d'a3),deqd.eg. t(thhe'1'etPehel ell.:ellei"fgtiheble. wIliatitelirmi:gel,itf peceses fervent heart csas lite a eensitive 1 einr.e. Action meet he -taken. The tinjuet with the Iletell off the tiotaw.lti in Ware anal tecer5,arilv reIlilluopeue' gre r • d a I us have been anew= cause. The prop. r WaS OMNI. Thief 11 agetrot V, ter ' 'e'n "a the wdlls °I. the 1."theamig the proteetlion fleets, raceme tire provided for watt that caught wee retained eeeenebeasalseeteuee meet Tee Pitat dares delay gaited a kniglitho el as 1.15 revraol. She tined with the emne ehjc,t. The Royal of thteolivieepayer. ,"t'rs ulaY;nale4c it tins leueer. Viltate is in the eeat of juage one oho in the tietion with the Datel: SI:vereigto S511 be complete:I for the Use of with all the nate:plc-5- The JS 6" WaS 51; Talent- c 1\ 41a hira steeds the hitinecrat pries Selelsay in 1672, and in Me aotielle in Ito...32 ailiteral. Odic will be lighted through- betef auel alert chaiu of eseldeit haL the: ' oncte Bt.f de Lim is the vilginel multitudein the ladle' of which Sis W 211151414 1 445t (Mt with au installation of over 600 eleetric wothiratt, oeuld. eeeler r :telly devout For a mterestit be mops thetr Omer. "BeWas killed. In 16S4, ae else was errata rand Ih41,t,. awii win ow eirtivp,a with tour pauper at the rate of ga 10s. a year, the cost of treating aSeoteleinau in the eame wey would he 10e. a year, 00 252010 than twice the actual cost of ritaintaiuing a peeper he Scotland without the preteatce of letting him torn hie living. The Germae workmen's coloniee are etill in. the experimental stage ; but tie they have been in existence for SUMO eight yeate the experience which they tifford is well worth the eousideration of all who aelvocate the introduction of a similar system into this muntry. The colony at Wilhelm's. dorf wati founded, 1887, le provided al."010, emulation for 300 men. By 1886 sixteen others (exclusive of branch eolouies) had beeu opened in Pruesie alone. The advelesion to these settlements is entirely voluntary. After a shied period of reeideuve the in:metes reistaye some small reatinteretion for their work; aud in this way any laborer. who through mishap er Ins own fault, bed been reduced to destitutlea, has an opportunity of earning a ehartseter end ates. ot saving a mut of menet, entracient to provide himself with clothee and the testae required for his calling. The average sin)* of cult zolonist isninety-eightalays. Thew German eelonies in their constitution, resemble the haste, mupl tirtu to gr.;:sp and comprelietasi the he year long . 8.4 S. y a a sea- aa se le re •aareli-litti?ts in over oi,099.eandle tutiens which are suggested for our whip. whole. Rs this tte a may. the prayer was at ery out : " Awar with Him Away with to) a twa-deaser. In 1690, under Ceptain • pewee, cesis of w melt will be u-orkel by signs thou in England 121134.14elosnly then tereil by sew retnembered and repeat. : Hint:" Pilatte edith auto John Neville, she =vied. Torrington"o ewe them : " I cruttifyi,your Kiug t" The at es envie mole? proteetion. The ship in aetion do their Dutch prototypes. But we must will he fought from. either of two 001110254 not forget that the 4:-Malitious melte, whieh ea by hie ditatilee, by them transmitted to the world, 114.4 now it ie graven on tile chief priests answered ' Webave no King `i" taut esto-zeu 01'BEAU= OWN of WhIvh the forward me armourea they work are very different from those world's memory and he never snore to he but Cootie" Pilate delivera jests to be owed or forgottenH That brief Wt crowdmailed Head, owed had as her master the afterwards , te the extent of 14in, ana the after one to which obtein in thia country. The most . - . s. fr. tie Nal= Auto n Thet celebrated dant BenbOW. In 1692 ehe wait • 3iii, noticeable difference, perhape, ia the tom - ea prayer has hem tranelated into ell the u trot la i r ' • 1 we Hated:1p a Viest•Admiral Sir Ralph Pelee -al in the year abe Wa3 joint flagabsp of Mlles . work of our workhoures and If the taros grew, Delaval, and Oltovel. In Rea site The Isthmus -0T Panama. 0, and wherever the ntetsageof taho.tion ta c.a.telea the deg of Reer-Admiral alettliew Aylmer, and in 1606 she was riecidentally : More men have died and are buried on the cordee tnne [on& bps, eyed thourauda at prettelled aramig men the part which Pilate burnt at Chatluati. A news Itopl Sovereign, - Isthmus of Panaine Meng the line ef the lipe 'IS uth arid manhood and growing age p' LS I'val l'.'. '.1 reovt" e h i a los tem ship, was launched ori the 25th of promised wad, than on any equal tunountof W11 2' 1. tne threw) of grave with the Aod yet not LW any Main Sta.u. iS at Jidy, 1701, at Woobvieb, She mated ae 4.1 *5 ia the world. sweet " Gir Father who are in Heavers " Mall Was Pilate. Not so bad as Caiapluts, 1 oeude 4141. . • 'R u" ediip at alelia, bee ..-1t 22 11 22' t It watt in Itp.q, the year before the final taught by throe to hia devoted follower& not eo bad aa Herod, not 84 bad as the eorre "" proper eve eat tonte That a latger proportmu Alin .L' 't.. mid aftisratitas or a brim eolltiose a tee canal scheme came, that ' There is one elauseof that pot. ,yer that should t -'1.11Y of priests, not so beam the rabble of make us purse before we utter it. "Forgive dews. Oiw Lord Himself said that the period, bore Sir John Lealte's flaees in the ' ...hallo took ine to " the Isthmus," as it is are benefited by their stay in the German US our ovepaetee aS WO forgive thme who burden of " greater sin " rested upon other channel. She was rebuilt in 172S, mid was more usually doeribed. 'row many peeple colon)). than by residence in the workhouse trespaes agebast us." That is a, tender but au shoulders that) ittlate'e. Only a wale:nem. commandea at various times by Sanrtel ' are It 14.1 out be Monkey Hill? Gertaudy it, would be difficult to prove. The manager awful plea. It means, forgive us as We for- ing weak man ; with good Intentions, but Faulkner, Robert Allen, Tholuas Smith 8,0ii0 or %OM; probably /2,600 or 15,000, at '.,I 3111(11 stetes thet but it smell give. If with hard thoughts of others We effer tide prayer, it is a_prayer in 5%'.L ‚.11 we invite eet detunation. \VC must lie° es we obedience to it ; with a, dim sight at -With a I -pick (02) (2424'. but Without not strength enough to carry them our, V' Tom a' Ten Thousand "), the Ifonourtsble but ies all a 11,,. t'.. of gdeeswork as to the minority of the men who pass through his Edward lloseatven, anti by that William Boys, tlie story of '.‚.l ,'.t fearful experiences wall only holda a small percentage of the in an open 1)1 It, when the crew forms exact member. But the ground about A.spin. hands do well, while tbe bulk return to the life of vagrancy which they led before their admiesion ; and Mr. Davy, Who visited the prey in this cite°, or it will be ead indeed 111144 l. thid8si with ,edme 21111111 1111011, NI'Vre reatteed ' meli who have died on the Isthmus. The colony three years a,go on behalf of the Local to leave our prayer's anewensa, If we woad with vein° fault recognaton of tlid holiness, to dm 3,.'. 1.1.4.1' of eteuggalite„. one of city of Panama, of eourse, Iva claim to the offer this prayer aright we mutt come in the the mysteriousness, the macarthliness eyen the most shocking Models of maritime largest number of burials, but I can sv with. Government Board, expreemea in his report a very doubtful opinion as to the tlesirabili- spirt . 't of the oraver Ninth perfect forgive. of Him who stood a,tins judgment li.ar, but with a (112025(2 2'. ire the ma nf it, ei. idder tile nese to any or all who Inv have wronged us. There is a luxury in forgiveness. nitre is Melt of interrogatiou piracluating all his Unuttered photon worthiest thoughts ; earnestly desiring to in forgiving fraud and wrong save Jesus perfectly conscioua of His mis- Rippling throxigh the soul like measure sion, and o'f the injustice whiell '.vas beink Sweet Of sweetest poet's song. done Him, yet, hesitating to act, and at last Happy they who from a trill Inert can conquered by fear. Sea is the man who offer the prayer of Jesus through ancl delivers Jesus to be crucified. through. For them there shall come the Have we no rela.tionship with Pontius &sanest answer. Pilate ? Is there such an utter and complete _ unlikeness between him and us? Would Our Lora Before Pilate. we have behaved so very differently if we existence in Prussia et poordaw system, langunges of men. There le no voitat e,or Ian. day by day in the confeesiota, of our faat t The colonies, in fact, to a great extent do the broken. however, this eggwasperfeetly geod, age re which diet pra,yer is not heard, take that Roman Gterernordi name epee our Tbe volume of albumen hail shrunk about oiled:elf and it was &neer; In:tett:ere was not the faintest trace of disagreeable odor. To the USW it.WISS fresh and meet, No. 3—This egg Was laid on 5th ,of Novelle her lase and hed been subjected tiemusually severe treatment. From this time it scat laid until the I Ith of Farriery...de period of over three montbs—it, has been left for half of melt &yin the incubator, ;loafer the other half in the colder atmosphere of the cellar. This alternating extremes of temperature each day would seem to be more than any ordinary egg could stand. But when Prof. Saunders broke tbe the contents fell into the goblet clear and °dale)* The vol. unto was, however, considerably reduced, and at the point where the yolk had rested against the shell there WAS the faintest pos- sible trace of staleness. In every other vas apect the egg was sweet and absolutelyfite to eat. No. 4—This speeimen bad eigo's „ahead heroic treatment. It waa laid on .he 7t1 Deeeniber last, and on the 23rd a that month it had been placed in the incubator and kept at a, temperature of from 781 to 84' =tit February 11. From that time until last Saturday it had lain in the open cellar. It wee broken, aud seemed hi every respect. as fresh as the day it was laid. The air *ace was small, the albumen clear and the yolk perfectly sweet. KEEPING EGGS MERL Marvellous and rscrud Exoertatents Made at Ottawa. ' "Row long 0110. 3.0. egg be kept Mash and wholesome, without the aid of prsiserva- tires?" This was the question address- ed to Prof. Saunders last fall, when the mate tering‘ ,orlf hall:0715f vterengotecoentat.o wEngland was receiv- to work out m the fou1ti7 department a hich we are trying the Experimental Faxon replied the pre- fessore • ana if you come out some after- noon I shall be pleased to show you what ham been done." Thia short conversetion occurred in No- vember last, and it was resolved at the time to run out to the farm and look into the ex- periments whleit bad been referred to, but other engagements came in to prevent this plan being carried out. November passed, December mine and went and the New Year dawned. In January Prof. Saunders wao oken to concerning the egg expert'. Inage421:1tIlsifow are those egg:: getting along, Prot. , e i Saunders?" was the question a -eked. "Strange to say, we haven't been able to spoil a single egg yet," replied the director. " We have kept Valle of tbemat a tompera- ture of from 78 to 84° Fahrenheit *ice the latter part of October last, and up, to date we haven't found one to be bad. 'We have treated others even more severely, and yet .1 they remein fresh at this date. It is heguit ning to be a problem with us now, whether. an egg can really be spoiled." January and, February eame. On. the 2nd of that month Ws excellency dissolyea Parliament, and the ., muntry was plunged into the exciteraent of a, general election. Eggs were never once 41 thought of. The weeks aped by, mid the is crucial 5t11 of March came with its triumph for Sir John. tht Saturday last, more than ' a week after election day, the vorresoon4 t ; dent again met Prof. Saunders " Professor ; what about those eggs?" .1 1 "They are etill fresh," wee the aurprieln reply. ' We intend to test one from Oae bateh this afteruoon, teed you bad bette come °lie and eee them for yourself." , After ao malty Writ:140M Ma failurea te reepona, it was thought beat to put no fur! ther tax on good nature. The correspondent went out to the tarot in the afternoon, an was present when the tests were made b$ Prof. Saunders and Mr, A. C. Gilbert, the poultry :meager. The test in ealli east was very simple. An egg from the different batebes was brought Into the office aucl broken tete a, tumbler. It eves then tare, fully examined, 1. No. 1—This was an egg laid on Goober' 27 last. With others it bad been parked in" bran end laid away in the cellar. It tvas , , four and a half months old. Prof. Nan:mem broke it into the tumbler and it was foetid. absolutely fresh and sweet. Tim albumen was clear, and the yolk firms No. 2.—This specimen was laid on tire 29t11 of Water last, or four and a half months ago. Ie had been placed in the in- cubator on Slat of Octolier awl kept at a. censtant temperature of from 78 to SI de. groes until February 11 -ea pule 1 of three months atilt 12 ave. It need eeeredy be told that this repree; uts a very mueli higher average than tl.e temperature ef our three hottest summer mouths, and scan only 20 to i'el degrees below the hatching heat. When at the vieory areal? litguet awl ?d1tee GRELT GE.A.VEYABD OF THE WORLD. emewhere in unbroken vier taat prayer is being offered the wide world over, and Irma tide mement to tile last eentnry of 045' 115m. Poutm Palate will nererbe forgotten Wherever the story of the PaSSiOU is reeit- caeca of the German egetetti claim tint a percentage of the 11I0U admitted to the settlements are subt.equently absorleol into the ranks of independent laber, we might, reply that many. laborers; who ere forced in hard times to take refuge in the workhouse aro to be found afterward pureeing their There is a sound of shouting before Pilate's palace. Jesus has been brought back from Herod. Pilate sits again in Judgment, the street without is thronged with an excited multitude. The sun m up, and the city is astir. The crowd cries out to Pilate to keep the Governor's custom. At that feast the Roman Governor gave the people the power of pardon. They might open the prison gates and take one prisoner out. Pilate hopes that they may choose the Prophet of Nazar- eth. It would seem a reasonable hope. The Prophet of Nazareth had been the people's champion. He had preached especially to them, and they had listened gladly. He had gone about among. them, healing their sick, helping them, doing good, giving His strength m thew service. Was there none =there on whom those blessed healing hands bad rested? Was there none who had been led from darkness in light, from grief to peace, following the guiding of this Master ? Was there no weary and heavy laden one among them all who had fonnd rest? Where were they who had carried the jtalm branch- es, and sung the silelujahs? They were all hostile, or silent. Not a voice was raised for Christ by anybody. 11. 18 not Jesus of Nazareth they want. Another will please them better. Let us have Barabba.s. And Barabbas was a robber. . "What then shall I 410 2» asks Pilate, "with Jesus who is called Christ ?" And back comes the answer, a hundred times re- peated, swelling into a dreadful, universal clamor, " Crucify Him!" " Crucify Him I" "Crucify Him 1' "'Why, what evil bath He done ?" de- mands the Governor. " I have found no cause of death in Him. I will therefore obastiee Him, and let Him go." "And they were instant with loud voices: requiring that He might be crucified." Pilate is afraid. This great tumultuous, ehouting mob, utterly bereft (mob like) of sense and heart, this disorderly, wild, threat- ening, insane, savage mob scares Piliete. He does net dare to stand tor justioe in the face of it, He does dare, however, to rnake his protest. Pilate, after all, is braver than Peter. He take weter washegeaeleseide efore thh "1 am innotent," be declares, "of the blood of this just person. See ye to it." And a great shout gees up from all the people. "His blood be on us and on our chilthnn." Pilate delivers Jesus to be scourged. With back 'hired and feet and hands tied to a low pillar, testis of Nazarsele, our Lord had sat that day m Pilate s seat? , genesis of the type fuUy explaine; in the Christ stands forever upon trial Pilate's parliamentary papers recording the confer to die by drowing, ran down the steep sides opportunity, Pilate's temptation, comes into of the hills near their camp and threw them - histOrY. 431 her last drys sue Was flagship out exaggeration that the entire linoof the Itt Spithead, and in MS she was broken up. railroad awl canal from the Atlantic to the TUE NEN ROYAL SOVEREIGN. PaeitiO is a continuous graveyard. At Mato - chin alone over 3,509 Gammen met their death rn one day. That was 25 or 3i years ago, while the 13auame. railroad was being built* and long before work on tne canal was begun. Ten thousand Chinamen had been The Royal Sovereign IS the largest battle- ship hitherto constructed for the British Navy, and forms one of eight ordered to be built under the Naval Defence Act—four in the naval dockyards, and as many by con- tract. The names of the others are the brought from China to work an the canal. Over one-half of them were camped at what Itoodeltenown, Repelse, Remillies, Resolu- is now Matothin. Small -pox broke out tion, Revenge, andRoyal Oak, the whole of which are barbetts, with the single exception among them, and the mortality hem. me so great that the Chinamen, always easily exe of the Hood, which is a turret shi The cited became panic stricken, and, esteeming the lot of every one of us. Before US is an inaifferent or hostile company, in one way or another neatest Christ—perhaps against His law and will, offending against Him by dishonest action, bylying or unclean speech, by words of unkindness and =brotherliness —perhaps against His truth, denying Him, crying out against Him because He called himself the Son of God. And we have to make our choice, as Pilate had to make his choice, between Christ and them, to be for Christ or to be against athrist, to stand, even though we be alone, with Him, or to go down and join a hostile crown—in one way or another this enters into tbe common life of us all. And what do we do when the crisis comes? To speak or to keep silence To stand our ground. or to yield to the will of the clamoring multitude ; to be on Christ's side or on the world's side—which do we choose t It would have been a hard thing for Pilate th have been a Christian that Good Friday. It would have meant universal unpopularity. It would have meant unknown evil in the future. There might be complaintto Caesar. There might be a charge of treason. Pilate might lose his position, probably his life. 11. 18 a hard thing to be a genuine Christian to -day. To choose Christ, rather than the world; to do the ideal right, rather than the easy wrong ; to be contmually of Christ's spirit, kind, forgiving, helpful, rich in ser- vice, keeping the temper, saying no to the pursuasions of temptation, setting constant watch upon the lips, the ears, the eyes; always absolutely honest, no matter how much loss that means; always absolutely truthful ; always reverent and pure in speech and thought, daring to protest against un-christian speech and =den— te be Christ's soldier and servant. Never the soldier of Pilate or Herod, never the servant of Annas or Caiapha.s—who of us does not know how hard that is! Who of us has not acted Pilate's part? Prezumpt—ion b—egins in ignorance ancien d ' ruhl —1Am There is not a chapter in the Wedgy of Butminunnz ADVANCEMENT human nature, more instructive both to the j heart and understanding, than that which' is all the more creditable to the Portsrnouth establishment, seening that the Royal records our errors. —(Scbiller. Studied converseition is neost tedious and Sovereign was built in the open, and that defeats its own ends. We *ant in conver- work luta trequently to be suspended in nation that the heart should flow out. We ceneequance of the very severe winter. She cannot every momentpronounce an epigram. is built entirely of Mild steel, as are now all —tChtinning. ships in, the Earvice, the stem and. stern mho on designs for battleships held between the Board of Admiralty and distinguished selves into the ChagresRiver. As I havesaid, naval officers at Devonport ; in the statement 3,500 of them were drowned. It was because of the First Lord explanatory of the navy cohfatnhis fact that the name of the camp was estimates for 1889-90; and in a paper. by Mr. ged to Muertechno, muerte meaning W. H. White, Director of Naval Construc- tion, their designer, read at the thirtieth session of the Institution of Naval Archi- tects. From these sources of information we learn that a number of alternative de sigus were prepared for the consideration of their Lordships, with special reference, as it would appear, to the principle disposition of annamene adopted hi recent years for battle- ships, and that the eventual choice was made in full view of the most recent types constructed or en COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION, for the Royal and other navies. In this case the Admiralty decided upon the nature of the gun to be carried before finally deter- mining upon the character of the ship. "There was," we are told, "a considerable weight of opinion that a 12 -inch gun of modern design, and of about 50 tons in weight, might be made which would possess sufficient power for most purposes; but, as no such gun was in existence, and as guns of 75 tons in weight were carried in exist- ing foreign ships, while the 67 -ton 14 -inch gun was thoroughly successful, and all the details of the amunition and mounting had been settled, it was generally agreed that, for the three leading battleships, 67 -ton guns were to be preferred for the heavy ar- mament." This decision has since been applied to all the ships of the class. As befits her enormous bulk and weight, the construction of the ship has been made exceptionally strong. The hull aloneabserbs not less than 9,640 tons of the total dis- placement, and of that amount about 7,200 has been worked into the structure since the keel plate was laid down on October 1, 1889, up to the time of the floating out of dock, a period of less than 17 months. This is a record of progress which is believed to be wholly beyond precendent either in it Government or in a private yard. And "dead" in spanish and Chino signifying Chinaman. The name has since become per-, verted to Matochin. It is a common saying, believed by many on the isthmus, that every tie on the Panama! Railroad represents a dead man. Curiosities of the British Penson List. For nearly eighty years the House of Commons has been accustomed to vote a pension of M a year to a person who ap- pears in the Estimates as the "Daughter of a Toulonese emigrant" What her name is, and why her father's emigration established a claim on the British taxpayer, are ques- tions frequently asked in the House of Com- mons but never answered. The general vague impression is that theunknown father of this anonymous daughter emigrated at the time that Napoleon was a captain in the French artillery and began to distinguish himself at Toulon, and that is nearly a hun- dred years ago. The Treasury recently dis- covered that the lady is dead, and this year, for the first time within the memory of liv- ing man, this sum of Z10 will not be asked for in Committee of Supply. A pension of £1000 ceased to be payable when the Mar- quis of Normany died; but notwithstanding this saving there is an increase of £2080 in the Estimates this year for superannuation allowances th colonial governors. The ad- ditional allowances which explain this net increase are three of E1000 each to the re- tired Governors Sir H. Robinson, Sir John Pope Hennessy, and Sir A. H. Gordon ; and one of £80 to Mr. E. Laborde, formerly Ad- ministrator of St Lucia. This is only sure, that there is nothing sure ; and nothing more miserable, and yet more arrogant than man.—{Pliny. Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of woman. --ESaltdi. lb is easiest to be all things to all men but it is not honest. Self-respect must be sacrificed every hour of the day.—[Abre,haan Lincoln. Laziness of mind, or inattention, are as great enemies to knowledge as impiety.— tChesterfield. ty o1'trying any experiments in this (thee. tion in England. On the whole, the experiment of farm colonies, both in Germany and in Holland, can hardly be said to Wye met with such success as to justify us in boping very ex- tensive results from the adoption of the system here. ---[St. James' Gazette. Onuette She Be, A. subtle eamething her face Bewitching smile, -beguiling grace: Such charmful eyes, all mirth and love; A golden aureole above: Entrancing she, tho fairest fair; The little witch, of her beware. Do halt, mit wooer, turn and iii,e She will serve thee as she served mo. Coquette she be, Tho' fair to see. She'll catch thee in love's tangled web; Hold thee fast by a mystic thread: The love gods very have her ]ips, While from her dainty finger tips She wafts it kiss for, How d ye do . 'Neath lowered lids, she laughs at y ou— Do halt. rash wooer. turn and flee! She will serve thee as she served me. Coquette she be 'The' fair to see. To a Thrush. 0 Mavis, carolling loud 011 yon bare bougb, Making the orchards ring With message of the spring, My heart doth Wess thee now, For lo ! whatiroeyaAt Tefratsalintiatitianx From winter's frozen fount has learnt so ,.00n to sing Sing on, sweet bird, I pray; Sing louder, sweeter, higher, Till the shy crocus bursts to hear thy lay, And sets my garden plot on fire; Better to sing on this drear day Than later, when the full -voiced. choir Holds mirth and revel mid tho snows in May, Joy when needed most comes best; And thou, brave thrush, are blest, Like him whose dirge amid the falling leaf Helps us to boar the chill of autumn's grief. Murder in the United States There were 4290 murders in the United States last year, and in five previous years there were respeetively 3567, 2814, 2335, 1449 and 1808. These figures show that murders are becoming more frequent each year. Ia 1890, while there were 4290 mur- ders committed, the numbers of criminals put to death was only 228, of whom 102 were legally executed and 126 lynched. The number of legal executions was higher and the number of lynchings lower than in any of the five preceeding years. The proportion of murders to legal executions is as 41 to 1, and the legal executions and lynchings com- bined is as 19 *0 1. The Albany Journal in commenting upon these facts says: "In the older states pries are becoming more and more reluctant to bring in a xerditet of guilty when the penalty is death, and as a conse- quence hundreds of criminals each year go unpunished." - There will always be something wort living for while there are shimmery after noons.—[Olive Shreiner. No. 5—This one had been laid on 3rd of November last. It was then peeked after a very common method. The surface of tho shell was greased with lard and the egg buried in salt. It was considerably over five months old ; yet it was perfectly sound. It was neither better nor worse than those which had received no special attention. It was simply a gond, full, fresh egg. , No. O.—This was an extraordinary speci- men. Along with half a dozen others it had been laid in -the office drawer during the first week in August last. It had been given no treatment whatever. There it lay through a the heat of Angust and Septem- ber, the ehaeging temperatures of the fall months, the severer extremes of winter, not 10 feet*from a base burner stove, and down — to the hour i f the test. When Prof. Saunt ders got ready to break this egg that had lain for seven menthe and a half in an office drawer, the newspaper men stepped back a pace or two, so ds to be ?tapered for the worst. 'Back number eggs are always to be ,. suspected. Yetovhen the table knife broke ' the shell in tweet, the contents fell out, sweet, fresh looking nod perfectly whole- . . some. As a matter of fact, Prof. Saunders s : ate it for his supper, and pronounced it &Ate_ , ) class in every respect. Here'then, were the proofs of the surif prising ltd that fresh eggs could b kept fof a long period without suffering m erial dea • terioration. The last egg exa,ni.. ned was over seven months ad, lying all that time. in a comparatively warm room and surrounds ed with no preservatives whatever. Yet), like all the others, it was perfectly good. I would seem that an egg packed away w quite fresh may be kept at it • high tem ture for inauy months, or sebmitted tremes of heat and cold, without to any: appreciable extent in 4 unlit experiments also show that pit respecting the age at which said to be fresh are in need of a farmer's wife labelled her ba. eggs ; laid three weeks ago," oh .no purchasers. When we kno . that it has been found impossible • egg within six months at the expe farm, we are bound .to believe that a. just as good in its third week, or thirdr, as when laid. ....................sese—setesiee-m.,--............... In the matter of friendship I have an . ad that disappointment . arises chiefly,„ from liking our friends to, well, but 'over -estimating their liking and eteiniat r us.--[Chaelotte 13ronte.