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= | a x 3 »."A prominent -stalesman . was .quofed the 'other day as saying that "woman "suffrage is coming," that the increasing "uterest and activity. of women in civic, «educational, charitable and social work cannot fail fo' strengilien the case for such suffrage, and that only the pas #ive and indifferent attitude of the ma- jority of the fair sex bars the way 10 the abolition of -the political disabli- ties of woman in advanced and demo- cratic counlries. Until this undoubted indifference is overcome women must be satisfled with such partial and limited victories as are occasionally won by and for them. Some weeks ago the British house of com- mens adopted an unequivocal equal suf- frage resolution by a large majority, though the sympathetic cabinet explain- ed that in the absence of a mandate from the electorale it did not feel itself free to offer a woman suffrage measure % parliament. And now it is announced from Copenhagen that the Danish par- liament has passed a government bill giving woman taxpayers of 2 years cr over, and wives of taxpayers, the right to vole at all communal elections on the same busis as the male taxpay- ers. It is not unlikely that the com- plete political enfranchisement of wo- men in Finland was not without in- fluence in acceleraling woman's pro- gress in Denmark, and even in Eng- land. Amn The general franchise in Denmark is conferred on every male citizen who has reached his thirtieth year, who is not in receipt of public charily, and who has a household of his own. Ele mentary education is free and compul- sory in the country, and widely dil- fused. To the University of Copenhagen women are admitted on equal terms with men. The grant of communal suf- frage to the women of Denmark under the restrictions specified will in its turn influence legislation elsewhere. It is certain, as even moderate stalesmen acknowledge, that equal suffrage with- out sex distinctions is "coming," especi- ally in municipal life, where problems cl "enlarged housekeeping --sanilation, hygiene, education, etc.--pecullarly ap- peal to women and in the solution of which their experience, judgment and profound interest are of admitled value. or Press the button and be your own milkmaid; Thus they do in merry Eng- land. The customer secures his milk from the retail dairy without its be ing ladled from (he supply pan, thus sending the milk «direct from the cow 4) the consumer w!thout intermediate handling. A novel aulomatic supply machine is used which can be fixed in any convenient position. On the outside of the machine there merely is a curved spout, under which the jugor pitcher is Placed, a lever handle, which is pulled over at right angles, and a slot for the insertion of the coin, which in this particular instance is 2 cents, and which insures the delivery of half a 'pint of the liquid. The machine ilself ocumprises a circular tank holding twenty quarts. The miik falls from this into a receplacle, the discharge orifice of which is closed by a valve controlled by the handle levor outside. The handle is moved by the mechanism set in mo- tion by the coin. The reservoir is com- pletely inclosed, so there is no risk from contamination by the air or other caus- es, and it can be quickly and easily taken apari for sterilization. * In order %o distribute the cream evenly, an aw tomatic stirrer is provided; otherwise the cream would collect on the top of the liquid, leaving 'the lower part un- duly thin. The stirrer is 50 designed as to prevent the risk of converting the milk into butler. A refrigerator is at Muched in summer. . The reservoir holds © enough to fill eighty coins' worth, The spparatys is becoming popular among rom the poor, who buy in small quantities. ite Pen : FOR THE INVALID. * Fool Bath in Bed.--Lay a larg . dn bed where the knees of eome; in CURRENT TOPICS. It Is in Loyal Response to. the Laws of God That Man Finds His Trae What is writlen In the law? How readest thou?--Luke x. 26. Macaulay in one of his reviews says: deeper and more complex parts of human nature can be exhibited by means of words alone,' . To many of us they are mirrors, his- tories. Every mew science adds many new words to our language. Every new discovery, avery war adds a few more. Each one of these new words enlarges our knewledge. . But words do not increase our know- ledge of men morally or in the langu- age of the heart. Moral science may have become more elaborate, but the vital and instinctive principles which are for the guidance and development of manhood and character have not been improved. All those words called tho Ten Commandments, spoken at least 4,000 years ago, describe man just a3 fully and exhaustively to-day as they dia then. So also is this true of the laws of the heart. If one of the Pharaohs looked jn upon us he would be bewildered at the muititudinous changes in social, civic, commercial and {industrial af- fairs; yet what a gleam of inlellectual] recognition end sppreciation would come into his eyes the moment he look- od upon two Jovers or a mother nurs- ing her baby or into the faces of sor- row by an open grave. These gre the sa me THROUGHOUT ALL AGESL They are like tM® phys'cal laws of steam and of air and of electricity and of mo- tion. They are always here. Man does not invent them; he is thelr discoverer. Thus it Is that man never progresses by trying to invent moral truth. When he seeks to discover it, follow it, love it. make it the supreme object in life, then he finds himsell close to the divine presence, touching the things of God, breathing (ho spirit of God. And he needs not to go far afield, for he finds THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MAY {0. Lesson VI. .The Missfon of the [oly Spirit. Golden Text, John 14. 16. THE LESSON WORD STUDIES, (Based - on the - text -of "the _Revisad Version.) Farewell Discourses Concluded. -- It was nedfly midnight when the little company left the upper chamber and procesded slowly through the streets of the cily to the eastern gate, and out across the Kidron to a secluded garden con the slope of Olivet. On the way Jesus continues the discourse be- fore leaving the éupper chamber. The prospect of soon being separated from his disciples leads him to call their at- tention in a still more impressive and memorable way to the necessity of their being intimately united with him fn a spiritual sense. This he chooses to 1l- lustrale by the use of the beautiful fig- ure of the vine and it branches. In subsequent verses of this chapter he points out that the disciples' bond of union both with Jesus™and with one another is the bond of love, and near the end of his prolonged discourse he again calls attention to the coming of the promised Comforter and of his func- ticn as one who will reveal fo them more fully -the things of Christ. The discourse closes with a reference to the. great joy which is' to follow the sorrow. to which for a liitle while they are 'to be subjected, and with an added final' warning and promise, The figh-priest: ly - prayer conlained in chapter 17. be- lungs with this "closing. urse of Josus, a continuation of which" forms the text of our present lesson, ~~ 7 Verse 26. Comforler--Or, "advocate"; or, "hetper," as in the preceding les-| son, y : Giri K % Whom | wilt send--The pronoun "I' is emphatic, and strikingly emphasizes | fhe ihe divine. consciousness of Jesus, th _trom--Or,- "goeth forth TNR os it in himself in his relationship with word. 'his fellows and in God's work It is doo often assumed thay moral laws are restrictions, fences, guards, but the truth is that it is sin that is the restriction, It is sin that retards manhood growth, il is sin that causes the retarding complications in' life, 1 is sin that perverts men's ambitions, clouds his vision, dulls his ear, oon- fuses and blights his affections, where- as his hearty, loyal response to the ho moral and spiritual laws of God gives him freedom. It is in them that he finds his drue self, his manhood, the joy of living, calling-into play his nob- lest powers. ' The national laws are not restrictions, fences curtailing personal liberty; they may be that to the criminal, but to the good citizen they are ithe mgans by which he reaches HIS BEST -CITIZENSHIP, We cannot imagine a citizenship without laws any more than we can imagine a manhood without laws, and so. moral law is an essential part of every hu- [man life. This may bé proved by look- ing upon manhood's failures as well as upon manhood's successes. They have come by breaking through the provis- ions God has provided. Therefore, Jesus did not merely ex- press a religious truth, but one of the profoundest, deepest, furthest-reaching of -all moral principles when He said tn the young lawyer, "How readest thou? . . . This do and thou shalt live." Through that doorway he would find abundant life, he would find his true self, for just within it he would find God the source of truth and life, he would find Christ the ideal, the renew- er the pattern, the inspiration to the only life worth living--the life of God in the human soul. REV. JOHN R. MACKAY. 5.Whither goest thou--Peter had, it Is true, asked (h'§ very question, but mol in the sense or spirip in which vesus had spoken of his going away. Now that that sense had been made clear to them by the Master's reference to the higher and mgre glorious state rl being on which he was about to onler, the great sorrow that had at first filled their hearts at the thought of his parting from them is somewhat lightened. 7. It is expedient for you--To your best interosts-and for your highest well- being. o 8. Convict the world--Convincé men by vindicating Christ's couse to their conscience. This conviction of the truth, however, Joes not neccssarily fmply obedience on the part of those who shall be thus convinced. In respect of sin, and of righteous: ness and of judgment--By bringing these into sharper contrast with each other, and. thus revealing their deeper reality and s'gnificance. 10. Of righ'ioousness, because 1.go to tha. Father--The completed work of re. demption wrought by Jesus would. af Tor his death and resurrectldn under the teaching of the Spirit reveal his obedience and = self-tacrifice Yi have poen an example of perfect righteous ness. 11. Of judgment, because the prince of this world hath beén judged -- The victory of faith in Christ was to prove " be the overthrow of Satan's king- dom in the world. Rh 12. Yel many. trings--Concerning both 'the difficuliies and the "glorious nchievements tn the work soon. 10° be nttusied to. thelr hands, neither which they could at this timé derstood or appreciated, 7 13. Into" al} the truth--Or, into the truth." The 'great mission of | the Holy Spirit to the individual heart : and lite Is to interpret the tng of Christian discipleship, amd to make possible a fuller approciali; spiritual realities. © "5% Declare unto you the things that {0 come--Not in Bumination, of Juture evenis, hut Self "him. have un- | ho the sense cf prophetic | Her home was a brick house of four], rcoms, with no. up-stairs, and it was surrounded by many acres of land, {hrough which ran Scher of wafer that made the - purple alfalfa clover grow, : . Suddenly Gladys sat up so quickly that astonished Jette bumped down be- hind her, and she was further sur prised when her 'misiress rushed fo the window, shouting, "0, 'mother, come quickly! The cattle are loose!" Jette by this time had jumped up on the window-sill, only fo scramble down |" again and rush excitedly with Gladys toward the door, where they met Mrs. Rumsey hurrying into the room. "Oh, what can we do? "cried pool Mrs. Rumsey, @s she reached the win- dow and saw the broken rails in the corral, through which the caltle were running and jumping. "They are so wild, just being driven in off the range, that some one may get hurt!" "If father would 'only happen fo start for home - this very instant" cried Gladys, watching the stampede with tearful, frightened eyes. If I could 'only get word to him! But it is unsafe for either of 'us to go out on foot, and there are the cattle rush- ing for the foot-hills!" Gadys stood watching the dust kicked uD by the flying hoofs, and wishing that <he was a big boy, or something be- sides a little girl, so that she could help. Suddenly a 'thought popped into her hea "Don't you think. mether, that per- haps Jette would follow 'the trail to the mine and take a note?" ~ "Why, ves, dear, perhaps she would," replied Mrs. Rumsey, with - much. in- terest." "She has_ certainly played post-| | man from room to room with us, and it is worth frying, she is so Intelligent,' and she hurried hopefully from the rcom for pencil and paper, . Jelte rushed wildly back. and forth from window fo door, as if she under- stood that' something important was expected of her. A Mrs. Rumsey came back h a note, which read: "Mr. Rumsey's cattle have broken loose. Send help at once." This she lied very carefully on Jetle's col far, and after giving her a loving pat, Gladys and her little playmale ran dcross the yard fo the narrow trail which led lo-thé mine, After a hearty hug and a tle push, | Gladys told her fo go find papa, and scampered back into the House, where she could watch her start from the win-} ¢ "dow. There was only 8 winding path to 'follow, so Jette kept on running through the sunlight and shade, with her fail 'curled 4s round as a doughnut, which was - always ils shape wheén she was good and happy. . * f, Just as she reached the opening round the shaft-house, I am solry fo say that she 'slopped to see if one of her buried tenes had been disturbed. But luckily | the 'engineer happened to step to the} door at that Tomieril ond 8 she 'was a great favarite wi 'miners; Reo Taled to her 10-come and speak fo] . As he' stooped down | NE tied 25 F : ii : EH fh ii hi eh : : 1 § f : : § i | E 0 3 i 3 of fhe great Ori- enfal bazaars where our clothing is sold," said Mr. Hyman, "snd 1 have waiched with much amusement our goods "But he will not be here for hourst |} Ee i Hi i i 5 | i J i # i i i i i { i; | 2 i i £ EE sare i i i asid 8 F i i £ i E he Ee its