GSP OF THE ARSE WAITING UNTIL AFTER DARK. He Didn't Want to Let the People See Him or They Wouldn't Turn Out to Service-- Retort of a Priest to a Sharper. A Scottish parish minister was going from home and procured the clergyman of a neigh- boring parish to officiate on Sunday. The parish minister's servant, who was beadle, says the London Globe, was sent over 10 the station to drive the visiting re- verend gentleman to the manse, When the train arrived the beadle asked the visitor to begood enough to wait awhile, as he had some errands to do before going home. It was two hours before he returned. The minister was furious and threatened to report the beadle to his master. "Weel, sir, ye can dae that if ye likt," said the beadle, "but he tell't me himself to wait till it was dark afore 1 drove ye ower, for if also' SYMPATHY TO BE USEFUL Must Try and Brace the Sufferer to Fight Depression. In an article in C.F.N. on "Sympathy," A. C. Benson speaks of the possibility' of well-intentioned sympathy doing more harm than good in keeping the mind of the suffer- er on the cause oi the trouble, The writer then gues on to say: What is undoubtedly a far harder business for most of us is to sympathize generously and sincerely with joy and happiness and success. We are apt to feel that happiness is sg delightful a thing that it needs no sym- pathy. and thus we often tend to spoil our friends' triomphs and joys by giving them but a brief and formal recognition, and turn- ing to more congenial things. It is a great strain to some to live cheerfully with a very 1obust and cheerful person, especially if he demands an audience for his ecstasies. But to show syfupathy with the joys of others, even if they need it less, is a very necessary piece of seli-discipline. In reading the lives of great men, I do mot think there is any quality quite so splendid as the quality. of generous and usgrudging admiration for the sn: CHURCH LOST IN SAND. An Ancient Cornish Church at Perranzabuloe Being Dug Out. Antiquaries are excavating in Cornwall and bringing to light an old church. Of the work a visitor writes: "The western gable end of the ruin, peeping a few feet above the sand, is all that you cin See of the actual building 28 you approach. But the excavators were busy at the time of my visit, and the walls and other parts of thie nratory were being dis- closed in a way which promised ample re- ward. Close to the ruin I found Mr. Athel- stan Riley, himself busy with a shovel. He and his assistants were keenly bent on their fascinating to anyone with a sense of ro- mance and a tosch of Historic imagination, As the sand is cleared dway the ancient walls take visible shape, and legendary lore is cor- roborated by thé: discovery of doorway, win: dows, stone benches, and flooring, and the disinterment of innumerible human bongs in what was clearly the burial ground around the oratory. The walls of the building are thick, but, as they .are built of rough stone, with no binding material except china clay, work of discovery." Such a work as this is | After several years of school life the children They had been taker from home life and onlgidid their customs differ from those of orm had grown apart in tastes, sympathies and interest, would be difficulties, getting the children to attend school regu- NOT A DYING RACE. - A Medical Missionary to the Indians Talks About Them. We tlip from the Winnipeg Free Press the following interesting extract: That the Indians are not a dying race, but a living, increasing and progressive people, is the opinion of Miss Anna A. Hawley, teacher and nurse, St. Stephen's mission, Fort a la Corne, Saskatchewan. She believes that the change from boarding schools to day schools for Indian children, which is be- ing made by the Government, is a move in the right direction. The boarding schools are not satisfactory. returned to the reserve uvufitted to live the life of either the white man or the Indian, when they returned were at sea, because not people, but parents and the children With the day school it was known there One was the trouble of producing prepara- tion in the world. It is your protection against fraud, imita- tions and hundreds of cheap, worthless sub. stitutes. It is known the world over as the trade-mark of the original and standard preparation of Cod Liver Oil Scott's Emulsion For low vitality, thin blood, loss of flesh, stubborn coughs, lung and chest Scott's Emulsion has been for more than thirty-five years the standard remedy. this Trade-Mark is on the wrapper. the folk ©' the village saw who was to preach naebody wud turn oot the morn." * Away back when herds of buffalo grazed along the. foothills of the Western moun- tains, two hardy prospectors fell in with a bull bison that seemed to have separated from his kind and run amuck. One of the prospectors took flo the branches of a tree and the other dived into 3 cave. The buffalo bellowed at the entrance to the cavern and #7 then turned toward the tree. Out came the man from the cave, and the buffalo took af- ter him again. The man made another dive for the hole. After this had been repeated several times, the man in the tree called at the mouth of the cavern: "Stay in the cave, you idiot!" "You don't know nothing about this hele bawled the other. "There's a bear in it!" flarly; and the other the diffichilty «of raising the ideals of the children, when after school hours they 'were subject to the influences of the homes. But in many reserves the experiment of day schools is bei tried, and instead of sending out inexperienced teachers, fully qualified "teachers ire sent; the children are driven to and from school during the winter has suffered more from the gttentions- of j Months, and a simple mid-day meal provided visitors during the last century thaw from the [the year round. The results of this exper'. effects of the traditional 'catastrophe, 'Ament on James Smith's rescive, where Miss great deal of the structure is being uncover- | Hawley teaches, have been most gratifying. ed, and when the work is finished a very sub-| Ibe average attendance during the past year stantial part of the whole will be preserved) 2s been one-third higher than any year dur- for public inspection." ing the past ten years. On this reserve there is a good church Clergy of the Present Day. | } building, a4 neat mission house and two day Addressing a meeting of clergy of the dio- schools, with an enrollment of more than cese at Exeter cathedral, the Bishop, Dr. fifty children. There is also " a- dispensary Robertson, said: that while the clergy had {2®d tent hospital, but next year better ac- advanced far further than their predecessors | "Ommodation will be provided. : of a generation or two ago in the studies| Miss Hawley spoke to a large class of which were more purely ecclesiastical, they girls in the Y.W.CA. while in Winnipeg, her had fallen beliind them altogether in their subject being, "Life Among the Crees." Miss Biblical study, in their knowledge, hie would Hawley said Shas the Indian population of not say about the Bible, but 'in their knowl the minion has during the past ten years edge of the Bible increased at the rate of one thousand per year. The present schiéme of lectures ranged over| [8 the diocese of Saskatchewan there has been a 'wide field, but he ventared to hope and be. | 8 increase of one-seventh during the last lieve that Biblical studies in that scheme oc- | 9°68d¢, and. this in spite of the fact that sev- cupied their proper and' dominant place. "A 'eral bands have been passing through a tran- ministry which was powerful to add living sition state. They have experienced a. com- stones to the great fabric of the living mys- plete change in their mod¢ of life. From a tical body of Jesus' Christ, a ministry which free life, lived in tepees, with plenty of fresh was powerful to build wp Christian character,| *'* and fresh 'meat, they have gone to live on must be a ministry which was' powerful in reserves, where they have taken the habits -of Bible reading. camp life into their shacks, and where _they The power to "oamtrdl the operations" of which the British builders - obtained from neighboring hills, the utmost care Has to be exercised to avdid the destruction or falling away of any of the fabric. For many cen- tur'es the whole building stood beneath the sand, by which, according to tradition, is. was overwhelmed in a terrible storm. As # mat: ter of fact, this has preserved the fabric in a very effective way, and the ancient building successes of others. We, most of us, I sup- pose, in our hearts' desire some #ort of in- fluence and power; ¥it , is' wonderful what strange paths we ¢hoose to -afrive at that goal! Many of us think that harsh and de- risive criticism of the performances of others gives the hearers a sense of our own su- periority; but even from the lowest motives of insincere diplomacy, many a man who gets nothing but discredit and dislike for his dis- approval and depreciation of others' perform- ances could stride swiftly mto influence by a royal distribution of applause. I do not, of course, mean that we should acquire a halt of bedaubing everything with disingenuous unction; but, in criticism, there is very little to be said for ingenious fault-finding. Poor work in all departments finds its own level with wonderful rapidity; but we should be eager to recognize with ready impartiality and sincere approval any particle of pure gold. As a schoolmaster, I held stmng theories as to the enormous value of praise As a factor in education; and I have proved it a hundred times. 'But, of course, the real difficulty, as in all spiritual things, lies deep- er yet. If a man has cause to recognize, by mistakes and failures, that he is cold and un- generous by nature, what is he to do? It surely makes matters only worse to add hypotrisy to his other deficiencies? Is he daily to pretend to a generosity which he does not possess? Is he insincerely to praise what he sinccrely despises? Well, if a man could answer that question, he wotild hold the secret of life 'in his hand. The most one can say is that it is something to know and recognize one's deficiencies, and still more to hate and mourn thém. So we The Sunday school class had reached the part of the lesson where "Abraham enter- tained the angel unaware." "And what now is the meaning of aware?" asked the teacher. There was a bashful silence; then the smallest girl in the class piped up, "Un'erware is what you take off before you puts on your nighti. _ Every. Woman who keeps house should know "Granulated" "Golden Yellows" "Extra Ground" ¢ ; or Icing Sugar SSO pcerea Su "Crystal Diamonds* Each of these brands is guaranteed absolutely pure, and the choicest Sugar of its kind in. Druggist--"What's the matter with you? ou seem excited?" Clerk--"No wonder. Mrs, Griggsby want- . ¢d an ounce of boric acid, and T gave her an ounce of strychnine by mistake." Druggist--"Well of all the careless idiots, you head the list Say, haven't you any idea of the value of strychnine?" kl E-----t must live on an entirely different diet. A race that can pass through such a change, "Gracious!" cried the clergyman, when the young mother had told him she wanted her baby baptized Jane Emily Nora Eliza Maria Frances Sarah, "why do you want to afflict the child with a string of names like that?" "You wouldn't ask, sir," replied the mother, "if you knew how sensitive and jealous her seven aunts are." / ---- Motherly Hostess--Our modest establish- ment has only one bathroom, so we i § © to atrangewhen to take oir turn. What time would you like to have your bath? Nervous Youth (who means well)--On, |, your time is mine, Mrs. Brown.--Punch. Father S------ was remarkable for his ready wit. On one occasion, while travelling on a steamboat, a well-known sharper, who Wished to get into the priest's good graces, said: "Father, I would like very much to hear one of your sermons." "Well," said the clergyman, "you would have heard me last Sunday if you had been where you should have been" "Where was that, pray?" . "In the county jail," answered the bluff priest as he walked away. On the rolling ocean. She--Shall I have your lunch brought up to you, dear? He (feebly)--No, love; have it Mirown straight overboard. It will save time and trouble. GREAT BATHING FESTIVAL: Once Every Twelve Years All Castes Dip in Holy Waters. Christian Herald, Every twelve years the great Mahamakam festival is celebrated by Hindus of all castes im the sacred ¢ity of Kumbakonam, Madras: There are two festivals, lasting ten days, the closing day being the most "important in a wseceremonial sense, as on that day they bathe in the holy waters, : 3 For centuries it has been the belief of these Hindus that, by bathing in the great hamakam tank (into which the mine "holy" rivers of the world are believed to pour their waters on 'this day), they can save them- selves from all sins and secure salvation in the future, » a Great throngs attend these ceremoni emonies, crowded trains arriving every hour at the ah e order of bathing is _.place of worship. Th he in the Mahamakam sank, Fang in the + Porramari tank, lastly e river Kane ori. Before Pain, all the people themselves by ut g the Sangalpa Mans thram, by calling the day of the week, the Mas advance slowly; and, better still, there is an old fashioned thing called the Grace of God, which we can, if we will try, admit to our narrow hearts, as the lake pours into the con- fined stream-channel. To do all 'we can, and yet not to feel that we have only ourselves to depend upon, that is the simple secret which has taerned weak spirits before now into men valiant in fight. |___BOYS OF ASHBURY COLLEGE. Heard the Wholesome Talk" of Chaplain General on Purity. ? There was a large attendance of the boys of 'Ashbury College, who helped swell the big meeting gathered in St. George's hall, Ottawa, to hear Bishop Taylor Smith's last address before he left for England. His sub- ject was "The Dignity of Manhood." "Begin at the cradle," was his advice. He gave numemus illustrations to show the de- sibility of such a course as this. The fail- ure of parents to administer knowledge to their children in early life was the means, he said, of placing hundreds in hospitals and asylums who had no business to be there. "There is not a_child of twelve years of age," he said, "who does not know a 'great deal more than he is supposed to know, and the worst of it is -he knows the lies and not the facts, In the midst of filthy literature and filthy post cards the only thing to do is to pour in the truth. Its better to have a rail- ing on top of the cliff han the bést ambu- lance possible below." 'All fathers should tell their boys the facts of nature between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five, 'which were the most important ten years of a young man's life. : The speaker named as the best three rules for pure living: daily prayer, daily Bible read- ing, and the putting of the will on the side ©f purity. He exhorted parents to maintain a pure Christian home, which was the near- est approach to a home above. There were, he said, many hundreds of men and officers in the British Army today living pure lives, "Young men, your future wives have as much tight to expect a pure man as you have to pect a pure woman," were some of the Bi- Shop's words of advice, Rev. J. W. H. Milne, of the Glebe Presby- terian Church, made a short address of ap- preciation, 'saying that the address of the initiate £ "Shing was the most powerful he had ever eard. He thanked Bishop Taylor Smith for ing so many splendid illistrations and parables for use in teaching truths of nature to the young, and would make use cf them in _ work amongst boys. . Vening Journal says. It was not hard to ieve golden rules of health.and pure living €oming as they did from the lips of a splen- nature was an insight into what was unques- tionably the methods of 'the work of God. Knowledge in this' generation had reached a level undreamt of in any period in the pre- vious history of the' human race® We lived also in a period marked by the high level of general scholarship dnd culture, and by an almost unparalleled diffusion. When the deepest realigies of. personal re- ligion were concermed they 'all had" to "lay aside whatever claim. to ¢ i think they had and b>" 1 the foolish as sinners 1m the There has been: a good desl of Falk; in England, lately, regarding some system of canonization, whereby those who have quali- fied for sainthood as much as any of the les- ser saints of the past ever did, might be re- cognized in the calendar, e. death of Elorence Nightingale was the cause of the discussion. However, the Church Titnes points out she needs no monument, for she raised her own, in her great example and self-sacrifice. But even were the Crimean' heroine to be put in the calendar it might not ensufe the continued honoring of ther name, for as the piper above mentioned says, the Royal Martyr, King Charles, after two centuries of commemoration, was suddenly dropped (name and day) from the calendar. The most fitting honor 16 "The Lady With the Lamp" would be aiding and developing the work to which her life was consecrated. Old Bibles For New. Success, We are just old-fashioned enough to take no stock in the 'modernized Bible which is shortly to appear "couched in everyday ln- guage, with obsolete" words dnd phrases eliminated." The King James Bible has done more to preserve the good: old Saxon words and style, which are the best English liver- ature has produced, than anything else. In- steadl of a movement to get us farther away from that vigorous, simpfe, classic style, and in the interest of establishing the finest liter- ary ideals possible to the people i use the curious hybrid which the language has become, it would be sible to frown upon all efforts to to English more sen- improve on the King James Bible. It is the greatest se, inspiration and teacher: of @00d English that we possess. An Ancient Chapel For the first time for about two centuries a' wedding took place lately at the ancient chapel of Lincoln's-inn, London. As the chapel is not licensed for marriages a special 3 did physical specimen such as the Bishop. His Ms face has the ruddy glow of genuine health, and his figure is sturdy and well kept, as though by regular physical exercise. One might easily 20c and not experience more loss than thg In- dians have, canfiot be dying out. They have now passed the turning point and are steadily increasing. the Saskatchewan river, twenty-three north of Kinistino, which, lest you have for- gotten your geography, is some six hundred miles northwest - of Winnipeg. Indian's country and there is enough of it, 85000 acres, in which the Red Man may '| work or X The Indians live by hunting, trapping, fish- ung, gathering roots, frequently when the spring is white man to sow the seed, it is calling the red man just as Strongly ring he goes and there is no harvest for Woman" and while there is some rivalry be- tween her and the Indian Medicine Man, 'the Indians are slowly giving up edntations and concoctions on bave depended for generations for relief in time of illness and are depending moge more on the white man's doctor and nurse. patient who recovers his fame spreads abroad and though in his exactions of payment this doc- of trousers, The poor Indian suddenly ap: and pants no me." earnest was her plea for the Indians that Tat beard of it the f years, and thought Mrs. X. very nice? Well, The James Smith Reserve is situated on miles This is the the Dominion. MADE ONLY FROM CANE SUGAR. | Remember to order "St. Lawrence Sugar" whenever you buy. a The ST. LAWRENCE SUGAR REFINING COMPANY, Limited MONTREAL. play or farm or hunt as he wishes, and picking berries. of the younger men farm a little, but calling the to the hunt, and im. Miss Hawley is known as "the Medicine faith in the in- which they and However, if the Medicine Man does treat a g some of the old faith is restored; al- tor is very relentless. In one instance he was known to take the sick man's last pair peared at the miss'on house partially covered by a blanket and related his tale of woe, re- peatedly dwelling on the fact--"arm 710 well Miss Hawley told many interesting inei- dénts of life on an "Indian Mission," and s» several girls who were present at once sig- nified their. willingness to dewste their lives to that work. Miss Hawley intends to visit Yorkton after Sehich she will resume her duties at' the mis- sion. -------- associated chimes are under discussion, it is worth recalling that we owe the melody of the quarter bells to no less a musician thas Handel. a new set of chimes was proposed for : - On account of : scandal ten years ago: what! you have- Oh, only been here three there's the story": --gabble, - gabble, gabble, away she goes, on a mildewed tale which has the moss of gossip as it trailed the ten years streets and by-ways of of 2a ca that is N the kitchen--in the laundry--in the bath- room--in every room in the house--there's a need for Taylor's Borax Soap. It disolves dirt whether on clothes, pans, dishes, furniture, woodwork or bath-tubs. It freshens and brightens everything, and the borax makes the water soft. makes ideal bread and pastry, becanse it is a perfect blend of ManitobaSpring wheat and Ontario Fall wheat. You don't need to keep two kinds of flour for bread and pastry. Beaver Flour makes do'i--a pure, white, nourishing, Hight loaf thet "stands up' in the oven, and pastry that iscrisp and appetizing. Itismore economical than other and appeals to all thinking women, Order it to-day from your grocer. Sa FEET, NL TAYLOR 9. LUSITED, CPATEAM, Sut.