wich ' bod a table, 8 stot! and. a can- : and he segms gratefully to have accepted thelr kindness. Then the guesflon arose in his mind; can [in any way récompénse this ing kindpess? On Inquiry: he: found that she needed no favor from any t at the pepiinde hasl that they had no childre: rd for this favor for her, and, receiv- that it would be so, An, {case It came to pass also. 80 We are taught to "Be not afraid, only believé" (Mark ¥, 86), and rely onaler. xxiii, 8. Jt'may hve been Gut the child be 3 came too much of an idol--we do mot | know-but one day In-the field with the reapers be complained of his head, was carried home and died-on his mother's at noon. She laid the little body on EHEha's "bed, shut the "@oor and felling her busband why she speed to theimanjof God, Seeing her afar off, he sent his servant Gehazi to inquire of her if it was well and the Elisha come be west in and the door and prayed unto the and then stretched himself upon child, mouth, to wiouth, eyes to eyes, s fo hands, and the flesh of the p "Waxed warm. Lfter walking to re I ro jt dipon fhe 'child, and the "Bhi sneered Sevep times and opened his eyes. mother yas called, and with grate that cannot be described "she took up ber 'son and went out. I THE nest verdes Qeseribe a dellver- 'ance fron death thatimight have taken 'away niny. and the chapter closes with 'a i miraculous * multiplication of _breadilife 'given, ' life restored." Wie saved, life sustained. confpleting nine Ihtanoes thus (ar of the power of (od... #oeh 'through Elisha, Elisha was =» this woladia wan ' Lourt. enjoys discription Byssinia is: nt, Menelik II. nd snceumb Roy He has Hid af death's door Talimes J. in Sa years, and gleaned #4 the Ronit Fang the emperes 1 preeantiding Sota ting Powe rémain ona or in the Indi. "The ém tall, hard-faced, bat decrepit fighre, ured his Sarde very well until empress crossed Mie th, BHé ot! the viel ore n F Md to gnol ng of uhscrupule - Ceti get or Tear an A 1 estimate of the lady's character. [Rory }diabolieal *. subtlety the empéror eannot compare with her. "He still #iels A influmnes, miinly armed, fe carry his point when occasion' aril ajaoled intaidglng the Wading of, the 'empress, cota lamination % very hard to exph 4 Bhe' is neither young cost the 'bewitching spell of her dusky personality: over the te peror she had Been, married some niie times, even gt ing to her own reck- oning. From "the: moment of' 'this singular -combination. Menelik's ROY: .er waned. "The empress gathered arovnd her a court oliq making her .jorition secure, and noeforth the 'emperor has hed to. pay due regard to the foi- Wed ef hig toyl consort in the matter rogal prerogatives." Mr. Marguordt has a Yory Tow opin. don-ol -the morality. of the Abyss an capacity "for thieving x Hh ining hallmark,' 'he says. EE thillve fram the cradle td'§l fhe 4 Belge a cdieer of d shonesty apparently ® eniods the privil gable to dishenor his obligat es, and the queen lnvariably tries to. go ove Ag 5, of pure gold uh his i Sohn cel "ig lone of { have seen in his Rr hag st y dbuple of ed at eight 0 pi wag probably' worth E%o b. 7in ead qf roast ore at national "wealth Menelik, backed by his wife, perceived a source of daa- geting of security was Shicrtion déstreyad, all compacts dented there was oh of 'the matter." The Abyssinian the possession of § §pnesly Stich gold -finkds, 'but nb, gnc invest o panty for 'their dsvelop- ment. I have a deed bearing the em- perot's 'personal seal; but 'the dsdn- fient is vot worth anything > gor oo a Gro dealer 'wpuld ptf wpon end . grords is ognally ro & 55 1. system. of fie. "which ed is as ile dt for the rest be is |) to the |; ning suceess.- Every dorm Fe og Shot the. Seloting pus mineral sal Bhowers of jn re than once i or: In the hibit od and x So know the hue of the *™ i tn ba due ta the préimee of a {nly red insret, a varity of weter. Red raine are very rave, but in vl epic region tingly, Somme showers of thi cansed By: the 1 i ing full of ash-colored from Etna.' This dust is infikitesimali | 1 1y fine, and eolora the ratn-ns it falls, In Rovenibet, 1810, "darkness folk: ofie day, cafl i§ afternoon. over 'a' district in oth Amoricn. and for hours ink-black rain fell steadily, to the dismay of the inhabitants. ious, and; Sh mjor The roason was cv municption ot being very * distove ; fit eon 187 uidrdds" of ies: to hes Freent torest-fire- be some'. time, and a aly ou had been Sing ads LLL besvy ia ah Xame down jet-bl ould thin has fatien ot least d in Englond Goring. the last, but on these gosasians 4 e 2 Se Tos Bn due; not to soot, nee of mitlions of Title ack Tntactal London's fogs .v in tint, from black to yellow. Air the only color they never turn-=bright' blue | is to be found in a region in' Man. churia, There all the mists are of hig" shade, as mis} ig simif ly moka) gx condensing on dust and wh dust there, like the op layer of sail, 1s of a 'vivid Vos PROGR NE TON "Dot's Boft. Anilier. at "You 'have a hasty {omper® Dot's smother i ways give a. so aoft 8 er turneth Hh nel he We 'was awe Wit a' nelehbe at om hdd coms wih a Bol nok oily to tra 8 n execedingly inten sting. port: chica part of Spain, bath . at least the Sinesiesn bo x a wel of miles ites on of the Cuadalguivic (whish its romaitic namo, ts" a stream) the country fit tute a taint bles haze of he Sossgtontd aod 1.08 herds of hor$ feeding glowly "Aho 8 Jong grass u Worl 0, 3 ro Fpl "of course, ar exa havin ban Hols a of ; foes - color, flocks in rsome places merino. & 'Spain; 'especially 'on is. in: country 3 fa e statuesque said} i "AL Voll kite. She accidentally or the Kite, 3 whereat the boy angri ty said: # are a bad, nasty, horrid little girl Dos eyes flashed, and she was dbbut to answef 'in & similar elu when she thought of 'her mother's words sbout a soft answer. Going Wp fo the boy. sho looked earnestly at pay a aggwereds n ise and Performanes. Roletop {hers was (he con- wedi tween the nat a andthe riaing to lesser hinds, 8, stan "Lito of by maki 'Wheg Ba Moscow fhe self ofa 3 ve Aylmer Monde in its *%-4his wiehtal 'clastic: uititor, Barah' | Befnha i great man delivered him- ia in-|' ushing 'condemnation of §. hedire and of the acy