a NOTES AND COMMENTS A Lalloon railway is now running up a larg e hallo poe toa ainuts: steel aieey w is fixed firmly to the side of a al aa mountain, whose precipitous #lopes no other form of railway could anced in the air about ten yards le rail to which it ts attached by a stout wire cable, and it is moved up and down the side of the mountain at the will of the engineer. For an ascent the balloon itself furnishes the lifting force by means of hydrogen ; for the descent ‘® large reservoir atached to the balloon is filled with water at the hi n beneath, which is controlled by the engi an inventor, Herr Balder- auer of Salzburg, claims that the bal- Joon railway mer nae the funicular railway in the Ninety-th years is the time given to tat safe which is fastened with the scrape new lock invented in Jamaica. The combination consists of four sets of ie four letters of the alphabet which can be set to a sentence e which language it has been ke to be solved by the man that attempts to open the safe. Furthermore, instea ¢f letlers the inventor, Neum Tobias, has employed four sets numerals. Assuming that the lock has been set to a figure in the number of 8,030,893,030,303,030, it would take any one who undertook to unlock the safe lays, 30 minutes he would have no time for food or sleep. Se ‘They are using the sea as a coal bin in England. Eighteen months ago iron erates containing coal were sunk in a big basin in the dockyards at Ports- mouth, At the same time the same quantity of coal carefully was stored in tions in the tropics the decrease in cal- orific value is great, the heat ef the sun extracting the light volatile oils. The admiralty is satisfied with the physical and financial advantages of submarine storage, and has now directed that ex- periments be made to ascertain its prac- tcability on a larger scale. The prophets foretell a great change in the food of a few generations hence, the viands of to- a 88 population grows we may tend Bg Pleas uttists, _ for other than that ime ts approaching race will perhaps live far more largely An acre of ban- feed twenty-five human beings, wl the same size would support only two vast supply of food which will repre- sent mankind’s horn of plenty. SS CURE OF LEPERS. - Important Experiment Made at London ae ie Sst been discovered tests op tee e of increasing that power, w! undoubtedly eventually be the means by c isease might be stamped out of this country. a was caused by the same mi- case of lupus, the bacil- fur vaitacked the skin, and in the case of 2 a low that the patie Undoubtedly Ae Intectea as fas! nates a got cured by the 1i Upon a ies raising the patient’s power o} said 100 cases ver oe eae per day in the opsonicsde- par’ es DON'T KILL THE HAWK. sinned more than any other An ae mice, and a consequent destruction pile eS. _{ship, in ministering ees discovery the - porttnityo ee ih That of the he leaves of the tree were for the fee of the nations.—Rev. xxii., 2. d hu- ears and ion in our polities and less polities in our religion men who are deter- stitute and personal sacrifice for PIETY AND PATRIOTISM are inseparable; he cannot be a good man wi ter is your world for you?” and in his silence the voice shall say, “Inasmuch es.ye did it not for one of these, ye did it not Men are not patriotic because they enjoy processions and picnics, or be- cause they applaud fire-eating speeches glory in and the victories for which they did not HELPFUL PRIVATE CITIZEN The Health of a Nation Depends On man as the a polities honesty and civil righteous- vi Individuals. Pay. ‘The most gallant veterans sre the and swilched that the best way he can serve heaven them, perhaps Getting that healing medicine as mon, secular service. THE HEALTH OF A NATION |depends on that ct the individuals. The peat thin, eal and of the reality of righteousness in It their city and state now the things do for men only will do for the affairs cf which it belongs, here and now. The ealing for our woes, for our weariness, soothing for our sorrows, and relief for As a cannot come by legislation. All new life and new “ie, within. aws may of give the impulse 0 a in bi RY F. ‘COPE. a INTERNATIONAL LESSON, Lesson IV. Jesus Teaching How to Pray. Golden Text: Luke 11. 4. THE LESSON WORD STUDIES. Nole.—The text of the Revised Version is used as a basis for these Word Studies, ‘The-Lord’a Breyer —The prayer. com: Lord’s in the Sermon on the Mount Bs 6. & 13). Now, that is, at the time of the events of our eee lesson, ae same prayer in substance is given to the dis- ciples in response to their definite Te. est that proportion fel and the lesson of the old model is emphasi cag Sy fur' Parabolic teaching of Jesus on the Se ‘we examine more carefully the prayer ilgelt we note the following characteristics : Its humility —ac- owledging lier “dependence of the petitioner upon God; 2. Its-rever- simplicity and modesty— the Simplest earthly boon while empha- sizing strongly the spiritual needs. ‘Verse 1. And it came to pass—several important events intervened between ong 8 to. ‘Martha Sa Mats “Luke 10. ie tis the healin, man born blind; the discourse ot Jesus on the Good-” Shepherd; and “aha con nected with the visit. ie to the reas ge peste Bonn 9. 10, i ait eo ember tnt leds, with te alselples mn his journey southward fear “Galilee to: Jerusalem. e exact Ble referred , however, is not know! Even as John also taught “his disciples hn followed the custom of . }adherents o1 les a definite formu- oe for pi ather--the rendering of the Au- 3. Dey the c eateig 4 SinsLitery. shorteomings, from the Greek word meaning to miss mark ; a the New Testament used only | g, a8 a shortcomings, hence trans- a fadebtea—The verb here used is not - ced ‘as the verb above trans- rie Hi ‘Trial, eee temp- Into tenptati ‘get neers SS here i li Ge But canes He from evil, as fan tan Authorized Version, like 5. At mi sive heat at: _ ie any; Orientals often ‘ saraled at ni 7. The door ‘i a shut—The Oriental manner of shutting the door for the night often included barring and bar- eS the pe forced to Be the door before morn- ing. if bee a eas mess, though ae also, that ie tine man was ae selfish but in Tenatt a a friend in need. say unto you- o—For thi is ap sense. ve THE S. S$. LESSON): nowt ae Jewish faees generally in giving to his iscip! ear! ond ti | heard a hollow cough n ie past siting. — th a 21. 22; Mark 1. 24; and John 16. 23. | a1 tL : z mt—These two ‘ds may following verse. ving a stone for emphasized; in the suggestion of sub-|®& stituting a’ serpent for a fish, it was rather the diabolical intention of giving something extremely harmful in the inflicting | : e lies, inp his tt o evil—Lit., evil from the first, or evil alread: How much more shal Father—The contrast is perfect gift of the perfect Father, namely, the Holy Spirit, and the | fi imperfect parent, betng — 4 READY FOR ANOTHER. An Irishman’s Experience in a Haunted House. no. impecunious Irishman, who As they rode on side by side, the nish: man noticed a handsome old house by. pied. and spoke of it to the farr vethat house?” said the ‘armer Spits haunted; nobody will stay i Tih aa n't believe in ha'ats,” said minal hetiée’ Is: yourd tt you wilt] {i neon night. There is @ stand- ape atie te that ¢ ” said the Irish- jo the man that wants mi to give i At anit thee {Wishman walked to oe opened the fe had Re- and, leep. During the night |¢ ned by. shrieks, groans, heart sank as he turned and saw the him at the other d_ of = e rey fue right gasped Pat. Oft, when the world seems all awry, And I would fain pave Heage and rest, The love which cannot ne compared, cked in my dimpled baby’s hand. Tr, when all ee gees my heart, in eo nd strength T ust renew, | jis teaching compare Malt. 771; of the parable which follows} Ppa: t wee, sweet ics I oe i! hear .. | to “I love you, papa—yes, too sacred for such com-| ¢y, nation. slicks. they | flices born ideals alone will | timber. best be: ae in connection A {eee BnTart it cruel deception of the parent which was | PO tof an imperfect human jm its of the yards sa roadside that _ eae mote to the duce of British Columbia to the f is day's. journey, | t mi ‘hat was. _ “great run we had,” said si i “And as} 9S miles of bush LUMBER IN BIG. DEMAND HALCYON. DAYS FOR ‘THE OWNERS OF THE MILLS. Big Ships Course the Seven Seas €arry- ing British Columbia imber. of the ‘I * n thing ofthe innumerable big sticks that| p the machinery le wil PILES OF LUMBER. ives monstrous slab is dragged away. vee! Lolli) AND JAPS. inutes the log riler was amuse probably ave been a most emigmabeetton Bt neti COLOSSAL SHOW ‘TREES. Everything about these, milling plants a is on so large a < scale that the quite Hormal in f logs looks ments are not common. sawn up. ts” of a ensuring “It more marketable stuff than — other ree ever cut in British Colum! FOR C. P. R. RIDGES? Along t lumber 228 i over beyond “th r sheds is the most masts, yard-arms rigging, lie steel: Duilt sailing ships even seas, and carry the ers of the world. ee i ae DEALS. : untries prefer i buy. deals. nerves, numbered by wag | others dimension stuff, owerlu) soy are ve ] cites ways : One| ee ‘ithin. the little cae breast, at mi sn y_lisps a few short words; thinly donee * lla ie ifs camps. THROUGH MILES OF BUSH. As, with her face to mine, as says; “I love you, papa—yes, I v2 It h mbering opers lions are going on ine the vicinity esh-water — lak T’d_not exchange for wes logs are tated sco this as far as ote Bea ey eee Ho Kings, | possible to where an engine and train fat cars dy to haul the: @ logging railway, which leads through From here, ,000 to 1,-| take and allow sy. are eventually towed! or me to the sea. booms containing from 7 000,000 oo oe There an ene twenty lumber mills” ess These are haleyon days forthe. own: | w hig is doing — busin them up to the saws. The man at. the chain moves slowly se huge amen jo-carts and On a recent visit to the yards r piles, there wane: edifying sual run “suze. Th golossal show trees of the tourist. adver. a ' which takes a census every five years, which {s’ roughly, an in- 900. All show a con- tis met with, gan ering up the bull-chain on taéir way it is interesting to note that. there has recently been cut up country; “by ons: “logging out- aponieae ‘ill, 8 Douglas inches in dia- butt, and tapering off in lo 4 feet 10 inches | yin, rl ie mer-| Exeter. he docks and railway sidings of all sorts lies e long rows lonkey sngines—wblen, b by fhe ae cast about aoa ny | pigeons, and then five and as many more shingle mills along = shores of the inlet, and its ibutary hich form Vancouver's harbor. ei ma that one of = eH mills is Penis {ts 350,000. fee : ee ae IN PRICE. During the last year rough lumber hi risen in ries from $12 to $15 per howe sand an demand keeps increasing, especially from the North- mest, with i thousands of imi atl There are lives so small that they in a box car before-| ers mill: alt never think beyond themselves ; ‘ith | peace was declared. And now instead 0! long-Burard Inlet, Vancouver, and the | towns. There ai lers on and at others the interest widens out to the| paying the price of peace by wrestling }smoke of their tall chimneys -belogs| Present that it will take from six limits the , the busi , the|with the problems and sacrificing for|the sky, as the hugs saws cut and rip|eight months to fill, and dealers say city, the state, and with the full-grown | the security of to-day, they are bo ing through’ millions of feet of the finest | that the 112,000,000 to 1,114,00,000 feet man, to the whole universe. This is the | o: t in whose glory they had no; !umb the . Day and night|of timber that the coast and mount: meagure.of Thales Naalt and’ part. they are at it, working double. shits of mills Cinge Whated Jo the Interior} pit atl i men in ‘tl vi favor to kee ace " wi eee on Peart Aver: Tis ier of religion Neds’ to. MODW Tr ces ‘enormous demand or lumber, {Were the mills ablé to turn out the stuff IMPORTATION WILL CEASE. rvi 2 t n at patrons sete “s mee noes mere To se of e-hge establish-| jt is expected that the importation 0 tis"iand by that sacrifice and devotion |™ents running: is “an interesting SigDt) American lumber to the Northwest, will | which we call religi ong have res used to the. comparatively | cease, for San Francisco will draw hea We gone lamenting the open sores. of {Smell mills of the east, forthe. logs °f jy ‘on the mill spe “and Suse aif ea P Tne at! | Btitish Columbia are whales for size, 88) Qregon for building material. In fact ge na ea life, while yet Cee aier ee = pen ently: NO malate A ee ee one eke Ge ladylike handling." For instance, a Yo sau cae 8) on any mea-!jymber that might be shipped to Frisco, | s i bul the marke elsewhere Being s0 good, C. men are not I Be tour tho eal aed ey HERE AND THERE. ard er, ears Interesting Bits of Information in a|i°S Nutshell. Lifeboats were first used in 1777. Londoners us. n average thirly- of water per head p all broken windows before leaving hi tenancy. In. fift British men has risen an inch. It is feet 8% inches. Abou an-grinders arrive in London every June from Italy, and leav seein spout ctober. lephant's sense of smell is 80 de Hpehte tbat lt ceeecent ha enemy at a istance of cone “ousand yards, two inch- ns, Ger- larger than all the a and forty times ees ‘than the man ‘Bm n| The ent Lick ta so far distant that it would require 30,- m placed together to be visible ‘oberts. hoes not smoke, touches wine but paige iom, and rises at 5.30 every dollars. 4 S 3 So? Z & is 60,605,186, mpire sight one eye than the ot! two chee out of five, on the rent. in all respec England, the heaviest ringing peal of bells in the world. The tenor “Grandiso1 a tier than the tenor of St. Paul's. a THE HOUSE” WE LIVE IN. merous eee et cee but we have no few- arteries througa tuents, ees by physiologists red and white © eupscless A numbering some thou- sands ore mnt} iio} called ni in and spinal a ieee little wires are always thro! sages which they lelegranh to esi ‘cord, atts 5 thousands, % which help the e front of oe Thouse, Ihe skin, has and found, if spread we whieh have WEdtelecer cillioce ular cel To. every square inch of the palm of the hand are 2.500 pores, whilst tho h | number of sweat glands in the skin gen. erally is 2,500,000. Their fustton is lo ONE TO START WITH. Teacher—Suppose I gave you four. more pigeons, hoe many ea you have, Tommy? nif ‘om: Teacher—Ho' es do you make) it? 2 gies ‘ve got one pigeon ——+--—_— METAL DOES NOT RUST. Metal does not rein in Lake Titicaca, South America. hain, an anchor, or months, is as. no eh when taken up king for an out-| pa; all ears the average oo a And wha i bi ec ee (in Tar this, net ot ‘a large speci- 7 elescope reveals stars | Pay. and Sates no matter S}as are a in 1904, =|amounted to about twenty-two million fe swindle Is afoot. People are | y;much attention, and dir Sees out of ten people have poonger her. of eyes = of every fiffeen is ng possessed has been reased, so that Some Sees ay About the Hu- in. Be The false “a ee human body is covered with 3 nich the Shoo ie Nee wowing: under wo consti- eskae souidhtng like 600 oy answel erves, connect- complain that twenty-five per ee Is built of such fine [tee ro. inj home al- . TOMMY ATKINS GROWLS SOME GRIEVANCES OF THE BRITISH SOLDIER. Many Complaints From the Men About Some of the Rules of the Army. _ What notice ike this to| would create! Yel, as matters stand just now, a good 1 an ‘be surlien that would justify the head Felice Government and exists between a existing conditions, can- e than partly fulfilled. Hence 2i¢ 5 Wes Aiscontent we are hearing so rae ‘ ued that. Atkins ought to pay for a neloang. and eae just the same as anybody elso, Very well. But 6 should he be compelled to join clubs of which he has no desire ti member? is DOMINEERING DISCIPLINE. ff parade, when a’ 2 5 $ Ey 2 & is 3 38 g Fa g es 5 nother grievance that every soldier would see promptly remedied qualification for service BS Gl e award vest solely with the commanding offi and as one officer may be just as unlike another in his mannerisms, and methods trading , you have a conan of things that is far from plea a ding officers make the gaining of the award practically impos- ible. For instance, with one officer, in who was not awarded service pay. THAT DEFAULTER-SHEET | _ Thee is the defautter-sheet_ grievance Grievance ed 80 ed so much disgust at the system*behind ft, that ono only “hope that it will’ soon shelved (or Upon these. dennuliaeafeols te record- ed every lstle offence Tor ommy is guilty of, and the sheels are produ evi- Military law, iscontent, The young soldier Aue to his surprise ee in the may rt-m which in a Ane feotorily xpiated by ti imental Pen need a tribunal a soldier to two years’ imprisonment. uires an imagination exceed- ingly elastic Bate one can credit men possessing so an experience with the ability peers to perce aes upon whichea man stanc character. “Why not have a Jaw of the land in Atkins, in the Bs y aa Men who have serve 1” no—emphaticall; aor o Tommy’s time is tal ree ae. in the dis- charge of buseisla's “Sarah Jane” rie windows, scrubbing floors, whitewashing Walls, cutting grass, car- rying coals, pulling the road roliers— these a: me of the me oe soldier is called upon to do. All necessary, o! course, in their season ; bul ju defenders upon the subject. floors don’t need but. they iseipline—the Tug ere has made the Army,” says comm sy ich will unmake it: " ae It is. good to go to these barracks sometimes, ia see things for oneself. The see = always more convincing sie the '. cr y Atkins at his meal soon as X Ret ie breath, we'll deposit pore upon { i Teather have —— IS EXPENSIVE, the ndtesctty a daily th to pea It Be cost the nation nothing worth imbering in lish Columbia, ac-| stuff away. "thers it cl the swent| mentioning to serve out his tea in cups Sa a cording to the om ean in the busi-| glands and ee gers proper work- instead of great, ug); uj ind to al- ay ness, requil much greater. outlay | ing. low him the use of a tablecloth. But the ‘THAT WEE, SWEET. VOICE.” ee former axe es the giants of 4 tables are long, bare boards, just like 101 "et ie sl in our workhouses seats As WH pee ae es ot gota: | COU8t and inlets, tities oe ERMININE ROPE, here are forms like those in the London A winning cite ete and hair of gold: |teams of oxen could drag the felled trees|_ Jones—“It ts just impossible for me to| night shelters, The direpled deste oe yee oa, | thee SOE distance to. the ence keep-a lead pencil. People are always} Clean, you say? Yes, but are not pri- Aid Otten wheast mete Giec years old. |it was sully. ted away wi ing, you know, and tney always 208 tables clean? Are not prison forms ith clouds of deakt pete view [ine tide. Though seemingly vientifuls fat forget to “return.” Brown—“Why, tless BY the sepviok Ha th elouds-of doubt before my view. | that time, the eo Wvity of the Tumber| ever have any froublo. See, Ive, got Tie brent hecheh wa Hine becuke: oar She lisps into roubl trade soon stri these conveni-|-2_,vhole pocketful of pencils.” his tea and soup in a rude mug? Where “I love you, papa—yes, I ently situated trees Por itis a ca: eboesn't that prove just what I eae is the difference? Tomm; ins wants a little more |consideration; a comfort. It is’ no sitling there at the hi erves to remind him of his and widen the gulf that divides the can- teen and officers’ quarters. Some women fea upon a husband as. money-earning convenience rather as when it came ‘fresh oe ae foun- ares ftaan as a domeslic maces 12 Tee re any two average businessmen | bunch distin- ot foo, causes a deal cf | § the Army as well as out of it?” asks sy Are all the fatigue at necessary ?| Of SHORT CHANGING ADEPTS TRICKS BY WHICH THE PUBLIC 1g EASILY FOOLED. One Bill Is Sometimes Made to Reprer sent Two—Counting Change Wrong. The art of short changings is studiex waiters, bartenders, streot fakers and various other ser ‘vants of the public. ae mi lo whom. other shor! angers their headgear is the tioke seller in an ats box office, and bs about among the seated air inthe big tent disposing of concert tickets. are two ideal methods of r turning change in an apparently ponent me time retaini He fakes particular pains that his vie- Mn guell see" that 1h, te correctly ¢ dumps the handful of cee fatea: the Sans of its owner. This 1 so fair that few persons take the Roun s RECOUNT THE MONEY. Here is where the easy. In turm ing the handful of Bea, into the out artist retains,a hall dollar or a quarter “in hie palm, whick ightly contracted to secure the piece. Perhaps a ten dollar note is inerst The man in the Is eae ea 7 parently honest that nine ten the man pockels the bills without 5 coun It he should count the roll he would the two ends even with the single ends er bills, One bill is thus counted as two. e of the most brilliant methods t is’ known among THE “QUARTER DODGE. A five-dollar note is tendered in pay- at a time into the palm of the pur+ rs counts the article purchased as erator places a quarter i the palm of Mp vice: pieces are counted rapidly, and there is nothing suspicious in the opera- tion; but the reader will | ice that the na. denizer but in practice it is successful a nine times out of a hun minor “method | ot holding out concluding “and the ne ” The ticket is thus count twice FULL UP. ‘0 borrow money is a selfish, mean rastion The chronic borrower reminds us of a certain liltle girl at an Easter “This litle girl ate at the feast a great 'y of chocolate eggs, and bana. for nto go. But au bis nes a Mile abo pg before ae her stess Kk you, ma’am, said the iit girl. en,” said the hostess, ‘youl put sale mute and candies an your pockets, won't, 2 ane littie girl shook her head regret- ~ fu Tm full’ ahey're full, too,’ she said.” —— + pe Wenge some mong aod mn gil wou wnat ay Johnson at you owe hen I'll borrow ten Se of <i and pay. youl ee ou pay Le re it salire Pkt mot 3 tc HE KNEW. Teacher—"What is “can’t” the pion of, Harr; ee i Now, Johnny iat oa “cont the a big oft uf Johnny—" Doughnut’