NOTES AND COMMENTS celebrated British ae Sir William Blake Richmond, is vi pessi- arte over the alleged Paamretien” of the world. It is, he fn; _growing cae, moro spear and mon. Ther imitation ; rae oo objects; dre: the fe seus grown weaker and duller. Perhaps, says the sorrowful eee cian, all this vulyarization isthe resu! of our popular education, which st um the popular mind with heterogeneous knowledge. is ane ac has forgotten his history. Not the histoey of kings, wars and in- trigues, but that of the life and labor of tt ad " and “Economie Bee: tion of History,” or o: “History of European Morais,” uke metsine iat relieve iy" n—easier reading, u beneficial and curative. Nothing, in truth, is more absurd than the notion that the world is growing more superficial and more vulgar by reason of popular education, ee machinery chan material pro, en- erally... Is absolute ignorance, iieoy, more favorable to art and culture and refinement than partial education? which thanks 46 the, aia art galleries ; which hears more music, which has a hundred free libraries where it formerly an had one or none, which enjoys mere com- forts ~ and every directior sans tion Sake answers Slaw Compare the cireilelion of a good book {o-day, in any “line,” with that of Compare the aver- contemporary intemperance with that of “merrie England” of the first decades of the last century, Which period shows more brutality, more drunkenness, more stupidity? The superior person who de- plores “growing vulgarity” talks of a world he does not know either in its|i present or in its past. to be feared. that the| j, doubt—would | Peligi wi “Yo tithe mint and rue and every and pass over justice and the love —Luke & reli- of} ay Satisfies every moral re- ith gd and if of Mlibert . the en- larging life, and the. path in which men th ve springs on their wagons, buttons on their coats, or i wear suspenders. But the chances are that these same folk often carry ENMITY IN THEIR HEARTS, mess; that the have springs on his wagon the small apples into the ante of the barrel just All such regulations represent the perennial attempt i substitute rules for man wit ce with serupulosity while Sretciaing itty and nospitalty” to the camel. ing | 5 the law in the strictest y many, easily become blind to its spirit and liness by wearing a hat of a peculiar FADS AND FAITH The Fads of Religion Are the Worst Foes of True Faith, It - | sufficient for m the path of picty tango es i flowers. in their hals, while the men. will] 4 cherish revenge, Jenibutte and, bitter-| © THE ARMY ee BRITISH FORCES HAVE ENTERED ON RA OF BRAINS, A German Officer's "View of Present- Day Methods and British. Sol- diers’ Equipment. shape or a white tie, or c oe do a ba coat lapel, or a tex his. shirt i conelusively suoye eiak gen- ritish elie: oR o Ss. the'ane sion i @ wall to waleh wilh {ust ‘a little extra caution doing P, at least,.our si Aldershot ake ff pioty, utterly in-| SP ing purposes, that can find all the exercise it needs ions” and all competent judges who, a3 s, “tilhing with a microscope, in| .4r® set ‘tia mares st army decisions on buttons, or even in texts from Aldershot to Chichester, and then nd Phrases ot teaching. When that l witnessed it engesing inte de suntcd anit ine served these ends it emergencies bat ie ino th tho ‘West Sussex downs, ordi- mplations orto spendzon It is only a pi that it did not enjoy Y square dealing, kindly living, or | fetter oppor SELF-SACRIFICING SERVICE, | stuff wher tthe eireumseribed hearts that in Ms elt own satistac- laying t . There would ‘ye little ststction ret ety | third ae re mies: "with the ly aa en route. ‘is can- not be called a very trying: test of mili- tell us ae are es caniaralively light oi The “campaigning kins i Europe—cei nt nhie that of his con eae -in-arms, vit’ of Tommy At- per: Br does not consist in fads. fee i Strictions, te _Pelationships things inf- upor with ‘the life spiritual, with obler and more enduring than all It is learning to live as a soul, nm ee eternity. pete ace Tpeditents of mi EUROPE'S icine RIFLE. THE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, ae The Lord's Supper. Golden Text: 1. Cor. 11.24. THE LESSON WORD STUDIES. Note.—The text of the Revised veo as a basis for these Word Lesson V. cifled by name, though for some reason ae name is not given in any of the ‘ospel narratives. Teacher saith, My timo is at ching a eae an official allowance of only een_beer at thal—and ry ‘ween that tho British taxpayer even possibly, ae Nicodemus and others, a} then gelling a much for his money. Seoret discipl Havin; Tommy of his en- 20. Sitling af meat—Lit, reclining at| trenching ie “aiid Slit iver into the table. The simple courses of the meal would follow the regular ceremonial of he which was. a: i of his rifle, ays which is now the ciple of Jesus, though, ad Hlary | manoeuvres havo} a the infantry was a) “THE ONLY FAULT.” 1 ds unfair to compare our military sie en bounds!” placards are continual ily, slar- ing our soldiers in the face and making them go round, instead of right across 4 turnip or patito fed, I could. see that the foreign at- mB the whole, most favor. impressed by all they s resent, if not inclally, TS Jaunching appeared to for continental friend also had words of praise to bestow on tho fine Sopecaltan’ at au pera- lion, Lmay add, which was only equaled My rola the latter igne, SCIENTIFIC SOLDIERING, material of the French arm uni ig along their bie and all the other] real guns, hitherto mainly composed of © scientific spirit of sol- diering now possesses al I questioned many i) A ci : yaiec Wak Gere erits of the new —From the narrative reader it’ Supper,- COLD STOLEN AT MUNICH IS RECOVERED, Child “Noticed That From Purse Full Gold Pieces. y Posses- all the stolen coins: Tho haan belongs to a child ng in a tramway car the hat her neighbor, man in vitor hatte ‘clothes, paid. hi re from a purse full of golden mark Plecis ten Mi FROM ROYAL BANK Tes Man Paid Fare er Thad the b of the snopite Gospels alone the must _ inevi GHILD DETECTED ROBBER}: New stament scholars generally rie rs the clearer more definite themselves entered not into. the Prator. lium, that they might not be defiled, but night eat the passover, Pilate thero- fore went oul ule Them? {Joni 8 For gt thought: because Thudag that Jesus said unto him, vies we have need of for ohn TI refer- Buy what the feast” ences just day of cruci - pies over quick sense of apprehension " the child. Duce to the ae served, “This man got from the mint.” The con- signaled the driver to stop tl car, and nenaed ihe workman over to a constab ed hi and having with the burglary, hed not ed Tho ‘ctlnes x Ruf, by occu: A REMARKABLE eters Meanwhile, by a rei lence, the police had pendently of Ruf, the real Bisp i last a8, rough to Koenig at the barracks tind his bed 'y and regained his eae berth. To the sapere! who ‘called on fim for 1 explana aid he had b a amorous ‘es MAN IS WATCHED, From that day Koenig was watched, agat ins very hour when the child n the tramway car was calling tention at ie Seattag. to the ghibo. ie, welling of his sweet. Auantittes of gold ms of mo) arrested one the ‘heart, where largo urther the ate] Nisa ra midnight be provide: made by Judas. synoptists on this point refer rather to the Fo acta fs the meal in retro- spect, wh i Me of John cover’ logical surv fine pul ale that the of “with desire 1 have Tt has uke, disugreeme 2 the ught of as farts taken the ‘lace ofthe: Paxctial ment age Jesus and his disciples, ne in mind thai the ex- | this neta that the ied with certainty in detail, and that) Test, ; rd Mise ees date and aneonaioiial Sequence, bable order of ch pein we Hollowing ‘Thursday, is st eas and Interce Tie: night, the “Agony in” Gethsemane, the Betrayal an rida; lay between “| the Jewish ‘Authorities. irs! Examination of iS Were unearthed he rest oft ir a ‘avtotee vt ie eel Hebrated English @ sum of '$30,000 has been re —-+}-—_— SMOKING JUSTICE, An offensive thing in Sr law courts one has the misfortune. to 7 a.m., the Trial before Pilate and = ae Crucifixion. 5 ps ee of Christ, chal meal of the Jews following later e the same evening. Verse 17, The first day of unleavened bread—This was Thursday, the 14th of Nisan, which commenced ' after sunset on the 13th. 8, To such a se Se an} p: in his acquaintance and ee jesus ai his disciples whom Jesus doipios spe- The two bras Indicate () that on the! y the | detail 0. payne engineer, © srith siete in in of a first cup, Luke 22. 17) le gtisto: piyeen waster ‘their hands. (2) Bitler herbs with cuales ord avowed their for it. Perhaps, they admilted, it was not quile so much of a match rifle as its pre- deosssor bul for the general purposes eae it was decidedly better than the wine with a blessing, othe fler which the first part of the hallel{ 1 nave said that Tommy's pack is ney (Psalms 113, 114) was chanted by the) perhaps the lightest in Europe, but o company. (4) ‘The Paschal lamb was| the ome hand, Woe note that no mention of| speci is made in connection with | to he: teased that the average Aldershot -| the Gospel reports of the Last. Supper. Y {It has been suggested that the simple] sa bread which Jesus Bee an disciples took the place of the Pas-|many; and I am very much mistaken it chal lamb and that it ae at this point} this is not also the eonviction brou; the evening > meal j-|home by Sir John French himself irom hited what has since been Ino Lord's Supj followed GA ie of tho hallel} tha . 115-1 fae ‘onclided the “ceremiontal. at a in the dish — ‘The 5 TRAM with the recruils of conseript b (comp. 2 n | armies, It is not so much a a of hotgnt of breadth—for your si suey ), 1 omitting mich: better” oF he pte ft insti your lanky" sixfooter, and the chest ak eee ee Measurement of many of the Aldershot makes a nd in | impression. apparently spoke these hills hetween Higghesas and Midhut levied their personal toll on W mt inaudible to the ees tears sik Tee were unequal to the combined strain ot their packs and the|§ aths, BARREL ORGAN MUSIC. The toiling Tommies could always de- in 20 ilitary bands ula’ algo" tench theng: what | El soit hausbiby tte In ant-—Some ancient anthori-| © fies ‘insert the word ‘new before fants the King James. version hae ates “new testament.” It is fro i velched—nothing but Sabai, title of our New 7 and gutter tunes, more street Arabs Ahan rec ons, When I rink ie Tow svith you 4 my Father's Kinga ‘The feast re- ass iayinbal of the glorified tite i savin (comp. Luke 22. Wh m they had sung & = aileljeonne 20 id singing of the ee am Rhein” ones to the Ger- ans a fighting energy equivalent to ti canilitary strength of several army The econ (6) above), ELECTRIC cLoTH. it oe Hergot, a. el-kna ertheless, in spite Of the banality of Maat band-musi ic, and tl -| tively slender breast- sith e town- a peculiar aa z te th ited. | 376, i all kinds of fabrics, had their ottinery. appearance or thelr ‘usual | tactical spi ay flexibility, in which ti ee ‘essen sae cover MILITARY KITES, Sena For this tay aos on the model Tho Moient Fagot kite is of the} of Liaoyang, mnomical war office well-l nowin ‘box” type, and, allowed thet fort pe pene Sie captive palley ballon, able ee Mi matier of fact, the very | fighting itself very tame, light wind, and n en taken silent and unspectacular kind—-ihe more at an altitude of y their iatrunenay lig ol phone is used by the observer atachen e to the oe e ionuiitne observations. | vaval short service weapon, and with one ac-|™ preference] ° once was. fficers have ed the respon- silty which has been devolved: upoa Sir John French, so that they Reise becoming the peace trainers as well as the war leaders of their men. And as for these men, in spite of all thelr shorleomings, they continue to be lendid” by their dévation,. thelr nee, ‘and. thelr intelligent comprehen: sion of the dulies and conditions of modern war. —-4+— CAUSE AND EFFECT. re 0: the Baby. wile tho eminent physician who had called in a short time before. Inthe room pie e prostrate form ung husband, 6 feet hign, The sympathetic assumed a grav- lied :— “ntucaniy let" us trust that, with une remitting ‘care and the utmost. qui Pi 1 tone. is long train- | t an constitution tell in his He has, however, been sub} bps 0 a severo mental and physical strai Baie for ne fine being has completely tein ae aie ic terrible ordeal through which he passed should b vas this morning, but with careful ig and the use of nourishing a the good sipatbr, with a few part- ing ‘directions, left se, and the ‘tricken wife, ie the door closed re | er fevina nit, buried her face in her hends vhy," she elie My t ete) F “did 1 go “Engl cae Zoo Have Big Appet The London Zoo lions pels been show- ing bad temper and indignation. An no wonder, for ee have had for ‘nearly a whole day. orse with which the animals at the Zoo are fed failed to arrive to time, and breakfast was not served till five in the afternoon. ae is ene 2a ine aan ‘Te se iperintendent ee ee that many car- ple Send their old’ and infirm "Zoo, Pe they know il plrdbased by eaten | ‘ast End dealer fold the reporter that Ihe horses, sometimes. num 1,500 t ev ees he simply meant oversea fighting, | St)’ rand even the Russo-Japanese a some | @ himself recently at Com- it © lio: need brawn. ti The British army now at last really | that they are nol C ee Happtied the Man Who Took : mn “Doctor, do you think: he will recover?” h ted yo she spoke | gj ly | nesdays and Saturdays, one oe NOW WITHIN REACH | Yokohama to Vancouver tne WORLD ne CIRGLED WITH- “mast “bo Yemembered that all these aaittntons are based upon the Trans-Siberian vement Which Canadian Enter- prise Is Helping to Make Possible. Around the world in fifiy days seems now a feat within reach. the ot re @ halt, and with the Trotte The time is hot fae distant when this Will be perfec tunnel under Behring | Sti rls whieh may be summarized as ‘ark + 149 hours Paris 0 St. Dennen ar cutting down the Ses to Be The present record en aus in the| Be nn mesial worid | Chicago. to New. Yoi vs and es stg 192 Ak UT hours edel t to Chien 0 summer of 1909. went a PIE esees in fifty-four s ser ra twenty minutes. onl, 0 Beli Strait! tunnel is mot a | likely hi ‘be dug fia many years to come. anyone who is ambitious é world’s ooh for woke airaitng had better an for tt for by that time air. Ships ave A railroads a sleamships out of dito N. World, "| SHOULD WIFE EARN WAGF 5 ie tokmer tearing “eastward, the lat! i westw: THE RUSSIAN LINK. possibility of Dealing. cords depends principally u schedule of the ‘Trans-Siberian hic! these re: an the new Rail- ed, S NOY OUTSIDI - THE HOME, polizing it) for, the transport of its aries froni the scene soon it will be ell, not even the rit Enough in Their Own House holds. Most of Earn Them © Hard ae hs es in wages? clin ke no such plans over ae me ake ‘od road for the present.| because a few But by nest year Russia will have ceased Pitt sks Deity Vineent, ned professor fproundeg week ‘inal every woman whose earns less thai’ $20 a ‘Week should r|seltsupportiy. Me said that inclone and shops had taken ths homo man's occupation away: from he ee} former times, he says, the prepared with fe own. hai family consumed; Inst ie hodkenite nds every she follows them she becomes a dead weight on her husband, HER OCCUPATION, But he for pise( Ass But nee an kos NS acs never Instead of 10 om. lo Vladivostok at tikes Pea Which is se very well, os ich re nae of Outen an St always remain the same, and tha AW gst added to anything which interferes with getting from Vladivostok to Again, he made no allow- time lost in making’ connec- hing power “Bul that Prinee Htkon peas en: shed, and the family income day trains across / elite! Is. tabely” augmented. aien ne, Andamoantimne, what has become of the is the intention of the Gov them in operation. probable that they may be running next] wa in which event it shouldbe. en Har bilutamaghis ancl ratio ma Mr, k's record: by] gro wages at that, by. the care it or even] attention thoy a ho be ee, Spree that is true of other pers SKETCHING THE ROUTE, Wives phous not be classed with thew Now let us see how one would set}®y more than business women should about reducing the round-the-world. re-| be. con aT hs mn of the mi The decline of matrimony amon, of Cook's Touris! In-} Young men and women in our times letnational Sleeping Car Company, the} {hat some Sociologists view with alarm new four-and-a-half f the| is largely due to the realization $20 that. they S pie to share tha. same amount with, a man ARDUOUS Bo ss The average wife and ther pees otler a home sithout a ne. oO Washes pie dress satan and sonds th eps wha ant, i nore truth — week, starling from Moscow on Wed ald saying:— would have to select his steamer with a view to making the closest possible connections. st A man works from sun to sun, But a woman's work {s never done, inthe Jeisure class of women who put in their time at club meetings and ma be con Bur of the gardens | 9 red. running y-of. women, whe: ‘another, twelve. haursanush bé addoa)tber as wives of mothers oy for making connections and waiting for| h@Ve always worked. ‘They have att vin Bremen | W@ys: earned wages, which’ they have x hours fr} Nol atways) received ; | \Bub they have. carr the. _raiiway Journey from there to Mos.| (But they have eerie hava any homes “they em in Vo9king long as scow he boards the Trans wil continue to Siberian Express, but ho would make a great mistake if he-were to go t i Vostok, for on reaching there ied men save mone who lived up to Ihe g non and i nilght aston before one would bea. sma slow ireighter, that raigh lan in jays. Tee wena te his ticket Dalny, changing wat Soungari, the: june-| e. Trans-Siberian find, Man. mu ki, comedy you od wife for a inmch ¢ strings and a bird cage.” | Of Shoe: Vell, @ good wife's Worth: {hat a wrnkinge as lied he comedian me r : told Soloman: made passage in two days and a hai, der euintte wos ae BY STEAMER TO. VANCOUVER, | ™8n was above Wife's, wages should be pi the — globe-trotter | a haven't any rbies- about train for Yokohnna and] young. married man, give hér : efender speeches you ma ter) cae} you were marri = tog Sho will like them even better, a bet. At Shimonoseki oe take (he un, —~—+___ ONCE A YEAR pr, AYTIME, ountries 9 ieee via Winnipeg ano ie wauld-come ie : ins he could select, but rbot five ae bet Scbllatane toys her ow. es isthe etna fe oon make days. of| 9 8PPropriate af any and amt tine Ne ao is at 59 wilh ies Japane: actual ina eink, bul it is manifestly im- Yor eben EE ny connections Me @ traveller might lose bly. a y sidered very. bad the tres r It isin see as _anany 8s 100° a1 gee ig \ ‘one hor 8 % DERFUL. LAKE, wi eet at Java is a lake; WOND! ie of the f boiling mud, two trent, in iho ¢ centre sone