CURRENT TOPICS. — weg liquor laws are suc- spirit licenses which they deem necessary to a company which would bind itself to carry on the traffic inthe interests of the community, wih a fixed annual re- turn of not more than 5 per cent. on ils In establishing the s; not appear to have presented much difi- culty. The allotments of the profits are *) mo Hav undone a nil «| of some a and: strictions have contributed $7,000,000 for objects of public interest since the foun- ist 1,| cribed rules apart.(ill 1910 to form the nucleus of an old-age pension amounts to $2,300,000. T' 45 per cent, in the last fifty years. The} dom decrease has been, most ares since the establishment of the Sondag system. \¢ aims and principles of the Sondag i value for the isla insuring high- est quality of liquors sold; the reduction of the number of licenses; forcement of the law ; th2 power of the spirit trade; and the furtherance of all progressive measures of reform. War is waning by‘a. process’of subsli- some and mechanical in comparison. 4s not merely the desire for conseience at | ner ap) rest, for a sense of justice no longer out- reged, that would pull us into new paths where there would be no more war nor preparations for war. Prdf. James of Harvard argues that there are still more strenuous forces at work reaching down to impulses and experiences as primi- tive and meggond as are those of strug- gle ilself, We are even now discovering moral Drie tsiceltontie ak xituee tn our struggles toward a higher social order. Tho newer heroism manifests it- self in a universal abolish poverty and disease, a ma pee so widespread that it may justly led international. “The newer avererate offers emotional stim- as moral codes; and the time is coming when each nation, quite as a natural process, will substitute virile good-will for the spirit of warfare. W determination to nifes- do not yet realize whal it:may do for us| °"'" in ee way aro: ae it stirs the noble blood and (hy. higher imagination of the nation and tee frees it from moral stagnation and the bonds of commercialism see that this is to borrow virtues from a} M former age and to fail “ ulilize our own, We ia) be willin, ‘Ives to the ideals of the humble, which the igi feachers unite in dec! the foundation of a sincere mor: Mite. RSH EAS, THE BEST OF MEDIUMS. about your posters and upon the fe fence, Bul iy tint the kind of mediums that sense ; ee Ler ie out your dodgers ana| Mi The farmer bea the painted. sign upon the barn ani Shas Sites ‘sea for the space he sually ‘And-the samo neighbors rue of nearly. call his and his friend: ‘i But hig te the 1 local paper and they | 8" eve And in its weloaite columns all’ their information seek. And may be quite certain that the displayed. Are te read with interest and are to make some trade, It aos a reason, anyhow, that what He's | ing rH mad, ‘4 ig his money’s ath aunt, the Are, going to yea ‘the: newspaper’ and so Se it asp sland oa reason that a local Will tere atl attention, be it either good And the 7 ae tts other ane feat ease, For re, lhe multitude the sista ALARMING SYMPTOMS. “Puddler had been ele a as bit out of sorts—he was pe ae le sure who- her it was the heart pork ne e ae re aon sacle, a me Coen of both. a burning Sacto mn his te and hi __ Femembe! a doctor had on about such a senedtion be- of fever. _ yr 6 said to his pe in an e ly agitated t home, “[ fear I a mr ott to be Ml with a dread: fever. aN - fearful burning sation in my Get me to Bed for tector Good gracious, eee down upon a chair quite | tartli Phen a oi es oe discovery was made, pis pipe eer pee ket on -to fe fetes ie Fad fo f nock the shes out, and it-had burnt ta oa his age puteemr hea} laring | 5 ‘al He rs as a medium.teads| jus, ser The Morally Healthy Things That Are € on your part all diligence, in your td SuPly Nitlue and in your vir- nowled, ore than. spo 1s wittue the vies negation tb the pollshgd arte Fore Virtuous, than the. fairest. saint ot be measured yout leave undone, eee Is virtue, the oe ‘the c ? Then Beh virtuous a ding oheeriain ang fh nertain wags erlain times? Is the virtuous the one that Baek reer the pre b edules “ot ond me ecks Mite and Virtue is, first of all, t e found with the eyes inar wlth the will atrophied. VIRTUE IS STRENGTH ; ral and spiritual health. not in doth r leavin shut It is tines, either fect ordering. adjusting and Ritioeies of the whole life which in ils more material-and evitient aspects ‘we call health and strength. The. doing, feeling, ne think- ing flow from this right inner, determi- na ing tone; The morallyhealthy man will loathe the base and defiling. Only a depraved appelite tums to the gar bage can when nere ell ANG nd ou ever thought how largely health “and strength depend. on tastes HEALTHFULNESS OF clamorous erection | but -—the | able Mea high ideals, be right for fe | For virt Man Will Love the Good and Pure. and appetites? = Who con be healthy with a perverted seid to. which yields? Suelr tastes depend on training strength of th lies gn the roi thal a Sle Ae ork are right, pure, elevating. , then, rests. on faith tain do} matic the upward look, the noble on, the highmindsdnes that lifts up the heart akes this spirit, this faith, this confidence in things unseen to:en- us ose the best, to cultivate the taste for the true food of life. Other- was meant to fee read sni gin e evi- and i . not blind dent hij He ca es ‘There is no vie witht ‘his faith in in things not seen, A man he iney a See and up: because it pays, but HS may be just, polie cannot find vil AS A MATTER OF POLICY. It is not in the Gas fo be bought. It is acquired only el the heart on ae as we le ee love the good true for its ov ei sal This healthfulne: SS of sa comes also through struggle. stri en flees semplation, gym nasi rength oe mean that one must ice; it means we must mect y foe to his face. nt him virtuous whose face i anti we light ; who lives on a. gr ne leads up; who is sirong 10 eer ee to make a sites world, i at TWtior iv but for manned for sult bad Beal is thal habit of the sont, tha health that. comes te steadily secking things good and true, that strength that cone from struggle and service ; it is inner life victorious over the outer decapiitien HENRY TF. COPE. THE S. S. LESSON)": TERNATIONAL LESSON, v > Lesson VIE. Childhood and Education Golden Text: Acts 7. 22. loses. t for a man Amram by name, of ‘ine tribe of Lav hes. married woman, ced people Avo “children, Miriam the family, tis bein; €6 years his senior, and Miriam years. “The enerally con- being ening, “drawn forth. ” Phe princess’ zvpli ise 1 dr rew eng, the Important and unique chavablers of the from ¢druel slavery in from utter destructi Mo: at life work, the total result of which was the weldin, and executive bre ver nt of the cary life oS this greatest of Old ‘Testament heroes | s ‘our attention in the lesson for ipa Verse 1. A a Sa the a ae of Levi— mram by ). Exod, 6. 18). en ena ot tae ae now became a tribe. | Heme Ofsher hus! son—Not the ister child, res ng. 4 et by tires yeurs than Moses, had eee come. to the home. Hid. him three sagen Here supreme effort to sa eeniant oot being, cast into the river, and . giery itughter ye shall, ub alive” {Exod. ‘An ark—The F; A ea shes thus translated means, literally, chest or cas- ket. Of bulrushes—A Eg tian, neers “Real nis au ane peers papyrus reed, cultivated so extens: ih the Delta of the Nile in ANCE tithes. ‘ind of bitumen or pitch. The flags py the river’s: brink—The word translated “flags” comes teors ue i Egyptian tufl, a kind of flowering wi plant differing from the: eee phrase translated “the means, ee the tip Of re a ‘eyptian . Some years before the royal} ® the destruction of -all male 7 | cess. e fe beliew @ tha’ -| little child, save the infant's life, she asks no ques- ne th ae ntighlek obitevi- Jochen, apne u foes ihe eatin ra smo verse. that iz rose. eee Moses had 3. ond aay SACIAANg the fol- ey w Egyp- in the. ori hah generally thant “ Dei in ‘which they dwelt is of the ‘hin au ful ner whieh eahe led @ eonircs ot women with limbrels and the f the P pul ater in ihe ‘desert souPhiey ‘of the Neots Missa instituted rebellion followed aga rises God's he smitten — with leprosy, from which: she was syed ony at the earnest intercession of The Kades fg 20. 1 (camp. 5). Agee Oa nd it so, then a n to bathe a tie rivet nol uncommon custom for women rank, special being re- for their fathine along the river’ The Nile moe he tic I handmaidens Her handmaid—Referring to her spe- cial, personal attendant. 6. And she opened it—The princess herself. ‘Had compassion on him—Prompted to instincts fer eae p> implicit in: Ss =e habits and character of the pri Called the pag 's mother—It is hard obliging Hebrew maiden and bs aeraiptaed call, to. the But having determined to tions. 9.1 will give thee thy wage rincess assists by her action in allaying | all suspicion. The child grew-—Jochebed a transfer of her services as ay ee to the. infant can bedi ispensed y , ee ES oan i © first attempt rot oees to. deliver his nation re 1S cruel bondage, the original al pigs ead to live the ay Sted ‘ay— e “ieknation of ‘his heart was receding it had been the intention at Egyptian, to. kill the» Hebrew, ing y* ye fet low—Nei Me. Who. aie us Thi eq choosing "Seething that fs, S}with the 0 site to Bark also | ¢n ‘ Buildings cover a had} ent out unto his brethren—The aIEES ston filably exploited by On ro 0 made thee 2 rine tor Dring sind & alan already have been allotted by A GREAT DIAMOND FIELD ARE IN AFRICA, Men of All Nations are Unearthing | ,, Stones of Unusual Value in Cape Colony. One the greatest sensations cublie eye, is the discovery of dial in hitherto. und iqualar » and al old dr new conditions creased value, the in payable quantiti n the hope of making a fortune, writes i doneny nest carrespondent. This matter has exerted so much pub- hie interest thet the writer determined to proceed to .the g districts and {nvestigala ‘imself. Si nt in covered alluvial deposit some miles from,.the Vaal River. The old diggings streteh: “or many miles, and where the old d val Ss tie ua ek “oid Priel," Spee the little ‘wile of Barkly West eighteen te from ond ma- = Sia result. that banks of the Vi magically ; digging trom moon ‘i n en hope that. is sete eR and gold digger. MINERS FROM RYWHERE, From the main camp, directly oppo: West, for miles all along the ‘miners, who lease relrrelncisesgor Aue company, to which they pay a royally on all finds, 6 15 the coviidenes, thal: these digg ofessedly the mos! Subscor nies the ‘War in large numbers do, and the fae nt thee HB AGI well, Some*are working individually @ single claims; oliers have formed syndicates on a larger scale,-with an average: return that is most pS ame, of course, are not so fortunate, ve is'so ingrained in men of their oon a more pros- owd be Ahan among “hs "hand of workers along the Vaal Men trom “all parts of ihe sane tienai nd classes are to ba Hives coleahits: he Australians, ng together in ® graduate, officer, boyy ane navyy, all toil togeth- ide with, @-¥im and: 20 Taowship gratitying to-bee, andeniine is practically sireanh amnong them. ne a fainly level that is nt a at punt oad pocket some thousands che dollars’ art had digger seem fe Sr THE ALLUVIAL DIGGINGS, In addition {o thos on the river banks he alluvial diggings paralle? willis but about sixteen Srl from the Vaal, include Doomlaagte and Paade- berg” Weal, also controled by the Diamond Mining Compan; ‘c rmous area, partl on ob Kimberley. and. pariy COORDS no less than eigh- monds worth many: thousands of dol- lars already discovered. The diamonds foun il here, however, sign of being water worn or of “trav ey! with those reco the Vaal River digdings, while: the lange the conclusion that these sas are of a : perely local ori ave derived trom the erosion of pipes (yet cet as in the immediate vicinity, and that n the locality. are mines of wonderful rich- ave thicknesses. The gravel, ae paved Mehoaeniek an_extraordin- 'y degree over an enormous area, jelded “more than $150,000 ‘goo The fat and the fact that, diamonds iscove: ae shares. 40,000 the | ‘o ae ee diggers had grilty, aminde: the Ua wee suspiciot ler. 15. Sought to slay Moses—Deter ermine put him | e Jpg of “Nidion—The Midianites ing nomads, any reference-to the lai a necessity soi hi eastern side'of the gull qf Akaboi: ec rn m side of the gu’ A | Lee from there north Hanah cs northward a: east he | SYNdicates in lols REDS ges. ak CLAIMS, ing seate r cent. | oy yy the moi fone of a wrongful act of mura ry owever, to encourage still) 9, mss the miners, the Pi mpan, is aa red a es rear at 82 ar nt *s Which are a it controls, hile ae “company ee ie feaiee in. for T systematic: a1 et Paareber _ West, the kno and every! le Conaeea pie ite i says your teres takes “aller yout 7 ea or anese sof long Got | the gil experience, he with re pee resulls.- Meare THOUSAND OF FORTUNE SEEKERS |“ gr Sout Africa to-day, and most in the was s finely manne ne Thousands are floc! Wing to the new fields, | of su ployment to numbers of men, stimulus to the dis- | Author 0 | phiets. with panes es: Barelk kecwron wondame withthe hones di found Armed With a F church. = S Just as the mass was about to begin | (al- | atlacking ne priest, he lunatic enter: tho ehureh 5 a eae began 3a area - with almost tragi¢ re ct Hee carriage and Be He was preeedented: application has’ heen’ mile condition and anes ihe ata “Hs ‘paper See that ing as a ain worker in London of the night ago. Pipes. aah wi nad to the developm ce it, of a Keown i ie int ae seine. You the experimental prospect- hey are ‘in Possession of « genuine of great value, e here by old diggers in a per- r, and, subsequently, ow- ng to litigation, these flelds were prac- cally closed down so far as their min- . affording lucrative em- giving 1 trade, and expakiion: le country, and inviling capital. “GREAT IMPOSTOR DEAD LIFE STORY OF A GREAT FRAUD, LEO TAXIL, of the Famous “Anti-Christ” Hoax, Is Called to Answer For His Sins, The end of one of the most conisun ae impostors. 0 nounced in the following briet received recently from a Paris correspondent : “The Patrie publishes the news of { death of the anti-clerical phaptieies, tele (France) was Gabriel Jogand- al Marseilles ated by t real cand. nami Pages, he w y Educ: he Ie, Be elie sets prison when ieee Oulton a vote Tea tiee always He came out filled see vient hatred gainst his old instr himself whole- nearisaly propaganda. 8 | now ale | ing madness, she i vives | WIDOWED ON HONEYMOON ¢| WHEN THE. DEATH OF THE BRIDE- GROOM IS SUDDEN, y {Remarkable Cases of Brides Becoming Widows Shortly After Marriage. s @ somewhat curious fact that a woman loses her husband during the honeyimoon is generally regardes lized her happiness that iis ener condolence, fora ung bride must e parting less, jus nine roiieere ae ef realize to the full tho loss But when the death of the iS sudden. ork | impression on the sin her reason may suffer, case three or four years ago, couple who had been married days were separated by the tragic ‘ea ol bridegroom, Says London. ‘Til- Bits. ‘The wedding had taken place on the maximum amount af happiness, when, ih we bridegroom hired south coast, where squalls lime to reef a Balls fre smashing his tiny mast, end prespiteing both of he into the hu sba caught a the gear of his boat and held und: UNTIL The ing wife succeeded i on to the miphirned boat and was e recovered LIFE WAS EXTINCT, in hanging rescued, ree from Be erally looked upon as “quest” by: her S he} friends, m: filled with bitter and s use of every> g | thing Christa Cl lous ATION. created a sensation ¢ by suddenly making his peace with the church and publicly pressing genie for bis lurid sia. was ‘veleomed wilh. open Richard, ardinal ee him his bene t him the ab- ATED SI in 1885 Taxil throughout Franc: h series of vehe- this time Freemo xy re peed (ruculent champion’ and his resounding blows for the faith. But Taxil had some: suing Jn reserve n the nineties 2 produced an’ impression among the faith by a series of revelations con- necling Hrsemnssonsy, with Satan-wor- arrie ment pamp! aga ed on seorsllyeins Paris FRANCE WAS SHOCKED. ance was shocked, ‘Then ‘Taxil He announced his ‘The des ri come uupon earth and was deep in the counsels Freemasons. was kno Vaughan ; the. high estes of the L he had seen jous Fr erians } masonry with devil-worship tions. As for Diana Vaughan, she had no more solid existence Harris. — i MADMAN ATTACKS PRIEST. ur-Pronged Fork He Creates a Panic, Matireillas, from ae ae France, h trict, ‘Temps gives an account ve ti ‘Start ing incident which occurred ‘in the: village named Peyfavi, who had rushed into the church bear- fork. He made for e evident intention of Abbe Pla. mn seeing U faint The hers sant to the 2 ‘The cure, eee Bian sak 10 seize the weapo scaped wilh hard, though his ae is sudden le Lyon ha Paris, 1be other evening, sults. “ages and” Marseilles Matt threw ne picke unconscious tion po- office. ie necy ark consciousness about an and | hour tater, and then: stated that he be- stiletto. and springing on the commis- ue ‘d -him~ twice in: the cheek neck. he was ees fort- —F > Goldingion: “I am am: have not known her a 6 itor : “True, Maan att ies that y you should propose to a aah 2] Wi you for some time, rerybody. directed | ¥°" this | ; Ss apparently is | of Bie ‘dr ‘awl, an than Mrs. | bre i na tor the wedding, the chur we lecorated, the breakfast hai violent coat almaas peas girl t a k die a ‘one, it is hi nit i © ner pit no tere able example of fortitude and cour: age under the most terrible conditions was ever chronicled than that shown by a young bride whose husband was lili in’ the terrible disaster of the 1st duly inet inst marka ederick Cossittl, barely nine- tage, the daughter of an w York judge, Cossiit: had been ‘married a few before sailing for Europe, and the le—he a only twenty-one— st popular passengers on the On arrival sal Plymouth, friends de N sill to to Southampton but the bride- groom had beet very sea-sick that he nged e fatal aR UENE Nia When the collision; which brought death 0 many oc getty Mr, Cossitt was sit- , and v ruck in the ia Bt Nib eae was ving: d rie to this fac IOUT INJURY, She was, however, the floor, and when she recovered nstant later from the shock she mat her husband dying. loor of the carriage would not open, 3 ne plucky. girl smashed the by sheer Pane dragged nee ae et out o! She le replied, with just a toot tha at she bib re but injured man lim uring the few minutes n proceeded to cable to that she never shed a tear until she was in her nother’s house, and then tnd sobbed. for an. hour, Bitanee to say, this young girl is natur- ally of rather a mewvomles amiperiment any yet she went. through that tercible sul snake: t0 olness than many a veteran hero, There are few thors palhelle stories of “widowed on the honeymoon” than that Mrs. Patrick Burns, of Kensington, who was married on May Ist, 906, ‘and ‘whe started with her husbar ‘Kaiser Wilhelm ip Hee the a the pas- yy When an accident happened which in an stant turned the happy bride ‘into A SORROWING WiDOw, Mr. Burns was descending the main companionway to dimer in the saloon, wien he either. slipped or hee: eae dizzy ra picked up unconscious: and carried to bis Stateroom by ihe slew- allow ter a husband ashore, bing th ae and hy the first boat on which she could ob- fain-a A ‘remarkable case of a bride becoming, idow less. thi ing made a wife gecurred in & aE n 1903. aliss | davai of an 200 SoHatione | md ‘been sent out as lavishly se separ as] foneed by a selebral New York, a1 the gay- Fae t of eoinis, is when Death i tiene his pre- conve! ant verted a happy gribsring into a mney an TERR RORSTR ICKEN CROWD. of men al si 1e Ci Tae hed denny eee the beeen “| wil” the latler wi to lurch forward and tint the es ans limon the ari Hele an ten miniites after be-|¢t pe ‘Then, to the congtnation of all prom sent, his hold on the rail loosened, he. an ‘(o the ground, and there lay onhis” back, his while face clearly showing, that! he was sade a ‘The bride did ¢ her presence of, mind. She called nae DROID, who was} S Physician, and he, ith the = tel off ushers, carried the dyin; ey ines at inter ie ahs! pronounced dead by other Reeeetine, hic cat ie a wife, but which at almost te: instant. had made ue he ea RAZORLESS SHAVE NOW EXCITED LONDON BARBERS SAW THE EXHIBITION, Looked on Dazed by Sight of Whiskers Being Rubbed Off With a Post Card, Scores of excited barbers forced their, tense excitement by seeing a tor remove a stubby three ae zee wilh the edge of a maishd e ravorless shaving exhibition was really a press. view, Hal by covering a with a paste eNazorless es Powel vik we sible to a beard wing (he blunt edge of a sae knife or other ‘The paste, it was expleliiedy ines ae beard brittle, a we tion broket ae CONDEMNED ree At 3.10 o'clock the six persons to be shaved mounted the lille platform, and men wearing neckere! week's growth on To see with calmness one’s husband of | ! ly, mniddleaged. mun, with e- s; who looked the pleture of 8 mi Seopeotshte ater. eolorin table Ane, vole flung iste Hinads back, and h clo! ths. Aucked” under: thous obing. ied voices in the crowd, buts mot 8 Fan smiled, operator, who been mixing his paste in what Tee like a’ salad bowl, now came ered the men. His coi creamy paste of the tur, with a pungent Snell soning that of heliotrope, SIDE-WHISKERS STAY, Anguished disappointment swept t crowd swhen it was. seen that the ahh side-whiskers of the potily butler were be untouched “Be man,” he was ury raed, but all in vain, Tathered men back for ten minutes, huving 1 their phdiourapas taken ike listen faintly re- The ‘om shaven, pai the fee in the gathering were aghast, SHAVED WITH THESE, ‘Then came the turn of the other men. ‘They were shaved wilh the following. articles ‘The back of a lady's comb, osteard, x Wohin saled-spoon, A shoe-horn AHetan DON When the remnants of the ae had been washed. off, the {from the slightest suspicion of a a Ae # ise the process sea eluborate; true mentioned that. his: eee emartéd a ttle But the results were indisputable, ‘TOOK OFF ONE SIDE ONLY. But now came the 4 ia A Ynan rather longing eof the mi {vith a full beard haovniodal was administered, the face only. they had the lubilent antiepation of a beard, The ere not di ‘The paste Nae alaared to re n for ten minutes, and then the Kl the beard ed more faving fingers j anid then, sadder al wiser men, they stole silently” av Lael BIG MEN'S BUMPS, “Bobs” '* pee Se: Precise dd Carn shrewd, e esp ie expression of bore tempt thot most pe nnvene talks to them bout phrei to say that the great ani anya of free library fame, and > these notable men in the Ness, a1 struclivencss.”. personified, and order, ealeutation, poetry “form.” and marksmanship hare shown by the development of hig Mn Carnegie shows snresidnese alls ss of observation. and h AE u hide yout aches ae ie | fr “st La bery's: ech iit not least, ae Rose! w” is strongly, yr the “lonely mi dure. eur of| Pewers 0! erat Se an yale sibganisen and a “loy. eo Sees The world's locomotive engines are, ou Me seam i tower, excud) . SI dd ip engines one -third of this Z yo nee tm aon that tae ‘of mine will een overwork.” “Over an bent down and ake ‘hin it exces he ay aad sad be save no answer.