NOTES AND COMMENTS nany, the home of scientific re- search ‘and technical ‘education; has at last produced a eva burglar whose nm: to his business is ly. to cause pee lange in safe maki Ese he locates a abe ciinee: thus showing. great wisdom i hoice of ‘a subject. He rents a room above the protectin; yer of cement, thrusts ne umbrella ees this, opens it so as to ment urther prepares for working by artificial light without de-} afl ave eee sources of refreshing hap- oe in teclion by erecting a tent of blankets around the safe. Then he brings down {wa cylinders of compressed oxygen. and an acetylene generator See me calcium carbide and water, 7 blowpipe flame of such eae aa ° sicel fuses in it like lead in an ordinary | me gas jet, mells the door of the safe, gath- ers in the contents and disappears, leay- ing no trace behind, It has taken ages of research and in- develop a burglar like that. XeS the literary burglar who Jeaves a polite Ietler of advice are so far outclassed that the old admiration for them is changed fo contempt. Science with her eminently tendencies has dealt another the academic and classical and is the spirit of 6 But after ning given us the most intelligent of all crooks sho is ed now go in a should prove very. eff were any desire to save the scientific operatgr’s life other chemicals might sed to persuade iim to retreat on pain ‘of blindness or suffocation. These things would certainly act as deterrents for a time, but evidently thé struggle is to be perpetual, for science is contending against science and not merely squelch- ing the academic and the classical. Sees Sees see ‘of the air are in training in ris, The French airship La Patrie in a Ane hours’ flight a few weeks ago car- Fied out a number of interesting experi- of & e seithit three feet of ‘the earth and then rapidly rose to 300 feet. It was brought {o earth from that height in fifteen min- these brilliant aeronautical aware of the qualities of patience aa intelligence require fo manoeuvre this military balloon, The French mili tary experts are alive to this notable fact and are losing no time in training men for the task of air navigation in the new condilions. Patrie has been definitely adopted as an engine of war by - French War Office, and is to be stationed at the frontier fortress of Verdun, oppo- sit, Metz, An immense shed is to shel- tee it there in a suburb of the town. Itis five years’ start in war baloons. Even nal will andica) knowledge in utilizing the new marvel- us engine of defence. SENTENCE SERMONS, Character is never complete. Hypocrisy. is the gold of virtue used fo jae ha Bete does nothing does much ene thing believed is worth a milion things ae ee is the best sermon about "heaven. S No man is refined until he is purged Of selfishness. You upnot attain purity. by any_pro- cess of polishing. - Ibyou cannot fe jearn humility you can- no The nee Sev fe asi red. ot his»relig- ion ie Souslor i SERINE at ae posi a snore than Beit of ning a tri irtue in ang ‘right in D aenaiacli our own sins is better eprevcliny, than. denouncing the ways of Sn make your mind a cesspool your ene will have an evident ill e already are too many trying to world by “sweeping it with a jd has suffered a good nking. without saying tha ing. si Hata tonto en he mesa of eee #f you hand if to him ange you have tistéd af the hep: a Gas OF tiaind 4 ets happy you wil panic wl to} upon the Hehiews.0t (het re | horde. ts. Shienber HAPPI Happy Di “He that is of a ee ae has a ecntinual feast.”—Proy. - How did your Puritan ice dis- L<se of that text? their is a continual init take of insisting thal it was necessary to seem sad in er lease the most tugh. We make the mistake of sad an On er to please ae dais Their ui ofa shortsighted selfishness {het gusve at the of a fleeting satisfaction and lasting joy, 6S the highest alm of lite, hogher (han holiness or usefulness, pe- must ise the Many have Mon to give God glory by learned treatises HIS MAJESTY AND MYSTERY, But a little shuld, $0 happy that he only cen kick and shialsy andkocellactively: ang ee yeully than does the "theologian w anly can alter his bloodless spevulations ‘ather gives his of ren 9 oe Teieting saver ie Wilh jnughing meadows. with smiling mars. with rippling bird song, to man bie ives Zacpites of imimsnsurabie hs ues. Life is learning the law of hap- biness and practising its ee ee ae Mik Grates eect cPneipined Hloys can we lear to be happy when life i their leaching they made the’ mis. : To us it} snd fading NESS. Nothing Praises God Better Than sposition. part of joy’s curriculum. . Learning set lesson, bearing thei. load is essen! to deep, lasting happi not the life “i the butterfly first the multiplication table burden; later, when n > it be- g S Sos Foe through life shedding misery, is pode leas son, that we are-dunees in life's school. THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS is in. grasping the significance of liv- Wy learn that ‘we live: for things eh than those mad follie which men sell thereupon. made Olio Bavaria their holt bodies ana soula dnd ret out Uieln| monarch on condition’ thal: he made ik 2 i ves and hear No man can 1€] his hn ss fo steal back the missing py whose ueart is set on the chung crown. ie fashion of things or who looks To € salisfaction in. things. The lover is happy because he has dis- covered a prize and is enthralled by & S Pike fate their hea’ Mf their lives. Paul happier in the dungeon, where he can he true to his ideal, than Nero on the aes wit ‘There in days of famine for tes the inner eyes for the riches of a a es world what your heart vou cannot salisty. your iieatt an “everything you may chance to find and tunlll the heart ts Satisfied and the deeper needs of the life are met there is no ina earch. for happiness is not_alto- tee a fish. Few things can we do cy THE S. S. LESSON) INTERNATIONAL LESSON, SEPT. 8. Lesson Golden The Brazen Serpent. Text: John 3. 14, 45. rHE LESSON WORD STUDIES. Based on the text of the Revised Ver- sion. ~ Unworlhy to Enter-— 3 fear an AS we uae of the spies who told of giants and strong), we must evel forth from Egypt hed abject slaves, unaccustomed either freedom or (6 a fait, ghling chance obtain thelr rights. Hen investigate the country, that its inhabi- tants were a people mightier than the Hebrews problem of Jeaslersbis confronting Moses have been. one which taxed both his unusual. ability and great pa- ti ‘one time clearly the thought he ed abandon’ this contentious and unwieldy descen- dans as the chosen ope, But airong as the oe may have been, it was aside for The greater Hues dice of fitness to aan an ae ee a emintry, neces fo them Ne iaiavah Ww in not asa t shen into Canaan until every them who hes agen slave CaS sae Tues ‘ied in the wildern by this apiounceny * the Daas ple, re of cowardice, make a bast futack upon (me ecanuant les: only, weer, to. ied with. cee Joss. For thirty ok remain in the of Paran, Y vill their headquarters there n this common flocks for pasturage, and {to it they re- sorted for worship, for social life, and for. the adjustment ‘of judicial matters. The intervening between a authority a noses allio regula- he duties of the Le vite ee. Sporuets ‘of the sac- rifces. Sia. and the ceremony of ae e deaths of Miriam and also ne “00Or while the ahapter immediately precedin, 1o an_acear bo Mount Hor, It was at this place tha’ Aaron died. ise 1 When finally. the long so- at Kadest nearing and the time Edom mouth of the Jordan Arad—An_ unim Leah ily or place apout twenty miles due south of Hebron.) The ele ‘still survives in the modern desi; ion e Tell Ara a S contenk as elsewhere, “in hy Nogeb" « te Ward Studies for ‘The way “ot *Kiharim Or,” “of the The meaning of the sg is is spies.” be pl es beari ee seized | Can’ rt of a majority of the pen aot to} tho he had] 5), of ‘untitopposite the 4 ion-of an. angler hill or mound 1 has so much to make ns sad? ‘hat il help others more than the eul- eraibe of Happincés does not take aay of serene streng}h and ch {hedach of sorrow of solve its darle pro’ | in-oul Hraslves.. Nol the soulless. cef sinile, ‘There remain. tho. million aching | but the strength and sympath hearts and all the griefs 0 rid. | flow from a life fixed in confidence True. God forbid that we should lose | eternal right and good and cur sorrows; that were to make this a | love. sad world indecd. Our cares are but HENRY F. COPE. pledge or pra probably at the sane- ise, fiary and. with suitable religious! cet monial a ie Hebrew, “evo: tes re the one tran: tafe" e0e Nore eUropnecersiay” used in a ver; administra! ie by the people with the eeu Jehovi ead. fl change to which had ae ye that the inflammation pi ever, @ make thee ent.” A X standard The v Word is used fe ans abet high to be conspicuous. ine, Bronze, which is tin, Was well Ko if al all, at this time. lo_the serpent —In ware oa century: B.C. pent.” popularly believed to be the which Moses a ness, worship in Judah, mov scattered throughout oe the words of 2 Kin, the high places, and cut down the Ashera' brazen serpent tha Kingdom: oo. WHAT IS THE BALLOON PLANT? lost of us know how w Seed’ is sor aw among US of or seen the ‘acon plant, a California. eof the ae tianie devices of Nature an empty bi when { matures, @ teking ils lnee: This gas air, and the fruit sways ack ek ad forth wind until it finally lender: st sort. of y eet ah, this light bread—Or, Be worthless | crow is to the ae ns been the petepat Srvliols of food ot thedderael- jery serpents—Fiery in the sense, 5 Nera feo of hase ow: Make thee . ery serpent—Or, sim- of any | Cas imply a pole ithe serie stronger or harder y tnelal other. than copper and not 10 have Deen commonly Toi ime ae sing Hezekiah “ung the mze ser- fan sanctuar ss in 18 4, “he removed , and brake the pillars, and he 1 ie amlo those days, ths children of Israel did burn incense | it.” m in the eas ‘of a plou; hed field and ‘many in 5 5 Mrs. Binge gevalte her husband in the Scattering seeds. bet fruit is eas and-a “ite Jarger. cuban wi a porates or dries up the fruit gas: ighter than STOLEN STATE JEWELS CROWNS THAT HAVE BEEN SPIRITED AWAY BY BURGLARS. ‘They are Not Always Safe From the Evil Designs of Enterprising Thieves. crown of Holland, which is sai lo eee cost £125,000 about seventy-five phan: ago, actually underwent the in- of the gems from it were found near Brooklyn, in the United S Thi others’ subsequently came to light in Belgium an a by the King of Bohemia, crown Much disappointed, the Hungarians fect. this purpose Otto made his way ante Bohemia DISGUISED AS A MERCHANT, caused the cask to fall into a deep ditch, 1 was only fished out with great dill culty, but its adventures were ended for a tin rrival in Hungary. The. m to tamper with the crow! vidow of ee Albert it Sp tn ei and” acro: River Da nub taritony, where she herself sought re- When pressed for ray cash, she raised nearl ats upon crewn, ‘whieh she pk aged to the aD. 8 lives were los e space of a couple of centuries tae “ton comparatively’ quiet e, though at tie time of the revolu- rider in. insolence all his own, Bloo boasted ‘that i was “a bold bid for a * and refused to make a atts fecal except to the King in The stenmes curiosity of Charles a only samission to the ro toa and a aan in Hee “eslates worth 00 a year, which were gran THE DARING RUFFIAN. Other crowns have been stolen at at that of Sco! was removed for safety to. Dunnotlar stlc. Finally the Invadens captured pain; | Re ¢ laying permission to visit Binno jollar, and with e| the crown concealed in her er horse for a retended were thread. ‘They passed safely a the Eng- lish lines, and on ar on.wn. ig, be spun thei flume fo the Scottish a ital, ALWAYS F, -ATAL. f night with the startling in- fo scr ees ‘that she reeled a burg- las in the eee “Now,” sho exclaimed, —excitediy’, “he's dng one of those cigars I gave birthday. I par ‘d him pick w hex: and ut it down again.” - Then John sat up and listened. “By, Jove, Mary, you're right!” he answered. “ne is ‘'s actually. eae cone of theseer—er—those cigar’ have never seen any! | dike. ie in the aes States, and I go if re-| of Mohanm e «“FATHER OF lee. INDIAN ARMY.” A Se to Gen. Lawrence Stands in Westminster. regard a a Feoently nil to Lord. Cliy { India, it has b Stringer Lawrence, who by his jnerolg French in the i fo beilian g a3 Clive hind Ja Meoansy: ‘A monument to the der stands in: Westin ster, but hi untry is almast_ forgotten When General Lawrence, then a iain 1748, he found ma- nch ane an assault and cap- tered the Racks Lawrence, with a hastily apparent chance against a ioc force of a triumphant ene! nee! bul a moment, however. a advancing than rteating? ar oh ‘he k was made with auch vigor and recovered the precious crow and|the astonished and bewildered French slarted back to his kingdom ewith it} were driven out in ve cencealed in a cask slung at the rear} moment they — were vie- of the wagon. In the course of the/ tory. A British Odea: oe wv this feat journey, however, it was nearly lost| cf arms: again, for the jolling of the vehicle} “Nothing finer was ever performed in any part of the world than this assault, bya handful of grenadiers, upon old= en Rock, held by the enemy who had just captured it, and whose army was fermed at the | It was one of th .| deeds of he ich deserve to ism W Aeoansea ad Cie sarehives: of national his- tory, never to be suffered, as in case, to fall into obliyion: SHAH NOT OF ROYAL BLOOD. Question of cei of the Persian Ruler. _ The si beets is not mM rOv- ee é nes Advices Teceived in Londo state toa disturbanees are beginning to break ee putting their house: into a defence and storing provisions. The heh ie by any aneans populee, questio! is alieged teeltiney 1g openly ae in the bazaars and public places. to say that he is nol of royal descent at ai already reported serious affair, and is find carried off ten girl DOE BS YOUNG SCOTS’ COURTESY, Says a ails in the Scottish Ameri- can: “When in Seong Jast year I failed lo see any signs of degradation a ng my many Telaliv us friends, and I never saw a grander sight than I did in. London vi some old Scotch aerials hey have {eh children, most) if tHe. seemed as sf they couldn't honor their’ nother enough—the girls taking charge of the boys, in turn, takin, ne Their father and m y in their old toe: Everythin _haseny— —the of careful atnlng thing about a grea seconde GEMS WORTH $50,000,000. A careful inventory of the jewel trea- sure ‘left by the Shah shows its, se tats stones collec ued at about ten: anilan 5 seri. collection contains a nu vivalied diamonds: a: ther aes The 's ets A ae fea- es a squa ees of amber ic inches, ‘poi have aroppets from, ne Skies at the ase “ le wa ates HE WILL DO THAT. EVER eae the xohils crank, used to up m; Ht om Saeaag and drink- ing, and-I did’ it.” a He ed?” a ked Manley: @ man who can quit smoking au ing. oid quit sey mayinite “f guess “exept ‘talking about it.” ~ —— TREE STANDS WITHOUT ROOTS — In Tasmania, Australia, a ee was to be cut down, Sawed" as {he ground, t en a “When: th a was the but j the-tree ‘sip fa ecuil- | Sie Chitdren Vied vi Each Other in Honor io Parents. See! ni d drinks | a T0 BRITAIN THE CZAR ASKS THE LOAN OF ENG- i LISH GENTLEMEN, Three Young Men are Wanted (o Teach Russian Naval Officers Good — Manners. . s ‘The English as nation ot a oe feo inake every. Brion ate to their original pur; Tie ee ee hocna auueiecraterial te, er onblete oye sovereign Ercan ithe Depart Perha| s the crown of ag | De built an army which performed the | ment ol javy at St. Pelersburg, to undergone mare isslbades ee a 7 splendid victories by which E hae be- eee vice Shanice lana! the pues | ‘other Europea long time sity o! elect for him three ago, owing lo ‘0 the ee Es the roe <t} young. Englishmen of birth and breed- |i niale line, there’ were ea ean: -|ing who are willing to serve fora tates for the —Ihmg ones vihtone ‘and | & twelvemonth under the Russian flag. eventually the Diet ‘bestowed the crown ON BATTLESHIPS. Fach of the®young men thus selected is to lake his place on one of the three batUeships wl In the Russian navy 0} first yeurs of their sevice in theoretical -ashore, and do not really. go. to ard the training ships until rank, after the age of 19 0 re aV ee objec et of the Het and of the nea Admiralty ns making this new departure is to pefore their cung officers a stal pened fulny of courtesy, and of breeding, which they recognize as lacking for A GREAT COMPLIMENT. it young Englishmen should have tae chosen for this service hah as n-liv young Enisinan of ma and ca tion who com: \d-wil dd sym: pathy wherever ie goes, barbarous s in civilized aust why the Czar ment, should rete University of Cai a at of Osler 1s sau It to say, fies es : be that bas of the Ist — ir — ‘THE TRAGEDIES OF PARIS, 000 to 1,500 bodies are received in, re 4 cise stalistics of Pat decided dislike to drownin i on times ecords Sone pl sialon a hs favorite way with: e “shuffling ex i ee ail,” ee t as ceased ee SE ‘ VAIN GIRLS, LISTEN. ; | You are Usually car Consequence an You Of all the oa ond egotistical crea- aie. pete equals the girl who thinks hat ZEsop Re aves lalking thinking abo - People Mie penis ‘of things to dis- cuss an bout friends.” A Hn a isin constant stale ‘of wrelchedness ‘on account of What her thinking or saying about girl on terest to hee Prnends as to Dane ness or,the misery it causes her. cal il seems, recognize the simple truth | tant ersensitiveness never has ever can fi Bit st 5 ae ae chalk WS? ant | vas a lon, ° cannot be | a tribute oe nek ie ey ot thre ‘whole: 3 . a besides -their found and Pes 3 ~ routes HUNDRED POUNDS eo GUNPOWDER USED, ~ Chatham, England, During Shon Operations. A few weeks since Chatham, Et of the experiments was simi 4 of “Burteen Bees unds of ordinary gunpowder, pits, which Is ie ie y. si ost preci] into a deep valley, with gradu: the whistle cea pS RES FUSILADE. mcment, and yet iene Suddenly, at five’ points sane tus ? edu came down and spread over ae doy ior hundreds of yards, blotting the ‘oa from: view. gee WHEN KING W ENT TO BED, — Strange sae Customs ot ‘Time Louis 3 ft France. “Memoirs ot n the Comtess Yeas: ae Pe al_ mai e de Ou led front te ovis eription, is XVI. the long and dilatory hich “ave, nowadays more thap delimitation business. The} ever indispensable to navigation, ar L = yee 5 ee were a higher point at Cambridge conspic (eprived 0 ir mK st, “i The name of the plice was called | royal emblen é beyond control of: thelr com tana AR elt ee clap ulgad Hie cinah--Probably a ae place men-} jt is some mander a let loose their passions A ti in Judg. 1. having been |in the Tower of London n. villages in the vicinity of anc ees again utlerly edtnayed at Judah and escape from ite tale whic a ps are power- OUT EGGS. Si ently overtaken that of the Order of their As men, ee U 4, Mount Hor—A_ memorable land- Having concocted a plot with umors pauaal In egg only one-fifth jot the mark in the course of Israel's journey to kindred spiri(s, a notorious rascal, | mevements of the claimant. to the throne } sui faneo 1s. nutri me-ninth part aan, “situated mountain range | known ta islany 08 Col, Thomas Blood, | of Persia seem to gain strength daily, | js refuse and the greater eter about ein, £ way between ne vend induced the keeper of the Crown Jewas Gnd the latest information, via Seistan, | two-thirds, is water, -White-shelled ¢ ea and the Gulf of ‘aka hah, and a lite) {> admit him and his confederates to} is to the effect oy the Pretender left | are not quite as.goor yellow ones, for east of a straight line connecting the ex- view them Temadan with some. 35,000 armed. men | they ‘a trifle-more water and a se two ies of water. - No sooner was the door of the cham-} an s receiv! ing. "Teintencérionts from tiie a less fat, Judged by the amount is, stil known as Jebel} po, closed, in accordance with the in-| Ta: ‘and other towns, The National | of nutriment, a goose's egg is the most idenufied in Arab tradi-| variable practice, than a cloak was flung | Assembly is full of trouble and discord, Se next in order are ducks’, tions still current in the vicinity with the | over the keeper's head, a gag thrust. in- nothing definile’being done. Meanwhile, | guinea on hens, turkeys’ and plo- A small mosque marks | {4 his mouth and an iron hook fixed to} the huts himself up in his palace | vers’ eggs. in a large quan- ina supposed sacred n's| his nose. These impediments failing to| at as quite abandoned ‘he | tity of Lit ‘vate ‘ purifying to tho coenctiet ss These oe mountain | quiet him, he was knock wn and|energy and interest in his subjects | blood an complexion. ‘To is 4,7 Gull o: bah, | stabbed, the thieves BT ae mak-| which he displayed when he ascended | get the best egg) ee must feed r ‘and abot (ce at bove th Ne ing off with the crown and the throne. fowl on grain, Aj ee kit in th is far below ext moment the keeper, ate had| Advices from Teheran received in St. | most digestible way. t not boil level been knocked senseless, regained con- Petersburg state that the Turkish force | the water. He at the: eater to 180 degrees ‘aged beeause of the way—The} so}, , and, hearing shouts, his | yhich recently crossed the Persian fron-}and leave the egg for ten minutes. country was desert and rough. daughter rushed out screaming “Trea-| tier is aor id to arching with shes vad then pee ever, sel. But 5. Against God and against Moses—|son! treason! ‘The crown is stolen!" fire and sword in the direction of Ur-|if-you boll it for three minutes no less |1°¢t Never in their “murmurings The “thieves were speedily run dow fa, Having, en route, shelled the Chris- than one-twelfth a ve fail to be Israelites seem to accused Moses of | and, notwithstanding resistance, were Tenuivigs ot n, destroyed the | digested. ‘Thus, if you two eggs apie ee Jehovah. tile policies captured with the jewels in their pos-| church, killed ane ninety persons, beled a 2 212 degrees every ete you waste i wen in a year, stay he had to the King, and hence was altached to this fayor.— ‘hile-he was on a ee trip tare miles from his home al t West, Cape Colony, his weeks, a 0 pass ened he ‘fired and ise “the leader ‘The others ana d bes Sore they EunetANe hin ne ed en jore and wounded. hyo. Then light against overwhelming odds Shoes ean, ee he ae alone in ~Usin, re fe’ ares of the brutes? bul and ree ssa ace Sep igowing ex ae aust Boe ae sane to the grow pe jackal oe chs seaiigeRe and Fpuried 1 teeth eck, and ae so Bou alee he jscattered as animals. in all d After: < conte Thin a memes ot “ne nel