NOTES AND COMMENTS Pe nen aN aes ae ee Rust still corrupteth the American damage exceeding $500,000. spperens of Sattees has put on record the amazing statement that the injury to wheat and oats from rust probably exceeds that ~ caused by any other fungus or in- sect pest, and in some localities is greater than that caused by all other enemies combined. The farmer in some season, or other in looking over his fields during early summer cannot help noting that the fresh green appearance of the wheat crop is changing in color from day to day, becoming gradually quite yel- low. On examining closedly one of the withered leaves the observant cultivator can detect orange yellow spots or lines, and with the aid of a low power lens also can see that the epidermal tissue of the leaf has been ruptured by the emission of count- less numbers of orange yellow seeds or spores. The spots.and lines upon the leaves multiply rapidly, and when the leaves are shaken by the wind the spores are set free and fall upon the other leaves, and thus the disease is spread. Wherever wheat is grown this destructive pest is known and dreaded. In appearance |™ the disease is the same wherever the ¢rop attacked is grown. Europe, ‘America, Australia, pale yellow dur- ing springtime and summer, deep- ening later in the season to a dark brown or black on the gren leaves not only of the cereal crops, but of many surrounding wild grasses. ing to the rusty or burnt appear- ‘ance of the lcaves. ee ee To say of a man or woman that he of sacrifice. or she ‘would not hurt a fly” is no longer to pay a striking and expres- sive tribute to the gentleness of the eulogized subject. It is merely to confer a very doubtful compliment. In fact, in some quarters the well- meant phrase will henceforth be re- sented as a libel and imputation of inexcusable ‘ignorance. War se been declared on the housefly, w: without quarter. The fly has beh found out, and now his vices, crimes and outrages are known it must ap- pear strange that he should so long have imposed upon mankind. The fly is a carrier of typhoid, diptheria and other infectious diseases. Epi- demics have been traced to his per- —“nicious habit of bringing disease germs into all sorts and conditions of homes, Pe SENTENCE SERMONS. Vindictiveness is the jaundice of ¢i memory. A igo heart does not go with ate. bi Con soutdensas in other Gi Pea tists in stealing no fiom "one or bot is not brave to does not fear ie “ eutelves breeds no an, Nothing Is Impossible This Light and “I was not guciediony to the peasy vision.”’—Acts, xxvi, 1 ide: as may have missed all other prizes a that pursuit, “yet he has ound happiness and riches that ould have become his in no other way. Here is the secret of satisfac- tion, here is high success in any life, that. one shall hav his ager aan ave kept the best steadily Beare Seite fees come They may not come with the rushing of angels’ wings, nor with strange great mone Be character are des- cribed in terms of the supernatural only because they seem so muc above the pine of the normal, aver- s di any life is the extent to fei Widissmanac eesee peck ities and lofty tasks has entered into the being and dominated the deeds. ihe oe ndhicanive dasic maka aman strong t dure, to make him despise the paltry prizes that seem so attractive to eyes blind to THE GREATER GLORY. This is the food that angels envy, food that has sustained the soul through long days in the deserts, through weariness, toil, aisappoint- ments, fears, forsakings, losses, and loneliness. ‘They pise thé cross “ae to endure the attained anything without this; nothing is imposible to those who cherish ve light and heed this call. ivin, Lincoln, Garibaldi, icredes: Nightingale would bare. failed without the vision. In the Grande Ob wage cataule have onta be no power to bear them up, on the contrary their daily experiences were enough to turn them from the has fully Helou his | work for e followed fully | le: - in r} content, THE HEAVENLY VISION to Those Who Cherish Heed This Call, chosen path, but for the lofty con- fidence that they were doing the one them, but for the inspir- ation of he ideal before them. And this is any man’s religion, to follow his ideal, to seek to be the best that day by day he knows, to do the highest duty that any lofty de- sire indicates, to take the path that ads up in love, and service, and purity Of living. The religious life s the life that moves up into its all. highee self, and so ever finds new heights before i it. The great question for every man rel eee is, not so much whether he will obey the ten commandinents, 0 tso much whether he w the dictate of church or sence. but whether he will be ob; THE INNER VISION Of a voice heayen that speal is own heart and bids si him Toceake his dull ways of self-con- e to higher living, to That vision vealis us to paths of if you but heed akes tremendous: Tt is not the easy, heedless following of an pulotiomely Jromantic love for glory; it is | thorny path of the cross, the way o of |burden hestibies it is so hard as to be her The ee that is eating like a can- cer into our hearts, and robbing us of our power, and stealing our pos- sibilities is our love of ease, our hatred of the things that are hard; we refuse to obey the heavenly vis: nm beeause to do so would be to endure, hardiness, to forsake our soft and a ways, So seeking ease we lose Our days are fea with a dull dis- not because we do not pos- sess the things of this life, but be- caus missed its greatest jiteal Is. cherish more, to than this, the visions that stir 2 greatness, the passion for per: tion, the hope of high living aa serving. HENRY F. COPE. THE S. S. LESSON |::: INTERNATIONAL LESSON. AUG. 2. Lesson V. David Anointed at Bethlehem. 1 Sam. 16. 7. rse 1, How long au on mourn for Saul—See 1 Sam. Samuel’s life had b w take his part in God’s solection of Saul’s successor. Thave rejected him—The sen tence has been passed, ious Saul "| ig still recognized a f stave products Een tc-day who does not press beyond it. A lot of faith in etornal darina- tion has come out of present bad} © digestion. When your religion is nothing but lictening it hears nothing from heaven. unt of any man’s pos- Tl ‘sessions “depends on oA powers of a is ae power to discount the toil of ay night by the prom- ise of the Live the’ “Oe Sint es of Christianity and its arguments will take care of| 4. 17). ¥ Bethlehemite—One who lived in| death. themselves. You never will move the world nm by going through 0 ‘compassion rather than to condem- nation eI is easy shutting our eyes to “the brother who is down when our hungry } ipa are going out to those who ar x an} an who has sinaye uarded the door of his lips will Jook small when the “door of his heart is opene See eS DROPS OF WISDOM. No one is defeated until he gives mp. ate short cut, is a better friend than in man xe sense talks little and ae an pe pretends to]: ae “aristovracy, | helps a. ni ation. is sometimes wiser not ‘to see . ek 4 is pane Ambition eggs an actor on, Bee 0) att him off, fhe. ot es jue pe ial for their comf id people saldom realize th to happiness is| the one who has tell the : |i abe doe ses ii g0 ae i ses Were 5O Cc ma varied that it have been cunouy carried about n the ordinary Dri was a most convenient rece] tacle. It is probable. however, that he ae ne “epecially prepared i (Exod. 3 25) in the anoint- tbe of the pa e was toa the | ai In that case the oil would holy oil and the horn a sacred vessel used by Samuel only on cere- monial occasions. esse—A descendant of Ruth, Moabites, and Boaz of Judah Rie Bethlehem. Hert references to the ore of Jesus. a hil it six rusalem. It had a fairly import- ant part in Hebrew history and paneclally since the time of has been a centre of nee The Crosaers took great c: 0 give eee ee It is still | Sahabetod as Christian: - 2. He go%—This is not the only inte a the art of one ig 1 Kings 19. 9ff.), but it is hardly Degamins to ae brave prophet of abr eed y I} wi com: ifice—It. wi rast eeneee with the laws ot truth Samuel to say that he eto And J ont ag) that Aare Pahore “ot the whole ruth-is of necéssity deception, but God in his wisdom s but of well led | 8 exach even to oui enemies, but we are not under Tig mn to tell them ever. Bacal Soars were oe Ee Site maitre deneta sat in curt hrist | d, 5 ues Ipose wae from Dhas ar er ere): eas oame errand of ita importance and ster to the ci inward preparation of heart for the act of worshi nd he sanctified— Samuel him- self superintended the preparation of this family, thus caine the op- ate selection ther who a mentioned as Se in . | 1 Chron. 1 Felorar 's anointed—That is, on who is to be Jehovah’s ao ee But Jehovah, said—Not by ion, | nor in any other external way, but no- him, foe ‘David | le , to weigh against the fact Apes hovah had rejec' Height of his re This was| one of the determining ee in the} people’s choice of Saul who in sev-) Dee rierual-teaits ciently wat of | pues mould for the high office of | mn, Jehovah proposes to |P' ape paola and higher standard. Then Jesse called—He was co- cakanee with Samuel. From this nd from verse 10 it appears that ‘Samael took Jesse into his ce Hen dence. rotl ers, sonore did not later acerd Dav anointing, therefore, was probably brothers: 11, The pounzert Noe pid enough to_be taken Be is Seong he though this was boy’s aoe and Me ler some circumstances very easy, iv was likely a eon time to require courage and action (1 Sam. He 84). It was a splendid traii in self- zeuans by which David Maier pro- et ele sacrifice was fol-|° lowed eal, ware or less re- Hees in ahaswele 18. Ruddy—It is ae elear whe- es this means weather-beaten or tevin ved hair. At any rate, it mark of beauty. tion oe it aad reat” a lad of fair 3. The Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon David—This was con- sidered as the direct result of the icial- anointing. It began at once wee though the ceremony ae as in cred, oka ead in wont att Saul’s termit ne that day tee be remembered | that a this city yas | Samuel’s home. me mi cause cee burn it. About @ most enjoyable Re geo a Everybody hes a few traits — 4 eae - Never use a third person as a se | ol ge i ae an! Bi” bedient to 8 the|* whyithal of beautiful dotennate - WORK OF CIRGUS PEOPLE ORGANIZATION HAS DEFINITE DUTIES FOR ALL. Dinner Ready for Employees Forty Minutes after Cook Waggon Arrives. The system under which the em- ployees of a circus work is as nearly perfect as it can be made. Each man Be his especial duty—one hoists plish it with his eyes shut if neces- sity arose; ant short time, from what looks to the outsider as hopeless chaos and con- fusion, a tented city rises like magico. ith the arrival of the tent and does wagon, the boss canvas man walks over the ie selected, with There are ten or when all is done. ne long tent, straw earpeted and canvas stalled, ids the several hundred splendid horses belonging 0 the circus. the performing horses. THE ANIMALS IN CAGES. And the giraffes and camels ard elephants have a tent to themselves; hen there are the dressing-rooms, the dining tent, tents for the black smith, the harness maker, the w: obe matro: , the circus barber, eG for those of many other callings nec- essary to the little travelling cireus world, all of vigen Be be protect- ed from the “myn faints atiae the cook wagon the grounds the kitchen has been set up, the dining- made ready, but reaches “Tf it takes longer than 40 minutes to set up the dining tent and serve breakfast or dinner, thero is trouble in store for someone,” sai chief commissary of a circus; “hut bolin. The fre hat have been contracted for in ad- et e than it oe to tell it the odor SE aiving vason aroma 0 coffee are floating out-on the morn- ers. "|THE GENERAL ARRANGEMENT a Of the tables in the dining depart. ment is like that in a ship. ber of long tables stretch ie entife and one table freaks occupy a table by themselves, members of families and troupes are seated together, and efforts are jmade . make it as pier as pos- mt sible all concer! It is Sidra that aie entire force of employees sit eee to the tables at the same time. The dining tent is open 2}4 hours Sis each meal, an t\the performers straggle along as ey choose. pe vided from the offi- ers and mers’ mess tent is that of the 1, 000 ieee hands or roust- abouts, as tl the: ey are generally called. (ee food served to both tents is the |, whole- con Hes air is ae delicious and aj zing. — WERE BOYS TOGETHER. Meeting a Russian and Turkish enipotentaries. y of war, commission- pot realized by either him or his|™ me ee ie onde Vizier = salaam on his h ‘hese cota: of leave taling|* the Grand Vizier aesapn ly. areas himsel d. the M. tinazement 0 him, grippe the hand, ae in adest Scots - e you ae? g ed the Marshal, dgeaante back in his bewilderm “T a3 ararkne iricr to the Sultan of Turkey, but—my father was bell, man 0’ Ki irkeal aldy 2?” ae ee ~ 00-OPERATION: Parke—You keep a joint bank ac- count with your wile, eae yout ’ Yane—I deposit the money and Jaze draws it out. “The multiplication os a ee boy’s hunger, man is ve by the company she int at home to. ‘We always feel ater for a man who a0; in an inoredibly | w ‘0 |fee-stalls and coffee-sho; A smaller tent holds | v@n ing air to encourage the tent work- af as In the year 1739 the Russian and all was satituctorily set- ae ae “li Bey er atgs NEVER SLEEP IN LONDON WORKERS OF THE NIGHT IN THE GREATEST? CITY. ome Editors and Printers at Work— Washing of the Streets—The Fish Markets. There is no night in London—Lon- Ifa, anyw! six in the evening and breakfast- time, says a writer in the London Six is the average hour policemen on night-duty begin their first four-hours’ spell, and when men are settling down in newspaper The ‘sub-editors may catch the 2.45 a.m. to their homes, and their work but early night work. The print- mn. |ing presses are beginning to roar as they go home; and the men connect- _ with the outside of newspaper es are beginning to gather. Cof- ops now open for their benefit. As three o'clock wears on to four, the lower end of Fleet-street becomes as busy air, and soon begins the race to the stations of newspaper-laden carts, 8, and cabs. AS SEA CLEANSES SANDS. By this time the markets are open- ing, and night-work eres imper- ceptibly into day-w: Passing through the streets to see the markets—Billingsgate, Smith- field, Leandenhall, Spitafields, the Borough, Covent Garden, the cattle e hay and arkets—the wash- ing of the streets strikes one as a sight not only picturesque, border- ing on the romantic. e square mile of the City is entered daily by 1,300,000 human peta and by more than 100,000 vehic! Before dawn, ee has hoe eee the wheel oot marks, as ea pears the sands. BILLINGSGATE cee It is interesting, too, to go down to the docks to see a Hae ship being molowdes ase the night, in the as dawn is br > air and sky are bathed est violet blue, is to 5a the finest sight which London at night has to which opens the first auction ai Bil- m- | lingsgate. SSE Sa EES E, THE MULES OF MEXICO. Even More Knowing Than’ Other Mules, and Prescient Too. “Everybody knows that all mules but the mules of old Hens own, a as spent many yea: ‘s in that Sountry aaaale will di “The riding mule, for instance, distance, required to Heavaree: in the progress ci one travelling day, and all the sharp sticks or goads or dynamite m earth won’t get him to do a bit more than what he knows to be the correct distance. The Se have a peculiar s in ec tion with this che reeserists, ot ithe Mexican mule. can, for instance, oes far A a ae muletrack to such and such a peli are you not rushed, but three days if y« are in a hurr ‘y,’ the Mexican aM reply. “His meaning is aad if you don’t mule than you c | consequence wee journey will tees or a day w for ies prescience of which ee I don’t know what else as eal it. The latest instance I it was when I was riding t alone. “Along toward evens a_terri- fe thunderstorm Ae up. The air he cael of sul- and the crashes were deafening. The road was rocky and bad and there was only an occasional scrub oe anes ‘ide. e aa gray mule when the its height stopped stood in the enough, He wasn’ ently, but he consi during the conti mendous seis storm, for it waa wanted to get un- bout re he Ge aiid. him with the spurs, but-he a lool ned Pere a Be Pa otnted ed ned a rs ig ars Ss dee 8 < doing. ee Bits uldn’t ae length ae te race more ore Fe than my ee about ny highness the prince of Ast the king of Spain, Quite @ big-sound- ing name for such a little fellow, isn’t it? ‘This tiny prince wi soldier on May 10, the day pen which he was exactly 1 year old. On the uni- may be the Order Golden Fleece. # Importance, : Johnny was showing the visitof about town. “That,” said ke es ous: oF the most a hee spots in but a ie ee “What but m’t always a vacal rotated Johnny, ‘Then he reece § proudly: gna "3 where the circus ale W a fish at feees blotting- eee and cut jotted hy E aeebants ing to rpm to picture. along these lines, beginning at the top. _ LUNG FSH from .FASTLEOALD bg: Now place the fish in a platter cov? Presently your fish wriggle, at last entirely straightening it~, there came is positively deafening crash, and when I could see again there was that pine tree stretched j across the road and a good part o! it in kindling wood. mule didn’t know. I jBive i anyhow that he did. eae ee, NATURE NOTES. A giant blue crab of Japan meas- ures twelve feet across the nippers. The gray and black Agrippina moth of Brazil is Hees inches from wing tip to wing tip. good gamecock tes no white ts its plumage, and hence the syn- onym for cowardice—“to show the e Teco nai and peaueshin ot psoas . An+ ‘became as well versed in magic art as the witch herself. One day as Lira clung In the shadow ik near the beach, oe @ cliff plunged the horse with its ri prince yee rose to the surface ck out valiantly for arms of the undine améi im ‘are pow the 2 oe ie the un- ” ES 4 ces PP ponte, and broug! ul “her Es eo. oi or ap Ba ade imown aaa Delage mé prince much andgome pe of -his “J suppose maybo that old gray pe him | j QREERIR RAN. <a ee feather.’”” The stechsh netted, commits sui- on two legs, in search of sand crabs. Seg eee ranted a Test, sta ieee made bi is feacher’ one of the hatte ee his head ered, Bion upon. William, a itching a hair out of his head, ees holding ft “Please, what number 1s this one?” ES ho he was betrothed. But finally insisted upon detaining him against his will. In Princess Lora, the younger mes of Lira, thi mirer. Obsery’ have assisted py to escape had the magic of you,” said the py en, to her escorted and Wiens