Seeeae as ¢ ine uate NOTES AND COMMENTS Thirty-six death sentences were last week. that European Russia has 110,000,- 000 inhabitants and that there are many criminals among them. The worst of it is that the number of death sentences seems to be in- creasing. 3 year’s record has been darker ihe that of last year. These proofs of unhappy conditions are multiplyiag so rapidly that pro- vincial papers haze been ordered rot to print statitstics of executions . and death-sentences. Certainly they do not make agreeable reading. Russian justice moves slowly. It 1s possible that some of the persons whose execution was ordered last “week may have Leen in prison for a year or more, awaiting tral for effences committed while the revo- jutionary fires were blazing, But this does not hold good of all ®ome were found guilty of crimes | © of a more recent date. the government is still going cn, though on a comparatively sma'l scale. Attempts are still made to assassirate chiefs of police and other officials, and sometimes they ere successful. There are still oc easional attempts by revolutionists to seize government funds on rail- road trains or elsewhere and fill their owa lean treasury, There is still some agrarian crime. Russa iy gradually quieting down and the stormy days of a fow years ago may never return, but has not been completely re-established. li it had been there would not be so many death sentences. of qu Beene een OLDEST TRADE IN ENGLAND, “ port, the fee War against |" Tf tis eur ie 2 Feat of What Might Be Only Hinders, Faith in What May Be Sublimely Helps. a ma) are still told, definite, marke jalvation,’” ent peril, the question is not ee more ue: loubtles: to whom the qiiretion hak shelinae tee Thoy live in a world of fear, they are only fr sh that state of savagery in which le univers here dark pl: olica t lon: an offende: estion, G mateeesncctd and o} . wrecked oi pagel wy mpeaened bets for Old} wh foned Gun-Loe doon mea lon, in ists k, hia still survives an industry nearly’ as| ¢ e- is precisely 0 pre- are their flint arrow-heads and| 4 nives. Eighty thousand prepared fints our neolithic | has OD his intellectual subju anc arise nhical veoh ister: data. yy the power of God ai fads ne faith unto a ar vation ready to os bo time. aes aoe ee takes you by the buttonhole, and inquires: ‘“‘Are you between i s aereated in the to: you on the saved ?”” and resentment be true as we Se without some experience called we are al min- wonder is that the artly delivered e was peopled with dof devils that as- aces, of yawning hells one to ingulf # world is so ee as to pppose is good, if the sneer is e do indeed ne saved, fo bi e delivered eee ae “But it. is strange that most loudly of the goodness of God get aie insikt 0 be those who sing so strongly on 1 character of the world he has created and-ordered. It-is n ig since we were prac- of ie lest they sigald fore morning an selves unprepared in the Bresence diety, while strong men carried around the tormenting AM I SAFE I* I SHOULD DIE? Something within us has always turned against these conceptions of yefore whom of a universe contrived to damn us, we must cower, gation to cer- As man has come to undérstand "| the universe better, as he has learn-| § ordering of things ; fear has given placé to rev- ereneé, reverence for law and rev- o|to fear? erence for the Boor oe seems to e the final goal o! Superstition Pe before sci- ence, fear has given place to a en ception of a world ordered by finite love and we have come uestion: After all, is there anything in all the universe Does not every opening page of nature’s great book dis- close unvarying law working out Pucppes of immeasurable love? e have been rescued ordes or savage, hidden de- mons or snatched from imminent hell; Whe question is not whether we are ready to die because we have hereto dread, of cowardly sinking through n'the world into the full life of fae into the life in harmony with universe. SAL VATION IS A PROCESS and not a place; it is a life and not a legal Beemer sie is continu- ous; it may be that it never will be completed, for it is the leading ot a life out into tits fullness, into hatmony with its universe, into un- f all its hi into effieciency in all its service. We need to think perhaps not so may be saved d much of what we tiie au oF veil oars bane know, toward full and perfect har- mony with all being, here and ev- being can one come into such tulle ress of life Men are saved by faith, by faith trust in the great lov nite Father, by vine ouehe wor roanaee and truth s that are ist-care the things that eretaiahity and dominant. We need to be saved from our- elves, from our fearful, abased, God libeling see: into our better, jghor, aspiring, God loving selves |° ie the faith in n the goodness of Go 0d, | ta the love that all law, in the high eet ties a she 08 and the good purposes of all men. HENRY F. COPE. are turned o1 week by papers whe sult bit their ancient. oraft at Brandon. ae method of working is as fol- : Huge blocks the black Ree are split into “quarters’” with ® heavy hammer; each flaked into small, sharp pieces; and finally each flake is trimmed or knapped into double-' packed sagaree THE S. S. LESSON en INTERNATIONAL LESSON, iS) with a peculiar sharp-edged strik- Lesson XT. er. This is dor the Saati 0 qua Sia ieanencamr © single work- ee oe er can non an as many as 2,000 flints in a Most of aes flints are exported to South Africa and West Attica, * for use of trappers aaa dusky riers who haye no ore made mm firearms than the Bint-lock musk: thron of the Brandon fiint-! -knappers, who supplied the whole British Army with gun-flints. And even now the overnment, occasionally finds a use for these flints; for during the last ar 16,000 nts were supplied to the troops at athe front. for use in tinder- Many flint-! Ttappers. earn abou £2 2-wesk, In the ‘heyday of the craft the earnings were mash great er and there are old m Senta don who will tell’ you tof Biotd lays when the flint- Saavedss used to. pa- rade the town on a Saturday night with five-pound notes pinned to their cap: ere is one very sorious danger in the flint-knappers’s trade. It, in many <cases. eansumption. riers pehaebsles of flint, which cut asues. of the. lungs. .But| ter the. ee ts well paid, oe so long sthere is any flints there ey at be men wil- ling ‘to take ‘up pning, in“spite of the almost inevitable gonaley: So RISEN FISHING ON HORSEBACK, “On the Sia sie they fish fter for an 4) 2 seen . 13. David Made King jah = and Israel. Golden Text, 2 Sam. 5. 10. of The: inquire means of the mysterious ‘ which Abiathar i 23. 6) aoa similar to the Urim and ‘Thum- im, or sacre expression of the divine will. David’s dependence -upon Jehovah in his -waiting for his proval beforo he Ss the first step ea the kingshi 1S & go. ae ually mean Verse 1. After this—That is, after the deat Mhistanaved the danger to David’s person and also left Saul $ 5 uP vacant the re was no reason for remaining fave in exile. ed of Jehovah—By Ephod”” the priest. had when he joine d lot which was cast iS ap- nad strum thes hal ae directly. ss of Judah, pete 8 had beon 1 —A~ place Pitesti: re igang ati of Jerusalem and tw of erahba>” religious inter- est. The patriarchs from Abram on lived and some before Israel entree ue land the Boer pa revered ii t became one of tb fe and being on one of the trunk roads-of Palestine it was alw: thriving market city. From now on a figures largely-in the torbines of them died. there, @ shrine, a ies of re. hways a of he Hebrew kingdom. As verse 3 How eee are ee on the Cali- aoe ebron ‘was a distr ict as ; nia “| well asa city. The word ‘“‘city”’ +t the town with its try. on horseback. Bes Pah outlying coun ber oe 3 two. wives—! whom solutes lett traah ing about jie took to himself during his years -aniong the pounding breaker of exile. Before this, he i mar tied Michal, Soul's daughter, bu ae mbes 15 the ad beon deprived of y the town vee: ays boy who can beg or borrow a fone goes gallop-| ing down to the beach armed with a six-foot bamboo, at the ona of | & which isa strong steel hoo! _ They dash into oe sorhand driy- ing the shar; ‘0 the squirm ing, jelly-like Reenties haul. them ashoré one by one and leave them lying high and ‘dry upon the beach, umping ink and water with their fo him later @ Sam, 3. 19). more complete list of the wives David had at Hebron see 2 2-5. Some political alliances. Tee eadeuian Ieee Gareed Dav ae his sons much trouble and suf- ing. “Jer reelitess . - 3 is manned or jam. of these nouretentet These poly; ie . Carmelite—Not the rival Gee ee Benjamin adjoin- ing on The men of Tabesh gilead—Por an account of this Sepott see last es lesson (1 Sam. 10-13). sent ceetaee sin- cere expression of appreciation on the part of David and also a most sagacious, political act of concilia- tion. Kindness—Respect 6. Lalso will ae you—A quiet rule extends include their city. in the v Ses heart of Ish-bosheth’s rival kin, iom with: its capital ee mathe town of Manhanaim (2 S: . 8). 7. Let your hands be ne and te ye valiant—’ i times. Strength a 2 hopes for their suppor hen—After seven mate years ote ‘icoesful rule vid did an authority: oH the waited till they sought All the tribes of Geis Be their repzesentatives the elders (verse 2). hy bone and thy flesh—A cour- teous introduction. a their address. Really true, too; men of Israel “|later refer to David's tribe as ‘‘our brethren the men of Judah” @}¢ 41). fs s thou—A compliment to tkeir new chieftain which served a double purpose. It misgivings as to Saul; even when he they had served — under his general. Leddente ut and broughtest in— A term toes military-leadership: eople—This is David as. became very common with the later prophets. re be a, delicate nicest David's shepherd duties ala 3. Made a covenant—With mutu- al duties and rights. manner of the kingdom’? 10. 9%). This, like yas, done “before Jehovah, i se summarizing all of David’s public life: m with its capital there; and the aoa of rule | which aré: narrate: in the chapters following, eek ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. “What prompted you to rob this man’ 5 sy ¥? asked the judge of the! A prise ong, - suckeF-rimmed. arme coiling|f¥om the famous valley of Jezreel aon ike sakee Squid sell for| and Mount Carmel to the north, psa ey siya a eerie a couple of shilling apisce. but from two small towns, Jezreel © aie eet that T should is soni for bait; the Pen, a pope-< opal tinted bone which the tip of the tail to te neck, Ronit nee ae Re bone _ of ome and the 8s, which} told in 1 “when dried look Mike “atas dull pearls. Gadd a re nhl sale among eurio deal 8, Magazine. a pee purpo: ———+ Bagley—‘“‘All of Mrs. Hay e’8 hildren call her the ee Ton’t it nice to see such affection ?”” Bai-| thi age “th ii isn’t eee Bee and Carmel in the southern country | S° ne which David had been rang- __Abigail—The soe is exquisitely Sam Every man with his household up. —David avoided any agpatence oe SC. as peaceable, ‘colon = ait their famil They anointed David king = BLE private anointing at earlier time did not interfere with is formal public cer creny it was ees, not elf 21 an nd em by-any but. nem ae Sof ae he have a little change.” COULD SAY THAT “THAT MUCH, “How is my boy getting along in ecllege vei asked old Mr. one ichley. “J hope you find him quick.” “Oh—er—yes, Mr. Richley,”” plied the college. sProfessor. certainly is fast. “Talk al tive member of a clab. ‘Very. likely,” admitted a listen-| bat that e great Meee for us all is|an uman and divine. Only | other ues but }* was their king] ¢, Dayid’s' ether A lit SAVED FROM FEAR TO FAITH)" SUltk oF Turkey FEW MEN ALIVE WHO HAVE BEEN SQ MALIGNED. Mistrust of Subjects — Some Pecu- liar Stories Concerning the Sultan, Go is probably few men alive Gay Ww! uncnviable reputation he has 0 it on his perilous throne for over thirty years, says a writer in MA. ul Hamid is one of the strangest mixtures of bravery rdice, cunning and sim- plicity that it is possible to imagine, and so much has been written said about him that to obtain any- thing like an accurate idea of his real character is almost impossible. Like most autocratic Monarchs he hae his bedroom securely guard- “the Sultan’s mistrust of his sub- has sometimes ous results. 1ew years ago was on his way to | the nee when he ae y ni new telegraph wires seiciee are the roadway. No one thonghé Sel henpetr bit he gave orders for the royal procession to ialt, ani = 8 h considerable delay was actuaily done, and then the an and hig retinue proceede N ot content. with Hersh anna gio aie te vaeead AGoe Hawa ciestosmmanded ‘uae they were on no account to be re- placed. “ONLY LIY VOICE.’” The Sultan’s love of rulirg was once exemplified in an extraordin- He had purchased a Pr ReiER VbiE he ceew. very fond, apt pupil, and learned te aaa august master‘s voice to ae its cage in private Speen when it suddenly called out the name a his Majesty’s fay- utter ter came ew into a t cage. he killed it on the spot; then, turning to the frightened servant, e said: “Understand that in fu: tire Gui ins vole thal cousin here!” But Abdul Hamid ‘has a softer and altogether nobler side to his character, and those who know him intimately have spoken eloquently ysical pain has. made fHotghttal ob ihe‘ walfare-¢t pobuital binld which is kept up entirely at his own expen This hospital is princi- euly. fen dite ioe Lneriaieacd hie aig ery. patient is treat- ed entirely free of charge. n SOL) and strangers are admit- the whole concern is rua as ‘the least: up-to-date lines, DIPLOMACY. The Sultan is a born diplomat, _ | although occasionally his diplomacy is hardly comfortable with eae ies eas. he story is told ol cer- ain Mriliapdorahe wile walking of his, Majesty's closed earri- sear cliealy rend rod: ne he quickly repented of his folly n he received a stin ing plow cE the face trent an attendant. Mad with rage, he ee ich wi granted. After listening aietly i ie. Ambassador’ id oe v Su iltan smiled a) tT have carefully. ate as case, and matter stands. course, a gentleman, Shay allege took place; therefore, <cellency, eel eamibig save SOYAee yon The whole affair must be a product of your fancy. dismiss it”? What the Ambassador thought | has not been recordes ‘ Se ge ae WHAT IS SUNSHINE! _ A little ‘gold amidst the grey— ms: bine ; A little brightness. on ‘the way— adi ot ‘he gles A little widening o A little heaven se ‘through! at’s sunshine. A ua looking for the light— That’s sunshine A es patisnies. trough the night— sunshini A tittle aati of the will, A little resting on the hill, A little standing very still— at’s sunshine. A little ung throtgh the tears— at’s sunshine A gas a Vehind the fears— ’s sunshine; a3 Hie “oldie of the hand, oE LR Se ae CAUSE OF HIS HASTE. ~ Porambulating . Pete = { Wot" is youse runnin’ fer, Mike? Meandering Mike—De woman at de house back dere offered me a bout animals having no| cake.’ tefeltecnees ! “exclaimed an asser- Bee aang Sees “Well, wot ee oecners Aatkeafaiort a it wu ie a cake uv. sa: » doesn’t prove boos fis We te caesOage v0 a than led to cunt don what he |” One day the parrot was hanging in| is ts of his kindness. fay own dread of |° in Bio streets of Constantinople saw | a ndant | 15 FROM BONNIE SGOTLAND NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER BANKS AND BRADS. What is Going on in the Highlands and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. There is now $502,525 at the cre- dit of depositors in ‘Galashiels sav- ings banks. In Crosshill police oe Samuel Harhis, a pedlar, fatally cut his throat with a ren of ee fanlight. ‘The other day while Donald Nicol- son, Luib, Skye, was arranging for his other ‘ohn’s funeral he droppe The Duchess of Hamilton has pu been in ‘or two years, is returning o Hamiltyn Palace this mont! The other day a Dundee. work- man found a pocketbook and $120, and gave it up to the police. The es r rewarded him with $25. ignation exists among the an- Stee 2, Powoning of trout which is being carried on in the pone of the Rivers ‘Gala and Cad- De lss fccnn maueed teat ae Prime Minister will address a great Liberal demonstration at Earlston, "| Berwickshire, on Saturday, October The local tweed ee has become urdays. The Leith —ship-owners, Currie & Co., ar ber of changes in their fleet, x ty new + Arbroath one great improve- sient ie the sondivion of thargaade This applies d about the regions of Carmyllie, Peete Leysmill and Magun Othe: King lag “approved #he--ap- pointment of Sir Edward Tennant, , to be his Majesty’s Licuten- ant for the County of les in Place of Lord Bhibank, who:has re signe It tae been discovered that having been observed in the mas wy While portions obitha stonestork hevedallenifront the tower tae spitting ntil it has thought. the best plan will be to shame the of- fenders out of the filthy practice by displaying enamelled boards from the lamp posts. ity have agri infants, and training and instruction in house- id management and art he to- A surplus of her_from.the Internat : bition of seven years ago, ate “ha ar! — twellth Earl of Carnwath, of cation dating from 1639, has Ge coalabratsd his 61st birt! hday. He is a Scottish representative peor and served in High- landers. He tr: ee his 6 eater from Thomas de Dalzell, Age: who swore 1, in 1296. fealty to Edward pa en Ey cee REMEMBERS DENM! ABE nm Alexandra of England, dining with one o} mate tends and she complimented her cook. ’m glad you tiked the omnes ead her hostess. “My coo! ” Hearing that one of her oun ones ywomen pre- eae kitchen, the very orate be AT LS WHERE THEY a a abr Oh. well uae arrived ‘at the otal ond Moriarty at the polic Dobbs — ‘“There’s a man who ee spererel times. a-day.”” —‘You don’t mean it! should ¢ ‘think there’s nothing left at a obbe Tt eee. a Bye his face al all. He’s 5 said “J haven't got any case,’’ the client, “butts reply. wt case I wee weard e: hours by.2!4 per day with idle Sat- James ¢ making a num- placing some of their older pea aft. especially to’ roads neta anestiy” apps eared the 2 ndly over It was Udtle bey iB The tow! AT-A-TAP! Rat-a-tap! Ro ear | stye door givin, “3 little well-worn blouse and \d was tar below the level of Rat-a-tap. tho. knocker, tgcreaah whlch tho boy Stood on tiptoe. and. strained -aseperately beamed ki to this is vigorous summo! schoolmaster, his horn-rim= a spectacleg at the little fellow stand~ ing upon the t Whee is it you asked he, se, sir," dn’ ‘eshold, uu wish, my little man?” eagerly bogan the tow- SSE came fo Ie it in \gster, tet Le try oer eochan your so want to learn how to. ead bis books Jn ad to writ A;tiny smile curted arouna the comers man’s mouth as he bent down of the old m: from ai Foopen, height. aot "m a your boy, SEG head. “But enter. school: back to mothe! while longer,” But as he laid ie vbya taUnen es quite grave aid You 1 iSreot to ask permis- come here, my: master to the disappointed “HERE ARE SOME BREAD AND ROULS TO BH DELIVERED IMMEDIATLLY” cently replied “the schonl- jad, So, in this year of 1777, the ttle son of the bake: x of Nancy from the French. seh e was only a baby 8 years old! was tumed awa: hoothouse, becayse ‘Twelve years later s boy was leaning. diately, to our ou mother's voice, aside the book, started at ‘the sound of his Th n he promptly, laid th one hai teed ind the papel vestcates ana with he) other @ remaining hot Work of any fmesanle site ers and sisters around. one. aware Haraly several mother, i surek ima, of tind in school books. iy have the chores sald he, cheor- work do: creep rutep an cureenmtic! raul if With stay: would hav 2 ae jeerned “tr “oth= commotion Dut Antone appeares f the disturbance. was: supper eaten. when he was again poring over his books, ‘Then, when his nine brothers and sisters were sent away'to bed. Antoine plese of nia fal May T not stay a little while torteaa alone ay en, boy who really worked and found Joy in It. gna ram, day six or seven years mpany of young men Saihored” tovether in. the-sooras off School” of ” Artillery - of GBRIaaw sure ars francs to the sub-lleutenants, ‘The door opened: ahd to the erent sume ri thoxe within there entered youth, slightly built of smi stature, mho hed the innocent face ane the ill- ee Ore i peasant. It _ role, he baker of w: Nan Wiiat can we do for you?” the sclentist pute peaked. No douh hav 1° “No, sir, J. bi eta teks the ox amination,” replied the Ind, Beals of laughter came from th But al ithoush young n went forward men assembled. he yain “Eaplace sted £0. Antoine could mot answer, pPeere ty wed the boy, otying: oe ‘ou are the first to be promoted, my And — cvhio baa Inughed Vibe moments before, now crowded ou the b ‘ker’s son to express thelr adm and to congratulate bim, Antoine, the =a who had knocked ane. Pian oa Ena es ae 5 Bese Ant met the tet Cclookin idee try ee who bbs 4 a rece ae pies eat, honors, to th arte a ‘Antoine Do became one of the greatest fig tho “Oret empire of franc one of the great} « f ly. |) tance Joe Stantor EN Captain Laas Fia of the BI loody Pirate se his Seis cputy the pioody Robbers”. were Nothing the “Pirates!” did was any account, yor uu rally disdainful. now, ut when Bill Jones described the affair tovCaptain Billy, who commanded. tio to saline ot 80 was perm got on the bal bubble pipe. “Robbers,” the doughty «capt became interested In spite of the “hl Bee, said hi 0 Suro ae th himself, cony that runs round Each asin o' water ond And then he'd try to beat don't you that?" like: them. prizes for the say, Mile’ Daye ‘the awhy Captain Billy aid not reply at once to i a ne carefully, But he thought ant Yonah the Rabbets" met in Jack we ner’s hayloft that afternoon he broa 20 the subjects ‘well, It looks mustn't, let or rheibgey ‘When the mi was decide Ae pip Tee ye tase some fun aoe something . ae aera observed Ski q the following afternoon on. Pete 2 ae mn was a latter. was put ‘to me @ bubble ue y lam= 5] | Mlton’s. batcony, rhc was quite @ as itn <7 ORES in the treasu:y of the “Robbers” and oi ece! issioned to purchase the pipes for the part; nt rrow of tha next day Jo commanding clr boy ever want some bubble viveity o ho lot of them. - The storekeeper rummaged cases and under counters. After some es’ search ‘he turned to tho and sald apologetically: “I'm very sorry, Joseph, 1 haven't single bubble pipe 1 hac # Joo stared aghast. Discouraged, hi tattled about their plaug to the: nace When they, find him= ere'll ba some fun.) 7 upon thi bed» ney is Beas: mother finishes her wor boys. carrying between Kets pubyy: dog. instead,” 3 ther Use for It. Tt was int tle. Mill aes Neate ae “Tike. to gos da ths = i fee it ae eu oe bes ta, Se