Christ as Oh that I had wings like a Pee, ree nee ree, I fly away and be at —Psalm: rie writer rst the text was a poet, 2 know the post to be given to swift eae es ood, flashes poet e and optim- To-day thrills with the joy cf living; to-morrowy he would es- cape from the burden of life. While the feeling that inspired | © the-words of the text is peculiar to the poet, I think upon occasion it comes to every one. at some fie, have felt the longing to escape, ly away and be at rest. 1 think it is natural, when day af- ter day, we rist same round of drudgery, that there sooner or later comes a feeling of rebellion, when the spirit will crave insistently for some change, some pete some rest. ish is one impossible of ful- higher 5] sphere of living, we make more ; our influence will be more Biennale iteeleevend if ve are to and faithful we cannot hope to escape burdens and responsibilities. We have to any an unappreciated effor SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY The Source of Restfulness is Within- of ed when ©} we could as ae eats with it| have come reall: the Cure. We must expect the hour of de- pressing mood, when we wil Jong to escape from the sccenoteny: t care, sk. But how often we are disappoint- reece arse permit of our trying 0 escape to fly away. The responsibility go with us. We can- no get ourselves. And often he | source of dinatataction ied in our souls rather than the cir- cumstances of our work or lives. It 1s change in ourselves that is need- ed rather than change in our work and environment. We think that it we could only get into new scenes rest and peace. If some one we y fortunate and happy we would ae edad tase cause for unrest. But the ea the new scenes, ‘a better knowle of the envied o1 of the are oa ies ance; that the trouble is only with ourselves and not with our work and environment. I think there is but one sure an. swer to this longing and unrest and swer is pores we | ly to know Christ, Gewll haracase inten spirit that Ee GS vill make such radical changes nf: ray. dig oF Ba wore | cur life, Bt responsibility, that we! will come ich He alone can BA come to Him we will find our yoke easy, our burden li ev. Guy Arthur fatlaacn: THE S. §. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, EC. 6. Lesson X. Solomon Chooses Wis- dom. Golden Text, Prov. 9. 10. 4. Gibeon—Identified by scholars with the modern village of el-Jib, which lies five or six miles northwest of Jerusalem. In ear- lier times it, was one of the princi- thereby escaping the fate of Ai and Jericho. ward gag an made a Levi ti the tabernacle tat rested here, and from Ji it seems that af- ter the sTaeentien of aeniesion by Nebuchadnezzar again came ‘the seat of theta voninieate he great high place—One of the principal centres of worship for the ten tribes. Only eanally was the of Israel centralized at _ Burnt offerings—The burnt offer- ing was one in which the entire vic- t regation, for whom it was offered. The animals for Hs of poverty, turtle mee or young pigeons (Lev. 1. 10, M4). The ritual of this sachiase is Sexseated in part in Ley. 1, 14-17, 6. As he walked before thee in| ®' erity of his father, David, to the fact that the latter pal been a faithful serene oe Je son to s fe hist hrone—The Rerpetuaian at “the Davide dynas- fy was’ accounted the greatest o! oe Plnsdicen din raft, Solo- the general yeaa ed or behavior of a per- 60) 8. A great people that cannot be numbered—-No accu eonsus-of the Jewish nation at this ee is available. ent, +ho Ms easien deh ruler who would, na- turally exaggerate the extent of duties and pee which he had not yet encoun calpain olen ” The sense of the clause s, “A readiness to hear complaints ‘aid wisdom to judge the people rightly.”” Great people—Literal, referring, not to greatness in our sense, but to immensity snvolyiog a correspondingly heavy burden of responsibility 10. The apeneh pleased the Lord —The element in Solomon’s choice “heavy,” rior hess or siete years, however, the y of aspiration, becoming enamored with the glory of outward te “There hath not been,’ "preceding verse. a sense of the clause thus becom aA eine as not been any a Shoe! as, Sey as thou Bale be Oe all as in th 14, Walk in m: Ags 8, to keep: m; i staitates Sat niy “corns oe sQompare nee mantae nihiates in 1 Bs 2. 24. 8 thy. pees life dae it the ge and eon father bed not. ere here conscinai of Je- 'd, 0 “onan hovah | been Tih, | Cleetion te . But a little sd Asioe and! pal rate or reliable | °™ jandments | b whole, he had sought conscienti- cual to obey the statutes and cont- God. my. Behold, it was a dream—The dream in this case, however, had the same influence over Beate et an actual vacanies of the sR eo of ae eovenane atid had beet eee by David to Jerusa- and had id a permanent apes place on Mount Zion. eens up burnt offerings — As ibeon, so at Jerusalem, the ne offers up sacrifices ae of the consecration of himself to the high office of ruler over the people. Peace rom the burnt offerings in that only certain portions of the anim: the offering, im in the sacri- all his servants. TABLEAUX AS ARGUMENT WHAT THE SvateiiiLe SUF- FRAGETTES ARE DOING. Interesting Exhibit of Living Pic- tures of Work of Women Given at Melbourne. Living pictures of the work of women in the home, the workshop, and the State were given as an ar. ument for votes for women at. a entertainment in Melbourne. ‘The large audience, including m: ‘ale sup- porters, varie evening’s pro- gramme with suffrage songs. Vice. torian women are not enfranchised for the State elections, although they hae a vote for the Bederal ieee its Goldstein, the princi- speaker, explained that the suf- frage tableaux display was the first 8 the Victorian women because they wore tired of making ordinary speeches and miei to see if living pic tures ue more effective ar- 4 tue a new ar a tise public,” as eee ime Minister of England Dou SHOWED WORK OF WOMEN. The first tableau showed the work cf women in an age before machin- when weaving, lace-making, | © delivering milk, and so forth were all in the hands of women. ‘These cceupations had now been taken|¢! away from women, and that, said the speaker, was one of the rea- sons why they had to go out into the world to earn their own living. Another fae showed first, the interior of a court of justice, st @ woman in the dock, tried by men judess ‘and juror: hen the men ee with a man in the dock ti by women judges and jurors a ees The injus- tice of the second Bihies appealed to all, but to the converted in the meeting its reverse was as dnduet. WOMEN JURORS. Miss Goldstein explained that in Chicago there were men and women juries for cases specially affecting | ™ women sent a married wo- man in Victoria has no legal right to her own child. The present ee of Lands (Mr. Mackay) had tated the case thus: The father ie absolute control over his child, and can take it away from the mo- ee by fae if necessary ; ae a at his id peso, Ae under see Sonaicinnacss the reme Cour' Bua tableau showed the Se ae er of women earning their ow: ting i in Victoria, industrially, pro- ‘essionally, ae domestically. Near- ly one-third ‘of f the women. of Vic- toria are” doing 80, 145,000 in‘ all. en and sense of! ge! G'S offerings—These differed |" 8 and counsel) ae an - | bill you ORIGIN OF “YEGETABLES. Where Many of Those in Daily Us- age Were First Grown. The potato, which was already cultivated in America when the con- ditent was discovered, is spontane- ous in Chile. It was introduced to Spaniards, and almost at the same English, who brought it from Virginia, where it had ap- peared about he sweet Ae and the Jeru- salem artichoke are also supposed t» come from America. Salsify is found in a wild state in Greece, ‘Dalmatia, Italy and Al- ng to Oliver deer res, it has beeh cultivated in the south of France since the sixteenth | scun century. : Turnips and radishes came ori- ginally‘from central Europe. The eet, which have Garlic, onions, shalots and leeks have long heen cultivated in almost all countries, and_ their origin is very uncertain. That of f the scal- ion is better nortns It grows Spantencnnaly 2 in One finds chiv “wild Hae “throughout the Norikees Hemispher The radish, ane weatad by cultivation, probab! d its © gin in the ane ae but from wild species it is derived is not exactly known. : The lettuce appears to be deriy- ca cher tis-anae: winches foonds a LEGENDS OF “FOG SHOTS” MYSTERIOUS SOUNDS HEARD AT SEA. Noise Like Signal Shots Deceive Life-Savers on the English Coast. At twilight some time ago, life-saving station of the English ‘oast, noises eard that sounded like signal shots from some distance Istinched apd eped with all possible energy to the place from whic ds seemed to have ee bh it returned without having heard or seen ohne further. Yet the seama: had: been left hind ae Pedered solemnly in the meantime he had festaee lue- ed to regard the whole: matter as "| supernatural the voices as spectral. Scientists say that it is poeabley however, that such putes may be audible in remarkal dis- tineinaat where coast, though they may come from a arene: eLaiaiioe, especially when persons there are placed accident- Ly: fe at be! pal them rises . It which receives the sound a) Birawaet Gace He GENDS OF “FOG SHOTS.” some coasts that are often vised by fogs a legend of so-call- a “fog-shots’’ has acquired vogue ) Jiscour But one day, when I took the axe— My hatchet wouldn't cut— An’ chopped down one old walnut Tee That never bore a n1 An’ went an’ told the sy Hane out, Pop just got mad, ' “You finish eatin’ supper, “Fis An’ go straight off to bedt™ An’ oe my troop marched up the with eee comin’ las By folks who said 1 ought to try To be te like Washington, aged “Washington” An’ "bout that cherry tree; An’ when the te second comes Next year I'm It-ain't MY blethany, am tn have © come rome other day. ‘ MINNIE E, HICKS fe caippsesy 1d its ent Fanny, heen Bi . i , rid empress tld. | ih oh tad round i nok je epi ke dgnlly ender ay | rope, eal h semis athomed: |The two rolled over together on |novel and trying conditions. All pa eae and temperate x = SED Wine i reese ok a: a) aa the snow. The penguin got its neck | the crew stood about and marveled Wild succory is spontaneous) a strenge kind that the investiga: Presi God -beyan. ia Dome ite, ie acre ame ie took pa neHbee st throughout Europe, even in Swed-|tion of them may be s ‘shige |beak at the Eoeeeaat lee but | them. ‘Fanny, the ship’s dog, tried en, in Asia Minor, Persia, the Can-| very far from Saba ae) The | Missed its aim, fortunately for him. | to pla} him, and danced about ° ea aa {most inexplicable secret lige per: ie bona astonished us. One|him. At first the penguin paid n {Cultivated sticcory: i i oeeurrence of] man held its neck, two got hold of | attention ; then the hard beak came ; oO ferm of endive wh have had its origin in Indi Minor cut Europe, Asia anc bbage, like all yegetables which een cultivated from rem tes is believed to be of European is the cultivated on; in a the “artichoke ith of PranoesSpai: rocco, the sou Mediterranean Is- ey and the lands. ‘Asparagus had its origin in Eu- and temperate western Asia. Tn- -|pea, checkpea and harico Hast named appears to have come originally from America. i spontaneous throughout Asia Minor, | heria, northern China, Abyss BAum capes Pr inol < Uebally. eco Dl: Fe aacthera Affton: Madéris snd panied the ceremon: con-|*, US Ror fioa weil te'yeneeiaiicting bore eaneeaie qrendiduct the kiogniads a feast to from the monetene of India an America. Spinach is supposed to Same tron northern J For somo twent, yeatea: ae inca ase tubercle, with. fine “savory Sesh, which has long ben cult in China and Japan, is prcvally in- digenous to eastern Asia. The cucumber from India and the pump- kin from Guinea, es "This little | TIP SYSTEM FN GERMANY, Conductors 3 He Strect Cars Benefit by Tips. One of the strangest aaa of tipping in Sermianes is that it is com- street is: almost Tirariebly ater fennigs). As a matter of custom one person out of every three gives the conductor a cent (5. pfennigs) for himself, and nearly every well ressed woman trayelling alone does. The reason may be that street car riding is regarded as remark- ably cheap, shoogh onbther bxplaba: tion offer is the desire to have the SGHONELOE on sou side in case of Gee street car ro’ he one thing a remember gen- erally is that everyone in Germany ependent on thie tourist. industry expects a tip, wever small, an thatnwhefereatite wnd-drimine 4A hotels and restaurants are concern- ed 10 per cent. on the amount.-of the bill is a golden r Take the ordinary w: ai to-do tray- eller at a first-class hotel in any large German eats hes Dres- den, Frankfort, Leipsic, Nurnberg, Cologne. You'are alone and stay three days, taking your bea in the hotel and other meals leaving give the hall Spe after your letters i ° half a waiter, who taken your bill to be te oF alse: is hovering in the offing le you are paying it at the cashier s aoe jould have one e under waiters you will Have already tipped twenty pfennigs a time when e paying for the drinks they baSuEtE, or 10 per ur bi hen for biel ee aoe "20 3 The ahambercasid who looked af- mma; 50 pfennigs too. boots who has fetched ni luggage and cous door. He gets 50 Tee ——, oe men put everything off till e- éxception of track, SEE igen Love and common sense seldom trot on the sam 3 Ww, wi a ee and they ee them fsonet ely Corn salad is found wild pers in thei i | i | Re 5| the 9 oadstead at hi tomato comes from Peru, the | ro; which may be ached only. with great “dificulty, sappearance, and in sHelteaerse ator audible nois es. should be “expected. ny a Staton: Seen its ote signals of aisha loud and unin- terrupte ave remained inaudiblo although only a very short distance from the o NOT ane NEAR AT HAND. But again it happens that in such an instance the very same signal: become audible at a far greater cen where they proyoke great excitem A eae exam- ple of ae was produ fir- img of guns by the Raplish destin Spithead on Feb. 1901, as a token of mourning for Queen, Rritafiar Thigwae hot heard all by persons close at Weclinte for i while at places much farther away eard plainly. The direction ot “the wind failed: ‘to explain this aberration of the waves of sound. —* AN EMPEROR PENGUIN, plemoeanle Strength of the Great Mr. W. G. Burn Murdoe in his book entitled ‘‘From ait burgh to the Antarctic,’’ an inter- esting account of the capturing of That gr eat its sistanee to deposi makes one teal that. man is too nents aad trifling a being to inter- sere with the monarchy of nature, r to overthrow the throne and blot. Bits the neuer er such @ sovereign. I was on fae enjoying the quiet and beauty of the white night when nin a eee of the bird, I went alt and let the mate know. He ordered out a boat. The penguin was standing on @ round piece of ice about fifty yards n diameter, We rowed up to a sort of hummock on one penguin. He got on the mound of snow as only looked us made a ru REALLY wasn't Clara's party Pike sense ee she herself gave te Se Ee es Mvited to a frienda on this day, so the prospect looked very pies the host at Clara's atiyche and bis brother, How. heard Clara telling how disappoint+ ed she was to ago a aay bration, and as Wong das hospitable as a. cine ery A ie Wong's dainty Invitations bidding them come toa foast given especially in their honor, “Wong and Kow were tho sons of & ‘wealthy tae merchant, and Clara and a resl= erice of their hosts. ae were greeted wi ith “much ceremony by Wong, es swain got in first, and seragged it ne Clara's Party in Cline reign ie legs. Using “all Bis strength, the men could hardly. bi bind did hot earl UW cand HunAeal nor put out; merely moved its flippers slowly, and drew up an short leas sat that ted our arms 50 stray und the mnidlle, eh its en bound to its sides. W tswain’s belt, which Sea's Weed citar @itire Hip buckle, and we hauled it nell his penguin collapsed like a Gladstone . With another belt we tied the on staoeih bird up, and drew a long sigh of ri ‘0 did the beets long Breath roma the hottonpol bis cheats buckle burst, and the bird began if hobble away on its still tied legs. It actually hobbled rath dignity. vi it again aura Fcainay, aes we were ang- ry, and the penguin remained calm- o = = the boat. He freed one flipper, just to show what he vould oe ut made other ‘ort to On sdapketin: paceeyeneieen e |near again. in no end of a hurry, and never came , Ma 1 wish you would be moro careful. ‘I’m sorry to ay wife has to POS UONPE STF 00 Mary—‘Oh, ts all ‘ight, bir. seldom takes any notice of her.’” ster—‘‘Mar, I Mrs, Wellment—“Y. : have a sick wife and three small children—can’t you fi Wg Beggar (sobbing)—" "Twouldn’t do no good, lady. The kids ain’t old enough to work y COULD PLANT THE PERIOD PRETTY story ts told of Queen help you plant them,” said the “Well, you can put In the full atop,” replied the child. Flax-cloth was woven in Belgium: in the time of Caesar. A GOOD HIDING PLACE HUD your eves and bind veut ears,” sald Baby Bess. “We' ong to iy: aes the fap kerchief; only I can’t find my handker- chief. io she tiptoed ae the room, and window siil ribbon wag no’ over ga ool here had it gone? “Now Ve happened that morning that Mrs Oriole was hunting for a string, ied the baby's ribbon indow, she thought, “Ah, that is just what I want.” So tet Baked it In her bill, and cars Bess’ blue ribbon, Oriole wove Hs ae to make a soft bed tor her childr. ue disbe e souitaean tho Sunday school teacher, scsi evel ie beta we 60 fast he dealer? oe Bhe dly prepared for the aanvac ae ee iittte girl of 6, who ro- pited, solemnly’ _ Trombees of an Ambitious Pear eg 5 a a pear, drawn on the as dlcontentea cre his lot, sei8 ney T wish 1 ‘hen I'd run itchy, fonicthis spot.”” No sooner sald, than it was don: make @ duck—big, fat and rare, ‘With the help of the Ambitfous Pear, Polly Evans intends to give the very lit- tle per and ee a serles of drawing lei No reader Is too young to fol- low res sity instructions, and no tiny ‘With cackle loud and flap o: rom the board a of wing, + gleeful duck; But to be caught and by Cook slain | Was soon the poor bird's awful luck? Kow set off a roll of i ieee which made a deafening Dinner was served on oe large veran- da, The American boy and girl were, ‘ge bowls contained site: -SDINED\IN CHINESE FASHION” charmed to find the table set {ni Chinese fashion, A small basin, a spoon, a smaller basin, the size of an egg cup, and a pair of chopsticks were placcd ue their chopsticks froin the tnrge ° owls to those at. thelr own. places. e inally Wong had-compassion on os Wwhen'tie saw: bis quests | would ice! hungry if they depended on the efforts” of their Sys and he fetched soma. Raigas ath n they teens one afiother’s healt, he: Seay win tepiga we wits Instead of spirits. Following Wong's country, ee At last Clara ne Harry. rai ay ieae ges: mie eehty % ein in very Be aE Prods the Chinese.