us we: NOTES AND COMMENTS "How much, beller is @ man than sheep!" is o perfectly rational exclama- tlon, taken from scripture, but {rom an- other point of view it would not be ab- surd to exclaim: "How much, betler is a sheep than a man! That is lo say, the lower animals, the advantage of men, They have bet fer health, betler physical organs and "grenter freedom from mental worry, if the hardest workel horse oou'd be transformed for a single day into a hard-worked business man, with a per- fecl memory of his horse Ife, he weuld no doubt regurd it as a ruinous ex- change. The reason of it is that the dower animals' lead a perfectly objec- dive existence. So faras can be learn- «1 from their actions They aro incapable of reflection and Teast of all of self-on- Scigusness. It is incredible that a horse, {cr instance, ever reflects, that he is a fiorse and one particular horse. He never -fuminales on his past or his {i} ture. his advunatges or disadvantages. Icoks outward inward. on his rights or his wrongs, on lle This objective life of the horse is whal ives him such a fine appelite, such balmy sleap, such -steady nerves ond euch fit and powerful muscles. if he spent as mich time thinking about him- self as men do he would not emerge -from his stall in the morning refreshed and "Eo as al present, butboa fired and dejected aniinal, without one- half of his present working power. This js a world of compensations, and if the lower animats are denied hunian intelligence they sre exempt from the greatest of human sufferings. Now «tt is nol possible nor desirable that man shold practice as litle intraspec- tion*as a sheep. bul tho poace of mind and the physi! health which a sheep enjoys ought to teach @ man to think es about himself and to lead as much mossihle an objective life. Most leings think themselves 'ulbs of (he time, and the effect "thei r hevith and happiness is for destructive than hunger, cold or puin for the suime e 1 hur about att gtnor: a severe physical length of time. The weautiful season is now at Hand which encotrages a man to live putside of himself. In the dreary winter there fs nothing' to look at or listen to, but tow if is something lke an eestasy fo sec the sun rise, to listen to the warb- ling of the first birds, fo watch the first buds and hope for the first flower, and to watch the antics of the overjoyed children at their play. Men and wo- men ought to drop the--cares of the shop and-flie home, put on their best slathes, take a long stroll and forget fora few. hours, anyway, their. own-be- ing. For one sweel morning or afler noon they ought! to live the life of sheep nnd horses and delight in the glories of nature without the slightest discount er aceaunt of their own. being and identity. Their superior inte!ligence makes il possible for them to extract more pleasure from the objective Hfle than the Tower animals even, Away then and take a gind day off. + + FOREST FIRE PROTECTION. System Inslitated by Several Governments, Patrol Fire is Ihe greatest. enemy the forest has; and. before it is worth while al lemmpting any scientific 'managenient of moans must ti keeping Uhe fires out £ it. se that there may be some cer: tainty of our having a forest to rhe umount of damage done tu &. --* eu. the forests 1 es in tines before any profedive system wits egt iblished. is simpy larcasoutable; it hos offen been snid. aul probably even falls short al the truth, that for every dollar's worth ot tinal taken by the ee . from the®vatley of the Otlawa river, of Canadas greatest lumbering dis iris, fies have destre wed ten dollars' worth. s Mast the destructioa done by . fires which i up inte the trees, maps tinets of the wooded distticts ot Canada tnile after mile of country hus teen swept over by' such oa fires -and ef whatwasonce a thrifiy. green forest only Wack ned stumps and tree trunks revi. are even mere serious, and much life pnd property is destroyed, The Mira mich \. R.. fire of October, 1825, de stroaved 160 lives and n quarter of a million peunds sterling. in property; cand ter stich fires in) Wiseonsin--t Peshtigo fire of I871 and the Hinck ley fire of 1R9h-- were responsible for the less Gf 1.600 fives aaa 9 many millions of detiars worth of prep nmount of less iS alsa dene by and "surface" fires ires in the soll of fhe forest or amd hick up the' y debris of the 1 timber is con- . the fire dam- | "greund™ *h Jaan 2 ade be aves and coin to cause the rotiing of the wood, In paris ef the larges! Dominion forest reserve Riding Mountain reserve Mani- } foba). ee smong the aspen or ul of every four trees are te und to be damaged in this wily. he area has been repeatedly burned over; the trees were thus wound- ed. the fungus spores gain! entrance and the above result followed. Insects may also gain access to the free trunks in this cne is to discover and put out the fire before it gets a start, and this is the great aim of the flre patrol systems in- plituled by the Dominion and severa af the Provincial Governments. a You will not need fo worry much about your --, pene if you take care of your good na iL may pet A -- fo talk about g «ose who need our --_ unless v 3) we hale the things thal harm You have the wrong kind of feith when yeu expect the needy to make a {cod din- rer off a dewdrop of aymipatiry. : in some things have : all the lime and never oa way De In view of these facts the infportance LIFE GREATER THAN DEATH All Else May Be Lost, But the Fullness and Beauty "Sorrow nol, bg aor which have no hope.' 1, The: 66 18: S chey around to the sun the flowers smile al us once more; Pg winter is past and gone; as surely as the seasons have gone dowa into their cold grave'so surely have they come up again in newness of life. And our rls answer to the gladness of th resurrection of nature and hope yet nrore pe r the springlde of the Soul's new neath dro ou: * vell that we cannot lift. We ask t lies beyond, but none of all our swer us. ol see their faces our affections reach Jeet The inquiry as fo whal may lie, beyond the grave is nol merely- on seen one; it affects most Jatt Udy and pra Cieally this present, fe wes Saw live is a terrible raoakeny if it be all the life for which we may look. Seen by itself every life in many respects is an enigma and THE FUTURE The pulse of life beals loo strong in us all to allow us to believe that these fow aye s of preparation, this period of fenrning to live "tells al} 'y, is the ite and sole pd sie of all this in- vestinent of lime and fears, Are w cHeve that life's ending "is in' its" be- . that infinite pnom has or- ing out no HOLDS ITS KEY. 'he deape: into nalires greal book the more. oloarly is' it seen ta be written th law reigns every-) where, that nothing is without purpose and worthy Bits wave no larger maverients 6 th me significarce 4 reading the orderly working of those laws on learn: eat whatever . eS ian » we may think of their nua cause, here at work, in his play do their part without Bes J bul for some pose; no seed is sown fruilage; no suffering comes in silanes course or our experience but for some strength and sweetness not otherwise to be had. And shall afl this life-of ours be an a fo this law; shall these days : ain; sha xperience os lo bear 7 fruitage; shall wisdom be gar- nered for - uk short an enriching; shall pi in be borne and no days 'of power ond peace follow: shall life be lived and ils lessons learned only when we are ready for the next school. 40 hear the mocking voices: "There is nothing be- yond for man." EVERY UNFULFILLED LONGING; every onty partially developed power s which we are conscious; every spark 0 ambition to natural longing for compleloncss cries. aut agains! such a concepton, There is planted in us a passiv si for living that death cannot crush; even when its hand is upon us we look for more life and Into the gp nae believing | 4 a chorils with our hape and teils us 'byvt life is-greater than death. As spring Hreturns. the rasan for the winter ap- pears. Nakhure seems life again; every swelling bud springing leaf and radiant flower de- clares that death's dominion is but for a season, All aur tombs ore set in gardens. dens where ars die. <a fa ling clod; but faith sees the breuking set. the returning life. and bids our hearts Sets oon live the life that is for more f a day, and seek fle life that shail Know its fullness oe day. HENR . COL lige gar- INTERNATIONAL }ESS0 TUE LESSON WORD Soe 2 (B rors on the. text. of the Revised Version set uded.<-- It on the ere of es the discourse begun i. CUNT Se; dis se yee in a "sti it more Suaaale and basishnts way to then rcessity of their Leing intimately oa ted With in a spiritual sense. 'This he chooses ie il- lustrate by the use of the deautiful fig- ure of the vine and it branches. In subsequent verses of this chapter he Prints ont that the disciples bond of h with Jesus and with one ; : d of love, end near the end «f his prolonged discourse he again culls attention to the coming of hon us ane whoa he subjected, and with an ndded final warning ard promise. The high-pricst- ty prayer contained in chapter 17. be- Longs with this closing discourse of Jesus. a continuation' of which forms th: foxt ol our present ivs-on, Comforter--Or, "advocate; in the preveding les- Verse 26, or, "helper," uo pon, Whom [I will send--The pronoun "I' is kyr oa and strikingly a pa the divine couscbeusness of Jests. Provcedetty "from--Or, "g% a forth from." 27. Ye also bear wilndss--Or, "bear se also witness The verb in the ori- gnal may be Irans! ated either as the mdicative or the Imperative. { the disciples is placed with the who in them, wispiring their tes mony : From-the heginning--The ct Christa min's That ye sh ould not be enused ta stumble--In the coming days of perse- beginning eullon, when- called upon to bear tes- i eared to Christ under trying circunt- ata Th vy shall put vou oul af the svna- guyurs An oact ecelesiastionl] dis- franch -ement, which barred from par- the rites and ceremonies Think that he offereth service unt ' = in the case af Paul. whose ation ef Christians was for the Jewish peemsste: by his zeal faith. 4 Mav remember them, how that 1 told var The reestltion that Jesus A himself had foretold the things which © ta eeme upon them would sustain wer from ip the time of greet teial and per: = TP said not unt: sou from the beginni ing He had foretold coming rscvutions earlier in his o them {compare Matt. prediction o ise the Comforter, whom he himself will send to them from the Father. 5.Whither goest thou--Peter had. it true, asked ths very question, but not m the sense or spirit in which Jes sus had ores of his golng away Now that thet sense had mado clear {o them by the Master's reference lo the higher and mere glorious stale of being on which he was aboul fo ener, othe gent sorrow that had st first filled their hearls at the though! of hw parting from them is somewhat lightened. is expedien! fe you--To your THE 8. S. eee best interests and for your highe-t woll-4 8. Convird- the 2h ease at ae men s se to their This Ronson of the : neces-arily the. nocd. n, and <f eistlcotey Been by inging r contrast: with. ire cae shes revealing ee deeper significa ean: 40. Of rightootsness, becarse se I go 0 the F. Father--The coisnlated work. te re domption | bf day rt chiaced pour af- ie Ce. inder he teaching of ie respirit eo) his sede and selfacrifics is imive pees ah example of patel righ'euus- because oe pine of fu tidg nen of this woeld Praiepeen 10d judged -- The aera of see st in Christ he Se prove rhrow of Satan's king- ie Goin in the Mord. 12, Yet many -- trings--Concerning bath the difieulics and the glorious achievements tn the work soan to be "elrustad to bonds, neither of whol they could al this tune have un- derstaod F 13. Into all {ruth-Or. "wholly in'a the teuth.' The great mission of the Holy Spirit fo (he dndivkiuul heart and bfe is ty in'erpret the deeper mean- ing of Christian discipleship. and to make possi ible: 3 x fuller a appreciation of Spiritual realit Deriare ait: 5 sat fhe things that are 4o come---Nol in the sme of prophetic illuminaten of fulueca events, Lut in the sense of enabiing them to rightly undcrstand the purpose and meaning ef successiv these "f Ssemt experiences, us shall come ta then, Whatsoever the Fathor bet't-~The r. the Son, desirous Rightly interpreting their sik of questioning and expe faton, wr sorrow shall be tured into i y--The substance of his messuge al ths point in his conversali mn. 22...Ya Ahersfore now have sorraw---- Recatsse om the anperding separation and loss 23. In that day qnestisn--Or. "ask fulure communion tc Dew spiriual conumunion, peitons in prayer are not le be fo hm divectly, but of the Puther. me, 24. Hitherto have ve S; to shell = mea ion asked nething in tre fear me enlarged conception oof pr butoup fe flies time at was his atantat teaching ant exuinple, rather than' the eit of hson ag di Vibe power and ation with the Falher, which bad intht oneed ther Pcl life, From this {ime forl, afler < hes departed from fle, they are lo es their representative vw » name their henceforth tu be offered, That your joy may be made frel)-- The purrese in all sd God's plans for his elhoidren, as w fink «of hin olwarys th ths Pather, ino whee pelstuns are ee ee SENTENCE SERMONS. The effective are never affected. Our lives are made by the oe we hose i Latd helps thuse who are he Ip- tiemnoring # our sins will not heal our sitifulntss. There can be no recreation in any dese- cration ig oa iy ers ate likely to come down to low The. beat way to sympathize with some is to shake them. Its hard getting solid with sin without getting soiled. Folks tains 'a together much in a -- argume not ante = ng ing for fruils un- tH a gel 6ome rools It is beller to find reedom through pain than freedom f Praying is not a ectiems ba making Peaches grow on pumpkin vines. | Adventures With Beasts That Iad Ter- c asoalu in lis tent when the mattress . rorized an Airican Bridge Builder's Camp. Col. Patlerson went to East.Africa in ite early Legh ot el fo undertake the of a railway briuge 'over the Paver yee m { Lieut.-Col. 3. H. Pa' eating lions of the Tsavo valley in Eas' Africa. He had a large force of coolies, n¥ very 'soon after his arrival the noise and sledges, drillin and blasting, echded merrily through the It was not long, however, before two most ferocious and insatiable _ eal- ing lions appeared and eslablis gn of terror that lasied nire cia, and al one time actually suspended work nd boul th e cl every ra three weeks. Growing daring wiui success the: raethods canny that the had assumed animal ei eer disappeared, Then it was repoiok that others teen carried off by lions at cee 'white rews made by the heels of the victim. Witnesses described the otcurrenc "About midnight the lion aeidenly put it. head in at n tent door a id the lion's oc: e next sage my was pgone""-- and his ialipaviioes * A TERRIBLE STRUGGLE * gcing on outside. Ht aflerward became clear thet two lions had been there and vee Broveny struggled for possession o = The ao night, while watching the sime spol, assuming it would be there {hat the lions would return, the aulhor heard screams from a distant pari of the camp. where oe: of ine brutes had broken into a tent a d dragged off parla poor sug wo was lying eep. ourso eajerinig in ed drizzle, Sabout midnight 1 heard screams and cries and a heart- tending Sinise "which fold me thal the n cluded me and had claim And s0 the allacks continued night after might. -A Greek contractor was sleeping was dragged from under him and he awoke fo find himsell a ii ground seared bul fortunately un In these early efforts aoe monslers sometimes showed fear. Later they red ae ieee at shoutin and jeaped over beast sprang on the hospital man- vicious shakes t ing cries were. brute then se a huge cat with a mouse." From the first direct encounter the lion escaped unhurt. Then @ trap was constructed, bul that foo was ineffective. The mouth like had hitherto been made by one oximnat ata time, were now made in pairs, EACH SEIZING A VICTIM. A light slaging about twelve fect high was constructed, on which Col. Patterson {cok up his posilion, a dead donkey being laid near by as bail. The lion came, and angry: gee soon told that the hunter's preset been delected. Then fol- low vd an unexpedjed development: "rhe hunter be@ame the hunted, and nslead of cither Muking off or coming the bait prepared for him the lion began stealthy to stalk me. For about he horrilied me by slowly 'round miy crazy flimsy poles should break or it} fe lion could spring the twelve feet |~ ra gerous "t k perms still, héwever, hardly -- ring even to blink my eyes, but the long continued strain Was telling on my nerves, and my feelings may be better imagined than described when about midnight suddenly something came flop = a me on, the back of the head. For a moment I was so terrified that I meaty "tell off the plank, as I thought that the liom had sprung on me from be- h Regaining my senses in a second in r two I realized that I had been hil by which had ub mistaken me for the branch tree-- very ing thing fo happen in ordinary ape stances, I admit, but coming at ffie t it did it simost paralyzed me. The 1 in- voluntary start waich I could not help giving was immediately answere: ed by A SINISTER GROWL FROM BELOW. "aller this I again kept as still as 1 cculd, though absolutely, trembling with pong the whilish under- pooh but oar enough for my pur- befo: come any he Ss once followed t terrific roar, and'then I could hear him ne aboul in -all-directions. er able fo see him, however, us his first bound bad taken him into the ges a but in ke blazing away in the Sitecion hs eke i heard him plunging about. ht came a series of mighty groans, gradu- rried us would !rouble us no In the morning the beast was found, I seemed alive ing Two bullets had laken effect, o behind the left shoulder had penetrated heort; the other was found in the cl hind leg. The creature measured 9 feel 8 Inches. The second lion, killed one night in circumstances equally exciling., gave a remarkable example of the vilalily of these bea py Struck by a bullet from a 3 "wilh great bounds." The eset shot alsa hit. AS soon as daylight came the lion was tracked and feund. He charged. "I fired again and ef "charge from a SSartte carbine then brows him to the ground, where vat his chest and another head finished hint fur good and 'How Jacky Won the Prize Ji felt bad, Indeed, because h prize to the boy who captured larg- est fish & = thelr excursion the creek pags SS ae Harry, Robert and Jim were ff they trudged, laden with alee tackle, while lonely Jacky was left behind. idn't oe to play at all, Therefore Jack out of doors Ehrough tae orchar and into the meadow ae Plu mpin hetrg down under old applo tre sucky to socked lnte the iS Soe which rippled sions by. But this only acrved to is io more dinsatis- ed with Lagi. * Harry, Robert and im were looking Into water, too--but Chey were fishin ena auseen choumbt o game to him. Searchin, his hook, and m the wee fisherman was busy The minutes pass but he didn't notice time w. Wasn't he fishin © was supremely happy. All at once there came a tug, and the next Inafant a fg fish leaped right out at pon -the k ul as c a fel- w in his jacket and ran with all Bas might through on meadow and the chard, up to ouse. ey, and Robert and Jim came homea ach with a good catch. Harry claimed the prize for the largest fish. But a father waa abou to bestow upon -F ereepin . und the staging been constructed wilh an . If one of eva bad né A the tu such a possibiily. . | point me Sat 10 Mins the huge trout Jacky i ha | t the splendid fishing-rod,. mother and » 7acky pated: "Wareft Father was taken -and there was ~ berahog bmgine is held cach pts at Eton College, in England. re are two e¢vents--one to the "juniors." Oo In this esis crenglooleae, held some weeks d. the "school" and the other ago, seventy-four boys were entere You sce him, He i is 16 years old, ose competing in the j Junior event was the youthful earl of f his w alking ou also have a photogra oh of the runners lined up for the chase. The second figure on the righ is a lad count Carlton, the 16 year- old son and heir of the earl of Wharncliffe. also of the nobility. This is Vis- KEEPING FLOWERS FRESH, Cut Stems With Koife to Insure Supply ol Moisture to Leaves. "Very few siang aaeag and the ort of keeping flowe bo tluriot, "and yet by a little avierition Bowers may be kept fresh for three or four times as long Ss people expect them ty stay ain geod condition. matter is sunple @neugh. €stiets of ~ pnd ure grown ala high femperaeure in the greenhouses end are then generally spoiled ty all lcatment after they have been cub own ii a temperature of 65 to 7 de- grees, (hey are placed in oan icebox, vebere the thermometer stands at ubout Then when sold they are taken inte Where the fem: Woeotiee thes walt in a few hours, sametimes ina few cou ules. Nothing else could Le expected "They could, however. be kept oon preper canditon for a week by placing them in waler and slandiug the vase in should be cut off in order lo present a fresh suc- tion surface to the water. Uf this pre- caution fs negivetrd the stem becomes clogged wilh a glutinous matter somre- (hung like the gum that) exudes from peach and cherry trees, the water in the vase, however pure, cannot be drawn and the and flowers: wither "In culling off the stems a knife Sheuld always be used, never a pair of sci 'The reason is plain enough. make a smooth cut. leaving the cells ed the wood open and unobstructed. Th scissor blades, no matter how sharp they art, always compress the woorly fibres &L the end of the é6lem and leave them sc tightly pressed fegether that its al- most impossible fur sufficient moisture to find ats way anya oh to support the leaves and blossom ----w i. WHICH is THE WORST? Three Forms of Death Which are Hor- rible to Describe. What is tbe most k rribie death conv=! Tere are three, ene of them ts the worst it foren tow tiet but wiact ty bard te Vs In Peru and part, of south Australia there is found u small spider abuul ball ts big ds a pea. When tis insect dips is fungs tuto tts victim it insert. a purson wheh begins atonce fe act Mo scores up the blood-vessels, and spriads Whrouga the lisse, Causing miGol dreadful agony. The worst part of tas that the ve tan usually suffers fer two diye. bul death d captured in the brook. vor BO ert bigger than Harry' ; Bo, co Ongratat tions of his brothers, Jacky was awarded the prize. ah wae: ev P?ssrue wo called him. of hi ol black pa bi P looked 'tik . squirrel n down the road. to it armas and parried ecoiued Billy, who certainly de- When oe Came home he sald the k t a squir- a wish to teaye 8. atter ateyed. 1 wouldn't have kept him otherw cause father docan't belleve in Ocanine poor animals The nearer howe any jee begins {he farther and Higher it will go, Many think they, are bold brea they enjoy entertaining the tevi Tl ra about the character that eti he in the end is imevitabte Another fearful deally resuit~ fram eat Ing "bhat." a vegelable which prow, an the East, of which a fe grains eae . at are mu: th better off f- soda very gale vat wo lat- 4 choose ¥ He trouble to at rr | the very pheest pet you a y World pPercte et wert shoulder and chatter in wo surgl¢ fuat wes ver. Pano, taurpmt aztes thls go we ask a rea curese, milh fish and eggs. He' after mice, frogs, butterflies, moths and Many se h he was a h bet- ter mouser than Tabby, who wouldn't fe eat w gave <> 7 (MATEFUL CH PRK = He never scemed forget efu oppertuntt " ace u imagine how ° THgeE Pantalleing thing souldn't think ave Jost it. At stint my. detective the adit Vas a sttor & knew pli le was Ils ls Bppaeed igs must be hunting almost time for father to reach home, my elbow, jost neck- lacs: You tay know how I hugged nd petted Rtn You never saw schipimank suppose so there jgnt nivel use telling sou how Patter lo shead st he ws ent y Lappy. So vas 1 sett may be iouthdet knew ow here. Sra rr nad found the neck! uathl he oa aehe eto atm aud coaxed tne te the ! where I.founed in the wail bee t my tt uae e pome of @ sade WY uattey 34 ke stolen etivtes, Heid Mp the jewel -ase had je been vpen, nd re mouse had carried away the neckla y could have Even Billy, tm), admired the cu mensely when he beard the stor OF PUSSY THE MOUSER Ta Heavenly treasures are aly saved for ovrselyes @ we shar a, vVielent main. ending in death. "Bhat® In emeny > hard the coher. Amervan vine called J oiwonous There is a Sonth the "Knotler," which grips any living ILing conn im contact with rt. Its fen- laches twa round the abject served s(aring é "nt a ing te Mest hk sréa, Then the prey is drawn inte the h. atl of the fobage. ont theng, crushed fe death. The metliad iw feo i ane la descriles iy delail. --~-- ----- The "Pirates" S e Firates Score One IFFICULT enough It was D tain Farmer Gr pairs popmnine use tho old fMat-bottomed w. But Captain Billy Mumford ec- complished the task, and the in consequence, wer That Saturday, they reasoned, would 1 Ou bad ey fve atraight,' inny exprecs- e And on Saturday they were going to hitch Jupe to the scow and have him tow them up the creek to the best ca aping round they could find, here ey intended to atay for at least three mS re would be no trouble about Jupe, becauso he had already been "prom iised™ by Joe Stan- Saturday afternoon came and found every member of the "Bloody Rop- bers" at the Cove. Provisions wero RIDING LIKE "SIXTY" an@ leutenant. of Skinny, placed tn Le rhe custody ac Lats app Ju heard aw shot around the "Come on ee who's uene. it's 'some one Nel a ty we from the group, time, you know; but ne Inute could they oe 'a "duck shoot '. Joe Stanton pa irresolutely ment: rt "ny | led Jups qo ne penta a t! m @ poce uarter mile to the Bend was covered in an exceedingly short time but w ce guard of t from where they assumed nd had come, they heard shother shot fome distance abo a ore they walked, the tu rther etabove" the shots seemed to sound; until, at last, they, decléed to return "We'll never find « camp ee, we get the boat a-movin" right said Bkinny emphatically. The others god back 'eod and trud to the Cove as pevlaly as thelr wear- led limbs would perm But when they rea ee Cove they count. to their asioniahiment, that J ng. Feat of the aftern ". evening was ne foun calmly azin, in @ meadow owned by Joe gianton's father. "Around hia neck waa tied piece of dirty per, upo mn which was wied the follow! art. b you p shootin that gunn m maybee you no o KE FLANNIGAN, Captain of Bloody Pirates." Th "Re ers" sald some horribiy nasty things. when they read the note. Pid t y know. who stole their horse or" Fiannigan when b to r turn next." ly declared the * bbers." And it a Sn Rrilain ewns 170,959 Suez Cuaal shares, which rclurn an income of * 4£263.979 yearly.