sie much better is a man than a fis a perfectly rational exclama- taken from scripture, but from an- point of view it would not be ab- «claim: "How much better is r animals, in some things have] . dvantage of men. They have bet- xealth, better physical organs and ater freedom from mental worry. if mmardest warked horse could be 'transformed for a single day into a -hard-worked business man, with a per- fect memory of his horse life, he would - mo doubt regard it as a ruinous ex- change, The reason of it is that the ower animals load a perfectly. objec- istence. So far as can be learn- reflection and least of all of selfcon- ness, It is incredible thal a horse, n eameey Over reflects that he is a and one particular horse. He on his rights or his wrongs, on advanatges or disadvantages. Hoe objective life of the horse is what him such a fine appetite, such ly sleep, such steady norves and firm and powerful muscles, If he as much time thinking about him- as men do he would.not emerge his stall in the morning refreshed invigorated as at present, but a and dejected animal, without one- Now it { possible nor that a should practice as little. intrespec- desirable sys ought to teach a man to think about himself and to lead as much possible an objective life. Most fenths of the time, and the effect 1 their health and happiness is far mone destructive than hunger, cold or severe physical pain for the same fo watch the antics of the overjoyed children at their play. Men Wwo- ought to drop the cares of the nop and the home, put on their best clothes, take a long stroll and forget ra few hours, anyway, their own be- Fer one sweet morning or after- con they ought to live the life of sheep and horses and delight in the glories f nature without the slightest discount accatnt of own being and tity. Their intelligence makes it possible for them to extract jore pleasure from the objective life than the lower animals even. Away n and take a glad day off. i -------- FOREST FIRE PROTECTION. Patrol System Instliluted Governments, and their superior by Several ety ire 'is the greatest enemy the forest + and, before it is worth while al- pting any scientific management of forests, some means must be put in operation for keeping the fires out go that there may ke some cer- inty of our having a forest to man- ge, The amount of damage done to e forests by fires in times before any tective sysiem was established is simply incalculable; it has often been and probably even falls short of ruth, that for every dollar's worth mber taken by the lumbermen om the valley of the Oltawa river, one Canada's greatest lumbering districts, have des'royed ten dollars' worth. Most in cvidence is the destructioa lone by "crown" fires, fires which get up into the foliage of the trees. In "many tracts of the wooded districts of Canada mile after mile of country has "swept over by such a fire, and whatwas once a thrifty. green forest 'blackened stumps and tree trunks Ain. Sometimes the consequences are even more serious, and much life and property is destroyed. The Mira- michi, N. B., fire of October, 1825, de- stroyed 160 lives and a quarter of a million pounds sterling, in property; and {wo such fires in Wisconsin--the Peshtigo fire of 1871 and the Hinckley fire of 1894--were responsible for the loss of 1,600 lives and many, millions of Aollars' worth of property. A vast amount of loss is also done by "ground" and "surface" fires, fires which burn in the soil of the forest or in along the surface and lick up the leaves and other debris of the rest. While not much timber is con- eFinied by the fire itself, the fire dam- ages the bases and roots of the trees, nd through the wounds thus made fungi gain entrance to the tree and cause the rotling of the wood. In parts ef the largest Dominion forest reserve hd Riding Mountain reserve, in Mani- oba), especially among the aspen or hie poplar, three out of every four 'trees are found to be damaged in this vay. The area has been repeatedly ~ burned over; the trees were thus wound- 'ed, the fungus spores gained entrance and the above result followed. Insects may also gain access lo the tree trunks n view of these facts the importance af fire protection in the forest can eas- Gly be realized. The great thing fo be dene is to discover and put out the fire ore dt gets a start, and this is the re mo of the fire patrol systems in- stituted by the Dominion and several { the Provincial Governments, You will not need to worry much about r good name if you take care of your d nature. may be a mockery to talk about ing use who need our love unless hate the things that harm them. fou have the wrong kind of faith when pect the needy to make a food din- 'a dewdrop of sympathy. ND COMMENTS| LIFE GREATER THAN DEATH All Else May Be Lost, But the Fullness and Beauty | of Life Is Yet to Be, = "Sorrow not, as others which have no hope.'--I. Thess. iv., 12. Earth swings around to the sun again; the flowers smile at us once more; dhe winter is past and gone; as Surely as the seasons have gone dowa into the'r cold grave so surely have they come up again in newness of life. And cur hearts answer to the gladness of th? resurrection of nature and hope yet more clearly for the springlide of the Soul's new year. Death drops a veil that we cannot lift. We ask» what lies beyond, but hone of all our friends return to an- swer us. Yel the silence of all the cen- furies has mot stilled our questionings, and with faith as deep and hope as strong as earth's earliest singers we took beycnd death's shadows and trust {hat there is light; we neach out the arms of love and believe that though we may not see their faces our affections reach them. The inquiry as to what may lie beyond the grave is not mérely an academic one; it affects most profoundly and prac- tically this present. The life we now live is a terrible mockery if it be all {he life for which we may look. Seen by itself every life in many respects is an enigma and ' THE FUTURE HOLDS ITS KEY. The pulse of life beats too strong in us all fo allow us to believe that these few days of preparation, this period of learning to live, tells all life's story, is the aim and sole purpose of all this in- vediment of time and tears. Are we to believe that life's ending is in its be- ginnings, that infinite wisdom has or- dered such a universe to bring out no more than this fragment of being? The deeper we read into nature's great book the more clearly is it seen to be written that law reigns every- where, that nothing is without purpose and worthy end, that chance and tale have no part in the ordering of the larger movements of life. Then reading the significance of the orderly working of these laws we learn that, whatever we may think of their final cause, here is infinite wisdom and love at work. Nothing is lost; nothing strives in vain; nothing suffers in vain; neither the stars in their courses nor the child in his play do their part without pur- pose; no seed is sown but for some fruitage; no suffering comes in nature's ccurse or our @xperience but for some Strength and sweetness not otherwise to be had, : And shall all this life of ours be an exception to this law; shall these days be dn 'vain; shall experience ripen to bear no fruitage; shall wisdom be gar- nered for so short an enriching; shall pain be borne and no days of power end peace follow; shall life b@ lived and its lessons learned only when we are ready for the next school, 10 hear the mocking voices: "There is nothing be- yond for man," ; EVERY UNFULFILLED LONGING; every only partially developed power of which we are conscious; every spark of ambition to rake: life worthy; every natural longing for Completeness cries out against such a conception. There is planted in us a passion for living that death cannot crush; even when its hand is upon us we look for more life and pass into the darkness believing we step toward the dawn. There is not a blade of grass or a wayside flower but chords with our hearts in this hope and tells us that life is greater than death. As spring returns, the reason for the winter ap- pears. Nature seems to come back to life again; every swelling. bud and springing leaf and radiant flower de- clares that death's dominion is but for a season. All our tombs are set in gardens, gar- dens where hope blooms and no flow- ers die. Our ears may hear the fal- ling clod; but faith sees the breaking sod, the returning life, and bids our hearts defy death, live the life that is for more than a day, and seek the life that shall know its fullness some day, HENRY F. COPE. THE S. S, LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MAY 10. Lesson VL. .The Missipm of the Holy Spirit. Golden Text, John 14, 16. THE LESSON WORD STUDIES. (Based the text of the Revised Version.) Farewe'l Discourses Concluded. -- It was nearly midnight when the little company left the upper chamber and procecded slowly through the streets of the city to the eastern gate, and out across the Kidron to a secluded garden on the slope of Olivet. On the way } Jesus continues the discourse begun be- | fore leaving the supper chamber. The prospect of scon being separated from his disciples leads him to call their at- tention in a still more fmpressive and memorable way to the necessity of their wing intimately united with him im @ spiritual serse, This he chooses to il- lustrate by the use of the beautiful fig- ure of the vine and it branches. In subsequent verses of this chapter he peints out that the disciples' bond of union both with Jesus and with one another is the bond of love, and near the end ef his pro'onged discourse he again calls attention to the coming of the promised Comforter and of his func- tion as one who will reveal to them more fully the things of Christ. The discourse closes with a reference to the great joy which is to follow the sorrow to whieh for a little while they are to be subjected, and with an added final warning and promise. The high-priest- ly prayer contained in chapter 17 be- longs with this olosing discourse of Jesus, a continuation of which forms th> text of our present lesson. on Verso 26. Comforier--Or. "advocate"; or, "helper," as im the preceding les- son. | Whom I will send--The pronoun "I' ig emphatic, and strikingly emphasizes the divine consciousness of Jesus. Proceedeth from--Or, "goeth forth from." 27. Ye also bear witness--Or, "bear ye also witness." The verb in the ori- ginal may be translated either as the indicative or the imperative. The tes- timony of the disciples is placed with that of the "Spirit of truth,' who in reality oflen witnesses through them, inspirng their test'mony. From the beginning--The of Christ's ministry. 1. That ye should not be caused to stumble--In the coming days of perse- cution, when called upon to bear tes- timony to Christ under trying circum- stances, 2. They shall put you out of the syna- gogucs--An act of ceclesiastical dis- franchisement, which barred from par- licipation in the rites and ceremonies of the established Jewish sanctuaries. Think that he offereth service unto Gced--As in the case of Paul, whose persecution of the Christians was prompted by his zeal for the Jewish faith. 4 May remember them, {cld you--The recollection that Jesus himself had foretold the-things which were {9 come upon them would sustain them in the time of great trial and per- secution, These things I said nof unto vou from the beginning--He had foretold coming persecutions earlier in his association with them (compare Malt. 10. 16-39; (Luke 6. 22), but now he adds to this prediction of persecution the promise of the Comforter, whom he himself will send to them from the Father. 5.Whither goest thou--Peter had, it is true, asked this very question, but mot in the sense or spirit in which Jesus had spoken of his going away. Now that that sense had been made clear fo them by the Master's reference to the higher and more glorious state of being on which he was about to ener, the great sorrow that had at first filled their hearts af the thought of his parting from them is somewhat lightened. 7. It is expedient for you--To your beginning how that I best interests and for your highestwell- being. x 8. Convict the world--Convince men fy vindicating Christ's cause to their censcience. This conviction of the truth, however, does not necessarily Imply obedience on the part of those who shal! be thus convinced. In respect of sin, and cf righteous- ness' and -of judgment--By -- bringing these into: sharper contrast with each other, and thus revealing thelr deeper reality and significance. 10. Of righteousness, because I go to the Father--The comipleted work of re- demption wrought by Jesus would af- lYer his death and resurrection under the teaching of the Spirit reveal his obedience and self-sacrifice to have been an example of perfect righ'eous- ness. 11. Of judgment, because the prince of this world hath heen judged -- The victory of faith in Christ was to prove ts be the overthrow of Satan's king- dom in the wor!ld. 12. Yet many trings--Concerning Doth the difficulties and the glorious achievements tin the work soom-to be infrusted to their hands, neither of whieh they could at this time have un- derstood cor appreciated. 13. Into alt the truth--Or, "wholly ino the truth,' The great mission of the Holy Spirit to the individual heart and bife is to interpret the deeper mean- ing of Christian discipleship, and to make possible a fuller appreciation of spiritual realities; Declare unto you the things that are 49 come--Not in the scmse af prophetic illumination of futura events, tut in the sense of enabling them to rightly understand the purpose and meaning of successive present experiences, as these shall come to them. 15. Whatsoever the Father hath--The relation between the Father, the Son' and the Holy Spirit is set forth by jesus as being a constant and present relation of equality and co-operation. 19. Perceived that they were desirous to ask hf'm--Rightly interpreting their look of questioning and expectation, 20. Your sorrow shall be turmed into joy--The substanee of his message at th's point im his conversation, 22. Ye therefore now have sorrow-- Because of the impending separation and loss. 23. In that day ye shall ask me no question--Or, "ask me nothing." Their future communion with their Lord is te 'be a spiritual communion, yot their peiitons in prayer are not to be made to hm directly, but of the Father, in hin name. 24. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name--As devout believers in Je- hevah they had ied a life of prayer, Jesus himself having by his teaching enlarged thair conception of praycr; but up to this time it was his personal teaching and example. rather than. the thought of his infinite divine power and association with the Father, which had influenced their prayer life.. From this time forth, after he has departed from them, they are to think of him always "s their representative with the Father, in whose name their petitions are henceforth to be offered. That your joy may be made full-- The purpose in all of God's plans for his children. pee _ SENTENCE SERMONS, The effective are never affected. Our lives are made by the love we lose. The Lord helps those who are help- ful. Humorcing our sins will not heal our sinfulness, There can be no recreation in any dese- cration, High livers are likely to come down to low levels. The best way to sympathize with some is to shake them. Its hard getting solid with sin without getting soiled, Folks seldom fuse together much in a heated argument, i It's not much use praying for fruits un- til you get some roots, , It is better to find freedom through pain. than freedom from it. Praying is not a scheme for making peaches grow on pumpkin vines. Heavenly treasures are only sayed for ovrselyes as we share them, WITH MAN-EATING. LIONS LIEUT.-COL. 3. H. PATTERSON HAD AN EXCITING TIME. © Advenlures With Beasts That Had Ter- -~-porized: an African Bridge Builder's Camp. Gol. Patterson went to East Africa in the early part of 1898 to undertake the ccnstruction of a railway bridge over the River Tsavo, 432 miles from the coast, and to carry the railway some thirty miles further inland, says the London Daily Mail in describing the adventures of Lieut.-Gol. J. H. Patterson with man eating liens of the Tsavo valley in East Africa: He. had a large force of coolies, and very soon after his arrival the noise of hammers and slédges, drilling and blasting, echoed merrily through the desert.~ It was not long, however, before two most ferocious and insatiable man cat- ing lions appeared and established a reign of terror that lasted nine months, and at one time actually suspended work ef every kind for about three weeks. Growing daring wii success their raethods became so uncanny that the workmen refused to believe that they were lions at all, insisting that devils had assumed animal form. At firs men simply disappeared, nobody knew how. Then it was reported that others had keen carried off by lions at night while sleeping in their tents. The report was true. The lions' marks were plainly visible in the sand, as well as the fur- rews made by the heels of the victim. Wilnesses described the occurrence: "About midnight the lion suddenly put ils head in at the open tent door and seized Ungar Singh by the throat. The unfortunate fellow erfed 'Choro!' (let go) and threw his arms around the lion's neck. The next moment he was gone'-- and his companions heard A TERRIBLE STRUGGLE gcing on outside. It afterward became clear that two lions had been there and had probably struggled for possession of the body. The next night, while watching the same spot, assuming it would be there that the lions would return, the author heard screams from a distant part of ihe camp, where one of the brutes had troken into a tent and had dragged off another poor wretch who was lying asleep. The following night, after hours of watching in the drizzle, "about midnight I heard screams and cries and a heart- 1unding shriek, which told me that the man eaters had again eluded me and had claimed another victim elsewhere." And so the attacks continued night after night. A Greek contractor was sleeping peacefully in his tent when the mattress was dragged from under him and he awoke to find himself on the ground seared bul fortunately unhurt. In these early efforts the monsters sometimes showed fear. Later they dared everything--shots, shouting and fire. Empty tin cans suspended from trees were kept jangling all night. Thorn hedges were built around the camp, but the lions broke through or leaped over them. One beast sprang on the hospital tent, in which eight patients were ly- ing, wounded two and carried off a third. A hospital attendant, a water carrier, was seized. "As soon as the lion man- aged to get him clear of te tent he sprang at his throat, and after a few vicious shakes the poor bhisti's agoniz- ing cries were silenced forever. The brute then seized him in his mouth like a huge cat with a mouse." From the first direct encounter the lion escaped unhurt. Then a trap was constructed, but that too was ineffective. Every night for over a week Col. Patter- son watched in vain. The atlacks, which had hitherto been made by one animal al a time, were now made in pairs, EACH SEIZING A VICTIM. A light staging about twelve feet high was constructed, on which Col, Patterson took up his position, a dead donkey being laid near by as bait. The lion came, and angry growls soon told that the hunter's presence had been detected. Then fol- lowed an unexpected development: "The hunter became the hunted, and instead of either making off or coming for the bait prepared for him the lion began stealtlu.y to stalk me. For about two hours he horrified me by slowly creeping 'round and 'round 'my crazy structure, gradually edging his way nearer and nearer. Every moment I ex- pected him to rush it, and the staging had not been constructed with an eye to such a possibility. If one of the rather flimsy poles should break or if which separated me from the ground creepy, and heartily repented my folly in having placed myself in such a dan« gerous position. ae 5; "I kept perfectly still, however, hardly daring even to blink my eyes, but the. icng continued strain was telling on my | nerves, and my feelings may be better | innagined than described when about midnight suddenly something came flop and struck me on the back of the head. nearly fell off the plank, as I thought that the lion had sprung on'me from be- hind. Regaining my senses in a second or two I realized that I had been hit by nothing more formidable than an owl, which had doubtless: mistaken' me for the branch of a tree--not a very alarm- ing thing to-happen in ordinary 'circum- it did if almost paralyzed me. The in- voluntary start waich I could not help giving was immediately answered by A SINISTER GROWL FROM BELOW. "After this I again kept as still as I eculd, though absolutely trembling with excitement, and in a short wile I heard the lion begin to creep stealthily toward me; az he crouched among the' whilish under- growth, but I.saw enough for my pur- pose, and before he could come any nearer I took careful aim and pulled the trigger. The sound of the shot was at once followed by a most terrific roar, and then P@euld hear him leaping about in all directions. I was no longer able to see him, however, as his first bound kad taken him into the thick bush, but tc make assurance doubly sure I kept blazing away in the direction in which i heard him plunging about, Al length came a series of mighty groans, gradu- ally subsiding into deep sighs, and fin- ally ceasing altogether, and I felt con- vineed that one of the devils who had so long harried us would trouble us no more." : In_the morning the beast was found. It seemed alive, crouching for a spring. Two bullets had taken effect, one close behind the left shoulder had penetrated the heart; the other was found in the eit hind leg. The creature measured 9 feet 8 inches. The second lion, killed one night in circumstances equally exciting, gave a remarkable example of the vitality of these beasts. Struck by a bullet from a 303, it made off "with great bounds." The second shot also hit. As soon as daylight came the lion was tracked and found. He charged. "I fired again and knocked him over, but in a second he was up once more and coming for me as fast as he could in his crippled con- dition." Another shot had no apparent effect. A charge from a Martini carbine then brought him to the ground, where he lay motionless, but. on being ap- proached rose and charged again. " A Martini bullet in his chest and another = his head finished him for good and all." .--___h How Jacky Won the Prize ACKY felt bad, indeed, because he was not permitted to enter the con- test. You see, father had offereda prize to the boy who captured the larg- est fish during their excursion to the creek that afternoon. Harry, Robert and Jim were to go. Off they trudged, laden with fishing tackle, while lonely Jacky was left behind. Soon it became very irksome in the house, with no one to play with but a sleepy cat--a cat that didn't want to play at all. Therefore Jacky ran out of doors through the orchard and into the meadow beyond. Plumping himself down under the old apple tree, Jacky looked into the brook which rippled along close by. But this only served to make him more dissatis- fied with himself. Harry, Robert and Jim were looking into water, too--but they were fishing! Then a sudden thought came to him. Searching in his pocket, he brought forth a tangled piece of string. Some- where about his jacket he found a pin, which he carefully bent into a hook. He'd often seen little minnows in the brook, so he was going fishing, too. A fat worm was found and placed upon the hook, the cord was tied to the hook, and soon the wee fisherman was busy. The minutes passed, but he didn't. notice time now. Wasn't he fishing? He was supremely happy. All at once there came a tug, and the next {nstant a big figh leaped right out of the water upon the bank. Ses as a wink, Jack seized the struggling fel- low in his jacket and ran with all his might through the meadow and the or- chard, up to the house. Harry and Robert and Jim came home each with a good catch. Harry claimed the prize for the largest fish. But just as father was about to bestow upon him the splendid fighing-rod. mother and Jacky cried: "Wait!" Father was taken out into the kitchen, and there was pomise out to him the huge trout Jacky ad captured in the brook. It was ever so much bigger than Harry's fish. . amid the congratulations of his brothers, Jacky was awarded the prize. the lion could spring the twelve . feet | . the thought was scarcely a]: pleasant one. I began to feel distinctly | For a moment I was so terrified that I} stances, I admit, but coming at the time }. 1 could barely make out his form' ays ONY en oe merert STEEPLECHASE is held each year at Eton College, in England.' There are two events--one open to the "school" and the other: to the "juniors." In this year's steeplechase, held some weeks ago, seventy-four boys were entered. __ Among those competing in the junior event was the youthful earl of ; Lisburne. You see him, in the picture above, taking off his walking shoes.. He is 16 years old, and the owner of 42,800 acres of land. You also haye a photograph of the runners lined up for the chase. ; The second figure on the right is a lad also of the nobility. This is Vis-i count Oarlton, the 16-year-old son and heir of the earl of Wharncliffe. KEEPING FLOWERS FRESH. of Moisture to Leaves. "Very few persons understand the art of keeping flowers," says a florist, "and yet by a little attention flowers may be kept fresh for three or four times as long as people expect them to slay in good condition. . "The matter is simple enough. It is merely a question of temperature and moisture. Roses, for example, are grown ata high temperature in the greenhouses and are then generally spoiled by ill treatment after they have been cut. Grown in a temperature of 65 to 75 de- gvees, they are placed in an icebox, where the thermometer stands at about 40 Then when sold they are taken into a dining or ball room, where the tem- perature is 75 or 80. Of course they wilt in a few hours, sometimes in a few min- utes. "Nothing else coitld be expected. "They could, however, be kept -in preper condition for a week by placing them in water and standing the vase in the coolest part of a living room.- Every |. day half an inch of stems should be cut off in order to present a fresh suc- tion surface to the water. If this pre- caution is neglected the stem becomes clogged with a glutinous matter some- thing like the gum that exudes from peach and cherry trees, the water in the vase, however pure, cannot be drawn up, and the leaves and flowers wither fc. lack of moisture. "In cutting off the stems a knife should always be used, never a pair of scissors. 'The reason is plain enough. The knife make a smooth cut, leaving the cells of the wood open and unobstructed. The scissor blades, no matter how sharp they are, always compress the woody fibres at the end of the stem and leave them Sc tightly pressed together that it is al- mcst impossible for sufficient moisture to find its way through to support the leaves and blossoms." es bes = WHICH IS THE WORST? Three Forms of Death Which are Hor- rible to Describe. What is the most terrible form in which death comes? 'Here are three, but which ené of them is the worst it is hard to Say. = * In Peru and parts of South Australia there is found a small spider about half as big as a pea. When this insect digs ils fangs Into its viclim it inserts a poison whch begins at once to act. It scorehes up the blood-vessels, and spreads throug. th: tissue, causing most dreadful agony. The worst part of it is that the victim usually suffers for two-days, but death in the end is inevitable. Another fearful death results from eat- ing "bhat," a vegetable which grows in the East, of which a few grains cause "6 ATTER we called him. In- P asmuch as the name doesn't even hint what kind of ani- mal be was, I might as well tell you *hat Patter was a chipmunk. And a handsome fellow he was, too--all white underneath, from_ his forefeet to the tip of his tail; a tawny red and brown above, with black and white streaks running lengthwise down his back, and black spreading over the upper surface of his tail. Then he had a cunning lit- tle face, with lines of white drawn from the tip of the nose to each ear. Brother Billy and I were. going after nuts one day last fall. Just as we passed Jenkins' barn, something that looked like a squirrel popped out the door and ran down the road. Billy threw a stone with all his might (boys always have a stone or some- thing ready to throw, you know), and knocked the poor Httle thing over. I ran to it, picked it up in my arms and carried it home--after Y'd scolded Billy, who certainly de- served it. When father came home he said the animal was a chipmunk, not a squir- rel, and that it didn't seem to be very badly hurt, except that one foot was lamed. I nursed Patter and cared for him until he was entirely well. By that time he had become so tame that he didn't wish to leave us. | So Patter stayed. I wouldn't have kept him otherwise, 'cause father doesn't believe in caging poor animals the farther and higher it will go. Many think they are bold because they enjoy entertaining the devil. character that sticks into everybody. ter, - The nearer home any reform begins There are no good points about the There is little of the bread of life in {he?sermon preached for bread and but- "TIGHTLY GRIPPING THE NECK- ' LACE" t that are much better off In the woods, But we were very glad that the lt- tle fellow did choose to stay. He wasn't any trouble to us at all, and he was just the very nicest pet you could have. He would raree on your shoulder and chatter in a gurgly sort of a way that was very funny. And he'd eat 'most anything we gave him--raw meat, bread, cheese, milk-- everything but fish and eggs. He'd o hunting, too, after mice, frogs. jes, beetles, butterflies, moths and other insects, any a mouse he caught, Indeed, he was a much bet- ter mouser than Tabby, who wouldn't ° eye J but eat' what we gave er and then nap. |. Patter seemed to be especially fond » at my = 7 (EATEFUL CIUPMUNK < of me. He never seemed to forget that it was I who brought him home and nursed him, and he appeared to wish to show how grateful he was whenever he had tho opportunity. Then the darling little chipmunk did something for which I shall al- ways be eraverst to him. You seo, it was a really and truly beautiful pearl necklace that father presented me on my birthday. And when the necklace. disappeared you can't imagine how I grieved. The most tantalizing thing about it all was that I couldn't think where I possibly could have lost it, You see, I hadn't worn it. It still should have been lying snugly in my jewel case. But Patter was a better detective - than I. He knew something was the matter, and I'm sure he felt just as sorry as I. He did all he could to comfort me. Then he looked ever so wise and darted off without even a little squeak of good-bye, He scampered upstairs toward the attic, ard that was the last I saw of him that after- pina I supposed he must be hunting mice, It was almost time for father to reach home, when I heard a patter at my elbow,, Turning my head, I saw that dear little chipmunk tightly gripping in his mouth the lost neck- lace! You may know how I hugged and petted him. You never saw a chipmunk smile, \I suppose, so there isn't much use telling you how Patter looked. But he was mightily happy. So was I, you may be sure, I didn't know where Patter had found the necklace until he caught arm and coaxed me to the attic, where I found, in the wall be- hind an old trunk, the home of a mouse, where were many little stolen articles. Evidently the Jewel case had been open, and a mouse had carried away the necklace. No aunt of epee bought Patter after that. Even Billy, who didn't like the chipmunk a bit (I s'pose because Patter didn't trust him), admired the cunning fellow ims mensely when he heard the story, could have eo Stag A aroma hn E ais fg MAE a aijoetn, tne tine Sagine i manip pecan opiates kolfs yrassigad ca fom ee > ee 0 FURTHER. ADVENTURES. OR2PUS'SY STHEIMOUSER. violent mania, ending in death. "Bhat" occasionally grows in among the rice ercp, from which it is hard to distin-' guish until dry, when the poisonous grain is of a brick-red color. There is a South American vine called the "knotter," which grips any living thing coming in contact with it. Its ten- tacles twine round the object seized,' scaring and burning the flesh like red-hot wires. Then the prey is drawn into the heart of the foliage, and there crushed to death. The method is too horrible ta describe in detail. i The "Pirates" Score One : IFFICULT enough {t was to ob- ' tain Farmer Green's permission to use the old flat-bottomed : 8cow. But Captain Billy Mumford ac~ complished the task, and the "Blooay tents ers," in consequence, were jubix That Saturday, they reasoned, would surely be the finest kind of a day. Hadn't {t rained the last four Satur- days? So it couldn't possibly be bad ed oe straight," as Skinny express< And on Saturday they were going to hitch Jupe to the scow and have him tow them up the creek to the best canping ground they could find, where they intended to stay for at least three days. There would be no trouble about Jupe, because he had already been "promised" by Joe Stan- ton's father. Saturday afternoon came and found every member of the 'Bloody Rop- bers" at the Cove. Provisions were RIDING LIKE "SIXTY' placed in the Custody of Skinny, and ack Warner appointed lieutenant. These were carefully inspected and freely commented upon. Indeed, it may be added that they were frecly tested, as well; and that the supply was somewhat smaller by the tak they were ready to hitch up Jupe, Just then they heard a shot from around the Bend. "Come on, let's see who's shootin'!'* "Guess it's some one baggin' ducks!" These and many other exclamationsa came from the group, who promptly, deserted the Cove for the Bend. They, could start on the scow 'most any time, you know; but not every minuta could they see a "duck shootin'." Joa Stanton paused -irresolutely a mo- ment; then he led Jupe to the fenca me tied him to a post. he quarter mile to the Bend was covered in an exceedingly short time, but when the advance guard of the 'Robbers" afrived Ponting: at the spot from where they Assumed the sound had come, they heard another shot some distance above. And the more they walked, the further "above" the shots seemed to sound; until, at last they decided te return. r "We'll never find a camp 'less we wet the boat a-movin' right now," said« Bkinny emphatically. The others agreed and trudged back to the Cove ag rapidly as their wear- 7 nt wh pe permit, ' ut when they reached the Cove found, to their astonishment, that ares was missing. And he was missing the rest of the afternoon. Not until that evening Wag he found, calmly grazing in a meadow owned by Joe Stanton's father. Around his neck was tied a pleca of dirty paper, upon which was scrawled the following: "You fellers think ur smar : ain't. We kep shoo bam Bt + ath Blin Mage that gunn to . An maybee you tuk yur hors now. : ga tus "Yur enem - "MIKE FLANNIGAN, wy Captain of Bloody Pirates.' _. The "Robbers" said some horribly: nasty things when they read the note, Did they know who stole their ; horse? Of course they d. Mike - FWlannigan could ride like "sixty," | when bareback, and one and all could | see him in their mind's eye gallop- > ing along the lane that led from the Cova, leaving them without means of . gettin to their camp, for they couldn't pole against the stream for any distance, that was certain, ; Yes, t "Pirates" had scored one, But itll be our turn next," fierce- ly declared the "Robbers." And it was. ' f fy ; ae Britain owns 170,959 Suez shares, which rovun an 063,979 yearly, Canal income of 2 ;