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THE THINEGS THAT REMAN Blessed Be love.‘â€"1. Cor:, xillâ€",. 12 After all, even when it seems that the worst has happened to us, we come to know that it is not the worst, that there are deeper depths of misery and, what is more imâ€" portant, that there remain to us possessions of value greater than all we have lost. The storms that sweep down on us have no power to uproot our trees of life. Like old Job, we may be thrown upon the dungâ€"hill, bereftét of cur kin and friends, despoiled of our possessions, and racked with pain, and still the spirit rise victorious and memory and imagination disâ€" gover comforts and resources that iss Nosn Mee en en 412. efi ies us 3 ut to rout the pessimisms of the rosperous and the painâ€"{ree. We might never know the real value of life but for the loss of unâ€" worthy things we have valued too highly ; we might never know how rich we really are but for the harsh hands that despoil us of that.â€"which we onee counted as riches. THE PIERCING SORROWS are the ones that break through, the erust of life and open the worth under the surface. S Many a man finds out what is in him by losing the things he has put about him or by the sweeping away of those prctective walls which good fortune ha<l built about him. Inâ€" ner resources are developed, exâ€" ternal aids fall from us.. We learn in time to. bless the hand that geemed so cruel when it thrust us from some sheltered nook and comâ€" pelled us to battle with naked fists Against the world. When the true man is left destiâ€" tute it is surprising to see how much remains. The man is there â€" with his will, memory, imagination, his power to create and to conquer, to make riches of the heart, to win friends, to euter into fellowship with the spirits of all ages, to apâ€" preciate and possess the universe of the things that are eternal and THE SUNDAY SCHOOL THE LESSON WORD STUDIES Time : From late summer of A. D. B8 till about November 1 of the same year. Course of the Journey to Rome: Caesarea to Sidon in Phoenicia ; thence northwest, to the lee of Cyprus, stopping at Myra in Lycia, for a change of ships; conâ€" tinuing close to the shore until off Cnidus in Caria; . then south and west, around Cape Salmone, on the extreme eastern end of Urete, until reaching Fair Havens, half way along the southern shore of the isâ€" land ; thence, out to sea, south of the little island called Cauda, beâ€" ing driven by a fierce wind. Links : Paul was pronounced uncondemned by Agrippa, and might have gone free had he not appealed to Rome: Point of the Narrative: Journeyâ€" toward Rome, with other prisoners, in charge of Julius, a centurion, Paul is accompanied by Luke and Aristarchus. He warns the master of the ship not to leave the shelâ€" ter of a certain harbor, called Faur Havens, as the autumnal storms were approaching, but is unheedâ€" ed. The ship encounters a terrible storm, and is barely saved by throwing overboard the luggage and cargo. Paul, recelving a visâ€" ion at night, reassures all on board of deliverance. Lesson VÂ¥.. Paul a Prisoner â€" The VYoyage. Golden Text, Psa. 87. 5. Verse 1, We should sail for Italy â€"This story of the voyage to Rome goes into minute detail. and is the best account we have of the art of pavigation as practised by the anciâ€" ents. Julizusâ€"This narrative gives us our only information about him, and shows him to have been affable, ppen to religious influences, appreâ€" riative. § The Augustan bandâ€"A detachâ€" ment of Imperial troops stationed at Caesarea, and named from Ocâ€" tavianus Augustus, the adopted 92. Adramyttiumâ€"An_ important commercial seaport of Mysia in Asia Minor. In going thither, seyâ€" eral ports would be touched, from which it would be possible to take another ship for Italy. 7 at Caesarea, and named tavianus Augustus, the son of Julius Caesar. Aristsrchasâ€"Mentioned in Acts 19. 29, as seized by the hostile mob it Ephesus, and in 20.4, as a comâ€" panion of Paul. From the Epistles we learn that he was with Paul durâ€" ing the first imprisonment. 3. Gidonâ€"Tha _ important _ sea town twenty miles. north of Tyre, and the oldest of the Phoenician citiss (Gen. 10. 18). / It figured in the shifting fortunes of _ Assyria, abylon, Persia, â€" Greece, â€" and \g?m&,\and during the Crusades CaAnd now abideth faith, hope; INTERNATIONAL LESSON, oCT. 31. 3 e the Adversities That Uncover the Real Riches of Life imperishable. Destitution of things is the fate that awaits us all; some may know it often during life; in some meaâ€" sure losses must be in every life, while all must some day lose the grip on things, must bid farewell to all possessions and carry out 3€ this stage of being only their own selves. _ Ib were well for us if we learned to see in this not a despoilâ€" ing but a discovery of better and greater treasures. He would be a foolish man who cared only for the apple blossoms and nothing for the coming fraib. We would count him a fool who conâ€" tinued in manhood to pour out exâ€" clusive affection Â¥et that is just what many of us are doing, living for the passing and trivial, and so losing the eterâ€" nal and truly valuable. Life is just the chance to get rich in this way and so to have a self that enriches â€" the ages. _ Neither pain nor poverty nor even death has terrors to those who know how litâ€" tle any of these can take from him. The secret of life is the discovery of this life which is eternal because above the ills and accidents of time, The evil days must come. Happy are they who can view them with equanimity, because they are rich in the things beyond their reach ; though the barns may be empty and the bank account fail they look within and find quiet thoughts, meâ€" mory stretches like a fair land beâ€" hind, and they hold communion with the great and good of all days. Faith, and_ hope, and love are theirs. \These are the abiding things, the unfading riches, the perennial blosâ€" soms, the streams that flow forever and follow us all through the desâ€" ert. They are so easily had that the wonder is that any are poot, and he who has them can never know destitution or be utterly lost. 5. Cilicia (Paul‘s native country) _ Paimphylia â€"formed theâ€"coast country of Asia.â€" Mmor, opposite ECxyprus. was a continual bone of contention. Often mentioned in the Bible. The modern town has about 10,000 peoâ€" ple. Myraâ€"A noteworthy harbor in the corn trade between Egypt and Rome. 6. A ship of Alexandra sailing for Italyâ€"Rome was dependent, to a great extent, upon the corn brought from Egypt. As verse 38 of this chapter shows, this was one of the cornâ€"ships from Alexandria on its way to Ostia or Puteoli. Cnidusâ€"In ancient times, a famâ€" ous seaport town, seat of the worâ€" ship of Aphrodite. Paul had sailed these waters in closing his third missionary journey (Acts 21). Under the lee of Creteâ€"The modâ€" ern island of Candia. They passed to the East, past Salmone, the exâ€" treme promontory of Urete, and then to the South of the island, so that they â€" were partly sheltered from the wind. 7. Sailed slowlyâ€"Retarded by the strong west winds. > S 8. Fair Havensâ€"So called to this day, though unknown in literature. Laseaâ€"Also unknown until dis covered recently (1856) by its ruins Five miles east of the Havens. 9. The Fast was . . . gone by â€"â€" The day of atonement, which fell on the tenth day of the seventh month of the Jewish year. 10. The voyage will be with inâ€" jury and much lossâ€"Paul had ha« much experience as a sea traveler, and had. already written to the Corinthians. ‘"Ehrice Iâ€" suffered sbhipwreck.""‘ It was now time for the autumnal equinox, and marin« ers reckoned it a period of great peril. 5 11. Owner of the shipâ€"He, would go with his cargo of corn in order to sell advantageously upon their artrival in Italy. Phoenixâ€"Professor Ramsay idenâ€" tifies this harbor with modern Lutâ€" ro. : (See article in Hastings‘s Biblie Dictionary.) Paul feared the strong wind that smote the sea with terrific force on the outer edge of the gulf of Messaria, which would have to be crossed. 12. To winter inâ€"For about four months from this time navigation was suspended.. Looking northeast and southeast â€"This is the acceptcd translation oi the words which formerly were rendered "lieth toward the southâ€" west and northwest."‘ It is a nauâ€" tical phrase, meaning, ""to look down the southwest wind," which owing to the fact that Lutro looks toward the east, has been taken to indicate the direction in which the wind blows, and this here would be northeast and southeast. 13. The south wind blew softivâ€" A complete turn about of the wind. Cleose in shoreâ€"Here, overhangâ€" ing mountains protected. them. 14. Euragquiloâ€"A_ wind blowing from the nortbeass. 15. Could pot face the windâ€"=â€"Lit Ox CHILDHOOD‘ S ToYSs HENRY E. COPE _ The Syrtisâ€"The "Greater Syrtâ€" }i:}” or quicksands, lay to the southâ€" \ west of the island, on the north coast of Africa. |_ Lowered the gearâ€"They probabâ€" \ly drew down the mainsail part \ way, but left up the stormsail so ‘us to take advantage of the wind. erally, could not look the wind in the eve. 16. Caudaâ€"The modern name is Gaudho, or Gozzo. The island lay directly south of Phoenix, so that they secudded before the wind about twentyâ€"three miles. The boatâ€"Small rowboat carried in tow and filled with water by the sudden storm. R I’THeI;;s;Stlong cables, passed around the hulls to lkeep vessels from foundering. This process of “Ot;rapping” is nowâ€"aâ€"days abandonâ€" ed. 19. Tackling â€" EKither _ spars, ropes, etc., or articles of furniture, such as beds, tables, etc. Anyâ€" thing which could be removed from the decks and hull. 92. And nowâ€"In spite of their reâ€" jection of his counsel formerly. «21. Without foodâ€"An enforced abstinence, due to the excitement and the condition of the vessel. 24. God hath that Paul had prayer, though been mentioned 26, Upon a certain islandâ€"Paul has spoken in the tone of a proâ€" phet, and these words show that the angel had revealed to him some of the details of the method uf their preservation. f ANTIGONISH, N. S8S., FLOODED. New Device to Cheapen Prodact Told of at Convention. A despatch from Chicago says Ham curing by electricity is ons of the new wonders of the age, as told of on Wednesday at the conveut.on of the American Meat Packers‘ As: sociation. The idea originated with J. C. Lincoln, of Cleveland, three and a half years ago. A ham ho cured by the electric process at that time, he declared, is as good now as the day it got the electric bath. The meat is placed in large vats filled with a pickle composed of sugar, salt, and saltpetre, and an electric current is passed through the vat. The new method will mean cheaper ham. Railways Carrying as Much Freight as Two Years Ago. A despatch from Chicago says: The American railways‘ fortnightly statement, made public here on FEriday shows a shortage of 23,431 cars in the east and south, and a surplus of 35,977 in the west and southwest. The _ report adds : "There seems to be no doubt that the railroads are carrying as much freight as they did in October, 1907, and it is to be noted that the shortâ€" ages are oneâ€"third of _ what they were then, when there was no surâ€" plus at all. The surplus has been reduced 17,411 in the last two weeks." Population _ Oover _ 83,000â€"Assessâ€" ment Fiftyâ€"three Million, A despatch_from Ottawa says: Ottiawa now has a population of 83,â€" 360, according to the annual cenâ€" sus of the Assessment Commissionâ€" er._ The increase during the year amounts to 3,076. Taxable properâ€" ty is given a valuation of 53,348,814, which is an increase of $4,840,000 during the year. Orchards in Neighborhood of Morâ€" den Produced Fint Crop. A despatch from Winnipeg says : For several years past experimenis in appleâ€"growing have been consistâ€" entivy carried on in the neighborâ€" hood of Morden, Man., and have conclusively proven that apples can stt e i ige. 3. m â€"â€" cU moGrBYy EErctrictii. ]| be grown in this Province. _ There are twenty orchards in that district, all becring well this year, and the products cannot be beaten for size, flavor and gencral excelience. There are said to be seventyâ€"five varieties of fruit. BOOM TIMES AGAIN. oTTawA*‘s GROWTH. MANITOBA APPLES. ~been earnest in the fact had not grantedâ€"â€"Implying THE GONGO SITUATION BRITISH INTERVENTION TO BC DEMANDED. Sir A. Conan Doyle and E. 1 Morel have placed themselves at the head of a movement to hold mass meetings throughout the Unitâ€" ed Kiungdom for the purpose. of making the public realize the situâ€" ation in the Congo and to arouse public opinion and thus force Govâ€" ernment action. Sir _ A. Conan Doyle has just returned from Gibâ€" raltar. He gsays: S Mcetings to be Held in Englaad to Bring Home Facts of the Outrages. We are going to hold a series «i great public meetings in all parts of the Kingdom in order to bring home the facts of the present reign of terror and atrocious misgovernâ€" ment in the Congo. The first Conâ€" ge reform meeting will be at Newâ€" castle, Nov. 8, followed by a great mass meeting in London on Nov. 19. _ All. religious denominations will be united in this movement in the interest of humanity. > "Once the people of England know the facts and have heard the statements of eyeâ€"witnesses _ and seen the photographs of mutilated men, women and children [ am sure they will rise with us and put an end to these crimes. "‘The Government cannot do anyâ€" thing effectual until the people of the country are enlightened as to the real horrors, and stand behind the Government as a driving force. 1 wish the public to coâ€"operate and call for an end to this orgy of blood, lust and greed. "A third of the whole populaâ€" tion of the Congo, which formerly contained thirty million people, he said, had disappeared under Leoâ€" pold‘s regime. Great towns of fitâ€" ty and sixty thousand inhabitants have vanished. The question now is : Are coldâ€"blooded and infamous men to continue to make capital out of suffering and misery 1‘ e "It is a significant fact that the heraldic shieldâ€"_of Antwerp, to which city most of the rubber from the Congo is sent, contains a bloody hand, severed at the wrist. People of Santander Built it for King Alfonso. When Queen Victoria of Spain x~imnted Santanderâ€"aboutâ€"twoâ€"years ago she was delighted with the beauty of the dlistrict, and said that it reminded her of the counâ€" try about her home in the Isle of Wight, says the London Daily Mail. The people of Santander, when they heard of it, promptly begged through their Mayor, Don Luis Martinez. that King Alfonso would allow them to build him a Summer home there, and already on the Peninsula de lo Magdalena a new royal palace is approaching comâ€" pletion, the £40,000 required to build it being providedâ€" by the inâ€" habitants of the town and natives who now reside in America and wish to show their patriotism. The people wisked also to furâ€" nish the palace, but King Alfonso would not allaw them to sacrifice so much money, saying he acceptâ€" ed the building only, and that he would furnish it himself. The comâ€" mittee therefore agreed to hand the building over to their Majesâ€" tiyes, supplied with all modern apâ€" pliances, such as electric light, heating appartus, gas and water, which sum. _ The Peninsula de la Magdalena, which will soon be transformed inâ€" to the royal park. is _carpefiegl with a great variety of lilies, pinks and other flowers which grow wild on that rocky promontory and the sweet seents of which are said to be superior to those cultivated in gardens. The new royal palace is about 110 feeh above theoâ€"level of the sea at high water and the length of the front is about 330 feet. It conâ€" sists of four sections, one for the private use of the King and Queen, another for official receptions and court festivities, and the third and fourth, which serve as union to the rest, will be used for general serâ€" In the fourth will be the vestiâ€" bule, grand hall, library, diningâ€" rooms and billiard rooms. The private chapel, at the King‘s own command, will not be erected in the palace, but in a separate building adjoining, ‘z‘x‘n‘d in‘ the plaf:t‘a designâ€" vice ea for 1 ing hall The King and Queen‘s private suite contains the royal bedrooms, private sittingâ€"rooms and drawingâ€" rooms and rooms for the servants in attendance on their Majesties. For courb festivities there is a grand salon, and several smaller rooms which will be used as anteâ€" Toyr â€"C grand rooms rooms In the upper storey above the bedrooms of the King and Queen are the nursery and rooms for the royal children and their attendâ€" amts. Even a deif man seldom over looks an invitation to take some thing. PRESENTED A PALACE. will cost also a considerable it will be the grand banquetâ€" lLaurie of the Angus shops, Montâ€" real, fatally, and Jos. MacMaster |and S. G. McDermott of the same shops and J. J. Hatton, engineer in chief of the Canada. How the exâ€" | plosion occurred is a mystery. The ‘injured men were employed on the | installation of a heating system in \tho new wing. Lands Withdrawn From Prospecting Give Indication. A despatch from Toronto says: The probable location of another new northern townsite is indicated by Hon. Erank Cochrane, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, in last wâ€"ek‘s issue of The Ontario Gaâ€" zette. Upon the recommendation of the Minister, Crown lands situated in the Temagami Forest Reserve, west of _ Blue orâ€" Thor Lake, and along the line of the Canadian Northern Railway, are withdrawu from prospecting, staking out, and from sale or lease under the mining act. The lands in question adjoin the proposed junction of the Gowâ€" ganda branch of the Canadian Norâ€" thern, and their withdrawal is an official intimation of the probable establishment of a townsite at the junction. A despatch from Quebec says: The Chateau _ Frontenac was the scene of an explosion on Friday night which, for 20 minutes, plungâ€" One Man Will Dis and Three Arc Badiy Sealded. ed the house into total darkness and caused a rumor of loss of life. Four men were seriously scalded, one G. a tree to get a bird‘s nest, and acâ€" cidentally grasped the transmission wire of the Southwestern Traction Company, and with his other hand on a damp limb received the full ‘voltage. The child was taken down from the tree in an unconscious condition, his hand being frightfulâ€" ly burned. LIYVE WIRE CAUSED LOCKJAW. St. Thomas Lad Dies From Terrible Burn on His Hand. A despatch from St. Thomas says : James, the twelveâ€"yearâ€"old son of Frank Roberts, this city, died on Monday of lockjaw from the effects of having grasped a live electric wire a week ago. The lad climbed Belleville Youth Terribly Mangled izgse in Factory. A despatch from Belleville says:| Charles Burke, son of Mrs. Thos.| Burke, of this city, 17 years of age,| was on Friday evening instantly ) killed at the Belleville Rolling Mills. _ He was operating what is known as a tireâ€"straightening ma-l chine, when, in some manner, he was drawn into the machine. His left arm and side were crushed to éfijeny and the left side of the face terribly mutilated. Father, Mother and HKired Man the Victims. A despatch from Kingston says: The log cabin home of Robert Mcâ€" Intyre, who owned a small farm near the Village of Calabogie, 89 miles north of here, on the Kingâ€" ston and\ Pembroke Railway, was destroyed by fire from some unâ€" known cause early on Friday mornâ€" ing, and Mr. Mclntyre, his mother, and John Watts, a farm laborer, perished in the flames. Mrs. Mcinâ€" tyre, who is 80 years of age, was an invalid. Mclntyre was aged 52 and unmarried. PROBABLE NEW TOWNSITE. Case Found in the Stcerage â€" After Leaving Rimouski. A despatch from Grosse Isle, Que., says: When ths> Allan Line steamer Virginian arrived here on Friday with 700 passengers on board en route for Montreal, it was disâ€" covered that a case of smallpox had developed in the steerage after the ship had left Rimouski. It is beâ€" lieved that the saloon passengers will at least be sent forward. Lieut. Thomas Heath of Hamilton has been appointed Chiecf of the Saskatoon Fire Department. The estimated cost of reconstruct ing the burned portion of the Par liament buildings is $250,000. Two â€" Wolfe Island fishermen, Daniel Keeley and Metzler Weaver, were drowned by the upsetting of their boat. _ Five persons were killed in a wreck on the Panhandle division of the Pennsylvania Railroad on Friâ€" day. Foreigners are not allowed to hunt in the State of Penunsylvania, being forbidden by a recent law to carry firearms. A Nelson, B. C., murder trial bad to be started all over because the constable in charge of the iutry al= lowed the members to wander about the towr. Joseph Leblanc, a Montrca: man, has been sentenced to years‘ imprisonment for d Mc:â€"C.â€".â€" W _ Codarsftrom to a lane and robbing him. * PERISH IN BURNING HOME. EXPLOSIONX AT CHATEAT. DPRAWN INXTO MACHINERY. SMALLPOX ON VIRGINIAN. (o 31â€" four AIRSHIP‘S VALUE IN WAR SUCCCESSFUL MNANOEUYRES WITY LA REPUBLIQUE. For the first time in military hisâ€" tory serious attempts have. been made in France and Germany to test the value of the airship as & weapon of war. The Republiqus was employed up to the time of its destruction in the French army maâ€" poeuvres, and it is declared that she was a remarkable success. Seyâ€" eral French military expéerts asâ€" sert that by her performance all doubts as to the value ‘of ainships in warfare wene dissipateds _ AlU Doubts as to the VÂ¥alue of Air« ships in Warfare Have Beea Dissipated. bhefore it could be execanted â€".th}é%@lr- ship had ascended out of r‘@fig{é%éo an altitude which permitted@&hose on board to collect in safety full and accurate informatio®.of" theo disposition of es During one of the Riepubh{fug% last operations she @udd@,%;@gfi : 2 se â€" ie peared out of a mist which had for hours enveloped the land and sailed at a height of a \t'hous'a% feet or so_over the enemy‘s army.~ Am in mediate order was given tosfire; but This information ‘was €uccéssfully conveyed to the commander of the army with which the airship was employed. S § Hilaine Belloc, M. P., who acted as the special correspondent of thoje : Lordon Morning Post at tho® Freach army manoceuvyres, says se speaking of the part played by the‘=~ Republique : f : ‘"‘The »conclusion is forced upo® you when you see this modern ma S chine in actual use above a freld= of manoeuvres that tho. natioa which has best solved the problem of compromise between their vart ous factors of efficiency, which . is most largely provided, with them, and which has the greatest numâ€" ber of trained men or the menr bhest frained in their use, will have & kigh calculable and perhaps decisâ€" ive advantage over its opponent in modern war. â€" This conclusion iwas a few waeseks ago but theoretical ;» since the close of the groat manoeuâ€" vres which have just taken place ib has passed out of the region of isâ€" piite."" y â€"~% At the same time. théairship Gross II. was performing similar service at the Germen army maâ€" noeuvres.: <The Gross Mwâ€"mwas ate tached to the army which» was weaker in cavalry, as the army auâ€" thoritiecs were of the opoinion that it could render services in reconâ€" noitring and scouting equivalent to those rendered by a icomplete idtâ€" vision of mounted troops. ol the Gross .‘. was not encouragâ€" ing. The wieather was infavorable, heavy rain falling incessantly for several hous and so soaking the envelope that the airship was brought to the ground, where. 1b collided with the tops of some trees and bent part of the framework. It was not captured, however, by the enemy. After some repairs itb reâ€" ascended and, it is said, was able to make valuable observations. _ The military correspondent of tha Rhenish _ Westphalian _ CGazctio _ points out that little importancee e can be attached to the experimente made with the Gross IL â€" In the@e@ first place the army authoritig: ©~ lhavre not yet \decided on the best method of defence against airships, and in the second place the guns which have been specially corstrulsâ€" ted to disable airships were not used in these manoeiuvyres, A great impression, ho adds, was made by the facility with which the airsh‘p freque. tly hid from the view ol the enemy by disappearing in | a cloud, and it was universally ag thought that this constitutes a new and serious danges for the comâ€" bating armies. The Militar Wochenblatt, which is the semiâ€"official organ of the German War Office, publishes a full . 4 asccount of Orville Wright‘s fAights on the Tempelhofer Feld. Wi\ile‘ it admits that there can as yet be@ rc question of the employment of aeroplanes for military purposes, 16 adds that it is too soon to proâ€" nounce A CONCLUSIVE OPINION, The German military authcrities, with the. object of ascertainiug which type of dirgible balloon is best adapted for military use. havea arranged for competitive_ trials three different systems of Uerman military airships, the Zeppolin, the Gross and the Parseval, to take place at Cologne in October. The Minister of War has given instruc tions that the tasks set shall co=. respond with the necessrties of acâ€" tual warfare. ':q "Here!‘ shouted the railway offâ€" cial, "what do you mean by throwâ€" ing thoso trunks ab(r;):rt llke} that 2° The porter gasped in astonishment. and. several â€" travellers . pinched fhemselves to make sure trat it was real. Then tho official speke again : "Diop‘t you see that yau‘re malors in uats: in â€"this.~concreve â€"niatâ€" THE FIRST EXPERIENCE THE TROOPS BEEOW