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", Neither is there any water-Not kittly is there about them no sign El? an abundance of seeds and fruits liar food; there is not even the in- dispensable element of sustenance, 4?“:er- to drink, _ Ji, mm on their "faoes---0tterly @iweuraged and helpless. .I. The glory of J ehovah--The cloud, gegresenting the presence of J she- af, I ma”; LLA unAw’flhn urn-J AF WSW 3mm 3mm t3ether~From this §oint oti', the ,harrative as it stall 3 is slightly r, _ fusing. Aocopding to a. plau- I, rearrangement of the story iTiggeseed by several eminent com- mentators, Moses and Aaron were at first hidden by Jehovah to speak to the rock, which, being skeptical, they hesitated about doing, asking Jehovah, "Can we bring forth then water out of this rock?” To these (words Jehovah replies, addressing himself to Moses and Aaron with the words, Bear now, ye rebels, at the same time bidding them strike the rock and afterward pronounc~ ing upon them the doom of exchr. Sion tor their lack of confidence. {Discouraged by the unfavorable re- Wort of a majority of the spies, the hshildert of Israel did not attempt immediately to enter Canaan, near the southern border of which they :Were encamped at Kadesh. Their lack of courage and faith in Jeho- nrah and their murmuring against growth bring upon them a. pro- irgation of the desert hardships kand privations until a whole gene;- ration falls by the wayside and IS buried in the wilderness. Now, however, the days and years of re- tribution and punishment are tdrayrirtsr, to. a, close and the time y l a. Také the rod=tr1m rod of Aaron which had budded (Nam. fr?) and which was later kept "be- 'sms Jehovah,' ' that is, in the Banc- fbuary, as a testimony or evidence mi his power, Our narrative at Haws paint) leaves the purpose of ithe rod unexplained, though its {subsequent use is indicated in verse ll, ' 12. Because ye believed not in 'me-Without some reconstruction 'pf. the narrative as suggested above (Chara is in the story no clear evi- ldeuce either of unbelief or of dis, t _ ience on thte part of Moses and con. The reconstruction Bug- 'j sted may not be the best nor in ' armony with the original word- ing. It does, however, point out a possible rearrangement which helps materially in clearing up the very evident ambiguity of the nad'- rative as it stands. l The firgl; month-The month of Nisan or Abid, corresponding to Myr A.pril.., _ _ _ _ ... l I. Assembled themselves together laying!) Moses-Started a mutiny lagm'nst their leaders. T. Strove with Moser-h strife of "r orda and argument, abounding in omplaint. _ -When our brethren' died-Under the burden of Egyptian slavery or {Subse uently in the Wilderness. 4. i'fle,I assembly of Jehovah- ?is chosen people and congrega- tion. The implication of the ques- filif! is that it is a, disgrace for the aneople of Jehovah to be bil cted to such wilderness hard- lat hand when Israel shall again move forward to the conquest of th’nd of promise. 1;." se 1. The wilderness of Zin---. (til the immediate vicinity of Ka- desh and north of. the wilderness pf Param , 5. This evil place-The place of (hard/ship and extreme physical dis- tomiort. No place of seed . . . vines . . . gomegranates - The promise to hem had been that they should be Elm-ought into a, land overf1owin With milk and honey, symbols 0% wrgdigal abunfianoe. ..- -~‘.'.A1most forty years have, passed 7514108 the events of our last lesson. Ye shall not bring this assembly into the 1and---A severe penalty for a wrong not fully explained in our narrative (compare comments on verse 10 above). T 13. Waters of Meribah--Literal, I , of strife or contention. That l2, place was in the immediate vicinit of, if not identical with, Kadesg is clear from the fact that the double name Meribah of Ka- i1ash is frequently met with, as in Hum. 27. 14; Dent. M, 51, and Elsewhere. ERR. Passenger Train Passed tho ' Spot Pew Ighmtes Before. A despatch trtra, Fort», William says: An engine andxpightv oars of F O.P.R, work train iste reported to have slid into the lake as a re- pulb of a, landslide, tleWlr Rosaport Friday night. Paaoengee train $93. 3 passed tho spot twenty min- tea buore the accident occurred, Was sanctified in therrr-N the name of revealing himself as holy, "q m hip s_. .esson 1%---The Sin of Moses and Aaron. Num. 20. LB. Golden h Text, Psa. 19. 14. 10. Gathered the ngsembly to- INTERNATIONAL LESSON, OCTOBER 26. LOCOMOTIVE IN LAKE, HOW men work day afte_r day in the Welsh oollieries to support 1_;he1r loved ones. Every time they enter the pits they take their lives In their hands. ) “Gamboa Dyke is Busted," and the Two Greatest Oceans Married. By a, momentary touch of the but- ton at Washington, 2 p.m., yester- day, the President of the UJS. sent a flush of electricity through a wire, partly on land and partly under water, 4,000 miles away, setting off a gigantic blast of several tons of dynamite which exploded the Gam- boa Dyke, the last physical barrier to water communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. There remains but two small land slides to be removed, when the canal will be open to the largest crafts that float. Thus was Panama the scene of the most extraordinary nuptials the world has ever witnessed, the uniting of the rushing waters of the world’s greatest oceans where for countless ages there stood an im- pregnable barrier of frowning as- pect that heretofore defied the ef- forts of puny man to overcome. It was a most extraordinary feat of telegraphy especially planned, so that when precisely at two o'clock President Wilson pressed the key at the White House a cur- rent was sent overland and under the sea, and in a few seconds a, re- turning message informed him that the explosion had been successful. "There, it's all over,'! smiled the President; "Gamboa is busted." The President sent Colonel Goe- thals, engineer of the canal, a brief message of congratulation, and thus ended the final step that will open to the world the results of the greatest' engineering enterprise the world has even seen,-9lie dream of centuries. There was but one inci, dent to mar the happy achievement, for while the sceneet the White House was joyous and hilarious, there lay upon his1sot at John Hop- kin's hospital, 40 miles away, at the point of death, a man who would have given most to have Wit- nessed the destruction of Gamboa Dyke, It was Lieutenant-Colonel David Gaillard, the engineer who directed the excavatio‘n of Culebra Cut, one end oi which was blocked by the Gamboa. Dyke, He ndbly saorificed his life in his long and strenuous efforts A to make this great undertaking a success, in a. climate probably the most danger- ous and fever laden known to man, Over 4,000 from Panama, and Colon witnessed this spectacular destruction of the great dyke, and when the electric spark came over the wires, a, hush of expectancy fell over all. Then suddenly came the muffled roar of 1,600 pounds of dynamite in one mighty discharge which sent a, shower of rock, water and mud high in the air, the whole be- ing heavily wrapped in an impene- trable cloud of smoke. A section of the dyke, sixty feet wide, was lifted bodily from its bed and its component parts scattered far and wide. What is called the Cucaracha slide alone remains to impede the full passage of largest craft, but this will soon be removed by dredges, A trench has been dug around this barrier: so that small craft, can now pass through, Water from Gatun Lake at once began to pour through the rent, while whistles were tied down to give the cgowd a chance to cheer to its heart's content. The first boat to enter the out after the explosion was a native canoe manned by two Americans, but shortly afterwards three launches successfully negotiated the water over~ the great gap, No man who looks 11an this achievement can suppress his won- der and admiration of those intre, pid men whose untiring efforts amidst the greatest obstacles, have brought about the consummation of this the greatest of human works, Newton said, "An undevout asp tronomer is one that is truly mad," Comte irreverently said, “The Heavens now reveal no glory but that of Copernicus, Kepler and La,- place.” Thus "the point of view" cuts the main fuptre, But we glorify the Creator when we withhold no meed of praise to those of his creat- ures whose self-ssc/ea have done so much to help the race, OHAS. M. RICE. PANAMA C ANAL OPENING. Denver, Oct, 11, 1913, The mners' Battle tor a Living. Imposing Pile Commemorates the" Fall of Braddock. A despatch from Uniontown, Penn., says: In the presence of dignitaries, army men of the United States and England and thousa,nds of spectators, the memorial monu- ment to General Edward W. Brad- dock, the famous English general killed by Indians in the fall of 1755, was unveiled on Wednesday in Braddock Park ten miles from here in the mountains. Miss Frances Howell, of the Colonial Dames, un- veiled the tribute. Among the speakers was Lieut.-Gen. Sir Al- fred Edward Codrington, of the Royal Horse Guards, of the British army. The monument of stone and marble, weighing 25 tons, was made possible through the efforts of the Braddock Memorial Association, of this place. Other speakers were P. MEMORIAL T0 BRITISH HERO. P, Pelletier, with the approval of the Government, has decided to in- crease the minimum salaries of rural postmaster-s from $35 to $50 per year. The necessary legisla- tive action to give effect to the de- cision will be taken at the coming session of Parliament, The in- crease will affect several thousand rural postmastens in all parts of Canada. The Postoff1oe surplus for the present year will be much mere than sufficient to meet the addi- tional charges on revenue. Double Quantity Shipped From Montreal This Ieason. A desptrtoh from Montreal says: The export of grain from Montreal for the present semson will be from sixty to sixty-five million bushels, according to an estimate made at the offices of the Harbor Commis- sioners. This output will be double, or more than double, the quantity exported last season. Grain re- ceived in the harbor elevators this season to date is estimated at bl,- 000,000 bushels, At the present moment there are only 2,260,000 bushels in the Harbor Commission, ers’ elevators, and not more than about a quarter of a. million bush- els in the Grand Trunk elevator, so that there is space for the accom~ modation of another million and a, half bushels. K. Tener, of Pennsylvania. Gen- eral Codrington thanked the people of the United States for inviting him to so important a ceremony. Be brought the greetings of his countrymen and tho British army, and especially the Coldstream Guards, of which General Braddock had been a member. To Be Increased trom $35_t0 $50 _ Per Year. A despatch from Qttawa says: The J'ostmaster-Gentsfal, Hon, L, C. Knox, former American &iycre- tary of Stat§,_and Gpvernor John Explosion Occurred on Dirigible When 33,000 Feet Up. A despatch from Berlin says: A disaster In the air involving the de, struction of another great Zeppelin dirigible and the loss of the lives of 26 out of the 27 on board occurred on Friday morning near the Johan- niathai Aerodrome, when the new dirigible "L II.” was making its trial trip before acceptance as a main unit of the aerial fleet at- tached to the German navy, Many of the bodies of the members of the crew were burned to such an extent that they were not recognizable. Half of Cargoes From Twin Cities Destined for American Ports. A despatch from Fort William sayg: Over two million bushels of grain were shipped from the twin ports on Friday, 1,225,000 bushels Went to American ports, and the balance to eastern Cknadian ports, All but 275,000 bushels of oats of the American shipments went to Buffalo, There were 750,000 bush- els of oats, 56,000 bushela of bar- ley and 70,000 bushels of flax, TWENTY-SIX MEN KILLED . P0 STMASTERS’ SALARIE S. ONE DAY'S SHIPMENT. GRAIN EXPORTS. The Gouty Age. Whenever uric Mid is retained in the body instead of being regu- larly carried away by means of the action of the healthy liver and kid- neys some form of gouty suffering) follows. It is not always the same 5‘ one man may have periodical at- tacks of acute gout in the great toe point, which becomes much inflam- ed and the seat of sharp pain. There is gouty rheumatism, or lum- bago, with stiffness and pain that is brought on by every movement. Even worse are sciatica. and neuri- tis, in both of which sharp needle- pointed crystals of uric acid pene- trate the protecting sheaths of the nerves; in sciatica it is the nerves of the thighs and legs that are at- tacked, in neuritis those of the, arms. Other troubles to which gouty people are very liable are certain skin diseases, chief among lwhich is gouty eczema. The irnger joints and even the tips of the ears Frequently show small white lumps minder the skin, and these are no- ithing but solid deposits of uric l acid. -- During youth and early adult life the elimination of uric acid goes on properly, as a rule, but by the age of 40 men and women are much more likely to suffer, perhaps, for some time without knowing it, from one or other of the forms of gout already outlined. It may be that they take less exercise and go on eating just as much food; it may be that the liver and kidneys are less well prepared to carry out their proper functions. As a pre- ventive measure people should eat rather less and should not neglect exercise in whatever form may be most agreeable or most easily tak- en. More water should also -be drunk daily, a quart taken, half a pint at a time, between meals, will be found to be a, relief to the body, as it will wash away the uric acid and prevent such accumulation as would only yield to the action of. drugs. JVr- 'Nw_e_M--"-"'r_ -eV'" 7 ,, in your throat. It will probably mean getting out of bed a quar- ter of an hour earlier, but after. a week you will not notice that, while the gain in comfort will be airpveeiable, Diet is dealt with also in a recently published little book, stress being laid on the value of judicious feeding in the case of anyone called on to bear nerve strain, as brain workers of all classes are. A mixed diet, of course, is the best, and a su geetion for a good lunch only a ligit meal can be taken at midday, is two poached eggs (without the toast on which they are always served) a roll and butter and a, cu of cof- fee, A good word is said for sugar as containing energy-producing ma. terial. "Chocolate, for example, contains a large amount of sugar and makes an excellent tabloid meal for the tired worker who was unable to give up enough time in the day to get sufficient mixed food." -eriod"perhortned daily. Get up slowly, dress slowly, don't bolt your byealffast amrrusy, off Ti/ll, it Tho danger of constant nerve tension was never greater than at the present time, but it is quite possible for even the busiest to do much towards minimizing this dan- ger, by following out a simple plan of action. The great thing is to be- gin before it is too late. There comes a time when simple measures are no longer of any avail.--A Physician. The twilight shadows linger longer here, The winter days make gray the circling year, . For even summer winds are chill and drear--. Since she went home. Since she went home- The robin’s note has touched a minor strain, The old glad songs repeat a sad retrain, And laugher sobs with hidden, bit- ter pain--- Since she' went home. Another step in the direction of taking life easily is to allow ample time for those actions whisk have Since she went home-- How still the empty" rooms her pre- sence blessed, Untouched the pillow that her dear head pressed; My mourning heart finds no place for its rest- Sin-ce she went home, Since she went home- The long, long days have crept awa_ like years. The sunfight has been dimmed with doubts and fears, And the dark nights have wept in lonely tears-- Since she went home, --Robert Jones Burdette, in Na- tional Magazine for October. It it is the right kind of a home a. boy will never run away from it. Since She Went Home. Go Slowly. But Unnumbered Thousands of Brave Men and Pure Women Have Walked With Him Just why the Psalmist concluded in his day that the man who denied categorically the existence of God was a "fool" we cannot sexy, but it is pretty evident in this much later day that there are very good reas- ons indeed why this sweeping es- sertion is correct, We know some- thing to-day about the conditions of knowledge and the possibilities of ultimate experience. And when, therefore, we encounter a man who says in so many words that "there is no God," we feel, with the Psalmist, that we can classify him with a good deal of accuracy. Some very pertinent questions must at least be put to this philosopher of atheism, When was this revelation of the non-existenoe of God given to you and by whom was it spoken? When did you mount to the sources of being and discover that the fountain was dry? When did you penetrate to the Holy of Holies and find, like another Pompey, that the shrine was empty? Whenr in short, did you yourself discover as a. fact of read experience that "there is no God" and thus gain reason for your proclamation of i denial? "r HAVE NEVER SEEN col)" For any positive assertion of this kind, after all, must have its basis in actual experience, else must it be accounted of no avail. Nay, in the case of negative assertions, we can go farther than this and say that the absence of actual experi- ence cannot in itself be regarded as adequate ground for the denial of anything. It may be true that this man can say “I have never seen God," but this may be for the same reason that the blind man has never seen the sun. Be may be able to declare with perfect truth that he has never heard God's voice, but this may be for the same reason that the deaf man has never heard the Skylark or the waters at Lo- dose. Be may be obliged to con- Heavy Fall of Snow Reported Prom the Central West. Chicago, Oct. 2L--C)eneral Wes- tern States to the Rocky Moun- tains and north to the inter- national boundary line were snow-swept to-day and covered with a, blanket of snow following a, bitter north-west wind that came with the ferocity of a, mid-winter blow. In the north-west, especially Wiscon- sin, Minnesota, the Dakotas and Northern Michigan, several deaths resulted from the chilly blast and the blinding snow. Lake Superior points to-night report several boats 8.3 being overdue and possibly in peril, and all traffie abandoned. In the north-west states. the snow- fall was as heavy as four! inches. At Milwaukee it was two inches and in Chicago an even inch. Local Wea- ther officials say all October re- cords for severity have been beaten by two weeks. They Go to Western Canada in Large Volume. V A despatch from Montreal says: According to reports received by the Canadian Pacife Railway the migration of Americans to western Canada continues in large volume. Boiler Explosion at Midland Re- sults in Lose of Ttro Lives. Midland, Oct. 21.---The explo- sion of a boiler in Manley Shew’s sawmill at Dollarbown, a suburb, this morning, snuffed out two lives, while three were injured, orRy perhaps fatally. The dead: John Sager, fireman, married; George Fraser, aged 16, The in- jured: John Brunelle, shoulder broken, and scalded; Peter Heb-. ner, badly burned and head cut, not expected to live; John Leach, cut and bruised and injured around the head. All the injured are young men, unmarried. Staten Island in Darkness and Without Trolley Service. New York, Oct, '.21.---Six men were instantly killed, four others badly injured, one probably fatally, and practically all of Staten Island was left in clavknessi Mid. Without. trolley service two-night, as the result of a double boiler explosion at the plant of the Richmond Light and Power Company at Livingston, 8.1. A report for the week ending Cycto, her 7 shows that there entered wes- tern Canada by various ports from the United States 1,187 persons with 8287.044 cash and effects val- ned at $103,458. Of thesis 444 were farmers, 191 laborers, 177 mechan- ies, 56 clerical workers, and 220 "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God."-- Psalm xiv., l, MIGRATION 0F AMERICAN S. iNGINE-ROOM DEMOLISHED . EXPLO SIGN KILLS SIX. SWEPT BY BLIZZARD . No Adequate Ground. fess that he has never felt the pre- sence of the Divine, but this may be for the same reason that the Palestinian sheep behold unmoved the lily of the field, or the dull peasant gazes with heart untouch- ed upon the vale which Wordsworth saw above Tintern Abbey. Against the failure of our atheist to meet God and cummune with Him and work with Him must at least be set the living testimony of unnum- bered thousands of brave men and pure women who have walked with God as with a friend and toiled from day to day as fellow workers with His spirit. What is the value of the failure of any number of souls to see, and hear, and know, when matched against one soul which has succeeded? What care we for the vote of the Athenian As- semhly as compared with the word of Socrates? And how shall we dare to summon the resolutions of a whole congress of atheists against one life like that of Christ? “I do not Know.” After all, the most that we can ever say in the way of doubt or de- nial about things ultimate is sim- ply this, “I do not know.!" The farthest limit of possible negation in this age is no longer that of athe- ism, but that of agnosticism! Borne. thing may perhaps be said for the man who, making confession of his own experience of God, declares "I do not know." But nothing can be said for the man who, with an arrogant presumption never match- ed by any victim of superstition, declares "there is no God," save the verdict long since pronounced by the ancient Psalmist. To assert that the problem constitutes an open question, I say, is the utmost limit of denial that we can reach. And when this is said, the believer in the reality of the Divine is well content. For the experiences of yesterday and fro-day are sure, and in the face of these experiences the question can remain an open one, only like many another question, for the sake of argument !---Rev. John Haynes Holmes. It May Be Seriously Affected Through Lack of Rain. A despatch from Ottawa says: Investigations which have been made concerning the rainfall in the district tributary to the Trent Ca- nal indicate that this ten million dollar undertaking may become seriously affected through lack ot water for the locks unless a careful forestry policy is adopted so as to conserve and increase if "possible the present rainfall. In order to do this the Government may be com- pelled to take control of certain forest areas and prevent their de- nudation. Some reforesting may also have to be done. Clairvoyant Confesses and Incl-imi- nates Chicago Police Oftieers. A despatch from Chicago says t The confession of William R, Pvilis- sell, an aged clairvoyant, who ad- mits he has swindled clients out of half a million dollars, was'made public on Sunday night by States Attorney Boyne, In it Russell re: veals the regulation rates for oper- ating with police ptotectiow,: and names many detectives and a "go- between" to whom, he said, he paid thousands of dollars. Russell as- serted that he understood this mon- ey was to go to the State's attor- ney's office and to high police odi- cers. One Toronto Girl Dead, Other Ser- iously lil in Hospital. A despatch from Toronto says: Grace Smelling, 22 years of age, is dead and her sister Dorothy, 18 years old, is lying seriously ill in the General Hospital as the result of being poisoned some time be- tween Sunday night and Monday morning by inhaling coal gas fumes which escaped from a newly install- ed furnace at their boarding house, 8 Wilton Crescent. The young wo- men have lived in Toronto for about six years, having come here from Birmingham, England. The dead girl was engaged to be married. They have a. sister living in Guelph. women and children. Of this num- ber 893 were Americans and 58 Canadians returning. During the same week Canada, lost only 116 persons of various nationalities, who left to reside in the United States. Only 22 of these were far- mers. In the week 462 hemesteads TWO prisoners in Picton Jail broke out, but were recaptured through the aid of the rural tele- phones. The Alberta Legislature will con- sider a bill to increase fees for brewery and hotel licenqea. and to tax clubs for the first time, OVEBCQME BY GAS FUMES. SWINDLED HIS CLIENTS. TRENT VALLEY CANAL.