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It is difficult to get at the exact (acts of the insurrection in Ashanti, under the great western bulge of Atrica, the despatches being meagre end sornewhat confusing. It appearS, however, to have begun early in April, following the arrival at Kumassi, the Ashanti capital, of Sir E. Hodgson, the British governor of the Gold Coast, on one of his tours of inspection, and his tttempt to gain pOSsession of the Golden Stool. This stool, the symbol of Ashanti rOyalty, was hidden at the time of King Prempeh’s overthrow by the British by the Kumassis, the tribe to Which Prempeh belonged, in the ' hat it retained, either he or an- other ruler Would be placed upon it, while if lost, no king would ever reign over them. A diligent search for the stool has, of course, been ma ie by the British since their occupation, in order to diminish the incentive to insurrec- - Inc/"“01“,“ Notes mw. -.._, -_ British since to diminish the incen tion, and apparently some in at its whereabouts was given to Hudgson either before or. at! arrival at the Ashanti capital. their occupation, in tive to in: £01 n armed detachment At any rate, a with the rec was sent in search of it, sult to rouse the Opposi Kumassis, who are the most p0 ' ' nd armed with flint lock muskets, and to bring on a col- lision in which the British force was Despite the efforts of the settlement, the governor to effect a the Kumassis be- rising spread rapidly, ing determined to retain the symbol of their former ascendancy and enlisting ‘ ether tribes in their support, it be- came so formidable that the capital was surrounded in force. In an en- gagement lasting four hours the Brit- f 300 black ish garrison, consisting o -â€"-~--m nntlnr English officers, was gagement lasting four hours the um.- ish garrison, consisting of 300 black troops under English officers, was driven from the town into the fort, which since the British occupation has been built of stone and masonry, and is protected by guns and Maxims, With a loss of twenty-two killed. The attack was repeated on the 30th ult., and although it was repelled with‘ heavy loss to the natives. a later despatch says that Kumassi is still invested, and that some of the Mohammedan tribes to the northeast are joining the revolt. Reinforce-l ments have, however, been sent. to the ‘ garrison from the Gold Coast, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, and as part of them hlwe reached the capital, the chief of Bektia, who lives a day's march from Kumassi, and can put 5,000 men in the field, is loyal, and the fort is strong and provisioned for six months, it is believed that order will speedily be restored. While the rising is much to be re-' gretted, it will have served a useful purpose if it calls attention to the t3 weakness of Britain‘s position in West t Africa, where attempt is being made to 13 govern territories twice as big as F France, with many millions of. popula- ‘ 3 tion, with a handful of troops. [n V View of the savagery of these millions, Britain hasa perfect right to govern them with or without their consent, 1 but she has no right to attempt to do 1 so without employing a sufficient ! force to maintain order, and so to comâ€" ' pensate the natives for the supremacy she claims. As such a force can be raised from among the negroes them-' selves, who, properly drilled and arm- ed, make excellent soldiers and petty )fficers, and can he managed by Brit- 45h officers as well as are the Sundan- ese, the matter is largely one of money, which, with order established,l \\'est Africa would easily repay. It is true that the black soldier is specially prone to mutiny, but even that danger is less than that of governing savage millions without force enough to pre- vent massacre or insure kindly and sympathetic administration. OI \ Slag‘zflue mm». the Orders have been sent from Eng- land to India that those native infan- ‘ try regiments which form aportion of the field army first for mobilization are to be rearmed with the magazine rifle». immediately. The regiments se- lm‘ted are chiefly those stationed along the Afghan frontier or in sup- porting distance, and are eighteen in number. They are taken chiefly from among the Sikh, Goorkha, Dogra,and Punjab and Bombay regiments, gen- erally esteemed the best troops in the lndian native army. Only the threatening outlook in Persia. and the Russian movements along the Afghan border could haye decided the British Government to take this step, as its policy has always been to keep the native trOOps arm- REâ€"ARMING THE INDIAN ARMY. ed with a weapon inferior to that in' the hands of the British soldiers. In case of a war with Russia, to send the native regiments into action with only the Martini to oppose to the new Russian magazine rifle would beta send them to be slaughtered and to court defeat. The only alternative was to‘ trust to the loyalty of the na- tive army and place it on an equality with its possible enemy ; and that has, no doubt, with considerable reluct- ance, been done. The total cost of re- arming the whole of the native trmps is estimated at about $7,500,000. 1' Would be placed upon 1:, st, no king would ever reign . A diligent. search for the of course, been ma -.e by the :ce their occupation, in order 11 the incentive to insurrec- apparently some infomation reabouts was given to Sir E, .hhpr before or after his Ir. the Reply to Threaaculng Moves by Rania. WWI)! A despatch from V â€"Rev. Dr. Talmage the following text: the ten virgins."-â€"-M: A young man arm a ,v._., have according to to the Oriental custom. The time of their marriage has arrived. Calm. soft. beautiful night comes down on the eastern hills. The bridegroom invited his most intimate friends to come. They are come from the life of the hills. and they are boister- ous in their mirth. They have such clothes as their rusticity affords them. Each one h rod of brass, wit the top of it, th linen. the linen dipp and a cup fastened under it, so that the oil may not drop upon the man who bears it. They strike the flints, ’the sparks fly, and the flambeaux blaze. With these torches the pro- How beautifully the and £rankincence. There are ‘songs, and shouts. and glee, such as feel on their way to a young men marriage. On and on they go. It is twelve o’clock at night when they come within hailing distance of the bride’s house. In the languor 01 these eastern nights all the brides- have fallen asleep. when the the dwelling .. â€"L:-\.‘ , maids sound came through mullldso. V- “no .welve o’clock at night when they 1: :ome within hailing distance of the' bride’s house. In the languor of these eastern nights all the brides- have fallen as'eep. when the sound came through the dwelling: “The wedding party is approaching,” and the light of their torches pours a stream of. tire on down towards the What excitment there is in ‘ o and fro, maids take up the flumbeaux that are standing in the corner, and in the excitement and in the darkness. they cannot find the flints with which to strike the light. Some cry one thing. some cry another. and they jostle each other and stumble about in the dark- ane one takes a flambeau I‘LIQQ 11038. and puts fire to it; FOR A MOMENT IT BLAZES, and she holds both hands over it, so to keep it from We draught of e shutting doors; and goes out. Then they begin to cry: “Who can lend us a. little olive 011? Who has any oil to spare ?" There are none who 88 have any LU Lou“. Now there are some people who get one thing out of this parable, and there are others who get another‘ thing; but I get this: the soul needs‘ light. If you see the bridegroom‘s hill, what do you find? Torches. If you see the bridal party coming out of the door, whuL do you see 2 Torches. What of 3111 does the soul in its midnight tAâ€"-:.‘c‘ “U00 LA-\' â€"-w -â€"_ _ tel. an“ ”“010 'V Iii-w wâ€"- .. the and suffering need! Torches. Confucius . hint: and he of the wave, and the remnants on the h' ’ ass the: peared in the heavens, and all the dar. lories of the earth with lighted torch- ‘ til-5:3 I‘i s went forth to meet him. “And the ‘ feel and passed it along from e . at; and evening and the morning Were theif l or‘ hand to hand but it went 0 i l have to tell you that the universi- fiI‘St- day.” l tics of the earth, while they have in I 087“ learn from this subject that nor 9; their chemical laboratories made the 1 no man has any light to Spare. 1 sup- th {blue light, and the green light, and rose if some of these oblisins brides-1° lthe yellow light, they have never yet imaids had taken the linen from the I aft lbeen able to make the white light of WP 01 the flambeaux and wrung A" them out on the lamps of the improvi- \‘fl‘c did kindle it; her uncounted millions to make the centuries dismal with their wailing. Zeno, Cleanlhes. Aristotle, each struck g a light, he] and peace. and hope, for a cave! where is it: Div- lpardon, {lost world. l’ ! 'mg bells have gone two hundred feet ldown, and not found l'. in the depths @835- ll of the sea. Astronomers’ telescopes lwas . across the heavens and N0 OLIVE OIL T0 SPARE, l have swept l 0 l ' ' .. z i ‘. ‘ - ' ° n0 1' UDC N ”1 the l ‘ h row. a con lelther has anyone any grace to Spare. l suming brand of Calvary I pick up l“0h,” says some one in this house: “1‘ the only light for a lost world. The ihad a very good father and very i sh g f:ctth;hfaltq(‘:rist drild :10 fsate Sinnegs good mother; if; there ever was a good ; in 1 ~ ‘11 94“» W m “P3 0“ ll 8 ‘woman, she was; and somehow I hope ' t' ' darkness of your soul, W111 scatter fithrough their piety to get into hea-i l '- . g i W [- ”151103111 :13. b? T“ daybreak. gven." Had they any surplus of pietyli w n l 18 lam )eaux (if Lhe grooms- None- Had they any gOOdnBSS to spare, " . men and the bridesmaids of the text None You cannot borrow oil out of 3 if [2 gives no such piercing, leaping light their lamps. And I suppose if at t] e_ 118:1 2:" 1:122:ng (TV $12: 23;? ithe last all the redeemed of heaven': n 2 d . .. . ~ . ‘ . EL~ "were gathered in a circle, and some 1 Which £11388 1'81“ "“0 the dungeon poor soul should go around and say° ‘ 8 E: of- thw Sin and comfort out. on the ."Have you olive oil to spare? Give me I a ocean of thy trouble. A blind man some for my lamp?” I suppose they l1 m sat down by the way-side, and Jesus would all answer: “Not so lost there ii 1d came along, and the blind man cried be not enoiigh for us and for on” t 1111- out: “ Jesus, thou son of David,'have “If thou be wise thou shalt beywise ‘ e 9, u H . ' . , mercy on :1?“ afigiidult: YboaId ‘the for thyselfi but if thou scornest, than i 1 in g '. u are .3. alone shall bear it." Every man for beggar, and you are bhnd' and this himself every woman for herself We ' out: “ J85“. thou 5°“ 0f Dawd, have ' ‘ect that some co 1 l to ‘ mercy on me." They said: “Be still; Jena light when if ispteoo 1:?) y for ‘3” l it is indecorous; you are disturbing 1 silly those bridesmaids mustehav Hfol: e e ’m- the peace.“ But the more he cr'ed t' l ‘ ou ‘ when they could not get into the NB “qu3. thou son of David, have mer-e . In cy on me.” Jesus turned to him and aweddmng. I} was not a secret wed- the said: " Thy faith hath made thee idmg to which. perhaps. they had only rith whole.” Oh. that to-night, from this” few hours’ invitation. I suppose new audience, there might go up such a they had known for weeks and months ”to deep, all-compelling prayer for light lth'at they “were going to be invited, L to that it would turn Jesus upon us with and yet they are not prepared. Though the the response: at Thy faith hath made they knew. where they could get oil. ' .and they had the money. as the text‘ ' 118- thee whole.” _ llity But I learn, aim). from this sublintimates, yet the wealdi. . comes,‘ they are unprepared for . and all has, ject, that the soul needs a movablel 1:313: light. These torches coming out of gtheir pounding at thé door does 30‘: the door are in motion. These torches 2881 them in. I see them coming on spatch from Washington says: Dr. Talmage preached from .lowing text: “The parable of 1 virgins."-â€"-Matt. lung man and a y been affianced. Oriental custom. The time of marriage has arrived. Calm. eautiful night comes down on astern hills. The bridegroom 1 his most intimate friends to They are come from the the hills. and they are boister- their mirth. They have such 5 as their rusticity affords Each one has a flambeau or urirh a niece of wood on xxv. 1â€"12. oung woman according to Lâ€"nn- FLAMBEAUX OF THE GOSPEL, which flings light into the dungeon ot- thw sin and comfort out on the ocean of thy trouble. A blind man sat down by the way-side, and Jesus came along, and the blind man cried out: “ Jesus, thou son of David,'have mercy on me.” “Hush up,” said the people standing around. “ You are a beggar, and you are blind, and this is a King." But so much more he cried ”‘vâ€"v‘ people standing around. “ You are a a beggar, and you are blind, and this is a King." But so much more he cried out: “ Jesus, thou son of David, have ' mercy on me." They said: “Be still; ‘ it is indecorous; you are disturbing? the peace.“ But the more he cried out: i “Jesus. thou son of David, have met-i icy on me." Jesus turned to him and: said: “ Thy faith hath made thee'g whole.” Oh. that to-night. from this} audience, there might go up such 3‘ deep, all-compelling prayer for light]. that it would turn Jesus upon us with the response: “ Thy faith hath made thee whoie.” -â€"vv But I learn, also, from this sub- ject, that the soul needs a movable light. These torches coming out of the door are in motion. These torches of the bridegroom’s party on the hill ‘ motion, hoisted, lowered, glanc- ' F are in ' . ing in and out among the leaves, all t a movable The soul needs a movable 3 z is not a chandelie It is not a lighthouse set at It is a flambeauâ€"a movable the wilderness where ‘| the emigrant struggles. Do you know that the lights of the world are sta- ‘ ' hat soon you and Iwill and all those that are kindled 'in the h, cannot most brilliant halls of eart h one spark of cheer onxthat path I will soon have to ' travel. The lamps of our churches ‘ are stationary. All the chandeliers of. Christian sanctuaries in one flame of 3 light could not throw ' a A GLOW-WORM SPARK ’ ath which you and I will upon the p soon have to travel. The domestic light “ â€"L,...l,-I fake, it “u“ _..... the emigrant struggles. that the lights of the v tionary, and that soon ; have to start on a re A these lights will fail ‘ earthly amusements and all those that a' most brilliant halls flash one spark of cl which you and I w is stationary. to the door on suc this it would immedia out. And all the cheer as in the home circle will H cast on that pathway on which you 1 and I will soon travel. Oh, God! when sl we turn our back upon our amuse- h« ments, and our churches, and our 1: give us the flambeau ot the st able light! Lady Rat‘hel h Russell was comforted by that light 1; while she was arranging the papers 1 as her husband was preparing for v martydom. That light John Bunyan 1; held up until by it he saw. the gates of E the celestial city. It flamed on the c .blind eyes of John Milton until he saw I ithe battle of the angels. Oh, movable ‘ light, glorious {lambeau of the Gospel, 1 it up’ and down through all . ‘ pass it‘ (tom i 01] tely be blown ar lights that “l homes, Gospelâ€"a mo v hand to hand, an . ‘ mountain, an ' . ; shall be told if who sat in darkness 2). great light has ‘sprung up. It must have been a. brilliant scene when the firstamornv l ing dawned on the world. Our planet . had been a great black hulk â€" there I was not even the gleam ofa star or s the flash of a fire fly. But the com;- ' o mand came forth: “Let there be light,” e and flashes of brightness quivered through the gloom. and the darkness hted, and the mist arose, and t was 113 11 there was a faint gleam on the wa- s ter, and there was snow on the crest ,8 of the wave, and the remnants on the Et night rolled oft the sky in splendour, and the bridegroom‘ of the light ap- ' ° the I next learn from this subject that. no man has any light to spare. l sup- pose if some at these obliging brides- maids had taken the linen from the mp- 01 the flembeaux and wrung lthem out on the lamps of the improvi- ‘dent ones, that after a while they themselves would have been in dark- ;ness. So they did not lengl it. There which you and I will 1ve1.’1‘he domestic light If you should take it such a gusty night as Iathway on which you n travel. Oh, God! when hank [10'0“ 0UP amuse- ini- W‘here are all your fine clothes now? You are no, better off than we are. We didn’t expect to go in, we only came to see the bride as she moved into the banquetting hall." A type of that predicament, a good many shall find themselves about their souls at the last. Five saved! Five sased! iBrothers and sisters; some going to E the right and some going to the left: :Father and mother; one going up i and the other going down. Husband i and wife; one let in and the other shut '; out. Chanting! chanting! chanting! ‘; Wailing! wailing! wailing! Five saved! 1 Five lost! In?" V .w-- I suppose that those silly brides- maids were moral. respectable; or they would not have been invited to the wedding. But their morality did not get them in. - _ ‘vr‘ mnnfifil‘ae THEY HAD N0 TUHL‘ulna. To 11 All our good works, and all our mora- M-ttt lity on earth, will not. take us into ‘3 trees the gate of heaven. Salvation lost, dere« my dear brother, is lost. for ever. As mor‘ the tree falleth, so it must lie. Bow ‘ . . fore those Virgins must have felt when then they came up and heard inside the “Th music, and the dancing, and the clash th of the goblets, and the laughter, com- com ‘ing in. quick percussion on the night and { air. How they must have felt. Their was geisters inside; their brothers, and (1 friends, and neighbours inside, the 2; gate of heaven and they themselves‘ t out. .A type of how we will feel at s i: the last... if we do not get inside. I wh: jeex at them. They say: "You are tolt lsuppose every hour of the day and‘lthi; ; night there are souls going into eter- , inity unprepared. Oh, what excite-lexL ’ ment it must be about the death-bed:pm . ' . of crying out for a lamp, and for the}the oil, and for the light; throwing hands] out. throwing them up, throwing theml if t around, until the nurse 331333 . “What do you want, ""ltlo - he want? Oh, he cannot get his light r burning. He must start; he is e started; he comes up to the gate 0 “ ll heaven ; he knocks; he cries: “Let me 1 t in 1" He is not admitted. He says: 8 I want to see the bridegroom." ll‘he‘so '1' voices within say; “You can‘t see the ' 0‘ n bridegroom; he is busy with the T] 'f guests now," says the man; “i must l (C ‘0 come in; my children are in there. [ME W must come in." A voice within says; J‘ 19 “You refused the grace that wouldl 11“ ’1’ have brought you where they are." ‘3 .ll “But," says the man; “i must come 5" m in; all my friends and kindred are in. 9 E0 Hark! now I hear the sound of their a ft voices, and the bounding of their feet. \E 5° Let me in.” And a voice from with- ,i : , a: : “You are too late i" It says ' to one man: “You are twenty years i 11' too late;” to another, “you are at tel: ire month too late ;” to another, you are or e too late ;" and the mob of or take l( 11 l] 1 a minut destroyed ones outside the do up the chorus, and cry; “Too late! .t,” ' And the hot wand of the de- “Too late 1" and the bell in the tower of eternal Na. midnight tolls and tolls: "Too And the torches of ’est late! too late 1" . the silly virgins begin to flicker and the >ur ihiss in the storm, and one by one apli they go out until in the suffocating ‘ darkness they cry: ” Our lamps have one out i" And they go wandering ages,{ g rch- , . through eternity, ages after feeling out for the light, for com- 1 fort, for peace, for hope but finding lnone and crying: after age. feeling for the - rung i hope and comfort, and light and Heav- . - ‘ en but finding none. and crying: mvr- ‘ v . “Our lamps have gone out l” they go out until in 1 darkness they cry: ”( gone out I" And they through eternity, ag feeling out for the 1 fort, for peace, for box {none and crying: ”0 Igone out 1” and then ‘ other direction, and w: C alatter age, age after “Shellâ€"dodging" and “dodging a shell” are expressions frequently used in war reports. as well as in conversa- tion between military men. The words naturally suggest the inquiry whether flying shells can be seen. and if not- how it is possible to dodge l A London paper quotes a sergeant- ’ major of the British artillery as ~ saying that it would be impossible for ; any man to see a shot coming toward lhim. In a few instances only, dur- i ing a long experience, this soldier had l seen a shell in flight. These were, in all cases, shells from a gun he himself “For instance. major. “if I were climbing a hill. at the top of which a gun was directed t against me, I could tell exactly when a shell was likely to come bounding Before the order is given to piece 9 ‘stand clear.’ and that is the warning 3 note. so to speak. Keep your weath: 1, er eye on the gun directed against b you, and when. the gunners stand A" a _ ‘ along. if not how it them. clear. dodge George 3833 taste of I‘M“??- HAD N0 TORCHES. 1 works, and all our mora- :h, will not. take us into heaven. Salvation lost, amt-31a)” Tells How hone. DODGING SHELLS- the shot. ’9 SARCASM. rs he doesn’t kno 80 fast 1 suppOM pesn’t get achance. It Ma! THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JUNE 10. 0‘ “ Death or John the Baptist.” Dark 8. I 14-”. Golden Tcxc. 39']. 5. 18. l PRACTICAL. NOTES. ' c Verée 14. King Herod heard of (him. ‘ Herod Antipas, the tetrarch. or king of Galilee and Perea, heard of Jesus. who, as we learned in our last les- son, was now travelling throughout Galilee. One of Herod’s capitals was Tiberias, on_ the Sea of Galilee. and since our Lord’s name was spread ‘a'broad rumours of his words and works came thither to Herod‘s court. Herod Antipas was a typical Eastern l despot of great pretension, small abilâ€" ‘ ity, weak will and lavish expenditures 1 - .. '1 , -.\:A l uvnvu ---.V-:'â€"~ despot of great pretension, small abilâ€" ' 5' ity, weak willand lavish expenditures ‘8 â€"a ” bundle of petty vices " He said. 3 To his courtiers. See the account in f Matthew. That John the Baptist was t risen from the dead. Herod had mur- 1 dered John, and was haunted by re- i morse. See note on verse 21. There- ‘5 fore mighty works do show forth ‘ themselves in him. Revised Version: i “ Therefore do these powers work in him.” Herod imagined that John had come back to life clothed with new and dreadful powers. No wonder he was terrified. Herod was a Sadducee, and denied existence of the soul af- ter death; but a guilty conscience is \stronger than a creed. \ 15. Elias. The Greek form‘ of , Elijah, whose return to e ‘told by Malachi. John had fulfilled! I this prOphecy. It is a prophet. A thirdl explanation. Jesus must be a new iprOphe-t sent from God. after a silence _ i of four hundred years. Or as one .of 91 the prophets. A miracle Workt‘r whz:se 1| Powers rivaled the great prophets of ,. ‘ the past. All these various explana~ :ltions appear to have been made to . quiet Herod's conscience, but that was .. , not so easily done. f Ln‘nnnt‘bt“. 16. It is John, whom I beneaueu. in he is risen. The ingenious suggesâ€" ‘ c< tions of the courtiers all fail to allay ‘1 p the pangs of a conscience which was1 “ a thousand swords." 17. Herod himself. sons, without the com} or Pharisees. Bound , Thrust him into a huge building-PiF fortress, dungetu. and palace in one. [C ‘For Herodias’ sake. Herodias desired 1 } John‘s death because he had censured I ‘ I her sinful relations with Herod. Part- ' ( .KY to appease her and partly to preâ€" , ( I serve John‘s life Herod had imprison- ‘ed him. Mark writes with the inexor-o ableness of Truth. Herodias was : ' the sight of God er Philip‘s wife. married her. Heredi- as had first been married to her uncie ' Philipâ€"an act which e 1 ' lawful wife, and nce, been drawn in- father Aretas, an had, as a conseque to war with her .1 :Arabian king. J.-. “am It is O t h (- How this law bore be seen from Lev. 18. ll, 16. If John] wished to reform the morals of the nation, he dared not neglect the vices and crimes of the national” leaders, Herod’s sin, with the war it had brought on, would bring inevitably much suffering to thousands, and faithful minister of God __‘ n".‘:nc‘- nuch suffering to thousands, uuu w: faithful minister of God J( 19. Herodias had a quarrel against sc Or, as the Revised Version has it, I‘Set herself against him." Would B have killed him. “Willed” to kill c< She could not forgive the man S. him. him. who had denounced her; besides. r John's attack on her was a very seri- a ous affair. Her whole prosperity w as h had never liked her; but t listened to John. 3 throned and deSerted. bhe clearly that either 'John or herself Tl must be destroyed. She could not. Herod, feeble as he was. thought too highly of John to allow him to fall 4 into Herodias’s clutches, although in ain moods he had himself been tempted to kill him. 20. Herod feared John. fear that was more than reverence, and for which there were at least three reasons: 1. John was the most popular of living Jews. What he said they accepted without argument. pqt could but fear the de- f such a man? 2. John 0d; and how many An- him, what supernatur- been intrusted to him. bout spiritual I represented G gels waited on e all powers had Herod did not. know. Wit ad had spiritual supersti- religion Her tion. and dis. th known. 3. \‘.'i will and selfishus. ,3 of purpose. he had .1 Jewish admiration of moral good and recognized holiness when. .zess, saw it. John was a just man and a i“ holy, and Herod could no; but revere him safr. Cam. Observed him. ' K. p. dis anger at John made him glad that D.°‘ 'had repeatedly said, It is for khee £0 have thy brothu A Jewish king, even though‘ 3 dignities to the Romans, ed to keep the Jewish law. LW bore on Herod’s acts may om Lev. 18. 11, 16. If John reform the morals of the I beheaded: he was shut away from the multi- tudes; his reverence for John made him glad to have him sate {rom Hero- dias. When he heard him, he did many things. The Revised Version, following most, ancient authorities, renders this "he was much perplex- ed." His sense of right and his love of wrong, the influence of John and the wiles of Herodlas, m .ke him umerxun what course to take. Heard him glad- ly. He wanted to obey his higher nature, but could not because of the strength of his lower nature. 21. A. convenient day. Convenient for Herodias. Her evil purpose had long been cherished. Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords. Herod was famous for his birthd’ay suppers. Persius, a Roman poét. speaks of him as sitting years after at the table, surrounded by his friends, tisscmhlei in honor of ms birthday. Before him in a red porce-I lain dish was a lumiy fish. Suddeniy‘ in that fish, with the red porcelain about it, he saw the head of a murder- . ed man, and became sick with remorse. iLords, high captains, and chief estat- es. Nobles, army officers. and wealâ€" thy men. 1 A n O: 22. 23. The daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced. The Revised Version brings out more strongly the astonishment of the peo- _£ vy-vu°-d -__ ple to see a princess dance. our pupils will need to be reminded ‘, that social dancing was and is un- known in the East, but professional a dancers, who form a class by them- (11 l selves, by graceful and sensuous movements delight the men who as- semble at the feasts. That a Jewish 1' iprincess should dance before the ldrunken men at this dinner was a shocking thing to the people at large. Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and 'I will give it thee unto the 1 half of my kingdom. Herod was only called king by courtesy. What lit- } tle power he had was delegated. He lcould not have kept such a wild ipromise if he would. '24. What shall I ask? The story. dramatic and sensuous up to this suddenly becomes loathsome. ‘ That a girl. led by her mother intoi fishameless conduct probably [or the‘ ' \ purpose of obtaining a favor from a lcorrupt man, should go to that l ‘â€" point, mother to ask for guidance, and be guided to the crime of murder, is one i l ‘\of the most horrible things that his- tory brings to our notice. The head Herod might John gladly and indulge i bacchanals by turns lie through all in her mind. of John the Baptist. 3 d -â€"but his implacable w 3- the months had one plan l' ‘ and that was for John’s 25. Straightway. haste; for if Herod sober, he might A charger. A lar She coveted not 01 but reveied in his U‘LJI 26. The king was exceedingly s Annoyed. exasperated, worried, but not penitent. It hurt his con-m ience to kill this good man; it endangeredl his. cause with» the people by killing their favorite; it endanger- ed his interests in ' such flagrance and injustice; besides, what unknown spiritual friends might not this holy prophet have? For his oath’s sake. This word should be plural possessive. He had sworn over and over again. The Jews more than any “other nation insisted that an oath or vow must be kept, even i-E- made under mistaken conditions. There were many I of those which. sat with him, doubt.- were almost rodias. â€"- n-mnnfinner. A l less, who as eager for" l John’s life as was He 27. The king sent a soldier of bio. guard. Du‘ulv. ___ 28. Brought his head in a Bringing the head to the per commanded the death was : strange; such things have 1 repeatedly. Putting it into as if it were an article of [at horrible sarcasm. Jerome iHerodias pierced his rongu lOldler UL ulv D“"' 28. Brought his head in a charger. ad to the person who strange; suc repeatedly. as if it were an artic horrible sarcasm. Herodias pierced his hairpin. The damsel gave it to heri l to sensuality and deeds of blood, this girl thought little of doing a deed that the worst modern Tcriminal would recoil from. 29. His disciples. John‘s disciples. and took up his corpse. A Putting it into a charger le of food was a favors had be wise his discip Besides, men _w punishment often were death with great indignity. Laid a tomb, and then, as we are told by Matthew, “went and told Jesus.” les could not have come, ho had suffered capital treated in it in 55 Au ..... implacable wife through all 1 3 had one plan in her mind, Has for John’s earthly ruin. ed in his pains. : king was exceedingly sorry. exasperated, worried, but . It hurt his con-m ience to ° it endungeredv his endu nge r- to commit esides, g their favorite; it aterests in Rome grance and injustice; b “um" anirhnzil {fiends might v is this, Jared! Your pocketwox iactly flat! es, M-Maria, mags right. You 1 was sho unforcbnit as to ,d- it in front of a shâ€"shtreet roll- ref 3 9 Sweet Young Thing. urned the cynical indxvx'dunl Those I have met conflu- r. conversation to their nexgh- FLAT EXCUSE. hich shows that some een shown John; other- ;les could not have come, who had suffered capital often were treated in rent indignity. Laid it in the multl- executioner. Your pocketbook flow South 1M9: Deals With (he of la ‘fue‘es. News has recently come from Basuâ€" toland and other parts of South Africa. that. locusts have put in their periodi- cal appearance “in myriads. and are doing immense damage to the crops. The Government has organized labour parties, who are destroying them at the walking stage.” This is probably a matical message t reader, particularly thereof, referring t Stage,” and yet it is reality. There are two kinds of locusts, says a writer in the London Daily Mail, ”19 Voetanger and the Springhaan, as the ' Boers call them. That is the foot- walker and the jumpcock. The tonne: {are the more destructive locusts be- fore they can fly, when they just walk over the crop-s and destroy ev-sry ves- tige of green thing within their march. The second is the fully fledged article that flies in swarms of incâ€"alculable myriads, doing less damage perhaps, but absolutely obscuring the sun by the black shadow of their cloud, and ; actually stopping railway trains by the :‘greasiness of the rails which their , crushed bodiee produces. ._ Several more or less efficacious me- I thods are adopted for the extermina- tion of the pest. One way is to dig a trench at either end of a long stria _ of cloth nailed to poles in the ground _ like afenced THE LOCUST CLOUD runs up against this barrier, is unable to get through it, falls into the trench.- es, where they are buried by barrow loads of earth. Another way is to clash together any pieces of metal that make 'a noise like a cymbal, thereby driv- ing them into [reviously prepared pits, where they are promptly smothered, Sometimes they may be watched in their flight, and when they settle to lay their eggs the spots are marked and the eggs dug up and. burned. In 1895-6 avery disastrous plague of the most virulent type of locust, those with violet wings, attacked Natal and did a fearful amount of havoc among the standing craps. The Government arranged to buy locust eggs at 6d per pound. They had to pay over £1,750, therefore they bought 70.- 000 pounds of eggs. Locust eggs aven age about 7'5 to one cocoon. The co. coon looks like a piece at tangled brown thread, the loops being the eggs. About 550 cocoons weigh a pound, therefore no less than 2.800.- 000,000 eggs were destroyed in one locality in one season. So bad record. The locust preper belongs to ’ the orthoptera family, although different nations apply the name of locust to ' any insect of the grasshOpper species, In some of the English counties the common cockchnter is called a locust... The South African species, acry- ' didae, has a short stout antenna. and only a three-jointed torsi. ln length ’ they often exceed three inches. .The natives eat the locust with avidity, and declare that it is very_ good indeed. \Vhite folks, however, seem to be prejudiced against it, al- though there is Biblical precedent to: LOCUSTS BY THE POUND. ed punches. Th fitted in. and of an ingenious solid whole. SOIHI “HULU. The enormous velocil per second transmitted jectile by cordite would rip up any leaden bullet to pieces. and hence t c adoption of the harder metal. Un- fortunately the steel or that. It penetrates the without any shock being sustained by the victim, and hence against saw 0 races is inefficient. To remedy' soldiers have sawed off the end of he envelope, and the bullet at once be- comes an explosive one Directly it x.:. 4 San page Split and mushroomed, in- y of 217' feet to the pro- hit the case SpliL ilrc‘ing a tea riul Subsequent e: erc‘ing a fearful wound. Subsequent experiment at Dfi dum, in India, produced a sofa-nose bullet, since modified to one In whxch the nose is as before, but simp£y dent.- ed in. Even this is not served out agzunst civiiized enemies. as it is found by experiezce that a white man when hll is, as a rule, ready to- sit down- The savage, eager to reach enemyâ€"his ow_ to him, and hence he must be stapped 1 at a u costs. What made Sammy go to a dentist when he felt the grip coming on?" Why, he said his legs ached and he thought the dentist could pull ‘ Youngpop is awfully proud of his boy, isn‘t he! V I should say so. Why, he‘s bofihf.‘ phonograph so as to keep a lever. 10. the bright things the youngster says: . to be prejudiced against it, al- gh there is Biblical precedent to: use as a food. .re Not I‘fl'ccflvc Against Savagch '1 Who Fight ‘I‘Ill 1‘th we. , J modern smallâ€"bore bullets con- [ two partsâ€"the core and the pe. The inner is stamped out :1 sheets of steel or by graduat- nches. The leaden core is when in. and the bullet, .by moms {noenious machine. is made one MODERN BULLETTS. 80 HE CAN PROVE IT. a somewhat enig- to the Ordinary ly the last part to the “walking is very simple in mm AS CAPABLE.