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[LEADS TC ION. too ES "i TALMAGE’S IDEA OF THE STAGE mg drama. Now. it Go thls dramatic element in end lf he has cultivated m It In the Sctlptures. I dem: recognise It. muse the drama hm emu been degraded and , destructive purposes Is not the dams. any more than to be amour-ed because i mken again and again i nrnalian vaults of 4,000 you refttgte to mun-one I church organ because the trampled min and 3331 feet of the lanclvlous dune Fifty my: about the m poor could not affect an dram of eccldem and In: one dipper) mgr-must In f drama of accident and suffering I saw one s-‘ippery morning in the streets of Philadelphia. Just ahead of me was a ad. wretched In apparel. hi. limb 1m- outated " the knee: from the pallor or the boy's cheek. the amputnhuon not -- -_= - ._.... ___A A, qr.AT W, ., -_ii'-e'r long before. He had a. package 01" nations and tor all tinres the stupen- broken food under his arm-tood he had I dons question of amusement which for begged. I suppose. at the doors. As} Crnturies has been under angry and he passed on over the slippery DEW“; vituporativo discussion and which is ment, cautiously and carefully. I stead-1 no harm being settled to-day. by all ted him untn his crutch slipped Midi appearances. than it was at the start. Mi. I helped him up as well as I could. I would so to such an institution. nthered up the iragnwnts of the pack- Inch t spectacular. I should so once age as well as I could, put them un- , a meek the rest of my life and take my der one arm and the crutch under the, family with me, and the majority of other um. But when I saw the blood the tsmllles ot the earth would go to run down his pale cheek I burst into) such an institution. I expect the time tetra. Fitty essays about the nutter-l will come when I can. without bringing Ines of the poor could not touch one upon myself criticism. without being like that little drum: of accident and an inconsistent Christian. when I. a mnerin‘ minister of the good old Prelhyterisn Oh, we want in all our different de- chcrch. will be able to Bo to mom urtments ot usefulness more of the Jnstitution like this, the spectmular. dramatic element and lens of the di- and no Hamlet and King In“ sad the dnetie. The tum, in this do: is to larchmt of Venice and (In Hunti- drone religion. to tune tension.» an land: and lulu? i12r'art “whale religion, to ”plenum religion. when taunt-of us wii " t mm}:- - ...-.... " “a..." n in annulled sud meat unmet nut 11le - '_,':. My ”IICI Ill‘. Oh, we want in all our different de- .artrttertts of usefulness more of the dramatic o1qttnent and less of the di- dactic. The ancient: in this day In to drone mum. to "he rennin.» an! "ttttton, to "puncturing reunion. when We ought to present it In animated and "chem" manor. Let me any to all you“: minim of W -oooooeoooote--ttt-tt0000.90000 ll WOO-ON The Dramatic Instinct in Man Was Divinely Implanted and It Should Be Satisfied With Clean Drama and Clean Surroundings. 1mg in n te rid-res years. Will male on the art has been I under the new: of th as hen the lat " The platform of that new institution. of that r-xpurgated drama, occupied only by these purest ot men and wo- mvn. will draw to Itself millions of people who have never Been to see the drama more than once or twice In their lives, or never saw it at all. Tint in- Stltuliou will combine the beat music. the best architecture, the best geniun six nights the week on the side of in- tu-lligenco and good morals. Do you tell me this plan is chimeri- cal? I answer. it only requires one man somewhore between here and Ban Fran- cisco or between Bangor and Galveston to see it and appreciate it-one man of large Individual means and great of large individual means he could do more good than all the Lenoxes and the Lats routes and the Peabodys ever accompllshed. He would Bettie for all nations and for all “mes the stupen' dons question of amusement which for centuries has been under angry and vitupertxtlve dlacuulon and which I: no nearer being settled to-day. by alt appearances. than it was " thtetty ""irirwari Girikiititiiiion lndewmaont of the church and Independent of the WWW tt e this plan is chimeri- t only requires one man een here and Ban Fran- I Bangor and Galveston lppreclate It-one man Jual means and great M Tt because he coulq in which to exercise n the platform, and x, their name known tO have been toiling ot the drama. will platform-such wo- Sushmnn of the past, ph Jettertmn at the tt n " ‘h H ll M this theater. The church tries to compro- mise this matter. and tn may church- es there are dramatic exhibitions. Some times they call them channel, some- times they call them magic lantern er. hibttion-ttterttunmettts tor which you pay Mt cents. the M) cents to so tor the support of some charitable institution. An extemporiacd stage is put up in the church or in the lecture room, and there you go and see David and the giant and Joseph sold into Egypt and little Bam- uni awokr, the chief difference between tho exhihltion in the church and the oxhibition in the theaters: being that the exhibltion in the theater is more skilful. _ Now let us have a. new institutioh. with cxpurgnted drama and with the surroundings I have spoken ot-tut in- stitution which we can without sophis- try and without self-deception support and ptttronltm--an Institution so uncom- promisingly good that we can attend it without any shock to our religious sen- sibilities. thouzh tho Sabbath before and ptttronimr--att instttutlon so uneom- promisingiy good that we can attend it without any shock to our religious sen- sibilities. though the Sabbath before we Bat at the holy sacrament. ., The amuBememttr'ot life are beautiful and they are valuable. but they can- not pay you for the loss of your soul. I could not tell your character, I could not tell your prospects for this world or the next by the particular church you attend, but it you will tell me where you were last night and where you were the night before and where you have been the nights or the last mouth, I think I could guess where NEBHU (illllSliljl LYNEHEU.! the l wi th Anne Mollvuino. was lull during the night ter u brief struggl Sheriff and the mot Maryland Mob Made Short Work of Him. ASSAULTED GIRL WAS PRESENT, l Anne Mollvninv. was taken from the jail during tho night and lynched at. her " brief struggle between the Sheriff and the mob, ot which two men were slightly wounded. lt had been expected that an attempt wouidl he made to hang Hun-is yesterday. when he was to hum been hmught up for a turaring, but this was postponed until to-day, and everything seemed quiet last night. A short time before midnight It was announced that n. mob was on its way from Aberdmu. a neighboring v11- Inge. and a general movement toward l ho jail doors worn eventually forced and Harris was taken out. While in the hands of tho mob he exclaimed: “ll 1 did it, men. I was drunk and did not know ‘whtlt I was about. I have no Ncoilmtiou ot it." -r Tho mob hustled him to a neighbor- ing yard, whore stood u lama poplar than. and, placing n noose around his nook. flung the other ond of the mp9 over a limb. He was imlsted from the ground and several shots fired Into his body. The corpse was left Imaging until this morning, when it was taken down. . It is asserted that Miss McIivuina was with the mob when the jail was attacked inst night. Tho proprietor of n Glasgow ship- yard, having heard that his men did not start work at the appointed time, rru‘utly paid an unexpected visit to his esetabliehmrmt at hull-past six in the morning. Ho caught sight of " Joiner. Idling in the yard, with his kit nnoponed, and asked his name. Be- lug informed that it was Malcolm Campbell, the shipbuilder called the mun into tho ortioe, handed him tour dayli‘pay and told him to leave at once. When ‘the Joiner had departed tho head of the Establittitment went, to the foreman and told him that he had made Gn example of Malcolm Campbell by paying him oft tor not starting his work at the proper time. "Great Scott l" exclalmed the lore- mnn; "that man was only looking for a job!" f The Boston Transcript tells astory orammn who had a class nt boys In natural history. One of the sub- Jets which he took up was btttrtorfitea and moths, aud.he told the childten a good deal about the chrynlldea and cocoons. After he had got the boy' Well instructed he showed one ot the smallest ot them one ot the cocoons and asked; "What s'otitterny In this the cocoon or Y', - {lemme little pp; GiriT 3i? jtaiia" my? um ooons look alike to him t." iiaiiiiTi, "Asia we, now and cared. mm: “an! mm any: that co. ll laire, Md., despatch: Lewis. Har- a negro who was arrested here day before ymterday. charged ( a criminal assault. upon buss " tl The Wtttelt l'ul Proprietor Papa Liked Rag Time An attack upon the . l {usuude of plum I between the Sberirt I on the one hand. and us other, resulting in J Robert L. Bull, ot a man from Aberdeen, MM not be learned. midnight it was b was on its neighboring vil. pvement toward resmtly about [ some of them Th Aberxteott, I learned. 'tily forced " toward Iy about p of them won the of . 'lute X5s5: thou tin. Who were the persons? Jesds, disciples. Che multitude. ' What are an mutual tretU1 Rom. ti. LB; Luke xiii. 28, DI. Commontarr-- I. Judge ttot- haer, unctaaritabie judgments; thinking evil, wh are no evil 883m speaking It tuxvordinttir-Ciarke kind, condemnatory. uncalled-for ments, which are neither dictum duty nor prompted by Iove.--t That yo he not Judeed--lt is up rugutive of God to judgo men, ljudge others We must expect I jndgvd by others and our not; wi I ho judged by God. Precept: and Promises-Matt. 7 l ru. BuptPWhut u the golden text? truvuot--Wtgatsoover ye would that men would do to you. do ye even no (.0 them. Matt. vii. 12. What is tho central truth? It " a. narrow way which leadeth unto "to. What is the topic? swung and What narrow W ha t I 'ur: I lug. SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON N0. n. APRIL B, 1900. What is tho outline , Ot I. A warning. II. Irsstruetirux concern}? reproot. III. The tattterhood of C', t and tho brotherhood of man. . IF. The two ways." . solf -love binds us to ourselw the other. envy and maL'e [forcing eye‘s In Impact When we mull hair as mm eorrcNtt ourselvns an wn ha Con to remove and mrrect shall know mir own dole than now We know them ot 4. In thine own eye-That man is wholly unfit to point others to the way of llle who is himself walking in tho, way mmw.lmds to death. "Chart who blame others ought._ to be. Mam tiolves." ' trvt'ry thing. tion, we "t known unto to "etsek"--< at the door 8. Every t; P.te.--Chrisrt and answer. Ject and despise mom. am to an unholy account. 7. Asrk-rrei-trrtoc1r--Thi' wins very important dim every thing. by prayer til tion, we are TO mako m known unto God; and tlt to "rNsek"-Heontinue to at. 9. What man ls there of you-No one is so wlckoa as to give hls child a stone it he should ask bread. The child is here represented as nsklng what ls necessary and wholesome. The Lord does not answer our requests unless they will be tor our good. 11. If ye than. being ovi1---Blnful 11. It ye than. being evu--i people arc ready and anxious a: good gifts to their children. natural affection they are rem pmvldo everything necessary to support and com-tort. How much wlll one wluwe nature la and who is infinitely holy “Halves. 3. The moto, tsttt.--'rtw "N ppoxed to tho "1mm." "tl tilt-love binds us to ourielv he other. envy and mab forcing eye; In rcspect good gifts to their children. From natural affection they are ready to provide everything necessary to their support and com-fort. How much more will one when» uuture in love and who is infinitely holy and good give good things to them that ask him. "Tho world often gives stones tor bread and s3rpent-s tor fish." but God never does. Good thituttr--'1'tut " Father. thrmlgh (Wrist, gives "good things.’ Christ give: tho Holy Spirit. IL', That Ill";l shuulll do to you. run -'rhis ls the golllun ruln. Thu prin- t'lplt~ livro stun-ll is tho invalid grout vououndttetnt, "Thou mun, love thy neighbor as thyself." l'lllt‘P thytwlf in the condition of thy twighlmr and ar't "ccordingly. Tho law and the trrophets--ThiN ls the Hun of all that is contained in the Old Testament. pertaining to Im-n’s conduct. towards "acl, other. ft, is brit, yet compro- hensivo. and cannot be improved upon. lit. Enter ya in at the straight sr,rtte--0r, by this straight gimp. refer. ring to tho precvept just. laid down. Hut, in general, this is the narrow haw of humility. repentance and true conversion. It is the rntlre absence ot sin that makes thls gate narrow, and we am told to enter in. Luke says. "Strive.- for mmnlw) to enter in." Wide is the gate-The gate ot unbe- lief. of carnal affections. of lleshly lusts has many alhtretnttnU, and is open to all. To Jrstrutrtion--Tlte end is stems] death. “1va that pursueth evil pursueth It to his own destruc- tiom".--Prov. sL 19. The way ot sin lend; to ruin. Mnny.....go In thereat --Tho way ls ettby of access. It ls broad, and popular, and requires no effort. The brain will run down an incline without steam. 14. Leadeth unto 1tte--8ptr1tua1 life muslin: In helm: united to Christ. Without Christ the soul ls dead. Eph. ll, 5.3. Tho Mn of which we are guilty (John v. 40) u rejecting Christ, our life. Few there he-Few can to re- mains their slum! tBeaunmrn. That and it-Although the. narrow. way man be nought. yet It In possible to and It. All mankind may he and It they will most the 'tmy.mie. -. ft 'Noughtsr--rrt Is a delicate operation to correct the faults of others. and should be performed with great care and skill. We know" nothing in nature of I. more from and may love than that of ptreattcto . ttyrlr ‘chlldren; our heavenly Fa ther’s love to us In much more than this. but it: Is Impou- slbln to tell how. much more. Within; but um madam the m a ham either narrow or mum“; to my per- son. "Let all the world tomahtt"tttetr Nhen w Where l Tl ttu Thal not hem: w cr :W th att "O , fly it; you." Our judg frequently condemn: mo i pbu ti I July , M tot ml write because navel! the men- 3 his brother. unto the dogs clal meat that , God to the ty ordiuanesm, ated tor the g evil-tyo" nxlous to give low, unclean stublbm r0» tif receive“). lt to hear an may in has directed. sorrntor" tut On one side Ives: and on not: zeal ave incliu t others,' [outs bett n thingtr--'1'he gives "gopd A. D., 28 mnt Hat read inga " ey w turn Yer " I give. 1 other zeal 1 incl i a; m pplie reques we "' a Pre Lung the pro uni ll rki them 'Y My tilting who shall tea m t hm! Un Mg nah thf am H ions ttir W ll UN re. " I“? ll Among the my thugs which hin- der tho development. ot Chrlstlun char- acter two are mzlmlly hurtful '. Gnu- kerlng care and a. harsh, uncharitable Spirit. The first destroys faith in God an] hinders In our relation to mm: the second. by leading to " sun-mix- lug and rash judgment. damn-03H um- fldeneo ln men and hurts us in our Ill! and all the world can walk gin-out In. this mod way." ' ' PRACTICAL SURVEY. relation to them A wmlng walnut harsh Judgment. VI. 1, s. Dom not [walnut one’s pro- nouncing Judgment when necetmuJiv. but warm against cultivating "r on- tertatninq a cmtrorioatt spirit, whim: Fits in hulgwnt upon and watclms fur imperfections of character in others. The man amused of this Fplrit own no cowl in others. All our Hm in colored by the medium through whiph he looks. , - n nus. pom]: mum. bear thlngs. F, Ancient Cas $115 man ot her heart. To drop t, wedding ring during the manly supposed to bring misfortune- to ' wedded pair‘s mum: life. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHITE u her WE yt2rc; .. Something blue." To allow a engagement linger In 0111 the man ot In our own dmr land, white, sig- nitying purity or Chastity, in tho ta. vorite color for bridal attire; while yellow and given are the most un- lucky made: possible, signifying leni- ousy. infidelity and general unhappi- ness. This aversion is reversed in the cam ot the Italian peasantry. as their luvorlw wedding dunes are Tyrian purple, green or yellow. Pink seems to be shunned by maidens ot all nations. and red is only looked up- either cm. up Into tiny pieces or hidden. When it is hidden the brides- maids hunt. tor it, and the; lucky finder is assured a. good husband and a happy marriage before the year is out. When out. It is divided among the brMesmalds to give ouch one good luck and good husbands. An English bride givos her garters to he: malt! of honor, while a Got-man one provides a pair of "stocking bands," either white or blue silk, tor each of her brldesmukls. r " la to be hoped that each tair reader who ls still unapproprinted wlll have 3:0 gift ot a. yellow silk garter upon 0 coming Easter mornlug. tor till! 18 said to he a certain and sure tallnnan that she will change trom “Plaster to matron before the next Banter. f THE RING FINGER. The wedding ring has bum worn on tho name finger tor centririss, because of the old Idea. that a nerve Went from the foarth finger to the heart. Its plain circlet shape. having neither beginning nor end, signifies eternal ndeiitr, while the gold denotes pur- Many brides wear a. guard ring, taking care never to remove the wed- ding ring after tho brldcgroom puts it on. Tradition has it that to lose tho Wedding ring means divorce. or death; white to pledge it, dire mk- fortune. lty. --lrhe engagement is announced ot Mr. Gordon older. son of Mr. E. 3.0-- ler, ot Grades. to was Imm- my. much”? a Mr. w. It. I at noon-cu. _ Juno mm twenttattt my (and Ma not an“ "e", We cu am out. - m ' AN ANTE-EASH‘ER IDYL.’ The flowers that bloom m the Sprint. spa-la! . Am not in tho millinor‘n one. For I'm buying a but with a. wing, tux-la! I ' A 1311(1)? .a'atracuve new thug; its- a, . Which my wife says will at. he! Inh- face. l And that'l with I mean when I my , or I the. . "Oh, homo:- the Rom 1:th Noon-In the qrrintr I" ' Tra-Ia-ln-la lulu! tra-ln-ls Iaiat RYa.ia.ta-iB-la.its l . ”UH BRIDAL yiUPKrtyiTtTtoN.% ‘nt or w mulvnh wedding 2i:tiit In Hi "S en t heart " RTE] V08 her garters while a German of "stocking " blue silk, tor pt ceremony . ll 1y pieces on n the brides l the luck} lug trom her relinquishing 0 drop the , ceremony In " W 1 silken ma tMi la Chica ... how a]; M'lwaukc' St. Louis 'rokudo - (iii""'""""",",',-"',",'",'),""-"'."-"., 'iiiiijiirii" I; The Week. Detro', Detra) I) ahttl Dulul Minn M date a. year ago. ll. G. Dun tnttkror the busineu mir. urm in Canada the past week 27. against 23 the previous week and " the corresponding weeh of 1899. Br Fun meet: the past. week the ttul-q were: Ontario and Quebec. each Itt Manitoba and British (biumbla. on L', and New Brunswick 1. Brad-moth on Trade. Trade at Montreal has been moder- ately active this week. The ship-Ion. ot goods tor the spring and mm trade continue on a. large scale. Onl- iectiogg org tairtr good. - - At Hamilton business keeps up to tho expectations of traders. (Jon-ids:- able shlpmonts of goods mntlnue to go out, and the outlook ls generally con- sidered very promising. Banner. (no. tho country who have been ln tho market lately report the provpeou me the, early spring and early nun-or trade very bright. Values in all de pg'tmenta ot trade are terr. nes Some complaint has been receivd from country centres of trade an. week of the awkwardness of but”. The reason was the recent nor. blockade. which made the country: roads at man) points almost Imp-.- able. There never was a time in the Mo. tory of the Dominion when the [non tories and mills wern so busy on or- ders calling for prompt delivery on they are now. The mills have ul- vanced their prices repeatedly, but that has no effect on the demand. The statement of the chart-all banks for February was received the week. The note (-irculation shown an expansion of $379,000 over January. and at the close of last month - $4.174,“ greater than tor the an. There never was a tory of the Dominin tories and mule wen dons calling tor pro! they are now. Tm Busiuess at the mast cities hashes: rather quiet lately. Trade at London continua: tair for this mason of thte year. The snow bloekado warlord with bushes to some thent. no business litnntion at Winning m not changed much. Manny is In g demand, and rates are ttrm. wholesale houses at Toronto MN busy. this week making I " ments of good! to the 0.1% country tar and near. . for the hammer of the M'- " It I was In England now, and ti. French nation was to otter no t. throne again, I would not accept. ot It. manlwauwdo-ol math obluod to turn noun-om (emu-ad. Iwould treoblitrtsdto and!“ head- at thousands to keep - upon it, which would not In gala: to me. Ocean: ot Mood um In 1 takeapme than. Nanozlhu made Quench at not: In the In. perhaps more than an: m 'llfd wig ',fu"l'itT, too "I. , 3e ting a! only want malt. Whit could I do In . Alone. to!!!) 'ret1irtnt_att' Napoleon Bonaparte in ototerd In an Apri . Century a laying to lb. O'Meara at St; Huang: _ __ [with of Bunnie. was never brighter 'ollowing are the closlllg It" a. mrtmzt Wheat. centre W! ' . Gash. In’l' (ago ... ... - ... ... --. soon 1-4 w York ... ... ... ... .---- 0728-8. T, EAIJING WHEAT MARKE't= rtt port ca' rt tuttt TORO " sk No Use for a Throne. 100. II 'teads NOTES 80m oTo 071 0 TI "TI 061 u0r timing prim- " ly MM ua. 10-day tut m' 'af 32 1-20 metallic 1 two I” Mnund me 677'- to w, humbly b. nd fair ' iry pottasd my clonal tor Much 'or March. inky 010" March " L7.5 to a angel! " My nun ld bttit 1 me to key. " modal- . dun-y, note. lo.