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k folly to laugh at god rev dr talmage thinks we had better keep the bible intact a despatch from washington says rev dr talmage preached from the following texts then was our mouth filled with laughter psalm exxvi 2 he that sittcth in tho heavens shall laugh psalm if 4 thirtyeight limes dos tho bible make reference to this configuration of tho features and quick expulsion of breath which we call laughter sometimes il is bom of the sunshine mi sometimes tho midnight some times it stirs tho sympathies of an gels and sometimes the cachinations of devils all healthy peopc laugh whether it pleases the lord or dis pleases him that depends upon when wo laugh and a what we laugh sly thcnio this morning is the laughter of tho bible- nnmry sarahs laugh or that of scepticism davids laugh or that of spiritual exul tation tho fools laugh or that of sinful merriment gods laugh or that of infinite condemna tion heavens laugh or that of eternal triumph scene an oriental tent the occupants old abraham and sarah perhaps wrinkled and decrepit their three guests arc thrco angels tho lord almighty is of them in return for the hospital ity shown by the old people god promises sarah that she shall be come the ancestress of the lord jesus christ sarah laughs in tho face of god she does not believe it i sho is affrighted at what she has done she denies it she says 1 didnt laugh then god retorted with an emphasis that silenced all disputation but thou didst laugh my friends the laugh of scepticism in all the ages is only the echo of sarahs laughter god says he will accomplish a thing and men say it cannot bo done a great mul titude laugh at the miracles they soy they are contrary to the laws of nature what is a law of nature it is gods way of doing a thing the next laughter mentioned in the bible is davids laughter or the expression of spiritual exultation- then was our mouth filled with laughter ho got very much down sometimes but there are other chap ters where for four or five times he calls upon the people to praise and exult it was not a mere twitch of the lips it was a demonstration that took hold of his whole physical nature then was our mouth filled with laughter my friends this world will never be converted to god until christians cry less and laugh and sing more the horrors arc a poor bait if people are to be persuaded to adopt our holy re ligion it will be because they have made tip their mind it is a happy religion they donot like an ultra- i vww u1u11 bilious christianity i know there shall laugh- arc morbid people who enjoy a fun- rcasso elation deuly a pin drops out of tho ma chinery of wicked men or a secret is revealed the foundation begins to rock finally the whole thing is de molished what is the matter i will tell you what tho matter is that crash of ruin is only the rever beration of gods laughter there is a great difference between gods laugh and his smile his smile is eternal beatitude he smiled when david sang and miriam clap ped the cymbals and hannah made garments for her son and paul preached and john kindled with apocalyptic vision and when any man has anything to do and does it well his smilo it is morning breaking on n rippling sea it is heaven at high noon all the bells ringing but his laughter may it never fall on us it is a condemna tion for our sin it is a wasting away we may let the satirist laugh at us and all our companions laugh at us and we be made the target for the merriment of earth and holl but god forbid that we should ever como to the fulfillment of the prophecy against the rejectors of the truth i will laugh at your calamity the other laughter mentioned in the bible the only one i shull speak of is heavens laughter or the prcssion of eternal triumph christ said to his disciples blessed are that weep now for ye shall laugh that makes me know posi tively that we are not to spend our days in heaven singing long metre- songs the formalistic and stift no tions of heaven that some people have would make mo miserable i am glad to know that the heaven of the bible is not only a place of holy worship but of magnificent sociality what says you will the ringing laugh go around tho circle of tho saved i say yes pure laughter holy laughter it will be a laugh of congratulation when we meet a friend who has suddenly come to a fortune or who has got over some dire sickness do wo not shake hands do we not laugh with him and when wo get to heaven and see our friends there some of thein having come up out of great tribulation why wo will say to one of them the last time i saw you you had been suffering for six weeks under a low intermittent or to another wo will say you for fen years wero limping with the rheumiuisin and you were full of complaints when we saw you last i congratulate you this eternal recovery ye shall laugh yes we shall congratulate all those who have come up out of great financial embarrassments in this world because they have bo- come millionaires in heaven ye it will be a laugh of it is just as natural the sunday school lesson xiisecondquarter inter national series june 23 oral they como early to sec thef us to laugh when wo meet friondh take leave of tho corpse and a friend wo havo not ccn for ten they steal a rido to tho cemotery ycnrs anything is possible to bo but all healthy people enjoy a mar- i na when wo meet our friends riago better than they do a burial from whom wo havo been parted ten now you make tho religion of or twcnty or thirt s wu1 lt not christ sepulchral and hcarsclikc i bc wuh infmito rotu 0ur and you mako it repulsive i say tio q our knowledge plant tho koso of sharon along fmprovcd w0 wiu know oach other walks and columbine to nt a flush wo wiii llavc to taik over tho church wall and l t t sinc0 w0 church clamber v wu i all ti have a smile on the lip and have tho have ucen scpartt the one that mouth filled with holy laughter i becn lcn in hcaven temmj h n jsp worm all that has happened in tho ten cept the christian that has a right a of hig hcavcnly residence and to feci an untrnmmclcd glee ho is tolling him in return all that has promised that everything is the bestj d durh thc tcn 3 ot his here and he is on tho way to a de light which will take all the proces sions with palmbranches and all thc orchestras harped and cymbaled to express 01 rejoice evermore you know how- it is in on army an army in encampment if today news comes that- pur side has had a defeat and tomorrow another por tion of tho tidings comes saying wc hayo had another defeat it demoralizes all tho host but if thc news comes of victory today and victory tomorrow the whole army is impassioned for tho contest now in the kingdom of our lord jesus christ report fewer defeats tell us tho victories victory over sin and death and holl rejoice evermore and again i say rejoice i believe there is more religion in a laugh than in a groan anybody can gronn but to laugh in the midst of banishment and persecution and in describable trials that requires a david a daniel a paul a modern heroine tho next laughter mentioned in the biblo that 1 shall speak ofis the fools laughter or thc expression of merriment solomon was very quick at simile when he makes a comparison wc all catch it what is tho laughter of afoot like ho says it is tho crackling of thorns under a pot tho kettle is swung a bunch of brambles is put under it and there is a great noise and a big blaze and a sputter and a quick ex tinguishment then it is darker than it was before fools laughter tho most miserable thing on earth is a bad mans fun when i was a lad a book came out entitled dow jrs patent sermons it made a great stir a very wide laugh all over the country that book did it was a caricature of the christian ministry and of tho word of god nnd of tho day of- judgment oh we hnd a great laugh- tho com mentary on tho wholo thing is that not long ago thc author of that book died in poverty shame de bauchery kicked out of society and cursed of almighty god tho laugh ter of such men as ho is the echo of their own damnation tho next laughter i shall mention as being in tho bible is tho laugh of gods condemnation ho that sft- teth in tho heavenn shall laugh again tho lord will laugh at wm again i will laugh at his calamity with such demonstra tion will god greet every kind of sin and wickedness bad men build up villanfcs higher and higher good men almost pit god because he is o schemed ognt by men sud- nbsencc from earth ye shall laugh i think george whitfield and john wesley will have a laugh of contempt for their earthly collisions and top- lady and charles wesley will havo a laugh of contempt for their earth ly misunderstandings and the two farmers who were in a law suit all i their days will have a laugh of con- tempt over their earthly disturbance about a line fence exemption from all annoyance immersion in all gladness ye shall laugh christ says ye shall laugh yes it will bc a laugh of triumph oh what a pleasant thing it will bo to stand on thc wall of heaven and look down at satan and hurl at him defiance nnd sec him caged and chained and wo forever free from his clutches aha aha yes it will bo a laugh of- royal greeting cost of firing a gun thc firing of a shell from a 110- ton gun costs 10g 3g for 9001b of powder nnd 130 for tho prpjoc- tlle that is what it costs to pull tho trigger but as thc 110ton gun only stands ninetythree shots nnd costs 10480 to make thc actual cost of each shot is 340 a thousand shots from each of these guns which could be fired in a few minutes represent an expenditure equal to tho interest on eight and a hah millions of money for services rendered strange arc the experiences of tho great a famous musician was tell ing his friends of thc queer prizes he had played for when climbing tho ladder of fame i remember ho laughed being pre sented by the public of rothcrham with half a sheep for a couple of violin solos thats nothing exclaimed a grum py old follow in a corner a man gavo half a cornet solo only yes terday down our street in ashover nnd got an old boot a chunk of coal and seventeen eggs a brisk smartlooking man walk ed into a dentists and asked doc tor what do you chargo to pull a tooth fifty cents aro you suro you know how to do it how many do yoa pull a year at least thrco thousand my good sir- that will do i am the income tax man goodny text of the lesson rev scxl 1t 33- ss7 memory vore 3 1 2t goluca text bcv xxl 7 com men tnry xre- pared by the rev 1 31 steam tccpjribt 1501 bj american prca association 1 and i saw a new heaven aud a new earth compare isa ijct 17 lxri 22 ii pet iii 13 for in these passages also do wo read of a new heavca aud earth the first two chapters in tho bi ble tell us of this earth and its atinos- phcro without su aud the last two chap ters ia he relation tell of the same our lesson today is coucerning the great con summation when tho lord jeaus shall hare subdued all things unto himself and god shall be all in all i cor xv 25 tho present heaven and earth is said to havo passed away but it will bo tho same earth changed and puriued com pare ii let iii 57 and for a helpful analogy tako ii cor v 17 tho saying no more sea may refer to the great sea of scripture the mediterranrnu r if it means nil oceans some people will ho very glad and nil his people will be sat isfied 2 and i john saw the holy city new jerusalem coming down from god out of heaven prepared as a bride adorn ed for her husband verses 921 give a full description of this great city the holy jerusalem the bride tho lambs wife and if the language is figurative it is because words cannot tell the glory of that city if the description is to ho taken literally it will bo glorious enough to suit the most ambitious 3 4 behold the tabernacle of god is with men and he will dwell with them earth shall be a part of heaven for there shall bo no more curse xxii 3 and on this long sin cursed earth there shall nev er again bo tears or death or sorrow or crying or pain all old things shall truly be passed away the devil after his thousand years in the pit shall have gone to tho lake of fire forever chapter xx 710 and tho last enemy death shall havo been destroyed i cor xv 2g tho whole earth shall he au eden and god as familiar with man on earth as with adam and evo in eden when the believer dies he goes to be with god in sis house but on tho now earth god will dwell with man in mans house which god shall then have made all new 5 and ho that sat upon tho throne said behold i make ail things new salvation is of the lord jonah ii 0 whether of a nation or a man only job xxxiv 29 ho is the author and finisher in the individual he begins tho work and ho performs it until tho day of jesus christ phil i c as lie created all things ho win also recreate all things for lie is able lest any should doubt the truth and reality of these things tho marriage of the lamb tho coming of tho kingdom tho now heaven and earth ho takes pains to say again and again that these sayings nro of god and aro truo and faithful xix 9 xxii g many are longing to havo all things made new in their ures but cannot see how it is to bo done let them remember tbeso words of our god i mako all things new ho who can make a new heaven and earth can make some now men and wo men g i will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain ofthe water of life free ly he who said on tho cross it is fin ished will again say it is done and tho full benefits ot his great redemption bhall fill the earth tho cry ho every one that thlrsteth come- has long been bounding and with greater emphasis since johns patmos visions let him that is athirst come and whosoever will let him take tho water of life freely isa iv 1 rev xxii 17 7 ho that ovorcometh shall inherit all things and i will be his god and he shall bo my son if wo would let god bo our exceeding joy ho would so satis- fy us that tho world would load its hold and believing his exceeding great and precious promises wc would be filled with joy and peace and manifest tho truth of his saying so fully illustrated ia hcb xl that faith overcometh tho world i john r 4 see ills call to us to let him satisfy us in ii cor vl 1418 tho committee who prepare tho lessons have said that this lesson may bo used as a temperance lesson well if tho glories of the new jerusalem will not draw men from intemperance nor tho horrors of verse 8 mako them afraid their case looks hopeless indeed 22 23 tho glory of god did lighten it and tho lamb is tho light thereof no temple and no need of sun or moon tho lord god almighty and tho lamb aro all and sufficient if wo could seo thc glory and tho light of that city wo conld not see much to attract us in tho ordinary allurements of this world ho uatisficth the longing soul nnd fillcth the hungry soul and it is possible even hero in these mortal bodies to bo abundantly satisfied with tho fatness of his houso and drink of tho river of his pleasures satisfied with favor and full with tho blessing of tho lord ps xxxvi 6 jcr xxxl 14 deut xxxlii 23 24 and tho nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of il- now wo havo saved persons but then after israel as a nation is saved there shall be saved nations walking in tho light of this great city if christians wcro now fully walking la tho light ac cording to their privilege may wo not believe that others seeing that light might want to walk in it too in my mail today was a letter containing this request pray that i may como into such oneness with him that by tho christ within mo my hfo may glorify him nnd draw others lo him does vour ieartsay jnmen to such a request if so see pscxly 19 2g early symptoms c consumption it za by no means easy to kceognlxo the disease in its isclplency now that the- value of the openair treatment of consumption has been demonstrated tho great importance of an early diagnosis of the disease is evident unfortunately it iff by no means easy to recognize the disoaso in its incipiency for the early symptoms arc not distinctive and tho cause of the failing health is oftefi not suspect- cj i 0 until the disease has became firmly cheater in camp and eaeboub aval and military notes 0 the british empire condensed paragraphs or interest to both military and civilian how tommy atkins fores in different countries the 3rd suffolk militia which was embodied m december 1899 and which ha been doing garrison duty at guernsey- and alderney for 15 month his left guernsey for col- established tho symptoms calling- attention es pecially to disease of the lungs arc generally lato in appearing and the physicians suspicions will usually i have been aroused long before there is 1 any severe cough or profuse expec toration at first there h merely a falling off in health the person is a little below ptr und hhi friends remark that ho is losing flesh he is not ac tually ill und his condition causes him little anxiety being attributed to a rush of work or to worrimcnt caused by a business hitch or eome family trouble but as time goes on nnd tho sup posed cause of tho trouble has been removed the patient does not recov er his ntrungth on ths contrary the gradual decline continues and a no ticeable pallor appears the lips arc one of kitcheners blockhouses a prominent characteristic of the later phases of the war in south af rica is the reversion of both sides to the methods of a century ago big guns cavalry charges hollow squares and fortified places carried at tiic point of the bayonet are all put on one side and boer and brit ish alike trust to mobility inde pendent initiative and sharpshoot- ing itcliance upon small arms of of fence has moreover brought in again primitive methods of defence one of the most striking examples of this is lord kitcheners institution of a system of blockhouses along the j recently welcomed back railway line like that in our illustra- d the fort is solidly tion they are coeval from a inili- cemented masonry with its walls tary point of view with thc martcllo pierced on all sides for rifle fire towers which were built a hundred years ago to assist in repelling the feared napoleonic invasion but which arc now obsolete and ruinous a thirdclass gunboat could shell a martcllo tower into a heap of road metal in half an hour and a boer long tom would demolish a block house nt a single shot- but as protection for riflemen against rifle men the block house is adequate our picture is of fort napier in natal and its permanent garrison of nine men of the kings liverpool regiment the livcrpools were one of the first regiments of volunteers to go out to the front and wero to lon- built of charles liking 17th lancers who fought at balaclava and whose fath er as at avatrioj anlformrl kept a royal lodge in windsor great park is an inmate of windsor workhouse tho directors of th3 crystal palaco have given a largo mrmbor of reason tickets for ths forthcoming naval and military exhibitions to b2 sold for tho oe benefit of tho fctoidiers and bail ors families association j at hylhe recently majrgenerat sir ian hamilton was presented with the freedom of that borough in re cognition of hi services in south af- rit subsequsnt to the presentation there wai a reception aud a banquet lieut general sir alfred gaselee as scon as tho complications in china are settled and his services can safo- bluish the eyes axe abnormally white j bi spiral from tho command of tho the pinkish hue of the nails fades out troops rutin go to idia direct the mucous membrane of the mouth is pale in medical language the pa tient is anaemic thispillor is a suspicious sign and another symptom of marked signific ance is ci rapid pulse one thut beats continuously ninety or one hundred stead of returning to england lleutco w j connor rb wjho for a year or jwo past has been com manding royal engineers at dover has received an appointment in can ada and ma jr b j boyce be has some expensive sleeps stoeies of naps that cost jmcnsy and trouble young scotch minister lost a fine appointment by going to sleerj a london grocers ex perience on a jury halfhour snooze almost caused a war a young and clever but rather nervous scotch minister received a telegram one ifriday lately asking him to preach on the following sun day at a church in an out-of-the- way part of sutherlaudshire it appeared that the congregation were looking for a new minister and there was a strong possibility later her captains first business was of his obtaining the vacancy if his to inquire why the common courtesy ed with powder and a guard sta tioned to lire them the day was hot and tho portu guese vessel very slow about putting in an appearance finally the oill- ccr in charge fell asleep in the very act of lighting a cigar and his men lost no time in following his ex ample suddenly one of them was awakened by a steamers whistle ho sprang up and roused his ollicer a big vessel was entering tho harbor firo yelled the officer and tho guns went off with one bang start ling the captain of the english trampsteamer carnarvon into tho belief that a new revolution was tak ing place alas there was no powder for an other charge so when the portu guese ship steamed up half an hou times a minute at this time there j been gazetted to succeed hm at dov- is usually also moxo or less fever al- j er though it may bo no olight as to bo thc 3 bahaucn 7th fosiuars fhtufermete a u8 j t f london regiment which was a fourth symptom of importance is sent out to crete m 1898 and theneo increased perspiration usually most werc sent to gibraltar where they marked in the first hours after mid- are now quartered under the oom- night night sweats but sometimes t numl of lutcnantcoionel u k- troublesome in the daytime ns well bnggs are to be moved direct to cough during his period is as of- egypt ten absent us present and in any orders have been issued at alder- eswsj tba a nerrou shot for the 1st and 2nd battalions of hacking later it becomos more per- sistont and some expectoration a tb2 ro garnon regiment to bo pears but by this lime the physi- completed forthwith to full est ab- clin can generally detect signs of lishment from the noncoms and metf lung trouble by an examination of the chest and thv discovery of tubdr- culo bacilli when tho expectorated matter is utudied under thc micro scope will remove all doubts as to tho nature of the malady of course one who has persistent anaemia a rapid pulse night sweats and perhaps fever is not necessarily in the early stages of consumption although there is ground for sus picion even if ho is however there need bo no excessive alarm for tho disease at this stage is almost posi tively curable and its early detec tion is thereforo a blessing of a salute had been omitted nor was he satisfied till he had obtained a specific apology from headquarters g they shall bring thnglory and honor of tho nations into it in p ixxil 11 wc road hat all kings shall fall down before ilim all nations shall servo ilim in isa it 5 11 wo read of rates that shall never bc shut and of tho wealth of ho nations betnc brought verso 5 margin for his namos sake wo think of ho men from he cast who brought heir gold and othor ffifs nt ills birth ami of mary of bethany with her box of very precious and costly ointment ami wo may well ask ourselves if wo nre briuzing to film a hh service al that is most precious to c3 or arc we reserving somewhat 27 they which aro written in tho lambs book of life only such shall enter tho city bnt nothing or no one not cleansed by the wood of the lamb can enter sco in lake x 20 what onr lord thinks of having ones name fa the book of life if wc have life in christ by ttis predons blood oar names aro sorely there bat z xberwlso i john t vx sermon suited his hearers he spent almost all night on his discourse and next day started on his long journey in a very tiredeondition the result wag that he fell sound asleep and woke at a junction to find that someone had relieved him of his bag purse and ticket he jumped out in u hurry and began to tell his story to the stationmas ter who very kindly said he would see him on to his destination to his horror thc unfortunate young man found that he had absolutely forgotten tho name of thc place the stationmasters suspicions were aroused nnd despito his protests the minister was hauled off to tho police station he missed his last j train missed his appointment and made his way home on monday with a fixed resolve never again to in- dulgc in a sleep in a train j an english- railway carriage was i recently thc scene of a still more expensive nap three young germans wcro travel ling together two of whom wero brothers tho third a chance acquain tance number three went to sleep had a nightmare and under the im pression that thc others were about to murder him sprang to the door throw it open nnd flung himsolf out the other two were arrested for attempted murder and as tho in jured man remained insensible they wcro held for trial it happened that one of them was on his way back to servo his time in tho ger man army thc delay made it im possible to join in time when ho was at length set free and did ar rive at tho depot ho was arrested as n deserter and suffered a months rigorous imprisonment before tho truth was ascertained there is a south london grocer whose tendency to stoutness per haps explains his little habit of taking fiveminuto catnaps at odd times during tho day a fow months ago ho was called to ccrvo on a jury it wtim n long nnd dronry case ami towardn tho cad of tho day habit proved too ulrong and ho dropped off tho tlmo camo for tho jury to rocolvo tholr pay and go homo but whon lt cumo to tho gro- corn turn tho coroner suddenly real ised that hits juror was nouud as leep leave him nlono he saldr dont wako him up so ho was loft unpaid to slumber in peace in tho dark court room tho sequel was mora serious waking sudden ly and unablo to imagine whoro ho wan tho sleepy grocer fell out of tho jurybox nnd twisted his anklo eo badly that ho was lai1 ot fop six weeks a snooxo of half an hour very nearly causal a serious rupture be tween brazil nnd portugal como years ago a portuguese manofwar was expected in a south brazilian tnrlng he cried in tender tones harbor nnd great preparntiona wero i i never loved bul thee then wo made to welcome her a number of must part the maid replied w tun- old muzzleloading guns wcro chars- fttour for mo how japan was modernized a largo army and navy noces- sary to absorb hr exwar riors tho men who havo mndo japan afarqujso ito count itngakt and others now doad woro keensighted onough to sco that to prcsorvo the indcpendcnco and dignity of tholr country it was necessary to fight tho foreigner with his own weapons they woro all mon belonging to tho hereditary gentry of japan but as it wero to tho domocracy of gontll- ity nono of thorn belonged to hlgl families and in tho old order of things their splendid abilities would not havo raised thorn from obscurity tholr personal ambitions therefore coincided exactly with tho policy thoy saw was necessary for tholr countrys welfare having obtained tho power thoy sot to work with minds enlightened by foreign travel and totally eman cipated from oldfashioned ideas al most at a blow os preparation for tho grand scheme of modernization thoy destroyed tho old feudal systom and created a now order of society but this tremendous revolution brought with it consequoncca which havo hnd a vast effect on tho coun trys policy it is not difficult in a moro or less absolute country to sweep away an institution by a etroko of tho pen but lt is impos sible o do so without a vast social disturbance a great military class tho armod rotn friers of tho old nobility mon brod only to flghtlngdlsdalnlng labor and abovo all trade wero practically cast adrift without means of livelihood it was at ono time no j uncommon thing to find a messenger j boy or a jinrlksha coollo whoso ancestors had been soldiers or a hundred generations and who con sidered himsolf vastly higher ovon in iiih poverty than tho mllllonaiic merchant whom ho nerved this class was a groat danger and embarrassment to tho reformed gov ernment somo provision had to bo ilia do for thorn nnd revolutionary outbreak hero and there- rdinwo 1 it would havo boon on a largo scale a big police force unnecessarily lavc to a foreign eye was farmed tho rirroy wan progrerlrely increased chiefly perhaps in ho idea that the safety of the country demanded it but largely to dispose of ho masses of discontented excnrriors the expansion ot the nnvy furthor helped to absorb these men wealth and food london insect thin lis lie kick fare ko ilciter than hie 1oar the mlan of wealth quite natural ly pay3 considerably more for hu breakfast luncheon and dinner than does say ttos mechanic but is he any the batter for it mentally and physi cally we doubt it we shall be pretty correct in stat ing that the man who buys common eggs instead of plovers cgg3 and calfs head instead of turtle and a pigeon instead of a partridge is tho gainsr at any rate from the econo mically nutritive paint of view in othor words ths price of an article oif food by no moans sets upon its food value and the difforonce repre sented between tho price of cham pagne- and ginger beer between that oi oysters and cockles etc is tho price paid for pleasing the palate which extravagance is probably tho penalty of a mental rather than of a bodily demand but physiologically it ip akin to substituting diamonds for coals in the steam engine j luxurious foods are strictly speaking croaturc coanforis while plain foods are bodily necessi ties it must be admitted however that as a rule choicetasting game and meats are necessarily tender and therefore easy of assimilation but dearly there must bo a limit to tho appropriation of food by the body and this limit may hz reached just as easily by means of good plain and tender food as by food of a rarer sort according to this view thero must bs great physiological extravagance going on from day to day in the matter of beverages the same sort of extravagance occurs knormous prices aro given for a particularly choice wine but hero ngain it u prcctically certain tlhu tho human economy gains little or nothing by it does the min who drinks a claret of choice vintage at ay 10 shillings a bottle derive any material advant age over the man who drinks his shilling bottle of vin ordinaire it is doubtful in any case hi prices usk- edfor wins at big hotcu aro sor mon strously high and lbs wino offered is so often bad hat this fact alone ac counts for an increasing demand for whiskey as a dinner beverage thoro ii obviously considerabla physiolo gical sin and wantonness committed in the choice of food and in tho quan tity consumed now present or attached to thc bat talion this is h ith a view to their earlier embarkation for the mediter ranean addressing hisconstituants at aide- burgh capt pretymian mp a lord of the admiralty speka miith grati fication of a recent visit he had paid to the mediterranean squadron on ths occasion to which he referred 11- 0c0 sailors and marines were landed at malta being thc largest number of mn landed from a flaet in tho his tory of the world t general sir evelyn wood vc g c b adjutantgensral ofthij forces on the 18th ult entered upon his fiftieth year in activo ocrvicc ho joined thc royal navy on the 18th oi april 1852 when ho was jum fourteen in 1855 ri bl3 eighteenth year ho loft 1 the navy for tho army receiving a cornets commission in the 13th lighl dragoons now the 13th hussars who wo be lord roberts de spatches thsy arc said to be tba work of lmtcol k v cowan rh a an officer with brilliant afghan ssrvkse thc duko of wellington wjm onoi told that ho would live in peo ples memories more for tho beauti ful styl of wellingtons despatches than for the merits of his victories- the duko replied yos i didnt thnk- gurlwood had it in him it aeemk that in service circles thtjre is much surprise that although for the relief of kumasi sir james wnicoctkj wras awarded a kcmgy and the long overdue brevetcolon elcy he haa received no recognition whatever of his conduct of the inv portsnt and very arduous campaign which began only after kumasi had been relieved and ended with tho bat tle of obaiasa when tho ashantls wero completely and finally defeat ed electric light and the eyes a russian medical man has decid ed that tho electric light is least in jurious to the eyes ho says that tho oflcncr tho lids are closed tho greater tho fatigue and consequent injury by experiments ho finds thnt thc lids would close with different il luminations per minute candle light 08 gaa u8 sua 22 electric light 18 englands vagrants her tramps have gone to the a- rican war apparently ono of tho most notable docu ments issued in connection with poor law administration for many years is that which has just becn prepared by tho english local gov ernment board on thc subject of vagrancy in the eastern counties for generations tho tramps and casa xinl closs had been thc despair of so clal reformers and the hardest prov blcm of all for poor law administra tors if wo aro to bcllovo these fig ures this class is now decreasing so rapidly that within a very fow years it will bo extinct if the prcsont rate of decrcaso continues tho report- gives tho number of casuals in nor folk and suffolk for tho four years 18971900 in norfolk tho figures for tho four years nro 29037 24- 128 15095 and last year only 9- 789 in suffolk tho corresponding decrenso is from 23903 to 12838 for tho two counties tho decrcaso is just co per cent from tho details of tho return wo gather that tho de crcaso is general over 33 out of 39 poor law unions of east anglia thc most conservative defenders o things ns thoy aro will hear of tho disappearance of tho tramp in tho country in any considerable numbers in search of employment a fow such thero atlll arc but tho great majority of casuals arc tho loafers and semicriminals who dc- ilberatejy prefer a vagrant life and a living npon odds and ends question ably picked up lo any attempt at settled indnstry it is this class which is being absorbed in soino way other al airy rato it is disap- i rearing from tlio roada and casual tho inst indian famine crontl j wards ami with it is decreasing worlds record in amino rclc thero qnlto the most unpleasant of all tho havinflr ocon six million pcopio do- j responsibilities restlm upon provin- pendent on charity for many weeks clal bjard o guardians