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■ CHAPTER XXXV. “Wish to see his lordship?” exclaimed she footniau who, at Herrick Hall, answered the doorbell, and who stood aghast st the audacity of the proposition. “1 do desire to see Earl Wyvern,” replied Obadiah, who was the applicant for admission. “1 am little used to trouble the mighty of the earth to listen to my words for my sake; but I come on busip^ss, to attend to which, unless I judge wrongly, my lord the earl would gladly rise, even from a king s feast. “What name, please?” “I am Obadiah Jedson —Captain Jed«on they call me," answered the jet hunter, impressively. “Tell the Earl that I can throw light upon what happened here in Horseshoe Bay seventeen long years ago. Sir tVilliam Herrick, your master, can hardly fail to have heard ot Captain Obadiah .Jedson, the jet seeker. The footman capitulated, and went in to do Obadiah’s errand. In a few minutes —in fewer minutes than the gaunt old chief of the jet hunters' company had reckoned on- the footman came back. “Sir William did know of you. Captain, he said more respectfully than he had spoken before, "and so did her ladyship. I’lease step this way. My lord will see you in the dining-room.” Thither Lord Wyvern quickly came, somewhat of a frown upon his brow. “Mr.—or Captain Jedson," he said, “you have evoked very painful recollections—l trust not on frivolous grounds. If you have anything to tell which is worth the telling, I am prepared to listen to you.” “Lord earl." replied Obadiah, confronting the peer with a grave dignity that challenged respect. “I forgot neither what is due to a nobleman's rank nor to a father’s heart, when 1 ask your lordship to hearken to a rough man like me. I am | a jet hunter a captain of jet hunters. It seems to me but yesterday that our camp was pitched as it is to-day. in Horseshoe Bay, hard by. It was seventeen long years ago. It was summer weather. It was the day of a sharp and sudden ' storm.” "Well’." said the Earl, as his lips quivered, and the lines that furrowed his broad white brow seemed to deepen, “My lord,” Obadiah resumed, "I am not one of those who believe in luck heatheniy so called. But there is a guidance. ; if we could see it aright. On that day ' of sudden storm on the sands, elose to the leaping waves, on the inner side of the black rocky headland that juts out into the sea. and cuts off the bay from Shrapton and the coast line, we saw, as if it had dropped from the sky. the figure of « child.” “Alive?” asked Lord Wyvern, hoarsely. “Alive.” Obadiah hastened to say. “and ! well and fearless. A beautiful boy, with ; silken curls and great dark eyes, richly clad, dainty to look upon—like a little prince torn from a palace, and set there on the desolate sea beach, almost within reach of the furious sea.” "Os what age was the boy?" asked the Earl, quickly. "An hour or two ago, lord earl, I knew not of your loss,” answered the jet hunt er. “The overhearing of a chance conversation —if there be such a thing as chance, for I hold that what is written that shall be—has brought home to me. after all these years, that our foundling, and my own foster-son, the little fellow whom we adopted among us, was no other than your son, my lord.” The tears that started to Earl Wyvern's haughty eyes and the dep sob that shook his frame were answer enough. “Is he—my boy—yet living?” asked the Earl, and it was with almost an imploring gaze that he fixed his eyes on Obadiah’s rugged face. “He is—he is, my lord,” the jet hunter made haste to say. “Roughly as we reared him, and poor as we were, he grew up to be as handsome and as noble a youth as ever gladdened a father’s eyes, lie still goes by the name of Don Mr. Don they call him. for all believed him to be a gentleman’s child from the first—and a braver lad, or a gentler, never won the praise of high and low along the coast here." “Don! Yes, it was a name the Italian servants gave him at Nap'os, where they ' called him Don Lionello—Lionel Arthur ; Wyvern was his real name—and I, too, 1। called him nothing else." .aid the Earl. |1 thoughtfully. "I saw a young man, and • a singularly handsome one, at Woodburn ' : Parsonage. who —" “Why, that must have been our Don pardon me for interrupting your lordship j —since Mr. Langtnu taught him. and , liked him well, until that business came up about Miss Mowbray.” And in a few words Obadiah recounted blow Don had become a clerk in Lord Thorsdale’s land office, how he bad won Violet’s love, but, at her guardian’s bidding. had been banished from the house. “We may remedy that," said the Earl, smiling. “But I forgot. Have yon pre- . served. Captain Jedson, any of the clothes I which the child wore," “I have carried them with me. under lock and key, in all my wandering career,” answered Obadiah, as he undid the bundle, and laid it on the table before him. "Here, my lord, are the boy’s elotbes. This fine green velvet tunic, as you see. frayed and whitened now. but with the silver buttons yet bright, for I have burnished them at times; and here are the rest of the things—cap, shoes ami all, and the belt, with its clasp of silver—that is bright, too —and a coral thing that hung by a thin gold chain.” “That," said the Earl, “is a Neapolitan charm against the Evil Eye—a mere toy. But the belt —did you not wonder at what you found within the Hasp?” “Indeed, no. I doubt if I understand you, my lord,” said Obodiah, wondering in his turn. “I will see.” said the Earl, “if I have forgotten;” and after one or two attempts he pressed a secret spring, w’hcn

instantly a silver plate flew open, reveal ing within a cavity that contained two tiny locks of hair and certain graven let“Those are his mother's initials and mine. That is his mother’s hair ami my own. 1 doubt no more,” said Lord Wyvern. “And now, Captain Jedson, how can I ever repay the debt?" When suddenly Obadiah’struck his forehead, exclaiming, “Dolt! dullard that I am! My lord, I greatly fear that the good news comes too late. They have driven our Don half desperate by separating him from the girl he loves, and to-mor-row. early to-morrow, the brave boy starts to seek bis fortune beyond the seas starts for Mexico." “This must be stopped!" said Lord Wyvern. And then Sir William Herrick I was taken into council, and a mounted I messenger was dispatched to Shrapton to bespeak a train to be in readiness in the morning to set oft’ at an hour suffi- I ciently early to render it possible to intercept Don at an important junction, at ■ which he must necessarily stop during ; his journey toward Southampton and the steam packet. West India bound, that was to waft him across the Atlantic to ward Vera Cruz. CHAPTER XXXVI. The fly which was to convey Don and his scanty luggage to the Daneborough station arrived very early at the old steward’s house at Thorsdale Park, and ' Don's young fellow clerk was still asleep as his office companion started. “Switcbam Junction. Change!" said the guard, going quickly along the line of i carriages. Don. with the other passengers, got out ami waited. Suddenly there was a little bustle on the platform. "See all clear there! special coming, ns telegraphed from the north!" bawled n ■ deputy inspector, ami there was a mo | ment of activity. "My lord!" said a strange voice, in a tone of deferential eagerness, so Hose to ; Don's ear that the young man could but start ami turn his head. “I bet; your lordship's pardon!" said the , man. raising his glossj hat. . Don stared at him in very natura' sur- | prise. "This is some mistake," be said, fol- J era ntly. No mistake at all, asking your lord • ship’s pardon for the liberty." said the < stranger. “We have followed your lordship from the north by spe, । ami lam speakmg. I ... IvOHLO ® added the man s< ri a niß^Ej^ some anxiety. “For w hom do you take me?" "I or Lord Ludlow, my lord. lam here by orders of tot;- lordship’s father, mi lord, ami So tar had the valet pro. . . .Jed in his speech, when a deeper voice struck in: “Doti, my dear hoy. the man tells the i truth, strange, ami passing strange, as it may sound in those young ears of thine." And Don saw at his elbow the towering form and striking face of the aged cap tain of the jet hunters. "My boy. my foster child!" began Obadiah, “when first you came a wee thing — to break our bread and warm your little limbs beside our camp tire. I knew from the first that yon belonged to gentle folks. You were like a tiny eaglet that had dropped down from the eyrie aloft, and had but the barbed feather and the dauntless eyes to tell of what race yon came, j At last the- truth is known. Your father, who grows impatient as he waits yonder j to press you to his heart, is a grand nobleman, a belted earl, m? lad." "His name?" Don asked, ns his breath ! ■ went and came more quickly than usual. - "His name is Earl Wyvern. Yon are • yourself, it seems. Don. a lord, and your ' true name is Lionel Arthur, Lord Lud- ' low." '1 he encl of the colloquy was that, ns i fast as the -m Hal train could hurry him ; along, ban sped over the iron road to Shrapton. CHATTER XXXVIL Sir William Herrick, who was the so:;! of hospitality, had thoughtfully provided that Don, on his arrival at the Hall, should be ushered at once into the presence of his father. In the library, a large room where well-stored book shelves alternated with the branching antlers of stags slain long ago. and with armor kept I bright by the c are of sundry generations of servants, the Earl received the longlost son whom he had so long sorrowed b>r as dead. AH I ord Wyvern’s pride, all the habitual coldness of h’s manned gave way at aiol ice did pm even try to hide the uaw.-ntocl t,ai> that dimmed his eyes. as. opening his arms, he 1 i pressed the young man to his breast. "My boy’. Ite exclaimed. pushing Don ' from him a little way. with a hand upon ( each shoulder, so as to see him better, j "you cannot ted! what this meeting is to me! To fine] again, as if the very grave had. through heaven’s mercy, yielded him up to me, the little child all that my Marian left me—ami to find in him a man I grown, and a son of whom any father 1 would be proud indeed." j Sir Richarci. finding himself a defected . forger, suddenly disappeared. He was I reported to have i-10-ed his London house । as summarily as he had put down his es- | tabiishment in Yorkshire, and to have , sailed for Demerara, where rumor alleged him to possess a small estate, inherited from his father. 1 he grim old eapt.mi ~f the jet hunters, to whom both tiie Earl and Don felt they owed a deep debt of gratitude, refused the Imeral offers of money which Lord Wyvern pressed upon him. But Don’s knowledge o f the old man’s peculiarities prevailed, ami Obadiah accepted the gift of a small farm which Earl Wyvern had purchased lot- him in Beckdale, the place of his birth, and of some such freehold as that whic h the veteran jet hunter—descendant of a race of yeomen that had sunk into poverty—confessed himself to have been all his life ambitious to be the possessor. So the . famoK* old compa*** Teekers was

'broken up. most of its members tur « their attention to more prosaic f O n ” f bread-winning. 118 01 Glitka, the baronet once gone, f onn ,, hcr further sojourn m England unendumble and much regretted by her partini ' iJ tress. Lady Thorsdale. returned native Hungary. The wedding bells rang gayly, and ftoW . ers and lace and jewels sparkled and rustled and bloomed their best, when '•■■th the fullest and freest consent of all toncerned, Violet and Don—Miss Mowbray and Lord Ludlow, in newspaper p ar i ane c| ami drawing-room and club-room gossipri but (<> each other Don and Violet etermil-1 ly were married in the spring. M It was a grand wedding, as became bride and bridegroom so favored hv m’H litre', and a house such as that noble i>ufi of Wyvern, and royalty in some of iO junior branches graced the nuptials As the former foundling of the wild sin. Veaelu y There is not much more to tell ~, that Don and ViolXt, loving and boh®” keep up a friendly intercourse with Mr. mid Mrs. Langton at WoodbtugK^^ that they continue to live with verm whose heart wns^greatly the sudden joy that repaid h.A, of lonely suffering, and who cWi^^Wur again to be separated from the of whom he is so proudly fond. Obßjnh. though bent and feeble, yet survive^nud frequently the future' Earl and I’ountess of Wyvern let them be Don and \ iplet to us still talk with affection and griititude of the good old man, and marvel at the talisman oP-hidden happiness for them that lav Within the Clasp. THE ENp. Heat Dries Vp Four English men. Lmle Robert William Quimby of Lewiston says that he has trnvelt'd in all the warm countries of the globo and that he lias been in the qoldest latitudes. He' does not think that wo have such very hot weather. If people would make provision for the hot days as they do in mejia he things we should not notice it so much. "But," says he. “the warmest woathi er that I ever experienced was on a small island calleci John’s Biscuit, off Cape GraHns. on Honduras. The Elizabeth Jennings, on which 1 sailed in ; l*7o, from Portland, stopped there for ; water and a boat’s crew went ashore for It, It was a little volcanic island and awful dry and hot. We didn’t know whethe r there would be any water there or not, but we did find a spring with a stream as large as a broom han* ■ die pouring out .ill the time. And do | you believe me! The water was dried up and soaked up before it had run four feet in rhe sand. The place was | covered with dried trew and a little distance away was what looked like a hut a habitation for man. We went ' in and found the shrunken remains of i four men. sailors probably, who had died in one night, to Judge from apt pearam .-■< Due was sitting leaning against the wan in a sitting position. Tlicre na* dry food on the table, dry ARCHER ,’ind everything was ot one man and on the : table was a bdm<‘ with a note in It. ; evidently intemhsl to be cast adrift. It said they were four English seamen. marooned by a captain, left to die. The note was dated J.M6. and 1 supj pose they had been there dead in that hut for over thirty years, and they must have* died ot heat one lay and ! dried right up. We left them where ivr found c .ein.” Lewiston Journal. I nderlnid with Gold. Percy 1 Marks, one of the proprietors of tlie London Financial News, one of the recognized authorities on tinan Hal matters, arrived in San Francisco । last week on the Monowai. The paper wa- founded in l*Sl and is owned by | himself and his brother. Harry H. Marks, a member of Parliament. This brother, previous to embarking in this London enterprise, obtained his jonr- ! nalisiie expedience on American pai Pers. Mr. Marks has been in Australia making a careful study of the gold fields in j wes- Australia. New South Wales and New Zealand. As these'mines develop, w hich they are now doing very rapldiy. lie predicts a very remarkable im reast' t in the supply of gold, amounting, in fact, to a glut of the yellow metal in the market. The mines of west Australia atv particularly rich and extensive. but have the disadvantage of being In a country scantily supplied with wciod. water and moans of transportation. But tlieso disadvantage's are being rapidh overcome. The government is extending the railroad which runs from Perth to Coolgardie on to Knlgoorlie. better known as Haan^us, twenty-five miles, an oxlraordimtrily rich mining region. The government Las ah-, ask d Parltamont for .$5,000,e 0(1 for the purpose' Ot laying 300 tjtles of water pipe. In many places drinking "‘ ! >’ ""IB for Mi .-ent -a gallon. F ronl 1 ; ' Mr. Maiks goes to Cripple Creek to investigate the mining prospects there. His paper, he says, has always had a favorable opinion O s C r jppi e Creek fields.- Los Angeles Express Early Almanacs. The history of written almanac dates back to the- second century of the Cfiri •- tian era. The Alexandrian Greeks in the time of Ptolemy, A. D. lOnjco used almanacs. Prior to the wrincn almanacs <.f the Greeks there wore calendars of primitive almanacs •f ll e Roman fasti sa.-ri were similar to mod ern almanacs. Knowledge of tll(l .. , endar was at first confined priests, whom the people had to consult not only about the dates of fe r vals, but also concerning th P .• r -nt pronpr time for instituting various lc<v„i ceedings. ' l ,r °- Sundowiiers. "Sundown doctors" is the appellat : on said to be applied in the city o f W ish ington to a class of practitioners who are clerks in the government offices and who have taken a medical decree with a view of practicing after bouts of their official work are over-

PROUD DAY FOR KNOX — GREAT LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE COMMEMORATED. ^onnment Unveiled in Honor of the / Histor c Event — Pulmer and Depew f the Principal Orators — Exercises 1 Held Under Auspices of the College. । Tributes to Noted Men. I The entire' population of Galesburg. 111., runited Wednesday to commemorate history und emit eduent on. Thousands

came from the surrounding count ry and assisted in making it a day of enthusiastic, noblespß'ted celebration. These were the features of this most noteworthy day in the history of Galesburg: Celebration of the thirty-eighth unn’.versary ot the fa-

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tnous debate between Abralsnn Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. UuveiiinK of a bronze tablet, built Into the walls of Knox College, to ev'm memorate tlnit event. Formal aiiiwv> ement of the establishment of the Abraham Lincoln School of Arts and Sciences in Knox College. Dedication of a monument to the soldier dead of Knox County. Finally, lest the day should seem too one-sided, a few \ 1 1 w Vv 1 ABItAIJAM TIXTOLX. too much given to the things that lire mostly In the ree dlections of the old, the dny close ) in genuine . allege style with a fontbail game. 1 his manifold, many sided occasion sprang from the desire of old Knox College to emphasize its adherence to the doctrine that true education combines care for citizen<"ip ami patriotism. The veteran soldiers who had pour d cut their blood in expression of their patriotic creed j'Mried hands in the endeavor. Men who ' to replace it n and socialist dictatorship. h XUuLson ran for president as a th{ that he ^^ter a sur^ kU ” nerve dUS 1 ’ comes j.''''' '■ a! contact, the cm - ' Aw', t i o n s that rub 1 men’s souls at that VJ?\ S ' J time, came to re.ol \ \ the lesson of the ' pa 4. am! apply ’b< :n J ’ to the future. Other men, whose part it is to apply in the present the le-sons of the past, joined their voices in the chorus. There was Chaum y M. Depew, strong In the knowledge of what has made his country great and superb in ability, to tell the story of that greatress. There was Senator John M. l'alnmr, soldier and statesman, best qualiti si of all men in Illinois to throw the flashlight of personal experience upon the m.ghty struggle of forty years ago. when two Illinoisans were he champions, the Ameri an peo pie were the spectators, and the unity of the un ( ion, the fate of the nation, was the ground of battle. There was Robert T. Lincoln, famous son of a world famous father, ami there were the dozeus who •heered on the fight in the old days, and ;he other dozens ami scores who have given their lives since that time to put-

ting into enduring form the decision then rendered. Nature smiled on the efforts of her children and gave a j tfect day, and a gorgeous setting so r their undertaking. Galesburg, clothed f>>r a holiday, receiv-

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e<] a holiday crowd. Every railroad brought in special train loads. Long lines of vehicles —carriages, buggies, family carryalls and plain springless farm wagons—rolled over th? country roads In seemingly endless streams. Each was piled high with oi l peopie. young people, babies and lunch baskets. Galesburg houses were opened early, and emptied before 10 o’clock in the morning. Thirty thousand people thronged the streets, A ' X' F \ 7 > n Vf j j X W F / ill ■ O Ip O 7^7 i ^OI Bn WOX 7bMi TH — j ; F 1 ST E r TIE N A. DOUG L A S. making progress on sidewalks well-nigh impossible, blocking street cars and pos•essing the roadways for pedestrianism.

Every single individual was in holiday attire am^ in holiday humor—a combination of barbecue, circus day, county fair ami graduation day spirit. The seller of oilicial souvenirs, tin horns and campaign badges found a ready market. The crowd found the first outlet for its enthusiasm in the morning parade preceding the soldiers' mom.ment dedication, and kept the supply steadily on tap until after the Knox boys had trounced the young football players from Parsons, Kan., in the afternoon. The ceremonies on the campus of Knox College, were, of course, the event of the day. The crowd commenced to gather at noon on the historic spot where "Honest Abe’” and the “Little Giant” wrestled in debate thirty-eight years ago. Ohl Knox had put on festal garb. The college colors, purple and gold, were everywhere. Three significant dates were displayed on big banners—lß37. the date Knox College was founded; 1858, the year of the debates, and IS9C. The history of Illinois could have been written from the personal recollections of the men in the crowd.

John 11. Finley, president of Knox College, presided. He is the youngest col- | lege president in America. Addresses | were made by Dr. Nash, president of Lombard University; Chauncey Depew, Senator Palmer and Robert T. Lincoln. MURDER BY BANK ROBBERS. Minnesota TLindita Kill Two Men nnd Make Their Escape. The deliberate murder of two men was committed at Sherburne, Minn., Wednesday by highwaymen who robbed the Bank of Sherburne of SI,OOO. The affair was a terrible reminder of the great bank robbery at Northfield in 1876, in which the James and Younger boys were participants. About no n two strangers, one of whom looked like j ’m?r'2_how rode ' along the mam sucei of bicycle * ] were both well dressed but were unshaven and travel-stained. No particular attention was paid to them, as Sherburne is a town of but 300 persons, most of them workingmen, ami at that hour they were hurrying home to dinner. The strangers loitered around the outskirts until nearly 1 o’clock. At that time they sauntered lastly down the street, ami stopped immediately in front of the bank <4 Sherburne. After a moment'« talk they went into the bank, and the elder of the men engaged Assistant Cashier George Thorburn in conversation. One of tiie desperadoes secur d possession of a roll as bills containing about SI,OOO. Thorburn tried to prevent the men from getting away with the money, when they whipped out their revolvers and began 1 firing and at the same time retreating. । One of the bullets struck Thorburn, cans- ! ing almost instant death. The shooting within the bank aroused the town, and ; the citizens began mnning in that direction. The first man to reach the place 1 was Olaf Oestcrn, a traveling salesman i for the Wood Harvester Company of St. I J I’aul. The desperadoes, fearing they would be captured, quickly turned their w< apons upon Oestcrn. He made a dash i ( to grapple with them, but was not quick ' enough, as he was strti k in the head and i fell dead at their feet. They ran down the street firing at ran- | » while persons in -ho street hurried . ell ills t | (er pj ley rail a b ou t three : [ ?o sorin' bushes where they had ; T left their w heels. These they mounted j ami rode rapidly away toward the lowa : line, six miles to the south. Mayor C. E. i . Everett and the’ town marshal at once 1 । di'l all in their power to capture the ban- ! dits. Shtriff Hill, of Marion County, l organized a largo p >sso of determined ; ' Sherburne men, which moved southward on horseback late in the afternoon. It is de-hired that if tiie men are captured they will l> * strung up to a limb of the first tree big enough to bear them. The men got away w ith the roll of money, about j SI,OOO, which they snatched from the 1 counter of the bank. Gov. Clough issued ; a proclamation offering t reward of SSOO | for the capture of the r ibers. KITE FOR WEATHER BUREAU. Experiments Being Made by Signal ( Service Officer Hulbert. Edward F. Hulbert, of Detroit, conne ted with the United States weather SOMKTHIXG NEW IN KITES. bureau, who has been making experiments in kite flying for the purpose of getting wind variations at great elevations, has succeeded in producing a kite twelve feet high, having 132 square feet of sail. The frame is so shaped and placed that it bends readily in one direction and is braced rigidly in the other, so that a slightly concave shape is obtained. The weight of the kite is three pounds and eight ounces, so distributed that it is balanced equally from a common center. Th ’ apparatus, resembling two diamondshaped cambric boxes joined by slender rods, with no tail, h is been given its first test. A breeze of six miles an hour was blow ing. but it flew the kite nearly overhead, the angle being between 75 and 50 degrees and carrying only two feet of sla< k in 600 feet of line. 'Die strain on th-' cord was between 50 and 100 pounds, too great to be held in the hamlA. It is Mr Hulbert's intention to fly the kite with piano wire, and it will then be used in any kind of wind, and recording instruments will be sent up. The United States Minister. Mr. Tay- i lor, has declared to the Spanish Government that the United States is most favorably disposed towards Spain, but that, owing to the extent of the United States coast line, she is unable to prevent the departure of filibusters for the island of Cuba. i Col. Pattie Watkins, of Ballington Booth's American Volunteers, has been ’ married to Fred Lindsay, staff captain of the same organization in New York. ]

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. THOUGHTS WORTHY OF CALM REFLECTION. A Pleasant, Interesting, and Instructive Lesson, and Where It May lie found—A Learned and Concise Review of the Same.

I. sson for October 18. t •olden Text.—“ Them that honor me I will honor, but they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed." 1. Sam.. 2:30. Solomon’s "Wealth and Wisdom” is the subject ot this lesson, which is found in I. Kings. 4: 2.>-.',4. Solonnm early manifested the wisdom for which he had prayed in the dream described in the previous lesson. He also became possessed of immense wealth, through the natural resources of his kingdom, whose revenues must have been large. The lesson describes his wealth and wisdom, which surpassed that of any other Hebrew monarch. 1< x p’ a n a t or y. “Ju lah and Israel:" <if course the passage was written after the division of the kingdom, which took place in R hoboam's time, “every man under his vine and under Ills fig tree: ' A provcrlnai plirr.se indicating peace and individual liberty. See Mic.. 4: 4' also Isa.. 36: 16 and Zech., 3:10. —“From Dan even to Beersheba;" Dan. on the headwalers of the Jordan, not far south of Mount 11 rmon, and Beersheba, forty miles southwi st of Hebron, were the northern and southern limits of the land of Canaan. See I. Sam., | 3:20. 11. Sam.. 24: 15. etc. "Forty thousand stalls of horses:” 11. | Chron.. 9: 25 gives 1,000, w hich may be । the correct tig.., ?. I "The prjmipe’V-o here given to provisions for the royal household is in accordance with eastern ideas of wealth. In the “Arabian Nights." it will be remembered, luxurious feasts are always an accompaniment of wealth. Numerous banquet scenes are pictured on the Egyptian monuments. "Dromedaries:” revised edition, “swift steeds.” The word occurs in Esther S: 10. 14. for swift horses; probably a special breed. ’ ' "Largeness of heart:” Not what we mean by the phrase, but rather, broadmindedness, vigor of intellect. “The children of the- east country:” the sages of the desert, whose works have not come down to us. and perhaps also those of Babylonia.—" Ail. the wisdom of Egypt:" Egyp; had a large wisdom of literature. A familiar example is the proverbs of Ptah-Hotep. which have been translated into English from a papyrus in the Berlin museum. “Wiser than all men: than Ethan the Ezrahite,” etc: who these wise men were is not known. The names, however, suggest the fact, obvious but often forgotten, that the portion of Hebrew literature which we have in the Old Testament is only a fragment of the national literature. There were without doubt many poets, many sagos, many historians, many prophets, whose works have perished. “Three thousand proverbs:” only a frac:i >n cf these are preserved in our book of I'roverbs.- "His songs were a thousand and five:" none of these are preserved, unless it be some of the Psalms. The book called the “Song of Solomon,” or the “Song of Songs,” is thought by many to belong to a later age. It does indeed deal with the court of Solomon, but its composition can hardly be attributed to that king. The authorship, however, depends on the interpretation of the book which is adopted. “He spake of trees .... of beasts .... and of fowl.” etc.: probably this indicates a close knowledge of the appearance and habits of the vegetable and animal kingdonis. Tradition has exaggerated this into a knowledge of the language of birds, of the magical properties of various plants, etc., which appears in the Arabic romances that cluster about Solomon. His position in that legendary literature, as a sort of "master of the magicians" may be compared to the peculiar reverence in which the poet Virgil w is hold during the middle ages. Naturally, these ti litions must have had a basis of fact, so that they afford a confirmation of the Biblical record. "There came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon." Among them the Queen of Sheba tl0:l-13). Such royal visits were not unusual. Teaching Hints. The wealth and wisdom of Solomon is not an especially fruitful subject for moral instruction. The career of Solomon as a whole should be familiar to students of the Bible, but when spread out over nine lessons, considering the proportionate representation allowed other important characters in the lesson system, it is given too much space. However, the teacher will have to make the best of it. In saying that the Lord gave Solomon his wealth, it is not implied that he ac-, quired it without exertion. Undoubtedly he managed shrewdly the revenues of his kingdom and thus made the bi st of his splendid inheritance. The lesson of industry and perseverance as necessary to success may be brought in here. It is not an ignoble ambition to desire wealth and power. The fact that God bestows them on some of his servants shows that there is nothing intrinsically evil in them. Wealth gives its possessor unbounded opportunities for doing good, and also brings great responsibilities. It cannot be rightly used without the blessing of God. As soon as Solomon began to forget God. in the pride of his heart, his wealth and power became a curse. AVealth does no! come to all. but great opportunities of some kind come into every life. If there is no chance of achieving earthly success, there is always the possibility of laying up "treasures in heaven." Th.>se treasu’-es Solomon neglected. whi n <>m-e in- had become safely established in his prosperity. Poverty may often be a blessing .'. hen it keeps one from self-confidence and pride. Next Lesson- "The Proverbs of Solomon."—Pro v. 1: i-r.>. Through the Compress. The Lord’s sheep all know their Shepherd. The devil has ironble with rhe man who min.ls his own business. It is better to be right ami poor, than wrong ami rich. The devil thr ws the most darts at a shining mark. No work is hard to the man who has God for his helper. There must have been a jubilee in the pit when rum was invented.