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* '* I '-/ t«btoahédfer it iuavolvédi Su at ýAdOW4 te vonside- bakan ativance hy ual- D ;M Ü;sowa hatl hbeen ré- letdbi King John o! Abyssinia, S.»and in 1887aforoeéof over ô0owu r sitil tzair &anuition,-wae geneè -~ A large toinforemnt vasdo. spaèbe'f.romItaý,anti turinli h 4ats of succession" toilevint Vhe <luth of John, took posession of Kereiz andtihle Aimana country. The Ittliab Govrnîment cupporte<J menalk II., ,vie lad always be- -friendeti Itaîzan explorers. -Méntilik becamé Négus, or Et. peror et Ethiopia, la 188U, under s - réty which virtually matie Abys- s-lis- an Italien protectorat., lieu- *Ilik, however, had iditiaeo! hie ovu. »y italian intervention ho obtainé-d arme anti ammunition froni Bel- - ginni, aud scon organizcd an army o! 10,0W0 men, ahundant va-r tores, andi 20 cannon, as woîl as lavins thé support o! numérous fondai lord*, wbo paiti tribut. te Ménélik, anti had troops cet heir eva. ITALIAN CLAIMS. Thé Itl-an Goverunéent, lu pur- nuance ot ils o-va aime, claimed osceéseon of thé Redi Ses-littoral mrinCape Rasai- te theésairait o! Bob-el-Mfandeb. Thé Sultan of Gîhia, on the Somali os-it, anti anether Somali ruler -vero, by their avfn désir., under Italian protec- tion, ýant by an arrangement -ili Britain thé- protecorate extendeti slong th. es-siat os-ilaud te the Juba river. Bnidandage.vas me- pressaee,éCmmerce and tilgsag o- erg ,antinatiÈeé Iroopi organ- *és-ho wve.devotédti teth6 fI V- Jan ogýoera. la 1804, s-iter a ws-r- fane v wtI -Dérvishes, thé western froutiïr ,o! thé Itliisn olony vau éxtendet!'2W0 miles inlandti roni MENELIK MOVES. Menelik, xnaahile, vs éntreat- éd by thé féntial princes Vo act ýigntth«talisa vIehatiVhéy omW '6ùid aslu indder t$te* o atélck ý Abysinla. Gen. B'"tMiç4-anoit!Ganîbaldian, 'vie Àâyýnia, wlien formet in lU4 o! 0 kéated the rebelsg - teiJ, nti'04 cihéurn a atlnIeat hn lu OctolIèr of!aê mrneyear taly recugni"deti i ndepondenco o AbyninW TIRE IIý WILL. iDoms Net AIwaYW *Sueed-*heri It HaeFalied. Théy tell us an iron vill ia a very fiue thing. A geeat GêneraI rules b ie fore. by bis vill. A Paris- -mentary leader 4lrives' récalcitrant méembers itothe rht lobby by hi Ms yl, il ho has t Napoleon, they say, oontrolled aIl Franc. by bis vill. I bave long hati doi:uk, 3writée.John F. auneiman in thé *Saturday Reviewi. Napoléon uév»ý hadtu t get an ob- atinsedonkey o0 0fthé W&y ufan Iexpress train, £esý theré vére ne ex- préeS trains, but i lad the, Vask con- frontet i hm I -dbubt,-wWéher thé mron vii litat conqueréti France wouldi lave move4l thé doukey. Nay, I do net doubt: ;'I amr certain it voulti net. Andti aince.men sre a gréai déal more stupi and more Vlan dcnkeys I a' n uré fi; vas net hy an mron yul l IonuetalNapelcon ruledthe i.Prench. Thé i-on 'will.* ozyservéti te mule gréaiides, theéi dea ofconvincing mmn liai h. vas-thé ableut amen thém, "Ii by !ollowlng hlm they did *eut for themoWe,. A p*litîécal boas do.. thùào thème à lne iron will intolvet:mroly hé show's hia follovéerâ thihy ail gain by seing viti hlm. Alid thé saème Ule holds tnuein the ess, o! bud conductors. A mililtar'y cnuiarc0" gel his -ay becm-na. tbeé inu nde hlm are pWulsbd unleas 'y obey hlm;,an opéra or concert d-etr May get -vsay béc«aus, eau throv eut o! eMopleym.»nt thé- en Who do net cbéy h. Btthé true hoi n cenductor, .lth- or militar rcv esM 1 n flné résulta 1eshs bZ kuoav timai 17 pa , close attention te hlm anti pu t leur bIs no 11d vok Véylp te securé p>r- -fomianeés Of w ouIimy aia juat.y feel Proûd. Whou NX iscdurtiCame he'ré ma"yeas«sago~e eme 4rtoit! ho- ontéConrî-t ho>î ,as . on t =4mentize hlM mo n ad ai Verges 1-8.--Buildiii# thé ýgréai altar c! itirnt-offerigïs i.TétevéûLh month- wu coen- cors everal ' ionths ilad élapsed M e ethé, Atft from Baby- Ioný, for a long Stretch ot désert, eight hundréd mile ide lay bis- -twéen. O! thât iothing -i. mid. Thé important thing is thé work to hé dioue- And ne more favorable mentI could ho chemen than Tieni (our October), whieh vas the month oet tégreat feaists .9f Trumpeta and Tabérnacles, and Àtonement. Thé people . . . as eue man-It vas.a popular movement, in which the multitude was in fuît co-opèra- tien with prieste ýanti aristocracy. The first temple vas the work of a king; this undertaking vas the huzubler 'work of returned exilés. Théy asmbled apparentty almoiet on thé ruine cf the otti temple. 2. Jeshua-Hfe vas thé son ot eue ot thé exiles (1 Chron. 6. 15), andi vas nov bigh-priest.. Smo. the work about to b. acccmptished-was a aacrificiat work, hc and bis breih- rén, thé lçading men o! tamilies. Thé order is reverseci in other places. Iu such a ceremninius a-ct as the building of the, altar, these chief men represént thé vholé peo- ple. Thée altar, a huge, equare structuré of rough atone, vas the ail-important symbol of Jewl'uh vorahlp. For fifty years, sacrifices had been aI a stand-still. Nov they vere te b. reeuméd in full force hé- foré anythirg -vas doue toward the refoupi~dng et the temple. "Thé worship itselfiti felt Vo hé more im- portant Vlau the' bourse in which i't 15\ t e b.célebrateti." Written iu thé law et Moases--The law coemcrning thé offeringa fer thé ûrst day ef thé seventh menth is founti in Nun. 2u. 1-6. Burnt-of- foilge had a péculiar sacrétinersa te thé Jeva, since they symbolized the sel-cedicatien o! thé vorishiper. Muesis s everal urnes in thé Chien- ides rspokén et as thé mari,,o! Qed. 3. Set thé altar upon itas base.-^ Pérhaps ibis may xnean liai Ihéy, I"eret a.way thé accumulatéti mb-r [biali nd set the nev altar upen the feodations et the old.' Thé mamrginal-réading, in its place (thet la, thé Place it vas -prmanently Voé oocupy), le', howver, thé probable méxn.Théy did ths in hasté on accounîlof tsar o! the peoples of! thé bhorder çountis. Thé érection- et théraltar,* which vas a rallying-poiut for the. vIols ptople-voulcl tend te- inspire confde '.in, thémeelvés. 4. Thé e et.oftaencs-h niést tladm of, et'ti uah n- B Cong U t6,thé houâé'.-Where thé-o oitmpil at!éotat h thé ov ws to.t&n~ Zro as- -8embled, fiW-th* .eidMonth o! X) lthe é OB. ., 5w%. thé éoplo ûnder tedi, ctioxi el tJié leaders, bell lay -and! ecoltauli calï,)began the work oni the sec'ond temple by aDpointing the Levite te, ber the c le!responeibility. Z.- rubbebl, as the. héad o!f.the royal ouse and the one to, whom the' co inad béen given, je giveu thé placé cf henor in thé acceunt. The. Levite ere comparâtively fow- in number (seventy-four lad ré- turned troin thé captivity), but thoi, had greûai nflutence. In thé bock ot Numbere thé limite of aze are fixed for them at twenty-five -ancd fVy. But under David thé lover lijiit feul te twenty, .and nov, Wvith t.heir numbereseounpoveFisbhed, it hecame évén more needful -te keep the standa.rd as low as possible. 9. Jeshua-Not te be confeunded with Jeshua the, high priet. This one was 9, Levite, and the. veYse ie beet underetood ae a designation or catalogue otftthe Levites. -0f thés. there appear tebe hé m .famüilles; that cf 3oshua,that ot Kadmiél (the sons -ot Judah, or Hodaviah, being a spécial branch of the f amily), and that ot thé ions of Ilenadad <cee Neh. 3. 18). 10. They set t-hé priestu-The euh- ject muet hé the leaders, net thé builders. Thei.r apparel was t.hir white prilestly garments. 11. Sang on t t another - This séenus to hé an alluuionn Vo thé cern- mon peactice -ot antiphonal uinging. The refrain, he je good, is a litur- gical responîe, frequently used at sacred feasti, net a qu'otati<an f rom a written psalrn. 12. Seen thé firi house - The ýýetruction ot the temple et Solo- mon teck place B. C. 587, andi thé foundation ef the new houseel Je-, bovah vas laid about fifty yea.rs later. 1. Thé adversars-Se Introduc- tien aboyé. 2. Esarbaddon-Reigned o-ver As- Syria B. C. 681-M6. 3. W. ourselves together - The undertaking vas te b. thé werk of thé uniteiê Jewish people. Whie it seema like a narrow excuivenée, net te- eay intolérance, -it va. a de- fensive ineasure onr thé part ot a homogéneous cornxunity vIe fear- éd treachery f rom te,, e o ulti not hé lu total sympathy. 5. Eire.d-oounsellrs-This -vas- ene effective meanset opposition by which the Samaritane veak-emed VI. hends et tIi, biuldÏeriand put a stop V teirvr lIaddition te opén attacks, Syrien ofki.iale veré Paia temaétierprsa é Darius-BReigued- B.O.5-4. - IT!-0 F IOJIÂIWZ. T'ril a aêe Noald et.Dvi Ton .Yu- hé goo-ver the sea& in sltipi havei~onércdpeia4pa at thé coin-, cideiic* coiinetéti it> -thé nning cfP >ools on th ,-dayljg run.Ye ha'ro, aeeu one, ,in an vin thé poolý Woe running1 anti even thIce mn- niugé. SudboccurrenSe vere reler- réd ~~ Voh téyamngers as remark-- ablet aays thée wYerk Teleigraph. If yen anti your felhow passuger had stoopédti t mathémaics you migît haye tounti an even strongere word than lIatsanie rémarkable. Xt Ihere as" 201 people lu the pool, the chances against any on. man àre éxactly 200 te 1. That a-vin- nen ah,6uld répeat is uccese oen thé tollovinmg day représente thq cash- lng in of a 40,000 to ou.ehot, andi if thé smn man ehould win etill & third .lime thé la-v. et the.chance voulti b. horribly shattérodti othé exténÇotf ha-ving an 8,000,000 te eue bo go througb. Thai; anythin-g sbould happén i the face o! such odds may ho cou- sidereti a miraelo, but -we are loti Vo accept -miracles. They may p,.ss master with tle Society of Psychicul R.esearth, but with a hard-headeti mtan vho ha, both téet on' the gmound they stand investigation. Anti uually thé investigation shows tIat the laws of nature have flot been uspéndeti, but ménely eva-d- éd. 1 An investigation ie othé matter ef ocean pools will show exattly the Dame thing._ Wheu vo, finti that ou almeet évery trans-Atlan-tic steam- er thé pool is von at lest tvice on a trip by soe on. man. .WE MAY GROW, SUSPICIQUS. Upon pursuing thée earch .1111 far- thon, vé mid that these double vin- nemi o! pools cross thé ocean otten anti that on évery occasion théy are winners. To théeeriagé man eviti- once se circumstantial woulti b. su!- The, océan pool la Ifléuéuily a trame-up. Thé pool lu- out béivéén tl. professions-I pool picer sud the stearnship o cialawboeare Vu changé of the pol. Thé enginéer coeé -iu fer liscut, andthe11.navigation offcer gels a suice. STheré is, hevever, plenty Vo, go ,round, ton the pools mu un ote' thousande andt Io a tnip -viiimuffioe te, meure a handeomé profit to al concernéd. 0! course, i-b voulti ho possible enough for the, coxspiratera te take *.veny pool, but such napacity le knevn by thé gamblers to espioor policy. Itlei.esmetial that the vie- tinx, hé allowéd, te 'vin nov ant ten or le wili quitpaying. 'The'ntnang- est'part of- dupa> pools je liaI VI>. men who, play r fé tévs t1e iun ri wt iàthe l1iit ho 0a lner-eàze, the ruâ -41-18-htlyi , ths thé gàiib1érela awaà naé n thé- high $ide rther than ,on the low -one..- t4teowilI do thé busiaikeaufor'it' i net oite thst the nuiMers choac by' 1 thé consaIra ttrsaremuo eVt of thé way, andi hé does- et h$~vo t change, the progresa cf thê véel The navigation officet'is an s- sential factor in the pool for,,-ho muet- let the con spirâtorska**', u9t w#t progress thé ship le makin, wm tha,t they may convey the informa- tion on to the'engineer whether or not -ho le Vo siseken or quicken théý 1 Tf the calcula tien le away off tt ere e nothing jýo do but let some ,outsider take, the money. That mnuet b. don. now and thon. . The gamnblers try te geVtheir wins in early, a.nd then they may throw a few to thé innocente juat to k.ep things este. If you muet1 play' the ship's pool. therefore, yeu will do weIl te wait titi the later days of the run, for then you have more o.f a chance. It ie not a Dure thing swindle by any means. The per- centagé against you is not more than 50 per cent., a.nd many g*mbl- j.ng houe" have double and treble that. But if you play te win, do not play ebip's Poole unleoe-unlesa you are in with thé gang. MAULED BY A LION. A Bantiag Adrenture in the Heart et Africa. rWhile traveling along the banks cf a smail river, known as the Kalanyassa, ini Af rica, the Duke Mdolphus Frederick of Meeklen- burggalloped ahead of hie party in thé hope of getting a napshot of a troop of zebraa. In hie bock, "In the Heart of Af ries,>' ho telle thé startling Bale et what tollowed. 13u4denly 1 heard successive &bots behind me in the distance. As I had au underetanding with Wink- gens that no gain except buffaloeis and lions was 1<> b. fired at, 1 knew that the ehots muet mean the p ré- ence of one or thés other. go I turned back, and scon cauglit sight cf Wintgene aocompanied by t-vo Aakari ceming toward me with rifles at the ready.' "Thé herr lieutenant hashot a lion 1"' shouted one.- "Whore lu h. hidingi" I asked. 'I, doflot know; we have l08t hlm here by thé mountain." There could be ne deubt that thé lion was lying between Wintpens andime. lt seemed almoat as ithi pursuere had passed ever him as hé 'wascrouching ln thé gr*sa. Sud- denly on» o! the Aakari ai; my aide stopped gharply, and, with char- acteristi é sturd, pointéd ies index fingeï toward the tali reed-gras* .yth «rve, and yell.d out, 'Look HAVE SONE VYY WEAK yEATURES. -fli ~ esn toinïit Whidit inVestors 0f Ie ivrto t Maibe ?i Paygnent of interuht Ssmlhof Ooubtlui Certain- ty-The Dàns*ret fHavlns a Conscience. Thii. Ieles coaitributed by "In-ftstor' a&re 5or Ci sole purpoe eof guidic-g pro&- 0 liIrve invotr.and, if possible of »1v- placig- A: la'~'w V't" terprises. The. fi ausi -sd tlIe nIihrater of the. rotation.a UB'-à relild Pon Thé writoir 'ttjoi ;e$1los aud tue spublisiier ;of th15 'peý> tbueit o 1010e515to tserve tnu ixats »- ewMb t~b s Matter ether tu - thse f 0rme.- Tuming from georalities te the. appli- vatton et tbe prinoipleu of iuv.stment 14 dom u th i.esualier articles of this serte te classes of securitios vo vill take up in turu tlo chiot points te b. consideredin coanectien with the. varieus ferma ut "promise-to-pal" lnvestinents. Raders wiii remember tuât iuvostments are dtided loto tva <moeral. classes - equitios and promises ta pay. Equitioq constat lu abareand stockseto varieuli cempantea. Tii... are noyer ropayabli. Promises ta pay. on the ocher haud, art securities whiçli repremeat a sum et moner borrawod by the person. munici. paiity, mhats or compani tesuing thom., au 'd axerepayabie alter a doSanit. period 01 time. Unier this head are bonds, de- boutures, mortgages. etc. la ti. Sas. the Most Important in Canada are rosI octate naertgsges. mu- nicipal, Industrisl Company bonde sed rallroad equlement bonds, sud provin- cial and Dominion loans. The boit inown, of course, are real ai- ltt morWgage. 1htanQuit. superliuoue to efflarge hors on the. details et the fotm of a rosi estate mortgage. ILte usual orm Consista et a promise ta D8y the amount o1!tlee ban at maturity together with a certain amount Of intereel - ou certain dates, Il Includes aise a Iraoufer of lbe propewrtî rortessed. which. hovevr. s j non-eféClivo. nleus norne dotatt of the. conditions et the. Montage te net lui- flhied-snci. for instance, ai the paîmeul oith lintteroat Tbe question e1 reat octale mortgages asi iatvehments, hovever, te a malter vbtch relativoly very telv investora have &PPrao"hOd tna &Nl mightoned ma,,- uer. The. average MAUn dgure tu comne- suoh vay as tigi: "WtU Smith vante me te lond hlm $1-.00R is f arm ia verth 83-M0 asI t nOw stands and the interest ct 7 ver cent. comaes te lucti a amaîl amoInul ual. lier. te no danger hhat ho viii nlot be able t a py il. 1 certainly donl stand te loe.anything." sund zakes thé. iavestmeut. Nov, probabty hice *îstimton Dl the matteir i. Quit. correct.Ifie dtd flot. boy- s-ver, 100k On the. mstter in s broadma. ver. FIret, as te the esfety et a mort. Sage. Liii. everyting elso.'Lt.depe#49c ou thé. OMucut Of Martin betwseu hhd aum losned sud the vaue of o~~.! Moct s important, 1it depedâ t obarote et ii.peron mkiui~Imort-, Who îed fneo ) foot "ofth 141* mon I vu A