useful in riper years; and we should always study that which will give us a hope in the life beyond.

Plato on being asked how long he intended to study, replied, "As long as I am not ashamed to grow wiser and better."

In fair health we are never too old to listen to the whispered teachings of nature's God, as voiced by the winds, the leaf, the flood, and the eloquent silence of the great rocks.

Gratitude.

WE read that the wife of Abaradata, king of Susa (Persia), was made a prisoner by Cyrus; and when her royal husband heard of his wife's kind treatment while in captivity, he gave himself

and his army to Cyrus in acknowledgment of his gratitude. Cyrus in return, showed his gratitude by causing a monument to be erected to their memory. Thus it will be seen that this rare virtue is not of very modern date, nor has it altogether shared the fate of the lost arts.

The Atmosphere.

NATURE purifies the atmosphere we breathe, by giving it wings with which to vaporize and separate the pure from the impure waters. These ærial wings are ever in motion, and with them everywhere is God's benediction.

Clouds.

As clouds are shocked at sight of heaven's electric fire, so are clouded minds alarmed at genius' lighted spire.

Lakes.

THE great lakes are nature's reservoirs for evaporating and irrigating purposes.

Rivers.

THE great rivers bring us forest and mountain lore; and the great rocks are translators of the Volume of Ages.

Rocks.

TIME has reared the everlasting rocks as monuments to departed years.

Sunset of Life.

THERE are those, who, on nearing the sunset of life, say in their hearts: O gold! thou madest me mad and blind! "O cursed gold! I hate thy sight!" O give me light and life, and life beyond. And give me those again who now await my coming with flowers at the gate.

Stand Together.

THE flags of the English-speaking people should stand together. In so doing they could not only dominate and civilize the world, but, in degree, rid it of its political fungus.

The recognized fraternal attitude existing between England and the United States in the year 1900, lays the founda tion of the greatest social and political victory in the history of the world.

Insanity.

THERE is nothing more universal and contagious than temporary insanity. And, strange to say, it is found only in the excited instinct of a gaseous brain; and is seldom or never found in brains of crystallized sense. It is equally true that the gaseous brain lays the founda tion of every considerable misfortune.