CHRIST HEALING THE DEAF AND DUMB MAN.
From the Painting by Mr. T. Davidson, London.

and student at the Royal Academy, where he remained for ten years. After receiving a number of medals for his work, he began to exhibit his pictures at the Royal Academy, and has since done so in Paris and in many other parts of the

world.

Mr. Davidson's residence and studio, previous to his retirement to Walberswick, was at Hampstead; this he has now leased. He has painted about twenty large pictures of Nelson battle-pieces and incidents. These have been purchased mostly by public authorities. His picture "Nelson at the Battle of St. Vincent" is in the Public Hall at Toronto. Another, “The Burial of Admiral Drake," is in the possession of the Plymouth Corporation. Another is in Melbourne, Australia. One of his pictures, “The Evening before the Battle of Copenhagen," was purchased by the late Sir Arthur Fairbairn, Bart., who was himself a deaf-mute.

Then, among numerous other pictures which attracted a good deal of attention was his famous painting called "Ephphatha." This painting, which is a very large one, depicts the scene described in the seventh chapter of St. Mark's Gospel, the miracle of Christ restoring the speech of the deaf-mute. This picture Mr. Davidson presented to St. Saviour's Church for the Deaf, London.

He is still leading a busy life, giving his time freely in serving others. He has for very many years been a member of various organizations for promoting the welfare of the deaf.

Mr. Davidson is a strong advocate of oral teaching, and offers some excellent advice to young deaf people, in which he says: 'All the deaf should read a great deal, and that will give them more knowledge of the world, past and present. I am a great reader, and have read history, biography, books on travel, religion, and novels, besides the daily newspapers, and it is a great comfort—this reading-to one who is deaf, and to whom little is said.”

Mr. Davidson is married, and has five sons and one daughter. One of his sons is an officer in the Army, being a Captain in the 13th Worcesters; and another is an artist.

A Deaf Examiner.

A notable distinction was conferred by the education authorities of California upon Mr. Howard L. Terry, who was born deaf. Three judges had to be appointed to examine the literary work of the Santa Monica High School. One appointed was a clergyman, another was the able editor of the Los Angeles, and the other distinction fell upon the deaf man, who was chosen from a list of over twenty other literary men. He himself received the news of his appointment with great surprise.

The Deaf-Mute who loved Dogs.

An American gentleman, whose name was John Wise, met one day in the beautiful country of Virginia a man who was deaf and dumb, and who was accompanied by several dogs.

Mr. Wise was a politician, a man who knew the President of the Republic and dined at the great houses of statesmen and ambassadors in New York and Washington. The deaf and dumb man, whose name was Turner, lived a rather solitary life in the little town of Walkerton.

But these two men, whose lives were so differently circumstanced, struck up a friendship, and this friendship was built on a love for dogs. Mr. Wise was a sportsman, and had a great many dogs for his shooting. He discovered that Turner could train a dog better than any man in the country. The deaf and dumb man, unable to shout at his dogs, never confused

them he broke them in by signs with his hands, and called them to heel with a whistle. Mr. Wise gave him dogs to train, and Turner trained them beautifully.

Turner taught Mr. Wise the sign-language as used by some of the deaf and dumb. They talked in this fashion of politics, and Mr. Wise was astonished at Turner's knowledge. "But what good does my knowledge do me?" the poor fellow would say. "I cannot apply it."

Mr. Wise prepared a delightful surprise for his humble friend. He used his influence and had Turner made postmaster of Walkerton.

Now, postmasterships in America are much sought for, and you can imagine the pleasure and pride of poor Turner when he found himself suddenly exalted to this position in his native town. He became a new man and took the greatest interest in his work, devoted himself to perfecting the machinery of his office, and very soon made Walkerton a model to all other postoffices in the United States. It was not only the salary which