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V/ife fl ? *?I Woi) pron) d?r ^a.roxt.^r^r^r!LriLriLjnLrtJTij II .Q B- MRS. Al CJl/T'TJ'JlV 13, i Oontiuuoi1 H IK. I ?;S?: li. I nit Li" ? to 1 i??* yoKiif; was HOttii.'icntly mnrUril to 8U{rgost iii* hrolborhood. "1 woii?!?t :> tl( v.ifr oi widow?" t'X(l;ii:iK'!j Stfi.-iliaiison. fisispinv tiio book v.'itlt an impatient vnyi?. "t*an wnili iv ji hi iii*- 111 rose .1 utI yaw i\v a clork ou 1 L?console at iho <imI of tlit* room that he had born (vvttpied with 1I10 photograph* for nearJy Ihroe-ijuarters of .111 hour. and >?<.- omphteiy that li? had not hoard a very lij.:ht fool fail 01 perceived a email lijfiin? tluit ItJUl stolon through the vorand.'i to peep nf the i'mssiun, jnsr. as In- iiad closed tin* hook with tin- fon.^?!t:j.T exclamation. 'This is slow work.-' Jie thought. "I will sot- what js 1<. fosiiul in til0 Karden ' Whereupon .tit ilesci liih'il tlio stops anil walked away down Ihe hot aJk-e which presented jtscll Meanl'lUte tilt- ijliiet nf tile entrance omuH wns: hvckeil hv toe tiiiWOllteil it]) penrance ol' an open carriage, driven l>y au evidently hired driver, and drawn by two weary drooping horses, tlir whole, as well as the two ladies who sat therein rovered with dust. Am tliey stopped Jit the open door Hans ejiin:' forth to answer their eager demand for "ilerr (icriehrsamtmanii." "(.'one oul' m reamed Hie elder Jany. "Wby. I n-.'SK told nt tiio <1criclitsaiut mi Pima Hint lw it:usl be at tho villa, sis ho had no! been m town to-day. uud. wearied a* wo arc by a Ionj,' railway joi]ru;-y, we hired a carriage ami cauie on. J j rally roust > ?? Hen Oeriehtsauitinanm' j Iians was not a Jiltle overwhelmed y by ibis attack. Jl?- was willing to do / the impossible at. the command ot so it/' great a lady, but with the host, c.t wills he eouhl not evoke the Oeri< btsauit uiann from space. Ho, ;is the next best thing, lie hnmbiy suggested an interview with tbe hrau Amtmann. Tbis amende was no:. grarionsiy aceepted, and tht Uitlien alighting, permitted Hans to usher them into the Heir Amtmann's arbeilzimmer. or study "while he sought his mistress, und announced that Fran Baronin and Fraulein von Wuthenau wished to npeak with hei. Fran Ohering by no meant* overpowered by these specimens of nobility, although tiiey declared themselves Prussians to hoot, explained ^ that she expected her husband's return every moment and bogged they -would repose themselves nil ho came, offering them a Dresden morning paper, and clearing a erowd of books and documents from a very comfortable i>asy chair that the hVan Baroniu might rest after be; long drive Meantime ihe sound of voices, which be recognized as bis brother otlicers*. led 8tcinhausen from one part of the garden to ibe other, and at last he >ame op \\ iib them jusL as they were k railed 1o snpper by the smart little maiden who had shown him into the ? Wlloij. "So yon are awake once more. llorr Tlittnieistej said Lieutenant F?nrehordi | "Oli 1111 :ii hebei Sleinhanso!;7 Thif. is a perl'ei t paradise alter our Kolifmian ejuaUers! (ried tin* boyish I'laij. it;:. "With a Pen to do ilit- honors!" "HowV' saui Kioinhausen shortly. "TIm* viuest daughter is a mo?t rliariiiuiv: waiure?a little still and to<> <ol?l!y polite." said Harehardl. r"Dm'iilied yoii mean * eosreetod the Fahiifich. I "Well. dencodiy niieornninnicatiYo " rositiiiued Rn:"baidl. "At all events, the Kr:?u Mamma sepuis too cast down In tiikf* part in anything. so after rofl'ce tin- Frauleiu risked us if wo should not iiko 10 walk around the garden, conducted us to tin- first alloc, and Willi a polite excuse. loft: us.'' "Wo ii?vo rend nil tin; papers wo y eon Id tind. ,co no (.Hint to 1I10 stables, made friends wiili a bright iittie 'I-'nekfiscJifkcij (sciKiol girO, and now arc at tin* ond 01 on; resources. So come ulong to Hipper " ^ "Kraulom!" repea.cd Steiniinusen. "Is this prom nem personage, tlien, unmarried?" "1 snpp;)s? hc." said the iienlenant. J shrugging liis shoulders, "though she is a little too grave and sell possessed for a .vnmiy maiden.' "No lIK'.tilM-to SlIlijHM', ffillll iUlPS, to | supp'.,i\" ? The lliir-o ;iS(V-iii|i ("I ilir- stops. I :ir.<l. p:i:-'sn>^ thro'.iuli ilio sjiiuu to the (lining-rucii'., tlio doors 01 which were open. in;i;ic tiis-ir hows to thr l:i<Iy of tin* Iioiisc, k. wliiiiu Hsitclutrd: prosi'iit d Von Su-ntiinusx-fi. W ith n &;: i?-t' :i polony lor iiis ruin-np prill:tiu*o ;iv <Jinii* /. ilir !li(t!?ioi.'-t? ! looked roll ml ;is ii ; > is n?! iiss pliicc. hut in v;mii. mi!;. ''run Uiirrii'ir ;iiiil tlio iii Mr j::rl In- st--:: 1:1 fur courtyard jWrPo ptVM'ili "Urrr. !Ii: i fillii!u"isf< cried :l;r Jill nr. \\ i:l: ;*.ii :u:-*ii m;n-ii . Hirer; ;i ;u <*. w *"| !'-ii^ si: lnv c DCiv. i t'!: Lick and I !?:! J.:: I ".My } i :s i>;i itt] w.i-' ui.i'ii.Miiiiiifc'y 4'iilli'il :i\\la sniur 'i:,--I.'!!;,r !! !? jjg morn cIimtvi il J'r.r.: i T !n*n || "iiiii \vc ?i.\"iri iiiiii ? rii;- Kii I !::i :> }'T imwiii, :i :ni :o 'k I:..-; P| jippui.'itrd s'-;ir wi'.Ji :>ln?-rifv. Iii iini.tlji'.' n:/?!i.i ::! !iir uli'< -i of iiis tliurjulits would :i;ui ii lillZ-:: < Jj?j: I i' J . i 1:. 11? -= \ ' BjjW 1'oir i!ir tfi'i:;inr;'! v.r.s uv r, 1'oj R~l! JXTt-TJ^ri.rijr\xUXrLr^(jr; tlie Fnen)g. =j?c xrLTir^rijajTrLriiTXLrir :! a .EXANDER. K- VWvVWV [jii.i] lli< i'n.i:.; ??f fi? !(l How i>- \M;ji ij j slii (I ;t siiuj.i.' licauty nvoi rJi Miu.l: i iin* J'liissiniis ;;s p'.o^aut. lu*yontl wir.il - - 4,..I ... Il.<. cuuiti navi* I'l'cu i-A|n i i>.ii .... ... i)0rL<i<7iJ '? i'i; obscure Saxon >*uuit>i?v town. As Swii.harden look in ihfse details Avtiilc ni.toliiiiit' ills napkin Hio il?k?4* !< :?<1 iiiv' J" tli?- i-orriilof was opr-nctl ami Lies. wlic uvln'ioil iu two ladies in l;t?|,ioai;ili)<* 1 raveling* divusc*, ?-ayii;j: as sbc !i?t fco: ".My inotiu:-. theso ladles nave walked si? Jiiiiv .l;at I have persuadt-d Tlwra to join us upper." Fran (ihcrinjr rose, ami pro.-eed't] io go through i!k; introduction* inevitable <'.ciiuany on uch an o *< aisiou. No soonf-r T\-fis Ihr- name of Von Sti'inlifin^fi pronounced than ilie* ?'] uer i?i the two ladles w.'tii ?juch ;;i?imatjon. exclaimed: "J havt surely had the- honor of meeting Heir itittinei^ter last winter in lierliii. sit tti<- Mranlin von C<',! "JS?? doubt J have had that honor." returned Steiuhsiuson. carelessly, as he watched the movements of Lies. "Pray, Kit down/' said the young ladv. with distracting politeness drawing hack the chair destined tor iierself: ami 1 !? - !e.iu and angular Kavoniu. "with nod* aiul hocks, and wreathed "miles," took possession of it. while Lies, dropping r. slighl. curtsey at h'T mother's passing introdiic lion. ".\!\ daughter. Ilerr KittineisJer," led tlie younger jrupt't to a st*at ohjiositf, jicxr to Lieutenant Purehardt. Lies."' said Krau <Jht?i-iiifr. "tlion hadst hcitor lake the fa tuer* * seat nutil he comes." "Vok. dear mother,'' and she j.iaced herself accordingly. with a glance <>f suppressed mirth and covert meMiing to J.fr yovnger sifter, which indicated more of mundane feeling than her calm, niiulik*- hearing would have suggested. Hut Stcirdianspn missed tbis inoniec J il I\> WYlMillKIU. Jle was helping himself, in deepest wrati). 10 some excellent roast harr. and giving the shortest possible anH\vei-*i <>> the Frail Baronin's fashionable reminiscences. A\ tin opposite side Fiaulein von WutJii'Uiin sat between Bineliardi and Von Planitz. whose neighbor, thr jittle Baekfisrhenen C'lara?or. more gei?erally ' ('.'arolieu"?found it. hard to oppose a eohl reserve, becoming the | "eomjueivd but unsubdued,to the frank. merry talk of her companion. liiniseJl u mere boy. Buivhardt. meantime made himseif exceedingly ridiculous <.Steinh;!Usen thought), by his almost troublesome atli'iitions to. and persistent attempts to converse with, the fair Fraulein or Frau at the foot" of tile table. .Steinhauseii observed that she wore a wedding or engagement ring. Biirehardr was a genial, jovial soul. Hindi given t<? beer and tobacco, and not without some sense ol' humor. JJjs devotion to one neighbor and !:tgligeiue of the other struck the Ba I'.wUtvi; JliJiUJ UU<.HP.M?,I -WW.-. ... ml t)j< Kiitmeister. too! Slit- hs.d heard 1j?- was si hard. selfish ttcsu'ire. Put .scarcely expected to liiuJ Pirn so bearish. "Tin- gnadige Fran is a great sn:dent." ?aid Uurchardt, setting down ,iiis lni'i yljiss sifter si deep draught, and again turning to the uaiighuv uf the house. He Jiinl oallcil her Frank-in first, and Sleinhausen listened sharply for her reply hut when it came she look 1.0 notice of the change of epithet. "I sec hooks iii a 13 languages yonder on your table."' country life would bo dull without some such pursuit." she replied. "Doubtless.*5 p-.it in the Kauonin. r-or.lonipiuously. "Without the advantages of oi-casionsil resilience in a capital like F.orliii. and contact with well-bred society. Hit* faculties are apt to rust." "We command the highest class of society here," said the young lady, tranquilly. 'indeed: Pardon me il I ask where is* it to be loai.dV "I Could see no great residence- a? I drove here vo-day; of whom may this high-class society consistV "< Jeutlemrn ussmcd <joeth?. Schiller j and .Ma. aulav: ladies known sis Jlurow. .Martaim- <io Staol anil .?Iadaiuo ( Ji-urjro Klioi." yoiJi.K '?i<ly! yonr answer, ciivc mm- !)i'tr.!.vs 1 !io rjsiir!" muarKotl tlu* P.anuiii:. with Inlinitc cor.eri:. '\Y:y tiUHy.'' n".ur.! -cl Taos. indifferently. I>".t with a smile ami jilasuv s*.i Kwi'cily ar;;h thai for a moment s?.t ioukftl <| 11 iti* ix'.'iu'.iiul. .Uiirci'jvoi", i-iiili were tjii ? ?! to SIiih::iisi'i:? of whom sin- hart l;i:lni;d 1;iU< !i lie! (I;:' sli^isi"st wotiri uilli an irn'sis;ili:f> co.isi-ini'siio's thai lm wax mi hot sitl'-. Till- rlTt'Ct Oil ill" itiltlllf>;S:<T WS.S j 1 lis r\( v lit < ; Iiits tvi'ii ; l.oit! Jiil :.;ic!i :ilii!< s: s'.arjlirp. mis' ; isily I HO I n I'll* !*? i:< ols.iflt. ' J;' .1 lussircs ^rml insli " Jit> saitl. ' i viss.'.JIu incliiii':! w? In-::! 1 n:y sword :: " ?. i^I.11:t:*<*." I iii-.'In iiri < : ?";!i!!":*;i'.r lis Vii.ii poivv:*:ii.-. " -rli*.I 1 "iti?!i:ii*r!' | j "to ;:? ! cj)J ll dr.? r:;v?:*.ji. < :' i i IllM'Vt'l! as a ; *'4 /!?< ran V. ' !: - i.as i. lit \\ i. Willi-! ( [ ;.! ii "Oil >< " Ciai: li? i. "n.y i> i?*! i'...s ii< : i:i*:>. a:ill so jiavi* J; i:si sii** ;'.i \ . ]'::*j . Vf, riiMni:.. : gMfl . "I wn? one of the pay?*s of lion or. and held lier train; mine was n mediaeval eosttmie?blurt veJvei slashed with whib* satin ami laced with silver: my mother lenl me her diamoi.d ajjrretle for '' "She slionlil havf- f.ddr-d he*- : j ' trronieil the Kiftuieistei. \ i.ii Planitz liIiiN'hei] vjvnlSj J?#l ;t wanim and a i-omjwni:. ami '"ian-hen < ;i Iih- .Itcilprouslj 10 : li(- 1 cScll". "] dare say ycu ivr?u!d have hf-en very ulad to haw an aigrette youi*-eii. llorr Kittim-ister. had yen heru asked to the ball." she sa:d. sa:iej;y. "eimv.iiAii <. !ii'l ih?. iviirrviiij.* 11 ;: of tilt older sister. Yen Ktvii:k:i?#;. :) i.v.igloi] pood-lion orotlly "\V?*!i. now i\e are :u) united " utiio young Faimrii-lj. "1 do hope tin- Frnuloiii will ouh- to 1>> -rim. ami Munetliihi; til 'lie eonrt. gayet ios." "Oil' at Hi-rliii. No; 1 do n<;1 1 liiiik w<- i ;i!i ev? i llicre! even t<. our own cniir; we cannot yo?only a Jul uy in-otliet "Js it not Tniiiiy? Mairiiiia." in,tj;.u'>1 tlo* li:iiferliox. "used to to <onrl", ft ml now she i.4 married sIj< i-amiot; that docs rioi socio quite fair." "Tlii'ii noble F::i ii I oil i > ?-liot;id we;l whK imho's: and not forfait tlieir pr.v iic.L'cs. ' put. in lii?- Ihivunir. :mp:itionf to Ihe hall of conversation. and -piiii.liit* with n *on?- o! ->ij"vj<tnc. ('J.i.'yIh'r 'V.'t;- .ipoliine i:t r to reply ivhen her sister ;?n?i ft" )i;iss the ?siiad. with si >:hu:-e <*1 remonstrance VtiiicL Mlei.'ed J.'--* for a few moments. No ono taking uj ti.r threat" of file discourse Fraa von WntlK-uru contintted "It. these d::y? it >f n'-< essaty to dra^v the iino more strictly than ?-v? r. "Yon remember. I?ertha." addressij-f* li'*r daughter. "what .1 stmjitrle t'Jral' It. made to have in.- English wife received. and she was aln.oet noble? only lipr people never went ic the English court." "Yes." relumed ihe young P-aton-Ska. -*"* - " - ... .I..wi..al ....I ""'lr.'ll 1\. \\ 11 > ?:i: n;iinir;iii?i, ?? ?? j *av tinged with demor-i-aik- v "Dili ho not f|v:it Berlin. and abjure* ih(- eoun becaust ti.e ?.'r.'ilin was uor admitted ?" "They sni?i so but I varee beiicve it."' "Ii'' m-ted ;:iv< t man of <?-nse and spirit"" remarked the young lady, whom, in the uncertainty as-to h?-r sntnaiiif, wo must ?-;>ij "Lies"-- she had hitherto been silent exempt to utter the small neoi ss;iry civilities r?i' ihe table. "A eh (Joit!'' cried tin Ihn'onin. "we haw revolutionists here, too." "And a dangerous one." observed Stein ha us (.11. with a slight and utterly unnoticed bow. "No. gnadige Frnu!" ?.nid the lady of the house, rpiii kly. "We ladies are no politicians, and my Jiiisliiuid is a strif upholder ol law and government." "Nor do w<- ?*are much to go to court."' cried <'iarcfoei.: "our near Prineess Margarethr told me herself that: 1 li?> balls are tiresome. but the water parties to beautiful Pdlnitz? souk 11jik's iatf- in thf evening ir. illuminated gondoi.'is ? tie.'} must hi. delightful. II oh on j]< rvs; haften ail scorn f-o merry and bright, and the prim-ess says they are better than many balls.** I'rinees" Margaretlu?." aiinost scream "d the iiobn young lady opposite. ' Where did you speali to bet ?"?a most, uneonmiimontary ?*iupiiiiwls on the you." "Here, l'lauicin \. WalherflU.'* if ' > ?:.I i...!,. ,.1 IliriH U v ? j11j ?; mi.r pfl lC-Ct OulltMll . "Tno Toy;11 fanuly. of ion thf* &ood J\in:r liiiiiscl:', foitic brie ev:>ry summer oneo 01 twice t?. enjoy tbe view froiu c.nr balcony. sr. when tbe print-ess wan visilinir her she. too. ranie.'' "It seems. t:.i 11 ** >;ui] Lieutenant: Eureiiardt. iielpiii;.' ioni'di' to a third edition of roast b.m.'ihat their >.Ia.i 'sties of Saxony are also revolutionary. "i am no! n?>lo'.v?hed. mine tJnadire. if you srivr theiu *urb a beverage- as this." and bo dipped i:i.- intiHai'-he into the looming goblet beside iiiin. 'We did not know bow fair and n- h a land the Saxony is until we tasted it- benelits " yonnjr Vcn fiaiutss, .callantly. "Tray Ilorr Ititii.rir-is.ur." nsamed ili(- l>aromo "which oi ui":! trooj s were (imaged iit MitsHjii.: lint) ;lie ?tii regiment: many loss-:.*? (To L?r- Coniinucu.) Art-tic SaniiloriuniK. The advantages offered by the tbt'c? months of A ret if summer arc e nam?n>us that tiiero have appeared recently sever::! announcements oi floating anil pcruianciit iioFpjtals lor patients suffering from incipient. pulmonary affections anil mwrastiicnio state1?'. Acer, riling to the British 3Iedical Journal, it. is proposed to cren a sanato:iiim 011 the shores oi Lake Tome, in Lapland. a long ami beautiful slit tl of water at Wassijauvt. near the end of the Ofoto Jiailroad. That ruilroai;. it may bo mentioned. has only one station in a distance ol 3T1 m:lcs. There is no human dwelling neat that station, ivhieh is on tlic lim_- between K;ve ? - <!P!i ;<uti .Mirwiiv ami w,i~- ? n < i?- ......i]y i'or U;c r."qi;ir? n;ci.iK ol ihc r-ustums uflicr. ;'os ; >;ii;;!l sicttlrmmt lit Wassijam.v.'. 1 l.r i.i.iy sijris ol Ii'.iuia:) cxisien.'-p in ilu- district i> , sioiKil oi a frtv l.aiilaaders wii't liioir i,!' ! iii(!i-: r. Already ihere lias lii-'ii ilisliiili'i! :.i ti :? sj.ot :i >cirlilifir i! .'. ?t-itil!* h'.'.ilt MrtrkllOHStJ ri-aia.li.!;^ M-' I'll lOlltllS, ;; 1.(1 il is |>:*ir|??> (! haiid 11.;- .?: !!i;? rliuii i?i s::iii?- way in Anwii-aii Mt'.jK'ii.i- !!; ]ctlcriil; S.?l.'ori Is.'is i-.'.Mci! ;:t!: !iuoti lu tin- civat :n!v.!iii;:t't's of I l.r- Aivlii <-iiin;ilr. \Y(? it.ivi! l!;a! I':-. S-1j di iilcil to ?i;:y.? a cruis;- to i!i?- fiords of * .. >. ,..j. : vr.i.'i i;i:. r.-i'ini'iiv ,u,<!;i|IS ??f t !. A - t ti AVIilif !" i lu'.-'t ( *. iifi p;<ris<-i!i.".i > in." ::;:iy in- ! :! isnl v/l'inii i Xi S" .;:(! t' t ?rij ih.iv if i v. .*ii wilV'v :ihd fori in :i j si'il:;:'!" v.'-m ! ;:!liiv<l .u.tl : |?p..5:i(*^? 1 I for ? Al!l?'! li'.Hi .?!t'ilicili:-. .v. i 11 A i MJ.C :*i :< '.].{ I?fjiarlni<"'Ul < { <'?!? ! JiK r< < LiihoV Kir. <!e .*: j tJ,r v.-iruinj: :itT?)nl<il i-.v J-5:j?zj:. * <?!.< s i lJji? >;i l?';es{ 1 I'iircnijrlt tilt lion <if li?"'s ii, .Nunkeri; Hnizii. i)i<- ;<-purt siys. 1stl'fji- -S;i?c> L;ivi- been oroufrL' to ; ilic vi*rjrp "V inn', in Hie <irau<b- <b; 1 Norte and <" sir;*. bronif drouth* ?;< ; i-ur, r.M'.siji}; l";iand ii<*p<ipn];ii??u jli rppiuns avhji'li onfe richly tin. itcjcrl .>i.?l tv?>j] w:?ti?rf?i. T!i?- Brazi.! jiiiis am to ?ii! for * !? j til!ilic irphutijig < ! "Iioir ?Jvv*isr:>:? ?! . j ! i . ' ' Tfcr* jii'ojr-ct of r;s?ji,Ir-p ;j gooiloii*' i liasoliiso lwtwp?n <'airo :iti?) tL<- <':tp? j <>l' <iood II.-ji 1!v. attention u- Tin* j vtraup- hostility ijft<?n sbown I?>* ! ago lril?t's to tlip ojH-nitlou.* of 1 J:* ?*uI {duoer*. Midi.'! j* iios Iwej. found ' that tin- M<rMit?u ??i j?ill?r? ami oniiu? : to Uii.rl: tb?* -in- of surveying stations i almost im-vif;ii>ly attract? lb< altos;j lioi; <>I ill" i. ju( *}iooi li* ,ij the iifi.uh ' horliCKH!. 'VI.(i <l i!r?Iji iv iii'mum unI innmiuiK.t*. Similar i rouble i* louiiil i jit Africa, S'uiii: America itnd j '.vu. Kor thi- reason it is suggf-vtf-i! that iLr- ohiy way in salVgniunl ih | basal points ot .t great iriangulatiun ] ; ii! ui.' iviib.ftl Iiui(l> i: 1i> (i>: a iargc* [ i ji'.iiiiiu i ?if swrialary point!-. s<a't??reil ; aver ?he ronutry. .' on.^siing' of iisitiir;?I j feature* wbirb '-?\i;not hi n'Mivi-t). ; which \v:!] unknown 1 i:i* [ Lutives. Tin- appiirain" !>y wiiM; Dr Arthur Korn. a <!<?rn;.:rt iii\"i.tor has suoci-(.' ]? ' I'd m iraTisii;:i;photographs; ai>uv." 500 luiJps ovf-i- telegraph tojfpbrmc ! {i:>os depends lor j t>- art ion upoi. tin; j baiifring cK:tri>- resistance of selenium untU-r ih?- Influence of light of varying intensity. A ray ol light. < I caiiM'd so pass .\vs-.eniatir,al!y ovr-j Hie : Kurfru-e of a transparent til in ontain tng :! photograph. t'?2!s upon ;i ?i*jtjn:t;jji <-eli \vho>e el'-ftrir resistance varies ; "wiilj tin- amount of light passing i 11n different part? of the phoio j graph. 'I'liffO variations are trans, mitted to tin- kcivir wire, and at thrrwtiunjL mil ilicy vary the illuminaj lion of a small vacuum tube, which J j passes over a sensitized photographic paper syiiehrojiically with tlie ray of j light, moving over the -11m at. the send- : jug station. Thus a copy of the orig- i I ma! pho;ograpij i? produced. ; That a body '" an acquire- during ilm ; ! night a different temperature from j mat ol tlie surrounding atmosphere j has been demonstrated by Mr. Well. an | English physician. If a thermometer i js taken from a window, wrapped in I i cotton and pl.ved on the ground, its j mercury will descend seven or eight i degree*. Vegetables similarly- s?tiint- , j ed. and being bad .. onductors, may j I freeze at a lime when the thermom- | i etcr does not mark the freezing point i ?proof liiai the cold experienced by i a plant may be entirely different from 1 tiie temperature of the surrounding i air. This low temperature of plants, j j however, only occurs when the night j i is eltur. <ine?- ar this time the plant I*' 'I" :,s fnni-./i Ol.il i TMJf'iirs Jifii; iuiiMjp,uuui r?j?uv*r ??! & ? i becomes chilled. whereas if the night | I jk cloudy ilie* phenomenon does not j | occur. 'i his uives rise 1o the popular ' suprrsiiiion that plants and bud* are ! i frozen by moonlight. Liiuclieoi: by Suggestion. Lets ol' women order their luucheor.s 1 | merely by force of ^nearest ion. 11 yon j j don't think watch the wavering ; j ones <ii down. look on the card, glance j j at their neighbor's plate. .1 nd then or- ! ] der whatever tiie latter happens to be I i fating. 11. a crowded luuekeon-rcom j | on matinee one iittle round table seat! jng four women bore out this stale- j i merit. Two of the women refreshed j i themselves on cake and coffee. The ; ! third was jiuttiiis: away a savory dam j ( COWIle;-. llMii ij; e;nur ill- uusn i ru flit- takes. gazed :iTiprofiativoly on tinI t-Iii>\vdir. .':]nl requested the tatter. The | lirst ehowderer Jiiiislictl :tiid departed, I and the woman who immediately took ! her place looked around tlie table and ' i ordered ?-?t?-:?-?- and . otTee. I->y this 1 iiuc the lirst :v?<: .-akf- nud ; ! enflVvites had linished arid an unceri lain-looking wemau s;if down ?:i? that i i side of the lable. Sh" looked ;n the ! two opposite. glaced at the card and i said. "ISriiijj me a elam chowder." This is a I'j.f t. and there is ever;. rer.! fie;, to suppose thai Jioiliiiiir bur eoflV?and Ciik< s and ehowdo" were served i at lhat table ai! tin- afternoon. or at I least, as w,uv as wavering ladies <at ; down a! it.-- Philadelphia Bulletin. To Cure I'rgsiir.ifsKi. Hang these- words -an your bi dpov: ? :* taek then. Mini your brain: I an: poin.1T to Income an optimi*!. j J'roin now oi! 1 am ;-oliig to i-iinnge ni.\ entire iile ;.;.d i:i\" entire style of I h ii; k 1 will endeavor aort a t ier to lie generonv in mj * iew toward others, broadminded. iargi sj.ir.ted and kind thiiii:iT!.'; \v;'l! o! everybody, mean <"'1 nobody. and o\ erio-;,. it:g'the little lar.it>. beiieving that ?ii-. re are other qualities in ii::* mm. rV; r.v!:eltn the desii loiiey. "Tl.cre i> >: a.-, -i: bad m :i.r- be?t . ' t:4 a!id mi ii ii-a .-oasl .n the worst ? ! lis ih'it :! beiiooM's e.leii one o! ! : > be charitable . ih" vwj i.f us " 1 vrniil sr.- *!: t.r.ghl side ? ! everything ! I...-: .it.- : .a ;:, t 5ik?> I'.ii iipiiii.:".. iiisv.- i11;t :m< omi. -km niiir iii i!i<> fact tii..: J s!:::li i.iciiaW :is:;i::. am" n::;k cvci'vni.r p;?!. ?' ' jiyk. (Mi ( "till II!': Two Si'iiati- { T!.:it Ti."!. < (<? . li ii jI \ c S. t;;i; hmii.-. j:::] :..;i . < !!:: t .!>!' < :' li-iilii'l;*. i:!.' Si"11 ti =i* . . Ji is .1 i:;i-V"i:::!i ; Willi ! !().'; : :t I.i.: i.::.ti i- . li I: j Oi il.r?Mi: ,'inrk kvi)i;'il i:.is lltlll.. i> < I i NTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS ! S0ME ST * FOR JANUARY 8. | THE VII _________ J Subject: The Witnenv of .1 uhi; the ItnptiiK j ^ t;? Jchiis, .Joli 11 i?. 19-34?(ioldci; 1 V*t( , ?9HB John i.. <9?Memory Vermis. 20, '-IT? 1 j?hE0 commentary on the ItnyV Lesnni:. JH9I 3. The testimony John the Baptist j 'y.-. J!l-2S). 19. "Tbis ;s tlie* witncxs"' (K. j . J^RkSBS \'.f l~he entente means, tins is ti:t- tc*nti- I ' UHUiy :li.it .John tort- "The This I -oi in :? John's trospcl commonly mean* : ' ..OHR| tin.- opponent* or Christ. "Tin* .lews" are | . to him not his fillo'.v soon try men, hut 'he i |?ei.MVHtur$ ami murderer- of tii?: Messiah. "'. 99H Tin of a x ha- become the name "t a sect. Ho uses the term about seventy lime.-, almost always ?itli this shade of j>s^HB3jg J'l iests .ind Levit.esThe , ,-omiiination "pries th ami Levite*" occurs ; r'^BBfln| nowhere else in the New Testament. To- j . floUUSD lift her they repre>eir t he hierarchy. This j ?va? a delegation from ti.e Sanhcrirni. | '".HMBK 'Who art thou''"' What do you proless to Ik ' Do you assume to l" the Aiessian. or ' : iim you :i prophet? Two tilings are plain- j .^KKSSB ly taught in this ve?e: One > the great | "'Hm sensation iaus?d by John i lie Vkiptisl'd ' ministry. The oihei is tlit- slate of espeelation :ti whieri the people were at thin : ?wsss "Not i tie Christ The form of '"BHmBB 1:1 this implies a very positive and ut:uii>taliable asset lion. We liave in ihis and ttic following verse? an itixlructivi; :.a.->iple of truf liumilitv. John the Rap t:st was an ?ni:iin]'. '-.nat ot <iod J'Vw "MDKl names in tho Jiifilt* stand higher IIin.ii hi:--. AJ^||gDKg -I. "Klias." CJiec-k 1'orn) Joi Elijah. "1 . ..in not."' That is, net <n the sense you i BBS Si have. id liiini'. They wtrc speaking literally, and John was not Elijah returned to ; earth again. When ?1 xaiti that John , was- Elijah :Ma;t. 11 1-1 lie ?\a- speaking I ii(iinaiively li-onip. Luke 1 1"'. The pro- ' phei.'' iK. V.) The veli-Lnuwii prophet IuSNBBH oj JJrut. 18:1.*, who soim thrush! would bo a it'cond Closes, others a .world Elijah, j others- tiii' .M.'ssiah. "No. ' John knew ' '.hat "the prophet" to whom they referred : |^9M| Wjis the 31i's<iah. lli> an.-wci is abrupt. . flflnan 22. After exhausting all spccial names 'flnnQ tlicv press <161111 to a lull description of | liiinseii. that they may he able to give a | HnRO proper answer to tin* Sanhedtin. ! 2:1. "The votee."' Jie was not the ' !B|b9| '"Word." but merelv i: "voice." He was I :H ?*alJ(>?l a voice because, ]. He way uttering j <?odV thought*. The importance lay I ehicUy iu the menage not m the nuwsen- j ger. '!. Although weak 1:1 iuro?e!f, yet he MBBhI produced a. great commotion. "Crying." j |HB Jferalding. proclaiming. "In tht wilder- j nes-." "The world wap, indeed a moral wilderness when the time drew near for ' 1 lie t urning ol' tlie King." "Make straight/' j WgwHWH etc. See isn. 40:3-5. The ide:: is taken ! from the practice ol Eastern monarch?, whenever they took a journey ?ent harbinger* before thtm to prepare tiie way. 24. "Pharisees." The Pharisee# heJd ^NjgjRSa mo$: strenuously that no prophet. after RMSffifl Moses, had a righ' to introduce any new sacred usage, rite oi ecremony among the Mosait institution-, excent tile Messiah ^ E^BnR Him.??.*li. The question then in the following vw-e. Why baptiseth 1 hot: then'' was jnlffflHBE a very peremptory one* 2t>. "1 baptist: mfflWBB with water." John'* answer e- very pel- iHBSKDp tinent. .My baptism is the symbol and prt- : cursor fit a real baptism by the great. Hap- IBEBBMH i,.ser. "Hen standeth orie.': It is not necessary to suppose that Jesus wax stand- |^H^^QH9K ing in the crowd at that time, liut Jle was USHmW living and al.-iding: among the people, and He was unknown to them. IS^OdbBm 27. See R V. ".After wr '' John wao kSH^KBSR the forerunner to announce Hi* coming. "Not worthy."' ,\ proverbial r-xpremion. ^SgjnJttdfl The work oi unlacing and removing the ^HUSMB| sandals belonged to the humblest, servant, HHfflH and in comparison to Christ John says he was too inferior to do even that The dosue to exalt Christ and aba?e himself is ever uppermost in John's mind. 28. "Bethabara."' The R V. ha* Bethany. ?This was Dot the Bethany oi. the Mount ?if Olives). Both names nave nearly theHRHnBH same meanirg. Bclhnny sometimes signify- ^MnH ing "boat bouse.'* and Bethabara "ford H|ffigyB|^K| house," or " erry house/' IbSMBHICTB 11. .lohn point* out. .11*-us hv 29. "The next, clay." Alter the testimony H&2S9m| of John to the deputation from Jerusalem. "Seetli Jesin.'' The fact that John Je*us chows that the lw;iti<:n and tempta-^BHE&nHy lion (Matr. 3:13 to 411) preceded theHHj^DSH events of tiiis lesson, "Lamb of 'i'here is no reasonable doubt that J oh (!iivt- thi* nunc tf. our Lord because Ue^HlHBgBH was the true sacrifice for sin. the true ant type of tiie passover lamb. and the lamh^^^B^^9HB prophesied oi by iMiiah (Isa. 53 7) "J'ak-^H^HBflEHj cih awav."' Or "benreth away." as in lh<^HflHHBM| margin. On the great day of : tonement^BttHraflK the priest confessed th- sins oi' the pcopli^l^^mUWQ and laid 'hem upon the tiapepoat, and tht^HHHnHBj goat was sent to tne depths ui the dosort^H9M?95S I'hrisfs taking away the i-ins o! the \v<>r!t^HH^flG^9[ is borrowed from this act. We liave )'<n^EUwnKfl( one of the many express-tons which ,:'v'"r'HnffiBK| iln' great scriptural truth that ('iirst't^QgnSSBi t!e;il!i was h vifai':c.\i?- p.i.\t slice for "T!ie Ail:.'' All tin- sii:> ?>!' all the t 'i:.i!:c>^^9SHnESEI no une \vns it!: out hut all may be xavei^RfflnMH 111 u I .'Ul. "A.tt-i Mic." .lois came ;i rU'^BRjSfe^HD H': ierml before mm lrgini\ ami "W.i* i??*l Tins relet'-' to Chris eternal pre-tvc:-;?.-."'. u'jili tiie Father. .'{^HBshBBBBBh "Kneiv Him o; w.i<. nor prcviout']HNBSHjMffi| a(<|Siaime;l with Jlim. ;.m] tlitre iias bce^HH|^H|H private f<iili.-i? ii or <;nangenieiii. twetn ;t>. Jiiii '-.riser/ think '.hat as eosirin oi:i LnriJ. must h.iA^^ngSHHBB ?\,.;e>-n):i he:*" mean-" that l.e ili<l ri:i>?;on unli! iiic time of h.> h;t>>tis)^Kgra9E?BII ' 'I'm i eti an, J .Tr.hii I i. that the t'l'.'il f end (it 11 is wii" nut to n;nn a sect .n hi.? oivi, ii.iiii^^HBWKEBK re .lews. III. J low .1 oi:t: i.nfVv .Jevj.? tvs. proi-mU icli now. lorty-tv.o d,.y> iH'foiv tiiis. I!J5eHE|m99h tlir.: lie was liie Mps>i;i1i. "I >:i\v." have helit'lii." H. V. .John had iief-n w.i*> not now rojioi'ti^HffiH^B^VS Uoiri hearsay. "Like dove." That t^RSJSSgHHBH spirit ot iiotl ?u!<I (ic.-'.vlid a.* a d<>Y?^EBInRgHwHj in areonlaii.e w .th ihf eti:*-leniatic (ha i wl: .>!(' tiorj. Tlift i o.?pptcil (S. of tf:H^M9BSNRn iiannless iMat!. Midi. tjent t (S. nf S. 2 i-t "in pci.i t1 . C>?*ri. S: 11 m hrauty (1'HhB^UB i?S l:i!. i \v;.s the f.nl / t?:ru aliowi'ii '"^DSBHI ?f iiie Lev:tieal I'^Khb^h^bSHnB < linst l. - i i";t tins kimivii 11 i. ^HHRBmHBHO noai.l ???* .mis in puiilif 'i; n ^^hhSb9 bMqM Kii.fli!c. ami. iii>' t'V :<m :^HBnRflU6SMg i In- .\5i;?siaii. .I. i.:: iiisiiviy'i ?<>.! the .Tclin '.va-i WwBmiMHM ?ii\ IfflfflHR Aftuckci! liy T.Ti1rt Tnilirvv. nu&SBmjrHflffSHS ;ip> I. i; uj? n.nHMH| I)?x I : lie >>:<i : HaBBWMlw he ^> ivih'tt lii- BHjHHni i.i ki'v S>(>!ISHHkH|^H8H ,\l: i >ic|>|)i??l i-i;sin> ?&11 I < !( [ ! ! fit- ''"HHolnHH tin* t i -1! * s.i iiiU'iit T tie-'! IIM; 110 H.l>; HEHnHUf hv liu'in MnSSSnHI lu- ?-}?: . ii;.nil. 'I iti';^J29flKEnHBB -km! .i Willi I?i. vV ill! nBSH?|flHR < hMrann