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11ITTI F MAI f ? | A CHILD OF by b. l. f h CHAPTER xl -Continued. If th'e roads had been rough and uneven when Walter walked over them with Saranne in his arms, they were a thousand times more rough and uneven now they were in the cart, bumping along. For the driver was anxious to get to ins own cottage, aiiu lie uigeu iur horse to make as much haste as was in the power of an animal that was by constitution a slow goer and plodder? and, consequently a philosopher. He, sitting in front on the shaft, and bumping up and down as though that were his natural way of life, did not see. his passengers, but he heard them cry out to him merrily to "Stop, stop, 6top!" By that time Saranne was pressed close to Walter's side?for no other reason, of course, than that if he moved .away from her the billionth part of nn inch something dreadful might occur. "You really," said Walter, "for the sake of our bones, must go a little slower." Thereafter they jogged along at a more sober pace (the driver being I soothed by tbe promise of an extra shilling), but notwithstanding this improved mode of progression, which reduced to zero the chance of falling out of the cart, Saranne was still pressed close to Walter, and his arm was - around her waist. Perhaps experience had taught Walter that it was well for a man to be prepared for sudden shocks when he is riding in a rough cart over rough country roads with a pretty girl by his side. It was a glorious sunset, and at Little Mabe-Believe's request the driver pulled up so that they could ascend a hill and look at it. The evening was still and peaceful, and the young people were for the most part silent, as they gazed at the wondrous color of the western skies; ' but now and then a whispered word or . two from Walter's lips reached Saraijne's ears. as uiey roae ajuug 'agum jucj watched the sinkiDg of tb? rjn through j the lacing" of the distant trees; the fiery shadows, gliding hither and . thither, seemed to be imbued with life. Lower sank the sun, until not the faintest line of arc could be seen; darker grew the dusky shadows until not a trace of restless light remained. And night was with them. Peaceful and beautiful. They were quite silent now. Not a word from their lips, only now 1 and then a soft and happy sigh. The driver with the prospect of an additional shilling, and another on top of that?the additional promise having already been given by Walter?sat contentedly on his shaft, smoking his pipe. So amiable was he that he went a lit tie out of his way to show them a great haystack, to which a match had been Wickedly put in the morning by a drunken laborer smarting under a grievance against his master. It resembled an ancient castle, with turrets and towers and Gothic arches. The fire was still smouldering in the ruined building. Sudden lights appeared and disappeared; flaming shad- . ows glided over the surfaces; columns crumbled to white dust; lurid windows shone everyheie amid the blackening patches; tbe walls bulged inward; .with a 6ilent crash, vast pieces of the ceiling fell to the ground, sending myriads of sparks, in a furious rush, upward to the skies. Onward once more through the peaceful night, leaving the fiery wreck behind them?past tall trees which, -with dark clouds hanging over them, seemed of monstrous height ? through narrow lanes dotted with familiar landmarks?past a pond covered with water lilies?skirting the footbridge they had often crossed?nearer and nearer home till the cottage lights appeared. In accordance -with Walter's wish, the driver had brought them to within a hundred yards of their door. He was well paid for it, and giving them good-night, set his horse going, jumped on to the shaft, and jolted homeward, whistling. A hundred yards was not far to walk, but it took a long time, the pace being so very, very slow. Perhaps the circumstance that Saranne and Walter had joined hands as they walked had something to do .Wlin IT. This love palming is accountable for much. No one knew of it but themselves; Little Make-Believe was on Walter's / left, Saranne on his right, so that it was his right hand and her left which were softly infolded one within the other. It is necessary to be correct in the endeavor to explain why they were such an unconscionable long time walking those hundred yards. ******* In the midlle of the night Little Make-Believe awoke. Her face was turned to Saranne, who, with her back to her sister, was leaning on her elbow, gazing at something she held in her hand. On the chair by the bedside was a lighted candle. It was the lipht which had aroused Little Make-Believe. "Saranne!" said Little .Make-Believe, and slightly raising herself as she spoke she saw iu Saranue's hand a portrait of Walter. "Oil. Make-Believe!" cried Saranne, quickly blowing out tbe caudle; "how you startled me!" "I thought there was something the matter," said Little Make-Believe pres\ ently; she spoke very quietly, "when I woke up aud saw the lignt." "Nq, there is uothing the matter. 1 am restless aud cau't sleep. What a KE-BELIEVE1 111 THE SLUMS. I 'arjeok. :::::: || happy day we haC-what a happy, happy day!" "Yes, dear, a happy day indeed. It is hard to remember all that occurred, it was so long and full of pleasure." "I can remember everything?everything! I shall never, never forget it. Don't you think it "was the happiest, the very happiest day you ever spent?" "Do you think so, Saranne?" "Yes, Make-Believe." "Then so do I! Yer know, Saranne, that to see you happy makes me happy, too." "I know, Make-Believe. I am afraid I have* been very ungrateful to you sometimes." "That you never have, my dear. You have always been very good to me." .uaKe-.ueiie-ve, wnisperea saranne, "one da}- I may be able to repay you for all you've done for me." "To repay me, my dear? Why, that is as if you owed me somethink." "I never knew," said Saranne, nestling closer to Little Make-Believe, "till lately when it was put into my head, how much I really owe you. I never even thought of it, ungrateful girl that I am." "You mustn't speak of yerself in that way. I will not allow you. Who has been putting such ideas into your head?" "Can't you guess, Make-Believe? The best man that breathes on the earth, who loves you, and is never tired of speaking of you. Can't you guess, dear?" "A man as loves me! As calls me sister! Do you want me to tell yer his name? Are yer too shy to do it yerself? Why, Saranne, it's dark, and no one can see! And your prince is come! ?didn't I always tell yer he would?? nnrl hie tio m** "Walter." She pressed Saranne in her arms close to her heart. It was the name she expected to hear, but she had not the courage to mention it first; brave as she was, capable of self-sacrifice ab she was, she was not strong enough for that. It was the death-knell of her hopes -which, she acknowledged now, but ever before, held sway over her; as if ' she should ever have had the presumption to lift her eyes so high!?it was the death-knell of her love, but she bore it nobly. "Are you glad, Make-Believe?" "Am L glad!" repeated Little MakeBelieve. "What greater happiness can : I want than what you've told me? There is only one thing, my dear; he is a gentleman, and we are only poor girls?what will his father say?" "Walter has spoken of that. He has not told his father yet?why, MakeBelieve, I only knew.it to-day!?but his father is the best of men, after "Vyalter, ua tuurse, uiiu wuuer bujb lie iius never crossed him in a wish. It has 1 made me proud to hear the opinion Mr. Deepdale has of you, Make-Believe ?but Walter shall tell you all that " "I'm glad Mr. Deepdale thinks well of me, though it's hard to say for what reason. I've never done nothing that I know of except to thank him for his goodness to us." All this time Little Make-Believe had | not kissed Saranne, whose head she had kept pillowed on her breast, but now by a simultaneous movement of affection their lips met in loving embrace. "Why, Make-Believe, you'ra crying!" exclaimed Saranne. ' "I'm crying for joy, my dear, at the prospect afore you. With all my heart I pray that it may come to pass?with all my heart?with all my heart!" "We are not to go back to Clare Mar- i ket, Make-Believe; we are to remain here until all is settled, and then we nrn crr\ +a ooViaaI fnr o root*?rna V IV gv IV UVUWi iVi U J V.U1 J tOj Make-Believe, you and me together? ' and Walter is coming to see us regularly?and at the end of the year?you can guess what Walter says will hap- i pen then." "It's a easy guess, God bless yer 1 both, my dear, dear sister, and my brother as I hope'll be." "There will be no occasion for you to struggle any more, Make-Believe the hard old life is over. Walter's father is rich, and we shall never, never again want for bread. You are crying still, Make-Believe!" "My heart's so full that it's running over. Go on, dear." "And you are to live with us always, and never, never leave us till " "Till what, my dear?" "Till your prince comes and takes you away from us." "That's never going to happen, Saranne." "Ah, but you don't know, Make-Believe." "I know well enough. There's not a bit of room in my heart for any other love than what fills it now, for you and Walter. Go to sleep, my dear, and dream of him?and of me just a little. Go to sleep, my dearest dear, go to sleep." In the midst of her tears she softly sang an old song with which she used to lull Saranne to sleep in the days of her infancy ;and before a dozen broken words were sung Saranne had sunk to slumber, with smiles on her lips and joy in her heart. Ami the wliol^ niirht throucrh. while Sarnnne was calmly sleeping, Little Make-Believe lay awake wrestling with her agony?wrestling with it and striving to conquer it. "They mustn't know, they mustn't as much as suspect,"?this was the refrain ol" her thoughts?"I mustn't let 'em see as I'm not the happieest of the happy. It'd spoil everything if I showed 'em what a weight there was on my heart. Serve yer right, yer little fool, for daring to think of him w. anything but a friend! With your ugly face and common ways to go and love him as you've been doing? but mustn't go on doing, mind! if yer do, yer false to Saranne, and to bft false to her means that you're the wickedest wretch as crawls!?to think of him as you've been doing for ever so long?why, you must be stark-staring mad! It's all over now, that's one eood iob. and you're wide awake, and know what's afore you. Oh, my poor heart?oh. my poor heart!" And so she mourned and grieved and reproached herself till daylight came and it was time to rise. Saranne still slept. Very softly Little Make-Believe drew away the pillow upon which her head had been lying; it was wet with her tears; if Saranne discovered that she had been crying all i the night she might think that Little j Make-Believe was envious of her, or | something worse, perhaps. Not with tears, but with smiles, I must she meet Saranne when she , awoke. She sat in her night dress by the j side of her beautiful sister, and gazed j at her. "Wouldn't it be the best thing that j could happen if I was to die?" These words were not only in her j mind; she had spoken them under her i breath, and she clenched her teeth in i scorn of herself as though there lurked \ *? ? n 4noneAnohlA "nrioh +A- I ill LUC W VI UO a ucaovnuuiv <uu w ward the being -who was knit to her by the closest, the dearest ties. For the purpose of accentuating this scorn of herself, and of punishing herself for her baseness, she took the dressing glass from the table and j rested it on her knees as she took her place again by her sister's side. Sbe looked at her own plain face in the glass and at tbe loveliness of Sar- | anne's as it lay upon the pillow. "You ugly little scorpion!" she whispered to her face in the glass, "who do i yer think'd be fool enough to fall in I love with you?" This brought the image of Foxey to ( her mind, but though he had been fool [ enough to fall in love with her, arid fool enough to ask her to marry him, his image brought no comfort to her; it made her shudder at herself. She shook her head angrily to drive him from her mind, and sat for half an hour with the glass before her, schooling herself for the part she had to play. A slight movement from Saranne warned her; she replaced the glass quietly on the table and plunged her face into cold water. Turning, with the towel in her hand, she met her sister's opening eyes with looks of affection and happiness. "How good it is of you!" murmured Saranne, as Little Make-Believe stooped and kissed her. "It's a lucky sign to wake up and see such a bright and happy face as yours. I've been dreaming all night of vValter and of your prince. Yes, indeed I have. I i don't care what you say, Make-Be- I lieve. He'll come?you'll see if he j won't." * * A ryrl rrrKof WQo TYTTT UlrO Rflf. ! -xuu. nuai " " = "JJ I anne? Anything like Walter?" "Something like, but not so handsome as Walter; you could hardly expect that!" "I should be foolish to expect it. There's only one Walter, Saranne." "Yes," said Saranne, with a happy sigh, "only one!" ****? ? On that day Mr. Deepdale returned from London. He had been absent a week, and letters had passed daily between him and Walter. In Mr. Deepdale's letters there had been rfo cause for uneasiness, and Walter was therefore the more grieved to norr>oivo that n rrpnt rhflnce hflfl come over his father during those few days. It almost seemed as if in seven days 1 be had grown seven years older, and it was evident that there was a weight on his mind which sorely oppressed bim. "You don't look welj, dad," said Walter. "Don't I, Wally? Perhaps it is because I have been much worried." "I am sorry to hear that." "Don't be anxious about me, my boy; I shall be better by and by, I dare say. But you, Wally," and he laid his bands upon Walter's shoulders, "I don't think I have ever seen you look quite bo well as you do now." "Dad, I'have something of the utmost importance to say to you." "And I have something of the utmost importance to say to you, my bov. But let us defer our confidences till later in the day; I feel scarcely strong enough at present to go into matters. Let me rest a little; this evening, Wally, we will speak In private together." "Agreed, dad; but you must let me speak first." (To be Continued.) Snide Lights on History. Mrs. Julius Caesar bad just picked a young blonde hair from the left shoulder of her husband's toga. "Ah, ha!" she exclaimed, angrily. "So you have been trotting around with some drug store fairy, have ycu, t hovo enenoptwl mil fnr a long time, and now " "See bere, Cornie." interrupted the dictator, somewhat impatiently, "how often must I tell you that Caesar's wife should be above suspicion?" But sentimental historians put another construction on the phrase. The peasant's wife had just given King Alfred an awful tongue lashing for letting the pancakes burn. "Gee whiz!" cried the perturbed monarch, "I wish those fellows over in Battle Creek would hurry up and invent a ready-to-serve breakfast food!" ?Chicago Journal. A Little Free With the Judge. Congressman Bankbead, of Alabama, has a weakness for gambling stories. One tbat be tells is of a time wben a spasmodic attempt was being made to drive gamesters out of Mobile. A witness was on the stand testifying for tbe defence, it being well known that tbe Judge was a skilful poker player. Tbe witness talked of "going blind," "raising," "passing" and so on, and finally bis bonor said gravely: "Mr. Jackson, you are using a good many of what I presume are technical terms. Will you be good enough to explain some of them?" The witness, with equal gravity, replied: "I shall be pleased to do so, your honor, if you will kindly let me have your poker deck for a few moments."?Kansas City Journal. I UniKfihoId ^ patters Oetting Iilil of Mice, Mice Lave a great antipathy to the smell of peppermint, and a little oil of peppermint placed around theii haunts and holes will successfully keep them away. A Paten! Leather Polish. ' A highly recommended polish for patent leather is made by taking a quarter of a pound of sugar, half an ounce of gum arabic and a pound of ivory black and boiling the ingredients until thoroughly blended. When cold the polish is ready for use. j When Serving Ices. A charming way to serve ices at a child's party is to line common flower pots, two inches and a hah' in diameter at the top, with parnffiue paper, afterwardsfrlilling nearly full with ice cream. Sprinkle with grated sweet chocolate to represent earth, and stick a flower in the top. T-~ U?:i Ttloo A rice kettle to boil rice perfectly has an inner basket with a very close mesh. The rice washed in several waters is placed in the basket, aud this is plunged into boiling water, where the rice cooks without dagger oI burning. When the water boils away the rice still cooks in the steam. Catting Bacon. In cutting breakfast bacon, lay the rind side down on the meat board, cot down to the rind as many slices as are needed, then cut it off in a block. Turn edgeways and cut off one end, then the other end, the inside, and last the rind, and you will have trimmed all the slices nearly as quickly as you could Lave trimmed one. Scrap Baskets. The scrap basket is becoming each Hftnw Af n ?.\ftAoent'r qttII in o tpflll appointed room, and more of a very serviceable decoration. It is found this y<?ar in innumerable and unusually graceful shapes and in the most' effective of colorings. These innovations have been brought about largely in the effort to compete with the fetching baskets which have been so successfully made by the home basket weaver?the girl who has much leisure time, but who enjoys working with her fingers. With the aid of the many colored raffia and sweet grasses and some ingenuity, she has produced basiets of graceful shapes and attractive colorings, which up to this time could not be bought in any store, says an exchange. Dlghwashinir. Do not be discouraged about having to wash dishes 3C5 days in the year. Dishes must be washed, and, of all the many duties that falls to woman's lot, this seems to be the most disliked. But there is an ideal way. The chief things required to make it a pleasure are care, order, plenty of good, hot water, and a stack of dry tea towels, two dishcloths, and a large enameled bowl. The dishes, when removed from the table, must have each of its kind put together. Put. all the cooking utensils on the range and fill them with water until the time comes to clean them. Have a receptacle in which to place all the scraps that come from the dishes, plates, etc. The most important thing is to have plenty of hot water; not merely warm, but hot, and use some good soap in the water to make * />?* T4- nlonne orrnocr manf kVUUi C U U O# Jit V-Jtuuc lut 0j.\_*wj jlu?_uv i dishes and plates twice as quickly. Have your mops with handles for deepmouthed jtigs, and have nice dishcloths made of cheese cloth. Begin -with the glassware, and next china, and follow with spoons, forks, knives, etc. Never use a wet towel.? Woman's Life. RECIPES f Creamed Potatoes With Cheese?Peel about five ordinary-sized potatoes and cut: inxo sman cuues. ^n?p an wiu i water, drain and boil until tender. Drain off the water, sprinkle over theru a little salt and pepper, add a generous half cup of milk, a tablespoonful of butter and cover with grated cheese. Brown quickly in the oven and serve at once. Strawberry Sherbet Shortcake?For strawberry shortcake worthy of its name and noble ancestry is to put the wasbod and hulled berries in a bowl, cnt them up with a silver knife and sweeten them to taste. Then, when the sugar is saturating the fruit and extracting its juice, bake a rich biscuit crust, split it open, butter the inside of both pieces generously and spread one of them with the berries. Put the other piece on top, with the buttered I inside uppermost, and pile the fruit on it until it will not hold another berry nor a teaspoonful more of juice. If any of the juicy berries are left serve 'boro as a sauce with the shortcake. Many people prefer them to cream, though the latter could nat be scorned by the veriest epicure. Game Pie?The game to be used should be carefully boned, and should consist of wild duck, partridge, quail, small pieces of venison and wild hare. Sprinkle with powdered mace, allspice, salt and pepper. Line a large dish with the richest puff paste, then arrange a layer of the prepared game iu the bottom; cover this with a layer of forcemeat, icade by chopping two ounces of ham, one teaspoonful of parsley and the peel of half a lemon, then add oue well-beaten egg and sis ounces of bread crumbs and mix thoroughly. Next arrange a layer of stewing oysters that have been carefully drained and dried; continue alternating the layers until the di&h is filled. Bake in a moderate oven, with an ornamental crust, making a tiny slit for the steam to escape; when nearly baked, pour In with a funnel a rich cream gravy, to whi-ch has been added a little dissolved gelatine. TEE GREAT DESTROYER < SOME STARTL1NC FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE." Poem: He Never Ulamerl llie Booze ? National Temperance Movement in Launched in France ? Thinking Frenchmen Alarmed. Ho took a bottle up to bed. Drank whisky hot each night; Drank cocktails in the morning. But never could get tight He shivered in the evening, * And always had the blues, Until he took a bowl or two? But he never blamed the booze. H;s joints were full of rheumatiz; His appetite was slack; He had pains between his shoulders. Chills ran down his back; H* suffered with insomnia. At ni^ht he couldn't snooze; He said it was the climate? But he never blamed the booze. His constitution was run down. It was overwork, he said; His legs were swelled each morning And he often had swelled head. He tackled beer. wine, whisky; And if they didn t fuse, d3e blamed it on dyspepsia? But he never blamed the booze. ?fe claimed he couldn't sleep at night, And always had bad dreams; fie claimed he always laid awake, 'Till early sunrise beams, 1 Se thought it was malaria; Alas! 'twas but a ruse; Ee blamed it on to everything? But he never blamed the booze. His liver needed scraping, And his kidneys had thd gout; He swallowed lots of bitters. 'Till at last he cleaned them out. His legs were swelled with dropsy, 'Till he had to cut his shoes; He blamed it on the doctorBut he never blamed the booze. ITien he had the tremens. And he tackled rats and snakes, First he had the fever, Then he had the shakes. !At last he had a funeral, And the mourners had the blues; And the epitaph carved for him was? "He never blamed the booze." ?J. Ryan E. Earle, in Newspaperdom. Drunkenness In France. A combined meeting of the four chief temperance societies of France, held lately in Paris, and presided over by ?o less a personage than M. G'asimir verier, snows now seriously tmnKing Frenchmen are now impressed with the magnitude of the evil they have to combat. We used to believe that bard flrinking was one of the ugly failings ?f the Anglo-Saxon, but thut it was alien to the Gallic genius. Frenchmen liave always prided themselves on this contention. But the facts no longer bear it out. Absinthe along the boulevards and cheap brandy among the working classes have made a terrific record. Absinthe has had its votaries or its victims, as one may care to call them, from Verlaine on down through the lesser lights of Bohemia to unremembered nobodies. With shaking fingers but keen desires, /they enjoyed the "green hour"?and passed. Meanwhile the deadly wit of French caricature has found another subject in the hulking figure and heavy features of the laborer pushing his coppers across the wet zinc in return for liquid'madness. If we care for French drawing, we may admire the artistic force, the sheer naked power of it all, and overlook the awful conditions which furnish the motive, iiut irencn caricature, wane !t respects nothing in the world, has Its own merits as a danger signal. Wherever it is, we may know that something is rotten. Some time ago the French prison authorities took up the matter and instituted lecture courses to convicts on the effects of alcohol. A recent picture in L'lllustration?and a ghastly picture it was? showed an amphitheatre where rows of evil faces with closely cropped heads looked out of cofflh-like boxes while a prison doctor, with a model of the human figure, demonstrated the working of spirits. The national temperance movement now launched is organized on the broadest lines. Catholic and Protestant clergy, army surgeons and civilians will share the work, sub-dividing their investigations according to their opportunities, and their combined report, it is hoped, may furnish the basis for aggressive action. ! The Drunkard's Lottery licensed by u. s. TAKE A CHANCE PRIZES Out of every 2000 drinking men there are: COO habitual drinkers 250 criminals 30 suicides 2 murderers 50 lunatics. Amongst these are 400 paupers and tramps. The earlier in life you begin the sooner your troubles will be over. Chicago's Thirst. Chicago drank more liquor in 1904 than in any other twelve months since its foundation, with the possible exception of World's Fair year, if figures submitted by Acting City Collector .'NfcCarty to Mayor Harrison in relation to saloon licenses are a guide. There were 7806 licensed saloons in the city it: 11 year, or 751 more than in 190o. Temperanco ?foteg. One of tbe good results of the revival in Wales is tlie decision recently taken by the Baptist Church at Cardiff to substitute unferinented wine for the fermented wine heretofore used in the communion service. German newspapers report that during the fiscal year ending March 31. 1904. British East India imported -t,009,000 gallons of beer, of which 3,830.000 gallons came from England. In addition to this the twenty-seven breweries in India produced G,474,SCO gallons. Every saloonkeeper in Marion, Indiana, was arrested recent.y on the charge of violating the Nicholson iaw, and the total of their fines and costs amounted to $4185. An English lord, speaking of the influence of drink upon his people, says: "I have watched the teraperaucc reform movement for fifty years, and but for It England would by- this time have been uninhabitable.1' Indiana's Governor will tfot appoint even moderate drinkers of intoxicants to office. What is a wise policy for many present day busiuess corporations he holds is good policy for the State in its business.. I"'" THE SUNDAY SCHOOL: INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR JUNE II. Subject: The Message of the Risen Christ, Rev. i., 10-20?Golden Text, Rev. J., 18 ?Memory Verier, 17, 18?Commentary on the Day's Lesson, I. John receives a message (vs. 10, 11). 10. "In the Spirit." Under the influence of the Spirit, aDd filled and quickened by the Spirit. "The Lord's day." The day made sacred to all Christians for all time by the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. It was the day of light and salvation. John arrived in Patmos late Saturday evening, spent the night in prayer, and with the opening Sunday morning the glorified Saviour opened heaven to his vision. Why is our Sabbath the first day of the week? We see here tbe apostles kept the first day and, because of its saDctity, called it the Lord's day. "Behind me," etc. This was his first intimation of the presence of Christ, .who spoke with a voice like a trumpet. 11'. "Alpha and Omega." Omitted in R. V. These are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. This is a figurative^ expression, used to show that Christ "was the "source and the consummation" of all things. He is from eternity to eternity. "What thou seest." The prophetic vision that was revealed to him on that Lord's day. "Write." What if John had not written? The-command to write is given twelve times in the Apocalypse. "A book." A parchment roll. Ancient books were made of papyrus, or from the prepared skins of animals, and rolled upon a roller. "Seven churches." "Seven" denotes perfection. Doubtless there were hundreds of churches in Asia Minor at that time. The reason why seven only are mentioned is because the church is the bride of Christ, and seven is the sanctified number always representing Christ. "In Asia." A small province in Asia Minor called Asia, of which Ephesus was the capital. "Ephesus." Mentioned first because the church here was the lareest. II. A vision of the glorified Redeemer (vs. 12-16). 12. "The voice." He ,turned to see who it was that spoke, the word "voice" being used to signify the person speaking. "Golden candlesticks." Compare Zech. 4:2-11. Lampstands would be a better term. Not .one candlestick with seven branches, but seven candlesticks. The independence of the churches of Christ is consistent with the unity of the church of Christ , 13. "In the midst." Showing Christ's jpresence among His people. "The Son lof Man." Compare Daniel 7:13. This term is used here because His' glory might hide from view His oneness of sympathy with His people., "A garment." This is a description of the long robe worn by the high priest. {Jesus is our high priest in heaven. '"Girt?golden girdle." He was girt around the breast (R. V.) as "a sign of kingly repose." It represented "the 'breastplate of the high priest, on which ?the names of His people are engraven." I 14. "White like wool." Wool is supposed to be an emblem of eternity. The wniteness sigmneci antiquity, purity 'and glory. With Christ His hoary head was no sign of decay. Compare Dan. 7:9; 10:6. The whiteness, three times mentioned (white, white wool, snow), is greatJy intensified, and denotes unlimited age, even eternity. "His eyes," etc. This certifies His omniscience. The eye is the receptacle of knowledge and symbolizes all the senses. 15. "Burnished brass" (R. V.) This denotes His stability and strength. His feet are like brass when in the furnace and subjected to a very great heat. His feet were "strong and steadfast, supporting His own interest, subduing His enemies and treading them to powder." His voice." Described the same in Ezek. 43:2. He will make Himself heard; it is a commanding voice that must be obeyed; it is terrible in its denunciation of sin. 16. "In His right hand." The "right hand" is an emblem of power. "Seven stars." These stars are the faithful preachers of the 'gospel. "A sharp two-edged sword." His word which both wounds and heals and strikes at sin on the right hand and on the left This wonderful sword has two edges, sharp as God's lightning ? the edge that saves and the edge that destroys. Compare Heb. 4:12; Eph. 6:17. The sharpness of the sword represents the searching power of the word. "As the un." We know of nothing brighter than the sun shining in his strength. III. Words of comfort and explanation (vs. 17-20). 17. "As dead." His countenance was too bright and dazzling for mortal eyes to behold, and John was completely overpowered with the glory in which Christ appeared. Compare Ezek. 1:28: Dan. 8:17. "Right hand upon me.'' His hand of power and protection. In which the churches were held. "Fear not." There is no occasion to fear when in the presence of Christ. 18. "The Living One" (R. V.) The source of all life?tl*? One who possesses absolute life in Himself. I "Wns fipnrl " I became a mam and died as a man; I am the same one you I saw expire on the cross. '*i am alive." Having broken the bands of death, I am alive "for evermore." "The keys." An emblem of power and authority. "Of death and of hades" (R. V.) Hades is a compound Greek word, meaning the unseen world, and including both heaven and hell. Gehenna is the Greek word which always means hell, and nothing else. Christ has power over life, death and the grave. He is able to destroy the living and to raise the dead. 19. "Hast seen."' The visions He has just seen. "Which are." Tb<? actual conditions of the seven churches. See chapters 2 and 3. "Which shall be." In the future of the church. 20. "The mystery." Write the mys terious?tne "secret enu sacreu weaning of what you have seen. "The angels." The ministera and pastors. Disconsolate Cat Atiopta n Kat. A cat belonging to Ira Hyde, of Johnstown. X. V.. adopted a rat. Iteeently the cat had a litter of three kittens. whifh ? shortly after birth. The cat w: msolate and showed her grief in . ways. A few days ago Hy.ic ......o across a young rat. He tossf d 1; to the cat. To his surprise the feline picked it up and carried it to her nest. When Mrs. Hyd?> went to feed the cat at night she found that pussy was nursing the rat. ?i?- r?owo In Tpflbnx. xruuip cj*v A'-j? -? Ensile Schwarz, a New York tramp, crawled into an icebox in a refrigerator car at Laramie. Wyo., intending to steal a ride to Cheyenne. The car was locked, and Schwarz remained in the icebox five days, when he managed to attract attention in the yards in Omaha and was released. Both iiorfir frnzpn nnrl ht> was Writ- ? almost dead from hunger. Doe "With Two I<0C?. The curiosities of Vienna include a small dog, which, having been born j without front legs, has learned to .walk i about on his hind legs. j 5SH0RE_ACREii.w I How sweetly it comes back, how tenderljfl That evening's end; no little thing fo^ got; , The fire made safe; set back the stear ing pot: " " Windows ana door shut tightly as coni be; ; The tall clock wound; the house all stil and then? The dear old man his candle takes an goes To seek his own well-earned, prayer-Die . repose, , . His heart at peace with all the sons of me And, when we to the end of toil have wo And it is time for ns to go to bed, May we as gently move unto our res Leaving no simplest needful thing undon No word of healing gentleness unsaid, Some lamp of Goid close to our boson prest. ?John White Chadwick, in Christian Be ister. . A Prayer. flg O, blessed God, our Father in hea^H en, Thou art near to all who call up<^H Thee, in whom we have our beln^Bj Once more we come to lift our voioflj in public thanksgiving and praise uj^D to Thee, the Giver of all good; to ma^H confession of our sins and to recei^H Thy pardoning grace and the assuHj ance of our adoption, through Jes^K Christ. We pray for the presence ^Bj the Holy Spirit, that our spirits mzSH be attuned to the service in which vflH are engaged. May our hearts be d^H livered from all fear and In the spiiHl of joyful confidence may we approa.^B Thee. We thank Thee that Thou more ready to give all good things tti^R earthly parents are to hear the praye^D of their offspring. We thank TbHB for all Thy gifts to us In days gofl| by. Thou hast led us out into lar^B placcs and put a new song in o^H mouths, even praise unto our God. thank Thee for our goodly heritajHfl the lines have fallen to us in pleasall places. Bless our country, we itflB eeeeh Thee, and those who are in hH thority over us, those whom the peoiH| have appointed to administer their ]Hg fairs?give them sound judgmeflH Bring good out of appareht evil qflN may the principles of truth and rigB| eousness be established In the heas^H of the people. Deliver our land frdHB all nerll. Onen the eyes of all the pte to see wherein the strength of nation lies, and what are her we^H nesses and what the diseases that eating at her vitals. Forbid that flH should be blinded by oar own misc^H ception or by the misleadings of ottaflB to those things that are important al the welfare of society and the Stafll And grant, O, God, that the beaflff of the people may be turned unto ThHH to righteousness ?nd truth; that thJ^H spiritual vision may not be altogeti^Hj dulled and blunted by moral thin^H and may we understand that it is ojH| righteousness that exaiteth. a nati^H while sin Is a reproach to any peof^H The Lord bless us and keep as a^K cause His face to shine upon us be gracious unto ns; and lift Tiiop B the light of Thy countenance upon^H and give us peace, for Christ's safl Amen. hBH n An Experience of Dr. Patou. The recent narrow escape of flm John G. Patton from losing his llf^^H a fight between hostile tribes of cHH nibals on one of the unevar geliHffi Islands in the South Pacific, <;alIfi^^H mind one of the most InterestingB^H his early experiences. It is a f.torj^HH tne wen ue ang, uxiu me eu.ev.-i uu mu natives. These heathen, it mast beflH membered, were on a small lslMMj fwhere no fresh water was accessi^H| All they had to depend upon for iMHj porting life was rain, and during [ dry season they drank the milk of^^| cocoanuts?as long as it lasted. wH9| the "rain god" delayed his ans-sJMn to their prayers, there was much '^BG fering. WW After examining the ground fully, Dr. Patton believed a well mflM be sunk that would yield fresh wA| "nruu ??oT7fl??fn1 +hnn<rhf mm jLuuiiA ^luj^i&ui many misgivings lest the water,. i^HB found any, should, prove to be bH Dr. Patton chose a spot, and bega^HJ dig. The savages supposed he Bfljg crazy. His unheartl of way of seaHHj iDg for water aroused their supel^H tious fears. All he' could persuadllH hire native hands to do was to pJHH windlass rope and draw up the Hh ened parth as he sank the well <TeH|B and deeper. He dug the earth SH his own hands. WmBk i After going down thirty feetHH struck a spring. Hesitatingly he taHH It. It was pure, fresh water. HSK ? ?i rrV>A man nrViA^H^H euect was Luugictu. mau been disbelieved and Jeered at KKH now a "prophet." He bad said^Ry would' go down into the grouh^^^H "find rain;" and now the peopl^BH lieved that all he told them abou^^^B hovah and Jesus Christ was Then follows a wonderful story ofMflH cess; of the destruction of ldols,^^^B building of a church, the establishVSH of schools, the framing of a cotflflB enlightened laws, the tran&formHHE of a tribe of cannibals; Into a we^NH dered community. God Revealed In Ka)ni?< e9|H Rev. R. J. Campbell tells the H0| of a child sailing on the ocean, flffin kept asking his mother when he see the sea. She would point tHR water all around the ship andH^N "That is the sea, my child," bu^^^H little one could not understand. BOOM him that was only water. daisies, the brooks, the sunsets, are only nature, until Christ bflHRro revealed God to us that we Father in them. ~ An Apt Definition. Sj^BB When George Whitefleld was zenith and attracting great att<H|Hg in England, a certain baronet remHSB that Whitefleld was the "founde^^^^ new religion." |nbb "A new religion, sir?" exclainH^^B hearer. fflH "Yes," said the baronet; "wha^^^H "Nothing," rejoined the other,IRB| the old religion revived with eflM and heated as if the minister meant what he said." BHKH Breaks Ground at Nlnetr-aix. HfflH Teter Keck, aged ninety-six the oldest member of tbe colIISM tion, did 1be first work of excawl^Hg tbe otber morning for tbe new gelieal Church at Berwick, Pa.lRM| Keck, wbo is a life-long membl^^^J tbe Evangelical Cburcb, also gawfl^H| experience. ffi Do| With Two Lep. H9B0 Tbe curiosities of Vienna ^BmEH i small dog, which, having beenfl^^Hj without front legs, nas learueu iboot on his hind legs. gffiMn