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w~* / 1 3 /I "g/e / ' of the......... I Y01 fl Anglo-Indian I M|CJ SecretService \ . . ? 3 V *! W c \ "?i V \ 4 * x? CHAPTER XX. 13 I Coutiuued. They were all working in different 1 parts of the old banqueting hall, ( which had for the time been converted into a tiny theatre; working, each in his characteristic way;' Win- ' yard with a dashing rapidity; Charlie with easygoing indifference, accomplishiug much without appearing to exert himself, directing everything ' without appearing to have a will of his own upon any one question. There was nc fuss, no \tndue haste 1 about his movements. As usual, he ] was ahead of his time, and could af - -x. _ , , j < lora 10 waste a lew miuuies ueie anu there with some grave pleasantry. Colonel Wright was quite content to ( occupy a subordinate position. He 1 was ready to lift the bigger flower pots for Lena, hand the tacks to \ Charlie, or climb up a ladder with a ' hammer for Winyard- It was during ! the last named service, when they 1 were both perched high up on a lad- 1 der, that Winyard imparted to his 1 chief the news he had just received. . 1 "I have just heard," he said, in a 1 low voice, as he took the hammer, ? "that our foreign friends have left * Walso." 1 Then, without waiting for a reply, 1 he turned and began driving a long * nail o the hard beam. Most of us i love to drive a naiL, though few care * for the more tedious task of first bor- * ing the hole. And so many deals are 2 split in this world, and many hearts 1 are broken. ( Colonel Wright from below watched 1 the steady swing oE the hammer, and 1 noted the almost boyish delight which 1 Winyard took in his noisy occupa- i tlon. It seems that with some people a proper sense of responsibility?a realization of life's gravity?never s comes; and, what is stranger still, * they appear to get on very well without it. s When the nail was driven, and the 2 curtain duly arranged, the two men ^ descended and stood back in the hall to enjoy the effect of their handiwork, t They were out of earshot, and Char- s lie was hammering somewhere behind the dropsccue on the stage, so 1 Winyard took the opportunity of say- t Ing: J "Colonel, it is just possible that something may come out in time about Marie Bakovitch?something s untrue, I mean, that might do her 1 harm. If ray name should in any f way get on gossip's tongue when I a am away, do not trouble to contradict c anything to the general world. For s he:- the contradiction would be worse i than the slander?for it would mean r a charge of attempted murder. For c myself?I thought I did not care? * hut now I find I do. I should not i like your?Mrs. Wright and your t daughter to believe anything they c might hear. Ycu understand?" v "Yes," replied the colonel, slowly, ^ "I understand. Shall we put up the f other curtain now7" J CHAPTER XXI. c Behind the Scene. The critical moment had come. f The stage was ready, the footlights * fcm-ning cheerily, and Colonel Wright r was at his post, with the curtain c cords held tightly. Through the curtain came the buzz of many voices, s slightly hushed by expectation. _ ? Charles Mistley rose to the occasion quietly and steadily, as was his wont. He appeared to know every \ one's part as well as his own; but J only displayed this knowledge when * absolutely necessary, for he possessed a virtue without which no man is a * leader?absolute faith in those be- J nootVi him f Uvtki- II lilUi. The curtain descended at the end 1 of the second act amid great applause; but when this had died away, a sudden silencc supervened. There was a vague feeling among the auditors that a crisis was coming; that they had boon made to laugh simply in order thai they might the more easily be made to weep. Sad and soflly sighing music, which works on the h iman feelings like water on a penny bun, softening and enlarging, now followed. Charlss ?!istley had decreed that the longest interval should be between the third and fourth acts, on the consideration that suspense sharpens the mental appetite. Few alterations were required on the stage and Win yard was setting straight things that were already straight?a way Ave sometimes have when expectation is pressing on us, when Mabel 1 Saniford hurried out of the ladies' dressing room. "Winyard," she saiu in a whisper, ' "I am awfully afraid Miss Wright is ' going to break down. When I went 1 into our dressing rrom just now, she 1 was as white as a sheet. She said there was nothing the matter, and ' went out into the conservatory, I believe; but 1 saw her lips trembling, and she walked unsteadily. 1 don't want to alarm you unnecessarily, be- I cause I am sure you must bo getting i tired yourself, but a glaps of wine or something would probably put her ; right." : Winyard never liked Mabel San3ford as he did at tlmt moment. For i the first time in bis presence she had i forgotten herself, and in consequence appeared, as she in reality was, a i very good natured girl. "Thanks, Mabvl," he said simply. "I only hope it is not nervousness. 1 : will take her some wine, and will also I send some into the iadie:-.' dress'ng ; rocra. I ousfct to lmv-? or |; . that before. you laUe some ! yourself, 'K-cr.usp yo;:r work is nnl over yet, ar.d remember, >on v.i'.l i Wave to dai;co till ihiyltgbt after . tiiis!" I: . ~~ & . F \ V !?. k \ r 6 "\ By ?JNG \ j& 'LEY ~~ I / Merriman. \ f y ... pi ? g wwwwwwwwwtfw# "Oh, I am all right, thanks!" laughed the girl, turning away. "I have plenty of time to change my Iress, have I not?" "Yes, plenty." Slowly he walked across the stage, ind passed out into the garden. In :he dimly lighted conservatory he found Lena sitting alone. She was eaniug forward with her bare hands ?lasped upon her knees. In crossing .he garden the little curls about her :emple- had been bloAvn aside, and low the pale light of the lamp suspended among the ferns above her fell lovingly on the brown hair, and lrew forth little golden gleams. She icard the footstep in the darkened ioorway, but did not look up or nove. Winyard stood for a moment in the Ioorway. The Tight fell on her face n such a way that he could see the jleam of tears in her eyes. There vas a little movement in his throat ind the muscles of his firm chin, as if le were swallowing sometmng wun in effort, and then he advanced toward her with the usual misleading >mile. It would appear that he atributed those tears to over-excitenent in connection with the last act )f the play. Indeed there was nothng else for him to do, no other cause !or him to seek, under the circumstances. No doubt he felt that the jveninj was far from its close as yet, md preferred to ignore the farewells .vith which it was to terminate. Men :an not do things well without giving heir whole mind to the work t.hey lave in hand at the moment, and kVinyard was, without doubt, thinkng only of the theatricals. "Tired?" he said, interrogatively. Lena nodded in acquiescence, and ilightly turned her head so that her ace was in the shade. "Miss Wright," he .--aid, with mock ;everity?for lie was desperately ifraid of appearing serious?"this vill never do!" She did not reply, and made no atempt to acknowledge the brilliant ially. "Lenr," he said, suddenly, using ler Christian name?which he did >ut rarely?"Lena, this is not like ou." She was dressed for the third act ?in white, as he had desired it, of a oft, silky material that clung round ler sweet young form in cunning olds. There was in her whole being i subtle sense of refinement. Her [ress was perfect; what little jewelry ihe wore was faultless; even the r.cnner in which her hair was ar nr.ged spoke of the deft handiwork >f practical fingers. As he stood at ler side, the scent of the white jasniue at her throat reached him, and irought back the memory of his re[uest. In an instant he saw that all vas exactly as he had desired it. rVas it blindly, or with wondrous oresight that he persisted still in his ocularity? "I am a little limp myself," he said, :heerfully. "I can not quite understand you," :aid the girl in the same conventional one 01 lurceu miertai. j. am ?cijr nuch afraid you must be heartless, :nd devoid of filial feelings." "Inasmuch as how?" he asked, ilowly, pulling an innoceut fern into imall pieces. f "Becausc you completely ignore the act that you practically start tolight, after all this is over, upon a ourney which in all probability will )e?" "My last?" he suggested, frivolousy, as he threw all the particles of ern into the air, and watched them lutter to the ground as if it were a nost interesting experiment. She was silent, and appeared to be intirely absorbed in removing from ler dres.- a :;mall end of thread left here by a careless seamstress. "At all events, there are risks ataclied to it." "I think," he said, "you are over ating things a little." The wretchcd little white thread vould keep swimming about in the Tiost unaccountable manner. Lena onged to give even the most hurried oucli to her eyes; and even as she onged, Winyard turned his hack to ler, and went beneath the lamp to :onsult his watch. Though he con.emplated the bland face of that reiable piece of mechanism for some moments, he never saw the time; but :hat did not matter very much. "It would be ratlnr hard to overate Bokhara," she sr'd, quietly. Then he turned and slowly came [iack to her side. There was an uncomfortable drawn look about his ips, and his eyes were dull as he matched her mechanically smoothing .he folds of her dress. "IIow do you know that it is Bokhara?" he. asked in a low, steady ;oice. "I made?papa?tell me." "I am sorry yo.i ciia tnai?extremely sorry. Tell me?does my mother know?" "No. No one beyond myself. But you must tell her. It is better that she shouln know?evou that it is ttokh?.ra?than he kept in ignorance und suspense. 1 think?that you do not quite understand---women!" "J thought there was something on the old gentleman's mind," said Winyard, suddenly changing his manner. "Nevertheless, I still maintain that you are looking at the worst side of Lliings. There may bo one or two risks; but?1 am a veiy lucky fel iow. \ou Know, ana generally turn up smiling at the end ol' a difficulty." f think," said Lena, remorselessly rc-freing to smile, "that your talents \r<? a decided loss the British He looked fixedly ut her, as if a ! templing to penetrate the obscurity but she kept ber face averted, and 1 could read nothing from the dainl coils of hair turned toward hir Then the tone of his voice changc again: he dropped his usual sem bantering style, and spoke as she ha never heard him speak, except on tl occasion of the first rehearsal, in voice which conveyed a happy mi: ture of pathos and philosophical ii difference. "I have a difficult part to play," t said, "and you are making it doub so." : She did not understand him. H< ' only feeling was one of anger at hi own slownesp of comprehension; si felt that there was a deeper m^anir in the words than she had caugh I and the moments were slippingslipping away. They sot through the third act su icessfully, and the curtain descende j in silence. This only lasted, ho\ ever, a moment, and was quickly fo lowed by deafening applause. It hs been almost too real. The musi the lowered lights and perhaps tl dull excitement of the ap'proachir farewell, had affected the actors, ar into their parts they threw an ii tensity and earnestness whicV in tl business-like rehearsals had been b yond th-.ir powers. It was one o'clock before the la of the guests at length drove awa and Winyard ran upstairs to chanf his clothcn for the long journey b fore him. CHAPTER XXII. Farewell. When the traveler came do\* stairs again, he found the whole pari assembled in the drawing room. His rough tweed suit formed strange, uncomfortable contrast wit the evening dresses around him. D spite his fatiguing evening, he a] peared quite fresh and energetic. Charles Mistley was the only oth< person present who did not look woi and tired; nothing seemed to affe him. "I think," suggested Winyar looking sideways at Lena, "that would be mobt appropriate to finis up the whole entertainment with song." The girl silontly went to the pian on/? n f f or? a etinrt coarrh frmnri small manuscript book. Winyai came up at that moment, and tal ing it from lier hands, opened it i the unpublished song which she ws singing when he first saw her. was on the first page of the boo! written out in a girlish hand, ti notes large and very inky. Lena began the harp-like accomp; niment and song. Slightly behir her, 0:1 a low chair, her father sat ar ate cold chicken with an old man deliberate enjoyment. Winyard, i his light-colored suit, was perche on the high end of the sofa, wit his tjjick boots dangling. Charl stood near at hand. The girl appeared to sing the fir verse with a studied disregard f< the meaning of the words, doing h< best to render them expressionles The "second, however, she render* with more of the true intensity; bi at the end of it she stopped abrup ly, and closed the book. "Ti is rather tnn annronriate." sf said, wheeling round and pointed! addressing Mrs. Mistley. They talked on in a vague, unii terested way, as people do at a we< ding or a funeral, while waiting f< a curtain to rise, or to kill time whi a ship is sinking beneath their fee We are getting very clever nowi days. Soon the flora and fauna < the world will be exhausted?soc we will know everything worth kno^ ing about every animal on earth; bi of certain phases of the human mir we know no more than Noah kne of the inward thoughts of Sher Ham and Japhet. At last the grav outside grated under the light fe< of LcVs mare and the heavier trea of a sleepy groom. In the meantime, Winyard ha donned his gloves. He slipped t* fingers beneath the girths, and gai a preliminary tug at the stirrt leathers; then he turned to say goo< bye. "I expect," he said, "to see you a in town in a week or so. We wi not call this good-bye, because I ha^ not got all my pretty farewe speeches quite ready. They requii further rehearsals. Do not stand i the door," he added, *vith his in perturable cheerfulness. "You wi catch horrible colds, and abuse n behind my back!" (To be continued.) How to Save Coal. In addressing the Glasgow Unive sily Engineering society the oth< day the president, G. T. Beilby, sai that there are in Great Britain stea: engines fend boilers with a yearly ou put of at least 5,000,000 horse powe The coal consumed by these is n< less than five pounds per indicate horse power hour, or, the whole 40 000,000. By the use of gas engini and steam turbines the coal coi sumption might be reduced to or and one-half pounds per indicate horse power hour, or on the whole 1 12,000,000 tons. The saving in coa therefore, would be equal to 28,000 000 tons, valued 3.t 9,800,000 pound The cost of making the change net not exceed 50,000,000 pounds, or, the power is to be delivered as ele tricity, 60,000,000 pounds, or respe tively $250,000,000 and $300,000 000. Theoretical economies of this kin he added, were often disregarde but in the present instance th( would amoun to over sixteen p< cent, on the capital expenditure, ar still more would result if one tak< ; f fnti r?ic?r? t nlant rorlii ing working costs. King Edward Laid Brick. King Edward lias played mat parts in his time, one of them beii brickmaker and builder. At 0 borne there still stands a small fo erected by the King and his brother At Balmoral there is a tool sh< which was entirely constructed 1 Prince Albert and sons. Prize For Dirigible Balloon. A new j.rize of $10,000 is offer: in France for the invention of j dirigible lallcou. ?| jjousehold Matters, i i J.,..,............,......; .fi i. Care of Tablecloth, id When not in use a tablecloth le should be kept in folded creases, and a when brought out to be spread x- should be laid on the table and una folded its entire length, the width being doubled, with the centre crease ie along the centre of the table. Then ly the half breadth that is folded should be turned back and the cloth 2r will hang even." Careless servants sr often gather up a cloth "anyhow," ie without taking the trouble to fold ig it up again in its own creases, and t, thus fresh ones are made. A table* ? cloth will keep fresh looking as long again if it is always folded up in '-'J- J ? c- Its OW11 1U1US ituu pul onaj uulu mc ?d next meal. v- 1 il- Pigeon Pie. Ld Clean and wipe four pigeons, c, Split and put in a saucepan with 10 enough good broth to nearly cover, ig Simmer slowly until tender. Take id out and remove some of the larger a- bones. Cut the hearts and livers into bits. Have ready four hards' boiled eggs, sliced. Butter a deep pudding dish and fill with layers of st the pigeon, eggs and minced heart >'? and liver. Season with salt and pepje per, make a gravy with a teasponful e- each of butter and flour and a cupful and a half of broth. Season with salt and pepper and pour one-half into the dish. Cover with a layer of paste, making an incision in the mid,n die of the crust, and ornamenting ty the edge with braids, leaves or rolls of crust. Bake for one hour in a a moderately hot oven. When nearly 1j done brush over the top of the pie e with the yolk of an egg, beaten with p. a little milk. Serve hot with the rest of the gravy. 51 * " ,n Gumbo. ?r ct Cut In small diced pieces a boned raw half fowl, quarter of' a pound cj. of raw veal, two medium-sized white it onions, one seedless green pepper ih and two branches well cleaned crisp a celery. Place these in a saucepan with one tablespoonful of butter and o, gently brown for ten minutes, being a careful to stir with a wooden spoon d once in a while. Moisten with three It- quarts of hot water, add the other it half of the fowl, season with one and 1 is a half teaspoonfuls of salt and half It a teaspoonful of pepper. Cover pan k, and allow to simmer for forty-five ie minutes. Then add two crushed peeled tomatoes and twelve trimmed a- fresh okras cut in quarter-inch id pieces. Open and thoroughly drain id on a sieve a third of a pint of corn 's and add to the soup at least a teain spoonful of freshly chopped parsley. >d Mix and allow to boil for forty min;h utes longer. Remove fowl and keep ie for further use. Skim fat from soup and serve hot. _____ >r To Clean Fur. Jr Strip the article to be cleaned of s. Its stuffing and binding and lay as id neatly as possible in a flat position, it Brush it well. Next warm some new t- bran in a pan, and stir it actively so as to prevent it from burning. When ie the bran has been well warmed, rub ly it thoroughly into the fur with the hand. Repeat this two or three times. Shake the fur now and give it 1- another sharp brushing until it is >r quite free from dust. Furs are usule ally much improved by stretching, t. which may be managed as follows: a- To a pint of soft water, add three j 3f ounces of salt; dissolve. With this ' solution sponge the inside of the i t" skin, taking eare not to wet the fur, J it until it becomes thoroughly saturated ed; then lay it carefully on a board, w with the fur side downwards, in its natural position; stretch it as much el as it will bear and to the required st shape, then fasten with small tacks, j Ld The drying may be accelerated by ! placing the skin' a little distance flvn r\r> cf/itro liUUX VUV UI& Ui oivrvw* I r0 : 5 . ysfyD&s*! a" Tomato Sauce for Spaghetti? 11 Boil and strain one can tomatoes, 10 Chop one small onion fine and brown In pan with .two slices of fat salt pork, or two tablespoonfuls olive oil or butter. Five minutes before the browning is * accomplished throw iD r" a handful of dried mushrooms that ;r have been scalded, strained and chop* id ped. These add greatly to the fiats vor. Add to the tomatoes four whole 4- - , ? ' a cloves, a lump or sugar, sait auu r- paprika or cayenne to flavor, mix together, strain, then thicken lightly with browned flour and cook twc >- minutes. Pour over the spaghetti and add grated Parmesan cheese. a" Meat Pie With Potato Crust?Take six boiled potatoes, three-quarters oi a pound of cold meat, three ounces t0 of butter, one egg, one teacupful o1 meat essence, pepper and salt to taste. Mash the potatoes, add salt S- butter and the beaten yolk of the :<J egg; beat all together lightly with a wooden spoon. Cut the meat intc c" thin slices, trim off fat, season with c" pepper and salt. Spread layer of mashed potatoes on a pie dish, lay in slices of meat, pour over meat essence, add the rest of the potatoes smooth over with a knife, and bake in a moderate oven for half an hour. ^ Serve hot. as Halibut With Tomato Sauce? " Make a sauce with two cups ol stewed tomatoes, one cup of water, two bruised whole cloves and twc slices of onion cooked together foi iy half an hour. Melt one-quarter cup lg of butter, rub in one rounding tables_ spoonful of flour, and then pour oq the hot tomato. Cook ten minutes ,s and strain. Scrape the black skin 1(j from a steak of halibut weighing jy three or four pounds. Dust with salt and pepper; put in a baking dish nol much larger than the fish. Pour on . half of the sauce and bake three. I Quarters of an hour. Add the re mainder of the sauce at intervah while baking. Baste several times. f / . - THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING PACTS AIIOBT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. / 4. Dark Picture, But a True One? Tragic End to Which Dissipation Brought a Prominent Physician ?Two Lives Cut Off in Prime. "Be sure your sins will find you out." On the 9th day of last March ipj, Dr. J. B. Matthews, a prominent physician, of Greensboro, was found Nc guilty and sentenced to a term of Th twenty years in the penitentiary for < the poisoning of his wife in December. He appealed to the Supreme Court, but the higher court refused to grant a new trial. So nothing was jf, left for Dr. Matthews to do but serve N< the sentence, which meant a lifetime, N< as he had reached middle age. Feel- ! Ing that the punishment was more than he could endure he sought relief In death, inflicted by his own hands. ga The last chapter of this terrible tragedy was enacted at a lodging house N< in Baltimore, where Dr. Matthews committed suicide by blowing out his brains with a revolver. ^ When Dr. Matthews started out in life as a young physician he had a bright future. What led to the tragic ending of these two lives that might Kaon or* neftfnl ? aarg uccu ou uouiui . The cause is not far to seek. The one word, dissipation, tells the story. 0 In our imagination we go back O where there is love, happiness and x contentment. But the Tempter steals in, and with the years there is a change. The liquor and dope habits have gotten in their work. The home ? is wrecked and two lives are cut off as the result. Is this the end? No! A little orphan is left to Buffer as a result of the dissipation and crimes of the father. Will all this serve as a warning to C; others? f* No! < Dissipation from liquor, morphine ai and other dope will continue to get p1 in its work. Homes will be made b( sad and lives wrecked and ruined. *Jj This is a dark picture, but it is a true one. We don't have to go to w some other section or community to find these things. We find them here tl in our midst. Could one raise the BC curtain and get an Inside view of the Tj domestic lives of some of our people w he would be prepared to bear us out gJ in what we have said. fi What are we doing about it?? w Sanford Express. H tt Food For Whisky Fiend. h( An exchange furnishes the followIng as representing the yearly sup- . ply of food for the whisky fiend: 2500 smothered babies, 5000 suicides, 10,000 murderers, 60,000 fall- a en girls, 100,000 paupers, 3000 murdered wives, 7000 murderers, 40,000 widowed mothers, 100,000 or- f phaned children, 100,000 insane, T 100,000 criminals, 100,000 drunk- ^ ards who die yearly, 100,000 boys aj who take the place of the dying; untold crimes, misery, woe, want, weeping, wailing* war, shame, disgrace, w disease, depredation, debauchery, de- w struction, death, riot, revelry, ruin, h, and $2,000,000,000 in cash. of The "Good Old Days." & Now and then we still hear a be- p* lated brother talk about the "good old days when liquor was on the sideboard at home, and every member of ;? the family drank when it suited his * taste.' We are reaping the harvest of 'such seed sowing, and will see' its fruitage for some time to come, says t*. a writer in the Midland Methodist. Liquor is of such a nature that it bites like a serpent and stings like 5 an adder whether taken from a side- ,, board or barroom, a little brown jug, J or a bottle behind a door. It is in- ?" herently poisonous, and does the work of the devil no matter where tampered with. In to train them up on the safe side. ^ ??? hi * Not So Costly. aj After an expenditure of only ?73,- ** 000, an amount not much above the price of a recent circular to each person in the State, in a little over four years, the Illinois Anti-Saloon League r? has made local option a permanent r; issue, the religious forces of Illinois have been committed to the movement, and there is every reason to expect that when the legislature next meets the desired laws may be passed. It required three legislative campaigns and the expenditure of cc $150,000 in Ohio before that State tfc -* ?nn r* piwiflocc oc hoc Tlll'nnfo H I V/O.LLIC ftO il^Ul kJ UV/VV/UJ UMU xi| in two. | li' . ' al ' al The Drunkard's Dinner. tt 1 A woman Entered a bar-room, and bj I advanced quietly to her husband, who tt sat drinking with three other men. ct | She placed a covered dish on the p< table and said, "Thinkin' ye'd be too se busy to come home to supper, Jack, ot I've fetched it to you here." And she m departed. The man laughed awk- w wardly. He invited his friends to lj share the meal with him. Then he hi removed the cover from the dish, tt The dish was empty. It contained ai only a slip of paper that said: "I hope w you will enjoy your supper. It is c? the same your wife and children have b< at home." ol Si Census of Common Drunkards. There are at least 8757 common drunkards in Manhattan and the Bronx, according to a census recently te taken by the officials of Bellevue and cc the allied hospitals. Of this number tt 6121 are chronic drunks, men and si women who are always more or less in under the influence of liquor. These cs are virtually a charge on the com- ai * Al mumty. Salvation of Drunkards. The Gospel Temperance Society, "La Croix Bleue," has done much for the salvation of drunkards, and is pursuing Its way with great energy. ^ More than 4000 reclaimed drunkards fj* can be counted in its ranks, and the work is now eagerly carried on by many all over France, in Havre, in Marseilles, in Lille, in Roubaix, in cr Lyons, in Rouen, in St. Etienne, and In many other places, as well as in Paris. Bands of Hope are being formed, and thus educational work is bplng carried on among the young f Lunacy and Drink. A movement is on foot to induce ine guveriiiueui lu a wuiuu* , Bion of inquiry into the Bubject of lunacy, with special reference to the | t1' part played therein by the wide- .lr spread use of alcoholic liquors. The movement is being pushed by tern- r? perance and reform organizations and it is quite likely that the scheme ra will be successful. ^ w | Dr. M. H. Parmalee, physician and h. surgeon, twelve years in Toledo, fU says: "Beer drinkers are peculiarly liable to die of pneumonia." ra I jMHafrifla THE SAINTS OP G()D. ie saints of God! Their conflict past, id life's long battle won at last; ) more theyNjeed the shield or sword, ley cast them down befo re their Lord, 3 happy saints, forever blest, At Jesus' feet how safe you rest! ie saints of God! Their wandering? done, o more their weary course they run, a more they faint, no more they fall, 3 foes oppress, no fears appall. 0 happy saints, forever blest, In that dear home how sweet your rest! ie saints of God! Life's vovage o'er, ie landed on that blissful snore, o stormy tempests now they dreadx c> roaring billows lift their head. 0 happy saints, forever blest, In that calm haven of your rest! 3e saints 01 uoa tneir vieu Keep 'hile yet their mortal bodies sleep, 11 from the dust they, too, shall rise, nd. soar triumphant to the skies. 0 happy saints, rejoice and sing: He quickly comes, your Lord ana King. God of saints, to Thee we cry; Saviour, plead for us on high; Holy Ghost, our Guide ana Friend, rant us Thy grace till life shall end; \ That with all saints our rest shall be In that bright Paradise with Thee. Amen. Bishop McLagan, in Pittsburg Christian Advocate. Thorongh Conversions. All men do not pass through the ime depths of sorrow in coming to brist, but they all have to come to im empty-handed, feeling that Cursed Is he that trusteth in man, id maketh flesh his arm.." There ust be a stripping before there will 1 a clothing; there must be an emping of self before there can be a ling with the Spirit's power. Have e all been led in this right way? How like this finding peace is to le way in which John Bunyan dexibes it in his"Pilgrim's Progress!" here stands the poor burdened retch who fain would go on the pil:image to the Celestial City, but ads it hard work to toil thither hile bowed down with a load of sin. e sees before the eye of his mind le atoning sacrifice of Jesus, and as i looks to the cross, suddenly the rings which hold his burden to his loulders begin to crack, and the lrden rolls into the sepulchre, so lat he sees it no more. "Wherepon," writes Bunyan, "he gave iree great leaps for joy and went on is way singing." We have not forjtten those three great leaps which >me 01 us eave iu tu? ua^ nueu jsus took our sins away, when He jcame to us all our salvation and 1 our desire?Christ in us the hope id glory. It strikes me that George Fox ould never have been the man he as, nor such an instrument in the ind of God for usefulness, if he had Jt been led about in the wilderness self-despair, and made to see the irk chambers of imagery of his own itural heart. When our heavenly aptain means to use a sword, He isses It through a series of annealigs to make the steel hard, so that may not snap in the day of battle, id he passed George Fox through 1 these annealings in his inward mfllcts. Why, how could he fear le face of man when he had feared te face'of God, and been made to lake and tremble beneath His awil presence? He who has heard a on roar will not shake at the voice ! a sparrow or the buzz of a fly. rhy should he tremble at what man >uld do to him, when he had felt te arrows of the Almighty sticking i his heart and drinking up the life [ood of his soul? And a man who is had dealings with Almighty God, id has been in the secret places of tunder, and heard God's wrath go irth against him, and then inwardly sen the tempest spend itself upon le person of the Saviour, such a an can look his fellow creature in te face without trepidation. He has arned to fear God, and he has, lerefore, nothing else to fear.? tiarles H. Spurgeon. The Way of Peace. The circumstances of her life she tuld not alter, but she took them to is Lord, and handed them over into is management, and then she beeved that He took it, and she left 1 the responsibility and the worry id anxiety with Him. Ab often as te anxieties returned she took them ick, and the result was that, though le circumstances remained unlanged, ber soul was kept in perfect sace in the midst of them. And the icret she found so effectual in her itwara anairs sne iouna iu oe bun ore effectual in her inward ones, hich were in truth even more utter' unmanageable. Sbe abandoned sr whole self to the Lord, with all lat she was and all that she had id, believing that He took that hich she had committed to Him, she ;ased to fret and worry, and her life ;came all sunshine in the gladness belonging to Him.?Hannah W. nith. External Props Not Necessary. If we only knew what our Lord aches in the account of His third mfiict with Satan, we should know lat it is not the want of external ipports which ever make3 us weak His service. The one thing which in maice us weaK is n uur ncaiu e not right, with God, and relying: 1 Him aloue.?British Weekly. Liquor Sellers Tabooed. The grand lodge of Masons of eorgia took action which will relit in every Masonic liquor seller, :cept druggists, being expelled from e order unless they quit the busi-. jss. This is in line with what is )w the trend in all respectable seet societies. One after another, in rery part of the country, is tabooing juor sellers. There are no rounds of drink In e ladder of success. Russia's Poor Railroads. That the Russian railway system snerally is in a very deplorable state is long been an open secret, and the nperial authorities have been ought at last to see that something *" nnmnn'c!. 13.11 y ITlUSt IJtf U u utr. xuo tuiuimoon appointed to report upon the illways estimates that $480,000,000 ill have to be spent during the next ;e years in making the Russian railays fitter for the work that they ive to do. The commission is careil not to suggest the means by which lis huge sum cf money is to be used. I | THE SUNDAY SCHOOtB INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM<^H MENTS FOR FEBRUARY 3, BY j^H THE REV. I. W. HENDERSON. WM A\ Subject: Noah Saved in the Ark^^B Gen. s\ 1-16?Golden Text: Ps<^H 37:39?Memory Verses: Helpful Notes. ^9 The lesson for this Sabbath is nn?HH intelligible unless we read Genesis and 7. Especially/ by way of resumeBH of the two chapters, would it be to read Gen. 6:1, 2, 5,6,8,14,18, 22;^B 7:4, 12, 24. With these verses w?fH secure, in some measure, a synopsl^HH of the events that preceded tha^^H which is related in our Scripturo foi*^M the day. BE The story of Noah, as we have itflH here, crowds the mind with morals^ H Noah is the second parent of the race< as Adam was the first. Adam is thO^H father of.humanity, in the natural H| sense. In the same senije Noah is thl savior. They are, so to speak, thtf^E wasmngion ana Liincom ci numan* ity's earliest days. flfl The lesson of Noah's life, so far. is the lesson of obedience and its re* wards. Adam's career to the exem< IH plification of refractoriness and itd consequences. Noah is a distinct ad< I vance upon Adam. Adam's characte* ^9 is primarily one of innocence. It 11 I untried at first and weak when tested. Noah's meritorious qualities are th? result of a willing obedience to God'^ HP commands. Born, after Adam, vltli I the seeds c>f evil innate tlirougb I heredity, Noah, in the midst of an H| evil world, a just and upright manr I finds favor in the eyes of God. Noah' is the sample of character made well H[ pleasing unto God, through His grace, by volition. Noah's -will is strong. Possessing, as did Adam, the power of free choice; and, unlike Adam, being surrounded with evil companions and weakened by an in-' herited predisposition for- waywardness, Noah, yet, deliberately "walked with God." Adam; we remember, ran away from God.; o. God's covenant witty Noah>and E1b condemnation of the sin of men throw; lights on the character of God. Jehovah is a God of love, of patience, of discrimination. His discriminative' characteristics are shown by the fact that while He hates evil He has yet commendation for and- joy in men i who are good. Loving..all humanity the Father is, however/ guilty of, no sickly sentimentallsm, He is long-suffering, forbearing toward humanity; but humanity must, except it obey Him, take the conseguences of voluntary sin. But while He condemns the evil, God never forgets t&e root of righteousness apparent among His ^ tannlfi Anrl ar\ ClnrI a/vfa Iiaha TJA j^VV^iWi AUU 0V VIVU UVibU UV1 V> ^ MV r J i iscr i m in at es between righteous Noah and his evil neighbors. He has pa-' tience with them all until they.become utterly steeped in iniquity. . His'heart is grieved at the wickedness of. mefcr for He loves them as the children o? His own creation. But He does not ^ allow HIb love to become so degenerated that He forgets'judgment; and justice and His own divine integrity. The story of Noah is the story o? God's determination to afford .human1* ity a chance to prove ityelf worthy of its lineage. When all the worst of the world's inhabitants are over-, whelmed with the consequences oft their willfulness, God puts the seal of His sanction upon Noahr The lessr-"i are obvious In their present da, application.Obedience brings divine approval. Disobedience works for death. Character is the resultant of a will subordinate^^ to divine control. To find favor, iJ^^H the eyes of God is the business ana***! duty of humanity and tlio especial g longing of the Christian. It is good ness that maJr"" is worth while here on/1 \ ka a*w 1 auu uuu. . u uc utii 10 iu uu r jiicondemned. In wickedness Is sorrow and destruction. Faithfulness to God and faith in Him is the finality of happiness. For God is aa faithful . now, and to you and me, as he was to upright Noah. . These notes may be of use: _ . ' Vs. 1. "Remembered." Tbls does not necessarily mean that God had forgotten about Noah. It rather Implies that God had never-forgotten -J them. Hebrew: "Renewed His care V for." "Ark." Probably 450 by seventy-five by forty-five feet. Vs. 3. "Continually." The waterspeeped away gradually. "One hundred and fifty." See Gen. 7:24.' Vs. 4. "Ararat." In Armenia. Pictured as the highest mountain in the world, as we see by vs. 5. Vs. .7. "Raven." So called be- ^ cause of its blackness. Vs. 10. "And he waited seven days longer." Vs. 11. "Olive leaf." Rev. Fresh leaf. It is said that olive trees put forth new shoots under water. The finding of the olive twig by the dove . was, obviously, an indication that the wafpr hart ernnp. down o.nnsiderablv. The olive tree is very hardy and luxuriant under proper conditions; it is > said not to prow at great heights, however. "Knew." Evidently in the construction of the ark while there was provision made for light and air tbere was none made for looking out. Otherwise after the rain ceased Noah might easily have seen the surrounding conditions for himself. This throws a light on his complete obedlence to and dependence on Gpd. They shut themselves up in the ark and left gg the outcome to the Almighty. Vs. 13. "Dried up." The waters - I first drained away until there was no.-V I covering of water over the ground. ] Vs. 14. "Dried." And then the 1 ground dried up. Any one-who has ] seen the surface of a marsh while the tide is out can understand the meaning. It is precisely the difference *e- ' 1 tween soggy and perfectly drf 1 I \lUUUUi m - II Bormah Oil Trade Glrowth. ? The rapid growth of the Burmah a oil trade Is shown In a report from ^ Consul-General Michael, of Calcutta. Ten y$ars ago Burmah supplied In? dia wjth only one-slxteen-hundredth part of the foreign mineral oil re- J ceived, while for the fiscal year 1906 fl the supply from Burmah was 47,-? M 000,000 gallons, valued at 55,400,- I 000, against supplies from all other I countries of 51,000,000 gallons, val- M ued at $5,933,333. ' -1 A Long Pipe Line. } A 285-mile pipe line, for carrying oil, is to be built from Pine Grove, ^ vv. va., xo ju.arcus tiooit, ra., oy me / Pure Oil Company, according to press / dispatches. The line will be laid with six-inch pipe, and its estimated J cost is ?1,000,000. Marcus Hook lies about seventeen miles southwest of Philadelphia. China Produces More Coal. j Coal mining in the province of JL Shantung, China, is steadily increaslog. In 1905 one district produced/ J /