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stntaaaavinMi g %Jl oatHNiat 6*9*18 ajlajlj vmiv. i* 5"i 1 OR A TALE OF I e By JAMES ? 90 sam9?039?OBI oacnaatMiaoaict CHAPTER T. 1 The Cronies. What "the High" is to Oxford men, picturesque, unique, unapproachable, "the Backs"?the river gardens at the backs of their colleges?are to Cambridge men. At the open window above the college archway a middle-aged man, his hair just tinged with gray, but with intellectual features that still retain traces of physical beauty, is regarding this fair landscape with feelings that are unshared by those he looks upon, and whose presence enlivens it. His thoughts are grave, though they are gladdened by its beauty. The grass is as green as wh'en he trod it thirty years ago, and the fragrance of the lime-walk has lost none of its sweetness, yet how much is gone that was there before! All is crowded with life, yet how great is that gap which death and changes have made. A light hand, though it belongs to a man six feet high, is laid upon the dreamer's shoulder, and he looks up in the face of an old college friend. It is Mavors, the tutor, with whom he had been at college, and who had remained at work there while he himself had taken a college living. giving it up through ill health, been made a canon of a neighboring cathedral. and finally had come back to Cambridge to "-eside." "Why, Aldred, you are musing!" exclaimed the new-comer, in bantering, but not unmusical tones. "Are you regretting that you have not once more an undergraduate's gown upon your shoulders? Such thoughts never come into my head, because. I suppose, I have other things to do. The hand of least employment has the daintier sense. A thousand pardons?I forgot the concordance." "I was thinking of my boy," said the canon, gently. "To be sure," returned the other, his voice changing at once to one of sympathy. "He would be just the age for coming up, and you would like to have him here, of course. .Well, a soldier is better than many other of the professions. You wouldn't make him a sailor, I suppose, serving in a gunboat in the tropics, without half the necessary amount of cubic feet of air to breathe in; nor yet a young gentleman at large, which means, in the end, the Insolvent Court. And as to India, just think how your Indian enjoys getting home!" "Ah! if he ever does," returned the canon, mournfully. "Why shouldn't he? What's to prevent him? He is not the boy to take a brandy pawnee. A few years "Ten, at least. Mavors," put in the other mournfully; "and the lad's ambitious; if there's an opening he will make for it." "My work," Canon ,A?ldred was wont to observe in his pleasant way, "like topmost Gargarus, takes the ? *-? QO r M O WAre V)Q/1 I U1U1111U5' uih, ao IUI. iuaiuio uuu hinted, it was not a severe description of labor, and could be done at any time. He was just now engaged upon a new edition of his favorite poet, Milton, including a concordance; and, like all men who have little to do, thought it a matter not only of vast importance, but of pressing necessity. It did not strike him that what people had done without for a few centuries, such as a concordance ot Milton, they could very well wait for a little longer, and in order to expedite matters be employed an assistant. There is a modest knock at the inner door (for the outer, of course, was open), and his own gentle voice replied. "Come in." The new comer was a young man of twenty-two or so. He was tall and thin?of a leanness, indeed, that almost approached emaciation. He had dark hair, the length and straightness of which made him appear even more lanternjawed than he really was. His face, so far from having the hue of youth, though it was not unhealthy looking, was destitute of color. His teeth, however, were good, and his black eyes, though somewhat downcast, very clear and bright. "I fear I am rather late, canon," he said, in a voice as soft as a woman's, and with a deep respect that had yet no touch of sycophancy, "but I had not kept my chapels, and " "Don't mention it, my dear lad," put in the other, with a friendly smile. "Have you done the B's yet?" "Yes, sir." The young man drew from under his gown some MSS. and put them into the other's hand. "That's well, my lad; how neatly you do everything! How I envy you that gift of deftness! You will be I Senior Wrangler, my good fellow, as ! sure as your name's Adair." "It is a pleasure to hear you say so, sir," be replied, with a quick flush; "but if my success depends on my name being Adair I shall not be a wrangler at all. My name is?or was ^Burke." 'Then why did you change it?" Inquired the canon, with a mild surprise. He knew it was not the usual reason?an inheritance?for Adair was a Sizar, and far from rich. "To please a patron, Sir Charles Adair." The bitterness of the young man's tone was excessive; if you could have seen his eyes, which, however, were bent down, you would have read in them more than bitterness?hate. The canon's handsome face softened like a girl's. "A patron," he said; "a patron may, However, oe aiso a i friend." "This one is not, or rather was I not," replied the young man curtly. "I have done with him; or, as I should perhaps put it, he has done > with me." "And you have no friend?" inquired the canon, gently. "No friend but you, sir. My parents are dead; they left me nothing o r?omo onH 1 1iq fr"_hpro ht* nt. K' u v titfcJUfc*-. > ****** * -?** w ~ w ? v ~ v< " i ( a y H'O W X DT\ ! LI 0 Hiiiu; jjT|2 < HONEY MADNESS. ' I"IJ} * ________ | ! r< > payn. :^ie?Br >a??nae6BBa g?| s Mo?9*a?aaoaBoa** . . y tered a sharp sigh, as it seemed in- n voluntarily?"has been taken away j from me." h "Your present name, however, will t, one day be known irrespectively of him who gave it you," said tlyj canon, p encouragingly. "I hear from your tl tutor that great things are expected jj of you. You will achieve reputation tl ?fame." "And independence," added the n young man, vehemently. h "No doubt of it. To a young man n of character (the canon was think- s< ing of his own son) dependence is thralldom. Nature herself points out w to him his way in the world. Eut I r gathered from what you said that h 3 ? ? ^ rsri />nm _ you una your pairuu uau ijai iou wm pany." h "So we have. What I have now _ to gain is a competence/' j "Oh, I see. That sort of indepen- fj dence," returned the other, dryly. ii The young man looked amazed, then as one who, having lost his way, hits suddenly on wnat he believes to be the right track, he answered eagerly, "Do not think me mercenary, sir! You do not know what poverty ir is." h "Quite true, quite true," said the A canon, touched by the other's tone. & "I am no judge of such a case as yours." s< "Moreover, it is my earnest desire ei to free myself from the sense of an o' obligation that has become intolerable." "Ah, you want to pay this too-gen- CI erous gentleman that money back a! that he has expended on you?" o: The scholar bowed his head as- G sentingly; if his intention was to have made a favorable impression on his C( companion he had certainly sueceeded; there was no need for him to M speak. ' "May I ask without impertinence la ?indeed, I have a reason for it? a the cause of quarrel between you and lr Sir Charles?" hi "It is only natural that you should w do so, sir," answered the young man hi gravely. "If I do not answer your ei question you must not imagine that I am ashamed to do so. I am not tl - - - - - afraid of any inquiry, but," Here ne B1 turned scarlet, "it was a private mat- JJ1 ter." *c "That means there -was a lady in w the case, I suppose," said the canon tc smiling. a: "Yes, sir; I was very ill-treated." hl "And not by her, I dare say," J1' smiled the canon. "Well, my lad, 1E we cannot all get what we want in this world, and as often as not it is ^ better for us that we should not. I L; cannot say," he continued in a ^ changed tone, "how pleased I am with your assistance in my present work. You seem to me to be the " very helpmate I have been looking for. I was verifying what you had ^ done last night, and did not detect a .single error. I do not think that the remuneration we agreed upon is a sufficient recompense for such care and accuracy. I propose to double n< it." b< "Oh, sir, you are too generous."-. ^ "Tchut, tchut! the benefit is mu- H tual; you may be sure I keep the bj whole matter secret, as before. Nor need I add that what you have just w confided to me about your own af- Q( ' ??? lairs Will gu uu lunuu, qj He spoke so rapidly that it was im- p( possible for the other to interpose a word of thanks, bat his face glowed ^ with pleasure. ? "By the bye, you are not in the ^ boats, are you?" ;t "Oh, no. sir." The words were spoken with a cold smile, which might have almost been translated, p(' "How should I be, since I have neith- a er time nor money for such things?" m "Then you must join us here to- w morrow night. We shall have a lit- r? tie party to see the procession?my S( ward?I think I hear them this mo- st ment on the staircase; they often S( come to fetch me home." ' m While he was yet speaking the door opened and two ladies entered C1 the room, the elder a tall woman of gj about five-and-forty, very thin and tc angular, but with an air of singular ^ refinement and delicacy; the younger a, a slight, fairy like creature, exquis- u' itely pretty, and with a face that Q. sparkled with eipression; her hair H was golden, and her eyes of hazel. jn But it was not at once that you no- tc ticed any such detail; lier otner e; charms were lost in her brightness. ai "My dear guardian," she ex- w claimed, "we are late, I know, but do ^ not scold Aunt Maria, it was all my ia fault; fot- after chapel" Here w she stopped, catching sight of the c] young scholar. e, "A friend of mine, Mr. Adair, my n dear Maria." There was something sj in the tone of her brother's introduc- ^ tion which caused Miss Aldred to gra- a ciously hold out her hand instead of w bowing. a, "Mr. Adair, my ward, Miss Gilbert." * e] The girl inclined herself stiffly toward him with what was very literal- w ly a scant cqurtesy?and while look- t< ing straight in his face contrived to P carry the impression that she was unconscious of his presence. Notwith- G standing all which signs and tokens, " "I have had the pleasure of meeting d Miss Gilbert before," said Mr. John Adair, and at the same time stepped forward and held out his hand. The delicate pink faded from V is Sophy's cheek in a moment, lea*, ,g o it all lily, it was evidently an unex- v pected rejoinder; but she took the r< proffered hand frankly enough, and f; in her bright musical voice replied: ci "I beg you a thousand pardons. I remember you now quite well. We si met at the bachelors' ball, I think." e "Well, I am surprised, Adair," tl said the canon. "I should have tl thought a ballroom was the very last a place you would have been found in. a However, I am glad to find you are not such a stranger as I thought you a were. It is hardly necessary to say n v. V ; ou will not forget to-morrow night; M man who can do cube root in his pj ead should never forget anything." gj "You over-estimate my memory, ir," said the scholar, smiling; "but" here he glanced at the smiling oung lady) "I rarely forget what I 'ish to remember." "I hope you don't repeat all you AWUAM '' i /) iff CJrNVNrtir eniciii uci , aaiu xuioo kjv/pjuj', nguu; , or an evening with you and my dear fc tardian would be a little trying." fi It was a flippant speech for a ai oung girl, but it was generally ad- ai litted that Miss Sophy was flippant, w he canon, whose habits of quotation tl ad been thus sarcastically alluded e; 3, only smiled and shook his head. "You need not be afraid of my reeating anything, Miss Gilbert," said le young scholar, gravely; and backig to the door, he bowed and left "" ie room. s' "You've frightened that young lan very much, Sophy," remarked O er guardian, reprovingly; "he is a s< lathematician, and takes everything b' jriously, even your pert little jokes." "I'm so sorry," replied the girl, Vl ith a pretense of penitence; and cl tinning up to her guardian, she gave tl im an affectionate kiss. c< You could never have guessed from ai er manner what was the actual fact -that, so far from frightening Mr. ohn Adair, that gentleman had ightened her to the verge of a faint- \ lg fit.. m CHAPTER II. it ..General Homage. li Canon Aldred was a man of mark ,c 1 Cambridge, and the more so since P1 is ways were not Cambridge ways. S1 s a university man, he had not ai luch distinguished himself; his oi iends said he could easily have done P j had he not wasted his mental en- Q1 rgies in so many directions; but thers had their doubts of this. 01 It is the instinct of most persons hen they stand in fear of a fellow eature to avoid his society as much c( 3 is consistent with the concealment 01 f their dislike, but though Sophy *>; ilbert was stricken with a great ;ar ot John Adair, she adopted the ^ Dntrary course. Without any sud- si en withdrawal of her attentions to c< [r. Mavors she dexterously transirred it to her other neighbor, and iid herself out to please him. In man's case this would have been jc apossible; to most women it would p( ave been difficult; but to Sophy it jjas comparatively easy. Youth and t sauty were on her side; but, pow- pj ful auxiliaries though they were, w ley would hardly have served her cj irn with him she had to deal had p] le possessed them only. Fortunate- jr r for her?or, as it seemed to her n ?r the present, for who can tell Sl hether that which looks like luck t* -day may not turn out to be dis- n< ;ter to-morrow??she had,, as we S( ave said (not the art, for it was iture with her), the gift of pleas- al >S- v< To please John Adair, however, jE as not the light task she had found 3, to be with other young men. here were certain initial difficulties 1 surmount. dj As a rule, the young man was reti;nt; not from any cautiousness of ^position?far from it, he was auicious even to recklessness, though, J 3 U. T 3 1/vr.A tueeu, tie uau uui. rnutu iu iusc? at from the circumstances of his j jsition. He had come up to the niversity a sizar, a proof of his u, at having a superabundance of this m orld's goods, and what he had had Jen given to him (as he himself itterly expressed it) out of charity, e had been adopted by a wealthy ironet, Sir Charles Adair, and, but ^ >r certain proceedings of his own, ould have been better provided for; ar had he quarreled with his patron, found much fault with his own Dsition, till he had forfeited his jj Lvor. Having lost it, however, he i as in no mood to caress the hand ^ lat had fed him, or in truth, any m and. Instead of blaming himself ir what had happened, he blamed a] te world at large, which to his eyes w ad regarded him with scorn as a dejndent, and still so regarded him as poor man. What above all things .oved him was the contempt of d, omen, to which, as worshipers of ' ink and position, he deemed him>lf subject. Under these circumances it is not surprising that in >ciety he was retiring, and at heart j lorose. w Sophy, though far from a hypo- pj ite, possessed in a high degree that g( ift of her sex which enables them > affect an interest in matters that ley do not care one halfpenny about, ad which no man could listen to nder the same circumstances with lit exniDiung some sign 01 Doreaom. i e spoke of his prospects in the comig tripos, and her pretty face seemed > glow with excitement; he disbursed of his college experiences, tid, from the rapt attention with hich she listened to him, one would ave thought he was speaking of her ist partner or her first ball. She la as, in truth, far from being P1 iarmed, and thought him a very jotistic young man; but his talk was 01 ot altogether disagreeable to her, 3I nee she saw through it the admira- eI on she had excited in him, a thing D Iways agreeable to her, and tc ' v-. f V?/. TmAfftn1 nnc<o f Vi r\y*n WO cf D( iiit;w, ill uiw |;i taot, ^ vt dded a sense of triumph; she had al lanufactured a friend out of an en- ol my. ,n He was in Paradise, and Sophy( ic ho guesj;ed the fact, did not choose sc ) let him know that it was a fool's ti aradise. "You need never fear, dear Mis? tl ilbert," hp whispered, significantly, ei that I will ever reveal what I acci- fi entally witnessed yonder." ft To be Continued. m , <rt Not Used to It. 01 That disaster breeds endurance no jc ne doubts. An Easterner, who was isiting California at the time of the B scent calamity, fully recognized this aJ ict, and gave the Californians full cc redit for it. s_ 4 1 1 1 J * ~ J A A UUliUill? Ilitu uuiiajiocu aa a i c- ^ alt of the earthquake. Eesides sev- st ral Californians, confined beneath ae debris was a New Yorker. As g( le rescuers began removing the brick al nd timber a feeble voice called from ai corner of the building far below: pC "Help here! I am from the East pf nd am unused to earthquakes. Take in le out first." jn i - household , r patters Honey As a Gargle. Honey makes an excellent gargle >r sore throat. Eoil one teaspoonil of honey in a cup of soft water id gargle freely. This same preparlion also makes an excellent eve asn. Dip a clean piece 01 linen in le honey water and lay over the >cs. Card Index Receipts. One of the national schools of dolestic arts and sciences is engaged in lowing housekeepers how a card inex system can be used in the horr.9. ne of the uses of the system is sub;ituting for the old scrap receipt ook and the big cook book itself a ox of index cards. One of the adantages of the card receipts is aimed to be the ease with which ie housewife may replace a torn reJipt. It is bringing to the kitchen nd receipts the same system the husand uses in his office to discover his itters and filings. To Clean Jewelry. A sharp-pointed implement should 3ver be employed to clean rings, as loosens the stones. Soak them in quid ammonia and the dirt will be losened. Afterward they should be Dlished with a soft, cloth. It. is a Dod plan to keep rings in sawdust, 3 it enables the gems to retain their rilliancy. Warm water and a little repared chalk are all that are reuired to clean plain or chased rings. Toilet articles, vinaigrettes "and ther small trinkets may be easily Tightened without the use of powder V placing them in an aluminum re?ptacle and pouring boiling water ver them. Polishing should be done y means of a piece of clean chamois iather, but in adopting this treatlent it must be remembered that the lver should never be allowed to be>me tarnished. Song of Praise For Asparagus. The don'ts of diet have been so mdly proclaimed of late, that it is jsitively cheering to turn to an edile that is handsomely commended, he London Lancet sings a song of raise in behalf of asparagus, in hich some interesting facts are disosed. This vegetable is an examle of a food which, though containitr mnre xvntpr in its pomnosition lan does milk, is nevertheless a solid lbstance. Thus, while the head of le asparagus contains as much as inet.y-three per cent, of water, the )lid constituents are particularly ch in nitrogenous substances, which nount to thirty per cent, of dried jgetables. When asparagus is eaten l reasonable quantities it not only Des not cause any undesirable distrbance of the bodily functions, but is so easily digested that it is good iet even for invalids. Things to Remember. That handsome towels may be ade by adding insets of linen torion above the two-inch hems in lain huckaback. That if alum is added to the paste sed in covering botes with paper or iuslln moth and mice will avoid lem. That if hooks for bathroom, kitch1 and pantry are dipped in enamel lint there will be no trouble from on rust. That if tomatoes and milk to be lended are Drougnt to tne same imperature and beaten together vig ously there is less liability of curdag. 1 That one garment should never be ling over another on the same hook, o do this would take all the freshsss out of the undermost garment, ad it would not improve the one hich lay uppermost. That to keep moth and buffalo bugs om rugs and carpets sprinkle them ell with salt, then wipe with a cloth ampened with warm water having jirits of turpentine added in the roportion of a spoonful to every uart of water. Trtfiffl* f ViniiM r>niif on ilt frames. The^ should be wiped ith dry cloth or chamois. This aplies to all metal and lacquered sods. S^Oj/ZiTrtE-; Molasses Cookies?ui:e cup ci moisses. one-balf cup of sugar, oneaif cup of melted lard, crie-half cup : hot water, one teaspoonful of soda, ae-half teaspoonful of saJt. one teajoonful of ginger and just flour lough to handle nicely on the board, o not crowd in the pan. Sour Milk Muffins?Whip three jgs iignt anci Deac mem into a quart ' very sour milk, add a teaspoonful : salt and enough sifted flour to ake a good batter. Last of all, stir i quickly a teaspoonful of soda dis)lved in hot water. Beat hard and irn into greased muffin tins. Biscuit?One quart of flour, lard le size of an egg, one scant teajoonful of soda, two scant teaspoonils of cream of tartar, one teaspoonil of salt. Add water or milk to ake a soft dough and work toother until smooth. Roll or put it jt until about an inch thick and cut ito shape. Boiled Eggs With Cream Sauce? j oil the eggs hard, remove the shell | id cut in halves; put in a warm >vered dish and pour over them a luce made by heating a cupful and half of milk (part cream is better), irring into it two tablespoonfuls of jtter and one of flour rubbed tojther; season with salt and paprika, id cook for ten minutes, until thick id smooth. A teaspoonful of curr*>wder added to the sauce is an imovement, or a piece of onion cooked the butter may be used as a flavors' i THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. 1 INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM- i MENTS FOR MARCH 31 BV THE REV. I. W. HENDERSON. Subject: Easter Lesson, 1 Cor. 15: 12-21, 55-58?Golden Text, 1 Cor. 15-20?Memory Verse, 57 ?Commentary. The resurrection is an historic ? fact; it is the inspiration of the Chris- < tian company of believers; it is i ground of the Christian's hope for i eternal life; it is the reason for our steadfastness, our immutability in Christian service. If it is not a fact, j if it be a fraud, then are we truly of 1 all men most miserable. i The crucifixion of Jesus was the 1 supreme test of His disciples. His j death left them downcast, overborne with grief, in a measure scattered. His resurrection was the signal for ] their re-congregation, the inspiration < of their drooping spirits, their < ground for undying hope. The cruci- ] fixion was necessary, in the scheme 1 of God, to their individual salvation. ; The resurrection was necessary that j their faith sfiould be strengthened, that the church should be launched, that to-day we might have courage ( to fight the good fight and to finish 1 the course that God hath prepared . before us. 1 The resurrection is a fact. Few oc- 1 currences in history are better sub- 1 stantiated. There may, of course, | be differences of opinion as to what ' was the exact content of the appear- | ance of Jesus to His disciples after the resurrection. But however we may differ as to the form of Hi6 res- ] urrection, on this we are all agreed, 1 to this history attests, to this the 1 presence or tne cnurcn is evidence, i that Jesus actually rose from the | dead, that He appeared to His dls- | ciples, that His reappearance among i them was so real as to be sensed by them. The resurrection of Jesus Is a fact. Whatever may be our disputations, let us hold to that, for it is i all important, it is at the centre of , our religious life. I The resurrection is the inspiration ; of the Christian company of believers. In it we find strength. It is the source of our power as it was of the happiness of that earliest company j of the followers of our Lord who, I when they met Him face to face after j the resurrection, could not believe j that it was indeed He "for joy." The resurrection is the ground of ' the Christian's hope of eternal life. Christ promised to His disciples that though He should be slain and. re- < main in the tomb until the third day, < yet would He come forth again unto < them, triumphant over the grave and death. He further gave them to understand that in His victory over siD ] and death the certainty of their own : victory over these selfsame forces was assured. His fulfillment of His 1 promises and prophecies to them increased their confidence in Him and j gave them hope for everlasting life i in bliss within God through Him. "If Christ be not risen, then," as j Paul says, "is our preaching vain," ' then is the faith and the hope of the i multitudes who followed Him and in >. whose fnnt?tens we tread, vanitv. then are we bereft of hope. But by the grace of God the transcendant truth is that Christ is risen from the dead. Aijd our fath is well founded. 1 The resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ is the reason for our stead- ! fastness, our immutability in Chris- i tian service. Because His resurxec- ; tion is a fact, attested in history and i evidenced in the life of His church; because it is our inspiration and the 1 ground of our hope of eternal life; therefore we stand fast in His service and lend our energies gladly to the accomplishment of His most glorious < purposes and designs for the regeneration and sanctiflcation of the world, i The hope of a larger and nobler, a freer and fuller life hereafter is the ' inspiration of the best in human endeavor in this earthly pilgrimage. We strive to bring Heaven to pass i here in the lives of individuals and of nations because we recognize that if we are to live within the presence of God in the future life we can do nothing better than to become accustomed to His presence here and practice the principles which control in 3 His kingdom, in this life. < We cannot lay too much emphasis upon the importance of the resurrection. It is at the very centre of all 1 Christian life and thought. A Chris- ; tian church without a risen Christ is almost -beyond our imagination. The disciples were a disheartened ? band of men when Jesus was cruci- ( fled. They would have been utterly < confounded had not Jesus risen from ; the dead. His resurrection was es- j sential to the certification of His < power for this life and for the life hereafter. The resurrection it; the consumma- ] tion of the love of God in Christ. It j is the finest flower of the Divine self- j revelation. It takes hold, as does nothing else, in all our Christian knowledge and experience, upoD the very heart-strings of humanity. It . affords us reason for unquenchable, everlasting hopefulness. And to be made hopeful is to be inspired, it is ; to be supremely blessed. Vs. 14. "Vain." Empty. ] Vs. 17. "Vain." Another worrl ] in Gk. meaning "fruitless." Vs. 55. "Sting." "The image is ' that of a beast with a sting; not ] death with a goad, driving men." Vs. 57. "Give thy." Present participle. Marks both the daily victory here and the certainty of the conquering hereafter. Read Rev. Samuel Coxe's book, } f'T'kirv Daenrropti'nn " x UV XV^iSUl * vvv*vu. ( Proper Proportion. < The more precious the word, the ' greater the value of your works. Mow to Pronounce Missouri. A joint and concurrent resolution was introduced in the Missouri Legislature to describe the proper pronun- , ciation of the name Missouri. The , following section explains just how it ' should be pronounced: "That the only . pronunciation of the name of the State, in the opinion of this body, is ' mat received rrom tne native Jndians, ' and that it should be pronounced in three syllables, accented on the second syllables. The vowel in the first syllable is short 'i,' in the second syl- i labie long double 'o' (o or oo); in 1 the third syllable short 'i,' 's' in the ' two syllables in which it occurs has the sound of's' and not 'z.' " Ban on Rice Exportation. j Owing to the high price of rice now | ruling at Canton, the viceroy has is- j sued instructions to the different cus- j ' toms, likin and other local officials { at Canton, Kowloon ana Lappa smcily to prohibit the export of this commodity from any of those ports. Original Metropolitan Capitals. < Of the original thirteen States only Tour now have metropolitan capitals 1 ?Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Virgin ao.d Georgia. . . 1 "wm t. * \ rHE GREAT DESTROYER 50ME STARTLING FACTS AROCl THE VICE OF 1NTEJ1PEKAXCE. The Man and the Bottle?Kow the Former Was Aided and Abetted by the Latter in a Double Murder?Not Insane, But Drunk. "I could kill him," said The Man. 'Yes! Had I the means, the nerve, .he requisite steadiness of hand and 1 jrain. he should not live. I have the . visb." ' "I'm here, ' said The Bottle. "Bift for him she would have been j nine." said The Man. "Ah! I was winning her when he came between ( is, so smooth, so insinuating, so con:emptuous of me, with his wealth md good looks. I hate him!" J "Have another!" said Tbe Bottle. "I can imagine her at this moment, ser eyes, her hair, her lips, her ;neeKS, ner iuveiy iurm, turn ue# , :urse him! bending above her, perlaps caressing all that should have ^ aeen my own. All that I longed for ind dreamed of. I cannot endure , it!" ' ' "A trifle more," said The Bottle. ( "I will not submit so easily to the :aprice of a changeable heart, nor to the scorn of any man. Never! Ho! Am I a weakling! Am I not strong, , bold, resolute, ready to do, to dare. ' to have my way? Does not the blood leap through my veins, hot with the ? impelling cry of an outraged soul? ro slay the creature as on^ might ] iill a dog would be but right." "That's the talk," said The Bottle. ( "I'll no longer hesitate," said The Man. "Bah! I shall strike. My muscles are like steel, my thoughts J ilear and resolved. Not long ago I trembled in my thinking, dreading ' Vi/> nmeoniionriK! Pnnh I Wlm P?TV?3 LULts UV/UOC4 UV>liVV/Mi A. VVUi I . M?r v?<? Cor what may come. I can easily es:ape." "Your glass is empty," said The Bottle. "My revolver ? no ? the reports will be heard. Ah! but I'm cautious and cunning. This knife? Yes, it i bas the point of a needls, the edge o! < a razor, and the blade is long?long. " [t will plunge deep." "Just the thipg," said The Bottle. "If I find them together. Ha! 3he discarded me. My love has i titrned to loathing. To make it com- i plete would be grand?grand! Why ' not?" "Splendid!" said The Bottle. ! 'Another little swallow." < "I'll do that," said The Man. "They < will he together. It is his night for 1 sailing. Always, the wretch is there 1 an a Sunday evening. In the arbor 2njoying the moonlight?there shall [ steal upon them, silently, slyly, reT4. w/>ll onfflv fmm fho 1 LeilLie&Sl.y. Xl IS WCll ana; jlavu* vuv house. No one will see me, nor hear me. I am ready." \ "Just a drop more," said The Bot- t tie. "Oh! to think of It. I am laugh- 1 ing-as never before. Ha, ha, ha! The tools. But I must not be merry, lest 1 [ grow careless. Let me sec. It is < now 9 o'clock. Ey 10 I'll be back. ' To arrange my windows, noisily, to shuffle about, to make my usual J sounds of retiring, yawning and moving the furniture, then to creep out ' ?to creep in, -who would not swear 1 to my being in bed during the hour?" i "Clever," said The Bottle. "Drink to yourself, very ciever. "What a glorious thing is revenge." 1 said The Man. "It dominates every '< sense as a king rules his petty sub- ' jects. The king is right. I am 1 charged with a righteous mission. ] How firm, steady, strong, grimly de- ' termined I feel. I do not laugh now. 1 My wish is to act as though I were an 1 actor in a magnificent tragedy?a . part to be performed well and tfior- i oughly. Yet, I smile to myself, for < the part is my invention and my i soul's desire." < "Smile, then," said The Bottle. 3 u 'Tis my soul's desire, too." J "I'm going now," said The Man. < "All seems in shape. Is there any- J thing more?" * < "A stiff bracer," said The Bottle. *??* ( "I did it!" said The Man. '"I did J it! Both?God help me! I can ' bardly stand. I?I ran so. My nerves are like water. Quick! a ' Irink." "I'm empty," said The Bottle. "N?nothing left," said The Man. "I?I didn't, I couldn't have taken ' ill." ! "You did," said The Bottle. * 1 "What shall I dor' said The Man. ' "OhL what, what? I am trembling, sick, helpless to think or act. I was seen?a man shouted from the barn is I fled. I cannot run any further. I [ dare not stay here. I am a mur- 3 Jerer. I must have been insane." 1 "Only drunk," said The Bottle. "I hear steps. Steps!" said The 3 Man. "Heavy steps outside. They ] aave stopped. Someone is ringing, i [t is my death knell." 3 "Quite likely," said The Bottle. J "Coming?up?the?stairs," said i rhe Man. "Along?the?hall. My j ?door?" < ../-i ?>> Tho 'Rnttlo 1 laiiiij, oniu AMV "My Snife?my bloody knife. I < im lost?choking, dizzy. It is of no use. One is an officer. Gentlemen?, [?know. I give myself up. Take nut;? I committed the murder." "I helped you commit it," said < The Bottle.?Elliot Walker, in Home < Berald. i 1 t ] Alcohol the Murderer. , The Registrar-General reports for : \ England aud Wales, especially during ] :he years from 18S1 to 1900, show .hat 110,215 died from three diseases iirectly due to alcohol, namely, * * * * J-,!-* ?? +?/\mrtna jbromc aicononsm, utim U ill 11CU1VU4 I si. md cirrhosis of the liver, which is at , :he rate of IS8.45 persons per mi!- t lion. 7 > i A String of Similes. Eishop Fowler, in speaking of the liquor traffic says: "It is cunning as J i fox, wise as a serpent, strong as an i ax. bold as a lion, merciless as a t :iger, remorseless as a hyena, fierce i is a pestilence and deadly as a 1 plague." i Tennessee Growing Temperate. Tennessee allows the sale of liquor In only twelve counties out of nine- j ;v-six. and in only fourteen places in < he State. f I Temperance Notes. New York has 309 dry towns in :he State. j North Carolina has twenty-sir dry t owns-. j Sow -whisky and you'll reap drunk- 2 lrds.?Sam Jones. d Minnesota has local option in many 1 Tillages and towns. 1 Every barroom is a recruiting jflice for hell.?Sam Jones. Mississippi has eighty-two coun- 1 jes; sixty-six of them are "dry." d Nebraska has 4 00 towns without a ia.rroonis and about 600 with them, r a Iflffp PSPSPIBI 1Kb- MOUNTAIN ' TOP^ ,Vhv cannot I ascend that mountain That before me ever- stands Jp against the calm blae twilight, Bound with snowy bands? [^et, oh! let me thither hasten! ' Let me clamber to the brink 3f that mo\intain; there enraptured I can rest and think. * rhink! There is no more to wish for; . I have gained the gaol I would; ind where not another footprint Marks where man has s^ood, Where no mortal yet a as trodden; Where perchance none else may tread. [ can cry, Yes, I am equalTo the mighty dead.' , Fool! doth cry the answerng Spirit;. "HaTe no other snow heights been, Other mountain qasts. unconquered, Mightier, though unseen? 'Peace, nor seek the cliffs too rashly. Be thv duty, to fulfil. Say with Christ. 'Yes. I am ready, Lord, to do Thy will.' < 'Should thy weakness reach, that summit, Nothing brighter would there be; But more mountains, dim and distant, Stretching to the sea! "One short life is insufficient' < Earth'8 rough path to safely climb; Look to Christ tliat He may lead thee, Faltering child of time. "Strive in Jiumbler ways unwcwi<id Other souls to aid and.bless, And. in righteousness possessing, All shalt thou posiiess." -Miss J. B. The Bolt on the Attic Door. A mother witii a large family hi ? small house was in the habit of declaring that she would ^'-give up" If it were not for the bolt on the inside of the attic storeroom door. She had! bought that bolt and put it on herself ?she must have been a smart "woman?unknown to anyone. . J.h among, the sorapbags hanging from tile rafters, and the heaps of trunk?-and bores, that one soul, pressing its way ' heavenward, found its Bethel. Most of the praying of that devoted moth* er had to be done afoot, or in ejaculatory manner, but now ahd then she could retire to that attic room," bolt the world out, and kneel at the Master's feet. Out from that attic room the mother would come, wisting not that her face shone, with a iew^iope in her heart and a fresh courage for! living and loving, sacrificing: and serving. The bolt on the attic door; figuratively, if not literally, may be., the means of grace to many, tired and. toiling spirits. There are times wheo cares and worries must be bolted out; when the believer must say to the/ world with a firm resistance: "Let ^ my religious hours alone!" Christians should cultivate. a certain sternness in dealing with/ the circumstances of the state, which will stem the rising tide of worldliness with a peremptory "Thus far shalt thou come, and no farther!" Thfr duty of the Christian Is to study,the art of arresting worldllness?resisting, by the culture of the Inner powers of the soul, Its cumulative appeal to yield to the things of . sense an homage and a service which is doe only to the supersensible interests of the immortal spirit. Be sure that you have somewhereabout your home the potential Bethel of a spiritual retreat. "I will he toj [srael as a little sanctuary," was the iivine promise of old. Every house, must have its shrine, whether itrbfr In the study, library or attic, where the inmates oft meet with God for the renewal of their strength lp the days of their pilgrlma'ge. It may not fce necessary in a literal sense to put the bolt on the attic door, but it is always needful to'^put It on the heart, lest a spirit of oyerworldliness creep in and destroy. thtf better instincts of the souL lie who fl bolts (.he world out will be great to :onquer the world when he sweeps )ut on a charge with crusading hoits;; tie who has a little sanctuary ini his home will be notably useful as a servitor of his fellow men wherever on the face of the planet his lot may be :ast.?Zion's Herald. . * . .. ! When There is Sorrow For Sin. Salvation alone can rouse in us a sense of our sinfulness. One must have got a good way before he cim be sorry for his sirfs. There is no condition of sorrow, aid down as necessary to forgiveness. Repentance does not mean sorrow^ t means turning away from the sins. Every man can do that, more or less; md that every man must do. The sorrow will come afterwards, all In ;ood time. Jesus offers to ouce 'as jut of our own hands into His, if"we n'lll only obey Him.?George Mac-i lonald. 1 ' Neglect of Prayer. Chrysolom has said, "The just miin Joes not desist from praying until he leases to be just." Praying Is illuinnativa ani "he that doeth evil hateth ;he light, neither coraeth to the light est his deeds should be reproved. rhe most ostensible mark of the sln;ul direction of a man's life is hlfl ieslect of fellowship. Christ's Smrul Congregation. God's business is not to be don*, wholesale. Christ's greatest utters xnces were delivered to congrega:ions of one or two. ? Dwight YiUUU.- . The Rest Here. What! Rest, case here! In tl rsiiiistry or in Christian work! Ther H s no rest here. Now is the time foiV jattle, for work. Heaven will be ourH est. Now is the time for study, pru-M lent, arduous, 'unflinching effort.? L. Mcody. B Faith and Repentance. 9j If you cannot come to Christ with I aiti) and repentance, tome to Christ I or faith and repentance, for He can I ;ivc iiieiu to you.?Spurgeon. B Wants All Betrothals Advertised. I Senator Smith will introduce a bill I n the Kansas Legislature providing I hat marriage engagements must be tublished in local papers and churches it least thirty days before the wed- H ling. Mr. Smith declares such a law H s highly satisfactory in several Eu- H ojiean countries. ''u H Berlin's 30,000 Deserted Wives, f I The reports show that the poor^fl aw officials have cared for 30,0fl^H [eserted wives :'n Berlin last year n expense of $125,000 to the av&U^H ble funds. , j