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/ avencaeaoaimtiMa | HBioMtcvia G|i THE CANON OR A TALE OF HOI Vans 1 I ? By JAMES P |?| CDaBtaoBitnia ainiMiainiaasssii CHAPTER IV. 1 I be Continued. Mi The apparition cf a total and unexpected stranger, under the circum- a stances we have just described, would 0 have been alarming enough to any young woman; while the appearance a of the intruder himself?limp, bedraggled, livid?was not calculated J0 to restore confidence. One side of n? him covered with mud (where he bad lain on tho ground, pending Mr. Perry's investigation of the garden gate), the other in sodden evening | clothes, his only protection against the wild weather without an under- ei graduate's gown tied round his neck 50 like a shawl?the only thing that on could be said to the advantage of the an young man was that he did not look "p like a gay young Lothario. Not for . 1 ? Ji.i 13.1 a moment, nowever, uiu ivhsb rcikins imagine him to be a vulgar thief s , , no or a burglar. The intruder, too, was hardly less surprised, and from the same cause. e He had counted upon being confronted with a familiar face, and lo! he w found himself in the presence of a stranger. S6< Being a woman and a ready one, sa, Miss Perkins was the first to speak. "Who on earth are you?" she inquired; "and what are you come here _pl about?" ki] / "I am a friend of Canon Aldred's," gtl he said; "and as I was coming home t0 from the ball, I saw a man slip into t0 your garden. Perceiving by the light sb( yonder"?he pointed to the candle? "that some of the family were still th, up, I thought it my duty to give you warning of it." g0 An ordinary British maid-servant, yo under like circumstances, would have grasped with gratitude at the means ^ thus suggested of explaining matters; jja but Jeannette was much too sharp to an fall into such an error. It flashed sb, upon her in a moment that the new- be' comer could not have made use of <j0 the same signal as his predecessor, mf had he not witnessed it; and, therefore, that all concealment as to that incident was useless. Moreover, here ise ,was an unexpected opportunity of do- kil ing a good turn to her young mis- dr( tress, whom she knew had reason to jje stand in fear of this gentleman. lQj "My master should be greatly ' obliged to you, sir," she said hesitat- jj ingly. "But the fact is, the person you saw is no burglar, as you suppose. I have just seen him myself, a for he had the impudence to force un his way in, though I did my best to prevent him; he is a friend of the family?though, as you may well say, rat after such conduct, hardly deserves pul to remain so;, he is not quite master of his own actions to-night, having ser been, I suppose, at the ball supper! chj If it got to be known, I am terrified joc to think what would happen; I don't ^ mean to him, for he would only have coj himself to thank for it; but the ey( canon, I'm sure, would be so dread- g0( fully distressed." me "And your young mistress, Miss j00 nlfA o r>o 9 " rrorocf nrl Vjiiucii, aiaw, QQ( Adair, dryly. pe] "No doubt, and Miss Aldred like- at wise. There is nothing like your a ? gentleman blackguard for doing m'is- p0( chief in a house." s^e Wet as he was, a glow came into jje the cheeks of Mr. John Adair and cn] touched his trembling eais. wij There is a general notion, set ago- jjU, ing I am inclined to think, by the scoundrels themselves, that persons who behave in a rascally manner are unaware of it, or at all events that ' they gloss it over in their own minds, so that the thing looks mui>h more t^ presentable; it is just possible that car it may be so, when rascality has be- roc come the rule and not the exception alQ or tneir lives, out in a genera! way every one is conscious of- the commis- tb sion of a baseness, and no more iikes ter to be reminded of it than of any other unpleasant fact. thi "I have heard of a gentleman utt farmer and of a gentleman jockey," ^xj returned the young man with a sta forced smile; "but a gentleman jy blackguard, my good girl, is a contradiction in terms." kn< "Well, I never heard him called by ma that name, sir," returned Jeannette, be< simply; "but there's plenty of them ab< about. You would never believe it, i but that young man had the impu- i a dence to call here to-night, without tj0 the least thought of the scandal that cie might come of it, merely to inquire a c ?;hy my young mistress was not at the ball to-night?as though it was hei any business of his." ed "Impudent scoundrel!" ejaculated un Mr. Adair, indignantly. "And why cu< didn't your young mistress go to the reJ ball?" "Well, surely there was reason I t enough, as you must very well riv know." sel Adair's face darkened for a mo- so ment. He had all along suspected that it was the fear of meeting him, a i or rather being under his surveil- litl ance while she was in Perry's com- nei pany, that had kept her away from ma the Town Hall; and the supposition, fai a? we know, was correct. to "I know of no reason," he an- cec swered sharply. "It ought to have me i been a very good one, for only a few So; hours ago Miss Gilbert promised me a dance with her own lips. It was pei a great disappointment to me." all "It naturally must have been," admitted Jeanette, a light craft that mi could put about at a moment's notice, nei "I am sure she is very sorry that it th? has so happened; but after Mr. Per- yoi ry's conduct on the river?which I %h< took for granted you had heard of? da; and for fear that he should misbe- th< have himself again " St< "But Miss Gilbert knew all that int when she promised to dance with tlr me," interrupted Adair. "And so did Miss Alclred know, ra; only she had not told my mistress doi when she spoke to you, because she roc had had no opportunity of telliug her, that nothing would induce her an; to let her go to the ball. This is only 1 lilt -'ir' - V 11 ' ' I - "s JET MADNESS. I I"? ? i*j AYN. iiMian ? | tween ourselves, sir, if you please," ded the girl earnestly; "for what ss Aldred gave out was that she d a headache and did not feel equal going to the ball herself." 'I did not hear her say that she d a headache," observed Adair, eatly mollified. "Then it was not ur mistress' fault?that is, it was t of her own will that she stopped home?" "Certainly pot, sir, she has a bet opinion of Mr. Perry perhaps an some of us have, and did not ink it possible that he would so ofid again. Eut my mistress is a ung lady of spirit, and if she was ce persuaded that Mr. Perry or y other gentleman was presuming on any kindness she had shown u, or taking advantage of some acied hold of her in any other way, s would go to her guardian at once, matter what annoyance it cost her, d my master would know how to al with him." "No doubt, no doubt," said Adair, th the red on his cheeks, but in as reless a tone as he could assume: bill, in the matter of Mr. Perry's unisonable call, I understand you to y that Miss Gilbert did not wish 3 canon to know about it." "She does not know about it her:f, sir, as yet," returned Miss Perns, tartly; "but it doesn't need a ost from the grave, I should think, know that no young lady wants be made the talk of the town.* I ould have thought every gentleman to was a gentleman understood it." "I understand it perfectly well, my od girl; and I think I understand u," said Adair, smiling as he drew > purse from his pocket. "I should e your young mistress to know I d looked in, in case I might be of y use; but, of course, no one else all know. Be so good as to give r my compliments, and say I shall myself the honor of calling to>rrow." ' "Oh, thank you, sir." It was not Mr. Adair's polite promi that had thus excited Miss Peris' gratitude, but the coin he had spped into her hand, and which r nice sense of touch immediately ormed her was a sovereign, fould you like an umbrella, sir? you don't mind a gingham, I'll id you mine." Declining this generous offer with smile, and chucking the damsel der the chin (from a notion that it course of conduct was, under 5 circumstances, expected of him, her than from any amatory imIse), Mr. Adair let himself out. 'He's about as wet as a frog," obved Miss Perkins, rubbing her n with her frilled apron, as she ked the door behind him. "I hope it poor young man won't die of a d. I had no idea when I first set ;s upon him that he was such a )d sort. One should never judge n, as men do women, by their ks. 'Handsome is as handsome is' is my motto. Now, there's Mr. rry. One would imagine to look him that to do him ever so slight ;ervice would be gold in any one's :ket; and yet a meaner man never pped. To think that the very day was married on the sly that he !y gave half a sovereign to his ,'e's own maid! Bah! I hate such sbands!" CHAPTER V. rhe Canon Puts His Foot Down. 'My dear Maria, you were not at i ball last night, I hear," Eaid the ion, as he entered the drawing >m where his sister was sitting ne. "I can't say, under the cirnstances, I am jgorry, except for > cause. I hope your head is bet'That is what everybody is saying s morning," smiled Miss Aldred, a le uneasily. She didn't like that >ression, "under the circumnces," beneath which she shrewdsuspected lay some reference to . Perry, concerning whom, as we aw, she had promised Sophy -to ,kt> no revelation. "Henny has in here this morning to inquire ?ut it; and I overheard her mother to whom I was not at home, for ,m tired to-day, and the conversan is a little trying?asking Bary 'How's her head?' as if it were ship." "Still, I suppose you really had a idache last nighu since it preventyou escorting Sophy to the ball? less, indeed, it was merely an exse and you had some more valid ison." "Well, I had a headache, William, .hink it was the cheering on the er. But the fact is, Sophy herf did not seem much inclined to go, we agreed to give it up." Aunt Maria felt that this was not successful speech, but she was a :le alarmed at her brother's manp, as well as the guess she had ide at the actual condition of afrs. It was very unusual with him take interest in their domestic proidings, or to question any arrangeints she made for herself and nhv 'And why did she not want to go?" rsisted the canon. "She is genery fond enough of balls." "My dear brother, if you knew as ich of girls as I do" (he did very irly), "you would understand that ;y are as full of their fancies as 11 wise men are of your great )ught8. The things they like toy they dislike to-morrow, and for ; same reason that made little jvie, next door, throw all his toys o the dust hole?because he was ed of them." "Then I hope Sophy is tired of her r, dog, Mr. Herbert Perry, and j csn'i want to play with him any re." A startling speech from the lips of y one, but from those of the canon e thundff a hiuA ctv ii was luckly for Miss Aldred that his indignation supplied him with a fine flow of words, during which she was able to collect her thoughts; or, in her alarm?since concealment was now out of the question?she mi^it have told him more than was necessary. "I shouldn't complain," continued her brother, "if Sophy had fallen in love with some curled darling?such as one sees in the hairdresser's windows?but the man she is encouraging is not only a fool, but a vicious fool; perhaps even a scamp, Of a scoundrel. Of course you noticed, what everybody else noticed, last evening how he drank her health in public?conduct which nothing can excuse in my eyes, however, eioneao ' A ? ?1??. ?~? ?? V*?? excuse, as me purase gues, uui ui iu&. It is 110 excuse in my eyes, howeve#, but rather an aggravation. Moreover, it cannot be said that it was a temporary exhibition. I hear, on the best authority, that he went to the ball in a state of liquor. That is why I said that I was not sorry you did not go. And I shall be still better pleased to hear that the reason of Sophy's absence was the apprehension of meeting him, after what had taken place at my rooms." "I really and truly'believe that it was," answered Aunt Maria. "I did not mean to say anything about it to you, because I promised Sophy not to do so; but that is what, on the whole, I gathered from her. I don't think she has any such fancy for him as she had; and if she is ashamed of him, of course that is a great point gained; only I entreat you to be careful in what you say to her. Opposition is the soil on which this sort of love affair thrives best." "That's all very well in plays, Maria; but in real life it does not do to trust to a girl's having her eyes opened to her lover's unworthiness by his own misdoings. Upon one thing I shall tell Sophy I have made up my mind; Mr. Perry never crosses my threshold again." The intervention of Canon Aldred in matters of his own house had the rarity of a miracle, but also the force. His laws, when he did go in for lawmaking, were as those of the Medes and Persians; and Aunt Maria was well aware that no pleading on her part on behalf of Mr. Herbert Perry would either defer or mitigate his sentence of perpetual exile. She bowed her head and pursed her lips, the former in obedience to her brother's ukase, the latter in silent protest against it; took up her needlework?a sign she was not coming back In a hurry?and left the room. Unconscious of her aunt's step upon the stairs, Sophy sits alone, with a letter in her hand. It has just reached her, but not by the post; for she has other ways of communicating with the outside world. To be Continued. Shooting Gallery Secret. The beach was empty. The board walk was dead. The shooting gallery man was packing to go South for the winter. "Do you see this glass ball?" he said.' i It was a ball of hollow glass, an airy glass soap bubble, that had swung all summer at the end of a thread in the foreground of the clay pipes, bells and whatnot that had made up the gallery's targets. "This glass ball," the man went r\ry 'Mo m v ee roof mnnov molrpr All summer long people tried to hit this ball?it was bigger and nearer than any other target?and everybody failed. Thousands of bullets were fired at the ball, thousands of nickels were spent on it, yet here it is still untouched, my best breadwinner, "All wise shooting gallery men have a glass ball like this. It makes such a tempting target, yet it is nevei hit. It is never hit because the air that precedes a gun charge is suf? ficient to blow the ball aside, out o 1 the way. You might Are a hundred shots at it, but, like a living thing, like a tinyd soldier, for instance, it would dodge each shot."?St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Decline of St. Helena. ThqfWsland of St. Helena, the scene of Napoleon's captivity and death, has become through a change in the conditions of the world's trade a dwindling community. In 1651 the island was occupied by the British East India Company, to whom it belonged till 1833, when it became a British Crown colony. The East India Company placed in it a garrison, servants and settlers, East Indians and a number of negro slaves, the whole population numbering about 6000. With the opening of the Suez Canal and the substitution of steamers for sailing vessels the mission of St. Helena was gone. The route tc the East has left the South Atlantic for the Mediterranean, and steamers bound for the Cape would have to go far out of their way to call at St. Helena. The population has considerably dwindled during the last forty years, and whatever trade used to go to the island has long since left it.? London Post. * Alcohol in Bread. i\ ^ n n Knni ^ i cr> m CflirtTI I UVI C UUO Utcil UVIX UldbUddiVU about the quantity of alcohol contained in ordinary bread as the result of the fermentation process to which it is subjected before balclng. Evidently the quantity is small, but until recently, it would appear, chemists have not succeeded in accurately measuring it. Now, however, it is announced that Dr. O. Pohl, by an elaborate process based upon the distillation of the bread to be tested in a Papin digester, has ascertained that ordinary bread normally contains 0.753 of a gram of alcohol for every 100 grams of bread, or a little more than seven parts in 10,000. It is well to be precise, even in small things.?Youth's Companion. Worse. "Whew! It's getting late, boys," said Peckham, at the club, "I'll have t.i ?rni n cr TVTv wlfr> PYTlPPtJ? m ft hoaie before midniKht." "0! she's a fighter, eh?" sneered Lusliman; "afraid she d go for you if you stayed too late?" "No; I'm afraid she'd come for ma .Phila/lplnhia .Prftss. \ . MX> . -i ..... . Brass on Bedsteads. Brass on bedsteads should npvpr hi cleaned with the ordinary brass pol ishes, as they destroy the coat o lacquer that is put on to prevent th< brass from tarnishing. The brigh parts should be rubbed every da: with a soft cloth and if they begii to look discolored rub with a clotl slightly moistened vith sweet oil, ant afterwards polish with a soft clotl and chamois leather. Cleansing Sill:. In washing silk there are foui things to be avoided?rubbing wringing, heat and soap. Use .luke warm water, and if the silk is mucl soiled make a lather with a goof white soap, but never rub the soaj directly on the cloth. If only slight]] soiled, bran water is preferable t( soap. Swish the article round anc round, but do not rub. When clean rinse in water to which one table spoonful cf vinegar has been addec i.vA cam ijuaii ui water. nace ue tween dry cloths and squeeze out a: much moisture as possible, but d< not wring. Iron at once, betweei paper, with a mediumly heated iron.* Sponging with coffee will remov< the greasy appearance that especially affects gros grain silks. A good renovating fluid for blacl silk is a little rock of ammonia and ? lump of common soda dissolved ii one-half pint boiling water. Sponge and iron between paper or undei black cloth.?Florida Agriculturist. "As Mother "Used to Do." The housekeeper too frequently fails to realize that where help is kept the profit of her services is near ly doubled by having a well furnished and conveniently arranged kitchen. Sand grit from small fruit may be removed by placing tfie fruit carefully in a-clean basket and dipping the basket repeatedly in fresh cold water, There should be at least one easy chair in the kitchen, a wall pocket with sewing materials and a rack for books and magazines; the extra helpfulness of the "help" will more than re.:>ay this thoughtfulness. It should be remembered in choosing a broom that the best ic of a'light green color, which is tougher than the yellow, biv. be careful that the green is natural and not a "doctored broom." The fact is often overlooked that good, wholesomcfcod properly cooked and promptly served in a tasteful manner, wun orignt-iaces arouna tne table, will do more to promote healthfulness and happiness and keep the members of the family united, t^han any display of wealth or luxury.? Tfyp Efcitomist. Cleaning Marble. Shave a cake of good laundry soap into half a gallon of warm water, set on the stove and bring slowly to a boil, adding a tablespoonful of household ammonia. When the soap is quite dissolved, pour it into a jar and keep as a soap jelly. For recent stains on the marble, make a paste of half a cupful of the jelly with powdered unslacked lime; spread this on the marble and let it remain for two weeks; then scour well with soft soap, a little more lime and hot water. Rinse and wipe dry and rub with a bit of felt, which will restore the polish better than anything else. For old stains, or those that have hop-n r?f lnnc ctnnrJin? mir; a rmarrer of a pint each of ox-gall and soapsuds with half as much turpentine; add enough powdered Fuller's earth to this to make a paste, and spread on the marble; let it remain two or three days, wipe off and repeat if needed. For black marble, mix equal parts of soft soap and pearl ash; apply with a flannel cloth; let it remain ten minutes, and then wash off. Rub marble with a cloth dipped very lightly in paraffin, to restore the polish.? The Commoner. Minwie ruuaing?10 one quart ui rich milk add one pint of water; when this comes to a boil, add a cupful of stewed raisins, prunes 01 peaches and a little salt. As soon af it comes to a boil, stir in flour until it is the proper consistency. Serve with cream and sugar. Cream of Tomato Soup ? Cook some strained tomato until thick and reduced to less than a cupful, season ing palatably with salt, pepper and parsley. Scald a quart of milk and thicken it as directed for potato soui and season to taste. When ready tc serve take both milk and tomato frorn the fire. Add to the latter a pinch oJ baking soda and stir it slowly intc the milk. Serve at once. If reheated it will curdle. Grated Apple Pie?Line a verj deep pie plate with a rich paste. Pee1 three tart apples and grate them Cream three ounces of butter witfr three of sugar, or use thick cream in stead of butter. Mix with the apples and add the grated peel and one half the juice of a lemon. Beat thres psre-s well, volks and whites separate ly, and mix all together. Bake in s moderately hot oven without any up per crust. Serve with cream. Roly Poly Jam Pudding?Suecrust and ten ounces of any kind o; jam. Having made a nice suet crust roll to the thickness of about onehalf inch. Place the jam in the cen tre and spread equally over the paste allowing a margin of about one-hal! inch for the pudding to join. Roli up lightly, join the ends securely place upon a floured cloth and securt with tape, allowing a little for th>; pudding to swell. Plunge into boil(ns w_ater and boil for two. hours. . v THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM MENTS FOR APRIL 2t, Ef THE REV.I. W.HENDERSON. s - Snbjert: Joseph Sold by His Brothers, f Gen. 37:5-28 ? Golden Text: James 3:1G ? Memory Verses, t 20-2 S. 7 i One of the most fascinating charn acters of Old Testament history is j Joseph, the beloved son of the old age of Israel. Idealized, to be sure, in some measure, the character of Joseph is yet one to be made a pattern in many resnects. The story of his virtues must have had a remarkable influence upon the hearts and r mind? of the youth of Israel through.? out the centuries. And we may de clare him a model in many respects ) for the children of this age. j This lesson shows us the incident } in the life of Joseph when his jealous brethren rid themselves of his pres' ence. It shows what are the inevit3 able consequences of favoritism upon J the part of parents, what was the , youthful unwisdom of Joseph, what was the progress and the culmination i of the hatred that the brothers held toward Joseph, what was the further, ance they gave, unwittingly, to the s plans and purposes of God in their ' very sin. The lesson shows us many 1 other minor lessons-also, but we shall be content to consider those outlined ? above. i Joseph was the beloved of Israel. This was his joy; It was also his misfortune, so far as immediate consek quences were concerned. It was the ' highest happiness of the life of Israel 1 to pour out on Joseph without stint - the fulness of his heart's affection. : But his very pleasure in his beloved son became the cause of some of the bitterest hours in the life of Israel. The love that Israel bore Joseph was natural: its demonstration was unr wise. However his heart may have , delighted in the winsomeness of the stripling he should have had the wisdom, commensurate with his years, 1 not to publish the fact too largely in the family circle. Joseph had no ! more claim on the affection of Jacob than any of the rest of his father's , children. Israel was primarily responsible for the rising of the unholy ; passions that swept Joseph Into Egypt. And the household of Israel ; was not the only one in which this particular unwisdom has been displayed. This is a lesson for parents. . Then, too, Joseph was not wise with his brethren, however natural to youth his action may have been. He must have been conscious, in some measure at least, of the enmity that 1 was aroused in their hearts. They f had eyes to see and ears to hear and spirits that could resent unfairness. We are led to believe that bad feeling had been manifest in the family life before this overt sin was committed of which the lesson speaks. And so Joseph could not have done a more foolish thing than to tell his brethren of the dream of his own preferment i that had come to him of God. It was natural. It was boyish. We cannot say that it was told with the desire to evoke resentment. But that it was a provocation none may question. It was maladroit, to say - the least. There are many youths to whom Joseph's example might be a salutary lesson. Nothing is to be gained by informing people of the fact that we mean to outstrip them in the human race for preferment and success. The man who has a vision of his future greatness will be a wiser man if he keeps the vision secret with his God. Jealousy is a desperate sin. No man is quite so cursed as the man with the jealous disposition. Of all the sins against humanity there is none so vicious and distressing as that of jealousy. For jealousy is akin to covetousness, and covetousness is at the very base of all human misery. At bottom Joseph's brethren were covetous. For they desired the affection of their father in the measure that Israel loved Joseph. If they had been satisfied with the sort of treatment Tcvaol Hicnonspfl thprft wnnlri have been no trouble. But they weren't. And jealousy, surging and ' rushing through their hearts, led them to increasing manifestations of ' their resentment. Anger leads to conspiracy. Conspiracy has its fruitage in premeditated fratricide. Only the good sense of Rueben saved Joseph's life. As for his other brethren, they were no doubt congratulating themselves upon the effectiveness and the awfulness of the death to which they had finally consigned Joseph. A death in a dry well In a desert country. It was ghastly to contemplate. In the providence of God the Midianite merchantmen came their way. And so their hands were saved from bloodguiltlness. We cannot say the same for their hearts. v They saved their house from the stain of murder by despicably selling their brother to a foreign people for less than the price of a slave. And they thought doubtless they had done away with him none the less effectually. ? But this very action was a furtherance of the divine plans. The very wickedness of his brethren was the means God used to exalt Joseph. It was a hard way to use to get Josepn to Egypt. But it was efficient. And what were the hours of ignominy to the years of power with which God requited Joseph. The dream came true. The jealous brothers lived to see Joseph ruling with viceregal splendor in the land of the Pharaohs. They lived to discern, what many another evil man has seen, that the wickedness of humanity is the opportunity of God. You may know how precious the Bible really is to a man by tte extent to which he banks on it Russian Steamship Enterprise. It is reported from St. Petersburg, says Lie Monde Econoraique. that a Russian Lloyd Company with a capital of G,000,000 f. ($1,200,000) has been floated in that city. This company proposes to acquire the steamers used by the Russian Government as transports during the war and to establish a merchant service between D 11 cf I o r? n/M?4c< in fVio X? olf irt o n rl D1 o olr ivuooiau I-'UJ 10 JU tiiv- uaiuv anu ju/ittvn. Sea s.nd European ports. These vessels will also be utilized for the conveyance of Indian and Persian pilgrims. JNcw Portrait of Shakespeare. A hitherto undiscovered portrait of ' Shakespeare has been found in a village inn at Winston, near Darlington, England. It is a panel picture, framed in oak. and represents the poet when he was about twenty-eisht years old. It is said to be worth $20,000. ( Feer Advocates Reform of House. J In the British House of Lords Lord j Newton introduced a bill for the reform of the Assembly, the object of which is to provide a system of representative peers and the creatiou of life pears in limited numbers. 1 - - 0S^&W ' JrcAW&Sl , 7??n> Mi* THE ONE-TALENT MAN. \ 6 He couldn't sing and he couldn't play; He couldn't speak and he couldn t pray} He'd try to read, but break right down; Then sadly grieve at smile or frown. \Thile some with talents ten began, He started out with only one. "With this," he said. "I'll do my best, And trust the Lord to do the rest.' His trembling hand and tearful eye Gave forth a world of sympathy. When all alone with one distressed, He whispered words that calmed the breast, And little children learned to know, When grieved and troubled, where to go; He loved the birds, the flowers, the trees, And, loving him, his friends loved these. H:s homely features lost each trace Of homeliness, and in his face In ere beamed a kind and tender light That made surrounding features bright. When illness came, he smiled at fears, And bade his friends to dry their tears. He said, "Good-bye," and all confess. He made of life a grand success. ?Presbyterian Journal. XJo You Know? Here are a few plain questions de- ^ inanding an honest answer: 1 Do you know t&at you are person- c ally responsible to God with regard c to the evangelization of the world? e Do you know that if you do not go, let go, or help go, you are acting \ as a disobedient child? r Do you know that if all the Sun- J day-school children in Great Britain * were to give only one psnny a week, ? they would give more in one year ? than has ever yet been given by the ? whole church to foreign missions 1 during the same period? ? Do you know that, though a great J; deal has been done during the last 13 century, the church, as a whole, is c not yet awake to her duty and privi- 11 lege of preaching the Gospel to the 15 heathen? Are you awake yet? * ? Do you know that sixty-six people * a::e dying every minute of every t hour of every day, and most of these 0 hive never once heard of Christ? Do you know that there arc more ' heathen in the world to-day than * ever there were.? Do you know that the general J1 funds of nearly all the missionary ? societies are in a chronic state of low t water; why? Because the church is a spending on other things what right- ? ly belongs to God. e Do you know that there are thou- ? sands of places needing missionaries, b but there is hardly any one willing ? to go, and if there were very many J1 willing, there are no funds to send t them? ( - a Do you know that Satan and his n hosts rejoice every day that the ? church postpones obedience to her i] Lord's command? a If you did not know these thing3. 11 whose fault was it? Now that you do know them, what " are you going to do about it? a If you are in'fault on these mat- a ters, will you get down on your knees and confess your sin, ask for grace to put things right, and then ? in the strength of God go out and do e it? * "If thou sayest, Behold we knew P it not?doth not He that pondereth the heart consider it? . . . and know s it? and shall He not render to every E man according to his works?"?Lew- d is E. Hertsley, in London Christian, n E The Keeper of a Trust. You are a lighthouse keeper, set to ^ do your duty on yon rock. Can any . life be more upraised or insignificant? " Why sit through weary nights to keep your flame alive? Why not sleep on ^ all unobserved, and let your light go ' out? Because it is not your Tight. That is the point. You are not its _ owner, you are its keeper. That is your name. You are a lig*itkeeper. . You are set there with this as your . trust.?Church Herald. e" The Mirrors of the Soul. ^ The tiniest dewdrop hanging from n a grass blade in the morning is big a enough to reflect the sunshine and 0 the blue of the sky. We do cot need 0 to do great things to show the love fj and kindness which fill our hearts. w Little sacrifices and self-denials mir- a ror that inner life as the dewdrops ^ mirror the blue of heaven. u fi For Whom Intended. C) Andrew Fuller once asked an old friend for money for foreign missions, w The friend said: "I will give you five n pounds, Andrew, seeing It is you." j :ii Fuller handed it back. "I will take | b nothing," he said, "seeing it is I." la The man saw the point, and replied: o "Andrew, you are right. Here are p ten. pounds, seeing it Is for the Lord Jesus!" 61 cl The Realities in Life Eternal. n "Living is death; dying is life," wrote Beecher. "We are not what . we appear to be. On this side of the C1 grave we are exiles, oil that, citizens. ?.( On this side orphans, on that, chil- " dren. On this side captives, on that, . freed men. On this iside, disguised, _ on that side disclosed and proclaimed as the son^ of God." ? __h Transmuted Into Joy. ^ To those who keep Thy command- n ments Thou dost promise joy, joy, w that heavenly joy which makes for rj our S011I3 a perpetual! springtime in ^ the legitimate aspiration of our souls, jj Whilo vot too aro in this life. everv ?. vision of the souF can be transmuted I y] into joy.?Mrs. Cravaa. I p The Source of Strength. Disappointments, obstacles and trials are distasteful, but do not for M this reason resent th(2ir coming. In g( overcoming obstacles, in meeting dis- ci appointments cheerfully, in bearing Cf trials patiently, youwillgainstrength. }r) Never mind the bitterness of a tonic, tc if it gives you what y(iu need. w The Earthly I'aradise. If earth has no heavenly moments, heaven may have no enduring man- aJ sions. ai Fohn Smith's Bust in English School. A bust of John Smith, founder of z? the colony of Virginia, was unveiled p< in the grammar school at Louth, Lin- r colnshire, England, by Charles W. g IT^Vileoot onopiat ( nmmiecinnor nf flip * I1UUICUIIV., VN/...?WVW-V. ~ ? *"v JX Jamestown Exposition. The work tr was executed by General Baden-Pow- to ?11 and presented by him to the ai school, where Smith was educated, tfr. Kohlsaat presented an American lag to the school. tr New Fork Medical Societies. " P< There are fifty-two medical socle:ies in New York City. _ ;J J idt __ I fHE GREAT DESTROYER JOME STARTLING PACTS ABOUT H THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE, v fl y I low Drink Destroys the Working H| rowers is proved oy tne Jb'ouow-. ing Evidence Compiled by B. B. McKenzie, B. A., M. D. "What proof is there that drink de-\ itroys working power? There are till many persons who claim that s? ar from it lessening a man's power, or work, a moderate quantity is e?lential to the highest success. TheJ mswers to be given here are basedJ lot upon theory or speculaticfo, but! ipon demonstrated facta ? facta!, irought into vital prominence, eith{ sr in the course of business of in thrf reatment of disease. Proofs.?In the morgue in tM 5hiladelphia Hospital two hundred a x2?x_. ~ ..a - s? - * I ? mu liny auiupsies 01 persons wio lave been habitual drlnkeref, showed H hat nearly ninety per cent, had tatty, H legeneratlon of the liver; sixty pel H ent. had congestion or a dropsical H[ tate of the brain; sixty per cent, an '^E nflamed or degenerated lining mem>rane of the stomach; while lesa I han one per cent, had normal kid leys. H Dr. Crothers, of Hartford, whe H las an international repntatlon In H he management bt institution* I !.i.. itr ^ icttiiug, lueuueij*, saya. ineuneiy, 5 the active cause of from, fifteen to H ifty per cent, of all insanity; from! H birty to eighty per cent, of all.ldl^ H icy; from sixty to ninety per cent.' H if all pauperism; and from fifty to' H ighty-flve per cent, of all crime." \ H Insurance Evidence. ? The tern terance reformation was begun in' be absence of actual recorded statis-, ical facts bearing upon the advan ages to the abstainers. *As late a* .fl Q A ft +V.? ~ ~M J?i I .oiv, luc muuciaic udc ui iuujjlt* ants, was regarded as indispensable B o good health, at which time, in; Sngland, Robert Warner, a member; B f the Society of Friends, applied for [fe insurance. He was Informed that; e would be required to pay .ten.perj fl ent. more than the advertised pre- H aium, because of his ^otal abstinence ^Bj rinciples and practice. He contentf-^flE d that on the other hand he w$s enitled to a rebate of ten per cent, fori H he cause assigned. He and others] H rganized the United Kingdom Tem-. Hj erance and Provident Association,] H rhich up till 1847 admitted only ab-j earners, out wmcn since mat ume as accepted non-abstaining policy-. olders, keeping the records of the wo classes separate. The evidencebus accumulated for more than half century proves ynculsively that rinking, even whejp. continued mod-] rately, shortens life, by causing disase, and increases greatly th?, numer of days in each year when men 1 re not available for work. Other . asurance companies have followed he example set, so that to-day, as matter of hard headed, business? ot sentiment?there are severat in-j urance companies who do business r> mirh a wav that n*rmltn thft tntAl bstainer to reap the advantages of" H is abstinence. . Sickness.?In societies Which pay ?[' H enefit to their members who^are dis-i HI bled through sickness, tbe total B mount of sickness is a year is found fl o be about twenty per cent, less than B| be expectation among total abstirfn-j HE rs, while in the case of non-ab?itain- I rs the loss through sickness is about . wo per cent, greater than the ex-' M ectation. .! fl Evidence From Mercantile Pur-j aits.?Before the committee of thej Loyal Commission the following evi-j fl ence was given: Charles Archibald,' lanager of the Gower Mine, Cape-;^l ireion, in. o., employs irom ovv ivi 00 hundred men. He said: "The, rink habit lessens decidedly. the> Wk rage-earning power of men. W# H ave a certain expense going on all' ^H| tie time, and if our men are oft ork this involves a loss to us? a very, evere one. The .men themselves H am less money in a given time." fl Action of Alcohol on the System.?a fl oisoning by alcohol may be either cute or chronic, and the resulting' iseased condition is called "alcohol- fl ;m." In the acute form mania, with' H scitement and delirium, Is develped, and is known as "delirium tre- Bfl tens." In chronic alcohol poisoning B early all the tissues of the body,) re affected. There is a new growth! f connective tissues in all of the! rgans. In the liver this connective. 1 issue surrounds the various cellii! hich constitute the special. T7orkinjfj pparatus of that organ, and gradual-, ? < Lne uuuiiecuvB tissue wuviwuh bhb pon these cells, destroying thjeiirj H mction. This condition y is no fl illed "cirrhosis," and is commonlT] Bl ccompanied by dropsy. Ih a similar] IH ay nephritis, or disease of ,the kideys, is brought about, resulting also! 1 dropsy. Even the walls of tha H lood vessels become hard and lnetstic?arteriosclerosis ? permitting H aly a diminished and irregular suply of blood to the various organs. Gradually changes occur in .th? H ;omach and intestines, leading t? aronic dyspepsia,, loss of appetite-, ausea and vomiting. - flB In the nervous system the highest H| sntres?those of memory and asso- ^Hj iation of ideas?become first affect- j^B 3; then follows gradual deterioraon of the whole individual. i H| Manifestly, an agent which prouces the above-named conditions in- H| ipacitates its victim for work of any. ind while he lives, and terminates is lite long: Deiore 11 nas run its an-( jg jtteci time. Nor is it the individual!'*? ho, himself drinks, is the loserj lereby, but the workmen associated' ith hi n, the employers who have ght to his service, customers ave a right to expect goods, the fam^Hj y who have a claim upon his dup^^H jrt; all are made more or'less th^BM ictims of his suicidal practice.-ioneer. H|| A Threat That Won. A petition for mulct saloons througii^^H uscatine County, Iowa, was defeat-^HH 1 largely through the mailing of a rcular letter to every voter in thd.r^l >unty, showing the infamy of sign-ifc^B g such a document and threatening- >;vfl| > publish the names if the petition? ere filed. ______ Rum Disorganizes Soldiers. Hj Ninety-five per cent, of desertions id acts of lawlessness in the armr S| e due to drink. v" Roosevelt's Plans Indorsed. ' kfK All the British temperance organir flH itions have indorsed, wherever jrtunity has offered, President!^H oosevelt's great proposal to the' ^0 ritish Government that Britain and! merica should unite to submit &| HH eaty to other civilized governments!,^?! i prohibit the sale of all intoxicantsfHH id opium to all uncivilized races. High License a Disappointment, BB The high license fee system to con-} bH ol saloons in Ohio is rather disap- sH Anting. There has been but little^^^H ;crease in the number of saloons.^^H tie license fee is J1000. -J y'.WM - iB