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r' ( r JiiSii % I OR A TALE OF 1 ___ ft I By JAMES CHAPTER XX. 17 Continued. If he could have looked into the luture?if he could have known what that very day was to bring forth? would he have parted from her thus? It is difficult to say. But if Sophy r."?n lrl have forocoon tttVj o f nroc in iappen. I do not think her behavior would have been different. Things had gone too far with her in the way of misery, of which this man was the chief cause, for any retrograde step toward tenderness or even pity for him. The tremendous issues of futurity itself were dwarfed beside the contemplation of her wrongs and wretchedness. What he had done now was merely another drop added to tbat cup of bitterness which he was always holding to her lips. As it happened, he had unconsciously caused it to run over; that was all. As she turned to leave the room, she saw the bank note lying on the table. She picked it up with a gesture of abhorrence, as though it were some infectious rag. It was a note for a hundred pounds. She felt that he had had no intention of intrusting , hpr with ?nv snoh sum! that, he had thrown it at her without thought, out of his unaccustomed superfluity, as one might inadvertently, out of a ' full plate, throw meat instead of bone to a dog. For an instant she held it in both hands with the evident intention of tearing it to pieces, when sud- ! denly a reflection occurred to her. J "It is not his," she murmured; "it . is the canon's." And folding it neatly up she placed it in her purse, and went upstairs. -r- _ . CHAPTER XXI. Abandoned. Though Robert Aldred haa announced his intention of seeing "with h4s own eyes how things were going on in Albany street," he did not on his arrival in London drive thither directly. He had no less modest a ( confidence in his own powers as con- 1 cerned business matters than the 1 canon himself, and it was clear to 1 him that his influence with Sophy 1 .would be much less than that of his father. He wisely resolved to take J no action without the approval of * Frederic Irton, of whose judgment he had the very highest opinion, and ? therefore drove straight to that 1 gentleman's office in Bedford Row. Irton received him with great cor- * diality, but with a serious air. To 3 his apologies for troubling him 1 about what might after all turn out * to be of no great confidence?refer- * ring to Sophy's letter to the canon? he answered unhesitatingly, "You have done quite right." * "Do you really think, then, that f she is on the brink of some desperate 1 Btep?" * "On some decisive step she may ? be," he replied, thoughtfully; "the 3 desperation will be the other,.way, I ^ mean upon her husband's side." t "But will not that involve her in peril?" c "Undoubtedly, if certain precau- 1 tions naa not oeen taken. He is like some wild beast over whom a net has been thrown. It is scarcely visible to him, and seems slight enough, but if he attempts to escape, to struggle " "But if he finds he cannot escape," interrupted Robert, apprehensively, " 'is there no fear of his doing mischief to innocent people?those who are in his power, and whom he may confuse, perhaps, with his enemies? I am prejudiced, of course; but it seems to me that this Adair is a sort of man who will stick at nothing." Here a cab drove rapidly up to the door, and the office bell rung with .violence. "I should not wonder if that was some news about our friend," continued Irton, with his finger raised fnr cilonpo "Pllonfe nnlocc c *v4 vhvui.o) uu1w>3<9) luuggu, they are ladies who have suffered .wrong, do not try our bell wires so 1 severely." "Are you expecting news about " him?" "Not this morning in particular? 1 but it must needs come soon." A clerk entered with a card in his ' hand. He gave it to his employer, who passed it on, with a significant ^ look, to Aldred. "Good heavens, Irton! It is the m rx r> V? i tvi ca! f '' AUUU arUiOCii. ^ "Yes; I think I can guess what he has come about," returned the lawyer, grimly; "sit down at yonder . desk, with a pen in your hand, and you will hear what the gentleman has to say for himself. Show him in, j Mason." The next moment Adair was ushered into the room. He looked pale, as he always did, but with a differ ence; his color was leaden, even to his lips. He might have been a corpse but for his eyes, which, after a hungry glance around the room, fixed themselves like two burning coals upon the lawyer. "You are not alone," he said; "what I have to say to you must be said in private." '"The gentleman yonder is in my confidence," returned Irton, coldly. "If you object to his presence you can say what you have to say in Writing. I will not see you alone." "You are afraid, are you?" sneered Adair. "Not in the least, since. I am neither your wife nor your child." "Ah! your words convince me that T nm nn thp rie'ht trarlr SlrtPP VOU " "? -- ? -?? will have a witness, so much the worse for you. I am here to say that you have committed an infamy." "Indeed! I do not confess it, but I admit that you should be a good judge of what is infamous?" "Where are my wife and child?" exclaimed Adair, passionately. "They have been lured away from home by your machinations. Where are they?" "I cannot tell you." '. pv,. . n wardYs* jokey madness. * l~lrj ' i?j PAYN, nMmiom gtj "That is a lie. With your witness there, it is. perhaps, actionable to say so. No matter; I repeat it again."' "You can do so without fear, sir," answered the lawyer, indifferently; "one does not bring civil action agafnst criminals." "Criminals! That is of a piece with your whole behavior to me; you have gone about defaming my character. Wherever I turn I find you have been beforehand with your 'Do not trust him.' " "As for instance? Can you give me an example, Mr. Adair?" "There is Dr. Woodruffe, for one." "What! do you dare allude to that transaction? Then I admit it! I told him something which put the insurance company on their guard. And now. in your turn, answer me this: Where did you propose yourself to get the twelve thousand pounds requisite for floating the San Sabrano scheme?" Adair answered nothing; hut his white lips moved a little, and he moistened them with his tongue. "Did you not. at a monstrous premium, insure your sick child's life for that sum?" "What of that?" murmured Adair, hoarsely. "The law had nothing to say against it, and therefore no one had a right to complain." "That does not always follow. Mr. Adair. This gentleman here, whom you have taken for one of my clerks, may claim to be an exception to that rule." Robert rose, and confronted Adair. "My name," he said, "is Robert Alfred, the son of your benefactor wnom you Have roDDed ana ruinea. You have marred my future likewise, yet let me tell you that I do not loathe you for the wrong you have lone to him so much as I despise and ietest you for your cowardice and iruelty to your unhappy wife." "Ah, I remember," said Adair, :ontemptuously, "you were one of ler old flames. Of course it would lave been a nice thing to have kept ler money in the family, only she preferred somebody else." "That was not you, you cur," said \ldred; "she married you out of !ear." "You seem to know a great deal ibout my domestic affairs," answered ;he other, scornfully. "We do," interposed Irton, in solemn tones, "more, much more, than ou have any idea of. Do you renember what happened on the day hat Dr. Newton called to see Wilie?" "I remember he did see her." "Yes, but something else. The hing I speak of had happened beore, no doubt, but not often. There vere not many opportunities for it o happen, though you never let one ilip. One offered itself that day; -ou made an excuse to leave your vife and the doctor below, and reurned to the nursery alone." I have no recollection of the cir-1 :umstance you mention, he murnured, huskily. "I know some one who can refresh rour memory. When you entered hat room you made a slight misake." "Is it possible?" answered the )ther, eagerly; "the room was dark:ned; there were several bottles on he table." "Who said anything about bottles? Phat is a most damaging admission >n your part. It was no mistake you nade with them, however; you had lone the same thing too often for hat. The mistake you made was in :oncluding there was nobody in the oom." o r* y-kl Anf vrW+Vk jfamifuc was ucivw niiu cuc est," he murmured, after a long jause. "She was, hut there was another person in the nursery behind the :urtain. It is lucky for you that you ire not in the dock at this moment, "or your face would hang you. For ny part, there is nothing that would ?ive me greater pleasure than to see pou there, but we are not all like pou, we sometimes deny ourselves a personal gratification for the sake of jthers. It is for another's sake, in jrder that your Innocent child may ;iot have to say to herself, 'My father ivas a convicted felon,' that I give you this warning. You are in danger of the law. To-morrow may be too late for escape; you must leave England to-day." A A i M 4 U A /J li rvo /-I TT A V 4 nfc^aiu. iuu ui) 11 uo uiuycu, uui without speech; he bowed his head, I however, in token of acquiescence. "Have you money?money, I mean, sufficient to take you across the Channel?" "To he sure," continued Irton, dryly; "I ought to have known that you would have feathered your own nest in any case?now go. If you take my advice, you will not return to Albany street?there may be people t'-iere on the lookout for you." CHAPTER XXII. The Flight. When John Adair left his home and laid that injunction upon his wife to pack up all that was necessary for departure within a few hours, he was not disobeyed. She had been in readiness for some such emergency for many days. Even that plea oi' his of an invalid carriage for little Willie had been in some sort anticipated. In less than two hours after he had left the house, everything was prepared for flight, including arrangements for the transport of the sick child. There was haste, but no nre cipitation, and. above all, no fear. When Irton said to Adair, "If you take ray advice you will not return to Albany street, there may be people on the lookout for you," he had not spoken more than the truth; they were people in Sophy's interest. There had been help within call next door for weeks. Adair had held his liberty on sufferance, and would have been arrested ou the instant had de ?s: vSC, 5. . .. >' A > ?> . '?* ? *? -v - -V'V S. r:1:; spair or fury driven liim to menace Sophy or the child. It is difficult, therefore, to underrate the sense of loss which Mr. John Adair experienced when, on coming home at one o'clock (he had one virtue?he was punctual)?he found both wife and child had flown. He had a notion at first that they might have preceded him to the railway station?that they were "not lost, but gone before"?but the parlormaid assured him to the contrary. "Missus and Miss Willie, with Jeannette, had gone two hours ago," as she supposed to join him; she was loud in her ddmiration of the vehicle which had conveyed the child away in an easy and recumbent posture, and apparently in high spirits. As to their destination, Jeannette had given out that they were "going to the sea;" a rather vague address, even supposing it was a correct one, and one which certainly did not satisfy the inquirer. As a matter of fact, Sophy had no more knowledge of where they were going than had the parlormaid. Jeannette, who had long been head of the intelligence department as regards all outside matters, was now commander-in-chief. From the vaoment when her mistress informed her of the injunction her husband had laid upon her, she took the conduct of everything in her own hands. "Do not take on about it," she ex claimed, "my dear Miss Sophy"?in moments of excitement she always thus addressed her mistress, notwithstanding that she had been twice married?"for this is only what we have been expecting, or something like it, for ever so long. We will take the dear child away, safe and sound, a couple of hours before master returns; and if he ever sets his eyes on .either you or her again I'll forgive him." "But where are we to go, Jeannette, whither my husband cannot follow; and what friends have I? though it is true I have good friends ?who can protect me against the strong arm of the law?" "As to that matter?" returned the waiting-maid, confidently, "I have reason to believe that master has something to settle with the law upon his own account; so that, for once and away, it will be found on the side of the weak. While as to friends, you have got one, Miss Sophy, that loves you as well as I do, loves you more than you have any idea of, only, for the present, she doesn't wish her name known?so let's call her Johnson." "I have only one woman friend, Jeannette ? save my dear Aunt Maria, whom I myself have rendered powerless to help me?and that Is Mrs. Irton. I have done harm enough to those who love me already, and nothing will induce me to accept any help which may bring Henny into trouble. Why, the first place your master"?it was very significant that she should have avoided saying "my husband" when speaking of Adair? "will turn to look for us will be her house." "To any question where you-and little Willie are gone, Mr. Irton can, I assure you, lay his hand upon his heart and honestly say?though, being a lawyer, he would say it, of course, in any case?that he knows nothinc about It. Don't trouble your head, my dear Miss Sophy, about anything but packing your things." Their preparations for departure were proceeding, indeed, throughout the conversation, during which Jeannette maintained an air of confidence that was not without its effect upon her mistress. "What care and trouble you must have taken, Jeannette!" murmured Sophy, gratefully. "So I had need, ma'am," was the waitins-woman's reply. The tone as i well as the words were significant i enough, but Sophy was too wrapped in her own thoughts to pay attention to either. The hour in which the captive breaks his chain is even more critical than the one in which it was riveted on to mm; me Deginning ui a new life, however preferable It may seem to that which we have done with, is momentous. To be Continued. Problems of the Pygmies. Richard Weinberg takes up once more, in the Biologisches Centralblatt, the question of the origin of i the various pygmy races of mankind, and their relation to the earliest representatives of the human species. Because the dwarfs of Africa appear to be superior in intelligence to surrounding negro races of greater stature, some have argued that they represent the primitive type of human differentiation. Weinberg thinks it more probable that the pygmies are O t?ow?flfv on/1 fVlof + Vl OV Tin oiiupxj a. > cii iv_vj , uuu vi-nAw t-nvj "v/ more represent the original type of man than do the taller races. Even yet it is found that the human stature is subject to notable variations, and that these variations have an effect upon hereditary. To Abolish British Copper Coins. How long are we to be afflicted with a cumbersome copper coinage instead of a small nickel one? If Mr. Asquith wishes to merit the approba' tion of his fellow countrymen during his tenure of office he will do away with this relic of barbarism, which dates from Lycurgus, and from which most other countries have emancipated themselves. The penny and the half-penny are merely tokens and do not represent intrinsic value. ?Truth. I Judicial Wit. "Her Christian name is Handel," explained a witness at West Ham, "but she didn't like it, and took up Annie instead." "Most people," observed the magistrate, "prefer a handle to their names." Which, considered judicially, wouid appear a brilliant sally.?London Tribune. A man has been doing a good business in London peddling "bright green tree frogs" at sixty-five cents each. When the color wears off they are found to be ordinary English frogs. British India's government is successfully making quinine, of which immense quantities are sold by, it through the post offices. :.SA 1: 'Y~ MiioMeMiaao t |Household Matters.: 9 # ? To Iron Needlework. An easy way to iron needlework ana emnroiaery su as iu raise it and make it look like new is to dampen quite wet and press on the wrong side over a Turkish towel folded twice on the ironing board. Soap That Floats. One can of potash dissolved in one quart and half pint of cold water. Let stand until cold, add one-half cup ammonia and two tablespoons of borax to the lye, then stir slowly into the lye five pounds of melted grease just warm enough to run nicely. Stir about ten minutes until smooth. Pour into your dish to cool. I make this a'll the time and think it fine. The harder and drier it btcomes the more lather it makes. Cleaning Lace. When lace is soiled, even the very finest, such as boniton and point, vnn ran Hmti if- hv heine- rarpfnl in this way: Sew the lace on strips of muslin and roll tight around a smooth glass bottle. Fasten securely. 'Make a suds of some good washing powder and put the bottle in this to soak for several hours. If water looks soiled make fresh suds and repeat the process, pulling the lace frequently between the fingers, and rinse in several waters; then dry the lace on bottle with" a soft towel. This saves a great deal of expense. Washing Day Hints. Babies' colored frocks and coats often become faded after being washed a time or two. Get a few cents' worth of salts of lemon and scald it. When quite cold, plunge the article in, and let it lie for some twenty minutes or so, turning over once or twice. The color will be quite restored. Dry in a shady place, and iron between cloths with a warm (not hot) iron; also the yolk of an egg well mixed with glycerine and applied on linen where coffee has left a stain will effectually remove the stain. Wash as usual, and iron when damp on the under side with a fairly hot iron. Reduced Laundry Bills. I reduce the size of my laundry bill a number of dollars each year by turning my sink into a stationary tub. From an old water bag cut a piece of rubber a little larger than the drain to the sink. Turn on water and hold rubber in place until covered, after which suction will hold it. If no water bag is at hand take a thick piece of cotting batting and saturate thoroughly with water, then press firmly ever the drain. There is no danger of clogging the pipes when the batting is wet. This is a handy way to wash fancy waists, handkerchiefs and other small things. If a sink is properly cared for it is just as clean as any tub.?Washing ton Star. For Softening Hard Water. It is a misfortune to the housekeeper, and especially so to the laundress, to have only hard water for the various uses about the house. One way to "break" such water is here given. Of course, water so broken is to be used only for cleansing purposes?never for cooking or , drinking. For one boilerful of water, j use two teaspoonfuls of sal soda (washing soda), and bring the water to a boil. If any scum arises, take it off carefully. Then put in the soap, shaved so as to dissolve readily. The soap must not be put into the water until it has boiled for a minute or more to become softened. After the soda has been put intq the water do not add more hard water, as this will cause the soap to separate and harden, and in this case scarcely any tiling can oe aone wun u. n n is possible,, try to have soft water enough for laundry use, as hard water makes more work, and many times ruins the clothing. A barrel sunken in the earth, under the drip of the eaves, is better than nothing else, but even a small cistern is the best.? The Commoner. ' r?.? Sugar Snaps.?Two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, four eggs, two J-oQonnnnfnln rpp.im tartar, one tea spoonful soda, one-half teaspoonful lemon; flavor to make stiff to roll. Broiled Mushrooms on Toast.? Broil twelve minutes, season and place on slices of hot buttered toast. Serve with sauce of chicken stock, thickened, strained, seasoned with lemon juice and chopped parsley. Strawberry Sherbet.?Mash one quart of berries, or enough to make one pint of juice, add one pint of sugar, and after the sugar is dissolved add one pint of water and the juice of one lemon. Press through coarse lace, or cheesecloth, and freeze. Escalloped Salmon.?Pick fine one can salmon, salt and pepper to taste, boil one pint of milk, mix two tablespoonfuls flour and butter the size of an egg, add to the hot milk, add two well beaten eggs, then make in layers with salmon, putting fine bread crumbs on top; bake in quick oven. Indian Pudding Without Eggs.? Take six heaping teaspoons of Indian meal, one-half teaspoon salt, two teaspoons butter, a tea-cup of molasses, two teaspoons ginger or cinnamon to the taste. Pour into this a quart of milk, boiling hot, mix well and put it in a buttered dish. Just as you set it in the oven stir in a cup of cold water, which will produce the same effect as eggs. Bake three-quarters of an hour in a dish that will not spread it out tbiu. I I JSi A MARBLE SCRAMBLE. Why It is a Jolly Thing to Be Bora in Florence, Mas6. To bP'lioin in Florence, Mass., is one of llie jolliest things that can possibly happen to a young American. This will be so, at least, so long as Julius P. Main lives, for every year Mr. Main stocks up with 18,000 marbles and 1000 pennies, and then scatters the same before the village postoffice for the children of the community to scramble for. Mr. Main says he does it "just for fun" and because he likes children, and he certainly does get enough fun out of it to last him a year. As for the children, they look forward to it as they do to the Fourth of July or Thanksgiving. The twelfth penny scramble has just taken place, and one thousand children assembled to gather up Mr. Main's gifts. The hour set for the scramble was 1.30 o'clock, and long before that time children began to ...ill At-- J cuugi cgtttc, uuui iue roaaway was choked with them and the town constable had to make an opening to permit the trolley cars to pass through. There were as many girls as boys in the crowd, and they entered into the rough and tumble play with just as much vim as their brothers. Both boys and girls were dressed for the occasion, the boys in overalls, sweaters and caps, which they promptly lost when the struggle began, and the girls in their oldest calicoes and ginghams, with no hats at all, for the penny scramblers are no respectore of persons, and feminine millinery would fare hardly in the fray. Most of the girls brought bags to stow away their treasures in, while the boys put their faith and their booty in their trusty and capacious pockets. There are no printed rules for the sontest, but it is generally understood that no children over twelve or under five are to take part in it, and rarely do the boys and girls disregard this unwritten law. They also understand that they are not to 3trike or kick one another in their sfforts to get the marbles and pennies, but they may fight with all their strength. That is, Mr. Main says, they may fight fair, but there must be no fouls. In general, he requires the football code to be followed. When the marbles are thrown out, the boys and girls enter Into the contest together, and no consideration is shown to the weaker sex. In the struggle for the pennies, however, the greed for gold renders the boys more brutal, so they are required to remain on one side of the street, while the girls have the other. There is a desperate scramble over the pennies, but when a boy or girl actually gets hold of a coin no one Kab a 4- 4-rx <?' AT hod a i 15111 iu taut; a>vaj. iu mc case of the marbles, Ube wise children know that quality is better than quantity. So before they do any fighting they watch carefully to see If there are any alleys in the handful which Mr. Main has thrown out, for what boy or girl does not know that an alley is worth fifteen common marbles? Mr. Main always distributes his own gifts, and as he strides through the crOwd of eager children, sowing the pennies and marbles broadcast, he makes a striking figure, for he is over six feet tall, and on these occasions he always wears a long butcher's frock, reaching to the tops of his cowhide boots, with a fur cap pulled close over his eyes, the rest of his face being almost covered by a bushy beard. When the contest is all over, the 1 X XI - 1- -1 J. uuimreu xiiaiiu iur tnis eaxiuy department of the village store, and the coins for which they have fought so earnestly are turned into lollypops, "jaw breakers," taffy on a stick and black licorice.?New York Tribune. Distinguished Artists as Sign Painters. Col. Healey, C. M. G., "who we understand has painted the sign of the Swan Inn at Rayne, Essex, has had some very distinguished predecessors in this humble field of art. Mr. Firth, the veteran R. A., has a very clear memory of painting the signboard for a Lancashire Inn called the Pilgrim. "My friend, Augustus Egg," he says, "painted one side of the sign and I the other. Egg's pilgrim was knocking at one side ol the sign, on which a door was limned; on the reverse my pilgrim was leaving the hostelry refreshed, thankfully casting his eyes heavenward." Many years ago two other famous academicians, Messrs. Leslie and Hodgson, while on a fishing expedition at Wargrave-on-Thames, devoted their leisure to repainting the signboard of the George and Dragon, the hostelry at which they were staying, Hodgson picturing the saint refreshing himself from a tankard of the landlady's best "October." "Old Crome" once exercised his skill on the sign of the Sawyer's Inn At Norwich: George Morland was the artist of a cricketers' sign at Chertsey, and, we believe, a small Surrey inn boasts a clever painting of the Fox and Peiican by Walter Crane.? Westminster Gazette. Mirage on Lake Ontario. Persons who happened to be in tall buildings this morning or on auj elevation where the lake was visible saw one of the most wonderfrj mirages that have been noted in this section in a long time. From the office of the Chamber of Commerce the mirage was plainly visible to the 1 naked eye, the Canalian shore loom nr. oc if U mac? nn fnrfhnr nff tV or IU5 up as A* AO "ttO ?V iUI bUVt Wii bliUi. , the northern limits of the city. Bj ! the use of field glasses the outlines ; of buildings along the coast could be ] seen, and those who witnessed tht phenomena all agreed that it was th< ] clearest mirage they have ever seen. ?Rochester Union and Advertiser. ft Umbrella Flirtation. < An umDrena carneu over me woman, the man getting nothing but th< J drippings of the rain, signifies court ( ship. When the man has the um ' brtjlla and the woman the dripping! < it indicates marriage.?Human Lifs i THE SirNDAY SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR JULY 28 BY THE REV. I. W. HENDERSON. Subject: The Golden Calf, Ex. 32:1-8, 30-35?Golden Text, 1 John 5: 21?Memory Verses, 34, 35? Commentary. Moses was up on the mount pleading with Jehovah for Israel and Israel knew it. But in the perversity of their hearts the people for whom he plead and for whose welfare he was eo solicitous deliberately denied any knowledge of his whereabouts. It was an altogether ignoble action. But we have seen its like since the days of Moses and perhaps -we shall witness it analogy again. The lesson of the golden calf has a meaning and a warning for our generation. It has a particular lesson for America. If there is any one thing more than another that has made the American civilization and prosperity of to-day it is the providence of God and the willingness of Americans in the generations that have passed away to be led, in some measure, by Him. The root of righteousness that-has always been active and heard among this people with reverence and respect, is at the bottom of our national success. Whatever success we may have achieved as a free people may be accredited largely to the potency of that righteousness among us which exalteth a nation. That is to say that America owes its success and its international preferment to the guidance and the grace of God. A careful student of history cannot conclude that the momentous discov ery of these western lands simultaneously with the regeneration of human ideas and ideals in Europe was simply a coincidence. It was providential. It was divinely planned and divinely led. Likewise no careful student of American history can come to another conclusion so valid as this that the progress of these United States is founded ..upon the grace of God and the underlying purpose of this people to keep close to His law. But some very superficial observers of the trend of events .would seem to have it otherwise. To read the industrial reports one would be led to think that the industries and the railroads and the balance of trade of this country are the fundamental bases upon which our prosperity is built. If we believed the politicians the central mainspring of all national prosperity is to be found in political systems. Some eminent millionaires would evidently have ue believe that they are the real leaders of the people on the march to greatness, power and plenty. A man coming from a foreign shore to New York for the first timQ would be pardoned if he assumed as he gazed upon our temples of commerce and of finance that we worshiped unadulterated materialism Instead of the true and holy God. For among many peoples the shrines and the temDles which thev have dedicated to the service of God are the dominating feature of the town and countryside. A^nd too largely for her own good America is erecting a golden calf. And our calf is prosperity and material success. These be the gods some say that have made America. And so we perpetuate evils that prosperity may continue for a season. And so we postpone reforms and reformation for fear that in effecting necessary changes we may endanger our prosperity for a time. There is no worse idol worship than this. There is no idol worship more Insidiously dangerous than this. For it is the deification of money, of material saccess, above the right. To worship the calf of prosperity is to exalt opportunism. And this calf is not a dream calf with many men. It is not a mere academic conception. It is all to sadly a reality with many men. For there is many a man who would gladly reform the social order did he not fear that in the process of revolution however cautiously it might be carried on he would suffer in his world1 tr AotnfA Tllanv o ma n tVioro \a tvVln xJ caiaic. iuauj u muu vuv?? aw nuv is heartily disgusted with the state of things as they are who is unwilling to lose a little himself that the larger cataclysm which is sure to come as surely as we delay to mend our ways may be averted and the fortunes of the coming generations more efficiently conserved. And such a man, perhaps unconsciously, but more often concciously, worships the golden calf of prosperity. America needs to recognize that God Is at the centre of her being and the motive of all her phenomenal success. She needs to acknowledge H1b sovereignty and her indebtedness to Him. She needs to exalt Him and proclaim her fealty to Him. She needs to assert her Allegiance to His prophets and to ally herself with His righteousness. For our prosperity is not the gift of men but the gift of God. We are entirely the architects of our fortunes. We should not be able to be the architects of them at all were it not for the beneficence of the living God. We do not exist apart from Him and we cannot be secure apart from Him. In Him we live and move and have our being i6 a truism, but it is one that we might well ponder. For it states tersely the ultl* * * ? in- nr-.. ?. mate xaci iu me. iuay uuu 51am. uo never to forget it. May we exalt Him and serve Him and love Him more than life itself. Spirit of the Ileavenlies. The Christian life is not merely ourselves getting into heaven, but bringing the spirit of the heavenUes Jfi bear upon the earthly conditions that surround us.?W. R. Hotchkles. Pulp Making in Newfoundland. It is of interest to American paper makers and others to learn thut an English concern which has obtained a concession of 2000 square miles of land at Grand Falls, Newfoundland, for the purpose of developing pulp making, has surveyed a town site and has plotted off streets, squares and areas for churches, schools and public buildings, erected houses for the staff and employes, built two miles of railway, besides other improvements, including the construction of a new dam. An American expert has prepared the plans for the pulp mill. In three years the output of pulp and paper will be on the market. In the United States to-day the demand for naner nracticallv exceeds the supply. Louisiana Wasps For Africa. At the request of the Pasteur Institute of France, a cargo of Louisiana wasps known as "horse guards" ivere shipped from New Orleans by :he Louisiana Crop Pest Commission :o Algiers, to exterminate horseflies, rhe wasps, which were gathered in Cameron Parish, are in refrigerated >askets, with the pupae of the Insect. I I I -1 I ===== Jg^^HT^Fc^THg QU^TOUR. *' '' !/ ' The Secrct ol' PoTver. We ought to be careful about pray-' ing for the operation of the Holy Spirit upon our work, and upon our ?--I- Tir? ?i j ,? i- ???v. ??' jjcuyic. YVC DUUUJU UC 1U DUVU. frame of mind as should prepare usfor Him when He comes. Often we drive the Spirit out of our lives and out of our churches by our refusfngr to bend ourselves before Him. Two things about Penteco3t must be noted. It was (1) foretold br the prophets (Joel 2:28-30), and (2) promised by Christ (Luke 24:49)., The prophets had, so far as they could, prepared the world for thecoming of the Day of Pentecost, and Jesus Himself before He left earth ' prepared Y iisciples for thin darU]' and through His jdisciples a11 mankind. The disciples were simply told totarry at Jerusalem till this endue* ment came. They did not require1 anyone to tell them when the Day ftf PortacnBt arrivod anH vnil trill not need "anyone to tell you when the promise - .dlfilled in your life,, neither will you need a teacher to interpret its meaning. It is signflcant that Jesus arranged that this meeting should take placed exactly when the people were assembling at Jerusalem from every quarter of the known world. On $he one hand we have the waiting discipies, tarrying for the fulfillment of the promise with expectation and tea-timony; on the other, Inhere is a vast; company of people moving front' every part of the earth to <5ne centre* ?Jerusalem. It is just like the Holy Spirit to* arrange things in this way, for Henever works at one end of the lineonly. Was it not so with Philip and the eunuch? Philip was preaching* to crowds of people In a place where it seemed a preacher was most need* ed. The Holy Ghost appeared a$4 directed him to leave the sphere of successful labor and go along thernnri tnwarrf CiA7JL whpre qua wnnlfl not expect to find many people .to" whom he could preach. The sameSpirit was moving in the heart of theeunieh when he started away fromhis home, and that same Spirit moved tbe man to be reading the passagein the Scriptures when Philip came* on the scene which he was to expound. He preached the Gospel, anff the eunuch believed, and was baptized. ?. . Another remarkable thing about. Pentecost to me is the fact that Peter was chosen to preach the sermon. He had denied Christ and had sworn: about it. But that experience in theupper room had changed all this, and. Peter?once the coward?is chosento give that memorable discourse. People to-day would have said: you get behind the door, Peter, and i keep a back seat; you dflgraced our cause." The sermon was remarkable for the amount of the Old Testajnent itcontained and for the conviction of" sin which it wrought. We rarely ' have any conviction of sin to-driyJ >v But when the Holy Spirit takes possession of individuals and churchea* there will be real conviction of sin. The sermon was also remarkableIn that it brought forth from thepeople questions that must he answered. I am afraid there are few question marks about our churches^ to-day. We can explain all our operations. Where there is u church that is a great question mark that ' the world cannot answer, there you have a church with power. When you find a church over which theHoly Ghost presides, you find a. church whose operations are so mysterious that they cannot be ex-, plained, for the Holy Spirit workr along supernatural lines. , I do not believe this world wiH* ?ver be won from scepticism to* Christ b;* preaching science, logic \or philosophy. You talk science, and the sceptic talks science back; you talk logic, and the sceptic replies with logic; you talk ^philosophy, and , the sceptic gives you philosophy In return. But If you live the Splritfllled life you confront the world with an argument that cannot be answered.?Dr. Len G. Broughton, in London Christian. An Example of Forgiveness. A story is told in history of a Mohammedan in the seventh century; which might put some Christians to shame. The slave of a ?re%t Eastern potentate nad carelessly daoppea a dish of scalding broth on his master. Falling at his feet, the frightened servant repeated a verse of the Koran, "Paradise is for those who command their anger." "I am not angry," the master replied- "And for for those who pardon offenses." ,'T pardon your offense." "And for those who return good for evil." "I give you your liberty and 400 pieces of silver!"?Detroit News-Tribune. Mutual Blessings. The London Daily Chronicle records the following touching incident: "God bless you and make you a good little girl," said the grand? fonHorlv "find hlPSS VOU JJiULlJCi | *j . v. and make you a good grandmamma," answered a sleepy voice from the cot. Blessings indeed would come to many homes if the members dally bffered prayer for God's blessing upon each other. , Sorrow Makes Lofty Character. ? The loftiest of our race are those who have had the profoundest sympathies, because they have had the profoundest sorrow.?Henry-Giles. The Habit of Prayer. It is recorded of Cornelius Winter that be seidoms opens a book, even on general subjects, without a moment's prayer. The late Bishop Heber, on the occurrence of each new Incident of his history or on the eve of any undertaking, used to compose a brief prayer, imploring special help and guidance. A late physician, a great celebrity, used to ascribe mucb of his; success to three maxims of hi* father's, the last and best of which was, "Always pray for your patienta." Louisiana Wasps For Africa. 1 At the request of the Pasteur Institute of France, a cargo of Louis lana wasps known as "horse guards" were shipped from New Orleans by the Louisiana 'Crop Pest Commission to Algiers, to exterminate horseflies. The wasps, which were gathered in Cameron Parish, are in refrigerated baskets, with the pupae of the insect. Oklahoma's Railway Increase. ! In the last four years Oklahoma and Indian Territory have built more miles of railway than any of the States. j fJ?