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p THE PULPTTT" AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY. REV. C. CAMPBELL WALKER. Theme: The Returned Wanderer. Brooklyn. N. Y.?The Rev. Colin Campbell Walker, rector of St. Ann's Church on the Heights, had for the subject of his sermon Sunday morning, "The Returned Wanderer." The text was from St. Luke 15:25: "The elder son was in the field." Mr. AValker said: ' ' Nothing sets forth the promptness and completeness of Divine pardon to the sinner more fully than does this story told by our Blessed Lord so long ago. Few stories are more familiar to us than this, few which appeal to us more strongly. It is all so natural and tr.ue to life. It is all so dear, for countless souls have taken the language of the returned wanderer upon their lips and have made it all their own. It was this aspect of our Lord's character, as shown us in the picture: His divine energy for the fallen and the outcast, His willingness to bind J up the broken-hearted, and fan with J His own breath the flickering flame of human hope, His tender, hopeful) spirit among the ruins caused by sin. which binds men's souls to Him and makes them willing to go even to Viooonco thov Invn T-TIm en. IUC VOO UWVUV4UV? V4IVJ *w ? ? w ? - ! Now, the object of the parable is to show the feelings of the great All Father toward His children, and to mark the steps by which men alienate themselves from Him, and yet to joint the way, through penitence and prayer by which they may return and join it the festal joy of the Father's house and live rejoicing in His love. As we read the story, we could almost wish that it had finished and left us lejoicing in the gladness of the fathand the penitent son. But we must remember that while our Lord had been approached by sinners of the lowest type, it is true, there were others also standing by who heard the story?religious and moral people, who were unacquainted with His mission, its character and the object aimed at In it all, and who were shocked at the loving welcome given to the poorest and the most forlorn in life. Doubtless His object was to open wide the gate of mercy, and His purpose was that none should pass it by. And, so in order that this ? t_ _ ? r IQlgat D? BO, our UUIU uiusi UOCU3 liold up the mirror to them all. Therefore, it was that Jesus told us in the story that "A certain man had two sons." Was it only that He might console and help the one? Did He add the story of the elder brother as a kind of sequel to emphasize the contrast, which, alas, too often exists between the Father's far-sighted, generous love in the reception accorded to the wanderer, and that which he meets from his fellowman, and so give to him a kind of consolation amid the cynical rebuffs and scorn of a so-called religious world? We might almost be content to leave it thus, knowing well how greatly that ia needed. But the story told is not Intended for one class of men alone, nor is it but to emphasize one bide of truth. Jesus meant to cover all, and included in His thoughtfulness the whole great family of man. Is the wandering, wasteful son, living in his wild excess, the only type of sinner who is far from God? Was the publican the only one who isinned? Has not the Pharisee who trusted in himself that he was righteous and despised others, no place in the economy of God's free grace? "l*7.Vian Toe 11 a Qnnlro tn hnth Hft siirelv so-ught to teach the lesson that the loss of the filial spirit, whether manifested in the wilful folly of the publican or in the self-righteous arrogance of the Pharisee, is that which takes men from the Father's house ?nd calls for the Father's grace, whether in the form of pardon or pitying entreaty. "The Elder Son was in the Field." Here is the companion picture to the other of "The Far Country." For even here there is a hint at distance from the Father's face and home, because In both it is the spirit in the son which Jesus sought to emphasize rather than the actual geography of the situation. If any one of you has lost, or never realized your filial spirit in relation to your father, we need not go' into the far country, amid the waste and excess of riot, where the famine must inevitably come to find you. We may just as easily, and far more often, find you "'in the field" of unloving service. It matters not what road men travel in their alienation from the Father. It is the spirit which tfcey lost which reall> separates from Him. Here, then, were two prodigals, not one. The only difference between them was that on? manifested his lack of ioving filial spirit to the Father by taking his life into his own hands and spending it as it pleased "him in the "far country." and the other passed his time "in the field" as the cold and Insolent critic of the Father, and narrow, intolerant censor 01 his brother. It is not gross and sensual sins alone which separate men from God?it i9 not poverty or pain?for neither of them has been u'ole to break down happiness, hard da ths struggle often is, it love to <?bd is there. It is the "unclean thing'" of selfishness which spoils the fair beauty of our life from which the Fatner calls us saying, "Come ye out and be separate, and I will receive you and v,*?ll be a Father unto you, and ye shall be My son3 and daugh ters, sauu tns juoru Aiimguij. Look at tie three main features of this man's character as manifested by his language "in the field" and see if to any extent the same is true of us. "I lo these many years do I serve thee." he said. Surely this was well. It was in this respect that the other son had signally failed. Far from being dependent on the Father's bounty he had claimed his own that he might do with it as he pleased, and his only Tiope of freedom was in escape from home. But was the other any better? Where is dependence and disinterested service? True, there was no open resentment of the Father's discipline. But after all was said and done, the service was for hire alone and the wages now seemed altogether insufficient. It is surely tais spirit wnicn jesus seems to remonstrate with. When the energy of the secular world infects us with an exterior zeal, similar to its ow: in kind and often equal in tlegiee. When general devotion to or toward duties in thisservice of "many years" is regarded as a sufficient indication of spiritual vitality. To all such the call to practical duties has come, but their ears have been deaf to the appeal of grace to a more interior life. Such devotion to duty, such zeal in practical affairs, such service "in the field" is but, as St. Paul has said, "sounding brass and tinkline ovmbals." Here stands i 1 the perfect Pharisee?the slare hag overcome the son. Of course God wants your ssrvice in the house and in the field, but in a sense it is true that He can do without it. He has hired servants enough to do that, hut only sons can love Him as He longs for, and manifest the filial spirit which He craves?"My son, give Me thine heart." One reason for this is "that it is a law of our being that man's predominant passion gives color and tone to his spiritual state." And when wo are so engrossed in mere service "in the field" to the disparagement of the primary obligation of loving the Father, it Is plain to see that the controlling motive is a low one, however religious that service may appear to be. The lack of filial spirit is manifested in his boastful utterance. "Never at any time transgressed I thy command." Is not obedience a Christian duty? Yes, but only in the spirit of a son and not as a hireling. Before performing them the man m.ust have it plainly stated what he was to do. There is nothing in the heart to prompt him to perform either more than he was paid for in the way of service or than he was actually told to do. Is this not the spirit against which Jesus spoke when He said, "Except your righteousness exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees ye snail in no case eiuer the kingdom." Why in the Sermon on the Mount did He in those wonderful words on prayer and passion and providence teach this higher righteousness? Men bad?like this older son?attained the art of measuring acts and ceremonial observance with such faultless nicety,, while the heart and soul were left untouched by piety and love. You can 1 o-dav so serve God by letter and be a<> far rer/oved from Him in spirit as the prodigal amid the glare and glitter of the far country. You can be so busy with your mere rule and dogma that you miss the spirit which ainnp can eive them worth. It is not the wild and wanton spirit only which alienates, but the slavish spirit if impulse and conventionalism, and you must not wonder if your cold, cynical and mercenary spirit keeps you in the field when you might be living in the warmth and glow and joy of the Father's house. "Thou never gavest me a kid that I might make merry with my friends, but as soon as this thy son is come thou hast killed for him the fatted calf." "My friends," "Thy son"?not "my brother." Do you not see how little sympathy there was between this son and the Father? There can be none unless and until "the spirit of bondage has given place to the spirit of adoption" whereby we cry, "Abba. Father!" If God looks to each of us for a service and obedience which alone can spring from love to Him, so also He looks to us for gladness and rejoicing which only come from sympathy with Him. Surely it was for these reasons thai Jesus held up the mirror before the faces of these men of old?and theii type is by no means extinct to-day But, as then, the Father comes and pleads with men to come in from the field where the unfllial spirit drives them. He takes no notice of the sneering inuendoes on the slavish sense of dutj or the lack of kindness to our brother. But with his wondrous patienc< bids us come within the circle of th? home and share with Him His wealtt of grace. He calls each one of us to s life whose ears are open through constant sympathy with Him to heai what God desires and loves, whos< heart has opened to receive Him as its Master and its Lord, so that His will is ours through our admiring love. And if you would forsake the fields into which your selfishness has senl you. turn to Him who calls, and saj "Father, I. too, have sinned, foi whilst I held the name of son, I livec but as a slave. Make me no longer z mere hireling, but an honored chil(] and say of me, 'This My son was losi but now is found.' " An Important Question. A question that is of vital impor tance to every human being is: "What do I have to give up if I do noi serve God?" 'The person who doei not serve God must give up the con sciousness that he is doing the bes! he can with his life. He must giv< up the joyful anticipation, peace ol mind, freedom of thought and actioi that the child of God enjoys. H( must give up the delight of knowing that he is allied with the greatest forces in the universe. He must giv< up the joy of loving God and mar with a nnre love and the joy of know ing that he is loved of God. He musi give up all hope of a glorious hereat ter, when the soul purified from the pollution and power of sin will entej the glorious presence of God. Who then, will refuse to serve God?? Nashville Christian Advocate. A Higher Force. We have within us a higher force than all the forces of material nature ?a power of will which can adhere to duty and to God in opposition to all the might of the elements and all the malignity of earth or hell. Man has capacities, thoughts, impulses, whict assimilate him to God. His reason is a ray of the infinite reason, his conscience an oracle of the divinity, publishing the everlasting law of rectitude. Therefore God is his Father, and heaven is a glorious reality.?W E. Channing. Failure a Teacher. We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success, ofter discover what will do by finding oul what will not do, and probably he who never made a mistake nevei made a discovery. Home Tooke used to say of his studies in intellectual philosophy that he had become all the better acquainted with the countrj through having had the good luch sometimes to lose his way.?Samuel Smiles. Eternal Prospects. On a day of gloom and depression when sky and miud were alike over cast and the nervous tides were al ebb. I mournfully asked, "Shall ] ever again be young and well?" Th( answer came like a soft, cheery, in ward voice, "I shall never he other 11 WV?a( wise tlian vouns unu wen. ?? had a passing cloud to do with the eternal prospects of a sod and heir ol God??Charles G. Ames. Hope in Him. Believe under a cloue, and wait foi Him when there is no moonlight 01 starlight. Let faith live and breathe and lay hold of the sure salvation o God, when clouds and darkness ar< about you. Who dreameth thai; i promise of God can fail, fall aswooi or die? When we are pleased to seel a plea with Christ, let us plead tlia we hope in Him.?Ilutherford. Is your heart right with God? THE TEMPERANCE PROPAGAND, CONCERTED ATTACK ON DRIN1 WINNING ALL ALONG LINE. Drink Did It. "I doubt very much whether th most original author that ever live could present as unique a situatio illustrative of human misery as on that came under my notice during recent visit to the Pacific Coast," re marked D. R. Hughes, an attorney. "My brother Is connected with newspaper at Seattle, and one nigb while in his office the story cam? c the shooting of Judge Emory, of l.h Superior Court, by a young ma named Chester Thompson. The dea man and the father of his murdere were bosom friends, perhaps each wa the other's closest comrade and assc ciate. That had been their conditio: for twenty years. The boy who kille the Judge was his friend. The wa it came about, was this: "One evening the young man calle to see some girls at the residence o the Judge. Because of hia father' relationship with the family, the bo had always been welcome. This even ing, however, he had been drinking little and the Judge?very mildl and discreetly?rebuked him. Th young man said something he shoul not have said, and the Judge indig nantly ordered him from his house Enraged at his humiliation the bo 1 drew his nistol and fired, killine th friend of his father. "Now, comes the terrible part o it. When the Superior Court me 1 there was a new Judge on the bench 1 and resolutions were offered in re spect to the memory of the one wh had been so suddenly called away Lawyer after lawyer spoke touchingl; of the dead jurist, and now and thei the audience glanced at Mr. Thomp ' son, the father of the young man wh was so soon to be tried for the killinj of .the Judge. He was very promi nent and were the situation differen that he would speak would be a mat ter of course. But here, what couli he say? The man he loved was dead the son he loved had killed him. A t last all those who cared to speak, i seemed, had finished, and the exer ; cises were about to be concluded ' Then, Th^ mpson arose and deliverei \ the address which has become i i classic on the coast. I was fortunat | in obtaining a copy of it. Here it is " 'I think I can fully realize th L situation of one who, lost in th L desert, in a land of sand and dust am : drought, perishing of thirst, come i upon a prth made by .the wild herd , in passing to and from some deser spring and knows not which end o k the path leads away from or toward i the water, and who must choose o perish. M 'Some of my brother attorney ' In great kindness have begged me t t I speak in this hour, some have urgei me that silence is best. If I speak | may regret it. If I refrain, I kno^ I shall regret It. Words sometime : have strange power and make des 1 tinies. The greatest wizard of word \ in our day but a few days ago toll us of the magician who put fort! t some words and they became liv ? things, and ran about. Some o them made their way into .the heart * of men and stirred them to the doinj : of mighty things. But there ar times when words seem to lose thei power. They do not become alive and will not go into the hearts o ! men. I " 'No august Power looks out upoi $ age-long darkness now and says, "le j there be light," and light comes ou ; of darkness. No pale, sad man goe down to the door of a tomb now am s says, "Lazarus, come forth," and see t the cold doors open, the cerement r fall away and the sleeper waken am : come forth. I " 'I knew Judge Emory well. Fo i sixteen years we were friends. I knew he was my friend, and he kne^ t I was his friend. Sixteen years ag in beautiful grounds out by the shor of Lake Washington I watched th old herioc play of knighthood wher . mounted men tilted with lances an mocked the toarneys of the old chi\ t alric days. It was a game I knei i.~ J xa. 2. i.u - I V till, UttVlllg WllUL'bS^a It 1U LUt3 UK . summer land of the South. " 'Emory was one of the successfu knights who bore away the trophie of that field, and I was chosen t present to the successful knights th memorials of their triumph. Tha evening, in a beautifully decorate hall, hung with heraldic banners Meade Emory knelt before me, an there in the presence of the smilin girl, who afterwards became his wift I placed upon his young and curl head the laurel wreath that marke his victory. " " 'We were friends and ever aftei . and if words would do their duty now there is so much I would like to sa of him who sleeps. But words hav lost their power; they will not tak life for me, and run about, and g j into the hearts of men, and mov ) .them as I would wish. I canno j speak, but I can feel, and He wh [ watches while we mourn, knows tha ) if there were one, and but one, feebl 5 lingering ray of light left in my darfc l ened and silenced home, I would giv } it to illuminate the hearts of th widowed wife and orphaned childre of this man who has passed from u: - though I and mine should sit in dark , uess while ever life shall last.' "The father spoke with as muc emotion as if he had been pleadin > for a human life, and there wa i scarcely a dry eye in the court rooi t when he had finished. I never hear > anything that affected me as mucl I could hardly imagine a situatio | more pathetic."?Edgar White. ' Tempcrauce Notes. The new Mayor of Sandusky, Ohi< [ has issued an order prohibiting chi dren going into saloons. This orde ap^ucs iu iicwouuja auu ulucio, a well as to boys and girls who ha\> been sent by their parents to purchas i beer. The Nashville Tennesseean remark : that the people of Nashville are o trial before the bar of the world fc winking at the lawlessness of th liquor dealers. There are a numbe of other cases in the same coui awaiting trial for the same offense! ? I airs, VAtrrits i>auuu uub uccu aiics j ed many times for wrecking illeg: I saloons. Did you ever hear of a s: ! loonkeeppr being arrested for wrecl j ing legal homes??California Voice, r j The president of the City Nation; r J Bank, of Knoxville, Tenn., conscrv; . j tively estimates that over $S00,000 C year is now being directed to the gei 5 eral trade which formerly went t i the saloans. x The city of Fresno, Cr.!., has close c all saloons on Sundays and at mi< t night during the week. Which good as far as it goes, but it stoj short too soon. Drive them out is tt best policy. I kjofttioiy | formy dally rar\&c Jl 1 UvV^ffe-non^ rhe pleasant fields ><(Vf/ e ! A' <:Aof Holy Writ I might" dffjpair. i j WHEN IS GOD NEAR ME ? a J ! When is God near me? Every hour I live; At earliest morn, when the first gleam a of light it Breaks through the darkness, promising to ?f give e Day after night. n " When is He near me? 'Neath the noonj day sun; When evening's glories deck the glowing west; 8 When night's repose, after the day ift done, ?- Gives peace and rest. n d When is God near me? When the spring's y bright flowers Their fragrance and their beauty neatj ter free, . When songs of birds gladden the happy 11 hours, 8 He dwells near me. Y When is He near me? Through the suml 1 mer's heat; a Through autumn's harvest time; through y sun and rain; a When winter's tempests on my window . beat a Their weird refrain. . '( When is God near? When first upon my y sight e Dawned the world's light, His primal gift to me,' f In love and warmth and tenderness and ; light, His love I see. l? When is He near me? Through life's hour i- of noon, o Its hope and faith and strength?all by r. Him given; y And, if the close of this bright day ueems - soon, Beyond lies heaven. ? And in the hours of dawn and spr ng and S youth, ' At noon, in summer, and in manhood's t years, And in the nicrht. in winter, and in death. j His love appears. ,When is He near me? Every hour of life; ' And, when from earth my spirit rises * ' free, t My guerdon for its suffering and strife His love will be. |. ?William J. Stanton, in Christian Regj ister. 1 t Not a Scientific Question. Admitting man's free determlna' tlons in his moral acts, it will not do 0 to say that God governs man altoa gether by general and permanent _ laws; for that would be to ignore and abolish liberty as a part of man's t life; i. e., to ignore and mutilate the - work of God. Man determines freely, and so effectuates, in his own proper life, events which are not the result of general laws exterior to himself. Divine providence takes cognizance 3 of human liberty. It does not man3 age men as it does the stars of heaven * and the waves of the ocean, which 1 neither think nor will. It has differ1 ent relations with raan and with na3 ture, and a different mode of acting upon them. 3 The Christian doctrine of provi3 dence represents God as always presh 1K1A f A IV1AT1 O a I'Hfl f Q _ -* trill/ auu at^COQi UIO CIS iugu, aa wuo e ther is to the child. It exhorts, enf courages, invites men to pray to God s and trust in Him. It reserves to God S absolutely the answer to prayer. He 0 bestows or denies. We may not see r into His reasons, for "God's ways are !. not our ways." But yet with prayer f "without ceasing" the Christian doctrine always connects hope; for a "nothing is impossible with God." t The Christian doctrine of provit i dence is in full and intimate harmony a with the nature of man. In recog-v d nizing his liberty it does homage to s his greatness; in giving to him access s to God in prayer it provides for his 1 weakness. As a questicn of science, it leaves the mystery as one incapable r of solution; but in actual life and exI perience it resolves the problem of v natural religion which burdens the o soul.?Guizot. e e What Con You Bring? e "How many loaves have you?" It d 1:3 the Lord's first question, s.nd the r- hands of those who really want His v ti^lp search their rqbes to see what d they have hidden there. One brings his joy, another brings his pain, an ii i cuner Drings nis poor uuuuiuuu, au8 I other has nothing to bring except just o i his sorrow that he has nothing. It i9 ? I a poor condition?only seven loavea t [ and a few little fishes ? but it is d I enough. His blessing falls upon 3, I them, and they comeback to the sOuls d I which gave them up to Him, multig ! plied into the means of healthy, holy, happy life.?Reformed Church Recy ord. Neglect ol Doctrine. *' Tho chaotic and rootless characters ' of current religious opinion is mainly y responsible for the welcome given to e teaching which destroys New Testa0 | ment Christianity. It would not have 0 I been possible in the day9 of our fath> ? | ers, when theology was roally studied and preached, for i:he nebulous p-a0 ganism, now airing itself in so many * Christian churches, to have disguised e Its real character. Tho day has passed " for temporizing with the cultured hu. e manism?earnest, graceful and optie mistic?which palliates sin, glorifies ^ man a:id makes our Lord a mora pro3> phet and martyr. ? London SundaySchool Chronicle. As Life Goes On. We acquire firmness and experih ence incessantly. We aro as3uredl.7 g ripening or else blighting. We are s | not conscious of those changes which n go on quietly and gradually in tho d soul. We only count the shocks in l. our journey. Ambitious die, grace n grows, as life goes on.?Frederick W. Robertson. Making Christ lPresjmt. >, The great work of the Holy Spirit. 1- what is it? To make Christ present tr with us. Look at the disciples; .ttey is loved Him, but they were urder the e j power of the flesh; the rule of the ie I flesh had not been broken, and Christ could not get a lodgment in their :s j hearts, but He said, '"The Ho!y Spirit r> i will mm a" and "I will come again to ir you ir the Spirit, and the Father and ,e I will take up our abode with you." >r | The Spirit's great work is revealing t i God and Christ in our very hearts.?* | Andrew Murray. I Mother's Illness Frees Jockey. l- Because his mother. Mrs. E. M. c- Scholl, was so weakened by tubercu, losls that she could not testify il | against him, Jay Ransch, the jockey i. i whose arrest she caused, was freed at a 1 Los Angeles, Cal., of a charge of havi. , ing threatened to kill his niece, Kis0 sie Ranch, Mrs. Scholl's six-year-old adopted daughter id 1- Glidden Balloon Landed. 1S Charles J. Glidden ;ind a compan)S ion were severely shaken up when 10 their balloon landed ai; Bethel, Conn. I Out in the Open. \ Boys and men owe it to themselves to go to the fields and woods and there to get as close to nature as possible. Nature is the great mother, and the boy who plays in her yards Is filled with good clean thoughts, and you can generally rely on him. i He breathes in the exhilarating air of freedom and drinks from the streams i that are unpolluted by civilization i and takes home with him a supply of i health and spirits that money can not < purchase in a city. This not only applies to the boy, I but to the nan. A tired brain is ren- ' < ovated and refreshed by a few hours i in the open, and the man who com- < munes with nature and becomes intimate with her has a friend who will 1 never lead him astray. Take to the i woods and fields whenever the opportunity presents itself, and if you hava boys and girls take them with you. Teach them to shoot and to become familiar with firearms, boats, water and woods, birds and animals, and give them a chance to learn and love nature. If you cannot take them, let them go with some one in whom you have confidence. You will be surprised how quickly they will become proficient in woodcraft and how soon they will feel the charm of outdoor life. The open plants the seeds of independence and teaches the young to take care of themselves. Encourage them in this direction and then try it yourselves just as often as you can. It beats sitting around a club. An hour, a day,' a week spent in pursuit of flsh, feather or fur, never forgetting to visit nature all the while, will prove an inestimable blessing to the nerve fagged man or woman. Let me impress upon you that the act of killing is only incidental. Never take advantage of game. Always give it, at least, an even chance, and stop before you have had enough. Remember that there are other days and others coming after you to enjoy the same pleasures. Obey the game laws, but if you have the proper conceptioh'of this form of sport and you are a true sportsman at heart, the last admonition is superfluous, as the laws al- t ways allow a reasonable length of ^ time for its indulgence, and a liberal j limit to the daily and season's bag.? j The National Monthly. . WORDS OF WISDOM. t Our doubts are traitors.?Shakes- c peare. t Many hands make light work.? ~ F uerman. i Who comes first grinds first.? German. f A clean fast Is better than a dirty j breakfast.?Irish. A true friend is forever a friend.? t George MacDonald. t A drop of fortune is worth a cask jl wisdom.?Latin. \ He who follows the crowd has a many companions.?Dutch. t The bald-headed man is the origin- 0 al star-gazer.?Dallas News. Even a fool, when he holdeth his ? peace, is counted wise.?Bible. Great men are never sufficiently t shown but in struggles.?Burke. v He whose goodness is part of himself is what is called a real man.? iueuuius. I Truth may have a thousand tongues but only one face.?Florida Times-Union. c The problem of life is not to make f life easier, but to make men stronger. , ?David Starr Jordan. l Somehow a girl never feels that she's really well dressed unless her shoes hurt her.?Puck. A little cheerful chatter is better than medicine to the average sick t man.-^-Florida Times-Union. t The feet of Fate are tender, for she ^ sets her steps not on the ground, but j on the heads of men.?Homer. t That which is past is gone and ir- revocable. Vise men have enough to do with things present and to come.?Francis Bacon. Neither let mistakes nor wrong directions discourage thee. There is precious instruction to be got by flndUig we are wrong.?Carlyle. Short-Weight Prices. The New Yorker who knows that he is gouged to the limit one'way or the other in the matter of prices imposed upon him by small retailers will not suppose that giving him sixteen ounces of something to eat for a pound instead of twelve ounces of the commodity, three ounces of board and an ounce of paper, string, etc., will necessarily cheapen the price of that article by increasing the quantity. Some small retailers lower the price by snipping the quantity. Honest dealers, of course, will increase the price rather than give short weight or short measure. But all oui experience shows us that if we get twelve ounces of something, supposing it is sixteen, for twelve cents, say, why when we really get the sixteen they will cost us sixteen cents, the same price for the actual ounce.? Tip, in the New York Press. t Captured the Prize Wolf. v A big gray wolf which had been s doing much damage by?killing sheep, o calves and young pigs, was captured g to-day after two years of persistent p effort. It was of unusual size, meas- o uring from tip to tip eleven feet and ti weighing over 150 pounds. o The animal was captured by a com- e pany of twenty-flve farmers, who sue- b rppHerl in setting the animal in a cir cle they had formed. The animal is thought to have been at least ten years of age. No other wild beasts of the kind have been in the neighborhoocl for years.?Mason City Correspondents, Minneapolis Journal. 11 o In New York. 'f Up-to-Date Gladys?"Is it really such an improper play?" Up-to-Date Doris?"Oh, it isn't just 1( the play I'd want my father or b brother to see, but it's all right for sj us girls."?Puck. a New York City.?Such a blouse as this one is sure to meet with approval. It is pretty and dainty and bj suits all the fashionable thin ma- jj, terials. Fine lawn makes this one ai ind the trimming is banding of V xenciennes lace, but everything that can rj( be laid in fine tucks is appropriate. w Silk and cotton mousseline would be charming, foulard is made in lingerie cr style and muslins include a variety of exceedingly attractive fabrics, th while for the banding any lace or em- tr broidery or trimming of the sort is at appropriate. The sleeves are pretty ma novel, with deep caffs over which he sleeves fall free, and this feature s a notable one of the season. As ilustrated -the cuffs and the trimming >ortion for the front are made from <? he material tucked, but these could >e of all-over lace or of something f ?lse in contrast if preferable; or the j 4-?-- 11? ? ?nlain J bllirw LIU 111 auu tuus ui yickiAA Uiu J erial embroidered would be dainty. ; The waist is made with front and I >acks, the sleeves, the cuffs and the || rimming portion. The lining con- Vk ists of front and back portions and 9 fitted by means of darts. Banding s arranged over the shoulders and o .this banding is attached a fold of he material, which gives somewhat he effect, of pleats. When high neck 3 desired the chemisette is added. Vhen the lining is used the cuffs are .rranged over it, when it is omitted hey are joined to the sleeves at the ipper- edge of the trimming. The quantity of material required or the medium size is three and oneourth yards twenty-four or twentyeven, two and one-fourth yards thir- fo: y-two or two yards forty-four inches is ride, with seven yards of banding. or eij Loosely Woven Fabrics. on wi It looks as though we were about o see a season of sheer, loosely- j" /oven fabrics, which call for the use a if some under material, either in the orm of lining or as a slip for separate vear under these transparent gar nents. thJ wi hi| The New Veil. ve The new veil is of a very coarse be ilk filet mesh of gossamer-like la exture. But the main point about to he veil is its arrangement. It is di- pe: rided in front, falling from the hat cu n straight lines at each side and the thi lack. th? Child's Dress. Vith Square or High Neck, Short or In Long Sleeves, With or Without Empire Effect. Many Kinds of Cuffs. The choice of a cuff is as broad as 1 he choice of a collar. The cheaper pr< ariety of shirtwaists have the vid traight stiffened cuff, cut like the wit ne on a man's shirt, and held to- ior ether with link buttons. It is far rettier, however, to avoid this sign f a cheap waist and put on narrow urnover cuffs, or wrinkle the sleeves ha1 ver the wrist and finish with a tiuy ior dge of lace; then fasten with lace bej uttons. goi Short and Collarlcss. Two things especially the law of ' ishion requires this season. One is cat lat the skirt must be short, clearing uri - ? ?n/*hoc Thp rnr JtJ Iiuui auuuL L 111 . ?, ther is that gowns tnu3t be collar- sol ;ss. tw< mu Loose Weave Suitings. The new suitings are mainly of a )ose weave, and show pretty com- < inationa ot colorings and dainty de- trii igns of small checks, narrow striDes wit nd snowflake effects. xne . ' . v ; vr-5 |ll4> _ _ . ' The Francis I. The Francis I. hat is nothing but g, graceful brim, on which the miller sets a hand-made crown of pli* >le braid, tulle, flowers, lace or net, ith such a foundation an endless vasty of hats is possible to the woman ho is clever with her needle and ho can make and change her own owns as her whim or the occasion jmands. To facilitate this process e crowns may be fastened to the im by means of snappers sewed on regular intervals on the two parts. -i ?College Blouse. The college, or middy, blouse Is a onounced favorite. This one is de? gned for misses and small womeit 'i id will be found peculiarly well lapted to outdoor sports and to all :casions ui me sun,, n ia iuuos, wing perfect freedom of movement^ it It is smart in effect. /It can be orn over any .skirt. White linen akes this one and it is banded wlthi ue, but there are various materials iat are appropriate, although linen always a. favorite. Cotton poplin, > id twilled muslin are favorites, imming preferably consists of ma? rial In contrasting color. ; The blouse is made with front antf ick and is drawn on over the hea<b ere being only a short opening b^t w the collar. The cbiltfr can bet ade as illustrated, or ot one ma- rial throughout, as liked. /. "the full nniraa of a nrtfhrmf' CnthAVn nf" ?h?:'jSS oulders and finished with straight J iffs, but there are also plain two* ece sleeves included in the pattern td these are gathered at the shaiUj ,i The quantity of^aterlal required r the medium slfce (sixteen years>| three and one-half yards twentyle or twenty-four, two and ,flVevards thirtv-tWO Or tWo attdf vjj e-half yards forty-four inches wi<te* th three and one-half yards of nju>_ w, one and one-half yards of ? ndlng. Satin Ceintaree. It Is said that, with the advent of 0 gowns to come, satin celntures 11 return. These will not be bo 5h, but the point In front will bfr ry decided ancl the fastening will ornamented with tassels or fringe, fact, the general idea seems to be adhere as closely as possible to adent accessories, even though the I t of the gown will accentuate more 3 curves than the straight lines of } figure. . Coat. Full or Three-Quarter Length, to Be Worn With or Without a Belt. vi Closing at the Waist. The coat closing at the waist line ia jferred for light suits, as it proes the deep opening which is pretty; ch the lingerie waist and the fash? table frill. Colored Wooden Beads. Fantastically colored wooden beads ire a distinct place in present fashis. Tunics edged with wooden ids dyed to match the color of the ivn are decidedly effective. Scrap Mules. rhe scraps are the choicest of dtoles. They are made into the luxes called "mules." Mules are bedim slippers with only vamps and1 es. Perfume is introduced be "en mu uuioiut aiiu 11111115 ui uicoc les. The Blazer Suit. Due of the newest fancies is to 11 the blazer suit with foulard or h silk serge, and to line the gar- j nt with the same soft material.