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CHAPTER II ?Continued. If Lea Hedges 6hould accept him, th? captain had a hurriedly matured plan, which in due season would take him away from his com panions and permit him to be near bi6 idol at all times. He Mas fortunate in finding Lea , alone, and she, having just returned from a horse-back ride, was looking more beautiful than ever, if that were possible. Captain Fox, like all men of strong impulses and gren.i executive ability, came directly to the point, yet he approached the subject of his love in such a way as not to shock her by the suddenness of bis declaration. Under such ciroumstances, since the very first hour when English civilization required that the young lady's affections were as essential as the oonsent jj?V of the parents, it had been the nearly f,- invariable habit of the fair one to coni&vf fess surprise, and to vow that the honor * ' i mi_?__ i _ Bf& done was wholly unexpected. jub is always the case where the young lady C**. has made up her mind to say "no," and she usually says it in a way to plaster the wound she is making. No woman can look with other than sympathy on thy eligible man whoBe offer of marriage she refuses. But Lea Hedges, while not rude in her refusal, was certainly brusque. "I must believe what you say, Captain Fox, and I presume I should feel honored by your offer. I certainly should be unworthy the esteem of any true man If I trifled with his feelings. While treating you with tne courtesy due an officer in the service of our gracious lady the Queen, I have done nothing that you could construe into uny encouragement of the suit which I must decline." "But why?why do you refuse me?" he asked, the sanguine hue of his cheeks turning to purple. "If you cannot guess I cannot exnlain " oho rortlipri with a ditmitv that 0 chilled him. c "It means that you love some one else." ii "Why should it? But that you may v be undeceived on that point, let me as- u sure you that you are the first man that ever spoke to me of love and marriage, k You should remember that I have e known you but a short time, and that, g no matter how favorable the impression a you tniy have made among us so far is, a common prudence would forbid my d pledging what I have not?love?to a 2 man whom I did not know two weeks go." * t "You are right, Miss Hedges, and I n am to blame," said the captain, his old manner coming back. "But you must excuse me in the light of these facts. A g letter, just received by a post from the t Governor of Hew York, orders me to y that city. It is possible I may be sent to fight a pirate, one Captain Kidd, who is now reported destroying our com .u- 7 o?;? t. m?rrce 111 me *? woi, .iuuj^O. oom w- j: morrpw night or early nest morning, h and I wanted to take with me one mem- 6 ory to sustain me amid the perils and ^ dreariness of my cruise?a tie that would draw me back here." "Where you and yourofficers," replied ? Lea, "will always find a hearty welcome awaiting you." ( "Thanks for your words; they do not i leave me hopeless," 6aid the captain, hi6 e eyes taking on their old expression of t, reckless vivacity. I He adroitly changed the topic, and c after talking for noarly an hour, without once going back to the subject with j which he first started, he left, promising h to see her again before he touk his de- B parture. Although Lea Hedges bore herself ec t calmly and bravely in the presence ol r her sailor suitor, she did not retain hex n fine self-possession and excellent spir- f Its after he left her. f She went to her own room, and after changing her riding dress she threw a herself on the bed, and, burying her (. face in her hands, so remained till her i mother came to call her to supper. s Like the dutiful daughter she was, J Lea made up her mind to tell her par- f: ents of Cupt. Fox's offer that night; E and she might have done it at the sup- h per table had not Valentine Dayton and j Ellen Condit been there. I She did tell them that Captain Fox E had received an order by courier, from jj the Governor of the province, commandleg him to take his ship to New York. And then Lieut. Dayton told her that \ Kalph Denham had received an order 6 from the same authority to report in t person, and that he would start tomorrow or next day. a "But he does not take the ship?" r asked Lea, eagerly. ^ "No, he leaves us all here," replied t Valentine. t "But Ralph will return again?" saic Lea, the expression on her beautiful v face telliDg her anxiety in the answer. j "I suppose so," said Valentine, wno fc was much devoted to his friend and i commander, "for without Capt. Denharo s the Sea Hawk is a very ordinary ship, Indeed." " I "And with him?" queried Ellen, who , was very fond of her adopted brother. j "And with him she is the best ship ol her tonnace afloat." In the midst of the conversation, and ? much to the delight of the Doctor an I Mrs. Hedges, loth of whom loved Ifalpl 8 Denhan: a* dearly as they did theii 8 ii;phew, Valentine Dayton, the gentle man unt:er discussion was announced * and entered the room. * ' Ealph confirmed the report of his departure, said he hope J to t>e back very ? Boon, an i then a-sked Lea if she would 1 take a walk with him along the shore. \ It was not u:.usual for tho Captain i< ^ th? .Kjinift mifRtion. to which she in- * variably gave an affirmative reply; but c as he asked it now there was that in his * manner which she had never noticed before. And, though Kalph Denham was l_ so entirely different a mun iro:u Cap- * tain Fox, there was something about a him at the moment that reminded her of ihe latter when he was about to make ' bis startling, unexpected proposal. ^ She r ut on her hat and light cloak, jand, taking his arm, they wont down ? the road and through the woods, where, 1 as a little girl, she had often gathered 1 aiuts, while Ealph, then a sturdy boy, l ?ent them to the earth from his giddy perches high up in the trees. She did not hesitate to tell him thpn ] that she thought him tie bravest, * stronger and handsomest bo.y in all the J world. He would give a great deal to < Itnow what she thought of hi:n now. \ It was with 8'. methingof a l'eoiinu' of i desjreration that he resolve I to learn ( ) her feelings to-ni^ht. The courier's | ' letter hai decided him. He foryot the barrier that sprung up i c in hi* mind, every time he thought of 1 offering him elf in the past. _ . .... s rif\:' , . ? ' '.X i ? i Halph knew who he" was?rather he lid not know -who he was, in regard to lame and parentage?and though he consoled himself with the belief that leither could be bad, he realized ;hat in this community, there was a strong, even a bitter, prejudice against ;hese of illegitimate birth, and that ' 1 "? i- ---.AV. T AA TJTrroQ in flin maiaens iar Deneam j-oa ?.c?6vo social scale would hesitate before givng him their hands in marriage. Usually, Ralph was the soul of cheer'ulness; to-night, he was gloomy, and, n her futile efforts to rally him, Lea lerself became taciturn. At length they reached a promontory, ;hat oommanded a magnificent view of ;he bay, and of the islands to the east, low a cloud or green and gold, In the listance. Here they sat down on the runk of a fallen tree and, turning to ler, Ralph asked: "How long have you known me, Lea?" "I have known you Ralph," she replied, "ever since 1 can remember." He became silent again, dreading to aunch out on the sea, to whose shore ie bad led her. "Why do you ask that strange quesion?" She did not look at him, but toyed i nth the ribbon of the hat which she leld in her lap. "I was wondering how long two I riends?good friends as you and I are? i ould be acquainted without knowing ixactly what the one thought of the ither," he said. "I have never doubted about that; you iave been to me a brave brother, in ?hom I felt all a sister's pride; and I hink I have been to you a sister; you iave often told me I was, in these very voods." And now she began to knot he strings as if she had a Bpite against hem. "I was then a youth and you a little firl. We have both changed. You are to longer a sister to me. Lea." "Mot a sister, Ralph?" "No; the time?tbe time l nave so ften thought of, and always , with a ecling of dread?has come. Oh, Lea, rou must be much more than a sister to ae?or?or less." He turned to her and reached out >oth his hands; and, as she did not ake a response, but sat there trembling, with a face as white as a statue, ie called out: "Forgive mo, Lea. I could not help t. It seemed that my heart would ireak if I did not tell you of my love efore I left. Now I care not to return, ut I do not blame you. Were you in ruth my Bister, and one in my position sked for your hand, I could not enourage him " "Oh, Ralph, Ralph!" she cried, 6pringDg to her feet, and cl nging with her rhite arms to his neck. "Do not leave ae so, Ralph, my more than brother!" As he folded her to bis breast, and issed her face, which the setting 6un eemed to surround with an aureole of ;olden light, Ralph Lenham became ware of another presence. He looked up and saw the scowling ark face and towering lorm of the Jontauk chief before him. Releasing Lea, Ealph strode before he Indian, aqd in an angry tone ceaanded: "What brings you here?" "Here," said the chief, defiantly ;lancing around him. "Here I stand on he lands of the Montauk. What brings ou here?" "I should give my reply if this lady rere not with us," said Ealph. "I shall receive your reply when she 5 not with you," said Unnas, throwing is long rifle across his shoulder, and triding into the forest from which he ad come. > CHAPTER X. THET RAILEO AWAY IN A GAIiLANT BARK." "Well, with tbe love of such a girl as Jousin Lea assured," said Valentine )ayton, the morning following the vents narrated in the preceding chaper, "the tattle is more than half won. T 1 \T.l :-U TT.J Ml am sure oncie ^eiieiuitm ncugeo win ome round in time." "I do not blame Doctor Hedges for reusing me the hand of his daughter; in is position I think I might do the ame," said the captain. "I ask your pardon. Ralph, but I don't hink you would. Genealogies may be ight in the old world, but in this land aen don't win through their grandathers," said Valentine, with much orce. "You are right, perhaps; but before I ,sk Lea to join me at the altar, I shall onvince her father that there is noth ? in my origin for which I, at least, hould blush. However, I am very a'ppy as it is It seems to me that the ok through which I have been feeling ay way and taking soundings for years as lifted, and now all is plane sailing, ^or the first time in my life I feel that have reached the fullest stature of a an?which c?n only be attained when :e is confident that he possesses the ove of a noble woman." Captain Denham looked as he felt; here was an expression of peace and trength in the handsome bronzed face hat was noticeable to his friend. And Valentine Dayton was himself in , t^tate bordering on ecstasy; for had iot Ellen Condit. with the consent of ier parents, pledged him her hand, on heir way back from Doctor Hedges' he night before? The young officers, during this conersation, were on their way to the Sea lawk, where the Captain was to make lis arrangements and issue his orders ?orore turning over tne command 01 iae hip to Lieutenant Hedges. On reaching the deck they found .lieutenant Frenauld on board, talking arnestly with the officers of the Se.i lawk. With the official manner which sailors n'l soldiers can so readily assume or ay aside, Frenauld touched his hat, .mi. approaching Captain I'enham, aid: "I am the bearer of a letter, sir, from "aptain Fox, who desires me to take lacli your answer." Captain Denham was inclined to like ?renauld, and his dislike of Fox?he magined?was caused by the feeling hat he was or miaht become a rival. U1 fear of this being dissipated by Lea, le felt, as is ever the c ase with gener>us natures, of going to the other exreme. Frenauld remained back, smoking and onversing with the officers of the Sea iawk. who wore gathered under an iwning on the quarter deck. P.^tr.ro nneninL' the letter. Ralnh Den 1am, followed by Valentine Dayton, vent down to the cabin. After glancing ove^the note to mako sure that be could communicute its conents to hi6 subordinate, without any <reach ol etiquette, he read as follows: JN IlUAUD H. M. K. Crui-ek WaNDKHLK, i Off Sao Harboh. Juue 13, 1090. ) My Deak captain Denham: 1 have .ec*ri inforinecl I y some of our friends isho e tliat you uie ordered to New York it once, without your ship. Stranzcly i:o;ij;h. ti.e same port. brought me au oiler. commanding rne to New Yor* Hay viih my ship, on or Lef.ire the 10th inst The trip by land is Jour and ledious. vhilf I i.vtwcf in iliit uii'ntliar 1<i m:11/<? tr risidc of twelve lionrs on tlio Wandeier? [OiriK i'P <te sound and through Hurl jute, or Us 11 Gate. i;s it is now being :ai:ud. J'erinit rue to say there is a cabin at your ierv.ee on board. the Wandeter. and if you MtMmiIfel. . HMMHaaBHHBBUBBBHMBnaMi will hoiTor me wltB y oar "presence on'tBe short cruise, my officers and self will endeavor. at least In part, to show our appreciation of the kindness we have received at your hands and the hands of your friends, since coming Into the beautiful bay. and meeting these u.o;t hospitable people. Doping for a favorable reply at the bands of Mr. Frenauld, telleve me with much esteem, very sincerely. Your humble, obedient servant, William Fox, Commanding H. M. S. Cruiser WaDderer. To Captain Ralph Denham, H. M. 8. Provincial Cruiser, Sea Hawk. "What do you think of that, Mr. Dayton?" a6ked the Captain, when he had f<m{ahori ronrllmr the letter aloud. "I must say I think it very handsome, Captain. Of course you will not say no' to such an offer? It is a most fortunate think to have a ship like the Wanderer to bear one to New York, instead of going through the woods and over the sands on horseback," replied Lieutenant Dayton. "Lven if the offer were not tempting, I should feel inclined to accept, to show my appreciation of Fox's kindness." "Then you will go on the Wanderer, Captain?" "Yes; and I shall at once write Fox to that effect; Frenauld is waiting 10:: my answer." | Captain Denham sat down to a desk, I and quicking penning his reply, sent it up by Lieutenant Dayton. And thus it came about that Captain Denham sailed away in the Wanderer. Had the powers of darkness deliberately planned to aid Captain Fox and Colonel Graham in their dark schemes, matters could not have worked better into their hands. Colonel Graham was not a demonstrative man; on the contrary, he was cool, self-possessed, suspicious and cynical. But when Fox read him Ralph Denham'e letter accepting the offer, Graham sprang from his chair, and in his momentary exultation, seized his companion's hand, and cried with an oath: "Now, we have him, sir! we have him!" It was reported that Col. Graham would return to New York on the Wanderer, but the people expressed no surprise when the vessel sailed away without him. The night before the morning when the ship sailed away, (. 01. wanam, who ! still made bis headquarters at the inn, I was taken alarmingly ill, and Dr. j Hedges, who was called in to attend tc the case, bled him freely. The illness was a trick to give an excuse for remaining behind, but there J was no trick About the doctor's lancet. Bleeding was then thought to be apanaI cea for every ill, f:om a toothache tc Asiatic cholera, and the doctor left hie patient so weak that he could not move if he would. It was decidedly dangerous to "fool" j with doctors in those days, when bleedI ins and blistering killed the weak, and I tested the powers of the strongest. Squire Condit was the only person ol | note in the town that did not visit the sick man, but the people all thought the [ Squire eccentric. A fvw days after the Wanderer sailed awav, Dinah, the old bla?k woman, literally forced her way into Col. Graham's room. The rather startling disclosures thai a1 - - 1 j ~ a nna t v? famofko, I lie OIU VVUIIJttlJ LLiaUC, QliU IUO ble Conduct of the invalid must forrr the subject of the next chapter. |TO BE CONTISTJETX | When Cod Become Blind. Several large cod are kept in one of the tanks of the Amsterdam aquarium, necessarily near the surface, and therefore exposed to a strong light from above. Wow, the cod, though not a "deep sea" fish, is not a surface swimmer and lives at depths where the auniight must be very much modified bv passage through the water. It lives in what to us would be semi-darkness. Every one.of these ood exposed to the strong light is suffering from an extraordinary hypertrophy of the eye. The whole organ has become overgrown, as if in the effort to adjust itself to the use of more li^ht r?ys it had become over-equipped and then useleee. The cod, in fact, are blind. The most interestiug feature in this change is the extraordinary rapidity with which increased supply of light rays has over-developed the organ ior its use. It has taken place, not by slow degrees from individual to individual, bat in a course of time to ba measured by months and in every individual in the tank. If this example is a measure of the rapidity with which such changes take place among fish, the adaptation of those creatures which have migrated from the shallow wrttere of the deep seas, shown by the total loss of enormous development of their eyes and the growth of illuminating organs to light the abyss, may have been as rapid as it is marvelous. ?London Spectator. Tlie Smallest Flower. The smallest flowering plant is Wolffto nninrnonnnia ft nofiv? nf Tnrlill ft, belongs to the duckweed family. It is almost microscopic iu size, destitute of proper stem, leaves and roots, but having those organs merged in one, forming a frond. There is a prolongation of the lower surface, the purpose of which seems to be to ennble the plant to float upright in the water. The fronds multiply by sending out other fronds from a slit or concavity, and with such rapidity does this take place that a few days often suffice to produce from a few individuals enough similar ones to cover many square rods of pond surface with the minute green granules. Small as these plants are, they bear flowers. Two are produced on a plant, each of them very Bimple, one of a single 6tamen und tho other of a single pistil, both of which burst through the upper surfa3e of the frond. C'oaulrv "Wn. AnrnnH who Tift? flirp r hp?n rasli enough to attempt to make sport of the btreet gamin of a large city knows only too well what a ffttal mistake it is, but one ie not so well prepared to be made the victim of his own joke by an apparently unsophisticated country boy. A lad of fifteen was driving along a country road, taking a load of calves tr> mnrlrAt xuhpn ho fthnnpp.l t,n mpch a company of ycuug folks who were evidently out for a pleasure excursiou. The young men of the pirty, thinking to amuse themselves and their companions at the boy's expense, begun to imitate the bleating of the calves. But their merriment was of short duration, for without a moment's heeitation ho called out to his would-be tormentors, as the vehicles were passiug, "Oh, I knew what you wero before !"?Atlanta Constitution. FlHliint; Disaster*. A summary of the limbing disasters at Gloucester, Mass., for the year just ended shows that sflvnnty-four lives had been lost, nsninst an avr.r.ivo of ninety-niuo for the twc:ity-two years previous. The number c>f vessels lost were thirteen. RELIGIOUS READING. WITH JEBTTS. To live with Socrates?with unveiled lace ?must have made one wise ; with Aristides4 just. Francis of Assisi must have made one n ' ? Tin* tr% hni'fl SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 1. Lesson Text: "Building the Temple,'* 1 Kings v., 1-12 ? Golden Text: Psalm exxvil,, 1 ?Commentary 7. "And Hiram. King of Tyre, sent his servants unto Solomon, for he had heard that they bnd anointed him king in the room of his father, for Hiram was ever a lover of David." The association of Hiram and David in the building of David's house is seen in II Sam. v.. 11. Isaiah speaks of Tyre in these words: "Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are priuces, whose trafflok ere are the honorable of the earth" (Isa. xxii., 8\ but It Is in thesame connection that we read of the Lord of Hosts staining the pride of all glory and bringing into contempt all the honorable of th?* earth. From Ps. xlv., 12, we conclude that In the coming kingdom Tyre shall be represented, and we think of such as the woman of Math, xv., 21. 28. and the "more tolerable" of Math, xi., 22, in connection therewith. 2, 8. "Thou knowest how that David, my father, could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God for the wars which , were about him on every side, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet." How suggestive of Him who 'must reign till He hath put all enemies under His feet, that God may be all in all" (I Cor. xv., 25, 28). When the Lord told David that he couid not 1 build the temple. He said to hira, "Behold a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest, and I will give him rest from ail hiB enemies round about, for his name shall be Solomon?that is, peaceable?and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in bis days" (I Chron. xxii.. 9, 10). "He shall build an house for My name and ho shall bo My son 1 and I will be his father, and I will establish i the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever. " Truly a greater than Solomon is here whose kingdom shall have no end. The time of war on earth is not vet over, for the ereat . est is yet to come, but Isa ii., 1-4. shall be fulfilled, and when the Son of David shall judge among the Nations. "Nation shall not i lift up sword against Nation, neither shall they Jearn war any more." 4. "But now tbe Lord my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent." He does not mention the instrumentalities which God had used to bring this rest, but acknowl1 edges it as tbe gift of God. Instruments are 1 nothing except as God uses them, but God is all. He gives rest to all who are willing ? to cease from their own works and let Him control. When in the next age our Lord shall have cast the beast and false prophet i into the lake of fire and the devil into the ' nit thpn it shall he true in Ifircre measure that there shall be neither adversary nor evil to contend with. 5. "And, behold. I purpose to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God." He was ready to be used of God to carry out His purposes. This is rest indeed, to believe ' that God has a purpose (Isa. xiv., 24) and . let God work in us both to will and to do of I His good pleasure (Phil, il., 13), sure that ' every purpose of the Lord shall be per. formed" (Jor. li., 29). Ho sball not fail .nor ^ be discounted, but shall seo of the travail * of His soul and be satisfied (Isa. xlii., 4;liii.t > 11). There ore we have only to dwell with Him for His work. 1 6. "Thou knowest that there is not among . us any that can skill to hew timber lik* the , Sidomans." He gives bis order for cedar trees and promises to pay Hiram's servants . and then adds these words of praise. Not c all are called to the same work. The Lord " gives "to every man bis work," and tho i Spirit divides to every one His gifts "severally as He will" (Mark xiii., 34; I Cor. xii., 11). Talents are given to each according to his several ability (Math, xxv., 15). If we are fully yielded, God will fill us with wisdom of Heart to work all manner 01 worn tnat iie may require of us. 7. "When Hiram heard the words of Solomon. he r/joiced greatly and said. Blessed be the Lord this day which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people." Every good gift is from above, and a man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven (Jas. i., 17; John iii., 27). 8. "I will do all thy desire concerning limber of cedar and concerning timber of fir." Thus Hiram sent answer to Solomon. All such records in Scripture are suggestive of the great love of God, who, having not spared His own Son, will with Him also freely give us all things (Rom. viii., 82). "Delight thyself in the Lord, and He Bhall jive thee the desires of thine heart" (Ps. xxrvli., 4). 9. "Thou shall accomplish ray desire in Riving food for my household.'' The work In h^nd to bo accomplished by this partnership was the building of the temple of the Lord. A temple is now being builded, of tvhich our Lord Jesus is both foundation and top stone, and believers are living stones in ;he temple. If we seek first the kingdom of Sod and His righteousness, all that we need in the wuy of food and raiment will be made sure to us (Math, vi., 33). 10. 11. "So Hiram gave Solomon cedar frees and flr trees, according to all his desire. And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household and twenty measures of pure oil; thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year." 8olomon was seven years buildlni> thn temnle and thirteon Years buildintr his own house (chapter vi., 38; viL, 1). bo that this was a partnership covering many J ear?, Our partnership is with the Lord esus ChriBt, and the work on hand is the completion of the church, whioh is the body of Christ. If we give our attention wholly to this wort, our Master will see to the supply of all the need. To attend merely lo our own church or denomination may not be the best way of completing the church, but we are surely safe in sending forth missionaries as fast as we can, or, rather, as fast as Ho can, to gather out of all Nations the elect body of Christ, the building of Eph. ii.. 19-22. 12. "And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as He promised him, and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they two made a league together." We must distinguish between Hiram the king and Hiram, Tyrian, widow's son (I Kings vii., 13, 14), the skilled workman in brass who made ail the bricbt brasswork for the house of the Lord (I Kings, vii., 45), and yet both Hirams were identified with Kin? Solomon in the Vork. To be Identified wtth Israel in the ago to come will surely be a great thing, but it is much greater to be in this uge fully Identified with the King of Israel, the Son of God (John i., 40. 60). Of Him it is written, "Behold the man whose name is the branch, and He shall grow up out of His place, ana He shall bulltl the temple of the Lord."?Lesson Helper. OANCER OF RINDERPEST IN AMERICA. May Be Introduced by Means of Imported Hitler'. There is considerable alarm felt in Canada over the much d? ended rinderpest, which it is thought may be introduced into that country through the medium of hides imported from South Africa. Protests have been made by the leadiutr experts in Canada, but their warning has had no effect on the authorities as yet. Of course, a similar dauger exists of the plngue being brought iuto tlio United States. Pleuro-pueutnonia afnoug Canadian cattle has been traced to Inflected hides imported from England. The danger from this disease is, of course, as nothing compared with the ravages wrought by tho rinderpest, which is at piesant dcclmating so many of the herds in South Africa. Wh?*u the disease last visited England over 73,'JO > head of cattle wore attacked by it and 41,0!X> Uioa. DEATH AMONC AERONAUTS. i-'ourt'Sen of Them Have .Met With Fearful AcclitentH Till* Year. Since balloon ascensions began there have never been so many aeronauts injured as during the year 18%. Fourteen of thetn have been eithor killed or badly injured by accidents. Two ol these unfortunates were women, anil both ware killed. Professional ballooa men ascribe the accidents to Ignorance rind carelessness. Only throe of the fourteen aeronauts referred to were of lonij experience. It lias bappenod thaC tbis season there has been a Kreat demand lor aeronauts from circuses and fair associations. The result h:is been that many ambitious students have suddenly blossomed out into professionals, and, from the carelessness of ignorance, hnvj either been killed or maimed for life. / I fjenue ; oavouurum, :uuu^. .lived with Christy To have lived with Christ must have made one like Christ; that is to say, a Christian. As a matter of fact, to live with Christ did produce this effect. It produced it in the case of Paul. And during Christ's lifetime the experiment was tried in an even more startling form. A few raw. unspirited, uninspiring men were admitted to the inner circle of His friendship. The change began at once. Day by day we can almost see the flrst principles grow. First there steals over them the faintest possible admiration of His character, and occasionally, very occasionally, they do a thing or say athingthatthey could not have done or said bad they not been living there. Slowly the spell of His life deepens. Beach after reach of their nature is overtaken, thawed, subjugated, sanctified. Their manners soften, their words become more gentle, their conmifinlfloK An ottto 11/-\TT?a nrhn havo found a summer, as frozen buds the spring, their starved humanity bursts into a fuller life. They do not know how it is, but they are different men. One day,they find themselves, like their Master, going about and doing good. To themselves it is unaccountable, but they cannot do otherwise. They were not told to do it, it came to them to do it. But the people who watch them know well how to account for it?"They have been," they whisper, "with Jesus." Already, even, the mark and seal of His character is upon them?"They have been , with Jesus."?Prof. Dmmmona. CHARACTER. Character, like scholarship, is of slow growth. By painful effort, by laborious climbing, by frequent falls, we must siowiy aud gradually toil onward and upward And here the great question is not, What have you done? but What are you trying to do? Three men are on the mountainside : one near the base, having taken only a few steps : the second is half-way up; the third is within a few rods of the topmost peak. Which of these three men is nearest the summit? "The third man, of course," every superficial onlooker replies. So it appears upon the surface. Let us look deeper into the minds and hearts of these three mountain-climbers. The first man's face is set resolutely towards the summit, and he is determined to neither pause nor rest until the summit shall be reached. His will is on the heights already, and soon or late we know his resolute determination will bring his body there. The second man Is "resting upon his path content," enjoying the prospect he has already gained, undecided whether to go up or down. His will is alternating between the summit and the base, and we cannot say in which direction he will finally proceed. * This second man is farther from the summit than the first. And the third man?his feet are indeed near the summit, but they are directed downward. He has seen enough already : perhaps he is looking with critical contempt at the poor struggling climber away down there at the base. This man will never reach the summit. He is farthest from it of them all. And bo the last is first, anu the first last.?William De Witt Hyde, D. D. DIVINE CONTROL. The thought that God controls the great universe in which we live, is at once sublime and overpowering. We move as insects in the atmosphere of His providence. He 6peaks, and we come into existence; He breathes upon us. and we vanish as the vapor in the sunlight. We appear to have a little authority, but it is limited and shortlived ; we are in His hands who workoth all good things after the good pleasure of His will. We may choose, but our choice cannot be worked out independent of Him. Daniel Webster once wrote to a friend : "I hope you have been able to bear prosperity with meekness and adversity with patience. These things are all ordered for us better than we could order them for ourselves. We may prny for our daily bread; we may pray for the forgiveness of our sins: we may pray to be kept from temptation, and that the kingdom of God may come in us and in all men, and that His will may be everywhere done, Beyond this we hardly know what good to supplicate Divine mercy. Our Heavenly Father knows what we have need of better than we know ourselves, and we are sure that His eye and His loving-kindness are upon us and around us every moment." The great master at the bar certainly knew well I hrktv fr? mfikp ? nimia jinil (]?vnut ftxhnrta tion. A PRAYER. 0 God of love, we know thou lovest us and thy love has chosen our path. We would have it to. May we trust thy choice of rough and smooth, of time and tide, of wind and shower. Give us all that we need to enable us to light the good fight and to finish our course with joy. Thy loving kindnet-s is in the heavens : enable us to detect its presence in every incident of this day. Thy faithv fulDess reachelh into the skies?help us to reckon upon it in every step of this day's pilgrimage. Thy righteousness is like the great mountains?may we keep it in view always. Thy judgments are a great deepmay ihe thought of tbem give greatness and meaning to the commonest duties. May all our life be gnat, because thou art great.nnd because thy spirit is with us. Enable us to realize more constantly thine all .sufficiency. We ask it in the name of Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord. Amen. THE WELL IX THEE. Has the water that Christ has given thee become, 0 Christian, a well Jn theeV Hast thou within thyself a well of perennial purity and bliss," of beautiful thoughts, delight in (?od, willingness to do his will, peace, strength to resist temptation, love to your fellowmen, anticipation Tf thuro ha in tlioa UI &1UIJ ' " wv this inexhaustible well of all that is desirable.then host thou enough not only for thyself but for thy neighbors, for all mankind in fact. Yes. if thou alone of all the family of man were in possession ol such a well, from thee there might go forth streams to make glad the entire face of the earth, to satisfy the entire wants of men. For this well in thee is Christ in thee.? George Bowen. One who is doing his best is pretty sure to 1 have this recognized ; and one who is not doing his best may be equally sure that it will be known. A keen observer said,in passing a building that was in process cf construction, '"I ean always tell whether those fellows are doing 'lime-work' or 'piecework.' In one case the blows of their hammers drag alonj* slowly, aud seem to say, 'By the day. by the day: in the other case the hammers strike briskly, and say. 'By the job, by the job." Consciously or unconsciously, our actions shew to those around us the spirit that is prompting them. It is the work into which has gone the best life and energy of the worker that dually counts, in the sight of both (?od and men.?S. S. Times. There is n vast difference between prayer in faith and faith in prayer. Having faith in prayer is believing that because certain prayers are offered certaiu re.-ults will follow?that the |iraying wili secure the thing . T. ?f nn pruyeu ior. i i.i>nio " abiding confidence in the Person prayed to; the confidence is in him : it is based on a knowledge of what fie is and on a conviction that ho is every way worthy to be trusted. Proving f"'1'1 ip th(' a"1 of a simPleuhild of God.?H. C'lav Trumbull. Colonizing J.ipa in .Mexico. Negotiations in tho City of Mexico bet wen the Government and representatives of tho Japanese Colonization Association havebeeu concluded 'or a concession of 30J.000 acres of land in Chiapas. Advices have been received at San Diego to tho eflout that tho Japanese win proceed at once to piaco tno Japanese families and coolies on the land for growing coffee, tobacco nod cotton. The Jund is given to tlie Japanese contingent upon making cooiplote surveys and the settling of a given number of "families within ton years, each family to receivo u small tract of land. New York Election Pl?trlct?. There are 1392 voting districtt in New York City. I TEMPERANCE. 8CPP08E. "Cold water, cold water," the birdies call From their hammocks up in the tree top: tall. "Cold water for all of us insects, too." Said they, sipping up the cool morninf dew. "Suppose we birds should go off on a spree And come home as tipsy as we could be?" "Suppose we insects should forget to hum And fill ourselves up on cider and rum?" "SuDpose we birdies sbeuld forget our song And He around stupidly all day Ions?? I wonder what folks would think of us all, If, like drunken men, we'd stagger and fall? "And," said the flowers, "what would th world fhink If we should refuse sweet raindrops t drink; Would refuse dripping water, cool and cleai And ory out for cider and wine and beer?" "And yet," said a bird, from top of a tree, "Men proies3 to oe mucn wiser innu we. "And yet," said an insect, from leafy seat, "He spurns and crushes us 'neath his feet. "No wonder!"' cried all, "there's so much si When, instead of cold water, men drink 8 much Kin. If they'd stick to cold water every day. 'Twould be better for them in every way." ?Mrs. A. E. C. Maskell, in Temparunce Bar ner. DRANK NO MORE TEARS. In several places in the Psalm3 the ra6tn pbor is used of tho beverages of tears, bu bow often in real life is the oastom of drink inj? the tears of their wives and children fu filled in the lives of intemperate husband and fatheis? In 1885. in Arkansas, this seen was enacted: Josh SDeeler. an old toper of lone standin mid capacity, on being invited bv some c bis boon companions to "take a drink," rc plied, "Boys, I won't drink without you tak what I do." The "boys" were surprised. 'The idea." said one of them, ' that yoi should prescribe for us. Perhaps you war ns to drink one of your mixtures. You are boss mixer and I won't agree to it." "Perhaps he wants to run some castor ol in ou us." said another. "No. I'm square?honor bright. Take m drink, boys, and I am with you." They agreed, and ranged themselves alon thu bar. All looked at Speeler. "Mr. Bartender," said ne. "give me a glaf of water." "What? W-a-t-e-r?" "Yes, water. It's a new drink to me, boyi I admit.and it's a scarce article around heri I expect. But let me tell you about it. , few days ago a party of us went flshin'. W took a fine share of whisky along and bad jolly time. Along toward evenin' I got pov erful drunk, and crawled off under a tre and went to sleep. The boys drank ud a the whisky and came back to town. The thouirht it a good joke 'cause they left m out there drunk, and told it around the tow with a big laugh. My son got hold of tb report and told it at home I lay under tht tree all ntsrht, and when I woke in the mon in" my wife sot right there aide of me. Sh said nothin' when I woke up. but turned he *---on/1 t nnnM ow.gnn xpna fl-crvin 'I wish I had sutbin' to drink,' says I. The she took a cap wot she had fetched with he and went to a spring that was near an fefcht-d it full. ''Jest as she was handin' it to me she lear over to hide her eyes, and I saw a tear dro inter the cup. I tuk and drank, and raisli my hands to heaven I vowed, God helpii me, I'd never drink my wife's tears again, a I had been doin' for the last twenty yearf and that I was goin'to stop. You boys knoi who it was that left rae. You all was in tb gang. Give me another glass of water, Mi Bartender."?Union Sign tl. AN ADVANTAGE, NOT A DISADVANTAGE. " 'Is not a young man placed at a disac vantage when he refuses wine at publi dinners?' f " 'I am under the impression that a yonn mau who refuses wine always at a distinc advantage,' says a writer in the Ladle Home Journal. 'A strong adherence to an good principle is always a recommendatio of a young man's character in the eyes of hi elders.' ' 'Can you. as ohe young fellow to anothei honestly say to me that a total abstinenc from liquors is not a barrier to a social su< ces??' "'I can, and with all my heart. Cbangin the negative to the affirmative,I can honest! say that a' young man's best and bighet social success is assured just in proportion a i h? abstains from wines. An indulgence i intoxicants of any sort has never helped man to any social position worth the havinj on the contrary, it has kept many from al tainin? a position to which by birtn and goo breeding and all other qualifications the were entitled. No young man will ever fin that the principle of abstinence from liquc Is a barrier to any success, social, commercia or otherwise. On the other band, it i3 th one principlo in his life which will, in th long rau, help him more than any other.'" NO SVCE BIGHTS EXIST. The drunkard insists on destroying him self, his family, his property, and breakin down all law and order, and is a liters anarchist. Society endures this, and th plea of personal liberty is raised when hi conduct is questioned. Science indicates that such conduct Is ir sane, that the drunkard lia9 no right to an; liberty that brings peril to himself an others. He has no right to be a source c sufferinc; and loss to any community. Th? he has no right to marry and entail on th next generation weakened vitality, disease tendencies and incapacities to live norim lives. ' No man has a right to destroy his reaso by drink, to become diseased by drink, t destroy his moral sense and conception c right or wrong. The higher laws of duty demand that sue conduct be repressed by depriving th victim of liberty which he is so obviousl unfit to enjoy. I EIGHT KIND OF INFLUENCE. | We arc told that a certain saloon keep* on tho line of tbe Chesapeake & Ohio Rai road complains that bis receipts have be? ri-duced from $3000 a month to less tha $700 for tho same time. He attributes th i loss to the active exertions of the Youn Men's Christian Association, which has fc | some timf been u?inp its influence on tt side of sobriety and virtue among the rai roadmen. Other instances of the same soi are reported on the same Railroad. We S3} success to all such effort?. ! truth rhytkikcally expressed. We would like to shake hanils with tt mar. who wrote the fallowing: "Drink, an tbe sang drinks with you; swear off and yo go it alone; for the bar-room bum whodri'nl i your rum has quenchless thirst of his owi feast, and your friends are many; fast, ao 1'!..! they cut you aeaa: mey n uui *ci uiuu * ,?v treat them bud, so long as their stomachs ai i fed. Steal if you pet a million, for then yo can furnish bail: it'.-? the trreat big thief the gets out on leave, while the little one goe9 I jail." A delusion. It is n delusion that is gradually bein shattered that ma It Hauors, taker moderat* ly. fuv not injurious to physical health. Mi Shepharu Homans. so well known as one c the highest author.ties in life insurance sli tistics. says: "Jt is my observation that ma liq?.or, taken habituallv' by the moderat drinker. tend? to increase mortality, for it i a fact that the rate of mortality is great* arsons tho Germans than among our nativ American people."' rKMI KHANf r; \K\VS AND NOTES. Some men pay more for liquor than the do for clothes, and then wonder that the are not considered re?f e-.'table. Civilisation ha* '-utered up judgment c condemnation against the bar rooms. A prominent English judge once sak "There i< scarcely a crime that com?s befot nse that is not. directly or indirectly, cause by. trong drink." The statement was recently made in 1 h German Iteich?tag that there are eleven thoi' sand persons in hospitals in Gernany wh are sulTerimr with delirium tremens. The National Temperance Advocate d< dares that the lienor traffic is to-day th heaviest cIok upon the progress and th deepest disgrace of the nineteenth century. Ii"ferrinj; to the ma'ter of taking th pledge, John 13. (loujrh onfo said: "if th nledL'H h:irl lief in of! "red me when I was I boy in Sunday-school I .should have bae J spared those stvec dteudful year.:." V, | HOUSEHOLD MATTERS, M BITING BILK HMDS.] If you're in the habit of biting ofl ;^| 3 the ends of your silk thread wli'li sewing, and notice that the bitten ? ? thread gives a sweet taste, 6top the <^1 ' praotioe. Acetate of lead has been -v: j used to mate the silk heavy, and jou V | > are getting some of it LIGHT BREAD. J In baking bread it is wrong to put ' it into a very hot oven, for the great heat kills the yeast plant before it ha# vfgg had time to grow, and makes the $jgj e bread heavy. The oven for bread should only be slightly heated, and ^ 0 gradually allowed to get hotter. Bread . . /; >, baked in this way is sure to be very light, and rises to an astonishing de* " TO CLEAN WHITE GOATSKIN BUGS. ^ There are two methods of cleansing -JmB ? white goatskin rags. If not very much soiled, wet a soft oloth with naphtha 7I and rub the hair vigorously, doing a small portion at a time; thee bang the '* rug upon the line in the open air, that . jj the odor may disappear. Do this work \ in the daylight and have no fire in the } room while using the naphtha. If it is ' j t neoessary to wash the rug choose a ;J| j* cool, windy day for the purpose. s Throw half a pint of household ame monia into a tub containing about ; four gallons of water. Place the rug * in ? the tub and allow it to remain ' v- there about thirty minutea; shake ; o thoroughly in the water, rinse carefully in lukewarm water, and hang it lt in the shade in the open air. ^ a dry it will be found very stiff, but ^*al may be softened by hard rubbing and 3m combing with the fingers. HOW TO 8AT7TE WHEN COO KING, K To saute is to cook quiokly over a M a sharp fire, with just enough oil or jo butter to prevent sticking. This pro- \.*3 ; cess the majority of housekeepers ' | J would call frvinc?flat frying, or dry ; ^ i frying; but flat frying and dry frying 0 are awkward, says one of onr beat * cooks, and the sooner we boldly take |1 0 saute into common use, and let it be- ? ll come a kitchen word as familiar as y fricassee, the better. The following q instruction is for the benefit of those ? e who are not quite clear on these imit portant processes in cooking?sauteing - v ? and frying. The process generally :;W| !r meant by "frying" is really sauteing; *. yet so general has been the miscon- , a oeption among all but professed cooks, M ? that one has to take the precaution in ' giving directions for frying to say, vj it "Fry in deep fat." It ought to be P understood i hat to fry is to immerse fj in hot fat. To saute?although every . a Bridget and Gretchen imagines that . ^ Bhe can do it?requires nioety and 's * care to do it well, and is far more diffl- -- *% r< cult than frying in deep fat. The pan requires to be hot, also the fat or butter used, which should cover the bot-' torn of the pan; a bright fire is reJ quired. Things that take long to A cook reauire more fat than those that g require but a short time. Efforts mast ^ * be made to adjust the proportion, as J? y adding (cold fat prevents browning. n Veal cutlets and many other things ;3i s are far better sauted than fried. The . articles eauted require to be watohed | e that they do not burn. > 'l'oe easiest ana saieBi wu_y iu uj ? ?? to use a cooking thermometer, or frio* - y | meter, as it iB sometimee cailed, and it let the fat be 380 degrees for crce, quettes, oysters and articles that only a require two minutes' cooking; 360 de* grees for cutlets and heavier articles. d BECIPES. d Baked Qainces Are Excellent? 'j r Select six good, ripe quinces, wipe dry and set in oven to bake. When . ! I done strip off the skins, sift powdered 3 sugar over them and serve with. ' cream. Pet.ch Pie?Line a pie pan with a J g rich paste. Peel, halve and seed i peaches enough to till the pan. Then a sprinkle over the pie two tablespoon8 fals of flour, one cap of sugar; till up I with thick Bweet cream and bake till H y done?about half an hoar. * Delicious Cornbread?One pint of it sour milk, one level teaspoonful of e soda or one pint of sweet milk -a^d ^ one heaping teaspoonful of baking?"S powder, one tablespoonfal of lard, * n pinch of salt. Stir in white meal o enough to make a batter the consistenoy of sponge cage. Bake twenty ' h minntes by qaiok fire. 16 Tomato Tapioca Soup?To one pint y I of strained red tomatoes add one-half tablespoonful of extract of beer, one tablespoonful of batter, threo small ir tablespoonfuls of minute tapioca, one and one-half pints of hot water, a tean spoonful of> salt and a quarter tea- ' is spoonful of pepper; boil fifteen minutes. Serve with croutons. . I )e Baked Apple Pudding?The yolks J I- of four eggs, six large pippicj grated, 1 n three tablespoonfuts of butter, one- 1 half cup of sugar, the juice and half I the peel of one lemon. Beat sugar and fl butter to cream, stir in yolks and- I ie iemon with the grated apple. Pour in fl 1(1 deep padding dish to bake. Grate I little nutmeg over the top. Eat cold I with cream. I a Stuffed Tomatoes?Selcot six good ' M e sized, firm tomatoes, cut a slice from fl u one end, scoop ont the inside and till Jfl u with dressing made as follows: One 0 i pint of iinely chopped bread crumbs, one small onion chopped tine, one tablespoonfui of batter, one teaspoonful g of enit, one-fourth teaspoonful of pepper. Bake until they are soft, bat HH r- do not lose their shape, and serve with ? bits of parsley. It Grape Catcaup?Wash and stew five IHfl :e pounds of grapes over a slow fire until [t soft. Then strain through a sieve and ? ! mlii five and a half pounds of sugarp^^lB one tablespoonfal of cinnamoD, oneH| tablespoontul of allspice, one table(spoonful of cloves, one tablespoonfal y of pepper, oae-half tablespoonfal cf^BEB salt and one pint of vinegar. Boil^^^E it until a little thick, and bottle. Splen-^fH did for cold meats. jB^^H ^ Murvland Biscuit?Foaz_ezen pints d of flour. Bub into ,-tms a pTec&~tJf^^^B bniter the size of a duck egg, a full^BS e teaspoonful of salt and two-thirds of piut of water. Let the dough stand^^^H 0 to* n foTo minntfls. thpn wnrlr And with heavy mallet nntil the doagh is^HH well blistered and snaps. Roll out,^^B| .. cut in small biscuits oue-half inch^N^J thick, prick with a fork and bake m e quick overt until a delicate brown. a|^H " An ordinary eilk hat weighs onl;^^^H i seven ounces. HHBH