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I am William Fox, Captain of her Majesty's cruiser Wanderer, and right honored am I, dear sir, to salute and Welcome you," replied the Captain, grasping the Squire'B hand. /And my friend," said the Squire, with another bow and a wave of hie left hand, as he turned to the gentleman in th#? hnttle.erreen coat, "is Dr. Nehemiah Hedges, late representative of this county in her Majesty's Provincial Assembly, surgeon to the First Suffolk Volunteers, and our chief physician at this end of the island. * "And may heaven long spare him to keep health to the people and to reflect honor on the crown," said Captain Fox, feiving both hands to the doctor, who, being a very modest man, blushed at . the complimentary words of his friend, and the almost forgotten titles of which J I- S 1' 4Vl klie iouuu uimseu iue pupacooui. f Captain Fox presented his visitors to the officers not on duty, and then all adjourned to the cabin, where the lamps r were lit, and Don, under the directions of Lieutenant Frenauld, had Bet out crystal flagons of wine, wiih a great array of such glasses as the provincial gentlemen had never put eyes on before. "Gentlemen," said the Captain, when *11 the glasses were filled, "permit me ?nd my officers to drink. to your long life and continued prosperity, and to Velcome you with all heartiness on board the "Wanderer." "I but seldom drink wine, and never it " cai/1 Tlnntrir TTcHupr look |/lCOVill/V IV) ? ? ?o 7 <>ver bis wineglass at the captain, "not ' that I object to the fluid in moderate quantities, but that it is so difficult to find on this coast the pore vintage in which our fathers delighted. I drink to you." The glasses were drained, and the captain hastened to sav: "You cannot find that fault with the wine you have just tasted, for it has been twice around the world in the wood, and like sherry, burgundy improves by travel, and unlike some of ourselves, it grows better and purer as the years pass over it." "Ah, It is rare wine, in truth," said Bquire Condit, smacking his lips, and raising his glass to inhale the aroma. "But though our wines cannot be praised, we feel that our brandy is not interior, and G-overnor Dungan, who hon ored us with a visit not long since, assured me that our spiced rum was superior to anything of the kind he had ever tasted. "I hope to confirm the the governor's judgment before I sail hence," said the captain. "You shall have a chance to do so tonight, " said vhe squire,with more enthusiasm than he ordinarily manifested, lor being a law officer and a deacon, he *eif .>?<?>. rpfiftrve was essential to 6U8 tain the dignity of hi6 dual honors. "I am the guardian?or rather I was the guardian?of Captain Ralph Denbam, whom I have grown to look on as a son; and Doctor Hedges is the brother of the flr6t officer, and the uncle of the second officer of the Sea Hawk." "Then let me congratulate you both," said the captain, again shaking hands with his visitors, "lor though I have not the honor ?f a personal acquaintance with the officers of the Sea Hawk, news of their brave exploits in the West Indies has reached me at the other side of the worlc, where the Wanderer has been cruising till ordered to these waters." "You must come and dine with them to-night," said the doctor. "After dinner at my house we adjourn to the quire's, where there will be music and dancing." "A concession I make to the brave ?ailors who have been so long away," exclaimed the squire. "There will be those who, on the morrow, will say, 'Deacon Goodwill Condit has done that ^ for which he should b? disciplined by the concregation.' But should they do V so, I will reply, 'I danced not. and I was not my own master on the occasion.' " t "An excuse that st ould exonerate you with the most rigid,"' laughed Captain Fox; adding as he waved his hand to Don, "we must try one more glass before you leave." Both visitors prot ested that they had had enough. "Then you will h.mor me by permitting me to send eacli of you a cask tomorrow. " The captain said this in a way that gave no chance for refusal, and then he escorted the squire and doctor to the deck; and at his command the sailors sprang into the rigging and cheered as the little yawl bore the delighted old gentlemen away. CHAPTER IT. THE PLAN OUTLINED. 1 V.Aot Karl Kaon a ft*VI IX1 LCI IUC k/vyc*k? UUV4 asv-vu ^M #v.. seconds, Captain Fox named the officers he expected to accompany him ashore vhat night, and then told them to report at once in his cabin. "Gentlemen," hs said, when the officers were gathered about the table, frore which Don, the cabin boy, had removed the flagons and glasses, "this is a nigh' to test each man's power of self-control. I shall expect ycu all to drink, 01 to seem to do 60; but the man who be comes drunken must take the consequences. I cannot forget that at Merlda, Cartagena and Para, 6ome of you ^o far forpot yourselves as to get druni and bring on tights with the natives, who drove you to your boats, and who in their just anger, would have seized our ship had I not turned the guns od them. We cannot avail ourselves o! such a remedy here. Each man musl appear to be what the p eople believe us, :officers and gentlemen in the service of England. At one o'clock I shall expect !you to be on board; in ihe meantime remember?sealed lips and open orders." - - -? J 1_S_ I C'aptiiln f ox "vraveu hhj ngui. uauu, and the officers, Frenauld excepted, withdrew. "Ha, Frenauld," said the Captain, i "when he and his chief executive officer 'bad the cabin to themselves; "as of old our good luck follows. By the spirit of Blake, sir! things could not have happened better." "I am glad for your sake," replied *1 .. I.rl x i trim uiu. "Aye, aye, my lad, and for your own Bake, too. Zounds! Lieutenant, are we Dot to be sharers in the great prize-:" "Yes, Captain; but you will not act without seeing his lordship?" "L'o not say 'lordship;' say 'Col. Graham.' "Why. man. If theso provincials knew there was a live lor.l among them they would eat Jiim uj> with adulation. Remember, we must speak of Col. Graham of the guards; Graham who. under Churchill, led the decisive eharye on t&e French at the battle of NValcourt. il. 'v Ha, ha, ha! This cruise has its comical aspects; It is play instead of hard work. Why, I expected to blow yonder ship out of water before this. But the Colonel will come down, as per arrangemont from 'Ronton, and he will be thun derstruck to find U6 side by side." "And very naturally s:>. I must 6ay you will never have a better chanoe to ( get rid of him." . "To get rid of this Denham, eh, Frenauld?" "I said to get rid of him, Captain." "But, oonfound it, I don't want to get rid of him." "I thought the Colonel wanted him out of the way? _ "So he does, but I don't. His lordconfound my slippery tongue, I mean the Colonel, wants him disposed of, and * * ,,J AU-4. we must make nim oenevB nun, ?? novo earned the money; but Denham, alive and in our power, i6 worth more to us than the richest galleon that, silverfreighted, ever plowed the sea." "Ah, but to get him in our power without a fight; that, in truth, would be an exploit worthy of yourself." "And it shall b? done, Frenauld; it shall be done. Oh, I will court the youth. He is generous, brave, and unsuspicious. I will flatter ard dazzle him. If he loves wine, as a good sailor should, may I be shot if I have him not at sea before six tides have flooded this bay." " My heart beat6 faster at the thought," said Fernauld, with unaffected joy. "Aye, my lad, and it shall leap with perpetual delight after the crowning exploit of our cruise is finished. Now, caption, pruaence, paxience, aim our object masked, like a Dutch battery, with evergreens, rosea, and floating swans: eh, Frenauld?" "Thatis it, Captain." "Come: we have no time to epare, The dinner awaits us ashore, and if tonight the officers of the Wanderer make no impress on the hearts of the fair dames of this island, then have they forgotten in works of war the ways of love, and it will be the first time in all my experience that I ever knew such a fhintr to haDDen." Capt. Fox was in high spirits, but Frenauld did not presume on this, for he well knew that the <jmile could change in the space of a lightning flash to a frown, and that the sentence begun in the softest accents might end in tones !>f thunder. CHAPTER V. BT THE SHORE. There were bonfires along the beach, &nd swarms of boats passing, with aappy crowds aboard, between the ship md the shore. When the Wanderer'6 cutter grated on the 6and, the people cheered the officers and crew as if they were old (riends. And the Squire and the Doctor, with Captain Denham and his officers were there to meet thsm. And after introductions that seemed unnecessary, and 1..X oil not n lull rtf K A*t Aef V> ft billU LttWUUO 1UU Vi iiuut-ow ucni viuooo, u procession was formed and all marched to Doctor Hodges' house, which was now illuminated from the door of the Bummer-kitchen to the highest of the little dormer windows, that looked like single eyes set in the brows of the quaint gables. Mrs. Hedges and Mrs. Condit, with their blooming daughters, welcomed the strangers in the wide hall that ran directly through the comfortable old building, and then led them into the low parlor, the red hangings of which had not yet been removed for the summer. Mrs. Hedges thought this was fortunate, because the evening was cool, and then, with a mother's pride in the beauty of her daughter, she thought the darkcrimson curtains reflected something of their warmth on Lea's cheeks. But a greater master than ever gave color to a fabric had limned the hues of youthful health on the cheeks of Lea Hurioroc ?nrt hpr friend. Ellen Condit: and Captain Fox thought as^he watched them, without appearing to do so, that their eyes were more brilliant and beautiful than the gems which he and his officers wore when on duty, to excite the cupidity of their sailors. The officers, with the frankness that characterizes sailors the world over, were soon talking as familiarly as if they had been away together for years on the same ship. Captain Denham had heard of Captain Fox and the cruiser Wanderer, and he was delighted to meet in America a man he had supposed on the east coast of Africa. "I must say that when I first sighted the Wanderer," said Captain Denham, "that I supposed she was the Adventure Gailey, which was sent from New lork some time ago to suppress the pirates." "Let me see, the Adventure Galley was commanded by Captain William Kidd." said Captain Fox, reflectively. "Yes, he took command of her in Ber mucia, ana mere can ue xiu nuuut nu<>uu the loss of the ship. The Sea Hawk went out to take her place." "And she did it well, Captain Denham. I heard of many of your exploits against the pirates in the West Indies and I am glad of this opportunity to meet you," said Captain Fox, whose officers watched him for their cues. "But how did you happen in here, Captain?" asked Captain Denham. "I 6imply obeyed the orders received in Jamacla. I am to receive further inetructions from Colonel Graham, who should have been here by this time." "I pray he may not be in a hurry, for I know of no place where you can spend a few days more pleasantly," said Captain Denham. This was the only conversation, which might be called at all professional, that the young officers had on this occasion. Lea Hedges waethe soul of animation that evening, without being at ali forward; and Lieutenant Frenauld escorted her to dinner, the Captain having ^he honor of leading in Mrs. Condit, lalph Denham and Mrs. Hedges brought up the rear, and Ellen Condit j and Lieutenant Hedges preoeded them, evidently well pleased with the arrangement. The dinner might be called provincial in its arrangement and large-handed abundance; certain it Is, no other part of the world could have afforded a greater variety of life's good things, nor could any cooks in the great capitals surpass the black women, who, though slaves themselves, were the complete mistresses of all the Hampton kitchens. Shell flsh from the Great South Bay, blue fl6h from the Atlantic, wild fowl from the Great Peconic Bay; wild tur 5 ? fi-Am fha Key, grouse auu vvuuutwa uwu ?,4?w neighboring forests; venison, better than ever royal forest produced, early vegetables, most grateful of all food to the sailors; preserved fruits and nuts, imported and domestic; butter like fanciful gold ingots; these and many other things tame on in regular and seemingly ondless courses; and the dishes steamed uinid masses of flowers gathered from garden and field; and old* la-hioricd wax candies of many colors lit up the whole. All were on good terms before the meal began, but during its progress the thin walls of reserve melted away, and when the bantju.-t?for such we call it? was concluded ail felt like old friends. Wine an I spiced rum we e passed around in abundance, and Captain Fox and hi? gaen appeared Xo fljrlqJt as did the others?and this was a time when f.t wae thought a man could be neither a good Bailor nor a brave soldier if he did not drink?but they did not drink, or even sip, each time they lifted the silver goblets to their lips. < After dinner, the musicians, who had 1 been playing in the vine-covered poroh ; outside, struck up a march, and another , procession was formed; and Squire i Condit, with Mrs. Hedges on his arm, led the way to his own house, where ! the festivities were to be continued. ] Sailors in the service of the British 3 Government were alwaye sure of a wel- , come in the best society of the oolonies. 1 Their commissions implied thafoffloer" ( and "gentleman" were synonymous; and it can be said that a knightly courtesy , ran through the service at this time; 1 for England had entered ?u that grand ' career for supremacy of the ocean < which was afterwards to leave her for a I 1 time its undisputed mistress. The officers of the Wanderer were! made as welcome by the people of Sag Harbor as if, like the Sea Hawk'a crew, they were their own sons and neighbor!?. 1 With the exception of Captain Foxi 3 and Lieutenant Frenauld, the officers of < the Wanderer were not, judging from i their awkward and constrained man-! i ners, much accustomed to ladies' so4 ] ciety, for only the two named could , dance, or at least attempted to do so. ^ This, however, only made the non- i dancers the more acceptable to such . staid citizens as Squire Condit ana 1 Doctor Hedges, who were not so strict ' in church matters as not to enjoy a game ] of whist. i But Captain Fox and Mr. Frenauld j more than made up for the deficiency in ] the others. The former, now that he I I moo In hia mftoniflffarit linlfnrm anrl I I hie expressive face and 6trange blue i ; J ~ i VyCb uutniuug aiiu uaoiiiuK vviuu oaailuotion, was conspicuously fine-looking, < even in the presence of such men as i Captain Denham and Mr. Valentine j Dayton. Mr. Frenauld, though dark, [ and with eyes that a physiognomist j would call "sinister," presented a good1 . foil to his light-haired commander, whom he equaled as a brilliant conversationalist. |TO BB CONTINUED.] ?z _ < A Tree lurned to Iron. While William Teas was removing * sand from a sandstone quarry on his ' farm near Three Tuns, Montgomery County, Penn., he came across what ^ he first thought was a rich vein of iron j ore. The find was ten feet below the 3 surface, surrounded by sand, and only 1 a few inches above the solid rock. Further examination disclosed a cylin- 1 drical mass of iron from six to ten ic- 1 ches in diameter and about fifteen 1 feet long. It had the exact outlines of ^ a tree in a horizontal position, though the roots and branohes were missing. 1 Unfortunately, in taking the trunk from the crnmblipg sandstone, it was broken into many pieces. Mr. Teas reported his discovery to Proleseor Oscar C. S. Carter, of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, who visited the quarry and found the mveteriouB mass was a ferruginized tree. The rough outsido bark oould be clearly distinguished, and on one piece was observed a knot which was entirely converted into iron ore. One fact that convinced Professor Carter that the shaft was part of a tree was that some portions had not entirely lost their identity, but showed the woody texture. They were partially carbonized, he said, resembling charcoal. In fact, they formed an imperfect coal known as lignite, which is found in some of the Western States and there used for fuel. The main ma6s, however, had become brown nemauie ore. "The soil and rocks of the Teas ^ quarry," Professor Carter explained, "once contained enough iron to give them a distinct red color. As the rain water gradually drained through the soil it finally removed the iron in the form of carbonate, and the color of the sandstone changed from red to light yellow."?New York Herald. The Phouendoscope. A newly invented instrument, to be U6ed by physicians and surgeons for detecting the presence of disease by sound, and called the phonendoscope, is thus described by the London Lancet: The instrument consists of a cir cular, flat metal box or tympanum, ' having on its one surface two apertures 1 for the attachment of rubber ear tubes, 1 while the other surface is formed by a thin disc, which is readily thrown into 1 vibration. The best results are obtained by simply applying this disc to ^ the surface to be examined. By an J ingenious contrivance a second disc can be superimposed upon this one 1 and a vulcanite rod attached to the ] former, so that the area of ausculta- i tion may be extremely circumscribed. The conduction of the sound is only ? slightly diminished by the use of this < rod, which thus combines the prinoirile nf fchfl nnlid Rtethosoone with that of the tympanum. The rod furnished with the instrument is about two inches in length, but it is stated that 1 there are other rods of various lengths, 1 to enable the "phonendoscopist" to 1 receive sound vibrations from the 1 natural cavities which communicate 1 with the exterior of the body. Alto- ( gether we consider the instrument highly ingenionB, carefnlly and com- i pactly constructed, useful as an aid 1 to auseultation, and yet not entirely 1 to supercede the use of the stetho- < scope. It may also be found useful i in class demonstration in the clinic, ] 6ince it may be easy, by means of : branch tubes, to enable several persons to listen at the same time. I A Freckle Spriug. A spring whose waters will remove , freckles has been discovered by a man \ j - -1- t> nameci vuua., utr?i ^au*iuc, uj, < P.^rklr ^iBOAVprprl its mvfltarioris Dowura one day by dropping a turkey egg into it. A turkey egg is speckled and 'j freckled all over. Cook, after dropping the egg and fishing it out of the water, was surprised to find it as white | as snow. This astonished him very much, and in order to see whether or not he had been deceived, he selected another egg, examined it closely to see that it was a turkey product, and dropped it in. It, alBO, was cleared of all digcoloratioiis. xms mjeiinea Cook very much. He went home thinking about it, and determined to experiment further with the magic 1 waters. The next day he dropped a squash?streaked and striped and ' spotted?into the spring, and it, too, came out with white and mnrblized surface. Then he washed one of his hands in it, and found that it removed all freckles and tf.n therefrom. -Atlanta Constitution. .. i ' HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. BICE 18 FOOD. Rioe is extremely Jignt ana easy oz digestioq, and is free from all acidity. The only precaution at all necessary in the use of rice is to baye it thoroughly boiled, and it should, of oouree, be drained and dried on the stoye just before being served, so that each grain is separate. Bice is a yery useful food For elderly people and for children. &s a medioine it may be employed nrith great advantage as an astringent, Bither as a drink or as food, either as rice-milk or rice pudding. As an antaoid for heartburn or acidity, a little whole rioe chewed occasionally will often afford more relief than soda, magnesia or chalk. FOB THE LOVE OF BUTTERMILK. An ingenious housekeeper has hit o war nf nrnitnrinff iIaHq. "y"" ? ??J x-.x- ? ions buttermilk without the labor of shurning. The milk ie permitted to sour and partially skimmed bo as to illow enough oream to render it rich, tt can be taken from the ice box, proriding you want it cold, and simply beat it ft few moments with an egg beater (one that turns with a handle is preferable), and you have as fine buttermilk as can be made under any process. There are bo many invalids ffhs crave it, and yet it is often an impossibility to get it pure and rich, [t is usually diluted with water and sften there are bo many lumps of but* ter floating throigh it that it is not rery inviting, but by this mode any ane who can get any amount of milk, -- ?-?moll ?or> mo llittlllCI UUVT DUIWII vuu , in a few moments a drink fit for kings. | Try it and see how quickly this delightful drunk can he had.?Atlanta Constitution. , DOMESTIC POTPOURRI. A pinch of salt added to the whites t>f eggs makes them whip more easily. The addition of a little vinegar to the water in whioh white fish is boiled keeps it firm and a good color. Crab-apple jelly is greatly improved ov the addition of a little lemon. Af- j tier the jelly has been strained squeeze in the juice of one lemon to every two it three pints of jelly. Tansy is a sure preventative for moths. Sprinkle the leaves freely ibout your woolens and furs, and the moths will never get into them. A Fourth generation now using blankets thus preserved shows the efficacy of that remedy of olden times. According to a famous palm fancier the leases of a palm should be washed not with pure water, but milk and water, which has a wonderful way of preventing the appearanoe of the brown spots which are so disfiguring. When a flock of hens will not range over fields on fair days, but sit under treea or bushes, making no effort to sxercise or seek food, it indicates that they are overfed and too fat, and will QOf. produce eggs. The best treatment is to give no food for a week, so as to compel them to exercise and reduce their flesh. It is useless to attempt to seonre many eggs from very A i" ?o 4-Viott aro thpn nnt of eon ittW iUYTJO) 90 UUW J v v.. w. ? iition for laying. The most recent and approved method of making mnstard plaster is bo mix one teaspoonful of mustard with three of corn meal, using just sufficient water to make the paste of the right consistency. It is simple, mild, efficacious and the materials for it likely to be within easy reach. A good antiseptic dressing for sore* ar bruises is made by dissolving 210 grains of boric aoid and thirty grains Df salicylic aoid in two pints of water. A grateful mother has just told of the almost miraculous cure of her grown-up son by the very simple msans advised by an eminent physi* 3ian. it was a case of debility and smaciation that nothing could seem to reach until the physician in ques tion prescribed a remedy that he lias Found remarkably effioacious in treating weak invalids and delicate children. This was nothing more than the eating of an unlimited amount of [narrow. Every day a iarge quantity of the bones containing marrow was ordered from the meat markets. The only preparation necessary, was to warm the marrow sufficiently to enable it to be easily spread on bread; then with the addition of a little salt to render it more palatable, it was ready to do its work of regeneration. Under this treatment the person mentioned gained during the first two 1 ~A On/1 cfrOn CT f.}l tvetj&u ieu puuuus ui UDUU ?Uv. ? in proportion, and afterward con* tinned to gain speedily until health ind strength were quite restored.? Chicago Record. BBCIPE3. Mixed Piokles?One gallon cucumbers, cut small; one gallon green tomatoes, quartered; half a gallon of unions, steamed; two beads of cauliflower, steamed; half dozen green peppers. Soald in strong brine; let stand jne or two dayt. Peaoh Custard?Line the bottom of i pudding dish with pared and halved free-stone peaches, cavities up. Fill these with soft sugar. Make a rich, 3ornstatch custard, stir over the fire until quite thick and pour over the peaches. Cover with a thick me ringue, which lightly brown. Serve eery cold. Continental Hotel Waffles?Put into one quart of sifted flour three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of sugar, all thoroughly stirred and sifted together; add a tablespoonful of melted butter, 6ix well beaten eggs and a pint of Rweet milk; cook in waffle-irons heated and well greased. Serve hot. Banana Pie?Beat the yolks of two eggs to a cream, with one-half cupful of sugar ; add one and a half cnpluls of sweet milk, peel and mash two large bananas or three email ones; sift them and add to the other ingredients. Bake with one crust, and when done cover with a meringue made of two whites of eggs and three tablespoonfuls of sugar. Serve cold. Cornstarch Custard?Two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch to one quart of milk: mix the cornstarch with a Rmall quantity of the milk and flavor it; beat up two eggs. Heat remainder of the milk to near boiling, then add the mixed cornstarch, the eggs, four tablespooni'uls of sugar, a little butter and a pinch of salt. Boil two minutes, stirring it briskly. 1 RELIGIOUS READING, LIVE TODAV. Live in present thanksgiving. Count thy sunbeams now. Treasure today the gems that are strewn upon thy path. The love that is merely retrospective is a very pain lul thing. II thy days 01 sorrow at any time should oloud thy days of joy. I would like thee to be able to say, "Well, while they lasted, I did appreciate them." There are some who want to feel at death that their life has been a vain show. I would not have it so with thee. 0 my soul! I wojild like, when death comes, to feel that I had thoroughly enjoyed life?taken the honey from the flower as God meant me to take it. It Bhall be a great solace to me at twilight that I have basked with conscious joy in the heat of the day. Therefore I shall bask in it now. The cup of gladness which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it, even unto the dregs ? I shall thank Him for every bird that sings. I shall praise Him for every flower that blows. I shall bless Him for every stream that warbles. I shall love Him for every heart that loves. I shall see the sparkling of the cup ere it passes to the band of my brother. There shall be no remorse of memory when I have thanked God for today.? George Matheson D. D. BORROW. 8orrow came to you yesterday and emptied your home. Your first impulse now is to give up and sit down in despair amid the wrecks of your hopes. But you dare not do it. You are in the line of battle, and the crisis is at hand. To falter a moment would be to imperil some holy interest. Other lives would be harmed by youi pausing. Holy interests would suffer, should your hands be folded. You must not linger even to indulge your grief. Sorrows are but incidents in life, and must not interrupt us. We must leave them behind, while we press on to the things that are before. Then God has so ordered; too. that in pressing on in duty we shall find the truest, richest comfort for ourselves. Sitting down to brood over our sorrows, the darkness deepens about us and creeps into our heart, and our strength changes to weakness. But il we turn away from the gloom.and take up the tasks and duties to which God calls us, the light will come again aud we shall grow stronger. CHBIST GROWS. If Christ seems no greater to us now than yhen we first became His follower, it is a bad sign. If He has not groxv'n in our estimation,it only shows that we have been living at a distance from Him and have not been growing in our knowledge of Him. A mountain never seems to grow any higher to one who never approaches any nearer to it; and the heavens never grow in depth, { wonder, or glory to any one who nevei studies them or seeks to peer into them. And so, if Christ is no greater in our eyes now thaD He was years ago, it only proves that we have not been living up to our privileges. If the indwelling Christ that wa9 formed within us at conversion has not grown into a larger Christ.it only shows that there has been something wrong in us. He is an increasing Christ. He is a growing Christ. And if He has not been allowed to develop within us, the fault is in us. For it is HiB very nature to grow.? J. R. Mitchell. D. D. PRAYEB. Help me, father of my spirit, to live as one of thy children. Let not the world have do ninion over me, however intimate my contact with it may be. May I have the vision of heavenly things so constantly before my gaze that all unconsciously the spiritual shall take possession of my life. and the divine influence shall permeate an my doing. Creator of all,help me to interpret alJ that is. and, mindful of thy grace in Christ Jesus, may I live as in a world of spirit, becoming more and more a partaker of the divine nature. Let not the world dictate my life to me. but rather be thou the arbiter of my lot, O Father ever blessed. May the impulses of my soul rather than the imperious world incite to all my activity: and grant to me, in the name of thy son, Jesus Christ, and for his sake, that peace of God which passeth all understanding, because my soul is learning to do thy will. Amen. OUR PATH. Away down in the darkness, in the heart of the great steamer, the engineer stands. He never sees how the vessel moves. He does not know where she is going. It is not his duty to know. It is his only to answer every signal, to start his engine," to quicken or slow Its motion, to reserve it, just as he is directed by the one whose part it is to see. He has nothing whatever to do with the vessel's course. He sees not an inch of the sea. It is not our part to guide our life in this world,amid its tangled aiTairs.lt is ours just to do our duty, our Master's bidding. Christ's hand is on the helm. He sees all me imure, ne pnois us. ub jcaru iu thank God that we cannot know the future, that we need not know it. Christ knows it, and it is better to go on in the dark with Him. letting Him lead, than to go alone in the light, and choose our own path.?J. R Miller, D. D. , VOICE OF GOD. If you have any trial which seems intolerable, pray?pray that it be relieved or changed. We may pray for anything, not wrong in itself, with perfect freedom, if we do not pray selfishly. One disabled from duty by sickness may pray for health, that he may do his work : or one hemmed in by internal impediments may pray for utterance, that he may serve better the truth and the right. Or. if we have a besetting sin. we may pray to ba delivered from it, in order to serve God and man, and not be ourselves Satans to mislead and destroy. But the answer to the prayer may be. as it was to Faul, not the remeval of the thorn, but instead, a growing insight into its meaning and value.-The voice of God in our soul may show us, as we look up to Him, that His strength is enough to enable us to bear it.? Tames Freeman Clarke. To attempt to lead the spiritual life with out devotion is even a greater mistake than to go apart from our duties in order to lead it. Our flying on God's errands will be an unhallowed flight if we do not first secretly adore Him in our hearts. A prayerless day of hard work consecrated by no holy meditation?oh. what a dull, plodding, trampint? dav it is! How do we snend money in such a day for that which is" not bread and our labor for that which satisfieth not. How does God in such a day deal with us as with the Egyptians of old. taking off the chariot wheels from our work so that we drive it heavily.?Edwarn M. Goulburn. A man's world is what his heart makes it to be. When his heart changes the world changes. When faith has come in and renewed his heart he henceforth walks in a new world. A new aspect comes over the face of all things. Faith r veals to him new aud important truths concerning everything so that he can 110 longer take a step iu just the mood that he formerly did. nor look upon a single individual as he once did. George Bowp. "Say, ''What have 1 yot to do today? " Not "What have I to enjoy or suffer? ""but "What have I to do?" Don't try to be happy but try to work. Work for God. and happiness will come.?Anon. Trayer is a key to open the gate of heaven and let grace out. and prayer is a lock to fasten our hearts and keep grace in.? Adams. ^ I>agt of a Famous Derelict. fino of the famous derelicts, the lumber schooner Alma Cummings, which the Hydrographic Office estimates to have drifted upwards of 6000 miles since she was abandoned at sea, February 11, 1895, ha* Anally gone ashore on one of the islands off the San Bins coast. Novel Election Bribery Law. A novel provision of the IudiUnn election bribery law is that ho who accepts a bribo for voting or for neglecting ttf vote may reeover. in an action at law. 3330 from the briber. ?/ j A Unique Conference. I An international confcrerico is to bo held in Europe with the object >>t fixing a universal standard for screws ap.d bolts* *y V , s / / } I u k do ATrrr crTFnAT un.jjun.xu. uvj-lwju INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOI NOVEMBER 8. Lesson Text: "The Temple Dedl cated," I Kings vIU., 54-03? Golden Text: Heb. 11, 20 Commentary. 54 "He nrose from before the altar of th Lord, from kneelJiig on his knees, with hi hands spread up to heaven." Inthatpositlo: on a brazen scaffold (II Chron. vi., 13), In th light of all Israel haa Solomon prayed to th Lord as he dedicated to Him the tempi which he had been privileged to build. Th temple bein? finished, they brought to it th ark of the covenant from Zion, and the tat ernacle from Oibeon, with all the holy vef sels. and put all in the temple (verse 4 an II Chron. i., 3, 4). We are not told that an of the tabernacle furniture was used in th temple except the ark of the covenam Everything but the ark was on a much law and grander scale. They had ten tables an ten candlesticks, etc., but the same ark coo nnfhlnc hilt th? two t?hl?? nf atnr (verse 9). When Solomon bad made an en of praying, tbe fire oame down from heave ana consumed the burnt offering and tt sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled tb bouse so that even the priest6 eouldnot ent< Into the house because of the glory (II Chroi vii., 1, 2; v., 13,14). 55. "And he stood and blessed all the cor gregatlon of Israel with a loud voice." Th eight divisions of his prayer may be easi! recognized by the. eight times repeated "Hear Thou in heaven" (verses 30. 32, 336, 39, 43, 45,49). The objeot of tbe temp] Is seen in the oft repeated phrase, "Anhouf for the name of the Lord," or "For Th name" (verses 16, 17, 18.19,20,48, 44, 48), 1 order that ''all people of the earth may kno^ Thy name, to fear Thee, as do Thy people c Israel (verse 43), for there is no God 1 heaven above or on earth beneath like th Lord God of Israel (verse 23), who doet wonders for His servants, requiring of ther only that they walk before Him with all thel heart. His people are a separated peopl onto Him from all the people of the earth t< be His inheritance" (verse 58). 56. "Blessed be the Lord that hath give: rest unto His people Israel, according to< a that He promised. There hath not faile one word of ifll His good promise, which H promised by the hand of Moses, His servant Before he prayed he also blessed the congrt afl.fi nn rft Prrina tn !)>a T.nnH*a crnnHnAca on faithfulness in having fulfilled with His han all that He spake with His month (verses If 24). In Joshua's farewell be also said, "I know in all your hearts and in all your soul that not one thing hathfailed of all the goo things which the Lord your God spake cox cerning you" (Joshua xxiii.,14.) 57. "The Lord our God be with us, as H was with our fathers. Let Him not leave u nor forsake us." God had, through Mosei His servant, spoken of this rest for His pet pie, and this place where He would cans His name to dwell (Deut. xii., 10,11), an He had also given them these promise! "The Lord thy God, He it is that doth g with thee; He will not fail thee nor forsak thee. Fear not, neither be dismayed" (Deu xxxi., 6, 8). His great encouragement t Moses himself and to Joshua and Gideon wa "I will be with thee" (Ex. Hi., 12; Joshua 1 B-.Tilde, vi WiY Wa mav wflll na ormtar with such things as we have sinoe He hat said, "I will never leave thee nor forsak thee" (Heb. xiii.. 5). 58. ''That He may incline oar hearts unt Him to walk in all His ways." To know Hii is the greatest thing on earth, and perhap In heaven, too. It is better than wisdom c riches or might (Jer. Ix, 23, 24). He said i His great prayer, "0, righteous Father, th world hath not known Thee, but I hav known Thee" (John xvii.. 25), and in vere S He said that it was eternal life to kno' God and Jesus Christ 59. "And let these my words, wherewith have made supplication before the Lord, t nigh unto the Lord our God day and night Solomon asked this in order that the Lor may maintain bis cause and tbe cause ( Israel as each day shall require. See margi and R. V.. and also Jer. lit, 34. where th Hebrew phrase is the same. It is a dally r< lying upon the Lord to manage all that coi cerns us. and He will surely do it for all wfa truly rely upon Him, not only day by dai but every moment (Lsa. rxvii., 3). 60. "That all the people of the earth ma know that the Lord is God, and that there i none else." For that reason was Jorda divided (Joshua iv., 24), and for the sam reason will God yet do wondrous things fc Israel (Essek. xxxviii., 23). He would d wondrous things for His people to-day they would but live wholly for Him an serve Him in sincerity with all the hear 'He is still saying. "Call unto Me and I wi answer thee and show thee great an mighty things which thou knowest not (Jer. xxxiii., 3). It is written- that "th Pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in Hi and." And if His saints would be cheei fully in His band and at His feet for Hi pleasure, what might He not do? (Isa. llii 10; Deut. xxs., 3.) 61. "Let your heart therefore be perfe< with the Lord our God, to walk in HI statutes and to keeD His commandments, a at this day." Davitf. ere he died, admonishe Solomon to serve the Lord with a perfec heart and with a willing mind, and praye God to give him a perfect heart to keep Hi commandments (I Chron. xxviii., 9; xxix 9). The Lord said to Abram, "Walk befor Me and be thou perfect," and to Israe "Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord th God" (Gen. xvii.. 1; Deut. rviii., 13). As t daily life there is no one perfect in the sens of being without sin, for of all men the Lor Jesus Christ was the only man that eve lived without sin, but any redeemed sot can by the grace of God live and walk up rightly and have a whole heart tor God which is the sense of perfect in these texfc 62. "And the king, and all Israel with hln offered sacrifice before the Lord." Notic the oneness of the king and all Israel in th matter of the sacrifice. Every sacrifice trul , offered to God from the time that the Lor (Joel made.unto Aiam ana jive coats oj skis and clothed them (Gen. 111., 21) pointed t the only sacrifice that could take away sin ?that of the Lamb of God foreordained b< fore the foundation of the world (I Pet. i 20). 63. '-30 the king and all the children c Israel dedicated the house of the Lord. And the Lord accepted the house and fllle it with His glory, as we have seen. We ar commanded to present our bodies a Uvinj sacrifice as temples in which God the Fathei Son and Spirit may dwell (Rom. xii., 1. 2 John xiv., 17, 23). And as truly as we d this by virtue of His blond shed for us, H will accept the offering through the merit of Jesus Christ and fill us with His Spirit oven with all the fullness of God (Eph. ill. 19). Thu? shall we know the exceedin srentnvss of His power toward us who bt lieve (Eph. i.. 19). ?Lesson Helper. THE TELEGRAPH AS A CIViL'ZER. Indian Oatrnsres Checked by the Efficiency of the Government Lines. In his annual report General Greely, th Chief 3ignal Officer, says that commercia business ,over the military telegraph line running through mountainous and deser regions during the past year has largely in created, and the receipts now amount t< one-twelfth of the cost of operating the en tire Signal Corps. General Greelv says these lines hav proved of benefit to commerce, opening u otherwise isolated but important region and deterring the Indians from outbreaks The interruptions to communication, whicl were in the past frequently caused bv thi shooting down the insulators of the lines were very few last year. The speedy repair were due to a large extent to the use o bicycles by linemen in the pla-.-e of wagons Often repairs have been thus tnado in les< time thau would have been consumed in ob taining a hotse and wacon. The corps is still experimenting to find th most suitable type of wheel for the work A twenty-live to thirty pound machine with pneumatic tires, has been found to giv the best results. The experiments made abroad to develoj the use of balloons in warfare are referred to, and General Greely says that: this i an American idea, originating with Gener.i FUz-Jonn jrorter eariy in ine inie war. n concludes that no movable balloon has ye met the requirements, notwithstanding th expensive experiments made in Europe, au that while the flying maehiue. 1 hanks to th work of Maxim and Lanirley, i.s near ;i r\f thu miK uuiiu, ( iicj i tvyuiou v*. ?uv % *.ui j still be in captive balloons. Accordingly he has supplied an outfit t the post at Foil Lotran, Col., and will as for $10,GOO to complete the work. Metric system in jtiexico. The metric system has j ust gone into cffoc Jn Mexico^ JL I TEMPERANCE, | I TUBS IB BOOK AT TUX TOT. There is always room at the top, dear boys; So leave the crowd and climb; Don't gaze at the ladder and measure its length, As yon grasp each roind you will gain new strength, I And mount to the top in time. H There is room to grow great 11 you're wise, e dear boys, rrX s Boom for brain and soul to expand; a In the duties that wait each to claim its e hour. e There's a setting of gold for eaoh gem of e power, e Tbe finest in all the land, e , J >- Would tou climb to the top, don't tarry, {.< > boys, ( d Where the wine glows ruby red. v There the luring paths are dangerous ways, ? There a maelstrom swallows life's golden i ir There ^fll his snare has spread, d ?Mrs. M. T. Bailey. V* ie d A TSBIXJJ5Q 8TOBT BT i. B. OOUOK. n A minister of the gospel told me one of the ie most thrilling incidents I ever heard In my >e life. A member of his congregatlonvcame >r home for the first time In his life intoxicated, l. and his boy met him upon the doorstep, clapping his hands, exclaiming: i- "Papa's come home!" te He seized the boy by the shoulder, swung y him around, staggered and fell In the halt The minister said tome: *. "1 cooia give you bib name, u hbocbmu jr. le I spent the night In the house. I went oat. ie bared my brow that the night air might (all Y upon It and cool It I walked down the hilL n There was his child?dead! There was his wile in strong convulsions, and he asleep!" >f A man but thirty years of age asleep with n. a dead child in the house, having a blue mark a upon the temple where thecornerof the marfa ble steps had come in contaot with the nead n as be swung him around, and a wile upon r the brink of the grave! j 0 i "Mr. Gougb,"said my friend, "I cursed } the drink. He had told me I must remain \ till be awoke, and I did. When he awoke he n * passed his hand over his face and exclaimed: . H 'What Is the matter? Wtere am I? Where d Is my boy?1 Vj e You cannot see him. j " " 'Stand out of the way! I will see my A 5- boy!' '.#j d "To prevent confusion I took him to the d child's bed, and ail I turned down the sheet 1 >. and showed him the corpse he uttered a wild e shriek: 'Ob, my child! If That minister said further to me: "One u year arrer oe wua uruugm uum a iumu? i- asylnm to lie side by side with his wife la one grave, and I attended the funeral." e The minister of the gospel who told me a that fact Is to-day a drunken hostler In a 3, stable to Boston. ? .ty >- Now tell me what rum wont do! It will ? debase, degrade, lmbrute and damn everyd t blng that Is noble, bright, glorious and God- \ 9: like to a human being. There is nothing o that drink will not do that is vile, dastardly, :e cowardly, sneaklsh or hellish. We are ^ t. united, comrades, are we not, to fight tfcte ? o monster, rum, till the day of our death?? a Charleston Messenger. ? FACTS STBAJ?fl*B THAW nCTXOJT. e With a rumseller on each side of him, I once bad a grocer who owed me for goods, and i 0 the bill was overdue three- months. He JL n wanted more goods. I called for a settieIS ment or reasons for not settling. He replied: ,r "Stop right here till 12 o'clock and I'll show - i n you." From the fuctory gate, directly to .< ,e iront of that grocer's, the operatives came e from the factory at 12 o'olook. The line (e parted?each had a tin pail?and part went w to one rum shop and a part to the other. vw' Then they came out; with pots of beer and Vj 1 united again at the grocer's counter, bought j )0 their bread, had it charged and went home, " The ramsellers got cash for their beer. So ' r j d times were hard with the grocer, collections I ){ slow and margins small, and the rumseller I n bad a patent on his rum business, and, as 1 e this was to Massachusetts, the law'guaran- I >. teed to him a possible 1000 customers. My - J grocer looked forward to better times also; if o and he moved from that place to one wherej j there were no saloons near, and ultimately, settled with me. FActs drawn from real life y are stranger than Action. Bnt the strange is thing about this episode Is that this same exn perience is borne by merchants and men ot l6 business all over the land, and still the merir ?hant and man of business continues to 0 sharpen the sword that cuts him.?Axiom, if In Pilot. 1 ' * 2 ? f. DEBASED 3UKHOOD Ji Goes reeling in and' out of our 260.000 ? saloons. Debased manhood graduates from the Sanday-school and the churoh pews into, j? the houses of ill fame. Debased manhood' , drinks, chews, smoke and spits away an almost even $2,000,000,000 every year in these United States, and then turns and r#res and ' swears over the hard times. Debased man,t hood whips its wives, cuts the throats of ita ? children and fills the land with dread and terror. Debased manhood sells Its very soul j for beer and money on Election Day, and ? necessitates the invention of a cast-iron man , 1 in the form of a Myers voting maohine to do ? Its balloting for it In the Interest of purer elections. Shame on Amerloa when her sons, , ' descended from the sires of seventy-six. can , onlv be made honest by machinery.? Elmira y (N. Y.) Facts. ? COULD TEUST Hill. d A teetotaler once called upon some Oovemir ment officials with the expectation of making il large contracts for goods. They immediately i- Invited him to drink. He declined. They I, Insisted that he must drink. Then he rej. fused. Thereupon one of the half-drunken i fools tried to force him, declaring that he a would buy no goods of him if he did not e drink. Then said the other, "Yon buy no y goods of me," and walked away. The next d morning, the fiery madness having been s slept off, the officers made most unexpectedly o large contracts oe cause may nau iouuu, iu h s their surprise, a man true as steel?a man j. tiiat could be trusted. , H woman's obus^de XX ST. LOUIS. I >' The Woman's Christian Temperance Union I " of St. Lonls has entered upon a crusade d against the wine rooms which are connected e with many of the saloons in the down town ? district of the city. These vile resorts, fchlah - are conducted, It would seem, in utter dto- m I; regard of the law prohibiting the B&le of o liquor to minors, whloh are seductive traps 9 ? for the ubwary. and the starting points for s those who are taking their first steps in th<* downward course, are ruining scores of boyt B and girls. fl W8AT TEX LIQCOB ISA7710 DOM. H The liquor traffic takes directly -nnd indirectlv $2,000,000,000 from legitimate Indus- H tries and cuts the amount of wages which go into the people's pockets almost In four and aH reduces the number of those employed by ' such capital by about seventy-eight per cent. In addition to all this, it crowds tne labor , market by forcing woman and child labor ' upon it and demoralizes it by the ruinous ' competition which drinking meu everywhere^^H _ bring to sober labor. I GREAT CAUSE OF SOCIAL EVIL. Hero is Archbishop Ireland's arrnignm^^^Hflj e of the driuk evil: ''The great cause of soo^H^Hj c crime is drink. The great cause of povo^l^Hu c is drink. When I hear of a family brol^^^HE up and ask the cause?drink, if I go to j gallows nod ask its victim the cause, 9 answer?drink. Then I ask myself In dement, why do not men put a stop to s thing?" Hjlaflf TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES. J The saloons say, "You furnish tbe We do the rest." Of the working men who have won t^HH 3 way to the British House cf Commons, one was not an abstainer. e There is no excuse for the man who^^^^^fl quents the saloons. He goes there of^^^^H ? -a TT^ ic nnh fnr^oH P UWU CUU1VC. J Proverty nnd drunkenness act and reac^^^^^D s each other. Both cause ignorance and^^^^^H il ease, parents of all vice and nahajpprm^H^^^^I f The Earl of Carlisle hoe given a pract^flJ^^H illustration of hts belief in the drink ? destroying the contents of his famous 'i Absinthe drinking is said to be on th^RHjH t crease in England, ana a society recently organized to work for special HHH 0 lation against the Insidious liquor. lc The devil might have thought out I -l?v, tlinn ?!,? ,?nnir,r. LUUI'V; pitii-L iuuu mw rooms for dastro ving soulS, but tbe bar^BBBl Is doing so much for him that he t put any new plan in met ion. I ^ M ^B