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"J-G&j?l\Urr^oi\ci yem CHAPTER V?Continued. f "While the danoing was in progress Captain Fox found an occasion to draw Jfrenauld to one side, when, without attracting attention, he whispered: "I say, Frenauld, I want you to have moare." "I don't understand," replied Frenauld, not at all surprised at the mysterious manner of hie commander, with irhich he had become very familiar. "I mean you must not step on DenLam's toes." I? "On Denham's toes?" 1 "Yes; some one of these girls must be aearer to him than all the others." "His sweetheart, Captain?" i "If you can point her out among all these beauties," said Frenauld, nodding 3 at the many pretty girls now drawn up on one side for a contra dance, "of WU.\course I shall take care not to offend E? (the gentleman by showing too much at<rAn+irs.r\ 4rr\ f>ia loHv " I'WUViVU WV wuv 1UV.J, "It is one of the two, and I have been puzzling my brain and exhausting my observation to find out if Mi6s Hedges or Miss Conditis the favored one." i "Miss Condit is his adopted si6ter, Captain." ? "So long as he knows she is not his ister by the blood, their relationship . Will be an incentive rather than a bar to love," said Capt. Fox, shaking his yellow head as if still puzzling his brain ' over the strange question he had pro+n himsplf. ' "It really looks to me," responded Trenauld, "ds if that dark-eyed, dashing Miss Hedges vrere the favored one. I'll swear to it that she has bestowed a ?core of kindly glances on him to-night, to one on any of the rest of us." The unexpected appearance of the two yoting ladies under discussion put an end to the conversation, i "Ah, Capt. Fox," said Lea Hedges, you have grown weary already of the dance, though it lacks an hour of midnight." "And Mr. Frenauld quite forgot that I was to have been his partner in this ??t," laughed pretty Ellen Condit, blushlug in the most becoming way at wnat Bhe imagined to be her own audacity in addressing the swarthy young officer in this way. "I was about to seek you," replied frenauld quickly. "I should never forgive myself if I let this opportunity uass." < He gave her his arm, bowed to the Captain and Lea Hedges, and led Ellen to the center of the room, where the young people were going through the tately figures of Sir Koger de Coverly. . Alone with Lea Hedges, and Captain Tox came back to the salutation with fwhich she had first accosted him. "Weary of the dance, Miss Hedges," "he said, with a quick, bold glance of ad-' miration that brought a heightened color to her flowing cheeks; "it is not that, but I am so bewildered by my surroundings, 60 happy to be among the ladies and gentlemen of my own country again, that I forgot what 1 should do to give expression to my de- I light. We sailors are apt to err on J points of etiquette, and the ladies, in sympathetic admiration of our advantages, always look over our ships and see the hearts behind them." "We are anxious that our guests should enjoy themselves, as these our older friends are doing," said Lea, waving a graceful arm in the direction of the officers of the Sea Hawk, who were How drawn up in a row, as if on parade, "but at the same time we are most anxious that they shall all enjoy themselves in the way that to them is most pleasant." "Ah, you have there given in one sentence they key to all true hospitaliiy, though I did not need your kind words to be assured that it was to be found 4?ere. And now. to carrv out my wish fes, what say you to a promenade, or i6 it too cool?" t Capt. Fox turned to the window, by which they were standing, and drawing the heavy curtains further back so that "both could look out, he pointed to the bay now gleaming like a 6ilver mirror In the moonlight and continued: t "The land is beautiful, but It Is most beautiful where the water Hashes in its front like an eye, or reflects its outlines as if it held them in its heart." i "I doubt not, Captan," replied Lea, archly, "but you write sonnets at times or match rhymes in your idle momente with your officers. But we shall stroll down to the beach; it is not far and the air is not too cool." Lea left him for a few moments and ft n/.nrlnt f/in pf + K *?/-y v*? ri i CU niui Ci oiuwcu ovau imvnu over her shoulders in a way that enhanced her loveliness as a proper frame "brings out the beauty of a picture. She took the Captain's arm, and they walked out through the garden and felt on their faces the soft wind laden with ;the odor of apple blossoms and swee? violets. The regular beating of dancing feet the rise and fall of the music, the murmur of the tide, like the drowsy sound of sea shells, all forbade conversation. They walked to the sea 6hore, where Lea sat down on the gunwale of a Btranded boat, against which the Captain leaned. "Ah," he sighed, "since my eariiesl memory I have tried to fancy what heaven is like, but without successhereafter I shall have no difficulty; ] shall only have to recoil tnis niclit." "I am glad you like this plaoe," said Lea, her eyes on the water, and tho moonlight showing the frank expression of her lace. "It is to me the most beautiful place in tho world: but perhaps that is because I know do other land." "Nor do you need to." replied tho Captain, with well affected rapture. "It has been rny good fortune, or my cruel fate, call it what you will, to see every land under the sun wnere men dwell, but though my acquaintance with your beautiful island is brief, I must confess the pleasure of being here is only clouded by the thought that 1 may at any moaaent be called to leave." "Is this your first visit to America, Captain?" she asked. The question was evidently unex pelted, for t&e Captain cougneu ungnuy and hesitated; he thought she would make Borne comment on the words of praise, which he had delivered for effect, rather than with any idea of their truth, lor, in this respect, he was like all other men of tho world. "I have been on the American coarft before, particularly along the (South American coast, ami through the West Indies, but thib is my first vi9it to the province of New York." "Then you have not Been New York City?" but I hope tft 4o bo unless JSL;1 ? : ' dered'to" the West Indies to look after the pirates." "An undertaking that is as dangerous as it is thankless," Baid Lea. Then, with a sigh, "the Sea Hawk has just returned from duty, though Hiany were fearing that she would never come back." "She has in Denham a brave captain, and the crew are, without doubt, worthy of him," saidCapt. Fox. "True; but the Adventure Galley was a fine 6hip, and Capt. "William Kidd, who took command of her in Bermuda, was said to be a very brave and competent man?he came from England for that purpose, yet Capt. Kidd and the Galley have not been heard from since." "Ha in annnosed to have been wrecked or destroyed~Dy the pirates," said Capt. Fox, as if he were uttering an opinion about which there could be no disagreement. "Yes, that is the general belief; at least it was until the last few months." "And it is changed?" "It is changing." "From what cause?" "They say, that is, those that should know, that Captain Kidd Is still alive and his vessel still afloat." "Then he must be unable to find a port, like the mythical Flying Dutchman," laughed Captain Fox. "But how do the people acoount for his absence?" "They say that instead of fighting the pirates, in the Spauish Main, he joined them, and is now their chief," said Lea. "Impossible!" "I simply told the story as 'twas told to me. The news came from New York Dnly last week that the Adventure Galley was recently seen off the coast of the Carolinas. But," she added, with a slight laugh and a changed manner, "what should wo care if there be one - *?'aoo TKaw will nr\f_ pirate me wuia ui iws. trouble us I am very certain." "And if they 6hould do so, Miss Hedges, may I be there to see. He would be a very rash pirate, indeed, that dared to enter this bay while the Sea Hawk and Wanderer swing at their anchors, with shotted guns and strong arms to man them. The true sailor never courts a fight that can be avoided, but I cannot imagine anything that would inspire us to action like the defense of these shores, and their hospitable?I will not add charming, inkftKHonto " uauuau uo? "Thanks. Shall we go back? the music has ceased," said Lea, rising and taking his arm. "As you 6ay, though it seems to me that I could never weary of the place or the companionship," "The novelty would soon wear off " Lea started, for a figure rose from the shadow of %the boat on which they had been sitting, and hobbled directly in front of them, and came to a 6tand. "Hah!" exclaimed the Captain, releasing his arm, and stepping to the front, with his hand on the hilt of his sword, "whom have we here?" "It is only old Dinah," said Lea, who, now that the intruder came into the moonlight, recognized an old neg o woman, who for some years had been living among the Montauk Indians, whose lands were near by. She wa6 old, crippled and repulsive; and not even the Indians, though her coming was comparatively recent, could or would explain who she was, or where 6he lived before they adopted her. The superstitious red men cared for her, and held her in awe, if not in veneration. She spoke English imperfectly, and claimed to have been a voudoo priestess in Africa, from which land she was carried to the New World as a slave She still practiced the voudoo incantations and repulsive mysteries, which gave tier unbounded power over ine eiinple-minded Indians. The crone saw the motion of Captain Fox's hand to his sword, for she raised her staff to warn him rather than to defend herself, while, in a voice that sounded like an old man's, she called out: "Is de dead come to life, en whar's all ez hez gone en died at Bermooda?" "She is insane," whispered Lea, again taking the captain's arm. As they turned towards the house, the old woman stepped nimbly out of their path, but one trembling hand shaded from tne moon the bleared eyes which were sternly fixed on the captain's pallid face. "De wisest ain't dem es knows de mos*. Ef I go up to de bukra house, honey, kin I get eating? Ize offen hungry now!" 6aid the hag, in tones at first insolent, then whining. "Certainly, Dinah, I am sure Mrs. Cop.dit will be gi(id to give you all you want to eat. But why are you so late?" " 'Taint late, Miss; en ef it was, late en early's all de same to me, sept w'en de moon's at de full, en de black snakes - * ? W/*l Aw aw /?Ar?'+ lrn crawib iruiii uai uuico, cu uvu u uuvm Dinah's darwid de forkod stick foh to cotch 'em." Dinah stamped her stick on the ground, and broke into a low chuckle, which ended in a wheezy, asthmatic cough. "Why," &aid Lea, when 6he and Captain Fox came into the light from the parlors, "your adventure 6eems to have alarmed you." "What makes you think so?" he asked with a little laugh. "You are pale." "I am glad of it, for I can lose much tan without being as white as those who do not face ocean storms. But the adventure, as you call it, did startle me, I must confess. You see, Miss Hedges, when one has a precious treasure under his charge he becomes alarmed at shadows, while those without such a care can pass on, singing and V.4.1 It iiiuuguliesij. "Dinah is eccentric, but I am sure Bhe wonld not harm any one." "Where have you truants been?' asked Lieutenant Frenauld, appearing before them with Ellen Condit on his arm. "liambling to the shore," replied Lea. "Proving that sailors soon weary of the land." "No, Miss Condit," said Captain Fojt, with a gallant bow, "but the night wns beputiful and I could not resist. And then we were repaid with quite a little adventure with a certain old Dinnh. who practices the art of prophecy, or something of the kind, for the neighboring Indians." "En I kin tell the futch-ah foh de bukra. Ho. ho/ all wait en see, in de good time, wat all tings I kin do." This was croaked out by Dinah, as she hobbled past,with her grinning face still turned on the group. CHAPTER VI. captain tox returns the compliment. Captain Fox and Mr. Frenauld made a ir*>st favorable impression on the generous, hospitable islanders. Even the reticence of the officers was looked on as an evidence of that modesty which is popularly supposed to accompany great bravery and decided merit. "Moal gallant and accomplished gentlemen." said Dr. Hedges, 'when, a few days after the arrival of the ships, he was discussing the merits of the strangers: "I tell you again, neither the mother land nor the colonies need to lear, so long as their shores are defended by sailors who are at once patriots and ctentlemen." Squire Condr^before replying, tapped I * ? hiB silver snuff-box, touched a spring, and the lid flew open, and then handing it to the doctor, -who took a pinch and bowed as he raised it to his nose?just as men bow when about to drink winehe took a pinch himseir. This done, he ] imitated the doctor by takinc out a red { handkerchief, that looked like a eood- ? sized flag, and they inclined their heads j toward each other and blew bugle blasts of great vigor and resonance into 1 the hankerchlefs. ? "I agree with you. my dear Doctor," { said the squire, replacing the handker- i chief in one of the side-pockets of his ^ velveteen coat. "The officers of tho r Wanderer are gentlemen tried and true, ; of that there cannot be the slightest doubt; and I am right glad to welcome c them here. But I cannot see that in any of the essential requirements of gentility or seamanship, or even in those exterior qualifications that rejoice the eyes of women, and which men are j pleased to behold, that they surpass our own people, the officers and crew of the Sea Hawk." 1 "Well said, Squire Condit," said the f doctor, taking out his snuffbox and pre- c senting it in turn. "Perhaps one who b has a brother and a nephew among the of- j fleers or the Sea Hawk is not competent ^ to judge impartially between the merits of these sailors; but I would not fear, were they foes opposed to each other? * which may heaven forbid?as to the re- < suit of the contest." ? "Nor would I," replied the squire, f helping himself to a pinch of snuff from \ the doctor's bux, and preparing for an- j oth^r blast by taking out his' handker- y chief. "Balph Denham is as dear to me ? :e v.** mnM flooVi nf mT7 flpeh nnd hnnn ? tl? 11 UK} nv*v v* ?j of my bone. It is not for me to say what the Condits are or have been, and, <3 I pray, ever will be; but, though I know t not Ralph's antecedents, I am sure if they t ever are known that they will prove to v be quite as good as mine, or yours, or ^ any one else's in the provinces." "I think, my dear Squire. that you made a mistake in not giving him your v own name, when that stranger first " placed him in your charge " "I could not; the boy was too old then, and would have remembered," replied the squire. "How old was her" 13 "A little over five, the stranger said." a "And that was twenty years ago? \ "Twenty-one years ago?let me see;, g why it is twenty-one years ago this $ V'iflcooH fiTHf. r>f .1 nnp_ Ah. now I recall: my wife spoke of it this morning, and told me that we always celebrated the event like a birthday. Captain Fox has invited us aboard his 6hip this evening, so, alter all, Ralph's arrival, as we call it. will be made much of. Of course, your family will be there, Dovtor?" said the squir9, stamping his feet as if preparing to move on. "Yes; Mrs. Hedges and Lea are great admirers of the new comers; and then, you know, Valentine Dayton and my brother can't well refuse. Sailors, though informal in their ways with landsmen, are said to be very rigid with each other." Dr. Hedges mounted his pony, and rode off. to visit his patients on the other side of the bay, and Squire Condit walked briskly to the eastward, where he had a large farm and many hands to oversee. |TO BE CONTINUED. | POPULAR SCIENCE. Prince Krapotkin says that there is both water and vegetation on the moon. An eminent occulist asserts that e opera glasses tired in theatres olten " spread eye diseases. * Immense deposits of asbestos hare been discovered in the Ferris Range of mountains in Carbon County, Wyoming. J Over 500 fossil elephant teeth have been dredged from the sea at Molea6ea, on the coast of the Mediterran* j ean, since 1870. A telephone exchange has been ee- t tablished in Kioto, Japan, and is said c to have proved a great success. It is B under Government control. A company for the manufacture of j cycles is being promoted in Japan, i The capital is to be 200,000 yen, and i it is intended to export the wheels. i A telegram has been received from 1 the Lowell Observatory, Pt Flagstaff, 1 Arizona, announcing that the canals 1 of Mar?, known as Phison and Euphrates, have been observed again to \ be double. i A new German lamp chimney has ( the bulb in the upper instead of the ? bottom part, and the upper part is cut ( obliquely. It is claimed that this 1 shape makes it safer to blow out the 1 light, while the flame is improved by y I being made tailor and steadier. Professor Yillard, of the Ecole Normale in Paris, has succeeded in making the newly discovered and obdurate gas, argon, combine with water; it required a pressure of 200 atmospheres to coerce it into this combination. The compound is colorless and crystalizes very prettily when kept cool. Among the proposals made at the recent meteorological congress in Paris was one for establishing a station on the coast of Finland, which would issue reports of the breaking up of the ice, the movements of the icebergs, marine currents and the prospects of fisheries. Many shipwrecks, it was urged, might be thus prevented. Professor W. H. Morse, of West field, N. J., has made a little discovery which, he says, will materially decrease the weight of a bicycle. He inflates the tire with hydrogen gae. By thiB means be finds the weight to be reduced by eight pounds, and ? claine that with an aluminum frame 1 the entire machine need not weigh more than ten pounds. Some inventive genius will be coming forward next with a project to light the headlight with gas, fed from the machine iteelf. Eat Apples Before Retiring. Everybody ought to know that tho very best thing he can do is to eat apples just before going to bed. The apple has remarkably efficacious medicinal properties. It is an excellent brain food, because it has more phosphoric acid in easily digested ..1 ?xi c?. *? t* blltipe mini uvuci nunc, ah cAviics the action of the liver, promotes pound and healthy sleep, and thoroughly disinfects the mouth. It helps the kidney secretions nnd prevents calculous growths, while it relieves indigestion and is one of the best, preventives known for diseases of the throat. No harm can come to even o delicate system by the eating of ripe and juicy apples before retiring for the night.? Bulletin of Pharmacy. Discover Keller for Lockjaw. Professor Behrinp and Herr Knorr, a pri- j vote lecturer, announced at Berlin the dis- ' covorv of a tetanus antitoxin, which is ex- ! pected to greatly reduce the number of deaths Iroja traumatic tetanus, 91 lockjaw. A; ^ HOUSEHOLD HITTERS. POLISHING BTEEL. The most unresponsive metal for b lousekeeper to attack is steel; rub md polish a6 one will, unlees a certaiD lecret be known, there is still the dull ook, and the hardware dealer will >nly advise the expensive expedient of ending the steely article to be ground at the factory. The old lashoned knife brick, however, will work vonders here by simply buying it jowdered, mixing with sweet oil and An froolr Allnw fVnn frt UUUlUg V" J in, then polish bristly and finish off pith emery powder. UTHilZINO OLD LISTEN. Tablecloths that are mnch worn in ;he centre will often have edges that ire really etout and strong enough to nake napkins that will prove amply | jood to find their way into the chilIren's school lunoh baskets. |The ohool lunch basket, it is well known, s a fatal spot to place a napkin that is he least valuable. The towels with much worn [centres nake excellent wash cloths, and if loubled and bound with tape, admirible eating bibs for the small boys and jirls of the family. The old towel vash cloths are much better minus lems, deep overcasting and linen floes >eing a more comfortable finish for the dges. Hemstitching on linen is snch a lainty mode of finishing table linen hat the neat housewife is ever proud o have her very best tablecloths and lapkins thus finished. A dozen lamask napkins to be hemstitched will urnish the nicest kind of "pick up" rork when one is away from home.? -uau iiauuow vuiuuiuu* LEARNED OP A GERMAN* MAID. Many times have I received bits of iseful knowledge from those younger .nd far less experienced than mysslf, crites Doria. Not long ago I employed , young German girl, among whose [uties was the care of the lamps. After fashing the chimnevs, she rinsed tbem n cold water and placed them upright in the hot cook stove. I protested, . >ut she said they would not break, eo awaited results. When they were tot and steaming, she took them off ind polished them on a dry cloth and tever, it se?med to me, did chimaay >olish so easily or shine so brightly. Since that time oar lamp ohimneys are always oleaned that way. It is so easily ind quickly done! Apparently the irocess tempers them somewhat, so hat they do not break so easily from iny cause. Again: One day a pack* j ige of beefsteak was brought from the jutchers. When she went to prepare ' t for cooking she opened the paper md spread it oh the table with the teak upon it, which she prooeeded to jound. I watched her with some mis* jivings, for I expected to see the paper j idhere in little particles to the meat, )ut not so; the heavy brown paper was lot even torn, and only slight moisture iad passed through onto the table. Che paper was burned, the spot quickly piped up, and I had learned something j kbout pounding steak.?New England lomestead. BABBITS ARE GOOD EATINO. A favorite method is to prepare rab* )its in imitation of jugged hare, j Cleanse the rabbits thoroughly and rash them well. Cut into small neat jieces and dredge with flour, when fry 0 a pale brown in hot butter. When licely browned, place in a jar that has 1 close lid, add an onion stuck with doves, a lemon peeled and cut in half, md a good seasoning of salt, cayenno jepper and mace. Cover with water, >lace the Hd on the jar, place the jar " 1- ? lp DO IH0 UtJUii. lu u cauuc|jau ui uuu- | ng -water, and lot it stew until tha abbit is very tender, taking care to :eep the water boiling. About three lours will be required to cook the rabsits. Serve with red currant jelly. Curried Rabbit?Clean the rabbit ihoroughly, cut into neat joints. Put nto a stewpan with some sliced >nions, and a generous piece of butter ind lei them acquire, a nice brown jolor. Sift over the rabbits a tablejpoonful of flour, and pour over all ibout one and a half pints of water, ffhich must be boiling. Mix one iablespoon of curry powder with a little water to a smooth paste and add to she rabbit, with one tablespoonful of mushroom powder; allow to simmer >ne hour or more, if the rabbits are )ld, squeeze in the juice of one lemon, ?nd serve in the center of a dish with in edging of boiled rice around. A 1*141 A mo IT ha of.PWPrl Ttfif.h li bVIU OUU1 iui?j ww ww. ..... the rabbit in place of the lemon jaice. Fried Rabbit?Choose rabbits with smooth and sharp claws, as that denotes they are young; should these be blunt and rugged, the ears dry and tough, the animal is old. After emptying and skinning, wash well in sold water and let soak about onefourth hour in warm water, to which has been added a little vinegar, to 3raw the blood. Cut the rabbit into neat joints, and flour them well. Make Bome drippings or butter very hot in a deep frying pan, put in the rabbit, and Jry a nice brown, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and a little fine* ly minced shallots. Draw the pan to the back of the 6tove and pour over a few spoonfuls of mushroom ketchup, cover closely, and let steam a few minutes; then serve. Rabbit Pie?Cut up the rabbit, remove the larger bones, and place the inimal, with a few slices of ham, salt and pepper, a little pounaeu mace and grated nutmeg, in layers in a deep iisb. Sprinkle over all a little fiour and pour in about one-half pint of water. Cover with a crust and bake in a well-heated oven one and a haif hours. Should the crust acquire too much color, place a piece of paper over it to prevent buruing. When done, pour in at the top by means of the hole in the middle of the crust, a little good gravy, which may be made oi the bones of the rabbits boiled with water and flavored with onions, herbs ind Epices.?American Agriculturist. It has been decided by the corpora tion of Harvard university to puruuipato in the restoration of St. Savior's Church in Soutbwark, London, by presenting to it a memorial window ol John Harvard. Pl'e was baptized in the church on November 29, 1C07. Lord Chief Justice Kussell Eaid in n speech on his recent visit to Mon trea], Canada, that the average Eng- I lish judge makes a great sacrifice in ' is. taking the bench. j SABBATH SCHOOL INTJCBNATIONAL LESSON FOK NOVEMBER 15. Lesson Text: "God's Blessing Upon Solomon," Kings ix., 1-U~ Golden Text: Prov. x.. '22? Commentary. 1. "And It cam? to pass, when SoJomoa hud finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do." According to verse 10 the work occupied twenty years, and during all this time Hiram, king of Tyre, helped him with cedar and fir trees and with gold, according to all his desire (verse 11). For this service Solomon gave Hiram ns a kind of present twenty cities in Galilee, which, when Hiram saw, were not pleasing unto him, and he called them Cabul, or displeasing (verses 11-13). It is impossible to please every one, and the &reat joy of a real servant of the Lord is that he seeks not to please men, but God, who trleth our hearts (Gal. i., 10; I Thess.. ii., 4). Concern' ->11 I*. JLIK All I ?11*1 VY <Ji &. it is wniicu luai OU1UU1UU made all that came into bis heart and prosperously effected it (II Ohron. vii., 11). This was wholly due to the blessing of the Lord, wbicn raaketh rich and to which toil addetb nothing (Prov. x.. 22, R. V., margin). The temple is suggestive of the New Jerusalem, the Bride, the Lamb's wife, which is to come down from God out of heaven and be a center and source of blessing to all Nations on the millennial earth. It is now being builded and will be the pure and eternal home of the redeemed out of all Nations. At the building of 8olomon's temple there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron | heard in the honse while it was buildine. for the stones were made ready before they were brought thither (I Kings vii., 7). Eeliewre are the living stones in the living temple and are all made ready down here in the quarries ol dally life before biought to the place of building (I Pet. ii., 5). When we receive the Lord Jesus, we are by His blood made fit to enter heaven (Col. L, 12). but by all His healings with us irom that time we are being prepared for our place in His temple. There is not a trial nor a blow too many in all the daily life, but a "needs be" for every one. 2. "That the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as He nad appeared unto him at Gibeon." At Gibeon the Lord had said unto him, "Ask what I shall give thee" (I Kings iii., 5). And the Lord was so pleased to have him ask only for wisdom that He gave him both riches and honor, which he Jhad not asked (verse 13). Now, after twenty years He appears a second time to bless him yet more. Our Lord Jesus came the first time to give wisdom and righteousness to all who will accept Him. He will come the second time, without sin unto salvation, to bestow the completeness of His redemption (I Cor. i., 30; Heb. ix., 28). He is ever the same great giver, giving grace and glory to all who receive Him. 3. "And the Lord sail unto him, I have heard tny prayer and thy supplication that thou has made before Me." When we ask anything according to His will we kpowt]iat He heareth us, and knowing that He ha3 heard us we know that we have the petitions we desired of Him (I John v., 14,15). The Lord accepted the house to put His name there, ana assured Solomon that His eyes and His heart would be there perpetually. There is something very comforting in this for every believer, for" if we present our bodies according to Bom. xii., 1, 2, we may be sure that He accepts the sacrifice, and if TTJo nomn onH flVfla onH hflflrr wnilW hft tinfin a building of wood and stone, how much more will they be upon every member of the church which is the body of Christ. 4. "And if thou wilt walk before Me, as David, thy father, walked, in integrity, of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee." Compare chapters 11., i; vi., 12; xv., 5. To walk before God in truth with all the heart is the sum of Christian living. To Abram God said, "Walk before Me and be thou perfect" (Gen. xvil.. 1). The Lord being with us (Math, xxviii., 20), it only requires that we steadfastly believe it, and trust Him to live out His life in us, according to GaL 11., 20. A walk with God implies agreement, humility and full control of the Spirit, but if we are only willing God will do it (Amos Hi.. 8; Mlo. vi., 8; I John ii., 6; II Cor. vi., 16). 5. "Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel forever, as I promised to David, thy father." The promise to David was unconditional that his throne would be established forever (II Ham. vii., 12,16). It will be fulfilled in Solomon if he will walk before God with a perfect heart; if not, it will have to wait for some other who will so do. The king has not yet sat on David's throne who completely filled the bill, but He lives and waits for it, and will do it when He shall come the second time. See Isa. ix.. 6, 7; Luke i., 32, 33; Jer. xxii!., 5. 6; Acts ii., 30. fi 7 "If va shall at all turn from follow ing Me then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them, and Israel shall bo a proverb and a byword among ail people." The Lord had said about the same thing to Moses in Deut iv.. 26, 27, and 28 37, and for over eighteen centuries the world has seen it fulfilled, for they ooutinued as a Nation to despise His word and misuse His prophets until there was no reinpdy (II Chron. xxxvi., 16). When in the fullness of time the Son of God Himself came to be their ^Saviour and King they cast Him out and killed Him, saying, "We have no king but Caesar." Hence for all these centuries since our Lord was crucified the land has been desolate and Jerusalem trodden down of the gent 'les. 8,9. "Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land and to this house? Because they forsook the Lord their God, who Drought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt." Thus, said the Lord, would people ask and be answered when they should see the desolations of the city and the land, and so it has been. Whether the Lord deals with Israel or with the church, He desires to show the abundance which He has for and loves to give to His people, that He may be known and trusted in, to His glory and His people's good. See in Deur. xxvii., 1-4, tne"fullness of blessing which was within Israel's reach simply on condition of obedience. Sea in Math. xi.. 27-30; John xiv., 13, 14; xv., 11; xvi.. 24; Bom. xv., 13? some of the fullness that would be manl festly ours to God's glory if we wouia Keep ourselves wholly for Him. Consider also Eph. iii, 20, 21; Jude xxiv., and similar exceeding great and# precious things which would be to His obedient ones, living only unto Him. -'Of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondsmen"' (I Kings ix., 22), and while we who are redeemed delight to be the bond slaves of Jesus Christ there Is no slavishness In His service, for we are at the same time children and friends, free in our Father's house to enjoy all that is His and to delight to do His will.?Lesson Helper. MAY WEAR SHORT SKIRTS. Small Rebellion Among Fair MoneyMakers Over Cycling; Costumes. Pretty nearly a hundred of the girls who make paper money at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, are bicyclists and wear the up-to-date costumes of the modern nbeelwomen. Some envious critic complained to the Chief of the Bureau,Claude & Johnson. The result was that Mr. Je&aaos issued an order to the effect that the girls must not come to the office in short skirts, although he had no objection to their riding the bicycle. All the employes affected formed in line and mnrcnea to .ur. ouauauu vuac >v test. One of the best looking of the girls was put forward as spokesman, and she argued at length on the inconvenience of long skirts and the freedom of short ones. Her arguments wore convincing, for, after taking the matter under consideration for an hour or so, Mr. Johnson had the objectionable order rescinded. The girls are, of course, greatly pleased with their victory, and now even bloomers are talked of as a possibility. An Appie iuiamuii. I A novel and beneficent philanthropy, In jvhich farmers are turning in lo help the city's poor, is the new Apple Mission of Boston. Hundreds of bushels of apples .are given by farmers in New Hampshire and Massachusotts and shipped free of charge by the railroads, the distribution being made by the Associated Charities. The work is called the "farmers' fruit offorings." Big; Exports of Apples. The exports of American apples to Europe this season are said to b? the lurgest in many years. Already more than <00,000 barrels have been exported, while during the corresponding period of Inst season only about 35,000 barrels were shipped. ..." , RELIGIOUS READING. JESUS THE BEVEALEB OF HUMANITY. Jesus was a man. He was. to be sure, more than a man but the church has sometimes forgotten that He was as man and the Son of Man. The humanity is as indispensable as the divinity of our Eord. Jesus was involved in the immense network of human relations; His name figures in the genealogies; and He traces the stream of human blood back to David the king, to Abraham the faithful,and to Adam and Eve the primitive. Perhaps no other name has such a record of connection back to the root of the race. Jesus was a manifold man. His lite was built out on many sides. His activities proceeded In different directions; His offices were various. He was ever attentive to the claims of the divine Father, but He was no rapt devotee.gazing into the heavens and oblivious of what was passing on the earth. His home was among men, where He was attentive to whatever was passing and responsive to even the smallest duty. In every relation he was a true man; no one matter was neglected because other matters were pressed upon His attention. By a multiplicity of claims he was never confused. He could do many things aDd do them wisely and well. J ebus is recognized as the Savior of the worid, but in being the Savior of the world He is, of necessity, much else. No one could be our Savior whose nower did not extend to the whole race and to the ages of mankind. Besides performing the great office of redemption. He is the teacher of the world, the guide of His flock, the consoler of those in darkness and trial, and the inspiration and courage of those set forth to lead in the sacramental host. Jesus, in addition to other offices, is the revealer of man and society. He is a prophet as well as a king ; He brings to light the hidden things of darkness or of obscurity as well as rules over realms already known. We have long been accustomed to think of Him as the revealer of God, of heaven, of the future, of what lies back of the inscrutable vail of providence, but less as the revealer of the human heart and | of human brotherhood. But here was the scene of His greatest revelation. Men do not know much about heaven and the future ; they know less about themselves; and by searching have never been abi" to find out. They are dependent on rome crisis or rift in the order of Providence to become acquainted with themseh'es. They are able to see not by searching out merely; the searching seems only to put the mind in readiness to profit by a grent teacher or an important crisis. The revealing of humanity to itself was more marvelous than the revelation of neaven to it. Jesus begins by revealing the individual to himself and to the world The one man is singled out from the crowd, and the very Isolation enables him to see himself in a new light. There is nothing men fear more than to be singled out and to stand up alone. The light is all around them and their supports are taken away. Their own weaknesses and meannesses are revealed. The individual thus sees himself, and the world sees him in a new and important lijjht. Herod looked very fairly until John's mission uncovered his iniquity; the king could not endure to have the public eye turned on his faulty life. The Pharisee appeared as one of the chief saints until Jesus singled him out. The ministry of Jesus was eminently a ministry of discrmination, a searchlight, a spirit of judgment, a sword penetrating the very life. The spirit of the great Master is given to show every man tvhat he is and what he must do to inherit the kingdom of God. Jesu6 is the revealer of the race. If He begins with one man, He does not end there. The Gospel that ends with the individual is doomed to defeat. Alone man can attain qo high end : all his great qualities are developed in the evolutions of society. Society is man's pvmnasiiim, his school, the golden ladder by which he is to climb up to whatever is good and noble and true. Out of society man would not be developed at all; in its processes he is to be molded and faehiont-d into a diviner type fitted for naDitation in the heavens above. The individual is to be a factor in the work of redemption, but the combination of individuals is to be a grand means by which the world is to be saved. The kingdom of heaveD, the aggregation into one massive organism of His individual disciples, was Christ's way to capture the world But Jesus is a revealer of society?of its normal conditions, true aim and regulative principles. He is a revealer, also, of its defects and decay. What s new light blazed out from the pulpit of Jesus on the degeneracy of Judaism! He revealed the true purpose of God in raising up and preserving the nation ; He showed how far the nation had departed from the straight line of the divine purpose. As one says : '-The person of Jesus is God's aternal judgment upon Dur humanity. He is the prophet and the prophecy of "the rr.ce as it is yet to dwell on the earth in periect communion with the saints in heaven. We are called upon to be sons of God as He was tlie Son of God. There was not an element in Jesus' life that is not in ours. Jes'.:s was the model God bad before Him i;i making man."' He thus knows man. individual and social, and is able by a flash of the true light to reveal him to the gaze of the universe. BELIEVE IX CHARACTER. Jesus was an at solute ana unreserved ueliever in character, and was never weary of Insisting that a man's soul was more than., his environment, and that he must be judged not by what he held and had. butyby what lie was and did. Nothing could be easier than to say, "Lord. Lord," bu: that did not count. Jesus' demand was to do "thft will of My Father which is in heaven," and all of this kind made one family. He only has founded a kingdom on the basis of character ; He only has dared to believe that character will be omnipotent. No weapon in Jesus' view would be 5o winsome, so irresistible, as the beatitudes u action. His disciples were to use no kind oi force, neither tradition, nor miracles, oor the sword, nor money. They were to live as He lived, and influence would conquer the world. Jesus elected twelve menone was a failure?and trained them till they thought with Him. and saw with Him. St. John did not imitate Jesvis. he assimilated Jesus. Each disciple became a centre himself. and so the. kingdom grows by multiplying and widening circles of influence.?Jiev. John Watson, in "The Mind of the Master.'' RKV. DR. ALBERT B. SIMPSON. Rev. Dr. Albert B. Simpson, leader and founder of the Christian and Missionary alliance, is one of the most interesting men in religious circles in the United States. The society has existed but sixteen years and the founder started it without any capital: with little influence and only a handful of followers. In 18M) Dr. Simpson left the ^ ,.e utfM.it l'rvQtivtpri.'in pastorate 01 mc jum - >r ?hurch in New York, in order to* reach the unchurched masses of the great city. The society he formed has become world famous. It is cot a new sect, l>ut an undenominational union of Christians of all sects. The turns of money contributed to it aro wondtrful. almost a quarter of a million having been given by seif-denying people in the last two months. -Many missions are supported in almost every heathen ian<l. G.m nnsT. The motto of the Cape General mission is, 'God First." In one sense that is a beautiful motto, and yet I am not always satisfied with it. because it is a motto that is often misunderstood. "God llrst" may mean *T' second, something else third.and something else fourth, (iod is thus iirst in order, but still <to'i becomes one of a scries of powers and that is not the place (toil wants. The iik-ntiing of the words. "God first." is really "G.iil all: G-.nl everything:" and that is what Christ wants.?Rev. Andrew Murry, in "Jesus Himself." Counterfeit Expert Dead. William Alexander uiartt, wno uieu m Trenton, N. J., recently, had for forty-eisht years been receiving teller lor the Trenton Banking Company. He was the originator of a system of tables used in many banks to detect errors in accounts, and was an expert in detecting counterfeit money. Blindfolded he had often detected a bad bill in a!packace. Pineapples XhTlve in l<'lori(ia. Pineapple culture thrives so at points where it has been tried in Florida that the acreage is bein? extended constantly, and importations may not much longer be necessary. A pinery started eleven months n^o at Citra by H. B.'Sterns has proved so successful that others are to be established there. ... TEMPERING! ^ TEE XABCH OF TBI TZMPESAKCX ABKl I Join hands! Ihe mists are lifting, All the east Is red, What though black clouds, fiercely shifting! Mutter overhead, Storms have come and storms have van* ished, And the green earth stands Trusting till her Ills are banished* Friends, join hands! m Close ranks! Across the valley . H See the foemen stand, ' Massing for the coming rally, Ready for command. Ours to meet and check their scourging, Our reward, the thanks Of the souls this war is purging. Friends, close ranks! Forward, march! The fluid's before us, Homes we love at band; With the God of battles o'er us Tread we now the land. March, till purity shall level Safe highway of peace, March, against rum's rout and revel. Forward for release, March! 1TEW CUBE TOE DBUHKKrHWS. "I was out last night doing the town," said he, "nnd of all the rackets I ever nad in my llle it beat all of them!" - i "Why, I thought you had^worn oil drinks ins," remarked his friends, apparently sur-i prised. v "So I have?and that's where the raoket comes In. Ycm see, I had never done such a thing when I was sober. It was a new senj saiion. And, Incidentally, I have discovered! a new cure for drunkenness. Keeley Isn't in It?cure you in one night, see?" ' "No; I can't say that I do." ' "Well, I'll tell you. Just go out with thej gang you have been used to traveling with^ and stick to soft stuff and cigan yourself all night. Stay right with them all night; goj where they go and see what they see and dO| and listen to them talk. In other words gvt their measure of fun and see what you would! have called fun yourself if you had beenl drinking. You'll then understand what a| fool you have been lots of time*. "I tell you thst if I had had a stenographer and taken down everything that was said, writing in the action and background, and showed those fellows the plain truth, thej1 would never tpuch another drop as long as they lived. "Of all the drivel that passed for wit, and the lugubrious stuff that poqed as humor! J "And they were smart fellows, too?sober: They .laughed at everything?when one said anytning. They went to a new bar every ten minutes till midnight, and the most "i brilliant thing uttered up to that time wad 'Cheer up!' This created such enthusiasm that he repeated it every now and then arf V they sat about the all-night places. Fannied thing I ever saw In my life! Factf. n| . never drink again. Not where I ean be seen and heard?bet your life!"?New York Hex* aid. _ t I.N&BBIATK asoaous. Topeka, Kan., has an inebriate morgne^ . This is a place where drunkards, while in l1' comatose state from a too free indulgence fl in liquors, can be properly laid out so tbaj they may be identified by their friends oi B by their wives or children. This was th< " idea of Commissioners Holiday and Bodgez| . The Commissioners, upon studying th4 I police statistics of Topeka, were pained ta find that a large number of citizens were iOvJ the habit of lapsing from the way of sobri< ety at regular intervals. This was eepeo* V cially eo on Saturday nights. Tbe police of Topeka were put to a good fl deal of trouble by these "regulars," as they H were called, as well as by "transients," who come into their net from time to time. It H was a bother to take people from cell ta cell for the purpose of identifying "drunks*1 when the ceils were utteriy useless in re Btraining the prisoners, who could not have M broken out of jail if they had tried to. 9 It was obviously absurb to put them la the regular morgue, stretched out among H corpses. Then the commissioners conceived Q the happy Idea of setting aside a separata M room at Police Headquarters for an inebrlJ S ates' morgue. iH Here the citizens of Topeka, who havq H temporarily lost control of themselves, azo 'H laid out in formal rows, and gentlemen in- {H quiring for lost friends, or wives who do not M know what has become of their husbands,: -H can make a leisurely inspection of the S bodies. THEY WILL 50T DO IT AOAIV. fl Not long ago, says the National Tempers fl ance Advocate, several employee on the) Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Bail- ' 'H road attached their names to petitions foij fl liquor licenses. The matter was brought to-. H the notice of General Manager W. F. Hall-, H stead at Scranton, Penn. Mr. Hallsteadls H not a Prohibitionist, but he has no sympathy! fl whatever with saloons nor with drinking, I and during his life has done great work for the advancement of the temperance cause in H thousands of different ways. Well, he sent' H for all the "petitioners,"who were informedi S that he would give them just twenty-four. hours to get their names off the saloon petitions. Did they obey orders? Well, you' fl should have seen how those railroad men, "scampered up to the Court House! They, wilt neve/do.it again. M As a reason for his action Mr. Hallstead jfl said: . J. "When we engage men on the D.. L. W. we not only hire muscle but also olear^HO brain, and a man has no more right to in-^HM dnlge in that whloh would becloud or that brain thon he would havu of ta^^l^U drug that would weaken ms masci^^n^nn railroad may adopt the most perfect flHM of railroading in the world, bat it | clear brains to carry oat the systei^^^BHR that is the reason tbe D., L. and W. on having men that have nothing to INCONSISTENT. |U Some of the greatest strikes in the eotunfs try, says Temperance Cause, which threw H| thousands of men oat of employment and BB involved millions of dollars, took place be- HE cause the wages of the laborers were cat down a few cents a day; and yet thousands of these same laborers willingly band ovec MH every day a far larger sum to the most in- HH human of capitalists, the saloon keeper, foe the privilege of ruining themselves and im< BBR poverishing their families. Ml BITI'S AWFUL WOEK. Bum transformed him; rum destroyed his H prospects; rum disappointed parental expeotat ion; rum withered those garlands of com* mencement day; rum cat his hp; rum dashed out his manhood; rum, accursed ram! This fou! thing gives one swing to Its scythe and^HI our best merchants fall; their stores are sold^HH and they sink into dishonored graves. Again it swings its scythc, and some of our bes^^H physicians fail into sufferings that tbej^HH n*?CAar nuaem^nf^Anaoan rtnt />nro VYJCVSb VU>4 uvk V??v. NO COMMENT NECESSARY. We hardly think the accompanyiDg^^^^B| ture needs a word of comment. It its own lesson, says the Rural New In the year ending June 30, 1S93, the of this country consumed 1,207.731,908^DHH Ions of liquor. There is no getting the fact that the money paid for this was wasted. It is also true that the d^HR Inp of this liquor made it necessary vide vast sums of mouey for jails, asylums and poorhouses. What a man would be to fasten a fifty-pound to his back and carry it around where^^^^^^f goes! Yet worse folly than this is the of those temperance people who realja^^^^H| evil of the saloon, and yet do not themselves to put it down. TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES. Intoxicating drink is the greatest fac^^^^^f crime, pauperism, orphanhood, insanity. KBBH Rum outwits alike the teacher, the business, the patriot and the legislatoi^^nHB| Channing. jH^DKHj The man who pays his whisky bill ho pays his meat Dili will soon want^^HH^H wlu>uy than meat. Frenchmen. consume more alcohol^^^^^^H other Europeans, according to before the Basii Congress for Alcohoii^^H^^H Scotland has 183 parishes in whicl^^^^^^H nru no licensed dramshops. Id one otaHH^^^H the parish of Keir. Dumfriesshire, theflH^Bfl only ^