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> CHAPTEK VIII?Continued. ^ * The boat was now close alongside th? "Wanderer, and Captain Fox stood readj to receive hlB visitor. Colonel Graham ascended to the deck with the light, active step of a much younger man, and he met Captain Fox with more heartiness than might be expected from one of his austere bearing. He was evidently kncwn to the other officers of the ship, for they raised their hats to him, and he bowed in his stately, condescending way as he accompanied Captain Fox to the cabin, fol lowed by Othello, bearing the strange addlebags. - Othello, with his load, was turned w" over to the care of Don, the cabin boy, and the Captain said when they were In his private cabin: > "You must be weary with vour journey, and will need rest before we attempt to transact any business." "I shall need to make somo change in my dress," said the Colonel, glancing over his travel-stained attire. "And, 1 H must confess I should, under the ciroumstances, feel that a short rest was necessary; but I am too eager for action to wait* ' "A day more or less can make no dif-j ference," said Fox, with an interroga Iuve inneciion on me lasi woru. "An hour, sir, may be of vital importance to the success of our venture. If quite convenient for you to provide me with some slight refreshment, after I have washed, I shall be grateful." "As you will, sir," said Capt Fox, with a manner that, to an observant eye, would have shown a strange mixture of acquiescence and contempt. The Colonel was shown to the cabin set apart for him, and Othello was summoned to aid his master in making his toilet. When Col. Graham again came into the cabin, he found it darkened, and the swinging lamps blazed on a repast such as no other ship in the service of Queen Anne could have provided on such short notice. Accustomed as Col. Graham was to the luxury and display which distinguished the English court at this time, he looked about him with surprise and ventured to say: "Bv the throne, sir. vou must find no deprivation in living in such a ship." flfc "We take care of ourselves, Colonel; if we did not, I fear tbat, as in some of W her majesty's ships, there would be a mutiny." "But this is still one of her majesty's hips?" "Nominally, Colonel, I suppose it is. * "We fly the flag, as you have seen; but the colors at the peak when we go into aotion are a shade or two less sanguinary, and very many shades more eomber." The Captain was smiling and rubbing < his hands as he said this, and there was bo much horrible suggestlveness in his words and manner, that Colonel Graham i looked quickly and anxiously about him to make sure that no other person was within hearing. "We are quite alone, Colonel Gra- \ VTKo Korn io T fVnmlar mA^ar- 1 ilauit J. UU 1VVU UV*V UiVUV* ately good, but as to the wine?here are four kinds?I swear that better cannot i be found in the cellars of St. Jaines." 1 Captain Fox sat down on the opposite side of the table to serve his guest, rather than with any desire for food. 1 "You have seen Denham," said Colonel ] Graham, after he had been eating for tome minutes in silence. \ "I have seen him repeatedly." "And what do you think of him?" "As a sailor I think he has, for his ( years, no superior. As a man he is well made, handsome and, so well as I?who never had a taste for literature or phil- j osophy could tell, he is a most schol- ( wly person." "He is well liked by the people here?" ( "Liked by the men and loved by nearly all the women, I regret to say." "Ah, have you already run counter to eaoh other in the lists of love?" asked the Colonel, a flitter in. his gray eyes ' that might have passed for merriment, If the hard, cruel mouth did not belie it. j "I cannot say that," laughed Captain Fox. "And yet, egad, Colonel, I have HOL etJtJIl bU IliifcJLljr Ucduvli Ul WULUCU 111 all my sailing as this little out-of-the- j way place affords." "You surprise me." "Yet I do utter the solemn truth. By the trident of the Sea God, I should not , mind prolonging my stay for the rest of ( the year." "I regret to tell you that circumstances of greater importance to you ^ than to me will compel* your departure , within the week. If you carry out my plans, you can return again, and remain as long as you please." The Colonel ehot a glance at Captain Fox, and went on eatine. If the Captain was startled by this Information, neither his face nor voice gave any indication thereof. As if he were trying to keep up an interest in the conversation, rather than seeking information on a matter to him of the .greatest moment, ho asked: "Why do you think I should leave, if your affair is out of the question?" "I saw the Governor of the province three days since, in the city of New York, and he read to me the r ;port of Captain Ralph Denham, which he had received not an hour before. This told me that Denham had arrived, about the t?c?? we expected. But Denham inclosed a letter to the Governor of New York from the Governor of Jamaica. Of this letter, I heard a part." "Can you recall it?" "Distinctly. It was almost verbatim, as follows: 'The fears that the Adventure Galley, which your honor assigned to the command of Captain William Xidd, has been lost in a storm, or destroyed by pirates, is, nnfortunately, not well founded " "So-ho!" exclaimed the Captain. "By the powers of the storm! my friend, Captain William Kidd, would not feel I*. - - grateful to his excellency, the Governor of Jamaica, if he heard that. But pardon the interruption. What reason did he give for thinklnc It unfortunate that the Adventure Galley was not Swallowed up by the sea, or blown up by the buccanecrs ot the Spanish > Main?" I ; "Too Governor's letter went on to say rthat he had evidence, nearly couclusive, L [but which he would make conclusive, ^ and seid on at once, goiug to show that/ -the Adventure Galley bad been changed - materially, but not so as to destroy her identity; that she was now transformed {into the most dangerous piratical cruiser |||Sh^L ,on all the seas; that she had recently ^iu^^ibeen plundering the rich ships in the KwfiBjlndian Ocean: that this vessel haJ sudS||9MRMenIy appeared in the West indies, and a runaway sailor had arrived at St. nSraMHtafient ?jul made ostb tMt tbis cruiser 4 9 OfothiM* .I***?' was commanded by Captain Kidd, who still holds a commission m ner uiujvdij a service." Colonel Graham filled a glass with wine, drank it down at one gulp, and, pushing back from the table, looked critically at Captain Fox. But wha'ever of surprise the words might have given, had their information been more condensed, was prevented by the time it took the Colonel to tell his story. "My friend Kidd has not been following his sailing orders, I must confess," said Captain Fox, covering his mouth with his hand as if to euppress a yawn. "I must get word to him at once, and have him keep his eyes open." "He should remain at sea until he has destroyed some greater pirate than himself," said the Colonel, his strange gray eyes again gleaming as If with laughter, and his cruel mouth fastening as if it closed with a spring lock. "I shall see that my friend is informed of his danger. And now as to your own matter?" "I came to meet the Wanderer at this point, and have done so. Where is the nrlffinn.1 Wftnd?rer?" "At the bottom of tho Indian Ocean, with all her officers and crew," replied Captain Fox, sinking his voice. "So I supposed. Now, it will be necessary to have this ship lost after she leaves this port." "On paper?" "You must arrange that, but a report of her logs must reach the admiralty in London. I leave the manner of doing it to yourself. You are much more able in such matters than I am." "I beg your pardon, Colonel; from the time we first met, or rather first exchanged views in Bermuda, where you were Governor, I felt that outside of practical seamanship there was not a thing, good, bad or indifferent, about which you did not know more than myself. But we will not play modest as to our merits. So far, I have kept my part of the contract, and you are now a member of the House of Lords * "Silence, man," said the Colonel, striking tne taDie unm tne very glasses rang again, as if manifesting his own impatience and alarm. "But, gad, sir, it is a matter of notoriety. * "Here, I assume the role of a man whom we know to be dead, and in England I am Lord Palitan; but why speak of the facts? Why not treat me as I do you?" "Because, sir," said the Captain, with a sarcastic laugh, "I do not want to lay myself open to a charge of rudeness. But henoeforth I pledge myself to respect the incognito. Now as to Denham?" "That is the point. Your own safety demands immediate action. Yes, it is imperative that this Rulph Denham should be at once missing, and " "And never to be found thereafter?" "You have it, Captain." "And I am to do tne Dusinessr" asaea Fox. The Colonel compressed his thin lips and nodded. "In the event of trouble befalling me. you pledge me in writing to use all your influence and fortune for my selfdeliverance?" " I come prepared to do that." "You also come prepared to pay the 820,000 in gold, and an obligation lor twice that amount when the work ia done?" "My black servant has brought the money here, and, I presume, as to the rest, that your ship is well provided -nrr-i f ir? ct mufiJri.il?" "Very welL I am ready to do my part at once. When will you be ready to act?" ask the Colonel. "Within forty-eight hours the Wanderer will prove her claim to her name, by being at sea without a flag." "But Denham?" "Weli, Colonel, Denham will be on board my ship till "I am a hundred leagues from land," replied the Captain. CHAPTER IX. K REBUFF AND AN INTERRUPTED FROPOSAI4. The morning following the arrival of Colonel Graham, a "post-rider," as official messengers were then called, arrived at Sag Harbor with a dispatch for Captain Ralph Denhatn of the cruiser, Sea Hawk. v The courier found Ralph at Squire Condit's, talking to the old gentleman, while Valentine Dayton and Ellen could be seen in an embowered summer house, pretending to be interested in the make of a curious feather fan, which he had brought her from Tampico. "Well, Ralph,' my boy," said Souire.when Denham had finished read ,ng the message, "what is it?" "I a in ordered to New York," replied Raiph. "But as I have five days from now in which to report, I need not start tor forty-eight hours." "I declare," said the old gentleman, adjusting his wig, as if he feared the surprise would force it off, "this is decidedly startling and unexpected." "Sailors and soldiers should never be surprised." "But has the Governor given a hint as to why he wants you?" " Yes; there is a rumor that one of the officers in command of a 6hip?the Adventure Galley?fitted out by this province? as you will remember, ha6 turned pirate." "And the captain?" 16 one wunam iiiaa, wno cawe rrom London and took command of the vessel in Bermuda." ""What do you think of h;?" "I dislike," replied Ralph, "to think evil of a brother officer, unless the evidence is very strong, and in these days of false rumor I am not inclined to credit it. Yet,-with the successful exampio of Morgan before hifti, who was knighted for borne service done the crown while be commanded a pirate fleet, the defection of Kidd is possible, for to a man without principles the temptat'.on to plunder in thoeo rich seas must be very great indeed." "Then you leave ihe ship here?" "Yes; but I will at once give orders to get her ready for sea. It will be ten days before I return," said the Captain, rising and goinp to the edge of the piazza, where he shouted to Valentine Dayton tho sub6tanoe of his order. Strangely enough, Captain Fox was passing at that very moment, and he must, as subsequent events proved, have heard what Ralph said. However, he said nothing, but politely raised hia hat and kept on. He went at once to the principal inn and asked if a post had just ttome lrom New York. The landlord replied that there had. and that the messenger was then in his room, resting after dinner. "It is important that I should see him. Do not call him. Show me where his room is and I will go to him." Capt. Fox had become a great man in the eyes of the villagers. The officers and crew of the Wanderer were good customers; and so reasonable a request lrom the principal officer could not be denied. ^ "How much money do you get for your journey here and back?" asked Capt. Fox, when he was alone with the , courier. "About ten dollars, sir," replied the j man, rubbing bis eyes, for he had been A* ' *' v* s "Did yon bring a letter for Capt. Po or the waDCiererr' "No, sir; the only letter I brought was one to Capt Ralph Denbam of the Sea Hawk." "It came from the governor of the province?" "Yes, sir." "Do you know the contents of the let "Only, sir, that the captain?so ] heard him say?is ordered to New Yori Bay," replied the messenger. "Can you keep a secret?" Capt. Foj pulled out a purso, through whose silken meshes the yellow flash of many gold pieces could be seen. "If any one made It worth my while to do so and it wasn't against the law^' replied the man, his hungry eyes fastened on the purse, which the Captaic was tossing from hand to hand, that the fellow might get some idea of iti value. "I wish you to give out?that is, to tell every one that you also brought the Captain of the Wanderer a letter fron the Governor. Do you understand?' as Captain Fox asked the question b? tossed the purse into the man's lap, foi he was sitting up in bed. "I do, sir," replied the man, feeling th< purse, "but I'm 'feerd the story being false '11 get me into trouble." "Xhere i6 no danger of that. Do this and I will give you as much more gold passage to New York on mj ship. I sail inside of forty-eight hours, It is a joke I wish to play on Colonel Graham, who is now on board the Wanderer." "La, sir, I see him at the Governor's in New York when I started. He over too.K me at nempeieuu. "The same gentleman. Now, will you do as I say?" "Why, sir, if so be it's only to helj along a bit of a joke, which all fin< gents do like sometimes to play or each other, of course I'll do it." Thac his employer might get an idea of his eagerness to earn the money prospective and in possession, the messenger forgot his weariness, and, sprinf ing out of bed, began to dress. Warning him to act in all seriousness and promising to see him on the morrow, Oapt. Fox went away, confidem that he had scored another point in th< game he was so daringly playing. That a man carrying out such hazardous schemes should give a thought tc love, which is generally supposed to bt man's joyous way of spending delight ful leisure, is not a little strange. Bui Capt. Fox was not an ordinary man. II may have been his all-sufflcient confidence in himself or a spirit of sheei recklessness that led him, with a fixet purpose in view, directly from the inc to the residence of Doctor Hedges. When he first met Lea Hedges he simply thought that she was a haudsome, cashing girl, who would carve tc make pleasant the time spent in thif out-of-the-way hnrbor. ? -* * i-f 14.1. XL. .But alter eacn meeting wiui me ucautiful Lea he became more and more infatuated, until now he had to oonfest that he "was deeply in love. In view of the strange career or which this man had entered, and ol which we shall learn more hereafter, ii is not a little remarkable that he shoulc ever give a thought to marriage. Bui love is the one impulse that proves thai men of the neatest reasoning powerc are, after &11, common flesh and blood and which places the intellect in abeyance to the emotions, |TO BE CONTINUED.] ^ ? T.lve Rats Found Deeu in the Earth. A nest of live bats were found 100 feet underground in Snowiihoe Gulch, near Cottage Grove, in Oregon, the other day. This is considered a rioBt remarkable discovery, ancl those who have visited the place and seen the animals are at a loss to account for it John Dinman and Andrew Wilson have been developing a claim in the gulch by running a tunnel io reaoh the vein. The tunnel runs obliquely, and a few days ago, when a depth of 150 feet had been reached, the rock began to assume a different condition. It sounded loose, or hollow, in that particular spot, and the partners knew that they were nearing what in miners' parlance is\jalled "a change." Their "holes" were nearly loaded when this discovery was made, but iL ? ?? - J rm am A nonf tUW^ L'UilllliUCU luauiu^ uuu vuuu n?.uv to the surface and touched off the charge. Upon their return they expected to find a vein uncovered, or at least a rock of different character from that through which they were run* ning. But quite a different mitter attracted their attention when they went baok to the end of the tunnel, and the circumstance has been the wonder oi the entire oountrj ever since. It has created an immense amount of discussion, scientific and otheiwise, b it no certain explanation has vet been ad duoed. Instead of finding ore or a.ny particular change in the rock,, they found the tnnnel full of bats. The cause oi the peculiar sound that indicated a change of ground was a scaall cave, and into this their last shot broke and out of whioh came the bats. How the bats got into the cave is the problem, and what sustained them there? The point iB about'"100 feet below the surface, and there is apparently no opening or means of ingress or exit. Tile bats when caught and taken out to the day ?nnaatoif .<-? V>? withnnfc flven anc "5"' -Ft""~? - > able to fly but a little way; in fact, their wings were but meagrely developed. The first thing that attract ed the men's attontion upon their re tarn to the tannel was the peculiar odor, wbioh, notwithstanding the amount of gas from the exploded pow< der, was quite perceptible and disagreeable. The only solution of the strange oc onrance that has yet been offered lies in the fact that the rock is of meta morphic and aqueous origion, and being in the Cascade Range, is of re cent occurrence. The rock is a uloselj bedded shale, and at the time of th< geographical disturbance that pat i into its present position the bats ba< their nest there and then became in cased as they were found. It woulc seem, too, that the bats must be o that nature that becomes dormant am able to retain life without food. Ai effort was made to save some of then alive, but they rapidly succumbed t< tne sanlight and fresh air.?San Fran cisco Call. He Framed the (jLiaoa. The Queen, when a girl!, was passionately fond of climbing walls and treeB, says London Tit-Bits. One day at Malvern, she climed a tall apple tree and was unable to get down. A young man named Davis, a gardener, was attracted by her cries, got ft ladder and brought her down in 6afety. Deeply grateful, she opened her purse and presented him with a guinea. Davis framed it, and ever since has been proud to tell the tale and shorn the piece of gold which the Quceu . gave him bo many years ago. A ' ' miiiiOUS READING i _______ BBOTEDIOTION OF BBOrHEELlNESH. > Christianity introduced into th< world two levers to lift up society, the one .i spiritual and the other a social ievor. The spiritual , lever was the ratnernooa 01 ana me social lerer the brotherhood o* man. All the r movements of the last nineteen centuries J which elevated humanity found theii 1 inspiration and strength ia these two sublime truths. The victories of the future will i be conditioned by the emphasis laid upon l them by the followers of Jesus Christ. A [ reform of the churoh back to the ideas and methods of the Masuer will . throw out into commanding promti nence the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man as the very centre ' and keystone of society, "he brotherlinesf i Df Jesus Christ is the claimant need of oui t time. It holds the key to the problems } which perplex the philosopher of today, The "mind of Christ is the mind that is [ full of the most pitiful and tender love tc . svery human being in every country undei heaven. It breaks down the walls of spirit, ual pride, caste, and class feeling, and unites the children of the one Father in s > brotherhood of sympathy and service sc sacred and soothing as to be an abiding benediction amid the toils and -worries 01 > life. ; Brotherhood la the distinctive property of Christianity. True it is that we are jailed upon to witness the strange spectasle of fraternity adopted as a watchword 1 by advocates of atheism and revolution f but we must remember that such fin anom , ?ly is only the afterglow of Christian Benti' [ ment lingering on the icy summits of un. belief However dim and distorted th< light may be, it is but the reflection of th< 8re kindled by Him who taught His disci1 pies to say "Our Father," and who pro claimed the magna charta of human fellowship in the words, "One Is your Father, i and all ye are brethren." Very iiapressiv* i9 that reminiscence of George Eliot fur > Dished by F. W. H. Myers, her friend anc ) idmirer. The two walked together amonj :he trees of an Oxford coflii,?e gaiden on< evening in May, and talked about t;he deej things of life. "She, stirred somewhai; be * yond her wont, and taking Hi) her text th< > | three words which have bee.n used so oftei as the inspiring trumpet :alls cf men{ the words God, immortality, and dutypronounced with terrible earnestness, hov inconceivable the second, and yet fcow per , emptory and absolute the third." The fa t mous teacher had a high purpose ji everj line she wrote and in every word sla 5 spoke ' Every one of her books might be read as i commentary on the apothegm of old Caecil ' ius.? > "If each for each be all he cat. * A verv eod is man to man." Yet the gloom of pessimism darkened he t outlook and infused a wailing hopolessnes t into her message, because she fait tha . somehow she lacked the dynamic able i . realize her dreams. Only the brother lines | of the Christ who had becom<> a shfdow t< her could give to the sons und da ughter 1 of sorrow.the benediction she would bestov upon them. Apart from the power ol! th< ? Cross helpful brotherhood is u myth and i dream. Thebrotherliness of Christ 1 as beg] > preached from Christian pulpits fcr nine i teen centuries, but for many generations i has been too much a thing of sentiment an( too little a thing of practice. We need i revival of the apostolic usage whei i ever church was a brotherhood and ever.'Cbris 1 tian a brother to all in need or cistress Eusebius tells that when u Christian snterei l a foreign city his first inquiry was 'or th< t :*hurch or the brotherhood ; and here h t was received as a brother,and supplied wit! ( whatever could contribute to his spirit ual or bodily refreshment. Mutual broth 6 ?rly love-was the distinctive mark of th aarly followers of Him who went abou * doing good. Nothing short of that ca nrnvp a benediction to the world of today Deeds, not words, are sufficient to m<>et th needs of humanity. The loul and innam able injustice that has long been the lot o the helpless and the weak in countrii s tha complacently call themselves Christian,mu< be swept into oblivion by the mighty ide o jf Christlike compassion. The mcrdles: political economy that makes self-iateres 'he moving spirit of the world must be struc dumb by the triumphant proclamat on o the truth as it to in Jesus. Man must n< longer be reckoned a commodity whoa labor can be bought or sold according ti the caprice of the market, but a brothe with feelings to be considered and rights t be respected. The blessedness of ernanci pation from commercial and social fette." must not be relegated to a future stat', bu must be brought so near and made so rea by the enjoyment of the privileges of th kingdom of God as to transform earth int that vestibule of heaven it was intended t be. These are the reforms to .which the ac 1 tivity of Christian brotherhood is keyed. Th attainment may be delayed by selflshnes and apathy, but come it must "because th Lord reigneth. and all will yet be well wit the children who find a benediction in th glimpses they get of the goal towards whicl the fatherhood of God and the brothe rhod of man are carrying them. OOD?8 WILL. God's will rests upon absolute knowledge If He denies or withholds anything toda; it ia because He can see tomorrow. H purposes for us cover the whole life, an mhoTOoo wo nre ticmoAninff A misrlar'fl brick or an uneven stone, he is planning fc thf whole cathedral. With that know! edbe is associated infinite care. 'SV are reckless because we are thoughts i and selfish, and consider chiefly our on . interests, but God's will takes in ever} thing that is involved. In certain bridg< i one stone cannot be taken out wi:boi endangering the whole structure. !?o is in life. There are many things whie we ask for, ask to be given, ask 1 have removed, and we wonder why 01 prayer is unanswered; but we cannot sc bow these things are related to other thing how our interests involve other interest; . and what to us is seemingly a small nffa is really the keystone of some bridge, an k upon it almost everything depends. Bi God understands the whole plan and pui pose and arranges for it with infinite ear And, then, with that care is eternal lev' ' UOU 5 Will Ull IWUIlg ream upvuwio. m.% yt. , love that prompted the creation of 01 , world, love that led to its redemption, ar and the love of God. for His children :.s i eternal and infinite as His own being ?. \ Wesley Johnston. D. D., in "The Creed an i the Prayer." I A PRATER. Almighty God. we would not rush inl thy presence with hasty -words upon 01 lips: but we would seek thy face wil meekness of heart and humbleness of mini trrant that we may be Riven the ritfl - ?J^U ^ o,l.l,nnc tKaa . Ik. PpirlL Willi WUIUU IU nuuiwf % n?? we may understand thy perfections an 1 lie submissive to thy will concerning us '.hat we may remember that thou a jur Father in heaven and that we shoui I'ome to thee with the confidence an trust of little children. Implant in u we pray thee. 0 God. de:?ires pure ar 3 9incere. so that when we pray we may n< ask only with our lips for such things > would please Thee.but that we m: y long f< ? them with our heart, and with all ti strength of our natural spiritual being. t Lord, may we desire and ask only for thoi things which miil.e for peace, those thi.aj which will bettoi .'It us for Membership i " Thy church below.ami for citizenship in 71: 1 kingdom above, to which we hope to con through Him who loved us and gave Himsc j for us. even Jesus Christ our Savior. Ame: f i Becoming one with the eternal ttoodnei j lannot coiiie to pass but by an absolute r nunciation of ourself and all that, is our 1 natural or spiritual: for in the same men } ure that a man comes out from himself. : that measure does God enter in A'ith his d vine grace, and he who loseth Lis life tsha 'md it.?John Tauler. MAN AND MULE HARNESSED. | A Strange Combination That Itrougl Great Crowds to the Street*. , An old colored man, harnessed to a wag?. with a mule, hauling two bales of cottoi came into Rome, Ga.. a few days ago. Tt i old man and the mule had traveled seven mile through the country. The old fello had only one animal with which he mad two bales of cotton, and being anxious i ! market the product of his little patch ; once, he contrived the novel plan ol ha i nessing himself with the mule and fetehlu , the cotton to the city. The siguc was so uncommon that it a i traded great crowds to Broad street to see gigbt never before vrltnessed in Rome. SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOB DECEMBER 6. Lesson Text: "Solomon's Sin," 1 ! Kinfts, xi., 4-13 ? Golden Text: I Cor, x., 12? Commentary. I 4. "For it came to pass when Solomon whs old that his wives turned away hfs heart after other gods, and his he:irt was not perfect ! with the Lord his God, as vras the heart ol David his father." Last week's lesson was &'picture of Kreat glory to the honor of the 1 Lord, His fame through Solomon reaching i to the ends of the earth, but in this lesson we have a record of great failure through dlsJ I obedience and the Lord's name dishonored. God who sees the end from the beginning i (Isa. xlvl.. 10), had forbidden that a king of Israel should multiply horses or wives or ' lilver or gold, but that he should render strict obedience to the law and lean wholly I upon God (Deut. xvii., 16-20). ' The closing i rerses of the last chapter and the opening > eersfsof this show that 8olomon went di! rectly contrary to the word of God, perhaps [ because it would have made him so very pe;uliar in the eyes of other Nations to be so tinlike them in these matters. > 5.- For Solomon went after Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcorn, the abomination of the Ammonites." , Loving theso strangers to Israel, he would - naturally do many things to please them, - and it i3 impossible to please God and the enemies ot uod at tne same time: tnereiore s the sin of being unequally yoked together i with unbelievers (II Cor. vi., 14). The friendship of the world is enmity with God; - whosoever therefore will be a friend ot the world in the enemy of God (Jas. iv., 4). Even in preaching the word we are to speak - aot as pleasing men, but God, who trieth - our hearts, for if we yet please men we are I aot the survauts of Christ (I Theas. it., 4; ? Gal. i., 10). The Master Himself said, "Xe s jannot serve God and Mammon" (Math. vl. ) 24). 6. "And Solomon did evil in the sight of a (he Lord and went not fully after the Lord, i as diet David, his father." The expression - "in the sight of the Lord" is found again in * verses 33 and 38, and over fifty times in r Kings and Chronicles. If we would set the - Lord always before us and speak and act as r In His sight all would be well. And this not r Included in following the Lord fully? Does i. it not mean believing His every word and i acting accordingly and always as if He were - right present with us? "Even Christ pleased not Himself," but He did always those things which pleased the Father. 7. "Then did Solomon build an high place r for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in s the hill that is before Jerusalem." Thus he t corrupted the mount of Olives with the q abominable idolatries o? the ziDonians, the g Monbltes and the Ammonites and becam9 3 partaker of their evil deeds (II Kings xxiii., B 13; II John x., 11), and for over 300 years ? these abominutions remained till Josiuh de, stroyed them, and they were on the bill j facing the temple, even the hill from which Q the Lord ascended, and to which He will return when He shall come in His glory for t the redemption of Israel (Zech. xiv., 3, 4, 9), I Solomon united these Nations to himself for a his own gratification, but Ghrist shall drafr f all people unto Him for the glory of God. " 8. "And likewise did he for all his strange l wive?, which burnt incense and sacrificed .[ unto their sods.'1 What a time he must , have had with his 700 princess wives (verse e B)! What he did for one he would have to u do for all, and thus was gathered at Jerusalem the idolatries and abominations of all Nations, and this by one who sat on the Z throne of the Lord to be king for the Lord. t Jerusalem had t become a very Babylon, the n habitation of devils and the hold of every foul spirit and a cage of every unclean and * hateful bird (Rev. xviii., 2). 9. "And the Lord whs angry with Solo? mon, because his heart was turned from the t Lorn God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twicf." All our privileges increase . our responsibilities, and these revelations of . Jehovah to Solomon and Hla special favors t to htm should have deterred him all the mop? from all thoueht of turning awav from f Him. Israel had oft enough la past days provoked Qod to anger with their high g places and moved Him to jealousy with their graven images. j. 10. "And bad commanded him concerning this thing and that he should not go after j other gods, but he kept not that which the ' Lord commanded." His.father entreated him f to serve the Lord with a perfect heart and j willing mind, and nowise to forsake Him. 1 He had also prayed specially for him to this end (I Chron. rxvlli.,'9;xxix., 19). The Lord ? Himselt had also admonished him in both of , His appearances to him to be obedient (I Kings ill., 14: ix, 2-9), then He had done for ? him Ibe great things and given him the great glory of whioh the Queen of Sheba said ^ that the half had not been told her, yet he *: disobej*ed and turned his back upon God for ' the sake of earthly show and pleasure. ^ 11. "Wherefore the Lord said unto 8ol?-> mon, Foraamuoh as this is done of thee, ant, thou bast not kept My covenant, and My statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee and , will give it to thy servant." Thus dieobedly ence, for the fake of present gratification lg and praise of men. causes Solomon to lose ^ the kingdom and brings a curse lntfead of a 4 blessing. )r 12. ''Notwithstanding in thy days I will l_ not do it, for David, thy father's safee^ but I e will rend n our 01 me nana unay auu. now !g wouderfal the Ions; suffering of God, how n patient with the sinner, how unwilling that j. any should perish (II Pet. iii., 9). Consider sg the blessings through David and the cursee lt through Solomon, and,remembering that no it one ltveth unto himself, consider whether h it is a blessing or a curse that is coming upon 0 others through you. Jr 18. "Howbelt I will not rend away all the ,e kingdom, hut will give one tribe to thy son g for David, My servant's sakt and for Jerusalem's sake, which I have chosen." Compare with this verses 32. 34.38, and notice the repetition of "for David's sake," and jt "for Jerusalem s sake." Oar next and last r_ three lessons of this year will be given to B "Temperance," "Christmas" and "Review." ' The whole of 1897 will be devoted to the ^ Acts and the Epistles. Who can tell what may come to pass in Emmanuel's land for d David's sake and Jerusalem, the chosen city's sake, ero we come a'gain in our studies iim niH Tn?t?mnntV ftr fhlt* t*e are sure. J .V u*? v.v. , Jerusalem ahnli ba the throne of the Lord, and tho Son of Mary shall sit on David's throne, lor the mouth of the Lord bath spoken it(Jer. III., 17; Luke, I., 32. 33). It not soon as we count time, it will be soon to in God's estimation. There is just one thine: ar for the redeemed to do till then, and that is b occupy till He come" (Luks six.. 13), by :l. liviu,' to know Him and to make Him known, at ?Lesson Helper. id DOC'S NERVc FOR A MAN. i; Remarkable Surgical Operation Performed in a Detroit Hospital. id s A successful operation was performed on id N. Graybiel, of Caledonia, in the Butter>t worth Elospitnl, at Detroit, Mich., which is is believed to be without a parallel in the hi#)t tory of surgery. Six months ago Graybiel io had his right hand fearfully mutilated at the O wrist on a saw. The ulnar and median j,, nerves were nearly severed, and so badly *() torn that the hand was paralyzed. He went ft, to Detroit for troatmem, and Dr. II. Peter,y eon undertook tho talk of removing tho jaclt, erated portions of tho nerves and Iranslf planting therein tho sciatic nerve from a live Q spaniel. Graybiel and the spaniel were placed under anaesthetics and an inch and a half of each of the torn nerves cut off. Thu K_ ends were mp.'e square and the nerves from * the dog laid in tho breach. Silk sutures were ' used to hold the pieces together. Two or ' three days ago Graybiol announeod that j" feeling hail returned to his lnud, and that : he was able to move tho hind aud Augers .7 quite freeiy, and full sensation had returned to tho injured member. The d jg never recovered from tho anaesthetics. Tho doctors say that in a short time the hand will be as strong as ever aud tho man will sufTar no Inconvenience. it PREACHER KILLED 3Y A BEAR. (n A Yonng Minister of Troy, Montana, Lost 3 the Battle. >< Key. J. D. Mentor, of Troy. Montana, lost a! his life in a desperate encouuter with a beai w in the mountains near Troy. He had been le out with a hunting party and separated from :c them during thn morning. At night he did it not return, and becoming alarmed, his comr pnnions started out to search for him. Men& tor's bat was found in th<> snow. 13loud was Been and evidenees of a terrible battle with t- a near were found. Following tho trail, the i> I dend aud lacerated body of the young minister was found about 100 yards away. ",e? llUUiEBOLD MATTKKS. . TOCOVEBED JELLIES. Many housekeepers Jio not linow the danger of leaviug jelly uncovered while it ie cooling. When physicians wish to secure tiny organisms for investigation they expose gelatin as. the bent madinm fnr ftf+.rArtkino' and hold ingthein. All jellies should, therefore, be protected bj muslin while oooling. s A NEW DTJSTEB BAG. TIm latest thing in bags for dusters is t(J^ut two pieces of cretonne about half a yard square. In one of them cut a circular hole in the centre. Have it about one-third of the width of the square. Line the square with eilesia or silk, and bind the one which is cut with ribboa an inch wide to match the lining. Stitch the squares together, finish the corners with tassels or bows of ribbon, put a drawing string around the circular opening, fasten ribbons on either side of it by which it can be hung up, and your bag is made. J SUFEBIOB FURNITOBE POLISH. A recipe for a very saperior furni* tare polish given by a dealer in maBical instruments to a housewife, as the canse for the shining surfaces of tKe pianos in his rooms, consists of four tablespoonfuls of sweet oil, four tablespoonfuls of turpentine, a teaspoonful of lemon juice and ten drops of household ammonia. This polish must be thoroughly shaken before using, and applied with an old flannel or silk cloth. Bub briskly and thoroughly, whioh is at least a third of the merit of all polishes. Use a second cloth to rub the mixture into the gram of the wood, and a third for the final polish, ?New York Post. STAINING FLOORS. The beBt4 way to apply stain and bring out the grain of the wood is to put it on quite thick and then rub it off with a linen or cotton rag, and it is absolutely necessary tuac tae woou should be in its natural condition without paint or Tarnish. By Bending a special order to the manufacturers it is easy to get sets of furniture without either; but if it is an old piece that is to be renovated it mast be thoroughly scraped. After staining, a coat of hard oil finish may be applied as a filler, and then, after it is dry, it should be rubbed all over with the prepared beeswax that comes in cans for floors, and then rubbed with a flannel cloth until it is quite shiny and bright. After the wax is-rubbed on it should be allowed to harden before polishing it. Prussian blue alone makes a very pretty peacock blue stain, raw sienna a yellow or orange, according to the amount of color used, crimson lake a lovely red,bnrntsienna an almost exact imitation of new mahogany. All these are what are called transparent colore, and are, therefore, especially adapted for stains; but even opaqae colors, if put on thin enough to show the grain of the wood, produce sometimes very pretty effects. White on certain woods has a milky, opalesque coloring that is very harmonizing) with delicate chintzes. Light blue, canary yellow, apple green and pink all. may be used on woodwork as stains if applied in the way that honse painters call "priming"?that is, one coat of paint put on so thin that it shows the markings oi the wood beneath. Georgia pine looke particularly well when treated in thi? way. ?Philadelphia Times. RECIPES. Sweet Potatoes?Eoil two pounds oJ sweet potatoes until they can be peeled, then put them into, a pan or dish, spread a little butter, then a little molasses over each one, set in the oven and brown a light brown. These are delicious and quite worth e fmol Chile Sauce?-To nine large, ript tomatoes and three green peppers adc one onion chopped tine, two cupfuli of vinegar, two tablesj oonfuls o sugar and one o! salt. Steam out hour; then add one teaspoouful o ginger, one of allspice and one o clovesCream of Barley?Scald two table spoonfuls of barley, drain, cover witl fresh boiling water aud boil three hoars. Strain. Pat one piat of mill and one pint of veal stock on to boil add the barley, salt and, pepper tc It-- 11-4.1? taste. Jtseat xwo joikb uguwj, puui them into soap tureen, pour over the boiling soup and serve at once. Baked Pears-- Fill a moderate-sizec baking dish with whole pears; wipi them, but do not remove the stems, Ponr around them one large cup oi boiling water, add two tablespoonfuls of light brown sugar, bake slowly un til the pears are tender, basting fre quently with the liquor. Serve cold, with sugar and cream, if desired. Corn Bread?Put one pint of corn' 1 - ?1 ? - 1. ? 1 J ^n?A loKlaonnnn. QI6&I llltO U UUWl | EkUU lin W vaviwapvvM fuls of bread crumbs, two tablespoonfuls of brown sugar and three tablespoonfuls of flour; then put into the center two tablespoonfuls of buttei and pour over the butter a half pint of scalded milk. Beat up well; ther add another half pint of cold milkanc two exen teaspuonfuls of baking powder, a small teaspoonful of salt, and two eggs, well beaten. Pour intr greased gem pams aud bake in a hoi oven thirty minutes. Spinach?Wash a half-peck o spinach in several waters to free ii from grit. Cut off the roots, wasL again, shake and press out all the wuter. Put it into a kettle, add orn cup of waier, cover the kettle, plac< over a moderate fire and thus stean for twenty minutes. Drain in i colander, turn into a chopping trai and chop very tine; put back into . saucepan with a tablespoouful of but ter, salt and pepper to taste. 8erv< very hot with a hard-boiled egg cut ir slices and laid over the top. P?enuet Custard ? Sweeleu aiK flavor with vanilla one quart of sweel milk ; put into pan or dish in which ii is to be served, grate a little nutmeg over the top, lastly stir gentiy on< tablespoonful of rennet through th< mixture, stand in the kitchen until il thickens, when it should be placfed ic !tue ice-chest until very cold. Thii pudding should be made about ar 'hour and a hulf before serviug. Thf irennet (liquid) may be bought off i druggist, twenty-five cents a bottle, 1 which, if kept in a cool place, will Jasi a great while. Sweetened and flavored cream as a sauce is of caurse au imI jproTement. * TVKam Dn?tAfl CIAW. ~ ' V tv UQU 'UM?IW **?w ?? When bugles blow, let no man sleep. . {' Nor his commercial measures heap, But let him rise with heart aglow, / And rush to meet his country's foe, And foremost to the danger leap. # What though at the home the maidens weep, . And wives fall down in sorrow deep? Where honor calls tlie man will go, . 1 When bogles blow. ' , -&'a Let cowards shan the blazing steep; The fields of glory heroes reap, And If they fall end no word show, Where they do lie, 'tis better so? Ihat freedom all her splendors keeps. When bogles blow. ?Joris Ton Liaiea. . 1 ; Don't Fret. is Don't fret, Begret ^ And worry do not pay, ft ;.!> By far the better way To look, what e'er betide, HOOD UIO DngQteHl 81Q?. Don't fret, v Nor let Despair your heart :teal In, ) Its riot to begin. .. . . ?T 'TIs best, without a shirk, :> /< To nobly do your work. Don't fret, Forget. ,7* If possible, mistake, And eirnest effort make , :%s To bntld, with hope's light bats, A ladder to the stars. ?K. Kavanagh, in New Orleans Picayune. 0 A Son* of Hope. ? Back of the gloom? The bloom1 ' . Back of the strife? Sweet life, Ind flowing meadows that glow and gleam Where the winds sing joy and the daisies . : dream, ' '$ &.nd the suubeams eolor the qaiokenlng clod, ; / in J faith in the future, and trust In God. Back of the gloom? The bloom! " A'/' Fronting the nlghtThe light! ' ' aV tTnder the snows? The rose! And the vales slag joy to the misty hills, And the wild winds ripple it down the riltei ind the far stars Answer the song that swells > With all the mosle ot all the bells! Fronting the night? The light! ?Frank Lf Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. ' ; . " Lost Light* ' ?j 1 I cannot make her smile again, That sunshine on her face That used to make this worn earth Beem At times so gay a place. i The same dear eyes look out at me; The features are the same: But, 0, the smile is out of them, ' And I must be to blame. ..'A ; & 8omoUme3 I see it still; I went With her the other day # V T<f meet a long-missed friend, and while We still were on the way, Her confidence in waiting love Brought back to me to sae r * Ine old-time love light to her eyes That will not shine for me. ' They tell me money waits for mo, r r? i xuojr aay x tutgui ua v w ^ I like those ffewK&TO quite as well As others like the same. VrMjg! Bat I care not for what I have . / Nor last for what I lick, S One tithe as maoh as my heart longs. , ; To oall that lost light* back. Oome back, dear banished smile, comeback) And into exile drive ill thoughts and aims and iealoos hopes That in thy stead'would thrive. Who want? the earth without its sun, And what haq life for me / That's worth a thought, if as its price, It leaves me robbed of thee? ?Edward S. Martin, in Seribner. - The Coming -Man. ',t) A pair of very chabby legB, Incased in scarlet hose; A pair of little stubby boots, With rather doubtful toes; A little kilt, a little coat, Cat as a mother can? Ahdlo! brtfore us stand in slate The future's "coming man." , His eyes, perchance, will read the stars, v. And 9earch their unknown ways; Perchance the human heart and soul Will open to their gaze; Perchance their keen aad flashing glanoe Will be a Nation's light? Those eyes that now are wistful bent -w^Sg On some "Dig ieuow&" nee. ^ Those hands?those little busy hands? - f 80 sticky, small and brown; Those hands whose only mission seems > To pull all order down; Who knows what hidden strength may be Hidden In their clasp, Though now 'tis bat a taffy stick In sturdy hold they grasp? Ah, blessings on those little hands, Whose work is yet undone, And blessings on those little feet, , \ Whose race is yet unrun! And blessings on the little brain V-i That has not learned :o plan! Whnte'er the future holds in store, God bless the "coming man." ?Somervllle Journal. Home at Last. ' y " >' , Child, do not fear; We shall reach our home to-night, For the sky is clear. And the waters bright; , And the breezes have scarcely strength To unfold that little cload, xuai I1K.O U 3U1UUU Spreads out its fleecy length; Then have no fear. i As we cleave our silver way Through the nfflters clear. I Fear not. my child! | Though th? waves are white and high, , And the storm blows wild Through the gloomy sky; > i On the edge of the Western Sea, i See! that line of golden light, a [ Js tae haveu bright ^ Where home is awaiting thee; Where, this peril past, | Wh slptll rest from our stormy voyago, I In peace at last. ' Be not afraid: But give me ihv hand, and see How the waves have made A cradle for thee. Nitfht is coine. dear, and we shall rest; I So turn from the angry skies > And close thine eyes. And lay thine head on my breast; Child, do not weep; In the calm. cold, purple depths There we shall sleep. ?Adelaide A. Pro<?ter?^^^ Deepening Waterways. After sinking willi<ns of dollars In v'Vv I the hopeless task of deepening th# I ; channel of the Mississippi River, tA i young inventor has worked oat a pl^*||??j . for an hydraulic dredge that will mafce - the undertakingjof deepening water^^ajF ^ ways comuaratively easy. He has , cently built a machine that will glp i through a sandbar at a speed of eigiivl^jjii I or ten feet per minute, catting out , clear channel forty feet wide andfeSj i twenty feet deep. It costs ten thotefep^H sand dollars per month each to rtilEpjH these immenee dredges, but they worlT* I so rapidly that the expenditure is not , great, when one considers the advan^ tages to be gained. v