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_ CIIAPTER XVI?Contlnnod. ThraBher took in the situation, anci, finishing his currant wine, he drew hie leather sleeve across his very large tnouth, and, flinging his saddle bags j over his shoulder, he said: "I am going to the inn." "That is all right, iny man," said Mr. [ Hedges, handing him a coin; "I'll see you again." "Will you send hack an answer, sir?" "Yes; to-morrow all the Captain's friends will give you letters to hand to him." rIt T must leave to-nicht." "To-night?" in chorus from the people about Thrasher. "Yes; I must go to Gardner's Island, where a boat will take me to New York." replied the fellow, with a self-posse6eion that proved him no novice in this business. "How long will you remain?" asked Valentine Dayton. "About two hours." "Very well; we shall try to have the fetters by that time," said Mr. Hedges. Thrasher bowed humbly and left. Ho had but just gone out of hearing when the Squire, bursting with Impatience, oalled out: "Well, George, what is the trouble?" "Trouole!" repeated Mr. Hedges, ""Why, the trouble ie that Fox i6 to be back in a few days, and I am to report to him for orders:" "Report to Fox lor orders!" "Fox to have command of the Sea Hawk!" "What does Ralph mean?" These were a lew 01 tno exclamations that broke from the lips of the people on the veranda when Mr. Hedges uttered the sentence given above. Mr. Hedges ran the flnners of his left Iiand nervously through his frosted hair, his right haud clutching the letter. t He was debating the propriety of reading it, and on 6uch an important question, for he had the old-time regard for official etiquette. He could not afford to come to a hasty conclusion. ' "Sit down,sit down," he said at length; "I can't see any harm in letting you all know now what every one aship and ashore must know in a few hours. 'finnirfl fnnriit. and his wife sat down on the lieutenant's right hand, and Valentine Dayton and Ellen just in front of him. He -was noticeably deliberate in his speaking, and painfully so in his read-; i lng. He hesitated over some of the words, and his soundless lips spelt them to himselr before pronouncing them. This was the letter: "New Amsterdam Inn, Bowling Green. "City op New York and ye . "Province or Same. To 1st Officer, "Gecrge Hedges, "Corn'd'g ye Provincial Cruiser, *Sou Hawk, "Her M's Service, "Off Sag Harbor, "County of Suffolk, "Long Island. "Str? ?Thn Oovemor of ve Province of New York, to whom I have made due report of ye'coudltion and state of ye provincial cruiser, Sea Hawk, hath ordered and commanded me tc remain In attendance on his worshipful honor, until such time or times as ye great council meet, to whom 1 shall make such explanation of ye condition of piracy In ye Spanish Main as shall be fitting ye occasion. "I therefore command, instruct and order. that you, George Hedses, 1st officer, com'd'g ye aforesaid cruiser. Sea Hawk, shalk on ye arrival of Captain William Fox, of H. M. Ship Wanderer, report to blm for such Instructions as it shall please him to give, and to be unto him obedient in all things pertaining to the conduct of ye ship and crew. ?*In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature, and the seal of ye nfrtrcvald cruiser. Pea llawk. "I have the honor to be, "Most truly, ?Your h'mble, "Ob'n't servant, "Ralph Denham, Captain of ye Provincial Cruiser, See Hawk." "There," said Lieutenant Hedges, that's the letter, Vai. "What do you think of it?" "I am very 6orry," replied Valentine Dayton, "but, of course, you can dc nothing but obey orders." "Of course," echoed the Lieutenat. *1 wish that fellow Fox never showed his red head in this town," said the squire, angrily. "Oh, he is not to blame; he must obey orders like ourselves," said the bluff old Lieutenant. "My dear," said Mrs. Condit, inclining her pretty head to her husband, aud turning her mild eyes to the others to Induce them to note what she was aboul to say, "I do not think that Kalph wrote that letter." "I'm sorry to say," said the lawyer, to whom a bit of wax with a seal on it was the badge of law and authority, "that there can't be any doubt about it,% "Still," she persisted. "I feel that he did not write it." "Have you any other reason than youi own feelings, dear wife?" asked the equire. "Yes; I cannot think that Ralph Den ham, who, mac and boy has Known George Hedges for one and twenty years, wouid write a cold, stiff, heartless letter like that," "Nor can I believe that Ralph wrote rt," added Ellen. "Ralph didn't write the letter," said Valentine Dayton. "It was written bj the Captain of the. Sea Hawk in hie official capacity. If he had written to TTncle George, or to me, or to any of us, as Ralph Denham, our true old friend, .he'd put as much heart into his words as any man that ever handled a pen." "Yes," explained Mr. Hedges, who paw and appreciated the mistake of the ladies, "official communications, even between father and son, as I've seen time and time again in the service, has all cot to be written that way. "Why, they wouldn't be official if they wasn't stiff, and cold, and lofty, and all that." I Neither Ellen nor her mother attempted comment, for, with the exception of the Squire, there was not to them a greater authority than Lieut. George Hedges in all tke country round ahout. "There is but little satisfaction in a man trying to do his duly." said Valentine, with some bitterness. "Why couldn't the Governor have left I'ncle ? George in charge of the ship?" As no one attempted to answer this ['question, the Squire asked Mr. Hedges iif he had any objections to lettine; him .?ee the letter. { "Not at all," replied Mr. Hedges; "read lit for yourself." i The Squire took the letter, adjusted 'his specia les, and coughed with great Jaolemnity, while his face took on that 'expression of judicial gravity which was Jthe terror of all evil-doers in that coun ? <5^ try. He was about to read the letter when Lea Hedges came up the path and joined the party. She has seen the post-rider going to Squire Condit's, and her heart told her that he carried news from Ralph Lenhum. After Ellen and her mother had explained the situation, and Lea had expressed her sorrow in her face rather than by words, the Squire read the letter aloud, and then, spreading it out on his knee he took off his spectacles, and after wiping them, again adjusted them with great nicety to his nose; he concluded these preparations by taking a vigorous pmch of snuff, after he had passed round the box with no takers. "Let me ask you a question, Lieutenant Hedges," he began, with a severity of mien that startled his wife and perplexed Ellen not a little. "Aye, aye, sir. Fire away," said Mr. Hedges. "Captain Denham left you in command of the Sea Hawk?" "Yes, sir." "To hold till he returned?" "Yes, sir, or till lam relieved by some properly commissioned officer." ".Tiirt so; that is the wav I see it. i Nov? this letter does not say that you are to lurn over the command of the ship to Captain Fox; on the contrary, it is expressly stated that you shall obey him as a superior officer, 60 far as the movements of the vessel under your command are concerned." "I think you are right there, squire," said Mr. Hedges, his face brightening up. "I know I am. When Fox comes he will have orders from the Governor, and you'll see that they accord with my opinion as justice of the peace." And satisfied that all the judges in the world eould not differ from this opinion, the squire handed back thi* letter. "VVhen Lea learned that Thrasher, the post-rider was about to return in about an hour or two, she got a quill and paninn onrl enf ^rvtrrn infill S\TiA pCi llVUi JU11VU PUU OUV ?Vf?iI V...V. there to write her lover a letter. All wrote, Mr. Hedges' being the only letter that had an offlciil tone, and the only one in which love or friendship was not feent to Ralph, with strong injunctions to answer as soon as possible, and give them all the particulars, particularly the particulars of his return. When all the letters were ready, Mr. Hedges and Valentine Dayton took them down to the inn, where they found , Thrasher eraoking his pipe with an air , of great enjoyment, and looking like anything but a man exhausted by a long ride. "These letters." said Valentine Day ton, taking a gold coin from his pocket and handing it with the letters to Thrasher, "are all private, 3o I will pay you now, and when you hand them to Capt. Denham, I am sure he will give you an additional reward." "I like Cap'n Denham as much as any man I ever came across, except, perhaps, mebbe, Cap'n Fox; he comes up about to him; and you'll see*I won't forget myself," replied Thrasher, whose flushed face showed that he had been taking advantage of his unexpected prosperity to treat himself to wine. Soon after this the post-rider left for Greenport, from which point he said he war crniniT to fiardner's Island, then and still in the possession of the family that first purchased it from the Indians. "I don't like that man, Thrasher," said Mr. Hedges, as he and Valentine stood on the beach signaling the Sea Hawk tt> 6end a boat for them. "Nor do I, but of course the fellow has nothing to do with the nature of the t messages he carries. I almost wish the ] Sea Hawk was out of commission, and < we were settled down on shore again," i said Valentine. 1 j "Oh, it's all very well for you, Val, * .who have a pretty girl ready to become 'your wife, to talk about settling down; but here I am?five-and-forty, with no :wife and the prospect of none." "That is your own fault, Uncle c George." i e i "Perhaps it i6; I could have married t w> ??'4i*v>A on/1 ** ? V? r\r\ T tit o p tr/Mir o rr o if I i JLL J LI J Li LUC, auu nutu x t*c*o j vv?* wp,v, !any one had told me I should live to be * as old as I am now, without getting * ;married, I would call him crazy. Yet, t here I am, with no bride but the ship and no home but the sea." "Oh, come, llncle George, don't talk in that way. Every house on the island 'is your home and every man is your friend; and as to getting married, why a man of forty-five should be in his prime. If you doubt this start out at J once with the object of getting a wife, and my word for it, you can win a girl j nearly a6 sweet as Ellen Condit, and < that is saying a great deal for the powers of 'ascination of any man, young or ' old." The lieutenant's bronzed face and clear, brave eyes took on a softer expression, and llis usually strong, bold voice had in it a 6ub-tone of music, as he said: "Perhaps you are right ; Val. I know I feel as strong, and my head is as clear, and my heart as stout as it ever was; and talking 'bout being too old to love, I'll tell you something if it wasn't I'm afraid you'd laugh at me." "You do me an injustice, Uncle George, if you thing I could entertain ' any other feeliug than respect fcr what I th:nk to be the noblest emotion that can stir the human heart. A man himself in love, is not apt to ridicule the feelincr in another." a "I think you are richt. my lad. a and more particularly when that p other is one's uncle. But I e don't see why I shouldn't tell 0 you, though you may think strange of * my taste, that I have had my eye on a ! certain girl for two years and more." ? "May I ask if I know her?" I, "You do, Val," said the lieutenant, blushing through his tan. "Well, Uncle George, who is ehe?" "She is not of our race," said the lieutenant, with a solemn shake of the head. "Not of our race! What do vou mean?" "I mean, Val, she aint white " v "But she aint black!" cried YaL n "Mercy preserve us! No, 6he's red. She'6 an Indian, Yal, a princess in hef * tribe, end a prettier or nobler woman nev r trod the shores of Long Island, I don't care what color the next is " u "Do you mean Untilla?" "I do, Val." . "And have you said anything to her about it?" | "Of course I haven't. But I say, Val, my boy, you must do it for me." a "But why not make the proposal \ yourself, uncle?" b "Hang it, lad, I'd rather attack a war t frigate. You must do it forme," said Mr. Hedges, appealingly. \ By this time? the boat from the Sea r Hawk reached the shore near by, and c so brought an end to what the old lieutenant afterwards declared was "the j most trying conversation he had ever tackled during the five-and-forty years" ? o" his by no means uneventful life. Lea Hedges parted with Ellen at the c gate, and under an impulse that she j could not resist, she made her way to e the place where she and Kalph Denham 3 had for the first time come to an understanding. 1 She felt hurt that he had not sent one 1 word to her by the messenger. "It 8 I would have taken so little of his time," j I she said, as she 6at down on the fallen ( trunk of the same tree, 'so little of his ( ' time, yet it would have fed my hunery <a 1 leart, if he had oi.ly repeated what I so veil know 'Lea, I Jove you.' " She saw Valentine und her uncle in jarnest conversation, ns they waited or the boat that hastened to them from he Sea Hawk; and she envied them, for ;he supposed they were discussing naval natters^and that love could only en jross men when tney nao noming eiBe X) do, while with her own sex, love absorbed all their thoughts, if it did n;>t ;ontrol all the acts of their lives. She regretted that Captain Fox was oming back, and she made up her mind <> hold him at arm's length if he coninned his coarse attentions. She could lot even think kindly of her father while his man plagued her thoughts. She was not aware that another perlon was near her till she heard her name :alled in accents low, musical and hrilling, and looking up with a start, >he saw Untilla before her. The Indian naiden had attended the same school vith Lea, Ellen and the young ladies >f the better families in the place, Lnd in mrniv respects she was the ntellectual equal of the brightest. She was particularly distinguished or the frankness of her manners?a rankness that was as far removed from udeness as the clear waters of a wllow-shaded spring differ from the tinged itream to which it gives rise. I'ntilla had all the dignity of charac?r that distinRuished the rulers of her ace, "but there biended with II a gentlejess and a freshness of disposition* ffhich eome call natural, and all knotf ;o be loving. In the days when they were laughing school girls, Lea made no secret to her riende of the feeling then being warmed nto a life that should only die out with ier own. And the Indian maiden, with ;he dignified reticence of her people, lept her own counsel; tut as she could lot act a lie, her manner to Eaiph Denmm told her feeling for him as plainly is if *he had announced it in a meeting >f th<* tribe. Untllla, since the return of the Sea Hawk from the last cruise, Baw where ho young Captain's affections lay, and ivhile her heart x-ebelled for a moment igainst the inevitable, she made up her nind to submit, and for his sake continue loving what he loved. "Whv. Vntilla!" exclaimed Lea. as ?he took the Indian girl's hands, and irew her to a seat on the fallen tree. "I supposed you were miles and miles iway." * "I would be back at ray home, I should De there, for njy brother has the white nan, Colonel Graham, for a guest,were t not lor you," replied Untilla, still molding one of Lea's haads. "Then, my dear UntilJa, if you come x> see me, you must do it at my father's louse," said Lea, preparing to rise. lio BE CONTINUED. | TEMPERANCE. THE JOLLY DOT. Here stands a uoy, Quite full of joy. But rather tend of drinking. So lend your ea?s, My pretty dears, And do a little thinking. What kind of drinl:, Pray, do you tbink, Do I delight to swallow? Not beer nor gin, They lea t to slu; My drink will beat them hollow. I'M quench my t hirst With water first. It never leads to foil}. It's mild and sweet And such a treat It makes me fat and jolly. NO SAFETY AT ANY TIME. Our physical constitution changes with he changing years, says the Knights of Father Mathew Journal. That we have irunk with safety from twenty to lorty is 10 sign that we may do the name from forty o sixty. Many have drunk with supposed lafety until they were old men and then bti ame druakarJs and died drunkards. THE MODERATE BRISKER. The moderate drinker thanks God that he an take a drink or let it alone. The difference between the moderate drinker and tho otal abstainer ia, the one can let it alone, ut does uot. while t bo other lets it alone ,nd tries to ?et others also to let it alone, 'erhaps those who profess to be able to let t alone would Jlnd it no easy tast if they nadethe attempt. AT.COITOL DEPRESSES J51GE8TION. When alcohol is taken with food and mixes with the contents of the stomach, it is partly decomposed into substances which in turn decompose the gastric juices, render iug IUCIO men* tuiu 111 ut) ueurfssiuj; ingestion.. Whatever may sometimes be said in favor of the use of stimulants with mea's, It is very doubtful if the slight temporary stimulating effect of such drinks is at all 2umpfnsutory for their interference with the action oT the rastrie lluids. THICKS Or TIIE TRADE. We read in the report of an English conMil wnose sphere of observation is Naplps and district, that "more wine is sold and exported under the name of Capri in one year than the island can possibly grow iu ten."' On the general question ol Italian wines ho sayf: ''It is notorious tiiat the British public has for years been drinkinjr Italian winos with French labels on their bottles, and it seems strange that an Imiiau label should Jeter them from indulging in the same liquor!" Such facts as these do not say much for the discernment al the Encliah winy-drinkers. *.vnasitic life in Aixonoi* Pro Tensor Coles state? that he has found iter careful experiment that all forms of Icohol con ain parasitic life called bacalus lotumauia?. It follows, therefore, that very kind of driuk, whether wine, brandy >r beer, into which alcohol enters, is infestd with this curious germ life. These miuite forms have been examined through a lowerful microscope and their development arefuby watched. They havo been found o be especially plentiful in strong drink pliicli contains a large percentage of alcool. An\* one who drinks is. of course orce l to introduce these dangerous lorms uto the sys.em in large numbeis. temperance news and notes. Between the ages ol twenty-five and thirty, rhere ton total abstainers die. thirty-one aoderate drinkers die. A candid saloon keeper at Des Moines, owa, says the saloon is a necessity, and necessity knows no law.'' Statistics show that the entire results of he labor of the people for one day in every line go to support the liquor traffic. Alcohol is a poison; it is not assimilated, mt is thrown olT unchanged; it disturbs ihysiologieal processes and lays the foundaion for disease. A year ago not less than . forty-three totai abstinence mayors were elejtea in England, twenty of these were entertained recently >v the lord mayor of London and gave thoir estimony to the benefits of i:otal abstinence. Canon Farrar says. "There is many a rorkingman in these streets, many a cabd.id, many a laborer, who spends every day >f his life on drink a sum which I could not ifford, and which 1 should think it crlminaly luxurious and disgracefully extravagant n myself to spend." A g: ocer in a country town advertises than my man who takes two drinks of whisky a lay for one year at a cost ot ten cents each ran have for that money at his store ten tacks of flour, 220 pounds of granulated iu^ar, 175 pounds of good coffee and save ii2.50 as a premium for making the exchange. Internally the action of alaohol is both ocal and goneral. If allowed to come c'.i ectly into contact with the walls of the itomach it irritates them, cansing them to issume an inflamed appearance. If the juantity of alcohol is large, or more or less ;ontinuously applied, actual inflammation >f the lining of the surface follows, . I RELIGIOUS READING. I ALONE WITH OOD. , .1 If statistics could, be collected as to the amount of time spent by the church in its closet, we think the figures would be extremely startling. There would be no fur- 1 ther cause for wonder at the prevalent lukewarmness and laxity. .Neglect of closet duties may indeed be counted effect as well as cause of religious apathy ; but we are disposed to place them rather in the latter class because they are so plain an obligation and so simple a prescription. Jle who thrusts them aside puts away the easiest, p clearest, surest method of spiritual growth. Si It is something within the reach of all ; not o that in every case it can be compassed with- ti out effort, but a way can always be found el where the will exists. It has the most direct c< and immediate connection with the result p desired, and never fails, when properly pur- ' it sued, to bring it to pass. Nothing can take Ii its place. There is no short cut to the tl heights of piety. b< A few revival meetings, an hour or two of gi spasmodic ecstasy.nre not sufficient for at- If taining the delightful realms of religious tranquillity and power. It is far safer to depend pi on quiet,systematic gains. It is thus the most u substantial, serviceable, oak-like piety is gi built up. Daniel in his chamber praying is ai the essential precursor to Daniel unterrified T before the lions. We read of him that "he 11. kneeled upon his knees three times a day. pi and prayed and gave thanks before his *1 God. Similarly the Psalmist says: "Even- H ing, morning, and at noon, will I pray and ai cry aloud." Who will say that this is not a re reasonable and wholesome custom V Yet it ol would be dangerous to ask any Chris- fn tian assembly how many of those pi present followed it. It would be w found, we fear, that nearly all suffered the whole day of busy cares to in- P' tervene between the hurried, half-digested w mouthfuls of spiritual nourishment afforded to in the crowded morning and the tired evening. Among the many lines of reform " pressing for attention in the habits of the^ R, members of our churches, it seems to us that scarce any is more indispensable than w reform in attention to the^e powerful helps " to growth in grace which cluster around v< the still hour. More lime must be spent " alone with God. or we shall not see what we so much desire either in our own reli- 1,3 gious uplifting or outward results upon the m world. * J MR. MOODT ON FAITH. I? All who would be saved must come as ai they are. ''Christ comes to us in our sins, and saves us from our sins. The gift of a, God was life eternal, and if a gift all had a i<( right to take it," he said. "You say you've 8f been trying! Stop. Don't try! Just take it! Bight here believe it is a gift and take ti it. But here is where unbelief comes in. w ' I have just put something in this Bible ; w do you believe it ? _ at A middle-aged man in front said, "Yes, aj sir." .. v m "Then, that is faith. "Why do you believe it? m "Because you said so." qj "Yes. You have faith in my word. It is th a Testament (taking a small Testament from ci between the Bible leaves.) Now I am going th to give it to you ; do you believe that? " w The man hesitated. H Ah ! there it is. You will not make your x faith a personal matter. Will you take it? Will you take it now ?" ?a The man stepped to the front and reached ?1 up to the stage. "Now your faith prompts to you to reach out. You do not receive it at 3e first (raising the book out of his reach,) but H do you belie :e you will receive it ?" !h "Yes." li< "Why?" if "Because you have promised to give it to me." %( "Yes. he has faith (to the audience): he w had faith, took me at my word, reached for w the gift, persisted in reaching and received te it. I do not know this man; I never saw him gi before, but he will keep that book; money h< could not buy it from him; he will take it d< home and read it and find things he does w not know are in it. vl "Such is faith; exercise it now and come H into the kingdom. Take the gift of God o: bow. Will you take it, mother? Will you di take it. father? Take it i Take it, now." z I w OUTWARD PEACE. J, Some people are apt to belittle the peace pi of Jesus because they havp peace of life. Ic They have had no bitter disappointments, k: no cruel wrestlers, no crushing afflictions, w nn fliiFv tamivtntiAnci rTh*? urnrM }ma rlAulf m kindly by them and they have fitted into li their environments. Moments there are C! when the sailors of the deep envy thoso s< that sail in the smooth sheltered waters be- tc eause they have not been driven to and fro g on stormy seas and been in danger of the turgid swells. Other moments the sons of n tribulation pity those unfortunates who h have never seen the great billows lie down h as a dog chidden by his master and God If turn the storm into a calm. Oue-baJf of the 01 Bible is a closed book to them that sit P at ease, because only a pierced hand can open the pages. The promises are for them ei whose hearts are sore; the invitations are d to them that hunger. Jesus' peace was the it best of all L'ifts to that handful of broken a men in the Upper Room, whose first step ^ would be into the darkness, but it may not x seem any great thing to the favorites of this world. Yet it is not wise for any one to make too much of an outward peace,depend- to ent on health of body, and the goods that to are kept in barns, and the suffrages of the '< multitude, which today cries "Hosanna." and tomorrow "Crucify," and on the whims ? of tickle, selflah people. Let a man j* be as far-seeing, accom modating,politic, un- 11 scrupulous as may be. he cannot hope always to escape disaster, for this peace is as '' uncertain as tht> lovely Mediterranean. One day you look through the motionless foliage 11 on a still expanse of blue, and the next " morning the orange blossom is strewn upon ^ the ground and the spray is dashing on [' your garden wall. "As the world giveth." ' ?Rev. John Watson, 1). D.f Id "The Upper ? Room." f. kl D THE OLD AND NEW. ^ We are living at the end of an old epoch w and the beginning of a new one. We can say, looking backward. "It is the last jj time "Upon us the ends of the world n have come." Looking forward, we can say 9I that we are spectators at the creation of a r| new heaven and a new earth. Today, 40 n then. He that sits on the throne makes ai* ^ things new. Christ's coming is to take e place in the year on which we are about to Bj enter. He is to come to us aii. xoaiioius tl it is the last time for many things, the first ^ time for many other th:nss. No hand on a the horologue of time points the hour, no b bell sounds it out from the skies. We see b not any outward change from day to day. ? Yet each year takes away the old and orings the new.?James Freeman Clarke. STIFLING CONSCIENCE. L "You may stifle conscience for awhile, but some day?tramp, tramp, tramp?all will coine before you. those sins you will not 8l give up. Somewhere today is Herod, and fl he still remembers what kept him out of the r kingdom. What is your sin? You know ^ j what it is. and what is keeping you out of ai the kingdom ! Oh, man Oh, woman ! Don't jji let that sin--you know just what it is : it comes up before you new - don't let it keep bi you from the kingdom. It takes as much 0] will to resist the spirit as :o receive it. Will 3, you not decide now? Yoi: can do it."?D. L. Moody. lc How good it is for those who are bereaved and sorrowful that our Christian festivals ( - iat forward and upward as well as back- {J ward : and the eternal joy, to which we are drawing ever nearer, is linked to the earthly joy which has passed away.?Mrs. Charles. bi R Begin each day by tarrying before God M and letting him touch you. Take time to r? meet God. ai di rc THE KIEL CANAL. In a Total of 10,834 Ship.?, No Mention 1b * Made of an American Vessel. From July 1,1895, to June 30, 189G, there passed through the new Kiel Canal 16,834 ships that had to pay toll. Their tonnage n< was 1,605,983. Of these, 7531 were steam- re ship9, aggregating 1,140,578 tons. Their m flags were as follows: German, 14,957; Bel- ai pian, 8; British, 184; Danish, 812; French, 81; w Dutch, 381: Norwegian, GO; Russian, 84; Swedish, 336;all other countries,9,and If any carried the Stars and Stripes, it was not deemed worthy of mention. The year's expenses were fc about $200,000, and tbn receipts a trifle above w that amount. These figures are reported to I 91 the State Department by Consul Monaghau. | Ir SABBATH SCHOOL NTERNATIONAL LESSON FO JANUARY 31. jesaon Text: "The Boldness of Pete und John," Acts lvM 1-14? Golden Text: Acts iv., 1-14?Commentary. 1. "And as tney spaKe unto tne people it nests find the captain of the temple and tt addueees came upon them." Thev spal [ .Tonus, His life, dentb, resurrection and r lrn to restori all things of which thepropl 3 had spoken: that He and all thin; jncerning Him baa been foretold by th rophets, and that now. being raised froi le dead, He was ready to bless Israel flrs 1 all the prophets the Spirit had said thj irough Israel all Nations of the earth shoul 3 blessed, aad He spoke through the'm of reat Deliverer who would do this and mak irael the chief of all Nations. 2. "Being grieved that they taught th aople and preached through Jesus the re< rrection from the dead." They would b rieved that men, In their eyes unlearne id ignorant (verse 13), should dare to teact he priests were to teach the people (Mn .,7; Lev. x., li). While resurrection wa lainly taught in the Oid Testament (Jot ix., 25-27; Ps. xvi., 10;Ezek. xxxvii., 12,1J os. vi., 2), the Sadducees believed not i: iv f chanter xxill.. 8V so that anvtblnc o: ssurrection would grieve them. That jesu ' Nazareth, whom they crucified as a male ctor, should be risen from the dead wouli rove that they were guilty and that He wa hat He said He was. 3. "And they laid hands upon them an< it them in hold unto the next day. for i as now eventide," They had been taugli i expeot this, and therefore may uot hav sen surprised at it, though the first tim lat even a predicted event happens is ofte surprise (John xv., 19; xvi., 1. 2; Math. x. i-20). Tne enmity against God and Hi ord, even on the part of those who, lik le priests, are professedly His people, is sti jry marked, and shall continue to b iroughout this age. 4. "Howbeit. muny of them which hear le word believed, and the number of th en was about five thousand." If these ar holly in addition to those of chapter iL, 41 len there are already over eight thousan illowers of the Lord Jesus Christ in a fe< lys, and apparently through two serm^c id a miracle. What a contrast to the hue red and twenty of chapter i., 15, and wh? i illustration and proof of His word! Sreater works than these shall he do, be mse I go unto My Father (John xlv., 12). 5. 6. "And it came to pass on the morroi lar their rulers and elders and scribes, * * ere gathered together at Jerusalem." Thi as a council or the highest religious body, c i we would say of the church authoritiei id, therefore, one to be feared by ordinar en. 7. "And when they had set them In th idst they asked, By what power or by whf ime have ye done this?" The phrase "1 ie midst" makes us think of the invisibl hrist, who was traly in the midst unseen b ie religious dignitaries. Peter and Joh ere there in His name, on His business, an a was surely with them in the midst (Matt sriii.. 20). 8. "Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghos .id unto them, ye rulers of the people an ders of Israel." The Holy Spirit is the ke i the whole business and the one grei icret of every victory in the Christian lif< e spake and wrought every word and a< irough Christ, and He is given to every b< aver to do the same in each one?tnat is, t teak and act through us. . 9. "If we this day be examined ot th )od deed done to the impotent man, b hat means he is mide whole." The ma as certainly utterly helpless, a truly impo nt man, and it is on and in such that th racious Lord loves to work. If we knei helpless we are to save ourselves or t 3 any good thing when we are saved, w ould stop trying and trust our mighty Sn lour to work in us both to will and to do c is good pleasure. All our doing tends t calt ourselves, and this is wronp:; but Hi Ding exalts Him, and that is right. 10. "By the name of Jesus Christ of -Nt ireth doth thiB m??n stand here before vo hole." The crucified and risen Christ, tb espised Nazarene. still lives and has a :>wer, and He manifests it through His fol iwera to HLs glory that His nam# may D unwn. The devil and the world and orldly church hates to have His nam lade known (verses 17,18), but a true b< ever will say with Peter and John, "TV innot but speak the things which we hat >en aod heard" (verse 20). The apostlt >ok no credit to themselves, but gave a lory to Christ, saving, "He did it." 11. "This is the stoutj which was set i aught of you builders, which is become th ead of the corner." This would or shoul ave carried their thoughts to Pj. cxviii., 2! hi. viii., 14; xxviii., 16; Gan. xlix., 24, an ther texts where Israel's Messiah is con ared to a stone. Some of these very me lay have remembered His owu words to th fleet also. See Math, xxi., 23, 42-44. Son ay, when the Nation shall see Him oomin i His glory, they will think of these thing nd with true penitence they shall make tt 'ords of Isa. liil., their own. See Zecl li.. 10. 12. "Neither Is there salvation in an ther. lor there is none other name undi eaven given among men whereby we mu. esaved." Whether it be for a Nation < )r an individual (Job xxxiv., 29), there o salvation apart from Jesus Christ. ] tim is life, and he that hath thd"8on hat fe, but he that hath not the Son of Gc ath not life (John i., 4; I John v., 11, 12). 13. "They took knowledge of them thi ley had been with Jesus." An unlikely ii :rument, humanely speaking, when coi oiled by God brings glory to (Jod. T1 tteranoe and the fearlessness of these mt efore this great council oonvinoed the iat some great mind or power was control ig them. They probably remembered tl oldness of Jesus and saw in these men H pirit. He had told them while yet wit aem that when brought before councils f< [is sake they were not to be anxious as t rhat they should say, for the Spirit of Go 'ould speak through them (Math, x., 18-20 ia " i?fl th?? man which w( ealed standing with them they could sh othing against it." An incurable sick pe; sn made whole, a wicked person mac Ighteons, a profane or violent person mad iogk and gentle, a worldly person made 1 e devoted to the Lord Jesus Christ?thef vidences of the work of Christ cannot I poken against. If while we profess to t lie Lord's the old life is still continual! lanifest, there is no convincing testimon; nd the name of the Lord is dishonors ut, filled with the Spirit, there cannot bv e convincing testimony for Christ.?Lease Luijror. SWISS EXPOSITION FAILURE. ottery to Raise 860,000 to Cover Its D< licit?Bad Weather. The Swiss National Exposition held la immer aDd fall at Geneva was a dieastroi aancial failure, says United States Consi idgely in a report to the State Departmen he display was thoroughly represented ad made on a scale of lavtshness that wou) ave done credit to a muoh larger and rioh< alion; but, owing to the unprecedented) id weather during the entire sen&on.n< alv have all of the guarantee funds bee fallowed up, but there remains a deficit < 50,000, which la to be covered by a Nation ittory. TUNNEL 2 1-2 MILES LONC. reat Northern Road to Kan Under th Cascade Mountains. H. C. Honry has securod the contract t nild the approaches to the Great > irther ailrond's tunnel through the Jascad ountains, in Washington, and mea are al >ady on their way to commence prelimii :y work. It will take about six months t 3 the work, and then everything will t lady to commence on the track, which, it i lid, will be one of tho greatest euglneerin ats in history. Tho tunnel will be two an half miles long, and will reduce the all ide of the road one thousand feet. An Immense Cattle Business. Beef cattle sold from the counties of Har and Malheur. Oregon, this season rep isent a value of more than $1,000,000, o ore than 312 each for all the men. woinei id-children In the counties. The sale ere more than 40,000 head. A ship's Cargo at Cut Bates. A four-masted iron ship, with provision r two years and 2500 tons of coal on board as lately sold at Yarmouth, Englnnd, fo 56. The vessel had run ashore three mile om the town. n? am m Mi' iujij"j m 10 ' ? ? le lv A LITTLE GRAIN FOR YEARLINGS. * The first winter of any jonng ar J* mal, either colt or calf, it has a ha; ie time. In most cases it shows the fa oo plainly by rough, staring coat, inc j* eating disordered digestion. A litt d grain with the coarse fodder, if on a a quart of oats daily, or its equivale 0 in meal or bran, will give much mo e gain than its cost A quart of oat? day is less than a bushel per mont e or only lour or five bushels until t d animal can be put on pasture again, l' Boeton Cultivator. B J- FEEDING THE FAMILY COW. n Feeding the family cow ie somethii n , I have learned to do right only aft 3 years of experience. Bnt now n 5 thoroughbred Shorthorn, nine yea s old, is giving thirty-eight pounds milk per day, and last month ma t sixty pounds, eleven ounces of butt( it besides furnishing two quarts dai e for the table. I mix sixty poun 6 wheat bran, seventy pounds cobmei seventy pounds buckwheat bran ai s one hundred pounds shorts or mi ? dlings, two such batches lasting month. At night a vater pail is fill with cut wheat, straw and chaff, h d or cold water poured in and it stan 6 till morning. Ther, after draining < L the water, it is dumped into a goo d sized box, four quarts of the abo v mixture is added and a pint of linse ^ meal, the whole mixed together ai Lt given as the morning feed. She g? 9, the same at night; at noon give on three quarts mixed grain and one pi jj linseed meal. Give hay in quantiti * to suit her appetite, allowing her s waste nothing.?New England Hon lr stead. s? STOCK WITH GOOD LUNGS. e it In selecting breeding stock of a n kind, a deep chest and broad nosti ,e are prime requisites for animals ti Q are sore to give satisfaction. Th< d are the indications of natura ' good breathing apparatns. If this 1 i not been impaired by disease or m (1 nee the animal, other things bei y equal, is reasonably certain to ^ profitable. Horsemen understand th ?t Any injury to the lungs of a horse < tracts so much from its value that, 0 the animal would otherwise be vah e ble, it becomes almost worthless, y course, the lunge of a horee are esp< Q ially tried in hard driving. But wil ~ out good lungs there can be no go v digestion, nor can life be vigorous o any of its functions. We do not ra 6 cows, but ii the cow have a small, tt chest, showing woaknese of lungs, e o will be a delioate feeder and c s neither fatten nor excel in the prodi tion of milk or bntter. It is the sai J with all other domestic animals. 1 ie nostrils ami chest, indicating characl 11 of the breathing apparatue, are alws ~ the most important points to be cc a sidered.?American Cultivator. ,e' 5r0 CALCULATE FOB THE PROFITS. 6 As this paragraph is being writtc ^ load after load of wheat "seconds"! being drawn past by the dairymen i it winter feeding at $10 a ton. W: ? corn the cheapest in years?and tl 2; means all other grain as well?c d would think that these men wouldb the corn, but tne fact is this: Th< \Da men have corn by the 100 bushels a ie oats galore, and yet they find by < K perience that they can sell oats a ^ corn, even at present prioeB, and b Q fine bran at $10, and get the diffi ' ence in weight as a gift for the dra y ing, and not only is more milk p] *{: duced, but the manurial supply )r augmented and a gain is made m t1 is or three ways. The writer sold 1 :jj oate at twenty-five cents?last yea ,d carried over for the rise?and < ohanged them for bran seconds at $ at per ton, making 1200 pounds of s< onds clear on each ton of oats, and ie the seconds will make as much mil in pound for pound, as the oats, the i ? tion has been consequently cheapen jg as well as increased by something ov is one-half. h Then cornmade manure is not " valuable as that from wheaten shori d and the animal is better nourished ). a result of the feeding more nitroge 15 ous matter. Here is a great field for e fm periment and practice, and one to which much can be done to cheap le the cost of producing a thing.- Fo ? cents saved a day in the feeding of )e cow is the same as the rise of li! )o amount in the price of butter, and >y the stars of fortune should again shi j'. and we see twenty-five cent butter, t it man who has cheapened the rati* >n four cents a day to the cow and g( the rise on butter as well, will soon' a milllionaire, and his daughters w foreign counts, L e., fellowe to he a- him count his cash.?Practical Farme 9t FEEDING POULTRY. 16 On winter mornings, to one hu t. dred hens give four dozen earB of co r? which have been heated in thekitch jr oven for ten minutes or more, !y somewhat charred the better. T it necessity to work for their breakfas JJJ gives them the desired impetus al exercise, while the hot, dry cor gradually worked off, furnish warmth without heaviness. Nev feed shelled corn to laying hens?it too fattening. But on the ear tb will not trouble to pick off more thi 0 is actually required to satisfy hunge ii At noon scatter four qutirts of whe le through the straw. Keep poult workiug and scratching busily ai o hungrily all day. >e At night give all they will eat,whi< s in winter should be a hot mish. F ? this keep a large kettle in which p i- the parings, refuse leaves and sera ings, with the water in which veget bles arc boiled. Season moderate with salt, liberally with pepper, r being best. Boil for an hour in t r morning, then thicken with bran a oats, but when oats are used th 8 should be boiled with the whole me; Boiled oats are excellent egg foo Dry and uncooked their Bharp prick - > points are more or less dangerous ' ttie crops of fowls but boiling obviat s this, besides matting the oats mo | digestible. In summer, instead of 1 .y v : UMiaMI hot mash, give oats which have been }|BS ti- soaked first for an hour or morebyJ^H r(] having boiling water poured ore* ct them in a pail; also gfve themthe HH jj. refuse matter cold, in their troughs. ,]e Theorists saj not to feed corn ly eggs, but in cold climates oorn is BB nt absolute necessity. A diet of wheat j^H re and oats never brought eggs for me. H , a It is too light?neither rich nor heat^ ing enough for oold weather... As w*rm j^H weather approaches, lessen the quan- HM _ tity of corn, substituting wheat" or KB oats. Six pounds of out green bone, HM in place of the noon grain, should be fed twice a week in winter. It tends RH greatly to keep poultry in fine condiQg tion. A pan of coarsely ground, oytfer M er shells must also be supplied?nnlewr H9| a? you would awake some fine morning U to find year fowls eating their own Bj , eggs, nave sharp gravel handy fojk BH necessary grit?American Agricnl- JW ly turiet. , m ds I j " THE HCPBOVBD KAVY BKAW. . > V 3(j This trnly sncoesafnl bean is a cross (j. between the California Navy and the a Washington. It is a little larger in e(] size than the Navy and in appearance ot like the white pea bean of the Mtd^Ie ^^H d8 States, white and glassy ;cooks sooner^^B 0ff than the Navy; has a good flavor and^HI is in many ways superior ia the or^Kw ve iginal. The bean as a plant grtiw^HH ecj very vigorous, and yields large crop? Q(j on sandy loam, as large as two tonfP^M 3t8 per acre. On common wheat lands ?| iy twenty buehels per aore is an 'average nt orop. This bean will mature in ninety S| ies da7a from time of planting in this high \ Hj latitude (forty-six and one-half degr^eff Hj ie. north), where corn is a fail ore fyttr H times out of five. If planting is dohe H the first week in Jane the beanwill be H in the sacs the first week in September H a# /?aa1 t> I ffKfa TKA (TfAaiAtf *9 n7 advantage of the bean is that it wilf-^ ils ripen evenly. Whep it commences ^ iat ripen Ct gets all ripe, causing no delay t 366 and least loss in harvesting. P., \ "J I found the beBt way to cultivate^ l.as rows two and one-half feet apart and i?" plant within the rows at a distance ot one foot to eighteen inches, and from < be three to five beans in a hill Thissy* ifc tem makes cultivation and oleaning of .1 *?* weeds very easy. If pulling is done A ^ by hand, the fact df having :them la' planted in bunches expedStea wort- I Of use a Michigan bean harvester sue- ; 5C* cessfully pulling, with two horses And Y ih- one man, fully ten aores per day," with ji little or no shelling. A man follows up * 'n with a pitchfork and places the beans; ce in little shocks to cure up lot a few . l^n days, when they are hauled to a threshhe jng floor ftnd four horses are used to ac stamp them out. It only took two men 10* for ten days, and the horses, to psU, shook, haul, thresh and saok*three hun- . 'ie dred bushels of beans, raised on fifteen . ter acres. By*this process they aIre' kept :m iy8 clean and bright, not cracked^ but {ft m* glossy, and a oommoq grain fanning mill will olean them as thoroughly ae-Ajfl a hand-picked bean. I saok th$m in V hualap saoks weighing between one S hundred and forty to one bandied and %I ire fifty pounds eaoh, and they are ready J for for the market. V itb If a?y bean raiser deeiree to try jfl iat these beans, he will find, them to be ine preferable and more satisfactory than ' nv any other. They outsell the others. I I 38e have introduced them to a few growers I nd here (after propogating them) and I 3X. they have given the best^of eafciafac- I ad tiou. This bean should Wa an coast I Vy in cool Northern climates like Michiar. gan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and the w. Dakotas, and I presume also in the ro. oommeroial bean-growing sections of i8 New York and New England. wo v ;/-v '.jj lis P0T7I/TBI WHKNS. > v y v. 2 r 6 When fowls are rightly fed, made to }X" take exeroise and their quarters kept * ** * i ? * AVf Clean ana iree irom noo, vuoto ao 30 scarcely any trouble with disease. . I aa When the beginner in the poultry dUt ki business makes this his motto he hat^^B 'a- made a good step towards success, ed When the combs and wattles of th^^JB er fowls are Of a bright red oolor it indfc^HH cates a good healthy condition. B0 When the hens are baay scratching, ts? laying and singing and the cocki^MBj a6 almost continually crowing, yon majMH n" feel sure your fowls are not unhealthy. VH '** When you enter the hen honee afterVH 1D the fowls have gone to roost and hear en no sniffing or wheezing, roup has not nr a hold on the flock. MB a When the dronpines are rather hard Bm and partly white it proves that they if are not bothered with indigestion. Qe When you go into the poultry house at night and feel draughts blowing DU through make sure roup and colds are 9 )t8 near at hand. ?e When the fowls stand on one leg H sd with their heads drawn in or tuoked i 'iJ unaer ineir wing, you can uepeuu :r- upon it that something is going wrong and should be righted at onoe. When the edges of the comb and Q. wattles are of a purplish red and the. rn movements sluggish, something has en gone wrong. if When they lie around indifferent to he their surroundings, then they are too fat, and death from apoplexy, indigesto tion and liver complaint will be sure Di to result unless the trouble is quickly e6 prevented. er When fowls are restless and keep constantly picking among their feathey ers, look for lice at once. an When the little chicks keep crying ,r and standing around refusing to eat, at lice are troubling or they have been ry chilled. . , atj When chicks get bowel disease it ift usually caused by being chilled. When you get too lazy to care for or your fowis sell out to your wife and Qt quit the business. p. When you think that hens will lay a. well on a diet of corn and water you'll ly change your mind sooner or later, eil When you see the value of greec he bone and cut clover you will be sure or to use them as a food. 4 ? ey ' V J .e Cured by a Book Leaf. d. At the beginning of this century e ly most peculiar cholera remedy was in to use in Persia. It consisted in wadding es up a leaf from the Koran and fore re ing it down the patient's throat.? ' he Philadelphia Ledger. . W.*