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1! -JiJ? ? G 0 r r^p rvd ^le c k CHAPTER XXIII. FACE TO FACE. Before calling on Doctor Hedges, fcaptain Fox ?iad had a long and, to himself, satisfactory conversation with Uncus of the Mofctauke. He ha 1 brought from the ship a brilliant un'form, part of the plunder of a Spanish galloon, with a fine sword, a rifle, jewel-hilted dagger, and several wonderful pistols, among them a revol / V> ? O f j "ver, as prcscuio iv w??>. As the revolvers now in use were not Invented for a century and a half after this, the last named present may seem out of place in the list, but the Portuguese had practical revolvers, very clumsy, of course, a century before the date of our 6tory. The chief and Fox parted with an Tinderstandinc that they should meet on the morrow, when the day should be , Bet for dispatching Ralph Denham. Uncas was so delighted with his presents that he went at once to the , inn, got a room, and changed his gracelul native costume for the gorgeous ,dress of a Spanish Major General, , Bword and all. As the fishing hut where Captain Denham was at this time was only a anile or so from Sag Harbor, and was the property of Uncas, and provided With sleeping accommodations for one, *? -1?TI'KQTI holatorl nr 'fie tUVYU^a ncut lUOl nuvu WV*MVV%. anxious to be in town in the morning, Instead of stopping at the inn. He had n Indian's objection to sleeping in louses that were not ventilated by removing the windows and doors. A iter surveying himself as well as he could in the little circular mirror with which the room was furnished, Uncas sallied out, hi6 sword making a great clatter behind him. and he bent his steps in the direction of the before mentioned hut, as Squire Condit would put it. < The fire lit by Dinah and Untilla had nearly died out, though there was still a dull glow on the hearth that threw a pulsating, spectral light about the little apartment. Through the open chinks and doorway ? *USo + Kn+ {f Air? nnt our. 'uncas ??tw i"i=> ngui, uu? 11 uiu uu, wu. prise him, for it was not unusual for one of the Montauks to stop there, on his way to or his return from Sag Harbor, to cook his food. Uncas walked boldly on, his sword making a clatter which to him had all the exciting melody of martial music. Kalph Denham heard the noise, and concealing himself behind the door, which opened inwards, he looked out through the chinks. The dull light flashed on the scarlet jcloak and the gold cords, and it was not till Uncas came in to the open doorfway that Ralph recognized him. , The cnief on entering closed the door :behind him by giving it a kick with his jfoot; then he walked up to the smoldering fire, placed the scattered brands together, and, by using his Major General's chapeau as a fan, he started up a iUame that lit up his Major Uenerai's uniform till he looked to be on fire and (breaking out in little tongues of flame all over. "Without turning round, Uncas, who now felt particularly important and warlike, said aloud: "When 1 am the friend of a white man 1 he knows it, and when I am a foe he knows it. Better for Ralph Denham he 1 had never been born." "Ralph Denham is dead!" said a deep, sepulchral voice, directly behind the Cllltu. Uncas was superstitious in his every ;fiber. Physically there lived no braver ixnan, but in the presence of a danger he could not understand or believed to be supernatural, he was the veriest coward jthat ever lived. On turning round, which he did with great rapidity, he saw standing with his (back to the door, and the light falling on his pale face and blitzing eyes, the ercct and resolute form of Ralph Denham. The chief gasped and staggered back, as far as the contracted walls of the hut permitted. His eyes and every feature denoted the most craven fear, for with the best of reasuns he supposed that Ralph Denham was dead, and that this was his specter. Ralph saw his advantage, and with that promptness and presence of mind lur wiiii; u iiu a us uienu^ uismt*u, ae called out, without changing his position, one hand in his breast, holding a j pistol, the o.her behind him similarly employed. "The dress you wear is the price of my blood; lay down that sword." With trembling hands the chief unbuckled the belt, und threw the sword on the floor. "Takeoff that uniform, it is stained with my blood," said Ralph with the same blood-curdling manner. Wishing in his heart that he had remained back at the inn, the frightened Chief promptly obeyed what he lirnily believed was th^ ghost of his victim. and stood in very ant attire indeed. "Now, lie down on that be I, and turn your face away, ' c ommanded Ralph. ' The chief with some ewdenoes of reluctance obeyed, for ho now felt convinced that the specter was going to pick up the eword and slay hi n therewith, or he might preler to punish him with the jewel-hilted dagger. This impression was made a certainty in the chiefs mind when he heard the ghost picking up me belt. "I do not fear to die," said the chief. "The Montauxs do not turn their backs on death, but you are a spirit and can kill me at any time, lielont I die let me get word to my sister and my people. " 'My doing that depends on the answers yon gtvo me. "Will you reply to me truthfully?" asked ltalph. "If I reply, I tan do it in no other vay." J "1 can tell if yon deceive me." "That power i given only to spirits." ' "Will t ncas. ch ef of the ilohawks, ' answer me.'' "I will " i "I?i' not look at me. Close your eyes that you may the better hear my words." The chief obeyed him. Ealph's objec was to get the chief to i confirm the seemingly improbable s.ory of Untilla and Dinah, and at the same time to learn ail that Incasknew about i the motives t?n I onductof Captain Fox With a skill that would have excit- d the admirat on of Squire Condit, and i Tfiiich ho w.tuld have been certain to attriDute to his own exaraplo, Ralph Denham pi ed his questions and the chief answered w thout hesitation, corroborating I n ilia und Dinah, and proving to the Ca a n, beyond all doubt, - y that the commander of the Wanderer m&B indeed he niamous Caotain Kidd. ' ? * r a! ])UL1\MV? 1 So far all had gone well; but it was not in Ralph l?enhara's nature to continue a deceit after it had assured the good purpose for which he had employed it. Confident that in any event he had the advantage of this man?he little knew how the terrible ordeal through which he had just passed had weakened him?he determined to reveal the fact that he was in the flesh. Advancing to the side of the wooden cot on which the chief lay, h* said, with much solemnity: "I'ncas of theSIontauks, you have answered raa truthfully as I know. You planned for my murder, though I never did you a wrong, but oil the contrary havfl hefin pwr rour friend " -lou won i.ea Sedges, the woman I loved," groaned the chief. "If she preferred me to you, was that my fault? lTncas lid not answer. "You nave become the partner of a bad man, the worst man that lives today; and in the world where brave ppirit6 dwell the soul of your ancestor, the mighty 'Wyandauch, cannot rest for the misdeeds of hi6 descendant." "Did he so tell you?" This was asked with the utmost solemnity; but the sense of honor uas so strong in Ralph Denham that he was impressed with the oddity and grote6queness of the question, to the momentary forgetfulness of the many important things pressing on his attention. He laughed, but checked himself 60 suddenly as to increase the specterlike effect of his talk. "Now, I'ncas, you can live to a ripe old age if you promise to do as I say. Will you agree?" After a few seconds' hesitation, the chief replied: "I will." "Good: then vou must promise never to see this Capt. Fox again." "I 60 promise." "You must pledge yourself and the warriors of your tribe to help the officers of the Sea Hawk should they call on you?" "I also promise that." "And lastly you must give up all thoughts of Lea Hedges, and wish in your heart Kalph Denham was alive." "I will never speak to Lea Hedges again; but don't ask me the oth*r thing," said the chief, still consistent in his hate. nnw fAlt t.hat the time had come to discover himself; he imagined that the chief would be delighted to find that this was not a ghost, so h6 leaned over the cot and said: "Open your eyes, Uncas, and look at me." The ohief promptly obeyed. "Do I look like a dead man?" "I know you are dead." "I am not. To-day your sister and Dinah rescued me from the vault, and here I am in the flesh." Ralph Denham erring on the side of his own generosity made a mistake. So fur I'ncas was certain that he had been talking to a specter, but the moment he +I-W1 K/.f Kruoth r*n hift eplr* realized I iCil UUO uva v* vuvu V? -W , - that his hated rival was before him in the flesh; that his sister and his people had betrayed him; that all his murderous purposes were known, the frightened, fainting devil in his heart leaped into life and heated his blood like molten lava. Hissing out an oath which he had learned irom the whites, he bounded like a tiger from the cot, threw his long, strong arms about Halph Denham, who, unpiepared for the furious onset, was borne to the floor. j a ,1 T' 11 MirA " 10U came 10 me ueau, tiuu x u mane you dead!" cried the chief, the loam flying from his lips as if he were a wild animal. If Iialph Denham in his usual health was matched in strength against the Montauk, the contest would be long in doubt, but would linally be decided in favor of the white man, who had the distinguishing race quality of endurance. Both were young, strong, active and resolute; the one acted under the destroying influence of passion, the other under the guidance of that reason which generally conquers where the contest is prolonged. But this contest did not promise to be prolonged. Ralph's weakness alarmed himself. By a fierce effort and superior skill, he threw the Indian back, and fastening his left hand in the red swollen throat he succeeded in getting on hi a fonf Expert in 1he use of his fists about which the IncLan knew no more than a woman, Ualph triel hard to fell his oppenent by a 6trong blow, when he would have time to draw one or his pistols, and to use it if need be. Lut the Indian eluded him, caught him in his mighty arms and again bore him to the earthen llo^r. With a quick clutch the Indian snatched the jewel-hilted dagger from the belt at his aide, and he was in the act of raising it above his victim, when a tongue of flame darted from one of the chinks between the lopS; the crack of a pistol rang out, and, from the shattered hand, the dagger dropped to the floor. With a cry of rage and pain, such as a wt.unded tiger gives when it turns to the jungle from which the shot came. luiinAii In hi? fent. ond clai'orl vinv? . ~ ~ ? O about him. The door was thrown open and with a smoking pistol in her hand, which t-he had obtained from Dinah, Untilla entered the hut. Seeing his sister and the old negress the maddened chief would have rusher! upon them, so blind was his fury, had not Ralph rose straight before him with a pistol in each hand. "You hag!" roared Uncas, "and you, you falsest of sisters; this is your work," and he helu up his bleeding hand. "It is my work," replied Untilla, with form erect and ey<;s blazing with a steadier and more resolute light than his own. "Wheu the chief of the Jlonmuks disgraces his name and the great name of Wyandauch, then should I by right of my birth save the honor of my tribe. We have no time for words, Vncas; obey or die. Better you were dead than this disgrace should continue." "Out, out!" he shouted. "I am still chief of the Montauks, and I stand on the hunting ground of my fathers!" "A madman cannot be chief of the Montauks. When to-morrow's sun has risen, our people will have disowned you and proclaimed me queen. Already I feel the power that their voices will plve, and in advance i shall begin the exercise of my authority." Untilla lurne 1 to Ralph Denharn and said quickly, "Do not hesitate to shoot that madman down if he does not obey uie." Ralph again raised his pistols and aske 1: 'What is the order of Untilla?" "I command that I'ncas, no longer chief of the Montauks, lie down on the floor." "You hear the order; obey or I fire," said ltalph. A glance told tho chief that this was no idle threat, so he shot out another c at h and obeyed. ".Now, dot's moah like sinse," croaked Dinah, who, divining I'ntilla's puipo.se, groped under the bed and drew therolrom a bundle of rope and an old net, the ruin of a fishing seine. I * I Ralph Denhara watched, while the two women, with wonderful skill and rapidity, fastened the ropes about this unrighteous Samson. I With the captain's assistance they I lifted the chief to the cot and arranged j the scarlet uniform under his head and 6houlders. Xot knowing when she might bfc ! called on to exercise her 6kili, Dinah always went provided with herbs and rude surgical appliances. With much skill she dressed the chief's wounded hand, whispered in an ironical way that he musn't move about much, and then | telling him that she would call professionally in the morning, 6he wished him refreshing sleep and pleasant dreams, anci turning to Untilla and Ralph asked them if they were ready to leave. While Dinah was dressing the wounded man's hand, Untilla gave Ralph thediseuise which the Squire had sent, helped him to assume it, and, at fhn samp time crave a careful reDOrt of what had happened at Squire Condit's. They were about to leave the hut, when Dinah stopped suddenly and said: "Them ez loss blood hez a 'unger foh watah." From under the cot she drew an earthen pot and went out. She soon came back with the vessel full of water, and raising the chief's head she made him drink, then she laid the pot within reach. They covered the fire with ashes, close the door behind them, and started for Squire Condit's. Mrs. Condit and Ellen though quite prepared for Ralph's return, could not keep back their surprise at seeing him. They kissed him many times, and in accordance with the Squire's strict orders, they insisted on taking him to his own room. He-wanted a light, but as Squire Condit had given orders to have no lieht burning there, they refused. "Where is my father?" asked Ralph? he had always called him by that name. "He has gone for Valentine and Mr. Hedges," replied Ellen. At tllttl lUULLivTIl L IUU OMUIIC C DLC^ CLUU the Squire's voice were heard without in the garden. ]TO BE CONTINUED. | WORDS OF WISDOM. You know the man when you know the company he keeps. If good advice were gold, every poc ket would be full of money. The man who has a strong will is often strctag in noining else. Hypocrisy is a certificate of good character vice gives to virtue. The world's creed is, "He is the besl man who wears the best coat." The man who is envious of evil doer? will soon be an evil doer himself. The man who will not live up to hie convictions is untrue to himself. Gray hair and wrinkles may come, but a happy heart is always young. Whtere the temperature is just right for a saint it is too warm for a sinner. Tbe man who stands behind truth to fight has a shelter that is bulletproof. If all the humor of life could only be known, what a jolly world this would be. The man whose knowledge all cornea from books will not find it tho power to move living men. Trying to look like a 6heep has never yet produced any wool on the back of a goat.?Ram's Horn. Parisian Lawyers. Lawyers in France, acoording to a Rochester gentleman, who has just rofnrnp/l frnm a fhrAA vputa? aninnrn in Paris, do not have snob an easy time as they do in this country, says the Union and Advertiser. There, far from encouraging the bright young men of the land to enter into the legal profession, it would seem that they are discouraged and every obstacle thrown in their patb, the result generally being that it is only a rich man who can be a iawyer. "Under the regulations at present in force," says this Rochester gentleman, "barristers, after they have kept tneir terms ana passed a sort ot three years' novitiate, daring which they have the title of advocate, but have no voice in the deliberations of the council of discipline, are inscribed on the rolls. They can plead during the three years' probation, bnt it is a sort of empty privilege in nine cases out ten. When an eminent barrister in France employs a junior it i is generally some one inscribed on the rolls; should he employ the probationer. the honor thus accorded him I must suffice. He does not pay him. "But lie must live, and here is where the problem comes in, which is much more easily solved by the American or English young lawyer than it is by his Parisian brother. In the first place, there is the outlay for his gown, or beretta, which comes close to $16, unless he prefers to hire it at the rate of ten cents per day. Then he must engage some one to teach him deportment, for this is an essential qualification in thipland, where King Etiquette rules with an iron hand. The services of professor of the conservatory must _i? i._ x i_ _ twsu ue cuaicu 111 lu trmu uih vuiue, unless nature has been kind to him in that respect. But these expenses are mere incidents. He must, above all, not live in small chambers and rent dingy offices. Poverty is a poor key to open the pockets of clients." Hislorj of the Inauguration Ball. The inauguration ball dates from the very beginning. There was a ball when Washington was inaugurated in New York, but owing to the pressure of other demands upon his time, it did not take place till the evening of March 7. Washington attended and performed a minuet with Miss Van Zandt, and danced cotillions with Mrs. Peter Van Bru^h Livingston, Mrs. Maxwell and others. There was no ball at his second iuauguratiou because of its extremely quiet character, and there was none when Mr. Adams came in because of the general grief over Washington's departure. I can find no mention of a ball when JefferBon was inaugurated, but there was oue when Madison came in, and 6ince then there has been no break in the custom. There were two when Polk was inaugurated, and two when Taylor succeeded him?an administration and an opposition ball 011 each occasion, both very well attended. The crush was so great at the Taylor administration ball that many persons narrowly escaped injury, and there were loud complaints because of the inadequate uppiy of refreshments.?Century. Footwear Nevers. Dr. Samuel Appleton, in Healtt Cnltnre, gives fourteen of them, which every person will derive comfort it heeding: 1. .Never wear a snoe mat wui noi allow the great toe to lie in a straight line. 2. Never wear a shoe with a sole narrower than the outline of the foot traced with a pencil close under the rounding edge. 3. Never wear a shoe that pinches .the heel. 4. Never wear a shoe or boot so large in the heel that the foot is not kept in place. 5. Never wear a 6hoe or boot tight anywhere. 6. Never wear a shoe or boot that has depressions in any part of the sole to drop any joint or bearing below the level plane. 7. Never wear a shoe with n sole taming rap very much at the toos, as this causes the cords on the upper part of the foot to contract. 8. Never wear a shoe that presses up into the hoEow of the foot. 9. Never have the top of tne boot9 tight, as it interferes with the action of the calf muscles, makes one walk badly and 6poils the shape of the ankle. 10. Never come from high heels to low heela at one jump. 11. Never wear one peir of shoes all the time, unless obliged to do so. Two pairs of boots worn a day at a time alternately give more service and are much more healthful. 12. Never wear leather sole linings to stand upon. White cotton drilling or linen is much better and more heathful. 13. Never wear a short stocking, or one which after being washed is not, at least, one half-inch longer than the foot. Bear in mind that stockings shrink. Be sure that they will allow vour toes to spread out at the extreme ends, as this keeps the joints in place and makes *a strong and attractive foot. As to 6hape of stockings, the single digital or "one-toe stocking" is the best. 14. Never think that the feet will grow large from wearing proper shoes. Pinching and distorting makes them grow not only large but unsightly. A proper, natural use of all the muscles makes them compact and attractive. General Grant's Fondness for Horses In his "Campaigning With Grant" in tae Century, General Horace Porter telLi an anecdote of the punishment Grant bestowed upon a teamster who abused his horses. General Porter 68y.j that Grant referred to the incident, which seemed to make a great .mpression upon him, at the dinner cable, and then 6aid: "if people Icnew how much more they could get Dut of a horse by gentleness than by harshness, they would save a great deal of trouble ooth to the horse and the man. A horse is a particularly intelligent animal; he can be made to do almost anything if bis maeter has intelligence enough to let him know what is required. Some men, for instance, when tbey want to lead a horse forwarJ, turn toward him and sta::e him in the face. He, of course, fchiak they are barring his way, and he stands still. If they would turn their back9 to him and move on, he would naturally follow. I am looking forward longingly to the time when we can end this war, and I can ?AA|- ' ?? ?v*" T.niit'c farm an rl I OKI UtJ UUWU Uli LUJT KJH. U^/Uiu MM%. rai3e horses. I love to train young aolts, and I will invite you all to visit me and take a hand in the amusement. When old uge cpmes on, and I get too feeble to move about, I expect to derive my chief pleasure from silting in a big arm-chair in the centre of a ring?a sort of training course?holding a colt's leading-line in mv hand,, and watching him run around the ring." He little forenaw that a torturing disease was to cut short his life before he could realize his cherished hopes of enjoying thij happiness of the peaceful old age which he anticipated. Branded With Ice. At Harvard University some years ago a great row was made over the discovery that in one of the societies it was a custom tobrai.d some of the new members with a hot iron, by way of initiation. Tho Cnicago University students have modified this Spartai treatment by using ice instead of the hot iron. Seven neophytes, candidates for Sneil Hall, were blindfolded and put through a course of good natured horse play peculiar to college boyii. Then one of them, Cleveland by name, was called forward for the branding process. Cleveland had been a candidate for the '96 eleven, and was anxious to wear a "C" on his football Eweatei:. He was now told that bis desire for athletic fame was to be gratifiad; that is, he was to have the "C" branded on his bare chest. The young athlete was stripped, his hands and feet wore tied, and then a hot mustard plaster was applied to his breast, so that he might become "accustomed to the heat." Meanwhile he could hear a hot iron sizzling close at han3. When the yonng man was just in the right condition of terror the branding wai begun. His tormentors, taking a piece of ice, inscribed on his bare breast a large frigid "C," while the poor fol| low, with teeth set, writhed in agony. Six other boys were subjected to the same imaginary torture, and they all said that the sensation was painful enough to have been the real thing.? New York Journal. Nitro glycerine in a Barnyard, A peculiar accident befell a hog belonging to a farmer residing six miles northwest of Hartford City, Ind., in the Dundee oil field. An oil well had just been completed and the shooter was sent for to give the finishing touch, says the Chicago Chronicle. One of the nitro-glvcerine cans sprung a leak and several quarts were left upon the ground. It is odorless and hfl.s a sweet, pungent flav or which seemed to be just to the likiug of the hog which found the composition. The animal gulped it down with a relish and in a few minutes began to froth and snapped and snarled at everything in sight. In. the barnyard it hit at the heels of a horse, which made a vicious kick and hit the wild acting swine squarely in the sido. An explosion followed that was deafening. The hog was torn to shreds and small bits of flesh were plastered up against the barn and oc.thouse on every side, while the horse escaped without a scratch. , RELIGIOUS READING. i i AGATE WINDOWS. Be comfoiCal. be comforted, l'e tempcetHossed an?. worn. Who wait amid the shadows For hope's celestial morn ! i The valley hath its burden, Its vision and its soup. And strains of joy are wafted From heaven's innucrtal throng. There is a place of sapphires Within the school of Christ. And faith hath her foundations Tn shopn of nmethvst. Time's border-laud is jeweled With many a radiant (rem. And Jove divine must fashion And touch and chasten them. He makes my windows agates, That I may dimly see The glories that await me, The joys prepared for me. Oh. were the lull effulgence To break upon my sight. My spirit were too eager To take its upward flight! Through mists of tears the bulwarks Of Zion's city rise : I greet its pearly portals, Its jasper meets mine eyes ; A mystic glory lightens it. It shines upon my road. And through my aj?ate windows My heart exults in God ! ?Clara Thwaites in Christian Advocate. "THK OTHER HOME.* A lady who spent the summer vacation months in u remote corner of New England, relates, in a letter to a friend, a pleasant incident of Christian faithfulness and trust. She went one day to visit an old lady, who within the brief "space of a year had been called upon to part wit? husband, daughter and brother?almost ihelastof her surviving kin. There was. however, no sign of mourning, either in the aged woman's dress or manner, ami her visitor wondered at hersweet cheerfulness of face and speech, her sunny, selfforgetful sympathy and evident peace of mind and heart, .""sently the conversation turned to religious topics, in which the reality of God's love, the restfulness of faith and the hope of immortality were simply and in the most childlike acceptance dwelt upon by the good woman. The visitor finally said:"Mrs. J., you have given me more hope and cheer in the halfhour I have talked with you than I think I have ever received from any other Christian friend. And yet you have been called upon j suddenly to bear a burden of sorrow and 1 bereavement such as falls to the lot of few I of God's children." "Yes," replied the dear old lady, "husband, brother and child have been taken from me?and yet it does not seem as if they bad gone very far away. When I was a child, my older sister, whom I loved dearly, married, and went to live in a bouse about a mile from our home. At first I almost cried my eyes out: but one day mother said : 'Why, Eunice! Don't you see that Sarah hasn't left us? She has only gone down the road to make another home where we can go?a home as full of love and welcome as this. Now you have two homes instead of one. Come" put on your sunbonnet and run down to the other home.' After I had accepted that view, you may be sure no more tears were shed. Just in this way I think of mv dear ones who have left this earthly house. They haven't gone far?simply just over to the other home. And before long I am going to put on my sunbonnet just as I did when I was a little girl, and go to see them." The wrinkled face was lighted by a smile of unspeakable sweetness, and the aged c-yes shone with wistful joy, as they looked away into that blue sky where faith see6 its "many mansions." Death would be robbed of its terror, bereavement of its pang,mourning of its teara. if we all had this trusting woman's conception of the life beyond the grave. Her faith was based upon the Great Teacher's declar IlLIOIl IIJlll UCUU1 13 11UI (1 uuuumun, vu> o widening, of the horizon of life and love? the multiplying of those ties which unite us with the great household of God.?Exchange. Do we get the most and the best possible ]n our bereavements from the truths which Christ brings to us ? Does not our faith's vision often become so dim with our tears tha't we lose sight altogether of the immortality into which our Christian dead have entered? We say, we believe in the endless life : but too often it is such a shadowy, nebulous thought which we have of it that no comfort comes from it. We really mourn our departed friends as lost, while we rc oii saying in our creed, "I believe in the life everlasting." iet we are robbing our own hearts of the comforts that God has provided when we do not take to our elves the blessed hopes and consolations of our Christian faith. We really hold no living friends with such a sure clasp ns that which makes our sninted ones <urs. There are many ways of losing livinc friends : but those who have passed into God's keeping are forever be'yundthe possibility of being lost to us Whittier has written in 'Snowbound:''? ' And yet dear heart, remembering thee, Am I not richer than of old i Safe in thy immortality, r What chance can rcucn tne weaitn i noiu / i What chance can mar the pearl and gold Thy love hath left in trust with me? And while in life's late afternoon. Where cool and long the shadows grow, I walk ta meet the night that soo*i Shall shape and shadow overilow, I cannot feel that thou art far Since near at need the angels are : And when the sunset gates unbar. Shall I not see thee wailing stand, And. white against the evening star. The welcome ot thv beckoning hand?'' -Rev. J. R. Miller, D. D. There is no surer way to receive the ful. sweetness and bh-ssing of the gospel than to carry it to some hungry soul. These ful) baskets teach us that in Christ's gift of Himself as the bread of life there is ever more than at any given moment we can appropriate. The Christian's spiritual experience? have ever an element of infinity in them, and we feel that if we are able "to take in more there would be more for us to take. Al1 iiml /lnoa nut CJlHtifv fin/1 1 wwcr iuw uuio ?uu ..v,, leaves us starving. Christ satislies ami does not cloy, and we have always remaining.yet to be enjoyed, the boundless stores which neither eternity will age nor a universe feeding on them consume. The Christian's capacity of partaking of Christ grows with what it feeds on. and he alone is safe in believing that "tomorrow shall be as this daj and much more abundant."?Alexandei Maclaren. D. P. The imitation of Christ stundelh not all in outward things. In wealth or in deepest want, in rank or in utter lowliness, in a palace or a squalid garret, with ten talents 01 with one. we may walk in His steps: nor i? there any place, from the desert to the city from the cathedral to the log hut on the prairie, nor any condition of lift', from that of St. Louis the King to that of Santa Zita the rnaid-of-all-work, which has not been rendered more lovely by tin? lives of the saints of Cod. Their footsteps have illuminated life's deepest valleys, as well as shone upon its loftiest lulls ?Canon Furrar. A physician cannot be very successful unless lie'is enthusiastic about his profession and I tell you a Christian will nevei amount to much unless there is enthusiasm in his Christianity.? H. M. Wharton. D. D. Choice and service?these were demanded of the Israelites, these an- demanded of you these only. Choice and service -in tin-st are the whole of life.- .Mark llopkius. 1). D. AFRAID OF THE CYPSIES, Farmers Arounil Germantown, 111., Appeal for l'rotectlon. A re.?idont of Gormantown, III., semte word that about 200 Gypsies are encamped on the picnic grounds one-half mile oast of that town, and aro terrorizing the inhabitants. They are in such large numbers that the inhabitants fear they will destroy their property if they do not accede to their demands. They go to the farm houses and demand hay, corn, oats and provisions, and compel the farmers to contribute. The people of Gormantown have appealed to the* County authorities for protection. Officers have gone to Germantowc to investigate the matter. SABBATH SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR MARCH 14. Lesson Text: "Saul, the Persecutor, Converted," Acts ix., 1-2; 17-20 ?Golden Text: I Tim., i., 15?Commentary. 1,2. Wo last heard of Saul making havoc of the church at Jerusalem after the martyr-' dom of Stephen. We still find him In the eame spirit of enmity against Christ and His followers, but now he Is reaching out to other cities, even to Damascus, with authority from the high priest to arrest and bring to Jerusalem all such disciples of the Lord as be might find. They are spoken of as men and women of the way (see margin), reminding us of Christ's own words, "I am the way" (John xiv., 6). God thus far suffers Saul to be satan's agent in purifying His church. Not even satan can touch a child ol God without God's permission (Job i., 10; Zech ii., 5), and when the adversary is allowed to try the people of God, either directly or by human instrumentality, we are to see only tne hand of God and remember Rom. viii., 28. 29. See Ps. xvii., 14; IxxvL, 10, Dan. xi.,35; xii., 10; Rev. ii., 10, as very helpful. 3. 4. "Saul, 8aul, why perseoutest thou Me?" Thus far and no farther is heaven's decree for Saul, and now He who loved him in all his sin, and who had suffered him thus far in bis devilish work, arrests him as he is is about to enter Damascus. The light from heaven smites him to the earth, and the voica from heaven enters his soul. The light was brighter thnn the sun at noonday, ?.nd the voice spoke in the Hebrew language (chapter xxvi., 13. 14). All the party saw the light and fell to the earth in fear, but Saul a'one heard the words which were spoken, for they were only for him. 5. "Who art thou, Lord? I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest." In one of Saul's accounts 01 mis nn gives iub juuru a uuswor as "I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest" (chapter xxii., 8). In all Saul's life he had never heard anything so startling or upsetting as this. He verily believed that he was doing right in the sight of God in persecuting these followers of One whom the highest authorities had put to death as a blasphemer. See his own testimony In chapters xxii. and xxvi. 6 "Lord, what will Thou have me to do?" He is full ot trembling and astonishment, but in a moment he sees that he has been all wrong and the persecuted ones have been right. He seems hum Died and by the spirit confesses that Jesus is Lord (I Cor. xii., 8). He is told to go on to Damascus and await orders. The "What wilt Thou?" of this verse and the "Where wilt Thou?" of Luke xxii., 9, when sincerely addressed to the Lord, will not fail to obtain sure guidance. 7. It is evident that those with Saul heard a sound of words, but it Is also evident, from chapter xxii., 9, that they heard not the words spoken. Something of tbe same kind is written in Dan. x., 7*9. It is sometimes asked if those who are left when the chnrch is taken shall hear the Lord's voice or see the event. Perhaps the records concerning Daniel and Saul may give some light. 8, 9. Three days in Damascus, blind and fasting and awaiting it further message from tbe Lord! What remembrances, what persistence, what searcbings of heart, what humbling before God, what light from Kournn mtiof Kgttq aliAno In annl rlnrinrr those days of outward darkness! How he would think of what 8tephen saw and said, and of the patience and faith of others who had suHered for Christ through htm. The Lord was dealing wondrously with him, but, oh. f;o lovingly, by His Spirit and His word. 10. "The Lord fcnoweth them that are His, and He knoweth them by name" (II Tim. iL, 19; Isa. xlni, 1). He could send an angel to do His bidding, as He often has done, for they excel in strength and do His command meats, barkening unto the voice of His word: They are His ministers who do His pleasure (Pe. ciii., 20, 21), but He sees fit to us9 human instrumentality and calls a Philip in Samaria or an Ananias in Damascus to do His bidding. II we ho'd ourselves ready for any manner of serviee wholly at His commandment (I Chron. xxviii., 21), He will surely show us His way for us and guide us into the good works prepared beforehand (Eph ii., 10). 11, 12. Ananias is sent to the street and | the house, and the person Is named to whom he is to go; and his occupation at the time is also mentioned. Ananias is also told what Saul sees as he prays. Let up not forget nor fail to believe that God is thus intimately acquainted with each of us. Our ways and words and thoughts, both in the darkness and the light, are all known to Him (Pa, cxxxix., 1-12; Ezek, xi., 5); therefore let our uouest prayer u?, -oouruu uac, \j uvu, nuu know my heart: try me and know my thoughts." 17. It must have boen another new experience for Saul to have a disciple of Jesus put his hands upon him and address him as "Brother Saul," but I am sure he did not feel like knocking him down for thuj addressing him, though I once heard a minister of the gospel, in good standing umong men, say that he would like to treat a man that way who would call him "brother." True humility is never vexed nor irritated, but is at rest when nobody praises, or even when blamed or despised. 18. He received sight, he was filled with the Spirit, and confessed Jesus as Lord in old things are passed away and all things are become new (II Cor. v., 17). He is crucified with Christ and risen with Christ to a new life. Although he still lives, it Is no longer Saul of Tarsus, but Christ Jesus who now lives in him as Lord (Gal. ii., 2u). He ha3 become blind to all but Jesus Christ. He knows no other master. He has a heart only for Him and abody that is henceforth wholly at His disposal. 19. He partook of food and was strengthened and continued some days with the disciples at Damnscus. Every disciple would soon hear of it; it wouldspread far and wide that the great persecutor had become a disciple of Christ. Many would want to see for themselves, before they could believe suoh a thing, and even the disciples at Jerusalem would not at first believe that he was a disHnlftfveMfi 261. Manv of us are apt to be lteve that some tbingsare too hard for the | Lord, but we should remember Jer. xxxii., 17, xxxiil., 3. 20. "And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God. He Increased the more in strength and spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, proving that He is indeed Israel's Messiah (verses 22, 29). Botb at Damasous and at Jerusalem the enemies of Christ sought to kill him, but God took care of His chosen vessel and for a time sent him to his home in Tarsus. As witnesses for Christ we must shine for Him among those who know us bost.?Lesson Helper. THE AMERICAN APPLE. It IB .UUHIIl^ Utctll uoiunrtj 411 uutwj.v... , Market** Reports coming to tho State Department, Washington, from Europe, show that the American apple made an enormous market for itself there last year. Frank Manson, United States Consul-General at Frankfort, declares that the victory has been one of superior quality rather than mere cheapness, and says the agrieul.ural papers of.Germany make the astonishing statement that no loss than 6,000,000 double centners of our apples?more than twenty times the import of any previous sch^od, came into Germany last year. Tho Consul-General thinks this gain of a great market may be made permanent if certain precautions, which ho notes, are observed by American shippers. Consul Mor-oghan at Chemnitz says the whole German Empire is alarmed at the great apple imports. The keeping qualities of tho best American winter apples are subjects of astonishment to German growers, who expressed incredulity when told a Baldwin would easily keep six months. Evoo from Euglam:, where the American applo is well known, comes words of surprise at the great volume of tho imports ol American apples, and United States Consul 1 Meeker at Bradford .semis extracts from newspapers to show they were actually a glut on the market. Cotton Tlanting In Mexico. A company of Georgia cotton planter?, consisting of F. L. Jameson and others, have just purchased the Ferrera cotton plantation, in the Lugana District, near Torreou, .Mexico. This plantation embraces 300,000 acres. It yields two bales of cotton per acre, and the product sells lor twenty nents per pound. The cottcn plant lives for live years in the Lugana District. Knormous Output of JSeef. Last year 14.09f>.918 head of cattle were delivered at the Chicago stock yards. NH : TEMPERANCE Y i 9H \ SHIPWRECKED GENIUS. Even men of genius, born with lights to Sj ?uiue u i Thoir fellow men, are shipwrecked in tho tide -S Which is made up of all those little rills Which flow unceasing from a thousand stills. ^ Who has not heard of that most gifted man, The great, the brilliant Brinsley Sheridan, Whose praise Immortal Moore and Byron sang, Till through tho universe its echoes rang? Could aught a mind so great as his eclipse, j Whose praise is still on every reader's lips, And all its wealth of mental jewels drown Till he was poorer than the poorest clown? Alas, alas, that fatfi.1 beverage could, Whioh often left him rolling in the mud; What child of song is there but Inly mourns The harm that drinking did the poet Burns; And thousand others, it were long to name, Whose names are written on the rolls of fame! '1 --'is REASONS FOE SIGNING THE PLESOE. / . 8lgn the pledge, it is your protest against strong drink. It is time for every thoughtful person to enter a solemn protest against strong drink, yhich is every year inflicting such awful havoc among the human race. I Who can be Indifferent to the woed it brings on hearts and homes all over oar land. Sign the pledge; It will benefit your \ ty health. Alcohol is not more necessary to health than any other "chemical or medicinal agent. It excites the heart, hinders digestion, disturbs the liver, and stupefies the brain. It gives a momentary glow and stim- V' ulus, but you have to pay for them after- \, ward by an inevitable lessening of vital heat and animal power and mental force. Even in moderate quantities it acts as an irritant and a poison. Sign the pledge; it will save vour purse. Sit down and calculate how muoh you spend per day in drink, not only for yourself but also for those whom you treat It will amount to a respeotable sum in the course ofc, the year. Add to this the money you might j earn in the time you now lose. Addtothlai all the sums squandered wastefully in the \ company into which habits of drinking lead > you. And when all is put together, would | it not make a nice nest egg against a rainy ) day, or for illness and old age? ( 8ign the pledge: it will keep you from ^?? temptation. You have no intention of be- 1 coming a drunkard; you scorn the thought. I But there is a risk of your becoming one. so long as you tamper with the drinfe. Sign the pledge; it will be a definite starting point in your history. In all efforts after a better life it is well to have some landmark or timemark to which to look baok and from which to date. Sign the pledge; it will save you timei, How mauy days in the week do drinkers spend in the saloons, at bars, and in sociAt drinking, wbich is time worse than wasted? Sign the pledge; it will be sufficient answer to those who tempt you to drink. There is no answer a man can give so good as this. There are some men who must have a reason to jdve others for doing as they do, and here is a dear, straightforward answer for refusing to drink: "I h ive signed the pledge." Sign the pledge; it makes a strong obligation. If a person simply makes a resolution, be feels at liberty to withdraw from it U be chooses, bat if he makes a solemn promise to which be has put his hand, he cannot think of breaking it. Sign the pledge; it makes it easier for others to do the same. We are creatures of fashion; we cannot help It; we are made so. What one does others aro apt to do. Sign the pledge; it will be a great help to your neighbor ana your weaker brotner. Many a man hns been saved because some other man gave his example and influence aid name to total abstinence. \ ITS LEGITIMATE FBUITS. ( | A professor of the University of Bonn.j ownzerinna, aas iounu recorusmiu uuvecu-\ nbled him to trace the descendants for Ave) generations of a woman who died early in the' century and who was a confirmed drunkard, The number of persons in direct line of descent to tbe present time has been 834. Of these theinvesJgatcr hns been able to ascertain the records of no fewer than 709. Of these 709 the professor has found that 162 were professional beggars, sixty-four { were inmates o' alms houses seventy-six \ were criminal* of minor kinds, and s?yen * * were murderers. Careful estimates have | also been made of the cost to the State of ^ caring for the paupers and punishing the' < criminals, and of the amounts given in alms and lost through theft. The total has been placed at the great sum of $1,260,000 for the > aio Kf)t\ a mi? WUU1C pciiuu, UI UlUtO UiOU VifjUuw a JVHK No reason exists for supposing tb&t these figures err in the direction of being too low. , . " On the contrary, they are much more likely to underestimate the moral and financial coat to society of the offspring of this abandoned woman, who died nearly 100 years ago. ALCOHOLISM IX CHILDREN. 31. Lancereaux, who takes an active part in the struggle against alcoholism, is now. engaged in demonstrating its influence on children. On growing children its effects are particularly lamentable. M. Lancereaux has closely studied two young girls from thirteen to fourteen, born of alcoholic parents. and accustomed to drink a litre and a I half of wine per day since the age of three years. They are victims of visceral lesions typical of alcoholism, and present all the signs of well-marked "infantilism." These eases confirm the results of experiments on animals. The stunted growth frequently met with, especially among recruits, the increasing number of weak, sickly children, arrested Hike in their moral and in their physical development, and the increase of crime, are all to be laid at the door of alco* I v.u \T r liUiJSLU. HOW 1UIIV. UCU^CI. MIDE TOO EASY. There are 235,574 places in the United States where liquors are sold. This represeots a drinking plaee to every three hundred inhabitants. Perhaps there is some truth in the observation freqaently made by foreigners that the opportunity to get something to drink is made too easy for Americans. and that the extraordinary facilities presented have a direct connection with the disgraceful prevalence of the crime of homicide in the Unitel States. PDff LIQUOR SELLING UNDER THE BAN. We must put the liquor traffic under social hn.i>. refusing to receive those concerned in it as our equals. We must educate our i people to so understand the evil workings of the poison upon the human 9ystem that they may be ictelligent iD repudiating its use. We must secure effective prohibition legislation that its openly offered temptations may not capture the weak or thoughtless and destroy the victims of habitual or hereditary appetite. $1,000,000,000 WORSE THAN* WASTED. Our drinkers spend ?1,000,OOO.OJO annually for liquor and starve for hreaJ. This $1,000,000,000 spent for drink annually covers the value for one year of all the bread and bakery products of the United States, all the slaughtering and msat packing, all tbe cheese, butter au I condensed milk, all the boots, shoes and woolen goods. A KEPOTIT THAT CREATED A SENSATIOX. Some little time since members of the Salvation Army in Glasgow reported that on a. Saturday evening they watched eight saloons and counted the number of visitors. Them were 2308 men and 805 women who entered in the course of a single hour. Furthermore, they examined the records ot the criminal <*our:s, and found that 67,0.0 women had been br. uL'ht before t'em on the charge of drunkenness, disorderly conduct or personal assault, and more than 13.0(,0 convicted. The result of this report made quite a sensation in that city, and tho churches have beer aroused. TE 'PEKANCE SEWS AND NOTES. A small bov's definition of demagogue is as follows: A vessel that holds wine, gin, whisky or any other liquor. TheChrisiiau Commonwealth states that the British Woman's Temperance Association has 70,000 pledged women abstainers in / Its 800 brauches. ^ An English physician says that in his treatment of 20U cases of scarlet fever without alcohol there was a mortality of two per cent., as against the six percent, in hospitals where aileohol is prescribed. Hereafter no member of the Masonic fraternity in Minnesota can sell intoxicants, and 100 persons now in tho liquor business will be expelled trom the Order if they do not change their occupation. j