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CHAFTEK .WTV. ttALPH PISBAM MAKES POME ARRANGEMENTS. Squire Condit was a man of force. He could find 110 one to row him to the Bea Hawk, but he did find a canoe with a paddle in it; and in his younger days there was not an Indian on the bay who could excel him in the management of one of those unsteady conveyances. It is not necessary to recount the troubles he had in getting aboard the ehip, where bis coming caused no little consternation to the night watch. He found Lieutenant Hedges and Valentine Dayton very busy. He took them to one side, told them his astounding Btory, and brought Valentine back in his canoe. When the Squire found Kalph was in the house, and in his own room, he ran and caught the young Captain in his arms, and for some minutes he "was so overcome by his emotions that he could not speak. Mrs. Condit, good, prudent woman, closed all the shutters, drew close the blinds, locked the doors in the direction of the servants' quarters, and enjoined on all present the necessity of speaking in low tones, she herself setting an excellent example for them to follow. Though Valentine was fully prepared "by Squire Condit's stcry to see Captain Denham, the whole affair was so sudden and startling that he could hardly credit his eyes, even though he heia his i friend's hand and heard the familiar ! ' sound of his voice. It was Dinah who took it on herself to tell the danger they found Ralph in when they returned to the hut, and to give an account of the disposition they had made of Uncas. After the first inevitable excitement of the meeting was over, Ealph took command. He felt a?^ if he could talk as easy to Valentine as if they were alone, and he was anxious to learn of everything that had transpired on th6 Sea Hawk since he left, and particu- I larly since the second coming of the j W anderer. Valentine knew enough of the captain's story to be convinced of the unJ>aralleled perfidy of Fox, but before earning of this, the suspicions of himself and Mr. Hedges had been aroused by incidents , which he proceeded to narrate. He said in substance: That neither he nor Mr. Hedges suspected for one moment that the Wanderer did not go Kew York and leave Captain Denham there. He brought from the ship the 'letter Thrasher had given to Mr. (Hedges, which letter he claimed he had brought with post haste. ! "It is very clear to me," said Ralph, "that this Thrasher is in Fox's service, though the letter he first brought, ordering me to report to the governor, I am satisfied was genuine." "The whole matter is still mysterious to me," replied Valentine; "though now that I realize that we are in such close proximity to Captain Kidd. things before very dark are getting much clearer. But I was going to tell you what wo have done. Fox ordered Lieutenant Hedges to send all the fixed ammunition on board the Sea Hawk to his ship " "He wanted to leave you powerless." interrupted Ralph; "but tell me that this thing has not been done." "I will explain, and I think you will be satisfied. Fox told us that you were coming on with a supply ship, and that by the time the Sea Hawk was ready to Bail under your command, we should 'fiave an me ammunition we wanieu. "AH this looked most reasonable, so this evening and all night, up to 10 |0'clock, we were getting the ammuni,tion out of the magazine, which is full of cases, one-half of them, as you know, are full of copper ingots we captured from that pirate last April, off the ;Iele of Pines." "I remember," replied Captain Den"ham. "It was Lieut. Hedged honest intention to send all our fixed ammunition on board, as the Wanderer's boats were to tegin coming for it at eleven o'clock. But a half hour before that time?say two hours ago?a young black man suddenly appeared on the ship, and his dripping clothing told how he had come. * "Dat was Tello; I know dat was my gran'chile, Tello," chuckled Dinah. "Yes, l>inah, he said his name "was Tello, and I recognized in him tho ,eervant of Col. Graham, who is Here on some mysterious mission." "But pardon me, Val; what was this black boy's object in coming here?" "I will explain, Captain; there is sc much to teinpt one off the lin>- of direct sailing that I lose sight of the point ahead. Well. Othello drew the lieutenant and myself to one side, wher? ?? one else could see or hoar, and theiJ he took from his big mouth a letter carefully wrapped up in oiled silk, and told us to read it. "We took him to the cabin, gave him a glass of brandy and a change o.' clothes, and then read the letter, which was signed by Donald Cameron, th< cabin boy of the Wanderer. I have th? letter with mo, but as it is a little long I will give you a synopsis. He says hf is sixteen years of ago, was born ii 'Glasgow, and was cabin boy last on an Indiaman, which was captured and destroyed off the Island of Madagascai by Capt. Kidd. He was the only ono saved, and since then he has been Capt. Fox's cabin boy. ' "Kidd change< his name to Fox after ;he had captured and burned an English war sloop named the Wanderer, commanded by an officer of that name. Tn? Wanderer was once the Adventure < ifta'.ley, of New York. In conclusion, Don says, 'Do not send any ammunition from your ship. Kidd's object is to capturctheSeaHawk. Beprepared.' And then Don gave a brief account of ( what had become of Captain Denham, and asked that his letter be destroyed." ' "Then the Lieutenant will not send iftnything to the Wanderer?" said lJalph.. ( "Wo talked the whole matter over, 'Captain, and had just reached s con-* (elusion when the Squire came so unexpectedly on board." said Valentine. "And that conclusion was that you would still go on as if you did not suspect this fellow, and, thut, instead of sending this ammunition on board the Wanderer, you would st nd the cases filled with copper, which looked like ammunition an I are of tho same weight.?" "That is exa tly what wo decided to do, and I now see that we acted wisely, for our condu -t meets your approval. While I am telling you this, the Wanderer's boats are carrying off the 'ammunition' and stowing it in their own magazines.'' "Well done, Valentino. Ah, I knew the shiu was in eood hands. There i3 t r / cot on the ocean a more competent, cool-headed man than that same George Hedges." "I wish we could say the same of his brother, the doctor," growled the Squire. "Uncle Nehemiah is Infatuated with Fox," said Valentine. "But if he suspected his real character, there is not a man in the country who would pursue mm 10 jusuce more reieuueosij. "That's so," said the squiro, "but it does gall me to see an old friend make a plagued fool of himself." "Apart from the ammunition, what other favor does Fox want?" asked Captain Denham. "This eveninz he called on Mr. Hedges, and said that the "Wanderer was going to drop down with the tide to-morrow evening, and take a position off Montauk to watch for the pirate, Kidd." "Ihe audacious villain!" exclaimed the Squire. "He said that fifty of his men were I {' . f'. ? J 1 n nrl in Is r\ OWAnf rtf Q U1IUL 1UI UULV, ailU ill lUC C*CU u ui c* fight would bo in tho way, so he suggested that he send his fifty men on board the Sea Hawk and take fifty of ours." "What reply did the Lieutenant makeV" "He said he would let him know in the morning." "Valentine," said Captain Denhara, rising to his feet. "The men must be sent from the Sea Hawk!" A murmur of surprise from all, which increased when Kalph added: "They must be picked men who understand in advance what is needed of them, and they musii be commanded by an officer in whom they have every con uucutc. "The Sea Hawk men have confidence in all their officers." "True, Val; but I do not think they wili hesitate an instant when they know I am g?ing to lead them." Another gasp from the people, and Valentine said hurriedly: "But Fox does not want an officer," "I see through his purpose, and I propose to meet fire with fire. The very measure by which he hopes to secure success must be made to result in ruin. I can disguise myself after I have met with the men. Fox supposes me dead, or as good as dead. The sick men he sends on board the Sea Hawk must be received. It will bo found, if they get a chance, that they are strong enough to murder our people and seize the ship. Ha, we shall adopt his tactics. His men must be made sick enough. " "Let me mix 'em a drink, en I'll see ez dey are all sick 'nufT," said Dinah. "It will be davlight in a few hours; I must go aboard and perfect all the arrangements at once," said Ralph, rising. "Hear me before you leave," said Un-. tilla, who had remained an attentive listener, "I think I can help Captain Denham." "You have already 6aved my life, you and Dinah, my trusty friends," said Kalph, giving a hand to each. "When daylight comes, I will send Uncas back a prisoner to our head men, whom his conduct has sorely offended. Till he changes the Montauks will obey me." "Another noble Zenobia," said the Squire. "They will obey me, and I can bring to-morrow two hundred warriors all " ?!' armor) nnH nlan? them on board the Sea Hawk, if they can be of any use there. Many of them, as Ralph Denham knows, are good sailors, and all of them are as much at home on water as on land. If Kalph Denham takes fifty men to the Wanderer, ami 1 like the plan, the force of George Hedges will be weakened 60 much. If you agree I will wnar the Dlume and carry the spear of Wyandauch, the insignia of our chiefs, and the Montauks will then follow Untilla to the silent tents of death if need be." While Untilla spoke, her beautiful face became radiant, her lithe form was drawn up, and her eyes burned with a light like unto that which inspired the followers of Joan of Arc when on the eve of battle she Hashed along their lines. "Ha, the Montauks have at length a chief worthy of Wyandauch. I accept. I gladly accept, noble Untilla," cried the Captain. "But what will Fox say?" asked Valentine. "He need not know it. To-morrow night they can board the Sea Hawk from their canoes. Hedges and you musteeo to that," replied the Captain. "Come, Dinah; you must heip me. I will be here again to-morrow before the 6un is in mid-heavens." said Untilla. bowing in her gracetul way and going out, followed by Dinah. Kalph would have left a note for Lea, but he feared it might fall into other hands and defeat his scheme. Mrs. Condit promised to send for Lea in the morning, and that she and Ellen would iiiuii rApiuui c\ci)iuui^ aiiu oujv.u iici to silenco, though with a girl of Lea's good sense that precaution would be unnecossary. "I tell you, my boy," said Squire Condit, as ho stood with his hands on Ralph's shoulders, and his eyes and voice telling of his anxiety, "that I don't at all like your doing what you propose, uonsiaer mac you nave escaped from the lion's den and the fiery furnace, and that it may bo tempting destruction to place yourself again in the power of those sons of Belial." "Knowledge is power. There "would be cause for alarm if they knew what we do. I and my men will go prepared for every emergency. The light will take place near Mont auk, and the Wanderer is the more powerful vessel of the two; she has fully seventy men n?ore than the Sea Hawk. Leave it to me. father, and trust me." "I do trust you, my boy! I always have trusted you, and you have always 6hown yourself to be wurthy. May God bless and prosper you in this oontest for right." Ralph kissed Mr*. Condit and Ellen, and \alentine, by virtue of his re-ent right, did the Fame, and both went down to the shore. They put off in the canoe which the squire had used, and they had to wait some time till the boats of the Wanderer, laden with their last cargo of "fixed ammunition," had left the Sea Hawk, before they could get on board without attracting attention. Kalph Denham still retained his disguise, so that Lieutenant Hedges did not know him at first, and could not be convinced that it was he, till they had entered the cabin and turned up tho lights. Othello had learned from Don, the cabin boy, that there was to be a reception on board the Wanderer th'! following afternoon at 2 o'clock, and that Doctof Hedges and his daughter were to be there. Othello was brought from his hidingplace, in the cabin, to conlirm this. and. on seeing Captain Denham, who had laid away his disguise to satisfy Mr. Hedges, his eyes threatened to leup out of his head. Though Othello did not look to be j very bright, he was by no means a fool; I he ha I inherited much of the shrewdj ness and originality that made his ! grandraotht-r so remarkable. Ho told a great deal that he had overheard, much of it of value. And he gave much Information about bis master, whose real name was Lord Paliton, and he startled Ralph by saying: "My roas'r come from Englan' all de way har, for to git dis man, oz call him sell .t OX, ion lO Kin you, "But why should Lord Taliton, of whom I know nothing, wish iue dead?" "Dun' know, sah; I've tot 'bout dat, en l^oouldn't jes' see why it was so, onless ho didn't like you," replied Othello, conscious that his reasoning was in some way defective. Othello was taken back to his hidingplace. and Captain Denham and his two lieutenants began their consultation. The Captain's scheme, proposed at Squire Condit's, was Indorsed by Mr. Hedges, with the oxception that he did not at all approve of the Captain's going with the men who were to be sent to the Wanderer. ^ 1 - _ ---'J vr- TT "I tnillK, L apxain, biiiu :ui. jncugtro) in his deliberate way, "that the place for you is on the quarter-deck of youi own ship, and let Mr. Dayton or mysell e?-" "Your argument would be right, Lieutenant, if this were an ordinary mat* ter. But you must bear in mind thai Fox and his men think me out of the way." "I am aware of that." "To find me in command of my own ship would force Fox to change his plans, and the chances are he would gel away, for he dare not risk a light, though he is the stronger. If he is crippled, hf is gone as surely as if he were sunk. Our object is not to avoid this fellow, UU( lO capture mm. "That's it, Captain," said the officer^ "Good. Now if I had iifty of my fint fellows on board, and he has four timef that number of his, we are the stronger. For we can strike when we please, and we will only please to strike when th< Sea Hawk is into the fight. You musl command, Hedges. No man can do il better; and before the week is over, the Sea Hawk will have added another victory to her exploits." "Whatever you say, Captain. I was only thinking of the trials you have had." "Ah, Fox invited me on board his ship last time, and played me a scurvy trick. I will go back to the same ship and show him how Ralph Denham and his gallant lads can play him a Roland for his Oliver. Bring the ship's list, Mr. Dayton, and let me look over tha names." [to be continued.) Revolution In the Boot Trude. "The wooden peg, as far as the cobbler is concerned," said Uncle George Wayman, an old-timo shoe cobbler, "has about played its part and will I never be heard of again. The tteel npil or taok lias taken its place, ana is used exclusively by cobblers now, except in building a heel, wheie we can run in a few wooden pegs before we put on tbe last top, which is nailed on with steel nails. The wooden peg makes a much easier wearing job, but, as nearly all shoes are now factory made and the welts put in them aro very thin, they are not strong enough to hold the pegs so we can shave off the ends. If we used the old-style shaver it would cut the welt to pieces. Shoes are manufactured so choap in the past few years that people find it cheaper to buy a new pair of shoes than to have them cobbled to any great extent. Time was when (shoes were made so that they would wear out three or four sets of heels and soles, but that time has passed. It is rarely these days that they will stand more r\f Vioola onrl qoIpq Ppnr. bunu uuc ocv vi ? ww.ww. , very few, persons think of having shoes made to order any more in comparison to the largo number in former days. This ready-made shoe business has been steadily growing for the past twenty years. As for boots, except for a few old-fashioned persons who will not change, they are seldom made any more. Manj is tho hundred pair of boots I have made for the older residents of Georgetown and Washington. But all of my customers of forty years ago are long since dead. Why I am left over 1 do not know, but I was taught and always believed that God moved in a mysterious way His wonders to perform. Thare was a time when 1 had a number of customers who wore four pair nf hnnts in a vear. I cot from 310 to S12 for each pair. I haven't made a pair of boots for over two years."? Washington Star. The Human Brain and Animal Brain. The number, the extent, and the significance of the resemblances and peculiarities of the human brain constitute some of the most difficult morphological problems. Comparo the appearance presented by the human head cut in two in the middle and that of the head of a chimpanzee which has been prepared in the same manner. Then compare the brain of a child at birth, as seen from the side, with the brain of a young chimpanzee. Upon comparison of these two aspeots of the divided brains, the resemblances are Been to ue verj muuu mum uuuiciuuo and significant than the differences. Indeed, the differences are insignificant ; the resemblances are startling. Nobody has yet succeeded in defining what it is that constitutes the human brain as difierent from the brain of any other animal. We may recognize it. Any skilled anatomist would recognize the human from the animal brain; but that is a very different thing from formulating the differences, and that is what we aim at. It is one of tha objects for the remainder of my life to be able to say in words what it is that differentiates our brain from the bruin of other animals.?Arena. Buttons Are Moilerr. The Greeks and Romans knew nothing of buttons, and though tbey presented themselves as ornaments in the fourteenth century, buttonholes were still an undreamed of possibility. It was not uutil nearly the middle of the last century that tLie manufacture of steel buttons was entered upon at the Soho Works, in Birmingham, Englaud. Then, on the accession of George III. the gilt buttons appeared and became quite the voguo. But it was reserved for the artisan"? of our day to rual:e these useful fnstoucrs in the gr<?atcit variety at inarvclously low prices, and out of all eons of material, even to the seemingly impossible potato. Smallest Church in England. The parish church of Gro7e, on the borders of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, but siiuuled in the latier county, is said to be the smallest and most curious church in England. The j parish contains under twenty inhabi- j tants, and the church will comfortably . seat a few more than that number, PUPILS OFTHE PASI PUNISHMENTS THEY MAD TO SUFFER WHEN AT SCHOOL. TIiose of To-Day Have an Easy Life in Comparison With What the Children of Former Ages Were Compelled to Undergo. RUEli and unusual punish/ ments are discountenanced nowadays ia civilized countries. One must co to the Spanish possessions, or tosomebarbarons part of the world, in order to find KNOCKING THEIR HEADS TOGETHER. cruelty in regular practice by recognized authority. It was not alwayis thus, of course. Even so late as the early part of the present century n variety of tortures were commonly applied by Bchcol teachers to their pupils. Many of these were exceedingly ingenious and very distressing, but an impression then prevailed to the effect that they were necessary to bring out the latent virtues of youth, which might otherwise remain undeveloped. The United States Bureau of Education has recently had made a num OLD-TIME rUNISHMI ber of large drawings representing some of the tortures which used to bo applied in the schools. They were> made by Mr. Felix Mahony, and arc produced herewith. From the presentday point of view they are decidedly interesting, and may wen cause any boy of the?o times to congratulate himself lhat he was born so late. Consider, for esample, the case of the un fortunate youth who is kneeling ori dried pease, or of that other little chap who is trying with all his might to stand on one foot in a waste basket. History ha^ preserved memorj of a pedagogue named Hanherle, who died about the mixidle of the eigh 11 / L3 i.:. teentn century in a yuiage 01 owaum, It is recorded of him that during e period of service extending over fiftyone years and seven months he inflicted 911,527 blows with the rod, 124,011 blows with the cane: 20,989 raps with the ruler, 136,715 blows on the hand, 10,235 blows over the mouth, 790c boxes on the ear, 1,118,800 raps on thehead, and 22,763 "nota benes" with. Bible, catechiBm and singing book. H?< made 777 boys to kneel on pease, antl. 613 to sit on a three cornered piece o:; wood, not to mention various extraordinary punishments which he invented himself. The worthy school teacher was a methodioal man, anc". these notes are taken from his owi, business memoranda. n It was not until the latter part o; the eighteenth century that popular dissatisfaction with this method oc Qfln/iatirtn Vicnran +n crrnw There Weri) bodily exercises in the schools of thos<5 days, it is true, but the teachers received the benefit of it, and the pupil i served merely as part of the "apparatus." The latter, in England, wero obliged to have their hair frizzled, with powder and pomade; they wore embroidered coats, knee-breeches, sills stockings a ad a sword at the side. No costume ca:a bo imagined more incon eistent with the natural activity of children or better calculated to causu them discomfort. The notion that children have rights which grown people are bound to reHOLDING THE HEAD fXDEK A TABLE. spect i6 rather new. The whipping of a pupil by a teacher nowaday? in likely to make a scandal, and, in o public school, to lead to the dismissal of the instructor. Boys are difficult cattle to deal with, but it has come to be a recognized fact that they can be managed quite as efficiently without violence. The old proverb wlrch re lates tu the sparing of the rod has been proved, like many other accepted sayings, a fallacy. i / r Perhaps yon think it would be fun to be Bhaken by the shoulders until your leeiu ramie, j-nere wuon ywiovi of this exercise which was called ilipj ' KNEELING ON DRIED PEASE. "churning," and -which wap accomplished by seizing the unfortunate boy by the lapels of his coat and violently agitating his person. Holding a stick in the air over the head was another form of torture, which became very distressing after a few minutes. So likewise did the holding out of a book with extended arms. Knocking the heads of quarreling youngsters together may have been salutary morally, but physically it was certainly injurious. "Horsing" was an English method of punishment. Therein the boy on whom the penalty wag to be inflicted i was mounted on the back of another i boy, so as to makrt him more easily , accessible to the ruler or birch. Lifting a pupil by the ears was supposed in those days to encourage the acquisition of knowledge, and a particularly ingenious form of torture was to compel a boy to stand and bend ovei so as to hold his head under a table while admonished with a switoh. The youth who served as a model for the pictuie representing this punishment i'ainted away after five minutes of it. ?.Vn? nnro was ?. favorite * ? * SNTS OF SCHOOLBOYS. method of punishing children np to the time of the present generation, bnt it has gone out of favor, owing partly to the fact now recognized that it. is apt to cause deafness. Striking the tips of the fingers with a ruler was another torture, very painful. Among the milder of old-fashioned punish vtstnla XTJno hfl rlnn/>Q./>on Snmof.imPB too, quarreling children were compelled to stand facing eaoh other for an honr or so. Sitting on a stick of firewood was a style of repose that f;rew irksome after a while. In the old THE HORSE?AN ENGLISH IDEA. days girls suffered physical torment at school almost eqaally with boys; they, too, were birched and subjected to all sorts of indignities. In oriental countries the bastinado, applied with strap cr rod to the solee of the feet, is a favorite form of punishment in schools. The ancients were great whippers. In Sparta there * 1? i I were ceremonial occubiuub wucu uujra merely for glory as a quasi-religious rite, were whipped so severely that they often died; and such a death was considered very glorious. Horace, the Latin poet, mentions a famous pedagogue of his day as "the flogging Orbilius."?Globe-Democrat. ? fruu's Eflect ou Precious Stoues. The powerful chemical effects of the sun are felt even by precious stones. The ruby, sapphire, and emerald suffer less than other colored Btones in this respect, but it has been shown by experiment that a ruby lying in a shop window for two years became much lighter in tint than its mate kept in a dark place during that period. Garnets and topazes are more easily affected. Pearls are said to Bhow deterioration with age, but if they are not worn constantly, they will recuperate wonderfully during brief vacations spent in quiet and darkness. The only species cf unluck which the practical person believes tho opal will bring to its owner is that of loss if the stone is exposed carelessly to heat. It is liaable to crack, being composed principally of silicic acid, with a small proportion of water. 1 A Year's Pateuts in England. I More than 28,000 applicants for . patents were made in England during ' 189G. About one-third of the number ! were for inventions connected, in some . i way or other with tho bicycle. t The Christian Endeavor movement now numbers 4183 branches in Great Britain. RELIGIOUS READING. 1 To think his thoughts is blessedness sunrfime: To know himself, the Thinker, is our life ; To rest this weary intellect on his. Is the glad end/ng of mind's endless strife. For this is life eternal him to know. And Jesus Christ his son whom he hath sent; And this is light, to walk in bis dear love, Light brighter thin the noon-bright firmament. ?Bonar. A PRAYER FOB LOVE. Dear Saviour, we thank thee, that when thou wast upon earth thou didst take little children up in thine arms and bless them. Now thou art gone into the heavens, we rejoice to feel that thy love is none the less tender and watchful,and that thy hands even now are laid upon them in blessing. Thou dost abide with us still, and art nearer to us and dearer than when thou didst walk the earth in human form, for thou dost never leave us. We pray thee to illumine our hearts, that we may see with the eye of faith. Give us to feel thy touch upon us,that we may go forth to our duties in the greatness of thy strength, and rejoice evermore in thee. May we be so filled with the precious love of Christ that we shall reflect it upon our children, and they, in turn, shall taste its sweetness and power, and grow up into thee in all things. Help ns, as a family, to take hold of hands today with a new covenant. with a higher and deeper joy; and pledge to thee our love and loyalty and ser?' mflo r\9 /lorl'noaa VICC. II 111 CI C tUIU^UUICO KJA UMk ?uv struggle, when the burdens press and perplexities thwart us. 0. may we lean the harder upon thino almighty arm, and find strength in thee for every time ot need. We ask it in Jesus' name. Amen. THE GREATER MAX, THE OBEATER X0VE. It is the great patriots that interpret the value of their country to the common citizen. The man absorbed in his own small affairs, or so restricted in his power ol thought that he would never have taken in the national idea for himself abstractly, sees how Washington and Webster ana Lincoln loved the land; and through their love for it. its worthiness of his own love becomes made known to him. Still his love for his country, when it is awakened, ia his nwn nnH mav imnel him to serve her in most peculiar personal ways, very different from theirs: but none the less is it true that but for the interpretation of these great men's honor for he- he would have honored his country le.- v r not at all. They interpret to their fellowmen what God has first interpreted to them, till ultimately the Are.which starts from the central heart oi all runs through the world, and the blindest are enlightened to discern, and the most timid become bold enough to praise, the movement which at first had no friend but God.?Phillips Brooks. THE BIBLE IN SOCBCE OF WOBK. I do not know of any single Christian today doing any work?any real work?who If not a dilligent student of his Bible, whc does not read the Bible as some of these business men read the fluctuations of the market. I do not know one cf them whc does not make the personal culture of the spirit ae great a business in life as yondei athlete makes the training of the body in preparation for the race. I do not know one of them that does not cultivate ar eager, earnest interest in the Christian fellowship, Christian testimony, and Christian service, bestowing upon them as much toil, and time, Hod tdougnt as tne worm dbetows upon ite society engagements and its constant round of pleasures. The great difference between the Christian and the worldiing is, not that one works and th< other does not, but the worldling toils and moils and dies, and the Christian toils anc moils and lives for evermore.?Rev. B. F, Horton. Our Heavenly Father, before entering upon the duties "of the day we would loot into thy face and feel again our hand in thine. Help us to detect thy presence ii every incident of this day. Give us grace according to our need. Thou hast made u! and knowest what we can bear. There ii no temDtation which thou hast not testec before permitting us to enter. The heav] part of our cross is on thy shoulders. Noi is there any^oy or pleasure which is noi sweeter because thou hast chosen it S< whatever experience is before us let it linl us closer to thee. Thus may we grow intc thy image day by day, 0 blessed^ Saviour Amen. , The cry of life can be satisfied by a Lift alone. In the religion of Christ, and then only, are met all those demands to whicl thought severed from Christ is driven?foi an Object of Worship which shall transcenc knowledge, for an Ideal thoroughly subject to knowledge, for a living Power so*working in the soul witn secret imgui umi, tm.may inspire us, not with despair, bu? witt courage. Thus is force revealed as loving humanity as holy and the moral law as di vine. This is the assurance, wondrous, ye' by the very witness of denial less wondroui than essential, brought to the world by Jesus Christ.?Vida D. Scudder. DEEP PBAYEBS LIKE DEEP-SEA VOYAGING. It may be your prayer is like a ship,which mVi^n it-, irnea on a verv lone voyage, does not come home laden so sood, but when i does come home it has a richer freight Mere "coasters" will bring your coals 01 such-like ordinary things ; but they that gc afar to Tarshish return with gold and ivory. Coasting prayers such as we pnu every day, bring us many necessaries : bul there are" great prayers which, like the olc Spanish sralleons. cross the main ocean and are longer out of sight,hut come home deep laden with a golden freight.?Spurgeon. a religion born of love. Ours is a sunny religion, born of divin< love; and one of the fruits of the Holj Spirit is joy. A joyless Christian is a libe ? ' ' Wo r>iii?ht- tr> Wftlk SC On II1M pruicxiiuu. i.v. __ close to Jesu3 ns to bo always in His sun shine, and make so little of earthly ills and vexations and losses as never to let then envelop us in an atmosphere of Arctic mid night. Paul made a dungeon ring with I10I3 melodies. Every follower of Christ should strive to make his daily life a song as wel as a Gospel sermon.?Theodore L. Cuyler D. D. Lord ! who art merciful as well as just, Incline thine ear to me. a child of dust! ' Not what I would, 0 Lord, I offer thee, Alas! but what I can. Father, Almighty, who hast made me man, And made me look to heaven, for thou arl there, Accept my sacrifice and humble prayer. Four things which are not in thy treasury I lay before thee. Lord, with this petition : My nothingness, my wants, My sins, and my contrition. ?Southey. Waiting will not take away the chronic ail, restore nerves and bones, and remove pain: nor will it bring to the empty arms and the lac: rated heart what they are always crying for. 15.it waiting brings the beatitude of God?quiet,peace,strength.trust hope?not with the old bound and jubilance, but other graces, better?quiet, peace, strength.?J. F. W. Ware. Happy those who are able in truth to say, "My Lord and my God !" Here is the no. blest inspiration for life, strength for work, comfort in trouble, hope in death. Here fa what gives eternity itself its chief iuteres; and joy.?Willi:iii- F-irsvthe. lit IIuiiB Ctiunfir a <J. A. II. Man. The Gettysburg Post, G. A. R., of St. Paul -Minn., has received through the Chinese Min ister at Washington Li Hung Chang's nc oeptance of the invitation oftnopost to be come an honorary memb >r. The nec;*ssari documents and a badge will be promptly forwarded to Li Hung Chang. Commander In-Chief Clarkson has improved this innova tiou in G. A. It. customs. Cliinamnn for President. ^-'^Chl^aman has just been electod Presi dent of one of the largest cycle clubs arounc Boston. Mortality From AB;Ayxlatlon. According to a Boston report fifty-one per aons wore killed by gas in Massachusetts lasi year. I . .[ _ < MM 1 SABBATH SCHOOL. 1 INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOB fl 31 ARCH 21. H Lesson Text: "Christian Sell' Ke- 1 straint," I Cor. Ix., 1U-27? " Golden Text: I Cor. lx.f 25?Commentary. 19. "For, though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, Tnat I might gain the more." For the sake of a temperance lesson we turn from rhe na rative in the Acts to a section of this epistle, but it is a temperance lesson in the sense of every form of restraint and control of the self life that the Christ life may be made more manifest, and thus the gospel be ltved as well as preached in order to gain more people for Christ. The section in which And our lesson begins with chapter viii., 1, and runs to the end of chapter xl., the beginning of each section being easily recognized by the words "now as touching" or "now concerning" (chapters vii., 1; vlii., 1; xii., 1; xvi., 1). The central thought in this section seems to be chapter x., 81, "Whether,, therefore, ye eat or drink or whatsoever ye\ do, do all to the glory of God," the object of \ such a life being primarily that God in all \ things may be glorified through Jesus Christ > r (I Pet. iv., 11), and then that some may be \ saved (chapters ix., 22; x., 33). Paul was v ' indebted to no one for favors; ho was under > compliment to no ona Ho said to these very Corinthians that if he had wronged them it * was in that he had not bsen a burden to them, and for this he asked their forgiveness. He sought them and not their possesi sions (II Cor. xii., 13,14). Being thus free from obligations to all, except the obligation laiduDon himbv God to preach the gospel to all,*he gladly'became servant to all for * Christ's sake that he might gain more for >. Christ. ' 'JPv 20. "Unto the Jews I became as a Jew & that I might gain the Jews." We mnst think A of Paulas a servant of Christ, a member of the body of Christ in perroct joint and health, ander full and complete control of Christ, the head, and ever seeking in all things to please Him (chapters ill., 5; zil., 12; Cal. 1., 10; I Thes. II., 4). He had a great desire that Christ should be magnified La his body whether by life or death (Phil. L, 20). We must keep this in mind in considering this and the nezt two verses lest we might be 1 tempted to think Paul guilty of some inconsistency or of conniving at a wrong thing in order to win men to Christ. He was a Jew and knew what it was to live under the iaw. In dealing with such he would, as*far as he conscientiously could, put himself in their place and from their standpoint lead them to Christ. \?5 21. "To them that are without law, as ' n^fViAM* lotrr +V?of T rwlffVtf ?ain tham thaf ! are without law." He often speaks of gea' tiles as "them that are without." He would 1 have believers exercise special care in walking honestly toward them as to win them. As far as Paul could in the sight of God, he put himself in their place, saw thing* with their eyes and from their standpoint sought to lead them to Christ that they might be saved. 22. "To the weak beoame I as weak that I might gain the weak. I am made all things to all men that I might by all means save some." In Rom. xv., 1-3, he takes, as he al- t ways does, Christ for his example and teaohes us not to please Qurselves, but others. and to bear the infirmities of the weak, and this even in the common acts of eating and drinking, as the context shows. There Is a self centered life and a Christ centered life, and, though strange it Is yet true, sadly / true, that the former is often manifest In be-j lievers to the great grief of the Spirit and dis-l honor of God. Paul, like his Master, thoughti not of himself, but of how be could glorify\ Christ and win people to Him. > 23. "And this I do for the gospel's sake. | J luni X lUlf^Ul UO p(ti IUU.U1 tuvi vv* n*?M ;vu. . I What is this which, as a servant of Christ, he \ I is aiming to be a partaker of? It oannot I be eternal life, the gift of God, nor the for- 8 glveness of sins, nor peace with Qod, nor jns- v tiflcatton, nor sanctiflcation, for all these , come to us in Christ freely by virtue of His ; finished work. See Rom. iii., 24; v., 1; I Cor. iii., 21-23; vi., 11. We do not work for 1 redemption and its benefits: but, receiving M 1 Christ as God's unspeakable g<ft to ns. we W 1 believe that his divine power hath given 3 unto us all things that pertain unto life and | godliness (II Pet. i., 3). Beintr a saved man 1 through the blood of Christ, Paul knows [ that denial of self in preaching the gospel Kvfrtnr Vilm o wiyropil Coreoa 17 1 ft ^ and t he wishes the believers at Oorinth to share > this with him. 1 24. "Know ye not that they whtoh run < } In a race run all. but one receiveth the prize. * Go run thai ye may obtain." Now, salvation Is not obtained by running, for we cannot run till we have obtained salvation. Until j we are saved we are dead in trespasses and i Bins (Eph. ii., 5), and dead people cannot i run for God. To run in an ordinary raoe, r those who desire to run must first enter; so I In the race before us, the Christian life or t race, we must first enter, and the entrance > Is at the cross. The fee is paid for all who 1 are willing to enter, for the blood of Christ i cleanseth from all sin. 25. "And every mnn that striveth for the I mastery is temperate in all things. Now, t they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but 3 we an incorruptible." The wreath, the 3 reward, the honor associated with the victor inthe Grecian names soon faded 01 passed away, but the Christian seeks a crown incorruptible to cast at the feet of Christ (Rev. iv.. 10). That there are rewards for the faithful in addition to salvation, which is the free ' gift of God, and that it is possible to be re' warded or be saved and have no reward, ' See I Cor. iiu, 14, 15; II John viii.: Bev. xxii., 12; Luke xiv., 14, etc. r 26. "I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; ' so fight I, not as one that beateth the air." * 1 In an ordinary race there is uncertainty as I to who shall win, and only one can possibly [ win the prize. In the Christian race there need be no uncertainty, for Christ Himself 1 will be the judge, and He will reward every one according to his works. All who will way have rewards for service?the crown of life for patient endurance, the crown of our ' lesson for denial of self. etc. (Jas. 1., 12v Rev. ii., 10; I Thess. iL, 19; I Pet. v., 4; II 3 Tim. iv , 8). i 27. "But I keep under my body and bring I it into subjection, lest that by any means> when I have preached to others I my9?lf should be a castaway." Not a lost soul, for I /\f oKaon nan nArich f.Tnhn T- - i uuuwuI vungi a ?IUVV|/ VMM ?,f i 28, 29) but disapproved as to service. 8e^ R, V. Paul never questioned, nor ever taught t others to question, the eternal safety of every I true believer (Phil, i., 6; II Tim. i., 12; Eph. 1 v., 25-27; Jude xxiv). But he did strongly , emphasize the possibility of the loss of service and the necessity of a whole hearted denial and renunciation of the self life (Gal, ii., 20; vl., 14; II Cor. iv., 10,11; Rom. xii., 1, 2).?Lesson Helper. HALF-WAY ROUND. Mennonltes Coining to Minnesota Fron> Siberia. In April twenty-five Menuonites bound for the South Dakota colony will be landed in Minneapolis, Minn., by a "Soo" train, after one of the longest continuous journeys on record. They are now living in Tashkend, -in ancient Persian town captured in 1862 by i the Russians. Tiiey are a quiet German i sect, and after 150 years' resideuce in Russia have not lost their individuality. Frugal in , i habits, they have amassed small fortunes, most of them, and arc anxious to sell their farms in Russia and move to a freer country. The colonies now settled in Minnesota, Iowa, the Dakotas ami Manitoba are but the advance guard of the 50,000 who will probably be found in this country within tho next ten years. The twenty-live from Tasbkend will ride , overland across the steppes by a wagon i route to Odessa, Russia's great port on theBaltic, thence by rail aoross Russia to Llbau. ou the Baltic, where an agent will put them aboard a Wilson line steamer to Liverpool.. There they will leave by the Royal Mail , Allan line for Quebec, anil by the Canadian Pacific and the "Soo" to Minneapolis, where they will be met by wailing friends from the colony. r .Tiaine's omciai Fnotograpner. Maine employs an official photographer, i who devotes his time to securing enticing views of the sporting regions of the State and distributing them throughout the rest of tho United States as advertisements. I merriest i-nco xor a Boar. At a sale of Poland China hogs in Spring* field, 111,, a hoar, "Look Me Over," was sold for $3600, the highest price ever paid t for a hog. Previously the price record wa? held by "Klever's Model.*' 31700.