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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
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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.
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"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
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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.
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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.
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.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.