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1 t pi i ill; A _XOVE 'sri tby'ameli y (Copyright, by Roi CHAPTER I. i CONTINUED. 'Ah, the poor little flowers! Set out so primly, they must feel as if they were at school, and not enjoy themselves at all. If I was a flower, I would rather be a bluebell and grow .out on the mountain-side just where I pleased. But we have a fine garden at Levens-hope, and the house is old enough to have stories about its rooms and queer dreams in all its chairs. There is even a ghost in the long corridor?not one of the modern scientific ghosta, full of psychological suggestions?but a plain, simple, straightforward ghost." "Have you ever seen it?" / "Very often in the twilight. There is nothing that fears me in the harm 1COB, UiCiauwuvij ninivu. "Some unliappy lady of former days, I suppose?" "Ah, no! A brave young laird of Levens-hope who followed Prince Charlie. Do you see yonder narrow road winding across the mountainbreast southward? The Highland hoet took it, and young Walter Brathous was with them. He was only twenty years old then, and he never came home again?in the flesh. His picture is in the corridor, a gay, handsome-looking boy, with the unlucky white rose of Stuart over his heart. All the Janfaries, too, have been men of the sword. My own k ? . father died at the head of his company in the onset of battle." There did not seem to be answer proper to this sf-.oinent, and Mowbray did not attempt a platitude; yet he made Katherine feel that he was interested and sympathetic. Indeed, his whole nature was in a condition of happy turmoil, and he could not command the words he wished. It was as if a door of his soul, hitherto closed, had been suddenly opened by Katherine's hands, and "he was confused and amazed and under a kind of enchantment. The green hills on "vhich he walked with her were not earthly hills; the air he breathed with her?had in it some diviner element. .Her low voice, her sweet, rippling laugh, the sway of her garments against him, the miraculous light in her eyes, threw him into a delightsome trance, in which he saw visions of Love, like unto Katherine; and all his soul and all his senses were subjugated by the sudden splendor of the revelation. And Katherine knetv that this lumingus, still serenity had nothing whatever to do with insensibility. She understood intuitively that it was the natural expression of feeling that had not yet learned now to speaic. one herself was conscious of some emotion new and strange. She talked about a score of idle things, because her instinct told her silence would be indiscreet. She was a little fearful, and she knew not of what she wa8 afraid. Her lips voiced pleasantly all the proprieties that guard everyday life; but below her lips her heart was asking with a persistent iteration questions which as yet she answered only with, . a peremptory "Hush!" The minister and Jessy walked a few yards behind them. They were talking of the entertainment to be given to the stranger. "He is welcome a day or two at tbe manse," said Doctor Telfair, but without much cordiality. "You know, Jessy, there are always my sermons to write, and tbe thought of a visitor is the thought of the burns and of the fish in them; and you'll allow, my dear, that there is not much spirituality between trout and sermons." "His'father was your friend." * "Until a woman parted us. That was long ago, and I hope I have Christianity enough not to visit on the lad the ill-will I once had toward his father. Ask him to stay a week or two weeks, if vou like his company." "You seemed to enjoy talking with ! him, father." "Not much. He has no political *ense, and he is an Episcopal in religion, and fishing he has no right kind of respect for. His company is , neither 'here nor there' for menfolk, and for young girls he might be dangerous." "Why should ho be dangerous?" "He has 'a way' with him, and I coald see that he -was fairly bewildered with Katherine's beauty. I'm thinking the laird may ask him to stay a few days, for Brathous knew his father well enough. They were in the 8ame classes, and the young English squire was a well-kent figure. Brathons was proud in those bygone days to have a bow or a word from him. Tha Trmner man fnvnra his fn.thf>r though he is not handsome." "Katherine appears to be pleased -with him." "Katherine should keep mind of her manifest destiny. She would be a foolish girl to bring complications into it. I see Brathons is coming to meet us; so I will just step forward with Mowbray and introduce him." He did so, and, with the young man at his side, walked briskly toward the advancing laird, while Katherine waited until Jessy joined her. They both watched the meeting with interest, for both knew the uncertain disposition of the laird of Levens-liope. Fortunately Brathous was in a very good humor. He had just received an American reaper and some line Jersey cattle, and he was ready to welcome any one who was ready to admire them. But, apart from this favorable condition, he was pleased with his visitor: nle.nsed with the memories he called forth, and pleased with his gentlemanly appearance and quick appreciation of the scientific farming which wa3 the special pride of the laird of Levens-hope. Katherine and Jesse watched the three men turn toward the barns and the farm-buildings, and they understood what would be sure to follow. "For an hour at least their talk will 9WER OF | iApi WATER. 1 >f STORY.] ' i|j A E. 8ARR. , jSs srsi Bonnie's SokS.T . rnsmsmmmom* be of bullocks," said Katherine, with an air of disappointment. "Let us go into the house and sit with my mother. And yet what a perfect afternoon it is for a walk!" mi -i. ?! .7 xney were at tue ?iuo ouuuuuc gate, and at Katherine's tone of regret both turned and looked back over the mountain-path they had just trod. It was flushed with the most delicate tints of green. There were tufts of primroses where the meadow was the dampest, and the air was full of fragrance from the yellow blossoms of the broom. The wan cold water flashed and rippled with translucent tints in the bursts of sunshine. The ousels were flitting from stone to stone, the linnets lilting in every bush; and all over the grassy parapets by the gates there was a mist'of bluebells nodding in the soft wind a welcome to spring. The loveliness, freshness and the sweetness of the scene went forever into Katherine's memory, blending itself magically with the face and voice of the Btranger who had walked by her side. Slowly the girls went through the garden together, stopping to admire t,hA white r>ow.dered auriculas and the budding lilacs, and lingering long by the pond, that was shadowed by the large white thorn, for it was just breaking into a wonder of snowy blossom. The house of Levens-hope stood in the midst of the garden. It was built of rough, weather-beaten stones, touched here and there with moss, and it was old enough and lonesome enough to be the habitation of all the ghosts and dreams Katherine's ftrucy gave it. But the interior had an air of heavy, old-fashioned comfort, brightened with many modern elegancies, making it altogether satisfying and even picturesque. The girls went leisurely to a parlor on the secoiid floor, a long, low room with many windows and bright fire on the hearth. Here they found Mrs. Brathous. She was sitting in a comfortable wicker chair, with a basket of tangled silks and worsteds on.her lap. As the girls entered she smiled and pointed to them. 'Twish I had been born a good, methodical creature," sue said, with i a long sigh, "for I would need to be a very saint to unravel this weary tangle and keep my temper the while." 4 "Have yon finished your screen at last, Mrs. Brathous?" asked Jessy. "I have, my dear. Some day also I will finish my cooking book. You say 'at la3t' very wisely, Jessy,, for little duties must give way to great ones, and the writing of a book or the working of a screen are things that can keep, but wasteful servants require to be watched and guided every hour of the day. Did-you meet the laird as you-came through the garden?" "He is gone with the minister and an Englishman to see the Jersey cows." "An English gentleman?" "Yea; the son of an old college acquaintance." "Then I must set by my worsteds and look to the cake-basket and the pantry-shelves." She rose with the words and began to put away her sewing materials. Katherine looked lovingly after lier mother, who was an exceedingly pretty woman, email and plump, and very j becomingly dressed in a plum-colored silk goxvn and a -little white-lace cap j tipping the abundant coils of her darkbrown hair. "You might put on a lighter frock, Katherine/' she said. "Jamie Wintoun will be sure, someway or somehow, to find himself here, and then there will be four pairs of feet for a reel or two." But though Katherine went to her room ostensibly for this purpose, she did not fulfill it. "You could not look lovelier, Katherine." said Jessy. And Katherine touched the cashmere softly, and remembered that she v ? ?j. ii __ i.u_i _? r_??u nau puv lb UU tuttb uncruuuu ucsu nuu new. And dresses have their destinies. In this one she had spent the most wonderful hour of her life, and she would not alter a ribbon or add a brooch. Neither would she reason with herself as to the "why" of this resolve. The dress had had a happy beginning. To make question about it might spoil all. "It just suits you, Katherine," continued Jessy. "It 'jumps tothe ?yes,' as your gowns usually do. So different to Clara Heriot's, which always have a secondhand look. Let us go into* the garden. We can saunter about in the sunshine until the laird and the others come to us." So Katherine replaced the sailor hat, and threw around her shoulders a little red cloak, and as they went out together Jessy said: "There must be poets around taking notes, for it was but yesterday I read a verse that was surely inspired by you, Katherine? ' 'First, a small cloak of faded rod; Then u soft dress of laurel green; Then a beloved brown-rippled hend, With fair, sweet face the curls between.' I -wonder if I made it up myself; for I tell you, Katherine, you turn every one either into a poet or a lover." Then Katherine would have kissed her friend, but the laird suddenly came round a private hedge, and the minister called to his daughter, and Mowbray stepped to the side of Katherine. Thus they went through the garden together, talking of many things, smiling, laughiug, touching hands as they swayed downward the branches of the budding trees, almost touching cheeks as they bent their faces among the hothouse flowers, full of intoxicating scents and dreams of love-laden blossoms. Here they liugered a little behind the party, and Mowbray, looking suddenly into Katherine's face asked in a low voice: "How long have I known you, Miss Janfarie?'' "I cannot remember. It seems s long time ago. I must have dreamed about you when I was a child. Do you remembery "Yes." "What do von remember?" "That your name is?Katherine? Katherine!" She paled divinely and drew a little away. But his eyes were upon her? eyes full of piercing light, yet lan guishing and lengthening like the eyes of love. Virgin passion burns tc whiteness, and the brightening palloi of Katherine's cheeks was that "com' plete steel of saintly chastity" thai "angels lacky." Mowbray bowed be fore it. She passed onward and h6 felt that an atmosphere had fallen between them that he could not, even bj thought, invade. 1 et he was strangeij liappy. He had been permitted tc take this great step forward and h? had not been sent back. That was much. And Katherine Janfarie could never forget him. As for himself, he knew that Katherine was his losi Pleiade found again; the star of all his future life. A few steps brought them out of the warm perfumed air into the cool fresh ness of the mountain breeze. Jessy was waiting at the door of the hot house. "I dare not enter it," she said, "the heat and scent always give me a head ache. I am not from the tropics, that is evident." She was astonished to find Katherine and Mowbray so quiet. She wondered if "anything had been said." Being herself yet of the uninitiated, she did no understand that silence is the first speech of hearts invaded by the melancholy and mystery of love. The mirth of the evening was a disloirrl mad in fhaf. rinfrmQlx? happy mood which was the next (lis agreeable thing to his unreasonably ill-tempered mood. He made jokes with the minister and snubbed Katherine and scoldcd his servants, anc imagined himself to be very imposing, because everyone remembered be was their host and tolerated him. During the evening Jamie Wintoun, as Mrs Brathous had predicted, "found himself present;" and then she carried oul the rest of her plan and played some merry reels which Katherine taughi Mowbray how to dance. It was s charming lesson, for Wintonn was one of those fair, tail, long-necked yocths, who are always glad to be acommO' dating and happy to make others happy, Also he had more influence over his uncle than any other mortal, and he succeeded in partially subduing the offensive prominence of that geritleman. For he had not, as yet, the leasl jealousy of Mowbray. He had knowr Katherine nearly all his life. He had no more fear of losing her than he had fear of his estate slipping away from him. When Katherine was twelve years old and he was eighteen thej had been told they were destined tc marry each other at thg proper time; Katherine had made no objection then and no active one since. Therefore Wintoun looked forward to his marriage with the Flower of Gala Watei very much as he had anticipated the coming of his majority. Both events were the ordained blessings of the heii of Wintoun-Lands and Lawers-Moss. About ten o'clock the minister saidi "There is light now of moon and stars, laird, and I will be moving home with my daughter and my guest." Then the laird was specially effusive, he wanted all to remain; lie wanted Mr. Mowbray to stay a few daya, a few weeks if he liked. It was hard foi Wintoun to make him see the impropriety of asking the minister's guesi to remove to ms nouse. .due iuowbray's serenity threw an air of propriety over all mistakes and enabled him in his short adieu to give Katherine, at ouce, both the assurance and the hope he desired. The laird and Wintoun conveyed the party to the gates, and Katherine took the opportunity to slip away to her room. She stood in the dark and watched the three iigures like three sbadews disappear. Then Mrs. Brathous spoke to her aud Katherine turned and saw her mother at the open door. "The laird bids you come downstairs, Katherine." "I cannot come down to-night, mamma." "The laird will toe angry." "He js neither king nor kaiser. Who cares?" "Katherine!" "Indeed, mamma, darling, I am ic revolt. And if you would 'dare him' only once he would creep into t ? T maI rrr\i?rt f A on> UlUUSU'llUlC* 1 urn uvv vw hut . swer his summons this night, nor anj I night again unless I wish to do so. ] > will follow the Janfarie motto, and 'dc j my will and fear not.' " [to be continued.] lilgirest Shipyard in the World. The capacity of Elswick yard in England is greater than that of anj other in the world. . Among the vessels at present in evidence at Elswick are the O'Higgins, Chilean warship, just completed; General Baqmedana, Chilean training ship, on the stocks, will ba launched in about four weeks; Hui-Tien and Hai-Chi, protected cruisers built to the order of China, sister ships, completed, moored in ! river; Talessago, Japanese cruiser, j nearly complete; Assarna, Japanese j armored cruiser, 9700 tons, nearly complete; Tokima, Japanese armored ] cruiser, sistor ship to above; unnamed j cruiser, preparing for Japau, nol ! quite laid do vn; Tordenskjold, Nor- | wegian battlesl ip, waiting to be de- j livered; Albany, cruiser built foi \ Brazil, but bought by United States, j now plating, launched in three months; Don Carlos I., Portuguese protected j cruiser, just launched; .Pactolus, I tbird-class Eritish cruiser, built to I admiralty design, ready in about o month; torpedo-boat destroyer oi ' large size, to go thirty knots, not or- | dered, will be completed before the : end of the year, and if not previously i bought will go into stock; another J torpedo destroyer, same size as above, j but fitted with Parsons turbines, to gc I thirty-three knots, to be finished this i Tear; unnamed cruiser, 4300 tons, tc j be launched shortly, not ordered; i large first-class battleship unnamed, 15,100 tons, being built for the Japaner j navy. This will be the biggest battleship yet constructed, will haven i phenomenal speed, and, notwithstanding her great size, will pass through the Suez Canal.?San Francisco Argonaut. The largest clock in the world is . that in Westminster Abbey. i ft v; s._i ; J. i_- ' , f NEW YORK THE LATEST DESIGN |? sons' cc New York City (Special).?Fashions come and fashions go, but tbe shirt waist stays with womankind. It is well that this is so, for man says that nine women out of ten look bet A RICH EFFECT IN. "WAISTS. ter in a shirt waist than any other style of bodice. A simple but decidedly rich effect is here gained by the association of golden brown velvet and seeded crepon in the same shade, the trimming being- open-meshed black silk braid. The stylish arrangement is made over glove-fittings that close in centre-front, the smooth vest of velvet being included in the right-shoulder seam and hooked over with the smooth collar at the left. A short yoke is applied on the back that forms in its outline a continuation of the scalloped edges of front. Each front is shaped in four rounded scallops that form graceful outlines, single side plaits at the shoulders affording desirable fulness over the bust while backward turning plaits at n mA/lava^A V\?f LLltJ waxou G a *CI j muuwoio wuw stylish blouse. A SMART BAS The whole back is smoothly drawn in at the waist with overlapping plaits at th^ centre. The belt of velvet is shaped to curve low in front according to the latest fancy. The two-Reamed eleeves are very slightly full at the top, the cap of velvet being applied over the top. The wrists are finished with a rounded cuff of velvet to match the other decorative features of this handsome waist. Very many stylish combinations in plain, plaid, figured or striped silk, tu'cked or corded taffetas with plain or figured effects in silk, wool or mixed fabrics and decorations of passementerie. irregular insertion, gimp or braid may be used appropriately. To make this waist in the medinm size will require one and three-fourths yards of forty-four-inch material. A Botweon-Seasons' Costume. The model depicted in the large engraving shows an extremely smart and effective design that is particularly well adapted to wear between seasons. The material is steel-gray broadcloth and the fronts are closed with small, round crystal buttons. A tailor finish of machine stitching completes the edges, and the spotless linen chemisette and collar worn at the neck are accompanied by a small tie-bow of Cuban red satin. Hat of crushed steel-gray velvet, with wings and satin chou in a lighter shade. The basque of fashionable length is trimly adjusted to the figure by the usual seams and double bust darts. Above the closing the fronts are reversed to form pointed lapels that meet the rolling collar in notches. Laps and pleats are formed below the waist liue in back that are pressed flat, according to the present style, the sides fitting smoothly over the hips. The fashionable two-seamed sleeves have very slight fulness collected in gathers at the top, the wrists being plainly completed with machine stitching. Basques in this style are usually made to match the skirt in tweed, serge, camel's hair, cheviot or other close-woven wool fabrics. Velvet or poplin makes up smartly by the mode, and both are much in vogue to wear with different skirts. To make the basque in the medium size will require two yards of fortyfour-inch material. Ten Gowns Cnt Low. For evening wear many tea gowns are cut low, with elbow sleeves. Long lace scarfs are desirable adjuncts to j i j : wmmmmsstSM' : fashions, i yat S FOR BETWEEN-SEA: || 3STUMES. ' ?? wind about the figure. For such garments blue and cerise is a new combination. A pale-blue liberty silk neglige is cut with a polonaise and a shaped flounce, this being edged-with creamy lace and cerise ribbons put on garland fashion. The full front is of lace falling from a butterfly bow at the neck and caught here and there with cerise ribbons. The sleeves are of accordion-plaited lace, hanging in straight ruffles to the elbows. San-Bonnet-Shaped Hoods Shown. ^ Novelty for the coming season is shown in the swell shops in the shape of real old-fashioned garden sun bonnets, such as grandma used to wear, only made of heavy satin and brocades instead of common calico. These new hoods have sprung into instant popular favor, and no wonder, for they are vastly becoming to old and young alike. These hoods sit loosely on the head, and are turned back in the front, displaying the different. colored lining. In the back they are finished with a frill, or "curtain"?as our grandmothers called it in their day?quite devoid of fulness. Long strings of tulle or chiffon give an added touch of daintiness as well as expense to thiB woman's latest whim. Artlflcal Flowers in Favor. Artificial flowers are very much in evidence with evening gowns, and even with street gowns a small bunch of artificial violets may be worn, a filmy lace handkerchief being ased as a background, or the flowers may be tied into a loose end of the laoe scarf. Needless to say, they should not be of the regular kind used by milliners for trimming, but flowers of ultra fine quality made especially for the wear described and delicately perfumed. Rosettes the Latest Trimming. Tulle and mousseline de soie rosettes are the latest trimming for velvet and fur toques. The A B C of Fashion. Coat, tunic and redingote seem to be the A B C of fashion this season. Far Toques lu Vogue. Pnr +r>rmfiK. which are so much in vogue, have the rims and sides of fur, the soft crown in many showing so QUE JACKET. little that it is hardly noticeable. Their only decoration is stiff wings or breasts. Many of the jeweled bonnets are exquisite. A charming model of jet and rhinestones is ornamented with a large white tulle bow fastened with two large jet ball pins. A Dreggy and Comfortable Jacket. This comfortable and rather dressy jacket of fine French flannel in bebe blue has small polka dots in white silk embroidered all over its surface. A deep lace frill surrounds the fancy 1 nointed collar, the trimming of irregu lar insertion being applied on collar, yoke and cuffs. A semi-girdle of pale blue satin ribbon is gracefully bowed in front. The pointed collar may be omitted if a plainer effect is desired. The modified bishop sleeves are shaped with inside seams and gathered at upper and lower edges, the wrists being finished with straight bands that roll back in prettily pointed cuffs. Pretty jackets in this style can be made from cashmere, chollie, camel's hair, French or outing flannel and other soft woolen fabrics that will soon be made up for next season's wear by provident women. j Lace insertion, "frizzed" ribbon, [ ? ? ? woman's house jacket. narrow braid and embroidery all furnish suitable decoration. To make this jacket for a woman of medium size will require four yards of material twenty-seven inches wide. -tr- 5' \ '' : .5vi * DE. TALMAQES' SERMON. J c SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED I DIVINE. 6 i Subject: "Cling: to the Croit"?The Multiplicity of Opportunities For Doing: Good Tnat Men of Talent Have Within Their Beach?Brave Stayi-at-Homes. Text: "Tbou art worth 10,000 of us."? II Samuel xvlii., 3. One of the most wondrous characters of biB time was David. A red haired boy, he could shepherd a flock or carry "ten loaves and ten slices of.milk cheese to hlshrothers la the regiment," or with leathern thong, stone loaded, bring down a giant whose armor weighed two hundredweight of metal, or cause a lion which roared at him in rage to roar with pain as he flung It, dying, to the roadside, or could marshal a host, or rule an empire, or thumb a harp so skillfully that It cured Saul's dementia ?a harp from whose strings dripped pas- \ tnrala aIooIao tHlimnhal marftHM . benedictions. Now, this man, a combination of music and heroics, of dithyrambs and battle fields, cf country quietudes and statesmanship, is to fit out a military expedition. Four thousand troops, according to Josephus, were sent into the field. The captains wefe put in command of tbe companies, and the colonels In command of the regiments, which were disposed into right wing, left wing and center. General Joab, General Ablsbal And General Ittai are to lead these three divisions. But who shall take the field i as commander in chief? David offers i his ser?ices and proposes to go to the , front. He will lead them in the awful J charge, for he has not a cowardly nerve 1 in sll bis body. He did not propose to have f his troops go into perils which he himself i would not brave, and the battlefield re- j quired as much courage then as now, for { tbe opposing forces must, In order to do any ] execution at all, come up to within posl- ? tive reach of saber and spear. But there j came up from the troops and from civilians ; a mighty protest against David's taking ] the field. His life was too important to j the nation. If be went down, the empire < went down; whereas, if the whole 4000 of j the ranks were slain another army might i be marshaled and the defeat turned into ^ victory. The army and the nation practi- t cally cried out: "JKol No! You cannot 1 go to the frontl We estimate you as 10,000 j men! 'Thou art worth 10,000 of us!'" t That army and tbat nation then and i there reminded David and now remind us ] of the fact whioh we -forget or never ap- i predate at all tbat some people are moral Iy or spiritually worth far more tlian others, and some worth far less. The census and statistics of neighborhoods, or churches, of nations, serve their purpose, hut they can never accurately express the real state'of things. The practical subject that I want to present to-day Is that those who have espeoial opportunity, especial graces, especial wealth, especial talent, especial eloquence, ought to makeup by especial assiduity and consecration for those who have less opportunities and leas gifts. Tou ought to do ten times more for . God and human upli/tlng than those who have only a tenth of your equloment.. The rank'and the file or the 4000 of the text told the truth when they said,"Thou_art worth 10,000 of us." In no city of Its size are there so many men of talent as are gathered in the capital of the American nation. Some of tbe States nre at times represented by men who have neither talents nor good morals. Their political party compensates them for partisan-services by sending them to Congress or by securing for them position in the war or navy or pension or printing departments. They were nobodies before they left home, and they are nobodies here, but t hey are exceptional. All the States of the Union generally send their most talented men and men of exemplary lives and noble purposesfcSome of them have tbe gifts and qualifications of ten men, of a hundred men \ ?yea, of a thousand men?and their constituents could truthfully employ tbe words of my text and say, "Thou art worth 10,000 of us." With such opportunity, are they augmenting their usefulness in every possible direction? Many of them are, some of them ure not. It is a stupendous thing to have power?political power, social power, official power. It has often been printed and often quoted as one of the wise sayings of the ancientr. "Knowledge is power." Yet it may as certainly be power for evil as for good. The lightning express rail train has power lur (juuu n rt is uu tug liuu*, horrible power for difaster if It leaves the t track and plunges down the embankment. s The ocean steamer has power for good, ? sailing In right direction and In safe waters o and under good helmsman and wide awake t watchman on the lookout, but indescrlb- ( able power, for evil If uidor full head- e way It strikes the breakers. As steam t Eower or electricity or water forces may ? e stored in boilers, 1 j dynamos, In reser- f voirs, to be employed all over a town or city, so Qod sometimes puts In one man fl enough faith to supply thousands of men t with courage. If a man happens to be tbus 1 endowed, let him realize nls opportunity f and improve it. At tbls time millions of J men are a-tremble lest this nation make a 1 mistake aad enter upon some policy of ? government-tor the Islands of tbe-sea that f will founder the republic. Qod will give a to a few men on both sides of this question t faith and courage for all the rest. There i are two false positions many are now tak- 1: lng, fal?e as fulse can be. The one is that 1 if we decline to take under full charge \ riiho unii T>nrfrn Rfno nnd tho PhlllDDlnes a we make a declination that will be disss- 1 trous to our nutlon, and other nations will e take control of those archipelagoes and 1 rale them, and perhups to our humiliation v and destruction. The other theory is that I it we take possession of those once Spanish c colonies we invite foreign Interference and enter upon a career that will finally be the r demolition of this government. Both posi- I tions are immeasurable mistakes. God has a set apart this continent for free govern- c ments and the triumphs of Christianity, t and wo may take either the first g or the second course without ruin, v We may say to those Islands, *'We 1 do not want you, but we have set you c free. Now stay free, while we see that the t Spanish panther never - again puts its I paw on your neck." Or we may invite r the annexation of Cuba aud Porto Rico and c say to the Philippines, "Get ready by edu- s cation and good morals for free govern- t ment, and at the right time you shall be c one of our Territories, on the way to be one i of our States." c And there is no power in Europe, A9ia or t Africa, or all combined, that could barm f thi9 nation In its world-wide endeavor. God s Is on the side of the right, and by earnest rJ imploration for divine guidance on the part t of thiR nntlrm wb will be led to do the right, t We are on the brink of nothing. There is u no frightful crisis. This train of Bepubli* t can and Democratic institutions is a I through train, and all we want is to have a the engineer and the brakemen and the a conductor attend to their business and the j passengers keep thoir places. v A vast majority cf men hare no surplus I of confidence for others and hardly enough confidence for themselves. They go through life saying depressing things and doing depressing things. They chill prayer meetings, discourage charitable in- c stitutions, injure commerce and kill churches. They blow out lights when they ought to be kindling them. They hover t around a dull fire on their own nearth and ii take up so much room that no one can c catch the least caloric, instead of stirring o me ueurtu miu u UJU-U, iuo UA.A<U whose backlog would invite the whole 5 neighborhood to come in to feel the t abounding warmth and see the transflgar- I fttion of the faces. As we all have to ii guess a grent deal about the future, let us e guess something good, for it will be mors c encouraging, and the guess will be just as f apt to come true. What a lot of ingrat?3 a the Lord has at Ills table! People who o have had three meals a day for fifty years s and yet fear that they will soon have to c rattle their knife and for.c on an empty dinner plate. How many have had?win- b ter and spring and summer and fall? fi clothing for sixty years, but expect an t umply;wardrobe shortlyl How many have t lived under free institutions all their days, I but fear that the United States may be s telescoped in some foreign collision! "Ob, i) but the taxes Have prone up: les, oui 'hank God, it is easier with money b to pay the taxes now that they ti ire up than it was without money to pay a the taxes when they were down. "We want a i few men wlio have faith in God and that vi mighty future which holds several things, b \mong them a millennium. Columbanui 13 said to bis friend, "Deicolus.whyareyou al- u Nays smiling?" The reply was, "Dscause no c jne can take.my God from mcl" We want li aore men to feel that they hare a ofwioa Vfl o cbfeer othurs and to drawSm?be63roer? s^H if Deonle'fl months which -nave 'ft -JOB? rbile been drawn down, more Darlfli whoT^H an shepherd whole flocks of bright hopes, < ind can play a harp of encouragement} Ml ind strike down a Goliath of despair,- andt ' JH| )f whom we can say, "Thou art worth IB.-? MX) of us." I admit that this thought of my fmt. nlly carried out would change many of tfie- - world's fltatlstlcs. Suppose a village - far laid to have 1000 Inhabitants, and t|kiat( J-t9 )ne-half of them?namely, 600?have for rears been becoming ,le?s in body, and " M 'limnnh n<0m*^llnusUni1. ummhHnc ImmJ fl n soul. Each one of they'll only one-half v$B >f wn at be once was or one-half of ibe once was. K'gSW That original 600 have been reduoed one-; - -jjM ialf In moral quality and are really only ] !50. Suppose that tbe other 600 have'.'ASi nalntalned their original status and ?r?- "\^VJ| leitber better nor worse. Then th? intire population of tbat village ia 760,' ^ But suppose another village of 1000, and W0 of them, as the years go by, through .v*a nental and spiritual culture, augment , . r<j hemselves until they are really twice the? 'M nen and women they originally, Werw .:; .(^ ina me oiuer ow remain uncnangea sua - vj ire neither better nor worse, then the pop-J ' llation of that Tillage is 1600. Meaimfew-'y^m 3 subtraction and nobility is addition- ^.${3 Lccording as you rise in the scale of hoil*( sJaS less and generosity and consecration,.yon ire worth five or ten or fifty or 100 or 1000' : 'S3 >r 10,000 others. - ! Notice, my friend, that this Davidj vtaxr > ior, strategist, minstrel, master oL-blaaJc jretse and stone silnger at the giant, whomj' ; be soldiers of the text estimated clear up- ' nto the thousandfold of usefulness onthiij " jnrticular occasion, staid at home orinhiij ;IS jlace of temporary residence. General roab, General Ablsbal and General IttaJ,! vho commanded the boys in the right ind left wing and centre,- did their worfc: *.V jravely and left 25,000 of the Lord's end-; v. nles dead on the field, and many-of thfr turvivors got entangled in the woods otj ,.:i; Sphraim and mixed up in the bushes ana V-,: i*ii m hi a/3 rttfo* fha fifnmrva f\t f mmAn/I nto bogs and were devoured of wild beaiS "",M vhioh seized tbem In the thickets; But.':,?;* )avld did his work at home. Wealllnnaai . ' 'J or heroes who have been in battle ?n<f V? >n their return what processions, we ' ^ orm and what triumphal arcbea w? S'rM ipring and what banquets ire spread and *> vhat garlands we wreathe and what ora- ' J* ions wo deliver and wbat bells we ring and , vhat cannonades we fire! Bnt do we do < :V; astleeto the st ay at homte? David, who- kjjj vas worth 10,000 of those who went ont to ' neet the Lord's enemies in the woods 2phralm, tbat day did his work In retire- V} Ob, the world-needs a day of iodrtneatJ^JB o give many of theBtay at homes,J,prop?r; W ecognition. In the different wars thesona 'f 'i vent to the front and on ship's deck or' ; 8? >attlefleld exposed their lives nnd'earned Mi :he admiration of the country, bat, how 7-X ibout the mothers and fathers who through | ong years taught those sons the noble sen- Vf j lments that Inspired them to go and thea [<z JRve mom up waea peruayo ? low >t earnest prbtest would have kept/th?#.Vf:vj >a the faria and in the bomestffad? Th*j?VEffl lay of final reward will reveal the self i ittcriflce And tte fidelity of thousands who* lever in all their lives received one word!' 'i >f praise. Oh, ye unknown, ye faithful. . Ag md Christian and all endu ring at?y % ?omesl I have no power now to do you' V nstice, but I tell yon of one who has the< jower and of the time when the thimble^ md the ladle, oud tho darning needlW, arid,*; "i| he washtub, and tho spinning wheel, and he scythe, and the thrashing machine* indthe hammer, and the trowel,', and th?- : >low, will come to as high an appreciation tfm ts a seventy-four po under, or the swordJ,;-!.$3j >r the battering rum that pounded rdotm. he wall or the ting that was hoisted on ~ icaled parapets. 1 The warrior David of my text shoTWd|/.J3 nore self control and moral prowess m ' itaying at home than he could have shown . tommandingin the field. He was a ural warrior. Martial nlrs stirred himi > Che glitter of opposing shields flrtd btov 2o was one of those men who feel at bonto^all n the saddle, patting the neck of a paw--'':?r ng cavalry horse. Bat he suppressed nimlelf. He obeyed the command of the troorcf^H vhom he would llfce to have commandea^K? lome of the greatest Sedans and AOS* *' erlitzes have oeen in backwoods kitoh~'>$5a ins or lu nursery, with three childreaJ^H iown with Kcnrlet 'fever, soon to joitt^^H he two already in thev churchyard, - ofeffSBI imid domestio wrongs and outrage* ' { inough to transformnngels into devils, or, ? n commeroial life wltbin their own' cftunt-; '. ji ng rooms in time of Blaok Friday.panics; ^ >r in meohanical life in their own cdrpener shop or on the scaffolding of tbe~\#ftlj*? : iwept by cold or smitten by heat, ITtftelo-, rraphlo wires reported the crisis of th?; <? lonfiict, no banner was ever waved to celairate their victory, but God knows, and! ':]] Joel will remember, and God will adjust/ -$? md by Him the falling of a tear is as ceis . ; ainly noticed as the burning of a worldj t a mimn'l Villi) *1 thK 'TcSSI IUU bUW UUfcbWfc Ut M 0^H4twn mm > w ?rfU|l light of the apoonlyptlo archangel. | y-3 Ob, what a Gbd we have for email thing* V is well as big things! David no taarfr .Jvfj telped at the front than helped at home. I ?he four regiments mobilized for the de- 1 enseof tho throne of Isr&el were right irotestlng against David's expose of his: Ifo at the front. Had he been pierced of an{ irrowor cloven down with abattleosor >? atalJy elUDg forauortlng war charger,wbtt . | , disaster fof the throne of Israel! Absalom,' f ils Bon. was n low fellow and unfit to ^ etgn; bis two chief characteristics mr& its handsome face and his long hair?aoj , oDg that when ho had it oat that which' rag scissored off weighed "200 e^eketaj, V-'yg Liter the king's weight," and when a man' ias nothing bat a handsome face and aa' zuberance of balr there 1b not much or ilm. The capture or alaylng of David 7 roald have been n oalamlty Irreparable-'. '.?? Jimecessary exposure would have been **' rime for David, as It is a orlme for you. i .> -v,?. Some people think It is a bright tiling to- $38 tut themselves In unnecessary peril. Tnsy Ike to walk up to the edge of a precipice md look off, defying vertigo, or go among* :J ontaglons when they can be of no ase bat V. ? o demonstrate their own bravado, or with . 1 ;loo drive horses which are only harnessed' ] vhlrl winds, or see liow ciose.tbey can walk a front of a trolley car without being; irusbed, or spring on a rail train after It ias started, or leap off a rail train before It. ? ias stopped. Their life is -a series of ~ ? 1 ' uirrow escapes, carmeas ui ?u? |umiw Dent their family would suffer at tbetr udden taking off or of the misfortune I bat might come to their business oartnoft fh iriho complete failure of their life worr/ .?nA f a coroner's jury must be called In to de~ f$ ide tho style of their exit. They do not ( >? ake into consideration what their life i? ' forth to others. Talc eta off through -A uch recklessness they go criminals.' :>v ,'bere was not one man among- r: hose four full regiments of fottr housand Israelites that would hare so ouch enjoyed being in the flgbt es David, >ut he snw thnt he could serve his nation iest by not putting on helmet and shleid ,Dd sword, and so he tooktheadvloeof the ?. rmed men and said, "What seemethto ou best I will do." I warrant that you {w rill die soon enough, without teasing and ^ mntering casualty to see If It can laoncb j ou into the nest world. CIVILIZATION'S DRAWBACK. Iluneppo Cazzl Released From Slavery, Now Suffer* the Panca of Poverty. - - The leading Italian papers Dave taken np be case of Giuseppe Cuszl, who, after havag been liberated by the English from aptivlty in the Soudan, is now In a state f poverty bordering on starvation. The two European prisoners of th& luhdj, the German Neufeld and Cnzai, J rere restored to liberty by the Sirdar. .i Joth arrived in Cairo completely worn ont, u rags and without a penny in theirpockts. but Neufeld found to his joy that a soiety for his liberation had been formed; , rom which he received a substantial sum? bout eleven thousand marks?the result f subscriptions, which unexpended god* end enabled him to sit down in peace and - omfort to write his memoir?. fl Giuseppe Cuzsi was not 30 fortunate, and sing an Italian subject applied uselossly or relief to the representatives of his coun- I ry in Cairo. All his hopes are now ceil-' I red on the result of n lawsuit against tb? Isryptif.n and British Governments for hi* V mary as consuiur agent in Khartum dur- I or Gordon's time. , J He claims that as he was in office when H e was raaue a prisoner ce uus n rigiu w h bo accumulated salaries ol all these years nd to a pension as well. But while he 1st m waiting the result of this lawsuit, CazziJ rbois now flfty-two years of age, finds- B i resell in a most critical financial position. [e looks back regretfully to his imprisonleot at Omdurman, where bis position u H uardlan of a mosque preserved^ him At fl| last from the pangs of hunger. . :.su J H m