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Tqe %pm: g?: :tH j A NC 13l? $2rs. ?liza tt, (ISABELLA (Oopyrijjlit, 1892 and 1893, to; T CHAPTER XVIII. 1T1B DAGGER 33 MADE READY. Left alone by the sudden and tumultuous exit of her guests, Polly Hamilton stood for some momenta iu wilence, gazing into the faco of her lover, on whioh she seemed to see the vivid reflection of her own feelings. "Oh, Clarence," she exclaimed at last, "what oould that woman have meant? Do yon think alio is mad?" "She certainly acted like it," was the answer. Polly drew a long eigh of relief. "She must be so. Nothing else would explain her conduct. Dear Clarence, I am so sorry you should have been annoyed, and through me, Tf, in Bertha Sdfton's fault or Olive Gaye'e, Bat how could I imagine " ''My dear girl!" said Stanley, tenderly, and taking her hand, which he pressed to his lips. He was grateful enough for not being taken to task or called on for an explanation to be almost in lo7e with Polly, and he was sincerely sorry when Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton now entered the room. "Alone!" exclaimed Mr. Hamilton. "I was sure I heard vofces. Where are your visitors, Polly?" His daughter hurriedly explained and tried to make light of the matter: but, to her surprise, Mr. Hamilton was inclined to take it seriously. "It must be a striking resemblance, indeed," he said, "when a woman mistakes a man for her own husband. Clarence, my dear fellow," he added, in a jesting manner, but with a very keen look at ilia prospective Boa-iulaw, "we have always accepted yon at yonr own valuation; but, as you are now intending to become ouo of the family, I hope?] really do hope?you are quite sure of your own identity." "Entirely, eir," replied Stanley, very stiffly. "Papa!" exclaimed Polly, almost in tears. "All right, Polly, my little girl," returned her father. .But, later on, he said to his wife that he meant to make more and very special inquiries about Polly's lover. "I never could understand his extreme reluctance to talk of his Eng-* lieh home." "Nothing could bo more natural," declared Mrs. Hamilton, "considering how he was treated there." "Perhaps so," returned her huBband; "but I hear from au English correspondent of mine that Lord Appleby and his little son are mortally ill and may die any day, and in that case Clarence "will be obliged to pnt aside his reluctance to speak of his English home." "Then Polly may yet be Countess of "Windermere!" exclaimed Mrs. Hamilton, forgetting everything else in the delight of that thought. "Not a word on the subject at present," said Mr. Hamilton. "It is au eutire necret." Meantime Clarence's eveniap; had not been pleasant, although Polly had tried to atone for her father's chilling words by the increased warmth of her own smiles; and, at an unusually early hour, Stanley bade them all good night, and walked mood'ly towards his hotel. His reflections were not agreeable, ?ml t1i? mnnfl fiTic^iidprprl lvc tho events of the evening had given Tise to many currents of thought-, some of -which had never before occurred to him. Ho had not seen Dolores that evening. She bad not appeared at the dinner table, nor had she come into the drawing-room afterward. He was painfully oonscious of her absence, and could not tell why; and, despite all the aunoyance caused by Mrs. Helmhcltz and the manner of Mr. Hamilton, apropos of that unpleasantness, the face of Dolores seemed to continually rise before him, and the voice of Dolores to i sound in his ear, and this fact troubled him, for in his experience of women it was rare. He never thought of them, except when for some specific reason j he persistently fixed his mind on ! some one of them; even then he often / .1 :i ..u D..i l JOUL1U 1L UlJiiUUIt. DUt UUWf UU K.3 UC would, be could not drive this woman from bis thoughts; then he suddenly I remembered Van Tassel, and he was sure ,he had not seen him for many days, although he had commanded him to come daily; he remembered this with a sudden feeling of fury, end asked himself why his slave had dared to disobey him? "Br.t, he will come to-night," he thought triumphantly, "for I promised him money, and he was nearly it his last dime then. Oh, yes, he will come come to-night!" He hastened bis steps and was soon within the betel; and, as he hurried toward bis room, he saw that the light was glimmering through a crack of the partly opened door?for the pro lessor carricu a liey ot Stanley s apartments. "I thought bo!" he muttered; and, flinging open the door, he entered roiselessly, slamming it behind him and locking it. Van Tassel looked up witli an expression of reckless defiance. He was just recovering from the in toxication of opium, and lor brief moments be would have defied Satan in person. Stanley had chanced on one of tlice moments. "What the devil do you mean by glaring at me in that way?" he asked. "Haven't I tbe right to enter my own apartment?"*' "I suppose so; I don't care,'' the ether replied indifferently. "Why haven't you been here every uigbt, as i bade you?" said Stanley. "Did you bid me so? When? I didn't know," said Van Tassel, mockins'y "I'll make you know before I've done:'' said Stanley, in a fury, and then with sudden concentrated bitterness: "You have lied to me! Even you can lie, it seems. I have seen Celeetine." v.-.:-:-.-.li-i,. ... .. . - 5h . Ireasdre. )VEL. betH Q. ?inter/ CASTELAR.) " r Robkbt Boxku'c S?ks.) Van Tassel bounded to bis feet as if be bad been galvanized. "Yon bave seen Celestine?" be repeated, and there was a singular gladness in his aspect. "How?when? where? Has Dolores, then, got this great power?" "You thundering fool!" eaid Stanley, with overwhelming contempt. '.Yon great, credulous baby?it wasn't at a spirit-seance. I bave seen Celestine. and she was a mighty lively ghoBt ?I'd rather have seen fifty airy spirits in gossamer than her one material, flesh-and-blood form, Ihough she's handsomer than ever." "I don't know what you mean," returned Van TaBsel with bitter disappointment in his voice. "Celestine, poor girl, is dead?sunk in the quicksand where I found her little shoes, and in them her farewell letter." "Oh, yes, I know?well, I don't know how she got out of the quicksand, but her eyes are as sharp as - - ^ ever, and sue recognized me hi me first glance." "I thought she -was dead, Carlos? Clarence?I swear to you I did." "Yes, lean see you were deceived, just as she was; but now we have met again, and she means to give me trouble." "But you shall do her justice, Carlos ?you,shall. I loved my little sister, you remember, and had she come to me?had she not left me at all, I never would have kept your secret." "Well, you will keep it now," returned Stanley, with a serene tranquility that never failed to overpower his companion, "and there is no occasion for worry about your little sister. She has feathered her nest in the downiest manner?she is the wife of the most noble, the Baron von Helmholtz, and I couldn't marry her over again now, to save all our lives. On the contrary, 1 want to marry eome one else?understand me, Van, I want to marry this some one else; and now do you see what is the matter?"_ "You love her?" gasped Yan Tassel, "You want to marry Dolores Mendoza because you love her, and you know it and admit it?" "True as truth itself?I have only, jusfc found it ou.1, Yan, to-night. I may have had glimpses of it before, bnt I didn't know what it meant,' the sensation was so new and delightful. Oh, I tell you it is the real thing?I tremble and choke at the sight of her ?I feel good and noble wh,en I'm in her presence. I would do anything, everything, only to win an approving smile from that girl." "iVarned you not to let her gain a power over you," said Van TaBsel,. gravely. "She will never love you, and now you have lost your only ohence of gaining anything from her."; "I tell you I will gain her. After' all I have learned from these mighty, tomes"?and he waved his hand toward the books brought' to him at various times by the professor?"shall I not be able to mesmerize one alight girl?" "No, not if she possesses over you that power which is greater than all other?the eternal magic of human love. Let her alone, my boy, and keep away from her, for she will never return your love. She i3 too far above you, and you can neither bring her down to your level nor can you rise to hers. Drop mesmerism and all belonging to it; you are playing with fire, and will surely burn your hands. For the sake of old times, and since Celestine is alive and well and, perhaps, happy, I will give you a word of good advice, though you have not deserved it from me. Marry the pretty Miss Polly, who loves you, and be good to her, and give up the impossible. Wretchcd, forlorn and broken-down wretch as I am, I have known great power, though I have lost it; but you know nothing, Clarence, on the^reat subject, and you never will. Neither your mind nor your heart can grasp it. It needs a pure and noble purpose, a mind above this lower world and a heart free from all passion either for woman, gold or vengeance. Only such can succeed; all others are bound to fail." Stanley burst into clear, ringing laughter. "Well done, Van. I set you on your little hobby-horse, and you have had a nice little canter. So; so! Now come off and take a rest." He was already makiug the wellknown and unresisted mesmeric passes; and Van Tassel, who had exhausted the fitful energy bestowed on him by the stimulus of opium, was quickly under the power of his master^ will, and presently lay back in his chair, unconscious, the helpless victim of the strength that has no conscience. Stanley's face had become fiend like in its concentrated expression of cold and cruel seltishness. "Why liave you not been here every day, as I commanded you?" he asked. "Becanse I found that I could resist your will." "What gave you that power." "I saw that your will was under the influence of a higher will." "Is it so now?" "Not at this moment; the evil in your nature is now predominant over all other qualities,and it is the strongest pait of you; it controls me through I the worst part of me, which responds ! to it." I "Throngh it I can also control Do1 InvAdO'* A TWI crvoolr^r^a WftS almost tremulous with eagerness. "Never! Her nature is too pure ami noble?so line that it even attracts [the small remnant of good in yours. You can only overcome her through fear. Her feminine soul is I so delicate that, you may ternly her, b it she is protected by all high and noble aspirations, and though you can trouble her, it is through her love l'cr her friend. There are moments when she fears you?when you are entirely evil?and when she shrinks from you the most, then she is most at your mer/iv. (o;- vromanN terror overcomes ber, and ebe bap Dot yet learned her own power. But, beware! For it is as I have told you, and you are playing with fire." Stanley smiled disdainfully. "Thanks," he said, lightly. "Advice gratis, but not appreciated, ae usual. You have saved me a heap of trouble, Van, in summing up the knowledge of this library of the occult sciences with which you have provided me, and which makes my head sjiin when I try to read it. I prefer to take my wisdom in small and concentrated doses. Wait a minute and I will let you go." He went quickly toward a bureau | in the farther part oi tne room, anu when he returned, he carried a slender dagger about a foot long, which he had drawn from the sheath held in his other hand. "You recognize it, Van," he said. "You remember giving it to me when I lost the other one. It has your name engraved on the steel. I have kept it ever since as a souvenir of our friendship. I am going to lend it to you, but be careful of it. I couldn't bear to have it lost." A convulsive shudder shook the unconscious professor from head to foot as Stanley, having returned tbe dagger to its sheath, now placed it carefully in the half-closed hand that fell over the arm of the chair. "Put it in your pocket, Van, and keep it carefully till wanted." Van Tassel's fingers slowly closed upon the object he felt within his hand, but he seemed to make a deter* ? ;?3 .?>?i x. r?1. ? i.1? i.u.. _..i mill mi enort 10 uieuucjr uug mcid y>aiu of the order. A cold dew of terror was on hie brow, his month twisted horribly and his eyelids twitched; and, raising his arm forcibly, he J strove to fling the dagger from him; and he mattered: "No, no; I will not! Though yon should summon the powers of hell to help you, I will not obey!" Bat his fingers rsmainedclosed, and his arm presently dropped back, powerless, and lay droopiug over the arm of the chair. "You mistake, H?nri," said the oice of Stanley, cold and menacing and irresistible to the soul that heard it. "I said put the dagger in your pocket and keep it safe till I bid yoa use it. Do you understand?" "I understand," moaned the victim. I "And you obey?" "I obey." . His hand moved quickly toward the inner pocket of his coat, and the dag ger was carefully concealed tnere. A few minutes later, Proiessor Van Tassel was sitting up, pale and trembling, but quite awake, helplessly gazing into the smiling face of his master. , "It is quite an easy matter to mesmerize you now," said Stanley. "After this, I shall be able to control you at a distance. You will obey my thoughts." Van Tassel shivered till his teeth chattered. "Clarence, you are merciless," he said in a husky whisper. _i'Not a bit of it," laughed Stanley. I k-VBa a good dog, and you will hnd me a kind master. Ah, before I forget it!" f He drew out a handful of gold and biUs and dropped them into the shaking, outstretohed hand of the miserfable wretch before him. "And now go home and sleep. I Via/1 onnn/yVi nf vnn fnr tn-nicrht. Jy inquired: "Pardon me, Mr. Blank, but have j you read Crabbe's tales?" This, you see, "was an exquisite double pun, but nobody smiled. "What'B that?" inquired Mr. Blank. " Nothing kills a pnn like repeating it. "I inquired if you were fond of Crabbe's tales?" stammered the perspiring joker. Mr. Blank looked at him with a decidedly blank expression. "Excuse me," he said, "but who was Crabbe and what tales did he write?" And for the life of him the joker couldn't tell. He found out afterward that they had all united to crash his first attempt at punning.?Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Fasteit Cruiser in the World. It seems ridiculous that the nation that is least able to make use of them should possess ,the fastest torpedo boat and the fastest cruiser in the world. The famous Schichau firm recently bnilt a torpedo boat for China which made 35.2 knots per hour, and now the Armstrongs have completed a 4400-ton oruiser, tho "Hai Tien," which has made a natural draft speed , of 22.6 Knots and a forced drjtft speed of 24.1 knots pej hour. is the record for a warship, or, ? deed, for any kind of ship of thot^ize. If the "Hai Tien" could maintain that speed across the Atlantic* she would make the passage in about Hour days and a half.?Scientific American. A Nurse'* Expectation!. Paying Patient (leaving hospital)? "Well, nurse, I am very grateful for all the skill and attention I have received here. If there is any way in which I could stow my gratitn o 0 " ? Nurse?"Pe&'iapn I-ought to mention that payflffi patients, if unmarried, are expectea to uprbpo*0 to. ^ne of the nurses. They have fall liberty * _i : n t ' ox cuoice. ?uue. j 1 '* s ? : :tet > . : ... household matters. To Keep Silver Bright. When the clerk in the pnre and plated silverware department opens a show-case you may detect the pungent Ddor of camphor. Inquiry reveals the fact that large blocks of gum camphor are deposited here and there in the case, and that the effect of the effluvia is to keep the metal from tarnishing. "It would be practically impossible to keep our silver clean ajjid bright without camphor," explained the floor| walker.?New York Press. . Cleaninc Walla. The very best material to clean wallpaper and fresco, painted or kalso I walla ifl offtlfi Hraarl Thif UilUCU H?i*o w?w?v wavmv.1 ? bread is need in preference to any thing else by artists to olean drawingi in charcoal. Thore are manufactured wall cleaners which do this work verj well, bnt they do the work,Jio bettej than the old-fashioned bread cleaner, Wheat bread that is two or three dayt old will do the work almost as well at the rye bread, which is sold for th? purpose. Selecting. Cook toe Vtemila. Always bny steel-finished ironware, and see that the surface is absolutely - smooth and without.blemishes. Noth ing in other materials can take th? place of iron (in certain vessels) foj long, slow cooking, where an evei temperature is to bejmaintained. It pots those of graniteware or porcelain lined are the best, but much can must be exercised in selecting them, as a single blemish in such lining! means' quick chipping off from thai point, soon rendering the vessel use less. Tinware of cheap quality is tlit avenue of greatest extravagance 'it kitchen furniehings. The best is the only kind worth buyinp at all now adays. There is a great difference ir the appearance of good and poor tin. the latter being very bright, while the former is dull.?Ella Morris iiretschmar, in the Woman's Home Com panion. ? Toblc Decoration*. Fairy lampB are used effectively witl some decorations. A harp-shaped ont of red poinsettia, provided with a circular jflower piece below, is sometimes used to froj&e a circular plate glast mirror. Another decoration sug gested by a florist might consist of t fairy lampjset ifl the midst of a bani of piDk -roses and ferns, the thre< arohed pieces being brought over the lamp and united in one piece to sup port a scattering cluster of roses and asparagus. The arches themselves should bo trimmed with the featherj asparagup, with here and there a pint rosebud iuterwoven with the green. A novel centre piece may be made of ribbon shaped to look like a largt double bow. The ribbon really cov ers a small boi or pan filled witt damp moss or cotton, iu which are placed tulips or lilies of the valley, professor." He ^unlocked the door and flung it open, and as lie again closed it on the retreating form of Van Tassel he once more turned the kej and shot the bolt. 'Happily, he cannot pass through bolts as well as locked doors," he said, with a grim smile; "or else, poor old Van, I think he would like to come back and use the dagger now, or, at least, "when he finds that he has it." TO BE CONTINUED. A Pnniter Puntnlied. It is well to be fortified with the facts in the case before you attempt to indulge in flippant witticisms on literary subjects. A local punster found this out the other evening. He was at a little gathering of literary people, and when refreshments were served the talk happened to turn to lobsters and shell fish. Here was a chance for our inveterate punster. Turning to one of the guests, who is quite a literary personage, he grave with their foliage, and maidenhaii fern or asparagus. Lilies of the valley make a verj pretty decoration massed simply in i circular silver box. A spray of fine feathery fern rising at one side of tht box and backed by a tall bow of green ribbon, at the base of which are some roses and rosebuds, gives an origina touch to the whole. For a patriotic dinner or luncbeor table three small silken flags on gildec staffs may be draped at the back of oi in the centre of a deep bowl of roses, ncnnrnciifi nxifl ftfhfir flnwars chosen t( harmonize with the colors of th? flags. The flags should always rep resent the nationality of the guests If all those iuvited are Americans tht several flags, such as the star span gled banner, the union jack and sim ilar flags, may be combined. Shoulc there be a guest of honor who is con nected with the navy the naval flagi should be used in miniature. If any one connected with the army is ; gnest the army corps flags should bf represented.?Washington Star. ]!ecii>ea. Brown Cookies?One capful of mo lasses, one cupful of brown sugar, od< cupful of butter or lard, one and one half teaspoonfuls of soda in half a cup ful of boiling water. SuiSei CjulC flouj to make a soft dough. Chocolate Caramels?To make choo olate caramels grate two squares o. j chocolate and dissolve in a little water Add this to two cups of sugar and i cup of water. Boil and finish then in the same manner as the coffee cara mels. Piquant Sandwiches?Break with t fork to a creamy mass a quarter of t pound of soft, creamy cheese. Ad( half a cup of shredded cress, blenc together and spread on small rye bread slices, sprinkle thick with finelj chopped nats, dust with salt and plact together in pairs. Cold Roast Beef Boiled?Cut thic^i slices from the underdone parts of thfcg roast, season with salt and pepper, place upon the gridiron over nio< coals, turn them quickly two or thre* tllliCH, lib 1 L> UUfftO IjUlulid nuw^ entirely raw, and serve as Boon at done, while very hot with a bit oJ butter ou each eli^SbeC Cream of Rice ^With Prunes?Cook one-fourth of a cupful of rice in a cup ful and a half of milk. Make a boilet custard with three yolks of eggs, hali a cupful of sugar aud half a cupful oi milk. Add half a package of gelatir softened in cold water and strain ovei the rice. Let cool. Fold in a pintol whipped cream, twelve sifted prunes and lemon juice. Serve surrounded with cooked prune.". Omelet Bonne Femme?Cut on? onnce of salt pork into dice; also two tablespoonfuls of cru9t off a fresh loal of bread cut the same way. Fry together in one ounco of butter for twc minutes, adding a chopped boiled po tato, pinch of parsley, two saltspoon fuls of salt and dust of pepper. Beal six eggs for four minutes, turn intc the other ingredients in the pan and proceed as for a plain omelet. Label on tbe Bread. Loaves of bread can be labeled as I 1- - !_ i.'_ tbey babe by using a uew uumug uu, i which has a plate provided-with a raised letters inserted in the undei side, the letters being thick enough to impress themselves into the dough and transmitting less heat than the tin, which makes the letters of lighter color, y . " One ycar's.fcweepings of tb&British, mint jielaed over $5000 in particle* of1 gold an^^silver^ THE GREAT DESTROYER.1 SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. in A*toau<llnc State of AfTftim Exist* in the Philippines?The American Sol- ! diery Are Making a Saturnalia of Alcohollnin?Dl?cnetluK Even to Natives. Considerable interest bns been aroused ecently on the subject of the liquor ques;ion in our new possessions,and particularly n tbe resultant conditions in tbe Pbilipjines. The facts which form tbe basis of liscussion have been furnished from time o time by newspaper correspondents, army .'haplains, returning soldiers, and others vho hare been at Manila in public and private capacities. Bach tales bave been told )l the alarming increase of tbe drinking jabit among Americans in Manila that a re-iolutlon has been Introduced in the ienate at Washington asking Information >f ?hA Pr??i(ient as to tbe number of saloons established in Manila since the American >ceupatlon, by whom they are conducted, :he nationality of their patrons, and the tind of liquors dispensed. It appears incidentally from the official igures of the Bureau of Statistics that luring the last year there were shipped 'rom the United States to Manila 112,440 Jozen. bottles of malt liquors, more than 15,000 gallons of wine, 14,000 gallons of jrandy and about 44.000 gallons of whlsity ind other spirits. That this is an enormous increase Is shown by the fact that our total ?sports of iiquor to Cuba, Porto Rico and :be Philippines In 1807 was-only $31,070 in talue, while for eleven months of 1899 the export value reached the startling total of f760,000. From what has been said above, it is evident that Manila has received its full share of the increase. The Manila jorrespondent of Leslie's Weekly says that I!ie city presents a "saturnalia of alcoholism." "The air reeks with the odors of the worst English liquors"?which lndl:ates that the exports from this country are not the sum total of supply. Whole olocks In every Important thoroughfare are given up to long lines of saloons. The 3treet-cnrs carry numerous announcements of the virtues of this whisky and tho de- i lights of that gin, while the main newspaper advertisements consists of the displayed cards of the liquor dealers. President Schurman, of the recent Commission, has said that nothing has contributed 30 much to disgust the natives and damage the reputation of the country as the immense amount of drunkenness among tbe Americans in tbe islands. According to the statement of a chaplain of the Tennessee regiment, there were only three saloons in Manila before its surrender?retailing mainly only -intoxicating beverages?but that now there are over four hundred saloons skiing whisky, most of which is consumed by Americans. Another describes tbe conditions on the transports to be as bad as those prevailing in the city. So great has theevll become that the island missionaries have practionlly given up their work among the natives and turned their attention to tbe deplprable j moral needs among the American soldiery. I If these things are true?and there k j plenty nf credible testimony tc warrant the ! assumption that the truth is only partially revealed?it doee not require u prohibitionist to point out tbe crying moral and political need lor a radical change which I will be effective to stamp out what must eventually prove to be the very roots of disorder and disaster. It will be utterly Impossible for the United States to retain tbe respect and confidence of tho temperate natives if the specimens of American manhood submitted to their inspection consist j largely of the members of a debauched and i drink-sodden army. Ttiey know nothing j of Americans except what they learn by I nhaorvlnf* thnj? rolin hnvA heart cipnf thorpi I under militury necessity. They can net ! discriminate between American soldiers j and the population from which they are j drawn. A more civilized peoplo would . scarcely be able to do so. Oar national ! characteristics will be ju iged by the misconduct of those who have gone to the inlands to uphold ourhonor, and who have succeeded iu besmirching it in the gutters j of Manila. This is not all. The liquor ! habit Is one that "grows by what it feeds on." The rapid growth of the evil during the last year can * t be farther extended without producing the complete demoralization of our forces there, if not the utter destruction of the army of occupation. Alcoholism in a tropical country, with its attendant excessos, means madness and death, aDd they come swiftly. The evil effects are already apparent. There have ! been comparatively few casualties in the islands resulting from the expected mortality by bullets on the field of battle, but incoming transports ara increasingly freighted with tue remains of soldiers who , have succumbed to the attributed cause of? "disease," and hundreds of others whose* experiences have condemned them to the living death of insanity. Who can donM rests iu an over-indulgence In alcoU.djfe^Jjj bauchcry, superinduced by the tefiopfca-a tlo^s placed within their reach? Ane'wlicl can doubt tbat the pension-rolls 'wfffiwR; burdened for generations with deatha'and disabilities from the same cau36? Let the saturnalia be stopped now before we^are more deeply disgraced and injuredi-ster.. Francisco Argonuut. v , ' J?fleJ8oii'B Test For Office Seeker**.-' In view of the widespread feeling oI'<Unpeople as to the corruption of politlcs^th*? i drinking and dishonesty among officer J holders, weremlnd our readeijjftf thecbroM famous tests wblchtlie sagasut MoatJceflff laid down for.tjie' oillco-seeUer. ' .jiXhnJi ought to be printed and placed_??3* j hands of every voter prior to-, ertjM^Tectlon and huug up in every ho honest? Is he capable?_ InA'fai$?uW to the Constitution?" Moy?K?BHKu^t.rs^ reasoning on temperauajHHUflHK|m^ { experience confirmed, sipirus uy LUCU IU uu?i?3?AHQ^^rav^ra^Hy> ioned more iujury to tb#:<^m-Jenioe>^|v? more trouble to me, th&n:?ity^b^e(fSH| stance which has occurrtAvfiS^the fute'rhal concerns of the connmjj^aiipfcg my administration; aDd were I to commence my administration agita^witii the froOwl-. edge which, trow.VWgjj&ilMG*, I bav< acquired, the Ursfe I would ast wltli regard to to,ft^'c?&djdat? for offie? sQotild be: ''Is he -addicted tc the use o] |ijjj^Perb&pB the rao?t aplo/wal blander mad?. use of liquor* in tbawEL-One to be utterly abstinent. Ho may'daiBMi quors after he leaves tbo service 'k2|t wlille iu the employ of'tbe r*Ur<mmH| ou^h: to be so,in the. army. Yatw^HH very bad etorle* of the, prevalaii<j^0^rj[fl. | toxlcation iu our Pblllpplue urtbyjSBMKw great change In Manila lis the vast fneBWWv iu the saloons. Nothing else bad "ad injured the American oaoso In. tUe pines, aud the blame Is oc the highest At-: llcers la command. 'General, pilfetfefefej would notnllow-a droi) of quors with Ms army In t lid; 8 oti dan Vork Independent. .. *The C*fc?arte hi B*>ef. ~ Every moderate drlntfer couM abailiJw:' the Intoxicating X'up.iC he woijldj'dverj^'hl-' ebrlato would If. he could. . The time is. .coming when no officiaJ;<san . with impunity' ignore the growing sentiment in fuvor of temperance. t Arrangements have beeu made by tam-" perauce people in New York to send a cotfe* WHeoB to all night fires and to serve hoi coffee, free, to the firemen. . Recently in New York a certain tradeunion issued a notice to its members wara . ing them tliHt tliey would forfeit all clnittt to sick benefits if they were fouud frequebt iug liquor saloons while on the sick list. The average cousurapMoa-. alcoholic drinks in England lust y&tf Wa9:at.t'he rat< of flOO worth per family W Ave.-Drinking one glass of "wine may be th< entrance into a path which. <ends in' i ilrnnlrarfVu nr-urn P.AVfifA ftf. thn lwcin j nings or ba^hablts. It behooves every totalabstairier to knov liis ground well, to be thoroughly well &c quainted with the many excellent reason? t.'iat extstTor total abstinence, so hs to bable to remove the prejudice that spring; from ignorance. ' The presence of women at the Jacksoi Duy banquet"bf the Democratic .Society o Denver prevented the serving of wine. I tjie State couldbe much itffjencml In ' tf&itfen voters, Colorado wouliq-iekly set Jtte Inst oi the. wl.na. GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN. PRECNANT THOUCHTS FROM THE WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS. Welcome Spring ? Matching for God't Ihe Life 1* the Kvldence? The fttraitened Way the Heat Way?The Spirit Oivcih Life?Need To Be Better. When the night i9 longer lighted, Ana ib D lgbter than the day, When the dowers all are blighted, And the deep drifts bar the way; When the seaward currents slacken, And the sedcy banks are still; And the silence spreads the bracken, Belling wood and field and rill; Shall I, back to autumn barking, Mind me of its golden meadsV Hear the rippling river making Wary step among the reedsV O'er the waste, wait spring, delaying? Strain to hear if redDreost eingsV D.oam of apple-blossoms swaying, Meadows murmurous of wlngsV El^ep behind the frost-lockod sashes As a beast sleeps in its lair V Fret, like ptlsooMTbird that dashes At the bans of its despair V To the hills, where stark stubs shiver ! To the speedway of the storm! Under foot the stijless river. Overhead, night'n formless form. 1 will hear the load gale screaming, Feel the forest's quake of dread ; Wake me front the death of dreaming, Every life-drop running red. ' Not in autumn post, though golden ; Not in flower-promteed spring; Here is life?here. wiatsr-holden? Tbo' the wild winds, dirges sing. ?Professor Dallas Lore 8harp, ln Zlon'r Herald. ' Wntchinff for God'4 Unless you put fat your water jars whet it rains you will cateh'io.water; If you do not watch for Godcomifircb help you.Gou't watching to be gracloifi^wlil be of no good jii nil to you. Hie waitingts aot a substitute for ours, but because Htfwatcheg therefore we should watch. We utg, we expect Him to comfort and help us? well, are we standing. as it were, on tiptoe, with empty hands upraised to bring them a little .ceprer the gifts we look for? ixe ourr.'Vyes evei towards the Lord '/"'. Do we jsorecver HU gifts, scrutinizing them asetgerfv asYgoidseeker does the-quartz in his p?B. to acted every shining apeck of (he precious metal! Do we go to dor work and' oar daily battle wUh the confident (expectation that He will surely come when.Wrneed lb the sorest and scatter our enemiet? Is there any clear outlook kept by uB<forrthe help which we know must corned lest it.flhould puss us unobserved, and, likeihedove from the ark, finding no footing in oar hearts drowned in a flood of trouble*, be flWn to return to the calm refuge from wbicb It came on its vaii errand? Alas! how magj gentle messengert of God flutter hotneleflr about out hearts, unrecognized and unwelcomed. because we have not been watching for them!?Alexander Maclaren. Tli* Life Is th? Kv.'<len<e. He is saved who is pnreuing the ends Got has ordained by the means God has ap pointed. XNO Otner man IB ur vnu un sniou whatever he professes or believes. It migh have a more familiar sound to say. He i . snvpd who Is a true follower of Jef?us Christ or, He is saved who has renounced his sin and laid bold on eternal life. But tb< meaning is the same. The evidence thaton Is s-aved must be looked for in bis life The evidence is in theMte be baft chosen an< in the courses be is puaruing. There is n< evidence worth notiii? in the "life'' of i man who drifts, thi?way or that, with th current he happens Wbe In. '""It is a life o preferred good, notot easy compliance;) life of principle, uot- of policy: a life o "strenuous" endeavor: to be right: a life bidden with Chrifl iilpGod, tbat ahowstb genuineness and tffcffieasure of 'our salva tlon. For ?ucU~a-iiaWfttlon We pray anc Bti upgJe. Graw^w^'.O most helpful anc blessed Lord; ' The SfraUetfed'Way the Best W?y. The Btraiieii^fi^way Is the wny of power end the^fc'War is the way to' achieve ment J^flljQHHrits marvelous strengtl to turn 'mB^^HBftVgpnprato electricity to shine froSQHHBBtoi lamps hundred: of mileb dlsttuRTvm bo Weakened lnt< Ufieiehsnese by widening its pathway am flowing waters. It i; A# Jai 1 jj^ ^ WBTOPW KffcfyraOI-TPjV MVU UUU Viiitov n?Wh ^to ^^Cwter.tban we are, to rid ourperfections ay fust as po? ^bl^^kjjjwbsaore and more Into spirltua itttw^5iffilj''^b?u3st')ve9. If we desire tc dQ.tol4~radf/B$i<> does not so defir?V?w? ?|?D -do BO&y dcmplying with the conditions, These cpbditions1 are sot many, not complex, ntftdiBeblt to understand and obey. It was-Aot the sheep that waa seeking the shepbfiHf:;',-lt was the shepherd going out mtp ttaerdesert to hunt until he found the tost ftheepi;;. It was not that piece of silvei ?#aeking thdw oman, but It was the woman issuing fox the lost piece of silver. Thai p*ralle3 teach ns that God is the great t v?,w?v? .; - ?-. Attachment to Christ is the only secret o! detachraeut from the world.?A. J. Gordou. " MEW MINERAL FOUND. It It Xaimed *'3fottawkIte"?Combination of Copper, Nickel and Arsenic. A fifteen-inch Assure vein of copper or? . was-recently discovered crossing the lodt at the Mohawk mine, near Houghjon,Micb., and at first It was thought to be copper sulphuret. It provet? to be an absolutely new mineral never before determined by mineralogists. Professor Goo. A. Koenig, the scientist of Houghton, whoso authority is recognised in Ruropo and America, has coudu-'ted extensive experiments with tlie miner.il and pronounces it a combination of copper, nickel and arsenic, possessing greet value. He has named the mineral "inohawJilte," from tlio mino where it was foun.l a t THE SABBATH SCHOOtj j INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS) j FOR APRIL 22. j Subject: The Centnrlon's Servant Healed* Luke vii., 1-10?Golden Text, Fm. clil.,' 13?Memory Verse*, 9,10?Commentary. ' J on the Day's Letson. 1 | J ? \ 3 1. "When He had ended all Hlfl sayings.' t The sayings recorded in the preceding! I chapter und in the sermon He had juetj V preached. "In the audience of the people.". What Christ said He said publicly; whoever would might come and hear Him. He! Himself said, "In secret have I said noth-* ing." John 18:20. "He entered Into CaperJ J naum." Capernaum was where most o? Christ's mighty deeds were performed.) J Matt. 11:23. His miracles failed to produce) j repeatance. The unbelief of the inhabitants of that city, as Christ solemnly declared,; rendered them more guilty than the people' .' .a of Sodom. Three lessons may be drawn. ( 3 from this: 1, That it is foolishness to tbinlc! \ that faitb would have been stronger than! \ it Is in us, if we bad been witnesses of \*| Christ's life and miracles. 2. That we may. \i shudder at the sins of others and at the w punishment they may bare incurrod, and. yet be far more guilty ourselves. 3, Ac- Jj cording to the measure of light against *. J' which we have sinned will be our punishnent. "M 2. "A certain ceDturion's servant." A. centurion was a Roman officer who had *,% charge of one hundred men. This servant .M was a slave. "Who was dear unto him.'* i Jr, "whowaain much esteem with him."; | { By this statement Luke means that this Lm j was not an ordinary slave, but a faithful .39 | servant, distinguished by many excel- '^1 j lences, and very highly esteemed by hja i j master. "Was sick." "Sick of the palsy,' ! grievously tormented." Matt. 8:6. "And i J | ready to die." At the point of death, R. V. u M 3. "When he heard of Jesus." Of His1 irrivnl at Capernaum. He must have known V.J :>f His miracles before this.' "Sent unto vj Him the elders of the Jews." These wera jM either magistrates in the place, or th* fWk Slders of the synagogue which the cen- V :urion bad erected. V. 5. He sent these,' ' M j probably, because he thought they woulai >5 have a greater influence with Christ. He flj I was a Gentile, and evidently feared that 'M ! Christ might not receive him. Matthew '3 3ays the centurion came to Jesus. He | probably came later, for Jesus evidently, H spoke directly to tlm. He showei&great t respect to Jesus. He chose the mostlonor- # able person to approach Him.' True humility does honor to a superior; a false ) humility sometimes leads one to be guilty j of real disrespect. "Beseeching Him."' | Earnestly entreating Him. These elders r dI the Jews must have been strongly attached to the centurion. "Would come." *** fa,?(f wt/miIH ha nmnor 1aoy eviueuiijr kuuugaut nw<u WW for Him to go to the house, even though t the centurion was a Gentile. 4. "When they came to Jesus." Distress } drives to Jesus, and Jesus com6S to those 'jj in distress. It wjould be well with us if wef jd would all gp JctJhrist. ^They^besougbti | Him JnBtiurRy." That is, earnestly and without a moment's delpy.f "He was! worthy." ThiaMswbat the elders said ofj V 1 the oenturion. wis opinion of himself was: w very different. jfhe centurion thought be1 V was not worthy of u vim, these men' fl i thought hftjMJ&orthy of jjjthe cure; thu? >M : bonor siall npW|l the humble in spirit.! "3 i Let another praismme and not thine own; I 5. "He loveth ou^natlon." The elders, supposed they wouldrae obliged to remove: , the prejudloo a^iarf the Gentiles from the 1; mind of Jesve. Tffi'fl.was all the more ro-j t marlrobie, becausAut very few of the Gen-, tllet loved^the JemStipeople: "Hathbuilt, E us ? synlffdMM(fr Tlijs he-foad done at his! ^ e own expose. Dnviuc/Do dOubt employed! e his own-toldtfrs in ?e work. Opinions dif-^ i fer as to whether, this centurion was aj J proselyte,'bat one tblng is certain, be hadl : shown bla Jove for the God of Israel, for; i the Jewish people and for their worship,! . i by building a synagogue. I G. "Jesus went with them." Jesus was. 'A s very ready to go with them. He Is the 8av? ' H 1 lour of the Gentiles as well as the Jews.i .r ) Be who bad preached the gospel to the: l:T'< i poor woman' at the well would certainly be' '? iready to help this centurion. "Not fori 5 1 from the house." Jesus thought him as y j j worthy as the Jews. No one is worthy; the blessings of the Lord always cocpe to \ i us as an act of mercy on the part of TJnd. I 1 "The centurion sent friends to Him." This V j was the second deputation, and it is quite V ' likely that tbe centurion also came Dim- Jg 3 j self. See Matt. 8:5-8. "Lord, trouble not | Thyself." If he had known Jesus better ^2 ; ! be wotiicl nave Known mas. jcsua was uua- ? . | ious tc help him. Ccrist pleads with n9 to ? j ; open tlie door and let him in. "I am not' ? I ! worthy." He was only a Gentile and thus" "* " outside of the favored nation. He regard- J " : 3d Je3us as a superior Being. j / vfl ? j 7. "To come unto Thee." Ho felt ag 4 I though he could not approach into the E presence of One so groat and so holy. The : , sinner, who Is truly penitent, humbles him[ : self in just this way. and trembles as bo ap- . J ' proaclies into tlie presence of Josus. "Bat j j say in a word." It is interesting to notice ^ j that Jesus had already wrought a miracle j | of tLiis kind (about sis months before this), , 1 when, by His word, spoken at a distnuce, r | ;he son of the nobleman at Capernaum had ? | oeen healed. John 4:46-54. lie asked not I i thepreaenco of Christ, but only an exertion 1 Df His will. He believed in Him who is the Life indeed; hence he could trust the Llv1 Ing Will out of Piglit. "Shall ba healed."' a 2 He had no doubt whatever of Christ'sabil Ity to perform a complete cure, instantly, 4 ; by just speaking the word. . jfl ' 8. "Set under authority." That is, un- v ior the authority of others. The argument <4 1 of the centurion was that, although he was \ e under toe autnorny 01 otner?. yei no uaa ^ ! authority over others and they went at his biddiuc: how much more coul.l Christ, who ' >. Iithority of no one, ac- I willed. He is confident J aslly send an .angel t? ,, 1 t his, as he cun send a J ed at him." The only J ius is said to have been 3 ark 6:6, when He mar- | abellef. Christ was not 3 iturion's faith, He knew | tore .a word had been 1 aressed His admiration A #1rthe more conspicn- | l6~people." Jesus wouM m jarefully observe the ex- J 1th and profit thereby. I it faith." We sometimes > ioast expect It. That on of God fastened as, j ' WortftjT <>t admiration was not tbd cenf' dturioh'sfcenovelence, nor his lore of tb?? i i' JewlBV htttion, 'nor his affection for his 9la?er nor.hle perseverance, but his faltb. "In IsfaoK" TJiis name was given to the pa' Jacob in memorial of the faith r w' oh gave hlm power over the ancel and i ei abled'blaito prevail; but now by a h< athen and not by n son of Abraham was' ,a *XltbsW>wain all Its strength and beauty. A 10. "Found his eervaut wholo." The j healing toolt .place at a. distance from ' Christ. Ha usually came in contact withj 9 I *.1.? nH XT a /inn M lianl Ku Q "WAf/l 3 lUOOUU^i, M?I| MO VVUiU av?i . ** 1 k us well m by a tcuch. f ' STATISTICS OF THE INDIAN. 1 Of k Population of 297,905, Only One Ixth Can Speak KnglUh. Tbe annbal reports of Indian ugonts will . be printed In the form of an appendix to tbe report of tbe Commissioner of Indian J Affairs. Tbey show that the entire Indian population Is 297,905, of which number 1 95,679 wear citizens' dress, while 31,923- JI wear a mixture of Indian and civilized ? ' clothing. Those who can read number JH 42,597 and 53,314 can carry on an ordinary 123 ' conversation in English. There are 25,23t> ~fl \ dwelling bouses built for tbe Indians, i " 1153 of which were built within the last m year. *" The numberyot births was 4'37 and tbo '& ' deaths ~;5253./ Twenty-six Indians were i killed by whites and seven whites by Indians. One Indian was killed by other In- i , uiuu?. xuo uuiuu^r 01 loamn criminals ?3 punished was 146$. There were 31.(&5 In-i * ' dian church members and 348cburch build-) ings on the various reservations. The, ^ ) amount of money contributed durlDgthof Inst year by religious and other societies; .. was: For education, $261,515; for general1 ' church work, $119,407, and SIG.Orc from | New York for the support of the school i established by tbe State. 3 Sleilo.'n JInrimin Colonic# Grow. , The several Mormou colonies iu Chibuft- ' Siua State, Mexico, have been increased la population by the arrival of over 50WMor uon irr.raipirHnts from Utah daring thelast .wo months. The colonies were established B under concessions gramed by the Mexican 9 Government. . ^