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,| THE REALM ?X? ko^?'^o>,j?K#H,>XoN<oXok(>X? j ^vnw ts\r^ r\r\ *"Wk ^w? /?v<^ /*\r<? New York City.---The fitted jacket basque that can bo worn indoors or jis part of a street costume never goes out of style. This season it is short jind embodies some hint of tlie mili ttlm I?> lllltu VTilU UUU k/iv UUi VO| vuv many sc-ams, as well as the narrow x--. rest, tending to give a tapering cffect v,While it is excellent for all Ggures, It firtts the stout ones as few models can, .and reduces apparent size as far as it is. possible to do. The sleeves are two-seamed and fit snugly to the wrists, where\ttiey are slashed and flare over the bawls. The high standing collar fits smoothly, and singularly effective, made of-the two colors, although it can be of eitht^jii^gntJre, if. preferred. To cot this jackct basque for* a woman of medium size oue and threequarter yards of material fprte-four Inches wide, of one and three^Btytta ~ -j (?*.?: i* MISSES* BOL yards fifty inches wide, with fiveeighths yards for vest and collar, will be required. ftllaM*' lielero TTaint. Whatever othe? styles the sen son may have in atore, the bolero will n main a favorite for young girls, :is well as for their older sisters and , \ mammas. The very chic May ManIon design shown in the large engraving is youthful at the same time that !t is eminently practicable and suited '.o a variety of materials. As illusI ;rated, the Jacket is of fawn-colored *?'""viciftm cloth, with bands of rich red braid, the waist of soft-finished taffeta in a slightly lighter shade with em- j hroidered aots 01 reel, mat matcn uie braid, and worn with a crush belt aud collar of panne velvet ribbon in the '<* s same warm color. Velvet could, liowaver, be substituted for the bolero with tv admirable effect, and all suiting materials are entirely appropriate. The waist is made over a littcd liuIng that closes at the centre front, v ' On it is arranged the full front, that - ' is tucked to form a pointed yoke. As shown, it is included in the right showlk der and under-arm seams. and hooked over to the left; but. if preferred. can be opened ut the centre. the closing be* Tl?? littlr* HI*; (MMirruK U Kfj Uli: AAAV, jnckt-i can b? made entirely separate and slipped on over the. waist. It is ' simplicity itself, fitted with shoulder and under-arm seams onlj', and is I-' - lined throughout with silk. The sleeves are two-seamed and are finished at the wrists with roll-over flare cuffs. To cut this bolero waist for a miss of fourteen years of age two and threeeighths yards of material twenty-one Inches wide, one and one-quarter yards forty-four inches wide, or one yard fifty inches wide, with one yard of silk twenty inches wide for the full front, will be required. Up>to-I)at?, A golf skirt up-to-date has a new fangled pocket added to hold a few extra golf balls as a reserve t'or an emergency. This is an outside pocket, and has an envelope flap, which buttons over to keep the balls from hopping opt during exercise. The pocket must be placed at the left side. It would be in the way of the player if arranged at the rigbt side. This can only be made on a heavy skirt, sucli as cordufoy or cloth. The weight of the balls would drag a pique skirt out of shape. The pocket should be capacious. or there is no need, otherwise, for its existence. The Pointed Belt Front. The newer leather belts for wear with morning gowns are slender all P7' around, except in front, where the lower edsjo broadens to dip down and produce the desirable long-waisted effect. These new belts ha x- two buckles, onl.v one of which is fastened. fife'' L FITTED JACKET BASQUE. tury influence that.renders it especially smart. As iluitrated the May Manton "?oo4el is made from fine broadcloth in ^a^Hfcb brownj.with vest of cream wbftp q$d trimming of brown braid edged" white, but all suiting materials We suitable, vicuna and Venetian cloths being generally good. The bdsgtie' is cut with a centre seam, side^acks and under-arm gores-, ?j /m-iKIa /?o?*fa flia \V v* OF FASHION. I M/f They arc ou both sides of the :?r?in'.:(l pi'v-e of leather. A while ooze leather holt is machine stitched with b!:tcu. and the black patent leather bells are sometimes decorated with a narrow facing of white leather on the edges, or as often as not arc stitched with white thread. I>e1aot??l>ln Sleeve*. Tills, the latest idea in house frowns, witii its patent removable sleeve, will no doubt prove a boon t?? women who dislike setting the cults of their wrapper sleeves soiled while engaged in household duties. Besides, it gives a much greater freedom of movement. By means of the clasp fastening, fa? P..i.(miln<? tint Inwpr inuujr as ? sum- hiju-ui..,, ...v -portion of those sleeves m;i.v he easily aud quickly removed at pleasure. These house gowns may be had in calico or In fleece-lined materials for colder weather, quite attractively and tastefully trimmed and designed, iu patterns to suit all tastes. For Lnrgor Sleoroi. All tlie intimations from fashion centres are to the effect that sleeves are to be loose this winter. Not that there la any danger of a return to the overgrown monstrosities <?f a few years ago; bgf^t i^not point: to be^Tashtollable have tlie sleeve fitted closely I to thja^es of Ihe arm. Sleeves will i be draped. Tiiey will have dainty j caps and ruffles and shirrlngs. and will | otherwise be made an attractive feature of the gown of the coming season.* /f |1 , t ft * k^bit to Ibow. Very$ lei*! cuffs on lace are worn over the' torearm. They are close- | fitting, rather a tight envelope for the I crepon or mohair beneath. They eon- | tinue their journey upward from the ; wrist, and frequently reach the elbow. where they are lost to sight be- i neath the elbow puff of silk, or of chiffon. As the upper edge of the lace cuff is not visible, you can use piece ' lace .for the cuff, if you have no edge lace frKh border of the suitable depth. For *tfoutlifal Bell*. A soft blue idling of light weight ERO WAIST. | is made up iiiro an afternoon frock for a little girl. The skirt comes to the knees and a little further. It is laid in accordion pleats, and has no trimming whatever. The bodice has a j yoke and epaulets of tucked blue taffeta. Over the yoke the plain blue veiling is softly draped to the waist line, which is indicated by a broad, deep belt of blue taffeta. The sleeves are entirely plain. Chnins Still tlie Vogue. Long chains of antique design will * * A,-~ Cnmn lie popular during me si-usuu. j are hung with odd charms and pendants. Ladies' Circular Skirt. Skirts that fit snugly at the upper j portion and flare freely at the feet : make a marked feature of autumn , slyles. The circular model lends it- [ self to the mode peculiarly well and J is becoming tp all slight and medium i figures, at the same time that it is singularly well adapted to cloths and j all wide'materials. Indications pointl to many striped materials for fall and j winter wear, and the illustration by j May Manton shows the skirt in a Utti | cheviot with lines of brown, but all plain and small figured materials are equally suitable. The skirt is cut in one piece, Trhh the seam at the back. It is fitted about the hips with small darts, and the j fulness at the waist is laid in an in-j verted pleat at the centre back. The folds formed are graceful, and the j flare provided means abundant free- j dom for the feet. When plaid goods ; is used, a good effect is obtained by making a seam at the centre front, the pattern being laid on the bias edge j of the material in place of on the j double fold. The plaid must,of course. | be carefully matched, but when that is j done the result is a good one, and the sides, falling on the straight, are not j so liable to sac. To cut this skirt for a woman of CIRCULAR SKIRT. medium size three and one-half yards of material fifty inches wide, or three and three-quarter yards forty-four inches wide, will be required. . .. DR. TALMAGE3 SERMON. SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BYTHE NOTED DIVINE. Snbject: T.ofwon* to Be Lenrned From tlie ' Three CroMen?On Riplit Unbelief and Remorse, on Left Penitence anrt Content, In tlae Centre Everlastloj; Love. [Copyright 1VUU.1 WASHINGTON, D. C. ? The fair?nus paintings in the picture galleries of Munich seem to have suggested the topic of this discourse, which Dr. Talmage sends from the quaint Bavarian town, but the theme which inspired the painters awakens in the great preacher thoughts of the redemption of the human race, which was the supreme design of that scene of suffering and death. The text is Luke xxiii, 3.1. "There they crucified Him and the malefactors, one on the right hand and the other on the left." Just outside of Jerusalem is a swell of eround, toward which a crowd are ascending. for it is the day of execution. What a mighty assemblage! Some for curiosity to hear what the malefactors will say and to see how they will act. The three persons to be executed are alreadv there. Some of the spectators are vile of lin and bloated of cheek. Some look up with revenue, hardly able to keep their hands off the sufferers. Some tear their own hair in a frenzy of grief. Some stand in silent horror. Some break out into uncontrollable weeping. Some clap their hands in delight that the offenders are to be punished at last. The soldiers with drawn swords drive back the mob. which presses on so hard. There is fear that the proceedings may be interrupted. Let the legion, now stationed at Jerusalem, on horseback, dash alon? the line and force back the surging multitude. "Back with you!" is the erv. "Have you never before seen a man die?" , T'1 ??????? in m imr\ywr f?t\ linrlorllf j. lire r i in u im???*?* piece and two transverse pieces, one at the top, on which the hands are nailed, and one at flic middle, on which the victim sat. Three trees just planted, yet bearimr fruit?the one at the right bearing poison, and the one at the left bitter aloes; the one in the middle, apples of love. Norway pine and tropical orange and Lebanon ccdar would not make so strange a grove as this orchard of Calvary. Stand back and give a look at the thrw crosses. Just look at the cross on the richt. Tt.s victim dies scoffinor. Morn awful than his phvsical ar.Tuish is his scorn and hatred of Tlim on the middle cross. This wretched man turns half around on the snikes to hiss at the One in the middle. If the scoffer could get one hand loose, and he were within reach, hi* would smite the middle RufTerer in the face. He hates Him with a perfect hatred. I think he visiles he were down on the ground that he might epear Him. He envies the mechanics who with their nails have nailed Him fast. Amid the settlinnr darkness and louder than the crasV of th? rocks hear him jeer out. these words: "Ah. you poor wretch! T knew you were an imnoster! You nretpided to be a God. and yet you let these legions master you." It was in some such hate that Voltaire in hie death hour, because i.c thought he saw Christ in his bedroom, got un on his elhow and cried out, "Crush that wretch!" What had the middle cross done to arouse up this right hand cross? Nothing. Oh, the enmitv - ? i /u *_ii . or trie natural neart ajrainsT, v-nrist; j ne world likes a sentimental Christ or a philanthropic Christ, but a Christ who comes to men awnv from their sins?away with Him! On this right hand cross today I see typified the unbelief, of tbe world. Me.i say: "Back with Him from the heart! I will not let, Him take my sins. If FTe will die. let Him die for Himself, not for me." There has always been a war between this right hand cross and the middle cross, and wherever there is an unhelieving heart, there the fight goes on. Oh, when that dyinp malefactor perished, the faithlessness of man had perished, then that tree which yields poi.son \ ould have budderl and blossomed with life for all the world. Look up into that disturbed countenance of the sufferer and spo what a ghastly thing it is to reject Christ. Hehold m that awful face, in that pitiful look, in that unblessed death hour, the etinss of that sinner's departure! What a plunee into darkness! Standing high upon the cross on the top of the hill, so that a'l the world may look at him, he savB. "Here I eo out of a miserable life into a wretched eternity!?' One, two. three! Listen to the crash of the fall, all ye ages! So Hobbes. dying after he had seventy years in which to prepare for eternity, said. "Were I master of all the world I would crive it all to live one day longer." Sir Francis Newport, hoverfnc over the briik, cried out: Wretch thjit I am, whither shall I fl" from this breast? What will become of me? Oh, that I were to lie upon the fire that never is quenched a thousand years, to purchase the favor of God and to be reconciled to Him again! Oh. eternity; oh. eternity! Who Can discover the abyss of eternity? Who can paraphrase these words, 'Forever and forever?'" That right hand cross?thousands have perished on it in worse agonies. For what is phvsical pain compared to remorse at the la^t. that life has been wasted and only a fleeting moment stands between tin soul and itp everlasting overthrow? 0 God, let me die anywhere rather than at the foot of that right hand cross! Let not one drop of that blood tall upon my cheek, ltend not my ear with that cry. I see it now as never before?the loathsomeness and horror of my unbelief. That dying malefactor waa not so much to blame as I. Christianity was not established, and perhaps not until that day had that man heard the Christ. But after Christ had stood almost 1900 years, working the wonders of His grace, you reject Him. That right hand cross, with its long beam, overshadows all the earth. It is planted in the heart of the race. When will the time come when the spirit of God shall, with its ax, hew down that right hand crossjyjtil it shall fall at the foot of that "ctoss and unbelief, the railing malefactor or-4he world, shall perish from-All our hearts? -Away from me, thou spirit of unbelief! I "*h?iTfc>. thee! With this sword of God I thrust thee back and thrust thee through! Down to hell! Down, moat accursed monster of the earth, and talk to those thou hast already damned! Talk no longer to these sons of God, these heirs of heaven! "If Thou be the Son of_God." Was there r.ny "if" about it? Tell me, inou star, that in robe of light did run to point out His birthplace. Tell me, thou 6ea, that didst put thy hand over, thy lip when He bade thee be still. Tell me, ye dead, who got up to see Him die. Tell me, thou sun in mid-heaven, who for Him didst pull down over thy face the veil of darkness. Tell me, ye lepers who were cleansed, ye dead who were raised, is He the Son of God? Aye, aye! respond! the universe. The flowers breathe it; the stars chime it; the redeemed celebrate it; the angels rise on their thrones to announce it. And yet on that miserable malefactor'., "if" how many shall be wrecked for all eternity! That little "if" has enough venom in its sting to cause the death of the soul. No "if" about it. I Know it. Ecce Deus! 1 feel it thoroughly ?through every muscle of the body and through every faculty of my mind and through every energy of my soul. Living, 1 will preach it; dying, I will pillow my head upon its consolations?Jesus the Uod. Away, then, from this right hantl cross. The red berries of the forest are, apt to be poisonous, and around this tre?j of carnage grow the red, poisonous beVries of which many have tasted and divri^ 1 can se^ no use for the right hand cross, except it be used as a lever with which tq upturn the unbelief of the world. Here from the right hand cros* I to the left hand cross, l'ass clean to the other side. That victim aiso twists himself upon the nails to look at tl?o centre cross, yet not to scoff. It is to,'worship. He, too, would like to get his hamd loose, not to smite, but to deliver th? sufferer of the middle cross. He cries td the railer cursing on the other side: "Silence! Between us innocence in ajjony. We suffer for our crimes. Silence?!" Gather rouni this left hand cross, 0 ye people! Be not afraid. Bitter herbs are sipmetinr^ a tonic for the brain, Mid the bitter olopv.iiiat jr.'ow on this tree shall give j dtrvpi'th ami lif?> to thy diul. This left biiiiU ciots is a repenting f^ioss. J f As men who h*7e been nearly drowned tell us that in one moment, while the/ were under water, their whole life- passgj?j before them, so 1 suppose in one momeit the dying malefactor thought over all Vis past life?of that night when he wint into an unguarded door and took all jne silver, the gold, the jewels, and as yie sleeper stirred ho put a knife through./lis heart; of that day when, in the lorely . i J l. _ e I ,/irrarHojd p&SS,' 116 met trie wayiiirer anu i?v.vi of tlie cries and prayers and tears tnd struggles of hie victim he flung the wangled corpse into the dust of the highway or heaped upon it the stones. lie aa'ya: "I am a guilcy wretch; I deserve tljis! There is no need of my cursing. That vill not ''top the pain. There is no need of blasnhemine Christ, for He has done ipe no wrong, and yet I cannot die so. The tortures of my body are undone by the tortures of my soul. The past is a some of misiloing. The present a crucifixion. The future an everlasting undoing. Come back, thou hiding midday sun! Kiss my cheek with one bright ray of comfort. What, no help from above?no help from beneath? Then I must turn to my companion in sorrow, the One on the middle cross. 1 have heard that He knows how to help a man when he is in trouble. I have heard that He can cure the wounded. 1 have heard that He can pardon the sinner. Surely, in all Hi3 wanderings up and dowr the earth He never saw onie more in need of His forgiveness! Blessed One! I turn io Thee! Wilt Thou turn for the mument away from Thy own pangs to pity me? Lord, it is not to have my hands relieved or mv feet taken from the tortu.-e. 1 can stand all this, but, ph, my sins, my sins, my sins, they pierce tne through and through. They tell me , I must die forever. They will push me out into the darkness unless Thou wilt hoip me. I confess it all. Hear the cry of the dying thief, "Lord, remember me wlien Thou come?t into Thy kingdom.' 1 a?k no great things. I seek for no throne in heaven, no chariot to take me to the skies, but just thi~k of me when this day's horrors have passed. Think of me a little ?of me, the one now hanging at Thy sidp ?when the shout of heavenly welcome* takes Thee back into Thy glory. Thotj wilt not forget me, wilt Thou? 'Lord^ remember me when Thou comest into; Thy kingdom.' Only just remember me."'1, ' - i. '-( v~? B-_,v "Ji ljiKewiae ~iu;i, we icuuu. have stolen nothing." # reply: "We have% all been guilty of the mightiest felony ot( the universe, for we have robbed God? I robbed Him of our time, robbed Him of '( our talent, robbecLHim of our services." Suppose you send a man out aa an agent' of your firm and every month you pay J him his ealar^/ted at the end of ten years I you find out/tln,he has been serving another firnu^ijjj jaking y,\XT salary, would you not con<y>',<m him as dishonest? God arat tfef ihf /-this world to serve Him. He has given us wages all the time. Yet how many of us have been serving another master! When a man is convicted of treason he is brought out; a regiment surrounds him and the command is given: "Attention, company! Take aim! Fire!" And the man falls with a hundred bullets through his heart. There comes a time in a man's history when the Lord calls up the troop 01' his iniquities, and at G.od s command they pour into him a concentrated volley of torture. You say, "I don't feel myself to be a sinner." That may be. Walk, along by the cliffs/and you see sunlight and flowerg at the mouth of the cave, but take a torch and go in, and before you have gone far you Bee the flashing eye of a wild beast or .hear the hiss of a serpent. So the heart seems in the sunlight of worldliness, but tus'-I wave the torch of God's truth and go down into the d?~ep cavern of the heart?alas, for the bristling horrors and the rattling fangs! Have you ever no>:""J ""mar in fliia ntWUTO of ScriD Ultcu VUb Vttui(*a ?M.W t ?--0 - -- _ . . , ture, "The heart is deceitful." That seems enough. But the passage goes - on and saya, "The heart is deceitful above all things. Will you not say that is enough? But the passage goes on further and says, "The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked." If we could see, tne true condition of the unpardoned before Cod, what wringing of hands there Would be! What a thousand voiced shriek of supplication and despair! But you are a sinner, a sinner. I speak not to the person who sits next to you, but to you. You are a sinner. All the transgressions of a lifetime have been gathered up into an avalanche. At any moment it may slip from the' cliffs and crush you forever. I^Iay the Lord Almighty, by His grace, help us to repent of our sins while repentance is possible. Tor this middle cross look, that your souls may live. I showed you the right hand cross in order that you might see what an ;wful thing it is to be unbelieving/ I showed you the left hand cross that you might see what it is to repent. Now T show.yoli the middle cross that you may see what Christ has done to save ypur. soul. Poits have sung its praise, sculptors have attempted to commemorate it in marble, martyrs have clung to it in the fire and Christians dying quietly in their beds have leaned their heads against it. " ; 1 mi ' ' ? ? ?" rttv* Kn no if 11118 --Our inaj an uui ouu.o .. with an ecstasy of affection. Lay hold of that cross. Everything else will fail you. Without a strong grip on that you perish. Oh, that 1 might engrave on your souls ineffaceably the three crosses/ so that if in your wakings moments- you will not heed, then in your dreams-at night you may see on the hill back of Jerusalem the three spectacles ? the right hand cross showing unbelief, dying without Christ; the left hand showing what it is to be pardoned, while the central cross pours upon your soul the sunburst of heaven as it says: "By aH thtse wounds 1 plead for thy heart. I have loved thee with an everlasting love. Rivers cannot quench it Floods cannot drown it/' And while you look, the right hand crosH will fade out of sight, and then the left will be gone, and nothing will remain but the middle cross, and even that in vonr dream will*begin to change until it beeomcs a throne, and the worn face of Calvary will become radiant with g!ad >"'! inefoar) nf the mad mob at the foot of the cross will fee a worshipful multitude, kneeling. And you and I will be among them. But, no; we will not wait for such i dream. In this our most aroused mood we throw down at the foot of that middle cross sin, sorrow, life, death?everything. We are slaves; Christ giye deliverance to the captive. We*are thirsty; Christ is the river of salvation to slake our thirst. We are hungry; Jesus says, "I am the bread of life. We are condemned to die; Christ says, "Save that man from going down to the pit; 1 am the ransom." We are tossed on the sea of trouble; Jesus comes o?er it, saying, "It is I; be not afraid." We are in darkness; Jesus says, "I am the bright and morning star." VVe are sick; Jesus is the "balm of Glead." We are dead; hear the shrouds rend and the grave hillocks heave, as He cries, "I am the resurrection ana the life; he that believeth in Me, though ho were dead, yet shall he live." We want justification: "Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord I .loans Christ" We want to exercise faith; "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved." I want to get from under condemnation; "There is now, therefore, no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus." The cross?He carried it. The flames of hell?He suffered them. The shame?He endured it. The crown?He won it. Heights of heaven sin^ it and worlds of light to worlds of light all round the heavens cry, * Glory, glory!" Let us go forth and gather the trophies for Jesus. From Golconda mines we gather the diamonds; from Ceylon shores we gather the pearls; from all lands and kingdoms we gather precious stones, and we bring the glittering burdens and put them down at the feet of Jesus and say: "All these are Thine. Thou art worthy." We go forth again for more trophies and into one sheaf we gather all the scepters of the Caesars and the Alexanders and the Czars and the Sultans j-.nd of all'royalties and dominions, and then we bring the sheaf of scepters and put it down at the feet of Jesus and say: "Thou art King of kings; all these Thou hast conquered." And then we go forth again to gather more trophies, and we bid the redeemed of ages, the sons and daughters of the Lord Almighty, to come. And the hosts of heaven bring crown and palm and scepter, and here by these bleeding feet and this riven side ami by this wounded heart cry, "Blessing an* lienor *nd glory and power unto the f.amb. (ft-t r and ever." GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN. i PRECNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE | 'WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS ! */; "At l-lvcnitij; Time There Shnll Be Ll;bt" ? vl herein lit J'rldeMuful??The Christiun tho 1'roof ? Obedience Learned Through SutFeriug?'"Aiunter ] I cannot spp tho way that I shall gQ, As I wind down around life's dizzy I i.. x I mi sill, t Although I pray and plead; and- yet I know That "at the evening time there shall he light." ! I hear the waves caress the rooks below; I hear their voices murmur in the night: They sneak to me of life's sweet afterglow, When "at the evening time there shail be light." Sometimes a cheering ray glints to and fro. 'y And wavers from the blue before my sight: ! I feel a handclasp and a presence, though ; My step uncertain is, and dull and slow, And "at the evening time there shall bo light." Keep near the rock that shelters thee, and lo! The path grows wider in its downward flight! Don't let the little trials greater grow; j The sea is near, thy haven just below, And "at the evening time there shall be light." i ?Emma Playter Seabury iu Zion's Herald. Wherein Is J'ricl? Sinful? It would be sinful to have no pride. It is just as wrong to be devoid of true ; anil proper pmie as ir js in vjiw.-h uuholy pride. H? who lacks that just estimation of himself, that purpose to insist in all legitimate ways that others shall deal with him properly, shall yield him I his fair rights, he who regards his reluj tion to the community and his work in life as honorable, to be treated as dignified and worthy and to be defended from encroachment and stain of any kind, in i other words, be who has a proper self-respect therein illustrates true, pride. When, then, is pride sinful V When it 'becomes the excess of the underlying Virtue. It is regarding one's self from a mistaken point of view in reference to ! one's abilities, characteristics or, disposi| tion. It is centering thought upon self to I the exclusion of others, their interests and the obligation which one sustains I to tiiem more than is consistent with I duty to them. In other words, it is selfish, and whatever is selfish is so far sinful. But he who lacks- honorable, unselfish pride, the prjde which exults in its owu powers, not that it may conquer other men and gain the glory which they Otherwise would receive, hut that it may j do greater and nobler service to God and | to the race, that pride, which is an inI <.n!i..ifinn nnd n hiitiviii-lr fn ri ?nfe. fruit o|/n,. l.vm. .. ?, ful an.l praiseworthy career, is to be pitied and' usually blitmed. , The Christian the Proof. Christianity is essentially life, and lift is essentially indefinable-its one proof ' is itself. It is proves that it is. So Christianity is proved by the Christian. The fruit proves the tree. When it comes 'to the proof of Christianity, historical, philosophical or ethical, that is auothor question. Many are searching for proofs among ruins of buried cities, in fragmentary records of <Jead empires, in the cuneiforms and hieroglyphics of lost'tongues, and are trying to trace its .beginniug in moral protoplasm and its development through all moral and religious evolution. But essential life is not proved that way. / By their fruits ye shall know them. The Christian is the living fruitage of Chrstianit.v. He stands'the ihost advanced and highest of the foremost nhalanx of humanity. He is of purest morals, firmest integrity, truest benevolence, broadest philnnthropy, and deepest self-sacrifice. The world has uoted this spirit in men for centuries, and has come to give" to it the title of . Christianity. It demands these proofs of genuineness in those who ckll themselves Christians. As Jesus pointed to his works, such aD. "none other man did," as' proof of His divine character and mission, so now he points to his disciples and says: "These ar*e they that testify of Me;" and to his followers he says, "Ye are My Witnesses." Obedience Learned Through Suffering. It is not strange that now and then the harpstrings snap as they are being drawn tight enough tor some master's h.ind to call from them the sweetest harmony. Notes that angels might listen to, and' which thrill all human hearts, come from heartstrings quivering with pain. The very captain of our salvation must be made perfect through suffering before He could bring many sons unto priory. "Even though He were a I Son, He'learned obedience through .the ; things >vhich Lie suffered." This blessed ! sacrament of suffering conveys the need! od grace? of discipline, and affords the I opportunities of service, even though it be broken to us, as it was to oi\r Lord I and His apostles, by the hands of wicked : men. They know not what they do who,drive the cruel ncils and thrust the thirsty, spear. They may rcean it for evil, but our God overrules it for good. It is the triumph nt once of suffering and of grace to be able to say with [ Stephen?his face shining like an angel's J ?"Lord, lay not this sin to their i charge."?Bishop E. M. Hendrix, in ! "Skilled Labor for the .Master." "Snuutorfnc" CIirliiti:in?. | The kind of lift* many so-called mom I burs of the church have marked out for themselves should he strictly culled not walking, hut sauntering." The very origin of this word conveys an instructive lessons. In the ages when a pilgrimage to Palestine was held in such esteem there sprang up a set of idle impostors who wandered about everywhere in the country and sought alms at the hands of the inhabitants under the I pretext that they were preparing to go I n la sainte terre?to the Holy Land. It I was soon discovered that they had never i left their native shores; and such disgust did thoir vain professions inspire that a new word was coined to reprobate the shameful practice, and they were culled "saunterors." With equal truth may the term be applied to all who profess to be Christians without moving forward energetically to the heaveiny ; goal.-J. P. Lilley. I She doeth little kindnesses Which most leave undone or despise; i For naught that sets one heart at ease, I And giveth happiness or peace, I Is low esteemed in her eyes. ?Lowell. Do not dwpise the small uses of things I or tho uses nt" small things. The grains | j of san>l in the mortar are the associated : giants that keep the great building from tumbling down. Tlilntles For Fodder. Several farmers in Sully County, X. 1).. who sowed a large acreage of wheat last spring, and who did not secure a crop on account of the dry weather, have cut the growth of wild grass and thistles with what wheat did show up for fodder for their cattle. Several tests which have been made show that when thistles are ei.it before the thorns harden cattle will leave the best hay for the thistles, and these fields yielded far larger tonnage to the acre than did prairie hay. A Cold Winter Proplieilert. The prophets are announcing that we are going ti have a cold winter. I "rapTiSABpATH-SCHOOL] ??. international lesson comments for september 30. ZteTlew of the Quarter, Matt. xtI,, 81-88, John x., 7-11 ? Goldeo Text: Jm. Ij 23J? Summary of Preceding Thirteen Leaaonfl. Introduction.?During the quarter we nave 11 (iu Minut: \ triy IIU^ivuuv K. v cious truths presented by the great Teacher. Christ is the breacf of life; the true foundation to His church and the Good Shepherd. It is our duty to be humble, to always forgive, to love and assist those in distress, to keep ourselves from covetousness and to watch for the coming of the Lord. The one who is wise will freed these things. Summary.?Lesson i. Topic: Praver and faith. Place: On the sea of Galilee. The five thousand had just been fed; Je'sus sent the disciples across the sea toward Capernaum; sent the multitude away; went alone to pray; between three and sir o'clock in the morning He came to the disciples walking on the sea; Peter walks on the water; begins to sink; calls for help; Jesus caught aim; rebukes hijn for doubting Christ is worshiped. II. Topic: .The true bread. Place: Capernaum. The multitudes seek for Jesus; He acrain heals their sick; many follow Him for the "loaves and fishes;" we should labor for meat which endureth. What are the works of God? Answer. To believe on Christ. Desiring a sign; think Moses greater than Christ; manna in the desert; their error?the Father giveith true bread; they desire this bread; Jesus the bread of life: /toill receiyte all who come; will lose nothing committed to Him. III. Topic: Casting out an unclean spirit. Place: The borders of Phoenicia. Sermons on bread of life, just delivered; the people plot against Him; Jesus ana His disciples go to the borders of Phoenicia; a Gentile woman beseeches Him to cast the devil out of her daughter; Jesus replies that it is not proper to give the children's bread to dogs; she asks for tne crumbs; "for this saying" the devil was cast out?her request granted. IV. Topic: Tne Christ. Place: Cesarea l'hilippi. Jesus asked His disciples who men said He was; some said John the Baptist, and others Elijah, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. Whom do you say I am? Peter answers, The Christ. Jesus blessed Peter; man had not revealed it,.but the Father had; the foundation rock; gates of Hades shall not prevail against it; the kevs of the kingdom of heaven given; Christ s death; Peter rebukes Him; Get behind me; saving and losing the life. V. Topic: Christ revealing His glory. Place: Mount Hermon. Peter, James and John go with Jesus into the mount to nrav. Ah Jesus Dravs He is transfigured; filosea and Elijah appear; converse regarding His departure from the world; the disciples though sleepy are now fully awake; they see Jesus and the two men in their glory; enter into a cloud; hear a voice;1 Jesus commended; alone with Jesus. VI. Topic: Humility. Place: Capernaum. The disciples ask a question; Jesus sets a child in their midst; entrance to the kingdom 'is by conversion; the humblest is' the greatest; to receive Christ's little ones is to receive Him; the sin of causing one of His. little ones to stumble; if hand I or foot cause thee to stumble cut them off; angels guard His little ones; He came to ' save- He seeks the one gone a9tray. VII. Topic: Our duty to others. Place: | Capernaum. Peter asks if he shall forgive , seven times. A parable: A king reckons , , with his servants; one owes ten thousand | talents; commanded to be 6old; pleads for mercy; is forgiven; this servant will not forgive his fellow servants; is delivered to the tormentors; we must forgive from the , (heart. ... , VIII. Topic: Opening blind eyes. Place: | Jerusalem. Jesus saw a blind man; Jesus is the light of the world; makes clay spit- ( tie; anoints the blind eyes; commands the ( man to go to Siloam and wash; he obeys; , comes back seeing; neighbors are stirred; , ask him questions; he gives an account of his healing; is taken to the Pharisees; , Jesus is accused of breaking the Sabbath. , , IX. Topic: The true and the false contrasted. Place: Jerusalem. Christ is the Door and the Good Shepherd. He leadeth the sheep; they, know and follow Him; flee from strangers; they know not the voice of strangers. Christ gives life to the | * 1 ?? ilia l.-fo frir I-Jip sheer}. The I ' sneep auu given mo r hirelij^ fleeth and the wolf catcheth. j i , Otheivsheep must be brought, and there I shall be "one flock." I X. Topic: Christ directing the affairs of His kingdom. Place: Uncertain, probably ( in Pcrea. The Seventy appointed: sent j < forth; two and two; whither He Himself j I would couie; the harvest plenteous; re- < quests disciples to pray for laborers; Go, I as lambs among wolves; hasten; ask that i peace may rest upon the house; heal and preach; the return with joy; names in heaven. ? . i XT. Topic: Who is my neighbor? Place: In Perea. A lawyer questions Jesus; What j shall I do to inherit eternal life; Jesus asks him to answer; love God and thy neighbor: Jesus commends him; Who is my neighbor; parable; man artions; thieves; a priest and a Levite pass by; a Samaritan i cares for the man: Who was neighbor to , him? The Samaritan. Go, and do likewise. < XII. Topic: Covetousness. Place: In , Perea. One in the company asked Jesus to divide inheritance; Jesus refused; | warned them, against covetousness; spoke a parable; a rich man: plenteous harvest; , greater barns must be built; an address to j j the soul; God speaks; Thou fool; soul to be immediately required; an application made; be not linxious about temporal supplies. XIII. Topic: The corning of Christ. | Place: In Perea. Let loins be girded and j i lights burning? he ready and waiting for I the coming of Christ as servants wait for i i the return of their .master from the wed- t ding. Christ will come as a thief, sad- ! denly. when we least expect Him. The j faithful, wise, just steward was promoted, i The riotous and drunken servant was de- i stroyed. 1. The duty of watchfulness. | Jesus says. "Watch anilI prav - that ye eri- ; ter not into temptation." (1) Watch our- | selves. (2) Watch the enemy. He may | come as a friend; artfully, lull of cunning, | as an angel of light. (3) Wat^h for onpor- < tunities to do and reeeiw good. (4) Watch over each other in the Lord. (~>) This is ?nri verv necessary if we eon tinue to maintain our integrity, and it' \vc are found ready when Christ comctli. 2. | The faithful servant rewarded. Christ of- j fers great rewards, both in this world and j the next, for faithfulness. (1) Our influ ence will increase. (2) Our on pacify for s work will enlarge. (3) Our field of useful- ( ness will broaden, and in the next world . it doth not yet appear what wo shall be. ^ 3. The nrofligate servant punished. No ( .favor will be shown. Those who wilfully ( reject Christ and enter into siu will be de- f cfrnvpH. ATnt.fv. 25: 46 ^ . S. TO USE PORTABLE SCHOOLHOUSESi'. ,( s ? Itoston to Try a New Scheme In District* Overcrowded With Population. 1 Ten. experimental portable wooden schoolhouses are to be set up in different' t parts of the congested districts of Bos- r ton, following the example set by St. Louis. The ten portable buildings will accommodate 600 extra pupils. The build-' ? ings are to be single storied and identical fl in size and construction. The dimension* r are to be 25x35 and 22 feet to the ridge r nole, or 11 feet 10 inches in the clear. The floor is to be composed of twelve \ sections, the' side walls twenty sections ' and the roof six sections. "Thus the < structure can. be packed away when taken s down into sm^ll space. a CiRL LETTER CARRIER. I Miss Ethel Hill Ileglns tier Trips From ] Cf.onniM, to North Kingston. ( Miss Ethel Hill, the only woman en- f crafted in uie United !State3 rural free de livery service begun her trips from * Greenwich to North Kingston. It. I., Rural Route No. 1. a few days ago. .Miss Hill is the daughter of C. F. Hill, of North Kingston, who will be her sub- ' stitute in severe weather. She drives a ! horse and covered carriage, the latter j having been built and fitted especially for 1 this service. The carrier drives twenty- j ?ne miles after reaching the point where ' she begins to deliver before she completes 1 her trip each day. 1 *9 the!treat^dkfroyer: SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. The Llqnor Saloon Eclipses All Othet Evil* In the WldeipsVacT DliaMet Which H JSriiixi to Society?Hardly Hamlet Wife re It is Not intrenched. "The curae of the United/Spates to-day is the saloon," says a writer in the Appeal to Reason. Other, evils, monstrous and perplexing, like the vampire, suck the life-blood ,o? society, but they are all eclipsed,-iiy:tlit-widespread disaster they bring, by tS^Irquor saloon. It dots the hillsides and the plains of nearly every State in the Union. There is hardly a hamlet where it is not entrenched. Our neat cities marshal their saloons by the thousands. To what extent is 'the saloon , such' responsible for the incalculable disaster?crime, poverty, disgrace, disease an 1 death?that intemperance, like a . mighty flooa, night and aay, year after fl vear. leaves in its nath? In the annetitu ? for alcoholic stimulants, hereditary or ac- J Siired, the cause of all the intemperance M at prevails? Suppose that liquor drink- M ing should bi shorn of all the artificial and attractive trapoings that now attend it; suppose that the business of supplying^^H those who desire alcoholic stimulantj^HB should be rid of all the glitter that gild^HH it, and should suffer the elimination^^^^M the factor of avarice?what would result? 'It would lessen intempe^HBHH one-half/ Stand as I did the othe^^H^^H in the bar-room of a great hote^fl^^fl^B hour, and note what transpires^^HH^^HI sionally a man comes in alone?n^HHHBH rectly for the, counter?orders drinks it?pays for it and goes ^ frequently men go in by two^Hj^H^^HH and drink together. Does his own liquor? Never. uHBBH . "See that man walking str aigu^^^^H^^B bar evidently with no thought ing. a man standing at '.he eoui^^M^^BRj has ordered drinks for- himself a^H friends, espies him, 'stops him, intrfl^^^^^H himXto the two others', asks him wha^H^H| mil take;': and then /the four drink^^HN gether. ,r ~ .. "A friend meets another on the street. From a/mistikenaotion of politeness he invites nim to'.ta&e a drink in a near-by salooA The' intjtaiion is accepted from the same mi?taken>idea of good breeding. Neither are neither would have drunk had he.Hfen alone, but both drink in accordance <?th th? abomiiiab!e treating custom. vftfoliah treating, and you will do awa^' Hptb . one-quarter of the drinking dqne ia bar-tooms. Abolish*saloons and you abolish treating." TI?? Ltqaor HsbrfFurowlnK. Again ^publicly that : the vice of i^pmety is largely increasing among wome^ofjjj^d social position. It lias been made repeated^ in New York by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and at the snniuJ convention of the Catholic Total ^Abstinence Union of America, aeia fne otner aay m rnnaaeiEhia. one of thp vice-presidents, Mrs. M. i. Lake, of St. Louis, said: "With the . virtues, purity, patience and endurance of local women drowned in the punch bowl and wine glass of wealth and the beer can of poverty;'.God pity our children, our homes ana our coiiptry!" She also said, among other things: "Why, treatment for the drink hamt . among the 400 is now almost as common among physicians as treatment for coughs and colds. Dr. H. A. Gillette says - that many women acquire the taste for alcohol from cologne, which they drink constantly, and which contains ninety-six per cent.of alcohol. They drink all the essences which are for toilet use?compound tincture of lavender for one thine. One New York woman of whom I know drinks eight ounces of lavender tincture every > day. The** also drink the esscnce of cinnamon and cloves. A well-known'phyweian has written us that this habit is ' growing to an alarming extent among K-omen. '?Detroit Free Press. Weight of Precedent. There is a story reported as having been told by Colonel Fred N. Dow, of Portland, Me., which shows well how customary usage "broadens down from precedent to orecedent." And no less plainly does it show the weight of the excep- . >' ;ional precedent. PaIatioI Haw irialfpH frionHfl jit Quebec, and while seeing the sights of the :ity a.id its surroundings, he took a pub* ic carriage to visit the Falls of Montmor;ncy. At a half-way house on the ro?d the driver pulled up*his horses and renarked, "The carriage always stops here." "For what purpose?" asked the colonel. "Foe the passengers to treat," was the reply. "But none of us drink, and we do not _ intend to treat." The driver had dismounted, and was waiting by the roadside. ^Drawing himself up to his full height- he said, impressively, "I have driven this carriage now more than thirty years, and this has happened once before. Some time ago I had for a fare a crank from Portlana, Me., by the name of Neal Dow, who said he wouldn't drink, and what was more to the point, he said he wouldn't pay for anybody else to drink." v > The son found himself occupying the " . same ground as that on which his father had stood. The I^uck of Kanaai. In answering the question, "What has. prohibition done for Kansas?" the Kansas State Temperance Union says: "It has reduced the annual consumption of ntnvieants from above fifteen gallons per :apita, the average throughout the United States, to less than one gallon per capita in Kansas. It saved an average of over * 6,000,000 in liquor sales which otherwise would go to the saloon. It has reduced :he internal revenue collections from lbove $1.25 per capita, the average ;hroughout the United States, to less than ;wenty cents in Kansas. Last, but not east, it saves annually more than 1200 souls from drunkards' graves." A Temperance lteviralThe Illinois Citizenship Lcjjjue has put :o test a new method of anti-license work n saloon towns, and found it very successful in creating sentiment. It is called a 'Temperance Revival," and consists of a leries of meetings, at least four, and a ihildren's meeting. At these meeting the Amnio or a aa\roA tn come forward and lign a pledge to the effect that Ihey will lo all in their power to prevent the sale >f intoxicating and malt liquor in theii >wn town, except for medicinal and meihaa^csl purposes. On each signer a bit )? red ribbon is pinned; also on the chilIren at their meeting when they promise o help. The Crusade In Brief. Germanv, the land of beer and "person tl liberty' in beer drinking, is about tc ry legislation as a remedy for drunken less. You owe it as a duty to yourself and tc he cause of temperance to know as much is possible about the history, developnent and meaning of the temperanc* novement. Bishop Thoburn, writing to the Indiana iVitness concerning the Philippines says: 'Every alternate place of business seem? :o be a liquor shop of some kind, and the loldier has temptation before his eye? vhichever way lie may turn." There are 10,928 saloons in Ohio, comjared with 10,8/1 a year ago. If the United Stales of America woulc rule the world, if she would whiten th< iistant sea* with the saiis ot her comnerce, if she would extend her intellee ;ual realm till her voice is law in the cap tals of the distant Orient, then let her or two generations abandon alcohol, and ihe can realize her ambition. The City Council of Uoehester. Minn, ecently passed an ordinance which u low in effect, which guards against thf Ilegal sale of liquor at forbidden houra, jv providing that screens and curtaint hall be removed from the windows of oons and drug siores during all Sunda} md on other uays, from 11 p. in. until i i. m. - ? i