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. Ti.' i \ the king f * ^choni * -?L^U *' A NOVEL OF AMERICAN LIFE ^ BY MAURICE ft r ' Coprrisht, 1892 and 1F93 \ CHAPTER XVIII. CONTINUED. "Ob, I know that's just what lio will do!" cried Mademoiselle de Sezannes, relapsing again into hysterical weeping and beginning to wring her haiide. "Ob, please, Madame ^ Vernon, tell the coachman to take us I back! *' We shall all be murdered this j very night!" The suggestion was infectious. Pauline caught the chill of fear, and Mrs. Vernon lost control of herself at an unguarded moment. The carriage rumbled on through the forest, and, if there had been any person to hear, the voices of the women crying in discord must have /sounded strange indeed under the circumstances.. The coaehman must also have been affected, for he urged his horses impatiently and kept increasing their speed until they were making a rather reckless dash of it along the road within view of a broad grassy marsh stretching away to a shining sheet of water. Mrs. Vernon drew all the curtains close over the windows,;' as soon as she could command herself, and began to chide Mademoiselle de Sozannes and Pauline for their foolish excitement. x?a iu.? rtrcD +>10. annnd of a UU31P kLLOll IUOIU nuu . horse galloping by in -an opposite course to that of the carriage. Pauline looked out of the little rear window, her eyes still streaming tears. "Why, it ia Lieutenant Bailanclie!" she exclaimed. "Why didn't he stop and speak to us?" Mademoiselle de Sezannes almost, thrust her from the pane in her eagerness to look out. jdi' "It is! It is!" she qu."? b.id> Calj fS to him! Stop him! Oh-?,?" j She clasped her hands an<3| gazed f while the vigorous bounds bf the house bore the young officer iarther and father hack along the meandering road between the trees, and presently lost him behind a fringe of bay bushes in the distance*. "Oh, he never looked back or made ?ten a sign; and he must have ?nown us!" oried Mademoiselle de Sezannes. In a few minutes vae carriage was : j v drawn np in front of the plantation house, which wrb a one-story, wooden etrnctnre set npon a high foundation of oak posts connected by a lattricev work of slender boards. An orauj^ grove, dark and rioh, stood in background, aud over a squat, b|^H veranda grew a closely-matted jasj^HB vine. In the distance were ro^^^H cabins bnilt nnder the shade flBK mense moss-draped live-oaks. jH|H The coachman dismountec^^^H opened the carriage door ladies, and little Lizette, flnfij daughter, ran out of tho greet them. A sharp, salt^H^H from the marshes not far otf ing merrily. Mrs-. Vernon descended ^KQh3? lowed by Mademoiselle do and .then Pauline precipita^J H npon Lizette, whose dark^^^BS J face was all dimples and The sun came out, too, t^KKMgml way with a flood ofgoy^RBwH^HSj the gloom that journey. ^^Hk?9I^K&^HmhH ' ''Weii^K9KwKfiHBaHn| much ridea^H^MfflB|^Hng| wBSraBi griu^HHH|^9H0H&RH| iug i^HSn^HSBHHIHBB otterpareut^D^^B^HKH^SSHK goin'. j iMffflffliMn it. He turne^^^^^^^Hlked awlHi as straight as 'brilH as a boy; but^^V^^^^Hd gone fafl he looked back^Bpp^^^Rpeared to ' Teflect a momenWad tflBcalled back to them: ^Qott rttnotvi inrf fnllra T'll f ul 1 tra ucouiiu^ ivinoi A. *?. j-w what: Ef I see any sigu o* Britishers eroun' *yar, w'y, I'll jes' Btep in an' tell ye, bo's ye kin git up an' skin out afore they qotch ye." There was something honest and earnest in the ifng of his voice, and the'gleam from his steel-blne eyes, if not wari&, was Bteadfast and friendly. When he was gone, Mrs. Vernon remembered this and wondered why she hod not thanked him for his proffered kindness; but the mention of British soldiers, coupled with the suggested probability that they might visit the jplace, so alarmed her. that she could not think of anything else for the moment that he was speaking. They found the house most Comfortably prepared for them, and when iLapin arrived later in the day, with ilvA fl Tlfo fvnm PVio fon n iCUVU KJl IUC "OCA tauiQ AAVLU VUUtVUK d'Or as Mr. Vernon liad thought best to send, there came snob a sense of homelike security that they could not lielp looking at one another complacently in silent acknowledgement of what, it now seemed, had been a mood of undue nervousness. Lizette had brought in from the flower garden great bouquets of roses aad violets (for, despite the unusaul cold weather, the vines and tangled . beaswe/e still a mass of bloom), and with these she had deftly decorated %he airy and fresh smelling rooms. Moreover, a delicate luncheon was nwaiting them, set in a cozy alcove where low, broad windows let in a Boft liijfut which was first filtered through a screen of magnolia boughs and a gray fringe of Spanish moss. Under the circumstances, it wa3 quite impossible for three women, all cf them French, to be otherwise than ssst- " _ t It - * fcakt "i - _ " : r i O F.v Y ISLAND ? : DURING THE WAR OF 1S12. THOMPSON. >3 Robert Bonner'? 3on?. enthusiastic, even if their enthusiasm did consciously root itself back in a heavy sense of but half suppressed iread. Mademoiselle de Sezannes was, perhaps, the most cheerful one. She even tried to be gay over the conduct of Lieutenant Ballanche, whom she persisted in accusing of willfully passing her by unnoticed. It is due to the young man to say, however, that he was scarcely aware of the carriage as he rode past it. His head was down, and his thoughts were fixed on almost important duty; for he was* flying to General Jackson with news from within the enemy's lines. a donf nf harcrps heavilv manned with A uoww V* VXOQV.J ? ^ finely equipped soldiers, was on Bayou Bienvenu, and in a few hours the English would have an army safely landed below the city. The information this time was authentic, for with his own eyes he had seen what he was to report. Naturally earnest and intense in his disposition, he felt to the fullest measure the responsibility resting upon him. He would not trust any courier to bear the message which might hold the fate of New Orleans and the country. So he rode all the way as fast as he dared urge his horse, and on his nerves lay the strain of an all-absorbing excitement. The carriage whisked past him as a mere formless, oolorless incident of his flight to headquarters. He remembered afterward well enough when he would have given his life to know that he had halted just long enough to bid the coaohman turn baok and drive at once to New Orleans. Everything and every person visible about tbjfl ^arriftce came out strong and cl<^| U ' ' like a*8uddenly develo wed photogj^hfl in his mind. The horses, the j^^RH faced, snowy-wooled coaohm|^HH| closely drawn curtains, th^H^H flecked yith sandy mud?e^HB man riding on the projectj^^^HHB the high-curved spring|flM^Hn9| see all so plainly and a film of horrible that closed vehiol^HHfl^99HM| him, the girl so lately was goinguS^^^HH|gH|^H pear aa^i^H^HHHR^HB^Hj as H&hBhbHHB5^P"?' nB^^^MMBSHnHnoiiy to ffGHBHowlHSfeiVy?what the to-night meet!" Pauline founc^coi^^e to sny. "It is they who have the right to be wretched; and yet I dare say they never think of complaining." "I know I am heartless and selfish," Mademoiselle de Sezannes half sobbed, "but I can't help it?it's dreadful! "Why did they 6end us away off out here alone in the dark? And then to think that he would ride right past like that!" ' Mrs. Yernon smiled wretchedly. "How could he know, dear, that you were in the carriage?" All of the curtaius were closely drawn, you remember, and he could not have seen any of us." "He might have stopped us?lie didn't look?he " Just then there arose a trampling sound, as of- men crossing the ver ancia. Home one KnocKea on me uoor, and they heard voices. Mrfl. Vernon sprang to her feet, the girl? clinging tightly and breathlessly to her. Lapin ca<e in from the kitchen when he heard the knocking and stood irresolute. He still held his pipe in one hand, while with the other he was aimlessly fumbling in the pocket of his jacket. 'feo to see who it is," Mrs. Verson managed to say. Lapin went gingerly to the door and cal(eA out in a weak voice: "Who's there?" "A friend/' was the prompt answer. Pauline and her mother started aud looked at each other. It was tho voice of Colonel goring. "Open the door immediate^!" he commanded gruffly. "There's jo time for ce' einony!" Lapin, in a very aguo of tear., : ~ 'J1 "T fambled at the bars and bolts. His ' bands shook so that he made slow work of it, and when at last he quak? ingly pulled open the heavy wooden shutter, he fell back aghast before the tall form of the incomer and gasped hoarsely: "Pierre Rameau!" CHAPTER XIX. the shadows of dark days. When Lieutenant Ballanche re? ! turned from his reconnaissance in the direction of the moutn of Bayou Bienveuu, he brought a report which caused General Jackson to issue orders immediately for the doubling of all the outpost pickets and for all the troops to hold themselves ready to march at the tap of the drum. As yet the reinforcements, so long and bo aniiouply waited for had not arrived, and the situation was most perplexing. Erom a hundred sources came the infoimation, doubtless exag-t gerated and over-colored, that the Creoles of the city were concocting an uprising in. favor of the English. Thus to the commanding general it appeared that with an overwhelming alien enemy before him, he should have to move his little army down the river and leave behind him a horde of traitors, who were but waiting for an rin-nortnnitv to fall uuon the supplies ~X*1 "I* - ? in the rear and so render defeat inevitable. It was at this point that Mr. Vernon came to his aid with three hundred ,men well armed and equipped. They were not a soldierly lookiug battalion, measured by the ordinary stand6rd-iof military taste, but there was fight' in them; and JackeobfWho read meA- at a glance, felt their efficiency, as he, looked them over in a haatv review. Mr. Vernon had aoted with amazing energy in the matteri sending* out runners to call a meeting in one ot the publio/Squares. Singularly enough these couriers did not seem to notify the better class of people, hut entered the gambling dens, the low cafes, the haunts of the .Chats-Haunts, the huts of the river rats and the garrets of the quadroon quarters. And out of theser)k|j|BAfed^?]wand youths BHBn e*que, WBgagm |nH^V especially HHiUV1 <3? -(Vbattjhem. H^HHper was reported HH|Kiir.t Bnppasing MWH enemies, thought fijHroe to disperse tbem; j^^HE^Bsj^Hcrained after muobjperH9|fl^BKiborne, Edward Liviug|HHHB^Hmodore Patterson. 4 BBBBM an event hung* the H|BR^BBprlean8, Had that Aeet^^^SH^BHwless ones been inte*H^Hp^^^ft^the slightest by/ the HHHKty would.have been ^vund, with a result of l^flHJ^Hl^Hhe already suffering had caused a small erected in the square; I^^H^^Vaddressed his motley asMDW English, in French, in I^MKtd: ia German. He knew onTT tr> Hicm Iinil -iiiaf V?ntv HHS His huge frame and power^QMKgnetic face were strong auxilHE9Bo liis eloquent words and richHHRnorous voice. Almost immedi^JHy the vast crowd beneath him was Rid with enthusiasm; their shoots ^vere heard at Jackson's headquarters, Akither word was quiokly brought a popular movement was being ^Hecessfully agitated in his favor by H-. Yernon. he iron chieftain's, face lit up with ope' and pleasure.. Ordering his Bprse, he at once rode to tho scene, JRmiug up at' .the time when the Hpwd was at its hi^hest:.pitch of exKtement. Mr. Yernon took quick advantage ^Lthe incident. Pointing to the rfen^Blas he sat like a grim statue in his H^Ue, he thundered forth: H^Aehold, citizens! Yonder rides ^HHleader?:your unconquerable genWJ^Bry -face was turned, and every riveted upon the gaunt form BH^Klaioable face of Jaokson. He ^BSHps hat and waved: it with a slow ^KHnHround his head. For a moHE^^Hpy saw the shock of bristling H ft stern browtf and tho firm ggj^saw^steely eyes gleam RvTthe Re7S^i|^flred1M^ Brernon, with the TO^jf ''Live the brave general who has | come to save New Orleans and Louisiana!" He spoke in French, and his words were the signal for a very tempest of vehement applause. The excitable rabble took up the cry: (to be continued.) 'ITott a PriuceB* Vtciine the 0 teen. . The following account of how the Princess was informed that she had succeeded to the throne is taken from the "Diary of a Lady of Quality:" "On Juno 20,1837, William lV. died. The scene closed at 2 a. m., and in a very short time the Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Conyngham? the Lord Chamberlain?set out to an* nounce the event of their young sovereign. They reached Kensington Palace about 5 o'clock; theyknocktd, they rang, they thumped for a consid erable time before they could rouse the portsr at the gate; they were again kept waiting in the courtyard; they turned into one of tbi lower rooms, whero they eaemed torgotten by everybody. They tang the bell, desired that the attendant of the Princess Victoria might bo sent to inform her Royal Highness that they required an audience on busiuess ot importance. After another delay, and another ringing to inquiro the cause, tho attendant was summoned, who J stated that the Princess was in such a I sweet sleep she could not -Anturo to j disturb her. Then they said, 'Wo are i come to the Qneen on busiuess of the j State, and even her sleep must give I way to that.' It did: and to prove that it was not she who had kept them waiting, in a few minutes the Queen came into the room in r. whito nightgown and shawl, her night cap thrown oft", and her hair failing upon her shoulders, her feet in slippers, tears in hor eyes, but perfectly collected and dignified."?London Truth. A few weeks azo two lions escaped from a circus in Valencia. Spain, and injured several persons iu the Btreets before the keeper succeeded in caging 1,1 11 ? LATEST TRIUMPH IN Th Look at this immense block of grani think of the amount of work that mu; perfectly toiyid, Ijiffh-pollshed column, taken only a fyiw days later with the form ready for the polishing process, transformation is the latest triumph etone lathe, and the work tl*it it has demonstrated that it is a success. T and has been installed in the granite columns of many.sizes are being turne Divine, New York City, This great thirty-two 'granite columns' fifty-four will weigh when completed 1G0 tons e innumerable columns of smaller dime perform this'work is eighty-six feet, a 13^0118. It has swings six feet six in eight^utters. Each tool takes out a euttera reducing the column twentyover?*?e sto&e. The block of granite is sixty?e^en feet long, eight and a ha WVtiW^VW.Vrf.SW.V? | Gun With a " | | / Remarkable Rangep /rhc 16-Inch Rifle and tlie 20-Incb / Smooth-Bore Compared. [ %V.V,',V.\VAWW.V.V.V.^ In our decent article' of the new army sixteen-inch gun, we, described the construction of this powerful weapon I and gave some particulars of Its rej markable ballistic powers. ' It was I oVinnri- <lint If the frnn WPT(> set nn at the Battery, New York, with an qngle of elevation of forty degrees, and fired with a full charge of smokeless powder, the shell would reach a maximum height of five and three-quarter miles, and range to a distance of just under twenty-one miles. With a view to showing what a vast arep would be dominated by such, a gun, we present the accompanying map of New York City and vicinity, from which our .cos-, mopolitan readers tnay. readily df&ermim? Whether their nightly ride of one hour, rior? or lesg, into the. lubtirbs would be sufficient to place Jthem be-' yond ihi zone of fire. By the ceurtesy of the War Department, we are enabled' to present the MAP OF mt*w YOEK AND VICIKm SHOWING A^HA DOMINATED BY PlBE OP BIXTEfo-moH GUN> cccompaDy"jng photograph shbwiug a full-ilze^' model of the new sixteenlnch ar^Jr suspended aboye two of tho largest coast-defense guns of $vil War period. The one to the l^Pfis a twenty-inch smooth-bore Rodman, the largest smooth bore in the world. The gun to the right of it, be* low the chase of the sixteen Inch tfun. is a 300-pounder Parrott rifle, which also is the only one of its size ever constructed, all the other Parrotts being of eight-inch, six-inch and' smaller bores. The twenty-inch Rodman close r ly resemuies iu uumue jiujli remuvc proportions the celebrated fifteen inch smooth bores, of which so many were used In the Civil War. The length of this gun is twenty feet three and a half inches,, the maximum diameter five feet four inches, the diameter of the muzzle Is two feet ten inches, and tlie total weight 315,200 pounds. For the sake of comparison we recapituTHE NEW Alc.MY 16-1KUH JUttfiCli-LOi INCH RODMAN SMOOTH-BORE AND late some figures of the new sixteen- j inch army rifle as follows: The length i ui iuu guii is lorry-inne ieei incurs, i the maximum diameter at breech live feet, and at muzzle two feet four inchcs, und the weight of the finished gun 300,000 pounds. The weight of ihe shot for the twenty-inch smooth-botV was about 1000 pounds, whereas the shell for the sixteeu-inch gun will weigh 2370 pouuds.?Scientific American. Her Definition. j "Yes," said Miss Cayenne. "He is 1 undoubtedly a cynic." J 1 "What is your idea of a cynic?" ' "He is a person wliojceeps you con ' ^ ieIndustrial wo'rldT te shown at the top of the picture and st be put upon it to convert it Into a . Then look at the companion picture ' granite already reduced to cylindrical The machine -which works this rapid in the industrial world. It is called a been doing since it was Installed nas his lathe was' built in Philadelphia, quarries at VinalAaven, Me., where I d out for the Cathedi^l of' St. John the new cathedral Is to have no lees than feet long by six feet In diameter, which ach. In addition to this it'will have nslons. In length the lathe that will nd when in working order it weighs ches by sixty f^et, long, and it has cut three Inehes deep, the entire eight four inches in diameter at one pass in the illustration weighs 310 tons; it If feet'high by seven feet wide. 1 11?' A Picturesque Chinese Residence. ' l'hls cut, from the Illastrirte Zeltuhg, a h oy s a peculiar and'picturesque sum-, mer lesldence on a cone rock at Chin Kiang. This rock can.Jbe scaled by a AN EXAMTLE OP ^I^ESE VEBA5TCE wide stairway. constructedrout of the. rockJkt^&B The stairway, the attractlv?i^^N|^the slope of,the rock, and*L:+omni?\a the'summit are>evi deo^Ht jthe"r^ma!h^,Ie perseverance Pact* About Swltjevfefldc /&? . S Switzerland enjoys the iniiifflftVl'i distinction of having a larger, percentage of lunactics than any other country. , / .. ji\ ' In Switzerlai;d a favorite dish Js boiled chestnuts mashed fine and served with whipped cream. In proportion to its sizen Switzerland has more inns than any other country in the world. The entertainment ofl tourists has become the chief Industry of the, land, and has, been officially computed' to bring in$23,000,000 a year."'" /J Little Switzerland comes up with - < - ?i *nri r/vr <n L-j.tUm,! men, oi wuuui jlva.uvi a*c iufantry/:37i;8 cavalry and: 21,632 artillery^jThe cost of her tortay annually Is aib^tit $3,750,000. ' The waterfalls of Switzerland are being rapidly .btillzed for tlie driving of electric dynamos, and it is rare to find a;iplace of any size which is not well lighted by the power of some mountain stream. The longest tunnel in the world is that of St. Gothard, on the line of the railroad between Milan and Lucerne. It Is nine,.and a quarter, miles in length and' cost over $13,000,000.?Stray Stories. The^Csinel't Hair Brash. "Contrary to the belief of most people, the camel's hair brush used by artists lias1 nothing of the camel in if," said a manufacturer of soft brushes the other day. 4'There was a time when real camel's hair was used for the purpose. The ship of the desert, however, has loug been superseded by the homely little squirrel. Not only is squirrel's hair very much less costly, but it is better, softer, more pliable and far more durable. At the present day it is doubtful if you could find ii JUMi 1HFX.E COMPARED WITH A 20- ! A PARKOTT SOD-POUNDER RIFLE. [jound of camel's hair in all the brush j factories in tills country. However, i there is no cause for fear that the ; spacefill little squirrel will be cxterm- ) Inated. It is tho European squirrel j that furnishes the hair for the brushes, j the covering of the American squirrel j being too furry and soft for the purpose."?Washington Star. The Game of German Kast Africa. The Governor of German East Africa reports to the Foreign Office in Berlin that whilst elephants have ainost disappeared from the districts aider his control, hippopotami, lions, | md leopards of every species abound, j lie says that the plantation employes j iave to take the greatest care in pro- j ecting themselves against night at- j acks of these, animals. t,? ' i > f \ * , ; fW-i dr. talmaqes^erm6n * % SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED DIVINE. 1\ ' Subject: The Welfare of Other* ? We Should 3anish Selfishness?Job Delivered From Evil When He Prayed. Fo^ Friends?Happy From Doing Good. (V [CopyrtRtit mil .J:". Washington, D. C?Invthjs discourse Dr. Talmage wars on narrowness of view end urges a life helpful to others; text, I Job xlii, 10. "And the Lord turned the I capitivity of Job when he prayed for his I friends. ' ' j Comparatively few people read this last chapter of the book of Job. The earlier chapters are so full of thrilling incident. I of events so dramatically portrayed, of i Awful ailments and terrific disaster, of j domestic infelicity, of staccato passage, ! of resoundinpr address, of omnipotency ! nroelnimed, of utterances showing Job to j have been the greatest scientist of his ! day, an expert in mining and precious : stones, astronomer, and geographer, and ! zoologist., and electrician, and poet, that ! most readers stop before they get to my i text, which.-'strangely and mysteriously, I announces that "the Lord turned the canl tiVitv nf .TnV -when he nraved for his I friends." . j Now, will yon please explain to me how I Job's prayer for his friends halted his j catastronheo? GiVe me some crond reason j whv Job on his' knees in behalf of the. : welfare of others arrepted the lon<r proj cession of calamities. Mind you. it was | not praver for himself, for then the cessaj tion of his troubles would have been only j another instance of nrayer answered. but the portfolio of his disaster was rolled in>. while he sunplicated God in behalf of Eli.pha.9! the Temanite, Bildid the Shuhitfe, and Zophar the Naamathite. I must confess to you that I had1 to read the text over .and over as-ain before I got its full iWeterivng?"And the Lord turned the can-' tifrifcy of Job when he prayed for his friends." ' ^ . | "Well, if you will not explain it to me. I | will explain it to you. The healthiest, the', | mo|tj?,ecmjeTfj.tive thin;? on earth to do is i tomato p thinkineso mueb'^bout ourselves[ arid-!: go to thinVma- abft^ the welfare of fotfiwi. Jfh:had bifceh studyine bis misfor' tunes, but Jtlje mojre he thought about his | bankruptcy-the' -poorer he seemed, the j more Le thought . of his carbuncles the j worse they hart,the more he -tboupht : of his an?nrtnu?te marriage the more jrii tolerable - became, the coniujral relation. I the more he thoneht of his house'biown down the mowterrifie seemed the cvclone.' Hi" misfortune* grew blacker and b'acker, hp there was to rome a reversal of these snd conditions. One day he said to him' elf: "I hajre been dwefljntr too much upon my bodily ailments and my wife's temper anc^ijSv bereavements., It is timeI bcm.n to ttjnk about others and do something for otters, and I wii' start now T>y Flaying for fay three friends." Then Job drooped npoii. his knees, and he did so that Ia?t. shiifcle of his ^ptivity of trouble sns'-ied and fell off. Hear it. all ye ages of time'apd all ye ages of eternity. ; "the Lord turned the cantirity of Job when he prayed for his friends." '.The fault wi^ii most of us is too much self concen<ira|jon?our health, our fortunes, our advancement"? our social position. our achievements, our losses, our .defeats, ;owr sufferings, our persecution, our life, our death, our immortality. Of course there is a lawful and righteous selfishness. In a world and in a time of such activities j and rivalries and temptations we must. i look after our own/'interests and our own I destiny or. we will go under. Do not wait for .others to take e*re J of you. Take care of yourself. But it wiljl not. hinder our preservation and prosperity if We enlarge the sphere of our wishes and prayers so ari to take in oth. - ? mk. i it. _i_i ? u lj j erg. inp law in ine natural worm wuujm i /to -well f*r> the moral and spiritual world, julie centripetal force in ^natnre would I throw everything in toward the1 center, i and the, centrifugal fo^ce/in nature would j throw everything out frctfn the renter, but j the centripetal and th?? centrifugal work ! beantifolly -together. The one force that i wouldthrow everything toward the cenpfgy^^^Mtced by tbe forcc that would ; throw evervthinlW^war^- .if Our world, with 1 j the pull of other, worlds. No^rorlarrio nation, no community. no man, no woman, j ea" afford to exist only for itself or himi fclf or herse'f. The hour in which Job 1 bis that soliloquy about the e^'artrement of h-s prayers-so at i take in his friends and he put into execution his cood resolution was the hour when he felt a tonic, a scditive, a'nervine, a cataplasm, that helned to euro his body and revived his fortunes', till they were a hundred per cent, better than ever before, for the | record is "the Lord gave Job twice as f mrrh as he had before." and tended to mak* him a wonder of longevity, for he I lived 140 years after his troubles were ; gofae. Ob, what a mighty medicament is . the contemplation of and the effort for the welfare of others! ' "But," says some one. "it was 'easy enough fqr Job to pray for his friends. i AnyDoay can ao mar. .mere ars-mos^ to whom we arc obligated for. years or kindness. They stand so close to us in | eympathv and reminiscence and antici! pation that it is easv for us to pray for i thpir welfare/' Well, I see you do not : understand that these friends of Job -were ; the most tantalizing and exasperating ! friends a nnn ever had. Look at their behavior. Whpn they heard of his be| reavements and the accidents by whirlI wind and lightning stroke..they come in j and sat down by him a whole week, seven days and seven nights, and the record i is "none spake a word to him." What | a disreputable and wicked.' s^ence! Mind you, they prorees'ed to be religious men. [ and thev ought to liave;been able to offer ' some religious consolation'.'Tustead of that j they were dumb as the jubfimx which at ! that time stood in t.'ne Afrtfcan desert and stands there still. Why did they not say something about, reutjioti in the heavenly realms with his children, who had been i slain? Why did viey nnt talk to him about the satisfactory .explanations in the future world of things we do not understand in this world?" Why did they not go to the apothecary and., buy a noultice that, would have fi(3ot.liedv*'thc carbuncles, or some quieting potion that would yalm his nerves, or a -few- drops of fehribuce. that would cool "his1 "heated frame? No! For seven days an? seven nisihts they did nothing and said nothing for his relief. Thev must '-have almost bored him to death. :. js .After these three friends hatl co-up^etcd "their infamous silercc of a weelc 'hey berati to lecture Job. First Eliphaz the ..Tenmnite owns with a long story about n dream which lie had in the night and irritates the sufferer with words that make things worse instead of hotter, end * sets him in an attitude of defer.se gainst the lecturer. Then cott>s Bildad the Shuhitc. who gives the invalid a round scolding and , calls Jiini garrulous and practically tells , him that he deserved all that he had pot and that) if ho had behaved himself aright he -would not have lost his house or his children or his estate. He DracHea'Jy said: "Job. I will tell you what is tiu^ mntt?r witn you. j. ou are u.i'i. iui: o hypocrite. Yon are now gottincr paid fbr4 your wickedness." .No wonder'that thihe came from Job an outburst of ir.ditfpation. 'which calls out the other quondam friend, Zophar tlic Naamathite. who^begins denouncing Job by rrtling him. a liar and keeps on the discourse until Job responds to all three of them in the sarcastic words, "No doubt but ye arc the people, and wisdom shall die with you." Oh, what friends Job had! Heaven deliver ua from having one such friend, to say nothing* of having three of thorn. It Mas for such friends that Job prayed, and was it not a religious triumph for him so to do? Would you, the very best of you, be in a very devout mood and capable of making intercession for people who had come to you in a day of trouole and said: "Good if or you. You ought fo be chastised. Ytm-U're being taken in hand bv eternal justice. If you had behaved yourself aright, you would not have been sick or perseeuted or impover- , ished or made childless." Oh, no, m*T JS friend., you would not have felt like Jobh when he prayed for his friends, but mprtf "" j| like Job when he cursed the day of am- J Let us all make simitar attempt topray for those who vex and misrepreeent J and tantalize us. You may bev^ry popu-j lar in the city or neighborhood where yott "i live, but I warrant if you are in active] A life there are those who wish you the op-j J posite of wishing you well. Are you betH v&S evolent? They say it is on your part m Vl matter of personal display. Are you elo?' jjM quent or learned? TKey declare you arer*? overrated and that what you say or wrifc6j?5j| is of no importance. Do}you try to inaka, flg yourself effective in churdh or hospital o^i^H board of directors? They call you 0I5IS ficious. Are you well dressed? They you are proud. Does a false report ptartj'J^B in the community against your character?! -JH They believe it all and add another storjn to the fabrication. Some of them pretend to be friends, hut they have the cudgeldi .jM all ready for you?Eliphaz the Tcmanite^rSH Bildad the Shuhite, Zophar the Naama*h*htjB ite. Now, pray for them. "Oh!" yotff/^S say. "I cannot do that."? I thought yOttj.&S could not. Tut you will grow iq grace hh?j 'JII til you can do it as easily and as well did Job pray for hia exasperators. YoV nnorlif tn nitv them, 'for defamers and tractors and the envious and jealous not happy. They hurt themselves moTeJsH than they hurt you. Better be the pnrajflH sued than the pursuer. Better be the fant Christ than Herod the robber df\ 5 the Bethlehem cradles. You want : 'IB be a better man. You want tb be a betMiiMa ter woman. Then scale this heis&fc 'of. M triumphant prayer, and you will be tea' J times more of a Christian-than yon evetftS? ' Yon people who weigh over 200 pcundg '|1 avoirdupois had better never lose yowgiSH temper, for at such times apoplexy.is far off. Get the equipose ol Job infbak|Mj text, and it will holp you in busi'ieBS &&3S rectioos. Praying for'all offender?, ryoaJsM will have more nerve for, large undert&^^BH ings: you will have a better 1ukmce&^jM| judgment; you will waste no valuable ;tinj(rS^B in trying to get even with your enemie?'*iiM| Try. this height of prayer for your an~\3M tagosiist to-rlay, and if you fail try i{; morrow. Keep on until you accompIjAcQH it, and I should not wonder if, in, additiOfl^HK to the moral and religious strength gives you, it should add a hundred: cent, to your worldly, prosperity. Jo?. xlH,,^.''? 10, "The Lord gave Job twice a* m'ucb-.*? he had before. | What we all need is to get out df iterselves and go ..to helping others, whet&fcr . jl friends or foc3. ^As beautiful an of how this cart'be done I foonoi^^^^H summer in London in the person of ;\<'M ence Nightingale, the heroine of hoq^#i?:' 3 and of- battlefields when there hospitals. Tlie lounge on wuu:iujh?h^b prostrate is a throne of potrfK^feEKlH though she has passed into the.. <5afotw8k'' 9 she trains nurses for sickbeds. and -fyer ,;r31 fiuence is now felt among the in South Africa, while her. memory of the. story of Balaklava, SevasWwgHBv M Inkerman. where England and and Russia grappled. She -told Tfr-JtoMtejm she had net been happy until-she TUMMHKgfl took to a'leviate suffering and that tqjMttfiK she began'that work she had nev^r'mBMH an unhappy day. To thatwork sbe.tWfiaBa secrated her life, her classic at to ;nmefitaJj&j9 her social position, her brilliant pMnflfl ality. Her whole life for others, nnd -twfcjja face Ehow^it. I think so much of hefl^HpHl is to be found in no other hliman <x>BMi|BI tenance. Tennyson's 'Charge of the Brigade" i* not more thrilling to me thaWa-l the woma^nlv bravery and- sacrifi<&*juHm9 took care of those who were sheOfluMB '"M the^ saddles of the "Imhiortal six-'Imra 1 My .textI en threes prayer and 4 a scepter <4o wave over our' ten^poj^^^nMlfl fixed up1 his finances and . rcstored'^hiS^'fJJ homo nr/3 mnde him 80 robust 4f3 that he! lived fourteen decaderf^,?WHB some <pne says, "I do not r?2 prayer! for friends and foes, .becalnj3l*fflH/^ not think that God ?s going to chafigt^ilEpr^^ laws of. nature because we ask- Him rcfVjjH do." yXeither do I think fhat.Q<ni :.Vw|a change Ithe law of mature at otfr-reqwHSH but I am sure that He ans\vere'UprafflJBjB ( through natural law. ' - . '7Jsuk?I A business man may, be in extric&ible?mortgages against hutt closing,, goods to be sola for somraiHtfe^B| beconye unsalable, new invenff|^^HHH^H ebinery making the old ra^^EHE^Ej^^BQ| factorW worthless, all ck^noubles pouncing ^K^f^business crisis, bu?Ni^ facturer get7\jJt the less for making to be for of fabric, the stock of not be sold comes into m'and, and whereas all things him all things are now for No law of nature is broken aadsp&JHHN of_trade. Pl-ayer may have giveft extrication. God, by making a lav,, awa not tie His own hinds with it.: are free to do what you are asked to' do,' v ? is n3t God just as free, or are you er than your Maker? ' <JgH What an opportunity is prayttj-3SHB not oftener use it praying for oUnjmBB and, like Job, praying for others? better work would we do, what lives would we live, what better hopes ,jS would we entertain, if we multiplied and. intensified our prayers! J Some one asked a soldier of Stoneywg^^B Jackson the secret of the great general'# influence over his men. "Does your gen-jjg| eral abuse you, swear at you, to miakfe inarch?" "Swear!" rcpliod the soldier;' "No! Ewell does the swearing;, wall docs the praying. When Dtonen&^Sjl wants us to march he looks at ub sobet}y> ;.|? just as if he were sorry for us, and 'Men, we have got to make a long ma^cot^j^g We always know when there is going tQ.^Sj^H be a long march and right emirt for Stonewall is powerful on prayer just iBj before a big fight." When St9oetarall Jackson was asked the meateing of thtjjmH passage "instant in prayer," He said: ''???3ki you will not mistake and think I am set-va^H ting myself up as an example, which I^jBH am not, I will give an illuBtratioa..^^JHH my own haOit. X nave so nxeu mc of prayer in my mind that I never rais?7^^H glass of water to iny lips without a ment's asking of God's blessing; I flefijgjBw seal a letter without a brief sendingv^Ri^E my thoughts heavenward; I never changffiftjB my classes in the section room withontf|^| a minute's petition for the cadets who gtsnfl out and those who comc in." V Now, if God has during 'these remauk^Sw shown us the uses, the importanoe^itJqi^^H blessedness of prayer, suppose we tra;WjHyj do what Job did when he prayed exasperators. Many of r.s at the ning of this subject felt that while'"mi ,JH could pray for ourselves and pray:, 'for those who were kind to us we never could roach the high point of religious Upfr-ij?| rien.'e in which we could pray for who annoy ns and make us feei worse ibOflflj stead cf feeling better. That was 'a Mat-wM tcrhorn, tnat was an Alp, to the top oi which we feared we could never clirab^jBS hut Ave thank God that by His omnipotent grace we have reacbsd that hcight^fljj at last. Let iis.pray! Oh, Christ, who didst prav for Thine assassins, we notrmJ pray for those who despitefully use us andjKl iav all manner of evil against us. For aftfll their eternal salvation we supplicatel'^^B When time is no more, may they reign on thrones and wear coronets and ?wajr;5JM sceptres of heavenly dominion. Mean-l while take the bitterness from their soul n and make them Soon think as well of as now they think evil. Spare their bodies. from pain and their households from be-( ' reavemcnt. After all the misunderstand* ings and controversies of this life are oveif j Jj may we keep with them eternal jubilee j| in the mansions on the hill, and as Thou didst turn the captivitv of Job when hq -'.9 had prayed for those who badly used him, S and health came to his body and prospe^j 'jfl itv to his estate, now that we t have bjj Thy prrace been able to make'sumjlic^ flj tion for our antagonists, cure ouir dia? 1 eases. if ye arc ill. and restore our^BtateJ JB if it hasf been scattered; and awaken glad- .J ncsa in "our homesteads, if they have been JH bereft; and turn'Jie captivity of our phys? Jffl ical pain or financial misfortune or mem-^'.^^tj tal distress, and Thine shall be the king?H^H dom and the power and glory forever &n?. j^B ever- Ampul ??-" *? jSUL