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Mynhei BY ST. QEORQ* COPYBIGHT 180*5, BOBI X?"''' CHAPTER X. * PLAYING TEN-PINS WITH A HUMAN BALL. The liead of a man is outlined in the window ? features invisible, for It is only a silhoutte against the background formed by the moonlight without. Evidently the unknown has some of the climbing qualities of an ape, since he has clambered up the face of a wall ten feet in height, aided by only a few running vines. .Mynneer joe sums ms icem iu&vt.ijer with a click, and then, turning partly over, coolly watches the window, not forgetting to breathe regularly, as a sleeping person might. The head remains stationary for perhaps a minute, and it is evident that the man Is bending his ear to listen eagerly. Then the head vanishes once more. Joe takes advantage of the respite to change his position still more, assuming one where he can concentrate all his muscles into giving a tremendous leap. Then he calmly awaits the turn of events. Before long the head reappears again, this time seeming to have more confidence than on previous occasions. Nor does the man stop there?his shoulders appear and gradually he pushes his way up over the sill of the window. Ah, he is coming in, this uninvited guest! Now he has passed the Rubicon and crouches upon the floor?Joe can just see him in the moonlight and at the same time notes another fact that fills him with wonder. A second head has bobbed up beyond the line of the sill. Again he has the dark silhouette against the light background. "rv?T>fiicJnn I" thlnlrc trnvplpr. "Are my apartments about to be invaded by an army? Has El Mahdi sent his advance guard against Cairo, or are they just common, every-day robbers bent on plunder!" He is not the man to lose time in useless speculation. Precious seconds are passing, and something must be done at once ere more of his unknown enemies gain the room. Fortunately this man is accustomed to meeting emergencies, and thinks very little of it under ordinary circumstances. His plan of action is very simple and characteristic of his nature. The recumbent form upon the couch becomes imbued with sudden life. It Is as if steel springs have been given to it. A stone could not be shot from a catapult with greater rapidity than he passes through space. There is hardly a sound to indicate his coming, and the crouching wretch upon the floor cannot have sufficient warning to get out of the way. He *" ? Of>/l IVlnn CATYIO. ileal O a I UOUIU^ uvJOCt auu tuvu OV1UVtiling falls upon him, just as the eagle swoops on Its prey. A brief struggle ensues, during which the unknown emits several cries of rage. The man at the window hardly knows what to do, as he cannot tell the exact status of things inside, but believing his assistance may be needed he starts to crawl over the sill. At this instant something comes against him with crushing force. It Is the body of his companion, -whom Mynheer Joe has bodily raised, with 1 all the strength of his powerful arms, and tossed toward the opening. This conclusion proves too much for the fellow who is in the act of clam- ' bering in. He looses his hold, clutches j at the body of his companion, and, locked each other's arms, they go plunging down to the flags below. Joe bears the thud of their fall, and immoilintelv lr?r>ks out of thp windrow. He sees a writhing mass below. Then a man scrambles to his feet ami scut"tles across the open, looking more like a skulking jackal than aught else. A groan from below. The second fellow is picking himself up now. He, too, moves off with a painful limp, as though his fall has given him cause for suffering. Mynheer Joe laughs aloud in a mocking way. "Come again, my friends! The latchstring is always out!" he calls softly. There is no answer. And the second skulking form hides itself, as did the first, among the shadows on the other side of the plaza. The traveler still leans from his window and ponders. There is something about this business that puzzles him, and causes his brow to assume a serious, thoughtful expression. What did these men seek?his money or his life? The first thought is, of course, that they were ordinary robbers. Cairo swarms with thpm in snitp nf precaution; and there is no more cunning thief in the world than be of Egypt?he can give bis fellows all over the globe points and beat them. A second idea that has flushed into Joe's mind is connected with the False Prophet. El Mahdi has emissaries iu Cairo. Can it be that already the word has been passed among them to do him to death?him, the sole foreign survivor of the Kbartoom massacre? Even this, though singular, seems to be near the truth, and yet Mynheer Joe has a third idea. He gropes after it in darkness, net being able to grasp the details and make a connected theory of it. "Well?" comes in a calm voice not more than five feet away from his ears, causing Joe to turn his bead Immediately. Hp kpps :i human head in tlip mnnn light, thrust from an adjoining -window. It is Mr: Grimes who lias spoken. Then Joe remembers the peculiar circumstances of his awakening. Could it be possible that after all he beard a voice whisper: "Mynheer Joe, awake?danger!" "They have gone but are not forgotten," murmurs Grimes, humorously. "You saw them, then?" asks Joe, quickly. "Well, rather," replies the other, chuckling; "and If that last fellow don't feel sore to-morrow, I'm mistaken in my guess." .'is.' : i. ' . er Joe.] 4 ; FATHBORNE. :bt Boxseb's Soks. j "I hope he will?it may lead to identify the rascal. Mr. Grimes?" "Yes." "Was It you who warned me?" "I whispered through a crack in the wall in about the spot where I believed your bed to be." "A thousand thanks, my dear sir. When I awoke I hardly knew whether I had dreamed it or not. Then my eye caught the fellow's head at the window. I waited until he crawled in and then doubled both up together." "Very neatly done, sir, I must say. These rascally thieves are very daring just at present" "I have been thinking it over and had about come to the conclusion that these fellows were bent upon something else." "Eh! You mean murder? That tney are some of the Mahdi's followers or spies, determined to have vengeance on you for the part you took at Khartoom?" says Mr. Grimes. "Perhaps so. Are you dressed, sir?" "Partially so. I couldn't sleep and was looking out of the window from an easy chair when I heard a noise and caught sight of the sly rascals climbing up the wall like a couple of monkeys. I was puzzled at first bow to warn you, and only hit upon that little scheme as a happy thought Glad to know it worked so well." "Would you mind coming into my room ?" "Not at all," responds the pseudo silver king, cheerfully. "I am always at the service c& my friends, and particularly Mynheer Joe." "I want to investigate somethingthink I've got a clew to a still darker piece of business." "Good for* you, my boy!" Mr. Grimes's head vanishes from the window. When, a few minutes later, he opens the door of Joe's room, which the latter has unfastened, he finds that worthy has lighted a lamp, with which the.room is fortunately provided in place of the ordinary candle. Mynheer Joe seems to be bending low, as if examining something on the floor. Has the man upon whom he pounced been wounded, and does Joe " -*- * 4.1.X 4-Ur* xniDK ne can leuru uuj'tiiiu^ num iuc stains left behind As Mr. Grimes bends over his shoulder he makes a discovery that forces an exclamation from his lips. Upon the floor can be seen the fragments of a small vial that has evidently been shattered by some violent concussion. This, in itself, is not what wrenches that cry from the detective. He sees the matting covering the floor discolored and eaten into fcty some powerful agent. "What do you say?" asks Jbe, solemnly. Mr. Grimes rubs one finger over the ruined matting and feels the result almost immediately. "There can be no question about the nature of that acid," he replies, and his whole manner is sober, as though lie realizes the extreme gravity of the situation. Mynheer Joe nods his head. "It is the proof I was looking for. My suspicions now have a double foundation. I no longer grope in the dark?I see." "One thing is as evident toMmo as the nose on your face. You have a foe who would hesitate at nothing in order to gain revenge. A fiend in mortal shape for whom the tortures of the Inquisition would be too good!" "Exactly! You understand, this party does not seek my death, but would make me a hideous object for life, from whom women, and one woman in particular, must turn with shuddering horror." "Good heavens, Joe, can you mean it?" "Does not the evidence point that way. The one woman to whom I have reference?let me be plain in this?is Molly Tanner. Who is it bates me because she smiles on me. You, yourself, told me this baron was a human fiend who had fought numerous duels and who looked upon the lives of his fellows as mere steppingstones by means of which he could climb upward!" "Perhaps you are right, sir," says Grimes, reflectively. He cannot quite come to the conviction that a white man could be guilty of such a dastardly piece of business. "And I grow more positive of it with every breath that I draw. I have not yet told you of the first cause for such a suspicion that came to me," pursues Joe, in the earnest way that marks his advance always. "Suppose you do?" "When I jumped on the fellow who was crouching here, I must have sent this vial flying from his hand?see where it struck the wall and was smashed. My idea, of course, was to clutch him and toss the rascal through the open window, but he squirmed like an eel, and hence I was compelled to deal him several blows about the ribs to quiet him. It was during the progress of this little campaign that the fellow gave utterance to several cries. He was not a Moor nor an Arab nor yet a fellah who called out, but a Hindoo, beseeching Bniluna to save liim from the foreign devil." Mr. Grimes gives vent to an expression that marks surprise, and yet, being a very conservative man, lie is not wholly ready to agree with his friend. "You are sure there could be no mistake?" he asks, realizing what this discovery on the part of Mynheer Joe really means. "I can stake my life on it. Having traveled over India and spent much time among the natives, I am competent to judge. The man I iossea out or wie window as mougn he were a bundle of sticks was beyond all question a Hindoo, and the only one I have met in all Cairo has been the man whom you pointed out as a follower of the baron, who was -ivivSi-jStte*.fki-?; to prove 80 valuable to him when be reached the land of the Ganges." "Then I must believe it?that baron is a fiend in his way. He has a long head, too, for already has he seen that you are the man destined to give him the most trouble in connection with Molly, and he would in the start knock you out of the race." Myntieer Joe snrugs ms snouiuurs. "I see very plainly that I shall have to be the death of this baron yet, or else he must take my life. Think ol it, man: Ten hours ago I did nol know he existed; now the world is toe small for both of us to live." "Astonishing! Never heard of sucb a rapid advance in my life!" declare* the other. "And yet it is perfectly legitimate. You understand that there is a difference here. I have known Molly, in one sense, much longer than this maD has; yes, and have had a claim upon her gratitude, something to keep her mind fixed upon mc, so that she recognized me at sight. Something tells me this baron and myself will yet meet face to face as foes." "If you do, I trust your good angel will be hovering near to guard and protect. The baron is an exceedingly dangerous man. I have been watching him at my leisure here, and learned enough to tell me that he is unscrupulous and crafty; besides, his Government has surrounded him with a bulwark of defense. You must not underrate this man, my friend, whatever else you do. He is in the habit of having his own way with men. I have coon riimhors of thosp ivhnm T be lleved to be at least ordinarily brave men bow and smile before him, as tliougb they actually feared his power." "Bah! That is not in Mynheer Joe's line at all. I am an American, and I bend my head to no man in obeisance, with all respect to the crowned heads of Europe. Let the fight come off. We shall see who wins." The baron will, at least, have an adversary in Mynheer Joe who knows no fear?one who has met danger In all its guises and wrested victory from many a threatened defeat When two such men meet in deadly array, the result is sure to be interesting?to those who ma^ look on as spectators. Mr. Grimes cautions his friend to sleep with one eye open after this. "Do you know what I've a notion to td?" says Joe, deliberately. "Gather up the remains of this broken vial, wrap them up securely, anff by special messenger send them to the baron in the morning, with some such line as this: 'First attempt a failure. Try again, dear baron.' Or perhaps I might say: 'If you could only have seen the chap who carried this plunge through the window, baron!'" Mynheer Joe is inclined to be facetious, but his companion looks furthei and sees more clearly. "That would be imprudent, my friend," he suy6. "Tell me exactly how." "Well, you unmask your batteries and let him know that you have discovered his advance. That is what Wf call bad policy in a game." "Ah, yes, I begin to see alreadf." "Par better to keep him in ignorance and then you have the advantage He may never know that you suspect him. Let it be set down that some rascally robbers attempted to get ir your room and you fired 'em out." "I had an idea, you understand, thai by letting this man know I was od to his game I could hold him responsible for the future." "Nonsense! The baron would be responsible for nothing. He's as slip pery as an eel. Depend upon it, you can't meet him squarely. But if you ever get the better of him, it will be by using his own weapons." There is sound advice in this, which Mynheer Joe may profit by. It must not be understood that he is ignorant of such characters. He has met all kinds and conditions of men during his years of travel, and even among the blacks of the African wilds been compelled to overcome strategy with the same tactics. After a little more talk, Mr. Grimes retires to his room, and Mynheer Joe throws himself down upon his cot again. It is hardly probable that the same intruders will attempt nnything more in that line, at least not on thK night. [To be Continued.] Newtpnpera In the Colleges. President Harper has expressed his approval of an address recently made by President Tucker, of Dartmouth, In which the latter said that the newspaper ought to be studied in college; not journalism in the sense in which business colleges propose to teach it, but the actual newspaper itself. Journalism has, according to the same authority, become such an immense pow"" <>? irnrul nr h.nrl in this rountrv that every young man when ho comes out of college stould lenow which are worthy newspapers and which are not. The good ones should be used as "texthooks," so to speak, in the college course, and every student should prepare himself for possible participation in the conduct of a great newspaper. In this the learned President seems just to reverse the French adage that "journalism Itfnds to all careers;" it Is evidently his opinion that all careers lead sooner or later to journalism. A Queer Combination. The boys of Columbus, especially those who live iu the neighborhood of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, have fought and played with the inmates of the same for so many years that it is no uncommon thing for them to bo almost as familiar with the sign language as though compelled to use it. So there was nothing unusual in the sight the other day of a boy who was asking some questions verbally of a companion and then telegraphing his answers with his fingers to a (leaf mute over in the grounds. A country woman, who was passing, however, stared at him nonplused for a moment, and then, catehing her daughter's arm, exclaimed: "Oh, look, Mary Jane! Look: There's a deaf and dumt boy and a common person all in one!" ?Ohio State Journal. Cuts and Doc* in China. Blaok dops and cats are the favorites in China in the line of food, because when eaten in midsummer they are believed to insure health and strength. TUT^ E1S)1@T& New York City.?The waist that includes a deep yoke, narrow front and bertha holds a high place among the designs of the season. The smart May Manton design illustrated has the ad FANCY WAIST. < ? j vantage of suiting both the costume i and the odd bodice, and all will be j found generally becoming. The orig- j inal is made from Louisine silk in 3 pastel blue with bertha of cream ( guipure, undersleeves of white chif- 1 fon and trimming of black velvet rib- 1 bon, but taffeta, panne crepe, crepe t de chine and all the soft finished silks 1 are suitable, while charming effects j can be obtain?d with veiling, albat- [ toss, wool crepe and the like. 1 The fitted lining consists of the usual pieces and opons at the centre front The back is faced to give the yoke effect, but the front yoke and 1 plastron are entirely separate, being attached to the r'ght side and hooked e over onto the left. The waist proper a is tucked at each front edge and is ar- g ranged in gathers at the waist line, r the bertha finishing the upper edge, j The sleeves embody the latest novelty t and are cut short, with points at the r lower edge, to fall over the full cuffs t or undersleeves that, in turn, are fin- i ished with straight cuffs and may be t unlined, to allow the wrists to be f FANCY WAIST TV seen through their meshes when the material is of a transparent sort. To cut this waist for a woman of j: medium size three and five-eighth c yards of material twenty-one inches c wide, two and three-quarter yards twenty-seven inches wide, two yards thirty-two inches wide or one and five-eighth yards forty-four inches r will be required with three and one- j half yards for unders'.eeves, one yard s of all-over lace for the bertha, and one piece of velvet ribbon to trim as illustrated. Woman's Fancy Walsl. fl The square yoke and the bertha are s among the notable features of the sea- a son's styles and lend themselves to * various combinations with 6atisfae- J tory effect. The smart May Manton ^ waist illustrated in the large drawing 1 shows wool crepe in pastel blue with c yoke and undersleeves of cream cluny lace and trimming of black vel- a vet ribbon and is exceedingly effec- i' tive, but the design is in every wry T suited to a variety of light weight d wools and soft rilks while the combin- t ?'!" < y.o.-> 1i? Borio/1 uifnin an/I a?rnin uuuu vau uc ??***.?? ?v. "O | Yoke and undersleevcs of chiffon or t Liberty silk with a figured Lcuisine u silk are exceedingly handsome, crepe 1 de chine with point de Veni6e is beau- c tiful and similar materials might be r suggested by the score. r The fouudation for the waist is a fitted lining that closes at the centre front. The yoke is faced onto the back, but made separate at the front and included in the right shoulder and neck seams while it hooks over into the left. The front of the waist is gathered at the upper edge and seamed to the lining closing invisibly in front and the seamless back is laid in tiny pleats at the waist line. The bertha is attached to the wa'st, effectually concealing the seam that joins the yoke to the main portion, and closes with the yoke at the left shoulder seam. The front of the waist may he cut on the fold of material and closed with the bertha at the shoulder, around arras eye and underarm seams if so preferred. The sleeves are cut after the latest style aud include the full under portions that are 15 .-? .1 i 4. -l. -v i r I uunueu auu seameu iu iutr jimn,_ ui the upper sleeves. At the neck is a n stock collar of the lace that closes tJ invisibly at the centre back. q To cut this waist for a v/oman of o medium size, three ai?d one-half jards r< /-S 0 ft> of material twenty-one inches wide, three yards twenty-seven inches wide, or one and three-quarter yards forty four inches wide will be required with three-quarter yards of all-over lace. Bicycle Skirt* For 1901. .Bicycle skirts must, of course, he shorter than those for golf need be; so, as a rule, it is necessary to have separate and distinct outfits for the two sports. A bicycle skirt will be found very much more comfortable if lined with silk, that lining being cooler and more slippery than the plaid woolen reverse side of the golfing cloths. Under tbe skirt knickerbockers are, of course, indispensable. These in all seasons are better made of silk, lined with thin flannel for winter, if necessary, for warmth. Pongee or wash silk is best for summer. A less expensive material for making knickeroocKers ior summer use, however, and almost ae satisfactory, is grass lineD. Bicycling skirts Df pique and duck are auite oractical. -Harper's Bazar. Clnstered Stripes. Clustered stripes, or rather a group )f lines interspaced at intervals, are patterned upon the new linens shown 'or shirt waists. The stripes are in solid color on a white ground, or on i pale ground of the same color. Or rou have clusters of black lines introluced upon a lavender, sea-green, aspberry-pink or deep-blue linen. The )lues are bright but clear, and avoid he "bluest" shade popular in other seasons. Now and then linked rings n black are printed upon the linen. Tan and golden-brown linens are as landsome as any. Bntton Rose*. "Button roses," as they are called, ire tiny flowers made in pink and vhlte chiffon, delicately shaded to reiemble nature. These are not sold ilngly, but are made up in bunches, imall sprays and garlands for trlmning the decoletage of an evening jown. xQu can have the button roses >f simple chiffon, or they are sold eady powdered with glassy dew lrops. Green leaves and green stems ire provided for these miniature roses, i nrnt+ir riotnil f\t a lof?T*o ovon Inv Itj UV V?*i? Vk I* W V ? jown. ITH BERTHA. i Taffeta and Ribbon. Taffeta and velvet ribbons formed nto various laee-like designs are ileverly stitched in all-over roses on :loth gowns. A Stunning Outing Hat. i A very stunning < \ ting hat for sum- 1 ner shows a felt crown and a straw jrim, both white and trimmed with a oft Persian silk scarf. ( Five-Gored Skirt 'With Band Flounce. ( The five-gored skirt lias the great 1 .dvantage of never going out of 1 tyle. Slight variations there may be * md details may require to be changed , tut the general cut remains. The May , Janton model illustrated is made < ritb stitched seams and includes the j atest novelty in the band flounce that ' ompletes the lower edge. The orig- i nal is of gray satin faced cloth, but 1 .11 skirt materials are suitable, chev- j ot, serge, homespun and similar i coolen fabrics as well as the heavy J lucks and linens that are made on t allored lines. The front gore is narrow and gives he desired tapering effect the figire. The wider side gores are smooth- ? y fitted with hip darts :.nd the ful- i J less at the back is laid in an inverted j J ilcat. The flounce is finished with * ows of machine stitching. 1 t a HiiHT? ^ FIVE-CORED SKIRT. 1 i To cut .liis skirt for a woman of j ledium size eight yards of material j liirty-two inches wide, five and one- a uarter yards foriy-'our inches wide 1 r five yards fifty inches wide will l*i * equired. .l-j- ; THE SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR MAY 12. Snbjcct: The Great Commission, Matt, xxvili., 10-20 ? Golden Text, Matt, xxvllt., 20 ? Memory Verges, 18-20 ? Commentary on the Day's Lesson. 16. "Then." Matthew does not notice, any of the important events that have taken place between Christ and His disciples since the morning of the resurrection. They did not (to immediately into Galilee, but waited in Jerusalem at least one week, when Christ appeared to them again, on Sunday night, April 16. While they were waiting in Galilee for the appointed time of the meeting Jesus surprised seven of them at the sea of Galilee (John 21: 1-23), and fully restored Peter to his former position among the disciples. Soon after that interview occurs the sgeoial meeting oi co-days lesson. This was His eighth appearance. "The eleven." While there is no mention here that any besides the eleven were present, yet it is the general ODinion that the whole body of the disciples had come together, and that this was the time when Christ appeared to the 500 brethren referred toby Paulin 1 Cor. 15: 6. "Into Galilee." Why did Christ have this meeting in Galilee? This having been the principal scene of Christ's ministry, the greatest part of His followers lived there, and for this reason He chose to make His most solemn and public apoeaijance in that country. "Had appointed them." Jesus had evidently named the mountain. Lange calls attention to Matthew's three sacred mountains: 1. The mount of the Beatitudes. 2. The mount of the Transfiguration. 3. The mount of the great Resurrection Meeting. 17. "When they saw Him." "There was Romethine mysterious and supernatural in the mnriifpQfflfinn nf tVin rrln-niGd The more devoted and loving discioles were probably the first to recognize their Lord. ''They worshiped Him." They gave divine honor to Him, 'which was signified by some outward expressions of adoration. Those who see Jesus with an eve of faith are always true worshipers of Him. They are ready to bow humbly at His feet and give Him the love that is due Him. "But some doubted." Certainly none of the eleven after what had taken place at previous interviews at Jerusalem, but if the 500 were now present, we may well believe this of some of them. Lange and others agree with this idea. These doubts were afterward removed from their minds, and all doubts should also be removed from our minds. The resurrection of Christ is the greatest miracle of which we have an account in the Bible, and has been established beyond the possibility of a mistake. 18. "And Jesus came to them." (R. V.) This drawing near was manifestly a SDecial approach unto those who were doubting. All authority." (R. V.) Authority and power differ; for many have authority to do what they have no power to do, while others have power but no authority. Our Lord's authority implies power also. Christ was about to commission His apostles, and send them out with authority as ambassadors to the nations, and He first shows them by -what authoritv He acta. "Hath been given." (R. V.) He did not assume it, or usurp it, but it was given Him; He was legally entitled to it and invested in it by a erant from Him who ia the Fountain of all power. God set Him King (Psa. 2: 6), inaugurated and enthroned Him. Luke 1: 32. As God, equal with the Father, all power was originally and essentially His, but as Mediator, aa God-man, all power was given Him. In heaven and in earth." Christ has authority and power in heaven. 1. to intercede with the Father. 2. To send down the Holv Spirit. 3. To raise up His followers. 4. To give them a seat at His right hand in kingdom of endless glory. He has authority and power "on earth." (R. V.) 1. To convert sinners. 2. To sanctifv, protect and perfect His church. 3. To subdue all nations to Himself. 4. Over death. 5. To judge the world. 6. He also has authority and power over all the forces of nature. 19. "Go ye therefore." This commission is given primarily to the apostles, who were to carry on and establish the work Christ had inaugurated. What must have been the feelings which such a commission awakened! We conquer the world for Thee, Lord, who have scarce conquered our own misgivings?we, fishermen of Galilee. with no learning, no means, no in flu ence? And make disciples. (R. V.) They were not to go and subdue, or pronounce judgments against the nations, but to make disciples by preaching the gospel of Christ?a gospel of peace and love. Henceforth they were to be fishers of men. If we are true ministers of Christ we will win men to the truth and thus lean them to obtain salvation. "Of all the nations." (R. V.) This word of Christ breaks down the middle wall of partition which had so lone excluded the Gentiles from the visible church. The apostles at first were forbidden to eo to the Gentiles, now they are sent to all nations. The Gentiles are to be christianized without first being made Jews. The commission given to the aoost'es is still binding on the Christian cliureli. Christs words, according to Mark, arc, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to everv creature." How can Christians fold their arms contentedly, in the presence of the world's great need? "Baptizing them." This was to be a sign th.it they had left their heathen religions, ind had become true converts to Christianity. "Into the name." (R. V.) This means that converts are nledzed bv baptism to a faith which has for its object the being designated bv that name, and which u.k 1.1 : u;_ Tk? uj iuu:s ljicxii iritu uuu'ii wim juiii, jl jic word "name" has a wide and deep meaning: it imnlies a living realitv, a nower, and in Scripture, when anplied to God. is pouivalent to the Godhead. "Father?Holy Ghost." Here we have the trinity clearly pet forth. There is One God, with one undivided name and nature, who exists as three Divine Persons, under the personal distinction of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 20. "Teachins them." It is the duty of the apostles and ministers of Christ t.o instruct (hose who become dwioles or learners. "To observe." etc. What Christ has rommanded must be taueht and observed. IVe are to "observe"?pay attention to and shov. "all things"?not merelv those thines which s"it us best, but all the moral duties. without exception, that Christ has commanded. "T am with you alway." Literally. I am with von every day. In th* person of the Holy Spirit, Christ would opver be absent from them n single day. rhis should bo a source of no little ^ncourip-oment to all true ministers of tbp gospel. He is not coming. Hp is here with u? now. 1. Hp is with both the weak and the strong. 2. He i? in the bnttle as wpII . ? tt_ 'il i:r? us the vicriry. j. 1 "? is wim un m ;uc ind in d^ath. 4. In tirr* and in eternity. "(Jnto the enH." etr. Untn t^? end of :ime. "Amen." Omitted in R- V. British ttirflig, Dentlis nnd Marring*?* ' Some interesting points are found n the innual report of the Registrar General of Jirtli. Deaths and Marriages of the United \iugdoni. In 1S90 the marriages reached he highest number recorded since 187G, iggrcgating 262,334, or 1C.5 per 1000. The >irtlis numbered 928,G4G, equal to 29.3 per 000. The deaths numbered 581,799, equal o 18.3 per 1000, and there were 28*14 suiiiles. This is the first year on record that lot a sing'.e death {r' ' ''uiouhobia has iten reported. t7nj>tit>ll*h?fl Hymn Ijy LongfeJloTr. An unpublished hymn written by Henry V ads worth Longfellow lias been discovred among the private letters at the Longellow house in Doston. The hymn is cnitled "Christo et Eeciesiae," and was writen for the dedication of Appleton Chapel, hich took place ca Oclobcr 17, 1838. Mrs. .onirf.illow does not wish to eivc out tlie >o?ra for publication just now, and she as not deiinitely decided where the hymn s firs': to be published. Why the hymn ra^ not read at the dedication of liarvld's cliapcl is not known. The Fafrnre of Alaska. Dr. Cabell Whitehead, Assaver of tho Hint, at Washington, is about starting for lis annual trip to the Alaska gold fields. '1 wish to mr...e a prediction," he said, 'and have it recorded for future reference, n ten years' time Alaska will be producng oAe-half the world's supply of copper, nd ^ftttle will be the city through which he^K of the United States will transact ub^^wallv all it<* business with tint region." HI r . J&l 4 GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN. PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THEH WORLD'S GREATEST PROPHETS. H The Easter Joy?Immortality t Reallty-dfl Secrets of Good Cheer ? Held FraltJM of Love and Hoi I neat?Bare Grain andl Wheat Harvest?Glorious Posslblllty^^^ Who says that Easter joy is strange?. H Ob, when I lift miue eyes BM And see that distant garden tomb B From which oar Lord did rise, H My 8oal is thrilled as when a harp Qj May feel the evening breeze, fl Or when the wiad from azure hills 9 Sweeps through the forest treses. M Id thought I'll lie close by that tttnbjfl My Saviour's face I see! H Thy resurrection, dearest Lord, H How much it means to me! B| I cannot sing a seraph's song, H No crown of gold can give But may I not Thy spirit catch,' Like Thee for others live? May I not take to timid hearts This message of Thy grace, That death to faith a garden is, \ Where Thou wilt show Thy face? N ?Rev. Edward A. Band. Immortality a Beallty. Hope of immortality never painted a rainbow of promise on pagan tears. It never engraved a motto of hope on & pagan tombstone. There are isolated verses in the Old Testament which indicate that occasional prophets of Israel, ^n moments of supreme inspiration, experienced a momentary hope respecting the futuro; but these isolated utterances are like gleams of sunshiae breaking through a tempestuous sky, while the wind still sweeps through the skeleton trees, and the rain still falls in drear; torrents. There is not a patch of blue sky?no, not even in the Psalms of santruine David, or the vision of inspired Isaiah. Christ's resurrection brought life and immortality to light. It converted the fabric of a dream into an historic reality; it transformed a despairing hope into a calm assurance. To the believer in Christ's resurrection, immortality is no longer a hope. He looks in .through the open door and sees the world of light beyond. Once every voyager on the unknown sea was a Columbus, setting sail for he knew not what. Now every Christian voyager is an emigrant startiag out for an Eldorado; knowing that it exists, only not knowing what wealth of possibilities it contains. "For now is Christ risen, and become the first fruits of them that slept-"?Lyman Abbott, D. D. Secret* of Good Cheer. What are the brethren and sisters to do who have not happy temperaments? Give up, and say, "It is very well for men born glad to be glad?we would have been born so, too, had we been consulted?" There is better to do than that. We can at least watch the gladfaced people, and see if we can catch any secret from them?a secret perhaps unknown to themselves. I am sure there is something more than temperament in iheir business of good cheer. There are four secrets, at least, which seem to go to the making of cheer, when the cheer is habitual and can stand strain; four statable rules that train the eye and the heart to see the beauty of roadsides and make us go laughingalone the life-oath. For easy remem brance let us put the recipe into a Vme, and make the rules jingle; A task to do, And a clear inside; A friend to help, And the sunny side. ?Rev. W. C. Ganneti Yield Frnlt* of Love and Holiness. The palm tree, the Arabs say, stands with its feet in salt water and itB head in the sun. Ofttimes they cannot drink the water found in the oasis where the palm grows, it is so brackish. Then they tap the tree and drink the sweet palm wine which flows out. "The tree, by the magic of its inner life, so changes the elements found in the unkindly soil around it, that they minister to its growth and strength and fruitbearing." It takes the evil of its environment and transmutes it into good. This ifc a parable of spiritual life. It is possible for us to live as it were with our feet in the mire of sin's bitterness, our life smitten meanwhile by fierce temptations, and yet yield the fruits of love and holiness. If we have Christ in us, there is a magic power in our life which rejects the evil and assimilates ? > *-? n-Sl [DC gOOd, Will I'll luivca iuc cm uuu transforms it. The world has no powerH to harm us if our life be hid with ChristH in God.?J. R. Miller, D. D., in "TheH Golden Gate of Prayer." 9 Bar? Grftln and Wheat Harreat. The fruitfulness of nature is a parable H of the fruitfulness of the cross. If the^J resurrection life slieds light upon the darkness of Calvary's sorrow, this para-^| ble which Paul uses when seeking to un-^| fold the mysteries of the risen Lord gives H us a rich lesson concerning the fruitfulness of suffering. The fact is so evident. H| The purpose for which the life in the^J seed is wrapped about with foods and^l coverings is simply that it. the material seed* may perish as it gives itself toH make possible its part of wheat harvest.^! We do not need to go to Paul's letters[H to find thi? parable. It is spread abroad H before us during these mellow days when^f life is waking in the uncounted millions^! of seeds. Every such waking is a para-^B ble. The resurrection is written in theH heart of nature. It is only a parable, H| but it is full of meaning for the one who^| will read it. H Glorlona Possibility That la Onrt. H All that the great sun and the soft showers and the hidden energies of the earth can be to the seed, that, all that, the Lord Jesus Christ is come to be to us. We, too, think of ourselves?hard, dead, without any capacity for goodness. Alas! our longings and dreams do but mock us. But what if the very Lord and Giver of life Himself do come to be our life, to give us Himself for our unfolding as the sun and shower do give themselves to the seed: What limit is there, tbeu, to the glorious possibility that is ours? So doth He. the Almighty Saviour, staud in our midst; so, blessed be His name, doth He give Himself to us.?Mark Guy Pearse. Life goes from test to test; it is like any other business?the more you know, the more is put upon you.?Mrs. Humphry Ward. "Life is a succession of choices. One cannot often have this and that, but this or that." |H Splen<ii?1 Nevr Onn for "Snvy, HE Tlic first of the nev.- type of live-inch naval guns designed for cruisers of the Denver class was tested at the Indian Head proving grounds, at Washington, with HH very satisfactory results. A projcctile weighing sixty pounds was fired v:ith a HB powder charge of twenty-six pounds. The muzzle velocity reached the exceptionally high figure of 2990 feet per second, show-^H ing a muzzle energy of 3724 foot tons. This is sixty-i'ive per cent, more muzzle energy than guns of the same type have maae^H heretofore. It is suflicient to pierce seven inches of Krupn armor at the muzzle and five inchcs of Krupp ^rmor at 2000 yards. 1JH Koer ^Var'* Cont to Canaan. 9H The Sou lit Afiieau war will cost Canadf^H about $2,000,000- jH >