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Mynhe ; BY ST. QEORl Copyright 1893, R CHAPTER XXL [Continued.] "My plan, broadly speaking and Without the details that must be arranged later, is something like this: .We will arrange matters so that the baron steps into the little parlor of the spider. He sees a luscious morsel there and is tempted to devour it. Just then his feet are entangled in the web and he finds himself powerless. After that he leaves the country on board a sailing-vessel, to be landed perhaps on a desert island or conveyed to South America. The chances are ten to one he will never care to indulge in any more of these games in case he lives to reach Russia again." "Your idea -is a good one. Of course, It must be understood that under no circumstances will the hand of the British authorities he seen in anything * .we undertake." "That can be arranged easily enough. Things are often done sub rosa, and nothing left to tell the tale." "Ah! A thought strikes me; let us have it out while I find it fresh on my mind. You spoke of an attractive bait" Mr. Grimes bites his lips. "That was it, Joe." "You had something definite on your mind when you spoke In that way?" "I did for a fact," watching his companion out of the corner of bis eye. "Someone I know, sir?" "Well, I am free to confess it.** "Plainly, then, Mr. Grimes, you had reference- to aiiss Tanner." '"To be equally frank with you, I did, my boy. You frown. I understand your feelings to a dot. You have my sympathy, my dear fellow. If that will do you any good." Mynheer Joe frowns savagely now. ) "Give up the idea, sir." I "Why so?" "Because I put my foot down upon It." At this, the other arches his eyebrows and pretends to be taken aback. Not that he is-at all convinced that his plans must be altered, for it chances that Mr. Grimes is quite a stubborn man in his way. "Pardon me, Mynheer Joe, but for once I must decline to see your authority. This young woman has a father, and he is one of the party. I have had a talk with him. He gives his consent to the plan I sketched for his benefit." "Confusion: wen, wnat n ne aoesr Because a foolish father agrees to endanger his child's happiness, her life even, is thatf^ny reason I should aiso consent? Not for Joseph, sir. I come down flat-footed against the idea." And the traveler looks as though he might annihilate the person who could thus propose such a thing to him. "The young lady agrees to it," says Grimes, in a most nonchalant manner. "What! You have spoken of It 10 \ Molly?" flashes from Joe's Hps. This hot-shot really crumbles his last bulwark away. "Yes. lou remember we three were left last night. I was about to retire, as I bad a lame ankle and a headache, when a native servant came with a message from Tanner. I hobbled to his room and found Molly there. " A -A 1- -4. ---- 41 X li birucb. iue at uuue umi iucic was something in the wind, for while the young lady's face looked serious, that of the Illinois legislator was black as a thunder-cloud. Before one word had been spoken, I was able to understand that trouble was in the air, and could give a shrewd guess as to who was to blame. In his own peculiar, blunt way, the senator began to tell me, now and then calling upon his daughter to refresh his mind. Thus I was soon in possession of the whole Btory. "To be brief in telling you, it seems \ that the audacious baron has gotten \ ahead of you. Perhaps you noticed a native hand Miss Tanner a letter while you were admhing the great temple of Mahaluxmee?" , "Jove! I do recollect it! Heard him Bay in good English: 'Read it wht;n \ alone, lady,' and saw Molly mechanically slip it into her bosom. Then I forgot all about it, you know," says jfoe, somewhat eagerly, his curiosity excited. 'Vhat was a lost opportunity, my dear boy. Had you asked Molly to open it then and there, you could not have failed to tell her your secret." "My secret, Mr. Grimes?" turning pale. "Certainly. You love the girl and dare not tell her. Good heavens, man! The fact is patent to us all. 'Faint heart never won fair lady.' I'm astounded! YouXas bold as a lion In everything elseN to be a laggard in love. Go in and win, my boy. You've got a clear held, and the game & yours If you only show nerve enough to put out your hand and take it." "Do you think so, my friend?" "Why should you doubt it?" "I will tell you, frankly: Ever since Molly learned that I wa\ Joe Miner Carringford, she has not been the s?me towojrd me," the other says seriously, et whish Grimes laughs with the air of a man of the world. "Naturally so, Joe. There are two reasons for such a change on her Dart. In the first Dlace. the fact that you are the heir makes her feel differently toward you. She fears lest, people may suspect that she angles for you." "To perdition with such gossips!" ronrs Joe. "Exactly my feelings; but that does not mend matters a particle. The other thing is what has influenced Molly most," continues Mr. Grimes. "Well, what is the tenor of that?" "You will forgive me if I am per gonal?" "Of course." 0 * / er Joe. T RflTHRnRNF 3BZBT BOKNXS'B SOKL "Then hark to the words of a man whose business it has been for years to read human nature, until from experience it has become verj much like an open book to him. The hour that Molly learned the truth and knew the man who saved her from the cruel waterB of the Mediterranean at Malta was no other than he whom she sought, the heir to vast estates?then ' she suddenly awoke to the consciousness of the fact that she loved him." "God grant It!" almost whispers Joe. ! "Her maidenly modesty put her on guard lest she betray her secret That Is all. Be the man in love yon have been in battle, Mynheer Joe; walk right up to the cannon's .mouth, and the prize is yours." "I will," responds Joe, with a. sudden determination. "And yet, hang It all, Grimes, you don'.t know what a qheer feeling comes over me whenever I Btart to tell of my love and look up Into Molly's bright eyes. Somehow the words race into another channel of themselves. But see here, what did you mean about the baron getting ahead of me? Was that letter from him?" with a fierce frown. "It was, offering his hand and heart, not to speak of his estates, at the feet of the queen of beauty whom we know as Molly Tanner." Mynheer Joe looks serious. "That was a confounded neat trick of his?proposing right under my nose. But" I don't imagine he has any show. Do you, Grimes?" 1 "None at all, I assure you," with a grin at the anxiety apparent In Joe's vnipp "She knows him too well. Thank Heaven, there are some sensible American girls who will not sell themselves for a title!" "Why, old Tanner tells me she has had proposals from Sir Hugh Trelawny and Lord Arthur Stanhope. She refused them because she did not love them! Think of it, man!" "God bless her! She's worth the winning! And you think I'm safe, old fellow?" "You've got the inside track, unless you let it go too long. In matters of this kind delays are always dangerous." \ "Well, so long." "Hold on, my friend; where away?" "To find Molly; to tell her what a blockhead I am, and ask her to take me in hand," responds the man of action, at which his companion bursts into a roar. "Time enough for that, Joe. Don't do it in an abrupt way. Watch your opportunity, man. The women?bless 'm?like to be wooed and won in the proper way. Many a girl has been frightened into saying no when she meant yes by the awful abruptness of her lover's proposal. Besides, I am just getting to business. Sit down and behave yourself." "I suppose I must, but It's too bad I can't put my fate up to the test, now that I am all worked up. Ten to one when the chance comes again I'll prove to be a miserable coward," mutters Tnn wkn lo r?oT7olnnInc Bnmp I lUJ'UUCCi UUC, VTliV 49 UVfV.VX/.MO _ new and singular traits of late. Mr. Grimes taps the forefinger of his right hand upon the palm of his left, as if to give an expression and force to his words. "Although this proposal of the baron's was apparently couched in elegant language, there was a threat behind it He says " "What!" cries Joe. "He dares threaten Molly, the miserable hound?" "Even so. I don't know but that it is the custom in his country when a man of the nobility deigns to propose to one beneath him in their social rank. The Russians have peculiar ways as well as the Turks and Arabs. At any rate, this man has avowed to make Molly Tanner his wife, and means to raise Cain if she will not consent to become a baronesB. He seems to consider it an honor to have asked her, and takes it for granted she will accept in spite of her father or any one else.'' "I always did say he was a conceited ass. His ears give him away," grins Joe, whose hands are working nervously, as though in sympathy with his feelings. He would give all lie over j expects to handle of bis uacle's es- | tates for the privilege of laying hold of that same Baron Popoff at this moment. "True. But we must net deceive ourselves. He may be conceited; but, at the same time, he is a dangerous man." ""Ah! I grant you that. He played with the sword as I have seen few men do. Yes, the baron is no fool, after all." "We three discussed the matter thoroughly last night. I found the senator a level-headed man, and his daughter backed up propositions made by myself in a manner that did her credit. In the end we arrived at a conclusion. and the story you have told mo this morning only convinces me we did the right thing." "What was this conclusion?" asks Joe, as his companion looks down the avenue. "Speak of the Old Nick and you'il get an odor of brimstone. Yonder goes the man we were talking about. Notice his arrogant strut. The natives seem to quail before him as I've never seen them do when in the presence of a British officer. Ah, it will be a sad day for poor India if the iron heel of the White Czar of all the Russias is ever set upon her borders!" rviiiinsnnhv. Home to busi CSlup juui ?x?? ness. Mr. Grimes. Tell me your plan without delay," growls Mynheer Joe. *'ho cannot help seuding a black look after the retreating form of the proud man -who has crossed his path and seems destined to give him trouble. "Well, here it is La a nutshell: Molly has consented to appear to favor his iuit" "Misery!" fcroane the traveler. "Of course It is only assumed, for she solemnly assured me that, if the baron were the last man on the face of tbe earth, she would not har?; him. This will in a measure pull the wool over his eyes, and we can lead him the easier into the trap. All of us +/? KA A# nnmA rmtn/l llio+ OCCUl IV UC VI liiC name UJIUU luau itug man must be transported out of India. We had not decided last night how this was to be done, but our morning talk has developed the idea." "I am beginning to fall in with your plans. All I want is an assurance that Molly may not be assigned any duty to bring her into danger," Joe remarks, gravely. "Readily given, my boy, and don't forget It. Let me map out your work this morning. I suppose money is no object here?" "I am a man of wealth. Whole lakhs of rupees, as they say here, are at your disposal. Call on the senator on/1 nJiorwo tn mc ncMlint. Hp told auu VUU1 gjV vvr <JUJ ? me to draw on him without stint." "Good. Now listen. As soon as convenient I want you to hie away to the river ghauts, and find the owner of some vessel about to sail for South America or some far-away port Make arrangements with him to take a secret passenger as a prisoner, 'a man whose ravings on the voyage must be treated as though he were a trazy man. Mynheer Joe jumps up. "Thunder and Mars! Why didn't I think of it before. Captain Ben is the very man! If the good Ship Avalanche hasn't sailed yet, the baron stands a chance of landing at Valparaiso, In Chile, some months hence," he exclaims. CHAPTER XXII. CAPTAIN BEN, OF THE GOOD SHIP AVALANCHE. A 6hort time later Mynheer Joe moiroo Me tout in the direction of the river, determined to carry out lils share of the plan as proposed by Mr. Grimes. If the Avalanche has not already sailed he Is sure of hearty cooperation bn the part of his friend, the Yankee skipper, and so far as this share of the contract is concerned It can be set down as good as already accomplished. . There is considerable foreign shipping at Bombay, much of which lies in the river, as the Indian Ocean can be very treacherous, and great tidal waves have done a tremendous amount of mischief in the past. When Mynheer Joe reaches the terraces, or ghauts, that line the river, he finds himself In the vicinity of the place where the dead are burned. A great pillar of smoke rises, and by glancing over a wall he can see the funeral pyre, with all Its primitive accessories, the sad mourners, the black attendants and the bodies that are being thus cremated, their ashes to be cast upon the sacred Ganges. Although the weird spectacle might interest him at another time, just at present Myaheer Joe has > something else on ms mina wnicn tie cuquui urnmiss. Eagerly he scans the surface of the water in search of the clipper ship. It was here Captain Ben told him the vessel lay. A number can be seeu near by; one bears the Star and Stripes, and upon her Joe fastens bis eyes. He speedily makes her out to be the Avalanche, since she carries out the verbal description Captain Ben gave. To his chagrin, he sees signs that indicate an early sailing. "By my life, they look as though they only wait for a boat that may be out! Another hour, and I might have missed him!" he exclaims aloud, when a heavy hand comes down with a thump in the middle of his back, and a hearty voice roars: "Well done, Mynheer Joe! Beckon you've comfe down to see what kind of a craft I'sail. Go. with me on board; we can have some hours of chinning ere the anchor is heaved." Of course, it is bluff Captain Ben himself, the old schoolmate with wtinm .Tno tussled nmnv a time in the days gone by. That worthy shake9 hands eagerly now; he could almost hug the Yankee sailor, such is his Intense delight at seeing him. [To be Continued.] Cooking to Order. The family had advertised for ft cook. The family lived in a West End mansion. Throughout the house there were rich articles of furniture and bric-a-brac which had been picked up from time to time in the family's wanderings through Europe and other sections of the globe. Now, it so happens, a very wise person applied for a place as queen of the culinary department in this elegant household. "What is your name?" asked the family. "Evangeline, thank you," came in reply from the applicant. "Evangeline, then, tell me, are you a good cook?" "It's just like this: You see, I can do ten-dollar cooking, fifteen-dollar cooking, twenty-dollar cooking; but " There was an undue emphasis on the "but," and Evangeline glanced admiringly about the house. Evangeline knew her little book well. "It seems to me," she went on finally, "you folks wouldn't be satisfied with any other fhan my twenty-fivedollar kind." The family was quite taken aback, but managed to recover Itself in time to say it might strive to get along as a starter with about seventeen-dollarand-thirty-five-cents cooking for a few months, at any rate.?Washington Star. The New Oxford Telescope. The trustees of the Rndcliflfe Observatory, at Oxford, England, will soon have n new telescope, for whicn a large tower is now being built. Thr buildings will be circular in shape and thirty-five feet In diameter, with tho top of the dome fifty-three feet abov* the levej of the ground. The building will accommodate a larcre double tele* cope, which is being constructed b?; Sir Howard Grubb, the telescope maker, of Dubliu, and will be provide with a hydraulic lift enabling the floor to be raised to any height i -' ^ "^HOUSEHOLD % HINTS: In Fainting One's Home. For the extensive house painting ea often done at this season remember a nuiot trmp In InvArlnhlv tn hp nrpfprred to a riotous one; bright, gay colore, while attractive in themselves, are often not suitable; that too great sobriety of tint is not pleasant, and thai harsh, glaring colors are out of place. Avoid too much Color, too great variety and too great contrasts, and if in a row of houses consider the effect compared with the other houses. A Little Dinner For Six. Let us suppose you wish to give v little dinner for sis. The tableclofh should be of the best damask you can afford. Underneath should be the "silence cloth," -which may be of thick cotton flannel or a felt pad. At the right of eacj) table should be the knives, sharp fedges toward the plate, and in the order in which they are to be used, beginning at the right. To the right of the knives should be the soup spoon, bowl up, and the oyster fork?when oysterfe are served. On the other side of the plate should be the forks, tines up; as many as are necessarv. The coblet is placed at the upper right hand of the plate. The large napkins should be folded four times when they nre ironed. When placed upon the table fold once morb by hand, placing within the fold ' a dinner roll or a piece of br?ad two Inches by one and a half thick. The napkin may be placed in front of the plate or at tne 16ft of the forks. Improved Porch Chairs. A big, easy porch chair is a comfort in itself, but if anything can be added to make it still more of a comfort let us not say a word about painting the lily or gilding the rone, but go straightway and put on every improvement possible.- Chairs can be found in the big stores with some patent attachments, but such conveniences are not common, nor are they adapted to the needs of home-makers with small purses.' Such should set fhoir wits tn wnrk tn rontrivc how the plain chair can be turned into an arsenal of conveniences. First, head rests and foot stools according to individual taste. Many persons ahoruinate a pad at the top of a chair who find much comfort in a soft cushion at the small of the back. Fasten the foot-rest to the chair, as a shelf hinged on Is ready when it is wanted, while a hassock, if visible at all, is sure to be at the other end of the piazza. Fif one of the broad arms with a shelf to hold book or' writing pad. This, is more convenient If arranged to drop when not In use. Fasten firmly to the other arm a pocket extending its full length of some stout, pretty material which will not fade in the sun. A fiat needle-book and an equally flat pincushion at cither end just inside the pocket will be handy for the industrious, who will want the pocket deep enough to hold the needlework which can be done on the pdrcb. Readers will slip the last magazine in it with a note book and pencil. A chair fitted up like this will be found to liave doubled ItP usefulness without adding appreciably to its eost.--The Ladies' World. XWBrgpr Gooseberry Tarts-Make a dough as for pie crust and line tart pahs. Fill each with well sweetened ripe gooseberries and put strips of dough across the top. Bake. When cold cover the strips across the top with a boiled icing. D i ? /!f ft Cnln/1 \fol*A f o era JLJIiVi o tjaiau AtACttVC V-Uk. CU^V/ cheese and mix with it just enough spinach juice to give it a delicate green color; roll into halls the size of robins' eggs. Cut crisp white Icttuce or celery tips into shreds and make mats upon salad dishes. Place four or live eggs in each nest and Ipass mayonnaise or French dressing. Prune Souffle?Soak three-quarters of a pound of prunes in water to cover them over night, cook until soft in the water they were soaked in, drain, take out the stones and press through a puree sieve. Add half a cup of granulated sugar and the whites of three eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Bake in a pudding dish twenty minutes. Serve in the dish in which it Is baked, cold, with cream. Fruit Syrup?Make a simple syrup of a pound of granulated sugar and a pint of water: cook without stirring for five minutes, let cool, add a quart of strained berry juice. This is ready to serve with crushed ice as a beverage, or if wanted for later use allow sugar and juice to boil, then seal in cans. Lemon or orange juice can be added to the fruit juice in any pronoriions desivod nii-cordimr to the flavor or drink preferred. Always cooling. Powdered Beef on Toast?This Is a particularly healthful way to prepare Leef for any who have stomach troubles. Cut a pound of round steak into small squares and thoroughly dry 1c a moderate ovt-n. Tut it then through a meat chopper. Make a cream saucc by rubbing together two tablespoon? of flour with two tablespoons of butter. and adding it to two cups of milk in a pan. When the sauce is smooth and about the consistency of thick cream season with salt and pepper and add to it the powdered beef. Serve on buttered toast. m , ? ? i THE SABBATH SCHOOL international lesson comments for august ii. Subject: God's Promise, to Abraham, Gen. xv., 1-18? Golden Text, Gen, xv.t 1?Memory Verges, 3-7?Commentary ou the Day's Lesson. 1. "After these things." The fact that immediately after the battle with the kings there came another vision from God to Abram leads us to think that he may have been passing through a testing time, and perhaps he was tempted to discouragement. He was also disappointed in not receiving the fulfilment of the promise God had made him regarding his descendants, for as yet he bad no child. "In a vision." Which supposes Abram awake, and some visible appearance or sensible token of the presence of the divine glory. "Fear not." Fear not thy enemies, neither fear lest My promises shall fail thee. "I am thy shield." God was Abram's portion, and He is the portion of every righteous soul. "Great reward." There is surely a reference here to the battle and the victory. When God is ours we have all that is sufficient for defense and reward; this promise involves eternal life. 2. "I go childless." Seeing I am going childless: that is, I am going out of the u it:. A 1 J?:?I ? wuiiu ill i/uio LUUUXWUU. /xuiam ucauCU a son, for he knew upon divine authority that his seed should inherit the land. Sonship and heirship are.inseparably connected in the thoughts of God. "Steward of my house." The heir into whose hands Abram's possessions must descend in consequence of his childless condition. "Is this Eliezer?" How could the promise be fulfiled when a "stranger" ia likely to be bis heir? 3. "Given no seed." Though we should never complain of God yet we may complain to Him, and tell Him all our grievances. "One born in my house." That is, "one attached to or a dependant of his house." This is a reference to the servant who, from all appearances, would become his heir. 4. "Shall not be thine heir." There is no limit to the power of God, for He who can quicken the dead can do anything. 5. "Look?tell the stars." . The stars in that climate are brighter than in ours. Professor Hall says he has known Venus to shine so bright as to cast a shadow. Brighter than the stars, steadier than their flames shall be the fulfilment of God's promises. God points to the stars as a sign to Abram. "So shall thy. seed be." Tne descendants of Abram included not only Israelites, but the Arabians, the Midianites, the Ammonites and Moabites were a numerous people, and were for more than a thousand years among the most important in Asia. At least two branches of his strong stock yet remain?the Jews, who are found in every j)art of the earth, and the Arabs, who still roam, unconsidered over the desert. But the highest fulfilment was in Christ. Godis people are, by faith, "children of Abraham," and "heirs according to the promise." Gal. 3i 7, 9, 29. 6. "Believed in the Lord." God speaks ?Abram believes, and all is settled and all is sure. Abram believed the truth of the promise thpt was now made him, resting upon the power and faithfulness of Goa who had made it. See Rom. 4: 19-21. "Counted it." There was no act but that of the mind and heart, no work of any kind; hence the doctrine of justification by faith, without any merit of works; for in this case there could be no works of v Abram which would merit the salvation of the whole human race. 'Tor righteousness." Or justification. 7. "I am the Lord." The promises of God are very broad, very high and very long. They look far down the future, but we may remember that there is omniscience in their utterance and omnipotence in their fulfilment. ' 8. "Whereby shall I know?" That is, "Viw what iriom ohnll T he assured that I %JJ ?? UU.v wp-- ? shall inherit this land?" 9. "Take me an heifer," etc. The ani' mals prescribed are of the three kinds af1 terward allowed by the law for sacrifice, and the birds are those repeatedly mentioned in the law as those to be brought for offerings. 10.' "He took?all these." Abram followed to the very letter the directions God had given him; so we must obey God fully before we can have reason to expect Him to fulfil His promises to us. "Divided them," etc. The manner of ratifying a covenant was to divide the animals lengthwise, as near as possible in two equal parts, which were placed opposite to each other a short distance apart; the covenanting parties would then meet in the centre and take the customary oath. 11. "Came down." Having made ready the sacrifices he waited for the fire of God to consume them, which was the usual token of acceptance. While he waited ravt-nous birds of prey which feed upon dead bodies "came down" to consume the sacrifice. How often do intruding cares, like unclean birds, seize upon that time and those affections which have been given to God! 12. "Was going down." About the time of the evening sacrifice. "A deep sleep." Not a common sleep thVough weariness or carelessness, but such a sleep ae God caused to fall upon Adam. "Great darkness." Which God designed to be expressive of the affliction and misery into which his posterity should be orougnt during thear bondage in Egypt, as the next verse particularly states. 13. "Shall afflict them." From the time God called Abram at Haran it was 430 years before Abram's descendants came into possession of their own land, but the children of Israel were actually in Egypt only half that time, or 215 years. 14. "Tnat nation." The Egyptian nation. "Will I judge." God brought plagues and destruction upon the Egyptians "Come out." Israel was redeemed from bondage and came out of Egypt Hrith greal wealth. This promise was literally fulfiled, but there was a long time of waiting 15. "In peace." This verse strongly im plies the immortality of the soul. 16. "Amorites." This was the general name for the Canaanitish tribes. "Iniquity ?not yet full." From these words wf learn that there is a certain pitch of iniquity to which nations may arrive before they are destroyed, and beyond which God will nnt nprmit them to Dass. 17. "X smoking furnace." This signified the affliction of the children of Israel in Egypt. There were there in the furnace of affliction. "Burning lamp." The symbol of the divine presence. Faith ma? be strong, but liah't comes while we stanij before the Lord, Dy the holy altar of burnl offering. 18. Made a covenant." A covenant if r mutual agreement between two contracting parties, each of which is bound to fulfil certain engagements to the other. In Holy Scripture it is used mostly to denote certain defined relations between God and man. "River of Egypt." Probably th River Nile. Machinery Ill-Trented. 'A maker of farm implements in soma remarks recently made before a gathering of farmers called them to task for the way in which they ill-treat their implements, "If," he said, "I treated machinery in my factory as you treat what I make for you I'd soon be bankrupt." The waste involved in leaving implements exposed to th<> wpaf.her amounts for much of what is classed as agricultural loss. In large business enterprises small economics are constantly practiced, for the managers cannot afford to be wasteful. The user of the articles manufactured seems to fee! no such responsibility, and, while he has a right to do as he pleases with what ifi his own, the caution of the manufacturer was intended to show him how money and trouble might be saved by his taking a little better care of his implements. .Religion In Mexico. We have no State religion. The overwhelming majority of our people are Catholics, but the country contains a fair number of Protestants. The State recognizes ell religions, or none, if you prefer it. Monastic orders are not tolerated, and no ecclesiastical body is allowed to acquire real estate. The Catholic Church is governed by three Archbishops, eighteen Bishops and an Apostolic Vicar. To give you an idea of the proportion of Catholics and Protestants, let me cite the case of the capital. In our beautiful city there" are eighty-four Catholic and nineteen Protestant churches.?The Mexican Minister to England, in the Humanit&riiuu. - -^V;:prr GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN. aarMtniT TunnruTC CBflU THE rntgnnn i i mwvmi i WORLD'S GREATEST PROPHET& Vanished Jane ? Religion in Every Da) Life ? A Bare Acci>mplln1iment ? ll Running Gear With God ? God's Waj a Slower One?A Prayer. 0, have you seen fair June, fair June*. And whither is she straying? And is she trusting with the moon? Or with a star child playing? , The sunshine loved her, and the breeze The little breeze that kissed her, And we who loved her on the leas Scarce loved her, jere we missed her So sweet and happy was her mood. So gentle was her laughter, So silent stole she from our wood And drew the daisies after! ?Agnes Lee. Religion In Every Day Life. They tell us we have too many wheels in the church today?to much machinery. Not* if they are winged wheels V/v* Konlr nf oil tho mor-h n nism therfl * is the power of the Holy Spirit. No wheel of the church can move as it should without that. While it is true that the wing drives the wheel, it is also true that the wheel gives the wing effectiveness. The white wing of steam and the red wing of the lightning did nothing much that was practical until they were harnessed to wheels. God ie a Spirit of infinite power, but God did His greatest work for man when He took, in the incarnation, a form that could walk among men and leave the mark of His sandaled foot in the dust of old Judea. The mystic and the dreamer take flights into the cloudlands, but they have no wheel side of practical life. We hear a wonderful fluttering of oriental pinions when we read theosophy, but we hear no rumble of wheels jolting over the rough paths of this life, seeking to make them smoother for weary pilgrims. Religious experiences, no matter how ecstatic, do this world little good unless they find expression as God intended in the every-day grind nt lifp. God's chariots of helpfulness, like all chariots, have wheels, but they run . not over the pavement of the clouds, but press the turf of this sincursed world aud become the cars of its salvation. Cultivate the wing side of life, the devotional, the spiritual. Ascend the loftiest peaks of His word and, kneeling close to the third heavens, catch a message and an inspiration not found in the lowlands, then come down and let it drive the wheel of your practical life in the valley where sin is, where sorrow is, where death is. This is the perfect 'life.?Rev. David P. Howe. A Rare Accomplishment. If you had asked her about her accomplishments, she would have told you that she had none, and wonld have been quite sincere in her answer. She did not know how to play the piano, and- she had never tried her hand at water-colors, or crayon sketching. She had never found time for embroidery. She got off the key when she tried to sing. In fact, one might run through the list of what are called accomplishments without naming one at which she was expert. 1 Yet this sunny-faced, sweet-voiced girl had one accomplishment which outweighed all those she lacked, says an exchange in relating the above. Wherever she went gloomy fa<fes grew cheerful. You have seen drooping plants freshen at the touch of the summer rain, and it seemed as if her presence revived drooping hearts in very much the same manner. She was a happinessmaker. Children stopped frettiog when she came near. Old people came back from flrenms of the past and found the I present sweet. Without being wise or witty or beautiful, there was an atmosphere of peace about her like the fragrance of a flower. Her smile had the comforting warmth of sunshine. The tones of her glad young voice stirred the heart like a song. You girls who are fitting yourselves for life, and to adoVn life, will do well to take into account this rare and valuable accomplishment. You have missed part of your preparation unless you have mastered the art of making happiaess.?Presbyterian. In Banning Gear With God. It seems probable that a drought, which eats up our gardens, is not a de- , sire to damage us, but a part of the purpose t<J which we have not adjusted ( ourselves. We have cut down the for- ( est, but we have forgotten to establish an irrigating system. Then we pray to God to save our crops. The trohble is the farmer has got out of gear with the working force and working purpose in ( nature. May we not say it with utter < reverence, that what the farmer needs is to keep in running gear with God. . . . The millions of insects which prey on our fruits and cereals have been diiven from leafy coverts in dense forests or vast wildernesses. Birds that ' were wild to us have come to be our allies in reducing the number of these antagonists. We shall learn that a reasonable civilization works closer with ! the divine purpose, and comprehends that God does not exist, as our hired ' man, to prevent results which we have ! carelessly or otherwise prepared for. The place for prayer is not to secure amendments for our own blundering or shiftlessness. but to keep us in working trim with the Father.?Christian Register. GocI'b Slower Way. Men get nervous and wish everything j done in a day; but God's day is some- . times a thousand years. It requires months for the Almighty to perfect the , flower that we trpad under foot in our 3 haste. It takes Him a whole season to 1 finish the golden fruit that we can 1 waste in a moment's time. He puts a thousand years into the majestic growth of the oak that the woodman can spoil in an hour. Though nations are suffer- I ins with famine, the wheat-fields grow < not one day earlier. Though the ripen- 1 ing of the fruit by a week's time would ' vastly increase-its value, yet man must j patiently wait God's slower way. The , ??x! ?Af Antov Jntrt thp : roiKllllons ui Uiimtr uu Live vutvi ?? Divine plans.?D. 0. Mears, D. D. A Pmyfir. 0 Lord, our Father, who art \t> heaven, we come to thee with great 1 thankfulness and with great expectation. All our confidence is in thee. ' Kelp us now to have communion with 1 tbe Father of our spirits that we may live, and live in the communion of one i another. Counsel us, make us wise and 1 touch our hearts, and may the grace of our own Lord Jesus Christ bring salva- i tion in its fulness to all our souls, for I bis name's sake. Amen. 1 A Long Journey, Rut No Keaulta. The British expedition to Patagonia in search of the giant sloth, or myloaon, has 1 returned from its 18,000-mile trip with the ? sonviction that the monster is extinct. * Hesketh Pritchard, chief of the expedi- 1 tion, however, during nearly a year spent on tlie eastern siae 01 me conniieras, ? found some remains of the giant sloth, ^ bearing an extraordinary appearance of freshness. * c t t Millions of X,ol>8tera riantc<1. The Dominion Government lobster- t hatchery at Cariboo, Nova Scotia, this c season has put out 100,000,000 lobsters t along the coast of Nova Scotia, New e Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. , e I ' if- Vi i THE QEEAT DESTEOTEK SOME STARTLING FACTS , ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.' * '/* \vS Abstainer* and Life In?urane??The Tlma Will Come When a Non-Alcoboll* Clause Will Be an Important Feature of Effry Reputable Policy. During the last few days the dail$ papers nave made the discovery of. a facto which readers of the New Voice kneta months ago that one of the largest of tM "old line insurance companies has established a total abstinence department for the purpose of giving that class of . their patrons the advantages that ought .to accrue to them. The comments which apJiear upon this step, which the very earned and wise editorial writers Mem to suppose is arr' utterly new thing, are various, but most of them are commenda* tory in their tone. * It is interesting to notice that most ol these daily papers that are now com* men ting upon this subject have, during the last year or two given currency to the old fake figures that sought to show that total abstainers live less years than hard drinkers. The Chicago Record-Herald says: The time may come when a "nonalcoholic clause" will be as important in a life insurance policy aa the "gasolene clause" in a fire insurance policy. A man who stores a certain amount of fire water inf^1 his abdominal basement every day will be regarded as no better risk than the bouse with several barrels of gasoline in the eel lar. > This will be the inevitable outcome of the plan recently inaugurated by a life insurance company of New York should it be generally adopted by all the big life underwriters in this country. The plan of this company is to write policies for "total abstainers" upon a different basis from that offered to users of alcoholic stimulants. After an extended study of mortality statistics for several years, supplemented by the testimony of medical science, the company has finally concluded that the claim that total abstinence conduces to longevity no longer admits of doubt, and it proposes to give total abBtniners the benefit of lower rates for life insurance. . ' The cost of life insurance, as is well known, is determined upon the basis of "the chances of life" at all ages as disclosed by carefully compiled mortality statistics. Jf it is a fact that the "chances of life" are affected by indulgence in alcoholic stimulants, ths man who indulges is a less desiraoie "rr^K tnan tne total a[>etainer. It ought to follow, therefore, as a simple proposition in common equity that the man who habitually drinks alcoholic liquor should pay more for life insurance than the man of the same age who abstains. In other words, the total abstainers should not be required to pay a portion of the extra cost incident to carrying the "boozers" on the insured rolla. The Iowa State Register comments aa follows: In Europe there are a number of insurance institutions which have had special policies for temperance men for many years. and the petitioners believe that it is high time the American companies follow the example. The officials of the com- j 4 pany admitted that an injustice was done m to men who have been total abstainers in fl placing them on the same rating as those 9 who drink, the books of tfae company J showing that the ratio of death among 4 drinking men was greater than among * temperance men, and yet ad an insurance risk the two have been on the same fooV ing. The action of the company is commendable, as is the action of men who signed the petition. It is not right to make a temperance man pay -part of the premium on the life insurance of a drinking man. Are Britons Degenerating} Dr. Dwiaht J. Roberts, of Chicago, who Is pursuing the study of his nrofession at the Brompton Chest Hospital in London, expresses the opinion that the English people are sinking into physical degeneracy. He said to a corresoondent of the Chicago Record-Herald: "The huddling of the masses in ancient and unsanitary tenements is in itself sufficient cause for a low moral condition, but added to this is A the appalling prevalence of the alcohol fl habit, Which ia clearly as general among I women and girls as among men and boys. Recently a great American evangelist in vited me to accompany him to some of I his east end meetings, and incidentally I we visited a number of public houses in' 1 Whiteehapel and Mile-End. There we were able to verify a statement previously made to us that more than half the patrons of those places were women and :hildren. A prominent public-house keeper, who controls a dozen or more saloons in the locality, stated that sixty per cent, of his receipts came from women and :hildren. He said that children of all ages came frequently to the saloons and purchased intoxicants in any quantity desired for their own use and for that of their elders, who were too drunk or inert to come. "Nor is the drink habit more general or destructive in Whitechanel than in parts of London enjoying a better reputation for respectability." Campaign of Edncatlon. One of the great church organizations of the United States is preparing for a national campaign of education on the temperance question. To awaken interest in the matter among church members, money prizes are to be offered for literature bearing on the ouestion that will appeal to the voters of the country and to | the children. The Sunday-schools, too, will have their competition for books as prizes. Among other things will be urged | a judicious use of temperance literature in Sunday-schools and young people's ) bands, the organization of temperance so- j cieties, and the appointment of special secretaries to this branch, the holding of temperance meetings at least twice a year, and systematic contribution to the cause. A Sensible French Rnle. The French governor-director of railroads has written to the different societies opposing the use of alcohol, that all / the Government roads have agreed to the following: First, to discharge all employes who persist in usinc spirits and wine while on duty: second, all persons who continue to drink shall be dropped from the pension rolls of the company, and will not participate in the endowment funds in case of an accident. All restaurants on the roads are forbidden to sell 3nirits to the workmen. Four Drinks Kill Him. Albert Rouleau, Philadelphia, aged nineteen years, entered a saloon and was inluced to take his first drink of intoxicating liquors. It was gin, and he begged :oi more. After swallowing four more in succession he suddenly collapsed on the floor, and soon breathed his last. Hia iather is a well-to-do contractor and Guilder.?Canadian Royal Templar. The Crusade in Brief. Alcohol is only a product of decay. While the pulpit prays, the saloon cotes The title deed of every lot in Sebring, Ohio, contains a clause prohibiting th? sale of intoxicating liquors. Drunkenness is not subsiding, certainly it is not at a standstill, out it is on an on ivard march, and it is a double quick. A few years ago some seventy-nine American breweries were bought up by twenly-four British syndicates, with the expectation of reaping large dividends. For a "ew years dividends were paid, but of late there has been a large falling off. In its recent census reports California ihows some interesting figures, when it LDDears that the no lirpns#? cities have far mrpassed the license towns in gain and >opulation. There is no escape from the fact that ilcohol is a poison, especially to the nerrous system, whose effects naturally will *ary with the amounts in and the frelueney with which it is used, and the 8ta? >ility of the structures upon which its inluence is exerted. A well-known scientist who made tests ^tending over several days found that al:ohol used continually, even in small quan;ities, increased the heart's work and ihortened its time of rest, so that the nerion was more easily fati?V<"* wjlfS IP alcohol was takejx,