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CHAPTER I. "
^"VROSPERITY and the sea bad oo\
I 1 deserted Stroan together. As
the waves receded, leaving a me
AC bare stretch of sand, where? P&'
i once whole fleets had redden int
at anchor, the once flour- I
^ ishing town had dwindled Bo
and sunk, in spite of valiant struggles c?r
to revive and retain her ancient su- fro
premacy.
In the length and breadth of the wa
land no place could be found so sleepy,
so much behind the times, so tortuous 'x
of street and so moss-grown of stone, ^ac
as Stroan had become, when, by a t^11
happy chance, the game of golf came ba1
down from the North and established the
itself as the fashion. Then somebody
discovered that the bare and uaproduc- 1 1
tive sands between Stroan and the
sea made excellent "links;" visitors ^e!
began to arrive and to put up at a *ar
brand-new hotel built expressly for tur
their accommodation, and a little C0E
breath of active life began to stir 0
once more in the narrow, winding ma
streets. P^n
Among the visitors cne warm Sep- sm
tember camc down from London three
friends, who tempered their devotion Pr*
to golf by various other pursuits, each ?
according to his inclination.
Otto Conybeare, the eldest of the ern
three, -was a journalist, who had aspirations
to literature of a less ephemeral
sort. He used his holiday by trying ^
his hand at both prose and poetry, of *au
which his two companions olcred trenchant
if not discriminating eriticisn.
He was a tall, thin, dark-skinned man, of
with clean-cut, aquiline features, and fir,
was looked unon by the two others as M8 i
their champion and social leader. Pre
Willie Jordan, the youngest of the f
party, was short and, alas! fat, with Mi'
curly, light hair and a huge, tawny
mustache, which he had cultivated as ser
the trademark of his calling, which fr0
was that of an artist. y?l
Clifford King, the remaining member tini
of the trio, was a barrister, to whom ?
no one had as yet intrusted a brief. 1168
He was a dark-haired, blue-eyed, goodhumored
ybc.ng fellow, whem everybody
liked and in whom all his friends
believed with an enthusiasm which ^U?
was not without excuse, for Clifford Ne]
had brains, and was only waiting for
the opportunity which comes to all not
who can wait in the right way. sie!
They had been at Stroan five days, mu
and the little god, Cupid, had already kQ(
spoiled the harmony of the party.
Willie was the victim, of course. sha
It was always Willie who could not to !
resist a pair of handsome eyes, black, "I
blue or gray; so that when he became
attached to the society of old Colonel P&r
Bostal, and would insist upon accom- efff
panying that uninteresting old gentle- F
man from the Links to his home three thli
miles away, Clifford end Otto ez- visi
changed winks, and having found out Ott
that the colonel had a daughter, at an
once believed that they hat", probed of ]
successfully into the mystery of Wil- of
lfp'R rivilitv. ope
So, justly incensed at Willie's du- stoi
pllclty, for that young man had spoken B
slightingly of Miss Bostal's attrae- sav
tions, Otto anil Clifford determined bar
v upon tracking the traitor to his lair. pat
This they did on a sunny afternoon, oar
when the straight road over the re- woi
Dlaimed marsh between Stroan and , kep
Shingle End was thick in white u js.. a p
They knew the colonel's house from att<
the outside, having passed it on many H
a walk from Stroan to Courtstairs, as
the next town. It was about half a twe
mile beyond the E!uo Liocfc a. pictur- anc
?ssue roadside inn, which was the "
half-way house between Courtstairs to"n
and Stroan. Very poor the colonel kep
was, as he took care to inform every- looi
Dody, and very poverty-stricken his M!
dwelling looked in the observant eyes ans
5f the two young men, as they rang my
the bell and waited a long time before of
iny one answered it. for
Shingle End was a pretty, tumbleSown
house, which stood at the angle Jor
formed by two roads. It had once tur
been white, but neglect and hart for
weather had made it a mottled gray; "
while cracked and dr.sty windows, I'v<
rickety shutters and untrimmed trees usi
and bushec combined to give the place int<
a dreary and unnrosperous appearance.
"
Behind the house was a garden, with spi
a poultry-run and a paadock; ..ud hci
> Otto had seen, as they passed, the c-oi
colonel reading his paper under an ab<
apple tree, while thr> Suiter o! a petti- the
coat in the baci^roixd among the tra
trees seemsd to confirm thoir suspi- iat
cions. ing
"We've unearthed the rascal," smiled roc
Otto, as they at last heard footsteps pia
in the house in answer to their second ma
ring. C
But when the door was opened their "
hearts sank, fo:- there stood before do
them a woman of forty, at leas':, small, thi
lean, dowdy, precise of manner and o?<
slow of speech, wearing a pair of "
gardening gloves and a sun-bounet, otr
who looked at them in some surprise, col
and asked them sllfJy what tliey Or
wanted. thi
Otto, who wa> acute enough to per- ter
ceive that this must bj the ooiouel's dis
daughter, apologised for disturbing the
her, and said they had brought a let- ha
ter for their friend Jordan, who, they ovi
understood, was spending the after- "
noon with Colonel Bostal. Th?y do
would not have iutvuded but that for
they believed the letter wa3 very iui- C
porta nt, as it was marked on the on- the
velope "Please deliver immediately." ov<
And the plotter drew from his pock- a f
et. with ostentatious care, a missive "
which he and Clifford had prepared spt
together, and which, with great-inge- inj
nuity, had been made to look as if it "
had passed through the post. 1
But Miss Bostal glanced1 at the let- ter
ter and shook her head. I ou
"There is no oue with my father." | ar<
' ' she said, "and I don't know any one i nie
of that name. But if you will come as
into the drawing-room I will ask St;
tiim." ' wa
1 ..
a, mocKiogiy.
)tto would have retorted, but that
;y had now reached the little bridge <
?r the River Fleet, and were within '
ew yards of the half-way house. 1
This is the place where Jordan (
?nds his afternoons." said Otto, lead- <
f the way to the little inn. ' i
Let's have him out."
Plie Blue Liou was a very unpre- "!
iding establishnlent, old. but with- c
t any pretensions to historical or
?haelogical interest, small, inconveint
and weaiher-beaten. Standing (
it did midway between sleepy *
-can and democratic Ccurtstairs, it 3
is the kouee of cell for all the ear- < *
vr-op-THe i;
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racn, t
> ttfc Aa.rslCcl'c. 1
t Bonner's Sons.] 1
Oh, no, not for the world. We
ild not think of intruding. We
let hnvo mnrip a mistake." stflm
red Otto, while Clifford hurriedly
ssed out by the little wooden gate
o the road.
n the meantime, however, Colonel
stal, having heard the voices, had
ne through the narrow passage
m the garden to learn the meaning
this unusual sound. The matter
s explained to him by his daughter,
idst further apologies from Otto,
he colonel, a withered-looking, gray
ed man of about sixty-five, in a
eadbare and patched coat and a
:tered Panama hat, remembered
name at once.
Jordan? Jordan? Yes, of course,
mow him," said he at once. "A
le fellow, with a long mustache.
3, he often -valks home with me as
as the bridge, but there he always
ns back and excuses himselfl from
cing any farther."
itto looked perplexed by this infortion,
but over Miss Bostal's thin,
ched face there came a little, pale
ile.
Try the Blue Lion," she said, rather
mly. /
itto grew stiff. *
M7.friend is no frequenter <5T tav18,"
said he. 1 /
Try the Blue Lion," said Z?les Bosagain.
ter father burst into a little, dry
gh.
The Blue Lion has a good many
quenter6 who are not frequenters
other taverns," said he. "Nell Clathe
niece of the man who keeps it,
1 protege of my daughter's, and the
ttiest girl in the place."
k light broke over Otto's 2z~:. But
;s Bostal looked grave.
I shall have to speak to her very
iously," said she, with a little
wn. "She encourages half the
mg men of Stroan to waste their
ie out here." t
ut the colonel smiled and shook his ,
id doubtfully. !
It's no. use speaking to a pretty t
I," said he, with decision. "You
1 only be told to mind your own j
ilness. And there's no hc.rm in
II."
I know that," retorted his daughter, j
spitefully, but with a spinster's t
rn solicitude. "I shouldn't he so
ch interested in her if I didn't
>w that she's a gcod little thing. *
t she's giddy and thoughtless. I
ill really have to advise her uncle
send her back to school again." a
She won't go," said the colonel. a
ad if she would, old Claris wouldn't B
t with her. We must rely on the T
?<?t of your sermons, Theodora." g
ather and daughter had carried on T
3 dialogue without including the E
itor in the conversation, s? that _
o, whc prided himself upon being n
acute observer, had an opportunity g
peeping into the rooms on each side &
ths passage, as, the doors were v
n, without moving from where he ^
3d. p
[e was much struck by what he ^
r\ by the carpets worn so thread- j
e that there was no trace of the ?
tern to be seen on them; by the n
efully - darned table-covers, the a
rn-out. furniture. All was neatly a
it and spotlessly clean; all showed tl
inched poverty which there was no t
?mpt to hide. t
[e withdrew with more apologies ^
soon as the short discussion be- p
>en father and daughter was ended, tl
I rejoined his friend outside.
1X7^*11 " ooiH qo fnrno/1
rard Stroan in silence, "and -what 0
>t you so long talking to the severe- L
icing lady?" s
[ wasn't talking, I was listening."
iwered Otto, "and working out in y
mind a romance, a pitiful romance, g
the kind that is not showy enough ^
people to care to hear about."
What! Do you mean to say that
dan's fallen in love with that mae
and lean spinster?" asked Cfifd
in astonishment. n
Oh, dear, no. He's fallen in love; d
e found that out; but it is with the I
lal maid of the inn?nobody half so a
eresting as Miss Bostal." li
Interesting!" v
Yes. I have an idea that the lean a
nster is a heroine. Not the sort of li
oine one troubles oneself about, of c
irse. But while they were talking c
>ct a certain 'Nell,' who is evidently e
object of Jordan's priceless but n
nsient affections just now, I looked t
o their rooms, their poor little din- a
;-rcom, their bare, long " drawing- s
im, and I saw such a history of t
iched lives and sordid struggles ts c
de me long for pen and paper." t
Jlifford groaned. c
It doesn't take much to make you
that!" he grumbled. "And I don't t
nk your subject a very interesting c
i." 1
Of courso you would not. It is not 1
nous or commonplace, or highly- f
orcd enough for you," retorted
to. "But to my mind there is someag
infinitely pathetic in the tated
old coat of this dignified and 1
tinguished-looking old man. and in 1
; darns which the daughter must (
ve lost the brightness of her eyes 1
er." 1
Decidedly, my dear boy. you must
it in poetry, not prose," said Clif- 5
"The new Washington," says an
English writer in the Loudon Spectator,
"is clean and beautiful. It is
loubtful whether any such delightful
esiflential street as Massachusetts
ivenue is to be found on the globe.
American domestic architecture is as
successful as public architecture is
expensive and o.'ien bad, but in these
Washington avenues it is carried to
.he height of comfort and beauty.
The green, well watered, feaceless
awns, the grouping of gables and
)riols, the pretty porches and exquisite
:rees and flowers combine to give a
nost delightful series of pictures.
There is not the ostentation of New
i'ork or Chicago, but there is mora
harm."
A soldier at Spandau, bent on fright>ning
a sentry, approached him
tealthily, creeping on all fours. He
umped up suddenly, and the sentry
iliot Mm dead.
/ .
1ers, fanners and cattle-drovers all
;he year round, while in the montb6
>f July and August its little bar was
.hronged with the denizens of the
Uile-end Road, who take their pleasire
in brakes, with concertinas and
lowls and discordant songs.
A few late visitors of this sort were
n the little bar when Clifford and
3tto entered. But there was no sign
>f Jordan. Both the young men
ooked with curiosity at the womaD
;vho was serving behind the bar, a
jortly young woman with a ready
:ongue, who in her sturdy build and
arge coarse hands, as well as in the
veather-beaten look of her complexion
jetrayed that she was accustomed to
ill up her time, when work was slack
nslde the house, with out-door labor
)f the roughest kind.
When the two friends came out tbey
ooked at each other in disgust.
"She isn't even young!" cried Otto.
'Nearer thirty-five than twenty-five,
'11 swear!"
"And her voice! And her detestable
Kentish accent!" added Clifford.
Alia must iil?il L'iltrc&uuuco, auu luui
ihort nose! It's a type I loathe?the
:ype of the common shrew."
"I shouldn't have thought It of Jorlan!"
murmured Otto, In pity tem>ered
with indignation.
"But where is the ruffian himself?"
isked Clifford, stopping short. "Do
rou think we are on a wrong scent,
ifter all?"
"If it were anybody but Jordan, I
ihould say yes," said Otto, deliberatey.
"But his susceptibility is so coloslal
that I see no reason to doubt even
his."
Nevertheless he following Clifford,
vhen the latter turned bae'lsi toward
he little bridge.
"There's a cottage," said tho more
lumane King, "a little cottage by the
oadside. Let us see If wo can discern
a petticoat in the neighborhood
>f that. We may be doing the poor
:nap an injustice, arier an.
But before they reached the cottage
he attention of the two youn? men
vas arrested by the sound of a girl's
roice on the left, just before they
eached the bridge. It was a voice so
iright, so sweet, with :uch a suggesion
of bubbling laughter in its tones,
hat they both stopped shor^ and
ooked at each other with faces Ji
cicorse.
That's Nell," said Otto.
"We have done him a cruel wrong,"
nurmured Clifford.
And with one accord they bent their
iteps in the direction of the voice, and
ifter getting over a wooden paling by
he roadside, scattering a oolonv of
lowls on.tjae other side, and making
heir way over the rough grass beside
he river where the boats were drawn
ip which carried excursionists to
rieet Castle, they came upon a wood n
shed, and a strong smell of pitch,
md two human figures. The one was
rordan, coatless, with bis 6traw hat
ilted to the back of his head, a tar>rush
in one hand and a tin can in the
ither, engaged in the humble but useul
task of covering the cow-shed with
i new coat of pitch.
But his two friends scarcely glanced
it him. It was the other figure that
ibsorbed all their powers or vision?a
lender girl in a print frock, with a
rhite cotton bloustf and an enormous
traw hat. This ^^as the N'sll who
rasted the time of half the young
aen of Stroan, and who would have
wasted the time of half the young
aen of London if they had only once
een her. A beauty of pure Saxon type
he was, with the opaque white skin
chich the sun does not scorch or .*ed
en, with rose-pink cheeks, a child'3
iouting mouth, and big blue eyes that
jade a young man hold his breath,
ler hair had turned since childhood
rom flaxen to a deeper tint, and was
,ow a light bronze color. There was
bout her an air of refinement as well
s modesty which could not fail to asirnish
a stranger who found her in
hese strange circumstances. She saw
be newcomers long before poor Joran
did, and she watched them approach
while the unfortunate artist
oiled on at his inglorious task.
Perhaps the girl had seen the three
oung men together; perhaps It was
nly feminine quickness of wit which
jade her jump to the right concluion.
"I think there are some friends of
ours coming this way, Mr. Jordan,"
he said, in a voice as refined as her
ppearance and manner.
J.O ue uoaxmueu.
East Indian Red Fish.
Many of the big Broadway stores
iow offer jars and cans of EaBt Iniian
red fish, says the New I'ork
3vening Post. It is supposed to be an
ppetizer and a thirst producer, and
tas long been a favorite tonic for bon
ivants at home and abroad. There
re several varieties, the Macassar fish
ooks something like anchovies or achovy
paste. The perfume is much
nore pungent and the taste stronger
ven to rankness. The secret of tlv
uanufacture was kept for many years,
>ut leaked out not long ago. The fish
:re salted, treated with oil, and thea
tained with beetlc-nut. It is the later
which gives them their intense -ed
:olor. They are used upon toast as a
)onue bouclie at the beginning of 2.
linner.
Eastern cooks employ them as the
msis of a salad, #nd also as in ingrelicnt
for omelets. The latter dish is
lighly praiset? by many lovers of good
iving, but to the untrained palate is
iltogether too fishy for pleasure.
\'pw Wa?hln;tni).
JkNoUSENoLD
^^^TOITS.:
BRIC-A-BRAC.
BatKeitioni For the Finishing Touchea
of the Artlatlc Home.
Sage green is most popular in the
cameo ware. This ware must not he
confused with Wedgewood, as it is
not English at all, and in contradic
tivu jo huuvyu un caxiici/ nuic.
* *. *
A new shape, low, shallow and decidedly
graceful, is observed among
the newest finger bowls. The new
cuttings in these are very handsome.
Others, inlaid with gold are quite
attractive too, and still others show
delicately tinted green or rose color.
* * *
Among the latest showings of Rockwood,
just returned from the Paris
Exposition, a nasturtium and a chrysanthemum
pattern are partlcudarly
striking. A lipped pitcher design not
unlike an Oriental water-bottle In
shape, is most graceful among the
shapes.
"With pottery of all nations one is be?
wildered to keep track of each style.
The Dutch is possibly the most familiar.
Now the Swedish is making its
way into popular favor. The effects,
colorings and designs are quite characteristic
and just what one would
suppose would come from that northern
land.
*
Lacquered metal, for instance, brass
candlesticks lacquered to make them
easy to care for, is disdained by artistic
house furnishers. The duller
fhe Urass the better liked, only never
tarnished.
Cut glass handles with silver blades,
while still seen, are not nearly so new
or favored as a season or two ago.
*
A quaint jug-like shape is a feature
of many of the latest pitchers. This
effect is largely produced by the size
and shape of the handles.
* * *
So-called Pompeiian copper and
bronze bowls are fashions latest fancy
for flower holders. Their odd shapes
are modeled after the antique.
* *
The majority of the newest and
smartest pieces of cut glass are so
much lower than ,tbe shapes formerly
used as almost to seem squatty. This
is particularly noticeable in the much
shortened stems of goblets, comgote
dishes, etc.
X^IFIpf
fig Compote?Take one dozen large
figs, cut in halves or quarters; put
them into a saucepan -with a packet of
gelatine, two ounces of fine sugar and
enough water to quite cover them;
let them simmer slowly for two hours,
then pour Into a wet mould. When
quite set turn out and serve with
spoonfuls of whipped cream round.
Blueberry Pudding?Line a pudding
dish with thin slices of bread and butter;
turn in a quart of blueberries;
cover vith slices of the bread and
butter aud pour over the whole a
quart of milk, mixed with the wellbeaten
yolks of four eggs. Bake till
the custard is a nice brown, then put
in the refrigerator to get ice cold
for luncheon. Eat with cream.
Fruit Biscuit?Mix together two cups
UJL liuur, uue-iunu n.-a9jjuuuiui ui diui,
three tablespoons of butter, creamed,
add to flour and mis well; add oneiialf
cup sugar and two-thirds cup of
milk, with two well beaten egg a mixeTl
in it; add one cup of currants or
raisins. Drop from spoon and bake
on greased pans in good oven about
twenty-five minutes.
Banana Cream Custard?One pint
of milk, one cup sugar, two eggs.
When cold, add one pint of cream and
six bananas cut in slices (add a little
lemon juice, if the bananas lack
flavor), sugar to taste. Put in a
freezer and pack with ice and salt.
When the cream is frozen remove
dasher. Stir well and pack down in
bottom of can. Let it stand an hour
at least, to ripen.
Spice Drops?Cream one-half cup of
butter and one cup of molasses, onehalf
cup of sweet milk, the yolks of
three eggs and three cupfuls of flour in
which has been sifted three teaspoonfuls
of baking powder. Add a saltspoonful
of ground nutmeg, cloves and
cinnamon, and flavor with the grated
rind of a lemon. Drop in small spoonfuls
on a tin lined with buttered paper.
Bake in a "quick" oven.
Berry Muflins?Mix two cups of
sifted flour, oue-lialf teaspoon salt
and two rounded teaspoons baking
powder. Cream one-quarter cup, butter
with one-half cup sugar, add well
beaten yolk of egg, one cup milk, the
tiour and the white of an egg beaten
still1; stir in carefully one heaping cup
blueberries, which have been picked
over, rinsed, dried and rolled in flour.
Bake in muiliu pans twenty minutes.
Tomato lee Salad?l'ut a quart can
of tomatoes in a saucepan over the
lire with half an onion, a slice of
green peeper, if convenient, three
cloves, two bay leaves, a sprig of
parsley, a teaspoonful of sugar, and
pepper and salt to taste. Cook until
the onion is tender, about ten minutes,
!%/% f ? ma ni'nccj thvmicrli
I tUJUVf ill/ill IUU 1UC| tu?vunM
a sieve One enough to retain the seeds.
When cold freeze as water-Ice and
mould, a melon mould is very pretty
for It; pack In salt and ice in the usual
way; turn it out iu a nest of crwp
young lettuce and serve with a mayonnaise
dressing In a saucebnat, j
I - V- .. ' .. v..
GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN, 1
PRECNANT THOUCHTS FROM THE <1
WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS,
V Story and IU Leitoo ? Bleiisiufffl i' ?
Diagnlfie ? Religion's Genial Influ
ence?I'ut BrightncHt in Your WorkChrist
I tin Self- AftgerllveneHH.
In a little, humble cottage, <
By the ocean wide aud wild, 0
On a bleak aud lonely island, t
Lived a mother and her child. *
8
Sometimes life seemed poor and mtagri i
To this mother's heart so true, t
And ofttimes she felt a yearning I
For some greater work to do.
1
Yet she watched, and prayed, and la- |
bored
For her loved and only son,
Faithfully each task performing,
Till her earthly race was rum.
And hep prayers were not unanswered, *
Neither was her toil for naught, a
For the lad became a bishop, i
And his life with good was fraught. j
?
Many souls he cheered and brightened, c
As the way of life be flrod; fc
Many, through his earnest labors, a
Sought and found his mother's God. ^
Oh, the lesson, sweet and helpful, 3
That should come to you and me, i
From the story of that mother
In her home beside the sea!
Kow it tells us to be faithful r
Let no doubts or fears intrude,
For the Master, wise, unerring, ?
Knoweth wfiat is for our good.
That the niche in which He placed us I
Is the one we best can fill; >
Though another seem more fitting, c
We should trust His wisdom still. 1
Tenderly our lives are guarded,
For our Lord is ever near; '
Ere we call Him. He will answer,
While'yet speaking, he will hear. 1
?Clara Southard Hammond. g
Westings in DlsgnUe.
That day, when God said "No" t*. j
p*ur hot d&sires, was the day of your j.
weaning from the babe-life into the ^
strength and growth of an independent g
existence. That day, when a dftrk cloud i;
settled oe all your hopes, was the be- a
pinning of your new appreciation of the c
eternal constellations, shining unnoticed a
in your sky. That day, when your J
Joseph was torn from yon, was really 1
aecessary to those seventeen years of *
prosperity in the sunshine of Egypt's ^
favor. That day of captivity, which t
matched yon from your busy life to j
share Paul's four years' imprisonment
it Cesarea and Rome, gave birth to t
jeeper v^ws of the nature of Jesus; so I
;hat. whereas you had onlj' known Him ii
is the Divine Substitute, you came to A
enow Him in His heavenly glory, seated c
it the right hand of God; and your discoveries
not only comforted your v
itricken heart, but made for the enrich- F
lient of the world.?Rev. F. B. Meyer. F
Religion'* Genlrtl Influence. C
We want religion that softens the s
!tep, and turns the voice to melody, and t
alls the eye with sunshine, and checks f
;he impatient exclamation and harsh jrebuke;
a religion that is polite, defer- "
jntial to superiors, considerate to
friends; a religion that goes into the ?
family and keeps the husband from beng
cross when dinner is late, and keeps j,
'.he wife from- fretting when the hus- ^
oand tracks the newly washed floor 0
with his boots, and makes the husband
ttindful of the scraper and the door- a
nat; keeps the mother patient when the
baby is cross, and amuse* the children ii
so won n? instructs then, cares for the ~| t
tenants besides paying them promptly; fi
projects the honeymoon iato the har- I
7#st-moon, and makes the happy home c
*ke the Eastern tig tree, bearing on its ?
Dosom at once the tender blossom and "
:he glory of the ripening fruit. We J
want a religion that shall interpose be- j,
:ween the ruts and gullies and rocks of
;he highway and the sensitive souls that }
ire traveling over them.?Helpf"1 i,
Thoughts. J
u
Pat Brlghtneflft in Tnnr 'Work. ?
It is a matter worthy of note that the 9
Lord took thought for raiment in the ?
?arlier days, and prescribed the pattern. ?
fie not only gave commandment con- i
jerning the high priest's garments of F
blue and purple and scarlet and finetwined
linen, embroidered with gold in a
running work, and draped with the c
Mirious girdle of the ephod, but He or- ^
Jered the people's common dress. v
'Speak unto the children of Israel, and c
Did them that they make them fringes *
in the borders of their garments, and
that they put upon the fringe of the j
oorders a ribband of blue." Think of a a
ait of sky-color on the trailing hem of a t
.vork-day robe. And to what purpose? n
'That ye may look upon it and vemem- v
jor all the commandments of the Lord, li
ind do them."?Julia H. Johnston, in t
'Bright Threads." o
p
Christian Self-AMertlvpne#*. ^
No one has ever urged his own claims "
is did the meek and lowly Jesus. If the v
' ' * 1 o ?
follower of Jesus looks upon mmseii ;is i
?alled of God to do his daily work in a
die interest of substantial righteousness, t
:hen there is necessary for the follower t,
in egotism which is not egotism, but
genuinely Christian self-assertiveness. 4
And, again, when eivilizutiou is con- E
fronted with the problem of cleansing j
:hat world slum district which we call t
aeathenisni, and with the problem of j.
maintaining order and decency?when (
;he peace-for-the-sake-of-the-gospel c
man stands in the way of substantia! 3
progress ajid shrieks against the wick- f
?dness of force?it is positively refresh- I
ing to remember the strcnuousness of e
the whip of small cords.?Hev. F. J.
McConuell, in Zion's Herald.
We come to lore people through what J
we do for them, rather than through e
what they do for us. God has gone far ?
beyond our thanking in what he has c
done for us. but we take his gifts as a
matter of course until he can induce us
to do something for him. This is why
Ire throws on us the burden of working
where he might have wrought, and giving
where he might have given. It is r
for our snkos. that we thereby may j,
]<?arn to love tnc ckkt uuu giwi- ui an ^
good.?S. S. Times. t
n
Thou nrt not come into this world to jj
choose out its pleasanter places, but to
dwell in those where thou wast born, ?
and whereof thou wast appointed to be n
a citizvn.?Epietcius. n
a
Little love. little trust: but n great &
love brings a great confidence.?Robert 1
Lcichtoo. 0
r
c
Board to k?t1ia the Navy's nation. e
Secretary Long has appointed a bor.rd
of naval officers, with Captain John.I.
Hunker as President, to revise the raLion
for enlisted men. The ration has not been /changed
for more than forty years. It \
has been in existence in its present form *
since 1859, when the use of grog was t
stopped and five cents added in place of
it to each man's daily ration allowance.
The board will ascertain whether there
should be additions to the ration ar.d r
whether certain parts of it sliculd be _
eliminated.
f;
a
Annual Death Lom by Hpnt-nlng. p
About 300 neoole are killed yearly by t
lightning in the United States. t
rEE SABBATH SCHOOL THE
NTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS SOME
FOR SEPTEMBER I. TH
inbject: Isaac tlie Peacemaker, Gen. xxvl., Poem:
12-25?Golden Text, Matt, v., 9?Mem- Pro
ory VerseH, 24, 25?Commentary on the rer
Day's Lesson. ma
Connecting Links. Sotin after the events J
>f our last leBson Sarah died at Hebron,
.nd Abraham purchased the cave of Mach- A
jelah for a ourying-place for his wife.
/Vhen Isaac was iorty years old Abraham
lent his servant to Mesopotamia, called I
Abraham's country (24: 4) because it was
he place where tne.family of Haran, his (
irother, had settled, and where Abraham's
ather was buried. The 6ervarrt succeeded
n his undertaking and Rebekah was ^
jrought back _ to Canaan and became
Isaac's wife. When Isaac was sixty years
)ld Jacob and Esau were bom. In B. C.
821 occurred the death of Abraham. He
lad lived to the good old age of 175. He '
vas "quiet and restful in his later years,
growing in faith and piety, and guiding '
frith his counsels and his example his son
ind his grandsons, Jacob and Esau, with .
vhom he lived until they were fifteen ^
'ears old, showing them acts of kindness .
ind love." Abraham was buried in the '
>?vp e\f TtfnrhnrLnh with Viio holnvnH wiTa
Sarah. At present this cave is covered by
i Mohammedan mosque, which is sacredly
guarded against the intrusion of travelers.
rVhen Jacob and Esau were thirty-one
fears old Esau, the elder, sold his birthight
to Jacob tor a mess of pottage. Gen.
!5 : 27-34. We read that he "despised his
lirthright." About a year after Esau had
old his birthright there was a famine in
,he land, and Isaac went to dwell in Gear,
which v.as the chief city of the Philstines.
He seems to have been making
>reparations to go to Egypt, where his
ather had gone during tne first famine,
nore than a hundred years before this:
>ut the Lord appeared unto him and told
lim not to go down into Egypt, but to
Iwell in Canaan. At this time the cove- t
lant made with his father, Abraham, was
enewed. Gen. 26: 3-5. It seems strange
hat when Isaac went to dwell at Gerar
le should fall into the same snare that
Abraham had fallen into in the very same
)lace, but such was the case, for when
hev asked him concerning his wife, Isaac
aid, "She is my sister," for he feared they
vould kill him for his wife. This was un
C nnlv UlO /./Mioir.
1UC, JUl UCUCAUII nuo UUIJ mo vuuaiit. j
12. "Isaac." Isaac was a man of faith,
>ut in many respects a great contrast to
lis father. He was patient, but not enter- ?]
(rising and powerful. He was devout and
ubmissive, but not active in organizing -j
n God's service. His life was uneventful,
ilmost monotonous. He was not physially
robust, and seems to have come into ]
, condition of'oodily prostration, for he
oust have spent forty or fifty vears in j
>lindness and incapacity for all activc
vork. "In the 6ame year." While there
/as a famine in the land, when others *\
carcely reaped at all, he reaped thus.plenifully.
See Isa. 65: 13. "Hundredfold." t]
'robably meaning a very great increase.
13. "Went forward." Hebrew, "going-" ?C. B
hat is, became increasingly greater. The
iebrew term for walk is frequently used q?]
a the sense of continued increase. See R.
i7. He grew more and more until he be- ,
ame very great.
14. "Envied him." Here we see how j."6 ,l
anity attaches to every earthly good; ,1C? p*
irosperity begets envy, and from envy Questit
iroceeds injury. Envy is the constant
ompanion of prosperity. ttna? j
15. 'Tor all the wells," etc. In those <luoted
ountries a good well of water was a posessibn
of immense value, and hence in Yp"?'
heir wars it was an object for either j-jir
larty to fill the wells in order to distress
he enemy. Envy considers that which is if' ,
rat to another as gain to itself.' *
16. "Go from us." Isaac does not in- .
ist upon the bargain he had made with ,
hem for the lands he held, nor upon his ?j
ccupying nor improving of them, nor does jt '
le offer to contest with them by force, ? .
iut peaceably departs. We should deny an ex
urselves rather than quarrel. i0_- ?
17. "Valley of Gerar." The country
round Gerar. J!?!'
18. "Digged again the wells," etc. It
u our duty to keep up the memorials of ^cco
he great and good. The Philistines had
illed the wells Abraham had dug. and j^jng
saac resolves to open them again. Many 'ft
f our enjoyments, both civil and religious, traced
re the sweeter for being the fruits of the W0llid
ibor of our fathers, and if they have been gggg
orrupted by adversaries since their day, aKair?sl
re must restore them to their former pur- 3030
19. "Well of springing: water." "Well 28^16
f living waters." This is its meaning both jo2 1
a the Old and New Testament. See lo'oo
ohn 4: 10-14; 7: 38; Rev. 21: 6: 22: 1. An f-'gg
nfailing spring was an emblem of the .?q
races and influences of the Spirit of God. 131 j
20. "Did strive." Those that, avoid 223 i
triving, yet can not avoid being striven Thes
rith. Psa. 120: 7. In this sense Jeremiah were \
rag a man of contention (Jer. 15: 10), and gands
lso Christ Himself, though He is the ant[ es
'rince of peaoe. der ai
21. "Digged another well." "Never did misdei
ny man more implicitly follow the divine deavor
ommand, 'Resist not evil,' than did jtyj i
saac:" whenever he found that his work State i
tras likely to be a subject of strife and danger
ontention, he always chose to suffer Friei
/rong than do wrong. He overcame evil sophy
?ith good. "Syste
22. "Removed from thence." We are "Th<
old that he met the envy with patience no inc
nd removed from well to well. At last popula
he Philistines desisted. Endurance, meek- eequen
iess, the gospel spirit, are the only true is no?]
reapons to use against the world. Isaac, turban
ne Christ, conquered by meekness. Abra- over t
am was the man of faith, Isaac the man fccts 1
f endurance, and Jacob was the man of the in
rayer. ing thi
23. "Went up?to Beer-sheba." Isaac of the
ad trouble while among the Philistines, cay o]
To enjoy God's presence we must be host c
rh'ere He is, and He certainly is not to be dejrene
ound amid the strife and contention of mal es
? nn/1 lionoo fV10 ennnpr
II uuguuijr wuuu, c?i*v4 vw- ?
he child of God gets away from all such
he better; so Isaac found it." In ]
24. "The Lord appeared." The angel of many
he covenant?the Messiah. "The same derers
light." "He needed special encourage- the in
nent when insulted and outraged by the cent, i
'hilislines, and God immediately appear? euty-fc
o comfort and support him in his trials the pe
>y a renewal of all His promises." "The crimiu
3od of Abraham." "God is not the God cause.
?f the dead, but of the living." Matt. 22: cases c
2. Therefore Isaac is assured that bis per ce:
ather has not perished by death, but that been c
le is still alive. "With thee." Isaac was to Loe
ncouraged not merely by the Lord's blessng.
but by the Lord Himself.
23. "Builded an altar." "Isaac first The
milt an altar and then digged a well. ;0h0i s
Cvery dwelling-place of the godly should Suantj
ic a sanctuary.' Here at lait he had real their '
njoyment. He had an undisputed weil swalloi
rhich the Philistines could not fill up, be- out aj(
ause they were not there. beer d:
* mistru
health.
Hard Times For the [,],
"Prosnerity means less work for the such u
iwycr," s?id a nrominent Ohio attorney
he otlwrr day. "When everybody is makng
money men come together on a friendf
footing and settle their disputes be- The
ween themselves. Attorneys who devote not ac
hemselves to criminal practice are also (Jerma
nipus many regular clients in good times. among
have looked over the records of our pen- tjie ]jf(
tc-ntiary at Columbus, and I defy you to VVhi\>!vV
roduce a more accurate barometer of the who *
ondition of the country. Hard times j-eekiuj
ican a full jail, and improving times mdrnii
lean less men behind the bars. There Sfttion
re now fewer convicts in the State peni- times'
entiary at toiumuu.i man cv? m n,n jus- cards
ory. and there has never been in my rec- stupeii
lleefion (which means thirty years of pursue
ractice at the bar) a time when every carnesl
lass of citizens v/ere so prosperous ani
ontenteJ."
gouie Fact* Abont Pearls. .
The only pearis found in the Atlantic ?.'??
)cean are on the north coast of Soutli 11
Imerica, near Baranquilla, Colombia, and
he Marguerita Islands, off the coast of ineroui
Venezuela, but their pearls are oi a poor ?f.011
uality. Pearls are found almost every- wction
rhere in the Pacific, on tlie coast of Mex- ous P?
20 and Central America, as far south as
uayaouil. in the Hawaiian, Samoan. Carline.
Lad rone and Polynesian Islands, on ^
he coast of Australia, and the finest come .
rom the Indian Ocean near Ceylon. The
bundance and the quality of the pearls ful l!,,
roduced depends upon the character of "J*
he water in which the mollusk lives and Sj ?
he food it consumes. :
ciaus i;
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! GREAT DESTBOYEBI
STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT I
E VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. 9
Lost and Found ? According to ? I
ifeMor of Philosophy In the uxdv m
slty of Berlin Many Male Qttm H
ns Are Being Rained by Drink? I
Tames wa6 an only son, - 0
A bright and noble boy, H
1 widowia trust and priae, *H
A doting mother's joy. H
ie was at home and school fi
Both dutiful and kind, B
)f honest, open heart, H
Of bright inquiring mind.
The mother's wealth of 1qv? U
She lavished on her boy; H
Co whom she fondly clung, , )
Her only earthly joy. H
iVithout his father's hand,^^ 9
^ Its guidance and restraint, '
sad change in time she saw, - ' SI
And heard her son's complain^ H
rhat home was not as bright Bj
As scenes upon the street, M
iVhere folly's songs were sung, H
Hard by the scorner'a Heat. H
Corrupt companionship, 1 B
With evil leaven iraugbt,
,'n body, spirit, soul, !
Its subtle poison wrought
["he voice within at first '
Condemns the lighter d^pks;.
?et reason as he may,
He through indulgence , sinks.
Che mother patient bore
The folly of her child;
ler heart, its agony,
Suppressed to accents mild.
ihe summoned all the strength' .
Of self-denying love,
Chat home, with added charms,
Its sacred worth might Drove ,
v< 3ut
Satan, subtle fiend, ?
By sin's delusion charmed,
lis victim blindly led, . ,
His captive's fear disarmed;
Jntil debased, he trod
Of hell the very brink!
ind in his ravings cursed
And fought the demon drink!
Phe mother's tortured heart
In agony now broke;
Vnd to his double crime
The son in horror woke. ?
3ut mercy snread her wings
And brooded o'er the loss;
\.nd now, redeemed, he clings
A contrite to the cross.
The mother's tears and prayers,
Preserved a pledge on high,
STow falls in dews of grace i
'From out the answering sky. -. ^
. Botsford, in National Advocate*
many Hu m "Liquor Problem*" 1
silly editorial claptrap so often iflfi
in by a certain class of editors for
nstruction" of the American pub*
'clarina that there is no "liquofr
m" ana no "evils of drink" in Ger*
where "everybody drinks beer,'*
rushing rebuttal in the passage just'
1 and in the following. Beth'pa**'
ire from Volume VI. of the "Hand*
buch der Staatswissen-Chaften"'
ilopaedia of Political Sciences):
ng 1S85 the hospitals of Prussia re?
8163 patients suffering from deli*
remens. . . .
irding to the general estimate tf
Rroportion of epileptics and the
j defective, as well as idiots, are
3"either of their own drinking hab
those of their ancestors. . .
en among people regarded as healthy
traordinary proportion of mental
s, disposition to shun work, rudenarrow-mindedness,
ignorance and
ality is begotten by Orink and the
irding to the testimony of statist!*
and prison directors, prison chap*
et al., such as Baer . . . one*
t least of the acts of violence are
to the influence of drink. Thai
occasion for the year 18^9:
cases of violence and threat*
; officials.
rape and lewdness. *
5 disturbance of the peace.
0 assault.
nurder and manslaughter.
7 assault and battery.
7 assault to kill.
compulsion and threats.
obbery and extortion.
incendiarism. # .
c make 95,576 acts of violence that,
brought before our courts. Thou-;
of families suffer from the tyranny:
itravagance of topers, the public or-!
id safety from their tendency to
oeanors and crime, all higher enfrom
their stupidity and barbar-l
n regard to the community, the
md other social organisms ;thiey are
ous parasites.
irick Paulsen, Professor of Philoin
the University of Berlin, in his
m of Ethics," says:
?rc are regions in Germany where
nnci^oraViln nrnnnrfcihn r>f the mal?
tion goes to ruin as the direct conce
of the mania for drink; and there
province where the profoundest diaicea
do not extend from this cause
he entire life. The immediate ef?
af intemperance are: Undermining
dustrial life, vitiating and destroy2
family life, deterioration and rum'
intellect and morals, finally the deff
the body. Pauperism, crime, a
i diseases, insanity, suicide and a
irate posterity comprise their diacort."
Drink and Crime.
120 array prisons throughout Gerforty-six
per cent, of all the murcommittea
their crimes while under
fluence of drink. Sixty-three per
of ike cases of manslaughter, sev>ur
per cent, of serious injury to
rson and seventy-seven per cent. o?
al immorality are due to the same
In the navy out of 1671 punishable
luring the last six years seventy-five
nt. of the most serious cases have
lue to drunkenness.?Berlin Leiter '
idon Chronicle.
A N'ew Beer Evil.
injury from beer is not from the alilone,
but also from the uncalled-for
Lies of liquid beer drinkers take into
stomach. No one ever dreams of
iving such a quantity of liquid with:ohol,
as hundreds of thousands of
rinkers imbibe every day and never
st that they arc endangering their
Weakening the heart-muscle and
Dod vessels are the consequences of
se of beer.
Ravages the Life.
beery bliss of the academic, and
ademic, Philistines, prevalent in
ny, and the worship of the telly
the rich and distinguished, ravage
? as surely as the habit of drinking
r among the poor. Can any one
its by the hour in a beer saloon
I with tobacco fumes, day after day,
ig and evenings, in stupid converrepeating
things said a hundred
or engaged in an inane game of
finally carrying home an empty,
ed head, can any one who does that
any serious or grand object with
iness or zeal?
Local Option a Protection.
ie large majority in any district deprotect
themselves and their fam om
a demoralizing multiplicity of
lens, which are always most nu!
in the most squalid purlieus, it is
strou-i injustice that such self-pcoi
should be impossible to the virtuor.
Tho Liver Harden*.
of the most dangerous diseases?
ever curable?is the hardening and
ing of the liver, which is caused iu
jority ol canes by the use of whisky;
mally through wine, as we learn
;hc unanimous testimony of physi- i
a all countries. ?'