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* smwhi jean 1 irnmtAIT. HoKKlT B( CH APT Ell IV. (Continued.) This suggestion vu acted upon Immediately, and the tenants of the Marest cottage gave them ready admittance and aaaiatance. Every one the Island was awake and fearful Id that terrible storm. No ooe could Sleep or rest with the roar In the heavens and the 1-honder of waters on the beach, the lightning glaring as though the heavens had opened with fire to wallow the world. Bat, Interesting though it might be for Graham to be petted and flattered and eared for, Jt was but ten minutes pft most ere he was thoroughly recovered and declared his Intention of re turning to the hotel In spite or every objection. "My wife will be anxious," be said, quite steadily and smiling. "It is a rattier unpleasant night in which to be Mt and she will be certain to think that 1 bare been offered as sacrifice to Heptane r* "Nonsense," retorted Gregory Bentonhurst, with prompt decision, doing bis utmost to detain his friend, tbat be sboald be entirely recovered after bis brsre struggle. "We'll send word op, Harold! Do be sensible and wait till the storm passes, there's a good Sallow! It ! a Dating very mucu now. But the "good fellow" would not be persuaded. He shook his head, srnlls "Don't be ridiculous, Benson hurst!" he said lightly. "There Is nothing the Batter with me. Come! Mr. Earle is safely cared for here until morning and the rest of the party sre all right, save for the wetting and the scure, and woffl go up to the hotel. The Grants have been rery gracious to this lot of shipwrecked sailors, but we n not Infringe open good nature. Tbero Is one thing, however, that I wish to My, and I shall think you no true Mends of mine If you do not agree With me: It Is that I wish you all to promise?all of you, remember?that you will withhold from those who are mat present to-night, that I saved Palmer Bnrle! I have my reasons. They are good reasons, too, as you will acknowledge to-morrow. I cannot make the matter more dear to you mow, hat 1 must hare your promise!" Gregory Ben?onhur*t looked at b!s friend as though be thought him bereft of his senses. He and Graham were alone for the moment, as the allien prepared to go np to the hotel. His ejes were keen and steady, searches the other's face; but so were Graham's eyes, and a new sternness was 1 about his moutht. "Comer* be added. Impatiently. "Don't tell me so plainly that you are j mot my friend. Benson buret. I have my reasons for requesting this promise. Ton will understand?to-morrow." < "Why not to-night Harold?" "Because"?Graham moved away !r- i ritably, a frown on bis face?"because i to-night it la nothing to yon, Bcusonkarat Come! Give me jonr promise, will yon? Or shall I go without it and know that yonr friendship is not atrong enough to stand trial?" ' Gregory Bensonhurst laid his hand apon the arm of his friend to detain 1 klm as he was passing to the door, Hi* 1 face was very grave. His memory was keen with the words of warning altered by Leiand the previous afternoon. Why shonld this man speak so strangely of to-morrow? k.ra TTomI.I > I./, a. 1.1 nulot Ij; **I call myself your friend. If it Is a friend's duty to give you tbis ' promise, I do so. Tou can trust me. And if ever tbere Is other need to try my friendship?try me!" peculiar change struck Harold Graham's face, but be graced the other's band warmly. "Very well," be said. **I thank you. Bensonhurst I shall try you tsooner than you know, perhaps. Let us go." They joined the others in the hall and upon the piazza?a group of drenched men, with their coats well tattooed up about their throats and their bate pressed close down ou their heads. Few would bare recognized Among tbem tbe half-dozen fashionable young men idling through tbe previous daj. Tbe yachting party were with them, save Palmer Earle, the host's owner and the one most severely injured. Tbe storm had somewhat abated and they could reach the hotel without such difficulties as they met in starting out They pretty well filled the cottage and were unwilling longer to trespass on tbe hospitality ot tbe Grants. Mr. Earle was will Mrnl fnp nllri mmfArtuhlr aclo^n stimulant ordered for liloi leaving Liiu little time before si umber. His friends could safely leavebim aud secure their OWD comfort at tbe hotel Tfcejr looked considerably mystified when Informed* of Graham's wishes regarding bis share la tbe rescue; but . Boost of them assented readily enough, with a skeptical shrug of tbe ?boulden? and uplifting of tbe brows. It wa* one of their busings* if this man chose to bide bis bravery. If be bad ; reason for bis reticence, was it for i them?some of tbem tbe meu be had ! helped to save?to bruit bis business j to tbe world? Tbe group in the hotel parlor bad I learned roine time previously that < their fri?*nds wrri> amnn? tin. whmiIhc ' party upon tbe beach. and if it were | possible fur Their fear to Increase. it was then increased. Alecla endeavored to retain ber brave face and comfort ber companions with ber words of cheer; but It wax a difficult thins for ber to do. knowing that ber bu?band was In tbe storm. Many women would have been still more terrified, knowing of tbe burden ujH?n bis shoulders tbat might make him reckless of his life. "Ycu are rueh a dear, sweet, brave . thing. Alecia." said Kuthryu Franklin, admiringly, nestling nearer Lor friend upon tbe sofQ. and patting one of her hand* tenderly. "I don't se? how you can sit here telling us so quietly not to be afraid, *.7hen you know that your hCKh&nd is in this horrible lightning." **Yoa must be a fatalist. Alccia," AlUica Dosrarrn cried, with sodden i % THROP^^F^ 2 NooeL KATE LUDLUM. xnu'i Soxr, 1830.] animation. "Thoupb I don't foe how yoa can believe that lie i? as safe out in the storm as in liere away from it." "Oh, but we're not away from it. Althea," moaned poor little pretty Bess | Cntherwcad. with reproachful eyes. "We're Just right in the very midst of It! I'll never again come down to the sea in summer?never, never, never! It's too dreadful." "You'll forget all about it to-morrow when the sun shines," said Leland. comfortingly, in au undertone. "But you're not to forget, wickcd little Bess, that you have given me your promise to-night." "Oh, dear!" she cried, wretchedly, "dear, dear, dear! If you'll keep me safe through this. Lane Leland. I'll never be bad to you again! I'll just I love you forever and ever! I aui so afraid!" "Well." he said, calmly. "I shall remind you of this, if you do forgt-t. Bess. I cannot be patient forever, you hnow!" But she could not quarrel with him. for she was too terrified, and only lifted those great black reproachful eyes of hers to his with a grievet! curve to her red Hps, that gave him a deplorable feeling of base ingratitude, and caused him to be infinitely tender to her for that time. "1 am not a fatalist?no." said Alecia. smiling, in reply to Althea's re mart. "It isn t tnat. my uear. out ir there is need for him to go I would not keep him. I would not have him a coward, you know, even to save his life." "That's like you." said Clara Bradley. softly. "I never saw anotbcp woman to equal you. Mrs. Graham! But I'm not brave, and I don't want to be in such a horrible storm. Just think of our being cut off from home by all that water, with no way of getting there should we wish, and the hotel liable to be washed away " "There is the lighthouse." said Alecia, quietly. "If the worst should come?which isn't probable?we could go there, you know. That wouldn't be washed away!" "Oh. but you don't know," protested Miss Clara, fretfully. "And. besides, we would all be blown Into pieces be fore we could get there. I tell you it's awful to be bere In a storm"' "I'll oot let you come then, uext summer, Clare," s>aid Ninette, roguishly. "I'll tell Uncle Hallett what a coward you are. aDd be'U cut you off from bis will without so much as enough to buy a bonnet, and then what will you do?" "What do I care about bonnets?" retorted Clara, with tearful eyes, "in such a storm ns this, Ninette Bradley? But you will l>c a mean, mean girl if you tell Uncle Hallet anything. I never do." Her sister laughed. They all knew sufficiently well Clara Bradley's passion for bonnets. "Ob, this is simply dreadful!" cricd Miss Catbenvood, starting to her feet with her hands over her ears, her face deepening in pallor with fear, as a peal of thunder crashed overhead, shaking the building, and thundered on and across the water into the far illutnni^ and \rna ct'll "T1w? llrvhtnlnc* is bad enough, but it Isn't anything compared with the thunder. You uugbt to be ashamed to laugh aud talk about bonnets in this storm, you wicked girls." "Well, It's very nice to have bonnets in clear weather, anyway," retorted Katbryn Franklin. "And we're not wicked to talk about tbem, you little craven 1" "Everybody is bo unkind to me." said Bess, pitifully, with quivering lips that brought her lover's heart to still deeper subjection, "because I'm afraid of thunder. 1 can't help It 1 didn't make myself. If I had. maybe I'd have made myself more like you. Alecia. or like Kathryn.'' "Poor little thing." said Alecia. kindly. with quick sympathy, as she rose and crossed over to the girl, her hand touching lightly the curly dark head as she stooped aud kissed the soft cures uearest ucr. "1'oor llllJe tning: It is uukiud to be uukiud to you.'* "And you're such a dear!" whispered Bess. Impulsively, catching the soft hand from her head aud dragging it down to her lips. "You're such a dear?and so Nautlful. Mrs. Graham"' Lane Lelund looked shamefully jealous of ull this privilege, and Bess, knowing this very Will, even in her fear could not resist being the least bit wicked. "It is to nice to have people comfort one instead of tensing.'' added this small tyrant, with her red lips and great eyes and eloqueut face lifted to the beautiful woman above her, ns she held ihe caressing hand between her own two hands. "It is so sweet of you, Mrs. Graham, to understand just little me." Just Little Me was wickedly understanding of what was in her lover's heart. He hud taunted her with being vrut-i uuu auu, uiuoupii sue needed bis companionship and strength too much to quarrel with blm. she could repay him for all slights most cruelly. Probably Mrs. Graham understood | that quite as weil as Miss Calherwoud | herself. Aujwuy. she iaugbed as she I patted with her other hand the tw?? I bauds clasping Luis ere she turned and resumed h<*r scat. "Just Little Me is a charming child." she said, kindly and sweetly. "Already ;he storm is passing. Miss Catherwood. You need ftar uo longer. The lightning and thunder are still severe, hut they are too far away now to harm us. Be of good cheer. Just Little Me!" "And here come the others!" cried Althea I>unraven. deiiirhtedlv. "Now we will kuow what is the matter and Lave the in safe!" "If they are naff!" supplemented Constance Arniitage. wickedly. For .Ml>? Arniitage knew quite well that George Priestly was une or the parly in the Ktorui. and that George I Priestly was n.ore than a friend to j pretty Mi*s bunraven. And Miss < railtage could be a trifle spiteful. too. because ber fiance was camping in the Adirondacks instead of board* , ing at the Surf Hotel on Fire Island. "Of course they're safer* said Al- . thea. indignantly, a flush on her pretty cheeks and her blue eyes shining. "Don't you suppose we would have heard of it if anything bad happened? Bad news travels always j faster than good!" But Miss Arniitage was saved the necessity of replying to this con- j rincing remark by the entrance of tlie * > - ?U_ V. ~ 11 l,? i ureuvut'u |Miri| iuiu iur uaii, iiuu tuc prompt adjournment of tbe parlor group to learn what news tbey I brought Sufficient news, Indeed; and tbe group tbat bad ehuddered In tbe parlor, tbrougb tbe storm, felt uncomfortably small when compared witb these men wbo bad passed tbrougb | so much in tbe midst of it. What j heroes they made- of them! Crowded ' about them in their pretty gowns, regardless of the sea-water or tbe rain, tbeir bright eyes eloquently alive with pride. "I knew that you were l?rave," said Alccia. very softly, with her hpnds around her busbund's arm and her : hinlng eyes upon bis, her lips half j I trembling in spite of tbeir smiling. For I I fhoi- Imit tnlil liar nt )iiu lif;iv??rv \rilll. ! VMVJ V* ?w ? ? j holding only bis rescue of tbe mnu Id i tbe cottage. "I couldn't bo afraid, i Harold. I had such faith in you!" And he was grateful in tbe innermost depths of bis soul, that be could meet her eyes without shrinking with i guilt. "And I don't see why you couldn't! have gone with them and been brave, too, instead of staying safely in the [ parlor." said cruel Miss Catberwood j petulantly, as she parted from Lane | | Leland at the stairs, a few minutes j later, not even yielding him her band. CHAPTER V. LB AVI NO THE OLD LIFE. The Zingara. nut-bored at the pier, had been badly battered and tossed during the night, but when morning 1 broke and the sun shone in a cloudless j sky. she rose and fell quietly on the waves, waitiug for her passengers 1 across at Babylon. Few passengers [ caine that morning, for there was lit* | tie interest evinced in business among I the hotel guests. Gregory Bensonhurst j was going for the day, to take a look at I Wall street, he said, easily, though in his heart he was not ensy regarding the condition of Graham's affairs as hinted by Leland on the previous afternoon. The yachting party were to cross, j also, to report the wrecking of the | Queen Taphenes and the rescue of her { passengers and crew. And as though it were the merest matter of course. Mrs. Graham announced that she was going to the city with her husband, as they had changed their intention of re- 1 warning ine summer inrougu ui me , Surf Hotel. "But you will come back to us?" i queried Bess Catherwood, earnestly, j her pretty face lifted to her friend in i the broad sunlight upon the pier as j they walked down to the waiting boat.! For those guests who were up after I the events of the night, were going I down to the dock to see them off. the j little steamer's departure and arrival j being the special events of the day. j "You must promise to come back to us, Mrs. Graham." Alecla smiled upon the eager face be- | side her. She knew quite well that j | this Fiuall woman ami her lover bad j quarreled, for her eyes, seeing all that | concerned her friends, had noted their ; ! avoidance of each other. She would | make some one liappey ere she left her | old life, she said to herself, bravely, i So she patted the tinkers upon her arm, j replying to some remark of Ninette's before she spoke to this other friend, j "I cannot promise." she sold then, smiling gently. "You are kind to wish ; It, Mfcs Catherwood, but 1 think it i scarcely probable that we shall return. Unexpected business calls my husband away, and doubtless we shall reman in the city for some time. When we < leave, I think we shall travel through the West. We intended last fall to j take a California trip, but were pre- , I vented. So. you see. it is not likely flint sli'ill tvfiirn here." "I wo," said Miss Catherwood. sor- : rowfully. "I wish I could not see so clearly. Mrs. Graham. But"?a soft j rose color deepened uj?on her cheeks j and a smile stirred the parted lips as ! though ?he scarcely dared tender her request?"if ever you have time?and care to ? will you write to me, dear j Mrs. Graham? 1 should Ik.* so pleased! j You somehow understand me better i than my other friends, and. perhaps. I may?mind. I only say perhaps I may ?ijrow brave from knowing you.'' (To be continued.) ltaby C?rrir<l OAT by Eaglei. In a village in the Northern Carpathians the wife of Micliacl Davidovics, j a larmer. was garnering nrusuwoou the other day. After wrapping up her I baby she left liini on a suuny liauk. When she returned. after a short time, 1 she found only Mood-stained swad- ! diitig clothes. At first she thought that | wolves might have torn the baby to pieces. But she soon knew the truth. Two eagles, dashing down, seized the blood-stained rags aud flew away with J I them up to their eyrie. The woman > ran. latueutiug. into the village, and ! the men. armed with muskets, stormed -tha eagles' eyrie on the top of the! rocky mountain, tine of the eagles was wounded hut the other escai>ed. ; Among the ice clnd rocks close by the ; eyrie the lK?nes and bead of the baby ( were found. ? Budapest Correspondence Chicago ltecord-Herald. * Surprl?rd at Her Ignoranrr. A little boy, a street griuiiu. yet wirh i a philosophy beyond his years, was endeavoring the other day to drag a reluctant dog along the sUlowalk. lie ! was not unkind to it. and the dog did i not seem unhappy, but was struggling and yelping ifter the manner of his j kind. It was. by the way. a typical | Hiri'i-l UOg. JUSI aiiOUl OU a par n iiu his raggt-d little master. A well- , menuiug lady. of middle age. stopped to look at the dirty pair. "What is the matter*:" she asked. ; 1 "What makes hiiu pull and hark so':" , The gnuiiu look'd at her pityingly. | "Why. laut". that's just because he's a dot "?New York Mail and Kxpress. I In a state nf nature, tea trees prow ! [ to a height of forty fut; in cultivation j ! they are dwarfed l?y piuuiu;; to not j more than three feet i V " ' - S ,-fe W: 2.. j< _5cLvu. -aUi a GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN PRECNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE WGRLD'S GREATEST PROPHETS. Poem: Darkneaa It Thlnnlnf?It ta Better ? B..i U.II.U. nMiiuliim In lh> I Name I'nlvcne of Doslro?Find God In Tour Daily Work. Darkness is thinning; shadows ore retreating; Morning and light are coming in their beauty, Suppliant M-ek we, with an earnest outcry, God the Almighty! So that our Master, having mercy on us, May repel languor, may bestow salvation, Granting us, Father, of Thy loving kind* nets Glory hereafter! This of His mercy, ever-biessed flodheafl, Father, and Son, and Holy Spirit, give us-? Whom through the wide world celebrate forever Blessing and glory! Communion or SctrlMf The question, "How much of my tim% shail I give to God?" is not an unusual om? in religious meetings of young people. "What part ot my means shall 1 give to the Lord?" is also common. The same idea underlies practices like the "Morning Watch," the "Week of Self-Denial," and other t-pecial sea-oiis set apart for the "giving of time or of money to God. Of course, untold good may come out of the obscrvancc of such seasons, but there is also u subtle danger in the idea which is liable to be overlooked. God has a right | to all our time. It is his. How, then, can i we talk about "giving" it to him? More- | over, the time bpent in Ciod's service is that which is most iruitful for us as individuals. In what sense shall we distinguish our time and God's time? The writer remembers being told, in childhood, of a woman, still young, who had read the 13ible through twenty times on her knees. And yet tbwe were many boys and girls within one mile of her hoinc who did not know how to read the Bible. That she died early of consumption was then considered the sign and seal of her sainthood, whatever interpretation > the present bacteriologist might be inclined ' to give. The antipode of her type is the | bustling Christian, who is so busy with tttoradic attempts to make money for the church that she has no time to realize the joy of the inflowing divine, or, indeed, to often her soul to receive such inflowing, lhe problem for many a child of God is how to unite the worthier elements of tho seemingly irreconcilable characters. An occupation whose essential nature makes withdrawal from communion with God necessary ia wrongly chosen, and should be given up an soon as possible. It is often quite possible, however, that instead of .having made a mistake in our :-hoice of occupation, we are living, or tryto live, two lives, putting God in one and the occupation in the other. An occupation, in itself not incompatible with the divine life, may be made t?o by placing it in a universe of desire in which the divine has no place. Instead of perplexing ourwives an to how our time shall be divided between our religious duties and our occupations, we would tar belter put the religion and the occupation in the same universe of deiiire, let them be organic parts of the same life, and then live that life strongly, earnestly* and singly. When we J find God in our daily work, in our recrea- I tion. in the nature about us, even in the debased humanity wc are born to elevate, ! we shall not need to ask any questions j ibout how much time we should take away ; from these things to give to Him. There is perhaps no figure of speech which has so clouded our conception of God and our relation to Him as that involved in calling Him king. The kings of the earth are in no real sense analogues of liotf. let we taiK auoui our runiriuunuug i to religious purposes an it we were {laying ] Ciixl tribute. \\ c think of Him as punish- i ing us and judging us as an earthly ruler j would do. We lind no l>ett*r illustration ; at the respect due Him than the state and : reremony with which earthly kings sur- j round themselves. We are learning now I that the monarch of earth often simply ! use tricks, trappings and vulgar devices to | command the respect of the vulgar in their i (.-liquet and pageantry. Does the (iod of heuveu and earth need this? We talk about | appearing In-fore (Jod as if we were not al- ] ways before llim. We do not pay God trib- ] ute at all. All that we have is His. There j should be uu question of our individual i uses, if our life is, indeed, "hid v/ith Christ I in God." la it not presumptuous to talk j of "giving" to the Lord? It i* He who in J sharing His own with uu. Our oneness i with Him should be of such a nature as to i preclude anything like a jealous* division. It is not only true that communion with* out service loses its vitality, and that ser- [ vice without communion loses its joy, but it is also true thai neither can exist without the other. They are parts of an orttanic whole in whicii the union is so vital that separation would be as fatal as would the severance of the heart and lungs in the human body. The mostjntiraate communion with our heavenly Kuther is to be attained only by means of the most devout service. God's holiest shrine is the soul of man, and He is in the haunts of men in larger measure than in the closet. The devotee on his knees in the heavy air of his chamber is o/ten further away from the God he seeks than the sister of mercy as she returns through the golden dawn from the chamber of suffering. The midday withdrawal or the morning watch may tx> an isolation from the highway where Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.?SundaySchool Times. Character and llucineM. We can depend upon a truly Christian character at all times as a foundation upon which to build, all other thing* being equal. Character inav not be represented bv large stores of wealth, and a truly Christian man will not be trusted for more I than lie is worth. Nor will lie use money tfiat he knows will noi bring a direct profit, or expend that which stands for security, but is no part of liix buxincss. He will not rob one fund to sustain one of doubtful success, or allow others to do it, ii he can prevent it.?Philadelphia Methodist. Do What Yon Can. What we value for ourselves we must #eek to Kprcad to others, and what we shrink from ourselves?lowering surrounding. a tainted atmosphere ? what we shrink to think of those nearest and dear* est to us being exposed to?let us do all we can to remove from others. '"Lead u? not into temptation. Deliver us from evil." l)o whai you can to sweeten the mental ar.d moral atmcsphere that surrounds you.?Arthur C. A. Hall. God Veraoi Mammon. In the history of mankind there hav? been lords many and gods many. Their worship has changed. but the god of gold has hcid his own. and the almighty dollar has more worshipers than Almighty (Jod to-day.- Rev. Henry Irving Rasmus, Methodist. Chicago. Masters of Our Fat*. A rr.an is not entirely subject to his erv vironnient. We often hear men complain that they are victims of circumstances, but God hax given u-i a will power which, if ?? * " ?? ??? it ?? )! nrnvnil the evil iiflu?-n<rs of our Mirroundin?*.? llev. lltnry EvciUua Cob! The Only One. Xashville. Tenn., in perhaps the only city in the I'nited State* tlut h.i*? tire alarm coll* hi a cipher. The discovery w:;* m ule a tew day* ago when some new I>oxc> were ordered. Anions the lot \v..s o:.e with the number The nianuiiu-turer wrote back to Nashville to know it this were not a mistake, as no other city u*ed the cipher. InctructioiiM were sent to make uj? the Ini-tea m ordered. At fir?t glance it Would seen confusing to have a ci|.|.er at the end of a rail. T he way it is worked : > I that for every t.:ll ending in a cipher ten stroke:* arc sounded. For instanve, if the I number is 120 the hug is 1?2?10. THE SABBATH SCHOOLj INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR MARCH 16. fintyeet: The Ethiopian Converted, Act? rill., 2H-40?Golden Text: Hon. x., 10? Memory * rr?cf, i>?, ju?vaiuuicnuuf on tht Day'* LcMon. 26. "An angel." (R. V.) Not the angel which signifiew Christ Himself. We do not know how he appeared to 1'hilip. hat we know that he wan "a real messenger, bringing a real message from God." "Unto Philip." The evangelist, or deacon. "Go." Philip was probably still in Samaria when he received this command. "Gara." One of the five chief cities of the Philistines. It was situated near the southern boundary of Canaan, less than three miles from the Mediterranean. "The way?which is desert." This is a description of the exact route be was to take. The word "desert" means a wild and thinly settled region. " This was the road through Hebron. Put some think ( the word desert may refer to the "place" he was to go. 'SI. "He arose and went." It does not appear that he knew the object of his journey, but still he obeyed God instantly without question. "Ethiopia." Now called Nubia and Abyssinia. The high land south of E<rvDt. of which the capital was Meroe, called Sheba. (.Sen. 10: ^7; 1 j King* 10: 1. It# Hebrew name wan Ounh, j from the son of Ham. At this time there were many Jews in Kthiopia. "Eunuch." Denoting here a stale officer of ere at authority. simihr, perhaps to that of Joseph. Gen. 41: 39. Sometimes called chamberlain. Acta 12: 20. "Candace." Title of the nueen of Meroe. as Caesar of Rome, and Pharaoh of the earlier, and Ptolemv of the latter dynasties of Egypt. "Of all her treasure." Treasure houses were common in the East, where not only money, but important documents were kept. Ezra 5: 17; Esther 4: 7. Of these treasure houses this eunuch was custodian. He was the queen's secretary of the treasury. 28. "Was returning." He had come to Jerusalem to keep the recent feast ot Pentecost, as a Gentile proselyte to the - > * ? / I jCTi?b laitn, ana naving coni?.* b?? iar uc | nut only staid out during the festival, but | prolonged hin stay until now. "Read j Esaiatt. ' The Greek form for Isaiah. He i was evidently reading aloud, and this was common among Orientals and was the practicc of the Jews. He nav have obtained the expensive manuscript while at Jerusalem, and was now looking over his new found tresuiure. 29. "The Spirit said." That inward voice which directed Philip to approach the traveler ami keep near the cnariot, j was a command of the Holy Ohost dwelling in hin:. The angel who had given him the first direction had departed, and now the influence of :he Holy .Spirit completed the information. 30. "Philip ran." Showing promptness in obeying the guidance of the Spirit. "Heard him read." Philip wa* walking cr running by the nidc of the chariot. In attaching himself to a train of people who wppo irv.irnpvine in the ftame direction he would not be considered an intruder. "Underatandest thou." The question would imply that Philip was ready to explain. Philip did not begin in a roundabout way, but came directly to the point. In holy conversation we should come at once to the truth itself. 31. "How can I?" Thus admitting that there wax nothing within himself to unfold the meaning of God'a word, and yet expressing an earnest desire to know its meaning. 32. "The place of the scripture." The rhaptcr (Isa. 53) contains eleven distinct references to the vicarious sufferings of Christ. "As a sheep." A vivid description of our Saviour's silent submission to that Mcrificial death, to which He humbled Himself. 1 Peter 2: 23. 33. "Hi<? humiliation." In his humble fosiiion as a poor man. "Taken away." n th<- contempt, violenre ;:nd outrage which He suffered as part His humiliation, the rights of justice and humanity which belonged to Him were taken from Him. "? > " ? ? Tk.? , ueciarcci m* uvnciauun. ureit irreat variety of opinion as to the meaning r?f this expressu>n. Many think it equivalent to asking. Who can describe the wickedness of the men of Hi* time?His "conj temporaries?'' 34. "Of whom speaketh." etc. Probably there was no little discussion on thin point. "Of himself." Thinking Isaiah I might have predicted hi* own martyrdom by h iwing asunder, according to Jewish tradition. Heb. 11: 37. 35. "Opened his mouth." Feeling the great responsibility of unfoiding the true mi-aning of the Scriptures to his heathen companion. "Pegnn it the same." He | took his sermon into the gospel concerning | Christ. What the prophet had declared, had indeed been fulfilled. ^ The Old TestaI ment is fulfilled in the New. "Preached I Jesus." Showed that Jesus was the Christ, and in His person, birth, life, doctrine, miraclcs, passion, death and resurrection the Scriptures of the Old Testament were fulfilled. 38. "As they went." They must have journeyed some time together. "A certain j water." There are many idle conjectures ? *'"* wO n nn nf Ino Imntikin j ttR I llilT VAUi b I'llltl wi VMIO I "See. here in water." The espresMon is I merely, "Behold, water!" 37. "Philip *aid." This v?*rse is wanting I in the KevUed Version. "If thou bolievj est." Believing is essentia) to salvation. ! With the heart man believeth unto right* eousnex*. Without faith it is impossible to please God. It is not so much our doing an what we are at heart that God estimate*. He desireth truth in the inward part*. God want* the heart to be moved toward Him. "The Son of God." After listening to the story of Christ's humiliation and death, to believe truly that He was tho Mc>?iah would eert&iniy s?tir all the lovo and adoration of the sou!; for love pur:hasfd redemption, and love is the pnee for it. 3S. "To stand mill." Of rourao tliq vhole retinue would see what took place, nnd they may certainly be regarded as tliq nucleus of a congregation to be established in Ethiopia. :S>. "Caught awav." A sudden nepernatural removal. The nprewiont in 1 Knifes IS: 12: 2 King* 2: 10. ami the di?appearance of Christ in Luke 24: 31, interpret the statement here. "He went?rejoicing.'' Jcy from (iod, joy in God, joy of God. 40. "l'hilip was founil." Found himrclf: made hi* ap|tcaranr?; an expression : confirming the miraculous manner of hi* J transportation. "At Azotus.'' The ancient Ashdod. on l!ie piain by the sea, eighteen | mile* north of Gaza. Thenee he went | preaching north;vard along the era?t to j r.usarea. "To Caonarea." South "f Mount Carniel. on the plain ot Sharon. ! Here, twenty years after, l'hilip met hi* I old-tune persecutor, Saul, the apostle l'aul; Art. 21- P-JO KMtaurMt st School. In the High School in Sioux City, Iowa, the School Hoard has undertaken what is | proving to be a very xucceasiui i-xprnmciu ; in m i n rig hoi lunch to the pujiiln at cheap j price*. A lunch room ha# been fitted up. uud there the ?ehoiar* can purchaM? many j hot dishes at minimum rates. Everything ix sold for check*, which can la- obtained in lot* of ten and twenty-five cent*' worth. Mucii time in caved in tin* way, and it is po.-Mlii'e to serve ninety boy* and girls in ] ten minute. A woman runs it tor the j ' board, and is allowed to make a little out j of it. Kverythmg is dcau and the food of lin* | | Japanese Paten! I.nw. T'ndcr t!??* new Japanese patent law. which recently went into efTect. an invnit or who h.".rt applied for a patent in a for- ' t ii^n country will obtain priority ax from the same date in the I'nitcd Kingdom. within twelve months, he #il**?' applnatiou there. He. however, loses the adv.nitape that inay In* gamed by lirst applying s'.ir proviMonal protection* only, as he must al onee tile hi* complete specification. King'* Coronation Roba of Gold. King Edward's coronation rol>e will b?j of cloth of gold. The material, which will I be specially woven, will contain a smaller ' proportion of nllor than gold coinage. It j i* mated that it will be "as bright as a go.tica cloud." | * THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Poem: The Tippler'* Tow-Drinlc and Crime u Viewed by the Twelve Cltj Mafflatrate* of New Tork?Liquor Re* ponsible For Most Cuei. I row to drink no more, for well I know TVi? mAM I >lnnlr <!? thintirr T crn w And he who drink* to know, too late he learn* The fire he quenchcs most the more it born*. This bottled stream has wet so many lips That were not dry in speech nor used to sips; Has made *o many check* unwilling show The rose that ever keeps them blushing so! Loo!: wise and shake your pretty head at fact? To play the fool so would the wisest act; Sweets of the twining vine, a* sure as late Make loving woman too affectionate. Wine makes a man, his fancy for the fact, Believe he onus the earth, his wealth intact. Here, beggar, take another sip and be For one brief hour a millionaire with me. I've owned the earth: and I did pay for it (The srain of Dleasure mine) with shallow wit; And that same earth, the rent lost falling due I've sold for an old story told anew. Just one more drink? Ala*, that juat one more Ha* been how many thousand times before? I break the glass that holds the crimson blush Of him who first taught man the grape to cnuh. ?Lee Fairchild. Drink and Crime. The Defender. New York, recently sent to the twelve city magistrates the following question: "To what extent does the use of linuor operate as the inspiration or cause of offenses to the best of your knowledge and belief?" Here are the answers received from the magistrates who favored with a reoly: Magistrate Mott: "Almost universal | cause of crimc^' I Magistrate Mammer: "Laquor in most I case* is the cause or aggravates the situs! tion." | Magistrate Olmstcad: "The abuse of liquor is the cause of a large proportion of I minor offences." Magistrate Duel: "From fifty-five to sixtv per cent." Magistrate Crane: "To a creat extent. To my mind three-quarters ?f the offenws charged against prisoners brought to our courts come from the use of liquor." Magistrate Mayo: "To the best of my knowledge and belief the use of liquor operates as the inspiration or cause of the above specified offrnses to the extent oi about tno-thirds'of them." Magistrate Zeller: "In my opinion liquor onerates onlv as the insniration or cause for disorderly conduct, and this is mostly the cane with the male offenders. My observation on the bench leads me to believe that liquor has been the cause of a limited number of crimen, and these crimes being only misdemeanor*, viz., assault or disorderly conduct. Of course there are exceptions to the rule, but I say these exception* are the rarest occurrence. I may say that drunkenness on the part of women is rather increasing, and with few exceptions when a woman is arraigned for intoxication she is also charged with disorderly conduct, which is not the case with a man." Magistrate Mead: "To a very large extent. Probably ninety per cent." Don't Laaeh. How often have you seen a drunken man stagger along the street? His clothes art* ioiled from falling, his face is bruised, his eyes are dull. Some? *L. i a L: limes nc curses me uojs umt icsw nun. Sometimes he trie* to mile, in a drunkea effort to placate pitiless, childish cruelty. Hit body, worn out. can stand no more, and he mumbles that he is going home. The childre-i persecute him, throw thine* at him, laugh at him, running ahead of liir.i. ? (trown men and women, too. often lauah with the children, nudge each other, and actually find humor in the sight of a human heme sunk below the lowest animal. The ".ight of a drunken man going home I should make every other man and wom.m ! pad and sympathetic, and. horrible as the | sight is, it should be useful, by inspiring. I in who see it, a resolution to avoid and to beln other* avoid that man'* fate. That reeling drunkard i* going home. He itf going home to children who are afraid of him. to a wife whose life be has n:.iile miserable. He is going home, raking with him the ! worst curse in the world?to Miner bitter [ remorse himself after having inflicted tufi fering on those whom he should protect. I And a* he goes home men and women, { knowing what the homecoming meant), j laugh at him and enjoy the sight. | In the old day* in the arena it occasionI ally happened that brother* were set to | fight each other. When they refused to j fight they were forced to it by red-hot irons I applied to their back*. We have progressed beyond the moral 1 condition of human being* guilty of ?cch ' brutality a* that. Hut we cannot call ourj selves civilized while out* imaginations and | sympathies are so dull that the reeling i drunkard is tliouaht a funny spectacle ? I Xtw York Journal. Alcohol und Crlms. The warden of the Allegheny (Pcnn.) j county prison board say* in hi* report that I during the twelve months ending DeceinI ber 31. 1900. there were received 91M prisoners . * against 8440 the previous year. I The jail physician say* that ninety-five per | cent, of those committed were under his | care for alcoholism, and out of 5727 who wxre summarily convicted mere was not one who wax not n victim of the alcohol habit. Still there are people who look upon the *a!oon buxinc* a* necessary to inumcip.nl proHperily. Such ignorance i* bound to be banished by the brighter light of tii? twentieth century. ?ed of a Revival. While the average Frenchman drink* .1! ft gallon* ot wine and beer, the Knton 32.1 and the German -U. the American drinks but 13.6 gallons, and he drinks but a little more than half a* much diwtilled spirit." a* either the Frenchman or the German. No wonder that a a-mperancc revival ha? keen well started in Europe. directory of Habitual Drunkard*. At a mans meeting held in Exeter Hall, London. General ltooth. the leader of the Sr. 1 vatioil Army, inaugurated a xpecial temperance campaign as a feature ot the work ot the Salvp.tion Army during the nrt?cnt year. General Booth said he relied confidently upon the cooperation of saloonkeepers in thi* work, through '.heir indicating the habitual drunkard*, insomuch | as the supplying ot habitual drunkards j with liquor endangered the publican'* li- | cense, ami that he intended to compile a j drunkard'* directory in each town, and follow the habitual drunkards home and reform them thw. The Crntadf in Brief. If saloonkeepers would "respcct tl.cm* I . U.. ..fl*,.... 1. ? fiC IVCR .mil muir ill*- "I it 9 f thorn abandon their disrcjiutaKe business. Dr. I'aul (Isniirr. the Freurli statistician, ?ayn juvenile 'criminality n relatively incnafiup, and lie attribute^ the evil to al? roholic heredity. After the ji.>iril>ie wreck of the Islander, which c?:*l the live* of *< n:.itiy hum.in being*. it wa< practically de.nonMrated that Joint l!ar!ey.?.rn wricked t!ie ship. The captain ?>t '.he l,?/?j.ie Max. v.'Iurli was in <uiiisMiii with tin- steamer Walhi Walla ulien she ank with tiie Ioj.* of loitv lives. deciau ? th.it the lookout of the Walla Walla wns umnk and tii.it no att-.-u* tion was paid to the s.'sn&j of the Max. ' n ^HOUSEHOLD ^ HINTS: Old-Time Fabric* the Made. The old fashioned redand-black and* green-and-black calico, in very small figure*. has been revived as a cotton j print for upholstery, aud is especially liked for backing a portiere. One of tbe latter, of dark green corduroy, bad < a lining of tbe green-and-black print tbat was quite effective. An Inexpensive Cosy Corner. roi IUL' v-ui.; vvi uci, v* uivu m a %.wp- . nized as a necessity in nearly everjr > household in these days of comfort \ and convenience, old-fashioned Cam- * bridge calico is utilized where inexpensive drapery is denlred. The fabric t is very effective, with background of dark brown or black. Fprinkled with tiny figures in green, red and buff color, and it can be used to advantage I as a chair or sofa covering. Moths la Carpets. If the moths are in a carpet turn II back and Iron on tbe wrong side witfr a good hot flatiron. Then sprinkle the * tioor underneath liberally with turpentine, pouring It into the crack* in tbfr Boor if there are any. Rub ibe turpeutine in. and then you can turn back your carpet. Itepeat this treatment two or three days. Some people sponge the right side of the carpet with spirit* of turpentine before ironing. The spirit must not be used near a Hght . or lire. r To CltM Lamp Chimney*. \ An ensy way to clean lamp glasses it to bold them for a moment in the I utofim frtnii .1 tmllln>r ki-tf'n rnh ilrt d with a dean cloth and polish with sort newspaper. Remember that no lamp can be expected to burn well unieat Ifg the burner Is kept clecn. Duplex burners can be taken apart if the littl* if bolt which is on the side opposite the n handle for turning the wick is removed.. B Then they can be brushed clean. Boll* H iug them in soda water is sometime* B recommended, but this Is sot necet* I Lsandnr Stove* For Family Cm. Laundry stoves nrc now made ?pe? ra cially for family use. and will be found S a great convenience when the family K i is large and the kitchen range In con- 81 stant requisition for cooking. They ffl come in two sizes?No?. 8 and 10? H I ?i ml n-ltli ullhnr rnliml nr nv.ll InitL M ; ? ? i They are lined with Arc brick, have | dumping and shaking grates, a water ' ! back to heat the boiler, aud grooved J placet* arouud tht cylinder where seven. V j or eight irons uiay Ik- heated at one ! time without u?ing the top of the stove i nt all. As the cylinder is uuiinrd. very I little beat is required to keep the I irons at the risht temperature?a consideration in the midsumme:* days, | when the laundry is largest. now to Doit Properly* The proper method of dusting furnU j rr.ru ii.-ih to ue learuco. n uots uui m| 1 tonic naturally, l'eoplc rarely begin JB with a duster in eacli baud, which is H j absolutely necessary to success. That 93 I in the left hand in needed to prevent Rra | leaving t'eger marks whea steadying wffl j and lifting the furniture!* Each piece ?5 J should be wiped lightly from the top jra j downward to remove dust, and then. 09 after tue duster lias beeu c'jakcn out ]|fl of the window mot over the carpct), s3g it should be rubbed vigorously to raise 9B the polish. A stuffed cushion should j|pj be brushed and then dusted before the BB wood is deal: with, or the dust will EH j fly out and settle cn the wood. The aH ! legs and spindles should be rubbed Ml { between the two misters with both Sm I hands, as we rub cold bands together EE : to warm them. This is a saving of W] { time and insures all sides being equally fiji I unf>m- KB Wire/ I I Creamed Eai>?M??lt two tal>le*poonr. ! | of butter in a frying pan and add one SM I cup of tbi:i cream. When it is Lot Wraj break into it carefully six eggs. Cover E39 with a iid and cook until the eggs arc ffl3| set. Sprinkle each egg with oue salt- fiBBi cjHjor. of salt and a dash of white KH iK'pp.-r. M Wilton Cream?To one pint of thick B| crtaut add one-third cup of sugar, and the grated rind of one leiuon. I'ut Bml this in tiie double boiler and cook until Kcaldiag hot. Mix two level teaspoon- faB fuls of rice Hour in a little cold milk; add it to the "raiding cream, utirring fijfll for two minute*. Cut a sponge cake, Bgflfl or arrans: - lauy lingers on a glass dish. gQgjj ami when the cream is cool strain it Httfi over t lat* enSc. Cream* d Tongue on Toast ?Mince nffi very buv tl.*- inferior portiou of a SBjfl siuoLm! u.ii^ue, allow.nc half a pound; hcai one pin; of u.ilk to the boiling jjSfil point, add the toujrue. a teuspuouful Hi of butter. i U" tr.b|i-spoouful of minced Hflj parsley: when thoroughly heated ctir in one btat?n ec^ and remove at occ-.? |Bm from tl.e lit". Have prepared live or iSHfli wiv l.ttf t Mtir<>nd ^Ri 1 ihie!:?y *v.;l sarwl^h with 9K I sprigs > f parsley aud scud 10 tin- table Bfl I ut jPB i Variety Cream two cups of H I sugar ai.d oijv of butter, add the l>cat- nH en yolks of fctir ?ks. ouc cup of milk. SjgHi in which dissolve one tcaspcotiful of soda, tv.o tia?pootifuls of mam of ^^B tartar, sjft.d with three cups of t!'?ur, ?aM then the whitvs of eecs benten stiff. Tlii* rr.kr is w. il uaiut-?l. for l?y aiMinj; ^H8 .1 uf I J'T.ia'f or MTtlctl <ll<'|>|IC?l raisins you J.av?. a nirv fruit cnk:% au.l HHj spire caki' I y the :i<lil;ti?>i! i?f spici'S H9 only. t?r a ant rake with Mic-lialf cup of ibobU'ii ulxuuQils and citron.