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t ' ' TCgraas***.} JEan (CorrsioaT, Bobut B CHAPTER XIII. (Continued.) "Oh, come now, Dick, dear, don't bo leaJous and fly Into a passion in a breath!" said the girl, laughing, as he clasped her hands upon his arm ad lifted her face nearer his. "Just because I happen to speak of a man. loo! Too needn't be jealous of bim, I assure joo. You wouldn't be. either. If you knew. 1 told you once, but Men are so forgetful. Beatrice!" She turned aside for a moment, touching the arm of a girl near ber. "Don't teH AJecia?it would only annoy ber?but look behind you. down toward the end 9t the platform. John Wlnthrop himself! Just suppose they go on our tteamer? What will we do?" Beatrice Field, with the old flash in ber eyes and new color in ner cue***, obeyed Kathryn's direction. curve of scorn came upon.ber Hps. 8be drew herself op haughtily, answering ber friend. "There Is no doubt of Its being John Wlnthrop," she said * coldly. "One could not easily forget bim, K^thryn? specially with our reason for remembrance. If he goes on our steamerwell, If he goes on our steamer?I may be wicked, but I cannot Help it?i hope that the boat will sink in midocean, even though we sink too! There! Yon look horrified, Mr. Chester, but I cannot help it That man over there lan't fit to live! He killed Alecia's husband just as truly as though he had used pistol or knife! Can you blame me for hating him? To think of the sorrow she has endured because tf *lm!" "Who is he?" persisted Kathryn's lover in an undertone, as Beatrice turned away to hide from them the passion of her face. And the woman listening bent nearer still, holding her breath lest she fall to bear, clutching about ber shivering form, the folds of her long, disguising mantle. The eyes behind the thick veil were glowing, and her lips were parted, the white teeth set close within. "Wbo Is he?" repeated Kathryn. innocent of any wrong Intention, in her strong words to her friend, lifting ber Indignant eyes to his. He had drawn ber back to bis side, and they were quite alone In the midst of the crowd. "Have yon forgotten so soon, Dick, dear? Before I marry you yoo must learn to be patriotic and defend my friends, you know. Wbo is be? Why." she turned her head as though she feared some breatb of wind mlgbt spread the news to the ears of the man In the distance, ber bright face peeping out beside ber lover's shoulder like ft flower, "be Is tbe Jobn Winthrop in tbe Palmer Earle case against lecia's husband. He just tbe same as murdered blm, you know!" "Ob!" said ber lover, his face darkening as though reflecting the girl's indignation. "Yes, I remember. Kate! A Deuce take 1dm! If I come across him 111 remind him of that, too!" But who of them all noticed the woman who stood almost *ooching them, shivering in her heavy mantle as though she were very cold or stricken toy some violent disease? / _ tnArifin Air. OX TBS "SXXOASA" AGAIN. Tbe Babylon stage rambled oat of Fire Island avenne upon tbe dock and paused for tbe passengers to alight. The Zlngara lifted and fell upon the waves at the pier. The horse car was hurrying down to meet the boat, and those passengers from the stage made haste to board tbe little steamer and choose their seats. Miss Bess Catberwood, yet boarding jt tbe Surf Hotel, came across upon the steamer to meet the friends, who. returning from Europe some three weeks previously, had also engaged board at the Surf, because Alecia seemed desirous to be near tbe sea and among the old scenes of her happiness. Miss Catberwood was so impatient for the steamer to reach the dock that Lane Leland, beside ber. of coarse, declared that It was all be coald do to prevent ber from Jumpto* overboard and attempting to swim to land. But then Mr. Leland took occasion to tease Miss Catberwood. whenever opportunity offered, to repay ber for her many cruelties to bim. the most unkind of all these being ber otter disregard of his happiness by refusing to many bim before the next November. . "There they are!" cried Miss Catberwood, excitedly, clasping ber bands around her lover's arm with the tiniest, most delicious pressure, and tben reaching forward to drag Alecia cp on deck, ber pretty face glowing witb delight. "Ob. Mrs. Graham! You dead, dear, darling thing! How well you look?but tben you always are well! You don't know bow 1 have Imply lived on your letters! They were so delightful. I have them all? every one, and. oh, how jealous Lane la of you! 1 know be in ashamed of it himself, but be would not acknowledge that If you dragged bim about tied to the heels of wild borne*, as those horrid men in the old times used to do! But I don't believe 1 could have lived without your letters, you dear!" "1 can scarcely credit that." said AJecia. smiling brightly upon the small chatterbox with the warui heart, "wben you so easily forget our compact of calling me Just simple Aleeia. But 'Just Little Me' could not fail to be sweet with her swi^t heart. You doa't know how much you are to be congratulated. Mr. Leland, in having secured Bess to yourself." "Ob, but I don't feel at all secure** said Lane Leland. laughing. "No oue ever could feel secure in relation to Bess, Mrs. Graham. But you are looking well, and it is good io have nn )<ar>lr r.irnln Of eniimo inn li.nl .1 food time abroad?" "Of course they did!" retorted^ Bcm. scornfully. "Don't a*>k sucb commonplace question*, Lane. Everybody goes abroad nowadays, and everybody tea a good time, tbougb tbey wouldn't fTHROP'S DEFEAT. 7L NoocL KATE LUDLUM., OXXBB'f KOX*. 180. J tell you so for worlds. It Is such a horrid fashion to be too languid to enjoj anything. I simply cannot be fashionable to that extent, and I'll not try to. As tnough fashion shall tell me what I shall like and what I 0hall set aside! It's aosurd. I am able to think for my own self, and approve of myself, and like what 1 want to. Nevertheless you did have a lovely time, girls, and Paris was the same old dear, and the 6bops made your hearts ache?If you have any hearts left? and you have come back to the Surf to rest and get yourselves comfortably Americanized before next winter. It Is so nice to have you?every one of you! As for Cora, why, I shall get jealous of her right away, because she has already begun to flirt with Lane, having no one better. You heartless coquette! Weren't you wlck?->nn!?h before tou went to Paris. that you must come back crammed full "f side glances and sly smiles and wicked, wicked dimples? As though anybody could help falling inextricably In love with you without them! Of course, you lost your heart to one of those horrid foreign creatures! It weald be Just like you to do it. only I won't acknowledge you if you did. That's run down to the ground so low that I am almost ashamed to accuse you of It, you poor dear!" She paused for breath, laughing with them at her own volubility, but so happy that, likte a pleased child, she must vent her feelings in many words and innumerable mue ioyjuk pats and dimpling smiles and flashes from under her curled black lashes. For Miss Bess Catherwood was as wicked as of old. with her pretty, bewitching ways, that won her friends in spite of their professed scorn of her frivolity. "Then pray don't accuse me of it, Bess," said Cora, easily, a strange deepening of her color and drooping of the ailken lashes, "for I come back to you with just as whole a heart as I went away. I could not do anything else, you know, being patriotic, though I most confess that dear, lovely, gay Paris almost won me over. We had two such winters there, Bess Catherwood!" "And Corienne had so many admirers!" added Beatrice, laughing. "It ?" 'oi'oJ tour hnr nwav. was (June r* ivai.u >V .v.. . There was a regular mob down at the station to see us away?to see her away. Even the Parisian beauties had to acknowledge that an American can hare eyes and lips and color. Ob. I heard lots of little stage whispers and by-plays, you know! I always do. It's my vocation, 1 think. But Paris was delightful, of course." "And even the sea-sickness couldn't alarm you!" added Cora, wickedly. Beatrice laughed. Her eyes were brilliantly black now. glancing along the water toward the island In the distance. Her thoughts traveled more swiftly than the steamer, knowing who would meet her there. "Yes," she said, "even the ocean sickens Cora, though I was ill but one day. Lots of the passengers were Inclined to be homesick, I can tell you. and wish that they bad never been tempted away from land. Poor things! It was pathetic. Especially after Kathryn's cruelty to Dick Chester! He tried so patiently to win her over to remaining in Rome, you know. But even the sea-sickness wouldn't daunt her. She would be married in America, she said, or nowhere; so. of course, poor Dick chose the least of these evils." "And Marlon is to be married in October!" said Bess, reflectively, speaking rather shyly, because she stood considerably in awe of Marion's calm, immovable nature and Ironical speech. "And Althea came home wich her heart, too; and Bee and Frances. I am so glad to know that not one of you sold your hearts for a coronet or a jewel in the hair. I snould ho have despised you. though I wouldn't, maybe, have told you so. Lane says I am always telling people mean things, but I only say the truth, and if that's mean. I don't mnke It so." Alecla smiled kindly upon the pretty, brightly colored face beside her. laying her hand over the small hand on the railing. Alecla was exquisitely beautiful in her dove-gray dresc and delicate Irannet of lace. Everything abuot her seemed Infused with her personality and became parts of herself. Her friends sometimes said that things turned to perfect womanliness from mere contact with her. But Alecia always smiled at thin lavish praise from ber friends. Her sunny hair under tbe dainty bonnet was touched to spun gold aB tbe sunlight fell upon It from across tbe water, but her eyes were still of their old even violet blue. The smile upon ber face was almost tbe old smile, for an instant dazzling her friends. Even strangers upon tbe boat watcbed ber with fascination. "And little Hess Is to lie married in November," said Alecia. softly. "I wax not far amiss when I rend tbe sweet heart under the naughty eyes thatgOld summer. Three years ago. iHuroww-iums 01 11: mat is a Jong time to keep your lover waiting." Tlie lovely color mounted even to tbe girl's dark hair, aud touched the soft lace at her throat. The wide. Mack eyes were shy. now lifted to her friend. They spoke each to the other, and uo one else heard. "But I wauted to be very, very sure." said the pretty child-woman shyly, "that 1 really did care only for him. Alecia. and he for ine; because." who could resist those sweet, pleading eyes or tbe trembling red mouth or that hint of a dimple about the lips, "everybody said I was too thoughtless, you know, to care for any one for long, and 1 wouldn't for anything marry Lane if I wouldn't love him always. for it would make me so unhappy/thinking that I may have kept biui r.,..n IamIhm AMA A., 1./^.. iivui iu> in?* puuir uur rmv. au ?nru, too." tbe ligbt in Alecin'u eyeH was very tender now. "I couldn't bear to tbink of being married without you to \ I tell me yon were glad, yon dear, sweet tiling! And so I just told Lane bow I felt, and when I came to yon. be Mid tbat be wan willing to wait for tbat as well as I. So yon see we do trnly love yon. Mrs. Graham. I could not belp loving you. you know." a flutter along tbe tender word*, a flicker of intense light in the sweet, wide lifted eyes, "after your kind words to just little me the day you went away, when you ought not to even bare thought of me ic your own terrible trouble. But you don't know bow I love you for It. deat Mrs. Graham?you don't know!" "If I helped you at all. Bess, dear." said Alecia. gently, the light in her eyea that her friends cared to see. "It makes me bappy to know It. Tbe warm heart under your naughty words made me fear a heartache latet unless it were allowed to come to the sunlight. Sunshine as well as tears, dear. And you are sure now tbat you do love Lane, and will not keep bim from loving some one else, by and byV" Tbe wide, black eyes searching tbe tender face found only love in the questioning, and gave frank answer, as Bess Catherwood must alvrays give Alecia Graham. "I am so sure," she said, simply and sweetly, a new note in tbe pretty voice, as there was a new touch upon her face, "tbat 2 would go right on loving him always. Mrs. Graham, though I should never see bim again in all the world!" A flnnh as of pain struck across Alecla's face, but It was gone so swift); tbat tbe tender eyes uplifted dared not think tbat It bad been tbere as silence fell between them. And Lane Leland, laughing and chatting with tbe rest of tbe party?for tbe old summer party was there, with the addition of tbe Fields?saw this n.nloklnrt flnoll nil fhd hPHIltiflll WOIU ? UUiOUUiA UUOM VM ??V an's face, and for an instant the laughter died upon his lips at tbe intensity of Its pain. "Are all our old friends at tbe Surf, Mr. Leland?" Altbea was questioning, with great assumed indifference. She knew tbat George Priestly was there, but why should she betray her heart? "All of tbe old party," Lane answered. smiling, a gleam of laughter deepening in bis eyes, "excepting Miss Armitage. Miss Armitage tbat was, 1 mean, of course, for she is married, you know. She was married the day that Graham died. Strange, wasn't it? Ob. yes; and tbe Grants are not out. either! Little Miss Grant is another that's gone off into matrimony! She married Palmer Earle's nephew, Harry Earie. a goou, souu leuuw, too! Got plenty of 'spot cash' besides, which makes him irresistible. Miss Anita was a nice little thing, though. They are happy the story says?regular home bodies, you know, and entertain only their friends. But Miss Bradley and her sister are there, of course. Evidently, Miss Clara decided to brare the thunder rathei than Unck Hallett's wrath! We've had some pretty tough showers, too, by the way, but nothing as bad aa that one three years ago. That was horrible, wasn't it? And you ought to hear them talk about Graham! They say that he acted the perfect hero down on the shore." 111? a Uarnhl f# cnifl Fpfln* ccs, softly. "He could not Mve helped being brave." "You know I wasn't with them." added Lane, a slight smile chasing the shadow from his face, remembering wicked Miss Catberwood's cutting speech upon the stairs. "But you ought to hear the fellows tell about it. It's as good as a play. Palmer Eai.j came mighty near going under, too, that time. He can thank his !ue.:y star for getting off with a whole skin. I wouldn't care to run so near the Black Kiver." "Did Harold save him, too?" asked Beatrice, bitterly. "It would have been his way to do even that. I haven't forgiven that hateful man yt . Mr. Leland." "I think we all feel rather squeamish toward him, Miss Beatrice," said Lane, gravely. "Of course, he followed a perfectly justifiable code of nctliin hut we all exnected him to yield a little for the sake of the man with whom be was dealing. He was the only one so hard. But he brae* of having no soft spot in bis heart, and perhaps that is the cause." "And Harold didn't save him. then?" persisted Beatrice, with strange pertinacity. "I have always half believed thnt lie .id. It would be so like him!" (To be eontir ued.) The Cop aad the Lady. The stalwart policeman at a Broad* way crossing in the dry goods dis trtci cans ner. me uruui mujvi. When she alights from a car be steps forward and {rives the military salute. "I can't help it." be paid. "I'm an old soldier and she's the Ideal of a born drum major." She is tbe real thing as a "tall, stately blonde," and bas tbe military gait to perfection. There are occasional heart throbs In the neighborhood when the "cop and the lady* exchange salutes.?New York Times. 'Twm m Hlpponoblle. One of Boston's teachers, in ordef to utilize the circus parade as a nature lesson, declared a short intermission and allowed her pupils to witness tbe procession. iiuuriuiug uu-ui m <>uvance. however. that t-acb one would hate to tell about something be saw. Later, when one of the youngest of the class was called upon for a description, he gave in detail what he saw in one of the cages, and ended up by saying: "I iuu not sure what the aniuial is called, but I think it is a hlpponioblle."?Boston Journal. As Animal DratHt la Pari*. An animal dentist is one of the Iat? est additions to the queer population of Paris. This one attends strictly to the teeth of pet dogs, filling them with gold when they begin to show decay, as the result of an injudicious diet. The teeth of some fashionable dogs flitter like a jeweler's wiudow. One famous actress had a gem or two interopersed with the gold of her dog's teeth merely for tbe sake of owning them. Just hot.- the pets like the process of filling is not known, but from the yelps and barks tbnt issue from the dentist's establishment it Is probnblc that tbe operation te not mere i goothiuz than to bantu ncrre?. * OOFS MESSAGE TO MAN PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE WORLD'S GREATEST PROPHETS. Pmdi: Tbe Day of Small Tbii|i, by Hannah Harcourt IMckard?Vh? Btranp AntaconUm of Good and Evil Foreet In Man'* Xatnra?ChrUt tba Patwrn. Not thine, perchance, to climb God'f Holy Mount And new the prospect on the fnrthei Hide; i But thou canst place thy feet upon the rock, And safely there abide. Not thine to lead the armies of the Lord To torm the tents of wickedness and tin] ; But thou canst guide a stray lamb to the I fold, And keep it safe within. I Not thine, perchancc, to charm with matchless voice The hearts of men, and more to joy oi tear*; But thou canst sing a little child to sleep. And soothe and calm its fe&ra. Not thine the skill to level mighty hills And bid the torrent in its fountain star; But thou canst lift a stone from oat tb? road That bars thy brother's way. And when at last the promised day shall come. And He?the Lord?shall judge the lives _n Ui Ull, j It troll may he these little deeds of thini May not to Him *eem small. ?London Sunday-School Timet. Mm s Puzzle. Pascal affirmed that "man is miserable because he is, and great because he knows it." An inspired writer of old. awakened i by the great problems of existence and conscious of the majesty of God. voiced the universal feeling of thoughtful 'souls when he exclaimed: "What is man that | Thou art mindfal of him!" Evidently ! man in a problem to himself, a mysterious J union of forces of which he is more or less | conscious, but whjch he is unable adequate I ly to measure. The (treat apostle, unaer I the stress of contending desire*, asserted j that when he would ao good, evil waa ! present with him. no that what he wished, that he did not do. There is no man who seeks to be and to do that which he assents to as right, but finds within him strange paradoxes. What these torces are that make for better or > for worse, he may be unable t?.* analyze ar understand, except as God has revealed to him. that bis life is under and may be controlled, either fully or in part by 6pir> itual forces; on the one side, th- spirit of i good, on the other the spirit of evii. The experiences of life sufficiently ttJtch us the fact that with good intent we hate often missed the marlc, and at times er?m gone contrary to our better judgment From these experiences we certainly siiall not confuse ourselves with any idea th.nt some fxternal force is wholly responsible for our tnr w? Itnnir Inn v?ll that our ' own powers have been in alliance with that which wan not ourselves, and we, strange as it may mm, have done that which we bad not intended and for which we are, nevertheless, alone responsible. This strange fact we discover not only , with reference to oar conduct, but also with reference to our thinking. Thus it has happened with some men that their ' thinking is of a much higher order than j their living, while with other men their I conduct in acts of charity, kindness, eym! pathy and fraternal helpfulness stand bej yond criticism, while their theological thought is flagrantly heterodox. Of this ' rla?? may be named some of the prominent , religious writers of our time?men who 11 boldly assail the faith of the fathers and j ?eemingly undermine the foundations of 1 ! the Ch-istian belief, but who yet are. apI parentlv. men of sweet and lovable spirit, . and whose daily conduct in life among | their fellows is above reproach. In them I is an obvious contradiction of the accepted j truth that, "a* he thinkcth in his heart so . he is." Let us not forget..however, that a | distinction must be made between heart I thought and brain thought. One is thAt | which carries the whole man with it, the ' other that which gives absent but not command. While we recognize in ourselves | this strange union, even at time antagoni ism of forces, we ought to be better preI pared, under the assurances of divine asi listance, to keep our own thinking and j living up to the standard which has been i set for us in the example of the perfect 1 man Christ Jesus.?Chicago Standard. i Great Possibilities. To the man in middle life the question asks itself, "What have I done to make I the world better for my living in it?" . Peasant or merchant, learned or illiterate, ! that question must be answered, and the , answer come* with an armful of joy or of : regret. One con make his character great > and noble in whatever xtatiou he may be I plated, and character is the only tning i that la*ls. Death cannot change it. for it ! walks through the valley of shadow* to the throne of God. to be accepted there. On this bright morning, if we can congratulate our own souls on what they have achieved we have a new year blessing that | comes straight from heaven. To the aged i there is no'.bins left but the future. The ; past hus gone beyond recajl, and to-mor| row beckons. In the sweet faith that the I sun will rise again and that we shall rise | with it the winter points to spring. There is no sadness, though the journey draws I to a close, for the bevo;:d opens up it? ! glories and with a single step we shall be with our beloved ones oncc more. If we I havi, Hnn* nnp u.-nrlr tv?ll vr ahall <ro hence | with joy. For the young, therefore, and for the aged, and for al], there i* but one with?that the year will find us strong for its duties and ready to reap the harvest in the field in which Ih-ividence ha*s placed us.?George H. Hcpwortb. The Religious Spirit. No man gets on so well in this world as he whose daily walk and conversation are clean and consistent, whose heart is pure, and whose life is honorable. A religious spirit helps every man. It is at once a comfort and inspiration, and makes him stronger, wiser and better in every relation of life. There is no nubstitute for it. It may be assailed by enemies, as it has been, but thev offer nothing in its place. It has stood the test of centuries, and has never tailed to help and b!et>* mankind.?Jewish ! Messenger. The Cbrlitlti Faith. The Christian faith in a grand cathedral with dimly lighted windows. Standing outtide. one seen no glory, nor can ever imaziLe any possible. Standing within, every ray of light reveals a harmony of unspeakable splendor.?Hawthorne. Portent* of the Coming Day. Strikes and riots, concentrations of cap itai and formidable alliances of labor are but prophecies of the coming day when unrest shall not burden the heart, when fretful discontent hhall give way to a divine noncoc tent men t. which shall insure pro gre** without pain and the common good without the sacrifice of personal rights.? Bi?ho|> Samuel Fallows. Reformed Episcopal, Chicago. What Faith la. Faith if that gcniu? for the unreached whi< it arou*e? a man to tho !cvc] of a va*t Cowiliiiity. ? Rct. Dr. Charles II. Park' ur?it. Xcw York Explosive Coal IB Bli Stove. ! /^1 I ?! ?* J _ A. f \ nr.ricH h . iJaucr, a druggist. imminence, K>\, the other day, put a lump of coal in the fetove at his store. when an expionian followed, blowing oil the ton of the atove and doing damage to stock to the amount of $200. Fortunately, those who happened to be in the room eseat?ed without a scratch. The causc of the explosion is not known. Fewer Children Bom la England. The ratio in Great Britain of children per marriage has faJltn from 4.36 in 1884 , to 3.C3 in 1900. ? I * i THE SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR MAY II. Petar Delivered From Prlaon* Act \ xll.t 1-19?Ooldcn Tost, Pm. xxxIt.i 7?Memory V erxi, 3-7?Commentary ob the Day'* La hob. 1. "About that time." About tbe time Saul and Barnabas came to Jerusalem. L'hap. 11: 30. "Herod." This wu Herod Agnppa. 1. He wan grandson of Herod the ureat who murdered the innocents (Matt. 2: 16); nephew of Herod Anti^as WHO muruereu uuuu uw oapim ?. 3-12), and father to Herod Agrippa II, j before whom Paul preached. Acta 26:1. . "Stretched forth." A figurative expression denoting that bo laid his hands on them, or that he endeavored violently to oppress the church. "To vex." "To afflict. R. ? V. According to Jotephus, Herod was anxious to be esteemed a devout Jew. 2. "Killed James." Jamea was oae of the three apostles who had been especially I favored by Jesus. "With the sword. By killing with the sword we are to understand beheading. Among the Jewa there were four kinds of death?stoning, burning, killing with the sword, or beheading, and strangling. 3. "Pleased." His object was to gain public favor. "Peter also." Peter was very conspicuous. "Unleavened bread." The feaat of the Passover which continued seven dsys. 4. "Apprehended." Sec R. V. "In prison." intending to keep him until the *****" " *** *li*k cAlAmnihAa nf this religions festival it would have been deemed improper to have engaged in the trial of a supposed criminal. "Four quaternions.'' A quaternion was a company of four soldiers, hence there were sixteen in aO. Escape was humanly impossible. Peter bad one* escaped from the prison of the Sanhedrin (5: 16) and they did not intend that he should get away again. "After Easter." "After the Passover." R. V. After the whole feast was over. The word Easter is an ecclesiastical term of later date, and should have no place in the sacred text. "Bring him forth." This evidently means to put him to death provided "the people"?the I bloodthirsty Jews desired it. , 5. "Prayer." The only weapon they j could use. "Without ceasing." "Earnest- ( ly." R. V. These prayers brought about bis deliverance. "Of tne church." They ' no doubt met in private houses because of < the persecution which would make pablic i services dangerous. 6. "The same night." The night pre ceding the dav on which Herod intended to bring him forth for trial and execution. "Peter was sleeping." Peter had nothing to fear. He was ready to die for his Master. 7. "Angel....came." The dclivemnca was delayed nntil the last moment. This would test the faith of the church. "A* light shined." The angel brought no lan* tern, lamp or candle, yet be brought a "light."?the beaming of his own person. Peter saw by it his prison, his chain* his cloak, his sandals, and his emancipator. "In the prison." "In the cell." IL V. "Smote Peter." He struck him in just such a way as to awake him from bis sleep, mony of the reality of the angelic appear* I 1 A _ * I <uia 10 icavc in ua ixvuucctiuu icbu | ance. "Raised him up." "Awoke him." ' R. V. "Saying, Arise. The angel did not 1 assist Peter to arise. "Chains fell off.", The chains that bound him to the two , sleeping soldiers. With what ease can God deliver His people from their enemies! 8. "Gird thyself." In order that he might sleep more comfortably, be had laid aside his belt, or girdle, his sandals, nnd his tunic. "Bind on thy sandals." This was a shoe made to cover only the sole of the foot. 9. "And he went out." Guided by the angel, he met no opposition in his way. He was led by the angel safely out of all danger. "And wist not." He knew not. 10. "Ward." The terms ward and guard are but different forms of the same word. They were probably all asleep. "Iron gate. Although locked and barred it opened at their approach! "Departed." Supernatural aid was unnccesearv. 11. "Come to himself." Recovered from the confusion of mind into which he had been thrown. "Now I know." He had had a similar experience before this. I rrt If. l/l "VI '? Tk? V/Oflp. U. IV. 1UC CAUCVMIVIVU! AU? Jews waiting anxiously for his execution; 12. "Considered." When he fully com* prehended what bad transpired, and had weighed everything connected with the circumstances of his deliverance. "House of Mary." She was the sister of Barnabas. Col. 4: 10. "Mother of John."John is bis Hebrew name and Mark his Latin name. He attended Paul and Barnabas on their first missionary journey, and is the author of the gospel which bears his name. "Many....praying." Thia was probably the latter part of the night, and this large company had, no doubt, I been praying all night. 13. "Door of the gate." The street | gate at the entrance to the court in front | of the bouse, which was fastened, probably. | "for fear of the Jews." J'Came to barken." j Came to answer." R. V. I 14. "Knew Peter's voice." Peter may I be supposed to have announced his name, I if f?n1v /> K#?r in. i or to wive liKtii ? iu .iKV ? ? quiry. "For gladness." She iru so eager to inform tbe other* that (he ran to in* form them without tnking time to open the door. 15. "Thou art mad." One of those exclamations which one can hardly resist on hearing what seems "far too good to be true." "His angel." His guardian angel, ' assuming his form and voice, a common < Jewish belief. 16. "They were astonished." This doet not indicate that they were unbelieving and had no expectation of an answer. Our I prayers are often answered in unexpected \ ways. . 17. "Hold their peace." Their joy was ' so loud in its expression that he was ob- 1 liged to motion to them to be quiet in | order to secure an opportunity to infonn i them of his deliverance. "James." Not 1 * *? -* ?-! 1~ I ,lam? l III* mjll III 1KIICUIT, Ituu UOVl uvvu slain. V. 2. Whether thin was James the < son of Alpheus, called also James the Lett, one of toe apostles; or whether he waii . James the Just, the brother of our Lordj 1 is a question. "Into another place.'l < Where we do not know. The peril of ] death was so imminent that he evidently, decided it to be his duty to conceal him' self. t 1 18. "Was da v." Peter wa* not miMcdf 1 until sunrise?about six o'clock. It was in the fourth watch, sometime between three* and six o'clock, that the angel entered th^ prison. IP. "Examined the keepers." Tried th^n for a breach of discipline. "He.'* Herod. "And there abode." But not lonf, I for in less than a month he died in a hor* t rib'.c manner. Vs. 21-23. t i Largest School ta the World. I Work has been commenced on PnbHe ? School No. 188, at East Third and Man* hat tan streets. New York City. This will ( be the largest school in the world. When < it is finished there will be room for 3915 | children, every one of whom will have a separate desk and plenty of room. There r will l>e 150 teachers. The school will have ^ many novel features. It will be built al- j most in Ifle Nllillir UI ?? liuuvn I^uaiv. the middle will he a court of nearly 19.000 square feet. This will he covered with a gins* roof. Here in winter the pupils can ftlav outdoor game*. In the basement will e bath*, with hot and cold water. Boy* are to occupy one side of the building and girls the other. There will be eighty-seven class rooms. t*'o assembly rooms, two libraries aod a carj>enter shop. An Indian Who ActnnJIy Works. The full-blooded Indian Otrailala Fire, who boasted in museums of having taken a dozen white men's scalps, was seen in a ' new role at Cincinnati, Ohio. In front of the City Hall he was pegging away^at the asphalt [lavement with a pick. tie nan been transformed to the position of street f laborer. He grunted with even* swinp, t and apparent I v did not like the work, but be has to make a living. Ogallala boast* that he took part in the Custer massacre. r t The Population of Indlau t The cer.?u?< returns show that the pop- j. ulatiun of India i? about 294.286,701. I New York City.?Eau de Nil sat! foulard la here tastefully corabiw vltb mouawllne de sole of the aam ihade, and ecru lace. Tbe waist bas for ita foundation A IUBPL1CS WAIST AND FIVE-GORED 8*11 glove-fitted feat her-boned lining tin closes in the centre front. The back plain across the shoulders, and draw * W.?A k ?kA 10WQ C108C lO me ueil, ?UI-Ie iuc u ws8 Is arranged In tiny pleats. The fronts close In surplice styl the right side crossing the left. T1 lace trimming simulates a sailor colli and extends to the belt. The waist >pen at the neck, a style which will 1 eery popular during the season. Elbow sleeves have comfortab gathers on the shoulders, and are a ranged on fitted arm bands. These ai node of lace and tloe ruffle Is of mou teline. The upper portion of the skirt ihaped with five gores fitted smooth! iround the waist and over the hi] without darts, rue closing ia muue i :be centre back under two invertc pleats which are flatly pressed. The sash of black panne is spangle frith green. It fastens at the left sk n a bow with short loops and Ion TAILORED SHIRT WAIS*] ?nds which reach almost to the hei >f the flounce. Charming gowns in this mode ma made of challie, nuns' veiling, a jotross, barege and Lansdowne. wii ace. velvet, panne or ribbon rachls tor trimming. Some lovely soft ril ;>ons have cords in the centre on whic ;be ribbon may *>e ruffled, and thei mii?h muvrt fnr docoratlne thi lresses. To make tbe waist for a mi's < ourteen years will require one and on luarter yards of forty-four incb mat rial. To make tbe skirt in tbe medium sii Evill require four yards of forty-fot neb material. Wakt of th? Tailored Order. Simple shirt waists, of tbe tailorc >fder, are smarter and better liked f< ;eneral morning wenr tbnn any oth< tort. Tbe attractive May Manto nodel. shown in tbe large illustratloi ucludcs several novel feature*, and elleved of other severity without lo ni? if a PKR<>tttial characteristic*. Tl >rlginal Is made of reseda green hour >tta cloth, with embroidered dot* I jlnck. and is worn with fancy stoc ind iM'lt of black Liberty satin, edge vith white; but French and Scotc lanuels, plain benrletta. albatross, a vaist cloths, simple silks and washab] uatcrlals are appropriate. The foundation, or lining. is snugl itted and terminates at the waist lint The fronts of the waist are tucked. I rroups of three each, which ar Hitched to the depth of a generou rokc. then allowed to fall in soft. In oming folds: but tbe hacks are tucke or their entire length, and so renderc luite smooth and free of all gather rhe sleeves are in regulation styh vith tbe fashionable narrow cuffs, an it the neck the fancy stock in wor ver the collar band that finishes th icek. To ent this waist for a woman c nediurn size three and one-lialf yard >f material twenty-one inches wid< wo nud three-fourth yards twentj even inches wide, two and thre? ourth yard; thirty-two inches wide c 1 ' ' n two yards forty-four inches wide will j d be required. ! ie A Flonnce oa th<# Skirt. a An effective way to join the flounc* - to the skirt Is illustrated in one of the model gowns in Liberty satin. The pattern is in a black and white scroll i effect on a cafe au lait grohnd. This is prettily emphasized with trimmings of black velvet ribbon, which also la introduced at the head of the flounce. The ribbon is in graded widths, the widest lowest down, and there are several rows set on a foundation of heavy cream colored net. The whole is then used as a sort of Insertion llio alrlrt anil flnntlM inri thp net shows through the ribbon to good advantage. .Newcil Whit* Waiit. Absolutely new and striking are th* new and white linen shirt waist patterns. These are of a heavy but uot tight weave, and the embroidery od them is called English, but It is Persian in coloi, and cord, silk, twine and thread as to material, not to mention the little tassels that are worked into the design. This gay embellishment i? ou the front, and also figures sufflit cientiy for stock and sleeve adornmentit Khftperi Lac* Garmaata. ta Most of the new lace robes are itt 0 Renaissance, and 3ome of the hand* ' .1 . t_ _t son)est snow ooiu designs in iue bu?|w of Liberty satin applique. These are e> seen in l>otb black and cream. Grass le linen or silk barege form splendid floral !r appliques for those in twine color. Irish 11 crochet robes in white or ecru are the K> top of the rogue, and may be bad with or without the appliques. Irish crochet waists may also be had separately, r- . re Attractive Gr?y Bat. 8* Very attractive is a gray bat which has large gray flowers shaped like ,B small sunflowers, a couple of them at the front, the whole bat back of these >s being formed of long slender petals 'D in black, marked with white. fd ' VnmanU TnrkrH BloBM. >d Tucks in all the profusion possible le make a notable characteristic of tbe ig season's styles, and bodices that close r AND FIVE-GORED SKIHT | ? at the bock are given a prominent j place. Tbe very pretty iiimple May 1 T Manton waist sbown combines both ! features, and is admirable for all soft b and pliable fabric*, cotton, wool ana iff silk. b- Tbe original is made of fine wbite b linen dimity and is unlined, bnt silks ?e and wools are more satisfactory where in tbe foundation is used. With the waist are worn a stock and belt of blue loui* it ine silk, tbe stock finished with an cme broidered turn-over, and tbe belt held e- by a clasp of turquoise matrix. The foundation is of fitted lining, on se which the wuist proper is arranged, ir and whicb close# Wfth tbe waist, at tbe centre back. Tbe front is laid out in narrow tucks of graduated length, that turn toward the ceutre and form a deep ,4 point, bnt the backs are tucked in ,r groups for their enure teuguj uuu -i* ;r drawn down *nugly at tbe waist Hue. ,n The sleeve* are in bishop style. with u narrow pointed cuff*. At the neck is js a stock collar, with protective edges g. that are Joined tu the upper edge. lt. To cut thin waist for a woman of mediutu size three and three-fourth yards n of material twenty-oue inches wide, j. three and one-fourth yards twei-ty- i | ? >f TTCEEL> ULOCSB. In ??? 1 p. seven iu?I??-h wide, two aud threer fourth yards thirty-two inches wide, or p. two and three-eighth yards forty-four ir inches wide will be required.