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CHAPTER XIV.
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1 hare thought that lie saved him,
too," Lelasd said, slowly. "Mi** Beatrice,
hot no one will say! It was like
Harold! But if be did. Palmer Earle
loean't know it, for 1 asked hitn pointblank
one day. and he said it was one
l.he coast guard! Bat. to return to
(he guects at the Snrf Hotel. Harry
[ . Dlllilngham's out. of course, because
Gregory Benaonhurst Is there. You
can pretty nearly swear to me one u
fou see the other. Inseparable! Like
chums at college, bat unlike the fashionable
world! Beosonhurat was coming
across with as to-day. bat chaaged
his mind. He's a good fellow. I tell
you?solid as a brick and true as
Steel!" Remarkable that his ejes
should so accidentally meet Beatrice's
yes. and that the sweet color was
? "" In h*r firo "Charlie Rrown'i
down, too. He and Miss Clara are engaged.
I believe rumor goes; and Maurice
Henderson to pretty well settled
with Ninette! Ob. there is any amount
ot news and gossip down our way!
Europe Is not the only place for sensations!"
"Nevertheless we had our sensation
as well as you!" said Kathryn Franklin,
laughing easily. "Let me see!
There was the big captain of the
guards, who fell desperately In love
with Marlon ?think of It! ?crossing
the channel! And there was the worn
an on the Etrurla going over who J
.kept her stateroom almost the entire
passage because her beloved pag died! i
That was quite heartrending. I assure
you, Mr. Leland! And then there
were ever so many little events that 1
cannot remember. But the greatest
falll have saved to the last May I
teD Ml Leland of that occurrence.
Beer*
"What occurrence, Kathryn?" asked
Beatrice, Indifferently. Her thoughts
were wandering and she had not
heeded the conversation around her.
She bluahed. turning to answer Kathryn,
as though her thoughts were
deeper than mere surface thoughts.
"At 'Belle Jardiniere."' said Kath
Itjn, hesitatingly. "Too remember,
Beatrice, deer?"
"Oh r said Beatrice, coldly. The
blush died. She vu proud and still.
*If you with. Kathryn. It Is nothing
to me."
"Well, then*" Kathryn leaned forward
that no one outside of their circle
should overhear. "Bee saved the
life of John Wlnthrop's mother In
Paris, Mr. Leland. What have you to
aay to that for coals of lire heaped
pan his head?"
"Ia it possible!" exclaimed Lane Leland,
starting and changing color. "I
forgot to say that he is at the Surf
this season?he and his mother and a
Miss Gray."
"Who la at the Surf, did you say.
Mr. Leland?" queried Alecia, smiling
aa sue turned to them, never dreamtag
of his answer, never dreaming
how the great wheels of fate were
grinding down exceedingly fine now.
"Of course, I shall be glad to meet all
the old friends, bat who is this special
?oer
And Lane Leland answered In a
scarcely audible tone:
J "John Wlnthron. Mrs. Graham."
the wu, should sL ? not try to overcome
It, because be was Alecla's
Mend and Harold's friend?and hers?
**I have been very patient." be said.
Steadily. "I would not go to you even
Mice during your weeks at home. I
wished to have you bere in this quiet
life first after your years uwuy. It
baa seemed a long, long time to me.
Beatrice. But how well yoc are looklag!"
That waa all. He did not even wait j
for her.reply, as though he knew her
heart's throbbing stilled utterance, or
U though ber silence were sweetest.
JHe turned to the others about ber.
meeting them in his old. easy, lazily
good bumored fashion, laughing. bandying
light words of pleasant gossip
With the girls and with Lane Leland:
CHAPTER
XV.
TAOM TO PACM.
Kathryn wu nervously bit ins ber
_ Up. Aitbea started, changed color,
looked np frightened, and sank back
4 In her seat confused, seeing Alecia's
perfect calm. Marion did not even
turn her head. Frances lifted ber
mjta to Alecia's face, paled and flushed,
but made no outward demonstration.
Little Hln Catberwood's soft fingers
were touching lightly and caressingly
taftt slim, steady band upon the railing.
Beatrice alone showed visible
anger.
MAa I told you that day In Paris,
girls," she said, her voice low and per
xecuy even, inougn u was sieemy
cold, "there is some fatality in this
John Winthrop. Harold would not
hare died bad it not been for bim;
and wbj should we forget or forgive?
I do not see bow you can be so calni.
Aleciu, if you remember bow be made
jou suffer."
"Forgive." said Alecia. very softly,
rery steadily, "as you would be forgives,
Bee. dear. 1 tbink that Mr.
Winthrop is an honorable man, although
just to an over-nicety. Bui be
It not a villain. You cannot call bloi
that, even bating him as you do. Tbat
be Is at the Island sball not disturb
my bapplness. There is surely room
'-for him mod me in the world. Mr.
Bensonhurst ? on the pier. I see.
And Ninette and Clara?all tlie old
friends, as tbougli one had just called
across the bay fcr an hour instead of
tor three long years."
Beatrice for one instant felt a deep
sense of shame for her own unforgiving
spirit, when the woman most
wounded could speak gently of bim
who gave the wound. But bow could
be beip her feeling? She hated the
man so thoroughly. Then. too. there
waa Gregory Bensonhurst upon the
pier. He was her friend?Alecla's
friend; be bad censured John Winthrop
as strongly as she. and he was
man. She would ask him if she
were wicked to harbor this barsb
Judgment of the man. and If he said
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attentive to ?ee that Mrs. Field -wan
assisieu upon me pier, questioning ?
she were fatigued; offering ber bin
arm to tbe bote], as though Beatrice
in ber bright beauty were no more to
him tban any pretty woman!
Ninette and Clara, of course, crowded
about them; Harry Dillingham and
Charlie Brown and George Priestlyall
tbe old friends. Light words and
laughter, pretty assurances of affection
and a shower of questions as to
tbe latest fashion in Paris for bonnets
and gossip.
"You would endure tbe worst of
showers that ever fell over the island
to possets the bonnet with which I
fell in love with. Clarer* said Alecta,
smiling, as Miss Clare snuggled ber
band under her friend's arm and
turned -with her up the pier, Klnette
upon ber left and tbe others of tbe
group scattered about tbem. "Tbe
very dearest bit of lace and feathers
that even tbe queen of Paris fashions
j could devise! Walt until you see It,
my dear!"
"Then you brought It with you, Mrs.
i Graham?"
"Of course I brought It with me,"
aaswered Alecla, not adding that It
vras Intended for this little lover of
bonnets. "I would not dare waken
your curiosity without being able to
satisfy It, Miss Clara! I wish yon had
been with us last winter. We bad a
most delightful time. We met several
old friends In Paris, too, and made
masj new ones. Paris is tbe conservatory
of friendships, you know."
"Exotic, many of them, though,"
said Marion, quietly. "Forced, more
than our American friendships. Miss
Clara. Cultivated for us rather than
by us. and showing to best advantage
by gaslight I grew somewhat weary
of Paris toward the last"
"But that is only Marion'* way!"
cried Cora, horrified, her black eyes
allfe turned upon Harry Dillingham,
r ieia s ejes were uvre wvrvujr ui aumiration
than any other woman's*
"It's fashionable to frow fatigued
with everything, you know, and Marion
must profess It, too; but it Isn't
true. 8be simply could not be tired of
Paris-no one could unless be were
blind and deaf. Even then I believe
that the lights and music and gayety
would creep in through the other
senses. Ton can't be dull in Paris. X
love It!"
Harry Dillingham laughed, amused.
This vivacious woman was dellclously
refreshing after the rather quiet days
upon the sands. Her brilliant eyes
were brighter than tbe sparkles of the
water under the moonlight, be thought,
and better worth the watching. Her
voice was light and sweet with sun
shine in it
Tbe others laughed also, knowing
Miss Cora's passion for gayety and
admiration.
"The life of Paris suits you. Miss,**
Dillingham said, interestedly. "You
will find tbe island pretty dull after
such life. I fear we shall not be able
to detain you with us long with so little
to Interest you."
"But one doesn't want too much life,
Mr. Dillingham!" she replied, brightly.
"One must run away and hide for
a time or one would grow deadly
wearying."
Tbey paused In a group on the
piazza. as the proprietor came out to
welcome tbem, and then they sought
lutir rwui?, ur nauuucu vuw uj/vu
the lands until the dinner bonr.
Alecla. after arranging her hair and
making a few other necessary alterations
in her toilet. Joined Miss Catherwood
and Leland for a promenade for
one glimpse of the surf and ocean before
the sunset fdded.
They were laughing lightly, treading
down the echoes along the worn
planks, a touch of the ocean breeze in
their faces and voices, and, as they
came out Into the payilion in the
broader lights, Bess pressed ber soft
fingers warnlngly down upon ber lover's
arm, seeing and recognising tbe
group of tbree upon one of tbe seats
just beyond them.
But there was no need for tbe pallor
to strike her sweet face or the startled
eyes to turn for guidance upon Lane
Leland, for calmly and proudly Alecia
stood beside tbem, tbe lights in ber
hair and face, no shadow in tbe level,
lifted eyes.no trembling on tbe curved
red lips as she met full in her own th?
sudden light of surprise roused in tbe
gray eyes of John Winthrop, rising as
he recogniied her; some strange quiver
in his face, yet standing erect and
still waiting her words, one band
upon tbe back of tbe bench, where his
mother sat. tbe other involuntarily
clenched at his side, unconscious that
tbe steely eyes of Jessica Gray were
upon aim.
CHAPTER XVI.
TBE TBCTH AT LAST.
MMr. Winthrop. I believe? Ton. too
?even you?are attracted by this beauty.
Artists and poets?and womenare
most easily moved by sucb scenes
as tbis; one would not ascribe sucb u
soft side to Mr. Winthrop." said Mrs.
Urabara.
He felt tbe bot. unruly blood surge
to bis face and recede, leaving biui
death-like in pallor; bis eyes, now
black with tbe intensity of emotion,
burned into here; bis head was lifted
as proudly as was hers in tbe soft lilac
twilight.
Miss Catherwood's light hand was
tremblinc uuon her lover's arm. terri
fied lest there* lie some bitter scene
between these two; and Laue Leland
drew himself up with equal dignity
with John Winthrop, ready to defend
hid fiancee's friend should there be
need. Jessica Gray's hands were
elasjied In her lap, and her eyes were
upon these two, scarcely Doting the
others, although Fhe showed no social
interest eave that strange flicker
in her eyes, like newly wakened Are.
Mrs. Winthrop had turned her sweet.
I'llJUJ IUIT UU!?UUglJ IU U-l SUU, IUC
tender *oa lljcbtH upon her snowy
liair. a wonderful peace in her soft
blue eje*. waiting for him to gpeak
and nrove this woman's ininstice>
^ftiiir In -;ViMvr?ir . uii
Mr*. Graham is kind." he said. Ml
voice as steady and cold as Alecia's,
for his will mastered any heart pain
"to credit me with the softness of s
poet?or a woman. But she over
praises me! I am here solely on ae
count of ray mother and Miss Gray."
"And the less one possesses of thli
softness belonging to poets?and vom
en?the surer Is one given high seat
in the counsel chambers. Is it not sa
Mr. Winthrop?"
The lines aboat bis mouth wen
stern, and dagger-points were in hii
eyes.
"The more unbiased judgment then
is the more certain will the wheels of
the world run evenly ? yes, Mrs
Graham." he said.
"And the wheels of a Juggernaui
crush out our hearts." added Mrs
Graham, with a scornful, sweet laugh
"Does Mr. Winthrop consider it al j
ways wisest to think only of the worlc
and not of individuals?"
"The world inclodes individuals, *
be said, coldly. "Perhaps Mrs
Graham forgets that."
"Indeed, no," she answered, with <
slight shrug of her graceful sbouldert
and that flashing smile upon her face
"But ruling the world with a set ol
laws that must be made to fit eacl
man, even though the man be crushed
to go into his place, is too mechanica!
a piece of machinery for a worlc
wbere there are throbbing hearts anc
infinitely strung souls, Mr. Winthrop
Too many hearts are stifled anc
I trampled and broken in your stee
I rules, tbat Hold do piace tor a iwi v>
?a woman!"
"Pardon me. There are men whc
crash their own hearts in upholding
their standard of honor, Mrs. Graham
There are soldiers, accounted amoni
the bravest, who carry the army col
ors up to the fort In face of death. It
it Impossible for men to do the sam<
In every-day business life? But I an
remiss. Allow me to make my moth
er known to you, Mrs. Graham, anl
my ward. Miss Gray. I understand
that you have been abroad and Jusi
returned."
Almoin acknowledged gracefully thi
introduction, attracted, in spite of he)
scorn of the man, toward the sweet
peaceful woman at his aide, in bei
quiet gown and snowy hair.
"We hare been abroad; yes," sh<
said, calmly. "When one would b<
free of old memories, Mr. Winthrop
one goes abroad tbat the ocean maj
wash between. Strange, with thii
faith in the efficacy of change, that
the old memories remain. At least )
find It so."
there are people," said Johl
Winthrop, coldly, drawing with con
tradictory tenderness the soft whiti
shawl about his mother's shoulders ai
she arose to return to the hotel, as th?
bell was clanging. "There are people
Mrs. Graham, who take peculiar pleas
ure in brooding over lmaglnarj
wrongs until they change from form
less shadows to substance. It is mucl
wiser to stand and fight back th<
shadows into sunshine, is it not?"
"Nevertheless," that old brilliant
lightening smile upon her face, "some
times the brightest sunshine maket
deepest shadows, Mr. Winthrop. Thai
is a natural phenomenon, I think
Nature and life are much tbe same
looked at from a philosopher's stand
point. Do you not agree with me
Mrs. Winthrop?"
"But thee must know." said Mrs
Winthrop. very gently, drawn toward
this beautiful woman in spite of th<
memory of the fierce words spoken bj
Beatrice Field that day in Paris, "thai
this natural phenomenon proves th<
wisdom. Mrs. Graham, that contrast
ed light and shadow make life's artist
pictures. And thee must also kno*
that light Is the better coming out ol
shadow."
"Perhaps, though." said Jessica
Gray, indolently. "Mrs. Graham would
have no shadows, only sunlight. Mam
ma Winthrop. That is what Jack'*
speech implies as his wish. For mj
part. I say. let us take wbatevei
comes?especially dinner."
Miss Catherwood laughed merrily.
The scene she bad feared was at last
over. There bad been sharp words,
of course, there must be, but nothing
so very terrible, and her light heart
promised that even this hardness be|
tween the two would pass with all
I bard Milngs of life, as time Bbould
i soften the hurt.
(To be continued.)
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America'* School Annr.
In respect to the number of children
in regular attendance at its public
schools New York stands at the bead
of American cities, with a total of 450,000,
exclusive of 00.000 pupils who attend
parochial schools.
The number of school children in
Philadelphia is 150,000, in Chicago
230.000. in Boston 90,000, in Baltimore,
| which has a large colored population,
| 68,000. and in New Orleans, which has
a still larger colored population. 35.000.
There are 55,000 in Cleveland. 45.000
in Cincinnati. SO,000 in St. Louis, 50,
000 in San Francisco, 50.000 in Wash!
Ington. and 40,000 school children in
Pittsburg.
Vow Ynrk anonrls mnre thnn anv
other American city upon the maintenance
of its schools. The school system
of Chicago costs $7,000,000 a year.
Philadelphia $4,000,000. Boston $3.000.000.
Pittsburg. $1,000,000. Baltimore
$1,500,000, St. Louis. $1,500,000.
San Francisco $1,200,000. Cleveland
$1,000,000. and New Orleans $500,000.
"New.Laid Eggs."
MHow long will an egg last?" asked
Judge Addison at Southwark of an
egg merchant, says the London Daily
Mail.
"Oh." said the merchant, "It's surprising
how long an egg will last. It
will last good a month."
"Up to a month old." continued the
judge, "eggs are what is called 'newlaid"?"
"Yes. sir." was the reply.
A solocitor jumped up surprised.
"Why." he said. "I should have
thought that after a week they would
hare been only tit for electioneering
purposes."
"The hulk of eggs sold in London
are never under a month old," dryly
remarked the merchant.
"I am painfully aware of that fact,
T r%m Knrrr to snr " cniil thn
Rice, raw eggs and l>oile<l venison
require only one- Lour to UiccHt. At
the other end are pork, roast l?eef,
cabbage and hard eggs, which require
four to fire tours.
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IINflll EVENTS OF THE WEEK=
i
WASR1XCTON ITEMS.
The Ilouse passed the Omnibus Pub.
lie Buildings hill, carrying nboat $17.OOO.liOO.
1
Sol Smith Russell, comedian, died
in Washington at the age of fifty-four
years.
Colombia filed charges against Mr.
Hart. American Minister in Bogota.
Tim T'nitoH stnto* Sunreme Court
will adjourn for the term June 2.
Lord Kelvin, the distinguished English
scientist, was beard by the House
Committee on Coinage. Weights and
Measures in favor of the bill for the
adoption of the metric system.
Provision was made by the House
Naval Committee for six new war
obips, including two 16,000-ton battle|
ships.
OUB ADOPTED ISLANDS.
' Cuban imports for seven month*
' ended January 31 amounted to $40,043,*
080; exports. $20,070,220.
The body of Senora Can del aria Pal
na. the mother of the President-eieci i
of Cuba, was buried at Bayamo.
Guevarra, who succeeded Lucban as
leader in Saxcar. wan taken by the expedition
ucder General P. D. Grant.
The shameful treatment of a leper
it Molokal. Hawaii, who was allowed
to remain in Jail until so ill that nothing
could be done to save his life, re*
suited in the removal of Dr. Richard
Oliver as resident physician and
forced the resignation of Superintendent
Reynolds.
Major Waller and Lieutenant Day,
of the marine corps, who were tried
by court-martial at Manila on the
charge of executing natives of the Isl
1 nrltlinnf frlfll TVOfP B<N
HUU UJL CUUlUi tviiuvwb
quitted.
DOMESTIC.
M. Hugues Le Rous, the French lecturer,
told the students at Chicago University
that Dreyfus, when he was
pardoned, wrote a confession of guilt.
No Horse, an Indian, was buried at
Omaha. Neb., with clothes fitted for
both hot and cold climates. His friends
viid they were in doubt as to which
spirit land he went.
Successful tests of Professor Reginald
A. Pessenden's system of wireless
telegraphy were made on Roanoke Island.
N. C.
tTflfl frnm th? mnfp
UUlglUlD DCVUICU Tivv t.vM.
of Brand & Wubben's store at St Paul.
Minn.
A revolver dnel in a gambling ball
at El Paso. Texas, resulted In the deatb
of "Sheeny'' Harris.
A jump from a third-story window
ended the life of Mrs. Martha A. Fennell.
at Baltimore, Md.
Government officials at Boise, Idaho,
were investigating Surveyor-General
Ferrnnlt.
The Jury trying Walter N. Dimmick
for stealing $30,030 from the mint at
San Francisco. Cal., failed to agree.
The farmers of Arkansas Issued an
appeal for assistance.
The steamer Frlthjof was chartered
to take an auxiliary party to the Artetic
region to find Explorer Baldwin.
Naval Cadet Coburn. tried by courtmartial
at Annapolis. Md.. for making
false statements, was acquitted.
Postmaster Charles Meigban, of Ogden.
Utah, was declared I'JGOO short
1U UiB auuuuio.
The boilers on tbe tugboat John Anion
were blown up as tbe tag lay in
Newtown Creek. Long Island. Jobn
Donnelly, a fireman, was blown to
pieces and tbree others were badly
burt
Seven professors of tbe Catholic Unl|
versity of America resigned in tbe interest
of retrenchment.
Rose Nagle was found guilty of murder
in tne first degree for killing ber
; husband at their home, in East ProviI
dence, R. I., in November.
The Rev. Dr. Alexander H. Vinton
I was consecrated Bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal diocese of Western Massachusetts.
Tbe Indiana Republican Convention
named tbe State ticket.
Miss Marie Elise Ross, of Brooklyn,
was married in Chicago to James O.
Darden. whom she first met on a parlor
cor cumins: East from San Fran
! cisco.
| Chief Justice Blodgett, of New
j Hampshire, resigned, his resignation to
take etTeet on July 1. and Judge Frank
N. Parsons was appointed Chief Justice
in his place.
Aroused by the murder of Peter Fa.
flnski. at Chicago, 2000 citizens, mostly
j Polish-Americans, organized a vigiilance
committee to drive out tbe criminal
element.
Experiments in Roanoke. N. C., demj
onstrated tbe utility of the Fessendeni
Moore system of wireless telegraphy
| for Weather Bureau purposes.
Berry Howard, who was tried for
j complicity in the murder of Governor
! Goel?el. at Frankfort, Ky., was ac|
quitted.
FOREIGN.
General Count Coriolano Penza <h
San Martino, tbe Italian Minister of
< U'nii u I mioil
" ? t ?.
J. Bruce Isinay, of the White Stnr
Lino, denied that that company had
been Hold to the shipping syndicate.
The notorious Algerian brigand Unhand.
charged with a great number of
murders, was arrested.
The Dominion Government will reduce
the royalty on gold mined in tbe
Yukon district.
Tbe chances for important Government
measures being passed at this
session of Parliament in England were
considered meagre.
The German cable ship Podbielski
was ordered to take soundings in tbe
* * * - ?.!_
Atlantic- Tor a new iienuan came uuw i
Emdeu to the Azores.
It was reported that the Czar will
jrrant to ItusKin a constitution embodying
administrative reforms.
J. C. Cain, formerly accountant and
registrar in WImiii?eg. Manitoba, was
arretted on charges of forgpry. amounting
to $10,000.
The British Admiralty will inquire
into the shipping combine to see if it
in likely to luxe any of Its naval reserve,
the subsidized liners.
The French elections promised a
Government majority of at least 150
in the new Chamber of Deputies.
The Government leader. A. J. Bal
four, aunouuced in the Itritiftb House
of ContuoiiH that an autumn sessiou
of tin* House would In- necessary to
di>n) with arrears of legislation.
The Danish Landsthing adopted a
majority report providing for the sale
of the West ludian isles to the United
'States, after a vote by members of the
Island Council.
At a meeting of the I>ublin Corporation
it was decided to send no representatives
to the coronation.
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GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN '
N
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE |
WORLD'S GREATEST PROPHETS.
Poem: A Prayer Por > Man's Pasting- ,
Lack of Physical Dctdopnrat la a
Caste of Morrow; Lack of Bplritnal
Development It Unnoticed.
Let roe not pa*s till eve.
Till that day's fight in done;
What soldier carta to leave
The held until it's won? i
And I have loved my work, end fain
Would be deemed worthy of the racki
again.
Let twilisht come, then night;
And when the first birds sinfc
Their matin songs, and light
Wakens each slumbering thing,
Let Some One waken me, and set
My feet to steps that lead me upward yet
?H. V. Sutherland, in Christian Register.
A Little Sermon.
Daily in a lam city museum a littl#
creature was exhibited, in years a woman
but in stature not so larse as a healths
baby. Her picture was sold in which sh<
appeared sitting on the hand of a gianl
01 a showman, the contrast making hei
appear like a doll. Her eyes were wistfu
ana her pinched features drawn in i
pitiful expression. Unhapniness, dissati*
faction sat upon her fjce. Her hands wer*
shrunken and claw-like. Poor little
dwarf! What was her iife but a show]
All the grandeur of a woman's existence,
her youth, her joy, her love, shut awaj
from her forever. Her body had nevei
grown to its full stature and her strengtb
was not equal to the tasks of the great
work in the world. Of what use wa? sh<
but to be a showman's puppet?
How like was she to many Christian
lives, puny helpless things, with but ?
name to live. The only use they have fat
rvugiuu IS IU CAIIIUII h. auu AIM, iuc; wst
not even curiosities like the tiny dwarft
of the museum! Tbey ore all about us;
nay, let us be sure that we ourselves arc
not numbered among them. The spiritual
growth is even easier to stunt in the beginning
than is the physical, and the fact
that it is so common a thing makes it
seem no calamity. A lack of physical d?
velopment is looked upon as a cause ol
great sorrow, but lack of apiritual development
passes unnoticed. Indeed, today
the man who has grown in grace toward
his full measure of the stature ol
Jesus is looked upon as the curiosity, s
sort of spiritual giant not to be ranked
with other men at all.
In a certain otherwise happy home, tbc
eldest son, a young man of twenty-five,
rits all day long shaking a stick with a
rag tied about it. This is his sole amusement
and employment in the world. H<
is an imbecile and nobody ever expects
anything else from him. There are many
in the church who are metaphorically
?:? -1 * -l.l: :.vT
guiug auuut B1MUUU| VIIVM nivu 11JP vu
them.. Tbey are given some little thing
to do to keep them contented and no one
ever expects any other chnrch work of
them. Tbey never have grown enough
since they united with the church to be
able to do anything elae. They stopped
shori with the act of accepting Christ;
they never have grown an inch. Theit
strength is not great enough for even the
simplest service Christ asks of those who
have named His name. They are full
grown men, able to go out into the world
of business and make a success in life,
but in the church sitting dumb when there
ia need for some one to pray or lead a
meeting, utterly incapable of pointing the
way to Christ because they know Him
so little themselves.
There are a few essentials of physical
life which we dare not ignore and hope
to live. It is exactly so in the Christian
life. We cannot grow in grace without
the same essentials. The first essential of
life is breath. We must hare air to
breathe or death comes instantly.
Prayer is the Christian's vital breath.
The Christian's native air:
Without it how can we live? Physicians
say that the cause of many physical
ills is that we do not breathe deep
enough. The brain worker is sometimes
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draws in enough oxygen to keep his heart
going, but not enough to expand hi* lungs
fully and give the poison in the blood a
chance to be expelled by the outgoing
breath. With how very little prayer
some of us manage to get along!
The next essential is nourishment. The
Bible is the food of the Christian, and
many Christiana exist on one meal a week
on Sunday and that not a hearty one
either. Who has not watched a thoroughly
normal baby eager for iU food, casting
aside playthings, pushing away everyone,
caring not for gola or gbttering treasures,
or ambition, or anvthing in its future, so
it may get its food?
It is that way we are to read our Bible.
"As newborn babes desire," mark that
word desire?"the sincere milk of the
word." Everything else is as nothing to
the Bible. Who of us feels that way?
How many Christians are almost unwilling
to pledge themselves to read the Bible
every dnv because of jhe time it takes?
What baby feels so about its daily meals?
And yet that is the condition of growing
in grace.
There are other essentials, too. Exercise
for inxt.ince. Christian work is the
daily exercise we are to take.
But the most glorious part of it all
cornea in our last selection of Scripture.
There is cominc a time when all ministry
of the gospel shall be unnecessary, when
we shall have grown to a place where we
do not need teaching and preaching, when
we have attained, all of us, "the measure
of the stature of the fulness of Christ."
And it become** us to take heed to the
warnings, and to put aside all hindrance
and apply our hearts to growth, for some
of us have great way to crow before we
shall attain.?Grace L. Hill, in the New
York Mail and Express.
Translate Prayer Into Action.
Prayer is practical, is a means to an end.
There is food for thought for us all tn the
disparity l?etween our prayer and our
working. We pray with an undoubted
fervor for the kingdom of (Jod. It i? so
easy to say, "Thy kingdom come." It is
so hard to work for the coming of that
kingdom. To work, to translate prayer
into action, to do the deed on which the
cnminir of the kimrriom (ietiends?that is
the test.?The Rev. Dr. R. W. Pet-kin#,
President of the Le!and University, New
Orleans.
Look Dpwird.
]t is wise for us to look ot the dangers*
to be fuily aware of the perils, to be
trembling!.!] conscious of our own weaknessbut
it is lolly and foolishness to look at
the danger so exclusively, or to feel our
own weakness so keenly as that either
one or the other, or both of them combined.
shall obscure to our sight the far
greater and confidence-giving truth of the
knowledge, the sympathy, and the extended
protecting hand of our Rrcther
and Lord.
Love Is Forever.
When God (fives us love, He gives it lor
ever. Superficial sympathies, based on
accident, on proximity, or common interest*
of the hour, an* fugitive. But the
love which sees what is best in us, and
rares for that, is something which canuot
nasa away. For this is like God's love.
When God Unfbi.
It is Raid that He that ittcth in th?
heavens fhall laueh at some things. Ma?
He not laugh when a man with a big hank
account put* in a petty sum, Haying that
he given "the widow t mite?"?Sunday*
tcbooi T.inca.
(IgarcllM Fatal to Rtaily.
Dr. Herbert Hi*ie. of the Northwestern
University, at Chicago, nay* tobacco i?
ore irrcat cause of ntudent failure, that
tobacco in any form hau a tendency to
dull the mind of the puitil and that the
cigarette is the mo?t objectionable and
ITIOSl injurious inrill ?n luuaiiu. iir mimi
by univemty statistics for the pant nine
years that the student addicted to the
tobacco hnhit make* a much lower average
in hi>< class percentage than tho#e
not (nven to the habit. "Not a single *tudint
UMJijj tobacco has stood in the rir-t
rank thin year." he &iid. "and thm ha?
teen the case in the laat n?uc years, with
one exception-"
1BE SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MAY 18.
Subject: The Early Christian Mission*
arJH, Acta *111., 1-10?Golden Testi
Matt. utIU.i 19?Memory VmM. 3. I
?Commentary on the Day'a Leaaon.
1. "The church....at Antioch." This
church must have been large and fluoriahing
at this time. "Prophet* and teachers."
The prophets were those most open to re*
ccivt, and able to speak the trutn God re*
realed to them: men with insight and foresight,
rather than instructors. 1 Cor. 12:
28. By teachers are meant stated and
permanent teachers, answering somewhat
to the Dos tor of a modern church. "Barns
baa." Barnabai was & preacher and it is
not improbable that the name* "prophet*
and teacher?" here simply designates the
Sreachers of the gospel. "Simeon....
'iger." Nicer means black, but there is
nothing in that to indicate that this man
was black. Nothing more is known of
him than is here mentioned. "Lucius."
He i* probably the same person mentioned
in Rom. 16:21. He may also have been
one of those who first carried the gospel
to Antiocb. Chap. 11: 19, 20. "Cyrene."
A celebrated city in Africa; one-fourth of
the population was Jews. "Manaen the
foster-brother of Herod." (R. V.) Hackett
thinks his mother was probably Herod's
nurse. He was evidently a person of influence.
This was Herod Antipas, who
murdered John the Baptist. Manean must
have become a Christian out of very bad
H# vat nrnhahlv a man of
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strong character. "And Sad." Named
last became be was the late comer. He
toon becomes the chiefest of all the apostles.
2. "They." These fire ministers.
Nothing is said of any others being present.
But Meyer insists that "they" refers to
the-church and pot merely to the five ministers.
"Ministered." In a special service
of Drayer and praise, to ascertain the
mind of the Lord concerning the sdavncement
of His work. "Feasted." Showing
tkair intmw MrnHtaeu. their iroiritual
hunger, which overpowered all sense of
bodily hunger. "The Holy Ghost said."
How the Hoiv Spirit spoke to them we
are not told. He may have spoken through
some of the prophets present, or by a general
conviction on the minds of the mem*
bers of the church. But notice that the
Holy "Spirit "makes the revelation, (electa
the missionaries, and assigns to them their
work." "Separate me." That is, set them
apart, or oraain them for the special work
wherennto I have called them?the work
of foreign missions. Paul was clearly
called to this work at the time of his con*
version.
1 "Vmmtvtl and nr*Ttd." A mOSt SOl
emu and important service, observed,
probably, by the whole body of the church.
They needed wiadom and ability to ao
coinpliah the great work thev were now
about to undertake. "Laid tneir hands."
By thia ceremony of conseeration. they ordained
them?not to an order, but to a
mission. It did not make them deacons,
elders, or bishop*, but minionariea. "Sent
them away." From Antioch, aa missionariea
to other lands.
4. "Being sent, etc." The expression
here la similar to that found in the pre*
vious verse, and ihows the call of the
Spirit first, and. next, that of the church.
The Holy Ghost originates the missionary
enterprise. All objection*, therefore, to
the work arise from a lack of fulness of
the Spirit. "Unto Seleucia." Thia was
the seaport town of Antioch, on the Mediterranean
Sea, Antioch being twenty miles
inland. "Sailed to Cyprus. Thia island,
in the Mediterranean Sea, was originally
the home of Barnabas. Cnap. 4: 30.
5. "At Salamis." The Greek capital of
Cyprus, and the nearest city in their approach
to the island, after a few hours'
sail. "John to their minister." This was
John whose surname waa Mark.
6. "Gone through the isle." They
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traveled toe wnoie iengin 01 iuc muu
from east to Trent, evangelizing. "Unto
Paphot." The chu?f town of the island,
about one hundred miles from Salami*.
"Sorcerer." A magician, or fortune-teller.
The magicians did not merely pretend to
foretell the future, but also to influence it,
by the control which they claimed to exorcise
over the inferior gods or demon*.
-"A false prophet." An importer, in that
he falsely profeMed to be a prophet of the
true God, while teaching false doctrines
and a false standard of morals. "A Jew."
A Jewish quack whose art* were a picture
of the lowest depths to which the Jewish
character could sink. "Bar-jesus." This
was bis Jewish name. The prefix "Bar"
in Hebrew and signifies "son." Bar-jesus
therefore signifies the Son of Jesus, a common
name among the Jews; but the Syriae
calls him "Bar-rnoma/' the son of pride.
7. "The deputy." All the provinces of
the Roman Elm pi re under the control of
the senate were governed by a proconrui,
here called a deputy; that w, a governor
appointed by the senate. "A prudent
man." A man of sound understanding and
. ?i k..,? W.
gooa KDK. unucu Ml um> ?
tired to know what these men taught, and
to hear the word of God.
8. "Eh-mae." An Arabic word which
meana "the wise." Perhaps he wan born
in Arabia, or had lived there, and may
have aMumed this name in a boaatfu)
spirit, or he may have received it from
others as a compliment to his skill. "Withstood
them." Opposed them, as the magicians
in Pharaoh's court withstood
Mokcs. He raw his power was gone if the
proconsul accepted the truth. "To turn
away." The effort of the sorcerer was to
keep him from becoming a believer in the
doctrine of the apostle*. No doubt they
had heard much about the teachings of the
apostles.
0. "Then Saul.... Paul." This is the
first time the name Paul occur*, and the
last time where he is called Saul. The
( entile apostle here assume* a Gentile
1 ? >in -M
name. "Saul ' it* neorew, raiuw
Latin. The word signifies "little," alludin.?
to his insignificance of atatnre and apix?ftrance.
2 Cor. JO: 1, 10. "Filled, etc."
The tense of the Greek participle implies
a sudden access of spiritual power. "8et
his eves." With a piercing gaze which
looked into bis very soul. Paul now unfolded
for the first time the mighty powers
which lay in him.
10. "Subtility." "All guile and all villany."
R. V. Thou expert in the art of
deceiving men. "Son of the devil." (Jt.V.)
Subtiity a characteristic of the devil. Gen.
3: 1; 2 Cor. 11: 3. "Enemy, etc." He
was an enemy of truth and holiness. "Pervert."
He perverted the truth and God's
way of saving men.
11. "Hand of the Lord." The affliction
came from God, not Paul. "Blind." He
was totally blind. "For a season." Hil
blindness was temporary. God punishes
onJv so much as is necessary. Perhaps
Paul hoped for the .nan's repentance.
12. "Believed." The miracle wrought
belief; the doctrine of the Lord wrougl/
wlvation.
A Farmer's Wlfr'i Pfrqulilt*.
T'tat eggs are the time-honored per3u:site
of the farmer's wife^ was held in
ustice Murrie's court, at Waukegan, III.,
when Jacob Max was fined $3 and eosta
on complaint of his wife. Mrs. Max was
bound to have the egg money, and when
her husband one day took a basket of
csgs and started for town she fought
him to get back the egg*. She was worsted
and the suit resulted. The justice decided
that eggs were more the product of the
woman's care ot the hens than a direct
tarm product.
The Population of Itussla.
The latest census of Ru/sia, taken two
rears ago, show* that there are only
three cities in the empire whose population
exceeds half a million. viz: St.
Petersburg, 1.267,(100; M.c-vow, 98S.(Ki:>,
and Warsaw, 614.8UP. Odessa come* next,
with 402,(100; I^ociz. 314.900; Kiga. 2N't.(MM;
Kief. 249.000; Kharkof, JT1 Tifli*. 170.000;
Wilna. 180.000; Tashkent. 137,1100. and
Saratoff. Kazan. Yeki'eruioslav, Kostoti
on Don. Astrakhan. Baku. Tula and Ki*h
tnef, with from 108.000 t<> 1:>3.(NI0 each.
Olrl Mdirnfrrt In London.
The London jio?to(tic-e* are now using
p;rls as well as bov? for the express me?irirls
must be over
lit ten year* old, and they get thirteen
sLil.icgb a week.
1
THE GREAT DESTROYER!
SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT.'
THE VICF OF INTEMPERANCE.
Om of tbe "Devil's Joke*"?Tba DrrilV
Real Vmmm la Whlskr-OcmoBlacat
Pruk It Playtd > PfUwmm?P?*1
Ut It L>o Too a Scurvy Trick. V
- . . 1- ? i:_? 1
jonn j. u nnen, a punccuuuj, *u?
at No. 1050 Thirty-fourth street, in Brooklyn.
was a good, honest man when sober j
He lived at the address mentioned a
few days ago with his wife and young
children, to whom be was devoted?when
sober. 1 \
At present he lives in a cell charged
with murder. His wife is buried, killed
by him, and hia children are bereft. <
The story of the change in Policcmarf
O'Brien's life is very short, and he himself
described it better than anybody else
could possibly describe it.
He came home drunk. Hia wife told
him he ought to be ashamed to appear
drunk before the children.
He arose unsteadily, took hit revolver
from the mantlepiece, and shot his wife
dead.
Then he went out and gave himself up
to another policeman, ma explanation or
bis crime iru as follow*: I
"It'a the devil's joke. No better wo?
man than mv wife ever lived."
It was indeed the devil'* joke that DUt
an unfortunate wife in her grave, that
will inevitably send O'Brien to the electric
chair or imprisonment for life, that makes
hi* three children fatherless.
The devil plays these iokea on humanity.
It is the devil of the wnisky, and he play*
hu joke* every day in every big city and
in every little village of the world.
Sometimes his jokes lead to murder,
sometime* to theft and other crimes. They;
always lead to disgrace of some kind.
Once upon a time Policeman John J.
O'Brien believed that a little whiaky did
no harm. ,
A great many thousand men to-day be*
hove, as O mien aid before he became *
murderer, that a little whisky docs no- \
barm.
The young man and the old man who
think that a little whisky does so harm >
ought to have witnessed the last meeting- ,
on earth of O'Brien and hit wife and their
three children.
O'Brien, sobered up, the whisky ont of 4
his head, was filled with remorse, and
wept constantly. His grief was so great
that it was thought he would become insane,
and the District Attorney in charge
of his prosecution consented to his attending
his wife's funeral.
He was taken, handcuffed, to the house
in which he lived with his family before
tbe "devil's joke" took place.
The murdered wife lay in a coftn and
her mother sobbed at the head of the
coffin. The three young children, all undert
even year* of age, stood at the foot of V
the coffin as the father and murderer, handcuffed
to a detective, leaned over the .
coffin, hi* tears falling on his wife's face.
At the edge of the grave later on O'Brien
knelt down, -and the detectives hand*
cuffed to him knelt alao?the handcuff#
compelled them to kneel.
The dirt waa thrown in, O'Brien wie
taken to the prison, and the children west
a war in another direction.
The "devil's joke" had been plaved
out to an unusually successful end.?New
York Journal.
The Whisky Rotd.
Many a poor devil started on the
whisky road through no fault of his own.
But that will not excuse you if you take
th.it path.
Have you strength of mind enough not
io arinK too mucn whisky: uooa. nut
prove it by drinking; none at all.
And remember this about tbe path that
tart# out so pleasantlv and ends among
broken bottles at the door of failure:
You never meet a good bartender on that
path.
You never meet a successful whisky
manufacturer on that path.
The Mloon owner wants, demands and
get* aober men as bartenders. ,
The whisky manufacturer will have
only sober men for his agents and manager*.
Young men. keep off that path. It leads
only one way. You mav walk jo?t so far,,
'on and come back. But why start at
*11?
Human success is becoming more and
more a matter of clear thought. Keep \
vour clearness of thought. Keep your
force, your vital energy to build op roc
Pity the man who drink*?he needs pity.
But net him a cood example.
Remember thin:
A drink of whitky never did for a man
nnvthing that sleep will not do. And
whiiiky. while it seems to rest you. hurt*
you. Sleep builds up your brain.
Look at the man rolling out of a gin
mill in the morning; comnarc him with!
the fresh man going to his work after
natural sleep. Compare their eyes, their,
gait, their speech, their mental alertness. ,
The difference between two such men is.
tb* difference between sleen and whisky.
Take ?Jeeo for your stimulant.
Tike good thoughts and th* companionship
of good. ?oo<t men and women for
yonr excitement. # l
Leave whisky to others.?Xew York
Journal.
A Terrible Reckoning.
The saloonkeeper may make money, bat
he heaps up a terrible reckoning. He scatter*
woe and destruction in his pathway.
XI/> wam! Klinkts in/I rnh< man7
a home of it* precious treasures. He does
not command either the respect or the
love of the good and patriotic. Hi* business
mar be to'crated. but it is not admired
or ?anct:oned by those whose opinion
counts the most in a community. The
longer he continues in it, the greater and
heavier the mora! indictment against him
and ;he more fearful the account he ha* to
render.?Universalis Leader.
For "Total Abstinence."
"The following." says the Australian
Sunday-school Teacher, "is from a boy's
en-ay on total abstinence. It is a whole
volume on temperance in a nut-shell. 'I
abstained from alcoholic drinks, becauae,
ir u 1
IT 1 wumu ritxi as a uumm,
abstain; as a walker, Weston uv*, abstain;
an an oamninn. H.tnlon says, abstain;
as a swimmer, Webb sav*, abstain;
as a missionary. Livingstone says, abstain;
as a doctor, (lark says, abstain; as a
preacher. Farrar says, abstain. Asylums,
pruon and workhouse repeat the crv, abstain.'"
Cans* of s Blot.
The Grand Jury investigating the Akron
riot, a short time aince, found (1) that the
original cause waa a criminal made drunk
in a saloon; (2) that the leaders of the
riot were drunk; (3) that the mob returned
again and again to the nearby open
saloons, inflaming themselves for the work
of destruction.
A Sad Preeminence.
The value oi the spirits sold in Great
Britain during the year 1889 was over
8800.000.000. This wa? 830.000,000 more
than :he amount ?old in the United States.
.In thi>? year Great Britain led all the
other nation* in the amount of spirit*
consumed. Last year France attained
thi* pre-eminence.?Journal of Inebriety.
Snnday Closing.
In Cardiff. Wale*, before the saloon*
were closed on Sunday, with a population
of 80.000. there were sixty-two conviction*
for Sunday drunkenne** in 1881. Tjst
year, with a population of 170,000, there
wcrt- but nine canes.
Teetotalism Onler.
- ''L...?. f - r.i * U'Ntnrn Railroad
III!*- v im?5v ........
ha? adopted a rule forbidding its employe*
;o dr.nk li?|u??r even when of! duty.
Many Mvple will think this is going too
far. However, it simply follows the principle
of the survival of the tit teat. A*
between men who drink, even privately,
and the men who do not drink?other
thini!* being equal?good sense should certainly
fav-ir the non-drinkers. Thi* is z
matter ot mere business policy, entirely
separate from the question ot tem|>eratice
as a sentimental issue Distiller* do
not pick out drunkards to sell their whiskies.
Temperance men properly have the
call everywhere.