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CHAPTER XIX.
(Continued.)
"Mr. Bensoahurst." she Mid. sweet- <
1y and low. and be began to grow <
ashamed of his anger, "yon will for- <
glre me If yon consider me presuming; <
I mean it most kindly. I consider you ;
my friend?you were my husband's 1
friend. I know why you arc angry.
No one told me, but 1 know. Perhaps,
too. 1 know Beatrice better than you
do with your great love for her; for I
know that you love her. I also know
thpt the lores you. You smile unbelievingly.
Believe me; wait, and you
WQl learn for youreeir. jay surer is
proud to a degree that few women attain.
bat the is equally loyal, once giving
her love. Winning her. you wis
her forever and utterly, la not that
Worth waiting for?"
Her awlft, brilliant smile was upon
* feer face, and his own Hps parted In
milicg, looking down upon the soft,
ISght Angers upon his arm.
"I will wait," he said, gently. "You
an like a good angel to one in trou- :
Me. Mrs. Graham. 1 do love Beatrice,
and I thought I might *rln her. until
there came a whisper that she was no ,
longer to be won. and that clearing
way. her own reply to-day. But now
I shall hope and wait, and If time
?aka <)nu twit Iata mn "
|KVTCI UMi SilC UW wv #v.% ?
"You need not fear," said Alecia
aoftiy, fining the pause of hit voice.
Her eyes lifted to his were perfectly ,
steady; and as they passed op the
staircase together, parting at her
door, a new faith In woman entered
the tool of Gregory Bensonhnrst and
atnng his easy-going spirit into a
more acute life and ambition.
Mrs. Graham returned to her room,
?ted herself again at the open window,
and looked across the sand-hills
ti the glittering stretch of water bearing
the ships right royally upon their
way, and the smile was gone from
?-"1 ss/lnoso fOflfar)
iicr iact? auu vui/ wwmv<p>
i there, the grieved look in the violet
etyes betraying a troubled heart.
"Chiding my lister for her pride that
wounds a true heart am I free from
the same? Was I unwomanly In my
fcarshness to him?"
But going down to dinner, dressed
tn a tender-hoed, dinging gown, with
fcer delicate laces and perfumes, no
one would guess of the under-current
of bitterness or the sadness behind the
teave eyes. Her wit and laughter
? ^ -1 on^Aw onH
millT1 UIV UlUliCi vuc w VMJV^
remember u one of the pleasant
things of the day.
Her seat at the table was between
Mrs. Winthrop and Jessica Gray, and
he looked like a rose contrasted with
the quiet elder woman, and tbe languid,
pale beauty; and those who
knew her daring that other summer,
whispered of how much more beautiful
and charming she had grown during
the past three years of sorrow and ,
trtaL
Perhaps the knowledge of this was ,
strong upon Jobs Winthrop, facing
Imp at the table. He left the hotel ;
that day on which he had made
known to this woman his proud heart
?<? tn Ht* niMn bnilnMi for
Palmer Earle, and It was only this day
that ha returned, summoned by hit
mother in her anxiety for hia good. ,
Perhaps, too, this subtle change in
the proud face of Aledin gave him
courage to request her to walk with
fclm upon the lands.
It was a simple request and utterly
Insignificant, but Jessica Gray, catching
the words, moved gracefully and
languidly across the roo?n toward
then from the window and murmured
I ! her liquid voice?so strangely fasa
. dilating?that Mrs. Winthrop waa so
B tanxlous for Mrs. Graham to go with
tar to the pavilion for a little while
before the should retire to her room,
lHheagh she, Jessica, had taken it
HMI 'upon herself to request the favor,
knowing what friends they were.
BS^r 80 it was that Alecla smiled pleasantly
op at John Winthrop, nud said
the most go to his mother, knowing
W* that he would excuse her upon that
ft pies.
| "Mamma Winthrop has gone to her
9 loom for a moment." said Jessica,
K calmly, "but she will return directly.
She baa such an Intense admiration
P for you. Mrs. Graham, that I often
1 think how really wicked it is for her
R loo to be so hard upon you. But,
S then. Jack is so honorable and strict
S himself that he could not think lJgbtly
B of wrong in others, and believing that
B yon swore to a lie when they were
8 trying to prove the extent of your
? husband's failure, of course be cannot
H forget It Tou see. you came back
H with nUnhr of monev ana not Until
n after your huaband died. Bat you
mustn't fed cross with me. deer Mrs.
Graham, for I rarely could not beD
Ueve such a thing."
M?-' Never In her life had such fire biased
fa Ateda Graham's eyes as at that
moment, facing Jessica Gray upon the
hotel piazza. The sweet violet color
H deepened to Intense purple; ber face
H was touched with the snow of passion;
H unconsciously the slim hand holding
the Ivory fan snapped the frail sticks
HI under the grasp of the slender lingers.
fighting hack the blow to her bonor and
pride. The music of ber voice, too,
was frozen with pain, and the pas
Ision&ie heart beat fiercely under the
Ilk and lace of ber gown.
"I beg yon to thank Mr. Winthrop."
abe said, haughtily, "for hit courteoua
opinion of me. Mlu Gray, and inform
him that, perhaps, my husband's bcp?r
la more spotless than bin own. He
could never hare insulted a woman!
One would scarcely hare believed this
of your upright guardian!"
Turning away, ber face still angry.
I the encoontemi Mrs. ?in wrap.
"Thee Is troubled. dear," said this
gentle woman In ber soft, low voice,
laying one band detalogly upon AleR
da'a arm. searching tbe pallid, scornA
fnl face with kindly eyes. "Will tbee
H tell thy trouble to me tbat I may help
9 thee. If I may? I am old and tbee Is
P young. and sorrow should not come
3 loo near thee to thy hurt!"
1 AlecJa shook her beat an Icy smile
I upon her lips. She mast get away to
I tar room and conquer this emotion.
I fast she betray her heart
THROP'S DEFEAT. "
a N?.L :
SATE LUDLUM: I!
isnt Soar, Mil
o
"Tbere Is nothing," she said, stead- si
Ily, "that I should tell you. or any one. s
dear Mrs. Wlotbrop. I have beard
""ml nava t\f a MaimI that la nil hilt C
one cannot depend too much upon u
one's friends. If ire honored them t
less we "would be less wounded when
they fall!" II
She smiled again quite steadily an*} b
turned away up the staircase, fortu- tl
nate In meeting no one on her way to t1
her room. For this thrust of subtle t
words was so sudden and keen that ti
she had no opportunity of hiding bow s
much she was wounded. She would a
conquer It presently alone In her room, fa
He should never guess bow he bad a
wounded her. g
And meanwhile Jessica Gray was
languidly strolling along the promenade
toward the pavilion with Mrs.
Wlnthrop and her son, and was softly
murmuring, looking np to the tall
man beside her. that flickering flame *
in her eye*, what a charming woman
Mrs. Graham was. If only she were a
not so harsh and unforgiving!
MI could scarcely believe my hear- *
Inf." she said, softly, breathing a sort ?
of fascination, even npon this qnlet
man, "when she told me to-night that, *
in spite of all men say or think, her
husband's honor is higher than yours. *
Jack! Whst a strangely vindictive
family they must be, Judging from e
these two! I would not care to call
either of them my friend!"
Under her curled lashes she saw *
that her words struck home, from the jj
pallor upon his face and the sudden j1
cMiralilTp setting of his 11D8. The
flame in ber eye* wu vivid, and be
should have been warned, but who
pauses to examine the arrow that
strikes?
"Thee must have misunderstood
Mrs. Graham. Jessica." said Mn.
Wlnthrop, mildly. "Thee is oftentime
too Impulsive in thy judgments.
Mrs. Graham Is my friend. Remember
that in thy speaking of her. my
dear. She knows that John is thoroughly
upright, and she is not one to
condemn any act of Justice. I scarcely
think that she could have said what
thee repeats."
"Well. I am sure It Is nothing to
me," said Jessica, carelessly. She ?
with hn> shaft of subtle ^
words. 8fae knew perfectly well that ?
she had wounded her guardian. She f
knew, too, that he loved this other f
woman.
And presently John Wlnthrop left *
them and no one saw him again that B
night And Alecla betrayed no sign 1
of her struggle on the following day. ?
even joining a little sailing party in ^
the Banjo, because John Wlnthrop x
was going, and she would hare him
understand that his presence was *
nothing to her. "
MI am almost afraid to venture,"
Bald George Priestly, as they stood on *
the pier watching him making pre par- ?
ations for their comfort "That thin b
cloud over there In the northwest jj
looks like a squall It isn't a specially *
nice thing, ladies, to be caught on the |j
h*v inch a time." .
"Oh, bat It limply couldn't storm, 11
ydu know," said Altbea Dunraven. 0
persuasively, "because I wish to go
so much. Mr. Priestly."
"Very well." he said, smiling. "I ?
will not go beyond quiet water, any- ?
way. Miss Dunraven." v
"Danger gives spice to pleasure. Mr. 11
Priestly," said Beatrice, laughing. n
She was bright and witty and reckless 8
of speech because of the presence of
her lover. He should not guess that '
aer heart was heavy. "How stupid *
life would be If one could know the t
end of everything."
"But do you truly think there will a
be storm?" queried Altbea, with puck- *
ering orows.
"Nonsense.'* said Miss Catherwood, 11
Impolitely. "Don't be absurd, Altbea. 8
Do you Imagine that that tbin, streaky ?
cloud could do us barm? It Is just a J1
little bit of drift from some far-off 11
bank of cloud. I am not afraid!"
"If Miss Catberwood has no fear, 1
why should we. who profess to be 0
brave?" asked Alecia, amused. ?
"To profess a belief does not always ^
signify its truth. Mrs. Graham," said |!
John Wlnthrop, coldly. He joined the
sailing-party upon impulse, when Jes- a
sica positively affirmed that he would
not go. "We may often be more cowardly
than vre show."
"Then." said Alecia. calmly. dlppii\g
her band deep In the water as the
Banjo swung away from the pier and 8
caught a thread of breeze and filled c
???? mprrlk "if bo. ve nrove that n
we have conquered weakness, Mr.
Wlnthrop. To hide fear?or pain?in u
oar own hearts makes ua the more c
strong In character. It proves that 0
we have struggled?and conquered." '
What wait there in this woman that *
drew his soul up to the admiration no 0
matter how fiercely be set her away? ?
He had It In his heart to leave the hotel
that morning after Jcsslca's subtle a
words, but be scorned this as weak- f
ness. Would be run from any woman? e
Would he be worsted by a pair of T
level violet eyes or a smile or a rose- ?
leaf mouth? He. Jobo Wlnthrop, J,
hithertn unmnvcd. hitherto rather
scorning women save his mother. 1
"Nevertheless," he said coldly, "an
open tight is much more honorable '
than a sly wound, such as Brutus
gave. Mrs. Graham."
"Yes." she said steadily, a strange. v
tense line around her mouth, though J
a smile was In her eyes, aud her white
hand splashed the water carelessly, *
"and a man's strange way of bellev- |
ing the worst always of a woman. Mr.
Winthrop. I wonder that you could
express such a thought."
He hated her; he would bate her. he 7
said to himself, savagely gnawing his ^
mustache as he leaned back against
the railing, aud looked from her bewildering
face to the strange streak
of cloud, gauze-like, now almost over- j
bead, as though some mighty wind- t
force drove It ruthlessly up, though j
thete was scarcely uow enough wind
to fill the sail as It spread to meet It
Prlectly, too, was watching that film t
of cloud, though not with mere idle ]
curiosity, and he kept the ropes taut, j
readJ for as emergency. He would ]
\
ot alarm his companions, bat as that I
loud sifted thinly np the heavens by I
ome unseen force, be felt more and
lore convinced that he should bare
efused to come out while It remained, r
Still, he would not alarm any one, '
nd, ready for what might come, be
urned his attention to his guests, and
t the request of Altbea, echoed by
be others, be started a song Leland *
ad written to the Banjo, in memory
f their many pleasant trips upon It,
trucing ugnt accompaniment upon un T
(rings of the banjo be bnd brought
They were laughing and very merry,
ritlclslng or complimenting Leland
pon the aong. none of them savs
rleatly thinking of barm, when?
There came a sigh over the water
Ike a monster's breath, a sodden
ending and twisting of the trees on t(
be distant shore, a shriek of wind, ?
be rattle of falling sail and swift n
and of the rudder turning to meet F
be squall, and the Banjo lurched and 0
truggled up. and endeavored to beat p
round to the wind, answering bet
>elm, but was struck down and over,
nd the waves went over her passes*ts!
11
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CHAPTER XX. J'
V
rsoic death's pbmkxcx. l
The squall passed Dearly as quickly a
s it'came. ?
The Banjo righted herself as sood ^
a she was lightened; her ropes were b
railing In the water and the rudder ?
winging to and fro under the forcc <j
f the shock and her swinging boom. n
ieorge Priestly, on the lookout for
ome such thing as this, had kept firm ii
old of one of the ropes, and had o
boated to the others to do the same, *
>ut only he had presence of mind v
nough to obey. J1
Althea was clinging to him, frantic 1
rlth terror, and he was soon back in *
be boat with her drawn up beside j,
ilm, and then with deft movements jj
e had the sail hauled up to the rising i,
ireeze and was guiding the boat tc u
rhere the others were struggling in ti
ii
uc nam. He
was not at all fearful of the conequences
of the accident, for with or- D
inary level-beadedness and prompt 1
ction they could be returned to ths T
oat none the worse for the wetting, jj
ind, in truth, it was scarcely three .j
ainutes later that all were safely t
Ack in the Banjo?all save Alecia
iraham and John Wlnthrop. x
Alecia, in falling, was struck sense- i
?S8 by the sudden swerve of the t
oom, and had sunk Instantly, coming ii
o the surface some few feet away.
ler beautiful sunny hair was unfast- v
ned from its pins and drifted like i 1
opes of gold about her death-like face. I T
ihe was still unconscious and drifting j v
arthcr away from the boat and her i t
riends. I 0
John Wlnthrop. sitting beside ber j a
rben the accident occurred, was also | t
truck by the jibing boom, but in sucb j c
uch a manner as to receive a deep j u
ut in his head just at the edge of bis t
air, but the dash into tbe water re- j v
lved his instant's giddiness and with j l1
be instinct of love?more powerful i 1
ban hate at such a moment ? be I1
>oked about him for Alecia.
nnAn Hlo hon/1 TIT (I 1
out IUC nuuuu U|SVIS 1MB uvuu n.a ^
evere, unconscious though he was of (
be fact, and at first his sight was f
lurred and be saw only tbe dark out- 3
ne of tbe Banjo. Then this pallid ! 1
ace with tbe drift of gold hair about, g
I touched tbe surface of the throb* e
Ing water, and utterly forgetting | v
lmself In his thought of her he struck !
ut to her rescue. *
For tbe second Ume she sank and
ose ere he reached her, swimming as J
e was powerfully, and as he caught j,
er to him, keeping himself afloat now t
rltb one arm, his eyes burned down j p
ipon her as though they held tbe , t
ilgbt to restore life should life have i;
one. t
And then they were lifted Into tht 1
oat, and all things went out of John '
Vintlirop's mind ror many uay??eveu : be
consciousness of this one woman, j "By
Georgef said Lane Leland. In v
, low tone, as they used every effort u
o restore these two to consciousnesa
Bnt there are the strangest jumbles I
a this life! These two sworn enemies ,
eem forever to be thrown across each j
ther's lives, and always In some snch
ramatlc manner. What will it end t
a, I wonder?" I
"Oh, don't!" moaned Miss Cather- t
rood, piteoasly. doing her best to I
bey instructions for restoring con- *
ciousness to the beautiful face of *
Llecla upon Beatrice's shoulder. "It j *
s bo dreadful, dreadful to bare ber \ ''
ook like this. Lane! What can we do '
nd why did we ever come?" [ <
(To be contlrued.) I
t
Homblt Patriotism. ^ j
There has recently died of disease in k
outb Africa in my old battery a *
unner unnoted and unknown. In De* c
ember, 1809, this man was by soms
aistake called up with the reservists, J'
q spite of the fact that hie time was j.
p?that is, that he had by that date ,
ompleted bis seven years with the col- f
rs and five with 'he reserve. Ibere t
rere one or two oiber instances of
Ime-explred men being called up; with u
ne accord they represented their case fl
o their commanding officer, and were r
luly sent home again. But this man, ?
Ithougb the Qneen bad no claim "t
* ? - ? i-*. 1.1. .i.n
rnaicver on uis service.*, ivti ??? ?<u i j
mployment, and with bit eyes open, { t
rith full knowledge of the hardships f
>f a soldier's life, among strangers and s
d a strange battery, he went out to
tglit. No abnormal rate of pay, no deirlous
banquetlngs were his. and even (
f be were to escape the dangers of j
rar there was no certainty of an ear- j
y return. There was nothing worthy t
f special note about the man. He <j
vas not an exceptional.y smart or keen o
loldler, and be bad no exceptional iniuence
with his fellow men: he was,
oo. quite unconscious that there was j
inything remarkable in his conduct 1
*.ut to my mind there is only one word '
hat can adequately describe bin:, and |
tvAP#1 T L>n/.n< Imo tuinn iico/1 nnd I
Mio " U?u, A UV?? ? irvv u uwu NUVI
ibused of late nd nauseam in the
Torld of politic*. He was a patriot.?
letter in the Spectator. t
I
I'naniwrml. ,
Why is it that some men named Will- t
am are known as Bill, while others of I
he same name are known as Will?? 1
Atchison Globe. *
. a
"Isn't your new house taking longer 1
o build than you expected?" "Oh, no.
I've only spent twice as much on It, sq
ar, as I anticipated."?Detroit Fre* ,
Presa. {
.... ( Hill, ib>
V
IILLED III MIHE DPiOSION"
raterville, Tenn., the Scene of an
Appalling Disaster.
IOTAN ENTOMBED MAN ESCAPED
b? Wont Mining Cilimuy iu in* m?toryof
Tennettro?Kcicue Party Fount!
the Tannelt Strewn With Dewl Worknca?Fltlfol
Grltfof JUIatlvM of VicUna*?Bad
Condition* la Mine Known,
Coal Creek, Tenn.?The worst disaspr
in the history of Tennessee mining
ccurred when between 175 and l?io
jen and boys met instant death ut the
'raterville coal mine, two miles west
f this town, as a result of a gas exlosion.
Out of the large number of men and
cys who went to work in the morn*
ig developments showed that only
ne was alive, and he was so badly inured
that he could not live. This man
ras William Morgan, an aged Englishman,
who was a roadman in the mine,
nd who was blown out of the ?nrance
by the force of the explosion,
tne hundred and seventy-five miners
rere checked for work In the morning
y the mine boss. In addition to these
. ere boys who acted as helpers, and
rivers, ruuuujeu aim uiucn iv >uc
umber of perhaps fifty.
Fraterville mine is the oldest mine
a the Coal Creek district, having been
pened in 1870. It is fully three miles
torn the mine's opening to the point
rhere the men were at work. Tbey
iad not been at work long before the
errible explosion occurred. There was
. fearful roar aud then flames shot
rom the entrance aud the air shafts.
Jews of the disaster spread like wildire,
but as soon as possible two rescuQg
parties were started Id, ooe at the
aaiu entrance, the other through Thisle
mine, which adjoins and in which
10 men were at work.
The Thistle party was unable to
iiake any headway, as the gas stifled
be workers. Tlie Fraterville party
rent fully two mile* under the eartb.
mtil a beavy fall of slate was encounered.
At this barrier men worked
Ike demons, hoping against hope tbat
hose beyond might be sufe.
Tbe scenes at tbe mouth of the mine
rbile tbe workers were witbin were
teyond description. Business bad
leen suspended in Coal Creek and all
ts mines as soon as tbe news of tbe
lisaster became known, and men.
romen and children gathered around
be Fraterville entrance. Women
chose husbands and sons were witbin
rere wild with grief.
All day long the rescuers tolled at
he 6late obstruction, and not until 5
"clock in the eveniug did they force
n entrance through it. Up to that
lour only live dead bodies bad been reovrred
and ho|>e was still high tbat
uany witbin were safe. Tbe hopes of
he living were doomed, however, for
chen once the rescuers could enter and
iroceeaeti tney waixeu turougn a conIuuouk
touib of death. There was not
i sign of life. Every man bad per*
shed:
Eigbt dead bodies were tirst recovred,
and these were scut to Coal
'reek. Twenty-six more were soon
ouud. They were not disfigured beond
identification, and each corpse, as
t was borne from tbe moutb of the
[igautic tomb, was surrounded by
nger crowds of relatives of tbe men
rho were entombed.
The Fraterville Mine is owned by
be Coal Creek Coal Company.of which
iujor E. C. Camp is President. He
ran in Cincinnati and hurried to tbe
ceue of tbe disaster. In iOOl, after
Dspectlng Fraterville mice. State Comuixsioner
of Labor K. A. Sbiflett retorted
tbat tbe ventilation was not up
o requirements; tbat tbe furnace was
nadequate to ventilate tbe mine, and
bat tbe air ways were cboked In
ilaces. Commissioner Sbiflett found
bat 104 men were at work on tbe day
f bia visit, requiring by statute 15,KJO
cubic feet of air per miuute. Tbe
olume of air entering tbe mine, be
aid, was only 4 cubic feet per lninite.
KILLED IN FICHT WITH NEGROES.
L Sanguinary Encounter *t Pittsburg
G?.?rollce Used Winchester*.
Atlanta, (ia.?As tlie result of a batle
at I'lttabnrg. a suburb of this city,
tetween five negroes on one side and
be* entire police force and fifty metn?ers
of tbe Natioual (iuard and many
vbite citizens on tbe other, four offl ers
were killed and a fifth was
vomit!I'd. A street-car conductor and
i negro cab driver were also wounded,
fhree negroes were killed.
The casualties were: Dead?County
tfficer Battle, rollceuian Thos. Grant.
*cliceman Edward Crabtree. Policeunu
Robert Unborn. W. Iticbardsou,
legro; Milton Rosby. negro; an un;nown
negro. Wounded ? Officer
Spradlin. W. T. Jackson, street-car
onductoi. negro cab driver.
Will Richardson, a half-breed Indian,
ras the leader of the negroes. He is
telieved to have fired the shots that
;illed the four officers, and when
rapped iu a burning woodshed he preerred
'o remain there and l>e roasted
o death rather than to surreuder.
The fight grew out of an attack made
ipou former Policeman S. A. Kerlin,
>11 what is k:it wn as the McPhcrson
oad. He was waylaid by five negroes.
viiu wiiuui iu> uun linn iruuui? wiiru
ie whs a member of the force. Kerlin
rould probably linve been killed had
t not been for the timely arrival of a
ml ley car full of men. The shoot lug
ollowcd an attempt to arrest Richardor.
as one of the assuilauts of Kerliu
Pranc* Oratcfal for Aid.
M. Jules Cambon. the French Am assador.
lias transmitted to Secretary
lay at Washington a telegram from
lis Government expressing the gratiude
<?f France for the energetic efforts
if ?his country to relieve the distress
if Martinique.
Cur Hope* For ?u Heir.
The hopes of Russia for an heir tft
he throne have been revived by the
inuouiuvmeiit thai the Cxur.na is exK-ctcd
to become a mother in Septeiu>er.
LoTfCnifil Yuuth Kill* Fire,
Crazed by his infatuation for tbirecu-y
ear-old Abitlia McCtillougli. W Ilium
Austin, tweiity-iive years old.killed
he girl and four other persons and
hen committed suicide in tlie farm
muse of William Wilkinson, near
rlastings, Fla. Those in additiou to
lie girl whom Austin killed were Mr.
rnd Mrs. Wilkiiinon. Mr. Wilkiusou'*
mmarried sister and a child.
British Minister to Cuba.
King Edward has appointed L. fe\ G.
7ard\?n. at present Consul-Cientral -J
iavana, British Minister to Cuba.
GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAM
PREGNANT THOUCMTS FROM THE
WORLD'S GREATEST PROPHETS.
Poem: Chase* Anxiety to Prarer? 8*1 ra>
lion la Like l?ve, Like Life, Like
Thought?It Come* From the Savior
?The Christ In Ton.
Hast thou a care wlione presence dread
Esjtclfl sweet slumber from thy bed?
To thy Redeemer take with care,
And change anxiety to prayer.
Hast thou a hope from which thy heart
Would feel it almost death to part?
Entreat thy Lord that hope to crown,
Or give thee strength to lay it down.
Whatever care doth break thv rest,
Whate'er the wish that swells thy breast,
Spread before God that wish, that care,
And change anxiety to prayer
Salvation.
"This day is salvation ccme to this
house."?Luke 19: 0.
Sometimes the preachers talk as though
salvation was something like salt or sugar,
to be sold by the quantity, a thing, an
article or commodity to be obtained on
condition of coming to the penitent form,
or joining the church, or assenting to a
creed. But salvation is like all the best
things; it is not a thing at all. Neither is
it a sentiment; you may feel very religious
nnd not be redeemed. You might sing
sacred songs and have solemn sighs for
all eternity and be as great a sinner as
ever. Some of the worst men that ever
lived would rather sing "I want to be
an angel" or "Shall we gather at the
river" than any other songs. Neither is
salvation a disease. That sounds like a
truism; but it needs to be said, for there
are many who seen to think that, if onlv
they can get where people are very much
Ku rolirtnna Amntinna thpv will
catch them too; they hope to take Miration
as their children take the measles.
When the revivalist says. "Come up and
ret religion, get salvation,' one ia tempt*
cd to ask whether he has it to dispose of
by the pound or the piece. So long aa we
are content to talk in thia slipshod manner,
usiing cant terms without thought of
their meaning the world will go on feeling
tiiat the church ia only imposing on the
credulity of the people, offering something
it does not possess. And, in such cases,
tbe world is right. The church can save
none; but it can and does point to salvation,
lead to salvation, by showing the
Savior and bringing the sinner to Him.
When Chri*t went into the house of
Zaccbeus salvation went with Him. For
salvation ir like love, like life, like tnougbt;
it can never be separated from personality.
You cannot gi\*e love to another
without giving yourself; and so men receive
thst love of God which means their
u'.ration only as they receive God. You
cannot buy lite, you cannot mahe or find
it; it must come from life. And salvation
is just siuply the life and love of
God in ocr lives. All life from life and
all aalvation from the Savior. Not in
things, nor in feelings, nor in conditions;
but in Him.
Christ comes into my house, into my
hufiintsn. mv thoughts, mv life: I receive
Him as a welcome guest, as my teacher, my
Helper, my Lord and my God; He become*
supreme and all thins* are yielded
to Him. and as I give myself to Him He
gives Hinuelf to me; it is the importation
?strange, mysterious, real?of a new life
to tiy life, the beginning; of a new being,
Salvation. The new life will develop,
grow, increase, more and more and
gradually subdue the whole being to itself
till all the powers and faculties are
changed to its character. This is Christ
in you the hope of glory, the glory of the
Christ-likeness, the full and perfect redemption
nnd deliverance, the salvation
of the whole life and beinc: from failure
and loss, from sin and seli, from all ita
dark, downward, deathward tendencies*
into His life and glory. And it comes
from Him and from Him alone.?H. F. C..
iu the Ram's Horn.
Practical Religion.
Practical religion requires you to show
?omc reason why your life should be prolonged
day by day. You owe the world
a great deal more than it owes you. You
sre under a moral obligation to some one
of your fellow creatures before jou have
any right to ask lor retreading sleep, xou
have lost a day unlet* you hive riven
your share of the impetus which drives
tjuls upward. Life which consists of*
breathing and easing and an enviable environment
is the life of an animal; it
counts for nothing. The soul must be fed
as well ox the body, and it flourishes in
health only <vhen vou love your kind and
*re ready to lift the load from the shou'-'
ders of friend or stranger without the
hope of any other reward than the approval
of God and tKe smile of the
angels. If you will you can make your
life jrrand in that way. Get for yourself
a:id family but as you get rive. The riving
and not the getting is the main point.
?George Hepworth.
Wayside Ministry.
_ The wayside ministry is far more ef?
fectual thin the ministry of the pulpit.
Most preaching is done to those who
r.eed it least and reaches the really needy
only a* it is distilled through the first
hearer* into lives which others see. If the
peop!e would only realize that at best
the preacher can only place in their hand><
his sublime message; they must carry it
out into the world; they miut so interpret
it by the beauty and sincerity and
cheerfulness and kindliness of word anfl
act that he who runs may read. A
really Christian man going about hi* daily
life an a constant ministry, reaches every
week a larger congregation than the incst
popular preacher.?Universalist Leader
Give Yourself to Prsysr.
Learn to entwine with your prayers the
small cares, the trifling sorrows, the little
wants of a daily life. Whatever affect*
you?he it a changed look, an altered tone,
an unkind word, a wrong, a wound, a demand
you cannot meet, a Borrow you
cannot di?clo?e? turn it into prayer and
send it up to God. Disclosures you may
not make to man you can make to the
Lord. Men may be too little for your
great matters; God is not too great for
your small ones. Only give yourself to
prayer, whatever be the occasion that
calls for it.
Woman *iwaya unnn i rn??
It i? interesting to notice that the gospel
history does not mention the case ct any
woman cho was hostile to Jesus. The
wife of Pi'at? bore witness to His innocence
at the very time the unjust sentence
was being pronounced. Women lamented
as He went to the crucifixion.
Women were earliest at the grave, and i
woman was the tint to see Him after I'is I
resurrection She was first t j proclaim I
the g ad news, "He is risen!" I
The Word of God. I
'"he word of (lod is the on'y source (M
Divine truth ta the Christian. There M
no ether source that can reveal our cvM
a* sins (.gainst CSod. And there is m
! fe ?n us ui.lts* we shun evi!a as tiM
aga.rst God.?Rev L. (?. lioeck, Sv. cCM
bo:-gi-a. Brooklyn, N Y. M
Essence of Christ lanftv. I
It is now we!! understood among t*s
whj are the recognized leaders of C'Btian
thought that the essence of CM*tir.nitv
:s personal loyalty to the Mvr
and obrdienc? to His law of love. ?My.
Wush.jgloa Ulaudeo, Washington, JC* j
Oldest Captive lonuw #?? -.j
"Buster " the tortoise in the Zoopcal
Park, at X"ew York City, ha# died Mthe
rrault of old age. "Buster" got hiAmc
bv rcanon of his unusual sire. Ho m believed
to be the largest and oldest floi*e (
in captivity, his age being estimate? 200 J
J cam. He weighed 310 nounds, an Afore i
is? physical decline could earn* th? men 1
on n;s" back. With three other fltoises |
he ivu obtained from an island inAe Fx- i
ciiic Ocean last July. m
How Xocb One Rn4iJ
A French statistician has ca]ci?d that
tbe human eye travels over 20(Jurds in
reeding a novel. A human beiifl calculated
to get through 2500 milen^reading
lifetime. _ ? ? ?
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR JUNE 8.
I Sntyect: The Council ?t J r ratal em, Act*
* ., 3S-33 ? Golden Text, Gal. i ?
Memory V?mi, 88. 39 ? Councilurj
on the Day's Umod.
Connecting Link*.?After returning from
the firit missionary journey Paul and
Barnabas abode in Antioch a "long time."
They were taking a much needed rent and j
attending to the home work. Tbe great
question which waa now dividing tbe opin- J
ion* of the church was whether tbe Gen-1
tiki must become Jewish proselytes andl
submit to circumcision in order to beg
atcd. After a time certain Jews wh<ff
were Christians but who still held to the
ceremonial law came from Jerusalem tlj
Antioch and began to teach among thff
converts there that unless they were ciff
cumciaed they could not be saved. Tiff
church had been in existence for aboff
twenty years and had extended its bom
ers into several heathen towns and it 1
eluded many Gentiles, and if these tesJers
were permitted to continue they woffi
j destroy the work. Our lesson propSy
i besnns with the first verse of the chaf r
and include* the whole account of tit
first council in the history of the chilh!
It was conducted on Christian princys.
It came together in the interest of tSb,
to promote peace and harmony bet ten
tbe contending factions. Those who imposed
it were not party men, butlere
ready to yield all personal views an feelings
when they saw what was right!
22. "Then pleased it" The Ihole
church came to a unanimous d&ion.
"To choose men." (R. V.) This lake*
it clear that tbe deputies sent to Aioeh
were chosen by Ibe whole body JThey
were chosen because of their pi# ana
qualifications. "Judas called caabas."
(R. V.) Not the Judas mentx&d in
chap. 1: 13. His surname was Thldaeus.
Matt. 10: 3. Matthew Henry aiJother*
say that he was the brother offjoseph
Baraabcs. Acts. 1: 23. He isjbwherc
eke mentioned in the New Testa^it, and
ttus u 111 ft Know oi aim. ai ohm.
Elsewhere called "Svlvetnui." ICor. 1:
19; 1 Peter 0: 12. He wu a Rihin citizen
(chap. 10: 37), and Paul's inpanion
at a later date. Chap. 16: 19, c| "Cbiet
men." Men of influence and aAority in
the church. In verse 82 they fc said to
have been prophet*. They evftntly had
been engaged aa preaebera aJ rulers in
the church at Jerusalem. V
23. "Wrote letters." TbeTfnt a written
communication so the cftlcbcs could
have the eiact words of the dftsion. "By
them." By Judas and Silas.l'UrectinK.
A salutation expressing tbeiijesire of the
happiress of the person# addressed.
"Syria." Antioch wu the cytal of Syria,
and from this we see thatbe trouble
had spread to other placefn the province.
"Cilicia." PauTs afrc province.
It is probably that the ccArovcrsey had
not arisen in the same ffm in other
places. |
24. "Have heard." Tbligh Paul and
Barnabas. "Certain." Tfe referred to
bled you with doctrineslroducing contention.
"Subverting." mis is used in
th? sense of disturbing oBestroying, and
here denotes that thewUuscttled their
ininds and produced anmy and distress
t 4.1 A .U.I II
| uy lUCSC nucirinra ium juvxa. .*?
commandment. (K. V.j Jicy went wholly
without authority. Mbting the word
"web/' which is not Sie Greek, makes
the expression stronaS
23. "teemed gooa.Bt seemed to us
tho proper thing to W "With one accord.
How woudcrf? the Holy Spirit
had finally united tla in settling this
great question. "OuAelovcd." The intention
of the whole Iter is to show the
honor which the chufl in Jerusalem (elt
was due to these micArry laborers.
20. "Hazarded th(#lives." More than
once tbey had bees in great danger.
Chap. 13: 60; 14: I etc. This was a
strong endorsement M l 'a ul and Barnabas.
"In toe name," etcfTki* is the supreme
motive of all true Airistian effort.
' 27. "Also tell ym" They would give
fuller information lid answer every in*
quiry that might tAroposcd.
28. "It secmedlood," etc. This ex*
pression shows at although the two
agencies were diAct, yet they were in
Krfetft accord. I "Necessary things."
cy were nccesfy in order to promote
the peace and cofcrd of Jewish and Gen*
tile Chrittianityst that time; but the
fourth require ml is a perpetual prohibition.
f
l 90 "nffortti It irinla." Xearlr all
meats were thJBesecratcd. To the Jew
this wu an lamination. "And from
bJood." This As forbidden by the law
of Mooea (L#3: 17; 17: 10-14), but
among the Oft ilea it wu a delicacy.
"Things atranfd." Animala dying from
suffocation. Sac were not used for food
by the Jew*Jecauso the blood was still
' in them. PdV disensses this question in
Romans 14 I 1 Corinthians 8. "From
fornication/'jThis was a requirement of
a different km and is always binding. It
waa added t&usc it was the peculiar and
besetting sift the Qentflcs, who did not
regard it n?ronp, but as a part of their
worship, i*honor of their gods. The
purity of m church was at stake. Th?
| Lcvitical IM was very strict against every
form ffunchastity. See Lev. 18 and
20. "Shailo well." See R. V. "Fare
I yc well." he ordinary close of a lettei
j oncientlvJBe yc in health and vigor.
30. "lyiaaed." In all probability
; with rei*>us services (compare u: jj.
I and penb? with an escort for some
miles otmbe way. "Down to Antioch."
: (R. V.mJerusalem. the chosen place, it
always Berred to in the Bible an "up."
In refmee to Jerusalem all other placet
1 would "down." "The multitude. The
whole fty of the church. It was a message
itm one church to another.
31. Rejoiced." That they were not
to belbjected to the burdensome right*
and Jemonies of the Jewish religion.
"Conation." The consolation would
be iwbj the Jewi as well as the Gen
tilwf
32JrBc:ng prophets." Not in the sense
of flbtellina future events, but, being
filkwrith tne Spirit, they sp*ke in ex
pUjtion of the word of God. "ConBlip."
Strengthened and established
th<flin faith.
9 "A space." A space of time. "In
pcm." The brethren took leave of them
lnftie beat wishes for their safety and
J Wfcre. Judas and Silas both returned
t Jerusalem. u their commission would
Hp ire, bat 60as must hare toon rejoined
Hi at Antioch, since we find him there
jfivene 40. Luke has passed over that
load journey.
f Human ftkln la Tanner*.
MA human skin has just ttassed through
le tanning process in toe plant of^ a
Bather company at Fond du Lac, Wis.
he president <>t the company said that he
leceived letters from a Chicago medicsl
Ichool some weeks ago requeuing that a
puman skin be accepted for tanning. He
frcfuxcd, but a foreman, wishing to experiment
with a human skin, reee^ved it. The
foreman took the hide successfully through
what is known as the "chrome' process.
Only the initiated can distinguish the specimen
from dog skin or the skin of a young
pig
Oldest Captiv* TortolM u?n.
"Buster." the tortoise in the Zoological
Park, at S'cw York City. nas died as the
result of old age. "Buster" got his name
by reason of his unusual size. He was believed
to be the largest and oldest tortoise
in captivity, liw ape lteing estimated at 2<K)
years. He weighed 310 pound*, and before
his physical decline could carry three men
on nis back. With three other tortoi?es
he was obtained from an island in the Pacific
Occan last July.
94000 to Kld Cemetery of Weeds.
The will of John D. Maud, a Butler
County farmer, who died recently, has
been tiled at Hamilton, Ohio. Dunng all
his life Mr. Maud was noted for his hatred
of weeds. In his will he left iMiKXJ to the
Mound Cemetery at Monroe, where he was
buried, to keep the cemetery free from
weeds and all noxious plants wh;th tend
to its disfigurement
Tho Country's Kboririy Mills.
The number of ehoddy mills in the t*ni?
ted States in 1900 was 105. an iiuTcafi- of
twelve per cent., a* compared with the
Dumber the ye*r before.
f \
Tk GBEAT DESTBOYEB
SfcE STARTLING FACTS ABOUT \
I HE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
I'm; The Druktfd'i Demon Drttoka
I Strange Cue of ? Convict UraulunU
L"ibtdow of the Hope In Every Clul ot
L,Llqaer," Be Sold Before Execution. ,
JVhea night in holy silence brings \
The God-willed hour of sleep,
Alien, then the red-eyed revel swings
I Its bowl of poison deep. <
When morning weaves its golden hair,
| And smiles o'er hill and lea,
Ore sick'ning rsy is doomed to glare
rnOo your rude revelry.
j.ne rocKci nary momtnu spea,
Sink* black'ning back to earth;
Tet darker, deeper ?ink* hi# head.
Who share* the drunkard'* mirth!
Know yoo '.he sleep the drunkard knows?
That sleep. Oh! who may tell
Or who can speak the fiendish throe*
Of his self-heated hell?
Bedded, perhaps, on broken hearts,
Where sliray reptiles creep;
While the bail-let; ere of death still dart*
Black f re on the drunkard's sleep.
These coffined hearts, when warm in life,
Bled in his rain wild;
Now the cold, cold Hps of his shrouded wife
Press lips of his shrouded child!
Eo f&*t, so deep the hold tbey keep;
Hark, his unnallow'd scream!
Guard us, O God, from the drunkard's
sleep,
From the drunkard's demon dream.
Drink Was His Csdslsi.
"It was one of the strangest cases that
ever came under my notice/' soii the detective,
"and it shows how a little thine
can caure a man's undoing. 1 was in
Louisville at the time and was present at
the execution of the man, and the word*
that doomed wretch spoke to the gapinc
and morbidly curious crowd from the sealfold
I have never forgotten and never will
forget. Across the river, in Jeffersonville,
is the Indiana State penitentiary,
and this man?Warner, 1 believe his name
was?wag a convict in the penitentiary.
He had been in many years, and during ail
the time of his imprisonment he had, of
course, never tasted liquor, which was tha
primary cause of the striped suit he wore.
"In a quarrel with another convict in
the shoe shop, where both were working,
Warner stabbed his fellow convict to
death with a shoe knife. He wss take*
from the prison to the county jail, tried
for murder, and 4etf(enced to aeath. Some
days before that set for the execution a
photographer took some pictures of th*
murderer, and these the man pold to visitors
on the plea that he wanted the money
for a decent funeral after the decree of the
i? -i 1J l \ : i u;.
WW BUUUIU lift* C UWU V?l 4ICU VUV.
M.?m were many. and he had more than
$100 for his funeral. Two days before the
time set for the hanging the man broke
jail and escapeJ clear of the town. Of
course a hue and cry was raised for him,
nnd the police of every town within a ra- *
dius of 400 mile* had a description of the
fugitive and all officers were on the lookout
for him because of the substantial reward
offered by the sheriff. The very night of
the escape of the gallows-sentenced man
we were pitting around the main police eta*
tion in Louisville tailing about the break*
away.
"A call for the wagon camc in. and when
the vehicle returned the officers carried a
limp and unconscious figure into the station
and dumped it to the floor in front
of the desk sergeant for registration, and
that officer was perfunctorily going through
the <iearcbing process when he turned the
drink-unconscious man over, and. looking
at his face, recognized him as the condemned
murderer who had the night before
escaped from the jail across the river
in Indiana. for year* the man had been
without the taste of liquor, and when he
hsd the chance to drink it and the money
with which to buy it he did drink it. and
he wa? hanged two days later in the Jcffersonville
jail. A* he stood before the crowd
assembled at the scaffold the man. with
the hangman's noose in his hand, raised it,
aloft in the direction of the upturned faces
and said. sit*?d1v: 'When you raise the glass
of liquor look in the bottom and you will
ice the shadow of this rope.' That was all,
and then they hanged him."?Xew Orleans
'limes-Democrat.
Insanity Dae to Llqaor.
"There has he en a remarkable increase of
insanity in this city in recent year*," said
Assistant Warden Rickard. of Bellevne
Hospital, to a reporter of the Tribtnie.
"Here at this hospital, where moat of the
cases are examined, a case of insanity waa
not so common twenty years ago aa to fail
to attract the attention of everybody connected
with the institution. Now we have
about 2000 insanity cases a year at the hospital."
Mr. Rickard opened a book and
showed that during the year 1803, 1150
men and 945 women had been sent to the
hc?pital as insane patients. Of the whole
number only 103 had been discharged a*
cured or not insane, while 778 men and
745 women had been sent to the csylums onI
the island, and the rest bad been sent to
other institutions. #
VMoit of the insane person* aie witnia
a few years efter being sent to the asv*
lums," Mr. Rickard said. "From my observation
of infinity ca*cs here I have
come to believe that the increase of insan*
ity is largely clue to the use of liquor. The
ordinary whisky sold now contain* *oi
much poison that it is liable to make any.
person who drinks it crary."
Heaping the Whirlwind.
The following is from the Hartford Jou^
nal and Visitor: i
The richest man of our town set up one
of his sous in the liquor business. A temperance
neighbor protested earnestly
against it. The rich father said: "Why.
he can mike $1000 a year." "So matter,'
aid the tcmperance neighbor, "he mav be
ruined by it." In ten years the wife of
the rum-selling son died a drunkard, leaving
two motherless children. The nimselJer
forged his father's name, at length
involved nis father so much that the eld
man failed, losing the earnings of his life.
The rum-sellir.g son died a drunkard, and
his poor brother, too, died a sot: and the
Tynn- nlA fjtllir wild B'lll of the TDOder
ate drinker#, drinking enough to plant
seed* of ruin in hi* family, died. too. An<|
now all that is left of one of the tint family*
of the town are the orphan grand*
children.
Woe to him that putteth the bottle t?
his neighbor'* lip*.
Contemptible Trick of Rnmnj.
A man na:nej Martin, of Holton. Kan*
L. much abu*ed man. Although he i* a
rabid prohibitionut. almost ever)' day or
o he n-ceive* word that ?>me St. Joeeph
or. Kansa* City wbieky house ha* vent
him C. O. D. by expre** a jug of liquor.
Of coun*. he never ordered it. nor doe?
he ever tike it out, but other partiei
come along, fign hi* name to the receiptnav
the bill and take the whiaky.
Hotter Than Local Option.
A bill ha* been introduced into tht
Ohio legislature, which, if enacted into
a law and executed, wi'l make the cu?tom
of treating in drinking re?ort? aa
offi-a?r again*', tne law. The ajthor of tba
bill now before the Ohio legi*lature rayi
that if it go** thr:iifh it will be better
than all the ioc&l cpticn bii!? that were
ever poM>ed.
Fart lie Source of Inabrletv.
Prinking in busire** hou ?. standing
drink* at bar*, and treating are re*pon?tbl?
for nior? tl:.\n half the drinke:ine? which
overtake* m -n. The drunketnc#* uf women
must have other cauw*.
For Sunday Clotlnr.
TV- . .? (r\r S'uniliv ft#
nu'Mic hoiwx in EiitflaniJ i? a??unnng a M
bu?ine?*-like c-jtcct. Several of tl.e lead- aw
i >ix ii*#>11 .id ?!?# Ar- M>i?*hon of
Ill* inxil^ir, ? ...? r -Canterbury,
are becoming active in toe H
r>overier.t. A1.out a trillion houi>ehoider? 59
have already Keen cai!\"a#<e<\ :hc result KB
nhowinc a majority t ?tvent.v to one in |9
favor of Sunday closing. RE
Ci vifo For N'ttioniil Prt?l?. [||
Tlie l>r t:nii Board o: Trade iurni*he* A |H
table com lining the con-uniption ot intox* 88
ir.it iiic Ii?j.u<ri> in four countries. eliowinfi
that the 1'iiited Stat** i* consuming ' "% TCH
than hn'f a* much per capita an Great SB
Britain, Frame or Ucruuny. jag