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LIVE WOT IN VAIN. Tf I cu stop one heart from breaking I shall not lire in vsia; If I can esse one life the aching. Or cool one pun. Or help one faint in* robin Unto his nest ajtvn. I shall not lire in vain. ; ;The Bank Robbery | iL I an aKful sum to I lose?or gain. Seventy-five I thousand dollars." So said M /it ? ?a I UnrilC .UUllUU IV uuumrii, uo fie rod? into town In the tramcar. It was the mornlnj* after the discover)' of an enormous shortage in the accounts of the caxbier of tbe United National Bank, and everybody was talking al)out tbc great "robbery." and wondering whether tbe defaulter would get away or not. Charlie was particularly interested in the matter tor be was himself cashier in a bank ?-the Imperial. "Now. It seems to ms." he soliloquized. as he gazed abruptly out of the [ opposite window at the passing shop I fronts. "It seems to me that If a chap was only smart enough be could do It Why, It would be almost the easiest thing out If he and the teller?the receiving?could go It band-and-glove together. But they are always caught ooner or later: the chaps that try it aren't smart enough bjr half." Acul his thoughts came back to the case In hand. He soon found himself woudering which direction the runaway had taken,, and speculating upon the quickest and safest route to foreign territory. It is an exciting thing, ? race against time, telegraph and the officers of the law. The manner and means of It are fascinating topics for thought, especially for bank cashiers. Charlie was still musing upon the thing ?s lie alighted from the train and en* tcred the bank. A few moment* afterward Fred Allen, the receiving teller, came !n. and 'laying upon a chair the "bank robbery" extra, which be had been reading, went to his desk. Charlie opeued the afe. arranged bis oa>h. and-the business of the day l>egan. It wan a weary day for every one in the bank. There was not mucb buslneaa, and things were slow, without any chance of relief by conversation, ' lone, practically, with little to do and no one to talk to. Charlie thought often of the defaleatidb at the National Bank. He pictured to himself all the line things that could be.done with 975.000. There were a carriage and horses, the opera, the theatre, fine clothes, high living?and?no work. De. cidedly a fine prospeet for any reasonable being. Charlie amplified the idea, ttlvided It, and Imagined each part to 0' fcimself in detail. It was as pleasant a way as any of passing the time Which hung with unusual heaviness upon him. And surely there could not b6 the slightest harm in thinking. When he grew tired of thiq. wbicb Was not soon, he looked at the money around him. and at the various emmUvmi a# *Ka Ihonir TOT - pa thav knn. |/iv/va u& iuu v?saaaa? ?T *w ? mvj MVM est? Could they all be trusted? He rau over the whole list In bis mind, weighing carefully !n each case tbe evidence pro and con. till be came to Fred Allen. At the thought of him his mind reverted to bis Idea of the early morrlng. It would be so easy for a receiving teller and a cashier working together to "do" tbe bank. He smiled and laughed softly to himself as be carried the thing out mentally. An Impatient customer rapped sharply upon the glass before tbe desk. Charlie started violently, recovered himself and attended to the customer's business. After that calls were more frequent and things went along more briskly. At last banking hours drew to a close, tbe books were settled for tbe day. tbe safes were securely locked, and Charlie and his companions were free until to-morrow morning. As soon as duties were over Charlie Joined Fred Allen on the pavement. It was tbelr dally custom to walk for a few minutes In the park before golug borne. Tbls evening they walked along for itoroc time in fllence:neither seemed to know just how to broach the subject which was uppermost in tbelr minds?for they both were thlnklnjf about the same thing. The chance remark of a passerby which reached their ears got them started, however, and soon they were fairly launched in the discussion. "It is a sure thing; no one ever could discover it." said Charlie. "True." returned Allen, "the way you put It. It does seem pretty safe. But If we fall?" The cashier ahrugged his shoulders and coughed slightly. "If we could do It and succeed, though." continued Allen, "it would be great, simply great." His eyes bone bright with tbe idea. "Besides," he went on, with a change of tone. "it's only a couple of days Mince Millie was complaining again about our being poor. Poor girl! I know It must be hard on her. living like we do after what she wan used to once. More money woc!d make things easier for her. Perhaps your scheme Is worth trying after all, Charlie." "And In case we find ourselves In danger of discovery, ./by. there is flight. I have It all planned out." Bitting down on one of the benches, they talked It over. Wheu tbey arose evening bad already come, and It was growing dark rapidly. "80 late already." exclaimed Allen, looking around. "I must hurry or Millie will think something has happened to me." "I am dining in tbe West End tonight and going to the theatre after." aid Morton. "To celebrate," he added, ;wlth a forced laugh. V .. 1 VtilMilllt* ?% liflUfiUIIIK U4II0UIJ au 1CVUI u uuu uuuding. Allen went away. Having dined. Charlie strolled aimlessly up and down one street after another, for he felt most strangely unlike celebrating. Somehow It was different from what he had thought It .Would be. this having determined to be dishonest. He felt restless and uncomfortable and weak. "I need a bracer." be muttered, and. lotting ine action to me woru, ne crossed the street and entered a saloon 1 ibe opposite corner. Strange to! r t+-* - - r?? - -r- -r * t nj, for the time and place, the rooa waa empty tare for one other cos toiner. "Wbicky.** aaid Charlie to the bar tender who came forward to receivi hit* onhr. It was placed before him and tht> man watched him as be sbak ingly poured some water Into the glass "Fine weather." said the bar attend ant, trying to open con vernation. I "Yes; a trifle chilly." repMed Cbarlie l "Everybody now is talking abou the bank robbery." Charlie made no answer. | "It is a tremendous lot of money t< lose. Isn't it-|73.000r It struck Charlie rather unpleasant!] that this had been a reflection of hit own. Why should everybody talk ol this bank robbery, especially to-night He hastily swallowed the rest if bit drink, said be was in a hurry, ant went out into *be street again. Cbarlie stood for some time in deej thought upon the curb. Then hi turned suddenly, hailed a passing cab and bidding the driver hasten be drovt rapidly into the suburbs. He alighted before a large gray ston< mansion. "Is Mr. Wentworth In?* be asket' of tbe footman. Mr. Wentworth wat president of tbe Imperial Bank. "I beg you to pardon me for disturb ing you at this time. Mr. Wentworth." rliar!(a whpn \fr Wentworth met him In the library; "but I felt that 1 could not rest uutil I had seen you." "What is It 7* asked Mr. Wentworth a trifle alarmed. "Has anything gon< wiong?" "No. sir. nothing baR gone wrong yet." replied the cashier. And then he hesitated, wondering how he could gc on. "You see." be finally broke out, "I was scared when I read the paper* this morning. There hare b?en sc many defaulters lately, and the Im perlal might he the next to jiuffer You can't tell whom to trust." TIk words Almost burned his mouth as b? <il.l thom "Sn utter hours to-dnv I? I made a little experiment. I suggest ed to the receiving teller that be and I should take?tak<> money from oui bank. And he agreed to. We've mad? a lot of plans already. Of course. II wan purely an?an experiment on mj part" be added with a nervous little laugh. The president looked grave. * "You say be is willing to do it? 1 bad a better opinion than that ol Allen." "Well, we can't take any action 01 what you have told me." said Mr Wentworth, after a considerable si lence. "All we can do at present Is tc watch closely. I depend upon youi vigilance. Mr. Morton. I thank you for telling me, and will see that youi attention to duty is not overlooked.' He bowed the cashier graciously oul of the room. Scarcely half an hour after Charley't departure Fred,Allen was shown intc the library. "Mr. Wentworth." he said. "I have come to tell you sometmng remun that happened this afternoon. The cashier at our bank, Cbarlie Morton, proposed to me that we rob the bank Of course,-1 didn't scare him by re fusing, but accepted bis proposal tc draw him out and tell you, so that you could protect yourself." And ht laughed a nervous little laugh. "You astonish me." said Mr. Went' worth. "I believed Morton fully trust worthy." "We have been friends a long time, and I never suspected bim capable oi such a thing until to-day." "Well," said Mr. Wentworth, sup pressing a smile as be repeated him self, "we can't very well do anything about tbe matter as it stands now, About all that we can do is to watcb carefully. I depend upon you to dran Morton out and to report any new de velopments to me. Be assured thai your fidelity will not be allowed to gc unrewarded." When he was alone'again Mr. Went worth leaned back In his chair and laughed heartily. At tbe directors meeting next day all wore anxious faces, except tbe presl dent All were considerably fright ened by (he United National emhexsle ment, the third in the city within ail months. The president listened wltfc a smile to the expression of their feara Then he told them of the two whc bad called on him the evening before "So we have two honest men watch Ing each other and every one else llk< hawks. Why." be said, laughing, "it'i safer than any patent lock ever Invented." The others joined in bis laugh; bul their faces became grave again aboul a month later, when tbe Imperial Bank suddenly found itae^f poorer bj one rusbier. one receiving teller an<l nearly sixty thousand dollars?New York News. Car* of th* Kyea. An authority on the care of the eyet emphasize* the fact that In this daj of recklros misuse of tbe eyesight the riilou laiil ilown must consist of irnrn log* regarding things to be avoided nays Woman's Life. His advice is it tbe main as follows: First?Do not use tbo eyes in pool light. Second?Do not have tbe bod] In the way of tbe light, nor the llghl directly in front. One is almost as bad as tbe other. Tbe light should fal without Interruption from one side Third?Do not use the eyes much whet recovering from Illness, or when verj tired. Fourth?Do not use the eyes til they become watery, or show signs ol indistinctness of vision. Fifth?Do not work with head bent over. Thii tends to gorge the vessels of tbe eyei with blood, and produce congestion Sixth?Do not read lying flat on thi back or reclining, unless the book li supported In the same relative angk and position as when erect. This li so difficult to do that It is better not t< attempt it Seventh?Do not go i single day without glasses after yoi should put them on. fejrlng ?nd WrltlB(. If jou feel thai you must say wme thing unpleasant, HAY it; If you wouh myr something pleasant. WHITE it Nothing is so mean as a tuean letter because It gives your opponent n< chance for defense at the only tlrni defense Is a satisfaction?at once.* Girls are gradually becoming con rinced that it Is easier to love a rlcl man than a poor oue. t I j!HOUSEHOLD ? * * !j \\ * * * * MATTERS ;j To Bemoro But. ' Rust may be reinoveii from nickel plating by covering the spots with mutton tallow and letting it stand for sevI ?ral days. If this treatment is followed by a rubbing with powdered rottenstone and tbeu by a tborough washing . with strong ammonia, succeeded by clear water, and n final polishing with l dry whiting, stubborn cases will yield. Llrer Enrich** Soap. ; Sometimes clear soup is enriched by , the addition of liver. Chop to a paste I ' one-half pouud of lirer, adding salt. pepper, an egg yolk, two scant tea, ' spoonfuls of flour, a seasoning of , thyme and nutuit& and a heaping ^ tablespoonful of crumbs. Mix all these | Ingredients well together. Hare the soup boiling, then press the mixture . Into It through a coarse colander. Cook i two mlnutos before serving. I Charcoal mm m Purlflor. Housekeepers do not use charcoal . enough about thalr kitchens. A few ?' pieces of charcoal-la id in the refrlgert! ator absorb impurities in the air. A [ bag of powdered charcoal tied around the mouth of the faucet removes lm, purities In the water as it passes i through It. Charcoal used in this way soon becomes foul, and should be fre[ quently replaced by a fresh supply. It ; | Is best to burn up cbaVcoal that has ? been used as a gerin trap. , Tb* NarMry Sattce. ? "Have In your nursery," advises a mother, "or*? of tbe double willow set. tee rockers. Nothing will give tbe > children and tbe mother more comfort. > I have spent more happy hours in one of these comfortable seats, tbe baby ' on my lap. two other children standing I on the rocker, her head pillowed on r my shoulder, while I read from a book > or improvised a story, all of us rocking i happily together. Nothing now seems r more eloquent of happy days gone by than tbe marred and worn old settee rocker which still stands In tbe dismantled nursery, used now. since tbe [ children have grown up, for a sowing f room." ! A Trained Kuim'i Bidpe. A trained nurse prepares chopped . beefsteak for her patients in a way that > j makes tbc food extremely easy of dl ' gestion. The meat from a pound of I ! round or sirloin steak Is carefully freedr! of fat and cut in rather small pieces to ' j go Into the meat chopper. After a few : | minutes of chopping the fine pulp that ! rises during the operation of chopping I | Is removed and put aside; continue to > : chop until only the fibre of the meat I remains. This pulp Is pressed Into a > I round, flat cake, and broiled over a ' ! very hot lire on each side for about t : five minutes; it is tbeu seasoned light> ly with salt, a dash of cayenne, a little . butter, and served very hot If pre ferred, this puip may be served almost > entirely uncooked. In that case, the t pulp should be seasoned before it is > formed into a cake.?New York Post. H*rba For the Wlntar. A collection of dried herbs for flav orlng should be found In every store > closet, and if they are grown In the > home garden, so much tbe better. A bed containing mint, chervil, tarragon. * sage, summer savory, parsley, sweet ' marjoram and even red peppers could ? be managed in so prescribed a space * as a city backyard. Lavender is grown 1 by country women for theii linen p chests and closets. Lavender is fra' grant only when the plant is in full E bloom and it should be gathered then. * Most other herbs should be picked when they are in bud. Tbe afternoon " of a sunny day is the best time for the ' . harvest, because they are then sure to be free from dew or rain. Tie the herbs in separate bunches and inclose ' | them, stems upward, in paper bags. ' | Tie the bags closely at the mouths, so that the stems will be Included by the ' > strings, and the bunches be suspended ' j in them. 1 | Vinegars flavored with the varipui i herbs are useful for salads and sauces. I To make tarragon vinegar, cover a i little less than a quarter of a pound | of the leaven with a quart of vinegar. ; Put the mixture into a gass Jar, cover j closely and stand away for two or three weeks. The jar should be shaken ' occasionally. Strain the vinegar through a thin cloth and bottle. For chervil vinegar, a half pound of the leaven will be needed to a quart of vinegar. The process of making is the same as that for tarragon vinegar, j Vinegars may be made of celery or ! mint in the same way as the tarragon . . recTpes . . . r ? Banana Pudding?One quart of milk, . two eggs, one and one-half teblespoon fuls of com starch or dour, four table[ spoonfuls sugar, one teasjioonful va| nilla. Cook in double boiler. When . cool, pour over six bananas sliced very r thin, in a pudding dish. Serve very t cold; It is like Ice cream. I j Cucumber Sauce?Peel two cucum I hers. cut them lengthwise Into quarters, and If tbe seeds are large, cut off l the edge which contains them. Chop r flue and squeeze quite dry through u 1 1 piece of cheesecloth. Season with salt, t ; paprika and vlncgat. aud stir In one | half cup of thick cream, whipped uni til it Is stiff. 1 Potato (Jems?To one cupful of warm * mashed potatoes add one tabfrspoon of ? butter, one teaspoon of salt; beat 1 the yolks of two eggs: add to ? | them one cup of milk: pour this 1 ] upon one and a half cups of J j sifted flour and the mashed potato; 1 ! add the beaten whites of the egg*, and 1 two and a half level teattpooufuls of baking powder; till buttered gem pans two-thirds full and bake In a quick oveu twenty minutes. i Baked Hash?TwocupfuJs of chopped uncooked potatoes put in a stew pun with one pint of water: cook slowly for j five minutes, then add the meat and e enough water to make the mixture moist; stew ten minutes; remove from the lire; add two eggs beaten, one teak spoon of salt aud a little pepper; turn ^ Into a baking dish and bake twenty minutes in a quick oven. IM EVENTS OF IIWEEI WARKIXSTOH ITIII. Plan* for the reunion of Civil Wai veteran* at Washington In October were made public. Tln? opinion wan exp- <1 In Wash ington that the Proai a speech at Providence would be used for a campaigu document. Sir Hobert Bond. Premier of Newfoundland wn? on hi* way to Waahing ton. fully empowered to reopeu tlie negotiation* for the ratification of the Bond-Blaine convention. Secretary Wilson, of the Department. of Agriculture, returned from the Went. He Mild that lowans are protectionists and believe in Preaident Roosevelt. Major George A. Armes. of Washington. was shot by a former tenant. The wound is not serious. OCR ADOPTED ISLANDS. Mrs. Chaffee, wife of General Chaffee. who has been seriously ill at Manila. is out of all danger. I<'rnnk H. Bowen. Acting Superintendent of Public Instruction in the Philippines, denied anti-Catholic proselyting by Protestant school teachers in the islands Official figures show 25.604 cholera cases and 18,040 deaths in the Philippines up to date, the actual number of cases and deaths being largeir in IWI? 1)1 IIIrnc ufiuico, , (Jovernor Taft has resumed his official duties in the Philippines. Tbe (iovenior testified In a newspaper sedition case in Manila, giving bis reasons for appointing former insurgent chiefs to civil offices. Tbe situation in Mindanao. P. I., where tbe Moros bare been causing trouble, continues critical. Soldlerg who marry Filipino women and desert tbera when ordered bom<\ will hereafter be discharged from the army. It wjis considered probable that Bishop Blenk. of Porto Rico, would be appointed Apostolic Delegate lu tbe Philippine Islands. domestic. A New York society woman mournh the loss of a smuggled $20,000 pearl " * i l '?? ??? nlor D'.'CKiaiV TUKtfll iruui un uu iuv by customs officers. One of the Armour officials declared in Omaha. Neb., that the great meat packcrs* combination had been effected. Russell Sage declared that J. Pierpont M or Ran could settle the coal strike, and regard for the public welfare made It obligatory on. him to act. Water spouts formed about five miles off (Tape May. N. J., before many spectator*. Ariel Mltchelson. of Tariffville. Conn., said he had hired 200 chorus girls in New York City to work in to- i liacco fields. Charles A. Johnson, formerly a well- I known pugilist and professional bicycle j rider, at Philadelphia. Pa., committed . suicide by swallowing chloroform. Do- | inostie troubles are said to hare j prompted the act. Zoda. tifteen-year-old daughter of C. J M. Vick. of Russellvllle, Ky.. was mys- | teriously murdered within sight of her home Miss May Van Alen put on mourning for her former fiancee. Robert R. Remington. and her action In so doing caused considerable comment in Newport. R. I. " ** * ? '?* ? -frrPA I uavm n. u-mu, u^ni a.<>j .??. treasurer of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri, killed himself by drinking carbolic acid. By the xlump in Colorado Fuel Wnll Street estimates the Gates faction lost $10,387,500. The British commission which stud- 1 led industrial conditions in tbe United States gave Interesting reasons wby American workmen led the world. When nsked If be intended to interfere in tbe coal strike. J. P. Morgan, at New York City, said: "What action can I take? I am not the President of the coal roads. Wby don't you let them settle It?" The Chicago packers' combine planned to organise a corporation to act as tbe distributing agent for all. It will dispense with many agencies and employes. Mr*. John G. Ford, of Trenton. N. J., surprised a burglar as be entered htr home and covered him with a pistol until be fell on bis knees and promised to reform. Mrs. Charles L. Fair's will disposes of an estate of $300,000. Her mother j gets an annuity of $2500. Bequests are made for relatives. FOBKIGN. Heavy rain storms in Lower Austrin and Bohemia resulted in severe damage to crops. French feeling against Germany was strongly manifested at a celebration of the buttle of Mars-la-Tour. on the border of Ix>rraine. It Is reported that the French budget will be balanced by the floating of a large loan. Tbe funds raised by the Dutch national subscription started to aid tbe Boers will lie placed at tbe disposal of the Boer generals. Owing to tbe protest of the United States Kmbassy. in Berlin, notices of expulsion served on twenty-two Mormou missionaries were held up by tbe German Government. Tbe marriage of Frederick Roosevelt Si*ovel. a cousin of the President, to Vivian May Sartoris, a granddaughter of General l\ S. Grant, took place at Coburg. Out. Mueb out<-ry against automobilists is being marie In France o\vin>: to tbe frequency of accldcnts recently. Mr. Rutherford Stuyvesant, of New York City, was lined by a magistrate lu Kingston on Thames, England, for furious automobiling. Sir Thomas IJpton and tbe Sultan of Morocco while riding in their automobiles crashed into nil iron railing and a stone wall respectively. The Cuban House of Itepresentatives adopted a resolution asking President I'alnia for information regarding the landing of American troops at Santiago. The I>uchess of Wurtemberg underwent an operation for appendicitis. There was a riot in Havana, Cuba, caused by the arrest of a striker. Owuers of foreign shipping in the harbor may Invoke the Paris treaty if the unloading of their vessels is interfered . with The German Imperial Treasury Dr. partmeui is scekiUK lo interest New Yurk capitalists in imperial tliree per i cent, bonds. The corporation of the rlty of Linier* lek, Ireland, has dceided to confer th?r fre?i!om of the city on the three Hoer generals as the greatest living chain pious of civil and religioua liberty. . - . ' DB. CHAPMAN'S SERMON A SUNDAY DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED PASTOR-EVANGEUST. Aabjaet: Ths Saaklng fofloat Md k las tlaMN>Tk* Ma of Maa. With tun la Hit Bin and Morrow la Hi Haart. I* Trying to Sati Krtrj Oaa of V*. Nrw York Citt ?The aermona of the Rev. Dr J. Wilbur Chapman are now heard and read bv more people than are thoae of any American pulpit orator. Hif style aecnu to have made a deep impre* aion on that portion of the public which liken to read ita discourse in the weekly naper. For these admirer* Dr. Chapman ha* prenared the following sermon. enti tied "The Seeking Saviour and a Seeking Sinne-." It i* preached from the text*. "Zarcheua. TOake haute and come down." Luke 19: 5. "The Son of Man ia come to aeek and to save that which waa lost," Luke 19. 10. These two text* form a part of the story if the meeting of two men. each very different from the other. The one ia Zaccheua. the publican, a rich man because be waa the tax sratherer and had defrauded the people. The other ia the Son of God who wa* rich, yet for our sakca became poor. The one comes from the presence of God and the company of the angel*, the other down from the sycamore tree and from hia doubt, and the result of the meeting of the aeeking sinner and the seeking Saviour waa the salvation of the sinner. This h*? alwavs been the result. Tf anv one reading this message ia not a Christian to-day it is aimp'y beouiae he haa not sought Chn*t in the right nay. Ye shall'seek M? and shall find Me when von search for Me with all your heart. In * ? w- wk for me door in i pitci u? ?*u?u ...... ? Hod m Ihev sc??k for silver or for any den ti?aiure then He will be found for them. It Ivan my privilege once .n Colorado tr% enter what in ca'led a no^ket mine. 1 saw a man engaged in work there who wa? pointed out tomrui graduate of Harvard College, vet he was toiling away so industriously that lie did not hear mv approach in the mine, and when T asked him whv he was thus working he simnly stooped down and gathered up a handful of dust ap'l held it nut at arm's length so that the li?ht in his miner'* hat would strike unou it. and ther?? T saw the glistening particles of silver. This was more elo quent than anvthing he could have said. and the wise man snoke truly. .Put two locomotive?! upon th? mow track, both (join? in the same direction and at the name rate of speed. and if the track is long enough one cannot overtake the other except in rase of accident. but if thev are on the name tr^ck headed toward each other and one of them is going with the ?need of the wind, while the other traveli with the proverbial snail's nace. it will be but r short time before they will come together. The Son of Man has been a seeking Sariou alwav*. with tear* in His eyes am' sorrow in Hi* heart He ha* been seeking every one of in. The very moment we turn toward Him that moment He will claim m as Hi* own. The division of the New Testament into chapter* in sometime* embarrassing. Not infrequently the division is in the midst ot a story. Sometimes between an introduction in the story a* is the case here. Turn buck to the close of the eighteenth chapter of Luke and you read the story of Rartimaeus. Mr. Moody used to describe one o( his friends stopping to say, "I have good news for you. I hare seen the Galilean prophet, and I saw Him cause a man blind as yourself to see. and He is coming this way speedily." We can only imagine how Bartimaeu* listened for the approach of - ?>-- a?m 1 tnr saviour, uui iihuu.% "iich *icr uiu cuiuc near enough he be^an to iihout, "Jesus Thou son of David, hive mercy upon me." and the Master guve him hi* sight instantly. Following this h?aling of the blind man a certain rich man in the city hearing of the approach of this notable character determined to see Him. but as he passed out of his office and mingles with the crowd he realire* thit the task is hopeless. He i? a mm ?nnl! of stature and the others tower head and shoulders above him. but suddenly a bright thought strikes hint. He will go out along the highway and climb some elevation and then behold Him as He comes near. So he climbs the celebrated sycamore tree and waita for the approaching multitude. At last his eve lights upon the Saviour. A strange fascination must have hold him until suddenly Jesus standing undernenth the tree looks up and says. "Zaccheu*. make haste ana come down, for to day I must abide a*, thy house," and he made haste and <ramr down, confessed that he was a sinner, and immediately the Saviour said. "The Son of Man is <*->me to aeek and to save that which was lost " T He it the Son of Man. Whatever othei interpretation may be given to this expression in Scripture this at least is true He is presented to us in such a way that no one need shrink back from Him. I cat well understand bow men could be afraid of God. He holds the winds in His fiats and in the hollow of His hand the sea? wash to and fro. but we need not be afraid of the Son of Man. Homer tells us that when Hector was parting from his wife with all his armor on he walked by hec side through (he streets of the city unti he reached the gates. Following tbeoi came the nurse with the soldier's little child in her arms, and as he turned to leave them putting out his arms, having kissed his wife he would take his littl* chiid to his heart and say good-bye. Th* li'Me fellow looked just an instant ther burst into tears, threw his arms about hi> nurse's neck and refused to be comforted. Hector had a father's instinct. Lifting his hand he removed the helmet frun. which the plume was Hying, and when thr child could see the face of his father he smiled through his tears, sprang into lib ?rms, and Hector kissed him and wis gone. So Jesus comes not simply as tinSon of God. but as the Son of Man, or, a? it were, with the helmet and the plunu laid aside. H* was' the Babe of Bethle hem, the man of Nazareth, the carpenter laboring at the b?nch. He was tempteu in all points hke is we arc that no one might shrink back from Him. Then let ii not be forgotten that He came to seek. It would be a great thing that He simply came from the lost to ?eek them, but tha. ia not Scrmtural. and it would be good ntwa if we could say that He came aimplv to look for the loat. but that ia not accord ing to the word of God. He ia the seeking Saviour by day and by night. With tear* in Hia eye* and blood upon His brow Ht aeeks the lost, and a* they make their wax finally out toward Bethany where He i> to ascend from them all He tclla them that they must- begin their message of the risen i Christ and Hi* forgivenea* at Jerusalem Thia muat have been startling new* to His diaciplea. for Hi* enemiea lived at Jeruaa lem, but the message of the Saviour warthat forgiveness should be proclaimed to them firat. This has always been Hi* spirit. Then He came to *ave the loat. There ia something about that word tha> touches every one. A lost woman, a lout n*an, a lost child. There is no heart ?o hard aa not to be stirred under audi circumstances. If we could but understand what the word means there would not Lk a dry ?ye tc be found among all my read en. Il one <v>u!d say it as God felt it tliev would be obliged to speak the word* with sobs. Without Christ we are lost. With out holiness, by this I mean the old Saxon word wholeness, that man is not roinplett whatever may be his natural qualification* until Christ is his. We are loat to happi neas. There is no such thing as real en joyment for the man who has pusitec Christ out of bis life. There arc paaaini momenta of pleasure, but abiding peace i* not his. We are lost to heiAren. It is not possible to find a text of Scripture in which there is the slightest indication given, if this text be taken in its proper | connection, which would indicate that a man mar ever enter into heaven in any other way than through Christ. A mother took her little child into ai eye infirmary in the city of Chicago When tlv doctor had looked at the eye* of tin child lie gave the child hack to hix mother and shook his head, and in an??fr to iici inquitv Mid, "The child would Im< atom blind in three months." She drew her little one up against her heart and then fel upon the floor with a shriek. "My (Jod my baby blind." and this would 1k? an aw ful calamity, but then the Saviour ha> aid. "It la better to be maimed and bait t-:lt i, :%J, itjiltT III* ? " ^ __ _ \ THE GREAT DE8TR0YEE SOME STARTUNC FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. The Whlaky -Jcta" oa the Wmrrmmm Mirror?It Wu Not Joko. Sat StriMi Trath?Bnalaaoa ud Km Do Wot Trorol For Togothor. During the Pan-American Pair in Buffalo a certain barroom moch frequented wan managed bj a man who considered himnelf humoroua. The following aign was exhibited on the mirror behind the bar: If Whinky Interfere* With Your Buaineaa ?Oire (Jp Tour Buaineaa. Many tnen who saw thia aign appeared to think it very funny, indeed, and the nf I ho drinkinir nlace WU COngratQ and bind ritbtr tkM-.to be lost." and every jne loat withaatChriat: for all such the Son of Man baa come seeking. 11. Zaccheua. When our Sanour stood beneath the tree He looked un full in the face of Zarcheua and aaid, "Come down." and he came down from the sycamore tree and from his curiosity, down from hi* pride and In* doubt, down to the feet of .fesus, and he found salvation. The beat thing that Zaccheu* ever did was to come down, and so will it be for every on* of you What ran I do to be saved? Some one la even now asking, and there ia no more important question. According to the Scripture you can merely live because of your good works, and while in the one place it is said. "Work out your own salvation -with fear and trembling." two things must be remembered. First, this ts Cod's message^ to Christians, and second, wt- can only work out what has already been worked in. "Working wili not save roe. Purest deeds that 1 can do. Honest thoughts and feelings, too. Cannot form my soul anew, Working will not save me." We must first of all come down if we would be saved. It is only by childlike trust in Him and absolute confidence in His word that we piss from death to life. With *ome there must be a coming down from pride. We must reach the plMO where we will not fear what the worjd will u\ A young man in a former congregation promised me that hfc would f?ve up gambling and accept Christ. He assured me that his difficulty, was his evi' companions, and he would never be able to live a Christian life until i*" ih?m He was afraid of what they would nay, but at laat gave me nia promt** that he would confeM Christ the next morning. With one of hia friends whose influence over him was alwajra bad he walked to hia place of buaineaa the next morning, trying all the way to make bia confession. until at laat the store waa entered and the worda were not apoketi. Finally by great effort he made hia way into the atore, called hia friend back and aaid. "1 have made up my mind to be a Christian, and unlesa you will go with me I shall hare to part company with you." Tears came into his friend's eyes and he said, "It is the best thing you ever did; ia there any hope for me." There is no one really worth having as your friend but what would say the same thing. If any one whose eye lights upon tbfepage should accept Christ ana confesc Him the same ia a coming down from morality, for what tb? world calls morality does pot say we ar? not saved because we are good, but became Christ ia and'always has been and our faith is in Him, and every so-called moral man out of tbe church lh against the preaching of the minister and may be a dangerous friend for the inan who is weake-- than himself, for we are our brother's keeper whether we will or .not. With the mint of us it is a coming down from sin. and we must give that up. for if we regard iniquity in our hearta God will not hear us, neither can He save us, but tbe very moment we are ready and willing to for?ake a'.l known sin He gives us the strength to do it. Just as the man with the withered hand had no power to stretch forth his hand, that is in himself, but the moment he had the will to do it Christ gave him the power and immediately be was healed. III. * The result When Jeaus went to the home of Zaccheus as He entered He said, "This day is salvation come to this house." The greatest heritage a Christian child ever had left to him is a Christian home. There must ha/e been i great change in Zacclieus before lie met the Saviour. I doubt not he was selfish. I know he was sinful. After his meeting with Christ his whole family came to know God. There could be no better position for any father to take than that taken by Zaccheu*. "I will wiit until my boys grow up," said a gentleman to me recently, and then we wiil all become Chriatiana together" 1 told h'm what doubtless he already knew that Noah took his hoys into the ark by going in first himself. The saddest thing in the world is to see a family divided, ana divided by the mnst sacred things in the world. In Georee MacDonald's great book on Robert Faulkecer there is a story said 1 * -?-J . -1 f.iL .1 lO (>e iounueu u|>on tact ui mc uiiucr ui Robert Kaulkener, whose life w?? irreligious. His wife had done. everything she could to lead htm to the knowledge of the Saviour. Finally just before she died she had a dream she left the dream for her husband, which resulted in his conversion. She said. "I dreamed that I had died and entered into the other world, and I searched everywhere for you, Andrew, but I could not find you At last I came to an abysc that was, oh. so very deep, but not so very wide, and it was tinted with blue like the blue of the sky, when suddenly on the other side I saw you. I gave a err that all the universe must have heard, when suddenly turning about I saw one coming toward me. He had a wonderful face. He had on a garment which came down to His feet, and as He came nearer I saw in His hands and feet the print of the nails. Then I knew who He was. and I fell at His feet and cried out, 'Oh. LorJ, my husband, my husband!' and He took me by the hand and led me out over the abyss and put our handa together, and then He led u* back again and we were together." In the story which she left for iier husband she cautioned him to meet ner, ana 10 give iter no sucn uisappoincment, and it u uid that he came, bat if we are not united in this world we shall not be in the next. Between the saved and the lo4t there is a great gulf fixed, and no man can pus over it. To-day, however, is the day of salvation, and we may know Christ i? we wilJ. - Pupa. Why Don't 'O* Pr??!" There is a beautiful little incident r?> lated concerning tke conversion of General Clinton B. Fisk of blessed memory. The uuht on which the little incident occurred tlie General and hi* wife, as was their custom, prepared their little son and daughter lor coing to bed, and ns the little girl knelt down to say her usual evening prayer at the General's knee, she asked God < } bless her papa and mamma and brother, and then looking up sweetlv in her papa's face she said: "Papa, why don't 'uo pray'" These words spoken by his little daugha 1- . a . I I a I 1! If ler, who id mm was uearer man me useii, so affected the General as to change the wliolc cDurw of hi* remaining life, and thus he wiu led to the Saviour. How Loat Should I Pray. I; is said of Hilly Bray, the saintly Cornish miner, who, being asked, while he was dining at a friend's table, "How long should 1 pray at a time to keep my soul healthy*" made this suggestive reply: "Due see that piece of brass?" while pointing to a polished ornament on the chimney piece "If you give that five minute*' rub every now and then, you'll keep 'im bright, but if you let 'im go a long time without it you will have a long rub to gut 'tin bright again." sptsr Folate. God within will be our guard without. God's pitas are never plain till they are perfected. The Christian qualities are tho** in '.ne imam? of (iod The strength of the Christian is to re main m Christ. Each new <Uy with its opportunities is a fresh gift from the hand ol (iod. God's gifts bless as they are received; they blejin twice a* they are tmpirtea ? Ham's Horn. Aa I'nijulet Faith. Ii u an unquiet faith which cannot trust i God to brine kooJ out of evil. to overrule j muitakc* anil teach through trior*. An<i j how hhull we |KTiuaor ourwivn mai wr can ?J<> this .it life's end. if ?f arc too |kt turU-.l to do it when the evening come*' 11 He can do the best the rase illonw witu the mistake* of a lifetime, why not with the blunder* of a <lay? Prayer Ibe Christian's Hrrtili. Having ? Ueadfast purpose to win the prize of the high tailing, much may be attained. l'tire air w a first essentia! to growth. Without breath there can be no lif?! l'rayer is the Christian's breatb. Without prayer it is impossible to live I spiritually, much less grow, l'rayer. then. is a first means of growth that the Father 1 | has given us. * * la ted on his pretty wit. But unfortunately in that sign there is more of grim truth than of gay humor. The man who takea to whisky soon finds that it doe* interfere with hi* business, and he find* also that when he let* whiskv interfere with hui business he micht aa well ?"Give up hi* business." If be doesn't hia buMineaut will give him up. , Business and whisky do not travel far to- : jjether. The other day a young man, apparently with tine business prospects, wu found dead. He had committed suicide. Varioua explanations-were offered for his despair and aelf-destruction. Ha left a letter in which he expressed self-approval and the belief that he had been treated nnfsirly by the world. But the real atofy wu left behind him. easy to read. Beside him there was a pint bottle partly filled with whisky, and there were other bottles of the mom kind in his room empty, although he had had the room but a short time. Those bottles, told that whisky had interfered with his life, and. taking the advice of the barroom mirror, he had Riven up his life. Two days since an unfortanate woman ' was found dead in her lonely cabin. She - < had been kind to animals, to men and women more unfortunate even than herself. But her life was hideously lonely and aad. She had had friends, wealth and a good 4 chance in life. Kind neighbors explained matters gently when she was found dead. 1 They tried to exolain why her friend* never saw her. although they sent her money. They tried to explain the miterable, lonely ending, telling storiea of early romance, etc. . But the story was told more simply than that. Under the dead bodv there was found a whisky bottle almost empty, and this fart was made public at the inquest. The unhapny woman had lacked food, and the animals that she sought to befriend were starring with her. But she had manatd Homehow to get that whiskv, of which she left 4 little only because she was too weak at last to lift the flask to her lips. She had sold her clothing to bojr the whisky. It was tbe same story, whiskv had interfered with her life and her friends, and she had given up life and friends, compelled to do so by whisky. >S So names are printed here; no names are needed. You read such nieces of news, > quickly told in commonplace language, every ?l*jr- If vou raid attentirelv the gruesome tale of life's tragedies and failures. the suicide* and murders, you will i imimIIv find the partly empty whiaky bottle sticking out somewhere in the narrative. In almoin every case you find that the unfortunate one ha* taken the witty saloon owner'* advice, "If Whiakv Interfere* with Your Business?Give Up Your Business." We do not wish to preach or moralin unduly. Men and women have drunk through all .igf*. They drink lea* now than erer, fortunately. Some of them will doubtles* ' ontinuc to drink, so long n* hard work, -A-MtitluK xnu'in* livini Hittn pointed hoi mm and constant temptation to evape life's realities shall continue to make whwkv apparently a friend. The young nun who killed himself near the half emptv bottle, the sad. abandoned woman who died-of hunger in her lonelinew and with whiaky near her. had prob- , ably strong cxcuses for their weakneu and failure. But let their *ad ending be none the leaa a leiuon to you, young men. Bear in mind that motto on the barroom mirror, and say to yourself: I shall hwe no whiaky jokes in mr career. I'll give up whisky, and never give it a chance to make me give up my business. Remember that *afetv. as well as selfrespect and the duty of setting a good example, demands that you let the stuff alone. v . . Make up your mind that if you fail is your life worjf it will not be because vou i e.xrhanged all your prospects for a fuddled feeling in the head, an abnormal quickening of the pulse, some hours waated in bragging, and a headache well deserved.? Arthur Brisbane, in tbe New York Even! inz American and Journal. *m. I t?? A T*mp?n?M Ltnir* mm tiw. We uw on the street* of Grapeland one dav last week a thing clothed, in the habiliment* of man. Hu fait was swaggerin,;, hi* eyes bloated and his young face furrowed by dissipation?so drank he could Hcarrely stand alone.* With an oath that would disgust the devil himself he declared: "I am an anti from the top of my head to the sole* of my feet, and have got ???vcn gallons of whisky right in town to help their cause." For one minute wo stood and looked upon this picture %nd thought if this or any of ita immediate ancestors were created in the imape of God. if there w.n ever anything in his make-up even approximating divinity, bo# wonderful had been the fall. Before us stootf a man, young in years, but totally depraved, whose soul was abaolutely dead to every high and noble sentiment: whoM> destiny for time and eternity wa* sealed by the demon rum. Then we remembered that once be was an innocent hahe. the joy of a fond mother and the pride and hope of a doting father; that once his innocent heart beat responsive to the higher and nobler purposes of life, that >i... .1. u;_ j ik. nni,u.? ?pecimen of manhood in all ths country wx? simply the effect of the strong drink. Then the Blood in oar veins became chilled and ?ur heart grew nick, and we cried:. "My God. is it anv wonder good men and women all over this country are arrayed against this monster cone?"?Grape jind ( (Texas) Messenger. Laftisf Down toil Out. Poor "Kid" Lavigne. IVwn anJ out. stark, staring i raijr, strapped to a bed in a 'Frisco hospital They let him out recently. He walked up to a tree, crossed over his right and jammed his knuckles up to his elbow. Thai's a tine finish for the greatest little tighter that ever pulled on a glove, isn't it? Temperance lecture* are passe, but pin it in your hat that what put ;he "Vagina*-* Kid" where be is to-day wasBiX)ZK! ?' Right Cross," in New York Journal. A Stinging Conmtsl. The Rev. Wm. Ross, who has returned from a visit to Egypt, says be is sorry to confess that it was only where the English (Christian) populations were that drank* enness was to lie seen. Outside of Cairo, where the English population was. he satr n<> <lnink?nncks and no one under the in* fluence of druik. ^ A Plata Bu<ln?M I'roposltloa. A large lumber company recently refused to build its factories in a California t<>wn unleiM they were given a sufficient guarantee that no liquor would be sold in tiic town or within six miles of it. State Opttoa. Thr Superior and Appellate court* of 1?? <l:ana liavr dnidcd th.it voters may dele-, gate authority to sign remonstrance* .ip.un-t applications for liquor licenarc. a fait that will practically amount to lot-al option throughout the Stale. Wholrtal# Malnce. The Salvation Army of Ixindor ha* inauxurati'il a mowincnt tor reclaim it!-,; .Vjott habitual drunkard* during the nii::ui){ V-ar. Pot to Good Vh. Abriham Lincoln'* old hixre in Ken* i tuck> is to be used as a resort for the curs' of the intemperate. . \ i m