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IN HAUNTED_WAYS.
Iahaonted nji I ?t or fact,
WW pake the wistful after-flow j
ghostly pewoc? la ao aweet.
Noli* bust fttr my heart may know I
Tha sign of darksome boughs 1 beer?
One spell the whispering leaves r*D*mt;
One only voice, in all, I hear.
One only face 1 meet!
In baonted wajra I set my feet.
Bjr day. by night?where'er I nnp;
The ghostly prasenre la to sweet.
My heart, forsooth, desirte no change!
Char nr? the thrush's matin call.
The wakening eye* of flowers I street;
One only voice ? hear in all.
One onlyflace I meet!
In haunted vv.iv* I art my feet.
Where'er I go?where'er I go;
The myatic thralldom u complete;
And ret, it w*a not alwaya no.
I only loved #ini-e ye*ter-year?
Then firat my heart did truly beat!
Since then one only voicc I hear.
One only face I meet!
?Edith Thom.i*. in Harper'* Bazar.
A Prescription |;|
For Two. j||
R. IJILMAN rapped briskly on
| | rront aoor ana arew toe cotJ
J lar of bin fur coat higher to
sbct out the sharp " north
CWind. Inside the house there was a
moment's confusion, and then Mrs.
Green, assisted by six little Greens,
opened the door.
"Why. doctor!" she cried in surprise.
The little Green* lined up and beld
their mouths open.
i "The governess. ! hear. Is 111." Dr.
Oilman announced the fact deliberately.
He stepped into the hall, holding
2iia medicine .-ase with one hand while
With the other be made an opening in
Me line ui uuit* umrus.
! Uii Green closed the door and protected.
"The governess is here, but
be isn't 1U. That is. no inore'n usual
She's always ailing." In & disparaging
.voice. "Did she aend for yon?"
i The doctor Ignored her question. He
threw off his fur coat, picked up bis
medicine case again and asked calmly:
rWhere Is sber
I "In the sitting room." replied Mrs.
Green, her arms akimbo. Instantly
?lx small voices cried. "In here." and
the noisy troop made a dash for a
weary-looking tlgure lying on a couch
near the fireplace.
Doctor Oilman paid no attention to
the figure on the couch. He blocked
the entrance against Mrs. Green and
Mifl! firmly: "Come, children, I'm here
to visit the sick only.**
The Greens, unused to obeying.
' looked sulkj.
"Hurry up," came the doctor's strong.
4eheerful voice, and as they filed slowly
paat him, caatlng longing glances behind,
he added: "Now don't let me
ee any of you back here again until
my visit ends." His glance included
both mother and children.
' Then ae closed the door, drew a chair
tn front of the couch and sat down.
"I have come to prescribe for you.
Miss Eggy." be said, looking for the
first time at the girl on the couch.
At his abrupt entrance Becky Eggy
had sat up. She leaned an elbow
against the back of the couch and
rested her throbbing bead on her band.
She was perplexed at this unasked
?all from Dr. Gilmac.
Life was always offering perplexities
to Becky Eggy. The first bad been
v her queer little rame. and the last and
greatest was what to do with her
queer little sol'.
At least Becky Eggy bad thought she
mutt be a queer little self because everything
she loved bad been taken
away and so many things she did not
love had been substituted, while she
etoo<l by. powerless to shape her life.
In the midst of such great perplexities
Dr. Gil man's visit was the least.
"I cm cot 111. doctor.* she said. In a
nronderlng tone.
Dr. Gllman smiled Inscrutably at
AL. a. U.ll W . ? 4k.
ioe ure acu utriu u.^ imiuis up iu iuc
warmth. Then he turned suddenly and
looked keenly at Becky Eggy. She
fidgeted nervously with her black dress
jurltb one transparent hand. What was
going to happen? Had be come to
tell her she most give up her little
school? Poor little Becky Eggy! What
Would become of her then?
1 All ber faults swept in order befor*
her; she could not make the big boys
mind. How was that possible when
be had not strength euough even to
bake the little ones? Her bead ached
mo badly she often had to rest it on the
desk; perhaps he had heard bow, only
few days before, she waa so tired
sbe bad Insisted that nix times elgbl
are fifty-four. Sitting there before Dr.
Oilman shfc felt painfully Ignorant and
Weak.
8be looked at the doctor's band lyinj
on bia knee. Once, when sbe bad been
so ill that even sbr. was obliged to ad'
mlt tbe fact, be bad taken her bead
between bia bands and pressed tb<
sche out and sbe bad slept.
Aa if In response to tbe memory tb<
doctor lenned forward and laid bit
banc a moment, in bis moat profes
Sional manner, on ber bot forehead
Tben he settled back In his chair ant
aid In a moat unprofessional tor.*
Tired little Becky Eggy."
8he rested ber bead against the higl
back of tbe couch and hastily close<
ber eyes, but not until tbe doctor aa*
the gathering tear*. He scanned tb
tbln face and the shabby black dre*
with a curious expression on bis facc
Then he said abruptly. "80 you are no
uir
Becky shook her head. 8he coul<
not trust herself to speak after tb
sympathy In the doctor's voice as b
said. "Tired little Becky Eggy."
Bat bis voice was not sympathetl
now. It was bruaque. "People wh
re well usually have a little color li
their facea and plumpness In thel
cheeks."
Ul?. 11. I _ _ #__ In annn an,
At 9 W?1AU1| vu IW au iuc ouvvr uu
cold," said Becky, faintly.
"You are not strong enough to wall
You ought to ride."
Becky attempted to amlle. "But th
*ooghf doesn't provide the horses."
It doea In thla case." still more at
i ruptiy.
Kacky's eyes opened widely now. 1
pits of the tears. She made no repl:
and he seemed to expect none. "Yov
school worries yon. does It not? Tfc
big boys art a tiresome lot"
kit-: .. . {
Becky gasped. (t *u tbe school '
after air. She dropped her eyes and a i
pitiful expression came into her fare. I
Her voice faltered.
"I'll try to do better, docior. Yon
see, I'm not strong enough to punish
them. Perhaps if I tried harder I
could manage all right?I'll try?"
There was a choke in ber voice.
Dr. Oilman looked et tbe thin bands
moving nervously on tbe black skirt,
and at Becky's strained, anxious face.
She did not look equal to the emergency
of managing even the smallest
Green!
The doctor's lips smiled. but not bis
eyes. They Ailed as tbey looked Into
Becky's, and her perplexity increased.
His abrupt toue vanished, and his next
words were very gentle:
"Will you take my prescription?**
Sbe glan<*ed down at tbe medicine
chest on the floor and said submissively.
"Are you going to give me a
tonic?"
Dr. Oilman laughed a little and
pushed the medicine chest away with
bis foot. "I brought that with me as
a bulwark against the Greens."
Becky responded with a smile and
went on more cheerfully: "I am willing
to take everything you advise, doctor."
Dr. Oilman suddenly Mat np very
straight "I prescribe a home " He
was looking at the fire now, but he saw
Becky's lip quiver aud her hands touch
her black dress, "and ca-e and?love."
"No, no." she whispered, "you know,
perhaps you do not know?they are all
gone. There Is no one left except me."
Dr. Gllman looked at her with a
smile which made his rugged face
beautiful. "But It's my nome i m prescribing.
dear little Becky Eggy, am)
my care, and my lore. If they could
bring you happiness " The doctor
did not finish the sentence, but looked
wistfully at Becky.
She gazed at the fire now. Its
warmth seemed to hare settled around
her heart She had felt so ustless a
few moments before, so shorn of
all womanly power and dignity. Now,
her soul suddenly expanded in the
knowledge of a satisfying love.
She looked up shyly, and said, hesitatingly.
"If your home and your?
love?would bring me happiness would
I be the only one benefited by your prescription?"
"Dear little girl." said Dr. GUman.
He bent orer and kissed her face, soft
in a new pink glow. "It's useless to
confess that I've been prescribing for
myself all the while."?New York
M NmbIic For 'Pownmi."
"8hooting at game, unless It la flying
or ruuning. Is roost unsportsmanlike.
I know," said the Globe Trotter
to his companions on the deck of a
transatlantic steamer, "and should
never be indulged In. unless it be in
the caae of a lion, a Iger or some
other destructive quadruped, but I
must admit that I once found myself
enjoying it. and the victims were those
harmless little creatures known as
'possums. I bad spent several w?eks
in Australia Hhootiug water fowl, wild
turkeys, quail, snipe and the other
Tame birds which Abound there during
the rainy season, and had even indulged
in the somewhat danceroua
sport of chaning the nimble kangaroo,
when niv host suggested that wc go
'mooning' for 'possums. I didn't
know what that meanr. but I found
that it was simple enough when he
explained it, and that night we tried
it. Waiting until the moon was high
up in the starry Armament we entered
the forest of stately eucalyptus trees,
and. moving stealthily along with our
eyes fixed on the lofty branches,
scanned them closely for the little
black spots which were - 'possums
curled up for all the world like sleeping
kittens. A steady. careful aim, a
flash from the muztle of the gun. a
crash like a peal of thunder rending
the stillness of the night, the dull
sound of a soft object striklhg the
ground after a fall from a great
height, and I bad enjoyed my first experience
at 'mooning' 'possums. I say
| I euJoyed It. for. in spite of the unfairnot*
a f If I fa va+v vol nlnnou fnanln.
| ated me. and we kept It up for hours
In the brilliant moonlight that made
| the forest almost as bright as day."?
New York Tribune.
la > Duitroni Sllntlo*.
George Carroll Curtis, a Boston set1
entist who has just returned after ex1
tended observations In the volcanic re1
slons of the West Indies, visited Venice
' some years ago, and Is well acquainted
with the geological formation and history
of that region. He suggests that
' the shifting of the sands upon which
f Venetian buildings rest may nave
caused the recent fall of the Campa[
nlln llu anvfl1 "Tim nltv nf Var.lna
UIII. iir ou;s. ? ur vn/ wi ?
is built ;n a great lagoon, and wfjat
J land there is for the erection of butfd1
Ingii Id sand bars. These are soaked
with water at high tide and laid Wre
1 at low tide. When uncovered, they
dry. acd the sand shifts like that la
any sand bar. The shifting of the top
caused changes In the lower part. It
1 would not be at all strange If this shift*
Ing process had attacked the land un
der the Campanile and displaced some
1 of the pile*. A slight displacement of
the foundation would eau.<e the structure
to crack. In my opinion a gradua'
1 lowering off the whole country would
1 not overthrow any building. Evel-yr
thing would be lowered imperceptibly
p and equally, nnd there would be no
J-:, to overthrow a building."?New
' iu.X PoMt.
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Tb? K?7Dot? of (k* Cantor}.
] Tl>? railical evolution in business
e method*, the long stride* In clvillsat
tlon. the multiplication of Inventions
and discoveries, along all lines, which
c the past half century h&j witnessed,
o necessitate an infinitely brocder and
n better training for men and women In
r every walk of life than was ^equislto
Mventy-live or even ten years ago. The
J watchword of th's country is "Excelsior."
l Each successive year, for example, In
order that the best results may be
e obtained, demands a higher standard
of education than before for the yonth
y. who would become a merchant. A
knowledge of "the three R'r," unleaa.
o supplemented by unusual shrewdness
r, and foresight, no longer suffices to enir
able a man to conduct a business sucte
oessfuHy?Orison Swett Marden, In
8uccess
Household /
x patters
?
Copa for Salads.
Green or red peppers make attractive
cays for fuiladx. Remove a thin slice
from the top of each and take out the
seeds and white pulp. To make tbe
cups stand It inny In* necessary to cut 11
slices from the bottoms also. v
li
To M?k* French Urculac Qilcktj.
Put six tablespoonfuls of oil In a Jar
or Jelly glass; add to it three tablespoonfuls
of vinegar, half a teaspoon c
of salt and a little pepper; cover the
glass and shake violently, and an emul- 3
sion will be produced Immediately; w
pour over any salad nud sprinkle over J'
finely chopped parsley. v
A Driftwood BUM*.
The beautiful and varying color of- |i
fects of a driftwood blaxe have served ji
as a theme for many a narrative and d
bit of verse, but driftwood Is not nl- v
ways within reach of those who would
revel In Its warmth and brilliancy. JJ
Souie Ingenious mortal has, however. n
compounded % composition, guaranteed ,,
non-*x plosive. which If scattered over t
the hardwood logs in an open Ureplace s
produces a color effect equal In beauty ?
and brilliancy to a genuine driftwood I1
blaze. An open wood Are. either in a ^
city or country home, possesses an undeniable
attraction for most people j
and when enveloped in a wealth of
color the fascination is apt to be In- n
creased.
c
Advice to UoumwItm. I
Ice box conteuts arc often contaminated
and made poisonous by left-over
fruit and vegetables held too long while
bacteria multiply unexpectedly. The
prudenc housekeeper will limit her
daily marketing to the day's consumption.
Her bills will he lower In eonsequence
and the health of the family
will be better. Only a very small
number of fruita can be safely eaten
uncooked. The cookable are well
known. At the best equipped health
resorts uncooked fruits, except the '
lemon, are often wholly forbid. The
cookable fruits are more digestible
cooked, and, if properly cooked, are i
also more delicious. One fact is in- |
contestable, that fruit permitted to de- j
cay where human being* arc liable to c
breathe the germ* which are inevitable r
is one of the most potenMcnown causes
of fever*. Decaying fruit in the whole- I
Mile and retail markets, as well as de- c
caylng vegetables, should receive daily
attention by the health departmentChicago
Chronicle. I
KmortiDcr I.aneheoni. f
A luncheon was hastily ewlved Ih
a suburban home the other day out of I
what seemed an empty larder. A few <
cold boiled potatoes, with a pall of '
egg*. wfl" <*11 that the hostess found j
when she ran to the kitchen and tue
fee box to we what there wan for f
luncheon on the arrival of some unexpected
company, whereupon a dish
of scalloped eggs and potatoes was v
suggested. Six eggs were boiled hard. j;
chilled quickly in Ice water and sliced, r
some cream sauce prepared and the *
potatoes sliced. These three were arianged
in alternate layers in a shallow |(
baking dish, a covering of broad
crumbs added and baked in a moderate o
oven about ten minutes. Brown bread x
was sliced tiiin. buttered anil made into s
roll sandwiches; cocoa, with whipped I
cream, nerved as a drink, and a dish of *
olives and radishes added as a relish. r
n
Fortunately. th? dinner strawberries a
were in the house, and. with some c
tinned sweet biscuit, nerved for a s
desert. 1
An cxcelleut inncheon dish uuused 1
by. If not unknown to. most families. H
Is simply prepared by making desie- .
cated eodtLdi into croquettes, instead _
of the ordinary tisheakes, and cooking
them in n wire basket in deep fat. I
Serve with a garnish of slieed lemon 1
and parsley, and offer with a bowl of -1
u.?n<*? Tlil? ir 111 ho found SO
novel nn?J delightful as to put it on the
list of things for high days and festivain.
y
One luncheon dish leads on to another.
for suggestions are always in
order for the ainil which is of the three k
most difficult to plan. This is eggs a j
la Carai an. One-half of a pound of I
shaved dried beef Is mixed with a cup a
of tomatoes, two idhlespoonfuls of 1
prated cheese and one of butter, a little
onion Juice. s5lt :uid pepper; last of
all. four oggs an- writ beaten together ?
and stirred in. and the whole Is turned x
into the fryiug pan and.quickly conked t
until the eggs an- net like an ouelette.
?New York Evening Post.
. . RECIPES . . ?'
:l
Nut Salad -Shell two dozen Knglisb "
walnuts an I throw rhein into boiling
waier. >> lien me shii! ? ?iijj iroiu mriu i
easily remove the mux from the water
and skin thou:. I*ay the blanched nuts *
xrlien cold aud crisp, in salad oil fur t
half au hour, drain and leave thcin
anions the crisp lettuce leaves. Serve 1
with mayonnaise dressing.
BsarnaU l'lllef.* of Beef?Take fillets x
from between the first ribs of beef and <!
grill carefully. When done, put a litrlt*
bearnai>-. sauce in the bottom of u hot
dish. arrange the fillets ou It. glaze
with a Utile reduced gravy and garnish) |
the centre with, boiled butter beans ,
tossed In butter. Serve the rest of the j
L-earnais *auce in a separate iuree?. i
A Delicious Sauoe?A delicious *auce
for meats, which mty be kept through 4
the winter, calls for a half cupful
of sugar to each pouiul of
the fruit and a spice bag con* t
taining half an ounce each of mace. J
cloves aud cinnamon. Take the stones '
from the plums aud boil until they
are thick. Damsons are the best for
ib? purpose.
Blanquette of Lamb?Cut cold cooked
lamb In strips; make a sauce with
three tablespoonfuls each of butter
and flour stirred orer the Are until
smooth; add one cupful of stock and
ono cupful of milk; stir until boiling;
add salt, pepper, a dash of nutmeg and
one tablespoon of tomato catsup; hear
tb? meat In this; turn out on a hot
platter* servo around green peas or a
potato border; sprinkle with minced
parslsy.
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t W "MESSIAH" MOBBED |
ondon Police Obliged to Froteot a
Former Clergyman
Ian Wk* Claim* to B? I'hriat C?nri#d
Martrrdotn?HI* Talk Klther Blac
ptiamT or La>M*.
London.?Extraordinary scei>?s, verg- 1
uc upon riot, occurred at Clapton. J
there nearly .V>00 persons attempted j
ii mob a iormcr Church of England j
lergyiuau iiameil Smyth 1'iggott. who i
* now the leadei of an acentric sect
all-Mi tlif "Agapemonites." I
Figgott recently announced himself i
a Messiah. Exposures of the man. j
rhleb HPed many columns In the newn- j
aixTH. heightened public interest in j
he uiattfr to nucIi n pitch that Piggott <
tras only taken from the inoh by the <
fTorts of mounted policemen. In spite *
f warning*, the chapel in which Piic:ott
lipid nervlce was invaded by jeer- j
ng crowds, but in the face of howling j
isorder Piggott again affirmed that he c
rns t'.u> I-hrist J
When Plggott arrived at the church
11 :i carriage a yelling line of peopltt J
oi lowed it. uttering threats. Thos*
rarest the carriage aimed sticks aud
mihrelhis at Pijrgott. who put bis face
tareheaded out of tho window and
?>em to invite martyrdom. When be 1
tcp|K?d out of the carriage at the cha- 1
ic! door. I>eliind tbe i>oliee cordon, vie- fl
rouH hisses and booting greeted liim. [
lis response was to remove his hat c'
nd stare at the i>oople with a weird, f
nscru table smile upon his lips. t
He was dressed in ordinary clerical T
ittire of black, with a Roman collar 1
* * ' ? 4|ia /iah. t
I III J SOI I It'll liai. Ill <111111 II lur ?o., | r
negation was about evenly divided, j
mlf believers and half scoffers. !
Pigsort then played his part. He 1* '
i tall. thin, ascetic man. with a lean,
lean Rhaven face and burning eye*.
I.* sat solemnly on his throne, haloed
ritli the motto in staring: letters. "I
im the Resurrection and the Life." He
lelivered his address quietly and ex>reusivoly.
taking no heed of interrupions.
He said:
"Before the first coming of Christ a
Dan was sent to prepare his path. His
latnc was John. Before His second
'oming there was a man sent from
Jod. whose name was Brother Prince,
rhose who received that message have
?reived him who has come.
"Now. ir is not as pastor of this
hurch that I stand before you. but as
rlim. who has come again, the Son of
Han himself, come in my own body,
ome to bless ray people, come to re- e
:ei7e them to myself, rome to give r
rerlastlnif life to nil flesh." 1
This specific blasphemy or specific *
unacy was too much for.the unbellev- ?
rs. There was a wild outburst. J
When did you chance?" shouted y
me. u
"Where are tlve? nail prints on your
lands?" cried another. J
To all such interruptions the preach- 1
;r was dumb.
When Mr. Piffsott left the church fot i f
mine it was nocessary to surround his j j
arrlaRc with police to protect him j
rom bodily Injury. j t
JUSTICE HORACE CRAY DEAO. [
'mm Away at HU Kaaldaara In Tfabaat J
Mat*.?Paralycia tha Cauaa. f
* %# T 1! TT r
i-yuii. .iiiiMt.?<iusilet; uumce vnuj, i vho
retired from the United States Su- j .
ireme bench Inst spring, died at his , (
esidence in Xahant of paralysis. He
tad been in poor health for some time. a
e
Horace fJray came from a family
wc prominent In the law in Massaclm- '
ietts. He was l?orn in Boston. March J
IS. 182S. and at the age of eighteen
vas graduated from Harvard Univerity.
He took a course in the Harvard ! |
?aw f'olh'cc and was admitted to the ; a
>ar when twenty-one years of age. His j I
ise in the profession was rapid. An- j i
rust 2:5. 1SU4. be was appointed an As- i *
locinte Justice of the Supreme Court ; f
if Massachusetts he then beinc thirty- .
iix years of ace. On September 5,
187". he l>pcnme its Chief Just ire. ?
'resident Arthur named him as an As- i J
ociate Justice of the Supreme Court of j 1
h<? T'nlted Stntes on December 1J>. i
SSI. A few months nco Justice Cray *
offered a stroke of apoplexy, and from |
ma lie iifTfr sumcH-miy m-OTtrriti iu (
??? aide to resume his duties. Upon .
lis retirement he was succeeded by *\
ustiee Oliver Wendell Ilolmes. also of ?
Massachusetts. " ?
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HELD CAPTIVE BY CANNIBALS. 1
i
I'lrtiniaft Kicapn After Tlir*? TMri' Im- (
prttBDinrot? Hia .Story. g
Richmond. Va.?E. M. Taylor, a w?>U- j
tnnwii Manchester man. whose live (
rears' absence from home without ex- <
Sanation led his family to mourn him
is lost, has just returned, and tells a I
brilllng story of three years' imprison- 1
uent by cannibals In one of the Sa- *
tioan islands.
Ml. Taylor escaped death, but Rev>ral
of Ills companions wen* instantly
ilain upou rapture. Ilis escape is due
o the fact that one of the chief's
laughters?Yahow by name ? became
namored of him. interceded for bin
Ife aud wns granted the boon by her
ath??r. Taylor, however, was imprisiried
for tlire.' years, finally escaping
ind swimming two mile* reached a
ramp oyster sloop Itound for Honolulu.
Minora Killed In a Shaft.
A disastrous gas and powder explolion
occurred in the Big Four mine of
It** Alcoma Coal and Coke Company
u North Fork. Vn. .lames I?ester. an
ngmeer: John Itocckie. white, anil j
Iftecn colored miners were penned in i
>ejund :iil liope of escape. as the gases
rere so thick the rescuing parties were
Iriveu back.
Fifty Killed in a Train Wreck.
An Knglish tnnll train, when 205 (
niles from Madras. British India, 4
lashed over a bridge which had been 1
indcrmincd by Hoods. Fifty passen- ]
few. included among whom were eight '
iOuropenus and four soldiers, were j
irowneo. i wenij-nvc person* -were t
wived from lhe wreck. i
I
ArqnltlMl of Killing fin*band. I
After six minutes' deliberation a jury
it Marshall. Mich., acquitted Mr*. Kva '
Smith of murdering her husband dur- '
ng a scuffle which he started.
\?w? of th? Toller*.
At Sacrauieuto. Cal.. 400 women were
eeently initiated as members of the 1
detail Clerks' Union.
The Seattle (Wash.) Central Labor
Union has secured the necessary funds i
o build a labor temple.
No less than thirteen per cent, of the
'actory employee in New South Wales
ire said to tie engaged in the timber Industry.
Montreal (Can.i longshoremen to the
lumber of 3TKH) have organised, and
ire now the strongest labar organlsaJon
in Montreal
A SERMON FOR SUNDA1
AN INSTRUCTIVE AND ELOQUENT DISCOURSE
ENTITLED "NOW PETER."
rh? K?t. Dr. J. Wilbur Cbitpmai'i An Ijilt
of Cnlld-H?arted. Wayward,
Qmmnu, Biblical Character ? Tm
Tkraa Denials.
N*w York Citt.?The following readable
and helpful sermon ia by the lie*. Dr.
J. Wilbur Chapman, the beat known evangelist
in the country and one of the most
l>opular pulpit orators of New York. It
ia entitled "Now, Peter," and was
preached from the text: "Now Peter sat
without in the palace." Mitt xxvi: 00.
This ia the master stroke of the great
irtist in painting the picture of this childlearted,
waywird, generous, loving man
vhom we know aa Peter. It is one of the
ihadows in the picture, but the shadows
taelp us to appreciate the more the light,
[t la a single sentence, and yet in it we
and the secret of a soul's downfall, the
:au?e of the heartache of the Son of God,
ind a note of warning for God's people
verywhere.
Peter wan in a dangerous position. First
>f all, because he sat in the presence of
lie enemy. In the flrst Psalm the warning
s give, that we should not "walk in the
counsel of the ungodly, nor stand in the
vay of sinners, nor ait in the seat of the
icorniul," and this last is the most hurtful
Maition of all. Poor Peter was flitting
lown. He also is to be pitied because he
lat "without." There is a circle within
vhich every child of God must keep if he
rould have both peace and power. If in
magination we take a compass in our
una and set one point at the piace where
re would have toe centre and with the
ither point describe the circle, we have the
ticture of the Christian life. The ccntre of
he circle is Christ, and the circle it?elf is
lescribed by prayer and Bible study and
ellowship witli the saints. To keep within
his circle is to keep in touch with Christ.
lo su wiinout is 10 de in oangcr, ana poor
'etcr had stepped outside.
With all my heart I love to study l'cter.
rhc sermon which has been greatly blessed
o the people throughout the country is the
mp which bears tne title, "And Peter."
rhis one is sent forth that it may be a
ompanion of it, and carry the name of
'Now Peter."
The first service that I can find that
*eter ever rendered unto Christ is recordd
in Luke, fifth chapter, and the third
'erse: "And He entered into one of the
hips, which was Simon's, and prayed hrm
bat he would thrust out a little from the
and. And He sat down and taught the
teople out of the ship." I like him for bis
ervice. I have an idea that just the way
te pushed the boat out as the Master was
tanding in it made Jesus understand that
here was something in him that would yet
;o far toward moving the world. Ia it not
rue that much of the great work that we
ind about ua to day begina in just so humtie
a fashion as did the work of Peter?
I like to studv him in his writings. Some
?arta of the Biole ought always to be read
n the suniight. The beautiful story of
luth, and the letter to the Philippians are
samples of this. Others are for the darkies*.
Peter's epistles would thus head the
ist. It it when we stand on the seashore
it night that we see the phosphorescence
if the waves. It is when we stand in the
iarlcneaa and read Peter's precious word*,
hat we catch the beat vision of the light
rhich cornea down from heaven and reata
ipon men.
I like to study him in his preaching, for
k is just the kind that everybody ought to
te able to do. You may say that it was
imply a string of texts, that mighty ?ernon
of his at Pentecost, but if you should
ay this was all that he said we could re>ly,
u we have said in another p!ace, it is
ill that Peter said thnt the Holy Spirit
bought worth recording.
I like him for his sincerity. You can
esd him at a glance. He could not be a
lypocrite. When once he tried no one
rcu!d believe him; be generally thought
loud. While men nometimes admired
frAnnanflif InltokAf) of him ffunprtllv
?.?" * j ?V
ensured him. they alwav* loved him.
I like o:m for his promptness. He wju
he first to enter the tomb that he might
ee where the Lord lay.
I liked him for hi* courage. He wan not
iraid to stand in the very midst of the
nemie* of Christ.
I like him for hi? intensity. It is true
te made mistake*, but the pendulum swung
e far toward uprightness as it did toward
ailure.
I.
Mv text ii to He read in connection with
lin denial, and thus we begin the mora to
>ppreciate the story. Christ had ^iven
lim warning when He said, "Simon. Satan
iath desired thee that he may sift thee as
rheat," and again when He said. "This
light you shall be ashamed of Me," and
'befor* the cock crow thou shalt deny Me
hrice." He warn* i&, too.
The oak that goes down in the midst of
he storm docs so because through the
ong veari its heart has been eaten away
? - I # ?t. -LMJ _ L /> ? J
>y me worm, ine soui or me cnua 01 uou
never overthrown suddenly, and if it
;oe* down it is became it has steadily lost
[round in matters that were too trifling
o cause alarm. If you should fail to-morow
tou will doubtless find the cause if
rou look hick on the hiatory of to-day.
rhe neglect rd Bible of to-day, the neglectid
prayer of to-day. the neglected feliowihip
of to-day, means the denial of to-mor ow.
Il is not to be forgotten that there were
:hree denial*. When .Jesus was taken
nto tbf presence of those who were to contemn
Him Peter followed and wanted to
[o in. too. It is said in John's Gospel that
mother disciple, who was known unto the
tigh priest, nad gone in with Jesus, and
:hic. of courae, must have been John; they
Iaii(iHm< lrn*ur him at thi? door and he
>assed through without question. When
ie saw that Peter wan not in he went to
:he door and secured hi* admission. I
an just imagine how Peter must have
raiked up and down the court, now sitting,
low standing, now trembling for his safely.
for in those days as to-day, "conscience
nakes cowards of us all."
The first denial was at the wicket gate
To the little girl that admitted him to the
?urt be said:
"I know Him not."
He might have taken warning and gone
jack if he had but remembered the word*
>f Christ, for he was just at the edge of
:he circle; one side meant peace and the
>ther side despair.
I doubt not that some one who reads
:he*e words has just passed through the
ticket gare, turning away from a life of
ilestedness, and possibly has dented bis
Master for the first time. From the heart
>f the ;nfinite Christ a cry goes out to such
in one:
"Turn ye. turn ye. for why will ye die?"
The second denial was at the fire, when
be sat with his enemies, and when he said
irith an oath:
"I tell you. I know Him not."
Alas' many of us have gone through the
mcket of dental, and dare to-day sitting
with His enemies, hardlv knowing how we
reached the position. To all such the cry
sf God comes, "('.ome out from among
them and be ve separate." The world has
ilway < bet-n tbc enemy of the Son of God.
ind h-* who allows himself to be in touch
with it in the least will deny his blaster
before he is aware of it
The third denial wu to the relative of
" ? ?-? i- - i?a *
maicnu*. wnotc ear ne nau cu?, uu m>
ttipposod defense of hi* Master For this
attack upon hi* fellow man he wn doubtless
amenable to the law. and ponsiblv
might have been tried and condemned if
Jesui had not replaced the ear The memory
of Malchua arouned all the terror imaginable
in him, and before be knew it the
third denial waa upon him, and with repeated
oath* and cursing* he said:
"I tell you that I know Him not."
Thi* i* the denial that comes because of
some unconfessed sin. Alas for the man
who allows any sin to go without immediate
confnwion. It will spring upon him
some day like a tiger from the jungle, and
will overthrow him before he can have
i:? . II
lime W vail IUI ucip. m* imjt uw??u
Knde in its tendencies, and he who denies
Christ at the wicket gate will ere long
deny Him face to face.
11.
This text is also to be used in connection
with the sufferings of Jesus. It mav not
be amiss to give a brief account of His
trial.
First of all, He appeared before Annas,
the high priest, an acconnt of whiah we
read ia John xrut: 1C to 39?"The high
priest then asked Jens of Hia diacipJaa,
and of Hia doctrine. Jena answered him,
I spake openly to tke world; ever taught
in the synagogue and in the temple, whith>
rr the Jirrt always resort, and in secret
have I said nothing. Why aakest thou Ma?
Ask thrfm which heard Me whst I hare
aid unto them: behold, they know what I
*aid. And when He had thus spoken one
of the officers which stood by struck Jesus
with the palm of hia hand, saying, Annwerest
Thou the high priest so?'
It was an awful thing for this man with
open hand to strike Him in the face. To
strike Him, before Whom the angels veiled
their faces; to strike Him before Whom
the archangel sang: "Holy, holy, holy,
Ixvd God Almighty!"
But do you notice that when they struck
Him He never shuddered? They could not
* * ?? kl/sura Ui? V>M f
Hurt mm wim any ?u. i. m
when we read. "Now Simon Peter stood
without and warmed himself," this in a
blow which makes the Son of Ood shudder
and Hh heart grow nick.
The second part of the trial was Ilia appearance
before Caiaphan. Here, although
false witnesses appeared against Him He
>va* perfectly silent. "But Jesus held Ilia
peace. And the high priest answered and
*aid unto Him. I adjure Thee by the living
(Jod that Thou tell us whether Thou h?
the Christ, the Son of Ood. Jesus said
unto him. Thou hast *aid: nevertheless I
nay unto jrou. Hereafter shall ve see the
Son of Man sitting on the right hand of
power and coming in the clouds of heaven."
"And ther did anit in His fire." but H?
never saw them. His eyes were blinded ro
Kn insults, but Peter in the presence of
Hia enemies was a blow at His very heart.
They smote Him until, if He had been only
mar. He would have staggered in His weak*
ne.is. but they might as well have struck
rock like Gibraltar and expected it to fall
as to move Him with their blows, but
when Peter stood in the presence of tho<?
who were against Him. like one of them
himself, it was a terrific blow at the So?
of Hoi.
The '.hit;? part of the trial wis befon
the Sanhedrim. He ia led out from the
court where He haa seen both Annas and
Caiaphaa, and passes through an outer
eourt to another room where the Sanhedrim
is to meet. As He piase*. possibly
near enough to reach out His hand and
touch His dwciple, stidn.nly He heart
Peter say:
"I tell you I know Him not."
He could forget the apitting of His ene>
mies, the blows of those who hated Him,
and the rods that had fallen upon Him in
,L- ?' mnltltiid* hut He
could not forget Peter.
That which hurt* Him the moat in these
days is not the ain of the unregenerate ?
this He must expect, but the sina of Hu
own people for whom He suffered and
died, and rose again.
There ii an infinite amount of pathos in
the words, "He turned and looked at Peter."
No word of reproach fell from Hn
lips, hut simply an expression of sorrow
was there to be seen. Does He not look
upon you to-day. and does He not arouse
memories in your life?tows that you have
broken?pledges that you have never kept?
"Jesus, let TT>y pitying eye call back tue
wandering sheep.
False to Thee like Peter, I would fain
like Peter weep."
III.
But do not be discoucaged. Man's usefulness
not infrequently springs from bis
recovery from some sin. Out of Peter's
fall came his first epistle. The best glimpse
that I have of the 8aviour's heart w that
which comes when I think of His personal
dealings with individnals. When I think
of the God of Abraham I think of one who
strengthens His child under trial. The
Ood of Jacob is mv encouragement to b?flieve
that my ola nature may be conquered,
and my name changed from Jscob
to Israel, the prince of Goa. The God of
Elijah teaches me that prayer must be answered.
The Saviour of Thomas encourages
me while in doubt; the Saviour of
Paul sustains me in my suffering, hut toe
Saviour of Peter is the restorer of the pea
item.
Peter and Jesus met after the Resiirwtioo
on the shore of the lake. It in tout
significant that when he denied Christ it
waa in the presence of the fire of c<m1* in
the court of the enemy. When the Son
of God met him on the shore of this lake
there waa a tire of coal* Burning there. 1
doubt not but that all the story of his denial
came rushing upon him. What waa
aid at that interview we ohall not know
until we hear it from Peter's own lipa, but
it is safe to say that all his sins were forgiven,
nnd even the marks of his dcaiai
were taken away.
If you have denied this same I?r l in
vour business, in your home, or in society,
He wait* to forgive and to forget. \nd He
''is the same yesterday, to-day mad forever"
What a Child's Harmon Did.
Some children were playing one day in
Srtrden, and being tired ot the usual ipim?*.
ecided to "play at church," ho all being
arranged, Jennie, who was to be the minuter,
announced this text: "If you love
me, do as I tell you," and proceeded to
explain its meaning: "It is not ea*v to do
as you are told when you don't love the1
one who tells you; when the servant says,
f.ome here,' or 'do this.' I don't like
- ? f?
obeying because i do not lore ner uui
h<?w different it is when mother *ays,
'Jennie, dear, I want you.' Once mother
told me to stop in the nursery aad mind
baby while she went to oee some vruitofs;
hut ?he was gone so long that I ran down
just to speak to the little girl in the next
door garden, and when [ came back mother
looked at me so sadly. At bed-time I
ihrew my arms round her, and said, 'Goodnight,
mother dear. I do love you.' And
?he itaid. 'It is very difficult to believe that
you love ine when you do not mind what
I tell you. I don't care a bit for that kind
of love.' And, oh, I did cry!
"So that is just what Je?us means when
H? says, 'If you love Me, do as 1 tell you;'
and He tells us to 'Come to Him,' to 'Love
on.? mother,' to 'Watch and pray,' tnd
lot* n> other things, and He knows u w?
are trying to mind and show that we love
Him Amen."
A young man who wa* resting unuer wie
gard-n hedge nearby heard this simple
little sermon, and it wu the mesas of
clunking hi* whole life.
Better Than Smashing.
An Mtimable young married Itdf of a
Kj/w-m village waited until the small hours
for her husband, and he caine not. She
could lot stand it longer, and. ruing, she
dreitsed herself, armed herself with a revolver.
and proceeded to a saloon in the
village, where her suspicions that her husband
was there were found to be well
fouudfd. The wayward husbaud had spent
th? evening and night until 3 a. m with
four or five companions in convivial pleasure*
in the saloon, and when the indignant
wife marched into the place behind a
gieuming revolver barrel there was a startled
party of tippler* indeed.. Straightway
she commanded her husband to leave
the saloon and go home. Then she turned
to a man in the party who bad demurred
to Ifaving the place:
"You have a good wife at home. uv>,"
the remarked quietly bnt tirmiv. "You
had better go home, and go right now."
He went.
"Now," said she. turning to the proprietor.
"you blow out your lights an J lock
up this place. Kleven o'clock is late
enough, and if the village authorities cannot
enforce the law. I will," she said, as
the whole party l< i: the place. The saloonkeeper
closed lus door, and they
walked away in the night. the woman with
her hand ttill firinlv grasping the handle
of the revolver Sh? had closed a joint
without smashing it. and the best sentiment
in her own town applauds her act.?
Journal Pre**.
Kindness.
Did it ever occur to you that "kindneM*
was one o( the element* of humility* Indeed,
it is only the humble person that it
in a condition to show kindness to others,
for the oppomtc of kindness is unkindnets,
and there can be no humility where there
u unkindness. The unkind person is the
one who is always demanding that other*
nerve him and bend to his wishes, and this
is an accentuated form of arrogance, or
"self-assertion." Kindness of heart and
Cride of manner never go together ?Pre*
yterian Journal.
Wire lew telegraphy ia to be u?ed on Iultruna
u a meant of preventing railnf
accident*.
?? ??????m
! THE GREAT DE8TB0YEB
_immm?mrnm
SOME STARTUNC FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
PiMm: How tk? toy Waat Dot*.T1m
Saloon la M laattlattaa, Porta* aa
i a Public Baaafaetar la Ortfar U Dla*?lM
lu Poalaaaa.
It waa not on the field of battle.
It waa not with a ahip at tea;
But a fate far worse than either
! That ?tole him. away from me.
s
'Twa* the death in the coby wine cup.
That the rea?oa and-aenaea drown;
I lie drank the alluring jio?aon,
And thiu my boy went down.
Went down from the height of manhood
To the depth* of diagrace and tin,
i Down to a worthleaa being.
From the hope of what might have keen*
; It vu only the tame old atorjr
That mother* ao often tell.
With accent* of infinite sadneM
j Like the tone* of a funeral bell.
Ohcc.in nothing destroy thia evil?
No bar in their pathway be thrown!
i To Have from the terrible maelatrom
| The thouunda of bojra going down?
The ftaloon'i RmI Cbtnctor.
The persistercy with which the idea ia
; being advocated that the flnt step of the
< reform anihst the drink evil ought to be
j the establishment of a substitute for the
\ saloon indicates that the propagandists of
i that idea have entirely overlooked one of
; the most patent of all facta bearing upon
! the question: The saloon is not a good in:
stitution with incidental features that aiw
' bad; it is a bad institution that tries to
| pose as a public benefactor for the purposa
: of disguising its badness.
Those features of the saloon system
' which we are told "minister to fundamen|
tal needs of society," "facilitate social eif
pression," etc., etc., are without exception
exaggerated in the presentation that ia
given to the public. As a "poor man's
club" the saloon is a farce and a failure.
True, there art saloons where comforts and
luxuries can be found, but the saloons thai
are patronized by the men who are without
comfo-ts in their homes are bare of comfort,
foul of air and dirty in every appoint*
mcnt. There are very few homes, even ia
' the worst sections of American cities, thai
1 are not cleaner and more comfortable thu
| the average poor nun's saloon.
But even where the saloon may furnish
: certain comforts and advantages, those
i things are only incidental to the saloon
' business. "She saloon exists for the purpoa*
J of selling drink, and is resorted to prima*
> riiv for tne purpose of drinking.
| During the discussion of Bisaop Potter"?
outburst the early part of the year 1880,
the New York Telegraph, which is in no
way to be regarded as a temperance paper,
made an illuminating remark as follows:
never had any use for whisky except
to get drunk with it. It was a wise man
who *aid this. He had made a specialty
{ of drinking for some years, and eventually,
i *eeing the futility of hie pursuit, had
ceased, and was subsequently firing has
opinion upon the valuelKwhiaky aa aa aid
to civilization. He might have continued
with the cognate assertion that the only
use far a saloon is a plaas in which to gat
drunk. Whisky is made becaua*
men wish to get drunk, and saloons art
maintained as convenient depots for the
distribution and dissemination of whisky.
Saloons are not poor men's dabs."?New;
Voice.
A Novelist's Opinion.
It is a dark and difficult problem, bat
one thing I see clearly, namely, that drink
is the greatest and most baneful hypno*
tmt on tbe earth at present, and that its
influence is more awful than any plague,
more devastating than any war. Looking
back from more than mAlle life, I caa
hardly remember a case orwrcck and ruin
that has not been, directly or indirectly,
the result of drink. It is a terrible rollrail
my memory goes through of men oi
good and even brilliant opportunities, who
are dead or worse than dead, at the hands
of the great hypnotist. Against that record
I cannot recall a single case of a man
who, free from the tvranny of drink, haa
been utterly destroyed by misfortune. The
inrdest blows of fate seem powerless to
' slay the man whom the great hypnotist
! rvnnot sub.lue. And thouah I think in*
n-mpe ranee is often u much a confluence
| n? a cause, I truly believe that if drink
j could he Utterly wiped out of the world toI
night, humanity would awake in the mornI
in? with more than half its sorrows and
?ufTi?rings gone.?Hall Caine, in Household
I Worda.
Oar OnmtMt Can*.
The saloon ii the greatest curie of tho
! present day, the fountainhead from whenc*
flow atreania of evil. It fills our prisons
with criminals, our insane asylums with
victims And our graveyards with paupers'
grave*. It turns nappy homes into barren
wastes. It debauches and ruins the husband.
the son, the father; it destroys tho
happiness of the wtfe, the mother, tho
daughter.* It clothe* them in rags, starve*
them and breaks their hearts. And for
what? That a few men may grow rich and
flourish on the burnt ashes of homes.
Kvery cor.sci#htious thinker admits thai
all I have said is only the sad truth. Then
why allow this terrible cause of crime and
wretchedness to go on? Why not inaugurate
a war against it that would overthrow
it? If every good man should vote as hi*
better nature dictates this evil would b*
aboliahed. Do not sav that it is hopeleao
to war against it. that this foe is too
stronger intrenched in human hearts and
aeltiahness. for riaht will triumph in tho
rnd.?Jo*iah Allen's Wife, in the Woman'#
Home Companion.
New lamperane* Mom.
A ^bar without beer" is <000 to b?
opened under the auspice* of the Brown*
ing Settlement, Walworth,. London. It
will be in the lines of the ''Red House"
in East London. A building baa been
erected at the corner of York road and
Walworth road, and the aim of the settlement
will be to aupply wholesome food,
tea, coffee, cocoa, ctc., at .t price within
the mean* of .the working clasacs. In the
same building a Robert Browning Club for
workmen will be established. iod the Dr.
I Dale Memorial library will tind a home
inder the same roof. Membership of the
;lub will give free accou lr. the library. billiards.
bagatelle, pinu pong, unlimited opportunities
for mental eulturc, cricket and*
football.
Alcohol at All Tim* a Polaon.
Dr. Thomas Bickerton, of Liverpool,
oeakinj r?vently. aoid bo wan convinced
that alcohol, which wu at all time**
poinon. even when taken in the smallest
ifiuntitie*. shortened a nun'* life. Front
his hospital experience, he could may that
without alcohol we could ol<w our ho**
pital*. asylums and workhouses.
Th? Crauil* in Rri*f.
More than 50.000 Ammcmn* die from alcoholic
drink every year.
Moderate drinker* lirlong to the mow
clu** is moderate stealer*.
Karl Roberta come* before the British
public with a renewed appeal that the
turning soldier* should not be led into
drunkennena by treating.
j In the light of recent events in Mary
una the menu* oi urmperance rctorm ana
of good government luivc every rea.ion to
be cncouraged. Not only has the tendency
to rum rule been checked, hut the trin
umph of civic mhtrouMiiciu liva been m
part at least realized.
I)r. Henrv, tne American upeaker and organizer.
who t>egan work in Kngland &
year ago, reports gratifying result*, especially
in Scot and. where drink brings &
degradation hardly heard of clwrhrrc.
A man may owe to drunken parent* ort
remoter ancestors a nervoux whichl
craves uicoho . Yet in aii *ave one in^
atance in a thousand it i* alnetly true
that it iies wuti the *nan himncif whether*
or not he nil* submit to the hereditary
predisposition and driaK.
Mr iMiiriMii, one of the judges
of the Su'? i.< * oiii-t of Newfoundland,,
'atr.y eo u alto liir people of a larra
judicial .-t oil the utler nbo^ner of
?rim?-, ' <* ?.?.? .Iere?l waa due in a
great :<> ? win temperate*
tegta^uou .oug in finta