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15-r . 11 Copjriirht 1*M, bjr Bos CHAPTER XIX. Continued. "A? you please, Gilmer,** replied the gentleman whose power* of observation were tbna rudely aspersed; "but toy dullneaa baa permitted me to nolice wbat marked attention Mr. Price paya to Mlsa Marsh; and tbat is a subject on wbicb I bare beard nobody tpeak. Look at them now! By Jove, he ia putting a ring on ber finger:" "Wrong again," said Mr. Gilmer; "he is taking one off." I looked to the corner where Mr. Price and Miss Marsh were standing apart from the numerous small groups Into which the assemblage was broken up. The last speaker was right. To ? ? -M? manllAnatlAII T MB \ (? PHAa mj unci lu/Muivauva * ? ?. ? withdraw a ring from one of the finger? of Miss Marsh's left hand, a proceeding against which she seemed to protest. But my rival succeeded in obtaining the ring, though apparently aot without offending the lady; for she turned from him in a chilling manner, and, walking across the room, Joined her sister. What could this mean? It looked like?nay, It must have been?a lover's quarreL And yet bow strange! Surely ; no lady, and least of all Constance Marsh, would object to return to a gentleman a ring which be no longer desired her to wear; and it is equally certain no gentleman would be so ungracious as to press a lady to return a ring which she desired to retain. 1 could make nothing of it, and by ' the blank looks of my uncle and his companion* x conaooca vuej ww equally at a lot*. "What do 70a *ay to thst, Truman?" asked Mr. Mather, after a pause. "Nothing," answered uncle 8am, to coldly that nobody cared to pursue the subject further. minute or so afterwards our little group broke up, Mr. Rosenberg and Mr. O'Connor going over to Miss Kenoedy and Miss Jmines, while uncle Bam sought Miss Marsh, leaving me with Mr. Gilmer and Mr. Mather. I watched my uncle very closely, and noticed that he questioned his lister-In-law. Kbe related something to him; and while she was speaking her mood seemed compounded of vexation and amusement, for at one moment she would frown and stamp her little foot impatiently, and at another - 1. ft. J break out into a merry laugn. vtiuc Sam's face, at first serious, gradually : relaxed Into a broad smile as be lis- ' Jened, and indicated a man relieved of | nme anxiety. Wben be returned- be asked me to : take a seat by my aunt. "She would Uke to speak with you," be said, "and 1 now is a good opportunity; see, sbe is 1 alone. Go over tbere aud sit down by her"?a surprising request, for 1 anew tbat my uncle bad not exchanged ' a word wltb bis wife for at least an j bour. However, I waa only too , pleased to obey him; and for the next ; ten or fifteen minutes I enjoyed an Interesting chat with my amiable j young aunt; which occupation, agree1 able aa it waa, was yet more agree- J ably Interrupted by Miss Marsh, who came and sat down by ber ulster. "Come ber. dear," said aunt Gertrude, as she made room for her lis- J ter on the settee; "where have you oeen all this long time":" "Oh, hiding away from that horrid ' aian," replied Mifcs Marsh in tones of ' anmtftakabta annoyance. Her face was Inahed and her lips slightly parted, | and ?he waa fanning herself with a vigor soggestive of anger. "Hash! here is a friend of Mr. Price,*1 Mid aunt Gertrude, looking at me. "No, not at all," 1 asserted; "I know j eery little of him, and don't desire to know more.'* The sisters exchanged glances. "1 am glad of that for your sake," said Miss Marsh. "He bothers me dreadfully whenever be comes here, and today he has made me downright crr?s." "How was that?' inquired aunt Gertrude. "He has a diamond," said Miss Marsh?"a large, beautiful stone, 1 be- , lieve. but 1 haven't nronerlj looked at It?which he is going to have net In a ring for me. 1 told him plainly that 1 had all the jewelry I required, and , would prefer not to accept it; but he wouldn't heed my refusal. and asked me twenty time* to lend him one of , my rings as a guide to the vise of my finger. Finding 1 really wouldn't do so. be caught hold of my hand unexpectedly, and drew from my finger that little dress ring set with seven .pearls which poor 'dear ina used to wear." Ob. bow I would have gloried in going to the Her. 1it. Bvan Price, and after demanding and receiving back tbe ring he had taken from Miss Marsh. administering a condign thrashing to that relapsed humbug. But such a course was not to be thought f. for Mr. Price could hsve thrown me out of the window with the utmost ease. "Never mind; he will return it to you, Connie." safd my aunt. "No doubt; and the other ring that 1 don't want with it. But 1 know what to do with It." added the young lady, smiling. "8am bas proruised to| return It for me, and be expects to get a lot of fun out of it" "What a pity It ia that so well-looktng a gentleman as Mr. Price should bestow bis attentions where they are not appreciated, especially when there are so many youug ladies here quite! antroticed. Pauline Jackson has been , all tbe afternoon seeking an oppor- j tunity to speak to him," remarked aunt Gertrude. "Ob. help her to accomplish her; wish for my sake. Gertie, there's a dear"' exclaimed Miss Marsii. . lira. Truman rote and crossed tee a ." - v?& - ,, -J. % est ilHatfj: i fc-" I tti I \.LTER BLOOM FIELD ! ni B?a*t so**. | room to where Miss Jackson -was ' standing alone toying with her fan. > and at once entered into conversation < with that lady?a tall, handsome 1 blonde of twenty or thereabouts, who I neutralized her natural advantages ' by an air of conscious beauty. "When 1 parted from you at the door of my uncle's house in London. I did not think It would be so long before I should see you again. Constance," 1 said, seizing my first opportunity to speak with her alone. j "Nor I," replied Mist Marsh, looking j down. "But It has been absolutely unavoidable; I could not belp myself." "Could you not have written V" she asked, suddenly turning her clear blue eyes full upon me. "Hardly," I urged; "at least not in a way that would hare presented matters fairly to you. Of course, you beard of the trouble between my father and big brother?" "I heard there was some trouble between them, and that all intercourse waa broken off almost as soon at It had been renewed; but I hare no idea what It was about" "I will gladly tell you the whole miserable story; but not now?It is too long. Meanwhile, you think as well of me as ever, do you not?" I asked with great earnestness. ? "I can't say, really. I am not quite ? sure that 1 do." t "But you will when 1 have acquaint- j ed you with my experiences. When , will you give me an opportunity to , do so?' * "These people will be gone by seven i o'clock, and then 1 will gladly attend i to anything yon wish to say. My sis- i ter tells me you are going to stay in 1 Four uncle's house for some time." t "Oh, thank yon ever so ranch! Yes, i my uncle has kindly invited me to 1 stay with him for a while. Look. < here he comet." ] "Ton are very quiet. Ernest," said 1 ancle 8am, bustling up to me. "Do ] fou wish your countrymen to lose their t reputation for gallantry-? Come with ] me and I win introduce you more j particularly to some of the ladles." i ~1 uuns 1 wouiu (HUtr iu iyumiu here, thank you, uncle," I answered quietly. "Oh, yon would, would yon? Well, then, I'll stay with yon;" and aa he uttered the worda my ancle seated himself at my aide. "That tall dark foung lady you see talking with Mrs. Holliston is Miss Ines Juarrez, daughter of a rich Paraguayan mine-owner who waa shot by the despot Lopes in 1870; she enjoys a pension from the Paraguayan Government, and owns & silver mine in her own right That itout young lady talking with Mr. Rosenberg is Miss Bertha Kallman, heiress of the largest brewer in America; her father's brewery near Cincinnati ia like a small city. The lady on the right of them, with your aunt and Mr. Price, is Paulina Jackson; her rather is a banker in Chicago. That shrill-voiced little miss sitting nest to Mr. Thomas is EUy Kennedy, daughter of Michael Kennedy the Congressman." "What sort of mania Mr. Rosenberg?" I fiuL'Aii dnolflnflr fA ftvhthlf tn M (kit ? I UOBCV| UVOll *M0 *v . ? . - | Marsh my indifference to all other < ladies. y "A stockbroker," answered uncle j Sam. "He Is a German by birth, but t has lived In New York nearly all his i life. Without exception, Rosenberg ] is the sharpest fellow I have ever en- ] countered. My admiration for his | talents is unbounded. In matters of , business I approach him only with , extreme caution. Mather, Voorhees, , and Gilmer are also stockbrokers; they , operate together, but the combination can't hold a candle to Rosy. O'Connor edits the Mew York Moon and Ellia Thomas lives at his ease on an enormous property his father left him; he don't engage In any business. Mr. Stuyvesant Wollaston is Professor of Cosmogony at Harvard University, and Mr. Wollaston lectures on Women's Rights." "You have not told your nephew about Miss Christlson," said Miss Marsh, smiling. "Ah, how stupid of mef' exclaimed uncle Sam; "I quite forgot her. Miss Christlson is a doctor of medicine, and has practiced surgery in 1 don't know how maay hospitals. By her skill she prolonged for several years the worthless life of a wealthy cantankerous asthmstlcal eld maid, chief pillar of the Women's Emancipation League, who bequeathed her fifty thousand dollar a year for so long ss she remains unmarried; should Miss Christlson marry, the money which produces the income goes in bulk to the League." ' I looked at the lady spoken of. She was not more than thirty, and her face wore a quiet, thoughtful expression. "You look sympathetic," observed my nncle, who was watching me. "Yes, 1 am sorry for her. The condition imposed by the old lady is absurd, and 1 am surprised Miss Christian accepted it, especially as she has a profession and is clever in it" "Would you have taken the money on such terms. Con':" asked uncle Sam maliciously. "Don't ask riddles," said Miss Marsh, rising. "See. our company are preparing to leave." "So they are." said uncle Sam. cou- j' suiting bits watch; "I (lid uot think it J' wax >>o late. Con. my dear, oblige j' me by assisting your sister to bid j these i?eople farewell, and excuse me j to all inquirers. Ernest, it wauts i ] but little more than au hour of our dinher-tiuie. aud there is much you j must tell me before then. Come with . me." * I followed my uncle out of the room and up the staircase, and so on to the i ? oof of the boas*, which to my ssonisbment I found was flat, and prorided with two ban boo rocking chairs. i table, a hammock supported on rales, and a canvas screen for protecion from the sun when necessary. It vas a beautifully clear evening, tbe iky being one expanse of unbroken jlue. and tbe temperature not uneom'ortabiy warm: Though still quite ight, the electric lamps with which he Brooklyn bridge is festooned were ilready aglow, and showed like strings >f pearls stretched at great height u-ross tbe East River. 1 stood for >ome moments contemplating this tight and tbe great city generally, until recalled to myself by a tap on my tboulder. It was uncle Sam, and he uotioncd me to a seat, at the same time banding me a cigar. Having igbted one for hlipself. he sank wearily Into a chair, placed bis feet upon tbe table, and said? "I want you to tell me all you kJ^1? ibout those sequins." CHAPTER XX. THX OLD BTOBY. "This is worse than I feared. >1} iudzment has misled me; I was too precipitate." Such was the comment of uncle Sam on my story of the sequins. I mtl told him without reserve, and as iccurately as I could, all that I had *ead, beard, seen, and experienced in aspect of those fatal coins. He lisened with deep attention, uttered the irords I have set down, and then fell nto a reverie In which he remained to long that at last I reminded him hat we should soon be expected downHairs. "Ernest" said my uncle, without loticing my observation, "from what rou tell me I am now assured that rour father was robbed of a quarter >f a million sequins five or ten days )efore I left Holdenhurst; and I am equally positive that the thief is none >ther than that lying hypocrite Adams. That I mentioned the legend of Roger rrueman's treasurer to your father he evening I first saw you Is true; and [ believe it is true that I again menloned It when I went with him brough the crypt a day or so later, rhe statements of Adams that he prorided me with a lamp, that be afterwards found me ,ln the crypt and ipoke with me there, ana yei imier cnew me to spend the greater part ol i night In that place, are simply lies, irhlch I could disprove to his contusion If only I had an opportunity to 'ross-examlne him. As I live, I sweat [ bave been in the crypt of Holdenmrst Hall once, and once only, since [ first set foot on this continent; and hen, at 1 bave laid, I waa accompanied by your father. Whether Ida mil has confederates or not pussies me to decide. It It a great pitj hat so much money should be lost to roar father. If only be bad told me dl that I bave just learned from you, ve had still been friends, and bis seluins might easily have been recovered; now one Is impossible, and tbe itber Improbable." "If Adams is indeed tbe thief," I said, "it la clear that be baa confederites. How about tbe sequin which s lousemald told my father she found n your bedroom?" "If Adams is the thief!" exclaimed locle Sam bitterly. "But. of course," le added, after a pause; "however veil you may think of me, you cannot it present know positively, and of ronr own knowledge, as I do, that the ictount of my doings supplied by that ogue Adams is lies, lies, nothing jut lies. Why should that old man, ivbom 1 have never offended, so glarngly perjure himself in throwing suspicion of a crime upon me If not to ibield himself? With regard to the lequin in the bedroom, it was placed here that it might be found and taken o your father. O Ernest, your fathiT'u want of acumen has played the rery nuisance with bis affairs; hit >a trim on y alone has saved him from itarvatlon. If he were here, no man ivould give a dollar for any service le could render. I must be growing ike him if by to-morrow morning I lave not thought out some plan whicb "in Kh<i>kmni? & nlot ponopived and worked by a senile 8u(folk thief. Lei is talk no more of this matter tolight Follow me" To he continued. Iinlt* and I kilt* Hair Or**tk. The Mahometan religion is divided nto two principal sects, the Sunnlt*i ind the 8hiltes. Tbe members of tbcs? ?ects can be readily discriminated bj :be fashion in which tbe bair grows >n their arms, for while on those ol :he Sunnites the growth tarns downward from shonlder to wrist on tbe nterior side and upward from wrist tc shoulder posteriorly, tbe hair on the Sbilte arms presents tbe contrary ap ^earance on both sides of tbe a.ms. Fhls singular divergence is produced jy the manner of washing their armi is prescribed by the tenets of the secti espectlvely, for while Sunnites bold t orthodox to stroke their arms, nftei cashing them, from shoulder to wrisl )D front and from wrist to shoulder on :he back, the Sbiltes abhor this pracIce and stroke their arms in the oppoilte wajs, and hence the two directioni id which the hair is seen to grow on the arms of the two sects.?The Lan :?L Xlnrmtlon of ' HCti. Not long ago a ship from one of the Topical countries was followed bj a lock of butterflies, which perslsteDtlji circled around the rigging of the Teatel until the shore had faded in the listance. Then the lr sects lighted on the masts and decks. A few disap*>ared In the night and were destroyed in the water or reached the shore is safety. Some of the others crawled iway in the cabins and hold of the ?hlo. After a trip of thirty days the ressel reached New York, and from their hiding place in the ship a few ol these butterflies emerged and flew ixhore. Thus an entirely new specie* :>f butterfly was introduced into the -ouutry. Moniy Chances. The mnn who starts into actire bus!sess with a beautiful nature and comet jut with great wealth seldom brings tbe same nature with him.?IndlanapoIs News. Tho calendar nas no trouble in keepng up to date. New York City.?Waists with roun yokes and circular berthas are genei ally becoming and are seen among tb latest models. The smart May Manto WnLjZL I WAIST WITH BKBTHA. example illustrated Is made of past* pluk loulsine bilk with yoke and lowe sleeves of panne In the same sbad orerlald with applique of heavy creai lace. Cream lace edges the bertha an medallions are rpplled at Interval All waist and gown materials are snl ?hi? and when desired for evenin wear the yoke and lower sleeves ca be omitted as show in the small sketcl The foundation lining fits snugly an closes at the centre front, but separat \y from the waist. The full portions < > the waist proper are gathered and a ranged over the lining, closing invlslbl at the centre front. The yoke closes i the left shoulder scam. The circuit bertha falls in graceful ripples froi the lower edge of yoke. The sleev* > are made with snug fitted lining which are faced to the elbows and fu drooping puffs are arranged over tl i upper portions. The quantity of material required f< ' the medium size Is three and threi quarter yards twenty-one inches wld< 1 three and a half yards twenty-seve ? Inches wide or two yards forty-fot I w I i KIMONA FC 1 Inches wide, with one and a quartc >' yards eighteen inches wide for yok i collar and lower sleeves. 1 Woman'* Kimono. ; Every woman knows the luxury t a kimono gown. The novel May Mai ton one illustrated in the large drnv Ing includes all the essential and fi Miliar characteristics with some ne1 features that make it peculiarly desi I able. Ac illustrated it is of Japane* i cotton crepe showing a design in dell ' 1.1..0 nn n creamy ground with bam] 1 | l/IUV VH ? _ ' and sash of plain Japanese silk in tl i same shade of blue, but nil material ' used for negligees are appropriate. Tbe kimono is made with deep yok f or short-body portions, to which I i joined tbe graceful rippled skirt- Fli ( isblng the frout edges are bands of tl silk, and the collar is made douMean rolled over at the neck. The fronl I lap widely in closing and passed aroun I the body over the lower edge of tl i yoke uuder the arms and over tbe bm I is the ?ash that is tied !n a soft km from which droop the long ends at tli : left side. The sleeves are iu bell shap< i finished with bands matching those r the front. The quantity of material required fc i the medium size is ten and a quart* - - '.i.lf-i.no ln<-hn?i U'lilp I j yartm i ?vm; . yards twenty-seven inches wide, seve and three-quarter yards tbirty-tw Inches wide or six yards forty-foe Inches wide, witb two yards of plai ? silk twenty-one inches wide for colia; i sash aud band trimming. Olict Qowni. ( Very smart are some of the glac i models which are daily comiug ovc from Faris. Many of them ar I trimmed with a charming appliqu l work in velvet, which gives the necei [ sary touch of solidity to the sirapl , taffeta frock. Taffeta in the nei , shade of green, with a large collar c ! Irish crochet, made in simple Russia blouse fashion, witb a wide belt, form . a ravishing toilet. Some of these tal , fetns are decorated with little #11 ( cords?that is to say. the plain skit laces down the front with silk cordstiuished with fnncy pompous of sill the bodice, of course, bring treated i , a like manner. la Bine Crepollne. A ere|K?lliie gowu recently shown wa of pastel blue, with the 1'aris shad of lace. The skirt was prettily gauge on the hips to bring it to the orthodo { close shape, while the separate flounc ft?2?% The LATEST fORK F^SfWNS' d baa grouped lines of gathers. In r- extremely smart effect. The body wit e gauged at the bust line, with a Teat n of soft silk made with a yoke of tucki ' and lace. Wide lace was also arranged as a collar, and the closely shaped upper portion of the sleeve was entirely tucked, and the full lower part set into a deep cuff. Fancy Gimps and Braldi. Fancy gimps and braids will be used on many styles of dress. Galloons both wide and narrow are in favor, and are to be worn in all tbe dark and some of the neutral tones, matching plain dress fabrics, tbe narrower braids often finished with flecks, or a tiny line of red, gold, white or silver at each edge. ?"?? htirlra. Richness, both of color and material, j marks the new fabrics. Velvets set | the pace. Velvets plain and fancy, velvets witb metal printed effects, vel~r vets witb a dark pattern against a >11j very background, velvets all powdered over with glittering pin points?there ^ are among the novelties. B* Belts of the Fabric of Uw Dnm. Dressmakers are using pretty girdle* g and belts formed of the dress fabrics ? extensively. These belts have the ad' vantage of making the waist seem longer than wben one of leather, satin ^ or other contrasting material or color is used. y The Slot-SMm Effect. The slot-seam effect is very promt* ir nent this season on both skirts, jack" 31 ets and bodices. It is a marked char>s acteristic of many of the French models now being received by American 'I designers and importers, le CnU of Gray Squirrel. >r Coats of gray squirrel with tb? e- sleeves very wide at the wrist and p. trimmed with ermine will be mnch n worn this winter by women who do ir not count the cost. h? ?/|IM ttm l'swL? >R A WOMAN. T Lanader la the French LUt. e Old-fatihioned lavender perfume has fonie back to favor. It appears io the list of French extracts and sachets, and it is also used oo artificial flowers ,f made in Paris. 1 ? A Stylish New Shirt Waist. l* The Duchess closing is tbe cbarae? w terlstic feature of a stylish new shirt* r" waist that may be made either with * or without its additional straps and ' belt and short postillion tabs. le 1 ls M lue*' Jacket. Loose jackets, in box style. are mucb c In vogue for young girls and make la ideal cool weather wraps. They slip j. on and off with ease and being loose Ie admit of nn additional under wrap ,1 when the weather demands. The seatg son's display shows them in tan. covert 4 and black eloth. in silk interlined and IC iu ebevlot. This May Mnnton model is It adapted to all materials, but as shown )t is of tan cloth stitched with cortlcelll ie silk. p The Jacket includes loose fronts and |t' half-fitted backs, that are joined by means of curved under arm gores, and )r closes at the left side in double-breastT d style. The sleeves are in bell shape It and lit mnootiiiy at tue artni-eyei. ai n the neck Is n clwp turn-over collar. u The quantity of material required for ir " ~~~ * JACKET ron A MISS. s the medium size is three and three* ' quarter yards twenty-oue inches wide, il two yards forty-four inches wide or x one and a half yards lifty-two inches e I wide. THE SABBATH SCHOOL 1 INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS p FOR NOVEMBER 9. * object: Jixhai'i Panlne Adrlw, Jo?K? | illv., 14-S8-<>oIiImi Text, Josh. ixlv., 15?Memory V?r??i, 14, 13?Commentary on the Day's L*mo?. 14. "Now therefore." In view of th? (; fact that Jehovah has brought you forth with ?uch a mighty hand. "Fear the Lord." Reverence the Lord and walk carefully In-fore Him. Think of lli? majev j ty and respect His authority, and remember that Hi* eye is ever upon you. Always make Him the object of all your worship. "Serve Him." Perform His will; obey His commandments. "In sincerity and in j truth." Without hypocrisy. The Latin wr.r#i fpnm which out "sincerity" come9 denote* "honey without wax," unmixed ? purity. The Greek word ia conaidorcd bv aome to he founded on the idea of aomcthing held up in the raya of the <un, and proved to be without apeck or flaw. "Put away the goda." It would seem from the?c ( word* that there were aome among them who privately kept the imsgea or nods which had belonged to their forefather*. ^ The god* which their forefather* worshiped were (1) the god* of the Chaldean*. They worshiped tire, light and the aun. and made gods to them. (2f The imagea worahiped by the Kgyptiana which were the ?ipe. aerpenta. vegetable*, etc. The inhabitant* of Canaan also worshiped idola, . which would become a anare to larael un- * lea* they put nway all heathen worahin. * Joshua aaw that they could not be sincere j * in divine worahin and use idol*. "On the ! f other side of the flood." "Beyond the j ' river." R. V. That ia. bevond the Eu- J phrates. in Mesopotamia and in Ur, whence j f Abraham came. 15. "If it aecm evil." If it aeem unwiae . or inexpedient. "Chooae you," etc. Like ? Elijah on Carmel (1 Kingn IS: 21). .Toahua calla ution the people to at onwe decide as to whom they would serve. They had been _ i?i?iAni* iv .j?ii anH wor?hininz i _ them in secret, while openly professing to j j serve God. It was high time for this to | Q cea*e. Tlie whole hope of the nation de- # fended upon a whole-hearted service of .le- t ovah. There was no good reason for | ? them to defer the matter a single moment, i j, "As for me and my house." Joshua i? out- j }, spoken. His decision was made many , vears before this. He also resolves for his J family, his children and servants and such a as were under his care and influence and t protection. I 16. "The people answered." All the peo- , pie "re#i>onded to his call by low! an.-? e neartv declarations of their determined |( faithfulness to their covenant with Jeho- ! % vah. Whatever had been their sins they j , were not ready to forsake the scrvice of | J God. They reply with firmness, leaving no i j room for doubt. Joshua did everything | j possible to confirm their decision and to j render it enduring. He caused them to re- | c peat it three times (vs. Iff, 21. 24) each \ time in stronger terms and in clearer light, t Nor was it in vain, for it tated for a whole ^ generation, as long as the people lived who j made this choice. V. HI; Jud. 2: 7. a 17, 18. "For the Lord our God." etc. t Fhe people ground their promises of fidelity for the future on the dealings of God | with them i the past: 1. Their deliver- <j ance from Kgypt. 2. The great signs j wrought in that land. 3. Their preserva- e tions in the wilderness. 4. The expulsion f of the Amorites. "Therefore will we also." I Joshua would not be permitted to stand t alone in his choice, for they were of the i same mind, and would claim the same God i - ?- I ( Willi mill. 19. "Ye rannot nerve the Lord." Ye rnnnot in your own strength, while still clinging to your idolatry and with hearts tinrcgenerated. "An holy God." He is I holy in His character, and will not allow I Hih people to be defiled by any imnure | worship. "He ia a jealous Go<l." He ia altogether unlike the gods of the nations | ar.iund, and if they would serve Him they i must make Him the highest object of their | Jove and devotion. "Will not forgive?your i sins." Rather, will not pass by vour *iu* ni ! if taking no notice of them. He will not j tolerate sin. The explanation is that while i God is forgiving to the truly penitent. He vigorously punishes all incorrigible sinner*. 20. "Then Ho will turn." God is unalterably fixed in His attitude toward sir, toward the renentant sinner and toward the righteous. He never chances, but a* we change He assumes different attitudes toward us, as we put ourselves in different { relation* to Him. See Jer. 18: 7-K'. "Do 1 ( you hurt," etc. Thev could nos denv God's j j goodness to them, hut He made a law and i j if they transgressed the wrnfh of (Jod i . would certainly fall upon them. They j ( fixed their own punishment. a 21. "We will serve the Lord." They tin- j derstood Jo*hua's meaning, and declare j J they will not cause God to turn and do j [ them hurt. Whatever He requires at their : | hand thev pledge themselves to be obe- ! , dient. They promise to put from among I them anything that hinders God from hav- j ' ?- *Un\r Knvf rtff+r fioPJI I ^ iia* hivii -v-. ? # | 22. "WitiiMM ajrainat vour*elve?.'' J Thtv had decided and publicly promi<*d I , to obey, accepting the condition* of blew- 1 t ine* for obedience and puniahment for din- i t obedience. Their commence will be their j witne**. judge and executioner. Another j witnea* was the written word (v. 26). and ; [ a third win i great atone net up aa a monu- I \ ment (v. 27). which would constantly re- j ^ mind them of their promise. c 23. "Put ftwny." *tr. Prove your inten- i tions at once. Begin the work of reforms- | t tion before your heart* harden against i ] f Km hsirf inrlinp (a* ! a your iiruiiuiHr. ucv .? ?. ??? ? ? , ? ward (lod. and the act* of the lite will har- ' J monize with the divine will. 24. "Will we serve and obey." The thought of prompt action did not change them, but only settled their minds more . fully. The better thev understood the [ * more determined were they to obey. i j 25. ".To?hun made a covenant." A cove- j nant had been concluded by (lod on Sinai ! 'vith Israel and an'emnly ratified. Ev. !'J: j' 20. Thin covenant Mo.?ch had renewed in j , the field of Moab. Deut. 20: 1. Joshua I ' who had been present at the ratification i [ of both the previous covenants. renew* ;{ | now, and Joubtlevs with augtut ccrciuonie*. j j When ltoymlly Tranli Ineocnlto. ! | When the member* of European royal | , families travel incognito fh?y generally use ! , some oi their minor title**. The late Queen i t Victoria, when she traveled, waa called the ( ( Counters of Dalmoral. King Edward. t when he was Prince of ^ \Vale?. fre- t quentlv uned the title of Earl of Che*- j ter. The Emprem Eugenie travel* a? Uie f Countess De Pierrefondf. When the King of Belgium visits other countries he is | . Count Raveostein. The Queen Ilegent of . Spain hides her identity under the title ot Count CM of Toledo, while the Quern of Portugal is the Marqueza De \ illacoza, her husband, the King of Portugal, being the Count De Barcelioa. < 1 Skeleton, ob an AbcIabI Battlefield. ? Dr. Sotiriadis. the custodian of Grecian ( antiquities, has announced the discovery near Cheronea, the p!a<V where, according to Plutarch, the Macedonians buried their dead after the defeat of the Athenians and } Theban* by Philip of .Wacedon. JOK IJ. C.. f of a number of skeletons in a good state . of preservation. Alongside one of the , skeletons lay a sarissa. or pike, carried by , luc olucT'ioiisun pluianx. Famous Prison Ship Dae Cp. After lying buried for over a ccntun and hunted tor fifty yearn past the famous English prison chip Jer*ey, in which wvera! hundred Americans were martyred while the liritihli held New York in the He volution, ha* been discovered at the n Brooklyn Navy Yard by workmen who d nrc i>utlinir ut? (lie lauiu-liius >lJVa lor the battleship Connecticut. Old StrMUll London. g Pome of the oldest street* in London 1 have lout their odd names by the in trod uc- ? tion of a more modern nomenclature. i Adam-a Digging-Yard ha* bccome St. IV- 1 ter n(rcct. Alphabet Court is now Clare 1 Market. Bethua) (!reen was once Hullv a Han How. and Temple Har was Antigaf- t lican Pawage. The old LaJly Pot Lane m now Poster Lane. <;oo<l iDinrinrp liUki. Talking about ac?* and longevity, instir- -j anee people say that the life <>t a .li-tv i? j, forty j?er cent, more valuable than that ?>t ,j any other people except Quakers auJ tl i>rcadiL-ra, . _ ti i Bra fflEBBLMIODSLi tCAOINC FOR THE QUIET HOufl WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF. M 'oem: Conor Ye DlwomoUtN-God'i 1'roui^H 1ms Art Based oc HI* Fanoaal CkuH ?rtfr_H? Undertake* the Rr?poBtlbilH| Itj For Oar W?ll>B?laR. gfl 'om(, ye diacooaokte, where'er 70a laa^f guiah. MB Come at the thrine of God, ferreatlj^H knetl; CM [ere bring your wounded heart*, here tel^M your anguish? Earth hu bo *orrow that heaven cannol heal. or of the desolate, light of the straying, Hope when all other* die, fadelata an* Pni*/ lere apeak* the comforter, in Ood'a nam* taring, "Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure." ?o. ask the infidel, what boon be bring* u* What charm for aching heart* he can r? veal, iwoet as that heavenly promise hope singl to us? "Earth has no sorrow that God cannot heal." Tb? Creator's Car*. "I have made and I will bear." Isaiah 6: 4. God'* promise* depend on some liing more promising than our perform* nee*; they are based on Hi* personal haracter. His promises are but the rerektion of the everlasting principle* thai overn the universe. He i* the author of he principle that rule* in natural and in luraan law that the creation of a thine in..1 it._ j A__ a ? / :A ii ... ojvct me ciuiv vo carv ior it. u itou ?c* nowledges the rejponnibility for our being le also undertakes the responsibility for ur well being. We ean be quite sure He has not created m in order to destroy or to torture as. All iature cries out against such a thought. Nothing is stronger in man than the sens* f responsibility for hi* offspring. Depend ipon it our yearning over and care for hem is but the faintest reflection of the atne characteristic in God. If parentage nvolres protection and provision with as low much more perfectly does t:hi# princi?Ie hold with Him! And is there onyiiinn t>o sweet and plea?ing to the parent is the utter reliance of the child or anyhing ?o hononr.e to (Jod a* our implicit runt in Him? If our heart* are moved pith pleasure by the child's dependence annot we hope to more God's infinitely oving heart with a wondrous jov by the -err simple act of casting oarsefres alto:etncr on His care? To take up His poroses is not only our privilege, bat it is Hi* ood pleasure. What most blesses as most ileases Him. There is more than the promise of provilence; there is also that of preservation. >Ve are His workmanahip ana He will proect it from damape, from assaults ana ill. Hie floods may rise, bat He win bear as .bove them. He has not designed man md then deserted him to the defacing of he devil. And, more than this, it involves perfecion. God never leaves His work half lone. What He proposes that He performs. He has made as and He is still nailing u?. inia imperiect, vacillating, no* ill, evil-loving and mourning heart is not fis finished product; thia strange, weak rill boused in thia body frmil and facing ind falling at laat to decay; surely there is omething further and better beyond thia! )ur hearu teach ua ao to hope, and ths mawer cornea back in the venr glory of ths ace of God; here is the mode! and pattern, rhis present imperfect life ia bat a stags he process of God's perfecting of His rorkmanabip. He who nas put Hia hands o this work will not cease until He has ully established Hia likeness in it, until he submissive clay seems to be alire with he very spirit of the artiat, until we "ahall x? like Him" He will bear us in Hia h?nds hrough the purgings of the furnace, hrough the pain of all the proceaaea that ead to perfection. The responsibility for all is with ihe anhor; the simple business of the created K-ing is to Jet Him work. He best wrtm>er? his creator who depends on Hi* tare. -Ram's Horn. Transflffti ration. There is only one way to cet ep'.endor on' iny face?from within. And it makes little lifference whether the physical features ire handsome or not, whether the cheeks ire full snd fair and blooming, or thin and * 1_ I I 1 :# iL. _* l 1 Kiic ancj pinrnea?n ine g;ory ores** hrough from within, there is a transtignrition. The problem then is to get the :eautitul thought*, to have the cweet. reliant inner life. If the angel i< truly withn, the enswathing* of flesh will by and bJ >ecotne trnnaparent, so that the lovelineaa hall shine through. How to work oat the problem is a qaction?how to get in mind and heart the icauty that will work out into the face. It not easy to iire a heavenly life in ft rorld where the influence* are antagoaiaic. It is much easier to conform to tha naxim*. habits and dispositions of thoae ibout us than to maintain a life of prayer, if holiness, of lore, in ar atmosphere that uncongenial. People sometime* grow reary in the straggle and say, "It is no in-. I cannot stem the tide of worldly tenlency. I cannot keep my he* it gentJ* and rweet, amid the selfishness, tAe meanness, he injustice, the dishonesty about me. ifet this is jost what we npst do if w* rould be victorioos in life.--Presbyterian Fournal. A K?lf* (it?rrd Life. _ We a* Christian* must not live a sclfitih ife. a aelf life. True, the best care is taken >f every mao'i interest* when each faithullv looks after his own. But it ia not to * from a *elf view-point. That ia a dispoiit:on to look at everything with an eye to >ur*rlvc* and to our own good. There is peat weakness in this disposition. It nake* a weak character liable to fall in the lour of temptation. For such a man is liko i tre* whose roots do not spread out into Jie surrounding ground. When the winds >low it must fall. It is not plcaaant to live vith a nun who is Keif-centered. He maflifies hi* own interests and claimt far ibove every other's. It is said that one of he sure signs of mental derangement ia ex esMve etogtism. Insane people magnify ie.l, an<l kit nil thinjr* only in relation to hemselve*. So the moral ?tate of a man Hcomet roually deranged when he leada a elf-life. Fir*! of all. our lives need to be entred in God. and then we muit dilijreqtv cultivate the power of "looking also on be live* of other*."?Church Advocate. The Sabbath. If :he Sunday had not been observed aa . day of tent during the last three centuries [ have not the slightest doubt that we iLould have been at this moment a po-?rcr >et?ple and iVxh civilised.?Macaule)*. Hrmnrd In With God. All men are watched. The sheltering in rigs of the unseen angela are close to very one of ns. The eye sees hut an infilitrsinuil portion of what is around?we ... 1 i -IiL <*.A TV.'. t i-itk re forjtrt. but exceptional rirrumatanre* ranapir* which for a moment rend the reil. and give us to arc how public ia our no?t M'<rrt life?how the anpela hear the hroli of the heart, and fJod counts the ho.i?h:." of the mind.?Jowph Parker. ForfiTfBfM. Never does the human aoul appear ao itronp a? when it l'orcjjoea revenge and [are* to forgive an injury?Chapin. w?? Chin V)nr L'n. After lyinjc bur.>.'<] for over a century m<i hunted for fifty years pa*t the fumous !ridi*h prison whip Jerxey, in which wv raT hundred American* were martyred vhile the Bnti?h held New \ork ui the devolution. has been discovered nt :h?? i ?' \ I M.J?? irooKiyn .^.ivy iai<i '? - _ ire put line up the launching iUy* lor I be biitt.puhip Connecticut. I rnl??r?llr Far J*|iiinrMi IVomrn. 1 In ll*'l there were ei?mp!?*te?l in Tok.o. C .IJi.lf!. I'lllItilllK* co>t:ll, <<<<?.(? ? 1 to Ik* U?il I h a unr.vnuty exclusively for wouien. K hi* uuivt-r?ity now hu? |>U(nU ;:!. ! I ?itv-n\ |irof?*>?<>rH ai?'l in*: rii'lor* IV- B it. infill- <>t aU'i I J11* urnl <IoRK>stic rcitiKc 4ic included .it I be curiKuluai. ... . E