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jj-to^nhu Copyricbt IBM. by Mil CHAPTER XXXII. ( Continued A deadly falntness came over me, c and a sudden dimness of eight pre- ( anted me from prop<?rIy examining ( the letter. Without doubt my dear ^ father waa dead, and my one remain- . lag wlah could never be realised upon . earth. I handed the letter to my wife, who stood at my side, her little hand t affectionately laid upon my shoulder, j and motioned to her to read it, which ? she at once proceeded to do; and she t had not read many words before our , mutual fears vanished like a mist in presence or ine morning bud. Holdenhurst Hall, Bury St Bdmund'a, April 23, 18?* My Dear Boy?Come home. I shall know no rest nntil I see yon here, and learn from your own Hps that yon are witling to forgive my errors f judgment. Consideration of the strange circumstances in which those errors were made, if not of the fact that you arc my son whose welfare 1 have never ceased to desire, should Induce you t? afford me this gratification. The treasure for which you so industriously sought In face of so much discouragement has been accidentally discovered by your grandfather, minus only the three sequins you used to carry in your pocket; and not only this, but also a quantity of peculiar Turkish Jewelry and precious, stones of great value. Your grandfather and I have together carefully examined the whole of the vast treasure and have placed it In safe keeping, secure from further accident, to await your return; for I have determined that if you will but come home to me, the disposal ?f the treasure shall rest entirely with you. You deserve it. and I declare It to be yours, and yours only, subject to the one condition, of your coming to Holdenburst to take possession of It. 1 8omc time ago your grandfather pro* posed that the old gabled granary &t 1 the back of the- etables should be c polled down, and a more commodious 1 granary built ia another place. I c agreed to tbe proposal, and last week 1 the work of demolition was begun. At ^ the north end of tbe loft separated * by a wooden partition from wbere tbe 11 winter fodder has usually been stored. 1 the treasure was discovered. That it * was stolen from tbe crypt and secreted F In the granary by Adams there can ? be no doubt, for tbe Venetian coins were in the black chests which you c found empty In the crypt one memor- 0 able night Believing, as I then did, * that the treasure had been quite other- c wise abstracted. 1 ordered Adams to 0 remove' tbe empty cbests from tbe 1 crypt and use them for firewood, but * Instead of obeying me, he appears to T have conveyed them to bis hidingplace In tbe granary, and refilled them with the coins, which be most have , taken from them not long before. It Is not unreasonable to suppose that I ? ..ItK .W_ l.mh -I,..,. ... 3 mj, as tiy wuc rejuanrj uic reiwi <u ? B7 bands, "if only these two men j tuul developed tLeir present senses a ^ year agor* j M0h. Sam,- dear," cried aunt Gert- i > rude, throwing ber arms around ber I husband's neck, "wbat better news 1 AArtht van lia?A tu rtAnfainoH In 1 J vu tMiVC IUUU 19 VVM*W?w?w ?that letter?" c "None, now," uncle Sam answered * quietly. i "You will respond to jour brother's t Bemfc la the spirit in which It is < ant* Will jou not. dear?" pleaded aunt uic uioii u jiu kut" lauip vtuuiu juu mw in tbe crypt wu Adams, and tbat t the occasion "vraa bis visir for removing c therefrom tbe last of tbe coins. " Amongst our discoveries in tbe gran- t ary is a leather bag containing six d hundred pounds odd in modern Eng- 8 lisb money, which I am unable to ac- c count for except by supposing tbat 0 it represents tbe lifelong savings of c the extraohlinary miser wbj was my * errant 1 I address this letter to your uncle's 1 bouse, not knowing certainly tbat it ' will find you tliere. Let me beg of yon to take tbe first opportunity to a acquaint my brother with tbe discovery of the sequins. If you can con- 0 reniently do 83 perhaps you bad bet- fl ter show hinrthis letter. And in any case be sure to Impress upon blm my * very great regret for what transpired when he was last here, and what bap- " plness it would be for me if tbat in- f cident could be burled in oblivion. ? Ynnr snranrifnthpr vhn nn thn vurv 1 day of his daughter's rash act received frora ber a loos letter takiug upon herself great part of the blame of ber past life, and entire responsibility for ber tragic death, bus no longer any cause for contention with jour uncle, who. were be to come here, , would be- received with unrestrained friendship. Each member of our small family has been wonged by some other member; no one of uj stands blameless?not even yourself. Shall recrimination end enly with our lives? Is it presainptujus to hope for peace, or must existing dirisiens be permitted to widen with the lapse of years? O Ernest my boy, if only jou could bring about tae termination t cf feuds for which all concerned arc tbe worse, end no one the better, you Wttild then have found a greater treasure than that which awaits you at Holdenhurst! I have beard tbat yon arc about to be married to Miss Marsh. but the information reaches me very indirectly, and 1 aui not assured or its truth. 8h >ald sucb happily be the case (for I bare Ions perceived the disposition of your heart), I congratulate you. and wish you and your intended bride all tossible human happiness. Yjur affectionate father, ROBERT TRUMAN. "Har exclaimed Uncle Sam bitter?' ? ? ? * 1 A# In j isfcilHafljj \ - i =- m LTER BLOOMFIELD J ?t Bnmi Son iertrade, looking earnestly In her bos- j land's eyes. "A tow of enmity made t n anger Is always better broken tban < and this manly apology < rones from your brother, father of | Bonnie's husband. Remember, Sam, irbat I have forgiven, and if only to nratify me, send your brother a telejam that I will write." My uncle remained silent for a few \ noments, hla gaze fixed upon the floor. Presently he looked up and said, 'Write what message yon will to hose two men, Gertie, dear, and it thall bo sent to them. My enmity is lead." For this generous declaration annt Jertrude rewarded nncle Sam with a :iss, my wife followed suit, and 1 rrung his hand in silent gratitude, ilmost overcome by the completeness if my good fortune. The tellegram Indited by auiit Cert-ude I have not seen, but its healing iffect is my constant daily experience. wntribuUng?I cannot estimate how argely? to the happiness of our rein 1 ted family. The telegram which ny wife and I despatched to Holdenluret was a long one, consisting of no '?? hnnHrwt words. It ac luaioted my father with oar marriage, tnd promised that we would proceed o England after we had stayed at Saratoga one week, or a sixth part of he time which we had arranged to emain there. "You are a tardy bridegroom, Ernest" said uncle Sam, consulting bis vatch, "and you have lost your train, t is now two o'clock, so you will no urther delay your arrival at Saratoga >y returning to tbe company for an lour"?a suggestion at once adopted, o tbe satisfaction of everybody except my wife's maid, who marvelled greatly at being bidden to remove her Distress's bat which had not long beore been adjusted with infinite care tnd precision. Tbe bour wbicb tbe kindly fates bad 10 unexpectedly placed at our disposal luickly passed, our assembled friends leinsr infected with tbe great increase if good butnor apparent In host and t lostess. bride and bridegroom. In- I leed, the universal jollity was so spon- < aneous and natnral, and my sati*facion so unqualified, that I was as ton- t sbed when the carriage which was < o convey my wife and me to the de- i >ot was announced, so pleasantly and t teetly tad the time sped. i Our departure took place amid a i boms of good wishes and a shower t f rice, whereof a certaij handful was 1 brown by uncle Sam with such un- ! rring dexterity that the greater part if It found its way down the back of ay collar, and tickled me horribly iu he region of the vertebrae until after ve reached Saratoga. : 3 . CHAPTER XXXIII. . I CONCLUSION. 1 if tho nunlitv of taanDiness to I * resent little or nothing to ohronicle. Jy full, perfect, and complete conentment?in so far as such a desirable ondition is ever permitted to a mortal -begun wiib the events described in be last chapter, and continues to this lay. Here, therefore, am I contrained to bring these memoirs to a lose; and I do so with feelings at wee a relief and regret-relief at the iccomplishment of a task which, bough at first undertaken with no opre serious Intent than the beguileuent of a leisure hour, soon assumed iroportions too large for such desulory treatment and regret (incidental, ilas. to all humanity!) at my departug youth, in recalling the incidents >f which I Lave in some sort lived igaln. Undo Sam has built for himself a wlatlal house in London, at Queen's iate. Hyde Park, where be spends ibout six months of each year, broken >y frequent though brief visits to Sufoik, for he and bis brother are now t loser friends than at any former per- : od of their lives. On such occasions l ie stays with my father, or with Con- t itance and me?for the fine estate of i A/Hnlnlni, UoM.ntinnl icivwiuivici aujuiuiuji uviuvuuiuoti % or centuries the home of the Jarvis amily. is now mine, bankrupt tenants ind derelict farms having forced Sir rhomas Jarvis to sell his ancestral tall and acres. I an afraid very little >f the purchase-money remained for he utte of the unfortunate baronet ifter be had cleared off the mortgages vith which his property was encum>ered. but with the remainder, what>vcr it war, be has betaken himself 3 South Africa to repair bin sbatered fortunes. Uncle Sam. wbi conlucted my purchase of Heroasmere. las predicted that Sir Thomas will >e in England again in three years, 'returned empty." like a merchant's Kicking case. His resolution not to fur^er engage I n business has been strictly adhered ? o by uncle Sam. but his conduct Is < rery erratic, and he crosses and re- i rouses the Atlantic at the most un- i 'xpected times, and has lost none of ^ lis old interest in government loans, j reasury bills, and company promo- t :lon. Less rough In bis allusions to j mbjects wblcb many people regard c with reverence?a change which some i lttribute to a more serious view of t Ife induced by the tragedy with which i je was so nearly concerned, and yet )thers to bis natural urbanity being mproved by a larger acquaintance vith English society?uncle Sain is a jreat favorite, bis company being at ill times In great request, though tardly more so than that of the gentle ady his wife, whose amiability, largetearted charity, and noble protection if the brilliant young imp known as 'the cardinal" (to whom whatever of nischief in or around Holdenhurst la isually attributed), is the admiration if an who know her. bout three month* after my mar* h. . lag*, my wife and I and aunt <iert ude and uncle Sam -were enjoying tost-prandial stroll on the lawn at the ear of my house, speculating as to he day and hour of arrival at Livertool of the Majestic, which steamer vas to bring to England a party of >ur American friends en route for Seronsmere. when my father unex>ectedly appeared upon the scene, lushed by rapid walking, and with in amused smile upon his face. "Have you heard the news?" nuked ny father unceremoniously, without >ven waiting to greet the ladies pres* ruu "Yes," Mid ancle Sam. although the nqutry was not particularly addressed :o him. "I sent specially to Bury this ifternoon for to-day's Time* (I wouldn't wait for it till to-morrow), ind have read it through, advertiseseats not excepted. The English peo)le have certainly gone mad. and the Boose of Commons differs only from >ther asylums for the- Insane in respect of the ravings of its members Delng reported. Do you allude to the second reading of the Bill for the Abolition of the Navy, or to the proposed national endowment of a Professorship of Anarchism at the University of Oxford?" "No. no," said my father, "the Rev. Mr. Price is married." "Pshaw!** exclaimed uncle Sam. urnlng on his heel. "Who Is the lady?" asked aunt Gertrude. "Mrs. Butterwell." The cigar I was smoking fell from ny lips, and I indulged in a loud and prolonged laugh. "Isn't Mrs. Price much older than Ser husband?" Constance inquired. "Only forty-seven years." replied father. "Malor Armstrong has just told me all about it. Everybody s full of the news. Mr. Price is now >ne of the richest men in the country." "Poor fellow!" exclaimed nncle Jam. "he deserves to be! Let no man rouble to revenge himself upon bis nemles; leave them to their own derices, and they will themselves do all that is necessary." After some harmless pleasantry at he expense of the Rev. Mr. Price and lis bride, we leisurely re-entered the louse. "Come, dear." I whispered, as we1 Tossed the threshold of our new home, i have cften beard that love in a cot* tage is a failure, and I can well appreciate love's difficulties in that state, jut although you possessed not the Evortb of a dollar and I not the worth >f a sequin, still I could be happy Evith you for my wife, labor for my lortion, and one of those cottages in be lane for our home. In no circumitances could I have done what Price las done. It is too horrible even to rontemplate." "No. dear. I don't think you could." inswered my faithful Connie; "but lon't h? ton hnrd in rour ludirments. [ bare beard that money is a terrible emptatlon to tbo?e who possess none, tnd it has been your fate to acquire nuch of it in unusual ways. Only a ew mea marry millionaire girls; and 'ewer still, I fear, discover sequins in Suffolk." (The End.) Demand For Chicken Ftrai. Inspired by the high prices of eggs, i widow, who has been struggling for rears to maintain an establishment In be city and to keep her son in boardiug ;chool, has decided to go to chicken 'arming. "I believe all the world is leized with the snme fancy." she aslerts. "Such a time as I have had to lnd a suitable place. All of the real state men told me the demand for hicken farms far exceeds the supply, lowever, I have hired a ten-acre place n a Jersey town, convenient to New fork. I am going to take my hoy 'rom the boarding school, send him to be high school and have bim help me >etween times. My ardor has been lightly cooled by the discovery that uost persons engaged in the business in n small scale think they are having rreat success if they get a net profit if STiOO a year. I have been making lalf that in a month in the city, but I im not discouraged. I believe I can lo better than $500 a year, and in any *rse it will be some satisfaction to nake other persons pay the high prices have been giving for eggs."?New fork Press. Small Depositor* the Moat Alarmed. The run on the Dime Savings Br.nk ias ended as suddenly as it began, tobody has suffered any injury except 'oolish depositors, who have lost inerest that tbey would otherwise have eceived. The bank is a:, strong as It ?ver w*b, and it has alwayi. been itrong?capable of paying every dollar hat it owed to anybody. The run waa vholly without excuse, and may be raced largely to ignorance. As usual n such cases the fright was confined nostly to persons uuvlnp small acwmti with the bank. In seme ic itanres tbe persons who were most ex iteclly demanding their money were '->und to bare only a few dollars on leposlt. One of tbe most excited ai_d urbulent of tbosc in line bad only $2 lu be bank, and tbe deposits of another ociferoua person amounted to $0.? Detroit Free Press. An Irish PUtolog Story. There is a good tlsbing story m an rish contemporary. Tiro enthusiastic meters arranged a fishing match to lecide the respective merits of the vorm and tbe minnow as bait. For jours tbey sat patiently on a bank vithout getting so much as a cibblc. U last tlie proprietor of the worn) sudlenly .said that be bad got a bite, and, erking the line out of tbe water, liscovered at the end of it the other nan minnow, which, bavicg by this ime grown hungry, had devoured his vorm.?London Globe. Tun la the Philippine*. An Idea of tbe size of tbe trees of he Philippines is obtainable from tbe llmensious of Governor Taft's round able, tbe top of which is a solid seeion of a native tree eight feet in liameter. Throughout the islanJs one requently sees in tbe better class of louses dining tables that are seven, ight and nine feet wide, tbe tops in ;very case being made in a single seclon. These are not so large as the touthern California table tops, tat hey will do.?Kansas City Journal. CHANGEABLE |? CATTLE CARS " h They Cm Be Used For Transporting H Beeves or Sheep. ir The transport of sheep aud cattle on the Argentine railways is an item of traffic of considerable and steadily Increases importance. The numbers car- F ried being large, the distances great tl f?*r.i?riiti! Inw cTwflnl nrrnntre* <? UIU HIV meats liave to be made for denlin^ j> ??VI _ l"I f< ? =? t a n ^iisl, ; 'MVTHfL 01 I * Hi^yyti j| m u n STOCK CABS ARBAKUIV rua ttriLB. with this class of traffic, and the wagon Illustrated herewith with two ( floors Is an example of the style or type c most generally used, although differing j in many details of design. The upper r floor is raised when the wagon is used r for cattle, and lowered iuto position j when the two floors are required for , sheep. These wagons are ruu coupled . together, in trains of twenty or more , wagons, each wagon containing an ' average of 200 sheep. In the present design the loading and T unloading are facilitated l?y making . the upper as well as the lower floor t continuous throughout the train when ( the wagons are standing. The upper floor consists of four flaps or sections hinged to the sides of the wagons, this arrangement being found 1 to involve less complication than lifting . STOCK CARS ARRANGED FOR SHEEP. 1 0 or lowering It by gearing, as is some- fa times done. The floor is carried on six |j bearers of pitch pine, three inches by li four and a half inches, strengthened by v wrought iron plates one-eighth inch s thick screwed on to one side. When tl the lower floor only Is used the upper ]< one Is turned up and safely secured by ]< pins and cotters, four of the bearers v being disponed at the sides of the f< wagon underneath the middle rail, which carries the hinges; but owing TO tile WilliU Ol nip ?|IK<IU ill |iiti|KJi- II tion to its length. It is impossible to c Hit Most II:in 3rd Cusp.i fIMS w9 V* "Fkdron" BoOting, New York City. - ? ~i ? ^commodate all Id this position, each ad one being placed slightly across ie corner. These end bearers have inged to them a small flap, which ?rves the purpose of joining ami makig continuous the upper floor. ? Lcprocy In Fmace. The revelation that leprosy <x!sts !r> ranee to such an extent as to call for tie erection uf a special hospital has nused quite a scare in Paris. It apears that, there are nearly a score of uses under treatment in the St. Louis tospitnl. and the Municipal Council r.s been asked to vote 2TMKX' francs >r the erection of a special pavilion, so s to isolate tbern from the other pait nts. It appears, however, that leprosy in ot a contagious disease and that the iher patients run no risk of infection, 'he doctor in charge of the hospital. r-Tvever, fears that the lepers may be .tucked by tuberculosis, to which j Iiey are peculiarly subject. As cases f tuberculosis are treated in the same rard. be tbinkB It better to erect a speial pavilion for the lepers. Tills deciration as to the non-contagiousness f leprosy will come as a surprise to nost people, as it is a popular belief hat the disease is contagious in tbe iphest degree. As. however, there is ot the slightest grounds to doubt these leclaratlons of men of the eminence of >r. A Hopes: n and his aids, tbe Parisnns need not fear tbe outbreak of an pidemic of leprosy. Dead 5?a Evaporation. Scientific observation Justifies tht stlrnate that a daily average of 0.500.K)0 tons of water is received Into the j lead Sea from the Jordan and other i e*ources during tbe year. During tbe alny season, says the Chicago Record- i Herald, tbe amount Is very much { greater; during the dry season it is. of ourse, very much less, but this avertee will be maintained year after ear. There is no outlet, and the level s kept down by evaporation only, rhlch is very rapid because of the ntense beat, tbe dry atmosphere, and he dry winds which are constantly lion-ins down the Jtorges between the uountalns. This evaporation causes haze or mist to hang over the lake at ill times, ami. when it la more rapid han usual, heavy clouds form and bunderstorms sometimes rage with Teat violence in the pocket between he cliffs, even in the dry season. A lood of rain often falls upon the *urace of the ?ea when the sun is shining, nd the atmosphere is as dry as a hone alf a mile from the shore. The inonna ins around the Dead Sen are rarely cen with distinctness because of this laze. A Story of BeancUlaJr*. The following story of Beaudelalrb ppoars in the Revue de Purls: On one occasion, when meeting n Iterary friend, who was also a puhIsher, in the street. Beuudelaire sud "f a# no rtA n nil tflL'O 11 llilfll it"unaiu iiul uo ii??u ?m>?v h ogether." "Certainly." answered the ther. not willing to appear surprised t this singular proposal. Accordingly lie two found their way to one of the unny bathing establishments which ven now still survive in the older luarters of Paris. Scarcely had the ditor settled himself down to enjoy lis warm bath when he heard Beau deal re call out: "Now that you can 110 ringer defend yourself, dear friend. I rill read you my tive-act tragedy!" It hould l>e explained that in those days be taking of a bath was. in I'aris. a ngthy and important business; the mger the bather stayed In the warm rater the letter it was supposed to be or his health. To facilitate the calling up of veicles telephones are to be erected on r near all the cab ranks in Berlin. ms flifin ill (lie World. y :-'v. L L Wm. H. B. 5 Eb 8 - ?-v 5j 1IfflBf ^ZjS&L R9 Tte Latest Deafen in Tatt Structures. / THE SUNDAY SCHOOL'1 INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR FEBRUARY IS. iBkJtct: Cbrlitlan M#lf-Cottrol, 1 Cor. vttl.. 4-13?Goldea Test, Rom. iIt.i 19 ?Memory V?riM, 8.1?CommtaUn os tha Day'* Lhmi. I. Perplexing questions (vs. 4-(5). 4. "Unto idols." Those portion* of the animals offered in sacrifice which were not laid on the altar, and which belonged partly to those who had offered them. These remnants were sometimes eaten at feasts held in the temples (v. 10), or in private houses (chap. 10: 27); sometimes sold in the markets by the priests, or by the poor. "The question was whether it was right . for Christiana to partake of food connected with idolatry. Such meats were forbidden by the council at Jerusalem, seven years before, because the act was offensive to Jewish brethren (Acts 15: 20, 21), but here in Corinth, a Gentile city, the question needed to he aettled on a new mms. "la nothing." Nothing but a carved block of wood or atone, having no power over the meat or the eater. None in the Corinthian church, whether Jewa or Oentiles, believed that an idol waa anything. They all had knowledge alike that far. The question was put upon another point, and for a settlement they appealed to Paul. "None other God but one.' The Creator and suatainer of all things. There la no representation of the true God in any of the idoli 5. "Called goda?in heaven." Aa the i aun. moon, planet, atara. "In earth." Def | tied kings, beasts, rivers, serpents, etc. i The heathen had many imaginary gods. The people of Bengal acknowledged 330,000,000. 6. "To us." Christians. "One God." All that is needed, for in Him dwells all power and love. "Father." The Christian's dearest word for God. He is the originating cause of all things. "We in Him." In His thought, His care. We were j created for Him. ana our highest happiness j is in living in His glory. "One Lorn Jesus i Christ." The Father's Son, one with the I Father, our Lord and Saviour, "through E whose mediation are all thinga, including I the natural and spiritual creation." (John 1: 1-3; Eph. 3: 8). "We by Him." Re; deemed by Him, and again by Him to b? | glonhed. II. Knowledge alone not sufficient (vs. 7, 8). 7. "Howheit," etc. The Corinthians argued that they all knew that an idol wit nothing, bat Paul replied that this waa not universally the case, tHt some were not yet entirely free from t...rir heathen ideas. Many were very ignorant, having just escaped from heathen idolatry, with bat little knowledge of the truths of the gospel. Old customs clang to their memory and affected them in many ways. Knowledge alone coald not settle this question; oar own liberty of action is not the standard. "Conscience of the idol." 8ee R. V. Ca? torn had wrought in them a reverence for the idol which Christianity had not yet entirely cleared away. A reformed drunkard walks past a saloon with different feelings from one who has never known the taste for strong drink. "Conscience being weak." From want of knowledge. Not strong enough to grasp firmly the great truth that an idol is nothing; only able to see that the worship of idols is sin. A .weak conscience is one which either regards as wrong wnat in fact is not so, or one which is not clear and decided in Its judgments, or one which has not powei enough to restrain a person from doing the thing it condemns. Is defiled." Wbethet a thing be right or wrong he who in doing it goes against his conscience wrongs himself. This hardens the conscience, distorts it, weakens it, blinds it. 8. "But," etc. This verse is to bo regarded as the view taken by the Corin; thians in their letter to the apostle. Paul . grants their position, but shows that there , are other points to be considered. "Commendeth us not." God docs not think an; I more of us for eating, or for refraining I from eating. It is our characters, our I moral condition, our love, not some formal ! set of eating or fasting, for which He cares, I The food itself was just the same whether ! it had ever been offered to idols or not. ; Its having been in an idol temple did not in the least affect it in any way. It ii well to remember that education alone never makes a person better. A knowledge of right and wrong, and the study of ethics will not eradicate vicious propensities. That which commends us to God is a thor vu^H Kitnt.1 aiivu w? nvai w, nuucuj w C re enabled to love God and our neighbor. III. The duty of guarding the weali (vs. 9-12). 9. "But take heed." This veme is Paul'i reply to the argument of the Corinthiam in verse 8. Though you may be no bettei or wornc for eating or not eating, yet ii your conduct injures other* and leadf them into sin you should abstain entirely, It in far more important that your brothei should not be led into sin than that you should partake of meat which you acknowledge i* in itself of no importance This is a general principle which should j reculate Christian conduct at all times "Thi* liberty." Though you are delivered | from superstitious notions, it ia contrary to the spirit of love to hinder another whe is not yet ?o far enlightened. "A stumbling block." A means of confusion, which might lend to the overthrow of faith. 10. "If any man." If the Christian who is ignorant, or the heathen seeking light "See thee?in the idol's temple." Som? went so far as not only to eat. but to eal is I Ua nun/ in<tf a n ( t NA llAS t llAfl + I m me y/i wni\. 10 wi v*?v uv??ucn ^.uipiv The anostlc, being concerned now onlj with the point of eatinc, doe* not rebuki thin practice here, hut ne does so fully ir chao. 10: 14-22. "Be emboldened." B? built up. be confirmed in the belief thai i an idol in something, and so be led to vio late his conscience and become established in error. 11. "For whom Christ died." A p* thetir and forcible argument drawn frorc the depths of Christian truth and feeling 1 Will you not suffer a privation in behali I of the soul for whom Christ died! 12. "Ye sin against Christ." "By injur | injc His children, whose wrong He feels at His own; by injuring His cause and destroying the work He has come to do, anl by misrepresenting His spirit." IV. The question settled by love (r. 13). 13. "Wherefore." This is the conclusiot of the whole matter. "To offend." Cause him to stumble and fall into sin. "Wit eat no flesh." In order to insure my avoid ing flc*h offered tc idols I would abstaic from all kinds of flesh in order not to b? a stumbling block. "Lest." etc. This it I the manifestation of tree love. See v. 1 Love builds up the soul in God. Yet then is danger even here. We may by obeyinj another man's falw conscience confirm hii elf-conceit, or establish a false morality Against this danger Paul specially pro vide*. While he complies with the weal brother's error he openly proclaim* that j| is an error, and that he complies not foi truth, but from tenderness. He yields t< the unsound conscience, but nothing wouU induce him to admit that the conscienr * M sound. . Socks its Way Along. A boat on somewhat new lines has just been patented by Albert K. Weisz, a mechanical engineer, of Brooklyn, N*. Y., which has the novel feature of having its propeller contained within the hull instead of being placed outside as in ordinary usage. On each side of the keel below the water line there are two pairs of oval oncmngs. One pair <s located quite near the bow and the other pair ubout amidship*. The action of the propeller is to draw the water in the forward of these openings and to discharge it through the rearmost ones. The two streams entering the bow openings unite in one inside the hull where the water is acted u|?m l>y the propeller. The inventor claims great economy for his boat as well as a uniform sjicod at all times aud in all kinds of weather. The Army's Iiepartinent Store. The officers and soldiers of the_ United States Army have the privilege of buy.ng almost anything they want from that great department store, the Commissary I)epar tin cut, with this advantage over ordinary mortals, that thev get everything they buy at cost price. It is said, tor ex amnio, that Australian beef and muttou, laid down ut Manila. cost the (lovcrnincnt only a traction more th;*n six and live cent* a pound, respectively, and the noldier# get the benefit of it. The comniis*ary furnuhe* almost everything that the mcii could want- . _ I < THE BELIGIOUS LIFlH READING FOR THE QUIET HOuHH WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELf.-JBjjj ! Right?Yoar Heart la Yoar ?Far Km* Tltaa Toa ThJakT?arLlflHj Lmtm Its Iai prist oa the Baals ?Hn| Others?Talus of Cbsary Wards. flH Light after darkness \ U _ Cain after lots, jQPH Strength alter sunenng, MHSi Crown after cross. vlaH Sweet after bitter, . 8ong after sigh. 1RH Home after wandering; HH Praise after try. sHflyt Shea vet after owing, SfiKfl Sun after rain, flwBBi Sigh after mystery, Peace after pain. Jot after aorrow, . Calm after blast, Rest after weariness, m Sweet rest at last. M Near after distant, 8 Gleam after (loom, M Lore after loneliness, life after tomb. M After long agony, % w Rapture of b!:?a. T Right was the pathway, J Leading to tMs! 1 ?F. R. Ha vcrgaL On gfenklac llwls. S Bow nroch there is of self in the way I we shake hands. One man takes yoqft hand as if be bad neither life bor time to spars in snch foolish operations as shaking hands. HcN gives jroar hand * B feeble touch, drops It quickly, and in jmma Ufiwtniv VAI1 eUV fttld MM ftt KitfL 9 Another meet* you, says Philadelphia V Young People, with a kindly smile in hi* face, looks you square I y hi the eye, and pat? his whole soul into the warm grasp of his hand. You know ha loves too; mi is a friend to all mankind. Yoar heart is wanned and helped for all the rest of the day. For think of the words of tha preacher of old where he aajn: "A wis# man's heart is at his rifht hand, hot a fool's heart is at his left." 80 many men hare their hearts at their left han<^ and yon never hare a chance to get at 1 c-j a What is tl)e om of hiding the heart away where no one ean see St know what ta going on there? I am afraid of the man who shots himself up so that nobody cam by the most strenuous effort break through the shell and reach his heart. I do not know what to do with the person who says to me. if not by words at least just as plainly by actions: "Keep away from me. I am in here, wiapped in this littlo crust I hare built about ma; but don't touch the covering. It will break renr easily, and I must hare it to hide myself from you. Go away and stand there. Look at me, if you win, but don't try to get into my heart." We all like the frank, outspoken man or woman. This does not mean the one who prides himself on saying what he has a mind to on erery occasion, no matter ' a whom it hurts or helps. This is a weak 1 kind of egotism. The man who fires away J at everybody right and left is as danger* fl ous as a patHng gun working with a M spring and left with no one to regulate its action. But the frank man carries M his heart always in his right hand. You M know he is all purity within. Ha thinks V the world ia doing the best it ean. Ho M wan ta to see things to well, and by evcty, M word he speslu and every action of his Mm life he tries to help them, along. Be haa recrets; who of u hu not? Bat be nulce* U us think be has none, which is a sore sign of greatness. We feel like sitting B down ana telling such a man all aboat oar ] little cares and asking bia advice about ? jW thousand and one thing* we never would n for a moment think of talking over with i I a man with the shut-up-heart. jg Thi* world haa enough and more tha* ffl enough to keep it looking bine and dia- JH couraged if we pot aa much of ourselves. jlBE into our everyday Jives as we can. Hedgsa jH of cro?* purpose*. barbed wire fences of jH trial and temptation reach oat after aa jfiS everywhere we go, tearing aa and pulling ifflB us back. ifl Sharp thorn trees of trouble and genuin* j BBS heart sorrows do their beat to make a* on think there is little of real worth in life, gj but God bless the man whoae cheery worda fl and brave, inspiring ways help us to forget B for a little while afl these miserable beset* fl menU, and who says always: "This ia a H pretty good old world of oars. We ?hall ? never find a beter one thia side of the B pearly gates. The more of blessing we g get oat of thia the better we will be of! 4 when the door swings inward for aa and ] we get up to there where He will tell aa j what this dream is all about. Cheer up! ill go with yoa a little way. We will fl walk hand in hand and heart to heart fl for a few moments and we will tell each B other how we have been blessed." fl How much of good cheer we brine into 1 the live* of those we meet from aay to day! What kind of an idea do they ret from oar way of tiring? Do we make others think of heaven and better things as W3 apeak with them by the way? Do we rest them with our strong, manly way of looking at things? Or are we always palling down and depressing our friends of the earthly pilgrimage? It really is worth while to think of this honestly. Far more than we sometimes think oar lives leave their imprint on the souls of others. Tell me now, tru'r, is your heart in your right hand? Work. Work is given to men not only, nor so inch, perhaps, because the world needs it. Men make work, bat work makes men. An office is not a place for making money; it is a place for making men. A workshop is not a place for making machinery, for fitting engines and turning cylinders; it is a place for making souls, for fitting out honest, modest, whole natured men. For providence cares less for winning causes than that men, whether losing or winning, should be great and true; cares nothing that reforms should drag their cause from year to year bewilderingly, but that men and nations, in carrying them out, should find there education, discipline, unselfish- | nesa and growth in grace.?Henry JTrum- H mond. l>rea4lnff the ritm. The moat of our trortble ia caused by Y dread of coming ilia. M?ny of them never V come at all, or rather when the trial that ^ we have been dreading doea coma it prove# to he far more easy to bear than we ex- |M pected. In fact, wr nre a!mc*t disappoint- H| ed when we get over aome Ion* expected JH trouble so easy, nnd immediately look for something else to worry over. We have abundant grace siren for every need todav: let in thankfully receive the blessing and leare to-morrow, with all it may bring, in Hia care. After all. what He expects of you and me is faithful tract in Hun, a trust that remains firm in the face of eveijr ffi possible calamitv. Such faith as thia M B the rightful heritage of every saved soul.? Presbyterian Journal. Glorious C?rtslstU<. fin ft matters not bow faith comes, whether JM through the intellect, aa in the eaae ol SB St. Tbomaa. or in the heart, aa in the caM Hj of St. John, or as the result of long educacation. a* in the rase of St. Peter. (Jod hat many wars of bringing different char* ? #??tW Kt<? that KImwH thine H which the Bible call* faith in a state ol H sou! in which the things of God becomo H glorious certainties.?F. W. Robertson. MM Th? Snpr?n* Ll(hk Ep There is one supreme lifht on the fir* jra of lite; it is the lizht of eternity.?'Th? M Rev. Dr. West. jg The r?e of Cement. fl Omcnt promises to take the place of nj[ StOin- ami brick tor nli kind* of foundation work, and to be largely used in wall construct ion. According to the figures re- H ceivcd by the Treasury Bureau of 8 tat is- H lien tn?- production 01 cement in tne i ui- jkk ted State.* has doubled in five year?, the total fcr 1901 being 20,000,000 barreii, iu afi against 10.000.000 in 1997, while during the period from l-W up to the tteginninsr of 1SS# the production had remained practically Utiotiary at about 8,500,000 bafrelfl JE per annumr?1e tb? OldMt 8p?t ' Polo i? probably the oldeat of athletit iporla. It has been traced to 000 B. C.