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[f LUKE H. I THE 1 II By Prof. Win* Hcory P I i ArtfcorcrtWTRSte? On | 5 ofUka," Itr CHAPTER L THX XAVM DROPPERS. It was near the boor of nine at night ?k* nit? af v?v York, some Tears ago. when Lake Hammond, a monej broker, entered bis house on Blank street, and proceeded to his library. He was a tan. thin man. full fifty years old, and with a hard, dark face, deeply marked witl care and schemInf. 8eating himself at his desk, be began to read from a psper which he had 4rawn up with great care during the 4bj. when he was disturbed by the entrance of his housekeeper. "Ton might have knocked, Mrs. Harker," said Hammoai, snappishly, and sliding the psper Into a drawer. MI came like a cat, that the mice Bight not hear," said Mrs. Harket, a thin and sallow-faced woman, speaking ts a whisper that did not hide the natural sharpness of ho- voice. nlainlv H aahf Warn V?IUC( ?? ?? !? -?JI - ?- ? Bond, "wheeling his chair to face her. "You remember the young carpenter who repaired that deak?" replied Mrs. Harker. "Yes?you jnean James Greene. What of him? Haa he come for hl? hammer? Why didn't you giTe It to him? I told jou " "Won't you wait, Luke Hammond V' aid Mr*. Harker. "You're a hasty fool, with all your smartness. James Greene hasn't been here to-day for his hammer?he's forgotten all about it, 1 suppose. But don't you think something else thsn a hammer might draw blm here?" "What else? Tell me what you want, andi then go about your business," aaJd Hammond. "Isn't there something In this boose a young man would like better than a v hammer? There's Miss Elgin, now," N whispered Mrs. Harker. "Ah! Tou don't mean to bint that James Greene has been here to-day to see my niece T" said Hammond, rising quickly and growing white. "That's what I mean. James Greene has been here this morning, and he ' and Miss Elgin had a long talk In the phr lor." "He has! The impudent rascal! What can he and Miss Elgin have in common? Why did you let him in? Why didn't you turn him out?' "I'll tell you what they have in common," whispered Mrs. Harker, drawing nearer, and pushing her sharp face dose to Hammond's. "Miss Elgin has taken a desperate fancy to James Greene and he to her. She let him In at the front door?she must have been watching for blm. for be was In the parlor talking to oer oeiore i Knew anything about It" "I will not believe it What Kate Elgin, my niece, take a fancy to a poor carpenter?a Journeyman, too!" exclaimed Hammond. MWby, it's only three weeks since be repaired that desk, and Miss Elgin saw him bnt for a moment** "She's met him often since, and don't yon speak so load, or they'll hear yon." "They? Who?" demanded Ham. Bond "James Greene and Miss Elgin. They're in the parlor now," said Mrs. Harker. "Fool! why not tell me so at once?" zclaimed Hammond. "I'll go and order him ont this instant!" "Hasty again. Lake Hammond," said Mrs. Harker, placing her back to nbe door. "Hadn't yon better creep on them, and see IT they aren't talking boot something else than lore matters r* Mm Harker*i seemed so full of mystery that Hammond paused,, and grew as white aa a sheet. "About?something?elsef* he stamsaered. "Yes; I heard her tell blm she wanted hia aid In finding out what makes those groana and noises in the eastern part of the boose sometimes." "But she has alwaya believed that part of the house haunted. I hire made her think ao," said Hammond. "Well, James Greene has too much sense to believe in ghosts," replied Mrs. Ha riser. "Miss Elgin baa told him about the strange nolaes, and he baa laugblid at the idea of' ghosts and ssch like, and so they are putting their fAiNitka* #A masfa* (KA mpofapv caw IV^MUCI IV UMMV^A UC UJJ Now, if tiey do that, Luk<> Hammond, you and I bad better begin to look far a hiding-place." "Huib! woman; walls bare ears!" Mid Hammond, greatly agitated. "If Ml*a Elgin la once alhnned, she will never stop until sbe baa aatlaflcd herself. Bat come?we must bear what thej are aaylng." "Down, round by the back Rtairs? this way," whispered Mm. Harker, as be passed into the hall. "They arc sitting near the dining-room door. Tlic door is shut and locked, but one of the glass panes Is broken." "They most have beard me come In." whispered Hammond, as they crept down the stairs. "Not a bit?I didn't hear yon. and I was listening for you. You know you always open the front door and steal op to your library as if you expected a surprise. So do I.** "It Is well for us to be careful. Mrs. Harker." "Now. not a word. Luke Hammond! Here's the dining-room. Give me your kand and 1 will lead you to the right place." "It 1s as dark as a pit." said Hammond. "All the lietter?but you see the light In the parlor shining through the curtain of the door. Come, your hand, or you will stumble over something. Lake, your band Is as cold and limp as a dead man's!" "And yours burns like fire." "Silence! Here we are?listen!" said - ' At'. _ Jtvr * ?.v?. AMMOND, I MISER. | aaaaaaaaajijpoHK eck, I Copyright 1(M> | H ^ I br Bobsbt Boiml Boxa. 1 E (iB ri^Ua nJni) J Mrs. Harker. as they stood close to the broken pane of the glass door. "Dear Kate." were the first words that reached Hammond's ear, "I fear you still think these groans. which have disturbed you so much at night, are made by other than human means. You unele has taught you to believe it, no doubt, for reasons of his own: and as I know he is too shrewd and wise a man to believe It himself. 1 1 must conclude that he Is a bad man. and haa an evil purpose in deceiving you." The voice that spoke was a full and manly one. and was Immediately recognised by the listeners as belonging to James Greene, a young and selfeducated carpenter. "But, dear James," said Kate Elgin's sweet and gentle voice, "Mrs. Harker, i the housekeeper, haa also told me, a i thousand times, that such things as gbosts really are, and that she has seen them." 1 "I have seen Mrs. Harker several times," said James Greene, with a light laugh, "and I know from her face and the sound of her voice, that she Is not a woman to believe In any such thing, and that no (host could live peaceably i in the same bouse with her. Believe me when I say I have no doubt sbe , and your uncle have a bad purpose in i view?or something to conceal in this bouse." I "Something to conceal, dear James! , What can they wish to conceal from i me?" exclaimed Kate. "iou have asked my aid to learn," I said James; "but I have many scruples i in attempting to pry into what does I not concern me." i "For my soke," pleaded Kate. "For your take, dear Kate, I would be tempted to do many things which my own mind might leave alone," replied James. "I. am doing wrong even in being here now unknown to Mr. Hammond, Katy; and nothing less powerful than my love for yon could have placed me here. Still, you have asked me to call and confer upon this matter, and our affection must be my excuse should your uncle enter and find me here." "I am not afraid to tell him, nor any one else, that I love you, James," said Kate, placing her hand within bis. "This morning I heard those noises for the first time daring daylight, and sent for you. After you came, that old prying woman. Mrs. Harker. kept so near us that I had no chance to tell you all. and so I asked you to come to-night" "Well. I will do an I can. and if Mr. Hammnnri fa intrr. I will toll him what I think of him?a man like him to fill a young girl's mind with such i fancies!" said James Greene, indig- i nantiy. "First, hox* long nave jou heard fhese alarms?" i ."For nearly a month," replied Kate, j "At first I thought nothing of it, sup posing the noises came from the street. or from the adjoining houses. Finally ] I became convinced that they originated In this house. 1 spoke of it to i my uncle." i "And what did he say, or rather, how t did he look when you spoke to him?" i said James. "He turned very pale, and said. 'No doubt the house was haunted/" re* ] plied Kate. "He said he had been told j us muco uy oiuer*?peupie wuuuj ne i knew. I then questioned Mrs. Harker. Sbe said It wu all fancy, and that I dreamed It; but avowed a firm belief In ghosts. Then my uncle, without any request from me. bad mj ( clothes, 'books, etc.. removed to the room I now occupy in the front room above. For several days my nights were undisturbed; but soon after you repaired my uncle's desk 1 heard groans again, and they seemed to grow , louder, stronger every night. 1 Lave asked my uncle to let me go to mj father's relations In the country, but since my father's death, a year ago, my nnnla haa crown vprv it?rn and nnkinri to me." **Is there any part of the house in which your ancle denies yoo access?" asked James. "The eastern wing of the house has . been rigidly locked, doors and windows, ever since my father died there," said Kate. "You are sure there la no one confined there?" asked James. Luke Hammond started so quickly Ma ilint nuMtion fell unon his car that Mr*. Harker whispered: "Steady! This is no fool, but a clearbeaded man we must baffle." "No," replied Kate to James. "Why do you ask?" "Mr. Hammond Is a man who never does a thing without a purpose," said James, not answering Kate's last question. "He has never spoken of remov* ing to some other bouse}" "Never?at least not to me." "Does he suspect our affection, dear Kate?" "1 think not. James. He oftea speaks of a son of his. whom I have never seen, and has told me that, when that I son arrives, I must regard him as one I nllrt In In lw. n,., Tl.lo r.w.r?. " MV to (V IA. UIJ IIU3IIUMU. A USO UIWIU" lug, when I asked uiy uncle to remove to another house, be said we must wait until Charles Hammond, his son. returns from Europe." "I must tell Mr. Hnmmnnd (hut tvp bare plighted our loves," said James Greene, quickly. MI would have done so before, but I feared his pride might lead him to auswer me with insults, and cause him to place sonic restraint upon you. dear Kate." "He places too much upon me already." replied Kate. "I have to leave the house by stealth or be abused with bard and bitter words. This woman. Mrs. Harker. is a spy upon me. and no doubt will tell my uncle that you were here this morning, when he comes in." "Then I trill wait until be comet."! i& ... aid James Green*. wQl tell bhn that we lore each other. Better be frank ana open about It, and save further trouble." "Come." whispered Hammond to Mr*. Harker. "I have heard enough. I must give the young Insolent the interview be seeks, or be will hit upon some plan to fathom the mystery of the groaning." Hammond and Mrs. Harker stole from the dining-room into the hall, and then Hammond whispered: "Go into the eastern room. Hark! a groan a? I live; Silence the noise!" "Silence it! How? Not forever, Luke Hammond?" said Mrs. Harker, and trembling somewhat "You know what I mean.** said Hammond. "Remove the cause to the rear apartment. Go! Anotber groan?almost a scream! If James Grr ene henra that, be 18 bold enough to search the house?away!" Mrs. Harker selected a key from the bunch at her girdle, and burried away. "And now," said Luke Hammond, as be strode along the ball towards the parlors, "to end tbla love matter for once and all." CHAPTER II. LTTXK HAMMOND 18 DEFIED. Tls my uncle's step." said Kate Elgin, as Hammond advanced along the ball, "and he must be is a passion, for when angry, be treads aa if to cruan something under bis heel." "Angry or pleasant, there he Is," said Greene, riaing aa Hammond swept into the parlor. "He must have known we were here." Th? gaslight of the splendid chandelier ahowed the three aa they met near the centre of the parlor, and Hammond paused somewhat as he gaxed upon the handsome and manly form of the young carpenter, whose arm was nervonalv nressed b? the beautiful girl at bit fide. "Good evening, Mr. Hammond," said lames, bowing politely. "I hasten to apologise for my presence bere " "Stay!" said Hammond, as bis face grew black witb rage. "Are yon not Jim Greene, the Journeyman carpenter?" "My name is James Greene, and I bare the honor to say that I am a carpenter," replied Greene, drawing his fine figure proudly erect, as be noticed the rich man's sneer. "Ah! indeed!** said Hammond, with taock humility, and curling bis thin lips with a deeper sneer. "You are in the disguise of ? gentleman, and before [ should order you from my bouse, I thought It best to be sure to wbom 1 ipoke." "As much a gentleman in my red ihirt and saw in band as in this suit." returned James Greene, with a scorn >f the paltry distinction that abashed the purse-proud man before bim. "And D euner garo inucu tuvrv a gcuuviuuu >ban Luke Hammond, wbo takes advantage of bis roof and f lady's presence to Insult me." Mlnsult you!" exclaimed Hammond, nrltb a scoff. "Leave my bouse, impudent fellow!" "Your bouse!" said Kate, advancing between ber lover and ber uncle. 'You forget that this bouse and all it contains are mine, and until James Breene is told by me to go bence, be is master berc, Mr. Hammond." "So! Miss Catherine Elgin bas itooped to fall in love with James Sreene," sneered Hammond. "In tbis lady's presence, Mr. Ham* mond, yen utter your insults unpunished save wltb my contempt. Elsewhere, sir, I fear even your gray bead i ?"I'1 ??? rnn frnin on hnnPBL' nvuiu UUV 0UIUU /vm kavaH ?- | Indignation," said James. "James Greene." said Hammond, ' speaking with bit teeth pressed bard together, "some weeks since I gave you i job?I think that is what yon gentlemen of the saw and chisel term work. )fou entered this house?my house as ; yet. Miss Elgin?here you saw my niece. Since then you have succeeded in turning ber giddy head until she thinks she loves you. You have met ber in secret. You bad sense enough to know that I, her uncle, would scorn 1 your suit, and so you steal into my ! Louse to make a fool of a weak-minded ' girl " "Now. Mr. Hammond." crled-Kate, with burning cheek and flashing eyes, | "If you were not the brother of my j dead mother, I would call you a liar. I Having exhausted your insults against James Greene, you now Insult me." j "And in insulting a woman, Mr. Ham* j mond, you lose the protection of ber presence," suddenly exclaimed James, advancing with eyes that threatened quick and merited punishment. To be continued. Five Intellectual FmI. According to President Cbarles W. Eliot, of Harvard University, there is no good reauon why the normal human being should not have an intellectual training that would meet the requirements not only of our advanced civ* filiation, but be up to the highest standard as fixed by the learned president himself, for recently be said: "A iihrarv ?hnf will m on i shelf five feet long ia euougti to give au intellectual training to any butnau being that ever canie into tbe world." Just tbluk of it! You can bold tbe five feet of volumes between your extended palms, and all you bave to do is to transmute tbeir contents Into memory cells tbat can, at tbe will, l>e put into action for tbe productiou of understanding. Only five feet! I bave taken tbe trouble to put tbe rule on tbis and apply a little mathematics. As books in tbe library average, live feet means thirty-seven volumes; which is not au array calculated to frightcu a reader. Again, an average sliowu that these hlvta.coran hnnlt!: contain 30.000 pages, made up of 15,000,000 words. Not so very much material from which to imhibe intellectual training.?NewYork iierald. Kchool Saving* Banks. In eighteen different States thenhave crown up what are known at school shvines banks. Tbe total number of pupils having deposits in sucb banks is UH,57t^ and tbe total net doposits to tbeir credit amounts to nearly a tbiid of a million dollars. Ostrich r.|f Welch* Three Posada. Tbe largest egg is that of tbe ostrich. It weighs three pounds and is considered equal In amount to twenty* four heus' eggs. DOBLIN ALONE TO BLAME House Natal Committee's Report on Lessler Bribery Charges. No Evidence AftliM QvIck or tfco Hoi* lud Boot Company?Won't Favor Mon SobnurlBi Craft. Wa?bInprton. D. C.?A majority of i tbe Committee on Xaral Affairs of tb? ! House agreed upon a report on the j Lessler bribery charges in relation to i me inoimau Huuiuurjiie uuuis, iut- ivilowitg are tbe findings: "1. That tbe charge made by Mr. Lessler that au attempt bad been made > to corruptly influence bin action respecting proposed legislation in sustained by tbe evidence: such attempt. In the opinion of the committee, baviug been made by one Philip Doblin on bin owji initiative and responsibility, with tbe idea of making money for himself If he should find Mr. Lessler corruptly approachable. "2. That there is no evidence to sustain tbe charge of an attempt by Lemuel E. Qulgg to corruptly influence a member of the Committee on Naval Affairs respecting proposed legislation pending before said committee and tbe House. "3. That there is no evidence to sustain the charge of an attempt by tbe Holland Submarine Boat Company or any of its agents to corruptly influence a member of tbe Committee on Naval Affairs respecting proposed legislation before said committee and tbe House. "In view of tbe foregoing we recommend that tbe elerk of tbe committee JI?Aa #Via AHomav. tie Ulirviru IU IXUIIJ iu UIC M%iwiur/General of the United States a copy of the testimony taken at the hearing, with a request that be take such action as the law and the facts warrant." 'A minority report also was made. It was signed by Representatives Kit. chin. (Dem.. N. C.,) Vandiver. (Dem.. Mo.,) and Roberts. (Rep., Mass..) and differs from the majority report only in respect to the first conclusion. On this point it says: "The charge that an attempt was made to corruptly influence a member of the Committee on Naval Affairs respecting proposed legislation pending before the House Js not sustained." By a vote of nine to six the committee decided against the prooositlon to authorize additional submarine torpedo boats All sides united in the finding against Doblin. There was not the slightest opposition to that feature of the report. There was also substantial unanimity on the idea of vindicating Qulgsr. The theory advanced in the committee's report Is that Doblin himself invented the Idea of approaching Lessler and bribing him. BANK CASHIER A DEFAULTER. Shortage la Baltimore Iaatllatlon Discovered While Official Was Drln;. Baltimore. Md. ? James Valentine Wagner, cashier of the National Marine Bank in this city, who died a few days ago. left bis accounts much involved. While on his death bed the bank officials made the discovery that tiiere was sometning wrong, nnu iurtber investigation brought to light tbe fact thnt some of the collateral for lOOUS Is Ullsslng. Experts were at once employed to make an examination and until they complete their work tbe amount of the shortage cannot be ascertained. President Llttlg. of tbe bank, said there were Irregularities, but that he thought tbe cashier's bond was sufficient to indemnify the bank. The cashier was bonded in tbe sum of $30,000. He was one of tbe best known bank officials in tbe city, having been with the Marine Bauk thirty-seven years. It Is believed be must have speculated. ALLIES' NEW DEMAND. Two-thirds For ThcmMl^ti; One-third For VnuMla'i Other Creditor*. Washington, D. C.?At a conference of tbe Venezuelan negotiators tbe Brit Inh Amhasador presented to Mr. Bowen n counter proposition from the allied powers providing that two-thirds of the thirty per cent, of the customs receipts of the two ports of La Guayra and Porto Cabello be turned over to the aliies. and that the other claimant nations content themselves with the remaining one-third of the thirty per cent, until th?Ir claims are satisfied. Mr. Bowen promptly rejected the proposition and asked that the question of preferential treatment l>e referred to The Hague tribunal and the blockade of Veuexuelan ports raised at once. Godfrey Rnttr, Jr., Acquitted. According to a telegram received at Louisville. Ky., from Guatemala City by William Hunter from his father. Dr. Godfrey Hunter, formerly United States Minister to Guatemala. Godfrey Hunter, Jr.. was acquitted of the murder of William Fitzgerald, of Grandi Rapids. Mich., in Guatemala City, Rev-' era I months ago. The message says thirty-eight witnesses swore there wax a conspiracy against the life of young Hunter. Tli* ftnudrr Civil Bill itcndy. The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, as reported to the House of Representatives. at Washington. by Repre*entative Cannon. Ciialrman of tlie House Committee on Appropriations, carries an aggregute appropriation ef $78,007.* 920. which is $8,880,432 leas than the estimates and $17,355,870 more than the current appropriation. The committee recommends an appropriation of *3000.000 for the relief of distress in the Philippines. ' Mirdfrtr Hanged at Washington. For the murder of his sweetheart. John Sinclair, colored, a one-legged man, whs hanged at Washington, D. C. Coavlct right* OH Police. Dan Kane, a Missouri convict, who escaped from the penitentiary In Jefferson City. Mo., went direct to bis old home in Sedalia. and iu a I warding house bragged of his escapade. He was cornercd by policemen, but after a desperate light escaped. r Crimes Act Ban Lined. The proclamation issued last year placing thirteen districts in Ireland under the Crimes act aud maintaining summary jurisdiction by the magistrates is revoked. Sporting Brevities. H. E. Temple has been elected Captain of the Columbia freshman lacrosse team. Dr. Julian Chase, of Providence, It. I., ban been elected President of the American Automobile Association. George II. Ketcbnm. owner of Cresceus, has purchased The Conquerer, a stallion with a trotting record of 2.12%. The Corinthian Yacht Club, of New Haven, Conn., has appropriated $25,1)00 to build t new club house at Morris Grove. . THE SUNDAY SCHOOL' INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR FEBRUARY 22. ChrlMlai Uw, 1 Cor. 13?Gold** , Tost, 1 Cor. sill., IS?Memory Verses, ; 1-3 ? Condensod Commentary oo tUo Day'* Lomob. I. Lore superior to gifts (vs. 1-3). 1. "Though I speak." The objector insists that toe cases cited in this and the two : following verses could never occur, but this ] has notninz to do with the apostle's arzu- I men:. He aoes not stop to discuss whether it would or would not be possible for these things to actually take place, but even if it were possible, yet without charity there would be no profit. "Tongues," etc. That is, though I were able to speak all the lawS:\gtM spoken upon earth, and with the Kiuence of angels, and though 1 have the , Kin oi tongues oemowea oy me spirit at i Pentecost. "But have not love.' That. Jove to God ?nd man which is ihed abroad 1 in the regenerated and sanctified soul by i the Holy Ghoat (Rom. A: 5). Love is a > word as impossible to define aa it ia impos- ' sible to define life. "Am mounding brasa.'' , No better than the founding instrument* oi brass used in the worship of some of the ' heathen goda. "Tinkling cymbal." The cymbals were two pieces of hollow brass, which, being struck together made a tink- i ling, but with very little variety of aound. ] 80 the highest eloquence even about the gospel is but an empty sound without the ; love of God in the heart. 2. "Gift of prophecy." The knowledge of future events, and also ability to speak God's word (chap. 14: 3). "All myster- l ies." Though 1 understand the meaning I of all the types and figures of the Old Tes- j lament. and all tbe secrets of nature, and the dark things in God's providences. "All I knowledge." Every human art and i science. Mysteries refer to the deep counsels of God heretofore secret, but now re- | vealed to his saints. Knowledge refers to truths long known. "Remove mountains." I Bee Matt. 17: 20; 21: 21. Removing mount-I ains is a phrase used to signify the re- | moving or conquering great difficulties, get- | ting through perplexities. Though 1 had ; l. ?1 ?..r.j ? I vut muu ui loiiu ttuu v.uuiu aiiuur i Elish the greatest possible results. "But i ave not love." Notice that Paul does not assert that one could bave these things . without lovl. but says "if" he coold. "I j am nothing. Nothing in myself, nothing in the sight of God, nothing in the church j and good for nothing to mankind. 3. "All my goods. Though 1 distribute : them piece by piece with the greatest care. . "Body to be burned." Men will fight for i Christianity, or die for Christanity, who J will not live its spirit, which is love. With- > out the soul God rejects all else, and so j rejects the man, who is therefore profited i nothing. II. "The qualities of love (vs. 4-7). 4. I "Love." Fifteen characteristics are here 1 pointed out. It cannot be defined. The I greatest minds can only describe it by its , qualities and results. "Suffereth long." This is the negative side of love. It suffers , all the weakness, ignorance, errors and in- ' firmities of the children of God, and all , the malice and wickedness of the children j of the world, not only for a time, but to , the end. "Is kind." This is the positive | J. Va :u r i siue. 11 is miin, gecue, inspiring inc sui- ; ferer at once with the rao*t amiable sweet- I nets una the most fervent and tender of-! fection. "Envieth not/' Han no ill will; i does not partake of that disposition which ! is a mingling of hatred and jealousy and , covetousness. Love envies not the advan- 1 tag ex, gifts or graces which others posve??, but rather take* pleasure in them, and cn- . joys or shares them as its own. 5. "Unseemly." Unbecomingly, baught ily. "Sceketh not her own." Love is an ' utter enemy to selfishness. Charity never seeks its own to the hurt of others, or with the neglect of others, brt prefers their welfare to it* own. "Is not easily provoked." But "easily" does not appear i.i the Revised Version. It is not in the , original. True love "is not provoked." i Is not irritated or made sour or bitter. ' There is power in the blood of Christ to ' cleanse the heart of all unholy tempers. "Thinketh no evil." "Taketh not account of evil." 6. "Reioiceth not in unrighteousness." It is not love, but its opposite that rejoiceth in the downfall or injury or disgrace of others, and in the triumph of wickcdneos. "But?in the truth." In the victory of truth in the earth. "The truth" frequently means "the gospel." Love joys in the triumph of virtue and is glad when the . gospel is extended, even though it be I through rivals or enemies. Sec l'bil. 1: : 15-18. 7. "Bcareth." Reproaches nnd hard* , shipe; or covereth the failings of others. ' "Eelieveth." "Is ever ready to believe the best of every person, and will credit no evil of anv but on the most positive evidence." "Hopeth." Hope is desire, mingled with expectation. "Endureth." Accepts everything as from the Lord; faithful under all circumstances. III. Love enduring and abiding (vs. 8131. R. "Never faileth." It iu eternal in it* very nature and must endure an long ?8 God endures, for God in love. "Prophecies." The jpft of prophecy "shall be done away." The revelation given by God to the church being completed the gilt* of ; prophecy will be no longer needed. And ! then, too, the time will come when the ' prophtcie* will be "done away" because fulfilled. and no longer of any value to us. "Tongues." (1) Speaking with tongues will lie no longer necessary and will cease, i j>.nd (2) the many languages of earth will be lost in the one universal language of . heaven. "Knowledge." Shall be brought | to an end because but partial and incom- j plete. 9-11. "In part." God reserves for His ! children a knowledge far superior to what He has revealed to them here. Their greatest discoveries in nature and grate are only the beginning of better things. "Perfect." The state of eternal blesiedness. "A child." "Paul u*es this as an illustration. The present state is a state of childhood: the future that of manhood. Such is the difference between earth and heaven. 12. "For now." In this present life. "In a mirror, darkly." Ancient mirror* were not made of glass, but of polished j metal, and the reflections were very ob- | cure ana lmpeneci. mm. in me i life to come. "Shall I know." That i is, there will he a thorough, complete knowledge, as the original word signifies. Mysteries will no longer trouble us. 13. "Now abideth." Amid thing* : changeable and perishing the Christian re tains then: principal savins graces both j hTC and hereafter. "Faith." "The vision of the unseen (Heb. 11: 1). with its conse- | quent trust in God." "Hope." The expectation of future ?ood. Faith and hone will be stronger and more comnlete in the j next world than in this. "That our happy j state will continue forever we shall know simply because God ha* promised it, that j it, by" a faith similar to our prc:?ent belief in the go*ne!." "Greatest?is love." Great- , ?t in extent, in endurance, in manifc?ta- j tion. Greatest because without love the ' other* would profit nothing tinefca its U'sj Along. A boat on somewhat new lines has just ! been patented by Albert K. Weisz. a me- I chatj'cal engineer, of Brooklyn, N. Y., which has the nqyel feature of having its propeller contained within the hull instead of being placed outside as in ordinary usaue. On each side of the keel below the water line there are two pair# of oval opening*. One pair '? located tjuitc near the bow and the other pair about amidships. The action of the propeller in to ; draw the water in the forward of thr*c opening* and to discharge it through the rearmost ones. The two stream* entering the bow openings unite in one inside the hull where the water ia actcd upon by the propeller. The inventor claims great economy for hi* boat as well ax a uniform speed at all times and in <11 kinds of weather. Whit* Onuct Piano Worth lO.OOO. A concert grand niano, pronounced the finest in the world, nan been placed in the East Room at the White House in Wa.shington. It is entirely covered with gold leaf, and in worth more than $10,000. It DtllH IOC UniCIOH OI inc* lllinreii uiiguiui i States, and the leg* are beautifully earved eagle*. The piano v.a* presented bv the makers. It will be uacd at White flojac musicale* _ . More MItlloaAirM la FtomU. The number of millionaires in Pru?sia baa increased aince 1899 from 6016 to 6601, according to the general tax return*. < 1 THE GREAT DESTROTEB SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. A Loaaoa For Um AiItmMm of tho Om^ erament Control of tfco tiqaor TraAs ?Tito Growth of tko Drlak Cano la ladia?Forcod oa tbo PrcpU. Wc had taken bold of the government of a country which, by religion and life, *m abstinent, and bad introduced into thit country intoxicating liquor and en* couraged it* consumption. But in spite of that we believed that not more than 20,000,000 out of the 300.000,000?certainiy not more than 30,000,000?bad ever touched intoxicating hquor in their lives. We bad given Indian western civilization, government and institutions, and we had forced upon that country the most western of all institutions, namely, the excise system, and with it the liquor shop, says W. 8. Caine, a member of the British Parliament. The Government of India had long since taken the entire control of the liquor trade into its own hands, and was praeti..ii_ a l?i 1 i.j:. In *k? c*uy mc uuj vi ahum, auuwv distilleries of India belonged to the Gov* ernmeot, and they let oat liquor shop# by public auction to the highest bidder, not the highest bidder in monev, but the bidder who undertook to sell tne largest number of gallons of liquor from the Government distilleries. It was the man who undertook to take the largest amount of drink from the Government distilleries who obtained the monopoly of the liquor shops. Year by year this competition went on, and the result was that at every turn the natives were encouraged in every wsy to consume liquor. The consumption wss going by leaps and bounds; it had doubled during the last twenty years, and was four times as much as it was forty years ago, according to the Government returns. What, he asked, would be the condition of public opinion in this country if we were told that the consumption of ardent spirit had doubled during the last twenty years? There would be a great agitation got up over the length and breadth of the land, and we should never rest until we drove back the advancing I? 1 n/li? Ita ai)van/?a wanf am calmly, and the only protest tbat wu nude waa the protest of the Anglo-Indian Temperance Association. That association held 300 branch organizations, and had behind them the onimon of practically the whole of India, fie was sure that if a perfectly free vote were taken in India nine-tenths of the population would vote for the pro* hibition of the sale of intoxicating liquor. That was the state of the society on which the liquor trade was forced by the Government. There were a great many people who advocated tbat the whole of the liquor traffic should be in the bandi of the State. This bad been tried in Russia, with the result that the consumption had increased under Government control by over sixteen Ser cent. The whole business of the Inian civil servant was to raise revenue, and ninety-seven out of every 100 rupees of profit obtained for liquor went into the coffers of the Government. While the Indian Government could not see their way to prohibit the sale of ardent spirits to children under thirteen years of age, they prohibited its sale to British soldiers, but, of course, the British soldier was of much more consequence, because be cost ?200 a (rear, and the eale of liquor to him would ead to his being incapacitated, and the money would be wasted. The drink sold in main was, pernaps, toe moat aeaaiy 01 all alcoholic drink ever invented, ana it had been known to have very upeedily brought about death. The excuse given lor the encouragement of the sale of this liquor was that revenue must be obtained, but wc contend that no nation could ever prosper out of jl revenue that wan drawn from the nee tnd degradation of the peoC!e. It was simply burning the candle at oth ends. The additional cost of the people,.owing to the results occasioned by the consumption of liquor, was very much greater than the revenue drawn from the ale of intoxicating liquor. The Indian Government would low ?4,000,000 of revenue a year if the sale of intoxicating liquors were prohibited, but it would gain much more in the prosperity of the country. Out of the 300,000,000 of people of India there were 270,000,000 total abstainers. Although India was not, therefore, a country that could be called a drunken country, efforts must be made to stem the growth in the consumption of liquor, so that it would not become so. Women and Drink. "The latest statistics regarding inebriety are auch an to cause considerable alarm, and we have the more reason to fee] nervous for our future when we remember, aa a writer in a daily paper has remarked, that in theac statistics one ceta no record of the ever increasing number of women in the middle acd upper classes who are victims to this terrible vice," says the Lady's Pictorial. "Their friends ana medical attendants hide it from the world; in many case* it is carried on secretly, and only becomes known to horrified relatives when there is no remedy. There ia unhappily such a tendency nowadays to raise scares and rant that folks with a. serious crusade to preach dread to say all they know lest they should be dubbed 'cranks' or hamper the desired reform by getting indiscreet followers in their train. But there is no doubt at all that drunkenness among women is an evil we shall have to fight very strenuously ere long unless England ana her homes are to be ruined." Bad Blaks. Efforts are being put forth at the pre* ent time in other countries for the organi* zation of total abstainers into what in known as a "super-standard" clasa of life risks, this movement being the natural outgrowth of a careful investigation into tlw death losaes of life companies, with the result that much valuable data baa been accumulated to show that persona who do not um alcoholic beverages make altogether the best class of policy holder* for an insurance company to have. One foreign expert cautions the companies acainst making anv allowance for even moderate drinking. This, he par*, may easily lead to excess. He adds: "The outlook for a man who should fall ill with typhoid fever, nephritis. pneumonia, heart disease, diabetes and affections of the liver is bad enough under the best circumstances, bat if the patient in an intemperate man, his hope xor recovery is reduced very materially, and the tight for life is desperate, if not hopeless." Fun tb? Boy? ud Girts. At the bottom of all the evils and temp* tationx that infest our citics lies the legalized liquor traffic, says the Union Signal. For the sake of the hoys and the girls who are leaving the farms and seeking employment in the cities it should not be difficult to convince farmers and farmers' wives that prohibition is the only kind of regulation that will regulate tne drink business or to persuade them to join the nroliibition forces. Tto? Crat*(l? In Brief. "Dnink r.nd disorderly" i? the charge lodged against nearly every arrest. The saloon nukes the drunk and the drunk causes disorder and the taxpayer foota the bill. During the year 1000 the people of the United St.iti.- drank 1,100,402,542 gailomi of beer. which in nearly sixteen gallons for every man, woman and child in the country. The thins that needs reforming is the J man, not the saloon. The drinking m.in I doe* not wihlt a reformed saloon and the ; reformed man does not wiah any kiud of a ci: loon. Th? Tennessee Methodist make* a go-xl point: "A drinking man can stay m a church or even in a pulpit, but he cannot stay in a bank. I* money morj valuable than morals?" The prowess of the drink trade, the baiiines-s of the traffickers, the list'.cksnc.'ia of the people, the impossibility of awakening any deep concern for the fallen clum, nri> enouirh to htir a heart of htone ami transform its co!de#t blood into hiding team. To un it h.i* always ?comcd that to nray to Almighty (Jod to take away the Haioon and then refuw to vote to axuist Him in 1 the job ii a great sin. If the traffic is j wrorifc. to vote for it is wrong; but if sobriety, decency and righteousness art I right, it in right whenever necessary to' vote for them. THE BELIGI0U8 LUj 1 READING FOR THE ftUICT HOUf j WHEN THE SOUL INVITO ITSELF, ^ T?m: IuiUm aa Tn fli ftnufllii Dj cf lk? BmIj to <M-It Iknld It K?| W Fit to Be a T?VH Ika Inn W M Uftoa. 1 (Mi, the world hat need of auahina aa ytf V For we often see the tears of sorrow flow, / You can baste that coming day When they'll all be wipec away i If you scatter blaned sunshine aa you (o< i You can labor for the Matter aa you r^; . m Plant the precious seed, and He will bid tf J F?wi I Toilinc on wbate'er betide. With the Bariour by your aide, f You can scatter blessed sunshine aa you fib | You will meet with many trtala aa you go: There will be some self-denials bare below; ' ( ?-? i ?? ?-- .?;n .1mm j XJUV KCCfl tUURIISjK IMU , And remember God is love, * While you scatter bleated snnshine M yoq ?John?M. Baker, in Philadelphia Public Ledger. A Llvlaf ImHIm. The Christian presents his body to God u a living sacrifice. That, the apostje said, is a spiritual worship. It k not. then, aa occasional act, but a constant service. Phj? sical cleanliness is a religious dntjr. The diet that promotes vhnlnonMH is a tribute to the Father to w&om we offer our bodies. Abstinence from stionrianta, lnza* ( ries, indulgences that would profane them is imperative, if we would not shswe oor> selves by aa unholy offering. Jesus Chrirt our Lord bad ahonnding health. He exhausted Himself with tou I7? SSS II Siatfl writk M{(I SVC VUICI Wf me UV?M%A? ? MMM * * ? of the willful blindness of m to the mee? < aye He brought them. Hi* frame shook with sobs because of the woes that war* coming to His country, His heart broke at last under the hardens of the world's sin, but we have no record that He ever waa sick. Disease in others fled at Hie pea* ence. He came, He said, that men might have life abundantly. That meant vigor of body, as well as of mind and spirit. Ha. rejoiced in riving health. To inmate Him M is to take all wise means to make oar bod* ies wholesome and agreeable, fit to present to God as a gift. The Christian prepares and keeps his body as a temple of the Holy Spirit. "Know ve not that roar body is a temnla of the Holy 8pirit which la in yon?' We delight to furnish the room when we en* J tertain our loved and rseared guest ao that j it will prt him nleeaure. To diaoover that | we had placed there anything offensive ts ] an honorable person would be an unforget^ 1 ; table shame. it mart be admtttea umi we s 1 ere tempted even thus to dishonor the I greatiest end ho lint One who makee Him* ' elf oor meet. Bat self-control to ehut way evil and unworthy thouehta from , tenantry in a body where the Holy Spirit 1 dwells is the first necessity to manhood. ? One who laid bare hia own weakness that : 1 he mifht help hia fellow-men to be pure ' J ' and stronf said: "I buffet my body and I bring it into bondage." So will we do that fl we may hare fellowship with the Father I and with Hie Son. Jeeue Chriat. Jjj We here known deformed bodice that M were beautified by the'evident indwelling 1 of the H0I7 Spirit. We have eeen disease jM made a discipline to brine the heavenly R truest into c]rnzi u>niiianion?hip. For what* 1 ever defects our bodies have, if they era ? used honorably as a sacrifice, holy, accept* fl able to God, we have the awrarsnce that H the Lord Jesus Christ "shall fashion anew the body of our humilietion, that it may X be conformed to the body of Hie glory."? V Boston Congregationalist. fl Ood Sees the But. fl God doee not set the leee against 4he S greater, u we uo; ne ww inc against the lew: tnat is His way. Who will not tar: Blessed be His lore? Man j being small, bring petty at the kinglirct, finds a flaw. Thna tbe wise fool talks: He is honest. he is wiae, he is irifted; be is. oa tbe whole, a man of notable intellectual v tatnre and influence: bat?man thinks he ; is clever when he diacorers a bat. H? gathers himself ap into Pharisaic peroen- I dicularity and sars: I discovered that, I pointed oat that fraility, I saw it. Them can be no pit deep enough for a wretch like that. How doth God speak? Thus, hear tbe music of infinite love: He haa gone astray, he has Iwen unfaithful, he baa turned snide from Me a thousand timet, he has dona tbe things he outht not to 1 1 a il l _ at Jfii %_ _ nave aone; yvi?rose i* me ainerence ne? tween human judgment and dirine judg- & ment in relation to that greatest of all Jgj my?terie*. human character. It ia better to fall into the hand* of God than into the 3B hands of men. Your brethren lilce to apeak ? against yon. to hare discovered a ptccadillo. one little ain and to hare nnrerg dainty enough to pick ont that little hair i and to be able to say: "I've got it'" The j Lord aaith: "Vou hare wounded Me *nd I diaapoointed Me and gone airar from Me. 1 yet?how can I gire thee up?" Return! 1 That ia the difference between yonr human B | theories and the great dirine idea of ra- H : demntion?God alwaya seeing the best, fix ing His eyes noon the silrahle points, look- H . ing to tho*e elements that are still Wt ont m < of which He ran rear manhood. He will fl 1 not quench the smokinc flat, He will not < I bresk the bruised reed.?Joseph Parker, H Tig* and Thistle*. 9 God's delay* are not always denials. w Tbe grratont grief may be gilded witil M some gratitude. H| The shield of faith was not meant to protect tbe conscience. |(8 High pressare in society is apt to go H with low pressure in piety. Our gains depend not on what we can V get. bat on what we can give. Mk When tbe roots of life reach the river of God its fruits will be rich with His glory. God's Will. fifi Cease meddling with God's plans and Ml will. You touch anything of His and you mar the work. You may move the band* Kfij of a clock to suit yoa, but you do not SB chancre tbe time; you may hurnr the onfolding of God's will, bat you narm and do not help His work. You can open ft rosebud but you spoil the flower. Leave n all to Him. "Thy will, not mine."? W Stephen Merritt. W The Full PrlvlUc* of Prayer. N We do not know, in oar ordinary living, the full privilege of prayer, and therefore JQ it lows for as, sometimes, its richness and its blewing. But when we let it range throughout the whole circle of life, it makes God a personal present friend to us ? ?one to whom we ran turn at any moment 0 and one through whom we can rise above 1 the perplexities, and lose the anxioas cares that prcas upon us.?Timothy Dwigbt. i Tbe Lord Is Good. I The Lord is good. Sometimes we forget it. Sometimes we feel it. Always we know it. Few men are reallv skeptical as to the goodness of the great God who is at the heart of the whole universe as it* au* tbor and upholder. Wc pity the man, that rare man, who ha* lost alt faith in good* ncs* and all faith in God. The Lord it good. The need is to translate that declaration of holy writ into terms of a personal experience, to carry it with one as a daily conviction and comfort, and to live in a constant atmosphere of praise and prayer in the spirit of the Psalmist, who declared: "I will bless the Lord at all times."?New York Observer. Art Olass XTtadows by Bleetrleltv. 'A nAi-?l mnthfui nf framing h.U ff* cently been patented by H. W. Scatter* vnn.) If ia ilfvivl Miwriillv fnr ihf> m "k? BH ing of stained glass art window*. The desien of the window ia drawn on a piece of thin paper, and on thia are atack, by wnw adhesive, the piecea of glaas; apace* being BS left between these for toe framing. By tbe ? use of wax, metallic powders, etc., the de- H sign ia now nude ready for an electrolytic BE bath, in which it is subsequently immersed. It remains in the bath until the apaces be- |H tween the glass have been filled by what- MB ever metal u used. The resnlting window consists of a one-piece grid of metal, the spaces of which are th* various pieces of colored glass which make up the picture. ? EE