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? *THE SPLEI TiiE ADVENTURES Bv ARTHUR T. < w CHAPTER VI. (Continued.) ^ There "was scarce time to drop on OQy knees before a couple of troopers loung'd in, demanding mull'd beer. THe girl DUSUea auout to strrvtr mem, while (he pair lean'd their elbow6 ou the counter, and in this easy attitude began to chat. . "A shrewd night!" ' "Aye, a very freezing frost! Lucky that soldiering is not all sentry work, or I for one 'ud ensue my natural trade o' plumbing. But, let's be cheerful, for the voice o' the turtle is heard 1' the land. "Hey?" The man took a pull at his hot beer before explaining. "The turtle signifieth the Earl o' Stamford, that is to-night visiting Colonel Essex in sccret, an' this is the import?war. bloody war. Mark me." "Stirring, striving times!" "You may say so! 'A hath fifteen thousand men, the Earl, no farther r?ff timn Taunton?'whv. m.v dear, how pale you look, to be sure!"' " 'Tis my head that aches," answered the girl. The men finish'd their drink, and eaunter'd out. I crept from under the counter, and lock'd at her. "Father'il kill me lor this!" "Then you shall say?Is it forward or hack I must go?" "Neither." She pulled up a trap close beside her feet, and poiuted out a ladder leading down to the darkness. "The courts are full of troopers," she added. "The cellar?" ] She nodded. "Quick! There's a do^r at the far end. It leads to the crypt of St. John's Chapel. You'll find the key beside it. and a lantern. Here is flint and steel." She reached them down from a shelf beside her. "Crouch down, or they'll spy you through the window. From the crypt a passage takes you to the governor's house. How to escape then. God knows! 'Tis the oest i can iuiuk on. I thank'd hor, and began to step down* the ladder. She stood for a moment to watch, leaving the trap open for hotter light. Between the avenue of casks and bins I stumbled toward the door and lantern that were Just to be discern'd at the far end of the cellar. As I struck steel on flint, I heard the trap close: and since then have never set eyes on that kindhearted girl. The lantern lit. I followed her directions and succeeded in gaining unobserved the entrance hall of the goverrior's house. An oak door, very massive, fronted me; to left and right were two smaller doors, that plainly led into apartments of the house. While I stood pondering which door to take, the doubt was answer'd for me. From behind the right hand door came a burst of laughter and clinking of glasses, cn top of which a man's voice?the voice of Colonel Essex? called out for more wme. I took a step to the door on the left, paus'd for a secoifd or two with my hand on the latch, and then cautiously push'd it open. The chamber-was emntv. 'Twas a Ion;: rocm. with a light burning on a square centre table, and around it a mass of books, loo^e papers and documents strewn seemingly Without order. The- tioor. too. was litter'd with them. Clearly this was the Colonel's office. I grave a rapid glance around. The lamp's rays scarce illumin'd the far corners; but in one of these stood a great leathern screen, and over the fireplace near It a rack was hanging, full of swords, pistols, and walking canes. Stepping toward it I caught sight of Anthony's sword, suspended there among tin* rest (they had taken It from me on the day of my examina9 tlcn). which now I took dowu and strapp'd at my side. I then chose out a pistol or two. slipp'd them into my 6ash. and advanced to the centre table. Under the lamplight lay His Majesty s letter, open. My hand was strctch'd out to catch it up. when I heard across the hall a door open'd. and the sound of men's voices. They were coming toward the office. There was scarce time to slip back. nnil hid* behind the screen. before the door latch was lifted, and two men enter'd. laughing yet. "Business. my lord?business," said the lirst ('twas Colonel Essex); "I have much to do to night." "Sure." tlie other answered. "I thought Ave had settled It. You are to lend me a thousand out of your garrison " "Which, on my own part I would willingly do. Only 1 beg you to consider. my lord, thai my position here hangs or. a thread. The extreme men are already against me; they talk of replacing me by Ficnnes " "Nat Fiences is no soldier." "Xo; but he's a bigot?a stronger recommendation. Should this plan miscarry. and I lose a thousand men?" "Heavens alive, uian! It cannot miscany. Hark ye: there's Rut hen of Plymouth will take the south road with ali his forces. A day's march behind I shall follow?along roads to northward?parallel for a way. but nfteiward converging. The Cornishmen are ail in Bodmin. Yv'e shall come on them with double their number, nye, almost treble. Can you doubt the Issue':" "Scarcely, with ihe E.ir! of Stainford for Ouernl." The Earl w;ts too far occupied to notice > !iis compliment. 'Twill be swift :tr:d fccret." he soul, "as Death himself?and as sure. Let t>o the fact that floptcn i.~ nil at sixes and severs since tlie Marquis shipped for Wales; and at oarers drawn at ?.Icb:n;." S;)!d the Colonel slowly? "Avo. the motion is irood enough. Were 1 not iu this comer, I would not think twice. Wj'?v..W/. ... __ . mm spur* 5 Ft OF JACK MARVEL. OUIILER COUCH." ^!| Listen now: only this morning they forced rue to order a young man's hanging, "who might 1f kept alive he forced in time to give us news of value. I dar'd not refuse." "He that you caught with the King's letter?" "Aye?a trumpery missive, dealing with naught but summoning of the sheriff's posse and the like. There is more behind, could we but wait to rrai of it te*.l ... "The gallows may loosen his tongue. And how of the girl that was taken too:" "I have her in safe keeping. This very evening I shall visit her, and make another trial to get some speech. Which puts me in mind?" The Colonel tinkled a small hand ; bell that lay on the table. The pause that followed was broken by the Earl. ":vlay I see the letter?" The Colonel handed it, and tinkled the bell again, more impatiently. At length steps were heard in the hall, and a servant opened the door. "Order the coach around the barbican in twenty minutes from now? twenty minutes, mind, without fail. And ?ay?'twill save time?the fellow's to drive me to Mistress Finch's house I in St. Thomas's Street?sharp!" As the man departed 011 his errand, the Earl laid down His Majesty's letter. "Hang the fellow," he said, "if they want it; the blame, if any, will be theirs. Eut, in the name of heaven, Colonel, don't fail in lending me this thousand men! 'Twill finish the war out of hand." "I'll do it," answered the colonel, slowly. "And I'll remember it," said the Earl. "To-morrow, at G o'clock, I set out." The two men shook hands on their bargain and left the room, shutting the door after them. I crept forth from behind the screen, my heart thumping on my ribs. Thus far it had been all fear and trembling. with me: but now this was chang'd j to ?i kind of panting joy. 'Twas not that I had spied the prison keys banging near the fireplace, nor that behind the screen lay a heap of the Colonel's riding boots, whereof a pair, ready spurr'd, litted me choicely well; but that my cars tingled with news that turn'd my escape to a matter of public welfare; and also that the way to escape lay plann'd in my head. Shod in the Colonel's boots. I advanced again to the table. With sealing wax and the Governor's seal, that lay handy, I clos'd up the King's letter, and sticking it in my breast, caught down the bunch of keys and made for the door. The hall was void, I snntch'd down a cloak and heavy broad-brimm'd hat from one of the pegs, and donning them, slipp'd back the bolts of the heavy door. It opened without noise. Then, with a last hitch of the cloak, to bring it well about me, I stepp'd forth into the night, shutting the door quietly on my heels. My feet were on the pavement of the inner ward. Above, one star only broke the blackness of the night! Across the court was a sentry tramping. As I walk'd boldly up. he stopp'd short by the ?ate between the wards and regarded me. Now was my danger. I knew not the right key for the wicket; and if 1 fumbled, the fellow would detect me for certain. I ehosa one and drew nearer: the fellow look'd, saluted, stopp'd to tlic wicket, and open'd it himself. "Good night. colonel!" I did not trust myself to answer; but passed rapidly through to the outer ward. Here. to.my joy, in the I arch'd passage of the barbican gate, j was the carriage waiting, the porter I standing beside the door; and here, I also, to my dismay, was a torch light, ami under it half a dozen soldiers j chatting. A whisper pass'd on my approach?"The Colonel!" and they hur! ried into the guard room. | "Good evening, Colonel!" The porj tor bow'd low. holding the door wide. ! I pass'd him rapidly, ciimh'd into the I shadow of the coach, and drew a long breath. Then ensued a hateful pause, as the great gates were unbarr'd. 1 gripp'd my knees for impatience. The driver spoke a word to the porter, who came round to the coach j door again. "To Mistress Finch's, is it not?" "Ay," I muttered; "and quickly." The coachman touched up his pair, j The wheels mov'd: went quicker. We , were outside the Castle. After a short drive the coach came j to a halt. 1 looked out. Facing me was a narrow gateway ! leading to a house that stood someI what back from tho rtreet. as if slip| ping away from between the lines of ! shops that wedg'd it in on either hand, j Over the grill a link was burning. 1 I stopp'd from the coach, open'd the { gate, and crossing the small court, I rang at the house bell. At tirst there was no answer. I rang again: and now had Use satisfaction to hear a light footfall coming. A bolt was pull'd and a girl appear'd holding a candle high in her hand. Quick as 1 1 1 KT<>!:n'<l nasi l:cr into lhf? I passage. "Delia!" I "Jack!" .| "Hist! C!os? t'je doer. "Where Is Mistress FIr.eli?'' "Upstairs. ox p vol Ins Colonel Essex! Oli, the happy day! Come " fcho led me ii.to a narrow l ack room and settins down the light regarded mo? "Jack, my eyes are red for t l.ee!" ! "I see they are. To-morrow I was I i to bo hangM."' j She put her ha mis together. eatcbj Ins her breath: and very lovely I 1 thought her. i'i t:er straight gray sown , ! and Puritan ci\~i "They have been questioning me. i Didst get my letter':" J The answer was on my liu when , thore came a sound that made us botb start. 'Twas ttio dull echo of a gun firing, up at the Castle. "Delia, what lies in the back here?" "A garden and a garden door; after those a lane leading to ltedclill street." "I must go, this moment." "And IV" She did not wait my answer, but, running out into the passage, she came swiftly back with a heavy key. I open'd the window. "Delia! De-lia!" 'Twas a woman's voice calling her, at the head of the stairs. "Aye, Mistress Finch." "Who was that at the door?" I sprang into the garden and held forth a hand to Delia. "In one moment, mistress!" cal'd she, and in one moment was hurrying with me across1 the dark garden beds. As she fitted the key to the garden gate I heard the voice again. , , "De-lia!" 'Twas drown'd Jn a wild rat-a-tat! on the street door and the shouts of many voices. We were close prcss'd. "Now. Jack?to the right for our lives! Ah, these clumsy skirts!" We turn'd into the lane and rac'd down it. i'"or my parr, i swore iu drown myself in Avon ratlier than let those troopers retake me. 1 heard their outcries about the house "behind us as we stumbled over the frozen rubbish heaps with which the lane was best rewn. "What's our direction?" panted I, catching Delia's hand to help Ler along. "To the left'now?for the river." \Ye struck into a broader street, whereof one side was wholly lin'd with warehouses. And here, to our dismay, we heard shouts behind and the noise of fe5t running. About half way down the street I spied a gateway standing ajar and pull'd Delia aside into a courtyard litter'd with barrels and timbers, and across It to a black empty barn of a nincp wbere a fiicht of wooden eteps glimmer'd, that led to an Tipper story. Wp climb'd these stairs at a run. "Faugh! What a vile smell!" The loft "was piled high -with great bales of -vvool, as I l'ouud by the touch, and their odor enough to satisfy an army. Nevertheless, I was groping about for a place to hide, when Delia touched ine by the arm and pointed. Looking, I descried in tlie gloom a tall quadrilateral of purple, not five steps away, with a spcek of light shining near the top of it, and three dark streaks runniDg down the middle, whereof one was much thicker than the rest. 'Twas an open doorway; the speck, a star framed within it; the broad streak, a ship's mast reaching 1 i t-\t? rm#7c nf n i;p, UIJU iiit- icicci ui.io i ? ? ron?, working over a pulley above my head, and used for lowering the bales ol' wool on shipboard. Advancing, I s:ood on the sill and looked down. On the black water, twenty feet below, lay a three-masted trader, close against the warehouse. My toes stuck out over her deck almost. -At first glance I could see no sign of life on board, but presently was aware of a dark figure leaning over (be bulwarks, near the bows. He was quite motionless. His back was toward us, blotted against the Mack shadow, and the man engaged only, it seemed, in watching the bright splash of light flung by the ship's lantern on the water beneath him. I resolved to throw myself on the mercy of this silent figure, and put out a hand to test the rope1. One end of it was fixed to a bale of wool that lay. as it had been lowered, on the deck. Flinging myself on the other, I found it sink gently from the pulley, as the weight below moved slowiy upward. and sinking with it, I held on till my feet touched the deck. e?:n 4in* flmivo in lirvrvc tvjis ITIO 0 I i I I lliU XJ 4-J VIA iU ?. tionless. 1 paid out my eml of the rope softly, lowering back liio bale of wool, and as soon as it rested again on deck signaled to Delia to let herself down. Slie uid so. As she alighted and stood beside me our hands bungled. The rope slipped up quickly, letting down the bale with a run. We caught at the rope and stopped it just in time, but the pulley above creaked vociferously. I turned my head. The man in the bows had not moved. (To be continued.) Small Chameleons. Four "dwarf chameleons" have just been presented to the Zoo, where they will be popular on account of the ease with which they can he kept, and their bright colors. Green with a black-red patch upon the sides is the generai pattern of their hues, which is only varied to duller tints when the animal is vexed in any way. This smallest among the tribe, called by Mr. Grant Allen the "Reptilian Vicar of Bray." is only five inches lonp. including its relativ ly long and prehensile tail. The little creature has a grim look v,-henseen full face, by reason of the serrated fold under the throat, which suggests a fiercely untrimmed "Newgate fringe." There are very many kinds of chameleons: but all of them, like the present species, have an inordinate desire for mealworms, a slow and meditative gait, and eyes which move languidly up and down in a manner reminiscent of "ducks tiiat die in tempests."?Westminster Gazette. Europe's Largest Street Railrny. The largest individual street railway j company in Europe is the Groat E'.ee- | trie Traction Company of tlio city of j Berlin. The capital of the eonccrn is j 75,000,000 marks. Last year t lie (lis- | taneo covered by tlio company's en:.? was a little over 30,000. f)00 miles. and the number of passengers carried amounted to ?"0.000.000. Besides this eompany there are several smaller street car companies. .?.23 omnibuses. S100 cabs and carriages, an electric I elevated railway, and the city railroad, j ?New York Commercial Advertiser, i Largest Bottle in the World. The largest .class bottle ever blow* I has recently been made for exhibition j at the .ft. Louis Exposition. It !:r>hi forty-five gallons, and reo aired forty pounds of iroitcn glass. drawn fro::i I the furnace and shaped on the end < f j a huge blowing pipe. A surgical opcraiior. on a cat may demonstrate that a tlii'.ii in time eaves nine lives. ? V IA SERMON FOE SUNDAY* ? "I AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED. G( ."LIFE'S ASSETS.* mi ? pr . dr The Ttcv. I>r. Arthur II. Goodpnonsfh Talks Instructively on the Infinite jp. Possibilities Thnt Are In Man?What Wo Jfeed to Know. J-/i Bristol, Conn.?The J?cv. Dr. Arthur, i H. Goodenough prcached Sunday norninc t0 i on "Life's Assets." The text was from 1 ar ; Corinthians iii:21, 22, 23: For all things I are yours; whether Paul, or Apollos, or or ' Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or w. I things present., or things to come: all pre ^ ; yours, and ye are Christ's and Christ is m j <3od's." Dr. Goodenough said: ar Man aspires. His eye is on the sky. jji | Man was made to walk erect. His impulse I is to climb. This fact indicates his. des- s0 , tiny. The earth beneath us and the world I about us contribute to our flight, but they ^ I offer us no home. The world, so near to uf us and so essential to our present life, has Q: its limitation? and fetters. Man is impa; tient of limitations; he aspires to the in- T; ' finite and the infinite is always above us. q( j The nobler man's nature the more rest- 0f . less and determined is he to ascend. No i philosophy of life is true that {ails to rec- g0 ! ognize this instinct of the 60iri. Man deI sires more room, more room is above, and above is somethins that attracts and a? draws. That fact is man's -salvation. It is generally believed that man had his ? i origin in God. God is the root from a i which all men have sprung. It is equally p] [ true that God is the complement of man f0 I and his goal. How noble is man. What i infinite possibilities are in him. Man is not f0 i a waif, aimlessly wandering through a p( j trackless wilderness, nor an orphan minus ai a parent's gui ling hand and tender voice. to Man's* origin and destiny are one. It is j God. If your five-year-old boy is in need he instinctively cries, '"My father." If he is u( ! in trouble he as naturally cries, "My n( i mother." Instantly the complement of hie s], | needy nature is at hand. Father and j mother are to him all that he i:eeds. We are only larger children, with larger and j more imperative needs. Is there any help ^ i (r\y lie' Wo linvo miterrnwn thft ability j of our earthly parents to help us. What j eh?l we do? As the thirsty ox turns to I the babbling brook, we turn our eyes to pC I the heavens and say, "My Father?God, jjj I help me." And quicker than thought the 0. I help comes. Here we have the philosophy aj i of happiness and the secret of success. As w ! witnesses to this fact we call to the stand i Augustine. Bernard. John Howe, Isaac a, I Watts and Charles Wesley. The upward j look wins. The man who aspires to God, and holiness, and immortality is the one w j to whom this text is spoken. "All things a] are yours; for ye are Christ's and Christ 0\ is God's." ,fi The thing that wise men are thinking tl about is life. Bread and acres and dollars ! are only incidental. God made the acre?. pi 1 God's sunshine and showers grew the grain tl from which the bread is made. God fur- st nished the material to make the. dollar, tl Therefore, acres and bread and dollars are hi good because God had something to do tc with producing them. These are valuable is contributions to life, fome of our life it l T ?V. all fl I VillUlfb. J-iUU IbSCii la )>ui uu U1V4W uiuu v. i of them put together. The man who cul- a< ! tivates your farm is worth more than the if farm. The man who builds your home is m worth more than the house. We are not tl ! paupers. No man, woman or child in this is world need be poor. There are other values ; beside dollars. We are heirs to untold ti j riches. Our heavenly Father, the unseen m 1 capitalist, has invested largely in us, and c< ! He is no spendthrift. He ha; put the n; } value where it may multiply. Life is a m ! feeble thing at the beginning; so is the w ! acorn, but in the acorc^ is the massive b; ! oak; so is the bulb, but the bulb contains pi } the tint and perfume of the liiy. So life II : as we see it in the babe, it contains a tl Kepler, a Newton, a Gladstone, a Mc- fc j Kinky. v; | Character is a result, a product. Charac- P' j ter tells the story of our conduct and in- tc i dustry. Character is the fruitage of our n' thinking, our willing, our lovir.p, cur doing. And character is the man. Character de- " termines one's value to himself and to so- ni cicty. This is what makes biography the popular literature of our day. People in- ? terest people. Biography is death to pes- hj j eimism. Thousands of men and women -j I have succeeded in life. They have feasted j on the universe and enjoyed the infinite, y and the books tell us how they did it. "( ' My young friends, the one thing in this w j world for you to do, is to follow their ?' i example. You may. Character is no ready 19 \ made thing; it is made to order. It means | pian and purpose and persistence. You P' do not have to make the macninerv nor "J ! i?:-i. < ??Tlin < ?. b j cue uiaerrIUI, imsv; ?uv juiuiouvu. j.**u I Icctiou of the web, the feeding of. the loom, ' the weaving of the cloth is ours. The re- ai suit is character, and character is destiny. . ) This is the work of life. Human chances ! are not equal. Circumstances iavor some j more than others. No dcubt of it. But ' then every man has a chance, aye, more, w i every man has a probability of success. j Thc're are possibilities of failure, and many . | seem to fail, but there is no excuse for i" I failure. Oh, horrible, heartbreaking word *V is failure. May none of you ever know t ! what it means. There is a way of escape I from it. Make a right, net to say, best, t: use of what is in you, wisely appropriate . j what is about you, give reason the rein. ISJ Enthrone conscience. Ee religious. And _ every step will be an ascent, every act the Pj advance of the soul, and the cnrichmerjt H5 of being. All things arc yours to do with. j It was never easier to be good than now. Perhaps it is never easy to be good. What makes it easier to be good to-day q( j than it was yesterday? The multiplicity of j? j heips at hand. To read some newspapers ? s and to hear some speakers, one would | suppose that nobody was good. The fact is, -p, i the world is lull oi' good people. What is q i goodness? Not the muttering of a creed j nor the repeating of a prayem not the j reading of the Bible nor going to church. ' Good people do these things, but these | things'are uot essentially goodness. Bad |K people may do thera, too. GooSness is he I consideration for the other fellow, sweet- w ness of temper, gentleness of conduct, nob.'e- 118 | ness of purpose, love- to God and man. It 01 ' is to live kindly and truly and well. It is *v I like the Christ deiDg good every day and ?< : everywhere, "his is the goodness that ur | counts in our day. And we rejoice to be- ye ' . * AAnAfnmfSif An * nfl i nflPOl CO til , jiv,"\c mat ii/ 10 v;u?iii?(iwniy v>?i mc iiiv.iv.uow. ; Goodness is true religion, and true religion i is coodness. The two are inseparable. It ? is a culturing, refining, elevating process. ! It is ever making for the best that life is b> ! capable of. \V hat God wants xor His chil- J" J dreu is me best. The desire of God is *r.' i human h.vnincss. To this end lie is pa- 01 tient and indulgent. He is prodigal in gifts. He is ever lavishing His Jove upon 6a . us. God is neither mean nor little. He is the great Father, giving Himself for the y | salvation, the enrichment, the perfcct hap piness of His children. God is not the au- y thor of pain. He takes no delight in *h i tears. The blessed Saviour ceases r.ot in J ' | His age-long effort to make the sons of *h earth happy. The law of the universe, the ?t design of everything is happiness. Hanpi- ?e ness is everywhere. Wander in the woods, vrt \ walk in the meadow, meander by the s? | stream, rest in the valley and climb to the ?* hilltop, and in everything and everywhere an you will find happiness. It springs up like a well of life, tilling the air with its music, flooding the earth with its joys. an How much more does our ftcavesily Father j"1 desire you. His children, to ie happy. The ?e. only condition of happiness is to be good. "Blessed are the poor in heart, for they sa: ehali see God " Holiness of life maketh an rich and tendeth not to poverty. Y1 To the untutored, this looks like an impossible tiling, and many ask: "How can {ia I do this?" Easy enough. All that is ?a needed is the disposition, and the effort. First of all, look at your bank account. Did you know you had a bank account? aw Well, you have. Sec. please, what stands 101 to your credit, the gilt ot another. These ,l" assets are ours because we live in the twentieth century, and because we are ,a Anglo-Saxons. "All tilings are yours. (,v' Whether Paul or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or things present, or things to ^ come; all are yours: and ye are Christ's and Christ is Cod's." That is a wonderful statement. It p!accs us under tremendous obligation. What an incentive to ' attempt something, what r.n inspiration to Cf" noble achievement. The great personalities 1'" of history?Paul, Cephas, Apollos. Past. jfrc present, future. The world, God and fot Christ, all yours to make the aoal ajid 'os I I n. Then there can be no cxcuse for ilure. A practical question which meets us i*. j low may I utilize these many gifts of I xl for my own advancement and better- ; pnt?" The answer is, "By right appro- | iation." Just as the parched earth inks in the gentle rain drops, making the ; ass to grow; just as the bee sine the I ney from tnc fragrant (lower, so we must lrn to appropriate the good in every- | ing, to our own growth and refinement, i fe everywhere is sustained hv appropriate , g the outward to itself. The great in- I ilccts which teach and bless the world i -day are great and capable because of this >propriation of knowledge. To the good j i.'ongs the best of two worlds. It was I ice thought that the Christian's world j is exceedingly limited. The Bibie, j rmnal, a long sermon and a dreary pruyer j peting were all that the Christian had ly right to. Anything else would chill ! s fervor and narrow his vision and j rnish his soul. Thank God, that day is j far behind us.. To-day we know that j ervthing within reach and everything ithin sight is ours, if we love God, to be 'ed in the advancement and enrichment 1 our lives. Look at it a moment. Take an inventory. I ry to itemize the blessings of the gocil , od. Explore the world of art, the product ! the centuries, it is ours, for God made i ie beautiful. What a store house of les- j ms and inspirations and soul delights are j ie art galleries of the world! The win- | * rxyr.A /ilinrrKno Yinvp fnr ;wb ill outcii uw ai.u vuui w?. v. .... ;es been telling the story of Christ. "The ! ativitv," by Burne-Jones, is the pride of j nglancl; "The Transfiguration," by ltnph- i >1, the glory of Italy. These are but sam- J es of the beautiful in art, 'which are ours j r the delight and culture of the soul. 11 sciences and literatures belong to us, r God is the Author of all truth. Shakes- j are and Booth and De Reszke, these ; id the host of others like them, are ours 1 i charm away our cares and rest of mind, j he marketplace crowded with the yield of te field, the wealth of the mine, the prod :t of the factory, is ours, for God is imrni- j :nt. in nature and industry and human i all. The advance in surgeij and medi- | ne, the limitless pleasures in travel?all j lis is ours, available and usable assets 1 i make life rich and happy and good. !1 this is the product' of the past, the : ft of the good God. Its presence should lame badness out of exigence. How can j ;ople be bad when they think of the j jodncss of God? What are we doing with i fo'c ncapte? Thpv are the raw materials I it of which we may weave the soul's scr* i )hic robe; they are the steps by which ; e ascend to the home of perfect clay. : hey are to oar spirits what air and dew ' id sunlight arc to the seed. Plants j ow by appropriating things ab extra to J icix use; souls grow by doing the same i ay. The business of life is to convert: j 1 these forces and Gifts into life and | la.racter. The soul must drink in its i ill cf God and rise to the perfect life in j ie endless day beyond the stars. Whot we need to know to-day is thsroper use of things. That means study, ie exercise of the mind. Others have ;udied and thought for us. The result is ie locomotive, carrying us sixty miles an : Dur; the electric wire, by which we talk ! > a friend 1000 miles away. If wealth ! to benefit the owner of it. he must use : and use it wisely. So, if we are to feel j in ctirrmlllK illld thp hpiipfit of the I icumulations of the ages, as life's assets; ; these are to answer their need, in the j taking of a man?we roust study and j link and pray. Jn the right use of these i the making of a holy character. All that has been said is, we believe, | ue. But it is not the whole truth. We j ust go a step further. Man has heart j jnditions and soul need?, which neither ature, nor science, nor Scripture, can eet. Slan needs a God. God is every- 1 here. God is in the sunlight which ' ithes us every day with its warmth and ; ory. He is in the bread which we cat; e is is the music which conies floating irough the air, making the heart to dance j ?r joy. But this God is too vague, too xst, too impersonal. Can thiB God be j :rsonaiized? It is God's eternal purpose j > adapt Himself to the limitations and i seds of His cbildrcn. We do not think | : God mere'v as Power, or Majesty, or ['cliness. God is Love. Love is the win- ! ing thing. Love conquers. Love is bent j i drawing home to the Father's heart all I .is wayward and lost ones. The human ' sart cries for God. What kind of a God? I ot the God of the atheist, not the God of . i% Deist, net the God of the narrow leologian, but the Eternal God. And csus Christ has revealed Him to the . orld. I'll is Jesus Christ and this God ; -e ours. Ihis completes the list. There nothing more that can be added. Flow's, pictures, music, ships, railroads, tele* acnes, philosophy, science, religion, ha* j an fellowships, friendships, loves, plus ; od and Christ. All are yours. Dun't >;nplain of poverty any more; never Be 'raid of failure; never again say "I can't/' Goodne.^ docs not muan exemption from , ie common ilia of life. Every life has its : tirdens, every heart has its own secret i rrow. We would not minimize the cares nich are inevitable. They arc not jovis, but grievous. Many tears are shed in ip private chamber. Many feet are treadig lonely paths. And blessed be God, our i i-avenly Father knows it a!!. The Christ, j le Saviour of Men, is touched with the , clings of our infirmities. All the love of le Deity, all the power of the Almighty, i 1 the compassion of the Lover of Souls, for us. Look up. then. Be o.t goad j leer. "J'is better further on. ]n com- ; my with the Saviour, nothing can harm j ;. The path ci the good is as the shining rht, shining more and more unto the ; ;rfect day. Loose me from earth's enclosure, from the j sun's ontracted circle set my heart at large; Iiminate my spirit, give it range hrouirh proviaccs of thought yet uncx- j plored; rach mc, by this stupendous scaffolding, reation's golden steps, fo climb to Thee." The Mandate of the King. Here stands the mandate of the King, :re are our "holy orders" direct from i !adqu?irter.?. lie whose we are and whom I e serve reminds us of His claims upcu ! i. "Ye are My disciples." He knows j ir resources. "Five barley loaves and ro small fishes." Only so much?so lit- j j, rather, according to our human figing. Yet the word is spoken, "Give i i thetn to eat." Vast as is the multi- ! de, manifold as are its needs, it is ill the old royal, imperative "Give." j ren so has it been from the beginning, j velve men, Jews all of tltem. blinded ' . 4l.~ V\'T tKo ! bllC |.'Xl'JUUUt tiuvj. uauiptv.u */,r. . nitatioas of their race; men chosen j sm the common people; unlearned, dull j understanding, most of them; ?11 of j cm slow to believe at the first, all for- I kiri? Ilim J-t the last. Yet these j 'elve men are the chosen founders of is church. lie sends them fonh to j ed the needy., perishing world with. , :iat?"Go ye, prcach the gospel." And j in is all we have to give? How often i ust this question have been asked from e day of the Ascension to the day of . John in Ephesus? He would remem- j r how, beginning at Jerusalem, they < ?nt forth, he and the others, north, j uth, east, west, telling the single etcry how Jesu3 lived, died and rose atjain, j d ascended up on high and sent down ; e promised baptism of the Hoiv Ghost J rcnteeost?telling this simpfe story j (1 bearing the Sacrament of the dear j i*e of Jesus, the bread an.I wine to received in remembrance of Him. I ould this plain gospel and this simple j :ramental token suit and satisfy one <1 all, the philosopher of Athens, the i Id savage living in his rude hut up yon- | r in Galatia. Ihe mystic in Arabia, the ; rd-handed artisan in Ephesus, the de- i uchee in Corinth, the "elect iady," the lay girl in the streets of Philippi, the ! icer in Caesar's household, the run- j ay slave of Colosse?would this provis* i 1 satisfy all? What is the apostolic swer? Here you have it in substance, j ! e speaking for all: "it pleased the j I thcr that in Him should all i'jilnese j fell." Enough for all, enough for each, I ' tugh foreverinore.- From sermon by the I 1 v. Dr. Lindsay Parker in St. Peter * urch, from St. John vi: 5-6. TThen Tou Are Lost. I ">n!v those temptations which we en- ' i initcr in .ue path of duty, in the path , . iiu>('d us we should conquer. If you ? in temptation for temptation's sake, no other purpose beyond it; you are t.?Phillips Brookji. < TEE SUNDAY SCHOOL ~ . \ INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR JUNE 26. Eevlcw of the Second Qnarter ? Read Isainh liil,, 1-10?Golden Text, Phil, il., 9?Topic: Cloning Scenes in Christ'! Earthly Life. Introduction?The lessons of the quarter begin with the visit of Christ and His apostles to the borders of Phoenicia, in the early summer of A. D. 29, and close with the resurrection. They have been full of interest and very profitable. The great truths ^n connection with Christ's mission on eart\ have been brought out and discussed. Summary. ? Lesson I. Topic: Christ healing the afflicted. Place: On the borders of Phoenicia. Sermons on bread of life and pollution just delivered; the people plot against Him; Jesus and His disciples go to the borders of Phoenicia; a Gentile woman beseeches Him to cast the devil out of her daughter; Jesus replies I that it is not proper to give the children's ! bread to dogs; she asks for the crumbs; "for this saying" the devil was cast out? her request granted. II. Topic: Christ and His true, follow- | ers. Place: Near Caesarea Philippi. Jesua asked His disciples who men said He was; some said John the Baptist, and others Elijah, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. Whom do you say I am? Peter answers, The Christ. Jesus blessed Peter; man had not revealed it, but the Father had; the foundation rock; gates of hades shall not prevail against it; the keys of the kingdom of heaven given; Christ's death; Peter rebukes him; get behind me Satan; saving and losing the life. III. Topic: Christ's presient glory and future sufferings. Place:4 Probably Mount Hermon. Peter, James and John go with Jesus into the mount to pray. As Jesus prays He is transfigured; Moses and Elijah appear; converse regarding His departure from the world; the disciples see, Jesus and the two men in their glory; enter into a cloud; hear a voice; Jesus is commended; alone with Jesus; toil no man; wondered what the rising of the dead meant; asked question about Elias. IV. Topic: Christ directing the affairs of His kingdom. Place: Probably in Perea. The seventy appointed; sent forth; two and two; whither He Himself would come; the harvest plenteous; requests disciples to pray for laborers; Go, as lambs amnnir irnlvps! hasten: ask that neace may rest upon the house; heal and preach; woe pronounced on Chorazin and Bethsaida: Capernaum should be thrust down to hell. V. Topic: Importunate prayer. Place: In Perea. Christ prayed often; His disciples asked that they might be taught to pray; the value of the Lord's prayer; meaning of kingdom; God's will should be done on earth as in heaven; daily bread to be given; sins to be pardoned: parable of the importunate borrower, which should teach us to be persistent in prayer; a glorious promise; parents give good gifts to children; our heavenly Father is more willing to give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him. VI. Topic: The importance of being ready at the time of Christ's coming. Place: In Perea. Let loins be girded and lights burning?be ready and waiting for the coming of Christ as servants wait for the return of their master from the "wedding. Christ will come as a thief, suddenly, when we least expect Him; the faithful, wise, just steward was promoted; the riotous anil drunken servant perished; the one who knew his lord's will and failed to do should be beaten with many stripes; the one who knew not and failed to do should be beaten with few stripes. VII. Topic: Man's folly and God's compassion. Place: In Perea. A certain man had two sons. The younger called for lf.s nortion of the inheritance; took all his goods; went'into a far country; wasted his substance with harlots; a great famine; in want; feeding swine; decides to ' A i-.. L!_ r.iL return Home; is seen ana met oy ms lamer; tne boy is clothed; a feast is made; there is great rejoicing. VIII. Topic: True greatness. Place: Perea. Christ and His disciples journeying toward Jerusalem: near the close of His earthly mission; James and John ask that they may sit, one on His right hand and the other on His left, in His glory; Jesus told them they knew not what they asked: asked them if they could suffer with Him; the exalted position they asked would be given to those for whom it was prepared; the ten much displeased; they were not to exercise authority as the Gentiles; principles of Christ's kingdom; Son of Man came to minister. IX. Topic: Christ our Passover. Place: Jerusalem. It was Thursday; Jesus sent Peter and John to Jerusalem to prepare the Passover supper; they found a large upper room where they made ready; in tne evening Jesus sat at the table with His disciples; He told them that one of them should betray Him; they were sorrowful and every one asked, "Lord, is it I?" Jesus said it would have been better for that man had he never been born; He then told Judas that he was the one; Judas left; Jesus eats His last supper with the remaining eleven. X. Topic: The demand of the Jews for Christ's death. Place: Pilate's judgment hall. Jesus ie taken to Pilate, the Governor, who investigates the charges and finds them false; Jesus is sent to Herod, who finds no fault with Christ; Pilate calls the people together and desires to release Christ; they demand that He be cru cified; three times Pilate urges Itis release; they demand the release of Barabbas, a murderer; Pilate yields; washes his hands; orders Jesus to be scourged; delivers Him to be crucified. XI. Topic: Closing scenes in Christ's earthly life. Place: Mount Calvary. Christ on the cross; mocked by the soldiers; vinezar offered: the superscription; the two thieves crucified with Christ; one railed on Jesus; the other confessed his sins and asked to be remembered in Christ's kingdom: the prayer answered; darkness from 12 till 3 o'clock; Jesus cried with a loud voice and died; the centurion's testimony. XII. Topic: The events of the resurrection morning. Place: Garden near Calvary. Christ was crucified on Friday, April 7; rose early Sunday mdrning, April 9; several women were early at the tomb; | the stone was rolled away; the women entered the sepulchre; Christ was not there; j two angels appeared; their faccs were like I lightning and their garments were daz-, j zling; the women were afraid; the angels ' told them Christ had risen; He was to go | before them into Galilee; the women ran | to take the disciples word; Jesus met ! them; the Koman guard bribed. Fo98iI Find In Colorado. Tn r-cavating the bed of the Zuni Eiver, i number of well preserved mastodon j tusks and bones were found. Some of the : latter were ribs fourteen feet leng. The t Smithsonian Institution has been informed j jf the finds. Three heads of extinct ani- | mais were discovered. They are about two | feet in length and fifteen inches in width. The teeth are well preserved. The heads have two straight horns from sixteen to twenty incnes long. The position of the eye sockets under the horns makes it I <imf tii<? animal eves were situ- j ated on the side and quite a distance bad: j ua the head. Vaudeville For Strike ErcaIcerf. The Illinois Steel Company has hired ' vaudeville performers to entertain the non- j union strike breakers now conalied in the mills at South Chicago. The officers' j clubhouse has been turned into a theatre } ami three nights cach week performances ; will be giveu, tree of charge, to the strike : breakers. Killed by Katinjf Potim] of Fcannts. At Fairfield, iowa, Res Stabbs. seven- i recti, made a wager that lie could eat a IKiiiid of lilted peanuts at oi:e sitting, lie did so. The peanuts tanked an ab- ' oi the inte5tir.es, wb'xii resulted .n > i! u;b. Clocks Must Kfej> Time. The city ol London has made a rule that i r.ii sltvet clocks must correspond with j Greenwich time or the permits lor their j will be canceled. Copw on Motorcycles. It is proposed to mount Cleveland's "cycle cops" on motorcycles. H HI I Daybreak. H| The morning dawns, the sky is blue, ffi& The air is fresh and free, |W The golden sun will soon appear In glorious ecstacy. MM The little birds?how glad th?y stem MB As they go flitting by; " They have no thought of any wrong, flB But send their praises high. Bw And as I heard those songsters sing BjH Their little songs of praise, Bff My soul was lifted up to Him, Who hears these joyful lays; |B And I was glad that I could beai Bj Their tuneful voices rise To Him, who knows us, every one And sees us from the skies. jH They trust their all to God above M Who cares for evtry one; aSBj And then they sing their sweetest lays ' Mm Before the rising sun. KB They early rise with hearts so full, j BBjj They cannot help but sing; Then ought we not with hearts so fuD, fig To Him our praises bring? KB ?The Sentinel. , Source of Courage. a Jesus invited men to courage on th* H ?roAind of God's good will. "Fear not, lit- H ;le flock, for it is your Father's good pleaa- Hj ore to give you the kingdom." There ia H this deep and broad distinction between Christian courage and any form of 6toic? Hj sm; that it moves and lives in the atmosphere of God's presence. It is the EH courage of the child rather than of the sol- Ha iier. Though ready to endure and strive, I ;ays the Boston Congregationalist, though HI i jesirous of all the soldier-like qualities, as* HI lurance comes because God is our helper: Ml ind not because we are strong. In ac- HI knowledging our weakness we are facing MS the facts of life. In trusting God for help I we are putting on the armor which secures MM as against assaults of pride. eHa One of the crying needs of our own time is Christiap courage. We are not to be se- H :ure by putting ourselves on the defensive. IH but by acting for God. It is not good praise for a Christian to say that he never makes mistakes. You might in these same I lerir.s praise a stone in the pavement or a H9 knothole in a board. The real question if Ha whether the Christian is attempting any- HP ihing for Christ. If so, he will be 6ure to HP make mistakes: we may say, indeed, with-HI I jut irreverence, that God intended faim toll j run the risk of blundering, for that seems Kl 1 to be the only way of learning open to oaHw mortal men. The true courage is willing to risk mis-<^H takes if it can only accomplish something^^Bj The one thing it is forever unwilling to aola is to sit still and not venture. We caaBH Dnly understand it when we define oar life Bp in terms of acquaintance with God. He^B who always recognizes Christ's presence is^B not afraid that blunders arising out ofBR well-considered and unselfish effort can boBl i irretrievable. True Christian courage rec-H9 i agnizes more than Christ's presence; itBAj ! feels the impulse of His trust. Christ be-BH ! lievcs in us. He has intrusted His honacBO j in our hands. Therefore we may go oa,Bfl i watchfully indeed, but without fear. toBH ; my work to which His voice may call us.Bn I The Holy bpirit is our guide, and we are^H listening for tl;e indications of His pur-HHj pose. We are not afraid that, whether HH, through us, to our happiness, or withoutflH as, to our shame, His purposes can fail. Optimism may be a mood, passing, u^Hj moods pa.ss, into its opposite, discourage-^^B ment and despair. It should be rather aHB form of courage founded on a child's faith^H in the good will of his Heavenly Father.HH Bo it becomes at once independent of our^Hj feelings and surroundings and a help others. How much we all lean on menHSj who have the steady cheer of this uhvary<HB ing Christian courage! To look for the^^S best, not because the world is good, but^H| : because God is working in it to bring about^^H ; His purposes, which cannot but be goodj^HI to cultivate the social love which seeks thejHH j best in man, to count discouragementJa^KH forgetfulness of God, and idleness an ifi-H9 gratitude, this is the way of courage andjHH of joy, which is at once becoming and rd^^Hj warding to the children of God. Service For God. HBH "The fear of the Lord is the beginning^lB of wisdom." There is a uepth of educa^^H tional philosophy in this inspired state^^H ment, says Bishop J. H. Vincent. Ou^^H i voung people ought to be trained from th^Hfl beginning to make use of educational ad-fl^Bj | vantages as religious opportunities. Thej^Bl j should be guarded against confining all re^BI j ligious inspirations and aims to Sabbat^^Hn hours and Sabbath services. Thore shouldBBf] i be no break between Sabbaths. The cabl^^H of divine influence should stretch througn^BH 1 the seven days, sending out wires to tond^Ei| i with their divine charm every hour o^^M every day. fin ! What is true of study is also true o^^R | worldly labor. Kitchen work, shop.work^HH i farm work, as well as school work, are di]^B| j vine duties; they hide pearls in their rouglflH : shells; they are means of discipline in | highest qualities of character. Througl^^H i the faithful discharge of such plain dutie^HH 1 comes some of the sweetest and mighties^^H energies from the heavens. The young con^HH vert should be guarded against the fearfo^^B heresy, that when he leaves the hour o^Hfl song and prayer and revival power an^HH goes to his homely service in the shop ofi^H field, he is imperiling his spiritual life b^BH : leaving the place where spiritual power e^HMj ; pecially belongs. Honest service for God^DH with pure motives and the spirit of praye^^H in the lowliest places, is a means of grac<^^H without which, as collateral and supph^HH mwitary agencies, devotional hours are at^BH sDlutely worthless. |H Revealing Ourselves. flffi j . In the long run every man reveals self in one way or another. The Scriptur^BS | says: "Behold your sm will find you ou^flEB ' It is just as true that a man's goodness find him out. The Lord tellis Hie followei^KH not to let their left hand know what thei^^H right hand doeth, an injunction which plies particularly to the indiy'dual who disposed to advertise his good deeds, is 110 contradiction of the truth that iiBM time good deed* as well as evil, someho^^Xj discover themselves. ''By cheir fruits yj^^H ehail knew them." Thorn trees do nqHM produce grapes nor do fig trees grow thi^HM tJes. "Murder will out, and so likewi^HHB honesty, charity and the rest. It is reaU^Efl wonderful how certain traits are revealeMHH ar.d how easily men trained to watch fc^DH them detect them. Yr. Arthur E. M(HB Farlane speaks of the .our tests by whi(^BH^ ticket sellers detect counterfeit monejHH Tie final test is "the peculiar twitch *1 1. I i* if "JBH Northwestern Christian Advocate. ' Defeat. iMH It takes a "reat deal of grage to sufF^J9| defeat honorably and goodnaluredly. Mau^ES! people are so detective in self-discipln^HgH that they cannot stand the moral strain friendly competition unless,' indeed, th^HHRjj are alwa\ s successful.?The Kcv. W. Pickard. jrHH Shedding Caret. Climb the mountains and get their goc^HM tidings. Nature's peace will flow into yc^^^H as sunshine flows into trees. The win^BDj will blow their own freshness into you, ai^RH the storms their energy, while cares dro? ofl' like autumn leaves. Japs Solve Commissary Problem. General Weston, chief of the Subsistcn^UH Department of the United states Arm^^^n believes that lie has found out the secT^HHH oi the wonderful mobility ot the Japanc^BHfl Army. He lias received at Washingt^^MH from one of the American military obsei^^^^l ers in the Far East a piece of fish, dri^HBH until it resembles petrified wood, a^HBH weighs twelve ounces. He is informed tn^wBH on this a Japanese soldier can live seven days, and that the weight of Japanase field ration for a month is It^EHS than the weight ot one day's ration f^^^H an American soldier. On the march t^JBS Japs eat the fish as it is, but in camp th^HHB cook it with dried rice. They can eas^^BS do without commissary trains, which a^H^H indispensable to other armies. ?