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A Blues
i romanc
By Miss Ann
CHAPTER V. ?
Continued.
Left so terribly badly off! Dear,
^Aft" tiAl+ho^ /*vf +hn In.
urui, wurn aivaiwva V/J. wax, ***
dies turn their thoughts toward becoming
Companion? Or there -were Refuges
for Decayed Gentlewomen, concerning
which some 01 the more influential
friends eTen offered to write
letters of Inquiry. Or an addition to
income might sometimes be made by
fancy work, delicately disposed of, under
shop prices of course, among one's
own acquaintances.
And then it wrs the thought of
Quernec, the possibility of leading a
life of outdoor work and independence,
; -st crossed Aunt Hosie's mind.
Long years before, when Generous
George was in command of his regiment
in the Channel Islands, a great
darkness had fallen across Henrietta
Vansittart's path; upon the ere of
marriage her lover had proved unworthy,
and deserted her. No new catastrophe,
said the world?a catastrophe,
indeed, that so plain a girl might
reasonably have anticipated, yet like
some other human griefs not perceptibly
lessened to the victim by reason
of its triteness.
AX. r.*4~r- A TT/%r.?A '
At iwcuij, ao ?ii iiiij-, iiuni xiuoivi
nvas no coward. The burden that fell
to her lot she bore, unaided by any of
those little pious frauds whereby orthodox
resignation contrives to shift overheavy
weights to the shoulders of
others. But she very nearly died; kept
up, with a brave white face, and a
manner curiously like her own, for a
good many weeks, then suddenly fell
eick and had brain fever. As she recovered,
slowly, fitfully taking up the
threads of life, she would so willingly
have let go, the doctors proposed
country air for the girl. Miss
Theodora, then in the maturity of her
pink-and-white charms, could boast admirers
not a few among her father's
subalterns. Colonel Yansittart, so soon
as his daughter was pronounced decently
far from danger, must have his
rubber of whist, his little dinners
abroad and at home, as usual. Knocks,
rings, announcements of visitors,
clanking of swords and spurs (in those
days young warriors held it good form
to wear their uniforms)->all the bustle
and clatter of a house whose inmates
welcome any society save their own?
these were not surroundings amidst
Which shattered nerves and a heart
6tricken to desperation could rally. So
the girl was sent for a fortnight's
change to Quernec, a farmer's wife accustomed
to sick people taking her in
rhnrcp Jinrt instead nf n fortnight, re
mained there six months. The -wholesome
quickness of the salt air, the intermittence
of sunshine and storm, the
far-reaching horizon, the rough, kind
fisher folk, busied on hopes and cares
bo alien to the frivolous word in whicD
she had gotten her death wound?such
were the influences that saved Henrietta
Vansittart. Influences that could
not bring back the vanished joy of life,
but that taught her how a personal
sorrow may be made to turn the wheel
of unselfish activity, and remained
graven on her heart long after she had
returned to the visit-paying, dinnergriving.
promenade-pacing existence of
places like Bath and Cheltenham!
"At Quernec, if we are lucky enough
*o find a vacant farmhouse, we shall
be among people poorer than our-selves."
So she argued with her sisters
when successive fine friends had given
In their schemes of companionship,
wool-work and refuges. "We shall be
independent, get as much fresh air as
we like to breathe and have excellent
butter with our own bread. I make
myself responsible for so much."
"The terrible thing will be to part
with Tylers," said the eldest sister.
Owing rather to her deafness, or to
some inherent elements of her father's
genial constitution, it was impossible
to brinff poor Isabella nearer to the
realization of poverty than this?that
she, Isabella Vansittart, must henceforce
face the remnant of her mortal
*pan, rice of a morning, go to rest at
night, look over summer dresses in
May. over winter ones in October, unassisted
by a forty-five guinea lady's
maid! "I am as ready to make sacrifices
as any one. I am sure, and during
the summer months a seaside life is
Dot unendurable! If only we could
keep Tylers.'
"Our father's military position "will
fee remembered in the Channel Islands,"
mused Miss Theodora. "People
will know who we are and what
iwe are. There is comfort at least in
that."
Finally Aunt Hosie's project was carried
out. Fief-de-la-Reine, by a lucky
chance, stood tenantless, the land
iwanting drainage, the house repairs;
and by the time little Daphne, in her
black frock first ran wild amoDg the
Quernec lanes, the sisters, even the
two elder ones, had settled down with
a sense of security, if not precisely of
affection, to their isolated life.
Never was life better fitted for delight
and liberty, the natural creed of
childhood. At Brighton every item of
maternal care had been honestly rendered
in exchange for Captain Vansittart's
checks. Daphne was unscrupulously
exercised twice a day. learned
tier letters by the very newest kindergarten
lights, swallowed codliver cil
after her grace at breakfast and dinner.
and pined a little under it all!
Here at Quernec she lived in free air
and sunshine from morning till night,
had a garden to dig in. animals to feed,
ami tue secure neaven or auui nusie s
smiles shining: over all. A youc/7 cnild
wants mother's love, not professional
maternal solicitude, as imperatively as
Its lungs wants oxygen; and Daphne,
by temperament, craved for affection
even more than other children cf her
age.
She received?she gave it back?In
amplest measure at Fief-de-Ia-Reine.
No further need to trust to Jean
Marie's discrimination in the matter of
seedlings and groundsel. Daphne's
fingers?"waxen touches" still?were
never tired of working, so long as the
Work performed was for Aunf Hosie.
t
tockixg:
!E # REALITY.
ie Edwards.
The two slept side by side; the child
Ih her white cot, with her tranquil
angel face, awakening some pangs, you
may be sure, in Aunt Hosie's heart?
the fine old heart wherein love, crushed
as regarded self, bad but opened mro
fuller and more perfect blossom for
otncrs. They rose early, and, before
tbe elder sisters bad breakfasted,
were on xbeir way, band in band,
through tbe crisp morning air to the
fields. Whatever Henrietta Vansittart's
business, whatever the season of
the year, ihe little figure, faithful as
shadow to substance, followed close
upon her footsteps; father, mother,
playmate?she was all these, and something
more besides, to the child's instinct
She was Aunt Hosie!
So. in sunshine and shower, life
went on until Daphne was eighteen
years old. Then, in a dark hour, it
was resolved, owing to tbe fact of
Theodora Vansittart's possessing a
dove-colored satin with Iloniton
flounces, that the girl must be kept a
child no longer?must "come out."
"We middle-aged people are apt to
grow selfish, Henrietta," said Miss
Theodora?her mind fixed, as she
spoke, on those poor, obsolete fineries,
last worn, alas! at Cheltenham dinner
parties, but which dexterous manipulation
and close study of the Petit Courier
dee Dames might bring approximately
close to the fashion of the day.
"The prospects of the potato harvest,
the fortunes of a handful of common
laborer?, may be vital enough interests
for you and me. Daphne is eighteen
years old. and I call it a positive duty,
a duty that we owe to her grandfather's
memory and to the girl, not to let
such an opportunity as the present slip
through our fingers."
The opportunity was a big Government
House ball, given in honor of the
arrival of a new regiment (always in
little outlying military stations an
event of magnitude) and to which the
Miss Vansittarts were bidden.
Theodora's early prognostications
had proved correct. Colonel Vansittart's
position was not f<?rgotten in
the Channel Islands, and, on all occasions
of-state or official gayety, cards
of invitation were dispatched, as a
matter of received usage, to the lonely
farmhouse at Quernec. Up to the present
hour even Theodora had been able
to extract no pleasure from these invitations,
beyond arranging them, in
company with the time-yellowed cards
of Cheltenham notabilities, in a china
dish upon the parlor table. What
maiden lady, with her half-century of
existence wen struct, couju nave tue
valor to enter concert or ballroom
save in the character of a chaperone!
But now that Daphne was eighteen?
now that inclination could robe itself
in Honiton-fiounced satin, and call that'
garb duty?Miss Theodora felt that
her whole moral attitude toward the
outside world had shifted.
"Let her judge for herself?let the
child judge for herself," she cried, interpreting,
by her own lights, a certain
wistful irresolution on Aunt Hosie's
honest face. "Daphne, you are invited
with ourselves to a ball at Government
House on the twenty-first ("to go into
society again under our altered circumstances,"
said Miss Theodora, in
parenthetic minor?"to follow where in
brighter days one used to lead, requires
an ehort! Still. I am ready to
sacrifice personal feeling at the call of
Duty). Are vre to refuse or accept?"
Need I record Daphne's answer? Did
the lips of a girl of eighteen ever say
nay to the first bewildering temptation
of white shoes, gossamer skirts, military
music, and a fresh scarlot-jac-keted
partner for every dance? The invitation
was accepted; and during the
next three weeks ribbons and gauzes
were canvassed as surely no millinery
details were ever canvassed before
within the sober walls of Fief-de-laReine.
Daphne should be dressed in
blue, in green, in pink. No?in this, at
least, Aunt Hosie's finer sense of fitness
carried the day?Daphne should
be dressed in white, only a degree less
simple than she wore at Confirmation,
and with a natural flower in her hair
or waist-belt for adornment.
And then arose the question of quadrilles
and lancers.
Daphne had frequented the Christmas
farmhouse parties round Quernec
ever since she was seven years old,
and understood what dancing in its
severer sense meant. In such exercises
as "J'allais c-hez la Boulangere," or
"Grande Maman. que voulez vous?"
she was proficient.
Exorcises carried on, without haste,
without rest, solemnly as religious ceremonies,
and to the stentorian monotone
of the performer's own voices,
straight through the hours of a winter's
night. Neither of her round dances
was she afraid. Such of the island
children as had been to school in
France were always furious waltzers.
otid in some room apart would whirl
round at these festivities like so many
small dervishes, while their ciders carried
on the legitimate (Ibnscmas rites.
nf whi>h T hnTp snoken. in the best
kitchen. But quadrilles and lancers.
It came to a matter of necessity that
the three poor old ladies?yes, even
deaf Aunt Isabella?must form themselves
into a set. and. with Theodora's
weak treble indicating the once-familiar
score, go through the figures, peony-hued
Margot. her apron over her
mouth, Jean at her elbow, doing audience.
Thus Daphne, serious as though she
were learning to decipher cuneiform
inscriptions, got her first formal dancing
lesson; and as "steps"?batterments.
chasser-croisees, and the like
mysteries of elegant movement?had
not gone out of fashion in the Miss
Vansittarts' youth, the lesson was a
lengthy one. By the afternoon of the
twenty-first, however, all preparations
were complete; quadrilles and lancers
mastered; a white dress containing so
many yards it had needed two workgirls
tr. bring it home, lying, with the
inevitable satin shoes, lace handkerchief,
fan and sash, on Daphne's little
bed.
"The 21st of June has com*? The ' n
greatest joy in the -world is at hand!" \ I
So her heart Rang as she flew in trem- i I
t: In us excitement about the house and j
ir;n den, at this moment consulting the
old clock on the stairs, at the next the ;
broken dial on tho grassplot. Oh, if the
sun for once -would mend his pace! If i
she could only feel herself on the road
to Government House, catch a glimpse !
of the lighted windows, hear an echo (?
of the hand,, to whose strains?a dif- '
ferent partner for every waltz and lancers
and quadrille?she meant to dance j
till morning. j fc
It was the last day of her childhood, j jj
her good-bye to pni;e, unmixed happi
ness. Already the clock' lagged, al- j
ready the shade upon the dial moved , ci
with pace too slow for Daphne Van- ! tc
sittart.
Eight o'clock came, and with it the j
rickety barouche, hired for economy pi
at a country inn, that was 1o convey tc
tbe ball-goers to Government Hou.c?. :
Margot and Joan Marie, at that period I
in the earliest stage of sheepish court- ; si
chip, stood together with a knot of hi
fisher people outside the porch, to see ! h;
the ladies depart. The nearest approach j
to full dress ever beheld by Quernec !
eyes were the short skirts, the jackets \ p<
trimmed with as many bows as span- | k
rIc-s of itinerant beauty at the annual I ti
fair; and a long-drawn "Ah"' burst ;
forth from the lips of all when Daphne I
tripped forth, her face blooming as tbe ! Ir
sunset sky that shone on it, her girlish ' ai
neck and arms looking white even | si
contrasted with the whiteness of her j
dress?a solitary spray of roses in her |
yellow hair her only ornament. j n;
"Good, honest creatures! They have j ir
never seen me dressed before," re- j si
marked Theodora Vansittart, as the ai
barouche swung heavily into motion? i
Theodora, not wholly unconscious of J
her charms, upright as a wand in her ; ti
rejuvenated dove-colored satin, and ' h<
with Honiton lace, ribbons and plumes j n
indescribable as a headdress. "But ci
I trust this is the beginning of a new I tl
life. Only for me, child?only for my j tc
TaKing me miuaxive?you never i n
liave danced anything hut barbarous jr
-Boulangeres and Louriers to the end a:
of your days. Our poor Henrietta,
with all her sterling qualities, is so
painfully wanting in ambition! Now, tl
who can tell what this very ball, your | ti
first introduction into the society be- j e]
fitting your birth, may lead to?" j a
It led, as a primary, to Daphne's ; 0j
cheeks looking paler on the following ^
morning than they had ever looked be- ^
fore in Fief-de-la-Reine. t]
"Of course, we enjoyed ourselves jt
tremendously. Aunt Hosie,'" paid the
girl, as she sat trifling. Miss Theodora
at her side, over an 11 o'clock breakfast.
Daphne, who usually consumed
two or three thick slices of bread und ! M
butter and her bowl of coffeo before 8 !
o'clock! "Still, big balls are not what j
I expected.. Grown-up partners do i
waltz so out of time, and hold-you 60 '
tight, -and, as to the quadrilles and lancers,
you might crush your- way
trough them just as well without hav- T
ing learned a single step. Only once I j P;
found room to dance a cbasser-croi- j ii
sees, and then I saw two of tie la- j ti
dies give a look at each other behind ! tl
their fans. No, for real dancing the [ a
Quernec parties at Christmas are bet- I ti
"ter, after all." tl
"And Mr. Chester, the partner you p
danced five times with, who took you d
to supper, who handed us to our car- j si
riage," cried Miss Theodora. "If you j o:
did not feel flattered by such atten- j fi
tions as these, all I can say is. you are j
+/ ? nlnncn (}:*)n mnst I
iilWi C UiLU\,Ul?, l</ |yiviiwv ; jj,
girls." ; tl
"Mr. Chester waltzed no better than ]j
the rest." answered Daphne, coolly. |
*I would sooner go straight through ; n
the Boulangere any day than struggle : ei
through those live stupid round dances b;
with Mr. Chester again." ! V;
"Mr. Chester, made a very favorable 1 0i
impression upon my mind," said Miss I ^
Theodora, almost with a blush. "The j
young man has an unmistakable aris- ; S(
tocratic line of profile, and is a con- . ^
noction, it would seem, of the War- i b'
wickshire Stamers. I hesitated, at | e,
first, when he asked my permission to ; C(
call?for. of course, with no gentleman ! g1
in the family, one cannot be too cir- j
cumspect. But the moment he men- }
tioned the Warwickshire Stamers "
"To call here!" interrupted Aunt !
Hosie, brusquely. "You have given j
permission to a young man of whom :
we know nothing to call upon Daphne, I .
here, at Fief-de-la-Reine?" j
To be Continued. j J!
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Pierl-e Loti's Kitten. I tfi
OfT the shores of the Bosphurus M. j .
Tierre Loti, novelist and academician. I
has had baptized, with mock pomp and i 10
ceremony, his ship's kitten. The affair ; g!
took place on December S on board the j oi
French guardship Vantour, which the ! P'
novelist commands as Captain Viaud.
In honor of the event, the ship was ; Ti
bripht with buntrng. Flowers covered i tt
guns and gun rooms. The captain's j U1
quarters were gayly ornamented, and 1 h1
a crowd of guests was on board, among j ei
them being the commanders of the > lfl
English and Russian guardships, the j Si
French Consul-General, the Russian j ce
naval attache, M. Coquelin, the actor,
and ladies. The cat's sponsors were !
Mme. Roux, wife of the commander !
of the Mouette, and the Vicomte de | w
Salignac-Fenelon. Aft of the ship was j tfc
erected an altar to the great Seandina- ! or
vian deity Odin. The ceremony was of
opened by a burlesque symphony of er
Romberg, executed anyhow by Pierre pi
Loti and his offlcers, an embassy j bl
attache acting as conductor. The , bi
newly-born kitten was in a dainty I D
basket well wrapped up in warm wad- i ai
ding. The grand priest of Odin, nil ' dJ
robed in white, handed Mm?. Rous a j bo
mysterious horn, at the sound whereof j in
the head of the iitton emerged from ' tb
the basket. Tben the trio from Reyev's j b(
opera "Sigurd*' was heard, end. after cc
an invocation addressed to Odin, the '
grand priest baptized the kitten "Eel- J
kis," which, being interpreted, means j
"pretty girl." A short poem was next j m
recited, and then M. Loti entertained i ur
his guests at lunch on board the Vau- i tii
tour.?London Daily Telegraph. \ ra
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The Blue Jay'8 Philosophy. 1 ^
"The line between Dusiness anu rou- ; gc
bery has never yet been clearly defined,"
said the blue jay as he swal- i
lowed the egg of the robin, who was
off hunting for worms.?Ernest Thompj
son SetoD, in Century Magazine.
I ]
The annual report of the Western i ra
Union Telegraph Company, just issued, th
shows 80,000 messages transmitted,
$29,000,000 earned; net revenue,, $8,- cij
. 000,000. and a surplus of $13,000,000, De
=?I?
{pidj
;
Shellfish were responsible for nine j
ises uf tyjjljajd fever in London last
}ar.
Fine voice?, il is said, aire seldom
?un-l in a country where fisp or meat
.et prevails. I
A Paris dentist, who commjitted sni- j
de. left instructions that his pody was J
? be stuffed. I
The poor people of Barbados subsist |
rlneipally on sugar cane, sweet pota
>es and flying fish. I .* j
Spider mothers remember tAeir off- j
)ring> after an absence of I twenty j
9urs, 'but forget them when a lfnll dny
as elapsed. I '
The delicate Russian Cossacjks eat
Dultry raw, and have even been
nown to enjoy the dainty stub of a
illow candle.
There is a foreign language : school
l Tokio, where almost all languages
re taught, and, curiously enough, Busail
is the favorite.
The Tien-Tsu-Husi, or society for \
atural feet, is making many converts I
i China. In some regions young men I
gn a pledge not to marry girls with
rtificially crippled feet.
Hospitals wore founded in very early
mes. India, Persia and Arabia jiad
Dspitals supported by their kings and
llers before the Christian era. In knent
Egypt hospitals were unknomi,
le sick being tended at home or lin
mples. Plato says that the Grejpk |
laintainod shelter houses for the sitK j
i various "laces, supplied with attenld- .
Qts. I !
There is conclusive evidence to show
lat in one unbroken nocturnal flighlt
ie European bird known as the nortbl n
bluethroat passes from Centraa
frica to the German Sea, a distanca |
f 1600 miles, making th3 journey in
ine hours. From its w.'nter home in
frica observations hav determined!
lat it starts after sunset, -irriving at1,
s far northern summer haunts before i
awn on the next morning.
CURIOSITIES OF MICA; I
[ineral Blocks May be Split Tlunue j
Than Tisane Paper.
The mica as it comes from the mines
t in blocks which are theoretically
aort rhombic prisms, but practically
re scarcely recognizable as such, havlg
a very rough and uneven contour,
hey have a very perfect cleavage
arallel to the base, and may be split
ito laminae thinner than the thinnest
ssue paper, and these laminae form
le familiar transparent stove.panesi
ad lamp chimneys. The exterior porons
of these blocks are opaque, brit- j:
e and worthless, presumably from the !
enetration of water, for mica soon i
tn <1 n T7 dflll. !
ecoijipuses vtiieu UA^VOCU ivr iauj ^w*.
derable weathering. A thick layer
C plates has therefore to be removed
om either face of the blocks before
ny mica of commercial size or value j
i reached, and the sheets split from j
ie. remainder are surrounded by a |
irge margin of worthless material.
Bvrt the difficulties and losses of j
lica mining are far from being all j
numerated. Even when occurring in |
locks of commercial size it is rendered !
alueless, or comparatively so, by one j
r more of a series of defects, which j
lay be classed as color, specks, rul- |
ig, ribbing and wedge formation. II '
>metimes occurs literally pied with j
lack dots, consisting in general of j
lack oxide of iron or garnet, and when !
pen a few of these are present its
jmmercial value is destroyed, because
jch mica, when used as an insulator, |
; peculiarly liable to puncture, the j
leeks forming practically short cir- j
jits for the electric current. The j
lme is true of streaks, which are j
)metimes turned to red rust.
Some otherwise excellent inioa is
>und to be ruled or cut, as it were,
ith a series of perfectly straight !
nes, parallel to One side of the crys- j
il, so that on being split the mica
ills immediately into strips; or, again, i
istead of being striped or ruled, the j
lica is often deeply ribbed or corru- j
tted parallel to the adjacent edges ;
the crystal, so as to give the ap- j
Eiarance of the letter A, or, rather, V, j
honco it is termed "A mica." As the j
bbed portion has to be cut away in i
te sheet, such mica is unprofitable j
iless the blocks are large. "Wedge J
ica is that in which the block is thick- [
at one end than at the other, the 1
minae partaking of the unevenness. j
ueh blocks are wholly worthless ex- '
>pt as scrap.?Engineering Magazine, j
The "Blc Wind."
The hurricane known as the "big j
ind," which swept over Ireland and
ie western coast of England, occurred j
i the night of the Gth and the morning !
! the 7th of January, 1839. In Lim- j
ick, Galway, Athlone and other j
aces more than 200 houses were I
own down, and as many more were j
jrned, the winds spreading the fires, j
ublin suffered very severely. London
id its vicinity suffered scarcely any
image, but at Liverpool twenty per- j
ms wers,killed by the failing of build- !
gs, and 100 or more were drowned in j
ie neighborhood. The coast and bar- !
>rs in the path of the storni were 1
ivered with wrecks.
Modeling Clay Animals.
In natural history museums clay
odels of animals ever which tuc skiiis
e stretched and made to appear en e!y
lifelike are coining into use. This
dieal departure from taxerdermy
reatens to render tha' art extinct, as ;
e carefully modeled figure made by a ;
ulptor and placed in a lifelike nose !
deemed far more desirable than a
ere stuffed ai.iinal as a natural bisry
exhibit.
French Railroads.
Returns of tbe receipts on the French
ilways during tbe first six months of
e year show a general decline cornred
with 3003. Tbe loss of tbe priu)al
companies is from two to three
r cent. J
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR SEPTEMBER 25.
ileview of tho Twelve I^cssons of Ihk 1
Third Quarter ? Head Fnalm 103, !
J-12 ?Golden Text, Psalin 103, 8? ;
Summary and Topic*.
Lesson I.?Topic: Rehoboam's answer
to the ten tribes and their revolt. Place: '
The assembly was held at Shechem. After
Solomon's death the people assembled at
Shechem to choose a new King. Solomon's
son, Iteholioam, was heir to the
throne; he was young and tender hearted,
but vain and wicked: the people asked
to be relieved of excessive taxation; Rehoboam
counseled with the people as to |
what answer he should give; he forsook I
the counsel of tfie old men and listened .
to the counsel of the young men; he returned
a stern reply and said that he
Ayould be more.severe than even his father
Solomon had been; ten of the twelve
tribes then revolted and chose Jeroboam
as Kin^.
II. Topic: Jeroboam's effort to estab- |
lish himself in his kingdom. Place: The
northern part of Palestine. As soon as I
Jeroboam was declared King of the ten
tribes, he took measures to establish himself
in his kingdom: there were bright
prospects before him; he enlarged and
iortified several cities; he then took steps
to keep his ueople from going to Jerusalem
to worship, fearing that if they did I
their hearts would become attached to Re- j
hoboam and that they would kill him; he
made two calves of gold and set one up in
Bethel and . the other in Dan, urging the j
DPOnlf* in vunrcViir* in t line** snfioa incfoarl nf
going to Jerusafem. This became a sin,
for the people soon jell into idolatry.
III. Topic: Judah's prosperity and victory.
"Place: Judah. Asa's kingdom. After
the death of Rehoboam, Abijah, his
son, reigned in his stead; his reign was
fhort, and at his death. Asa. his son,
reigned in Judah forty-one years; Asa was
a good King and did that which was right
in the sight of the Lord; he removed the
altars of the strange gods which had been
set up in the kingdom, and broke down
the images which had been erected to |
idols; he commanded his people to seek
the Lord and to obey the law; he fortified
the cities in Judah; the lanJ had rest from
war many years; Asa raised an army to
meet the Ethiopians who came against
him; the battle was set in array; Asa
cried unto the Lord; the Lord caused the
Ethiopians to flee.
IV. Topic: Jehosaphat establishing a
judiciary. Place: Jeho;-haphat reigned
over Judah. At the death of Asa,
Jehoshaphat, his son, reigned in his stead
for twenty-five years. Jehqshaphat was a
good King and trusted God; he thoroughly
cleansed the land of idolatry, but he
committed a great error in joining himself
to Ahab; Tie went with Ahab to fight
against Ben-hahad, King of Syria; the
nrnnhpf". nf thp T,nrr} u-nrnprl litm nnf tn
5o, but he did and Ahab was slain. Then
ehu, the prophet, reproved Jehoshophat
for helping the ungodly.
V. Topic: The idolatry of Israel's kings.
Place: Omri and Ahab reigned over the
ten tribes. Omri and Ahab were both
very wicked king!!: they led the people
into the worship of idols and fully established
Baal worship in the land; the prophets
of God were slain and His worship
forbidden; Omri founded the city of Samaria
and made it his capital; at his
death Ahab, his son, reigned in his stead;
Ahab was worse than any of the kings
that had preceded, for he married Jezebel,
a heathen woman; he built a house in
honor of Baal in Samaria and set up images
to the heathen god; the judgments
of the Lord fell upon Ahab, and he was
slain in battle.
VI. Topic: Elijah's- obedience and faith.
Places: Samaria, Brook Cherith, and Zarephath.
Elijah the prophet appeared to
Ahab and told him that there would be a
graat dought and famine in the land
ivvrich would continue three years; the
llwd sei.t Elijah to the brook Cherith;
llhe ravens'fed aim there; the brook dried
Bp; Elijah was sent to Zarephath; a wid(Av
woman was commanded to'feed Elijah;
hie asked her for a little water; told her
to\ bring him a morsel of bread; she said
she had but little; Elijah encouraged her i
and asked her to bring him a cake first; j
lie said they would all be supplied.
VII. Topic: Elijah meets Obadiah and j
Ahab. Place: Somewhere in Ahab'3 j
kingdom. The famine had lasted three
years and six months; the supplies were |
exhausted; the Lord told Elijah to show !
himself to Ahab; Obadiah and Ahab were '
seeking grass; suddenly Elijah appeared
to Obadiah and asked him to tell Ahab
that Elijah was there: Obadiah feared and
said that if he should tell Ahab that Elijah
was here, and then the prophet did j
not appear to Ahab, he would be slain; j
Elijah said that tie would certainly appear. 1
VIII. Topic: Elijah convincing Israel |
that .Jehovah is the true God. Places: I
Mount Carmel and Jezreel. A test was 1
proposed by Elijah in order to prove that J
he was the true God; Baal's prophets pre- 1
pared their sacrifice and called upon tneir
god to send fire; 110 answer; Elijah pre- ]
pared his offering; dug a trench; covered ;
the offering and the altar and filled the j
trench witn. water; Elijah then called i
upon God and fire fell from heaven; the j
sacrifice and the wood and the stone -were >
consumed, and the water in the trench |
was licked up; the people said, "'Jehovah ]
is God." The 450 prophets ot Baal were j
Biain.
IX. Topic: Elijah's flight. Places: Jezreel,
Beer-sheba and Horeb. Ahab told j
Jezebel all Elijah had done; Jezebel sent |
a messenger warning Elijah that he wouid 1
be killed; Elijah fled for his life; dismissed ;
his servant; went a day's journey into the 1
wilderness; sent angels to care for him. * J
X. Topic: God's manner of dealing with
Elijah. Place: Horeb the mount 01 God. :
Elijah was at Horeb or Sinai in a cave. ;
God asked Elijah why he was there; Eli
jail tola the .bora now zealous ne naa
been, and how they had sought his life;
God caused a great wind to rend the j
mountain and break the rocks, and after j
the wind an earthquake, and after the '
earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not ;
revealing Himself in these; following these
manifestations the Lord spoke in a still
small voice.
XI. Topic: The parting of Elijah and j
Elisha. Places: Gilgal, Bethel, Jericho,
and the place where Elijah was translat- j
ed; Elijah made a farewell visit to the
schools of the prophets; Elijah asked EH- |
sha what hfe should do for him; JHisha j
said., "Let a double portion of thy spirit j
be upon me." Elijah went up by a whirl- j
wind into heaven.
XII. Topic: Israel reproved and exhort- I
ed to seek God: Places: Amos was a na- |
tive of Tekoa, but prophesied at Bethel.
.Terohoam 11, j was King of Israel; the
kingdom was prosperous and rich; the
people were very wicked and were worshiping
idon-; because of their sins Amos
tells them that they would be carried into !
captivity.
Manila's yew Street Cars.
About the time New York City cxpecti J
to have a complete subway system in op j
eration Manila hopes to have a moderr 1
street railway system. Work was begun ? !
year ago, and the Manila Daily Bulletit I
says that eight miles of track are already
laid. The lines will follow the main arter j
ies traffic and txtend to all the principal
euourds. it is (expected that the system
will be in operation January 1. The work
is being done by an American syndicate,
and Charles M. Swift, of Detroit, Mich.. ,
who has had a great deal of experience in
the construction and operation of suburban
electric railways, has been in Manila
bUDejintendim: the buildiuz oi the read.
Bine Light AnaRtheMe.
A dispatch to the London (Eng.) Dai'y
Mail from Geneva says that Professor Kt- ;
dard and Professor Emery have discovered I
a new anasthetic for use in dentistry. Experiments
to learn the effects of colored '
lights upon the nerves revealed that blue j
light is extraordinarily soothing. A pa- :
ticnt was put in a dark room and his eyes
were exposed to a sixteen candle blue light
for three minutes. This caused him to lo?e
the sense of pain, and the tooth was then
painlessly extracted without the after effects
of ether or chloroform.
Opium Fiends Barred^
Habitual opium eaters are rejeoted bv
igents' recruiting in' Clhina for the Rand
nmes. .1 . . ..
I
jrore'exk6^5l
Be Thoo Supremo.
Be Thou supreme, Lord Jesus Christ;
Thy love's constraint I feel;
I Bee Thy Cross, and mind and heart
Obey its mute appeal.
Be Thou supreme, Lord Jesus Christ
Mr inmost being fill,
So shall I think as Thou dost think,
And will as Thou dost will.
S
Be Thou Supreme, Lord Jesus Christ;
Thy life transfigure mine;
And through this veil of mortal flesh,
Lord, may Thy splendors shine.
Be Thou supreme, Lord Jesus Chr.'st
My eoul exults in Thee;
To hear Thy voice, to know Thy will.
Is my felicity.
Be Thou supreme, Lord Jesus Christ
Live o'er again in me,
That, filled with love, I may become
A Christ in my degree.
Be Thou supreme, Lord Jesus Christ
A _ J i il:
WHCU LUib ilie Jb U CI,
Let me be with" Thee where Thou art,
Like Thee l'orevermore.
Prisoners of the Xord.
Paul often calls himself "the slave c
Jesus Christ." And if any man ever b?
longed to another, body, soul and epiril
Paul belonged to Jesus Christ. For Hii
Paul lived and loved, wrought and wrot<
suffered and died. If those mute" lips c
hia moved at all after his bleeding hea
dropped from the block it must have bee
in last endeavor to utter the name of hi
beloved Lord.
Once Paul calls himsolf "the prisoner c
the Lord." And that was a true title, fo
was he not in prison oft for the sake c
the testimony of the gospel? Nor did h
ever boast a, prouder title than just thiethe
prisoner of the Lord. Decorations fo
which others strove he absolutely dis
dained. This was his badge of honor, thi
his insignia of distinction. He glorie
ever in the cross of Christ and in. the cros
he bore for Christ.
Paul was in good company when he wa
in prison for the Lord. Count over th
names of those who have been banishe
from hnmp ?r>1d intn nantivitv. immure
in,, dungeons and otherwise deprived of lil
trty for conscience's sake, and you have a
illustrious band.
There is Joseph, in jail, because of hi
firm resolve to ao no sin. There is Danie
cast into a wild beast's den, because h
would not dishonor God by deifying mar
There is John the Baptist in Herod's dui
Eson because he rebuked wickedness i;
igh places. There is Peter, victim of He]
ocfs cruelty, languishing in gloom. Ther
to John, to whom the island of Patmos wa
i rockbound, sea-girt prison. These ar
ill prisoners of the Lord. They share wit
Paul the splendid fame of counting nc
Bbertv dear unto them for the sake c
their loyalty to God.
John Bunyan was a prisoner of tfie Lor
when he wrote his immortal "Pilgrii
Dream." Mme. Guyon was a prisoner c
the Lord when she sang:
"A little bird I am,
Shut from the fields of air,
And in my cage I sit and sing
To Him who placed me there;
Well pleased a prisoner to be
Because, my God, it pleaseth Thee."
But not alone those who have worn lit
eral chains and suffered literal bondag<
for conscience's sake or duty's, are prisoi
jrs of the Lord. Many an invalid, patien
ind trustfal, in spite of long helplessnes
md pain; many a mother weary with th
care oi uousenoia ana cmiaren, yet Drav
ind hopeful withal; many a man limite
to a narrow sphere by poverty, yet thinl
tag great thoughts and bearing his shar
of the burdens of the kingdom of God
many & self-exiled pioneer of progress, mil
nonary or explorer, who prepares the wa
for the gospel in heathen lands or in dii
tant parts of our own; many an humbl
worker, who voluntarily limits his freedoi
ind restricts his leisure that he may "d
jomething for somebody," is as surely
prisoner of the Lord as was the great apoi
tie.
And this is the comfort of every sue
joul: The Lord is with His people i
prison. He gives their souls sweet liberty
He rests them when they are weary, lift
them up when they are faint and wnispei
In every hour of darkness and night (
pain: "Fear not, for I am with thee
aeither be thou dismayed, for 1 am th
Bod; I will strengthen thee; yea, I wi
help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with th
right hand of My righteousness."?l'hili
ielphia Ledger.
The Now Hell.
Under the title, '"The New Hell," th
Examiner ^Baptist) makes these remarks:
The punishment of the persistently in
penitent is, so far as our own observatio
goes, seldom spoken of in the preaching <
to-day. Nor should we desire a restori
tion of the old way of presenting the doi
trine of future retribution. It was not i
harmony with the spirit of the gospel, i
we understand it. But, since the teachic
of the New Testament leaves us in i
doubt, unless we juggle with words of moi
solemn and awful import, that there is pui
lshment in store for those who die in the
Bins, and that it is as long in duration :
the happiness of the saved, the preach<
fails in presenting "the whole counsel <
God," who neglects to warn sinners of.tl:
coming wrath. The messenger of God hi
do function to perform but to present tl
message as he receives it. It is not for hii
to limit or ignore it. Speculation as to tl
number like.y to be lost, as to the natui
of tho punishment, as to the location <
hell, and so on, is out of place, as is tl
sentimental holding out of a hope whic
the word of God. does not authorize. D
Fairbairn'8 paying, that "the love of Gc
forbids endless punishment," must be si
over against the saying of Christ, "At
these shall go away into everlasting pui
ishment. but 'he righteous into everias
ing life." It is not for us to determir
what God will do in any case. Our du1
is to proclaim what He tell us in H
word, and there it ends.
Holy Living:.
While high thinking does not aiwa;
prevent low living, it is also true that the]
can be no high and holy living withoi
high and holy thinking.?Rev. James M
Leod.
Thine* Eternal.
The love of earthly things is only e:
pelled by a certain sweet experience of tl
tilings eternal.?Augustine.
Stream* From Every Smitten Rock.
All along the line of life we must be pr
pared to erect altars on which we mi
yield to God in sacrifice, habits, associ
tions, fascinations, which He lias reveah
as alien to our true well being. The so
that dares to live this life will find strean
flowing from every smitten rock.?Rev.
B. Meyer. *
The Foundations.
Be sure of the foundation of your lif
Know whv you live as you do. Be reac
to give a reason for it. Do not, in such
matter as life, build on opinion or eusto
or what you guess is true. Make it a ma
tcr of certainty.?Thomas Starr King.
Btjjcest Tree in the \%orl<l.
The biggest tree in the -world so far dis
covered has just been found in the Eehori
Valley, Tulare County, California, by \\
T. Hart, a mill man in that section. Thi
giant of the forest four feet from th
ground is 113 feet in circumference, and i
towers to the height of 400 feet. As an ex
pert mill man, Mr. Hart says he believe
that the tree contains more lumber thai
any other tree in the world.
A Good Gu*6?.
Mme. Louise, an Isle of Wight palmist
told a policeman, who was consulting he
in disguise, that he would shortly tak
part in legal proceedings in which h
would be succcssful. She was right. Shi
paid a fine on Jae evidence.
THE GREAT DESTROYED
60ME STARTLINC FACTS ABOul
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. H
| Poem: 'Weimer't Home, a Strong Ar^flj
j ment In V?r?e in Favor of Abollsbi^H
the Bum Traffic?Walls Ked "With
| Blood of Human Sacrifice. '
j Wiemer'e House! Now ain't it granc^B
I Nothing finer in the land." SB
! When the folks come tro this way, deny?
from Flint and Halliday, M
! And we santer up and down seein' sights
| around the town, g||
I They don't seem to have no use Tor tl^H
- stores or calaboose; .Hj
' All they really t-.eem to see ia. Wiemer^B
j pile of masonry.
: Fine? Now I should calculate; gran^B
enough for potentate, H|
Built of stone from land knows where, co?9
ers more than half a square; ggj
Marble eteps and rods of stoop, fanc^J
iixin'e lace and loop, R
From the cellar to the top?makes a stra^H
I ger stand and gop, W
Walks a-runnin' through the grass, do^H
and lions made of brass; B
i And inside, I've heard it told, is a sigl^H
just to behold? M
: Like a palace, so 1 guess just one doggone^K
loveliness. fi?
i Pictures big as double doors, costly carpc^H
on the floors; H
j Marble wimmen, iron kids, strange thingMj
: from the Pyramid*; am
' I c ?? i.?? ?j i-?.
* u nuiu a jjuuoc ouu ocu iuui
it's likely's not;
I Crockery things from ferren parts, repn
I sentin' ancient arte.
Goodness me! But -what folks tell, whs
. ain't there hain't been to sell;
* Makes things look like thirty cents, con
mon truck without pretense.
c?
? Werner's House! Look yonder tlid
'J -where the black smoke fills the air,
j What is that you plainly see? That H
Wiemer's Brewery.
" Here is where he coins his gold, piles 5:
riches up untold.
This is Wiemer's private mint?just tk
: same to all intent.
1 y
^ Wiemer's House, so fair to see, is buf
shaft to misery.
" Every stone within its walls silently ft
justice calls;
, Could they ci-y aloud like men they woul
j tell what tongue nor pen *
j. Could not utter, for the tale would mat
stoutest heart to fail;
- Widows' cries would rend the air, shriel
' of suffering and despair;
j Broken hearts woufd moan in grief, pra;
j ing lor death b eweet relief;
j. Starving children, cold, unfed, begging f?
D a crust of bread
Might be heard?God spare the sight?cr
g ing in the lonely nights
j Prayers of mothers might be heard sobbii
i ' out each broken word.
Then would sound the murderer's yell con
j' ing as from deepest hell,
Q And the clank of felon's chains curdlii
.. blood within the veins
e Might resound through hall and room lil
? the awful cry 01 doom.
b Wiemer's House! Now some may laug
lt but I see an epitaph
On every stone within its walls. 'Tis bi
a tomb?its princely hall*
j Built at a cost beyond all price?a mol?
n fat with sacrifice.
,f Its walls are red with human blood,11
dyed, so stained, no earthly flood
n I,.;... nt TLoof
i uau ?aou incui ticai. v uvujk vjl
whose poison chokes the very breatl^B
! How slowly creepy the time apace when
earth shall be no place HE
For brewery, saloon and den to blight anHJ
curse the s6uls of men! fiB
God speed the day when from oar sigl^H
these shall be banished .into night ,H|
And God's good world shall henceforth
l* forever from intemperance free. hm
? ?Ram's Horn. [
(3
An Expenae Account. M
? Here is an exact transcription from
. workingman's weekly book account: (H
e Sunday $ 75
Monday morning. 1 whisky 15
g. Monday noon, 2 glasses beer.... 10
y Monday evening, 3 glasses beer. 15 ^9
s- Monday evening, 3 treats for 3.. 30 |H
lc Tuesday (holiday) for self and 39
n friends, 15 glasses beer 75 H
o Wednesday, same as Monday, SB
a for self 40 .
5. Thursday, 2 whiskies, 3 beers.., 45
Friday, 4 beers 20 {
h Saturday evening, a drunk 2.50?
n Paid standing bill for coal 2.00
Owe the saloonkeeper 25
j} Owe for groceries 2.00
a Owe for meat 1.25 *'*HJ
>f Owe for rent 2.00?$7..^K
>; ! Received for five days'work.. ?7.i^B
J This statement was made out on Sunda^B
II in the presence of his wife and four ch^H
e dren, while trying to keep warm before e^H
empty grate, with the thermometer fiftee^f
degrees below zero, sayg the American lfl|
sue. There was no coal in the house, not^l
ing to eat, no money and no credit outsid^H
j It shows that for five days' work he
ceived $7.50, of which $5.75 went for into^H
icating liquors. hS
j. It further shows that he was "short"
)] groceries, meat and rent $5.25. That is
j, 6ay, he had paid all his drink bill b:^H
q. twenty-five cents, as his account shon^H
n doubtless under compulsion of getting i^H
u more drink, while the legitimate tradc^H
,g men were left to whistle. .H|
l0 This shows where the money goes.
5j Who foot* the bills for this business? I
v The landlord, who loses his rent; t^H
jr baker, the butcher and the grocer; t^H
ls charitable persons who pity the childr^H
>r and keep tnem from starving, and the ta^H
-f payers who support the jails, prisons, tflH
hospitals and the almshouses, where su<H8
1S folks fetch up at last. Bw|
1C Who makes the money? The saloo^H
Q keeper, who is privileged to fill the lai^H
ie with poverty, wretchedness, madnes^B
-q crime, disease, death and damnation, b^H
ing authorized by the sovereign people. H
ie Are you one of the sovereign people? Bfl
r The Worth of a Single Life. KB
k) Dr. Torrey tells of a well which was
?t ing dug in an American township by ti^H
d men, one working at the bottom filiing^H
tv bucket, and 'the other at the top drawi^H
t< it up by a windlass. Presently quicksai^H
i? was struck, which beean to Dour in up<fl|
'J the bottom man, but, sheltering bis he^H
is under a ulank which was there, he
able to breathe. News of his dangflR
spread in the township, and the whc^H
township turned out to dig that man ot^H
and worked for many hours till he wB|
r? saved. B|
jj Was it worth while for the whole towHS
o ship to go to work to save one man?
There is one man going down a vict^H
of the liquor habit in your township.
j. it be worth it for the whole township Hfi
it vote the liquor traffic out_ to save th^H
man? Will it be right??National Arl\H|
? Heroic Drink Core. M
a "There is oniy one custom in our count^H
which I would like to see established
11 America, and that is the custom of deali^H
with drunkards," said Isaac ^ohannen,^H
Persian missionary, who lectured at Sio^H
I C;tv. Iowa, the other night. "In c^H
I country when a man gets drunk we
him and nail him to the sidewalk, drivi^ST
e tlit; spikes through his ears. Then wl^H
lj other people come along they spit in
i face and kick him until he is sober. J|Sj
re think this method would do a great der.i^H
good in America, because you have m<^H
i drunkenness than we do." 89
A Butcher's Temperance Lecture. H&j
< A butcher not long ago iMivercd a wii^H
n temperance lecture in a single scnten^H
A young lady called upon him, and w^H
s much misgiving asked for $1 toward p^H
e ing a temperance lecturer who was
t f.ic the Woman's Christian Temp^(|
anc-e Union. He replied: "There's V<^H
s dollar! I've sold more meat in one
i since this town went no-license than^Hj
used to in a whole week when we had H
loons."?Banner of Gold. AM
The breweries in Kristiania, Norwar,
r no gold mines nowadays. Five of the
e brtweries located in or near the city
e their stockholders no dividends for ^Hj
e past year, WW
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