The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, January 04, 1905, Image 4
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B- MRS. Al
CJl/T'TJ'JlV 13, i
Oontiuuoi1
H IK. I ?;S?: li. I nit Li" ? to 1 i??* yoKiif;
was HOttii.'icntly mnrUril to 8U{rgost iii*
hrolborhood.
"1 woii?!?t :> tl( v.ifr oi widow?"
t'X(l;ii:iK'!j Stfi.-iliaiison. fisispinv
tiio book v.'itlt an impatient vnyi?.
"t*an wnili iv ji hi iii*- 111
rose .1 utI yaw i\v a clork ou 1 L?console
at iho <imI of tlit* room that
he had born (vvttpied with 1I10 photograph*
for nearJy Ihroe-ijuarters of .111
hour. and >?<.- omphteiy that li? had
not hoard a very lij.:ht fool fail 01 perceived
a email lijfiin? tluit ItJUl stolon
through the vorand.'i to peep nf the
i'mssiun, jnsr. as In- iiad closed tin*
hook with tin- fon.^?!t:j.T exclamation.
'This is slow work.-' Jie thought. "I
will sot- what js 1<. fosiiul in til0
Karden '
Whereupon .tit ilesci liih'il tlio stops
anil walked away down Ihe hot aJk-e
which presented jtscll
Meanl'lUte tilt- ijliiet nf tile entrance
omuH wns: hvckeil hv toe tiiiWOllteil it])
penrance ol' an open carriage, driven
l>y au evidently hired driver, and
drawn by two weary drooping horses,
tlir whole, as well as the two ladies
who sat therein rovered with dust.
Am tliey stopped Jit the open door
Hans ejiin:' forth to answer their eager
demand for "ilerr (icriehrsamtmanii."
"(.'one oul' m reamed Hie elder Jany.
"Wby. I n-.'SK told nt tiio <1criclitsaiut
mi Pima Hint lw it:usl be at tho villa,
sis ho had no! been m town to-day.
uud. wearied a* wo arc by a Ionj,' railway
joi]ru;-y, we hired a carriage ami
cauie on. J j rally roust > ?? Hen
Oeriehtsauitinanm'
j Iians was not a Jiltle overwhelmed
y by ibis attack. Jl?- was willing to do
/ the impossible at. the command ot so
it/' great a lady, but with the host, c.t wills
he eouhl not evoke the Oeri< btsauit
uiann from space.
Ho, ;is the next best thing, lie hnmbiy
suggested an interview with tbe hrau
Amtmann.
Tbis amende was no:. grarionsiy aceepted,
and tht Uitlien alighting, permitted
Hans to usher them into the
Heir Amtmann's arbeilzimmer. or
study "while he sought his mistress,
und announced that Fran Baronin and
Fraulein von Wuthenau wished to
npeak with hei.
Fran Ohering by no meant* overpowered
by these specimens of nobility,
although tiiey declared themselves
Prussians to hoot, explained
^ that she expected her husband's return
every moment and bogged they -would
repose themselves nil ho came, offering
them a Dresden morning paper,
and clearing a erowd of books and
documents from a very comfortable
i>asy chair that the hVan Baroniu might
rest after be; long drive
Meantime ihe sound of voices, which
be recognized as bis brother otlicers*.
led 8tcinhausen from one part of the
garden to ibe other, and at last he
>ame op \\ iib them jusL as they were
k railed 1o snpper by the smart little
maiden who had shown him into the
? Wlloij.
"So yon are awake once more. llorr
Tlittnieistej said Lieutenant F?nrehordi
| "Oli 1111 :ii hebei Sleinhanso!;7 Thif.
is a perl'ei t paradise alter our Kolifmian
ejuaUers! (ried tin* boyish I'laij.
it;:. "With a Pen to do ilit- honors!"
"HowV' saui Kioinhausen shortly.
"TIm* viuest daughter is a mo?t
rliariiiuiv: waiure?a little still and
to<> <ol?l!y polite." said Harehardl.
r"Dm'iilied yoii mean * eosreetod the
Fahiifich.
I "Well. dencodiy niieornninnicatiYo "
rositiiiued Rn:"baidl. "At all events,
the Kr:?u Mamma sepuis too cast down
In tiikf* part in anything. so after
rofl'ce tin- Frauleiu risked us if wo
should not iiko 10 walk around the garden,
conducted us to tin- first alloc, and
Willi a polite excuse. loft: us.''
"Wo ii?vo rend nil tin; papers wo
y eon Id tind. ,co no (.Hint to 1I10 stables,
made friends wiili a bright iittie 'I-'nekfiscJifkcij
(sciKiol girO, and now arc at
tin* ond 01 on; resources. So come
ulong to Hipper "
^ "Kraulom!" repea.cd Steiniinusen.
"Is this prom nem personage, tlien, unmarried?"
"1 snpp;)s? hc." said the iienlenant.
J shrugging liis shoulders, "though she is
a little too grave and sell possessed for
a .vnmiy maiden.'
"No lIK'.tilM-to SlIlijHM', ffillll iUlPS, to
| supp'.,i\"
? The lliir-o ;iS(V-iii|i ("I ilir- stops.
I :ir.<l. p:i:-'sn>^ thro'.iuli ilio sjiiuu to the
(lining-rucii'., tlio doors 01 which were
open. in;i;ic tiis-ir hows to thr l:i<Iy of
tin* Iioiisc, k. wliiiiu Hsitclutrd: prosi'iit d
Von Su-ntiinusx-fi.
W ith n &;: i?-t' :i polony lor iiis ruin-np
prill:tiu*o ;iv <Jinii* /. ilir !li(t!?ioi.'-t? !
looked roll ml ;is ii ; > is n?! iiss pliicc. hut
in v;mii. mi!;. ''run Uiirrii'ir ;iiiil tlio
iii Mr j::rl In- st--:: 1:1 fur courtyard
jWrPo ptVM'ili
"Urrr. !Ii: i fillii!u"isf< cried :l;r
Jill nr. \\ i:l: ;*.ii :u:-*ii m;n-ii . Hirer; ;i ;u <*.
w *"| !'-ii^ si: lnv c DCiv. i t'!: Lick and
I !?:! J.::
I ".My } i :s i>;i itt] w.i-' ui.i'ii.Miiiiiifc'y
4'iilli'il :i\\la sniur 'i:,--I.'!!;,r !! !?
jjg morn cIimtvi il J'r.r.: i T !n*n
|| "iiiii \vc ?i.\"iri iiiiii ?
rii;- Kii I !::i :> }'T imwiii, :i :ni :o 'k I:..-;
P| jippui.'itrd s'-;ir wi'.Ji :>ln?-rifv.
Iii iini.tlji'.' n:/?!i.i ::! !iir uli'< -i of iiis
tliurjulits would :i;ui
ii lillZ-:: < Jj?j: I i' J . i 1:. 11? -= \ '
BjjW 1'oir i!ir tfi'i:;inr;'! v.r.s uv r, 1'oj
R~l!
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.EXANDER.
K- VWvVWV
[jii.i] lli< i'n.i:.; ??f fi? !(l How i>- \M;ji ij
j slii (I ;t siiuj.i.' licauty nvoi rJi Miu.l:
i iin* J'liissiniis ;;s p'.o^aut. lu*yontl wir.il
- - 4,..I ... Il.<.
cuuiti navi* I'l'cu i-A|n i i>.ii .... ...
i)0rL<i<7iJ '? i'i; obscure Saxon >*uuit>i?v
town.
As Swii.harden look in ihfse details
Avtiilc ni.toliiiiit' ills napkin Hio il?k?4*
!< :?<1 iiiv' J" tli?- i-orriilof was opr-nctl ami
Lies. wlic uvln'ioil iu two ladies in
l;t?|,ioai;ili)<* 1 raveling* divusc*, ?-ayii;j:
as sbc !i?t fco:
".My inotiu:-. theso ladles nave walked
si? Jiiiiv .l;at I have persuadt-d Tlwra
to join us upper."
Fran (ihcrinjr rose, ami pro.-eed't]
io go through i!k; introduction* inevitable
<'.ciiuany on uch an o *< aisiou.
No soonf-r T\-fis Ihr- name of Von
Sti'inlifin^fi pronounced than ilie* ?']
uer i?i the two ladles w.'tii ?juch ;;i?imatjon.
exclaimed:
"J havt surely had the- honor of meeting
Heir itittinei^ter last winter in
lierliii. sit tti<- Mranlin von C<',!
"JS?? doubt J have had that honor."
returned Steiuhsiuson. carelessly, as
he watched the movements of Lies.
"Pray, Kit down/' said the young
ladv. with distracting politeness drawing
hack the chair destined tor iierself:
ami 1 !? - !e.iu and angular Kavoniu.
"with nod* aiul hocks, and
wreathed "miles," took possession of
it. while Lies, dropping r. slighl. curtsey
at h'T mother's passing introdiic
lion. ".\!\ daughter. Ilerr KittineisJer,"
led tlie younger jrupt't to a st*at ohjiositf,
jicxr to Lieutenant Purehardt.
Lies."' said Krau <Jht?i-iiifr. "tlion
hadst hcitor lake the fa tuer* * seat nutil
he comes."
"Vok. dear mother,'' and she j.iaced
herself accordingly. with a glance <>f
suppressed mirth and covert meMiing
to J.fr yovnger sifter, which indicated
more of mundane feeling than her
calm, niiulik*- hearing would have suggested.
Hut Stcirdianspn missed tbis inoniec
J il I\> WYlMillKIU.
Jle was helping himself, in deepest
wrati). 10 some excellent roast harr.
and giving the shortest possible anH\vei-*i
<>> the Frail Baronin's fashionable
reminiscences.
A\ tin opposite side Fiaulein von
WutJii'Uiin sat between Bineliardi and
Von Planitz. whose neighbor, thr jittle
Baekfisrhenen C'lara?or. more gei?erally
' ('.'arolieu"?found it. hard to
oppose a eohl reserve, becoming the |
"eomjueivd but unsubdued,to the
frank. merry talk of her companion.
liiniseJl u mere boy.
Buivhardt. meantime made himseif
exceedingly ridiculous <.Steinh;!Usen
thought), by his almost troublesome
atli'iitions to. and persistent attempts
to converse with, the fair Fraulein or
Frau at the foot" of tile table. .Steinhauseii
observed that she wore a wedding
or engagement ring.
Biirehardr was a genial, jovial soul.
Hindi given t<? beer and tobacco, and
not without some sense ol' humor.
JJjs devotion to one neighbor and
!:tgligeiue of the other struck the Ba
I'.wUtvi;
JliJiUJ UU<.HP.M?,I -WW.-. ...
ml t)j< Kiitmeister. too! Slit- hs.d
heard 1j?- was si hard. selfish ttcsu'ire.
Put .scarcely expected to liiuJ Pirn so
bearish.
"Tin- gnadige Fran is a great sn:dent."
?aid Uurchardt, setting down
,iiis lni'i yljiss sifter si deep draught,
and again turning to the uaiighuv uf
the house.
He Jiinl oallcil her Frank-in first,
and Sleinhausen listened sharply for
her reply hut when it came she look
1.0 notice of the change of epithet. "I
sec hooks iii a 13 languages yonder on
your table."'
country life would bo dull without
some such pursuit." she replied.
"Doubtless.*5 p-.it in the Kauonin. r-or.lonipiuously.
"Without the advantages
of oi-casionsil resilience in a capital like
F.orliii. and contact with well-bred society.
Hit* faculties are apt to rust."
"We command the highest class of
society here," said the young lady,
tranquilly.
'indeed: Pardon me il I ask where
is* it to be loai.dV
"I Could see no great residence- a? I
drove here vo-day; of whom may this
high-class society consistV
"< Jeutlemrn ussmcd <joeth?. Schiller j
and .Ma. aulav: ladies known sis Jlurow.
.Martaim- <io Staol anil .?Iadaiuo ( Ji-urjro
Klioi."
yoiJi.K '?i<ly! yonr answer,
ciivc mm- !)i'tr.!.vs 1 !io rjsiir!" muarKotl
tlu* P.anuiii:. with Inlinitc cor.eri:.
'\Y:y tiUHy.'' n".ur.! -cl Taos. indifferently.
I>".t with a smile ami jilasuv
s*.i Kwi'cily ar;;h thai for a moment s?.t
ioukftl <| 11 iti* ix'.'iu'.iiul.
.Uiirci'jvoi", i-iiili were tjii ? ?! to
SIiih::iisi'i:? of whom sin- hart l;i:lni;d
1;iU< !i lie! (I;:' sli^isi"st wotiri
uilli an irn'sis;ili:f> co.isi-ini'siio's thai
lm wax mi hot sitl'-.
Till- rlTt'Ct Oil ill" itiltlllf>;S:<T WS.S
j 1 lis r\( v lit < ; Iiits tvi'ii ; l.oit! Jiil
:.;ic!i :ilii!< s: s'.arjlirp. mis' ; isily
I HO I n I'll* !*? i:< ols.iflt.
' J;' .1 lussircs ^rml insli "
Jit> saitl. ' i viss.'.JIu incliiii':! w? In-::!
1 n:y sword :: " ?. i^I.11:t:*<*."
I iii-.'In iiri < : ?";!i!!":*;i'.r
lis Vii.ii poivv:*:ii.-. " -rli*.I 1 "iti?!i:ii*r!' |
j "to ;:? ! cj)J ll dr.? r:;v?:*.ji. < :' i
i IllM'Vt'l! as a ;
*'4 /!?< ran V. ' !: - i.as i. lit \\ i.
Willi-! ( [ ;.! ii
"Oil >< " Ciai: li? i. "n.y
i> i?*! i'...s ii< : i:i*:>. a:ill so jiavi*
J; i:si sii** ;'.i \ .
]'::*j .
Vf, riiMni:.. :
gMfl .
"I wn? one of the pay?*s of lion or. and
held lier train; mine was n mediaeval
eosttmie?blurt veJvei slashed with
whib* satin ami laced with silver: my
mother lenl me her diamoi.d ajjrretle
for ''
"She slionlil havf- f.ddr-d he*- : j '
trronieil the Kiftuieistei.
\ i.ii Planitz liIiiN'hei] vjvnlSj J?#l ;t
wanim and a i-omjwni:. ami '"ian-hen
< ;i Iih- .Itcilprouslj 10 : li(- 1 cScll".
"] dare say ycu ivr?u!d have hf-en
very ulad to haw an aigrette youi*-eii.
llorr Kittim-ister. had yen heru
asked to the ball." she sa:d. sa:iej;y.
"eimv.iiAii <. !ii'l ih?. iviirrviiij.* 11 ;:
of tilt older sister.
Yen Ktvii:k:i?#;. :) i.v.igloi] pood-lion
orotlly
"\V?*!i. now i\e are :u) united " utiio
young Faimrii-lj. "1 do hope
tin- Frnuloiii will ouh- to 1>> -rim. ami
Munetliihi; til 'lie eonrt. gayet ios."
"Oil' at Hi-rliii. No; 1 do n<;1 1 liiiik
w<- i ;i!i ev? i llicre! even t<. our own
cniir; we cannot yo?only a Jul uy
in-otliet
"Js it not Tniiiiy? Mairiiiia." in,tj;.u'>1
tlo* li:iiferliox. "used to to <onrl",
ft ml now she i.4 married sIj< i-amiot;
that docs rioi socio quite fair."
"Tlii'ii noble F::i ii I oil i > ?-liot;id we;l
whK imho's: and not forfait tlieir pr.v
iic.L'cs. ' put. in lii?- Ihivunir. :mp:itionf
to Ihe hall of conversation. and
-piiii.liit* with n *on?- o! ->ij"vj<tnc.
('J.i.'yIh'r 'V.'t;- .ipoliine i:t r to
reply ivhen her sister ;?n?i ft"
)i;iss the ?siiad. with si >:hu:-e <*1 remonstrance
VtiiicL Mlei.'ed J.'--* for a
few moments.
No ono taking uj ti.r threat" of file
discourse Fraa von WntlK-uru contintted
"It. these d::y? it >f n'-< essaty to dra^v
the iino more strictly than ?-v? r.
"Yon remember. I?ertha." addressij-f*
li'*r daughter. "what .1 stmjitrle t'Jral'
It. made to have in.- English wife received.
and she was aln.oet noble?
only lipr people never went ic the
English court."
"Yes." relumed ihe young P-aton-Ska.
-*"* - " - ... .I..wi..al ....I
""'lr.'ll 1\. \\ 11 > ?:i: n;iinir;iii?i, ?? ?? j
*av tinged with demor-i-aik- v
"Dili ho not f|v:it Berlin. and abjure*
ih(- eoun becaust ti.e ?.'r.'ilin was uor
admitted ?"
"They sni?i so but I varee beiicve
it."'
"Ii'' m-ted ;:iv< t man of <?-nse and
spirit"" remarked the young lady,
whom, in the uncertainty as-to h?-r sntnaiiif,
wo must ?-;>ij "Lies"-- she had
hitherto been silent exempt to utter the
small neoi ss;iry civilities r?i' ihe table.
"A eh (Joit!'' cried tin Ihn'onin. "we
haw revolutionists here, too."
"And a dangerous one." observed
Stein ha us (.11. with a slight and utterly
unnoticed bow.
"No. gnadige Frnu!" ?.nid the lady of
the house, rpiii kly.
"We ladies are no politicians, and
my Jiiisliiuid is a strif upholder ol
law and government."
"Nor do w<- ?*are much to go to
court."' cried <'iarcfoei.: "our near
Prineess Margarethr told me herself
that: 1 li?> balls are tiresome. but the
water parties to beautiful Pdlnitz?
souk 11jik's iatf- in thf evening ir. illuminated
gondoi.'is ? tie.'} must hi. delightful.
II oh on j]< rvs; haften ail scorn
f-o merry and bright, and the prim-ess
says they are better than many balls.**
I'rinees" Margaretlu?." aiinost
scream "d the iiobn young lady opposite.
' Where did you speali to bet ?"?a
most, uneonmiimontary ?*iupiiiiwls on
the you."
"Here, l'lauicin \. WalherflU.'* if
' > ?:.I i...!,. ,.1
IliriH U v ? j11j ?; mi.r
pfl lC-Ct OulltMll .
"Tno Toy;11 fanuly. of ion thf* &ood
J\in:r liiiiiscl:', foitic brie ev:>ry summer
oneo 01 twice t?. enjoy tbe view
froiu c.nr balcony. sr. when tbe print-ess
wan visilinir her she.
too. ranie.''
"It seems. t:.i 11 ** >;ui] Lieutenant:
Eureiiardt. iielpiii;.' ioni'di' to a third
edition of roast b.m.'ihat their >.Ia.i 'sties
of Saxony are also revolutionary.
"i am no! n?>lo'.v?hed. mine tJnadire.
if you srivr theiu *urb a beverage- as
this." and bo dipped i:i.- intiHai'-he into
the looming goblet beside iiiin.
'We did not know bow fair and n- h
a land the Saxony is until we tasted
it- benelits " yonnjr Vcn fiaiutss,
.callantly.
"Tray Ilorr Ititii.rir-is.ur." nsamed
ili(- l>aromo "which oi ui":! trooj s were
(imaged iit MitsHjii.: lint) ;lie ?tii
regiment: many loss-:.*?
(To L?r- Coniinucu.)
Art-tic SaniiloriuniK.
The advantages offered by the tbt'c?
months of A ret if summer arc e nam?n>us
that tiiero have appeared recently
sever::! announcements oi floating
anil pcruianciit iioFpjtals lor patients
suffering from incipient. pulmonary affections
anil mwrastiicnio state1?'. Acer,
riling to the British 3Iedical Journal,
it. is proposed to cren a sanato:iiim
011 the shores oi Lake Tome, in
Lapland. a long ami beautiful slit tl of
water at Wassijauvt. near the end of
the Ofoto Jiailroad. That ruilroai;. it
may bo mentioned. has only one station
in a distance ol 3T1 m:lcs. There
is no human dwelling neat that station,
ivhieh is on tlic lim_- between K;ve
? -
<!P!i ;<uti .Mirwiiv ami w,i~- ? n < i?- ......i]y
i'or U;c r."qi;ir? n;ci.iK ol ihc r-ustums
uflicr. ;'os ; >;ii;;!l sicttlrmmt
lit Wassijam.v.'. 1 l.r i.i.iy sijris ol Ii'.iuia:)
cxisien.'-p in ilu- district i>
, sioiKil oi a frtv l.aiilaaders
wii't liioir i,!' ! iii(!i-: r. Already
ihere lias lii-'ii ilisliiili'i! :.i ti :? sj.ot :i
>cirlilifir i! .'. ?t-itil!* h'.'.ilt
MrtrkllOHStJ ri-aia.li.!;^ M-' I'll lOlltllS,
;; 1.(1 il is |>:*ir|??> (! haiid 11.;- .?: !!i;?
rliuii i?i s::iii?- way
in Anwii-aii Mt'.jK'ii.i- !!; ]ctlcriil;
S.?l.'ori Is.'is i-.'.Mci! ;:t!: !iuoti lu tin- civat
:n!v.!iii;:t't's of I l.r- Aivlii <-iiin;ilr. \Y(?
it.ivi! l!;a! I':-. S-1j di iilcil to
?i;:y.? a cruis;- to i!i?- fiords of
* .. >. ,..j.
: vr.i.'i i;i:. r.-i'ini'iiv ,u,<!;i|IS
??f t !. A - t ti AVIilif !"
i lu'.-'t ( *. iifi p;<ris<-i!i.".i > in."
::;:iy in- ! :! isnl v/l'inii
i Xi S" .;:(! t' t ?rij ih.iv if
i v. .*ii wilV'v :ihd fori in :i
j si'il:;:'!" v.'-m ! ;:!liiv<l .u.tl : |?p..5:i(*^? 1
I for ? Al!l?'! li'.Hi .?!t'ilicili:-.
.v. i 11
A i MJ.C :*i :< '.].{ I?fjiarlni<"'Ul < { <'?!? !
JiK r< < LiihoV Kir. <!e .*:
j tJ,r v.-iruinj: :itT?)nl<il i-.v
J-5:j?zj:. * <?!.< s i lJji? >;i l?';es{
1 I'iircnijrlt tilt lion
<if li?"'s ii, .Nunkeri; Hnizii. i)i<- ;<-purt
siys. 1stl'fji- -S;i?c> L;ivi- been oroufrL' to
; ilic vi*rjrp "V inn', in Hie <irau<b- <b; 1
Norte and <" sir;*. bronif drouth* ?;<
; i-ur, r.M'.siji}; l";iand ii<*p<ipn];ii??u
jli rppiuns avhji'li onfe richly tin.
itcjcrl .>i.?l tv?>j] w:?ti?rf?i. T!i?- Brazi.!
jiiiis am to ?ii! for * !?
j til!ilic irphutijig < ! "Iioir ?Jvv*isr:>:? ?! . j
! i . ' '
Tfcr* jii'ojr-ct of r;s?ji,Ir-p ;j gooiloii*'
i liasoliiso lwtwp?n <'airo :iti?) tL<- <':tp?
j <>l' <iood II.-ji 1!v. attention u- Tin*
j vtraup- hostility ijft<?n sbown I?>*
! ago lril?t's to tlip ojH-nitlou.* of 1 J:* ?*uI
{duoer*. Midi.'! j* iios Iwej. found
' that tin- M<rMit?u ??i j?ill?r? ami oniiu?
: to Uii.rl: tb?* -in- of surveying stations
i almost im-vif;ii>ly attract? lb< altos;j
lioi; <>I ill" i. ju( *}iooi li* ,ij the iifi.uh
' horliCKH!. 'VI.(i <l i!r?Iji iv iii'mum unI
innmiuiK.t*. Similar i rouble i* louiiil
i jit Africa, S'uiii: America itnd j
'.vu. Kor thi- reason it is suggf-vtf-i!
that iLr- ohiy way in salVgniunl ih
| basal points ot .t great iriangulatiun ]
; ii! ui.' iviib.ftl Iiui(l> i: 1i> (i>: a iargc* [
i ji'.iiiiiu i ?if swrialary point!-. s<a't??reil ;
aver ?he ronutry. .' on.^siing' of iisitiir;?I j
feature* wbirb '-?\i;not hi n'Mivi-t).
; which \v:!] unknown 1 i:i*
[ Lutives.
Tin- appiirain" !>y wiiM; Dr Arthur
Korn. a <!<?rn;.:rt iii\"i.tor has suoci-(.' ]?
' I'd m iraTisii;:i;photographs; ai>uv."
500 luiJps ovf-i- telegraph tojfpbrmc
! {i:>os depends lor j t>- art ion upoi. tin;
j baiifring cK:tri>- resistance of selenium
untU-r ih?- Influence of light of
varying intensity. A ray ol light. <
I caiiM'd so pass .\vs-.eniatir,al!y ovr-j Hie
: Kurfru-e of a transparent til in ontain
tng :! photograph. t'?2!s upon ;i ?i*jtjn:t;jji
<-eli \vho>e el'-ftrir resistance varies
; "wiilj tin- amount of light passing
i 11n different part? of the phoio
j graph. 'I'liffO variations are trans,
mitted to tin- kcivir wire, and at thrrwtiunjL
mil ilicy vary the illuminaj
lion of a small vacuum tube, which J
j passes over a sensitized photographic
paper syiiehrojiically with tlie ray of
j light, moving over the -11m at. the send- :
jug station. Thus a copy of the orig- i
I ma! pho;ograpij i? produced.
; That a body '" an acquire- during ilm ;
! night a different temperature from
j mat ol tlie surrounding atmosphere
j has been demonstrated by Mr. Well. an
| English physician. If a thermometer
i js taken from a window, wrapped in I
i cotton and pl.ved on the ground, its j
mercury will descend seven or eight i
degree*. Vegetables similarly- s?tiint- ,
j ed. and being bad .. onductors, may j
I freeze at a lime when the thermom- |
i etcr does not mark the freezing point
i ?proof liiai the cold experienced by i
a plant may be entirely different from 1
tiie temperature of the surrounding
i air. This low temperature of plants, j
j however, only occurs when the night j
i is eltur. <ine?- ar this time the plant
I*' 'I" :,s fnni-./i Ol.il i
TMJf'iirs Jifii; iuiiMjp,uuui r?j?uv*r ??! & ?
i becomes chilled. whereas if the night |
I jk cloudy ilie* phenomenon does not j
| occur. 'i his uives rise 1o the popular
' suprrsiiiion that plants and bud* are !
i frozen by moonlight.
Liiuclieoi: by Suggestion.
Lets ol' women order their luucheor.s 1
| merely by force of ^nearest ion. 11 yon j
j don't think watch the wavering ;
j ones <ii down. look on the card, glance j
j at their neighbor's plate. .1 nd then or- !
] der whatever tiie latter happens to be I
i fating. 11. a crowded luuekeon-rcom j
| on matinee one iittle round table seat!
jng four women bore out this stale- j
i merit. Two of the women refreshed j
i themselves on cake and coffee. The ;
! third was jiuttiiis: away a savory dam j
( COWIle;-. llMii ij; e;nur ill- uusn i ru
flit- takes. gazed :iTiprofiativoly on tinI
t-Iii>\vdir. .':]nl requested the tatter. The
| lirst ehowderer Jiiiislictl :tiid departed,
I and the woman who immediately took !
her place looked around tlie table and '
i ordered ?-?t?-:?-?- and . otTee.
I->y this 1 iiuc the lirst :v?<: .-akf- nud ;
! enflVvites had linished arid an unceri
lain-looking wemau s;if down ?:i? that i
i side of the lable. Sh" looked ;n the
! two opposite. glaced at the card and
i said. "ISriiijj me a elam chowder."
This is a I'j.f t. and there is ever;. rer.!
fie;, to suppose thai Jioiliiiiir bur eoflV?and
Ciik< s and ehowdo" were served
i at lhat table ai! tin- afternoon. or at
I least, as w,uv as wavering ladies <at
; down a! it.-- Philadelphia Bulletin.
To Cure I'rgsiir.ifsKi.
Hang these- words -an your bi dpov: ? :*
taek then. Mini your brain:
I an: poin.1T to Income an optimi*!.
j J'roin now oi! 1 am ;-oliig to i-iinnge
ni.\ entire iile ;.;.d i:i\" entire style of
I h ii; k
1 will endeavor aort a t ier to lie generonv
in mj * iew toward others, broadminded.
iargi sj.ir.ted and kind thiiii:iT!.';
\v;'l! o! everybody, mean <"'1 nobody.
and o\ erio-;,. it:g'the little lar.it>.
beiieving that ?ii-. re are other qualities
in ii::* mm. rV; r.v!:eltn the desii
loiiey.
"Tl.cre i> >: a.-, -i: bad m :i.r- be?t . '
t:4 a!id mi ii ii-a .-oasl .n the worst ? !
lis ih'it :! beiiooM's e.leii one o! ! : >
be charitable . ih" vwj i.f us "
1 vrniil sr.- *!: t.r.ghl side ? ! everything
! I...-: .it.- : .a ;:, t
5ik?> I'.ii iipiiii.:".. iiisv.- i11;t
:m< omi. -km niiir iii i!i<> fact tii..:
J s!:::li i.iciiaW :is:;i::. am" n::;k cvci'vni.r
p;?!. ?' ' jiyk.
(Mi ( "till II!':
Two Si'iiati- { T!.:it Ti."!. < (<? .
li ii jI \ c S. t;;i; hmii.-.
j:::] :..;i . < !!:: t .!>!' < :' li-iilii'l;*.
i:!.' Si"11 ti =i* . .
Ji is .1 i:;i-V"i:::!i ;
Willi ! !().'; : :t I.i.: i.::.ti i- . li I: j
Oi il.r?Mi: ,'inrk kvi)i;'il i:.is lltlll..
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NTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS ! S0ME ST
* FOR JANUARY 8. | THE VII
_________ J
Subject: The Witnenv of .1 uhi; the ItnptiiK j ^
t;? Jchiis, .Joli 11 i?. 19-34?(ioldci; 1 V*t( , ?9HB
John i.. <9?Memory Vermis. 20, '-IT? 1 j?hE0
commentary on the ItnyV Lesnni:. JH9I
3. The testimony John the Baptist j
'y.-. J!l-2S). 19. "Tbis ;s tlie* witncxs"' (K. j . J^RkSBS
\'.f l~he entente means, tins is ti:t- tc*nti- I '
UHUiy :li.it .John tort- "The This I
-oi in :? John's trospcl commonly mean* : ' ..OHR|
tin.- opponent* or Christ. "Tin* .lews" are | .
to him not his fillo'.v soon try men, hut 'he i
|?ei.MVHtur$ ami murderer- of tii?: Messiah. "'. 99H
Tin of a x ha- become the name
"t a sect. Ho uses the term about seventy
lime.-, almost always ?itli this shade of j>s^HB3jg
J'l iests .ind Levit.esThe ,
,-omiiination "pries th ami Levite*" occurs ; r'^BBfln|
nowhere else in the New Testament. To- j . floUUSD
lift her they repre>eir t he hierarchy. This j
?va? a delegation from ti.e Sanhcrirni. | '".HMBK
'Who art thou''"' What do you proless to
Ik ' Do you assume to l" the Aiessian. or ' :
iim you :i prophet? Two tilings are plain- j .^KKSSB
ly taught in this ve?e: One > the great | "'Hm
sensation iaus?d by John i lie Vkiptisl'd '
ministry. The oihei is tlit- slate of espeelation
:ti whieri the people were at thin :
?wsss
"Not i tie Christ The form of '"BHmBB
1:1 this implies a very positive
and ut:uii>taliable asset lion. We liave in
ihis and ttic following verse? an itixlructivi;
:.a.->iple of truf liumilitv. John the Rap
t:st was an ?ni:iin]'. '-.nat ot <iod J'Vw "MDKl
names in tho Jiifilt* stand higher IIin.ii hi:--. AJ^||gDKg
-I. "Klias." CJiec-k 1'orn) Joi Elijah. "1 .
..in not."' That is, net <n the sense you i BBS Si
have. id liiini'. They wtrc speaking literally,
and John was not Elijah returned to ;
earth again. When ?1 xaiti that John ,
was- Elijah :Ma;t. 11 1-1 lie ?\a- speaking I
ii(iinaiively li-onip. Luke 1 1"'. The pro- '
phei.'' iK. V.) The veli-Lnuwii prophet IuSNBBH
oj JJrut. 18:1.*, who soim thrush! would
bo a it'cond Closes, others a .world Elijah, j
others- tiii' .M.'ssiah. "No. ' John knew '
'.hat "the prophet" to whom they referred : |^9M|
Wjis the 31i's<iah. lli> an.-wci is abrupt. . flflnan
22. After exhausting all spccial names 'flnnQ
tlicv press <161111 to a lull description of |
liiinseii. that they may he able to give a | HnRO
proper answer to tin* Sanhedtin. !
2:1. "The votee."' Jie was not the ' !B|b9|
'"Word." but merelv i: "voice." He was I :H
?*alJ(>?l a voice because, ]. He way uttering j
<?odV thought*. The importance lay I
ehicUy iu the menage not m the nuwsen- j
ger. '!. Although weak 1:1 iuro?e!f, yet he MBBhI
produced a. great commotion. "Crying." j |HB
Jferalding. proclaiming. "In tht wilder- j
nes-." "The world wap, indeed a moral
wilderness when the time drew near for '
1 lie t urning ol' tlie King." "Make straight/' j WgwHWH
etc. See isn. 40:3-5. The ide:: is taken !
from the practice ol Eastern monarch?,
whenever they took a journey ?ent
harbinger* before thtm to prepare tiie way.
24. "Pharisees." The Pharisee# heJd ^NjgjRSa
mo$: strenuously that no prophet. after RMSffifl
Moses, had a righ' to introduce any new
sacred usage, rite oi ecremony among the
Mosait institution-, excent tile Messiah ^ E^BnR
Him.??.*li. The question then in the following
vw-e. Why baptiseth 1 hot: then'' was jnlffflHBE
a very peremptory one* 2t>. "1 baptist: mfflWBB
with water." John'* answer e- very pel- iHBSKDp
tinent. .My baptism is the symbol and prt- :
cursor fit a real baptism by the great. Hap- IBEBBMH
i,.ser. "Hen standeth orie.': It is not
necessary to suppose that Jesus wax stand- |^H^^QH9K
ing in the crowd at that time, liut Jle was USHmW
living and al.-iding: among the people, and
He was unknown to them. IS^OdbBm
27. See R V. ".After wr '' John wao kSH^KBSR
the forerunner to announce Hi* coming.
"Not worthy."' ,\ proverbial r-xpremion. ^SgjnJttdfl
The work oi unlacing and removing the ^HUSMB|
sandals belonged to the humblest, servant, HHfflH
and in comparison to Christ John says he
was too inferior to do even that The dosue
to exalt Christ and aba?e himself is
ever uppermost in John's mind. 28.
"Bethabara."' The R V. ha* Bethany.
?This was Dot the Bethany oi. the Mount
?if Olives). Both names nave nearly theHRHnBH
same meanirg. Bclhnny sometimes signify- ^MnH
ing "boat bouse.'* and Bethabara "ford H|ffigyB|^K|
house," or " erry house/' IbSMBHICTB
11. .lohn point* out. .11*-us hv
29. "The next, clay." Alter the testimony H&2S9m|
of John to the deputation from Jerusalem.
"Seetli Jesin.'' The fact that John
Je*us chows that the lw;iti<:n and tempta-^BHE&nHy
lion (Matr. 3:13 to 411) preceded theHHj^DSH
events of tiiis lesson, "Lamb of
'i'here is no reasonable doubt that J oh
(!iivt- thi* nunc tf. our Lord because Ue^HlHBgBH
was the true sacrifice for sin. the true ant
type of tiie passover lamb. and the lamh^^^B^^9HB
prophesied oi by iMiiah (Isa. 53 7) "J'ak-^H^HBflEHj
cih awav."' Or "benreth away." as in lh<^HflHHBM|
margin. On the great day of : tonement^BttHraflK
the priest confessed th- sins oi' the pcopli^l^^mUWQ
and laid 'hem upon the tiapepoat, and tht^HHHnHBj
goat was sent to tne depths ui the dosort^H9M?95S
I'hrisfs taking away the i-ins o! the \v<>r!t^HH^flG^9[
is borrowed from this act. We liave )'<n^EUwnKfl(
one of the many express-tons which ,:'v'"r'HnffiBK|
iln' great scriptural truth that ('iirst't^QgnSSBi
t!e;il!i was h vifai':c.\i?- p.i.\t slice for
"T!ie Ail:.'' All tin- sii:> ?>!' all the t 'i:.i!:c>^^9SHnESEI
no une \vns it!: out hut all may be xavei^RfflnMH
111 u I
.'Ul. "A.tt-i Mic." .lois came ;i rU'^BRjSfe^HD
H':
ierml before mm lrgini\ ami
"W.i* i??*l Tins relet'-' to Chris
eternal pre-tvc:-;?.-."'. u'jili tiie Father. .'{^HBshBBBBBh
"Kneiv Him o; w.i<. nor prcviout']HNBSHjMffi|
a(<|Siaime;l with Jlim. ;.m] tlitre iias bce^HH|^H|H
private f<iili.-i? ii or <;nangenieiii.
twetn ;t>. Jiiii '-.riser/ think '.hat as
eosirin oi:i LnriJ. must h.iA^^ngSHHBB
?\,.;e>-n):i he:*" mean-" that l.e ili<l
ri:i>?;on unli! iiic time of h.> h;t>>tis)^Kgra9E?BII
' 'I'm i eti an, J .Tr.hii
I i. that the t'l'.'il f end (it 11 is
wii" nut to n;nn a sect .n hi.? oivi, ii.iiii^^HBWKEBK
re .lews.
III. J low .1 oi:t: i.nfVv .Jevj.? tvs.
proi-mU
icli now. lorty-tv.o d,.y> iH'foiv tiiis. I!J5eHE|m99h
tlir.: lie was liie Mps>i;i1i. "I >:i\v."
have helit'lii." H. V. .John had iief-n
w.i*> not now rojioi'ti^HffiH^B^VS
Uoiri hearsay. "Like dove." That t^RSJSSgHHBH
spirit ot iiotl ?u!<I (ic.-'.vlid a.* a d<>Y?^EBInRgHwHj
in areonlaii.e w .th ihf eti:*-leniatic (ha
i wl: .>!(' tiorj. Tlift
i o.?pptcil (S. of tf:H^M9BSNRn
iiannless iMat!. Midi. tjent
t (S. nf S. 2 i-t "in
pci.i t1 . C>?*ri. S: 11 m hrauty (1'HhB^UB
i?S l:i!. i \v;.s the f.nl / t?:ru aliowi'ii '"^DSBHI
?f iiie Lev:tieal I'^Khb^h^bSHnB
< linst l. - i i";t tins
kimivii 11 i. ^HHRBmHBHO
noai.l ???* .mis in puiilif
'i; n ^^hhSb9 bMqM
Kii.fli!c. ami. iii>' t'V :<m :^HBnRflU6SMg
i In- .\5i;?siaii. .I. i.:: iiisiiviy'i ?<>.! the
.Tclin '.va-i WwBmiMHM
?ii\ IfflfflHR
Aftuckci! liy T.Ti1rt Tnilirvv. nu&SBmjrHflffSHS
;ip> I. i; uj? n.nHMH|
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he ^> ivih'tt lii- BHjHHni
i.i ki'v S>(>!ISHHkH|^H8H
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i-i;sin> ?&11 I < !( [ ! ! fit- ''"HHolnHH
tin* t i -1! * s.i iiiU'iit
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hv
liu'in MnSSSnHI
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