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Continued.
/ So, .with sound reason in his head
and a thrill of wild delight in his
heart Steinhausen "closed [with the
chase."
"Pardon me. gnadige Frau," he said,
Van I return to the villa by this
road?" '
"You can," she replied, with a very
slight start and increase of color; "foljow
it to where there is an old cross
naif sunk in the ground by an oak
,x tree, and you will find a footpath
tvhich will lead you back through the
river meadows."
"Thanks; you seem to be going in the
same direction?may I not accompany
?ou ?"
* Another slight blush and a very cold
bow of assent; they walked on a few
paces in silence, down a narrow ravine,
tn the shelter of which was a pleasant
<rowth of beech and chestnut trees,
with here and there a tall, graceful
birrh.
t.The shade was most -welcome, and
It cool breeze from the river fanned
Bteinhausen's hot brow.
"You see, I did not ride a-way this
morning," began the Rittmeister at
last.
"I am but too glad to avail myself
ftf the discretion allowed me, and let
myself and my poor fellows enjoy a
" )>rief repose in your happy valley; indeed.
the difficulty will be to leave it."
-i "Life in our happy valley is but little
Suited to such as you." she answered,
"even I find it a little monotonous."
' "I should imagine a life so active as
fours would be free from any feeling
>f dullness."
"How do yon know I am active?"
nskprl fnrninir to him with a smile
is she closed her sunshade and used it
for a walking stick.
"Oh! a very small degree of observation
would enable one to perceive that
much, even if your Herr papa had not
letailed all your business abilities to
me as he was kindly showing me the
photographs this "
"Did my father show you the photos?*'
interrupted his company quickly,
with an uneasiness she could not quite
repress. , ,
"He didreturned Stelnhausen with
Significance, and looking full into her
eyes.
Lies, blushing deeply, turned away
as if annoyed, and the Rittmeister,',
after an instant's pause, continued in
* lower tone:
"I must entreat pardon for what
may have seemed to you indiscreet
curiosity; I shall be mo^e. prudent in
future, more absolutely 1 obedient to
four luciuy-eiprfsfccu WJOU, -uacanu,
perhaps? " ^
"Say no more?speak of something
/ else," she interrupted, hastily, and a
iilence of some minutes ensued.
At last, with a frank, pleasant laugh,
ftteinhausen exclaimed:
"How difficult it is to avoid any one
forbidden subject and when there are
frvo or three a fellow does not know
where to turn; I dare not speak of
(War, or Prussia, or Saxony, cr my own
Impressions, or, worst deprivation of
til, your".?he paused, as if with diffifulty
suppressing some epithet?"yourcelf."
* "If the effort to find conversation is
ho trying," said Lies, with an arch
smile, "and it must be. pray do not
punish yourself; go on?I shall sit here
in the 6hade, and, at least, you can
have the freedom of your own
thoughts."
"No, no! certainly not," cried Steinhausen,
eagerly, "unless you absolutely
object to my company.
"Let me walk with you?to-morrow
you will be free from the presence of
the detested Prussian; but to-day?let
me enjoy to-day, come what will tomorrow."
There was a touch of passionate entreaty
in his tones that, perhaps,
f reached his listener's heart, for although
she made no reply, she turned
her eyes to his with a wondering, yet
not unkindly expression; and breathed
a slight sigh as her glance sank under
his.
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xivjyvf luiiimutru. LJLIC iviiuiiuioiri.
"as I have confessed the poverty of
Ideas, will you not come to my aid?
The -world stands with you."
, ^With a quick, arch nod, she said:
"Have you ever been in England?
that, surely/is safe?"
Steinhausen laughed. "No, I have
p ' not; have you?" '
; "Yes."
i "When, may I ask?"
1 "About two years ago."
"Did you like it?" said the RfrnfinS-'i
iter, recovering his equanimity sufficiently
to light, a fresh cigar.
"In some ways, yes; ift others, not
!?-< ot all."
"What displeased the gnadige Frau?"
She looked up quickly for an instant,
and replied}
"The life is somewhat tiresome; people
are always en grand toilette, and
the eating is such a solemn undertaking,
and so punctual?no one dares to
be two minutes late; and, although
iwomen are freer, and seem to have
, more power than here, I do not think
they are. really any more loved or respected.
"Then there is great coldness between
the servants and the Herrschaften.
and the theaters are not
good; no one goes out in the evening?
in the country, at least; but the houses
are cnarming, ana xne garuens; tiie
people, too, are very friendly to those
they like.
''But conversation is always difficult
to a foreigner, because, as you observed
of forbidden subjects, every
topic that touches religion is almost,
impossible for a stranger, from the mediaeval
style of English thought?but
in all other things whnt a practical,
unsentimental people!"
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She spoke with a certain persistence,
as if determined to keep the talk to
herself, but she came to a halt at
last.
' Two rears ago," repeated the Rittmelster,
somewhat irrelevantly.
His thoughts, though he had listened
to her quiet, pleasant voice with full
attention, had yet been occupied with
the question: %
If. two years agb, she was away in
England, when did this unfortunate
marriage of hers take place?
Surely not previously?sue wouiu
have been too young; and if since, and
her husband was dead, she could hardly
have left off her widow's mourning!
"Two years ago! .Was it, then, a
wedding journey?"
The lady blushed crimson.
"Herr Rittmeister forgets his selfimposed
discretion," she said, coldly;
"all ipersonal and offensive subjects
were to be avoided."
"A thousand pardons," he returned,
earnestly, and, thinking her eyes full
of tears, he mentally swore at himself,
as an unfeeling brute for his inconsiderate
curiosity..
"I will not again offend, but," pressing
his hand on his breast, "if I could
lay my heart open before you, you
would, perhaps, find the interest you
choose to term idle curiosity neither
impertinent nor unpardonable."
There was force and dignity in his
gesture, but his companion made no
reply, and after walking a few paces
in silence, Steinhausen asked, with a
smile:
I "May I be permitted to say that I
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Gallery?"
"No," returned Lies, struggling to
suppress aa answering smile; "to mention
the few possessions left to us defeated
Saxons only suggests our losses
and your gains for centuries."
"Ah! I could answer that."
"If you will, but I shaH wish you
good-morning."
"But, Gnadige, suppose I chose to
keep your company, how would you
get rid of me?" he exclaimed, a little
irritated by her composure.
"Oh! Some things are impossible to
a gentleman, and I presume, Herr
Rittmeister von Steinhausen, of the
Prussian army, is a gentleman?"
"I hope so," said Steinhausen, with
a laugh that sounded a little hard.
"But under the gentleman lies the !
original man. and some things, sweet
Saxon, try and tempt a man sorely."
She glanced up at him with a surprised,
frightened look in the- large,
earnest blue eyes, that made her companion's
heart beat much faster than
was necessary; the look was momentary.
and she said very coolly:
"We do not seem to be successful in
avoiding forbidden subjects; try another,
Herr Rittmeister."
He laughed partly at her remark,
partly at his own longing to take her
in his arms and deal out a liberal
punishment in kisses, and the idea
of her indignation could she have divined
his thoughts. '
"Well, then, what shall it be? Oh!
Italy; have you ever traveled in italy?"
"No; have you?"
"Yes, abopt three years ago," and
I anxious to recover any ground he
might have lost, Steinhausen spoke
well and pleasantly, though always
with a tinge of cynicism, of his Italian
experiences.
He found an intelligent and cultivated
listener, and the peace or truc?
between them was not infringed for
the remainder of their walk.
Often the memory of that pleasant
hour came back to the Rittmeister in
far distant scenes?the little wooden
ravine, debouching on the rich green
fields and linden trees of the riverside;
the sweet, soft air. the song of a
soaring lark, the peaceful, utter stillness
around them, as if they alone inhabited
the earth, a new Adam and
?:ve, tnougn Atiam m gartering tiussar
trappings was slightly , incongruous;
the more natural tone of his companion,
whose guarded coldness sensibly
melted away in the interest of the
conversation.
Then what sweet long glances he
occasionally received, what pleasant
glimpses of a charming white, wellturned
throat and pretty pink ear he
caught when, with half-averted head
and downcast eyes, she listened gravely
to some description or theory, which
latter she generally disputed.
But, alas! pleasant things never last;
and it seem'.d to Steinhausen that before
he had said half he had to say,
or made half enough of this blessed
opportunity, they came to a bifurcation
of the path?one leading up-hill to
the villa, the other awav to the river's
edge."
"If you follow this path," said Frau
or Fraulien Lies, "you can get a very
charming peep at Tillnitz, our king's
summer place, or "
"Oh, by all means let us take the
riverside in our ramble," interrupted
the Rittmeister.
"You can, if you wish it. I must
take the shortest way back. I have
already been too long absent."
Steinhausen's only reply was to turn
with her. keeping close by her side on
the homeward road.
The conversation thus suddenly
broken off he found it uuaccountably
difficult to recommcnce.
The consciousness that every step
was bringing this delightful tete-a-tete
to a close fevered and embarrassed
hipa by the eagerness with which he
sought an excuse to prolong it.
"And to-morrow," he exclaimed,
abruptly, apropos to nothing?"to-morrow
I must go."
*I suppose so," said Lies, calmly.
The previous detachments quartered
upon us have only spent' one nicht at
Villa Belle vue." i
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"And," added Steinhausen. "you, no
doubt, think that long enough."
"I did not say so," .was the rejoinder.
"You said last night," began the
Rittmeister, growing desperate as they
approached the grounds of the villa?
"you said that perhaps we might meet
ai JDeruiJ.
"Probably the gnadige Frau has-a
deeper knowledge of us objectionable
Prussians "than I at first imagined."
She turned her eyes full upon him?
clear, quiet eyes.
* "Your people are the first Prussians
I ever spoke to."
He shrugged bis shoulders.
"May I hope you do not wish us' to
be the last?"
"Personalities again, Herr Rittmeister!"
she said, with an arch smile.
"Let us finish our walk .without a
breach of conditions."
''Some subjects attract like a lodestone,"
he replied; and this brought
them to a side entrance of the garden.
They were nearly across it before
she spoke, and it was to say: "I will
wish vnn cood-day and 'auf-wieder
sehen'?I must go to my office."
"What! Are you " he began.
"I have an apartment?a little bureau,
given to me, where I manage all
my business; that is, all matters concerning
my father's farm; and there I
must remain till I have atoned for this
morning's idleness."
They had reached a door opening on
the courtyard, passing througfi which
she turned, bowed, and, leaving the
Rittmeister planted, she ran lightly up
the steps where he had first seen her,
and, turning at the top, bowed again.
' Auf weidersehen!" cried Steinhausen
from below. "We shall meet at
dinner." t
She smiled and vanished through the
French window which led into her
sanctum.
Stelnhausen stood a minute looking
after her, then muttering to himself,
''Have I lost my senses?" went slowly
into the house and ascended to his own
chamber. ^
CHAPTER V.
Nearly two hours intervened befi
the midday repast.
They passed heavily to Steinhausen. J
He tried to write up his journal?to j
finish a letter begun the previous day;
he strolled across to the stables and1
round the garden, but to no purpose;
the only members of the family to be
seen were Clarchen, who was too busy
gathering greengages to respond Jo his
advances, and Frau#Ghering herself,
who was knitting on the veranda, and
she was as taciturn as ever.
Burcbardt and the Fahnrich returned
from" their expedition in high spirits,
with various good stories of -their
friend's adventures on the marcn
through Bohemia.
They first bored their superior officer
and tb?n mortally offended him by
some indiscreet Questions and suggestions
as to. bow he had passed the
morning.
They understood the Rittmeister,
however, and readily dropped a subject
unwelcome to their slightly over- j
bearing comrade.
At loot ther wnp? snmmonorl to I
table.
Here matters were scarcely improved.
The Rittmeister.was placed on Frau
Ghering's right hand, and Frau or
Fraulein Lies was seated between her
father and that beer-drinking brute
Burchardt.
She smiled upon him. too, and listened
to him with more frankness and
favor than she had yet shown to any
of them, hardly bestowing a look or a
word upon Steinhausen; indeed, she
said very little.
Burchardt and the Herr Amtmann
did nearly all the talking.
They had got on a most interesting
and happy neutral topic?the relative j
merits cf German and Hungarian.;
horses.
They grew excited, told various |
thrilling anecdotes and supported their j
opinions with much strength of lung, j
if not of logic, under cover of which j
Clarchen and the young Fahnrich j
planned, in low tones, how she was to
try a spare horse of his, which he was
sure would carry a lady, if only the
Frau Mutter would consent.
This scheme was overheard by Steinhausen,
who, too cross to talk himself,
listened with keen attention to j
what was going on nil round him.
The elder sister finally caught some ;
stray words, which betrayed the ne- j
farious design.
. "Clarchen," she said in ji low. but- j
peculiar tone, "I hoped your loyalty
would have been proof even against \
pleasure."1 - I
(To be Continued.)
Bees aud Frcit Growing.
The bee keepers of a certain fruit j
growing section of California once got |
into an altercation about pasturage fcr J
their bees, and, as a result, bee keep- j
ing was abolished in tbat part of tbe ;
State,
During the next few years the fruit
crops fell off fully one-half. The qucs-;
tion was investigated by the alarmed {
growers, an'd it was found that the de- j
crease in fruit had been co-incident j
with the giving up of bee keeping, the j
pollenization, for the most part, having
been affected by the bees.
To remedy this, bees were brought
in in large numbers, and in a year or i
two the fruit output went back to its j
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every fruit grower should keep to at
l^ast a few colonies of bees to insure
the proper fertilization of bis fruit |
blossoms.?Country Life in America.
Ericlis of Sand and Liuoe.
Bricks are now being made of clean
sand and ground quicklime that are
said to be as substantial as granite.
They cost $2.50 per 3000. The inired
ingredients are forced into a strong
steel cylinder mold by means of a
screw. After the air has been sucked
from the cylinder, hot water is admitted,
the rocTc being formed.by the resulting
pressure and heat. ? Country
Life in America.
Dr. Joachim, tlic great violinist, who
has recently celebrated the diamond
jubilee of liis tirst appearance in England,
began his studies at four, was a
concert player at eight, and made a
great sensation at Drury Lane when
a lad of thirteen.
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THE HONEY BEE.
The Short and Very Buiy Life of Tbli
Small Insect.
The life of a honey bee is a very
short one and a very busy one, too.
Very few of them live to exceed the
age of forty-fivfe days, except during
their time of hibernation in winter;
yet in this short period much is accomplished.
The first two weeks of a bee's life
are spent almost entirely inside the
Live nursing larvae, building comb and
doing housework in general, taking
only, a short flight on sunny afternoons
to streng^ien its wings and mark the
location of its home. The next three
or four weeks are spent in roaming
the fields in quest of honey, pollen and
propolis and carrying them to the hive,
They are busy incessantly and sooe
wear themselves out by constant toil,
By excessive* flying their wings beon/1
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ground while journeying to and from
the fields, where they crawl aboul
and soon perish: very few bees, ifr
deed, die inside the hive. .
The honey bee has numerous habits!
some of which are good and others not
quite so good. Still. I myself, for one,
am glad that every female bee H
equipped with a good, sharp sting. II
it were not so. how could such small,
helpless creatures protect themselves
j and their homes from man and beast;
The race would soon become extinct
for the honey bee has many enemies,
It would also be necessary for th(
kepeer of bees to keep a constant watcl
on his hives to prevent them from be>
ing looted. As it is, the bees tben>
selves do their own sentinel duty, and
no one has yet come around and fount]
them all asleep. After a hard day ol
toil the beekeeper can lay his wears
self down to rest and feel quite con
lident that the bees -will hold the fori
until morning.
Bees gather three products, honey,
pollen and propolis. ?ioirey is tnen
staff of life. It is estimated that a
colony of bees requires about seventyj
five pounds of honey for food in a year,
| They are capable of gathering t^ice
I this amount and more. Therefore, all
I the honey the bees store above whal
i they are able tb consume is useless to
! them, and is the beekeeper's sha/e oi
| the spoils. I myself have taken as
! much as 109 pounds from one hive in a
single season. Bees also gather poilen
and propolis.. Pollen is the farina,
which is commonly called bee-bread,
It is mixed with honey and fed to the
larva, or immature bee. Propolis is a
resinous substance whicu is gathered
from trees and shrubs and is used in
gluing tightly all cracks and crevices
in the hives. Bees also carry considerable
water to their hives during
the breeding seaspn.?Massachusetts
Ploughman."
IVhen Columbng Owned tip.
4iThe b'esv story I ever heard about
Columbus." said Nat Goodwin to a
group of story tellers the other" night,
"was to'd to me by an Englishman ie
the smoking room of a liner. It rac
Fomething like this:
The King of Spain asked Columbus
If he could discover America, and Colnmbus
said he could if the King would
give him a ship. So he got a ship a^id
{ ailed over the sea in the direction h
thought America ought to be found,
The sailors quarreled, and said they
didn't believe there was any such
place. After many days the pilot says:
" 'Columbus. I see land.'
' "Then that must be America,' said
Columbus.
"When the ship got near the land
leas full of black men. 'Is this America
V" asks Columbus.
" 'Yes. it is.' was the reply.
" 'Then. I suppose you are Yankees,'
eaid Coiumbus.
" "We are,' replied the chief. 'Are
ron Columbus?'
"Turning to his men. Columbus said:
' 'Eoys. there's no help for it. We
are discovered at last.'"
Escaped in Time.
Little Raymond, tive years old, was a
tlevotee of the theatre and at every opportunity
attended the Saturday afternoon
children's matinee. The last play
he attended was "The Johnstown
Flood." a stage melodrama founded
upon the great Pennsylvania disaster.
Deeply interested he sat through three
acts, at the conclusion of which the
modern "Paul Revere." mounted,on a
horse, galloped down the Conemaugb
. Valley, warning the endangered people
to take to the hills to escape the oncoming
flood from the broken reservoir
above the city.
Without a moment's hesitation little
Raymond arose from his seat and hurt-led
home. win
Rfirmond.'' said his mother.
"The matinee can't be over yet; it's
only 4 o'clock."
"Well, mamma," the youngster explained.
"the next act was the flood,
and I Unew if I stayed I'd be drowned."
?Lippincott's.
Things to Eliminate.
That candy-eating habit, girls?does
it do you any good?
% That tobacco habit, boys, or the occasional
"treating" or "being treated1*?ts
it of real use or benefit?
That way of spending money on
every little trifle that we fancy?ib it
of real use or benefit?
Those people whom we go to see and
also entertain, yet really care nothing
for?is this society of any real use or
? t ? o
ur ueiitrm .Better
one good friend of nature,
stimulating,, congenial, and sympathetic.
saith tlie prophet, than a host ol
society friends of the wreathed smile,
the nod and beck which conceal the
sneer.
These fads of music, of art, or short
fits of study?are they o? any real use
or benefit?
One brand of knowledge concentrated
upon amounts to more in the
long run.?Philadelphia Bulletin.
J untitled Indignation.
A lady recently stopped at an East
End open-air butcher's stall and purchased
a joint at 3d. a pound. She re
turned shortly after and complained
that it was saturated with naphtha
from one of the butcher's lamps.
"S'welp me!" remarked the butcher;
"you gels don't want much?not "arf!
You've got a wing rib off a bullock
what was bred by King Edward bisself
for threepence a pound, and now
you ain't satisfied! You're askin' too
much, mum. If you want your Sunday's
joint flavored with heau-de-Cologne
you'll have to spring another
'flpency!"?London Tit-Bits.
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THE; SUNDAY SCHOOL
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR FEBRUARY 5.
i Subject: Jesns at Jacob's Well, John iv.,
5-14? Golden Text, Rev. xxli., 17?
Memory Verse*, 13, 14? Commentary
on the Day's Lesson.
i I. Jesus at the -well (vs. 5-8). -5. "Then
, I eometh He." Our Lord's route lav i
through historic ground. He, doubtless,
passed through Gibeah, the ancient capital
of the kingdom of Saul; through Bethel,
where Jacob had his dream of the ladder !
, and the angels; near Shiloh, the first
dwelling place of the tabernacle, and the
ark in Canaan, and the scene of the down[
fall of the house of Eli. At the end of
| that journey three objects of special interest
occur in succession: Jacob's well,
Joseph's tomb and the ancient city of
1 Shechem, between the mountains of Gerizim
and Ebal. "jSychar." Formerly Shechem,
at the foot of Mount Gerizim, be,
tween Gerizim and Ebal. It is noted in
I the Scriptures as the place where Abraham
1 I lirst stopped on his coming from Haran to
t Canaan; where God appeared to him and
promised to give the land to his seed, and
where he first built an altar to the Lord.
In the fourth century, about B. C. 332,
> Sanballat erected a temple on Gerizim in
; opposition to the Jewish temple. "Parcel
of ground." Purchased of the children of
' Hamor (Gen. 33:19), and given to Joseph
; (Gen. 48:22).
6. "Jacob's well." The well Jacob dug.
t The word fpr well in the Greek means
, fountain. The well has been filled with
. rubbish until it is only about seventy-five
feet deep. Formerly it was thirty feet
, deeper. It is about eight or nine feet iu
diameter and is walled with masonry.
[ "Jesus?being wearied." He was a man.
as well as God, and became weary ana
I' huiigry. He journeyed on foot, sharing
with His disciples the fatigues and hardships
of the way. "Sixth hour." There is
, a difference of opinion here. According to
the Jewish reckoning this would be noon,
I hnt many learned men think John used a
Roman method t)f reckoning and that it
r was 6 p. m.
7. "Of Samaria." She was not from the
city of Samaria, seven miles away, but
{' from the country of Samaria; one of Samaritan
race and religion. "To draw
water." She probably Drought her line
' and bucket (leathern or crockery), for
Orient wells are not provided with these,
i Note how our Lord's choice of a hearer
breaks down rabbinic prejudice all around.
"Give Me to drink." Jesurused His thirst
as a means of approach to the woman's
i 4-nwnA/^ * V?o rtnn TTorei f inn frAM
ucai W, auu tuiuvu iu? WUTviouvivu uva.
I t"he Jiving waters of Jacob's well to the living
waters of salvation. Let .us follow our
' Saviour's example by doing good in our
1 j hours of relaxation. 8. "Disciples?
! | gone." The story throughout reads so i
j | much like the words of an eyewitness that
' some have thought John remained with
) the Saviour while the rest went to the vil1
lace. "Meat." Food, not necessarily fish.
, II. The Samaritan woman (v. 9). 9.
"How is it," etc. In Oriental manners
' there were many strict regulations against
f women conversing with men, especially
i etrangers. But these restrictions were less
[ regarded at the wellfc and fountains than
in other public places (Gen. 24:13-24;
Exod. 2:18, 17). Jesus rejected all re1
straints of caste. His disciples were themselves
surprised that He should converse
?> i?i. i.i ?i. f??l ?4
| Wim me wumau, out mey uju iiuii im ok
j liberty to object to it (v. 27). How did
1 ' ehe know He was a Jew? By His dress
' and by His dialect. The word "Jew" is
! here used broadly to describe the race
i i^hich filled both Judea and Galilee. She
| probably recognized Him as, a Galilean
| also. "No dealings.'"' A remark thrown in
| by the writer to give the reason for her
i surprise. They have no dealings of friendi
! ly intercourse.. This ill will, however, did
. I not extend beyond familiar intercourse, for
I in such matters as buying and selling interj
course was allowed. They were excluded
[ : by the Jews from the temple at Jerusalem.
. ' '"The Samaritans." The Samaritans were
i j the descendants of the Ethiopian and
| Babylonish colonists upon whom the AssyL
j rian conqueror of the ten tribes bestowed
( ! the lands of the captive Israelites (see 2
I Kings 17:24-33). Although of purely heathj
en origin, they united the worship of JeboI
vah with their own idolatries. They built
1 ! a temple on Mount Gerizim.
: I HI. Divine truth imparted (vs. 10-14). j
10. "The gift of God." See John 3:16. !
, , The Messiah, and the salvation He is j
bringing to man. "Thou wouldst have j
afiked." "Spiritually our positions are. re- j
i versed. It is thou who art weary and
, ! footsore and parched, close to the well,
yet unable to drink; it is I who can give
thee the water from the well and quench
thy thirst forever." "Living water." The
gift of the Holy Spirit (John 7:37-39); also J
I called "the water of life" (Rev. 21:6; 22:1, i
! 37); "fjjlean water" (Ezek. 36:26, 27). See
' also Isa. 56:1; 58:11. It is received oy j
faith (John 6:35), abides eternally (v. 14),
is offered freely (Rev. 22:J, 17). Note 1.
, | Jts source (John 7:37). 2. Its supply
(Rev. 21:6). 3. Its freshness. 4. Its satisfaction
(Isa. 12:3).
11. "Sir." This might he read "My
vLord." It was a title of respect, and
shows that the woman was reverent and
serious". "Nothing to draw with." The
well had, probably, no apparatus for j
drawing water. This woman no* doubt |
| carried her own line. "From whence,"
| etc. The woman was quick in her com- j
prehension, and saw there was some truth j
j which she did not understand, to which |
} Jesus was referring.
i J 12. "Art Thou greater?" The question j
i proceeds from a feeling that Jesus as- !
sume<d some extraordinary character, that j
He claimed a spiritual power: perhaps
claimed to be a prophet like Moses, who [
j could make, a fountain of water by mira
cle. "Our father Jacob." The Samaritans j
were living in the territory of Ephraim !
and Manasseh, sons of Joseph, and grand- i
sons of Jacob, and although they were not |
the descendants of Jacob, yet no doubt i
some of the aneient blood ran in their j
veins. .
13. "Shall thirst again."' Jesus does j
i not discuss the nuestion of greatness, but i
j turns her thought toward spiritual truth,
.as He did Nicodemus. 14. "Shall never
thirst." He does not mean that one
draught shall satisfy us, but that we shall
have in the soul a well of living water.
"fiknll Ko in Him " Tlio vplieirm nf .7e?llS i
! has to do with the inner life. Christ puts j
| new principles and affections within us. ;
j "A well of water/' A fountain of water, i
i The supply is exhaustless. Here is an un*
[ failing fulness of love, joy, peace and spir|
itual strength?a full salvation. "Springing
up." Whoever has this living water in
| the soul already has eternal life. The
! water of life. 1. Is given by Jesus. 2.
Tt is pure. 3. It satisfies the soul. 4. :
There is a never failing supply. 5. It is j
free. /it. It is for all who thirst. "Into I
everlasting life." He that receives the liv- j
ing water has a fountain opened in his soul
of spiritual satisfaction, which shall neither
be dried up in this life nor the life to
cond'2. but shall flow en to all eternity.
I
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Heart on Kicht Side.
An autopsy was held on the body of j
twelve-year-old Amy Pine at her home, in
North Massachusetts avenue, Atlantic
City, N. J.. because she died from what
was considered a peculiar illness. The
child had been a sufferer for years, ana
able doctors and specialists treated her in
vain. The autopsy &howed that the little
/>ne's heart was on the right side, and in
Erecisely the Rami; position as it should
ave been on the left, and the left lung was
! an mow lint, larppv than the ri<rht. The re
! muining organs were normal. The physij
cians who had attended the girl announced |
i that death was directly due to pneumonia.
.Japanese Prisoners.
j According to leeent Japanese statistical |
j returns the work done by Japanese prisonj
ers in 1903 amounted iu 'value to 1,00^000
yeu.
Russia's Model Farmi,
The Russian Government has established j
half a dozen model farms for the cultivation
of cotton in different parts of Turkeetan.
Queer Monstrosity.
I A calf with two heads was the monstrosity
given birth to by a cow belonging to
| Mrs. ,Elmira Tyson, of Liirerick, Pa.
? '5^- *': ?' i.."
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THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Teetotallsin and Longevity ? Figure!
Which Are an Unanswerable Argument
in Favor of Total Abstinence Foi
the Best and Longest LItm.
We desire to call special attention to the
following figures which this letter of Mr.
Whittaker's to the editor of the Morning
Leader so strikingly 6et forth. They are
an unanswerable argument ill favor of total
abstinence for the best and longest
lives:
To the Editor of the Morning Leader:
Sir?In your issue of Saturday last Dr.
Selfe Bennett is reported to have said:
I challenge.the figures on which Mr. T.
P. Whittaker, M. P., bases his statement
that during the strenuous working period
of life a man's chances of longevity are
forty per cent, better if he is a teetotaler
than otherwise.
The figures referred to were those of the
mortality experienced by the life office of
which I have the honor to be the chairman
and managing director. They cover a period
of sixty years, and they deal with
something like 60,000 lives, among which
there were about 14,000 deaths.
The records and statistics have been
most accurately and carefully kept since
1841, under the supervision 01 some of the
most eminent actuaries of their time, and
have been circulated and widely discussed
among the insurance authorities of America
and Australia.
Dr. Bennett may, if he chooses., challenge
the conclusions which I; draw from
them, but when he challenges the figures
themselves (and he is the first man, as far
as I am aware, to do so) he challenges
figures which are beyond dispute.
These figures show the rate of mortality
per cent;, per annum among the abstainers
and the non-abstainers from the use of intoxicating
liquors who have been assured
in our life office. Commenting on them I
said: . ? .
It will be observed that during the strenuous
working years of manhood, from
twenty-five to sixty years of age, the annual
mortality rates among the abstainers
were, on the average, forty per cent, lower
than among the non-abstainers. That is
an enormous difference. v *
The figures udou which that remark was
based are as follows:
ABSTAINERS 4 AND NON-ABSTAINERS
COMPARED.
(Excluding first five years of assurance.)
Experience 1846-1901. '
Abstainers.
, Takimr non
Bate of mortality mortality u
per cent, per annum. WO, the abNon
atainters' mor4
crnm iUt.i>W?*4ncni tflll'tv 4D
25-29 .544 .936 58.2
30-34 .458 .886 *51.7
35-39 .479 .909 k 52.7
40-44 .581 1.042 5K.8
45-49 .784 1.402 i 55.9
50-54 1.064 1.754 60.7
55-59 1.682 2.425 69.4
It will be interesting to know precisely
what it is in those figures that Dr. Bennett
challenges. Yours, etc.,
.THOS. P. WHITTAKER.
13 Taviton Street, Gordon Square. W. C.
?The Alliance News.
Modern Daniel*.
President Lincoln was one day dining
with a party of friends, when one of them
offered nim some wine, and rather rudely
tried to force it upon him. Mr. Lincoln
finally replied: "I have lived fifty years
without the use of<intoxicating liquors, and
I do not think it worth while to change
my habits now." It is related of General
Wm. Henry Harrison by one who knew
him well, that while he was a candidate ,
for the Presidency, at ft dinner, a New
York gentleman, offering a toast, asked:
"General, will you not favor me by drinking
a glass of wine?" The General politely <
declined. Once again he "was urged to ]
drink a glass of wine. This time he rose
from the table and said in his grave, dignified
way: "Gentlemen, I have refused i
it- f 11- _ _
twice 10 parcaae 01 me tvine cup. mn
should have been sufficient. Though you
press the cup to my lips, not a drop shall
pass the portals. I made a resolve when I '
started in life that I would avoid strong .
prinks and I have never broken it. I am j
dhe of a class of seventeen young men who :
graduated 'togetfler. The other sixteen 1
tilled drunkards' graves, all through the ' ,
pernicidus habit of wine drinku??. .1 owe
all my health, .happiness and prosperity to ,
that resolution. Will you urge me now?"
Similar courage in refusing wine has been i
shown by Hayfes, Garfield, Colfax, Henry |
Wilson and General Miles. The latter re- i
cently went around the world, and though
daily in banquets where every one else
drank, took not a drop himself.^ That took
greater courage than any of his battles. (
When you are with the Romans do as the (
Romans ought to do.
"Poison and death the cup contains, <
Dash to the earth the tempting bowl; (
Stronger than bars and iron chains
This power that captive leads the soul." i
Are the British Deteriorating?
In consequence of startling reporti
brought to the. War Office by recruiting
officers that the British as a race are de- <
teriorating in physique, a committee of
the Privy Council was recently appointed
to investigate. !
The necessity for the inquiry is empha- i
sized by a paper which was reaa recently
before the society for the study of inebriety
by Dr. Robert Jones, medical superintendent
of the Claybury asylum.
Dr. .Tones does not mince matters. He t
beileves that the deterioration exists and '
that it is largely due to intemperance. i i
In support of 'his theory he cave some
figuresj of which the following are the most
striking:
Of the 116,000 case9 of insanity at pres- i
ent in asylums probably JJ.OOO male and
6000 female cases are the d.vect or indirect
outcome of alcoholic excess.
Of the 35,916 persons admitted to the ,
Lbndon County Council asylums?between , ,
1893 and 1902, .twenty-one per cent, of the ;
men and eleven per cent, of the women
owed their insanity to liquor alone. .
Alcohol, Dr. Jones believes to be devitalizing
not only to the individual, but also j
to the race. The community loses by its i
interference with the working power of
the skilled craftsman and the artisan, and
the presence of the inebriate injures the ;
younger generation directly by neglect and
cruelty, and indirectly by evil influence
aiiu cauiujjic. ^
Death's Kargralu Coaster.
"Woodst a'.cohol with me?"
Punned the barman blithe and free:
"I can serve you best old whisky, two
for five!
This makes suicide quite cheap,
For just drink before you sleep,
And the Coroner won't know you've
been alive!" ?The
Analyst, in Town Topics. i
The Cranadfc In Brief
The outlook for temperance wafe never 1
more encouraging. It occupies a larger j ,
place in the public eye than at auy pre- i
vious day.
Herr Ernst Kraus, the German tenor in i
the corps of the Metropolitan Opera j '
Wrmtp in \pw York f'it.w is o"; record as i
saying that a beer drinker cannot be a j
great singer.
The Liquor Dealers' League lias raised 1
$5,000,000 to place ten picked men as lobby* j
ists in Congress and in every State Legis- j
lature in the United States to secure the '
repeal of all restrictive or prohibitory laws
and the passage of laws favoring the trade.
The beer that makes the brewer is the
beer that makes the bums.
A son of a drinking man or woman haj I
less chance of health and active mental j
faculties than of total abstinence parents, j (
Statistics show alarming facts in this par- [ n
ticular. I r
An eminent doctor in New York City ?
? ,1 nor />onf r\f t)io IL ! ?
iUUIiU U>Ci ncn:in.j JJV.* vwiiv* V * M.v v?ii. dren
of drinking parents afflicted with organic
or nervous diseases in a large number
examined.
In Ohio during the past year there have
been ten men executed for murder, and
five more convicts are. awaiting the day of ^
their execution. This is a terrible record, o
and it is. without doubt, chiefly due to the u
demoralizing, murder-inciting work of the y
ealoons. says the Religious TelescoDe. d
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0 HEIGHT AND DEPTH OF LOVE,
BT Ainnz X 'WOOD CO ex. >
Bright angels still are near, '
As in the days of old;
Their joyful tidings baniih fear,,
And grace unfold. ,
To lowly and to high
Their message peace imparts,
And starlit Bethlehem set ins nigh"
To humble hearts.
0 faithful souls and wise-Go
worship and adore!
The Day-star risen to che ?r your eyev .
Shall set no more.
The.Prince of Peace is born,
Your Saviour and your Friend;
And shadows flee before -;he dawn.
And sorrows end.
0 height and depth of lore!
in aeep numinty - *
The eternal King left heaven above
For you and me.
What offering can we bring?
What anthem can we raise?
Lord! give us hearts Thy praise to sine
Thro all our days!
?London Christian. -ji
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A Portrait of Christ.
St. John, the beloved disciple, on Tat- ;
moo, lonely for the word of God, and ion* i
the testimony of Jesus Christ, gazing over
the waters of the Aegean Sea, saw tbe
form of his glorified Saviour and heard
His voice like the sound of many water*.
The wonderful panorama of fnture things
wag unfolded unto him from the. opened
Vioov*/?v>a maiAna Cl.r\A Tn fl?n a!
jivaivuo iu TiDJvua vi vjwu. joi uir uvviv Vi
Revelation, chap, i, is sketched a fall
length portrait of"Jesus Christ as the glorified
Son of Man by the hand of an inspired
artist, whose soul was enraptured i
by the vision of the Man in the heavens.
In spirit on the Lord's day, John hears a
great voice?as of a trumpet, like the sound ,
of many waters. The voice is one in. authority
and power, the voice of the Lord
is full of majesty, it breaketh the cedars Of
Lebanon, it divideth the flames of fire and '
shaketh the wilderness. It awoke Lazarus
from the sleep of deaii);;and will yet call *
all believers of' every ^nation ..from their
graves ihto the beauty- of the millennia]
morning. For the I%d Himself wilhde- J
scend from heaven, witb the voice of an '
i i j *t._ i -x -r n . j j il.
aruuaugei u.uu wie uuiupcv ui vruu, auu tucr i
dead in Christ shall rise first. ?
When the veil is withdrawn the Son ot *
Man is revealed clothed with light as with J
& garment, the symbol of royalty and omnipotence,
having "the keys of death a ntf
the grave, girt about the paps with a gold- g|
en girdle, signifying rank and dignityr Hi#
head and hair were white as snow, setting
forth the reverence and honor due to Him
as the "ancient of days," which His eyes
were as flames of fire, so keen and piercing
was His vision, discerning our very
thoughts from afar; His feet like unto finebrass,
molten^white as in a furnace, showing
holiness and judgment as the foundation
of His throne. In His hand were
seven stars, which are the seven messen-.
I ,1 1 1 . # J. t_ _ A _ "I * _
gers to tne cnurcnes, irom me aposiouc
days until the Son of Man returns in the
glory of His Father. Out of His mouth
pdeth a sharp two-edged sword,'which i*
the world of God, keener than any Damascus
blade, dividing ^sunder soul and spiilt
and discerning the thoughts' and intent?
of the heart. The word comforts His own,
but He smites and slays His enemies with
the sword of His mouth. His countenance
was as the sue shineth in its strength.
On transfiauration's brow the glorv of the
Son of Man shone forth from His garments;
they became exceeding white, as
the light, and His face did shine as the
meridian sun?it was a' manifestation of.
the supernal glory of Him who is the
faithful witness, the first begotten from
the dead and prince of the kings of earth.
He is here portrayed as a judging high'
priest, walking amid the golden lamp
Btands, which are the churches, *ands pass*
ing judgment on^ their walk and wprkiL.
This portrait should beget in us a spirit
of love, reverence and worship. For God
who commanded the light to shine; out of j
ffarlrnMst hath sbined ill OUT hearts to.Jtive ,
the light of the knowledge of the glory of
God in the face of Jesus Christ.?The Rev. I
S. V. Robinson.'at Union Course Baptist
Church, in the Brooklyn Eagle.
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Profitable Giving.
The Bible Society's Record tells of a
collector who called upon a man for hi* s
contribution to the Bible cause. He wa* f
not a we&thy man, but did his oyn work
on the farm. He looked over his books
and said bis Contribution would be $70. .
"Why, this is remarkable benevolence!*
said the collector. He replied: "Six years
ago I felt I was not giving enough to the
Lord, so I resolved to give in proportion ,.
to His blessings, and I hit upon this plan:
I will give five cents for every bushel of
wheat I raise; three cents'for every bushel
of oate, barley, etc.: ten per cent, for-the
wool, butter, etc., that I sell.
"The .first year I gave $20, the second
836, the third $47, the fourth $49, the fifth
$59, and this year my Bible contribution is
?70. For twenty years previous my doctor's
bills had not been less than $20 a
year, but for the last six years they have
not exceeded $2 a year. I tell you, 'there
is that scattereth and yet increaseth,' and
'the liberal soul shall be made fat.' "?Herald
of the Coming One. I
Tendemen of Christ'a Sympathy.
Do not keep this sacred thought o!
Christ's companionship in sorrow for the
larger trials of life. If the mote in the 1
eye be large enough to annoy you, it< i?
large enough to bring out His sympathy,,s
ana if the grief be too small for Him' to
compassionate and share, it is too small
for you to be troubled by it.
If you are ashamed to apply that divine
thought, "Christ bears this grief with
me," to those petty molehills that you
magnify into mountains sometimes,' think
to yourself that then it is a shame for you
to be stumbling over them.
But, on the other hand, never fear to b?
irreverent or too familiar in the thought
that Christ is willing to bear, and help yon
to bear, the pettiest, the minutest, and
most insignificant of the daily annoyances
that may coine to ruffle you. He will dc
more, He will bear it with vou, for if so be '
" ' I- ti:? TJ?
that we may suner wnu iiiui, uc ouu<.jc
with us.?Alexander Maclaren.
Take the Pturt of the Weak.
Bear injury when inflicted on yoursell.
resent iniury to others. Jesus took the
part of the weak against the strong and
of the humble against the proud?Arkansas
Methodist.
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Tlie Sign of the Chrfntlan.
The fishing vessels on our own coqst*
are bound by law to carry lights at night
Not only must the light be on board, du<
it is reouired to be hung at least at a certain
height, so as to be readily seen at a
distance. So Christians must not onl> 1
have the light, but have it where it will
"shine before men."
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A Cure For Melancholy.
When you rind yourself, as I dare saj
you sometimes do, overpowered, as it i
were, by melancholy, the best vay is to
go out and do something kir*i i?? " 4
body or other.?John Keble.
Some Klcti Gold Ore.
Free milling gold ore showing a value of
6000 to the ton, found in the Sandstorm
oine, at Goldfield, Nev., has started a
ush to that section that promises tc
clipse the White Pice excitement of the
arlv sixties.
Fine Watch Collection.
The famous Austrian novelist, Madame
lary von Ehner-Eschenbach, possesses
ne of the finest collections of watches. A
umber of these time pieces are over 200 '
ears old, and many of them are set in
iamonds. .