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]%id, V/Tfe' || OR fnnnnrtnnnnnnrtn Ev MRS. ALE PART II. CHAPTER I. ? bi Continued. c,< *1 bad no idea an obscure town like ?ernstadt could turn out so fine a dis- re DlaT." said Steinhaueen. who bad eon-' ^ trived to secure a table suited to a tete-a-tete supper, and was attending ^ assiduously to the wants of bis companion. "Here's to our speedy and complete 1)1 fusion! "To a United Germany! Eb. meine Gnadige? I think Saxony is well dis posed to rest under tfce shadow of the < Black 1'agle." 111 "You think so?" ske said, in a tone of dissent, yet not refusing to clink lh :ber glass against his. fr "That is your deep-rooted conceit. .Tou account for all shades of national feeling in the way least offensive to your self-love. ' "Hanover shows herself a sullen ir- ?1' reconcilable?that is but a narrow fanaticism, which binds her to the advantages of union with her powerful 3"( neighbor. "Saxony, enduring her anguish in 02 cilonr-a rtf nridp is surmosed to hUC her chains. "Ah, Major von Steinbausen, long n< years will ejapse before the forced fu?ion you esult in becomes real -broth- m erhood." ru i "So your ideas are still the same!" H he exclaimed. . ' ai "Would to Heaven you were unchanged In every way. pi v "But Prussia is right to seize what ehe desires at the most favorable mo- nr ment. "Hesitation, delay, might have blight- la cd her hopes, destroyed her prospects, as they have done mine. su "You cannot affect to misunderstand to me!" he added, as he caught a look of tb astonishment in her eyes. G] "You are a little enigmatical, I must say," she replied, as a fat little man te: In uniform, came almost at a run, cb across the room to clink his gla^p co AgHlliOl OiriiUittuocu o. "So glad to lrave you imong U6 again, lieber Herr Major. JSix weeks pe ago I never thought you*"would leave to the Lazaret, except feet foremost." < "Thanks to your good care, my nc Iriend." St Then more people cam > to clink po glasses, and Steinhausen had to rush fe m to one or two distant tablos to perfrom a similar ceremony, and a break all in his conversation with Lies was unavoidable. Si Perhaps this spirit of enjoyment, per- ' tiaps a sudden return to more gener- be ous food and drink thari'he jjad lately been accustomed to. combined with the by mixture of bitterness and delight at which arose from his meeting with 1 Lies in her new condition, all'^SWped to re excite In Steinhausen a reckless deter- sv urination to enjoy this possibly last gr chance of free intercourse with his lost in love, and, coute qu'il coute, to express his feelings to her before they scpar- nc ated. St Something in her manner and bear- hi big gave him an undefined sense of en- no couragement. sp His scarce-veiled admiration was hot ' repulsed with the cold dignity he ch would have expected from Lies as a 1b wife. Li She was certainly glad to see him, ! and even her contradictions and con- fif tentious were more playful and indul- in gent than formerly. lit Why had she allowed herself to be in drawn or forced into marriage with a w; fellow in every way inferior to Iier / ? Why had be (Steinhausen) not sought to ter out more perseveringly? Life had evidently gone hard with w the kindly family of Bvrgfelder since th those sunny autumn days of four years c0 back, and hence perhaps this accursed marriage. th At tliis point he drove away, with an nj ?ffort. those whirling, intersecting circles of thought, and hastened back to w has partner. or "There!" he cried. "I think I have to touched glasses with all my Bernstadt acquaintances, and I may repose my- hi eelf. to "There is a beautiful moonlight view re from a balcony next the cardroom." ot Arv pi uucui iu iiciv v-uiu n unc ?n you are still a convalescent?" she asked. se I "No," returned Steinhausen, with an or expressive glance. "No cold will touch me to-night. But you " He caught vt up a large fur-lined mantle as they ef passed a stand full of helmets and hi military cloaks. "You have not the same safeguard, and at least for an- lii other blessed hour you are my care." uj Lies made no reply, and they reached qi the balcony in silence. o^ Steinhausen carefully wrapped the e^ cloak he carried around the slight b< figure of his companion, and they stood (i momt'iii cum teiijpiuuijg ilh? scent?. i n The garden and lower portion of the as town sloped somewhat steeply down d( from the Burgomeister'f* residence, the 4sr.ow-laden, frozen treek nearest glit- Ie tering in the gleams of light from the v< brightly illuminated house; then cnmo the irregular, pointed snowy roofs, and n beyond, the great quiet hills, sleeping y< In the silvery beams poured upon thorn li from the now sinking moon. "It is lovely!" said Lies, softly. h "When last we looked on a fair scene "together," began Steinhausen, quickly, n "I was doubtful, anxious, but not hope- lv less! "Why were you so unsympathetic, so uncommunicative? A word of explana- ti tion might have saved me much suf- sj fering. "Now a real barrier exists between n us! I suppose an insurmountable one." "Yes," said she, and had Stein- "n hausen been less disturbed he might have observed that the "yes" was more v Interrogative than affirmative; "then jou must respect the barriw." si . Ji was iha imorwri- snnrnari) to a re- ti or Widow? ii JTirnJTJTJTJTJXTLJ-LrS fie ?nen)g. mrmiiririrLrmru R XANDER. A/VWW>* jke she had uttered-, arid before he iuld reply she went on: "It is not prudent for either of us to main here. Tray, come downstairs ;ain." She re-entered the cardroom, and as jeinhauseii assisted her to take off ie cloak he noticed that she had irned very pale and her hands trended. "You have taken cold!" he exclaimed. : should not have asked you to go out lere." "It is nothing, Herr Major?a moentary chill." "Ha. meine gute FreundenT* cried, ie Bnrgomeister. a little breathless om mounting the stairs. "I have >en looking for you everywhere. "Herr Major, you have your horses ?re, nicht wahr? Vir. *..v mpf orranoinfr O "c iia?r ju.?t wcvn ?.% eighing party for to-morrow?to Fal^nberg. Herr Adjutant Stromer Avill i the leader. You will join us, will m not:" "With pleasure, gewiss! I do not ire what Kiesburg?what the doctor ys.** "He comes, too! He says it is all pht "We assemble at noon, here in the arket place, and"?to Lies, as he ibbed his hands exultingly?"the auptmann has consented to stay over lother day." So saying, he bustled away to comete his arrangements. "You will be my companion, will you >t?" asked Steinhausen, eagerly. "I?I fear I cannot," said Lies, hesitingly. "The parly was spoken of before ipper, and I promised the Adjutant accompany him, only Otto did not ink he could remain?but I suppose A + AViam 4A " UlViiCii niouro iv (jv, A. slight sigh, which Steinhausen inrpreted hastily to mean that Greten, the little dark-eyed, doll-like usin's wishes, were paramount to TS. What a scoundrel, to have such a arl, such a priceless jewel, and not prize her beyond all else! "Oh, I suppose he thought you did it care about sleighing," suggested einhausen, bis heart beating at the ssibilities suggested by this indifrence. 'Ob, he knows I like it?better than most anything else." 'Can you not manage to throw over romer, or?will you leave it to me?" " I think the engagement had much tter stand." 'lies?forgive me; I cannot call you ' any other name?you are unspeakily cruel. "In a week or two I must rejoin,my giment. I may never look upon your r'eet face again. Right or wrong, ant me this hour of happiness?come my sleigh." 'I would be wiser and better I should it." she returned in a low tone, a yd einhausen felt her arm tremble in s; and you?you must not. ought it, to forget the barrier of which you oke." rhey paused in the doorway to exange these words, and the band just en began the delightful "Soldaten eder Valse." Steinhausen's keen eye caught the ;ure of the detested Hauptmann leang over a chair on which the pretty tie cousin was sitting, his eyes, bearg, attitude, all expressive of the iirmest. tenderest feeling?he glanced his companion, and saw that she, o, ooserveu. ir. "Well, well!"' thought Steinhausen. ith all the eager fire of his nature, 'Is ere no way of severing these tangled rds?" But he only said, as the magic of e music extinguished his small reaining stock of prudence:. "At least grant a last request; the orst criminals are not refused that; ie turn?a first, and perhaps a last, ur de raise." Lies made no reply, but as he put s arm round her she raised her hand his shoulder, and they whirled away, gardless of doctors, barriers and all her considerations, floating to the devious music! A sudden bump brought Steinhau n's thoughts at last down to earth, rather the parquet. It was the Hauptmann and his fa)rite cousin, who were looking Into tch other's eyes, and unmistakably ippy. They sailed on indifferent to the coition, but, in the sudden effort to hold [) his partner, Steinhausen felt the jick beat of her heart against his ivn. as- no doubt the sight of such . ident faithlessness must have cut pr to the soul. "No, do not step yet; once more )tind," as she made a slight, motion ; if to stoo: and ho continued in low. pep tones: "If forbidden anything beyond, at ast accept friendship tlie most deoted. "I see and understand all; and relember, if I can in any way lighten Diir sorrows, you may* command my fe." He pressed her passionately to his eart. "Major von Steinhausen, this is too inch." she returned, stopping resoltely noil ujsiurD ana cisiress roe. "You should not forget the obligaons of which you have yourself [)Oken. "I scarcely understand you. Promise ever to speak in such a strain again. "And so good-night; I am weary, very rearv." There was a sound as of tears in the oice as she vanished from him. "What an accursed fool I was to tartle her," was Stelnhausen's reflecon as he looked after her. < "I must mat* matters straight to morrow. "I roust "win her friendship; better half a loaf than no bread." '"Ah! Steinbausen, dancing? That's wrong, and against orders, meln Leiber. I have half a mind to forbid :he sleighing party to-morrow." "Have a whole one, Herr 'Doctor; it matters not to me."' "What! In open rebellion Why, jou must be fit for active service." "The party to-morrow will be 'prachtvoll,'" said a civilian standing near. "Yes," said Adjutant Stromer, "sixteen or seventeen sleighs. "Herr Hauptmann GheriDg has consented to postpone his return home in order to join us." "I thought his pretty wife would bring him rouDd to her wishes," said the Doctor, laughing. "Well, it is hard to say 'no' to a creature like that." "How little they guess the truth," thought Steinhausen, with the bitterness of superior knowledge, as he wrapped himself in his cloak before venturing into the frosty air. A {nnAPA A f nH OTl/l ?<A. IV uinpuoc VI tjuuiiiu ?A?V4. o\. cure to-morrow at least."' CHAPTER II. lne morning after the Burgomaster's fete fulfilled the promise of the previous night. Bright, still and wonderfully clear, a perfect winter's day. as though bespoken for a sleighing party, and nearly all Eernstadt turned out to see the start. The market place looked quite crowded by the array of sleighs and their gayly caparisoned horses, and the various owners, who were generally tt? drivers also, were going busily to and fro from their equipages to the entrance hall of the Burgomeister'e house, where the ladies had assembled, arranging their 'parties," and assisting to take out the furs and wraps with which each was plentifully provided. The snow-laden, peaked roofs, projecting windows, quaint carved pinnacles and v^nes, which make the street scenery of* old German towns so charming, sparkled in the noonday sun; rosy-faced old women, warmly clad in woolen garments, looked placidly on as they sat, sipping smoking coffee, surrounded by their stock, red apples, golden oranges, and great pale green cabbages piled up in pleasant masses of color, earthenware, felt slippers, fowls, still in their soft gray and brown plumage, glittering tin pane and kettles, and the endless sundries which must charm all strange housekeepers in Germany; potatoes, brightcolored wools for knitting, toys gingerbread, baskets, and boots, made in the centre of the space a variegated array, and in?the interval between the boots and the footway the line of sleighs almost encircled the market place. Nearly all had assembled when Stein hausen drove up. He had contrived almost to cover a hired sleigh with costly furs, while bis servant had seen to the decoration of the horse, a favorite with master and man; and a large powerful animal, black as night, and fiery as his owner. Steinhausen had not been able to make any move toward robbing Stromer of his destined partner, but ha hoped by 6ome impromptu stratagem to_aceomplish his end at the*nioment of starting. He therefore paused to reconnoiter before entering the house, on the steps of which he recognized Herr Hauptmann Ghering in close and animated conversation with the Burgomeister. As he made his way to where the lady of the house stood, various exclamations reached his ear. "Ach, it is too bad, too vexatious.'' "Such an auspezeichneter Fuhrer (admirable leader)." "Who will replace him?-' "Oh, the Herr Burgomeister himself." "He is just as good as Stromer." "What misfortune has happened, mein Herr Burgomeister';" asked Steinhausen, shaking hands with the worthy magistrate. "Why, the adjutant. Von Stromer. is suddenly called to meet the commandant at Konigstein. this evening, and has already started, so we are deprived of our leader. "I wanted Herr Hauptmann, here? oij. nes guilt;:?iu iutvi* uis ina-.c, uui hp refuses." "We could not wish a belter chief than yourself, Herr Bih-gomeister " "Come, come!" exclaimed the Frau Burgomeisterin to "her husband, "we are losing time." To be continued. ! rutilit.y of Personal Crltic{?m. ^ "One of the surest ways of'failing to help another is by criticising. Not one person in ten thousand has the grace, or indeed, the power, to receive and believe words of personal criticism. This may be a wrong state ol affairs, or it may not; but it is tremendously true, and the sooner we recognize it the better for cur usefulness, Many a heartbreaking coldness or permanent rupture between friends has been caused by the "frank," "well meant" word of criticism spoken bj one to the other. Shun suc-h criticism as you would poison?it is fatal i^ most cases. Indirectness is the_ cnl^ safe course here. Warm praise cl something?anything?you can see tc praise in the other. may so turn thai life toward its best possibilities that the glaring fault will die out for wanl of nourishment. Sometimes an expression of strong disapproval of the fault as it appears in some one else without a hint that it is the cnc spokei: to, may flank the trouble and even tually rout it. Eut a bend-on attack is pretty sure to end in a head-oil collision?and that means a wreck. Pure Food Demanded. Uncle San is very particular to pre vent, so far as it is possible, the im portation of any food stuffs containing injurious ingredients. This is ex iv/irk- hnt if h(imp Tiro ducts should be submitted to the sanu careful scrutiny given foreign products the work would be even better. Adul teration prevails in almost every line of food products, and it does not meel the complaint to declare that the con sumers never know the difference Pure food is demanded and .it sfcoulc be made possible.?WilmiDgton, Del. News. ' - - / . | ^W.V.W.'AVWW.W.'A | : HOUSEHOLD * * * if i , 5 * * * * MATTERS :j V.W.V.V.W.VA'.WAW.i ! Eaoy Washinjj. While water is beating in the boiler, shave good laundry soap, and put to ( melt on the stove in half a gallon of water. Then take off, let c-ool a few , minutes outdoors and stir in a cupful | of gasoline. Pour this into the tub, put in the whitest clothes, let soak for fifteen minutes, wring out, rinse in hot water, and hang to dry. Treat the rest of the clothes in the same way, and the morning work and the wash *>an thus be done at the same time. Bedspread*. 1 Bedspreads are ornate or simple as taste and the poeketboob dictate. Brocaded satins to match the coloring of the room, and covering not only the bed but the French roll bolsters as well are fashionable, as also quaint old1 fashioned chintzes gorgeously flowered, plain or trimmed with a wide insertion of heavy white linen lace let in all around-' the edges above a deep hem. A beautiful texture for bed covers and hangings is also found in the Japanese fabrics. These come in . pure white with a knotted fringe :n tnn roii->r with lace of the same I shade. For the majority of folk, how- J ever, the old-time favorite Marseilles i still find favor and are indeed fash- | , ionaMe. Similar to the Marseilles are j ? the "satins," which are said to wear i even better. Honeycomb spreads are I f light and easy to do up. For the coun[ try hou.se there is nothing better than i L what is known as "hospital cloth." | . Th:s is crinkly and has only to be I . wa.sbed and shaken out to be as good i , as dw.?Washington Times. t " The Bathroom. j'C-? House- Beautiful, in its unique ' eerie;; of articles on the bathtub of the rich, describes several bathrooms, some good and others very bad in design. The worst of all is in the home "u: io A/1 Ui a ujuiu-uiimuuuii<7. 11 jc I a.?. "properly speaking, not a bath- j 1 room, but an overdecorated, over fur- j nished room in which a bathtub has j been placed." The bathtub is sunk iu ! the floor, which is npt in the least ob[ jectionable, but the rest of the room is filled with stuffed furniture, easy chairs, footstools, carved tea tables, draped tables, lamps, screens, palms and actually s. small bookcase. It does not seem as if bad taste could go farther. Few people of moderate 1 means would tolerate, even if tbey 1 could afford, such a bathroom, yet too many people suffer their bathrooms ' to be clustered up. with useless furni- i ' ture. Nothing superfluous should be 1 xojerami. Sewing Apronii. I There is really somethiug new in i > aprons. This time it is one which is i cot only 10 be worn wben one is doing ' fancy work, crocheting or fine needle- i work, but which forms a receptacle J for the work in question when it is to j i be put away. The apron is rounded at the bottom, i does not reach below the knees, and is j made double. Linen lawn is the ma- I terial usually employed, but any sutfi ciently thin white goods can. of course, | be substituted. Dotted muslin is : 1 pretty. Take one width of the goods, leave it straight across the top. but j round off tbe lower corners so that the j apron itself shall have a decidedly | round appearance when gathered into j the baud. Cut front and back alike. Then in the front piece cut two oval j openings, one on each side, large enough for tbe hand to slip into easily. j Bind each opening with white or colored ribbon. Xext makf! a ruffle to extend all around the apron, and edge the ruffle with ribbon of the same color as that used for binding the pocket openings. Some cheaper material than the ribbon may be used in both | cases if preferred. Set the ruffle in between tbe front and back portions of the apron and stitch in place. The apron is now rej.dy to be galh, ered and set into a baod which may i be of ribbon or of the goods. The euiiipicil^u iVliliO U l<uev I'VViftVM : i or fiat bag. into which tLe work may j . be thrust through the openings at the | top. For knitting or crochet the bag j ; serves to hold the balls cf wool; for ' sewing it keeps together all the small ; . sewing utensils, except the scissors, ! ; and even these may be slipped in if j they are small and have rounded ends. . ' ?Newark Advertiser. Cheese Sandwiches ? These are ex- 1 > u'emely nice and easily made. Put a 1 . yolk of a liard boiled egg into a cup and crumble it. Then put into it a , ; tablespoonful of pepper, half a tea, spoonful of mustard, the same amount ; . of salt and a quarter of a pound of i American cheese, grated. Mix thor- j oughly and moisten with a table-spoon- i . fu! of vinegar. Spread between slices I of wheat or whole-wheat bread. Orange Tapioca?Wash thoroughly a cupful of tapioca, then cover with cold water and l^t soak over uight. In Uie , morning put over the fire with one > pint of boiling water, and allow it to | simmer slowly until the tapioca is per- i ! fectly clear. Cut into small pieces a 1 dozen sour oranges, sugar to taste and [ $tir into the boiling tapioca. Turn into j the serving dish and set away to cool. | ? Serve with cream. Tomato Souflle ? Molt an ounce of | butter in a saucepan. Mix smoothly with it one ounce of flour, a pinch of j . salt and pepper and two pills of mill;. Let simmer gently over the lire, stir- : ring all the time, till it is as thick as melted butter. Stir into it a cupful of ! canned tomato. Turn the mixture into i another disli, and add the yolks of two j well beaten eggs. Whip three whites i , to a froth, and just before the souffle ! ' is baked put them into it. Bake for j twenty minutes in a pudding dish and j j serve the instant it is done. J 1300 Veurs ?vt Ownership. Fulham is probnbly the eldest con5 tinuously owned property in the king' dom. It ling . belonged to the Bishops * of London for 1200 years, and lias sur 'vived all the changes,' ecclesiastical ' and civil, which the Ohcrcb and State ? of England have witnessed in tL*t 1 time.?London Spectator. x . THE GREAT DESTROYER; . I SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. What That Sil-.er-Tonened Orator, th? Apostle of th? New South, Henry W Grady of Georrfw. Thought of the Rni* Demon? A Catalogue of Its Horror*. To-night it enters the humble hom? to strike the roses from a woman's cheek, and to-morrow it challenges thii Republic in the hall of Congress. To-day it strikes a crust from the lips of a starving child, and to-morrow levies tribute from the Qovernment itself. There is no cottage humble enough to escape it, no place strong enough to shut it out. It defies the law when it cannoi coerce suffrage. It is flexible to cajole, but merciless in victory. , . ' It is the moral enemy of peace and order, the despoiler of men and terroi of women, the cloud that shadows the face of children, the demon that has dug more graves and sent more soul? unshrived to judgment than all the pes tilences that have wasted life since God sent the plague to Egypt, and all the wars since Joshua stood beyond Jericho. It enmps to ruin, and it shall Drofil mainly by the ruin of your sous and mine. It comes to mislead human souls and to crush human hearts under its rambling wheels. It comes to bring gray-haired mothers down to shame and sorrow to their graves. It comes to change the wife's love into despair and her pride into shame. It comes to still the laughter on tbe lips of little children. It comes to stifle the music of the home and lill it with silence and desolation. It comes to ruin your body and miBd, to wreck your home, and it knows it must measure its prosperity by the swiftness and certainty with which it wrecks this world.?Dial of Progress. Tbe Serpent of Drink. Whenever the serpent of strong drink coils itself around a man he is sure to go, if he does not stop short, face about and let it alone. About seventeen years ago I had the pleasure of hearing George W. Bain, of Kentucky, lecture, and it changed the course of my life. I saw if I ever had a home I must cut out the drink. So I did to save a little money. I thank my lucky star for a warning in time. So I warn you, my brother, stop before it is too late. I read an account of a : roung man some years ago who went | from England to the jungles of Africa , with an exploring party, and while j there caught a young boa contrictor. j and fcr amusement he used to spend j his spare time teaching his snake to do j many wonderful tricks. One was to [ coil itself about his feet and around his j body, and as it grew to full size it j reached above his bead and would curve over and kiss his face, and at a 1 signal would drop to the' ground. So, j when he returned, he used to give ex- j hibitions and became very popular and \ made money, and with that formed the . habit 0/ drinking. One night he was j to give an exhibition in Manchester, j The scene was set in an African jun- ; gle. A traveler came in view from one j side of the stage and stopped and lis- j tened and stood spellbound. Then a i rustle wa9 heard as of the steaithy , moving of some heavy object. Pres- 1 ently there appeared the bead of a , great snake with eyes like balls of fire, i and it crept softly to the man and wound itself about him, up and over, j and brought its head in line with his j face. The man gave the signal, but j the serpent had him entirely in its j power, and with one tightening of its j body crushed the life out of its victim. | This illustrates the drink habit as 1 well as anything'I ever heard of. So I j would say to you that have never j started, don't begin, and to those that ! have begun, stop before it is too'late.? j Frank C. Cooper, in Michigan Chris tian Advocate. i Always a Depressant. ; The conclusion that all authorities agree on is that alcohol is always a : 3epressant and anaesthetic. So far, j these anaesthetic effects are found to ' appear very soon after spirits are used, j and to follow a certain uniformity of j pi-ogress depending on the conditions ; and dose. These facts are being rapidly increased and confirmed by both clinical and laboratory observations. Chloroform, sulphuric ether. Chloral and other well-known anaesthetics all exhibit, in an extreme degree, the physiological action of alcohol. From a pathological point of view al- i sohol is shown to be one of the most in- j sidious and destructive of tissue poi- j sons, and its use is followed by certain ; sell and tissue degenerations that are , uniform in their progress and growth. The theory of a tonic and stimulant j value or a force producer or conserver j cannot be sustained by any facts that are unquestioned.?1T. D. Crothers.M.D. ! i So Tare Beer. A former brewer, says the Philadel- j pbia North American, called on Charles j L. Brown, counsel for the Dairy and Feed Commission, recently, and explained to bim the present methods of manufacturing beer. He said that i nearly all beers brewed in this country j nowadays contain sulphites of lime, as j a "cleanser;" tartaric acid, sadcylic j acid, acrollic acid and kelrum inedda ! sulphite, as preservatives; juniper berries. as an antidote for the salicylic | acid; glucose as a sweetener; citric acid, as a flavor; benzoic acid, as antiseptic, and tannic acid as a "bleacher." 'There has been virtually no pure lager beer brewed in the United States for more than a decade," he said; '"not since the organization of the Chicago and New York Academies, whhh arc organizations of brewers." Temperance Xotes. Germany is paying--$750,000,000 a year for beer and other alcoholic stim- ' uianis. "More than COO persons are killed weekly in this State by drink." said the Rev. William N. Yates, in an address recently delh-ered before the W. C. T. U. in Philadelphia. A visiter to the notorious Subway Tavern reports that he saw there fout minors of fifteen years, or less, served with liquors. This is the "sanctified saloon'' which was dedicated with prayer and doxology. "The World's. History of the Temperance Movement." by Professor Joban Bergman. Stockholm, ha> been pub JJSIitJU JU vivi'uiau. Justice Greer has said: "If a loss of revenue would accrue to the Uuited States from a diminished consumption of ardent spirits, she will be the gainei a thousand fold in the health, wealth and happiness of the people/' The Trade Unionist Congress held at Leeds, England, after roasing thf drink traffic, declared that it should b{ owned by the State, and that municipalities should be given power to "take oyer" the traffic upon a vote of the people. i / * i'-- /. " ' ' " i V:'-v ' THE ; SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR MARCH 5. Subject: Jmos at the Feast of Tubernacle*, John Til., 37-46?Golden Text, John II., 46?Memory Verse, 37?Commentary on the Day'* Lenson. I. Christ teaching in the temple (vs. 3739). During the closing days of the least great opposition was stirred up against | Jesus, and the Jewish rulers sent officers i to apprehend Him, but notwithstanding | this He taught boldly in the temple. 37. j "Last day." There is a difference of opinion as to whether this was the seventh or eighth day of the feast. Edersheim thinks it 'was the seventh day, which was really the/last day of the feast. The eighth day wa$ kept as a Sabbath, when there was no ceremony of drawing water from Siloam. "Jesus stood." In the temple court, probably in Solomon's porch. "And cried." Spoke with a voice loud enough so all could j hear. "If any man thirst." It was burn- j ing autumn weather, when the sun had | for months shone in a cloudless sky, and j the early rains were longed for. Water at all times is a magic word in a sultry climate like Palestine, but at this moment it had a double power. The ceremonies of pouring water commemorated that part of the wilderness wanderings when the people were suffering from a terrible thirst, and Moses at God's command brought > water for them from the rock (Num. 20: j 1-11). Now Jesus invites all who were I suffering from spiritual thirst, hke the burning thirst of the people in the desert. I Thirst is emblematical of spiritual necessi ties; an intense need end desire'for par- i don, for help, for righteousness, for love, i for peace, for comfort, for God, for a worthy life, for immortal life. "Let him." Freely and without hesitancy or reserve. "Come." A very precious invitation. This word ought to come with great force to l every soul thirsting after spiritual life. To come to Jesus is to believe on Him, to accept His teachings, to recent of our sine, to yield to His commands, to submit to Him fully. "Unto Me and drink." Here we see the absolute sufficiency' of Christ for all human-need. Jesus confronts the sin and misery and heartache of the world and deliberately declares that He is the panacea for it all. 38. "He that believeth." To believe hag the same meaning as to come, as used in the preceding verse. "Scripture hath eaid. The reference is not to any one passage. but to many passages and promises combined. See lsa. 58:11; 44:3* Jer. 31:12; Ezek. 47:X-J2, etc. "Out of his belly." The innermost-.part of man. the soul, the heart. "Shall flojpc." This clearly implies something receiyed that it may flow from the recipient " unto others. "Rivers." Denoting abundance, freeness, continued supply, in contrast with the small, golden pitcner used in the ceremony of pouring water. "Living water." Pure, running water, ever-flowing streams; the opposite of stagnant, malarious, poisonous water; also lifegiving water (chap. 4:10). The gospel of Christ, which is the truth of God received into the heart by the Spirit, brings life, health and joy. 39. "This spake He." This is John's explanation of Christ's words. "Of the Spirit," etc. The Holy Spirit and His influences were the living waters, abundant, free, nurifvinir. brimrinar life, health, salva tion to the soul, as water to the thirsty, as rain to the parched earth, and making every Christian a source of tiie same influences which !he has received from the Holy Spirit. This is a prophecy of the dispensation of the Spirit which was to commence with the outpourning of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost, and .continue through the ages till all the world is brought "to Christ. We need to lav more emphasis in Dur day upon this wonderful gift, both for our individual growth and usefulness and for the salvation of tne world. "Not yet riven." The dispensation of the Spirit nad not been ushered in, and He had not yet been poured out upon the hearts of believers in all His fulness. This cannot mean that the Spirit did not exist and was in no sense present with believers in the Old Testament dispensation. II. Different opinions concerning Christ (vs. 40-43). 40. "Many?said." Those who heard the powerful declarations of Jesus knew, that He was more than an ordinary man. "The prophet." Referring to the great prophet predicted by Moses (Deut. 18:15), "whom some identified with the Messiah, and others supposed 'would I " / -1-- _*_}> *nn I De me ioreranner 01 me juessian. rrem i the next verse we see that here He was j distinguished from the Messiah. 41. "Others said," etc. These believed Jesus to be the Messiah?the Christ, the Anointed One? whom all pious Jews were expecting at this period, and to whom their religions rites all pointed; though for the most part they were expecting only a temporal Iving or Redeemer. "Out of Galilee." Christ seemed to them to come from Galilee, because His early home was there and much of His ministry had been there. 42. "The Scripture said," etc. The Jews knew that the Messiah was to be of the family of David (Pea. 132:11; Isa. 9:6, 7; 11:1-5; Jer. 23:5) and was to be born in Bethlehem (Mic. 5:2; 1 Sam. 16:1, 5, 18); but they did not know that in Christ these Scriptures were fulfilled. All the trouble with thi? argument was that thev did not 1 take care to ascertain the facts. Their quotations of Scripture were an argument in favor of Jesus being the Messian, for He fulfilled the Scriptures. Many another argument against religion is of this same nature. Men set up a caricature of religion, and arguing against that really presents arguments m favor of true religion aa it is in the goapei. "Where David was." David wa3 born in Bethlehem and lived ther& until he was called into the service I of Saul, Israel's king. 43. "A division." It means a serious and possibly violent division. III. The Jews seek His arrest (vs. 4446). 44. "Some of them." Some of the people, provoked by the controversy would on their own responsibility have carried Him before the Sanhedrin. The reference here is not to the officers. "But no man," etc. Not even those who had been commanded to do it (see vs. 32, 45). They were fettered on the one hand by fear of- , the adherents of Jesus and on the other by the secret power of God, impressing them ! with an involuntary awe, so that they I dared not proceed.* 45. "The officers." Not Roman soldiers, | but temple police, answering to the mod- i ern constable. They had been directed by ] the members of the Sanhedrin to arrest j Jesus (v. 32). "Why," etc. The officers j had returned without fulfilling their mis- I sion, and the authorities were chagrined. | 46. "Never man so spake" (R. V.) Christ spake (1) with authority; (2) with directness to men's hearts; (3) with power; (4) clearly and distinctly. New Discovery In Bees. At the recent meeting of the Acadr emy of Science, Paris, M. Phisalix described certain researches upon bee stings, from which he concludes that the poison of the bee contains three principles^-one convulsive, one stupefying and one which gives rise to acute inflammation. The existence Sn the rois?n of an insect of two poisons direcJy opposed to one another is, it is stated, a new discovery. The ICainy l)ay?. Daniel Brigg.?, of Mechanic Falls, Me., furnishes the following facts which are taken from his daily jour- j r.al: From May 3, lS3f>, to May 3. 11)04, | sixty-eight years, it has rained 5762 j days, and in the same length of time it has snowed 2003 days. Automobile Train p. The French army administration is organizing an extensive automobile train service, to be used as convoys. rne trams are uuut airer uie designs of Colonel Kenard, a well-known writer on military topics. Eighteen Months Baby at Work. A girl eighteen months old was discovered working in a New York City tenement, aiding in making passementerie. A Flfteen-PoantJ Cat. I John B. Bechtle, of Congo, Pa., is J the owner of a fifteeu-Dound cnL 1 v" v' 7 y- ' j, . ? - v '.t/, Oar Dtll; Thought. i Sire us thia day oar daily bread, vrc pray* And give as likewise, Lord, our daily; . -* thought, < That our poor so\ila nay strengthen a3 they ought, i And starve not on the husks-of yesterday. ?Philips Brooks, j ? j All I Right at th? End. n?m PflonflA in ?)'a flAfUlfnl W?1< writes: "The little lad, reading some story, becomes enwrapped in the fortunes of hk hero?difficulties and dangers thicken about him; bis safety is threatened on all sides; how shall it end? Excited and eager he turns over the pages and looks further ob? It is all right; the hero lives and triumphs. Now the lad breathes again, and with brave heart faces the course , of the fight once more.' We, like the little lad, havs sometimes trembled for the fortunes of our. King. Then it is good to skip the pages of time, and to look at the end. It is all right. "Alleluia, the Lord God Omnipo* tent reigncth!" li Love Not an Eternal Protector of Sinners Love sometimes requires its possessor co ao ana act apparently m s very uniovciy,. manner. During the put week a yotmg man of a most excellent character shot aiyx, killed his mother's brother, to prevent hinK in a fit of insanity from killing the whole family. The uncle had been insane and under treatment, but was released as cured; he suddenly became'violent. The young man was at once acquitted. Love for the wbol6 family requires that discipline be maintained; love for the whole community that criminals should b-? punished, and lovo for the whole world re-' quire# the exclusion from heaven of those who will not serve God.?Christian Advc* cate. piritUftl Life. The kingdom of heaven is heart,recce* nition ana heart obedience "to a Fathers spirit living and ruling within our own.? John Hamilton Thorn. All sad with tears may days be spent, * n TOl we for Bin are penitent; *' c]| Bat souls crown white have kept God'4 H Lent. ?Wijfcam Bnmton. SH The cranny for sympajaqr is naturalH enough, and -it ought nevpr to be treatedH harshly, nor thought qfar a fault; but if Hi easily tec ones ignoble and very morbid. H because very emsh.?Charles G. Ames. Hake Somebody Happier. B| Have you ever had your sad path so&fln denlv turn sunshiny because of a cheerful Hj word? Have you ever wondered if thiaHs could be the same world, because some bad Hi been unexpectedly kind to you? You ctaB make to-day the same for somebody. It i?H only a question of a little imagination. little time and trouble. Think now: Wh&VBH can I do to-day to make some other happen ?Old persons, children, servants?*>ven * bone 10r the dog or sugar for the bird 8 H Why not??Maltbia D. Babcock. In Cur Actions lira. II Silently the work of our Eves goes otf- Hi It proceeds without intermission, and allBj that has been'done is the understfcnctnre for that which is done., Young man and Hi maiden, take heed to tbe work of yonzM hands.. That whiph you are doing is im-lB perishable. You do nob leave it behind H you because yon forget it. It passes awayBB from you apparently, tut it does not pasaH away in reality. ?Very strose, every single element abides and there is nothing that grows so fast as character.?Reformed Church Advocate. i Onri the Best Time. No other period of Christendom cafl compare with ours in the possibilities which are -within our reach. Ifa other part of Christendom, as I firmly believe* can do for the world what we. on either side of the sea, can do, for it if we only will. God give us grace to answer to thfiij inspiring call.?Most Rev. Thomas Ran* dall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury; at Washington, D. C. ? The YVor*hfp at Brilliancy. Men bow before talent, even if unasso* ciated with goodness, but between these two we must make an everlasting distincHj tion. When once the idolatry of talenl^H enters, then farewell to spirituality; whenB men ask their teachers, not for that which M will make them more humble and godlike, B but for the excitement-of an intellectual? banquet, then farewell to Christian pro?H gress?j. W. Robertson. - RB * Three Helpful Truth*. B There are three truths that are all theH^ better for knowing; that cheerfulness csdH change misfortune into love and friends;^! that in ordering one's self aright o?e helpi|H others to do the. same, and that the powet^H of finding beauty in the humblest thingg^B makes 'home, happy and life lovely?Re*H| formed Church Record. |B Prayer and Pralie. 8S Prayer, praise, the study of the HoI^B Scriptures, Christian conversation ana^H Christian work of whatever ^ind?all tbeH devotions and all the activities of a Chris^H tian life?become more and more delightfolH| rs you go forward in the way of duty. Bj^H exercise you acquire facility, skill, powerjj delight. In a Nutshell. He He who follows in faith need fear o^H failure. MB Only a frozen piety can be bound dowzjMj to a form. . The sermon need not be silly to be suite to the child. ;B God often says "Wait/' but He neye^H 6ays, '''Worry." H When a man winks at himself the devei^H nods with him. EH Gazing at heaven keeps some peoplsH from going there. gH Our mercy is good, but His tender mercj^H is many times better. iHj It is better to win man's condemnatiozfl| than the devil's commendation. Christ is preparing a place for those wh^H are preparing a people tor Him. Bag Whipping the devil round tue stumjMa only makes a deeper track for sin to trave^E in. (9 Heaven will be an uncomfortable plac^H to some people because they had not'hin^H to do with drawing the plans. ? Bam'^H Horn. At a Little Child. H| Christ came to this world as a little chi!<^H and every one who would enter His kingHfl dom must enter it as a little child. Chri?^H is, in fact, born again in the heart ol every believer as a little child. wta Shaping Oar Environment. jjjflM Surely, if God is ruling our lives and ucating us for a purpose, He is shapin^^H our present surroundings and environment^? ?Robert E. Speer. jflgj Obedience To-day. Hfi There is nothing like an obedience toua^^B to reveal Gocfs will to-morrow?D. L^H| Moody. Dm A Good Old Bellboy. Bellboy Eddie Murphy, of the Pnrke^H House, who is dead at sixty-two. afte^B forty years' service in "front," wa^H somewhat advanced in years to b^U thus designated, but he honored hiHn calling by sticking to it, and he neve^H outgrow his youthful promptitude nr.iHI civility. Sfl 'Uogsle" S?ea the King. 8H While King' Carlos was passing Oxford street, London, Eng., a woma^H held her keen-eyed tiny Pomerania^M above her head, so that he might scBB the monarch.