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Continued.
"Git up," said he; "you're wanted."
This was so judicial a summons that
Uttle Make-Believe looked around for
he policeman who had come to seize
ier for some unknown crime. Seeing
U officer of the law, her head sank
(pon her breast again.
"Don't yer hear?" cried Dot-andarry-one.
"You're wanted."
"What for?" asked Little Make-Beleve,
in a listless tone.
"We're going to play one of your
?mes," replied Dot and carry-one.
[We're going to pretend."
Little Make-Believe shook her head.
!he had no heart for games, not even
or the game which had become almost
t second nature to her.
"Let me alone," she said.
Some unaccustomed note of sufferng
in her voice caused Dot-and-carry<ne
to stoop and lower his face to the
?tm1 itrifh horc
"What's the matter with yer?" he inluired,
less from compassion than
torn curiosity.
"I'm almost starving," she said, "and
{aranne's waiting at home for grub
.nd I aitfi got none to give her. I
an't play no games, 'cause I ain't got
itrengtii to crawl."
"If yer'll play this game," said Dotmd-carry-one,
"yer'll git lots of grub
tor the pair on yer. I ain't gammonng.
"What sort o' grub?" asked Little
ilake-Believe, increduliusly.
"Pies."
With a glad cry little Make-BelieVe
umped to her feet.
The mention of pies and the prospect
?f possessing them were like Heaven
o her.
A pie was the very thing Saranne
cpected her to bring home.
For a moment or two she throbbed
, frith ecstacy; then came a revulsion.
" - *- eoi/I tllPT
nau iiul uvi-ttuu-ttiiij-wuv -? ??
rere only going to pretend? He saw
Ihe doubt in ber face.
"Don't be a little fool," be said. "We
ire going to pretend to fieht the saviges.
Tbe chief one of 'em is Mike,
;he Pieman, and'we'll tacklfe him fust
He's waiting for us to play the game,
and the Government's going to pay him
tor the pies."
This last statement was perhaps the
most daring and original declaration
Dot-and-carry-one had ever made. In
His way, the lad was a genius, and
juick in device when a questionable
transaction was in view.
Little Make-Believe did not pause to
;onsider; she thought only of Saranne
ind, accepting the flag handed her by
Dot-and-carry-one, took her allotted
place at the head of the ragged regiment.
'The children sat up a cheer when
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tieve was a great favorite with them.
CHAPTER IV.
What Occurred to the Expedition Commanded
by Little Make-Eelievc
[T. Against Mike the Pieman.
"Mike the Pieman was a little slirivtled-up
old man, who had been in the
pic business for more years than any3ne
in the neighborhood could remember.
His stand was on the curb outside
the principal entrance of The Maiden's
Blush, and he drove a roaring trade,
?eldom going home without bis entire;
StocK. Deinj; cieareu oui.
He made only one sort of pie. What
sort of pie that pie was no man knew
except himself, and no one inquired.
The cnly thins of which a buyer
could be sure of was, that the pies
were very hot in temperature and seasoning.
There was a legend that Mike the
Pieman was very rich. That is scarcely
probable, for a fortune is not to be
made out of one pie can; it is likely,
however, that he was well-to-do, for
te was a close-fisted old fellow, who
was never known to give away a pic
or to sell one under price.
"Halt!" cried Dot-and-carry-one, and
bis ragged regiment came to a suumstni
within a few yards of The Maiden's
Blush.
"There ho is," said the young scamp.
"There's the chief of the savages.
He's got a extra hot lot o' pies running
t)ver with gravy, which he made especially
for us. I can taste 'cm aforetoand,
can't you?"
The sight cf all those hungry mouths
working would have been a si^ht' to
remember.
"He knows we're here," continued
Dot-aml-carry-onc, "but he musn't take
co notice of us till we s;oes up to him,
or the Government wouldn't pay him
for the pies he's made for us. If yer
knew the juicy stuff he's put in them
nips ver moutli'd water to that extent
that yer wouldn't be able to speak.
Now, this is what you've sot to do.
When I saw forward!?which I shan't
cry loud, in case he should hear us?
you'll all on ycr foller Little Make-3?licve
straight to old Mike. Then?let
me see; who's the strongest boy in this
here crowd?"
] am!" and **1 am!" and "I ain!" vociferated
every one of the boys.
"I should say," said Dot-and-carryone,
"that Jimmy Tyler is."
"I'll light any two on 'em," said
Jimmy Tyler, with defiant looks; "one
down, the other come up!"
"And I'll back yer," said Dot-andrarry-one,
secretly exulting in the
progress he was making. "Well, you,
Jimmy Tyler, you'll jump on old Mike's
back the moment yer git to him. He'll
like that, will Jimmy, 'cause he can
slick it on the (government. I dessay
",A i-or'll {nmlila intrv thp 1'Oad:
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it> jest what be wants done to him,
cause be can git what they calls compensation.
If yer hurt hiiu a bit. ali
the better. Then all on yer jump on
him and tumble him about. He want
wind-hell enjoy it! And 1 shouldn :
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wonder, if yer uo it well, that you'll all
get medals from the Queen. Did yer
hear what that man said what was
standing by Mr. Dexter's shop? 'Give
it 'em hot,' he said, 'for the glory of
Old England.' That's what he said,
and that's what the Queen likes, and
that's what we're going in for. Are
yer ready?"
"Yes," they cried.
"But what am I to do?" asked Little
Make-Believe.
"You!" exclaimed Dot-and-carry-one,
somewhat puzzled. "Oh, you'll open
yer mouth and shut yer eyes and see
what Gawd'll send yer!"
After whicn direction Dot-and-carryone
looked warily around, to see that
no policeman was nigh to spoil his little
game, and then said softly:
"Forward!"
'" - * -i' T Dt*'rpo/la
Tne unarge 01 uue
pales in comparison. Before Mike the
Pieman knew where- he was, Jimmy
Tyler had jumped on his back and
pulled him down into the road, where
he lay struggling with the six or seven
young ruffians bent on carrying out the
orders of Dot-and-carry-one. *
This young gentleman took no part
in the scuffle. Directly Mike was down
he opened the can, took off his cap,
and swept into it at least a dozen pies,
'steaming hot, with which he ran off as
fast as his legs could carry him.
It was the work of a moment. The
great Napoleon himself could not have
executed a strategic movement more
deftly.
And almost before one could say
"Jack Robinson" the pies were gone
and the jaws of Dot-and-carry-one were
devouring them.
Meantime. Little Make-Believe did
exactly as she was told.
She opened her mouth and shut her
eyes and waited for what God would
6end her.
The only movement she made for
which she could claim originality was
to put her fingers in Her ears, to snui
out the din of the battle.
The paper flag in her hand was thus
elevated above her head, and seemed
to stick out of it like a feather.
The cries which Mike uttered as he
struggled with his foes seemed to her
scarcely real; her senses were almost
entirely absorbed in eager expectation
of being able, through the intervention
of Providence, to satisfy Earanne's
wish of a pie for supper.
The battle did not last long. Dotand-carry-one's
proceedings had not
been unnoticed by two or three of his
followers, and he had scarcely disappeared
round the corncr before other
unlawful hands were laid upozi Mike's
succulent store.
All ihe rest of the regiment followed
suit, helping themselves without compunction;
and one, less selfish than his
comrades, seeing Little Make-Believe
standing stock still, with her mouth
wide open, popped a pie into it as he
raced past her.
The pio was too large and the mouth
too small to be disposed of in one bite,
and would have fallen to the ground
had not Little Make-Believe hastily
caught it.
She had tasted it, however, and nature
was strong within her; nothing
in the shape of food had entered her
mouth during the long, weary day until
that moment; her eyes, open now,
dilated with gladness; greedily she
sr.eked her lips with the gravy on
them, and in a moment of thoughtlessness
was about to take another bite
when the figure of Saranne rose before
her. '
It was enough. Choking back her
hunger, she ran toward her home,
holding the precious pie close to her
breast.
This was the sicht which Mike the
Fieman beheld as he rose to his feet,
flushed and filled with anger.
All the other children had disappeared:
only Little Make-Believe was
in sight. and in her hand food unlawfully
begotten. After her he hobbled,
furious for revenge.
Luckily or unluckily for Little MakeBelieve,
his capacity for pursuit was
not of a high order.
He suffered from periodical attacks
of lumbago, and this was one -of his
bad days."
Little Make-Believe would have got
clear off had not Mike restored to anoTher
expedient in the cause of justice.
lie called, or rather gasped:
"Stop thief!"
This cry would have been uttered
the moment he had extricated himself
from the clutches of his foes had he
not been proverbially short of breath,
an infirmity which, aggravated by
rage, had for the time deprived him of
the power of speech.
i But his compulsorily slow gait, as lie
I hobbled after Little Make-Believe,
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a weak state, his voice.
Twice did the summons to law-abiding
citizens escape him, and he was
about :o utter it for the third time
when a violent spasm in his back
doubled him up, and he was compelled
to cling to a lamp-post for support.
Coming toward him as he was in
this position was the man who had
addressed the children as they marched
past Thomas Dexter's shop.
In his progress this man had brushed
by Little Make-Believe, and had taken
notice of the pie she was hugging to
her breast.
With keen insight he saw immediately
how the matter stood, and decided
how to act.
I'^tienced by a feeling of ccmpas
sionT he addressed a policeman who
bad been attracted by *Mike's summons.
"Some vagabond's been stealing
Mike's pies." he said, "and the old fellow's
run after him.''
"Which way has he gone?"
"That way," replied the man, point.r,?
in 'an opposite direction to that
;iKen bv Little Make-Believe.
T!i" u slowly sauntered to- i
ward the indicated thoroughfare, aiid
the man. inwardly rejoicing at the .su? j
cess of his maneuvre, turned his buck j I
upon lumbago-stricken Mike and more j
swiftly pursued Little Make-Believe.
She hearing hurried steps behind her,
quickened her own. but she was no
match for her pursuer, who overtook
her and laid Lis hand upon her suouj- |
der just as she reached the door of j 1;
Thomas Dexter's shop. Then came j a
suddenly upon her the full and true | ^
consciousness of her act. j t
In fancy she saw the heimft. th? ! t
truncheon, the dock, the magistrate,
the lockup.
/The strength with which exaltation
of spirit had inspired her weak form *
deserted her at the touch of this hand a
upon her shoulder, and overpowered 0
with terror she cowered down at
Thomas Dexter's feet.
"What's the matter?" inquired 1
Thomas Dexter, gazing on (he crouching
form.
Little Make-Believe did not stir. 11
Quick of fancy, she was realizing the
horror of her position.
It harrowed her vicarously. What T
would Saranne do? How could she ^
get food?when her sister, her child- *
mother, could no longer provide for
her? *
"There's nothing to be frightened 13
at," said the man, raising Little Make- e
Believe from the ground. "I sent the
nniioomnr nff nn n wrnnc scent. So
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you've been despoiling the Egyptians? x
But do you want to be taken red- ^
handed? Why don't you eat your pie? ^
They couldn't cut you open to prove t
the larceny." T
"It's for my sister. Saranne." raur- j,
mured Little Make-Believe, by no v
means sure whether kindness or
treachery was intended. p
"For your sister Saranne:"' said the e
man. "But yourself, little 'up?you ^
look hungry enough to eat a brick." u
"I am," sighed Little Make-Believe, ^
"When did you lipve your last t
meal?" . . g
"I had two potatoes last night." j,
"And since then?" j,
"Nothink."
"Come, come," said the man. "eat 3
the pie. Never mind your sister Sa- s
ranne."' jj
"Let me go?let me go!" cried Little jj
Make-Believe, and she twisted herself 8,
from his kindly grasp. "You're a ^
wicked, wicked beast!" ?
And before the man could recover I 0
from bis astonishment she bad disnp- | a
peared. . g
"What do you think of that for hero- Cl
ism?" asked the man of Thomas Dex- p
ter. "Could a princess show higher 0
qualities than that ragged morsel of a
humanity? She can forget her own
hunger?with savory food at her very j
lips?can withstand the temptation- jj
because she has a little sister at home '^]
to whom she plays the part of mother. ^
If I had a penny to spare I'd give it i
her, but it's not in my power. She's B:
ofE to Paradise Buildings, where 6be t<
and her sister live, to complete her act t]
of self-sacrifice. Good-night, guv'nor." tj
"Good-night," said Thomas Dexter, 0)
and entered his shop, shrugging his c,
shoulders.
CHAPTER V. *
Thomas Dexter Has Strange Dreams. fi
On the following day Thomas Dexter
attended the sale of old curiosities in
~ in T nj/t/ictor Sniiflrp. '
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which had once been Sir Joshua Rey
nolds' studio.
He had marked down half-a-dozen
lots which he was anxious to buyenamels
of no particular value in
themselves, but likely to suit a customer
who had a craze for them.
Having secured the enamels at a
price which he knew he could double ^r
in the selling, he made his way back P<
to Clare Market. a
Never in his life had he had a day'* ?
illness, and no signs had warned him w
that sickness was near, but when he
was within a quarter of a miie of his cl
shop a sudden vertigo caused every- t*
thing to swim before his eyes?picturf ol
shops, costermongers' barrows, flaunt ai
ing women, newspaper boys, bits of m
pavement, gutter and sky. all jumblod &
up and going round together. si
He caught hold of some railings to i tt
steady himself, and presently the sky Si
went up into its proper place, and the fa
gutter came down, and the pavement le
flattened itself out, and the flaunting
women passed him with bold looks, oi
and the costermongers wheeled theii tn
barrows along quite naturally. te
Except that there was a strange aii te
of newness about everything, the mov- w
ing life around him had undergone no a<
change. it
(To be Continued.) tt
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Protecting r&riginn Mode*. a
There is some news over from Paris I lV
that is rather epoch-making, observes P'
the Westminster Gazette. All the important
Parisian houses? Paquin, Dou- ri
cet, Collot, Doeuillet, Laferrlere, Raud- ei
nitz, Redfern. Rouff, Seer', etc.,?have Cl
decided to club together to stop the
horrible piracy that lias been going on , ??
about their models. It is asserted that | *c
the Germans and Americans have beeE in
getting hold of all the newest Parisian a(
ideas quite early in the season and
bringing them oi:t by means of cheap 01
productions at very low prices, thuj ai
cheating these Tarisian artists of nr t0
enormous amount ol' tlie profit whici ai
is their due, as with them alone must
rest the credit of the original ideas thai ai
make a model of value. di
This piracy has become a crying pi
nuisance. Why should not the sar- w
torial artist reserve the right of repro cl
duction, just as an artist or an authoi w
nr n rlrnmntist wnnld have? Thov have T
made up their minds that they are go th
ing to get proper protection for theii 01
works of art, and so from henceforth ac
no models bought by Continental houses P*
will be delivered before a certain date P
Of course, these new regulations apply ai
in no sense to their firms' private cus- of
tomers, only to the professional buyers, di
Sho Never Forgot the Lost Five.
An Atchison man, says the Giobe, of
that Kansas towu. lost $3 in making fo
chauge, and when he went home told ^i
his wife about it. This happened sis ^
vears ago. and she has never forgotten a
It, often telling liim what luxuries they w
could afford if he hadn't lost the money.
Last week their son dropped $200Q 00
in a poor investment. "Don't Bay a
word to him about it," she said to her
husband. "Poor boy, he feels bad s*
r:iOueb as it is."
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Household
^ fefatters
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To Store Blankets.
ODe of the beet places to store blan
;ets which are not being used is under
. mattress which is continual: y slept
ipon, as here they are kept comparaively
well aired, and need little exra
exposure to the Are before using.
Things Worth Knowing.
That a piece of c-harcaol thrown into ,
he pot in which onions, cabbage, etc.,
re boiled will absorb the unpleasant ]
dor. j (
That salt is not to be added to oat- i ,
aenl until it has boiled about fifteen : .
oinutes. ' <
That a lump of butter dropped into [
oiling molasses or maple candy will i '
irevent it from running over. j .
That a piece of lace or thin muslin, j (
tarched and put over the holes or ! ,
rorn places in lace curtains will show j
ery little and improve the looks of i
he curtains.
That a handful of salt, thrown .into ; 1
he tepid water with which straw
Qatting is wiped up, will make it look ,
xtra fresh and clean.
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First Aids to Housecleanln;. <
To know how to clean wood work
rithout scrubbing, bow to freshen carets
without taking up, bow to do over
ilankets without ruining them, how
o render a bo:ise hygienically clean
rithout terrible smelling antiseptics
s to approach housecleaning season
rithout fear and without reproach.
First take down all the curtains and
ortieres and take up all the floor covrings
that are to be put away. Have
bem thoroughly cleaned, done up,
narked and stored away on shelf or
q a chest for the summer. The more
bings you can pack away early in the
eason the less work you will have
a warm weather. Your home will
30k cooler and will be healthier.
Do up your curtains as soon as you
ecide to houseclean. Have them well
baken, and then if very dusty rinsed
efore regularly washing. Put them
lto lukewarm water and let them
oak for twenty minutes or half an
Our. During this time have heated
boilerful of water, to each gallon
f which a tablespoonful of borax
nd half a bar of white soap, shaved
ne. Squeeze the curtains out of the
old water. Lay them in a tub and
our on the boiling suds. Within anther
half hour they will be white
nd lovely. Rinse in two waters, and
lien add a little bluing to the third,
f the curtains are cream colored, a
ttle coffee in the last water will keep
he creamy tint. When borax is used
lere is absolutely no need of rubbing,
'o rub curtains on a board is to detroy
them utterly. To attach them
> frames is ofttimes equally disas"ous.
The best way is to squeeze
lem gently and pin on a sheet laid
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u a jarge i~u?. n juu oiai^u jvui *
jrtains, make the starch thin. s
Have your portieres and rugs also
"ell shaken, then beaten and fold a
' (
way in borax powder to save them
om the moths.?Mary Annable Fanin.
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Curried Fowl?Cut a fowl in pieces;
ired an onion small and fry it brown K
i butter. Dredge thickly with curry *
\w/1a?i f? r-> /-v coif on/1 rmt oil intA
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stewpan with one pint of good stock, j
tew slowly till all is cooked and-serve ^
ith a dish of well boiled rice. j
Mock Crab?Half a pound of mellow r
aeese, salad cil, vinegar, made mus- c
ird, pepper and salt, quarter pound
f canned shrimps. Take the cheese f
nd pound it well in a mortar with T
lade mustard, salad oil, vinegar, cay- p
ane pepper and salt to taste. This t
lould be mixed to the consistency of , L
lick cream. Add to this the shrimps. ! ^
erve in crab shell or any ornamental I 1
incy dish and garnish with sliced ' ^
mon. | ,(
Baked Marmalade Tudding?Three j ji
jnces of flour, three ounces of butter, j t
vo ounces of su?ar, two eggs, two |
aspoonfuls of marmalade and two
aspoonfuls of baking powder. Beat *
ell together the eggs and the sugar, ^
Id the flour, melt the butter and pour ,j
in; then add the marmalade and jj
ie baking powder. Tour into a pie p
sh and bake for twenty minutes in I
brisk oven. Warm two tablespoon
lis of marmalade and pour over the v
idding on removing it from the oven. |
Apricot Dumplings?Make a good 5
ch baking powder dough; roll out. n
it into rounds with a large cookie T
itter; have ready some stewed apri- b
its; drain juice from same; place two 0
lives within each round of dough:
ild, press edges together and bake ^
moderately quick oven. For sauce. v
Id water to juice to make required j
lantity of sauce: add generous lump m
K..4.*?- 4A h
UllLlt'I", lilKI." UUUl X1J L:VU IU ^
noun* of sauce,'with sufficient sugar "
i make flour mix smoothly: boil and n
3d a half cup of chopped apricots.
Focotaligo Fish?First take all skin
id bones from some boiled fish,
edge thickly with flour and over all ^
it .suffieiei/t milk to cover. Season p
itli cayenne and salt and a little ^
lopped parsley. Let this: heat gently si
bile some eggs are being poached, p
urn the lish on a dish and arrange u
ie poached eggs on it. Dissolve two v
inces of butter in a small saucepan.
Id a heaped teaspoonful of chopped
irsley, a little cayenne and salt. ^
our this sauce slowly over the eggs
id serve hot. A garnish of crescents i
' fine bread is an audition to this I
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Charge as He Remembered It. j.(
Judge Brady had a ro!ored man be- f<
re him in rolice Court and lie asked a:
m when he had been arrested before.
be fellow scratched his her.d. thought s'
moment and th^n said: "Ah think it *
as about a year a.20. J edge." g,
"What was the charge?"' asked the a
mrt.
After tbinki;:;g awhile, ihe prisoner
oked up and said: "Ah'm not quite
luah. but ah t'ink it was free dol- p
lis. yer honor."' in
lie was discharged.?AJournal. ^
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR APRIL 9. . ,
Subject: The Raising of Lnzarnr, John
xl., 32-45?Golden Text, John xl., 25?
Memory Verne*, 33-36?^Coinmentar
on the Day's Lesson.
I. The meeting of Jesus and Mary
(v. 32). 32. "YYhen Mary was come."
Martha first heard that Jesus was coming,
and, without notifying Mary, she
went to meet Jesus just outside the
village. She greeted Him with those
words of sorrowful despair?"Lord, if
Thou hadst been here my brother had
not died." But even then there was a
dawn of hope in her heart, from her
experience of the power of Jesus.
Jesus replied with the assurance that
He was "the resurrection and the life,"
and prepared her for the great work
He was about to do. "If Thou hadst
been here." These words express the
very essence of soul torture at such
times. In our affliction we continually
echo the if of these sisters, saying to
ourselves, if we had not done this, or
if we had not done that, or if it had
not been for our blunder, or that of our
friends, or that of our physician, our
beloved would not have died. But read
verse 4 of this chapter.
II. Christ's compassion (vs. 33-37).
33. "Groaned in the spirit." This is a
strange term and is better rendered by
the margin of the Revised Version?
'was moved with indignation in the
spirit." Jesus was indignant at the
hypocritical and sentimental lamentations
of His enemies, the Jews, mingling
with the heartfelt sorrow of His
loving friend Mary. These self-righteous
Jews, now weeping and groaning
In professional sorrow with Mnry were
men who would soon be plotting to
Kin, not oniy jesus, Dut me restored
Lazarus (compare chap. 12:10;. "Was
troubled." "Troubled Himself."?
Marg., R. V. Probably the Meaning is
that He allowed His deep emotion to
jeeome evident to bystanders. 34.
'Where?laid him." A question adIressed
to and answered by the sisters.
35. "Jesus wept." Here the blessed
resus shows Himself to be trulr man;
ind a man, too. who, notwithstanding
tfis amazing dignity and excellence,
lid not feel it beneath Him to sympathize
with the distressed and to
veep with those who wept. After
:his example of our Lord 6hall we say
iiat it is weakness, folly and sin to
tveep for the loss of relatives? 36.
How He loved him." A spontaneous
estimony from those Jews of the tenlerness
of the Son of God.
37. "Could not this man." The miricle
of the blind man was referred to
jecause it was of recent occurrence,
ind in the immediate neighborhood,
vhile the two previous miracles of
aising the dead (Luke 7:11-17; 8:41-56)
vere performed in distant Galilee,
ibout one year and a half before. ?>">ral
leading commentators think tbav
hese Jews were unbelieving and now
efer to the healing of the blind man
n a deriding manner, suggesting that
f He could have done that, then He
:ould have kept Lazarus alive, and
eal love would have prompted Him
rtn it if Hp hnrt nnwpr
III. Words of comfort (vs. 38-40). 38.
'Again groaning." Because of the un>elief
of the Jews. We never find
:[im in as much grief over His own
mfferings as over the sins of men.
'Cometh to the grave." Lazarus was,
is became his station, not laid in a
emetery, but in his own private tomb
n a tave.
39. "Take ye away the stone."
rbat. which could be done by human
land she orders to be done. He would
lave the bystanders see that Lazai
vas actually dead. "He sinketh."
Seeming to forget what Jesus had
aid to her when she met Him, Martha
low thinks only of the condition of
ler brother's body and objects. The
dea of an immediate resurrection does
tot seem to have occurred to her.
40. "If thou wouldst believe." So
ve see that if these sisters had not
assessed hearts of faith, a willing- j
less to believe and obey Christ, this
oirade could not have taken place.
f faith holds Him as the resurrection
nd the life, then why doubt when He
s Eear? "Glory of God." Such a
evelation of God's power as shall dislose
His glory.
IV. Lazarus raised to life (vs. 41-45).
1. "Took away the stone." Martha's
aith must have rallied and she gave
vay to Jesus' request. They* had aeomplished
all in their power when
he stone was removed. Jesus now
iegan His part. "Lifted up His eyes."
in outward expression of the elevaion
of His mind and to show them
rho stood by from whence He derived
lis power. He lifted up His eyes'as
ooking beyond the grave and overDoking
tlie difficulties that arose
hence.
42. "Thou hast sent Me." Not to
estroy men's lives, but to save them,
loses, to show that God sent bim,
Qade the earth opsn and swallow men
ip (Num. 1G:29, 30), for the law was a \
ispensation of terror; but Christ i
roves nis mission uy raising 10 me
ne that was dead. 43. "Loud voice." i
le did not whisper nor mutter as did i
be magicians. It was the type of that ;
oice like the sound of many waters i
Kev. 1:15), at which all who are in
heir graves shall come forth (John j
:2S; 1 Thess. 4:1<J). He that wept as j
man now spoke as a God. "Lazarus." I
le calls him by name as we call those
y their names whom we would wake
ut of slpep. This im.mates that the
nme individual person that died shall
ise again at .ie last day. 44. "Bound
and and foot." Probably each limb
ras separately bound, as was the
Egyptian custom. "Loose him." He
ras a healthy, strong man and no
>nger needed the bandages and windig
sheet. 45. "Many believed." The !
liracle was convincing.
Power Boat at Fire Inland.
The first of the power lifeboats built |
.. , , T !i Gnw.
ar tne united Mates i^iiesuvjug >xi- i
ice will be assigned to the station at j
'ire Island. The craft adopted lor this j
.*ork is thirty-four feet in length and j
elf-rigbting and-self-bailing, and pro- j
elled by a twenty horse-power engine
sing gasoline for fuel. Owing to its
reight and the consequent inability
j launch the craft from the beach, it
nil be kept in the bay and brought
round through the inlet when there is
ny demand for its services.
Swallowed Sixty Nails.
Luther Sharp, forty-five years old, a
real thy Bourbon County (Ky.) farmer,
as committed suicide. He left a note
?questing that an autopsy be perjrmed
on his bodj', which was done,
nd which disclosed the presence in his
tomach of sixty nails of various sizes,
sveral screws and brass pins. Sharp
TOie mm ue iiau utru aw?iiv%>iu?,
3ese articles for a month. He "was
abject to fits of melancholia, and bad
lade several attempt to kill himself.
Bowie at Ninety.
Bernard Solkil, aged ninety, of Dunlo.
a., challenges any person of bis ;iac
tbe State for a bowling contest for
>00 a side. ..... '
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I
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STAR TUNC FACTS ABOUT
THE VIOF, OF INTEMPERANCE.
interesting Figures fn Aniwcr to the
Question, "Does It Pay to Banish the
Saloon From a Community 1"?-Prosperity
of Towns That Are Dry.
The Fishkiil (N. Y.) Weekly Timet
has a correspondent in California whe
has been investiffatinir from n business
I standpoint the liquor problem as afI
fecting the cities and towns of thai
State. In his letter to the Times this
j correspondent (Mr. L. C. Wood) gives
I some interesting figures in answer tc
the question, "Does it pay to banish the
saloon from a community?" After
naming a large number of the cities
and towns in Southern California that
voted "dry," and thus banished the
saloon, he says that all these show a
prosperous growth and sdme of them
phenomenally so. He then instances
some, "Long Beach, for example." 1
spent three months at this place the
past summer, and have Been 25,000 people
drop down there in one day on
pleasure bent brought in and carried
out by the steamer and electric roads,
all without accidents, with no drunks
and no arrests. Long Beach was a
saloon town a few years ago, and wheu
its better citizens were wrestling with
the problem of no saloons, all tbe
saloon sympathizers in Southern California
predicted that it would kill the
place. During the last few years it
has spent $36,000 for sidewalks) as
much more in extending its sewer system,
put up 629 new buildings, spent
$106,000 in new school houses aqd in
the enlargement of others, built a new
nlor a + a nnof r\f AAA Tm_
proved its streets all over the city at
a large expense, also its park. Besides,
the Pacific Electric Railway
Company has spent in new lines and
buildings in the city limits $750,000,
which shows a confidence of money
men in a town that a few years ago
was going to die. Pasadena, another
dry and dead city, has spent during
the past year about $1,000,000 in new
buildings, and has mow a population
of 25,000 to 30,000 and an assessed
valuation of over $15,000,000. Ocean
Park has added 2000 to its population
in two years. Wbittier has added 1000
to its population in two years, and
spent for new buildings in the past
year $206,000. Monrovia has increased
its population by 800 the past year.
Hollywood has doubled its population
in eighteen months. Santa Anna voted
the saloon out two years ago, and is
now growing faster than ever before;
it is the county seat of Orange ?County.
Wilmington has doubled its population
in twelve months; it voted dry the last
election.
In the wet cities and towns, Los Angeles
and San Pedro are the only oneu
that are prosperous in the list. Th<>
Government is spending a vast amount
of money improving the harbor at San
Pedro, which gives it a boom. Chepo
was a dry town, but voted wet somo
six years ago; it has had three murderu
since, two of Nvhich were in saloons,
and it has cost this county thousands
of dollars to prosecute the cases. Los
Angeles has 200 saloons and 145
churches. It will have spent in new
buildings by January 1. 1905, for one
year, about $14,000,000. Its population
is about 150,000. Its per capita growth
arill nnl cnnnl Pocrt^ono s\r> T nnr* tinonh
*fjn **vi tvjuui x ucuu^uu vi juwu? jjtavuj
but it is making wonderful strides. Its
criminal costs are very large. In an
address, a short time since by a criminal
attorney (Mr. Rogers), before the
Men's League, he stated that seventyfive
per cent, of the crime in the city
was caused by the misuse of liquor.
If the saloons were wiped out, seventyfi*-e
per cent, of costs would not be
.ere; he further .stated that of forty
murder cases he had been engaged in,
in the past four years, all but four
were caused by liquor. "One murder,"
said Mr. Rogers, "was over a keg of
beer, worth $1.25, and it cost Los Angeles
County $32,000 to prosecute the
case." There is a tremendous 6trong
sentiment against the saloon in Los
| Angeles city, and the wise ones predict
it will be a dry city in five yearsReader,
does it pay ?
' A Sermon Tor Women.
The cb'ief matron of the Chicago poi
lice department preachc.3 a powerful
| total abstinence sermon when she says:
I "Of all the ten or twelve tb:usand uni
fortunate girls ana wrccked women
, arrested every year in Chicago, among
j those who tell their woes to me, nine;
ty-nine out of every hundred attribute
! their downfall to tte first g.ass of wine
i or champagne, taken generally with a
i male companion, always for good fel.
lowship's sake. The first guss is the
j beginning of the end and here you see
: what the end is. When a woman once
begins to drink, even in r. social way,
her future is threatened with either
moral weakness or utter ruin."
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Saloon* in Citle*.
New York has a population of 3,437.1)00
people, and has 10,832 saloons; Chi1
cago, 3.698,000 people, with 6460 saloons;
Philadelphia, 1,294,000 people
and 1709 saloons; St. Louis. 575,000
people and 2000 saloons; Boston, with
I r.r* 1 (\I |A ron DnUS.
UOX,UW pi*upit, liua 1*7*7 saiuuus, utuir
more. 508,000 people to 1988 saloons:
Cleveland, 381,000, 1888 saloons, and
San Francisco, 343,000 people. 3007 saloons;
Washington, 279,000 people and
513 saloons; Manila, 229,000 people and
129 saloons.
Whor? Boys?
Our boys, as well as tlieir fathers
and mothers, may well give serious
thought to the question asked on a
placard posted among the advertisements
in street cars of some of our
large cities. The placard reads as follows:
"A saloon can no more be run
without using up boys than a flouringmill
without wheat or a sawmill without
logs. The only question is: 'Whose
boys? yours or mine? Our boys or o??'
neighbors' ?'"
Temperance Note*.
In the Southern States whole tiers of*
counties are as ary as a bone, so far as
the public sale Ci liquor is concerned.
William Hargraves. M. D., after a
thorough research, gives the annual
expenditure for strong drink in the
United States as $1,-164.S87,598. .
A. H. Berg, Past (irand Chief Templar
of Sweden, is said to have delivered
10.960 lectures on lie subject of
temperance?distancing any competitor
for number of speeches save John
B. Gougb.
Mr. Dunn, secretary of the National
Temperance Society, estimates the indirect
cost of rum. from crime, pauperism,
loss of labor and of life as
$1.078,504,964.
At a special election held lately under
the Beal local option law at Irondale,
Ohio, the "drys" won by a majority
of sixteen. With Irondale "dry," ail
towns on the Cleveland and Pittsburgh
Railroad have abolished the saloou.
The steady and substantial growth
of temperance sentiment jn- England I
is shown by statistics relative to the |
Congregational clergymen there. Twen',}
five years ago only 78 out of 2000
riergymen were totai iil'i'lnir.ers: to(iiiy
2DU'J cut of 3000 we.
^Hk
*tr?lvo,0 1
StSsSt I
^^r.<xbtel
Admirable Sngc??t5on?. ffiS
' In an article about "Fishing FoBH
1 Men," by Rev. J. H. Jowett, in tbflH
; Baptist Commonwealth, we find somflfl
: admirable suggestions. He says:
1 notable aogler, writing recently in onflfl
1 of our daily,.papers, summed up all hiBfl
' advice in what be proclaims a goide^K
' maxim: 'Let the trout see the angleiHB
and the angler will catch no troui^H
Now this 1r n first psspnttal Iti tho ar^H
of man-fishing, tbe suppression an^E
eclipse of the pracher. How eatU^H
we become obtrusive! How easily wj^R
8i^ tempted into self-aggressiv^ prom^M
nence! How prone we are to pad} oui^D
selves to the front of our work in quesBE
I of fame and praise and glory! Tb^H
temptation comes in a hundred differ^H
ent ways. It steals upon us in tbfl|
study and spoils our secret labor. l|H
destroys-tbe efficacy even of the bai J
that we prepare. It comes upon us
the pulpit and perverts our workmanHH
ship even when we are in the ver]H3
midst of our work. Tbe devil seeretljHS
whispers to us in most unctuous fiat^H
'ery: 'That was a fine point you made.H|
And we readily respoxd to the 8tigS|
gestion. Aud so tbe lnsldiouB desfrucBi
tion is wroucrht. Wp drni't nfrmd obMp^EI
If I may vary my figure, let me ea]H|
that our function is to draw aside tb JH
curtain and bide ourselves somewBer^H
In its robes. Let us remember tba^H
as soon as our people see the preacb&H|
they will not take bis bait." We bavj^H
before called attention to the remarlBS
made by a Western expressman can^B
cernlng the needs of the church ofl
which he was a member. Deplorm^H
past failures, he accounted for tben^H
by saying that they had always en^Hj
couraged the minister to make dquc-mB
of his own personality. "Now," b<S
said, "what we need is not A ministeiH
who stands before bis work, but ocM
who wil stand behind his work -snflf
let that speak for him." . ' -HS
How it Jurtc;* "Was Led to Chrlaf-. . flfl
A well-known judge in one of thc^B
Southern States, says the Religious InjH
telllgencer. when, speaking of hi^H
younger days, says that about fiftj^H
years ago he became skeptical,
that Mr. H?, a noble, whole-souleJB
man, whom he revered almost as'i^G
father, but who was a confirmed deistflB
though he had a Christian wife, sooiH|
found him out, and endeavored to in-^H
still in his mind his own delstical no-Hj
tions. "But he charged me." said th^H
judge, "not to let his wife know tha^H
he was a deist, or that he was skepti-H[
"I asked him why, to which he re-H|
plied that if be were to marry a hun-HB
dred times, he would marry only a^fl
pious woman. 'Because,' he said, 'iflfl
she is a Christian. It makes her a bet term
wife, a better mother, a better mJstres*,
] and a better neighbor. If she is poor,
. It enables her to bear adversity with
patience and fortitude. If she is rich
I and prosperous, It lessens her desire
I for mere show. And when she comes
i to die, if she is in error, she is as well
off as you and I; and if we are in error,
she is a thousand times better off than
j we can be.'
[ "I asked him whether he knew of
, any other error, or system of errors,
; attended with so many advantage?^
| His reply was evasive. But what be
, said led me to examine the subject for
| myself, and I often look back to that
i conversation as one of the most import|
ant incidents in my life, and to it 1
trace my determination to study tbo
Bible carefully, and to examine the
subject for myself, the result of which
, has led me to a fall and living faitl*
to Jesus Christ, my Saviour."
Stand-Fact Folk.
Visiting a large Northwestern city
during a public celebration period, my
notice was attracted to a negro, who
seemed of leadership build. Politics
were at white heat. Pictured candidate
buttons adorned other Coat lapefa.
The negro wore, instead, a small looking-glass.
'
He was the reputed master mind
among his people. His political hero
had not yet been selected, and the
mirror button signified that he wore
the face of the man who stood before
; him, and changed as often as did his
eompany.
"How sadly this illustrates scma
iTAiiYie* trWfoo Por Phrlo TP
| JVUU5 pcvpigi ?? 1UVO II VUKHf A
Reisner, in the Epworth Herald. "Withl^H
a crowd of Christians, Gospel songp,H|
clean anecdotes, and uplifting* acts^B
characterize them. With a company of^B
careless funmakers, they forget former^B
standards. 99
"Paul included all his success in 'iBH
have kept the faith.' Anyone knows^E
he had to 'fight a good fight' to do^H
that. His pertinent slogan was: 'WatchH
ye, stand fast in the faith.' We needMl
stand-fast folk.' There never wereHj^
more of this sort, but to-morrow it^E
must be better. The surely comingBj
grear revival win neea very ujuii/h
dauntless worker.'?." pg
The Mnrlc of Our Lltei. flB
Ruskin, writing of some of the en?BS
forced pauses in our lives, says: SH
"In our whole life-melody the musfe^H
is broken off hore and there by 'rests,
and we foolishly think we have come^H
to the end of the tune. (>od sends aH[
time of forced leisure, a time of sick-^H
ness and disappointed plans, and makes^H
a sudden pause in rhe choral hymn ofH|
our lives, and we lament that out^K
voices must be silent and our part^H
missing in the mu.sic which ever goesB?
up to the ear of the Creator. * *H|
Not without design does God
the music of our lives. Be it ours t<i^H
learn the tune and not be dismayedHB
nt tlie 'rests.' If we look un. God will^H
beat the time for us." HBI
An Intolerant Kellclon. KffiSj
And so down to this present dny^H
Christianity is the most intolerant reJljr-MI
ion on the face of the earth. TheHI
otlier religions will accept loieration,^H
compromise:' but Christianity will ac-^R
cept no compromise?one God and Fa-^K
ther of us all: one Saviour, one frwOi.HB
,ne hope of our calling.?Sera on iuHg
Weekly Witness. SSs
nr. i. A Qa?.v1/?a OBfl
The great fact is that life is a sor-^B
vice; the only question Is, "Whom wiit^H
we serve?"?F^her. Hg
Hnrled Into Basket of Ecfff. 99
Sitting in the rear of a big sled qnH
v.-hieh there was a bushel basket fiJleilBg
with eggs, John Hiskey, a thrifty^H
Lehigh County (Pa.i farmer, was cn-H|
joying his ride immensely. (Joing dowu^Hj
Haas' Hill at a sharp trot, one of theHH
runners of the sled srruck a hiddenH^
rook, and Hiskey was pitched head^Rg
foremost into the basket of eggs. JoB
MM
A Gigantic Umbrella.
I An umbrella big enough to cover a
dozen persons belongs to the Church
of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, Eng-MB
land. . . M