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PART II.
BLOSSOM.
CHAPTER VII.
Adolescence.
"With the majority of human beings
the period of adolescence is the most
uninteresting portior of life. ,
The pretty ways of childhood have
run their tender and fascinating
course, and there is a long wait, as at
the fall in the act-dror. in the drama.
To this rule, howe. Little MakeBelieve
was an exception.
Her life was full of color, and every
day that dawned brought with it the
necessity of action.
This struggle for the bare necessaries
of life, this fight for food, was replete
witJb interest, albeit of a painful
kind.
Yet from her inner being, in which
lay a well of purest sweetness, she
drew a wondrous compensation for
anxiety and suffering; her gratitude
for trifles was so great tliat it mignt,
with some semblance of truth, be said
that the pleasure of her days was bom
of the pain thereof, ami would have
been of a lower Quality had her need
been less. '
She had found a friend, however, but
for whom sbe might have succumbed,
the world .was so powerful and she so i
(weak.
These last words have nothing of ex- :
aggeration in them, for the world was
ber enemy.
Ruled by social laws which of very ;
necessity might have compelled Little
"Make-Believe to drift into wrong doing,
In the eyes of the world she was
a sore blemish, for which none but the ]
narrow-minded could have condemned
her.
Happily for her, of this exceedingly '
numerous order of beings Thomas Dei- 1
ter was not a member.
From that night upon which he was ,
ft spectator of his own funeral in Para- '
flise Buildings he became her friend.
In a small -way certainly. To the extent,
probably, of three or four pennies
in the course of a week, bestowed
ftpon her a penny at a time when he
met her in the streets.
It was little enough, but it was a
help. The wonderful godsend of three
bright shillings from his hand to hers
was not repeated, L>ut that was hardly
to be expected.
The occasional pennies were a windfall
which often sent Little Make-Betieve
home rejoicing.
Saranne grew stronger and more
beautiful, and, accepting as her right
the cheerful willingness to provide for
her which was Little Make-Believe's
chief rule of life, did no work herself
even when she was old enough for it.
But it is hard to say what she could
have done had sad fortune deprived
her of her supporter.
know nothing harl Iparnwl noth
leg, and was easily discouraged, {
whereas Little Make-Believe fought "
floggedly against the heavy odds, and
sometimes exclaimed (sometimes in the j
midst of bitter tears), "Never say die."
During the years that intervened between
childhood and womanhood the
isters became acquainted with three .
persons who were destined to play im- j
portant parts in their histories.
Two were gentlemen, one a boy of ^
the people.
Where this latter came from no one ,
In Clare Market knew.
Some said he had dropped from the
clouds?an euphemism, for he more ,
likely sprang from the gutters. 1
He was utterly wild, ungovernable .
and untamable and seemed .to have
gypsy blood in him. ]
Questioned about liis parents, bis re- ,
ply was that he "didn t know nothink
About 'em." ]
He had lived anyhow, from hand to .
mouth, as the saying is.
Where he slept, how he managed to ,
live, where he came from, and if there
existed a human being in the world .
with whom he could claim the smallest j
tie of kinship?these were questions (
.which none could answer. <
In some odd way he became acquainted
with Little Make-Believe and ,
Saranne, and would sometimes sit in ;
the cellar with the one and stroll ]
through the streets with the other. .
A bad companion in every way, but j
they were not in a position to choose -
their associates. i
' Whatever fell to their share, they
were compelled to accept, whether for
good or ill. i
From the policeman, Thomas Dexter
?who had seen the lad with Little ,
Make-Believe, and was curious about
liim?received his character.
"A bad lot, sir. Been locked up a ,
dozen times, at least. When he's
charged no one comes for'ard to speak
up for him. When he's asked in court
whether he doesn't belong to somebody
or whether somebody don't belong
to him he sarces the magistrate
and tells him to mind his own. A
regular bad lot, sir, is Foxey."
This was the name by which he was
known.
A personal experience of Thomas
Dexler's was confirmatory of the character
given to Foxey by the police
v man.
He Lad bought some odds and ends
at auction, which he engaged a man to
;wheel home in a barrow.
Foxey, coming on the scene while
the goods were being conveyed into
the shop, appropriated an old-fashloned
mirror and made off with it
Thomas Dexter, whose back for the
moment was turned, detected Foley in i
the act of running away, and he instantly
ran after him.
Without assistance Thomas Dexter
might Lave run to the land's end without
catching Foxey, but a woman
caught and bold tbe lad till Dexter
reached him.
Then Ibe lad, twisting himself out
of tbe woman's grasp, dashed the mir- :
jor to the ground, shivering it to
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pieces, and dodging between Dexter's
legs, made his escape.
Thomas Dexter picked himself up,
and gazing ruefully at his destroyed
property, returned to his shop.
He declined to charge Foxey with the
theft, having a horror of police courts,
but when he met the lad and Little
Make-Beiieve in the street, he laid his
hand upon the girl's shoulder and detained
her.
"You shouldn't be seen/' he said,
"with that Yfninr' iliipf He'll make
yer as bad as be is himself."
"Here, stash tbat!'' cried Foxey,
while Little Make-Believe looked from
one to the otber in fear and trembling.
"Jest you mind yer own business, and
let Make-Believe mind her'n."
"You know I'm yer friend," said
Thomas Dexter, still addressing Little
Make-Believe. "That little villain there
stole a mirror from me, and when he
was caught shivered it to bits."
Foxey laughed loudly and maliciously,
which caused Thomas Dexter to
exclaim, "I could have had him locked
up for it."
"Well." retorted Foxey, defiantly,
"why didn't yer? I don't care for being
locked up. You're too much of a sneak,
that's what you are. Yah! I say,
gov'ner, how much was that bit of
glass worth?"
"It was worth half a sovereign, you
rascal."
'"It would have paid yer to give me a
bob rather than have it broke, wouldn't
it?"
"Yes, it would."
"Why didn't you say so, then? Always
agreeable, gov'ner, to take anythink
that's give to me. So's Make
Believe, ain't yer?"
But between tJbese two stools Little
Make-Believe was too frightened to
speak.
"I ain't good enough for Make-Believe,
ain't I? Oh, no, not a bit of it.
rhere's a bobby. Give me in charge?
[ don't care! You ain't got the sperrit
jf a mouse, that's what you ain't got
Look here, Make-Believe, I'll git a silk
aat and welwet westcut, and then I
shall be good enough to walk alongside
yer. Crikey! what a honor!"
And off walked Foxey, imitating the
;ait of members of fashionable circles.
Before another twenty-four hours
lad passed over his head, Thomas Dexer
had a further experience of Foxey.
He missed a small piece of ivory,
?arved into the hideous unlikeness of
i human being?one of those Chinese
nonstrosities which many persons, who
should know better, believe belongs to
ligh art.
He could not imagine where it had
;ot to. It was on his counter for a few
ninutes, during which no suspicious
person had been in the shop.
While he was hunting about and perplexing
himself over his loss, he saw
foxey grinning in his shop windows.
He went to the door to hunt the
scamp away, when Foxey, touching his
;ap with mock respect, said:
"I say, guv'nor, does yer want to
juy a reg'lar keuriosimosity ?"
"Be off with yer, yer vagabond,"
?ried Thomas Dexter.
"Don't be so uppy; I ain't gammonng,
s'heilp me tater. It's the rummest
lit of ivory you ever sor"?Thomas
Dexter pricked up his ears?"with a
face a good deal uglier nor mine, and
?ars as large as his head. Come, now,
svhat'll yer give for it?"
''Have yer got it about yer?"
"Not me! A particular friend of
mine found it in a dust cart. Honor
bright and shining! Will yer give half
1 dollar for it?"
"I'll give yer a shilling," said Thomas
Dexter, not doubting that the article
was his own.
"A bob! Well, you are a mean cuss!
But you 6hall have it I say, honor
imong thieves, you know."
"Ering it to me, and you shall have
four shilling."
Foxey departed, and in the course of
in hour returned with the ivory carving,
for which, in a state of great indignation,
Thomas Dexter gave him a
shilling.
This kind of persecution might .have
developed into something serious for
Dexter, had not a stop been put to it
by Foxey being taken into custody,
nnd put upon his trial for an unblushing
theft committed on a tradesman,
who was less tender of police eourts
than the old curiosity dealer.
Foxey's proceedings at his trial were
the cause of a great many leading articles
ifa the newspapers.
He conducted his own defense with
extraordinary impudence and shrewdness,
and pleaded that he stole the
goods for the simple purpose of purchasing
"a siilc hat and a welwet westcut,"
so that he might "cut a reg'lar
swell.*'
As a further proof of his effrontery
and absolute recklessness, he called
Thomas Dexter as a witness of character.
Loath as he was, Thomas Dexter
was compelled to appear in the witness
box and tell all he knew of Foxey, his
evidence being enlivened by the prisoner's
running commentaries, to some
such effect as the following: "Oh, what
a whopper!" "Where do you expect
to go for running down a innocent
chap like that?" "Do yer know the
meaning of a oath7" "Oh, you outand-out
old sinner."
The trial was one of those which are
occasionally made the medium of an
interchange of much small wit between
bar and bench, and Foxey's remarks
were provocative of convulsive
laughter, in which the hardened young
cuumiiii jumfu.
The upshot was that Foxey was sentenced
to three years' imprisonment
with hard labor, and two years' police
supervision at the end of that time.
It disturbed Thomas Dexter somewhat
to see Polly Cleaver in the body
of the court during the trial, and when
it was over he found himself once more
face to face with ber.
"A good day's work, Tommy," Bhb
**1 rtninfr of la \ TY1
Dftiu, ^laijug wv
Her face was flushed, and there were>
tears in her eyes.
"Yer miserable old skinflint, yer'll
live to repent it!"
Ee hurried from her, but her -words
rang in his ear6 for many a day afterward.
He was both angry and pleasedangry
that he had been innocently instrumental
in the boy's conviction, and
pleased that be was rid of the pest,
and that Little Make-Believe now stood
in no fear of contamination from the
society of the young thief.
The gentlemen who were destined to
play an important part in the lives of
Little Make-Believe and Saranne were
Mr. Deepdale and his son Walter.
The father was a gentleman of independent
means, and one of Thomas
Deiter's best customers; Walter was
a handsome lad of sixteen.
They lived alone?the father being a
widower and having no other children
?and were inseparable.
Mr. Deepdale bad one love and one
hobby?his love "was Walter, his hobby
was the antique.
An easy, credulous man, whose lines
of life had been cast in pleasant places,
one great grief had afflicted him?
the loss of his wife.
On?* <rreat coinoensation for a sorrow
which otherwise would have been unbearable
was given him.
His boy was all in all to him, veritably
the apple of his eye and the heart
of his heart, his solace, Jiis comfort,
his joy.
And when to this was added the
means and opportunity of indulging in
a passion for old china, old carvings,
old enamels, old anything, it will be
easy of belief that his life was one to
be envied by the toilers and moilers
of the world.
The truth must be told. He had ?.bout
as much knowledge of art as the man
in the moon, but whether an article
belongs to the fourteenth or the nineteenth
century is really of small consequence
to the possessor if he derive
pleasure in the possession and if his
faith be not disturbed.
Thus, M$. Deepdale was an easy prey
to the dealers, who fooled him to the
top of his bent, to their profit and his
gratification.
Having received a letter from
Thomas Dexter informing him that
he had a service of Old Derby for sale,
he and Walter hastened one night to
Clare Market to secure it.
The month was August, and oysters
were in; also grottoes.
On their wav thev were attracted to
three children, "who had formed themselves
into a company and had
launched into a speculation.
Their stock in trade, the value of
which was nil, was represented by oyster
shells, but they bad an available
asset (which, however, was consuming
itself and eating itself up, as it were),
in the shape of a penny candle.
The firm consisted of Little MakeBelieve,
Saranne and another child,'
whose visions of wealth?conjured
chiefly by Make-Believe?were of an
entrancing nature, the crowning glory,
of which was to be an eel-pie supper.
The grotto they had built was more
artistic and ambitious than most; the
candle was alight and the children
were ready for business. ^
But whether it was owing to the
strikes in the north, or the scarcity of
meat, or the high prices of coals, or
over-population, or the disturbed state
of Ireland, or the rise of a half-penny
in the four-pound loaf, certain it was
that trade did not flourish with Little
Make-Believe's firm, one of the members,
at least, of which worked hard
for nearly a couple of hours without
obtaining a copper.
"Please remember the grotter!" was
first launched merrily and saucily at
the passers-by; at the end of the first
half-hour there was no light-heartedness
in the appeal; at the end of the
second it became pathetic; at the end
of the third, mournful; at the end of
the fourth, despairing.
Saranne was the first to give way;
cold looks chilled her, and she left the
battle to her two partners, of whom
Little Make-Believe was the active
worker.
Two-thirds of their only asset, tie
candle, were consumed, and the eel-pie
supper was an airy imagining, not at
all likely to be eralized.
Saranne was crouching sullenly on
the ground, the light of the candle
shining on her face; she was an impatient
sufferer?the very reverse of
Little Make-Believe, who was, mercifully.
endowed with a fortitude rarely
excelled even in men engaged in the
highest struggles for humanity's sake.
To be continued.
Typhoid Fever and Oysteri.
In the discussion of the oyster as a
means of communicating the germs of
typhoid fever in Europe and in tire
United States, many inaccurate statements
have been put in circulation, so
that the Government has deemed it
necessary to have the matter investigated
by an expert commission in order
to avoid any possible damage to
the oyster industry. The report of this
body states that under normal conditions
the oyster is not unwholesome at
any time during the year and that its
peculiar microbian diseases, which are
exceedingly rare, are not transmissible
to man. "Wild" oysters, although not
always fit for food, are free from contamination
and do not endanger public
health, while those raised or fat
teued in beds are usually free from
suspicion, j 10 transmission of typhoid
by oysters is possible, yet wellauthenticated
cases of such action are
in the beds -where the oysters are kept
before transportation, the caring for
them during transportation, and finally
the shops of the retail dealers. It is
believed that the connection between
typhoid fever and the eating of oysters
is due largely to the fact that indulgence
in this form of shell-fish begins
at the time when there is a maximum
number of typhoid cases, and the matter
is one of coincidence rather than
cause and effect.?Harper's Weekly.
Fences a Luxury in Japan.
Only the very rich have fences
around their farms tn Japan. The
Japanese do not like to spare the
square feet a fence would take up. If
a border around a field is necessary, it
is made of mulberry trees, the leaves
of which are good for silk-worms. It
is said that 190,000 acres that would
otherwise be taken up with fences are
thus used.?Philadelphia Ledger, ,
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' 9 * * * MATTERS :j "
i\WAVA'AV.'.WAW.V^>
To Open a Jar of Fruit.
i If the cover of a fruit iar sticks, do I
. not attempt to wrench it off: simply
; invert the jar and place' the top in hot
water for a minute. Then try it, and
you will find it turns easily. ?
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Candelabra Out of Style. : e
Except for formal functions, cande- J b
Ji:bra have gone out of use for dinners j a
and luncheons and are replaced by sin- P
gle, slender sticks of brass, silver, T
j glass or fancy china. A bride not long P
I ago received as a wedding present four t
| cut glass candlesticks with white silk | p
j shades edged with crystal bead fringe. ! p
; Nothing among all her presents has j t
given her greater satisfaction than ; o
i this gift. j "
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A Good Stnrcb Kecipe.
A good old-time housewife offers the I ?
i following rule for starch: Mix one ta- i
blespoonful of starch with four table- '
j spoonfuls of cold water and pour on ! j
; this three quarts of boiling water. Boil i t
| for twenty minutes. Then add one I I
teaspoonful of salt and a piece of par- j r
affine wax half the size of a nutmeg, j a
?;ir until the wax i9 dissolved, then ?
cool and strain through cheesecloth, j
! To add lustre, soak the articles in this I ?
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(reparation for six hours. I ^
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To Kill Cockroaches. j {
The persistent use of borax will de- j ^
stroy cockroaches. Once a week cover u
the pantry shelves with powdered bo- t
rax. Sprinkle it plentifully in the clos- f
ets and about the kitchen, especially
about the sink and all pipes. When
i renewing, sweep up the old svstemati- .
j cally, clean every ?ook and cranny, dry | ^
| thoroughly, then sprinkle fresh borax j ^
I over the shelves and line with clean !
j paper. Persist in this and the bugs I ('
! will go.
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A Chat With Housekeepers. I t;
Burn pine tar occasionally in a sick P
l room. It is an excellent disinfectant, *
and it also induces sleep.
A good furniture polish consists of ^
two parts of raw linseed oil and one j
of turpentine. Apply a thin coat with r
a flannel cloth and then rub thoroughly t<
and briskly with a dry cloth. : o
Some housekeepers always make a A
point of buying their soap in large 8
quantities, as they say it improves with J
?ge.
When blankets are to be washed for
the first time they 6hould first be n
soaked over night in cold water and tl
then rinsed. This is to remove the sul- a
phur used in the bleaching. After this ti
they should be soused until clear in a n
lukewarm lather made with boiled d
soap and water and then rinsed well in r'
clear water. I ?
It is literally true that a new broom e
j sweeps clean. If a new broom is exam- a
ined. the ends of the straws will be n
I found to be straight and the brush
j square. After it has been used a while 6
I the ends split and become sharp, and it
i the shape of the brush becomes irreg- ^
ular. To renew the youth of the broom] ?
dip in hot soapsuds and trim the soft-. j,
ened straws to the proper shape. ^
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Hard Bed and Small Pillow. g)
"No matter how comfortable a soft ^
bed and large, soft pillows may be,"; .t
said Dr. A. S. Barnes, Jr., "they are.
not healthy, and women especially; s<
would do well to avoid them, for theyj ^
assist materially in injuring her physi- a
cal appearance. When the body sinks t(
down in a soft bed a considerable por- j.
tion of the skin is robbed of its proper jr
ventilation, and the circulation is in-, j.
terfered with. It also helps to make, tl
the flesh firmer and 1he form must,! t(
therefore, appear somewhat better as J<
a result. The large pillows are not *r
good to sleep on because the head is
too high when it rests on them, and ^
this prevents that deep, regular 0]
breathing which gives good lungs and w
ih consequence a better appearance to tc
the bust and shoulder.1?. j 1.
One ought always to sleep on the left
side, and preferably with the arms at
the back. This may Ue a little awkward
at first, but as soon as one becomes
accustomed to it he will find it ^
not only the most restful and easy, but 13
the position in which sleep is more j<
easily conuuceu. Jtue pinow ougm iu, u
of course, be small and the bed bard, "
or at leafct firm. The body is then in
the correct position for sleeping and f1'
for helping the physical appearance of
the person while at rest. The arms at w
the back throw the chest forward,
make the shoulders broader and the n
back straighter. so that material as- d<
sistanc-e toward a good carriage is thus tb
obtained. When one lies on his back, T,
even though the pillow is small, it has ^
J. cp
a tendency to crook the shoulders, and
many cases of stooped shoulders have w
probably originated in this way.?St. ar
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Recipes For Invalids.
Orange Soup?One quart orange juice In
(strained); half cup sugar. Place over bl
the fire; moisten two tablespoons of
arrowroot with cold water and add to ^
juice when just scalding hot: stir til) ^
clear and thickened; remove and cool; al
add flavoring and serve in punch [n
glasses with lump of ice (size of large
Prune Soup?One pound prunes; two ,
cups water: rind of one lemon; half cup .jj
! sugar; one inch stick cinnamon; halfpound
barley (rich in potassium salts), si<
one quart water: one cup flavor. Stew re
prunes with lemon rind, cinnamon and ^
two cups of the water, adding the ^
sugar when prunes are nearly cooked. m
Stone and press through colander into ^
tureen. Boil barley in water till ten*
tier (three or four hours); drain and tn
add to prunes in tureen; add flavor and
serve hot.
Peach Foam?One cup peach pulp, or
tiny bits of tender peaches, either the
fresh fruit or home preserved, in which 'i>
case omit the sugar: half cup pow- ^
dered sugar; white of one egg. Put |.?
into a large bowl and beat with a silver ^
fork for thirty minutes. It should jj
then be a thick, perfectly smooth, vel- >ri
vety cream. sv<
Grane Foam?Put in a sherbet class
two tablespoons of grape juice: add to
this lie white of one egg, beaten stiff,
?i little scraped ice and sprinkle with Jo
powdered sugar. Serve at once without
stirring. Simple, nutritious and *3?
delicious.?Harper's Bazar. ^
Of tlie $5,000,000,000 of gold in tbe Tl
world, the United Staters possesses ?],- -0
300,000,000, or nearly one-fourth. *
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nbject: Jeans "Washiht: the Disciples' I
Feet, John *lil? 1-14-Gnlden Text, |
Gal. v., 13?Memory VerBes. 12, 13?
Commentary on the Dny'a Lesson.
1. At the supper table (vs. 1-3). 1.
The Passover." This was one of the
hree great Jewish feasts and was also
ailed the feast of "unleavened bread,"
iecause only unleavened bread was
llowed. "Hour was come." His approaching
agony and death. There
ras no uncertainty with Him. So
erfectly did He work with the Father
hat He knew when He had come to
he close of His earthly labors. "Depart
unto the Father." His entire
passion and ascension are included in
his departure, as taking place in this
ne hour. "His own." His disciples.
Which were in the world." Who were
o continue longer in its troubles and
Lifficulties. "Loved them unto the
nd." 1. To the uttermost limit of
>ve (margin of R. V.). 2. With a love
rithout end.
2. "Supper being ended." Rather,
lie meal having begun?that is, they
ad already reclined. It appears from
juke's account that as tfcey took tJbeir
eclining couches at the table, a str..fe
rose for precedency; and by this is
rplained the washing of the apostles'
eet by Jesus?a reproof and a lesson
n humility and peace. "Devil having
ow put." Judas formed his plot six
ays before this, on the occasion of
i-hat happened at the house of Simon,
he leper; see Matt. 26:14. 3. "Jesus
nowing." This verse is sublime. An
nclouded perception of His relation to
he Father, the commission He held
rom Him, and His approaching return
o Him, possessed His soul. By His
near nation jesus came rrom tioa; Dy
lis death and resurrection He went
o God. Christ canie from heaven to
ring God to us. He went to heaven
o bring us to God.
II. Jesus washes the disciples' feet
rs. 4, 5).
4. "Riseth from supper." Soon afer
they had taken their places at the
able. The -washing should have taken
lace before the supper. "Laid aside
lis garments." His outer mantle, a
loak which would impede His action,
saving the tunic, which was the orinary
dress of a servant. "Girded
limself." The girdle represents a
eadiness for service. The towel was
o complete the full dress of a servant
r slave. A bold contract between the
laster, who was about to enter into
lory, and the aspiring disciples, who
rere too lofty toy wash each others'
eet, and were anxious about their
tations In life. 5. "Began to wash."
V'e have a very erroneous idea of the
leaning of this action if we imagine
bat it was performed for a mere exmple
of humility, or even as an illusration.
It was simply a humble,.''
lenial service that ought to have been'
one by the disciples, but which they
efused or neglected to do. Then He
rose and performed the menial ser
ILC xj-iiiistri-. %vuuuT3i iiiu i. iuc
onscience - smitten disciples were
mazed, and that Peter felt that Jesus
lust not wash his feet.
III. A conversation with Peter (vs
11). 0. "Then cometh he." When
: tfas Peter's turn to be washed.
,ord, dost Thou." Dost Thou, tjie Son
f God. the Messiah, perform this humle
office of a servant toward me?
'eter had often seen the humility of
is Lord, but never as in this instance,
nd he recoiled with an unutterable
snse of shame and astonishment. The
ther disciples seem to have allowed
esus to wash their feet in silence.
7. "Knowest not now." You do not
?e that It Is a visible expression of
[y whole mission, in which tI laid
side My glory with the Father and
>ok upon Myself the form of a serant.
"Shalt know hereafter." A
ttle better understanding was gained
i the Master's words in verses 13 and
1; a still clearer understanding after
le crucifixion; better still after Pen;cost;
a full knowledge of all that
esus did for His own was to be gained
i eternity.
8. "Shalt never." Not to all eterity
6halt Thou wash my feet. "Wash
hee not." Wifh the higher washing |
f which this is only a type. If thou
ilt cot submit to this thou wilt object
that. "No part with Me." Because, ,
The first condition of discipleship
-as submission to Christ. 2. This
ashing was a symbol of spiritual
eansing, and so Peter understood ,
hrist's words (v. 9). 9. "Not my feet
aly." He goes from one extreme to
le other. 10. "He that is washed."
athed; for it was the custom of the ,
?ws to bathe twice, in preparing
lemselves for the paschal solemnity.
kTe are clean." You are upright and j
ncere. Jesus did not mean that their ,
jarts were cleansed from all sin. for |
lat did not take place till Pentecost. |
But not all." This was a rebuke ,
hich only Judas could understand.
IV. Christ teaches humility (vs. 12t).
12. "Know ye what I have
me." Consider what I have done? ;
le meaning and significance of if? t
hat He intended His disciples to get (
le spiritual meaning of this act is (
4- 19 r? pf/Mi
Uli Hum WUtlL lUilUWd. JO. .UUOICL
id Lord." One who has authority,
hose example should be followed, j
id whose commands obeyed. 14. f
f I then." The Master lost no dig- j
ty, authority or power by His eon- ,
sscending love. He was truly great, ?
that He stooped to necessary hum- j
e work when others refused to do it.
fe also ought." The servant is not
eater than his master, and you will
? well to imitate Me. If this lesson j
is entered your understanding, cease g
I strife for position, and only surpass j
service to each other.
Hospital For Fifth.
Hie Frankfort News states that since '
e beginning of the winter term a '
ition for research and observation of
:k fish has been established at the
tcrinary high school of Vienna, uni?
ilia /livmsttfr>n s\f PrAfn^cni' DrtPtnr
obiger. Officials of this institution '
ill investigate the biology and pnthol- - c
y of fish. One of the main objects *
the researches will be to study |
jetber certain diseases of fish are i c
msmitted to man, and if so to what ' f
font t
Blc Diamond Sent by Mall.
It has just been learned that the Cul- f
lan diamond, the 3032 carat stone ,
at was found in the Premier mine at t
hannesburg on January 27 last, made i
e journey from Cape Town, South |
rrica, to London, England, by or- 11
nary registered post at a cost of sev- j j
ty-fivo cents. The postal authorities j .
ere ignorant or tne ract. i s
_ i?
Tea Advertising. ' ; ^
Some years ago n company was i
rmed in London which offered to all
omen who for a certain time bought
ilf a pound of tea at their stores, a
nsion of ten shillings a week in the t
ent of the death of their husbands, f
Se list of widows gradually reached \
,000, and the company had to sus- ,
rod payment.
Wylirld??
BreXk^S
Wkkthbte
THERE'S A PEACE THAT COMETH
AFTER SORROW."
"There is a peace that cometh after sorrow,"
Of hope surrendered, not of hope fulA
peace that looketh not upon to-morrow,
But calmly on a tempest that is stilled.
A peace which lives not now in joy's excesses,
Nor in the happy life of love secure;
But in the unerring strength the heart possesses
Of conflicts won while learning to endure.
A peace there is, in sacrifice secluded;
A life subdued, from will and passion
free;
Tis not the peace which over Eden
brooded,
But that which triumphed in Gethsemane.
?Jessie Ross Gates.
N?t To-morrow.'
God's call is not a call for to-mor.-ow.
"To-day, if ye will bear His
voice, harden not your hearts, as in the
provocation, when yc^ir fathers tempted
Me." God's grace always comes
with despatch; and if thou are drawn
by God, thou wilt run after God, and
not be talking about delays.
' To-morrow!?it is not "written in the
almanac of time. To-morrow!?it is in
Satan's calendar, and nowhere else.
To-morrow!?It is a rock wh'itened by
the bones of mariners who have been
ii. U i r, V. ~
?lCl'KtfU upuii IL, it IB me o
light gleaming on the shore, luring poor
ships to destruction. To-morrow!?it
is the idiot's cup, which he fableth to
lie at the foot of the rainbow, but
which none hath ever found. To-morrow!?it
is the floating island of Lochlomond,
which none hath ever seen.
To-morrow!?it is a dream.r To-morrow!?it
is a delusion. To-motfrow,
aye, to-morrow you may lift up your
eyes in hell, being in torments.
Yonder clock says, "To-day;" thy
pulse whisperetb, "To-day;" I hear my
heart speak as it beats, and it says
"To-day;" everything cries, "To-day;"
and the Holy Ghost is in unison with
these things, and says, "To-day, if you
will hear His voice, harden not your
hearts." Sinner, are you inclined now
to seek the Saviour? Are you breathing
a prayer now? Are you saying:
"Now or never?I must be saved now2"
-Charles H. Spurgeon.
Jaat Kindle a Fire.
A minister complained to one or his
parishioners that he had tried in many
ways to draw people to his church
services, but with limited success.
And he said, "Can you suggest any
better plan?" "Yes," was the reply.
"You know that a fire always attracts
a crowd. So you just kindle a fire in
your pulpit and the house will be
full." The minister tiought he was
joking, and was about to rebuke his ,
Irreverence, when he went on to say:
"Haven't you read how Peter drew a
crowd in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost?
He was not a learned nor an
eloquent man, but he went into the
6treet with the fire in bis. heart, and
flashing, no doubt, from his eyes?the
fire which had come down from
Heaven in the upper room. He was all
aglow with the conscious presence and
power of the Holy Spirit, and hence
it was that the multitude came together,
and that 3000 of them were converted.
Let it be noised abroad that
your pulpit is ablaze with that Pentecostal
fire and multitudes will come to
hear you and many of them will be
saved." ~
Stumbling Block*.
What shall be his punishment who
causes another to sin? Men, themselves
evil, often find pleasure in leading
a Christian into evil. More than
one young Christian lias been provoked
beyond measure in order that bis
tormentors might see the outbreak of ,
his wrath, and the attempt to lead a
convert into gross sins is not unknown.
Was it not of such tempters
Christ spoke one of His 'most terrible
warnings? "Whoso shall cause one
of these little ones which believe on
Me to stumble, it is profitable for him
that a great millstone should be
hanged about his neck, and that he
should be sunk in the depth of the
sea."
Said He it for the wilful tempter's
sake alone? WTas it not for our sake
also? Thei blind man carrying a lantern
in an ancient city was told, "The
lantern will not keep you from stumbling
over anything." "No," retorted
the philosopher; "but it will keep people
from stumbling over me." "Walk
[n the light," so that 110 man may be
aiade to stumble.?Pacific Baptist
The Trne Faith.
What is a true faith? A true faith
s the interpretation of the spiritual
miverse. And when you have got the
xue interpretation you have got once
nore what must be a universal faith.
There is not any room for two. One
?atechism in science, one catechism
n faith. For what is true about God
ind tbe soul and the deep-principle of
listory and the final issue of things?
vhat i& true for us is true for all naions,
languages and people ?Sermon
n Weekly Witness.
True Heroism.
The hero fears not that, if he withlold
tbe avowal of a just and brave
ict, it will go unwitnessed and unoved.
One knows it?himself?and is
)1 edged by it to sweetness of peace and
o nobleness bf aim, which will prove
n the end a better proclamation of it
han the relating.of the incident?Em;rscn.
Sufficient,
As I read the Gospels 1 can see how,
ittle by little. Jesus lifted those dis iples
past one conception of necesity
after another, until at last thoy
:new of nothing that was absolutely
lecessary except God They began
is fisherman who could do without
heir nets and boats, and houses, and
isbing friends, and sports, and games
md gossipings. He carried them up
ill they were crying, "Lord, show us
he Father, and it sufficeth us."?Phili
>u? UntAlrn
Snert For Two Cents.
A smoker in Halifax, N. Y.. scratched
i match on the City Hall, and was sued
or two cents' damages. He asked the
)olice to point out the particular
icratch he made. This was impossible,
is there were several scratches on th<
vail, and the case was therefore disuisse<L
Fined For Carrying Pic.
For carrying a pig by its ears and
ail a Newcastle (England) butcher
las been fined for cruelty, though
mtchers testified that this was the
vay to carry a pig. .
THE
QEEAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTUNC FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE <JF INTfcMrtKANCt# ?
Dry and Prosperous ! the Town of Monoft
Blanchard. Ohio?After a Hard FJffht
Temperance Won by Six Totei-BwiiHI
of the Victory.
Mount Blancbard, Ohio, is a drjj
town, and has been so for two years.
The contest which brought prohibition
into operation was a very bittei ore,
in which personal abuse of the temperance
party was a prominent feature.
The results of the change to no
license have made themselves manifest
in a manner and to an extent
that delights its advocates. The situation
is well 6et out in a recent article
in a newspay - of that town, which
describes it as follows: I
Over two years have elapsed since
the beautiful village of Mount Blancbard.
situated tr/elve miles from the
city of Findlay, in southeastern Hancock
County, decided to dispense with
its one saloon. A hard contest was
waged for and against the drinking
place, but the temperance element succeeded
in winning out by the narrow(
margin of si^votes.
The saloon advocates then began to
make predk.-.ons in regard to the disastrous
results to the local business
interests that were to follow the suppressing
of the saloon L sinesfe. A'
number of really go.d citizens actually
were led to believe that the townwould
be worse off from a business
sianupoinr. some even aeciarea mac
grass would grow in tbe streets; that
onr population would fall off; that no
large amount of building would be
done, and that more or less the same
quantity of beer aud whisky would be
imported by the thirsty and consumed
within our corpoi-tion limits. The
town would need the whisky tas, and
that in the absence of said tax the
local lev;* for municipal purpose?
would have to be raised oj the village
council, they claimed. The statement
was made that since the liquor drink-"
ers would have thMr drinks that tt >
was a piece of utter foolishness to lose
> tax when the result for lessening
the liquor consumption was not arriv
at with the closing of the saloon.
However. non.. of these dire predie*
tions have come to pass. Mount Btanchard
began to boom as soon as tbe
clinking of tbe beer glasses ceased,
and to-day we ha e a better town in
any respec; you may be able vo point
out. Drunken fights :re no more in
evidence, while men who formerly,
drank to the detriment ef their health,
pocketbooks and their family welfare,
have reformed from the evil habit,
and now lead sober and industrious
lives. They pay the butcher, the
baker, the groceryman, etc., where
before their credit was strained to the
limit. Peace has spread g^jnantle of
happiness over our town. It has become
a model village, and tbe ribald
song of the brawler and the sorrowful
spectacle of staggering men has given
place to the happy shouts of well
clothed and well fed children of .those
who once led different lives and
^drained the dregs of the cup that destroys.
Business men say that their business U
Is better than when the saloon was in
our midst. They say.the men who
ance got trust at their'stores, hut aJ
ways paid their bnr bills with the I
cash, now pay up regularly, and are 9
among their best and most desired I
customers. ' H
During the past year more building
has been done than ever before in the
same space of time.' Many thousands
of dollars have been spent here in the N
erection of stately edifices, both pri-, I
vate and public, and the streets are I
far from being covered with green I
grass. These facts are plain ones to H
all who live here, and the present
prosperous condition o:f our town; I
proved a bar to any ioce circulating I
a petition to again vote on the ques- M
tion of saloon or no saloon. No one H
Irad the nerve to try it. The people I
are satisfied. m
Taxes are no higher than when the
saloon was here, but property values I
have risen : nd men are using their B
money more freely in upbuilding the R
town. She has no use for it. R
True, once in a while some fellow; I
brings a small amount of liquor here, I
but it is safe to say that not one per. ;fl
cen,t. is now drank here as compared I
wiiii the amount consumed when we
had the open saloon. Not an arrest I
for. drunkenness has been made for I
over a year, and since the saloon left' I
? a# orrncfo hnro fflllm H!
US lilt? IlULUUCl U1 aiu?u
off-at least seventy or eighty per cent.
There is little in a criminal way for I
the mayor and the marshall to look.M
after in this place.
Before we voted against the saloon I
we endeavored to learn how other dry I
towns were .aring. Now^ we have I
had the experience ourselves, and we I
recommend the dry town in every. ' B
way, shape and form. The business H
here is done by sober men.
Bad Sennit* ol a "Liberal" Law, *5
The increase m cnme and the dl- B
minution of public health have become I
so serious during the past twenty-four I
years of the present "liberal" liquor I
law in France that M. Guerin recently I
proposed to restrict the public houses I
to one for every three hundred of the
population.
A Kefoim Halted. Bj
The French Senate by a vote of 141 I
to 116, unfortunately rejected M. Eu- H
gene Guerin's proposal to fix a limit I
to the multiplication of places for the H
sale of intoxicants.
An Appalling Proportion. M
Since the law of 1SS0, which threw I
open the liquor traffic, these places I
* ? ?..uuka/i l +h io nnu* in H
nave iiiuiupucu uuui iuv?v ?? ..
France a drink-shop to every eightythree
of the population.
Trmpcrauce Topic*. .
Medical science is more and more disposed
to rschew the use of alcohol in
the treatment of disease, because other
remedies, most of them poisons, are
safer and more effective.
Drunkenness is on the increase in
Russia. During the past twelve
months the quantity of vodka and
other spirituous liquors sold at tiie
State establishments was greater than
in the previous year by 25 per cent.,
whlie the quantity sold in hotels and
other places showed au increase of 16
per cent.
Following closely on the whisky fatalities
in New York and the revelations
of tad liquor made there. Dr. H.
\V Wilev chief of the Government bn
reau of chemistry, has expressed the
opinion that fully eighty-five per cent
of all the whisky sold in this country,
in hotel restaurants, clubs and bars, is
nothing less than a cheap imitation.
According to a decision of the Supreme
Court of Georgia, druggists
must not violate the local option laws
of the State by selling :uedicine that
will produce intoxication. When sell*
iug such medicine in violation of the
local option statute, the druggist is
liable to prosecution.
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