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:fnrif max ^ -1-" 1 X i ' *?x* * !or j A CHILD OF 1 J :.:::: by b. l. fa: r - CHAPTER VII. Jinf Continued. mij ' To Comfort Saranne, Little Make- of Believe, oblivious of ber own need, was tuc pretending tbat she saw, about three- S quarters of a mile away, a kind gen- Sai tleman coming toward them with the ten express intention of giving them a wo three-penny bit, which would supply the firm with three small tlu mugs of 1 stewed eels. kin She went so far as to describe bis ha< dress and his appearance; he was an goc old gentleman with white hair, and he to had a stick with a gold knob to it, and alt he had children of his own at home T who had sent him out for the express ant purpose of giving a silver hansel to for Saranne. " To these extravagances Mr. Deep- ma dale and Walter, standing in the shade, listened unobserved. " "Wally," the father whispered to the rar son, "have you got a three-penny piece eve in your pocket?"* vro . "Yes," replied Walter, producing it. ma "Throw it into that pretty little girl's " lap, and then let us run." 44 It was done; like a silver-winged we messenger from the skies, the three- the penny piece fell into Saranne's lap, ana away scampered Mr. Deepdale and " [Walter, laughing gleefully at the trick. " They ran till they arrived at Thomas rur Dexter's shop, into which they dashed kn( almost out of breath, for all the world ani like boys who had been up to a rare " piece of mischief, which, enjoyable as wil it was, might bring some dreadful pen- " alty upon them. 44 The Old Derby was inspected and A purchased, and then Mr. Deepdale re- of J lated the incident to Thomas Dexter, anc "I think," he said, "I never saw a on more beautiful child's face, though S clouded with sorrow, than the face of sch the girl who was sitting by the grotto; nig and the ugly one with her stories?told Sai with a wonderful faith and belief, poor rea Htno.1?-O7oc rpaiiv as if she were T reading a tale oat of a fairy book." lesi "The child you admire is called Sar- ing anne," said Thomas Dexter, "and she eve and the ugly one are sisters. The story- ? teller's name is Little Make-Believe." we: "That is exactly what she this doing, Y making believe. It isn't often that her for dreams come true, I should say. And is son that the reason of your calling her tho Little Make-Believe?" * thii Thomas Dexter replied that it was, ligi and seeing that his best customer was in& interested in the children, told much hoi that he knew about them. A He even related his dream, and the A singular episode that followed of his at being a -witness of his own funeral. mo Thpv were more than amused; many E of the incidents narrated by Thomas the Dextef stirred both their hearts with wa pity and admiration, and -when they drt took their leave of the old curiosity Ii dealer, which was not until past 10 wit o'clock, they were animated by a de- Iocj 6ire which did not find expression in cha Thomas Dexter's shop. der They had their own peculiar ways, T in the similarity of which was an un- the derlying tenderness; they were more tin* like brothers than father and son. Ma "Well, Wall," said Mr. Deepdale, E stopping at the end of the street in he (which Dexter lived, "is it to be home?" ant . "What do you think, dad?" , T | "What do you think, Wally?" Bel I "Dad, I am thinking of the grotto." a "So am I, Waliy; we will go and wh have another look at it." he They -were soon on the spot, but the A Bcene was changed. qui The grotto was there, shorn of its fri< brightness; long before they arrived on the candle had spluttered itself out and Bel the sisters were sitting by the side of pro ihe house of shells, the third partner to: caving left them in disgust. hoi { The night was fine and the stars unl Hvere shining, but there was something gro Exceedingly touching in the attitude of not these children, the prettier of whom 0 Nvas lying in her sister's arms. the j "What are you sitting here for, chil- the tlren?" inquired Mr. Deepdale. Hav- hin Ing had your eel pie supper, you should S be home and a-bed." cell r "We're going, sir." said Little Make- T Believe, and she assisted Saranne to ing kise. "But we ain't had no supper." anc j "Why, what became of the three- que f>enny piece?" V * /Iwl T?AW !- ?-?ATT oKrtiif if er? 1/1 ; \siif uxu ?? ti ivuv it auvui. ii, on ?V il ILittle Make-Believe, wearily. ''We so Ithougbt it was our'n, but a boy come ger tip and snatched it away. It was his'n, vie sind be only tbrew it at us out of a baj Ijoke, cause I was pretending about it. It was a mean trick to serve us, wasn't E St, sir?" chi | "A very mean trick," said Mr. Deep- ^ dale. "I should not have supposed any ent boy would have been guilty of it." "It was Dot-and-carry-one, sir. He's . sio always up to mischief." j ; "So that was the end of your dream, ihen?" .. "Yes. sir. and now we're going home. Come along, Saranne." "Wait a minute, children. Well, ^al [Wally, what do you think?" t00 "i think it would be a capital tiling, jro flail." * "So it would. Your dream shall come ? true, after all, Make-Bclieve." "Oh, sir!" eu?( "Wouldn't you like something better 0f than stewed ellsV" <rOX "Couldn't have nothink better, sir. am Saranne's set her heart on 'em?haven't bef yer, Saranne?" Sarance's eyes glit- ^ tered. "But your only making game of brc us, sir. Come along, Saranne." liei "God forbid that I should make game " of misery! We will all sup together." asli And to the amazement and joy of the fhotitonlvno rkvocontlv inn1 Di^urid uirj i^uuu lucujovjTvo |7i ?..p sitting in a compartment of the best A eating house in the neighborhood, with ees large plates of stewed ells before them. T It was a night and a feast to be re- lesi membered, for they tad found two 1 friends who from that time never Jost tre: sight of them. by _ Air. Deepdale, indeed, after a while 1 /$\ I /%\^====S%\ E-BELIEVEI p "UP SF1IMS i Ui- UL.U1HUI ^ rjeon. . |||j orrned Little Make-Believe tbat they ;ht depend upon liim to the extent half a crown a week, and her gratile knew no bounds. he never tired speaking of them to ranne, who for the most part lised in silence and endorsed every rd of praise that fell from her sis's lips. ; 'hey were so noble, so tender, so id; there was nobody, there never 1 been anybody in the world half so )d as these gentlemen who stopped relieve and comfort, and were esed by so doing. 'hey were princes, they were angels, I they were prayed for and blessedbeing human. I was thinking, dad " said vv alter ny months afterward. Yes, Wally, you were thinking v That Little Make-Believe and Same being so ignorant?they don't >n know how to read?what fun it uld be if I were to turn schoolster." And teach them?" Yes, dad?say for an hour once a ek. It would be a good thing for m when they grew up." A capital thing, Wally." i !&> Shall I, dad?" Shall you, Wally? When did you i one way and I another? Do you )w, my boy, that this is a very sweet 1 beautiful world?" It is very sweet and beautiful, dadb you in it" I was thinking of you, my boy." And I of you, father." Ir. Deepdale gazed at the portrait his wife, which hung upon the wall, 1 a prayer of thankfulness trembled his lips. o it came about that Walter turned oolmaster and on the Saturday ht of every week began to teach anne and Little Make-Believe to d a lid write. 'hey progressed very slowly, and sons being given them to learn durthe week,- they were seldom, if t, perfect in them. lut Walter was patient, and they re in heaven. es, in the wretched home provided them by their father?of whom ae slight mention is necessary, alugh he has but little to do with s history?in that miserable, dimlyited cellar, unseen stars were shinin human hearts and beaveiriy irs were spent. . word about this father. lore often in prison than out of it, liberty on an average for about four nths out of the twelve. [e was not a thief, ang cannot, refore, be called a criminal, but he s incorrigible, an irreclaimable inkard. t actually became a kind of boast h him that, in the records of the al police court, no person had been irged with being drunk and disor Jy more frequently than himself. 0 first and pre-eminent in any of ways of life confers a certain disJtion, and this distinction Little ke-Believe's father enjoyed, legularly as he came out of prison favored his children -with a visit 1 expected to be waited on. Without a murmur did Little Makeieve perform a daughter's duties to (vorthless parent, never sorrowing en he left her, never rejoicing when returned. .s a matter of course he became aclinted with his children's new mds and in a small way traded upthem. Their interest in Little Mateieve and Saranne increasing as time gressed, they would have been glad remove them to a more comfortable ne, but to this their father demurred ess he formed one of the family up?to which, naturally, they could consent. if necessity, then, they remained in lodgment he provided for them; re was unhappily no law to strip 5 of his authority. ometimes on a Saturday night the lar was honored with visitors. 'lie cobbler -who lived in the adjoinroom, for one; Thomas Dexter, for >ther; .Walter's father, very fre?ntly. nth these, after the lessons, could liter converse and argue, and he was like his father in his modesty and itleness and tenderness that his ws on most of the subjects which jpned to crop up could not fail to ve an endurable impression. [e read stories to them, and the ldreu wandered in a new fairyland, tut he was not the only teacher and ertainer. >n rare occasions Little Make-Be,Te's fantastic fancies found expresn. Walter's fairy stories bore fruit, was her habit, as she grew in years, close her eyes when fancy required. What do you see, Make-Believe?" I see Saranne walking in the park, ere's fountains, and soldiers, and loons, and Cowers. There's water, , and boats, and lots of people singin 'em." What are you doing?" Selling matches. Everybody's buythem?I can't take the money fast >ugb. Here's a woman with a box dresses, and I buy a shining silver vn for Saranne, and a feather bed, "1 ? ntwl f/Mir r\ f I (I ?UllC XlV?i DC, illiVJ. iVUI |)U U1IUO VI 'fsteak." Lt which strange mixture they all tak out laughing. Little Make-Bere opens her ryes and smiles. All for Saranne, eh, Make-Believe?" :s the cobbler. In course?all for her. And she's go to marry a prince." it which Saranne claps her hands in tasy. 'here are higher and more solemn sons in tliut dimly-lighted cellar, 'he children learn "Our Father," and mbllng repeat it until they know it heart. he cobbler is somewhat of a stum bling block when this prayer is intro> duced, for he is a terrible materialist But, after some reviling, he is silent upon these occasions, though notiiing on earth can make him a believer. Tn this better wav. the springtime of life, with its bright clouds and sunny glades, comes to Saranne and Littie Make-Believe. PART III. FLOWEB, CHAPTER VIII. As Time Rolls On. Eight years have passed, and Time the changeless, has wrought its change upon men. The world is still in labor, as it hath ever been; and ever will be until the Reign of Peace shall have truly commenced?which will be only when man has changed his nature. But although multitudes in their human shape shall never be able to welcome this better time, to each inan it comes in his turn, and none shall escape the Divine transmutation. From this history of every day events no actor who has played a prominent part therein has yet departed; upon the comedy or the tragedy of their lives the curtain has not yet fallen. But some are withering, while otbers are ripening. In these suggestive aspects a comprehensive picture of the world is seen; here wrapped in darkness, there bathed in light, at one and the same moment. Thus side by side march joy and sorrow, life and death. During these eight years Mr. Deepdale's hair has grown gray, but his heart is as suspectible as ever to charitable and tender impressions. Wonderfully like him is his son Walter, now a fine young fellow of threeand-twenty, the two are even closer together than they were in earlier days when Walter was a child, and therefore, presumably, more easily led. The secret of this lies as much in sympathy as in love. These inseparable companions are more like twin brothers than father and son. Thomas Dexter's hair has grown white, ahd he has contracted a serious and reflective habit of mind. This is due to a more frequent association with Mr. Deepdale and Walter. who exercise over the old curiosity dealer an unconscious influence for good. It has led as yet to no practical results, no crisis having occurred to necessitate decided action. His intimacy with Little Make-Believe and Saranne continues, and he is occasionally kind to them in a larger degree than the bestowal of occasional pennies. This was especially conspicuous on the occasion of, the death of their father when he presented them with black frocks. It was a gift they appreciated, foi despite his useless and evil life they mourned their father with genuine sorrow, and they would have been shocked had any person ventured to tell them that their loss was a blessing, So, but for three friends, in no wise related to them, and of whom circumstance or the freak of fortune might deprive them at any moment. Little Make-Believe ana sarranne were aioue in the world. They still led their precarious life, heget now with peril because of drawing womanhood, crowned, in Sarranne's case, with beauty which made people stare after her in the streets. The contrast between the sisters was very marked. Beautiful as is the spring-time of life it had invested Little Make-Believe with no grace of form or feature; she fulfilled the promise of her childhood by growing up stunted and plain. She cared not; she lived but for the happiness of one human being, and I that assured, she was herself happy. She gloried in Saranne's beauty, and ! was as proud of it and as fond of set* I ting it out in its best light as the most devoted mother could have been. "Whatever dreams and fancies she in " ~ * " ? A C? r. dulgecl in were an ior earumje uuu,o?iranne's futnre. Dangerous dreams, but indulgence in them was a sweet pastime for which neither she nor Saranne was ever disinclined. The kernel of these dreams wa? that Saranne was to marry a prince. Heaven knews from what mysterious fairyland the prince was to come, but lie would surely come one day and woo and win her. There is a brief time in our lives when we see the future through a shining veil which reflects, in their most entrancing forms, our bright wishes '"and desires. (To be Continued.) No Porter Needed to Guard. "Some people," remarked an employe at Broad Street Station, "have their own ways of doing things. The other day a party of four persons arrived at this station from one of the summer resorts. They were laden with a miscellaneous assortment of luggage, and the head of the family had an immense white bulldog. The luggage was so heavy that they were compelled to call upon the porters for help. "When they reached the cafe door they directed the porters to pile the luggage in a heap on the floor. Then, tlicir request being complied with, they placed the bulldog on the top of the heap and went into the restaurant and dined, failing to appear for two hours. "In the meanwhile the dog was 'monarch of all lie surveyed,' for none dared go nearer than ten feet of him. "The party finally took a train to one of the suburbs."?Philadelphia I'ress. The Value of To-day. "I believe," said Senator Hoar, that to-day is better than yesterday, and *'?* will l.o hpttr>r than to day." Contenment and hope! With these two. and no more, we can solve the riddle of life. "To-day is better thnn yesterday!" Believe it. and remorse tlees; regret it not; and memory becomes -what it legitimatelv should be?a joy. Yesterday is what we made of it? and there is no yesterday which should be perfect in the light of to day. Wherefore, be thankful that tbere is a to-day, and that with it comes the opportunity to build better, nobler and stronger upon the mistakes oi yesterday.?Kagame of Mysteries $ household 1 ^ patters* Milk For an Emercener. Milk will immediately and effectually extinguish the flames from gasolene or any form of petroleum, since it forms an emulsion with the oil, whereas water only spreads it. Kakert Potatoes Dlseetnble. Baked potatoes are supposed to be ( very easily digested, and so they are, when they are baked properly. A hot oven is necessary, for a strong degree of heat is required to turn the starch ! of the potato to dextrine. Cooked in a j slow oven, a baked potato is no more I digestible than boiled. To Clean Sateens. Sateens, whether French or domestic, I may be cleaned by washing them in soapsuds made of lukewarm water. I white so?j) and a cupful of salt. Rinse j ! in lukewarm water and salt, stiffen i with gum arabic solution, and wrap in ! a sheet. In two or three hours iron on j the wrong side. These garments | ! should not be hung out of doors at all. 6 c ' c Cleaning: Windows. 0 Kerosene is a splendid aid in the cleaning of windows. Into a basin put two tablespoonfuls of kerosene and two of water. Take a soft cloth a little | larger than the hand, dip it in the basin, half wring it and wash your windows, both sash and glass. Then | rub dry with a soft newspaper and i polish with a soft towel. This process j will remove fly specks and dirt from ; both glass and paint more quickly than j i soap and water, and leaves the glass I : with a better polish. The quantity I given is sufficient for washing two or| dinary sized windows. Bedroom Climate. On the tombstone of tens of thou sands of those who have died from tuberculosis might appropriately be inscribed: "Disease and death were invited and encouraged by a death dealing bedroom climate." To show that this is no exaggeration it is only necessary to call attention to the fact that fully half the tubercular patients placed in outdoor consumptive hospitals make a satisfactory reft/wo-m Tf frpoh air will rnrp thp flis I ease, it is certain'iy a wonderful pre t ventive of it.?Dr. David Paulson, in 6 Good Health. J ? . t ? c Home Made Rugs. ? There is the ordinary rag carpet made of simple materials and in one or 1 two or many colors, and the more ^ elaborate one, made of fine materials. Into the latter go velvets, silk damasks, tapestries and wools. Cretonnes are woven into others, combined with a c ; plain warp. A rag-style rug which is t charming is woven of Singapore lattice. c This is a curtain drapery?a lattice- v like material, as its name implies. It jj comes in delightful soft, dull shades x and when cut for weaving p the rugs f the irregularities of the lattice work r i form a thick nap, -vhich gives the rug f | a rich warm effect. A rug of the kind, t j a beauty, has the tody of the rug in i e ! a clear light gray, with stripes of pale |: i sea green, brought out with a bit of , j ' deep green which form a border at I t ! each end. ' . : 11 A Few Hints. White 'wool articles are thoroughly | cleansed by rubbing with dry flour. | Shake well afterwards.' It takes less sugar for fruits and t ! preserves if put in after they are well ? ! cooked. ' : A silver spoon, knife or fork put into r j a glass jar or dish -will temper it so J j that it can be filled "with anything hot, * | even to the boiling point. A raw egg, swallowed, will usually j ' detach any foreign substance, like fishbone, if lodged in the throat. Ink spots on linen can be removed by dipping the articles in pure melted tal- r low. Wash out the tallow and the ink j will come with it. A teaspoonful of ammonia in the ' water in which silver is washed will keep it brilliantly bright. Fresh lard will remove tar from either hand or clothing. Wash with , s i snnn nnrl writer jiftprixrnrfTs. l Wot cooking soda, spread upon a thin ? cloth and bound over a corn, will re- j move it. Breakfast Hot Breads. Breakfast Gems?Beat three eggs and to them add one pint of milk, with one j teaspoouful of sugar and half a tea- ' spoonful of salt. Pour these gradually j upon two cupfuls of sifted flour and beat until smooth. Add one teaspoon- j ful of melted butter. Butter gem pans, put them in the oven until hot, then fill two-thirds with batter. Bake twenty minutes in a quick oven. , Pancakes?Have ready mixed and j sifted one-half cupful of ordinary j wheat flour, one-quarter cupful of gra- ! ham or whole wheat flour, a saltspoon- I ful of salt and a teaspoonful and a i half of baking powder. When ready j to bake add one egg (lightly beaten), one cupful of milk and a teaspoonful j of melted butter. Have the gridiron 1 } hot and well greased and drop the batter from the tip of the spoon. Cook until a nice brown on one side, then turn on the other. Serve with maple 1 syrup. < Rice Crumpets?Beat three eggs un- | til light and add one and a half cup- ? fills of milk and one tablespoonful of s melted butter. Stir in one cupful of i boiled rice, one cupful of corn flour, < half a cupful of wheat flour, half a ton cnnrin fill nf Sfllt find n lr>vr?l ten spoonful of baking powder. Bake in \ large crumpet rings on top of the stove ' or in greased gem pans in a quick oven twenty minutes. . Gluten Gems?Two eupfuls of gluten J flour, one pint of milk, one egg. onefourth of a teaspoonful of salt and two '< teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Mix the flour and salt, add Hie milk and J stir into the dry mixture. Add tlie 1 baking powder, beat well, fill greased gem pans two-thirds full anj bake in 1 a quick oven. j London's new motor fire engine will 1 be able to travel about thirty-five miles cn hour at top speed. : - * V'.* 4 'HE GREAT DESTBOYEE \ OME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE." . JNew Yorit iuan sent in rruon xur GUtnc Boy Hiu First Drink? Details of a Caso TU:?t Has Attract* ed Wide Attention. Justice W. F. Wakefield, of Port Chester, N. Y., has sentenced. Charles Jrews, aged twerfty-tive years, to serve hree months in the Kings County Jenitentiary for enticing and getting youth seventeen years of age to irink intoxicating liquor for the first ime. This case is attracting wide attenion, owing to its baing the first of he kind before .ae courts of Westhester County. The records in Jusice Wakefield's court show that the onvlcted man was driver for a bakng company in Port Chester, by phich the youth in question, Albert >ietz, was also employed. Crews, the onvicted man, com: .ained that he was eeling ill, and asked that young Dietz >e allowed to nccompary him in the vagon ..round his delivery route. Consent was given and the bGy went long. They had no): gone long before >rews took from his coat pocket a ' 1- --c _ r ?i,Ka?4 Id Mi Ol U1 WliJSUJr illiU ilSUCU IliC uuj. o drink with him. The latter declined, aying that he had never taken whisky r any other kind of liquor. Crews got igly and threatened to put the boy out if the wagon and tell their employer hat he ran away and would not work, ["hen he said the boy would lose his ob. Still the boy persisted in refusing to Lrink. Stopping in front of a saloon Pearl street Crews told the lad he oust go in the place with him. Here Jrews, by threats, induced the boy o drink a glass of beer, which he had loctored with whisky taken from his locket. The mixed drink made the boy >aralyzed drunk. Crews took him out of the saloon and eft him on the roadside, where he was ound at night by his employer and earching friends. A physician was ummoned and worked over the boy ully an hour before he was brought o consciousness. When able to appear n court young Dietz lodged his comilaint with Justice Wakefield. When seen the Justice classified the ase as one of the most outrageous ases he was ever called upon to condder. "I consider the act one of pure devilshness, inspired by the lowest depravty," he told an Evening World re>orter. "I wish I had the power to end the man to State's prison for a ong term. Three months does not oeet the requirement of the case." The sentence was imposed under Secion No. 675 of the Penal Code, which tates that any person who wilfully -./I TTT-n/-*nnrfiillv 4r>1nroB norfinn or roperty or endangers the public peace >r health or outrages public decency, ihall be liable to imprisonment. Justice Wakeflold does not agree with he County Judge who decided that ublic intoxication is not a crime.?New fork Evening World. Et Tn, "Wllhelm! The latest news from Germany will ause consternation in the ranks of he nebulous German-American, beer anteen Alliance on this side of the vater.- Germany, the veritable beer,'arden-of-Eden, the forever illustrious ind irrefutable argument of the drinknaker to prove the health-giving ef'ects of moderate indulgence, the last esort of the personal-liberty chat*>ion, when the annoying facts of scieniflc temperance instruction are threatening to curtail the dram seller's pre arious patronage?to think that Gernany should cable cheer to the prohibition fanatics of America ? in the lame of Gambrinus Rex, what is the vorld coming to, anyway? When Emperor William announced, n reply to an inquiry of a member of ;he army temperance society, that, "no compulsion exists to partake of toasts n alcoholic drinks, and that it may be eft to the movement now in progress o advance this idea in all circles." he >truck away the basic support of social Irinking in its hitherto most impreglable refuge. Less than a year ago Sing Edward made an almost identical declaration, thus officially sancJoning the propriety of abstinence vhere alcohol once claimejj unquesioned homage. Intemperate Doctor?. Cnder the law of Minnesota, if a )hysician or surgeon, being in a state >f intoxication, without a design to ;ffect death, administers any poison, Irug, or- medicine, or does any other ; ict as a physician or surgeon to any j )ther person, which produces the laf- ; :er's death, he is guilty of manslaugh- j :er in the second degree; and if, in a ! state of intoxication, he administers my poison, drug, or medicine, or does tny other act- as a physician or surreon, to any other person by which the atter's Jife is endangered or seriousjy j iffected, he is guilty of a misdemeanor. Appeal For New Devotion. Dr. Theodore L. Cuyler, the beloved Presbyterian Nestor of Brooklyn, has ssued to the churches an appeal for lew devotion to temperance endeavor. :Ie proposes the regular maintenance )f monthly temperance meetings, adIressed by the most effective speakers >btainable, and enlivened by such literary and musical features as will be .calculated to attract the interest of the roung people. He recommends in conlection with this, the organization of i Temperance League in each congregation on the basis of n pfedge against Irink and kindred evils for all members. t No License in Quebec. Outside of the large cities, Quebcc ias more than GOO municipalities in vhick no licenses are issued, out of a <?tal of 1000. Revival in Ireland. Ireland is experiencing a revival of temperance "work which recalls tho lays of Father Matthew. At a temperance meeting in the prison of Dunlalk the Presbyterians. Episcopalians ind Roman Catholic <J)Eplains, with several local magistrates, took part and 1 deep impression on the prisoners was ;vident. Temperance Note*. Among the States, Pennsylvania ranks second in the production of svliisky. Mortality from cancer is very bi.qii n beer drinking districts of Germany, such as Bavaria and Salzburg. Adrian Iselin, a New York millionni?.rt )ioq nnivlincorl n rnnrl npm* JL 11 C, XJLAlJ f KA>. VilUVVV. A vr?v -v. Kort Slocum and turned it into a temperance tavern to prevent tlic soldiers from spending tbeir wages for liquor. Statistics show that there are 100.000 saloons in Belgium, making one to every thirty-six persons, and this means one saloon for every twelve men ibove seventeen years of age. Boston has fewer saloons than any of the large cities, according to population. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR MAY 7. Subject: The Vine and the Eranches, John xv? 1.12?Golden Text, John it,, 8? Memory Verses, 5, 6?Commentary on the fray's Lesson. 1. The importance of abiding in Christ (vs. 1-5). 1. "I"?Jesus. "The true vine." The true vine is Christ; the living, abiding Christ, who reproduces Himself in every true disciple. "The husbandman." The owner of the vineyard, the original planter, possessor and cultivator of the vine. The Saviour speaks of Himself as the subject of His Father's care and cultivation, 2. "Every branch in Me." Many are supposed to be in the vine, according to the opinions of men. who have no root in the vine. Baptized, professing, partially believing. members may be found in abundance. "He taketb away." Removes, that the vine may not be damaged in reputation, or the world be imposed upon by empty professors. "Beareth fruit." The fruit of the Spirit?love, joy, peace, etc. (Gal. 5:22, 23). All manner of good works. "Purgeth it." Cleanseth and prupeth, stripping it, as the husbandman does, of whatever is rank and luxuriant?a process often painful, but no less need ful and beneficial than in the natural husbandry. "More fruit." Everything is removed from the? branch which tends to divert the vital power from the production of fruit. Christ cleanseth the soul. The object of all redemptive work is in order that the soul may bring forth more fruit. 3. "Now ye are clean." Ye are under this discipline of pruning. Jesus comforts them with the assurance that they are bearing fruit, though they need further cleansing in order that they may bring forth more fruit. "Through the word." You are already cleansed from past sin through your acceptance of and obedience to My word. The word of God is the pruning knife. 4. "Abide in Me." Hoid fast faith and a good conscience; let no trials turn yori aside from the truth. Ye shall receive every help and influence from Me that your souls can require in order to preserve them and save them to eternal life. "I in you." He abides in them as the source of spiritual life and fruitfulness, on condition that they abide in Him by a living, obedient faith. Christ's power, knowledge and love will fill the hearts and lives of His people. "The branch cannot," etc. If the branch should be cut off an instant it would become fruitless. "No more can ye." Ye must be partakers of My divine nature, be wise in My wisdom, powerful in My might on/1 rmra fhrrmch \fv hnHnoss 5. "Much fruit" The desired end is secured. Teach Christ, live Christ, abide in Christ and fruit is sure. "Without Me." Separated from Me. Without Christ we can do nothing that will please God. II. The result of not abiding in Christ (v. 6). 6. "If a man abide not in Me." Whatever man may do to merit salvation is worthless. Except he be joined to Christ by abiding faith and love, he is no more a child of God than the dead branch is a part of the living vine. "Is withered." Having no heavenly unction, no spiritual life, he cannot bring forth mature fruit. Though no mortal can discern the defect the husbandman can. "Men gather them." Through the judgments of God they are separated from the fruitbearing branches. "Burned." Void of spiritual life, the soul destroyed. III. Blessings that come from abiding in Christ (vs. 7, S). 7. "If ye j abide." Keep in constant communion with Him, lean always on Him, make ! Him the fountain of life and strength. "My words abide." Words of promise, doctrine, precept Keep My sayings and precepts. "Ask what* ye will." Because this indwelling of His words in them would secure the harmony of their askings with the divine will. Such will ask in submission to His will. "Shall be done." The asking Is unlimited because the will of the believer will be in harmony with the will and purpose and love of Christ. 8. "Herein." In the abundance of the fruit. "Father glorified." It is the honor of God to have strong, vigorous, holy children, perfectly filled with His love. Christians are God's representatives on earth, and therefore the larger and more perfect their success in saving men from sin the more God is honored. "So shall ye be My disciples." It would seem that bearing fruit is made here a test of discipleship. IV. Christ's commandment (vs. 9-12). 9. "As the Father," etc. Our Lord was conscious of being the object of the Father's infinite love; here He asserts that His love to His disciples cor responds wuu tne eternal r auier s iuve to Himself. "Abide ye" (R. V.) Be settled and fully established in Christ, being fully persuaded that nothing shall be able to separate us from His love (see Rom. 8:35-39). 10. "If ye keep?ye shall abide." This is the method and secret, the stimulus, the proof of abiding in the love of Christ. The obedience here described is the outcome of love, but the power Is thus gained to continue to dwell in the divine love, to abide in the full enjoyment of it. 11. "My joy might remain." Although within a few hours of the cross Jesus speaks of His joy. "Joy?full." The joy of the Lord filling the soul. A joy so deep that no sorrow can disturb it. Such a condition of soul cannot be described: it must be experienced to be understood. 12. "My commandment." Here we have "a commandment of mutual love based upon His example of love." This commandment includes all others. "As I have loved you." Christ is the only preacher who fully exempli- j Hod in His own life the perfection He j preached. The measure of our love for j others is His love for us. Glass Coffins. To preserve the features of those who have died it is proposed by a Russian to embalm corpses by easting around them a solid mass of glass. Of course, it is not possible to pour molten glass directly on the body, so it is first coated with a thin covering of sodium silicate. This is allowed to harden and forms a protective coating. The body is then put in a mould and melted glass poured around it. A Tomboy Choir. "Wanted?100 boys named Tom."' This small ad. appearing ill Milwaukee (Wis.) newspapers was the means taken to secure a real Thomas boy ehoir for St. Thomas' Episcopal Church. Of the entire number answering fifty were named "Tom." three were Williams with a last name of Thomas. The leader of the choir is named Thomas H. Thomas. Gave Pearls Away. rr>i,^v C"Hnn r\f Snlii nlmnof mlr.wl he pearl fisheries about his American kindom recently. He gave the pearl Sshers sieves and told them that they K)uld have all the pearls which fell through the mesh, but he would keep the big ones. t* : ???-* J :w ~d ^fmvdoyl JESUS. HB XT AMY PAEKINS05. Jesus, my Guide! The way ia all unknown?walk Thoc befor^m S* I may plant my feet where Thine ba'^H been, QB And stray no more. Jesus, my Light! When night falls ' thickly dowa, ebii^EI through the dark, 9U So shall I fearlessly press on until 1 reach the mark. Jesus, my Life! Though heart and flesh may fail, Thou aflNj the same? HhX Give of Thy strength, so shall my so^H forget HPfl Her weary frame. aHi Jesus, my King! Let me but hear Thy voice, and I obey:MB Thou art my Life, my Light, my GuicBM through gloom gSB To endless day. SB Jesus, my Qod! 9HH The close cannot be far, of earthly year^H The time draws nigh when Thine o.qrn te^H der touch Shall dry my tears. . H ?Ram'a Horn.^H Coring Holes In the Ship's Bottom. Hs We are living in tremendously praSg ticaL times?history, national and ii^H ternational, is being made by leaps au^B It has been truly said that the chara^M ter of the individual is the chara ct? of the nation; it therefore behooves to guard with the greatest jealonsB against that which tends to lower tt^Bj standards of true manhood. HH In the business life of to-day, tbroug^B stress of competition as well as frofl| pure selfishness, there bas been a gro-t^K ing tendency to forget "the other man:^B A strange pictui'e this, but a truHg one, of our noble "Ship of State" wit^B canvas set to a favoring breeze?enfl| barked upon lier a mighty host, proo^H of her great hull, her taut ropes axH9 towering spars, all hoping for a pleaflHs ant and prosperous voyage, and yeHi among this great throng there arehar^B working?and in other ways harHK thinking business men?who, auger iHj nana, are aenoeraieiy ana tsieauuy uu ing holes in the ship's bottom. But, you say, that would mean shij wreck. Let us turn from the picture and fa< the facts squarely > as we find them 1 everyday life. The manufacturer who for a large profit adulterates an article of food, tt financier who sells a property at a inflated value, the chemist who ei riches himself by impoverishing a dru or medicine?one and all are jeopardh ing the health, the savings, yes, tb very life of "the other man." The are boring holes in the ship's bottom; Now whether this boring is done ttta the borer may make a larger profit a any cost, or simply from careles selfishness, the result is the same. 1 is undermining the foundation o things. Undoubtedly many men excuse them selves by saying: "The ship's botton is of thick timber and strong, the hoi that I am boring will not amount t anything, I shall not go deep enough.' He forgets that close by another ma; be boring, and not far away a hundrei more/ ) Now, any man and every man wb does not give honest value In his deal ings with his fellows, and with the gov ernment whose protection he enjoy* find of which he himself is an integra part, is deliberately putting the auge close to the keel of our institutions. God forbid that any man should al low his conscience to become so cloud ed and bis heart so cold that he wouh entertain, much less put'into execution any practice that strikes at the founda tion of our national welfare. We are all stockholders in thi mighty enterprise. Can we stand b: and see it "scuttled"?worse still, hav< any hand in such a work? God forbid Honorable dealing is character build ing?fhe building of the nation. Now if ever, we need men of high purpose and unimpeachable character. We al wn be such men. We must be.?F.'T Eurdett. A Loglca) Conclusion. In an argument which Dr. George E Pentecost once had with an atheist tb latter said the reason why he did no believe in the "Bible was because h did not know the author. Dr. Pente cost replied: 4*TC7iill mr ff*vanr1 1a fhD mnltinlfPfl tion table a work of authority wit^B mathematicians?" w "Most certainly.'* H "Do you happen to know who tbH author of that table is?" In n moment he frankly confesse^K his ignorance, upon which Dr. PenteH^ cost added: "Then I suppose, as a matter of facfHj being a scientific man and conscienB tious skeptic, ycu never use the mu,ltiHj plication table?'?Ram's Horn- IB Miniature Preachment*. BmE The greatest coward is the one wh<^l is afraid of being charged with l'ear. H Throwing millstones at mea is no^| the same thing as giving them flour. H The man who has no mind of hiH own often Las most of it to give awajK It is a good deal easier to condemi^l a new idea than it is to comprehem^B The church service that does noH stretch out on to the street only serve^B the devil. Many a man thinks he is getting .-H corner lot in glory when he puts dime in the collection that he couldu'^B pass on the street ear. HH The Force of Example. HI A young man who united with th^K church was asked what particula^B person led him to take the step. H^H replied: "The feilow whose desk i^B next to mine at the bank. We ar^J both bookkeepers with plenty of wor^K and moderate salaries, ae iivea a simple, contented, trustful life thn^H I want to know bow to make my lif^J as fine as liis.*' Bsjj Msir> Nol a lilank. 88 A man may be :i i'iot cr a nlessinj? but a blank lie- cannot be.?Cbalmerj.^H A Strange Huckleberry. At Brookdale, Santa Cruz CountjjH California, a tine but shallow-roote^B specimen of the Sequoia, or Californt^B redwood, was blown over in a recen^B storm. The tree is estimated to bH over 330 years old, measures 175 feeH? from buit to tip, and sixty feet in ciiH cumference. Ten feet from the top oH( the tree, and at a distance of 165 feeBj from the ground, was found a hol^B somewhat less than two feet deep. had once been the nest of a wood? pecker. In this hole had grown a sturHD dy, three-stalked huckleberry busbflj two feet tall. Its roots, extending si^H feet into the heart of the tree, had ab^B sorbed the sap of the redwood . ....,