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h CHAPTER xl -Continued.
If th'e roads had been rough and uneven
when Walter walked over them
with Saranne in his arms, they were a
thousand times more rough and uneven
now they were in the cart, bumping
along.
For the driver was anxious to get to
ins own cottage, aiiu lie uigeu iur
horse to make as much haste as was in
the power of an animal that was by
constitution a slow goer and plodder?
and, consequently a philosopher.
He, sitting in front on the shaft, and
bumping up and down as though that
were his natural way of life, did not
see. his passengers, but he heard them
cry out to him merrily to "Stop, stop,
6top!"
By that time Saranne was pressed
close to Walter's side?for no other reason,
of course, than that if he moved
.away from her the billionth part of
nn inch something dreadful might occur.
"You really," said Walter, "for the
sake of our bones, must go a little
slower."
Thereafter they jogged along at a
more sober pace (the driver being
I soothed by tbe promise of an extra
shilling), but notwithstanding this improved
mode of progression, which reduced
to zero the chance of falling out
of the cart, Saranne was still pressed
close to Walter, and his arm was
- around her waist.
Perhaps experience had taught Walter
that it was well for a man to be
prepared for sudden shocks when he
is riding in a rough cart over rough
country roads with a pretty girl by his
side.
It was a glorious sunset, and at Little
Mabe-Believe's request the driver
pulled up so that they could ascend a
hill and look at it.
The evening was still and peaceful,
and the young people were for the
most part silent, as they gazed at the
wondrous color of the western skies; '
but now and then a whispered word or .
two from Walter's lips reached Saraijne's
ears.
as uiey roae ajuug 'agum jucj
watched the sinkiDg of tb? rjn through j
the lacing" of the distant trees; the
fiery shadows, gliding hither and .
thither, seemed to be imbued with life.
Lower sank the sun, until not the
faintest line of arc could be seen;
darker grew the dusky shadows until
not a trace of restless light remained.
And night was with them.
Peaceful and beautiful. They were
quite silent now.
Not a word from their lips, only now 1
and then a soft and happy sigh.
The driver with the prospect of an
additional shilling, and another on top
of that?the additional promise having
already been given by Walter?sat contentedly
on his shaft, smoking his pipe.
So amiable was he that he went a lit
tie out of his way to show them a great
haystack, to which a match had been
Wickedly put in the morning by a
drunken laborer smarting under a
grievance against his master.
It resembled an ancient castle, with
turrets and towers and Gothic arches.
The fire was still smouldering in the
ruined building. Sudden lights appeared
and disappeared; flaming shad- .
ows glided over the surfaces; columns
crumbled to white dust; lurid windows
shone everyheie amid the blackening
patches; tbe walls bulged inward;
.with a 6ilent crash, vast pieces of the
ceiling fell to the ground, sending
myriads of sparks, in a furious rush,
upward to the skies.
Onward once more through the
peaceful night, leaving the fiery wreck
behind them?past tall trees which,
-with dark clouds hanging over them,
seemed of monstrous height ? through
narrow lanes dotted with familiar
landmarks?past a pond covered with
water lilies?skirting the footbridge
they had often crossed?nearer and
nearer home till the cottage lights appeared.
In accordance -with Walter's wish,
the driver had brought them to within
a hundred yards of their door.
He was well paid for it, and giving
them good-night, set his horse going,
jumped on to the shaft, and jolted
homeward, whistling.
A hundred yards was not far to
walk, but it took a long time, the pace
being so very, very slow.
Perhaps the circumstance that Saranne
and Walter had joined hands as
they walked had something to do
.Wlin IT.
This love palming is accountable for
much.
No one knew of it but themselves;
Little Make-Believe was on Walter's
/ left, Saranne on his right, so that it
was his right hand and her left which
were softly infolded one within the
other.
It is necessary to be correct in the
endeavor to explain why they were
such an unconscionable long time
walking those hundred yards.
*******
In the midlle of the night Little
Make-Believe awoke.
Her face was turned to Saranne,
who, with her back to her sister, was
leaning on her elbow, gazing at something
she held in her hand.
On the chair by the bedside was a
lighted candle.
It was the lipht which had aroused
Little Make-Believe.
"Saranne!" said Little .Make-Believe,
and slightly raising herself as she
spoke she saw iu Saranue's hand a
portrait of Walter.
"Oil. Make-Believe!" cried Saranne,
quickly blowing out tbe caudle; "how
you startled me!"
"I thought there was something the
matter," said Little Make-Believe pres\
ently; she spoke very quietly, "when I
woke up aud saw the lignt."
"Nq, there is uothing the matter.
1 am restless aud cau't sleep. What a
KE-BELIEVE1
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happy day we haC-what a happy,
happy day!"
"Yes, dear, a happy day indeed. It is
hard to remember all that occurred, it
was so long and full of pleasure."
"I can remember everything?everything!
I shall never, never forget it.
Don't you think it "was the happiest,
the very happiest day you ever spent?"
"Do you think so, Saranne?"
"Yes, Make-Believe."
"Then so do I! Yer know, Saranne,
that to see you happy makes me happy,
too."
"I know, Make-Believe. I am afraid
I have* been very ungrateful to you
sometimes."
"That you never have, my dear. You
have always been very good to me."
.uaKe-.ueiie-ve, wnisperea saranne,
"one da}- I may be able to repay you
for all you've done for me."
"To repay me, my dear? Why, that
is as if you owed me somethink."
"I never knew," said Saranne, nestling
closer to Little Make-Believe, "till
lately when it was put into my head,
how much I really owe you. I never
even thought of it, ungrateful girl that
I am."
"You mustn't speak of yerself in that
way. I will not allow you. Who has
been putting such ideas into your
head?"
"Can't you guess, Make-Believe?
The best man that breathes on the
earth, who loves you, and is never tired
of speaking of you. Can't you guess,
dear?"
"A man as loves me! As calls me
sister! Do you want me to tell yer his
name? Are yer too shy to do it yerself?
Why, Saranne, it's dark, and no
one can see! And your prince is come!
?didn't I always tell yer he would??
nnrl hie tio m**
"Walter."
She pressed Saranne in her arms
close to her heart.
It was the name she expected to
hear, but she had not the courage to
mention it first; brave as she was,
capable of self-sacrifice ab she was, she
was not strong enough for that.
It was the death-knell of her hopes
-which, she acknowledged now, but ever
before, held sway over her; as if '
she should ever have had the presumption
to lift her eyes so high!?it was
the death-knell of her love, but she
bore it nobly.
"Are you glad, Make-Believe?"
"Am L glad!" repeated Little MakeBelieve.
"What greater happiness can :
I want than what you've told me?
There is only one thing, my dear; he
is a gentleman, and we are only poor
girls?what will his father say?"
"Walter has spoken of that. He has
not told his father yet?why, MakeBelieve,
I only knew.it to-day!?but his
father is the best of men, after "Vyalter,
ua tuurse, uiiu wuuer bujb lie iius
never crossed him in a wish. It has 1
made me proud to hear the opinion
Mr. Deepdale has of you, Make-Believe
?but Walter shall tell you all that "
"I'm glad Mr. Deepdale thinks well
of me, though it's hard to say for what
reason. I've never done nothing that
I know of except to thank him for his
goodness to us."
All this time Little Make-Believe had |
not kissed Saranne, whose head she
had kept pillowed on her breast, but
now by a simultaneous movement of
affection their lips met in loving embrace.
"Why, Make-Believe, you'ra crying!"
exclaimed Saranne. '
"I'm crying for joy, my dear, at the
prospect afore you. With all my heart
I pray that it may come to pass?with
all my heart?with all my heart!"
"We are not to go back to Clare Mar- i
ket, Make-Believe; we are to remain
here until all is settled, and then we
nrn crr\ +a ooViaaI fnr o root*?rna
V IV gv IV UVUWi iVi U J V.U1 J tOj
Make-Believe, you and me together? '
and Walter is coming to see us regularly?and
at the end of the year?you
can guess what Walter says will hap- i
pen then."
"It's a easy guess, God bless yer 1
both, my dear, dear sister, and my
brother as I hope'll be."
"There will be no occasion for you
to struggle any more, Make-Believe
the hard old life is over. Walter's
father is rich, and we shall never,
never again want for bread. You are
crying still, Make-Believe!"
"My heart's so full that it's running
over. Go on, dear."
"And you are to live with us always,
and never, never leave us till "
"Till what, my dear?"
"Till your prince comes and takes
you away from us."
"That's never going to happen, Saranne."
"Ah, but you don't know, Make-Believe."
"I know well enough. There's not a
bit of room in my heart for any other
love than what fills it now, for you and
Walter. Go to sleep, my dear, and
dream of him?and of me just a little.
Go to sleep, my dearest dear, go to
sleep."
In the midst of her tears she softly
sang an old song with which she used
to lull Saranne to sleep in the days of
her infancy ;and before a dozen broken
words were sung Saranne had sunk
to slumber, with smiles on her lips and
joy in her heart.
Ami the wliol^ niirht throucrh. while
Sarnnne was calmly sleeping, Little
Make-Believe lay awake wrestling with
her agony?wrestling with it and striving
to conquer it.
"They mustn't know, they mustn't
as much as suspect,"?this was the refrain
ol" her thoughts?"I mustn't let
'em see as I'm not the happieest of the
happy. It'd spoil everything if I
showed 'em what a weight there
was on my heart. Serve yer right,
yer little fool, for daring to think of
him w. anything but a friend! With
your ugly face and common ways to go
and love him as you've been doing?
but mustn't go on doing, mind! if yer
do, yer false to Saranne, and to bft
false to her means that you're the
wickedest wretch as crawls!?to think
of him as you've been doing for ever
so long?why, you must be stark-staring
mad! It's all over now, that's one
eood iob. and you're wide awake, and
know what's afore you. Oh, my poor
heart?oh. my poor heart!"
And so she mourned and grieved and
reproached herself till daylight came
and it was time to rise.
Saranne still slept. Very softly Little
Make-Believe drew away the pillow
upon which her head had been lying;
it was wet with her tears; if Saranne
discovered that she had been crying all i
the night she might think that Little j
Make-Believe was envious of her, or |
something worse, perhaps.
Not with tears, but with smiles, I
must she meet Saranne when she ,
awoke.
She sat in her night dress by the j
side of her beautiful sister, and gazed j
at her.
"Wouldn't it be the best thing that j
could happen if I was to die?"
These words were not only in her j
mind; she had spoken them under her i
breath, and she clenched her teeth in i
scorn of herself as though there lurked \
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ward the being -who was knit to her
by the closest, the dearest ties.
For the purpose of accentuating this
scorn of herself, and of punishing herself
for her baseness, she took the
dressing glass from the table and j
rested it on her knees as she took her
place again by her sister's side.
Sbe looked at her own plain face in
the glass and at tbe loveliness of Sar- |
anne's as it lay upon the pillow.
"You ugly little scorpion!" she whispered
to her face in the glass, "who do i
yer think'd be fool enough to fall in I
love with you?"
This brought the image of Foxey to (
her mind, but though he had been fool [
enough to fall in love with her, arid
fool enough to ask her to marry him,
his image brought no comfort to her;
it made her shudder at herself.
She shook her head angrily to drive
him from her mind, and sat for half
an hour with the glass before her,
schooling herself for the part she had
to play.
A slight movement from Saranne
warned her; she replaced the glass
quietly on the table and plunged her
face into cold water.
Turning, with the towel in her hand,
she met her sister's opening eyes with
looks of affection and happiness.
"How good it is of you!" murmured
Saranne, as Little Make-Believe
stooped and kissed her. "It's a lucky
sign to wake up and see such a bright
and happy face as yours. I've been
dreaming all night of vValter and of
your prince. Yes, indeed I have. I i
don't care what you say, Make-Be- I
lieve. He'll come?you'll see if he j
won't."
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anne? Anything like Walter?"
"Something like, but not so handsome
as Walter; you could hardly expect
that!"
"I should be foolish to expect it.
There's only one Walter, Saranne."
"Yes," said Saranne, with a happy
sigh, "only one!"
****? ?
On that day Mr. Deepdale returned
from London.
He had been absent a week, and
letters had passed daily between him
and Walter.
In Mr. Deepdale's letters there had
been rfo cause for uneasiness, and Walter
was therefore the more grieved to
norr>oivo that n rrpnt rhflnce hflfl come
over his father during those few days.
It almost seemed as if in seven days 1
be had grown seven years older, and it
was evident that there was a weight
on his mind which sorely oppressed
bim.
"You don't look welj, dad," said
Walter.
"Don't I, Wally? Perhaps it is because
I have been much worried."
"I am sorry to hear that."
"Don't be anxious about me, my boy;
I shall be better by and by, I dare
say. But you, Wally," and he laid his
bands upon Walter's shoulders, "I don't
think I have ever seen you look quite
bo well as you do now."
"Dad, I'have something of the utmost
importance to say to you."
"And I have something of the utmost
importance to say to you, my
bov. But let us defer our confidences
till later in the day; I feel scarcely
strong enough at present to go into
matters. Let me rest a little; this
evening, Wally, we will speak In private
together."
"Agreed, dad; but you must let me
speak first."
(To be Continued.)
Snide Lights on History.
Mrs. Julius Caesar bad just picked
a young blonde hair from the left
shoulder of her husband's toga.
"Ah, ha!" she exclaimed, angrily.
"So you have been trotting around
with some drug store fairy, have ycu,
t hovo enenoptwl mil fnr a
long time, and now "
"See bere, Cornie." interrupted the
dictator, somewhat impatiently, "how
often must I tell you that Caesar's
wife should be above suspicion?"
But sentimental historians put another
construction on the phrase.
The peasant's wife had just given
King Alfred an awful tongue lashing
for letting the pancakes burn.
"Gee whiz!" cried the perturbed monarch,
"I wish those fellows over in
Battle Creek would hurry up and invent
a ready-to-serve breakfast food!"
?Chicago Journal.
A Little Free With the Judge.
Congressman Bankbead, of Alabama,
has a weakness for gambling stories.
One tbat be tells is of a time wben
a spasmodic attempt was being made
to drive gamesters out of Mobile. A
witness was on the stand testifying
for tbe defence, it being well known
that tbe Judge was a skilful poker
player. Tbe witness talked of "going
blind," "raising," "passing" and so on,
and finally bis bonor said gravely:
"Mr. Jackson, you are using a good
many of what I presume are technical
terms. Will you be good enough to explain
some of them?" The witness,
with equal gravity, replied: "I shall
be pleased to do so, your honor, if you
will kindly let me have your poker
deck for a few moments."?Kansas
City Journal.
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UniKfihoId
^ patters
Oetting Iilil of Mice,
Mice Lave a great antipathy to the
smell of peppermint, and a little oil
of peppermint placed around theii
haunts and holes will successfully keep
them away.
A Paten! Leather Polish. '
A highly recommended polish for
patent leather is made by taking a
quarter of a pound of sugar, half an
ounce of gum arabic and a pound of
ivory black and boiling the ingredients
until thoroughly blended. When cold
the polish is ready for use. j
When Serving Ices.
A charming way to serve ices at a
child's party is to line common flower
pots, two inches and a hah' in diameter
at the top, with parnffiue paper, afterwardsfrlilling
nearly full with ice cream.
Sprinkle with grated sweet chocolate
to represent earth, and stick a flower
in the top.
T-~ U?:i Ttloo
A rice kettle to boil rice perfectly has
an inner basket with a very close mesh.
The rice washed in several waters is
placed in the basket, aud this is
plunged into boiling water, where the
rice cooks without dagger oI burning.
When the water boils away the rice
still cooks in the steam.
Catting Bacon.
In cutting breakfast bacon, lay the
rind side down on the meat board, cot
down to the rind as many slices as are
needed, then cut it off in a block. Turn
edgeways and cut off one end, then the
other end, the inside, and last the rind,
and you will have trimmed all the
slices nearly as quickly as you could
Lave trimmed one.
Scrap Baskets.
The scrap basket is becoming each
Hftnw Af n ?.\ftAoent'r qttII in o tpflll
appointed room, and more of a very
serviceable decoration. It is found
this y<?ar in innumerable and unusually
graceful shapes and in the most'
effective of colorings.
These innovations have been brought
about largely in the effort to compete
with the fetching baskets which have
been so successfully made by the home
basket weaver?the girl who has much
leisure time, but who enjoys working
with her fingers. With the aid of the
many colored raffia and sweet grasses
and some ingenuity, she has produced
basiets of graceful shapes and attractive
colorings, which up to this time
could not be bought in any store, says
an exchange.
Dlghwashinir.
Do not be discouraged about having
to wash dishes 3C5 days in the year.
Dishes must be washed, and, of all the
many duties that falls to woman's lot,
this seems to be the most disliked. But
there is an ideal way.
The chief things required to make it
a pleasure are care, order, plenty of
good, hot water, and a stack of dry
tea towels, two dishcloths, and a large
enameled bowl. The dishes, when removed
from the table, must have each
of its kind put together. Put. all the
cooking utensils on the range and fill
them with water until the time comes
to clean them.
Have a receptacle in which to place
all the scraps that come from the
dishes, plates, etc. The most important
thing is to have plenty of hot water;
not merely warm, but hot, and use
some good soap in the water to make
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dishes and plates twice as quickly.
Have your mops with handles for deepmouthed
jtigs, and have nice dishcloths
made of cheese cloth.
Begin -with the glassware, and next
china, and follow with spoons, forks,
knives, etc. Never use a wet towel.?
Woman's Life.
RECIPES f
Creamed Potatoes With Cheese?Peel
about five ordinary-sized potatoes and
cut: inxo sman cuues. ^n?p an wiu i
water, drain and boil until tender.
Drain off the water, sprinkle over theru
a little salt and pepper, add a generous
half cup of milk, a tablespoonful of
butter and cover with grated cheese.
Brown quickly in the oven and serve
at once.
Strawberry Sherbet Shortcake?For
strawberry shortcake worthy of its
name and noble ancestry is to put the
wasbod and hulled berries in a bowl,
cnt them up with a silver knife and
sweeten them to taste. Then, when
the sugar is saturating the fruit and
extracting its juice, bake a rich biscuit
crust, split it open, butter the inside
of both pieces generously and spread
one of them with the berries. Put the
other piece on top, with the buttered I
inside uppermost, and pile the fruit
on it until it will not hold another
berry nor a teaspoonful more of juice.
If any of the juicy berries are left
serve 'boro as a sauce with the shortcake.
Many people prefer them to
cream, though the latter could nat be
scorned by the veriest epicure.
Game Pie?The game to be used
should be carefully boned, and should
consist of wild duck, partridge, quail,
small pieces of venison and wild hare.
Sprinkle with powdered mace, allspice,
salt and pepper. Line a large dish with
the richest puff paste, then arrange a
layer of the prepared game iu the bottom;
cover this with a layer of forcemeat,
icade by chopping two ounces of
ham, one teaspoonful of parsley and
the peel of half a lemon, then add oue
well-beaten egg and sis ounces of
bread crumbs and mix thoroughly.
Next arrange a layer of stewing oysters
that have been carefully drained
and dried; continue alternating the
layers until the di&h is filled. Bake in
a moderate oven, with an ornamental
crust, making a tiny slit for the steam
to escape; when nearly baked, pour In
with a funnel a rich cream gravy, to
whi-ch has been added a little dissolved
gelatine.
TEE GREAT DESTROYER
< SOME
STARTL1NC FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE."
Poem: He Never Ulamerl llie Booze ?
National Temperance Movement in
Launched in France ? Thinking
Frenchmen Alarmed.
Ho took a bottle up to bed.
Drank whisky hot each night;
Drank cocktails in the morning.
But never could get tight
He shivered in the evening,
* And always had the blues,
Until he took a bowl or two?
But he never blamed the booze.
H;s joints were full of rheumatiz;
His appetite was slack;
He had pains between his shoulders.
Chills ran down his back;
H* suffered with insomnia.
At ni^ht he couldn't snooze;
He said it was the climate?
But he never blamed the booze.
His constitution was run down.
It was overwork, he said;
His legs were swelled each morning
And he often had swelled head.
He tackled beer. wine, whisky;
And if they didn t fuse,
d3e blamed it on dyspepsia?
But he never blamed the booze.
?fe claimed he couldn't sleep at night,
And always had bad dreams;
fie claimed he always laid awake,
'Till early sunrise beams,
1 Se thought it was malaria;
Alas! 'twas but a ruse;
Ee blamed it on to everything?
But he never blamed the booze.
His liver needed scraping,
And his kidneys had thd gout;
He swallowed lots of bitters.
'Till at last he cleaned them out.
His legs were swelled with dropsy,
'Till he had to cut his shoes;
He blamed it on the doctorBut
he never blamed the booze.
ITien he had the tremens.
And he tackled rats and snakes,
First he had the fever,
Then he had the shakes.
!At last he had a funeral,
And the mourners had the blues;
And the epitaph carved for him was?
"He never blamed the booze."
?J. Ryan E. Earle, in Newspaperdom.
Drunkenness In France.
A combined meeting of the four chief
temperance societies of France, held
lately in Paris, and presided over by
?o less a personage than M. G'asimir
verier, snows now seriously tmnKing
Frenchmen are now impressed with the
magnitude of the evil they have to
combat. We used to believe that bard
flrinking was one of the ugly failings
?f the Anglo-Saxon, but thut it was
alien to the Gallic genius. Frenchmen
liave always prided themselves on this
contention. But the facts no longer
bear it out.
Absinthe along the boulevards and
cheap brandy among the working
classes have made a terrific record.
Absinthe has had its votaries or its
victims, as one may care to call them,
from Verlaine on down through the
lesser lights of Bohemia to unremembered
nobodies. With shaking fingers
but keen desires, /they enjoyed the
"green hour"?and passed. Meanwhile
the deadly wit of French caricature
has found another subject in the hulking
figure and heavy features of the
laborer pushing his coppers across the
wet zinc in return for liquid'madness.
If we care for French drawing, we
may admire the artistic force, the sheer
naked power of it all, and overlook
the awful conditions which furnish the
motive, iiut irencn caricature, wane
!t respects nothing in the world, has
Its own merits as a danger signal.
Wherever it is, we may know that
something is rotten. Some time ago
the French prison authorities took up
the matter and instituted lecture
courses to convicts on the effects of
alcohol. A recent picture in L'lllustration?and
a ghastly picture it was?
showed an amphitheatre where rows of
evil faces with closely cropped heads
looked out of cofflh-like boxes while a
prison doctor, with a model of the human
figure, demonstrated the working
of spirits.
The national temperance movement
now launched is organized on the
broadest lines. Catholic and Protestant
clergy, army surgeons and civilians
will share the work, sub-dividing their
investigations according to their opportunities,
and their combined report,
it is hoped, may furnish the basis for
aggressive action.
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The Drunkard's Lottery
licensed by u. s.
TAKE A CHANCE
PRIZES
Out of every 2000 drinking
men there are:
COO habitual drinkers
250 criminals
30 suicides
2 murderers
50 lunatics.
Amongst these are 400 paupers
and tramps.
The earlier in life you begin
the sooner your
troubles will
be over.
Chicago's Thirst.
Chicago drank more liquor in 1904
than in any other twelve months since
its foundation, with the possible exception
of World's Fair year, if figures
submitted by Acting City Collector .'NfcCarty
to Mayor Harrison in relation to
saloon licenses are a guide. There were
7806 licensed saloons in the city it: 11
year, or 751 more than in 190o.
Temperanco ?foteg.
One of tbe good results of the revival
in Wales is tlie decision recently taken
by the Baptist Church at Cardiff to
substitute unferinented wine for the
fermented wine heretofore used in the
communion service.
German newspapers report that during
the fiscal year ending March 31.
1904. British East India imported -t,009,000
gallons of beer, of which 3,830.000
gallons came from England.
In addition to this the twenty-seven
breweries in India produced G,474,SCO
gallons.
Every saloonkeeper in Marion, Indiana,
was arrested recent.y on the
charge of violating the Nicholson iaw,
and the total of their fines and costs
amounted to $4185.
An English lord, speaking of the influence
of drink upon his people, says:
"I have watched the teraperaucc reform
movement for fifty years, and but for
It England would by- this time have
been uninhabitable.1'
Indiana's Governor will tfot appoint
even moderate drinkers of intoxicants
to office. What is a wise policy for
many present day busiuess corporations
he holds is good policy for the
State in its business..
I"'"
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL:
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR JUNE II.
Subject: The Message of the Risen Christ,
Rev. i., 10-20?Golden Text, Rev. J., 18
?Memory Verier, 17, 18?Commentary
on the Day's Lesson,
I. John receives a message (vs. 10,
11). 10. "In the Spirit." Under the
influence of the Spirit, aDd filled and
quickened by the Spirit. "The Lord's
day." The day made sacred to all
Christians for all time by the resurrection
of Jesus from the dead. It was
the day of light and salvation. John
arrived in Patmos late Saturday evening,
spent the night in prayer, and with
the opening Sunday morning the glorified
Saviour opened heaven to his vision.
Why is our Sabbath the first day
of the week? We see here tbe apostles
kept the first day and, because of
its saDctity, called it the Lord's day.
"Behind me," etc. This was his first
intimation of the presence of Christ,
.who spoke with a voice like a trumpet.
11'. "Alpha and Omega." Omitted
in R. V. These are the first and last
letters of the Greek alphabet. This is
a figurative^ expression, used to show
that Christ "was the "source and the
consummation" of all things. He is
from eternity to eternity. "What thou
seest." The prophetic vision that was
revealed to him on that Lord's day.
"Write." What if John had not written?
The-command to write is given
twelve times in the Apocalypse. "A
book." A parchment roll. Ancient
books were made of papyrus, or from
the prepared skins of animals, and
rolled upon a roller. "Seven churches."
"Seven" denotes perfection. Doubtless
there were hundreds of churches in
Asia Minor at that time. The reason
why seven only are mentioned is because
the church is the bride of Christ,
and seven is the sanctified number always
representing Christ. "In Asia."
A small province in Asia Minor called
Asia, of which Ephesus was the capital.
"Ephesus." Mentioned first because
the church here was the lareest.
II. A vision of the glorified Redeemer
(vs. 12-16). 12. "The voice." He
,turned to see who it was that spoke,
the word "voice" being used to signify
the person speaking. "Golden candlesticks."
Compare Zech. 4:2-11. Lampstands
would be a better term. Not
.one candlestick with seven branches,
but seven candlesticks. The independence
of the churches of Christ is consistent
with the unity of the church of
Christ
, 13. "In the midst." Showing Christ's
jpresence among His people. "The Son
lof Man." Compare Daniel 7:13. This
term is used here because His' glory
might hide from view His oneness of
sympathy with His people., "A garment."
This is a description of the
long robe worn by the high priest.
{Jesus is our high priest in heaven.
'"Girt?golden girdle." He was girt
around the breast (R. V.) as "a sign of
kingly repose." It represented "the
'breastplate of the high priest, on which
?the names of His people are engraven."
I 14. "White like wool." Wool is supposed
to be an emblem of eternity. The
wniteness sigmneci antiquity, purity
'and glory. With Christ His hoary head
was no sign of decay. Compare Dan.
7:9; 10:6. The whiteness, three times
mentioned (white, white wool, snow),
is greatJy intensified, and denotes unlimited
age, even eternity. "His eyes,"
etc. This certifies His omniscience.
The eye is the receptacle of knowledge
and symbolizes all the senses.
15. "Burnished brass" (R. V.) This
denotes His stability and strength.
His feet are like brass when in the
furnace and subjected to a very great
heat. His feet were "strong and steadfast,
supporting His own interest, subduing
His enemies and treading them
to powder." His voice." Described
the same in Ezek. 43:2. He will make
Himself heard; it is a commanding
voice that must be obeyed; it is terrible
in its denunciation of sin.
16. "In His right hand." The "right
hand" is an emblem of power. "Seven
stars." These stars are the faithful
preachers of the 'gospel. "A sharp
two-edged sword." His word which
both wounds and heals and strikes at
sin on the right hand and on the left
This wonderful sword has two edges,
sharp as God's lightning ? the edge
that saves and the edge that destroys.
Compare Heb. 4:12; Eph. 6:17. The
sharpness of the sword represents the
searching power of the word. "As the
un." We know of nothing brighter
than the sun shining in his strength.
III. Words of comfort and explanation
(vs. 17-20). 17. "As dead." His
countenance was too bright and dazzling
for mortal eyes to behold, and
John was completely overpowered with
the glory in which Christ appeared.
Compare Ezek. 1:28: Dan. 8:17. "Right
hand upon me.'' His hand of power
and protection. In which the churches
were held. "Fear not." There is no
occasion to fear when in the presence
of Christ. 18. "The Living One" (R.
V.) The source of all life?tl*? One
who possesses absolute life in Himself.
I "Wns fipnrl " I became a mam and
died as a man; I am the same one you I
saw expire on the cross. '*i am alive."
Having broken the bands of death, I
am alive "for evermore." "The keys."
An emblem of power and authority.
"Of death and of hades" (R. V.)
Hades is a compound Greek word,
meaning the unseen world, and including
both heaven and hell. Gehenna is
the Greek word which always means
hell, and nothing else. Christ has
power over life, death and the grave.
He is able to destroy the living and to
raise the dead. 19. "Hast seen."' The
visions He has just seen. "Which are."
Tb<? actual conditions of the seven
churches. See chapters 2 and 3.
"Which shall be." In the future of
the church.
20. "The mystery." Write the mys
terious?tne "secret enu sacreu weaning
of what you have seen. "The angels."
The ministera and pastors.
Disconsolate Cat Atiopta n Kat.
A cat belonging to Ira Hyde, of
Johnstown. X. V.. adopted a rat. Iteeently
the cat had a litter of three kittens.
whifh ? shortly after birth.
The cat w: msolate and showed
her grief in . ways. A few days
ago Hy.ic ......o across a young rat.
He tossf d 1; to the cat. To his surprise
the feline picked it up and carried it
to her nest. When Mrs. Hyd?> went to
feed the cat at night she found that
pussy was nursing the rat.
?i?- r?owo In Tpflbnx.
xruuip cj*v A'-j? -?
Ensile Schwarz, a New York tramp,
crawled into an icebox in a refrigerator
car at Laramie. Wyo., intending
to steal a ride to Cheyenne. The car
was locked, and Schwarz remained
in the icebox five days, when he managed
to attract attention in the yards
in Omaha and was released. Both
iiorfir frnzpn nnrl ht> was
Writ- ?
almost dead from hunger.
Doe "With Two I<0C?.
The curiosities of Vienna include
a small dog, which, having been born j
without front legs, has learned to .walk i
about on his hind legs. j
5SH0RE_ACREii.w I
How sweetly it comes back, how tenderljfl
That evening's end; no little thing fo^
got;
, The fire made safe; set back the stear
ing pot: " "
Windows ana door shut tightly as coni
be; ;
The tall clock wound; the house all stil
and then?
The dear old man his candle takes an
goes
To seek his own well-earned, prayer-Die
. repose, , .
His heart at peace with all the sons of me
And, when we to the end of toil have wo
And it is time for ns to go to bed,
May we as gently move unto our res
Leaving no simplest needful thing undon
No word of healing gentleness unsaid,
Some lamp of Goid close to our boson
prest.
?John White Chadwick, in Christian Be
ister. .
A Prayer. flg
O, blessed God, our Father in hea^H
en, Thou art near to all who call up<^H
Thee, in whom we have our beln^Bj
Once more we come to lift our voioflj
in public thanksgiving and praise uj^D
to Thee, the Giver of all good; to ma^H
confession of our sins and to recei^H
Thy pardoning grace and the assuHj
ance of our adoption, through Jes^K
Christ. We pray for the presence ^Bj
the Holy Spirit, that our spirits mzSH
be attuned to the service in which vflH
are engaged. May our hearts be d^H
livered from all fear and In the spiiHl
of joyful confidence may we approa.^B
Thee. We thank Thee that Thou
more ready to give all good things tti^R
earthly parents are to hear the praye^D
of their offspring. We thank TbHB
for all Thy gifts to us In days gofl|
by. Thou hast led us out into lar^B
placcs and put a new song in o^H
mouths, even praise unto our God.
thank Thee for our goodly heritajHfl
the lines have fallen to us in pleasall
places. Bless our country, we itflB
eeeeh Thee, and those who are in hH
thority over us, those whom the peoiH|
have appointed to administer their ]Hg
fairs?give them sound judgmeflH
Bring good out of appareht evil qflN
may the principles of truth and rigB|
eousness be established In the heas^H
of the people. Deliver our land frdHB
all nerll. Onen the eyes of all the
pte to see wherein the strength of
nation lies, and what are her we^H
nesses and what the diseases that
eating at her vitals. Forbid that flH
should be blinded by oar own misc^H
ception or by the misleadings of ottaflB
to those things that are important al
the welfare of society and the Stafll
And grant, O, God, that the beaflff
of the people may be turned unto ThHH
to righteousness ?nd truth; that thJ^H
spiritual vision may not be altogeti^Hj
dulled and blunted by moral thin^H
and may we understand that it is ojH|
righteousness that exaiteth. a nati^H
while sin Is a reproach to any peof^H
The Lord bless us and keep as a^K
cause His face to shine upon us
be gracious unto ns; and lift Tiiop B
the light of Thy countenance upon^H
and give us peace, for Christ's safl
Amen. hBH
n
An Experience of Dr. Patou.
The recent narrow escape of flm
John G. Patton from losing his llf^^H
a fight between hostile tribes of cHH
nibals on one of the unevar geliHffi
Islands in the South Pacific, <;alIfi^^H
mind one of the most InterestingB^H
his early experiences. It is a f.torj^HH
tne wen ue ang, uxiu me eu.ev.-i uu mu
natives. These heathen, it mast beflH
membered, were on a small lslMMj
fwhere no fresh water was accessi^H|
All they had to depend upon for iMHj
porting life was rain, and during [
dry season they drank the milk of^^|
cocoanuts?as long as it lasted. wH9|
the "rain god" delayed his ans-sJMn
to their prayers, there was much '^BG
fering. WW
After examining the ground
fully, Dr. Patton believed a well mflM
be sunk that would yield fresh wA|
"nruu ??oT7fl??fn1 +hnn<rhf
mm jLuuiiA ^luj^i&ui
many misgivings lest the water,. i^HB
found any, should, prove to be bH
Dr. Patton chose a spot, and bega^HJ
dig. The savages supposed he Bfljg
crazy. His unheartl of way of seaHHj
iDg for water aroused their supel^H
tious fears. All he' could persuadllH
hire native hands to do was to pJHH
windlass rope and draw up the Hh
ened parth as he sank the well <TeH|B
and deeper. He dug the earth SH
his own hands. WmBk
i After going down thirty feetHH
struck a spring. Hesitatingly he taHH
It. It was pure, fresh water. HSK
? ?i rrV>A man nrViA^H^H
euect was Luugictu. mau
been disbelieved and Jeered at KKH
now a "prophet." He bad said^Ry
would' go down into the grouh^^^H
"find rain;" and now the peopl^BH
lieved that all he told them abou^^^B
hovah and Jesus Christ was
Then follows a wonderful story ofMflH
cess; of the destruction of ldols,^^^B
building of a church, the establishVSH
of schools, the framing of a cotflflB
enlightened laws, the tran&formHHE
of a tribe of cannibals; Into a we^NH
dered community.
God Revealed In Ka)ni?< e9|H
Rev. R. J. Campbell tells the H0|
of a child sailing on the ocean, flffin
kept asking his mother when he
see the sea. She would point tHR
water all around the ship andH^N
"That is the sea, my child," bu^^^H
little one could not understand. BOOM
him that was only water.
daisies, the brooks, the sunsets,
are only nature, until Christ bflHRro
revealed God to us that we
Father in them.
~ An Apt Definition. Sj^BB
When George Whitefleld was
zenith and attracting great att<H|Hg
in England, a certain baronet remHSB
that Whitefleld was the "founde^^^^
new religion." |nbb
"A new religion, sir?" exclainH^^B
hearer. fflH
"Yes," said the baronet; "wha^^^H
"Nothing," rejoined the other,IRB|
the old religion revived with eflM
and heated as if the minister
meant what he said." BHKH
Breaks Ground at Nlnetr-aix. HfflH
Teter Keck, aged ninety-six
the oldest member of tbe colIISM
tion, did 1be first work of excawl^Hg
tbe otber morning for tbe new
gelieal Church at Berwick, Pa.lRM|
Keck, wbo is a life-long membl^^^J
tbe Evangelical Cburcb, also gawfl^H|
experience. ffi
Do| With Two Lep. H9B0
Tbe curiosities of Vienna ^BmEH
i small dog, which, having beenfl^^Hj
without front legs, nas learueu
iboot on his hind legs. gffiMn