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jf lIuiTlEMA '| A CHILD OF 11 :::::: by b. l. ffr CHAPTER XL, : Continued. ? "It shall be as yon wish, my "boy; jpou shall speak first."' Had Walter been less in love than he was he would not have passed over the change in his father's appearance so lightly; an hour afterward, when Mr. Deepdale was lying back in an arm-chair, pretending to sleep, this , ? change struck "Walter with deep significance, and he "waited impatiently for his father's summons. It was not triven till the sun was setting, and ihen Mr. Deepdale said: "Wall, I wish you to take a walk & [with me." I "I am ready, dad.'' ' 'As he followed his father out of the # room he exchanged looks with Saranne and Little Make-Believe. Saranne blushed, and her heart beat violently; both she and Little MakeBelieve knew that their fate was about to be decided. It was a fine evening, and Mr. Deepdale and Walter walked to a favorite resting place of theirs, the way being led by Mr. Deepdale. He spoke of various subjects with an attempt at lightness, but most conspicuously ill at ease. Presently he halted, and seating ibimself on the ground upon some dry leaves, invited Wally to sit by his side. The spot chosen by Mr. Deepdale was a break in the .woods, which Wally toad once sportively said he was sure iwas a fairy haunt. * It was in the midst of a circle of U-msvac* O T-irl ocnoniflllir nt this t lTTlP' of ill CT:oj OUU) v. ? ? ?^ the day, there was but littte fear of their being intruded upon. There was silence for a moment or two. Then Mr. Deepdale bent toward Walter and kissed him. The kiss brought tears into Walter's eyes, it was so tenderly given. In a (quiet tone Mr. Deepdale said: . "Now, Wally, you are to speak first." j "It is about Saranne, dad." ' "Yes, Wally," said Mr. Deepdale, without expressing surprise, which Walter accepted as a good sign, "about Sarannp." "You have noticed, dad, that she is yery beautiful." "T hflvp noticed it. Wally." 1 "And as good as she is beautiful, dad." "I have no doubt of that, my boy." "She has been so from childhood, from the day we first made her acquaintance. There was something so gentle about her and so sweet even in those days that I used to wonder how it was that she occupied so low a station in life. But that was not her fault, dad." ( "True." "Even then, I remember^ I was interested in her, and took a pleasure in /teaching her. And she learnt quickly. There is nothing in the way of refine' ment that she cannot acquire, because ?he is naturally refined. A stranger eeeing her for the first time would never suspect that she had lived so lard and poor a life; she is well fitted to grace any station. I have a plan an my ueaa wiui respect iu jjcx w iwhich I hope you will approve." "We will come to that presently, iWally. You have, however, up to the present moment, left out what is most important in this important matter?or rather, you have indicated it rather than expressed it. I will supply the omission. You love her, WallyV" . "Yes, sir, I love her." | "Have you spoken to her?" "Yes, sir, but all depends upon you. I feared tbat you might raise objections ;because we are gentlemen and she is not what is generally understood as a lady. That is not against her, and should not be brought against her; she has the instincts of a lady, and will do nc^ discredit to you or me." "I have seen a great deal in her to admire, my boy; her sister has noble qualities, and she doubtless possesses them, though in a lower degree. That may spring from their attitude toward ?aeh other, Little Make-Believe being, as we know, sister and parent in one .to this tender and pretty young lady. My calling her so should 6ati6fy you as to the opinion I have of her." , "You make me very happy, sir." "It Is my desire, my boy. I stand toward you somewhat in the same relation as Little Make-Believe stands toward Saranne. My one wish in life is to see you honorably happy. It is not for me to stand in the way of your affections, when I have reason to suppose that the person upon whom you have bestowed them is good and virtuous. "To me the difference in rank?even were I situated in another position than I now find myself?a remark you will soon understand?would and does weigh but little. Your mother was a poor girl when I married her, but every one believed that her social standing was eqxial to mine. As 1 chose from the ranks of the poor and have reason to be deeply, most deeply grateful in my choice, so I am content that you should do the same, if your heart is earnestly engaged." "It is, sir, most earnestly engaged. I could be happy with no other woman." "You are as I was. Wally; 1 see myself in you. You spoke of a plan.' "It is this. sir. That Saranne should be placed in some fitting school of your selection, where, in twelve months, she can learn what you may deem to be necessary for the new sphere of life which she wili occupy. What she has, in my opinion, really to learn is a lesson of forgetfnlness, so that she shall come to us from better surroundings and associations than those amongst which she has hitherto moved. My plan is complete when I say that Little Make-Believe shall accompany Snr"I*" ?*>?*? nle/% l^nnofif hr 41 UilC, OU IJUtti OJLIV UJQJ aicv uvuvui "the opportunity. That is all at present, sir." ; - ^ ? KE-BELIEVEI 5R f] TWF SI 1IMR. 1 1LJJL* WJUWIUWI ^ farjeon.:::::: J Mr. Deepdale repeated very gently, "That is all at present, and seemed to be nerving himself for some great effort. "All this will cost money. Wally." ; "Yes. sir. but we can afford it." "Everything," said Mr. Depdale, sadly, taking his son's hand, has gone so smoothly with us, from worldly point of view, that I am almost afraid to communicate bad news to you." "Fearing I might not be strong enough to bear it?" asked Walter, cheerfully, perceiving how much his father was in need of sympathy. "Try me, dad. That is all I can say. Try me. You are going to conlide in me; you are going to tell me what it is that has caused you so much anxiety for many weeks past. If it is bad news that affects me as well as yourself " "It is, Wally.,' "It will make it all the lighter for both to share it in company. It is keeping a thing secret," said Walter, mmnlinn Vlic lioin "flint molroc trmihlo X U uupilii^ JUiO JUUiif IUUV %?VHV.v so mnch heavier than it really is. Now, dad, tell me what it is all about, so that I may take half the load from your heart. Considering what you have done for me. how loving and tender you have been to me since my first day of remembrance, I ought to take it all, but that I know your love for me would not permit you to part with it all. Now, dad, out with it." "In a word, Wally, without explaining first?" ' In a word, dad, without any explanation at all till the worst is told." "Wally, we are ruined." Walter looked at him with a bright smile. "Is that all, dad?" "I can't imagine worse news than this which you have taken so lightly. My boy, you are right; even now my heart is not as heavy as it was." "Why, of course it is not; and it shall be lighter yet. You can't imagine worse news? My own dear father, whom I love and honor as much as it is in my own poor power to do, you might have told me that you were suffering from some incurable disease which threatened to shorten your days. Thnt is the srreatest crrlef that could befall me in connection with you. Ruined! And that is all! I can't express to you, dad, how you have relieved my mind." His arm now was around his father's neck, and they were as close together in body as they were in heart. "But, Wally, perhaps you don't quite understand. It is no small loss that has fallen on us. Everything is gone. We sit together under God's sky?ah, my boy! what sweet joy and pain your caresses give mp!?as poor even as Little Make-Believe and your dear Saranne." "I understand it very well, dad, and it spems to me to bring us all nearer to each other. If there existed in Saranne's mind any uncomfortable feeling that she and-1 were in some worldly way not on an equality?though such a feeling, I am bound to admit, is more likely to have disturbed Little MakeBelieve tban my own dear little girl? and that I -was making some sort of sacrifice for her, the fact of our being no longer rich will help to dispel it and set her more at her ease. What I have to do is to work for us all, and I will do it. Why, it is not at all unlikely that this is the most fortunate thing tbat could have happened to me. Instead now of living an indolent, aimless life, here suddenly I find an opportunity forced upon mc to show not only my gratitude to the dearest father son ever had, but to provs tbat there is really something in me worth the working cut. Holidays! I have had enough of them to last me all my life. Of course, my famous scheme of send ing Saranne to school is blown to the winds; but what might have been done at school we will do a thousand times better at home. Dad, looking at you with a critical eye, I see that within these last few minutes you have really grown very much younger." "I am much happier, nry boy, than I have been for some time past." "And therefore much younger. Now, dnd, tell me bow this fortunate piece of business came about." It was soon told. Mr. Deepdale's property consisted of shares in certain companies, most of which paid regular dividends. These securities he had placed, for safety, in the hands of his bankers, having nothing further to do with them than to see by his book that the dividends were regularly credited to his account, and to pay occasional calls. Some time since the chief secretary of this bank suddenly disappeared, and upon an examination of his accounts and of the securities in his charge, it tvns discovered i^at he was a defaulter to the tune of nearly two hundred thousand pounds. His losses had been Incurred through speculations on the Stock Exchange, which he had covered from time to time by using the securities?such of them as were available for the purpose ?deposited by the customers of ihe bank. "Unfortunately, every one of Mr. Deepdale's bonds were available, aud had been made away with. To avoid suspicion, the amount due on coupons and for dividends had been regularly credited to Mr. Deepdale's account. Simple-minded, straightforward men have reasonably supposed that tbe bank was accountable for this robbery by one of its chief officers, but the law had decided otherwise, and the loss had fallen on the shoulders of the depositors. To aggravate the matter, Mr. Deepdale was made responsible for a large call in one of his companies, and to satisfy the demands made upon him he had been compelled to sell his house and furniture to tbe last stick. And when this was done?the sal# I being effected in London while Walter was lovemaking in tne country?Mr. i Deepdale was left, not as he had stated quite as poor as Little Make-Believe i and Saranne, but with an income of j thirty pounds a year; which Walter, j the story being told, declared was a fine sum to commence a fresh start i in life with. "There is one thing, dad," said he, i with kindling eyes, "you c?me out of . this bad affair an honest and upright J man. Thank God, our honor is un- j sullied." Late in the night Little Make-Believe and Saranne heard the story, and learnt how their castles in the air had i fnded away. It would be untrue to say that they : were not disappointed, but in tkeir ! grief for their tried friends, and in j the loving tenderness exhibited toward them by Mr. Deepdale and Walter, no > less than in the brave and hopeful j view the young man took of this j change in their fortunes, they found ample consolation. The interchange of affectionate sym- j pathy and strengthening words com- j verted this otherwise dark night i?to j one of the happiest they bad spent during their holiday in the country. CHAPTER XII. Thomas Dexter Comes Out in a New Character. j | .me cansimas ox wai jear n?s ?vuai j is generally called a seasonable Christ- ! ma6?that is, it was bitterly cold, and the snow soaked through your boots. ; Dealing as this story does with those mortals who are not as a rule inclined to look at snow and ice from an artistic point of view?beautiful as it is pictorially and from a distance?and ; to whom a rise in the price of coals is a very serious matter, the term season- , able, as expressing something for j which they should be grateful, is as- ' suredly out of place. Boys, even ragged boys, extract a wild delight from frozen roads and i ponds, but the-grown-up, having lived ! long enough to discover that all is van- \ ity, derive no pleasure from stamping j their frozen feet and blowing their j frozen fingers. A hard winter indeed it was. Not , only coals, but every article necessary j to life had increased in price. There was a rise of a penny in the ; four-pound loaf, meat was much dear- ; er, bacon, butter, potatoes, cheese and leather had all followed suit; even the humble bundle of wood, though the price remained the same, had dwindled its once fair proportions. Candles must j not be foreotten: twelve to the pound ; was a fiction. The morals of the Lon- i don tradesmen are sadly deteriorating, j To the persons with whom we are by I this time familiar great changes had come. It is by no violent shock to probability?such as we are accustomed to witness in the modern drama?that nearly all of them found themselves tbis Christmas under one roof. That roof is Thomas Dexter's, and the gathering came about some months since in a perfectly natural way. The only surprising feature in it was supplied in the action initiated and urged by the old curiosity dealer. He had become acquainted with Mr. Deepdale's loss of fortune, and simultaneously with the engagement contracted between Walter and Saranne. In the early part of this story reference was made to the upper portion of , the house, on the ground, floor of which j he carried on his business. The rooms above had a separate en- ! trance through a side door, which had no communication with his shop, and j until now had been let to various ten- j ants more or less to be depended upon for the payment of their rent?generally less. It happened just as Mr. Deepdale and Walter, accompanied by Little Make- j Believe, returned to London from the ' country, that the whole of the upper ! part of Thomas Dexter's house was va- j cant, and actuated by a feeling the j roots of which he did not take the ; trouble to search for he proposed that j they should become his tenants at a very low rental. There was a sitting and a bed room for Little Make-Believe and Saranne, there were sufficient living rooms for j Mr. Deepdale and Walter, and he sug- ! gested that the sisters should perform certain household duties, for which they were to receive from him a small remuneration. To be continued. He Sorely Had the Blues. "What's the matter, old man?" he said, as they met the next morning after. "You look blue." . "I feel blue." "But last night you were the jolliest member of our party." "I felt jolly." "You acted like a boy just let out of school." "I felt like one." "You said that your wife had gone away for the first time in three years, and there wasn't anyone to say a word if you went home and kicked over the mantel clock." "I remember it." "You said that if you stayed out un-~ til four o'clock there was no one to look at you reproachfully, and sigh, and make you feel mean." "Yes,-and I stayed out until four o'clock, didn't I?" "You certainly did." "And I gave you a war-whoop on the front door-step." "Yes, and you sang a verse from a comic opera song, and tried to dance a clog." "Yes. and my wife missed that train. Now. please go away and let me alone."?Sunday Magazine. ObBidiiiu. Obsidian or volcanic glass, as it is sometimes called, is a stone of glasslike appearance find of volcanic origin. It is most abundant in Mexico, where it was extensively used by the Aztecs j in making mirrors, knives, razors, arrowheads, spearheads, etc. It is also found in limited quanti- ! ties west of the Rocky Mountains, but as yet 1ms never been discovered on the eastern side, although arrow- , heads made from it have been found j in Ohio, which must have been trans- ] ported by the aborigine at least 1500 ; miles. UDSiuian nas uum uiuik uuu smoky tints. It ccutains seventy-eight per cent, of silica, and is thus very ] hard and flint-like.?American' Nat- i urtfliet. Household t patters Dried Pea Soap. Boil dry peas until they cook up, then press tbem through a sieve. Add water and rich milk in equal quantities until it is the consistency desir#l. Season "with pepper and salt, and if a richer soup is wanted. add a little water. A larg^ quantity can he made, and it wiil keep for weeks, if the milk is not added. Oranc*" Crwii. Into a pint of boiling water mix two tablespoonfuls of arrowroot. Add a cupful of sugar and the juice of two lemons: boil five minutes and remove from the fire. Beat in thoroughly the yolks of two eggs, turn into a mould and when cold serve with the whites of the eggs beaten to a froth with four tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, and spread over it. { > ? Stuffed Flank Steak. Have your dealer reserve for you a nice thick flank steak without scoring it,- but instead have him make ;a pocket in it by splitting it through the centre to within an inch of the edge on the three sides. Fill the pocket with a meat stuffing or a bread stuffing made as for poultry, and sew the opening together. Sprinkle the meat with salt and pepper and roll in flour. Put some drippings into a baking pan, let it get hot, put in the meat and bake in a hot oven. After about ten minutes add a cupful of hot water, cover and cook in a slower oven from an hour to an hour and a half, basting frequently. Serve with the thickened gravy in the pan.?What to Eat. Arftncfl Cakfi. An orange layer cake can be prepared as follows: Beat to a cream the yolks of four eggs and a cupful of sugar. Add three-fourths of a cupful of sour cream and then one and three-fourths cupfuls of flour which has been sifted, with half a teaspoonful of soda, several times. Grate in enough of the yellow part of an orange to give the.cake a strong orange flavor. Bake in rather thick layers. When cool spread upon one sheet, or upon two, if there were three layers, a thick coating of orange pulp. Cover the top lpyer with an icing made with powdered sugar moisteffed with,orange juice and grated rind of on orange. A little lemon may also be added. Decorate with a few bits of candied orange peel. Place the cake aside until the icing has become firm and then serve. It will keep several days. Quince Cake. A good cake that can be used as a^ dessert IS me ionowing quiuce Laa.e, it is very rich: Fir6t make a simple sponge cake. Spread the cake in two even layers, each about half an inch thick. Let it bake slowly, so as to keep it tender and moist, until it is done. When cold spread each of the layers with quince jelly and cover one with whipped cream that has been stiffened with a little melted gelatine. The whipped cream may be flavored with quince by adding a tablespoonful of hot melted quince jelly to the soaked gelatine. When this cream'is spread on one cake lay it aside and spread on the other a meringue, and bake it slowly for about fifteen or twenty minutes, or until it is a light brown. The edges of the cake should be covered with the meringue so that it will not become dry in the oven., After the merinque has become cold pile the layer of the cake which is covered by it on top of the other layer containing the jelly and cream. This is an ornamental cake, auu juiv:tr iui ucooci i, oci t tu wiu v? ?* crystal platter. ItllNXS' FORL- THE 'iroUSETK EEPERj tpSssMs-s^ SfsgsPs^g. Unefni Hints. Brush pie crust with cream to insure rich brown color. A new method of blanching almonds is to soak them over night in cold water. Watch the nap in sweeping a carpet, in order to bring the design out to advantage. The milk of a beef loaf or farci can be replaced by tomato sauce or catsup for a change. Whip cream in a pitcher. It whips more quickly than in an open bowl with less spatter. Some babies are partial to warm water and others to coid; if one is refused try the other. A few drops of kerosene added to the starch makes ironing easier and lends a gloss to the linen. Roast a bird with the breast down the greater part of the time; the flesh will then remain more juicy. Outer leaves of lettuce, which are not attractive for salad, can be boiled or steamed and served as greens. Mayonnaise dressing is less tiresome to make when beaten with a rotary gg beater instead of stirred with a spoon. Plot water and soap generally remove grease spots. If fixed by long standing, use ether, chloroform or naphtha. Flies hate -the odor of lterosene, it is said, and if the outside of a screen door be rubbed with the oil, the opening of the door will not be followed by an inrush of the winged pests. Baking powder tins should not be recklessly thrown away. They are useful in a number of ways, as for example. moulding smail jellies, creams or rice desserts. The appearance of meat pie crusts, and in fact almost any pastry, is much improved by brushing with a mixture made by beating the yolk of an egg in two tablespoonfuls of milk. Perhaps it 5s not generally known that leftovers from a gelatine dish can be remoulded.. The jelly should be warmed just enougii to melt, Doured into a mould, and nlaced on ice. The city of Vienna has established a phyto-pathological institute for the study of the diseasee of plants. fflE SUNDAY SCHOOL .NTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR JUNE 18Snbject: The Heavenly Home. Rev. nil., 1-11?Golden Text. Kev. ill., 21-Memory Verges, 3-5? Commentary ou the Day's Lesson. 1. The heavenly state (vs. 1-5). 1. 'And." The first five verses complete 'he description of the new heaven and earth. The entire passage 21 ;1 to 22:5 should be read as one unbroken description. "He showed me" (R. V.) It was the angel interpreter of 21:9, -7, who "showed" John this wonderful vision. "Pure river." This is evidently a reference to the gardep of paraiise. and the river by which it was watered. "Water of life." This is a familiar scriptural image. Living, pure water is everywhere the type of blessing (Psa. 36:8; 46:4; 105:41; Joel 5:18; John 7:37-39). "Proceeding," etc. The supply is exhaustless. Here is an unfailing fulness of love, joy and peace. 2. "Street of it." This refers to the .lity described in the.preceding chapter. "Tree of * The symbol of oerpetual immortality. " The heavenly paradise, like the paradise in Eden, has its river and trep" of life. '. The tree )f life is' a favorite'image of Salomon's wisdom; the fruit of the righteous, the fulfilled desire, the wholesome tongue, ?ach is "a tree of liffe." What possibilities of blessing these figures shadow forth, who shall say? "Twelve manner of fruits." Rather, twelve fruit ages, or fruit harvests. The idea is not that there -were different species of fruits, but successive crops. "Leaves jf the tree." The very leaves, in their tc fadeless beauty, are a universal guar- gc antee that perfect health is the con- j( ! 3tant and everlasting blessing of the glorified state. "No more curse." As ^ there shall be no more sinning against God, so there shall be no more curse of e, God upon the people, for they shall be w all His servants and serve Him. 4. i., "Shall see His face." This is that w' "vision of God" of which theologians s1 aave much spoken, constituting the Vf highest glory of heaven. See 1 Cor. j,. 13:12; 1 John 3:2. "In their fore- J heads." Saints of God in this life often reflect the image of the heavenly n) In their countenances. ^ 5. "No night there." John in his (1( vision sees one eternal day. This is figurative language. Darkness is the a emblem of sin, sorrow, pain and death; ei none of these will be found in heaven. bl "Giveth them light" The divine glory ja oever dims. No revolving of the orb cl renders the opposite hemisphere dark. ]e Who can anticipate what honors God b] may have awaiting the saints. "For ?ver and ever." "Unto the ages of the ages." R. V., margin. "Unto eterni- w ties of eternities." fl II. God's sayings are true (vs. 6, 7). ? 3. "And." The visions which John saw are now ended. The remaining verses of the chapter are his epilogue. "He said." The interpreting angel (v. ^ : I) here reaffirms the words of God (21: .. ! 5). "These sayings." The utterances g j ind revelations of this book. "Of the spirits of the prophets" (It. V.) The K 3od who called and commissioned tne : prophets to reveal His -word. "Shortly g De done." There are many things in this book -which, if taken literally, would intimate that the prophecies ,v were to be fulfilled-in a short time af;er their delivery. This -would support b( :he idea that they referred to those times in which the apostle lived, and r to the disturbances which took place among the Jews and in the Roman empire. What they all mean, and when and how they are to be fulfilled, God _ in heaven alone knows! 7. "I come quickly." There is a difference of opinion as to what this coming refers: 1. Some think it refers to Christ's '' coming at the end of the world. 2. ? Others think it may refer to His coming in the gospel dispensation. 3. ? Christ comes to each of us at death, and in this sense His coming, at the * longest, will be soon. "Blessed." Blessing and woe are dependent on the I spirit in which the truths of this book * a-ranA on/1 nranfinorl J III. God only is to be worshiped (vs. , 3, 9). 8. "I John saw." The R. V. is 1 | better here. "John had placed his fr I Danie in the ti*!e of his book (chap. 1:4, | J), and now at the close he names him- 01 I self again, so that we might perfectly " | know that he, the Apostle John, had written this testimony as to the coming P.1 | af Jesus Christ." "I fell down." Over- f* 1 whelmed with wonder and reverence . I at the extraordinary revelations made 11 I to him, and filled with praise at the ! amazing blessedness God has prepared , for His children, John felt the impulse , ; Df worship, and it may be that Barnes | Is right in his suggestion that lie apos. tie "not improbably entertained some w suspicion that it was the Redeemer m Himself who had manifested Himself. There was the same attempt and refusal in chapter 19:10. This twice offered and refused worship is full of teach- A !ng. "Thy fellow servant." One bond Df serviee unites angels and men; to si i be servants of God is the highest title h j they can attain; worship is for God pi j alone. The words."worship God" are ? most emphatic; "to God give thy wor- P i Bhio. and not to me." * tl IV. In the future world character 1 ts fixed (vs. 10, 11). 10. "Seal not the s sayings." Isaiah (8:16; 30:8) and Dan- tl lei (8:26; 12:4, 9) were commanded to d seal up their prophecies. Their prophe- e: Dies related to far-distant times. John 6 was directed not to seal up his predic- li tions, but to leave them open so that a o persecuted church might have access . fi to them. 11. "He that is unjust." See R. V. The words contain that solemn lesson often taught in the Scriptures that we are fixing our own character n every day we live and that, if judg- C ment overtake us at the last, the result v will be traceable to no arbitrary de- f< tree, but to the manner in which, as tl moral beings, we met the conditions of si that moral system in which we have si been placed. a u Tree Grows Six Inches a Day. Catalpa prows at the rate of a third I of an inch in diameter a year on good fj soil. There are tine summer days jj when the sprouts on a stump of sturdy ], root-growtii will grow six inches in j, the twenty-four hours. You can see catalpa, you can hear it grow. a Secured Valuable Specimen. Major Powell Cotton, who is on an ! expedition from the Nile to Zambesi, ,f j has secured a skin of tho? northern white rhinoceros, of which only one I specimen has ever reached Europe. , I A Hugh Dredger. A dredger in use in San Francisco, Cal.. has a bucket so large that it takes s up twenty-five tons of mud at one SCOOP. -ft - ^ An Od?l Chick. Four legs and fifteen toes adorn a J chick hatched by a hen owned by Mrs. Lillie Bleiler, of Hereford, Pa. 1 _ Aluminium Horgeeliooi. Aluminium horseshoes have beer \ tested by tJie Russian Army. . : iu Inasmuch! 1 asked for alms! He flung a coin at me Contemptuously. Mot without sense of shame I stooped and picked it un. Does this fulfill The Master's will To give a cup Of water in His Name? I asked for bread! He handed out to me Indifferently A ticket for aoane food. Was this the way On that great day Christ stopped to feed The hungry multitude? When we shall wait. After this mortal strife, Eternal life, And to His presence go As suppliants indeed, Will it be thus He will on us In our great need His priceless gift bestow ?The Outlook Making a Chriitinn: Hi* Exercu?< EY AMOS R. WELLS. The editor of the Examiner has writn "A Word For Martha." Right outly he defends this representative ! the actiTe as over against the conmpl^tive Christian life. There is abilutely no reason for holding that >sus esteemed Mary above Martha, i the famous sentence, "Jesus loved arthn, and her sister, and Lazarus," ie is placed first, and Mary is not ;en named. When Lazarus died, it as Martha and not Mary that istened to meet Jesus. "Christian ork in the world needs the devout and udiousMelanchtbon, but not less the (bust and heroic Luther. The head mnot say to the feet, *1 have no need ' you.'" It is the fundamental weakness of iuch of our Christian life that we link and talk so much more than we j; our faith gets ahead of our works. There is an old ballad that tells how man wandered into a chamber full of ichanted knights, in complete armor, ut motionless. A sword and a horn y there, and the man was told to loose one or the other, if he would ad the array. He took the horn and lew a mighty blast; but the knights isappeared in an instant and he found imself back in common life with these ords ringing in his ears: .irsed is the coward that ever was born, Tie did not draw the sword before he blew the horn. To be sure, a Christian life without )eech is in absolute defiance of our ord's command, for we are to let out ?hts shine, and we are to confess lm before men. Also, a Christian fe without meditation will lack pur?se and direction. Who among earth's sroines labored more faithfully than lizabeth Fry? Yet during her last Iness she said "to her daughter, "I beeve I can truthfully say that, since ie age of seventeen, I have never aked from sleep, in sickness or in ?altb, by day or by night, without iy first waking thoughts being how might best serve the Lord." Our Christian Endeavor Society rec?nizes the necessity of quiet meditaon", and we have agreed to make it ir life rule to pray and read the Bible lily. It recognizes the duty of testitony, and by regular, pledged particiition in the prayer meeting we train jrselves to use our tongues for Christ, ut we have also & glorious system ol immittees, covering a widfe range of hristian activities, and the young En;avorers learn to do by doing?which the only way. Some societies have the thoroughsing custom of placing every member pon some committee. In any event, F the time the Endeavorer has been i the society for years, he has been ained in a wide variety of activities? i guiding business meetings, carrying l socials, raising missionary money, raducting committee work, bringing :hers to face their duty, leading rayer meetings, and the like?praccally all the kinds of work he will s called upon to do in the older poron of the church. Let every society bear in mind its mction as a training school. Do not low the committee to lag. Insist on gular reports. Learn and use tDe est methods. Employ all members [ake of each young Christian a workian that "needeth not to be ashamed." The Spirit's Tonch. Frances Ridley Havergal received an eolian harp with a letter of instrucon how to use it to make the best muic. She read it hastily and tried the arp with her lingers. It made only rdinary music. She read again the istructions and noted that she must lace the harp in the window and let .je breezes of God sweep its strings, his she at oiico did, and sweeter muic never floated on the air. O, let le Christian put his life in the winow of God's presence and let the enrgizing breezes of the Holy Spirit tveep his soul: then he makes his own ttle world vibrate with the music f God?the sweet notes of salvation rom God and service to man. A Lesson From the Firefly. Dr. Parkburst. in answer to the buss win's plea that lie Las no time foi hristian work, well says that God'* rork may be done while we are per irming our daily tasks. "The lighl tint is run up eu the masthead of ?i tea iner never has to stop in order to liine. A Christian ought to he like firefly, which lightens most when it i on the wing.*' The Mtllr W&y. Ecrs and young men ol'ten do evil tiings because they are dared to do bom or jeered if they don't. We P.UHI I lit* lilU' iiuiii unvv e;il to young uion with a challange s to whether it was not as manly fo" young man to seem to be as good s he was. -.is it was to aliov other f-ople iu think that lie was moro ricked than he was.?Christian Jleg>ter. Character is the only cash that is iivunf in hpaven A Cheaply Made Skirt. At a meeting of the Amalgamated ociety of Tailors, in London, a memer stated that she knew of a woman ho had made a cloth skirt?pleated, ibbed, trimmed with bands and but >ns?lor ya, uie s<tiu snu t uou., cketed in the shop window. "The est English Tailormade." ' A Large Crab. The biggest crab of which wo hare ay record has been caught in th? orth Sea. It measured two feet seven iches across. . - - ?. SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUTJB THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE, fl How John B. Gou*;h, tbe Greatest ofl Temperance Or*ton, Won H?arln|fl Before the Hostile Students of Oxfor<^H University?A Bright Ketort That Tolcfl John B. Gough, the famous advo-fl cate of temperance, went to Great Bri-H tain in compliance with numerous de-H mands from press and public. WhenH be appeared at Oxford the college stu-M dents undertook to hiss him off theS stage, so determined were they tha^H temperance {Should not be preached? there. After enduring their hisses andH cat-calls for about ten minute's lie star-^B tied them all by saying: "I can whijpH every one of you, one at a time." This statement was cheered, an<^| then the young men began calling on<fl of their chums to go up on the stagelH Soon Gough saw a young giant comingM toward him. As soon as he was in thoH centre of the stage Gough sbouicd^B "This is to be an intellectual battleHj and not a physical one. Go on witl^B your speech." This suited the college men, npd tbej^B began calling on their big fellow for ? speech. He responded by quoting th<fl| epistle to Timothy, in which Paul rec^l oinmenrts "a little wine for thv stom-^H ach's sake;" and from this he dedu<te< an argument in favor of the use o: wine. When he had finished Gougl faced the audience and said: "This it not an argument, but a farce. Here il a young English giant, 'weighing most 200 pounds, who has never beei sick in his life, who eats, five pound! of meat every day, and who can knocl down a bullock with a blow of his fist standing here and talking about tb< need of wine for his stomach's .sake You'll have to send me another man." The boys cheered Gough, and tb'ei yelled for another man?this time I senior and their ablest debater. H< went to the platform and called atten tion to the fact that Jesus turn<e< water into wine and advocated the us< of it. He delivered a speech whicjl met with the approval of his fellow collegians, and they cheered him rk peatedly. When be said he had fifa ished, Gough said: "This is j(yst the kind of argumetoMj that I came here to deliver, and waH delivering when you interrupted mdH You may drink all the wine you hold, provided it is made out of wate rBfi as that wine was." HI Cheer after cheer greeted Gough, an (HE he was permitted to go on with b lecture. He said afterward that thejM| gave him greater applnuse than he ha^H ever received from an audience oflH young men.?New York Tribune MagftH| zinc. Only Stralfht-Ltoed Men. Employes of the operating deparjH[ ment of the Alton road have beeM| given to understand that Instant dl^B missal will be the penalty of theiif b^H ing caught or seen in any questionabll^H place, or detected in any ques^nabl^B practice. The subject came up durin^H a conference which the managemeu^H recently had with a committee of cotHH ductors who complained of the di^H charge of some men who were caugbHR taking a drink in a dance hall. A re^H quest to reinstate the men met wit^H determined refusal, and the mnnagt^H ment took occasion to insist upon tl;H employes leading a rigid moral life. H| The Alton's rules forbid a man er^H gaged in tbe operation of trains t^H visit a race track, a dance hall, or aD^H resort where liquor is sold, or wber^K there is gambling or any immoral questionable practice permitted. Non|B of the officials in the operating deparfl| ment every carry intoxicating liquoiflH on their private cars when on Alto^D rails, nor do they enter saloons i^B townS along the Alton road. Hgflg "The Alton management,'' saiHfl George Charlton, general passengdM agent, "makes such rules, not becautSI they are trying to control the moraJMJ of men, but for the purpose of saf^H operation of trains. All the thin^^Q which are prohibited either tend to, c^H might tend, permanently or tempo^H I flriiTT tA imnsilr a man's mental an^H physical powers. , HH Ham Slays It* Million*. HE Matti Helemus, a member of tbe fai^H nlty of tbe University of Denmarl^H has made an exhaustive study of tl]^H statistics of alcoholism. He comput^^f that during tbe last thirty years seve^H and a half millions of people have bee^H victims of alcohol in Europe. Tb^H means that the drink demon has kilU^H more people in thirty years than ha:^B[ perisbed in all tbe wars of tbe nin^H teenth century. ' Liquor in tbe Home. yBfi The Boston Transcript quotes a nsw^H^ paper article which warns the Am^HB ican people that the drink habit is ' *-Yy A nlflooflC trhlAh MB creusju^ umujg LUC .. not frequent saloons, and that whisflH threatens to do for this country whIH absinthe has done for France. ProlH of this is furnished by statements ID the amount of advertising in reputatflM newspapers of liquor to be used homes. Jl Good of Heavy Penalties. 118! Illicit liquor selling would speedMM be stopped if all courts were as stri^H about applying the law as theone-^^| Huntington, W. Va., where a man been sentenced to $3000 fine or sev^Hn teen years in jail for sixty-nine offen^^B of this sort. This is one of the he(^^| iest penalties on record in a case B?R this kind. A Els Josae. KIN Last year S3.350.000 bushels'df^viBH went into the manufacture of drink. BaH ?Kt?- o rl fhof I CUIlYYl'ltTU J II lis UltUU uia I. >. u;u~? I would have supplied every family IBS the United States with 365 loaves? for each dny in the year. Not muchHBj an issue, is it? gffil Jemperance Note*. BBfiB Dr. Albert Brunner, in his annual ! port of the patients received in i!^H| j at the hospitals for tuberculosis HSw | Trieste, Austria, makes this state in | "Of 50C patients received durinp year, 371 were inebriates, 133 moderHU drinkers, and two total abstainers."'*? I Every province of the Dominion Canada steadily increases the rost^^H tiveness of its liquor laws. Nova $c(Hfl makes the obtaining of a liceuse^Ha difficult tb:>t there are only two co^^H ties in the whole province in which ~K.w? nn^mI4-frvH mm I Jiquor ir> [Jciumtvu. I CawUer City, Kansas, claims m^HK happily married people than any otHBB town of 1200 people in the Un^^H States. There have ho: n only thred^Hn vorce cases in fifteen years, and th^BHS were granted on the grounds of inc^BN| patibility. The absence of saloon^HH given as the reason for the happii^^^| of the community. ?BM It is significant of a growing1 puHBH sentiment against liquor drinking the use of intoxicants by railway ployes is being more and more stri^^H I forbidden by the railway compatfll^H One of the new rules promulgratec^B^H the New York Interborough CompH^B absolutely excludes from employ auv man who drinks mSHj