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IJ 4L r \V ^By WALTER |> I CHAPTER XV. 15 Continued. s ""I don't know. That is tlic thing ? [which will save me. I don't know k iwhere she is. Pretty ragged and a "down on her luck she looked when I ^ saw her. It was then that I found 11 y out the truth." e "Jem." said Harriet, in the direct q manner peculiar to her sex, "you are P tl-. > a scoundrel." * Her husband made no reply. IJ "You bave stolen all this trust e money. And as for the rest, we were 11 ?nly part inheritors.' "Don't be a fool. Harriet. It was ** for your sake. How else would you 11 have got that crimson velvet dress? Don't call names, but see if you can't help me out of this mess.' ^ "How are we to live, I want to know ?" "Lord knows! The first question is, ^ how will Tom take itV And how cau I put it to him':" "When- we go from here, where a - ?ajpre we to go? What are we to do? mj*?ou have deceived me again. You ^ : y^ftflBught to have told me everything. v-?rou oucht to have behaved honest to ^ lUi111*poor ^ir1, w^atever e^se ^ap? lBbned. I never thought that I should |pe able to call my husband " ^ W "Oh! well?if you choose to be a Vvixen, you may. Don't think, Harriet, a that I'm going to slave and worry on account of a she-devil If you've got aothing better to do than to show tern- b per?as if I wanted Tom to come k back?I shall?go and have my pipe ? pY * fcy myself." S It was a tame and impotent conclusion, but she turned upon him and looked so fierce that he collapsed. t( In the small hours of tile morning 13 James woke up suddenly. The blinds iwere up, and the moon was streaming 5" In at the windows. Harriet was stand- ^ lng at the window in her nightdress. s< w - "Harriet," he cried, "what are you P doing?" b "I've had a dream, Jem," she re- v plied. "A dreadful dream. I thought ^ that you were tried by the ^judge and arcii i iv tx iruiiwut jji'iauii iui ivuuaj, ? and I was left destitute. And I'd got 11 a knife in my hand"?she held up her d hand and showed a dagger which s< gleamed in the moonlight; it was only a little ornamental paper knife, but tl it flashed like steel?"and I was going to kill myself and have done with it. ff Xou were a convict working at Port- ^ " land, Jem." j1 "Come back to bed this instant!" he ir said, sternly. "You and your dreams? * come back and go to sleep." k She obeyed, and went to sleep again ** calmly and sweetly. But hor husband's teeth chattered, he trembled 01 and shook, because his action would, he was conscious, bear such a construction. And Tom was on his way home, doubtless having much wrath. ai > - tc CHAPTER XVI. Js Tom's Return. Tom did not cover the ground between Suakim nd London in the short- fr est time on record. The story of his captivity and escape of course reached n home before he did in scrappy fragments, which made everybody talk of fl the two prisoners. So that they were the men of the moment. It is a great ? thing in one's life to have been, if only for once. The Man of the Mofj ment; the honor is one which is be- f1 .stowed upon people variously distill* 11 guished, and may be shared with Mr. ^ Gladstone or with Charles Peace. But 111 Tom neglected his opportunity, and re- ^ fused even so much as to read a paper (l at the Royal Geographical. It was one morning at the beginning of November, about a fortnight after k that awful fog. that Tom arrived a't 1( Victoria. lie had sent telegrams from ^ Suakim. from Cairo, from P.rindisi, and from Paris, all addressed to Harley ^ House. Ho wcukl not burst upon the 11 poor girl without warning. She would 1' hear of his safety from the papers: she should hear of his return from his tele- a grams. Poor girl! Poor Katharine! iHis eyes tilled when he thought of her v trouble and sorrow on liis account. C( 'But now all the trouble was over. She " knew that he was safe. She was t( lappy again?poor, friendless Kath- 0 arine! Six o'clock in the morning, and Dot yet quite light. You can not call * at a liouse, even to see your sweet- ^ heart, who has supposed that you are c' dead, at six o'clock in the morning. ^ The lazy maids are not up at six in a London house; they are only turn% lug round in the sheets, uneasy be- C( cause they are possessed by that pleasant, teasing, winning, masterful, per- S( suasive, coaxing devil (I know not his P name) who haunts the bedrooms of a young people at times when they ought ^ to be getting up, and when the clocks 0 are striking with r. 11 their might, and v holds them as if Dy strong arms in ri bed, and weighs down their eyelids, ? and makes them helpless with sleep 0 as by enchantment, in so much that Xor the sake of another hour 'in bed thfi^ are ready to brave everything, even a month's notice. It is recorded 11 of a certain mediaeval housemaid?I " thing the story is the autobiography of Guibert de Nogent?that one day, under the malign influence of this C( devil, she actually sold her soul for one more hour's roll in the sheets. a This was dulv irranted to her. She is now punished?la-bas?bj* having no (< sheets at all to roll in. a Six o'ciuck in the morning. Tom put h his kit into a cab. and drove to a hotel, 11 the only place where a welcome awaits the r(*lurninLr traveler at six in the V morning. Then ho made up liis mind not to hurry thiiyrs. Katharine must f< Ifave time to got up. He would re- T strain himself and call at nine. He would have a tub aftT his long jour- si ney, get into a change of clothes, and g take breakfast first It was only eight o'clock when he nad quite fin- s' / 111 E X BESANT.^ < ? / ====== ill Tom pictured in his own mind the weet face of liis girl, and her lovely jres looking into liis once more?he new that they would be full of tears? nd her dear hands laid in his, He rfed to think what she would say, but e did not get beyond her face and her yes and her hands. Of these he was uite sure, and he clung to them. Halfast eight. He was opposite Harley louse. The door opened, and one of be residents came out. It was a girl mployed in a shop as cashier; her ours were from nine till eight. His eart began to beat violently. Suppose : had been Katharine! He would wait o longer. "Miss Capel, sir?" asked the girl, ,*lio was a newcomer. "There is no idy of that name here." This was the unexpected; tin's it was rhich threw him out altogether. For tiat Katharine should have gone away ras the last thing he expected. "She was staying here six months go." "Yes, sir. I've only been here ten ays." "Will you give me her present adress?" "I'll ask the matron, sir." She left him in the ball, and presentr the matron herself came to him. "Miss Capel left her three weeks go," she said. "My name is Addison." "Oh!" she said, "you were engaged to er, and you were killed In Egypt. I now now. Oh, sir, I am so sorry! :eeause I don't know where she is one to nor what she is doing." "Why did she leave?" "She left because she had no money > pay for her lodgings and could get o work. There was nothing but troule for that poor girl. First she lost ou. and it would have moved the eart of a stone to see her going about y heavy and sad. Then she lost her 1o/-iq InA then cho trior! nnrt trior! ut wliat^with its being summer time hen there is no work going, .and what ith the many poor young ladies every'here looking for work, she could find one. And so her money got lower nd lower and lower, and Oh, sir, on't look like that!?you'll find her imewhere." "Tell me all. Let me hear everyling." "She had a great friend here, another irl, named Lily Doran. They stood y each other, and shared their money s long as it lasted. Then one morn)g they went away together." "Where did they go?- They must ave had some place to take their lings." "They had no things. They had sold r pawned everything: their watches ent first and their clothes went last." "Oh,- Katharine!" "I would have kept them, but it is gainst the rules. .No one is allowed ) stay here a day after she is unable > pay her weekly bill. Harley House not a charitable institution." "Gone! "Where could she go?" "They must have gone to their 'iends and relations." "Katharine had* neither friends nor jlatlons." "Could she have gone to your iends?" i nave oniy one relation in juonuon. he may liave gone to him for help, he knew his address." "Go and inquire, sir. Don't be downearted. Young ladies don't get lost i London. She must be somewhere, ire me your address, so that if we oar anything?some of our ladies may ave heard of the two girls?I will innire and let you know." Tom turned sadly away. Katharine one and in great distress. Nobody new better than himself how frieml ss she was. She had no money left, he had. to go. Perhaps she had gone to his cousin, he more he thought of it the more kely this appeared to be." Jem had romised faithfully, in case of his path, to give her whatever was over fler the trust money was paid. But lie had no money. Therefore there as nothing loft over. As for his ousin, Tom knew very well that ho ad no money of his own. He walked > Westminster, where Jem had his ffiee: it was no use driving, because e would not be there before ten. rhen he got there he learned that em had removed to New Square. Lin oln's Inn?bis uncle Joseph's offices. Ie retraced his steps, and walked all 10 way back from Westminster. In bis uncle's office be found bis ousin. "Torn!" He sprang to his feet and ?ized both his hands, and laughed and rinned and made every possible demnstration of joy, winking bard with oth eyes at the same time. "Tom! kl man! welcome home! Welcome! I as about the only man who always L'fused to believe that you were killed, hake bandslaguin!,> He repeated the utfvard and visible signs of delight. I always refused. Why? Because ley never found your body; the body self is a piece of evidence that should ever be forgotten. And none the orse? Let me look at you. None ie worse, I believe." "No." said Tom, "none the worse, ex. E-pt for worry and anxiety." "Ah! you worried about not being Mr* fr\ nc^nno " "Well, one looked to bp speared every ay. ami one expected to pet sunstroke, ml one worried about the people at onie (and tbe food was pretty !>ad, 1 o can tell you), and there seemed nr liance of escape, and But there Hiere is KatharineV* "Yen mean-oh. yes?I had almost i>rgotlen?Miss Capel. I don't know, 'our IIow shoul.l IV" "I left her at Harley House, where he proposed rr> remain. But she has one. and left no address." "Why, bless my soul!" said Jem, uddenly recollecting:, "she called here -not long age?about four weeks, I HNi poor thing?none! It was no use telling her that I myself believed you to be alive, was it?" "Sbe called?bere? How did she look?" Torn asked, hoarsely. "She looked, as far as I can judge, very well, and very beautiful. In deep mourning, Tom* but very well and very beautiful." "Did she?did she seem in poverty or distress?" "I observed nothing." Jem shut his eyes and opened them several times rapidly. "She was not, to be sure, dressed for the park. But she said nothing about any other distress than her distress on your account." "Poor Katharine! Jem, yot' made a solemn promise before I went away?a solemn promise." "I did, old man, I did. If I had observed any sign of distress, if sbe had given me the least hint of trouble in that way, I would?I would have part ect witn my oouum uojiui u> icucvc her. I would indeed, Tom." "Thanks, Jem." Tom gave him his hand. "Then she said nothing about being in want?" "Nothing; not a word." "Yet it must have been about that time that she left Harley House." "Tom," said his cousin earnestly, "I hope you believe me when I say that I remembered that promise." "I am sure you did," said Tom. "I hare never forgotten it," he went ; on confidently. (This assertion, to be i sure, wag perfectly true. He had never j forgotton that promise.) "I assured i you that when the trust was paid I ' would look after her." "No; you would give all that was ' left, if there was any, to her." "Just so. I fully acknowledge the j promise. Well, Tom, tbe trust has not j been paid off. I have advertised every- j where for the heirs of Captain Henry j Willoughby, but have had no answer." j Perhaps be advertised in the dark \ arches of the Adelphi or in the tunneds j of the Metropolitan Railway, because ' those advertisements could never be , found in any of the ordinary channels. J "As for your uncle's estate, Tom, I n nf n moss and it ! 1UUUU 1L IU " ' " "* | will take another six months, I dare | say, to unravel it all and get a clear J statement of how you stand. But j there will be more left over than I ' thought at first. I can promise you > that. Tom. A good deal more. So much is certain." "Oh!" cried Tom, remember jng, "As for the heirs, I have made a discovery. Ob! a wonderful discovery." His cousin turned pale. ? ...* "What discovery, Tom?" "I have found the heiress. It Is none other than Katharine herself, .Tern; I ame sure of it. Oh! if I had known before I went away!" "Is it possible? Miss Capel herself?" ! "Her name is Willoughby. But where is she?" "I don't know. She can't very -well i be lost. Sbe must have seen the tele- j grams about your return?you've been j spread out fine and large for the last 1 week or so, old man?and she'll be sure to write to you or come to you. She , knows your address, of course." "She knows my old lodgings, and she knows the address of the paper." : "Don't worry about her, Tom. Go to ! the paper and report yourself. And \ you'll find a letter waiting for you." "I'll go at once." He rushed out of the office. An hour later he returned. "There's no letter, and I've been to the lodgings. No letter has been sent there, and nobody has called since you took away the books and things." "There are your books, Tom." He pointed to the shelves where they were arranged. "They are safe enough. But as for this young lady?it looks odd; but then, you see, lots of women never look at a paper at all, while there's others who'll read every word from beginning to end every day, and wish there was more?especially more law cases." "What shall we do, Jem?" "There's only one thing to be done. Advertise. Leave it to me." "I suppose I must," said Tom, unwillingly. "Leave it to me. I will soon find her j for you if she is above ground. And j uow, Tom, let us go back to that discovery of yours." "The heiress i^none other than Katb- i arine herself." j "So you told me before. How do you know, eh?" Tom briefly related tbe points?we know them already?which had led him : to connect Katharine with the Wil- ; loughby trust." "Strange!" said his cousin. "It seems plausible; it may be true." (To be continued.) Astigmatism. Nearly everyone's eyes are more or > less afflicted with astigmatism, says i Dr. G. M. Gould, a Philadelphia spec- ; ialist, and he uien proceeds to define ' this defect as follows: The front portion of the eye should j be round, or equally curved in all di- j reetions, like the central portion of the ' end of an egg. It is usually, however, | more or less inaccurate and shaped i approximately like tlie side of the egg. j That is, its vertical curve is not the i same as that drawn around the sur- j face horizontally. The image produced by such an eye j is not only blurred, but distorted, so that it is somewhat like that seen when looking into one of those freak museum mirrors which change a fat man into a giraffe like craature, or j vice virsa. The chief tause of this difference in the curves is the pressure of the upper lid on the eyeball. This is continuous anj, acting month after month at exactly the same point, finally results in "flattening out the eye e-dways." In order to correct the resulting defective vision .".11 that is necessary is to have fitted a pair of glasses which, by their "opposite wrongness"' outside, counteract the inward wrongness. ? New York CI lobe. Oxen as Kacers. Attempts are being made in France to train oxen for saddle riding, and several races* have lieen oragnized to test their capacity. They huve been trained not only as r.icers on "the flat," but also as successful jumpers. The bridle and saddle used are similar in general design to those for hunt. r . . > ? , > oeo?a?509oooeo#??8?scooe?o? o | Household Matters. | 0 I otttcetotcietttttictsisoo To Stnrch Ulnck or Dark lllup. Before making tlio starch, make the water very blue by adding bluing to it ] until it looks almost black in the disli. i Bluing made at home by dissolving | one package of blue dye for cot- | ton in a quart of boiling -water, is j excellent for this purpose, as it nevei | spots nor streaks. Make the starch as usual, and if there is enough biffing used it will be very dark Llue. This will not snow on eunor uaiK unit.- ui black goods, and will keep the black from getting a rusty !o:>k after several washings. Sncli colors look much better when ironed 011 the wrong side of the cloth.?R. E. Merryman, in Progressive Farmer. Wall-Paper* For Country Home*. In considering a room in relation to its lighting it is necessary to arrange the colors in the order of their warmth. In this classification the yellows, redbrowns, reds and olive greens fall under the warm tones, and blue, bluegreen purple and the neutral shades of the warm colors under the cold tones. The warmer colors, especially the yellows and browns, bring sunshine and light into a ropm. while the colder colors. the coldest of which is blue, may be depended upon to soften too brilliant a glare. Red, although a warm color, is inclined to absorb light, so that although very rich and warm in sunlight or even in artificial light, it makes a room seem dark, even gloomy in ordinary daylight. This twofold quality makes it a very difficult color to handle. A high room allows of a frieze, upper third treatment, or drop-ceiling, while a low room is very much improved by an indication of vertical lines in a design or by an arrangement of vertical panels. The ceiling may bo lowered in appearnnce by being tinted or papered, but if it is papered it is better to use a plain color rather than a design.?Harper's Bazar. Well to Kdott. "If more women knew bow quickly and thoroughly coal oil acts as a cleaning agent there would be fewer tired backs and aching bones on cleaning day," said a little woman, whose apartment is always as fleckless as the streets of a certain town celebrated for its immaculate condition. "Ever since the hint was given to me by a practical friend, a fifty-years' housekeeper," she continued, "I've been learning to use the oil for more and more purposes each week?in fact. 1 am a coal oil crank. I wipe up my stained wood floors with a rag moistened with the oil, and find that in addition to removing every scrap of dust, it darkens the boards a little every time, which is a desideratum in my case, as the floor is soft wood and wears easily. "All the woodwork I wipe with another rag on which I sprinkle a few drops of oil. Anything of porcelain, like a batli tub. it cleans most beauti fully; also tne oam room, wasu siaim and closet, only taking the precautions of changing your cloths. The wail back of my range I painted (lqep red. When it becomes greasy and dusty I find that the oiled cloth makes a splendid cleanser, although I confess 1 tried it in the first instance "witli fear and trembling-"?Hartford Post. Xfflcirrey Bombay Toast?Melt one ounce ol butter, add two well beaten eggs, one teaspoonful of finely chopped cooked lean ham, one teaspoonful of chopped parsley, salt, pepper and cayenne to taste. Stir over a slow tire till the eggs begin to set, then spread the mix ture on nieces of hot buttered toast. Yorkshire Cake?Make a good biscuit dough with baking powder and pat out iu large cake about half an inch thick and place on a >vell-greased griddle. Cover with a pan, place over a moderate fire and bake about teu minutes; then turn and liake ten minutes on tlic other side. Split open and butter while hot and serve. Cheese Fritters?Cheese fritters can be concocted with a chafing dish, and they are very toothsome to any cheese lover. Mix four tablespoons of Parmesan cheese with two tablespoons of stale bread crumbs. Beat four eggs well and add the first mixture. Season with salt and paprica. Drop from tip ol' spoon in small cakes on a hot, buttered blazer. Brown 011 one side, I then turn and brown on the other side.. Walnut Pudding? Half a pound of j shelled walnuts, one-quarter pound 1 baked bread crumbs, one quart milk. | seasoning. Tass the nuts through a j nut mill, mix the nutmeal and the | bread crumbs in equal proportions and ! add sufficient of the milk to make a I soft mixture: a dessert spoonful of the j best oil, a little salt; a little finely chopped onion or celery may lie added. Fut in a dish and bake in a moderate oven until firm and of a rich brown color. Fruit Salad?Half a tin pineapple j chunks, four oranges, four ripe bananas, two lemons, two ounces nutmeal. 1 - ? .1,. rs,f ,.11 *1,0 I a iru (iiiuuuu^. ?in uiv | small, grate a little of the J!nd of the lemons, ehc*o the almonds aiul mix all i together with quarter of a pint of water (excepting the nutmealj, ami al- I low to stand for six hours in a coo! j place. Add caster sugar according t<? j need before serving, sprinkle over it i the nutmeal and garnish with crystal- j lized cherries and cream. Nut Samlwich?Barcelonas, Brazils, I walnuts or almonds put through a nut j mill. Put the nutmeal between thin ! slices of bread and butter and cut iuto sandwich shape. If a little orange flower honey be mixed with the nutmeal, or if cracknel biscuits be used instead of bread, a very dainty sweet sandwich is obtained. If preferred, a little salt may be mixed with the nutmeal, and a little mustard spread on the buttered bread, and a sprig of (watercress Dut each sandwich. THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. A. Startling Keqae*t?Petition Which ? PiilladelphiH Suloonlieepor Sent to the Judge* of the License Court?Terrible Consequence* of Doctorei! Liquor. A few days ago a Philadelphia saI loonkeeper startled the judges of the License Court by pi" iting the folj lowing petition: Your petitioner respectfully repre eents that be is a licensed liquor dealer, having been granted a wholesale iiquor license. The license fee was not paid by your petitioner, and the rent and expenses incident to the titting up of the place and conduct of the business have all been paid by a Arm who have had sole charge and managenient of the business and have received the profits and paid all the bills and expenses. The liquor trade has so degenerated that it is almost impossible to purchase pure liquors, and it is a crime to furnish cologne spirits and fusel oil to a man or a woman who asks for whisky, and yet it is done. I can no longer permit my name to be connected with a business which distributes such poisonous potions, as there can be no doubl that many of the cases where men and women have been found dead have come to their death through patroniz jng saloons selling the vile concoctions under the guise of liquor. Again. I further object to having my name connected with a business which takes from human beings nol only their money, but their will powei and their reason, and leaves them aliandoned or ruined wrecks for all time and eternity. I further object to being a party to a business which causes so much suffer ing and misery in the homes of this my. Jl IS II J.UCL \> miMi uiusi uc i?ivcias verity that more crimes are trace able to the rum business and more sorrowing, heartbroken wives and chiJdren. mothers and fathers are due to vile drinks than to any or all othei causes. Your said petitioner, therefore, prays that the said liquor license granted tc him for the year beginning June 1 1005, be revoked. Your petitioner's sense of justice and common honestj and his conscience will not permit liin: to longer be a party to a business sc surrounded with trouble, deception anc corruption. My experience with fbe said business has presented to me so many views ol the terrible consequents of the doctored liquor so largely dispensed ir Philadelphia that I now am fully decided and determined to obey the die tates of my conscience and tbe appeals of luy good old mother and try to make a living In a business not so intimatelj connected with the ruin of all that is ^ood and ;)ure in human life and its re lations.?Matthew M. Farrel. A Typical Case. The Walkerton Journal, Canada commenting upon certain legal pro oeedings in the neighborhood, has th< following reference to the parties ir the case: Mrs. Dowd is still in the asylum, bul her husband. Maurice Dowd, who was serving a semence in iue i^euiriw rn son for vagrancy at the time of the trial, is now in the enjoyment of his liberty, and left for ^he Northwest a few weeks ago. Ten or twelve years ago Maurice Dowd was one of the most prosperous and respected farmers of Arthui Township, but in an evil day for him self and his family he disposed of his tine farm and entered upon the careei of a liote!keeper at Arthur village Soon he fell into drinking himself, and in a few years had become a hopeless drunkard. Prom Arthur he drifted tc Fergus, and thence toTeeswater, where his course as liotelkeeper was wounO up last year. There are six or seven small chil dren, who have been living with rela tives since the mother became insane through the wild career of her husband Dowd's experience in hotelkeeping is a touching object lesson in temperance, He was worth $15,000 or $20,000 on the farm, but to-day he is financial!} worthless, his children are dependent upon friends, his wife is in an asylum I and he himself a wanderer in the West I>efn*?B to Tnke in Llqaor Men. The Vega Society, which is the lead' itipr Swedish organization in New Brit: ain, has taken an important step. II I has changed its regulations so that iu | the future it will not admit to member ship any one in the liquor business, I This means bartenders and other emj ployes, as well as saloonkeepers. The I reason for the ac-tiou is that the society, | which is a sick benefit organization, | has been put to a heavy burden by j members who have been in the liquor ! business and have broken down in ! health. It has necessitated a constant drain on the treasury to pay them benj elits.?Hartford Couraut. Liquor Candles. I As the result of investigations made j by the Custom Hoiy>e officers of New | York it appears that large importations I of foreign candies containing cordials, j wines and even whiskies are coming I into New York, and the duty on liquors is thus being evaded. An examination of the tariff law shows that there is no provision covering the combination | candy liquor. The revenue laws alike fail of a remedy, being without regulating powers. The attention of the local Health Board has been called to I this defect, and the facts laid before j Dr. H. W. Wiley, chief of the Bureau of Chemistry in the Department of I Agriculture, Washington. Jlori Polite. Denaturized alcohol will poison you right off. Tbe other kind is more polite, but it is largely a distinction without a difference.?Minneapolis Journal. Temperance >'ote*. If yon wisu to Keep oiu 01 uem out of the saloon. The way to prevent drunkenness is to destroy the cause. Public sentiment, if it become strong enough, can crush the saloon. Liquor dealers have recognized this fact by uniting in self-defense. Kvcry true patriot will hit the drink evil whenever lie gets a chance. If we had a million tongues, we would cry: "Save the children from the j curse'of alcohol." When the churches tackle the drink problem in real earnest it will soon ! liutl a solution. i Drinking whisky never helped a man on the road to heaven, nor added to the comforts of his home. Men are drunkards because boys are tempted to drink. Are you satisfied that temperance work is (bid's .vork? Then go ahead and do it, leaving the result to Mini. No tolerance of the ruiu fiend or any (if his agents. As good .-itizeus you can do better work by helping to ileplete the prisons than bj paying taxes to enlarge tlieui. . ^ . ,r.?; >.V->r' A MODERN PSALM. L. F. EAEKAH. Almighty Lord! how excellent is Thy Name in all the earth! Thou fillest the world with the glories ol Morning and the splendors of evening, i Thou paintest the radiance of Bky and Landscape, of the flower and sparkling dew. 1 Thou dost clothe the hills with verdure, I and the Rivers with silver and blue and gold. Thou fillest the evening with fleece ol clouds. Thy censers swing in the far-off spates, And Thy stars light up the dome of night. 1 Oh, bow excellent is Thy Name in Beauty! Infinite Reason! how excellent is Thy Name in all the earth! | Thou are the Mind and Thought of the aeons. Thou givest Thy thoughts to man, who tninketh : Them over after Thee. I Thou dost put wisdom in the hidden parts, i The intelligence of the world is inspired By Thy Presence and Reason. ! Life is an open book to Thy aJI-seeing Jiye. I Thou knowest the thoughts of man per| feetly. ! ' Oh, how excellent art Thou in Wisdom! 1 . , I Almighty Power! how excellent is Thy Name in all the earth! JI / , | Thou didst lay the strong foundations of 11 the world. I Thou didst plant the everlasting hills, i \ The deep sea Thou holdest in Thy Hand. Thou jjuidest the stars in their courses, ! And girdest the earth with Thy power, i Thy clouds move across the face of the I world. j And Thy lightnings flame in the fax-off I skies. ' i Thou dost break the heavy bonds of win! ter, ' And quench the thirsty drought of summer. , j Ob, how excellent is Thy Name in Power! i Eternal Love! how excellent is Thy 1 i Name in all the earth! I ' { Thou lovest man with an everlasting love, I Thou dost set him high in Thy favor. > ; | Thou fillest his days with joy and hia II nights j With peace. ! According to Thy riches in Glory ; | Thou dost supply his needs. His cup runneth Over. Thy mercy and loving kindness i Are his shield and strength. His life is in | Thy , Hand, and his soul is Thy special care. . Ob, bow excellent art Thou in Love! ?Christian Register i j The Pow? of the Will. I John, vii., 17: "If any man willeth." We are in danger to-day of overlooking the power of tbe individual will. We are just now fascinated by ag': gregations, consolidations and 'federa| tions. Tbe individual becomes less and ! I less, the corporation and tbe union be'; come more and more. We explain life ' by reference to heredity, a complex of forces in the blood; or to environment, 1 , a complex of forces known as society. | 1 We use these words until they take the snap out of us, and we sink down ! feeling that we are victims of forces 1 . which cannot be controlled, mere pup: I pets manipulated by powers which are | i irresistible. How frequently we talk ;: about our dispositions a,nd our circum| stances, our "nature" and our "fate," ' ; and how seldom we think about the , possibilities of our will! In this day, when much is said .of j' great world powers, it is well to remind j ourselves that the greatest of all these 1 powers is that of the human will. It ( j is a memorable day when the little j f child says for the first time "I will!" | or "I will not!" The mother's heart i is awed by it. The child has sometimes felt and sometimes thought, but , now his personality for the first time stands erect and registers itself in n J decision. A new will has been introduced into | the home, and the home will never be ; quite tbe same again. It will be bet; ter or worse. The danger and glory of | home life lies in the play and interplay of free and independent wills. The world is changed by the action of human wills. What is a great man but a human will incarnate? The i leaders and conquerors and redeemers ' 1 of history have all been men of gigantic tenacity of will. They made certain ' choices, decided that definite things i should come to pass, and the stream ' 1 of history was thereupon turned into j, a new channel. ! j We are amazed at the prodigious ' force of radium, an ounce of which is ; able, science says, to lift ten thousand , j tons of water a mile; but what is the force of radium compared with the ! power of a soul? Has not Washington ' lifted a republic, and John Wesley a kingdom, and Martin Luther half a continent; and is not Jesus of Nazareth lifting the world? ! What great men have done they have j done through their wills, and whatever ! we shall accomplish must flow from j j tbe decisive acts of our own soul. We ; create our owu workl. We choose our food, our books and companions. We j do more tliou this. We choose our . thoughts and our feelings, our mem! ories and our hopes. By deciding the j kind of thoughts we will entertain and ; the sort of feelings we will feed and j cherish we determine our disposition j and character and the whole tone and tendency of our life. I No matter what our innate tendencies may be we can curb them if we will. And no matter how turbulent and adverse our circumstances, we can conquer thom by the forthputting of the energies of the soul.?Charles E. TcfTerson. Pastor Broadway Taberuacle i Church. New York City, in tbe Sunday j Herald. I Think About the FJrit Thing FJrit. Keep religion in its place, and it will lake you straight through life and straight to your Father in Heaven when life is over. Religion out of its place in a human life is the most miserable tiling in the world. There is uothng that requires so much to be kept II its place as rcligijn, and its place is a hat? Second? Third??"First!" First iic kingdom or uou; -u;iKe u so iijui will be natural for you to think [ bout that tlie very first thing.?Druru011(1. I'abj* Like n t;naiiip|eon. Dos Moines, Iowa, has a curiosity in a baby who changes color three times in every twenty-four hours. It is*Ell Kami, the fourteen-mouths'-olil son 'if Count Aiitlto, who marnetl an American girl in Quincy. 111., tliree yours ago. It is tlie tirsi: baby of Hindoo parentage ever born in America. Wliea the little fellow awakens at sunrise he is a prettj" pink fair complexioned boy: at noon he changes color and within an hour he is of the dark ginger color of his princely ancestor. At night he becomes an alabaster white. The mixture or blood Is said to be accountable, x.|5 THE SUNDAY " SCHOOL] I " m INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS^ FOR JUNE 24. ? ,' si Iterlew of the Second Quarter ? Read 1'aalm xctII. ? GoMen Text: John vll., 4G?Topic: Some Great Sayings of J?sn? and Their Leaion*? Summaries A Lesson I. Topic: Counsels in character building. Place: The "Horns ofl ! Hattin," near the centre of the west) coast of the Sea of Galilee. This leason is a part of Christ's Sermon on the Mount. Men are known by their fruits; m $ good trees bring forth good fruit; cor-! r, *1 rupt trees bring forth corrupt fruit; aI profession of godliness Is not sufficient] II. Topic: The Lord's day. Place: In and near Capernaum. While Jesus and His disciples were walking tbroughj a field of grain on the Sabbath day the disciples plucked the grain and ate It to satisfy their hunger; the Phariseest fouud fault; Jesus justified their course ? J by referring to David's act in eating the shew-bread, and to the priests who* were obliged to work on the Sabbath; ; He healed a man with a withered/ A hand; they would lift a sheep out of a' pit on the Sabbath day, and a man is better than a sheep. III. Topic: A great faith and a great Helper. Places: Capernaum; Nain.: This miracle was performed soon after, the Sermon on the Mount. A slctc slave; the elders sent; the centurion's good deeds urged;.Jesus went wittt y\.| them; friends are sent, and the centur- % Ion goes himself, to meet Jesus; he says, I am not worthy, trouble not yourself, speak the word only; Jesus isays this is great faith, not found in! T???nAi. nuf/i wrnnorhf at nnpp Ai! '' r, xaiuei, iuc v.uic ?*v vuw. ?Nain He met a funeral procession; a young man raised from the dead; fear ' j fell on the people. ; IV. Topic: Jesus the sinner's friendJ Place: In some town ol Galilee, per- - - -S ,haps in Capernaum. Simon, a Pharf-w 'M see, invited Je?us to dine; a woman?a' # sinner, came in and washed, wiped,1 ^ kissed and anointed His feet Simott V* had failed to perform the commoul acts of hospitality, and Jesus now calls v his attention to his coldness and lack "y_ of love; reproves him for being dis- . -J pleased with the woman; a parable; a* ,1i question; a woman forgiven, ! V. Topic: How to hear the word. S Place: Near Capernaum, on the shore r of the Sea of Galilee. Jesus left Pe- ; ^ ter's house and the multitudes followed Him; spoke many things in parables;; this was His first one; four kinds of< ground represent four classes of people; many things caused unfruitful- .. 3 ness. We can. by God's help, cause the soil of our hearts to be changed. J tM VI. Topic: Problems of good ana' t evil in the world. Place: Near Caper- ' \ naum, on the shorp of the Sea of Gall- v. ': lee. Jesus speaks another parable.: Good seed is sown, but an enemy, sowed tares. Both must stow togeth-'. t; er until the harvest. Jesus explains' the parable in vs. 37-33. At the end of, ,; the world those who "do iniquity" will be cast into a furnace of fire, but the righteous will "shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father." y VII. Topic: Great facts respecting -'j salvation. Place: On the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee. After Jesus had1' concluded "the parables by the sea,"< He crossed over the Sea of Galilee to the eastern shore. Here a fierce demo-! v niac met Him. When he saw Jesus he ran and worshiped Him; Jesus commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man; the demons entered into ai herd of swine; the swine perished Inr the sea; the people besought Jesus to depart out of their coasts. j VIII. Topic: Lessons from the death of John the Baptist. Place: The fortress Maeherus. The death of John occurred about the time the twelve returned. Herod Antipas was ruleJ of Galilee and Perea. When he heard of the mighty works of Christ he said' John is risen. John had rebuked sin in high places. "*$ IX. Topic: The great gospel feast, TMonr Ttethsaidfl. God can sup ply bread where it is least likely to be' found. Five thousand are fed, besides women and children; twelve baskets of fragments gathered. After performing this wonderful miracle the peoplft were about to make Jesus a king, but: He would not permit it. That night He prayed nearly all night on thej mountain alone, and between 3 and & o'clock went to His disciples, walking on the waves. X. Topic: Bringing the unsaved to,' Christ Place: On the borders of Phoenicia. Sermons on the bread of life and pollution, just delivered; the people plot against Him; Jesus arid Hi? I disciples go to the borders of Phoeni-' cia: a Gentile woman beseeches Him toj cast the devil out of her daughter; Jesus replies that it is not proper ta give the children's bread to dogs; sho asks for the crumbs; severe tests do not discourage her; Jesus commends \ her faith: her request is granted and her daughter is healed. > XI. Topic: Confessing Christ. Place:, Near Caesarea Philippi. Jesus asked1 His disciples who men said He was; some said John the Baptist, and others jElijab, Jeremiah orone of the prophets.<<\. . Who do you say I am? Peter says, the Clirist. Jesus blessed Peter: man had1 not revealed it, but the Father had; - \ Christ is the foundation rock: gates ofl " ? *1 tt:^- ,9 i nacies soaii not prevail a^amsi church; the keys of the kingdom of heaven given; Christ tells of His death; j Teter rebukes Him; get thee behind! Me, Satan; saving and losing the life] no profit to gain the whole world and lose tlio soul. ,v XII. Topic: Lessons of the transfigI tiratiott. Flftce; Mount Hermou. Peter, James and John go with Jesus } into the mount to pray. As Jesus prays He is transfigured; Moses and Elijah ' > appear; converse regarding His departure from the world; the disciples, fully awake, see Jesus and the two men lu1 their glory; enter in a cloud; hear ai voice; Jesus commended; alone with; Jesus. Forecasting Earthquake*. That it is possible to reduce earthquakes and volcanoes to the level of ordinary risks for insurance and to save numberless human lives bv a svste- I ma tic scientific study of earth physics is the opinion of Professor Thomas A .lag^nr, Jr., the Harvard geologist, who has just returned from Italy. Ai ' a means of forecasting earthquakes, Professor Jnggar said lie would like to see at Harvard an endowed laboratory for the study of earth movements, witb _ a view to the protection of human life. 'u Tlieli I.lcen?e No Terror. When Chicago recently increased the saloon license fee from $500 to $1000 a year, it was expected that 2000 of the TiiOO saloons in the city would go out of business. City Collector Traeger estimates that not more than 500 saloons have quit. He estimates that 7100 saloons are doing business in the city, und that of this total 2700 barrooms are operating without licenses. _ Heavy Canal Tolls. The cost to the United States of the transit of the drydork Admiral Dewey, through the Suez Canal was estimated by a correspondent of the Times Engi- B neering Supplement at $100,000. . J fl v.