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maiwa's ?? Ol ALLAN QUATERMAIN'S C By r H. RIDEI Author of She,' "King CHAPTER 3. 2 1 , Continued. "I have just breakfasted, and I bad os soon spcud tbe day here as anywhere else. "Now, if you or any of those men waik oDe step back from here and toward the coast I shall tire at you and you know 1 don't miss." The man fingered the spear he was carrying?luckily all the guns were stackpd^.against the tree?and then turned a-s though to walk away, the others keeping their eyes fixed upon iiim all the while. I rose nnd covered him with the rifle, iind though lie liept up a brave appearsince of unconcern, I saw that he was glancing nervously at me all the time. When he had gone about twenty yards I spoke very quietly. "Now, Gobo,"' 1 said, 'come bach or I shall fire." Of course, this was taking a very high hand. I had no real right to kill Gobo or anybody else because he objected to Tunning the risk of death by entering the territory of a hostile chief. But I felt that if I wished to keep up my authority it was absolutely necessary that I should push matters to <he last extremity short of actually shooting him. And I stood there, looking as nerce as a lion, and keeping the sight of my rifle in a dead line for Gobi's rib* Then Gobo, feeling that the situation rwas getting strained, gave in. "Don't shoot, boss," be shonted, throwing up bis band; "I will come with you." "I thought yon -would," T answered, quietly. "You see, fate "walks about outside [Wambe's country as -well as in it." After that I bad no more trouble, for Gobo was the ringleader, and -when he collapsed the others collapsed also. Harmony being thus restored, we irossed the line, and on the following morning I began shooting in good earnest. \ " CHAPTER IT. 'A MORNING'S SPORT. Moving some five or six miles round the base of the^great peak of which I liave spoken, we came the same day to jsne -of the fairest bits of African ?conntry that I have.-seen outside of Kukuanaland. At this spot the mountain tjpur that runs out at right angles to the great range, which stretches its mighty cloud-clad length north and south far as the eye can reach, sweeps inward . with a vast anil splendid curve. This curve measures some five and thirty miles from point to point, and across its moon-like segment the river flashed, a silver line of light. On the farther side of the river is a measureless sea of dwelling ground, a mighty natural park covered -with great patches of busb, some of them being many square miles in extent, rwhicfc are separated one from another by glades of grass land, broken here and there with clnmps of tembor trees, and in some instances by curious isolated kopnies, and even by single crags of granite, that start op into'ffte' .air as though, they were monuments carved by man, and not tombstones set toy nature over the grave of ages gone. On the west this beautiful plain is bordered by the lonely mountaiD, from the edge of which it Tolls down toward the feverish coast, but how far it runs to the north I cannot say?eight days' journey, according to the natives, when it is lost in the measureless swamp On the hither side of tbe river the ocenery is different. Along the edge of its banks, where the land is flat, are green patches of ?wamp. Then comes a wide belt of beautiful grass land, covered thick with game, and sloping up very gently to the borders of the forest, which, beginning at about a thousand feet above the level tv!oin /^lAihcc tho nto in vairla almost to its crest. In "Aiis forest prow great trees, most f them of the yellow wood species. < Some of these trees are so lofty that a bird in their top branches would be out of range of an ordinary shotgun. Another peculiar thing about them is that they are, for the most part, <*ov' ered with a dense growth of the ochella moss. Out of this moss the nativps manufacture a most excellent deep purple dye, with which they stain tanned Jhides, and also cloth when they happen to get any of the latter. 1 do not think I ever saw anything more remarkable than the appearance of one of these mighty trees festooned from top to bottom with trailing iwreatha of the sad-hued moss, in which the wind; whispers gently as it stirs them. At a distance it looks like the gray locks of ? Titan crowned with bright green leaves, and here and there starred with the rich fjloom of orchids. The night of that day when ] had my little difference of opinion with Gobo we camped upon the edge of this great forest, and on the following morning at daylight I started out shooting. As we were short of meat I determined to kill a buffalo, of which there were plenty about, before looking Jor traces of elephants. Not more than half a mile from camp we came across a trail like-n cart-road,, evidently made by a great herd of buffalo which had passed up at dawn from their feeding ground in the (mashes to spend the day in the cool air of the uplands. Thi9 trail I followed boldly, for such .wind as there was blew straight down the mountain side?that is. from the direction in which the buffalo had gone ?to me. About n miie farther on tbe (orest began to get dense, and tbe nature of the trail showed me that J must be close to my game. AupiJjsr two hundred j.|rdF, acd the j U& ' ..... ... ^ ? REVENGE R : . <? SREATEST ADVENTURE. rrrr' * HAGGARD. Solomon's Mines," Et<\ bush was so thick that had it not been for the trail we could scarcely have got through it. As it was, Gobo, who carried ray eight-bore rifle (for I had the .570 express in my hand), and the other two men whom I had taken with me, showed the very strongest dislike to going any farther, pointing out that there was "no room to run away." I told them that they need not come unless they liked, but -that I was certainly going on. and then, growing ashamed, they came. Another fifty yards, and the trail opened into a little glade. I knelt down and peeped and peered, 'but no buffalo could 1 see. Evidently the herd had broken up here?1 knew that from the spoor?and peiieu'uieu uiu ujjjjusjiv uuan iu niuv troops. 1 crossed tbe glade, ami choosing one line of spoor followed it for some sixty yards, when it became clear to rue that I "was surrounded by buffalo, and yet so dense'"was tbe cover that I could not see one. A few yards to my left I eonld hear one rubbing its horns against a tree, while from my right came an occasional low, throaty grunt which told me that 1 was uncomfortably near an old bull. I crept on toward him with my heart in my mouth, as gently as though I were walking upon eggs for a bet, lifting every^little bit of wood in my path and placing it behind me, lest it should crack and warn the game. ,, Behind me, in single file, came my three retainers, nnd 1 don't know which of them looked tlie most fricrhtened. Presently Gobo touched my leg. I looked round, and saw him pointing slantwise toward tlie left. I lifted my head n little .and peered over a mass of creepers. Beyond the creepers was a dense bush of sharp-pointed aloes, of that kind of which the leaves project laterally, and on the other side of the aloes, not fifteeu paces from us. I made out the horns, neck and the ridge of the back of a tremendous old bull. I took my eight bore, and, getting on my knee, prepared to shoot him through the neck, taking my chance of cutting his spine. I had already covered him, as well as the aloe leaves would allow, when he gave a kind of sigh and lay down. I looked round in dismay. What was to be done now? 1 could not see to shoot him lying downk even if my bullet would have pierced the intervening aloes, which was doubtful, and if 1 stood up lie would either run away or charge me. 1 reflected, and came to the conclusion that the only thing to do was to lie down also, for I did not fancy wandering after other buffalo in that dense bush. If a buffalo lies down it is clear that he must get up again some time; so it was only a case of patience?"fighting the fight of sit down," as the Zulus say. Accordingly I sat down and lighted a pipe, thinking Ibat the smell of it might reach the buffalo and make him gel: up. But. the wind was the wrong way, and it did not so when it was done I lighted another. Afterward I had causc to regret that pipe. Well, we squatted like this for between half and three-quarters of an honr, till at last I began to grow heartily sick of the performance. It was about as dull a business as the last, hour of a comic opera. I could hear buffalo snorting and moving all round, nud see the redbeaked tie birds flying up off their backs with a kind of hiss something like that of an English missel-thrush, but 1 could not see a single buffalo. As for my old bull, 1 think he must have slept the- sleep of the just, for be never even stirred. .lust as I was making up my minu that something must be doue to save the situation, my attention was attracted by a curious grinding noise. At first I thought, that it must be a buffalo chewing the cud, but was obliged to abandon tbe idea because the noise was too loud. I shifted myself round and stared through the cracks in the bush in the direction whence the sound seemed to come, and once I thought that 1 saw something gray moving about fifty yards off, but could nol make certain. Although the grinding noise still continued. ] could see nothing more, so 1 gave up thinking about it, and once again turned my attention to the buffalo. Presently, however, something happened. Suddenly front about forty yards away there came a tremendous snorting sound, more like that made by au engine getting a heavy train under way than anything else in the world. "By Jove!" I thought, turning round in the direction froui which the grinding .sound liad corne, "that must be a rhinoceros, aud iie has got our wind." For, as you fellows know, there is no mistaking the sound made by a rhinoceros when he gets wind of you. Another second and there was the most tremendous crashing noise. Before 1 could think what to do, before I could even get up, tbe bush behind me seemed to burst asunder, and there appeared, not eight yards from us, the great horn and wicked twinkling eye of a huge charging rhinoceros. He had winded us or my pipe, 1 do not know which, and after the fashion of these brutes, had charged iip the scent. I could not rise. I could not even get the gun up?I had not time. All that 1 was able to do was to roll over as far out of the monster's path as the bush would allow. Another second and he was over me, his great bulk lowering above me like ;> mountain, and, upon my word, i could not get his smell cut of my nostril? for ;i week. Circumstances impressed it upon my memory?at least, I suppose so. His hot breath blow upon my facc, one of his front feet just missed my head, and his liiud one actually trod upon the loose part of my trousers and pinched a little bit of my skin. ] saw him pass over me, lying as I was upon my back, anil next second I saw something else. My men were a littie behind me. and therefore straight in the p^tit of the rhinoceros. One of them flung himself backward into the bush, and thus avoided him. fc'he second, with a wild yell, sprang to his feet and bounded like an Iudia rubber ball right into the aloe bush, lauding well among the spikes. But the third?it was my friend Gogo ?could not by any means get away. He managed to gain his feet, and that was all. The rhinoceros was charging, with liis head low. His great horn passed between Go? bo's legs, and reeling .something on his nose, lie jerked it np. Away wen t.Gobo; high into the air. He turned a complete somersault at the apex of tkc curve, and ns he did so 1 caught sight ol' bis face. It was gray with terror, and his mouth was wide open. Down he came, right on to the great beast's rump, and that broke his fall. But, luckily for him. the rhinoceros never turned. He crashed straight through the aloe bush, only missing the man who had jumped into it by about a yard. Then followed a complication. The sleeping buffalo on the farther side of the bush, hearing the noise, sprang to his feet, and for a second, not kuowing what to do, stood still. At that instant the huge rhinoceros blundered right' upon him, and getting his horn beneath his stomach, gave him such a fearful dig that the buffalo was turned over on to his back, ? I.;i. u:.. n nifii4 <l ril O WlillC Ilia il 1UIJU L UUU ?l mvu?. ? ing cropper over liis carcass?. In another moment, however, he was up, and. wheeling rounil to the left, crashed through the bush downhill toward the open country. Instantly the whole place became alive with alarming sounds. In every direction troops of snorting buffalo charged through the forest. wild with fright, while the injured bull on the farther side of the bush began to bellow like a mad thing. I lay <iuite still for a moment, devoutly praying that none of the flying buffalo would come my way. Theu, when the danger lessened, 1 got on to my feet, shook myself amilooked around. One of my boys?he who had thrown himself backward into the bush?was already half way'up a tree. If heaven lind been at the top of it he could not have climbed quicker. Gobo was lying close to me, groaning vigorously, but, as 1 suspected, quite unhurt, while from the aloe bush into which No. 3 had' bounded like a tennis ball came a succession ol' the most piercing yell?. I looked, and saw that the unfortunate fellow was in a very tight place. A great spike of aloe had run through the back of his skin waist'belt, though without piercing his flesh, in such a fashion that it was impossible for him to move, while within six feet of him the injured buffalo bull, thinking no doubt that he was the aggressor, bellowed and ramped to get at him, tearing at the thick aloes with his great horns. That no time was to be lost if I wished to save the man's life was very clear. So, seizing my eight-bore, which was fortunately uninjured, I took a pace to the'left, for the rhinoceros bad enlarged the hole in tlie bush, and aimed at. the point of the buffalo's shoulder, for on account of the position I could not get a fair side shot for the heart. As I did so I saw that the rhinoceros had given tbe bull a tremendous wound in the stomach and that the shock of the encounter had put his left hind leg out of joint at the hip. I tired, and the bullet striking the shoulder, broke it, and knocked the buffalo down. 1 knew tbat he could not get up any more, because he was now injured fore and aft, so, notwithstanding his terrific bellows, I scrambled around to where he was. There be lay, glaring furiously, and tearing up the soil with his horns, Stepping up to within two yards of him, 1 aimed at the vertebrae of his neck and fired. (To be contlnjed.) Wall l'aper anrl Nerve*. There has lately been a suggestion t.n'va n III a I UJUl'ft Willi |li?[jt:i uii^ub Aiuiv ?? soothing effect on the nerves of thoseto whom the overgilding and decoration of rooms has become anathema hut it is more than doubtful that such sable surroundings would ever become nopular. Our walls have more to do with our good spirits than many people imagine, jiml 1 know of u household, not very long a benedict, has taken an inveterate dislike to his abode. Though he is not aware of the fact, the aversion is no doubt inspired by the dining room paper which he himself chose, overriding the opinion of his wife, whose achievements in regard to drawing room and bedrooms were all marked successes. The dining room, dark in aspect, to begin with, is papered in a dull, dark blue paper, artistic enough in its way, but not by any means conducive to hilarity, says Woman's Life. In London, sunless for so many months, we nee? an tue light and simulation of sun obtainable, and many a wall paper is to be had which combines artistic feeling with cheerfulness. There arc few things harder 1o chose successfully than wall papers, so many tilings have to be considered. Costly Ice Makes Costly Fish. It is tsaid that ice may be so costly this season as to cause some of the New Jersey coast food fisheries which supply Philadelphia and other centres not to start up this year. Ordinarily these concerns get their ice from the fresh water points just back of the bcacbes, but the crop this winter was not sufficient for such a harvest. The fisheries generally begin operations in ' April and under ordinary conditions ' make a good deal of money, but though the lista are only throe or four hours in ' transit, they cannot be shipped with- ( out ice.?Philadelphia Ilecord. The total length of railways in Ja< j pan is uojv.orer ^500 ujilfts, I I^C^eelp "WASHINGTON. T Secretary Root lias begun the reorganization ol' the consular service, and at his suggestion President Roosevelt sent to the Senate sixtyone nominations to inaugurate the practice of promotion. President Roosevelt, in a letter to " a resident of Arizona, urge?; that its g citizens vote for the Territory's ad- r, mission to the Union. f< Advices were received from Com-] 1* mander Southerland, naying that if guerilla warfare had been begun be- ti tween Government forces and rebels c< in Santo Domingo. l? Collections of customs for the fiscal ^ year ending Juno 30 exceed those of 1( any previous year by about $25,000,- 311 000. Collections of internal revenue will be about $15,000,000 more than b last year. I a It was announced that a special 11 term of the criminal branch of the p United States Circuit Court had been * arranged to push the trust indict- J* rnents. , li OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. J Surgeon-General P. M. Rixey, or h the United States Navy, arrived at d Manila to inspect the naval hospitals a at Cavite, Cebu aDd Olongapo. * h The Porto Rican Executive Council n has rejected the measure of Governor tl "Winthrop, whicn virtually placed con- n trol of the piers in the hands of the lc Secretary of War. h The army transport Thomas, which went ashore off Guam, has been a floated. The cruiser Charleston, with Sec- . retary Root on board, arrived at San ' Juan, Porto Rico, making the run in three days and nineteen hours, a rec- * ord. The Most Rev. Ambrose Agius, the ]( Apostolic Delegate, assisted by the t] Most Kev. jeremian nanj, aiuu- j( bishop of Manila, and the Right Rev. Frederick Rooker, Bishop of Jaro, e elevated Father Barlin to the Bishopric at Manila with gorgeous rites. Father Barlin is a Filipino and is the ^ first native to attain this dignity. DOMESTIC. JJ Hattie Nagel, aged fifteen, was a killed by falling from a car on the scenic railway at Steeplechase Park, li Coney Island. n Mayor Tom L. Johnson, of Cleve- a land, accepted the invitation to pre- 13 side at the reception in Madison P Square Garden, New York City, to s William Jennings Bryan. E The New Jersey excise law, knownas the Bishops' law, went into effect b and was generally observed through- 11 _ x _ V out lire siaie. It. is expected that European na- * tlons and every* State iu the Union tJ will send delegates to an interna- . tional congress on tuberculosis to be held in New York City in November. * It was announced that the Govern- ^ ment had accepted a herd of buffaloes from the New York Zoological Soci- | s ety, to be turned loose in a forest res- j ervation in Oklahoma. Governor Hanly. of Indiana, an- I nounces that he will personally supervise the campaign against the resort . at French Lick : nrings conducted by , Thomas Taggart. C. M. Emory, a Seattle lawyer, was f( fatally wounded by an. unwelcome t. lover of his nieces, when he tried to ^ prevent him from entering the house. d Sir Alfred Harmsworth, arriving tl here on a long visit, points out. dan- tl gers lurking in the present scarcity ]< ol paper. ij The Federation of American Zion- w ists, by resolution, barred Israel Zangwill's Hebrew Territorial organ- ir ization. ' ii The convention of the New York y State Bankers' Association, in ses- I sion at the Hotel Champlain, came to w an end. Elliott C. McDougal, of Buf- P falo, was elected president. ff Sir Joseph G. Ward, Premier of New Zealand, praised the President ?; highly after returning from a visit n] ? ir to Oyster Bay. Alexander Troup, of New Haven, ijr issued a letter asking for contribu- ^ tions for the Bryan reception and t( suggesting that it be made national . in character. a( Over GOOO trunkn of personal ef- a] fects are in the hands of the San a Francisco police awaiting identifica- jq tion by owner's. a] The son of Acting Mayor McGow- hi an, of New York City, who was ar- tc rested charged wiih intoxcation, was ir fined $5 by Magistrate Whitman. A si companion received the same punish- tl ment. fa The Pittsburg District Attorney announced that prosecutions for conspiracy and- perjury would follow the Hartje divorce trial. is st FOREIGN. th a Admiral Rojestvensky, in order to save the members of his staff, en- i( tered a plea of guilty to the charge l, of surrender in the batttle of the Sea ai of Japan. ei James Keir Hardie, in a letter to a 14 Zulu in Great Britain, calls the actions in South Africa massacres un- S< der pretense of suppressing a revolt. w Major-General Meckel, former pro- A fessor of military tactics in Japan, st died in Berlin. ac M. Thomson. French Minister of *s Marine, announced that six armored .1 . ^ . . .... is vessels wouia ue cegun in xae piesent year. . al Fifty persons were killed by hail near Valencia, Spain, and great damage was done to crops. The Crown Princess of Germany was safely delivered of a son at the Marble Palace at Potsdam. 1m The Japanese military authorities dn transferred 011 July 1 the control of Moukden to the civil administration. 00 Santo Domingo creditors of the on Government were greatly worried fr over rumors that the United States might turn over to the Dominican \v< nnthnrifies nart. of the mcnevs col- r>n lected at custom houses. tei General Trepoff gave an interview at Peterhof in which he said that he lo Btill hoped that the moderates among sp the Russian people might assert con- ch trol over the extremists; that he fav- 19 ored a new ministry chosen from the Centre party; that the Jews were to ce blame for many uprisings, and that as mutinies iu the army had beeu exag- su gerated. m. The Russian Parliament forced the idmission that the Government was co In serious straits for money, and di< :ook the ground that measures for \f'amine relief must be met by scaling kj iown the budget, and not by a new g0 oan. st < BE GRiAT DESTKOYEIlj' j OME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT ? THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. hecries and Facts?An Answer to < the Oft-Repeated Cry "You Cannot Cure Drunkenness by Statutes'"? Laws Against Licucr Selling Can Be Enforced. In reply to tfao oft repeated cry, I : You can't cure drunkenness by 1 Latutes." the Nashville American 1 ays: "If the law can have 'no ef- ! ?ct on the liquor traffic, why have i iws regulating tte sale of it where 1 is sold? Why close saloons on elec- < ion days or Sundays? Murder is Dmmitted in spite of iaw. Why have 1 iws against murder? You can't cure ! runkenness by statute; you can't Jgislate the taste of liquor out of len's mouths.' Ttyise are only half 1 uths. You can't make men honest 1 y legislation. Then why have laws < gainst dishonesty? Law may not jform a drunkard, hut it can largely ( revent the manufacture of drunkrds. It does do it. The matter has 1 een tested in n-early every state in ie South. It has been demonstrated [ \ Tennessee. Where there were tany saloons there is now none. As resuit the number of liquor drinkers as largely decreased; so have the runkards; so have fights and brawls nd murders; so has misery and unappiness in many homes. There is , lore peace, more prosperity thkn lere was before. Where is the comlunity that, having done without salons for as long as two years, would ave them back again? "The abolishment of saioons is not n abolishment cf any man's 'right' 5 drink liquor. The individual can 'gaily purchase liquor if he is deermined to have it, and some who re opposed to saloons do so. But ie number is far smaller than it was. a some communities liquor can be jgally purchased and the liquor iljgally vended is far less in quantity aan the amount formerly sold in sa)ons in those communities. In some ommunities there are cases of drunknn^ss. but thev are much fewer than rhen there were saloons. So also iurder6 occur in some communities, ut there would be many more murers if there were no laws against lurder. Demonstrated facts are worth lore as an argument that theories nd unsupported statements. What becomes of the appetite for quor of men who are employed by lilroads, banks, insurance companies nd great business concerns that forid the use of liquor by their emloyes? Such requirement is more tringent than any statute, for no tatute forbids men to -drink. "The laws against selling liquor can e enforced as well as the law against left. Neither law is an absolute preentive. But what a wholesome, retraining effect they have! The Amrlnnn ic noithpr a prank nor an ex emist on the temperance question: e does not expect to see the imposIble accomplished, and does not faor an attempt of the impractical; but hie quotation at the head of this arcle does not harmonize with demontrated facts." A Saloonkeeper's Warning. We have recently seen the letter written by a Georgia saloon-keeper ) a man who had written to him of?ring to buy his business. The man ho wanted to buy had a wife and 3ur children. He did not wish to ike his family to live in the place 'here the saloon was located, nor id he wish his mother or other relates to know about his going into ie business. To this man the salooneeper wrote, advising him not to go ito the "degrading position of a 'hiskey-dealc-r." He said: "I do not blame you for not wantlg your relatives to know that you itend to deal in whiskey; and if ou have one iota of self-respect left, beg of you. for the sake of your ifo and children and aged mother, lease do not degrade yourself by oing to selling ram, but assist them 1 this world to be elevated instead f being inducers of vice and sin. You lay be surprised at these words comlg from one who sells booze. Howver, fate and .that only, has thrown le into this damnable vocation. I ope that it is not too late for you ) mend your ways, that your present itentions can be changed upon the ivice of one who is in this business, [id who is giving you, free of charge, dvice which I hope you will heed, ot having the pleasure of a person1 acquaintance, I hope that you may b in a position at some future date ? thank me for this information, and i your hours of devotion offer up a lent prayer fcr one who is suffering irough the misguidance of human ite." AlcohoJ Kills in Prussia. The Ksimiscchen Jahrbuch for 1901, sued by the Prussian Government, lows that a bartender has six times ie chance of dying before forty that clergyman has. Tn Priiq?ip nf ererv 3.000 deaths. !1 are from tuberculosis; of every 000 deaths among bartenders, 5CG e from tuberculosis; among brew y employees, 345. school teachers, 13; physicians. 113, and clergy, 76. ' Among the 134.753 miners in Ofcer^nlesien the sum total of accident as 12,145 or 90 to the thousand, mong the 100,904 brewers and malers of Germanv there were 11.96S i :cidents, cr 11S.G per thousand. This a higher average than in any oth- ' trade, even the mos: perilous. It accounted for by the fact that six eight liters of free beer daily are f lowed to all the hands. Tcmpcranee Notes. The snioou deforms and damns. ] Not all saloon patrons nre drunkards, <i it all drunkards are the finished pro ifts nf the saloon. t Britain spends on fin average ?8.000.0 more 011 intoxicating liquors than bread, butter, cheese, milk, eggs and air. Two employes of a Cleveland bank ?re recently discharged because they tered a liquor selling restaurant at'r the theatre. The representatives of the Anti-Saon League of Washington have oken on Sundays in over 325 urches of the state since August 3, 05. . . A poor Irishman applied fcr a li- ] nse to sell liquor; being questioned t to his moral fitness he replied. "Ah, < re, it is not much of a character a j in needs to sell ruin." i When the British government disvered that its liquor drinking solars could not stand the blazing ibian sun of the upper Nile. General tchener was ordered to take the udan wiih an army ','f total ahiinero be did! ' ' * :;r THE SUNDAY SCHOOL NTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR AUGUST 5. Subject: ?."alsc Excuses, Luke xiv., 15-24?Golden Text, Luke xiv., 18?Memory Verses, 23, 24? / Topic: Blessings of SalvatioD. T. An invitation to a great feast (ve. 15-17). 15. "One of them." One of the rich friends of the Pharisaic host, ivliose remark gave the Suviour occasion for delivering this parable which is called the parable of the great supper. "Sat at meat." They were reclining on couches around the table. 'Heard these things." The recompense at the resurrection of the just (v. 14). suggested to this guest a great banquet in the kingdom of the Messiah. "Blessed is he." He extols the greatness of the privilege. "In the kingdom of God." The kingdom of God, here, floes not signify the kingdom of heaven in the highest sense, but only the kingdom of the Messiah, of which the carnal Jew here speaks, as the place of their happiness. 16. "Then said He." The remark of the guest gave Jesus an opportunity tn D+nto imnnrt-ont truths Hp rioliv ered the following parable to sliow that though th? Messiah's kingdom would be offered to them under the most favorable circumstances, yet they would reject it, the Gentiles would embrace the gospel. "A certain man." This man represented God, the Father. "A great supper." Representing the rich and abundant provisions of the gospel. Only two regular meals are ordinarily nartPken of in Eastern lands. 17. 'Sent His servant." The commission to all those who hold the office of summoning the world to enter the kingdom of God is the same, hence but one servant is referred to. John the Baptist, Christ, the apostles and disciples all delivered the gospel message and issued a call to the Jewigh people. The same call was afterwards given to the Gentiles. "That were biddeD." The Jews to whom the gospel was first offered. "Come." The invitations of tl>#? trnsnpl nrp.fnll nnrt ramnlete fMntt. 11:28; Rev. 22:17). "All things are now ready." "Now is the accepted time." Every provision is made for the redemption of-a lost world; not' one thing is lacking. The plan of salvation is perfect. II. The excuses made (vs. 18-20). 18. "They all." But few of the scribes and Pharisees responded. "Began to make excuse." In worldly affairs people would be anxious to accept an invitation to 6uch a "supper." but in religious matter it is very different. Men are unwilling to accept the offers of salvation. "The first said." When the time came they all refused to enter in, each having, some excuse. They were typical excuses: 1. Cares of wealth. 2. Pursuit of wealth. 3. Attractions 1_ 4-i^r, HlTAvfA kA.mkf miief VI trui Lilly Lies. na?c VUU^UL ujuow j ?see it." He lived, as do all in that country, in a village, and had to go out into the country to reach his farm. These excuses were all trivial, and yet they appeared to those making them to be real reasons why they could not possibly attend the feast. "I pray thee." I beg of thee. "Have me excused." Release me from my obligation. ? 19. "I go to prove them." Mark the increasing rudeness of the speakers. The first pleads a "must needs;" the second merely states his intention?"I go;" the third says bluntly, "I canuot," and omits the courtesy of askiug to be excused. The true lesson from all three is, that innocent and right things keep men away from the gospel feast. Feeble excuses: 3. Worldliness of Bpirit. 2. Absorption in commercial pursuits. 3. Relative obligations. 20. "Married a wife." He should have said to his wife, "Come, let us both accept the invitation to this gospel feast, at once." "Therefore I cannot come." This was just the reason why he should have come. 2. When young people enter upon the active duties of life they need the help and guidance of the Holy Spirit. 2. No home is a truly happy home without. Christ. 3. We need Christ to bear out burdens with us and help us through the hard places. 4. A Christian home is a power for good in the community. 5. The influences of the home mold the characters and lives of the entire family. III. The invitation enlarged and urged (vs. 21-24). 21. "Being angry." Not the anger of passion, but of indignation. "Go out quickly." There is no time to be lost. The feast is ready. "Streets and lanes." Extend the invitation to the publicans and sinners? the outcasts. "Bring in?the poor," etc. The picture is one impossible for us to realize in our land. In the East, rich in beggars, opulent in misery, without poorhouses or hospitals, or other organized means of caring for and lessening misery, and with laws and social organism multiplying it, such a throng as is here described may be often seen in the city streets or squares. 22. "It is done." God's true ministers carry the gospel to the worst classes. "Yet?room." The lord of the house has prepared a very great feast for very many. 23. "Highways and hedges." Outside of the city. By this is meant that the gospel would be preached to the Gentiles. "Compel them to come in." Not by force, but by earnest entreaty. "House may be filled." How anxious the Lord is to save every person. No one needs to be lost. 24. "I say unto you." Christ is here half continuing the parable and half expounding it. " N0I16 01 IIJU5" JiiCii. j:\ ou^uui an- i nounceinent of the coining rejection of | the Jews as a nation for their unbelief. I "Shall taste of My supper." Shall enjoy the blessiugs of the gospel. True Success. ; Do what God calls you to dc and yon are a success.?Talmace. Eye Glasses Cure Stuttering. . Dr. George Feige, of Des Moines, [owa.thas apparently chanced upon i new method of treating stuttering ?by treating the eyes. Dr. Feigeold the Iowa State Oculists' Associa:ion at its annual convention, that a joy recently visited him to have glasses fitted for his eyes. His vision was seriously impaired, and tne jaa stuttered so that it was difficult for tiim to tell what he wanted. The pculist provided glasses that relieved ;he strain on the eyes, and the boy iiad only worn them a 6hort timt whan his stuterinc entirely ceased. Girl Pawned Boots For Prizes. Disappointed at not winning a prize at school a girl of Grimsby, Sngland, went to a shop and secured hree pairs of boots "on approval." She pawned the boots and with the proceeds bought some books, which she triumphantly exhibited at home is school prizes. Cigars at Royal Palace. To the amazement of Berliners a :orner of the royal palace is assigned to a cigar dealer. J PRAYER FOR REST. \> My feet are wearied and my hands, ar* tired? My 6oul oppressed? And I desire, what I have long desired* Rest?only rest. Ti8 j.ird to plant in spring and nerer reaf In barren "ways: Tis hard to sow?and never garner (rain I In harvest days. The burden of my days is hard to bear, ^ Bat God knows best; And I have prayed?but vain has been mj) prayen-For rest?sweet rest. Tis bard to plant in spring and never reaft The autumn yield; 'Tie hard to till, and when 'tis tilled, W weep O'er fruitless field. / .. .$*1.% .And so I cry a weak and human try, " So heart oppressed; * . # ; And so I sign, a weak and human sigli, For rest?for rest. My way has wonnd across the desert yeaM, And cares infest My path, and through the flowing of nolr tears , , in pme ior rest. 'Twas always so; when still a child I laid On mother's breast, My -wearied little head; e'en wh?n 1 prayed, As now?for rest. :j And I am restless still; 'twill soon be o'erj Far down the west Life's sun is setting, and I see the shore jL "Where I shall rest. f ?Abram J. Ryan. " Christ and His Dicclple*. BT AMOS B. WELLS. There is much to comfort tis hi the stories of those twelve meu whom our Lord honored above all other men by making them His chosen companions and apostles. They were so human!"' They were' so''full of faaltt John and James would slay their enemies with fire from Heaven. Peter denied his Lord. Thomaa was ar rtnnhtor a trflHrtr. After I Gethsemane they all forsook Him and fled. They were so stupid in hearing, and so often misunderstood His teacS-. ings! Their faith was so weak andj wavering! They were so much like us! 1 And yet Christ held to them, believed In them, based His Kingdom upon' them. He knew what was in many man's fallibility, but also man's glorious possibilities. He could minimise the one. and He could put back of the; other His own inexhaustible powers.' What He did for the Twelve, He will g.'ndly do for us. Christ ,was very patient with His disciples. He taught them in ea3y. lessons. He was ready to explain and repeat. Indeed, He probably repeated His parables and other sayings so often that, as they went about withfHim, they had them in memory, and were able to preach everywhere in Christ's very words, and write then* down for us in the priceless Gospels. With equal patience, by easy steps? and in truth we need them!?Christ conducts us through His great school. Let us not be discouraged if we find that we are still far from our graduation. j Christ held out before His disciples; imperfect as they so plainly were, tl? very loftiest ideals. "Ye shall be perfect," He commanded them; but a com-' mand in a future tense, which was also a prophecy. They were passionate,'' but He bade them turn the other, cheek; covetous, some of them, but He' bade them lay up their treasure in' Heaven; ambitious, but He bade then* lose their lives in love for other men. Thus for us" also our Lord is satisfied with nothing short of the best possible for us, and the best possible is?His own perfection! But with every hard requirement that Christ made of ?His disciples, He added a power in the strength of which they could meet the requirement. "Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel," He bade them, but added, "Lo, lam with you alway." "Take up your cross daily," He commanded, 1 - J tta oltoU Aithr UUl auueu, iruuiaucvci jc ouau uon. of the Father in My name, He will do it." All Christ's commands are enabling?, in our case as in the case of His disciples. When we know that He wants us to do a thing, we know that we can do it. And finally, Christ held out before His, disciples the most glorious and satisfying rewards. They were to preach and His Kingdom was to come. They were to suffer with Him, but they, also were to reigu with Him. They were to enter into His death, but they, were also to rise in His glory.. ^lo. less, not one degree less, are the re-. wards He offers every one of us. Let us not set Peter and John and James and their comrades in a class by themselves. What Christ said to them He said also to all that were lo believe in Him through their labors; He said it.to us. We are of "the glorious fellowship of the apostles."Let ours be their ideals, tVeir trials, their toil. Ours also, in God's good time, shall be their crown of glory.? Sablath Reading. ? A Good Reaolve. Practice to make God thy last thought at night when thou sleepest aud thy first thought in the morning when thou awakest, so shall thy fancy, be sanctified in the night and thy understanding be rectified in the day, so shall thy rest be peaceful and thy labors prosperous.?Quarles. Won by Written Invitation*. Dr. Worden tells of an acquaintance who, while in the spininary, having a class of young ladies, was too timid to approach them to invite them to become Christians. lie wrote to each of them a Dolite. mnnly letter express ing Lis liope and prayer that she would take Christ for her Saviour. Every member of that class was won by that letter and confessed Christ at the ufxt communion. Old Woman Wins Contest. ~ Mrs. Jennie Root won the second annual walking contest for women over seventy-five years of age by going two miles in twenty-six minutes, at Cleveland, Ohio. She broke the world's record, held by Miss May; Miller, aged seventy-six, of Berlin, which has stood since 1888, when the aged German woman walked two miles in twenty-eight minutes. Mrs.Root is two years older than was Miss Miller, and covered the distance in two minutes less. Eight entered the race; eight finished. Tho lasfc was Mrs. C. Mart, aged seventy, the youngest walker. . ... ; ?