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f . maiwa's -a> t < ALLAN QUATERMAIN'S , -w. By H. RIDE Author of "She," "Kit . *? *?-? *> n-r CHAPTER IV. ' ? 7 Continued. f "Ob, yes, young mau," lie answered "it is all very well for you to talk lik< tbat, but if you bad found yourself ir the position which it was my privilege -to occupy a Tew hours afterward, it it iny belief that you would have tbrowi the tusks away altogether and taken tc ^UUl uccio. "Oh." said Good, "so Hint isn't th< end of the yarn? A very good yarn Quatermain, by tbe way; I couldn't iiave made up a better one myself." The old; gentleman looked at Good severely, for it irritated bim to be cbnft'ed about bis stories. ( "I don't know wbnt you mean. Good ' "I don't see tbat tbere is any com parison between a true story of ad,venture and the preposterous tales wbi*h you invent about ibex hanging toy their horns. "No, it is not the end of the story; <be most exciting part is yet to come. "But I have talked enough for tonight; and if you go on in that way 'Xlood, it will be some time before I begin again." "Sorry I spoke, I'm sure," said Good . iumbly. "Let's have a split to show that there is no ill-feeling." And they di<l. ?. -j' tha pte k," ~v: rnE MESSAGE -OF 1TAIWA. '' On tbe following evening we once mora dined together, and Quatermain, after some pressure,,for Good's remark ' istill rankled ill Lis breast, was per ?uaded to continue Jiis story: At last (lie went on) a few minutes before sunset, tbe task was finished. We bad labored at it all day, slopping only once for dinner, for it is .no easy matter to bew out five sucb tusks sis those Avbicb now lay before me in a white and gleaming line. * It was a dinner worth eating, too, 1 can tell yon, for we dined off the heart of the great one-tusked bull, which was so big that the man whom I senl inside the elephant to look for his heart liad to remove it in two pieces. "We cut it into slices and fried it with Tat. and I never tasted heart to equal it, for the meat seemed to'melt iu one's mouth. By the way, I examined the jaw ol the-elephant; it never had but one 1usk; the other had not been broken ofif, nor was it present in a rudimentary form! Well, there lay the five beauties, or rather four of them, for Gobo and another man were engaged in sawing the grand one in two. , I had at last, with many sighs, orv tiered them to do this, but not until I ?ad. by practical experiment proved that it was impossible to carry it in any other way. One% hundred and sixty pounds of .solid ivory, or rather more iu its green state, is too great a weight for two men to carry for long across a broken country. I sat watching the job and smoking Hhe pipe of contentment, when suddenly the bush opened, and a very handsome and dignified native girl, apparently about twenty years of age, stood before me, carrying a basket of green mealies upon her head. Although I was rather surprised to see a native girl in such a wild spot, una, so far as i Know, :t long way irom any kraal, the matter did not attract any particular notice; I merely called .to oue of the men and told him to bargain with the woman for the mealies, and ask her if there were any more to be had in the neighborhood. /riien I turned ray neaa ana continued to superintend tile cutting of the tusk. Presently a shadow fell upon me. I looked up, and saw that the girl was standing before me, the basket of inealies still upon her head. ? "Mareme, mareme," she said, gently ? olapiTfBg her hands together. The word mareme among these Matuku (though she was no Matuku) answers to the' Zulu "koos," and the clapping of hands is a form of salutation very common among the tribes of the Easutu race. "What is it. girl?" I asked her in Sisutu. "Are those mealies for sale?" "No, great white hunter," she an swered in Zulu; "I bring them as a . gift." "Good." I repiied. "Put them down." "A gift for a gift, white man." ' "Ah!" I grumbled, "the old storynothing lor nothing in this wicked .world. "What do you want?beads?'' She nodded, and I was about to tel one oT the meu to go and feteli sonic from one ot' the pucks, when sht checked me. "A Rift from tiie giver's own liant Is twice a gift," she said; and 3 thought that she spoke meaningly. "You mean that you want me to giv< ,them to you myself?" "Surely." ' '}'?. I I rose to go with her.., "How is it that being of tlie Matuki you speak in the Zulu tongue?" asked, suspiciously. "I am not of the Mntuka." she an fiwered, as soon as we were out o hearing of the men. "I am of the people of Nala. whosi tribe is the Butiana tribe, and wh< . ~ live there." and she poiuted over tin mountain. "Also I am one of the wives o W'anibe," and her eyes flashed as sli said the name. "And how did you come here?" "On my feet," she answered, Iacon Jcnliy. We readied the packs, and. undoin; ona of them, I extracted a handful o heads. "Now," I said, "a gift for a gifl Hand over the mealies." She took the heads withcut eve looking at theiy, which struck uie a <'ur?ous, and putting the basket o 'mealies 011 the ground emptied it. , At the bottom of the basket wer i ' 1 i?- "* 's / , . ? i I . 9 REVENGE 3R <? GREATEST ADVENTURE, :r haggard. ig Solomon's Mines," Elc. ,. sAne curiously sliaped green leaves, something like the leaves of the guttapercha tree in shape, only somewhat thicker, and of a more fleshy sub5 stance. 1 As though by hazard the girl picked 5 one of these leaves out of the basket 5 and smelted at it; then she handed it 1 -to me. 1 I took tlie leaf, and supposing that she wished me to smell it also, "was ' about to oblige her by doing so, when my eye fell upon some curious red : scratches on the green surface cf the leaf. 1 "Ah!" said the girl to (whose name, ! by the way, was Maiwa). speaking beneath her breath; "read the signs, white man." Without answering her I continued to stare at the leaf. > It has been scratched, or rather, writ> ten upon, with something sharp such as a nail, and wherever this instruI meat had touched it the acid juice ozzing through the outer skin had turned a rusty blood color. Presently I found the beginning of the scrawl, and read this, written in English, and covering the surface of , the leaf, and of two others that were in the basket: ' "I hear that a white man is hunting in the Matuku country. "This is to warm him to fly over the mountain to Nala. "Wambe sends an Impi at daybreak to. eat liim up because he has hunted > before bringing liongo. "For God's sake, whoever you are, . try to help mc! "I have been the slave of this devil Wambe for nearly seven- years and ; am beaten and tortured continually. "He murdered all the rest of us, but kept me because I could work iron, i "Maiwa, his wife, takes this; she is ; flying to Nala, her fattier, because i Wambe billed her child. "Try and get Nala to attack Wambe. "Maiwa can guide them over the ; mountain. , "You won't comc for nothing, for the ; stockade of Wambe's private kraal is : made of elephant's tusks. "For God's sake, don't desert me, or I shall kill myself! "I cau bear this no longer. < , "JOHN EVERY." "Great heavens!" I gasped. "Every ' ?why, it must be my old friend!" The girl, or rather tbe woman Maii wa, pointed to the other side of the leaf, where there was some more writing. It ran thus: 4,I have just heard that the white . man is called Macumazabn. "If so, it must be my old friend Quatermain. "Pray God it is, for I know he won't [ desert an old chum in such a fix as I i am. "It isn't that I'm afraid of dying; ' I don't care if I die; but I want to get a chance at Wamba first." i "Xo, old boy," thought I to myself; , "it isn't likely that I am going to leave you there while there is a chance of getting you out. ."I have played fox before now? there's still a double or two left in me. "I must make a plan, that's all. "And then there's that stockade of tusks. _ ' "I am not going to leave that either." ? i Then I spoke to the woman. "You are called Maiwa?" "It is so." "You are the daughter of Naia and the wife of Wambe?" "It is so." "You fly from Wambe to Naia?" fI do." "Why do you fly? Stay, I would give an order," and calling to Gobo, I ordered him to get the men ready for i instant departure. 1 The woman, wlio. as I have said, was quite young aiul very handsome, put her hand iuto a kind of little pouch made of antelope hide, which she wore fastened round the waist, and to my horror drew from it the . withered hand of a child which had i evidently been carefully dried in -the ? smoke. "I fly for this cause," she answered, i holding the poor little hand toward me. "See, now. I bore a child. i "Wambe was its father, and for eighteen months the child lived and ' I loved it. "But AVnnibe loves not his children; ho kills them all; he fears lest they [ should grow up to slay one so wicked; and he would have killed this child also, but I begged its life. 1 "One day some soldiers passing the ; hut saw the child and saluted him. > calling him the 'chief who soon shall be.' I "Warnbe heard and was mad. I "lie smote the babe aud it wept. "Then he said it should weep for ; good cause. "Among the things that he had stolen from the white men whom he slew is a trap that will hold lions. 1 "So strong is the trap that your men I must stand oil it, two on either side, before it ran be opened." Hero old Quatermain broke off sudf denly. "Look here, you fellows," he said; "I e can't bear to go on with tliis part of n t!{e story, because I never could stand e either seeing or talking of the sufferings of children. You can guess what f that devil did and what the poor mothe er was forced to witness. Would you believe it??sue toid me the tale without a tremor, in the most matter-ofi fact w.-?". Only I noticed that her eyelid quivered all the time." 2 "Well." I said, as unconcernedly as f though I had been talking of the death of a lamb, though inwardly I was sick t. with horror and boiling with rage, "and what do you mea i to do about the n matter. Maivva, wife of WainbeV" s "I mean to do this, white ma:*," f she answered, drawing herself up to her full height and speaking in tones e as hard as steel and as cool as icu. "J mean to work and work and work 1 briiifc this to pass, and to bring thj to pass, until at length it comes to pa! that with 1hese living eyes I belio! Wambe dying the death that he ga\ to bis cbikl and my child." . "Well said," I answered. "Ay, well said, Macurunzahn?we said, and not easily forgotten. WIj could forget?oh, who could forgel See where this dead hand rests agaim i my side? So once it rested when allv< ATid now, though it is dead, now ever night it creeDs from its nest an strokes my hair and clasps my fingei in its tiny palm. Every night it do( this, fearing lest I should forget. 01 my child?my child! Ten days ago held thee to my breast, and now th: alone remains of thee!" And sbe kissc the dead hand and shivered, but nert a tear did she weep. "See now," oh went on, "the white man?the prison* at Wambe's kraal?he was kind to mi He loved the child that is dead?ye he wept when its father slew it?an at the risk of his own life told Wambi my husband?ah, ye?, my husband!that which he is. He, too, it was wh made a plan. He said to me, 'G< Maiwa, after the custom of they pei pie, go purify thyself in the bus alone, having touched a dead on Say to Wambe thou goest to purlf thyself alone for fifteen days, accon ing to the custom of the people. The fly to they father, Nala. and stir hii up to war against Wambe for the sak -r ?1.:M H,nf ic: rlanil ' <jl ine vjuiiu iuiil u ?<.<? "This, then, he said, and his word seemed good to me, and that sam night ere I left to purify myself earn news that a white mau hunted in th country, and Wambe, being mad wit drink, grew very wroth, and gave 0] ders that an Irnpi should be gathere to slay the white man and his peopl and seize his goods. "Then did the 'Smiter of Iron' (Ei ery) write the message on the gree leaves and bid me seek thee out an show forth the matter, that thou migh est sajre thyself by flight. And behoh this thing have I done, Macumazahi the hunter, the Slayer of Elephants! "Ah," I said, "I thank thee. An how many men be there in the Impi < Wambe?" "A hundred men and half a hui dred." "And where is the Impi?" "There to the north. It follows o thy spoor. "I saw it pass yesterday, but m self I guessed that thou wouldst t nigher to the mountain, aud came thi way and found thee. "To-inorrow at the daybreak wi the slayers be here." "Very possibly," I thought to m: self. "But they won't find Macum; zalin. I have half a mind to put som strychnine into the carcasses of thos elephants fcr their especial bcnefi though." I knew that they would stop to et the elephants, as indead they did, 1 our great gain, but I abandoned th idea, of poisoning them, because I wa rather short of strychnine. "Or because you did not like to pla the trick, Quatermain." I suggestei with a laugh. "I said because I had not enoug strychnine. It would take a great des -.hnltift tn lltlllv noiso UL eiljfvuuiuu IV ? . three elephants,' answered the old gei tleinan testily. I said nothing further, hut I smile< knowing that old Allan could neve have resorted to such an artifice, hov ever severe his strait. But that was his -.."ay; he alwaj made himself out to Le a most uume; ciful person. Well (he went on), at that momet Gobo came up, and announced that w were ready to march. "I am glad that you are ready," said; "because if you don't march, an march quick, you will never marc again, that is all. "Wambe has an impi out to kill u and it will be here presently." Gobo turned positively green, and hi knees knocked together. "Ah, what did I say?" he exclaimei "Fate walks about loose in Wambe' country." "Very good; now ail you have got t do is to walk a little quicker than h does. "No, no; you don't leave those el< phant tusks behind. T n'/iinn in nnrf TVifll then A il Jli 11V? l ^ViU^ IV V I cau tell you." Gobo said 110 more, but hastily d rected the men to take up tbeir load and then asked wbicb way we wer to run. "Ah," I said to Maiwn, "whic way ?" "There," she answered, pointing t' ward the great mountain spur whic towered up into the sky some fort miles away, separating the territorie of Naln and Wambe. (To be contlnjed.) As It it Done In France. The prosecution of the defaultin bank clerk, Gallay. has not been pe: mitted to close without at least on ray from the lighter side of Frenc character to relieve its gloom. To th English mind it may look like a straii .!n<p iinli(ono?? SflVS the Londo Globe, but it is charmingly French. The woman Merelli, when arrestee was in possession of an extensive co lection of tine jewels, representing very large sum of money. These wer proved to have been bought by Ga lay with the money stolen from tli Oomptoir d'Escouipte, and as the pr< ceeds of a robbery might have bee claimed by the bank. That institi tion, however, is generous, and )1 managers have announced that tli jewels are at the disposal of Merell who, if she has learned Avisdom froi her ordeal, will almost possess enoug to keep her at least in frugal comfor and at least in an honorable course ( life. Cives S5000 For Scholarship. Five thousand dollars has been give by a friend to the endowed Instilui ! of Musical Art. in New York, of whic Frank Damrosch is director. Tne sui is to be known as the James Lot Scholarship Fund. Beginning in Oct her, the income from it will be npplie toward scholarships at the institut Applications will not be received i present. Discovered Freak Clam. While engaged in shucking clams r ccntly Enoch Townsend, of Sajo, M< found a specimen which had nine di tinct and perfect head.?. Fishermc pronounced the find a most unusu. freak. > *i ?| Household Matters. | , e Li 1 Too Many Playthings. 11' J 11 j Never let the chicks have many or io very elaborate playthings. A child's L- interest is so easily aroused that j large stock of playthings proves cone fusing and wearisome, besides which y you are only making him blase by "' giving him the best of everything "s while he is small, says Home Chat. For the same reason all amusements ^ should be of the simplest. is j Guests' Initials in Roses. >r Truth compels an authority on the ie doings of the elect to admit that so ,?r far this season there is no sign of p. 1 any undue energy displayed to make s, ' novelties in entertaining loom up d pleasantly. One hostess at Bar Hare, j bor, who in a mild way has tried to - I bo "different," introduced a dainty o ! device for place cards at a dinner >> Which, she gave the other night. In> itials of each guest were placed at * h each cover. They were made of wire nnd pasteboard, completely covered y with tiny red roses, which were also J- omployed in the ccntrepiece. The n cards were attached to these floral 11 Initials with red gauze ribbon.?New e York Press. [g e How to Take a Short Rest. e When tired bodily go to your room, e loosen all your clothing, darken the U lights and lie down flat on your back r- with two ov three pillows under your d head. Be comfortable. In half an e hour you can rise c.2d dress, feeling thoroughly rested. 7- If not convenient to go to your n room and lie down you can rest your <1 nerves by taking the half-hour nerve t- rest. You will need a cup of-very 3, hot and very weak tea. You will rej, quire a hammock and you ought to !" have a bunch of roses. With these (1 you can manage nicely. Rest, smell >f the roses, sip your tea and let the hammock drift, in nan au uuui i l- your nerves will be rested. Chafing Dish Luncheons. n Hot creamed eggs and cheese; lettuce sandwiches; olives; coffee; little y tea cakes; orange marmalade; !e Veal loaf; hot scrambled eggs with 18 tomato; cream-cheese .sandwiches; .j pickles; fresh gingerbread; coffee. Deviled sardines with bacon; Swiss-cheese sandwiches; pimientoes; r" spice cake; coffee. J Lobster, creamed or Newburg; watercress sandwiches; stuffed eggs; j olives; thin crackers and cheese. Cold sliced tdngue; creamed ^ ; canned chicken; cucumber -sand0 wiches? coffee and lady fingers. ' Creamed hard-boiled eggs; chickIS en salad; lettuce sandwiches; olives; "(itoa sinrl rftffee. j | Eggs scrambled with chopped j I green peppers; shrimp salad; olive I sandwiches; sponge-cake and cofk fcs.?Harper's Bazar. , 11 ^ n sewing Hints, i- If you are troubled by the button holes in children's clothing tearing I, out, when making a garment put a >r strip of the goods where the buttoni holes come, making two or four extra thicknesses, then work with a little s coarser thread ^than usual, putting r- the stitches in closely, and there will be no further trouble., it ]f the buttons come off or tear out, e put four to six extra thicknesses of the material underneath the I facing where each button is to be d sewed on, with a good sized pin bek tween the button and the cloth, and use good linen thread, filling the eyes s? of the button full, after which withdraw the pin. and the buttons will 's neither come off nor tear out. The dainty but unserviceable little embroidered handkerchiefs which the 8 children prize may be utilized in an attractive way it Knotted mio ues iui 0 the summer blouses of the little e folks. When of a larger size they make pretty and readily finished ' handkerchief berthas on challie or other light wool frocks, j, N^CiFEpr ! Fudge?Two cups of granuiatea sugar, one of milk. Seven teaspoonp fuls of cocoa. Coil until it thickens r- then add one lablespoonful of butter.' e Boil until a little put into a saucer li and beaten will sugar. Remove from e the stove, and afld a teaspoonful of i- vanilla. Beat hard until thick, and ? pour on buttered plates. Blueberry Cup Pudding?Sift to1. aether two cups of flour, a salt spoon-^ 1- ful of salt and a teaspoonful of bak-, a ing powder. Add milk to make a^ e soft batter. Put into well greased; 1- cups a spoonful cf batter, then one" e Of berries and another cf batter. J* Steam and serve hot with a good ! n sauce. , Huckleberry Mould for Invalids?' s Cook the berries with a little water 5 until the sijins are mushy. Strain, J' sweeten to taste, thicken with a little k flour or corn-starch, turn into a t mould and set on the ice to harden, j Serve with whipped cream, if cream is allowed, though it is very palatable without any saucs. This is said to be the best fruit to use where ~ ia/-.v r.f cnctvir inice. but viitjrtj JO ci iuv? ?.- c>?~~ ? t(J the berries should be put through a ,j| sieve. m Muek Meion Cups with Peach Cus,|j tard?For the cups use small musk 0. melons, remove the tops so as to .(1 form covers, take out seeds and P membrane, put 011 ice to harden, j* When ready to serve put in layers of sugared sliced peaches until half full, then cover with a custard made of two eggs, a pint of milk, a heaping teasponful of corn starch half a cup ' > of sugar. Fasten the covers on again s- and chill in ice chest until roady to mi serve, when arrange on individual plates and garnish with flowers in harmony with the table decorations. 1 ' ' ' ' I V /* V -.V-. V;TTHE GREAT DESTROYER 1 BOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT J THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE, j Sobriety by Law?A Total Abstain- j er's Remedy For Banishing Intemperance ? Withdraw tho Sanction From a Monster Traffic. $all Caine is undoubtedly right when he says that to solve the prob- ( lem of intemperance there must be r "a clear comprehension of the root ] of the evil." It is necessary, how- j ever, in order to find the root of in- , temperance to determine whether in- j ] temperance is the cause of the liquor ] j traffic or the liquor traffic is the . < cause of intemperance. j Now, the writer is growing old and has made a sad failure in life J because of intemperance, although he has not taken an intoxicating drink for almost twenty-six years. , He charges his beccming intemper- f ate in early life to the ever present hotel and saloon bar. I The root of a tree is that through which it draws its lift from the soil, , and the root of the liquor traffic is j that from which it derives its right an existence; that is to say, tho law, whether Federal or State, under . which it is licensed. That the liquor traffic has no rights but those con- ! ferred upon it is clear from a United ' States Supreme Court decision rendered years ago which declared that 1 "there is no inherent right in a citi- \ zen to sell intoxicating liquors at re tail. It is not the privilege of a citi- ' zen of a State nor of a citizen of the 1 United States." My humble conclusion, therefore, 1 is that the root of intemperance is the legalization by the State and na- 1 tion of the traffic of intoxicating bev- i erages, and this amounts simply to 1 making drunkenness,debauchery and ( crime a source of revenue to the Government. Now, if the good people of this country really wish to solve the prob- 1 Jem of intemperance, let them cause : the repeal of all liquor legislation, thus withdrawingtheir sanction from the liouor traffic which causes intern- 1 perance.?F. M. Palmatier, in the New,York Sun. I ( What Drink Does For Girls. ' In an interview with Henry W. ' Thurston, chief probation officer, o? Chicago, he stated, according to the Daily Journal, that: "In a study of the'causes for the 1 dependency of girls, drunkenness .1 looms up as foremost in the records. ' Of the S59 in court for the first time because no one could care for them, the drunkenness of fathers was given as the cause in fifty-eight cases. Drunkenness of mothers was given in i sixty-four cases, and drunkenness of both fathers and mothers in seventy cases. Desertion by the father was the cause in ninety cases and desertion by mothers in only eighteen. Desertion of both parents was the cause in seven cases. < "Lack of proper care was responsible for the plight of 387 of the girls, but in many of the cases drunkenness was back of the inability of the parents to provide for their offspring. romtinot in fltro from tWO V/LlilUlCAi Jttubiue ... ~-0 ~ weeks to seventeen years are included in this class." Not So Friendly as They Seem. * The National Liquor Dealers' Association, at their recent annual meeting, proclaimed themselves as a temperance society. They 2re in favor of a temperate or moderate use of intoxicants, and that they think is what temperance means. They are not far out of the way, according to i the strict meaning of the term, but j in the usual acceptation of the word j temperance mean3 abstinence, total | and always, from the use of alcoholic liquors, and that is very far from the idea of the Hquor dealers, whose interest and purpose it is to increase their business and sell as much of their product as possible. To drink to excess is to ruin one's business, and the brewers are not m iavur yi j bankrupting their customers, but we i must not be deceived by their pro- I fessions of friendship for temper- j ance, as we understand the term. Belgium Ears Absinthr. Henceforward, so far as Belgium | Is concerned, absinthe, under all and any circumstances, is contraband. The stigma of the law is upon it. Efforts have several times been made to suppress the use of absinthe in the country, and during the past j week, despite all opposition from the ' manufacturers and retailers interest- j ed, a prohibitory bill has passed both j houses of the Legislature. In the j Senate the bill was passed by ninetytwo votes to two. The act is very far reaching. #It prohibits the importation, manufacture, transport, sale or storing for sale of absinthe or of ! any substitute for it. The penalties are substantial.?London Globe. _____ ? Senator Frye's Testimony. Hou.. Wiiiam P. Frye, United States Senator from Maine, testified as follows: "I can remember the time when in the State of Maine there was a grocery store at nearly every four corners in certain portions of the State, whose principal business was the sale cf New England rum; when the jails were crowded and poverty prevailed. To-day the country portions of the | State are absolutely free from the j sale of liquor; poverty is compara- | tively unknown, and in some of the i counties the jails have been without ! occupants for years at a time. Wherever the laws have been rigidly enforced this condition of things has been the invariable result." Inebriety Doesn't Pay. No man lives or dies to himself alone. The h'.'.inan race is just one family, and the wiser members of that family are fast learning that inebriety does not pay. The moral question has become economic. The Transvaal Way. The Transvaal is the only part of British territory where the "public saloon management" scheme is provided for by law. It was there included in the last local option law. An Anrient Point of View. Diogenes, being presented at a feast with a large goblet of wine, threw it on the ground. When blamed for wasting so much good liquor, he said: "Had I drunk it there would have been doublo waste. 1 I as well as the wine would have 1 been lost." I Alarming Comparison. The beer consumed in the United States in 1S80 would fill a canal from , New York to Philadelphia, forty feet , wide and eight feet deep. Last year. ( twice as much was used. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.! INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR SEPTEMBER. 0. Subject: Jesus Enters Jerusalem in Triumph, Matt. xxL, 1-17?Gold- j en Text, Matt. xxi? 0?Memory Verses, 9-11. 1. Preparations for the triumphal ;ntry (vs. 1-7). 1. "Drew nigh." This was Sunday, commonly called Palm Sunday. Jesus and His disciples left Bethany and journeyed toward Jerusalem. "Bethphage." The ocation of this town is not definitely tnown; it was between Bethany and Jerusalem. "Sent?two disciples." Supposed to have been Peter and John. After they left Bethany Jesus sent these disciples on ahead. 2. "The village." Bethphage. 'Ye shall find." Here wo have a wonderful instance of Christ's prescience in very minute matters. 'Loose tbem." The animals were [ied;-and so men's possessions are 'tied" by pleasure, or greet?, or gain, ar habit, or the gordian ki.ot of selfishness. 3. "Straightway He will send them." Our Lord did not beg, but borrowed the colt, therefore this should be understood as the promise af returning him. 4. "Might be fulfilled." Was the ?hief motive of Jesus merely to fulfil q nmiihorv and did He turn out af the way for that purpose? Rather, 1st us see that this was the right thing to do at this time. It was necessary in order to fulfil His mission for Him to offer Himself, on this last opportunity, to the Jews as their Messiah King, so that they might accept Him and be saved. "By the prophet." Zech. 9:9. 5. "The daughter of Sion." The church. "Behold." Give attention and look svith astonishment and wonder. "Thy King cometh." Jesus Christ is appointed King over the church (Psa. 2:6), and is accepted by the church. C. "Did as Jesus commanded." What a blessing it would be if every ane did as Jesus commanded them, without stopping to question, or suggest a different course. 7. "Their clothes.*' They spread their loose auter garments on the colt and sat Jesus thereon, thus acknowledging Him to be their king. II. The triumphal procession (vs. 8-11). 8. - "A very great multitude." Vast crowds were present at the Passover. In the time of Nero a census was taken and it was ascertained that there were 2,700,000 Jews present at tms least. varments in the way." An Oriental mark of honor at the reception of kings on their entrance into cities. "Branches from the trees." This was. a demonstration of their joy. Carrying palm and other branches was emblematical of success and victory. 9. "Hosanna." Hosanna is a rendering into Greek letters of the Hebrew words, "Save, we pray" (Psa. 118:25). It is like a shout of "Salvation! Salvation!" It is used as an expression of praise like "Hallelujah!" The disciples rejoiced and praised God with a loud voice (Luke 19:37, 38), and the Pharisees with unconcealed disgust asked Him to rebuke them. But Jesus replied, IJ these should hold their peace the stones would immediately cry out Jesus here grants His people a license to rejoice and shout His praises. "The Son of David." A common expression for the Messiah "In the highest." In the highest degree; in the highest strains; in the highest heavens. 10. "Was moved." "Was stirred.' R. V. The word in the original ij forcible, "convulsed" or "stirred" aa by an earthquake, or by a violent wind. The same Greek word is used by Matthew (8:24) to express the effect of a violent tempest upon the waters of the Sea of Galilee. The multitude was greatly excited. "Who is this?" Well may we, as well as they, ask this question. 11. "This is Jesus." And thus He is the Saviour, the deliverer (Matt. 1:21). "The prophet of Nazareth." That prophet referred to by Moses (Deut. 18:18). III. Cleansing the temple (vs.. 12, 13). 12. "Into the temple." This was the next day, Monday. See Mark 31:11-15. Jesus ana rus uisciples went back to Bethany on Sunday night. This was the second cleansing of the temple: one of His first public acts, three years before this, was to purge His Father's house (John 2:13-17). "Cast out." In the first instance He used a "scourge of small cords," now His word is sufficient. 13. "It is written." In Isa. 5G: 7; Jer. 7:11. "A den of thieves." The business was right enough in itself, but they had perverted the use of the Lord's house, and were robbing the people by charging extortionate prices. They were destroying the very spirit of true worship. IV. Christ's popularity (vs. 1417). 14. "He healed them." In the presence of all the people He performed most wonderful cures. He now shows the proper use of the temple. 15. "Were sore displeased." The leaders saw that they were unable to check His growing popularity. Even the children were taking up the strain and were singing His praises. 1C. "Hcarest Thou what these say?" They were an clous to have Christ rebuke them, but, iastsa-.l. Jesus qfeotes from Psa. S:i' to show that even this was in harmony with the Scriptures. 17. "To Bethany." They again return to Bethany to ledge. Coin in Cement Seven Centuries. An important discovery has been made at Venice while detaching mosaics from inside the basilica of St. Mark's to carry out the work of restoring the whole Cathedral, which was shaken through the sinking of it* foundations. Buried in cement was a very rare coin of the time of the Doge Enrico Dandolo, who died in 1205, thus proving that the building of the basilica was going on in the twelfth century. It is supposed that the coin fell from the clothing of a workman into the cement, remaining there seven ccnturies. A Mechanical "Hired Ulan." B. E. Moore, a practical farmer, at CVinsted. Conn., thinks lie has solved he scarcity of farm-hand help probem by installing; a milking machine, gasoline engine and electric motor. Sawing the wood, cutting ensilage, shearing Angora goats and sheep, nilking cows,separating milk, churning butter, washing clothes, lighting the house and barns are all done now 5y power at Moore's. tf^UgHTS Tcf^ THS ? A THOUGHTFUL LOVE. / " I ask Thee for a thoughtful love, Through constant watching wise,. To meet the glad with joyful smiles And wipe tne weeping eyes; 'And a heart at leisure from itself, \ To soothe and sympathize. v (Wherever in the world I am, * In whatsoe'er estate, I have a fellowship with hearts, To keep and cultivate, And a world of lowly love to do, For the Lord on whom I wait. ?Anna Laetitia Waring. Tt1? liv TVrrf.W?JLt. , x>ie?aiiigB /iic i vuwFfvWhen Christ went upon the mouBtaintop with His three disciples, He was transfigured before them. Hi* raiment became as bright as the sun, so that human eyes could hardly look upon Him, such was the brilliancy of His glory. To Him this was an hoot of triumph, and to these three dla* r ciples it was the privilege of a lifetime. The Father said: "This is Myi beloved Son; hear ye Him." Around ' Him there appeared Moses and Eli* I jah, and they talked with Him. > How long this scene lasted we are not told, but such was the effect of frhe revelation that the disciples were almost overcome, and they proposed to build places of worship and abide there. By and by they came to themselves, and found that they were / alone with Jesus. Daylight dawned upon them, and they came down from the mountain. Then it was that an afflicted boy was seen among j a crowd of people. The other dis- i : ciples were there, but had been unI able to heal him. Jesus spoke the I word of life and power, and he was * I restored to his normal condition of body and mind/ , v. How different this scene from the # one on the mountain! There it was glory beyond description, but here it was torture and suffering. Up there no duty rested upon them but to enjoy the ecstacy; down here there was a case which demanded great faith and power of the Redeemer. Exacting duty followed the blessing of transfiguration. Life can not be made up all of joy. It has the other extreme. The two need thus to succeed each other. We must have seasons of blessings. We could not endure the responsibilities , 4-Kio on^niifQo'flmoTit Tf* WXlLlUUb CUiO VU w U< Mgvmvuvi *? comes to us like a ray of sunshine in a dark cloud. But the blessing' is given to us to prepare us for service. God has a use for us in this world. There are unpleasant things to be done. They suggest themselves all around us. Following our spiritual triumphs, we must come down to the prosy, and the practical experiences of life. When we get a great spiritual baptism, there is some great burden awaiting us, some great sorrow just in front of us, some case that needs our special help. The glory of the former prepares us for the drudgery, of the latter. It is always proof that God has some extra work for us to /Accomplish when He pours out upon us a great blessing.?Texas Christian Advocate. , . ?> ?v "Something Gives Way." A Christian woman in a town in New York desired to obtain a schoolhouse for the purpose of starting a Sabbath-school, but was refused by a skeptical trustee. Still she persevorf>d. and asked him again and again. ^ "I tell you, Au.it Polly, it is of no use. Once for all, I say you can not have the school-hor.se for such purpose." "I think I am going to get it," said Aunt Polly. "I should like to kt\ow how, if I do not give you the key." "I think the Lord is toing to unlock it." "Maybe He -will," said the infidel,, i "but I can tell you tiiis?Ho will not get the key from me. "Well, I am going to pray .over it, and I have found out from experience that when I keep on praying, something always gives way." And the next time she came the hard heart of the infidel gave way, and she received tho key. More than this?when others opposed the school, he sustained her, and great good was done for perishing souls. "Something gives way." Sometimes there is a funeral. When God's Spirit inspires a prayer in a balieviug Christian's heart, Omnipotence stands ready to answer it. i u i ?1 ?>_?PVirictian "bomecaing yivea n aj. -? Secretary. He Came Unto His Own. I Jesus "came unto His own." To I men forgetful of their God-like fia ture He came, to tell them-that they I were the children of God; and to I men who could not do without Him I He came, because they needed Him. I Oh, my dear friends, by what higlw-^ warrants does the Saviour claim usl J for Hi3 own! Because we are His*? J Father's children, and because we are so needy, therefore our Divine I Brother comes. I Tic comes to you and says, "You . called Me." And you look up out of I your worldlinesr. and say, "Oh, no, I did not call! I do not know You!" I But He says, calmly, "You did, I although you did not know it. That I IDwer of being Godlike which is in I you, crushed and unsatisfied?that fl summoned Me; and that need of I being forgiven and renewed which I you will not own?that summoned I Me. And here I am! Now wilt thou be made whole? If thou canst be- I lieve. all things are possible to hiin that beiieveth."?Phillips Brooks. I Ram's Horn BTotcs. I God often says, "Wait," but He I never says. "Worry." _ j I Better a dry sermon than one that I evaporates before it can be applied. Men must enter into the eternal I for the infinite hasentered into them. I A man may be very tender in pray- I er and yet avail him nothing it ne is cruel to his beasts. When a man is commissioned by H God he is not going to turn back op I account of thp commands of m?n Tree Nurseries For Maine Schools. In line with the renewed interest in agricultural matters, the Maine I University this winter will offer read ing courses and correspondence I courses in agricultural and allied topics. In pursuance of the same policy an effort is being made to in | troduce agriculture and forestry as I courses in all normal schools of the I State, a start having already been I made in this direction at the Castine I and Gorham schools. Small tree nur- I , series are to be established at earch of the normal schools. 9