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S?3ffl?#St?CeE?e<EB??B0?e? 99 mmD*m'm90tlD0a rjrji THE CANOP H?l? OR A TEE OF M( V2i?CB? fitli _ ^35,,. By JAMbb 17| ioi?cai?ai?taii?9i CHAPTER XXIII. 19 I " Continued. t( a "If it is your Joss; but how am I ^ to be certain of that? You are not ^ so very straightforward that I should a take your word for that. We sink or f( swim together, my young friend, g mind that. It is very well for you h to have a certain income safely in- w vested in this country to be drawn w upon at your convenience: but what's 0 to become of me in the meantime. while our schemes are ripening? r( While the grass grows the steed w starves; and I am not the sort of an- a imal that takes to starving kindly.'' "I have money enough for both of a us for a month or two," said Adair, p with a flush on his face. ^ "Oh, you have, have you?" sneered jj the other, "in spite of its being so a deuced difficult to raise a few pounds? Well, if I don't see my way ? to a thousand pound down, I don't start to-night, Mr. Adair." "A thousand pounds! I wouldn't jj give you a thousand pence to save g your neck from the hangman." h It was not a pleasant observation for one gentleman to make to anoth- w er supposed to be in his confidence; r< mnrpnvpr it was arcfimnanied bv a j tone and manner so obviously genu- r ine that to explain it away in any ^ "parliamentary sense" was out of the question. b For an instant a very ugly look h indeed crossed Mr. Dawson's face, a which, when the coarse bonhomie was out of it, was always far from a prepossessing, but the next moment ^ he burst out laughing. jr "Upon my life, Adair," he said, tj "'for a keen, clever fellow, I never _ saw one so slow to take a joke as 0 you are. You need hardly have Q. flown out so. even if an old pal like s< me naa asKeu lor me wuuey m saiuest, whereas I asked you for nothing of the kind. I said I should like to C( see it; since without the sinews of f( war it would be useless to begin our ^ campaign at all. and we might just a; as well stop where we are and take n, our chances." jy For an instant Adair seemed to ^ hesitate, then he threw open his coat w and pulled out his bundle of bank- j,, notes. w "There is a thousand pounds there, and more," he exclaimed, sul- q] lenly. "Now, look here, I'm safe till iE tn.mnrrnw lint rlrm't lft'fc hnvp anv .. more cursed nonsense about not go- w ing to-night." it "Certainly not," returned the oth- jt er, quietly; "only there's nothing c( like being frank and above board w with friends." m If this moral axiom was meant a as an encouragement for his compan- sj ion to go into figures, it failed of its m intent, for Adair rolled up the notes w again and placed them in his breast in pocket. ? jy "At midnight, then, at Miller street stairs, the boat will be waiting." "As sure as death, or at least, m clockwork," was the dry rejoinder. ai "As you don't go home, it seems, why shouldn't we pass the time together?" p( "No, I have something to do," said re Adair, taking up his hat. rj "Well, don't be late; but on the . other hand, it won't do to be much te too early. To be hanging about the stairs before the boat arrives will ex- fo cite suspicion." With that curt, side- g, lone nod whinh is the sien of adieu ^ ?? ? ? ? Sl between familiars who are not. friends, the two parted. Hardly had the door closed behind Adair when Dawson stamped twice upon the floor a signal which was promptly answered by the younger of the two h< men who had been passengers in the h< train with Robert Aldred. cv "Quick, follow that fellow and tell be me where he goes." "Within five sc ; , minutes the emissary returned with d< a long face. ft "Fool! He has given you the qi slip?" m "It is not that; there's some one si after him already." w "Ten thousand devils! Not one of f? our people, surely?" jc "No such luck, it's a detective. n< I've seen his face in Scotland Yard, tr and, what's more to the purpose, he's ol seen mine." w "You white livered hound! No fc matter, that will do." J< Left to himself, Dawson fell to si musing. "He's safe for to-night, is h he? That means that they are con- h< niving at his flight; for madam's v< sake they will not arrest him. A hi virtuous woman is a crown to her fi husband. A thousand pounds? He k had five thousand pounds about him g< if he had a penny. I caught the fig- it ure on the outside note; they were h' hundred pounders." It was not easy to find a cab in ni those regions, but when he had done J' so Adair drove to a hotel in Covent n Garden?the same he had put up at t.i when he had come up from Cam- p bridge to make that little investiga- t< tion at St. Anne's?and secured a w private sitting room. A bedroom he si did not need, and to sit in the coffee ci room among strangers would have P been Intolerable. He had in reality n nothing to do, for his arrangements ti for departure were complete; but a tl sense of danger?marvelously in- b creased by the little fortune he car- h lied with him?warned him to lie a close, as it had disinclined him for c his late companion's society. The p time lagged ou his hands like lead; s! there were two books upon the table, h and though he had never taken any r pleasure in reading, he carelessly r took one ot tnera up. It chanced to d be a Cambridge calendar, left, no h doubt, by some undergraduate who s used the house. He turned to his tl own name, second ou the list of y wranglers. The sight of it was worm- n wood to him. g What chances he had flung away; ti from what a bright promise he had tl fallen, and to what a depth! He U threw the book away with a curse, SJ ami took up the other. It was a ...... , ... * e as o ks a e? o ob ra d ? ??90030 ['SWARD: ?2 )KEY MADNESS. ?i*8*J m nmiiar 1 fi o S PAYN, "I0*Zm0' HiiaowB (fm g i?8new*eiic>e?* Postoffice Directory." He turned 3 his own address in Albany street, nd in the city. In the next edition, e bitterly reflected, they would not e there?nor anywhere. It was oubtful whether he would ever dare 5 set foot in England again; yet if ophy and her child would not obey is orders and come out to him, he ould dare; and then so much the orse for them. As he idly turned ver the leaves he read a page of trades;" then, half closing the book, ?peated the names in their order, ith only two mistakes. He read it gain, and this time accomplished le feat without an error. What an mazing memory lie possessed; wnat rasp of mind and talent for detail! t was impossible, with the funds he ad to start with, that he should fall second time in utilizing such amazig gifts. He dined, or rather supped at a tte hour, and at a little before eleven :arted for the rendezvous. Bearing 1 mind the warning Dawson had iven him against being too early, e went on foot, notwithstanding iat it was raining heavily. There as also a strong wind blowing. This sminded him of the night when he ogged the footsteps of Herbert Pery when they came away from the all. There was another point of resemlance of which he was unaware; is own footsteps were being dogged, nd with much greater cunning; he ad been but an amateur detective, Did this was a professional. Along le Strand and Fleet street, and then lto the narrow thoroughfares by ie river side, this man pursued him -save that he always kept upon the pposite side of the way?like his wn shadow. At the corner of Miller :reet Adair stopped and took out his atch. It wanted but five minutes > midnight. Then he 'tnrned the 5rner of the street and made rapidly >r the river. His pursuer, seeing im pause, had slunk into a gateway, d, taken unawares by his rapid lovement, was thrown more behind im than he had been heretofore, /hen he also turned into the street, hich was of no great length, Adair ad almost reached the bottom of it, hen he suddenly lost sight of him. he detective hastened his steps, and . aickly reached the very spot, as he ; uagined, where Adair had disap?ared. It was a large warehouse, ' ith a huge crane depending from , and its great doors were closed. was impossible, he felt, that they >uld have been opened and shut J ithin so short a time. Yet the , an was gone. The detective placed whistle to his lips and gave a shrill gnal, twice repeated. Within three inutes there were two policemen ith their bull's eyes assisting him his search. He told them hurried- ] what had happened, and one of i iem ran on to the river bank. As ( i reached it, a light boat, with six j en in her, four of them rowing, ' id two in the stern, shot out from < ider the stairs. 1 "He has got away, sir," said the ] jliceman, running back to make his 1 sport, "in a ship's gig down the i ver." ( "I don't believe it," said the de- < ctive. "He never moved a yard jyond this spot," and he struck his iOt upon the ground. The sound it ive was dull and hollow. They were anding on a cellar trap. ] CHAPTER XXIV. I Willie's Will. 1 Weeks elapsed before the secluded ' )me which Jeanette had found for . ;r mistress received any visitor. Se- 1 irity from the pursuit of her husind was the one aspiration of her ' ml. and while that remained in ' jubt she was unable to enjoy the ' ill fruition of her freedom. The j aiet of the place and its ?enviroaents, the scents and sounds of >ring, the marked improvement hich the change had already ef;cted in little Willie, filled her with ] ?y and thankfulness; but from this ' ?w found happiness, the sense of its ! ansient character?the possibility j some misfortune befalling her 1 orse than all that she had heretoire endured?was never absent. . ;annette could not be persuaded to jeak further of the peril which had ' ung over little Willie; but although sr Ignorance of.business affairs presnted her from understanding how er darling's death could have bene- 1 ted any human creature. Sophy uew that her child had been in daner, and from the hands that nature self should have taught to defend ; er. Everything, however ? including j lurder?comes out at last, and Mrs. ohnson, under which name Jeanette continued to conceal her iden- ] ty, received one morning a startling iece of intelligence through the butirman. He did not tell it to her ith his own lips?the news was too ale for that?but brought it by acident, in print, wrapped round a + V. ^ ?? 14- io o a.i tci vi 111c ucai, x u u. lethod by which imaginative literajre, alas! is often conveyed; but 3is was a matter of fact. There had een a time when Jeannette would ave gone straight to her mistress nd discoursed of the sensational inident with infinite gusto; but the oor waiting maid had lest her nerve, he had no longer any confidence in er own judgment; and so far from ejoicing, as of yore, in handling the ibbons of an intrigue, could hardly rive a gig as a free agent. She did, owever, take certain steps, the reult of which was that two ladies? he older in deep mourning, the ounger in that attire which the lilliners describe as one of "initiated grief"?presented themselves he next morning at the cottage. At tie sight of the former, 5ophy utjred a piteous cry, and rau into her Lretched out arms. "My darling," murmured Aunt Maria (for she it was); "welcome, welcome to the old haven!" "No. no! not that," sobbed Sophy; "I have no right to it." And, indeed, though the wellspring of love and gratitude were at their full with her. she had sought the refuge in question only to hide her face in shame and sorrow. "That is not your Aunt Maria's view," said Henny, coming to the assistance of them both?for, in truth, it was needed?"though she and I have certainly a bone to pick with you, dear, for having hidden away from us securely. We knew, of course, since Jeannette was in charge of you, that you were safe " "No, no, no!" interrupted Sophy, in affrighted tones; "not safe, that is what embitters every moment to me. As for me, I do not deserve to be safe from him, but I tremble for my innocent child." The two yisitors exchanged significant slances. "Had we not better tell her?" whispered Henny, over the still bowed head. But ere Aunt Maria could nod assent Sophy had started from her embrace with an affrighted cry. \ "Hark! hark!" she cried. "A man's voice in Willie's room; he has f?und us out, and has come to murder her." Before either of her companions could put out her hand to restrain her she had rushed from the room to the upper floor. The others followed as quickly as they could. Sophy's ears had not deceived hes; there .was a man in the room above, where the child lay, sitting by the side of the child with a huge picture book in his hand, which she was regarding attentively. An old man in deep mourning, but with a face of quiet content and exquisite tenderness. Little Willie and he were obviously on the best of terms, and she was prattling away in the most con- I Sciential and artless manner. For once the mother's face did not turn first to her darling; she flung herself at the newcomer's knees and burst into tears. The canon caressed her iu silence for some moments. He had no great confidence just then in his own powers of speech, and when he used them was careful to avoid too pronounced a tone of tenderness. "You mustn't give way like that, my dear Sophy," he said, reprovingly. "We shall have the Court of Chancery down upon us." And indeed that important little personage looked amazed enough at her mother's emotion. "I was told to wait below till Aunt Maria had prepared you ior xuy visn, uc womon; "though why I should have become such a formidable person to you I'm sure I can't tell; but I thought in the meantime I would renew my acquaintance with my godchild." Still Sophy did not speak. She had got hold of one of the canon's bands and, in spite of his efforts to withdraw it, was kissing it, to his fntenae embarrassment. To be Continued. Few Dead Delinquents. Out West no man dies content unless he has paid his newspaper subscription, for the editors have a way 3f squaring things in their obituary accounts. For instance, an Indian rerritory editor recently took the oc:asion on the death of a reader to write this: "Deceased was a mild mannered man, with a mouth for whisky. He came here at night with another man's wife and joined the ;hurch at the first opportunity. He jwed us $7 on the paper."?Lyons (N. Y.) Review. Mason and Dixon's Line Gone. A Democrat stood watching a Republican parade in Sedalia. "You never hear the band play 'Dixie' for a. Republican meeting, do you?" he remarked. "Why, the band is likely to strike up 'Dixie' before they reach the Court House," said a Republican brother. "I'll vote th9 Republican ticket if they do," said the follower 3f Jefferson. "I've got that bet," said the Republican. Then he pursued the band leader. Before they reached the Court House the band played "Dixie."?Kansas City Star. The Lnst One. The Bishop of Worcester was once traveling through Banbury by rail, and wishing to try their celebrated cakes, summoned a boy ana asKea him to procure him one. Learning that the price was threepence, the jishop gave the lad a sixpence, telling him, "And with the other threepence buy a cake for yourself." The lad shortly returned, complacently munching his cako, and handing threepence back to the bishop, exclaimed: "There was only one left, governor."?Harper's Weekly. Helps. Man could direct his ways by plain reason and support his life by tasteI ~ ~ v>,,f Vian (rlvon US wit. IUS55 1UUU I LTUU UV? uwfrfcj 55* ? vm %? ? and flavor and brightness, and laughter, and performers, to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage, and to charm his pained steps over the burning marl.?Sidney Smith. Colored Ra'-. * "Colored rain," in the shape of millions of little red, green, and yellow insects, fell recently at Angers, France. So numerous were thr insects Lhat tliey choked the water pipes in the town. Dunchurch, near Rugby, claims that its smithy is the original forge wmcn mspirea me iamous vwscs uu "The Village Blacksmith." It is a picturesque old place, and the "spreading chestnut tree" still flourishes in front of It. The Court of Appeals at Ghent has just declared invalid an election that took place twenty-five years ago. The illegal incumbent, who is a lawyer, by the way, will now, it is expected, vacate. Attributing his fa*ure at the last French elections to the frequent breakdowns of his motor car, a candidate has brought action against a motor manufacturer and claims $2000 damages. IN THE PU " ^ LIE t' TECOLON E ] To whom has been entrusted the t? AUSTRALIAN SAPPHIRES. ST JOHN PLUMMER. Sapphires are found in all the Australian States, but chiefly at Anakie, in Queensland, where they are obtained In considerable quantities. The sapphire bearing area, according to Mr. B. Dunstan, 'assistant Queensland geologist, is of considerable extent, about fifty square miles, extending north and south of Sapphire Town, as the Anakie settlement is designated. The deposits are mostly "confined to the granite country, although rarely met with in existing stream. Generally, they are found j "" ' " w x \ ... ? >*' *%h,? 'Jf\ Xte *' TREATING SAPP1 high above the beds of the creeks. The sapphires do not travel very far, and if the deposits containing them are washei away, the stones will be found just below any remaining portions, or perhaps onlya short distance away. Associated with the sapphire deposits is a quartzite rock, locally known as "billy," which is general in all the eastern portions of the field in which the gems are found, and, when met with in unprospected localities, is regarded as an indication of the probable existence of sapphires In the vicinity. There are, however, localities in which the sapphires are found, although no traces of the "Killw" nro ho Hkcnvprpf] henOP UUXJ %+A V, VV ~ it is assumed that while the rock may have been plentiful in the sapphire bearing country, it is not that from which the gems originally came.? Scientific American. Newest Tool Handle. Carpenters and mechanics have found the tool sets comprising numerous tools and only one handle IT Tool Cannot Slip. An Eye Exercise. Oculists very often recommend the use of spectacles by persons whose eyesight is not impaired, but who, nevertheless, over-e::ert the eyes J either by excessive study or too close application to duty. An improved method of relieving strained eyes, and also to give natural cxercise to the muscles surrounding the eyeball, ' % " . ' ' *" ' . V *5K fBLIC EYE~ L, GEO. W. GOETHALS. isk of digging the Panama Canal. very valuable. The weight of theli tool chest has been reduced more than half, and it requires but a minute to take one tool out of the handle and insert another. Like all other good things, these interchangeable handles have faults that need correction and improvement. The worst fault is the liability of the clamp which grips the tool in the handle becoming worn, the tool thus slipping out. The mechanic is thus unable tcuse any of the tools. The handle shown here seems to overcome this fault. The end of the tool is inserted in the apertures at each end, holes ir the shank of the tool registering wltb holes in the handle. Pins are inM'A ..T*111 3IRE WASH DIRT. serted in the openings, holding th? tool firmly in the handle and preventing it slipping out.?Washington Star. Wire Holder For Kitchen Utensils. A handy article for household us? has recently been patented by a New Jersey man, an illustration of which is shown below. Its object is mainlj 4- I- ~ 4-U * rslA IU assist m yiCDCiviiis tuc uiu iuic ui .Hoicis Numerous Arucies. "A place for everything, and everything in its place." The busy housewife always gladly welcomes those contrivances which tend to cleanliness and tidiness. Very often she is greatly perplexed to know just where to put all the small necessary odds and ends where they can be conveniently reached. A holder like the one shown here helps to solve the question. This wire holder is small and can be readily secured in convenient position. It provides a placo I fi-\i- ttio hrnnm a fMin nr twr? a hrnsh and numerous other small kitcften utensils.?Washington Star. ! has been invented by a Missouri man, and is shown in the accompanying illustration. The rings are intended to bea<r against the upper and lower eyelids, and are of such size and shape that they will impart the necessary pressure without obstruction by the eye socket and cavity. The rings are made of gold, silver or celluloid. Between the rings is a bridge, which holds them in proper adjustment. Temple pieces are attached to each ring, ana are composed or two sec tions joined by springs, so that the exerciser will be drawn and held with J the desired pressure against the lide of the eyes. Opportunity is thus afforded for constant exercise, so long as the instrument is worn, the eyeballs being greatly strengthened and encouraged in their functions. An nlncti.o lmnrl tn onrirHp flip hf>ad C2H1 also be added.?Washington Star. The vineyard area of France in 190C was 4,195,500 acres, yielding a wine production of 1,375,774,921 gallons. Production has steadily decreased since 190C, when it was 1,779,267.568 gallons. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR AUG. 11 BY THE REV. I. W. HENDERSON. Subject: The Sin of Nadab and Abihu, Lev. 10:1-11 ? Golden * Text, Prov. 20:1 ? Memory Verse, 8. . Nadab and Abihu furnish the groundwork for the temperance lesson of the day. Evidently they were drunk when they went to perform their usual duties before the.altar. At least it would so appear since immediately following the recital of their foolish actions and grievous disobedience to the commands of God we have the record that the Lord specifically commanded Aaron and his other sons that they should refrain from following after strong drink. What God expected of Aaron as a priest He expects of every one of us as His children, especially of those of us who are sealed to Him in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. For, as the Proverb says, "wine is a mocker." It is a sign not of a man's sense but of his lack of it when he fools with liquor. It not only makes fools of men but it makes beasts of them. It not only makes monkeys of them, but It also makes raging, vicious brutes of them. It is a delusion and a snare. I? it was a good thing for Aaron and his sons to let the sort of wine they used in their day alone, it is i certainly wise that we should let the stuff that is sold to-day alone. If the wine of Israel could make idiots of the priests of the tabernacle no man can accurately predict what the alcoholic drinks of to-day will do with men. For the likelihood is that the wine of that primitive time as used by the priesthood was as good as can be procured. But the vile stuff that is sold to-day is generally as bad as can be procured. The average man to-day when he does buy wine, or beer, or liquors of any sort cannot even be certain that he is purchasing what he wants. Much of the alcoholic drinks that are served to the public to-day is poison flaunting itself under the black flag of subterfuge. But whether they be pure or poisonous alcoholic beverages had best be left alone. No man can afford to fool with them. We see daily instances of the folly of even strong,, intelligent, moral men tampering with liquor. It is as sensible to tamper with liquor as it is to tease a rattlesnake. Statistics will never record the number of the bright, industrious, brainy, useful men who tampered with liquor and met defeat. God alone knows the awful list of those who have gone down into the drunkard's grave because they felt competent to curb and control about as fierce a monster as ever mastered man. Alcohol as a beverage is a fraud. It is even questionable whether it is useful as a medicine. For its chief medicinal value is as a preservative and solvent. Its nutritive value is so negligible as- to be easily dispensed with, and as easily replaced. As a stlmula.nt it is a sham. For its retroactive properties are too thoroughly pronounced. There is nothing whatever to be gained by the use of alcohol as a beverage. First of all it is an un* a. 4? 4-Via I natural acquirement,, waiei ID iug I natural beverage. Water slakes and satisfies the thirst. Alcohol Intensifies and excites the thirst. It creates an abnormal desire. It is unsatisfying. Secondly, alcohol is expensive. None of us though he have the riches of Rockefeller Is rich enough to spend a dollar on alcoholic drinks. And the poorer we are the more we need the money for valid necessities. The man who has money to spend on drinks had better spend the money on his family, charity, or himself. For practically all the money spent on liquor is an economic loss. Alcohol as a beverage takes the money of the drinker without affording society commensurate return. In the measure that its return is incommensurate it is an economic loss. Thirdly, alcohol as a beverage is dangerous. It is the hand maiden of hell. It is the devil's hangman. The strange thing is that, while the Church of Jesus Christ and the courts of the land recognize that the beverage liquor traffic is at the source of the vilest and most hopeiocc lrHopries nf this country to-day, the church takes no more decided and defiant and aggressive attitude against it than she does and the courts of the land permit it to exist in open defiance of the unconstitutional guarantees to the public at large of undisturbed and equal opportunity to pursue a peaceful existence in liberty and happiness before the law. The strange thing is that it in so unpopular even in the church to arraign the citizenship that palliates and endorses and permits the saloon to exist for a consideration? even the Christian citizenship of America. The strange thing is that the courts permit such a business to exist. For every child of a drunken father is denied the elemental opportunity for wholesome life, liberty and happiness that makes us equal before the law. Every child born out of drunken wedlock is handicapped inevitably in the race of life. Every weak willed sot is aided on towards misery and sorrow by the consent of the State. Every mother in a half furnished home, deprived of the necessaries of life, is a standing argument for the intervention of the ehurch and State. You can't make men moral by law, to be sure. But you can remove the legalized invitation and suggestion to immorality by law. That is a duty of the church and of the State. I Big Engines to Go. So that the cost of the production of steel may be reduced a few cents a ton, millions of dollars are to be spent in new machinery for the plants of the United States Steel Corporation, and almost a hundred engines are practically to be relegated to the scrapheap. The chauge will probably take two or three years to complete, but it is assured by the experiments that have been carried on at the Edgar Thompson plant of the i/Nti of DrorlHnnl* TIia pv. , UUI puiauuu C4 O UIHUUUWU. *..V v.. periments have been along the lines of abolishing coal as fuel and driving the engines with the gas that blows from the Wast furnace3. Cornerstone Weighed Nine Tons. The cornerstone of the City Investing Building, at Broadway and | Cortlandt street, New York City, was j - ' ' t-? ~ t i. n ?t?oc?i^ont 1 laid L)y Houeri Hi. uuwuug, of the company. The stone weighed nine tons. In a hollowed space In the top of the stone was placed a steel box in which were put several coins and copies of New York newspapers. I . '' I Religious Truths], i I From the Writings of Great 1 H Preachers. "GOD IS LIGHT, AND IN HIM IS NO~? DARKNESS AT ALL." B To-morrow is as doubtful as a thought can't express, H And the riddle of the future is beyond the- Bfl wise man's guess; ..IH So let us leave this fretting, and the thing: that might have been, ' v.-* And let us trust like children, and on Father lean. |H For His wisdom will not fail ui, nor His strength will ever tire, ^8 And when our hope is dying He will fad' BH the Heaven-born fire; His love will be the air we breathy Hi8'-^| tenderness our light. Ml As we walk the Valley Tearful as though!- HE Heaven were in sight. For I cannot think it far away, when "birdc'Hj BO Bweewy eiug, , When the fragrance of the flower is tM ini-'H| cense to the King, ffl When the smile of little children has thevll brightness of the day?. H I cannot think that night is near and God' IH so far away. XH 1 know the sun went down in stonn/^imt HI as the 8tars shone out, ' They seemed a choir of angels and I heard' their gladsome shout, 'Twas "Glory in the highest. His. Kingdom snail increase, And for the men who wish Him well tbere^-^M dawns a day of peace." Kj -Howard T. N. Ussher, in London.Ch^p^^H God is Not Discouraged. We are oftentimes discouraged be* cause we are so spiritually faulty..I We blunder and make mistake^ atuT? H fall so far short of our ideals, it thi? H is due to our neelisrence and aess, then we need the fire and thelash to bring ua into line. But if we are honestly endeavoring to Jea#: a godly life, if we are striving to attain unto the fullness of the stature of Jesus Christ our Lord, if we are,, bravely struggling to overcome* tlfe warring passions within, then - th<^ power of God is at our right fianft tocomfort and strengthen. ^Liketa* a^, father pitieth his children, w tl& Lord pitieth them that fear Him.? For He knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are Every honest effort put forth to* realize the Christ-like purpose, receives the Father's blessing. Brown- > fng sang truly: " 'Tis not what man does that exalts him, but what marl would do.r God has placed our" l,lnn1n c. + V.O + ir,n motr 1<alFa tVlA. lucais o\J ujgu uai. no .uavt; wxv constant aspiration to attain. "What. I aspired to be and was not comforts me." Therefore be not "discouraged about yourself if God is not, and ] love that made room physically for the blind man and the leper, and In-' tellectually for the stupid peasants of; Galilee and. Samaria and spiritually:, for everybody, even the thief on Cal-. vary, has surely a place of,fullest^' blessing prepared for you." Dt., George R. Lunn, in Christian Intelligencer. j God in the Valley. "And the servants of the King o?, Syria 6aid unto him, Their god is a god of the hills, therefore they Wen* stronger than we." (I.Kings 20:23). Most people find it easier to bqlievfr' in the God of the height than In' the ; God of the plain, in th?S God of miracles than in the God of the normal, avers the Rev. Dr. W. J. DaWsotu.^Il'r Is the very quietness with which God; moves around us that make* W*M presence unnoticed. It Is the calm* daily flow of His benevolence that makes us forget His benefits. If He. ' came in the thunder and the whirlwind, our souls would thrill with worship, but when He Is a still, small': voice, we do not so much as listen.; ' God is the Gocl of the commonplace. He is found In the valley as. well as on the heighten the humblest as well as the most heroic environment of life or nature or duty, and> It: we do not meet Him in the valley we:, shall not find Him on the hills: Hi&7 is with us in the path of daily duty? a strong help and a saf6 guide. nj: What Jesus Cared For. /v; Dr. J. Henry Barrows calls atj . tention to the fact that Jesus ignored wealth, along with social distinction and office. Xhese things attracted His attention only as they might influence the people who possessed or lacked them. He neither criticised nor defended them. So Jar as He was concerned a man might as well have had a pile of rocks as a pile of gold. The poor man to Him was. rich if he reached out his hands for righteousness and the rich man was. a "fool" if he sought to store up his riches for himself. It was the man. himself whom Christ considered and sought to save.?Baptist Argus. He is Dead. Some day there will come a whisper in the evening, and with bated breath it will be said of you: "He is dead!" In an inner chamber you wilt lie cold and unresponsive. Neither the tears nor the pathetic grief of those whom you once loved will move^'ou. Have you any idea where your spirit will be?where you youself will be in that hour, or what will be your destiny?when you have slipped out of that circle of sorrow??Pittsburg Christian Advocate. The "Worldly Spirit. ? ' There is such a thing as a worldly" spirit, and there is such a thing as an unworldly spirit; and, according a? we partake of one or the other, th? Savor of the sacrifice of our lives is rirriinarv. rnmmonnlac.p. noor and base, or elevating, invigorating, useful, noble and holy.?Dean Stanley. A Test of Love. "He that loveth little prayeth little, and he that loveth much prayeth much." Love can express itself. A slow tongue finds eloquence under (he influence of a mighty passion. A sluggish thought is thrilled with new life and opportunities are made when, the soul is burning with the flame ol! true affection. Larger Than a Cloud. Remember, the blue of heaven is larger thau the cloud.?E. B. Brownj iug. Finds on Capitol Dome. Men engaged in painting the dome of the Capitol, at Washington, D. C., found these things in a gutter just below the top bulge of the dome: A' woman's toque, four derby hats, nine ordinary straw hats, one Panama hat, thirteen pennies, a nursing bot+ OO n/1 roir>hp<3 and a RTtar HC, tnu uaui oauun<vuvw ? rows' nest containing thirty-eight H eggs. The egg discovery tends to bear out a theory that a community o:.' sparrows, when in a thoroughly H safe place, put all their eggs in one fl nest and get a bird of larger species H to do the hatching. B