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1 5HSH5HSZ5HSE5H5BSBSTESHJ *8 . 1^ By MRS. f i <5lS^SHSH5HSZScSSSE5ESHSaS CHAPTER I. 1 Striking the Trail. Paris on a bright April morning. Can any city make a brighter, braver show under a clear blue sky and a brilliant sun, the chestnuts in the Champs Elysees and Tuileries garrfonc htircfintr infa hlnnm tVtA flnuror market of the Madeleine a mass of color, exhaling delicious perfume, the lair purchasers in the first freshness of their spring attire, the tide of business and of pleasure at the fullest flood. It is a sight to fill any heart tolerably free from pressing anxiety with an irresistible sense of youth. Though the month was still young the weather was warm enough to make open windows an agreeable addition to the comfort of a pretty little salon in the entre-sol of Maurice's Hotel, where an elderly lady ,was seated at a table on which a dainty dejeuner was laid out. She was not handsome, never could lave been handsome, her face was broad and strong, with small twinkling black eyes and a heavy jaw. Her figure still showed traces of the symmetry for which she had been remarkable, and the hand she , stretched out to take another oyster was fine, both in shape and color. Her rich black silk dress, the lace of her cap, the jewels on her fingers, all her surroundings indicated wealth? her expression, comfortable self-satisfaction. She finished an oyster with an air of enjoyment, and then, looking at her watch, murmured "He is late." 'As Rhe Knnke. the door was onened. and a waiter announced "M. Glynn." The visitor was a tall, broadshouldered man, of perhaps thirtyfive or more, with very dark hair, eyes and complexion, well dressed and easy in his bearing and movements, yet not looking quite like a club or a drawing-room man. "This is not ybur usual punctuality, Hugh," said the lady, smilingbenignly, as she stretched out a welcoming hand, "but you make your own punishment; Time, tide, and .vol au vents, wait for no map." "I have a thousand apologies to m?ke! You may be sjjre the delay was unavoidable or I should not have kept you waiting." "But I have not waited? Take some oysters?"and then tell me what has kopt you, if it i3 a discreet question." "Perfectly. No oysters, thank you. Do not let me delay the routine of your dejeuner. Just as I was leaving the 'Bourse,' I ran against Deering of Denham, who insisted on walking almost to the door with me." "Travers Deering? I did not know he was in Paris. Is Lady Frances .with him?" "She is, for he honored me with an invitation to dinner to-morrow, mentioning that Lady Frances would he very glad to see me. I was engaged, however; I don't find dining .Willi liavcis Lieeiiug a. vucciiui ui;cupation. Though Lady Frances keeps a brave front there Is a profound sadness in het ey.es, or>I fancy there is." "Fancy! yes; I suspect your fancy is tolerably vivid still. Now eat your < luncheon, and we will talk presently." She proceeded to press various dainties on her guest, who ate moderately. "I don't think you care for good things as much as I do," said the hostess, leaning back in her chair; "I am always vexed with people who don't care what they eat; it shows deficiency of brain power. Now tell me?have you succeeded this morning?" "Yes," he returned with a smile, as he poured out another half-cup of coffee; "I have disposed of all your Honduras shares, not at par, ii f nf n + f i fl i n rr rl ftArrtftOft U " ? uuv av <x VU1UU5 ucv/icaog. iicic, drawing--out his pocketbook, "are bills and notes to the amount of fifteen hundred pounds. I am glad you are out of the concern,?you might, have lost double the amount; pray avoid these foreign bubble companies in future, none of them are to be truBted, Lady Gethin?none that offer high interest are" "My dear Hugh, I will never do anything without your advice again; I have had a perfect nightmare about these horrid things. I am no miser, but I hate to lose money; I am very glad you managed to get rid of these 6hares so soon, for I waut to go back to London to-morrow; the rooms I have had altered in that old house of cnine are ready; I am dying lo furnish them." "Well, you had better post this money to your bankers, and register your letter, than carry it about with you." "Yes, it would be the best plan..Shall you stay here much longer?" "Some little time; I have a special mission to execute for the House, which may keep me a few weeks." "Be sure you come and see me directly you return; and do go and see Lady Frances Deering; she would be a charming woman if she let herself go. I was always interested in her. Why can't she get on with Deering? He is good-looking, well bred, well thought of. and not very much older than herself." "Perhaps she does get on with him," said Glynn. 'I used not to care for Deering." replied Lady Gethin. "He had a quarrel with a cousin whom I liked very much, and who was killed afterwards, poor fellow. I have forgotten what tho quarrel was about?a woman. 1 think, and I have an idea Trav er3 behaved badly; but he is quite an irreproachable personage now, and monstrously civil to me. especially since poor dear Sir Peter bequeathed me all his real and personal property. Then, you know, we are second oous*im>, two or three, times removed." Br?,'"' H' ETE5H5EL5H5H5HSEHE5H5H5H5^ 1 eooo?Sfte?*o?o Lrj ? in arriDerc lystery. I ALEXANDER. ^j| ESH5HSSSSSZSESHSH5H5a5B^ 4 "Oh, indeed! Well, he is very civil to me too, and I am certainly no relation, but " "Aha! you are dearer than kith or kin," interrupted Lady Gethin; "you can give him financial tips, and chances of turning, I won't say an honest penny, but simply hundreds into splendid thousands by the varied sources of information you command. Ah! were I a man, I should like to lie a financier, which is 'high falutin* for stock broker." Glynn smiled. "I have had very few business transactions with Deering or for him. He is wealthy enough without help from any one. By the way, he is more inflammable than I imagined; we were at the Auteuil races together the day before yester day, and when sauntering about we were both struck by a girl who was In an open carriage with two other ladies; she was certainly pretty? more than pretty?and Deering seemed quite fascinated; he could not keep away. It was not like his usual cool, high-bred indifference to all mundane things, to go back again and again to stare at the young lady, for you know he is rather a decent fellow as men go." "You don't say so!" cried Lady Gethin, with keen interest. "What would Lady Frances have said?" "The last time we went to look at the bright particular star, she and her party had left their carriage," continued Glynn. "Deering then seemed to pull himself together, and to remember he was not alone; but I could see he was desperately vexed to have lost sight of her, though he tried to laugh at himself, and-said she was wonderfully like some one he naori to lrnnw T wna hnth RiirnriRfrt and amused by his maneuvers. I left him before the last race, and I rather fancy he was going to renew his search for her." "Ah!" said Lady Gethin; "no doubt, thereby hangs a tale." "Perhaps so. The young lady, however, is very young?little more . than seventeen or eighteen, and she ; certainly did not recognize him?nor even notice him." "The wisest have their weak moments,"-observed Lady Gethin, with or* a{v? r\? w{er?Am 44T nflrtoinlv ftova au aw vi. tt touuiu. x i/^i taiuij hot ^ never heard any queer stories about Deering. Did you see any one else 1 you knew at Auteuil?" "A few second-rate racing men, 1 and George Werner." "Oh, he generally haunts the Deer ings when he is not at sea." After a good deal more talk, partly busi- ! ness, partly wittily told scandal, Glynn rose to take leave. "I dine at the Cafe de Florence to-day, witi Captain Methvin and Madame Gauthier; will you join us?" , 1 "I am unfortunately already en- ; gaged; so must forgo that pleasure," ' said Glynn. >/ ',1 >> 1 "I shall see you then: as soon as you return to London, and be sure : you tell me anything fresh about the ' Deerlngs." "I don't fanev there will he nnv ' exciting asclandre in that quarter. If the weather continues as fine aB it has been for the last few days, you will have a pleasant journey. Goodmorning, Lady Geihin." I, When Glynn left the hotel he walked briskly for a few minutes toward tho Louvre, tken he gradually relaxed his pace, as his thoughts dis- ! engaged themselves from his Surroundings, and presented him with a ; picture they had frequently mirrpred during the last three days. After making a few purchases at 1 the bookstalls of the Palais Royal, he made his way down the Rue St. Honore, finally coming to a halt at : the crowded crossing opposite {he ; Madeleine, where the contrary cur- ' rents coming from the Boulevards meet the tributary tide of the Rue Royale. ' He was In no hurry; \ it 1 amused him to see the huge omnibuses disgorging their contents; to \ watch eager women T?ith parcels, and refractory children tightly held by th6 hand, make ineffectual dashes at the opposite shore, and come scurrying back again, baffled, but still resolute. To observe the little flowergirls plying their trade, and hear the 1 sharp bargaining between them and 3 their customers. auuueuiy, nowever, ms eyes Dngni ened; the expression of a lazy looker- ' on vanished, and was replaced by one ' of keen, vivid interest, as his glance : fell on the original of the picture which had haunted him since the day < of the races at Auteuil. A slight girl- ( ish figure, in a pale gray dress; a ( mantlet or scarf, edged with black lace, drawn closely round her: she : was crowned by a pretty little hat, 1 also bordered with black lace, and I adorned with a large bouquet of < primroses and tufts of narrow black 1 upIvpI rlhhnn TTnripr thp hat- hpnmpri a pair of thoughtful, earnest, darkblue eyes?large and lustrous; eyes that none could pass unnoticed; long lashes; distinct, hut delicate eye- : brows; a clear, pale complexion; a sweet though not very small mouth, and abundant light golden-brown hair, made up a whole that might have attracted the attention of even a more "potent, grave and reverend signor" than Travers Deering. This was the face and figure that had dwelt in Hugh Glynn's imagination since he had first seen them. In any case he must have noticed so fair a girl; but there was something in the effect she produced on Deering, that impressed him with a curious sense of interest and uneasiness. He had laughed at his own condition or mind, as a silly afler-glow of boyish folly, unworthy his experience and maturity. Yet there was a wonderful charm in the soft grace of her quiet movements, and, accustomed as he had been to women who rarely stirred out unattended, he looked round to ascertain if this delicate, re fin#>d creature had no companion, nc I bonne or chaperon. No! she wai quite alone. Three times, while ht watched her, she had attempted tc cross the street, and three times sh( returned baffled. Glynn could not lose such a chance; advancing to he) side, he raised his bat and said, witb grave politeness: "There is an unusual crowd; wil! you allow me to see you safely t* the other side?" She raised her wonderful eyes tc his with a slightly startled, but frank expression. "Yes," she said, simply, in exactly the low clear tones that might be expected from her. "I shall be very gfad." "Keep close to me." returned Glynn, and seizing a lull in the traffic he piloted her to the pavement ir front of the Madeleine. "The reason of the strongest is al ways the best," she said, quoting La Fontaine aptly in his own language. "I should never have had resolution to seize that opportunity." "I think I speak to a countrywoman," remarked Glynn. "Yes, I consider myself English. ] am very much obliged. Good-morn ? J rvnlitolv lJUg. 1U16 ucuucuij, luuuou Glynn felt himself obliged to relinquish an eagerly formed intention of drawing her into conversation. H? could not thrust himself upon a lady; and he felt strongly disposed to believe that his new acquaintance was thoroughly a lady, though a knowledge of life in most European capitals disposed him to suspend his judgment. He followed her at a little distance as she threaded her way through the booths which shelter the flower-sellers and their fragrant wares' till she reached one where she was apparently greeted as a regular customer by itB wrinkled owner. Then with a certain degree of contempt for his own weakness ht turned resolutely away, and walked down the new Boulevard Malesherbes. He had not gone far, when his attention was attracted by a figure ad vancing with, a somewhat slouching gait toward him, a man oI scarcely middle height, but broadly and strongly built, well, though rather showily, dressed, his trousers tight below the knee and loose above, his cutaway coat, bright-colored necktie and low-crowned hat had a horsey aspect; a broad, sun-burnt face, with well-trimmed, but coarse, red mustaches and hair, a blunt, resolute nose, sharp, light eyes, the lids puckered as if from trying to look at strong sunlight, gave him an air of intense knowingness; all these seemed somewhat familiar to Glynn, as was also a certain expression of lazy good-nature, Which softened the ruggedness of his aspect. While Glynn was struggling to answer the question with which . we have all puzzled ourselves at one time or another?"Where have I seen that face?"?its owner stopped suddenly before him, exclaiming: "Mr. Glynn! IM am not greatly mistaken; I hope I see you well, sir." The voice and accent, which were peculiar, neither French, nor English, nor American, though a little of all, with an undertone of something that was none of the three, brought back to Glynn, as by magic, certain passages of his life ten years before? r* era tyiKI \r\cr co 1 nnn in a Ul 5, uunuvu, UM1VVM the Far West, dim with tobacco Bmoke, and hot with gas-lights, reeking with the fumes of strong drink, and echoing with the din of strange oaths, suddenly rose from out the caverns of memory, a confusion of conflict, the man before him gallantly backing him In a desperate fight to reach the door. "Mr. Merrick, I had no idea you were at this side of the Atlantic!" "I have been more than once at this side of the Atlantic since we met last. You know all good Yankees hope to go to Paris not only when they die, but a considerable few times before that event. I'm right glad to meet you; and, before going further, I beg to observe that I have assumed" (he said "ashumed") "another name since I had the pleasure of seeing you; or, rather, I have reverted to my original patronymic, which was a deuced deal too good for the raff among whom we were temporarily ..iU ????? euguueu, lo muuiu. auuy? mc ? with an elegant air he drew forth a note-book, and presented a card engraved, "Captain Lambert, U. S. C.? 27 Rue de L'eveque." "Times have changed for the better with me, and I am now established here permanently." ; To be Continued. Stuttering. Of the etiology of stuttering we know nothing definite. Direct inheritance in race, and possibly imitation [s the chief factor when father and son are affected. There is usually a well-marked neurotic inheritance, others in the family having various forms of nervous complaints. But I have not been able to confirm Charcot's statement that stuttering and ordinary facial paralysis frequently occur in the same family. Shocks, frights and debility after some acute illness are the causes to which the onset is most frequently attributed by parents. Imitation is undoubtedly an occasional cause, children having often been known to start the habit when put in charge of a stuttering nurse-maid. A friend of mine who was eitremely fond of horses and was hardly to be kept out of the stables acquired a most obstinate stutter from the groom. Adenoid vegetations are often met with and are important as a predisposing cause since they tend to prevent the proper filling of the chest with air. When present they should be removed as a preliminary measure, although it must not be expected that their removal will lead to a prompt cessation of the stutter.?Lancet. Voting on a Play. M. Boggiano's voting apparatus at the theatres has received scant notice. When the spectator leaves his seat he is presented with a disk, which he throws into a certain aperature if he considers thepiece good, and into another if he thinks it bad. Don'o Tnnrnal Hr>c "Hohatc Dresden has opened a bathing establishment for dogs. It is owned and governed by the municipality. . *\ Household f | Matters. I Twine Spool. Take a large empty spool and put It on a nail in th-j kitchen closet. When you unwrap your parcels take the twine, tie it together and vrrap it on the spool. You need never look for a piece of twine when you want it. Pantry Blackboard. A most excellent help for Icusekeepers with "forgettery" memories is a blackboard made by painting black the inside panels of the pantry door. Then with a bit of chalk handy, the list of necessary supplies xHIl ho alu-avo ron/lv Stained Hands. If lemon juice and cornmeal were kept on the kitchen sink and the hands thoroughly wet with cne and rubbed well with the other immediately after preparing vegetables and fruits, and before soap is applied, the hands could always be kept clean and smooth. I In the Sewing Basket. Use a common bottle cork and a common thimble, push the cork into the thimble, small end first, then hollow out the cork enough to admit the point of your scissors. When your scissors are not in use keep the cork on the points of your scissors and you need not be afraid they do any damage to your sewing in your work basket. This will also keep your fine scissor points in good condition. To Wash Chenille Curtains. Have plenty of warm rinse water. With the hands rub loosely together. When taken out of first water squeeze lightly in hands; when taken from rinse water do not squeeze jut l-vr>r-,nr n-ry fho 1 i T\ ?> in cfl qHd H TIDI 71 f? wet. As they dry, frequently brush them from right to left and from top to bottom with whisk broom. This will raise the nap and they will look 'ike new. " \ Abont Cooking Utensils. Steel will be found smoother tho.^ iron, and it will last longer, because it does not break so easily. Do not buy cheap tinware; if of a good quality tinware will last well for a long time, and it is excellent for many purposes. Such articles of food as layer cake, or anything that requires quid: cooking are best cooked in tLn, but neither tin, iron nor steel should be used with acid foods. Peas and beans will not cook soft in enamel ware, but will soften quickly in a tin saucepan. For baking dishes, bowls, cuE,?.rd pans, and the like, the little brown German ware dishes are cleanly and pretty; they are a creamy white in6ide.?Indianapolis News. Method of Cleaning l&ioes. White buckskin should be cleaned with the best pipe clay, which must be dampened before using. Patent leather shotiB should first be wiped dry with a soft cloth before placing them on the shoe trees, then wiped with a soft cloth dipped in warm soapy water. A little vaseline should be applied from time to time, especially after a wetting. The shine may be restored by rubbing with a piece of soft silk or black velvet. Leather nowadays is rendered independent of the ill effect of damp-' ness. Shoes can, therefore, generally be washed with tepid water when soiled, a piece of soft linen being dampened and applied all over the shoe.?New York Press. \^C5flEW Chicken Baked in Cream?Take a three-pond spring chicken, prepare it as for frying, rolling well in salted and peppered flour. Lay snug in a dripping pan and pour a quart of sweet cream over the whole. Bake until it quite tender and brown. Remove into hot, closed dish c.nd make the ordinary chicken gravy. Pecan Nut Salad?Soak a dozen and a half of prunes over night in cold water, then cook until the pulp may be easily cut from the stones. When cold cut in pieces lengthwise, making six pieces from each prune. Slice one-fourth of a pound oi pecan meats. Mix the prunes and nuts with whipped cream and serve in head lettuce. Stuffed Potatoes?Select larete potatoes, scrub with vegetable brush. Place in a moderate oven. When done, cut in halves and take out inside (without breaking tlic skin), mash fine, season with butter, snlt. pepper and two tablespoonfuls of cream. Beat with a fork until light and feathery, fill shells or skins, put both halves together, place in pan, set in oven to brown. Rice Waffles?Soften a cup of boiled rice with the yolks of three eggs and two tablespoons of melted butter . Alternately add two cupfuls of milk and one and one-half of flour, into which a heaping teaspooufnl of bakinc powder has beeu mixed, and lastly the beaten whites. The waffles are baked quickly over a good fire In an iron thoroughly heated. Dust with powdered sugar and serve at once with maple sugar or with jelly. California Fritters.?Cook, the cauliflower in boiling salted water until a little more than halt done. Take it up, throw it into cold water to blanch, and break ilinto small pieces. Dip each piece in warm, thick white sauce (made with equal parts of flour ana ureaacrumus insicuti oi an nour as usual), and set aside until cold. Then dip each sprig into a rich fritter batter and fry iu Lot butter to a delicate brown. ?{'t ' "'*' <" ... . ? * v: >* ... > \.. V - . . .. : / FAM PANIC il A TEMEBIENT HOUSE FIRE Women and Children Perish in Chrystie Street, New York. OIL CAN AND BOMB EXPLODED Inmates of the Building Cowered in Their Rooms in Fear of the Black Band, Which They Dreaded More Than Fire. New York City.?Nineteen persons lost their lives and at least fifteen were more or less seriously injured i? o fire whfrh erutted the six-story double tenement at No. 222 Cbrystie street. Most of the persons in the house were Italians. Eighteen of the dead were taken from the wrecked building after the firemen succeeded in gaining control over the lire, but one, Malicia Dolizo, was forced off the Are escape in the mad flight for freedom, and died on her way to the hospital The fire was preceded by explosions of an oil can and a bomb. A list of dead: Francesco Scilago, eight years; Vino Scilago, fifty years; Rosalia Scilago, thirty-eight yeRrs; unkaown child, sex unknown, about ten years; Charles Shields, six years; Catherine D1 Silvo, eighteen months; Annie Di Silvo, nineteen years; Emila Di Silvo, one month; Lucy Gragrada, forty years; Joseph Gragrada, nine years; Giuseppi Fustina, forty years; Giuseppe Niordra, eighteen years; Josephine Fustina, fifteen years; Annie Fustina.fifty-two years; Michael Fustina, nine years; unknown body, sex unknown; unknown girl, about nine years; unknown girl, about eighteen years; unknown woman taken to Bellevue Hospital. The injured are: Mary Testruno, thirty years, multiple burns, Gouverneur Hospital; Frank Misina, fifty years, cut. hands; Charles Nicholas, eleven years, legs and hands burned; Christina Seigra, twenty-eight years, legs and hands burned; Vincenzo Miano, fifty years, fractured skull and burns of face and body, serious condition; Joseph Vitserreo, forty-five years, burns on body and hands, Bellevue Hospital; Mary Mate, eleven years, burns on legs and body; Salvatore Mate, thirty-two years, burned about body, face and hands; Annie Cliva, thirty-two years, burned about face, hands and body; John Franks, eighty-two years, burned about arms, back and chest, serious condition; Joseph Manarara, thirty-nine years, burned face and arms; Marie Bufera, thirty-five years, burned hands and feet and shock, serious condition; Biazio Vialvo, twenty-five years, burned about hands, feet and chest; Veseua Vialvo, eight years, burned about hands and legs; Susie De Salvo, twenty years, fractured skull, Gouvofnoiir? Uncnitol T?I UWU1 AiUuytbHit The tenement, which in the days before the invasion cf the Italian into the district was known as the "Three Deuces," and has figured in many a story when Irish and German struggled for the mastery thereabouts, is now in tho centre of the so-called "Black Hand" district, where many outrages tiave been committed. So it was that when an explosion, followed by a chorus of screams, was heard by tho9e in the house, the occupants cowered in their rooms, and not even the sound of revolver shots which succeeded the crash could move them to leave the TV Atr nfnvA/1 wVi Ara fhav nroro piaCC. lllKZj aia/cu. nu^i^> wuw; nv/iv rather than run the mysterious risks of the "Black Hand." SOUTHERN" RAILWAY YIELDS. Governor Glenn Causes Crisis by Arresting President Finley. Raleigh, N. C.?Following the arrest by the State authorities of W. W. Finley, President of the Southern Railroad, and his quick release by Judge Pritchard of the United States Court, the Southern Railroad andf the Atlantic Coast Line surrendered to the State authorities. They accepted terms dictated oy uovernor uiean, which will prevent the tnreatened clash between the Federal and State authorities. The new rate law will be obeyed by the roads after August 8. It is said here that the settlement was accomplished at the instigation of President Roosevelt and by the intervention of J. Pierpont Morgan. The chief terms are: . First?The railroads to put the two and a quarter cent rate into effect on August 8. ' Second?The State to appeal from the order of Judge Pritchard discharging the parties in Ashevil'.e on a writ of habeas corpus. Third?The Southern Raiiwav to appeal to the Supreme Court of North Carolina in the Wake County case, where that company was fined $30,000, and if the decision there is against them, to take the case by writs of error to the Supreme Court of the United States. This agreement is signed for the Southern Railway by Alfred P. Thorn and Alexander* P. Humphrey, by George H. Rountree, counsel for R. Nelson Buckley and other complainants, and Alexander Hamilton, for the Atlantic Coast Line. It is agreed that no contempt proceedings are to be instituted by the Southern Rail I way Decause ol me luuiciuiuiua J found. Murderer Executed at Sing Sing. William Nelson, colored, was executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing (N. Y.) prison. He was convicted of the murder of Lizzie Norman. a colored woman with whom he lived at 140 West Fifty-first street, Manhattan. He was sentenced on April 9, 1 906. Life-Saver Drowned. Earle Irven, of Indianapolis, waa drowned near Colon, It. P., after having saved four men who were caugh'; in an undertow. Newsy Gleanings. The Jews are flocking into Palesfino The Santa Fe Railroad has been indicted on sixty-five counts. Coal has become very scarce on the Continent and prices are steadily advancing. An alleged plan to extort $30,000 from the Salvation Army was made public at Boston. Premier Clemenceau and General Picquart. Minister of War, made a trip over Paris from Mendon in the dirigible balloon Patria. . .. SUNDAY Thought? 7 AFTERNOON T of Noted READING. Divines, j SOME DAY. I 1 Some day, in near or far, wc yet shall know S All that is kid from our earth-blinded eyes, And learn the meaning that our life can show Behind the mystery of its dull disguise. Then we shall learn why oft the sweetest # strains v j Make all their sweetness in a minor key, j. And why across the gladdest of refrains There creeps a marring of the melody. Why dark clouds gather in the bluest sky, * And shadows fall across the fairest day; 1 C Why cherished hopes in unfruition die, c And why our feet so long and far must a stray. ' I Why love is wasted and why hearts are 1 chilled, * Why we must toil when so we long for * rest; * Why prayers and aims are left all unfulfilled B And scanty knowledge crowns our weary quest. 4 Why buds the sweetest often fail to bloom, And why the dearest are the first to go; Why sunshine vanishes to leave but gloom, We know not now, but some day we shall know. When the Great Teacher from our tired hands Will take the book and make its mysteries clear, The long, hard lesson we shall understand. And read the hieroglyphs of pain and fear. ?L. M. Montgomery, in Home Herald. Conquered by Confession. . The celebrated preacher and theologian, Dr. Hopkins, was afflicted with a very ungovernable temper. He had a brother-in-law, a member of the legal profession, who was an Infidel. This man was accustomed to say In his family, "Dr. Hopkins is at heart no better man than I am and I will prove it to you some day." One evening Dr. Hopkins called on his brother-in-law to adjust some business matters, in wmcn tney were mutually concerned. The infidel, knowing well the weak point in the doctor's character, set up most un-' righteous claims, and that for the specific purpose of exciting his anger. The attempt was a success. Dr. Hopkins left the house in a rage, closing the door behind him with much violence. "There!" said tho infidel to his family, "you see now the truth of what I told you, that Dr. Hopkins is, at heart, no better man than I am; now I have got my foot on his neck, and I will keep It there." That is the infidel heart the world over. . Dr. Hopkins, however, went to his' closet, and spent the entire night in prayer to God. As the morning dawned, ineffable peace, quietness and assurance pervaded his whole being. Hastening to his brother-in1 - - - <?>. law's resiaence, ne cuumsseu mm tears, to him and his family, the sin which he had committed in their pres: ence, not saying one word, abbut the graceless provocation which had occasioned the sin. As the man of God retired, the In* fidel said to himself, "There is a spirit that I do not possess, and that spirit is undoubtedly divine." Thus convicted, he became a Christian and a preacher of the Gospel, which he had once despised. Thirty years subsequent to this occurrence Dr. Hopkins states that, since that memorable night no temptation, or provocation that he had ever received, had ever once stirred a motion of that evil temper within him. Let all believers imitate his example and carry not only all hl4 ki.U sins, but tneir propensities wmcu tempt to sin, to "a tbrone of grace," and the very God of peace will sanctify them wholly, so subdue and sanctify these propensities, that they will not,only cease to tempt them, but . will prompt to opposite virtues.?Dr. Asa Mahan. All For the Christian. Moody said, "Some Christians are like the swell of a man I know. The well is all right, with two exceptions?it freezes up in winter and dries up in summer. Peter and John didn't have a barrel of sermons to fall back on. They had something else to do besides preaching on science, Cuba, Armenia, gold, silver* or geology. "Many Christians never get beyond the third chapter of John; others live and die in the fourth; few get | as far as the seventh. I am tired of people who say they want to live on crumbs. Crumbs are good enough for cats and dogs. The Christian wants nothing but the whole loaf." The Blessing ef Goodness. We do not realize the importance of the unconscious part of our life f ministry. It goes, on continually. In every greeting we give to another on the street, in every moment's conversation, in every letter we write, in every contact with other lives, there ] is a subtle Influence that goes from j us that often reaches further and ( i leaves a deeper impression than the ( ' things themselves which we are do- , ing at the time. It is not so much ] what we do in this world as what , i we are, that tells in spiritual results , and impressions."?J. R. Miller, D.D. . Death is Sleep. \ i What Is our death but a night's 1 sleep? For as through sleep all wea- 1 riness and faintness pass away and 1 cease, and the power of the spirit comes back again, so that in the morning we rise fresh and strong aud joyous, so at the last aay we snau i rise again, as if we had only slept a ' night* and shall be fresh and strong. ; i ?Martin Luther. i ? Love Grows by Obedience. Obedience must bo the struggle and desire of our life. Obedience, not hard and forced, but ready, loving, 1 and spontaneous; the doing of duty, J not merely that the duty may be i t done, but that the soul in doing it J , may become capable of receiving and < i uttering God.?Phillips Brooks. \ ? Cause of Failure. J Our failure to prevail more largely 1 i with the non-Christian nations is due ( our more fundamental failure tn nro. 1 vail with God in prayer.?Mott. 1 c ] 8lie Weighs 500 Pounds. Suffering with the most pronounced ease of elephantiasis in medical history. Mrs. David Lynch, sixty years old, is attracting scores of physicians to her home in State street, McKees- i port, Pa. Six years ago Mrs. Lynch ? weighed 125 pounds; now she tipe c the beam at a shade over GOO pounds, j i The calf of her left leg is seven feet t iii circumference, or about two and one-half feet thick. For months the woman has heen unable to walk because of the size of her lower limbs. Her entire body is affected. f i I n nrr*TT\ A TT H/tTTAAT * ?LL SUJNLPiil NTERNATIONAL LESSON COM-H MENTS FOE AUG. 25 BY THE H REV. I. W. HENDERSON. H abject: Israel Journeying TotvarJHI Canaan, jNum. lo:li-i?, ""Ml Golden Text, Ex. 13:21?-&Cem~HI ory Verses, 35, 36. ID After a season of preparation v-fjfcHl 5e wilderness at Sinai the Lord led HI srael along the way to the promised'HI and as far as Paran. HI The period of preparation that Gpfr'HI equired before He led them farther^U long the way is worthy of attention. iod promised to deliver the childre&^H if Israel out of the hands of Pharaoh H| md out of the land and bondage of'^fl igypt But He did not deliver them Hi nto the possession of the full prom-H| le that He made to them until He-'? lad prepared them to receive it. bat was wise. , ,V. Another noticeable feature li thatl o soon as Israel had made* ready &c- m tording to the commands of JekOY&h^^| ie led them on., (^: nej?er.4etsviifli itand still If we do - His .' will. ' The- H nan who moves afcead- for God always H inde God ready "to lead'him Into tTB arger life and into a fuller reailx*~- H ion of His promises and Himself. If M sraei had not obeyed at Sinai Israel vould never have gotten as far atuH 3aran. And the reason why so ma&r^fl )eopl9 do not get any further along' n life, Bpiritually, mentally and maerially, than the Sinai period is bemuse they do not use Sinai to pro^ rnre themselves for the Journey: hrough Paran and for entrance- into, he promised land. It is not GjOd'* 'ault that so many people fail to jerlence the fulness of realized prom-; se in the Christian life. The fault j s theirs. If they are content, as tty nany are content, with the le&er and j he smaller things that are relatiTW o Christian experience and do jse their earlier relationships with iod and His truth to prepare tneoKiM 'or a larger knowledge of His truth: H md of Himself they r cannot blame 5od if they do not'move* on, ' For B 3od is ready to reveal,,larger mes^ lages to those who prove -themselves: fl It to receive them. - JH Moses' Invitation to Hobab and jircumstances surrounding it nuch suggestive material for study?cJB rhe tribe to which Hob&b belonged 1 was a wandering people. They had ao such promise or expectation of ,9 fixed territory as God had promised^? incf. prepared for Israel. Moseb lowraH E-Iobab and his people and was there- I 'ore desirous to hare him and them.*1? anter into the same Joys that he was; to possess. I)r. Robert Watson well says that <H Hobab and his followers "may ibe- H taken as representing a clasa ln the-K present day to a certain extent' afc?> Lracted, even fascinated, by the-. :hurch, who standing are appealed to* In terms like those addressed by Hoses to Hobab. They feel a certaa iharm, for in the wide^rganlsationi^ ind the vast activity of thefjhristian. :hurch, quite apart* from the* creed! >n which it 1b based, there are sign# )t vigor and of purpose which con:rast favorably with endeavors dl ected to mere material gain. Itt idea, ind in much of its effort the church, j, s splendidly humane, and It provides^) nterests, enjoyments, both of an tnrrH ellectual and artistic kind, in which?' ill can share. Not so mnch its univer ?allty nor Its mission of converting' ; lie world, nor its spiritual worahip, >nt rather the social advrinta&ee and he culture it offers draw towards tfc^: trdse minds and lives. And . to them, 4 t extends, too often without avails he invitation to join its marefc. It, ittracts, but is unable to command^.: jecause with all its culture of art It.,, loes not appear beautiful, with alt; ts claims of spirituality it is not un-' vorldly; because, professing to exist for the redemption of society, it*-1, nethods and standards are too often >uman rather than divine. It Is not hat the outsider shrinks from th*.-? eligiousness of the church as overtone; rather does he detect a lack >f that very quality. He could b$- [: ieve in the divine calling and jom!* he enterprise of the church if he sair,:,! t journeying steadily towards a bet;er country, that is, a heavenly. It* ! earnestness would then command ; | lim, faith would compel faith. Bat social aims and temporal aims art not Subordinated by the members of the 1 church, nor even by its leaders. And ' whatever is done in the way of providing attractions for the pleasureoving, and schemes of a social kind,. ;hese, so far from gaining the undecided, rather make them less dt?r josed to believe. More exciting enjoyments can be found elsewhere. The church offering pleasures and social reconstruction is attempting to catch those outside by what, from ;heir point of view, must appear to bechaff." ' -c'' i < Life aud Tilings. . The Bible nowhere discourages tho possession of things. It says nothing whatever against it. But it does . say this, that a man's life does not . consist in things?In the abundance ii the things which he may possess. Me may possess things; that, may wrone. and may not do the nan any harm; but it is very wrong, md of very great harm, when the :hings begin to possess the man, or when the man begins to estimate his ^ ife by the abuudance of things which le possesseth.?Rev. G. B. F. fl&l,ock, D. D. Don't Drift, i w-> ^ To reach the port of Heaven we mist sail sometimes with the wind md sometimes against it, but we nust sail and not drift or lie at ?niivor Wendell Holmes. lUtUUl . V.?.V. - . Seek a Mile of Cents. The Ladies' Aid Society of the ' VTethodist Church at Lakin, Kan., lave completed a novel plan of ralsng money with which to liquidate a nortgage. The object is to gather i mile of cents, and to do this there ,vas given to each member a narrow .trip of paper a foot in length. Each oot will hold just sixteen cents. It s calculated that when the mile of ;ents is received the sura of $844.48 yill have been raised, the exact imount of the interest and principal >f the mortgage at this time. The _.akin women have figured out that it akes just a-uw iu maiic a uile if they are laid in a row. Commits Suicide in Church. Mrs. Anna Nagir committed suicide n Cleveland, Ohio, in the New Jerutalem Church, surrounded by scores >f persons. So quietly did she comnit the deed that no one realized hat she was dead for several hours. Smallpox in Paris. A smallpox scare is taking place In aris, France, and thousands are beng vaccinated daily 'M