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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."
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"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
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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
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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.
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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?
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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.
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SUNDAY Thought? 7
AFTERNOON T of Noted
READING. Divines, j
SOME DAY.
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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
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And scanty knowledge crowns our weary
quest.
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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
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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. \
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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
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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
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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."
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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
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