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,v.- -<-- . . , r^252S=SESHSS5HSZEHSHSa5EJ :,|(V ^hgeM 1 K I RV ! |j^ '' ' By MRS. / CHAPTER IV. (/ Continued. "I have not had a good time of it .since you were away, Glynn. 1 have ibeen on the brink of ruin through the treachery of a man I thought a friend. But I hope to get over it. I think I'll get over it, and whatever happens Elsie's little fortune is out of harm's iway. I made sure of that. She need never starve." "Very prudent ana proper, returned Glynn. "But I earnestly hope you will escape the loss you mention. (Been bitten by a bubble company?" "No! It's a long story; I'll tell it :to you some day, and you'll judge ior yourself; but not now, not now. kAh! you are a bright chap. Glynn, strong and steady. If you had a little capital, now, you'd get along first rate." Glynn did not answer his conjectures as to his (Glynn's) financial position; he felt terribly disappointed .that Lambert had made no confession of tangible difficulties, and yet he was brimful of some trsuble which he could not bring himself to confess. At dinner, some hours later, he either was more cheerful or assumed a livelier aspect for his daughter's benefit. She seemed to accept the improvement as real, and the evening went quickly. With the help of music and conversation Lambert toward the end seemed to forget his troubles and was more like himself. At parting Elsie gave Glynn an eloquent glance expressive of thanks, of mutual understanding, which sent him away charmed, restless?longing for their next interview, yet full of dread j for the future. The next day as he was leaving | lis hotel he ran against Deering, who .was coming in. "I am off to Vichy to-day," he said. "I thought I should Cjust let you know. I ought to have gone a week ago, but I met some people that amused me; Lady Harriet Beauchamp and Wedderburn ? you know them, I suppose? Shall I find "V; you here when I return?" "That depends upon the length of your visit." "Oh, about a fortnight." "I shall hardly stay so long." "Good-bye, then. Don't forget Denham in August. Lady Frances ,-will be delighted to see you." The very atmosphere seemed lighter and brighter to Glynn when Deering was safe away. Lambert was visibly relieved, and his daughter reflected her father's mood. These were delightful days. The quiet harmony of the present made Glynn regardless of the future. There were moments when his hesitation disappeared, and Glynn was almost resolved to make Elsie his .wife if she would have him; but that .vague cloud of mystery was a bad accompaniment for married life. It was about ten days after Glynn's return, and he was debating in his J-J n nr? O /I TH CO OWH U11UU LUC JJl UUCUV.C auu uu<;uu bility of a retreat while lie had still some command of his own will. Dinner was over in Lambert's pretty salle a manger. Elsie hal left her father and his friend to talk and smoke for the lazy, comfortable half lour which succeeds the evening meal. "Miss Lambert is looking quite hersalf again," said Glynn, his imagination too full of her to resist speech. "She is," returned her father. 4'That is because I am brighter; but - *1 am not out of the wood yet?not v ' yet." He was silent for a moment or two, puffing vigorously while he thought. "Ay!?many an anxious thought she costs me. I'd give a good deal?all I possess, life itself, to know she was safe and in better lands than mine. Glynn, I am going to prove the confidence I have in you. We are men of the world, and can talk to each other without fear of misunderstanding." "It's ' coming at last," thought Glynn. "You may be sure that anything you like to tell is safe with me," he said aloud. "I know it." He rose, lifted the curtain which hung across the doorway leading to Elsie's little study, asViiTncolf if- rtrnc iinn/>f>unfpfl and the outer door shut. Then he resumed his seat, and placing his arms on the table leaned toward Glynn, and began in a low voice, which, as he plunged deeper into his subject, grew clearer and louder. "Look here, now, 1 don't see why, when I am in Rome, I shouldn't do as Rome does. I know you'll meet me in my own spirit. If ' you like what I am going to propose, /well and good; if not, there's no narm done. First of all I suppose 'I am right in concluding you are not taarried?that you are free and independent?" "I am," said Glynn, greatly surprised. "Then what do you say to settling yourself? You are old enough. You are six or seven ana miriy, i guess. l\Tow, If you are so disposed, I'd die r .happy if I saw you married to my Elsie." ' Glynn started at this bold proposition; yet gazing at the eager eyes, (the earnest face, the slight nervous twitch in the lips -which had just uttered it, he felt strangely moved. "Don't answer all at once," continued Lambert; "I calculate there's a goodish bit more to be said on the subject. I know this sort of thing isn't our fashion, but I am too uneasy about?ah! about the future, to wait for the chance of my jewel meeting the right man, and life is uncertain?mine especially. I wouldn't give lier to you empty nauueu, i either." ] "Why, Lambeut, you tal:e" my j breath away! In the first place, f j don't fancy Miss I.ambert ever wast- j cd a thought on m?. excs-Ji as to how j far I might be of use to you." < "I know that; 1 am sure of it. Jf J * , i& * lk ..i.e..,,-, ^ - ,, * n *' r! '. "T ? / 5HSZSHS2S?5Zr?HE=rH5H5HS^r! "' - ^k AABAff AAfln * Lri .ambert | Mystery? I ALEXANDER. " -?I ?5HS252SESH5ESS5ESH5H52^J I thought she was in love with you I don't think I could speak out lik this. No, love hacn't come into hei heart yet, and you are too much a high-minded gentleman to try and rouse it; but she could love well; and look here, I have saved up and invested nearly five thousand pounds ?I'll make it five full?that would be a nice lift to whatever business you are in. You see how I trust you I don't care if you have a struggle; Elsie is no foolish, extravagant doll.' "Pray hear me," interrupted Glynn with difficulty; "so charming a crea ture as your daughter wants no make weight to recommend her; she would be a treasure in herself to any mac of taste and feeling. But I do not wish or intend to marry for a considerable time to come," he continued, with increasing firmness, quite determined not to yield to the suggestion of another what he denied to the passionate craving of his own heart. "As you say, we are men of the world and can discuss such a question coolly and fairly without, on my part the smallest infringement of the warm respect and regard I feel foi Miss Lambert. There are circumstances?reasons on which it is unnecessary to dilate?which forbid mj entertaining your flattering and attractive proposition." "Suppose I guess what they are," said Lambert, eagerly rolling up a cigarette, and scattering his shreds ol tobacco as he did so. "You're a bit of a swell, I calculate; you are among a desperate set of respectable city bosses. Hear me now; I'm not thin skinned. I know I'm not the sort that would go down with them, and you know I was a queer lot once. Well, if you take my Elsie, I'll go right away; I'll never ask to trouble you or her. What matter what becomes of me if she is safe??oh, God! safe with an honorable, kind man, who would give her a peaceful home. Ay, Elsie, I love you well enough never to see your sweet face if 1 could earn peace and security for you!" "And do you think she would love a husband who could part her from such a father as you are?" asked Glynn, deeply touched. "But she should never know," eagerly; "I'd just go away on business, and stay away, and she'd forget; she would always have a kind thought for me, but the new love would fill her heart; and if you tried to win her she'd love you, I am sure she would! Now, can't it be, Glynn? ?can't it?" "No. It is with deepest reluctance I say it. If I can in any way serve \rr\vi r\r? Vinommanri mo* "hut" linfnr V/X UVi, AA-lN, , ~ ^ w tunately for myself this caDnot.be." There was a short expressive silence; then Lambert said, in an altered tone: "Anyhow, there is no harm done; I am sure you've some good reason, and we'll cot be the worse friends because we can be nothing nearer." i "Certainly not; and for my part I have a higher esteem for you than I ever had before; I trust, however, that you have no serious cause for uneasiness about your daughter. If her little fortune is secured, these are too nrosaic times for darine and villainous lovers, murderous conspirators, or other dramatic dangersj" "Ay, civilization is just deep enough to hide the devils that -work underneath it. I had one or two things to tell a son-in-law that, maybe, I had better keep to myself now." "I sincerely hope that you will not look on me as the less warm a friend because I cannot unfortunately fall in with your views; you do not wish me to absent myself?" "Far from it," interrupted Lambert. "Be true to me?be true to her; maybe by and by you'll have a good wife that might befriend my girl; she has no one in the world belonging to her but myself, and I begin to fear I am a broken reed." * "My marriage is a remote contingency," said Glynn. "Were you in London, I could introduce Miss Lambert to a somewhat peculiar but kindhparted woman, a connection of mine. who would most probably be interested in her?I was going to say charmed with her, only it is hard tc answer for the impression one woman may make upon another." "Everything is hard," remarked Lambert moodily, as if to himself. "Well, let us forget this fruitless palaver, and be as we were. I am quite sure you are ready to do me a good turn if you can?if?Ah! 1 hear Elsie singing. Come along, let us forget our troubles for a bit over a game of baccarat." But Glynn did not attend to his cards, his head was in a wbirl. He was infinitely touched by the unconsciousness of the songstress, who received tbem with the soft composure peculiar to her, which had in it sc much womanly dignity. How littU she dreamed that the man whe 4-1-t %.;ilsw1 ~n>K/N /1..nnU if i uuucu cll uir; ijuuii, w 11 u ui aiiiv zu the tones of her voice greedily, had infused to share his life with her? had rejected the chance of winning her, for Glynn acknowledged there was a "con" as well as a "pro" ir the case. He had survived the age al which men think they have but tc ask and they must receive. "Oh, Mr. Glynn," said Elsie, suddenly turning to him, "Madame Daviziers begs you to take a ticket foi a ball which is to be given at th< Louvre Hotel, for Iho benefit of ar orphanage under the direction of Sis ters of St. Vincent do Paul. Madame is one of the committee." "I shall bo veiy happy. Are you rriinr "Yes, that is. if my father car j spare me." Slio rose as she spok( aiul turned toward Lambert., who was sitting in an altitude of deep dejec tion, his cards lying oil the table be bide him. ... 'Dearest." said Elsie, stealing tc r , : 7? I ' his side, and laying her cool whito hand on his brow, "does your head ache?" "No, no, not much;" then with a sudden impulse, "you love your dad-, then, though he is a rugged old cuss?" Elsie smiled, an exquisitely tender smile. "So well, that nothing and no one could make up for the want of him." ' Glynn was struck with her words. Could she by any possibility have overheard her father's proposal, and Bis refusal? Such an idea was ap palling. Eut no, it was quite impos1 sible. CHAPTER V. L [ Vanished. Glynn, was far from being satisfied [ with his own decision. Elsie's face, i her eyes, the quiet grace of her figure [ and movements, were perpetually bej fore him. If Elsie loved him, then . he would dare all things; but she did not. It would be better for her, as ' well as for him, to leave her in the i tranquility of indifference than to . awaken an interest that could only > lead to trouble; So as it was Friday, [ Glynn determined to go Madame Da[ villiers' in the evening, for the result ; of his wise cogitations was a burning .. desire to meet Miss Lambert to as, sure himself of her indifference. Elsie greeted him with a bright, [ amused smile, as though his presence - suggested some droll idea. ; "I don't see your father here to, night," said Glynn. "He has been called rather suddenly to Dunkerque," she replied, s "but will return on Monday. He seemed in better spirits, and I think . the change will do him good." "I -tope so, especially as you reflect ' his moods. Yop are looking more . like yourself than when I first returned." . . , "Ah, I was very miserable then, i But one reason why I feel so much brighter is that my father has prom; issd I shall go for a few months to . Mrs. Kellett, to my old home, Woodi burn, and then we shall give up our ; etage here." i "And how will you bear the seclu, sion?the change from Parisian gay, eties?" looking earnestly into her i eyes, and wondering what motive un. derlay this sudden change. "I shall like it very much; I should like anything that would secure peace." Then he felt obliged to offer his t congratulations to Mademoiselle An; toinette, after which M. Le Vicomte was introduced, and it seemed to him that half the evening was over before . he managed to return to Elsie. "Are you going to sing to-night?" "No; these gentlemen and Madame d'ltalia will give us far better music than I can." "Not in my opinion; your singing goes straight to my heart." Elsie smiled and looked at her fan, i Glynn felt almost irresistibly impelled to tell her how charming she was, but'he did resist. "I suppose I must not call while your father is absent," he resumed; . '"and I have found some delightful volumes in Tauchnitz, which I should like to give^you." "Can you not send them?" she asked, looking at him with laughing eyes. "I want books very much; no i one gives me books but you." i "Then I must bring them myself." i "Why not? I shall be very glad i to see you; so will Madame Weber." "Thank you! May I come to-mor row?" "To-morrow? No; to-morrow I go witli Antoinette to visit tue good ladies able to tell me when we can go ' to England." "But you will return to Paris?" "I do not know; nothing is certain." "I hope you will promise certainly to dance with me at this hall." "Shall you be here when it takes i place?" ' "Yes, certainly; nothing shall prevent me from being,present." A faint color flickered over Elsie's cheek, as if this resolution implied a personal compliment, and an . amused smile parted her lips. "Then you like dancing?" .! "That depends. At any rate I i want to dance the first dance witb you at your first ball." Elsie laughed. "Very good." "And I suppose you are fond oi dancing?" "I love it," earnestly. "Does your friend Vincent dance well?" To be Continued. Claim China's Throne. A Manchu Banner woman, married to an English officer of Gordon's army, which suppressed the Taiping rebellion, announced anonymously today that she has made claim to the throne of China. Unwilling to make public her name lest relatives be assassinated in Pekin she has sent petitions to the British Government asking that her L claim be taken up with China. ; She says she is a direct lineal descendant of the third Duke of Chou, and as such asserts that her right l*> | the throne of China is prior to that of ! the Empress Dowager. With her husband and family she has been living in Victoria for twen! ty-one years, since they came from ' Pekin, where is still living a younger ! brother, who, she says, is next in line ' to herself to China's throne.?Vic' toria (B. C.) Dispatch to the Ne\t 1 York World. Biggest American Flag. i A tourist has been looking for the ; big flag which Maitch Chunk folk cel> oiuated the Fourth of July with several years ago. "It was," he said* . "the bigger.t American Hag ever un . furled, its dimensions being tiuy uy 250 feet. A wire cable was stretched > from the lop of Flagstaff mountain ! to the top of Dear mountain, aud the . great bit of hunting was swung about ? the centre, right over the middle of i the valley. The air currents aro i ! tempestuous there in the evcuing, J and whenever the sun went down the t ! t!ug was ripped from its fastenings." ?I ?New Yon: Press. , - ! More ih?.n forty per ccnt. of tho - deaths in Moscow are of infants under a year old. In London the por> j ceutage is twenty-four and one-half. " : "* " ' . ji^^HOUSEHOLD E? %W 5WW>\ Savory Stews. It would be hard to find for a i a inn j uiuuei <% utrLitii ui iiiuie ti uijr jconomical dish than a good, rich stew. It allows the use of those exirjllent but not h:igh priced cuts of meat which give the most real food value for the money. It encourages the use of many of those wholesome vegetables which udd both bulk and important elements of nutrition as well as appetizing flavors. The various cereal adjuncts for thickening may be combined with it at will. Finally, the skill of the cook is the only limit to its possible variation, since every kind of meat has its use in this form and the combinations are endless. The rich broth that accompanies a stew of this sort is in itself one of the best of foods for both old and young. Served all together in a tuI reen, as a kind of hodge-podge o*. I ? 4. A iAl.l Sf _ iut:ctu ctiiu vegeiauiuo, it manes a hearty and satisfying dinner, bo savory as to please even the gourmand, though somewhat Bohemian in form. Or the meat may be dished on a large platter and the vegetables arranged around it, the broth strained off in a, gravy-boat and offered separately. Mutton Stew?The neck, shoulder and loin of lamb or mutton?it is all lamb with some market-men?are good pieces to serve in a stew. Trim the meat so as to make a few shapely cutlets if desired to serve in meat form on a platter. Cut the trimmings in bits, removing any excess of fat. For three pounds of meat, prepare three pints of vegetables cut neatly Jn cub as or small slices; one onion, tw?? carrots, two parsnips, one turnip, gives a good proportion. A little celery, parsley or celeriac may be added if convenient. Place in a large stewpan with water to cover and bring gradually to a boil. Set where it will simmer gently and cook for two hours or more. Season when partly cooked with salt, cayenne, and a bunch of sweet herbs. Pearl barley makes a nice thickening with mutton and if this Is liked add abput half a cupful. Sago or rice may b6 substituted. Or a slight thickening with flour and butter rubbed together as for making a sauce is always available for a stew. A cup of sweet cream added just before taking up is an Improvement to almost all mixed dishes of this class. Mutton must be served very hot on hot plates. Spaghetti Stew With Chicken? This is a good way to serve the second day what remains of a pair of . roast fowls. Cut' the meat neatly from the bones and put the carcass over, with water to cover. Add a shaved onion, two or' three cloves, a pint of canned tomatoes and a seasoning of salt, cayenne and fine herbs, with any gravy or stuffing from the chickens. Simmer for twe hours. Strain off the broth and add to it the meat and a cupful of spaghetti broken in inch lengths. Simmer about half an hour and serve very hot. Cream improves it. Gulash?A good piece of the round or almost any cut of solid, lean beef, is suitable for this dish of SpanishAmerican origin. Cut the meat iE neat strips not more than three inches long. Chop fine an onion,- a carrot, and a green sweet pepper, 01 jts equivalent in dried red pepper, T)n^ aita? rrr 1 f frtlir nftimHc of meat, covered with water, or for a richer dish, with soup stock. Simmei gently for two hours. Have ready a quart of beans?if hi water, the dried California limas are a good choice, previously soaked over night in cold water. Add the beans and simmei for another hour, salting to taste when nearly done. Dish the meal in the centre of a large platter with the beans around It. Thicken the gravy slightly with a tablespoonful of flour rubbed up with butter, lei it boil up well and pour over the meat. Veal Stew?Brown in a little butter three pounds of veal cutlets neatly trimmed, adding the scraps from trimming and two or three slices of bacon. Put in a saucepar with a shaved onion, haif a dozer carrots in thin slices, and a bunch ol sweet herbs, E.nd cover with water Simmer gently for two hours, sea soning with salt and pepper towarc the last. Thicken the gravy with i little browned flour and a flavoring of tomato catsup goes well with the veal. Serve in a gravy boat. Mutton With Peas?Dried or splil peas make one of the heartiest cheai foods at this season. They may be served in a very appetizing forir cooked with lamb or muttou. Boi j ,>he peas, first soaked over-night with two or three slices of gooc bacon, until they break readily, anc put them through a vegetable press Simmer a neck of lamb, cut in foui pieces, with an onion, a carrot, and ? turnip all cut fine, until well cooked Add the pulp of peas to this stock with a generous lump of buttei rolled in flour, salt and cayenne tc season, and dish all together.?Doro thy,?in the Country Gentleman. itUSEs; FQfeuI'fTOOS E'K E ERERs1 Salt will remove a fresh ink staii from a carpet. Two tablespoonfuls equal om liquid ounce. Sprinkle hellebore on the floor al night to destroy cockroaches. Fish is very unwholesome wher not well cooked, as well as unpalatable. A pot roast takes on quite a new flavor if a pound of prunes is stewec with it. When making meringue use gran ulated sugar in preference to powdered sugar. If you wish an unusual accompaniment for boiled ham, serve it witfc orange marmalade. If feather pillows have an unpleasant odor give them a thorough drying before a clear fire. / . f THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. i INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR OCT. 13 BY THE REV. I. W. HENDERSON. Subject: Israel Enters the Land of Promise, Josh. 3:5-17-^-GoIden Text, Ps. 107:7?Memory Verse, 17?Commentary. ? In accordance witn tne promise ui God, Israel enters the land of promise. Under the direct and marvelous manifestation of God's providence they cross the Jordan and stand within sight of the walls of Jericho. Joshua's words, as given in the i fifth verse of our lesson, compel our attention. "Sanctify yourselves, for , to-morrow the Lord will do wonders among you." It is a call to consecration because God is to work wonders among them and because God | will not manifest Himself, and can' not, except they are prepared. . / The dedication of themselves was followed as we see by a transcendant 1 manifestation of the providence and potency of God. The rite of sanctifi' cation was fitting. Israel was upon the threshold of a new experience. She was about to enter into a new life. The hopes of generations, the promises of' centuries were about to be consummated. It was a solemn time. The day was momentous. History was in the making. Joshua was aware of it. The wandering multitude must have been impressed by it. A new epoch was about to Degin. a nation was cuui1 ing to its own. To-day, the wilderi ness, its memories, its hardships, its discouragements, the vision of a ; promised inheritance! To-morrow, Jordan passed, hopes realized, prom, ises fulfilled, memories translated into hopes. It was a mighty moment. It was proper that they should be peculiarly prepared. It was right ! that they should be impressed by th& i greatness of the occasion. The event was too tremendous not to be solemnized and signalized by a special ceremony. The God who had led them so far, so patiently, so decisively, was entitled to the dedication and the thanks of all Israel. They had to consecrate themselves because God was about to exalt them, because - the manifestation of Jehovah's power was impossible without their submission entirely to His will. So it has ever been. So will it ever be. No man and no nation has 1 enjoyed the revelation of the pleni; tude of the power of God except the ' individual or national will has been , ' subordinated to the dictates of Divinity. And no person or people willever experience a satisfactory knowledge of the inspiring providence of God except the personal or popular volition be subjected to the mandates i of the mind of God. Whenever and wherever persons or peoples sanctify themselves before God, acknowledging their indebtedness to Him, recog> nizing their obligations under Him, pledging their faith in undivided loyalty to Him, then and there God has 1 ever manifested Himself and done - . wonders. And what time men or nations in future determine to thank God and to hail Him and to serve ? Him then will Jehovah manifest Him, self mightily. Israel has proved it. I America has proved it. It is to be , hoped that America will demonstrate the truth again. " For along the highway of human progress America,has traveled under 1 the espionage of God to national greatness. We have triumphed over I difficulties and been victorious over*' , oppositions and gone through dis:resses and afflictions and despair. ! We are now upon the border of a iarger progress and of an increased J national prestige. No man of vision 1 ;an fail to discern in the signs of the 1 iimes limitless opportunities for the ievelopment of our national re ! 30urces in money and men, in influ, jnce and character. The achievements of America of to-day\ are but I slight adumbrations of the glories j ' that may be hers in coming years if 1 ihe will, as she stands on the thres hold of nobler things, sanctify her\ self in spirit and in truth. We cannot be fit for larger usefuji ness except we are right with- God and dedicated to Him. Jehovah cannot utilize us more until we subject 1 ourselves to Him. 1 In order that we shall be ready for I 1 service and prepared for the furtherI ance of the projects of the Almighty t as they concern America we must pay heed to the command of Jos'?ua to Israel as given in the ninth verse of the lesson we are studying: ' "Come hither and hear the words of the Lord your God." For we cannot ! build without plans and specifications ' - 1 ! J J 4.U ? 4. ' ci UUIiUlIl^ LUttV. snail UC Uiliauic auu , i beautiful. We cannot do God's work r until we hear God's message. To serve efficiently we must hear the | captain's orders. If we would labor for God we must listen to God. Much of the leadership of America 1 listens little to God. In the measure ! that we have a leadership that is i deaf to divine directions, we are misled, we are handicaped. For prot gress is only, possible when we are in harmony with the will of God. We cannot know God's mind except we ! listen to God's voice. 1 The task that God has delivered to i America, the future that He has pre, pared for her, is too great to be ac| complished without His inspiration, i His direction. His sustentation. America's future is cut after a divine ' pattern. Only Divinity can effect -its [ realization. Only that humanity that ' is surcharged with divinity will ever enjoy the vision of it. Let us.there, fore listen to the word of the Lord our God and with sanctified souls go ) on and up until this land shall be indeed God's country and the future of our fatherland shall be secured. Shoe Arbiters Decree Tans. I Men and women who keep pace with the fashion will wear only tan footwear next spring. There will be a great variance of shades to select from, however, anything from cream , verging on white to a russet that is near black being permissible. Such j was the decision of the experts, who concluded the business of the third annual fair of the shoe and leather ' market at Chicago. They also decreed that none of the freak lasts ^ would be in favor. Only the "foot shape," or "old comfort," lasts will be in favor, say the shoe men. i Loan For Italian City. United States Vice-Consul Ernest r Santi, of Milan, Italy, reports that I the city government has voted to obtain a loan of $13,510,000, at four per cent, interest, to be liquidated within fifty years. The money is to ' be used in making municipal improvements, such a.3 building sewers, . public baths, tramways, electrical t plant and new streets. Death From Plague. Over 5,000,000 persons have sue curnbed in India to the plague since 1 1898. . j '. IIP Religious Reading FOR TIIE QUIET IT OUR. C?> BABEL. In rears of old vain builders wrought An impious tower to Heaven; The godless effort came to naught, Ana was in ruin riven; God set confusion on their daring scheme, And Babel was of vanity a dream. And thus, through all ensuing time, When hearts of hatred plan , To rear against God's will sublime Some weak device of man, He writeth "Babel" on their ladder's rungs. And dies their scheming 'mid a strife of tongues. ?Donald A. Eraser, in Home Herald. ine ltiuimry 01 iu-uu.f. The city full of idols.?Acts, xvii., 16. As we read the story of Paul's experiences in ancient Athens we may observe a striking resemblance to spiritual conditions in modern New York. This is a city of great culture. It is rapidly becoming the foremost educational centre of the world. But Athens teaches us that It is not the ignorant alone who worship idols. What is idolatry? It is "any worship that stops shortof the Supreme," says the dictionary. An idol is "anything upon "which the affections are inordinately set." And with such a definition is there r.ny idolatry in New York to-day? Yes; we must confess that America's besetting sin is the worship of the idols of fortune, riches, money, treasure; and there'are multitudes who are striving . harder to gain success in the business world than to fit themselves for the Kingdom of Heaven; who are sacrificing their immortal souls for the sake of worldly success; who have forgotten the command of our Lord, "Lay up for yoifrselves treasures in Heaven." It is a statement which I think cannot too often be brought to our attention that in this city there are more than a million people who are Christian and Protestant in their training and belief but who here have no church connection and feel no responsibilities in Christian service. And of these many have been led away, often unconsciously and unintentionally, by the dangerous, fascinating idolatry of gold. But there is another idol which finds many thousands of ardent worshipers in our land, and especially in this great city?the idol of pleasure. Pleasure\ in itself is not wrong, and there is nothing sinful in the desire to be happy. God wants His children to be happy. But pleasure becomes an idol, and becomes sinful, no matter how innocent it is in itself when it supercedes God in the heart's affections, when it becomes the su I preme thing in life, when it inter[ feres with the duties we owe to God.'1 There is one more idol I will mention, the idol of sinful self-indul-. gence, which destroys many a life and damns many a soul. Do you realize how many are being led away from the worship of God and the hope cf Heaven, because they have allowed some evil habit or appetite or passion to become supreme in their lives? Ours are not idols that can be seen, but this city is full of them, nevertheless, and worse still,, our hearts are full of them. And they are not like the idols of which the Psalmist speaks, for they have mouths and can speak, and they call us to their worship with alluring and seductive voice, and they are grasping many a soul in the fatal grip of death. When Paul beheld the city of Athens full of idols his heart was stirred with compassion and righteous in digqation ana an intense aesire iu uu something to overcome the idolatrous tendencies of that age and city?to' bring the people to a true knowledge of Jesus Christ and His salvation. And, my friends, as we look out upon this fair city and see the idolatrous tendencies that are here, see the thousands who know little or nothing of God, see the thousands [ who are destroying their souls by j their sins, the same feelings that arose in Paul's heart must be aroused in ours; we must be stirred and inspired to do something to save men from the idols which destroy the soul; we must strive to bring them to a knowledge of the One who saves.?Rev. John Lyon Caughey, Harlem Presbyterian Church, New York City, in the Sunday Herald. The Offer of the College. To be at home in all lands and all ages; to count nature a familiar acj quaintance and art an intimate i friend; to gain a standard for the ap preciation of other men's work and ihe criticism of your own; to carry the keys of the world's library in your pocket, and feel its resources behind you in whatever task you undertake; to make hosts of friends among the men of your own age who are to be leaders in all walks of life; to lose yourself in generous enthusiasms and co-operate with others for common ends; to learn manners from students who are gentlemen, and form characters under professors who are Christians?this is the offer of the college for the best four years of your life.? William De Witt Hyde. Unostentatious Heroisms. We shall find some of thesubllmest fruits of faith among what are commonly called -passive virtues" * ? * in the ostentatious heroisms of the household, amid the daily drippings of small cares; in the noiseless conquests of a love too reverential to complain; in resting in the Lord j and waiting patiently for Him.? | Eishop Huntington. The Vessel in the Rough. I What a wise and good world it has been for the sou! we shall only know I on the other side, when we have the i after look and God's plan is accomplished. Here we are looking at the J vessel in the rough, there we shall see it when the potter has perfected the work of 1-Iis hands.?Dr. John j Watson. Christianity in Character. Christianity is good character exi pressed in conduct. Concrete Telegraph Poles. W. D. Boyce. the publisher, is con I ducting experiments lor telegrapn | poles made of concrete, at Bloomington, 111. He is planning to build an | electric power lino between Marj settles and Peru via Joliet. He will ; erect during the coming season a line j of concrete poles between Marseilles I and Ottawa and await the result of the winter's action upon them. If the use of concrete for telegraph, telephone and electric light and power ' poles proves a success, it will mean 1 the end of the wooden pole, as it is j asserted that the concrete poles will i cost less and .will last twice as long. ? ; .. j / , v - *. < THE GREAT DESTROYER - SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. , ' f Abstain From Intoxicants For the, . >, Sake of Your Neighbor, and Sif5 Means For Your Wife and Chil- <i dren's Sake, Also. y' Vy, '<a i We should abstain for our neigh-^ bor's sake and for our own, but first , and most of all for God's sake, for. the two great commandments, which are rvaiiy uiret1, <:uu?uiute ouc our.vpreme charter of temperance Work. ' Will any one dare to say he can drink intoxicating poison as a beverage'to*? the glory of God? But we are eacte^ under orders to "do all for the glory; of God." Does any on& question whether if all use of intoxicating*. . beverages was abolished religion' j would be stronger and sins fewer?/, If that is the case, ours is "a total abstinence religion." Surely no one can love God supremely, and at the same time help by buying or 8fllln?/ intoxicating beverages tfr- keep men; from God, or draw men from Godt Abstain for the sake of your neighbor. That means, first of all,'for the^ saice or your own wire ana cmiareiu, , There is a story told of a farmer^ wife who went to meet her husband in the dusk at. an appointed fen<& corner, and seeing what she took: to.^ be her husband on the other sidft of the fence, handed her baby-to a bear, which swiftly bore it away to the mountains never to be seen again. That man hands his chili over to ? more cruel beast, who, by his drink- . ' ing example, leads his child to be^- . ' come a drunkard. Many years ago there resided itt Manchester, England, a young calico-. ' printer, a capital worker, and a most obliging man, but unhappily addicted to drink. John, however,,got married, much to the thankfulness of htec' friends, who hoped that through hi?. young wife he might reform. Shortly after their wedding John said toMary: "You're a sober woman, and so I mean to be a sober man; wetnusi agree to take no more, each ot us, inan one pini 01 aie per uajr. With a serious face Mary queried. gently: "Where isliall you drink itr > John? Except Sundays, you don'tf J return home till late." "Of'course In- 1 the factory?for your share, I will give you six cents a day, and you can drink it where you / please, "V1 Months elapsed, during which Johtt^ ' was unable to limit himself to .Mfc "one pint." At length car^e round the young, couple's marriage analog vereary. "Now, my-dear, we've not had a single holiday since we wer* wed; let us have one to-day!" "With all my heart, girl!" he responded; V;4; "and if only I had a spare shilling or two in the world?that, public^' house Is ruining me, to he plain* wifle?we might take a jaunt to the village, and see your mother." "I will stand treat, John," 'said Mary- ; "You! you!" cried tfoe amazed bus- . iband; "have you got a windfall of a fortune, and I never heard of It?"' "I have just had the money /for mjr . pint of beer," smiled Mary, Joyfully. "Your what?" "My tfint of beer," she repeated, producing an old stock-' ing which had served for. purse, andv 1 from which immediately clinked out* upon tho tablecloth three hundred coins. "And you have not once tasfecF it, Mary!" he stuttered/with, a flood of tears; "then I never., never will again." "By God's grace, dear John,T' - added tne young wire souiy nor sue wa$ a true Christian), and gathering up the stocking's contents, she handed him $21.90. A memorable day it , proved, indeed, the day which fixed the turning-point of John's hithertc . wasted life. "By God's grace" he di# most faithfully keep his vow and ht prospered. Danger From Alcohol in Illness. , . A writer in Health calls attention* J to the fact that people when suddenly 1 called on to look after a person in jured by accident, or in a sudden at* ; tack of illness, would in the majorityof cases as a first thing administer ' some form of alcohol. It is' not that those who administer this supposed remedy do it from any knowledge they possess that the remedy will be suited to the case. They simply do it to satisfy their own anxieties, and this shows how deeply ingrained intcour natures the belief in alcohol has become, and how hard it is to uproot a practice, the result of ages of growth. In a majtfHty of cases the yamativ dues mnpfl harm than ?OQ<L Alcohol ignorantly admistered1 caninjure a sick person more than & healthy one. ? Prohibition Yeai Book. . - v 'J Fortune to Reclaim Drunkards. From La Salle, Illinois, coin'e .par ticulars of an extraordinary* willVleft by Mr. G. B. Schlenk, a wealthj brewer, who recently died. The doc- ' ument states that the deceased brewei had long been consoious of the eyi* caused by drink, and was -desiroas, therefore, of remedying some of the n.-mnc u/hi^h fparfid had bees caused by his enterprises. It' it therefore directed that his wife andfamily shall have a bare competence, and his large fortune shall go to the ' Salvation Army, for use in their work, of reclaiming drunkards. The fam-, Uy intend to contest the will. No Tickets to Drunkards. The Pennsylvania Railroad lines*, have recently adopted a rule not to sell tickets to drunken persona. Murders have resulted on several trains from their presence, and in some cases companies have been assessed heavy damages for assaults committed by 'drunkards in passengoi cars. For this reason the Pennsylvania system has barred them out of her trains. Temperancc Notes. " * * ' - 1 * ? w/Jhv ^ inaiana is aooui iwu-iuuua ui;. It is estimated that half a million persons in Paris do not drink wine. Washington reports a promising movement in high society against wine and the time-honored punchbowl. There has been a decline of nearlj 2,500,000 barrels of besr in the annual consumption of the United Kingdom during the past six years, notwithstanding that the population increased by 2,000,000. iuwa has really State prohibition, but selling is permitted by popular consent under the Mulct law in twenty-three counties out of ninety-nine, and in eleven towns iu the remaining seventy-six counties. i'"1""' " Hio tvmofnm nf (iPeTV UiJIcoo AC uv VUW *~>J . seated nervous disease, drunkenness can be cured by the exercise of tht will, whenever the desire to be cured Is awakened by the consciousness tbat ' > the vice is in itself disgusting. Less than 300,000 people in the Transvaal consumed 418,625 gallons of ale and beer last year. And the j Troy Press remarks: "Slowly but surely *ven Darkest Africa ascends 4 ^nf rtivi1i7Qtinn '' i tuu vx v.* * .V ' - ^ ?, . . .. - .> r.v > : ,-^M