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m* ??? ???i??? ' c25H5THSS5cS5S55ESH5HSESES I mi l. I *$?)/ IV ' 1.^. By MRS- A t ^S"ZSHSZS2SZ5H5HSE5H5H5E5H CHAPTER V. 9. j Continued. ( Little was said, except to urge the ; driver to greater speed, until they ' reached the Rue de Jerusalem, where, 1 after a short parley with one or two 1 lower officials, they were admitted 1 to the presence of the chief of the detectives. a Quiet, simple-looking, iron gray man, with watchful eyes, and a 1 clear, penetratiug voice. He listened \ .with profound attention to Lambert's statement, scarcely putting a ques- ' tion, only occasionally restraining the details. Lambert had evidently made ! a supreme effort to master his terrible emotion, the vital necessity for clearness giving him a force beyond 1 himself. While Glynn listened with ago- ! nized keenness to the recital, he alsi 1 heard the whispered terrors of his ' own heart. WThat horror had be- 1 fallen the tender, delicate darling 1 whom he had hoped to call his promised wife that day? To what hid- ! eous plot had she fallen a victim? 1 He scarcely knew how to restrain the ' wild impulse to rush forth in hopeless blind pursuit. ' Having heard all particulars, M. Claude (the chief) took a sheet of 1 paper and demanded a description of 1 the young lady. This was furnished by both Lambert and Glynn, the lat- ! ter eagerly adding some character- ' lstic details of whlck even the father J did not think. Claude then touched 1 a bell and ordered the subordinate ( who answered it to telegraph the de- 1 scription at once to every seaport ! and frontier town in France, warning J ^1? oDfoto in poch nlaee to Lilt? yUHV/C V4V3 OUl VVV *** arrest any person answering to it, no 1 matter who accompanied. "Time has been lost already," said ( the immovable chief. "Still, things ( are always discovered. Have the goodness to answer my questions." c "Will you say," broke in Deering ( with his superior air, addressing himself to Glynn, "that I shall be ' happy to guarantee expenses." J "Damn your money!" cried Lam- * bert, turning on him fiercely; "not a T penny of it shall pay for the recovery of my child." "He doesn't know what he is saylng, poor beggar," said Deering, in an undertone, with contemptuous , pity, and an evil look on his face, j "As I don't understand what is go- c ing on, I'll leave you." He left the J bureau, and Glynn gave his undivided attention to the interrogatories, not- . lng with despair, which increased } every moment, the hopelessness of the search in face of nearly twentyfour hours' start. Tlie distinct queries of the astute detective established that Lambert had risen at his usual hour; that on receiving his coffee from the bonne he asked if mademoiselle had re- ' turned, and, finding she had not, remarked that doubtless she had danced . ' * "J ?? *X A ? Vk AW well ana iaie, su n was ucu? ivi her to stay at Madame Davilliers' for the night. He also inquired if Celes- i tine, the bonne, had taken her young ( lady's morning dress to Madame Da- i villiers', to which she replied in the , affirmative. The concierge had heard the bell j at about 2 or half-past, had pulled ] the cordon, heard the door shut?it , was a heavy door?and recognized Mademoiselle Lambert's voice; after J that there was no trace. "Have you any suspicion? Had your daughter any admirer to whom you were averse?" "No; certainly not." "Certain you cannot be where a J young lady is in question," said M. . Claude with perfect cynicism. "But ; is there no one toward whom your suspicion points? You spoke angrily 1 to the gentleman who has just gone out." "There is one man respecting whom I have some doubts, and that gentle- ' man is his associate." Lambert pro- : ceeded to describe Vincent with considerable accuracy, adding that he ' had more than once demanded the hand of his daughter; but that the ! young lady herself was strongly opposed to him. Here Glynn, who had been listen- 1 ing with painful, feverish interest to the dialogue, volunteered an account 1 oi nis appearance ai lue uan on tne previous night; of his endeavor to persuade Mademoiselle Lambert to dance with him. and his avowed intention of leaving early that morning for Bordeaux. These details were all carefully noted down. Then M. Claude, rising, said, "Now to view the house." lie struck a bell which stood beside -his desk, and while he gave some instructions to the officer who answered his summons he put on his gloves, locked his desk and directed that a certain comxnissaire should accompany him to M. Lambert's residence. "I suppose you I will wish to assist in the examination of the premises?" said M. Claude; "you may help to throw light on the case." "Of course I will go with you." "And you will allow me to assist ! so far as I can," urged Glynn. "But can nothing more be done? No more rapid action taken?" cried the fevered, agitated father, letting his closed hand fall heavily on the table. The chef took out his watch, glanced at it and remarked dramatically, "It is forty minutes since I noted down your description of your daughter, and all egress from France Is closed to her." Lambert uttered a low moan. "U'o mnef lot fViom thoir way. They know what thoy are < about: but the suspense is almost in- ' tolerable," said Glynn, whose heart i was bursting with despair and re- 1 morse. Why had he not accepted ' Lambert's proposition? Had he been t Klsie's betrothed, this might not have happened! c The drive to the Rue de L'Evcque c /seemed endless; Lambert sat immoY-ji M c ieea?ieeee?o? in c pj a ambert | i fystery. j ; LEXANDER. ^jjj o 1SHSESHSSSH5HEESB5HS2S2^_J \ n able and speechless. Arrived, the fc ^hef de la. surete proceeded to ex- o imine the house carefully, and to c question the concierge as to the tenmts. In the rez-de-chaussee was the t magasin of a Patent Polish Stove l, Company; on the first etage an old fc lady with her son and daughter-in- e law resided. "Persons of high con- a sideration," said the tearful con- t :ierge. The second etage was vacant; j M. Lambert occupied the third. Then t ;ame a professor of music, Monsieur a ie Capitain Galliard, Maitre d'Armee f ind others. s Both Lambert and Glynn watched r cvith quivering interest the deliberate s minuteness of the examination, first \ Df the concierge, then of the house it- \ self. The professor of music and the h naitre d'armes were out.so M. Claude I; ;onteiited himself for the present by a asking some leading questions about t Lhem. s Then he and his attendant commis- t jaire ascended to Lambert's apart- v ment, and questioned Madame Weber e ind the bonne as to the smallest de- s ^ails concerning the missing girl; her :haracter, her habits of life, her f "riends, her pursuits and finally asked for her last photograph. It sent a sham dart of angry pain through a Slynn's heart to see the chef de la surete and his aide-de-camp coolly jxaminiug the portrait which to him I lad a certain sanctity, to observe the r inmoved composure of the practiced c Jetectives in face of the father's de- p -pairing anxiety, the professional in- c stinct which subordinated human in- c ;erest to the keen perception of possi- ]< )le crime, the sleuth-hound scent for i legitimate prey. b From Lambert's abode they pro- v needed to the vacant etage, which the a :oncierge, in all the tearful yet de- c ightful excitement of such an extra- d jrdinary occurrence, threw open with h ;ager zeal. u It was almost the same as the e iwelling above, and after looking y ;arefully through the empty rooms y hey reached the kitchen. The door ii vas fastened. s "Tiens!" cried the concierge, look- C ng rapidly through the keys she car- a led, "this is strange, I do not re- o nember locking the door, and I have h lot been in here more than twice t since the day you looked at the y apartment, Monsieur Lambert, for y some friends who thought or coming ; o .0 Paris." j c While she spoke the commissaire n lad thrust the blade of his penknife " nto the keyhole. "The key is in- v side," he said. q "It is impossible," cried the con- [ lierge. n "Go round by l'escalaire de service 1 (back stair) with madame," said M. Claude to his subordinate. "There is a i door leading thence to the kitchen, is there not?" a "But, yes; certainly that will also a be locked; I have a passkey, how- c jver, for these outer doors." A few minutes of silence waiting, and voices f svere heard within; then the door wa6 t apened by the concierge, whose us- s ually rosy face looked a yellowish ( white. "Bon Dieu!" she whispered, r 'the outside door was unlocked, and t here is tho key which opens both, in this lock. I swear that the day be- r vaofofd ov T tho mitKfrip o floor carefully; nor have I ascended j j rhis stair since." "Let us examine this room careful-, 1 ly," said the chef, with a shade of ad-! iitional gravity. j. The 6earch was most thorough; j every little cupboard, every nook, j the stove, the oven, an old box, every ? inch of the dingy empty kitchen was minutely scrutinized?all present as- \ sisting. Suddenly a speck of white c in a dark corner attracted Glynn's n eye. He picked it up. It was a morsel of fine lace entangled with a knot Df the narrowest black velvet ribbon, from which dangled a broken end. With a sickening sensation of horror v and dread Glynu picked up this in- ] finitesimal yet eloquent suggestion of t a struggle and sileiitly handed it to r M. Claude. } "Ha:" exclaimed that functionary, c gazing at it with some earnestness; c then he added: "Mademoiselle f changed her toilet too hastily." v "Good God:" cried Lambert, "she f were just such a velvet string as this I through the lace of her dress; I no- c ticed it!"?and so had Glynn. With c what bitterness he recalled his ad- v miration of the creamy whiteness of ? her neck contrasted with the black r line surrounding it. "Do you?do t you think she is murdered?" con- ? tinued Lambert in an agonized wliis-1 per, staring wildly at the lace. "No, I do not," said M. Claude, ap- : parently somewhat moved by the father's intense misery. "I do not J suppose her life would be attempted by any one, unless indeed there are J 1 some circumstances in her or your history with which I am unacquaint- l} ed. But I believe what may be as j * bitter as her death to you?that she i v has gone with her own free consent." 1 "And that I can never believe," .' cried Lambert. "She?the sweetest, ! most loving, obedient child man ever had!" "Even so," said the detective, with a tinge of sadness. t "The affair might have occurred under chloroform,'4feaid the commissaire in a low, submissive tone. "A resolute, practiced villain meets her ascending the stairs; a handkerchief t saturated with chloroform suddenly t wrapped round her face renders her t helpless. She is carried through this j empty apartment, her dress changed p while she is still Insensible." An ir- 1; repressible groan from Glynn made 1 Lhe chef de la surete look at him. i 'They carry her downstairs," confnned the commissaire. "And then," interrupted the con- f iergo shrilly, "they are caught! How a ;an any pne get CM!t "wjtliput calling u ne?" h % '"Silenoe!" said M. Claude inipre* ively. "Feel along the floor in that orner beyond the window." His subordinate obeyed, and disovered a small square of chocolate, ? ?..^r Kkaq/i onrl trvm nine It'W cx UJllUd Ul uicau. uuu V ? V 'hese last were most carefully enmined. "They are English," said tfie deective. "But that is easily accountd for; the person or persons engaged the abduction evidently partook if refreshment; nor is there any sign eading to the supposition of violence. 'he difficulty is to discover how they i lanaged to leave the house. At what iour did you lock the door and put iut your light last night?" to the oncierge. In reply to his questions she stated hat th? entrance door was always ocked at 10 o'clock, but that she lerself often sat up till 11. Last light, feeling weary, she went to bed t half-past 10. Before she slept the >ell rang and she pulled the cordon. i. Lambert's voice said who was | here and bid her good-night. Twice iter, entrance was demanded by different inmates; then, after what eemed to her a long time, some one ang the bell, and waking completely, he distinctly heard Miss Lambert's j oice. She did not sleep again for rhat seemed to her more than an lour, during which all was profoundy quiet. She always rose before 6, ,nd after lighting her fire to prepare he coffee of monsieur her husband, he unlocked the great door and went o fill her pail with water at a pump, k-hich was in a court on which the ntrance opened at the far side of the treet, in order to wa9li the passage. "Can you see the chief entrance rom this court?" "But yes, certainly." "And the pump, how is it situted?" "About the centre." "I shall inspect it," said M. Claude. ! laving carefully wrapped up the j norsel of lace and ribbon, the square ; if chocolate and the two pins, and Jaced them in an inner pocket, M. Maude led the way downstairs to the ourt mentioned by the concierge,, folowed by her, Lambert and Glynn. The court, which was like a well eing surrounded by lofty hou9es, /as exactly opposite the entrance;. nd the pump, as stated, was in the entre, but with its back toward the oorway, so that any one using the iandle to raise the water would natirally turn his or her face from it; specially as it was necessary to r'atch the filling of whatever vessel ras placed below the spout. After Doking carefully at the relative portions ot the door and the pump, M. !laude requested the concierge to fill pail of water as she was in the habit f doing. She obeyed; he stood beind her during the operation, and at he end observed, "The fugitives .-niked throueh the onen door while ou were pumping; no force or chlorform could have been used." The oncierge burst into tears. "Gentlelen," continued the chef de la surete, I shall now proceed to Madame Banners', and the remainder of my Inuiries I wish to prosecute alone. M. iambert, do me the favor to call at ny office to-morrow morning about 0, and come unaccompanied." "And you can do no more to-day?" sked poor Lambert. "I consider that we have secured . clue. I feel sure of finding your iaughter; if not immediately, at no [istant date." "At no distant date," repeated the -A P A r\ 1o cnroto loff" I (illiei J CIS IUC VI 1u umavvv, .v?, he house, followed by the commisaire. "But In the meantime!?Oh, >od. Glynn, how can I live on such a ack, and I don't know where to urn!" "It is almost unbearable. Can you , emember nothing that might serve j is a clue to her extraordinary disap>earance?" j "Nothing. If I don't, find her I lave done with life.""I feel for you, Lambert, from the >ottom of my soul. I'd give all I lossess to know that Elsie is safe! 'ou'li have an awful night of it. i >hall I stay with you?" "I am best alone," returned Lamiert, looking sharply at him. "I lian t IU1DK you careu t>u mutu. "hank ye?I am best alone." To be Continued. When to Make Camp. Y/hen the sun comes within the vidth of two paddle-blades of the< torizon, If you are wise you will take j he first bit of level ground within each of wood and water, and make laste to get the camp in order before lark. So we pitched our blue tent >u the beach with a screen of bushes it the back to shelter us from the vind; broke a double quantity of ir branches for our bed, to save us rom the midnight misery of sand in >ur blankets; cut a generous supply >f firewood from a dead pine tree vhich stood conveniently at hand; j nid settled down in comfort for the lieht.?From "A Holiday in a Vaca- ; ton." by Henry van Dyke, in the Jcribner. His Ambition. Yellow-covered literature was not illowed in the Benson family, but larold had friends who narrated to , lim some of the stirring tales they | lad read. "What L your ambition, Harold?"] isked an aunt who was visiting the Jenson household, and was blessed . villi a long purse. "Perhaps you've :?c decide' yet what you'd like to bs >r do by and by," she added. "Oh, yes. Aunt Ellen," said Har-1 >!d, shaking his head at such a suggestion, "I'm all decided. I shou*d ike to be such a man that people f ram 1\1 n lil'ft loivoc of i h ^ mon- I -fiiuiu Utmuii. anv ... w.. . ion of my name."?Youth's Com- j anion. Infinity of Truth. I do not know v/hat I may appear o the world; but to myself I seem o have been only a boy playing on lie soa shore, and diverting myself n now and then finding a smoother icbble or a preilcr shell ihan ordllary, whilst the great ocean of truth ay all undiscovered before me.?Sir i saac Newton. An eagle has been observed to rise rom the ground and completely dlsppear into the sky within three mintes. Eagles sometimes soar to eights of 15,000 feet or more. I ' MATTED* TI A Baby's Carriage Rug. L*i Save all nice pieces of silk, cash- eg mere, or any other soft wool goods. Tear them into strips three^fourths ar of an inch wide. Join together and je] wind into balls. With an ivory gj crochet hook about the size of a slate 0f pencil, crochet in plain stitch six m stripes about six inches wide and one yard long. Join together with strong silk floss by sewing lightiy through m the edgej of each first stitch. Line with any color desired, bringing the p. edges of the lining over on the right m side about an inch all around. Bind 0f down by leather-stitching. A slum- pi] ber-robe made in this way would be very serviceable and pretty.?Mrs. L. w] A. K., in the Ladies' World. (jl * ds Pi Cold-Water Proccss of Canning. ha Wash the fruit thoroughly, and in aE case of rhubarb cut into small pieces, as for pies. If gooseberries are used, UI top and tail them. Pack into glass jars that have been sterilized, then T1 fill the jars to overflowing with fe freshly drawn water. Put on the of covers and let them stand over night. By the nett morning, you will find wi that the fruit has taken up more or >'a less of the water, and that there is *i< quite a vacuum to be filled. Drain in off the water and fill again with fresh cold water to overflowing, letting the v_8 water come with sufficient force to tn drive out any air. Then seal closely *h and put away for winter use.?From az "Canning and Preserving Fruit," by 'K Emma Paddock Telford, in the Circle. fo of re Paint Vs. Paper. ya I am not an advocate of wan paper, j gr It is almost as unhygienic as the car- j at pet. The ideal wall finish is paint, sh applied directly to the plaster. Give w; two good coats of it, and you have a lo surface that can be washed witfi en- sh T\ 111 tsx if lire bUltili. juuat Win uul uiug uu ik. Germs cannot find a lodging place in gi it. If care is taken in the selection fir of color, the wall will look better T1 than it would if hung with an ex- in pensive paper, especially if it is to 35 serve as a background for pictures. A! If the coloring does not prove satis- th factory, paint of another color can be th applied at any time. I_f it is not fa thought advisable to use paint, ala- fii bastine can be substituted. This ya makes a hygienic finish, costs but fii little and looks well. Anything is w< better than paper with its musty paste and general unsanitariness.?From lo "Putting the Country Home in Or- be der," by Eben E. Rexford, in The Out- in ing Magazine. at p A Few Excellent Recipes. tj, Beef Kidneys Fried?Cut a sufTl-, 4 cient quantity of beef kidneys in fr slices nearly half an inch thick, place them in a dish, cover with boiling ti< water and allow them to remain for fr< about ten minutes. Drain them on to a towel until thoroughly dry. Put a loi quantity of flour on a plate, roll the ba kidneys in this, then fry on a hot pan PC I which has been well buttered. When ag well browned turn on the other side T1 and sprinkle with salt and pepper, to Arrange 011 the platter around the P* outer edge, leaving the centre free di and resting one slice of kidney over the other. Make the gravy by adding lo an extra pat of butter to that ai? ready in the pan, sprinkle in a little flour, stirring until smooth, and add th sufficient water, allowing all to boil iti up until it is of proper consistency, th Add extra water if It becomes too er thick, season with salt and pepper, ut and flavor with a little lemon juice. 30 Strain and pour the gravy in the co space left in the centre of the dish. Toast should be passed around with this dish, or the kidneys may be served on me toast. to A Delicate Egg Dish?Beat up as F( many eggs as is thought necessary, aS the whites and yolks together, and put them into a buttered saucepan, stirring constantly lest the eggs be- ^ come hard or stick to the bottom of P1 the pan. Let them cook gently, then sprinkle with sugar and a few dashes kr of cinnamon. Pour them into a hot dish and squeeze orange juice over all. This is light and dainty and se will not disturb the most delicate Al stomach. to Curried Potatoes?Cut up cold boiled potatoes in slices until you havo three cupfuls. Put two table- . spoonfuls of butter in a frying pan and when hot add a tablespoonful of ^ finely chopped onion; toss this about until slightly browned. Now add the sliced potatoes, season with salt and gg pepper and add one teaspoonful of ^ curry powaer. stir mese arouuu weu then pour over all half a cupful of ? gravy or soup stock. Cover the pan ' and let it simmer ten minutes, after 5 ! which turn into a hot dish and garnish with parsley. ev Spanish Cream Whip?Put one- no quarter of a box of gelatine to soak ^ in a quarter of a cupful of cold water. While this is dissolving heat two and one-half cupfuls of milk, add a third of a cupful of sugar and then put in the gelatine. Stir for a minute or two. Beat the yolks of two th eggs slightly, then pour over them 0,1 the gelatine and milk. Put all iu sa tho double boiler and cook for five minutes, stirring constantly. Add al one tablespoonful of vanilla. Beat I the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth and pour this over all. Dip the mould 'n in cold water, or if individual moulds are used treat each the same, and put on the ice or in a cool place to Get. When ready to serve turn out of the El mould carefully so as not to break the form. Banana Saute?Select bananas of 1 even size, remove the skins and cut in half crosswise, then iu half lengthwise. Dredge witl^jour. Have the frying pan hot, jifflpM a good-sized nu piece of butter amFvhen melted lay is in the bananas. Fry until nicely in* browned, arrange on a hot platter g<? and sprinkle with powdered sugar.' all For this make a sauce of half a cup-j jto f'^1 of sugar and one-quarter ot a cupful of lemon juice. Put in a sauce-! th pan and heat thoroughly, adding, to .one teaspoonful of butter.?American P" Home Monthly. sir KTILLERY FIRE AT BALLOONS. ' v r\f Won HnAiin-ht ItTMT .1VH r>ll^iuvo VI !!??< Down at Long Range by Bel- ] gian Gunners. While Germany, France and the lited States are making great torts to perfect a war balloon that 11 be of real use in a campaign, the ' tillery is trying to solve the probm of combating this new war enne. Some interesting experiments this nature hare recently been ade. In Austria valuable and instruc?*e tests, with good results, were ade with 4.7 inch guns against anored balloons; and in Germany at ** ? n\rr eimilor iirnflrimonfc WPTP ade with 4 inch guns. The details the results have not been made iblic. In Belgium, on the other hand, tiere extensive firing tests were conicted against anchored balloons, the ita are available. The trials took ' ace at the proving grounds at Braslet, with both field and siege guns, id are still going on. The firing is done with shrapnel ily. Old balloons of the Balloon >mpany are being used as targets, leir diameter is about thirty-three et, and they are sent up to a height about 1300 to 1650 feet. In the firing with two 5.9 inch ho[tzers the balloon was about 5500 irds from the guns and at an eleva)n of about 1150 feet. The openg range was 5500 yards and the ing was done with the aid of obserttion stations, located on one side of e vertical plane of fire, each of ese stations bei: g provided with an imuth instrument (a graduated >rizontaI circular plate with sights r obtaining the position of the point burst of the shrapnel in space with ference to the target.) At the third salvo, fired at 5G00 .rds. the range was found to be too eat, and at the fourth salvo, fired 4 600 yards, it was found too ort; consequently the fifth salvo is fired at 4800 yards. The balon was struck forty-six times, two ots effecting very serious damage. In firing with four cast iron 4 inch ins, model 1889, the range of the st battery salvo was 3280 yards, iree platoon 9alvos were then fired rapid succession at 3280, 3170 and !SO yards elevation, respectively, t the second salvo, at 3170 yards, e balloon was struck, and at the iid it began to sink. During its 11 two more battery salvos were ed, one platoon firing at 3280 irds, the other at 3170 yards; lally, two $hgle shots at 3280 yards ere fired. The result showed that the balon had been hit 149 times, five hits :ing found in the balloon body, two the gondola, and three had cut the ichoring ropes. During the present season the extriments at Brashaet are io be conled against anchored ballopns with inch euns. model 1889, at ranges om 5280 to 6560 yards. At the same time special observa)ns are to be made of the firing om balloons. Artillery officers are mount in kite and spherical balons, conducted by military dirigible illoons, and follow from these lints of observation the firing tests ;ainst various targets in the field, le results of the observations are be reported by means of a telelone on the ladder to the officer recting the firing tests. In spite of the fact that the balon at Santiago gave little satisfac)n to the troops on the firing line 'ho felt that it merely indicated eir position to the enemy), the miliry world is engaged in studying e subject with ever' increasing engy, and as cover is increasingly ilized bv troons the balloon (or me such method of observation) ' nstantly gains in importance. Exploring the Upper Air. Plainly, electricity has a great deal ! do with the mechanism of storms, j )r this and other reasons the stor- j ;e of it in the atmosphere interests ; high degree the expert meteorolost; and it is not surprising that e Wea'her Bureau should contemate an exhaustive investigation of e subject. What?it would like to low, to begin with?is a lightning ish? Whence does it come, and iw is it generated? Do storm clouds rve as gigantic storage batteries? tid does the electricity have anything | do with the making of rain? j Nobody can answer any of these ] lestions. It is believed that a light ug uaau uas au fAiicmci/ 111511 >uige, with a low amperage; in other jrds, that it contains only a small aount of electricity at a very high essure. But there is no certainty out it. . The Weather Bureau man nds up a scientific box kite with e help of a windlass, from a hillp, using piano wire in place of a ring. Storm clouds come up, and sctricity begins to descend the \ re, throwing off formidable sparks, is interesting?in fact, it might en be dangerous?but it conveys information. ? From "Fifteen iles Up in the Air," by Rene Bache, the Circle. An Explanation. An alienist came wandering rough an insane asylum's wards ie day. He came upon a man who t in a brown study on a bench. A r\ trr\ 11 /?/. C?ir?9" 1 ha riUTT UW JVU UV, . OUlU VUW ienifit. "What is your name, may isk?" "My name?" said the other, frown-j 5 fiercely. "Why, Czar Nicholas, course." "Indeed." said the alienist. "Yet e last time f was here you were the nperor of Germany," "Yes. ot' course," said the other, licltly; "but that was by my first fe.'?Argonaut. Needed to Marry. The modern bachelor is by no sans so black as he is painted. He ' simply one ot' those exceptional 3ii who have been born without the uius for matrimony. To marry at I, a man requires inspiration, and marry well, aspiration, and to xrry folislily, desperation. None of ese qualities has boon vouchsafed a singular being who deliberately d of malice prepense leads the >trip jjfft ?Mndarne IRE SUNDAY SCHOOL, i INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMmrvts for OOT. 27 BY THE KEV. I. W. HENDERSON*. Subjcct: Caleb's Faithfulness Rewarded, Josh. 14:0-15?Golden Text, Matt. 2.>:23?Memory Verses, 7, S?Commentary. Caleb's reward is indicative of the faithfulness of Jehovah to actualize Wis promises. Caleb had been a careful and courageous investigator and reporter in the days when Moses wished to know of the character of the land and the people of Canaan (Cf. Lesson for September 1). He had valiantly and consistently maintained a spirit of optimism and of assistance to Moses when Israel's days were dark. God had promised him that he should live to see the realization of his dreams, the fulfillment of his prophecies, the fructifying of the hopes of his people. And the promise is kept. God's promises were effective in the life of Caleb for the reason that is stated in the fourteenth verse of the lesson?"because he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel." That was the ground of promise. It was the ground also for the realizing of the promise. God makes few promicoo nnnr fniinwprs. There can be no promises to those who refuse to do His will. The promises of God are many and beautiful and possible of fulfillment in the lives of those who, after the pattern of Caleb, wholly followed the Lord God. Caleb heard the voice of God because he lived for God and within God, and had confidence in Him. The promises of Jehovah were completed for him because he was steadfast in the divine life and continued and expanded in his faith in God. Caleb had an abiding belief in the integrity of God. Therefore God was able to speak plain words to him. The man who doubts God never hears the sublimest messages Jehovah sends to men. Only the souls who believe on Him, who trust Him, who obey Him, who are faithful toHim, hear, or are. able to hear, the messages, the promises, the confidences of God. It could not be otherwise. It is not otherwise. The twelfth verse illuminates the character of Caleb. The Anakim entrenched among the hills were the most formidable enemies with which Israel was called upon to deal. They were most powerful and to be feared. They were the sort of opponents that Caleb chose. He wanted no easy task. , His arm was mightiest and his heart most courageous against me musi terrifying foes. As he possessed extraordinary strength and faith so he desired the most dangerous expeditions. His trust in God excelled any awe he may have had for his foes. His confidence in the enabling of Jehovah made him fearless where others might have been afraid. Caleb requested the infested mountain of the Anakim as his portion. The sons of Anak were to fly before his prowess and Ihe power of his God.. trusting in the promises of God his Lord, Caleb demanded Hebron for an inheritance and was certain of his ability to conquer and to hold it. What to him were giants and cities great and fenced. He would under" God overthrow ' the giants and destroy their cities and topple down their walls. Those characteristics in the personalities of Caleb and God that the lesson unfolds are applicable to present conditions and the modern life. If they are not they are hardly worth the study of those who are engrossed with the cares of to-day and the expectations of to-morrow, who are compelled to live and to labor in the days that are. If they are not they are subjects most for the historian and the study. Those Sunday-school lessons i that do not relate themselves to the needs and the men of to-day, that do not apply themselves with readiness fn the solution and exnlication of the problems of the modern world ought to be laid aside. But this lesson is i relative, it applies. For the faithfulness of a promis- ' ing Father is daily proven. Multitudes daily test Him and find Him ; trustworthy. He is as faithful to ' us as He was to Caleb. Whenever we keep our covenants with Jehovah we discover that He more than keeps His agreements. There is not a promise that God makes to obedient souls that is uot abundantly fulfilled. Those l who are valiant and consistent and i courageous, trustful; who maintain their spiritual and moral wholeness and their confidence in God; who put themselves and God to the test enjoy the realization of the ultimate promises of God. With us as with Caleb these promises become effective when we wholly follow the Lord our God. Caleb enjoyed the favor of God because he -3 TT ' TTA U ~ ~ A IUA rxf serveu nuu. rae utrai u iuu tuitc ui God because he listened for it. He saw the realized and objectified glory of God because he kept his eyes open to discern the wonders of the majesty and might of God. That is to say that Caleb followed God with every faculty. When we walk after God and before Him after that manlier we too shall perceive His glory in the laud of the living. When we op?i our eyes we shall see His majesV revealed. When we open our ears we shall hear His voice. When we submit ourselves to His will we shall realize His power. Living like this we shall be like Caleb who longed for the largest tasks, the most vicious enemies, the sternest strife. We shall welcome the labors that are most irksome and the difficulties that are commonly regarded as insuperable. We shall welcome them with joy. For we shall have coafldence in God. Trm Much Orjiii<rp .TtnYr. Citizens of Pasadena, Cal., complain that bees and flies, intoxicated on fermented orange juicp, have become a nuisance, 'f ho proprietors of a nursery near the town have a large force of Japanese employed extracting seeds from partly decayed oranges, and in the process of squeezing the seeds from the oranges a small stream of orange juice flows from the place, which attracts millions of flies and bees, which become intemperate. British and Irish Emigrants. Over 177,000 British and Irish emigrants went to America and Can ada during the year 1906, according to a London Board of Trade report. The total is greater than that of any year since 1.SS7. Canada received the largest number of immigrants, 91,000. Can't Stand For Hours. On account of agitators in India circulating a false report that all ' sugars manufactured in Europe arc refined by the aid of bones, the imports of iliis commodity into India j have been greatly affected. v% QLumr^iSuR^ LOOK TO JESUS. You say, "The fight is fiercc and long, N The journey full of toil ar>d pain; That you are weak." Well! God is strongs \ Ho Koine tlio weak TTp ricrliht lllfi WTQTUtZ. Then change your sighing for a song, * Up! and begin the fight again. You say, "The tempter's subtle powers Out-mateh your wisdom, and your skill; . gs That in your weak, unguarded hours Sin woos you to her pleasant bow're, And lulls with scents of slumb'rous flow'ra Alike your reason and your will." Oh, shame! and are you then content To rest sin's willing, witless slave? ? "*_ Is all your manly courage spent, Is there no God?no answer sent To prayer? No Christ omnipotent, Who burst the portals of the grave? >5 Oh, stricken soul, look up! nor fear / Though Hell itself oppose thy way; Though fall'n and faithless,-thou shalt hear The voice of Hope ring loud and clear: *5 The hand of pardoning love is near To lift thee from the mire and clay? ?F. C. V. H., in London Christianv~.;3|g Prayer and Waiting. ^ T> Jo onsv tr> nrav fnr thinsra hnfc hard to wait for tliera; and we often rush to the conclusion that because-. *;r:. prayers are not answered in a moment they are not answered at all. A little thought would end this kind of sketicism and give us patience to wait on the Lord without repining or sinking of heart. Great blessings sometimes come' suddenly, but none before they have been prepared for by sopie kind or4**? spiritual training; great orators sometimes suddenly come to light in. apparently commonplace careers, batnot unless there have been rich possl- . bilities hidden beneath the routine of daily work. No man, in any great crisis, shows a gift for speech or action or heroism unless the germs of those things were already in him. Great moments do not put great qualities into the souls of men; they simply reveal what is already there. The fruits of character cannot be realized until the seeds of nobility have had time to grow; and education of some kind must precede iBfc's ' forms of sustained strength. Weak men have often, by prayer, been made strong in critical moments, but they acquire -the habit-of strength: only by exercise. The weak arm doe* not become muscular by taking thought, but by taking exercliie; the irritable temper is not made sweet by a sudden act or will, but by patient repression of an unhappy tendency; the man of unclean mind is not cleansed because he resolves to become white, but because he forms ih? : habit of purity. We are continually asking God to* give us the fruits of character witfir - ? out the discipline of training, not; realizing that we are asking Him to> do for us the work that alone would strengthen onr muscles and give ue= the power we crave. We ask to b* fed by a miracle instead of tilling the ground, sowing the seed, and reaping the harvest with our own hands* and so getting strength from the soil. He is ready to help us in any time qf need, but moral help must be secured! by moral exertion; we must not ask V God to pauperize us. Men ought to pray every day for sweetness of temper, since the laclc. ^ ?of it blights homes and neutralizee many noble qualities; but they ought to remember that sweetness is bom out of the subjection of strength, the mastery of temper, the control of the: tones of voice, and that to gain the blessed gift one must wait on Lort^-arid let education give prayer"1^ its ultimate effectiveness.?The Out- ' look. ' ? ?-* 'A ___ ' 5 An Ancient Inscription. In the ancient Cathedral of Lue- vjr beck, in Germany, there is a ulab witb the following inscription: "Thus speaketh Christ, our Lord* ^ to us: Ye call Me Master, and obey Me'^ not; Ye call Me Light, and see Me not? . Ye call Me Way, and in Me walk ... not; JSj Ye call Me Life, and desire Me not;Ye call Me Wise, and follow Me s not; jS Ye call Me Fair, and love Me not; Ye call Me Rich, and ask Me not; Ye call Me Eternal, and seek Me not; Ye call Me Gracious, and trust Me not; IV-'j Ye call Me Noble,, and serve Me not; Ye call Me Mighty, and honor Me not; Ye call Me Just, and fear Me not;.: : If I condemn you. blame Me not.* Brethren Evangelist. Home-Made Crosses. The crosses which we make for ourselves dv a restless auxieiy an w the future, are not crosses which E come from God. We show want of I faith in Him by our false wisdom, wishing to forestall His arrange ments, and struggling to supplement a Ilis providence by our own provi- I dence. The future is not yet oursr^M perhaps it never will be. If It comes, it may come wholly different from H what we have foreseen. 8| Let us shut our eyes, then, to that I which God hides from us, aud 'keeps R in reserve in the treasures of Hie rlepn counsels. Let us worship with- I out seeing; let us be silent; let uff abide in peace.?Fetielon. An Admonition. Try to be as good as all thiuk thee to be. because many have great faith, in thee, and, therefore, I admonish thee to be nothing loss than people hope of thee.?Francis d'Assisl. Christianity at Homo. A candle that won't shine in one room is very unlikc-ly to ehine in anolhsr. If you do not shine at home, if your mother and father, your sis- , ter and brother, if the very cat and dog in the house are not hotter and ha'iinier for vour heine a Christian, it i.s a question whether you really "H arc one.?J. Hudson Taylor. .H A Thought Worth While. 9 If is worth whi/.? to wonder how H you vTouhl foe! In eternity without fl j our Sunday clothes. > Horses Stiil in Demand. B The figures of the National Bureau H of Statistics show something less than S 20,000,000 horses in this country, H with au estimated-value of $1,846,- jB 508,000. which is an average of $93 H per head. Ten years ago the total M number of horses was given as 15,- H 000,000. worth $500,000,000. or only; aoc-m eacn. ? World's Foremost Ploiviuakcr. The foremost plowm&ker in the world is James? Oliver, who recently H passed his eighty-fourth birthday. He H i'vac; at Qrtnil) Ron/1 fnrl I^E