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"I think it has its advantages," ? said Mrs. Denstone. gently. "It is 11 good for the new relations to learn Vl to love each other. There they are." "Yes. I hear the carriage," said Tola, quietly. Tola had been standing by the window, looking out. There was a new expression on Tola's ^ little face, so wistful, so full ol' trouble, that had anyone had time to 110- a tice it, they must have been unhappy s( about her Three weeks had passed ?] and she had not had one word from Arthur, not one single line to tell her what he was doing, and when ' he was coming home. ^ To others the time might have J seemed short, and the silence trifling, but to Tola it was terrible. She and Q] this brother were so used to lean upon each other, so closely were their j( lives intertwined., that a silence such as this gave her the keenest anxiety. It had nevei happened thus before. 01 She fancied all sorts of catastrophes. s He must be ill. must have met with some accident, and was possible 132 alone, ill and helpless, in a strange, ai foreign ronntrv. Tn her distress she ^ even summoned up courage to write to her uncle in Liverpool to ask if a they had heard. Her uncle wrote back, laughing kindly at her terrors, Ir and telling her they should be set at rest, for that he would write to his si: old friend, Monsieur Rigaud, at Mon w: Repos, enclosing a letter for the to truant. But now many days had ca passed and there was no answer from tr< Mon Repos. It was very strange. er Tola's little face grew white, and dc her brown eyes full of pain;- but to the children she was the same bright in teacher and companion, though her al sparkling gaiety was gone, and little ni< Letty. moving restlessly on the sofa, which was now her constant refuge. Ai said: m' r "Oh! dear, dear! What has come fn over us all? Letty is growing old; nc every one is growing old." Thr carriage Colonel Curtis' well- M; appointed brougham, drove up to the wi door. The betrothed couple were within it. in v "For the last time, Janet. 1 leave fo you at home," he said. "This day a' week this brougham will carry you 1)6 away my wife." 1 Janet blushed and looked beauti- an ful. "See," she cried, looking out. "There they all are at the door." "All of them?" exclaimed Colonel sa Curtis, with a look of dire consterna- ol( tion. "Then I will not come in now. an I shall return to dinner, as your fa- au ther kindly asked me, and by that time the children will be gone to bed." Sc "It is a pity you let the whole tribe 1)0 come to the door, Tola," were almost 116 Janet's first words to her sister, "when you know dear Frederick does so dislike our huge family gatherings " "They all wanted to see you so hc much. Janet, darling, said Tola, . . clinging to her sister. "Oh! how IS beautiful it is to have you back." r Janet submitted to the passionate hugging of her sister, then she gently disengaged herself and rearranged w' the hair upoii her forehead. I ev How shabby and poor, and ugly it 'IC all looked after the rich comforts of Lady Mafsden's wealthy home. Janet had at once adopted all the comforts WJ and all the luxuries she found there. ?r It seemed to her that she had at last ^ acquired her rights, that hitherto she l,(; had been defrauded ot her due. P? "I cannot think how we have managed to exist like this, she said, as she was completing her toilette for dinner. Her toilette consisted of one S( of the trousseau gowns. "There was nothing else that was possible lo wear," she said, when Toia comment- IJ1 ed on this: "and to-night, when both the Grimwood party and Mr. Irvine r-r dine here, Frederick canuot bear me S{1 to look dowdy; and. of course, it is specially important as Mrs. Grimes si will be there, to make a good itn pression. Frederick says that Har- b< riet Marsden knows Mrs. Grimes !>' She was a Howard, and it was a ai very bad match for her when she tc married Captain Grimes. He quite approves of the possible connection." s' "I am glad of that," said Tola, ab- is sently. At another time she might B have beon half-amused, half-angry, si at Colonel Curtis' august consent be- 0 ing given to Reggie's hopes, but now t? it seemed as if she did not care. n "My dear Tola!'" cried her sister, u quickly. "You are not going to dine it in that old white muslin gown'" o "Yes," said Tola, rousing herself. "It is my best. Why, Janet, you K know we always thought t&is one did fi look nice at least." "Good gracious! How it r oes open ti one's eyes to see a little of society!" exclaimed Janet. "Really I had ne h idea we were as bad as this! No 1 wonder Frederick was so horrified!" a "Well," said Tola, wearily, "he is g not going to marry the whole family, so it won't matter." C That is what he says,' said Janet, |) naively. "At least put something in L your hair, a ribbon or something, ilave you none?" II "Janet, yon know 1 haven't," said n Tola, feeling thai this was really at'- I ? ESHSES2SH5ESES2SSS2SESH $ U ^B5?5HSHSH5H5ESESH5H^ 3 1SCENT;MH ^iHHSH5HSH5^^5HSHSH|| A d< i DIVINING g? ROD. gf j *] ARET?|MAJENDIE. iHHm ^ =SESH5?SH5HSE5R5"ESHSaEr2 9 BS?5HSE5E5H5HSZSE5HEH5^ ^ bi C ?ctation. "What is the use of teas- j lg me?" and she ran away. She was tired and heated, for till ^ le last moment she had been helpig the cook, and as she passed a a, lirror she glanced into it rather tear- tt illy, to see if she did look so very owdy. She saw a sweet flushed ttle face, with pretty curly hair, and .<j soft faded India muslin gown, and lie made herself look charming with g, r*o bunches of fresh primroses be- ^ 5rc she went downstairs; but she ja =>lt humbled to the dust. She had ot spirit enough to rise under anet's words, and it seemed (o her lat she had well been named by her rothers Cenerentola The dinner went off very well. Col- ^ nel Curtis was allowed the nriv- . J o ege of taking in his bride, and de- tj. oted himself exclusively to her. The Grimwood people were old and iendly neighbors. Tola sat among d. lem, and they left her in peace. To ^ lem she was but a little insignificant . irl, hardly out of the schoolroom * ?t. Mrs. Grimes was resplendent in ruby satin gown; Reggie gave him- ^ ?lf up to waiting on her. In the jr irening he hung over the piano, here she sat for a long time, playig music of the frivolous order, f Sparkling Dewdrops," "Birds at a ven," etc. Then when one of the , Dung ladies from Grimwood took ? sr place, he invited her to come to b mother's sitting-room to see the :ily picture of any value the house Dssessed, a family portrait by Sir c >shua. The music was in full force, every pr ie was busy, and Tola, finding her- to ilf at liberty, stole away into a quiet >rner of the room, and sat leaning ick, giving herself up to fatigue W) id anxious thoughts. Where was jj rthur? What could he be doing? She was sitting thus, rather behind aJ screen, when a figure interposed as ;tween her and the lamps, and Mr. M vine ioined her. * pi "Is anything the matter?" he said, th tting down beside her and speaking th ith great kindness. "I do not want ro be officious, Miss Denstone. but I th .nnot help seeing that something is oubling you very much. My moth- t? has seen it, too, from h^r win- ha >w. She sees it as you pass." st, "It is very kind of her," said Tola, -pc a trembling voice. "And, after J, if 1 tell you, you may laugh at so e as all the others do. tu "I cannot help being uneasy about ca "tnur. He has been away nearly a onth and 1 have not had one line be om him. It is very foolish.. I have sjj > doubt, but I cannot help it." "Not one line irom him," repeated ^ v. Irving. "Is he in the habit of riting regularly?" ab "I don't think he ever missed writ- jjt g to me, at least every other day, a r years," she answered. "There has an ways been so much to do and settle ^ tween us and it became a habit, ventured to write to Uncle Alfred. no d he laughed and wrote me a kind wj tie letter warning me that that sort thing could not go on, but the me time he wrote to Goucy, to his pr 3 French friend where Arthur went, Qn id asked him to forward the letter, d no answer has come." wi "That is very mysterious," said ve r. Irvine. "Either the letters have jn ine wrong in the post, or your ther must have left the place. Was i likely to stay there?" "He went there with the fullest an tention of doing so," answered )la; but I cannot help thinking that an i must be ill, something must have ippened to him out there, and I ust confess that it makes me foolaiy anxious," and she tried to smile avely. "I see. Of course it does; but ere may be some good reason of a? hich we know nothing and cannot w* en conjecture. What address did ( give for you to write to him?" ?P "The Post Office at Goucy." "Well," said Mr. Irvine, "if you ill allow me, I will to-morrow tele- Tt aph to that Poste-Resiante and ask vfi the letters yon have written have ;en claimed. If I send a return Tl: id vp shall hear all about ' Cc "OL! thank you more llian T can d0 y," said Tola, warmly. "How very )0d you are." th "If I can lie of any service to you," c'f j said, earnestly, "it it the greatest easure of niv life.'' "It will be such a relief to do or as y something." said Tola. "1 dare iv it is very silly to be so anxious.' "I should not be so anxious," he iid "Only it is as well to find out." 0f Then he turned the subject, and a] ?gan to tell her that he was then th reparing to take his annual holiday, 7] id that lie proposed this year to go th ) Spain, where he bad never been. w] "I would have stopped for your ]0 ster's marriage." he said, "but as it fu ; to take place at Plumtree, and the ishop is to be there. I thought 1 re iicuhl not be missed, and it is the m nly time I can get away, for my sis- to jr-in-Iaw can come to stay with my af lother. There was another piece of si ews I wanted to tell you also, but only concerns myself. 1 have been ffered another living." Poor little -Tola's heart gave a real throb which drove the color q\ "om her face. He was going away! .. He saw the sudden change and ' imed away his head. "J will speak of it another timr,'* e said quickly. "I?1 don't think j , ... . ! CD can now. ] will come to-morrow < -n nd tell you the result of my telerani He was a little incoherent. Toln spoke again. "1 see Mrs. Irimes coming back again I supose I ought to go and talk to her. el >o you like her?'' j ,'n "Very much." he answered. "I j jf [link 1 never saw a woman who gave , si io the idea of such perfect good tem- j w er." ! b; "Yes," said Tola, thoughtfully. "I 1 link that is true." She rose, and they joined the oth*s, and before long the guests took leir leave. Colonel Curtis lingered > the last, talking aside with his strothed. Reggie was in a fume of impatience 11 he aiso was gone. Then, as the 3or closed upon him, he put his pm around his mother and said, Well, Mamma, I have done the jed!" "Oh! Reggie! you don't mean it?" And Janet and Tola caye up eathlessly. "Yes, it is all rignt, she has ac>pted me; and I think on the whole have done very well." "I should think you have," said r. Denstone, plaintively. "Two lousand a year and such a fine womi for a wife! Done well? I should link so, indeed." "I hope you will be happy, Reggie, irling," whispered Tola, caressingly. [ am sure she is kind and good." "I think it is an excellent thing," iid .Tnnpf in a tone so like Frederick urtis' that Reggie could not help lUghing. "Yes, my dear," he said, looking )mplacently at his handsome sister, sve may both be said to have done ell for ourselves." Tola stole away to bed. The way le two beauties of the family spoke A irred upon her, and she wanted Artur sorely. Janet came to her room presently ad sat down by her bed. "Tola, irling," she said. "I hope you won't ^ ind my saying it, I know you never , a mind when one says things; but i one ) you know, dear Frederick thought 1 acj1] did not, look quite well for you to j a ^ i sitting talking all alone to Mr. j ^a vine for so long behind the screen." j yaj But Tola would not quite stand j not lat. "Tell him to mind his own af- ; 0j .ire,"' she said, gently. \ pg^ "Tola, you don't mean it!" cried 0^1] met. terribly scandalized. i 0gjc "I am asleep. Don't talk or you or^( ill waken me," murmured Tola, j rejg om under the bed clothes, and . jjan, met, to her indignant remon- erg ranees, could get no further answer. ! fear The next day, according to his ' ^at omise, Mr. Irvine sent a telegram ! effe( Goucy, and in the course of some j )urs received an answer: "The nglish gentleman left Goucy three eeks ago, and his letters are lying >re unclaimed." Mr. Irvine was now seriously armed. He sent another telegram, king whether Monsieur Rigaud of on Repos was at home or not, and i epaid the answer. That evening j e answer came: "Monsieur Rigaud, ree weeks ago, was murdered and bbed at Mon Repos. No one in e house to answer letters." The mystery seemed to increase. iking the two telegrams in his ind, Mr. Irvine went over to Denone Court and showed them to )la. "I was quite sure that there was mething very wrong," she said, rning deadly .ale. "And now what j n be done?" "There is only one thing that can rule done," he answered, quickly. "I he > all start at once for Goucy." j mos "You? Oh, how can I let you do emp > ' . he i "Remember ihat I am cn my way . eign road already, and it matters very ! nati tie to me where I go. All I want is ! que: thorough rest and change of air; , erni d I could not rest until I solved this . issu ystery." | He "It frightens me," said Tola. "I do ; crce t know what to think. Oh! how I ! for sh I could go also." j Btiti "To-morrow, theD, I shall start," j emp said, '"by the first train, and I criti omise you shall hear from me at and ce." to "You will keep nothing back? You We? 11 tell me all! I am very brave and ry strong," said poor, little, quiverg Tola. T "Yes," he answered. "There is no ther jre cruel wrong than to keep back gove e truth. I will teil you everything, ?tan d will write every day; and now I At 1 ust go. I must tell my mother, i else d there are a good many arrange- ! leav ents that must be made." I to r To be Continued. i esca : thei Boston's First Bnilding Law. Boul Two hundred and twenty-six years ( 'n f o a house was burned in Boston, ! lich led to the promulgation of the st building law. This fact devel- | ed at a legislative hearing this | ;ek, and when told by Assistant Soitor Child aroused great interest. fe ie order passed on March 16, 16S1, h is as follows: ? "About noon the chimney of Mr ^ lomas Sharps' house in Boston took ? e. The wind drove the fire to Mr. >' >lburn's house and burned that iwn also. For -the prevention g lereof in our new iown indended k is somer to bee builded we have or- ! | red that noe man there shall huild g s chimney with wood nor cover his mse with thach, which was readily | sented unto."?Boston Herald. ^ A Poor Argument. ^ An Oakland farmer found a score men putting up telegraph poles a 1 over his best field. He ordered ?g e men away, but they wouldn't go. aey showed him a paper that gave QUi em authority to put up their poles herever they wished. The old man oked at the paper, saw it was law1 and walked away in silence. He ^ ent to the barn and turned a savage phi] d bull into the field. The bull ade for the men, the men fled at p speed and the farmer shouted tor them: "Show him your paper! iow him vour nauer!"?Arconaut. Emotional Man. After all, man is an emotional, ^en sentimental, animal, and Lis, jvical moods are of no long durtvon. At heart he is a dreamer, ?iid lover, and something of a poet, and j literature that fails to respond to :s emotional and imaginative need9 in long survive.?R. La Gallienne, The Reader. ^ London's Tnpenny Tubes. ^ In all, Loudon has six underground ectric railways completed and five ^ ore are under construction and pro- j icted, and of the 600,000,000 per- : ^ >ns carried annually on all her rail- i ? ays, 25S,000,000 are accommodated f these tunnel lines. j nler ; of t WHERE THE EARTHQUAKE IN ! Desolated Street in Ferruzano, Shcr Seismic Shocks on the B A Rising Chinaman. .n official report states that anjr great man has arisen in China, til who, by his ability ana nis | m levements, gives promise of being sh t successor to the late Li Hung- of ng. This new leader in the Celes- co Kingdom is Yuan-Shih-Kal, who long ago was appointed president the board of foreign affairs at in. He was formerly viceroy of i-Li, entering on the duties of the e when that province was in dis;r and chaos. He grasped the ns of government with a firm i, put down thieves and plunderof all kinds, and made himself ed and hated by all evil-doers in section of the country. The good :ts of his strong and righteous YUAN-SHIH-KAI, ) is coming to the front as China's tw greatest and most influential on statesman. I Hp became speedily apparent, and i vas recognized as the ablest and t patriotic official in the whole 01 ire. While governor of Chih-Li a< nsUtutcd good relations with for-, ers, and became'popular with the ves as wen. ms auviue ?oa neatly sought by the imperial gov- j uent, and some of the best edicts ' ed by it were suggested by him. { is mainly responsible for the de- J suppressing the opium traffic and MB the steps taken to establish a conitional government In China. -The ire is fortunate in having at this i cal stage of its affairs so able v| progressive a man to guide it and shape its destinies.?Leslie's jkly. I A Itoyal Prerogative. he King can do no wrong, but e is one innocent thing that no an (reign ever does?namely, to mj d with his back against the wall, hi] :he royal stand at Newmarket or ha where his majesty invariably mi es ample room for the persons Rc >ass behind his\ so that he may pe having perpetually to reply to r salutations, which he would be mi id to notice did those people pass th< ront of him.?London Chronicle, wl lint building of the naval Mixes Mortar Quickly co very simple invention of a j en adelphia man ma'<es it now pos- ^li j; 3 to mix mortar end similar mix- ta' ts in much less time than lor- thl ly. The mixing is done by means ail i hoe, which differs slightly in | pr< ITALY WAS MOST SEVERE. * :vv - , <*$? i 5 ' . ' f -vj V . : t . : - *' 1 } * V. ^ ^ ( ^ -ving the Destructive Effect of the uildings of the Town. ?Illustrazione Italiana. Unique Door Bell. A most unique and at the sam me practical doorbell is the recen vention of a Virginia man. A own in the illustration the bell i the push-button variety and i mbined with the door-knob. Eve: I f the uarKest nigut a caller car adily locate the doorknob and, hav g done so, easily locates and pushei e bell button. The bell is placet the inside knob, which is mad< llow for the purpose.?Washingtoi ar. Box Scat. To make a box seat you must hav< o boxes just the same size. Knocl e side off of one of the boxes. Covei th boxes with some heavy goods? nim or burlap is the best. Us< ry small tacks for the corners, du r the rest you can use brass heade< ^ks. Then take the brass tacki d on the front of the bottom bo: ike some pretty design. Then ptr ages on the boxes, and there yoi ve a seat and shoe box which wil ike a pretty present.?Irwin A iwson, in the New York Tribune. The most wonderful, costly anc igniflcent garment in the world h e state robe of the Queen of Siam lich she wears about once a year. ~T-T""T?'- ' ' ' v. ' -~r* '- v y*'-i: vvV".^ *** .$ ; ''f ; VJ -5 \ > "'X * * ? S? *Z * s <s v *. 1 ... Y. M. C. A. AT CAVITE, P. I. ?From Leslie's Weekly. nstructioii from the hoe generally )ployed for such purposes. Th< ides of this hoe contains severa ertures arranged in rov/s. It wil obvious that the purpose of tin ertures is to allow the ingredient; 1 t? n no K vn n fr li lioni ing lIllAt:u IU I'UOO unuufeii mtu. lis affords an opportunity for th< yeral substances to bo quicklj >rked together, making considerlo saving in time and labor.? EU.hington Star. Cargoes That Sailors Dislike. According to the opinion of an olc ell-back, sugar, pine lumber anc ffee are three articles of commerce it the average Davy Jones cadel ;likes. They make him wuss'n seak. A pine cargo soaks a ship and contents in turpentine smells, sc it the very drinking water tastes if there was rosin in it. Sugai rgoes ferment and the fumes com; day and night from the holt' uses the severest headaches you car Ink of. But coffee is the worst o1 . A coffee cargo gives the ship's avispnns a sickening coffee taste. Tfe | ^>unboc)-(?5cftoof ? INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR APRIL 20. | Subject: Jesus Tenches Humility, John 13:1-20 ? fiolden Text, John 13:34?Commit Verses 35?Commentary on the Lesson. TIME.?Tuesday night, April 4, A. D. 30. PLACE.?Upper room, Jerusalem. EXPOSITION.?I. The Humility and Love of Jesus, 1-11. Jesus was I about to depart to a world where He | would be appreciated, where all the | angels of God would worship Him. Heb. 1:6. Very naturally He might have had a feeling of relief at leaving those dull, unbelieving disciples, to go to realms of light and faith and glory. He was occupied with thoughts of His disciples and their need. His was a constant, untiring, patient, ini destructible. self-forgetting love, "unto the end." Two little words marvelously describe our relation to Him, "His own." What a dignity it ! sets upon us?we are "His own." How clear it makes our absolute security (comp. ch. 17:12). How do I know I shall SDend eternity with Him? How do I know that the ' mighty and subtle Satan will never prevail to get me? Why do I rise triumhant over the world and its am_ bitions and its allurements and its i blandishments? How do I know He \ will lavish upon me all the infinite . wealth of His love? I am "His own." ! I am His by both gift and purchase. 8 Note that death is "departing out of j s this world unto the Father." There is s nothing then so dreadful for the be* q liever in what men call death (ch. 14:28: Phil. 1:21. 23; 2 Cor. 5:8). We see the black background of the Saviour s unceasing love?the unceasing malignity of Satan, incarnating itself in a human heart (v. 2, R. V-.). Judas got his awful purpose direct from the devil. If Judas had been i told at the beginning the depth of in- ; famy to which he would sink, he would have been horrified. The very same devil, who was active in Judas' time, Js around to-day. We do well to ponder and act upon Eph. 6:10-18. What a picture of how the Father glorified Jesus and how He humbled OK f\n Ihn nno V? o Twl I njliiSCXl 1 11 VC1SCOO-U. <_ U WV.U.1V 4>u.uu I 'the Father had given all things into His hands" (corap. ch. 3:35; Matt. 11:27; John 5:22, 17:2; Matt. 28:18; Eph. 1:21, 22; Heb. 1:2; 2:8, 9; 1 Cor. 15:27); "He came forth from God/' and "went to God." On the other hand, "Pie riseth from the supper," "laid, aside His garments," "took a towel," etc., etc. He did these i seven things in full consciousness of His divine authority, divine origin and divine destiny. When the consciousness of superiority of rank or 1 ability tempts us to shirk the lowliest - services for the humblest of God's i children, we will do well to recall this scene and remember that "the servant is not greater than his Lord" v. 16), and to let this mind be in us j which was also in Christ Jesus (Phil. 2:5; note context). This was a mirac cle of humility and grace. So we can r make the common acts of life amaz ingly glorious if we perform them in i His spirit. Oh to think of the glorious , t Christ taking our vile feet into those 1 hands that by their touch cleansed 3 the leper, opened blind eyes, healed the -sick and raised the dead, and washing and wiping them! There is I a filth infinitely more repulsive to ! Him than the filth of the roads, the I filth of sin, and He is handling ouv I feet each day and washing it off. I What a wonderful Saviour! Jesus' acts in this scene symbolize His whole I work. He "riseth from supper"? j rises from His rightful place in glory j and enjoymert. He "laid aside His - garments"?so He laid aside the garments of divine majesty (Phil. 2:6, 7). He "took a towel and girded J Himself"?took upon Him the form of a servant (Phil. 2:7). "He pour- | eth water into a basin"?provides the i cleansing word (John 15:3). "Began ! to wash the disciples' feet"?applies I I .ilnqnoirtffnrntpr ( Rnh 5:26). TOOk I I lie (TM vvi x v . , . His garments (v. 12)?reassumed His glory (Jno. 17:5). "Sat down again" c (v. 12)?reassumed His place as t Lord (Heb. 10:12). As to Simon i Peter, note: (1) His imagined hu1 mility, but real pride (vs. 6, 8); (2) . his failure to understand the meaning ; of Jesus' acts (v. 7); (3) his failure : to ponder the meaning of Jesus' j . words (v. 9); (4) his talking when j he ought to have been thinking (vs. i 3 i 7, 8, 9); (5) his promise of future | ? understanding (v. 7, he knows all about it now); (0) his prompt and . eager repentance (v. 9). II. "I have given you an example," 12-15. "Know ye what I have done (o you?" They did not know. ... | was some time before they under- I stood the full meaning of His act, and ! little do we understand oftentimes J what it is that the Lord has done to j us. What He had really done was J to set them an example whereby He j would remove the dirt cf pride and | self-seekiug and self-sparing from I rheir sin-stained souls. They were having a quarrel among themselves as to who should be aceornted greatest (Luke 22:24). Greatly did they J need to be taught to take the lowly j place of service rather than to seek I the exalted place of honor. We call j Him "Master" and "Lord"' and we j rto well to call Him so: for "Master and Lord" He is. But if we call Him so let us not play the hypocrite, but let us rather make Him in our lives ; what we call Him with our lips. If | He, Our Lord and Master, performed | the lowliest and most disagreeable j ' service for others, for those unaer i Him, we loo must stand ready to | perform the lowliest services for all others. Are we ready to do it? j Consumptive Colony in Tc::as. j Plans have been perfected for a 1 $1,000,000 consumptive colony, to be 2 established in Bendera County, Texas. ^ A 20,000 acre tract has been selected, " of which S000 acres were donated by 1 Colonel George Clayton, a caltleman, who came to Texas twenty years ago * suffering from tuberculosis. The ' money has been raised by subscription from about twenty Texans. Spe. cially constructed buildings will be erected and the afflicted able to pay ] will be cared for at cost and the poor j I I 1J UUl I Gold Hidden For Centuries. I A private dispatch received at St. , j Petersburg, Russia, from Kamenetz, I ! in Podolia. reports Hie discovery in 1 an ancient quarry ot a quantity ol | gold contained in thirteen casks and j I estimated to he worth $750,000 It j j is thought that this treasure was I | hidden it) this quarry centuries ag<"> at i the time of the Tartar invasion. I Venezuelan (,'ofl'ee Export. ! Venezuela sent more than ."u.uvO.000 pounds of coffee to th* United | States in 1P07. ? /"*" .-7^ l.|V(^\3aVff for rny dally rarge j I yvVi(iSmon& the pleasant fields JM\ ! r.>' <S\t t\oly Writ I moht de5paTF.^, THE TRRIMPH OP FAITH. If in life's morning I am strong, And much of God I see, The secret of all is this? Christ lives?and Jives in me. If youth be post, and manhood blooms In strength and energy, Tis only as I grasp the fact? j Christ lives?and lives in me. | If age with weakness comes apace, And feeble steps may be, Still age can live upon this staff? Christ lives?and lives in me. Should death approach, and I be called To pass the narrow sea, This truth shall make me victor thenChrist lives?and lives in me. Oh. make Thyself, dear Son of God, Thus real and true to me, Till every stage of being pass'd I rise to live with Thee. ?Albert Midlane, in London Christian. Thoughtlessness. 9 Israel doth not know; ray people- 1 doth not consider.?-Isaiah 1:3. I suppose more unhappiness and1 distress are occasioned in this workaday world by thoughtlessness than any one dreams of. Take a majority of the tragedies which wreck human life. If we were to go back far enough we would find that a little thought, a little consideration would have caused it all to turu out differently and the disgrace, the shame, the bitterness would never have happened. If we could keep the words "Don't be thoughtless" ever before our mind's eye we would be changed men and women, and as a result would find this world a very different placeto live in. In that last disagreement we had .with our neighbor, could it not have been avoided by a little thought on our part? We would ' have refrained from alluding to that old sore or kt. . silent about that, transaction which really was no concern of ours. No, just as Isaiah said lone, lone aso. we did not ston to think or weigh our speech, but thoughtlessly, rashly, cruelly spoke . ' the unkind word, and so infuriated our neighbor, making him our enemy instead of our friend. How many of u re thoughtful' The old excuse, "i didn't know; ? didn't think," will not undo thepast. We ought to Lave known; weought to have thought. We will not ' have the audacity to offer that excuse when we stand in the presence of the Mfcster. Are parents considerate of their children? Are children thoughtful for their parents? Do husbands take into account the feelings of their wives? Do wives study the wishes of their husbands? Do men and women?take them as you.^^a find them?ever ponder over the duty they owe to their God? I am sure the majority of us will # wince as we think of the wrongs and ' M ininriPS done through GUI' thought- I lessness. We have injured that broth- R er and now there is no chancc of our H ever tellin', him we are sorry, that we " fl did not mean what we said. We shud- H der at the petty cruelty we have H meted out to those who were wearied S| and burdened with the heat of the H dt.y. Through our inconsiderate ne- 9 gleet to render a helping hand we ffl have driven back into despair other souls trying to escape their unhappy H surroundings, and through our lack Hi of uUention we have pained and H grieved hearts infinitely nobler than our own when they have been trying n to help us. SB Ah, yes, how easy life would ba H if we all made up our minds to be H more thoughtful and considerate!' SB How its friction, its wear and tear, ' gg its ragged edges, would largely dis- H appear! Christ, a short time before B His death, drew a marvellous picture 9 of the last judgment. It forms a H striking commentary upon the words 99 of Isaiah. Who are they that are m praised and why do they win the ap- SE proval of the Judge? They who have K9 been unselfish, considerate, merciful H are the chosen ones, because they IB have practiced that virtue of thought- H fulness which goes so far toward making a new heaven and a new tarth.?Rev. Geo. Downing Sparks,. M Rector of Christ Church, West Islip, iu the Sunday Herald. BB Dependence on God. The Christian in the world is like a. :liver who goes down jnto the sea. H| Mis life work is in a world where the ^9 forces are aiien, and tend to destroy fflB his life. He is in that world and yet not ol it. His life is drawn from above, where his native afr is supplied by u constant connection with I he sources of supply. So long as that supply of life-giving air continlies unbroken he is able to accomplish his task, notwithstanding the adverse conditions, find to realize bis SB victory over opposing forces, because HR of vital connection with the power Ml rud life from above. 91 It is a life of constant faith, of con- HI slant dependence, of constant activity HI while (he time is given to work, for the night will socn come. ? H. A. Johnston. God's Gcodness in Chastisement. The goodness ot God to mankind is MB no less evinced in the chastisement 9S with which He corrects His children than in the smiles of His providence; for the Lord will not cast off forever, ?Ml but though He cause griei, yet win am He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies. ? Hosea M Ballou. How to Find Yourself Out. Hi Every real and searching effort at self-Improvement is cf itself a lesson flB in profound humility. For we cannot IM move a step without learning and feeling the waywardness, the weak- Hi ness, the vacillation of our move- BH nients. or without desiring to be set upon the Kuck that is higher than ourselves.?Scottish Reformer. The True Way. ePMJ To hol]> mrn to see God you murs Ef 3 them through Him. ^B| linne of Strikes. ghju Dr. Victor S. Clark of Washington, who was requested by President 9H Roosevelt to visit Canada to invests gW yate the operation of the Industrial nfl Disputes act. said that strikes in the jHHM United States were ruining trade and driving business out of the country. EZM The United States Government, he H9 added, has decided to pass legislation H? of a conciliatory nature which will Mj have the effect of settling trade dispules by a hoard of arbitration along SflH the 1 inert of tiie Canadian Disputes |9I act. Dr. Clark will visit mining cen- Hfl Ire;-; in the Maritime pro\ir.e?s and HH also Winnipeg and V. lit it'll Columbia,