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fh^> % his 0th A PSYCHOLOC I | By SARAi CHAPTER XIII. 13 | cl: Continued. w "My husband has taken rooms here, tr . I think," she said to the landlady, to ^.who' had come out of her own room 0E ?half bedroom, half sitting room, s* [storeroom and linen cupboard?to Iiwelcome her. "Mr. Lawrence th Soames." * *>c "Ah! Meester Lawrence Sommes!" J the good natured woman exclaimed, sh 1 ? throwing up her hands. "He came. He was going to stay forever! And co behold him, a lMnstant meme, de- br parted by the voiture publique for *r' Dinan. Did he not expect madame?" ha "No," Gertrude answered without au any show of emotion. It sounds al- pa most absurd to put it so, but the *? greatness of this last and most unexpected disappointment made her feel ro It at the moment less than any of the an others. "He has been in Guernsey, t0 and I came over from Southampton, Mi bo we missed each other. But I sup- 011 - - - r?r% pose I can get a carriage and follow w him?" Gi "Impossible," the good Mme. FI1- se ippo told her. "Even if the horses ^ for hire were not so miserable, the *n drivers were perfect brigands, and it s0 would not be safe for a young lady dr alone." Just then M. Filippo arrived on en the scene, in white clothing and a Dc paper hat, which he doffed with af- Pr fectionate deference to his guest, and the circumstances were explained to t01 him. wc For a few seconds he lent his masculine mind to the problem, with an ne ; air of perplexity. , "Madame wished to overtake her ha husband at once," he said, pinching ly his chin thoughtfully. "It was very ho natural. Attendez! I am there. ,;faJ There is the service a apeur de St. mc Malo a Dinan. Stay, viola la carte. as Le steamer Ille-et-Rance?heures de th< depart"?running his finger down the wc table?"ce soir?dix heures?pre- ?* mieres, two francs fifty?aller et re- uri tour, premieres, four francs?I sup- at pose madame will go first single. It 601 is beautiful on the river. All the sel English love it much." "But madame a l'air fatigue," Iu Mme. Filippo suggested; "perhaps it would, suit her better to rest here lor of I the night?" j bu "I should like it," Gertrude said, on feeling worn to death, and quite at bei home with these honest people, who ow were certainly doing all they could ti0 for her without reference to their own profit, "but I must rejoin my aP husband as soon as possible. I will sw dine here, though, if you please, and I will gat you to look after this big nei box of mine?it is in my way?till I ?*>. come back or send for I have all f?l I want in my bag." A few hours a * later, M. Filippo, having cooked the ^ei most appetizing little dinner in the world for her, escorted her to St. wh Malo, and saw her safely oft on the Hl! steamer on her way up the Ranee ski to Dinan. , fac : : ' oft ! CHAPTER XIV. for The steamer was a miserable little ^ affair. There was no cabin fit for a st0 lady on board, and Gertrude was therefore obliged to remain on deck, but this was no hardship. The only dei discomfort was the night air, which a vas chilly, but good M. Filippo had th warned her to keep out a wrap, and the she had accordingly taken her white the mackintosh, which, with its hood, ^ei covered her from head to foot, keep- cai ing the heavy dew as well as the breeze off, and the heat in. Sitting there alone, in her patient way, mo- be tionless, hour after hour, with the bai long white garment draped in shad- An owy folds about her, and the moon- the ligjit falling full upon her steady en< eyes and placid face, she looked like an< a devotee of some new order, passing an< from a known present to an un- coi known future with confidence if not with joy. to The river scenery was all beautiful sai by that light; parts of it were fairy- ro\ like, and it is not too much to say It that she enjoyed it at the time, and all always afterward the recollection of ? it was a pleasure unaccompanied by any painful association. The shock ale of the last disappointment had pre brought her one blessed relief?she ' had ceased for the time being to ex- bej pect, ceased to flatter herself with the false hopes of immediate success, mi She did not take it for granted now, sit* as she would have done at first, that hii she should overtake her husband at pre Dinan and have no more trouble; on gr< the contrary, she quieted her mind feT as much as she could, so as to rest it, ne1 that she might have the strength to ted continue her journey without delay for snouia it De necessary, &ne aiso ar- no; ranged her plan of action. She found tio out from M. Filippo where the coach tio stopped?it was at one of the hotels; pil and she meant to begin there, and if thi she did not find her husband, go from Ye one to another until she did. Hap- cai pily she was spared this trial. Her ere husband, so far, had not been difficult an: to trace. His course had been er- in ratic as a comet's, but everywhere he be< had made an impression which helped Th her to identify him. It was not a to very favorable impression, she some- tio times feared, and it was certainly ha very different from the one he had cai been accustomed to produce, but still ret she thought she should be thankful at that his madness had not taken a as quieter form, which might have en- wii abled him to pass everywhere unob- fac served, and so made it impossible for cai her to find him. It was gray morn- fa* ing when she arrived at Dinan. She he: was stiff with the long hours spent in mc the night air on the deck of the pr< little steamer, and so weary, that al- cai though she did what she had set her- aff self to do, she did it mechanically, sac and without the slightest anxiety as sh< to the result. Yet the landing had fid made an impression on her which wo she could not always recall; a curious is impr-ss-ion first of looking up?from ow the deck cf the steamer, doubtless? ha; it the 2"3at viaduct stretching from x ; \ IER SE-LFI alCAL NOVEL. 4 GRAND. | iff to cliff In front of her, and at hat seemed a gigantic castle with ees and terraced gardens towering an immense height above her head i the one hand, and on the other eat cliffs that seemed to touch the :y. Then she recollected oemg on e height herself?though how she it there she never knew?looking iwn on a ribbon of river and a nutell of a boat. The people at the hotel where the ach stopped were up and preparing eakfast in expectation of arrivals om the steamer. Yes, M. Sommes id dined there the evening before, id been the life and soul of the ,rty. He had gone out afterwards have a look at the town; had deired on his return that it was a tten old hole full of moldy monks :d nuns; had heard that there was be a high tide at the Mont St. Ichel next day, and had gone off at ce via Dol to see it come in. How uld she get to the Mont St. Michel? irtrude asked?in her sleep, as it emed to herself. The Mont St. ichel was in Normandy, and she was Brittany surely. She had some rt of vague notion it must be huneds of miles away. Oh, they told her, it was easy ough. There was the railway to >1, and at Dol she could hire a ivate vehicle and drive the rest the distance, passing through Ponrson?a beautiful country, madame tuld certainly enjoy It. Madame J certainly traverse it, but she ver knew how she accomplished the it, for her enjoyment, if any she d, was taken out in sleep. A deaddrowsiness came over her in the tel at Dinan, where she breaksted. She must have lived and >ved through it, and had her being, people do when wide awake, but 3 faculty she used was the one we irk in dreams. For the first thing which she was conscious in a natal way after she had breakfasted Dinan was the sudden ceasing of me noise. She straightened herf to see what it was, and then she md tliat she had been lying back a lumbering old carriage which d just been stopped on the edge a desert of sand. Some tamarisk shes were growing near her and the seat opposite was a branch of lutiful rosy apples set off by their n ereen leaves^?a delicate atten^ n of the driver's, doubtless, plucked the way, for it was the time of pies there and all the country eet with them. Waking slowly to full conscious-* 3s, she glanced from these trifling Jects to the driver himself, and md him looking at'her. He wore ong blue blouse over his clothes to 9p off the dust, which gave htm a renile look, ' as of a schoolboy ose whiskers /had come too soon, s hair was brack and coarse, his n swarthy, the expression of his :e anxious and melancholy, as it en is with the Breton folk, and, that reason, perhaps, Gertrude t a liking for him at once. He had pped to show her that great object I interest, the Mont St. Michel, ris: up gaunt and alone out of a wil ness of sand, like a cottage loaf on bare board, and Avranche over >re wnere me sun was suiniug, ?uu > direction from which would come s sea, which not only went out e, but went out of sight, and then ne hack like a racehorse, a wall water, sometimes ten feet high, ich swept all before it; and woe then to the loiterer who might re wandered out on the sands! d there were other dangers, too?! quicksands, which were strong >ugh to swallow man and horse i always shifting after every tide; i the rivers yonder, changing their irses often, so that you never knew ere you were. What was the road the Mont to-day, there across the id, would be obliterated^ to-morv, and might be the bed of a river, was like life, as he often thought, uncertainty, danger and difficulty with which he whipped up his rse, and they began to plunge ing the heavy track made by jvious vehicles over the sand. riien Gertrude roused herself and jan 10 tninK. was ner nusDana ire really, or had his wandering nd led hira off in some quite oppoe direction, so that she must miss n after all? Heart-sick at the jspect, she felt her impatience >w every moment, and these last v yards of the journey seemed a ver ending interval of anxiety more lious than all that had gone bee. She was not subject to phases,j r, as a rule, to periods of exaltan and subsequent periods of reacn and depression. Reason was the ot that had steered .her so far ough all her tranquil, happy life, t now, for a wonder, doubtless beise her physical condition was low;d and weakened by fatigue and xiety, she suddenly found herself a state of morbid excitement. She lame a prey to the rage to arrive, e desire to find her husband and be with him again recalled sensans of extreme agony. She would ve taken chloroform gladly to esje it. The driver, when they iched the Mont St. Michel, stopped the first hotel they came to, which, it seemed to Gertrude, was just thin the gate. A beautiful, sad :ed woman in a high white cap ne to the door, as is the kindly ihion of the country, and welcomed r affectionately, making her feel >re like an expected friend thaii a jfitable guest. And perhaps, beise this woman's face was sad and ectionate, Gertrude felt her own 1 heart go out to her at once, and j longed to take her into her conence. For Gertrude, like every man who truly loves one man and beloved by him, appreciated her n sex. ar'I when he was away was ppiest with other romen. Mr. Lawrence So- :s and part.v hail arrived, and had just at that moment gone up to see the cathedral. They had arrived early and been on the island all day, and they had ordered dinner, too, and were going to stay the night. Their rooms were even then being got ready. This, then, was the goal gained at last; and here, Gertrude thought, with.a great sigh of relief, must end the most cruel part of her trouble, the separation, with all the uncertainty and suspense it entailed. Her husband would not recognize her?for that she was quite prepared. She had not, therefore, mentioned the relationship when she asked for him here, for fear of betraying his state of mind to the people of the house, or of leading them to thinl: her some impostor, which was just as probable a contingency. What she intended was to sit next him at dinner and scrape acquaintance with him, make him fall in love with her over again, and induce him to let her accompany him. "Mr. Soames is the friend of some friends of mine," she explained to the landlady. "He is also a connection by marriage. He knew me when I was a child, but he probably won't I i-" mo Vnn rrHtrht nut. mA uiv. * ?-o? - x next to him at dinner, though, and I will recall myself to his recollection. He will doubtless help me to overtake my own party when he knows who I am. It Is not pleasant for a lady to travel alone in a Btrange country." "Ah," the landlady said, "madame avait raison, and without doubt her relative would be charmed to be her escort till she should overtake the friends she had so unfortunately missed. Such an arrangement was quite convenable for the English." This conversation had taken place in the great raftered kitchen, the landlady's attention being unequally divided at the moment between Gertrude and some fowls which were roasting In front of the fire for dinner, the. fowls receiving a larger share of it, probably, as being less able to help themselves. . But Gertrude's driver, with his slouch hat under one arm, his whip under the other, and his long blue blouse tucked up at the sides so as to admit of his putting his hands in his pock ets, was stanamgv ciose Dy, ana naa not lost a word of what she was saying. When the landlady turned away, he remarked in a discreet undertone, fixing his large melancholy eyes on Gertrude reproachfully: "When madame hired my carriage, she said it was her husband whom she sought to overtake, and prayed me to urge my horse and spare him not. And to case the mind of madame, who is too young and fair to be allowed to suffer, I drove like the wind. But, alas! there is no truth anywhere," with a shjug of despair* at the appalling duplicity of this weary world. Gertrude looked at him with troubled face. "I did tell you so," she said, "and, moreover, it is the blessed truth. But what would you have? My unhappy husband is mad. He thinks himself another person. He will not fcnow me. Would you have me tell all the world he Is my husband, when he will say he is not? or he is mad, when to those who do not know him he seems quite sane? They would not believe it, and would think me mad." "Ah!" the driver exclaimed, withdrawing his hands from his pockets and dropping nis wmp ana nat as ne held them out toward her clasped, wjth a quick gesture of sympathy. "I understand well. Madame Is right Madame did well to confide In me. I am discreet and will be at the service iof madame whatever happens. She is too young and fair to be allowed to suffer. I am her humble servant. She may depend upon me;" and he tapped his chest earnestly with the fingers of both hands. His face had cleared wonderfully. Gertrude stood even higher in his esteem than at first, and he had placed her, to begin with, next Our Lady, and treated her with the same affectionate respect. The landlady now interposed with an omelette for Gertrude, which the latter ate standing at the kitchen table, the landlady pressing her hospitality the while to finish it all. Then she ordered a substantial meal for her devoted driver, and went to lie J down till dinner time. To be Continued. Looking Ahead. A charming young lady went into one of the stationer's shops in a country town and asked to see some thin note paper. After selecting what she desired she hesitated for a moment. "Do you make any reduction to clergymen?" she asked softly. "Certainly, madam," said the stationer, with great promptness. "Are you a clergyman's wife?" "N-no," said the young lady. "Ah, a clergyman's daughter, then," said the shopman, as he began to tie up the paper in a neat parcel. "N-no," was the lady's hesitating reply. Then she leaned across the counter and spoke in a confidential whisper: "But if nothing happens I shall be engaged to a theological student as soon as he comes home from college this term." ? Cassell's Saturday Journal. A Sure Cure. It was during an oral examination at a medical college. As the examination proceeded the student who was being questioned got warmer and warmer, and the sweat broke ovei his forehead. '"What would you do to throw a patient into a profuse nersniration." at lensrth asked the examiner, "if you bad tried the ordinary drugs without effect?" Send him here to be examined," replied the student without a moment's hesitation. "If that didn't do it there's nothing that would."?Kennebec Journal. At the Church Bazaar. "Would you like to take a chance?" she asked sweetly. "No, thank you," he replied; "I've already been.married three time3.''? Pick-Me-Up. Cracked JIair. "I don't want my hair brushed over my forehead any longer," declared Harold. "I want a crack in it like father's."?Harpers Weekly. f WHITE PLAGUE GEO. NOT ALWAYS DEADLY \ Expert Says Seventy Per Cen People Have Tuberculosis, ( Fifteen Per Cent. Die. I Tuberculosis in its many ph was thoroughly discussed at the n annual meeting of the Amer Therapeutic Society. Expert pi cians told of the proper treatmei the dreaded disease in its var stages. The first paper, upon the treatr of tuberculosis, was read by Dr. I rence F. Flick, who has charge ol White Haven sanitarium. "The restoration of the afflicte< dividual to his normal capacity the stimulation of his intrinsic dls fighting qualities constitute 1] broad sense the modern treatmei tuberculosis," declared Dr. Flick. "As a rule the tubercle bacilli nnt vprv virulent tn human he! The'tendency to recover is so g that the majqrity who suffer plantation will recover without d< oping noticeable symptoms. Sev per cent, of all persons living in c ized communities get implantatio tuberculosis. Only fifteen per ( of those living in civilized comm ties die of the disease. Wltl mixed infection tuberculosis w never kill." ' / W. Sohler Bryant, of New Y declared that from the ear come first signs of pulmonary tubercul THE SENSE OF DISTANCE A Pleasure Mr. Glimmerton F When He Takes His Vacation "One of the things that I gc my vacation for, one of the c ' things," said Mr. Glimmerton, "Is I tance; the refreshing, reviving, pandlng power of distance, change to new scenes, as any ch? whatever 1b always sure to be helpful; but the broadening, up ing, clarifying effect, the effec which we find the greatest enjoyn and by which we store up the gre? renewal of strength for the fut we get through our sense of dista "We are so shut up in the city, range of vision is so limited; where we will or go where we here and our sight stops shori wails. .Then when we go away leave the city behind us, as we out into the open country, where can see past houses, how grat aoes tne aiBiance seem: ' "But I get this sense best at a q place where I go in the mounts where I can sit and look down a 1 (broad lake with mountains rol away on either hand and bey The change, I know, from the cii great and delightful; but the ti that g?ts me here, and releases is the distance. "Daily^, hourly, I come back to view, to expel what lingering tr may be left in me of the contrac of the city and to expand anew in great spaciousness through the si of distance. Space has no care confinement, but only freedom. . what joy and relief to be where can'cast off all chains and be fre< "Any change is good for us; the greatest joy in change\that co to me is through the sense cf tancW-?New York Sun. Indian's Picture on Bill. Hollow Horn Bear, chief of all Sioux, returning from a visit to 2 ator Gamble at Yankton on tr matters, found himself "broke," through Interpreter Elliston soi Judge Witten, in charge of the T: reservation, and asked him for a 1 of $5 to'buy food for his family. When the Judge presented a bill Elliston pointed out Hollow E Bear's picture on it. Judge Wi kept the bill and gave the chief sp and said he thought it advisabb retain the bill which contained picture of the only living man ever got himself photographed that manner. Hollow Horn Bear made a g speech in Congress in 1889, anc he is a good-looking specimen of race his picture was engraved hnth the S5 and S20 bills.?Si City Correspondence St. Paul patch. \ Orville Wright's Schoolboy Essa "I was in High School at Da] at the same time as Orville Wri now famed as inventor of the a plane," remarked Ernest F. Cr mel. "We were not in the s class, but I remember one essay i Wright prepared for one of the li ary programmes. It was about ships, and Wright read from his per that the time would come "w men ^ould navigate tne air. "He read on so enthusiastic that the other students all laug good-naturedly at him for wri along such foolish lines. They told him a man would be craz3 try to ride an airship. But as ev body knows to-day, Wright's yoi ful enthusiasm has carried him al to success and fame in just that i direction."?Cleveland Plain Dea Big Texas 3Ielon. Robert Longbotham, a farmer i Shafter Lake, raised an eighty-po melon. It is of the Georgia S? variety from Texas grown seed. The seed was planted July 2, vine blossomed August 7 and melon matured September 18, n jng an average growth of two pou a day from the time the bios: dropped off the vine until the m< ripened, and during its growth melon registered a maximum gaii six pounds during a single twei four hours.?Galveston News. Old London Clubmen's TVagei Tne rage ior gamoimg m. win and Almack's led to most outrage betting, as to which Walpole t what he calls a good tale: A man dropped down in a fit bel the door and was carried inside; club instantly made bets as to wh< er he would die or not, and whe doctor was called in to attend ] his ministrations were interfered v by the members,, because, they s these would affect the fairness of bets.?Locdon Chronicle. Religious Reading FOR THE QUIET HOUR. t. of Dniy THE GOD OF PATIENCE. I planted once some precious seed ases That grew into a beauteous vine; inth Biit, for my tender care long days _ . No semblance of reward was minelean length its opening buds and bloom 1 iysi- Regaled me with its rich perfume. y. Down in a little fertile field y 5 I set a thrifty tree one day. Year after year I watched it grow, nent And after wearisome delay _w_ It cast its fruitage rare and sweet ?In wondrous plenty at my feet. . tne Deen in the garden of my heart, i in- All through the years from early youth, . The Lord hath sown the seeds of joy, ana And love, and righteousness and truth. | ease His garden still is desolate. 1 a And vet the Lord doth watch and wait. lf ?J.-'M. Cavaness,' in London Sunday lt 01 School Times: .. . 13 3 V His Heart's Desire. For many decades "Father Holmes" , had been revered and loved in a certain New England village. He waa Jvel" feeble, but still came to church on enty Sundays, and sometimes to the midiivil week meeting. n of. He had seen many sorrows; had :ent. lost his wife, his children, his tor-' 'uni- tune j yet his was ever a cheerful hout *ace to meet? ail(* ^is Patience and .. bravery endeared him to every one. ou His genial greeting even the boys of the congregation enjoyed, ork, One particularly cold night the the friends were surprised to see Father osis. Holmes coming to meeting. Slowly he walked to his .accustomed seat and gave his usual greeting to the minister. The meeting that night seemed . pervaded by a spirit of gratitude and j mas optimism, and there was a strong peri. sonal note as one after another spoke of his joy in the phrlstian life, and ' on of the influence which had been most hief potent in deciding him to choose it. dis- At last Father Holmes rose slowly ex- from his seat, and looking toward a The group of young people with peculiar inge wistfulness, he bore his testimony to , ia the unfailing love of God, and 'to the ' Joy which he found in His fereat friendship. ln "And I have tried to be faithful to aent Him," continued the old man, "and itest to influence others to love Him. I ;ure, > have always longed to be the means hce. of making some one choose the higher ouj life of the Spirit, to make some one ].ve know 'the truth as it is in Jesus,' but ! ... In all my long life that joy has never ' come to me. I may have done'some t St cnnri in .th? wnrlrt. with frnri'fl hfiln. I and but this one great good of helping get some one to a higher life I have i we never had the joy 'of accomplishing." eful Humbly the white-haired man sat down, ana m$ny hearts longed to give , x him his heart's desire; but that could " not" be. His friends might grasp his un8? hand more warmly and tell him how he had heartened them, but. the one ling joy he most coveted it was not theirs ond. to give. :y is A few nights after the meeting the aing minister's doorbell rang sharply, and me one of the boys of his congregation , ''' walHed resolutely Into the study. The minister sgw the look in the tnis fooy?8 face# ife" knew why he had ac^8 come. He drew him over by the tion friendly fire, and there, in a straightthis forward way, the lad told of his desnse Eire for the better way of Christian npr living; of his struggle, his fear of An(j not holding opt, and finally of his deliberate choice and resolute deter, mSnation to live henceforth "not unto s- himself.," buj . ?y0u say'you have thought of all mes this before? What has brought you dis- to this decision just now?" asked the minister. wen, repnea tne jaa, u was waai 'i Father Holmes said the other night. It was my turn to take mother to the church that -week, and somehow, 3en- when that old man got up and told Ibal how hard he'd tried, and when I an<j thought of what a wonderful fellow _i,t he's been, anyway, why?it seemed inn 68 " * couldn't stand it to think he'd i never had the satisfaction of knowing l08n he'd helped some bne to the better way of living. It seemed as if one of $5 us must want to choose right there to lorn le&d a Christian life. Then, all at tten I began to feel as if I wanted to ecie be .that one. And so," he added, sim-' . tn ply, "I made up my mind to come and - }? tell you." ioe "There's one more person you must I who tell," said the minister, as, after a few | in more words, the hoy rose. "You'll | see Father Holmes?" reat Only a few Words passed between | 1 as them, but the boy will never forget jjis the fervent "God bless you!" as the old man placed a hand on each of his , shoulders, nor the light which shone toux jn 2iis face as he looked into the lad's Dis- steadfast eyes and knew that at last God had given him his desire.? * Youth's Companion. I -'ton Leave To-morrow With God. ght, Would It not be better to leave toero morrow with God? That Is what Is um- troubling mefi; to-morrow's temptaame tlons, to-morrow's difficulties, tothat morrow's burdens, to-morrow's duiter ties. , Martin Luther, in his autobiography, says: "I have one preacher pa" that I love better than any other on hen earth; it is my tame little robin, who ! preaches to me dally. I put crumbs ally upon my window sill, especially at ;hed night. He hops onto the window sill jjno when he wants his supply, and takes ; u as much as he desires to satisfy his ! need. From thence he always hops I 0 to a little tree close by and lifts up ery" his voice to God and sings his carols | nth- of praise and gratitude, tucks his j Vk^orl unHoi' Vifc winp- n n r? rrnpa WU5 Utile ucau UUUVi D^WM , rery fast to sleep, and leaves to-morrow { ier. to look after itself. He is the best ' preacher that I have on earth."?H. J W. Webb-Peploe. tear Filled With Love, und Think what it is not to have any- j ?eet thing but sin, to be full of love to j every creature, to be angered at noth- | the Ing' t0 ke sure that a11 -things will j turn to good, not to mind pain be- j tQe cause it is our Father's will, to know ; iak" chat nothing?no, not if the earth was j nds I to be burnt up, or the waters come ' 5om down and drown us?nothing could ?lon Part us from God who loves us, and {he who fills our souls with peace and 1 ot- foy, because we are sure that what. ever He wills is holy, just and good, i uiy' ? Georgs filiot. Pasting Lips Together Xo Crime. \ I mi. Afire XT'z-7i t- Wirt. ! 1 lit? taoc a<,aiuob iuicg , te<g the Kansas City (Kan.) school teach- j er charged with cruelty because she j " stuck a pupil's lips together with i e^s court plaster, was dismissed by Pros- j ecuting Attorney Taggart. Harvey ; fore Galloway, the nine-year-old boy j the whose conversational propensities j 3th- caused the teacher to puntah him, n a has been taken out of the school by I him his ^arentsBolivia Offers a Loan. aid ' The Bolivian Government proposes I to issue a loan of ?500,000. , f yaoga; . ... nun , igawa? , ^ J &Xffi&aq-?>.d70~of 1 ' , I INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR DECEMBER 6. Subject: Solomon Chooses Wisdom, 1 Kings 3:4-15?Golden Text, Prov. 0:10?Commit Verses 11, , 13?Commentary. TIME. ?1014 B. C. PLACE.? 1 Gibeon. EXPOSITION. ? I. Solomon's Prayer to Jehovah, 4-0. Solomon went to Gibeon because the Taber nacle, the place where Jehovah peculiarly manifested Himself to His people, was there (1 Chron. 21:29; 2 Chron. 1:3, 7, R. V.; Ex. 29:42, 43, R. V.). Until the Temple superseded it, that is where men who longed to meet God went, the place' God Him- . self had appointed. The Tabernacle was a type of Christ (Jno. 1:14, R. V.), it is in Him that we meet God (Jno. 14:6). Each one of the thoui sand burnt 9fferings that Solomon offered also' pointed forward to Christ. In Him there is a better ground of approach to Qod than in countless slain beasts (Heb. 10:122). The desire with which Solomon went to Glbeon was satisfied, God met him there. Twice in his life w&s it granted Solomon to meet God (cf. ch. 9:2; 11:9). To many of us it is granted to meet God far more fre- , quently than that. The appearance was in a dream, but it was a real appearance (cf. Gen. 28:12, 13; Nu. 12:6; Job 33:14, 15; Matt. 1:20; 1.2:13, 19; Acts 18:9, 10). That God j really spoke to Solomon, and that the | whole incident was no product of a disordered fancy, is evident from the outcome?Solomon really obtained what God promised at this -time. It was a wonderful thing that God said to Solomon, "ask what I shall give thee"?God setting all the infinite resources of His power at the disposal , of !a man. But He says the same wonderful thing to each humblest child Of God to-day (Jnd. 14:13, 14; 15:7; Matt. 7:7, 8; Mark 11:24; Jno. 15:16; 16:23, 24; 1 Jno. 3:22; 5:14, 15). Before asking for anything; Solomon acknowledged the wonderful goodness of Jehovah already manifested toward his father and himself (cf. Phii: 4:6; Col. 4:2). God's great "kindness" (R. V.) to hi^ father in the past encouraged Solomon to ask great things for himself in the present. God's dealing in kindness with David was according to David's sincere, righteous and upright walk (cf. ch. 9:4; 15:5; 2 K. 20:3, 4; Ps. 15:1, 2; 18:20-24; 1 Jno. 3:22) A crowning manifestation of God's kindness was that He had given him a son to " succeed to his position and his work. Solomon speaks of his father by a more honorable title than king, "Thy servant David/' Jehovah Himself had conferred this title upon David (2 Sam. 7:5). Solomon recognized I that he owed his own present .exalted position entirely to God (cf. Dan. ' I 2:21; 4:25, 32; 5:18, 21). H* also I own yjter insufficiency, for the position." He was perhaps twenty-one years of age at this time. In his own eyes he was "but a little 1 child" (c?. 1 Chron 29:1; J<?r. 1:6; Lu. 14:11). He saw the greatness of the responsibility that had been laid I upon him. He asked, therefore, for an "understanding heart"?literally, ,a "hearing heart," i. e., a heart that should hear the voice of God. What he askea is of more value than all honors i and all riches (Prov. 3:13-18; 16:16). I His father's words to him and prayer for him had suggested to Solomon this request (1 Chron. 22:12; 29:19). Those words had gone deep into Solomon's heart. This great thing that Solomon asked we may all | ask and get (Jas. 1:5-7). Tt was not for his own sake that Solomon asked for an understanding heart, but t for . the people's good, and above all be- j cause they were Jehovah's people. In the final analysis the chief aim of the prayer was Jehovah's glory. That Is ( the chief aim of all true prayer. II. Jehovah's Answer to Solomon, 10-15. God was pleased with Sol- ! omon's prayer. He is always pleased with an intelligent, prayer (Prov. 15:8). He mentions some of the things that Solomon might have asked, things that many would have asked had they had Solomon's oppor- , tunity. But Solomon's choice was , much wiser.) A wonderful thing God | tsaj^s lu mm, i nave aone according < to thy words." Think of it, the infinite God doing according to the words of a finite man. But He often does that (Jno. 15:7). Solomon got what he had asked, hut he got it in a | more abundant measure than he had asked. His wisdom becamc noted throughout the earth, and throughout all ages (v. 28; ch. 4:29-34; 5:12; 10:3-8, 23, 24). God also gave him v exceeding abundantly above what he 1 asked (cf. Eph. 3:20). .If we seek the best thing, God will give us with it 1 the minor things (Matt. 6:33; Ps. 84:11, 12; Ro. 8:32). His riches were enormous (ch. 10:23-29). Wis- 1 dom which he sought came bringing riches and honor in her hand (cf. Prov. 3:16). God made Solomon still another promise, but this was conditional upon his future conduct (v. 1 14). The promise was lone life; the | condition, obedience. Obedience to God's laws is the great secret of ; longevity (Deu. 5:16; 25:15; Prov. ' 3:1, 2, 16; 1 Tim. 4:8). All God's 1 richest blessings are conditioned upon 1 obidence (Acts 5:32; Jno. 14:15-23). Solomon did not fulfill the condition I and missed the promised blessing, he ! died comparatively young (1 K. ! 11:42). He showed his appreciation i of Jehovah's goodness in the only way 1 known to him. The sacrifices that we 1 offer are different (He. 13:15k 16, R. 1 V.) but have the same purpose. Steals Seventy-two Glass FJyes. Six dozen glass eyes and several < pairs of opera glasses and field glasses were appropriated by a burglar who broke into the store of an j i nnf-inol r?/"?mr\Qr?v of Hanwoi' Pnl Tho ! 1 burglar was nervy, for he hammered ' out a square of the window front i large enough to climb through Into I the interior of the place. There was ! i no clue left by him, except one foot- j < print on the window ledge. Two en- i tire showcases were looted before the ; man decided to leave by the back en- ; 3 trance. . ^ Weds Father After Divorcing Son. ( Within fifteen minutes after she 1 had obtained a divorce Lulu Tuckei married her former husband's father, 1 Albert. L. Tucker, of Akron, Ind. She 5 had secured a divorce on the grounds 1 of desertion, her husband. JohD ] Tucker, having left her a year ago. < Died Savin" Horses. ~ ^ 1 At Brookline.Mass., Everesste Ouf- ] 1 met. sixty-five years old, a coachman i ^ for the Goddard family, was burned . ' to death trying to cave horses from a I ' burning barn. I t SITTER WAR ON INTEMPERANCE V 1 SOLDIERS FIGHTING THIS CURSE GREATLY CHEERED. 1 Saloon Catechism?A Few Answers to a Few Questions Which Should Open the Eyes of Those Blind to the Great Liqaor Evil. What curses the unborn babet rbe saloon. What robs the little child of clothing, food and love? The saloon. What takes the tender youth out of 'k ichool, sending him to work? The- ] laloon. ' //? What causes the manly boy to jlush for his father? The saloon. . * What lures young girls into its iens for vile purposes? The saloon.. What thief takes pictures, fhrai- A, :ure and comforts from the home? ^ rhe saloon. What sends a mother out to scrub?" rhe saloon. What turns a deaf ear to the pleading wife? The saloon. What impoverishes but never ' Helps? The saloon. What is the -only business built up by debauchery? The saloon. What fills the jails,-reformatories ind prisons? The saloon. What hides the thief, holdups and . murderers? The saloon. What constantly defies the lavt.< rhe saloon. What costs the county, city and, v Btate more than all other things?? . ; rhe saloon. What backs up dance halls and bouses of ill-fame? The saloon. What bribes legislatures, cities and! corporations? The saloon. / -V' What furnishes free drinks for the i police? The saloon/ What ruins body, mind and soul? . The saloon. What makes a man make a fool of . ' hjmself In public? The saloon. l'<3 What makes a man a demon .far \'-i private? The saloon, r ' Who owns the most stock l*. a sa^, . loon? The devil. What fools the citizens by talking *: ' of revenue? The saloon. < What would reduce our taxes ,and replenish pocketbooks and banks? . The abolishment of the salpon. * Drinking Women. The Sun, In discussing "Women and Drinking," says: "It is true that of recent yeatte tfcfc\.C' practice 01 anu&iug oy wuuiea av v^uir; t.b lie restaurants has much Increased. ' Formerly it cast a reproach on women and raised a doubt of their respecta- . .-H bility, but now if a woman orders a cocktail, whisky, champagne or aby other alcoholic beverage it attracts ho B special attention in a restaurant." I This Is certainly the case, and many of them are of a class of which fifteen j I years ago most of the members would 9 not have thought of doing such thing. It is quite possible to deduct H too much from this, but it is also easy. to underestimate the conclusion. D While what 44sensational* preachers- .H or "sensational" papers say on such/ H matters, as though an epidfemic of H drunkenness is prevailing among re- I s~pectabl~e women, is not to be. taken H for exact truth, there is a serious , I change in j>rogre?s. "Young society, ' women," under the influence of tation, which most of them are inca- H pable of resisting, .are falling into evil ways. One coterie includes fourteen JM at the present time, all of wioxa JHfl drink wine freely, and only thred re- H ject stronger liquors. They arej all 9H members of Episcopal and-Presby- jH terian churches, except one, who is an ex-Methodist. The fact that worn- H| en of high grade and their imitators '?| can drink in public hotels and res- M taurants without exciting remark or. H attention is more portentous than is H the mere fact that these particular H Mom Vnrt P.HHrHati hi WUIUQU Uliua. AlbiT *w?M w? ... Advocate. . - . y, I Won't Employ Drinkers. H Extreme measures to prevent fu- H ture mine disasters have been taken |M by the H. C. Frick Coke Company. I Pittsburg, the coking division of the United-States Steel Corporation. Op- ' hfl ders have been issued providing for the dismissal of miners who become so intoxicated while off duty that they H| are incapacitated for work the follow- HQ ing day. The company has &lso\nOtl- H| fied its employes that it will not employ miners who drink either on or off duty. This radical action is the result of numerous conferences of all superintendents ana omer omciais ui the company. They declare that the use of In toxicants among the miners, particu- B| larly the foreign element, has been bo pronounced in recent years that they cannot afford to employ them. At such times, tbey allege, the mentake chances that they would not take 9 If in their normal condition. ffl| Not a Citizen's Privilege. bH "To keep a saloon is not a privileg^of a citizen of the State or of the |H Umted States." Such has been th< HI declaration of the Supreme Court oi che United States and of the Supreme Court of Indiana and other States, Hi Courts deny that the saloon is one of the privileges or immunities of cltizens, guaranteed under the Four- BR ceenth Amendment, and this denial, H taken in connection with their construction of this amendment, meanr UBM that to keep a saloon is not liberty; that it is not the pursuit of happl- fl ness: that a saloon is not propertj (vithin the meaning of the Constitution. and that it is an unlawful busiaess. Setting an Example. MM The labor people in the present British Parliament pledged them' IB selves not to buy or use liquors ir H the government buildings, which of fer unusual facilities in that direc< |^B Temperance Notes. HH The workman must be made to ses. ind feel that the saloon is not helping: him as he imagines. g6H Never so much trying to settle the HH liquor question on non-partistn Hues; Hfl never so many political conventions having trouble with it. Happy the man who can see the drift of things. I find that alcoholic drinks give nO strength. No. On the contrary,, Hfl| Irink builds up no muscle, but de- HE stroys its power and makes it lessictive for work.?B. W. Richardson, There is scarcely a crime befort HH me that is not directly or indirectly BH :aused by strong drink.?-Judge Cole* BH idge. Tt has hopn fnnnd savs Dr. Cutten. :hat out of every hundred alcoholic? HH ittacked by pneumonia seventy die*. ^EH vhile out of every hundred non-alco? HHI lolics so attacked only twenty-thres n Canada's latest experiment in the ine of a prohibition journal has just Hn jeen launched at Winnipeg. It i^^^H jailed The Better Day, and its motto s, "That ye present your bodies a livng sacrifice" for Dominion prohibi*-HB| ;ion with a partv behind it. I