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R?.:t , . ' ' LADY OR THE SEQUEl BY MRS. Ol CHAPTER III. 3 11 Continued. c ""It has all been delightful," she c said. "To have you back through all ? your schoolboy time and at college * is so nice that I know I have been s persuading you to make the most of it for my sake. But, Edward, you * must not humor me any more. I feel c ithat it is wasting your time." "No," he said, "when one has to s pick up one's thread it is best to do ;lt thoroughly. This will all be of v service, every word of it." ? "I see you mean to begin with a c retrospect," she cried/ brightening f. again. 15 "Not so much as a retrospect," he * said with a twinge of conscience, "but * tone's early ideas, though they are often absurd, are very suggestive." I uOh, not absurd," she cried. It * ( wounded her to hear such a word ap- 1 plied to anything of his. But little Tom had come home for a his holidays, which showed that it was four or five months in the 3 settling down. They had taken pos- 1 session of East<?n in the end of Au- * gust. Tom came home very manly F and grow up after his first "half" * 1 at school. He was close upon eleven, 11 and he had a very high opinion of 111 his own nosition and nrosnects. His c school was a large preparatory one, 0 where things were done as much as 1 possible on the model of Eton, which u was the goal of all the little boys' ^ ambition. It \ias a little disappoint- a ing after the first genuine moment of pleasure in com:'~g home, and the a ecstatic sense of being a very great man to little Janetk to find that aftei T all .Janet was only a little girl and 11 did not understand the half of what ? he iold her. He felt the want of 1 1 male society very much on the second day, and to think that there ^ . would not be a fellow to speak to for a whole month damped the delightful prospect of being his own master for * that time, which had smiled so much * upon him. Janet, it is scarcely neces- v sary to say, gave a boundless faith to a her brother, and listened to the tale r of his achievements, and iof what the 0 fellows did, with an interest unal- e loyed by criticism. H?r mouth and her eyes were full of a round O! of * , wonder and admiration. She never S tired of hearing of the feats and the h scrapes and the heroic incidents of s school. To dazzle her so completely 0 was something; but a mind accus- s tomed to the company of the nobler d . sex'soon made it apparent that he was * bored. b "There's a lot of houses about,''he P said. "Aren't there any fellows down P there, or there"?he pointed to dis- s tant roofs and epouds of chimneys a appearing at intervals from among E the leafless trees?"that one could 0 speak to? It's awfully dull here after s knowing so many at school." t' "There are some children at the d white house with the blue roof," said Janet, "but they're not good enough, P nurse says; and I don't know nobody h to play wiys,"' the little girl added Sl rather wistfully?the made all her a "th's" into "y's" still?"I only take Rl walks." b "Children!" said Tom contemptuously. "I wasn't asking about chil- d / ' < s dren. I mean fellows at school. If 1< they're at a good school they're good o enough. I'll soon find out. When a d fellow has been out in the world, and p J goes to school, you don't suppose he .minds what nurse says." tl i "Oh, but nurse says a great, great tl many yings," said Janet. "She says sl Easton's a little poking house, and t< that we should be in our own family a ?place. What's a family place? Do li you know? It Js something fayer is tl buried in," the little girl added after i< a moment/with a little thrill of sol- d emnity. Tom burst into a laugh in the pleasure of .his superior knowl- a vedge. w "You are a little ass, Jan! Of g course tl know. The family place is a is grand one, with a big tower and a flag o on tt when I'm at home?like the tl tQueen at Windsor! 'The worst is I'm 1< never at home; .but I shall be when h I'm big, and then shan't we have ii times! I've told a lot of fellows. I'll si have them up to .my place in Scotland e fox the shooting, don't you know.'-' n Janet only gave him 'a look out of li her large light eyes. "Girl's don't h shoot," she said. "I don't want to be d at your shooting. Tom, do you re- w member fayer? He's buried there." li "Oh, "humbug! he's buried in the n churchyard, where all the 'dead peo- b pie are buried. Of course I remember tl him. What's that got to do with it? I remember having a ride on his 'b^g tl black mare, such a big tall beast, -and n nobody will ride him except me.and? s him, you know. He was behind when v I rode him, and she carried ub -both as easy as a lamb. Old Duncan told a me so?as easy as a lamb?because t< she knew who was her master!" the h boy cried, with the color mounting up f; into his .cheeks. ti He began to switch the chairs with o , a little cane he bad in his hand, and h; bade them to "get on" and "gee up," " to Janet's considerable disturbance, b for she had already learned that a n boy's boots were apt to be muddy, and that chairs covered with brocade and s< carved and gilded were not meant t? be ridden or to gee-up. s< "Don't, Tom." she said; "they're tl moyer's pretty chairs." si "Oh, bother!" said the boy, p "Where's mother? I want to tell her lots of things, but 1 won't if she's so particular about things and stays so T lpng away." a "She's in the library with Beau," said Janet; "they are always in the w library. It is so pretty. Moyer likes h Abetter than the drawing room. But b they will soon come in for tsa." n "I say," cried Tom, "do you have a: tea here always , not in the nursery? fc Oh. 1 say! 1 am not going to stand s< that. I know what they do at afternoon tea. You have a small piece of 4 a: '-i ' '* f >*;A. J&Mi . ~i i CAR? . OF A LIFE LIPHANT. )read and butter, t>r perhaps, at ato )f cake, and you mustn't make ai irumbs or enjoy yourself at all. Y< ihould see our teas at school. The s sometimes this kind of jam, and summer the fellows have strawberri ?as many as ever they like?and tb lalf Summerfleld major was allowi :old patridge." "For tea!" erred Janet, with ev 10 many notes of admiration. "Oh, his people send him su< vhopping hampers," said Tom, "1 ould never get through it all if J lidn't have it for tea." "Nasty meat!" said little Jam vlth a grimace; "but the jam is ve tice," she added, with' a sigh. "The s no nursing when you're gon ioyer gives us very nice tea ai >lenty of cake; but she thinks I a letter down stairs, not always wi iurse." "And do you think so? You we .lways a little?" "It's nice when mother'talks to n ,nd not to Beau," said Janet, with r uctance. The grievance of the mai imes when this was the case was ir ilied, not put into words. "But wh< here is you and me it will be .ve: tice," cried the little girl. "There is ilce plain little table in the room n ovprpd nr anvthinir. It had a cov in, but that come off, and I am i owed to ihave it to paint pictur ipon and play at anything you life Ve'll have it between us in the roo s if it was a little party," cried Jan< and they will 'never :mind us, as loi s we don't make much noise." "But 1 want to make a noise. ?ant to have a real square meal, sn't good for a fellow, when hf ;rowing, to be kept short of his.gru want?" "Oh, Tom, what a horrible, horrib rord!" "Much you know!" cried the bo Fellows' sisters all like it to habe same words as we say. But if y< hink I'm coming back from Hall /here they have all Eton rules, to ? s quiet as a mouse in the drawii oom, and have afternoon tea like i Id fogey., I sha'n't, and :there's i nd or 3t! "'cried Tom. Lady Car came in as he gave fori his determination in a loud voic Ihe came in very smoothly, as w; ier wont, with the soft trail of h atin gown on the soft, mossy carp* n which her light steps made i ound. In her eyes was still tl reamy smile of her pleasure in a he details and chronicles of a schoc oy life, so elevated and attuned, i oisms and its worries and its big urposes. She was imagining to he elf a form in which it might .all 1 et forth in chapters or cantos, "Tl )awning Genius" would be the tit f the first. She saw before her tl piritual being, all thought and -e: lusiasm, making a hundred chimen ivine?the boy-part, their heir of x be ages, the fine flown of hum? romise. Half the adoring wife ai alf the woman of genius, she came I Dftly, with delicate .chimes of >veri Iready sounding in her mind, and tl cheme of the poism rising befoi im. Not the prelude. 'Oh, no; but tl evelopment, the dawn (a far moi )vely word)., the dawning of geniu f which in its time it might be h< elightful mission to record the coe letion, too. She was roused from this vision "t he noisy boyish voice. "I sha'n't, .ar here's an end of it," .cried Tom, ar he raised hr?r dreamy eyes, etartl? 5 see the boy standing in this lar: nd defiant, his lees apart, "his sturc ttie square agure relieved again tie window. How different from tt leal boy of whom she had bef reaming! the real boy/her son. They both looked at her with a larmed aspect, not knowing whi 'ould happen. Poor Carjy was it entlest of mothers. She never pui shed them, never scolded, but yet i ne could tell why they had alwa: tie air of being afraid of her. Thr Dol;ed at her now as children migl ave looked who were afraid of bi ig sent into solitary confinemen hut up in a dark closet, or some otl r torture. Tom's voice fell in a mi lent, and Janet came out in defens ke the little woman in the weathe ouse, where the little man skulks ii oors, disconcerted by the goc gather. Janet came forward with ttle hand raised. "Moyer, it was n< aughtiness. It was because he hi een out in the world, and know tiings different from me." "Yes?" said Lady Car, smiling upo hem, "ana what are tne things th lan of the world knows? To t ure, dear, he must be greatly in a: ance of you and me." . The children were all the moi bashed by this speech, though ii :>ne was so gentle. They stared i er for a moment with their father ice, dark and stolid, the likeness ii jnsified in Tom by the sudden alari f his look. She had put out he and to him, to draw him close to he What is it," she said, "my littl oy?" She was, to tell khe trut] atiier afraid of him, too. "It's nothing," said Tolip. "It smething she's said." "Oh. Tom," cried Janet, with ?nse of injury. "Moyer, he saj ley have such nice teas at schooltrawberries and sometimes col artridge, and whopping hampers." "Dear!" "That's how the fellows talk," sai om. "That's not the right thing fc girl." "Was the cold partridge in th hopping hamper?" said a voice b< ind. "Carry, 1 don't wonder th oy's indignant. You have sent hii o hampers. A first half at schoo nd not so much as a big cake. I fe< >r Tom. Never mind, old fellow, yo je she never was at school." They had both turned round thel oxlous faces to him as he .came ii "vjs? <'' v ,-< , *? . ~ They were instinctively jealous i "" him. Yet both turned with a certa relief, or ^t least Tom did so, wl was aware that Beau was one of h own faction, a man, against the sw< of the everlasting feminine. Jan took the hand which the mother hE stretched out toward her boy ar ; clung to it, drawing herself close in Lady Car's skirts. Beau was not < her faction in any sense of the wor The little girl pulled her mother face toward her, and whispered hi tale into Carry's ear. _ "To have your tea upstairs'! Wl doesn't he want to be with us, dea after being away so long? You sha m have what you like best, my des 3y children, if you really prefer the nu 5Q sery to the drawing room and n T.e company." . "He says they have this kind *TS jam,* said Janet in her mother's ea 1 "and do -whatever they like," s! 2 added after a pause. Lady Car gave her husband & lot er which the children noted though th< , did not ^understand. There was " slight appeal dn .it, and some relie ' e He'had said that she must keep the e "with her, as much as if he had n been there; that he would not sep ' rate her, not for an hour, not for ry meal, from her children; and she hi re thought it her duty to have the e' there, 'though their presence and b 1 together kept Carry in a harass< -consciousness of the two claims ;upc her. They 'concluded that moth wa3 not angrjy with great relief; b re they did not*" understand the guil satisfaction of Carry in finding th j they liked the nursery the beat. iy ~~ n- 'CHAPTER Ttf. 5n 'The time of Tom's holidays w: ry rather a holiday also for Beaufoi 1 a who, having got a certain amount 'i ot amusement out of his notebooks ai er their mine of school life, was begi il- ning to be bored by himself, and es think, under his breath, what ^ litt e. prig and ass he had been in his bo m ish days, and how astounding it w; that/Carry should take it all in wi1 if such undoubting faith. He was a 11 tie philosopher in his idle way, ai I Carry began to be a sometimes di It concerting but often amusing proble >'s to him. He laughed softly som b* times when he was by himself to si how seriously she took him, and ho le much his youthful superiority ii pressed Her. it naa not oeen nis 1 y- tention when he again took up tl ?e notebooks to increase, as he had ce >u tainly done, her admiration and, co 's, sequently, her expectations of hii dt self. He had hoped, if anything, : ig beguile her a little from the pursu of results, to make her less in earne in about the great work on which si had set her heart. But this exped th ent had not succeeded. She was moi e. than ever bent upon the fulfilling < as that early promise which was so bea er tifUl and so wonderful :in her eye it, Beaufort was half flattered, ha 10 vexed by this result. Jit is hard to r sent .a woman's admiration even if til is of something which is -no longi >1- yourself. It softened'his heart, but ts unarmed him more than ever, as >rh made her more and more>flure. r- He took advantage of .Tom with little secret chuckle to himself behir books. Tom amused this philosophe le too. He liked to draw him out, 1 watch the movements of character i u- him, even to speculate as to whi is kind of a man it had been that ha 11 produced thiB child. He must be lit in his father, Beaufort said to himsel id without any sentiment reven of an in mosity toward Carry's husband. Ce tainly he had got the better of thi ]e man. He had obliterated Torranc re as it-were, from the face of the ear.ti out ne naa no sucn leeung as ^an ie had about Torrance's life .and To t-e ranee's money. He took :it all mut s, more calmly than she could do, n< ;r even thinking of the consciousness < a- the mission which made him own a his comfort and happiness to To jy ranee. Tom, however, ^was the sul id ject of various /speculations in h id stepfather's mind. If this was wii >d the little Torrance was modified I m Lindons, -what must the original "hai ly been? And ^what would this -one tur 6t to; an ordinary -country .gentlemai ie no' "better or worse than Ms neigl xn bora, -or what? A vague sense in h mind waB that there might he futuj ra trouble to carry in the child's develo] it ment moved him mildly, for the di ie tance between childhood and mai a- hood 6eems so loijg looking forwari to though -so short when we look had ^5 and any such danger must be far J ?y the f Jture. it To be Continued. e- ? ? Onught Eleven Trains in Vain. The International Women's Cot gress, sitting in rarib, recenuy wi 39 nessed a ludicrous scene. The ladi( r" were in solemn conclave, when sut 3~ denly there appeared a "pair of troi sers on the scene. For a moment th a ladies were too perturbed to identif 3t the spectre, but after a moment c ls benumbing silence the president ra 's lied, and in an icy tone identified i as a "man." 'n Then the apparition relieved th is tension by explaining that it was th ,e mortal presence of M. Legendre, c Sens, an ardent feminist.' "I stood, he said, "as feminist candidate at th "e last elections, and 1 have to-day tai ts en eleven trains to appear amon , you. I am happy to enjoy this 01 s portunity of supporting your cause." Alas for enthusiasm when it is c 01 the male persuasion and relates t >r matters feminine! r- The president arose, and after ej le plaiding to M. Legendre, in tones c Wild palm Rpvpritv that the takin j of eleven trains at a stretch did nc s ! confer the right of entry to that as semblage had him expelled.?Toront a .Mail and Empire. 'S ^ Inquisitive. Why did you love that girl instea of some other girl? Why don't yo d love her sister? Why does she lov )r you instead of loving your bes friend? You love somebody. Wha e makes you? Have you got any busi j. ness loving if you don't know why e ?St. Paul Daily News. n I, China is pressing reforms. A il imperial edict orders the board c u revenue to introduce within si months a uniform system of weight r and measures throughout the em ?. pire. v f 'iiSu.V'.'.-. -?V.. .V a . E THE AMERICAN ARMY'S BATTLE1 10 *s 'By Mrs. C. I iy et One of the most effective remedies id for the prevention and cure of tuber- be id culosis is living in the open air, and lis to yet the American soldier who spends m of the greater part of his time out of ti d. doors is by no means immune from di 's the disease. Shortly after the Span- Fi 2r ish-American War the War Depart- a ment found it necessary to take steps 'to iy for the establishment of a sanitarium hi r for the consumptive soldiers. Fort in t]j Bayard, an abandoned army post in tt ar the southwestern part of New Meiico, m r. was selected for the purpose. There iy .ore now engaged at this point in fight- th ine the "white plague" ten army sur 0j geons and three line officers, with re r> about fifty hospital corps men andi C! 2q "eighteen trained nurses. ti Fort Bayard embraces thirteen di ,]j square miles of land in the most pic- ai jy turesque part of the great Southwest, ti a Tt has an altitude of over 6000 feet, te ,f and at all seasons of the year Is free ki m 'from that damp atmosphere which ta ot -weakens one suffering with lung trou- a] a. 'bte. The nearest town is Silver City, et y" VERANDA OF THE OFFICERS' BUI as DR. REDEWfLL, OF THE MEDICA th TAIN WILSON, OF THE NAVY, S it-' .an ambitious mining settlement, a: s". where there are a number of private "Vi m ,sanitariums for persons suffering gi e" .from tuberculosis. That portion of fi ee New Mexico is also dotted here and ea lW there with the tents of consumptives Js :from the East who have not sufficient ! n" means to enter sanitariums. Few a; ie of these unfortunates recover. ti r" The .Fort Bayard sanitarium is now g< n" exclusively for army officers, enlisted ei men and the beneficiaries of the Na- & t0 tional Soldiers' Home, although until t( it I rofontitr oailnrc ,?lnn were received, ai st The enlisted man is .ordered to Fort a< 16 Bayard at the first sign of the dis- di ease, and is discharged Irom service ci re -at the end of six months if his condition is such as not to permit his rea" turn to active duty within a reason:B* able time. After his discharge he be- w II .comes a beneficiary of the National fc e" Soldiers' Home, and $o per week is a *t paid by the latter for his mainten- o< 2r ance at the sanitarium. Army offl- tc it cers at the sanitarium are charged $1' tl K .per day. us j ^ ~ ,u r_ .AMUSEMENT PARLOR BUILT ENTIR TIENTS OUTDOORS ENJOl J NURSERY BED OF YOU re When a bed is sown it is covered n small mesh to keep out the birds and sq a, the seeds. Then a lath screen for shad i- of a lath, is laid on, with its frame resti la cnclose the bed. As both the wire scre< It Grown For the Extensive Plantings of i light as possible, they can be lifted an c necessary to examine the germination < e sown the open spaces in the lath screen openings in the sides and ends of the bo brown paper to exclude the light. In tl 6 the sprouts appear, a humid conditio: c" change in temperature is avoided.?Ami g ?! For a Smoking Soft Coal Heating sc , Stove. fla Most stoves of this style have a re- th 0 movable top with one or more griddies underneath. If this is the case, Sr K take off one griddle and get one made 11 he s ^ r / a ( /--"-ojjfi / fn P t I YT 2 , . <* n J rom heavy sheet iron the same size, if Then get a piece of two-inch iron sk X pipe of such length that when sus- fol a pended vertically from the top plate dil l4 of the st/*ve it will clear the bed of be fuel in the fire Have a coupling th< {. ' f WITH THE "WHITE PLAGUE." < R. Miller. ! Since 1899 over 500u patients have ( ;en treated, 27.50 of whom were en- I sted men and sailors, while the reaining number were officers and rered or honorably discharged sol- |. ers. The patient, on arriving at art Bayard, is put to bed, and, after rest, is carefully examined and sent i the ward which is best fitted for g s condition. The officers are placed i an attractive cottage building for le fi t few days, and afterward oved to a big brick building. The same excellent care is given to le enlisted men as to officers, and J any of them have gone back to their sgiments free from the disease. ^ heerfulness and a variety of pasmes aid materially in fighting the 0 sease, and to this end all sorts of * p nusemen,ts are planned for the pa- e ents, the wives of the surgeons of- li n assisting. Violent exercise of any * Ind is strictly forbidden. The par- l iking of alcoholic stimulants is not J? lowed. The men are encouraged to ? it heartily, and the excellent, varied B f LDING?CAPTAIN HUTTON ANC s L STAFF, IN UNIFORM; CAP- t EATED IN ROCKING CHAIR. fl h ad well cooked food which is pro- ? Lded ior them would do credit to a j ood hotel. The department allows 'g fty cents per day for the food of e ich man, and the best of everything t : provided. ' . i fi Little medicine is given at Fort Bay- | 2 rd except where there are complica- * ons with other diseases. The sureons are prepared, however, for all a mergencies, and have a splendidly e luipped operating room. A labora- i] )ry is attached, where experiments t re carried out and schemes devised ^ 3 to the best method of fighting the ? isease. Sleeping out of doors 1b the * istom there.?From Leslie's Weekly. ^ e Try the Experiment. j A Boston writer says that Goethe a rote the initials of his name, and, 1 )lding it Wer, was surprired to gel J5 butterfly. It makes a very pretty l1 icupation for an idle fifteen minutes ^ ? see what you will get, and some of ^ te designs are pretty enough to be tl sed as embroidery patterns. g s ELY OF GLASS?GROUP OF PA- ? flNG THE SUNSHINE. J M FOREST TREES. 7 I [ immediately with wire screen or P uirrels which, otherwise, would eat j J e, wiiu vprzii opaLco jusi iuc n?ui.u i ^ ng on the edges of the boards that and the lath shade are made as ) ' , 1 tt vJ,,. v.,.,.,;: ; 1 tt P ' * "v * ' , ' tl the New York Forest Commission, do "V d removed quickly whenever it is ph :losely. As soon as the seeds are tri are closed with loose lath, and the | to ard frames are covered with heavy th< ais way the bed is kept dark until a is maintained and any sudden erican Cultivator. rewed on one end; this will form a .nge to hold the pipe from dropping rough the top of the stove. Now .J :ve a hole punched through the wh iddle just so the free end of the ^ pe will slide down through and be ! her Id by the coupling. This is called j five down draft arrangement and forces son sr.h air down onto the fuel, which ^er ikes the combustion almost perfect, a(*c suring a hot. smokeless fire. Try it "j? d be convinced.?Lewis Elithorp, gar The Epitomist. [ns - l r liecord of Good Work. re] The American Board of Missions ^01 lintains thirty-eight hospitals and '^e ice that number of dispensaries in e foreign field, and its medical mismaries last year treated over 370. 0 cases. I wh J dri No Perceptible Difference. "The saying that beauty is only agl in deep,"' says the philosopher c-S l'0y, " doesn't prove anything. What I __ fference docs it make, as long M 1 auties always wear their skin cv j 1 s outside?"?Cleveland Leader. j \ *' ; . . ' ? ... , Hit 1 ' e>un&at|-&cf700f N'TK RN ATION A L LESSON COMMENTS FOK JANUARY 31. abject: Tlie Trial of Peter and John, Far Acts 4:1-51?Golden Text, Acts 4:31?Commit Verses 11,115? Si Exposition of the Lesson. ^ TIME.?A. D. 30. PLACE.? Of erusalem. ? All EXPOSITION.?I. Jeter's First U Lnswer to the Sanhedrim, 5-12. The go. ewisn sannearin was ine great court ut f Jewish law, composed o< seventy- Con ne leading men of the nation. Caia- . has, the nominal high priest by Roaan appointment: Annas, the real ligh priest, according to the .Tewish Ft iray of looking at things, were both Ib t here. It was a very august assem- T1 ily, composed for the most part of iadducees. Peter and John's being Knn( irought before it, and their treat- .j nent by it was an exact literal ful- j8 tllment of the prediction of Jesus !Ma^t, 10:17). Thei* attempt to linder the preaching of the gospel eally gave wings to the gospel. Pet- j r had seen this body together once tro, iefore when Jesus was tried and con,- fr01 [emned. On that occasion he was a ~ horoughly frightened and cowed and 0f c ilayed the poltroon, but now he is -j aim and fearless. The resurrection fon f Jesus from the dead and his own car; aptism with the Spirit has wrought p0j, his great change. The Jewish and ma] ither wonder workers were accus- gje omed to perform their marvels bjf ab0 he power of some nam'e (as; e. gM an,3 he name of one of the Patriarchs, or frje he name of Solomon, or the unspeak- you ble name of Jehovah), so the coon,- wej il very naturally asked Peter and ohn "in what name" they had'healed frie he lame man. The real object of the bee uestion was to trap them into an an- 8h0 wer that would be the basis of accu- ity ttuuu uuu cuuueujuttiiuu. dust ul Jadl hat ihoment the Holy Spirit came the ipon Peter and took possession of moi lim and "filled" him. Jesus' ever out: ;racious promise'for such an emer- j ;ency as this was fulfilled (Matt. 10: thei 9, 20; cf. Lu. 12:11, 12; Acts 13: jitt) j, 9). This promise is for us in any jf y mergency of Christian servicfe and and estimony. Peter had already been kin, illed with the Spirit at Pentecost (ch. our :4), and will be again a little fur- jag her on (v. 31). It was very clear our hen that the filling with the Spirit is nesi iot something that occurs once for dar 11, but needs to be repeated with "V ach new emergency of service. Here- hea a lies the need of continual prayer thei or that which we already possess, hea eter's answer is wonderfully skill- gull ul. But its wisdom-was not d?e to out 'eter's natural endowments, but to ing he Spirit. Left to himself Peter eno ras a famous blunderer. Peter was this xtremely deferential and courteous, tati le acknowledges the high position our nd authority of his interrogators, we 'he Holy Spirit does not make the we len He controls rude and overbear- in t ag, but gentle and courteous (Gal. his :22, 23; cf. Jude 8, 9). Yet Peter hell ras bold, fearless, fr&nk and outspoen. There was no compromising of be truth, no glossing over of their uilt. The council had spoken eva- T lveiy or tne tnmg done as simple tnai this." It is a keen and discomfort- a qi ag thrust of Peter in his reply to and ay, "if you refer to-a good deed done per< d a strengthless (impotent) man" mui cf. Jno. 10:32). The council doubt- or ;ss winced. Then without hesitation hav 'eter tells them that it was In the bee* ame of Jesus Christ, the one whom dric ley had crucified, the one whom God, of t n the other hand, had raised from L le dead. But before he closes his Lan ne tremendous overwhelming sen-, higl jnce, hd points at the man standing hav< Ight there, a living testimony to the ercil ower of Jesus' name, and adds "this ?an stands here before you whole." said he scene has changed?Peter, the end( ccused, has become the accuser; the suncil had become the culprit at the ^ap; ar, indicted and condemned. Peter P?sl )llows up his advantage and drives BerE is charge home with a swinging blow ovei ? God's hammer, the Scriptures *^e 1; cf. Ps. 118:22). If the Acts of sPir, le Apostles is fiction its author is a ^s ( laaiei uauu, uui tAIIB tanuui uc lii;- ~ on, it is plainly the record of the ot"{ sft utterances of a Spirit-filled man. eter closes with an appeal (v. 12). Jni* here is salvation for any one in that ln6 ime1, salvation for no.one outside of (Psi n. The Coxincil Were in a Dilema, 13-20. Peter"and John declared q( tat it was in the name of Jesus that g le deed had been done, and there - j. le man stood right before their eyes/ .' id they could say nothing against it. G" ( aey marveled at the fearless frank;ss of men who had never enjoyed j ie teaching of the rabbinical schools , id naturally would be overawed in .. august and learned an assembly as p t eir own. Holy Ghost boldness in * ltutored men is always a perplexity mere scholastics. Peter's sermon p id bearing probably led ultimately the conversion of some of hi^hear- ? p s (chs. 6, 7). The only solution ey could give of tbe puzzle was that ? hese men have been with Jesus." t lat is the solution of many myste- t ;s. Cocnpanicnship with Jesus man ikes ordinary men extraordinary. th , tey were just like the average modn skeptic who, when he comes up ainst facts he cannot explain away, dges the question They asked, ^ 7hat shall we do with these men?" ^en . ley should have put the question a othei fle differently. "What shall we do joy c be saved?" As they could not deny t^at ? fact of the power of Jesus' name 0f a d were unwilling to admit it, they sejf ; upon the expedience of trying to fiCed. ence all report of the fact. Re Girl Ont of Work Dies. kt Colorado Springs, Col., Miss phase na Taylor, twenty-seven years old, o went there from New York City Avoit iut a year ago, was found dead in room at No. 107 South Nevada ;nue. An empty bottle that had *j0 itained carbolic acid was found by ^ side. Miss Taylor went to Color- wicke ) for ber health and was out of ney and employment, although unrecently employed at Glockner litarium and the Deaf and Blind j ^v< titute. George Lavelle, Drobably I to so: eiauve. tnrougn me m. j. juale, of St. Patrick's Cathedjal, New rk City, provided for the burial of An body in Colorado Springs. the C( brothi which Forgave Man U'ho Killed Her. Millsj Miss Ellen Downey, of Chicago wife ( o was recently run down by the Lodg< ver of a brick wagon, died, leavinp j seven nessas?e of forgiveness for the man not t 10 killed her and insuring him crop, linst prosecution by the police. Expense Records Broker, by^th< Estimates sent to Congress for result LO break all records. I miuer ?- v^.- _*;-t -L"j' .4. J Lj'J"', 1_ ...... ' QUIETNESS AMID STORM. j beneath the noisy waters J: the raging, tossing sea, i said there flows & current, ' ,' nooth and placid as canN be. rough waves disturb the flowing : that calm and peaceful stream; the noise of tempest raging / es as distant as a dream. to all -who listen truly . . >r the Saviour's loving voice, tes that "peace that paneth knoxr* ,\i ad the soul can e'en rejoice? * > , en the storm of life is keenest; )r, beneath the tempest -wild he duiet. firm assurance - * :- -'Of;. iat the lord protects His child. v t, then, soul, for God gives quiet ) the heart that trusts His will; vill never, never leave thee," the promise?then, be stxD: ,, -Alice Foulger, in Loudon Christian. The Petty Trials of Life. lut you know a great deal of the lble of your life does not come n the major trials at all, hm thai reat deal of the downright miser# mr life comes from petty trials. ; rou get a letter in the morning be- : > j you , begin your day's work, a ping and insolent letter, and the lion goes into your blood and Ices it sour all the day... You wran- i at the breakfasj, table in a family; V:1V ut some arrangement of the day, go fretted to the day's work. A' nd passes you on the street, a rid believe she saw you perfectly I. Some meddler brings you a lcism passed by some candid nd, and which he carried to yow-^^J ause ne iqiuks it rignt tnat you uld know. There is a feline amfenat that t^a-tablp, and tho two . } ee go home all on edge. What are y? Such little things, but they int up into evil temper, darkened look, sore heart and bad bldod. Iy point *ir this, that' not one of A oi was inevitable; not one of. those le trials would ever have happened ou and I had some common sense, without common sense, some ; . dliness toward our brother. It,is social insolences, it is our Irritatmanners, it is the pin-pricks 6t conversation, it is.our regardless- i ' 5 s of other people's* feelings that ken our neighbor's lives. Veil, then, is not life?is not life vy enough for you and me? If re is anybody that says it is not vy enough for him, and be doesn't er from unkindneBs, I rule him of court; he may go home boast* and rejoicing. Is not life heavy ugh for you and me without all addition of vexation and of irrion? Why should you and I spoil lyeighbor's temple?' Why should disturb his peace? Why should > lessen the poor !itt!c 1oy he has be world? Why should we make life rougher, when we could have >ed him??John Watson; D. D. 4 . Premature Old Age. ' VM be Lancet has recently declared ; premature/ old age is not so mucb lestion of time as of "over-eating under-thinking," and that "proems members of the trading com* lity die at the age of sixty years thereabouts; first, because tntej; v.- | e ceasea to tninn, ana seconaiy, * luse they continue to eat and I ifc/ in excess of the requirements h^ir bodies." 1 ongevity, according to. the; the, cet, is mainly found in pien of i intellectual endowmehts, "who s become dependent*upon the exse of those faculties for their f pleasures." And what,shall be of those who hate devoted such : { Dwments to the service of God?, : , y the other day it was the writer's piness to listen to a masterly extion and a remarkably powerful aon from a pastor who had spent - * sixty years in the ministry, and utterance seemed inspired in its Itual and mental strength; and in ' 3hrist-like yearning for the salvaof men. There are numbers of srs of equal age and ofsimilar de- v on. "Blessed.are they that dwell hy house, they will be still praisThee. * * Blessed is the ; whose strength is in Thee." i. 84: 4, 5.)?London Christian. " ; - ^ antrolling Our Right Purposes. ' ^ 5uls need cpntrolling as surely &8 es. Even inspirations must be : '> d by conscience and judgment, i feelings, like good horses, have away with a man and landed him ditch. Jesus taught the impulPeter that lesson, when, first ' g unwilling 10 De wasueu ai an, ? r then wanted in the inspiration new situation to be washed , b. ... | vXK aul wrote, "The spirits of th? hets are subject to the prophets." heavenly Father gives us great ings and equipments, but He has set certain lines which we must h in using them. Let the sers of the Lord serve Him in the ner as well as in the purpose of service.?S. S. Times. Lightens Onr Burden. ie way to lighten our own buris to add to it the burden of anp. The highest of all joy is tho if a life so consecrated to service" there is left no thought of self, self-sacrifice so complete that does not know that it is sacri?? M Hint to Preachers. . * late some story or incident that ha?o rpnrf tn Mliistraf-p nnm* > of the topic. A thought warn life never fails to hit the mark. i set phrases. Speak naturally. >'o Real Prosperity. matter what tppearances may lere is no real prosperity for tho r * d. An Example. sry man is a page of the Bible me other man. iOdge Picks Cotton in Body. '"*^1 entire Odd Fellows' Lodge in )tton field picking the crop of a er in distress is the novel sight i was seen near the town ofl ip, in Texas. Mrs. Joe Coudill^ )f a member of the Odd Fellows' ; at Millsap, has been sick fofl il months, and Mr. Coudill has ippn ship to rather his cotton nor was he able to hire it picked* * , Jm l/oss For Millers. ^ s prohibition of bleaching flonl } nitrogen peroxide process wil? in tremendous loss to Ohig s. . / " '