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* - Corrects my fanlta, and, ao to speak,
^'i. ' Conduota me by the ear to church.
sir loveliest girl baa tooth lika pearls.
Blue. dreamy oyoa, and obeek o! rose,
smiling Boom of otbor girls,
A Tuoant mind, and lots of beaut I
My kindest girl love's law fnlfllla
liy sowing buttons on my coat.
And sending books, and liver pills,
And bits of flannel for my throat.
My brightest girl a brain has meet
To deal With sclonce, law, or arts ;
Sho talks so well I take a seat
Far in tho background when sho starts.
I love them, each one in her place,
Bat. ?h I my deafost girl is she
'Who guys and snubs mo to my face,
1'outs, storms, laughs, cries, and?kisses
* me.
?M. S. Bridges, in Judge,
POOR LITTLE EMILY;
nn,
T\6 History of a Prudent
5' Marriage,^ , '
BY MISS KVLOCK.
CHAPTER VL
Lady Bowerbank was, as she said, dying;
that is, th<\, seeds of donth wero tirinlj
lowu in her constitution, bat thoy were
very .slow of developing themselves, l'ertaps
tlio exceeding peace in which, externally,
lior daily life was passed paitlj
caused this; but ohiolly it was because, it
she had seen an end to happiness, so she
' had to all its bitterest elements, its turmoil,
trial, restlessnossness, and pain.
She was not strong enough to suffer, and
now sho had ceased to suffer any moro.
Bho even seemed for a while to rully, and
to take an interest in things about her?th?
tender farewell interest of one soon departing.
She was especially sedulous in
all duties to her husband?at least those
which she was able to perform. But she
had long sunk i^o a thorough invalid
who, id Oct t kindly w.uchid ami tended,
though moro by his orders thin by his por*
sonal core, wlvilo ho went 1x;b own ways,
and fell back gradually into much of hit
old "bachelor" life, as it had been spent in
the long interregnum between his lirst marriage
and his union with poor Emilj
Kendal.
"Sir John is quito comfortablo; ho will
not miss mo very much," Mrs. Knowle
nco heard her say, more meditatively than
oomplaiuingly. Hut that lad.v, who had so
keen a sense of wifely duty, even without
love, never took any notice of the remark.
And when, according to promise, Bhe
had lenrnt all uttamnblo facts about the
Stenliouses?how that they lived in London
en Mr. Stenhouse's not too large salary
in a merchant's office, and ho was reported
to bo a most kind husband to the
widow, nud a careful father to tho throe
fatherless children?after this tho prudent
maidon said as little as possible to Lady
Bowerbank on tho subiect of her old lover.
Only once, when, after as loug nn interval
as it was possible for civility to ad_
~ mit of. Mx?w.ta.Aw.iiuci oi.atvpred the congratulations
ho had received on hi.? uau'
Hage fn a letter to Mrs. Knowle, containing
the brief mesBago?"his own and his _
wife's compliments, and thanks to Sir John
and Lady Howorbauk"?Emily's eyes filled
with tears.
"He might have been a little kinder,
alio said. "But ho does not know, and he
cannot forgive. Ho never wlil forgive me
ciit .iu <>
Anil mcantimotiic two, once lovers, live J
on, ami did their dutv to the husband and
tho wifo unto whom I'nto hud united them.
Whether bitter thoughts ever oamo?
whether in the dead of night either woke j
up and remembered tho past, their young, |
bright, innocent mutual love, and the
cruelty that snatched it from theni and |
turned it into a curse; whether their hearts |
ever burned within them against man, ??r ]
?lus! against Providence, because in this i
ihort, short mortal life they were not made
happy?thoy whose happiness would have
Injured no one, anil who needed nothing
in tho world to make them happy except n
little love?theso were mysteries which
must remain forever undisclosed.
But month by month there was disclosed
tho plain sad fact that Bir John llowcrbauk's
second marriage was not likely to
be of much longer duration than his first
one, which most people had altogether
forgotten; and much was tho sympathy excited
both for him and for tho sweet,
. fragile creature who was fading away,
peacefully and contentedly, it wau evident,
Lr?f tilili f-ilinrr nn t\itA miifrt Inimt' Inui' nr
why. All the Liverpool doctors, and more
than 0110 London physician, wore brought
to his wife by Sir John in undemonstrative
but evident anxiety; but they could not
euro her ?they could not oven find out what
was the mutter with her. Hereditary weakness,
want of stamina, defhiouoy of vital
force?they called her disease, or 110 disease,
by all these fino names; but no human
being guessed tlio root or it except Mrs.
; Knowlo.
She, honest woman, as sho 8at knitting
beside her "Edward"?who was getting an
old man now, stout, and a little infirm with
rheumatism, and sometimes a little cross
too with the weight of business, but still
at heart the sumo hearty, kindly "goodman"
as ovor?would often say with a
tigh, "Ah, poor Emily! if thoso two bad
only .boon loft to light tho buttle out toEether
as we did, my dear, how much bot>r
it would have been!"
At which Mr. Knowlo, who novor sonti
mentali/.ed in his life, just nsscutod, j
smiled at his "old wonmn," mid perhaps a
I ttlo weary of the subjoct, generally, went
lo sleep.
How tlio Stenhouses struggled 011, for it
must have been a strugglo at l ost, with
their small im-omo and tho throo children,
Mrs. Knowlo couid not easily learn; John
Ktenliouso seemed determined to drop 011lirely
out of tho range of his old Liverpool
friends. To any letters--and Mrs. Knowlc
wrote him sevoral ho nlways returned
polite, but long delayod and unsatisfa tory
answers, tolling her nothing that sho wished
to know, and inquiring of nothing
which, she hardly know why, slio would
havo liked him to in<<uiro about.
"And there is that poor thing dying, and
he does not even know it!" lamented she
sometimes. To which her husband only
answered with tho common-souse question:
"And what would be the good of it if ho
did know?"
Not on her side wns Emily nwaro and
Mrs. Knowlo took care to koep it from her,
test it might disturb tier poaceful dying?
that his struggle was the equally hard
struggle of living, grinding poverty; a d? licato,
nervous, broken-spirited wife; threo
hungry children to bo fed, from duty,
without tho natural fatherly love to sweeten
it; and above all, tho daily blank in the life
of a strong, faithful, single-hearted man,
who, haviug once taken it into his Lonil, or
heart, to love one woman, never can learn
to unlove lior to tho end of his days. Such
men there are, but thoy aro >ory, very
rnro, and John Ktenbouso happened to ho
one of them.
So ho locked his Rccret up in his breast,
and, whether or not his marriage was a
hr.ppy one, went on working steadily and
patiently for his wife and for tho children.
E"h?!" "8
associate*, till even Mr. and Mrs. Knowle
were half inclined to do as he apparently
wished, and let him go.
Hut the one person who, with an almost
fuithful pertinacity, held to him, was Sir
John Bowerbnnk. Whether he, too, was
the sort of person who, once taking a liking,
great or'small, never relinquishes it,
or whether some other secret inner sympathy
attracted him to Toung Stenhouse, as
Doing not uniiKe wuat no miuseir naa ueen
as a young man, certain il was that tho head
of the firm never lost sight of his former
olerk; and when, on Mr. Knowle's suggesting
the advisability of a junior partner, the
question aroso who should be adopted into
>ioh a valuable and responsible situation,
the first person Sir John proposed to
whom tho offer should bo made was Mr.
Stenhouse.
Edward Knowlo was greatly amazed?
nav. TI~ ?'1 *
i j,,: *-vr"TY"V "" ,uuooa ?P his hair
with n troubled aspect.
I "Stop ? bit; I think?I think I should
Bk'KO to speak to my wife about this."
Sir John looked in undisguised surprise.
wAs vou please. But it never would oocnr
m me to consult my wife on busmoss mat"Why?"
"You see," awkwardly explained Mr.
Knowle, "a onrtner. which also imolies a
partner's wire, is a serious thing to the
woman-kind, bringing about much intimuey,
and all that. I fancy?of course it
is only a fancy of lutuo?that the ladies
would both like to be consulted about it
Shall my wife go and speak to Lady Bowerbank?"
"If she chooses; but it is really great
nonsense bringing domestic affairs into a
mere question of business. It will cause
delay, while every post is a matter of consequence.
I cannot seo the use of it all.
In fact, with your consent"?and his manner
implied with or without it, for Sir Joliu
Bowcrbank was a very obstinato man iu
his way, ns was well known to his paitnct
?"with your consent. I shall wrilo and
make the offer to tho young man tonight."
Ho did so, and it'was declined?declined
immediately and point-blank, without
any reason being assigned for the refusal.
Sir John was considerably annoyed. Tc
the answer, which had come, not uy letter,
but by telegram, so eager, apparently, was
the ronnor man to ration,tl?" ......
kindness, ho wrote nguin, suggesting easior
terms?terms so favorable tlint no man
in his senses seemed likely to refuse thorn,
and yet by return of post refused they
were.
"The man must bo mad," sa'd Sir John
to his partner.
"Perhaps," was the briof reply.
"Why, he has threo children and a delicate
wife, and scarcely enough salary to
ke? p them in bread and cheese; for you
know, at Lady Howcrbnnk's desiro, I found
out all about them., bho was interested in j
tbo wife, and mi'jht write and advise her
to persnado he^hushand out of his folly.
I must speak tdQldy liowerbank."
Meantime Lady itowcrbpnk had been ,
spoken to. In fear and trembling the ,
matter had boon broken to her by good
Mrs._ Kuowle, but there was no need for
sign of agitation. She niTfftilJt^ifflJiVy^lilKt
sho thought such a partnership would be ]
the best thing possible, both tor the firm
and for Mr. Stenhouse, and that she hoped
it would como about speedily. And then |
Bho lay looking into the sunset over the ,
sea, with a strange, soft expression in hoi
eve*.
* "Yon are euro?quite sure, my dear Emily,
that you have no objection?"
"No; why should 1? ' And sho added j
again, still moro earnestly, "Oh, no--not j
now."
"And by thnt," comnientod Mrs. Knowlo, I
as sho repeated the conversation to hei )
husband, "I am certain Emily feels that i
she is dying."
They talked tho whole metier over for n |
while, conjugally and confidentially, in j
their own room, for they had been asked I
to dine and sleep that night at Kummoi j
Lodge, as indeed they very often wore J
now, and then wont hack to tho drawing- j
room.
There, wiiito indeed as a dying face, Imt
eager witli all tho strength of life, lay poor
Emily, her husband sitting beside her sofa
in his <iuiet, attentive, elderly way, and
trying, as well as he could, to mako little
bits of talk concerning the news of the day
in Liverpool, to amuse lier during the hour
and a half that he and his guests dined,
and sho rested nlon<\ for she had now
c used entirely to join the eirolo at meals.
"Come hero. Mrs. Knowle, and say if you
do not agree with inn?you women understand
ouo another well. I have been tolling
my wife about that young man's exceeding
folly?your friend Slonhouse, I
mean- in refusing to enter our lirm. It
must bo a mere crotchet some otl'onso
taken, or the like, for which wo can't atl'ord
to loso such a useful partner, or to lot a
fino young follow out his own throat in
that way. I want Lihly lloworhank to
write to his wife, and reason with her. Sho
has a right; for Lady Eowerbank has done
all sorts of kind things to Mrs. Slenliouse.
"
"Kindness implies no right," said Emily
hastily and tremulously. "I don't know
her. I cannot write to her. What could
1 say?"
"Just a little common senso?that such
a chance as this docs not happen to a man
twice in a lifetime, that Ktenliouso should
take udvantago of it. Jlo is very poor. I
hear that ho can but just put broad iuto
the mouths of those three children. If bo
wero to join us ho would make his fortune."
"Mako his fortune," repeated Emily,
wistfully. "Ah! if that had beon?ouco.
T!,,t it ia tor, 1?t? now "
"Too Into, iny dear! Nonsense! Tlio
voting men cannot bo over thiily vet."
"Thirty-one and a half."
Sir John lloweibniil; looked exceedingly
surprised for tho moment. "I forgot you
Baid you know him."
"Yob, I did know him, as Mrs. Knowlo
is awaro. I met him at hor houso. I was
once going to bo married to him. llo was
very fond of ine."
Quito ?jniotly, without the slightest sign
of emotion, Kmily said those words, an if
it lntd boon a fact eommuuicatod concerning
a third person; so utterly divided irom
tho woild and tho passions of it Ktomed
that fiail creature, who already stood eloflo
on the portals of t'.io world to conic.
"Shall I go away?" whispered Mrs.
Knowlo, and yet she dreaded to do it, for
there w~s Bouelhing so unearthly iu
Kmilv's expression just then.
"Oh, no, do not leave me. You can tell
my hushand anything ho wisi.es to know.
Dear husband! you are not angry with 11.0?
J You know I was a poor weak thing ulwuys,
| and now all will soon bo over. It is far
tlio host far tho la st."
"1 do not undo;stand," said, with a distressed
air. Sir John l'owerl ank.
No, he di>l ot; it w.ih not in liim t<> understand.
And win 11, in a few wonts, for
her breath was short and In r itrongth
small. Kite told him ad the story not that
sue had muried liini without loving him,
for this ho knew from tho tirst; lint that
she had loved another, Irom whom she had
I bo n so cruelly n*| uratcd; that fioui iliul
J day her poor young life h id w ithered up
at its Very roots; Btill?still the worths
J man MNfta* K M totiu BU IHiiMau'o."
I Ho was sixty yean old,'and the tale belonged
to yonth and love; to a time which,
if he hod ever known, had now entirely
Eksaed away even from hie remembrance,
e just looked perplexed, and a little
eorry, and patted, with a soothing gesture,
the wasted hands that were held out to him
entrealingly.
"l)o not excite yourself?pray do not,
my dear! It is so very bad for yon. Just
tell ino what you wish, and I will try to
do it."
"And you are not augryi"
"About this young man? No, no. Of
course, it was a great pity, but the thing
happens every day. Don't fret about it,
Emily. You ore very comfortable as you
are?at least I hope so."
"Yes," said Emily; and her tears ceased,
and her quivering features settled Into
composure. No, he oould not understand
?this good, kindlv meaning elderlv man.
no rnoro than the tens of thousands of respeotablo
men and women of this world
ever do understand?the full meaning of
love. Love, happy or unhappy, mutual or
uureturned, perfect or unfulfilled, but still
real, true, heart-warm love, which is a gift
direct from Love divine, ami which ever to
know, or to have known, is a blessing
which fills a whole lifetime.
" You perceive, now, Six John," said
shrunken nana, wuoiu ~. .. - >??-V| -?-o
hung as loosely as the great hoop of diamonds
that guarded it. "vou perceive why
Mr. btonhouse is so insensible to all your
kindness. He thinks himself wronged,
and he was wronged?cruelly. Ho was
maue io believe one thing and I another,
and so we were parted. Please tell iny
husband how it was, Mrs. Knowle; I have
no strength for speaking much."
"Don't speak at all, for where is the
good of it?" said Sir John, who evidently
disliked tho discussion of tho matter.
"Things can't bo mended now, my dearl
lie has got a wife and you a husband. So,
oven if 1 wore to die, it would bo of no
use. You could not marry him."
"I was not thinking of marrying, but of
dying. Husband, I am certain I am dying;
and it is hard to die without his having
forgiven me, for ho ws\b n "good man, ana
he was terribly wronged. Often, often I
thought of asking you, but I had not courage.
" Now I have.~"Will you" do one thing
for me?"
"What, my dear?"
"Let me see John Stenhouse again- for
one-half hour?just one ten minutes?before
I die?"
"Don't talk of dyiug; you will livo many
years yot, I trust," said Sir John,
earnestly. i
Emily shook her-head. <
"Ah! you know better than that. And I
would not ask such kindness unless I wore
dyiug. It is not wrong; surely vou do not
think so.'' ftddod she, imploringly. 441
only want to toll him tho truth; that It was
riot I who deceived him; I want to save
him?ho is a good man, you. know?from
having his wholo life embittered and his
futuro injured by thinking of mo as a
wicked, faithless woman, wdio first jilted
him, and then lot her rich .husband insult
him by showing him kindness. The truth
would set all right?just three words of
honest, simple truth. ILusband, may I
see him? Mrs. Knowles, speak for me,
please."
"I really think your wife is right, Sir
John," snid plain-spoitking Mrs. lvnowle.
Coh' svmsftiL.?KaIUa it oionne vpursolvea,
e rose up. "Only take care that I.ady
Dowerbank doos not ovor-exert.horsolf.
"Thank yon," broalhed'ratherthan spoke
tho poor girl; in hor excessive fragileness,
slio seemed wasting back into thin girlhood
again. "And you wili fcrgivo mo because
I cannot either liarm you or grieve you
much, I shall bo dead so vory soon?quietly
dead, you know, ns your first wife is,
whom you never talked to me about. I
wish you find, now and, thou*. Were you
very fond of her? And'.I dare say she was
very fond of you?"
Tho old man suddenly sat down again,
covering his eyes with his hand.
"Don't mention hor, please. Poor little
-Tano?mtf Jauie. She loved me."
And ns he sat beside tho wife of his
prosperous later days, who, whether living
or dying, only ooldly esteemed him,
and was grateful to'him, perhaps the old
man's thoughts wout back, with a sudden
leap of memory, to tho wife of.his youth,
and his poverty, so fond, so simple, so
tender, and so true. When he took his
baud away there woro traces of tears on the
wi bored cheeks, and he rose .hastily to go.
"Well, my dear, wo need speak no moro
011 this matter. You can see Mr. Steuhouso
whenover you liko. and if yon cai
porsuado him to outer oiir firm, so much
tho better. Impress upon film that capital
is of no moment; a young, active, businesslike
man is tho one thing needed, both by
Mr. Knowlo and myself. Isn't it so Mrs.
KnowleV You'll writo the letter, perhaps.
And you will tako good care of my wife
here and not let her mope, eh?"
"I will, Sir John."
'"Good afternoon. then."
And he went away, leaving ., tho women
alone.
[TO HE CONTINUED. 1
How?
All truo temperance workers are striving
for the final and complete overthrow of the
hosts of rum; hut the question comes: "what
can we do in that direction now?" In our
work there are two things sodntiinately connected
that to accomplish the second wo
must accomplish tho first, and by accomj
plishing tho first wo work toward the ac- |
coinpllshment of the second. The one is the
enforcement of the present liquor laws, and
the other of the traffic. What we should do
now is to enforce tflh oxisting laws, and by
doing this we will work toward and up to
lotai prohibition. How strict the law in regard
to Bnndaytselling to minors and to habitual
drunkards! And yet here in our own
town how openly aro tine laws violated. Almost
under the shadow of our churches and
places where the work of God is proclaimed
| do wo find the damning stuff dealt out Suuday
alter Sunday. True, there was an effort
made not long ago to enforce the Sunday
law, ami with some success, but is the
matter to drop here? Shall the public officers
and others interested in the enforcement
of the law put their hands to the plow mid
then turn back? A good beginning was half
the battle, but not all. If after a good beginning
the warfare is abandoned, tho enemy
are the victors. Let us not desist, but rather
fight to the death and overcome through the
l.ord of Hosts, who is surely on our side.
!% ' '? ..... I ^ 'IL.
iii xnnjicirt uru.
The project??f building a National Tempi-ratio
Temple, twelve stories high and
costing $~.(N>,OU(>, was at first but. a dream ol
the Woman's Christian Tomperanco Union
Tins dream, however, is fast taking shape as
a very substantial and pructicul reality,
building stock to the amount of ulmosi
$ .Uit.ouo has already Iwen subscribed, and
various methods are being employed to mon
than double this sum. Mrs. Matilda H.Carso
President of the building Association, whos*
remarkablo business ability, tireless energy
and dauntless enthusiasm are wholly devoted
to this work, is confident of ultimate anil
coiuph'to success. The building will be called
the 'Woman's Temple," and will Ihj national
headi|uarters for all philanthropic and litotary
associations of women.
As significant of the growth of a public
policy against tho liquor trallic in Kngland
' tt ntuy be mentioned that Mr. !v N. Huston,
a wi altliv, aMo ami res|>eetahle brewer re
1 ceutly refused to enter a. contest for Parlia
i ment in the metropolis because it is so did!
r cult for one in "the trade" (o win.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON , FOR
APRIL 7.
Lesson Text: "Tho Triumphal Entry,"
Mark xlM i-11?Gplden
Text: Zech. fx., 9?
Commentary.
1. "And when tbey came nigh to Jerusalem,
unto Bethpage and Bethany, at the
Mount of Olives." After healing the blind
men, as He passed through Jericho, He tarried
at the house of Zacdieus, and spoke tho
parable of the nobleman and his servants, in
I which He taught them that the kingdom of
God would be postponed till He should return
from the far country. Arriving at
Bethany we find Him at supper in the house
of Simon the I^per, Martha, .Mary and
Lazarus all being present, and Mary anoints
Him beforehand for His burial. (Lube xix.,
John xii.) Then follows this lesson, in which
we see Him fulfilling the prophecy written
in Zech. ix., 0, for He came to fulfill the law
and the prophets, to fulfill all righteousness.
(Matt, v., 1 ; ilL, 15.1 He is now in the last
week of His earthi* ?
qm?q Fwwion WeA
present Himself to HU *5?^frit. going
about doYng good, w? are apt to think of
Him only as Jesus our Saviour,on His way to
tha cross, showing forth in His life the lovo
and power of God; but if we would understand
the Scriptures we must not lose
sight of this great fact that He is Israel's
Messiah and as such is ever fulfilling before
their eyes the Scriptures of their prophets,
that they may be without excuse for rejecting
Him; and that since their rejection of
Him as their King, and His consequent setting
them aside as His people for a time. He
is now in the interim between Daniel's sixtyninth
and seventieth week gathering out
from Jew and Gentile that new company,
the ono l>ody. His church?a mystery Kept
secret from the foundation of the world, but
revealed unto the apostles.
2, "Go your way into the village over
against you." Very often our work is just
at our hand in our own house or town or village,
or among those nearest to us, and if we
are unwilling to do the next thing, or reject
the opportunity nearest to us, because perhaps
it is a small one, He may seo fit to give
us nothing else to do, and we stand idle or
vainly seeking work agreeable to us, because
we will not do that which He has appointed.
When the workmen under Neijomiab rebuilt
the walls of Jerusalem it Is jniaii
again that certain oaw repaired "by his
house" or "over against Bis bouse or chamber."
(Neb. iii., 10, 23.28 :10.) "As soon as ye
be entered into it," How often it is that as I
soon as wo start forth in His Name ready to
do whatever our hands find to do, we find the
work all ready for us and nearer to hand
than we thought.
"Ye shall find a colt tied, whereon uever
man sat; loose liiin and bring him." While
Mark and Luke mention only the colt, Matthew
mentions the two animals, "un ass and
a colt with her." Just as Samuel could, by
the Spirit of God. tell 'Saul whom he would
meet that day, and what each ono would
have, and say, and do (I Sam. x., 1-7).
the same Spirit in Jesus Christ knew just
where these animals would be found tied-.for
the Spirit of God is perfect in knowledge
(Job xxxvL, 4) and He is in every true believer
to teach us all things (John xiv., 17, 2'l).
3, "Say ye that the Lord hath need of
i,i,? i. i
....... j i uub sense lie neods not anything,
soeing that He giveth to all life, nttd breath,
and all things (Acts xvii., 25), but Ho is
pleased to use weak and foolish things in
accomplishing His purposes if He only ilnds
^WYti^yhoK and ready to His bdud. Does
cheerfully, atiJTJlie'readiness ofrfuftelf'ltfWsi.
Jesus have the use of his boat and to wait
upon Him (Luke v., 1-10) rather rebuke us
for our oft unwillingness to place ourselves
und all that we aro and have at His disposal!
4. "They went their way, and found the
colt tied by the door without, in a place
where two ways met." Luke says; "l'hey
found even as He had said unto them."
(Luke xix.) We will always find it, both in
th<s world and in the world to come, just as
He says; and there is no way wo can houor
Him like believing and obeying His word
without questioning. "1 believe Hod, that it
shall he even as it was told me" (Acts xxvii,
25), is a grand life motto for every Christian,
remembering also the blessings upon
those who believe (Luke i, 45; John xx., 21')
5,0. "They said unto tlieni even as Jesus
had commanded." Where the word of a
King is there is power (Eccl. vili., 4), and
when we go in His name bearing His message,
we have only to speak His word faithfully,
and it will not return to Him void
(Gen. xxiii., 2S; Isa. lv., II.) The results
which He intends to accomplish are sure to
come; the responsibility of tiie messenger is
to get the message correctly ami deliver it
plainly and faithfully in His name. As
these two men sought something for Jesus
and for His use, so we are to seek souls and |
results, not for ourselves,but for Him whom |
we serve.
7. "They brought the colt to Jesus, and
cast their garments on him; and He sat upon
him." There were two animals and two
men; why did the men not bring the asses
riding upon thorn? That would have been
appropriating to thoir own use that which
they had obtained for their laird. No, they
obtained thorn for Jesus, and they brought
them to Him. and, placing their garments
on the colt, He sat thereon. This ass's colt
seems to me such a ?"? "
sinnor unsaved that I cannot refrain from
some allusion to it; and although not Mattering
to the sinner, it is very scriptural; lot
those uso it who tind profit in it. In Jol? xi.,
V2, man is said to bo born a wild ass's colt,
a.nd in Kxodus xiii., 13; xxxiv., 20, the iirstling
of an ass and the first born of man are
put oa a level as regards redemption; this
colt is found where two wavs meet, and muy
not the'narrow way of life be said to lead
oil' from the broad way of ruin, just by
whero every sinnor is found? As the colt
had to be loosed, so every sinner lias
to be loosed from bis bonus with which
Satan has bound him; as tho untamed
colt Is meekly submissivo to Jesus,
so Jesus can subdue mid make nicek
and lowly the most haughty spirit; as Jesus
is exalted and the colt hidden,so I be business
of the sinner brought to Christ is to bo a
Christ bearer.hidiug self and exalting Jesus;
and as Jesus had need of this colt, so it may
be said that Cod wants the sinner to become
His child, Jesus wants him to become His
joint heir, and the Spirit wants liim to become
His temple,
H. "Garments?and branches?strewed in
the way," These tokens of submission and
adoration 011 the part of the people, which
was so short lived, point us to the time when
all things shall be subdued unto Him (I Cor.
xv., 2S), ami they also seem to ask us: What
does your submission and adoration amount
to? Is it sincere, permanent and increasing?
1'. "Hosanna; blessed i3 He that cowicth ill
the name of the Lord." These words are
found in I's. cxviii., 25, 20, the first word
being made up of two Hebrew words, signifying:
"Save now I beseech thee." In tiio
same psalm we find ic written: "The stone
which tho builders re fit sod is become the
headstone of the corner," an t when the head
stone shall be brought forth with shoutings,
crying: Grace, grace unto it (Zecli. iv., i),
then shall this song of praise be sung, not as
it wag that day, but sincerely. His own words
In f ?i.~ ?' *?
n mi/if HUVI ill iiiu nrrn "?r
noM, your hou** is left unto you desolate, foi
I say unto you. Ye shall not seo mo hence
forth, till yo nay, Blessed is Ho that cometl
in the namo of the Lord" (Matt, xxi., ;W, :>0)
10. "Blessed Ikj the kingdom of our fnthoi
David, that eometli in tlio name of the Ixird
hosauna in the highest." An pverlastinj
kingdom hod been promised to David (li
Mam. vii., I Chron. xvii.), and the promise*
Messiah was to set U[>on His throno (Ian. ix.
<5, 7; I .like i., ill-lid). The kingdom had beei
for three years just at haud, tho King walk
inn 'heir midst,but tliey knew not the thing!
which belonged to their peace, they kiiev
not tho time of their visitation, as H<
sees the judgments whicli shall romo upoi
them il? v/eej?s over them (Luke xlx., 41
14>. liven the disciples under* too 1 not thnsi
things now being enacted Imfore their oyc
until they received the Spirit of l'entecist
I
I A Pillow-Son^.
J Pillow my head on a promise Divine,
t Comfort my soul with a woril that is Thine,
Calm me and rest me and soothe mo with
psalm.
Breathe o'er my spirit a message of balm!
Spare mo a seraph out of Thy host,
Send me the angel who lovet? Thee most,
Let him but whlsjK>r the praise of Thy Name,
Till my tired spirit can murmur the samo.
Cradle my soul on Thy wonderful love,
Teach me the song that they warble above!
In the night watch, Thou callest for me,
Peacefully, swiftly, I'll hasten to Thee!
?Clara Thwaites.
A Ifojtrt to Glvo.
It is a great blessing to have a heart which
makes us willing to do what we ought to do.
It is n sad thing to bo mean by nature; and
we all have enough of meanness t<? know the
importance of a generous spirit?in others.
Some men and women are nioro inclined to
bo open-handed than others are. They deserve
no kiwvmmI ?*- ?
lieve what is written."
Til. "And Jesus entered into Jerusalem,
and into the teiuple." Matt, xxi., 14-16,telli
us that tho blind and lame caino to Him and
were healed, that the children sang His
praise, and that tho Scribes and Pharisees
found fault. The little children and the
poor and neody are those who receive blessing
from Him, while the proud, self-satisfled,
fault-finding religious ones get nothing.
I^tuscome to Him realizing our need and
our utter helplessness, and coming thus as
little children we shall know of His fullness
and exceeding grace.?Lesson Helper.
* TEMPERANCE.
A Knot of Ribbon.
A gift?a knot of ribbon white
So frail, 1 rend it with my hand.
And yet, with strongest ties it holds
The firmest, truest, holiest band
! That ever loved, and lived to save
"For God," their "homes and native land.'
A pledge?"I promise to abstain,"
It is no sacrifice to me;
But joy, to burst the shackles loose
And help to set the captive free;
-IrVigsfl-Bgg jnifUBhWrllMt f"rl"?
1 While hope exists, while faith endure.
To fail or falter at our task;
Or doubt the Great Physician's cure;
Watching through darkness, for the day
That dawns, eternally, fcnd sure.
And so, dear friend, this ribbon white,
Pure emblem of our sisterhood,
Pll treasure through the coming years,
And willing toil for future good,
Trusting in Him whose promises
Have for "sternal ages stood."
?Jennie K. Kinmore, in New York Voice
Drinking Capacity of Belgians.
Statistics show that on tho average every
man, woman and child in Belgium consumes
yearly two hundred and forty quarts of beer
and thirteen quarts of spirits. This consumption
exceeds the average rate of any other
country in Kurope. The Government of Belgium
surely ought to arouse itself, and at
once ?to something to reform tho drinking
habits of the people.?Indr/tenrlent.
Tho Young Corporal.
A lad, a corporal in the French army,
when drunk, struck his superior officer. He
was tried by a court-martial and sentenced
to be shot, and_cast into prison to await the
effort niade to secure Lus pardon, but without
success. The Colonel, however was much
attached to him, and wus unremitting in las
efforts to secure a pardon, which lie at
length succeeded in doing, on condition that
if ever known to be drunk again he should bo
shot dead. Tho Colonel went to the prison
to inform the young corporal of his pardon.
"Ah, Colonel," said the unhappy young
man as the ollicer entered, "see what my
folly has brought me to."
"Suppose," said the Colonel, "that I should
tell you that on condition that you never in
your life driuk again a pardon is extended
to you." A gleam of hope brightened the
young mnn's face. "Your life to bo tho forfeit
if you ever tasto liquor again," added the
Colonel.
"Impossible!" aaid tlio poor ladL "I cannot
livo and not drink. Must I never drink;
"Never."
The poor young fellow relaps?d into hopelessness.
"Nothing could keep mo from it. It would
be impossible to keep the condition."
?til want your wont and pledge of honor as
a soldier," said tho Colonel, appealing to the
military spirit and high sense of honor he so
well know tho youth t*r m. l n0
"See, Colonel," cried the young soldier.
"See here and now," and he lifte-.l his arm
toward heaven, "that never with the help of
God, will I put liquor to my lips again."
That lad became commander of the Imperial
Guard whose \ ory num.) became such
a power, and he kept the pledge in the same
spirit that characterized his memorable utterance:
"The Old Guard dies, but never
surrenders."
Now you see bow much that sting of tho
liquor serpent costs. It came very near costing
that brave young corporal his life. It is
a very costly thing to the country in dollars
and cents. It costs us three hundred and sixty
times as much as it does to pay tho salaries
of al! the ministers of tho gospel. The salaries
of our ministers amount to sixty mill
ions of dollars. And it costs twenty-two
hundred millions of dollars to keop the liquor
traffic, and keep the sting of the liquor serpent
doing its work.
/)ni?iages for a Drunkard's DeatTiWhen
William McCarthy went homo at
the eud of his day's work ho was sol>er.
After supper ho went to Wells's saloon, drank
"a glass full* of whisky," stayed there half
an hour and left partly intoxicated.
Ho drank at several other places during
the evening, and by ten o'clock was so intoxicated
that "ho appeared unable to walk
ami was in charge of two men who had hold
of him, one on each side, and were encouraging
him to try to walk." Ho was not
seen alive after that. His body was found
in a mill-race, where ho had lieon drowned
in about three feet of water.
This was in Oneida County, N. Y.
His widow sued Wells under the Civil
Damage act of 18i:>, which provides that?
Kvery husband, wife, child, parent,
guardian, employer or other person who
shall be injured in person, property or
moans of support by an intoxicated person,
or in oonsequenco of the intoxication,
habitual or otherwise, of any person, shall
have a right of action against any person ot
persons who shall, by selling or giving away
intoxicating liquor, havo caused tlio intoxication
in whole or in part.
Mrs. McCarthy won her case 011 trial and
got a verdict for damages from the jury
Wells insisted that he was not liable foi
McCarthy's death and appealed to the
General Term of the Supreme Com*. Thai
tribunal has decided against him. "We nr<
of opinion,says Justice Martin, "that tin
evidence was sufficient to warrant the jurj
in finding that tho death or tne piaintnr .<
husband was caused by Ids Intoxication, ant
tliat his intoxication was caused in whole 01
in part l?y liquor furnished him by tho de
fondant. "?Nriu York llerahl.
To in pern nee News and N'otos.
Tho Mohammedans call intoxicating
liquor "shame water."
Massachusetts has in -orp >rated a prohibition
of cider into its proposed amendment.
Mrs. Richardson states that, although Cali
fornia fieopje consume larger quantities o
wino, there are few Mates where (lie amoun
of distilled liquors used is so great for thi
population,aud in those districts wli re wine
drinking is almost universal saloons receivi
large patronage.
Tlio lieathou Kmperor of China toaclie:
America a worthy lesson when ho says: "
will never consent that the State shall seel
proiit from the suffering and degrcdation o
the people.". Rub from a purely financia
standpoint the license policy is "jienny wis
and pound foolish."
Rev. 1). hj. Hushnell, I).D.t a i'reibyUtria.
clergyman of hij^listanding,gives the follow
ing strong testimony: "1 liavo positively
seen an entire family,including tho prattliuj
Kohu uml Mm rynn tr.lini 1 rr r*?< ti> I _ lamn ileiiii!
i to a stupor in their own home oil their nwi
home-made, puro, light California win?."
Mississippi Masons in a recant session pro
r nouiied against the saloon by unanimous!;
sustaining the action of (Jrand Masto
, Kvaus in arresting tho charters of lodge
[ disregarding the resolution passed at thei
j last general meeting, that no saloon keep?
could remain in fellowship with tho Mason i
J body.
Arthur l>. Cochrane, of Now Yor/t city, i
s making u great success of the junior pr*.
> liihitinn movomeut Boys and girls nude
a twenty-one years of age, who believe i
i lighting the liipior demon with tho inviucibl
and uncompromising weapon of iiatiom
s prohibition, are organizer! into clubs an
s trained in the methods be t adapted to tb
* warfare.
mm i Fngi-riiTLnMLMg 1
every call of God or mtJwMJflyMWyMMMj ?
to part with it freely mar gwtety, Vhey /wwUt
l>e pitied. They would give, if only their
hearts mode them willing. Tho 1 rouble is
not in their pockets, I ut in their puckered
and slir. veiled hearts. Poor creatures!?Sunday
School Times.
Finish What You Itcgln.
My old great grandmother Knox h'd n
way of making l.er children linish their
work. If they began a tiling thoy had to
coninleto it. If they undertook to
builu a cob-houso, they must not lonvo it till
it was done; and nothing of tho work or plnv
to which they vet their hands would she nilow
them to abandon incoiniileto. I sometimes
wish I had been trained in this wnv.
How much of life lias lieon wasted in unfinished
work? Many a man u-es up his time
in splendid beginnings. Tho labor devoted
to commence ten things and leavo them useless
would finish five of them and make them
Iirofltable and useful. Finish your work,
nfo is brief; time is short. Stop Iteginning
forty things, and go back and finish four.?
Christian Observer.
A distinguished (loneral related this pathetic
incident of bis own ox|?erienco in our
civil war. Tho General's son was a lieutenant
of'battery. An assault was being
made. The father was leading his division
in a charge. As lie pressed on in the field,
suddenly his eye wr.s caught by the sight of
a dead nailery oincer tying just uoioro mm.
One glnnco showed tiim it was his own son.
His fatherly iinjnilse was lo stop beside the
dear body and give vent to his grief; but the
duty of the moment demanded that Impress
on in the charge. So, uuickly snatching one
hot kiss from the dead lips, he went on leading
his command in the assault.
Ho Aaron was summoned away from
grief to duty, and could not pause for any
mourning on the death of liis two sons.
Usually the pressure is not so intense, and
we can pause longer to weep and do honor to
the memory of our dead; yet the principle
is the same. God does not want us t > waste
our lifo in tears. We are to put our grief
into new energy of service, and it should
make us more earnest, more useful. God's
work must not be allowed to suffer while we
still go on. The worli in "fl'ie'' lfftHif
the store, in the field, must be tukon upagain
?the sooner the better. 'Ibis is a lesson we
need to learn well, that when a shock of sorrow
comes, we may not be paralyzed by it,
but mnv rise again at once nod press on in
the puth of duty and appointed service.?
Westminster 'readier.
Family Religion.
Ten years ngo, says a student, when an unconverted
man, I boardod in the family of a
pious woman whoso husband wasnot a Christian.
There was a daughter of nineteen,
another of fourteen, and a son of ten. Kvery
morning, after breakfast, 1 heard that humble
woman gather her family in the kitchen,
and read with thorn a chapter, "verse
nlxwl," in the Bible. Then, as I could not
help listening, there was a peculiarity of service
winch quito mystified inc. At last 1
asked one day if I might remain. She hesitated,
her daughter blushed, but said
1 cou'd do so if I really desired.
Ko I sat down with tho rest. They
? TuJaiiianf nml WA a'lfll II
*??*? .!< ?? , -
verso in turn. Then, kneeling on the floor,
that mother hognu her prayer niulilfly for
her dear ones there, her husliand, nnil herself;
and then pausing n moment as if to
gather her energies or wing her faith, uttered
a tender, affectionntn supplication for
me. she dosed, and her daughter began to
pray. Poor girl, she was afraid of mo; I
vas from college; I was her teacher; but she
remulously asked for a blessing as usual.
Chen came the other daughter, and at last
he son?the youngest of that circle, who
>nly repento | tho Lord's Prayer, with
>ne petition of his own. His amen was said,
ant 110 one arose. I knew they were waiting
ior mo. And 1?poor, prnyerless I?had no
word to say. It almost broko my heart. I
hurried from tho room, d -solute and guilty.
A few weeks only passe?l when I asked their
liermission to come in once more; and then I
prayed t?x>, and thanked my ever-patient.
Saviour for the now hoj>o in my la art, and
the now song on my lip.?Christian Guardi
tan.
"I'Yed My I/nml>s."
J. Thero had boon continued ser\ ice in a ecrf
tain church a number of days, and tho roligi
iousintere-t throughout tho community was
f intense. It was tho most powerful lovival I
j have over witnessed. Among those who had
I constantly tiecn attending the services was a
little boy. the grandson of Judge ltlank, a
. distinguished man in the community, and
the grandson of one of the founders of tho
Christian church in Kentucky.
Our pastor announced < no day, flint, on
; that evening there would be a meeting of tho
session for tlio reco| tioii of members. This
little boy was only It years old, but his
heart had l>eeii touched by the spirit of (lod.
He asked the perinis-ioti of his grandmother,
r under whoso charge he was, to present him
! self t > the elders. She was astonished and
# embarrassed, and said:
"My dear child you are too young for
such a very serious step. You must wait
until you are older."
This was more than the child could cn?
dure. He I nrsL into tears, and hid his head
\ iii her lap. It was some limo bef' ro lie ro"
gained composure. Ho then said:
I "(Iraudma, if you h:ul a (lock of sheep and
lauihs, anil it was wili er time, would you
lit all the big sheen in stables mill leave the
liltle. lambs outside in the snow a::tl the
1 cohIV
'J'lio little hoy's faith anil earnestness triV
unipltoil. His'grandmother o.sciited. He
5 was examined as to his faith in Christ, ami
* received into the church.
1 It. is many years since this little l>oy way
converted. Ilo was afterwards nstud'iital
i college under my tuition. He was a bright
Y nnd intelligent student. lb- bceaine a p ysi
r cinn, and tie h nil of a publie institution ol
s the State of Kentii Icy. He is still an earn
r est ami devoteil lollowei'of Christ. Karlj
r piety is apt to liccoin -eminent piety.?Atner
c icun Messcnycr.
is
>- Kind words produce their own image it
r men's souls, and a beautiful image it is. Tliej
a soothe mid quiet and comfort tho hearer
le They shame him out of his sober, morose
it unkind feeling-. We have not yet begun b
d us kind words in such abundance as thej
is ought to be usod?Pascal,
i.1 U ITLJJJilV 14.
Eulern and Middle Stat?.
The English brewery buying syndicate
has paid <<>,800,000 for Ktank Jones's brewery
at Portsmouth, N. H.
Oeorue A. Wells, a well-to-do farmer of
Exeter, R. I., was burned to death in a Are
that destroyed his dwelling.
St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in New
York city by a parade, exercises at JoueS's
Wood ana several dinners in the evening,
chief among them being that of the St. Patrick
s Society at the Hoffman House.
At Malianoy City (Penn.) colliery throe
miners, David Evaus and his sons,David and
Edward, were engaged in robbing pillars
when suddenly the roof fell, catching all
three men. The father nnci son Edward
were crushed to death, wbilo David received
severe injuries.
The Deputy Postmaster of New Brunswick,
N. J., has absconded with <9000.
North & Co., pork packers, of Boston,
have assigned, with liabilities estimated at
<750.000.
The body of John Kynard, aged fiftyeight
years, a farmer, who lived near Carlisle,
Penn., was found hanging to the
rafters of his barn, he having committed
suicide.
plerflk niAimt.u ? *
|ir - m - "-"" y "*" wore raging in the
named Truebeart, ngbn nTSrT2f?nou?aai?t? nn
spectively, perished in the flames.
The big car and paint shops of the Central
Railroad of New Jersey at Ashley, Penn.,
wero totally destroyed by Are. About
two hundred men were employed in the
shops, l.oss, over $100,000.
Juliana Mutter, wife of Ferdinand Mutter,
a well-to-do fariuor.living near Newark,
N. J., was murdered by Josoph Baltsman, a
Swiss farm hand, with a carpenter's hammer.
Si mow Jennings, of Deep River, Conn.,
proprietor of the Jennings Bit and Auger
Works and worth $JMX 1000, has boen removed
to a private insane asylum. He isamombor
of the Connecticut legislature.
The Republicans of Rhode Island assembled
in Slate Convention at Providenco
and tendered a re-nomination to Governor
Taft. He declined to accept it, whereupon
Herbort W. Ladd, of Providence, was
unanimously selected to head tho State
ticket
During the recent storm the ravages of
the wind and waves were very severe along
tho New Jersey coast, particularly at Atlantic
City.
wtmtn- ? ? - _ . . The
boiler of tho Whitney & Tuttle sawmill
exploded nt Pound, Wis., wrecking the
structuro and killing Otis Clement and
August Bedel. Four others were seriously
injured.
McOhbw'R llouring mill and the adjoining
elevator, nt lAJxington, Ma, wore destroyed
by fire. Ixms $?.r?,000. ,
Tiik annual rejnirt of the Chicago, Bur*
lingtou und (Juincy for 1888 shows a deficiency
of ?I,:1HI,435.
Hai.k tho business portion of Colfax, III.,
was destroyed by llro. Tho losses amount to
#UO,00J.
A colored man of Winston, N. C., was
seen to take one of his children off into tho
wood and ro'urn without it. Ho then took
another child and hold it in tho lire, literally
cooking it nlivo. Search was mode for tho
first child. It won discovered somo dlstanco
iu the wood with its neck brokon.
Ex-President Cleveland and his party
were rocoived with fireworks and brass
bands at Jacksonville, Flo.
WilsonVcanYortReasJCTrtlJmis^i
in extrtfordinary session. '
Oeoroe R. Cari.ton, bookkeeper for
Smith brothers & Co., of Seattle, Washington.
has disappeared, leaving a shortage of
?10,000.
Gup. Werner, a tailor, shot and fatally
wounded Joe Spendlovo, a pawnbroker, at
Topeka, Kail., and then took his own life. A
quarrel over tho rent was the cause.
Washington.
postmaster-general WaNAMAKKR liOS
appointed J. Lowrie Bell to bo Huparlntendentof
tho Railway Mall Service vico W. L.
Bancroft, resigned.
Ex-Postmaster General Tyner has
been appointed Assistant Attorney-Gonorai
for the Postofilce Department.
Secretary Windom has appointed T. E
Byrnes, of St. Paul, Minn., to be Chief of'
tho appointment division or tho Treasury
Department, vice P. E. Smith,resigned.
Captain Edmund R. Morhe, of Rutland.
Vt., has l>eeu appointed Private Secretary
to Secretary of War Prootor.
Ma Hew all, recently Consul General at
Samoa, who was removed by the last Administration,
will accompany the Samoan
Commissioners to Berlin in tho capacity of
disbursing o'.liccr.
Vice-President Morton announced tho
appointment of tho following select Committee
on tho April Constitutional Celebration
iu Now York: Senators Hfscook, Sherman,
Hoar, Voorhees and Eustis.
Mi?. T. E. Byrnes, of St Paul, Minn., has
nccantflj tho position of chief of the Appolut
nient J'ivision of the Treasury.
Mr. Thomas, the newly-appointed Minister
to Sweden and Norway, reported at tho
State Doi>urtinont a few days ago and took
tlie oath of otlleo.
Tub committee appointed to cxamino and
rejKjrt cn tho now United States gunboat
Yorktown accepted her. The committee expressed
the opinion to Secretary Tracy that'
she was ono of tho l>pst war vessels of her
class owned by nny^Government.
I'ostmastkk-Gknerao Wanauakeii has
issued an order directing all clerks in the
oflico until otherwiso directed, to begin work
at 8;:i0 o'clock a. u., instead of 0 o'clock, as
heretofore, and to remain at their desk9 until
0 o'clock k m., instead of 4 o'clock.
Foreign.
The natives have risen on the Kwang 81
frontier of Tooquln and killed T03 Frenchmon.
The strike in the s'nipbuilding.trade at Bol- ,
fast,Ireland, is spreading. About 1000 men ?
are now idle.
The great FYeuch copper syndicate has
failed.
Enolanh has despatched a small squadron
to Morocco, on account of the unsatisfactory
attitude of tho Hultau toward tho Hritiuli
Government.
The Prussian Government lias granted a
subsidy of ?2.000.000 to aid in tho construe*
tion of n canal connecting the Kibe anil
Travo Kiver.i.
A cotton null at Untcrhauson, Germany,
v/as destroyed by lire. The loss is $1,000,000.
Km Thomas Gladstone, Hart., is dead.
He was thu only surviving brother of the
i Kight lion. W. *15. Gladstone, and was born
i July 25, lbOt.
Mr. Matthews, tlio Home Secretary, has
announced that Mr. Parnell's counsel would
i be allowed tho samo freedom of access to
convicts in Irish prisons as was allowed the
counsel for the ixrndon Times in working up
its case for presentation before tho PameU
I Conmiission.
' Pill me Minirtrh Vo.v Tisza was hooted at
' and pelted with stones as he was leaving the (
' Hungarian Chamber of Deputies.
~ The daily average of deaths from yellow
fover at ltio Janeiro, lha/il, is about fifteen.
Two lishing Units wero swamped in a gale
olf Stornowny, Kngiaitd, and the twelve
occupants were drowned,
i Foijhtkex of the largest paper-makers in
/ Kngl.ind have formed a syndicate for the
purpose of raising prices. "The capital of the
syndicate is *10,000,000.
Wii.i.iA u J. CALHOUN, who was sentenced
to !>e hange 1 at Dover, Del., has been respited
by Governor Higgs until April, 1914,
<* ^