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? y . , -# \ ? -. - Mynhe > 99999999 BY ST. QEORQ' 99999999 copyright 3s3\ Eor 1X a CHAPTER X. TLAYiSQ TEN-PIN8 WITH A HUMAN BALL. The head of a man is outlined in the window ? features invisible, for It is only a Rilhoutte against the background formed by the moonlight , without. Evidently the unknown has come of the climbing qualities of an pe, since he has clambered up the face of a wall ten feet in height, aided by only a few running vines. Mynheer Joe shuts his teeth together with a click, and then, turning part-1 iy over, coolly watches the window, J ?iot forgetting to breathe regularly, as A sleeping person might. The head remains stationary for per- j baps a minute, and it is evident that | the man 'is bending his ear to listen eagerly. Then the head vanishes once more. Joe takes advantage of the respitg to change his position still more, asnno whore ho pnn concentrate his muscles into giving a tremendous leap. Then he calmly awaits the turn of events. Before long the head reappears again, this time seeming to have more confidence than on previous occasions,' Nor does the man stop there?his shoulders appear and gradually he pushes his way up over the sill of the window. Ah, he Is coining in, this uninvited guest! Now he has passed the Rubicon and crouches upon the floor?Joe can just see him in the moonlight and at the same time notes another fact that Alls him with wonder. A second head has bobbed up beyond the line of the, sill. Again he has the dark silhouette against the light background. "Confusion!" thinks the traveler. "Are my apartments about to be Invaded by an army? Has El Mahdi sent liis advance guard against Cairo, or are they just common, every-day robbers bent on plunder!" He is not the man to lose time in useless.speculation. Precious seconds are passing, and something must be done at once ere more of his unknown enemies gain the room. , Fortunately this man k accustomed to meeting emergencies, and thinks very little of it under ordinary circumstances. His plan of action is very simple and characteristic of his nature. The recumbent form upon the couch becomes imbued with sudden life. T.t is as If steel springs have beeu given to it. A stone could not be shot from .a catapult with greater rapidity than be passes through space. There is hardly a sound to indicate bis coming, and the crouching wretch upon the floor cannot have sufficient warning to get out of the way. He bears a rushing noise, and then something falls upon him, just as the eagle swoops on its prey. A brief struggle ensues, during which the unknown emits several cries rage. The man at the window hardly knows what to do, as he cannot tell the exact status of things inside, but believing his ussi%tance may be needed he starts to crawl over the v aUl. >6-At this Instant something comes -. against him with crushing force. It -.is the body of his companion, whom ".Mynheer Joe has bodily raised, with all the strength of his powerful arms, and tossed toward the oi>ening. t This conclusion proves too much for *lie fellow who is in the act of clambering in. He looses his hol?l, clutches at the body of his companion, and, \ locked in each other's arms, they go plunging down to the flags below. Joe hears the thud of their fall, and immediately looks out of the window. He sees a writhing mass below. Then1 ;a man scrambles to his feet and scut- 1 ties across the open, looking more like a. skulking jackal than aught else. A groan from below. The second Tellow Is picking himself up now. He, too, moves off with a painful limp, as! though his fall has given him causel j for suffering. Mynheer Joe laughs Aloud in a mocking way. "Come again, my friends! The latch*trlng is always out!" he calls softly.; | There is no answer. And the second skulking form hides itself, as did the first, among the shadows on the oujer siae 01 me piazu. ^The traveler still leans from his' window and ponders. There Is something about this business that puzzles him, and causes his brow to assume a serious, thoughtful expression. What did these men seek?his money or his life? The first thought is, of course, that they were ordinary robbers. Cairo swarms with them in spite of military precaution; and there is no more cunning thief in the world than he of Egypt?he can give his fellows all over the globe points and beat them. A second idea that has Hashed into Joe's mind is connected with the False Prophet. El Mahdi has emissaries in Cairo. Can it be that already the word has been passed among them to do him to death?him, the sole foreign .survivor of the Kliartoom massacre? Even this, though singular, seems to be near the truth, and yet Mynheer; Joe has a third idea. He gropes after' it in darkness, not being able to grasp the details and make a connected theory of it. "Well?" comes In a calm voice not, more than five feet away from hia ?are, causing Joe U> V\xp his head Immediately. t\ Tap bK jub. | E JRATHBORNE. f J iert Bonnie's Sons. A p,JO He sees a human head in the moonlight, thrust from an adjoining window. It is Mr. Grimes who has spoken. Then Joe remembers the peculI iar elrcumstances of his awakening. I Could it be possible that after all he heard a voice whisper: 1 "Mynheer Joe, awake?danger!" I "They have gone but are not forgot1 ten," murmurs Grimes, humorously. J "You saw them, then?" asks Joe* quickly. J "Well, rather," replies the other, l chuckling; "and If that last fellow don't feel sore to-morrow, I'm mistaI ken Jp. my guess." j "I hope he will?it may lead to iden| tify the rascal. Mr. Grimes?" ! 1?. "Was it you who warned me? j "I whispered through a crack in the i wall in about the spot where I be lieved your bed to be." "A thousand thanks, my dear sir. When I awoke I hardly knew whether i I had dreamed it or not. Then my ' eye caught the fellow's head at the j window. I waited until he crawled in and then doubled both up together." "Very neatly done, sir, I must say. These rascally thieves are very daring just at present." "I have" been thinking it over and had about come to the conclusion that these fellows were bent upon something else." "Ehl You mean murder? That they are some of the Mahdi's followers or spies, determined to have vengeance ' on you for the part you took at Khartoom?" says Mr. Grimes. "Perhaps so. Are you dressed, sir?" "Partially so. I couldn't sleep and i was looking out of the window from an easy chair when I heard a noise and caught sight of the sly rascals climbing up the wall like a couple of ! monkeys. I was puzzled at first how | to warn you, and only hit upon that i little scheme as a happy thought. Glad j to know it worked so well." i "Would you mind coming into my room ?" "Not at all," responds the pseudo silver king, cheerfully. "I am always at the service of my friends, and particularly Mynheer Joe." "I want to investigate something? i think I've got a clew to a still darkI er piece of business." I "Good for you, my boy!" Mr. Grimes's head vanishes from the i window. When, a few minutes later, I lie opens the door of Joe's room. ' which the latter has unfastened, he finds that worthy has lighted a lamp., with which the room is fortunately provided in place of the ordinary cau^ ; die. Mynheer Joe seems to be bending [ low, as if examining something on thd licor. Has the man upon whom he pounced been wounded, and does Joe' ( | think he can learn anything from the? stains left behind * As Mr. Grimes bends over his shoul-( < der he makes a discovery that forcest an exclamation from his lips. Upon ( the fioor can be seeu the fragments of a small vial that has evidently been, shattered by some violent concussion. This, in itself, is not what wrenches that cry from the detective. He sees the matting covering the floor discolored and eaten Into by some power- ' ful ageut. I "What do you say?" asks Joe, sol- , eniuly. * Mr. Grimes rubs one finger over the ruined matting and feels the result almost immediately. "There can be no question about the) m\P tlmt n/>l/l " ho ronlioa ninl i Jiis whole maimer is sober, as though he realizes the extreme gravity of the situation. Mynheer Joe nods his head. "It is the proof I was looking for. My suspicions now have a double foundation. I no longer grope in the dark?I see." "One thing is as evident to me as the nose on your face. You have a foe who would hesitate at nothing in order to ga.\n revenge. A flend in mortal, shape for whom the tortures of the' Inquisition would be too good!" "Exactly! You understand, this party does not seek my death, but would make me a hideous object for life, from whom women, and one woman in particular, must turn with shuddering horror." "Good heavens, Joe, can you mean* it?" "Does not the evidence point that way. The one woman to whom I have reference?let me be plain in this?is Molly Tanner. Who Is it hates* me because she smiles on me. You,v yourself, told me this baron was a , .o -J ?1? * 1 11UII Kill LlL'llU WI1U uuu IUU5U1 uuuiCAous duels and who looked upon the lives of his fellows as mere steppingstones by means of which he could climb upward!" "Perhaps you are right, sir," says Grimes, reflectively. ! He cannot quite come to the conviction that a white man could be guilty of such a dastardly piece of business. "And I grow more positive of it with every breath that I draw. I have not yet told you of the first cause for such a suspicion that came to me," pursues Joe, in the earnest way that marks his advance always. "Suppose you do?" "When I jumped on the fellow who was crouching here, I must have sdnt ithig vial flying from hia hand?sae i / I where it struck the will find was ! smashed. My Idea, of, course, was to. clutch him and toss the rascal through the open window, but he squirmed like an cel. and hence I was compelled ; to deal him several blows about the ; ribs to quiet him. It was during the j progress of this little campaign that the fellow gave utterance to several cries. lie was nof a Moor nor an Arab nor yet a fellah who called out, but a Hindoo, beseeching Brahma to save liiin from tue ioretgn uevu. Mr. Grimes gives vent to an exprcs- ; sion that marks surprise, and yet, be- j ing a very conservative man, he is | not wholly ready to agree with his j friend. "You are sure there could be no mis- j take?" he asks, realizing what this ' discovery on the part of Mynheer Joe ' really means. "I can stake my life on It. Hav- j ing traveled over India and spent j much time among the natives, I am ] competent to Judge. The man I j tossed out of the window as though j he were a bundle of sticks was be- | yond all question a Hindoo, and the only one I have met in all Cairo hhs been the man whom you pointed out as a follower of the baron, who was 'ro prove so valuable to him when he reached the land of the Ganges." j 1 "Then I must believe it?that baron is a fiend In his way He has a long j head. too. for already has he seen that 1 you are the man destined to give him ] the most trouble in connection with I Molly, and he would in the start knock j you out of the race." Mynhocr Joe shrugs his shoulders. "I see very plainly that I shall have to be the death of this baron yet. or else he must take inv life. Think of it, man: Ton hours ago I did not know he existed; now the world is too small for both of us to live." "Astonishing! Never heard of such a rapid advance in my life!" declares the other. "And yet it is perfectly legitimate. You understand that there ?s a difference here. I have known Molly, In one sense, much longer than this man has; yes, and have had a claim upon her gratitude, something to keep her J mind fixed upon me, so that she rec- , ognized me at sight. Something tells me this baron and myself will yet ! meet face to face as foes." "If you do, I trust your good angel will be hovering near to guard and protect. The baron is an exceedingly dangerous man. I haxe been watching ; tilra at iny feisure "here, and. learned enough to tell me that he is unscrupulous and crafty; besides, his Government has suiTounded him with a bulwark of defense. You must not underrate this man. my friend, whatever else you do. He is In the habit of .having his own way with men. I have seen numbers of those whom I believed to be at least ordinarily brave men bow and smile before him. as though they actually feared his power." "Bah! That is not in Mynheer Joe's line at all. I am an American, and I bend my head to no man in obeisance, with all respect to the crowned heads of Europe. Let the fight come off. We shall see who wins." The baron will, at least, have an ad versary in Mynheer Joe who knows no fear?one who has met danger in all its guises and wrested victory uuui niauy a lureuieueu ueieai. ; 'When two such men meet in deadly j jarray, the result is sure to lx inter- ! esting?to those who may look on as spectators. ' Mr. Grimes cautions his friend to 'sleep with one eye open after this. "Do you know what I've a notion to to?" says Joe. deliberately. "Gather up the remains of this broken vial, wrap them up securely, and by special messenger send them to the baron in *he morning, with some such line as this: 'First attempt a failure. Try tagain, dear baron.' Or perhaps I knight say: 'If you could only have iseen the chap who carried this pluuge through the window, baron!'" Mynheer Joe is inclined to be facetious, but his companion, looks further and sees more clearly. "That would be imprudent, my friend," he says. "Tell me exactly how." "Well, you 'unptask your batteries and let hiin know that you have discovered his advance. That is what we call bad policy in a game." "Ah, yes, I begin to see already." "Far better to keep him in ignorance and then you have the advantage. He may never know that you suspect him. Let It be set dewn that some rascally robbers attempted to get in your room and you tired 'em out." "I had an idea, vou understand, that by letting this man kaow I was on to his game I could held him responsible for the future." "Nonsense! The baron would be responsible for nothing. He's as slippery as an eel. Deperd upon it, you can't meet him square, y. But if you ever get the better of him, it will be by using his own wei.pons." There is sound advice in this, which Mynheer Joe may prolit by. It must not be understood that he is ignorant of such characters. lie has met all kinds and conditions of men* during his years of travel, a:id even among the blacks of the African wilds been compelled to overcome strategy with the same tactics. After a little more talk, Mr. Grimes retires to his room, and Mynheer Joe throws himself down upon his cot ngain. It is hardly probable that the same intruders will attempt anything more in that line, at least not on this tiight. [To be Continued.] Cat* and Dog* In China. Black dogs and cats are the favorites in China In the line of food, because when eaten in midsummer they are believed *o insure health and strength* GOD'S OWN PLAN." * if /*rnif aii DK. CHAPMAN^ MJilUAI iEKlTlUfl. The Eloquent Pastor-Evangelist Argues that God Has a Plan for Every Man's Salvation, New Yoiik City.?The following sermon is one of a series preached by the famous evangelist, the Rev. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman. It is entitled '"God's Plan For Us," and was founded on the text: "Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect, but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus." Philippians iii: 12. God has a plan for every life, and when this plan is realized there is always in the experience of the believer both joy and peace, blessing and power. If any one is raving an up-and-down Christian experience, hot to-dav and cold to-morrow, rear enough to Christ to-day so that he may almost touch Him, and so far away to-morrow that he questions if he has ever been saved, this is a certain evidence that he has not allowed God to work out His plan for him, and there is yet much work to be acomplished by the Holy Spirit of God. An experience of unrest dishonors God, and when you find a heart in which there is this unrest and dissatisfaction you always find a life in which God has not yet finished His work. "Peace I leave with you: My peace I give unto you," was written for sucn an one. and is his inherit-?" wAitli) Vu? n difficult autre. 1* mie iu ?uu?u uv %* ...wW. thing to define peace, yet possibly the best definition would be to take its opposite, and so it would road like this: Peace if the opposite of unrest, of confusion, of strife. This blessing is for every one of God's children, if they will but claim it. I It is no more disastrous for one's arm to be out of its socket than for one's life to j run contrary to the plan of God. Paul evidently had this in mind when he said: "If I may apprehend that for which I am also apprehended of Christ Jesus." It ! would be no more disastrous for a planet i to go swinging out of its orbit than for a I life to run contrary to the nlan of God. I The fact is our crosses in this world ai- | ways come to us when our wills run conj trary to the will of God. One piece of j wood placed over another and ninning in the contrary direction always makes a I cross. Our pgace ard ioy come to us in [ thit life wnen our wills run parallel to that of God. Though we may be obliged to live m poverty and meet with whal this world cills disaster and failure, it we are perfectly sure we are doing according to God's will we may say with the apostle: I "All things work together for good, j God has a high ideal for every life, and we have but to read the Scriptures to find this to be true. We find in Romans I i: 7, that we are called "saints:" this is our name. We learn in 1 Corinthians iii: 9. that we are "laborers together with God." We are told in 1 Corinthians i: 9. that it is our privilege to be in fellowship with God's Son, and this word "fellowship" is literally "partnership." In Revelation ii: 17, God promises to give to us His own hidden manna to eat. Of this the world knows nothing?it can neither give it nor take it away. In the 25th Psalm. 14th verse, we have a pledge that ri/-k/S will toll to us His secrets, but it is not to ho forgotten that we only tell secrets to those who are near to us. God never gives His secrets to those who are out of fellowship with Him, and every man is out of fellowship who has in his heart any unconfessed or unforgiven sfn. Tn PhiliDpians iii: 20 the conversation of the child of God is described. It is to be in heaven, from whence also we look for the Saviour. the Lord Jesus Christ. In Ephesians ii: 10 the whole of the Christian character is described. We are told that we are His "workmanship," and the word workmanship is literally poem, so that in God's nlan we are all that is complete and beautiful. We are very sure that we have not attained unto this plan. We are likewise confident that falling short of it we are not satisfied, and our cry is that of the apostle (Romans 7: 24), "Oh. wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" We may have God's power. 2 Cor. xii: 0 ?"My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in ipy infirmities, that the power of Cnrist may rest upon me." Let us therefore cease to speak of the presence of the Holy Ghost as an experience and talk about the better Christian life as an "it:" let us remember ever after this that Christ is the Bower of God. To exalt Him. to follow [im. to live His life, and to enthrone Him in our lives, is power always, and never can be anything else. We may have God's rest. Hebrews iv: 1 to 3?"Let us therefore fear. lest, a promise being left us of entering into His rest, any of vou should seem to come eho?-t of it. For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them, but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. Fcr we which have believed do enter into rest, as lie said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into mv rest; although the works were finished from the foundation oi the world." It is most significant that in the tenth verse of this fourth chanter of Hebrews we read: "For he that nas entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from His." Oh, that we might all of us learn that it is when we cease to be self-centred and become Christcentred, it is when we live lives of unselfishness and therefore for the glory of Christ, it is when we look up and not in? in a word, it is when we cease from our own works that we enter into God's feat. We may have God's holiness. Hebrews xii: 10?,!For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure, but He for our profit, that we might be partakers of His holiness." Xot infrequently we find Christian people who are afraid of the word holiness, and yet the Bible has distinctly declared that without holiness no man shall see God. If we are shutting Him out of our lives then we are depriving ourselves of our birthright as His children. We might sum up God'? plan for our lives under three heads: 1. It is God's will that we should be regenerated. John i: 13, 14?"Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the onlv begotten of the Father. full of grace and truth." Regeneration is not a working over of the old nature, for that which is born of the flesh is flesh, and never can be anything else. It mav be educated flesh, cultured flesh, but after all it is flesh, and is displeasing to God. It does not come as the result of reformation, for while'reformation may touch a man's present and possibly his future, it has nothing to do with his past sins, which are like the sands of the sea in number. Environment has nothing to do with our passing from death unto life. If environment could save the soul or keep it. Adam never would have fallen, for he dwelt in paradise. Lot would have been a model citizen, for he abode in the fairest city of the then known world. Regeneration is God's breathing into man His own life?it is^-tfterally being born from above. 2. It is God's will that we should be sanctified. 1 Thes. iy: 3?"For this is the will of God, even your sanctification." Some people feel much prejudiced against the idea of sanctification, but it is in God's Word, and it would b?e well for us to study it and realize it in our experience. To be sanctified is to be separated, and it is certainly the plan of Cod that His people t i shall he a separate! ncople. While they 1 are ''in the world"' tiiey are to be in no | sense "'of the world." They are com- | manded even not to touch that which is unclean, and all the old law respecting the Nazarite is a law for the Christian, exoeps that in the New Testament times that law has been intensified by the touch of the living and risen Christ. It your life is not sanctified you will live contrary to the will of God. 3, It is God's will that we should be ultimately glorified. 1 Peter v: 10?"But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto Hi* ftlornnl irlrtrv Vir ('hrist .Tesus. after that ye have suffered awhile, make you perfect, stablish. strengthen, settle you.' John xvii: 24?"Father. I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am: that they may behold My glory, which Thou hast given Me." It is a good thing to turn again and again in this way to the Scriptures to find what i3 the plan God has marked out for us, and then to square our lives according to this plan, to see wherein we have followed it or have failed. If the failure has been grievous it is not necessary that we should go in mourning all the day long, for. just as a mother forgives the weakness of her child and forgets the many shortcomings. so God has promised again and again in His Word to blot out all our transgreisions and to remember them no more against us forever. It is not therefore a question as to whether we can keep from sinning ourselves?we know that we can not. but it is altogether a ouestion as to whether Christ can keep us if we will but give Him the right to do so. I have no question but that oiip eoula walk from one corner of the street to the other with Christ so constantly before him that, in his own judgment at least, he would be overcoming sin. I am perfectly clear that he could increase his journey by many miles and still be more than conqueror. I am absolutelv confident that one could walk the whole day with Christ so vividly before him that it would be peace and joy. And what could be accomplished in one day could be made the rule of a man's entire life. After the return of Christ for His church there is to be a great dav of awards, when those who have been faithful shall receive recognition at the hands of the Lord Himself. in the presence of the assembled hosts in the skies. Wc can tell just what this reward is to be, and yet this needs a word of explanation. We can not give the exact description ot the crowns we snail | we?r, nor can we estimate in human language their value jn the opinion of men. Put we know, after studying the New Testament, that it is to he according to our faith and in nroporlion to our faithfulness. It is in this way that every child of God may confidcMiv say: "I know what mv award is to be." measured it himself. It is very true that one may stand before God and receive from Him only a measure of reward, and it is likewise true that he might have a greater blessing from the hands of his Master. John sneaks about "a full reward." as if there might be a reward that is not complete. Alas, this is onlv too true! Put the onoosite is also true, that one may have at that creat dav at the hands of God Himself a full reward. And the purpose of this book is to induce us to lay hold of the promises of God. so that our lives may be so shaned according to His will that when that day comes we shall stand before Him with rejoicing and not with sorrow. A crown is always a symbol of reward. Expressions containing the word are many times used in "the New Testament. It is sometimes a "crown of life." again a "crown that is incorruptible." a "crown of rejoicing." a "crown of righteousness," and "a crown of glory." Rut these names are riven not simply for tlm sake of emphasis. as the rhinge of a name might b? emnhatie. but because eac h crown means a eertain kind of reward. So far is I have been ab'e to see there are but five crowns in the New Testament Scriptures. Every Christian mav have one. but oh. the ioy of it! every Christian may have five. But the message is still sfvecter. for if we should receive from the hands of our glorified Cord the crowns there would still be something in reserve. Naturallv tlie crown that should come first in order would be the one mentioned , | _ T in 4 fl10f | in fiimrs i. n.v >?.? , , fndereth temptation: for when he is tried e shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that 'oye | Him." This crown is also mentioned in , Revelation ii: 10?"Re thou faithful unto | death, and I will give thee a crown of I life." It was to he given to the Church of Smyrna that suffered the most. I used to | read the text?"Be thou faithful until death." and I supposed it meant simolv that we needed to he faithful during life and that when death came our responsibility was at en end. but the word is "unto." and means not simp'y that one should he faithful and willing to suffer for the Master, but to suffer and to die. This leads me to say that the crown of life is undoubtedly the one to be given to the martvr?not simplv the one who has died at the stake, or the woman who has been thrown to the wild beasts that thev might devour her. but the one who has suffered in body and mind unknown to fame, but suffered nevertheless, and suffered for the glory of God. It is likewise the erown that is to be given to the one who is able to do only little things for Christ. So many seem to think that thev can do but little for Christ and therefore leave that little undone. This is a most serious error. "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these ye have done it unto Me," said Christ. A rup of cold water given in His name, a word of cheer spoken for His glory, a warm handclasp that He may be exalted in the opinion nf men ? tlinao little thinff.S win the eternal reward. So many people are asking: ' What can I do to help on the cause of Christ, to assist ray minister, or to help the church?" If I were to suggest one thing that would be most helpful it would be the offering of unceasing praver for the spread of Christ's kingdom, and for the outpouring of the Holy Ghost upon the man who preaches Christ at the sacred desk. I remember very well when I first became pastor of the church to which I now minister. After I had preached my first sermon and the peoDle had presented themselves to say words of cheer, an old man came walking down the aisle, leaning upon his staff because of his age, and he said to me: - 1 . / M ?? "1 am afraid you win maice u a iauure. I did not consider that much of a word of cheer, nnd heartily wished he could have given it to me at another time. Then, looking about the church, he added: "We have always had a man of large experience, and the church is large." Then he came nearer and said: "But I have made up my mind to help you.' I wondered in mv own mind what he could do. He added: "I have determined to pray for you every dav that you are pastor of this church, and I hare covenanted with two other men to pray for you." At this my heart was filled with ioy, and I thanked God and took courage, feeling confident from the beginning that He had given me the victory. The three men soon crew to ten, and the ten to fifty, and the fifty to 200, until in these days from .130 to 500 consecrated men bow their heads in praver with me every Sunday morning at 9.45, praying God's blessing upon me as I preach, and upon the people as they listen. The most wonderful place in all the world to preach in is a church where the atmosphere is permeated with the petitions of faithful Christians for God's blessing unon His ministers. And these are they who. upon the great day of awards, shall receive the crown of life. . Thev do little things well, to the glory of God. San Francisco is credited with having one saloon for every twenty-two adult male inhabitants. Gift for Chicago University. A gift of a large collection of edition de luxe volumes, mostly historieal and scientific, is the partial reward received by the University of Chicago for its active participation in the "France-American movement" to establish closer educational relations between France and the United States. The French Minister of Public Instruction has presented to the university a collection of all the works so far Issued. Several thousand volumes have already been shipped. English Lawyers' Dress. Dress has recently become a question of great importance in the admin, tstration of the law, says the London Globe. Judge Masterman, while permitting an unrobed solicitor to address him in the Nottingham County Court, remarked that "as a matter ,of courtesy to the Court he expected solicitors at least to appear in dark clothes." In support of this expectation Judge Masterman might have quoted the dictum of a distinguished Judge of the High Court: "I listen." said Mr. Justice Byles to the late Lord Coleridge, then a member of the bar. "with little pleasure to the arguments of counsel whose legs are incased in light'gray trousers." More recent instances of the sartorial pj-ejudices of the bench are not wanting. Last summer?that is to say, the summer of 1902?Mr. Justice Kekewlch reproved a member of the junior bar for wearing a white waistcoat in Court, and an Irish Judge censured a young practitioner for appearing before him in a light-''' ar^v suit __-*i Wanted a Dcor. A stubborn horse is an annoying creature under any circumstances. uut tne story 01 an incident wnicn happened during a regimental drill . raises the question whether such a horse may not simply be overcon*. i scious. 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