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By Miss Anni.CHAPTER I. E

Continued. 81

"So have I!" cries Daphne Chester. n

"When.when the tide is going ont! ¥

Remember Maitre Hameu's grandson; s

think how soon a little child as perhapsPaul might be surrounded by one *

of these treaclicrous spring tides, and 1

carried away to sea before a hand a

could be stretched out to save him." 0

Her cheeks pale> her eyes suffuse be- p

lore the picture, luridly terrible as r

Martin's Deluge, that her own imag- P

ination paints. ^

"Oh, I know.I know," retorts Miss 7Theodora, with the natural irritation "

of superior orthodoxy. "This want of 0

trust, this nervous, morbid anticipation ^of evil, is the flaw of your character, a

Daphne. In former days, when we a

were in the nursery, mothers had no

nerves to speak of.the better for their a* '1 '.k. TTT,J-I- +Arv»r\A»«0_

CDiinren. vviui ruui s se:uw

mcnt, you may be quite easy as to bis 1:taking care of himself nrder all cir- tlcumstances. There he is trampling hdown the flower beds at this moment! c

However, if you insist upon it, I will h

carry my book down on the terrace Pand keep guard.the pinks and geraniumsfor very certain need guarding. a

until you return." t<And so, before Mrs. Chester starts s:

upon her errand she has the comfort siof seeing Miss Theodora, in a girlish,broad-brimmed hat the book of elegantliterature in her hand, stiffly pacingup and down a terrace at the bottomof the garden, white ahe keepsjwatch and ward over Paul. a

"Good-bye, my sweet! Be sure you akill no more butterflies, and stay close ^to Aunt Theodora, and re«nember the ^currant cake fo? to-morrow." vThus Daphne admonishes her son. r

tier ideas on education, as the reader eJmust observe, having t.hrir basis in the Ddoctrine of rewards and punishments, g,

of bribery and corruption. Then she s<turns away down the narrow pauiwhich leads to the sida entrance of yFlef-de-la-R«ine, and Miss Theodora cjand her charge are left a?one. tlThe son grows hotter ai il hotter as h(

be sinks; the flower garden at this jjhour of the day is shadeless. Less than ^lialf a dozen turns upon the parched psward of the terrace suflice to set The- podora Yansittart longing /or the cool r(comfort of the rose-scented, oak-floored rj>farmhouse parlor. And Paul is so a;safe.Paul Intent on mischief, slyly g[watching Aunt Theodora's every move- ^ment from beneath his eyelashes.andthe very notion of keeping sentry over 81a boy three years of age is so ridic- 0ulous! f,Theodora, however, Is a woman of CJ

tionor, as honor goes; will hold to the faletter though she transgress the spirit siof her promise. In the lower portion kOf the flowery arbor, at an angle commandingthe egress toward the beach, n

(stands a fig tree, ancient, wide-spread- 0:

ing, beneath the natural arbor of t]jwhose branches are placed a rustic b

, table and some chairs. Thither Miss tlTheodora transports her book, and ere

Jong, spectacles on her nose, is again &in tha vmintr Tndlfis nnrt sren- n

:Ciif,lUOOV,U A ** J V v**>0 t, ^

tlemen of quality whose love adven- a

tures form its staple. Paul, who would n

seem to havo made a sudden unnatural h, lapse into the ways of virtue, loiters i<

quietly near, with finger on lip, with r

, eyes still stealing covert, quickly avert- n

cd glances at his warden's face. c

Lower sinks the sun. bolter is the ijair; the tide, as yet some distance off, bmurmurs more articulately than does ijthe sultry wind among the garden tltrees. dTheodora Yansittart's head begins s

to nod. n

She recovers herself with a start, s

adjusts her spectacles and returns to pthe fortunes of her herclDe. e

Which is the heroine in white satin, o

and which is the attendant in cambric? EIs pursuant guilt cr fly.'ng virtue in dthe ascendant? bAlas! Theodore fast approaches that h

preludatory stage of slumber in which n

<ho senses continue to bring their mes- si

sages to the brain, but without cohe- a

«ion or sequence. The smell of the d(lavender and lilies, the droning tide,!the printed characters of the page be- hfore her.of all these things she still is bcognizant, but mistily. Some influence s.

she would fain struggle against, but a

that perpetually gains tne mastery, afloats between her consciousness and rithe external world. She dozes, this alime in earnest; her head sinks for- eward again; the effort at recovering n

herself is feebler; and Paul, finger on ^ilip, advances, and finds that thebrunch of his little steps along the tlgravel is unnoticed. fiPresently the book, heroine and all,

falls upon Miss Theodora's knee. tJHeroine? Nay, it is no longer a si

question of fictitious love affairs. Theo- f(dora Vansittart, a girl of twenty, in a e:

fcishop-sleeved muslin and pink rib- tlfcons, is herself the centre of a jealous c

Ting of admirers at an al fresco garri- cison ball. It is in Malta where her dfather"Colonel George Vansittart," pcommands his regiment. She can see ti<he smut-blue waters of the port, thick- 0

Jy studded with trim men-of-war andgaudily-painted native craft. She can jjFee the mnny-tiJed roofs of Sanglia hand Conspicua, with the spires and tcitadel of Citta Vecchia on the faint y

horizon. The military band strikes s

up some fashionable dance tune of tlIbe day; poor faded Miss Theodora bfeels a remembered arm steal round a

her waist, hears a remembered voice s

close to her ear. She whispers.ah! s

in the mazes of the waltz she whis- iij)ers the "yes" that should havebrought warmth and color to another's clife as well as hers. And the volume b>f elegant literature falls to the ground.Ihe drone of the rising tide, the rustle o

of the garden trees disturb her senses fiao more.Miss Theodora 3s asleep. 1(And now. on tiptoe, his lips apart t<

end eager, bis eyes never quitting his a

(warden's face, does Paul come for- ptvrard. If he can. pass her side in sale- bky. the beach, with all its gloriousjwond'erland of rocks and pools, lies t4>ei ore him. Anh nls hand in his i

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rocKiNG;E | REALITY,e Edwards.

cofa ci cn Pnnl nnroUVIUU O A M V« VMVV

ummer (at three years old "this sumler"bounds the -whole memory) haswandered to the farther limits of thehore, even to the tower of Gabrielle-separated already from the mainandby a thin line of waveless Bea.

Je remembers how the prawns, bignd fearful game to Paul, gave eachther chase among the many-coloredools; remembered how idamsey cariedhis socks and shoes, he, Paul,addled in search of crabs upon the?et, soft sands. Imagination paints-no Mamsey by.how he may paddlei the real big tide, bis shoes and socksn, aye, and his frock wet, and hisuttoned straw bat pushed before hims a shrimping net through the water,nd never once a voice to say "Don't!"If only Aunt Theodora will keepsleep.She keeps asleep; her head gradual:settling back into a comfortable atitudeagainst the corner of the arbor,er mouth opening a little, her spectalesresting upon the extreme tip ofer aquiline nose.and with a rushnnl rifiKKPK her.Two minutes later he is running, fasts his sturdy little legs can bear him,award Gabrielles, the tide crawlinglowly, surely, in around him on everyide.

CHAPTER II.Science.

The tide closes around little Paul,nd his mother, without a misgivingt her heart, walks onward throughtie verdant, summer-smelling lanes,ae blue sky smiling overhead, theoices of the haymakers ringing mer-

y through the fields; earth and heavd,one would say, keeping holiday;0 place for danger, and loss, andwift irrevocable despair in a world> harmonized to joy as this!Throughout every season of the yearle Jersey lanes have some uniqueharm, 6ome duodecimo beauty ofieir own that ^e miss amid the wideorizons of statelier countries. Now,1 mid-June they are at their zenith.'he flower of the hawtnome nas

assed, and still, in come few shelteredositions, a flush of hectic serves tosmind you of east winds and of May.he foam-like, drowsy-scented aldersre in fullest blossom. The dwarf-roselis every sandy bank or bit of commonrlth its wax-like petals and lemonavoredodor. Great balls of honeyiickle,here budding crimson, therever-blown pink and buff, hang proiselyfrom the hedges of acacia, syamoreand wild cherry, which, to theorror of scientific farmers and theitisfaction of the remainder of manind,form the boundaries of the fields.Daphne saunters on, now in sun,

ow in shadow, amidst all this wealth[ color and of fragrance; herself notae least fair accessory of the picture,ut unwittingly as any flower alongtie path of her own fairness.A book of extracts might be filled byome diligent extract culler with theretty fancies indulged in by the poetsbout unconscious beauty. I wouldlake bold to say that no healthy girl'seart of two-and-twenty was ever cal>uson the score of personal attraction,)aphne Chester's state of feeling islorbid, "her account with the worldIosed;" there is the secret of her self-1idifference. Dress itself, that sure

arometer as to a woman's heart, infe gives her scanty pleasure. Withtie very country girls in the hayfieldsisporting tunics, paniersand the like,he wears a skirt fashioned upon thelodel of a dozen years ago; wears a

traw hat that shades her face andlainly braided hair, when every farmr'sdaughter holds her head up in hon-rable consciousness of a Pamela or a

tubens! Ninety-nine men out of bun-'red, in short, would pass Mrs. Chestery without a second glance.so wellas the age educated men's eyes toleretricious charms.and to escapeecond glances is precisely the resultt which she aims. But the hunredth.The hundredth, a sketchbook underis arm, a cigar between bis lips,reaks upon Daphne's disconcertedight just as she has reached the one

bsolutely lonely bit of all her walk,footpath leading through fields of

ipening barley, with thickly-bougbedpple orchards on either side; not thecho of a voice to be heard, not so

luch as the outbuilding of a farmousein sight."An excursionist, sue uuijuul.'s, nuu

lie carnation mantles hotly over herice and neck.(I should explain that, to the inhabilntsof this district the word "excuronist"is a generic term of reproachsr all male human creatures, strangrs,who may be seen abroad amongae lanes or fields between the monthst May and October. It oomprebends3ckney gallantry toward women:

isregard of garden fences; a fiveoundreturn ticket tD Victoria Staion!loud tweed suits; rainbow-colredhat-scarfs, and vile tobacco.What shall Daphne Chester do? Sheas no choice but to set her featureslto the most forbidding expressionhose soft features are capable ofrearing, fix her eyes to whatever rauichall compliment the stranger maytiink fit>to bestow upon her, and brushy. Literally "brush" by, for the path.t no time broad, is now scarce pasableby reason of the barley thatways across it in feathery, encroachngwaves from either side.The carnation deepens on the girl'sheeks, but she holds her head upravely and proceeds.The stranger is within a dozen yardsf her.a well-knit young fallow ofve or six-and-twenty, bronzed, hardyjoking,a soldier you could hardly fail3 prognosticate by profession, with an

ir of boyhood, a lingering look oflarrow or of Rugby giving pleasantrightness to his face and bearing."And not.not an excursionist."kinks Daphne on the instant.What subtle sense, unclassified by

physiologist, enables a woman, wit*her eyes fixed on the horizon to seo

clearly, aye, theorize, upon every smallestintermediate detail of the picture?"He has a sketch-hook.must beaccomplished.histhrown bis cigar

away.is of gentle breeding. Hisbands do not embarrass him, his eyesdo not embarrass me."Only giving her as long a glance a«

the eyes of five-and-twenty can give jof the blushing face of a pretty wo-

man, this side of offense! Then th«

stranger steps aside into the deep bar-

ley for Mr& Chester to pass, halfraises his bat, sends one quick glanc©in pursuit of the girlish, graceful figurewhen it has passed, and continueshis way.Thus the adventure is over; in a life

sequestered as Daphne Chester's to

come across a well-looking stranger on

a summer afternoon may, aided bymeditation, beoome an adventure.Thus these two people have met; withissues literally of life and death dependentupon their speaking have keptsilence. But now appears the Deuse:: machina, the first visible link inthat dark chain that binds us andwhich it is our pleasure to call Fate.The stranger, absorbed in his

thoughts, or by his cigar, has droppeda letter, and Daphne has barely passed jhim by half a dozen steps Derore shediscovers it, lying in the path.She stoops down, Eve-like, speculative.She reads the address.'Tis written in a woman's hand, up-

on an envelope of blue rep: a square-shaped envelope at least three times

larger than the old-fnshioned letters to

which Mrs. Chester'6 eyes are accus-

tomed at Fief-dela-Reine."Sir John Severne, Royal Engineers,

Poste Restante, Jersey."By this time Daphne holds the let* j

ter between her fingers. The situa- '

tion begins to involve questions ofconscience rather than of curiosity."The affair is none of yours," saya

Pride. "Leave the letter where you jfound it, and pass on. Flattering in-deed to a man's vanity.think whatthat is! a man's insatiate vanity.were you to pursue this youth and accosthim.seek bis acquaintance, unsolicited?'"But the loss of that letter may

* * *ni_. life nloo/lt Iprove tne spomug vi us un:,

Daphne's soft heart. "It may be fromhis wife, poor boy!" The thoughtmakes her heave a sigh of pity. "Orfrom his sweetheart. If I were

young.if I belonged to the world still.what might not the loss of a lettercost me! It is a question of right, of

duty to my neighbor, no matter whethermy neighbor be a man of fifty or

of twenty-five."Having soaied into the region of

abstract and lofty morals, Mrs. Chesterwavers no more. "I.I believe thisletter must belong to you, sir."She has been forced to run at full

speed to overtake him; her face is

overspread with damast; she pants a

little for breath; curt, reserved in hermanner; cold, most unsmililng are herlips.

Sir John Severne's eyes, habituatedof late to Anglo-Indian charmscharmswhose idiosyccracy is scarcelythat of coldness or reserve.rest uponDaphne Chester with an admirationWAUCU Bile iD, lU-luuaivjj, iw .

less or too bashful to notice."I am extremely sorry that you

Lave taken so much trouble on my account,"he'begins, mechanically transferringthe restored letter to his pocket.("It may have been fronj his wife. It

was .not from his sweetheart," shethinks, with prompt decision. "No boyof his age ever got back possession ofa love letter with such an air of indifferenceas that.")"Under this broiling sun, too! Really,I shall never be able to thank you

enough "

"There is no'thing to thank me forat all, sir. I am used to the sun."Cutting him short without a smile,

without the relaxation of a muscle ofher face, then preparing to turn away."I.I suppose I am at no great distancefrom the sea here?" he begins

desperately, not reflecting upon thewisdom of his question, wanting onlyone look from the hazel eyes that, as

yet, Lave so studiously refused to encounterhis."Well, no. In an island the size of

Jersey you can hardly get very far distantfrom the sea."Cruelly laconic is Mrs. Chester's an-

swer, yet do her footsteps linger.How strong the pulses of the lusty

year are beating! They stir the earthas with a new creation; they makethemselves felt, even in her own frozen

heart. How the cuckoo murmurs, bowthe thrushes call aloud for joy!

To be Continued.

Strawberries and Rheumatism.

It is frequently remarked by personsof rheumatic and gouty tendenciesthat those unpleasant twinges of themuscles and joints do not long survivethe opening of the strawberry season.

It is a somewhat curious coincidencethat in the strawberry the presence ofsalicylic acid, which is a specific inacute rheumatism, has been definitelyestablished. As a matter of fact sali-cylic acid would appear to be a normal jconstituent of most fruits. At anyrate, this acid has been found not onlyin the strawberry but in grapes, ap-pies, plums, oranges and cherrics, althoughthe amount is probably lessthan one milligramme (lG4th of a

grain) per kilogramme (two pounds) offruit.

It is hardly possible, therefore, that jthe strawberry should have auy spe-cific medicinal etl'ect attributable to thesalicylic acid present. As is wellknown, most fruits possess anti-scor-butic properties and contain saltswhich readily bccomo converted intocarbonates in the system, thus tendingto maintain an alkaline condition andpreventing tlie formation of acid de-posita..Atlanta Journal.

.

A Good Kind of Mosquito.Dr. Underwood bas discovered in the

Maine woods a large mosquito thatdoes not bite. It' it had that power it. ould be a terror to humanity, for it ismuch larger than the members of thefamily with which Ave are only too familiar.Another point in its favor isthe fact that its larvae feed eagerlyon the larvae of other species of mos-

quitoes. Experiments are making tosee whether this Maine specimen maynot be acclimated to Southern NewEngland, with a view to having it preyon the smaller kinds that infest thatregion, and if the experiments be successfulit will be coaxed stili furthersouth..Philadelphia liecord.

lie catalogue of orchids in the KewGardens of London destribes 220 spocimens.A method of producing sleep and

local anesthesia by moans of electriccurrents has been devh.ed by a Frenchphysicist. M. Leduc. t<

t<

Manchester. England, sacrifices from r.

£12,000 to £35,000 every year by de- aidining to have advertisements on its a

far?, ;wbich are operated by tbe city.

An air compressor for dusting and p

cleaning purposes, shown in operation, ^is one of the new mechanical exhibitsof interest to women at the World's hFair. < .. £ Jj

diThe percolation of a liquid through h;

a porous solid is much affected by the ai

temperature. It has been found that jjthe internal friction b reduced as tho ni

temperature rises. inHi

In India the power given off by a

motor is sometimes expressed in ele- ce

pliant equivalents, a twenty-two-hor.se p<motor, says Motoring Illustrated, being **described as a three-elephant vehicle, fi

.T tiiA German chemist removes the nieo- w

tine from tobacco by steeping the Jjjleaves in a solution of tannic acid.The tobacco is then treated with a de^ J<coction of marjoram to improve its bi

flavor. yja

An international exhibition of small h<motors and also of machine tools fot °*

various industries was held at Ghent,with the object of showing how meam m

of production may be improved withthe aid of motive power, especially **

electricity.'

thlo

Two new ideas in street-car con- ^etruction detail originating in Philadelphiaars substitutes for the grab vr.

bandies on the side posts of open cars, or

consisting of brackets which inclose jjthe space between the back of the m

seat*. and the posts, and aD entrance w

guard which slides upon the inside of jjhthe posts, and which -when not in use 0jis held under the curtain guards by ftr

gravity catches. fie

w

The new British torpedo boat <3e- or

ftroyer Waveney belongs; to tbe new

class of torpedo boat destroyers, and ea

has been built with a displacement of550 tons and equipped with one 12- p£pounder and five 6-pounder quick-fir- to

ing guns and two lS-inch torpedotubes. Tbe Waveney lias been fitted L;with engines of 7000 horse-power, sup- sh

plied with steam from modified Yarrowwater-tube boilers, propelling berat a speed of 25% knots nn hour.. . in

tiiTHE ADIRONDACK ELK. N

piBelief That the Deer is Fast Becoming in

£xtinut Not True. |Deer signs are about as numerous as jn

usual. The talk about the deer starv- thing in great numbers last winter is | ®

1 1 * * "'^ I*. ta/ttiAn T/Uceriaiuiy (JUL UUC J" Ulin oviwiru. ^

day I bad a talk with our courteous v<

and efficient game protector for-Hamil- th

ton County. Mr. Robert O. Nichols, of ^Indian Lake, and be told ine that be |atraveled his territory last winter on d<snowshoes a great deal, and later,when the snow crust would bear up ^the deer, be traveled on that. He saw

but very few dead deer.five to seven dibeing the largest number in a long dis- ,v

tance . while in one day he saw 138 [!jlive deer. His judgment is that game fa.wintered well as a rule. However, he n<

said he could not speak from personalknowledge of the Moose River region, m

nor of the country around Long Lake w

west. From both these sections came Br

reports of many deer dead from star- *

vation. If these be true, they merely tindicate a greater abundance of deer ai

in those parts. £The elk seem to be thriving here- l

abouts. Recently a band of seven were- hiseen in a cow pasture, feeding amongthe cattle. Some of the residents havea mistaken notion that the elk are vidriving out thi deer. This cannot be. w

for the elk are too newly introduced jand are as yet too few in numners to jrdrive out the deer, either by fighting faor consuming their food. But anoth- ^er cause has undoubtedly operated gagainst tbe deer. This place is prac- fctically .surrounded by lumber camps, tlmost of which arc now in operation bl

their third season. Leaving out of ac- g{count whatever deci are Date : in these licamps, the tendency is for the deer toretire to less disturbed portions of the J1forest, while the elk, introduced from *ssemi-domeslicated herds cn private fc

preserves, are less shy of man. This,I think, explains for this section the jjless than usual observance cf deer w

;where tiiat condition exists. hPresent indications are that the seaeonwill be lighter than usual for the K)

I'otels, but the region maintains Hs t<

unsurpassed loveliness. Correspond- jjence in Forest end Stream.

'

EIf Our Eyes Were in Tnne. f(

Suppose that our eyes <vere attuned p

1o the vibrations revealed to us by the J1,»K)JODJeirt\ lllML'ilU ul iuc ouuo ^t!:at we now sec we should perceive dtliose whose light has long been ex-

tinguished, whose existence the oeth-oils of modern physics have enabled us pvto prove. The sun would appear sur- lorounded by its corona, changing in ^form and position etery instant, and jnwe should 110 longer be obliged to wait J']for total eclipses to study this phenoni- J®enen. Currents cf hot air would be-cone visible like snow squalls and the |0science of heat would have no more se- vc

crets. ar

Sew Crensc lo the Trousers.'A feature of style said to have been

i.uroduced by the King is to have 0]the creases in the trousers at the side ve

iiml leg seam instead of back and ^front. Already a few West End dan- ^ilips have adontod this plan, but as the fj<effect of this innovation is to prdouce a\

n thicker appearance to thr lejr, we do j **

jiot anticipate ;my general adoption of wthis fashion..Tailor and Cutter.

jTo Piny Without Scenery.

There is a society in England which jhasas one of its chief objects to strip °0.

;hc modern r-.tapre of its elaborate scon- \vi vy and to return to tlie dayr; when the "»(

jday .was the thing and not its setting.' it(

HE SUNDAY SCHOOI'

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>JTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENT?FOR SEPTEMBER 4.

abject: Elijah Encouraged, 1 King*, xlz,9-18.Golden Text, Isa. xll,, 10.Memory Verses, 9, 10.Commentary on tli'Day's Lesson. J

I. Elijah receives instructions from Got) Jvh. 9-14). 9. "Came thither." He cairn (5 Horeb, or Sinai. The relation of th< >tvo names'is not clear. Horeb was eithei ja mountain of the Sinai range,'or the (inge of which Sinai is a mount un," prob vbly the latter. "A cave." Hebrew, "thf \ive." Stanley says there is nothing tc (ffirm or contradict the conjecturc that |ii| may have been the same spot where ^loses stood (E.xod. 33:22) when Jehovah jassed by. "What dost tnou here?" The j©rd now {jives the prchpet an opportunity () open his heart and tell his grief. The \uestion here must have a different forceom that which it bears after the inani- v

(Station of God's presence in verse 13. i

[ere it must signify, "Why art tltbu cast v

own?" What is thy business here? Why »

ist thou left Israel, to whom I sent thee, "jid come to these mountains? No doubtlere was in the words a gentle reproof. )e who is found-out of place in God's plan {ust render an account of himself. Theiquiry should pursue others who have;d to caves in which they would fain hidelemselvex from responsibility. (1) It £miee to the impenitent in the cave of con- *,~l_,_i 1.1 /nl 1^ .1 Xraiuicut ui tueit" sin. \l) it comes xo tne *

mitent in the cave of despondency. (3) J;comes to the indolent in the cave of Coth. (4) It comes to the sorrowful in «

le cave of murmuring. Head this que«- £on with the emphasis on the different Cord9 .in succession. What "doeet" thou;re? What doest "thou" here? What Iseat thou "here?" 'j10. "Very jealous." Zealously avenging '];hovah's honor by slaying those who have ']ought idolatry into Israel, thus imitat- (;g the zeal of Phinehas (Num. 25:1-13). ^here isnoboastfulness in these words. Eli- ']h only opens his grief and sets forth that /i has done his utmost, but that, in spite Aall, both king and people are still unre- C

;ntant. "Forsaken Thy covenant." The \st- stage of apostasy. They lightly esti- Cated the word of the Lord. "Thrown C)wn Thine altars." The second stage of \>ostasy; desertion from grew into enmity \i; the places of prayer were destroyed; \ley were unwilling to have among them Cnger anything -.that reminded them of Ileir Lord. "Slain Thy prophets." Lowest Cage of apostasy. vWhen a man will notiten to tne truth; he seeks to remove itsitnessee, either by power or cunning. "I ^ily, am left." The same statement in 1 r

10.00 v..t il. j*ff ' J-uiga jo.u, uui me tsenue in amerent. o,here Elijah merely said that he alone re- jained to execute the prophet's office, ghkh was true; here he implies that he is j;ie only prophet left alive, whereas a hun- ^ed hftd been saved by Obadiah, but none (them had stood by him .at Carmel jid he aoes not count them. He felt him- jIf to be alone in an awful desolation. p11. "Go forth." It is not quite clear §hether Elijah went out of the cave now jafter the wind and earthquake had pissed (v. 13). The account seems to indi- ^te that at this time he went to the £outh of the cave and looked out. "The ^3rd passed by." As He passed by Moses,trhaps in this same cave. God was about ..

tench Elijah a great le«6on and send *

m back to Israel a much wiser man. jl?trong wind."^ A tornado. "Rent," etc. Jiterally. Tearing up tha mountains and £livering ,the rocks. "Earthquake." One jrthe most tesrible manifestations of di- ®ne power. 12. "Fire." Probably, light- *

ng. I myself stood for hours one night, *

Manitoba, watching a most vivid, con- £nual and terrible display of lightning. *

atural phenomena are calculated to im- £ess tne mina with Jehovah's power anddicate the divine resources for the deructionof His enemies. "Was not in."here was a sense in which the Lord wasthe wind, the earthquake and the fire;

ley were symbols of His mighty power,lit there, was a revelation of the divineiture which God would not give tolijah which these symbols could not con>y,and in this sense Jehovah was not inlem. "Still small voice." "A sound ofmt'e stillness.".R. V., margin. We are)t told whether the sound was articuteor not, but when Elijah heard it he un- :?rstood that the time nad come for himpresent himself before the Lord, and

tat some further revelation was about to; jjiven him.13. "In his mantle." The skins of beastsessed with the hair on were formerlyorn by prophets and priests as the simeinsignia of their office. He covered hisce to show his respect; so Moses hid hisce (Exod. 3:0). "Went out." Elijah>w leaves the cave and listens to the voiceGod. God intended to display Himselfmankind, not in judgment, but in

ercy; as the wind, earthquake and fireere only the forerunners of the stillnail voice^ so the law and all its terrorsere only intended to introduce the Gos-?1 of Jesus. "What doest thou here?"he Lord's question and the prophet'siswer arc repeated. The repetition showslat Elijah still justifies his course. "Heid, indeed, been very zealous for theord, but he had expected too much fromis triumph at Carmel."II. Elijah sent on a special mission (vs.-18). 15, 16. "The Lord said." Threelings God gave to Elijah in this interew:1. A purpose in life.some definiteork to occupy his attention. 2. Com{:innship,by having a disciple and succes->r. 3. Assurance that he had not lived ii vain, since seven thousand were still *tithful. "Go, return." Elijah's mission ,not yet ended. ,17. "Shall come to pass." God assures ,

lijah that, the Almighty is still ruling in ,

srael and that idolatry is to be over- ^irown. llazael, Jehu and .Elisha are to lts "the ministers of divine vengeancejainst the house of Aliab." "Shall Elisha ,

ay?" These words cannot be explained .

tcrally, for \\T do not read of any who iere slain by the hand of Elisha, but "his ,

oice and his labors for the overthrow of Jilse worship were constant, and by th'i .

wokI of his mouth' he overthrew the>cs of Jehovah." 18. "Seven thousand." 1

n the judgment to come upon the people, J.II Israel shall not be cut off. There will '

e found seven thousand who have never

orshiped Baal.^Here Elijah learns that 1

e is not the only Israelite who remains |"lie to God. As seven is the covenant k

umber, the number of perfection, theven thousand need not be pressed here3 mean an exact designation of the numerof true worshipers, but a round num- \er ever symbolical of the elect of God.JIJ. The call of Elisha (vs. 19-21). 1

llijah went as he was commanded andjur.d Elisha plowing in the field. The 1rophet threw his mantle upon Elisha andassed on. This was a symbolical act on Jlie part of Elijah, investing Elisha withis own prophetic office. The sign was unerstoodby Elisha who obeyed the call.

tnuKiDc ivitix i*av<l Lost 3G Years.Charles Noyes, an old-timt Missouriiver wreckcr, while rafting in a bunch ofgs up near an old Indian mission northOmaha, Neb., uncovered on a sand bar

.o eases of lard. There were twelve cansall, with a total weight of 300 pounds.

:ie lard was shipped irom St. Louis ontnuary 10, 1863, to Fort Shaw, Montana,lat same year a large Missouri Kivereamboat sank near where the lard wasund, and it undountedly was part of thessel's cargo. The ianl is in excellentndition. and Mrs. Noyes and neighborsc using it for cooking purposes.

Traveled in a Motor Car at 104.Mme. Veuve Dupuis, nearly 104 yearsd, who was a guesi; of honor at the unfilingof (Jerome's monument, the'ounded Eagle, on the scene of the strug-c of giants, had her wish to travel to the'atcrioo battlefield in a motor car grati:d.She did not, however, remain longvay from her residence at C'hapelle-leserlaincourt,as she did no< know how herjoys,-' aged eighty and seventy-eight,ould get on without her.

Eridco Not For Advts.Bridge Commissioner Best has refused aner of $200,000 a year from a "fresh food"neern to permit it to advertise on theilliamsburg Bridge, New York City. Byjht the signs were to have been dluaiin-

fflE GREAT DESTROYEE>ome startlinc facts aboutthe vice of intemperance.

'I an Beer".A Remarkable Parody 01

X-oiiKfellow'/j lllawatba Whlcb is EspeciallyApplicable to the Presen1Situation.Poverty lu Bnmpera.

--ike the strokes of heavy hammers)n the solid rocky pavements, t>?all the iron-circled hoof-beat»)t the brtwer'e mighty Ovdesdales. .

tVith the jangling of the harness,\nd the crushing, grinding thunders)f the Jnggcrnaut behind them, jlushing from the lofty portal.Vide and solid, high-arched portal y)f the brewer's gloomy castle,iuilt with dead walls far extendedHush along the public footwayrimed beneath the reeking dungeons,tat-infested reeking caverns)'er whose bricklaid arch resoundingJrives the monster wain deep-loaded. gi

ai

Vide and high and strangely freighted! u!Vho so comes with bursting thunder? u'

Vhat so ponderous encumbersilassive car and street and city'ill the stagnant air must shudder;Vindow, pave and spire all shudder! J*^nd a voice from out the black vaults "

Iollow sounds, but dread and near:"I am Beer!" a

ci

)'er dull piles of brick and mortar ^'ar and broad and..blankly ranging l

lise like towers bjack-throated chimncj'8 wVom the modern feudal castles i)f the modern master barons.Ilendcr, tall, cloud-belching chimneys, yJisrht and dav belch broodinc shadows.)'er the towns still brood their shadows.

n the wide and dim recesses nMid the grinding and the splashing, c<Mid the steaming and the stirring, e<Mid the soaring and the rotting, iariant arms ply in the mash tubs. wJen like solemn ghosts are walking a<Mid the monster vats and watching ^k.11 the mixing and the fuming,Lll the frothing and the stinking Ql)f the yeasty witch-broth making,MVhich for turning senses sodden wClaims the price of half the comfort)f the home-life of the humble. jrVho ha6 built this pile so sombre} £Vho beclouds the town and city?0Vho so tricks the stupid workman jj)f the weal of wife and children? . 0j^rom the wide and dim recesses tlJomes a thick and drowsy murmur: a

"Ich vas Bier!" ac

lark the vicious, hissing faucet, *ake the serpent tongue of Eden! olee the mighty foaming beakers, ii<ike the deadly foam-capped surges tiIce the mighty foaming beakers. G'or Columbia sixteen gallons Bj'o each soul of seventy millions! fi) Gambrinus, in Valhalla, tilow much fills a Saxon pirate? *'our and fifty for Bavaria! t!'or Britannia seven and thirty! Beven and thirty for each infant, C'hirsty father, youth and mother, t'rom the wage one hundred dollars I*ost to every beery household! t>h! the long and cruel winter! o

)h! the famine and the fever! IC

Vho brings poverty in bumpers?tobs the man and loots the cottage?tuilds great paunches, weak and slushy?jays pink skins on muscles flabby? "3riving stupor for ambition? elaking mothers harsh and bleary, wVhiles embruting sons and fathers? nVho debars the weary soldier'rom the health in God-made nectar? cVho serves every vicious contact, ttirring up tne numan ierment:i yYom the "bureau of statistics," t'rom the canteen and the barracks, aYom the hovel and the revel, a

Midways" of the world and "Plazas," liYom the gaudy corner taproom, bYom the reeking, filthy basement, yLnd the foulness of the brothel.Yom each cursed trap and vice den I

All may hear: tToiced in multitudinous concert, i

"I am beer!" ec

n the halls of legislation &!its the bloated god of Mashpot, tLnd the courtiers pale before him yVhen the priothood call and beckon.'ushing pursy powerful lobbies! t'he Republic's pliant consuls, li)elve in foreign lands and cities fleeking channels of new traffic, a

.raying far worlds under tribute.e''or tne overflow of maelstroms, CYoth of maelstroms ever whirling, vIwirling, seething, weltering, steamingn the bowels of the castles hJnder pressure t id eruptive cjike the waters of Mont Pelee. r

fn the heavens appeared a wonder. pIn the heaven or, somewhat under,) Itfen who loved to pay high taxes! o

)h, the wonder of excises! e

)h, the dragons of the cities! ,1

)h, the Mayors and the councils! a

)h, the constables and sheriffs! a

)h, the wonder of the people!i'or the beast, that often wounded, ' Ijived, and still "spake as a dragon;" /'While you make our business legal d[ax us, tax us; we enjoy it! v,Ve will make you roads and bridges, t3ave the streets and lay the gutters, \Juild poor houses and asylums; jTinli nr lnw still issue license.Cnci in any way 'restrict' us; «

_«t us live, and name your contract!"

'Fairly spoken," shout the ^apers,'Fairly spoken," said our statesmen;'Fairly spoken," echoed people;Politicians all applauded.tillage papers, and great dailies!Free press" of a Christian country!

w

»Vho to Cabinet and Congress 6

>omes with nower and ready access? «

kVho enthrones the soulless Mammon, c<

Lord of "Christian" towns and cities? «

rVlio, alas! herds Christian voters o

iVith the banded rogues and robbers, o

\11 the truckler and the jobbers, U\ftcr schemes at best "commercial?" hjSrinr.cd the beast.and with a leer: *'Find the naoes narked in their fore 0

heads, o

Svcry man as he has voted," pSaid the dra^cn: u

"I am Beer!"K

leaning from the walls ot jasper «\I1 the angels blushed and whispered: h'Ah, alas! what do men worship 0tVhen they look and act so queer?tl

rSut the ancient time-wis* Devil, n

With derisive blink and sneer, R

Laughed outright; the -vhiles the dragon tshouted: R

"I am Beer!" i

.A. E. Allabcn, in The New Ycice. C

T:ie Crusade in Uriel".The Oakland City (Ind.) ^temperance

icople are gaining in tne:r ngnt against e:he ealoon. The colored people are falling Bn line for the Anti-Saloon League. ^The alcoholic subject has become sc n

prominent a part cf the evils of the world r

.hat clergyme.1 oust be trained to meet o:ind teach the public its extent and how t<;o remove it.Of the 22,152 persons arrested in New

Zork City charged with offenses of disorderlyconduct, 18,770 admitted being intoy gcatcd. Of the balance over 2000 were ob tl/iously drinking at the time of arrest, and f<ivcre inebriates. I i

The saloon business in St. Louis, it issaid, is almost entirely in the hands of theJermans and the Italians.The jails in thirty-seven Kansas coun

ties are without a single inmate. Prohi- '

bition in Kansas prohibits more than »

ainety-five per cent. fEvery Sunday-school should have a i

temperance library, at least some tem- tperanc« books in the uorary. Tlie size oJ 0the library is of less consequence than the jjuality of the books. pA theological seminary of the Free Lu- (

theran Church in Minnesota has taken uf 3the subject of "Alcohol and ihc Drinb IEvil." A course of lectures has been civ- (en to its students, to which clergymen and Slecturers of all the Norwegian temperance tissociations have been invited. s

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> HH_~V; «Ha

<yhn^t>JKooatld*. MR

he high stars above at night, fflHAre under at noon; <

&SBnd a young soul's virion of heavenIbmPasses, how'soon! 9fl[e climbs, and»,the clear-eeen goal HHIs gone.ah, where? flBMKWhispers a voice from the Infinite, DBSClimb! I am there! BOB

.London SpectatoHHPresent-Day Fiobkimi, 'H|

There is a world of ideas and idealsreat principles, as well as a world of f^H|ad dollars. Let it have the supreme cl^Dnjpon you. The world is needing yourcatea, cultured lives to give it bala^Hn;rength and uplift. It does Lot need flBR> much to add to its wealth /.a to addMH8 idc-ale, its principles, its great, d<fl^Heartfelt convictions of what is*ue, noble and grandly inspirational. HYou need, then, students and graduaSHclean-cut theory of work and a cle^H

it theory of life, and your great aimlen be to bring these two into a trueHQ.tionebip with each other. You need^H&ve some definite aim to pre all yflork unity and you- need KMave a definite aim to give all y^H|fe unity. You must be careful not|^Hlink you have reached a position whMou are escaping from a very disagreealMBksome life of study, or that you-have Hri;ived something; by which you are B||take money ana have great material 4I&J!ss. You nave received an edncation ^EE.Tvice, a culture for others. Educat^Bjnot a certain amount of raw knowle<Mhich you have been enabled to atjHKway. There are many men full of fadHnho, in a moment's conversation, eh^Bley are without an education. Truecation ie the awakening of the mind?e and enjoy; it is giving it wings Irhich to mount higher, see more oea^Had enjoy more fully; and culture israceful way in which you place all tbHBjt the service of others. And this (Hnly be in so far as your whole emotio^Hfe has been lifted up, purified aHBlengthened, .equally with, or even A SB!e more than, the cnltqre of your mflBnd body. You have a spirit life as iflSjs a physical.'life and a mental Kfe;ulture and the value of your cducatHrill be seen only as each of these is h^Hn me nignest xevei ui acvnupmtubifluence. Make the God life.the ideofljt^e truth, the purity and the presence^Hrod.the constant atmosphere of y<H|pint hfe and you will find yoursel^fitted to take a leading place among'SIhousands of American youth who tflUreek pass out from our public schoolsHbe higher privileges of American citixl^Bhip. To this end let me remind yba tl^HThrift's spirit is promised to enable >So accomplish these "greater thingB." ^49re enable you amidst aU your succeft^Ho "think on these things.".From a bHalaureate sermon by the Rev. John flMlackey, pastor of the PresbyterflH'hurch, at Glens Falls, N. 7. Hfl

The Use of Tracts. IBMA man stepped into a horse car infork, and before taking his seat gave HSj]ach passenger a little card 'bearingascription.Look to Jesus when tempt^Krhen troubled, when dying."One of the passengers carefully read t^Hard and put it in his pocket. As hehe car he said to the giver: "Sir, whH|ou gave me this card I was on my wayhe ferry intending to jump from the bqH[nd drown myself. The death of my wflEnd son had robbed me of all desire fluive, hut this card has persuaded me W«gin^ me anew, uooa-aay, ana uoa ui«

We adote the kind Providence that ]Hj'hilip to cross the path of the Ethiopian Hflhe very moment when he was needeHjiut we forget that the like thing occu^Bvery day. There is no such thing H|hance in God's world, and-those w^Heek to he led by the Spirit often fi^Hhemselves messengers of mercy to soi^Hpeary soul. rCH|A lady once traveled nearly 200 mii9Ho tell a writer personally how a lil^Hsaflet that be baa given her the yearore led to her conversion. By the usesimilar card a young man was led

ive bis heart to the Lord, «nd throuJHlis influence both his father and moth^Hrere brought into the Master's service.^HA Christian worker in Nottingham. Eii^hind, tells the following incident: IiW^Bailed to see a dying woman. I found h^fejoicing in Christ, and asked her how s^nound trie Lord. 'Heading that/' shelied, banding me a torn piece of pap^Hlooked at it and found that it was pa^Bf an American newspaper containingztract from one of Spurgeon'a sermonHWhere did you find this newspaper'/' Hsked. She answered, 'It was wrapp^Hround a parcel sent me from Austraba.'H"Think of that! A sermon preachediondon, conveyed to America, thenAustralia, part of it torn off for the parcHespatched to England, and after all iHrendering, giving the message of salvHion to that woman's soul! Truly, GodHVord shall not return unto Him void."B'erchance in Heaven one day to me E3Some blessed saint will come and scflAll bail, beloved! but for thee «My soul to death had fallen a prey!" HinH nK I -nfliflt-. rnnHir® in th® thnnirKt HiOne soul to glory to have brought. N

.Our Young Folks.H"Too Late." H

They grudged Christ the gift of Mary dHre grudge the frankness ana tendernessffeetion to those we love when they aiHnth us.giving them scanty words anlold glances, and a little sympathy or coiH^deration.until a day comes when alor words are spoken into deaf ears, anlur tears fall fruitlessly upon a frozeHDrehead, and our kisses win no answ<Hrom the lips that death nas sealed. Wh^Brou'ld we give them for one hour, one mtfllent of warm life, that we coula hold 1Hur breast the weary head; one briefe^fpportunity to show all that was hiddeHi our hearts.but it is too late. SIToo late; tears, regret, remorse, liffl)ng penitence can alter nothing. ThaHrhich vas so easy once has now becomHnevermore impossible. And that to thHlourners is the cruelest sting of deatlHtie maddening horror of bereavement.wWrudge nothing to the dead, but we givfl|othing to the living. * * * 0, brotneJBnt not till your Christ is dead to anoinH[im.anoint the living Christ.give lovHrhile love is needed and welcomed.doforehand to the burying..Rev. W. jHhiwson, in ' The Reproach of Christ.'1 m

The Method That "Wine. HThe one who successfully deceives aflther makes it hard for himself afterwarflrhen the deception snail have been dieovered.as it is sure to be in time. Hrill always be distrusted, no mattewhether he is again attempting deceptioir not. The only method that wins c!eaa the end is honesty..Wellspring.

Greatest of God's Gifts.Love is the greatest tiling that God caiive us; for Himself is Love; and it ibe greatest thing that we can give to God)r it will give ourselves and carry with i11 that is ours..Jeremv Tavior.

Xo iM»irIbnte Alien*.Influential Jews in Berlin, Germany, an

n other cities are organizing, systematally, the emigration of Jews from Rusaio America. As a general thing they dri0 New York to escape starvation in theiSuropean homes. Tne plan is to diveihe emigrants to other American cities. 1

1 100* ^11 (VI

re\vs will have arrived in America. Thilan is to apportion the number as follows"hieago, 8000; St. Louis, 6000; Pittsburj000; Cleveland, 3000; Cincinnati, 2000Jaltimore, 2000; Buffalo, 2000; Texas, 6C00California, 8000; South America, 10,000Some trouble is expected in carrying ouhe plan, since most of the emigrants dtire to go to New York City. '