AX HANDLES,
Under a guarled, old apple tree.
Bark in tbe gram-grow o on-hard lot
(Plain at 'twere yesterday, to uie.
Thirty yeara siuce I saw the apoti,
btobd tbe uld workbench, where Tom
and I
With boyish terrors amused ourselves.
Wringing from grandpa many a sigh.
As he hWwly polished the hickory
helves.
Oh. many a wild, uncanny tale
O'eri-ame our juvenile unbelief.
Till the hair arose, and the cheek grew
pale.
At tbe fluttering sound of the autumn
leaf,
md our startled senses were wont to
paint
The evening shadows as horrid elves.
While grandpa, humming an old hymn,
quaint,
Still plied the glass to the gleaming
helves.
And when the thickening twilight shade
Over the ancient orchard broke.
With corncob pipes but rudely made,
We gathered the shavings for mimic
smoke.
Till grandpa laughed with a boyish glee,
(And we joined in the mirthful play,
ourselves).
Tea, he Laughed, and cried, as against
the tree
He added one to his finished helves.
A mansion stands where tbe orchard lot
Hallowed the play of my boyish will;
Grandpa sleeps in a sacred spot.
Close by the top of the meadow hill.
Poor Tom Is gone, there are none but me
Left 'mid the ancient joys to delve
Bnt a sweeter memory cannot be.
Than grandpa scraping a hickory helve.
Cleveland l'laindealer.
WON BY WHISTLING.
Hartley, or rather, his wife, had been
giving a musical "at home."
An hour or so later, the "crowd" hav
ing dispersed, Birdy Jackson, Hartley
and I were idly discussing tbe events of
the affair in the smoking-room. Jack
son and I were stopping over night
with our host, being old chums of bis,
and living some distance out of town.
"No Idea you could give such a rip
pling performance, Birdy," remarked
Hartley "and when your wife joined In
I was perfectly astonished."
.. Jackson laughed softly.
"No, she doesn't do It at all badly,"
be admitted. "You know, Dick, there's
a bit of romance attached to that whis
tle of bers; In fact, it was tbe means of
bringing our matrimonial desires to
an abrupt point at an extremely criti
cal point in our courtship.-"
Hartley gave me a gentle kick.
"Then your union had a spice of ro
pianee about it?" he said.
"Barber.' I'nique in the annals of
love-making. I should hay. But folks
are so confounded incredulous nowa
days. I've never attempted to tell the
yam but once and then I swore I'd
never do it attain."
'- Hut he had to on this occasion, and
noon began to interest us as follows:
"First of all, you must know. Mr.
King" addressing me "Fin called
Birdy on iii-coiinr of bavins practiced
from earliest infancy
mtisleal rem a inn.
a ht-y. reprimanded
a
'1m
"heap form of
-ugh ruffed as
f. r
warbling in
-mindly e.e
vi rUielt-.-s
; 1 came In
'i rendered
d tlldepetul-
:.:y g.sl Inr-
frlack littsii.
crated by t
persevered.
"A year
i.OI.I'S
eighho
las: si::
for a si'.m m nn
Hie a praetie;: !iy v
cut man. and to
tunc I threw us - 1
y imsuif
,re to
berth and
nd a t e a
wc-nt into V
weeks wit'
friend and :
"While ti.t-Colom-I
AIi"i
aged wh.
were intima
Nice girl sb
lK.s
1-
ional bachelor
"a :. iy .
iitiodlieetl to a
tighter Kvelyn
'if i.'liae.' and
I': n:.V chum.
y sit' 'go' with-
.' In less than
i.il.
gene
e 1 was i
and bis i:
lived at
c friend
was: i. h-i.
out being the least "fa
8 fortnight I was over bead and ears in
love with her. The subsequent after
noons at "i he Chase' were too hot for
tennis. Colonel Alton spent them snooz
ing In his study; Evelyn's elderly com
panion and her father's housekeeper
for Mrs. Alton had been dead some
years nodded in the shade of her fa
vorite elm. and my friend had invaria
bly to leave for an Important case be
fore the tea came out. Very nice of
him. I thought.
"Thus thrown together. Kvelyu and
I monopolized the arlior, and I used to
amuse her by trilling selections from
the operaR, latest airs (comic and-serious),
and she would occasionally join
in as a kind of fillip to my perform
ances. Though a woman in every re
spect, she could whistle. In most of the
well-known tunes up to date or pathet
ically aged, she excelled, owing to t'n-.
fact that during the winter months for
some years past she had always offi
ciated at the piano for the village pop
ular concerts, when the vocal and in
strumental items were naturally of an
amusing and light order-at times
scarcely high class, perhaps.
"Then came tbe time when the colo
nel had to be approached. The old man
gave me a prompt and curt refusal.
He had other views for his child. I
tried remonstrance, then dogged per
sistency, but with no avail. Kvelyn
stood out like a brick. This burst of In
dependence resulted In her Imtin dlate
banishment to regions unknown to ine,
tinder the surveillance of a relative of
mature age 'and experience, and all
communication between us strenuous
ly denied and forestalled. All chances
of elopement, even, were reduced to
nil.
"A few days later I left my friend's
for Bournemouth, there to recruit my
nattered health and bopea, and think
ttalnfi over quietly. I was cruahed
for tbe Ubm being. Aa I alighted from
my esb at the entrance to the North
Cliff, wbare I had taken rooms, an el
derly lady casse down tbe steps. Her
fact tweaMd a wwhat familiar to me,
tawji I etd not at the time recall to
CiSi Wftaa ami WkM I had aeen It be
fore. When she started as she saw me,
and somewhat hurriedly re-entered the
hotel. 1 was further mystilied. A
thought struck me as I was signing
my name in the hotel register of visit
ors some time later. Two pagi-s bat-r
I found au entry: 'Miss Alton and Mis
E. Alton.' I tumbled to It in a second,
then. The elderly lady 1 had encoun
tered was. undoubtedly. Colonel Al
ton's sister, who had Ut-u staying at
the CLase and left two day alter lay
arrival in tue Milage, and b fore 1
knew anything of Kvelyu 1 had once
passed her walking with the Colonel,
and she must have recognized me
again.
'1 remarked on the entry to the clerk
In a casual war, and he volunteered
the information that Miss Alton had
but a few moments previously given
notice of her intention to vacate their
apartments tbe next morning. Tht
news staggered me. Then Miss Alton
did know all and had decided on flight
as the only safe rem-dy under the cir
cumstances. "Not a glimpse could I catch of Eve
lyn. After dinner from a search on the
pier I returned to the North Cliff and
sat disconsolately smoking out on the
balcony of my room In the growing
dusk. Almost unconsciously I lapsed
into melody and appropriately began
to warble softly, 'Alice, Where Art
Thou 7 A slight movement on the bal
cony above mine and one window to
tbe left caused me to glance np. A fig
ure In white met my gase, with one of
its hands, as If demanding silence,
pointing warningly to the window be
hind her. Yea, It was Evelyn, but her
attendant dragon of an aunt was evi
dently close at band. Verbal communi
cation, as well aa writing, was out of
tbe question. It was already too dark
for the deaf and dumb manipulation.
even provided she knew Its working.
An Idea suddenly flashed ujKin me.
Why not try? No sooner thought than
done. Softly I whistled the last lines
of 'Wbisiier and I Shall Hear, refrain.
A slight shake of the head and then a
rendering of 'Good -by, Sweetheart,
Good-by,' floated dowu. Then they
were really going away.
" 'Evelyn, I don't think It's quite
proper for you to be standing there,'
came a voice from within, and which,
by straining my ears, I could just over
hear. My heart beat wildly and the
girl turned to address her aunt with
out leaving the balcony.
"'It's almost dark now and I can't
stay cooped up all the evening our last
one, too! What does papa want us
back in such a hurry for?
"'Because he wishes it, my dear;
that's all the reason I can give you. Yon
really must help me to finish the pack
ing in a few minutes.'
"Then her aunt had revealed nothing
and believed her yet to lie in ignorance
of my presence at the hotel. Luckily,
but Ihe case was a desperate one.
Kvelyn returned to her former position
ami leaned over again.
'Where Are You doing To, My Pret
ty Maid'' I began. There was a mo
mentary pause and then the answer
came in a line of "Home, Sweet Homo,'
from my darling's lips.
" '1 do wish you would drop that vul
gar habit of whistling.' again came the
voice inside the window.
" 'lint, auntie, there's no piano to sing
to,' was the somewhat lame excuse. 'I
must do somi thing, and 1 can't possi
bly shock anyone up here."
"Then there was silence once more.
"Back to Yorkshire again. No chance
there. Anyhow, she still caret for n,e,
and 1 inusr put her affections to a se
vere test. It was our only chance of se
curing happiness.
"'Hi. Nannie, Wilf Thou Gang Wi'
Me': I piped.
"'Where Are You Going ToV was
r.gnin utilize"! in reply.
"1 was stumpi-il for a minute, but ti
bar or two of T'.ig Ben." a favorite song
of mine, came as a hazardous rescue.
She understootl. lil:. In r! but a lengthy
pause it. tei 'veiled" before her answer
Then. 'No. sir; no, sir; no. sir; no!' was
rcpeatetl four times In succession. She
refused, then! Why so emphatically?
What a silly Idiot I was! The fourth
time the girl in the song said 'No,' she
meant 'Yes.' I breathed again.
"But alwut our departure. The morn
iug York train via Bath left at 9:45. The
earliest Waterloo was 7:4.", and we
should be easily tracked anil our Inten
tions frustrated in consequence, if we
left it until then. I consulted my
watch. It was 9:15. The night traiu
up left at 10:L'O. th. Why Should We
Wait Till To-morrow'? went up with
out delay. 'All's Well' from above soon
settled that question satisfactorily, but
was followed immediately by a few
bars of 'Bradshaw's Guide' .ditty. I
knew what she wanted, so. after a
slight hesitation, I warbled 'Come Into
the Garden, Maud,' and ehlrpei ten
times. "Hope on, dear loved one, we
shall meet again.' from 'Dream Faces.'
proved that I was clearly understootl,
antl then she turned to address Miss
Alton in louder tones than before.
"I declare you're nearly asleep, aunt
ie. I'm tired, and have a headache, too.
We've a long journey lwfore us. so 1
think I'll go to my room now. Don't
disturb, there's a dear; the packing
won't take long In the morning. You'd
better do the same,'
"The proposal evidently suited Miss
Alton down to the ground, for she left
her chair Inside, and came a little way
out on the balcony.
" 'A good Itlea, Evy; so we will,' she
answered.
"I crept back, ami a minute or two
later 'Good-nights' were exchauged,
and the subsequent slam of a door no
tified me that Evelyn had left for lur
apartment.
"By 8:45 I had settled up, and left In
structions that my heavy baggage, for
tunately not unpacked, would be called
or seat for In the course of a week, or
leaa, dangling aa old telegram form In
my baad as I did so, to fire color to
my hasty departure. At 10 promat I
picked up Evelyn under the pines in
the hotel gardetis. and, with a dressing
bag and a small Gladstone between us.
walked Into tiie station, and eventually
reached London safely, early in the
morning. I put her in one hotel, where
I knew she would le safe, with strict
injunctions not to venture out until I
bail tixeil everything up for the cere-
moi y, and went myself to another. Tu?
long and short of it was, that long be
fore we were anvthing like tracked, the
devil had Is-en done by fqiecial license
and the colonel defeated for once in his
life.
"Come round, did he? Yes, when he
afterward discovered that the man h?
Intended for his daughter had already
been engaged for two years, aud got
married shortly after we did. Even I
could have told the old fellow that had
he beeu more communicative aud ex
pllcit in the first Instance, for my rival
turned out to lie no other than the
friend I was visiting. He actually ad
mits now that he couldn't have wished
her a better match, but, anyhow, he
And Birdy broke off Into "Can't
Change It."
"Listen," he said, "if you can't quite
swallow the yarn you will not fall to
take this in."
Then he went through "Oh, Come,
My Lady Fair," from the "Gaiety Girl"
song. Scarcely had he concluded than
away from another quarter of tbe bouse
came an answering chorus of "I'm
Coming," from the negro melody, 'Toor
Old Joe." Half a minute later In stroll
ed Mrs. Jackson and Hartley's wife.
Birdy winked knowingly at us.
"I've Just beea telling them bow you
were practically wooed and won by
whistling, my dear," he remarked to
his wife, "and they want another tune
before we turn In."
Evelyn blushed. "No, Sir," etc., she
warbled three times.
Then Jackson took up his candle ami
marched up stairs with the strains of
the national anthem on his lips. Lon
don Tld-Blts.
TO CONQUER AN ISLAND.
The Unique Mission of a Company
Formed in California.
A number of Ixs Angeles men have
received a concession from the Mexican
Government of the Island of Tlburon,
In the Gulf of California. A company
of 3fN) men Is being organized, under the
command of I. II. Folk. Each man Is
to receive fiX aud acres of land,
after the Inland Is conquered. The
money for the expedition Is being put
up by Col. Bradbury, who inherited a
million or so a few years ago. There
are only alsiiit b male Indiana on the
Island, but they are said to be sticii
valiant fighters that the Mexican Gov
ernment despaired of subduing them
and has offered the island to Bradbu.v
and his companions if they would un
dertake the work. It is the intention
of the Tibui'ou Conquest Company, as
the new corHiraliou is called, to esta'.e
lish a republic of its own. and have tbe
I'nitetl Slates establish !l protectorate.
It is stated that Mexico has consented
to this. One of the objects of the com
pany is to establish a great resort, aa I
lilies of steamers will be put till from
bftii Yuma ami Guay.-unas.-Los Aug"
ies. Cal.. Tilurs.
Czarina ami Her Ito--tr.
Twenty thousand dollars is il,e (-
jest paitl at St. Petersburg to I'r.if. ttt.
the Genua n physician who I. ad charge
of the accouchement of the .a rina.
This may seem big remuiieiat:"i!. but
it must f borne in mind ihat He- re
sponsibility of the physician is .i,t.
tliiug enormous, lie is held accoui.ia
bio to such a degree in the event o!
anything going wrong that the only
thing left for him to do is ttt commit
suicide. That was te course adopted j
by Sir Bii-lianl Croft, the accouche nr
of I'rincess Charlotte, of Great I'.rit- I
nin. whose death in childbirth through '
his alleged mismanagement placed i
ijuovu Victoria on the throne. And it
is to the German accoucheurs who at
tended the first confinement of the Em
press Frederick of Germuny that Em
peror William is Indebted for his with
eivd left arm. This was why Emperor
Frederick and his wife always Insisted
on the presence of English accouch
eurs at the birth of their subsequent
children.
Dr. l'layfair. Ixml I'layfair's broth
er, haB brought a large number of roy
al children Into the world. It was" for
him that Bunch suggested the name of
Lord Ihdiverus, aud he figures on the
list of members of the (Queen's house
hold as physician-accoucheur to her
Majesty. .That Is no lx-d of roses. Iu
the lirst place, the royal house of En
gland Is so prolific of daughters antl
grand-daughters of the Queen, and sec
ondly, the office is of such responsibil
ity that the presence of a cabinet min
ister at the birth Is required by stat
ute. Ir. l'layfair, by the by, received
on the occasion of each of his visits to
Bucharest to attend the confinement of
the Crown Brim-ess fees of S 12,HX), le
sldes his expenses. Jeweled snuffboxes
ami decorations.
IJee-HIe for Farmers.
Most farmers would have lsiter suc
cess with bees If they used only tiie
old straw or box hives. Bee-keeping
with the movable-frame hives Is an art
which few care to learn; the straw hive
Is a simple tool which any one can use.
Before the bee-moth became prevalent,
nearly every farmer kept !ees lu this
simple way. The Introduction of the
Italian bee has done away with this
trouble. With the old-fashioned hives,
women and children can do most of the
work, and bee-keeping, like poultry
raising, can be their special province
and profit. Aside from learning to hive
new swarms, little knowledge Is need
ed. Country Gentleman.
Alice (tbe friend) I don't aee bow
any one can help loving Blanche. Ger
trude (tbe rivsi Use can't help It baft
self.-Llfe.
FOR SUNDAY READING
THE GOSPEL OF GRACE IS HERS
EXPOUNDED
"That Te Present Your Bodies a Liv
ing Kacri flee " - "Let the W icked
Forsake His War, and the Unright
eous Man His Thoughts."
The Christian's Orest Sacrifice,
i ( BE a living sacri
fice is to Is- living
to make sacrifices,
To !e living for
Christ, that he may
show forth his glo-
r v?uf in Ue re ,o
liTGul live to lie hU am
fl into. bnssadors; to be Ilv-
JIX RfieX. Ing epistles, seen
QiMliPMgaJ? ami read of men
and every chapter
of which shall be
continually telling
those around us
something good
about God. We are to gratefully chooee
this lot for ourselves, and when we
have choeen It to expect nothing else.
When disappointments come we are to
praise tbe Lord that we are thought
worthy to bear them for him, and re
joice that we are so circumstanced
that our love for God can show that It
means something more than going to
church to hear good preaching on Sun
day. For aught we know angels may
not be able to tell God that they love
him. They have no way of proving
that they love him. but we have. Job
convinced the devil that he loved God
In earnest, but there Is nothing In the
Bible to show that the angel Gabriel,
or tbe archangel Michael have ever
been able to do It. The highest honor
God can confer upon the Inhabitants
of any world Is to iermlt them to volun
tarily suffer for him. It Is doubtful if
there Is another world In the universe
so distinguished as our own In this re
spect To live to make sacrifices Is to
live to be like Christ, and this Is what
God wants of us when he asks us to
present our bodies a living sacrifice.
Give L'p Rln and Hinfnl Thoughts.
Gisl's requirement of the sinner Is
that he shall stop doing wrong and be
gin to do right, anil that he shall stxip
tlilnklng wrong and ltegln to think
right Wicked thoughts are the ser-s-nt's
eggs out of which are hatched
all wicked deeds. Before a wicked man
will do right he must also be brought
to think right. As soon as he Is willing
to walk right ami think rigiit It will mrt
be long lx-fore he will be right, for God
is sihiii found by the man who turns his
back on all sin. But It must Is- a com
plete giving tip of wit kitl way ami
wicked thought While there is the
slightest secret Inclination inward sin
Gtsl cannot pardon. There must be
no oquiv.sntion or evasion. The sur
render must be complete and tininmli
fthnal. Gotl's law must lie accepted t'r,
the only law. The wicked must for
sake his way altogether, no matter how
safe antl pleasant It may look. It is a
way thai; leads to th-a!li and must be
abandoned completely before he can
walk in tiie way of life. He must also
h willing to have a clean mind before
in can have a pure heart. God cannot
! found as long-as -,v e per;,; sl think
ing the devil's evil thfliights. We must
h-re an unholy thought as we would a
serpen;, ami make war upon it wiih-iiit
he fcy. Whoever will t--k forgiveness
b.r coi'ii, lying villi God's conditions
will soon know- for himself that he h is
Indeed br-en abundantly pardoned.
Throw the Hihle Ortrn.
The way to learn what the Lib!'
tenches is to throw ifs pages wide open
ami read it with a simple mini jhhI a
pure heart, anxious only to know its
mtaning. How much better is ties
than to lwgiii with a creed of catechism
and then go ''browsing round" to pick
out detached verses tocoiitirm the sev
eral articles or faith. This systematic
study may be useful at a later period
In one's Christian knowledge ami Chris
tian life. But, to begin with it warps
the mind In its earliest and most flexi
ble state. Young students soiiietlni"s
get so wedded to the form ami to the
very words of a coiifesdon of fa th that.
In refilling the glorious eighth chapter
of Romans, they will see but one or two
verses which they have Im-cii accustom
ed to hear quoted as proof texts of cer
tain mint lu theology. This is an in
justice to the Bible, ami to the student
himself, whose views will Is narrow
ant incomplete. But throw the Bible
wide open, and throw open your win
dows to let in the sun to shine upon It,
and you will see that It Is full of light
and warmth, that will quicken your
spiritual life, to the elevating of your
character, and the saving of your soul.
-Iter. Henry M. Field, 1). I).
A Wise Answer.
I)r. Brccketiritlge, a Well known
American clergyman, ami his two
brothers, also of the same profession,
one day paid a visit to their mother.
'Io you not think, mother," said he,
"that you ruled us with too rigid a roil
In our boyhood? It would have Itecn
better, 1 think, had you used gentler
methods."
The old lady straightened up, and
said: "Well, William, when you have
raised up three as gtsid preachers as I
hare, then you can talk!"
Christ's Work for the World.
There are many things too sublime
for us to attain unto, except In small
part. Our human understandig Is so
limited that we cannot grasp more than
part of some of the grandest theme,
which eternity Itself will be none too
loug to study. And such a subject Is
tills Christ's work for the world. Per
tup tbe only possible way In which
ve can comprehend It In ever so small
measure Is to compute for ourselves
rhat bis work for as as Individuals
os been. Iet ns leare Christ out of
oar lives; blot Mm out of each boar of
oar day, and think bow unuiterly dark
(T
antl dreary would be the life which,
despite clouds ami storms, Is yet bright
ened by the shining of that Light which
never grows dim. If we can In any
measure estimate what Christ has done
for us ersonany, thep we can in some
ptsr fashion estimate what his work
has twen for the world. Where that
Light has lieamed wildernesses have
been turned into fair gardens, watered
with streams from the fountain of life,
ami the palms of victory have thrown
their shade. All the dark pla-,-s of the
earth have been illuminated by this
grand searchlight of trii'h. ami the hab
itations of cruelty have Iss-ouie place
of peace. Mrs. George A. I'aull.
Truth in Hrirf.
The Ixrd's side Is never afraid of
daylight.
Long suffering always makes Gotl's
chiltlreti gentle.
Courage is something that a coward
can only Imitate.
No back ever yet broke under tbe
burden God gave It
To have Christ, Is to have everything
God's law requires of us.
Industry and prudence are tbe best
safeguards against bad luck.
Some men seem to have lieen made
out of dust with gravel in IL
Ive is the only thing that can
lighten burdens by adding to them.
In the very same moment that a man
doubts God, he begins to believe tbe
devil.
Eternity will explain all the perplex
ing things that have happened In this
world.
When people get close to God, they
don't have any trouble about loving one
another.
When man makes a religion, he tries
to make one that will let him stay mean
and still resect himself.
Some very religious wople have a dif
ferent religion on Sunday, from what
they have the rest of the week.
The Christian Is walking on danger
ous ground, who Is not praying every
day of his life that he may be more like
Christ
Thinits New and Uld.
Hard work Is very hard to those w ho
put no heart In It.
The devil can make anything he
needs out of a loafer.
Angels are God's servants, but re
deemed men are his sons.
No wound Is so hard to heal, as the
one Inflicted by a friend.
The greatest danger of youth lies In
a determination to have Its own war.
Whatever we do for Christ, has some
thing to do with making us like him.
No man can ever reach his best, with
out first bitirtning a follower of Christ
No man can love his nelghlior as him
self, mull he loves God more than him
self. The darker It Is in the Christian's
miglilMirhiMiil, the more his light is
Heeded.
No matter what I'anl's text was,
whenever he preached, his theme was
Christ.
Sin will banish t.ieti from God's pres
ence, but It ciimiol separate them from
his love.
Conversion is not a change of opinion
about God, but a change of heart to
ward him.
The lust evidence of the truth of j
Christianity is iw wonderful i-ri'eet j
upon (lie lives or believers. Tiie li-es- j
hvteriasi Banner tells of a len t u ..oils '
preacher, who knew liitle of books of
theology, but w ho hail what was a v ast
deal belter, a practical knowledge of
saivaiioii through Christ, was before a
conference isimmittee mice for exami
nation. "Brother." said one of his wise ex
aminers, "will you please name some of
the evidences of the divinity of our
Lord .lesiis I iirisl '.'"
'The brother's face, wore an expression
of puzzled bewilderment, and he was
silent. The examiner repealed his ques
tion: "What makes you think Christ
Is divine V" Willi Lis eyes full of tears
he exclaimed:
"How do 1 know he's divine? Why.
bless you. he saved my soul, ami I love
him for it."
The IanK-er of Prosperity.
Not withstanding the dangers of pros
perity and the severe tests It brings to
our spiritual life, we nearly nil wish to
experience It. ami firmly Isdleve that lu
our own case we should le all the truer
and more devoted If we could gain oui
fond wishes and realize our day
dreams. But the attainment would
bring unexM-cteil trials to faith. The
inue h-lnlssed poet was right when be
said. "When pain ends, gain ends, too,"
which means essentially that the liesl
part of life the rear gain of It Is lu
the struggle ami the aspiration rather
than In the attainment.
Willing to lie Old.
Who would not Is- willing to live to
be obi If every added year brought add
ed friends anil added grace' Who
would not even bear trouble, If need lie.
If thereby the character could be made
like refined gold, sisitless and pure";
But the shining of the light at evening
time Is not a will o'-tJie-vvIsp, a fitful
gleam coming with the decay of jmiw
ers. It Is the steady flame fed for scores
of years by the oil of perennial faith.
It has tss'ii shining all the way through,
and will burn brighter find brighter un
til the perfect day. I,ct us kindle our
taers at the same source.
Karthlv Trials.
The earthly trials that come to us
are God's means of securing our heav
enly Joy. They lie upon the road we
have to travel, and they help us for
ward. As means of saoctlflcatlon they
make us meet for the Inheritance. Jf
Christ preres mansions for Ills peo
ple, It Is by preparing tbem for the
mansions. The affliction Is not merely
light compared with tbe weight of
glory, but It actually worketh that very
glory, and secures It. It holds a chief
place among tbe all things that work
together for food.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
Warning Notes l allin- tbe Wicked ts
kcpentanic.
N V B ) I Y can
jdease God who
will devote his
w hide time to It.
Faith In Gol
brings men closer
to each other.
Gist's iromises
are heaven's
bank notes.
Affectation is
trying to make
brass pass for
gold.
The devil Is not
doing all his work In the slums.
A lie never stops running when truth
Is on Its track.
Truth often knocks at the door of him
who has ears to hear.
It is still as safe to trust God as it
was in tbe days of Job.
When we measure others we make
ourselves tbe standard.
It costs about as much to be stingy as
It does to Is? etravagant.
How easy It is for a lary man to prove
that luck Is sgalnst blrn.
When the world can't understand a
man It calls him a crank.
Character is something that stays
when everything else Is gone.
Our (rials do not weaken us. They
only show us that we are weak.
We sometimes pray for more grace,
when what we need is more grit
Tbe preacher who does Hot practice
all he preaches, preaches too much.
The devil hates a prayer meeting, but
he likes the part some people take In it
High up among the things written
on the gate of lndl, Is "Sacred Concert."
To have a real revival of religion, the
preaching must be clear cut against sin.
A self-made man generally spoil
his tsiy In trying to make him like him
self. No man who gives aa much as be
ought to give, ever wants bis money
back.
If the Christian will keep his light
shining, God will put It where it can Is)
seen.
Don't try to stop the wind. Have
your ship ready to be helped on Its way
by It.
The things which do the most to
make us happy cannot be had for
money.
It Is Just as true that little sins are
real sins, as that little snakes are real
snakes.
The man who Is not willing to serve
God for nothing, Is not willing to serve
him at all.
If you want your boy to stay on the
farm don't make him work wilh the
dullest line.
When one man Is heating a furnace
for another, he never thinks about the
price of coal.
What a bright world this would be
If people were as ready to give gold as
good advice.
It Is hard to understand why unas
suming people lire so apt to wear
squeaking shoes.
No man should engage In anything
in which lie cannot wit h confidence iisk
l oui to guide him.
"Let not thy left band know what
thy right hand doeth," means Unit both
should be kept busy for God.
If angels know what the saloons are
doing. It must puzzle then) to under
stand why God holds, the judgment
back. .
our Th'inksglving dinner will taste
nil the better If we know that our poor
nclghlsir also has some turkey on his
plate.
If there Is Joy in heaven over n sin
ner that repents, what do you suppose,
happens there when a boy goes Into a
saloon.
The man who loves Cod with all his
heart will be found doing something
more to show it than talking nice In
church.
The man who goes around digging
pits for others to fall Into, will dig his
own grave, wsoner or later. In th
devil's service trials are misfortunes,
but In God's service they are blessings.
fnderfe.il Germans.
How insufficiently the lower classes
lu Germany are fed with nourishing,
wholesome food Is well known. From
the annual statistics of the forty-seven
large German cities Just published I
gathered the following illustrative
Item: In Berlin the annual meat con
sumption a head of population has dot-reused
from K" kilos to CD kilos, or Just
ulsiut i ounces of meat a day. An In
crease Is shown in the consumption of
horseflesh for human food, while dogs'
meat has liecome a regular staple arti
cle for the poor man's diet In Chem
nitz and In Dresden etqicclnlly this un
inviting article of food has l-en in
creasing enormously. In Chemnitz
some HIT dogs have been slaughtered
ami sold for human food, to the knowl
edge of the authorities, to sny nothing
of the many cases where the fact did
not come to their knowledge. Isn't that
a vivid Illustration to the ralson d'etre
of I laupt mini's "Ile Weber," the play
called revolutionary here, but whero
the real life of the poor German weav
ers Is but realistically portrayed"
Hootch and American Beef.
It la a notorious fact that much of
the beef sold as "prime Scotch" Is sim
ply prime American. The British roa
suiner, It is averred. Is unable to detect
either by eye or palate tbe origin of a
side of beef or of tbe roast cot from It
Dr. Glade Do you know anybody
who has a bora for tale? Drover-1
reckon Hank Bitters baa; I aabj him
one yesterday Truth.
Tbe dog m ta-BMngisr aeatlnMat hj
fooadaMoo la erery Wt afiaty.
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