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    INTERNATIONAL MEM ASSOCIATION.
CHAPTER XIV.—(CoKTtm'Bn.)
"What n streak of luck for you. my
| £ood brother,” he observed, when the
^ table wan over. "If you bad gone to
Paris, you would have pluyed dlok
duck-drako with the whole consign
ment In three months. Your own
would have followed; and you would
have come to me In a procession like
the last time. But 1 give you warning
—Stasle may weep and Henri ratioci
nate It will not serve, yon twice. Your
next eolbyme will be fatal. I thought
I had told you so, Stasle? Hey? No
sense7”
The Doctor winced and looked fur
tively nt Jean-Marie; hut the boy
seemed apathetic.
"And then again,” broke out Oasl
mlr, "what children you are vicious
children, my faith! How could you tell
the value of this trash? It might have
beiii worth nothing, or next door.”
"Pardon me," said the Doctor. "You
have your usual Mow of spirits. I per
ceive, but even less limn your usual
deliberation. I am not entirely Igno
rant of these matters."
■ "Not entirely Ignorant of anything
ever i heard of," Interrupted Caslmlr,
bowing, and raising his glass with a
sort of pert politeness.
"At leust,” resumed the Doctor, "I
gave rny mind to the subject that you
may ho willing to believe and I esti
mated that our capital would be dou
bled." And he described the nature of
the And.
p “My word of honor!” said Caslmlr,
"1 half believe you! But much would
depend on the quality of the gold."
Jw "The quality, my dear Cuslmlr,
" was And the Doctor, In default
of language, kissed his Anger tips.
Hp "I would not take your word for It,
my good friend,” retorted the man of
buhincrM. Vou are a titan of very rosy
views. But this robbery," he contin
ued “this robbery is an odd thing.
Of course I pass over your nonsense
about gangs and landscape-painters.
For me, that is a dream. Who was in
the house last night?”
"None hut ourselves,” replied the
a3|: Doctor.
"And this young gentleman?” asked
' Caslmir, jerking a nod In the direction
of Jean-Marie.
& "He too?”—the Doctor bowed.
"Well; and, if it is a fair question,
who is he?” pursued the brother-in
law.
"Jean-Marie,” answered the Doctor,
, "combines the functions of a son and
atable-boy. He began as the latter, but
be rose rapidly to the more honorable
rank In our affections. He Is, 1 may
say, the greatest comfort In our lives.”
')(t "Ha!” said Caslmir. "And previous
to becoming one of you?”
"Jean-Marie has lived a remarkable
existence; his experience has been em
inently formative," replied Desprez.
“If I had to choose an education for my
son, I should have chosen such another.
Beginning life with mountebanks and
f- thieves, passing onward to the society
V and friendship of philosopher!!, he may
be said to have skimmed tho volume
| of human life.”
"Thieves?” repeated the brother-in
law, with a meditative air.
The Doctor could have bitten his
| tongue out. He foresa w what was com
(lug, and prepared ms rmud lor a vig
orous defense.
"Did you ever steal yourself?” asked
; Casliulr, turning suddenly on Jean
Marie, and for the first time employing
a single eyeglass which hung rouud his
neck.
"Yes, sir,” replied the boy, with a
deep blush.
CHAPTER XV.
AS1MIR turned to
the others with
pursed lips, ami
nodded to them
meaningly. "Hey?”
said he; “how pt
that t ■
"Jean-Marle Is a
teller of the truth."
returned the lVic
tor, throwing out
his bust.
"He has never told a Re." added tun
dunie. "He Is the best of boys.”
"Never told a He, has he not?” re
flected t'sslmlr. "litrangs, very
strange. Olve me your mttwnllon. ruy
young frlsud,” h« continued. 'You
knew about this treasure?"
"He helped to bring U home." Inter
posed the Duller.
Iiespres, I ask yuu nothing but to
hold your longue,” returned Csaimlr.
• I nteaa to question this stable-boy of
youis; snd If you are no certain of His
Innocent*, you can afford to let him
answer for himself Now, air," he re
sumed, pointing hta eyeglass strwlghl
*1 lean Merle you knew II tould b*
stole,i with impunity* Yuu knew you
rwoId IMU be prose Hied? Corns! Did
ywu or did you not*”
"I did * answered J«an Marts, In n
miserable wkteper. He set there
• banging cuter Ilk* s revelring pharos
I wist lag his Unger* hysterically, swat
tewing sir, the picture of guilt
"You hn*w where It was put T' re
sumed the inquisitor
Vs*.'* from lean Mart*
You any you hwve been a thief He
lm* ,outlawed t'sslmlr ViW ho*
nm I tu sn«w that yew are nut on*
•DIP t soppwwt ywu tashl «Mmb lie
(teen gat*' "
|MH ffhr#n l|fr» |*f 11
• \WU. IImHIi ll VIM tdH vN iluU
these things. You know It, and you
dare not deny It. l>ook me In the face!
Raise your sneak's eyes, and answer!”
Hut In place of anything of that sort
Jean-Marie broke Into a dismal howl
and fled from the arbor. Anastasia, as
she pursued to capture and rcnssure the
victim, found time to send one Par
thian arrow—"Caslmlr, you are a
brute!”
"My brother," said Despret, with the
greatest dignity, "you take upon your*
self a license - ”
"Despret," Interrupted Caslmlr, "for
Heaven’s sake be a man of the world.
You telegraph mo to leave my business
and come down here on yours. I come.
I ask the business, you say ‘Find roe
this thief!’ Well, I find him! I say
’There he Is!’ You need not like It,
but you have no manner of right to
take offense.”
"Well," returned the Doctor, "I grant
that; 1 will even thank you for your
mistaken zeal. Hut your hypothesis
was so extravagantly monstrous
"Ixjok here,” Interrupted Castmir;
"was It you or Sta«ic?”
"Certainly not,” answered the Doc
; lor.
“Very well; then It was the boy. Say
! no more about it,” said the brother-in
law, and he produced big cigar-case.
"I will say this much more,” returned
Desprez; “If that boy came and told me
so himself, I should not believe him;
and if 1 did believe him, so Implicit
i Is my trust, 1 should conclude that he
i had acted for the best.”
"Well, well,” said Caslmlr, indul
j gently. "Have you a light? 1 must be
An/I t It/. w;i v I Wl«h VOIl
would let me sell your Turks for you.
I always told you, it meant smash. 1
tell you so again. Indeed, it was partly
that that brought, me down. You never
acknowledge my letters—an unpardon
able habit.”
"My good brother,” replied the Doc
tor blandly, "I have never denied your
ability In business; but I can perceive
your limitations.'’
"Egad, my friend, 1 can return the
compliment," observed the man of
business. “Your limitation is to be
downright Irrational.”
"Observe the relative position,” re
turned the Doctor with a smile. "It
is your attitude to believe through
thick and thin in one man's Judgment
—your own. I follow the same opinion,
hut critically and with open eyes.
Which is the more irrational?—I leave
it to yourself.”
"Oh, my dear fellow!” cried Oasimlr,
"stick’ to your Turks, stick to your
stable-boy, go to the devil in general
in your own way and be done with it.
But don’t ratiocinate with me—I can
not bear it. And so, ta-ta. 1 might as
well have stayed away for any good
I’ve done. Say good-bye from me to
Stasie, and to the sullen hang-dog of
a stable-boy, if you insist ou it; I’m
off."
And Casimir departed. The Doctor,
that night, dissected his character be
fore Anastasie. "One thing, tny beau
tiful,” he said, "he has learned one
thing from his lifelong acquaintance
wi'h your husband: the word ratioci
nate. It shines his vocabulary, like
a jewel in a muck-heap. And, even so,
he continually mkapplie- It. Eor you
must have observed he u.-xa it as a sort
of taunt, in the case of to ergotlze, im
plying, as it were-the poor, dear fel
low!—a vein of sophistry. As tor his
cruelty to Jean-Marie, it must he for
given him it Is not his nature, it is
the nature of his life. A man who deals
with money, my d< ar. is a man lost.”
With Jean-Marie the process of re
conciliation hud been somewhat slow
At first he was inconsolable, Insisted
on leaving the family, went from par
oxysm to paroxysm of tea re; uud It wus
only alter aiimumu nan mill cios<-[eu
for an hour with him, alone, that she
came forth, nought out the Doctor, and
with tear* In her eyes, nmualutcd thut
gentleman with what hud passed,
“At lirst, my husbaud, he would hear
of uoihlug." she said. "Imagine! if he
had left us! what would the treasure
be to that? Horrible treasure. It has
brought all this about! At last, after
he has sobbed his very heart out, be
agrees to stay on a condition we are
not to mention this matter, this III
, famous suspicion, not even lo mention
the robbery. On that agreemcti' only,
the poor, iruel hoy will cousout- to re
main among hla friends."
“Hut this Inhibition," said the Doc
tor, “this embargo - It cannot poastbly
apply to me?"
“To all of us." Anastas Is assured
him.
* My cherished one.'' Desprw* protest
ed, “you mutt have tuisundersnwid it.
It cannot at ply lo me. He would nat
urally c**me to ate."
“Ilearl,' she said, “It d>»a; I swear
tu you tt does"
“This la a painful, a vary painful dr
vumatanee." the Doctor sat t louhln* a
Utile bach “I cannot affeol, Ansataat*
to be any thing but Justly wounded I
feel this, I fee! H, tu> wife, mutely '
“I knew you would," she said “Hut
If you had sewn his dtattesst We most
make altowanvee, we maet tacrtgce our
feeling*.
“I trust, my dean, ywu have never
found toe avers* to so. ><te«s. ‘ return* I
; the 1*0 tor very sllMljr
“And you will let m« gw and tall him
that p«u have agre*d? It nfti ha Ilk
i t»ur noM-* salute she s< - I
lbs U would, ha pwr-elvad-M would
I ha Its* hla selde salute! I'y Jumped
his spirits, triumphant at the thought.
"Go, darling," he said nobly, "reassure
him. The subject is buried; more—I
make an effort, 1 have accustomed m
will to these exertions* and it is for
gotten.”
A little after, but still with swollen
l eyes and looking mortally sheepish,
Jean-Marie reappeared anil went os
tentatiously about his business. Me
was the only unhappy member of the
party that sat down that night to sup
per. As for the Doctor, he was ra
diant. He thus sang the requiem of
the treasure:
“This has been, on the whole, a most
amtMlng episode,” he said. "We are
not a penny the worse nay, we are
Immensely gainers. Our philosophy
has been exerted; some of the turtle
is still left -the most wholesome of del
icacies; I have my staff, Anastnsle has
her new dress, Lean-Marie is the proud
possessor of a fashionable kepi. Be
sides, we had a glass wf Hermitage last
night; the glow still suffuses my mem
ory. I was growing positively niggard
ly. Let me take the hint; wo had one
bottle to celebrate the appearance of
our visionary fortune, let us have a sec
ond to console us for Its oceultutlon.
The third I hereby dedicate to Jean
Marie’s wedding breakfast.”
CHAPTER XVI.
ME Doctor's house
bus not yet ret elve.l
the compliment of
a description, and
it is now high time
that tiie omission
were supplied, for
C* ' the house is itself
““ _ an actor In the sto
ry, and one whose
part is nearly at an
end. Two stories in
height, walls of a warm yellow, tiles
of an ancient ruddy brown diversified
with moss and lichen, It stood with one
wall to the street in the angle of the
Doctor’s property. It wan roomy,
draughty, and Inconvenient. The large
rafters were here and there engraven
wltii rude marks and patterns; the
handrail of the stairs was carved in
countrified arabesque; a stout timber
pillar, which did duly to support the
dining-room root, bore mysterious
characters on its darker side, runes,
according to the Doctor; nor did he full,
when lie ran over the legendary histo
ry of the house and I’s possessors, to
dwell linoti the Scandinavian scholar
who had left them. Floors, doors, and
rafters made a great variety angles;
every room had a particular Inclina
tion; the gable had tilted toward the
garden, after the manner of a leaning
tower, and one of the former proprie
tors had buttressed the building from
that side with a great strut of wood,
like the derrick of a crane. Altogether,
it had many marks of ruin; it was a
house for the rats to desert; and noth
ing but its excellent brightness-the
window-glass polished and shining, the
paint well scoured, the brasses radiant,
the very prop all wreathed about with
climbing flowers—nothing hut its air
of a well-tended, smiling veteran, sit
ting, crutch and all. in the sunny cor
ner of a garden, marked it as a house
for comfortable peoole to inhabit. In
poor or idle management It would boo i
have hurried into the blackguard
stages of decay. As >t was. the whole
family loved It, and the Doctor wan
never better Inspired than when he
narrated its imaginary story and drew
the character of its si ecessive masters,
from the Hebrew merchant who had
re-edified its walls after the sack of
the town, ami past the mysterious en
graver of the runes, down to the long
headed, dirty-handed boor from whom
he had himself acquired It at a ruin
ous expense. As for any alarm abou
its security, the idea had never present
ed itself. What had stood four centu
ries might well endure a little longer
no ii3 »
AMERICA A WHISTLING NATION
The Yaul>«*<•'* Huy Method of Working
off lint NervouvneiMt*
The right of a person to whistle, to
the paralysis of other persons' nerves.
Is becoming almost as burning a qu • -
tlon ns the right of persons to smoke
to the no ntnl and bodily detriment of
milt ip, rjiB iin i * Mil i i Hi ir" i 11'« »a
Americans are probably, next to our
own colored pcap> In the tout hern
towns, whom we have educated In tin
art, the most addicted to whistling
There are apparently two re. -on* fur
this. One In that we ure the most
nervous cf peopl - wc have gut to i
doing something, we can't go down
stolidly at our work like Buroj;«ttu or
wit silent amt contemplative, so
work off our fidget* wifh whistling.
Yh* other reason Is that ** are i—» ty
a cheerful and cvprc-slv* poop* In
spite of all that has ever lasen said to
the contrary. The national whtotltni;
habit haa recalled In the production of
a great number of really skillful and
musical whistlers. With one consider
ation nnd another there la a ireuund
(Mi* amount uf whistling It seems
cheerful sad hi*s, tu the whistler,
It Is really cheerful. Now, unduutd*d*
It this would be very nice If every
one's whistling wsw heard only by him
»elf It would to a Idessed way uf
working off one s nervousness, too
tVh»i shout that ’ U ordlaarv
whistler * pc-rforaesnee gits* absolutely
st pleasure to any use but btaseelf
Vest Swell.
' Now, Usurps, ‘ sold Mr kilaor, pour
laa out a Knpsr af wbtabey and band
tug It to the street darby, ibis la *b*
hnswt stuff in tbs world Vott bat*
never tasted anyiktkff Iths H, It I* t*
tears tdd Wba* dw y«u ltd** af It*'
After tic - rg» bad rutted i| user bt*
tvMMf'M aud «ie- keo it toi*»g bt* l««
rvmatatap teeth than swallowed It
st isrly gad redeetivelv Uhls, bts SMS
to heaven he re plied Mats Jvefcu,
bit yu« fut Itttts fur s' *gw — Nee
\ ib l’» *
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TC
AGRICULTURISTS.
Some Cp-to-l>iite Mini* About Cultiva
tion of the Soli mill Yield* Thereof—
Horticulture, Viticulture uud flori
culture.
Water In Crop*.
(HUC water Is sold
by farmers than
any other sub
stance, anil It
brings a higher
price In proportion
to cost than any ma
terlal Known, u
writer In Philadel
phia Record sayti.
Water is sold lu so
many forms, how
ever, that Its value varies daily.
\ crop of green clover contains
I COO pounds of water per ton,
and win n a ton of dry clover
hay Is hauled to market 200 pounds of
tho load consists of water. Every hun
dred pounds of milk sold contains 87
pounds of water, and the mixed stable
manure which is rpread on the fields
Is more than one-half water. No mat
ter how dry o. well cured the hay and
fodder crops may be, from the farm
er'.! point of view, there 'will be water
to haul Hint is contained In the plant.
A ton of cured fodder contains 076
pounds of water, and even salt hay,
which Is in ually apparently as dry as if
passed through a kiln, contains over
100 pounds of water per ton. The far
mcr sells this water, and the more wa
ter he can sell the larger his profit, us
all nitrogenous and mineral matter
taken from tho soil by the plants Is a
direct loss unless the price at which
the crop Is sold Is sufficiently large to
reimburse the farmer for his loss of
plant food, as well as afford him a
profit. The greatest profit from the use
of water as an Ingredient of farm pro
ducts is wricn tho farmer grows sir'll
r./ps as beets, carrots, potatoes and
turnip!!, ni* thev can b<* utilised on the
farm Instead of entailing cost of trans
portation to market. While these crops
contain a large amount of solid matter
In proportion to the yield per acre,
their chief value Is In the water, as the
water Is a valuable aid to digestion and
contains the nutritious matter In solu
tion to a large extent; hence the water
a not a u-ele’i substance which adds
weight only, but Is as desirable In the
form In which it exix.ts in the plant
as the solid portions, hut while the sol
id portions cost the farmer sometimes
the water does not, and that is an Im
portant consideration which must not
bo overlooked. The water In plants
■unnot he supplied artificially, livery
one knows that there Is a difference be
tween green apples and apples that
have been dried and cooked in water,
it is the same with vegetables and
roots. We can dry them and render
them Juicy again by cooking them in
water, but we cannot regain the condi
tion In which the water existed in the
plant before dryitig or evaporating it.
it is more valuable than that which is
supplied. Beets and carrots contain
l.SOO pounds of water per ton. A crop
of twenty tons of beets per acre de
notes that the farmer has taken from
•hut acre as a crop 2(1,000 pounds of
water, and such a yield of beets is .ot
a large one compared with results fre
quently obtained. Turnips, one of tli.
t.taple crops of the farm, contain out
little less water than beets or carrots,
and potatoes are sold at good prices
•.ome years, although there Is about 1.
:,00 pounds of water in every ton. '1 li
proportion of water In fruits is min It
greater, especially with grapes, straw
berries and cherries; in fact, water in
fruits brings a higher price than is ob
tained for any material, as a box cf
strawberries selling at 10 cents wouid
allow less than one cent for the solid
matter contained, leaving nine cents
for the water To secure this crop of
water, however, the farmer will be
compelled to ubo care and Judgment It
comes from the clouds, it is true, but
there are periods when the plant cannot
store It; hence the fruit and vegetables
do not grow to perfection and the far
mer will lose a portion of his crop of
water, while Ills land will have already
given up more than the proportionate
upply of mturral matter.
K|iray* stul Npr^yiog.
In spraying currants there la danger
t making an application within three
ttl:» cf the time the fruit la used
'or food. Currants should he sprayed
a soon as worms are seen with parts
’raid* It lh»v »»untM-Ar rriu-st the
Mirny, adding bordeaux for mildew. It
worma *1111 trouble uaw pyrethrum or
hellebore The ihlrd application to ap
plea should ha made a week after the
bloeaoma have fallen of bordeaux and
parla green; repeat after tan to four*
teen daya and again In ten to fourteen
daya uae bordeaux or weak copper eul
phat* Whan rherrlaa have aet nee
i’urdeaux and parla green; repeat In
ten to twelve daya later. If *tgna of tot
appear. In ten tu twelve days more
«m copper tulpbate solution weak and
repeal If neeeeaary Cabbage* may
need It* t prate. When worma tret
appear use parla gtaen It worma or
*phtde* are present repeat It ike plants
are eat heading using using emulsion
far tphia If *phia per*t*t. or If «<»■ w*
■ ■appear, use herweenn emalatun If
planta era not heading After hand*
form, use saltpetre lor tore*, a tea
vpuuafol la a gallon of eater emetelwa
for aphtden This may ha r«panted if
neeaaaary Tematoaa may be sprayed
three tia>*« as follow* When lot
ftalta ha<e set ear berdsaua If die
in appeate r*p*at «r u** naah sapper
sulphate tutmiott If anreaaary eprar
• tih weah tapper telphau aatattoa
Meter eptay with eieeniis* while tree*
*«e ta bh*** >m( aa the Wa# *dt ha
Pibutei; they are neeeeaary ta fetid- ,
tpt the i«w*m
Meideeua llittnro la th« Hands id ,
remedy for all fungous diseases. Us«
four pounds copper sulphate and four
pounds of fresh lime to forty gallons
of water. It is comparatively Inex
pensive, does not Injure the most ten
der foliage if properly prepared, re
mains for a long time upon the plants
and In fungicidal powers has few II
any superiors. If a large quantity Is to
be used It Is well to prepare a consid
erable amount of the materials so that
they will only need to be mixed before
using. The copper sulphate will dis
solve readily If suspended in a barrel
of water la a coarse sack or basket.
By thus dissolving twenty-four pounds
in, say, thirty-six gallons of water, we
shall have enough for six barrels of
forty gullons each. Tho lime Bhould
bo slaked slowly, adding water only
ns fast as it Is taken up. Twenty-four
pounds Is nil that Is needed for the
above amount of copper sulphate, but
If It will be required within a week or
two tho entire barrel may bo slaked at
once. It will not deteriorate if kept
covered with water. Tho above form
ula Is adapted for use with most crops
but It may be slightly modified. Thus
for the second spraying of grapes the
amount of water should bo reduced to
thirty gallons, and for most other crops
It may he Increased to fifty gallons af
ter the second application, especially
If they urc made at frequent intervuln.
Iiiatinlty In Horn***
Whether there arc nut some hordes
that are actually Insane Is a subject
upon which opinions differ. On this
question an Kngllsh writer says: "1
have little doubt but that In many
eases where the horse shows sudden,
unaccountable lit* of ill temper, vice,
or other demonstrations of strango
conduct, that the cause Is due to cere
bral affection. Horses may become
temporarily Insane from certain forms
of disease, such as, among others, the
development of a tumor on the brain.
Kits of unaccountable vice uriy occa
sionally bo tho result of organic
changes in the brain matter, as in
man, and not to normal mental disposi
tion. 1 wits recently told of it young
foal which sometimes was subject to
demonstrations of strange conduct, ac
rompunlod at Intervals by wliut ap
peared fits or convulsions. He was
found to he suffering from water on
tho brain, otherwise hydrocephalus.
He was operated upon surgically with
it view to his relief, but even after he
was broken-ln and became a "made
hot se,” he never afterwards was trust
worthy either under tho saddle or In
harness, consequently the owner part
ed wltli him. Singular to relute, both
his dam and graudum were queer cat
tle, und at various times were subject
to strange periodical aberrations of
conduct, lu the i ase of the foal men
tioned, there can he little doubt that
he was the victim of hereditary brain
disease, productive of temporary in
sanity. Such cases, I believe, are more
frequent than Is generally supposed.
Horses are not always responsible for
their actions.
Two Kinds or llorsemrn.
All mankind may, with great clear
ness, he divided Into two part*—those
who understand horses and those who
do not, says an exchange. There are
people who will drive or ride a nag all
day—nay, who may own one and use
It for years- whose powers of ohserva
ilon are not sufficiently enlisted In the
details of tho animal to distinguish ‘t
from uny strange horse in the next
stall unless there ho some gross dif
ference In color. Such equestrians will
he content to seo a fine horse, with
nerves, eyes, muscles and possibilities
for good or evil cashiered in favor of
tho dead certainty of a peripatetic
steam engine. The second, smaller,
and aside from horse dealers, more no
ble group of individuals cannot so
much as enter a fortuitous close cab
without taking unconscious note of the
stockings, the withers, the size and the
facial expression of tho creature be
tween the shnfts. One whose sym
pathy stands this test haa felt the thrill
Imparted by the responsive spring of
a glorious saddle horse, has enjoyed
mental conversations with the shape
ly, all expressive oars of the sensitive
creature, has been fairly exalted by
mere proximity to the splendid spirit
of a hard driven thoroughbred and has
quivered with the sume heady drink
which brtllant frosty mornings have
brought to the smoking muzzles of his
dancing hays, with their Hashing eyes
anil strong, curved becks but U U nut
uliMuni to defend t*. good bora* from a
boraelcaa carnage?
tlnluu Cut IVlltUU.
Bulletin No. US Of the New York
experiment autlou atatea that there la
hut one brood of the dark elded cut
worm a year. The young worrna ap
pear In the aprtng upon the graaa and
weeda which line the fence* aud
dltrbe* and waat* »p*it* about th*
field*, from the** negl#cted or un
cultivated place* the worm* advance
to attack the young ouloe*. and au
•pr*ad over »b* held* by degr**a
though often quickly. An opportunity
I* thu* given to atay their programs by
pulling aarua* their line of march a
harrier of pal*ua*4 f net. and thla plan
waa aucceoafully na*d by th* *t*tion
gpraying (he y»un« union* with n
t>uiauw«4 toaln lime mialure, • prink
ling th* worm* whd* at worh with
heruaan* *mul*u»n. end th* nan of
pot toned gteen or umiaUued hull*
proved lu*f**twnl or had nm a*rlon*
objection* i hut tb* dry ball of bran
*«4 middling* and pari* green **»
*a*lly applied by mean* of th* onion
teed drlU. *aa eaten readily by th*
• oftM and •«* deadly In It* vleeu.
lapnn*** Tluma -J, tt Hale ifeinh*
that la Jap*u plum* w* have • me*
that will h* progtnhl* They dttar from
th* Kuropean. being hardy m the bad. i
mum m than th* peach. The *bl*e
in Ihteh and th* fruit l* hwnd«..m*
Hvftaak, 1*Mou Jar hut tar ghahm and
thaadaiMM aro th* oidtf of merit
Mormon, * y*M»w daah. hand* tapert
manttag with th* ttuon fat all right,
bat bloom* tether aatif-—Jfa.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON II., JULY II —PAUL IN
JAIL AT PHILIPPI.
Golden Text: ‘‘Itrlleve on the Lord Jesa*
Christ ami Tliou Shall Ite Saved, anil
Thjr House,"—Arts, 16:11. A Jailer's
Conversion.
F take for to-day *
lesson Acts 1(1: 22-31.
as follows: 22 An.I
the multitude rose
up together against
them; and the mag
lal rates rent off their
clothe*. and com
manded to heat
them. 23. And when
they had laid many
stripe* upon them
they cast them Into
prison, charging the
taller to keep them
safely. 24. Who, having recalved such a
charge, thrust them into the Inner prison,
und made their feet fust In the stock*.
?&. And at midnight Paul and Hilo* pray
ed. and sang praise* unto Uod; und the
prisoners heard them. PI. And suddenly
there was a great earthquake, so that
the foundations of the prison were shak
en: and Immediately all the doors were:
opened, and every one's hands were loosed
27. And the keeper of 'he prison awaking
out of Ills sleep, and seeing the prison
floors open, he drew out his sword, and
would have killed himself, supposing that
the prisoners had been lied. 2*. But Paul
f ried with a loud voice. saying. Do thy
ei'df no harm; for we are all here. 29.
Then he called for a light, and sprang In,
uiul earne trembling, and fell down before
Paid and Hllas. 30. And brought them
diit, and said, Hlrs, what must I do to
he saved? 81. Atifl they said, Helleve on
the Igird Jesus f'hrlst, mid thou shall be
saved, and thy house. 22 And they spake
unto him the word of the Lord, and to all
dial were In his house, 33. And he took
Hum the same hour ol the night, and
washed their stripe*: and was baptised,
lie and all his, straightway. 34. And
when he hod brought them Into his house,
he set meat before them, and rejoiced,
believing In God with all hi* house.
mi,_ a w rn cm.. ..si. ..fise (ho ot'.-nti
nf lust lesson, Place The court of Jus
tice ami prison in Philippi. Connecting
I,Inks Hoft ns tho steps with which
i In 1st In nil y entered the fair Helds of Eu
rope, uml kindly as the welcome given to
It l hioi, It soon met with Its tuuul lot.
It soon uwnk nod close attention, roused
strong opposition, and Iri the midst of
persecution vindicated Its power. As Paul
and his associates were going to tho
meeting place by the rlvci side they wero
mot more than once hy a femule slave
who was possessed hy a spirit of divina
tion. Hhe wns the property of a company
who derived large gains from her sooth
saying arts. Whether because he waa
annoyed ami disturbed when miking In
the proseucha hy her shrill cries and wild
distortions, wtts stirred to action by pity
for her sufferings or tilled with holy In
dignation at th<- misapprehension of his
work which her witness waa likely to
produce, he commanded the spirit to come
out of her. The command was Instantly
obeyed. All Philippi wits thrown into a
ferment. Tho wrathful musters dragged
the preachers Into the Korum. As they
could not sue for damag<» for the de
preciation of tlielr properly hy exorcism
three other charges were preferred. They
were Jews. They troubled the city. They
taught an unlawful religion. The magis
trate, without any regard to the forms
of Justice, ordered the llctors to strip and
scourge them: after cruel treatment Paul
and Bllos were thrown Into the Inner
prison; at dead of night tho sufferers
made the dungeon resound with praysr
and praise. Then came the earthquake
crash, opening the doors and bursting the
fetters. Paul's presence of mlrnl saved
the jailer from suicide. To Ills troubled
question Paul responded with an answer
which contains the whole marrow of the
Gospel. The now life which came lo him
was evidenced by his kindly treatment ol
tho Instruments of his salvation.
The Tlanmr. Prison must he oon-elvod
of as something very different from our
own. It contained interior cells of ex
ceptional itreugth. b-lke the Tulllanuni
at Home, these were probably under
ground, and hence dark. damp. cold, pes
tilential dungeons. The word "sprang in”
(verse 29) seems in the Greek to Imply
a springing down Into a subterranean
cell. The stock:', were so constructed that
the legs could he drawn apart at the will
. .• 4 ex 11 as* u til , v’nrnMn tlntr Inrtlll'A
caused, Tho original make* it clear that
tho Jailor's housi wait over the prison.
Truths from tho Lesson.--1. A prison
may become a sanctuary. Many oonfes
ors since those early days Inn'" bean
encouraged by the example of Haul and
Silas to Ming tho midnight hymn. 2. Con
version came In different ways. The
heart of tho Jailer was opened like It's
own prison shaken by cat thquaka and
trembling with shod:. Other ease* like
Lydia's are as the opening ri se touched
hv the dew and expanding In the sun
beam. 3. There I only one way of salva
tion. Trust III Jr s is the one com
mand. and work:* of love are the signs ol
saving faith. 4. In family religion there
i» groat*.loy. Happy Is It when all in
I ho hum* hold total the same path to
in even.
Lesson Hymn:
Let ns keep steadfast gunrd with lighted
heart* .til night.
That when Christ eotne*. we "land hr*
pared, and inset hint w'ltlt ill light.
At midnight's season chill lay I'aul amt
■Silas bound —
!tou:id. «r. I In prison sans they still, and
singing, freedom found,
our prison la this earth, and yet w« sing
to Ills*:
ttreak sin's strong fetters, lead as forth,
set us. believing. free!
— Breviary.
Tho fopwiatioa of Canada.
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