A MOTHER'3 LOVE.
' When a boy is Mr awny from home,
AVhnt. pleiwts him the mot?
Vhy, it's when it letter comes to him
I From mother thro' thr post!
' Xo matter if the ilvr ham
! Appear upon hi head,
lie n 'till hm mnthar' Imv a wliea
His hair wna carrot red!
Tlio' thirty yen linv loft their marks
And ncni'til his careworn fnor,
In mother's eye hc'ii yet a lad
Without time's tllla!e truce!
ITer letter thus beinn: "l)tar boy;"
It net hin heart nthrill
To tliink thnl mother knows liim as
A little sharrr till!
A mother' 1ot is ss s rharm
The rennme of ymilh!
One feels that e hu nsufthl to it
With 1ot or life or truth.
Whene'er he petit a latter from
TIi3 mother fur awny.
Who seen inumlit hut the guileh-ss child,
llehiud the man grown wny.
Boston Journal.
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MAN should ove Ills equal
always," nltl Dent Len
ox. "On, I iion t know:"
disputed Will Burgess.
"Sometimes ho falls In love with his
inferior."
"Not really," declared Dent.
"Yes, really. A shallow brained,
heartless woman who In handsome
und sparkling, frequently wins the
admiration of an Intei'.lgeut, good
man."
"Admiration, yes," Admitted Dent.
"That nort of vomnu might win ad
miration, lmt love, never. A good
mnn's heart will turn Instinctively to
the ricrlit woman.'
"Maybe you will have n chaneo to
prove that. You arc supposed to he
intelligent, Dent, and Home day you
will he n num."
"Home sweet day," laughed the col
legian of twenty. "And when I meet
the divinity who Is to shape my
coui'kc, Willie, you Hhnll know her."
Five years Inter, an Will P.urgess sat
In his otlioe, oylng with n note which
ha had just received from IiIh friend,
that conversation on the college cam
pus drifted hack to him.
"P.o ready at six," the note read. "I'm
coming round for you. We're to dine
with it friend of mine, and you will
meet Miss Wynne whom I spoke of the
other evening. You will lie sure to
like her, Will. She Is above ull others
of her sex ndor.iblo."
"Dear old Dent!' said Will, with a
smile. "Still sticks to his notion of
feminine perfection."
That evening, ns he sat looking
across the table at Clarice Vynne, his
thoughts echoed his friend's words:
"She Is adorable." Indeed, she looked
so. Sho- was exquisitely dressed In
Boine soft- pink stuff which set off her
rich complexion to ndvnntngo, and her
dark eyes shone lustrously as she
talked.
She was n good talker, and sho had
A charming manner of listening that
drew one on, heedless of everything
but the Interest In her face. As Dent
Lenox watched the color come and
go on lier soft cheek, and the smile
play around the sensitive mouth, he
thought he had never beheld u picture
so entrancing. lie hud not talked
with her long ere he were telling her
his trials, his hopes, and his ambi
tions. He was n rising young nrtist, with
his soul In his work. The few pic
tures which he had offered for sale
found purchasers. He was working
now at what lie termed his master
piece, through which he hoped to make
bis name. He had told this to no one,
not even Will, but he told it now to
Clarice Wynne why, he could not
have said. But he met Willi n ready
sympathy of voice and eye which com
pletely won his heart.
"Miss Wynne is charming," he com
mented enthusiastically, as he nnd
Will walked home together. ''I have
never met any one like her."
Will smiled and held out his hand.
"Success, old boyl" he salil. "It Is
easy to read between the lines."
"Oil. yes:" agreed Dent, frankly.
"But that is a long way off. Miss
.Wyuno is wealthy, while I "
"Will be," supplemented Will.
"PoBslbly," said Dent, ns his mind
reverted to the "masterpiece."
"Sure!" said Will, conclusively. He
had perfect faith In his friend's abili
ty, nnd not without cause.
As the days swept by the master
piece grew under Dent's loving Angers.
Next to his sweetheart ho loved his
art. Sweetheart? Yes, she was that
now.
She was very dear to him. He had
told her so and she hnd listened. So
ho spent his evenings with her, and his
days over his picture.
The subject was a face, a beautiful,
sweet face with n sensitive mouth,
nnd wonderful loving eyes Ihut looked
Into one's soul, t'nzlng at that face,
one thought of mother and wife, nnd
tho fc-entler, better feelings of the heart
seemed to leap forth In u question that
found answer In the tender eyes. Un
derneath was the one word, "Wom
an." When the picture was exhibited,
people surged round it, crllics praised
It, nnd buyers were quick to Bend In
their bids. It was n success.
"I congratulate you, my dear fel
low," said Will Burgess, ns he leaued
over Dent's shoulder und found him
stnlllugly contemplating the result of
tho inle. "Not so much because of the
banknotes there will bo plenty now
out nccuuse this proves that you have
talent which tvlll stick."
"And best of ull." suld Dent, aofrlv.
"It removes the last obstacle between
me nnd happiness."
"Yes," said Will, comprchendlngly.
Two mouths later. Will received a
weumug enra with a note from Dent
enclosed, begging him to be his best
man. He culled on hit friend Imme
diately to accept tho honor, and found
nun in a transport of lov.
"I am the happiest fellow In the
wonur ne cried, wringing Will1
hand. "She Is nn nngei!"
one is a womnn," answered Will,
wiiu a smue, "and humau. Don't for-
get Hist, near boy. and flv ton hiu-ii
"Yuu wero nlways a raven," laughed
Deut, too happy to reseut the warn
ing. -Jiut i unve no fears."
The wedding wus set for Wednes
day. On Monday morning, s X)anX
wus Burning the bill for his rooms,
preparatory to giving them tip, the
hull boy brought him a note.
It 'Was from Clarice, asking him to
see her Immediately. lie hurried to
her home, and found her In the parlor,
pale nnd nervous, talking to a young
man whom he had never seen before.
The stranger bowed and wllhdiv. ns
Dent entered. Clarice gave 1dm her
hand, lint drew back as he sto pod to
kiss her.
'No." she snid hurriedly, "don't. I
have something to say to you. Please
listen until I have finished, and if yon
care for me that is If you hnvp cared
for me try not to do so now."
'Not care for you. Clarice? My lit
tle girl, what nro yon saying? You
know I love you "
'No, no," she Interrupted. "You
will not love me when you hear what
I have to say. I hops you will not
oh, I hope you will not!"
'Clarice, you are 111," exclaimed
Dent, now thoroughly alarmed, nud
taking her hands In his own.
'No, not 111," she said, drawing
bnck, and composing herself with nn
efort. "I'll Icil you nil about It," she
ndded, looking through her tears Into
his startled eyes. "You saw thut gen-
tlemnn?"
'Yes."
'Well," went on Clarice, In ft choked
voice, "four years ngo I was -gnged
to him."
'Kngaged to htm?", echoed Dent,
growing perceptibly paler. You told
me I was your first "
'Yes, yes. But listen. We had n
violent quarrel, and he went away
vowing never to return. I put him
from my mind nud resolved that I
would forget him. When you came I
thought he wn:jh memory. He was to
mo as one dead, nnd ro I never told
you of him. I hnd not heard from him
for years. And you were so kind nnd
good that I believed I could love you
as n husbnnd. I was sure I could
make yon a good wife. But this morn
ing he came back, nnd I find I love
him still. I cannot give him up now
that he is here. Dent, can't you see?
I could rot be true to you. Knowing
he loved me, I should only make you
miserable. Be kind to me be kind to
yourself and help me."
Dent hnd risen from his chair nnd
stood looking at her with a colorless
face.
"Help help you?" he stammered.
Yjs, Clnrlco, I will. What do you
want me to do?"
The hand that rested on the chair
wns clenched, nnd nil the light had
faded from the handsome eyes, but
his voice was almost steady.
"Oh, I don't know!" she moaned.
Say we have put the wedding off
that you nrc called nway on business
something, anything! Oh, what will
people say?"
She was thinking of herself nnd
people." She gave no thought of
him.
He steadied himself forcibly nnd
when he spoke his voice wns hard.
People need not sny anything nt
present," he said. "I will go away to
morrow. Our engagement can bo
broken afterward."
That evening Will Burgess stepped
Into his friend's room nnd found him
standing before his masterpiece,
which had been sent back to be prop
erly framed.
Hello:" called Will. "Cot tho won
derful woman back ngalnV"
Dent turned with n start. His face
was white nnd drawn.
"Yes." ho said, with a harsh laugh,
'but sho has changed her name."
Will's startled eyes traveled from
his friend's changed face to the title
of the picture. It was "ArtlUce."
Wnvorley Magazine.
lie Got the Kimiiicsn.
"There nro tricks even In our trade,"
said the old life-insurance man. "About
ten years ngo a couple of respectable
old parties, man and wife, came to
town witli $100,000 or so that they
wanted to put. Into an annuity. Tliey
had neither chick nor child, kith nor
kin, and they wanted to linish their
lives In ns much ease and comfort ns
could be bought. So they made tho
rounds of tho life-insurance compan
ies, getting their annuity figures nnd
had all the actuaries in town makiug
calculations In the case.
"Tho head mathematician of tho
Blank Dash Company was n little bet
ter than a mere llgurer. He happened
to hear what town tho old parties enmo
from, nnd ho suddenly remembered
that he had nn old" friend, a doctor,
who lived there, whom he hadn't seen
for years. He invited the medicine ninu
down nt once, took him out nnd gavo
him a really good decent time. Then
he edged nround to tho annuity hunt
ers, and lo! and behold tho doctor wns
their family physician. Without ap
pearing to pump him, tho actuary
learned enough about tho old couple
to enable him to mnko a most glitter
ing Inducement to the pair, and they
taught their annuity of his concern.
They were both dead Inside of two
years. I forgot just how much the
company netted. I think It had paid
out nbout one-tenth of what tho old
folks had paid in. The company was n
gainer, nnd there were no losers ex
cept the other companies ns n result of
the nctuary's shrewd move." New
York Sun.
Ills Good hlorjr.
This young man hns a good plaeo
with a Wall street firm, nnd Is nnxlnus
to "get nlong." He nlso likes to shine
ns a raconteur, but he has a very bad
memory ns to details. However, tho
germ of the story sticks In his mind,
und he Is able to make a good bin 11 nt
telling It. Recently he heard a funny
"Wall street story." Nothing but the
story cud of It stuck to hlra. A week
or so later the Juulor partner in high
good humor becttusu of a certain suc
cessful manipulation. In which tho
young man had been concerned In
small degree, magnanimously Invited
him to luncheon. The young man
strove to "be agreeable," and told a
number of stories over the eotfeo
-which seomed to amuse his employer.
Then he told In elaboration his latest
Wall street yarn. There was no re
spouse. "I thought that was yery fnnny did
the bloke up rich," said the young
man, "Perhaps you've heard it be
fore." "No," said the Junior partner slowly,
"I don't think: I ever heard It before,
but I know something about It. I was
the bloke."
The young man 1 now cultivating
the study of mnemonics. New York
Bun.
WOMEN OF THE FAR EAST
THEIR SEX IS THEIR HANDICAP IN
THE CELESTIAL EMPIRE.
Disappointments nt Itlrtli, flaves In Mar.
Tinge, Hut Hnters After Thejr Heroine
Mothers One Jtnrely Hers tare
That Ketrnys t'nliniplne.
Woman In China enjoys the distinc
tion of having escaped the ndmlrntion
of foreigners. Her praises nre un
sung In the verses of other lands: she
Is not enshrined on tho canvas of those
whose Ideals of outward being tho
world has adopted; sho has (lashed no
wit upon tho page of romance or dna
r.lod It with her benuty. Everybody
has ngrecd In letting her alone from
the ankles up, ns though her only pos
sible clnlm to consideration lay In her
cramped and tortured feet, which
everybody pities, nnd nbout which
nobody ever does anything except to
pass resolutions.
Kven nt home she Is under Initial
disadvantage. She starts life handi
capped by her sex. No family ever
wants n girl baby. When the women
go to the temples they always pray
for boys and buy boy Images In the
hope thnt the gods will remember nnd
favor them. If n girl results, she Is
tolerated, rnther than enjoyed. While
hnrdly out of her babyhood her feet
must be swnlhed. If she belongs to
n proper family. As she grows her
liberty Is restrained. Sho known noth
ing of life outside tho walls of her
home, except such glimpses ns she
may catch from a window, or from n
covered elmir in which she may oc
casionally be carried to visit families
In which there ure other unfortunates
like herself.
Thus she remnlns n prisoner until
ready for delivery to a husband sho
hns never seen, henceforth becoming
the slave of that husband nnd his par
ents. A brood of her own springs up
nbout her quickly enough nnd by the
time that process ends sho Is n grand
mother. Life becomes cnsler for her
ns tho children mature, for tho wives
of her sons must be her handmaids,
nnd the children nre bound to provide
for her comfort as the most sacred of
their obligations, and to respect her
authority as long as she lives.
Modern credulity Is taxed to recon
cile a life so circnmserlbed with n con
ception of happiness ns free agents
understand it. The dllllcuUy lies :a
the appreciation of environment. A
Chinese womnn knows no life but
this. Her aspirations nre restricted
to it by trndltlons and customs that
seem to her ns immovable nnd ns Im
pentr.ible ns the walls thnt hedge In
nnd defend her city. There Is no one
to suggest other thoughts to her. Tho
minds ngninst which her mind brushes
have limitations ns narrow ns her
own. She usually makes tho best of
her lot cheerfully nud turns out n fond
wife and devoted mother. Of her
wifely duty she Is rarely forgetful. A
womanly Instinct to plense prompts
her to make herself attractive to her
husband.
Ilcarlbrenklngs may not always be
violent when the man strays abroad
nnd returns with other women for hi
household, but they are often pathetic
Yet custom permits and the wife must
bow, whatever her feelings. Her main
comfort Is that additional women can
not be wives. She Is alone In that re
latlon. Secure In her place sho has
nn iunato sense of Its superiority nnd
of the dignity that befits it. Hence It
happens thnt wives nre tolerant of the
others, und often provide for them
when husbands die, nnd rear the chil
dren they have borne.
This sketch of life, ns fonnd nmong
those of good estate, in character ns
well as menus. Is nun lotions to n sum
mnry applying In Western homes
where conscience Joins wlih custom in
regulating social und domestic con
duct. Circumscribed though tho life
of a Chinese woman may be, nud dif
fering so sharply in detail from no
cepted standards elsewhere us to make
it seem nlmost intolerable, it has
compensations of some weight. The
privation, drudgery, nud subordlna
tions to which n Chinese woman Is
BuTiJect conic when slie bus youth tind
strength nnd buoyant vigor. As these
depart and sho needs relief, social and
family customs provides It, and with
ndvnnciug years her enrea l'ghten, her
comforts Increase, nnd her afternoon
Is pillowed for lier.
In spite of limitations Chinese worn-
nu Is quite human. By foregoing the
pleasures of courtship nnd selection
he does not, ns a matter of course.
shut her heart to roumnce. When nt
her murrlngo the gates of the world
open a little wider to her thun before,
she puts her sharp little eyes to the
uses for which they wero Intended. If
they nro looking for u Prince Charm
ing and they fall and linger ou tho
husband to whom she Is Introduced,
there Is occasion for thanksgiving,
It happens also that mild nnd yielding
disposition In a newly wedded pair Is
not Invariably more pronounced lu
tho womnn. When one of that sex
is nssertlve, tho Imagination is taxed
to believe thnt she is the sublect nnrtv.
Man is, of course, supreme, but ho not
Infrequently finds It politic to declare
niniseir only In a Hgiirntlvo way nnd
for practical purposes appear to be
BuimusBivo. Tho national costumi
which puts the trousers on women and
the frocks on mnn in China, does not
uiways seem displaced.
The Chinese do not thlnk .lt worth
Whilo to nnmo u girl. She Is sister, nud
goes by number. If her mother gives
her a pet appellation, thut is their own
dear secret. Tho husband never learns
or it. 'io him Bho is tho Chlneso
equlvuient for "HI, there," or "Oh.
say," until the babies arrive, when sho
becomes "Chung's mother." or is oth
crwise Indirectly designated. Thnt
does not bother her, for she knows no
other girl except as tho owuer of a
certain number In some man's home.
Xot mother is a term of love and
power. A man may do as much as he
likes in regard to his wl.'o, but though
lie be gray and bent he cauuot euibarlt
in any enterprise or undertake a Jour
ney, if his mother Is living, without
her consent Sous will ouee in a while
get a refractory Western notion Into
their Tiends, nnd Imagine thut since
they nre middle-aged, nnd have for
many yenrs kept the pot boiling for a
large domestic establishment, they
Heed consult uo wishes but their own.
It 1 lu tho power of a mother to
cause the arrest of such a son for dls--tibedlcuce
and to indicate tho number
of bninboo blows he should receive In
punishment; nnd the Mnglstratc must
give tho order that sho prescribes.
If civilized woman were always
klimiy treated. It might bo worth while
pointing out Instances In which thnt
lot lias not uniformly fallen to her
Chinese sister; but careworn faces nre
rnre In Chlmi, und one of the most
common sights Is that of women
trudging nbout with quiet biibtes slung
In strap cradles ncros their backs.
or nt piny Willi their chubby, laugh
ing, heathen offspring. Foreign fami
lies who employ Chinese nurses find
them tender and faithful. They think
themselves of n family when they
jo', it, nnd the children love nnd trust
them.
Higher In the social scale, where
women nro kept from the gaze, not
only of visitors but also of nil native
except tho closest friends or relatives.
there Is no reason to suppose that they
nre less blessed than the lower orders
with tho essentlnl of happiness in their
station. One may get glimpses of
their round, contented faces, of tho
tiny feet that charm n native hus
band, of silks, velvets, nnd embroid
eries with which their garments nre
fashioned, nnd of gleaming hair, ornn-
mented with pearls, bends, Judo nnd
gold a setting so ornnto thnt one can
not doubt the quality of the Jewel.
Chinese history Is not minute enough
to tell how far slir has shaped na
tional character nnd destiny. In the
two lustnnces lu which she has so far
risen above the plane set. for her ns
to become tho ruler of the vast empire,
her talents have not suffered by com
parison with those of the Emperors.
The Empress Wru, 1100 years ago, In
trigued her way to tho throne, lint
sho ruled nbly nnd did us much for
China ns nny other ruler of the Tang
dynasty. To-day nn Empress Is n
refugee, but under lier rule the trade
nnd prosperity of China have tissunied
proportions never before contemplat
ed, nnd when the history of the for
eign troubles may bo impartially writ
ten. In tho light of nil the facts it
may not unlikely nppenr that they
owed their first Impulse, not to tho
Empress, but, perhaps, In spite of her;
to the Instigation nnd advice nnd ir
resistible pressure of her superior
council of men. Frederick W. Eddy
lu the New York Times. "
INTERIOR OF EARTH RICID.
Important Klseovery Tlirouuh Vibrntlons
l'rmn Kni'thquukds.
John Milne, or "Earthquake" Milne,
ns the public know liim, the principal
member of the seismic section of the
British ltoyul Society, lias liiado a dis
covery of great importance to the
scientific world. He has succeeded in
demonstrating beyond perndveulBre
that the Interior of the earth is neither
hollow, like u gourd, nor liquid, like a
raw egg, but Is, on tho contrary, mar
velously rigid more liged thuu cast
steel or the finest glass.
He has done this by means of sev
eral simple instruments lie has invent
ed, which he calls horizontal pendu
lums. Ho uses them for detecting and
registering various vibrations nud un
dulations occurring almost constantly
lu the earth's crust. At his station lu
Sliide, Newport, Isle of Wljiht, where
he has arranged his Instruments so
that they work automatically, lie has
records of vibrations that have trav
eled through the very centre of the
earth, nnd at a rate far higher than If
the earth's inside had been of the
densest nud most rigid minerals
known.
Vibrations do not travel rapidly
through gases nor through f!uld:i; they
travel through glass (along a glass rod,
for Instance,) us quickly as through
nny substance scientists know of, but
through llii- earth's Interior they travel
two and one-half times as faat us
through n glass.
Studying the rhythm of these earth
quake vibrations lias given Professor
Mllno their frequency or pilch, and
now he can lay down rules for build
ing in earthquake countries, like Ja
pan, so that the structures will be out
or tune with the earthquake, and will
not vibrato readily, llo has found out
how chimneys and bridge piers should
bo strengthened, nnd lias shown how
dangerous it Is for a house nud n chim
ney to be nt discord. If tho chimney
is pitched too high it will fall nnd the
house will bo flat. There nro sharps
and Hats in earthquake countries.
Among other Milno rules nre: Have
strong door posts nud lintels; avoid
perpedlculnr rows of windows as much
us possible; dig n six-foot trench
round the house to cut off the ripples
nlong the earth's surface; have light
roofs, and bind beams nnd rafters
rather than mortise them. If tho ca
ble compnnlos had had the Profes
sor's danger charts of the ocean bot
toms they could have save themselves
n largo amount of money lu the past
fifteen years.
Professor Milno has found thnt the
earth's crust heaves up with a ponder
ous sigh nbout three feet twice every
week on the average, nnd that tho
whole earth shivers every fifteen, sot
owls. New York Pi ess.
Victor Hugo's Confession of Love,
Victor Hugo and Adelo Foucher wero
children together; their families oven
had been Intimate before their birth.
As they grew older there cauio n time
when the camaraderie of playfellows
was supplanted by the companionship
of lovers. Just when their hearts wero
revealed to each other n letter written
in ism relates. It wns April 2ti, 1S10.
Victor was then seventeen years of
age, and Adelo wns sixteen. The mu
tual revelutlou wns brought nbout In
this way. Sho said: "I ntn sure you
have secrets. Have you not one secret
grenter than all?" Tho youth acknowl
edged thnt ho had. "Just llko me!" Blie
exclaimed, nud then: "Well, come now,
tell me your greatest secret nnd I will
tell you mine." "My great secret,"
Victor replied, "Is that I love you."
"And my great secret Is thnt I love
you," she echoed. They were mnrrled
October 12, 1822, two years und n half
ftom the day they had confessed their
love. New York Times,
""inillmii (Oris ami White Husbands.
The South McAlester Tribune ex
plodes the popular uutlon that Indian
maidens fnucy white men, and that a
white man who wants to become a
"squiiwman" can linve ills pick. "The
average Indian girl," says tho Tribune,
"would not give twenty-live cents for
a white husbnnd. It was Pocahontas
who Is rebponslblo for the cnouuuus
belief."
THE SABBATH SCHOOL.
International
Lesson Comments For
April 21.
Subject; The Walk to Emmius, Luke xxlr.,
13-3S"Oo!den Test, Luke xxlv., 32"Mem
ory Verses, 25-27-Commcatarf on
the Day's Lessoo.
IX "Two of them." In verse 33 It is
implied that they were not apostles. One
was Cleopas, of whom ve know nothing;
the other is unknown. "Kmrnaus." I he
word means "hot sprinns." nnd was proh
ably a place where there were hot sprinn.
"Threescore furlongs." About ,evcn and
one-half miles. The site of the city is
somewlmt. uncertain. .
14. "Thev ta ked tozethrr. I heir con
versation naturally turned on the all-ab-
sortnng question ot tne noitr mu cruci
fixion of Jesus and the reports which they
had heard of His resurrection.
15. "Communed lojether." Probably
consulted toiwthpr what to cxnect. or to
do, in such perplexing circumstances. They
exchanged views ana lecinifts, nua weignea
the facts before them concerning the prob
ability of Christ being the Messiah.
"Drew near." Corning up behind them as
from Jerusalem.
10. "Kyes were holden." Purposely as
suming a different form tlmn uual. and
supernaturnlly influencing their sight that
they might not know liim. See Mark
18: 12.
17. "Said unto them." As a good teach
er, in order to be heard, lie begins by get
ting them to speak first. "What commu
nications." What is the nature of your
talk which so absorbs ynu? Hy this ques
tion Jesus introduces Himself into the
conversation. "As ye walk and are and."
Thus Jesus leads ihein to open their
hearts to Him. lie would have them re
late to Him what He already knows.
18. "A stranger." If lie knew not the
events that had been so public, so awful,
and so llnivcrsallv known, He must be a
mere sojourner: if lie did. how could Ho
suppose they would lie talking about any
thing else? Cleopas appcurs astonished
at His question.
111. "What, tilings?" He evades an an
swer by another question. He wants io
hear from their own lins their exact feel
ings. "Concerning Jesus of Na.uretli."
As He was commonly culled. They am
full of things concerning Hmi, and give a
summary of Christ's life. Now the st renin
of their lamentations are over their disap
pointed expectations break loose. "A
jrophet." lie preached a true and excel
lent doctrine, which had its rise from,
and its tendency toward, heaven; He eon
firmed it by many glorious miracles of
mercy. "Mighty." However the death of
Jesus may have made them waver in their
faith about His being the Messiah, they
had no doubt thut He was a ptophel. for
they knew what He had done, and they
had heard His teachings. "Deed anil
word." There is but little use of our un
dertaking to speak for Christ unless godly
actions precede our words.
20. "Crucified Him." Our rulers treated
Him as a malefactor and not us a prophet,
and have crucified Him. They speak care
fully with regard to their rulers, because
they are speaking to a supposed stranger.
21. "But we honed" (K. V.) Here is
an intimation of their disappointment us
a reason of their sadness. V, 17. "Re
deemed Israel." They had confidently be
lieved Him to be the promised Messiah,
who had so long been jircdicted and was
then expected. "The third day." Refer
ring cither to the length of time as tend
ing to extinguish hope, or to the promise
of Jesus that He would rise on the third
day, and hence the reports may be true
and there is hope.
22-24. "Amazed us" (1?. V.) Th orig
inal verb means "to drivo out of his
senses." In these verses we have a brief
review of our last two lesions. C'leopas
also speaks of les doubts, since only the
women iiad seen Him.
25. "Said unto them." They had spo
ken, now lie would speak. They had
Eoured out their grief und opined their
carts, now was His time to till them
with new things, nr d first by way of re
buke. "O fools." The word is equivalent
to dull of perception, nnd refers to their
understanding, "blow of heart." If they
had embraced Hie living (iod with more
fervent faith, the fact of the resurrection
would not have been so strange to their
hopes. "To believe all." The emphasis
should be placed on "all." They believed
many things that ths prophets had spo
ken, but some things which seemed un
pleasant to them they failed to notice.
20. "Ought not," etc. Were not these
things a necessary mark of the Messiah,
without which the world could not have
been saved and the Messiah's kingdom es
tablished? 27. "Hcginning at Moses." The prom
ise to Eve (lien. 3: 15): to Abraham ((Jen.
22:18); the paschal lamb (Kx. 12); tha
scapegoat (Lev. lfl: 1-34); the brazen ser
pent (Num. 21: ); the greater prophet
(Deut. 18: 15); the star and scepter (Num.
24: 17); the smitten rock. Num. 20: 11; 1
Cor. 10; i. "The pronhets." Jsa. 7: 14;
9: 6. 7; 40: 10. 11: 50 : 8 : 6a: 4, B: Jer. 23:
6; 33: 14. 15; Ezclt. 34: 23; Mic. 5: 2;
Zech. 6: 12: 0: B: 12: 10: 13: 7: Mai. 3:
1; 4: 2. "Expounded." No wonder their
hearts burned within them while hearing
such a sermon from such a preacher. We
may naturally suppose that our hord os-
piamea ana applied to Jlimselt these pro
phecies. 28. "Made as though." He would have
really gono on but for that sort of con
straint which thev exercised over liim.
29. "Abide with us," etc. liut for this
the whole design of the interview had
been lost; but it was not to be lost, for
Ho. who only wished to bo constrained,
had kindled a longing in the hearts of
His traveling companions which was not
to be so easily put off.
30. "Ho took bread," etc. This was a
common meal, but Jesus acted as Master,
os He was accustomed to do, and this
startled them and brought buck a rv.sh
of associations.
31. "Opened." Whatever had hitherto
held their eyes was taken away. "Van
ished." Like one of supernatural power,
not like an ordinary guest.
32. "Burn within us." This accounted
for the glow of light, love and glory that
ravished their hearts.
33. "Rose and returned." After Jesus
left them they immediately hastened back
to Jerusalem to report the wonderful in
terview to the other disciples.
34. "Hath appeared to Simon." "These
two disciples found tne apostles and thoso
who were with them testifying that Christ
had risen from tha dead." It was not the
two disciples, but the apostles who said
the Lord hath appeared to Simon.
35. "They told." This added testimony
would, reeniingiy, leave no doubt os the
minds of any.
Bin's Alfred tha Great.
The forthcoming commemoration of
King Alfred the Great, which will
take place during the coming summer
at Winchester, England, will be one of
the most striking nnd appropriate
events of the first year of the new
century. Winchester is the monarch's
place ot burial and the ancient and
royal capital of England, and the
commemoration is one on which her
majesty the late queen early bostowed
ber approval. The colossal statue of
the king which is now being exe.-.uted
by Ilamo Thoruycroft, R. A., will iake
a prominent place among tho perma
nent memorials which will bo the out
come of the forthcoming celebration.
This striking figure is now complete
In plaster and in the bands of the
founders to be cast into bronze. It
measures over sixteen feet in height
and some Idea ot its colossal size may
be gleaned by a comparison with the
sculptor who stands by Its side. It
la, moreover, of Mr, Thornycroft's
best work. The base, which is at tho
same time both bold and simple, will
be compoaod of two huge granite
monoliths, which are now lu Cornwall
awaiting transport, weighing respect
ively forty and thirty-five tons.
F.PW0RTH LEAGUR MEETING TOPICS.
A.iril 2l"Wnlk!nn With Jiits." Col. II.,
6-7; bal. v., 16-26.
It Is recorded that after Ihe resurrec
tion two of the disciples who did not
know that their Lord bad risen were
on their way to Knumius, a small vit
iligo near Jerusalem. While they
were ou their Journey Jesus himself
drew near nnd went w ith them. lint
they did not know ll was the Lord.
Their eyes were not opened to discern
liim. Thus It is with ninny if not with
most of ns. t'hrlst appears, but wc
do not Bee him. lie comes to walk
with us. His promise Is that lie will
never lenve us but will go with us
through the whole Journey, however
lonely or rugged the way.
The Christian life may well bo rep
resented as it walking with Jesus. And
we may nssure ourselves that if we
belong to Christ we shall wnlk with
hlni. His was a life of constant no
tlvity. We remember his saying to
the wise men In the temple, "1 must
be about my Father's business." llur
ing his whole life bis only thought w as
how he might help to bring in the
kingdom of tind. In walking with
Jesus wc should understand that we
must have bis purpose lo save men
und be tilled with bis spirit. Other
wise our netivlty will degenerate into
mere fusslncss, and that, nervous
scurrying about which nlwnys does
more barm than good.
it seems to be the thought of the
npostle that If we wall: with Jesus we
shall be "rooted tin.l built up In him
uml established lu ibe fsith." in the
reference from !::hiTli.ny, Paul, In
stead of exhorting us !n wall: with
Christ, says. "Walk in Hie Spirit." Of
course to walk Willi the Spirit Is to
walk with 4 brist.
The best cvldeii"e r.M.vono can have
that ho Is walking v.lui Christ is that
bis life Is u positive one. it Is not
enough uot to do wrong. Wo must
lu order not to do wrong, d-j vhnt Is
good.
The evidence then that we are walk
ing with Christ, or walking in the
Spirit. Is that we dally ex i'-Tieo the
overcoming life. We are doing such
positive good Hint we have neither the
time nor the Wclinat lot, to do evil.
This reminds us again o:' the saying
of Jesus, "I!y their frullii ye shall
know them."
There Is nlso u reward, in sub
stance this rewaiw l.i Hie character
which we form, n chi;r:iciev made up
of "love, Joy, pence. liing-sulTcrlng,
gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness,
and temperance." The apostle goos
on to say that the.c t Im t nro Christ's
have crucified the I'h sIi -.villi the ntf ra
tions and lusts; n:id valuing wllh
Jesus, we not only !;avo tho overcom
ing life, but gradually we begin to see
anil to experience t'.y- fenit of thnt life.
It is a life of growing joy and of pence.
We not only have the vjver to glvo
up things that are not for us. but wo
part with them without a pan jr. Tho
road thnt was once so ruggei Is be
ginning to reveal atrongo beauties.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS,
April 21
"Walking With Jesus."
6-7; Gal. 16 26.
Col. II..
Scripture Verses-Kpli. li. 1!I-L'L'; xiil.
11. ai; Phil. II. !M1; iii. 12-14; Col. I. ti
ll; 1 Tbess. Iii. l'J, HI; 2 Thess. 1. li;
Heli. vi. 1; xiil. i!0, 21; 2 Pet. ill. 18.
ti'sson Thoughts "Walking with
t!od Implies talking with tiisl. You
would not call 11 man your companion
If you never spoke to him. That Is a
good old phrase, 'Our walk and con
versation.' "
"When two walk together, one Is
always the leader, the other the fol
lower. There Is mi walking wllh (iod
If you want to chouse the way."
(letting near to Christ Is not all on
our own side; as we draw near lo him,
he nlso draws near to us. He is even
more willing to receive us than we nre
to come unto hlni, and nil are heartily
welcome with him.
Selections if through the communi
cation of the Holy Spirit the life of
Christ Is constantly imparted to us,
that life will prevail in us.
In proportion to the closeness of our
abiding in him will lie the complete
ness of our deliverance from shining.
A. J. Gordon, I). 1).
To bo a public representative of
Christianity Is n mockery nnd hypoc
risy unless It is nccompnnlod with
growliu? faith In Jesus nnd fellowship
with him. Those who tench must
not only hnvo learned, but they must
go on learning. The power of public
testimony depends on Intimacy with
Jesus in secret.
Wo Hometlnics seem to forget that
true nearness to (iod Is it nioral nnd
spiritual nenniess. . . . There were
Hiose lu the time of Christ who were
nenr him. but wero not helped by hlni.
"Tho multitude throng thee, and press
thee, nnd snyest thou. Who touched
me?" snid Peter once; but only one
poor woman wns nenr In lier sense of
need. . . . Spiritual distances arc
uot thus measured.
RAMS' HORN BLASTS
JIB life of pain oft
makes the heart at
peace.
God's showers
can bring no bless
ing to seedless soil.
O p p o r tunltles
make obligations.
Aesthetics must
be built on ethics.
The social card
fil,ln lu tho fn.
' lege of gambling.
The yoke of
Christ Is made for .two, Himself and
you.
No d:iy can be lived twice.
Wakefulness Is not watchfulnesss.
'A troubled conscience makes a hard
pillow.
The loose tongue usually betokens a
rattle-brain.
Your sins muy overlap but they can
not cover one anclther.
Some churches are fleecers of money
insituid of Ushers of men.
Every church ought to have a corral
for the kicker to air his heels.
The world needj an. Inside religion
evidenced In outside realities.
The. branches grow out ot the vine
as long as they stay in the vine.
The wise man Is like a tre, bend
ing often but never changing base.
A fow who oan live truth are" better
than many who talk of dying for It.
When you seek to balance riches
with right the one will rUe as tho
other falls.
The church that la at peace with
wickedness can never know the peace
cf God.
. Every kntve Is an unconscious fool.
You enn tfiil a man's price whon you
know what he wlil da for a principle,
l ove has a logic of i: owa.
A wlnd-Urtuk often bided the sun.
Vr
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
General Trade Cunditloas.
N"cw York (Special). R. O. -un'
weekly review of trade says: "White the
general business world has looked with
amaremcnt at the performance of the
stock market, trade lias maintained its
even course, and there are many more
oints of gain than of luss, with even
a slightly steadier tone in the dry goods
market. Collections in all lines arc nn
usually prompt, and in the building;
trades contracts have been entered into
sufficient to furnish a decided impetus
in allied lines during tTic spring season.
"After declining with a sixteenth of
four cents, it was not surprising to see
cotton recover half a cent. Supplies
were against any pronounced ri;e in
prices, however, and conditions at mills
continue extremely depressing.
"Aggressive manipulation of corn
forced prices to an unreasonable point,
from which the fall was severe, and
wheat also weakened, ahhougli exports
from the Atlantic Coast continued lib
eral. ' V'or the month of March total lia
bilities were much smaller than in the
corresponding month of any year since
monthly statements were first published.
These figures indicate most undeniably
that the new century has oencd witli
business on no uncertain foundation."
Hradstrcct's says:
"Wheat, including flour, shipments
els, against 4.40,4.65 last week, and 3,
Kj6.J in the corresponding week of
1000. Corn cxporis for the week ag
gregate 2.rsx.54l bushels, against 3.582,
04.1 last week and 4.361. 391 in this week
a year ago.
"Husiness failures in the United State
for the week aggregate 4.698.693 bush
lor the week number iKS. against 189
last week, snd iHj in this week a year
ago."
LATEST QUOTATIONS.
Baltimore.
Flour Baltimore Best Patent 4 75
High Grad- Kxtra v.4.25a
Cornmcal, per 100 pounds. .. .1 . loai .20
Hominy, per bbl 2.6oa2.70
Hominy Grits, per bbl 2. 6oa2. 70
Wheat. No. 2 red, 74'ja77c; steamer
No. 2 red, 75c; sample lots, 76.177c.
Western opened firmer; March 77'i-
Corn. Quote White nominally at 48a
49, and yellow at 4147. Cob corn, j.40
per bbl.
Oats. W'hfcc, No. 2. 33334c; white,
No. 3, jJa.vJ'ic; white, No. 4, 31331 '.c;
white, ungraded, 31334c; mixed. No. 2,
31331 'Ac; mixed, No. 3, 3oajo!-5c; mix
ed, No. 4, 2ijaJ9'jc; mixed, ungraded,
-'9331 Vic.
Kye. Quote: No. 2 rye in car lots,
57c, nominal; No. 3 rye. 55c; No. 2
Western rye, 58c. Bag lots, nearby,
.notable at from 50358c per bushel.
Mill Keed. ?'0.50 per ton; medium,
do, $20.00.
Hay. Market quiet and about steady.
No. 1 timothy, $16.25316.50; No. 2 tim
othy. $15.75316.00; No. 3 timothy, $15 00
ai5.5o; No. I clover, mixed, 15.00a
15.00; No. 2 clover mixed, $13 50a
14.50; No. 1 clover. $14.00314.50; No. 2
clover, $12.50313.50.
Cloversced. New. Western clover,
on spot, at lie. per lb, and choice do at
1 1 Jic.
Green Fruits and Vegetables. On
ions, per bushel, $i.ioai.20. Cabbage,
Danish, per ton, $12.00:114.00; do., new
Florida, per crate, $2.ooa2.5o; do.,
Charleston, per crate. $2.0033.00. Cel
ery, home grown, per bunch, 4:15c. Ap
ples, per bbl., $1.5033.50. Oranges,
Florida, per box, $2.00:13.00.
Potatoes. White, Maryland and
Pennsylvania, per bushel, 45.-14KC; do.,
New York, primes, per bushel, 48:150c;
do., Michigan and Ohio, per bushel,
45348c; do., new Bermudas, per bbl.,
$4.50:15.00; do., new Florida, per bbl.,
No. 1. $4.0035.00. Sweets Kastern
Shore Virginia, kiln dried, per bbl.,
$1.1031.25; !o., do., Kastern Shore
Maryland, kiln dried, per bbl., $i.25a
1.40; North Carolina prime, per bbl.,
$1.4031.60; York River, per bbl., prime,
$1.2531.50. Yams, choice, bright, per
bbl., 75C3$t.oo.
Be3ns and Peas. New Y'ork, mar
row, choice hand picked, $2.4032.45; do
do medium, do do, $2.2032.25; do do
pea do do, $2.15:12.25. Blarkeye peas,
per bushel, choice new, $1.60.
Provisions. The market is firm.
Jobbing irices are as follows: Bulk
shoulders, 8c; do short ribs. 8-ic; do,
clear sides, 9c; bacon rib sides, 9c; do
clear sides, ioJ4c; bacon shoulders,
R'jc. Fat backs, 8c. Sugar cured
breasts. 104C-; sugar cured shoulders,
S4c. Hams S-nall. uj-ic; large, 11c;
smoked skinned hams, njic; picnic
hams, 8V..C. Lard Best refined, pure,
in tierces, oc; in tubs, g;4c per lb. Mess
pork, per bbl., $lb.oo
Live Poultry. Market steady. Quote:
Hens, i);i9!'jc; old roosters, each, 25c;
young chickens, 10.112c;' winter do, 3
lbs. and under, l-naoc; spring, t to Vx
lbs., 25330c. Ducks, 10313c. Turkeys,
10.1130. Geese, apiece, 50365c.
Butter. The market is steady. We
quote:
Creamery Separator 22523
Greenery Gathered Cream 20321
Cres.nery Imitation i8aig t
I-'.ggs. Fresii laid eggs, 13c.
Dressed Hogs. Choice Western
Maryland and Pennsylvania light
weights, per lb 7a7jjc; Southern
Maryland and Virginia, per lb.. 6ic
Calves. Strictly nice veal, per lb., 6a
O'jC. Lambs and sheep. Spring lambs,
choice, 8:19c per lb.; poor, small stocu
5c per lb.
, Philadelphia.
Philadelphia. Wheat steady; contract
grade, April, 763770. Corn firm, tc
higher; No. 2 mixed, April, 47347' '4c
Oats steady; No. 2 white clipped 33,'jC.
Butter firm, goo-i demand; fancy West
ern creamery, 2'Ac; do prints 22; do
nearby 23. F'.ggs firm, g-ood demand;
fresh nearby 14; do Western 14; do
Southwestern 14; do Southern 13.
Cheese quiet but firm : New York full
creams, fancy small, I2j.c.
Live Stock.
Chicago. Cuttle Receipts 12.000
head, including 200 Texans; steers
steady; butchers' stock and Texans
slroni;: good to prime steers $sa6; poor
to medium $3.75:14.90; jtorkers and ieed
ts steady. $2.75:14.75; cows $2.6534.50;
heifers $2.8334.75.
East Liberty. Cattle steady; extra
$5.5035.65; prime $5.20.15.40; common
$3.2534.00. Hogs firm; prime heavy
hous $6.253630; mediums and heavy
Yorkers $0.25; fair to good light York
ers $o.toa6.2o; pigs $5.0036.00; rough
?4-St-a370.
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.
In the face of all the theories of po
litical parties, their platforms and their
mighty struggles, the onf progress that
has been made in thc' iiuiirovcment of
the condition of the working peopl
has been brought about solely and alone
by the trade union movement.
For some time the corporation of
Glasgow has taken comparatively small
sums of money on dtjiosit, and the cx-
Etrimcnt has worked well. F.niboliicned
y the success, the pro;rcjive e eincnt
oi the city council proposed ;hat bank
ing slhiuld be added to the iiiunicijai
mli'iuilini!