t
"IT MUST
I'd night was throbbing with rapture,'
Its pulses ran full with fire,
And the sea for the moon above her
Sobbed hpr desire;
The pulse in your hand wan stronger
Th.m the pulse of the yearning sea
Hut Hie heart of my heart kept beating,
"ft must not be."
The rosea trembled with perfume
That thrilled us with sweet unrest,
And a torm of passionate longing
Ached in my breast;
A 'ove for some Hear lnt passion
Mourned tenderly on the hill
lint the heart of rev liea"- l-opl beating
lliisn: nusm ite sun.
1 PETE'S BABETTE. 1
T1IK15R had nlwnys becu Tote.
At least so the people down
fit Snlnt Michel snld when n
, "trangor would osk where he
lind come fnmi. Kven before the
Covcrnment had built thn lighthouse
on Presque Isle, Pete's fishing hut hud
been there, nnd every nlftht he hung
out his Inuli'i'ii on the end of a pole,
ho thai the bouts, rounding tho point
n mill! or two below, would ceo Its
flicker, nud steer dear of the lone snnd
bur tluit run out like 1111 nnt eater's
nose from the northern eorner of
PrcNque In1i.
Kveryhody along the straits knew
the quaint old figure, but uo one knew
of Bnliotto, until they saw her one
morning fluttering nlniij behind IVte,
her red cnlleo dress the one bright spot
of eolor among the grnya nnd browns
of Presque Isle, Tho day before Tote
had been Keen rowing over to tho
Mackinac shore, hut no one knew of
his return except Mere M'rle, and she
was so old nnd donf that all she could
do was cook Tote's fish, and sit out In
the sunshine all day, smoking In the
kilchcn doorway.
When Landry Dubois, from Al.sonae
Island asked the question direct, Pete
smiled nnd shonk his head, his dark
eyes, deep-set In the small brown face,
watching Babette build houses with
the red bnrk chips r. round the light
house steps.
"She has no one but me," ho said,
with n dubious shrnjr of his thlu,
stooped shoulders, "ltabette, who nrt
thou, petite?"
Babette stopped playing Ions enough
to flash n merry glance at him under
the shelter of her thick brown hair.
"Pete's Uahette," she laughed.
And so, all through the isles of the
straits, as far as St. Igmice, and even
down to Macklnae, she was known as
Pete's Balletic. Pele taught her all
manner of wonderful tilings In fish
lore nnd ship craft, and before long
she knew nil the boats that passed by
Presque Isle, from the great Iron kings
and grain boats, bound for Buffalo, to
the gay little yachts that fluttered like
white butterflies here and there. But
best of all, she loved the schooners,
the old moiinrchs of the lake, when
they came snlllng up the straits on a
still summer eve, like wondrous phan
tom ships, with the glory of the sunset
behind, nnd she enlled them P.abette's
birds.
And the years passed by, ten of
them, slow and sure and steady, one
by one, as the wild geese fly to the
Southland, nnd each one left Pete
browner and more wrinkled nnd smnll
er, while Babette grew up tall nnd
slender and strong as a young pine
tree, with hair nud eyes brown as dry
onk leaves. Then came tho terrible
winter of '94, when boat after boat
went out on the lakes, and no more
was heard from them until spring
waves brought in the wreckage. It
wns cold nt the little low house back
of the lighthouse on Tresque Isle, cold
er than even Pete could remember,
and every week it was harder for him
to row down to St. Michel for provis
ions. Oue night he came home half frozen,
with a dreadful cough. Babette sent
him to bed nud said he should go no
more. They must make what food
they had last until wanner weather.
But Instead of sunshine and fair sens,
the clouds swept low and gray like
gulls before a storm, and the waves
came rolling In, with a deep, heavy
swell that sent a dull, theatenlng roar
as they broke, up to the lighthouse.
Aud here and there in the dnrk green
waters eould be seen something else, a
clumsy, swaying mass that glinted
blue nnd white.
"The ice has come," Babette thought
when she saw it from the lighthouse
window one morning after she had
trimmed the lamp, and there was a
queer ache In ber heart as she looked
off down the straits and thought of
how her birds would have to battle
with it, but she did uot tell Pete.
It was three days later when Mere
M'rlc showed her the empty menl bag.
She smiled. There was still bacon
and rice nud dried fish. They were
rich. At the end of tho week mere
was no bacon, and they had saved the
Inst of the rice for Pete, -who lay on
the old lounge near the stove, cough
ing, coughing all the time.
Tho following day Pete was deli
rious. Babette stood In the did kitch
en, looking from tho flushed, wrinkled
face ou the pillow to whera Mere
M'rle knelt over by the stove praying.
The provisions were gone; there was
no madli.'ine.
Babette took the fur jacket from Its
nail. Before she went out of the kitch
en she leaned over the old half-breed
woman's bent form. "To 8t Michel."
she said slowly, pointing eastward,
and then at the empty meal sack and
flour bag thrown In a corner. Mere
M'rle understood, and stopped praying
long enough to watch the strong, erect
young figure pass down to the shore,
tbe wind blowing the ends of her scarf
backward over her shoulders like red
wings.
Her bands worked quickly over the
lines of the boat, aud taking advan
tage of a momentary lull, she pushed
away from the small, tunibled-down
pier and struck out bravely for Bt.
Michel. Bhe had often been out with
Pete when the waves were at high as
now, and she loved the excitement of
It all. The low, flat shore of Presque
Isle vanished entirely behind the wall
of waters, but she eould cateh
glimpse of the dear old lighthouse and
Us round top above the tallest wave,
nnd the sight strengthened and nerved
her for th flve-iniu journey t Bt.
Michel.
, Suddenly, whn scarcely half a mile
NOT BE."
p'neh heard In the speech of the other
The throb of a 'troubled heart.
or we knew thnt the hour wag coming
! When we must part;
The aoul in your eyes was drawing
My aoiil, as the moon draw the sea
Hut the heart of my heart kept ben tin a,
"It mutt not be."
0 liove, the yeara have been lonclv,
And empty of all delight,
Sinee we two parted forever
J'hat moonlit night!
But still when mv soul ia aching
ror the eves and the lipa of thee
T h heart of my heart keepa beating,
"ft mile nn ,
-Klla lligginson, in the Woman's Home Companion.
out. the boat seemed to str'ke a new
current. Babette cnught her breath
sharply, as she felt the strong, resist
less power sweep her from her course,
nud she bent over the oars with set,
close lips nnd tense mucles, but It was
useless. The deep, swelling rush of
waters carried her northward, straight
on to the middle of the channel of the
Slraits. The wind had come up again,
and raged over the lakes like a wild
beast. Then, without warning, there
rose before her the jagged, cruel line
of the ice floe, nnd the next moment
the vnves had thrown the boat ns If It
hud been n leaf full upon il. Instinct
ively Babette had risen nt that last aw
ful instant. As tho boat crashed Into
the Ice with a shock that made It leap
and tremble, she sprang forward and
gained u footing on thn ice floe, a
slight, perilous one, to be sure, but one
that meant safety, for a moment at
least.
Already the little boat had disap
peared In the whirlpool of dashing
waters, and Babette's heart sank ns
she looked nhout her on her new craft.
It. was large; It seemed ns largo ns
Presque Isle Itself, and nt first It ap
peared stationary. But when she
reached Its centre she could feel the
slow, steady inotlou ns It swept on to
ward Lake Huron.
And now enme the division of the
channel, and Bnbctte's heart almost
stopped its frightened beating ns she
thought of what would happen If the
floe drifted north of Algonnc Island
nnd out ou the great pitiless waters of
the lake.
With hushed breath she waited. Tho
floe was heaving so that she could
hardly retain her place, but at last tho
pine crests of Algonnc showed on her
left, nnd she knew she would pass St.
Michel. With fingers stiffened by the
cold she untied tho red scarf from
about her head nnd let the wind blow
It like n danger signal nbove her ns she
cnught a glimpse of the lighthouse on
the west pier. So near It seemed she
placed her hnnd to her mouth nnd
fchouted, but her voice sounded like a
reed bird's pipe in the noise of tho
rushing waters.
She was opposite the town now. She
could see tho waves break on the pier,
nnd yet there was no sign of help.
With a fearlessness born of despera
tion she struggled to her feet and
waved ihe scarf wildly, and suddenly
a figure appeared on the lighthouse
ladder. Again she waved nnd tried to
call. The figure signalled back and
ran along tho pier townrd town.
It was I.nndry Dubois. He burst Into
the wnrm bnck room at old Mine. Por
tent's breathless nnd hatless.
"It Is Tcte's Babette," he cried to tho
crowd of fishermen and sailors, hud
dled about the big wood stove. "She
Is on the Ice, drifting out to the lake."
In five minutes the news had spread,
and the shore was crowded, while the
strongest boat In the place was
manned, with Landry at the rudder,
nnd stout arms pulled away to the res
cue of Pete's Babette. And then they
brought her back, half frozen nnd half
dead, and gave her Into Mme. Por
teau's care. She told her errand in the
warm back room; told how Fete lay
dying without food or medicine, and
how, unless help was Bent, there would
bo no light shining from Pesque Isle
thnt night.
"The light shall shine," promised
Lnndry, nnd the waves that had
laughed at Babette's little boat bowed
before the masterful stroke of ten pair
of St. Michel's strongest arms, ns they
bore Babette and provisions and med
icine back to Presque Isle.
"Thous bast saved his life, little
one," said Landry, when they stood In
the kitchen where Mere M'rle still
prayed. But Babette only smiled and
nodded her head, nnd she went on to
the lighthouse. '
The winter twilight was falling
swiftly, and the wind had gone down,
like one tired with its mad play.' For
to the west she could see a boat strng
gllng slowly up the straits. Its lights
gleaming now aud. then like jewels.
She lit the lamp with fingers that
trembled, and the broad path of light
streamed out over the point. Babette's
birds could fly In safety to-night, and
below, Landry Dubois held aloft a red
scarf and told Its story, even as It Is
told to-day around the Islands of the
Straits, the story of Tcte's Babette.
New Ydrk Kvenlng Sun.
A Popular Ci-lleg-lata Coarse
"One of the newest and at the same
time most popular courses at the Uni
versity of Illinois," says the Chicago
Tribune, "is that In stock judging. It
has been established only three years,
and there are at present more than
three hundred students taking It. The
course Is popular because It leads di
rectly to employment at much more
than average salaries, some of the
graduates, after taklug a course of
nine months' duration, securing
places as cattle buyers at the stock
yards aud elsewhere at salaries rang
ing from 12000 to $3000 a year. So
great Is the Interest which bat been
aroused In cattle judging that a num
ber of Western colleges have formed
an Intercollegiate stock, judging
league, and send rival teams to aunuul
contests, the winners belug awarded
a handsome silver trophy presented
by J. A. Spoor, of Chicago, The course
of Instruction at the University of Il
linois It entirely practical. ' No books
art used, the demonstrations being
mad en the living animals. Once the
students have the good and bad points
of th different classes of animals
firmly ftced In their in bids they sre
sat to judging Qv or six animals In
the saius ring.''
ELECTRICITY FOR HOMES
AN ARABIAN NIGHTS' DESCRIPTION
OF THE HOUSE OF THE FUTURE,
The Production of Electricity by Inex
pensive Methods Manna a Revolution In
PninnMlo Kennom) .Scientists Aro en
deavoring to Solve the Power Problem.
Since tho successful harnessing of
Niagara, and the conversion of tho
mighty power Into electric lighting,
beating nnd traction, the value of
electricity In a hundred different
fields has been demonstrated, nnd we
are told thnt we ntnnd upon the edge
of a marvelous future lu which every
thing will be cheapened nud simplified
by this Invisible but iill-lmport.mt
ngent. The production of electricity
by inexpensive methods menus n revo
lution In our household economy, nnd
nlrcndy scientists nre studying the
power problem with every promise of
success, nnd Inventors nre coquotlng
with the tides of the rivers and bays,
nnd with the currents of nlr that
sweep over our heads, nud even with
tho waves of tho ocean. It lias been
estimnted thnt the tides of the North
nnd Kast rivers exert a power much
In excess of thnt required to do all the
mechanical work nt New York City,
nnd that the vast Mississippi, Mis
souri, nnd other rivers runld be made
to supply power enough to light nnd
run all the machinery In the grent In
Innd cities. Kven the mighly Niagara
Is still wasting power enough to run
two large cities, nnd the question lias
been under serious consideration for
some time of constructing an electric
conduit from tho falls to New York,
or to some other large city.
With tho power problem solved the
work of electrically Installing our
cities would bo grently facilitated, nnd
tho millennium would bo hastened by
n hundred years. The new 'power
would be clean, cheap nnd effective,
nnd it would rapidly displace the old
steam boilers, coal stoves and com
mon heating apparatuses. Trlvnte
nnd public houses would bo lighted
nnd heated by the new power, nnd
the cities would no longer be bo
smirched with clouds of smoke nnd
steam, nnd the atmosphere vltlntcd
with conl gas nnd dust. Tollers In fac
tories nnd stuffy basements would no
longer swelter under an artificial heat
that la as dangerous and debilitating
ns it Is uncomfortable and disquieting
to tho nerves. Tho homo would not
be suffocated with the fumes from the
kitchen basement or with the clouds
of smoke, soot, dust and ashes that
continually arise from the streets of
the city.
The electrically installed house
would not be confined to the city. Kven
the farm house would profit by the
change. Some neighboring strenm of
water could be dammed up nnd tur
bine wheels would bo turned coutluu
ally by the running wnter. These
would convert their power Into tho
manufacture of electricity, which tho
farmer would employ to light nnd
heat his home, nnd to run nil the farm
machinery on the place. Electric
plows, threshing machines, rakes,
weed killers nud other farm Imple
ments have been Invented, nnd their
successful operation Is limited only
by the cost of the power. With a
farm once electrically installed, the
need of horse power to cultivate the
crops would no longer be felt, nud the
twentieth century farmer would stand
head and shoulders nbove his ances
tors of yesterday.
Anticipating tho speedy cheapening
of the production of electricity nud
the harnessing of the winds, tides nnd
water-falls, thousands of Inventors
have worked iu every field of labor to
produce economical Implements to be
operated by the new power. In the
home their efforts have been crowned
with ns great success us upon tho farm
or In the factory. It sounds almost
like n fairy tale to hear the descrip
tion of an electrically Installed house
of the future, in which tho housekeep
er Is the maglclun with power greater
In some respects than ever Imagined
by an Eastern story teller. She com
mands the tides nnd currents of the
rivers and bays, turning their mighty
flow into heat or light ns she wills,
regulating ber household affairs by
the simple turn of a knob or the gen
tle pressure of, a button. In licr
kitchen, economical labor saving In
ventions contribute to make life ldt-nl,
and tho servant question Is more than
half solved. If the servant leaves or
proves unsatisfactory, there are the
mute, always obedleut, little Insulated
wires to answer tho cull. They cook
the meal, bent nnd light the' house
nnd do other labors that are per
formed to-day by a great expenditure
of physical nnd nervous force.
The cooking nnd heating Imple
ments for the electric kitchen are al
most ns complete as oue could wish
for, and It only needs the cheapening
of tho electric power to introduce them
In nine-tenths of the homes of this
broad Innd. The electric stoves arc
not so odd looking ns they are moglc
Uke In their performance. They are
connected with the wall by an Insu
lated wire, and by means of a peg In
the wall and another. In the stove the
heat Is regulated to suit tho needs of
the housewife. The stoves vary In
sljie, from the smnll six-Inch In diam
eter ones to the large, heavy affairs
capable of accommodating all tho
cooking utensils for a largo family.
The stove Is Insulated on tho outside,
so that, whllo a raging beat may bo
burning the things In the oven, there
will be hardly u perceptible increase
In the outside temperature. This Is
one of the great udvnntnges of the
electric stove. It can be used on the
warmest summer day without baking
nnd cooklug the operator, who Is com
pelled to stnnd over It. The hent Is
also concentrated and economised.
Tho waste Is only a fractional part of
one per cent. As soon as the heat Is
turned on tho stove Is ready for use,
and wheu the cooking is finished It ti
shut off Immediately.
The oven Inside of the stove It sur
rounded by colls of wire In such a sci
entific way thut all parts of It are
evenly heated. There Is no danger
of burning the top of the cake while
the bottom Is left uncooked, and
doughy. The regulation of the beat la
made even more effective by a small
kuob In front. When a slow oven la
needed the knob Is pulled out, but If a
"quick" oven Is required for baking
two knobs are pulled out, nud at If by
uingie a quick, Intense .heat Is sup
plied, CoyUs cap uo longer coiu'duln
of bad ovens, slow ovens nnd "con
trary" ovens. The electric stove
avoids nil tlieso Irregular tempera
tures thnt make cooklug so aggravat
ing In the ordinary coal stoves. Even
the amateur would find it a delight
to cook under such circumstances, and
she would undoubtedly be unduly
flattered by tho success of her first
experiments, for, ns every good cook
knows, half tho battle Is won when
the stove la properly heated aud regu
lated. Places nre arranged on tho stovo for
ten Kettles, coffee pels nnd other Im
plements, and the hent. is concentrated
nt the openings, so thnt little of it
escapes Into thn room. But, in addi
tion to this, separate portable broilers,
tea kettles, chafing dishes nnd coffee
pots are made to use either on top of
the stove or In the dining-room, sick
chamber or wherever electric connec
tions can bo made. These arc ar
ranged with separate colls of wire,
which can be brought to nn Intense
bent by simply connecting them to the
wires lu the sldo of tho room, nnd the
cooking can be accomplished In less
time than it takes to make an ordin
ary fuel fire. With n full supply of nil
these cooking utensils one Is almost
Independent of the large stoves, ex
cept on wash days. Kven electric
Irons are manufactured on the same
principle, the colls of wire being ar
ranged Inside of the Iron, so thnt the
Implement Is kept hot nil day loug.
The heating of the house by the new
power Is another and valuable feature
of the question, nnd no housewife who
lias been burdened with the care nnd
fore-thought necessary to run steam
or hot water furnaces can fall to ap
preciate the new system In store for
her. It Is ns far ahead of steam or
hot water ns they are ahead of tho
old-fashioned stoves nnd hot nlr furn
aces. There Is .no fire to wnteh, no
coal to buy or put Into thn furnace,
no ashes to take out, and, nbove all, no
dust, smoke or gas. The hent Is dis
tributed about Ihe house by means of
handsome radiators, nnd these nre
connected with the electric storage
house some miles nwny by means of
nn Invisible wire. By pressing a but
ton nt the bend of the bed ou a cold
morning the hent can be turned ou,
and In a few minutes the radiators
will bo too hot to touch with the
hand. Within half nn hour the house
will be warm enough on the coldest
morning for one to rise nnd dress with
comfort. Tho bent can be economized
at night time In this way, or it can
be kept going nil day and night with
out Interruption. The supply Is uni
versal, regular nnd ready for use ut
all times. There need to be uo in
tense suffering from the cold nt one
time and positive discomfort from the
heat a few hours Inter. The tempera
ture can be regulated with the samo
ense nnd readiness characteristic of
tho kitchen tire just described.
These nre the more pronounced bene
fits thnt will bo derived from electrici
ty In tho future, wheu It will cost no
more to Install a private house than
It does to-day to put In a steam heat
ing plant nnd coal stoves in the kitch
en and laundry; but there nre many
minor advantages that will accrue as
we become accustomed to the new
agent. With nn invisible power thnt
enn be converted nt will into light,
heat or power the tendency will be to
Invent all sorts of Implements for re
ducing the Inconveniences of living.
For instance, tho Be.wlng machine will
have an electric attachment that can
bo employed nt any moment to run
the machine ns loug or as short a time
as needed.
Many an overheated housewife must
hnve viewed with envy the electric
fans that cool the nlr on hot days in
restnurunts, and It would uot be long
before appropriate fans would bo
placed In every household for private
use. With tho electric power ulwnys
ready, It would be no cxtravngnut ex
penditure to connect the electric fans
on hot summer days, nnd keep them
going until night brought relief. With
such fnns In the kitchen, dining-room
and pnrlor, life In summer would be
robbed of half Its terrors, and one
would not havo to seek the sea shore
or mountains for cooling breezes. The
cost of installing the house with the
electric fans would be comparatively
small after the electric plant Itself
was once established. They could
also be introduced In the bed-rooms, so
thnt on warm nights, when slumber
seems Impossible, a constant current
of refreshing nlr could be created for
the benefit of the members of the
household and their guests.
Just at present the question of cost
Is, the only one thut delays tho urrlval
of this foretaste of the millennium.
The production of electricity Is too ex
pensive to permit of Its uulversal use
In the way described, but there nro
Important experiments being conduct
ed to-day by eminent scientists, which
promise to open the field for the Im
mediate reduction of both the Initial
expense of installing a building nnd
of supplying the house with all the
electric heat, light nnd power needed.
Coorge E. WnlKh, In the New York
Independent.
Photograph of Queen Victoria.
When the Prluco Consort was alive
ho used to see to It that no unfavor
able portrait of his august wife,
whether by sculptor, painter or photo
grapher, was given to the public. He
He was anxious that full lustlee
should be done to Her Majesty's per
sonal appearance; that she should be
represented at her best. After his
death there was nobody to exercise
this censorship. The Queen seemed to
have became Indifferent In evtnrnnlu-
and, though she frequently allowed
her portrait to be takcu and published,
sho troubled llitla as to whether It
was good, bud or middling;, whether
It gave her nleasaut
one that was almost forbidding In
its severity, consequently there are
many likenesses of her late Mateatv.
now circulating widely, which ought
to nave oeen destroyed in their ear
liest stage. Modern Society,
Kodak I(llatlon.
Tbt kodak Is being regulated in
Washington. Use of it Is forbidden
not only in the White House, but
about the grounds surrounding the
mansion. To take tuapshota around
the Capitol is possible only on a per
mit obtained from the rergeaut-at-arm.
The use of cameras In tho Sen
ate and House galleries It positively
forbidden. Likewise the navy-yard
and gun foundry are closed to them.
Wushlnston star.
ICNORANCE IN FRANCE.
Amanni Dennlty of a I.arjc Prrrentaire
of Army Itecruttfl.
Not long ago a writer on military
subjects related with conceivable stu
pefaction an anecdote for the truth of
which he was able to vouch. In tho
course of a visit of inspection, a flen
eral had questioned a recruit ns to
what he knew nbouf the wnr of 1870.
In his utter inability to even grasp
the meaning of tho question, the sol
dier had stared open-mouthed at his
officer, mid It was finally elicited from
him that this was the first be had
ever heard of the I-'mnoo-dormnn wnr.
The narralor of the anecdote ex
pressed tho belief that this remarkable
example of class Ignorance was n
wholly exceptional case. He ns speedi
ly received proof thnt he was mistak
en. A cnvnlry officer has written hlra
n letter, from which I make the fol
lowing interesting extract: "You cite
a case which you suppose Is isolated,
but which, nevertheless, astonishes nnd
grieves you. What would you sny If
you knew the truth? I nm in the
habit of making every year n small.
Informal Inquiry into the degrees of In
struction of the recruits drafted Into
the company I command. 1 always
put to the men the three following
questions among others: What do
you know about the war of 1870?
About Alsace-Lorraine? About. Bis
mnrcK? I receive on the average fifty
recruits composed of peasants from
Normandy nnd Brittany, and some few
Parisians, out of the fifty thirty can
mak.0 no answer whatever to my
questions. They know nothing nt nil.
Ten have heard something to the ef
fect that Lorraine Is a province, that
Bismarck was a (iermau (icnernl or
Emperor (!) nnd that, the war of 1870
was not favorable to France. But
their notions nre far too vague to make
any Impression on their minds. Final
ly ten of the men, the rnrlsiaus in
particular, have some Idea of what
our disasters were. For five years In
succession I have obtained a like re
sult. I Inform you of It without com
ment." As the writer points out, the
German Invader was seen in almost
every corner of Normandy, nnd pene
trated far Into Brittany, so thnt It Is
all the more astonishing that the ris
ing generation In these provinces
should know so little about the war.
The Ignorance of the peasants of the
South of France mny be expected to
be more absolute still. With a state
of things such ns these facts reveal In
existence, nnd even n Paul Derouledo
admitting, us he did In his recent
speech, a war for the recovery of the
lost provinces to be out of the ques-
ti It Is evident that the policy of
"La Itavanche" has lived Paris Cor
respondence iu the Pall Mall Cassette.
Ilcprodtices Oeolnglcnl Phenomena.
Nothing could better illustrate the
difference between old nnd new meth
ods of getting at things than the Inter
esting object-lesson work that Is being
conducted by Dr. T. A. Jngger lu the
Harvard goologlcnl laboratory. Hero
by a series of Ingenious operations
much like what a child would regard
ns play, the effects of the forces of na
ture, aro Illustrated In miniature. Oue
piece of apparatus has been devised to
explain the "ripple murks" seen In
many fossils. These marks, It Is
found, aro not caused by the direct
swash of the surface of the waves, but
by the oscillation of the deeper water.
Plates of glass covered with sand are
let down under wnter und subjected
to different sorts of vibration, nnd rip
ple murks similar to the various types
found In fossil fornni are readily
made.
The" effect produced by lateral pres
sure on stratified rocks Is Illustrated
With layers of different colored wax,
and miniature volcanic uctlon such as
thnt which formed the peculiar Black
Hills of South Dakota Is shown by
forcing melted wax through layers of
coal dust, plaster of parls, etc. Tho
effects of erosion nre shown by letting
a flue spray of water fall on n minia
ture formation of hind Illustrating a
variety of natural features. Geysers
ou a small scale are mnde nnd caused
to spout with rythmlenl regularity like
the ones In nature. Sand deltas left
by the melting of glaciers nro also re
produced, nud In the same way many
other phenomena hitherto explnlned
only theoretically nre demonstrated
under the actual physical conditions
reduced to a small scale in polutof
expanse nnd time.
The Value of Tact.
A story of tho wonderfal tact, kind
ness and hospitality of one of thn
leaders of Baltimore society, who died
recently, Is told In tho Baltimore Suu.
At one of her famous receptions a
rather awkward young man, with lit
tlo social experience, accidentally
knocked over and smashed one of a
pair of beautiful aud costly vases.
Seeing his chagrin and embarrassment
the hostess immediately put him at
his ense by declaring: "Oil, Mr. , I
am sb much obliged to you for break
ing that vase. I never did like It, and
I hnve been hoping that I could get
rid of It somehow. Now that you have
given me the excuse, I am going to
give myself the pleasure of smashing
the other one," which she accordingly
proceeded to do, although she prized
the vases highly.
It Is said thut to a shop girl or a
theatre ticket seller or any oue else
who did her some favor or act of cour
age, her thanks were so charming that
tho person thanked fairly worshiped
her thereufter.
KarllMt lUiiTr of Coal In Amarlua.
There Is strong reason to believe
thut the first discovery of coal on this
continent was nindo In Illinois by the
early French explorers, tome time be
tween 1073 aud 1080. James MacFar
lane, author of the "Coal Ileglons of
America," says: "It Is remarkable that
the first discovery of coal in America,
of which there is any account in a
printed book, waa made so far In the
interior as Illinois, by Father Henne
pin, more than 200 years ago." Hen
nepin's map, accompanying the edition
of his journal published in 1008, lo
cates a coal mine In the bluffs of the
Illinois Utver, near Ottawa, where an
Inferior quality of bituminous coil
comet to the surface, Referring to
this record by Hennepin, It. C. Taylor,
another high authority in economic
geology, suys: "TbHt Is the earliest no
tice ou record of the exlsteuce of
coal in America,"
THE SABBATH SCHOOL.
International Lessor Cor.nicils For
Ainy S.
Subject: Jesus and Peter, John xxl., 15-22-flolden
Text, John xxl., l7-Mcmor
Verses, 15-17-Coinmcntarr
on Ihe Day's Lcsroa,
15. "When they had dined." Idling
together was a token of fellowship and
here ahowa Jcans's perfect reconciliation
to all His disciples. ".Simon, son of Jo
nas." He docs not call him Cephas, or
Peter, the name He had given him, for he
had lest the credit of his strength and sta
bility which those i names signified. By
thus addressing him it would the more af
fect him and bring vividly before him his
denial. "Lovest thou Me?" There were
special reasons why this question should he
put to Peter. (1) He had denied his love
tor Christ and there was reason for Christ
to suspect his love. (2) He must learn
that love for Christ is the thing most
commendable and the surest proof of pen
itence. There is a curious change of terms
here, and, if we would fully understand
this passage, it is necessary to call atten
tion to some of the delicate shades of
meaning in the Creek, which do not ap
pear in our Knglish translations. Jesus
uses the word love three times in His
micstions. and Peter lines it three times in
his answers; but in the original tho word
which Jesus uses in His first two ques
tions lagapao) is a different word from
that which Peter uses (phileo) in nil his
answers. In the third axking Jesus uses
Peters word. "More than these." That
is. more than these other disciples love
, ii ,Jlc had declared, "Though all men
shall bo offended because of Thee, vet will
I never be offended." Christ would now
hear his present testimony. Others think
that by "more than these," .Tcsus meant
the bout, nets and fish in fact, his busi
ness. hethcr Christ meant this or not,
it should be remembered that if our love
for Christ is perfect, we will love Him
more than we love our carthlv possessions.
"Thou knowest that I love' Thee." He
could nnt only profess love to Christ, but
he could tell Him that He knew that there
waa love in his heart. .He was conlident
that Jesus knew that he loved Him.
"Feed My lambs." This is a commission
to give spiritual food to the youngest and
weakest in the flock of Christ.
10. "Feed My sheep." Here Fc uses a
word which signities to tend a flock, not
only to feed, but to take care of, guide,
govern, defend, etc., by which He Reems
to intimate that it is not sufficient merely
to offer the bread of life to the congrega
tion of the Lord, but he must take care
that the sheep lie properly collected, at
tended to. regulated and guided.
17. "The third time." The three ques
tions eould not but recall the three denials,
and the form of the last question eould
not hut vividly bring back the thought of
the failure of personal devotion at the mo
ment of trial. "Lovest thou Me?" Thia
time Jesus uses Peter's word for love.
"Was grieved." Because He pressed the
question the third time and thus called at
tention to his failure., and because in
changing the word he had used for love
He seemed to imply a doubt of his love.
It has been suggested that Peter feared
lest Christ still saw something wrong in
his heart that would lead to another fail.
"Thou knowest all things." He was sure
of Christ's perfect knowledge, and humbly
anneals to Him for proof of his love,
"l'eed My sheep." Still another word is
used here by Christ to represent the flock
committed to Peter's care, which means
"little sheen;" "the shccplings," the ten
der and delicate that needed special care.
The purpose of these questions seems to
have been, 1, To show Peter that Jesus
knew his failures nnd heartily forgave
them. '2, To guard him against His natural
self-confidence lest he should again fall. 3,
To show his brethren that he was fully re
stored. 4, To set clearly before him the
great work he was to do. 5, To impress
"upon him that only in deep and earnest
love to Jesus could ho do this work.
18. "Verily, verily." These words ex
press the truthfulness and unchangeable
ness of what is to follow. "When thou
wast young." etc. Peter must have been
about middle life. Ho now went where
he chag& to go, but the time would come
when he would be carried by others. This
forecast of Peter's future seems to have
been for the purpose of encouraging him
by the assurance that, however he may
have failed in the past, he would hence
forth go on boldly, even to crucifixion.
"Shall be old." Peter lived thirty-six
years after this, and was crucified at Rome
about the year 00 A. D. "Another shall
gird thee." ciuch as were condemned to he
crucified were tied to the cross until the
nails were driven. "Woulilest not." While
Peter was willing to die for Christ, yet he
was a man and would naturally shink from
the torture of the cross. Ancient writers
state, however, that he considered it such
a glorious thing to die for Christ, that "he
begged to be crucified with his head down
ward, not thinking himself worthy to die
in tho same posture in which his Lord
did."
If). "Glorify God." The good man glo
rifies God in his death as well as in his
life. Psa. 116: 15: Phil. 1: 20. In an
Fiecial manner did the death of the mar
yrs glorify God: for they gave their lives
in defense of the truth. "Follow Me."
Jesus probably desired to take Peter aside
for the purpose of speaking privately with
him. Many think that Christ meant by
this that Peter was to follow Him to the
20. "Seeth the disciple." That is. Peter
turned about and saw John, the author of
this gospel, following. "Which also
leaned." etc. See John 13: 21-25.
21. "What shall this man do!" "And
this man what?" R. V. margin. What is
to become of him? Must he partake of
like sufferings, and testify his love by dy
ing for Thee? This question, although dic
tated by love, should not have been asked.
To Peter it was given to know what man
ner of death he was to die. but it would
not be best that this should be known in
the case of every disciple "r apostle.
22. "That he tarry till I come." There
is great difference of opinion as to Christ's
meaning. By the words, "till I come,"
did Jesus mean His second coming, and
that John was never to die; or His coming
to destroy Jerusalem; or did He mean
that John was to remain at that place un
til He and Peter returned from a private
interview? John lived for many year af
ter the destruction of Jerusalem, and was
the only one of the apostles who did not
die a violent death. The disciples them
selves understood that Jesus meant that
John should not die. V. 23. Who can
say when or how he died? 8t. John him
self, at the time of writing this gospel,
seems not to have known clearly whether
he should die or not: he merelv mtmtaA
what Jesus had snid, and if he understood
he did not think it proper to explain.
John Wesley thinks John was translated.
Hilpad a !oor Artist,
Tho million left by Bam Lewis, the
notorious London usurer, and the
benefactions that have come to light
since bis death continue to be a nine
days' wonder among his acquaint
ances In London, Beginning hit ca
reer at money lender comparatively
late and very humbly, he made money
with marvelous rapidity. One reason
for this wss that ha never lost any, or
hardly ever, even at the gaming
tablet, where hs wat delighted to take
bit turn. To the poor people who
constantly applied to him for loans
he always replied that a poor person
could not afford to borrow. An artist
not long ago paid a visit to the finan
cier and told his story over th cigar
and (lass of wins which Sam Lewis
had always at band. Th artist's re
quest was a modest on he wanted
only 50. "I could not afford to lend
it to you," said the prince ot usurers,
"but I don't mind asking your ac
ceptance of It" and he banded the
astonished applicant a K0 'note.
This story, which the narrator
vouches tor, teems to belle the asser
tion lately made thut In Sam Lewis'
case only "the dead band" has parted
with pofcsesuion on which the livlu'
baud opened never.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
May S
"Decision of Character."
15-16; Prov. Iv., 23-27.
Rer.
III.
Scripture Verses. Deut. v. 32, 83;
xxvll. 14; Josh. I. 7; Isn. I. 10-20; Ps. I.
1-6; 1 Cor. xvi. 13; Phil. I. 27; iv. 1; 2
Thess. II. 15; Eph. vl. 10-18; CoL 1.
012, ,
LESSON THOUGHTS.
"Be sure your'o right, then go
ahead." Decision, energy end perse
vernnce menu strength, for good or
evil, as the decision Is for right or
wrong.
As the athlete stretches every pow
er to reach the goal, turning neither
to the right hand nor to the left, so
the true Christian character "forget
ting those tilings which are Ix-hlnd nnd
reaching forth to those things which
are before." presses "toward the murk
for the prl'.e of the nigh calling of
(iod In Christ Jesus."
MCLKCTIONH.
Live for something! Have a purpose!
And that purpose keep In view;
Drifting like n helmlcss vessel
Thou canst uo'or to Belt be true.
Half the wrecks that strew life's ocean
If some star had been their guide.
Might have now been riding safely.
But they drifted with the tide.
Alexnndcr, being asked bow he bad
conquered the world, replied, "By not
delaying."
The miin of decided character can
not bear to sit still among unexecuted
decisions and unnttempted project.
We wait to bear of his achievements,
nnd we nre confident we sbnll not wait
long. It must have cost Cucsar many
anxious hours of deliberation ' before
be decided to pass the Rubicon;; hut
It Is probable he suffered but few to
elapse between the decision and the
execution.
To character and success, two
things, contradictory na they may
seem, must go together humble de
pendence and manly Independence
humble dependence on God, aud man
ly reliance on self.
HAMS' HORN BLASTS
HJ2 consciousness
of duty dispels the
dread of conse
quences. He who uhuts
his eyes when it
rains will never see
the rainbow.
It is no use pray
ing for peace
while you take
cream on your
pickles.
No man dos his
duty till he has forgotten duty in tho
Joy of love.
Only the Omniscient One could dis
cover any Christianity In some church
es.
There may be secret sins when we
can hide the sin of the hand from the
heart.
Some men rise in the world because
they are light weight.
Some Christians seek to demonstrate
their wisdom on the basis of the pro
verb about the fool and his money.
If there were no listeners there would
be no gossips. -
Education has never yet saved a man
from being a fool.
They who fear the Lord are no lon
ger afraid O'f him.
He shall go before his enemy who
can forego revenge.
A stereotyped religion cannot make
a good impression.
The habit of sin quickly congeals
the river of conscience.
The Christian life must be either ex
pressed or repressed.
Balaam's ass Is no argument for the
Inspiration of all Its kind.
Forgetting the Lord's day Is a Bure)
step to leaving the Lord's way.
The Llhermoim'elter la a potor thing at
whhih to warm your hands.
The fruits of love to man grow on the
tree rooted in the love of God.
A brave retreat may show greater
courage than a foolhardy advance.
It is a poor plaoi to rap rove a man for
walking lame by knocking him down.
The beat way to overcome error is to
emphasize the truth It Ignores.
There can be no victory without an
enemy.
iA young preacher Is apt to be a dry
land pilot.
Baby's Flotor.
The trials that beset the amateur
photographer are many, but the pure
Joy of obtaining a good picture now
and then compensates him for fre
quent failures. "I've got the baby's
photograph. I took it all myself, and
it came out splendidly," said a ten-year-old
enthusiast, presenting for
grandmother's Inspection a picture of
a bed on which lay a small bundle
covered with mosquito-netting. "Yes,
dear, that's the baby on her mother'
bed, sure enough," said grandmother,
after a careful study of this "stili
llfe" subject through her spectacles.
"Yes'm," said the young photographer
with pardonable pride. "Mother said
I'd never be able to take her when
she's awake 'cause she squirms so, but
getting her asleep that way, and under
the mo&qulto-nettlng. It waa Just aa
easy! And aren't the legs of the bed
splendid and clear T" Youths' Oon
panlon. CoaatlDf la Hawaii.
Th hillside at Pacific Heights fac
ing Nuuanu valley It becoming a great
resort for youngsters of all colors and
of many conditions of prosperity, syt
the Honolulu Republican. Ths "kids"
flock to place In droves. In srraula
tlon of the example sat by their
brothers of a coldsr climt thess chil
dren, who probably bar never soon
snow, have constructed a coasting
place down the steep Incllns. A sled
Is not necessary, and they don't hav
to wait for snow. Naturt nt pro
vided the hillside, and the long grass
which grows on it, as wsll as ths sled
which Is used. Ths latter la a palm
leaf which bat btea dried bv ths sua.
laalas'a ttnnl and frapatatlaab
While ths population of Main In
creased during the last deoada oaly
from 661,088 to 694,466, or but about
S per cent, ths cost of the state gov-
ernmeut has nearly dojblod during
the luht eight years.