THE OLD In the merry days of boyhood when we nevor knew a care Greater than the mump or measles or a mother's eut of hair, When a sore toe wan a treasure and a stonebruise on the heel Filled the other boys with envy which they tried not to conceal, There were many treasured object) on the farm we held most dear. Orchard, fields, the creek we swam in, and the old spring cold and clear; Over there the woods of hick ry and of oak o deep and dense, Looming up behind the outline of the old rail fence. On its rails the quail would whistle in the early summer morn, Calling to their hiding fellow in the field of waving corn. And the meadow lark and robins on the stakes would sit and sing Till the forest shades behind them with their melody would ring. There the catbird and the jaybird sat nnd called each other names, And the squirrels and the chipmunks played the chase-and ratch-me games. And the gai tor snake was often in unpleas ant evidence In the grasses in tiie corners of the old rail fence. 1 THE FACE IN &. J LUUU 11ULLISTE11 looked tip with a frown of annoyance when bis study door opened uncere- monlously nnd some papers on ills dosk blew out of place. But Ills face relaxed a little when Ue saw thnt It was only Lallte. 'Father!" slio exclaimed in nn min imis voice, "what do you think lias happened? I've lost my watch." "Ah!" snld the Judge quietly. "Have you, my dear? What sort of watch was It?" Lalite turned ou liiui with a ripple of luUKhter. "Why, father," Bhe said, "you ought to know. You gave it to mo yourself for my birthday." "To be sure, to be sure, so I did," an swered the Judge smiling. "I bad for gotten about that. You see, you took nie somewhat by surprise." "I did rush in rather like a whirl wind In petticoats, didn't I?" confessed Lalite penitently. 'Tlease forgive nu, but I was so worried that I couldn t think of anything else but getttng here. What shall I do about It, Daddy?" "How did It happen?" asked the Judge. "I was out walking," she said, "with Howard Washburn, and when we loft the house I wore my watch on this ohalu over my Jacket. It was tucked In here. We went lulo a florist's to get some violets, and when we came out I thought we'd better be turning toward home, and started to see what time It was. Eut the watch was gone and the chain was broken, like this. Howard went back Into the shop, and asked the man who waited on us whether It had dropped In there, but he said they hadn't seen It. I was awfully fond of that little watch, father," the girl finished almost tearfully. "Let's see," said the Judgp, drawing a sheet of paper toward him. "It was a small, plain gold one, wasn't It, La llte?" "With my monogram on It." "With your monogram on It. And I think I have the number of It In my old diary." The methodical man bunted out li.J book of the previous year. He never forgot the-date of his daughter's birth day. It was a dny of double memories to him. It had given him Lalite and taken away her mother In the same breath. ' Hero it is," he read In a murmur. "B'ebruary second, 'Gave Lalite her watch? January l!0-28th, 27th, 20th. How thoughtless of me, Lalite! I did not keep the number, after all. Never mind; It was a Tiffany watch nnd the monogram ought to be sutllcleut to,, trace It. Now, Lalite, in ease It's been lost we'll advertise It, and In case It's been stolen we'll quietly notify the po lice bureau to send word to all the pawnshops and the big jewelers." He 'wrote a few Huts quickly, Inter rupting himself to ask, "No other marks of Identification about It any where, were there, daughter?" Tho girl flushed deeply, nnd went around behind his chuir to look over hiB shoulder. "There was tho monogram and the make and the plain gold case," she re pented with some embarrassment. "Yes. yes, I've put those down al ready," he said a little testily. "What else could there be, father?" asked Lallte. "Oh, dents or scratches or other marks," he nnswered carelessly. Lallte laughed aloud, almost wltli re lief. It seemed. "Daddy, dear," she said, "I havea't bitten or ecratcucd or bumped my things since I was a baby. No, tha lit tle watch has uo Hears on II. At least,'.' she added, wistfully, "It didn't have any when It was lust in my hands." "There, there," said the Judge, pnt i ting her face gently. "I hope you'll get It back ngnln nil sufe and souud. I'll send these messages on! right away and then " "1 forgot," said Lallte as he reached fot the bell. "Howard Is down stairs to f.-e whether there U anything he can do about It, He'll bend theso for me. Do let Mm! For be feels almost as sorry as 1 do, father." ' "Oh. does he?" said the Judge. "Yes. Indeed," answered Lallte. "You see, If he hadn't eskea me to go walk ing, and If I Jbadn't gone, and If bo hadn't Insisted upon getting me those violets, and If I hadn't worn my watch " "Well?" said the Judge as she paused for breath. "It would never have happened," finished Lallte with feinlulue logic, "So it's really all bis fault." Bhe dropped a love pat on the bald pot atop of her father' head and whisked out of the room. For three days afterward Lallte wa ou tip-toe with uerroiM expectancy. Bhe vibrated between the v.ludaw and the stairs. She watched the street luteutly. and Jumped at each ring of the door bell. Bhe refused to leave the uouko for any leach of time. "1 some ono brings back my watch." "tie said, "I waul to see Uiiu myself." RAIL FENCE. As we grew to early manhood when we thmmU !.. - I In tho diadem of beauty were the very Oft from spellin' school or meetin' or the fnllt, al.....!.:..' I J""J nnm Kill llfTU Down the old lane we would wander with a merry little "she," On the plea of baing tired (just the coun- try lover lie). On a grassy scat we'd linjer in the moon light, she and I, And we'd paint a future picture touched with colors most intense. As we sat there in the corner of the old rail fence. Tl,-.... I iucjc uiic nipui in nappy dreaming we were sitting raid in hand, lp so near the gates of heaven we could almost hear the band, n hen she hnrd a declaration whispered in her lifl'tinir pitr One she often since has told me she was migmy giau to hear. On my head there's now a desert fringed with foliage of gray, And there's many a thread of silver in her dear old head to-day. Vet the Hame of love is burning in our bosoms as intense As it burned in the corner of that "" old mil fence. THE WATCH. I T $ "Daiwhtor " r,n,,Df ... t..., . ,10 morning, nn ,le lle! , ,, , his fur-linert coat, -it tn ,i.,i.. to lose your color and your watch, too I'll get you another timepiece If this one doesn't turn up. Don't worry so over It!" "Hut, father," said Lallte. hesitating ly, "you don't know " She chuuged her mind. "I wonder whether Howard reully sent those messages," she snld. " I'll stop In his office on the way down and nsk him," replied the Judge, cheerily. "We might nave him up to dinner to-night, ch, Lalite? Think he'd like to come?" "Maybe," said Lallte, liidiffereutly. "Bless her sweet heart!" said the Judge to himself, as he went down tho steps. "She's like her mother in the way she grows attached to her little personal possessions, nnd grieves If anything happens to them." Of. course tho various messages had been sent. As If there was ever a re quest of Lnllte's which Howard Wash burn had not promptly honored at sight! More than thut. he had tried in a dozen other ways to trace Lalite's lost property. He gave them ft full ac count of his efforts as they drank their after-dinner coffee that evening In the library, talking with his eyes on La lite's face, and thrilling with the quick, grateful glances she gave him. "A boy from J'ennock's to see Judge Ilolllsler," announced a servant In tho midst of their conversation. "Penuock's!" Instantly exclaimed Lallte. "That's the florist's where " "Show him up here," said the Judge. "Lalite, perhaps he brings you good luck." "Ituther have ir.y watch, thank you, air," retorted the saucy maid. A small, uniformed boy was ushered In and stood respectfully, cap In hand, to address them. "To-day, sir," he said, looklug at the Judge, "I was moving a lot of empty flower baskets In I'eunock's, and some ways down In the pile I fouud a gold watch like the one you advertised for." Lulite gave an exclamation, In which delight, relief and enc'.jement were cu riously blended. "Oh, do give It to lvie right away!" she cried. Impulsively, The boy hesitated. "Leastways," he corrected hlnseli, "It Isn't exactly like the one you adver tised." "lint It the raonograu on It?" asked the Judge. "Yes, sir," sold the boy. "Tlllauy make?" Inquired Washburn. "Yes, sir," sold tho boy. Lulite was leaning forward, listening breathlessly. "You don't know the number?" asked the boy. "Unfortunately," said the Judge, "I neglected to keep It when I bought tho watch. I suppose by sending to Tif fany I could get It very easy, but I thought tho monogram would be Iden tification enough." "Yes, sir." said the boy. "But there might be two people with the same Ini tials. rThere wasn't anything else par ticular about the watch you lost?" ho persisted curiously. "No; was there, Lnlite?" asked the Judge. "I distinctly remember your saying so.'f "Well, there was In the one I found," said the boy. Lallte got ii? suddenly nnd walked down the long room to oue of the deep windows. She disappeared between the curtains. The Judge looked after her with a feeling of pity for her dis appointment. "Oh, boy," he snld suddenly, "show me the watch you found and I will tell you the truth, about its belonging to us. You are rlglst to be careful and make no mistakes In returning It, but surely my reputation will clear uie from any suspicion of dishonesty. You know who I am, and I think you can trust me, can't you?" The llttlo chap promptly unbuttoned his gray overcoat and pulled out a small watch. "Yes, sir," he said. "Here It Is, sir." Judge Holllster examined the case closely. "It seems to me," ho sa'd after this scrutiny,, "thut this Is tho watch we are looklug for.. But what Is there about it that we haven't described to you?" 1 The boy opened the back of the case 'silently. "I guess It's all right," he said, Jerk ing his thumb toward Washburn. "I recognized liiui ns soon as I come In." "Lallte! Hies my soul!" snld Judge Holllster. He stood a moment with I ho watch lu hl band, .then be walked over to the Ureplace and thrust It al most fiercely toward his guest. "Washburn, did you know that pic ture was In thero?" he demanded. Tho young man looked at the open case, and auch an expression of amsxo nient grew upon his face that his for mer Innocence could not be doubted. ' It was nn old likeness of himself that ho saw uncovered beforo hlu). Ho re called with a flush of memory how, tho first summer he had known Lallte, they were together In a sailing party and some one-had taken a snapshot of tho group. He had kept bis picture In tact, though for him there was but one face In It. But Lallte Lallte had cut hla out! Had put It In her watch! Had carried It about thus without his knowledge while he was starving for one sign of hope nnd encouragement from her! "My photograph!" he said slowly, staring at the Judge In n dnze of as tonishment. "What does It mean?" "Humph!" said the old man with a twinkle In his eye nnd a glance toward the curtained window nt the other end of the room. "I should think It was nbout time yon found out!" He went back to the florist's boy. "If you'll come with me to my study," he said, "I'll give you your re ward. The watch belongs to my daughter." There was nn abashed heap of femin inity on the window sent behind the henvy curtains with Its face burled deep la the cushions, so deep that nothing but the tip of ono pink ear showed for a kissing- plnee. rflttle by little nnd very gently Hownrd disin terred tho rest of Lnlite' big blush. "Sweetheart," he whispered, "If I had only guessed It before. Think of the time you have made nie waste!" New York Evening Sun. Whin Kings Am Burlril, England Is almost the only country In Europe which does not possess a recognized resting place for the re mains of Its royal family. The kings and queens of Englnnd nre burled at Westminster, Windsor, Hanover, Win chester nnd Canterbury. Spain, which pays perhaps most attention to mat ters of ceremony, has the finest vault for its royalty. Its kings rest In tho rnntheon, which is pnrt of the Escu rial, built by I'hlllp the monk king. Hard by Is tho Pantheon de los In fantes, In which repose the remains of Infant princes of the royal house. Philip V. nnd Ferdinand VI. nre tho only monnrchs who are burled else where. The Czars of Russia since Teter tho Great, with one exception, nre burled in the Cathedral Fortress of Peter nnd Paul at St. Petersburg. The kings of Holland lie not in the splendid nnd modern capital of The Hague, but amid the rural simplicity of the little town of Delft. They nre burled In the Nieuwe Kerk there. Austria, on the other hnnd, revels In splendor. The Capuchin Church of Vienna contains 103 metal coffins of the Austrian royal family, some of them of solid silver. This has been their place of burial since 1019. Most of the German royal family nre burled in the Domklrcho at Berlin, though some rest at Potsdam. The Dom klrcho contains the tombs of eighty of the ancestors of the German Emperor, including that of the Great Elector. The tombs of the Swedish royal fam ily rival those of the Dutch In simplic ity. The kings of Sweden, sluce tho days of Gustavus Adolphus, have been burled in the Itldderholms Church at Stockholm. Westminster Gazette. The Malaria-Hearing Mosquito. Thnt mosquitoes transmit the mal aria germ from one person to another Is no longer a disputed question. This fact established. It Is of the utmost importance that one should be able to recognize and check the pro pagation of the malaria produciug mosquitoes. There are about 250 species known to Bclence, of which only nbout thirty have been found in the United States. These are divided into five genera; but only those of n single genus, anopheles, have been connected with human malaria. The sparrow malaria Is transferred by the genus culex. The habits of these two genera nre bo distinct thut the adult Insects can be recognized and sep arated at a glance. Mosquitoes be longing to the genus anopheles bold their bodies nearly at right angles to the surface upon which they arc rest lug, while on the other hand, culex keeps Its body nearly parallel, The male mosquito Is not a blood sucker and Is not dangerous. It Is the female that does the biting and trans mits the disease germ, The eggs of mosquitoes are deposited In water. The larvae inhabit stng.-.aut pools, pouds, or even slow-running streams. If a larva Is found In water with Its body hanging downward at right an gles to the surface It lsulex, but If the body is parallel to ,thu surface It Is the dungerous anopheles. Professor Willis O. Johnson, lu Good lluusck; ing. What the Children Cost. "Do vou suimosn I'm worth ItV n bright girl exclaimed, as she handed me a neatly bound account book. "l'Vnm .Tlino 1ft It la nl,l r.n cover. Opening to the first page I rounu a list or expenses. Including such articles as rubber rings, patent food, etc. "Thut Is a record of every cent, thnt has beeu spent for yoir.a truly sluce the date of her birth." ie explained. "Mamma started tho books for both Fred and ine and kipt them till we were sixteen, then made us do It. You tec." turning tho leaves, "sne put down everything, ev n to our baby iihotograuha. nml if i, ,, a wholesome revelation for us to couut up the totals once In a while. It tells tho story of a boy's and girl's expenses to compare. There was a time when It was about even, and I remember how glad I was that Fred hud to hare his teeth tilled first. I wouldn't part with my expense book for anythiug and I wonder more moth era don't Start them fir their rhll. dren." Good Housekeeping. A Suliuol Latter exchange. Professor Mctcalf. Runervl.nr nf th Boaton wuoottv bus Introduced a plan for gutting young pupils Interested In geography, which consists in setting children In the North to correspond with others In the South, and children In the East to exchange with others la tho West. Tho children are eucour aged to tell about tho products, etc., of their own locality, nnd this being a sublect ther are fomillar with, tlmv' cau write Interestingly. The letter are passed round uuil exchanged and tbo benentu of the system are multiplied; the writing of the lettors itself being a snlenrilri exercise, whlln IIia ranrllntr those received from Oilier schools stim ulates Interest In tho regular lessons. The system Is one which can be widely applied, of course. The PuthUuder, RATIONAL AMUSEMENTS. Tbe Rev. Dr. Talmage Preaches on the Evils of Straltjacket Religion. Plcsty of Pisces Whera W May Find Elevated Moral Entertainments. ICopTrtrhtlMi.l VABTttiOTOl, D. C This discourse of Dr. Talmage is in accord with all innocent hilarities, while it reprehends amusements that belittle and deprave; text, II Samuel ii, 14. "Let the young men now arise and play before us." lhere are two armies encamped by tha pool of Uibeon. Tho time hangs heavily on their hands. One army proposes a gmo of iword fencing. Nothing could be more healthful and innocent. The other army accepts the challenge. Twelve men against twelve men, the sport opens. But something went adversely. Perhaps ana of the swordsmen got on unlucky slip or in some, way iad his ire aroused, and that which opened in sportfulncss ended in vio lence, each one taking his contestant by the hair and then with the aword thrust ing him in the side, to that that which opened in innocent fun ended in the mas sacre of all the twenty-four sportsmen. Was there ever a better illustration of what was true then and is true now that that which is innocent may be mads de structive? What of a worldly nature is more im portant and strengthening and innocent than amusement, and yet what has count ed more victims? I have no sympathy with a straltjacket religion. This is a very bright world to me, and I proposo to do all I can to make it bright for others. I never could keep step to a dead march. A book years ago issued says that a Chris tian man has a right to some amusements. For instance, if he comes at night weary from his work and, feeling the need of recreation, puts on his slippers and goes into his garret and walks lively round the floor several times there can be no harm in it. I believe the church of God has made a great mistake in trying to suppress the aportfulness of youth and drive out from men their love of amusement. If God ever implanted anything in us, lie implanted this desire. But instead of pro viding for this demand of our nature the church of God has for the main part ig nored it. As in a riot the mayor plants a battery at the end of the street and has it fired off so that everything is cut down that happens to stand in the range, the good as well as the bad, so there are men in the church who plant their batteries of condemnation and tire away indiscrimin ately. Everything is condemned. But Paul, tha apostle, commends those who uso the world without abusing it, and in the natural world God has done everything to please and amuse us. And I am glad to know that In all our cities there are plenty of places where we may find elevated moral entertainment. But all honest men and good women' will agree with me in the statement that one of the wont things in these cities is cor rupt amusement. Multitudes have gone down under the blasting influence, never to rise. If we may judge of what is going on in many of the places of amusement by the pictures on board fences and in many of the show windows, there is not a much lower depth of profligacy to reach. At Naples, Italy, they keep such pictures locked up from indiscriminate inspection. Those pictures were exhumed from Pom peii, and are not fit for public guze. If the effrontery of bad places of amusement in hanging out improper advertisements of what taey are doing night by night grows worse in the same proportion, in fifty J cars some of our modern cities will beat 'ompeii. I project certain principles by which you may judge In regard to any amusement or recreation, finding out for yourself whether it is right or wrong. I remark, in the first place, that you can judge of the moral character of any amuse ment by its healthful result or by its bale ful reaction. There are people who seem made up of hard facta. They are a combi nation of multiplication tables and statis tics. If you show them an exquisite pic ture they will begin to discuss the pig ments involved in the coloring. If you show them a beautiful rose they will sub mit it to a botanical analysis, which is only the post-mortem examination of a flower. They have no rebound in their nature. They never do anything more than smile. There are no great tides of feeling surging up from the dent ha of their mil in nillnur after billow of reverberating laughter. They eeeni as if nature had built them by con-, tract and made a bungling job of it. But blessed be God, there are people in the world who have bright faces and whose life is a song, an anthem, a paean of vic tory. Now, it is these cxhilarant and sympa thetic and warm hearted people that are moat tempted to pernicious amusements. Ia proportion as a ship is swift it wants a strong helmsman, in proportion as a horse is gay it wants a stout driver, and these people of exuberant nature will do well to look at the reaction of all their amuse ments. If an amusement sends you home at night nervous, so that you cannot sleep, and you rise up in the morning not be cause you aro alopt out, but becuuae your duty drags you from your slumbers, you have been where you ought not to have been. There are amusements, that send a man next day te his work with his eyes bloodshot, yawning, stupid, nauseated, and they are wrong kinds of amusement. They are entertainments that give a man dis-' gust with the drudgery of life, with tools because they are not swords, with work ing aprons because they are not robes, with cattle because they are not infuriated bulls of the arena. , If any amusement sends you home long ing for a life of romance and thrilling ad venture, love that takes poison and shoots itself, moonlight adventures and hair breadth escapes, you may depend upon it that you are the sacrificed victim of un sanctified pleasure. Our recreations are intended to build us up, and if they pull us down as to our moral or as to our phy sical strength you may come to the con clusion that they are ODnoxious. Thero ia nothing more depraving than attendance upon amusements that are full of innuendo and low suggestion. The young man enters. At first he sits far back, with his hat on and his coal collar up, fearful that somebody thero ma know him. Several nights pass on. He takes off his hat earlier and puts his coat collar down. The blush that first came into his cheek When anything indecent was enacted comes no mure to his check. Farewell, young man! You have probably started on the long road which ends in consum mate destruction. The stars of hope will go out one by one until you will be left in utter darkness. Hear you not the rush of the maelstrom, in wlioae outer circle your boat now dances, making merry with the whirling wateref But you are being drawn in, and the gentle motion will be come terrific agitation. You cry for help in vain; you pull at the oar to put back, but the struggle will not avail. You will be tossed and dashed and shipwrecked and swallowed in the whirlpool that has al ready crushed in its wrath 10,000 hulks. Young men who have come from the country resideuce to city residence will do well to be on guard ana let no one induce them to places of improper amusement. It is mightily alluring when a young man, long a cituen, offers to show a newcomer all around. Still further, those amusements are wrong which lead you into expenditure beyond your means. Money spent in reo reation is not thrown away. It ia all folly for us to cotue from a plase of amusement feeling that we have wastsd our money and tlnia.. You may by it have made an investment worth more than tha transac tion that yielded you hundreds or thous ands of dollars. But how mayy properties have been riddled by costly amusements. How brightly tha path of unrestrained amusement opens I The young man says: "Now I am off for a good time. Never mind econon.r. I'll git money somehow. What a tine roadl What a beautiful day for a ridel Crack tha whip, and over tha turnpike 1 Come, boys, till high your fUsses! Drink I Long life, health, plenty of rides just like this!' Hard working men hear the clatter of the hoofs and look op and say: "Why, I wonder where thosa fellows get their money from? We have to toil and drudge. They do nothing." To these gay men life is a thrill and an ex citement. They stare at other people and in turn are stared at. The watch chain jjnitlta; tha cuo foams: miduivut hears Jtnatr guffaw; tney gwagpr ptheyliTstre'cTiP .cent men on tho sidewalk; they take tha name of Ood in vain: they parody tha hymn they learned at their mother's knee, and to all pictures of coming disaster they cry out, "Who cares?" and to the counsel of some Christian friend, "Who are you?" I I go further and say that all those amusements are wrong which lead into bad company. If you go to any place where you have to associate with tha intemper ate, with the unclean, with the abandoned, however well they may be dressed, in the name of Ood quit it. They will despoil your nature. I had a friend in the West a rare friend. He was one of tha first to wel come ma to my new home. To fine per sonal appearance ha added a generosity, .frankness and ardor of nature that made me love Mm like a brother. " Hut I aaw evil people gathering around him. They came lip from the saloons, from tha gambling hells. They plied him with a thonsand arts. They seized upon his so cial nature, and he could not stand tha charm. They drove him on the rocks, like a ship, full winged, shivering on the break ers, t used to admonish him. I would say. "Now, I wish you would quit those bad habits and becomo a Christian." '"Oh," he would reply, "I would like to, I would like to, but I have gone so far II don't think there is any way back." In ,his moments of repentance he would go ihome and take his little girl of eight 'years and embrace her convulsively, and cover her with adornments, and strew 'around her pictures and toys and every thing that could mnke her happy, and then, as though hounded by an evil spirit, he would go out to the inflaming cup and the house of shame like a fool to the cor rection of the stocks. I was summoned to his dcath'ced; I hastened; I entered tho room: I found him, to my surprise, lying in full every day dreHS on the top of tho couch. I put out my hand. Ho grasped it excitedly and said: "Hit down, Mr. Talmage; right there." I sat down. Ho said: "Last night I saw my mother, who has been dead twenty years, and she sat just where you sit now. It was no dream, I was wide awake. There was no delusion in the matter. I saw her jint as plainly as I see you, Wife. I whih you would take these strings off me. There nre strings spun all around mv bodv. I wish you would take them off me." I saw it was delirium. "Oh," replied his wife, "my dear, there is nothing there; there, ia nothing there!" He went on and said: "Just where you sit, Mr. Talirmc, my mother sat. She said to me, 'Henry, I do wish you would do better. I got out of bed, nut my arms around her and said: 'Mother, I want to do better. I have been trying to do better. Won't you help me to do better? You used to help me?' No mistake about it; no delusion. I saw here the cap nnd the apron and the spectacles just as she used to look twen ty years ago. But I do wish you would take these strings away. Thev. annoy me so I can hardlv talk. Won't you take them away?" I knelt down and prayed, conscious of the fact that ho did not realize what I was eaying. I got up. I said: "Ooodby! I hope you will be better soon." He said, "Goodby, goodbv!" That night his soul went up to the Cod who gave it. Arrangements were made for the obsequies. Some said: "Don't bring him in the church. He was too dissolute." "Oh," I said, "bring him. Ho was a good friend of mine while he was alive, and I shall stand by him now that he is dead. Bring him to the church." As I eat in the pulpit and saw his body coming up through the aisle I felt ns if I could ween tears of blood. I told the people that day: "This man had his virtues nnd a good manv of them. He had his faults and a good many of them. But if there is any man in this audience who is without sin let him cast the fimt stone at this coffin lid." One one side of the nulpit sat that little child, rosy, sweet faced, as beautiful as any littlo child that sat at your table this morn ing, I warrant you. She looked up wist fully, hot knowing the full sorrows of an orphan child. This destroyed man was a Samson in physical strength, but Delilah sheared him, and the Philistines of evil companionship dug his eyes out and threw him into the prison of evil habits. But in the hour of his death he rose up and took bold of the two pillared curses of God against drunkenness and uncleanneas and threw himself forward until down upon him and his companions there came the thun ders of an eternal catastrophe. Again, anv amusement that cives vou a distaste for domestic life is bad. How many bright domestic circles have been broken up by sinful amusements! The father went off, the mother went off, the child went off. There are to-day frag ments before me of blasted households. Oh, if you hava wandered away, I would like to charm 'you back to the sound of that ono word "home." I aaw a wayward husband standing at tbt deathbed of his Christian wife, and I aaw, her point to a ring on her finger and heard her say to her husband: "Do you see that ring?" He replied: "Yes, I see it." "Well, said she, "do you re member who put it there?" "Yea," said he, "I put it there." And all the past seemed to rush upon him. By the mem ory of that day when, in the presence bf men and angels, you promised to be faithful in joy and sorrow and in sick ness and in health; by the memory of those pleasant hours when you sat to gether in your new home talking 'of a bright future; by the cradle and the joyful hour when one lit'o was spared and an other given; by that sickbed, when tho little one lifted up the hands and called for help, and you knew he must die, and he put one arm around each of your necks and brought you very near together in that dying kiss; by the little grave in the cemetery that you never think of without a rush of tears; by the family Bi ble, where, amid stories of heavenly love, is the brief but expressive record of births and deaths; by the neglects of the past and by the agonies of the future: by a judgment day, when husbands ana wives, parents and children, in immor tal groups, will stand to be caught up in shining array or to shrink down into darkness by all that I beg you give to home your best affections. Ah, my friends, there is an hour com ing when our past life will probably pass before us in review. It will be our last hour. If from our death pillow .we have to look back and sea a life spent in sin ful amusement, there will be a dart that will strike through our soul sharper than the dagger with which Virginius slew his child. The memory of the past will make us quake like Macbeth; the iniquities and rioting through which we have passed will come upon us weird and skeleton as Meg Merrilies. Death, the old Shylock, will demand and take the remaining pound iof flesh and the remaining drop of blood, and upon our last opportunity for rs .pentance and our last chance for hcavon tha curtain will forever drop. The Jarlge's Chir?a Comes Flnt, A new law in Montana will tend to take quite a quantity of wind out of tha oratorical and argumentative sails of the lawyers of that state. It Is to the affect that tha Judge's chargs shall precede the arguments of counsel. It Is not probable, however, that the la w yers will feel aggrieved. Experience teachea that a Jury usually pays strict er attention and gives greater weight to what the judge sayi than to the most eloquent efforts o- the lawyers. Then tha judge always had the laat say and bis words were fresh In the Jur ors' minds when they retired for de liberation. Under the new law In Mon tana, loquacious attorneys, and thero are few who are not, will ba able to remove to a great extent the Influence of tha court's remarks. Boma lawyers If properly wound up could no doubt talk long enough to render tha jurors unable to remember that the judge bad ever apoken, that la It Montana lawyers are like their brethern In many other states. It Is probable thay ore, for Senator Car'r come from there, and he d'd soma talking recently. THE SABBATH SCHOOL International Lessen Comments For May 26. Subject: Th Holy Spirit (liven, Acli II., Ml Ooldtn Text, John xvi., 1 J- Memory Verses, l-4-Commen(ary on tbe Day's Lessoo. 1. "Day of Pentwosf." The mesiin nt Pentecost is "fiftieth." It occurred fifty days after the Passover, and was the sec ond of the three yearly feasts held bv tha Jews. The resurrection was unon a Sun day and Pentecost was the fiftieth day from the resurrection; therefore it was also on Sunday. "Fully come." The day began at tho previous sunset, and this would suggest an hour on the fiftieth dav. They knew a great blessing was to conie Jipon them, but how or when they did not know. This they were best led to watch and pray, to open their minds to the truth, to be bound together in love, and to seek the Lord with all their hearts, trusting Hun for the fulfilment of th promise. "All." Probably the 1J0 apoken of in Chan. 1: IS. who weri altogether nt th election of Matthias. "With one accord." There was no person unintercplcd. none unconcerned. non lfikcwarm: all wcro in earnest, and the Snirit of God came down to meet their united fiiith and praver. "In one place." The npner room. Acts 1: 1.1. At the time of Hadrian's visit to Jerusa lem, then for the most part in ruins, there was Mill, entire the unper church of the apostles in which Cyril of Jerualcm min istered. A. D. 349. It is God's plan to have His people meet together in His name (Heb. 10: 2.'!: Matt. 18: 19, 20). and those who through negligence, or other wise, absent themselves from the romtmny of the saints will suffer Rreat. spiritual loss. 2. "Huddenly." Unexpectedly, in a mo ment, not. graduallv, as winds "enemlly rise. "A sound." The suddenness, strength and difTuiiveness of the sound strike with deepest awe the whole com pany, and thus eomnlcte I heir preparation for the heavenly gift. Wind was n famil iar emblem of the point. Kzek..37: 0; John S: 8; 20: 22. But this v.ms not a rush of aetuel win,. Jt was onlv a sound, "as of" it. "It filled all Hie houfc." The sound was heard by all. To an upper room the Spirit came, a plain unfurnished room, where thre was no ritual, no priest, no burnt offerings, no smell of incense. 3. "There anneared." After the audi ble sign immediately follows the visible. "Cloven tongues." The tontmes of fire parted themselves off like streams from ne source or like branches from one root, snd distributed themselves amonsr them. This was the b.mtism of fire which John had promised (Matt. 3: 11): the fire on earth which the Lord Himself longed to see kindled. Luke 12: 49. The tomrue were the emblem of the languages they were to speak. The cloven tongues point ed oet the diversity of those languaces. nnd the tiro seemed to intimate that the whole would bo a spiritual gift and be the means of bringing light and life to the souls who should hear Miem preach the evorlaBting gospel in those languages. "Like as of fire." The fire indicated: 1. The penetrating power of the word of Ood. 2. The old symbol of zeal and en thusiasm. 3. Leaping, triumphant, trans forming energy. 4. The resistless puri fying which consumes the errors and burns up evil. 6. All the comfort, warmth, cheer, life, joy. blessing, which the Holy Spirit could impart. "It sat." There were as manv flames as thero were persons and they sat upon them for some time to show the constant residence of the Holv Spirit with them. The Snirit henceforth was to abide in tho church, and hold His throne and seat there, as the Shekinah in the Holv of Holies of old, and as the spirit of life abides in our boaies, the organizing, controlling, life-giving power. 4. "Were all filled." Not onlv touched or made aware of the presence of the Holv Ghost, but filled, made full. The whole, nature was filled with the love and power of God. The same measure and the sumo gifts of the Spirit were not bestowed on all alike; nevertheless, each one was filled, receiving the same measure of tho Spirit which corresponded to his cnnacity. "With the Holy Spirit." (R. V.) The Holv Spirit was not now for the first time given to men, for the Old Testament repeatedly makes mention of His influence. on the minds of the prophets nnd others (com pare, also, Luke 1: 15, 41, 07); but lie ia now given in abundance and power, thus ushering in a new dispensation. At this time the hearts of the disciples were puri fied by faith. "Began to apeak." The speech that publishes the glad tidings should be a tongue of fire. He who sneaks the gospel coldly has not himself felt its power. When the preacher's heart is kindled his words will burn. Enthusiasm instead of being a blemish in n Christian is his normal condition. "Fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;" these two have been joined together by the word of God, and they should never be put asunder in tho practice of men. The difference be tween one mttr. and another is the differ ence of fire. "W ith other tongues." Their tongues were new with respect to language as well as to thoughts. "Gave utterance." Furnished them with the matters as well as the language. 5. "Dwelling at Jerusalem." Both per manent residents and pilgrims, who had come up to the feast, are probably includ ed, verse 10. At this time there was scarcely a commercial nation under heav en where the Jews had not been scattered for the purpose of trade, merchandise, etc., and from all these nations, it is said, there were persons now present at Jerusalem. The wide list of countries mentioned in cludes all the lands to which the Israel ites had been banished. Representatives from all the twelve tribes listened to Peter's sermon (Acts 2: 14-36), carried back the gospel to their different homes, nnd were afterward confirmed in the faith by the epistle of James, addressed to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, or are in the dispersion. fl. "When this sound wss heard." (R. V.) The sound that came from the tinner room. "Confounded." Perplexed, failing to understand what it all meant, bee v. 12. "Own language." Or dialect; they heard even the different dialects. See v. 8. 7. "Galileans." Persons wholly unedu cated and, consequently, ignorant of those languages which they now speak so flu ently. 9. "Parthians." For nn explanation of the names in this and the following; verses see dictionary. 10. "Proslvtes." Heathen who had ac cented the Jewish religion. 11. Wonuertul works. Concerning Jesus; His death, resurrection and ascen sion and His power to save men from sin. Germany's Odd Tr. Two remarkable trees In Germany are now attracting the attention ol scientists. They are oaks of the forest of Uhlenburg, near Altenhausen, and they are supposed to be several centu ries old. The notable fact about them Is that they are firmly Joined togethei at a point about nine feet above th ground. It Is a solid bough, or block of wood, apparently an outgrowtt from one, which joins thorn. In somt Inexplicable manner this bough seemi to hava grown Into the other tree, a.ai thus to save become an actual part oi It At what period this Junction took place cannot be ascertained, but owln to the great age of tha trees It mual have occurred very many years ago. These curious trees are known in Uh lenburg as "the brother oaks." A nat ural let who examined them recentl) found the interior of one so holloa that two men could easily stand ereei In it Frequent strokes of lightning he says, hava caused this tree to de cay, though, - strange to say,, hardli any Injuries of this kind seem to havt befallen the other trse. Chtcujo Jour nsJ. la cooking "macaroni or spaghetti It will be found an improvement to melt the butter and cheese together and add them to the white sauce, instead of sprinkling tham, as usual, between (av ers of the macaroni. 1 CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS. Msy 2e-"Mlstlo8s: Promises aatf Prophesies" "PS. II. Scripture Verses. Ps. Uvlll. 11a Jer. xxlll. 28; Ezek. 111. 17-21; Matt. xJ 6-7; xxrlli, 18-20; Mark xvl. IS; LukeJ xxlv. 4.V48; Acta I. 8; z. 42; xxll. 11. j LKSSON THOUGHTS. "Let no one expect an easy triumph for missions anywhere. The conquest; of a world Is not easy, but It Is all the? more glorious." I "Am I fearing to undertake true? missionary work because I laeB strength I Have I forgotten Chrlat's strength." "In tho advancement ol! Christ' kingdom la the earth the chief object of my longing?" i 8KLECTIOXS. Christ was the greatest mlgMlonaryJ because he did not wait for tha grear occasions, but ninde such line of tha little opportunities as to make then great. MIsHlonary success Is tha flame of riirlstlnn love "cat.ihlrig, In other lives. It is the spirit of self-saerifleo seizing upon poeketbooks. It Is tho capture of Intelligence with the need of the world. It Is patient watting, Hiiro of harvest In God's best time. It is invincible courage, unconquer able trust, unquenchable ardor. And! It is victory nt the end the whole round world for Jesus. The missionary's Is the noblent cafl Inif. He Is the best man, in the best place, doing the best service, In the best way. Christ Is with him; that la reward enough. lie has honor anions; all men from whom honor Is best worth having. He has awaiting him an endless crown of glory lu the heavens. During a recent war, a regiment re ceived orders to plant some heavy guns on the top of a steep hill. The soldiers dragged them to tie base of the hill, but were unable to get them farther. An officer, learning the state) of affairs, cried, "Men! it must be done! I have the orders la my pock et." So the church has orders to disciple the world. EPW0RTH LEAGUE MEETIN0 TOPICS. Msy 26-uMlsilons: Promises sad Prophesies" -Ps. II. The author of the second psalm, to which we are directed for our Scrip ture foundation, was evidently greatly disturbed by a remarkuhlc and wide spread tumult of the peoples of tbo earth. "Tbe musses of the natloue are hurrying tumultously to the mnnter Ing place; the peoples are medltatlnir revolt. Hut It Is no mere uprising of the common herd; the kings of th-j earth take their stand as lu battle ar ray, and the men of mark nnd Influ ence lay their bends together presKius close to oue another on tho divan as they plot. Ail elaxscs and orders are united lu revolt, and hurry nud eager ness mark their action and throb In the words." The immediate occasion for the pxnlm was a conspiracy ou the part of Hostile kings and nations ugiilnst Israel and her king. The psalm, though referring to Israel, has a world-wide application. The revolt against Israel and its king represents the world-wide revolt agiilus the kingdom of (Jod. The psalmist would have us see that the object of this sudden and great uprising Is Jehovah. However tho kings of the earth may deceive them selves, or the people be deceived, the attack Is really "ugalust the Ird." It Is well to understand what Is the heart of the opposition against good. To the vision of tho seer this) mighty uprising means nothing. All the plottings of the kings, all the mighty gatherings of the peoples of the earth, can have but oue result defen t. lie whom the attack Is directed against Is the representative of Uod. the anointed of Ood. In tho first In stance It is the King of Israel. To him Ood speaks: "Thou art my Son; tlilt, day have I begotten thee. AsIc of me. nnd I shall give thee the heathen for thlno Inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession." This Is In harmony with the Inter prophecy in Isaiah In refer ence to the "servant of Jehovah." "He shall not fall nor be discouraged, till he have set Judgment In the earth: and tho Isles shall wait for his law." HAMS' HORN BLASTS HE living do not need the pleas ures of the dead. If we may re joice in having wo may in hope. Our Interests determine tha level of our Uvea. Flattery is nev ir more than a iW" Vn; God in tho heart brings the peace ol victory in the life. One pickle may make many pessl mists. When a man wears his piety In hli atch chain you may know it Is paste. The flowers of honor bloom In the soil of humility. The dwarfs of earth may be the glanu of hoaven. Some flowers must fade that tholt seeds may fall. The true naatnr In air,,,. inn.in the lost sheep. Only he Is fit to load who can be led. It takes a great man to preach a good sermon to a small congregation A good shepherd does not stir up the mud of speculation in the still waters. Vital forces are seldom visible. A godly life is the best legacy. No power without pain. Death opens tbe doors to destiny. All tricks come back to the trick ster. Tbe dark place of sin cannot b Illuminated by the gae of oratory. Shorn wits often cut themaelves. Ixve Is ibe fife-blood of Christi an Hy. Pleasing preaching la rarely profit able Cross wearing Involve no Cal vary, Hasty Judgments are apt to ba harsh. Indigestion bas contributed more spots to the sun than any other cause. The distress of another may he God's touchstone for our virtues. Tbe sheep-stealing pastor ia in tha tame business with the devil. There is no promise of dying grata .o those who let grace die. fc
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