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'MART FAILURE"
A Brilllao: Sunday SermonJ By Dr.
Howard Duffield.
Tb Avlrblofraphjr ol Our Souls li Oltea
Stained With (he Very Falthlestoeis
Which Bloti the Memoirs of
the Apostles.
Nkw Youk CiTV.-Dr. Howard Dulliuld,
raptor of the Old ! i rut I'resh.vicriati
kunh, l iflh avenue nnd Twelfth meet,
prcuchrd iind.iy morning on "Heart Fail
ure." lie took hi U-xt frcim Mark xiv:
61): "And thev nil forxiuk Hun and fled."
Dr. Duthcld mnl.
What coward! dmir.ides of .lcus,
liall a three ycirs' Iticudoliip with the
M otor tome t siii-h nn end? Shall the
intimacies cif man month go swirling
like learn in the wind l)eiore a pnlt ol
funic fear? Apostle of Jesus, whv will
ye he pilloried for poltroonery? Vhen
defeat brooded over the hills 'of (iilhoa
and the remnants of the armies of Israel
lay strewn through the Judean valley.
Saul and Jonathan dieil together. When
Socrates kept tryst with death the prison
yard in which he aat hi.-c.inie like a hall of
banqueting and ths jail stones echoed with
the convi-i'c of devoted friend wistfiii ol
sharinj with him the cup of heiuloek.
When the sun of Austerlitz that Had
bathed the earth in glory at iu rising. sanls
eclipsed in blood behind ihe pla.n of Wat
erloo, the hies of the uiMierial guard drew
up as on parade and died beneath the Hag.
But in the hour of fit eNtrcmest need the
comrades of Christ "forsook Him and
tied." Tlioite that had seen Him v.alk the
storm awent lake; conquer .hsi-s.se with a
finger-touch and dethrone death with a
syllnnle, when a sound of hireling with
word, and the riffraff of the eitv with
atavca, came out to take Him. they ! Jiiojlt
Him and He I.
.Team walked the pathway of teirs. and
no one kent sten with Him Tiie hour
ha aounded for chivalry, and Ilia friend
exhibited poltroonery. The rail was tor
heroes, nnd thoe He loved allowed their
back to '.'hriat. instead of their face to
the foe. Occasion beat the long roll, but
the battle line beanie a rout. Imagine
that scene reversed. Imagine that cordon
of apostle buttressing ( hritt against as
aault as with a citadel of rock. We rati
almost se them rooting themselves like
atorm-defying oak, and opposing the
nulal corslet n! Christ's foes with the
breastplate of tneir invulnerable affection.
Wo cm almost see them converting C-eth-aemane
into a t.ibraltjr of affection, and
ehatterinir the otiset of enihitlered pers?
culioa upon the impregnable front of a
devotion tlmt waa stronger than death.
We ara well nigh envious of their oppor
tunity of renown.
The poksibihty of such loyalty has not
yet pawed away, it has not yet become im
possible for one to show a stalwart ulle.
glance to Jesus Christ in the face of con
einrit and antagonism. "Thev are not vet
nead that seek the voting child'a life."
Christ does not recede with the tbb of
passing vears. The men of Ilia age are
sleeping in their sepuli iiers.
The tirat elemeiit of heart failure is (lis
Rnt.oinunt nt. The a;iotle had a very well
defined theory as to wha. hnst had come
t-' do ."or them, hut they had thouglit '-cry
little of what they were to do for Ilitii.
Tlit-v Ind n clear conception of the prere
quisite of discipleship. They were deeply
concerned as to the pattern of their crowns.
They knew to a nicety the comparative
altitude of their thrones, and they were
anxiously rarcclling out the cities over
which thev wera to rule. With their feet
treading the very ascent to Calvary they
were badgering each other a to which of
them should be greatest. Jesus had come
to give them a life of ease and self-satis-faction.
Xo more stormy nights out upon
Genncsaret; no more tugging at the nets
and pulling the wet cordage of their boats;
no more weary days brawling in the Caoer
naurn market place to get salt for their
meat and butter for their bread. Christ
had a whole cornucopia of splendors to
empty into their lap kir.jship, and dig
nities, and thrones, and scepter. When
as with a lightning stroke? all these fond
dreams went whistling down the wind,'
and their cloud nalaces vanquished like
mist at sunrise, disappointment thrust its
iron into the soul, and away they went,
purred by an imtmlse which for the mo
ment was irresistible. Their thought had
been centered on the good thev were to
get. not upon tin- good lliey were to do.
It is not impo-sib'e that vou and (
tlio.ild just n mtstul.e'ily interpret the
pur.Ki.se of Christ's mission. In some piv
otal moment the consciousness of sin un
expectedly baps up ,;nd chill.-, us with it
shadow. We are lah-d ty the acorpion
whip of conscience. Wc shudder at the
thought of death. The awe of eternity
ove.-.lndows i . With timid finders we
oiicn i lie Hook of Coil. V:ili ;,,...r ..v..
we scan the pge oi Scripture. . wondrous
gospel salutes us. Clad tidings ring like
music through ou:- hearts concerning One
who lus a welcome for the outcast, who
can whiten ti,? most soiled soul, who will
uplift :ht f..!ii i ,nl recall the wandering,
and who has i in ej Ids mighty heel upon
the head of wl We kneel rejoicingly
at the tool oi :he rosa. We surrender our
life into the keem-.g of Jesus. We vield
Hun the re.-dy h u igo of our hearts Then
comes the i!v-c .- hour. Then we are is
pern of thinking how much Christ haa to
give, and too little of what He la training
u to give. Then we are prone to dwell in
imagination with the spirit of just men
laade perfect, and the companies of the
(lulling ones who wad; with Christ in glory,
until we lose touch with the men and
women who throng about us warped and
atained with the s ri and aonow of the
wor.d. We for-et that forgiveness is
not the lat word but the first
wonl of the (lospid. We forget that
pardon U not ike last utterance but
t e first utti-rw : h.t Jesus has spoken.
e overlook the fact that there is a culture
of character which demands the energy of
a hero and the patience of a devotee, that
ther; is a service of others that calls for
the erii ifixio-i of self.
Anothe- element of heart failure ia
loubt. How was ft tio.saihle for the apos
tles to recognize a Messiah under arrest?
I w ,lle ulM'"'t of centuries of proph
ecy? this the story that the messen
gers of (.od had been telling of majesty
and glory and of victory? Waa the I 'mice
of the house of David to be drugged away
in chains and the I.ion of Judah to be
thrust into a cage? Clouded in their per
ceptions, confused in their thought, con
founded by the inrush of doubt. Jesus'
discip.es hurried away beneath the ahad
OW,j . nifht thn uut f"mtly suggest
the dark nuestionings that must have shad
owed their devoted hearts.
Thia is an age of iiu':i. Demon whis
pers are upon every breeze. Siren sung
r t every, turn. Faiths are under the
scalpel. Creeds are in the crucible. lie
lief are unon the anvil. A searching and
pitiless criticism is passing under its lens
everything th-it men have counted helpful
and holy ia the days gone bv. For one J
. ' r'yr't Flame will never harm
?o,d. A file's tooth cannot bile a diamond,
tut an age of doubt brings many a doubt
ing day into the hearta of faithful and lov
ing disciples. The champions of the faith
had their doubting days, the record of
which la written in the Scripture with a
pen dipped in tears. There came a day
when David loving, trusting, aspiring
spirit that he waa, bemoaned the time
when Ood'a face waa hidden. There came
a day when F.iijah, that man with nerve
of steel and heart of fire, lay setit and
worn br the atreas of mental conflict undei
the jumper tree in the desert. There came
j f wn" JonB tiw Haptiat. that mount
ed like an eagle to greet the dawn of truth,
felt hm heart weaken and hia ev film.
There cornea a (lethacmane to every one
that u followinc Jeaua closely, a tune of
darkness, of loneliness, of a wrestling in
the night, when thou that love ua moat
eem wrapped in deep, unable to cimpi-e-bend
the conflict thai surges within our
soul. Thera are doubting Jays in the ra!
amdar of experience when the earth treuv
blea beneath the feet, when the guiding
tar of destiny ara veiled with a cloud,
wheu the altar tiama of life burns into
shea, when the eye of faith ate blinded
with a mist of tears, and when hope bows
iter serene bead and hide her radiant face.
Another element of heart failure ia dan
, ger. There wa an element of personal
Kril that night which we must not forget
introduce lota our analysis of the lea--pulse
that drove the apostle away from
Christ. In all likelihood the thouglit of
danger little affected the comrade of
Jesus. Wits im it apt to be the over
ttatt"''"f ""flalfWmff" aueatiu
annsttes were not so much atratd ot aom
thinga as we are. We talk about a'isoiut
monarchy. We relienrse stories of Siberian
atrocity until the blood chills. There i
but one absolute monarch the rar of hu
man opinion, 'the nkae which he is-ues
drags us all info a Siberia of me.i'ficss but
faintly tipyfied by the degradation of
those gloomy mine that burrow into the
Asiatic mountains. The opinion of the
world exiles finest feeling. It dungeon
truest manhood. It rivets chain nnd ball
on our loftiest aspiration-. It vetoes inde
pendence. We dure not be free and nmily
and genuine. It m.ike our feet fct in th'
stocks of its whims. Wc me all the while
asking which way the wclhrr-eo.-k points
and we trim. We are diligent in imply
ing how the current sets, and we veer, in
steaj of asking whither the needle points,
and setting our prow to tli? po'e s'ar; in
stead of reading the chart and laughing t t
scorn the fret and roar oi the billows. We
serve Christ, by the world's permission.
Whv should we be o ileierciti.il to th?
world') opinion? If vm son. will the
world help you up? If vou hate hot. oil
the fair p.iKe of vour life, is the wor'd
helning you to whiten it? It" you are sick,
will the world plav physician? If you are
struggling with all the energy that is in
your soul to scale some storry heiaht ol
purity and of nobility wul the world lend
you a hand? When your path enters the
vallev of the shadow will the world vail;
beside yo-i on th.it lone'y and iiiyste.-io i
way? When your stay here is tndej will
the world spend one tiio.it lit upon vol.
keep Hon era growing nn your grave or tear
the lichens from your tombstone? There
i one who loves vou. one who. whenever
you slip, has an arm of love ready to cat di
you: when vou fall has message's of hope
ready to whisper in yo"r ear. lie will
whiten vour soul. He will gird your weak
ness. He will school your ignorance, lie
will sh ire your sorrow. He will companion
you as you cross the frontiers of time. He
will introduce you into nn unclouded
eternity beyond. Why caro very much fof
the opinion of the world in which we are
but a fraction now. and in which to-morrow
we will be a cipher? Why not very
keenly care for one whose love envelops
our being as with an a'.tnospheie?
Turn the nine and read the later store of
apostolic loyalty. The aeipiel is dilfennl
from the urefaee. Call tin. roll H.,t
glorious company of the apostles and hr.u
every compass point ring with lid.;litv m
Jesus. Head how thev sowed the ciu-tli
with Martyr blood from Ahvssinia to In
dia. Ik-gin the chronicle with that tradi
tion of Simon Peter, who wa led out to
death in the liomau ainphithcati e while
his wife was crowned with martyrdom
before his eyes, to shake if possible the
stanch rock of his bedded f.utii. And
while she suffered he called her by name
nnd addressed her in term of most endear
ing affection and exhorted her to remem
ber the love of the b!oscd l ord and to be
firm until the very end. His turn came
next. He had but a single favor to ask
from God as he stood there in the old
Jioman circus face to fnce with dtatli, and
that was that he might remain firm for
one more hour. He had but a single favor
to ask from man. and that was that be
might be crucified head downward, as it
wus too ireat an honor for one who had
deserted Jeans to stifler iu the same wav
Jesus did. The whole company of the
nnostles went sweeping home to their
Mas-r in chariots of fire. They sealed
their allccinnce to Him with their blood.
Since the night of panic they had come to
ace Jesus under a new astie'et. Thev hail
known Him as a friend. He had n." place
hi meir lame anu a voice in tlie Homo talk.
He had a seat at their fireside and a
share in their plans. Thev hid strolled
together un and down the lield paths.
They had paced side by aide through the
citv streets. He had colored their sym
pathies, molded their character, enriched
their lives: but the bond of friendship
broke in the hour of trial. They hail
known Him as a teacher. Thev had been
fascinated by the crvstal-clear form of Hn
atntcmcnta. They bad thrilled to the
searching and aubtle touch of Hia moun
tain' aermon. They bad felt the aubtle
charm of Hia parables, but the spell of His
wisdom did not keep them true on the
night of Hia betrayal. They hod eeen Him
as a miracle worker. Thev had beheld
the storm aleep like n child at Hia com
mand. They had witnessed leprosy con
verted into purity at Hia touch. They had
seen the winter of the sepulcher bloom
into the spring when His sandals toucned
the lintel of the tomb, but the power ol
Jesus did not armor them to look upon
the face of fear. Itut since that hnt.r t
heart failure they had come to know Him-
as tneir Saviour, lliey had seen Jesus fjie
for them. They had felt the touch of love
that death could not quench. Thev had
been beneath the arms of the cross out
stretched to shelter them. They had caught
the accent of His parting praver, "Father,
forgive." They had heard His triumph
shout, "It is finished." As their Re
deemer Jtsus riveted them to Himself with
hooka of steel.
In this day of force worship it is timelv
to uplift Christ as the vitalizing energy of
humanity. It ia pertinent to emphasize
the deatble.se power that residea in C'bria
tianitv. It is interesting to watch it soar
ing like a phoenix from the ashes of Jeru
salem, smiting like a mailed giant the forces
of the Graeco-Koman civilization, sweeping
like a white-winged angel of mercy beyond
the Alps and the Kliine, and scattering
glorious benedictions upon Scandinavian,
Celt and Saxon; to watch it as it carries
the same beneficent potencies to the dark
continents and hermit nations of our own
time, and blessing with its exhaustless
botuity attic and cellar, avenue and alley,
and parlor and schoolroom, and market
place of Utter day civilization. In this hour
of culture craze it ia timely to mark the
unique wisdom of the Christ and to note
that through all the ages a train of gifted
mind has brought the treasures of their
life and laid them at the feet of Him who
was crudled in the Bethlehem manger; to
observe the masters of human thought
bowing with wondering homage before the
aweet and the clarity of Chriat'a insight;
to remark how the boldest of the skeptics
become deferential and uniandal when
they iass within the charmed circle of this
singular personality. Hut when I see one
who dwelt in the light of the face of Cod
hastening down into the shadows and mis
eries of thia (tricken earth; when I behold
Him etripping Himself of those robes of
divine majesty which He wore before the
world began and appareling Himself with
that lad-hued vesture which we mortals
wear, stained with woe and broidered with
tears; when I la-hold Him who was the
centre of angelic adoration, in pathetic
loneliness, becoming a target for the scorn
of the world, despised and rejected of all
men, spurned by bigots in the tribunal of
His people and buffeted by brute in the
guardroom of the Koman; when I mark
the bolt of doom that waa whistling in its
flight toward my heart bury itself in the
bosom of His love, and all this for me, for
me, a sinner, then I am His. Then, if
ever, the elemental depths of being are
stirred and a loyalty of affection is enkin
dled that knows no awerving.
A woman is never so lonely as when she
knows a secret and baa po one to tell it to.
Wolves Afraid of Music.
An Incident Just reported from
3iva via Constantinople proves thai
muiic frightens wolves. The musl
:iaos returning to their village from
a wedding party were overtaken by a
snowstorm, and sought refuge In
Jeaerted mill. Tbey were Just get
ting comfortable when they saw a
number of wolves run In their dlreo
lou. For a mode of defense one ot
the men began playing on bis instru
ment, and tbe others Joined bim. The
music so terrified the animals that
'.bey attempted to run away, and as
tbe door was closed tbey began fight
'Dg. Several of them were torn to
pieces, tbe survivors eventually escap
!ng through bole In the wall. Tb
incident is vouched for by tbe Gov
ernment Oazetta of Blvas
Proaldant't Children Awheel.
President Roosevelt baa never rid
den a bicycle) since be baa risen to bl
present blgb station, but all of bit
children ride, and ara often sees
awbeeL ' Tbey are familiar wit all
the good rldea around Washington and
naturally attract much attention.
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
International Lesson Comments Por
June 14.
Subject: Paul at Rome, Acts xxvlil., 16-24
30, 3l-0oldeo Text, Rom. L, 16 Mem
mory Verses, 23, 24 Study Vent,
16-31 Commentary on the
Day's Lestoo.
Taul enters Home (v. 10). IU. "l ame to
lioine." Koine is reached ot last and the
long jourmy is at an end. At this time the
city of Koine waa ut the height of its
g.ot v. It held swav over nearly the entire
known world. Within a. circuit of little
more than twelve miles more than 2,0Ht,lW
of inhabitants were crowded, of whom
about 1.000.1)00 were slaves. "Hut 1'aul."
Nero, the emperor to whom 1'aul had an-
Pca.ed. was too much engaged in ins d'e
. bi'ichcries and pleasures to care much for
auen u man a 1'aul or such accusations a
were made against bim by the Jews. "Hy
himself.'' This lenity wa probably due to
im- comnicnuation ol the centurion Julius.
"With n aoldier." The custom was to
'nun the prisoner by one band to th
guard, lo this chain the apost.e frequent
ly makes allusion in the epistles to tlie
l.pnesians, l'hilippians and Colossians nnd
in his friendly note to Philemon, nil of
which were wruten dtinug this imprison
ment. Ste Kph. 3:1; 4: I; l'lul. 1: II), 1U;
Col. 4: s. I'hilem. 1: 9, 10.
The first interview with the Jews fvs.
17-321. 17. "After three .lavs." Three
day after Paul's arrival at Konic he in
vited those who presided over the Jewish
community to visit him. His first step on
passing beyond the narrow circle of those
already converts were directed, in accord
ance with his established principle, toward
Israel. And as his circumstances did not
illow him to seek the Jews, as he had done
in other places, he requested the represen
tatives of the Jewish congregation to come
to nis lodging. "Men and brethren." This
address to the assembled Jews is of a per
sonal nature., and is intended to counteract
.eriain prejudices which the Koman Jew
I might entertain. "Delivered prisoner." Iu
as mi.n terms as posunic he recounts his
uncalled for accusation bv the Jews in Je
rusalem, who delivered him into the hands
of the Koman.
IS. 19. "Let me go." He narrates briefly
the events given in chapters L't to 20. The
Koman olficiala repeatedly failed to find
ca-jje of offense in him. "To appeal."
Puul declared that his appeal to the em-,
perjr had become indispensably necessary,
bee-nine the Jews opposed his 'acquittal to
which the Koman authorities judged him
to be entitled. He state that it had not
been his intention to bring any accusation
against his people before the emperor.
20. "Hone of Isr-iel " Tt.! Lnu. f
Israel is the general expectation of the
Messiah. In Jeus Paul believed that the
expected Saviour had appeared, and for
preaching this he had been attacked and
made a prisoner. He held the same f nth
as all the Jews, only going iu this m uter
further than they, in thai he believed tlu?
ancient pinmiae was now fulfilled. We can
ee from the reply of the Jews that he un
derstood their position ex-i.tlv. "This
:hain." Koman chains, like our handcuffs,
usually indicated crime, but Puul's chains
stand for patriotism a:id the loftiest relig
ious conception.
21. "Neither received letters." Why
the Jews in Judea had not forwarded the
accusation against Paul to their brethren
in Home, that they might continue the
prosecution before the emperor, is not
known. It is probable that they regarded
their eau-e as hopeless, and chose tu aban
don the prosecution. Paul had been ac
nuifted successively by Lysias, Felix, Pes
tus and Agrippa.
22. "Desire to hear of thee." Thev im
plied that they had heard of him by their
request to know what he thought of this
new sect. That they spoke so cautiously,
and aubsequently made no demonstration
of Iiosti.itv against Paul is readilv account
ed for. The apostle was held in special
favor by the chief officer of Nero's house
hold, and the Jcwa of the synagogue were
t hemaelvea subject to persecution so that
thev were powerless to persecute the disci
pit ot Christ.
The second interview with the .Tewa fvs.
23-29). 23. "Came many." Thev came in
greut numbers. Many accompanied the
chief Jewa. "Knpounded." itc. Paul
takes as hia theme that doctrine of the
kingdom of Cod which was the central
truth of the Old Testament und the New,
that great disclosure of the prophets which
was still, ns it hud been for centuries, the
supreme thought and hope of the who'e
Jewish people. Again 1'aul follows the
very line of his risen Lord's exposition to
th-J two disciples on the road to Kmmaus.
Mises prophets." Beginning at Moses
and all the prophets he showed that the
predicted kingdom is not limited to one
nation, but co-extensive with the world,
lb! showed them that in Jesus of Nazareth
all the conditions of the expected Messiah
were fulfilled. "Morning until evening."
I his shows the effort Puul put forth to
save the Jews.
24. "Some believed." A few were won
to faith in the Christ, but the many disbe
lieved the teachings of their own Scrip
turej, and rejected the suffering Messiuli.
so n ainly disclosed. The seed of the word
fell here, to some cases, bv the wavside; in
others upon stony places, or among thorns;
tiev-M-tneless, some full into good trround.
2o-2. "Spoken one word." With these
ao.emn words of the llolv (5hot. spoken
by Isaiah Christ had opened Hi teachings
by parables (Matt. 13: 14. 15). and hud
hnal.y closed His minstrv among the Jews
(John 12: 40). And now Paul, as if himself
commissioned by the Holy Ghost as a pro
phet of the New Testament, sadly redeliv
er the same message, enforced bv the aw
ful emphasis of the Master' double utter
anee. Thus the apostle, under divine di
rection, formally and finally seals up the
gosnel ofler to (Jod disobedient and re
jecting people. In this fearful procens
there are three distinguishable agencies ex
pressly described: The ministerial agency
of the prophet; the judicial agency of God,
and the suicidal agency of the people them
se.vos. "L'nto the Gentiles." Paul wa
never discouraged. If the gospel was re
jected bv one class of people he wa ready
to offer it to another.
Paul' residence and ministry in Rome
fvs. 30. 31). 30. "Two whole vear."
Why he was not prosecuted before the em
fwror during this time ia not known. As
there was no prosecution Paul was suffered
to live in quietness and safety. Nothing
certainly is known on the subject. It is
evidont. from 2 Tim. 4: Hi, that he was at
Rome time arraigned tiefore the emperor,
but when, or what was the decision, or
why be was at last set at liberty, are all in
vo.ved in impenetrable obscurity.
31. "Preaching and teaching." Paul
did a great work during these- two years
in Rome: 1. He preached the gospel to all
who came to him. 2. He wrote aeveral
epistlea which were by far the moat impor
tant part of Ui prison activity.
Conundrums.
Why la a flsb dealer never gener
ous? Because hia business makes
bim sell flan.
How many aoft boiled eggs could
tbe giant Oollatb eat on an empty
atomacb? One.
When Is a cow not a cow? When
abe is turned Into a pasture.
Wby is a fisb book like tbe lettet
F? Because it will make an eel feel
Wby Is a man taking a nap like
man reading a paper? Because bo'i
enjoying bis (s) nooze (news).
What holds all tbe snuff in the
world? No one nose.
Wbat Is tbe difference between i
bill and a pill? One Is bard to get u
and tbe other s bard to get down.
The Legs of the Tenor.
i Alfred Ord writes a Cleveland paper
Inquiring "Wby tenor singers are fat,
knock-kneed and have legs ilka a pi
ano?" Tba man In our town wbo used
ito sing a blgb mosquito tenor way up
4a H used to have legs tbat would
bave made a broomstick appear corpu
lent He waa also thinner tban fath
er's eiouse on lodge nigbt. Mllwau
jkse Journal.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
June 14 "Oold cr fJod." Luke 18; W-39.
Scripture Ve esa.-l sam. 2:7, 8;
V.0,1--1-5:19: Luk9 16:
!Mi-9; Matt. i. .a.21; l Tim. 6:17; Jan.
Less.n Thoughts.
Not outward things, but the Inward
spirit; not posausalon, but character;
lot what one has, but what be Is; not
what he acquires, but what be be
comes, la the real measure of a man's
success in life.
Wealth of any kind Is valuable only
while It lasts. Worldly wealth has no
sured endurance; Are may destroy It
"oods may overwhelm It. death at any
rtoment may aoparate from It. But
he man who l.i rich toward God has
possessions which moth and rust can
lot corrupt, thieves cannot steal and
ven death cannot deprive him of
.hem, for they endure unto everlasting
Selections.
A man's living Is one thing; his life
s another. Money may supply a llv
K. but It can never tLJnlBter to life.
Ihere is an Arabian tale of a ship
vrecked sailor who was starving when
'-e found a bag which seemed to con
.un bread. What was his disappoint
Hint when he found in it nothing but
earls! What were pearls to him
hen he was starving?
No man can tell whether be Is rich
r poor by turalng to his ledger. It la
ihe heart that makes a man rich. He
a ru n or poor according to wbat he is
im according to what be has.
Dean Trench, in one of his poems,
ell t.'.t ancient story of the buuibUcj
iltigs li.j a king learning, that at
ouie time, as yet unknown, he would
e banished to islands beyond the hor
son of the sea, be sent , over there
itastires, prepared bouses and gar.
Uns for his future life, till ho looked
a ith more Joy ' to the land where hia
reasures were than the kingdom
vhich he enjoyed. So may we lay up
reuoures In heaven.
Suggested Hymns.
Empty me of self, dear Savior.
Fade, fade, each earthly Joy.
I do not ask for earthly store.
Lord, for tomorrow and Its needs.
Cast thy bread upon the waters.
Is thy (.ruse-of comfort failing?
EPW0RTH LEAGUE MEETINQ TOPICS
Jua: I4-Ui Every Opportunity. (2 T'o. 4. 2.)
"Preach the word; be urgent .In sea
son, out of season; reprove, rebuke,
exhort, with all long-Buffirlng and
teaching" (2 Tim. 4. 2.) To use many
of the opportunities that ara pre
sented, the Christian disciple must rec
ognize tbe value of work for individ
uals. By far the larger number of op
portunities are cf thJs kind. T here are
some, and notably Dr. H. Clay Trum
bul, editor of the Sunday School
Times, who believes that this is tbe
most valuable channel of effort In
soul-winning.
Dr. J. O. Peck, one of the most suc
cessful revival pastors in the history
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
states that of the thousands of con
verts very many were led to decision
one by one in bis personal Interviews
with them before they came to the
public service. Mr. Moody's great ca
reer as a soul-winner began in big
early years In Chicago, when he cher
ished a fixed purpose and habit to
converse with at least one soul every
day In the interests of that soul's sal
vation. Who can measure the result?
If all Christ's followers, young and
old, men and women, were using the
countless opportunities offered in the
home, in school, In business, In pro
fessional life, in social life. In travel,
on the street, to win others to our
Master.
Much more use should be made, by
lay members of the Church, of oppor
tunlties to arrange and hold religious
services, or to seek out and take part
in those already held. Church broth
erhoods are showing how such work
is possible. The Christian traveling
men, the "Gideons," furnish man7 an
Inspiring example. The train carry
Ing some of their delegates to the na
tional convention at Cedar Rapids, Ia.,
was detained at a Junction. An open
air meeting was held on the depot
platform; and the conductor was con
verted. Tbe Gideons undertook last winter
revival work Jn a small church, and
the first week had fifteen conversions
Even the student pastor could be pres
ent only a part of the time, but the
work went on by the presence of
these active volunteers. Again, a lew
of their number at a hotel in an In
terlor city Invited the other traveling
men and the clerk to go with them to
the Sunday evening preaching service.
Their numbers were augmented at two
other hotels on the way, so that sev
enty men In a body were ushered into
the church. The pastor laid aside bis
sermon and addressed them, and then
called out some from their own ranks,
and a remarkable meeting resulted.
Why should not hundreds of other men
of the churches seize tbe abundant op
portunities ever at hand for similar
enterprise for Christ?
A chief lesson to be learned Is tbat
of tact and persistence. Another les
son Is confidence In the help of the
Holy Spirit. In tbe Spiritual hunger
of souls, and that God can use what
soever gift or talent Is brought to bim.
"In tbe morning sow thy seed, and It
the evening withhold not thy band;
for thou knowest not which shall pro,
per, whether this or tbat, or whether
they both shall be alike good"
(Eagles. IX- 6,i
Th Climbing Perch.
Very various contrivances are
known by naturalists to exist In cer
tain fishes for tbe purpose of enabling
them to exist Independently of a con
tinued residence In their native ele
ment. One of tba most ' notable of
these contrivances Is seen In a curious
fish known as the "Climbing Perch"
(Anabas scandens) found in Central
Asia. Daldorf related tbat be cap
tured one ot these fishes "In the act
of climbing a palm tree that grew near
a pond." Tbe average length of this
aquatic tree-climber Is seven inches.
Examination of the bead of the
"Climbing Perch" shows that It pos
sesses a very peculiar arrangement
of tbln bony plates, so disposed as to
form a highly Intricate kind of laby
rinth, the obvious function of wblcb
Is that of retaining a supply of mois
ture, serving tba place of tba water In
Wblcb tbe fisb normally Uvea.
migration From Ireland.
Ia 103 do fewer than 40,401 persons
emigrated from Ireland, all of whom
'eioept lit wera natives. Since 1121
nearly 4.000.000 have left their Irish
tomes for tb colaalaa or United
IHE GREAT DESTROYER
SOMF. STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
rerlfnnnt Artvtcs to Y.-om Msn-tmnnl
rtrawn rrnm th Failure of Many Hrll
llnnt Men to Attain tlie Positions to
Which Their Talents ICntttle Them.
Bome time ar-r in a prominent aoc-'a)
!nb in nn adjoining city. 1 nttended a ilia
tinEUlslied ittlicrini in rcleb-ntion of the
twenty - Hfth annivcrsn-v of n political
vent. During tbo evenirc n very well
'tnown United Stales Senator, r-eint called
iron to apenk. bcpi'i by indultiig in rem
iniscences of the time wh-i this lo'itical
vent bid tnltf p". He reaped the
icn who with hime!f bad entered public
ife shortly before that time -pen of bril-i'-nt
tnlerts nn l Hich education, some ol
vbom had been c'nssmates with him In
vOlcie, Pnnv pf vbom wre members ot
list inzuished fami'ics. who lian with
h'oh nrospects and noble ambitions, and
then be anid, "Almost, alt these irn are
trail, nnd the majority of tni died of
Irink !" The remark w as mn'l" in o com
nanv of iren who had b"cn d'-inl;inc. and
tome of whom were drinking in tbe inter
-r!s of the talk. Thre were a hundred
.vine Klaes nrcipd h'm, nnd unless my
memorv is at fu"lf, tl Pei'ttor bad a
nine plass before him. if not in bis hand,
when he said it. but it seemed to me that
I bad never hea'd nn strong a temperance
"cture a that. These voit" p"'i wpre the
"iwer of the rnnimunit'-. the highest and
'be best according to all our standards of
"'ection. fit to join in society and public
ife. fit to be useful f-r th-ir fellow mnn
ind their rountrv. and with sincere pur
pose to miiko the best of their o'.piirtvi'itv
nd of thomnelvcs and te niajoHt" bad
lied of drinV. Xot one f them had "'er
contemplated or riramed of sr-h a tiiin
.vbn tbey bn7an t!iM- enree-. Prohibit- il
ich an endin bad ben b-l-l ut bcfn'-e
licm they would have 'brunt; frnm it with
lhe ntmost hnrro Tvn- opr of them
A-ouid nave respntel witS 'ndin"'ation the
uietinn that auch an e-vl could possibly
'on-n to bis carer. Tlut fbre "-as the nw
I'll f ict. the majority of them had died of
Irinlc. The lights bad "one nut. t'e dia
monds had tiirncH to ashes. th usefulness
o waste, th" brillinnt circus to dissi-ae,
the bopes of tliem'-ivcs an1 their friends
and ben ''estrnvrd, the talents and the
"ducntion. tbe abi'it" ard the strength and
the ma.ptiood h-d hrei overthrown,
tuencbed in ever'nting dnr!tne-. and bur
d out of s.pht.' The majority of tbcm had
lied of .'rink. It was pot wlut the'- ex
pected: it was not what he)r wished: it
ivns -ot what thev Hemed p""ib!. But
'his ins:';ioua fr- ha"" deceived them, and
the saving of tae wise man comes back
-ith an awful im:fic!ipc. "Wim-op-T is
tcceivcil tlmreby i not wise. ' By Hon.
John I. Tlatt.
Vine Is a Mocker.
Tt is a well-kenw n fact tbat "'"n rlcn-
hoi enters th" bn.-iv. one of tlie first or
jans to feel its influence ia the organ of
ihe mind, the bra'n. The perceptive hrv'
y is beclouded, the reason ia dethroned,
md the moderate drinker never knows
he exact moment w'en th" scentT pai"s
'nto the hand of the nrch-deceivnr. In
fict. such i tb" i"uive natcre of strain
In'nk that til" drinker nffen im-"ines that
i "proper and lc-jitiniate" uf of the same
timulatos nnd hnrpon the intellect. Wc
and amon" friends and sunnnrters of the
Honor traffic vrv few- total abstainer.
The moderate drinker on the other band
'a found characterizing linuor as n necen
isry evil and apo'oiizini for tne saloon ns
the poor man's club. whi"h goes to prove
that even a "temperate" use of itit oxi
dants is ant to be productive of ouoer fan
lies and dap?erotis fallacies in the mind of
even a good lawyer, a able editor or an
wninent clerjyinan. Union Sigml.
A Foe to Mlaaloua Everywhere.
The Tev. Dr. Bi-ov-n. Secret-TV of For
ign Mission of the Presbyterian Church,
lavs:
"Tn mr travels in foreign fiebls I learned
that not only the custom of the people
jinde missionary activities, but I found
'he alime of the pit as represented in the
American saloon, had been transferred to
tbo fields.
"There is a bren-nrv in .T-'ifn1em.
"There is a distillery on Mt. Lebanon.
' "There nre Amciicin saloons iu Dama
Mis "
The saloon is the church's greatest foe
in its foreign nssinniry worK T"c mir,
lionirv eoes tn Christianize, wbi'e the mm
ihon follows in his steps tn Hestvnv his
work "ven to hurl tbe people back into a
ivorso than heathen darkness.
The Ming ot Tonselenee.
Tn an OJiio town, a saVanlcoccr was wsi.-
bv a friend wnl'na- bn'k nnd forrh bcr"re
his saloon as if in deep tho-.isht. T"
friend asl-cd him what was the matter. He
nwrcd :
"Oh, nothing."
The next day the friend saT bim walblnn
Ihe same wav. and Aaain akked him what
was the matter.
Have the crusaders been nfter you?
"No. but T have received a poa a1 sicnad
by three ladiea. The husbend of tb first
i one of my customers, and ia rapidly be
coming a drunkard. A sou of the second
one of mv enstnnier. and is mat starting
in on a drunkard' course. The husband
of the third wns one of mv ciistop"rs and
Sied a flrnnkard. It cut close, and I can t
Uand it."
Gro- Evolution.
?ifr. TTeadlov. in his recent work on
"Problems of Evolution." intimates "that
jrunkennesa eventually imnrovea the nhv-
iquiea of a nation bv weeding out all but
liie moat robust drinkers."
Commenting on thi the editor of the
Pittsburg Press save: There ia food fcr a
treat deal of controversy in this suTCstion
and perhaps for some tbouebt. Hut if
drunkenness weed out feeble drinker,
doea it weed them out before Kiev have
transmitted diseased wills and frail phv
liquea to their dcacendnnts? And does it
not, on the other hand, impair the phy
sique of the hardiest? The moral and
commercial sentiment against intemperance
i everywhere on tbe increase, and the law
?an well afford to regard it with increasing
evenly.
Need nf an Aroused Conscience. .
The Toronto Guardian, in summing no
Lbe results of Ihe recent prohibition cam
;vun in Canada, among other things shvs:
"The greatest need is an aroused Christian
?nncinre within the Christian churches.
Alcoholic drink is not uecessary a a bev
erage a.id it ia ruinous to health, home,
business and ocietv. Tha traffic in alco
holic drink i not necessary it. is the
tourcu of the greatest, evils. I he Christian
churches have had it in their power to
ovDitlirow tbe traffic in alcobolie drink,
anil tn thus prevent much of its evil eu'ect.
Ihe ve:-y essence of Christianity is a self
aori filing life for the good nf other for
tin salvation of the imperiled and the lost.
The Crusart In Brief.
Tho Society of Friends, with 309 minis
ters, returns 350 a abstainer.
Out of 1000 newspaper in the Stale of
Kansas, 787, it is said, will not pub'.ish a
liquor advertisement at any price.
The Frenah Chamber of Deputies has ap
propriated :M0,000 over tho protest of the
Minuter of War, for tho purpose of sup
plying the troop with wine. .
According to figure issued by the United
Kingdom Alliance il appear that out ol
2bS7 Congregational ministers in that coun
try 2551 are total abstainer, and of 320 itu
dent for th ministry all but nineteen are
teetotaler.
In Liverpool 500 public houses are visited
weekly by tbe Balvation Army, nnd a pub
lican ba bceu induced to give up hi buai
net. .
Th fifty-sixth annual repnrt of the Penn
sylvania ComniiaMonar on Lunacy show
that th increase of iuwinity from intem
perance U from 6.a per tent. in IWX) U XlA
per cent, in 1902. The ratio of intemper
ance to soy other cause iu given a five to
an.
As the immediate result ef the closing of
the saloon in tianta Monica, Cal., which
waa coomphshad last rear, her bank de
posits have incrcaaed fritt.OOO duting a pe
riod of three months, a against the aamo
three month under license. Her arrest
for di-uuktanus have (alien off eighty par
geats . - " ' - 1 - - ..
THE RELIGIOUS LIFE
READINC FOR THE QUIET HOUR
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF.
Toemt Nothing ".halt aeparale fs Ttis
Fine Art nf Charitableness -To B Kind
In n Kln.Ur Way I (Itrlst la.il time
TTelt Worth Cultivating.
From Thine eternal love. O! od.
Nothing can separate Thv child-
No fearful heii'it, no darkest depth.
No pang, or Ueulh, or creature wild.
Still on Thy love we rest and hope,
Tho' threatened liv the heart's al.trr.is;
For in the strain of grief and fear,
We feel Thine everlasting nrms.
n
Thro' the fierce firea nf ceaseless pain,
The furnace of nn agony. I
St ill pear us wn'ka the Son of Ood. (
To damp the flame and set us free.
V
After the alnrms have waged aroimd,
And niihts were dark and waves railed
high; , -
But beavenlr love across the sea.
Sent the sweet message: "It is I!"
"
We falter sin, and wander far.
Yet thia is atill our shield and sword:
"Nothing sball separate ua from
The !nve of God in Christ our Lord."
Tbe Rev. Samuel .1. Fisher, in tbe New
York Observer.
The Art of Genaroalty.
Some people think tbat all generosity is
comprised in tho fact of giving, and net ac
cordingly. Then they complain of the lack
nf gratitude they are sure to find. Ara
they reasonable? Should ore expect any
thing from a gift when nothing has been
nut into it but the bare, plain cash? (Jiv
ing is a verv delicate business when we
come to think about it. It is a sad thing
that has two side?, not only the giver's
side, but the receiver's. (3eneroity ia an
art. not a haphazard flinging nf dimes and
dollars. "Would you know how to give."
saya the French epigram, "put yourself in
the place of the one who receive."
Thia rule, in the first place, sav Phila
delphia Young People, makes giving unsel
fish which it always ought to be. hut fre
quently is not. We put a nickel in the col
lection plate because we cannot nttend
church without, givini? nt least that., and
keep their self-respect. Po we think of
the interest of the church, and put our
selves in the place of the treasurer, bur
dened with bills and short of a cash bal
ance to pav them with? Not at nil. If we
put onrselvea in his p'ace we would
Tiromptiy search our pockets for - larger
change, nnd replace the -nickel bv a quartet
or a half dollar, if possible. If tbe collec
tion is for missions, do we think of tho
earnest b-borers in tbe heathen fields crip
Pled for lack of funds, and put ourselves
in the places nf the drkened souls that
wait in vain for the light? No, we are
considering how much we need, something
we hnve set our heart upon, and deciding
now little we can consenuently spare tot
missions. Tberp ia no gpnerosttv in our
thnughta at all if we regard ounolvas hon
estly. But In these cases neither church treasu
rer nor missionary are personally hurt or
humiliated by nut- selfish attitude! Mtbnugh
thev lose by it. In the cases, however,
where our rude methods of mving bring us
personally in contact with the receiver, we
shall cpssp to wonder at hia or her lack ol
gratitude if we put ourselves in his or her
place. A gift can be as unpleasant as n
Wow. if we fling it carelessly in a recip
ient's face. Instead of gratitude an irre
pressib'e though bidden resentment is the
nati ral result. If we had to take frnm a
careless or contemptuous giver, would we
not fejl hurt and humiliated? Truly, un
less love and sympathy go hand in hand
with giving, we have no right to look for
good feeling in return.
The art of e-enerosity is a delicate art,
only learned bv tact and Practice. Hut
when it is learned, gratitude rewards it
largely and always. "I have never met
with a grteful person in all my expe
rience," aaid a wealthy woman who diatrib
uted large sums, but eared nothing for the
people she helped.- "People are alwavs em
barrassirgly grateful far more so than 1
deserve." aaid a woman of email means who
put interest and sympathy into each small
gift she gave. Which was right? One was
nn artist, the othr n bungler. The joy of
givinr-. tbe reward of giving, depends upon
whether we learn the principles of the art
of generosity or ignore its existence.
Oat Will anil Onr Heller.
Pelief and unbelief are not aimoly the ef
feet of more o- less evidence presented t
tbe Mind. If thv were no and the human
mind acted in this uniform way upon evi
dence we all would come to an agreement
about thing "--cat as well as small, nnd
that very nni"kly. But we see tha; the
evidence which convincea ope man 'eave
another untouched bv its force. While
other elcmenta enter into the prob'.cn it
ia not to be doubted that the choice of the
will has much to do with our beliefs. We
decide to believe or to diahlieve, accord
ing to our notion of what will auit ua. Tha
man who is following a course of conduct
which must fall under the divine condem
nation, ha a creat inducement to disbe
lieve either God's xisence or Hie retribu
tive justice. A Clough says:
" 'There ia no Ogd.' the wicked saith.
'And. if so, it's n blessing;
For what He might have dope with u
It'e better only guessing "
But ho wbo ia atriving toward a higher
and purer life haa an enuallv great induce
ment to believe that God ia, and i the
helper and inanirer of all honest effort to
ward thing above Him. Hi need make
him welcome every disclosure God make
of Himself aa the au-n of all perfections,
nnd man's guide and support in seeking
perfection.
Tour Choice, Young Man.
"Xear, so very near, to God,
Nearer I cannot be:
For in the person nf Hia Son,
I am a near as lie." "
Whom or what hould one in that faitb
fear?
Your choice, young man, is between hav
ing no confidence and having all confi
dence, between having fear ana being fear
less, between being timid and being cour
ageous, between being weak in sense of
your unaided atrcngth, and being strong
in tbe strength of faith, which confidently
take bold of the eternal God, and of Hie
unfailing power and promises. Therefore,
in all your course in life, and ia every
emergency, have the manly courage of faitb
and in the strongth and cheer of that,
"Write on your door the saying, wise and
old,
'Be bold! be bold! and everywhere b
bold:
Be not too bold; yet better the excess
Tban the defect; better the more than
lew."
.i.'.i Sunday-School Times.
The tilbl.
From the apostolic age till the present
hour have there ben attack made upon
tbe Bible from every conceivable source.
-Where are the men nnd the book which
have attacked it? They are dead. The
book on any science written fifty year ago
is out of dure to-day. Meantime, what of
the Bible? There ha not been taken from
it one "jot or tittle." The presses of the
world can hardly keen pace witb the mill
ions of copies demanded yearly. Tbo Kev.
V. A. Bartlett. ' ,
Prayers, breathe hope and prayer with
out bop u sinful prayer. John Bcigiefl. .
Match Bpark Blinded Him.
Andrew Berankl of Homestead, Pa
Us been made totally blind In a most
aecifliar manner. Four years-age'
blla be was beside bis brother Johr
aa latter struck a match to lljjbt bit
)lp, whtn a particle of tbe flame flew
nto the left eye 'of Andrew and dt
Uroyed tba sight
Recently Berankl himself struck
nab b to light a cigarette, when a- Pr
Uele of tbe match flew Into bis right
tgra and so affected tbat eye tbat It Is
laid ha will ba totally blind, i -II
IMMUNE TO BEE POISON.
Aptnrists Get An Thev Don't Much Mind
llelng etung
Thnt n person who lins boon often
tttiiia by bees becomes in time ltnnititiC
:o tbo poison of thp sting Is na?rtpd by
Dr. H. V. Pnikcr. He report thnl
nbrii bp first lipgnn to keep lues he
tvns frequently stuns, nnd thnt ench
4II113 was nlti'inlc'd with nettto pulp;
but that ns tlmo went on tbe pnlti nnd
swelling bfeatne less. In the follow
Ing yenr, while transferrins; n hlvo
3f bees, bo hnd au experience which
'ie Huts rplntes:
"Stlnj followed stlnsr In ftueeesslnn,
11 lee?, nrms, flnrrs. neck nnd fnep.
Initisiuetl what a picture I would pre
?Piit closed i-.ves nnd swollen bands
and ft-et. I worked on, nnd so did
lbe bees. I eotibl feel the ltpedle-llke
thrust, but then It illd nnt seem to
pnln ns much, nnd nt Inst I finished
Hie task. With aching head, slight
tmiisen nnd vertigo slowly coming on
I left my task with n sigh of relief for
what wns accomplished and filled with
wonderment ns to wbat my personal
appearance would be.
"Imagine my nstonlsbment to find
merely slightly raised red spots, ilka
little pimples, with the red sting in
thp centre, ns the result of eaeh oik
every sting. I must liavo bad some
thing like forty of them on various
parts of my body. My clothes were
full of Ihem: but, tbey being so thick,
did not nllow tbe sting to penetrate.
The dizziness, nausea nnd headache
left me aud 'Hlcbatd was himself
9-gnin.'
"When I again visited my been I did
not dreml tbe stinging properties any
longer, nt least not ns much so ns for
merly, nnd then, nnd ever since, 1
have found that when a bee does stlnj
me the pain Is only sharp for nn In
stnnt nnd tberp Is an absence of the
flfter-swelllng. I have since been stung
many more times than I was nt that
time, and yet none of tho symptom
above referred to have been repro
iluced. Am I not. therefore. Immune
of tbo poison of the honey bee, nt least
to a certain extent?
"All authorities on bee culture state
the fact, ns n crumb of comfort to
novices In beekeeping, that the poison
of n be-? will produce less and less: ef
fect upon their systems. 'Old beekpep.
era,' It U said, 'like Mltbrldates, appear,
almost to thrive on the poison Its:-lf.
Iltilsb speaks of 'seeing tbe bald bead
of Bonner, n celebrated practical oplar
1st, covered with stings, which seemed
to produce upon him no unpleasant
effect." Rev. Mr. Klelne advises be
ginners to nllow themselves to be stttng
frequeutly. assuring them that in two
sensons their systems will become ac
customed to tbe poison. In conclu
sion, let me state that I firmly belleva
that the beekeeper becomes inoculated
with the poison of the bee, nnd usually
becomes proof, or at least Immune,
ngalust It, is no more to be doubted
thnn the fact that vaccination Is n
preventive against smallpox." Indian
npolls Journal.
The Two Thieve.
A FABLE.
A man wbo hud stolen a half million
dollars once went to a lawyer for ad
vice.
"Where is the swag?" asked the law.
yer.
"Alas." said the thief, "I undertook
to comer the onion market and it
proved too strong for me. Tbo dough
lg gone. I have Just $1.83 In my gar
ments. I squandered the money a
fast as I stole It, though my wife may
have saved a couple of simoleons."
"You are crazy, or else a fool," said
the lawyer. "Or may be a lunatic.
Perhaps all three. You certainly art
not sane. But you have no money to
hire experts, so you had better plead
guilty nnd beg for mercy. You will
pot off with a sentence of perhapil
eighteen years In prison. Next time
have sense enough to save what you
steal."
The noxt day another thief visited
the lawyer. "I have grabbed off $S00,
opo." be remarked cheerfully.
"Where is It?" asked the attorney.
"Buried." snld the thief. "Buried
deep. But not so deep that It can ht
dug up."
"How much of It?"
"All, and more, too. I Invested It so
well tbat It has grown. Not a cen
has been wasted. I lived on my salary
and no one suspected I was becoming
wealthy."
"You are a genius," said the lawyer.
"You certainly have the keenest Intel
lect I ever encountered. Let me shak
your hand. We will hire experts, prov
that you are crazy, that you alwayf
were non-compos, that every one knert
It, nnd In a few months you will b
out of legnl troubles."
Moral: It sometimes takes money t
prove a palpable fact. New York Sun-
How She Oat Be Hods.
The little woman had been standlo
at tbe soda fountnia of one of tbe blf
department stores for nearly tweutj
minutes. She was thirsty, tired ant?
beglnulug to be cross. One by one tb(
clerks passed ber by ns tbey- serve
their customers.
"My goodness. If I'm not waited on l
a few minutes I'll drop In my tracks,"
she murmured to the woman next t
her. i
"Won't you please wait on iue?".sbi
walled again as a clerk took her neigh
tor's order; but all to no purpose.
Then she resolved to do or die. 8b
bad been standing alongside one ol
tbe fountains, and she reached up ant
turned the handle. There was a spurt
Ing of soda water tbat sprinkled every
one within a radius of ten feet. Wonief
screamed and there was a lot of
cltement. The floor walker come rush
Ing over, and the little woman
plained. He evidently bad a sense 0:
humor, for he laughed. Then be or
dered that the little wqsan be serv
nt once. ' "
For the rest of the afternoon ll'-tll
women In particular bad no difficult it
being aerved. New York Press. i-
The Advertising Bill.
An advertising periodical asys thai
when one bf two merchants la tbf
same line of trade udvertlsea and
other does not. tbe latter pays tbo
rrt lain bill of the former in
trade. This Is trne lu a measure:
tbe gain of tbe advertiser la not "
lted to tba trade which be wins ttoa
tba other. Hia advertising i"'
Irsd If Induces iwnnla til bU wIM
would not otherwise (eel Impelled
bay. , .