UNLOOKED-FOR INCREMENT A Bright Sunday Sermon Bj Chaplain Clark, of IheNaral Academy. 0r Me Ur tbt Moil Pari Hurt Bess Slaplt-Heartrd at Solomss li Hia Prayer. " Baltimore. Md.-The following brll tant sermon was contributed to the lunday Sun by the Rev. II. II. Clark, b. P., chsplnin of the 1'nlted Stiite K'aval Academy, at Animpolla. It la latltlcd "The Unlooked-For lucre pent," and wns preached from the text: "Behold, I hove done nceording to "Thy words: I.o! I have Riven thee a and understanding heart. And I pave also given thee that which thou hast not aked."-II Klugs. Hi.. 12-13. -Solomon's request Is a surprise. fttt to the prompting of ambition It la Dot characteristic of men to ask for simple gifts or few. The natural re priest would have been for the things pie King did not ask long lire, richea, honor, victory over enemies. Instead ike request wna simple and unselfish. It wis. nuiV with most becoming humility. It was for a wise and under, landing; heart. This would be enough. Then came the Jehovah'a answer: "I pave-given thee a wise and understand lag heart. And I have also Riven thee that which thou hnst not asked." This Hvas Increment, Increase, that Solomon bad not counted on. How much la Involved In doing the tight thing lit the outset! Somehow Brat things take hold on last things. "The energy of the first block the child pushes over in the row Is not expended Ull the- Inst block Is down. The first branches you bend and tie Into shape make way for vlie beauty and sym Cietry of the full grown tree. The rhlpbullder can tell from the keel that s laid the sort of ship that Is going to lie' built. From the dimensions of growing columns the architect tan quickly estimate the weight of arches or dome. So God rees in aome simple, Loneat prayer we may offer the be ginning of all we may ever achieve of knowledge, goodness, aervice; sees in It all our life shall ever mean to our Selves and other fellow-men. Wonder ful are the connections be.weeu tirst things and last! It Is, too, an Immeasurable satisfac tion that when we have done the right ct, said the right word, offered the right prayer, put ourselves In the right attitude In anything our responsibility ceases. Then the way of Divine Provl ttence 1 opened in our ltves. Solomon tnndP-Just the right prayer: then God fare him whnt he had not asked. How this simplifies life: We have only to do the right thing at the right time; the rest takes care of Itself. In ordinary circumstances we all know well enough whnt the r;ght thing is. In the Old Testament a well-known ifharacter Bald: "I, being In the way. the Lord led me." The secret of It ,wa. that Ellezer started on the right road; then the Lord led him to the (well. The happy outcome we all know. iWhen our prayer Is: "Make me true to this work, this demnnd, this occa sion, this duty," using the light we get, we need give ourselves no further trou. tie. Results are not In our hands. The disciples all began their careers by the use of this method. Without thought of what was to come, they simply obeyed the Master's call. His command was: "Follow Me!" and straightway Simon and Andrew left Ihe net they were casting luto the lake, and James and John the net they were mending In the boat, and followed Illm. So with all the others. They left what they were doing to do what Christ told them to do. They had io more conception of whnt was to follow than the child Shnkespeare or the child Milton had of what was to follow his teaming of the nlphabet. In the sim plest, bouestest manner the disciples put themselves in right relations to Christ, and their act changed the course of history. Admiral Farragut touched this truth On another side. In the dnrkest days of the Civil War the President called tilm to Washington for consultation. 3'lie people were finding fault with this General and that General, with the I'resldent, with pretty much every thing. One evening In a large com Jinny the Admiral sat listening to the complaints of the hearthstone warriors. 'At length he snld In quiet tones, but with the strength of moving fleets In them: "I have one great advantage I have only to go where I am sent." The thing in hand occupied him ab sorbingly, wholly. What he sought was the wise and understanding heart for the present duty; the rest was in the Almighty's hnnds. Great men for the most part have been as simple-hearted as Solomon in tils prayer. They placed the emphasis toot on what they wanted to do, but on jwhat they wanted to be; not on dreams of life, but on fitness for life. They took the same ship, so to say, in the beginning from which they disem barked In the end, though they were as Ignorant of the voyage before them as Solomon was of the coming events of bis reign. There are many things we desire ttbout which we need not much concern ourselves if we make use of this prin ciple. Solomon, for example, did not ask for a long life; yet long life was Involved in a wine and understanding beart. The man who sets out to do bis duty In all respects should not trouble blmself about the number of his days. ' Let blin live the life, and, whether it be long or short, it is a life. But the chances are that it will be long. It has been noted in armies that the men who are fussiest about living are frequently the men who do not pull through. Xenophon noted this fact more than 2300 years ago. In the Anabasis, we recollect, when Clcarchus and other leading Greek Generals bad been Blaln In the tent of Tlssophernes through the bad faith of the Persians the Greek army, In the beart of the enemy's country, was greatly discouraged. Then Xenophon addressed the army in words like these: "I have observed this, O men, that as many as desire to live by all means In military af fairs, these for the most part die cow ardly and disgraced. But as many as recognize that death is common and necessary to all men, and strive to dl honorably, I see these, by some meant or other, arrive at old age, and while Ithey live live successfully." The same truth applies to happiness. Counters aud shelves are crowded wits books on happiness: "The Art of Hap. fitness," "Flow To Be Happy" r-ouutr less titles, ringing the changes ou hop plness. The pursuit of happiness Is the quest of the dny. Mnny people are pounding the drum of happiness so . hurd as to smash the drum. The trulh Is, only fitness for happiness brings It, A mun never caught It by running after It. It la a rainbow, with its pot of gold, that must come to us. and come when we are not expecting It. The happiness teekers are the happiness :osers. The man who achieves happiness Is tha man who has aimed for something higher. Think nothing about hnppl-Ccaa- onlv put your bent Into each any of life. The same thing holds true of repu tation. One of the things Solomon did not ask was honor. It waa enough for him to be wise and Just. Wisdom and Justice were the highest somees of his honor. For wisdom and Justice he Is repuled above all else. If dny by dny we strive for the Inward things from which reputation takes substance and shapeilucss. we need give ourselves no further thought about the matter Whnt men think of us will tnke enre of Itself. Growing plnnts do not give themselves concern over summer: they ore the gift of spring to summer, mid summer will tnke enre of tlieni. Ho, living na we ought, we commit our rep nlntlon to God. whose presence and whose enre nre the real summer of nil good things among men. If Solomon Informed his court iers of Ma request to Heaven they prnhiihly told him that he had mUsed a great opportunity. They might easily Imve nld: "Why did you not nsk for riches, for vastly extended power and do million? How much better they would have been than wisdom? We could have furnished the wisdom." Hut the prnyer was of the right sort. Jehovah wns pleased with Its modesty: and the things that were not asked for were in due time given. The surprise of life jften Ilea In the Insignificance of the means to some grent end. People In the nnvy know thnt the smallest thine connected with a grent gun is the most Indispensable the firing pin. Thnt gone, and the gun. so to sny. Is on the shelf. In the army one of the smallest iluties of th eanlrymnn la the caring- for Ills, horse. There Is nil Instance In history where cnvnlr.v tlmt did this duty well and cavalry that did It III, otherwise equnlly matched, fought n battle. In which those who neglected their horses were cut down almost to a ninn. Doors to great events swing outward on little hinges. Art and reli gion and education and war abound with decisions and nets nnd incidents, sniiill iu themselves ns mustard seeds, yet so growthful that grent events nnd great deeds hnve come and lodged in the branches thereof. Let tis also treasure the words of the .Master In direct line with the truth we have been considering: "Seek ye first the kingdom of God nnd His righteous ness, and all these things shall be added unlo you." Tha Poverty of Christ. la a man poor! Let him remember Christ's knowledge of his poverty. It Is no light thing to be poverty-stricken in the midst of wealth. To see loved Dues denied comforts mhI even ne cessities merely through luck of a few pieces of glittering metal; to have growing sons and daughters deprived of an education; to sec suffering ones unrelieved; to have no opportunities to increase one's usefulness; to expose Jiie's family to moral degradation be cause of lnek of a competence these tre but a few of the evils of poverty. To men in such circumstances. Christ aid, "I know thy poverty." Who bet ter could understand? Had He not is an eldest sou seen something of sordid economies hi that carpenter's home at Nazareth? Hnd He not ns a widow's main support suffered In the harsh limitations ol n Gnlllenn pens ant's lot? Hnd He not at times been ieprlved of a place to lay His head? It was for your sake He became pu' -Paclllc Baptist. "V Stint! Know Hereafter." What Is approved by God hono-a dim. resembles Him must be mads successful, triumphant and predom inant, In His empire. He will not for sver suffer the enemy's camp ou His grand field. The nwhil mystery, why this trumphant ascendancy is so slowly ichieved, so long delayed In this world, will, it Is reasonable to believe, be one f the subjects for Illumination in a higher state of existence, where en larging faculties will have entiles duration for their exercise. It may theu be seen that the whole course of this world, from the beginning to the Bud, was "a day of small things," as compared with the sequel only as a brief introduction to an Immense uud endless economy. John Foster. How Prayer Help. We all know that a good life and a bumble testimony to the goodness and faithfulness of God have a very great influence for good ou the minds of all who see and hear; but uow does prayer help? Iu the first place, prayer. If It be true prayer on earnest uiiii confident appeal to God for the blessing sought bus a wonderful effect upon the dun no. ter of the person who oilers It. Such prayer brings the petitioner into close fellowship with God and opens his whole nature to the Influence of the Spirit of God; and by so doing fits him to become a zeulous and effective wit ness for God. Id On Single Hour. In that single hour when he brought Peter to Christ, Andrew accomplished more for the world than in all his life besides. It may easily be so with us. Business men are satisfied to get ten, Ave, or even two per cent, returns from the capital, but no Investment equals In returns the investment of a little time and courage iu soul-saving. The Interest is literally millions per cent. Indeed, if you remember the endless reaches of eternity, the Interest is In finite. TJse Poeltlv Argument!. It Is necessary to lay stress upon the fallacy of the negative attitude towards truth, because that attitude Is one of the chief obstacles la the way of win ning souls for Christ. If we would be soul-winners we must first of all get rid of any tendencies we may have to look upon things negatively and to pre sent them negatively to others, and then we must help those we would save to develop a desire for positive truth. The Polar Bear's Bath. Polar bears enjoy a bath for the sake of cleanliness as well as fot swimming and as a hunting ground. At a certain goological garden when the old polar bear's bath was being filled with fresh water It would stand with its mouth open, letting the water run through Its paws, and when the bath was full would play all kinds of tricks, reveling in the water. One of its an tics was to float on Its back In the water and then catch hold of its heels with its forepawe and roll over back ward on the edge and fall in with a resounding splash. Detroit Free Press. Monkeys and Magpies. Monkeys and magpies are bad math ematicians. Neither can count beyond four, and the men who make it thoir business to catch them profit by this knowlodgo. Five or six men march openly toward the animal and then hide themselves. A short time after four men come out Into the open and go away. The animals, believing all have gone, are readily caught by those who remain. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL' INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR FEBRUARY 5. Sulijertl ,1u at Jacob's Well, John It,, 5-14 (lolilt-n Text, Itev. axil., 17 Metnory Verses. 13, 14 Commentary on the Hay's Lemon. I. Jesus at the well (vs. B 8). 5. "Then Cometh lie." Our Lord's route lay tlirotigh historic ground, lie, duubtless. passed tin. nigh (iilicuh, the ancient capital of the kinirilinn of Saul: tlu-ouuh Bethel. where Jacob had his dream of the ladder . and the angels; near Miilnli, the tirt i dwelling place of t tie tabernacle, and the ark in C anaan, and the scene ot the down fall of the house of Kli. At the end of that journey three objects of special inter est occur in succession: Jacob'a well. Joseph's tomb and the ancient city ol Shechem, between the mountains of Uei-i-rini and Kiwi. "Sychnr." Formerly She chem, at the foot of Mount Gerizim, be tween Gerizim and Kbal. It is noted in the Scriptures as the place where Abraham first stopped on his coming from liaran to Canaan; where God appeared to him and promised to give the laud to hia seed, and where he first built an altar to the Lord. In the fourth century, about II. C. X',2, Sanballat erected a temple on Uerizim in opposition to the Jewish temple. "Parcel ot ground." Purchased of the children of If amor (Gen. 33: ID), and given to Joacph (Gea. 48:22). 6. "Jacob'a well." The well Jacob dug. The word for well in the Greek means fountain. The well has been filled with rubbish until it ia omy about seventy live feet deep. Formerly it was thirty feet deeper, it is about eight or nine tect in diameter und is walled with masonry. "Jesus being wearied." He waa a man, aa well as God, and became weary and hungry, lie journeyed on foot, sharing with ilia disciples the fatigues and hard ships of the way. "Sixth hour." There ia a difference of opinion here. According to the Jewish reckoning this would be noon, but many learned men think John used a Koman method of reckoning and that it waa 6 p. m. 7. "Of Samaria." She waa not fjnm the city of Samaria, aeven milea away, but from the country of Samaria; one of Sa maritan race and religion. "To draw water." Site probably brought her line and bucket (leathern or crockery), for Orient wella are not provided with these. Note how our Lord's choice of & hearer breaka down rabbinic prejudice all around. "Give Me to drink." Jesus used Hia thirst aa a means of approach to the woman's heart, and turned the conversation from the living waters of Jacob'a well to the liv ing waters of salvation. Let ua follow our Saviour'a example by doing good in our hours of relaxation. 8. "Disciples gone." The story throughout reads so much like the words of an eyewitness that aome have thought John remained with the Saviour while the rest went to the vil lage. "Meat." Food, not necessarily fish. II. 'The Samaritan woman (v. 9). 9. "How ia it," etc. In Oriental manners there were many strict regulationa against women conversing with men, especially stranger. Hut these restrictions were leas regarded at the wella and fountains than in other public places (Gen. 24:13-24; Kxod. 2:10, 17). Jesus rejected all re straints of caste. His disciples were them selves surprised that He should converse with the woman, but they did not feel at liberty to object to it (v. 27). How did she know He waa a Jew? By Ilia dresa and by Hia dialect. The word "Jew" ia here used broadly to describe the race which filled both Judea and Galilee. She probably recognized Him as a Galilean also. "No dealings." A remark thrown in by the writer to give the reason for her surprise. They have no dealings of friend ly intercourse. This ill will, however, did not extend beyond familiar intercourse, for in such matters aa buying and selling inter course waa allowed. They were excluded by the Jewa from the temple at Jerusalem. "The Samaritans." The Samaritana were the descendants of the Kthiopian and Babylonish colonists upon whom the Assy rian conqueror of the ten tribea bestowed the lands of the captive Israelites (see 2 Kings 17:24-33). Although of purely heath en origin, they united the worship of Jeho vah with their own idolatries. They built a temple on Mount Gerizim. III. Divine truth imparted (vs. 10-14). 10. "The gift of God.'1 See John 3:10. The Messiah, and the salvation He ia bringing to man. "Thou wouldst have asked." "Spiritually our positions are re versed. It is thou who art weary and footsore and parched, close to the well, yet unable to drink; it ia I who can give thee the water from the well and quench thy thirst forever." "Living water. The cift of the Holv Spirit (John 7:37-30): also called "the water of life" (Rev. 21:8; 22:1, 17); "clean water" (K.ek. 30:2(1. 27). See also Isa. 65:1; 58:11. It is received by faith (John 6:35), abides eternally (v. 14), I ia offered freely (ltev. 22:1, 17). Note 1. i Its source (John 7:37). 2. its supply i (Rev. 21:0). 3. Its freshness. 4. Its sat- isfaction (Isa. 12:3). 11. "Sir." This might be read "My Lord." It waa a title of respect, and shows that the woman was reverent and serious. "Nothing to draw with." The well had, probably, no apparatus for drawing water. This woman no doubt carried her own line. "From whence," etc. The woman was quick in her com prehension, and saw there waa aome truth which she did not understand, to which Jesus waa referring. 12. "Art Thou greater?" The question proceeds from a feeling that Jesus as sumed some extraordinary character, That He claimed a spiritual power: perhaps claimed to be a prophet like Moses, who could make a fountain of water by mira cle. "Our father Jacob." The Samarituna Were living in the territory of Kphiuim and Manaaseh, sons of Joseph, and grand sons of Jacob, and although they were not the descendants of Jacob, yet no doubt some of the ancient blood ran ia their veins, 13. "Shall thirst again." Jesus doea not discuss the question of greatness, but turns her thought toward spiritual truth, as He did Nicoilumus. 14. "Shall never thirst." He doea not mean that one draught shall satisfy us, but thnt we shall have in the soul a well of living water. "Shall be in Him." The religion of Jesus has to do with the inner life. Christ puts new principles and affections within ua. "A well of water." A fountain ef water. The supply ia exhaustlesa. Here ia an un failing fulness of love, joy, peace and spir itual strength a full salvation. "Spring ing up." Whoever has thia living water ia the soul already has eternal life. Tha water of life- 1. Is given by Jesus. 2. It is pure. 3. It satisfies the soul. 4. There ia a never failing supply. 5. It is free. 6. It is for all who thirst. "Into everlasting life." He that receivea the liv ing water naa a fountain opened in his aoul of spiritual satisfaction, which shall neith er be dried up in thia life nor the life to come, but shall flow oa to all eternity. Mirror That Telia the Truth. The latest mirror has a tiny electric battery attached at the back and a row of Incandescent lights extending all the way around the frame. It la being made for-an actress who wants to see herself as others will see her when she Is standing In the full glare of the footlights. It Is not a bad idea,! tor the girl who dresses in the dlm, religious light ot a modern apartment! and goes forth Into the searching light' ot day knows not what a problem she presents to the eves of tba world Keep Tool Chest Shipshape. Nothing that a boy has comes han tier than a tool chest. It begins with fits tun as a boy and keeps its useful ness when be is a man. He shouM construct a cabinet to hang against the wall. Two doors are better, than one. Cabinet hooks and pegs may be arranged against the back for saws, squares and other flat tools. On one Fide of the floor of the cabled make boxes for nails and screws. Always it away your tools and neither bor row nor lend. FEBRUARY FIFTH. ''What I Owe to Christian Endeavor." Ezek. 47:1-12; Ps. 36:8. (Chris tian Endeavor Day.) Scripture Verses. --For Christian Living. Ps. 21:3-6; MIc. 08; Eph. 4: 23, 24; Col. 3:1-3; 1 Tim. 4.12; 1 Peter 1:15, 16. For Christian Fellow ship. John 13:31, 35; Rom. 12:10; I Cor. 13:1-7; Heb. 13:1; 1 Peter 1: 22; 3:8, 9. Lesson Thoughts. It Is well for us to stop and con sider the blessings God has wrought through the Christian Endeavor movement. North, east, south and west the tnfluence for good has gone, forth, healing and blessing as the wa ters of Easekiel's vision. The waters of the vision grew deeper by degrees: we, too, grow deeper spiritually In the same way but we grow. Every penny saved Increases the accumulation, though It might tnke a long time thus to save a fortune. Selections. Why do they put soldiers through the drill? Is It to make them strong and athletic? The drill does that, but that Is not the main purpose of the drill. Soldiers are put through their hard exercl.se In order that they may be able to defend the nation in times of danger. And so It Is with Chris flan Endeavor. Our society is not an end In Itself. It Is a training school for the church. We are grow ing strong In society work. Now let us use our strength more and more In the service of the church. What gives a man u right to grow older?. The use he bus made of the years already given him. And If that is true of a man, it is also true of a society, or any Institution. This Society of ours will deserve to be continued only as it fills out every twelve-month with noble deeds, buy ing up the future with the past. As we climb the hill ot Christian experience, we see the ever-growing horizon of the ocean of divine tend erness; and we become ashamed even to mention the pool of our love that lies far away in the vale beneath. Yon owe Christ your money, your time, your abilities, your beauty, your strength, your knowledge. Give them to him. fully, gladly, and he will give them back- to you increased and magnified beyond your present conception. Try It. EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS FEBRUARY FIFTH. The Enlarging Kingdom. Ezek. 47. 1-12. In this chapter a stream Is repre sented as flowing from underneath tha sacred threshold ot the temple. And this stream not only turns the desert into a paradise, but sweetens even the Dead Sea. This is a beauti ful symbol of the influence of re ligion on this world. It pictures the result of the enlarging kingdom of Christ. Read Isa. 35 In connection with this lesson. The Increasing depth ot the waters symbolizes the increasing power of the gospel both in Its personal experience and in its world-wide blessedness. The main re ligious teaching is that man's bless lugs flow from the sanctuary of Jehovah.- The "waters of life" sturt from the dwelling place ot the "Au thor ot life." This beautiful figure of Ezcklel is a fit symbol of the blessings of piety aud religion. We have a fitting sym bol of religion, and a striking illus tration ot the enlarging and increas lng power of the same both in Indi vidual experience and lu the growth of the klngdrm of God. " The water which the prophet saw was "flowing water." It is a type of the living, flowing grace which comes from the sanctuary of God. As water to the Oriental wns a symbol of bless ing, as it is to-day to the dweller in an irrigated district, so the gospel is as the water to the thirsty land It brings life, growth, development, and Joy. This prophecy has never been literally fulfilled; yet it is hav ing a beautiful fulfillment From the throne of God, and the church of God, the fertilizing stream has flowed. Imperfect as the church has been, yet from her gates has flowed the con stantly Increasing stream of the river ot Ufe. Perhaps the most striking analogy of our lesson Is In the effect of these waters healing, restoring life, and fer tilising the dry and desert places. i This is a striking figure illustrating the power and errect ot tne increasing kingdom of Christ how Christianity has swept out oyer the earth; how It is to-day increasing through the missionary operations of the church; how, everywhere It goes, it blesses and heals and causes "the desert to blossom as the rose," The enlarging kingdom la coming. We are rapidly though often unconsciously, making history. Never as now was the pray er, "Thy klndom come," bo splendidly and blessedly answered. Lift up your eyes and see the enlarging kingdom! RAM'S HORN BLASTS HE Idle Invite In iquity. Love lightens all labor. Faith cannot be forced. Quality make3 quantity. The laggards lead back. I l h The finest frulta Ct must be touched by I j men wou live iu revelry get no revolutions. You cannot lift the world until you love it. Eyes ot love always see something to praise. Real consecration Is a quick oure for conceit. The long on tongue are often short in sympathy. Evil imagination is & loug Btep to wards evil action. There Is always hone tor tho man who honors bis mother. God honors us for our service, not for our number of servants. Sharpers end by cutting a very poor figure. Substitution of the best Is the best cure fur the bad. A creed lu like a plate, to hold food tut not to be euten. iivdesy Oar Dallr Thought. Cive ns this day our daily bread, t e prnf , And give us likewise, Lord, our daily thought. That our poor touls may strengthen as thy ought, And starve not on the husks of yesterday. Phillips Drooka. It la Right at tha Knd. Marl: Ouy Penrse in his hopeful vein writes: "The little lad. reading aome story, becomes enwrapped in the fortunes of hia hero difficulties and dangers thicken about him; his safety is threatened on all sides; how shall it end? Excited and eager he turns over the pages and looks further on. It is all right; the hero lives and triumphs. Now the lad breathes again, and with a brave heart fires the course of the light once more. We, like the little lad, have sometimes trembled for the fortunes of our King. Then it is good to skip the pages of time, and to look at the end. It is all right. "Alleluia, the Lord God Omnipo tent reigneth!" f.ovaNot an Rternal rrntrtor or Sinners Love sometimes requires its possessor to do and act apparently in a very unlovely manner. During the past week a young man of a most excellent character shot and killed his mother's brother, to prevent him in a fit of insanitv from killing the whole family, The uncle had been insane and under treatment, but was released aa cured; he suddenly became violent. The young man was at once acquitted. Ive for the whole family requires that disci pline be maintained; love for the whole community thai criminals should be pun ished, and love for the whole world re quires the exclusion from heaven of those who will not serve God. Chrutiau Advo cate. Spiritual Lite. The kingdom of heaven is heart recog nition and heart obedience to a Father a spirit living and ruling within our own. John Hamilton Thoin. All sad with teara may days be spent, Till we for sin are penitent; Hut soula grown white have kept God'l Lent. William Brunton. The craving for sympathy ia natural enough, and it ought never to be treated harshly, nor thought of ax a fault; but it easily becomes ignoble and very morbid, because very selfish. Charles G. Anici. Make Somebody Happier. Have you ever had your sad path sud denly turn sunshiny because of a cheerful word? Have you ever wondered if this could be the same world, because some had been unexpectedly kind to you? You can make to-day the same for somebody. It ia only a question of a little imagination, a little time and trouble. Think now: What can I do to-day to make some other happy old persons, children, servants even a bone for the dog or sugar for the bird! Why not? Mtiltbie D. llabcock. Cur Actions Live. Silently tha work of our lives goes on. It proceeds without intermission, and all that has been done is the undcrstructure for that which is done. Young man and maiden, take heed to the work of your hands. That which you are doing ia im perishable. You do not leave it behind you because you forget it. It passes away from you apparently, but it doea not pass away in reality. Every stroke, every sin gle clemeut abides and there ia nothing that grows so fust as character. Heioruied Church Advocate. Oora the Beat Time. f7a other period of Christendom cart Compare with ours in the posnibilitiea which are within our reach. No other part of Christendom, as 1 firmly believe, can do for the world what we, on either side of the sea, can do, for it if we only will. God give ns grace to answer to that ins-iiring call. Most Rev. Thomas Ran dall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, -t Washington, D. C. T!io Worship of Brilliancy. Tien bow before talent, even if unasso riatcd with goodness, but between these two we must make an everlasting distinc tion. When once the idolatry of talent enters, then farewell to spirituality; when men ask their teachers, not for that which will make them more humble and godlike, Vut for the excitement of an intellectual banquet, tlimt farewell to Christian pro 5re93. F. W. Kobcrtson. Three II rlpful Truths, There are three truths that are all the better for knowing; thut cheerfulness can rlmnge misfortune into love and friends; that in ordering one's self aright one helps others to do the same, and that the power of finding beauty in the humblest things nakes home happy and life lovely Ke forucd Church Kccord. Frsyar Bad Praise. frayer, praise, the study of the IIo. (Scriptures, Christian conversation and Christian work of whatever kind all the devotions and all the activities of a Chris tian life become more and more delightful as you go forward in the way of duty. Hy exercise you acquire facility, skill, power, delight. In a Nutshell. Tie who f illows in faith need fear na failure. Only a frozen piety can be bound down to a form. The sermon need not be silly ti be suited to fie child. God often says "Wait," but He never says, "Worry." When a man winks at himself the devel nods with him. Gazing at heaven keeps somo people front going there. Our mercy is good, but His tender mercy Is many times better. It is better to win man's condemnation than the devil's commendation. Christ is preparing a place for those who are preparing s people tor Him. Whipping the devil rouid the stump only makes a deeper track for ain to travel in. Heaven will bo an uncomfortable place to some people because they had nothing to d'j with drawing the plana. Ham's Uora, ' Aa n Mltlo Child. Christ came to this world as a little child and every one who would enter Hia king dom mnst enter it aa a little child. Christ is, in tact, born again in tha heart ol every believer aa a little child, Shaping Our Knvlronmant. Surely, if God ia ruling our lives and ed ucating ua for a purpose, He ia shaping our present surrouudiuga and environment. Kobert E. Speer. Obedience To-day. There ia nothina like an obedience to-dav to reveal God's will tomorrow D. L Moody. When Boys Play MinsvretH. When you boys want to blacken up your faces for a mlnttrel play or any other kind of fun, here iu a good way for you to blacken up: Take a few galls, bruise them to a fine powder, and etrew the powder nicely upon a towel; then put a little ground ci-pperaa Into a basin of water, whicl, will dlssnWo and leave the wat er perfectly truntiparent. After any person has wahcd in this water and wiped with the towel on which the ruIIb vlere strewed, his hands and fa?e will liiiuiedNtelv become black. THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. rsm A It riii-i For tha TunplKrt-Hon It Itrcam I'nfashtnnablo to 8rs Win lo Fashionable Socletf burin tho Hayes Administration. When temptations fierce aai1. And I tremble on the brink; When my will can not avail 'Gainst the craving for the drink "JesiiH. lovpr of my soul, Iet me to Thy bosom fly; While the nearer waters roll. While the tempest still is high." When the foes beset me sore. And I can no longer stand 'Gainst the drink shop's open door That I see on every hand "Other refuge have I none. Hangs my helpless soul on Thee; Leave, ah, leave me not alone, Still support and comfort me." When T know that Thou art near . Thnt Thou wilt not let me sink, I shall have no cause to fear, Thou wilt break the chains of drinl; "All my trust on Thee is laid. All my help from Thee I bring, Cover my defenceless head -AVith the shadow of Thy wine." National Advocate. Temperance Work ror Olrts. J. G. Holland wrote in Mrs. Hayes' al bum these words: "Women only ran make wine drinking unfashionable and heal the nation of this cur-e." What did Dr. Holland mean by "women only?" Is it true that only women can mate wine drinking unfashionable and heal this nation of this curse? You and I need to know this first, because if only we wom en can do this thing why it is an awful re aponsihilitv upon us, each one of us. And it somebody eUe can do it. we, like all oth ers, would like to give that somebody ele the job. Some years npi, at Washington. Mrs. Hayes became mistress nt the White House, and it wns for her. and no one cIkp. to sav what the social atmosphere should be which surrounded her guests, and how they should be entertained at tier home. Well, she did an unheard of thing. rhe banished wine from all her entertainments, with just one exception. Secretarv Eva i ts made a fuss. He was mortified. He could not endure to have Lord and Lady Eng lish, Count and Countess French and Baron and Baroness German come to the White House dinners and have nothim fit for them to drink not a nrop of poison. It was too utterly queer, ho Mrs. Hayes made one exception in favor of these for eign highnesses and allowed wine upon her table in their presence. Hut only for once. Her conscience high-sonled woman that he was smote her for that one little cow ardly compromise with wrong. She could better endure to have Secretary Evarts and the Smith ashamed of her than to be ashamed of herself. So she quietly and forever prohibited wine from her table and ;heerfully endured the lifted eyebrows and inrUBged shoulders of the diplomats, Brit ish, French, Russian and all, and the short lived hiss of "fashionable" society until lhat hiss turned into a cheer, and fashion able society turned round, like the spaniel It ia, and trotted on behind its mistress. It became unfashionable to aerye wine and to nffcr wine in fashionable society while Mrs. Haves was in the White House. What Mrs. Hayea did in the White House everv girl can do in her own home If she will. Hose Elizabeth Cleveland, in the National Advocate. One'Olass Too'Mncli, The Duke of Orleans was the eldest aon t King Louis Philippe, and the inheriter f whatever rights his father could trans nit. He waa physically noble. His gener ous qualities made him universally popular. Dne morning he invited a few of his com- anions to breakfast, as he was about to epart from Paris to join his regiment, (n the conviviality of the hour he drank a tittle too much wine. He waa not in any respect a dissipated man. But in that joy )us hour he drank just one glass too much, ind slightly lost the balance of his body ind mind. Bidding adieu to hia compan ions he entered the carriage, and presently ilighting at his destination leapt from it ind lost his balance. His head struck the pavement. Senseless and bleeding he was ;arried into a beer-house close by and died. That extra glass of wine overthrew the Or leans dynasty nnd sent the whole famijy ;nto exile. A Dangerous I'olson. A discussion has taken place at the Academic tie Medicine. Paris, as to the poisonous qualities of absinthe, compound ed as it is of essence of worrjwood, com bined with that of aniseed, peppermint nd other aromatics mixed with alcohol. M. Laborde conclusively showed that the issence of wormwood is, in itself, a dan rerous poison, producing epilepsy or allied ffects. The absinthe drinker not only has :o contend, therefore, with the poisonous effects of alcohol, but also with those of the wormwood. tilling; the Asylams. Dr. B. H. Warren, Pure Food Commie lioner of Pennsylvania, in an interview re cently said: "jlost of the cheap whisky told in Pennsylvania, I have discovered by ana'.ysis, is manufactured from wood alco hol and red or India pepper, the latter ele ment giving the deadly dose the desired 'snap.' N'inetv-five per cent, of the sam plea so far examined have shown the pres ence of wood alcohol in poisonous quanti tiea along with the pepper." "No won der," continued the doctor, "that our asy lums are full." Deadly Absinthe. Statistics show a steadily continuing In crease in the consumption of absinthe n ('ranee. Between 18H5 and 1892 there waa in increase of 85,000 hectoliters. From 1892 jnltr four years more were needed to add ,,,ntl,.r mono liters to the consumntion. A recent experiment demonstrated that ix drops of essence of absinthe in three gilla of water were as daadly to fish life as six drops of prussie acid in the same quantity of water. London Globe. Alcohol and ihe Stomach. The action of alcohol on the stomach i physiological, and well understood; if iu large doses, muscular contractibility la ar rested, flaccidity and dilation result. Di gestion ia interfered with; the food i passed on partially digested, and under goes putrefactive decomposition. Sensation is blunted and aatiety ia lost. The Crosade In Brief. To allow men crazed or stupefied b liquor to convert automobiles into cars ot juggernaut is intolerable. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union members said they would use (ov ernment reports to prove that officers drink excessively atUovernors island posta. Selling liquor to one who ia operating or about to operate an automobile should b severely regulated. Thoae road enginea are terrible euouith in tho most skillful hands. Since November 23, 1902, when the Na tional Temperance Society instituted the "World-wide Pledge-signing CruBade," nearly 4,000,000 of temperance pledget have been aent out. A drunken man's horse ia a pitiable ob ject, which ought to run away, but ia gen erally too weary to do anything but accept uhiit.il in shrinking natieuce. Aa automo bile, on tha other niinu. Knows no weak ness. In a drunken nian'a hands it may be as dungeroua as dynamite. As a result of the combined frce temperance workers in our country 30,000, 000 of our citizens are living under prohibi tion, either in State prohibitory laws or local option lawa. .... ' , . Tho manufactories in Germany are work ing in the cause of temperance reformers for business reasonsMiaviug found that a man who drinks beer is lea vaiuaole than one who docs not. Woe to the liquor power that recklessly destroys 100,000 American lives every yearl For the saving of life among our people the downiad of the man-destroying saloon is the supreme issue of to-day. The averse saloon is an evil place. There ia no dwbt about that. It ta.iea tha bread out of the mouths of many and childiBU. and tompe a them to live under conditions unfit lor hiuuan beii-gs, 1H KEYSTONE STILT Latest hews of Pennsjlratiia TcU fcv' Short Order. Allorncy General C'aron gave Stat Highway Commissioner Hunter an opisv- ion upon the question whether or noBr the State h liable to pay any part ! the damages sustained by abtrttin; property owners in the rcbttiling, reloca tion or changing of grade of any bigtw way, in accordance with the provisions" of the act of April 15. nm,. The At torney General sayn : "The legislative ::itent is clearly stated. It provider aw I'gal method of ascer'ainitig the mra tire of damnges ascertained and spee ifics the parties thereto. Amotifr tlxnar parties the Suite is not included, prt! sumably for the reason that Ihe matteos. is a local one, and, therefore, is to ta dealt with by the local authorities, fctrtp when such damages have been tfgalry" ascertained and paid by the respective. counties, wliich ahuie are liable for them, it is the duty of the commissioner highways to include such damages- ists the total cost of the improvement aadL? upon the completion of the road to ap portion the total expenses as provita( in Section 7." - Charles Loekhart, a director of AsAa Standard Oil Company and at one tirneh president of the corporation, died at hi-aju. residence in Pittsburg after an irindsSt-. of several months, due to the infirmrtiesv . of old age. Mr. Ix-kliart was one the oil kings of the country, and withli John D. Rockefeller. William G. War den and Henry M. 1'laglcr laid the fom dation for the Standard Oil Cormfly He was also a director of the Western"' Union Telegraph Company, president f. the Pittsburg National Bank of Cora merce, and was founder of the Inrca national Navigation Company, svhkW controls the Red Star Line of steamer plying between New York and Engfaaati His wealth was estimated at $75,000,000 to $100,01x1.000. As a result of revelations in conneetkwr with the failure of the Intcrnattonsti Cream Separator Company, one of Lanv caster's big industries, it is asserted thafi loans were improperly made bv the Citot Savings & Trust Co., which closeil itm doors last week. The Separator Cosev pany was indebted to the Tri st Compano? for $80,000, more than half ol the latter1 capital stock. One of the trust pany's directors said that the heavy lo; were made altogether without than knowledge of the Board of Director,. Loans of this kind are usually an nounced at the Board of Director'ar meeting, the directors being required tm investigate the safety of the propose loans. The village of Stockton was visitedT by a destructive tire at an early honr thsr other morning. About 1.30 A. M. firew was discovered in the general store oft A. I,. Davison and before any help conlafii be obtained the entire building was. ete stroyed. As there is no fire companies in Stockton word was telephoned MR La.Tibcrtville for assistance. The Colum bia chemical engine responded, arriving about 5 A. M., on a special train. At tha time eight buildings had been destroyed, Through the heroic clTorts of the fire men the flames were gotten under con trol. The loss, estimated between $w and $40,000, is partly covered by insur ance. The State Live Stock Breeders' As sociation, at its annual meeting in Har risburg, appointed a committee to e operate with representatives of the dairi" and agricultural interests of Pcnnsylvjo nia to prevent the proposed repeal of that Grout law taxing colored oleomargarine. The following officers were electee President, V. C. Norton, Aldenvifle-g first vice-president, Lr. Leonard Pearson, Philadelphia; second vice-president, w P. Shoemaker, Greensburg; secretary E. S. Bayard, Pittsburg; treasurer. , V. Lantz, Glenmorc. The bill creating a department of pub lic printing and authorizing the Gover nor to appoint a superintendent for four years at $jooo a year passctthe legisla ture. The purpose of the bill is to tak the place of the present obsolete lavr governing the State printing, which tfoeai not provide for the prcsent moderar methods of type composition and print ing. ' To induce the members of the gnia" ating class of the Pottsville High St'-kooT to wear caps and gowns when l(hjr graduate next June a conference vva held between Superintendent Rupert alntS School Directors Wangcr and Wells, ant the members of the class. Mr. Welt- who originated the movement, urgei the graduates to wear caps and gowns. avtnnr ,t, nntiA Ka m.im (sir t, TSt. young women asserted that caps and; 11 . L. r I ... I.. than $6, and refused to wear them unte-st. they are furnished by the Scliocd Board.-. They refused to wear caps and gowns-at their class night exercises and resented the attempts of the board to dictate tm them the nature of the costumes they should wear. The young women r supported in their stand by the yormfj'- and gowns. The movement was started to prevent extravagance in dress at eon-. mencemcnts, it being asserted that tW. cost of the gowns prevented children. persons in moderate circumstances fioraa. graduating. Robebrs visited the general merchan dise store of Harry Lukens, in Edd ins ton, three miles from Bristol, at 3 oVloctst the other morning. They broke the pan els in the doors and pned their way into the store, making considerable tioisot, In the meantime Mr. Lukens heard thar. noise and fired at the robbers. The rub bers exchanged many shots with Mri, Lukens and his employees, but finally -fled. The office of F. G. Stritzinger ft C.r millers, Norristown, was wrecked bj than explosion of nitro-glycerin, which rob bers used to blow open the safe. Tlv robbers did not secure any booty. Therm was no money in the office and the out side doors of the saife were not ave locked. There was a placard on th ' safe door to that effect, but the thievs are supposed to have b.own up the safar out of spite. A railroad crossing watch man about one spuarc distant and in full view of the place heard the noiso the explosion at 3 o'clock, but was tm- able to locate the sound as a freight trai The model tenements to be built i Allegheny by Henry Thipps wilt CO; $1,000,000, will be four stories high, an the apartment will contain three to E rooms with bath. The buildings will of brick or concrete, lighted by e!r-ctri-city and heated by steam. The tene ments will' not rent for more than $18 ft month, ami probably not less than tis The tenements arc not to be construe'.4 especially for the very poor, but fof t workingman who is willing to hr: hit condition, provide,) he has portunity to do so. The rem v be sny higher than the woikir--pays.
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