THE PULPIT. AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY OR, NEHEMIAM BOYNTON. Subject. The Will and I In- Work. Brooklyn. N. Y. Dp. Nehemlnh Boynton, pastor ol the Clinton Ave nue Congregational Church, having returned from his European trip, was In hla pulpit Sunday. In (he morn ing, greeted liy a large audlenre. he preached on "The Will and the Work " The text wan from John 4:34: "My meat la to do the will of lllni that sont Me and to finish Hi? work." Among other thing;. Dr. ' Hoynton aald: The Vary lamw of a rational faith , In Jesus in dependent upon His being pi rniltted to make His own ttupres- 1 Moil upon one's soul as a lining who . met and mastered life In normal rc- latlons. If yon permit vo ir fanry to drear Him in the light Huffy anil ethereal garments of an airy mysticism you ' add to your imagination but subtract from Ilia reality. If you array Him In ihq blue and sometimes navy blue bomrspun of u provincial theology ; your philosophy aspiring to do the tusk of sympathy takes away ball HI birthright. He rec;des from tha j hoar and mind of the world! But If you allow Him to be an actual resi dent in life and to live in the world ' to which He came, to work, to won tr, to minister, to suffer, to joy and to love, you restore Him to men. Again lie lives In power, and by His very mastery of life Indicates His claim to ha the chief ust among ten ! thousand. The supreme divinity of Christ, His Individual and unique n latlon to the ' Father are best apprehended by set- ting His life in Its ordinary and usual j human relations, permitting It to tell It" own story and make Its own Impression. Wfhether you compare i Christ with the Samaritan woman or with the astonished disciples His own transcendent greatness is In distinct I arYencc. Hire is n travel-3talnt d, weary and thirsty pilgrim s.lting by a well: thara a commo:i water carrier comes ; to nil his pitcher. Their Interview t rho.vs at once that they nre not upon the .aui level; they do not aee life I from the sauce ancle. The traveler in evidently in full posseantoa of j something fo;- which the Samaritan woman has only heart hunger, some- ! thlr.s very high, noble, soul satisfy ing. Th-? dlfeiptef who com- as she leaves are not much above her level, so far as appreciating Christ Is con cerned. They wonder that Ha Is will ing to stoop to speak to suc'j a per son! They effer Him food. Hospi tality la the only grace they can at present afford. "MRSt-er. eat! " How (flight an appreciation they have oi the really nutritive fore? of life! "I have eaten. I have b:-f rel '. i th d," says Christ. "Can U be that anyone has offered Him lunch la our a'o Banco?" they inquire. "My meat." says Christ, "Is to do the will of Him that sent Me and to t finish His work." Here is strong meat, ind -ed! Here is spiritual manna, indeed! The will and the work are tha staples of that perpetual fenV. which alone will sat isfy tho higher soul-life of mankind. A flrt great teaching or this incident is t'.o personal nature of real religion. One of the pathetic is;ons of our own day is that of multitudes trying to find a place io trus1. their soul!.. Religions which the world has out grown are v'aivanized Into Ufa again nd are mr.Ce the depositories of rest less spirits. New forms of religion have fcr many mighty attractions anJ for a time seem to satisfy the soul de sire. There mu3t be some oua thing ttbou; i he faith of Jesus which gives It preeminence over all ot.ier forms of fait u, however much of fragmen tary trust they emorace. And that one thing is the sense of personal re lation witli Cod. "My meat Is to do the Bill of Him that 3.ent Me! " This Is the great Christian contribution '. j religion. Cod is Father of all spir its. To connect vith His will is to re late onesel.' with Him and satisfy the longings of one's deepest soul. "I know Jesus Christ," said Bushell, better than I know any man in the city of Hartford, and if Hs should be walking along the street and see me, He would say. 'There goes a friend of Mine.' " The joy, the assurance, the cer tainty of a Christian faith, root them selves In the sense of p -rsonal rela tion between the soul and God, which affords the comfort, security and in spiration of living. Jesus again is insistent in His teaching that a loyal will always ex presses itBelf In work: "To finish His work." A personal relation with God expresses itself through a social ap preciation aud effort. Nobody ever travels to Heaven clone. Everybody must help carry aomtuody else who would mount live shining pinnacles of the city of our God. The' greatest work In the world Is to get one's will IB play to establish goodwill among man! There is tile race question, for ev Mtplf, How are men of different laces to be treated in free America? It Is no longer a question of the Colored man alone, hue of the Indian, the Japanese, the Chinese as well. Indeed. It Is no longer a mere Amer ican question It Is nn international question, lound to become more and more Imperative and vital In coming deys. What Is the solution? Is It in in stitutions of social sympathy like clubs am! settlem inta? Is It In laws drastic and enforced'.' These can do some thing, but the real solution waits upon tho will of the peopl-, upon dls- lujftiLiuu uuu uMjiuue. i ne ueeper recognitions are in order. "A man's a man for a' that!" The nobler fel lowships are due. The will of God Is waiting for a larger expression over agaiiiBt passion, pride and prejudice! It Jesus could find iu an ordinary Samaritan water carrier a soul worthy of Hit kindly disposition, His sympathy. His solicitude, then His followers are bound to find in every human being a spiritual relative and maintain toward all made In the Im , ttut of God a brother's regard and care. Doing the will of God will alwnys express Itself Iu some form of social .; 'rvice. You will solve facial problems only by kneading Into ihem the leaven of the Christian spirit and there will be a rise in every social scale as the will of Christ is by His disciples given adequate expresalon. A third aud final teaching of the Master in this Incident concerns spir itual accomplishments. What we want, says the lmpatieut disciple, 1b results! Indeed, here is a great truth, but what kind of results, pray? Are apparent returns alway the Indices of a true Christian pi greas? Is It not possible "to make u showing" which by Its very lurldm s la only a blind to a really deplorable state of affairs! "hocp mtnei. ruportfciai endctvor and questionable procedure are, to be snro. dp.7.zlinir temptations. Ap parently they take the kingdom of Heaven by violence and. bring It in. lteally they are sorry apologies for a true accomplishment, which Is, first of all, In the Implanting of a will, a disposition. He that belleveth shall not make haste! "Ti e sower and the reaper shall rejoice together." The man who sows a t-plrit and the man who reaps a harvest are fellow sharers In a common joy! It Jesus Is judged by the harvest ing of His life, He has small tally! Two hundred souls, only, embraced His faiih when He gave His life for the world. Rut If nny true measure ment attempts to estimate the real ize of His life, and He Is judged by the sowing of His life, then. In deed, does He appear as a master workman. He burled a spirit In the heart of the world which has beep in thp world evsr since, with Its ever recurring seedtime and harvest. He is known among mn by tho splendor of His will, which abides, rather than by the Incidents of His work, which are glorious memories of the past. Toe will and the work, these two; but the greatest, the most harvesting of these Is will, for, after all, "It is not what a man does, but would do, which exalts him;" and mighty are the spiritual accomplishments of those, no matter for apparent figures, whose hearts are stayed on I Urn and thiough Him reach loving nrniB to the world. The Wood of Christ. Have we outlived the efficacy of the blood oi Christ, and is the tale of His Cross a sound from which all the music has gone forever? We need the sun to-day, as we have ever needed It; the wind is still the breath of health to our dying bodies; still we find In the earth the bread without which we cannot live; these ore our friends oT whom we never tire; can it be that the only thing of which we are Weary is God s answer to our soul's deepest need? Shall we keep everything but Mm blood of Christ? Shall the Cross go, and the sum be left? Verily, as the sun with drew at the sight of that Cross, and for the moment fled away, he would shine never more were that sacred tree hewn down by furious man. Tho blood of Christ is the foun tain of immortality! The blond of Christ, it makes the soul's summer warm and beauteous! , The blood of Christ, It binds all Heaven, with its many mansions and throngs without number, iu holy and indlssoluole se curity! My soul, seek no other Btraam In which to drown thy lep rosy! My lips, BpMk no other song With which to charge your music! My hands, seek no other task with which to prove your energy! 1 would be swallowed up iu Christ. I would ba nailed to His Cross. 1 would be bap tized with His baptism. I would quail under the agony of His pain that I might triumph with Him iu the glory o! His resurrection. O my Jesus! my Saviour! Thine heart did burst for me, and all its sacred blood flowed for the cleansing of my sin. I need it all. I need it every day. I need it more and more. I search otii the inmost recesses of my poor wild heart and Itt Thy blood remove every stain of evil. J"cr since by faith 1 saw the stream Thy Mowing wounds supply, Redeeming love li:u been iny theme, And ball be tjjl I die. Mighty Saviour! Itepoat all Thy miracles by taking away the guilt and torment of my infinite sin. By the late Joseph Parker, 1). D., In Lou don Christian. CHIItSTIrtN tirtDOIVOB NOTES DECEMBER FIFTEENTH. Confident testimony for Christ. Luke 12: 11, 12; Acta 4: 13-33. Testimony through the Spirit. 1 Cor. 12: 1-3. A lest of salntshlp. 1 John 4: 1-6 Union with Ood. I John 4: 1.1-16 , Confession anil salvation. Rom ; 10: Ml, Confession and courage. Mark S: .14-18. good confession. Acts 7: fit -60. I Notios that Christ's promise of Words of power without preparation extends only over the time when there is no opportunity for prepara . II. .u (Luke 12: 11). Whoever trusts God to guide his it-i ; ration, and trusts Him to guide lila tongue when there s no time for i preparation, will always speak well il.ul'e 12: 12). If we speak boldly nnd well for Christ our Ignorance nnd weakness l nre only positive proof of Christ's . wisdom and power (Acts 4: 13) Confident speech Is bom of the l ie. ,. nee of the Holy Spirit In our : hearts, and that presence is born of ! prayer (Acts 4: Si), If we have no confidence In testi mony, may It not be that we aro seeking to speak for ourselves more '. than for Christ? I The Greek word for "witness" Is ' the same as our English word ! 'martyr.' No true witnessing Is free ; from martyrdom. Whoever would rely upon Christ to guide his speech must rely upon Him to guide the rest of his life also. Confident testimony for Christ at i tracts, hut combatant testimony re ', pels. i The conduit can best testify of the lake by keeping Itself free from j everything but the lake. The best evidence Is unprepared I speech, ns the best proof of a good ' cook Is a hastily prepared meal. Lead is heavy and Inert; If it were j otherwise. It would not give so good testimony In the bullet of the powder behind it. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. 1 NTF.RN ATIONAT M'SSON COM MFNT8 FOR DKC. 15 IVY THF, REV. f. W. 1IKNDKRNON. EPWQRtH LLAUUt LES SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15 The Joy of the Lord. Some of the- most precious lessons of love and trust wcra taught me by a poor Invalid upon one of the flrt charges to which I was sent. She was dependent upon her friends; was a constant rheumatic sufferer, and a continued consumptive. She was a sanctified Scotch Presbyterian, and a monument of the power of Christ's love to soothe and cheer in suffering. While disease stuck envenomed fangs into her flesh her soul was ever In a transport of joy. "Oh!" said she, "I havo not a pain or a priva tion, I have no suffering or sorrow but Jesus is a sharer." "Surely He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. Dut He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our Iniquities; the chas tisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed." W. S., In the Vanguard. A Prayer From the Heart. The prayer that James Murdock, the noted elocutionist, overheard Prantdant Lincoln offer in. the White House, umld the dark hours of the night, was a reliable criterion of his character. It was during the must fearful time of the Rebellion. Lin coln was on his knees before the open Bible, in the agony of supplication. He cried out, so pleadingly and sor rowfully: "Ob, Thou God that heard Solomon In the night, when he prayed for wisdom, hear me. I cannot lead this people. I cannot guide the affairs of this nation, without Thy help. I am poor aud weak and sinful. O God, who didst hear Solomon when he cried for wisdom, hear m-, and save this nation." Prayer Advocate. The Straight Gate ( Luke 13: 23, 30.) Passages for reference: Isa. 55: -!. Matt. 20; Phil. 3: 18, 14; 2 Tim. 2: 1; 1 John 2: fi. it is simple but not easy to be a full-fledged Christian. Otherwise it would not appeal to the heroic In us There 1 joy and tatlstaotton In win ning a hardly contested prize. The very striving to live right and help ful brings out our best ns a hard task Hi VI lops ail latent forces. Tho men tnl. moral, or physical loafer will never be n Christian.. It demands as much gilt nnd courage to be a real Christian today as it did form erly to go to the stake. Wealth and position are left at the tomb's door, but character furnishes capital for business In the next world. We will win (lie crown to-duy. Tomorrow should see us after new conquests There Is no time for lazy dozing. We matt "watch as well as pray." They will be hand-holding partners. It will Command our best powers. Imagine u Japanese naval officer asleep on duty! Just before Togo met the Russian fleet the flags spelled out. nt his command, these words: "The destiny of our empire depends upon this action. You are all expected tc do your utmost." How did they re spond! Just one hundred years be fore, Nelson, at Trafalgar, put up the words "England expects every man to do his duty." Shall we be less re sponsive to our Commander who "tasted death" and who leads the way to victory? Count not the straight gate u deprivation or a bug bear, but a challenge to show your self a "good soldier of Jesus Christ" t Tim. 2: 3). The "straight gate" test Is not an nrbltrary one. Heaven to remain so must be made up of worthy citizens The tares, the dross, the worthless must be sifted out. Those who Imi tate Christ will fit Into the atmos phere and spirit of the homeland Others would be miserable there. Some would Inaugurate a rebellion, if possible. Many would crosa thelt wills with things and create friction. The rough corners of our lives m 1st be cut off. His Spirit mU3t be ab sorbed and Incarnated If we are con genial citizens. Since he was made perfect through suffering, shall wo expect a "flowery bed of ease"? Religion is false if there nre no practical results. It Is well to have an emotional experience. We miss Joy without It. I.AHOIt WORLD. What Taliiiage Haiti. The Rev. T. De Witt Talmage once said: "You cannot find a great evan gelistic preacher that is accomplish ing any great good for Christ, who is nit backed up by a praying, con secrated baid of eainjst church I workers." It Failed to PerNiiade. A well-known ofllcer has a beauti ful daughter. A joung ensign, with no resources but bis salary, fell la love with her, and asked the old gen tleman for her hand. Tho father at once told him that he had hardly enough to keep him In white gloves and io burnish his brass buttons, "Well, Admiral, what you say Is true; but vuen you married you were only a midshipman, w'tn even a smaller salary than mine. How did you gel along'.''' asked tho youug en sign, who thought be had made a good defense. Rut uot so. The crafty old sea-dog thundered forth: "I lived on my fatber-in-law for ,lhe first leu yeara, but I'll be handed If you are going to do It. "Tit-Bits. The new sea wall at GalveBton, said to be the most stupendous work of tho kind on earth, la 17.GU3 feet long, seventeen feet above the mean low tide, Bixteen feat wide at the base, five feet wide at the top and cost S1,2UM00. A new union of mattress mnkcrs is being formed In Boston, Mass. Cauada's clothing industry of all kinds gives employment to 26.000 people. Organized women workers in the cigar malting and tobacco Industry of Get many number 15,333. The Wheeling Majority la now the official organ of the Tinplate Work era' International Protective Associa tion. New unions of freight handlers and Interior warehousemen are being or ganized at Mansfield and Lowell, MM, An effort is being made to fix a uniform rate of $2.50 a day for labor ers in the Department of Water, Elec tricity and Gas in New York City. An office has been opened In Minne apolis by the Industrial Workers of the World, and preparations are be ing made for a "campaign of educa tion." The Cleveland (Eng.) Mine Own era' Association and the representa tives of the miners agreed recently that wages are not to be altered this quarter. There was another dockers' strike in Belfast, Ireland, recently, but it soon terminated, the men resuming work at an advance In wages as de manded. After lasting for three years a set tlement of the dispute baa been ar rived at at the Main Colliery, Skewen, near Neath, Wales. The trouble was over a question of wagea. luventors are perfecting a new lock stitch machine which, it is asserted, will take 1350 stitches a minute, and enable an operator to do 600 pairs of shoos a day, or a cair a minute. Operatlvo M aeons and Bricklayers' Association of South Australia, re ports that "It Is a great many years silica the association has been in such a flourishing condition, numerically." CZAR'S CHARMED LIFE. Subject: The Roy Samuel. I. Ram. ft: 1-21 CJolrlen Text, I. Hnm. Memory Verses, 8-H) Rend I. Hnmnel 1-4. The nrophet Samuel, pays Rev. W (1 Hlalkle. n. D., In his commentary on Samuel, like the the book which bears his name, comes In ns n con necting link between the Judges and the Kings of Israel. He belonged to a transition period. It was appointed to him to pilot the nation between two stages of Its history: from a re public to a monarchy; from a condi tion of somewhat casual nnd indefi nite arrangements to one of more systematic and orderly government. Tho great object of his life was to secure that, this chang- Bhould bo made in the way most beneficial for the nation, nnd especially most bene ficial for Its spiritual Interests. Care must be taken that while becoming like the nations in having a king. Israel shall not become like them In religion, but shnll continue to stand out In hearty and unswerving alle giance to the law and covenant of their father's Ood. Samuel was the last of the judges, and In u sense the first of the prophets. The last of the Judges, but not a military judge; not ruling like Samson by physical strength, but by high spiritual ties and praver; not so much wrestling against flesh nnd blood as against principalities nnd powers, and the rulers of the darkness of this world, and spiritual wickedness in high plnces. In this respect his function as Judge blend ed with his work as prophet. Be fore him, the prophetic office was but a casual illumination; under him It becomes n moro steady nnd syste matic light. He was the first of a succession of nronhets to whom God placed side bv side with tho kings nnd priests of Israel to supply thnt fresh moral nnd spiritual force which the prevailing worldllness of the one nnd formalism of the other rendered so neressarv for the great ends for which Israel whs chosen. With pome fine exceptions, the kings and nriesta would have allowed the seed of Abra ham to drift rway from the noble purpose for which God had called them; conformity to the world In spirit If not In form was the pre vailing tendency: the prophets were raised up to hold the nation firmly to tho covenant, to vindicate the claims of its heavenly King, to thun der Judgments against idolntrv and nil rebellion, nnd pour words of com fort Into the hearts of all who were faithful to their God. nnd who looked for redemption In Israel. Of this order of God's .servants Samuel was the first. And called as he was to this office nt a transition period, the Importance of It was all the greater. The first thing that engages our special attention in this chanter is the singular way in which Samuel was called to receive God's message In tho temple The word of God was rare In those days; there wag no open vision, or rather no vision that came abroad, that was promulgated to the nation as the expression of God's will. From the tone In which this Is referred to, It was evidently looked on ns a want, as placing the nation in a less de sirable position than in days when God was constantly communicating His will. Now, however, God Is to come into cloBer contact with tho people, and for this purpose Ho is to employ a new instrument as tho medium of His messages. For God Is never at a loss for suitable instru ments they are always ready when peculiar work has to be done. In the selection of the boy Samuel as His prophet there is something pain ful, but likewise something very In teresting. It is painful to find the old high priest passud over, his ven erable years and venerable office would naturally have pointed to blm; but In spite of many good qualities, In ono point he is grossly unfaithful, and tho very purpose of tho vision now to bo made Is to declare the out come of his faithlessness. But it is interesting to find that already the child of Hannah is marked out for this distinguished service. Even in his case thero is opportunity for veri fying tho rule, "Them that honor Me I will honor." His entire devo tion to God's service, so beautiful io one of such tender years, the sign of a character well adapted to become the medium of God's habitual com munications with His people. Young though ho is, his very youth in one sense will prove an advantage. It will show that what he speaks Is not the mere fruit of his own thinking, but is the message of God. It will chow that the spiritual power that goes forth with bis words is not his own natlvo force, but the force of tho Holy Spirit dwelling In him. It will thus be made apparent to all that God has not forsaken His poo ple, corrupt and lumentably wicked though the young priests are. We cannot but remark what a dan gerous position, in a mere human point of view, Samuel occupied. The danger was that which a young man encounters wheu suddenly or early raised to the possession of high upirl tual power. Samuel, though little more than a boy, was virtually the chief man In Israel. Set so high, hla natural danger was great. But God, who placed him there, sustained in him the spirit of humble dependence. lAfter all he was but Gad'u servant. Humble obedience was still his duty. And In this higher sphero his career was but a continuation of what had been described when it was said, "The child Samuel ministered to the. Lord in Shtloh." AN ADVERTISEMENT. Manager "I can't do a thing with' Smith, the new clerk. I've had him in three departments, and he sleepr all day long." Proprietor "Put hlra at the paja ma counter and fasten this card on bim: 'Our night clothes are ot such superior quality that even the as sistant who aelU them cannot keep wake." Tit-Bits. JUST AS GOOD. Ezra Winrow "I never aee the like uv that storekeeper In Canutff's mills. He ain't ever got what yew call fer, but always otters 'something Just as good.' " Silas Stubble "Runs in his na ture, Ezry. Why, eveu whu his country called for blm durin' in war be sent a substitute, b'cosh!" Puck. New York City. Happily for the rising generation, the full Importance of systematic exercise has come to be realized and every school girl In cludes nn exercise suit In her outfit. This one shows several novel nnd altogether desirable features and allows a choice of long or elbow sleeves. It Is made with the com fortable round collar finishing the nock ind is finished at the front with a regulation shirt waist box pleat. In White Harness Bi lls. A modish belt Is of white harnosi leather In natural color, which is made of narrow strips stitched together. Silks mihI Pcntlicni. Pleated and fringed atlks decorate many fall hats, frequently In conjunc tion with some of the varieties of fnncy feathers. ' i - i fJInvo. The gauntlet glove has taken a hold on the fancy of the faatldlous and Is Been with almost any street roatume. This form of glove wa once confined to the proper AiiIbIi foi the riding coatume, but It has broker bonds and now covers the coat ufl of the pedestrian sulfa. Quaintest of Wraps, The quaintest wrap to be Intro duo ! this season Is the shnwl ol chiffon, thin silk or crepe do chine edged with tiny flounces headed with baby velvet ribbon and draped with the same ribbon. They are drawn down the middle of the back with thf ribbon. Heart Should Harmonize. Scurfs which are worn with after BOOB ne well as with evening gowns should match or harmonize with thf frock. For afternoon wear BlIkB and crepes which have borders in oriental designs or stripes are used. Evening scarfs of chiffon crepe or thin silk have deep borders of silver or gold spangles. Smart scarfs areeitremelj long, usually reaching nearly to thf hem of the skin the Illustration it is made o' a light weight serge stitched with belding silk and that is, perhapB, the beet material for the purpose, but bril liantine Is quite correct and light weight flannel is In use. The Biilt is made with the bloiiBe and bloomers. The blouse combines plain back with tucked fronts and 1 Is finished with a band at the waist 1 Box Pleated Walking Skirt. Box pleated skirts are always grace ful and at the moment urc In greal favor. This ono is designed for the fashionable walking length Mid 1b ap proprlate for nlmost overy skirting material and is adapted both to tht coat suits and the odd skirts. In thf Illustration it Is made of white Slcll ian mohair stitched with belding silk I. . . t . . I. n I , ...... ..! .. . Ulll 11 BUIICI II' MlieuB tlUU ,'llj I' 1 I' j me present, ana also me wool ma line. The long sleeves are gathered into straight cuffs, but when elbow sleeves are used they are finished with those of the roll-over sort. The comfortably'ull bloomers are laid In pleats at their upper edges and also ure jrined to u band, and this band Is buttoned onto the one attached to the blouse, so that there is absolutely no danger of parting at the-waist line. The quantity of material required for the medium size (twelve years) Is alx yards twenty-teven, three and one-half yards forty-four or three yards fifty-two Inches wide. llluck Velvet Collar Black velvet ribbon dog collars are the latest fad Slides are set with diamonds In the expensive designs and rhlnestones In moderate priced collars. The Bibles are generally ob long or heart shaped, while soma of those copied from the expensive styles ure designed In intricate scroll pat terns. Ribbon bracelets also are pop ular, and they come with Blldes in designs to match tbe collars. Pink, White and Black. A distinctly quaint frock of paleat crushed Btrawberry pink very One satin-faced cloth Is . trimmed with silken embroidery in the Chlueae style, but carried out In two shades of the pink, ivory white, and touches of black cords, and finished wltb very thick fringe iu black, arranged In groups like tbe frlugea which con clude an ecclesiastical Mtule. teriala that will bo in demand before muny weeks. Again, It can be util ized for pongee nnd for silk, so thai It becomes a very generally useful und serviceable model. The atitched hem is an all sufficient finish, but II liked banding, either of the samf or contrasting material can be ap plied above It, The Km la cut in nine gores and Is laid in box pleats, the edges ol Miraculous Escipn ot Nicholas II From Violent Death. mperor Nicholas may be said to bear a charmed life, and there is no monarch In modern times nor prince of the blood, who has had so many hair-breadth escapes. For It now turns out that the wreck of his steam yacht Standart was the result not ot accident, but of deliberate design. Tho channel where the mishap oc curred Is notoriously dangerous, bo much so that the little passenger ateamera running from St. Peters burg to the neighboring Finnish ports, and drawing a third as much water as the Imperial yacht, are strictly forbidden to use It. This prohibition is known to everybody In Finland and Is a matter with which every navigating officer of the Musco vite navy is acquainted. Yet In spite of this the most ex perienced Finnish pilot took the huge Imperial yacht Into the channel at full speed, of course ripping up her bottom on several rocks, which, in spite of what has been said to the contrary, flffure on overy chart, Rus sian as well as foreign. The boat wbb going nt the rate of fifteen knots when she struck, and the force was so great as to glvo her a heel ol twenty-four degrees. Fortunately the eea was absolutely and phenome nally calm. If the ordinary fresh Finnish weather had prevailed it would havo been a matter of the ut most difficulty to have taken off the women, and especially the children, in boats. The commodore in command of the boat was the captain of that solitary cruiser of tho ill fated" Baltic fleet which managed after the victory of Admiral Togo to escape northward and to convey to Vladivostok the first news of the destruction of the Rus sian armada in the Sea of Tsushima. The arrival of that ono battle scarred, storm beaten cruiser In the bay at Vladivostok In view of the crowds assembled on the neighboring heights to witness the advent of the great Muscovite fleet which they had hoped would break the naval power of Ja pan, turn the tide of the war and transform defeat Into victory, but which proved to be such a messenger of evil, has furnished Ihe insplralioa of several striking marine paintings. The Czar's escapes, so far a they are known to the public, havo beau, to say tho least, dramatic nnd v.oll nigh miraculous, and there are many others which from motives of policy have remained shrouded in mystery. One of the most sensational was the wreck of the Imperial special train at Borkl, In October, 1888, when tho destruction was bo complete that It seemed Inconceivable that nny ono could have escaped alive. Twenty ono were killed outright, including several of the servants, who were in the act of serving d!3iics to tho late Czar, seated with his wife aud his children at dinner. Grand Duchess Olga'a nurse was found with her skull shattered, holding tightly clasped In her arms tho child, whose only injury, beyond the terrible shock to her ner vous system, was caused by a dinner fork, the prongs of which had pene trated deeply Into her arm. Alex ander III also sustained some slight Injuries, but tho present Emperor, then a lad of twenty, suffered no harm at all. I need hardly add that the destruction of tho imperial train at Borkl was nothing more nor less (than a carefully organized attempt to wipe out of exist. -in at one blow the late Emperor and nil his children, for no more deadly spot could have been selected for the purpose than that where the wreck took place. Tnon there was that attempt upon the life of the'-preent Czar in Ja pan, when a crazed ar.d fanatic Ja paueae ex-noble struck at him with one of those terrible old two-handed Japanese swords, the blades of which are so keen and bo finely tempered that they will slice without effort a silken handkerchief thrown up Into the air, and cut through tissue and bone, inflicting the most frightful wounds. Nicholas, thanks to the In tervention of his cousin. Prince George of Greece, who hit the would be aasassin a terrific blow on tho head with hia heavy walking stick, escaped with a glancing wound on the head. Had the sword struck true, and had It not been for Prince George's Interference, it must have cleft the head of Nicholas to the chin. Then, two years ago, when the Em peror, tho Empress and his other relatives were presiding at the cere mony of the bleBBlng of the waters of the Neva, tho guns used In firing tho salutes across the stream from the opposlto bank wero found to be loaded with shrapnel instead of blank cartridge, and several members of the Imperial entourage standing in the Immediate vicinity of the Czar and Czarina were struck, while many, of the windows of tbe Winter Palace, Including the two at which the Im perial children were standing to wit ness the ceremony, were shattered. Now we have the wreck of the yacht Standart. Truly tho escapea of tho present Emperor of Ruasla from vio lent death may be described as mi raculous. Marquise De Fontenoy. in New York Tribune. which meet at the upper portion, and which effectually conceal the aeams Tire ploats are atitched flat over thi hlpa. Tbe quantity of material required for the medium size is eleven and one-quarter yards twenty-wveu, sit and one-quarter yarda forty-four oi fifty-two Inches wide. Secret of Happlueas. The secret of happiness in every life la to be doing what you feel you can do beat, and to have your own Inglenook. To do what you can do best includes the entire gamut, from housekeeper to social queen, though 1 should like to turn the gamut up side down by putting the homehiaker at tbe top instead of the bottom of tbe acale. Tour own inglenook you must have, married or single, If you would take Into your life all the hap pluess It offers, and give out of your lito all the happiness It owes the community. Pal) Mall Magazine Meat -Drying Increases. The development of the meat dry lug (Jerked beef) Industry in BrEil Is proceedlug rapidly, apparently at. the expeuso ot the industry In Ar gentina und Uruguay. Tho following figures are given for killings for the in ..i five months of the present sea son : Argentina, 148, 800; Uruguay, 492,000; Bratil, 674,000.
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