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
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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.