The Bridge Party
By JANE LUDLUM LEE
(Cufyiivlit, I'jn, ly AitucUtJ Liiaitry Proit.)
. OME along, Emily, we prom
ised to go over early and
help Kate fix the tablet for
the club meeting this after
noon, and you know bow
be always leaves every
thing for the last minute.
"I'll te down In a Jiffy, Flora, but
uch luck as I am having. One Bide
tif my hair Is as straight as a poker
niid the other I have burned off with
Che curling Irons. This talk about ltg
being a woman's duty to make borself
M beautiful as possible don't go In
the summer time."
Kmlly appeared In a few minutes,
adding the finishing touches to her
tulk't.
"You see this skirt? Well, It don't
meet by four Inches. I have been
taking that obesity cure for the past
month and I'll wager I've gained a
round a day that's why I have tied
tlilx pink ribbon around my 35-Inch-malHtllne.
Hut what do I care for
that crowd? Come, let's hurry along."
They hurried down the duply coun
fry road until they reachod the out
Skirts of the vlllago and soon caino to
h Hi I In cottage with rose bushes ram
lillng over every shutter on the lower
poor. They turned Into the path that
od to the house, but no sign of life
Hvaa seen or heard. It was one of
Ibose still, sultry afternoons In Au
giiut when even the singing of the
Robins seems to Jar on the quiet of the
atmosphere.
"Looks more like a funeral to me
Ihan a party," remarked Kmlly.
"Where do you suppose Kate Is?"
They rang the bell, rang It again,
and still no answer. Tbey looked at
act) other and then rang again a
lulrd time.
"I'll go round to the back door,"
paid Flora; "they roust all be In the
kitchen."
And then In a few moments Flora's
(voice could be beard calling.
"Emily Emily, come on around
fcere she Is."
"Ob, girls," exclaimed Kate, "I'm so
glad you came. I'm fussed to death,
pother's gone to the missionary
pneetlng, and the hired man cut bis
"Kate. I Have Finished the Punch, but
I Can't Find Any Glasses."
mo off last night and has not been
klil to do a single chore for me.
Here, Flora, you take this duster and
In up the parlor, and Emily, turn up
hat dross of yours and get busy
squeezing lemons for the punch.
"Kate Price, you are the worst girl
I "vr knew. Don't you know the
K'rls will bo here In a few minutes
nnd you have not a thing ready?"
With this, off came the pink sash rib
bon. "What have you been doing all
morning?" With this she loosened
her collar. "Just supposing we hadn't
come around." Up went the skirt and
big pin held It well above all dan
ger.
"Oh. Kmlly. you wouldn't be so
tuenn. Mko a good girl, go ahead and
do what you can, and I'll run upstairs
snd dross. I'll be done In time to
Hiako the sandwiches."
Emily proceeded to squeeze one
lenion with her hands while she rolled
notour with her foot, while Flora
lusted like a machine. For a few mo
moms no sound was heard in the
bona.!. Presently Emily appeared In
tB" hall and called up to Kate:
"Kate, have finished the punch, but
I cannot find any glasses. Tell me
whore they are and 1 11 set thorn on
'he table."
"Mercy mo whatever shall I do?"
responded Kate from upstairs. "I
loaned thorn all last night for the min
ister's donation party and they have
n"t sent them back. Please go ask
Samuel If his toe Is not well enough
f(r hltn to step over and get thorn."
"I'll do no'.hlng of the kind, Kate
P,lce," said Emily as she flounced
l'ck to the kitchen.
"Kate- Kate." walled Flora. "I've
dusted the room and fixed the tables,
tut I can't find the cards where are
they?"
"brother Tom was going to get
towe on the two o'clock train and
'"Ing some new ones, but he hasn't
ome yet oh dear, whRt shall I do?"
"Where are the old ones?" Buggest
i Flora.
"Why, I brought one of Rover's lit
tle pups In the house last night and
hlle I was not looking It chewed the
hole pack up in tiny bits."
Before Flora bad time to express
"r inward feelings, the front door
Colors Qlve Uo Their Secrets.
The famous blue color given to the
Porcelain manufactured at Sevres has
'ong been belleved"tobe the result of
secret process, and many legends
t about It. It has, however, been
gently ahown that It Is a mistake
suppose that Sevres blue cannot be
Produced elsewhere. As a matter of
CJ. it is produced In many French
Werles, where sufficient care Is ta-
en and where pure oxld of cobalt la
M. Formerly It was difficult to
crwurs this article without Impurt-
bell rang. Each girl waited for tbo
other to make the move, but no one
cured to take the initiative. Flora and
Emily met In the ball and gasped to
bear Kate't voice calling out of the up
per window:
"Please ring again. I don't think
the girls beard you."
Flora dropped hor apron and start
ed for the door. She turned the catchi
she pulled, she put ber knee agalust It
and pulled some more,
"Oh, Emily, do come help me. We
simply must let them In."
So together they pulled, then the,
girls on the outside began to help by
putting their combined weight iigalnsl
It and pushing. All to no avail.
"Kate Price, oome down here thli)
minute tnd let the girls In we can'1
budge this door."
Kate appeared as fresh as you,
please In a dainty white dress, and at
she came down the stairs her fac
plainly showed a whole expression ol
contentment.
"Ob, we had that door painted yes
terday and I suppose It bus all stuck
fast." Iler pretty brown head api
peared at the front window as she
called, "You will have to come In the
back way, girls, the door Is stuck."
Tbey all turned and came around to
the back door, where Kate let them In
with the air of a well trained hostess.
"Just look at my dress, all . green
paint I won't have a thing to wear
to the bop." "Dear me this orgaudl
1b ruined It won't wash," were Just a
few of the greetings she received.
Kute rose supreme, however, to all
such trifles, and she had soon man
agod to pacify all of the girls, and
tbey were seated around the tablos,
when the bell rang again. Out of tha
window went Kate's bead, and the
minister's voice was beard to say:
"My dear Miss Price, I've run over
with the glasses that you sent last
night, and Mrs. Perkins asks you
please to accept these few goodies
that were left over from the dona
tion." A large, substantial-looking
basket was handed In the window.
"Oh, Mr. Perkins, do come In and
meet the girls, and have some lemon
ado. Will you climb In the window or
come around the back way?"
"I'm coming In, Miss Price, JuBt long
enough to preach a sormon to one of
your party. I met Tom down the road
sitting on a rail fence In a most de
jected frame of mind, and, by the way,
here Is a package be gave me to de
liver. Now a rail fence on a hot af
ternoon Is no place for a young man
to be sitting with a broken heart, and
I propose to send Miss Emily down to
tell him so."
' lie can sit there till the fence gives
way," snapped Miss Emily. "I'm not
going."
"Oh yes you are. Miss Emily. Tom
told me all about It, and It's quite
your own fault. Sam did cut his toe.
You are wholly to blame, so go tell
ihim so before he succumbs to a sun
stroke."
It took the combined pleadings of
Mr. Perkins and the club members,
but after much persuasion, and even
threats, Emily started for the rail
fence that ran around the orchard. She
diplomatically approached from the
rear. There Tom sat, hunched up like
a blackbird In the rain.
"Tom!" called a rather weak voice.
"Emily, darling!" and with a bound
be was at her side.
"I'm sorry I didn't let you In last
night, Tom, but you see I thought
you stopped In to see Lucy Wright
and that made you late."
"No, dear, I told the truth. Sam
did cut his toe off with the wood cut
ter, and I had to go for the doctor."
"I know It now," admitted Emily.
"Mr. Perkins told me, and then, be
sides, I've seen Sam." Then with a
shy little glance she stole up to Tom
and said:
'I know where Mr. Perkins Is now,
Tom."
'Emily, can It be? Will you really
be mine today?"
"Yes, Tom, today, If Mr. Perkins
thinks I've atoned sufficiently for my
sin."
Tom took her In bis arms for Just a
moment, and then together they start
ed for the house. They found Mr. Per
kins prying open the front door in
order that the club members might at
least make a proper exit, and the two
toiu everybody of their plans.
There wns a quiet little wedding In
town that uight, and the club attend
ed In a body. Sam recovered suffi
ciently to drive the bride and groom
to the station, aud to this day the
members of the Ilrldge club have al
ways contended that Emily won the
prize at their last meeting.
While They Detect.
"Every criminal 1b sure to leave a
number of clews behind him."
"Yes," replied the old police officer.
"I suspect that Bonie of thorn leave
as many as possible so as to keen the
detectives theorizing while they catch
a steamboat."
Would Be Sensible.
"Yonder Is an early robin. See hi
red breast?"
"Yes; and It gave me quite a start
at first. I thought the Intelligent bird
was wearing a chest protector."
Safe and Sure.
"What Is the best way to Induce
chest expansion?"
'Medals."
ties, which Injured the color; but
chemical science has overcome all th
difficulties. The same Is true of th
Chinese green known as celadon. I,
was Invented In Chlnak but It can b
perfectly reproduced elsewhere. Har
per's Weekly.
Could Use t.
"Here 1$ an advertisement whlcl
offers a reuipe for removing superflu
oua hair without pain."
"Send for It. I'll give It to my bat
ber."
HOME
NURSING
THE HOME NURSE.
"What Is everybody's business Is no
Body's business." This . Is cspeclnlly
true In cases of sickness In the homes
where the nursing, or rare of the pa
:lent, devolves upon tho mombers of
:ho family. In such cases, where sev
eral try to carry out the physician's
orders, It often huppens that some or
lers are neglected, each member of
:he family believing that these things
4ad been attended to by somo other
person.
Whenever thoto Is Illness In a home
ind It does not seem advisable, for
rarlous rensons, to employ a trained
aurse, one person should e selected
to tnko charge of the patient, and this
person should receive nil orders Irom
the physician and bo responsible for
;bolr fulfilment.
The chief requirements for ono who
is to take the part of the nurse In a
Dome are neatness, quietness nnd an
bllity to carry out the physician's
jrders exactly.
In her personal appearance, a nurse
must be scrupulously clean und nent.
Hor hair should be tastefully dressed
nd free from ornaments. Her hands
should be clean and well cared for. A
roughened hand Is very annoying to
the pntlcnt. The nnlls should receive
especial attention nnd should be filed
rather short. A nurse should not wear
any rings for they are liable to catch
on the clothing or the patient's hair
and be annoying. The nurse's dress
ihould be of somo washable, cotton
material, soft enough not to rustlo
when she walks. White aprons glvo a
neat and tidy appearance. Her shoes
should not bo too heavy, permitting
her to step noiselessly about the room.
During the twenty-four hours some
provisions should be made for sufll
:lent sleep nnd outdoor exercise for
:he nu.-se. She seeds seven or eight
aours' sleep and oae or two hours for
exercise, besides time In which to
Iress, attend to her tollot require
ments and eat her meals without hur
rying. A nurse who does not have suf
ficient time for sleep and rest becomes
not only physically tired, but mentally
10 exhausted that she Is Incapable of
(ivlng proper rare to the patient or of
abservlng symptoms. For the Bake of
:he patient, bo sure that the nurse Is
jot overworked. She can be relieved
sf her duties by some other person.
At such times as sho Is away from her
patient, written orders for the substi
tute should be left and she should
make sure that the.one left In charge
jnderstamls the directions.
The nurse always should speak In a
low, well-modulated voice that can be
understood by tho patient without any
effort. She should never speak In
whispers or a low tone to a third per
son so the patient can hear the voices
but cannot understand what Is being
laid. A slek person Is very sensitive
Pretty Nightdresses
The stuge too, In a modified form,
Is to bo seen on the finer grade of
slippers.
Toques of bracade, with puffed
crowns of plain satin, are good for
the early spring days. They are trim
med wl.h small aigrettes at one
side .
Peanut straw L a name given to a
new coarse mesh straw which has the
effect of woven grass. There are all
sorts of smart little hats In It.
Dresden gold and silver ribbon
edged with a narrow line of plain col
ored satin make a most attractive
.trimming for the frock veiled with
chiffon.
Many blouses are showing designs In
beads or In a beaded effect, secured
by French knots. These latest are
very new and are worked In silk or
heavy cotton and In contrasting colors.
Straw Jack Tar hats are already In
the shops for boys, intended probably
for the little tourists going south.
Hy EDITH D. LOWRY
tfacticlor of Science, Graduate Nuraa,
I'hyiiciau and Suiiaon.
Formerly Superintendent of Jeffwrvin Park
and South Chicago lioapttala and Tialnlnc
bcltoolt for Niirat-ft. Anthur of "Conbdencai
A book for Yuuui Cilia."
and whispering Is annoying. The na
ture of the Illness should not be dis
cussed nnd nothing but tbo kindest
things said before the patient. A per
son who Is very 111 Is lncapablo of
carrying on, or even listening to, a
sustained conversation. In such a
caso, there should be as little con
versation as possible In the room. As
the patient becomes convalescent, ho
requires to bo entertained. A nurs
who ran read or tell light, happy
stories in an entertaining manner
Invaluable at such times. Gossip ol
tales of sadness or unklndness should
not be retailed to any patient. A pa
(lent who Is kept fn an optimistic
frame of mind stands a better chimes
of recovery than ono who Is melan
choly. Tho patient should bo made tc
feel that the nurse Is Interested In till
recovery and that everything Is being
done to hasten It.
When the physician makes bis dallj
visit, it Is considered a mnrk of ro
spect for the nurse to arise when lu
enters the room and remain standlm
unlcbs asked to bo seated; sho should
hand blm her written report (whlct
will bo explained later), answer anj
questions ho may ask and then qulotlj
leave tho room, and wait outside untl
ho leaves tho sickroom. This glvet
the patient an opportunity to talk prl
vately with the physician about any
thing he wishes. Often a patient doei
not talk freely with tho physician not
tell blm essential things, becauso d
an Inability to confide In blm in tlx
presence of a third party even If tha'
person Is an Intimate relutlve. Then
too, the nurso Is thus given an oppor
tunlty of speaking with tbo doc tot
about anything she wishes to knov
and of reporting to him anything sin'
does not deem It wise to say be fori
the patient.
(Copyright, by W. Q. Chapman.)
RENOVATOR FOR OLD OA,
Nothing Has Been Discovered Bette
Than Mixture Our Grand
mothers Used.
Every lxdy nowadays knows that t
secure a bright polish on an old oa?
chest or table there Is nothing t
equal "elbow grease."
In our grandmothers' days, howevet
It was elbow grease plus one of thel
wonderful and efficacious homomad
mixtures. Half a pint each of mal
vinegar atnl raw linseed oil wor
mixed with a couple of drams of bul
ter of antimony. This formed a polls",
which, after a good shaking, could b
rubbed on the old wood without fea
of spoiling the color, while It brough
about a bright ami glistening result
far less smeury than the warm boo
which was the old fashioned farnihous.
renovator for old ouk.
Sometimes the brims are different In
color from the square crowns.
The New Parasols.
A noticeable feature In some of the
new parasols Is the fancy form in
which the ferrule end of tho stick Is
cut. This end Is somewhat prolonged
aud Is shaped like an elongated bulb
at tho base. It tapers away for about
two Inches and ends with a tiny ball
at the Up.
Materials for Spring.
Serges aud cashmeres In plain col
ors, fancy mixtures, checks, stripes
and plaids, ulso worsteds, are now be
Ing featured for rprlng wear. These
are shown made up lu tailor effects,
Peter Thomsons, Russian, bretelle anil
Juniper styles for young girls.
New .Flowers.
One of the prettiest of artlllelu'
(lowers w hich the summer stylos have
produced Is tho big cleiuutls. This If
shaped true to nature and comes la
ail colors, although the natural pur
uie und white are perhaps the pret
Host.
God Uttered His Voice;
the Earth Melted
By PASTOR RUSSELL
of Brooklyn Tabernacle
6
TEXT We will not foar thouirh tht
diountulnn be carried Into the ryldat oi
iiiw ara. rinim it:. ,
ri , .
. i uuvo cnosen tor my text a sea
.topic, a symbolical prophecy which, I
believe, Is rapidly nearing fulfillment.
All lllblo students recognize the fact
that muny of the Psalms are Mes
slnnlo; that Is to say, they apply to
'the time of the Inauguration of Mes
siah's Millennial Kingdom. Some ol
ithem detail the peace and Joy and
blessings which will then prevail
,nmong men, when the great leveling
processes of that time will raise al
,'the worthy poor and degraded nnd
,will bumble all the proud, establish.
lng society under such new conditions
that the new order of things is sym
bollcally styled In the scriptures "a
new heavens and a new earth, where
in dwelleth righteousness" (II. Peter
Hi, 13). Others of the Psalms descrlbo
In highly figurative terms tho work of
the Millennial Age. For Instance, we
read :
"Thereforo will not we fear, though
tho earth bo removed, and though the
mountains be carried Into the midst
of the sea." Fear la the great tor
ruent of the majority of our race. It
Is the lash which the adversary fre
quontly uses to drive away from Ood
those who need his sympathy and
love and succor. To such the Lord
speaks tendorly saying, "Come unto
'me, all yo that labor and are heavy
'laden, and I will give you rest." And
'again, God declares his name to be
Love and Bays, 'Their fear toward me
Is taught by the precepts of men"
not by his word (Isaiah xxlx, 13). He
would buve us trust him as a great,
loving, generous fathor, saying, "Like
as a father pitleth his children, so the
Lord compasslonoth those who rever
ence him" (Psalm clll, 13). As love,
more love, perfect love, comes Into
our hearts It more and more casts out
the fear which the adversary would
Inculcate and which has burned Into
men's minds nnd consciences the "doc
trines of devils," to which the apostle
refers (I Timothy If, 1).
The fact that tho scriptures prophet
ically describe the overwhelming of
the social order and the great govern
ments of the earth must not be un
derstood to signify that the Hlble
counsels revolution or anarchy. On
the contrary, all of God's people
throughout the scriptures are coun
seled to live peaceably with all men.
so far as possible. They are coun
seled not to use carnal weapons, not
to take to the sword for the settle
ment of disputes, but rather to suf
fer Injury. They are counseled that
Ood Is the great Over-Lord, and that
although be Is not now ruling direct
ly amongst men he Is fully the mas
ter of the bltuutiou In that he could at
nny time overthrow all opponents. He
does not acknowledge that his will Is
now done In tbo earth, but tells us
that It will be done by and by and
encourages us to pray and to hope and
to wait for it. He tells us that Satan
U now tbo "Prince of this world" by
virtue of the fact that he deceives the
minds and hearts of the majority. Ood
would have his people understand
something of his great program, but
be would keep this hidden from all
others; hence the Impossibility of ex
plaining Kirltual things to a carnal
mind (I Corinthians il, 14). "Noue of
the wicked shall understand." (Daniel
ill. 10).
Tho great creator has contented
himself w ith such a supervision of hu
man affairs as leaves much respon
sibility In human hands. He merely
Interferes to raise up or to cast down
on occasions when the Interest of bis
cause and program may demand. For
Instance, the ense of the Pharaoh,
raised to the throne of Egypt, In
Moses' day. Ood there raised to the
throne a man of great determination,
and hindered from reaching the throne
other men not so favorable to the car
rying out of the divine purposes.
Thus, without. Interfering with the
free moral agency of the king, Ood
used the wrath of man to praise him
and the remainder be restrained. Sim
ilarly, (lod previously raised Joseph
to the governorship of Egypt for his
own purposes.
We are not of those who would
harass the minds of our fellows with
fear. Hat her we w ould point them to
the fact that heblnd this cloud of
trouble there Is a glorious silver lin
ing of millennial Joy and blessing for
nil the families of (h earth. Itathar
we would encourage all who have the
bearing ear to zeal and faithfulness In
their consecration, that they may
"make their calling and their election
ure" to a share In the kingdom glo
ries and "escape those things coming
upon the eurth" (Luke xxl. 36). In a
word, tho gospel of Christ Is not a
message of damnation nnd fear and
torture, but, as the angels declared.
"Good things of great Joy w hich shall
be unto all people" (Luke 11. 10).
Peglnnlng with the sixth verse the
Prophet gives a brief synoptical pic
ture of the time of trouble and Its
consummation and the Inauguration
of universal peace. "The heathen
(Gentile peoples) raged!" These
words describe the tumult which will
prevail amongst humanity In the great
time of trouble before the climax Is
reached. "Raging." augry voices arise
from public meetings, and In the mors
private meetings of the lodjes of labor
nnd cnpltal, and through t:.e coliiMins
of the press to the extent permitted.
In Germany the "raging" press for
some time has been muzzled
Prefer loss before unjust gain; for
that brings grief hut once, this for
ever. Chilon.
To euffer and be Btrong Is not easy,
but courage grows with us. Edltb
Vernon.
We have only to refuse to yield, and
temptation ha no power to harm us
Miller.
Provide for the worst; the best wll!
take care of lUelf. S. Armstrong Nel
on.
EMPEROR WILLIAM ON DRINK
Temperance Speech Maoe by th
Kaiser to Naval Students at Mur
wlk Makes Prediction.
'"The nation which takes the small
est quantity of nleohol will win the
battles of the future."
This prediction, made, by Emperor
AVIllliim to the Gorman naval cadets
In Murwik a few days ngo, has given
tho temperance, advocates a new text.
In the course of his address tho kaiser
said:
"One more piece of advice I will
give you on a question the Importance
of which for my people Hog very close
to my heart. It Is the question of al
cohol and drinking. I know quite well
that pleasure In drinking Is an old In
heritance of the Germanic peoples.
Nevertheless, we must by self-discipline
freo ourselves In every respect
from this evil.
"I can assure you that In my twenty
two years of government It has been
my experience that a great number of
the crimes which were laid before me
for decision were to be nine-tenths
ascribed to the consequences of al
cohol. In former days It was reckoned
anion;; young men particularly smart
to be ablo to drink and curry a largo
quantity.
"Those were obsoleto views which
were all very well for the Thirty
Years' War, but don't do today. As
you will notlco yourselves In the
courso of your term on board, service
In my fleet has attained a degree of
Intensity which can hardly be exceed
ed. It Is your task to go through
those prodigious efforts In time of
peace without being used up, In order
that you may be fresh In case of seri
ous events. The next war and the
next battle will demand sound nerves
on your part. They will be decided
by nerves. Hut these are undermined
and endangered from youth upwards
by Indulgence In alcohol.
"It Is one of the questions of the fu
ture for our navy and for our nation.
It you educate the people to do with
out alcohol I shall have healthy and
sensible subjects. It is a great ques
tion of the future, for by the time-expired
men the idea will ba carried
Into the country. If you promote
these principles my people will be
morally elevated. That Is a work In
which I should like to ask you to take
a share."
DRINKS AND SMOKES COSTLY
Report of International Revenue Bu
reau Show Vastly Increased Re
ceipts for Twelve Months.
The United States has just passed a
banner year for drinks and smokes.
Here Is the nation's record for the
twelve months ended on June 20 aB It
shows In the figures of the internal
revenue bureau.
Distilled spirits, 16.1,000,000 gallons
30,000,000 gallons more than the
year before.
Fermented liquors, fi9.485.117 bar
rels an Increase of 3.000,000.
Cigars, 7,600,000,000 160.000,000
more than 1909.
Cigarettes, 6,830,000,000 an In
crease of a solid 1,000,000,000.
Plug, fine cut, cube cut, granulated
or sllcod smoking or Chewing tobacco
or snuff, 402,000,000 pounds 4,000,000
pounds more than the year bofore.
The Internal revenue receipts on all
these things and certain other things,
such as playing cards and mixed flour
amounted to more than (289,000,000
and Commissioner Cabell's organize
Hon collected It all at a cost of about
15,000,000. It cost a cent and a little
more than seven mills to collect each
dollar.
Whon the present year Is ended,
next June 30, Commissioner Cabell 6s
tlmates his men will have collected
at least $308,000,000 at practically tbo
same cost.
Only three other years have sur
passed the year 1910 as an Internal
revenue producer slnco the bureau was
established In 1863. In 1866 while
Civil war taxes were still heavy, re
celpts mounted up to $:!10,000,000 and
following the Spanish war In 1900 and
1901 they were $295,000,000 and $396,
000.000, respectively. Hut for times
of peace and normal prosperity, 1910
heads the roll, with the prospect of
being eclipsed by 1911.
The War en Alcohol.
The celebrated Italian writer and
anti aloohollst. Dr. Fraucesco Ferrari,
writing In ono of the great Journals
of his country, says:
"To fight a prejudice of any sort Is
always to give good battle, but to
fight a belief (e.g. the superstition as
to the value of wine) In the name of
which humanity 1h being polBoned by
the wholesale, degenerated and given
over to crime, Is a work w hlch should
ho tnken up by everyone with social
spirit and love for his fellows. For
this reason we believe that no war
should strr such noble energies nnd
gather about our flag so many serious
men as that on alcohol."
Name for Her Lamp.
Recently a Rradford man gave his
wife a mammoth parlor lamp for a
birthday present. Sho gave It his
name, and when ho asked why, she
replied: "Well, you know, dear. It Is
handsome to look at, requires a good
deal of attention, Is sometimes un
steady on its legs, Is liable to explode
when half full, flares up occasionally,
Is always out at bedtime, and Is
bound to smoke."
Aostalner Was Wise.
Two men had a sharp discussion.
One was an abstainer; the other was
not. Said the latter: "Depend upon
It, there Is nothing like beer. Why,
when I get home at night, and have
drunk a quart or two, I feel as If I
could knock a house down." "Ah,"
replied the other quietly, "but since
I have been a teototaler, I have put
two bouses up, and that suits me bet
ter."
GOD'S PITY FOR
THE HEATHEN
SuiJir School Uuoa for April 30, 1911
Specially Arranged tor Thit Papor
I.KSBON TKXT-Jonah 1.1 -4.il. Mem
ory Vernfl 11.
COMMON TEXT "Oo ye therefore, and
loarli oil nuttona." Matt. 2S :19.
TIMI2 Jernhniitii n. kltiK nf Israel, li
whnne tim j,,nni prophesied, p-lifne
(Btw-hor) 1! C. (IIjmiIiiks) 11. C
M-TtSl. Aiims and ilnaeu were rontein-porni-y
prophets.
Ii,A('K lintli-hepher. north of Naztv
rih In (Jnlll.w, tlm Mediterranean Sen,
Ji-I'pa, an.l Nineveh.
KINOS -JerohoHiri H Httalned mizn
rulnty ever nil the peoples from the Me.ll,
terrain-mi to the Kiiphrntea. "The writer
nf the hook cf Joimh hn.i preaented nreii
rntely tlm values of (he hlstorlenl alunw
Ion. it win the unknown dhmtern In Ah
eyrla, Just after lUiiimun-nlr.irl hud bro
ken the power nf 1 ihih.-ini-iih, that ren
dered the eucoissea of Jerohoain rsli
bla."
Jonah wns unquestionably n his-,
torlcal personage. Mo lived In tho,
reign of Jeroboam II., king of Israeli
In whose time Amos's work was nc
cnnipllsbed. According to 2 Kings 14:'
25, he prophesied the recovery from,
Syria of the lost border possessions of
Israel. Ho Is Raid to have belonged
to (lath hophcr, a town of Zebulon,
and his grave Is Mill shown in the
vicinity of Nazareth. Galhhepher
was about an hour's walk norlh of
Nazareth. Jonah was therefore a
prophet of (ialileo. Jpwi.h legend
sold that ho was the son of the w idow
of Sarepta, whom Klljah had restored
to life; and also that ho was the youth,
whom Klisha had sent to anoint Jehu,
king of Israel,
This little biography begins wlt(i
tho announcement that Cod asked a
man to do something for him. It Is
significant that other lllble writers
(N'ehemlah, Jeremiah, Zepbanliih.
Hnggal, Mlcnh) begin tho story of
their lives at tho same point. Our ac
quaintance with Paul begins with bla
summons to duty, nnd the apostles
wero not known until Christ bade
them follow hltn. Jonah's call was to
go to Nineveh, the greatest nnd wick
edest city In thn world, and threaten
It with doom from Jehovuh.
How did Jonah answer his mission
ary call? Hy running away. He fled
from the presence of tho Iord, as If
Ood were, In his mind, only a local
divinity, ruling over Israel, hut unahlo
to see the fugitive if he fled far enough
beyond his territory. Jonah should
have asked himself, "If tho fiod of
Israel sees what Is going on at distant
Nineveh, nnd Is concerned about It, la
It to be supposed that his unfaithful
servant will escape his notice, like
some defaulting apprentice lad, who
hopes to eludo his master's notice by
running away to sea?"
Jonah Jumps on bonrd a vessel
bound for the most remote place
known to the amient world, Tarsus,
that Is Tnrtessus, on the Guadalquivir
In Spain, (lod Interfered with Jonah's
plans by sending one of those sudden,
treacherous storms so frequent on the
Mediterranean, a storm so tierce that
even the skilful Phoenician sailors
were compelled to throw out their
cargo, and were filled with terror.
Jonah calls upon tho sailors to
throw him Into the sea to purchase
their pence by his sacrifice. That call
Is the finest thing In tho picture. It
Is the real miracle. It marks the en
largement of the man. Hut the honest
fellows were loath to tnko him at bJs
word, and tho poor rowers plied tns
long sweeps more earnestly than ever.
Even when obliged at last to throw
Jonah overboard, they did It with a
prayer to Jehovah. And at once tho
sea was calm.
How long wns Jonah In tho great
fish? Threo days and tbreo nights,
which, according to tho Jewish mode
of reckoning, might, as In the caso of
our Lord's stay In tbo tomb, have been
only one em ire day nnd parts of the
day preceding and tho day following.
It Is striking to notice tho change
In Jonah as soon as he ceased to run
away from his duty and became obe
dient to Ood's command. What was
the command? The first repeated:
"Go to Nineveh, that great city, and
proclaim what I bade you proclaim,
the doom of their sins."
Then Ood prepared a gourd. This
book Is full of this word prepared. We
are told that the Lord prepared a
groat fish, a gourd, a worm, and a sul
try east wind. This gourd was most
likely 'the bottle-gourd, often planted
to grow over trellla-work. It Is thought
by soma to havo been the palma
chrlstl, or castor-oil plant, which still
grows to a greut si.o in tho Jordan
valley. It Is so called becauso It is a
five-leaved plant, ono leaf of which
outspread was thought to represent
the hand of Christ.
Next In the acted parable came a
worm, destroying the gourd, and the
sirocco, driving Its hot blast down
upon the sweltering prophet. Then,
by a wonderfully truo touch of human
nature, Jonah transfers his pity for
himself, as an Ill-used prophet, to the
gourd which likewise had been hard
ly treated.
Tho divine question, "Shquld not I
have pity?" remains unanswered.
Above the stir and din and wickedness
the divine compassion is still brooding.
The argument Is very flno. On the
gourd Jonah had spent neither labor
nor strength. How much more should
Ood, of whose goodness man's highest
virtue la but the faintest shadow, pity
and sparo the helpless aud Ignorant
works of his own hands who now fill
the streets of Nineveh with pathetlo
appeals for forgiveness! God's pity
extends to the little children, that can
not discern between their right hand
and their left hand, and even to tin
cattle. There Is no finer close lu
the whole realm of literature than
this ending. God's love Is broader
than the measures of mankind.
Faith.
Faith Is a fundamental fact In ex
perience. It Is one of the most com
prehensive and expressive words la
the Inngunge. It la an extensive form
of belief and grows up on passive
confidence and expectant affection lnt
a complete reliance and entire surren
der of self. Hlshop Samuel Fallows,
Episcopalian, Chicago.
One doth not know how muoh a a
111 word may empoison liking -Shake
scare.