JCY COM ETT H Iff THE MORN1W,
Pears; was here yesterday
Joy comes to-morrow;
Why wilt thou, heart of rain
Dark bo lings borrow'
Bhrllly thn tempest shrieks,
Fierce, roar tho waves,
High roll ths curling rrsts,
fteep tho Mack grave :
Kow thn col. I midnight falls.
Cloud overwhelm.
Memory lights th ses!
Hope holil.i the h'W
rrace was hero yesterday,
Joy come to-morrow,
Why wilt thou, heart of initio,
t'ark bodlngs borrow.
Chiu'l'itta W. Thurston, lu bookman.
HER PICTURE
T JUIIMSA M. TALLMAf.
II li picture
lay, face up
ward, in tho
ruin-. It had
a SWCet, sen
sitive mouth
nul earnest,
intent ryes,
whoso seri
ous retard
wemcd toplrnd mutely for restoration
to tnoro fitting environments than t lie
flnsli nu l ntiow f (ho u-it,y March
twilight. Tin stalwart young man
who tmv.ro. 1 above it relumed tho
enrnoKt gazo with iiti irresolute smile.
A noili'd photograph was hardly worth
Ht iininir one's gloves, but tho gaze of.
the earnest eyes trmislixp I and hold
bin. 11 o stooped a;id picked up the
lit of pasteboard, denned it an best
ho might with lis immaculate hand
kerchief, wrapped it within its eoft
linen folds ond went bin way down tho
darkening Mrect with the leisurely,
Kwinging stride that wan quite as reu.l'a
Mo an index of tho man in were Lin
voice and smile.
Jack Hnylcr was that favored crea
ture, it man with genuine innate artis
tic talent. Tho man with a talent for
'ujiuK nun -.uunig, uicj man witu a
talent for languages, tho man with a
talent for invention all theso and their
liko must bo content with tbo rank of
mediocrity unions financial success in
vest theni with its golden halo of rev
cronco; but the man who paints pic
tures, though a doubtful Holietniun,
may hobnob with the great and mighty
of tho earth, albeit bin nolo "expecta
tionb" may rest on tho possibly ioitu
nato sale of bis la8t cuuvas. Whether
or not Jack Ilnyler could support u
. family by tho fruits of hi dilettanto
tiannt -rings through the Held of nrt
was a question (.till unsolved by tho
young man's moat pertinaciously re
maining single.
Jack was uufortanotely handsome ;
for beauty is undoubtedly a misfortune
to its possessor, though a most pleas
ing property to gazo upon and admire
impersonally. 1 hyitieul charm staud
a man in lead of thoso mental graces
which eP'kiftt him te tbo fai- 'tU
uideratiou, tbo easy grace of repartee
nnd that genial camaradetio more
pleasing in the eyes of a truo woman
than mere physical cuiiielinoHs. And
bis many experiences with tho light J
hooded uu.l callow specimens of their
kind who openly lay mares for his en
ticing, dull his belief in sweet womuuly
reserve and modest sensibility.
In bis own self-coutldout convictions
to this end, Jack was acquiring a sys
tematic avoidance of blushing maid
enhood. Ho grew cynical, dogmatic,
nnd most fastidious and exacting in
tho staud'ird of ideal uoliiaiibood he
eventually reared for himself.
Meanwhile Jack was awiuging leis
urely borne undtr the scudding clouds
of tho wrathful March iky with a sen
nation of actual interest dominating
bim. Had tbo original of tho f ur
faeo now repoaing in his breast pocket
itself confronted bim, tho fate of its
mauy predecessor might have been
hers, but tlm odd chauco wuich had
throwu it in his way seemed to invest
it with a sort of proprietary interest;
and, arriving at his own door and let
ting himself iu, our erring hero made
hi way up to his rather sumptuous
rooms ami struck a light. Ho set tho
photograph on a carved easel ; ho
lighted a tiny lamp beside it which
di tinned a suit rose color turongh the
room; ho took down some clinging
folds of embroidered amber silk uud
draped them about the soiled edges.
Ho oat a while in absorbed contempla
tion of tho pure young face that
sbonoout like a white star from its
clouds of roao ami amber. Theu ho
rose and gravely placed before it a
1'anau group of adoring angels.
So, prosperity had not spoiled her;,
tho sweet, womanly faco with its
ttU?adfa?t eyes looked gravely past lis
aesthetio surrounding with tho
changeless serenity of a Madonna
above her suppliants, and transfixed
Jack's gazo with her own. The tender
curves of her lip wero full of sweet
womanly meanings; tho eyes uuder
thoshadowy hair soft, dreamy, starry
eyes held untathomed store of wit,
wisdom, love and pathos; only a high,
truthful, unstained soul looked out of
them.
Jack rcse. "Sho seems to say," he
said meditatively, " 'My young friend,
what a consummate idiot you are.'"
And he turned the picture to the wall.
It was about this time that Huyler's
friends began to comment ou hi sin
gular predilection for that last resort
of entertainers and entertained, the
photograph album, and au odd habit
he had acquired in that connection
that of occasionally slipping out one
of the bits of pasteboard and glaucing
at its back. In fact, A. Stanton Boy
den, as Jack's long-time acquaintance
Allan Boyden now signed himself, in
conformity with the fad of the day,
was roused to suspicion not only by
this new freak in his eooentrie friend,
but by the frequency with which he
aauutered into Boy4eu' own photo-
jrrph studio above stairs, and the
diligence with which he inspected the
collections of hie own and contem
porary artists' j work. Jaok held his
peace, however, and was not to be
sounded by mere impertinent inquiry,
as A. Stanton Hoyden well know, and
some weeks had elapsed since the epi
rode with which oar tale opens, when
the door of Haylcr's stndio was one
day flung wide open and the steps of
A. Stanton wero arrosted as tie was
about mounting the stairway leading
to his own apartments.
"Come in here a minute, will yon."
called Jack in a tone of mild despair,
"And toll me what's the matter with
this portrait. I've bothered with the
thing so long it has lost all semblance
of bntnnnity to me."
Hoyden stepped in, placed himself
knowingly in a good light, and stared
at his friend's canvas. It bore An un
finished portrait, the life-size head of
a young girl.
Trctty hair," he remarked scnten-
tiously.
"Put what in thunder is the matter
with it?" cried Huyler petulantly. "I
can't tuako it look" and hero ho
paused consciously, with a somewhat
Lightened color.
"Can't make it look how ?'
"Anyhow," answered Jaok, shortly.
J lattrrs tho original, I wouldu t
wonder," s.iid tho wily Hoyden.
"Ha! perhaps it doeB," said Jack
wini a iiojiow langn. "Here, my
friend," iiinl ho alid tho photograph
out from beneath tho native, "look at
I tins picture, then on that, and tell mo
I if mino begins to do tho photograph
even half justice."
"ft is a lino face, a remarkable
face." mused the diiiMtnatio Hov.lcn.
gazing hi it.
"I would give," quoth Jack, "half
my fortune to Hud the origiualof that
face. She is a rcmarknblo girl, a girl
in a thoitsan f, you may depend :" and
ho lovingly cleared the pictured face
of an infinitesimal speck of dust.
"Then you don't know tho origi
nal?" Huyler shook bis head, but bent a
keen glance upon his friend. "Do
you?" said be.
"Never saw it before in my life,"
said Hoyden imperturbably, "but I
think I know who's tho photogra
pbor." "Well?" said Jack, in breathless
monosyllable.
"I'.eesc, of Xew York."
"Why do you th'nk so?1
"Know his style," said Uoydon with
n yawn, removing hii hands from his
pockets and preparing to depart
"It is a peculiar style," said Jack,
with a line show of indifference as he
scrutinized it; "tho featnres so clear
and tho outlines to shadowy. "1 I
rather like it."
I3oydcu made no reply as ho saun
tered from tho room, ;bnt his always
open countenanco was flnrned with a
i i .
broad
In tho hush that
de-
pnrture, tho shriek of
loud at tu
its
rain liko a cat, but ho was al
ready getting into his coat, and fig
uring ou tho curliest return from tho
New York mail as he absently took hat
and umbrella from tho wardrobe.
There was no time to bo lost. Ho had
long ngo determined that tho sweet,
eirlish face, full of tender, womanly
grace though it was, was not too faco
of a wife; but even now a suitor
might bo kneeling at her feet. His
own entry tipen tho lists must not bo
delayed at auy hazard; ho would seek
her out svinii how, and it would be
veui villi vici over again, but with a
now joy to the winner, for
"None km w me tmt to lovo me,
N-m naiuod mo but to praise,"
muttered Jack with a sardonio grin, as
ho fought hi way through the storm,
while turbid streams in the gutter
gurgled and gasped along beside him,
to the nearest express otlloe. His own
power of fascination sometimes struck
him with a grim sense of humor, and
yot, the face of the girl in the rose
lighted room was not one to be lightly
won. Well, timo would tell. There
fore he set his dripping umbrellacare
fully in tho rack at iho express ofllco,
and requested a New York directory.
Ho would have walked seven times
around the city rather than ask Boy
den, the scotVer, for Ueese's address.
If his search failed no one would be
tho wiser.
"IU Keb-Hce " yes, this was
surely it. There could bo but one
lleeso who pursued the calling of ar
tistic photography, and uero lie was.
glauced down the remaining names to
inakedouoly sure, snapped the big book
loudly together with a nod of thanks,
aud retraced his way homeward, tho
wind howling unheard. A half hour
later tho clemency of Mr. Reese was
thus invoked :
"Can you give me any information
concerning a photograph supposed to
havo boen taking at your studio, and
numbered on the back 20179? A
oopy of it came into my hands under
rather peculiar circumstances, and I
have been unable to obtain any clew
to it until this evening, when a pho-
I cognized the style as your own. Will
you ve kiua euougn to uoiiry me n
such is the case, and also give me any
information concerning theyonng lady
whose portrait it is," Jack h.ad hesi
tated here "her name'or address and
probable age if it. w ould not be violat
ing professional secrecy."
"Sounds as if I were addressing a
priest," muttered Huyler with a criti
cal frown. But there was no time to
choose felioitious phrases. The mail
would be collected in fifteen minutes,
so after hesitating a moment longer
he added the conventional epistolary
amenities, and looking dubiously at
the little easel with its burden, took
down the photograph and added a
brief postscript : "As better aid to
identity I inolose the phot). Kindly
retitfo."
It seemed long before reply came.
The corner where the carved easel
stood looked strangely barren, and
the adoring angels seemed bowed in
sorrow. By the blank aspect of the
easel Jack was apprised of the ire
quoncy of his involuntary glances tn
that direction, as one will only believe
he looks at the clock fifty times a day,
when the timekeeper Is a way for re
pairs. But the Xew Tork photographor
was a punctual and obliging man, and
in three days a big yellow envelope
lay on Jack's table among half a dozen
surronnding epistles of paltry value.
Jack was conscious of excitement. It
was a novel sensation, but he did not
tarry to analyze or indulge it. Ho
tore open the envelope, glanced at the
picture that wasall right and hastily
read the inclosure :
rwrfllr: I am very hnppv to he aMo to
oMlKuyou. Wb have tho nif:itlv 2017-n.
corresponding to your print which w here
with return. The ng of the original wo
should plao by c.infiil approximation st
about treuty-ono year; w aro not good at
nverazing naiiM. ami mint therefore foil
short In that particular, though wo can send
you tho full llt If you divsire. Tho photo
graph It'flf lan eTivllont composite of siv
piitoen of thn young ladies of tho class of 'OJ
of collei-p. Vory glad to Lavs hrim of
service, lours truly, J. Recsc,
Thedoor opened presently, but Jack
sot with his eyes riveted on tho epistlu,
and did not stir. As a step resounded
acrcss tho tiled floor ho rousod him
self with an effort, and hastily crushed
tho letter in his hmd. Hut tho yellow
rnvelopo with tho colossal stamp, "U.
T.eese, artistic photographer," across
its corner, caught tho inquiring eyo
of A. Stanton Hoyden. He looked at
Huyler with a grin.
"Aro you going to marry tho lot,
Jock?" ho asked. American Agricul
turist. In A C'nmly Factory.
1 rom top to bottom tho floors of
tho factory nro covered with tiles, and
i noticoil tuat there wero people en
gaged in all parts of tho building
scrubbing and washing these tiled
Moors. For a candy factory it was tho
least sticky or smeary placo I ever
suw. Absolnto cleanliness and sweet
ness was tho rule. There was a slight
drift of sugar about, as in a mill
where wheat is being ground, and
your coat might get a littlo powdered,
but there always was sweeping going
on.
Chocolato-making I need not do
scribe, only to state that everything
was dono hero by machinery, for tho
chocolato as produced enters for a
large percentage into the bonbons
manufactured.
In the sugar-plum departments
hand-work seemed to be onstant.
Tidy-looking young women, all with
caps on, wore working away, each one
with a littlo saucepan before her full
of sugar; the suzar was in a nastv
condition, tho heat being derivod I
from steam. In these saucepans were
colored sugars of all the hues of the
-""nbow. Tho work-women would
- up an almond or a pistacbe-nnt,
jd drop it in the saucepan, then fish
it out with a bit of wire fashioned in
iuup ioiui. xue ai l was lo get just
the proper coating. Then with a dex
terous motion of the wrist the 6ucar
plum would bo placed in a tin pan,
and with a doft motion of tho wire loop
a nice finish would be given to the top
of it. There wero some very small
sugar plums, aud it would take two
hundred of them to make a pound.
They wero all exuot in form. Those
little things, so tho foreman told me,
bad goue through ten pro.-estos beforo
they had nrrived ot their present con
dition. Home of tho sugar-plums wero
tua io iu moulds. There was puro leg
erdumaiu about these. A man took e
funnel, and dropped tho sugar, Ut at
tho crystalliziug point, iu moulds.
They were very email things, not more
thau an inch long by half au inch
wide, but tho confectioner never
poured a drop in tho wrong place.
Dear mo I if I tried to do that, I
should mako a prociout moss ot it.
Hero wero sugar-plums of many
shadeB, every work-wo'.nan seeming to
havo a specialty. It was something
not alono requiring alertaesi of hand,
but constant watchfulness ns to tho
condition of tho material mol. If it
had been too soft, tho bonbon would
have run and been out of shapo. If
the sugar paste had boen too hard, it
would havo boun intractable How
they managed not. to burn anything
vass wonder. Harper's Hound Ta
ble. Ills Stock In Trade.
A middle-aged man, with a business
like air, walked into a hardware store
the other day. He laid a good-sized
valise upon the couuter and took from
it several dozen four-ounco bottles.
"I would like ton pounds of whiting,"
ho informed the proprietor. With
this the stranger partly tilbd tho bot
tles, and, taking a small flask from his
pockot, poured a few drops of vinegar
into each.
"I will have totroubioyou for omo
water, he said, as he completed this
process. Filling tho bottles, he corked
them tightly, smoarod tho tops with
sealing wax au J labeled each "Silver
Polish, Twenly-hve Cents."
"There, he said, "1 am now on
the road to rapid wealth. Fortune
favors me with her smiles," and he
started forth to dupe the unsuspect
ing public. Now York Press.
Immense Sculptured Arrowhead.
An interesting relio was discovered
near San Bernardino, Cal., last week.
It is an immense sculptured arrow
hoad, four feet four inches long aud
weighing more than 200 pounds. It
is of bluish granite and shaped in per
feet imitation of the smaller arrow
heads frequently found in that region.
On the mountain side, near where the
stone was found, is a natural forma
tion in the shape of an arrowhead
many feet in longth and conspicuously
visible for many miles. New York
San. .-
KAFFIR CORN.
DLESSINU TO OUK
RKGIOX.
ARID
It Grows In Spite of the Lack
Water-It M ill Make the Amer
ican Sandy Wastes Valua
' ble Farm Ins Lands.
"T yAFFIR corn, first introduced
on the American continent
I V from the Kaffir country, in
(, Africa, less than a decade
since, Is still an unknown product to
nine-tenths of the pcoplo of the United
niaies, writes a correspondent from
Guthrie, Oklahoma.
At first planted here and there as a
curiosity, it was found to grow readily
in all localities and nn lor all condi.
Hons, and experiment developed the
fact that it would mature a crop in the
dryest and hottest seasons on the high
Weetern plains. A more extended
planting of the new grain and a com
parison of results obtained soon de
veloped the fact that whether tho sco
son was wet or dry, cool or hot, long
or short, this now product would
tbrivo on all kindi of noils with tho
minimum of caro Hnd cultivation, and,
planted any timo between tho 1st of
April and tbo middlo of July it would
inaturo an absolutely suro crop of
grain and fodder beforo tho frosts of!
autumn.
It will grow luxuriantly ou tho sod
oi newly broken ground, produce lino
crops cither on bottom or upland, is a
natural enemy of weeds, nnd will bo as
clean with two cultivations ns Indian
com will bo wi'u four limes ns man v.
It is rather slow in germinating and
getting a start in groth, but is cor
respondingly sure, not requiring rains
to sprout it, and when ouco well under
way it grows right straight along
cloudy weather cr bright, drought or
rain, hot winds or northers being all
tho samo to it and seemingly of equal
benotlt to its growth.
The stalk looks somewhat liko a sin
gle shoot of common corn, but short
er, attaining a hight usually of from
four and a half to six feet, and having
pointed loaves of a rich green color.
Tbo gruin forms in a head at tho ex
treme point of tho shoot, whore the
tassol is on ordinary corn, tho bead
being from seven to Wolve inchoH in
length and six to eight in circumfer
ence, and when ripo look like great
white or red plumes standing proudly
erect.
Tho grains are almost round, a littlo
larger than a grain of rico and much
resembling a grain of wheat in interior
structure.
There ore two varieties, red and
white, the latter being tho favorito
crop, and tho grams taken separately
compare iu appearance most romrka
bly with ancient descr
manna sent the
during their v
and, coming
tho Western
wheat and al
7.... I V v tt.
lie
UJ WK U."l ' Ilk
auothor supply of manna sent by tho
God of Israel.
Though raised as au experiment
here aud there throughout tho West
for several years it was not until 1H1I5
that it became a prouiiucnt crop.
When the drought of last spring killed
tho wheat aud oats and seemed almost
certain to ruin tho corn, t:io few who
had had experience with the new gram
began to advise their ucighbor to
plant Kailir corn, ns it would grow all
ri'.'ht iu lry weather, aim tuey could
thus at least raise feed for their stock.
Tho newspapers took uptho advice uud
soon every tanner throughout tho
West was plautiug Kullir corn, utiliz
ing the ground wherohis wheat nn I
oats had failed or planting ou sod or
scattered patches where his early corn
hail been burned out.
Tho pluutiug was continued nutil
well along iu August, tho acreage be
ing in many suction greater thau that
ever devoted to a single srop. In
Oklahoma alono nearly 50,000 acres
wero planted with the new crop. And
every grain oi it planted grow and
thrived to maturity, aud before tho
summer was over the farmers began to
wonder what they rjwould do with it
all. They know it was good for stock,
but there was not stock enough in tho
Territory to begin to consume it, and
tho product was yet so new that it was
not recognized iu tbo outside markets.
Experience has already developed
the fact that it made a most admir
able feed, either to winter stock or
fatten them for market, but, with un
abundance of tbo grain ou hand, Ok
lahoma farmer soon discovered that
it wa butter for horse than either
corn or outs, makiug them fat and
btout and giving thorn a sleek, glossy
appearance. Both horses aud cattle
not only like and thrive ou tbo gram,
but do us well ou tbo fodder as on the
best of hay, and will eat up the eutire
stock, even after it is quite dry, and
cows produce richer milk and more of
it thau when fed ou hay and bran.
When it came to feeding hogs it was
found that they gained tiejh more rap
idly than when fed ou common corn,
and poultrymen have found tho Kailir
grain an admirable egg producer, and
when fed unthreshed the fowls are giv
en exercise in picking it from the
head.
The boys and girls soon discovered
that it would pop as well as pop-corn,
the grains popping out large, white
and tender, and women in the country
found that boiled like rico the grain
was excellent eaten with cream and
sugar, that mashed into a pulpy mass
it made an admirable pudding, and it
was also a first-class substitute for
hominy, being prepared much easier
than the regular grades.
Still the quantity produoed was so
great that the people continued to
wonder what they would do with it.
The owuer of the roller mills at
Medicine Lodge, Kan., on experiment
bout, ran some ot the grain through
his cot;n meal grinder, and produoed a
meal pronounced in every way equal
to the ordinary corn meal, but he was
not content with this, but rigged up
special set of burrs and produced a
new product that bids fair to create a
revolution in the world's breadstuff's
Kaffir flour.
Some of this flour was taken by
Mrs. I. W. Stout, of Medicine Lodco.
and mado into light bread. The bread
was fully as white as oread mado from
second grado wheat flour, and waa
sweet and palatable. Tho flour was
handled bv Mrs. Stont Inst as lin
does wheat Hour in making light bread,
and the bread in no war resembled
corn bread.
Samplos of this first batch of it?
ko..1 1 . Oie.
it wan ve,.X;. VJT I ' i
lb WBS AVer V IV line A hfAAnnttii.H 1.ml
to bread mode from wheat flonr. tlm
- j . "
only difference being its dark color.
n is, However, not darker than tho
ordinary Graham bread, and is pro
nounced much better in flavor by
the majority of those who have triod
it.
Nearly every woman in Oklahoma is
experimenting with the new products,
and new uses nro discovered for them
in the culinnrv line almost dailv.
while tbo farmers end stock raisers aro
also ciperimcnting along their lines
with increasing success nnd satisfac
tion on every side.
Had n Kcmirkablo Kxiipricttcc.
The bark Oaklau I pitt iuto San
Frnniisoo last week in distress, having
had a remarkable experience Tho
vessel was becalmed in tho Southern
Facilio so long that, though tho crew
was on half rations for a mouth, tho
galley was bare when sho reached .San
Frsncisoo, so bare that the crow bogged
food of tho crew of tho pilot bunts that
met them. Tho bark w.s hound from
Run Joso do Guatemala for Fort Mad
ison. Sho had little wind from tho
start, and finally drifted iuto a region
of calms in which sho floated about
for days with tho sails hanging Hat
upon tho masts. Calms aud winds so
ngui as 10 do insntnosnt to keep her
on her course delayed her several
weeks, ami tne crew wero put ou half
ration;. Then tho ship's chronome
ter got out of order, and tho Captain
had to depend on his watch. A littlo
later the Captain was taken ill. and
diod in a few hours. Then tho mate
headed for San Francisco, but not
having a chronometer ho was obliged
to cruise about in tho neighborhood
of tho port for two days searching for
tho lighthouse on the Farrallones, be
ing only able to guess whero tho ves
sel was. New York Suu.
Australia's Tall Trecu.
Tho tallest trees in the world are to
be found in theStuto forest of Viotoria.
Australia. They belong to tho eucalyp
tus family, and range from 330 to 500 '
feet in height. One of them that had 1
fallen was found by measaromont with .
tapo to be 43H feet from the root to !
where the trtlnk had been broken off I
y the fall. At that point the tree 1
t three 'oct in dia letor. '1 'io tree
row witu asionisuing rapiuity. a
Eucalyptus globulus planted in Florida
grew forty feet in four years with a
bole a foot in diameter. Trees of the
same species iu Guatemala grew 120
feet in twelve years. The stem of one
was nino feet thiok. In 1800, a monster
petrified tree was fouud iu liaker
County, Oregon. It was GGG feet long
aud sixty feet in diameter at tho butt.
Detroit Free l'ress.
A llievele limit.
A bicycle boat has beou invented by '
a telegraph operator iu Seattle, and
has been buccessfully operated on tho
waters of tho harbor there at a speed
of nino miles au hour. It is a com
bination of whalebuck boat aud bi
cycle. Described iu tho simplest way,
it is a boat with a bicycle mounted
amidships, tho power exerted on tho
pedals boiug transferred to a propel
ler nrraugeineut at the steru. The
rudder i operated by tho bicycle han
dle bar, just au an ordinary bicycle is
steered. Tho boat fehell i a steel
framework covered with canvas, and
the whole thiug is kept right side up
by a UOO-pound keel of load. The in
ventor thinks he will be able to get
much more than the present uino
miles an hour out of his bicycle bout
when he has perfected it.
Substitute lor the Natural Skin.
A process has been patented in Ger
many for making a substitute for the
natural skin for use on wounds. The
muscular coating of the intestine of
animals is divested of mucous mem
brane, aud then treated in a pepsin
solution nntil tho muscular fibers are
half digested. After a second treat
ment with tannin and gallio acid, a
tissue is produced which can take the
place of the natural skin, and which,
when laid ou the wound, is entirely
absorbed during the healing process.
Argonaut.
The Chinese Almunac.
Tho Illustrated World and Geogra-
pbio Magazine says: "ihore is no
other work in the world of wbioh so
many copies are printed annually as
of the Chinese almanac The almanao
is printed at Pekin, and is a monop
oly of tte Emperor. It not only
prediots the weather, but notes the
days that are reckoned luoky or un
lucky for commencing any undertak
ing, for applying remedies in diseases,
for marrying and for burying."
Novel ScIipuis to Raise the Wind.
An impecunious German, a citizen
of Munich, finding himself short of
funds, bad recourse to the following
novel scheme for raising the wind.
He ordered a oonfeotiouer to make a
cake for his wife's birthday, contain
ing, as a surprise, a lining ot new
twenty-pfennig pieces. The German's
finanoial stringency wrs relieved, bat
up to the time of writing the con too
tioner it still looking for his money,
RELIGIOUS READING.
OOP SEyriStS FAITtt l! PRAYER.
We do not gt half the g. od out of prayer
which we mlifht twelve. Our faith Is too
weak and our love too fm.dile to lead us to
Ood with our dally burdens and our fretting
care. We forRot that prayer Is a spiritual
telephone between our lips and hearts nod
our Father's ear ond heart. We ought to
know Hint the slightest whisper of our own
hearts Is heard ly our Fath.-r In heaven.
eouht to remember that It Is possihln
for us to make direct requests and to m
celv tmme.lntn answers. Abraham said
tinto Ood, "O that Mimael mlRht live be.
for lhoe!" and tlm Immediate answer
was, "As for Ihmsel. I linve heard thee."
Iiavld Inquired of the Lord, "Shall 1 go and
smite these Philistines?" nod the answer of
tho Lord came to David, "Oo and smlto tbo
1'hlllstlnes." . . . Wherever there It a pray-
,D I"'" ,h"M rl" " ,onnA P Praf
1 n - . . . I J
;, - . i.nmm luiinu nn oratory in the lion den ;
I' niiHii une in a nuui;non i Jonah on In
I the depths of the sea:'eter one on the liouse
topj and the thief one on tbo cross. Ye re
: celve little because our requests are so f w.o
I small, nnd so feeble. Wo havo been satis.
; fled with the crumbs which full from our
: lather stable, when wo might go iuto tho
hlnn s place and enjoy a full meal. Wo
never po too early lu the mornliur to thn
, berivcnlv throne i its gate of neeess is always
; open . Wo run never go too Into at tilbt ; Its
; gate Is never el..snl. Wo need not ascend
i soiuo Morlah or I'lsgahi wo need not enter
; some s:iereil nbrlne or no to any h-ily piece.
I we shall lln.l Ood whrever we seek lllm,
, and to the seeking soul every place Is holy
I ground. To the eyu of fitltli every buli
; Is aflame with Ood. Prnver can
fiprn tho w indows of lier.ven; prayer eau
rlegniitels d.:fln; prnver ran open the
1 heavens find bring" ft plentiful rain: prnver
can put (iod In harmony with His own
n eious promim s iitnler a holy constraint
f'r our help. Wmild tu tiod Unit we realized
th nr'iitiies ef our privileges, and tlm
bl'" Iness 1,1 e..n-tiuit cnmmuiilrntliiti with
our 1'niher In lo-uveu ! Hubert S.M:ie Arthur
D. l., iu l.'uiek Truths lu gualut Texu"
TUF. CM WAT OF SAI.VATlo.
The fa. t that there is but a simjio way of
salvation needs to bo Insisted upon as ern
estly ns ever. Iu our time tho temptation
to di-belei it is peeulmrlv Ktrong. More
than ever men live, what -ve'r they hhv and
thousands do not heslinto to assort It
-ns if culture, wordly success, or rensou
ably correct outward "life were nil thnt Is
tieees-arv her) to insure tbo salvation of the
foul I'ereafter. There nro niiiiiv, umiueHtioii-
ntly, wlio nro truo lollowersof Christ, but who
f.ir one or another r'HHou, nftaiu from unlt-
i lug with his people, nnd wo may not judge
one another too eonlldently. Nov rtheless,
mm fuHuim iruo uiiu mo omv way l sal
vation is, and ever will remain, through re
pentance of sin uud Itiitti iu Jesus, tho lie
doemer.
Hut auothor truth needs emphasis. The
heavenly city iu tlm in-plre. 1 isfon of John
mis seen to have twelve gates; three allien
in its northern, extern, southern and west,
em walls. Ho from evry quarter of the
moral universe nnd by wholly dllTereut pathway-,
men seek uud tiud thn commou goal.
au uiusi euier mo i nristlun lifo through ac
ceptance of Jesus Christ, but no two need
I expect to have precisely Identical experl-
r-uees. To one prosperity reveals the divine
i benefactor and gratitude stimulates to ur.
i render. Iu another casa affliction convinces
I of helplessness and the sense of utter neod
i prompts a ''e tuiico of his saving grace. A
I thousand (lift. -rout experiences have worked
ma samo result. miller tdo Holy Nplrit guld
utiee, as lu many dlfToreut Instances.
Po not expect, then, you who aro thinking
about your duty to b a Christian, to undergo
the same experience in detulls which n
friend line described. Follow your own pa
way to him. Ue guided by your own inwi
Illumination. Do not ba uiioaiy beeni
yo- have them for your own and find tl
so of others. Christ does no
i- erel" as ouh of a t
'ndi 'Idoul welcomi
you.' There is ono way ot salvation for oil.
llut ulso tuero is your own wuy lur you.
"cnoosF te tub Lonn."
I There aro always two huudle presented to
' us; mid every day, if we listen, we shall hear
(iod say to us, "Choose today which to take!"
! Wo can take hold lu everything which boialls
lis of thn haudlo of douU. of anxiety, of
, !ault-ilndliiu, of fear, of plcmnre, of custom,
; expediency, personal gralilleatiou and selt
I eeklng; or wo can take bol l of tho handlo
I ot trust, of hope, of candid, liberal judgment,
I of duty, personal cnnvictloii, right, aud gen-
srous, self-forgnttlug good-will. Our days
will lo sweet or
bitter the world a good
world or a bail world, according m wo
take everything by ono handle or tho other,
i 1 ho art of lite, constat iu taking each even!
which befalls us with a contented itiiiid.ronll
dent of good. This makes us gr w younger
i wo grow older, for youth uud Joy com
from the soul to tho body morn tnau from
I the soul to the body more thau from tho
i body to tho soul. NN ith this method aud urt
tud temper of life, we live, though we may
; bo dying. Wo rejoleo always, though in the
i midst of sorrows : uud posebs all things,
: though dostitulo of everytnlng. Jaiues Froo
aiuu Clurko.
Tni'ST WREN THE SHADOWS COME.
"In tho shmlow." We must All go there
sometimes. Tho glaro of the daylight Is too
I brilliant : our eye become Injured uud un-
! able tu discern tho delicate snades of color.
or npnrnclate neutral tints tho shadowed
obuuibcr of sickness: the shadowed house ot
monrulng; the shudowed life from whloh tbo
suullght has gone. But fear not I It Is
the shadow of Ood s baud. He Is
lending theo. There are lessons that
can only bo learned there. Tho photograph
ol Ills faco run only bo fixed tu the dark
chamber, llut do not suppose that He has
east thee Aside, Tliou art still la His quiver i
He bus not Hung iliee away as a worthless
thing. He Is only keeping thee closo till tho
moment comes when Ho can s-n I thee most
swlfllv aud surelv ou somo errand In which
He will be glorlli-d. OH, shadowed solitary
ones, remember how closely the ipilver I
bound to the warrior, within easy reaotl ot
the baud, uud guarded jealously ! liuv. k B.
Meyer.
7UI CHBIST Or -ESTF.llllAY, TODAY AND rOR
ICVKH.
Jusus of Naziroth is something more than
tho Christ of history a blessed memory i or
the Christ of prophecy a sublime hopes ho
is the Christ of toJuy, und of every day, a
hvlug reality la our lives, u very present help
lu t'.Min of need. I'ullli lays hold upou btm
Duo who 1 ever with us In til
church, In tbo !ioueliold and In tho
world. ID I mo cio.-e voiupuinou ui
our dally lives. We walk the hard bill-roads
of life with burning heart becAuso b bears
us company We pass through vallov or
dentil shade with fearless step, led by his In
visible baud. Ia the glory of hi i.--nce
toll and piuu are tin usllgured. Thero U no
break lu our trustful intimacy. No ehadow
of possible cbau.t mirs our Joyful follow
ship.-Junes M. Cuuipboll.
TATiaST WAITINU KO LOSS."
Drifting is not waiting. The one is an Ills,
passive uouditlou, the other Is activity.
' Suiting Is not simply a negative mute i It
oiteu means a oonttuual girdiug ol the spirit,
lest It chute against It burners; a building
ot fortillcatlous lo protect us agaiutt the
enemies of our peace; n raising of dykes
and holdlutf them .enure to prevent thn ud
mission of vexing rebelliuu thoughts which
surge about like a restless sea, uskiug an on
trauoe, Ob, uol to wait nnd be strong, to
wait and eudure to wult und grow, muau in
orvastng activity. It is tbls very uoilvlty
whloh will brlu- A strength for our future
that we may use to groat advantage. ltov(
Louise b. baker. , "
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cholera and li auu'U uout um ui.