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PRACTICAL CHUUTT. BT MAJIY SHAW. How bfton in lifo do wo judge our friends wrongly! Suspicion' B dark glancee at thorn we direct; Take caro—do not sentence, no mattor how strongly Circumstances hint guilt of wliat wo suspect. How oft, In our minde, do wo try, judgo and sen- tenco, For wrongs wo suppoGC bavo boon dono to our« aolvos, Dear friends t o wbora give we no chance for re pentance, Wo aro, In our manner, EO cold to themselves-. Lot's giro them a chance to provo their sincer ity, Lot's for onco repay eeemlng evil with good— By uianners most kind ebow truo Christian charity. And t>ee if, onco more, they will not do as tuej should. Audsayuot that true friendship is something Ideal, Tha> truth and devotion aro something un known , The heart that deem 6 each frlend*s Bontiniouts unreal Ha* something uneound at the coro of its own. HuuoN. N, C. A Bride for an Honr. A Mill Story of the Johns town Disaster. BY DAVID LOWRY. CHAPTER XVU. •tOU JERROLD's JOY—AN OLD LOVE STOUT. Tom Jerrold was pouring himself a cu p of coffee of hie ow n making H o was standing unde r n hastily improvised shauty o u tho mountai n side, well out of tho way. He lofused to g o out to Squire Jepsou's house—thoro were wome n and children enough to fill it. He had for his com panion n poor, measly-lookin g dog that looked like as i f it ha d los t all its friends. The dog had learned to look upon To m as a friend already. Tom had poure d out his cup quite full, and was standin g lookin g at a picture o f a child that he ha d torn out of an illus trate d paper, whe n a step near him caused htm to turn around \Great Scotland ! It's Mr. Somer s and Mrs. Somer s come back from the dead!\ The picture foi l o n the ground as Tom grasped a hand o f each, while tears sprang to his eyes \I'm not iisha'mod of them H e found ye— I told hi m to keep up— I told him, Mrs >omer s \ \Wc are uero all right—and you—what are yo u doing- looking for yourself'\ \I did that inony a day, Mr Somers \ Then ho looke d from one to tho other keenly H e stooped, bringing his face on a level wit h Mrs Soniois. \\ou vo a messago , yo u vo brought me uew-s, Mrs. Somois. Isee it in your faci>. Out urth it, I can Hand anything—any thing but suspense. You have word,! knou \ \\os your daughter is alive.\ Tom Jorrold too k off his hat and looked up to heaven . His lips moved, but no sound issued from th'm . \.-•ho is alive and well Sho would be hero now, bu t she thought it best to go to hor friends at Blairsville.\ \Gol bo praised ' You saw her—you talked to her \ Mrs Somer s related ho w they met and traveled to Pittsburgh. To m Jerrold lis tened in silence , muttering a word. When sbo pause d h o sold simpl y \Ihat' s enoug h no w Th.it's worth a cup o f coffee. I ca n recommend it, I made it. Barrin g the want o f milk it's good. \ Sirs Somer s praised tho coffee. \Thi s is a wonderfu l world! Full ol marvels, My ow n daughter alive I've something t o live fo r yot. \ Mr Sowcis motione d t o his wife. His wife frowned and noddo d to him. This was repoatod until Tom Jerrold, looking up suddouly , intercepted the movomouts \There's more t o tell.\ Ho lowerod hi6 voice. \I ca n guess , yo u foun d the child and gave it n decen t burial. Heaven re ward you . I'l l novor forget you both.\ He bowo d his head then. \No said Mrs . Somers , with quivering Hps, \tho bab o i s alive, too. \ \What's that? My grandohild alive' It's living? IB, there n o mistake? Did its .mother see it? Tol l mo all, all.\ As they tol d him tho story ho stood like a man vtithout lifo, like a man carved in stono, until Mrs. Somer s described the depaituro fro m Verona , when To m Jer rold suddenl y sat down and cried be tween his sob s \Alive! Alive ! Th e applo of my eye alive. It's a miracle . A miracle.\ \Whoa ho becam e cal m ho said no w he remembered h o ha d som e good news for Mrs. Somers. Ou o of her wedding pres ents was rocovcro d Sho would novel guess what it was. Had Mr. Broadhnrst told hor'' \Nothing Mr . Jorrold. What is if\ \Your traveliug trunk. An d where d o you think I foun d it ' Half a mile up Stony Crook, wodgod in a tree top—but tho tree cam e fro m tho Lord knows where. I brought it to Mr. Bioadhurst - and wc opened it. It wa s i n a b <d 6hapo outside; inside it was all right—as dry as a bone. There waB a p iper in it—a paper Mr Broadhurst thinks yo u uover saw ' \I never noticed a paper in it,\ said Mrs Somers . \It was in a curiou s flap under a flap.' \What was tho paper, Sir. Jer old?\ 'It was a cop y o f Mr . PoterH' will, with uy namo an d Joh n \Wi trons' where the witnosses ough t to bo , and a note stating whore the wil l woul d bo found—in Mr . Alexander Butledgo' s possession.\ Mrs. Somer s looke d at hor husband in quiringly \Who di d Mr . Petir a give hiB property to'\ Mr Somor s askod. \To you r wife? \ \To mo ! I don' t understand it at all, Algernon Why, Mr. Jerrold, did M r Peters giv e his property to mo? \ v \That's a stor y 1 may as well toll yo u as Mr. Broadhurst . Mr. Poters liked your mothor . Your mothe r liked liim I was on o of the fo w who suspected the truth. Thor o was a maiplot sonie- whero; anyhow , Mr. Poters coasod paying attention to your mother , and wont aw g> to sou. Ho went to tho East Indies, and thore mad o the money that was tho forma tion of his propor y horo. \I understand ho was hom o a year be fore ho fonn d ou t tho truth. Then it was too late. Ho ha d no t acted wisely. A man wh o wa s dyin g o f consumption—as mean a snook , I judge , as livos and finds favor—at last let ou t enough t o mako Mr. Petors uneasy . He mad o inquiries, foun d that ho ha d wronged you r mother b y listening t o stories in whic h sho was rep resented to sa y the reverse of what she thought. Hor people give her- no peace until sho marrie d the ma n they preferred. Mr. Vetera told me more than once he never would forgive himself. An d he Baid the same to Squire Jepgon' and Broadhurst—that if it took all ho had in the world to mako amends to his ol d sweetheart's daughter, h o woul d make it righ t before ho died. Yo u aro the daugh ter.\ \And no one over told me . Dear old man. Now I know why I always liked him,\ said MrB. Somers. \And who was tho lying sneak?\ Som ers asked carelessly. \Mr. Poters' own brother—surely not,\ said Mrs. Somers. \His brother-in-law—Giles Brockle, father o f Giles Brockle wo all know.\ Mrs Somers drow a long breath and shudderod. Now Bho understood it all Wha t a narrow oscapo she had made Intuitively sho arrived at the truth. In som e miunor Giles had learned the con . tentB o f his uncle's will. True—his curse had not been idle words Such woe as hud overtaken hoi not one woman in a million—in tens ol millions—had exporioncod; but thore waS joy , too, sho said to herself as she looke d at hor husband. \Y'oudonot feel like killing Giles now?\ Tom Jerrold said, with a Emile \No said Somers, \ I will leave him tc reap his roward. It is as sure to come as day follows night. M y wife and I have talked it all over. Sho thinks, and 1 agree with hor, that his fa' e will be worse than the death ho sent us to deliberatelj when he Hung us back into the water \ \But this will, Mr Jerrold—where is the real will'\ Jeriold shook his head \Nobody knows . Alexander Rutledge is dead, his office and his house were swept away, not n vestige of either loft \ \The n the property is not niiuo, even if Mr. Poters does dio.\ \If Mr. Petors is never able to write his signature to another will, I'm afraid Gile3 will get all—that's tho law. I f the lawyer was alive—but he is dead.\ \O yes, that is all quite plain,\ said Somers, \we do not need M r Petors' monov , wo cau manage to get along, I think\ without it.\ \Mars Somers, an' yo' , too,\—here Si Harkess confronted them suddenly— \Main Bioadhurst sent me up to tell you gemme u dat Mr Rutledg e wants you dow n right away, fo ' it gots dork.\ \Rutledge! What \ \Ho moans Mr. Butledgo's brother. He has come bore to idontify his brother's re mains, \ said Somers, quickl y Whereupon they all descended the rnountain-sido quickly. CIIAI'TEK XVIII THE GRAVE GIVES III' ITS DEAD. Enoch Broadhurst, his wife, the Jep- sons , Jorrold, James .Rutledge, and sev eral others were present when the remains of Alexaudoi Rutledge were exhumod. The y wore leniarknbly well preserved James Rutlo.lge with the first glance exclaimed \This is not my brother 1 \ The othors looked on whilo he pro ceede d t o ili ciibe certain marks on his brother th.d sumo there weio ablo to re call, now tha t tho brother spok e o f them A Bear on one leg was so dee p that every bod y remembered it wh o kne w him from yout h up Another mark almost a s easily found was a nick in the left ear Still another was a cloven thumb nail, split when ho was a boy , and t h it never nib thoroughly joined afterw 1 I 1 he:e Mi no scar o u tho right le^—n o sen- on tither leg. Thoro w ,ii no sign of a nick in either oar, the nails wore per fect 1 hen JamCBRutledge giivuhis brother's hti«,ht. Half a dozen rememboied it The dead man was fit least two inches shorter 1 hen a number o f differences— all sufficient in thomselvos to change people' s opinions—wore pointed out. Finally the group marveled ho w they coul d have made tho mistake so easily Bu t if thin was not Alexander Rutledge, where was hr? \My brother may bo dead,\ said James Rutledge. \It is a wonder half of us are here. But my brother did not shoot him self. Now, this man did, or olso some one shot him. I propose going right to th» bottom of this busiuoss I have taken some of you into m y confidence Tho last man who saw m y brother alivo, I have reason to believe is here—in Johnstown. My authority is Si Harkoss —a man known to many o f you I pro pos e no w that wo g o direct to the man who last visited Aloxandor Rutledge I sent to him, asking him to meet me. He did not see fit to come. No w wo will go to him \ The n tho remains o f tho unidentified ma n with tho bullot woun d were interred aga n, and the group moved away, bear in g with them tho lights they required. The remains wore viewed late in the j evening, rendering aitificial light uoces- I sary. I Mr. James Rutledge led the way direct i ly to tho spot where Giles Brockle was urging his workmen to mako greatet haste. As the party ueared the workmon Gilea looke d up, wondering who they were, surmising that it was Broadhurst and 'Squiro Jopsou. Th o workmen had suc ceeded in removing several beams thai ha d been in the way Giles Biocklo's impatienco meantime' got the bettor ol him H e had procured a ke g o f powder, whic h ho himsolf openod, and taking a considerable quantity from it, he WOB de vising a way to blow the motal o'istacle out o f the way, so that he could enter the door , to which all his enoruio -i had been directed. He orderod tho workmen to clear the spoc o in f rout of the object Whon this WOB dono, to everybody's astonishment it proved to be a small iron safe It wtis less than a fourth o f the dimt-usions o i the safe Giles was resolved t o open \Here 1 \ ha said, iu a masterful mm- ner to the workmen; \get out o f this, all ot you . I want to d o this my own way I'll .send it out o f the road, 111 blow it out o f this holo in a tenth o f a time you felhws would bo planning to lift it out.\ Ho made a fuse, placed a lot of powder in a tin cup, pushed the cu p under tho safe, attached tho fuse mado o f tags and papor, lit it, and sprang nimbly out o f the opening the workmen had made. \It was at this junoturo tho giou p from tho mounta.u side npprcached him. As they neored the spot a terrific explosion occurrod Fragments o f wood U-w in all directions. Sovoral o f tho luht s wore extinguished. Thoio was sufficient light left, howovor, to reveal to everybody au iron safe which was thrown complotely out o f tho large opening in tho dobris made by the wo kmon. Tho safo »n< tinned completely over and tho door was lying w de opeu . Tw o or throe packages o f papers lay on top o f the door. Giles Brockle sprang forward to seize) these packages, when a vise-like grip close d on his wrist, and James Rutledge said, in a loud, commandin g voico \Thos e papers are not yours. They are mine. \ \How aro they yours' \ demandod Giles Brookle, fiercely. \Booause that is my brother's (Alexan der Rutledgo's) safe.\ Tho light shone full upo n tho top of the safe and ou the insido o f the open door. On each all plainly BOW Alexan der Rutledge's name. Gile s Brockle waa dum b with amaze- mhat. What force, what powe r under heaven coul d lift the safe oa t of the well he had flung it into? An d b y wha t strange chance had tho force o f the flood borne it this distance to lodge it right in nig way? \If it is you r brother's safe, take it. Get it out o f the way, and I want yo u all to get out o f m y way. I am mindin g my own busiuoss Leave me to min d m y own affairs and yo u attond to yours. \ \Stay!\ said Enoc h Broadhurst, as he opeue d ou o o f the papers \ I hol d in my han d Mr. Peters'will , in whic h Tie be queathes all his property to Roso Parkor, and which names two of us, Jepso n and myself, executors \And wh ; ch I witnessed,\ adde d To m Jorrold, soberly. Giles Brockl e looked around him. The n he looke d at tho mountain side. Across those mountain tops his Uncl e Pe ters now lay o u his death-bed Per haps he was dead. He bad not taken the trouble to go noar him, or ask after him, for two days. He had not looked on his uncle's face for mouths. Giles Brockl e lifted a hand, and, skak- ing it i u tho direction o f Sout h Fork dam, said \Curses light on tho man who cut me off without a ponny! Cursos rest on him heroafterl Ma y ho \ At that instant, au old man stepped forward tremblingly, loaniug heavily on a cane. Au attendant stood beside him. Si Harkess stoo d behind him with saucer- like eyea It was lorn Jf etors. xo m Peter s look in g very frail, but with as clear eyes na over met his friends. His voice was also quite clear as ho said, deliberately \Curse to you r heart's coutent. Every, curse you utter will return upo n yo u with terrible—with overwhelming forc o My willi s made . In the prosenco of all hero, I repeat, it was always m y purpose to give the greater portion o f m y propeity to Ros e Parker; no w I give it all to hor \ Giles Brockle stood confounded- craven, like the wretch he was \I adviBe yo u to leave the pluce, \ said his unclo. The n Gile s mado a movement As he turned, those nearest h m bohel d he turned ashen gray, then a greeuish color. Hi s evos stoo d oat iu his head , his jaw fell \And I comman d him to stand still. 1 charge hi m with an attempt t o mur der me 1 \ It was tho face, the voice, o f Alexander Rutledge Thos e who witnessed this extraordinary scene were silent. The lawyer was paler than usual, but otherwise thoro was no change in his appoarauco save in his at tire. \I shall enjo y the privilege of taking yon in chargo myself and turning you ' over to tho deputy,\ said the lawyer, ad- | vanoing resolutely as he spoke. But Gile s Brockle was prepare d for this emergency . Ere any one surmised | his intention, he thrust a han d in his j pocket, pulle d out a pistol and holdin g it over his heart, fired, falling dead at tho feet o f tho man he thought he hu d mur- 1 lered. — \It is as woll,\ Baid Alexander Rut'odge, [ lolemnly, a s the group stood awe-stricken. \It is' tho on d I oxpected—and ofteu predicted,\ said To m Peters. — <. * * * * The manner in which Alexander Rut ledge was rescued was as wonderful a s my o f the thrilling experiences rolatod of the great flood. After being drawn under ! a vortex o f water twice, he was pulled out on the roof o f a bouse, only to float down , the river. H e was exhausted whe n car- l led to a farmhouse, and lay there threo \ lays before ho was able to return to Johns- :owu in a wagon . Tom Petors will never bo the sim o uan again. Th e news of the gre t dis- ister gave hi m a fresh lease of life, tho loctors say; but he is so feebl e that h o s \ready to go,\ to use his own words, I iny time. Mr and Mr s Somers are abroad After lelping all wh o required immediat e as- listance, they carried out their original plan. It is Si Harkess who has a \mo'won- | lerful story—ten times mo ' wonderful story—dan do flood to to'l,\ as he relates the death o f Giles Brocklo. [THE END.] The Girls Are Sly. You can tell pretty woll how a girl feels towards you by the way sho takes your arm. If she doesn't caro a cent vou know it by the indifference of her muscles. If she has great confi dence in you the pressure tells it, and friendship is ns distinct from love in that mode of expression as in words or looks A woman can take tho arm of a fellow she likes very much with perfect comfort, even if she is six feet high aud he four But even if the two are just matched, she can make him feel disdain, con tempt, discomfort, dislike, anything she likes, by the way she does not hold on to him I am told there is a great deal of difference, too, between the way a girl fits her waist to one man's arm as compared with another, but I hardly believe it. — San Francisco Chronicle. The Busy Beetle. A curious result of the work of a species of beetle was recently dis covered in a house in Portland, Mo. Where two matched boards came to gether in the sheuthiug of a room, the rounded rib, about \the size of a lead pencil, for a lenglh of I wo feet and a hal', had been replaced with what looked like a - porous mass Of .fiiie saw dust, which wtfs by some means so held together as to assume the exact shape of the original wood Investi gations with a penknife, at one end of this, revealed a small tunnel under tho surface, filled with the same line dust aud about three inches long, at the end of which was a small and very activo black beetle busily engaged in liter ally eating his way through life, with an inexhaustible supply of food in front. The nut is not I lie only bug-model of industiy The Price or Itoya'ty. Airs Smith— Ve<, my daughter Lucy married a blacksmith, and'they have a tine houle ii'id are getting along nicely. Mary 'married u butcher, and is very comfortably provided for Jennie mar ried a section hand, and they aro hap pily situated. Mrs. .Tones — And your daughtor Gladys? Mrs. Smith—Alas I she married a foreign nobleman I send her $2 por week and some discarded dresses, and by taking in washing sue manages to support her family. — Detroit Free Press. • How MUCH misery would be saved if iome ladies would only discover that, whatever their forto may b e it is hot; the piano forti\ A SERMON FOR WOMEN. BT BET. SB. TALMAGE. The Prophet' s Visi t to the Woman ol Shune m tho Subjeot o f Hi* Diacourso , Ter r \And it fell on a day thatEUsha patted to Shunem, where was a gfeat wo man.\ —II Kings lv., 8. Tbo hotel ot our timo had no counterpart In any ontertalnment ot olden time. Tho vast majority ot travelers must then be en tertained at private abode. Here eomoe Ellsha, a servant of the Lord, on a divine mission, and ho must And shelter. A bal- oony overlooking the valley Esdraeloa Is of fered htm In a prlvato house, and It Is es pecially furnished for his occupanoy—nobalr toslt on, a table from whloh t o eat, a candle stick by whloh to read and a bed on which to slumber—tho whole establishment belonging to a great and good woman. Her husband, it seems, was a godly man, but be was entirely overshadowod by his wlfo's excellonoies, just as now you some times And in a housohold tho wife the oentro ot dignity and tnftuoueo and power, not by any arrogance or presumption, but by superior intellect and force of moral nature wielding domestlo affairs and at the eamo time supervising all Qnanoial and buslne33 affairs, the wlfo's hand on the shuttle, on tho bonking houso, on the worldly business. You see hundreds of men who aresuooessful only because there Is a reason at home why thoy are successful. If a man marry a good , lionet soul, he mnkes his fortane. If ho marry a fool, the Lord help him! Tho wlfo may be the silent partner in the firm, thore may be only masculine voloes down on exchange, but thoro oftentlmo come3 from tho homo olrcle a potential and olovatlng Influence. This woman of my text was the superior of hor husband. He, as far as I can under stand, was what wo ofton see in our day—a man of large fortune and only a modicum of brain, lntensoly qulot, sitting a long whilo in the same place without moving hand or foot —If you say \yes responding \yes ; \ i f you say \no \ responding \no\—Inane, eyes half shut, mouth wldo open, maintaining his f iosltion In society oal y beeauso ho has a argo patrimony. But his wlfo, my text says, was ft groat woman. Her namo bos not oom e down to us. She belonged to that collection ot people who need no name to distinguish thom. What would titlo of duohess or princess or queen— what would esoutoheon o r gleaming diadem —bo to this woman of m y text, who, by her Intelligence and her bohavlor, challenges tho admiration of all ages? Long nftor the bril liant women o f tho court of Louis XV have beon forgotten, and the brilliant women o t tho court ot Spain have beon forgotton, and tho brilliant women who sat on mighty tbrone3 have boon forgotten, somo grandfather will put on his spectacles, and holding the book the other sido the light read to his grandchil dren tho story of this great woman ot Shu nem who was so kind and courteous and Christian to tho good prophet Ellsha. Yes. sho was a groat woman. In the first place, sho was great In hor hospitalities. Uncivilized and borborious nations honor this vlrtuo. Jupiter hnd the surname of tho hospitablo, and he was said especially to avengo the wrongs of strang ers. Homor exalted it In his verse. The Arabs aro punctilious upon this subject, and among somo of their tribes It Is not until tho ninth day of tarrying that tho occupant has a right to ask his guest, \Wbo nnd whenco art thou?\ If this vlrtuo Is so hon ored oven among barbarians, how ought It to be honored among thoso of us who believe In tho Bible, which commands us to use hos pitality ono toward another without grudg ing? Of courso I do not moan under this cover to give any Idea thut I approve ot that va grant olaes who g o nround from place to place ranging tholr wholo llfottmo perhaps undor tho auspices of somo beuovolent or philanthropic society, quartering thomsolvos on Christian families, -with a groat pile of trunks in tho hall and carpetbag portentous of tarrying. Thoro is many a country parson- ago that looks out wook by week upon tho ominous arrival of wagon with creaking whool and lank horso and dilapidated driver, oomo undor tho auspices of somo charitable institution to spend a few weeks and canvass tho neighborhood Let no such religious tramps tako advantage o f this beautiful vlr tuo of Christian hospitality Not so much tho Bumptuousne s of your diet and the regality of your nbodo will Im press tho frlond or the stranger that stops ucross your threshold as tho warmth of your greeting, the Informality of your reception, the reltorutlon by grasp and by look nnd by a. thousand attoutions, insignificant attentions, of your earnestness of welcome. There will be high appreciation ot your weloome, although you have nothing but the brazen oandlostlok and the plain chair to offer Ellsha whon ho comos to 8!iuiiom. Most beautiful Is this grace of hospitality whon shown In tho houso of God. I am thankful that I am pastor ot a ohuroh where •trangers are always wolcomo, anil there is not a Stato in the Union in which I have not heurd the affability o f tho ushers of our churoh complimented. But I have ontered churches were there was no hospitality. A stranger would btand in the vestibule for awhllo and then make pilgrimage up tho long aisle. Ho door openod to him until, flushod nnd excited nnd embarrassod, he started baolc again, nnd coming tosomo halt- filled pew with npologetlo air entered It, while tho occupants glared on him with a look which soomod to say, \Woll If I must, I must.\ Away with such accursed ln- doconcy from the house of Qod I Lot every church thnt would mnlntntn largo Christian Influence In community culture Sabbath by Babbath this beautiful graco ot Christian hos pitality. A goo d m-in traveling In tho far west, In the wilderness, wns overtaken by night and »torm, and ho put in at u cobln. Ho saw llro- orms along tho beams of tho cabin ; nnd he (olt alarmod. He did not know but that ho hnd fallen into a don of thloves. Ho snt there greatly perturbed. After awhile the man of tho house came home with a gun on his shoulder nnd Bet it down In a corner. Tho stranger w.is still more alurmod. After awhllo tho man of tho houso whlsparod with his wlfo, and the stranger thought his de struction was being planned. Then the man of tho house cam\ forward and said to the stranger \Stranger wenre A rough and rutlo people out horo, and we work hnrd for a living. We mnko our Jiving by hunting, nnd wh»n w o como to tho night fall WJ> aro tired, and w e are apt to go to bed earlyf nnd before retiring wo aro always in the habit of reading a oh'aptor from the word of God nnd making a prayer. If you don't like such things, If yo u will just step outsldo tho door until we get through I'll be greatly obliged to you.\ Of courso the strangertnr- rled In tho room, nnd tho old hunter took bold of the horns ot the altar and brought down tho blessing ot Oo J upon bis house hold und upon the stranger within their gates. Bu-Je but glorious Christian hospi tality I Again, tftis woman In my text was great'In ber kindness toward God's messengor. Ellsun may have been . stranger In that houshold. iut as sho found out hn h.ndcomeon a divine mission he was cordially waleonie. We have n great many books in our- day about tho tinnlsbips ot ministers nnd tbe trials of Christian ministers. I wish somebody would write a book about tho joys of tho Christian minister—about the sympathies all around hlra, about tho kindnesses, about tho genial considerations ot him. Does sorrow como t o on r homonndisthero n Bhndow on tho cradle, thbro aro hundreds of hnuds to help, nnd many who weary not through tho long night watohlng, nnd hun dreds of prayers going up that God would restoro/the sick, i s thore a burning, brim ming oup o-rcalamity placed on tho pastors table, aro there not many to holp biro to drink of that cup and wh o will not bo com forted heeauso he Is strlokon? Oh, for some body to write A book about tho reward* of tho Christian minister—about Ids surround ing* of Christian sympathy - I>« wwaat CTT nrn rexe m oory • typ« o t thousands ot men and women wh o corns down from the mansion and from the oot to do kindness t o the Lord's servants. I anjp- poi e the men of Shunem had to pay tbeblUa, trot it was the largo hearted Christian sympa thies of the wome n of Shunem that looked after the Lord's messenger. Again, this woma n i n the test was great in hor behavior under trouble. Her only son ho d died on her lap. Aver y bright light went out In thnt household. Th o sacred writer puts it very tersely when ho soys, \He sat on her knees until noon, and then ho died.\ Yet the writer goes on t o so y that she ex'olalmed, \It is well I\ Groat In prosperity, this woman was great in trouble Where are the feet that have not beon blls- torod on the hot sands of this great Sahara? Whero ore tho shouldors that have not beon bent under tho burden of grief? Where is the ship Balling over glassy sea that has not after awhllo boon caught In a oyclone? Whore is the gnrden of earthly comfort but trouble hath hitched u p Its fiery ond panting team nnd gone through it with burning plowshare of disaster? Under tho pelting of ogea of suffering the great heart of tho world has burst with woe. Navigators tell us about the rivers, and the Amazon and the Dnnubo and the Mississippi have been explored, but who can toll tho depth or length of the great river of sorrow made up of tears and blood rolling through all lands and all ages, bearing the wreok of families and ot communities and of empires —foaming, writhing, boiling with the ngon- los of,GOOO years? Etna and Cotopoxt on d Vesuvius have been described, but wh o ho3 over sketched the volcano of suffering reach ing up Jrom Its depths the lnva and the scoria nnd pouring thom down the sides to whelm the nations? Oh, if I could gather all tho heartstrings, tho broken heartstrings, Into a harp I would play on it o dirge suoh ns was never sounded. Mythologlsts toll us of Gorgon and Cen taur nnd Titan, ond geologists tell us ot ex tinct spocles ot monsters, but greater than Gordon or megatherium, and not belonging to tho realm of fable, and not of an extinct spooles, Is a monster with iron jaw and Iron hoofs walking across tho nations, nnd his tory and pootry nnd sculpture, in their at tempt to sketoh it and describe it, have seemed to sweat groat drops of blood. But, thank God, there aro thoso who onn conquer as this woman of tho text conquered nnd say: \It Is well ! Though m y property bo gono, though myohlldren begono, though my homo be broken up, though my health be* sacrificed, It is woll, It Is well!\ There is no storm on the sea but Christ is ready to tiso In the hinder part ot the ship and hush it. There is no dnrkness but tbo constella tions of God's eternal love can Ulumlno it, and though tho winter comes out ot the northern sky you havo sometimes soon the northern sky all ablaze with auroras that 3eem to soy \Com e up this way Up this way are thrones of light, ond seas ot sap phire, ond tho splendorof an eternal hoavon. Come up this way.\ WlMi I soma to apeak o f womaafy tnfla- enoe, my mind alway* wanders of to on* model—the aged on s who , 27 years ago. w* put away tor the resurrection. Abtrat 9T years ago, and just before their marrlam day, my father and mother stood up In- ti* old meeting house at Somervllle. N. J., and took upon thom the VOWB of the Christian. Through a long life of vicissitude she lived hormleaslyond usefully ond came to hor end In peace. No child of wont over oame to her door and was turned empty owoy. No ona In sorrow came to her but was comforted. No one asked her the wa y to be saved butshe pointed him to ths cross. When tho angel of lifo oome to o neighbor's dwelling, she was there to rejolco at the starting of an- othor Immortal spirit. When the angel of death came to o neighbor's dwelling, she was thoro to robe tho departed for the burloL We bad often heard her, when leading family prayers In the absonco of my father, Bay, \O Lord, I ask not for my ohlldren wealth or honor, but I d o ask that thoy all may bothe subjoots o f Th y oomfortlnggraoo I\ Her 11 children brought into tho kingdom of God, she had but ono more wish, ond that wns that sho might see her long absent mis-. slonnry son, and whon the ship from China' anchored in Now York harbor and the long absent one passed over the threshold of his paternal homo she said, \Now , Lofd, lottost Thou Thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes havo seen the salvation.\ The prayer was soon answered. It was an autumnal day whon wo gathered from, afar and found only the houso from whloh tho soul had fled forever. Sho looked vory natural, tho hands vory muoh as whon they were employed In kindness for her children. Whatevor else wo forget, we never forget tho look ot mother's hands. As we stood there by the casket we could not help but soy, \Don't she loo k beautiful?\ It wo* cloudless day whon, with heavy hearts, we carried her out to the lost resting E lace. Tho withered leaves orumblod undor oot and wheel as w o passed, and the sun shonoonth e Rarlton Blver until it lookod like Are ; but more calm and boantlfnl and rndlont was the sotting sun of that nged pil grim's life. No more toll, no moro tears, no more sickness, no moro death. Denr mother I Beautiful mother'. Sivcec Is tbe slumber bcucath tbe soil, Whilo tbe puro spirit resta with Ood. I need not go book and show you Zenobla or Semlramls or Isabella or even the woman of the text as wonders of womanly excellence or greatness when I in this-moment point to your own picture gallery' of memory, and show you tho one face that you remembor so well, and arouse nil your holy reminisconoes, and start you In now consecration to God by tbo pronounclation of that tender, beautiful, glorlaus word, \Mothor mother 1 . Wo may, llko tho shlp3, by tompest be tossed On perilous depths, but cannot be lost. Though satan enrago the wind and tho tide. Toe promtso assures us tho Lord will provide. I hoard an echo of my text In n very dark hour, when my father lay dying, and the old country ministor said to him, \Mr. Talmogo, how do you iool no w as you aro about t o pass tho Jordan of death?\ Ho replied—and it was tho Inst thing ho evor sold—\I feolwoll: I feel von'well ; all 13 woll,\ lifting his hand In a benediction, a spcoohless benediction, whioh I pray Ood may go down through nil the generations. It is well! Of course it was well. Again, this woman of my text wot groat in her application to domestic duties. Everv picture is o home picture, whothor she Is entertaining an Ellsha, orwbether she is giv ing careful attention to her sick boy, or whether sho is appealing for tho restoration of her property—every picture In her caso is a homo picture. Those who are not disci ples of this Shunemlte woman who, going out to attend to outside oharittcs, negleot tho duty of home—tho duty ot wlfo, of mother, of daughter. No faithfulness in public ben efaction can ever ntono for domestic negli gence. There has boon many a mother who by In defatigable toll has reared a largo family of ohlldren, equipping thom for tho duties of life with good manners and large intelli gence and Christian principle, starting them out, who has done mora for tbe world than many another woman whose name has sounded through all the lands and all the centuries. I remember when Kossuth was in this oountry thore wero some Indies who got reputations by presenting him very grace fully with bouquets of flowers on public oc casions, but what was all that compared with the work ot the plain Hungarian mother who gave to truth ond civilization and tho cause •of universal liberty a Kos3uth? Yes. this woman of my text was groat In hor simplicity. When the prophet wanted to reward her for hor hospitality by asking somo prefer ment from tho king, what did sho say? Sho deellnod it. Sho said : \I dwell among my ! frojtf.es \ own peoplo,\ as muoh as to say \ I am • - b - •' satisfied with m y Jot. All I wont Is my family and my frlonds around me. I dwell among my own peoplo.\ Oh, what a rebuko to tho strife for precedence in oil ages ' How many there ore who want to get prreot architecture and homes furnished with all art, all palutiug, all statuary, who havo not enough taste to distinguish between gotbio and liyzautine, and who could not tell a llfrure In plaster of Paris from Palmer's •'W'bltoCui.tlve.' and would not know aboy' s penciling from Bierstadt's \Yosomlto' —men who buy largo libraries by the square foot, buying those libraries whon thoy havo hardly enough education to pick out tho day of the almanac! Oh, ho w many there are striving to havo things ns woll as their neighbors, or better than their neighbors, nnd in the strug gle vast fortunes aro exhausted and business firms thrown Into bankruptcy, and mon of reputed honosty rush into astounding for- gortes. Of courso I say nothing against refinement or culture. Splendor o\ nbodo, sumptuous- ness of diet, Iuvlshness In art, neatness in ap parel— there is nothing ngainst them in the Bible or out of the Bible. God does not want us to prefer mud,hovol to English cot tage, or untnnnod shoopskin to French broadcloth, or husks to plnoapplo, or the clum«lness of a boor to the mnnnors of a gentleman God, who strung tho beach with tiuted shell and the grass of tho field' wlth l the dows of the night ond hath oxqulsltely tinged morning cloud and robin red broast, wonts us to koep our eye open to nil beauti ful sights, and our ear open to oil beautiful cadences, and our heart open to nil olevotlng sentiment. But what I wont to impress upon you i3 thut you ought not to inventory the luxuries ot life 03 among the indUponsobles, nnd you ought not t o depreciate this woman of the text, who , whon offered kingly profer ment, responded, \ I dwell among my ow n people.\ Yes, this woman of the text was groat in her piety, faith in God, and. sho was not ashamed to talk about It before Idolaters. All, woman will never appreciate what sho owes to Chrlstlanltv 'ii 'til sao know« nnd sees ths degradation of her sex under paganism and Mahommednnlsm. Her very birth considered a misfortune. Sold like oattlo in tho sham bles. Slavo of all work, and at last hor body fuel for the funoral pyre of hor husband. Above the shriok of the fire worshipers In Medicine in the Middle Ages. In an entertaining article in tho Nineteenth Century on mediawal med icine, some curious prescriptions are given. A person whose right eye was inflamed or bleared was recommended to \take the right eye of a Progg, lap it in a piece of russet cloth, and hang it about the neck.\ Tho skin of a raven's heel was prescribed for gout. Diffident young men will be interested in this - \If you would have a man be come bold or impudent, let him carry about him the skin or eyes of a lion or cock, and ho will be fearless of his enemies; nay, he will be very terrible unto them.\ Tho tendency to reti cence, which is so common a fault of parliaments, municipal councils, etc., might be cured by this treatment: \If you would havo him talkative, give him tongues, and seek out those of water frogs and ducks, nnd such crea- turos notorious for their continual noiso making \ If a man had a \sounding or n pip ing in hiB ears,\ he was recommended tp put oil of hempseed, warm, into them, \and after that lot him leaps upon his one legge upon that side where the disease is ; then let him bowe doune hys earo of that syde, if haply any moysture would issue out.\ The remedy for nose bleeding was to \beat ogge shales to pouder, find sift them through a linnen cloth, and blow thom into hys nose ; if the shales were of egges whereout young chiokens are hatched, it wero so much the better.\ Powdered earth worms mixed with wine wero recommended for jaundice. Toothacho might be relieved by an ap plication of the fat of \little greene or of the \graye wormB breathing under wood or stones, hav ing many fete.\ Frogs and toads were favorite remedies, especially when treated in some grotesquely barbarous manner. Popular prejudice againBt medical scienoe to-day is declining, nnd will probably disappear alto gether ; but in the Middle Ages it seems to have had a very rational basis. —Toronto Globe. Saved by a IMoltcr. A commercial traveler writes to tho St. Louis Globe-Democrat: \Tho blotter in a hotel writing room onoe saved me from very considerable loss. As a general rule the blotter in a writ ing room is so dirty and covered up with ink marks that tho whole presents tho appearance of an Egyptian hieroglyphics. But. on this occasion, as luck would havo it, the blotter was absolutely new and clean and could bo examined very closely. The last man [\who had been using it was also the first, and OB he used rather a liberal supply of ink and wrote rapidly he re produced almost the entire letter upon the blotter before folding it up. I knew him to be the representative of a largo Eastern house in a similar though not rival capacity to our own, and without intending to do so, I found myself glancing nt the reproduction of his letter on the blotter. I was struck nt_onue with tho name of the house from which I had the previous day taken an exceptionally large order, and reading on I found that he had notified his firm that, acting under advice from a very reliable source, ho had dooided not to carry out his in structions nnd sell this firm a bill of • t , . ,,, , , , .goods. I wen t out nt ones an d mad e India an.l above the rumbllnir of the juoru'or- 1 t„„. ,-„„ i i . . nauts I hear th« million voiced groi n of : few '^quirie s which convinced we wrougeJ, insulted, broken hoarted, down- | tuat not onI >' was th e house i n ques- troddeu woman. Iter tears have fallen in the tio n in difficulties, but tha t it was also Nllo nnd Tigris and the L a Plata nu J on tho contemplating a fraudulen t transfer steppes of Turt .iry She hn3 been dlshon- . , 1 . .. ° „•,-. T ,.. orod In Turkish gnrden and Persian palace j to defea t its creditors . I promptly and Spanish Alhombro. Hor llttlo ones have wired th o hous e I represente d to ignor e beon sacrificod In tho Ganges. Thore is not 1 my lette r by mai l containin g this Hgroan ^rndungeon.or_ou Jstand^ or^ n j ol . atJr) R i vinff the reason s briefly , and mountain, or a rlvor, or n sea but could tell a story of tho outrages neaped upon hor. But, thanks to God, this glorious Chris tianity comes forth, and nil the chains o f this vassalage nro snapped, nnd sho rlse3up from ignominy t o exalted sphere nnd be comes tho affectionate daughtor, tho gentle wife, the honored mother, the useful Chris tian. Oh, If Christianity has done s o muoh for woman, suroly woman will bocome Its most ardent advoeota and its subllmost «xempllp>?ii» 1 • v ' . following up the telegram by an ex planatory letter. Some rather indig nant correspondence followed, but this was abruptly terminated by tho suspension of the latter nnd the ab sconding of one of the partners. I have always hold a clean blotter in a hotel writing, room with a feeling of. veneration ever since.\ SUNDAY- SCHOOL. TJIBBOK TOK BTJHDAX-. BXPT. % 20. **For tnts oauso therefore nave I oalleoT for you t o see. you ond t o speak with you> Da- cause that for tbe hope of Israel I am bouad with this chain.\ During tbe three month* at Malta many miracles wero wrought by* Paul In the name of the Lord, Jesus, and many must havo heard the g03pel (vorses I' ll). I n due time arriving at Borne, Paul was suffered t o dwell by himself with a- soldier that kept him, and after three days ho called together the ohiefs of the Jews aniC mado known t o them why he was a prisoner and wh y at Borne. Before Agrippa ho had spoken of tho hope ot the promise mode ot God unto tho fathers as something concern ing the 12 tribes (xxvi., 6, T). 21. \An d they said unto him. We neither reoeived letters out of Jude n concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came . showed or spnko any harm of thee.\ They did not have dally papors with the news from all tho world in each lssuo. It may bavo been- somo comfort to Paul to know that tongues i n this part of tho world had not yot opened fire on htm. He hod been enjoying his share of it olsowhore and had found some pleasure in it (II Cor. xli.. 10). 22. \But we desiro to heor of thoe what thou thinkestj for ns concerning this soct wo know thot everywhere It is spoken against.\ In chapter xxlv.,.5, tho followers of Jesus are called tho sect of tho Nozarones. If Paul had not boon spokon against at Borne up to thig time, it wonld now bo evident t o him that his Master had, and his fellowship would besura to come. But Paul wns ready, for his prayer was to kno w Him, and tho power of His resurreotion, and the fellowship of His suf ferings (Phil. 111., 10). 23. \H e expounded and testified tho king dom of God , porsuading them concerning lesus both out of the law o f Moses and out ot tho prophots from morning until evening.\ Having gathered unto him in his lodging a company of Jews, ho, as his custom wasi preached unto thom Jesus as Son of Daiua and coming King from their own Soripturen (chapter xvll., 2, 3; xtx., 8 ; xxiv., 11)', Doubtless Aots xlil., 10-41,13 a fair somplo ot his preaching and reasoning. He sought to convince tbem that Jesus of Nazareth was in deed the promised Messiah, that It was all foretold that Ho should die and rise again, and that now thoy were to receive Him, serva Him patiently nnd faithfully ond wait for His return (Acts ill., 10-21, I Thess. I., 9,10 ; Titus II.. 11-13). 21. \An d somo believe the things which ivere spoken, and somo believed not.\ W o ore nowhere taught thnt the good news will be universally received in this ago. Somo aood will fall by the wayside and somo on rocky soil, but n portion will find good ground ; somo will be saved, and tho church shall bo completed (Math, xlli., 18-23 ; I Cor. Ix., 22 ; Eph. v , 27). Even in tho noxt ago, when satan shall bo bound, there will bo do - :elvors who will only yield a feigned obedi ence nnd will follow satun when ho comes out of tho pit (Ps. lxvl., 3, murglu , Rov. xr., 7, 81. 25. ' And when thoy agreed not among themsolves they dopnrted aftor that Paul had spoken one word, Woll spake the Holy Gh03t by Esnlns the prophet unto our fathers.\ Thnt it wits not the prophots who spako o e wrote, but God by His spirit through tho prophets is everywhere taught. Compare Acts I., 2 , ii „ 17 lv , 25. and notice who it is that speaks. David in his lost words said, \Tho Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and Ills word was In my tongue\ (I I Sam. xxlil., 21. Peter says it was the Spirit of Christ who spoke through the prophets (I Pet. 1., 10,11). 2(1. \Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and soelng yo shnll sea nnd not perceive.\ it was not very encouraging t e the prophot to bo told thnt tho peoplo would neither percolve nor understand his messago, but Jeremiah and Ezeklel had thesamo pron- peet berore them. \Thoy shall fight against thse.\ \Th o house of Israel will not harkon unto mo \ (Jer. 1, 19; Ezek 111., 7). Tho messenger of the Lord has only to deliver the message faithfully (Jer xxlil., 28), sure that It will accomplish the Lord's pioosuro » (Isn. lv , 111, aud take refuge and comfort in Luke x . )G. 27. \Fo r tbo heart of the people Is wnxod gross, nnd their enrs are dull ot hearing, nnd tholr eyes have they closed, lest I should heal them \ Tho difficulty Is not on God's side, but wholly on the side ot man, who will not listen t o God It 13 written that tho Lord hardened tho hoart of Pharaoh an.d also that Pharaoh hardened his own heart (Ex. x. 1, 20, 27 ; vlli , 15, 32.) The Lord did it by giv ing him a command which ho would not obey, and Phnraoh did it by refusing to obey tho Lord's command. God Is alwavv, right, but man wrou+;. 28. \Bo it known therefore unto you thai tho salvation of God Is sent unto tho Gen tiles, and that they will hear it.\ Compare choptorxiil., 1G, 17 \T o the Jews firs*,\ was Paul's motto and custom (Uom. i., 1G). Had it boon continued to this day who can tell what tho result might have been? Obedi ence Is our part, llcsults are with God, and He will see to it. That God would gather from Jews and Gentiles without distinction and on the ground of simple faith in Christ those who would form tho body of Christ was a mystery\ revealed to Paul (tlom. xvi., 25, 20 . Eph. ill., 1-12.) 2U. \Au d when he had said these words the Jews departed nnd hod great reasoning among thomselvcs. ' Tbe word proaohod does not prollt unless It Is mlxod with faith in thoso who hear it (Heu. iv., 2.) Tnj weapons of our warfare oro intonded to cast down reasonings and overy high thing that exaltoth itsoli against tho knowledge o l God aud bring into captivity every thought to the obedienco of Christ (II Cor. x-., 5, margin.) To profit by the word we must receive it with meekness (Jas. I., 21 ) 30. \An d Paul dwelt two whole years In hla own hired houso and received all that came In unto blm, \ doubtless accomplishing the will of God and glorifying Go d as much aa whon journeying through Asia and Macedo nia. Being no longer able to go to peoplo, God brought peoplo'to Him, and though he was bound ho r«)olced that tho wor d of God was not bound (I I Tim. II., 9). 31. \Prenchlng the kingdom ot Go d ano teaching thoso things which concorn tho Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence, no man forbidding him.\ The advorsary can- • not hinder boyond God's permission, and It was His ploasure that for those t«o yoarstho word should have free course. The book opens with Jesus between His resurrection nnd ascension prenchlng the kingdom, nnd with the question of tho disciples, \Lord , , wilt Tho u nt this time restore again tho kingdom to Israel\ (Acts 1., 3, G)? It closes with Poul at Komo In a hired houso still • preaching th6 kingdom. Aftor theso 1800 years w e aro still more or loss bound, but preaching Jesus Christ and still waiting for , the kingdom wh^lo wo eontlnuo to pray, \Thy kingdom como.\ If wo had more of Paul's spirit and faithfulness, w e would do. , moro to hasten the kingdom.—Lesson , Helper. mos t THE MEDICAL STANDPOINT. It is but n small part of our indictment ngainst drink that It is tho chief causo ol crimo. It Is nlso tho chiof causo of .multi form dlsoase and misery Sir W. Gull said, boforo tho Committoe of tho Houso of Lords, that \ a very largo number of peoplo In so ciety nro dying day by day, poisoned b y alco hol, but not supposed to be poisoned by It.\ Sir H. Thompson said, that \lh»r o was no groator causo of ovll, moral nnd physical, to tho inhnbitnnts of this country.\ Mr. Mill- hall, in his statistics, attributes to drink forty-eight per cent of tho Idiocy in England. Sir James llannon said that sevonty-flvo out of every hundred divorce casos nro brought about by It. In tho organ of tho National Society for tho Prevention ot Cruolty to Childron w o aro told that out ot olirlitcon. selected cases of typical Ilendlshness, thirteen wero directly connoctod with drink. Tho moro competent tho witnesses tho moro lata', and overwhelming does the case against drink become. THE out in tha great whlto pine territory oV the upper Ml»»U»Ippl TaUey will — tall oonaldanbir W l«tf ?«*
