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7 - =, i 3;3 < e’fi;‘. \ flqG 74 .' 3 o N g L £ ¥ BISHPPERRARNCE ¢ < . {‘-}‘ (X 7 By Will N. Harben. {Copyright, 1500, by A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Co.] © CHAPTER lI.—CoNTINUED. The major was deathly pale and his thands quivered as with palsy. For a moment he could only stare into the svmpathetic eyes of his ward, who like a shapely pillar of consolation sstood before him. i “Blanche, do you think—think she has gone?” he asked. A “I can't say, dear, dear guardian. I hope not. Don’t give up.” He scemed to have a sudden inspira‘tion. “Come into my study,” he said. She followed and stood in the dark as he fumbled with the electric light fixture. In a moment the little room +vas illuminated. He pointed to a big iron safe in the corner, and said, thuskily: “*She could not go without me:ms.‘ She 'saw me put $5.000 away yesterday. She has always known the combination.” I¢Oh, she wouldn't dare to take your money!” exclaimed Blanche. . ‘“She knew [ had a deposit in the Pank,” he said; “besides, what is mine is hers. She knows that.” With trembling fingers he turned the combination bolt. In a moment the heavy door was opened. llle drew _out a strong box from one of the compartments in the safe and raised tae lid. The money was gone. “That settles it!” Goddard said this with more calmness than Blanche had expected, but it was the calmness of utter despair. He clesed the box almost with scrupulous exactness, then shut and locked the door of the safe. He went back into the libraty and stood before the fire, his limp hands clasped in front of him. “Pell me ywhat to do, Blanche,” he said, plaintively. “I can't give her up. T simply cannot! I have been under bursting shells and whistling lead as thick as hail and not cared so much as that” (he snapped his fingers), “but I can’t face life without her.” ; A door opened cautiously. . Willkins put in his bald head, fringed with eray locks: 7 =Shall 1 serve dinmer?” he asked. “Yes but I shall not wait.”’ said his master,. “I am pgoing back to the " city 2 Just then there was a ring at the door. Goddard drew himself up.and ‘ listened. a light of sudden expectu-‘ tion in his eyes. : “Sign here,” a boyish voice said to the footman who had opened the door. “A telegram!” cried the major, and he went to the door and brought it back, tearing it open excitedly. “Detained in town,” he read, triumphantly. - “Perhaps you ought to come to the Palace hotel to see me. ‘Will return in the morning. Jeanne.” “Thank God!” he exclaimed. joyously; then his eves snatched a thought from the depths of his ward’s oreat staring orbs which made him glance towards his study, and she saw the joyous light in his face flicker as if a strong breeze of suspicion had blown upon it. “Ah,” he sighed, “but she intended to go, Blanche; she intended to leave me!” . - He dropped his hand heavily on the old-fashioned silver bell on the table. “My overcoat, and the carriage, James,” was his husky command. Blanche linled her tapering fingers over his arm. : g _ *“But not before you have eaten your dinner, dear guardian,” she pleaded. *When you get to the city she will ‘have dined and ycu may be the worse for it : He waited till James had left the room; then he said: “I could not eat a bite right now if my life depended on it.” ' When she had seen him put on his coat and leave the room she ran to the window and watched” the carriage drive away at the highest speed of the blooded horses. Then .she went into the dining-room, bowing to Mr. Talley, who stood waiting for her. They took their places at the long table, he on one side, she on the other. He was a handsome man of perhaps 27, who wore no beard and had the strong features of a successful actor; his hair - was thick, moderately long and of a blackness which went well with his dark eyes. : “Is the major coming in now?” he asked her, deferentially. “No, he has had to go back to the city, Mr. Talley; it was‘a telegram, I think.” ; b “Ah!” the young man seemed’ unable to control his surprise, and then it became evident that he found much in her tell-tale face to confirm his sudden suspicion that all was not going well with his employer, “I only wished to ask his advice about some correspondence he directed me to write,”” And the secretary’s words contained a polite suggestion of apology for hisiinquiry. The soup was brought on by Sarah. _ “I beg your pardon, miss, but you have forgotten to take your medicine,” she =aid. “It doesn’t matter.” answered Blanche. “Never mind about it.” “But Dr. Fleming fold me to be sure to. see that you took it before each meal, miss.” - “Well, bring it to me, Sarah; you are a good doctor yourself.” =~ - Blanche followed the girl into the pantry, and when she had taken the medicine she said: “Mrs. Goddard ~ was detained in town to-night. Maj. Goddard has gone to meet her; she will return to-morrow. If the servants inquire you may explain.” Then she went back to the table and she and Talley ate their dinner silently. It was as if he knew something had happened to which he had no right to allude. 0 5 . : e fi oo« OHAPTER 1L ‘ It was mine o’clock when Goddard weached the city. Immediately on “leaving his train he engaged a hansom ~and was driven over to Fifth avenus and up that thoroughfare to the Pal‘E&ce kotgtiw . i : x‘ e T;w:.e < By temperament he was given to introspection and an almost morbid

habit of analyzing his feelings, especially when his feelings were hurt. To-night his emotions had. crowded him into an attitude of deep self-pity. He told himself that no man had ever suffered as keenly as he was suffering.

The cab {ook him past the building of which the second floor had been occupied by Jeanne's fashionable establishment when he had met her, fallen under her inexplicable charm and marrigd her hurriedly. It was now with "a feeling bordering on suspicion that he saw the brown stone walls ‘of the unlighted structure flit by. He remembered how she had made him faithfully promise that he was never to ask her about her past connections. She had wept copiously at this juncture and he had somehow gathered that her relatives had belonged to such humble walks in life that she dreaded the loss of his love if he were to come in contaet with them. He had laughed at such an idea, but in the years of Jeanne's rigid silence on the subject this very mystery had heightened her charm in his eves. 2 .

He alighted from the hansom under the arched portico in the flare of lights about the entrance of the Palace hotel and went into the commodious office, which was at the juncture of two long corridors filled with welldressed men and women seated in hig chairs or -strolling about. Strains of music from a Hungarian orchestra filled the air and there was afloat an odor which emanated from a Turkish smoking-room, where dim, sensuous lights burned under massive shades of crimson silk. As he threaded his way to the counter behind which stood the clerks of the house he had a queer feeling in his knees as if he had been sitting too long in a cramped position in the train. How strange for him to ask to be conducted to the room of his own wife! At that moment she seemed quite separated from him. “My wife is here, I believe,” he said to one of the clerks. . “What is the name, please?” asked the man. : ‘ “Mrs. Goddard,” replied the major. The clerk consulted a big book of entries with penciled remarks opposite the names. : “You were to ecome right up, Maj. Goddard,” he said. “But your wife said that perhaps it would be better for you to send up your card.” Goddard fumbled in his pockets; he had forgotten his cardease. “I have no card,” he said, “but I will write one.” ' : The clerk gave him a blank card and a pen. ’

The major’'s hands were cold and numb, and the pen slipped from his fingers and fell. The clerk gave it to him agcain. .

“I shall go up without that formality,” the major said, drawing himself

U & ——ll ‘6 : @ —;:J fi ‘,i,, R I B X 3 LW ' 2 \\‘\ ,} 1%; "'/ : ~ g -_ y : g / S = ) 1 m Z 9T = A 7 ~i— w 7 s LAY i A '// / g Yy “YOUR WIFE SAID IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR YOU TO SEND UP YOUR CARD.” up as if on parade. “What is the number of her apartment?” “Fifty-six, at the top of the first flight—second door to the left.” The major decided to walk rather than to take the elevator, and he hastened to the stairway indicated by the clerk. He found that his wife had secured one of the best suites of rooms the hotel afforded. She met him at the door and received him in a most splendidly appointed private parlor. It was cozy, too; a lamp with porcelain green-lined shade stood on a center table surrounded by books, late papers and magazines not far from a cheerful grate fire. “Come in, Rowland, and don’t scold me,” she said, throwing her shapely arms round his neck. “I know you must have been frightened when you missed me.” : He found himself all of a tremble, and. his voice refused to come to him readily. He could only press her to him convulsively as he moved towards the sofa and drew her down by his side. Despite her warmth of greeting he was unable to conquer the fears which had laid such a firm hold on him during his lonely ride. “Why did you do this, Jeanne?” he managed to say, presently. - ' - “Don’t scold me,” she repeated, but there was a certain reserve in her tone which made him feel that her words had only 'a perfunctory significance. Something seemed to whisper that he was on the eve of battle, but the war spirit was dead within him; he had the feeling of being conquered. “Why did you have me meet you here?” he demanded. “To prove your love for me, Rowland,” she replied, and the smile which accompanied her words was the coldest he had ever seen on her face, and yet if but for its remote kinship to former smiles of hers he adored it. “Youneverdoubted my love, Jeanne; that is a.certainty.” ' “Then I have had you come that we may agree on a plan of action,” she said. She nestled nearer to him and took ene of his cold hands and pressed it. iy “I missed the money, too, Jeanne?” “Oh, did you? Well, I may as well confess that this meeting is an afterthought, and I do think, if you care for nie, that you ought to appreciate that” e e ' “You intended, then, to desert me?” ~ “Yes, that was the intention forced Dhommed. - ~ “Forced on you?” : - ~ “Yes, I.cannot go on at Lyndhurst

as it is. You knew when I became your wife that I could not remain stationary—mnot progress. When I married you it was clearly understood that I was to be able to gratify certain desires that I frankly confessed had always had a firm hold on me. Well, your recent speculations have reduced us to Lyndhurst and a trivial income.” =

“But it will be secure,” he rejoined, desperately. f - “Oh, I don’t doubt its security, Rowland, dear, but it is hardly more than these two hands and my brain used to earn. Oh, you can see what I mean! I am simply an ambitious woman. I want things. I want power, and lam going to get my desires through you, dear husband, or we must part company. I love you as much as any woman could love a man, but my ambition is at least half of me, and it will drag me away from you-if you don’t come to my assistance.” “Jeanne, you know I would do anything' in my power to gratify you. I know I have violated part of our matrimonial contract, but I could not help things taking such an unexpected turn.” ) '

She stroked his hand caressingly and raised it to her warm, red lips. “Listen to me,” she began, laying her head on his broad shoulder. *“I want to tell you something you do not know, then I shall propose a plan. You remember that Dr. Fleming, the famous English expert on heart troubles, came to see Blanche a month ago—the day before he returned to London.” -

“Yes; T remember that,” said the major, wonderingly. » “Well, perhaps it was because. he thought I looked as if I could keep a secret—and some one ought to know the truth—that he made an important disclosure to me. He was deeply concerned after he had examined Blanche and sent for me to meet him in the library. He then told me. and his face was actually pale, for he seemed to like her, that she had the most fatal case of ‘aortic aneurism’ he called it —an acute disease of the heart—that he had ever met with in all his experience.” “My God, you can’t be serious!” exclaimed the major. “She looks so well—and yet, I remember, she is taking his medicines.” “Dr. Fleming explained that to all outward appearances she would be, even to the end, as healthy looking as a perfectly sound person. He says she cannot possibly live longer than two years, and that it is most likely that she will drop oft sooner—at any moment., The least excitement or unusual exertion may kill her instantly.” “Does Blanche know of her condition?” asked the major, almost forgetting his own troubles in his vast sympathy for his ward. “No; oh, no! Dr. Fleming said that the knowledge of it would only prey on her mind and hasten the end. He was afraid to tell you: he said men ‘wereaptto show so much concern over ‘matters of that kind that patients would suspect the truth. I promised him faithfully not to hint it to a soul, so you must never mention it or let her suspect you are anxious about her.” ' : “Can nothing be done?”

“Absolutely nothing: the medicine she is taking is just what she needs, and he even advised me not to have her consult any other doctor. I presume, considering the fact that he is such a great authority, his wishes, even on that score, ought to be respected.” ‘ “I presume so.” responded the major; *but isn’t it awful?” Then he came back to his own affairs almost with a start. He frowned and sat silently looking at the fire. It was as if he were wondering what connection this disclosure could have with his wife's strange flight. He gently expressed this idea to her presently. “Afterlleftyouto-day I got to thinking about it.” was her answer, and her fingers tightened on his. = “Blanche has, as you know, about three millions in her own npame.” “I know that,” answered the major. “When she drops off suddenly all that money will go legally to people she never saw, an aunt and cousins for whom she doesn’t care a pin.” “That is the truth, Jeanne, but—" *Please do not interrupt me, dear,” pursued his wife, and she began stroking his hand again. “You told me that since you had taken charge of her affairs Blanche’s money has more than doubled.” : “Yes, I happened to invest it better than I did my own capital.” There was silence in the room for a moment. The muffled strains of the orchestra below stole up to their ears.’ The handsome woman had mnever thrown so much power -of enchantment into her beautiful, long-lashed eyes as at this moment. She held his gaze as a reptile might that of its wondering, bewildergd victim. [To’' Be Continued.] : Penn’s Remedy. William Penn’s keen understanding was often directed toward drunkenness. “All excess is ill,”” he wrote, “but drunkenness is of the worst sort, In fine, he that is drunk is not a man, because he is.so long void of reason, that distinguishes a man from a beast.” But if Penn was the living spirit of aphorism, he also knew when and how to apply his maxims. Given a drunkard, he could treat his case in a characteristic yet plain and reasonable way. - He was once advising a man to leave off his habit of drinking intoxicating liquors. “Can you tell me how to do it?” said the slave of the appetite. “Yes,” answered Penn. “It is just as easy as to open thy hand, friend.” “Convince me of that, and 1 will promise upon my honor to do as you tell me.” “Well, my friend,” said the great Quaker, “when thou findest any vessel of intoxicating liquor in thy hand, open the hand that grasps it before it reaches thy mouth, and thou wilt never be drunk again.” The toper was so pleased with the plain advice that he followed it.—Short Stories. One of John Brougham’s Jokes, At the close of a performance given as a benefit to John Brougham, the actor and dramatist, one of the audience threw upon the stage a purse of gold. firougham picked it up, and after examining it, said: ‘“Ladies and gentlemen, circumstances compel me to poeket the insult, but (looking grim) “I should like to see the man who would dare to ‘repeat it!”—Ban Francisco Argonaut,

Church and At-Home Gowns for Lenten Season ~And Some Information About the Styles for the ~ Coming Spring Season ‘ '

Interest Notw Centers in . the Gotwns for Spring O MORE will the winter gown N of -this season attract the attention of either modiste or the woman who has been so fortunate as to wear them. In their place have come thoughts of gowns for the Lenten season, and to follow them gowns for the coming spring. The gowns of the winter season have followed quite closely the English modes, but in this respect the spring will bring a change and French form and finish will be the vogue. This promises not so much a greater variety as a greater elaboration and color. There is much that may be said in favor of the French mode, but though we can welcome it as a change, we shall miss the fascinating simplicity of the English that we have learned to elaborate just enough to make it attractive to us.

The models so far shown for the new spring skirts show more fuliness at the back, and especially at the foot of the back, where they fall in large godet folds. Some of the models show broad-shaped flounces, far deeper in the back than in the front; others have plaitings both wide and narrow in clusters of either three, five or seven. So decided seems this preference for odd numbers in plaitings that it is almost safe to say that the woman who desiressomething out of the common run may se~ure it by simply using an even num-

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ber of plaitings. Between these plaitings there is wused ewwner applique, braid or guimp between or to finish at the bottom. The jacket models portray a more dressy garment than those we have been seeing during tne winter. On them the collars and cuffs are often faced with velvet in self-color or a vivid red embroidered in fine gold braid. They are shown' both double and singie-preasted, and with rows of steel, gilt, carved ivory or enamel buttons down the front. Thereisno decided change in sleeves. The ones for spring are much more elaborately trimmed than have been the winter ones, and are gradually growing fuller. In fact we seem threatened with another reign of the balloon sleeve of which 1t seemed we had seen the last some three years ago. — O o 9 Some Charming Gotwns Jor the Lenten Season UT of more immediate importance are the Lenten season gowns.. There are house gowns, tea gowns, church gowns, and all of themunusuallydainty and made along o ORI S ¥ AR AR 3 : % e R R N g g \,’ G %{(f' N Lo S LAY Fratea g e My % e £ g N g e g % 3 E" SR Y ;E NB4T 5 S Lge gy ) ‘A B R® 5 S SR TR L AR N R 08 Gapd GRS e J RS R IR RN SR : SR U 4 A RN SR ;o AN N ;o e R RUERE e e i Rl YA B T A‘; 2 o BRI e CF R & / ;“§ s:*’% ke S RSt B B o 31 A VAL SRR ey GESreßAmßtas O K TR " ‘ g} LT o LERS Rl Aol RS U R R R SR R 0 b S ““ Ll A CRNY Gl A SR O B P 3 - i ,\'.\ g et PARRALIGRRS | i\«\” “‘g, S 3 {3OO % b Pt oat .;;:::g:;;g:jv." e s g TH TR % o Vi A Ry 3%&‘, 15 {&g S K 4 ){?s’9 ;&fii\« p ) ;wf {3«@,; G y{? y: h g{*s 5§ ) { h&”}“ d ‘Q“ 3 '% e %Vg\é LA ’W ‘#é‘ VIS A SRRI L ! £ 3015 CALLEN -‘:» RN AR I% A ka}’ s A BLACK SILK HOME GOWN. lines that range between the winter fashions and those that are coming with the spring season. T'he season in New York has been an exceptionally brilliant one in many respects, and it is with someéthing like a sigh of relief that the society woman welcomes the coming of Lent, and puts away her elaborate evening and reception gowns to be replaced by the home anrf church toilette. The churchigowns as a rule run to tailor-made ‘effects, and they adre charming. 1 have been privileged to look upon some of them while yet they were in the hands of the makers. One that Isaw in this way was of broadcloth in a castor shade, trimmed

with peau de soie in olive green. The skirt seams. are strapped with the peau de soie with machine stitching. At . the hem there are three strappings of the peau de soie in deep scallops. The jacket is double-breasted, comd&s just to the waist line, and finishes with a spade front. The seams are strapped with the silk, and a strapping around the bottom. A scalloped turn-over collar of the silk, covered with guipure lace. A high stock and vest of the lace. Six gold buttons, enameled in green, to finish the front.

. A second of these church gowns is - of fine French serge in blue, trimmed - with pipings of velvet. The skirt of this gown has one of the new broad“shaped flounces, with strapped pieces ‘every so often, piped with blue velvet, and a piping of the blue velvet for a heading to .ane flounce. The | jacket is to the waist line with a i rounded front. A deep collar extend- ‘ ing to the shoulders, of cream velvet, . with strappings of the blue velvet. . Six fancy steel buttons to finish. The . coat sleeve has a strapping piped with | the velvet at the top, and finished at ;the wrist in a I'e]l shape. i Oné of the pretty at-home gowns is tof fancy black silk, hem-stitched with ia stripe effect. At the foot there are i four plaited ruffles of liberty silk, ledg’ed with narrow ribbon ruching. The bodice is of white silk, gathered lat the neck, and slightly fuil at the waist line. Real French lace, caught

at the throat, and brought down over the bust in a deep cascade. A girdle of black velvet, with long loops and ends. The sleeves are puffed with four rows of black velvet fastened with buckles. .

Pretty Accessories _for the Spring Toilettes OLLARS for the coming season C are all straight on top. A few are found that have a point in front below the neck band, but this is practically the only departure from the perfectly straight collar. Gold will continue to be popular fs a trimming, and the stores are displaying great quantities of gold applique effects, both scalloped and ziggag. : ; Handkerchiefs of whitesheer French linen, ¥French hand hemstitched and more elaborate French handkerchiefs are all selling well, so the merchants s}r{', ard it is predicted that. their popularity will continue. Popular fancies in stockings for spring wear are those of blue and black lisle with three clocks embroidered; silk stockings with lace instep patterns, and sitk stockings with duchess lace inserted or appliqued. In the new neckwear are many embroidered polka dots and hemstitched effects. SARAH DAVIDSON. WOMAN BUFFALO HERDER. She Raises Buffaloes for Diversion and Has a Hundred on Her : Texas Ranch, Mrs. Mary A. Goodnight, of Goodnight, Tex., enjoys the distinction of being the only woman in the world who owns a herd of buffaloes. There are- 100 in the herd, more than half of which are pure bred, the remainder being ‘‘cataloes,” as a cross between a buffalo and a Galloway cow is called, writes E. J. Davison, in the Ladies’ Home Journal. The cataloes have the same hump as the buffaloes, and shaggy hair, but their color varies from jet black to light brown, and they are most readily -distinguished from the pure bred by their horns, which are longer. The cataloes are also much more tractable, and can soon be taught to eat out of one's hand. But the full-blood butfaloes—of the Goodnight herd at least—never repose full confidence in man. Big and powerful as they are they are timid and run away at the slighest alarm, although they have taken food from their owner’s hand from the opposite side of a fence; nor will they attack unless wounded or driven into close ‘quarters. Even with this reputation for timidity Mrs. Goodnight does not regard the pure bred buffaloes as trustworthy, and does not consider it safe to go among them on foot. Mrs. Goodnight also has a herd of 15 elks. In the great park, two square miles in area, each animal herds with his kind. Even the pureblood buffalo looks with a royal contempt upon his plebeian halt-brother, the catalo, and the two keep wide apart in separate and distinct groupa.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. Lesson in the International Series fot February 24, 1901—Jesus in Gethsemane, [Prepared by H. C. Lenington.j THE LESSON TEXT. . (Matthew 26:36-46.) 86. Then cometh Jesus with them unto & place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. ) _ 37. And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Coe C 38. Then saith He unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto’death; tarry ye here, and watch with me. : 39. And He went a little farther, and fell on . his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup‘ pass from me; nevertheless not as I will, but as thou will. o 40. And He cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? 41. Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 42. He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. 43. Ane He came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. ) 44, And He left them, and went away‘ again, and prayed ‘the third time, say- | ing the same words. - 45. Then cometh He to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your .rest: behold, the hour is ‘at hand; and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. . 46. Rise, let us be going: béhold . he'is at hand that doth betray me. ) GOLDEN TEXT.—Not my will, but thine be done.—Luke 22: 42, NOTES AND COMMENTS. - The scripture to be studied includes | chiefly the account of Christ’s suffering i in the garden of Gethsemane. Thisl was cn the lower slope of the Mount | of Olives, just opposite and a little ways from Jerusalem. There is, however, one incident that is as appropriate to this lesson as to the last. That is Jesus foretelling the fall of Peter and Peter'semphatiadenial. Thiswarning was given in the upper room at the close ,of the supper which Jesus had just established as a memorial of Himself. On the way out from Jerusalem on the way to the Mount of Olives Jesus gave His disciplesa farewell talk. All this should be studied to get-a proper appreciation of the lessons which Jesus’ sufferings and death were meant to teach the world. Taking the lesson in this manner, the following Scripture selections should be read: Peter's fall f0ret01d............Luke 22:31-38 Peter's fall f0ret01d............Jehn 13:36-28 Jesus’ farewell discourse. John chaps. 14-16-Intercessory prayer..............J0hn 17:1-26 Peter's c0nfidence..............Matt. 26:30-35 Peter's c0nfidence..............Mark 14:26-31 The agony in the garden..... Matt. 26:36-4t The agony in the garden...... Mark 14:32-42 The agony in the garden...... Luke 22:40-46 Peter's Fall Foretold.—There are limitations to-every character. Jesus knew those of His disciples and of other men and women with whom he came in contact. DPeter was one of the most self-confident of the disciples. Herein lay both his great strength and chief weakness. Jesus saw danger ahead and did not hesitate to warn him of it, although such warning was sure not to be heeded. “Simon,” said Jesus, “Satan hath desired you that he may sift you as wheat.” There is a great deal of chaff to most of us, and. very little of the nutritious grain of the wheat. “But,” added the Master, “I have prayed for thee, that thou fail not.” But the self-sufficient Peter thought he was ready for any tempta- | tion. no matter how severe, even prison or death. Jesus had counted the cost, Peter had not, and He knew the character of Peter through and through when He said: “The cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice ! deny that thou knowest me.” .

Jesus' Farewell Discourse.—Then follows a talk with His disciples that was both comforting and saddening. Saddening, because it showed the great change that was about to come upon them. Comforting, because of the assurance of Divine care in all the inevitable vicissitudes that must overtake us in this life. This farewell talk is contained in chapters 14, 15 and J 6 of John's Gospel, perhaps the most familiar portion of Seripture to umtold numbers of people. Here it is that we are encouraged in the hope for a better life than this beyond death, that Jesus declares Himself the Way, the Truth and the Life. We are assured that prayers in His name will be heard and answered.

The Agony in the Garden.—Among the causes of Christ’s agony the thought of death probably figured not at all. Even among those less firmly organized than was Jesus, mental suffering has become so great that death in any form would be welcome. But we know the emphasis Jesus always laid on the fact of human sin, and the fresh jllustration of it in the character of Judas was in itself overwhelming. He felt with the greatest intensity the sin of the world. Death means more than physical suffering. It is the penalty of sin,. and so in some sort, however, we explain it, Jesus suffered for the sin of the world, and in part at least beeame its propitiation. The sublime part of it is that Jesus was not merely going through a form. but here was a suffering He shrank from, but in this supreme hour He showed absolute submission. “Not my will, but thine, be done.” Was Christ’s prayer answered ? None can doubt it who will note the fortitude with which He bore Himself from this moment on. During all this agony the disciples slept. "1t was not through indifferencé. Luke, the physician, says it-was sorrow. Do

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Rev. John Watson (*lan Maclaren”), in the course of a recent sermon for the London hospital fund, said that his experience had been that most people becama ill “because they had never set any restraint upon their appetites, or because their rathers or grandfathers had not.” ; The spider shields itself in winter by a weather proof covering of silk, but some kinds come out for an airing occasionally and even take a scamper across the snow. The trap door spider passes the entire season deep in the ground in his winter house of spun silk. ; Races living at high altitudes have weaker. and more highly pitched voices than those living in regions where the supply of oxygen is more plentiful. Thus, in America, among the Indians living on the plateaus, between the ranges of the Andes, at an -elevation 'of’ from 10,000 feet to' 14,000 feet, thé men have voices like the women, and women like children, and their singing is a shrill monotone. S g A

THE SHIP SUBSIDY SCHEME. Opinions of Many Western Editors Reg{ardlng‘ the Imniguitous J Measure. - An iniquitous job to tax people for the benefit of a few corporations. —John H. Holliday, editor Press (Ind.), Indianapolis, Ind. It encourages the expansion of private business into a gigantic combination to control an important branch of commerce.—John Edmunds, editor Courier (Ind.), Lincoln, 11 ‘ It is neither government “of the people,” “by the people” nor “for the people.” and it is therefore un-Amer-ican.—Charles E. Conner, editor Evening” Journal (Rep.), Clinton, la. " The safety of the republican party demands that this congress reduce expenses; ship owners can wait.—R. P. Clarkson, editor Register (Rep.), Des Moines, la. ,The present form of compensation seems to cover all the requirement for the established lines.—Walter Johnson, editor Union (Rep.), Rock Island, TIIL. It is suicidal as a republican measure and confirms the charge of party for the classes against the people.— J. B. Gordon, editor Item (Ind.), Richmond, Ind. - ~ It is unfair to tax one man to make another man’s business profitable.— W. B. Dobson, editor. Echo (Ind.), Alpena, Mich. It indicates how far the organized wealth of the country is prepared to go in forcing the people through taxation to put up for profits.—D. A. Hammond, editor Argus (Ind.), Ann Arbor, Mich. The subsidy bill is one of the most gigantic steals ever attempted in congress.—H. Kirk White, editor Press-American (Ind. Dem.), Owosso, Mich. It is vieious in principle and unpardonable in extravagance.—M. E. Brown, editor Moon (Ind.), DBattle Creek, Mich. . The people ought not to be taxed to eontribute to the further prosperity of already prosperous private interests.—Frederic Kinney, -editor Tribune (Rep.), Bay City, Mich. The republicans of lowa consider it legislation of a dangerous class.—M. C. Maloney, editor Messenger (Rep.), Tort Dodge, Ta. _ A business that is not self-sustain- ‘ ing is not - worth = having.—Editors Press (Ind.), Jackson, Mich. I believe theé American people have been hoodwinked on the ship subsidy ques’rion}fJ.{”l\’. Husten, editor Citizen (Rep.). Canterville, Ta. Why not sybsidize the raisers of corn, oats, \vgea't, hogs and cattle?— George Gallarnno, editor Courier (Rep.), Waterloo, la. - It ecan only succeed in a congress influenced by a combination of self‘ish interests.—A. J. Moyehan, editor Journal-Gazette (Dem.), Fort Wayne, Ind. The great midcontinental agricultural and manufacturing interests will bear undue portions of the burdens without sharing in any possible benefits..—H. M. Williams, editor Sentinel (Dem.), Fort Wayne, Ind. Subsidies fail elsewhere; they will ‘not avail in Amo:rican shipping.— George Stout, editor Caronicle (Rep.), Marion, Ind. If a people’s government can thus be perverted, what advantage has it over a monarchy?—H. F. Potter, editor Argus, Cairo, 11l [A If passed the American people will be robbed of $200,000,000:—C. L. Lee, editor Courier (Dem.), Charleston, 111 - The chief beneficiaries would be wealthy corporations, which need no government aid.—Charles Holt & Sons, editors Gazatte (Rep.), Kankakee, 111. -~

The favor designed %or one industry is entirely out of proportion to the benefits which would result to the country at large.—R. P. Harrison, editor Evening Commercial (Rep.), Danville, Il Th?, entéring wedge for greater raids on the treasury.—Samuel E. Morss, editor Sentinel (Dem.), Indianapolis, Ind. . ) A BILLION COMBINE. Something in the Line of Trusts for “the American People to Conno template, . . There seems to be no doubt that a deal has been consummated by which pretty much all the steel manufasturing concerns in the United States, representing an aggregate capital of nearly $1.000,000,000, have been brought under one control. ' Some of the consolidating concerns are giants in themselves. The Carnegie company, at the head, is eapitalized at $320.000,000, the Federal Steel company at $200,000,000, the American Steel and Wire company at $90.000,000 and the National Steel company at $50,000.066. Thoese four alone have an aggregate capitalization of $660,000.000, or an average of $165,000,000 each. They are not “infant industries.” . This giganti¢ combination will have more power than its component members have had to stifle all competition among themselves and to take the utmost advantage of the tariff which has besn made for their- benefit'upon tha assumption that they are feeble creatures who are quite incapable of caring for themseives. s They are exporting now at the rate of fully $120,000,000 worth a year of their products, and selling them in open and free competition with all comers in neutral markets, and in the face of high tariff duties, even, in the markets of competitors. - With what semblance or pretense of reason; then, can it be said that they needany tariff protection whatever in their home market? Such a claim cannot be get up'except upon the assumption that they. must charge their own eountrymen more than they accept from foreigners for the same goodsin order to make satisfactory profits. Do Americans relish being forced by the Dingley law to pay exorbitant priges in order that the people of other lands may buy American goods at low prices?. It would seem that they do.— Chicago Chromiele. 7~ © and 12 cents, and ;yets&iljm is falling in priee while its competitor, wwfiefimkfia ‘Kansas City Times, AR GER S 0 IR LT RS TR N SR S RS BT s S