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, LOOKING FOn A FACE
ae) Mia; - am realg-ned,'' and tried to
. sttenrthen
) Her trembling- feature with a stricken
And when these cold wind put the days !
X shall be braver In a little while."
Bo. soon the fallen work w&a reinnM
Small children's frocks and socks of every
day;
the trifling- task, the duty long- neglected.
m n up ana aone and put away.
Dut when each market eve drew near Its
reeling.
She wandered desolate. Into the town.
Where laden fathers laughed, with children
jesting.
The great tears rose again and trickled
aown.
Sometimes a voice, with something of the
iwNinesi
Of his dear tones, would vibrate through
in neat;
Ofttlmes a step, with something of the
neemess
Of his dear feet would echo In the street
And at the step or tone, the little cltv.
The flare of lamps, the light jest and the
ieua
Died out of her! the stars grew dim with
pity.
In silence trod the phantom multitude.
Dut, with her fingers cllnch'd and pultee
ourning,
She pass'd along In agonised despair.
The soul within her eyes alive with yearn
ing. To see again a face that was not there!
Each cottage room seera'd to be waiting
dally
Ills sura approach; and when the sun
was kind,
When In the Ian the bonny bird sang
rally-
She watch'd to see his shadow pass the
bund.
Within the garden wayside weeds assem
bled.
The lace-like checkweed wove Its tender
track;
And, looking out, the mother's white lips
trembled
There would be much to do If he came
back."
Her children grew, In virtue and In glad
neas.
To be her blessings and enrich her days:
No shadows fell on them from her sweet
sadness,
Kind words and actions glorified their
ways.
But while her soul grew greater for the
giving.
Through sacrifice and gatn, through flame
and frost.
Through each long hour of every day of
living.
Its hunger strengthened for the love It
lost!
Edith Rutter, In Chambers Journal.
From Clue to Climax.
BY WILL N. HARDEN.
Copyright 1896. by J. B. Llpplncotl Co.
CIIArTER XVIII. Continued.
"He recognized me, and singled me
out with a bow and a smile, then stepped
down from the stage and held out his
hand cordially.
"'I am clad to meet you, Mr. Hen
dricks,' he said. 'I hope ray talk w ill
Dot bore you; that Is, if you have de
elded to let me make It
" 'Go ahead, by all means, I replied.
I shall bo interested.
"He thanked me, and went back on
the stage. He talked for 20 minutes in
a very eloquent, smooth way about
hypnotism, and called several men up
to be hypnotized. He made them do a
number of laughable things, ana men
tusked them to take their seats in the
audience. While he was doing this.
I saw a change come over his face that
ll could not interpret. He seemed to be
come depressed. He leaned forward,
with a hand on each side of his table,
end said: 'Now, gentlemen, I am going
to show you a mechanical arrangement
that will interest you.' I hen Jie lurneu
and went behind the scenes.
"It did not take me half a minute to
mnll a mouse. I sprang over the foot
llcrhts. and surprised the boy who hnd
J)cen assisting him by suddenly rushing
into the dressing-room.
" 'Where is Mr. Farleigh?' I asked
" T.onp ' the bov replied. 'He told me
4 n tin hnd chanced his mind and
M till J we r
t wait for vou. The lecture Is
off for to-night.
"'Which way did he go?' I asked.
The fttnere door, sir,' said the boy.
I tried the door. It was locked on
the outside. It would have been folly to
force it. He had escaped me. I went
quietly out at the front door, leaving
tha audience Impatiently waiting for
the return of the lecturer and his 'me
chanical arrangement, Since then I
have been searching every possible hole
41.nt a man might have run into, nui nm
dead tired, and have been taken In worse
i nn I ever was before.
remarkable." said Dr. Lampkln,
thmic-htfullr. "I can't make it out. Do
you think he did it for the fun of the
"N'o. I'm sure he really meant to
w Ma word." said Hendricks, "and
that something suddenly cau d him to
fanner ills rtlans.
Terhaps It was the awful fear of the
callows brought vividly to nis minu iv
.Imr vou there." suggested Dr. Lamp-
- o y
tin
Hendricks made no reply, but, with
corrugated brow and impatient stride,
ed his walk to and fro.
here." said the doctor.
"rcelar vour body, and let me put you
o sleep. This sort of thing will do no
pood; you won't be able to work to
morrow." Hendricks threw himself on the
lounge, but at the sound of footsteps
on the stairs sprang up expcctcntly
Thank God!" he muttered. The
door onened. and a messenger boy in
bhie uniform entered and hnnded the
.. . . . Hill. A.M.n.n
iltPCtlVeftlCUCT. HWIIuiuuuiumu,
said Hendricks, aa he opened It.
'n..f file" the letter said "I did not
m break faith with you this evening,
1 to do It. The truth In. something
i recurred to me thst I must attend to before
-ivfnff mvself up. sni 1 wai mum 7011
. rt.ii,t not rive me the time. I want as lit
tie sensation over this matter aa posnltle,
mrr-nunt ftf my sister and my little
. w .Kam nniriA I BO t hOUK MlexMV
aised Through them you have me In your
rower. I would not otherwise Rive up no
easily. I eon f em I killed uirnara w.
fltron. He deliberately robbed me, and
mrke,l niv life. I heard be wm
about to marry a young lad, and that m as
'the straw,' as the saying la. I hypnotised
Whldby, and tried to make him commit
the deed, but failed. My first intention was
to lay the crime on him, but after I left the
house I wrote the notes and scattered them
about town to keep the young man from
ielog su(ected. I hated them both, one
for stealing, and the other for being the
person who would eventually get the bene
tit of the money, but I could not let another
suffer for a deed of mine. If you come, as
soon as you get this, to OCT Mott street,
where I have a room top floor front you
may do with me as you like. I shall wait
for you.
'THOMAS HAMPTON FARLEIuII.
'Li it a trap?" asked Dr. Lampkln,
when, he had read the letter.
Hendricks waa silent.
'Any answer, air?" The messenger
boy stood Waiting In the open door
way.
'No. But wait," cried the detective.
'Do you know what time this message
was left at your office ?"
'About nine, sir, I think. The In
structions were to deliver It exactly at
one o'clock."
Ah!" Hendricks pulled hi beard
thoughtfully, as he looked at a clock on
the wall. "You are punctual."
"The man said that it must be taken
exactly on time."
"Tall, gTay-halred, dark-skinned fel
low ?"
'Yea, sir."
Has anyone called to ask about it
since it waa left?"
No. air. I have been in the office
ever since."
The conversation paused for a mo
ment; then the detective seemed to col
lect his thoughts with a start. He pave
tke boy a quarter.
Call a cab for us at once, aa you go
out. Hare it at the door." lie turned
to the doctor as the boy went down the
stairs.
'We must go to Mott street at once.
Are you sure you feel like it?
'Nothing could pleae me more. It
seems to me that you have been doing
ell the work. I want to get Into it.
CIIAITKR XIX.
Hardly a more disreputable spot
could have been found In all New York
than the immediate vicinity of the
house to which they had been directed
Along the street were several opium
dens, dimly lighted, and on the corner
not far away, a man was selling hot
sausages from a steaming vessel over a
charcoal fire.
As Hendricks and the doctor were
alighting from the cab near the hotuse
to which they were going, a solitary
policeman approached, and was about
to tnixs, when Hendricks called to him.
The detective introduced himself and
told the astonished fellow to stand in
readiness near the door of No. 5C7. The
policeman consented, evidently highly
flattered at being in the service of the
famous detective.
ti they went up the steps to the little
stoop Hendricks advised the ioIiceman
to pass on, so as not to le noticed by
whoever opened the door. The detective
rang. There waa a faint light shining
through the grimy transom over the
door, but no sound came from within
Hendricks rang again, and when the
clanp- nc of the bell had (lied away a
door beneath the stoop opened, a chain
rattled ogainst nn iron gate, and a worn
an half clad and with hair disheveled
camo out amidst a heap of garbage and
ash barrels and glared up at them.
What do ve want?" she asked crust
ily.
We have an appointment with a Mr.
Farleigh, who has a room here, I think,
Hendricks replied.
A purty timeo' night for it I" snarled
the woman. "Hut I promised the g-in
tleman to let ye in, an' so, if ye'll wait
till I come up. 1 11 open the door.
In a minute she. admitted them,
"Ye was to go up to his room the top
floor frost; ye can t miss it. I would
fm un ahead o' ve. but I'm that stiff
r- L - 1 '
that"
We'll get there all right," Hendricks
interrupted, passing her. "We wont
be long. Would you mind leaving the
door unlocked?"
"Not at nil, sir," she replied. The de
tective thanked her, and went up the
ttairs.
The door of the room in the front, on
the top floor, was closed. There was a
transom over it. but no light shone
through. Hendricks knocked and wait
cd. Then he put his hands on the latch.
As he did so, Dr. Lumpkin drew his re
volver.
Hendricks taughed grimly. 'Tut it
up." he muttered. "You won't need
It."
The door was not fastened. Hen
dricks pushed it open, and as he did so
some strip of cotton batting fell to the
flcKxr from the side and the top. The
room was very dark. Theoutside blinds
had been closed, and the cui tains drawn,
co thut no light came in from the street
below nor from the moon above.
The detective struck a match, and
1 ghtcd the gas near the door. The yel
low glare filled the room and revealed
a gruesome sight, A bed stood in the
righthand corner, and on hia side, his
fuco to the windows, lay the body of a
man. A 44-caliber, old-stylo pistol had
been tied to the back of a chair in such
a wny that the muzzle was within three
Inches of a dark hole in the man's tem
ple.
"Original Idea!" wns Hendricks' first
observation. He pointed to a faint line
of ashes from the chair, across the bare
floor, to the airhole of a little stove in
the fireplace.
"I can't understand it," said Dr.
La ni pk i n, stooping to exam I n the ashes.
Hendricks opened the door of the
stove.
"I have never seen this method be
fore." he snld. reflectively. "The line
of ashes was mode by n fuse running
from the tube of the pistol to a candle
In the stove. Fee, here are. the remains
of the wick, and some of tin tallow.
The fuse was fastened In the end of the
candle; ho lit It, closed the door of the
stove, to keep the light from disturbing
him, and lay there waiting for It to
burn down to the fwe ntid thus lire the
pistol. It must have been his intention
to have death come upon him while ho
was asleep."
"My Go'lt what on Ideal" eiclaliued
Dr. Lamnkln. "1 nee. Tie calculated
on a painless death by hypnotizing him
elf to sleep."
"Can It be done?" asked Hendricks.
Hardly "the doctor replied. "Idoa't
think the creature was ever bora who
could, In that way, put himself to sleep
while facing eternity, especially after
committing a crime. His conscience
would not allow it." Dr. Lampkln bent
forward, and made a close examination
of the dead man's features. "Poor fel-
lowl" he said. "He evidently tried to
sleep. I think he wanted to be found
with a smile on his face. Hut he failed.
Even In death he shows the awful dread
he must havo had. TbcTe is no doubt
that he mentally suffered. Do you
know what a friend of mine is doing?
lie Is making a study of the features of
the dead, for the purpose of scientifical
ly proving to people who don t believe
In the Immortality of the soul that
there Is a future life. He says If only
our sight were educated sufficiently we
could read on the faces of dead people
expressions that could not be put there
by mortal thought expressions that
are formed just as the awakened soul
Is leaving the body. I agree with him
that it is a gTeat field for study. He
is an artist, and has painted the strong
est picture that I have ever seen. It is
the living face of a man distorted by
the worst of human passions, and by its
side is the same face, after death, wear
ing the spiritual expression I men
tioned." I hope," Hendricks remarked, with
shudder, as he glanced at the dead
man's features, "your friend would not
argue that the horrible expressions on
the faces of some suicides would prove
that that they have no chance, you
know."
Not at all," replied the doctor. "He
says the soul is simply sepurated from
the body so hastily that there Is no time
for it to leave its real expression. But
we arc certainly cn a gruesome subject.
I suppose Farleigh used the cotton bat
ting to closo up the chinks In the door.
to deaden the sound of the pistol.
Hendricks nodded, lowered the gas.
and led his friend down to the street.
He hastily explained to tho policeman
what had happened, and told him to
stand guard at the place till he could
summon the coroner.
I suprKx you are going to notify the
coroner the first thing you do," ob
served Dr. Lnmnkin. as they were en
ter! u a telegraph office on Hroadway.
Hendricks took a blank from the desk.
and, without replyLng, hastily wrote u
message. When he had finished it, he
handed it to his friend, with a hearty
smile.
"That's the first thing on tho rro
gramme, and I thank God that I am able
to do it."
Miss Annette Pelmar ," ran the message
"Murderer of Strong Just suicided, leav
lng complete eonfeswlon. Whldby shall be
released to-morrow.
"LAMl'KIN AND HENDRICKS.
"Will it be so soon as that?" the doc
tor asked.
Yes; a telegraphic report from tho
chief of police here will do the work
I can manage that. Dut the little girl
will be happy enough when she gets
this telegruiu."
Now you will inform tho coroner, I
suppose, saiu iampKin.
"Not before I fire a msago at hid
by," said Hendricks. "lucre is no
hurrv about the other. It won t taJto
a coroner's jury long to give a verdict
when they read the confession."
Tho next day at 12 o'clock Hen
dricks called at Dr. Lampkin's office.
He found the doctor alone.
It's nil right!" he exclaimed. "I
thought you'd want to feel cure about
1 1, so I ran up. The news bus just reached
the police here that everything is sati-s-
factory. Whldby Is out by this time.
Here's something you aro Interested
in." He handed the doctor a telegram.
It was as follows:
"MInard Hendricks and Dr. Lampkln.
New York:
"God blefl you both! 1 never was so hap-
ry In my life. I'apa went with me to the
jail to bob Alfred. I am Jyln to thank you
personally. Do come down If you possibly
can.
"ANNETTI5 D ELM A It.
Dr. Lampkln folded the. telegram and
put it into the envelope. Hendricks had
thrown himself on a lounge, und was
gazing up at the ceiling.
"Well, shall you go?" Dr. Lompkin
asked.
"I hardly know," said the detective.
"It would be nice to see that boy am,
girl happy together and know that we
hod something to do with it. If I had
failed to carry my oint in Whidby's
case it would hate driven me crazy; I
should never have tried to do another
piece of detective work so long as 1
lived. Hut I can't get away easily just
now, for I have the Sixth avenue jew
eler's matter to dig at. Perhaps we
can both go a little later."
THE END.
A Cot Prophet.
A man who had loi.t a leg, witnessing
some wonderful cures said to have been
performed by Mormon preachers, joined
that sect in the hope of getting healed.
The prenchers referred him to Young
as the only prophet among them cup-
able of treating such cases m his. SootT
to Salt Iake City he went and presented
himself leforo Young. Tho Mormon
leader was equal to the emergency. He
nwaired the man ho could cause another
limb to wine in place of the lost mem
ber, but called his attention to the fact
that he hnd but a few years yet to live,
while there, was an eternity lioyond the
grave. "And if I now give you another
leg1," said the prophet, "you will not
mily have this one when you get to
Heaven, but also the one which you
lost, so you will go through oil eternity
on three legs." Horrified by such n pros
pect tho man retired, satisfied to get
through the remainder or his years ou
earth with the aid of his crutches.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Suits of a uniform color nml pattern
for f-oldiem in the Drit'tsh army date
from 107 1, when the Toot guard were
clad in gray. Tho Introduction of n
regular uniform for snilors. dates from
17 1 when tho "blue-jacket" becama
customary.
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Continuous performances are for
bidden in Japanese theaters, as the law.
requires that no play shall last more
than eight hours.
A bridge is to be built across the
lower Danube between Turn Severln,
on the Roumanian side, and Klodowa,
on the Servian bank, at a cost of $4,-
000,000.
Following chewing gum, the but
ton craze has struck London They have
also just found out there that toasting
the crackers eaten with cheese is an Im
provement. rampeluna, his native- town, has es
tablished a Sarasate museum, to which
the viollnUt has given all the presents
and jewelry he has received from royal
personages during his career.
In a thicket it the upper nara
mountains a granite monument has
been found with the Inscription: "Here
In the year 1747 the first trials were
made with the cultivation of the po
tato."
A tunnel ten miles wn;, which will
be the longest In England, hi to be. cut
through Snap Fells by the London fc
Northwestern railroad in order to
shorten the west coast route to Scot
land.
France's Garde Ilepubllealne band
has received permission to go to Russia
to play, snd in return the band cf the
Russian Treobrajensky regiment will
give concerts In Paris and the large
cities of France.
French song writing is despaired of
bv the Academic Francalse. The first
set of songs sent In for the prize estab
lished by M, Montariol two years ago
was so bad that the. academy has de
cided to turn over the bequest of 10,000
francs to the founder's heirs.
Vienna is threatened with a beer
famine, as the price has been Taised
by the brewers so much that the retail
er cannot sell beer profitably at the
established price. The restaurant keep
ers threaten to buy no more beer In
casks, but only the dearer bottled beer,
CANNED FRUIT CALMS INDIANS.
A rllI Solatlon of th OatbresU
I'rotilem UnKseiled by fn Asent.
"About eight yenrs ago I was In Kan
sas on business for a newspaper, said
a man who has traveled hither and
thither In the west for 25 years. "I re
ceived a message ordering me to Fort
Reno, in the Oklahoma country. The
message informed me that there was a
threatened uprising of the Cheyennes
and Arapahoes in that country.
"I had beeu In that country before,
and I remembered that I had never seen
a lazier lot of Indians than the Okla
homa lot. Hut 1 had my orders and
started. Fort Reno is about seven miles
from I'l Reno, a station on the Rock
Island road. I reached Ll Reno early In
the evening, and rode over to the fort
as rapidly as nu Oklahoma horse could
be driven. Col. Wade, son of old Hen
Wade, was commander of the fort. He
received me in his quarters in anything
but a military make-up. When I ex
plained my mission he lanighed. He
talked to me until late In the night, and
told me that if the white people would
attend to their business the Indian
would take care of himself. He told me
he would furnish me with a horse and
a map, and that I might ride over every
mile of tho country where he had Juris
diction, and if I behaved myself he
would guarantee more protection than
I could get In any city in the country.
The next day I w ent over to Darling
ton, which is the Indian agency; the
itorehousea and schools are there. I
had a letter to Capt. Lee, who was In
charge. He told me that there was no
danger of any uprising in that coun
try unless the stock of canned fruits
iravc out. In that case he would not
stay in the com n try.
I learned that the Indians had
worked up nn unsatisfied appetite for
canned poods. They were content tp
forego their 'chuck,' which Is Indian for
beef, If they could get canned stufr
Nearly every Indian on the reservation
had credit at the Indian stores. This
is not because they are so honest that
they w ant to pay, but there is no chance
for the storekeeper to lose. He turns In
his bill to the agent, and the amount
is deducted from the next payment of
land money to the Indian, by the gov
ernment.
'A few days before two young bucks.
who had been students In a well-known
Indian school In the east, entered one
of the stores and stole six cans of cher
rics. They were drunk and refused to
pay for the fruit. They galloped nway
on horseback. They were pursued by
the storekeeper and a hnlf-breed, over
taken nnd thrashed. The canned goods
were recovered.
"Out of that incident came the rumors
of another uprising among the Chey
ennes ond the Arapahoes. I tell you
that since Sitting Hull went out of the
Indian business there has been no dan
ger from the reds."
Are the lllmnlnynn (Irowlnict
It has been suggested that the Hlma'
laya mountains, which are known to
have increased in height many thou
sands of feet tince the Loccno period
are still slowly growing, and, according
to this view, the great earthquake In
India on June 12, which Is said to have
affected nn area larger than that shaken
bv the famous Lisbon eartlquake In
1775. mav have been a result of the
gradual uplifting of the mountains.
careful Investigation of the clrctim
stances of this earthquake is being
made by the Indian geological survey
Youth's Companion.
l)niirroilr er It.
"I come mighty nigh swenrin'," the
deacon confessed, as he came into the
house nursing a bruised thumb.
"You don't tell me!" said his wife.
Rut I do tell you. I am a-tellir.' you
right now. I hit my thumb with the
hammer, sn' 'stead of snyln Ry gin
trer!' like I most always do, I hollered
out: 'Ry pepper!' I dnnno how much
hotter I ou!d of made it if it had hurt
a little: w orse." Indian spells Jour
nal.
FOR SUNDAY READING.
LEAD THOU ME ON,"
Toad, kindly llht" 'twas easy thus to
sins'
When all the way with flowers was blos
soming;
'Neath sunny skUx, and pasture green
along.
My heart cried out with Joy: "Lead Thou
me on! '
Dut when st length, lest pride should rule
my wllL
Thou dldat send clouds the air with gloom
to nil;
Wild tempests raged, and all my peace was
gTne
Twas different, then, to say: "Lead Thou
me on."
Thou'rt teaching me, resigned, to say
through all:
"Keep Thou my fecV lest In the dark I
fall:
Lead, step by step, as oa The, Lord. X
lean
I do not ask to see the distant scene."
Tea, since my life "so long Thy power haa
blet."
Thou knowest what for me, dear Lord. Is
beat.
Bo, till "those angvl faces" and that throng
Celeatlal I shall see, "Lead Thou me on."
-Ola Llvermore, tn Chlcsgo Blsndsrd.
THE YEAR OF WANDERING.
In Peaee and Ilepoae Only Truth He
vrah Its Deeper Aapecta.
The wldefe.lt need of calmness of
nerves and mind is expreed in many
ways in these days. Some of thewe
ways are stuie and wise; some of them
are unwholesome and misleading; but
whether wise or foolish, they art- alike
significant of the consciousness of the
lack of something which Is necessary
for the truest growth and frultfulnesn.
The world Is full of restless men and
women, who are vainly seeking In some
place or philosophy or peTson that
repoee which can come only from lnr
ward peace. The ends of tht earth are
searched for that which lies clone at
hand, and distant and alien religions
are invoked to bestow that which the
seeker can find onJy In his own spirit.
This restlessness Is often confused by
Its victims with intellectual and spirit
ual enercry, and the mere agitation of
a wasted nervous force is mistaken for
a cenulne activity of the soul. An 1m
roenso amount of vitality Is expended
In simply changing localities without
changing the spirit. The multitude of
Invalids and semldnvallds who are seek
ing health in remote climates Is
matched by another multitude who are
seeking peace and repose by getting
Into the ntmonphere of other faiths and
traditions.
As there arc world-travelers hurry
Ing across every sen and rushing from
point to point on every continent, so
there arc soul-travelers who are never
nt rest, but are constantly hurrying
from philosophy to religion nnd from
religion back to philosophy. And so
there hns gTown up a kind of polyglot
knowledge which Is not and cannot be
come culture; nnd a polyglot religion
In which there is neither the power of
personal experience nor the peace
which Hows from Individual conviction
It Is not by searching the enrth with
tireless feet that men como to know
their own natures, nor by worshiping
at many shrines that they enter into
that pence which pauses knowledge,
Itestlessness is always tho sign of a Hfo
unfulfilled and a soul unsatisfied; it Is
conclusive evldenco that one has not
como into tnai Harmonious remwon
with himself ami tho world, which is
the first step towards real growth. Agl
tatlon joften. accompanies a deep ex
pcrieivee, but when the lewion of the
experlenefl hns been Ienrn-d, the nglta
Hon L'ives nlaoe to pence, liie llrst eon
tact with a nw Held of work or
of
knowledge, often moves the spirit pro
foundly; but when one hn taken i
session of the Held, or puts his hunt'
resolutely to the work, calmness come
For it is only In pe-iice and repose that
truth reveals Its deepest aspect, the
spirit comes to self-knowledge, nnd
real trrow th begins. e do not begin to
crow In power nnd wisdom until w
strike deep roots lirto the soil; nnd 1:
who Is always traveling gets no root
ncre. In the old (icrmnn student life
the year' of wandering had Its reog
nlzed place ns an invaluable part of c
ueation; but It wns nn cxpcrlcn of
preparation, not of continuing habit.
It was tho path by which the learner
came at last to his home; for it is only
In a true home that the foul lives Its
normal life. N. V, Outlook.
The Mlnlatry of Wrnipnthy.
A writer In the United Rresbyterisn
relates the following Incident: "There
are some natures so constituted that
they must havo love nnd sympathy.
They never have enough, and they tnaRe
a large return for what is given. The
nobler the nature, the greater Is the
demand.' This is especially manifested
In the nearer relations of life. John
Raul Rlehter was upheld by the mother
who entered Into hU every trial and
shnrcd his adversities. Tho pastors
widow and her boy lived for each other.
He sat by her w heel, and wrote wonder
ful pages which the publishers contin
ued to reject. Four shillings a month
was all that mother earned, nnd when
his writing were rejected they wept
together over the flax she was spinning.
At last the tardy world knocked at the
lowly door. All he had written was
demanded by nn eager public. Fame
came just when the old hand was fail
ing ami the spinning wheel was running
alow." A mother's sympathy made him
great snd sweetened his wit, while it
caused him to write in sober mood: 1
love (Jod and flowers and little chil
dren." Knowterio-e llrlnBa Iteaponallilllty.
"To him thatknoweth todo good, and
dceth It not, to him It Is sin." James
4:17. Knowing to do good makes It ur
Imperative duty to do so. A great num
ber of professed Christians seem to have
but one idea of the Christian life, that
of refraining from evil. A greater neis
take w as never made. We are reponsl-
ble for both the sins cf omission and
commission. Verily (Wis Word makes
known tint we have duties other than
ahatalnip'r from eril. We nre each re-
sponil.le .'or our ability nnd opportunl
ties. Rrv. Trsnk A. Lawfon.
HARD TIMES AND CHARACTER
Any AdTertty or Critical Emergency
la m Test.
We havo all heard a good deal ofjato
about the "hard times." Some havei
learned what "hard times" are by sort
experience. Most of us are heartily ick
of the very phrase and hope soon to bo
over hearing it and never to hear it
aguln. Hut "hand times" have their
advantages and teach some needed les
sons.
For one thln, adversity is the real
test of character. Mr. Hckels, the
comptroller of the currency, sold tha
while some banka that were really,
sound had been obliged to close their
doors temporarily because of some)
pecial run, only those concerns had
been really wrecked that had brought
disaster on thcmsclve by Incompetent
or dishonest management. The laws of
business are after all tho law s of moral
ity, and the laws of morality are
the laws of God. It is the stress
of financial panic and business disorder
that tests an institution. It is easy to
sail a boat in summer weather wheni
the wind Is ouly a rophyr and the sea Im
only gently rippled; anyone can do it.
after a fashion; but let the sea grow",
black under gathering1 clouds, and the)
wind pipe out of the southwest in anrry
puffs, and the waves roll up ahead as
though they would engulf you, that I
the time that tries your rigging andr
your skill and calls out every ounce of
rrve and muscle. So with character;
adversity testa It. If you want to show
me a man's character, do not tell me
how he appears fn health and prosper
ity, when everything Is going" wellr
though that ia also a test in Its own
wav but show me how he bears him
self w hen, he is sick or out of employ
ment or on the verge of bankruptcy anl
everything is fioluff against him. If ho
hus any reserve force of character, any
self-control, any moral courage, then)
Is tho time they will show, and the
emerg-ency will show whether he haa
these qualities or not.
One of the remarkable thing's about.
den. Orant, and that has especially Im
pressed me with the greatness of h!
character, was that the .greater thei
emergency, the more self-possessed and
dtermlned he became. I remember
reading that once after several days of
hard lighting he called a council of
war. One after another told how he
would retreat, what road lie would s-
ltctfor falling-back; finally, Orant, who
had been listening In silence, arose, and
taking from his pocket a bundlo of pa-i
ers, handed one to each ofllcer present,'
saying: "Gentlemen, you will executm
fheao orders at dawn." Every paper
was an ordeT to advance "Forward by
the left flank," and with the morning
tun the arm j moved forw ard to victory-'
It is the reserve corps- of an army
that enables the general to strike tu
flecisive blow when tho battle hangs ia
the balance. "Providence Is on the side
of the last reserve" Is one of thesaylinga
attributed to Napoleon. It is the bal
nnco wheel of the engine tlxat distrib
utes its power and overcomes resistance,
by Its stored-iip momentum. It Is tho
knowledge, experience and character,'
tho accumulated mental and moral
wealth that measures your real power
nnd worth to-day; and the time of trial
brings out the truth, how much of this
reserve power you really have. We can
draw from the bank of learning or of
manhood just what we lnve stored,
there, not one ounce more. In any,
crisis wo stand or fall by our reserve!
power. Rome one has said that we have)
only so much real faith lr(3od as we can
bring to bear for our support ond com
fort In the time of affliction or diffi
culty. Do we believe In (Jod then? It
not, we do not really believe In Him at
nil. The thought Is profound nnd
searching; we dV well to laj' It to heart
"I like, the man who faces what he must
With step triumphant nnd a hen rt of cheer:
Who flKhtu the dally huttlo without fear;
Beta his hopes fall, yet keeps unfaltering
trust
That flex! Is rood; that somehow, true and
Ji"t.
Ills plans work nut for mortals; not a tear
Is sheil when fortune, which the world holds
dear.
Falls from his grasp; Ix tter, with love, a
erut
Than living In dishonor; envhs not,
Nor lone faith In man; hut does his best.
Nor even murmurs at hi humMer lot;
Hut with a mile and word of hope, RlveS
seat
To every toller; he alone Is m at.
Who hy a life heroic conquers fate."
Yes, adversity tekts chnrnetrr; and
the way to make character sound Is to
be prcpnrcd for tho emergencies and
erlses of life. The day is coming when.
storms mill bent and break upon us.
And remember: '"Other foundation can
no man lay than that Is laid which is
Jesus Christ." Charles Stoddard Lane,
In N. Y. Observer.
The Hod nnd (he Clillil.
Reproof or punishment should never
lm given for the relief of the feeling of
authority, but always, and evidently,
for tho good of tho disobedient. To
punish a child In anger cuts both ways,
and, unlikethotwlce blest droppings of
mercy, Is doubly bad, cursing him that
gives and him that takes. I'unlshment
should be meted according to the na
ture of the offense, nnd not according
to the degree of annoyance. Justice Is
not mercurial and explosive, or self
absorbed. Its business Is not to relieve
Its own tension. It should be serene,
nnd certain, and quiet-eyed. Think
twice, nnd pray three times, before pun
ishing a child. S. H. Times.
A Life Well Spent.
It was Julia Ward Howe w ho penned
these noble sentences: "If we have
never lowcd to crowned tIcc or neg
lected despised virtue, If we hava
stretched out to the fallen the hand of
help Instead of pointing nt 4hem the
flrger of scorn. If we have made the
way of the transgressor hard to go, but
e ay to return, whether we nre remem
bered or forgotten, we shnll depart from
this world leavlngsome part of It thebet
ter and ha ppler by our presence In It. We
may not. bear the Ill-gotten laurels of
a wlel.ed victory, but we shall hive
ft "got the ge.od fight and will receive
the. promised reward."