THE MOKGANTON STAR, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1888.
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It AND MCE;
OR -
The Mistress of
Hazelwood.
Ey CEKALiD CAELTON.
V 1 A FTLE XYIIL Continued. J
letter and the account which he had
etfttvod from Jack Graliara of Ada's
ieaddon and dangerous fit gave Will much
concern.
"Actually," lis said to himself , after lie
had llionght (he matter over, "it is now iu
my power, aceoidiug to Miss Bentiey's
opinion, to cure 3lis3 Wentworth of her
madness to malie her hippy, and to make
Miss Beniley happy through her niece. "
"Was it a wild, ma I project that he was
on?" he as :od himself. "Was not his mind,
'enfeebled by the fever, incapable of direct
ing him?"
Dis'rusiing his own iudgmeni, h con
sulted Graham. He fully expected that
Jack won d lauh at him: lmt he did no
jsuch thin.
"Tell me. old feHow," he sai l to Jack,
who had listened most attentively to his
proposition, is this the notion of a man
cracked by fever and sorrow, or does it
sound to you a sober, sensible act? Can I
say or wr te this to Miss Bentley, or would
it be the act of a madman?"
"It is tho right thing to do," exclaimed
Jack, heartily. " Say it don't write it at
the earliest moment."
"You see, Jack," pursued the young man,
''our little woman fiid, on her death-bed,
that she would like me to marry. So far as
I am concerned, I would like to remain
single; but then it seems to me now that it
would be aboaiinably selfish on my part to
remain single, when I can bring about, ac
cording to Miss Bentiey's opinion, so much
good bT marrying. "
"Exaclly. Of course you would wait for
a year or so; you might learn to like her by
that time, you know."
"I like ho;- now. Jack; poor child'"
"Weil, barn to love her, then. She's very
charming. Life with her would not be so
unplc isartt, after ail. Do it, "Will; do it!"
"I think I will try it at any rate," Tryfoil
answered.
"You ar a co-founded scoundrel if you i
viuix l, o,u a Mjtui, luuyjuiug; xur n s ;i glori
ous chance fordoing a vntuous action, and
you must do it; it's your duty. Lock at
the good results. It gives you an object to
work for, without which, posib-y, you
would go crazy. It cures madness and. ruie
ery in one young lady, and so removes from
another the one trouble of her life. I heard
you say the other day you wished it was in
your power to return some of the kindness
you have received from Miss Bentley. Here
.you are! Do it, my boy, and good luck to
,you!" Graham was not drinking to excess
now. The devil within was keeping him
too busy to permit his indulg ng in the
devil w:thouL
Will Tryfoil was bent now on takng the
journey to Hazelwood House.
Two weeks had to elapse before he was
even in a fit state to bear the fatigue.
At last, at Jack Graham's suggestion, he
"wrote the following:
"Mr Dear Miss Bentley: If you
will allow me, I will call on you next Fri
day evening. I think I have something to
propose respecting your niece that may
please you and result in your benefit "
The lady of Hazelwood answered that
-she would be delighted to see him, if he
was well enough to undergo the fatigue of
the journey.
This note was shown to Jack, who in
stantly communicated with his accomplice,
' the mendicant.
On Thursday evening, Miss Bentley told
her niece that Mr. Tryfoil was coming on
the next day. and asked her, with a kiss,
if she would prefer keeping in her room
during his visit.
Ada simply answered "Yes," anv shud
dered. At eleven o'clock that night, while Ada
was sitting in her own room, thinking very
deeply, and wondering what the business
could bo that was bringing Will to Hazel
wood House, sli3 was 'startled by hearing
three distinct raps on the window.
They were evidently not thesound3 made
by a buglar; they were raps meant to be
heard.
She instantly connected them in her own
mind with Jack Graham and Will's coming
visit
She listened, and heard a voice whisper
from without her own name:
"Miss Weatworthl"
After a moment's hesitation, she drew
aside the window curtains, and cautiously
unfastened the shutters.
She started back!
The glass of tho window only divided
her from the foul face of the tall, slim
beggar.
the was about to crv out to fcev nnnf
when the man signed to her to open the I
"window and receive a letter that he held in I
his dirty hand. )
An agent of Mr. Graham's" she said, to
herself, and then fearlessly and noiselessly
she opened the window.
"Hush! I come from Mr. Graham. Don't
fee frightened, Miss, You're to read that
letter, and then give it back to me. Be
quick!"
Ada took (he letter, and shuddered, as in
taking it her hand touched his.
She read the note hurriedly, and returned
it to him.
The letter, written by Jack Graham, in a
disguised hand, ran thus:
"ltemember. Secrecy. Tryfoil has re
covered from the fever. He'is coming to
Hazelwood House to-morrow to take pity
on you by your aunt's advice. He is going
to asK you to ue ms wile! Decide. Answer
by bearer."
Mis3 Wentworth covered her eyes with
V.her hands, and whispered to the beggar:
"You can communicate with Mr. Gra
ham?" "Yes."
"I have no pen or pencil here," she
went on, her lips quivering as she spoke.
"Will you send a telegram to him for me?"
"Yes."
She handed him some silver through the
open window.
"What am I to say?" whispered the man.
She was silent for a moment.
At length, biting her lips, and trembling
from head to foot, she answered him:
"Telegraph these words: 1 am ready.
Be at the library window at half-past nine
to-morrow night" "
CHAPTER XIX.
SIR iandy's .ACCUSATION.
At a quarter to seven on Friday evening,
"Will Tryfoil very pale, weak and nervous
arrived at Hazelwood House.'
The sight of it saddened him, for some
how, it brought poor Emily Graham to his
mind.
"I thought I should never see Miss Bent
ley again," he murmured, to himself. "Am I
really going to see her now, or is this what
it seems to be a dream?"
A3 it turned out. there was ona fdnes-
pected visitor there that day Sir Landy
Lindsey, the London banker.
He had got there some hours before Will's
arrival, and had been informed by Miss
Bentley of the young man's anticipated
journey to Hazelwood.
The banker was greatly puzzled by Will's
note, and he requested MLss Bentley to
permit him to be present at the interview,
which request was. of coarse, granted.
. The mistress of Hazelwood received Will
in her old, hearty manner, and warmly con
gratu'ated him on his recovery.
"No!; a word till after dinner," she said,
brightly, as Tryfoil began to explain the
nature of his visit; though in her bright
ness as in her entire demeanor there ap
peared to him the words: "I am so sorry
poor Emily is dead!" running sadly and
sympathetically through all she said and
did.
"How is Miss Wentworth?" Will asked,
turning a shade paler as he thought of the
errand he had como on.
"You know me well enough to believe,"
he went on, after she had replied to his
question, "that nothing but the belief that
1 can serve you and your niece would
have led me to come here after what has
passed?"
"Not a word till after dinner, if you
please," Miss Bentley repeated; and, with
that, she lad him into the dining-room.
Will Tryfoil was both surprised and dis
pleased at finding Sir Landy Lindsey there.
"I am glad that you are better, Mr. Try
foil," said the banker, co'dly.
He had been told of all that had taken
place since his lat visit to Hazelwood
House, even of Emily Graham's death.
He m?t the young man now, as he had
done in the past, with that cold politeness
which seemed to be a part of his nature.
There was very little said during dinner.
Miss Bentley and Sir Landy were anxiousby
wondering as to what Will Tryfoil had to
propose for Ada's benefit, whi!e the young
man iinnseii was thinking, with a
heart, of the difficult task before him.
faint j
".Never rnind," he thought; "it is only a
dream. X will wake up soon. "
Dinner over, they all left for the drawing
room. Will was thankful that he had escaped a
iete-a-Iete with the banker, for, somehow,
he grew to dislike the man more and more
each time he saw him.
"Now, Mr. Tryfoil." said Miss Bentley,
when they had got seated, "you need have
no hesitation in speaking before Sir Landy.
He knows all connected with my niece's
melancholy history besides, thr.-e head?
are better than one you know. Wo are all
attention. Begin, if you please.
The drawing-room time-piece struck the
hour of nine as she was spoakin?.
"I have very little to say," Will" answered,
uneasily; "but that little is extremely diiii
cult. I hope you. will both understand
that my only object is Miss Wentworth's
happiness, and consequently, yo irs. Miss
Bentley. I should neser be so impertinent
as to propose this remedv solely on my own
account I do not claim the idea as my' own.
It is yours!" casting his eyes toward Miss
Bentley, who was listening to him with the
greatest attention.
"You may remember," he continued,
"that when you and I first discovered Miss
Wentworth's foolish fancy about me, that
you said it wa 5 your opinion that her pas
sion was no delusion. Do you retain that
opinion still?'
"Yes," Miss Bentley answered. "Her be
havior since then has strengthened that
opinion materially. "
"You spoke on that occasion of my influ
ence over her. You said that you did not
believe her madness to be incurable that
my society would cure it in time and so on.
Did vou not?''
"I did, Mr. Tryfoil, and I believe it
now."
"As well as I can remember," Will pro
ceeded, gaining confidence, and his face
growing less pale as he went on, "you used
these words: 'Mr. Tryfoil, if you were not
engaged to be married. I should say to you,
try and love my niece.' I said, 'And marry
her?' and you replied, "Yes, that's my exact
meaning,' or some such words."
Will paused for a moment; but neither
Miss Bentley nor the banker availed them
selves of his si'encer so he continued,
slowly and hesitatingly :
"The supposition on. which you based
these words," he said, "is now a fact. I am
not engaged to be married, for Miss Gra
ham is dead. I have a sincere liking foi
Miss Wentworth a great respectful friend
ship for you, Miss Bentley. There is, under
stand, no heroism, egotism,, or Quixotism
in th s oifer. I am ready if yoss wid give
me the permission, to engage myself to
marry your niece!"
Sir Landy leaped from his chair in sur
prise. tit: T it - . .
luass uenuey mouonea mm to remain
Kllent. anil a Will a ottoo moKi.Vonf
J " ... w T u u ucib UUUU IT1
il. - 3-i 1- t . . ... V 1
mw grouna, ne aia not notice that a tear
gbstened m both her eyes. She brushed
them away, however, approached hina, and
placed h&r hand gently on his shoulder.
The timepiece struck the quarter after
nine.
"My dear brother," she said, and tho
words and her touch thrilled him,. "theTe is 1
-excuse me-much heroism and much no- f
buity m your otier. I quite understand vou.
I am sure that you would make my child
supremely happy, that in time you woclr
love her; but I must not accept your offer.
You are very yonng, and you fancy that
poor Miss Graham's death makes this offer
a trivial sacrifice on your part, but it is not
so. You have, I hope, a bright future in
store for you. and there enouehl I thank
you for this proof of your friendship,, but I
cannot procure my niece's happiness at sttch I
a sacrifice. " j
"Sacrifice!" Sir Landy exclaimed. "I ;
really cannot see the matter in that light
Mr. Tryfoil would not offer to marry the
young lady, I should say, if it were distaste
ful to him. '
"Let me say something more," Will in
terrupted, "and let me disown the praise
yon have given me. I am consulting my
own happiness as much as hers and yours."
fius statement was untrue,, and Miss i
Bentley knew it
She thought, however, that it was a very
noble falsehood. '
"This is what I propose," proceeded the
young man. "That I speak to Miss Went
worth, or that you, Miss Bentley, speak for
me, as soon as possible; and that on her ac
cepting me, we enter into an engagement
to marry at the expiration of one, or two, or
three years, according to vour or vour
niece's pleasure. If her lore is really a de
lusion, she will discover it no doubt in that
time, on which the engagement can be
broken. That during the engagement I
strive to make a name and a home for her.
That "
"One moment," Miss Bentley interrupted, i
"1 tancy 1 can near footsteps on the gravel
path. Listen!"
They listened, but heard nothing,
"Go on, Mr. Tryfoil! I am very nervous
to-night. Forgive me!" she said.
"I need say no more," replied Will, after
a short silence. "I offer my hand in mar
riage to your niece. I leave it entirely to
you, whether she is to be told of that offer
or not. I have, however, one condition to
make."
"Whit U that?"
"That if Miss Wentworth marries she re
ceives no dowry. "
The timepiece struck the half hour after
nine.
"I expected that stipulation, Mr. Tryfoil,"
Miss Bentley returned, smiling, whereupon
the three discussed the proposition in de
tail very seriously and very calmlv.
Will maintained that he was consulting j
his own happiness in making the offer. Six
Landy urged Miss Bentley to acquaint hei
niece with that offer, which, after some
hesitation, she agreed to do.
"I will break to Ada what you have said
to-night, Mr. Tryfoil," she said. "It will
be better coming from me, I think; but I
will not say now when I will tell her. I must
have a little time. She is not in a fit men
tal condition to receive such news at present-
Just now, for instance, when I left
her, she was most strange: she kissed me
poor child, although I told her 1 should re
turn in half an hour passionately she
clung abcat me, as if we were about to part
forever. Lee this question of your offer
stand over, then, for a little time; and sw"
moving toward tho door "excuse m5 lor
an instant, while I see how 6he is. I am
very nervous about her to-night though I
don't know why. "
She left the drawing-room and proceeded
to Ada's bedroom the ex-library.
Miss Bentley had sc ireely gone when the
timepiece struck the third quarter after
nine.
Alone with Sir Landy Liudsey, Will pre
pared himself to hear a criticism on his con
duct and character. The banker opened
his mouth to speak, but did not; for, pile
and trembling, Miss Bentley rushed into the
room which a moment before she hideffc
with such quiet, queenly dignity, and cried
wildly:
"Mr. Tryfoil, she has gone!"
"Gone!"
The two men started to their feet
"Her room is empty the window is
op?n! Gone!"
Hazelwood House was instantly thrown
into confusion. The mad terror that had
seized Miss Bentley immediately that
had discovered her niece's mysterious
sence the agonizing thjouerht that Ada
she
bent on self-destruc;ioa
tress of herself.
-still left h
er mis-
Ghastlv nnla. tremb'inr frnm 1-fw1
to
foot, her temples throbbing with cruel wikl-
ness, she did all that the calmest could
have done toward finding her niece.
Her voice rose above all the others in di
recting the search that was made. The
grounds were examined in every direction.
One servant was dispatched to Perthard,
another to a village which stood to the right
of tho house.
Everything was done with marvelous ra
pidity. Will found the first and only clew, to
which he called Miss Bentiey's attention.
"Quick! Don't you know that footmark?"
He pointed to a tremendously large and
clumsy imprint of a man's foot, which, by
the light of a lanter a carried by oue of tha
servants, was visible on a flower-bed just
below the libnry window a footmark ap
parently just made.
"No!"
"1 do!" he exclaimed excitedly. "Look
at the size of it It belongs to the beggar,
whom we caught lurking here. "
He seized her hand, which were as cold
as death.
"She is not alone!" ho said. "For heav
en's sake don't alarm yourself with the idea
of suicide. I'm off! Trust in me! If she
i3 to be found, which cf course she is, I'll
find her."
"God speed you," she returned, hoarsely.
"I do trust in you. You give. me new life!
Bring her back to me."
"I will. Miss Bentley;" then, pressing her
hands, Will hurried away toward the iron
gate.
Miss Bentley called to a cervant
Bring me a hat and
cloak quickly!"
The banker came
up
where she
was
the
standing, just by the
footmtrk
on
nower-bed.
"I am going myself " she said, "to Perth
ard to inquire at the siJati on and hotels. I
cannot rest here; I cn do no good. Will
you remain in the bvnse. Sir Lacdy? It i3
better that some responsible person should
stay on the spot"
"Yes. Where is Mr. Tryfoil?" he in
quired, "He has- gone in search of Ada," ehe re
plied, her eyes sparkling as she said it. "I
feel that Lq will find her not I."
.fa pases e Magical 3Iirrorsv
These so-ca,Hed magical mirrors harro
Cor yea;s baftied the discovery of the
cause of their reflecting objects that are
an the back side of the mirror. They are
thin metal haod mirrors with raised,
figures on the back of them. and one cast
J of an alloy of about eighty parts copper
j md twenty tin,, making a very hard yet
j jlastic metal.
j Mr. Fred Ives, of Philadelphia, has
I jjiven the matter much thought, and by
a few experiments has established quite
. ... v
conclusively ine cause ot the
grinding the mirror thev are presuma
bly laid on a flat plate and the grinding
pressure applied from the top.
The thin parts of the plate spring away
from the grinding, pressure and the thick
parts (opposite the raised figures) are
ground more rapid!-. The pressure re-
moved, the plate springs bac
alirror is concave on the face
3rUrcs are
,i A
loved, the Plate s-nrin.o-s hnrV nnrl tlio
where the
r 1 ; . ! . u i. -1 p .
iiiu iiLiu icueow.'U irom T.nns nurrnr
will show the ligures which are on the j
back, not from any magical power, but j
because of the concave surface produced
Dver the figures. It was then the result
5f accident rather than design, and,
Japanese skill falls- back another notch.
A Fly's
Weight.
James Spencer, a Chattanooga grocer;.
be in
rreatlv troubled Ayith
flies, put
twenty-one sheets of sticky fly paper
about his store: In the evening he
gathered them upland noticed how much
heavier they were, being covered with
Hies. He weighed the twenty-one sheets
and found they weighed seven pounds..
Then he put fcwenty-one fresh sheets on
the scales, and they weighed four pounds
four ounces. Thus the dies weighed two
pounds four osances. He found that there
were twenty flies to each square inch of
the fly paper; each sheet had ;$;( square
inches and 0,720 flies, and the- twenty
one sheets had 141,120 flies. Thus on
may ascertain the weight ot a fly; for, if
141,120 flies weigh two pounds twelva
ounces, iVs easy to calculate what one
will weigh. New York Sun.
Reckoning an Income.
A capable domestic servant ia out
cities may annually lay by a sum equal
to the income upon $3,000 in govern
ment bonds; and an industrious mechan
ic, in steady employment, earns a sum
equal to $20,000 at 4 per cent. A team
ster in Montana, or a cowboy in Colora
do, finds that his strength and skill arc
worth to him, in money each year, ai
much as would be $40,000 invested ic
the same lands, even if he could buy them
at par.
The lawyer or physician in a count j
town who earns his" $2,000 annually, il
suddenly debarred from practice, would
require $GS, 000 in bonds to yield him
the same income ; and the cditor-in-chiel
of a great city daily has a power in his
brain worth to him, in hard cash, tht
capital of $500,000. Bost-m Cniir
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
IX fEKX VTIOXAL. LESSOX FOR
JANUARY 29
V. 13. We are now entering the second
division of the i ecc.d of the public ministry
of Jesus. As the first commenced wah tha
attestation of the Father to His Sonship,
Matt. iiL, IT, so this commence? with a
similar attestation on the part of one of His
apostles. Up to this time, ro suth declara
tion appears on the part of the pc-rpln or of
His disciples. And it came in answer to His
own question. Jesus asked liis disciples
what the people said about him? Whom did
they take Him to be?
V. 14. And the answer was varied in
its tone. S'ome, prob iMy tho Hrodians,sn id
John the Baptist. They h?Id that bo was
risen from the dead, and fo acouated for the
mighty works which Jesus wrought Others
said Ho was i'lias, or Llijah, whilo yet
others said He was Jeremiah, or one oi the
other prophets. All jrave Him a hi.rh jura
tion; while, probably, the popular jud-niei:t
was much lowvrcd by tin opposition "of the
Scribes and Pharisees to belief iu His Meosiah
ship. V. 15. But Jesus word 1 not rest here. At
once he made it a personal mattor. "Who
say ye that I am?'' thus pointing the pivat
trutii that in every such question the indi
vidual application is always tho paramont
concern. In tLat lino it is of saiall conse
quence to us what others may think or say,
but it is of infinite moment to ourselves that
we ench one think and speak the real truth
about Christ.
V. 1". And Fctcr, moved with a sudden
inspiration, at once replies: Thou art tho
Christ, the s'ou of the living God." It was a
glorious confession ; radiant with the bright
est beam of tho truth and instiuvt with its
mightiest power. Through the jigt;s it has
Heated, bannerlike, at thw head of the army
of the Church, und underneath its folds tho
battle has always waged with the mast un
yielding severity. Wo note two points in.
ths cont'fssion, i. e.,
1. Its I'or-itivencss. There was no halting
in ths march offerer's thought; no ututr
taiutyin its tone; r. reservation in itsstiti
mer.t. It was char, bold and iMitig. Therj
was r.o paltt rin; with it in a double s-j:isr.
"Thou art tha L'hrit-t." It was simple and
ua;ua!il;ed truth.
J. Its Comprehensiveness. It covered th
entire grouna. I.i!;o Jacob's Ladder, "it was
&;jt uo t'ii tho cai th. ami t!:o ton of it. ivnfkrvl
even unto Heaven." i'or both th r.atuiv-s of !
our Lord are comprehended in it. "Thou
art' :s not this li s Ilnmnnitv? Is it not
"the Man Chrisu Jcsur .standing there be
fore him! Was r.ct this declaration
made aHait him r That human form stand
ing there in thtir mi 1st was not all. Indis
soluble ioiued with that, p.a va ling it with
its subtle and deathless luiluivv.-e. was His
Divinity constituthi - Him "the Chriit. tho
Boa of the living (Jo 1.'- "The Christ," tho
Anomted One, set apart from everlasting,
sealed to th s jn eat wxi k. And not a son of
the liv iu Jo.l, as an angel mi.ht be, but
"The Bon," as saaring His natui-e; a-? Oae
with Him in the essential elements of His
being.
And this was Peters confession.
V. 17. How clear, iiow distinctly lined it
was. It was not
taught him bv lle.-h and
uiovu. iiuu uaa net taugttt it to mm : nei
ther had he wrought it out by a jroeessof
his own mind. It was an express revelation
from heaven. It was given turn trom above.
"My Father w hich isiu heaven" hath showed
it unto thee.
V. lS-lt). Thus iar all i clear. And so
indeed are these two verses, but very needless
difficulties have been made about them. In
a Sunday-school lesson the discussion of
such ditticulties would be entirely out of
place. Let us therefore busy ourselves with
the great and precious truths which are too
plain for dispute.
1. The Title Jesus gives the Church. It. is
'My Church." It is so in every rpgard. The
idea of it is Mine. It was with Me tefore the
world began. In the silence of eternity it
was with Me. I saw it, and knew it, and
loved it from everlasting. The purchase ot
it was Mine. I gave Myfeif for it. I l o'ight
it with i!y blood. The bnil.bn; ut o'' it is
Mine. "I wilt build My Church' Every
living stone laid upon the Truo Foundation
is My Work. And the keeping of it is Mine.
Unseen My hand shall he upon it. and 1 wid
keep it night and day.' It is all Mine.
2. The foundation of it. "This rock "
What rock "Other foundation can no man
lay than that is laid, which is Christ Jesus "
1 Cor., in., 11. "Therefore thus saith th
Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a Founda
tion stone, a tried stone, a precious corner
stone, a Sure Foundation," Is. xxviii I :
and 1 Pet. iL, 4-7. Of course, the Peter
means a rock. But no: "this rock." And
very clearly Peter di 1 not think that he was
k oa wmVh the Church was built
And there is no more difficulty between the
1 . 7 I HI 1 1 a. . .
which Jesus savs to His disciples
other, in
uguu vi me worm.
Nil nirtrn thin 1.-.. .'
Yr .7"" ana ine mon in tho heaven,
o. he Builder of it. "I will build." etc.
He is both the foundation of His Church and
the Builder of it On Himself, as ths, Bure
foundation. He-lavs pnrh ivoii.i, 'i i n.
i , .. -... mcio 19
ti, - wv. . . x llKri e .lie
parts to each His
own life, and of all ff
says: "Because I
ive, ye shall live also."
4. The safety of it "The states of hel1
shall not prevail against it." How can they?
If the Church is His, if He is the Foundation
of it, and th& Buil ier of it, if He ke?p it,
how can it bo otherwise than safe? Hell is
Hadesy or the place of departe 1 spirits espe
cially here, of evil spirits. Gates were the
places, in ancient cities where counsel was
taken, and public measures determined on.
"The Gates of Hell," therefore, mean all that
the-powers of evil can devise and execute
against My Church. , In the midst of it all,
the Church is safe, evermore.
Then follow the promise of tho keys, and
here again there need be no difficulty." For a
key unlocks the door. And men knew not
how to enter the kingdom of heaven until
the Pentecost was come. Then the multi
tude asked what shall we do And Peter un
locked the door b opening to them the fin
ished work of Jesus. That was the entrance.
And from that day there has been no other.
There is none other now. There will be none
other to the end. Salvation is bound to that
alone.
V. 20. Jisus would not have HIs enemies,
roused into undue activity against Him before
the time; but would have every question
concerning Himself to be worked out by
them under the quiet influence of his own
life. They must judge from that in the light
of their own scriptures.
V. 21-23. In these verses we have:
1. Our Lord's prediction of his death;
2. Peter's protest against it; and
3. Our Lord's rebuke of Peter.
As to (1.) It would be a most interesting
subject to look into. For He makes the an
nouncement now for the first time. But
space forbids the attempt.
As to (2.) It seemed that Peter took Him
earnestly by the hand, protesting against this
strange thing. It is just as if he said: "God
have mercy on Thee. This shall never bap-
pen. It was too awful a thing to contem
plate. And as to (3.) Such words were a stum
bling block; a tempation; seeking to turn
Him from His course, and as such must not
even b3 listened to. They were from the
great enemy, and so opposed to all the
thoughts of God.
V.24. Here follows the Universal Law of
the Kingdom. Peter did not want to admit
the thoughts of God about the Cross. He had
much pleasanter thoughts and schemes of his
own. And so he must deny himself. And so
must every one who would be the Lord's disciple.
sow, cn. passages tuaD i nereis between the
one m which Jesus says of Himself; "I am
me laut ot me world" nnH tua
which a a living stone he grows up into au
S0:au'Ie 2 th? Lo,-d- Viih" His o wn hand.
jj Axmunn k-.ij,ni lie un
. j --'. e must remem.wr itm, as our
Lord spoke them, "Life" an I "Soul" are ono
and th: am? word. That "Life" is used in
two sen? a higher and a lower: a lxJily
and a spiritual sense and that our tru? life
or soul may bis lost And what will every
thing else pro2t us if that is done? Wint shall
we give in exchange for it? For that ill sur
vive when the Master comes again. Anl
what will compensate for a lost soul?
GENERAL LXSSOXS.
1. The need of right views about Christ
Everything turns oa this. . As John Newton
says:"
" What think yc of Cr-rift.'" is lha test
To iry boih our Mate nn.l our schtmft;
We ran lift beriirht in thi rn?t.
Unlets we thin' rih:iy of lliin."
2. The inerrable mystery of the Gosp:-, is
just the inevitable iixvssity of th Gjspe!.
For, unless Jesus were 11 n, Ho could not get
Into the pla-e of ihe Bavicur. And if Ho
were not at th? same time God, Ho could not
save us if He were there.
:;. Th? soul is the equivalent of a man's
re'.f. Luke, thr refore, points tha alternative
thvs: "Gain th3 whole world and loss him
self, or b east awnv, ' Lukj ix..'S. For
the soul or the lru- life carruj the Ihi !v with
it, and diitern:::i ;s tho state and destiny of
the e:tire man.
4. The Beoa l Comhvj of the Son of Mau
is either th ? mot glorin.M or tho most fearful
event exactly n.-vording rs we.-tand related
to it. Leaon Ilt'mr.
The YFu! eh man's Report.
There was a seiious accident to one of
the largest a'd mostly costly bridges on
the line of the Dakota & Great Midland
lloute, a Dakcia railroad managed by a
local company. The following Ys an ex
tract from the bridge watchman's re
port to the 1'iesident of the company :
"I was approaching the cast end of the
bridge from my house," writes the watch
man, 4,vhcn suddenly 1 saw the jack
rabbit coming down the iine towards tha
bridge right between the rails and run
ning very rapidiy. Ueali.ing the disas
1 1 ous effects his crowing would have oa
:he bridge I ran as fast as possible to
:'.ther stop him or in omc way induce
.)im to cross on a walk, but I was too
late, and the frightened animal rushed
past me and onto the bridge, taking
jumps almost as long as the rails. The
structure trembled, " swayed violently,
ar.d just as the rabbit reached the mid
dle, the bridge, together with the abut
ments and the rabbit himself, crashed
sr.to the abvss below. I barely escaped
with my own life.
but retained presence
m ml cuough to direct my wife to
take the piece of red tlanucl oil the baby's
oie throat and go back up tli3 track and
signal the 7:10 limited Pullman express.
I now have both h'ued men at work re
pairing the wreck, but it will be scvcril
days before travel can be resumed. I
wou!d recommend that strong gates be
placed at the ends of the other bridges
on our road to keep the rabbits off, as
thev seem to be iumr.inrr remarkably
high this season, ami 'unless something
is done half of our best bridges are
liable to b(5 kicked down before apriny
C.'i Iao Trib -ie.
Endurance or the Japanese.
"When one re'Iccts that there is never
a fire which would fill a half-bushel
measure; that the Japanese weir no
woolen garments, . and only sandals or
clogs on their feet; that the "Winters arc
cold enough to make ice two or three
inches thick, and the ground i3 oftcm
white with snow, one wonders how th?y
live, writes a correspondent from Japan
to the Chicago Mill. There seems to be
something peculiar in the physical make
up of the Japanese, as well as in their
plants, which enables them lo endure
safely great cold. I am told that plants
which in America are killed by Autumn
frosts here live and bloom in the midst
of suow, and when the thermometer has
gone much below the freezing roi.at.
! Certainly the tvonh? h.iv wondnrfnl
powers of endurance if their sensations
are as ours are.
Every Japanese, high or low, takes his
hot bath every night. He jumps into a
vat of water heated from 100 to 11 de
grees and enjoys the boil, and stands f-r
hours up to his waist in ccld, mountain
torrents, and it i said will break the ice
in Winter and work up to his neck in
immersion, and seems to feel no ill effects
from it. He is certainly a wonderful
animal, and ethnological data must yet
be furnished to conince me that he is
not indigenous to the soil he lives on.
A Silver llaud.
Daniel Goodwin, of "Weymouth, has a 1
German silver ham!, and, notwithstand-'
ing the fact that there arc no lingers on j
it. he is atle to keep pace at his trade 1
that of carpentering with those blessed !
with the customary number of digits, j
An injury to Mr. Goodwin's own hand j
necessitated its amputation. It was not '
unt'l he had invented a substitute, which j
he hoped would en lble him to sup-1
port himself and family, that he would I
consent to having it amputated. His !
scheme consi-t3 of a socket, reaching
halfway to the elbow, into which socket
the stump is placed, and at the other end
of which a hole is drilled and a thread I
cut. The contrivance is a great success.
Mr. Goodwin lias a surprisingly large I
number of useful tools that fit into thh ;
tapped hole, and he can drive nails all ',
day with a hammer that is held in place
Dyacnecicaut screwed against the end
of the socket. A3 soon as he sits down
to dinner he pulls a table knife out of
one- of his pockets with his left hand,
screws it into tho socket, and proceeds to
business. Baton Heiald.
The Medicine Mania.
Some people, especially among tha
lower, middle and working classes, are
confirmed medicine takers. They read
the advertisements of "patent" nostrums,
which profess to cure every ill under the
sun from agues to ulcers, and implicitly
believe the statements which they con
tain. The ignorant medicine-taker never
pause3 to consider that if a tithe of the pre
tensions so blatantly proclaimed had any
foundation in fact, the existence of culti
vated and learned bodies, such ai the
College of Physicians and the CoUeze of
. Surgeon', would be no longer necessary.
Not only does he believe everything
t- : -T- 11 a 1? . . . . . . "'. . 0
which the advertisers tell him, but he be
rtrr,00 r ' .,..
comes an advocate of the remedies to
his friends, and thus, like the snowball,
which increases a3 the schoolboy rolU it
in the drift, the mischief insensibly in
creases, until in time it assumes olossal
proportion. Lordan Time.
All the steel marking and canceling
stamps used by the various postoftices
throughout the country are made in the
little machine shop of Benjamin Cham
bers, at Heaths villc, Va. Heaths ville
itself was one of the first towns estab
lished by the settlers ia Virginia,
fib 13
Mustang
an m
.imment
1. iiw.
Scratches.
Sprains.
Strains,
Stitches,
Stiff Jomts,
Backache,
Galls,
Seres,
Spavin
Cracks.
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KUK'.-f,
Eruption
Hocf Ail.
Screvr
Saddle CxiX
Piles.
Eituor,
Ccrrs.
th:s good old stakd-by
r.cc ::n;:is!:c-8 for everybody exactly wtat Lsel?::.. $
jtIi. Oncof the reasons for the great poplar:: .-"
tk3 ?Ij$:an? Liniment U fousJInlts LniTt :-.-..
a v pl i cab 1 H t r. Everybody needs such a nie-l ...
'i be Lumberman ceedU it Incase of aeei lev.
Tlie Ilonsevrlfe needs It for general family t-....
TLc t'aunlcr needs tt for bl tcar.an l LN a:-T.
The ?!ccbanic needs it ulwajs 00 1:U v..;
Tbc ?I i ccrnecd3 It ta case of rmerpen-7.
Tne rioneernceuilt can't set along wit:-,.,.-
Tte Farmer needs it la bl !.ou hl-i iic.;.,
z.z i LU ;tock yard.
Tuc Steamboat man cr tho Itontntnrt
it la I-beral supj.ly effoat end asSiere.
Tho Ilorsc-fancler needs It ii It l:. 1
friend, ar.d safest reliance.
The toclx-srower ne? Is It It vlll r v ? L: 4
t:..uo:;u t f dollars and a worLI of ir ull.-.
Tiie Unitrond man needs It and vr::i!i" 1 't
r.i lils life Is a round of accidents an.', oar.
Tbe lluckvroodsiimn needs It. Tlterej ;
!:. i.kc n its an antidote for tbe dan?prs oLi'a
.limb and comfort whlcb surrouiid the j ioni -r.
Tbo .McrcbanC needs Itcbous bU fciorc art ot
his employees. Accidents will happen, an 1 -Ur-a
th?se coma the Mustang Liniment Is wanted er n.
Keep a ISottle la tbe House Tis the U-,:o;
ec non:y.
K rep :t Bottle in tbe Factory Iisimmcdiata
U3o In case of accident Raves pain and loss of tracts.
Keep a llottle Always ia the Stable for
aso when wanted.
ELY'S
DREAM Q ALni
Jot a Uffi'.I, It
Fr.'efror. Iniri-
A pCTtlc cf ths r.'rr. is af : ti v'o e.-wfi 1 ttu
is air2ea.'jli 13 n:wl is iiirkiy rJ.r; .L '. "'
i:.V r c:ir.iniinj the naj":! o..jt j of r-j., h, 1
It R'layppairi ar.d Ini!amnia,:r.a.pr,,',rr '- .:
branall'.nhj-js of tho bead f-ort addi:j.vi.d w-,
c.:npk-uiy Leal. tbo porn and nvt'iiv j.:-r-;
of Im'c p.nd :nen. DencHriil totalis r 1 t
by a fnr c; i!ica'iwji.
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No matter vL?it part it f.v.al'." r--t
jrra ii v.iyn Kiarts in tne hci.5. i.n.i t ".-..;: ! '-
ho.'l. Th?r is i;o niys:-7 ilwui; t!-..- f-s:. r.-:" : . :
drcu-'f-:! cli'.w. If r.o;r.:i in t ' I -
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aSSi S275 ORGAN X $30.00:
I-!ool and B.xic Free. Other '-eautifnl tXyh'i irvn.
S0 vo S3 73. Circulars free on appueat:
Special 30 Day rfTer now ready.
Vho oli't or?an masnfaotttrer in Woshinzt-vi,
N. J. 'JO ?cMra r-aHUjacturing oryn
This onr.m in II tw snt ca 15 days tt trial.
29,000 t:sp orirans now in use. TUry r
bcxttifi, tUtrj re mtve, they ars latnj
AiliirviiS liitj maatifai-uirvr, .
" ' wko-h. WasliinRtoa. N
MILLER BROS. STEEL PENS
THE BEST IX USE.
When notforsa'e by local dealers, we wUlntvt
1 a lead in sr tyle in i boxes of 1 docea cwrn.oa
receipt ot S 1.2 J.
4 styles School Pens, 4 boxs, 1 dm. each,
4 Business" 4 1 " -rt
4 Business Sc. Statu, 4 boxes, 1 dot. eacS,
liiwa m mm iim. crruii co, tain, c .
Mexican bogs, which are a cros? be
tween the Spanish and the wild hog of
the Mexican mountains, arc raised wita
profit in Mexico, but not in any cons: i
erale numbers. They average 17.jpou3l
in weight, and are killed chie3y for
thcir lard, which is worth twenty con'-s
a pound. Fresh pork is worth twelve
and one-half cents a pound, but is eaten
very little, for most persons can't ailcrl
it. It is said that Monterey, whkh Ha '
00. COO people, cats only about five h;j 1
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