Pittston Gazette

              qpfil W '' . i 4 mm w . * ' ~D• g' :\ fcir"!.'*t't.'''-)•' Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valifv PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY, FRIDa"v~april io, A Wet 11 Tlw Oiteome of a Fife 1 7T Tie Story of the Bicardo, a Beautiful Face and a Great Artist. 5 JEAWNETTE H. WALWORIH. | [Copyright, 1899, by Jennette H. Walworth ] "R kly Local and Family Journal. j Sl.OO • Tmi 1 ID AdTUM. However, having come to the city to pursue her literary and artistic avocations. Miss Lldy had no time for sentimental regrets. She had been a flat dweller a month when she received a delightful surprise. In her morning's mall there came a note of invitation to a reception at the studio of the artist Dabney. He checked her effusive acknowledgments almost abruptly. had some elegant strictures to make upon the precipitate haste of the wooer. The mother bemoaned the unreadiness of the wooed in the matter of dry goods. Miss Lidy calmly appropriated ail the credit of the affair to herself. Dabney's patrons had their say, spiteful and otherwise. FACTS ABOUT MINDANAO to face a serious problem in the quieting of titles to property. Prom time Immemorial it has been the custom to recognize the rights of squatters, and possession has been mora than nine points of the law in nearly every case. Many buildings are claimed and occupied by the Chinese that were Spanish property before the war, and the chains of title necessary to follow will be a task that will puzzle the moat expert abstractors of the country. Agriculture Is one of the lost arts and what vegetables are used are found growing wild. The climate Is excellent, the water Is remarkably good and earthquakes are unknown. The rainfall la considerably less than In Luson. December, January and February are the hot months. Three or four crops can be raised each year and vegetation is continuous. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR. Taplo Pop thj Week Be(laili( April M Co—ty br H«t. I. H. Doyle. "I don't like to sail under false colors. I must see her, I must meet her, I must know her." LESSON IV, SECOND QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, APRIL 22. "You mean—Miss OeraultT" Indiana Man Tells of Life on the Tone.—Herring God Joyomly.—lUth. nil, 1-14. THE PAKABLK. "Yes; I suppose you will set me down as an idiot, but If I can only see her once dressed in ordinary parlor rig, Philippine Island. |  Text of the Lema, Like Til, l-lO. The topical reference is Christ's par* I able of "The Royal Marriage Feast" A king makes a marriage feast for his son. He sends forth his servants to call them who have been previously invited, in accordance with the custom of the east But they would not come. The second time he sent forth his servants to tell the invited guests that all things were ready. This time they treated the invitation lightly and continued to engage in their usual occupations. Some of them even took his servants and mistreated them. The king was angry and sent forth his armies, which burned up their city. Then he sent his servants forth again into the highways and hedges, and guests vere provided. When the king appear" be saw a man who had not on a • / Vf Dabney was her hero and her inspiration. True, he had strongly advised against her taking up the artistic life when she had sent him a specimen of her work from the country, but that piece of advice was the only thing of his she had ever scorned. On the whole, however, the resulting happiness to the two principals was unquestionable. Would that as much could be said of every wooing and every mating! Memory Verses, 9, 10—Golden Text, : P». eill, 18 — Commentary Prepared eagerly. MOBO BULEBB WHO ABE DESPOTS. fcy the Rot. D. M. Meant. Freaideat HUicl, Whose Authority IS Recognised hr the limited States, Decapitates Hla Babjeota oa Slight Provocation — Island's Queer nixtare of Races. [Copyright, 1900, by D. II. Stctrna.] 1. "Now when He had ended all His saying* in the audience of the people, He entered into Capernaum." This city became His center in Galilee, from which He went forth, to which He returned and where He wrought many of Hia mighty works and said. that if Spdom had had the same pHvileges it would not have been destroyed, but that Capernaum, having been exalted to heaven (by her privileges), should be brought down to hell —because she did not profit by them (Math, xi, 23). Whether the name suggests that this was the village of Nahum, the prophet, or not we cannot say, bat as Nahum signifies "comfort" and also "repentance" it is interesting to think of the comfort that would have come to Capernaum if only she had truly repented and received Christ Jesus and in Him the Father of Mercies and the God of aD Mrs. Beaant on Dreams. The aim of her life was to produce something upon which Dabney would smile. If only she could learn to lay on color with Dabneyesque effect! Mrs. Besant has been talking about dreams at St. James' hall, and she tells us that middle class intellectual beings are not much troubled with such things. We do not quite gather whether intellectual beings of the middle class or beings whose Intellects are middle class are referred to. but anyway it is a comforting assurance to a great many of us. People whose minds are not under coatrol, we are told, have fragmentary and foolish dreams, but highly, developed persons dream logically and Instructively. It may be very highly developed minds, but we go to bed for sleep and not for Instruction, and therefore, on the whole, we prefer to be middle class. —Westminster Budget. l'be janitor of thC apartment house Ric among the Nineties, New York situated up the Grand going to be such close neighbors—Just ♦his little scrap of a hall between us." "Thank you." said the young lady hi manner before shutting hei a a quietly apologetic way. declared In later years tha »ot been for her determina' the picture begun under circumstances she know* -•Quid have brought hersell A—Floor 5" In the Bicardo year—"such pigeonhole) Max Baruth of Butler, Ind., who la traveling In the Philippines, sends the following interesting communication to the Chicago Record from the Island of Mindanao and city of Zamboanga: Boulevard, never lost an opportunity of a list lest Impressing would be tenants with a 0WD D. profound sense of tbeir own extreme miss Lldy ; : good fortune in getting Into a bouse al- if it had ready fairly saturated with the odor of to finlsl ! SHI ' " ■ adT«rar "The Kicardo don't take In no transi- never tory tramps, only the very best, and rent 'V them on a year's ltfaae Is good 'nough whole yv for ma None of yoor uiovin In and rooms, you trauipiu out month by mo&h, punehin tt was the hall walls chock full of holes," .aft- Bhe had k «r which came the inevitable; . store and She believed she would take her picture of Miss Gerault along and ask him " "Off with his head' la the moat frequent legal judgment rendered by President Mlndel, who exercises Jurisdiction throughout the island of Mindanao. He possesses greater power than any known ruler of the world, being the absolute dictator of the executive, Judiciary and military branches of his peculiar government. Ha makes bis own laws after his own Ideas, and decapitation Is usually the method adopted to satisfy outraged Justice. The first American troops—a battalion of the Twenty-third Infantry—landed In Mindanao Nov. 20, 1899, and were relieved by a full regiment of the Thirty-first Infantry the following December. It is doubtful if any American had ever stepped foot on this Island prior to that time, and they are still regarded as novelties by the savage tribes that reside on the island. After the departure of the Spanish soldiers the Americans were Invited to assume control upon the condition that If Aguinaldo should be victorious in Luzon they were to leave, but should the result prove otherwise they were to remain indefinitely. This peculiar and novel proposition was made to the commander oC the Casttne of the mosquito fleet, which, together with the Manila, was maintaining an effective blockade in "Zamboanga occupies a magnificent site for a large eastern city. Prom the foothills to the coast it is seven miles and the fort marks the eastern limits. It was erected 300 years ago and has walls 60 feet in thickness, making It a safe retreat against all foes who should attack it. The north part of the Island Ldlng garment, & garment rlded "by the host For th and inexcusable neglect 1 him taken away and thro jo that first afternoon . (one out to the nearest grocery was coming back loaded ' the chin with paper bags, off which expected to exist fdr several days / ■■ m is as yet unexplored and la th» part which the fabulous tale* of rich go I .. .,v "There's old Major Broadinax. A retired army officer. Him and his fam'- ly's been here goln on (our years, and his opposite on the first floor is a army paymaster. The first floor Is given over to newspaper folks entire; third tnd fourth, business men of the solid sort; fifth, one apartment only vacant; the other, southern folks with mo' manners than money, I think likely, but s'long as folks pays their rent punctual it's none of my business bow much or how little goes up on the dumb waiter from the grocer and the baker." talking conventionally, saying silly things, perhaps wtth a young lady's simper, I'll get over it" "Get over what?" part of the Island In generous tmo ii now accepted by all acquainted ■ the sltnatlon. Prospectors are awaiting military protection be Venturing among the savage tr who become warlike when an inn of that part of the country la con she stooped to examine the card was an only daughter who wag the prey tof the adversary, sick and dying. Now it is a faithful servant of a Roman centurion. This dear servant makes us think of Abraham's servant, to whom he intrusted all that he had; and of Joseph as the slave of Potiphar, having full charge of all that he had; also of Onesimus, who became so dear to Paul that he said to Philemon, "Receive him as myself" (PhL 17). 8. "And when he heard of Jesus he sent unto Him the eiders of the  seeching Him that He would come and heal his servant." The account in Matthew reads as if the centurion himself In the letter box of "B—Floor 5," Miss Lidy's head was turned sidewise. She looked like a wise little bird. Her eyes were full of a grave wonder. The Wante of Coal. "So my opposlte's name la Geiv Colonel B. P. Gerault. That's the Owing to defective heating appn ratus over $7,000,000 worth of coal 1: wasted in this city every year. Smar. as we think we are, we hardly know the first thing abont warning lioasef economically.—New York Press. the I of the family, of course, I wou what the mother of my J*anty is "Could the great Dabney be In love, and with a mortal girt?" "Sense me, madam—my ledder box, b'leeve." A thick voice sounded close in her ear. A hot vinous breath made her draw back quickly In disgust A majestic figure towered far above her; a wavering, unsteady hand was extend- Dabney blazed at her most unreasonably. His handsome eyes devoured the little picture he bad restored. plated. This Island la beyend qnes the richest,of the entire group, natives are peacefully inclined and trouble Is anticipated at this tl They build their huts from bam " Where did you find itf what he thought of Its color scheme. She went early. The great artist received her graciously. She was worth Just so much money to him at the league. She apologized for prematurenesB on the score of having no escort "And then 1 wanted to ask you to look before anybody got She cautloiJSly drew her precious pastel from her black silk bag and laid It timidly before the great artist He gftve one glance at It and bounded from his seat. THE CENSOR. "I believe you want to keep her all to yourself. You are selfish. You are jealous. I treated her like a brute, and I want to tell her so," The New York man who drank 6,000 hogsheads of whisky in a lifetime of 7," years must have frequently had one is the morning.—St. Paul Globe. and use thousands of feet of All of 'Which sounded highly satisfactory to Miss Lldy Martineau, who bad left § roomy and comfofcabje country home to pursue her literary and artistic bent In the cramped discomfort of a city flat. Miss Lidy on her part always prefaced her application for rooms by stating in her most impressive manner that she bad come to the city to be nearer libraries and the Art ♦udents' league. It sounded Imposing ' went a long way toward making literary and artistic. U MQACk- any, rosewood and ebony In tog a tiny key toward the tetter box; a superb bead, from which heavy Iron gray locks swept tn on trimmed profusion, was bared Id respectful salutation to ber or to her sex; a pair of mournfully large gray eyes regarded ber vacuously. Miss Lidy gathered ber paper "I am not selflsh. and I am not Jealous." Mias Udy brought the word out With « wrench. "You shall see her, but yon must give me a little time." straction without a thought princely value when exported." A schoolmistress in one of the New York public schools has had her salary docked 9 cents for having been ten minutes late to school the other day. How's this for a picayune?—Boston Herald. With HO young men coming forward to try for the baseball team, the elective ayKern at Yale seems to prove itself, and the cause of education shines with a new and gratifying effulgence. — Hartford Oourant. . The Boston Authors' dub has been disbanded owing to the fact that some of the "authors" were of such a kind that "* real literary pacemaker could have stampeded the bunch." And this from Boston!—New York Press. A bill to protect candidates for public «Qce from groundless accusations in the aewspspers is before the Massachusetts to Jesus, but this acco us to understand that i FOG SIGNAL Manner of Uilmi Large 1 With Sire ma. Tbe United States lighthouse Is engaged In a series c to determine the ad visa! large megaphones with signals, says the New has been found that thi sound can be with a ;  they can is no It was tbe hour of her renunciation. There was really nothing to renounce but her own wild, sweet dream of impossible things. bags in a closer grip and almost ran up the four flights of steps she bad found so formidable^ else how cot d? He may t cast out of le or of the he "Where did you find it? Where did you get her? Where is she?" And Boon thereafter Dabney got another note from his artist friend: Zamboanga. , The commander of the Castlne could not accept the proposition and suggested that the arms and ammunition of the natives be delivered to a convenient point in the islands and that be would send a detachment of marines to guard them, after which the natives were to assemble in mass convention and choose one from among their number to serve in the capacity of governor of the district •The commander of the Castlne was a diplomat, and In showing that a centralisation of the prerogative In one individual waa necessary to prevent clashing of minor officials he accomplished his purpose. The arms were delivered to a central point, the convention waa duly held and resulted in the selection of Isldoro MindeL He Is a native Filipino, born in Tetuan, near Zamboanga, and possesses the respect of his people to a strong degree. Decapitation la about the only punish- "Well!" She was sgfe inside her own eg. '"That's Colonel E. P. Gerault! the "Isn't she lovely?" Miss Lidy glowed with self complacency. "Dear Mr. Dabney—I am going to commit a great extravagance. I am going to give a 5 o'clock tea in my little flat Everybody will be very crowded and hot and uncomfortable, and of conrae wben they go away everybody will vilify me and my tea. Will you consent to be one of my malignera? Miss Gerault has kindly promised to help me serve." i have 1 ith co I faith i lL 1  i-n No wonder my opposite looks as if the weight of tbe universe rested on ber pretty shoulders! Such a sad young face, such exquisite coloring! I wish Dabney could see her." ..v*rdo was a doable flat house, na Miss Lidy tolled patiently op its ' flight of steps she experienced 16 natural curiosity touching her glibors. She had soared above the x»y officers and the newspaper folk td the sdlid business men when she opped to take breath and to ask: "Who will be my neighbors cm th« "Your opposltes are them soothen: folks I told yon about; perfect ladiet and gentlemen; father, mother and daughter; quiet as mice; sorter keep tc yourself people, you know." Miss Lidy was mentally sure thai nothing would please her better thai to havener "opposltes" keep to them ives and asked no more questions un A she stood under the eolqred sky light yrhicb capped the possibilities ol a&ent for the Ricardo. "Now, then," said the Janitor, encour aging swift oblivion of the tedioui climb, "didn't you find them steps easj and gradjal? And our carpets alwayi looks brand new." The Janitor's methods were as mi; - - D.2S, . .. SS&B ' - " 4.K" "But the girl, the child! I drove her from my door with a look, and I've suffered the torments of the damned ever since. I can't get rid of those eyes," "I don't understand," said Miss Udy. puckering her forehead. "Of course you dont I haven't explained yet It was this way: I'd Just got home from a dinner at Del's one night weeks ago. Nelson was about to sail for Europe the next morning. We fellows had given him a jolly send off —champagne, you know. I was pulling off my overcoat. It was growing dark out of doors, and It was raining. I know a stiff east wind had chilled me to (he marrow. My bell rang, and I Irritated at having to leave my easy cbalr by the register. In the C have been Island ligl 17 feet in at the mo1 The app cular plat Neither her emotions, as the dear, sympathetic little woman she w&a, nor her excitement as an artist who was perfectly sure ghe had discovered something luminously novel interfered With Miss tidy's enjoyment of her pa"per bags. She was qu ite sure that everything was going to be "perfectly lovely" In spite of Dabney's opposition to ber scheme—"if only," she said, look- legislature. How would it do to pass a companion measure, providing that no man with a past should become a candidate for office?— Journal. ; lis "I didn't think." Miss Udy reflected, carefully stamping the sealing wax oa this note, "that 1 eould possibly manage a better way to let him see her conventional side. Of course she has one. £nd the girl who can escape making a silly remark at aa afternoon tea must be a Portia or a Mme. de StaeL" on American inventions adopted by foreign armies have included weapons of destruction, but the British army is to be supplied with an American apparatus for sterilising water snd an American style of ventilated hospital test used bj the United States army medical department. Owr Inventors cure as well aa kill.—Kansas City Star. ing timorously around, "that superb wreck shouldn't mistake my door for his own!" on the strength of which possibility Miss Lldy made a nervous tour of Inspection of hpr pew premises tq satisfy herself that no one could get In without ber consent Miss LldyD occupancy of "A—Floor 5" bad not lasted a week before she pronounced flat life the most demoralizing thing in the world. She was ashamed of ber Intimate knowledge of her neighbors' affairs. She knew ejr* actly when Calaqef tlerault went out In thp morning and when he came back In the evening, 'then she excused herself to herself: the It was a great feather In Miss LkJy*» cap to have Dabney among ber guests. The big fellow almost filled up hei tiny little parlor, and his Joyous laugh quite filled up the spaee about the tea table where Ml** Gerault sat looking a very Pebe of youth and prettlness. *That must be an old gown of het mother's splendid days." said Miss Lldy, taking a generous woman's unenvlous delight In the loveliness of hei "opposite," How happy Dabney looks, while the gM herself— la are longer while those At..— X1  "When I opened the door, the light of the hall lamp fell on a girWwrapped in a blue waterproof. She haa drawn the hood of it over her hat I saw a framework of yellow curls about a divinely rounded face. I saw two pleading, tender eyes and a pair of trembling Hps. THE HONEY MAKERS. ment he recognises, and the stated that It Is m ct the sound of a C rection with the st rtainty aa Is obtali rht  who la brought before him usually loses his bead unless able to establish his innocence of the charges preferred. The authorities are now preparing to curtail hla powers by establishing military Jurisdiction and aboUahlng capital punishment for minor violations of his self made laws. "Nest in authority to Mlndel la Dato Bees can endure dry cold, but not dampness. . There are no lasy bees. Queenless bees build drone comb. THI8 OLD WORLD OF OURS. - Dr. Newell Dwtgkt Hlllia tan It la '.'I don't know what devil possessed me, but I felt that I must either draw her Into my arms then and there or deal with her harshly. I looked down at her with a growl and asked her what In the deuce she wanted. Without a word she turned about and almost flew down the steps. Hest doss not damage honey, bat tends to ripen and improve it. Dampness and dsrkue8s do not agree with it. Honey that remains In the comb for some time after being stored is always the best article when extracted. We are not worthy. No one under he en is worthy. The Lamb of God a!onC worthy, whether it be to open the li book (Rev. v, 1-7) or to redeem a soul to do the Yery leaat thing that can be ceptabie in the sight of God. Apart fr Him there is no life, and there can be acceptable service (I John ▼, 12; JC xv, 5). "Say in a word, and my aervi shall be healed." This centurion m have been a friend of or have known nobleman of Capernaum, whoae son v healed with a word from Jesus while Lamb. gaCJ gradual as bis steps, and by tbi me Miss Lilly had surmounted tin last one be was fumbling at tbe locket door of "A—Floor 5," with bis blj bunch of duplicate keys. It was a stuffy September day. wlfl ft heavy hqmldlty hanging In {he fir jind the (loar of tbe opposite apartmen litood wide opea. Miss Lldy would bare been elthei more or less than a woman If she hat not sent her bright little eyes on a toui of inspection across Its threshold: SbC apologized to herself: "These people, of all the people in tbi bouse, will be tbe only ones I sbal have to take account of. Of course 1 wapt to examine them." , "What she saw was a narrow hallwaj covered with a threadbare carpet, sc scrupulously swept that pvery worn fiber asserted Itself; a  bedroom, with a window Immediately opposite tbe open door, through which She was consciously doing her best to make a good Impression on the great artist He was a gentleman. Perhaps on that sore night of her defeat he had been out of humor. She would essay It again. Something must be done. Mandl, who rules the Moros In the same absolute manner. This tribe is an exact counterpart of the Apache Indian. His war weapon is the bolo, and be Is never seen unless tbe weapon is with him. It is shaped similar to a razor, with an edge aa keen, and he handles it with a dexterity that is wonderful. He seldom works, prefers to fight, and his chief occupation is head hunting. His ancestors were pirates. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis, writing on "The Achievements of the Nineteenth Century" in The Woman's Home Companion, declares hopefully: "If kings' palaces in the ancient cities were centers of vice from which the contagion of sin moved out in ever widening circles until the state died in sympathy with the poisoned heart, now, having cleansed the intellect and sweetened the sympathy of the individual, Christ asks each youth and maiden to hasten th» work of cleansing .each ten»nmnt slum until every city is a center of sweetness and light. For today art industry invention, literature, learning and gov eminent, all these are captivea marching in Christ's triumphal procession up the hill of time. Let tib "The door is never open when he is at home, and so long as that 4ear child thinks I asked her to leave it open because ) acq lonely she'll do it faithfully" ' In very cold weather bees often die, and, falling, will dog the entrance. They must be removed or the bees will wmotier. . "i don't believe I have spent a single waking iLoment without sighing for a glimpse of that sweet face Just once more. I want to show her that I am not qnite the brute I must have seemed."SedT BIBLE 1» I Chron. xii, 40; xvl, 0-11; lxxxlx, 15, 1-10; Hab. ill, 18, 19; L Dabney had Just come to his studio the next morning from his hotel. The crisp fresh air had reddened his eheeks and given him an elastic sense of the goodness of life. He meant to follow up his o ha noes then, but— The h«nr was early, and the W fcvhlch carried passengers to and frciat the big office building contained only one Other person, a veiled lady. She got out at his floor and stopped. Then he knew her. Her veil and broad hat had concealed her Identity for the moment.During the winter care must be taken in removing dead bees, so as not to disturb the hive and arouse them into activity. 1 Miss Geraulfs amiable concession came about in this wise: She and Miss Lidy bad been "opposites" for three days only when, turning her head as she had done on that first day, she found her neighbor's door stretched wide open and Miss Lidy hard at work with her pencils. The little artist sent one of her disarming smiles across the hall,  It is not so much in understanding the theory of beekeeping that brings success as in tbe capacity for looking after tbe details. Miss Lidy's eyes were full of tears. "The American troops found the city in ruins. Desolation and destruction were rampant, and the majority of the population bad fled to tbe mountains to await tbe outcome of what they believed was to be their annihilation, as was told them by the fleeing Spaniards. The soldiers took hold in earnest and cleaned tbe city, starting such an era of prosperity as to quickly win tbe confidence of hundreds of natives, who returned to the city to lend a hand in the rebuilding. Tbe construction of new homes was Inaugurated almost simultaneously, and tbe transformation was truly marvelous to behold. Even the shiftless Moro, tbe eastern counterpart of the Apache Indian of the western plains of the United States, gave grunts of approval and marveled at the sudden change. Tbe Moro Is always tbe enemy, however, of all who deny Mohammed, and tbe possibility of his civilization is not flattering. He delights in fantastic robes, gorgeous jewelry, ricb personal adornment, and, while he does not Imbibe flre water or gamble, be steals and shuns work of any nature. He accepts It only as a last resort and then in homeopathic doses. His life is spent upon tbe water, and be handles his boat In a manner that would shame tbe experts of America. was yet at Cana (John It, 46-68). 8. "For I also am a man aet under authority, having under me soldiers." He bad superiors whom he obeyed, and be bad men trader him who obeyed him. He waa accustomed to obey and to be obeyed. If mortal men shall be obeyed, how much more shall the Son of God be obey- r, 1-11; Bom. *1t, 17; I I Tbeus. 1, 6, 7; 11, 19, 5; IU John, 4. "Poor child, poor little timid tfelBf* I suppose she was trying to take my advice." If there is too much drone comb in tbe hive, remove it and replace it with worker comb. In this way the supply of drones is easily regulated. T. "Your advice?" The LUfkt • Imagination is the By it we pat total color into the colorlei  dead. By it we deepen heighten our Joy. By It . _ we touch into what we wilL . circle home with a halo. We In it aa they are. By it we 1 vision and pattern of things 1 We lire "after the pattern sec mount" The painter and the The young man does when he work, a wife and a home. Ev does when he strives for his 11 The world does. The sun of 1 shines through the dust & Europe was aglow with lma "Yes; I told her once that if ever she had to do anything for her living all she need do would be to go as an artist's model." Wit's awfully hot, lsn(t it?" Miss Genmlt sent back an inconsequent apology By having and keeping the entrance to the hives and vicinity clean and convenient for the bees to get in and out many bees may be saved in winter. "The mere statement that 8 of the 11 social sins that Gibbons mentions as destroying Rome have been exterminated, poverty, intemperance and the social evil alone remaining, gives hope of a coming era when happiness and virtue will be all but universal. Chiefly is our gratitude encouraged by the new and increasing faith in Christianity, as the religion of sympathy, service and self sacrifice. As never before the people feel that the secret of progress is the secret of Jesus Christ. Indeed Christianity has been called 'a beautiful civilization.' Setting forth from Bethlehem, it has Journeyed across the continents, its breath summer, its presence warmth, its footprints harvests.ed? And if eril spirits obey Him, "You were coming to see me?" he said eagerly. He can control He had done It for many in this very city Caperaaum. "Mother likes open doors. We've had the whole floor to ourselves all summer. But now It*s different" "And you sent her to me?" "No; I didn't send her to anybody particularly." When bees receive but little attention and are allowed to build all of their own comb, they always have a large amount of drone comb, and this results In an overproduction of drones.—St. Louis liepublic."Yes, and not for the first time. 9. Jesus marveled at him and said onto ihe people, I say onto yon I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. She laid down her work .and moved toward the door. Miss Lidy guessed her Intentions. "Then she may have gone to some other fellow." But"- Was she going to fly from him a second time? He put out his band gently, but resolutely, and clasped hers to render such a catastrophe impossible. He might well expect to find faith in Israel, for had not dealt with any other nation as He had with them. He alone by His great power had brought them oat of Egypt, had divided the sea before "Oh, I hope she did! I'm sure, if she took my advice at all, it must be because she was dreadfully put tp It for a living. |'m afraid she does have a hard time, what with a sick mother and an irresponsible father." "Oh, please don't shut ItP* The girl hesitated. From a hidden source in the Gerault flat a gentle voice sounded; MATRON AND MAID. "Dear child, you do not know how I have plotted and planned for this moment"Minnie, the 11-year-old daughter of General Botha of the Transvaal army, la a pupil in a school in Highgate, London. them, had fed them from heaven for 40 years, had given them the land of Canaan, a land flowing with milk and honey, so that they as a people had every reason to place unbounded confidence in Him, but the faith He looked for He •'Let the door £a, daughter. Perhaps the lady Iq timid in a strange bouse," ''But how came you to know so much about her?" She was trembling, and she was very pale. He drew her Inside the studio and seated her before an open window. Mis* Elizabeth G. Jordan, the new editor of Harper's Bazar, began her literary career as a reporter attached to the local staff of a New York daily. Now, Miss Lidy's proudest boast was that she wasn't afraid of anything qu earth, but she was quite willing to owe her opportunity to transcribe that graceful bead and lovely face to a feminine misapprehension of her character. A double flat affords unrivaled opportunities for rancorous hatred or the mellowest friendships. MIbs Lidy found her tender little heart overflowtng with sympathy for her neighbors. One mornlngwben she chanced ta open the dumb waiter door at the Identical moment Miss Gerault opened It on her side they smiled at each other across the narrow shaft Miss Lidy was much nearer tears. The bag of rolls for the Gerault side was so small and the little pitcher of milk so meager. She hoped the girl didn't think she saw them. She lifted her own well filled market basket with a sense of remorse, then blurted out bys- WJkH. my dear. I've got something to show you, something nice." "I know very little about her. "We live In the same bouse; that's all." "Oh, you dor* from prince to peasant The legend of hero and legend c There were epic song and fC and story. Imagination is tha by which all enduring literati and moves and has Its being, light of history.—Occident "There, now, you are not to talk until you feel quite mistress of yourself. I have my morning mall to look over," "Today Christianity doemot stand upon the corners of'the streets blowing a trumpet before it; it is stealing softly into the human heart, rebuking coarseness and sin. With a heart full of kindness and sympathy Christ has entered the earthly scene, and his tears, falling upon man's vices, are slowly dissolving them." found not in Israel as He found it in Miss Ella Little, an American, has received a do«orate at the University of Heidelberg, "summa cum laude." This is tbe first time the distinction aas fallen to a woman. gentile centurion. In Luke xvili, 8, He asks the question. When the Son of Man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth? He probably refers to His coming in glory (Math, xxv, 31) with His saints. In Math, viii, 11, 12, it is written that our Lord here said that' many would come from east and west and enjoy the kingdom with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, while many who expected to enter the kingdom would be cast into outer darkness. If we have faith in God, we shall enjoy the kingdom with Him. Then there were other guests to be seen to, and the great Dabney's rooms were soon so full that Miss Lidy felt quite overshadowed and got away as promptly and quietly as possible. She had forgotten her picture! "I shall never feel mUtresa of myself," she sftld vehemently, "and I had better say what I came to say before I lose what little courage I have. This la not the first time I have come to your door a suppliant Mr. Dabney." The Power Bebla| the Brleks. In north Iriflia a few Mohammed were discussing the affairs of a cen Christian school. They declared, we had our way, we would come i body and pull down these bulldl and take them away, brick by br until not one remained." A young Hindoo, who happened hear their remarks, answered pror ly: "Yon might do that; you might 1 them down, so that not one brick ' left standing upon another. But tl is a power behind the bricks that cannot destroy, however may wish to do so."—] view of the World. Euchre is the White House amusement after dinner when tbve are no state functions or receptions. Mrs. Mc- Kinley is a devotee of the game and considers herself an expert. That night after the latest stayer among his guests bad taken himself off, Dabney flung himself Into a chair and opened a drawer into which he had surreptitiously Miss Lidy's picture. He never Tueant that she should carry It away with her. "I want some very small cards engraved," said a fashionably attired woman in a Chestnut street stationer's establishment. "I want them about the size of the baby cards that mothers used to send out several seasons ago when a new baby was born." She finally selected the siae she wanted, and the attendant asked what name was to be used. "Fido Smith," was the reply. "And in addition to the address, I want 'Wednesday' engraved'on the opposite corner." The Woman and Her Dob. 'The last time I came you froze a petition upon my lips. You looked at me so terribly." "I know It" "I know It" Mrs. Annie Theil of New York, who refused to accept payment of rent from her tenants, has been pronounced insane by competent physicians. This form of insanity is exceedingly rare. "The other race of natives on the Island Is known as the Filipino of Mindanao, and be Is the reverse of the lazy Moro. He Is devoted to home accomplishments, and tbe height of hia ambition is to see that bis wife or daughters do not go astray. He neither gambles, drinks nor steals, is very religious, musically Inclined and skilled in many of the arts of his people. From this tribe come the mechanics that are building up the ruin, havoc and destruction left by the Spanish. These people are rapidly becoming Americanised and have participated in several strikes for higher wages. They are not friendly to Agulnaldo and Tagalos. They have no desire to engage In warfare and bftve never commenced a Wflr except when driven to It by their foes, the Moros. Their language is pure 8panlsh, and they are quick tQ Imitate and recognize the advantage# of education. Their wojnen »re virtuous and modest, very plain and unpretentious, and beauty is seldom recognized la any of them. 1CL "And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick." Math, vili, 13, saji that "Jeans said nnto the centurion, Go thy way, and as thou hast believed, so be it done nnto thee. And, his servant was healed in the selfsame hour." See Math, xxl, 22; Mark xi, 2ft, 24, and all the Instances wbere faith brought healing and blessing. Think of Daniel coming ont of the lion's den with no manner of hurt upon him because he believed in his Ood (Dan. vi, 23). Think of Asa conquering a mighty host of Ethiopians because he relied on the Lord (II Chron. xvi, 8) and say where is faith in God today! Do we know anything of this simple, absolute confidence in God which asks and receives (John xiv, 13, 14), which fears no man because It fears God, which seeks no favors from men because of reliance upon the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth; which, because of abiding In Him asks and receives what It will that God may be glorified (John rr, 7, 18). "Scuse madam—my tedder box, b'leeve." "You misread me cruelly." He sat a long time studying the crude little sketch. Then he laid it away again with almost caressing care. The lDeauty of the face was no revelation to him. He had grasped it in even greater beauty as she had stood under the light of h|s hall Ifiinp, white, palpitating, ber lovely eyes wide with terror. "I know it I saw only your exquisite beauty, felt only a mad frenzy of desire.". The Duchess of Marlborough, according report, has been staying awhile at Monte Carlo with her mother, occasionally trying her luck at the tables and always wearing a new, fascinating frock. Him Lid* was staring; at the window, open to admit any wandering puff of wind, a sirl. Her bands were clasped oyer a forgotten piece of sewing. Her gaze wa* turned outward. Miss Lidy caught Ijfcr face only in profile, which jjaa beautjful. It was the warm, rich Coloring, Jiowever, of the carelessly massed and the softly rounded cheek andcbln which reminded the little Vtist of her pencils and pad. She was glad to have the janitor discover that the key of "A—Floor 5" had mysteriously disappeared from his bunch. It necessitated his descent to his own •nbterranean quarters and gave her a golden opportunity to stare at her "opposite."She looked with serious eyes, fiven at that moment their astonishing lack of coquetry amazed him. Tbe money contributed by a grateful nation to Mrs. Mary G. Lawton, widow of Major General Henry W. Lawton, was handed over to her at Washington recently by Adjutant General H. C. Corbin, the amount being $88,407.0?, "Did you say Fido?" asked the young man. '•Then I am beautiful?" "Beyond an artist's imaginings." "Yes," said the woman; "Fido Smith. You see, the cards are for my little dog. I don't know whether yon know it or not, but it's quite the proper thing now for women who have dogs to take them calling upon other women who have dogs, and of course, you couldn't do that without leaving the cards. Wednesday is my at home day, and Fido receives all his little dog friends with me on that day. Now you know all about It."—Philadelphia Record. Then he had bad no time to study the moral attributes of the face whose physical allurements stamped them* selves so Indelibly upon his memory. Bnt now, eVen in Miss Lidy's poor picture, he could trace the lines that made for refinement, sensitiveness, endurance.Her face glowed with pleasure. Prmy by Ruu, "* Rev. F. E. Clark, president of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, said a good thing recently: "At on house," he said, "we teach our chil dren to pray for our missionaries b; name, and every night after the] ' said, 'Now I lay me down to they a4d, 'God bless Mrs. Loga Ben lab Logan In Micronesia.'' She withdrew her head abruptly. When she came back, the waiter had descepded and the Gerault parcels disappeared. Miss Lidy banded a piece of cardboard across the shaft: "I am so glad, so very glad, for now perhaps that you understand better you will take me for your"— Ming Alice Bach? Gould has given $20,000 t° tbe American National Academy of Sciences. The Income of thin sum is to be devoted to aiding such researches in the astronomy of precision an shall be judged worthy of it by a committee of competent professors. A deathly pallor succeeded tfce pink glow upon her »wp?t face. She dropped hey hot cheeks Into her trembling palms. It was the crucial moment of her pure young life—on the one hand, poverty and uncongenial toll; on the other, comforts easily secured for others. She suddenly stood up: "Look at that" The girl looked, and her soft eyes dilated with pleased surprise. "Poor chlldt poor child! How I frightened herf' Mrs. Blaine has purchased a lot of seven acres adjoining the city cemetery at Augusta, Me., overlooking the Kennebec, which w«(8 a favorite place with Mr. Blame, It is said that she contemplates having her husband's remains removed there from Oak Hill, Washington. ugly face. Ypy Uaye made me entire? too pretty." "That was never Intended for pn. Ther Know the Bozm. Before he retired that night be wrote Miss Lidy a note: It is interesting to note tbe number of eminent men of the present day whose education be (ran to a printing office. WU Ham Dean Howells learned the trade in Hamilton, O.; Amos J. Cummings has set type in nearly every state of the Union; Congressman James M. Robinson worked on tbe Port Wayne Daily News; Richard Watson Gilder, the poet-editot of The Century Magazine, once set type and did the press work on the St. Thomas Register at Flushing, N. Y.; William P. Hepburn of Iowa used to be a compositor and a fast and accurate one; ao were Charles B. Landis of Indiana, William H. Hinrichson of Illinois, George D. Perkins of Iowa and a host of other prominent men in the country. Lidy nqver went without her tools, She squared herself comfortably against the locked door of the apartment that was to be hers and fumbled la the black silk bag on her arm for Her pencils ana paper, xne girl was evidently plunged in a profound reverie. If she had been giving Miss Lidy a sitting by appointment, she could uot have "behaved more beautifully." Miss Lidy had "taken a course" at home, and she flattered herself that she was "really good at free hand drawing." Nevertheless she sigbed anxiously as her pencil traveled over the pad: "0er coloring, her exquisite coloring —how ever am I to do justice to that?! The hurried heavy the Janitor returning with the riglff key roused thCt.girl. She turned her head swiftly, gave a look of surprise at the open door, one of indignation at Miss Ljidy and swept forward with the determination evidently of slamming the door |l}Ut. "Too pretty! My dear, you* coloring is exquisite, and, if ever you have to do anything for a living, you go for an artist's model. You'll make a good llv ing." you. "Dear Miss Martlneau— Please find out for me if your friend still desires to become an artist's model or If she has at any time in the past acted U) that capacity." "No, no, no! I cannot! I must ftyrve in my own way! I thought K would come easier since 1 had met you in a conventional way and knew you for a clean aouled, true hearted gentleman." Anna Held, who has a weakness for diminutive canines, has acquired posses sion, by purchase, of Da\sy, tho smallest exhibit at tbe Neyr York dog show. The smaller « blue and tan, the greater its value, and Miss Hold's latest pet has involved her separation from much money. THE DEACON. CThe merchants of the island are nearly all Chinese, who possess the Yankee Instinct to a ||rodg degree. The city has 5Q stores, and 48 of them are owned by the Chinese. They are a shrewd class and have an absolute monopoly of trade, secured from a Chinese captain, who is supreme monarch of the mercantile field. He determines Who, may hire coolies, what they are to receive, who can open stores and in What location, and the Chinaman who the strongest pull with the cap tain reaps the greatest profits from the business world. Several opium Joints are running In full blast, some are licensed, and others are pot. but all do a heavy business, god tbe vice is fast undermining the health of Its thousands Q( devotees throughout the island, Spanish laws and royal decrees continue to be in effect in the collection of customs duties, and the restricted emigration laws Of the UnKeQ States m relation to the Chinese are being enforced, much to the disgust of the oriental John, who chafes under It and complains to the powers at Peking, who are helpless in the matter and unable to aid hhn in the toast. You are very kind." Then Dabney took the matter into his own bands. He, too, stood up and, holding fast by her trembling haqd% looked down into her eyes with grave tenderness. The Rev. Francis Edward Carter, honorary canon of Canterbury, hfts been appointed dean of Grahamtown, South Africa.The picture was back in Miss * hand, and the door to tbe dumb waiter closed with a click before. Miss Lidy comprehended that she hud given offense. , Nearly a woek elapsed before Miss Lldy's answer came: "Dear Mr. Dabney—I have had some trouble In performing your commission delicately. Of course I mentioned no names, but the poor child po»b tively violent when I asked her about the model business; said she knew I meant to be kind, but I must let her starve in her own way. And I really believe it will no* take her long to do it, for the packages that go up Ob the dumb waiter grow fewer and slimmer all the time. One gets to be dreadfully prying in these flats. President Faunce of Brown university is delivering a course of lectures in Johns Hopkins university on "The Use and Abuse of the Bible." Mrs. Dewey, wife of the pdtuiral, is said to lie of ready wit, An editor called her up and protested that the only photograph Uo bad of Mrs. Dewey, for use in au article, was one that had been taken years before. Mrs. Dewey told him to use It nevertheless, "ftut don't you want justice don? Inquired; the editor. I can only hope for mercy," answered' Mrs. Dewey. "My, but if looks could freeze Fd have a congestive chill on the spot! All the same, I wish Dabney could see bet, Se could dQ her justice. This is a tub." "Dear child, lift that pure face and let me look deep into your dear eyes. &o; you cannot come to me as a model, add I thank God no other man has ever brought that divine color into your But when i tell you that not |or one waking second since 1 froze that petition on your lips at my own door have I been able fcj shut out the meia-9*7 9? ycjur reproachful you will tbat 1 *°ve you—Igva so well that I want fW fw own wee wlfa, tfl luve and to cherish and to shelter from every rude blast." The Rev. Dr. Ocello Cone, well known for his writings in the field of Biblical criticism, has recently been made professor of Biblical theology at St. Lawrence university, Canton, M. Y. She walked pensively back to her front room and replaced the daub In the rack over the mantelshelf froni which she had hurriedly snatched it, hoping to give that strange girl a pleasant surprise. Wowss*! Broadeatasr WtM, The novel spectacle of a woman conducting a baseball team may be seen this season, says the New York Herald. She was formerly the wife of the owner of tbe Detroit club. In the American league, and, having obtained a divorce from him, secured possession of the club's franchise and property at a sale to satisfy ber claim for alimony. The field of woman's occupation is broadening with a vengeance! The Rev. Dr. F. A. Noble, who for 21 years has occupied the pulpit of the Union Park Congregational church, Chicago, has announced his intention of retiring from active ministerial work. Ill health Is given as the cause for his action. A Won**, All (l»y ike hu(Tl«d to get through, $ fhe aame M lot* oI women do; , Suinetimet at night her huahjfd Mid, "Ma, ain't you jpin to come to bedT" An then ahe'd Aider give a hitch jj An pauae ball way between a 2 An aorter aigh an lay jjt Waa ready M *heM eve* he, |5 Ska uciooed. "I am afraid the father Is jyst dreadful and tbe mother ft very expensive Invalid. My beauty is working In a patent medicine shop for almost nothing. Iler eyes look larger and her sweet mouth more sensitive by far than when I first tried to paint her." e as The shutting of that dumb waitef. floor seemed to shut Miss L'dy from her "opposltes" socially as completely as If a wail had been built between them—no more smiles across the narrow shaft at accidental meetings, no more open doors, no more meetings by chance in the vestibule or upon tbe Common stairway. Bishop Samuel Fallows, Reformi Episcopal, of Chicago will deliver t! She lifted ber tfead and listened to him as a child might have listened to some wondrous fairy tale,  half comprehending, Two uudrlert tears glistened pu ber VDng lashes. Her irUst-tover gazed at her enraptured. address at the dedication of the Sii Miss Lidy Marti neau'a friend# claimed that she had tbe most disarming smile in the world. It stood her Id good stead now. She nodded pleasantly at tbe girl she bad been drawing. mods soldiers' monument at Kenosha, Wis., on Memorial day. He commanded. a brigade of Wisconsin regiments in the last year of the civil war. And Dabney's heartless comment upC this pathetic state of affairs was: "i&ank God!" ? An so the re*« went, one by one, 1 t An aomehow ahe waa never done, . An when the angel aald aa hovr "Hie' Smith, It'a time jftvi reeted sow,*4 j She aorter ruiaed bet eyes t9 look | A second U ft stitch she took. i-k  leinni la Gallantry. "What did the empress dowager threaten to behead you for?" Anton Niklas Sundberg, archbishop of Sweden, who died recently, was descended from the old Norse race. In 1865, when the greater part of Karlstadt was destroyed by fire, the bishop took such u active part in fighting the dames that fee ww the admiration of all "Oh, I'm so sorry you caught me at It! Tow pose was perfect My child, |M are tremsMowrty pretty, and 1 Then he went to see Miss Lidy. The little artist was in a perfect fever at excitement o*er this act of eeade■tMiinn o» artiat ""Heavens! If I could bnt transmit you. Just as you air*, to canvas, I could resent me in tl ties. Willing 1 ly Desirable "And 1 really would hate liked to have the girt for a Mead!" aha sighed "For neglecting my manners," said the young Chinese emperor. "I forgot to get ap and give ker the throne when she cane into the num.*—'Washington Star. * «i American authorities «» have