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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1898-4-22, Page 6DR. JAOKS WIFE :iv :4r. 0E1041GE ItATIIIIORNIt. `i):STINIr ED. "Larry -show in the werldtoolt, yea, we're be Spain yet—I see—and things look dused ugly for us. Bless me, I cant .keep weke—it's agony to try! AYis; titeren; a dear glee let me have a catnap and VII be feeling, wonderfully better." But the same "dear gite" is just as determined that he shall uot boxe /apse—the change., if aur occurs, . must be la the other dime -nen. and so this singu- lair massage of love eentitmes, while Deo. tor steel: groans ate? expostulates; pres- ently, perhaps. sla• suetreed in getting tbreugh his berme:led brain the real canee fer itall, when th o ntan must be- eonte lezeself. of this contact, and it tether Ones the wind out of his sails. Be soott concludes Met be tloes not care quite as much about demolishing the Yankee who carried off the prize, as he imagined. It nust Itave beeu a mis- take. Then there is Garcia, poor Garea, who receiyed such a wieked crack over the bead. Perhaps his mind is weeder - Mg and he may get into some trouble =fess Iteetta,s a freeral to look after hire. Thus many philanthrepie tremens ap- Pear to Lord Heckert why he should ter - =Mate this little engagement in which be gets decidedly the worst of it. lie suddenly makes a supreme effort, and breaks away from the other's hold. Jack ie not particularly anxious for Ms com- pany, although bent on delivering pun- ishment Be never seeks a quaxrel,ziU net they and hint always ready to toke cure .ot himself, 'When. he discoYers that be is not pur- sued, the Briton turns ia the door -way ta burl deftence bath at the roar noth Aready Larry etraggles ba the arms of whom he bas eust been engaged, end the enemy; tbe two awn, turning, have assure him they will meet again. Ern centoat Mitt from illeferent direttions. dently the date of that meeting is itot the present, for when Doctor Jack rualtee rush in that direction Lord Ilackete Plymptom vauisites like the meriting east in the valleys of the stately Andes.. jaek looks around, and is just in time to see the Cbilion senorita endeavoring to leave the room. -Larry sees at to block the deo; 'bowing, with one bancl ea his begirt, and what was xceent to be a, kill- ing smile upou his fare; bat Marina de deeeended upon hint as mightt wat,- les Vegos snatches a small dagger from lliD04,:f in the Alps. her boson), and at sight of it the (lade Lard Raekett is so large, and 'M s art- - quialy steps aside, again bowing as be allows be to depert. Larry has no desire to run contrary to the will of au intern *tea beauty who haudlee suelt. toyst The arm act of Jack Evaus, when the elowis a battle lam pasted .and, vietery Is assured, is to turn and take bis wife in Ids terms, and Avis, pleased -to know that her massage of love hes been sue- ceseful, entiles ba his face as she uestles near his been, feelieg that the plots a the lovely senorite to steal her Jack can never sue:seed. "We must get wat a this, Jove!" remark t the little man soberly. e "Larry, ray dear boy, how are you? -Sbalse hands. les like old times to set Ves On your honest tilde again.. What brines you to tine republic of the Pacific, for 1 take it you are not here by mere aeeltlent?" nee flies and "Tell you later, dear boy—eoncerus lee newt ermine. your welfare, too.. , At present it stwiltes eteenete and the latter.," - steel 1t Lel" zue the sootier we quit this palatial zwap • s•, t? "W160 Larry. Tbat, long bead of yeas re, et where be leas isfull et bright thoughts. For my part" en. wan who has wet'a je eitb1e dder and a curi- a -hew ot wee' ens lark at ete-es—ell bave not the slight= b:ne a' te:st7st a galvanic- llatest. desire to remain here aminute longer tbal1 X tau help. We ean bare a, good tit.h estate WO, thit explanation later, What are these tonne ate ;en ettren peatrot" he papas—eh: the bait -with 'which I was at, "1r re. 41: -";. T1111Y, :ic2wtn Arafti- 1.1V4WIt 1utt the trap. It may pa,y zue to feet ‘2-'*:.'n.a. 32, tam, the tieke tivqn along and examine theta at vett e . detet nay leisure.". F•4' Z'4 an", hilln ;ea eaying, be gathers them up, after • the trio.start to.leave the house. f.s•rere 7-enea* effer jack bas Verieue sounde earl be heard in different ' • putt ef the numelen, which is certainly far front being, quiet how;liut they move niffeO VZ. alone unmolested, and presently reeelt I the trent door. - Dewitt the steps they pass, beetling for T.41'r"'"E''' 4 eb"ge' the ante gate. If this should he closed f '1 '1'31.17 ig 4-41 WI% they ulay esperience new trouble, .A. ,4ve, it :r Ft(*,•721.,,,(1'.Ulatdolnwt; chanee will then be offered for Larry to eitew ids mettle and demolish the ob- fah/ri in struction though the ebances are it will "aYnau eppoctt require ail the meseulerforce Whielt Doc- ent:on hgt„g „eh, 4,Z .y hvea ttiot‘r.;,:ekaedlotweintn suborlinagbartoriebree.r. in order to • , eye .5 ara l'astPla4 Fortune favors tbetn. The heavy gate Up the Briton, who !Is still a jar ju-t eit Aels and Cousin v•eginrr1 o end un tat flent - Larry left it, and in another reotueni, atelintt the .• t m lignrr xs.11 t .! with relieved and thankfil hearts, the txl Ett .1"w*I.`4.* •""'" "" trio reach the Calle los Angeles. atu.ritzart draerre to the Chili:in pincer, ; All is plain sailiufOlA tiliS an, At eta ..t. tele wie ,•••It ?itreuieningthat it is i the point et the junction with the main g f titan t5fl111''UtIstaln/14 in 113°W street Doctor Zack sights a eehicle that isneer from thit seuree than train Lord -; will hold them all, so he hails the driver. It themes to be a private carriage, but '4;5".'"e'• '744* e-:1:1"`'';'3 his eawa' ' wbat of that? The magic silver proves too tenni for tile eolottee wee, with a quick much for the driver, and he agrees to earry them all to the tondo, which they eyA tow dart;,,,er, whieli has gorrorl him roi Mawran ereashen xnbe recent watereal- tea thee a tf.srumlo. is blaring dawn open hit a. Tee Chillan 14 *erne beyond his .year, flet heavy eatet dew yeeman service. . and the first whaek semis Colonel Leon Gareta. that. noh'io esfement a "bow to win ,gloig from Wheat a tree or stone wale" te the titan . with stars deneing before his eyes. Untortmeately Larry is net an Irish- men wielding a, silt:Leah, and before lie can rover binowif after znaning tbis efeeterike, the seetun of bis enemies has tattemet,„ of melt flitutnuttve stature, Oex . toteld sertitt as though the latter - mutt. -be ereshen one ; but the battle n alwaye t the etroug nor the race Otr gent, anti leirry es so exceedingly niettne thet ht man:tees to elude the it-teeth:lent .meant f4r Itim, 'while at the aarto tinte be keeps uft a vicious fusillade ece ere eat the sides a tbe Brit, on, a 1: ix nueof bo vez7 exaspera,t.itig ane elstrae ptelts haetelf nr, from tile aver 18•:Alltiftd. tight te nte bet tSe tee iteete ;eine thuntred him ou .1 dy a bag/ has ere tire eat; ae este. ree. ev •!nth tee area . of hatred eta PrenJ. `121, elf nnislt bleed de- testree et ;ler ter .tet. to Leery if Le ene f • . • presently reach. Time—stinetwenty. A good deal has occurred since the sun. went down in the west, and considerably' au`i Tiv'm flat laaa la all nntry beler le to more is upon the ;programme for the next tile ,zoabtake care of t f h Th Id b a en y our ours. wor w hintseit 1.711tlectria. d an that been im- A late man is of small service to any 'wit, and unear titit policy Colonel Leon Emaws how to skip out of an eng,agement witli ole skin wn net ou th1/4, order of his goirig, rank ,insling eferelous aspeenas well as Nu! e".".rie's cane. which he has picked irren the Ikea turr,s and makes a bereitifte ilyineelens through the door, Buying the Engle:Mean alone to face his E0t.l,4 it any rate, the colonel will live to tighen t other day. Droner Jacek can now turn his atten- Olen in the direction of the -Briton, who sees him cominte not averse to the tneettug He finifts Larz7 to one side with e tremendous sweep of his muscular arm, es one might Inrush away a trouble- nome fly. "At Iast t" extealms, alntost savage - lin has cherished a spirit of revenge or r.trs, and here is the man against whorri it ha. been directed. The woman The onee loved, ay, and for whom he still cberishes a passion, looks on. It will give hint the keenest delight to punish her hesbard before her eyes. As for Doctor Jaek, what he has lately -heard concerning this man, froin the lips of the one with whom he has been in league, gives bite a fierce desire to meet the Briton—to teach him that Americans are ever ready to do battle in defense of their wiyes, and give the man a lesson he may long remember. So they meet, It, Is like the impact of mighty forces, for botit men are powerful,' both urged on by the strongest force in the world— be bred. Avis looks on with glistening eyes. Efer only fear is lest Jack may have been weakened by the drugged cigarette, and tmable to do himself justice. In suoh an event she stands ready to fly to his eid— sem:thing she holds in her hand will change the tide of battle instantly—at any rate, Jack must not be hurt. Larry, too, watches with Intense inter- est, and is ready to join in the fray, if mecessaaw. He can hang upon the litritith beendog's awn, and prevent him from utilizing his full power, or, by. clutching one of his legs, trip him up. It happens, however, that Doctor Jack does not need, any assistance. He has been thorougbly aroused by the vanity of the situation, and. the presence of this eeme. who covets his wiee, so he eltowa faleamolf at his best . Tbey whirl about the room locked in each other's exabraoe like a teetotura,' or 'a couple of spinning deryisitee, coming (against the far well WithA exash. It is lordelletikett who gots the JI. kgkt e e by eventh as pending for some time, but of that more anon. When Doctor jack has seen. Avis safe in their rooms at the hotel, and an ex- planation has been given on both sides that clears up ell hazy points connected with this singular affair, he asks to be excused for a short time, as Larry awaits Mtn below—Larry who bas come -to Chili on a mission, and whose business it has been to serve the man he seeks. Of course, the conversation is an earn- est one. Jack asks many questions which the other answers promptly. Upon the taller man's brow can be seeu a frown, as though tbe news thus brought is not of the most pleasant nature in the world. He is used to dealing with knotty questions, however' and allows no prob- lem to go unsolvedwhen it concerns She welfare of his fortunes, or the health of one he loves. "The clouds leek pretty dark, Larry, but trau can trust me to brush them away. I thought I had,my hands full before, but this new trouble, following on the heels of the adventure we have just passed through, adds to it." "I'll stake xay money onyou, old boy," deolares Larry, whose admiration for the doctor almost reaches the point of fetish w orship. "We are being watched even now. When you turn, carelessly notice that fellow who leans on the bar—he is inter- ested in us." "By Jove! I don't like his loons," says Larry, at which Jack laughs. "You'll ttnd a good many °baps in this town who have no claim on beauty. 'We'll set this fellow down as a spy." "They know you're here, 'What else can they went, the beggars?" "You see, I carry some papers—this syndicate would like to get hold of them. That explains his presence here. 'We will outwit them, my boy. I work best when rushed, and. all these dangers rather crowd me, you know." "Where do you go?" as jack moves away. "To interview that fellow," is the reply. The dude watches Dootor Sack have a talk with the dark -faced Chilian, who appears ugly enough 'to be troublesome; but the Anterioan's manner is magical, and almost against his will the other is dravrn into a conversation, though his manner shows suspicion At length be walks away, leaving the hotel. "Well?" says Larry, as the other joins "Just as 1 suspected. He is in their ;matey,X.gent EktlleSgage ter Win wlzi may have some effect upon there, and again mae fall tlat. All 1 waut le another day axle night in this eity, 1y messeeger from the mines will arrIve by that time, and we will mil for the geldea shores of California." - "Ali I you seem to put urea conacletwe in this messenger," drawls Larry, "Because I know hint, and when eon meet Kirke Smith—' "By the godsif ereueee got tlx,kt Texan liginneue arrester eagaged 1 give in, Jack, dear boy." "You met hint?" "In New Orleans. ; I shall loon for his advent with etieveosity, I assure you. If a etehinlent interfered, ilithe would wade through." "He promised to be her by teemeterew, night, and unless he breaks his word we'll sail by the following day. I am t seriously thinking of changing at the isthmus, taking steamer in the gulf and., heading for New York. This is the effect I ef the news you brought At any rate, ; sail we do, if leirke Smith eanes in" CHAPTER VII. If Doctor jack, imagines *or a moment that his enemies are asleep, be labors under a delusion to be sure. AR031 of the Lord Hackett order being built upon the bull -dog system, do not give up a cherisbed objece easily. A little beekeet only , arouses more of the stubborn spirit in them and they see about formixtg new and ?lege/nous plans in the piece of the hubbies that have burst, The Amerlean is deeply concerned re- garding certain things, awl manes a propesition O Larry, who readily acqui- esces. Then. Doctor Jaek sees his rootut above, 'where be gilds Avis, reading by the light of a lamp. bave decided to see the bead of the police force, the Intendente as they cell Wee conceruiug e,ertein Sects. Larry will remain below, dear, in ease yea, waute he says. "Be catenel, I beg ef you, Zack." "Why, iaay deer girl, you, bave been with 1110 in scenes of tiauger before now, anti never showed the White feather. Why, you are trembling all ever. Wein cities this meant" The discovery he has made alarms bim,Efer nealth is more to him that ell Is TO HUNT THE MOSQUITO. a Scientist will Try to Rid Alaska of it. • Greatest Test. The bright particular purse of the yu.. kon, the Alaska mosquito, will soon sharp- en up his bill, rub tbe winter rust front his boring apparatus and start out to tate THE YUKON 510SWITo. Plightly sedated erom an official photograpb.) Me an army of 100,000 full blooded tendert feet,. At tbe same time preparations to wage a war of extermination aro being Made, Dr. Armond. Raoul, late 'bacteriologist of the St. Louis board of health, claims he bas discovered a virus that is death to niesqnitoes. He is going to Alaska to start a plague among the pests by inocu- lating seem thoice specisuens of them axle turtling them loose to spread tbe fatal dis- ease, which, he deolares, is highly coatis, bus te all diptera. TbeNatitmal Museum of Natural Ms. tore has inveatigated the mosquito nod recognizes some 80 kinds in North Ameri- ca, of which the variety found along the Yukon is the utast pestiferous. These SWariu lzx long columns resembling the smoke rising front a campfire. (Me can hear their buzzing 100 feet nway. It is net sweet musio, The first concert is lest sometimes, for a nervous toutperament cannot endure an ettack of the pests, ;ma, should not bave nerves, some miners do beet) thorn mai Dud thole welly in the way in time ot trouble. The mosquito pesters such eaten until he slant from exhaustion, never to rise again. lot 0015 d *be Yukon mos uitoes ate tack men and ovembeltri them, but they drive the 11100se, deer and caribou up the mountains to the finOW line, where these animals would prefer not to be in berry time. They kill dugs, and even the big brown bear that is often neseaned agriz- zly bus sueeuxubte to tbera. Although the Alaska SUMMer is stunt, two broods of motquitoes bateb out each year and are ready for bUsineSS from one to ten secOMIS after they leave the water. It rants a good deal along the Yukon, one rain is welcomed, for it drives the mos. quitoes to cover. They bide under leaves and Menthes nail the shower is over; then they eonet out boiling with rage at the time they bave been forced to spend in klienese, and tiut miner bas a harder time than ever after his respite. "Ohl jack, slues you left me, as I Sat in my chair, I had, a terrible dream. lz steinee to sne as though they had poi- soned Feu." "Heaven forbid! I don't loot like a dead znan, de 1, Avis dear?" he ante, cheerily. "It made a strong ingareesion oa nty mind, end the arm tbine ray eyes fell 1. upon as I awoke shudarina, was the • bowl of beef -tee which was aunt in for you some time ago." He laughs. "Awl, of course, you imagined Some elle bad been niedtiling with it. Come, ray dear girl, the eouuer we are out a tbis country the better it will be for eour nerves, vbich bave been dreadfully tried of late." "Ohl jack, whet would I not give if both of us were in New York, or on our California farm. This foolish notion, as you term it, grew upon me instead of de- parted; in imagination I could see a dozen vipers in that bowl—it grew ab- horrent to xne," "Au4 so you tiurew it away," noting, that it no louger rests upon the tale. "Why, my dear, is it, Were still 1101`0 1 would speedily prove to you the harmless quality of the beef tea," "By clrinking it?" "Yes, as I have often done before,since my sickness last spring." "I feared as ranch, so—I tested it." "Ale you. drank it, then!" a little un- easily, looking into her pale face. "No no, thank heaven I was not that foolisb", You remember the Maltese oat that neade friends with me when we first took these rooms?" "Yes, yes." "Just 'sylvan I was worrying over what I should do, I iteard her cry outside the door. A suddom thought flashed into my tnind. I let her come in, poor thing." "Poor thine" be echoes, his flesh bo - ginning to creep. 41137 next move was to put the bowl down on the floor, and. pussy began to eagerly lap up the contents. That was at half -past nbae o'clock exaotly." "Yes," his voice is low and awed now, as though he has caught the infection of her Warne "When she had lapped about a quarter of the fluidithee.at stopped, and I breath- lessly awaited the result." "Well, what mine of it, dear?" She points to something on the floor. "Under that traveling -shawl, Jack." He springs forward,bends, and snatches the shawl away; then a eaw bursts from his lips. Lying upon the floor is the body of a gray cat, stretched M such a shape that its death must have been one of agony. "Heavens, this is terrible!" says Doc- tor Jack, as he stands there and. gazes, while Avis clutches hold of his arm in a trembling way. The thought which almost pavalyzes Jack is in connection with Avis; what if she had. taken some of this devil's broth. Sure Providence has watched over them both. "I knew ray enemies hated me, but it never entered my nand that they would descend to such a thing as poison. What more could be expected in this co-untry after a bitter civil wan when the passions of men have been inflamed to the -utmost. It gave you a shock; I don't wonder at Grinding his teeth with rage, he takes up the defunct animal. Ilis first thought is to toss it out upon the street, but then he remembers he may need some evi- dence. "I will leave it in the hallway," he says. "But you are net going out now, Jack?" "There is more reason than ever that I should seek the Intendente; when such diabolical business is being married on he should know the facts. I leave you a,rined, A.vis, and Larry is dose at band, You. are not afraid?" "For myself—no. It is of you I think," she replies, her old brave nature asserting itself. "Do not worry. I shall take a carriage at -the door, and come back the sane way. The distance is not tar. I will return in an He examines the beef tea that remains, and even pours a portion into a viaL 'Perhaps be may wish to have a sam- ple analyzed. It zany assist the ends et •justice, oI will go prepared.' Doctor Jack embraces his wife and then leaves the apartraent, taking the poor feline with him. Els feeling; are of a more intense form than when he entered., for this last terrible blow of an unserupuloue foe has unsettled his iron interne To be continued; A HEROIC NURSE. VFM*P.M.1.0 Iled Coats Neeessary. Two girls were discussing etuntuer plans and gowns in the Waldorf tea room the other day. "Vs perfectly fine that you are com- ing to Beverly," gushed one. "You'll love it. We've had four seasons there, and I wouldn't go any place else for the world," "I suppose I'll need more thin gowns, there than at Bar Ilarbor," tad ber friend, thoughtfully nibblieg amacamerf "Oh, it don't make numb difforeute abate that; but, ree dear, must have a scarlet golf coat." "I den't pley golf,' "That doesn't make any difference. All the men da." The friend looked 'Reeled. "I don't understand," she said. "Why you know the Essex County Club brings loads of men down there. Mont They're really it drug on the tater - keit. 'Tbav's why I take teatime there," vowed tne Beverly girl unblushingly. "I mean I don't uuderstand *bout the red soots." "Oh. Well, yon see, the club coat is scarlet, and the fellows wear them all the time." "Yes, but why do the girls need them?" The Beverly girl looked impatient "I should think, you attiglit figure tbat out without a map," site said, "Don't yen drive with men, auci. sail with them, eul sit on the cliffs with thene and aren't - you feta of hannuocks? Well, a scarlet cone sleeve can be seen a mile off. All the girls have red golf coati their scooted season in Essex county," Itvidently more thought goes ieto plan, ring of a girl's alltnilier wartlobe then the Iminitiated would suppose.—New York; Slue A neatly Intelligent eery, "It was the funniest thing I ever saw iu a court Mom," laugited the veteran at the bar, who wee enjoying an inform:el smoker with bis brethren, I wits in the USW west then, trylug to got n goad stert. Olio of the resieents had mysterioutlY dieappeared, and his xvIle was arested lender a suspiolou that see might be re- sponsible for tho fact. I defouded "On the Mend she was simply irrespon- sible. I only gob to ask bur one queetion. That was more then plenty. Sbe raked precisely as though she Were wound up and tould not stop until the mainspring was completely relaxed. In the midst of bus tirade alio was interrupted by an in- quiry by one ot the tarots. " 'Who are you tallelin to, Bill Sprig, glue?' site shouted. '1 dont now no tattle like you to be colizeltif elle. Et you don't . I know been to treat your betters, Ill learn you. you pinheaded coyote. my bust baud WaS here bold preferate you mighty quick, and I know it. But I kinnalte ore of myselt et I am a lone I'm here to toll wbat I know, and 'Ins gain' co do le It it spills blood.' "There was no staying net deluge of Words and the judge was at last driven by sheer desperation to tell the jute, to retire end do the best it could with the facts in its patsessiou. "When the jury came baolt ran Sprig - gins, as foreman, stood up to give the verdiot. 'We flucle he said, 'that this bere Ulan Meekam hat diserpeared xxt the ban's of tome pereing or pea:slugs un- known. We end further that we are un - attentions in surspectite as how be might- er been talked to dealt by his said %VW It took the sheriff and all his deputies to oh Id bor." Sister Bettina, Who Is Clara Tartar& Chief Assistant In Cuba. Among the starving poor of Ilevana eats have a market view of 1;0 cents. They are used for food. Ties itt only an instauce of the kind of suffering the agetched pa- cldeos are enduring on the war stricken island, It is to relieve this suffering that the American people test month sent 400 tons of food and clothes to Havana. 'Ibis will be distributed unaer tbe direction of Clara Barton, \vim, us head of the Red Cross sooloty, bas gone to Cuba. Site also bas tharge of a corps of nurses, and one of bus first lieutenants is Sister Bettina, who recently accompanied her to the island, Sister Bettina comes from New York, whore for several years she has boon sister superintendent of the Red Cross bospitat 4.. SISTER BETTINA. at 233 West One Hundredth street Therer she bus bad charge of the training of nurses for work among the poor and for emergency work wader the Red Cross rules. Her charming personality made all the nternbers of the society ber friends, and last .August she was married to Dr. A. tionae Lesser, with whom she bas now gone to Havana. Sister Bettina is the only one of the nurses of the society whom Miss Batton has called to Havana. She will try to train the native women to help her in the oare of the ill, but if more of the Red Cross nurses are needed a large number stand ready to leave at a few hours' notice. There is lots of work to be done. From Havana to Santiago the wistful eyes of a half million sick, starving, dying Cubans are looking to the Red Cross to bring them succor from their terrible plight. Miss Barton's arrival has revived some who were at the last extremity, and all are try- ing to hold put a little longer until the help that is now pronaised readies them. Primarily MiSs I3arton's mission is te rescue the helpless children and save thti women who have no means of helping themselves. But or ministrations are denied to none wIto need them. As soon as it is known that help is being given at any place haggard, listless, bony Women come with theit starving, sad eyed babies in tbeir arms, hundreds and thousands of them at a thee. Sometimes they faint or • die before their turn comes. Sometimes there is not enough to to around., and thee go away despairing. Tease who have not died of actual star - station are now falling victims to smallpox, malaria, fever and other diseases produced by lack of sal:Went food and deplorable sanitary conditions, and the greater num- ber of these victims aro the unoffending women and children., ' Telling it Good clear. Here is a repipe as to bow to tell n goad olgar: "Tito ihet step is to Maligns the leaf with eyes and fingers, and care- fully estimate its color, its texture and the amount of gummy mattor contains. If it passes this test, it is next rolled up into a rough cigar, and an inch of it is smoked. This is ltnown as the 'fire test.' Willie smoking the sampler sniffs the smoke repeatedly, to determine the llt01118. Then the ash is inspected; and this re- quires much experience and judgment, for, although it white ash indicates good tobacco as a rule, the opposite is often the ease; and, while a gray ash is gener- ally the sign of inferior tobacco, it soinet times ineanS a first-class leaf. Regular burning is afl indispensable quality, whatever the color of the ash. The last test is made by flicking off the ash and examining the glorying point. 'If the cigar is good, the point will be sharp; and, in fact, the sharper the point the better the eigar."—London Figaro. Vinegar for regs. When poaching eggs don't forget that a teaspoon of vinegar in the water in which they are cooked makes thein snowy white. Remember to salt the water. If they are dropped in muffin rings in a deep frying pan of boiling water, they will be 000ked soft by standing (the cov- ered pan removed to a cool part of the range) for eight minutes. Put them on squares of buttered toast and throw a sauce over and they beconae oreamed eggs. The sauce is made by stirring together until smooth a teaspoon of flour and it tablespoon of hot melted butter, then away front the hot stove stir M nearly a pint of hot milk or cream, salt to taste. THE SUNDAY.SCHOOL LESSON IV, SECOND QUARTER, INTER. NATIONAL SERIES, APRIL. 24. Text of the 1.esson, Math. ivin,, 145. Memory Verses, 21, 22 — Golden Text, Elute vi, 3 — Commoutery by the Rev, R. at, Stearns. (Copyright, 1893, by D. 8tearne.1 21. "Then came Peter to Niue arul said: Lord, haw oft shell zuy brother ani against me, and I forgive hint? Till seven thnes?" It isso diffloult, emelt as we may readand talk ebout it, to believe and lie° DUD the belief that it is no longer I that live, but Obrist who liveth bit Me (Gal. 11, 2(1). Pe- ter's difaculty here is "zne" and "I," fens getting the lestou of chapter eve 04, about denying self and foilowing Christ. A bee, ter way of putting His question would be, Lord, how °nee would you forgive one who would sin against you? It slecetel never be a question of whet 2 w auld. or would not do, but always tv'diat would Jesus do? Lord, wba wilt Vint have me to do? As His redeemed os, we are here to manifest Ms life in these mortal bodies (II Cor. iv, 11) and melte Hint keown. 22. "Jesus saith unto him, I say not Un-, to thee, Until seem times, but until, sev- enty times wen." His theughts and Ways are aedfar above ours as heaven Is above the eartb. He gives us eternal re- demption, !Hotting out all our sins, and assuring as et eternal glory then teeollett us OM we are to overcome self and eta and the devil, subtatittlug uteenly to mann an unjust demand of the World for Hi$ Pine lest wo prove a stumbling blot*. .9347. "Therefore is the kingdem of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take aCeelint of bis servauts." itt these verses we heve art illustration from our Lead's ewn lips of 221s forgiveness, wilieh Ut1 treat' bestows upon- were' Porde tont sinner. Tbe parables of tee kingdoin sometimes have reference to the mystery of this present ago when the Itinglora self, wbielt WAS at baud, is postponed till He sball come again because of His peo- ple's rejection of Him. Sometimes they refer to *be end of this age and the events connected therewith. Vlore is ono thing Shat all sbould lay to heat, and that Is that there is a day of reckoning for every one, far every 0D0 of -us obeli give account of binwelf to God, Air Gott shell bring ev- ery woth into ltulgment with every etaret thing, whether it be good or wbether it be evil (Rom. itiv, Even xii, 14). The judge is appointed, even Him whom God raised from the dead (Acts xvii, 81), the mute who speaks to us in this parable. I Cannot Bey that tbettertes we are consid- ering refer to any period of the time of fu- ture judgment, but rather to present fart girenesS, for God may be old t,o be always in some sellSe reckoning, with, people. It seems to In° that the main polut of this part of the parable is the full and free for- giveness -which He bettows upon sayer: penitent. The debtor was greatly in debt, owing 10,000 talents, which, according to estimate in tint margin, would, be over $0,000,000, and he could not pay, as we ' toe, a cent on the dollar, for he had nab. Inn yet be was presumptuous enough to ask for patience, promising to pay all. Iffs lord, moved with compassion, forgave him the whole debt. Our indebtedness to God for life arid tare and mercies since we had any being is beyond computation. If we sbould count but oat mercy a minute for only 20 years, they would be over 10,- 000,000, but win) can estimate the mereiee ot a n1011101W 2S -8D. "But the Sallee servant went out and found ono of his fellow servants which owed hint an hundred ponce." According tbe margin, a debt of not aver $ort, yet see his treatment of his follow as compared with his lord's treatment of bine But do not condemn him unless you llS0 sure that you aro not guilty. Man's inhumanity O monis as marvelous as God's compassion, Great as is Godes forgiveness, so groat is raan's lack of it. Ilave you never said of any one, "I cannot forgive him," or "n1 forgive but I cue not forget?" If you have said suith things, you bave no rignt to con- demn this taan. Remember the words of our Lord In a certain case, "Ho that is without sin among you let hixa first cast a stone" (John vill, 7). 81, "So, when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were very sorry and came and told unto their lord all that was done." In this case there was nothing that they could do but tell their lord, for he alone had power to deal with the wicked servant. But here is an application which every believer may with profit layto heart. We, if we have received Christ .Tesus as our Saviour, are truly forgiven, welshed, sane - tilled, justbled, but there are railLioes who are not and who do not know anything about the Lord .tesus and are liable to be cast forever into the hands of the great ad- versary who now oppresses them. .Axe we sorry enough for them to say to our Lord who has saved us: "Here am L Send me to tell them of Thee and of Thy salvation?" 82-34. "And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors till he should pay all that yeas due unto him." We must not think of our Lord in this story as if He was speaking of Himself, for we are nowhere taught that He ever forgives and then takes back His forgive- ness. The gifts and calling of God are without repentance (Roux. xl, 29). He never changes His mind. We must notice that our Lord is telling of a certain zna,n and his servants, and the lord in the story Is the roaster of these servants, not our Lord. Site the small letter 1, not capital L. So in the story of the unjust steward the question is repeatedly asked, How amid our Lord ever commend such fraud? Our Lord never did, but the man's master or lord (sraall 1) commended his fraudu- lent servant for being clever enough to provide a future welcome for hhnself in the homes of those whoin he had befriend- ed at his lord's expense. Our Lord taught that we ought to make such •use of present opportunities --lawfully, of course would be for our benefit in the life to come. 85. "So likewise shall My Heavenly Fa- ther do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses." In the epistle to the Ephesians we are taught in the opening and following words our ptivilegos Itt Christ. Blessed with all spiritual bless.: Ings, accepted itt the Beloved, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins, seated with Christ in theheavenlies. Then we are taught that because of these great benefits conferred upon us we should walk worthy of our vocation, walk in love, walk as children of light, and among other things forgive one another aeon as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven us (Eph. iv, 62). • Salvation is nowhere made depend- ent upon any works or good deeds of ours, but is always setforth as a free gift (Rom. iv, 5; vi 28; John 1, 12; Rev. exit, 17). Then having become children of God by faith in Christ Jesus, we are earnestly ex- horted to walk as such; assured that all in our lives as Christians which H'e approves shall be rewarded, but all else shall be burned up as wood, bay and stubble. Land of Flowers. Three hundred and eightyelve years ago yesterday, on a morning as fair as blue sky and the breezes of spring could make it, Juan Ponce de Leon landed on the coast of the present State of porkla, and taking possession ie the Mug's name, unfurled' the flag of Spain and called the plaoe "The Land of Flowers." And truly it seemed such on that bright Easter morning, when it was a veritable bower of tropical bloom, whose fragrance had been wafted out on the land breeze the night before, and been the first wel- come premonition to the heartsick sailors that land was near. Sow They Catch nognes in Paris. A yea,e ago policetned stationed at the crossings of the prinelpal boulevards of Paris were provided with handsome white enameled "billies" and helmets. The patrols are now armed with a weapon new to the history of police annals. rt is a piece of cballt. When surrounded by a crowd of hoabile toughs who hustle the guardian of the 'peace the patrolman deftly puts.ohalk marks on the clothing of his assailants, who are thus arrested and identified when reinforoementri ar- rive. --New York Timcis. Prance in Africa. France has succeeded itt placing the flrst boat on Lake Tchad. The Marehand expedition to the Nile also earned a boat, Which is probably afloat now on the river above Khartoum. Arl*tocratic Organiznilon. The Prussien army contains only one (atter raised from the ranks. 11 0 di b to 80 a th so br It ta SD hu 1 110l 88 ID( th; Tel de] tin wa Pa' ne Int se( he th 8.1 84 th pa th itt 'to th th ..1c6 vo .04 itt bt er ce of ly of