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The Good Spirit is Ever Advising
the True Christian
Hear whet, the spirit. saith.—nev, t. 20,
Au Ohl Indian once asecii a white
man for enough tobacco to fill his pipe.
The kindly white man put hes bond in
his pocket and took out a ,geod hand.
ful. The next day the old Indian
came to the num and gave Um a 25.
cent ,piece, saying: "Thi 1 yours. I
found it in the tobaeou that you gave
me yesterday."
Tho num said: "elity didn't you keep
it?"
The old Indian replied: "Oh, that's
what lite bad Indian said."
"Why, what do you mean?" sale the
white man.
The Indian said; "Why, WS this way
with me, I ails not one Indian; I am
two Indians. One is good and the
other bed; one a good spirit and the
other• a bad spirit. All last night these
two kept rne awake. The good Indian
ill me said, 'Return the num his money;
it Is riot yours; give it back:and the
bad Indian in me std, No, no; keep
it, keep U.' They troubled nie so I
couldn't sleep, and at last 1 said, 'I
'will not keep it; I will not have- it.'
And then 1 felt good, for the Great,
Spirit said, "That, is good; that is'
right.'"
Now that obi Indian may not have
been tioneetouely a 1 fhriettiten. but, he
wris one in meri1 tied in truth,. Lee "as
many as are led by the starlit 01 God,
they are the sons of Hod," 1.a sta all.
Mere are the toe) spirits. Ceee is Me
cletel Spirit, the other Is 0, bad epira,
"and these," nays St. Peut, "am oeit-
11eeY, the one to the other.'
The appeal of Jesus Christ is ever ,to
the geed Indian that is in us, He Is
always saying, "See who you are;
know your own father; you aro God's
ebild; bet like Him." "Follow Mo,"
"My eheep hear my voice and I know
there end they follow Me aral I give
them eWrnal life and they shall weer
perish, neither ellen any pluck them
out or My hand."
These are Hie words and His apostles
were true 10 thts toweling in saying:
"Live to the setra and ya shall net ful-
fil the lusts of the flesh" and "Hear
what the spirit sant."
The eum of the matter le thiel Give
the good Indian that is in. thee a
ebance. •
"Hear what the eptrit sallii" and
"Heed His, call la newness of lithe!
A. W. SNYDER.
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The Twelfth Man
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"Hrre you anything to say why sen-
tence should not be passed upon you?"
"Nothing—save that I am the innocent
victim of a chain of circumstantlal evi-
dence which at the best is but faulty and
imcomplete."
The prisoner in the dock gripped the
rails Lightly as he faced the judge. His
features were drawn and grey, but a
bright light burnt in his eyes ---a light
which told that, whatever his fate, he
would not waver, that, he would not, give
a living being cause to say he had flinch-
ed in the moment of his supremo ten-
sion. Already •had he suffered acutely;
he had known, innocent though he wee
of the torgery of which he was accused,
that ,a powerful case had been worked
up against him.
It was late in the day ; the jury had
returned from their lengthy consulta-
tion, the foreman had pronounced the
one awful, significant word, "Guilty."
There was a pause, a breathless sil-
ence, during which one of the jury
glanced anxiously at his watch, compar-
ing it with a large clock above the gal-
lery. The prisoner knew it would be his
fate to suffer tor a crime he had net
committed; the one great cpiestion was
—what would be the extent of hiS suffer-
ing? He had not long to wait.
"The sentence of the court is that you
he sent to penal servitude for three
years!'
"Three years 1" The words escaped
lhe prisoner's lips in a whisper that was
scarcely audible. He stared hard at the
judge as tlecugh incapable of realizing
on the instant the significance of the
pronouncement ; then he inclined his
head and turned to descend the stopseto
the dreaded realms below. But as he
turned he paus-ed and cast one long,
dark searching look at the Jury --a look
that combined in it reproach, hatred and
neonate.
II, was a look that caused no at least
el these twelve men to flinch and grow
more pale even than before. It was a
look thet haunted him even as he sped
teem the court to the railway station in
eager haste to catch the train to the
townwhere was his home.
11.
Several months before the expiration
of the three years Arminger Gorringford
stood outside the prison conlines a free
man—free, that, is, save foe tho condi-
tions imposed on him by the ticket -cf.
leave he had been granted for his un-
broken record of good conduct,.
Ile drank in the frees mire tweezes
greedily; paused a moment, then walked
on, erect as ever,
A few pounds lay in the bank ready
fcr him to claim when free; there was no
immediate cause for anxiety as lc pecu-
niary matters. Ile had no neat' rela-
tives and but few friends; the latter
wc uid doubtless turn away from him.
Ire was alone in the world, and he was
glad that it was so, for his brain woeld
be free to devote itself entirely to the
project which had seethed in ft during
les incarceration, and which had Pee
alternately bis torment. and support.
elis whole being craved for retribu-
lion—not against the prosecutor and
witnesses whom circumstances had
forded to a tient belief in Ws guilt; not
ageinst the counsel whose words had
'seemed eto paint that supposed guilt in
Ps Very daikest hue; not against the
judge whose duly it had been 10
knee him. No; it was against the jury
ihat thc vhole force of his biller hatred
was directed. From each and every one
of those twelve men who, in the face of
a chant ot evitlence which, though
strongly circumstantial, was yet e not
Powlese, had sent him to his doom Ile
intended it excel, retribution in One
form or another. '
Stine though he might be 011 every
other point, his sensitive and high-strung
tater° had sustained 0 shock which een.,
dered him mad on this one matter—a
matter of revenge on those who had 0011.
:VICIOLI 131151,
He ktind quiet lodgings and Mere per-
fected lett plans, Ile did not intend to
0101,0 tictiirely in hie schemes mail the
tun three years had elapeed—Until he
Wile Pi MAW' it free 'Man and linger BO
obligatioa lo report himself to the au-
thorities,
One day when his slender store or
money wes nearly exhausted, and when
side by side with his soubabscrbing pro-
ject there was forcing itself Into his
thoughts the realization that he must
soon ot necessity seek some means or
earning a livelihood and the where.
withal to carry out his schemes, a cern-
ir.unication arrnred for lent. It was
merely a plain sheet of notepaper, with
the words, "From a well-wisher,"written
on it in a hand that was unfamiliar to
him, but, with it were bank -notes for
£1,000. There was absolutely nothing
by which to trace the sender, at whose
identity he could hazard no feasible
pees; but sofnething seemed to tell
Arminger Gorringford he need have no
compunction in using. the money in
whatever way he deeetred.
And them that moment the tide of for-
tune turned.
Deep in thought Ctorringrord sat iii
his private opartment. Every now and
agate he glanced al his watch, and quick
little semi -nervous movements inferred
that he was expecting the arrival of
someone or something,
Ile was thinking of the past, of all
that had happened during the eight years
thet had elapsed since that terrible clay
when he was condemned to an unmerit-
ed punishment.
The money he had myeteriously re-
ceived had proved the foundation of a
large fortuue, amassed through the me-
dium of a ram combination of dogged
perseverance and marvellcus leek, And
with the possession ot much money had
come the power to carry out his great
scheme of re,venge. A cynical smile
played about his thin lips as in mental
vision he traversed the five years which
bad seen him mount the ladder of Mam-
men so steadily and withal so swiftly.
With difficulty he had obtained a list
of the names and addresses of the men
who had composed that jury. Syste-
matically he had set to work to secure
an possible information concerning
them. Three, curiously enough, had
died; his task had thus been rendered
less difficult. Three had removed to
ether donee:lies; Mese, with the aid of a
private inquiry agent, he had quickly
traced. One of these had mot with a
motor accident and would be a cripple
tot life. It seemed as though Fate had
already eelected his quarries as her own
special pray.
Within the past two years three of Um
remaining eight had passed through the
bankruptcy court. Only Oorringford
blmself—he had taken ti himself an-
other name since the expiration of his
tinkebor-leave—knew the means be had
employed to hound them dawn. OM, a
well -lo -do tradesman, had a penchant
for horseflesh, and fancied his own (min.
ions; his enemy, whom he utterly Jailed
in associate with the nelsoner ho had
helped to end to penal servitude, fos-
tered it by every means in his power,
and the ultimate result Wes the loss of
everything he possessed. Another, e re-
tired contractor, Goreingford contrived
to induce to put his all into a rotten
mining company; the third, a prcsper-
eue termer, lot bad successfully schemed
to inveigle bile a lawsuit which was
hopeless from the first.
Willi the fire that remained Ile hod
.
dealt with four in different ways. A
quiet, inoffensive man, whose parents
had both died of chronie alcoholism,
end who had, for that reason, steadfastly
abstained from what week) be poison to
him, was induced by subtle means to
break his rule, with the result that all
the inherited craving manifested itself,
and now, as Gorrineford with movbid
setisfaelion reviewed his work, was a
hopeless dipsomaniac. Another, who
had spent ten years in perfecting a me-
ter of, retnarimble lightness, and which
it was his dearest hope should he a
potent factor in the development of aero -
shales, went lo his little private factory
one morning lo find his models Shat-
tered, Me plans destroyed, and his all-
butecomplete motor utterly demolished.
A marl of peculiarly nervous end high-
strung temperament had been driven in-
sane by a persistent and elaborate series
ot vague threats which were made to
mach lam by variousfantastic means
likely to create a terrifying impression
a0 his strangely sensitive brain. And
the last with whom eforriegtord had
dealt—an ardent arm tour photographer—
had beeit errata:re in Germany as 0, spy,
with tt nember of enap-shoe riegativo
of Wee inlporlant reelable/Hone ripe
him—eiellirees he lied•been induced bY a
follOW4oUriet ite lake on the eiribemene
that the aulhoritias meted nn /Affections
851 an 10 eUch prOeeedings. As Goering -
tent knew well, this particular victim
ROW lay intencerated la a German pei-
son.
There remained but the twelfth, and
110, Whether by neciderit or intent Goy.
riugford. knew nut, had so far eluded
bine
And now he was awaiting the report
of his agent in respeet to ilite last el).
jet:live of his relentless venpanee. lle
knew that Wallis Lethbridge had former-
ly Amen a mining engineer ill 1110 C010,
mes, that he WIlS posseesed of comfort-
elee means, that ho had lost JP wife
whilst residing in England, that he had
one Mind, and that leuddenly, a few
'notelets ego, he lied left Engiand
agatn, hewing no one P1110 LIS IL) Ms des-
tination. That was all.
The manner 01 1114 vengeance—and he
felt that to gratify, 11 115 full it must be
speeially virulent in thee instauce—he
had net decided ; the first essential was
at trace the fugitive.
A sigh emaped him as, having once
again consulted Ms vetch, he awakened
to a realization of his immediate sur-
roundings; although hes resolve wa.s firm
as ever, his desire for vengeance even
&rem than a had ever even, he would
be very glad when all this \yes over—
when the demands of his perverted sense
of justice should ham been satisfied be
their uttermost extent.
The post arrived; in feverish eagerness
he looked over the letters, tossing aside
all but one, which he tore open wile
agitated fingers. ,
"After great difficulty the men whose
whereabouts you desire to know has
been discovered. My Sydney agent has
cabled me Una he is now engaged in
milling work abota 300 miles north-west
of that place at a spot midway between
the Mecguaya end Bogen rivers. 51 is
s new' settlement, to which them has
been a rush of prospectors, and is at
present unnamed.'
Arminger Gerringferd's 'teeth shut to.
getter with a snap, and his eyes shone
like clear, burning male.
His arreire were all In order; for
weeks, whilst he had been waiting roe
11113 news, everything hod been thus in
a condition of petrect organization and
preparedness, and It was possible for
him to depart witeout inconvenlenee at
O day's mike.
ele telephoned to his seeretary, whom
he had dismissed an hour before. "I
leave London boenorrow—probably for
three months," he said; "you will find
full instructions in my bureau."
And then he drove forthwith to lite
offices or steamship company, and
contrived to secure a first-class cabin
in the liner whicIs was due to sail on
the morrow.
IV.
Bound, gagged, utterly helpless, Wal-
lis Lethbridge lay upon the bed or a. cleft
evhich pierced the mountain Side. len'
away below was the settlement; above,
the sheer walls of Nature's hareliwork.
Nearby stood Arminger Oorringford, the
glitter of madness In his eyes.
last I" he muttered, as be gloated
over the victim he had hired to that
lonely spot with a story of rich aurifer-
ous deposits. Now that he had him in
els pewee, now that ho could do as he
liked—uncheeked, unheard, unseen—his
brain was flooded by a hundeeel methods
by which 110 could extract to the full his
last terrible draught of vengeance. It
seemed to him that in this mairiawINT,hloalye
helpless at his fsaw the he sa
origin of tho shame and agony of his
imprisonment; it was oe though he, and
ha alone, had been responsible foe Isis
conviction, The othees seemed now as
naught; it was this twelfth man who bed
sent him to Ills doom, and had been the
cause ct all his sufferinge. Had he, this
fellow upon whom the vials or his malig-
nant hatred would soon be poured, 1T-
MS01.1 to convict, the chances were that
be would have escaped—that another
jury at another trial would have thought
and acted differently.
He seated himself on a jutting ledge
of rock; the man flat upon his back, las
eyes filled with mingled amazement and
terror. Would not the bravest show fear
at such a time? For the attack had been
made without warning, the victim had
had no chance of uttering one word of
protest or inquiey. F,ver and anon the
wide-open eyes sought the face of the
victor in that brier, fierce struggle, ap-
pealing for the opportunity to speak and
ask why this act had been committed.
But, Gorringford set silent and motion-
less, his features impassive, his lips set
tightly, only his eyes revealing the dead.
le lineal, that filled the alert, hate -swept
heath.
For fully an bour they remained thus
—captor and captive; then GorrIngford
spoke, and his voice teembled. 151 the In-
tensity of his passion.
"Wallis Lethbridge," be said, and his
eyes gleatned with an unholy fire—
"Wallis Lethbridge, listen. It was you
,who sent an innocent man to hLs doom,
and you are about to suffer the penalty
of your act. You knew, as others imew,
that the evidence against me was not
complete; the hour was late, and you
were doubtless tired of your duties and
wished to return home—callous as to
the man you wronged. Since my release
I have prospered; I have had the means
wherewith to carry cla the project I
conceived whilst, within the prison walls.
Three Members or that accursed fury it
was beyond my power to injure; they
had passed to where 'no human hand
could touch them. Another met with
terrible bodily injuries in an accident;
I left him alone, Seven others I 'have
dealt with, and they have suffered each
as circumstances decreed. You alone
rentain !"
There was such concentrated venom in
GorrIngford's tones, such maligntnit
hatred as he concluded his fierce indict,
ment, that shuddete passed through Ihe
captive's tightly -bound frame as if he
realised the possibility of untold horrors
in the near future. But the appeal
deepened in the bulging eyes, iieto which,
toe, recognition had flashed. Goering,
ford, with will intuition, understood
that appeal.
"No, no i I do not Intend te remove
thal gag1 wish to hear no appeals for
mercy; neither have I any %Leh for youtt
'velce—which, doubtless, yoil would use
te excellent purpole—to reach anyone
from the settlement who may chance to
be 'prowling abobt 10 thisneighbor..
hood. As it is, we are alone and secure
from Intruelone-you and 1. I'm:about
to consider how I'm geting to deal with
you; theve's plenty of time. I've thought
.of tote ofways of lortueing you, but I
haven't decided yet what I shall do, I
Immo% used physical loriefro wait the
•othens; 5 rather favor 11 In your ease,
tho1Igl1 1 must think long and deeply
or the neater of revenge, and I'm really
yam( Undecided Whieli brand will be 1116
sweeteet I" And if ever the light at mad.
mess lit up a man's eyes a did those a
Artningee Gorringford at that moment.
Reads of perspiration oozed Loin the
ashen face or Wallis Lethbridge as he
uetenrd ; he knew thee the nem who
gloated over his mental torment at that
moment 1803 mad—road wth the lust, of
.veSnugdcdt
.ueicely. a slight sound a thw yards
behind hint caused Gorringford to turn
sharply. Al the same moment a voice—
soft and musical, but steady and very
clear—ea= to his ears.
"Elands up or I fire 1"
A girl of a striking type of beauty
steed regarding him wile unflinching
pee, her right hand extended, with
small, deudiplooking little revolver in
Ili grip. Theugh for a moment he hest-
Arminger Gorringforti did as he
was bid, for he saw that in the girl's
eyes which told him not to trifle with
"Who are you, and what is your busi-
ness here?" he (lemanded, n.chill pass-
ing through 11111) as it flashed through
hie brain 11301 10 the supreme moment of
hie triumph he was to be cheated of hes
revenge.
"If you have injured him—my father --
yen will have good CIIIISO 10 know what
Is my business, sir 1"
Her voice trembled as she uttered these
word.
Astrange
sense of impotence crept
over Clorringrord.• The furious anger
and chagrin begotten of sudden thwart-
ing of the completion of his icng-nur-
lured scheme of revenge slowly meta-
morphized into a curious feeling or
shame; he was tongue -lied, and his gaze
remaiaed riveted on thIs girl's lovely face
as though he were hypnotized.
'Turn, walk twenty paces, and than
stand still. Ace otherwise and I shall
shcot 1" And her tone, not less than the
expression in her wonderful eyes, fully
supported her words.
Gorringford did as lie was bid, deli-
berately counting the number ol prides
us he walked.
"Remain where you are 1" she coin -
mended, and then sprang to hey father's
side.
Swiftly she removed the gag.
"Has he injured you, dear rather?"
she asked, wile eager, Lender solicitude.
Wallis Lethbridge answered with
difficulty, for the gag had been in his
mouth for no brief space of thee.
"No," he said; "but—" He paused
whilst she sv,eiltly cut the thongs that
bound him so tightly,
He rose with difficulty and 'rimed her
tenderly; then sank to an adjacent rook.
"Thank God you have come," Ile said,
brokenly; "the man is mad and—'
lic shuddered as he glanced at the erect,
motionless figure of his enemy. "I be-
lieve you have saved my Lite, Mora 1"
Wallis Lethbridge continued, and he
kimed leer fondly. "And now," he con-
tinued in a louder voice, "you, Arminger
Gorringford, shall konw the truth. Como
hetticnrarifindgflaisrdtenl"
tilt
'ned and approached.
Again that strange sense of impctence
and shame swept. ovee him as his eyes
met those b Mora Lethbridge. Ile
bowed, almost submissively; in the pre-
sence of the daughter it seemed that the
hatred for the father was becoming
strangely unstable.
"As you doubtless remember," Leth-
bridge began. "The hour was late when
that verdict was given. My little daugh-
ter—she was twelve years of age then—
was dangerously 111, and I was eager to
return time. Tee other eleven were in
favor at conviction; I alone seemed to
realize, the flaw in the chain of evidence.
I wished lo give you the beneflt of the
doubt, but yielded to the othens that I
might catch the train which would carry
1510 le my child two hours earlier than
It there were any further delay. But
yeur face haunted me; I knew I had
been guilty of an injustice. I verily be-
lieve the others acted as their conscience
directed—l-had not. I had rated my per-
sonal affairs above justice to 0. fellow
creature, Above the oath I had taken.
I knew no peace until I had, out of my
limited means, made some sort of atone -
meet for the wrong I felt I had person-
ally inflicted. I sent you the £1,000
which I believe was the foundation of a
fortune."
"You sent those notes—you 7" Gor-
ringford breathed hoarsely.
"Yas, Arminger Gorringford, I did.
But to Continue. I personally knew
several members of that jury, and some
time after youe release It occurred to me
that your hand lay La the strange doom
that seemed to dog- them. 1 became
possessed of a sudden fear—fear for my
daughter, fear that you might Seek to
hurt mo through her, my dearest pos-
session. With the Mlle money that re-
mained to me I left with her to begin
lite afresh in New South Wales."
For some moments Arminger Goering -
Red stood motionless and expression-
less, like a statue, then, with bowed
head, he extended his hand, which the
elder man took and gipped warmly and
without hesitation. leer the infidness and
the hatred had died out of Gorringfordes
eyes.
Without a word the latter—his lips,
habituany so set and firm, levitehing
vlsibly—turned to the girl, his whole
beating and expression betokening that
Ie craved her forgiveness.
Mora Lethbridge understood, and the
next, instant her small shapely hand
rested for a brief space in his.
No word was epoiren; but, lhe silence
\vas more eloquent than explanations.
And now, when Arminger .Gorringtord
takes Ills wife in his arms and locks into
her soft eyes, filled with. a &ream depth
et love for her husband, he imows that
11 1.01M -10V0 NV1110h came swilley
and unbidden in the tem° Moments' or
that strange meeting in the rocky moen.
lain cleft—Ova conquered him.
It eves Monee eadiant eyes that 50115
the madness of hate and the lust, of re-
venge speeding into nothingness and
brought back to his heft those tobler
festinate which so long had .lain dor-
mant. And it eyes thoSe same sweet
eyea, pleading for those he had wronged,
that caused OorringfOrd to melco tetri-
bution in every case where it was pos.
sIble to do so. A mysterious hend gave
the bankrupts -Mewls wherewith to lay
the foundation of recevered fortune arid
tSe inventor the Wherewithal to recom-
mence hie eerperimentsf after strenuoes
efforts the dipsomaniac eves reclaimed;
• the German milhOrilles were provided
with ample evidence that the suepeeted
spy was an innocent tourist.
And though these things: halre passed
by, it glance from Mora'e eyee ever ren -
dere Arminger florriegford her willtrig
eiave.—London
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ally Ilene Of your business elly,weye
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OME.
SOME DAINTY DISHES.
Crisp Wafers,—Are always popular
and easily male. Make two Pounthe
of flour Into e stiff paste with a obit
oft milk, and the yolks of two eggs:
add a little salt. Knead the paste till
quite smooth, and roll out very thin,
Cut hii0 rounds with a :there cutler,
prick with a fork aud bake siewly UP
wisp.
Apple Jam.—Weigh two Poundel
apples, peeled and cored, put them in-
to a siewpan with about QM OIL al
cider and one pound and a half or
preserving sugar (and a little text gin-
ger is liked by some people). Cook
slowly till the trial Is perfectly mil,
then press it through a .0o1antler, and
pot toe use.
Lemon Rice.—Cook three ounces of
TICA ill 8 int of milk till lender. Then
sweeten with caster sugar, and flavor
with essence of lemon, Pour tnto a
pie -dish, and serve wilt this sauce:
Beat one egg 'until stiff wile two ouncel
• sugar, than add half a cupful of
boiling water, and flavor with lemon
juice. If you have it, use lemon rind
to flavor the Hee instead of essence.
Egyptian Stow.—Wash and soak one
pint of lentils, and oleo° in a stewpan
with three camas, L1110 turnips, two
ontons, two sticks of celery, all cut
very small. Pour over a quart Of
water or stock, add popper and salt,
and stew slowly for two hours and
half. There add seme slices of cold
meat, a,nd simmer for half an beer.
Ten minutes before serving add eat -
sup and browning to taste, and scree
in a deep putting dish.
Hasty Pudding—Boil one quart of new
milk with a little salt lo flavor. 'Work
six ounces of flour into some paste with
cold water, and pour the boiling milk
on 11 while stirring. Return to the
saucepan, stir while balling for ten
minutes, put Into a buttered pie -dish,
put a little butter on the bop, and just
brown in the oven. Serve yeah sugar
and a squeeze tat lemoa juice.
German Beefsteaks—Take one pound
tebeefsteak and one pound of veal,
mince them very finely, mut add a lit-
tle chopped parsley, the squeeze or a
lemon, a smelt quantity of anchovy
sauce, ono egg, with pepper and salt
in taste. Mix all well together, shape
Into rounds, which must be dipped in-
to egg and breaderiunbs and fried in
boiling fat. Serve with a piece of le-
mon and half an anchovy on each, and
pour some good gravy into tete dish,
Dry Curry el Mutton.—Fry a sliced
apple end onion tell brown in a lane
butter, then add a tablespoonful of ,paa-
flour, and slew all together. Cut some
tender cooked meat across the grain
in small dice, and add to the onion,
cook all till hot through, stirring as
little as possible. Scatter over a tea.
spoonful of curry .powder, satteirel pep.
per to taste. Pour over all two table-
spoonfuls ',of a good gravy, stir till dry,
and serve with a border of nieely boiled
. .
Celery Fritters.—Make a very good
vegetable course for supper or dinner.
Cut celery, leaving out the centre piec-
es, into lengths or three inches, a.nel.
after cleansing, ,boil in as little water
as possible. Drain the water off, dry
in a cloth, and season with pepper end
salt with a seasoning of chopped par-
sley. Dip each piece into good frying
batter, and cook in deep 10.1 1111 a rich
golden brown, Drain vary dry, and
serve on a eroyley with chopped pars-
ley scattered over.
'To Pickle Spaoish Onions,—Peel the
onions, cut each into rings, and spread
out on a large dish; then lightly sprinkle
with salt. In about half an hour pour
oft the 'watery brine, and put the on-
ion In the jar. Now, pop on scald-
ing vinegar, enough to cover the pickle'.
Boil up with every pint of vinegar, be-
fore it Is used, half an ounce each of
whole black pepper and allspice, and
O quarter of an ounce each of cloves
and ginger. Keep the jar on the hob
ot top of the oven for two or three
days, then iie down with bladder. In
is month it will be fit for use.
HINTS Fon THE HOME.
To Renovate Gloves. Orton tan
gloves which have become faded and
streaked after being cleaned can be
restored to an even Color ..by the ap-
plication of a Iltele vaseline, according
to a housekeeper who has tried 11.
Onion breath may he destroyed by
eating a little parsley, .Dip the pars-
ley he salt to entre it agreeable to the,
taste, nod oat after a course of on-
ions. It Is saki to quite remove the
oder of oniens.
Putty is often used in mending ket-
tles and pans end a works very well.
Put soft putty over crack oe holeeand
sel dish away until the putty 13 thor-
oughly hardened before trying to pee.
Glycerine as on application for scalds
le most, useful, and should be applied
immediately after an accident. Strips
c° linen or rag s,oetked in glycertne to
be gently laid over the affected part.
To keep a zinc pen free from rust,
rub ell over the outside and bottom
when neev with shoe oil (which any
boolinalrer will supply), repeat the alb
ing about four limes a year, and it
Will keep the pais guile, bright for massy
years,
To Mix Flour into Light, Cakes, —
Add this last of all, as beating makes
flour let*. Sprinkle a spoonful 0111.,
take a spoonfut of the mixture from lhe
sidee tof the basin, and fold 'or drop
it lightly over the flair. 1)0 not stir.
Whipped whits of cggs are also ad-
ded in this Way. .
Sneer uritelee that have become 'tar -
Melted, oven. if embossed ter engeaved,
may be .citlite quieldy cleaned, by the
Use of elsIM. DIssolVe an once in a
quart of soapsuds and waste Careenny,
Using w brush lor the carved
Rielee the e011010 several times, iheh dry
with A soft, eloth end p011ele with dm -
melee • Hot eetipsuds With aenreterila
elm will cloth the eilver 'quickly and
Well, in sueh a way thee there need be
Ito tittiletesonle br1)s1tlstL With One Ot
jeLlirliut0vfoLshOtichp10011w040y WwheIllOodilOgiLiyiuderi FROM BONNIE SOTLAND
the ornamental peels,
Arvange Strives <in Tepes.—th 014100 k,
1099 eliePe and Prevent see
gleg, reticle them hunging Mem 051
110MS. 81111ply tette a thee end ;alio;
on it tIs000IgIt the eye as many term
seedy pins as you have eklrls to hung.
Then tie acruss hanks in your closet.
Potil the belts of your ;skirls elite,' tutu
of six times, accortitng to, the weight.
anti here( Limn to the M11S, W10 on
each. This taRes up Mlle room as well
2155005:1\CS Lime, for the Phis remain
eut a moment to hung the start, up an
permanently on the tape and 11 Unto
To Avert Chapped Hands,—Talce
cotn-
155051 stareli and grind IL with a loath
until it is reduced to the smoothest
powder, put lids in a clean itn box.
so as to have it continually at hand
for use, After washlues your homes,
rinse them in clean water, wipe, mut
\vitae they QM still a little damp, rub
pinch of the starch thorouglily ovev
them, cevering the whole surface. Tile
effect 1 magical. The rough, smart.
Ing aide is cooled, sealed, and healed.
To clean 5, while felt Int successful.
ly, get some powdered pummel& ond
work it into a smooth page with mid
water. NVith a brush rub this an OYU
the hat, most thickly on the dirty peels,
and let dry. Then, with a eflean Amish,
brush the hat thoroughly, and shake
free of the powder. A second or even
third application may be necessary if
the hat is very dirty. I should think
the white maim [night, be cleaned with
pipeclay,
' Choosing Boots and Sboes for Chit-
civene--The attention of every mother
should be given to the stale of childreies
thee for much pain, lameness, and
distortion ca11 be prevented if consiti-
ezration is given In limo to the child's
boots and shoes. If proper length and
width is given all will go well, but
this must be seen to constantly, as M-
lle feet .grow rapidly. If eleldren wear
shoes, they should be easy Remiss the
toes, and of a good form In the sole.
If the ankles 'appear weak consult a
doctor wtthout delay. In a few months
damage rimy be done Ito the foot,
which will never be get over.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
DEE, 29.
Lesson XIII. Review. fiend Psa. 93.
Golden 'foxi: Pea, 65. II,
HOME READINGS.
Me Joshua, Israel's .New Leader, losh.
1. 1-11,
le Israel Enters the Land of Promise,
Josh. 3. 5-17,
W. Christmas Lesson, elate 2, 1-12.
Th. Joshua Renewing the Covenant with
fermi, josh. 2e. 14-2e.
F. Ruth's Wise Moto, Ruth 1. 1-22.
S. The Boy Samuel, 1 Sam. 3, 1-21,
Su. SaTuell.131be Upright Judge, 1 Sam.
INTRODUCTION.
If the Christmas leeeon was used last
Sunday, as was doubtless the ease Iti
MOSL Schools, then it would be well fee
senior classes' to devote the lesson hour
te-clay to a consideration of the optional
Old Testament: lesson, "Samuel, the Up-
right Judge," also giVell fOr Sunday,
December 22, thus 1'e:funding out the Old,
Teetamcnt studies for the year. Fee the
benefit, of those who rn9y desire either al,
home or during this hour to briefly sc.
view the lessons for the' quarter we give
the Rellowing general review summary.
The Preview ter the quarter, page IN,
will form the best possible starling point
thi a consideraticn of the questions
Which, follow.
• GENERAL risviEw SUNIMARY.
From what books are the lossene for
this quorter Laken? Contemning each of
these books tell : 1. 'The eignincenee of
It oam.e, that is, Why so mimed ? 2. The
general period which the narrative of the
book covers. 8. Any data which you
may have regarding the dale and the
authorship. What was the prebable
specific purpose of the Book of Built?
What was the relation of the Books of
Samuel to the Books of Kings? Give a
brief character sketch 01 Cnich. Of Sam.
sem. Give a brief biographical sketch of
Joshua. What light does the story or
Samuel throw on religious conditions in
Israel at that time? Name live minims
or tribes inhabiting Palestine fa the LIMO
Of lbs COMIL10SL by Israel. Name and
locate the Cities of Refuge. What Was
the significanee of their establishment
le the social and moral emlution of
Israel? What lessons may we learn
from the story of Gideon 7 What events
of importence group themselves about
Jericho? Nene and locate three impor-
tant places not previously mentioned in
this review. Name the twelve tribes.
Locale in a general way the territory of
"eh. THE GOLDEN TEXT.
When we reflect to -day upon our ex-
Perienee during the days and months of
the past year eve aro compelled to fic.
keowleclge the manifold merclee of Him
who Inis guided our footstepsand
crowned our year Vvith His goc'ciness.
Blessings of which we were not worthy
have been out. portion. Food, clothing,
friendships, health—at least in greater
metieure then these same blessings have
been vouchsafed to many otheee—oppor-
(Amity tied growth in grotto end lotcw-
ledge hove been to us an inspiration and
an incentive le truer end more noble
living., Our crosses atiel efilietions have
assisted us in discoveving the real signi-
licence' of We and that purpose of good
Which we may be sure was in these ex-
priences also. And it may be that to
us this year has corne some tupeine
good that has seemed, at its ,elose, to
crown the year. For this supreme good,
whatever it May be, and for the heavenly
blessings of each Separate day and 11010
we ehottld be thankful. DolthtlesS a
thoughtful survey of the geeedne:s.s and
Mercy et God thward tta durleg the pase
year Will cenettailt 06 to say with the
psalmist, "letallY, jelioVall boy God, MI
the Vondeefill Weeks evhich thee beet
&tete, end thy thoughts evhicet nee 10
iteWerd b they tire %tetra than cen lee
•taleilbered j2&o 40, 6),
NOTES or INTEREST rno31 UEIL
BANNS ANI) BRAES.
What fs Going 00 In tea Illohlands
and Lowlands of Auld
Scotia,
Typhoid hos bccozne quite opidemle
111 elonlease.
A young Eskimo hoe been brought
to Scotland for medial treatment.
Culross burgh eailmon fieldnes have
been let for $60 to Bailie Stewart, Dun-
fermline.
Burniteland parish -church has been
proinieed a pipe organ by Mr, Andrew
Carnegie,
KIlinarnotek Town Council has deceit
ed this yeav to du wIlliota any official I
"Rivkin."
AL Durnstistand a mei:mete has been
started to get \vericlognien to attend
the kirk,
The oldes1 inhabitant of Foehabers
district, Mrs. Foites, died recently in
her 03111 .year,
There is an outbreak of mea-sies
rllg-
ing in south-west Hyndiand and Pat-
riCl{c. •
iLr. James M. Wilson, of the Edin-
burgh Evening News, WEIS d1.41V11.1d
W11110 Itching at Peebles. •
The death of an Arran weaver, Mr.
Arefebald Campbell, 130111110111101, M his
hundredth year, is announced.
new reservoir at Jelliarnie, con.
solivrilliceledd. to 'hold 51,000 gallons of water
end costing ea15,000, was recently
Perth County Council is taking 81-
0110 from the Equivalent (Want for the
cuaileol‘altili,t1;;:aerrrnyent
f,aitlidf etre, rite, Ise 1;ktui gscoi ttishiel ,
opmerlian, now Ia Now Iorkwas at
one lime a half -timer La a flax mill at
Arbroath.
The sergeant% of the Royal Artillery
in .Maryhat Derricks innaugurated a
new drill, hail for the use of the bri-
gade by a dance.
An Edinburgh doctor has during 1110
last six years won five ,prizes int the
Scottesit Artists' Art Society drawing,
Ile seems to have all the luck.
Foricathe second year tn. succession
the Dundee wha.le fishers have had
bed luck in the far north. Whalebone
is nicely to go highee than ever in
pr•
The Aberdeen Distress Comenitteo
propose buying 200 mere or moss land
for a farm where vegetab sle. and other
products may be grown and pigs end •
pc ultry reared,
la spite of strong appeals by Dun- e
dee tradespeople, U. lias beets resolved
en do the restoration of the town's
churches by the hands of the Town
Council's workmen,
Mr. Jelin mut who has ha352 hand.
master of Lochwinnoch sehoel during -
the last 50 years, Is retiring at the end
et the .present echool year.
Mr. Charles Barrie. who WAS Lord
Provost of Dundee from 1902 to '1905,
was presented with his portrait painted
by Sir James Guthrie, P. II. S. A.., ill
recognition of Isis public services.
A suburban parish church minister
micnowledge,s, In hie monthly maga-
zinc, a contribution of 2s, for iniselens
from three boys of the congregation
wbo \vett round as "guisers" on Hal-
lowe'en.
Alexander Russell, who has been in
business for a long number or years,
as a butcher in Dumfries, and was
highly respected, wee found in his shop
in English street, Tdinburgh, with his
lima cut.
44— ---
LOYALTY IN SERVICE.
The Experience of a Landed Proprietor
in Russia.
Light has sometimes shone even in
DarIceet Russia. One heave so nueth
o? suffering and oppression among the
peasant class of that country thol, sect-%
an instance or fidelity as is told In "An
Englishevoinan La Russia" strikes a
charming note. More than fitly years,
ago Count B. owned very extensive
landed property, which came Ito 1siT?' 11
whonie triaienviansg ayolillittiiign hhaan •4
his estates. He reached hie largest one
111101:141001,01.1, EIS he thought, by the Vil-
lagers, 'The next miming he was
aroused by a great tumult in the come -
yard, and on looking out saw Ilio
whole place crowded with peasantry.
Tito fear pre:tented i'self that the serfs
had arisen, and had designed Ills de-
structIon.
Resolved to meet his rata Lsoldby, 1110
count dressed himself enti ventuvett
down. Ile V008 00001V011 hy shouts
which did not reassure him. Then
sileace fell upon the group, Two op
three of the oldest peasants advent:ell
and begged le know, with great reseed,
if it were true, as they head heard,
that he \WAS deeply involved in opel.
"Berauee we do not wish in be die -
graced by having ,olir proprietor in
etch embevrassment," Ilwy explained,
ic"1115,:aergle'°Pseuch"lelitibisVi.11 Na\l'el°w1UnitiCs% 10°011(elet-
et] this sum und entreal you 14 ecrept
navy bags ‘37010 protium], end rolls
of bine, showing means as well as
good -will. The count wee moth Merril -
ed, thanked las serfs heartily, end told
them Char any such report, was a mis-
take,
IL WAS LIMO, 110 saki, thet 1118 tether
had mortgaged sonic ef Ins properly,
but during his long minority slich ob-
ligations evere freed, and he new cliti
not °We bee copeck.
Ae first the pease:We were emielet-
ous that the mine evils assuring Mont
thus because he did not. Wish 10 reedier
their money, They begged IstbIs to take
it tie a preeene. Ile declined, but prone,
feed theln he would apply lo them if
he foend himself in difficulties.
The grotip 01 aorta, some Veer field
'laborers, others -rich timekeepers, dis.
versed', cortteneed thee they had done
What they eoniti 1,i phold •the boilde
end Integrity of tIgk .10