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The Eyes, Brow, fwhin, Mouth and. Hair all Consulted ---
Evidence of the. Hands, Toes and Ankles --The American
Woman's Nose Maligned -The Teeth.
'When te bevy Of mrtgideres would
While away see ld1e hent and fore-
tell tate and fortune, It is not the
lineson their hands which they study
tic>'wadays, but their features- the
eyes the brow,, the Hose, the mouth,
the �ilps the teeth, tate chin., the ear
liars. AIi these may be consulted in
order to learn about on'e's charac-
ter
haraeter and luck en. life.
"Let me tell your future by your
Ohio," says Isabella Monerieff to her
°emplanloie "Give It a saucy, tip -
tilted pose -yes, that is it. Now you
look fetching, and, let me see, you
will--•--"
"Marry a tall, dark haired man
who looks like a pirate, I suppose,"
interruprt.a her oompa:nian.
"I cannot go quite as far as that,"
says Isabella, "rot tell whether he
--the future he -be dark and piratical
or alight and ppetical, so don't expect
too much from me. Your chin belonge
to the class designated pointed, and
lit Is a solemn fact that the owner
of such a chin Is iso difficult to please
that single blessedness Is threatened,
although not absolutely assured.
"Nene, If you. had a narrow, square
clan," continues Isabella, "you would
be lar deal wa'rse off thou you are
with
A Pointed Chin,
for then you would bestow your love
totem some unworthy or uneatable
individual -some one who lacked both
birth and fortune."
"A. dead worse off, I suppose," was
the reply, "although you never can
tell until you have tried it whether
'ti's a sadder date to marry no one
or to marry the wrong one."
Chins may be divided iota five
classes -tea 1 Yimted,. the narrow
square, the broad .square, the broad
round and th.e indented.
The pointed and the narrow square
are essentially the feminine chins,
while the broad square is the mas-
culine chin. The :broad square chin
denotes the propensity of earnest
devotime of ardent ,love, and is us-
ually aceompanled by great
strength of ifn;tellect.
Faithful love or constancy is shown
by the I .
Broad Round ( tan.
The owner of such achin is apt to be
of a sanguine temperament.
The Invented chic denotes the de-
sire to be loved. In a, man( 11 is not
a.n admirable bigu, unless accompan-
ied by other balancing qualities, as ii.
gives a lightly come and lightly go
disposition.
11 ill or strength of purpose is
,;Lown by the long chin. Tho owner
of such a feature le steady, purpose-
ful and always advanolug Iron ono
accomplished work to another, and
t.ucex:ss in life is :A seared to him.
All intellectual people have rather
prominent chins. The rule for a chin
Is that In its modelling it must sug-
gest three generations behind it, and
be rather round than square or
pointed• • ,
There never was a person of char-
acter wlipf had not a large moutle
and lips are usually finer and mora
expressive in a large mouth. It is not
necessarily the small mouth which is
the ideal one.
The Madonna Mouth
the one which shows a slight projec-
tion of the upper lip over the tower„
reveals deep purity and affeclt1)Yn•
great tenderness and self -devotion.
It the month never closes, a lack of
mental power is indicated; such a
mouth belongs to . person who
thirsts for notoriety, applause and
commendation ; generally speaking
the person Is deficient in passions and
emotions:
The tightly compressed lips are a
sign Of weakness. Thin lips are asso-
ciated with unsociability and cold-
ness of disposition ; they also denote
a great degree of self-control.
L'p3 which show a straight closure`
and aye delicately creased, can only
belong to a refined nature. Promin-
ence of the lower lip denotes obstin-
acy. but it a mole mark the right
side Of the lip, good fortune is signi-
fied.
Full lips', rosy and regular, finely
•robed, show a loveable disposition ;
if they also have a cushioned appear-
ance they belong to a domestic na-
ture fend of caresses.
If teeth are long and bot narrow
tile', owner has
barge, Liberal Views,
sarong passions and heroic virtues.
Tenth that are long and narrow be-
long to people of weak character.
If broad and short, strong mental
powers are indicated, if close together
the person has a quick intelligence.
Evenly growing teeth show a better
disposition and better developed mina
than those that crowd and overlap
each other.
Teeth that project outward show
inquisitiveness ; If they project out-
ward upon the lower lip the person
Possesses generosity. If they turn
havers] the person is penurious.
Where the upper teeth project
greatly over the lower ones, it shows
a yon -emotional nature an 1 a lower
order of intellect. Vertical teeth •ep-
resent an even temper.
The more the teeth and gums are
displayed in conversation the less
profound the mind. Teeth unusually
pointed and sharp show a depraved
Mature.
American women are fatally defi-
cient In nose, so we are told by one
who has made a. study of the sub -
jest.
" it le not too melt to say," till:-,
authority declares, "that if you make
a study of a tier of boxes In the
opera, 'yen
WIIi Net See One Good Nose.
If a woman has a nose, it Is prob-
ably a proboscis, ane silo could
supply three or four of her meagre
raters; rho othtas, tvltlaoat excrp-
tion, have little pugs, or an Irregu-
lar piece of flesh and cartilage that
cannot be classed.
" Yon will sec a queer, peaked af-
fair, that seems to point derkively
at her bang; another has a minute
nose, so unfortunately constructed
as to give her the effect of one
callose fate le to be constantly tor-
mel,ted with odors that are not
redolent of the rose or the lily."
The person 'who writes in title
titrain about tate Amerlean nose either
has no nose herself Or a Roman nose.
Ass a hatter of fact, plenty of 'wa-
nton have the Grecian nose, whieh is
considered the ideal one.
.Ely the tip -tilted, or the one with
a heavenward trend a hopeful, joy-
ous 'Iiature is indleated, and it
piquancy in added to the face, Which
Is most attractive. Long noses are
cautions; if not toe long they tell.
of lndependenre of character.
Foreheads are high or low, round
or square, flat or eonv e. The ideal
l l -ow fa rounded, slightly eonvex and
unootlt.
If the forehead rases elantingly the
ptereett is sharp and daring; if It is
full in the middle and upper regime
Tile t,'ereont Shrewd and Cautious
If It is full at the ate tester ang;h.s
eceentrbctty of 'behavior May be looks
ed for. Excessive size of the brow
is a sigh of idleness.
Eyes may be like twin stars, with
dark and glorious rays fit to dazzle
one, but If they look at you with
a sideways glance don't trust them
er her. She is fooling thee.
Eyes with a clear, steadfast gaze
belong to a truthful, constant na-
ture. Gray eyes, which sometimes
look hazel and sometimes violet, show
a lovable nature, with a good Intel-
lect.
There is a whole world- of tell-
tale indications in the apex Qf the
ear. If it lies oboe to the head and
Is small the owner possesses a re-
fined, susceptible nature. But If the
top starts away from the head at a
well defined angle that person has
an uneven disposition, and is not to
be relied upon.
If the ears stand forward so as to
show their entire form, when the
face is seen from the front, cruelty
is denoted. Delicacy and poetry of
feeling are indicated by a thin ear,
while a. thick one shows the re-
verse.
A wide space between the wing of
the nose and the earhole shows
coarseness of nature ; too little
"pane, meanness and coldness of tem-
perament.
An ear, to be perfect, should be
rather small; it should not be higher
than the eyebrow and not lower
than the tip of the nose. If ears
are flet in too sloping a direction
they show timidity; if too upright,
animal instincts, especially if they
obtrude from the head.
In color the ear should be a deli-
cate pink, and a little, but a very
little, deeper in shade at the lobes.
Perfectly Colorless Ears
denote timidity and want of warmth
of temperament. Ears of a deep red
color show animal Instincts.
Character may also be determined
by the neck. The shorter and thicker
the neck the stronger the character
and the greater the prospect of
health and happiness and long life.
Such a neck gives an appearance of
obstruct from the head.
A long thick neck detracts from the
laze of the head and enfeebles its ef-
fect. If the neck curve forward a
yielding disposition la indicated;
if it curve backward a haughty die-
position.
A person versed in the art 'can
read a woman as accurately by
her hair as by her eyes, mouth or
nose.
"Have 'the head entirely conceal-
ed," this witse Individual will say ;
"all I want to see is a goktd-sized
strand of her hair ; of course 1
would have to know it was grown
to her head. Tho manner of wear-
ing her hale would not enter into
or affect the decision."
This prophet starts in his reading
of a woman by her hair with the
quite generally known and accept-
ed principle that the finer the hair,
the gentler the birth. The closer
the ends fo the hair cling together
the more intellectuality does the
owner possess.
When the ends show a tendency
to curl it ie an infallible sign that
the owner has inherent grace and
poetic ease of body. The straighter
and less yielding -though not neces-
sarily harsh -the hair, the firmer
and More positive is the woman's
nature.
Treachery and Sealousy
hide beneath lustreless or dead black
hair en nine oases out of ton. Hair
that may appear of the finest tex-
ture and be glossy almost to(briiiL-
aney, when viewed at a little ilia
tante, but that on closer examin-
ation is found to have a broken
or split appearance, indicates an
unbalanced character ; a woman
with an excess of especially queer
notions and ono who, while she
may be nice enough to bow to on
the street, should be avoided as
an intimate friend.
The lighter colored the hair, the
more sensitive and touchy the
owner. Brown hair is the mast
pleasant and satisfaetroy shade 01
hair to have to do with in a burn -
nese way.
Whatever the shade of browi
may be, It is a fact almost infalli-
ble that such hair covers a lot of
common sense, reason and good
judgment.
The women with red or auburn
hair are impulsive and quick spok
en, but possessors of the most ap•
erectable traits -they have corn•
mon sense and are among the
brightest and gentlest of gentle-
women.
Nott only by the features and the
hair may fortunes be foretold, but
by tho fingers, the finger nails, the
foot, the heels and the ankles.
Easily led by this one and that.
meaning well, but seeing things in
't different light from day to day
Is the person whose fingers each
take a different curve.
Row -Legged (e•legers
those whielt touch only at the ta
and base, show ability and strength
of cltaracier.
Tito fingers which bend backward
mean powerful determination. I;
they are round, strength, both phy
eieal and mental, is shown. Stubby
fingers are grasping fingers; a fin-
ger broad at the tip denotes great
energy.
A little finger with a decided pro-
minence at the base, upon the out-
er side, shows good judgment and
good qualities generally.
If a girl's thumb lie flat or droops
a little marital submission le indi
catsd. Tim damsel is headstrong if
her thumb has a tendency to stand
at right angles to her hand.
A person weak mentally and ply
sieally has a weak pendent thumb.
The strong cliaraeter has a strong
erect thumb. A very fleshy thumb
at the base shows coldness and eel
tIslinesa.
Finger nails that are oval and
rounder show refinement. Those that
are broad and short, say "coarse and
unambitious,"
Long nails, rather square at the
top, mean farinnese and energy.
63mahl ones, with the top curving in.
instead of exist, mean laziness and
tack of eo:.fhwnce. Long, sharp-poInt-
ed nails, almost claw-like, denote
broken ones carelessness and bad
temper.
A woman, lively, vain and coquet.
fish, la the one who has it small
foot, of medium width, with the toes
Curving upward. If the space be.
tureen the great toe and sedond toe
Ls Iarge, it is as much an evidence
of distinguished birth as a high in-
step, particularly If the toes are
long and narrow.
Small. rounded heels show e. vain
illswsition. If the mueeleH and veins
aro well defined, you will live to
ileo your wishes realized, and you
Will be lucky in lore,
'Fite fi. 1
t; t lead 1laerial le
life; e the
y
rh1k eV ren they tike, ---German pro-
4orb, ,
Sunday school,
INTIIItNA7'*QNAlh Li:$MUN NO IX.
JLiNI: 1, 1900.
Paul at l.y,stra,--Acts 11:8.22,
Commentary.-Cown.oting Linke,
The idersecutlone at Antioch did not
dw,meen the zeal of the apostles, but
ratiter intensified it. At Iconium', the
modern I{onieh, they remained sev-
eral *oaths. They had good success
and "a great multitude" both[ of the
Jews and Greeks believed. But again'
the unbelieving Jews caused trouble.
At first the Missionaries were not
obliged to leave; but it was not
long before) a Ineeeemenit to mob and
h"'IIEN HE WAITED. stone them was discovered and the
y
Waiter (after 80 minutes' ab sense) -How will you have your were compelled to floe for their lives.
steak, sir ?
They escaped to Lystra, a town
I{adder-Any limo before morning. about twenty-five miles southeast of
Iooniuess.
8. There sat -His usual posture,
showing his helpless condition, im-
} Rothe/ Women May potent --Entirely deprived et the use
of 'hie feet.
Retain Their Good Looks
les4AssARfWiaenatFtetRrtS.iivLew.::tSaeat
My dear lady, da you live on the
mina' side of the house? Does your
witting -room have south windows?
And does your sleeping -room, open to
the sddUi or the bast ? Is your fav -
rite corner by the window, or telt
eft ay the fireplace,' or the register,
.n the twilight half of the room ?
Does the sun ever see you with
your Iutt off and shed its benediction
.}n your 'tresses for an hour at a
time ?
Do you breathe pure outdoor air
.it least two hours a day, even if
ywouindow have? to take, it through an open
Do you dance an hour or two, or do
!ymnasties ?
Or, better still, dol you fly around
"ihusekeeping ?
Do you walk a mile up the avenue
n twelve minutes, never once break-
ing gait ?
Or have yea a garden or a green-
house, or any other interest which
obliges you to work with mind, mus-
cles and body on a streteh for throe
'good hours or more every day ?
If you don't dq any of these things
it is not remarkable if your Lace has
the beautiful bilious tinge of an Aube-
trian rose, with numerous shadings of
lemon or blue, which betray weak
heart and disordered circulation.
Velvet Bloom.
When the capillaries give up work
then comes the fading flower.
The impress o1 Austria kept her
wealth of raven hair and her lerll-
eitnt face until she was past 601.
>imply by living on the saddle in the
pure mountain air about her favor-
,te residences, added to Which she
.vas a sparing enterof the simplest
food.
And how a word about this eat -
,ng. Can you bring yourselves to
abange cream 'sauces of vegetable or
moats for tan clear gravies or the
ooneentratea Juice, lightly flavored ?
Can you give up ice cream for
the jellies and whips which look
Jett as white as the cream, and
theta ever so much finer? Yoa>,can-
not lead the inactirve life of city
women and eat tate milk food and
creams and made dishes which
would suit a farm laborer.
These things give the yellow tinge
about the templet and corners of
the azalea pink and wlhlie.
Well Aired Rowels.
Sleep in well -aired bedrooms, kept
at an even temperature. Sleep
warm. If you have chilly skim or
Buffer from hoarseness wear over
your nightdress a. sleeping wrap of
two silk blankets, pinned together
on rho shoulders and at the waist
with safety paras, making a loose
and most luxurious warm nest for
the night.
Use light comlortables and blank -
eta Heavy comforts and thick
blankets which hold the secretions
of breath and skin are not whole-
some 'things to sleep with.
Never go to bed faint and Itutt-
;ry if you are exterminating wrin-
kles. A cup of tomato bullion, a
cut of hot lemonade, or some toast-
ed oatmeal biscuit, will send you
to sleep comfortably, giving your
tersest something to work on
through the night.
In plane of taking three meals
i. day it is often better for thein
to take five. The English fashion
of 4 or 5 o'clock tea is very een-
slble. Two of these five repute
should be very light ones. Wafers,
jellies, some of the tasteful pick-
me-ups which every woman knows
how to choose for -herself are good.
The tomato Ibouillion is good,•both
for its anti -bilious effects and as
a tonic for the nerves. Your to-
mato, discreetly taken, is true to
its old name, the love apple -which
is, they say, the apple of beauty.
The Gooseberry Nye.
A woman who wishes to clear her
complexion without much trouble may
breakfast on sliced trash tomatoes,
with tomato bouiilion for lunch and
at night, and a tomato puree for
dinner with excellent effect.
If "dealers could give us really new
cider, fresh from the mill, day by
day, the yellow cheek and gooseberry
eye- would shortly disappear from
American women. I question it the
serpent did not tell Eve that the
apple would make her beautiful for-
ever, as well as wise, for good apples,
freshly cooked and rightly served,
are worth a whole theory of medi-
eine.
Your sub -acid red apple, perfectly
ripened, your bellflower or golden
pippin, your late mellowed russet are
the apples for beauty.
And apples rightly eaten act di-
rectly- on the eyesight, not only leav-
ing the eyes dark, brilliant and deep
in color, but strengthening the sight.
Catarrhal conditions and imperfect
digestion, with perhaps cold feet
added, chilly rooms and a want of
good underwear, are a000untable,for
more defects of sight than all other
causes put together, save and 'except
the small print of modern books and
newspapers.
This strained sight is also respon-
sible for a great many of the ugliest
wrinkles on a woman's face. The
little frown, when it is not a deep
one, the radiating lines whichfringe
the orbit of the eye, the peevish ex-
pression about the nose are most apt
to come from weakened vision.
Thnt Little icrown.
The only special treatment I would
suggest is very hot water, just as
hot as the skin will bear, applied
over each eyebrow and the ball of
the eye and each side the temple, two
or three minutes at a time, keeping
up the heat. This is good treatment
for glaucomea, and it is erasive for
wrinkles.
Tho barley meal poultice, softened
honey and a very little olive oil,
is an application which seems to re-
new the skin of the face.
Above all things use it hot. This
may be applied for half an hour,
while one lies down for an afternoon
rest, ;then It should be followed by
five minutes- sponging with very
warm soapsuds, rinsed off with tepid
water, before it is dried on warns
Turkish towels. After this you can
lie down for five minutes more with
a hot towel over the face before
submitting it to the cooler currents
of oommon air.
A little massage after such a bath
as this works wonders. But massage
Is best at night before one goes to
sleep. Half an hour's work on the
face and temples, after which one
goes Into pleasing slumber for the
night, renovates skin andenerves.
Shirley Dare.
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If the massage artist is not in reach
of your purse or your neighborhood
try the poultice and the steam bath
or the face before going to sleep.
Try the barley meal poultice first,
which is made thus: Otte cup of
ground barley meal (rye meal will
answer at a pinch), with three cups
of boiling water poured on. Simmer
until it is thick, which should take
about five minutes. After cooling two
or throe minutes add a tablespoonful
of honey and a dessertspoon of olive
oil, with two or three drops of es-
,estee of clove, which Is a stimulant
for the skin.
Spread this directly on the skin as
warm as can be worn, lay thin
cloths over it and repeat Mr. Kip -
tang's last poem or anything else that
will occupy your mind for half an
hour.
The old Smithsonian practice, the
scalding hot baths, the red pepper
and lobelia had an excellent effect
on congestions and rheumatic pains
and, incidentally, on freshness of
bloom and vivacity, which is worth
taking ,tato conbideration again.
Warmth and active circulation mean
life, health, loveliness. And if the
hot bath at 105 degrees for fifteen
minutes calms and strengthens the
heart beat and clears the eyesight
with no reaction I am bound to
believe It a good thing.
But I must talk about these wrin-
kles next. Olive oil seems to be a
specific for the complexion, whe-
ther used externally or internally.
The velvety complexions and bril-
liant eyes whit] form the beauty of
the women of southern France are
duo to two things, a life in the
open air, for even the lady of wealth
breakfasts and dines in her . gar-
den], and the use of tomatoea and
olive oil, not to mention the garlic
tat cookery.
The last intelligence front the Smith
college woman who knows most
things tells of a friend with an ex-
quisite complexion who preserves it
by taking a spoonful of olive oil be-
fore breakfast daily. She estimates
that she takes In this way five gal -
loins of Lucca oil In tho course of
the year. It seems that some
branches of knowledge are .pursued
at Smith College besides those which
appear on the catalogues.
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run wranns ETIQUETTE.
Tenderfoot-+Bllat'n a great id ea of yours. Balling your gnosis to
dinner
byfiring g off yangun.I3ut
g wh cl ,you ilio only y discharge
Landlord of Illootly Balch. Hotel -won, I keep the trO11bar barrel
l to
+Collect payment of the dinner Willie
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9. Heard Paul speak --The apostles
preached on several occasions and
the lame man had heard repeatedly
t'ite teaching of the gospel, and had
accepted it with faith -.-(:am. Bib.
There was probably no synagogue at
Lystra, and the missionaries were no
doubt obliged to spea1: in the mar-
ket place or some other place of
public resort. Who -perceiving -
Paul's attention was attracted by
the cripple, and he fastened his
eyes upon him and saw his faith from
the expression of his countenance.
Had faith to be. healed -He had con-
fklence in the power of Christ to
heal leen. He must have heard of
nmiraeles which the apostles had
perforated at otter places. See v. 8.
"The Greet; word here signifies to
be saved, including a complete sal-
vation both o1 sou% and body." -
W.hedon.
10. Stand, etc. -Luke makes no
mention here of any direct appeal
to the name of Christ. That omission
may be owing to the brevity of the
record, or the tenor of Pant's dis-
coarse ssiay have been so explicit in
regard to the, souece of his author-
ity, as to render the usual invoca-
tion ua,necessary,-I3ackett,
11. In the speech of Lycaonia -
What this language was we do not
know. 'Whether Paul preached to the
people in the Greek language •or in
their native tongue, is a disputed
question,. The gods -"The Gentiles
had corrupted the fundamental doc-
trine of the unity of God, end their
various systems of religion were
founded on the supposition df a piur-
ality of deities, male and female, die,
Tering In their ranks, their attributes
and the functions assigned to them."
Likeness of men -Nothing was more
familiar to the heathen mind than
the thought of. the Gods' assuming
human shape and going around
among mankind. -Cam. Bib.
12. Barnabas, Jupiter -"Tails was
the supreme divinity of the heathen,
and was called the father of gods and
men. Ile was the kiug of all the uni-
verse; his throne was Mount Olym-
pus. Paul, Merourius-He was, in hen -
then mythology, represented as one
of the sons of Jupiter, the messen-
gor and chief spokesman of the gods.
Ile was the god of eloquence.
13. Priest of Jupiter -All these deit-
ies had their priests, rites and•saorL-
ficoe. Oxen and garlands -The oxen
were for sacrifice, and the garlands
were outer to decorate the animals,
or to crown the apostles, or decorate
their house.
14. Apostles-Bavnabas was called
an apostle because he was sent forth
by the church, not because he had
been chosen to the peculiar work of
the apostleship. -Barnes, Heard -
They were probably at their lodging
house and the news was carried to
them that the sacrificial preen:talon
was coming. Rent their clothes-Thie
was a CUE/ t.0331 of the Jews at the
death of their friends, in times of pub -
lie calamity, and when they beard
blasphemy or witnessed any great
transgression of the law. -Sprang
forth (R. V.) -They were horror-
stricken, and rushed into the multi-
tude to stop the proceedings.
15. Like passions -Subject to the
same infirmities and sufferings -mor-
tals like yourselves. "The expression
means no more than 'we are truly
human beings, with the same powers
and appetites as your own ; need food
and raiment as Yew do, and are; all
mortal like yourselves.'" See Jas.
v. 17. Bring you good tidings (R. V.) -
It is a message of good tidings which
sets forth the living God to men in
place 'of dumb idols. These vanities -
"The words 'vanity' and 'vain' were
almost the invariable terms used by
Jews to describe tile emptiness and
worthlessness of heathen worship.
16. In times past -Tho period be
fora the time of Christ. Suffered -
Petmitted, allowed. All nations -Ail
the Gentile nations; the Hebrew na-
tion had a direct revelation from
God. Their own ways -God withdrew
the restraints of His grace and pro-
vidence
17. Nevert:heloss-Though they had
no written revelation. In that he
did good --He has demonstrated his
existence and moral character by
doing them good. And gave you (R.
V,) -The rain and fruitful seasons
and food and giadnesa were the wit•
nesses God gave the heathen of His
goodness, and were reasons why
they should love and obey Him.
18. With these sayings -Paul's ad-
dress, tp them thus briefly outlined.
Scare() restrained -It was with dif-
ficulty that they prevented these
Lystrane from sacrificing to them.
19. Certain Jews-Tnese were no
doubt the same ones who had been
the leaders in the persecution at An.
tioch and Iconium. Persuaded the
people -That the apostles, instead of
being gods, were only apostate.Jewe
deceiving the people. Stoned --Paul re.
fere to thin in II. Corinthians xl. 25.
Dragged him out (Il. V.) -As they
would drag out a dead man. The
atoning was public, In the midst of
the city. Supposing, ate, -They stoned
him until they had the fullest old.
donee that he was dead, and so,
most probably he was.
20. Iles rose up--bfiraculously re•
stored to lite. -'-Clarke. Ilut even. if he
were nit fully dead, he must have
berm terribly mane:lecl, for they all
supposed hits dead, and itis restora-
tion must have been miraculous. He
departed --Not deeming it safe to re-
main longer. To Derbe-A cite a few
miles Arthor east, and the extreme
eastern limit of Paul's missionary
tour.
21. Had taught many ---Had made
ninny disciples, --t. V. 1teturned
Tnear- courage was undaunted, and
thy,; return to the cities where they
have just been so terribly persecuted.
il:l. leiseiplee-Disciples had been
made at every point. Much trlbula•
tion -Tills word le from the Latin
"tribnlum," a thrashing Instrument
or roller, whereby the eaten war cep.
;irate] from the has*, Iiingdont of
Cott-•-Thla Ie according to the word',
of .108116
Froin Antioch they rettirmal to
Perg;a, and then went to Attalla on
the coast, troth whenee they salted
to Antioch itl
Syria,l
tl
U'o
h mo-tl
there'll
from `elite
they rctarteal'
whey
made a moat of theirwork land
abode a long time. Vs. i8-28. Thuo
handed Paul's first missionary journey.
PRACTICAL. SURVEY.
The name of Christ seems to have
been totally unknown In Lystra, The
inhabitants were farmore and shep•-
berds given over to idolatrous super-
stitious. Near the getters of the city
stood a great temple, dedicated to
of
Jupiter,thelteat
theiton worisupposedd, quprome outer
Driven from Antioch and Iconium,
the apostles, Paul and Barnabas,
ea.nae into this town, and putting
into praotioe Paul's own admonitions
to be "instant in season and out of
imamate" and to be "always abound-
ing to tato 'tv+ork of the Lord," began
to pre'aoht. Paul, who seemed to be
the chief speaker, was not at a lobs
for a topic, but true to the necessities
he felt and the obligations he was
melee ( Hide I. Cor, 1. 17, ix. 16), he
preached the gospel.
The gospel they preached comprised
three things; Certain facts. The fall
of than. Tito love of Cod. Tho gift
of Christ. The ministry of the Holy
Spirit. Certain doctrines based upon
and flowing out of those great facts,
Atonement for all sin, secret and
open. Sing of omission and ectmmis-
ebon. Overt sin and sin of the nature.
Pardon, regeneration, adoption,
justification, purity. Rewards and
punishments, Springing from these
facts and dootrines God makes de-
mands, the greatest of which is "Be-
lieve on the Lord Jesus Cltrtat and
thou shalt be saved," which embraces
the fact of turning from "these van-
ities" (v. 15 ; Isa. Iv, 6, 7) to the living
God in contrast to t]to poor, trifling,
dead and useless things in whish
men trusted for salvation ; and it is
equally applicable in its force as a
demand to -day.
The gospel proved to be the power
of God to at least ono man In the
city of Lystra, who had faith to
be healed. This man was "knee -
tent in )tie feet," a cripple from
his birth. I presume he was as ig-
norant and superstitious as any of
his townsmen, but as ho heard the
good news proclah,ied, he felt hope
spring up within him and his inter-
est deepened until Paul caw the
wistful lougeng of his soul beaming
in itis face as he heard the word
with blissful anticipation. Paul
cried out with a loud voice, "Stand
upright on thy foot," and he leap-
ed and walked -a true type of the
blessed effects of •the gospel of
God's grape.
Notice the preachers, for ire the
economy of grace the preacher and
his methods have much to do with
result%, and we may gathoy from
this lesson some of the important
qualifications for successfully hand.
ling the word of the Lord. They lab-
ored to an end; they sought to
attain it; they watched for the
;indications leading thereto, and
as they beheld them they embraced
and followed them up to a glad
and glorious consummation. Oh!
for more men in the church, in the
Sabbath school, on the mission field
and in pulpit, empowered and im•
bued with( the spirit of the apostles.
William P. Ferries
THIS PUZZI E LOOKED EASY.
But Though $2 Was Offered tor the
Solution, No One. Could i)o It.
A puzzle in figures was displayed
Met week in the show window of a
Schenectady merchant, and men,
women and children fought for pincers
from which they could study It.
The puzzle was a column of figures
on a large card, and a prize of $2
was offered to the person who should
first succeed in adding any six of the
figures in the column to get a total
of 21. These are the figures :
1 1 1
3 3 3
5 5 5
7 7 7
9 9 ,9
Braille were cudgeled and worked
overtime in the effort to get the re-
quatoriredeF total and the $2. Finally one
wild -Dyed man in the ordwd gave a.
gasp and forced his way into the
"Gimme the $2 1" he cried. "I've got
it." •
Ho seized a sheet of paper and.
scribbledtiUll: down the following solu-
1 1
1
3
•8
2 1
"There's your six figures, and the
total is 21," he cried, triumphantly.
Tlie merchant admitted that this
solution was clever, but said that the
figures -must be used singly. The man
with the solution went away disap-
pointed.
A mathematical sharp consoled him
by Saying that the result demanded
cannot: be obtained because one can-
not take an even number of odd fig-
ures and get an odd result by adding
them together. -New York Sunt
EXCUSED FROM JURY DUTY.
!Oven the Austere Judge Would Not
Insist Upon 14xuctLt5 Sorv'oo.
A judge out in Missouri is noted
for the strictness with which ho
holds those summoned for jury duty
to the performance of the task. In
a certain case recently he ,ordered
the( sheriff to call tile( roll of thirty-
five "good men and true" selected
for jury duty. Only twenty-two
answered to their names, and the
Sheriff looked sotnewlla,t inquiringly
ret the judge, but the latter was
calmly wiping lias,glrasses while he
uttered the customary: "Any de-
siring to 130 excused from service
on this jury will now come for-
ward." Twenty-two men made a
movement forward and the clerk
stopped in his work or noting, those
who had failed to t'eepond to the
,unmans to look in wonder at the
entire venire desiring to escape.
"Weil," ,rid the judge, speaking to
a long, thin, nervous looking young
men, "why do you wish to be ex-
oneed ?"
"If it pleases your honor," answer-
ed the aforesaid thin ]nividual, "I'd
like to be excused on account of111-
11085. I'ru suffering from something;
that might prove embarrassing; to
the other jurors and is certainly
embarraeaing to me"'
"Whet is the nature of your 111 -
noes ? asked the judge.
"Well," Bald the young man ,hce-
itatingly, "I'd twofer to tell you in
private. I'm so1newltat delicate
about speaking of it iii public,"
"I y�cannot ]tear anything in pri-
vate, responded the judge, im-
patiently. "V you want to be ex-
cused you must tell mo ]zero n,nd now
what is the matter with you."
"Well, if I m:usnt tell it !acre I ha,vo
the Ilea" ,
"The Itch?" celioed the judge, and
turning to the clerk without mark-
ing bow nl>ropoie hie observation was,
said : "11i'r. ,Tonto, ecratelt the juror
off." ,
hell Papalhe fleet
r00Junoc0. Noe
will be
created.
TAE MARKETS
Cheese Markets.
Belleville, May 24. -At the meeting
of the Cheese Board held here to-
day there were offered 1,800 white
and 200 colored. May make. Saler.
were: Watkin, 800 at 0 3-10; Hodg-
son, 90 at 0 G -so ; McGrath 2.5 at
9 3-4e; Alexa'nd'er 60 at 9 5-8e.
Ogdensburg, N. Y., May 24. -Thar.
teen lots, 011 boxes offered ; 01.2o
bid; no sales.
Cornwall, May 24. -One thou+ and
three hundred and fifty cheese were
boarded at the Cornwall Cheese
Board today, of which 730 were
white, 577 colored and 48 American..
All sold by 1e0; 9 5.8o was the top
price, at which all but the Ameri-
can was sold. American brought
Leading Wheat Markets.
Tho followiug are the olosiug quo.
tations at important wheat centres
te.day :
Cash, Sept.
Chicago... ... ... ,.. ---- 72 5.8
NewYar>r............... ---• 77 5-8
Toledo... .. ... ... ... 82 8.4 7.5 1-2
Duluth, 1 ... 77 1-2
Minneapolis,,, --- 75 5.8
Ml seaukee, 2 nor,.. ... 77 -
Detroit, 2 red,. 88 8.4 76
Aft. 781-2 713-4
reroute l.ivo Stool. Market.
Export cattle, choice, per cwt: $6 40 to 80 10
do medium 4 610 to 0 00
do cows 3 60 to 4 00
Butchers' cattle, picked 6 64) to 6 80
Butohors' eatile, choice 4 05 to 6 60
Butchers' cattle, fair.,..,4 60 to 6 00
do common 4 00 10 4 75
do cows 300 to 4 0e
do bulls 2 60 to 3 25
4 00 to 600
3 30 to 4 00
Stockers, 1000 to 1,100 Ibs 3 75 to 4 00
do light . 2 50 to 3 75
Milch cows, each 35 00 to 60 00
Shoop,ewes. per owt 4 00 to 4 50
Lamb, yearlings, per owt 6 00 to 5 60
do spring, each 2 00 to 5 00
Hoge, choice, per ewt 7 25 to 0 00
Hogs, light, per otvt, 7 00 to 0 00
[fogs fat, por owt 7 00 to 009
Feeders, short -keep
do medium
POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM.
1 he Only Iilstorical Parallel to the
Catastrophe et St. Liberte,
Of the dee :ructlodn of the twin cities
of I'olnpeil and Herculaneum on the
24,tlt of August, A. D., 79, by the erup-
tion of a long dormant volcano, we
have a contemporaneous description
in the letters of the younger Pliny
to 'recline, the historian. These word
pictures of a trained man of letters
bring the whole scene very near to
us, and on thepn Is based every sub..
eequent description of t11e first hie-
torlcal eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.
What Is most striking about the de-
teription is this, that the inhabitants
of Pompeii and Herculaneum seemed
to have lingered in the doomed cities
after they had received unmistakable
warnings of their impending fate. It
Is not improbable tilat, like the un-
fortunate citizens of St. Pierre, they
were lulled into a feeling of security
by the assurance that a volcano so
long dormant had lost its destrue-
tit•o force.
it le sometimes said that the cities
at; the baso of Mt. Vesuvius were de -s.
stroyed by lava -the Italian guider+
Pse the words to this day. But Vesu-
vius tbrew out no lava during the
great eruption of the 24th of Aug-
ust„ A. D. 79. It luta ejected much in
prehistoric times. Pompeii itself is
built upon a lava ridge, which, in the
old dsiys, was quarried for millstones,
thus giving rise to an important in-
dustry. But is historic times, if we
may trust geologista, lava did not
flow tilt the year 1036. St. Pierre
was destroyed by a vast mass of
burning lava, which descended in
fiery torrents from the crater of Mt.
Pelee, but Pompeii and Herculaneum
were destroyed by showers of ashes
and pumice stone, with which came
torrents of rain. turning the falling
ashes to a thick, adhesive mud.
Some obvious warning of groat
peril there must have been, and that
quite early on the fatal 24th of Aug-
ust ; for it was not long past nos»
viten a message reached the elder
Pliny at Misonum, begging for his
whips, since escape was even then lm -
tearable except by sea. Already Pliny,
looking from Misenum, saw Mt. Vesu-
vius topped by that vast and awful
"cloud shaped like a pine tree," out
of which ashes were raining down on
the doomed cities. His ships, ap-
proaching the coast toward evening,
rah into a hail of pumice stone, Tho
ashes fell hotter and hotter on the
decks, and In continually larger
masses. The sea ebbed suddenly, pre-
cisely as it did at St. Pierre. There
was no possibility of giving help to
the doomed cltiee, and Pliny gave
orders to steer off the ooast. He bad
closely observed all the phenomena,
however, and had dictated the notes,
which were afterwards used by his
nephew, commonly called the younger
Pliny, in his descriptions of the great
eruption. For the eider Pliny, who
had effected a landing in a sheltered
bay near Stabile, with the intention
of resetting his friend Pomponlanus,
was "stifled by thy; fumes of sulphur
and grossness of the air." "When the
light returned, which was not till the
third day after his death," wrote
his nephew to Taoitus: "His body
was discovered untoueltec" by the
fire, without any visible hurt, in the
dress in which he fell, appearing
rather like a person sleeping than
like one who was dead."
• Thus perished the eines of Pom-
peii and Herculaneum, by showers of
ashes, not by a flow of liquid lava.
It is true that lava beds lie above
the enow. Probbtha of
rho eruption
ity of 1631aly passede lavover it.
Sir William Hamilton distinguished
the c1e'oris of no less than six erup-
tions besides that wheal destroyed
the twin cities. Sir Charles Lyeii
also thought that a largo part of
the covering of the two cities was
formal subsequent• to their first
destruction. To Anyone knowing
anything of the history of Mt. Vesu-
vius] it is astonishing to be told that
at least 80,000 persons have their
lioneee on the slopes of the mountain
at the present time. But familiarity
breeds contempt, and, moreover, ail
the Italinat peasants have little im-
ages; of San Genaro, which they set
tlpl in their cottages, and which they,
firmlyheirhb'oelientes.ve will tura aside a fiery
torrent of lava from their vineyards
t
"I sees," said Brother Dickey, "dat
one or de preachers is in trouble,
'bout de sarpint what tempted Eve.
Now, dat's mighty fur back ter go
hun.tin fur trouble, but I reckon
Adam anus' feel kik' reacltn' over en
sltakln' bands wid him. De preacher I
talkin' 'bout don't b'Pove In de snake
story, but lay all tie blame on do
man. Adam can't help hisse'f now, all
hit Looks unfair ter be noggin' at 'lm
dataway. I hale sorry far 'itn some-
times dat I atmos. wish I wazsn't
related ter 'hn. Bat I'll bet you 00
one propernjtie>n ?"
W1tat
s that ?"
en wuz lMen'liitt Liter be e day enntime loo
Wouldn't be ne free 'wid spareribs.'
''Atlanta. Constitution.