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TAKE A BACKWARD LOOK Nothing Is More Helpful at Any Point in Life The take His p do His work. It i therefore, that ti lake safely, and y< The experiences have to pass are Divine feeling tow had as great to do this hard whom Christ had They were to 3 that of a person headed for r sido of the lake but kept :ause the wind is contrary, A PROFESSOR'S PLIGHT DOUBLES WHICH BRING MANY TROUBLES. Close Resemblances Lead to Complications That Are Funny and Serious. It i - thin "double," to know that thei some one in the world who is 'other self," The experience is nore weird when that "double" is a -aving lunatic, and he escapes from blc" was not in tho least like him. It had been just a 1 'LOT TO BRING IN DOLLARS. A certain detective agency, seeking a "wanted" forger, discovered a man who was his doublo, save that he had a mustache. Paying this individual to "disappear"- temporarily, they, through lawyers, advertised tioning that he could claim eonsider-is I able property. The bait was taken, lr | The forger cultivated a mustache like 11 j that in the picture, returned to a i claim the possessions, and \rtxs ar-isted. 1 HOME. 1 THE FARM HOUSE. One rith i ! trend is , i A good tiling t ved them (1 oak. Tin trough which mei no index to th: d I'j'osepli'ivhe! fairs in Egypt pose for Moses was the same day he went into the desert to for sheep as the day he came to becomo Israel's delieverer. 1' was as much under God's care ' hunted by the mad Saul as ' writing the twenty-third Psalm 1 n the wi-vlima"' It nar)Penecl that the Pro1 take a backward collnty u,'l! contained1 the 'or es did not expect, whm, tho other was. and whil( > them, and were; was thore thc lunatic broke i He camo. Ihey|0rl0 day> whi[e Qut co!lectin„ g ic miracle of the I Kical specimens> tho unfortunate ,hey did not recall i catol. Wfts Sl.i/(.(i hy warders only a little time; had been sco„ring the country i more helpful at[hauled o(r to the madho„se, '-j lan to turn on the j though the doctor expressed Every has-been ^of j doubts as to the captive's ider or I he was detained until, happily, inherited mon- the double declared that elf was the rightful legatee, to decide which was which, Weight"1 n as the now kitcher Yet the pantry is It ne the h tb^f-1' Jday phon we come to multiply stops taken to get by the number of meals ir Men T'he Div t opp< jitioi od^ behind it. mils flowing v. IT IS HE has good :nd ways uid hoi DOES IT. from • In every e; i from ! should think the lion's mouth. jsed the lake There is a valuable thought here! Am I a si for to-day. Men often becomo dis-j compelled ti •couraged because of tho contrary j Many high i winds they have to meet. A young j same, and ideals, but the rowing is so hard j tho years rel -that wind was cc leased, the s his identity, and the heavier pre-der went to prison. In New Yorki1'11,,'1 re is a man who for years has, j cai^' aetimes twice in one day, been | ., , ken to in mistake for some other ii. Never in all that time has he iself seen his "double." Concern-which, it may be said that "dou-i" often do not themselves rceog-i their likeness to each other. wing c - physi- HE MAKES LITTLE HEADWAY. ;s, but just SEEKS A VAST FORTUNE 'venty Million Dollar Escheated by British Government. See!-ing to establish her cl .$20,000,000 estate escheat iree generations bv the Briti: •nment in 1760, which inclu rge thin od founaauon nuch of his plat Another meets ife which sends - Another plans I as he gets a gi health fails and to be given up. verse in middle hope of regaining thc ground lost. Such persons often feel that Heaven $ias no interest in them. It would be bard to do Christ a greater injustice. No ono has the interest in any life that He has in every life. And when men find it hard to get a start, or find tho going slow, or lose what has been honorably won, it is no more •due to lack of interest in them than it was with the disciples on Gen-nesareth. No sight of earth makes such a strong appeal to tho Eternal lange the good tha > think of what! THE SUNDAY SCHOOL son II. Kezekiah's Prayer Golden Text, Psa. LESSON Wi te.--Thi |RD STUDIES. >rd Studies for t Revised Version,. Four Historical Chapters.--©ur ■canonical book of Isaiah falls naturally into two great portions, the first of which includes chapters 1-39, aod tho second the remaining; chapters of the book. Of tho first part (36-39 in- as tho accredited messenger and re] resentative of God that he was r. spected and obeyed if at all-Sot thy house in order--Literall; "Give command to thy house." TI parting command of a man about, t die was considered sacred and him Compare Jacob's chargo t »h (Ge xlix rish. It clus precedin ,' agai fori. taller . the iaptei 2. Turned his face t i Davi so preceding an more or less strictly prophetic. The historical chapters are introduced into tho body of the prophetical book for the purpose of giving tho reader of the prophecies a sunnmary of important facts concerning thc life of tho great prophet. They are a summary of the events narrated in 2 Kings xViii. 13 to xx. 19, from which account they were doubtless taken. Tho two accounts diiTer as regards important matters only in two points; tha summary in Isaiah does not record Hezekiah's submission mentioned in 2 Kings xviii. 14-16, but does insert Hezekiah's psalm of thanksgiving on his recovery *chap xxviii. 9-20), tho latter not being found in the account in Kings. The parallel accounts should be read together. Verse 1. In those dayst--This expression is doubtless to be taken as an indefinite reference to some portion of Hezekiah's reign, the chronology of which as a matter of fact presents many difficulties. From the arrangement of the narrative, both here and in 2 Kings, it would seem as if the sickness of HoKckiah followed the retreat of Sennacherib, but a closer examination leads us to conclude otherwise. From 2 Kings xx. 12 and Isa. xxxix 1 it is plain that tho sickness preceded the embassy of Merodach-laladan, king was ling of Babylon from 721 to of liabylon. But Merodach-baladan 709 B. C, and again for a brief period during 702 B. C. Sennacher- ib's i the j - II. kiah which preceded the embassy sent by tho Babylonian king (probably during his second and shorter reign) must have preceded the deliverance of Jerusalem from the Assyrian king, which occurred still later. The events, therefore, of chapters 38 and 39 precede in point of time those of chapters 36 and 37. Isaiah the Prophet--The author of large parts of the book bearing his name, living in the time of Uzziah, Jothan, Aliaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. The greatest of Hebrew prophets, and, at the same time, doubtless, tho greatest of Hebrew statesmen. He was especially noted for the strength of his personality, the wisdom of his statesmanship, tho length and unbroken assurance of his ministry, the. almost unaided service which he rendered to Judah at the greatest crisis of her history, the purity and grandeur of his style, and the great influence he exerted on subsequent prophecy. Thus faith Jehovah--Tho prophet's author!!/ -.Vas «*>t his own. It was . Reir.ei walked--W ate prodec this mar ha v. here used i .'""the "e reigned in hence he m thirty-nine years old and in the fif- jenth year of his r-ign. 6. I will deliver thoo and this city fact that the siege of the city had ; yet taken place. Doubtless this time anticipated and greatly shadow on the steps . . dial of Ahaz--We are to think of a pyramid of step* on tha top of which stood a short piilae or obo-constructed that when tho in the morning the shadow liar just covered the lowest As the 5 in the e sky the shadow shortened, climbi stop by step to the foot of the obe-at the top of the pyramid. After i,as tho sun descended toward the west the shadow gradually descended on the opposite or eastern ide of tho pyramid. Thus the portion of tho shadow on tho steps of the pyramid indicated quite accurately tho time of the day. Clocks and watches were at this time unknown. The retreating shadow mira-usly lengthening tho day was a pledge, as some have thought, symbolic of the postponement of that ight in which no man can work" ?ath), which had so nearly overtaken the king. HER BUSINESS. 'What business is Miss Gaddie in?'*. 'O! she's in everybody business." Ah! Wholesale, eh?" Yes, except when it comes to a scandal. Sho retails that.'i ict that she exactly resembled thor. started a fresh career of c assin.g herself off as tho latter, l tho course of timo so much an ncc to tho respectable double ;sulted that she disappeared ! er native land forever. A young boy, sent home from >ng voyage by a feUow-passenge ATEFUL SIS'! t appeared, and v i yea ■ th •re married. Then tinge to add. o story, the real life as passing through the o see the boy and also The sister then at lo to thank him, but, she, unlike all others, luch resembled And she was thinking Had we met I should •eal preserv said to hei y thing, b. the other self" that, liko many other stage folks, generally considered so unlucky for 'doubles* to meet, I am quite affected when I suddenly see you." Would she, therefore, kindly send the actress word when she intended t» be present? The reply that camo back was that the woman herself was terribly superstitious, she had not known that meetings of "doubles" wero "unlucky," but now aware of tho fact, she would never see the across i lay again. Since then, how-ver, the two have beea consistent orrespondents. TAKES HIS DOUBLE'S PLACE. ears ago a certain. English rsonage had a "double," an oyster opener in a res-For the fun «f the thing >er of royalty donned the en sleeves and apron and i the guests. One customer, detecting some difference in the attendant's manner, asked why he had become so dignified. The joking re-Been presented at court." Whereupon the customer, of course, i ignorance, actually said to royal-f. "Would not 'been up in court' s more likely?" Believing in the "unlucky to meet your 'double' " theory above mentioned, a millionaire, who learned that a certain individual exactly resembled him, gave that "shadow" a substantial sum to leave the country. The man went to the West Indies, and, by causing it to be suspected that he was the rich person's twin brother, he obtained unlimited credit and acquired, a fortune. The moral not lost to others. Another millionaire was informed where his 'other self" could be seen. A meeting being however, exactly what was ' desired, the other man was hand-ely remunerated to get out of the way. Years afterwards tho millionaire learned that his supposed "dou- claim to the courts. REFUSED THEIR REQUEST In 1887 the Privy Council refused a joint application from repress fives of tho Catholic church. Church of England and the citizens of Quebec, asking that £30,000, hold by the British Government an collect off as rentals upon this pre petty. sWffld be equally divided b< tween fife two churches in Quebec The Pri Council, with the assen of Queep Victoria, decided that th lvir woluld in timo appear, and that «, too, tho lack of the kitchen or upon the back porch necessitates hundreds of steps in a day in going up and down the back steps to empty pails and pans of water. The drain in a kitchen would savo all these, and added to this saving of physical strength, would leave a much more clean and healthful back yard, which, without the drain, must, during the winter and early spring months become offensive both to sight and smell. By all means have the water supply in the house. The hard water tho driven^vell even*if the well is in the kitchen or on tho back, porch, and it has been demonstrated that with only windmill power a complete water system, including bath tub, chair and lavatory, with hot and cold water pipes can be had in tho ordinary farmhouse as well as in the Tho of I iial io the farmhouse is often noticed. Window in all rooms should be arranged so that they may be opened from both top and bottom. The main living room, which often serves a double purpose, should be treated to a fresh air bath every morning. We preach and practice giving the sleeping mis proper >r of buckwheat cakes is often left living room until tho vegetables king for i" Windows should not only vide l of i wed t ' la'io s their te- lle s rrpose, that of letting Una his vast fortune t he French and India lie English conquere 1 of his estates an avo. you been for forty Campbell'?" said Sir Wil-er, when Mrs. Campbell family and i the ■ nly only i have Wilfrid, ;H his wife, was a collateral nt to the Lambert estate. FOUND DOCUMENTS. tic efforts of Mrs. Campv lild of the late Leander Kingston, N. Y., so far 1 only in finding many 'hich Montreal and Quebec lawyers told her did not exist had been lost. rrs. Campbell's father, Leander Lambert, was tho eldest son of Lambert, of Quebec, who o Troy about 1850 and in 185S. Leander had ind one child, Mrs. Camp-born before the young fa-to St. Louis on business > the idler city. id fell a i emic which swept < The e Oampbell would not cotme int< al possession of this. Tt is e ' ir the British law, she saj would have only a life ir i the right, however, to iims the properties. THE SCIENCE OF WHEELS. Attention has been called by technical writers to tho fact that the wheels of vehicles intended for driving-roads have not kept pace in development with the other parts of u'riage mechanism. Experiments ith heavy vehicles indicate that heels should be made both higher and broader. In England it has been recommended that with a maximum, tie load of eight tons the width of ■6 should be about 10 J inches. Urease of the diameter of the wheel is said to be more effective in pre-rmting damage to road-beds than idth of tire. HEAVIEST BACK BURDENS. Probably the greatest weights carried on tho backs of men for any distance are the loads of ore brought up from the mines of the Andes by lers of Chili. In a copper mine in ravine leading from the main range of the Cordilleras, all the ore is carried a vertical distance of 450 feet, and the average weight per man is 250 lb. This load is carried up ladders made of notched trunks of trees, set almost upright, one touching the other. plants are desirable in it to see every window filled to its utmost capacity with pi practice. Let the cheery living r have at least one win-dow set aside free,of plants that if the "gudo mo wants to draw nearer the light reading on a dark day, he can do without fear of knocking over plant jar. Better have a few vi kept plants arranged so as not be in the way than a promiscuc quantity occupying every pleas* 'Ihe wide porch is much in fashi to-day and for once, at least, fashi conforms to comfort and convenien Eight feet is none too wide for t porch to a farmhouse and two these add much to the architectural beauty and give ample room for use. "he front or side porch can be fur- isle d i rugs laid down, rockers and a hammock;, Then, too, liow delightful to the little ones to have the table set for supper on this wide porch, especially to mark a birthday. After the day's work is over what better place for the family to gather than on the porch and enjoy an hour with papers, books or with the children? Tho wide back porch is both handy and comfortable. In the summer much of the kitchen Work can be dono outside and in the winter it affords a place to clean the shoes, or remove rubbers before coming in- The farmhouse can, and should, bo built with an eye for conveniences, light, ventilation, beauty in location and warmth. Upon the latter we have not touched but the furnace burning either coal or wood is thi proper way of heating the farmhouse and the expense of one is not beyond Tic moans of tho average farmer. Wo-icn should look up and study out all mvenienccs tending to help them in ieir housework and then have tho ighb to direct the arrangement of lie house when it is being built. FOR THE COOK. Pineapple Ice--Soak 1 cup tapioca ver night, add 1 cup granulated sugar;, scrape or chop the soft par pineapple and stir well tapioca. Place on ice and servo as >ld as possible with sugar sprinkled For Queen Alexandra's pudding beat a good-sized egg to a froth, work two tablespoonsful of flour and it, and add half a pint) of new milk, with' a pinch of salt. Butter a pint puddingdish, line thickly with raspberry jam, then pour in tho batter. Lay a sheet of buttered white paper top and steam for an hour, 'or rhubarb jelly stew about a und of rhubarb jelly till tender, th enough sugar to sweeten, and little lemon peel. Pass it through sieve, and add one ounce of gela-to dissolved in half a pint of water; this, with the pulped rhubarb, should measure nearly a quart. Col-r with cochineal, and pour into a could. Turn out when cold, and pour custard round. To make them, cut some thin slices of bread and butter, and trim them ly. - Boil two eggs till quite hard, lay them in cold water, and shell when cold. Then chop them f, and mix with them a dozen stoned and finely minced olives. Add the juice of half a lemon, and season _ -efully. Spread the mixture on the bread and butter, roll up lightly, or r with another slice, a child there is a great charm about any cake or dainty which i» the mado at home for its special benefit and pleasure, and this is why we suggest these little cocoa-nut cakes. The recipe is very simple:--Mix together half a pound of desiccated cocoa-nut; two tablespoonfuls of flour, and half a pound of castor sugar. Now whisk up tho whites of two eggs and stir in. Make the mixture into small rough cakes, and bake, on greased paper, in a quick oven till slightly brown. Rhubarb Souffle.--Stew about a pound of rhubarb in a quarter of a pint of water and half a pound of sugar. When tender press it through a sieve, and mix it into a quarter of a pound of cornflour, then add the beaten, yolks of two eggs and a little lemon- juice. Take from the fire, color it with a e cochineal, and add the well-ten whites of the eggs. Pour into mttered dish (only threo parts full to allow pudding to rise) and bake for three-quarters of an hour. Before serving tie a piece of paper -ound the basin, and send to tabie is soon as possible. LAUNDERING LACE CURTAINS. Curtains badly smoked or otherwise soiled can be made to look almost as good as new if carefully laundered, '""his is my way of washing; thorn, 'rites Mrs. G. Gray. I first brush ut all dust possible. I then put hem in a tub of lukewarm rainwater ,nd soap them well with naphtha soap, roll up and let soak in the r two or three hours. Then I 1 and pat and work them gh the water gently, as they easily. When I think they aro I put through a wringer and rse in soft water, tho tempera-of tho first. To this I add a small handful of powdered borax, I it mates them beautifully white, er standing a short time they are roughly rinsed and wrung out of 3 water and blued and starched, the floor of a spare room I 'teh sheets and on them stretch curtains. Here two can work an advantage. Take opposite cars', pull gently and evenly, pinning sewing in place. If the curtain a scalloped edge, it will pay t to fasten each point. Several curtains may bo done at once, one over the other. Leave until dry. WHEN MOTHS PREVAIL. Shavings made from cigar bo*e-aro convenient for placing in woolen clothes when packing them away for the summer. Those who dislike the odor of moth balls, and this odor will cling to the clothes until the frost takes it out, will find furs and all woolen clothes perfectly safe if sealed in newspapers as moths dislike printers' ink. In the city of Oakland, California, lived, a few years ago, a horse as beautiful, intelligent and affectionate .s ever a horse could be. "Prince" .-as his name, and well it fitted him. He was a fine, largo chestnut, with yes wherein affection and intellect 'ere apparent to the most casual ob- Tho readiness with which ho understood what was said to him was le-kable. "Prince," his mistress Id say, "I would like to visit . Y-," and as Mrs. Y. was a particular friend of his, Prince would most readily and rapidly to her «. Again Miss 0- would tell him to go to the bank for money, and there he would go, or to the ttable where oats, bran and hay wero 0 be ordered, and ho would trot here at a lively rate. Ho was always spoken to exactly is a person would have been. Once 1 lady who was riding with Miss 3- was surprised to have him take her home and stop before the house. "Oh, Prince," she said, "won't you ive me a little longer ride?" Ho shook a knowing head and raced around tho block twice, stop-tlmn as before, as if to inform her that the trip had been of a reasonable length. No end of little incidents of a like *ture might be related of him. Upon the return of Miss C-from threo years' absence Frince, on hearing her voice, neighed and ran to her with such demonstrations of as no other living thing had accorded her, putting his soft nose nst her shoulder and talking in anguage until hor eyes wero filled with happy tears.--Our Dumb Ani- FAST RAILWAY-MAKING, here is now in uso a new railway track-layer, which, with a crew " forty men, will lay two miles of track a day. Tho track-layer has a crane 00 ft. long, which projects forward over the road and hauls behind it a train of sixteen cars loaded with tics and rails, ntinuous doublo line of cars ss constantly over rollers and es the ties with it. Both rails ties aro seized at the proper by the machinery and placed on the road in front of the train, where they shortly form part of the track which it passes. TAXING AMUSEMENTS. Russia has probably tho most, curias tax in tho world. It is called le "amusement tax," and was it.sti-ited a year or two ago to found an istitution for the poor, under the tie of the "Empress Marie Found-aid upon every sold, id the agers increase the price accordingly. Already more than 1,000,000 roubles have been raised in that way. ITS BUSY DAY. r doth the busy ant disport •. picnics overmuch, iding cakes or *vexf eozfc