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(ie ] : Dy ne i te My There comes street Sweetheart Still. at times on the busy As the crowds glimpse of a cheek by, rounded £0 hurrying A soft and Or a glint In some,;hazel eye. And lo! Im again a farmer, boy In the old schoolhouse on tha hill, And acr me the aisle are the golden ul OtSr There comes at time on a far way ¥ 'tite! e sweetheart stili. back As my homeward path I tread, The ringing sound of a sclvviboys shou As he *y ishe s by on his And ean Ii treading the country heotet the woods and by the mill; And the form on my iittie red sied be- i hind Is my little sweetheart still. There a a £io o'V On aoe group about the hearth, The ae of a smile or, a gracefud at time in the firelight's the eve ning: 8 the thougtits doubly tinked With the thoughts that the present ill, mirth, past are cheery of the For the smile ip it meets mine in an- swer come: From my olde time sweetheart still, THE SAILOR HAT. its Kenewed Popularity is Already Well Assured, The sailor hat of last season will find a strong rival in the English walking hat, which has made a most successiul debut @Bis spring. 'Phese are quite as satisfactory, and, Inany cases, far more becoming and are straws. the severe style ot the sailor same seen in the kinds of 4 wt ie = SS This Years Sailor Hat'ts. Bands of ribbon, a quill or a buckied strap furnish the trimming of these popular shapes. Sailor hats of Panama" straw, high crown and stiff brim, are trim- med profusely with violets. wings and bunches of ribbon for, afternoons or when the occasion calls elaborate toilet. The shape of the old reliable sailor hat has not ene. ead to any great extent, and may De seen with wide or narrow brims, high crowns or those slightiy larger at the top; in short, sty ies whieh appar- entiv have not. changed at ail.--HEven- ing Telegram. How They Toust Us. Woman--The sweetest creature the Lord ever made. Woman--The source of help, happ'- ness and heaven. Woman--She needs no evlogy; she speaksfer-herself: Woman--A creature "nobly planned, to warn,.to comfort and command." Woman--Once there was a2 woman, sir, and here she is! Woman--The fairest work of the great Author; the edition is large, and no man should be without a copy: Woman--The tyrant we love, the friend we trust. Woman--God bless her, all creation. NEW ORANGE PEELER. Little Utensil That Very Well. An tIpgenious little nstrument valuo hi been pat- and is freely sold by there. of novel form..T ingenious much practical ented in France eutlers and silversmiths an orange-peeler, An is are practically three instruments combined In one, an ordinary knife Made along the back of the instru- ment, 2 short hook, sharpened to an A 2 ; 74 WON, . Pat * ; i BY \ \ P ' I, ; , Ley é, ' | Ww? "\pemmaee j i} j Poe ay fy , Wen, A 7 + ag French Orange Teeler. edge, on the inside, and a little round edge in the point of the hook. The orange is taken in the the short hook is then rind and drawn down straight, care left hand, and being taken to follow the lines of the | the fruit down to almost The inner edge of the hook rind, which is loosened by the hook, and if the points of the sec- tion8 of skin thus cut are taken be- tween the thumb of the right hand and the flat edge the skin is easily detached. Several oranges peeled in this way and arranged on a plate | make a very artistic effect on the | dinner table. sections its base. cuts the o! A ahgersiatl CLUB. Which May or May Not Spread. A group of young women in Wasi with | for amore | the queen of Works inserted in the | "ne a uate organized what they call Equa tandard..-Purity ~Club, ose is to discourage impur~ to -- yes ity in every way "give the penitent of both sexes .an equal chance to reform." Whgt the mem- bers cnnasder an effectit@#method of vapour apeiwiad the priva lives of young men has been devised and wiil be put into operation at once. Every young man whose private life is found to aan re or whose languag vulgar or unchaste will be blacklisted, This blacklist will be in the hands of the executive committee, the mem- bers will be informed, "and they ore pledged then to refuse to receive the patent tion of persons on the blacklist, Although the Equal Standard Purity Club has been an organization for less than a month, it already promises to be very successful. About bers are now. interested. pected that this movement will tend to other cities. Inquiries have m received relative to the pledge which the members ti ol Se New Spring Sleeve. That sleeves are to be worn smaller seems certain. This is'one of the new style, and the make may be varied. It can be cut in one material, slight- ly ruckled down the seam, or, if used | ef Ae | f <M, 3 | MON in thin material, in may greater. the fulness gathered Another style is embroidered silk, and the puff in ipliuin silk. The same style in chiffon | worn with evening dress. A Stylish Tilt. 5 Velvet Corsage, | .The costume here sketched | Vided with a skirt of rich, material, dark blue }Ored shot, but the copper glow ) ed i | little spots that seemed under the sure | face of*the cloth, he corsage was and the sleeves shot A licht tint of biue Was pro- wide fancy Plnin blue velvet, copper silk, » with } { runiung through it. They were cov- ;ered with circular pieces of the dark blue velvet about as big as pennies, appliqued on to With copper threads. The small vest j;and collar matched, and just round the opening, showing the vest was an outilne of narrow copper Iace. Smart Enough. UGK This soft white felt has a slightly iturned-up brim and indented crown, | while at the left side three black | quills,.32vhith rise from a cluster of | white violets; are made notable by fan applique of white velvet, painted | and shaped in the likeness of butter- ilies. Notary J. E. Roy, of Levis, has been ag the Conservative candidate for Bellechasse for the Commons. : make. the fitting part in brocade | and copper-coi- | the silk and connected | Me DY Yig2 Lip Al Re ia can pit = on) The 'Divine" Sara SARA a carries LEAVES TORONTO. off human ¢ poils. "SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL. LESSUN--NW.III April 19,1896. The Lost Found--Luke xv. 1-24, Supt.--What is the Golden Text? School.--There is joy in the presence | of the angels of God over one sinner | that repenteth.--Luke xv. 10, Supt.--What is the Central Truth ? SchooL--The path of * repentance ; leads to restoration. Supt.--What is the Topic? School--Sin and Grace. Supt.--What is the Outline? School.--I. The Father's Home. Il. The Departure. II. The Return. LY. The Welcome. Time.--A. D. 29, Place.--Jerusalem. Versons.--Jesus. Vhurisees, eribes, | publicans, sinners. Commentary.--ll. A certain man had two sons--This has been called the pearl among parables ; a gospel in the Gospel. And it is one of those passages, preserved by Luke alone, which seem to remind us that Luke was not a Jew, but a Gentile--Whedon. The man is here the image of God. The two sons de- note mass of men, as divided at that moment before the Saviour, into Publicunms and Pharisees. Strictly speaking, both the sons sketched here are lost--the one through the un- righteousness that degrades hiim, the other through the self-rightecusness Which blinds him.--Lange 2. The gyounger--Here the publi- other immoral and irre- Jews are represented.--Scott. me the portion off goods--This imperious demand of i younger seems. strange to us. Such i divi- i however, in the lifetime of the ither, Was not uncommon i ust. There Was,' however, 1 law Which required such stowal of property parents' lifetime. It wus a free gift part of the futher. --Spence. His de- mand-for-his goods Is most probably be explained by the fact that the elder received as his -inheritante double share of the estiute, younger members single shure. He divided unto them--Thus, God, When His service no longer appears iu perfect freedom, and man promises himself! something far better else- where, allows him to mi ike the trial; and he shall discover, need be by saddest proof,that to depart from Him' ~.tf-the yoke, but to he a one gracious B th rousind tyrants and Jords.--T many days after--Intoxicat- his new-found resources, and the luxury of using them wil--J. FP. & Bb. A far country he might receive no more control fram his father. Riotous living--This was among har- lots (verse SU), the readiest -way to exhaust the body, debase the mind, ruin 'the soul, and destroy the sub- stance.--Clarke. 14. mighty providence ldlding back mysterious famine un- famine--A the til he was in ap sae inces to feel it in all its rigor.--Bar He began to be in want--His associates were not in a position to help him. His fortune was gone, but no one gave heed to his need. The whole com- pany of riotous people suifer tp- gether. 15., Joined himselfi--Entered into ser- vice, hired himself sut to him. A citi zen--A resident of the land of sin, one who owned property there. To feed swine--We can hardly avoid see- ing, in the ignoble de "pe: ndence into ich this. young Jew Tals under a heathen master, an allusion the position of the publicans who were engaged in the service the Roman power.--Godet. 16, Would fain have filled--For it fs only his anima! nature that man in his lost depravity is able to think of feed- or sus 'taining. --Whedon. Some- what of the swine's fodder, is now his highest desire, without bis being able even to obtain a part of that.--Lange. With the husks--A wild fruit of a tree called the carob treediand is common Lia Ionia, Syria and Rhodes. Its fruit is used to fatten swine, and also it is food for the poorer people. It is mealy, and has a sweetish taste. It grows in ----_ one ooh of little account.-- No nh gave unto him--Dur- ing this iis of famine; when the poor herdsman's goer did not ct to 4 hunger, he was ol ing duced to covet the coirse bean with which the herd was carefully fattened, when he drove it-home; the swine Were in reality more precious than he. --Godet. When he came to himself--A of in i represented in the sacred Writings as a course of folly and madness ; and repentance is repre- sented as a restoration to sound sense. ; He had acted against his judgment science.--Whitby. Hired servants--The hired servants in the Father's house, are the chureh; they labor for Him, and are rewarded with the true bread, [ perish--Now when the pride of his heart is broken, no fals@hame holds 18 e cpreneitins wake the Hebrews, to de note entering on a piece of business. --Barnes. The repentance of the pro- digal was real, no mome ntary flash of sorrow. There was before long and weary journey and he--brought up in luxury--had to face it without means. Father--Though no more worthy isting relationship, though degrad- ed and defiled, not asking to be made a servant, but remaining a son to be made as servant, willing to take _ lowest place and do the meanest rtk.--J. F. & B. Against Heaven-- Agains nst God. 19. One of thy hired servants--The son embodied in himself all classes of wanderers and aliens irom God, both Jew and Gentile. As a Jew he had a natural born sonshin. But as a Gen- tile, he took the position of an alien. He had forfeited his 'birthright. was the mercy of God which restored his sonship.-- Whedon. 20. He arose-- From his misery an object of wrath. I 21. have sinned--A cry of repent- ant love. 22. Bring forth the best rovbe--Tlie Hest token of forgiveness. garment of the principal Jew ring--T! he went br are foot. 23.--Fatted calf--Kept for aur oceasiona, 24. -This-my-son--The par- tween father and son. Lost to-all good--given up to all evil. --Clark. Is alive--Restored to the family. Was lost--Was deprived of all home comforts be ing in a strange and, absorbed in sinful pleasures. Is found--In his place under parents ul care, gubject to-all the rules of home. PRACTICAL SURVEY. The Fathers home represents God's position towards Fatherhood: e This family relationship means () His dwelling with us, as a father with his children, "heving union or fellow- ship with higtown They dwell un- der the easiest in one family cir- cle God, as fa the r over us, desires to be near us all, and thus to always live, (2) Ris control over us. As nu father direets the ways of his child- ren, wensiig? heir lives Standard of right, so choose our way for us und direet us to His glory education of our spirits. Chile rte ire born with natural capacities, but with gm@-ecucation. 'They need to be y ednene id so that they will develop in physieal, mental and spiritual power, and, thus become strong, and. useful im' the world, being an honor to par- ents. So onr heavenly Father edu cates Hfis children in the things of His kingdom, and in this life prepares us for the home abc¥e. {is par- ental satisfaction with us. so fills the parent heart with jor see his child developing that , rich and noble character, which he has sought for his child through training and education. The far country is the Tt is "ae far from aration land of God. from Him in it frit and sym- sented in the conduct of the younger nm. The return to father's house was decided upon, when the eon repel to realize his actual disgrace a E pegs Every step away from none led that wretched condition in which and his con- | him longer from considering his own ee ee in its true light. 18, I will arise--This is a common y to} be called his son, he claimed the ex- | "The Tals ir was a long ite upper |! A signet ring--The ite of aj free man. Shoes on his feet--Servants'| ental love still feels the relation be- | Was..dead--+ Nothing | leads to sep- pathy, and also from His wise coun- sels Self-seeking is the essence of | sin. uwakens the spirit of dis- content, so that all that God pro- vides and offers is rejected, and t1 strong desire for inde Re sndence 'fr God rules, This ios Oo extrava- gance and sin. Ti vay to the far country is downw nia. Selfish pride begins the woy, leading still down- ward to wandering until it reaches servile bondage, and then wretched- ness und shame this is repre- he found himself. He left home in a independent spirit, and wilfully dis obeyed every wish father, un- th he has w bstance. Se brought him iB utte enjoyments of sin were sho The ~ in his 'sinful jo i no longer than his fortune. He fared Worse than a_ hireling, received no pity or help. He was degraded. i ogi was aroused. Hig un- derstanding was enlightened. His sensibility Was touched, His will was subdu This was his part to maintain, besides making an effort to secure freedom. He ; relcome home brought pathos | into. the humble confession. | Sincere and humble. There we {slow argument or questioning | the father. He was a father still full of pitying, pardoning love. was | expecting a return, and was prepared | to provide for it. Nothing was lack- | ing, or slow in Coming, to fully restore the lost son. He was clothed |} son. He was welcomed at the of bounties, which were on hand at his coming. The restoration was so | complete, the past so cut off, that the | natural outburst of freedom and joy was enjoyed. Father and son were se | truly united that no sorrow remained. The question of being a servant was | not considered. He was alive to all | his former relations and privileges. ; The parable was most perfect for the needs of the . company of hearers. 1 i --$--_ ----_____. 1 NO SUCH THING AS OLD AGE To Those Who Use South American Nervine. A Lady of 80 Years Perman- ently: Cured. pene Wordsworth spea serene and bright, and lovely Lapitind night," «and elsewhere this Same writer taiks of "An old age beautiful and free." These are condi- | tions that come to the man or the | Woman, though their years border close on to a century, in the enjoy ment difficult to of some men and women on tlie of to-day us old people, there to be such a perennial youth- about their every movement ks of "An old age us ih seems fulness John Dinwoody has been a re- of LFlesherton, Ont., for over and there is no person in country side around oe lady, an w ou o her. this event con thinte ly system of Mrs. Dinwoody. josed her end had come. She doc- tored for one yeur with three doc- tors, and they guve her case up, say- ing that it Was one of old ave, and no one, nor any medicine, could a her good. Mage of the kind of stuf that gives beauty to old age ue amy time, she did not despair. She was influenced to try Nervine. She took three bottles, and this was sut- fic ient to show that her end was not 3 From these she obtained relief. She persevered, and: in all ae tweélre bottles of the medicine, with. the re- sult that she is beatles comple cured of that breaking up of the : tem that threatened her three years ago. There is nothing wonderful-in the fact that Mrs. Dinw6ody would pro- chiinty to thé thousands aj old people throughout this broad land that with old age doesnot -necessarity come dé- kept in proper condition .the system well able to withstund disease as_at.30. With-this-prospect-in view, who would not live to an old age and enjoy the pleasures of family. friends and society, and take part in watching the wera hes progress and developmen of these days of a wonderfifl century, 3 as not the least of its discoveries the discovery American Nervine ? cline, decrepitude and disease. Why | should we not live into the eighties and nineties and cross the border of |} the century ? |} South American Nervine. whether the person be young or old, gets ut | the nerve centres, and when they are a ilo South WHEN EC ONOMY ECONOMIZES., 'Will it pay ?" showld be the first niticatht asked when looking over the old clothes with a view to mak- ing over. Time should be considered first, and if it can be put to a better use then let the garment go and buy a new one. If time will permit, then consider whether the garment will | look well enough when completed to | be Satisfactory. Willit have a shabby, | miide-over look, and if so, will a quantity of new material remove that objection? Then consider pense of the new goods, make a few ficures if "necessary, and once de- ciding that a paying invest- | ment, rip, cleanse and make, with a hearty faith in the good results.-- April Ladis Home Journal. PRECEPT AND EXAMPLE. Parishioner--Your sermon - yester- day morning, dector, on the necessity |}of purifying our i hearty approval. | the way, we hoid fl are maki rnest fear to elect a decent alderman, > need the hes the ward. x- that convenient. il in the morning-- v. Dr. Lastly--Call for me? What \for ? Parishioner--To j to I pl ace vote | oO the polling fo pemettnment Rev. Dr. Lastiy--What Let my- | self down. into the dirty aot of poli- tics ? Countenance by my presence the raffianism and vulgarity of the polls trother Millsap, you grieve me bey ond my power to express!