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? < ? [. MAIWA'S 3t> M ... O ALLAN QUATERMAIN'S ( Rtr H Dmtn -?-? J *? *4 A 1/1. J .duiftor 0/ "iS7w," "King CHAPTER VIII. 13 Continued. "Then, of course, lie guessed that I had bad something to do with your seizing the koppie and holding it while the Impi rushed the place from the mountain, so he determined to torture me to dea.h before help could come. "Oh, heavens, what ? mercy it is to hear English again!" "How long have you been a prisoner here. Every V" I asked. "S'x year;; and a bit. Quaterruai-; 1 have lost couut of the odd months lately. "I camc up here with Major Aldry and three other gentlemen and forty bearers. "That devil Wambc ambushed us ami murdered ilie lot to get their guns. "They weren't much use to him when he got them, being breech-loaders, for the fools fired away all the ammunition in a month or two. "However, they are all in good or-der, and hanging up in the hut there. "They didn't kill ine, because one of them saw me mending a gun just before they attacked us, so they kept ine as a kind of armorer. "Twice I triod to make a bolt of it. but was caught each time. "Last time Wambe had me flogged very nearly to death; you can see the cV. scars on my back. "Indeed, I should have died if it liadn't been for the girl Maiwa, who nurse^ me by stealth. "He got that accursed iron trap v among our things also, and I suppose be has tortured between one and two hundred people to death with it. "It was his favorite amusement, and be would go every day and sit anu y > watch his victim till he died. "Sometimes he would give him food and water to keep him alive longer, leuing mm or iiei" iuai uk wuuiu ici them go if lie lived to a certain day. , "But lie never did let tliem go. "Tliey all died there, and I could how you their bones behind that rock." "The devil!" I said, grinding my teeth. "I wish I hadn't interfered. I .wish I had left bun to the same fate." "Well, he got a'taste of it, anyway," 6aid Every. "I'm glad he got a taste. "There's justice in it, and now lie's gone to a place where I hope there's anothefr one ready for him! 'Y.y Jove! I should like to have the setting of it!" And so he talked on, and I sat and listened to him, wondering how he had kept his reason for so many years. But he didn't talk as I have told it, in good English. He spoke very slowly, and as though : - lie ha"d got something in his moutb, continually using native words, because the English ones had slipped his memory. At Inst Voln r>nmo lin .onrl tnlfl n* tli.it food was made ready, and thankful enough. were we to get it, I can tell you. After we had eaten we had a consultation. Quite a thousand of Wambe's soldiers were put hors de combat, but at least two thousand remained hidden in the bush and rocks, and these men,, together with those in the outlying kraals, were a source of possible danger. The question arose, therefore, what was to be done; were they to be followed or left alone? I waited until everybody had spoken, some giving one opinion and some another, and then, being appealed to, I gave mine. It was to the effcct that Xala should take a leaf out of the great Zulu T'Chako's book and incorporate the ] tribe not destroy it. We had a good many women among the prisoners. Let them, I suggested, be seat to the hiding Places of the soldiers and make an offer. If the men wculd come and lay down their arms and declare their allegiance to Nala, they and their town and cattle should be spareu. Wambe's eaitle alone would be seized ns the prize of war. Moreover. Wambe having left no children, his wife, Maiwa should be declared ehieftainess of the tribe, Voider Nala. If they did not accept this offer by the morning of the second day, it should be taken as a declaration that they wished to continue the war. Their town should be burned, their cattle, which our men were already collecting and driving in in great numbers, would be taken, and they would be hunted down. This advice was at oncc declared to be wise, and acted 011. The women were dispatched, and I saw f*om their faces that they never expected to get such terms, and did not think that their mission would be in vain. Nevertheless, we spent that afternoon in preparation against possible surprise, and also in collecting all the iwounded of both parties into a hospital iwhich we extemporized out of some huts, and there attended to them as best we could. That evening poor Every had the first pipe o- tobacco that he had tasted for six years. . Poor fellow, he nearly cried with joy * over it. The night passed without any sign of attack, and on the following morning .we" began to see the effect ol our" message, for women, children, and a few men cam-, in in little knots, ami took possession of their hunts. It was, of course, rather difficult to prevent our men from lo:ting, and generally going on as natives, and, for the matter of that, white men, too, are in the habit or doing alter a .victory. But one man who, after warning, jwas caught maltreating a woman, was brought out and killed by Nala's order, and though there was a little grumbling Uiat'put a stop to furtLer trouble, revenge! R t 3REATEST ADVENTURE. wr & HAGGARD. r Solomon's Mines," Etc. ulTweT^acnmornmgTne headmen auci numbers of their followeds came in in groups, and about midday a deputation of the former presented themselves before us without their weapons. They were conquered, they said, and Warn be was dead, so they came to heai' the words of the great lion who I had eaten them up. and of the crafty white mnn. th*> iarknl wlin lmd (lit? n ! hole for them to fall in, and of Maiwa. Lady of War. who had led the charge and turned1 the late of the battle. So we let them hear the words; and when we had done an old man rose and said that in the nan'ie of the people he accepted the yoke that was laid upon their shoulders, and that the more gladly because even the rule of a woman could not be worse than the j rule of Wambe. .Moreover, they knew Maiwa the Lady of War, and feared her not, though she was a witch, and terrible to see in battle. Then Nala asked his daughter if she was willing to become chieftainess of the tribe under him. Maiwa, who had been Tery siienr I since her revenge was accomplished, I answered yes. that she was, anil that i her rule should be jrood and pentle to I those who were good and gentle to ! her, but the forward "and rebellious j she would suiite with a rod of iron, ! which, from my knowledge of her charj acter, I thought exceedingly probable. The headmen replied that that was I a good saying, and they did not com' plain at it, and so the meeting ended. Next day we spent in preparation for j departure. :uiiiu L'ui^sisieu cuiciijr 411 supcun- 1 , tending the digging up of the stockade J of ivory tusks, which I did with the greatest satisfaction. ! There were some five hundred of i them altogether. I made inquiries about it from Ev- ! j ery, who told me that the stockade had ; 1 been there so long that nobody seemed i ! to exactly know who had originally | ! collected the tusks. There was, however, a kind of super; stitious feeling about them, which had t always prevented the chiefs frop try: ing to sell this great mass of ivory. Every and I examined it carefully. I and fouud that although it was so old, . its quality was really as good as ever, : and there was very little soft ivcry in 1 the lot. At first I was rather afraid lest, now ' that my services had been rendered, j. Nala should hesitate to part witli so ! much valuable property; but this was not the case. When I spoke to him on the subject [ i Iia mnnftlw eo M i "Take it, Macumazahn, take it?yon I Lave earned it well." And to speak the truth, though I say i it who shouldn't, I think I had. | So we pressed sevtral hundred Matui ku bearers into our service, and next 1 day marched off with the lot. Before we went I took a foimal farewell of Maiwa. whom we left witli a bodyguard of 300 men to assist lier in tettliug the country. She gave me her hand to kiss in a ; greenly sort of way, and then said: "Macumazahn, you are a brave man, | and have been a good fi'end to me in i my need. "If ever you want help or shelter, re: member that Maiwa has a good mem: ory for friend and foe. "All I have is yours." And so I thauked ner ana wenr. She certainly was a very remarkable i I .woman. j A year or two ago I heard that her father Nala was dead, and that she [ had succeeded to the chieftainship of ! both tribes, which she ruled with great ! justice and firmness. I can-assure 3011 that ire ascended 1 ?the pass leading to Wambs's town with reelings very different from those with ' which we had descended it a few days before. But if I was grateful for the issue of events, you can easily imagine what ! poor Every's feelings were. j "When we got to the top of the pass | he actually, before the whole Impi, ; flopped down upon his knees and J thanked heaven for his escape, with i tears running down his face. But then, as I have said, his nerves were shaken; though now that his beard was trimmed, and he had got ! some sort of clothes on his back and j hope in his heart, he looked a very different man from tba poor wretch I whom wo had rescued from death by j torture. Well, wo separated fret; Nala at the ; little stairway or pass over the mouutI aiu, Every and I and the ivory going down the river v^ich we had come up a few weeks before, and the chief returning to his own kraal on the farther side cf th; mountain. He gave us an escort of 150 men, however, with instructions to accompany us for si.: days' ji-urney, and keep the Matuliu bearers in order, and then return. 1 knew that in six days we should be able to react) a district where porters j were plentiful, and whence we could easily get the ivory conveyed to Uela goa .nay. "And diil yon land it up safe?" I asked. "Well, no,'' said Quartermain, "we lost about a tbird of it crossing a river. "A flood came down suddenly, just I as tiie meu were crossing, aud many of tbem bad to throw down tbeir tusks to save tbeir lives. "We bad no means of fishing it up, rnd so we bad to leave it, which was very sad. "However, we sold wbat remained for nearly seven thousand poundB; so we did not do so badly. "I don't mean tbat I get seven tbou sand pounds out of it, becausc, you sec. I insisted upon Every taking a half share. "Poor fellow, be bad earned It", if ever a man diil. "He set up a store .11 me old colony on the proceeds, aud did uncommon]'?' .iv ell." "And what did you do with the lion , tr?,p?" asked Henry. "Oh. I brought "that away with nic, also, and wheu I got to Durban 1 put it in iuy house. "But really I could net bear to sit opposite to it at nights as I smoked. "Visions of that poor woman and the j hand of Ler dead child would rice up j in my "lind, and also of .he other hor- j rnrs r>f whirh it hnil i pwi flic illStl'U ment. "I began to dream r.t la?:t tbat i, liad [ me by the Jej, I "That was too much for my nerves, j bo I packed it up and shipped it to its ! maker in Sheffield, whose name was ; stamped upon the steel, sending him a j letter at the same*time to tell him to j what purpose the infernal machine had been put. "I believe that he gave it to some museum or other." "And what became of the tusks of the three bulls whicli you shot? "You must have left them at Xala's : kraal, I suppose." The old* gentleman's face fe.ll at ihis question. "Ah," he said, "tbat is a very sad story. "Nala promised to send them with my goods to my agent at Delagoa, and ; so lie did. "But the men who brought them were unarmed, and. as it happened, they fell in with a slave caravan under the command of a half-breed Portuguese. who seized the tusks, and what is worse, swore that he had shol them. "I paid him out afterward, however,*' | lie added, with a smile of satisfaction, | "but it did not give me back my tusks J which no doubt have long ago been j turned into hair brushes." And he sighed. "Well," said Gocd, "that is a capital : yarn of yours. Quatermain, but " "But what?" he asked, sharply, for- | seeing a draw. "But I don't think it was so good as ! mine about the ibex?it hasn't the j same finish." Mr. Quatermain made no reply. Good was beuesth it. "Do you know, gentlemen," he said j "it is ^.30 in tho morning, and if we i are going to shoot the big wood to-mor- <. row. we ought to leave here at D.3C i sharp." "Oh, if you shoot for a liundref ; vpit-s vnn xvill never bent the report' ! of (hose three woodcock," I said. "Or of those tliree elepiiauts." added Sir Henry. And then we .".II went to bed, and ] ! dreamed '.hat I had married Malwa. and was much afraid of that deter miued lady. ' [The End.,1 LosIcrI. When a small boy recently asked what was meant by the Darwinian theory, he was greatly shocked by the i statement that many people believed j that monkeys were the ancestors of j man. "But that cannot be." he re- I peated, many times in dismay, evidently searching for a more satisfactory answer to this startling theory. Finally his face lighted up at the discovery of a conclusive argument against it. "Don't you see." he said, "some day we shall be ancestors, and we're not monkeys!"?Harper's MagA- i zine. JUonnpartf! Prouiote'l the Women, Secretary Bonaparte has shattered Navy Department traditions, which always have held it inadvisable to promote women clerks above the grade of $1200 a year. It became necessary not long ago to promote a clerk to SlflflO and the records showed that a I Miss Thomas stood highest in the matter of efficiency. Owing to precedent, however,' a man was given the placc, but as soon as the Secretary learned of this he promptly ousted the man and gave Miss Thomas promotion. A Dinner. The bosom of a mallard duck stewed down until there are no Juices going to waste, a baked potato about the size of a goose egg, two slices of Boston brown bread right out of the oven and spread with butter that has no ! athletic reputation, a spoonful of rasp- | berry jelly, a cupful of Young Hyson of moderate strength, a piece of pumpkin pie, man's size, and you have a dinner that ought to keep you in good humor until curfew j^ngs.?Nebraska State Journal. Spalce Disrespectinlly. of Kaiser. A Berlin butcher uanr.d Kisker has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment for having spoken disrespectfully or* the Kaiser. The fact that tho offense ^vr.s .oinraitctd tJ ree years ago had 110 weight with ti e juoge. Information was given to the police ngainst the butcher hy a former friend, with whom ho had quarreled. The Kaiser takes a more lenient view of lose majeste than his judges, and has frequently annulled sentences which they have passed on his subjects for this offense. Unfair. "Grandpa, what's that board got on it? That isn't the Park, there's no grass to keep oil' of," said little Gilbert, out for his Sunday walk in the woods. "All-dogs found on these premises, without their owners, will be shot." "Why, that ain't fair, grandpa! The poor dogs can't read!''?Harper's Magazine. Great Prosperity in South. It is eomputcvl that farm- properties j In the eleven States that once seceded i from the Union have risen in valutf more than $1,000,000,000 in two years. ! The average yield of these lands ;ince I this century began is $200,000,000 a ! year greater than it was in the pre- j ceding six years. Not Patented. An old French woman, exasperated by the continual boasting of a daughter-in-law who considered that her own children were the finest and best, the Bon Dieu ever made, exclaimed one day to a friend: "Really one would think thut Angele had invented mater nity."?.Ljppincou s Aiagaziue. Major Charles Gantz. a resident of this country, claims the unique distinction of being the smallest man in the world. He is thirty-nine years old. weighs only thirty pounds and is eighteen inches in height. Tlisre are more than 2,000.000 negro Et^L'its in this country. * WUSEHOLD^^ m MATTEa5 1 \ Painting tlio Kitchen Floor. "The first thing a New York womft n ?U .--i- - I u. 11 uuca yvucu duc iiiuvts ililU el uai, from all accounts," said the Southern woman, "is to go at painting the kitchen floor. She ends generally by painting herself; One womaii came to a party last week with her hair I light blue /from painting her shelves . and her hands dark brown from the i floor. "They do it much more easily in [ the South. I remember, when I lived j down there, they used to have burnt ! sienna mixed in with a lot of boiled ! linseed oil and make the negroes get j on all fours and stain the floors in those old Colonial mansions."?NewYork Press. Pretty Waslirag Case. A piece oi" brown linen fwelve inches long by six wide was lined [ with oiled silk and the edges bound | with red cotton braid. One end was j then turned over, silk side inward, to I the depth of four inches and stitched | firmly in place to simulate a pocket. The remaininc four inches formed the flap, whicrf was fastened by a button and loop. A small square of Turkish toweling was overcast with | red floss, folded neatly and put into the pocket ready for use. Such a case is of untold comfort to the traveler and possesses the further j virtues of being easy to make and in- i expensive.' If preferred, art cretonne i of a pretty design may be used in- j stead of linen. Irf such case the bind- j ing should harmonize with the colors j in the design. i Canning and Pickling. Properly canned fruit is delicious; I anything short of that is a delusion. Once understood, canning fruit is not difficult, but always is exacting work, because success depends upon doing j just the right thing at the right time. The fruit selected must not only be of choice variety, but large, well j grown apd ripened. Strawberries are the one exception thic rnlp fr>v the mpdiiim Ri7Pfl v * MIV? v"W . I less watery berries that ripen toward j the last of the season have a finer ( flavor and color than the larger fruit. Use granulated or loaf sugar, and let every vessel and utensil employed J in the various operations he of granite, earthen or wooden ware. To retain the delicate, natural flavor and attractive appearance of fruit it must be cooked in the jars. Place the fruit in the jars as fast as prepared, shaking gently to fill the interstices, make a syrup with boiling water and the quantity of' sugar specified; fill jars to within the | rubbers; place jars in a flat bottomed ' vessel, fill same two-thirds the depth of jars with tepid water, cover and boil steadily until the fruit seems tender when pierced with a fork. Remove one jar at a time, set on a hot plate, fill to overflowing with the boiling water or syrup, wipe off top, adjust rubber and seal. Fruit For Breakfast. For a breakfast, an ordiufirlTy ' healthy child should have fruits that i tne in season, provided they are well | H?>vo1nr>orl nnel rino A WPll fAnkfffl --r? -- j cereal, such as the prepared wheats, oatmeal, cornmeal, etc., with plenty j of milk, boiled eggs and a boiled or j baked potato, with all the hard bread ! or toast and milk they "want. This j first meal of the day should be given , a little one as soon as\ possible after j it has awakened, been bathed and ! dressed. For if left long without j something to eat, a small boy or girl usually becomes cross from the pangs of hunger and occasionally the need of food gets so strong that it produces a headache or nausea. 1 | believe in giving children plenty to j eat and for this reason I should offei ! a small child a bowl of milk and ! bread or sweetened crackers at about j half-past ten or eleven o'clock each i morning. For the wait between breakfast and the ordinary iimcb i hour is too long to go without nourishment when the youngsters romp ; and play hard all the time. For par- j enta sVinnVl remember that, thev eat : less and get hungry quicker, be- j cause the capacity of their stomachs Is so much smaller. If at all convenient, I should make every effort tc haye the midday meal the principal one for a small child, for then it has | pleiity of time to digest heavy foods before going to sleep. And if meats, etc., are taken at night they are les? apt to be well digested by bedtime. ?New York Telegram. Sweet Potatoes, Baked?Wash tin potatoes and bake the sapie as white potatoes. Small ones will bake iD half an hour, while very large ones jwill require an hour or more. If the potatoes are liked very moist and sweet, bake from an hour to twe hours, depending on the size. Apple Pudding?Take equal quan* tities of breadcrumbs, chopped apple and suet, sweeten to taste and tht grated rind of a lemon. Beat up ar. egg in a very little milk, and add tc the other ingredients. Bake in o well-buttered pie-disli in a moderate oven for nearly one hour and a half j Turn out into a hot dish to serve. Fig and Orange Jelly?Cook one and one-quarter cupfuls of figs ic ' water until tender. Heat together one and one-quarters cupfuls of fig juice and three-quarters cupful o 1 sugar. Dissolve one and one-hall tablespoonfuls of gelatine in cold water. Pour over the gelatine the fig juice and add the juice of one lemon and one and a half cupfuls ol j orange juice, then strain. When be- j ginning to set. stir in the figs cat ir, tiny pieces, mold and serve with thick cream. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM. MEXTS FOR OCTOBER 21. Subject: The Parable of the Talents, Matt, xxv., 14-30?Golden Text, Prov. xxviii.,20?Memory Vers*', 21?Topic: Fidelity to Duty. I. The servants receive the talents (vs. 14-18). 14. "A ma*?." Christ represents Himself as a ruan going into another country, or heaven. "Called his own servants." The outward framework of the parable lies in the Eastern way of dealing with property in the absence of the owner; the more primitive way being for the absentee to make his Blaves his agents. The apostles, ministers, all true Christians, are the servants' of , Christ. "His goods." The "goods" are the Lord's; all we have belongs to God. 15. "Five talents." The International Bible gives the value of a talent of silver in the Old Testament period at $1920, and in the New Testament period at $1146. The talents represent all of those peculiai gifts which God has given us in this world. "His several ability." The slaves of the Greeks and Romans were often men of great attainments and skill. 16. "Then."' "Straightway." R. V. We are here taught a lesson ir promptness. "Went and traded." We now see the use that the servants made of their master's goods. Twc out of the three improved upon the trust committed to them. "Other five." He who receives much from God must make an improvement upon the whole, while of the one who receives little but little is required. 18. "Digged in the earth." This is the peculiar temptation of the mac who has little ability, and he sullenly retires from a service in which he cannot shine and play a conspicuous part. "Hid his lord's money." He did not embezzle or squander it, but he hid it. How sad to bury one's talent! II. Faithful service rewarded (vs. 19-23). But while this no doubt refers to His second coming, yet there are many comings ? in the great crises of life, in times of trouble, and especially in the hour of death. 19. "A long time." Time enough was given for improvement. "Cometh." Christ is certain to come. The time may seem long, but let us not be deceived?He is coming again. 20. "Erought other five." 1. The good servant was ready. 2. There was nothing hid; he rendered a full account. 3. He came joyfully. 4. Quickly. 5. Without fear; there was no confusion. He knew he was right and he" came with confidence. "Thou deliveredst unto me." Recognizing that all he had belonged tc his master. "I have gained." He had put forth an effort. Those people who fold their arms and talk about trusting God will find, soonei or later, that God does not help the idler. 21. "Well done." The mastei gives his full and hearty approval "Thou good." It is possible to be "good" even in this sinful world, tc be pure and upright within. "Faithful." Faithfulness rather than success was rewarded. "Over a few things." At best we can do but little for the Lord here. "Ruler over many things." The faithful one is made ruler over a larger sphere, "Joy of thy lord." We are not onlj to have the joy of the Lord in us, bul we are to enter into His joy. 22. "Two talents." This servanl had been as faithful and successful as the one who received five talents 23. "Well done." The rewards were according to his ability. He could not have handled or enjoyed more. III. Unfaithfulness punished (vs 24-30). 24. "I knew thee." Nc person really knows Christ whe thinks Him a hard master. "Ac hard man." This servant entertains hard thoughts of his lord. "Gathering where thou didst not scatter' (R. V.) This was not a 'true charge for each one received much more than he had gained; God always liberally rewards all who serve Him. 25. "I was afraid." All sinners are afraid. * "Thou hast thine own' (R. V.) He seems to boast of his honesty and uprightness. 26 "Wicked and slothful." His mastei was not to be trifled with. "Thoi; knewest." Out of thine own moutt shalt thou be judged. 27. "Thou oughtest." The facl that he knew what his master required was a reason why he shoulc have used the talent. God appeals to us as "reasonable" beings and tells us what we "ought" to do "Exchangers." "Bankers." R. V Literally, "To those who stand at tables," because the bankers had tables before them. "With interest' (R. V.) His master had a right tc expect a reasonable profit from th< laU?rs of his servant. 28. "The talent from him." The unfaithful servant is not only reproached by his master, but I19 is actually punished, He loses what he had failed to use, 29. "Shall be given." The one who really has powers and abilities and makes good use of them, tc him shall be given greater possessions. "Shall be taken away." From him that hath not, even that which he seemeth to have (Luke S: 1S ? shall be taken away. 30. "Unprofitable." He was cast into outer darkness, merely because he was unprofitable and idle and buried hi? talent. "Outer darkness." Those who fail to oboy Christ will be cast from His presence. The punishment of the wic'ted will be terrible and eternal. Public Service Companies in Oliii* The gross earnings of the public service companies oi' Ohio taxed un? der the Cole law will reach this year ccnn ftfift nnn TnriuHoH in tli*> list of V VV,VVV,VV V. AUV1MV.VM * v-v ?? quasi-public corporations taxed unde this la?\r are steam and electric rail roads, express, telegraph and tele phone, signal and messenger, pip line, gas and electric light and powe companies, and freight line com panies. They are taxed one per cent of their gross earnings. 'Last, yea their earnings reached only $180, 000,000. Pushing Persian Reforms-. The Shah of Persia's advisers are busily engaged elaborating the reforms complementary to the creation Df an elective council, which in the final draft of the ukase is called "The Popular Assembly." Cable to Iceland. Iceland and the Faroe Islands -evil: be connected by cable with Greal Britain within a fortnight. Iceland is also constructing a system of land telegraph lines. I ' ^ THE GREAT DESTROYER ! SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT | THE VICE OP IXTEM1ERANCE. What is the Best Tiling to Leave Alone? Drink ? It Does Not Keep Out Cold?It is Not Food ' ?It is a False Stimulant. we talk to our readers again to- j day, as we have often done ever since I this newspaper was established, about I the advisability of leaving alone drink, the false stimulant that does | not stimulate, the false pleasure that | means pain and failure in the end. i We write in the hope that the ! millions of men into whose hands j i this editorial will come will read it, | above all, that they will improve I i upon its arguments, and impress > them upon those that need or may j i need them, upon the young men of the country especially. i We all see what drink does. It works secretly at first, but its story . ;s plainly and loudly told in the end. The story is written in numbers on ; the boards above the graves in Potr ter's Field. The story is muttered in a low vpice in the courts, when men . and women confegs the crimes to . which a'deadened brain has led them. ! The story of drink is cried aloud in the cells of the insane asylums, ! and at the receiving rooms of the big hospitals. We see what drink does. How j does it do it, and why do men persist \ in poisoning themselves, ruining themselves, as others, to their posi' tive knowledge, have done over and j ' over before? j Alcohol supplies arguments in plenty to those whom it is conquer1 ing. It supplies arguments, also, to - those of clearer minds who oppose it. n is wen in wanting against piausi? ble alcohol to use the argument that cannot be answered ? the argument > of science. Here are some of them. l Please cut. these out to ^remember r them and use them when you can for : ( the good of your fellow men. i A man drinks, giving as his excuse, I ! sometimes sincerely, that he wants ; "to keep out the cold." i It is an absolute scientific fact that alcohol lowers the temperature, j The entire temperature of the body, | the amount pf vital heat that the : | j body contains as a whole, is reduced j ! as soon as you put alcohol into the j body. This is a good reply to the foolish people who declared that the agency that fills the hospitals and ; asylums is a friend of health. Alcohol is talked of as a food. - Alcohol is not food. It is a scien- > t.ific, unquestioned fact anent alcohol j that "this product of the fungi ulti- ! ! l mately leads to morbid changes in 1 1 practically every cell of the body, but L most especially in the nervous system, where it can often be detected ! after death, though there is no trace 1 of its presence elsewhere." This so-called "food" attacks vi ciously and surely the nervous sys> tem, the wonderful and delicate sys v;51 ayiij wiiix nuivu uui mind controls the body, and with which the brain comes into contact with the-outside world. Rust and hailstones destroy the wires of iron no more surely than alcohol destroys the nerve fibre. ! Metchnikoff proves in his famous book, "The Nature of Man," that damage once done to the nerves can never be repaired. Other parts of the body ha.ve the faculty of renewing themselves, but the nerves have not. Once hurt, the injury is permanent. The alcohol advocate may ask you, "Can you deny that alcohol stimulates the heart?" The reply of science is: "Alcohol is a false stimulant. The sudden action of the heart which follows the drinking of alcohol is the heart's protest against poison. The muscles of the heart beat wildly when you put alcohol into your blood. It is the heart's protest against the poison that will destroy it and silence it ultimately. ' , This is not guesswork, but science. ' Whatever apparent stimulation | may come from alcohol is invariably J followed by a greater loss in the subsequent depression. In the physiological laboratories ol | Germany and in France and America I ' careful' actual tests have been made. ! It has been absolutely proved "that alcohol delays the rapidity and im; pairs the accuracy of mental processes." 5 And alcohol, always a plausible cheat and swindler, "while produc- I ' jug the most convincing illusion of i ease and rapidity," actually de- | i creases all efficiency. You know how proudly and rapidly j t the drunken man will talk. And you , know that he is convinced that he is I talking very wisely. But is he talk5 ing wisely? You know that he is I not. If alcohol, talking through him, does not deceive you, don't let it deceive you in talking through your own brain. This newspaper believes that the gradual diminishing of intoiication , among men will continue. It believes , firmly that poverty creates drunkenness, and that better government and greater kindness among men. by di. minishing poverty, will diminish drunkenness and destroy it ultimately. , The intelligence of men will ultimately make it impossible for them ' to poison themselves deliberately. Meanwhile we say to each one o! our readers, as an individual: 1 Protect yourself In the future by a thorough understanding of alcohol and what It means. Keep your vitality for your work. And do your duty by your fellow-men by talking to them. A man saved 1 : from drunkenness is saved indeed. ; And while you save him you save all those that depend upon him.?Arthur Brisbane, in the New York Evening Journal. > Temperance Notes. Atlanta's city council is passing some strong temperance ordinances, ' oik> requiring absolute abstinence for all the policemen of the city. The city council of Atlanta. Ga., as passed an ordinance requiring absolute total abstinence on the part of all policemen. Vermont is strongly temperate. Out of 24 6 towns in the State, only thirty-four may issue licenses, and in only thirty of these arc there any bar-rooms. Editorially the New York Tribune declares: "If Upton Sinclair would only write a new novel on the breweries he cpuld make the people forget the packing houses." The facetious American saloon motto, "if drinking whisky interferes with your business, give up your J TT*r? rrlo *1 r\ nn/1 ic' lUIMIIKft?, UttO Owl utft uuvi JKJ to be found on current pest cards. Th^ Arctic traveler. Kaneen. was asked by a neighbor. ""Did you take I any alcohol with you when you left i the Fram to make your heroic expe-j dition l>y sledges?" "Nc." said Nan-j I sen, "for if 1 had done so I should' never have returned." j|febJdS? Ilr?ki>ife;; ( A PRAYER. , Dear Lord, kind Lord, Gracious Lord, 1 pray Thou wilt lcck on all I love Tenderly to-day. JVeed their hearts of weariness;. Scatter every care Down a wake of angel -wings Winnowing the air. Bring unto the sorrowing AH release from pain, Let the lips of laughter Overflow again; " /*= And with all the needy v ... Oh, divide, I pray, This vast treasure "of content, That is mine to-day. ?James Whitcomb Riley, v The Lost Chord. How great is Thy goodneus which Thou hast stored for those that rev;rence Thee.?Psalms, xxxl., 19. This morning I chanced to hear a few bars of "The Lost Chord." ; The theme is one that touches everft t iieart, for every heart has lost some1 k. 1YVCCL UdlUIUll). Autumn's more sober colors are replacing the radiance of spring and :he strength of summer. The leaves are changing hue. The evening^ 3raw in; the breezes murmur the' 3rst faint whispers which tell us that' nature's life is waning. But tqo> soon the end will com<?. That end we Ball death?nature's death. | Year aftfer year the same story is retold. Springtide's tender leaves of hope, summer blossoms, autumn harvests?these spell beauty, joy, pros- ? perity. Winter blasts and shrouds < and fetters spell?what? The re- I verse of beauty and joy and prosperI ity? No?emphatically no! , 1 , j All is beautiful in God's creation.' The echo of the ^winter blast is the ^ rustling of the golden grain in the ' coming season. From under the shroud of the snow will spring the -3 growths which mean man's joy, and thQ fetters of ice are but prophetic jf harvests which build prosperity. What holds good in nature around us holds good in our own human '% lives. The springtide of life, with itd 'tender leaves of hope," its buds of promise, its dreams of brightness and beauty, its visions of success and prosperity, passes away. M'nen, in tne summeruae ni our existence, we begin to realize that things are not what they seem, but the disappointments, the defeats, the tangles, the strains and the stresses shall be found to mean the strength- ' j ening of our own character, the deI velopment of our own' possibilities for better things, leading to the har-j | vesting in life's autumn of all that is.' i worth harvesting?the wisdom, the! experiences, the growths and fra-: ; grancies of tried love and the blos-r . aoms and fruits of tested friendship. \ I Let that autmn come, even though ' Its beauty is so different from, the v i vigorous and glowing and promising j beauty of earlier days. When at last ; we will behold the great goodness' i which God has stored for us we wilji have learned to have faith in God's' / . i workings, we will have discovered gratitude for God's blessings, we will j have made amendment for our shortcomings and we will be calmed by, our hope for God's salvation. These are the notes of the perfect : Arrl wnof r\f 11c nn oarth ft lnftfc. j chord. We hear its far off sounds j more plainly, its melody is restored to our memories, when our ripened1, years remind us that death, God's inj gathering, is at hand. That divine I ingathering will mean that He will, j with' His hand and with His power, with His wisdom and with His alI chemy, gather in, weave, merge and I transmute all the sorrows and tan| gles, all the lost hopes, faded visions, foiled efforts, all the bereavements and pains and trials of life into something new and beautiful and wonderj ful, even as He transmutes the desoi lation of winter, its blasts, its sno^v shrouds and its icy fetters, into the ''5 i beauty of spring, the radiance of summer, the harvests of the autumn. ?H. Pereira Mendes, in the New' York Sunday Herald. I A Reporter Who Prays. J My supplications ordinarily take the form of putting the case plainly to Him who is the source of all right 1 and all justice and leaving it so. If I were to find that I could not dc that, I should decline to go into the *-w. T Viorl to cVimilrl fpfll ihat lifeUl, U. ??. * I was to be justly beaten. In all the years of my reporting I have never omitted this when anything big was on foot, whether a fire, a murder, a robbery, or whatever might come in the way of duty, I have never heard that my reports were any worse foi I" it. I know they were better. Per'-' i'1 [ haps the notion of a police reported praying that he may write a good ! murder story may sound ludicrou^ ! even irreverent to some people. But j that is only because they fail to make ^ out in the human element which dig? ' nifies anything and rescues it from reproach. Unless I could go to m^ story that way I would not go to it at all. I am very sure that there is no irreverence in it?just the reverse.?Jacob A. Riis. Let God Guide. TYe needn't be bothering our heads and troubling our minds about what our future is going to be. If we are wholly given up to God He will lead us. Paul never marked out the path he was going to tread. Hold your reins loosely and God will guide you. ?D. L. Moody. The Only Practical Religion. Men talk much about "practical religion," but differ greatly as to what it comprises. Many limit it to benevolent gifts and kindly ministries, or to public religious services. ; 4- It ner out Jt ID Uiv;i c. X c Juvi UUV^ % sonal faith in Christ, holy communion with God and a pare life. There can be no real and abiding practice of Christianity without a renovated nature and a sanctified heart.?Presbyterian. .....vNew Mexican Farm Colonics. v ron cess ions have been granted by, the Mexican Government for the establishment of farm colonies in Lov^sr California. The Compania Mexi:ana de Terrerios y Colonizacion and :he Compania de Desarollo de Baia California each undertakes to settle it least 150 families in farm colonies In that, nrovince within three "ears and at least eighty-five families within the following six years. All provisions, furniture, building material agricultural machinery and implements and stock cattle destined for those colonies will be srauted exemp'.ion from imuort dutje/;.