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If His Oti v | = A PSYCHOL 1 By SAR CHAPTER XVII. 15 Continued. The advantages of such an arrangement must be obvious to the poor fellow; they thought, and they / therefore anticipated no trouble in the way of a refusal. Lord Wartlebury further proposed to ask Ger? trijde and Miss Somers to accompany them, and another advantage of the arrangement seemed to be the probability of a few weeks' cruise under such favorable auspices being all that was necessary to restore the patient to his right mind. This plan was carried out to the letter. Dr. Mansell met the soi-disant Lawrence Soames on the arrival of the St. Malo boat, with Lord Wartlebury's compliments, and the invitation to lunch and impart information, which was at onco accepted. The further information to become one of the party was skilfully led up. to in the course of conversation, and also accepted, and then Lord Wartlebury had sent for Miss Somers, who was awaiting Gertrude's arrival .to go on board the yacht, when Mr. Norton, to whom Lord Wartlebury had been mentioned as a friend by Gertrude, sent a note to the latter, explaining the plight the ladv /was in. and beeeing for his im mediate assistance. It was Lord Wartleburv himself who gave Gettrude all this information, with many details besides, which he thought it right she should hear. She listened in almost perfect silence, commenting once or twice, or uttering an ejaculation, but never asking a question till Lord Wartlebury stopped. Then she faltered: "Has my husband said nothing? Did he never mention me?" "No," Dr. Mansell told her. "His memory is a blank. He has no recollection whatever of wife or child, or home or friends. In fact, he declared he expected no letters, because he had no one to write to him. He said he believed he was a foundling, a self-made man. at all events, without a relation that he knew of in the world. Lord Wartleburv mentioned Mrs. Leslie Somers, and said he hoped you would make one of the party on board the 'Star.' When he he^rd the name he knit his brows in a puzzled sort of way, as if trying to recall something, and repeated 'Leslie Somers' several times. I asked him if he knew Leslie Somers, and he said he was sure he knew some thing about him, the name was so familiar, but he could not for the life of him remember what." Gertrude sighed. "How am I^to meet him?" she said. Lord Wartlebury and Dr. Mansell exchanged significant glances, and each waited for the other to speak. "We have been thinking," Lord / Wartlebury. began, at last, with some hesitation, "that perhaps i you had better not see hi m ?just yet, you know?not until we have got well out to sea, at least. There is plenty of room bn board the \5tar;' you need not meet until it is desirable. And ?eh?the fact is, your husband requires to be kept quiet for a little." Gertrude understood that there was something behind this which tViov wow amrioiis to snare her the pain of knowing, and delicately forbore'to ask. It bad seemed all along that the separation was the worst thing she could have to bear, but now her heart sickened at the prospect of being so near her husband, and perhaps of having him look at her day after day with strange eyes, not recognizing her, and it might be with openly expressed aversion to her presence. It was a common thing for mad people to hate those whom, in their senses, they had loved best/ Oh, she thought, she could bear anything but that! Dr. Mansell left them directly after dinner to go on board the yacht, leaving Lord Wartlebury to iollow later with the ladies. It was beginning to be dusk when they got on board. Gertrude and Miss Somers were shown at once to their staterooms, which opened into a small saloon known as the boudoir. It was intended for the use of any lames wno mignt oe on ooara, a saie retreat in case of bad weather, and there was an experienced stewardess always in attendance. But the yacht was perfect in all its arrangements, luxuriously fitted throughout, a floating palace, in fact, with room enough for a hundred guests and a host of retainers. Steam was up when they arrived, rushing and roaring through the funnels-; there -was :a great bustle ot preparation on deck, and almost before they had time to settle themselves in their -new quarters, the anchor was up and they were off. On finding the little saloon brilliantly lighted by electricity, Miss Somers got out a piece of work, and placidly busied herself with it. Gertrude felt envious as she watched her. If she eould -only occupy herself in some such way, she thought, and await the issue or events calmly, how much better it would be for her! But sue seemed to nave got past an that. She could not even sit stil. for long, but got up and paced about, pretending to examine everything In the cabin, yet seeing nothing, and ending by moving restlessly to and fro without even the pretense of an object. Miss Somers said nothing, but she felt for the poor girl deeply, and every now and then raised her kind eyes from her work and watched her, feeling rather helpless because there seemed nothing to be done to relieve -Che tension of her nerves and take her oiit of herself. MThere are four sides to this cabin," Gertrude exclaimed ot- last, stopping short in the middle of it and looking round. "Do you know, I think I should be better if I knew | on which side he was." The stewardess appeared with^ coffee just then, and Lord Wartelbury I a inaa ssrvaat to beg the ladies'"! ? HER 5E.LF jjj OGICAL NOVEL. 1H fiRAND. R|k permission to come and take his with them in the boudoir. Miss Somers was glad of the diversion for Gertrude's sake, for the old man's influence evidently soothed her, and her good breeding made her control herself sufficiently to show no sign of restlessness or dissatisfaction :n his presence. It was a great effort to begin with, to sit still and listen while he talked; but his conversation was brilliant and varied, and insens.oiy he fixed her attention for a time and drew her out. Only for a time, however; for by and by she lapsed into silence, leaving Miss Somers to talk, and by degrees*becoming quite absorbed by her own painful reflections. The conversation between the two rippled on e^nly without a pause. The murmur of placid voices disturbed her as little as absolute silence, and was quite as monotonous. The sound they made was like a transparent -veil, "beneath which many other sounds were distinctly perceptible?the steps of the watch on dect, an order occasionally given In a hoarse voice, a snatch of song from one of the crew, the rush of steam and muffled roar of the fire and machinery the swish of the water against the sides of the yacht as it sped on at nearly fourteen knots an hour, and above all the thud, thud of the screw., beating regularly as time itself, and -with Just the same effect of inevitableness. Gertrude was dimly unconscious of It all, and of a certain sense of safety which was almost a feeling of peace. Unfortunately it was only a soothing to false Tepose, for the shock of a sudden awakening was upon her before she had at all realized the sense of relief. One moment it seemed as If all must come right, and soon; "but the next a shout of laughter?of coarse, unhallowed laughter, sounding at her e?>ow, as it seemed, and breaking in upon the quiet, without the slightest warning, net even that of an approaching footstep?caused her to spring from the seat and stanc, with every nerve quivering, not daring to turn round for fear of what might be "behind. *What was it?" she asked, faintly. Lord Wartelbury went to her. "It was nothing," he said, confusedly. She turned slowly round. Ther^ was certainly no one there. "The partitions are thin on board ship," he explained, '"and the wood conducts the sound and?eh?exaggerates it. It was some one laughing in the saloon; voices coming from there sound so?always." ( She was not attending to him, but listening intently for some repetition of the sound. Presently it came, the same loud laugh, followed by loud words which they could not distinguish, but they felt by the manner of them they were coarse. Gertrude pressed her hands to her breast convulsively. "So that is my husband!" she said, in a strange, toneless voice. "Oh, Annie! tell them not to deceive me anv mnro It la nn tirp T lrrtnw nnw that my happy days are over." She threw herself into a chair, leaned her head back against the cushion, and sat with pale, s^t face, motionless. Miss Somers seized her work, compressed her lips, and toiled as if it were a matter of life and death. Lord Wartlebury withdrew immediately. He had probably gone to stop the disturbance, for a few minutes later the talk and laughter ceased. Then the thud, thud of the machinery became obtrusive, and the lap of the water and creak of spar emphasized the silence. The moon ro6e and shone down through the open skylight; a little breeze found its way in also fresh from the shore, and sxyeet with the scent of flowers. The night was charming, but there was one sad heart that could not feel it so?could feel nothing, in fact, but the dread certainty that all charm for it had departed from all things forever. CHAPTER XVIII. They had rough weatlier in the Bay of Biscay, storm and rain and hail. Miss Somers was prostrated by seasickness, and Gertrude had been obliged to keep her berth for days, sufferine. however, more from lan guor and listlessness, the loss of the desire to be up and doing than from any bodily ill. Dr. Mansell was anxious about her, and had to insist at last upon her being dressed and made to lie on a sofa in the boudoir, where she could have fresh air and some small change of scene to rouse her. Old Lord Warllebury came and talked and read to her, and Miss Somers crawled out of her cabin and did what she could. Gertrude knew they were all very kind, and felt grateful; and because she was grateful, she felt impelled to make an effort to please them, and therefore summoned some energy, and assumed an interest, though she felt it not, in what jthey said and did. So they glided from the stomy bay through the narrow Pillars of Hercules into the Mediterranean, which was sapphire blue and bright for them. And then it was felt that some change must be made, for the ladies had been prisoners below so far, and it was quite impossible for things to go on like this much longer. But if they left their retirement they must meet the patient; and the question was: What effect, good, or bad, would the sight of theru have upon him? Dr, Mansell said he> seemed quite sane on all but two points?his delusion ahout the appointment at San Francisco and his utter oblivion of everything relating to his past life. He suffered from a perversion of tastes, too, and a radical change of tone, which was also no doubt the direct result of the mental malady, and would disappear when the cause was removed. He had a craving for driok, and would never have been \ sobsr could he have got the liquor; and what he liked best was to gamble all day long. He did not care with whom he played?the noble earl, his host, the steward, or the stoker, it was all one to him, so that they played and staked something?anything. He was indifferent about the value of the article, and had triumphantly exhibited a set of bone buttons one day, won from off the said stoker's greasy blouse at a game of toss-up, played standing in the stokehole in the intervals of tending the fires; and he was prouder of that victory than of any, because, he said, the stoker was "a dodgy chap, and a man had to be all there to beat him. This was not the sort of thing that Mr. Leslie Somers, In his right mind, one of the ablest and most polished ornaments at the bar, would have done and boasted about; and Lord Wartlebury was anxious, If possible, to spare Gertrude of all knowledge of the change in him in this respect. It was hardly possible, however, unnoHonf hp nersuaded to I exercise some self-control. He knew that there were ladles on hoard the yacht, and had made sundry inquiries regarding their age and social status not at all complimentary to Lord Wartlebury's character. It was there-' fore -deemed advisable to give him a hint about his conduct, and warn him to be guarded In his language before them; and Dr. Mansell thought, while ' they were speaking of the ladles, they might sound him again on the subject of his wife, and make an effort to recall all that he had forgotten to his mind. This done, the rest would be easy, for the delusion about Lawrence Soames must disappear "before the recognition of his own identity. Gertrude heard this plan, and felt almost hopeful about it, but expressed a wish to remain concealed till she knew the result. The confinement was doing her harm, however, and it was therefore arranged that she and Miss Somers snouia go on, deck when Leslie was at dinner, and have their own dinner at a different hour; and also in the morning before he was up. This gave them plenty of time, for the poor fellow could "hardly he persuaded to leave the table at night nor his bed in the morning. During this time Gertrude did not even catch a glimpse of him, but Miss Somers saw him once -sitting with his back to her playing cards, without necktie or collar, his ruddy brown hair all tossed, and .a huge glass of brandy and soda beside him. It was after one of these games, wrlien, having won it, he was in a particularly good "humor that Lord .Wartlebury?of whom he seemed to stand, in awe?approached the delicate subject upon which It was necessary to fix his attention by beginning to dlscups different phases of mental aberra..on with Dr. ManselL ' The soi-disant Mr. Soames was interested at once. He knew nothing about the subject,'and seemed fascinated, listening and asking questions with the eagerness of an Intelligent schoolboy. Had Dr. Ma/isell met him casually he would have set j "him down as an uncultured man of | lew tastes, with a good "brain much weakened by dissipation and drink. A certain shrewdness was all that remained of the great insight by which he had made his name. He j confessed gross sins and ignorance ! without Bhame or reserve, but seemed j to know the possibility and recognize j the advantages of leading a better | life; he had even times of longing for j what might have been had he con- j ducted himself otherwise. He was , weak, however, and sensual, cared I for nothing really but constant ex- j cltement, and -only remorseful when | this was not to be obtained, and he I became subject to the depression con- j sequent upon it& absence. Lord War- i tlebury pitied the poor man from the ! bottom of his heart. He knew him j well by reputation, and thought it j sad to see so fine an intellect reduced to such a level by disease. He considered him a wreck, and never forgot to make due allowance for any ravage caused by the storm that j might appear. To be Continued. Melting by Bombardment. Formerly tantalum was prepared ! for use in making lamp filaments by ' submitting the black powder contain- ; ing the metal to the fusing heat of the electric furnace. Lately another process has been adopted by Siem- ! ens and Halske. The mass to be fused is placed in a kind of Crookes' tube at the anode, and when the cur* rent passes the cathode bombards tha metallic powder with corpuscles whose impact quickly produces fusion. The intensity of the corpuscular bombardment is increased by giv- j ing the cathode the form of a hyper- j * " " ?2 ? ? +V>a annrlo {n if <3 , none mirrui, uaviug auuuv *? ? , focus. By means of a magnet placed j near the tube the direction of the cone of infinitesimal projectiles can ' be changed so as to make it act upon . any particular part cf the mass ex- , pessd at the anode.?Youth's Com- ! panion. Benedict Arnold. There are. renewed efforts to paint Benedict Arnold in clean, white col- j ors. They remind me of the follow- I ing anecdote: On one of his raids Arnold cap- j tured an American officer in Vir- : ginia. After a few days he said: I "Captain, what would our country- ! men do with me if they caught me?" i "Well, sir," replied the captain, "if I ' must answer the question, I should ! cay they would first cut off your lame ! leg. which was wounded in the cause j of freedom and virtue at Quebec, and ; bury it with the honors of war; then ! they would hang the remainder of i your carcas3 on a giDDei:"? .\ew i York Press. The Cost. Germany's war in Southwest Africa has cost $50,000,000, which has been spent overcoming the resistance of one or two native tribes. The losses in action were heavy. Eightysix commissioned officers were killed and the non-commissioned officers of- J ficers numbered 229; rank and file, J 1167; total, 14S2. Among the colo- ' nial troops sixteen officers and 195 men perished.?Detroit News. A square foot of a Persian rug means twenty-three days' work foi the weaver. t Good as Overcasting. After sewing up the seams in a garment stitch about a quarter of an inch from the seam and then trim near the last stitching. This will hold as well as overcasting and is much quicker for the busy sewer.?New York World., A Neat Booklet. Select a pretty piece of white morocco paper and cut it to form a booklet cover. Fill it with woolen white leaves and fasten at the back with a brown silken cord and tassels. With the pyrography needle burn the edges of the cover and the tiny woolen leaves, just enough to give a pretty outline against the white. On the front page outline a brown spinning wheel in the centre, almost overshadowed with a large cobweb. This can be daintily fashioned and will be very handsome if properly made.?Pittsburg Dispatch. Pleat It Loosely at Night. At night a little girl's hair should never be tightly curled or pleated ii yotf want It to grow thick and long, but "be very loosely done in two pleats, so that la the morning there are practically no tangles to be combed out What does it matter 11 they don't look particularly pretty, so long as children are healthy and happy? That is the great point;' and It is far better for a girl to have straight hair in nursery days than tc have no hair at all, or only very 6kimpy locks, when she grows tc womanhood?a quite possible resuli -of over-much crimping and curling. Do all you can to make it grow, anc don'.t bother about kinks, and yor will earn your child's gratitude, nol only while she is in the nursery, bul pU her life lon?.?Htfae Chat. < Homc-Made Fireless Cooker. My flreless cooker is made from i common box In which canned toma toes were packed. The box is twent] Inches long, twelve inches deep anc fourteen inches Vide. The botton and sides were lined with Bostoi Posts and ground cork was put ox the bottom to make a layer twc Inches deep. Two ten-pound tin larc pails were set in and around eacl one was placed a pasteboard cyllndei a little larger and higher than th< pails. The box was then filled uj wfth the cork, which was packet down firmly. Meat Is boiled tei minutes in a ten-pound maple sugai pail. It is then covered tightly anc Bet into the larger pail, which is fillec with boiling water and then covered A feather cushion is put over it, anc over all Is thrown ' an old woo blanket It is a crude affair, but i works as well as the expensive manu factured ones. Food placed in it ii the morning is "piping" hot for/oui 6 o'clock dinner. The tin pails I hac in the house, so my cooker did no cost me a cent.?Boston Post. Bay State Crullers. \ Break three eggs into a bowl, adc one and three-fourths teacupfuls o sugar and one teacupful of .fresl milk; stir all together thoroughly then add five even teaspoonfuls o lard and a drop or two of extract o: lemon, to one cupful of flour add on< and three-fourths teaspoonfuls o cream tartar and one of soda; stir ii the bowl and add sufficient flour t< make a firm dough; roll the dougl out to a quarter of an inch in thick ness; flour the rolling board, o: course: cut with a "cooky cutter,' which has the centre ring, and droj carefully into smoking hot fat; the: should puff up at once and turr slightly brown; turn with a silvei fork and when done remove by lift ing with the fork inserted in the hole centre; lay them on a waiter coverec with a sheet of white paper anc sprinkle with cinnamon and pulver ized sugar; when cool pack them in i stone crock and cover; this recipt makes a goodly number, but they wil keep fresh for ten days if put awa] as advised, but remember the dougl must be smooth and firm, the larc smoking hot and the cook thorough ly interested.?New Haven Register; iSBpto i lBnp now to - PREPAJE- TItm Sour Milk Gems.?Two cups soul milk, one egg, spoonful sugar, sal one-half teaspoon, small teaspoon o: soda, two large cups flour. Bak< fifteen minutes. Boiled Filet of Beef.?Cut slice: from the tenderloin, wipe the meat grease the gridiron, broil over a cleai fire, turning every ten counts foi three or five minutes. Spread witl Maitre d'Hotel butter. Illusion Sandwiches.?Beat whit< of egg to stiff froth, stir in yolk, adc slowly one tablespoonful melted but terf two teaspoonfuls lemon juice 01 vinegar, cook until stiff as scramblec egg. Use with bread. Cafe Parfait.?One pint of cream one cup of sugar, half a cup of stront coffee. Mix, chill and whip. Takf the froth off into a freezer or into ? mould. Pack the mould in ice an? salt and let It stand two hours with out stirring. ' Blueberry Cake.?Berry cake ma: be made very easily by adding a cuf of blaeberries, dredged lightly with flour, to a good biscuit dougii. A sweet blueberry cake may be mad( by adding .two tablespoons of sugai and one egg to the shortened biscuil dough. Always dredge the berries with flour. Bake the same as biS' CUii or DreaKiast can.es. Raspberry Charlotte.?Pick ovei and mash one quart of canned raspberries, cook in a heavy sugar syrup until tender. Pour over one dozen lady-fingers arranged in a standard glass dish, covered with an inverted china bowl, allowing it to remain until cool. Place on top of raspberries and syrup, when cool, one-hall pint of cream, whipped and sweetened, flavored with Vanilla. This makes a delicate dessert for hot days. 1 Religious Truths\ th [ir PR From the Writings of Great 1 Preachprs. I LOVE TO BE WITH JESUS. 4 I love to be with Jesus, He understands me so, And bids me lean upon TTim , Wherever I must go. - _ I tell Him freely, fully. i , The things that trouble me; All For He will help to bear them, ray Or make them all to flee. inr > p6I If T have failed to please Him, 0f T come to His dear feet, With penitential sorrow I ^ , The story to repeat. He does not frown upon me, vre He does not spurn me then, wh But in His great compassion, pre He bids me try again. lor I love to be with Jesus. ne? He is so kind and true; And when things are perplexing, , He tells me what to do. . SJlo A "present help in trouble," No I always can depend mo On Him to lead me safelv. lsh My tried and trusted,Friend. of I When I am stunned by sorrow. *.n. When heart and hand are numb, Tjs only Christ can help me, a c ^And so to Him I come. Pai ue :oias me to ms Dosom. He blends His tears with mine. 12, ; And breathes His blessed comfort, r dr< His love, His peace divine. # the -Mrs. Frank A. Breck, in the Christiar nf ; Herald. , i A Worldly Church. ! The present tendency toward a fat i questionable liberalism in the church, [ and toward a mere formality in re- th< [ ligion which is devoid of vital godli- of , ness, has been sounded at Richmond, wh Va., by the Bishop of London, who mc 1 was a visitor at the sessions of the thj ' triennial session of the Protestant ) TT'.ntnpnrinl Phnrph Tho hlchon sqM' oln U,I have no means of knowing the ' of trend of religious thought in the un I United States, but from my experi- m( ence of east, north and west London, en the future lies with no church which dri ; sinks to what is called the new the- a ] 1 ology. th< "After all is said and doie. the most evangelistic, the most catholic. I mi the most orthodox church on earth wr , will produce no effect upon the world azl If it has not still one further char- by acteristic. It must clearly and un- A. ' mistakably, and before all the world, "h 1 be unworldly itself. Bear with me, wl > then, when I say, as my last word, Br ? that the greatest danger to the th? ) church on both sides of the Atlantic < Is worldliness. ov I "In one sense, It Is impossible for no j the church to mix too freely with thi the world. Into the slums of East th< 1 London, Into the business of Wall cia Street, into the mining camps of co: " Klondike, the church must go, and re) 3 no human Interest in the world is th< i Dutside the interest of the church. tri t "I^ut, on the other hand, to run tri I a church as a man runs a successful , business, to depend upon cleverness an and management rather than the ce] grace of God, to neglect prayer and no ' . Intercession in favor of influence with cbi J tne press, to lower tbe teaching of wj I the church on its moral standard; in ho . Order to suit a self indulgent age, is H , to spell ruin and failure and shame ha j for the most orthodox church in the glJ . world. In a voice which still rings all down the centuries, Jesus Himself qu ' proclaims, "My kingdom is not of this hi world.' "?Detroit News-Tribune. co: loi Good Out ot Evil. *n 1 Even the results of a man's fail- ff. 4 n?? qp on/1 no n a ut &o auu oiuo vau uc tui iicu iu guuu il account In the Lord's service when t ' man in God's strength has put those Bins behind him. There is rich encouragement here for all who are tempted to discouragement because 1lf of the multitude of failures with which their path is crowded. One t who has failed and Is striving to live down that failure can sympathize with another who has failed, as one d , who does not know the* meaning of failure can never do. Whatever our sins may have been, Co] there are sure to be other souls close t by who need help and sympathy in ti the struggle with those same sins; we and God in His love permits us to minister to them, if we will with pe- tJl) cullar power because of the very we scars that we bear. Did yesterday , ' witness your worst failures of all? ge J There are others you can- help now, th( 1 whom you could not help before. - . We need not try to understand this, I i nor to sap that it is not so because ' jes ; good can never come from evil. It 1 is one of the mysteries of the undej served blessing of God's love; to F? which such wrecked and regenerated ! saints as S. H. Hadley and John B. of 1 Gough?types of us ail?bear blessed ' th< witness. And let us show our grati- ch< tude by telling those who sorely need | to know, how great things He has in done for us will do for them.?Sun- I day School Times. j cat ?? , I in A Two-sided Justification. | rat A careful study of Romans 3:23.. I 26, R. V., clearly shows justification I an has a twofold aspect. The character | mi or uod had Deen questioned through ert the ages during which sin had been Ed r apparently allowed to go on un- am t checked, and it was therefore essenf tial that His character should be vin- dia j dicated to the world. This is what W< is meant by the justification of God dri to man. At the same time, it was lin 3 equally necessary that man should be justified before God in order to be an< r saved to all eternity, and the New ha: r .Testament term "righteousness" ini eludes God's personal righteousness ne^ as vindicated by the Cross and God's the justifying righteousness as provided the 5 through the Cross. Calvary is at inv 1 once the justification of God to man, we and the justification of man before p God. ? Rev. W. H. Griffith Thomas, tha I in London Christian. the , Ignore Faults. J Do not think of your faults, still J } less of others' faults; in every person i who conies near you, look for what *an I is good and strong; honor that; re- 1 joice in It; and as you can, try to imi- 00< tate it; and your faults will drop off Sta like dead leaves when their time ph) r comes.?Ruskin. res > ' ' 1 You Must Answer. b ra k What you were, others may answer ., * for; whTt you tried to be. you must ? rAiinonlf Tnh n T? ? air in. IU.aiawci iui juuiovik* w wmh um ' -,- 1 Boston's Horse Cars Sold. '! out ; The last of Boston's horse cars, tthich were retired from use ten years 1?tt kgo, have been sent from the Lenox cha street barns for the last journey in ? i that city. Two horses towed the car W01 [ as in former days, a spectacle which '-he created much comment in the streets, drii , Old time railroad men lifted their be 1 hats as the car went by. This car acti 1 and sixteen others had been in stor- 1 ' Age, but have been sold for service in saic ! Now York City, where they will be lie used on the east side. Children on ton i the streets ran after the car, begging "Th a ride, as many oi them had never Ten $een a horse car. ..... E CRUSADE AGAINST DRINK ?' OGRESS MADE BY CHAMPIONS SIGHTING THE RUM DEMON. i Great Array of Alarming Facts Concerning the Inroads Made by the Evils of Intemperance on the ? Vitality of the French Nation. Jnder the heading, "Some Terrible stimonies," the United Kingdom iance News gathers up a great ar- ? of alarming facts concerning the oads made by .the evils of intem ance on the vitality and morality the French nation. It says in t: The late Paul de Cassagnac, the 11 known journalist and politician. a o cannot bo accused of being 1* tjudiced on the matter, wrote not ig before bis death: ? 'One has to be the unwilling wit- a >s of the dying agony of a country o it was formerly not the least of the r iries of France?the grand old 1! rmandy?that is sinking into the C ist infamous of degradations, per- t ing by the death of madmen and 'a worn-out wrecks. v 'Parishes are being depopulated, a uses closed, tb? country becoming i lesert! From 1850 to 1S96 the de- t rtment of La Manche lost 100,000 t iftViUnwfw IQQft +n 1 Q A1 t lcxu itaaio. js a vrn auv v w av v*f ? ,000 more disappeared. One hun- ' 1' ;d and twelve thousand gone. It Is I t 5 equivalent of a great battle lpst, a portion of territory taken from i: * * * And all those are dead, i: ;ohol has slain them. As for the ing, they bear the marks of the g ;al poison." ,1 M. Austin de Croze, in an article in I j Revue des Revues, under the title 1 "La Bretagne Paienne," shows to tat a depth of degradation the im- 3 jderate use of alcohol is dragging li it beautiful and romantic province. "It is not more than thirty years c ice this fearful evil has taken hold t Brittany, bu.t in fifty years more, i less the evil is put an end to, it is f >re than likely that the race will be s tirely lost. 'You have terrible c iinkards in your parish,' said; one to priest. 'Yes, that is true, but then ? jy are pious drunkards!' " f "1""- 4-V.of <,?QO ?? omnnir J UllUIklUg CUCtO t ;n, women and children," says a t iter in the Baptist Missionary Mag- ( Ine, on the occasion of a visit paid j him to Mortals, where the Rev. Jenkins labors with so much zeal, t as reached the excess the like of lich is not known in any part of tho e itish Isles, and which is consuming e very fibre and life of the nation." c While this plague is spreading all r er the Jand, it is in the north and rthwest of France that it has made e greatest ravages. Not long since j b Paris paper Le Temps sent a spe- t l1 commissioner to report upon the ndition of Normandy, with special t terence to the alleged alcoholism of ^ e country, and the articles conbuted by him to that journal were lly heart-rending. Mr. Douarche, said that intemper- ^ ce is almost the rule. It is the ex- | ption when the workihgman does a t begin the day with- a glass of j eap brandy, "calv^dos." He carries th him to work a bottle of "alcolized" coffee, which lasts him until o'clock, the lunch hour, when his stens to the wine-shop. Ther? g isses of absinthe or vermouth aro eady set out in readiness for the t ick 'demand. This beverage is stily swallowed before the lunch, ( Qsisting of 2 V2 d. worth of food fol 1 ved by 5d. worth of black coffee d brandy. Work over at 6, tho c Ink-shops along the way home aro t sited. Saturday night is spent in c e wine-shops, and Sunday is given sleeping off the debauch. It is t ual for men thus to spend an av- s ige of 2s. a day for drink?as much t frugal French working-class fames'spend for food. r Then the way the children are c light to drink is described with s eat detail. Infants are given a sip c "calvados" tin the third or fourth g F of their existence. Through baby-, j od they are dosed with it to make .d 3m sleep. At five or six they are t asidered.old enough to be entitled their ration of, liquor at meaj C oes. The eight-year-old children p ;re found to carry for luncheon I ?ad soaked In brandied coffee: a ird of them, boys and girls alike, j re found to ba in the habit of tak% their "petit verre" after dinner. . veral schoolmistresses testified that ' 3ir little girl pupils.were often indicated in the afternoon to the de- ? >e of being unable to learn their ? sons'!?Pioneer. ^ r Drink and Gambling, $1,070,000, " Even if John Burns, M. P., leader ' t the labor party, is a member of \\ I British Cabinet, he preserves hi? v eerful optimism. il Mr. Burns uttered these aphorisms n a speech just delivered: H "Every cent that is spent on edu? e :ion is justified by a great decreaue ^ crime, pauperism and in the death- t5 ;e. ' "The faults of the working classes t] i the meanness of their wants, the sery of their desires and the pov- b y of their aims, tastes and ideals, 1( ucation fires them to nobler aims a, 3 higher ideals. s| "The British have no industrial 8 ability unless it is self-imposed, ; spend $820,000,000 a year ou E ink and $250,000,000 on gambg, directly and indirectly. 'We have a hundred race meetings I a thousand golf links. Germany n 3 not one. , "Workingmen ask me to make a g] iv heaven and a new earth for J >m. They only can make them for j, smselves by saving the $15,000,000 C( ested in drink and gambling each ek. 'Careful analysis of figures proves t men at forty are not too old for sir best work." u G Temperance Notes. returning peace delegate declares tt drink is the worst enemy of Engd. C it has been computed that 1,500,) men and women in the United ,tes are daily, either mentally or rsically, disabled for work as the A ult of drinking. The man who has taken even small mtities of alcohol feels that his ?! .in is remarkably active and capaof great thoughts, whereas in j f lity his conceptions are ever so ch slower than natural. f we could sweep intemperance of the land, said Phillips Brooks, re would be hardly poverty enough ? ; to give healthy exercise to the ritable impulses. ^ Said John Burns to an audience of y, kmen in London: "I believe that 0 best and most simple remedy for 9 ik is abstinence; but this must pi snnnlemented bv local legislative - c;.~~ ~ <.v ion." 'he difficulty witli liquor laws is 1 to be that they are ahead of pubsentiment. To which the Bos- 0 News once suggestively added: a lat's what's the matter with ifcs c] i Commandments, top." r, ?, * s Sunbati-Sc^of r ? " / V . * VTFTRNATTONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR DECEMBER 27. * ' s t ' f' 4 ' - tevievr of the Eleven Lessons For tlio Year's Last Quarter?Read Prov. "4 Ch. 4?Golden Text, Prov. 4:25 ?Commentary. Golden Text?"Keep thy heart wltb 11 diligence, for oat of jit -are, the ssues of life."?Prov. 4:23. The lessons of the quarter extend j ver a period of 31 years. They are 11 concerned with the life asd' words f Davjd and Solomon. A profitable eview could be conducted along the [ne of what the lessons teach about rod. Another woujd De to study tneeaching about sin, its consequences nd pardon. Material -for. such reiews can be found in the notes. Still nother reveiw would be to get each aember of the class to give the cepral teaching of the lesson' A num>er of opinions' will be given about he teaching in each lesson. The folowing are given simply as suggeslons: Lesson I.?The necessity of servng God in the precise way His Word ? nstructs. . Lesson n.?God's superabounding ;race; David purposed to build God a louse and God covenanted to build lim a house and to establish his touse and his kingdom forever. Lesson III.?David's kindness to fephibosheth, a type of our David'a ;indness to us. T ooaAn TV WA OAAIT AATrot*1 JU^OOV/U AY. 11 " o ogtn. W , w ?v? mr sins from God He will uncover hem and fill our hearts with heaviiess, but if we uncover our Bins beore God with frank and fall confesion, God will cover them up and fill >ur hearts with praise and light. Lesson V.?Whatsoever "a man sow- ? !th that will he also reap; a sinful ather will reap in his wayward chil- .' Iren an awful harvest of the sins he tas sown; the king who,is disloyal to lod will reap the disloyalty of hi& leople. Lesson VI,?The man who destroys } he love and peace and joy of anoth- ;V r's family will reap heart-breaking .gony in his own house. Lesson VII.?Jehovah is the believer's Shepherd. Every want will b& net, every fear will be banished, ev>ry longing will bo satisfied. T tTTTT Uln t Licaouu v 111. uuu xxin jjivuise in spite of all the schemes of inen o thwart It. Lesson IX.?There is utter ruip for he individual, and for the nation, in. he wine cup. . ) Lesson X.?We should' desire wis- , torn that we may serve God effectivey more than we dpsire long life or wealth. i Lesson XI.?:When a house is set ipart for^God in the way appointed le will fill the house with His glory. The Source of Unhappinoss. ; Self-centred life is everywhere the ;reat disturber of human happiness. It defeats itself and keeps its vie- M hns forever upon the. rack. - " It collides with other interests, and Jod is in its way. It destroys the- vaj teace of the home. It leads husbands to be indifferent >r unkind to their wives, and wives 1 o regard their husbands only as the hief of their own conveniences. It 'eads children to demand 'that he \ ?le of the family arrangement hall ue managed with reference to heir personal pleasure. It breeds social jealousies and leighborhood quarrels; it breaks up hurch choirs; scrambles for the chief eats in the synagogues and feets" hurch members to praying, "Lbrd?, rant that ,we may sit on Thy right tand and oh Thy left in Thy kingom." Tt leads Diotrephes to love he pi^ .^ninence. It is to the credit of the religiqn of r 'hrist that selfishness cannot live la eace with it.?D. W. C. Huntingdon,. > D- J finite Possibilities For the Believer. The holiness of men on the earth s not beautiful, and like the holiness f angels, and like its Divine Authr; but its character is progressive,, nd hs course is onward and upward o perfected excellence. From its rst act of prostration before to? iercy seat, where it lifts its handa * ? nd heart to God; where it pours in- o His ear its voice of alternate pentence and praise, and where, in full lew of the blood of the covenant,, is faith takes hold of His righteousess and His promise; it rises, though ; may be in unequal progress, highr and still more high,#till at last :s anticipations are realized in views hat are to be never obscured, in afections of unmingled purity, and in he fulness of joy. Wondrous words are those uttered y the apostle when he says: "Be>ved, now are we the sons of God; . nd it doth not yet appear what we hall be; but we know that when He hall appear, we shall be like Him, Dr we shall see Him as He is."?H. Smith. j ' . . " . The Respectabilities. The respectabilities hold more men . p than do the spiritualities, but were lere no spirituality to-day the repectability of to-morrow would fail. -From Sermon Preached by Dr. rank Crane at Union Church, Worsster, Mass. Necessary to Deliverance. v_ No man will be delivered from Kin ntil he delivers himself wholly to od.?Home Herald. Prescribes Love Cnre. In a lecture before the Chicago ollege of Medicine Dr. A. R. Hagle xplained a cure for lovesickness. A doctor can prepare himself to eat lovesickness through mental inueuce just as more serious ills are eated by it,"' he said. "One suggeson is to find a new love. This occaonally cures an old love complaint." t e comnieuded the theory of Bishopallows of mind and medicine workis in harmony. Japanese Budget For 1909-10. The budget for the year 1909-10, hich has been completed at Tokio, apan, shows receipts of 543,630,000 en, Including a surplus of 52,240,w 00 yen; expenditures, 543,630,000 en, including disbursements madq n the special war account, of 11,} 10.000 yen. Expenditures post* oned from the previous year amount > 14,600,0^0 yen. Injured Baby Lifting It. "'"""J ! At Elkhart, Ind., the infant child f George Fulmer lost the use of its rms and wrists temporarily because * hildren playing with it lifted it ab>< uptly, holding it by the hands. ,4 -