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i'THEMANSl [n 11 By EFFIE ADELAI is is ? ???^Ci5SHSHSH5HSHHE5HSHSHHH5R5H? CHAPTER XXIII. 14 tt Continued. -c "Dorothy," she said, slowly, "I m found something belonging to you this morning." jE Dorothy paled, and an expression gt of uneasiness flitted over her face, not so much at the words as at the tone. p. "How mysterious you are. Enid. Well, and what did you find, eh?" tj( Enid drew a deep breath. tc "The small Indian dagger Captain Leicester gave you."' n( Dorothy started violently. '"Where?where did you find it?" she whispered, after a long, painful fc pause. te She had been racking her brain b] to try and remember what she had ni done with the dagger after that sudden blow. Enid did not look at her; the sight of that lovely, craven face distressed fl] her beyond words. "In the woods, by the gate at the 0, entrance." H Dorothy drew a short, sharp ^ breath. se "They have found the dead body of _ a man in the plantation, stabbed?" n( Dorothy stopped her; her two 0j hands grasped Enid's arm; her face, fa pit of which fear had driven every scrap of beauty for the moment, jE looked wildly up into the other girl's st pure, wan, white one. C1 "Dead!" she whispered, hoarsely, ^ "dead! Oh, good Heaven! No! No! Enid, you are telling me some hor- m rible story. Dead! I can't believe it, sj I won't believe it! Why, he spoke to w me after?after I had struck him; he ja seemed quite strong again. Yes, yes! ei Don't look at me like that, Enid. I ^ confess?it was I you saw last night, ^ and I dropped the dagger there my- S( self; but?but you don't know all, <jj you?" ' y, Enid could not withhold her sym- f, pathy for the miserable creature who . m gasped with fear and whose limbs re- n, fused to support her. She drew up a C? chair quickly, and gently pushed Dor- gj othy into it. Gervais would not have w recognized his beautiful wife at this ti moment. di Dorothy shook so terribly that Enid was alarmed. The usually Arm, con- a, temptuous, smiling lips were parted and shaking beyond her control. Enid hi knelt down by her cousin and im- 0] plored her to be calm. bi "Think of what is at stake; no one d( knows anything of this but me, and Dorothy, surely by this time you to know you can trust me. For your m husband's sake, for your own sake, w you must be calm; you have a part to to act. Heaven knows I am no willing st advocate of deceit, but this is no time ti to moan over that. You have to keep fi, this from Gervais; that is your duty! " tt Dorothy tried to whisper back, but pi every atom of courage and strength h< had left her; she could no nothing st but cling to Enid with her cold, i trembling hands, till she had recov- d< ered sufficient voice to ask with great y< difficulty for the brandy that stood on ,the table, and as Enid handed her a Vi pman aose or it sne arank it witn tne m eagerness of one who welcomes a ' 01 faithful friend. j y< ; w CHAPTER XXIV. ( h: Who Was Guilty? j Enid put down the glass ana waited till Dorothy should speak. She was too much agitated to be surprised at ^ the ease with which her cousin im- ei bibed the fiery stimulant. tc In a few moments that fictitious strength came to Dorothy's aid, and ic Sier quick, scheming brain saw in one w second that Enid's advice was wise, but she was too much unhinged to s* depend on herself now, and she clung ! to this girl, whom she despised and ] hated for possessing the very powers ei Which might prove her salvation now. Sl "Enid, how good von are." she murmured, sinking back in the chair; I "and you arc loo. tle;;r; 1 will , ,;! <lo all you tell me?all!" j s< 1 "It will be wise, I think." Enid re- s* turned, coldly. i She was no coward, and could not help the contempt that sprung up so ! easily. |ir "But you must let me explain."!*11 continued Dorothy, restlessly. "You must listen! I did stab a man last i 01 night: but you could never under- j h' stand?pray Heaven you never may! ! fc ?how sorely, how uorribly I was ! 11 tried. He has tortured my life ever | since I have been married. He fc was?" i "Dorothy. I would rather not listen j ? to this; only tell me this, and I be- j seech you, tell me the truth; if the I body that has been found dead in the Itl grounds should prove to be the man j whom you stabbed, are you guilty of his death?" Enid spoke in low, hurried tones, fraught with eager anxiety. j D Dorothy stretched out her hands to her cousin. , J'1 "As Heaven is my witness?no!"! she said, firmly. "I struck him in ; K1 the left arm; it could not have been s' a deep wound, but it made him faint h at first, and then I suffered torture, ! for my passion had gone, and I ,Vi thought he was dead indeed; but he j revived, Enid, and I gave him brandy ! d' and tied up his arm, and when I came j away he was standing upright, andjg' seemed almost as strong as ever. If j he is dead it was not I who killed h him. I swear it!" jti "Then." said Enid, after a mo-1 tc ment's thought, "there is one great : it uauuer before us, Dorothy. Some , e third person must have been near I and perhaps overheard your voices? j it a tramp, or a confederate who ov.-rrl M h': i a ?,.udg.'. Did you give him i h any money, or was he rich?" w "I gave him none last night, but he ; n was rich, and al my expense," Dor- j f< othy said in bitter tones; then sud- i h daily reading the pain and shrinking j 11 on Enid's fa"?. she burst out. hur- j 1> riediy: "Enid, you must listen to ^ a iue; I it explain. Ah! J know yi-u ; 1' SEEESESEEESESESESESEES^ BE LOVED"! w-4* nj DE ROWLANDS. 11 ~~-A 3 rH5HSHSE5H5H5E5HSH5SSEi;!*>> link hardly of me, but perhaps when ju have heard all, you will not judge .e so hardly nor blame me as you iust do now." While she said this she was thinkig swiftly: "I must tell her some orv?for I must hold her fast; I lall need her?but not the truth! o, no; if George Laxon is dead, the ist shall die with him." She paused for an instant in agitaon, as Enid thought, but in reality i gain time. "If it distresses you, Dorothy, do Dt speak; I am not curious, and?" But Dorothy put up her hand. "I owe it to you to speak, Enid, >r I fear, dear, you must have been mpted to doubt me. I must be rief, for Gervais may be here at any oment. Stop down?I will not let ;en the walls hear my secret." Enid bent her head obediently, and er heart thrilled with some indeaable fear. "The man I saw last night was ie who held Gervais in his power, e?he?ah, Enid, it goes to my eart to say it!?he possessed the cret of some youthful, boyish wrong -nay. crime!?of what nature I will ot tell you. You remember the day I the garden party, -when my poor ither died?" "Yes," said Enid, faintly, wonderig what new pain this was that was ealing into her heart. Gervais the llprit! Gervais a criminal! The lought was torture. "That was the beginning of my lisery," Dorothy said, impressively; le saw that Enid believed every ord she said, and she could have lughed even in her anxiety at hei isy success. "This man found oul lat I was going to marry Gervais,and e came to me and told me this awful jcret, thinking to destroy my arling's happiness; but I did what 5u would have done, Enid. I relsed to believe it and threatened the ian with a stronger power if he did ot go immediately. To this, dear ime a fearful answer; if I did not ive him a certain sum of money ithout delay, he would give informaon to the police and have Gervais ragged from his home and thrown +/-? iM-lwn WVint -ojrmlH vrm hove Dne, Enid?" Dorothy was acting splendidly, and sr flushed cheeks seemed tinged ily with indignation at the rememrance of the wrong that had been 3ne to her husband. "I was too alarmed, too horrified i think twice. I temporized with the ian and gave him all he asked. 1 ould have done this three times over i save my darling from such horrible lame and misery. So from time to me he has dogged me, never satis?d, always threatening to disclose lis awful secret for which I have lid so much; and last night, when e spoke slightingly of Gervais, 1 ruck at him suddenly. I was mad, had no knowledge of what I was Ding. You understand that, don't du Enid?" "But," Enid asked in a low, pained Dice, "did you believe this?this an, and doubt Lord Derriman withut proof? Why did you not go tc jur husband and tell him of what he as charged? Surely you would take is word before all the world's?" Dorothy bit her lip and bent her ead. "Ah! Enid, I had no need to go tc ervais, for unfortunately I discorded this man Laxon's tale was only >o true. But I don't blame Gervais. o, no; he was only a boy, wild and apetuous; he had no thought ol rong." Enid still said nothing. What could le say? Could she turn round and 11 Dorothy the burning verdict oi si- thoughts? All confidence, how. er, was ended, for Dorothy sprang lddenly to her feet. "I hear Gervais coming; unlock the aor, Enid, and remember, never 1'Ciuhe a word of this to a living >ul. I am on my guard, and you lall see how well I can act even ir le midst of this overwhelming dan2r and fear.*' Enid unlocked the door and went ito the dressing room to turn the ey there, just as Gervais came in. "Not gone to the hunt?"' cried Dor:hy, lightly; "why, how is this?" but er heart stood still. What if he had uind some trace of her on the dead lan? Enid had come out slowly. She >rced a smile to her lips. "Roses are not natural to me, Lord erriman," she said, quietly, "and ineed, I am very well." "Now tell us, darling, what is this oublesome business that has taker :>u away from your hunting? Can'l be put off?" Gervais shook his head. "I suppose I had better tell you orothy," he said, with something ke a sigh, "as it is sure to reach an by some means or other." Then very gently and tenderly ht loke of the dead man, and Dorothj mddered naturally, and clung tc im a little. "And is he quite?quite dead, GerElis ? " "Yes, poor fellow. There is nr oubt on that point, unfortunately?' "But how came he 011 oui rounds?"' Enid had walked to the window tc ide her pale cheeks and her agita^ on. She could scarcely bear to lister ) Dorothy's easy questions; this act Jg was too good; it jarred on hei very iierve. % "That has not been discovered, but has been conjectured that lit .':r r.-oni the lane and musl ave been followed by some tramp ho undoubtedly attacked and ther mrdered him lor gain. The pooi flow's watch is gone, with a little it of chain left hanging to testify tc le struggle that must have taker lace: his pockets were turned out nd ho *iias been terribly mutilated . is a ghastly crime, and I mean tc search the murderer out. till he Is found and handed to justice." "Is there no clew?" It wasEnid whospoke.for Dorothy's nerve suddenly gave way, and all she could do was to cling to Gervais, who, thinking her upset by the horrible details, held her closer to him and kissed her tenderly. "None; it is, however, very early, and we have had no time to make investigations. I am now going over to Sir Gregory Martin's, who is the second magistrate, and shall consult him. The poor fellow has been carried to the small inn, the Sparrow, 1 half-way to Loxton, and will remain ! there for the coroner's inquest." "Have?have they found his name?" breathed, rather than asked, Dorothy. 1 "Yes?that is, xre have picked up a letter that must have fallen from his packet addressed to George Laxon, Esq., Graham's Hotel, Holborn." "Did?did you open it?" Dorothy just moistened her feverish lips with her tongue. She had never written to that address, but still | there there might be one of hers inclosed, or?Gervais' answer reassured her in one sense, but sent a cold shiver through her the while. . "Yes, I opened it; it was from a 't Mrs. Baker, who, it appears, has the care of his child. Poor little mite! What a cruel fate to be left alone so early in life! And now, my darling, ' kiss me; I must be off. Sir Gregory Martin is never to be found after twelve o'clock, and it is nearly that now. Promise me to take care of ; yourself; I will leave you in Miss Leslie's charge, and then I shall be ; happy all day, for I know she will j look after you." Dorothy clung to him. "I hate your going about thus; it will distress you; must you go, Gervais?" "Yes, I must. Remember,,I am a | magistrate and have my duty to per form; Out aon t De aiarmea, my ' darling; it is an unhappy business; but beyond dealing with it as a magistrate, it need trouble me no further, save that my blood boils to think that, so cowardly a murder should go un; punished. However, I am a firm believer in the law, and I feel certain " that all sin is found out, sooner or later. There, kiss me, my dearest!" And with a tender embrace, Gervais went quickly from the room. Dorothy stood motionless as he j left her. * "All sin will be found out!" she ; muttered, wildly. ' "Dulcie," said Lady Lowe, as ste ; entered her daughter's apartment that same night, during the hour be' fore dinner, "tell Beavis to pack your ' clothes. We can not stay here an1 other hour. Great heavens! we shall ' j be murdered in our beds. And there | is no reason why we should remain, ; | as he is gone. If we go straight to ' | the duchess we shall be certain to ' j find out where he is." "l am sure i am very giau to go," ; replied Dulcie, ungratefully, "if only to get away from that nasty, red! headed thing! Ugh! How I hate ; her!" "She will not be likely to trouble ! you again, my dear," remarked Lady Lowe, shrewdly; "but be sure and part amiably from Lady Derriman. | This is a delightful house, and she 1 will be useful to us in the season." Lady Lowe's announcement of her departure on the morrow was a cue ; for the rest, and Dorothy was not the ' least surprised to find that, after dinner, one and all of the guests declared, with some excuse, that they must leave the next day. "It is an awful thing, my dear Lady Derriman," observed Sir Greg* 1 ory Martin, who had driven over to | dine and discuss the matter further : with the earl; "and it would not be a bad plan if you went away, too; you look wretchedly ill and upset l about it." ' Dorothy did indeed look ill; her | face was haggard and worn, and her eyes were surrounded by deep black marks, that made her cheeks seem ; quite thin. iviuraer is Mien ;i snasuy ininjr, Sir Gregory," she answered, with a : shudder. i To be Continued. ; Gerrymander. Our description of certain county s council tactics as "jerrymandering" I'.as provoked inquiry as to the deriva; tion of the word. It celebrates the i name of Elbridge Gerry, a Governor i of Massachusetts, who was an adept in the art. of so arranging election districts that his own side had an ; unfair proportion of representatives. i The story goes that Russell, the editor of the Continent, had in his office an election map of Massachusetts, in : which the painter Stuart thought he I saw a district in the shape of a sala! mander, and pointed it out. "A Gerrymander," answered Russell, and the word became a proverb and soon acquired me aiiernnnve spelling 01 [ "jerrymander."?London Chronicle. Dogs' Toilet Saloon. ' A "canine toilet saloon" is among j. the latest of London's enterprises. It is to be found in Prince's street, Hanover Square, anil here society ladies may bring their pets to under\ >go shampooing, liairdreusing, nail cut| ting of tooth scaling. A splendid bathroom has? be??n , fitted up, and a nursery adjoins, in which Pido may speud a few hours , of the day when his health lias sufj fered by reason of a morning spent _! in shopping with a mistress who has ;been too busy.?Home Notes. I ) ' Turpeiuitio in Jmliu. The production ot turpentine nnd rosin developed rapidly in Naini Tal 1 forest division in India during 11)0C" 7. The profits for the year amount1 cd to $11.2*3. Tlio Government having put the industry on a paying bathe enterprise will he turned over to individuals. The tapping of trees, 1 j however, -will be retailed under GovJI eminent control, t 9 l Cane Su^nr Wealth. r More money is in\c?ted in c.ir.e ? su^.ar thin in any other industry ex* i eepl coal wining in Natal Colony, l UrK::-h South Africa, and it i:; only , $300,000 short of the coal mining . investment. The sugar inve^tinc-a: ) is $7,300,000. ? ? MAHOMET V., WHO REIGNS, BUT A "SLOW JOHN." By Eliot Kays Stone. ' The inhabitants of the Southern ' mountains sometimes grind their corr . with an automatic miller known as | the "Slow John." This contrivance is very simple and I trude in form and workmanship, but ! iaking things slowly and easily and wonting steaany, it mrus uui nuu. 1 one to three bushels of meal a day There are two varieties, the more 1 jommon one being constructed as follows: A trough is fastened to one end o) , a stout stick, and a perpendiculai j beam to the other. The stick is sup( ported in such a way as to make the beam end remain down of its owr ; weight. But when water is run intc i the trough end the weight of the i water and trough combined makes that end heavier than the beam 01 j hammer, which is then lifted higt If? ?1 I i from the mortar in which it rests and which contains the corn. As the trough descends, the water runs out, and then the weight of the ham.' mer again brings it down into the mortar with great violence. This is repeated day and night until the corr is ground, when the meal is taken oul and fresh corn put in its place. Ani other variety of "Slow John" is operated by a water-wheel. It can readily be seen that such ar ; automatic mill and miller is of greal value to a community where 'everj mnn ie noo/lorl in the fiplfl TtS COSl is practically nothing. After the few hours or days spent in its construci tion, no attention need be paid to 11 beyond giving it something to do. ! I havo never seen one of these maChines save in a limited district in j North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky. That they exist there testifies I I think, to the originality of these secluded people, who have lived for ! so many generations in their own ! waf, undisturbed by the shrill ' whistle of advancing civilization.? j Youth's Companion. I | Mournful numDers?me Daiance on the wrong side of the sheet. | '''' I * ! ~' ' THRONE OF THE ? When a new Sultan takes his se is not yet over. His real consecratic of Osrnan is girded on him in a mos< Now Vegetable Grater. It is really surprising what a large proportion of inventions are designed Uff r .New Vegetable Grater. for use in that small but always j 'm nor taut mora, the kitchen. One of - - ? - A Man of Europe." ? DOES NOT RULE, OVER TURKEY. The Maxim Gun Silencer. The noiseless rifle invented by Hiram Percy Maxim has caused much ! discussion. Some declare that it will i be an aid to criminals, because they ; can shoot without the noise from the explosion betraying them. [ Interior mechanism of gun silencer, the "reverse turbine," which prevents gas from escaping rapidly, is shown f in the picture. His Happiest Hour. He?"You remember the moonlight night, twenty-five years ago, ' when I proposed?" ' She?"Yes, indeed." 1 He?"We sat there for more than an hour, and you never opened your i "Ps-" I ] She?"?es, flCttf.1 i j He?"That was the happiest hour of my life."?Cleveland Leader. 5ULTAN OF TURKEY. at here the ceremony of his installation >n takes place later, when the scimitar jue which no unbeliever may enter. I the most useful of these is the vege_ {table grater designed by an Ohio i man. With it vegetables or meat can be ground into fine particles by the expenditure of very little energy. This machine is made on the principle of a mill and In clnnycd to the cJge of a table. A hopper leads to a casing, in which a cylinder revolves, and below which is a chute. The cylinder, which is turned by means of a handle, ! is nearly as large as the casing and is fitted with two sets of teeth, inclined in opposite directions. One set is closer than the other, and when the cylinder is turned in j one direction it grinds the grist j smaller than when turned the other way. Tho vegetables or meat to be i ground are placed in the hopper, and | as they fall into the receptacle be- i low the cylinder crushes them, the small pieces falling into a dish placed j ! below.?Boston Post. i j It is likely that tho height of the j I new buildings in Messina will be lim- j j Itc-d to about thirty-three f?it. ! BITTER WAR ON INTEMPERANCE SOLDIERS FIGHTING THIS CURSE GREATLY CHEERED. It is a Poison. Is alcohol a poison? It may seen a little strange that science regards any substance as a food and also a: a poison, but this point can be clearec up when we take into consideratior the definition of a poison. The pop ular conception of a poison is some^ thing which is capable of producing death very promptly, but the scien tific definition is less exacting, and ii briefly this: "Any substance which when applied to the body, or digested causes disease." The term is a rela tive one and means that a substanci to be a poisoa does not necessarily need to be capable of producing deatl instantaneously. Many articles whicl are used as foods, if indulged iii t< excess, will produce irritation anc disease, and hence are, in a technica sense, poison. Toxicologists classify poisons as corrosive, irritant and nar cotic. Alcohol ranks with tobacco chloroform, caffeine, ether and nit rous oxide gas as a narcotic poison The effects are very similar, the firs being that of a stimulant; the second that of a narcotic, and if pushed to< far will produce death. The reasoi why the system can tolerate so mucl alcohol is because it becomes gradu ally immune in the same way as im munity is produced by antitoxins. A: a poison its first effect is that of j stimulant, increasing functional ac tivity for a time, but its second effec is that of a paralyzer, so affecting thi brain cells that they refuse to perforn their functions, and we have th< blunting of the higher sensibilities the incoherent speech and the stag gering gait. By its local action th< secretions of the stomach and othe; digestive organs are changed, and i produces structural changes in thi liver and kidneys. Persons subjectei to it are more liable to disease, mor< easily fatigued, and are more suscep tible to heat or cold. If immunit: has not been produced, it is perfectl; possible to produce death if sufficient ly large doses are given. A Poisonous Food. From the standpoint of technica dietetics, alcohol is a food. In ,th< scientific world, however, foods ar< classified as either good or poor, anc as such they perform the function o either tissue-builders or energizers For example, wheat bread, beefsteal and eggs are considered good foods but onions, cabbages and radishe are considered poor food in a strictl; technical sense. That is, foods hav< a ereater or less value according t( the ease with which they are digestec and assimilated, and also as t( whether they produce any injurious results. With this classification w< are forced to say that alcohol is : poor food. It is a poor food for sev eral reasons. First, because only i small amount?about three ounces which is far less than is required t< sustain the body?can be oxidized the balance passing through un changed. Second, because it has beei determined that it is not a tissue builder, and only serves the purpos* as an energizer. Third, to give suf ficient amount to sustain the bod: would, considering the small percen ige that can be oxidized, leave enougl residue to create irritation to sue? an extent that the physiologic func tions necessary to life would not g< on. In a limited sense, it is a food because it is a generator of energy but it is not a builder of tissue. Thus we have the soundest scientific sup port for the statement that it is pooi food, and has no use in the categor: of foods. As an energizer it act! onlv as a whiD to the flagging organs and, as one authority remarks, "w< have no more right to use it than w< have to lash a willing horse." No Placc For It. Civilization has found out the sa loon. After several centuries of ex perience with it, it has written it: epitaph. One of our great railroac lines in America has recently made : sweeping order that any employe o the road who cashes his pay check ii a saloon will lose his job. Twent: years ago one of the great railroad! in this country paid so little atten tion to the habits of its employes tha from the writer's own knowledge : train crew of twelve men lay drunl around a freight station sobering u] from a day's debauch and the freigb train which they were to man waitef more than half a. day before it pullec out. Such a situation at presen j would be impossible on any railroac I in America. One of the finest thing! about the agitation rising up all ovei the world against the liquor business is the hand which business has begu: to take in it. After awhile no busi ness worthy of the name will emnlo: a man who dr:nk3 at all.?Home Her aid. Cultivating Inebriety. "Alcohol is a cause of race stiicitU among animals," declared Dr. W. S Hall, of Chicago, in pointing out thai It cannot be considered a food. Dr T. A. Williams also took a fling al alcohol when he declared that th( mother who gratifies every caprice of the child to keep it quiet and the father who studies every form o1 amusement to attract and interesi his boy are cultivating inebriety in it which will develop in the future witt the slightest exciting causes. Why States Go Dry. The foolish manner in which thf retail liquor business is conducted is so narent and general that it maj ! i-otoii oa +ho Tnnst imrtnrtan! ICcioi Jj" ijc, i at^u uu vuv ?? single factor in bringing victory tc ! the Anti-Saloon Leaguers throughout the country. Temperance Notes. Poorly cooked food often drives j men to drink. A California chemist declares thai i he has discovered how to rob whisky j of its powers to intoxicate. But everyI body knows how. Don't drink it. ; The saloon must have boys or !t j roust shut up shop. One family out I of every five must contribute a boy in I order to keep up the saloon business | to its pres?nt prosperity. Will you I helo? Which c2 your boys shall it I be?" i Czar Nicholas of Russia, having j vetoed Prohibition in Finland. 300,l 000 citizens of that country rvill start I on June I to abstain from spirits, as ft protest. Nineteen "local Prohibition" Re' publican :ind Democratic law makers in the Illinois Legislature showed their great Royalty tu the Prohibition movement by electing as speaker a uoiorious liquor politician. "The tools of robbers, burgiars and assassins are not very sacred," is (he response of The Kentucky Patriot to the demand of the liquor men for "compensation" of their property in the event of Prohibition. m "The man gripped my arm ner vously and pulled me into a doorway I out of the rain. 'Look here,' he said* I tersely, 'what made you say that to?l -me?' B 1 " 'I don't know, I'm sure,' I an 3 swered. 'It flashed into my mind att 1 s of a sudden. I wasn't planning it. I (I 1 mean it, though.' I f " 'Well, you've knocked me all In- I a heap,' he said huskily. 'I'm a can- I t didate for heaven, too. but I've come . pretty near forgetting it. I'm a churchr 1 3 member,' and I thought I was a pretty 9 7 good Christian when I went into poli a tics. I haven't done anything very I ) shameful yet, hut I have been losing I 1 sight of my religion and getting aw ) fully careless. This Council business? I 3 hasn't been good for me. I've been ; kept out late nights, and I always go- I i with the boys for supper at some res - taurant after Council meetings are- I i over. They're a hilarious crowd, and , we go around the town more then 1? > good for anybody. I've neglected my , family and neglected my church, and - this thing you've said brings it alf l back over me. I'm going to do bet ter. I don't have to let this political ? 3 business lead me off. I'm glad that thing was put into your head to say 7 to me. I needed it.* "One day," continued the attorney,, l "I had been working with another \ l lawyer over a case, and when we- j - finally wrapped up the papers and he> was ready to leave, the words slipped , out of my mouth sort of musingly,. , 'Well, it's all so; "the wages of sin is3 death!"' "He whirled around and stared at p me fiercely. 'What do you mean by j that? You trying to preach to me?' s " "Not a bit of it,' I answered. , 'What are you getting excited about? > That's in the Bible. Don't you think; it's true?' v i'l "He paused and studied several* i seconds. 'Yes, it is true,' he answered, slowly. *1 know it's true. And I haven't been living like I ought i to; I know that. There are a lot of " I things I have been doing that I" , I wouldn't dare have my wife know. ! I'm going to try to cut them out. I t ; don't want the wages.' "?Brotherj ' hood Star. : -> j ! The Need of Religion. . : "Small, narrow, one-sided men, na t ! matter how earnest, cannot supply i leadership for the moral and religious ! c I forces, which alone can redeem na-, : tions," says former President Rooset i velt. "They can do good in their own i ! wav. but the strongest are needed? 1 I men of marked personality, who to* I tenderness add force f grasp, j Every great city calls with insistent 3 longing for leaders able and willing" r to suffer and fight, to show fortitude3 | and daring, to grapple with iron will j and undaunted front the terrible evils j that grow up where men are crowded" ) . together, where life is led under a .constant and feverish strain and \ where great wealth and bltiT pov; erty jostle one another. The servicecan be rendered in the ministry, as I ^ > i have known it to be rendered by j Protestant clergymen and Catholic[ ! priests, aye, and by Jewish rabbis." [ One Sin Enongh. ; A single sin, however apparently > trifiing, however hidden in some ob? Ecure corner of our consciousness? E a sin which we do not intend to ret , nounce?is enough to render real , ; prayer impracticable. A course of i j action not wholly upright and hon, orable, feelings not entirely kind and j loving, habits not spotlessly chaste| and temperate?any of these are im, | passable obstacles. If we know of fL 5 i kind act which we might but do not r intend to perform?if we be awarer . j that our moral health requires the | abandonment of some pleasure which i . yet we do net intend to abandon, here is cause enough for the loss of all spiritual power.?F. B. Cobbe. Pcace of Spirit. i j Prayer is the peace of our spirit, | the stillness of our thoughts, the i evenness of our recollection, the seat I of our meditation, the rest of our , j cares, and the calm of our tempest.} Prayer is tne issue 01 a quiex mina^ of untroubled thoughts; it is the. daughter cf charity and the sister of meekness.?Jeremy Taylor. Whatever you undertake to do, realize that the Infinite is with you; J therefore you cannot fail.?L. May Coan, j| TCrazil Honors Cleveland. "Clevelandia," in honor of former President Cleveland, is to be the name of the municipality of Bella Vista de Palma, Brazil, according to news received at the State Department, at Washington, D. C. This homage is paid to Mr. Cleveland because of his services as arbiter of the question of boundary lines between Brazil and the Argentine Republic. I France Modified Law. France has modified the law supi pressing teaching orders. jm ' J: 1 I V> Sphered jor foe, f ,| logierHouiy : : \ | PECCAVT?"I HAVE SINNED.** [ j Trembling I came to Jesus, : A rebel doomed to die; ' j But pitiful compassion Beamed in His kingly eye, ' j As He His golden sceptre * i Of love stretched out to me, y 3 ! And wrote, in blood-traced letters,. t | My pardon, full and free. I I Mourning, I came to Jesus, * j Pining and sad and lone: But He in mercy hearken d * To my "Peccavi" moan. l I He gave me peace far -Korfare, l ' Glad trustfulness for fears, j ! The spirit of rejoicing For heaviness and tears. J i Weeping, I came to Jesus, f Degraded and forlorn, - j Thirsting and faint and footsore, , j With raiment soiled and torn; / ? | When in love's pity stooping, | With welcome, ro:be and ring, I He brought me to His banquet And taught my heart to sing. . ? ?Harriet Julia Evans. 5 1 The Incidental Word. ) A prominent attorney, who says I modestly that he tries to improve I I j every fair opportunity for conversa- I r tion on religion witn men 01 ms ac quaintance, testifies that men are J constantly growing more and more I willing to talk about religious mat" ters. In evidence of which The Interiors relates as follows: "One rainy day some years ago,'*" ' he recalled, "going down one of the * | principal streets of Chicago I suddeni ly ran into a member of the City [ Council. 'Say,' he said, bluntly, 'are> you a candidate for anything thhr'1 3 campaign?' I "I really didn't intend to say iVi ^ but quick as a flash the words popped ' ouf of my mouth: 'Me? I am a can, didate for heaven.'