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He might; elude her indefi-1 nitely. She leaned her handsome j bead against the window, and looked j forlornly out into the thick drift of i mist. Perhaps she had better remained at the Wingate's, and married Teddy Craven. And at the thought of poor Teddy she could hardly suppress an hysterical inclination to laughter. He Vio/1 mornod ltor Tint tn rnnip tr? Dpad man's Island. A rap at the door. Breakfast was waiting. Again the table was spread for one person only, and again Vic attended her. "Will the sloop go to Watchhaven to-day, Vic?" she asked. "Goodness, no. miss?not with this sea running," answered Vic. "It never goes in any weather, unless Mr. Trevor sends it. Skipper Joe takes orders from none hut him. You know, I told you in storms we're cut off from the mainland for days, and even weeks at a time." "A dubious prospect for me," she said. As she arose from the table she saw a man standing behind her chair ?the smooth-shaven, cross-eyed Peter. "Mr. Trevor is waiting Tor you in J his library, miss," he said. At last! Jacqueline's heart gave a bound. With a firm step she crossed the hall, and Peter flung open the li brary door. "Miss Hatton, sir," lie announced, and Jacqueline swept bravely into the room, and was face to face with Philip Trevor. He arose from a tahle at which he had been sitting?a man of flve-andforty, elegant in dress and bearing, with a pale, smiling face, a brown Vandyke beard, and dark, narrow eyes that flashed over Jacqueline with feverish swiftness. His whole ap- J pearance was that of a fastidious, high-bred gentleman. He held out! a white, well-kept hand, on which a ! 1- -3 X .1 1.1 3 lit,. B:ilgie uiciiuuuu uiaz.cu jjivc au <uigi j < eye. "I am charmed to see you, Miss Hatton," he began, cordially. "I hardly expected you to say j that," she answered, quietly ignoring \ the hand. "And why, my dear child? Anybody by the name of Hatton must command a welcome in this house. Pray pardon me for declining to re" ceive you on your arrival. A sudden attack of vertigo disabled me for several hours. I trust my servants have cared for you properly in the mean time.?" She made an assenting bow. He i drew a step nearer to her, as if fas- j cinated. "Let me look at you closer," he said. "Yes, that is the same Jacqueline that I used to pet in the Hatton nursery, and, I may add, the woman j has entirely fulfilled the promise of the child." His attempt at gallantry fell flat. Jacqueline stood up, tall and grand, I her eyes fixed steadily upon him. H;3 lips twitched?his uneasy look shifted. * "Your?mother?" he stammered. "She died five years ago?of a broken heart." ! "Ah, how sad! And the other daughter?your sister?" t "She is a frail, delicate girl, liv- i ins, much against her inclination, on I the charity of friends." He stroked his pointed beard. "I hear that some boor from i Watcnhaven brought you over from j the mainland yesterday and dropped j you on the pier before any objection could be raised by my servants. Yoi> see, we do not encourage visitors at Deadman's. As you have sought me ; under such difficulties, I must infer > that you still keep a corner in your heart tor your lather's old friend." "Mr. Trevor. I leave you judge or the place to which you are entitled in the heart of my father's daughter." A dull red tint suffused hfs face for a moment. "Sit down!" he commanded stern-i ly. "Do you come to me of your own i accord, or has another person sent! you?" I "I come of my own accord and against the advice of ray best friends." "Ha! As a child you were always willful. It is plain I do not owe this visit to any whim?you have some strong motive behind it. Be quite iranu witii me?r nat is always tne j host. What motive brings you to' l):'arlman'&. Island?" She did not take the seat to which he motioned her, but remained erect, uncompromising, her fine eyes never wavering from his face. "I came." she answered, "to ask j you to restore the money which you i stole five years asrn rrom my father. ' V' ! .ii.ve reduced his children to absolute want. Doris and T are in need. I am here to leil you this, and to entreat you to make restitution." A preparation of four-and-.twenty hours enabled him to bear her first thrust without flinching?he even! sir>il<jd. , "You spsr.l: frankly?you do not iOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQ^O )OOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOO USE! ON 111 OOO COO jcoooooooooocoooooocncoo o K300000000CCQOOOOCCCOCOO < SLAND pti; OCXJCQOOO OQOOOOOCOOOOCCCOOOOOOOCO COOOOOOOOOOC'JOOOOCCOOpOO # cSoo?o888oo??8o?cooc;c8oo<>| \ M. lAJL'TUN. mince your words, Miss Hatton! These are grave accusations. Are you sure they are true??sure you are not laboring under some mistake?" Her lips curled. "Am I sure that my father died ruined and a suicide??that my sister and I are homeless and penniless? Oh, yes, Philip Trevor, I am very sure?" She was, indeed, a girl of spirit. The fact that she was far from friends and helpless, alone in this man's house, on an isolated island, of which he was sole owner and ruler, could not daunt Jacqueline. "My father trusted you, and you destroyed him!" she said. ."You are hiding in a strange, wild place, Philip Trevor. Does John Hatton's money never intrude here??his ghost never walk? Is Deadman's Island far enough, to hold him at bay? For years you have kept your booty? the fortune of two girls, whom you made orphans. The law could not touch you, and no one cared to follow you to your lair and denounce you as a thief and a murderer. But now you will no longer remain undisturbed. While I live you shall know no more peace." She had not meant to begin the interview with an open declaration of war; but her natural impetuosity carried her beyond the bounds of prudence. A disdain of half measures overmastered her?led her to define her position recklessly. The words were not out, however, when she thought of Doris, and tears rushed to her eyes. "I have no diplomacy," she said, tn a deeply chagrined tona. ''My sister is not. like me?she is so gentle and forbearing. For Doris' sake, give up my father's money!" His face had grown absolutely livid. He raised one hand Involuntarily to his head. i ? " liTCEl ne&v^ii: yuu licivc piuvuA^u a return of my vertigo! Miss Hatton, your father was as dear to me as a brother; but you accuse me of robbing and murdering him, and so force me to make counter charges, which you will not like to hear. If you ask why I have not told the truth before, I shall answer?because John Hatton persuadecT me long ago to s\.ear silence. And to shield him, I am still living an exile, a hermit, my name disgraced, all sorts of approbrium heaped upon me!" He paused and wiped his face with his handkerchief. | "Explain your words!" said Jacqueline, coldly. "I will. Your father was a born gambler. His passion for play amounted to a mania. To gratify it he not only ruined himself but me also. When Hatton lost heavily at the gaming table, my purse supplied his needs. He borrowed of me till my private resources were Daaiy crippled. I alone knew his secret-??even your mother never guessed it. His indulgence of the vice was concealed even from his nearest and dearest. As I could not reclaim him, I did the next hest thing?held my tongue." He stopped to cough nervously. Jacqueline's eyes seemed piercing him like swords. "Go on!" she commanded. "Of course, the hour came -when exposure could no longer be avoided. Then Hatton's conscience awoke. He bade me take the money and securities that remained to us and leave him to make a full public confession, and face the situation alone. It was my weak hour. I was madly in love TTrnmOT) whft fllllv wini a 1/iiu.i LU1115 TTX/AMMU, ? returned my affection. Unfortunately for my good name, I yielded to your father's importunities. But he was a coward at heart. Jie found death easier than confession. Upon my departure he-quite lost his head ?accused me of robbing him, blamed me for all that had happened, and then ended everything with a pistol shot. His death, needless to say, sealed my ruin. After that event who would believe in my innocence? Moreover, I scorned to bring charges against a dead man?to say, 'John Hatton's fortune was not stolen, but spent by himself at the gaming table.' No, I remembered our long friendship, and preferred to suffer rather than drag his name in the dirt. Ah, my poor child, not only am I guiltless of defrauding your father, but l:e died deeply in debt to me!" It was a long speech. He looked ?rowly at Jacqueline, as though -suring its effect upon her. A spot 'idignant red leaped into her y father a gambler!" she cried. . eo not believe your story, sir?I v.nnot!" "Your incredulity docs you crcdit.' l"'? ahU #?->% o /liiwrKir.v f a />/*? ni _ II lb uiuicuit iui a uauisutvi i.\j wuiprehend a father's sins." "By what proofs do you support your statements?" "Proofs!" he echoed, irritably. "Oh, I might know that a girl of your stamp would demand proofs! Well, (hey shall be forthcoming as soon as 1 have time to search my private pap??s. Meanwhile, let us understand each other. Mis;-- Hatton. what do you expect me to do?" "I have already told you. Restore >hn Hatton's money to John Ration's daughters." "Great Heaven! will you not believe me, when I s^y you were made poor by your father's vices?not by me?never by me?" "FavJo;:?i will believe }u;i when your word is sustained by unimpeachable evidence. It is always easy to defame the dead." His brows contracted in an ugly frown. "This is dreadful' You are an extraordinary girl!" He sprang nimbly to the table. "But, for your father's salip, I cr-nnot refuse to help t \ J you. I will write a check for Ave [ thousand dollars, and you shall carry I it immediately to your sister." "A sop to Cerberus," murmured Jacqueline, with fine scorn. "Spare yourself the trouble, sir. I will not accept it." | "Think twice. I offer you this j money on condition that you never , come near me again. The painful memories you arouse are really more than I can endure." "Mr. Trevor, I decline your offer, j My father's children mu?t have all that belongs to them or nothing." ' He dropped the pen which he had , taken. For a moment he looked as I though he was ibout to rush upon her. "That insult again! Well, you are my guest, and I mu6t bear with you. Heaven give me patience! See! the storm is increasing. You cannot ! leave the island to-day. Mrs. Trevor \ will meet you at lunch. When I set up my Lares and Penates on this rock ' she came with mc?her love is my solace here?it makes my desert to | i blossom like the rose. I am practically an outcast from the world and j my fellow-men, yet I find life still dej sirable, because it is shared by the i sweetest and loveliest of women." i Jacqueline felt a thrill of astonishment. Philip Trevor, in the charj acter of a lover, bewildered her. He ! waved her smilingly toward the door, j The interview was over. Had she acI complished anything by it? She fled I to her own room, and sat down there | to think. She was still thinking when I the lunch bell rang. An unbidden | and unwilling guest, she descended | to the room where the table was I ' spread. Philip Trevor was standing | I on the hearth in the light of a drift- j . T.rrt^/1 fnnwrciri!* with a ladv. j The entrance of Jacqueline cut short j the conversation. He turned toward ! j her with a sprightlv air. j "Let me," he said, "present ycc to j MrE. Trevor, who desires to mafco ; your acquaintance." Mrs. Trevor bowed. Her hand just touched Jacqueline's, and dropned ; j away?nerveless, cold as snow. She | I was a slender woman, white as ala- j j baster, with ash and gold hair and ! j melancholy gray eyes. Her features j j were as regular as a cameo, but thin. ! almost to sharpness. Her dress of ! rich, severe black, accentuated her j extreme pallor. Whatever her feelings may have been, 6he certainly | evinced no pleasure at meeting Jac! queline?on the contrary, her manner ' was distant?even forbidding. | "The woman that I saw at the window a6 I came up from the pier!" : said Jacqueline to herself. J , The three sat down to a table glit- j j tering with French norcelain, cut glass and massive silver, jreter 01 the cross eyes passed the dishes and j did the honors. Jacqueline might j | easily have fancied herself in a Bea- ( j con Hill bouse, instead of on a lonely,; hostile island far out in the -wild sea. j Both Trevor and his wife had their drawing-room manners on, and cer- ! tftinly they had managed to preserve ' i i>em intact during their long exile. J 1 Their conversation was brilliant and witty. Trevor maintained a tender, : *>ven adoring attitude toward the ala- j baster woman. He deferred to'her in ; everything?hung on . her words, . looked unutterable things, whenever i his smiling eyes sought hers. This devotion she seemed to accept as a matter of course. She had been edu- i cated abroad?had wintered in Egypt and summered in Norway, and , seemed familiar with most of the civ- J ilized globe. She asked a few lan- j guid questions concerning places once j visited, but hardly appeared to listen j to Jacqueline's replies. Her appe- j tite was like a bird's?she barely j tasted the food which the man Peter pressed unon her; and once, when he ! chanced to touch her shoulder, she started nervously, and a look of un- j { speakable horror and aversion swept j over her cold face. It was gone in a ! breath, but not before Jacqueline had seen and interpreted it. "She detests Peter!" was our hero! ine's inward comment. Jacqueline responded briefly to such scraps of conversation as were addressed to herself. She was upon i unknown ground, and it behooved J her to be on her guard. Presently a ; long, lamentable blast of wind shook 1 thf> stone house, rattled the casement, shrieked in the chimney. Mrs. Tre- j vor threw up her head like a startled \ Cecr. To be Continued. Dodging the Water Wagon. "T rtnn't know what's to become o* ! the ol' man ef they keep on votin' the j States dry," said the old lady. "It didn't cost so much fer him to go to j Chattynoogy, but as Tennessee will be as dry as a bone-in July, that'll take him a step further, an' he jest can't afford the money. Of course, he kin blind-tiger it in Georgy, but ! it's no longer safe fer him to do so, j seein' that he kin no ipore kiver up j j his tracks, fer ever* time he tries it they ketch up with him. an' haul him up before ,meeting', an' he's gittin' too ol' now ter risk bein' turned out the church, fer Satan might ketch i him on the outside an' sweep him off i 'fore he has a chance to git back I ag'in. But the States dryin' up, one ! after another, an' I kin see him buy1 in' a railroad ticket as fur as Kala! mnzoo?an' I b'lieve that country would be dry 'fore he hit it!''?Atlanj ta Constitution. Mr. JtocKcfeller and Dr. Harper. My first meeting with Dr. Harper was at Vassar College, where one of my daughters was a student. He used to come, as the guest of Dr. j J James M. Taylor, the president, to | i 1 J-. ? -. A.. n A oe T I | lU'JlliM: \J~i Quuua/is, unu uu jl **w , i quently spent week-ends there, I saw j and talked much with the youn;^ pro- j : lessor, then of Yale, and caught in ! some degree the contagion of his en! thusiasin.?World's Work. j The intense cold caused tlie cote i d'Azur express to break down near Dijou, i'Vance, recently. The water in the tender was frozen hard. The passengers had to pass the night in j the village. j .... According to Dr. Sven Iledin, the Swedish explorer, tha famous Asiatic Eiver, firaumapuiiu, rises from an enormous glacie. in the northernmost Himalaya Mountains. ~ THE PULPIT. " #. SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY THE REV. JOSEPH A. BENNETT Theme: Kingship of Josns. Brooklyn, N. Y.?Sunday morning the Rev. Joseph A. Bennett, of Newark, Ohio, preached in the Greene Avenue Baptist Church. His sublet was "The Kingship of Jesus." The text was from John 19:14, "Behold your King." Mr. Bennett said: The world has had many kings,all of whom have been more or less famous. But it has had only one, who could in truth be called Kisg of Kings and Lord of Lords. Time and time again the world has trembled, to know what conception its sovereigns had of their sovereignty, for their conceptions inevitably shaped their policies and determined their actions But never in all the history of the world was it so important for the children of men to know what conception their sovereigns had of their sovereignty, as it is for the child of God to know what conception the Christ had of His kingly office. And thanks be unto God, we are not left in the dark concerning this momentous question, for we may easily gather from the words of the King Himself and the lips of those whom He has commissioned to speaK m tiis Deuau, a viem <iuu ??yju conception of His Kingship. And this is the task set for the accomplishment of the present hour. We approach the task with joy and gladness, but without the slightest hops of being able fittingly to portray the beauties of the King Eternal, and yet we^vish to consider as best we may, "the Kingship of Jesus in its ground, its realm, its character and its influence n s First, then, the ground of His Kingship. What right has the Christ to be King? What are His credentials? The kings of this earth have gone to their thrones by way of royal birth, intellectual force, the might of arms or the glitter of gold. If such credentials, be sufficient to insure a crown and wield a scepter, then surely the Christ ought to wear the brightest crown and sway the mightiest scapter the world has ever known, for He is as far above earthly raonarchs as the stars are above the ponds which reflect their shimmering light. No; Christ did not go to His throne through royal birth, intellectual force, the might of arms, the glitter of gold, or the schemes of politicians. What, then, were His credentials? Well, first, divine appointment, when in the Second Psalm, Jehovah says, "yet have I set My King upon My holy hill of Zion,w He speaks of the Christ, and. when in the fullness of time the Christ comes, it is not witnout signs of divine appointment and approval. Among these we notice the song of the angels, the shining of the star, the visit of the Wise Men, the hushing of the winds, the staling of the waves, the opening of blind eyes, the healing of the sick and the raising of the dead. Bu.t, again, the Christ credentials are "Inherent Qualification." It Is necessary to a successful sovereign that he have a comprehensive knowledge of his subjects. He must know their virtues and their vices, their vocations" and their avocations, their religion and their irreligion. In a word, he must know and understand human nature. He must also be possessed of a mind legislative and be able to enact such laws as shall be for the best interest of his people. He must be possessed of a mind judicial and be able to execute those laws with judgment .tempered by merrv. He must have a mind mar tial and be able to marshal the forces of the realm for the protection and defense of his people. ^ In all these things Jesus is preeminent. He knows mankind as only the Creator can know. He knows the weakness of the flesh and the strength of temptation. He knows the deceit* fulness of the heart and the allurements of the world. He knows the strength and temper of the devil's sword, for He has often crossed blades with him. Jesus knows all these things and He is able to make laws whicb, if obeyed, will make us happy here and hereafter. He is able to, and will, execute the laws which He has formulated. Nor will He forget the rewards and the pv.nishments belonging to those who obey or disobey. He is able and willing to marshal all the forces of Heaven to protect the weakest saint, who puts confidence in His name. Again, the Christ credentials are mediatorial acquisition. By all the sufferings of the cross, by the atonement of His blood, He has won the right to the scepter over human lives. So much for the grounds of His sovereignty. Bu.t in what realm is He f overeign? In the realm of nature. ?.y Him and for Him were all things made. The centre of this universe is not the milky way, along which countless worlds blaze their light, but Christ the ne v and living way, along w'.iich countless multitudes pass to tfcrj Father's house. He >s King also ir- Heaven. Ml the angels of God b< "v down and worship Him. His k: gdoru is hig'er than the highest In wen. and deeper than the deepest hi..!. He is King among men. Millions bow down before Him and worship Him as King. Oh! yes; I know mii".on3 more refuse to worship Him, saying, "We will not have this man to rei',n over us," but some day God's wo.d will be fuelled, when every km 3 shall bow and every tongue confe? Him as Saviour and Lord. Ke is King in the reahn of the chvch. He has never abdicated His throne or delegated His power to another. Christ alone is King, not syr.nds, not presbyteries, not conferences, not councils, not discredited professors or ex-presidents of colleges, but Jesus Christ. He alone is King, and the scepter of His authority must sway in Christian lives. No new religion here. A Christian is one who loves Jesus Christ supremely, a Christian character is one whose life is in harmony with the Infinite. But what is the r-'iaraeter of His sovereignty? Well, it is marked by purity of mailer and of method. No ulterior motives prevail in the Christ Kingdom. It is marked by rigliteousncs. He is righteous to reward all who toil and labor for Him. and righteous too. to punish all who oppose and hinder Him. All tne laws ot his Kingdom aro equally just and helpful to the rich and the poor, the high and the low. Aga ), the sovereignty of Christ Is Allied by aggressiveness. The Church of God ought never to he ou the defensive, but always on the aggressive side, ever contending for the advancement of the Christ Kingdom. Jesus Christ is an Imperialist, and can never be satisfied until all the nations of the earth acknowledge Him as King. But do you ask how His Kingdom is to be advanced? J. onswer not by might, not by power, but by My Spirit saith the Lord, not by sailing fleets &p<l trampling legions. a The Sunday=School i ? ; INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR NOVEMBER 14. Subject: Paul a Prisoner?In Rome, Acts 23:11-31?Golden Text: Rom. 1:16?Commit Verses 30, 31?Commentary on the Lesson. TIME.?A. D. 61-63. I PLACE.?Rome, i EXPOSITION.?I. Prom Malta to : Rome, 11-15. No man ever craved j human fellowship and sympathy i more than Paul and no man appreciated it more when he had it (v. 15; cf. Acts 17:15; 18:5; 2 Cor. 7:6; 1 j Thess. 3:1, 2; 2 Tim. 4:21). Paul , was an intensely human man. II. Paul in Council With the LeadI ing Jews in Rome, 16-22. Paul is at Rome at last, and is there to preach the Gospel as he had longed to do (Rom. 1:14-16). Helovedhis people no*matter how bitterly they hated him. He got them together as soon as he could thathemight preach Jesus to them. He sought to conciliate them. He has no charge to bring against them. It is not pleasant to be bound with a chain, but it is a great privilege and honor to be bound ] with a chain in a good cause. It Wets luruugu JCWJOU HIOJIVC uiat Paul was now in chains, ; but strangely enough It was becauseof loyalty to the great hope of the Jewish nation that he had incurred Jewish enmity. "The hope of Israel" was two fold; the hope of a resurrection (Acts 23:6; 24:15; 26: 6-8) and the hope of a Messiah in whom they and all the nations of the earth should be blessed (Acts 3:2224; Luke 1:69, 70, 72; Rom. 15:8; Gal. 3:14, 16-18). In Paul's preaching the two hopes were blended, because the Messiah he preached was a Messiah risen -from the dead, the first fruits and guarantee of the resurrection (Acts. 33:32, 33, 38). In Paul's day Christianity was everywhere spoken against, yet it was to conquer the world and save it from moral ruin. Man's judgments are not God's, and the sect that is "everywhere spoken against" may be the sect God has t? ~ ic.ic o*f oa\ | curaen ici. juv. loao-n, a-x>. J II. Paul Preaching the Kingdom of God and Persuading Men Concerning Jesus, 23-31. Howall the schemes of the enemies of Paul and Christ had turned out to the furtherance of the Go&pel (cf. Phil. 1:12). They had brought Paul to Rome at the expense of the state, they had given Paul a great audience of leading Jews, but further than this they had given Paul an audience of Roman soldiers. These soldiers would never have come to a service conducted by a Jew, but as' they had to guard Paul they had to hear what he had to say. Many were thus converted (Phil. 1:13, R. V.), < and as the Roman'soldier went everywhere they became most efficient missionaries in Gaul, Germany and Britain and elsewhere. Paul opened to the Jews the Old Testament scriptures concerning the death and resurrection and reign of the Christ (comp. ch. 17:2, 3; 26:22, 23), showing how all this was fulfilled in Jesus. He gave witness to tjie kingdom of God?that is, to the reign of God on earth in the coming Messianic kingdom. All his exposition and testimony centred in Jesus. It was no abstract reign of God in an improved state of society, but a definite reign in a definite person, Jesus. Paul proved his points "both from the law qf. Moses and from tne propnets, irom aabrning till evening." If Paul had bfeen like so many modern so-called , "Bible teachers" he would have spent the day discussing whether or no the - law really was Mosaic, and whether the portions of Isaiah expounded were by Isaiah himself or . the deuteroIsaiah or some-;other Isaiah. The method .employed, going through the .Scripture and showing Jesus everywhere, the Master Himself followed (Luke 24:27). Even apostolic preaching will not convert everybody. But under true preaching of the word ot Gtod in the power of the ' Holy Spirit "some" will believe. The preaching of the Gospel always causes division; those who are ordained to eternal life believe (comp. ch. 13: 48), and the rest reject (comp. ch. 13:48-50; 14:4; 17:4, 6; 18:6-8; 19:8). Those who believe are saved; those who believe not are lost (Mark 16:16, 16). But the unbelief of some does not make the faithfulness of God of non-effect (Rom. 3:3, R. V.) Paul was not at all shaken in his own faith, because so many, including scholarly ones, had not believed. No, rather he was confirmed in his faith; for was not this a fulfillment of prophecy? But note how plaihly Paul spoke to those rejecters of the truth of God, and we ought to use equal plainness of speech. Paul toV'l them that what lay at the root of their unbelief was: gross hearts, dull ears, closed eyes. Their eyes were closed because they themselves had closed them (comp. 2 Thess. 1:7, 9). rflfnoofl tho anlvfllinn. X UUU51I Ul^J 1V1UUVV v?v it was none the less "of God." It they would not have It, others would (v. 2S). The rejection of the Gospel by the Jew meant salvation for ug (Rom. 11:11). Paul had tw? years of uninterrupted service in Rome and here the story closes. The Old Theolo<*j. We have outgrown the old theology. It is as obsolete as the outworn shell on the beach on the great sea. ?Rev. E. L. Powell. Immortality. No man can believe in the Fatherhood of God and doubt immortality^ ?Rev. Dr. Waters. Yale's Financial Resources. At New Haven, Conn., Lee McClung, who is to become United States Treasurer, made his final report as treasurer of Yale University. The general statement of funds and assets of the university shows an increase for the year from $9,640,243 to $10,835,673, endowment funds increasing from 55,250,804 to $6,119,320. The greatest increase in form of investments is in realty bonds and mortgages, which rise from $2,833 639 to $3,737,747. p?n tvim vrs,>,ir>? At Margate. England. Charles A. riuff Miller, Agent-General of New Brunswick in London since 1896, jumped or fell from a window and was killed. He had been staying at a sanitarium because of a nervous trouble. An attendant was constantly in ."barge, but Mr. Miller succeeded in eluding him and making his way to the window. He was born in Ontario in 1 856. Great Commerce Record, i Commerce for August od tiic great j Jakes broke ail records. _ i 'BITTER WAR ON INTEMPERANCE j i j SOLDIERS FIGHTING THIS CURSE GREATLY CHEERED. ????? j Why Do Men Drink? 1 BY JOHN C. KARL. : "0 God, that men should put an enemy into their mouths to steal away th>?ir . brains! To be now a sensible man, by and j ? by a fool, and presently a beast!"?Shakos- ! j peare. I j I To me there is no more interesting j ) | problem in psychology! . j Come to think of it this whole . question of alcoholism is one of the ' ? most astounding puzzles in moral in- j j, : consistency and intellectual perversity ! j j that has ever come before the intel- i i i ligent world for solution. I Why we should tolerate this He- M ; cursed stuff among us, with the evi- I . dences of its cruelly destructive na- ! j j ture confronting us at every turn, is a j i | question that uhould scare us as to : | our own personal sanity! i In its initial stages, alcoholism is " I the birthplace of mora3 and physical | 1 ( degeneracy, later on the hotbed of dis- i i j honor, dishonesty and disloyalty; ' and, at the last, the sad burial ground ! of wrecked hopes, of ruined careers; ' ' of lost souls and all that might* but t I for it, have been so beautiful and ' J good and true. * ; wny ao men arms.' n is me ucw | that moistens the roadway to hell! j j Yet we nurture the germs of our . I future hopeB and fears in its foul | pollution, we suckle it to our innocent babes, and proffer it to one another j at the most sacred rites of our religious beliefs! Why do we do it? "Wine throws a man out of himself, and j ' infuses qualities into the mind which she is a stranger to in her sober moments."? Addison. Why do men drink? Ask the j "total abstainer" who smilingly offers It to his guests. | Ask the "moderate drunkard," j who. sneering at his more involved j brothers, wickedly boasts that, he can ; "take it or let it alone." Ask the "convivialist," who, swearlag love and. loyalty for the com- j panions of his debauch, takes to the I tall timber at ihe first sign of | trouble. Ask the "dipsomaniac," who period- i . Ically kisses death in a perfect Niag- : t ara of the vile stuff he abominates. ! Ask the poor "chronic inebriate," j who but "marks time" In the morass i of alcoholic bilge till the reaper gath-*| ers him in. j "Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? j They that tary at the wine. It biteth like j a serpent ana stingeth like an adder."? [ The Bible. Why do men drink? Of what use i Is medical science if this question i cannot be answered? We are given j countless good and sufficient reasons j why men should not drink, but no i one seems ever to have sounded the ! depths of human perversity for one ! good and sufficient reason why men j do drink! | The fact of the matter is that, with i few exceptions, everyone who comfe9 within the alcoholic atmosphere falls under its control?they become obsessed with a moral obliquity, or I what may be perhaps more correctly termed an intellectual strabismus? the axis of their mental vision has become deranged by alcoholic hypnosis, and their logical instinct a i non-responsive blur. Nature has supplied an antidote for | all her ills?is there no immunity | from the infatuation of this mirage? j No redemption for those who have i fallen? No hope for the lost? j "Drunkenness is nothing else than a vol- j nuwu j ijiauiiMo. lAucvwt Let us be truthful?we do cot want i to escape it! Our fathers pledged , their friends ir it, and our mothers ! wet our lips with it on the tips of i their rosy fingers. What was good enough for them is good enough for I us! Our mental process will not, or can not, travel farther.We have been unfairly dealt with ' by the countless generations who ; have traveled ahead of us. Even be- j fore our birth, and during our help- j I less childhood, the fine clockwork of ( ! our mental balance has been tam! pered with, and thrown awry by alco- i i holic stimulants; and now, we have | I ears that hear not, and eyes that see ; not. We welcome bestiality witn an inane smile, and extend the glad ; hand to shame and ruin! j "Oh, wad some power the giftie gi'e us, i Taeee oureel's as ithers see us!" Is there absolutely nothing in all ' this wide, wide world that can free ! us of our asses' ears? j I "Soon as the potion works, their human ! | countenance, ! Th' express resemblance of the gods is ' changed, j And they, so perfect in their misery, j Not once perceive their foul disfigure i ment." / ?Milton. j Practical Results of Sobriety. i A marvelous cnange nas lanen piace | In the drink habit in the past cen- \ tury. In tho United States for in- i stance, it is true that the consump tion of drink has reached a high per ] I capita mark, despite the vigorous temperance work, including education, through the population and the ' ! energy of the liquor traffic are under! stood. There is, nevertheless a tre| mendous increase, universally admit! ted, in the sobriety of the people as a whole. It may be truthfully said, for example, that the growing demands of business for sober or completely ab- , j staining employes have followed edu- . cation of youth in the facts showing , how drink tejds to impair efficiency and reliability. A generation of em- , ployers has been reared who not only , have an idea as had their fathers .that drink makes a poor workmen, but taught by the facts of science. 1 . they know the definite risk. Alcohol and Pneumonia. Dr. Moorehead, a great physician j of Edinburgh, said of alcohol in 1 I paeumonia: "If I can get a patient ! I who has had no alcohol, I have very < ' seldom any doubt as to the result of . nHor.lr n f nnAiimAnia on ri finH ] LIX CX L AblttVA U1 ^/UVUUiUUlU, UUU MKMt 1 . that it is never necessary to give al; cohol in these cases at all; in fact, I i Ihe patients do far better without it." j No (/onstitutional Clonk. The alcoholic drink trade is not s i protected by our National Constitu-' i ; tion. Michigan Scares Runimie*. I Cincinnati wholesale liquor dealer?? I 1 ! announce that their losses from the I < going dry of Michigan counties wilf < not be less than $2,000,000 per year, i The recent going dry of nineteen ] counties of Michigan starts a cry j among the pro-liquor papers of Mic*i- i igan for a law which shall require j three-fourths vote to carry no-licenae. Always "Wrong. If it was wrong to vote for license ? when the per capita consumption of ? liquor was fifteen gallons, it is still I wrong when ihe per capita consump- C 1 tion is twenty-three gallons. \ { Mhewdjorfbc ' fcfowv! "HOPE THOU IN GOD.** (Pea. 42:5, 11.) Hope thou in God!" Tie tfcis sweel word, Tv very inmost aoul hath stirred; ind bo I pass it on to yon, Tiat you may le;u-n likewise to do, Hope thou in God! TTofie thou in God!" This lesson learn, ;'en when His will you can't discern. \ 1 is purposes of love are sure. lis merrv shall for aye endure, Hope thou in God! Hope thou in God!" Do net despair. Although unanswered spems thy prayer, t has ascended to His throne. 'by need to Him is fully known, Hope thou in God! ? Hope thou in God!" Though all around 'he powers of darkness doth abound, 1p reigus above, He rules on high. No evil shall to thee come nigh," Hope thou in God! Hope theu in God!" Oh. may it be r; V message to Himself to thee! ?e not cast down, be not dismayed, !till 'Jine to Him, 'mid lijjht or shade. Hope thou in God! v-~ ?F. B., in London Christian. I Tlie Holy Spirit and the. Word. It requires the enlightening, emihasizing presence of the Holy Spirit o enable us to comprehend and apiropriate the teaching of the Wdrd. Che following' incident illustrates bis: In Altoona. Pa., some years ago, a nan was seeking the Lord. He had >een at the altar a number of evsnngs in succession, and seemed on!? o be getting deeper into gloom, doubt md despair, but ne was an bonest inluirer. One evening, right in the middle of he altar exercises, he got tip..took lis hat, and left the house, feeling hat there was no salvaUon-for-hjpi. 3e went home, and on entering his louse his eye caught a Bible lying on he table. He sat down and began to ead, thinking that perhaps he could ind something there that would reieve his mind. He happened upon he passage, "This is a faithful sayjig, and worthy of all acceptation, hat Christ Jesus came into the world o save sinners, of whom I am chief." Fie was astonished. The Holy Spirit iwinlinetfo/l TJfa faHYl tnnir > lu \j u ao i u tuv it uv.u< j jl a.oi vu vvvu 10]d. and soon he was happily praisng God alrud for salvation. The next evening in the meeting he ?aid to his pastor: "I gave up hOpe ast night, and went home, but fortulately my eye caught the Bible as I went into my house. I sat down and began to read, and I soon found Scriuture enough to convert all the men in Mtoona." The Holy Spirit enlightened his jyes, because he was an honest, penitent inquirer, and it did "guide him Into all truth"?into a knowledge of all the truth essential to his salvation. And so It will do for every hoflsst inquirer. If the "higher critics" 3f to-day would study their Bibles on their knees, they would find much more to believe and much less to criticise than they do. It is the enlightening influence of the Holy Spirit that Illumines the truth to the mind of the honest reader of God's V^ord,. but upon the minds of those who, trusting in their own wisdom, read its sabred pages only to criticise and find fault, it sheds no such illumination.? Religious Telescope. Cleansing His Conscience. There was once in Boston an old codfish dealer, a very earnest and sincere man, .who lived prayerfully every day. One of the great joys ol his life was the family worship hour. One year two other merchants persuaded him to go into a deal with them, by which they could control all the codfish in the market, and greatly increase the price. , The plan was succeeding well, tvhen this good old man learned that many poor persons in Boston were suffering because of the great advance in the price of codfish. It troubled him so that he broke down in trying to pray at the family altar, and went straight to the men whc had led him into the plot, and told them he could not go on with it. Said the old man: "I can't affoxj to do anything which interferes with my family prayers. And this morning when I got down on my knees ind tried to pray, there was a mountain of codfish before me, high enough to shut out the throne of God, and 1 lould not pray. I tried my best to get around it, or get over it, but jvery time I started to pray that codfish loomed up before me and my God. I -wouldn't have my family prayers spoiled for all tie codfish in :he Atlantic Ocean, and I shall have nothing more to do with it, or with 'ny money made out of it."?Home [Ierald. "Faiih is the Substance of Things Hoped For." I hear men praying everywhere for more faith, but when I listen to them carefully and get at the real heart of heir prayers, very often it is not more faith at all that they are wantng, but a change from faith to sight. Faith says not. "I see that It Is good .or- me, and so God must have sent ,t," but "God sent it, and so It must je good for me." Faith, walking in he dark with God, only prs?ys him to ;lasp its hand more closely?does not ;ven ask him for the lifting of the iarkness so that the man may find :be way himself.?Phillips Brooks. The Conquering Cross. The cross of Jesus goes on conjuering, an A. some day the hosts of Satan must bow before it and say, in :he words of the leader of the Moors: 'Galileean, Thou hast conquered!"? R,ev. D. D. Greer. Ambition. Ambition is right and proper and lecessary when kept withtn prop^e miinds bur when it brooks no re strain it leads to crime and shame.-t? I He v. S. H. Burgin. I Xevr York Salesman Found Dead. B With his skull fractured, J. EnhoJ pen. of New York City, was found! lead in a room at the Sinton Hotel, inl Cincinnati Enhoven was a travel-B ng salesman for a shirt waist manu-l 'acturing firm. It is believed he fell I igainst a steam radiator. PhysiciansB found a hypodermic syringe in theB room. 9 Lumber Worth $1,000,000 Burned. 'E Fire wined out the lumber yard of I ufanley Chew at Dollar'town, Ontario,* weeping an area or' th Irteen acres I lare. Tl:*> loss will reach nearly $1.-1 100.000. The lumber destroyed wasB 5,000:000 left. . I I -i