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mIT WAS fORCED Batte With the Mores Was Unavoidable CONBiMNS NGW UNDERSTOOD Major Garal Wood Assumes Respon siht/ afor It-Killing of Some of the ;;en COuld not je Avoided. .1r:: : u. By (Cable.-- - -I: p o nea W. 4 v::. 1' ha arri e-1 has anlnonne Da.e anerJolo. Hv ,aId thatl --n ~ ~ ~ ic chld e in I h - -;ht. Ih:- :. of them wor killl by .n- t of s ih m the rs L~oal ~ stin:. .ll 04r h-n r WoodI! de :: edt a t i v . 1 ( t tll . w m11 wOt :a t III aoi Oltr oe aon he . I i::shed. Aotr. Aonl ,I . asio n wit!v hs k''!'II thS it ' !v II At'll , i n Ie ll of ('he 31eros Wla Pc at i on of the sle of Pines. at p'::ted o 1 we:i . li ev of I :ed 5. ra'h! Wo l ad S th (hiba 1 121 Illi a-S 1: m '. ( not have eir id wmans '-I' 22 t 2 so. iirri14 1!r ''2 e v nt'4'ly. i; wa- - sbfole the ("t mush s(lex l : OI. lie ofs ther Is o Pi than Ii;::!..'. B ilaie.-! 4 yde Fnhon.uS a o ~ ~ i b111o4Pne . nd ll Zho Iasar r -::i b ct u bal A uthori t es t abt !-I, i(2* c vs that 1th4' minil('P of izat' t~h:iOf votillt ! : is 2m)0 anlj m - id tAnoether Pier. net'; .: .lobeforethes. pe an io Ta he work. H sts' theei tre leca i 0: )t l' coal pier Just 12orfl i of E: 1). enhe output of e a n this wia I,..o ;::ei au a ndmerim comtaou I:.s fo-i avs that the facilities of the 1'1imna: muast be iic'reasced. For sev ('I'.d mo.--th tile railway company haIs mie#1 a tiur-, ore of tn at work re :cI 4-ers in the ol'l coal pirs. earned work is finised all three S : illr - ilof a be: ca pie just~ new. :ier11w. The. oupeui.ofTco~ti wimn Wn-r hasbeend lled and thes citmpane has' f:& thatbd th facil5itis ofth era mofnth oteraiwa compan hasel neing l10.imbers f it ted coale pies When 1 wor is iinisheti d alltcn~n three of ' th is weill be. praially~l anor Mil:. aelhni. Spcarl.w woe wKr sh* andt kild2 in t hiity.'ne by her Fo U-bnivritof jealouniof herans dei vfld ot l'1jcsentv of io:'ia mfarrifte (he man0( wo I elis wif'e of Geo. Johnrpon aMor w--i a. -u ni ewarkes ad alum w ~ ' kiid o New or. Both22 who 'w~ d marr the omatin im if vis .eitica odit.wion. we S60.000'i PonUniterity "a of iia ment wa Sudeit Agans Cnvity o YLO Sii of it ile.-l of0.0 Cotfromi 1h'rle Sr,.eele, fo iJ.ierepoint Mor Sea.nb Compan. 190w caork. and anlum ime d uld, iof Ntewt Yrk. Bth he1r~4l !stpenddi thet tile utiont of un.K will~n consiute aohan of ive viecZ a '-Ar forecolor ell ptients a thea :siant rk ii.et.k.s hani:' Sp4ecal.-J.y Cp. Stkes i'r- $10,000kt for iles rcmemo Septembser .\n2.ca 190. cueb an Chub lead de~iv' stevet rig. h compla 1stae that the p.laintif', 'lan ie and brok hstruft lei s that.the 1er tel 212cpld b TheiS ews It'aem.014 t"o SerA Conaperto adesedth Swyd CAbrialepbinCl. ofC:. .o theO imp t of .\ a why romstocks the New York':i c.~r5-1h a Nic. wastn listeck n ad:-4 eyS andontej oe byul opvs ;r eat8 a t i th caison of whC ac -li:. The hadti2 chakeactrne asea hisn:3 wterdihof th VanuBrr. Sid whonea brotheri-i te Amicanll 2rd. as covi'cte of4 adu'' ry and :'etaet o threeC .mnti~t ipr lison-t'i Pi2 e delhi. peia . als P.: teret. here. Net'e MrI. itc'hei FEARFUL LOSS Of LIFE As Result of Undelivered Orders, Heavy Grades and Blinding Snow Storm. Score of Lives Are Lost on Denver & Rio Grande. Pueblo. I ii.. Specia.-Thlirty'-five lveswre era, -mt early Friday ia hea-,m Iosono wo p1assenl Zer train- -ar Adlobe. Col., on the Ieve NC hI I r:ti e 1:I rl oad. ali a scorr nt incirerated be vondlui~t I d iall:i by ai' ireL that de troved h i'wre e coa'hes. l re than a score were iiin-rd. but all will probably reco.er. The wrek was due to uildelivere. ordeis. heavy moun tain grdes. a sow ~sitorm. a sharp emNe and the Sli)erconidi!ion of the rails. Only he lcomoive thgae and day coaches were wrecked. the sleep as in the Eden d iII on the same ro ad in 1904. wieni part of a tra n ran imo a i>oded eamvon throneli a washeI-out brid e. 31anv ,f the d1(d were home-seek ers bound for tei Nothwest The three erushe( lowantives set fire to the inted oathes and it was hours before all th e bodi were recovered. the flames heing so het that reseur ers could not approath t(. debris un til the fuel burned out. It was a wild. stormyi night in the mountainy eanyois. wilen the two heavy trains met. Uhindig Snow darkened th" rucky gorges and sjeed was not higi. ENGINEERS WERE IELPLESS. Suddenly headlihts flashed out, and it was realized by the einelers that something was wrong. Aeeord ing to Fireniai .J. 11. Smith. of the wvest-hound train. Enuieer Walter Cosbett applied the emergency brakes but the slippeiy rails allowed the mo mentum of the heavy train to carry it on. to tih fatal czashi. The impat. vas seneVely nioticeable. but the irains erushed and ground in to each other. The ielper engine of the west-bound train acted as a cush ion1. minimizing the force and weigiht of the heavy mountain engiiiiies. This helper was erushed together like so much paper and the other locomotives ran through the mesh of iron and plowed each other to pieces. Fireman Smith was the only one of the engine crews to escape. The bag gage car of the west-bound train squeezed together. The baggage car, the mail car and a coach of the east bound train buckled, but none of the cars telescoped. FOREIGNERS ROASTED ALIVE. Hardyly had the noise of the wreck eased whlen a sheet of fire ran thro' the shatterel cars of bo0th trains. In the forward coach of the west-bound train every seat was occupied by passengers. most of whom were home seekers. A number of foreigners were among them and in their terror they gave up life without making any at tempt to reach safetyv outside the btrning ear. They sank to the floor of the ear and were r' asted alive. The cooler ones in the' ear. see'ing their danger rushietd for thei windows and doors and with die nid of the pas sengers in the rar of the train and those member- i I iai ere'w who were iunhur~t Iiaaged ito~ I reaceh the op en air. MIany: were injured by the rough handling they reneived or by flying glas'. When the oij pant of the two sleeping cars awv t.hat nothbing could be done to cheek the flames, they aid ed the trainment in p)ushing back the undamaged ear's. Communieat ion was opened with the Pueblo oficee of tihe railroad from Portland, a mile from the wreck and a relief train with phlysicians was dis patched to tihe accident. The injured were placed in the sleeping ears aiid brought to Pueblo with the passengers of the east-bound train, who were un hurt. Another relief train came from Florence to' take away thle uninljured portion of the east-botund train. A list of dead made up from close investigationa by resp~onsible persons follows: William Hlollis engineer. Walter Cosslett, engineer. H. D. .Sudduth, firedman. Edward E. Baird. deputy sheriff, Denver. Arc'i hald( Whitney, prisoner in charge o4f Baird. Mirs. William Burnsid.e. daughter and danzhter's child. all of Kansas. .\. N. BareliP. Sailidai. Colo. :Iiss Graoe Barklo. Salida. Colo. M1rs. Wmn. Hewitt. Lebo. Kansas. Pearl H ewitt, Lebo'. Kansais. 3iirs. (athierine IIe witt,. and baby hov. Lobo. IKansas. '.u:dwad Cowley. Leho. K\ansas. Fred .1 one3s. L.2bo1. Kansa~is. Fred' LIueeno leyX. D enver. Mr's. W\inona Ilewimtt. ebo, Kan sas. To Discuss Y. M. C. A. Matters. Color4.ado) Sprins. Col.. Special. Fully one hunlidred~ secr'Ietaries and proinent leaders of the Y. M. C. A. branches in this State. are in attend ane at tihe State Conference for the disusioni of associaltion matters which openled hlere. Every' br'anch in the State is represented. An inter estng programme has been prepared and sever2l distiniguishled speakers will address the conference. State Auditor Guilty of Emnbezzle ment. InTdianapolis Inud.. Speci'l.--F"riday mornng heuryill thle cnse of Pavrid . Sherrick, formier auditor of1 State. rtrn'ted a verdict of iulty of em lbzzlement on ten of the e'levenl counts of theo eleveni t indictmem:s. Tbhe yen i Cen carri's an i".determ inate of two o tw.en.ty years A.iIi nnouneen fhl a~' t he drem ien Sheru.iek will be in th-nt~ of til aheriit. FOR SOUTHERN MAN Judge Parker Advocates One For President HIS NOTEWORTHY UTTERANCES Distinguished Jurist, in an Address in the Southern Manufacturers' Club. at Charlotte, N. C., Declares That the, Time Has Come When Southern Democrats Should be Rec ognized, and They Themselves Should no Longer Hesitate to Ac cept the Honors for the Work Well Done. Char~otne. N. C.. Special.-Onte of the inostsiznifieant utterances that has been made in the South in mnanY a day was delivered here Friday iiight by J1ndge Alton B. Parker. thc nai ional leader of the Deiocratie party. when he declared that the next Dvml ocrat nonuinee for the presidency of the Unite'l States should come frnom the Stnth. He argnued that the Si'er ton 'if the country that funishled the votes should also furnish the head of the ticket. In fhe course of his well prepared speech Judge Parker usedt the follow i iteresting Janguage: Ihile this conscientious (dev(ltion to an idea has commended itse!f to the D)emocrats of the whole country and his thuis made and kept the party ratio!!al. during recent years the pec ple o. the Soth. without variable :ess (r shadow of turniing. have been its mainstay. ",hirking no responsibi lity, s.ekin no nationel rewards. pro moting no special interests or move ments. they have neither been trueui lent in victory nor discouraged in de feat. Going on in their way, regulat ing their own affairs. without hope of comImanding subsidy, paying chever fully to carry out policies in whieh they could have no part. they have so impre-sedl themselves upoa their lime that the One special problem coming to them from the past has been solv ed in such a way that the whole coun try has not only been forced to ap prove and applaud but to imitate as the only way to deal with it. But the time has come when new duties and responsibilities must be undertaken by the Democrats of the South. It is more than two score ears since '-he war closed and your people find themselves upon the threshold of what promises to be the most remarkable business develop ment he world has ever known within the same time and space. Some of your men have gone forth to command the highest success, in the most hion orable way, int the greatest financial and commercial movements of the time, others have become the mana gers of great railway interests; you have developed great manufacturing enterprises, and, most difficult of all, your people. as a whole, have so main tained and increased their own posi tion and the dominance of the coun try in one of the greatest products of the soil as to make them the wonder and the admiration of the worldl. In spite of your devotion to prin iple and consistency, in the face of a numerical importance that was pre ponderant, in politics only have you stepped aside. From the earliest days since self-government was restored you have sent your best men into pub lie life. They have been at once mod st, able, devoted, patriotic and lhon cst. No jail or penitentiary has open, ed its hospitable doors to admit your Senators, Representatives or G3over nors, nor hav-e the officers of tihe law, from detectives to attorneys-general, been compelled to haul them into the criminal courts. In the face of this record you have not only permit ted us of the North to present to you candi dates for President and Vice-Presi dent, but you have insisted upon) our doing so and have then voted for them and that, too, when some times no other States did so. The occasion was also graced by the presence of Governor Glentn of North Carolina and Governor Hleyward of South Carolina, each oif whom made talks that were highly initeresting to th >:e present. JIudge Parker left dur ing the night for his New York homec. Four Burned to Death in Hotel. Grand l~apids, liehi.. Siceahl--hc business portion of the' village of Trust in. Osecola county. was (lest roy ed by fire whiich st artedl in the base ment o1f the hotel Compton friom a defective fturnaee. Tent :uests 'escap ed ini thwir iih't ebothles. whiL four w~ere burined to death. Thn dead are: the h otel. 3Irs. William 11. M ltr ane. Edwardi h Det :iresi. porter. (Charliies W orkmian. t raveliiinnmn of ietrsont. The financial loss is abunt .C2,()00. Carnegie Gives S20,000. Atlanta. Special.-Professor K. G3. anthewson. acting president ofr the Georgia Stchool of Technology, an :tounced that Andrew Carnegie had agreed to give the school $20.000 for the erection of a library building, pro vided the school will furnish the sum of $2,000 annually for- the mainiten ane anud support of thle library. The sift will be accepted. Tust Tell on the Trusts. eo tust' cefrinoa tet righ lvf here Fed~eral grand~ jutries ini pro eeng m.l~dter tile ant i-t ru t haw were T. Pr-sident of' the CThamber of D-pie admitted1 the Freneeh navy JUDG[ IAMILON BITTER E::eaking Sence at Last. Legislative Agent For the Big Insu.: nce Co'n panies Appears Unexpectedly Be for- Investigating Committee ana Fours a Flood of Denunciation Upo* Officials "Who Drove McCall' to His Grave." Alb:iy. N. Y.. Speci:t.- .Anrew Ire s:ii-ll'" wliil lie lias nulrinilane. e.' rd fir tl i eatemelt birougrt jiroin 1'.hris h 1 .JChn (. Mc(al. ver S;ince hi aewas l"St me(ntioned inl thl, I t' t1gat on ill conliectill w'ithi tile .1t 11S of mon0iieV shown to have hetll ]'illiint (luring_ 1114t pa.st -10 years 'on alc nt of his l:egal ait iceislative work for the New%, York L- wlt t-ther insurance coniipaniesz. It. wvold he dlifieult to exaggeorate i I sensation and by the sleecl which ]w lmade or ithe iitensely d raniatic !b:i raeter1 o i.' tle whole e4 pisotde. His 1: ce was ilushed and his voetrembih li with p1Ssioni 1. his ami1s ipraised and141 Ii ii,ts eleicil. 1ud-e 11am e1 4lio tnd 1 'inreetive ipon th4e m-ill b'ers (p the boaid of truistees.' of the New York Life Insurance Company, several of whom were present desig min11-1 themti "curs and traitors.'' and p.1ili iig s'Peeial attention to o00ne ln na'd whom he described as "the Peeksniff oI three adiiiiigfration '. the Clfid.-nt of the Beers soaidal and at111hor of' lite Beers 1 sition-u-who ro taiies tIhrouhIi one admii5 straioii and an m1th her. anud 1liks that Ae is going t- he an1! InidisplnSable imeniber of yet antoti4er. RETORTS "YELL.OW .lO.' "Aiid i 4o you think.' lie demanded. "hat tle moan who held ilie sale re ation to Mr. Beers that I did to Mr. M1 c(Call could sit for 13 years since, anit not know how the expenlitures tliat were made were to be. andii were. disbiurse4d ! Yet he and such like him sil. 11 judgiig me as peers. but j!i.ud - Ingme as coliquerors. talking abouit -yellow dogs.17 Judge Hamilton'.s attack upon the hi stees of the New York Life was niade tie iiore dramatic by the fact tl at lie immediately followed J. 11. daIntosli, geiieral solicitor of that comtpaiy. who had been eulogizing the members of that board and challein ii g any mn to give reasons why they should he removed from office as con template:l )y the pending legislation. The only nane he mentioned was that of the late President McCall, in the referenec to whom and to whose death lie displayed marked emotioi. He spoke of.-Mr. McCall as a victim. as having been shouldered with the blame- "the only one, the dead man, k.lled. that they drove to his grave. and deserted.'' and declared that the memo(ry of this man had appealed to him '"to comife down here and say something for 1him1 anid just a word for' myself.'' Judge Hamilton after statinug that ie would confine his remarks entirsly to tile New York Life Insurance Com pany, said lie had high and loyal re speck for the oIther' comipanlies because "I have nott yet found amionigst them us and traitoirs-' Continluing hie said: "I addl~ress you uplon and in ldvo cav of one bill solely. which I have not read., but1 the purport of wich ap peas in the papers-and I say that it is your duity to report in favor of the measure that will remove the tirustees of the New York Life Insurance Company uplorn November 21 next, ar bit rarily. "I look around this court and I see here many members of that board of trustees. I see amongst them men who have set and listened to the stories of my victories in their behalf, and applauded, and I wonder whether it was3 like that line in Goldsmith, wheth er it was 'counterfeited glee,' or whether the attitude that they have since taken has been one of counter' feited honesty. SHULD BE OUSTED FROM CON PANY. If, he said, the board did not ap pove his vouchers, "then the failed to peirform their duty. And the yea s~n I came forward now is not te sa, or not to apologize for these vtehers, but to say this, that these men witih their responsibilities upor their shioulers and upon mine, thiey ve somnethingW to account for. ''They may talk abeat the 'yelloi d >g.' but the 'elow dog' is a dog oI clurage an~d of loyalty. buit the ears w iho stood( arounlld this fuineral that h i is ocredi'4. and1 thei etirs wh'o kiiow of the(se tr'ansa4ctions5 and shinik intc teiri shoes-theyV are the curs-.and thit is theO reason that I conic to speak b iforec von and say that the gr'eat iiteesto two bWIhillio'ns of dlhhirs' <d lie insuraince and. fourlt hindr'ed mil lios otf dolhlars of assets can nievei by safely entrustedl to the hians and administationtl of a lot of cur's. Seymour Barringtonl Hanged. E ar'rinton, thle bogus "Lord.'' was eecuted by hanging at the Claytor ji for the murde'r oIf .James P. Mr Can two years age Baririgton hiai coltepat'd several times to breal; o it jail. but his prep~arationis wert d teted early enough in each case t( ~reenit him from carrying out lii iitentions. Be r'emalined firm to ti Three F..remenl Meet Death. Canden. N. J1.. Spec'(ial.-Three(' fiire men were kill yd and nine otheirs sei onsly injured at a 11ire whichl de(str'oy el the old Sixth Regimnt armor.1~r at Brid'.e and West strmeets. in l: it'. Thie d'.dc aire: ;eoge WV. Shields. William Ilill nn. Wimiamn .Jotbe'. The tire' star1tO inii' thebiler room~i ot thle armnor: h~ildim-~ an 1d quickly spreadl to al ,rts oi the structure. GO DOWN TO DEATH 27 Perish in Wreck of Ship at Distance From Land OTEER VESSELS SAVE 29 LIVES Phoenix Line Stcamcr British King Founders 150 Miles South of Nova Scotian Cozst and Crews of Steam ers Bostonian and Mannheim Do Battle With Raging Seas in Heroic Work of Rescue-Five Rescued From the Very Vortex Made by the Sinking Vessel-No Passengers Aboard-Captain Dies After Being Rescued. an.l }fiiysical. froni nllier'ns uiZ.s '-f Alrti!!! ill s:iVi!.!g life rarely elinaled in tho re;i f tragedies of tlie sea attended te less of the PhoeiLine s teamler British Kinl-. whlich ('n Sup (lay lazL. in a razing'% tlantie storn.. foundered ahniu 150 miles south 0! Sable Islad. nl carried to deati 27 mleiib(rS -," the crew. Thirteen ijwn vere reSened froin theI sinkingt steamin or by flit Sevland Line steamer Bos tonian. fron Maneliester to Bostwn. and Cleven by the German tank steam r Iottrdani for New York. Five others. who had been drawn ilown in the votex into which the British King wxas enguifedi. were picked up by the Bostonian from a frail bit of wreek age whieh they had grasped after a desperate struggle for life in the whirl- pool. The Bostonian arrived here Wednesday and1 the details of the disater ae known. Captain .anes 0Il:1an. of the British Kin. dlied on board the Bos tolian! fromil the etheets of terrible in juries.stained InI trying; t) save his ship. One of the boats of the Bostonian was ernshed to fragnients and tle volunteer crew which manned it were thrown into tlhe high runnin sen. while engaged in the work of rescue, but all were safely landed on board the steamor. SANK IN THE DARKNESS. Volunteers from the Manhejim. af ter a heroic battle with the waves. had taken off 11 from the British King. but after this neither of the steaier., in consequence of the in reasing gale. could make any attempt to reaeht the foundered freighter. Moreover, darkness fell and it was an utter impossibility to) do else butt wait for the moonlight to guide them. In the darkness the British King, which was then water-lo~ggedl and helpless. plunged to the bottom. For three days her captain and crew, working under unconquerable odds. had tried to prevent, or at least postone. their ships destruction. Bar rels of oil and wreckage, forming in to a powverful ram. were driven down upon her sides with crushing force, opeig up the vessel's plates antu al lowing the water to p)our io her holds. The extent of the leak was not un derstood until the following day, how ever, and then. although all hands were placed at the pumps. the water gained considerably. The fires had been extinishied and the engines ren dered useless by the rising water. The only remedy at hand lay in repairmng the damaged section, and while per sonally superinteniding the work. Cap tain 0O'Hagan sustained a fractured leg and internal injuries. Although he was unable to stand, he continued to direct the efforts of his crew. At the end of the three days, when all btands had labored ceaselessly without rest and with little food, the Bos tonian and Manheim were sighted, and to these Captain 0O'Hagan displayed the signal for assistance. Both the Bostonian and Manheim stood by the scene of the wreck until Monday morning but no bodies were recovered. The British King sailed from New York last Wednesday. bound for Ant werp with a miscellaneous cargo and 15) head of cattle. Want Norfolk and Western. Salisbury, Special.-There is a g rowing~ sentiment here in favor o n itig the Norfolk and Western rail war to. enter Sal isbury-n thejsiI mat ter has been agitated during the last few days hy a number of leading busi ness5 men here interested in ifreie'ht ~ats. It15 lis proond to ask for an ex teionI of the line of t he road fromi Witston-Salem hv warv of L exingiton,. wih( routte is no4w being conisih' eil by some of tihe officials. Electrical Storm in Atlarnta. Annta. (Ga.. Special.--Ani electri cal storm of great severniy. accomn panied by a heavy rainfall. visited At lanta late Wednesday. Nearly uwo inches of rain fell between nuioon and dark. The tower of the Second Bap tist church was set on fire by ligzhtn ing. nearly a hrudred telephones on the south sidle of the city were burn ed out aiid a number of electric street cars were also put out of commission. Convict Escapes. Spa rtanburg, Special-Hlieks Cald well. the negro conviet who was badl l in jured in a fight with a fellow coniet. andi who has been undler a doctor4's trea'tmen~it, stole a bhiel ba - long ig to (Captain Hlembree and vie . 'w from the campll in the rear. of! a outhouse. He also obtainedtl .n . i te same wav. of a suit I. hotes and a pair of shoes belonigi :2 ne ofa the gnards5. ?PWODTI L[AHEV[MSONS MARCH 25-AFRICA. Program by the Mission Study Class. -Josh. 1. 1-9. Africa is. of all the continems most interesting to the situdent of missions. He sees it as it was n1ot many y:ears ;I-m-forzottel, noglcd, sufring- in the uiark. He seos its missionary pi Oilrs-mienI the (Cho of whose VOices has hardly died away. lie sees the struggle 1)e ween the powers of heath enism and the gospel complicatcd by the greed and cruelty of men from Christian lands. He sees, at last, the joining of hands by which missions and commcrce work together to bring light to Africa. The work which has been done there has given the lie to the cheap jests about nissiranaries. Missionaries to Africa have been hard-headed. ready handed men and women. who could wield tools of the farm and shop and home as well as the sword of the Spir it. There have been constructive statesmen among them. no less worthy of praise because the kings they have counseled were black savages. Africa is the oldest of the mission fields of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In past years it has been one of the least productive. Doubtless some mistakes have been made, some efforts wasted. But the African field is ready now for larger things. The great powers of Europe are planning colossal enterprizes in Africa. It will shortly be the home of millions of white people. Its greatest need is that whatever industrial and pollitical pro gress it may make, it shall be pre empted for the gospel. The growth of the to-morrow may be greater than we have yet dared to dream. Africa was claimed for God in the life and death of Melville Cox, our Methodism's first foreign missionary. It is "the coming continent." Wars have desolated it in almost every mile of its vast extent, but now there is bright prospects of lasting peace. If has been the scene of the unimagined horrors of the slave trade, but that ghastly traffic is disappearing in the face of the unceasing opposition of the Christian nations. CHRISTIANENfEAVOA NOTEU MARCH TWENTY-FIFTH. Bountiful Sowing: Our Gifts to Christ's Cause.-Luke 6:38; 2 Cor. 9:1-15. Every one likes "good measure," heaped up high. Must not God like it also? No gift is at Its best till it is given in gratitude for the Best Gift. i. you want to give only a dime and yet dc give a dollar, God counts it only a dime. Is your harvest of happiness scanty: S.Lat is proof of a scanty sowing. Proportionate and systematic giv ing may be generous or stingy. What is needed is a generous system and proportion. '"He gives twice who gives quickly applies to missions as well as to char ity. Full sowing avails not unless fol ',wed by full tending. "A prayer and a penny" soon be comes a prayer and a dollar. Sowing seems to be throwing away seed. One of the chief graces of our giving is that it is done .in faith. It is not giving when we place out money in the savigs bank, or when we expect a money return from God. Generally the larger the interest the less safe the investment. It is the op. posite in lending to the Lord. What merchant would know how his business stood unless he kept ac countsi How can we know how wel or poorly wve give unless we keep ac counts? It Is possible to sow too much seed in a farmer's field, but it not possible to sow too much gospel seed. Do I use my possessions as a trus from God? Questions. Do I hold my money as if I should hold it forever? Am I living for myself or for the kingdom of God? RAM'S II0RN BLASTS. THE Face of God takes away the fr of man. Yumay know a ood dleal about Patiece isal ways more otent thnpetulance. On the darkest skies are the brig-ht. est stars To bec drunk with success is to be indifferent to the sarrows of men. When the Master borrows yomi boat IIe never leaves it empty. Many al b)i eeelesiastical wagon ih inaed wVith emIptly boxeCs. Many~ do'ors are b''edu on h imf wh~I( eannot luck thle doors (t his lijs. The face of Gohd take's away th(c fear o1f an. ife is without mecaning if without a nllissU. Righteousness gives rejoicing all the way in the race. The Christian life that is all r-ap ture- hcre' :narV know nonet there Death is only known as night be cause it precedes~ unending day. The Lord knows your longing fo; Iim by the wvay you look for the los Ther-e is no p)oisoni in the prosperi that comes ini anlswer. to prayer. True riches are not the thiing v carry but those that carry us. A SURE BOOM. "It seems that stra.igh!t adi:'r: -ng won't interest the public in e. thing Will have to devise .soza ot.':r plan.' "Well. the only sure wauy is to gt t're newspaper to reai.t it."-12ife. HAD HE BEEN iT? Ceraldite-Pa is always kicking about somuething. Geral-Not always; so.:rtimes he kick soehing. THE - SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR MARCH 25; Temperance Lesaon. Prnv. xxiHi.. '21 15 Colden Text 1'rz<. xxiii...:;._-3remory Ver. :31 -Topic: jyrink's ciamber of flcrrors. (,:,. 9. 3 . . ::!1. :' v. v1i2 sorow ndstrn-:mdthu b d anrd frim: taking the wronag cour in life. Robiuson call l!i 1-sson the drunk ard's looking glass. A't before those whose face is toward the drunkard's I habits. so.that they m:Iy see w.-hat they will be if they go on. "Woe." Direful distress:- both the condemnation for a sin committed. and a certain awful con dition of suffering. -Sin of all kinds brings its own punishment, but there Is no sin which so speedily and relefit lessly pursues its victim as the sin of drunkenness. "Who hath sorrow." The Hebrew word means. first. poverty and then lisery. The cup contains more tlian one woe; a single sorrow is not all. These are s& numerous-as to call forth a constant and long continued cry of anguish. "Who hath. edatentions." Nine-tenths of all the brawls and ights, quarrels - and misunderstandings ar traceable to drink. "Who hath bab bling." This refers to the tendency of strong drink to foolish and incessant talking. revealing secrets, vile conver sation and noisy demonstrations, which are common in different stages of drunkenness. Nothinggoes 'right with thea drinker. He complains of God, 6f society, of his family, of his circum-. staices, of everything. Nothing can be right to one who is thus wrong. "Wounds without cause." Wounds re ceived in'whoily unprolitable disputes, such as come of the brawls of drunken men. Drinkers are especally exposed to aceidents an diseases which tem perance would have prevented. "Red ness of eyes." Bloodshot, blurred or bleared eyes (Gen. 49:1:.,. Alcohol in duces a paralysis of the nerves control ling the minute blood vessels, the ca- ; pillaries, which results in a dilation that speedily shows itself in the eye. 30. "They that tarry long." This answers the above questions. He who begins to drink continues to drink, tar rying often a whole night, and from that to day and night. "They that go." To places or among people where in toxicating drinks are made or stored or used. "Mixed wine." Spicedc drugged, medicated wine. II. Strong drink prohibited (vs. 31. 32). 31. "Look not" This prohibits even moderate drinking. It is our duty, to avoid tem'ptation. See Prov. 4:14. 15. The person who enters-into te*i' tation is almost certain to fall. "Red." The bright color'of the wine gives It an attractive look. "His color ir the cup." Literally, its eye, the clear brightness, or the beaded bubbles,-On which the wine drinker looks with pleasure. "Goeth down smoothly" (R. V.) This verse pictures the attractive side of wine, when it seems p~dectly, harmless to sip a little, when it Is bright and inspiring, thrilling the nerves with delight, promising all joy and freedom. It is the shining side of evil that is so dangerous-this fBowery, entrance to the path fat leads to death. At such a time, beware! 32. "At the last it biteth." The pleasure will be attended at -last with Intoler able pains, when it works like so mch' poison in thy veins and casts thee into. diseases as hard to cure as 'the biting of a serpent. "Adder." In the Geneva Bible this word is translated "cocka trice." It was a very venomous ser pent. But the picture cannot be over drawn. The curse of strong drink is wose than the bite of a thousand ser pents. III. Strong drink ruinous to charac ter (v. 33). - 33. "Eyes shall behold," etc. "Thine eyes shall behold strange-things." R. V. Some think there is a reference here to the delirium tremens. But the rendering in the Authorized Version, which is retained In the margin of the Revised Version, Is, according to the Cambridge Bible, "in keeping with the usage of the word in the Book of Prov erbs, and with the undoubted connec tion between excess of wine and lust" The "lust of the eyes" causes the downfall of many. We should hasten to close our eyes to that which we ougifnot to see. "Heart shall utter." When men or women indulge in the use of strong drink thej let down the bars to every sin that follows In the train. IV. Strong drink leads to folly (vs. 34, 35). 34. "In the midst of the sea." To make onie's bed on the waves of thle sea would be to be awallowed upin death. So Is the drunken man. Or as a pilot who,.has' gone to sleep wh~en his ship was In the troughs of the sea. al -owing the tiller to slip out of his band and his ship to be swamped with the waves which he mnight have outriddenl. Stupefied, besotted men know not where they are or what they are doing, and when they lie down they are as,if tossed by the rolling waves of the sea, or upon the top of a mast. Their h'eads swim. Their sleep Is disquiet, and troublesome dreams make sleep unre freshing. "Top of a mast." The drunkard is utterly regardless of -life. 35. "Have stricken-not hurt" (R. V.) With conscience seared and self respect gone, the drunkard -boasts of the things whidh should make him blush with shame. "Have beaten-felt it not." "Angry companions have done their worst to end my life, says he, but their blows did not affect mie." "Wfll see-again."' Rather, when I shall awake I will seek it again. Self-con trol is all. gone. The drunkard is a slave to appetite. He is as insensible to the pleadings and warnings of -those who seek his salvation as he is to the beatings of his comrades when he Is delirious. Too Busy to Work. The way to commarmi a godprc i to never cheapenon rs stock~ :. trade. At least that i.- the: principle adopted by an Ohio justice of: the race. This gentlerfan, sa:ys a writer in the Philadelphia Public Ledger. as missed his calling. Given his op portunity, he would sou make a name among the humorists. An attorney in a rneighboring eRy wote to him to inquire about ajug Iment that had beer. entered! agatr.st a client. lHe cnclosed a sam~n-p) for reply. Several days later he -recei-:ed a postal card bearing this message. "Your inquiry received. I beg to inorm you that my time is mighty -aluable just now. Corn-cutting is most nigh here. politics is sizzling. and the bass-fishing is fine. If you would enelose a diller bil it might simuate me sonme. I paid two dol !ars encea to a lawyer tor aniswering a question, a::d all b~ salid was 'No.'" In tite year 1904 'orocers' jurors in o' o':0 ;::med on torry-two cases of