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t A PEN PHOTOGRAPH. B7 EM1XJJE CUAIiK "Well, be it so; for once, Indeed, to see as 1 am seen, To laugh and Jest, to frown or sigh, and gcsslp, too, 1 ween. WKa /Iftoo nnf m V tMSSfiR turning gray, The circling years have registered just three score years to-day. faithful glasses ever near assist my faded eye 3Po trace the lines where dimples shone in happy days gone by. 1 may not sigh for cheek of K'?e, for still my face Is fair, And Time has left my teeth of pearl and cheeks a ruby pair. The silent thief has left me, too, a thankful heart and gay Var worldly blessing, as I go down life's dusty way. t unmAtimes think mv weicht Roes on, and yet I am contented. And quite ignore the anti-fat some genius has invented; Rot envy in my inmost soul tbe skeleton or shad That Worth or Butterlc resurrect with cunning puff and pad. It does not seem I'm growing old, though little children three Axe very fond of grandmama, and cliDg about my knee, Just as I used to cling to one some fifty years ago? She sweetest face I ever saw, framed in a cap of snow. Xfe seems, Indeed, but yesterday she called me to ber tide And whispered, "Blessings on you, Trot," the very night she died. -Ton look as old as L" she said; "your bair like mine Is white; How, kiss me, darling, once again, and then well say good-night." last good-night, and I shall hear her gentie voice no more, Till called from earth with all Its care to see the other shore; Though well I know her kindly eyes look on my lowly lot, ?lnd all those happy sinless days can never he forgot. There's something else I'd love to learn?In heaven 'twill be explained? The mystery that draped her life, her lender bosom pained, The lonely years of widowhood, the tragic tale of woe That robbed her of her joy and pride a hundred years ago. Wot none grow old and feeble there, hut youth and joys return, &u t.hn frinndn we've loved below for whom our bosoms yearn; As nothing sweet or dear in life can ever be forgot, _ Shea Grandma Goode will be rejoiced to meet with Grandma Trot. { Anita, Iowa. T , , S Dr.Elfenstein'sSissioii 5 Remarkable Romance. BY EMILY THORNTON. ' \ CHAPTER V?Continued. Turning at last in their walk, she said: "I think I must leave you now, Dr. Elfenstein, and again look after the interests of my poor aunt. In doing so, allow jb? to thank you for a pleasant hour." "Not at all; it is I who have been under obligations for your delightful companionship. Whenever you feel timid ?ntsido, I would be pleased to attend jou." "Thank you, I presume I shall be glad ften to avail myself of your kind offer." nn OWI{1A oVlA fViAn TV I l)JLl tt UXlglll) yai bJJJg OUiiiV ouv vuvu ' passed from his sight. A few daps after the promenade on deck, Dr. Elfcnstcin was again summoned by Miss Nevergail to attend her aunt, who was very ill, owing to the Vlolenco of a storm. Portioning out a sodative, the young physician turned to glvo it to his companion, and in handing it their fingers toet, and at the touch his* heart leaped o forcibly into a delightful thrill that it caused an instant feeling of questioning as to its cause. "Why," ho asked himself, "should this atate of things exist?" Why was he not able to meet this beautiful girl calmly, as he had heretofore mot other beautiful women? Then he resolved to beware of this folly (hat was gaining such an influence over fcim, and to remember the solemn work be had to do, the course of life he had lain down as his, which, if followed, would debar him of all female society, cxcepf lii a professional way, and then once "fibre lie determined, if he could not control liis feelings, to avoid her presence an^ by sp doing turn to duty and tho fulfillment of bi? vow. " I Their passage across the Atlantic was an unusually propitious one. It was with prettof to both tho physician and anxious nieco that they saw the termination of ' the voyage, for, in spito of thoir united efforts, Mrs. Nevergail's strength was rapxily departing. Dr. Elfcnstein had an unusually tender *nd sympathizing heart. Ho could not aeo so young a girl in such trouble and sot, in everything possible, lend a helping hand. Forgetting resolutions almost as soon as formed, he cared for ber as a brother, and the eloquent look of gratitude that flashed upou him as, after seeing them both safely in tho Liverpool home of , their cousin, Mr. Rogers, Ethel placed ber band in bis, at parting, and faltered out ber tbanks, as he bado her farewell, nevor expecting to see her more, was a ???-J ?? in VIA #AWMA^4on IDWUI U IlUb own vu uc iv/iguvvcu. After leaving his fellow voyagers, our hero lost 110 time in pursuing hiB own Journey. Before a week had rolled by his way wa3 made perfectly plain, ana a pleasant borne was provided. He found by inquiring of Levi Perkins, the landlord of tho hotel where he stopped, that tho place had just been excited, and almost stunned, by the sudden Illness of Dr. Jennings, the only physician for miles around. Be had been rendered helpless three days before by a paralytic stroke, and, as all feared, would never again be able to attend to bis professional duties. Instantly, on bearing this news, the young man had visited the house of the old gentleman, and showing hii letters of recommendation, and bis written credentials, he bad offered to attend to the sick in bi3 place, which offer was accepted, and in a few days the stranger had all the calls for medical advice that he could attend, and the result was that be bought the pract.cc of ibe old and wora' out mar*, and oceanic his accepted successor. Dr. Jcnning* lived on'.y two days after Elfenstein's arrival, for a third severe shock laid him at rest from his earthly labors forever. He died lamented by all, having, in truth, been to the inhabitants of the place for years and years a "beloved physician." The funeral was a large one, and after the day, with its many excitements, had T)r "Elfenstein acain visited th<? house where the dead had so recently lain, and asking to see the daughter, Mrs. Stewart, he offered to rent the cottage, furnished for a year, provided Mrs. Clum would remain in it, as formerly, in the capacity of housekeeper. This offer relieved Mrs. Stewart of yhat had be$n a? .anxiety, ?pd as Mrs. . r? .. j ir; Clum was delighted to still retain her home, all due arrangements were immediately made, papers drawn up and signed, and one week from the day of his arrival we find "Earle Elfenstein, M. D.," upon a sign beside the door of the pretr l/ll-au iU lUt pittVC. ttuu m?v juuug disciple of Galen busy night and day attending to the large practice so suddenly thrown upon his hands. CHAPTER VI. PIR REGINALD GLEN DENNING. Sir Reginald Glendenning was out of humor ono sunny morning In May. The daily mail had been handed him, as usual, just as he had commenced his breakfast, and one letter that he had theg received had discomposed and made bfm surly and cross, which a fearful oath made evident to all. "Jimmy, you young rascal, don't stand gazing there, but attend to your duties. Lady Constance, just stop gazing in that reproachful way at me, and eat your breakfast! I know what I am saying, though your looks seem to doubt it." This was by no means an unusual mood for her husband to be in, and Lady Constance Glendenning, whenever the saw the peculiar expression float over his face that it now wore (for it was an ugly look tfiat lor years sne naa been accustomed to meet), knew well that it was best to make no remark, but quietly leave him to himself by vacating the room as quickly as possible. Therefore she, as well as her only brother's orphan son and daughter, who had been left in their charge, finished their breakfast in silence, and, with as much dispatch as decency would permit, then strolled to their own amusements, leaving the lord and master of the establishmftnr, to slower at the unwelcome 6heet he still held In his hand, undisturbed by their presence. "Perdition!" ne muttered. "What deuced luck is this? After my not going to the funeral of my sister and thus, by my absence, showing that I had not overlooked her plebeian marriage, to think that these people have forwarded such a letter as this to me is absurd! I do not care if it was written by her before her death. They might have known I did not wish it. Take charge of her husband's niece, forsooth! The girl be hanged! She may go to the alms house for all roe! I will cot have a thing to do with her. "Suppose my brother-in-law did die, and his wife also, and suppose the girl Is left alone, that is no sign that I should be trammeled with her presence and guardianship. No! 1 will never notice the stuff written there by word or deed!" So saying, Sir Reginald turned to his library, tossed the offensive letter.Into a drawer of his bookcase, locked it, and, putting the key in his pocket, rang the bell furiously for a waiter, ordering him to have the groom bring to the door a vouns horse named Tempest at once, as be intended to ride. The baronet stalked to the piazza, where he stood impatiently slashing a lovely trained clsmatis with his whip, until Michael appeared, leading a fiery young horse by the bridle. "Adn't yonr lordship better take Jerry this morning? This beast is very wild and skittish like, and I fear ye may 'ave trouble to 'old 'im." "Bring him nither. If he feels wild so do 1, anu oar mooas w.ui suu,- was me sullen reply. Springing upon the back of the handsomo creaturc, Sir Reginald Glendenning dashed away, just as his nephew, Robert, a young man about twenty years of age, appeared upon the deserted piazza. He was in personal appearance very tall, with a magnificent figure, dark complexion, handsome features, and large, speaking black eyes, while his whole air portrayed the pride that he had so richly inherited from his own immediate family. "RaIIa!" lie exclaimed, as his sister, a beautiful brunette, followed him. "See our worthy relative dashing down ifte carriage way at that break-neck speed. Zounds! if I were to ride in that savage way, he would rate me soundly for it for the next three days. I wonder what news that letter could bave contained to infuriate him as it did. Do you know, he is always terribly provoked when he rides like that" "I do not, neither docs Aunt Constance. I should like to read it though, would not you?" "Yes; I wonder whero he put it?" "In the drawer of his book-case, where he keeps letters not answered. I wish ] 1 -1 .? 4 1'att V?oo rrnnn LUU1U UiilUUK illy L/Ul bUO ACj JJUO gvuv down the carriage way in the old gent's pocket," replied the unfilial girl. "Well, since yon express a wish to see ? it, perhaps I can aid you. See! this key looks as though it might fit any lock," returned tho young man, readily enough falling into the suggestive mood of hi9 gister. Laughing at the impulsive mood ol her brother, the young girl turned ouicklj with him, and both elided with slealthy sleps "toward the library and their uncle's desk. The key fitted; a fact Robert well knew, as it was not the first time it had Konn t.rioH hv t.hft mi nrinrlnlefl neriliew. and tho following letter, written in a hand evidently feeble from sickness, was eagerly read, then as quickly returned to its hiding place, and the drawer relocked. as tbey had found it. On the envelope was written, "To bo sent to Sir Reginald Glcudenning, Bart., after my death." Sir Reginald Glendennlog: Mr Dear Brothiht-You will doubtless be surprised to receive this letter from one who has been so many years separated from her family, In coasequence of having married, secretly, tbe man of her choice. Allow me merely to say that when you read this, tho sister tbat you once lovea win nuve passeu away, and, therefore, she trusts that ull hard feelings that her marriage may have occasioned (a marriage that was a happy one until the bond was severed by the death of the devoted husband) will be burled forever. Brother, I write to you now In order to crave a favor at your hands. My only child died In Infancy, and Just twenty and a half years ago, I, with tbo consent of my husband, took charge of a little girl of gentle blood and some pleasant future pros* pect*. and gave her t'no lore of a truo mothur. On her twenty-first birthday she will be at liberty to open ccrtain documents laid aside for her, and thoa will come into possession of her own property, for some little await* her majority. Until then ifter my death, she will b? friendless and ilone. Now, I ask If you will care for her nntll that date (October 5) is reached? Can ihe not In some way be it service to you, and thus compensate for her board and "Ha v? 1c fn* ma tott Aaqt hwithAl*! be kind to and care for my dear Ethel, unci my dying gratitude will be yours. Your affectionate sister. Gebtrcde. "Of all Impudent proposals, that Is the climax!" ejaculated Belle, indignantly. "Take her into his own family, indeed! I will bet the minx don't come here, if I can help it. She is no earthly relation to him." "Your opinion will not be asked, sister mine," returned her .companion in evil deeds; "and you mus^ remember that you are supposed to know nothing of the contents of that letter. But do not be alarmed. Our relative looked too much like a thundercloud to be cajoled into refiolxrinP' hop hr?r#?_99 "Yes; that is true, so wc need not be anxious," was the girl's reply, as she hastened from the library. Need we stop now, after relating such a scene, to describe the wholly heartless characters of these relations of Lady Constance Glendenning? Indulged from infancy by their own parents as much as by the Lady Constance, whose whole affections had centered upon them, in consequence of the cold manner 0/ her woo&v. passionate husband toward herself, it is not to b? wondered at that they developed with each year selfish and unamiable disposiBitions under her foolishly fond sway, until at last they demanded as a right the indulgence of every whim or caprice, even at the expense of honor or the welfare of those around them. As for Lady Constance, her naturally imiable disposition had grown hardened. Life with hor violent-tempered husband had proved anything but pleasant, and a9 she finally saw his ugly features of' character being imitated by these chil-. dren under her charge, she became morbidly indifferent and cold to such tU degree t^at her nearest relatives could I - - *? * J- T scarcely recugmitu m i/ue piuuu juoujt Constance Glendenning the ouce lighthearted and gay young cousin, whose society was so "much sought In formed years by the three brothers before their father's death, when life had been so different for each. Ah! little had those brothers dreamed In those gay, glad, youthful days, of the hard and cruel future that lay before two, at least, of their number! This morning Lady Constance felt unusually dispirited. Her apathetic heart had been moved the night before by a singularly vivid dream, in which she had met once more her never forgotten early lover, and the face of Sir Arthur had appeared in that midnight hour with all the realness of life, while Rhe seemed to Dear him wan In despair: "Oh, Constance, Constance!" Starting frojn this dreary sleep, she tossed restlessly until morning, and then, after rising, found that the impression' made upon her mind had not in the least vanished. Upon being so roughly addressed at the breakfast hour she had with difficulty restrained her tears, and when once more alone, in the retirement of her own apartment, she sank upon her knees, and weeping bitterly, moaned: "(Jh, Artnur, wny was x so uniaitmuj to thy precious memory? Why did I forget thee so soon, my own, my own? Wretched, guilty woman that I have been, to wed for a title and Inheritance so unfeeling anti heartless a man as I, alas! havedonel Oh, God! forgive this, my sin, and grant me peace with thyself after my weary life is ended!" Long and bitterly she thus wrestled with her own heart, never stirring from her lowly posture, until she was suddenly aroused by a horrified scream from lips she knew to be Belle's,, while a strange call in tones of anguish for "Aunt Constance" caused her to rise and open the door, where she, too, was star tied to sec the whole household assembled In the halls, and then the first knowledge of some awful calamity fell upon her heart [TO BE CONTINUED.) TEMPERANCE. THE CONDITIONB OF SCCCE18. The death-blow to the drink traffic as commonly conducted, lies in the education of a .-ace of total abstainers ; thus destroying the demand fo.- which the supply at present exists. Meantime regulative measures de pend largely lor their suocess upon xne sincerity of the people's desire for reform ; a healthy public opinion being absolutely necessary for the fruition of any social improvement scheme.?The Christian. CEM?EBANCE PROGRESS. Hon. Neal Dow. one of a recent symposlam in the New York Independent, in answer to the question, "Is the World Growing Bette^,l',, replying from the temperance standpoint. writes r ? "My knowledge of the drinking habits of the people goes back beyond fifty years. I very well remember when this habit was almost universal among all classes of society. It may be said to have been quite universal among mechanics and other workingmen. I remember when the town bell, which rang at seven in tbe morning, At noon and at nine o'clock at night, was also rung at eleven in the forenoon and at four in the afternoon to call workingmen to their "grog," when there were fifteen minutes allowed them to absorb their allowance of rum, whioh was then spoken ofasa ''support," and was held, even among the intelligent and educated, to be a necessity to working people, women as well us men. to enable them to endure the draft upon their physical strength. ''At the same time the drink custom was universal among the upper classes of society. Always vrhen calling at the houses of such people, whether socially, ceremoniously, or on business, the flrat thing after the greeting was an invitation to the sideboard 'to take something.' which meant a drink of wine, brandy, gin, or any other of the many kinds of alcoholics there displayed in a long array of cut-glass decanters, each having a silver label about its neck to indicate the kind of fuddle it contained. Whether the interview continued for ten. minutes or more, the same ceremony was repeated?the formal invitation and the drink. c. Whether the caller were the pastor, the doctor, the stranger, or the neighbor, the invitation and the drink were never onriUed. It wa?tbought riid? in ihnss davs. sometimes offensive, to decline that sort of hospitality. These civiliijeg \jrre extended alike to ladles as to gentlemen. ? ' In those days of liquors at public as well as at social gatherings and at public as well as social feastings, alcoholics were always present, with boisterousne33, coarseness, oven vulgarities (the ladies having retired) : and even excess to the extreme was not considered a reproach to any gentleman. I have seen such persons leap npon the table at such feasts, aid dance a ''jig" there, making all the bottles, decanters, and glasses join in the fdn. I have 6een six gentlemen doing this at one time, at a long table?a few ladies afid many gentlemen being present. All these habits and customs art\ r>nna nnw thfiv wfiro dismissed many years ago from all circles of which I have any knowledge. "In Maine, which I know better than any other State, the change among the entire population is wonderful, not only as to drinking habits, but in every other direction. The liquor traffic here is under the ban of the law and has beef so for more thau forty-two years, supported ny an overwhelming public opiniou, the people having put prohibition into the Constitution in 1884, by a popular vole of 47,075 najority, the affirmative being three times lurger than the negative. The .liquor traffic here is regarded as infamous ; in the same category act gambling hells and houses of ill-laine. In large sactions of the State, being more than three- , fourths of its area with more than threefourths of its population, the liquor traffic is practically unknown; an entire genera- ] tiou has grown up there never having seen < a saloon nor the effects of one/' TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES. , The new German Roichstag contains seven , brewers. There were last year 360,000 convictions 1 for drunkenness in England and Waies. The distilleries of the United States con- 1 suraed 26,489.671 bushels of grain the last ( fiscal year. i Of fi ft y-six cases in the Newcastle (England), i roiice uourc receuuy uny were cases vi drunkenness. The Glasgow University Total Abstinence , Society carries on work both in and out of the University. ] Among the maDy "failures" reported 1 throughout the country not one saloon or 1 brewery is found in the list. , The Swiss Catholic bishops have publisheJ a collective letter in favor ol total abstinence. pointing out the terrible consequences ' of iutemperance. ( The Census Bureau figures show that in I 257 American cities there are 15,310.167 j>eo- i pie, and 61,336 saloons . au average of on: j 5?liodd ior every siaij j?tuiiM03. It is the testimony of the police of Woroes- j ter. >li;ss., thut the colTee wagous have l>eeii ' useful and effective as temperance agencies. I Many peraons resort to them who would y otherwise patronize the saloons, The Scottish Christian Temperance Union 1 has sent a letter to 4000 ministers in Scotland urging them not to give moral sanction aivl < support to a "trade," the results of which ] are antagonistic to the real work ot the ] Church, by allowing fermyntod wine to be , used at the communion. ]' v * ' > , . ' . AMONG THE MOORS. SULTAN MULEY HASSAN'S BAR BARIC EMPIRE. " J(l? ?h itturucuu CJl'CftUlI.y KVCU V|^iavi>ug) VMM Riffs Being the Terror of the Land?Romance of the Present Shercef. throne of th Emperors ^-03 ft \J* I occo is their horst I iCtl their P?viUo LSMTf1 bcTd Bid'i Mc hammed, thefathe of Muley Hassan, the present Sultar The Sultan, indeed, is nominal lor of all, bnt nominal, not actnal, says writer in the New York Tribune. H sets Governors over the provinces ani wrings from them such taxes as h will and there the functions of his ad ministration end. So long ae they pa; lip-service to the Governor and rende the tribute of gold that is required o tlio-m fho friViAomAT) mftv do as the1 please. These Riffans, or Biffs, who hav< been making trouble at Melilla, forn snoh a tribe; and they are perhaps o all the most independent, as well a decidedly the most savage. Thei home is in El Rif, the range of hill that runs parallel with and near to th< Mediterranean coast, from the Mnluyi River to Cape Spartel. They are th Ishmaelites of that Ishmaelitish land their hands against evary man an< every man's hand against them. Wo to the 6tray traveler who falls inti their hands. He would fare better ii a camp of hostle Comanches, or as th Apaches' prisbner of war. Every stud io/i tinmnr of f.opt.nr*? will be his: ever1 revolting outrage that savage passiom can conceive. Even the other Berbe: and Moorish tribes have a dread and i loathing of them and nse the name o Riffan instead of "wolf" to frightei children into obedienoe. In appear ance the Riffan men are fierce and nn conth, with tattooed faces often, an< long, unkempt hair and beard. Thei strength and endurance are marvelous They are fine horsemen and gooc good shots, and in battle display the .1 WAZAF, THE HOI utmost disregard of danger. The wo men, unlike those of other Mohamme' dan tribes, go about freely unveiled, their faces and arms tattooed with outlandish designs in many colors. The women visit the towns and purchase such things as they and the men need, the men never venturing to put themselves so nearly within the grasp oi what little law there is in Moghrebul-Aksa. A8 for law among the RiffanB there is none, save to steal, tc tortnre and to kill and never to die in bed J One is startled to find on landing in Morocco, so cloBe to the centers oi European light and learning, a land so utterly barbaric. Here is an empire of more than eight million people, with vast cities and a land of incomparable fertility, with not a wheeled vehicle save the one coach which the Sultan owns bnfc never uses. Nor is there any progress made toward better things. On the contrary the whole Nation 6eeme steadily sinking' deeper and more hopelessly into the mire. Nothing of Morocco can be hoped for in the way of great social progress in thi6 country till tho minds of the men have been raised and their estimation of women vastly changed. In Morocco ?r . ?? M ~~ _ ?11 i?-?' THE SHEREEFA OF WAZAN. the position of woman remains unspeakably deplorable. Morocco is so deeply sunk in the degradation of sin that it is impossible to lay bare its deplorable condition. In this country the only vioe which public opinion seriously condemns is drunkenness, and it is only before foreigners that any sense of shame or desire for secrecy al>out other vices is Dbservable. The taste for strong TtItiI- thonorli ntill inilnliTArl flnmriflra --n? ??j tively in secret, is steadily increasing, the practice spreading from force of .ixample among the Moors themselves, *nd as a result of the strenuous efforts :>f foreigners to inculcate this vice. Ae yet it is chiefly among the higher ind lower classes that the victims are found, the former indulging in the pri ficy of their own homes and the latter at the low driukiug dens opened by the scum of the foreign settlers at ill tbe open porta. Oue woman hue. however, risen to v commanding raok in Morocco and still exerciwefs a sway rivaling that of the Emperor himself. This in tbe Jhereefa ol Wazan, an EngliKh woman ;>y birth. The shereefp. of Wazan have ^ver been at least the equals, perhaps lie superior*, of the sultans of Fez, ,o whom they are nominally subject. iVazan in the holy city of Morocco, ind one of the holiest in all the Mo- j tiammedan world, and its shereefs are ! descended directly from Fatimn, the Prophet's favorite daughter, while the Smperor himself ie descended merely rom some collateral branch of Mo hammed's family.? Bo the Sbereef: reckoned the holiest man in a Islam and his spiritual authority : recognized by the faithfnl every wher< in Egypt, Turke , Persia, India. Tl latest generations of these potentat< have been invested with not a littl e romance. It is told that the gran< father of the present shereef lived t be more than 100 years old. At tt last, -when he lay dying, the eldei asked him to name hie successor; fc there is no law of primogeniture i e Wazan. The old man answered in tl " oracular manner in whioh his inspire !> ;utterances had always been made u !"The child that playefch with my ataf ? he shall sway the sceptre." Now *" happened that one of his slaves, an Afr r can woman, wa<3 standing just outsid e THE, YOUNG BHKKKKF OF "WAZAN. 0 i the door and heard this. She, hearinj e the old Shereefs -words, instantly - seized, unnoticed, his gold-heade< - in l>iir li44;Ti f ouau auu av iu mva 8 son's hands, and when, a few moment r later, the aged Shereef died, the Taj a bian elders came ont to search for hi f heir. And the first they saw was th 1 little mulatto playing with the sta? - Wherefore they obeyed the saint' - command and bowed down before hin 1 as the new Shereef. r The Shereef-grew up with rather ad . vanced notions. He took to traveling 1 iu foreign parts and then paid lonj 2 visits to England, France and Italy iT CITY OF MOROCCO. | When he discarded Bandies and begar wearing boots of French manufacture the faithful opened their sleepy eyei in holy horror. Then he threw aeid< ! the turban and was presently dressec i throughout in modern Europeai style. Worse than this he took t< smoking cigarettes and drinking : champaign. For a descendant of Mo hamet to drink intoxicating liquo; was an unprecedented apostacy. Bui > Muley Sidi defended himself. "It if i j true," he said, "that the wine in th< bottle iB intoxicating. But when ] i pour it into my glass it becomes a< ; harmless as water!" And this explan i ation waa generally believed. These eccentricities, however, were only the beginning of the trouble. Down at Tangier the holy man made the acquaintance of a comely young English women named Emily Keene, who was a governess in the family ol the British Minister, and began making love to her. Well, he was a mu| latto, but a prince and very rich, and eiie was ambitions, no sne accepted him and, after he had divorced all hie other -wives, was married to him in good English fashion. And she made him sign a solemn bond to take no other wife, bnt to conduct his domestic affairs on the English plan; and ii he broke this bond he was to give her her children and $25,000 cash down and $5000 a year for life. And finally she was able to sign herself "Prinoess of Wazan." To all this the love-sick Shereef eagerly agreed, and for a number of years he kept his pledges faithfully. Two eons were born to them and their home at Tangier was an ideally happy one. After many years, however, he broke the bond. He married a Moorish girl at Wazan, and tried to divorce the English woman. But the English woman had a mind of her own, and it woe a more clever mind than his. She defeated his attempt to divorce her, retained her title of "Princess of Wazan," kept her two sons, made him settle the succession upon one of them, and forced him to pay her the full indemnity and annuity. Then, of .course, she refused to share his household with the new wife, and so went away and lived in a house of her own, wnere sue maintained apnnc?ij uuuru She did not actually quarrel with him, however, but let him visit her occasionally for a friendly chat, and her two boys kept on the beet of terms with him. A year or two ago Muley Sidi died. But, true to his word he named as his successor the eldest son of hi6 English wife, Muley Ali, who thus became Grand Shereef of Wazam. This is a clever and promising youth, who inherits much of his mother's English spirit, and, indeed, is still mucn unuer her influence, for, aw dowager shereefa, she is now a most important personage. She educated him in European style so far as sciences were concerned, j but in Oriental style so far as religion | and custom* went. He was, even bej fore his father's death, greatly beloved i and reverenced and often consulted as a prophet or miracle-worker. Hall Tunnel, Halt Tube. A submarine bridge is projected to cross the bed of the Strait of Oresund, between Denmark and Sweden. It is to be half tunnel and half tube, the latter resting upon piles. It will be five miles long.?San Francisco Chron icle. That May marriages are unlacky ie a auperatition aw old an Ovid'e time, J and had then paweed into a proverb | among the people, which puzzled even I Plutarch. _ ,__ jE A Terrible Engine et Warfare. , 1] The Destroyer, Ericsson's torpedo ie boat, purchased by the Brazilian Government, is not whollv a anbmar if ine vessel. When the queer looking is craft is trimmed for business, howle ever, only eighteen inches of her is 1 visible above the wat?r line. To an o ordinary observer she does not reveal ic her mysterious and deadly powers, rs Her bow and stern are wedge-shaped. >i The form of her hull is peculiar, both n ends being precisely alike, terminai ting with fine wedges, probably sharpfd er than any vessel of like or deeper > araught ever carried. Her length is F, 130 feet, depth eleven feet, extreme ii breadth twelve feet. She has the unui snal proportion of almost eleven le times greater length than beam. The Destroyer, whose name has been changed by the Brazilians to the Pirating, has many other peculiar features. Her rudder, for instance, is wholly unconnected with the visible part of the stern. It is attached to a vertical wrought-iron post welded to a prolongation of the keel and its upper part is nearly four feet below the water line. The steering irPAr in also considerably below the water line. The quarters for the officers and crew are seventy feet long. The helmsman stands in a pit in the for ward end, where he may govern the vessel and discharge the gun. He is protected from the fire of the enemy by .armor plate sixteen inohes thick. He obtains & a view of the object of attack through . a small glass port on a level with his eyes. Another heavy armor plate protects the base of the smoke-pipe, so that the entire superstructure might be shot away and still the vessel be S not disabled. THE DESTROYER. ' 8 But -while the hull of the Destroyer I is remarkable enough, it is her gun? she carries only one?which is her ohief feature. The enemy is likely to conclude this one gun is more than 1 sufficient The one now aboard the Destroyer is no t the same which Ericsson originally put in her. It has been greatly improved, Erioeson's was of iron; this is of steel. The system, however, is the'same. The improvements were made by Walden F. Lassoe a naval engineer with the Ericsson Coast Defense Company. Bis improvements are.so many that the title oi Lassoe gun, which it now bears, ie fully justified. The gun can take a charge of 300 pounds of gun cottonThere is no known means of protection against the Lassoe gun. It . can blow up anything. Hitherto it was thought that the torpedo net would prevent a torpedo from striking a vessel, but the teste at Newport have ' proven that the torpedo net, as now . constructed, is useless. The Lassoe i projectile pierces a torpedo net as ii J it were made of tissue paper. The gun is thirty-three feet long. The projectile, which has a steel point < and a copper chambet for the explosive < charge, is twenty-seven feet long, six* * teen inches in diameter and weighs ; 1525 pounds. The explosive charge ie > -i 300 powder, dynamite or gun cotton. 1 The -gun is mounted on the bottom oi ] ' the forward part of tlie vessel, next to the keel. Its muzzle terminates in the stern, seven feet below the water 1 line. The water is prevented from rushing into the gun by a valve which opens and closes automatically. Locks in Empire Style. A pretty, pseudo-classical fashion of dressing the hair comes from Paije. : ? I ] It really belongs to the period of the * Empire, but agrees well enough with some phases of the 1830 go wo. The J bands of satin ribbon are ot a coior harmonizing with the gown, hair and li complexion. ii Many Parisians are wearing the hair " very much waved and pnffed out at the ? sides over the ears m the way of char- j acteristic of the former days of big e sleeves and berthas. A braided "knob" J* (or puff) or two of hair at the crown j completes the picture, and soft little |j stray locks waver over the forehead. t? Though this style, it would seem, must give width to the face, the effect in * reality is the reverse, and it is par- ai ticularly becoming to the round-faced a woman. ^ There has been a great revolution in the fashion of hair-dressing of late years. Time was when the girl who m oainiiuiii in lone locks had dis ICJV1VUU 4" 7m 0 # 1X1 tinct cause for triumph over her sisters a) who had been denied this special gift ol of Nature ; ami any one who possessed what was called "a wealth of hair" was admired, and her special beauty if; coveted in consequence. Unguents, tu pomades and washes innumerable were used in the vain hope of thickening the scanty plaits, and false hair was worn almost universally. Now, however. small heads are the fashion ; litt.le flnflv curls and tinv knots of hair S ^ ? are de rigueur, and the smaller the n better.?New York Tribune. Arkansas lias J00.000 larme which ? produce 600,000 bales of cotton, 900.- a 000 bushels of sweet potatoes, 1,000,- W 000 pounds of tobacco, 42,000,000 ^ bushels of corn and 2,000,000 bushels ^ of wheat. Prom the Arkansas forests hi are ent over $20,000.000 of lumber 8< every year. ' ' ' .'vVrm . ? | SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR' DECEMBER 24. Lesson Text: "The Birth of Jesur,/*!' v^-v Matthew II., 1-11?Golden Text: Matthew 1., 21? Commentary. . . <? '. '231.0 Impressed with the faot that In this so called missionary lesson ire have oho a Rrand Christmas lesson, bringing before u? .WV His coming again, which draweth near, we make choice of this. 8. "And i, Joan, saw these things ana - .<* heard them-" Then he tells as that he fell' down to .worship before the feet of the angeL ' He actually saw these wondrous sights and heard these faithful and true words. It was probably before this that he wrote, "That which we have seen and heard declare wo unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us" (I John L. 8). How do the things' of God which we see and hear affect us? , 9. "Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not, for I am thy fellow servant, and of thy: brethren the prophets, and of them which; keep the saying of this book?worship God." ?w 1/1 /-i_i .ii i^SaSS VSVUiVCU.U At Am f MJy V/Aii V DOUU1UI Oil UCOlUiCD seeks to be worshiped (Luke iv.. 7). Let us remember it when tempted to desire appla use, j and may It be our whole aim to honor God.1 See how this book is honored in heaven. 10. "And he saithnnto me, Seal not thp, sayings of the prophecy of this book, for the! time is at hand.1 Contrast Dsn. viii., 26; / 7 . sii., 9. In view of the command of this: verse, how 'great most be the sin of those; who virtually seal up this book by, never reading it or preaohing from it, but even going so Car as to advise people notro read it_j This I know ministers to be guilty of. Thel Lord will see to it. 11. "Hethat is unjust let him be unjust, still, and so with the filthy or the righteous; or the holy." When the end of this stage of. pur life comes, whether - it be death or the. coming of Christ, as we ore then found sp shall we continue, whether unjust or holy. This verse, however, may teach that we are to proclaim the troths of this book whether' it make people more holy or more unholy. 12. "And behold, I come quickly, wniHr reward fa with Me, to giveevery mac according as his work shall be." Compare rerses 7. 20. and chapters 1,7; ii., 25 : iii, 11, and note the oft repeated "I come and the admonitions. Salvation is all of grace, hat reward fa according to work. See I Cor. JiL, i -.-J 8, 9; Lake oris., 16-19. These rewards are not given at death, but at resurrection, whan * Jesus shall oome (Luke xiv., 14; I Pet. v.. 4; II Tim. iv.. 6). 13. "I am alpha and omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last." When AM* Af.n rPhAtn mtl fWSa frv ' i vui OUUJO uiupa/, juviu, xuvu m* iv me, first and last In everything, beginning and end of everything, then ail is well 14. "Blessed are tney that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life and may enter In through the gates into the city, The B.V. says, "Blessed are they that wash their robes. Well, we cannot keep Hte commandments till we have washed in His blood and recaived.the new, heart which only can. do His will, If we, like Abram, are looking for the city (fleb. xL, 10). we will delight to be found d6in* Hte 16. "For without are dogs" etc. Com- ! pare chapter xxL, 8,27. And if you are glad j that your nameis inthe bookof life, and that' ; / by His grace you are neither fearful, nor untruthful, then seek those'without. m. i, ocaua, unv<7 irauw nun iv . >' testily unto you these things In the odurcbes., I am the root and the offspring of David and the bright and morning star." The flnrtr clause of tnls verse, taken in oonneiclio&' . with verse 6, seems to me one of the cleans*, proore that the Lord God of the' holy prophets and Jesus are one and the same. : The root and offspring of David, taken withi Isa. xL, 1,10. show. Him to beboth God and; man. David's Lord and. David's Son. As,the bright and morning star He promises Himself j to the overcomer in chapter 11., .28. lk? watchers ail this dark night will see and1 meet Him as the morning star and oome back:' ' with Him as the son of righteousness (MaL iv., 2) when he appears for Israel. 17. "And the spirit and the bride - say. -ome? and let him that heareth say come.; ruiu lei mm turn, m auuw cvoie, wiu uruuwiver will let him take the water of life' freely." The flnrt clause seems to be the cry >f the churoh to her Lord to oome in response to His "Behold, I come quickly." rhe others?or at least the last two?are testations to the sinner to take the water of life Ireely. They remind us o( Isa. It.. 1: John rii.,37; Bom. ill., 24. f There is nothing to linder those who hear but their own will. 18,19. "If any man shail add. If any man ibali take away." Now comes a most solemn . yarning to anyone who would dare to add o or take from the words of this book. Bead the same warning in Dent. iv? 2, xil., 32; Prov.. xix, 6; Jnr. ixiv., 2;xlil, 28. 38, ind say how it is that men dare in these days n spite of these warnings, to commit both of ;h<>8e sins. Is it because, turning from thu ;ruth, God has sent them delusion (II Thess. 1; 10. 11). 20. "He which testifleth these things, ?ith: Surely I come quickly. Amen. Eren 1 . jo. come, Lord Jesus." How could Heaay "quickly''when He knew that almost 2000 /! rwirsmiKt nam first? One thousand YeATS is with the Lord as one day (I Pet. ilL, 8), ind according to that reckoning He hab tx*? . gone scarcely two days yet. We must look at things from His standpoint Doour Hearts Bay "Come, Lord Jesus?'* It we understand that things will grow worse and worse both. in the world and In the professing church till 3e come; that we cannot have our glorified fOdiea till Become; that we are to occupy ind show forth His death till He coma; that atan and anti-Christ and Babylon will rage ill He come, then we will surely -pray, . 'Come, Lord Jesus." Otherwise not. r 21. "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ bo rlth you all. Amen." What a precious endingo a most precious book?yea, to the whole took of books?for we are saved by grace, V re stand in grace and there is more gram to " te revealed (Eph. ii.. 8; Bom. v., 1, 2; IPet. , \ -IS). It is favor for the undeserving irom irst to last. ?Lesson Helper. . <v TEE BOOT or THE MATTER. } The Medical Pioneer, the organ of the iritish Medical Temperance AjssocuUod, in , recent editorial entitled "The Boot of the latter," says: " _ j "The World's Temperance Congress in: \ une held a three days'session in Chicago, a which almost ever}'aspect of the t.hmper-i ' nee question was ably dealt with. This is, deed, becoming a world-wide queetioo. It ; certainly a most ancient oae. Droutenets h&.s prevailed from time immemorial. t is no question of race dr sex, or National * a J i * everage. proviueu iuai ucverajjinn a^uuviiu. ntoxicat ion was rile long before the discoTry of distillation, when men bad only "natrtU" wines or fermented liquors to imbibe. r Vlan, being human, mast get drunk,' said ,ord Eyrou, and the prevalence ol itemperanofl proves that when man ikes alcoholic beverages more of t iss intoxication is inevitable. The Congress ave eloquent testimony to the prevalence [ the evil, its cause and its cure. Temperace reformers are sometimes sneere<l at as len of one idea, but any one who will take >e trouble to read the Conjress volumes ill be constrained to admit that their own l-o Jc+K- rmpi.it of Q rrmlfitlldfl of others. , ? "The universal testimony of men and wo- j en from almost every country under the in was, that alcohol is the fruitful cause ol ' / ost of the disorder, poverty, immorality,1 id crime which prevail. This is the result; ! the physical action of alcohol on the brainid nervous system. Nothing con prevent j ds so ion;; as aloonoi is lateen a? a uriuk. . j auction :uid National customs may mod- f ( the result, but nothing will be an efleo- J al preventive save total abstinence." ..f ? HAVE YOU A BOY TO SPARC? The saloon must have boys, or it mtut uliut p shop. Can't you furnish it oneV It is a reat factory, and unless it can get two , lillion boys from each generation for raw laterial, some of these factories must close v. nt. and its operatives must be thrown on a , I )id world, and the public revenue will > I mndle. ' I "Wanted! 2,000,000 boys," is the notice. 1 nc familv out of everv five must contribute | boy to keep up the supply. Will you belpV I rhich of you boys shall It be?. The J inotaur of Crete bad to have a shipload of I lir maidens each year. Have you con- I ibuted a boy V If not, some other family I as to give more than its share. Are you 'Jtihii, voting to keep the saloon open to f \ rind up boys,, and then doing nothing to J j