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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.
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Dr.Elfenstein'sSissioii
5 Remarkable Romance.
BY EMILY THORNTON.
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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. ]'
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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