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' CHAPTER XXVITI?Continued.
It was not a time for formality. The
nearest to him, Ellen, was caught in his
arms ana kissed, and then he folded Lea
to his heart.
"Oh, Ralph," said Lea, "we have
passed a night of horror. But we care
not now for that How has gone the
"battle?"
"God has prospered the right," replied
the Captain.
"And you have won?" asked both,
agerly.
"My gallant men have won, and Untilla's
hand will this day raise the flag
of our province above our prize, the pirates'
ship."
The girls gave thanks to God, and
then asked for their friends.
nr.. Tiovtnn ia cnfo hut Hedcres. sral
Jant Hedges, is wounded: not 6eriou6ly
I hope, for I want the world to know
that to him, more than any one else
under heaven, we owe our splendid vic.
tory."
While the captain was speaking, the
oompanionway became darkened and
IJntilla, Valentine I>ayton and the Surgeon
came down, supporting Lieutenant
Hedges.
They laid him cn a lounge, and when
Lea and Untilla knelt beside him and
took his hands, he said, with a sweet
emile on his bronzed face:
"It Is only the loss of blood, my
dears. Bless your noble hearts, I shall
Boon be ready for eea again. But what
matters it We have won: we have
beaten captain Aiaa, me puam, auu |
even death is not horrible in the face of
such success. Hurrah! Hur "
The Lieutenant raised his right
hand, showing that the hilt of a broken
sword still hung t-o It, and he would
have gone on with his cheering had not
the Surgeon rushed to his side and
positively forbade it
"I tell you, Val?I mean Mr. Dayton,"
Bald the Lieutenant, when Untilla had
taken the fragment from his wrist, and
he gave his nephew his hand, "you did
gallantly, my lad. You fought tne oia
Sea Hawk just as I knew you would.
But we couldn't have won, not
even with Captain Denham's timely
Aid, if it hadn't been for Untilla. If
I were King I'd share my throne with
her."
"But you are a king, uncle, and if at
the right time the offer Is made, who
knows," laughed Valentine.
Both ships were badly shattered, and
Captain Denham, with the eye of a true
sailor, 6aw me neceb?ii.,y ui getwiig
them to the quiet waters while the wind
and tide were favorable.
He gave the order to clear the decks.
The pirate dead were put in weighted
hammocks, and dropped overboard, and
the wounded were cared for as well as
those of the Sea Hawk.
In ten minutes more Valentine Dayton,
to whom the generous captain gave
the command of the Sea Hawk, wo^id
have ordered up the anchors, as Ralph
hart Hnnft on the Wanderer, had not the
attention of all been attracted by signals
from the shore.
? Through nis telescope, Ralph Denham
saw Doctor Hedges and his companions
crowding down on the beach of
Gardner's'Island, and he took in the
situation.
Doctor Hedges had witnessed the
fight between the ships, and his firm belief
was that Lea was killed at the first
fire; and he felt, to the end of the con,
test, until he saw Fox making for the
shore near by, that the pirate must win.
He and his friends were soon after
taken on board the two snips.
Dr. Hedges was crushed. After embracing
his daughter, which he did with
an affection that was strong and genuine,
he sat apart in 6ilence, and watched
Captain Denham as he came in and
went out. '
At length the Doctor rose, and, extending
his hand, he said, in tremulous
accents:
"Captain Ralph Denham, sir "
"Speak, Doctor; I am your friend,"
aid Ralph.
"I know you are, Captain; but, sir, I
do not deserve such a friend. I am unworthy
your regard, and Squire Condit
should never speak to me again. I am
afraid I am a fool."
. "Not at all, Doctor. This fellow Kidd
deceived us all."
"Will he get away?"
"He can't. I have sent a messenger to
Mr. Gardner, and he will soon be captured.
But see, Doctor; we are entering
Sag Harbor agaiu, and from the
crowds of people we shall have a hearty
? CIVVUIU.
The Captain turned away to direct his
ship.
Side by side, as when first they entered
the beautiful bay, both vessels
came to anchor, and the crowds on
N shore, seeing the provincial flag on the
"Wanderer's peak, cheered themselves
hoarse, and although it was broad daylight
the boys lit bonflre3.
CHAPTER XXI*.
LORD AND LADT PALITO"*.
Captain Denham's first duty, after he
got clear of the delighted crowds that
beset him, was to dispatch a wellmounted
rider to New York with the
news of his success. This rider was the
man Fox had so arbitrarily arrested and
imprisoned on board the Wanderer,
where the Sea Hawk men found him.
It may be said that in the meantime
Squire C'ondit had captured Thrasher,
and held him to await the action of
authorities, who subsequently punished
hitn with the pirates, many of whom
were hanged in New York harbor.
Lieutenant Hedges was cat ried ashore
and in the same boat came Don from
the Wanderer and Othei'o from the Sea
Hawk, and when the part the youths
ha<l played in the struggle became
known they were lionized and made
much of in a way that would have
turned ordinary heads.
The wounded Montauks, at Dr.
Hedges' urgent request, were taken to
his house. It may be that his brother,
the lieutenant, suggested this, for, boinc
close to the wounded w.irriors, he would
bo sure to see a great deal of Untilla,
and in this he was right.
The wounded men of the Sea Hawk, in
response to the prayers of friends, were
sent to their own houses, where all subsequently
recovered.
But while the ships were coming to
anchor and the people and the sailors
were cheering on ship and shore, a different
scene was taking place in the
main room of the King's Arms Inn.
There were assembled Col. Graham,
Lady Paliton, the young provincial officer
who had accompanied her, and old
Dinah, and lor a part of the time. Squire
C'ondit.
They had been some time in consultation,
and Old Dinah had just finished
jh&r strange story when Graham said,
. witk.a_8neer;
~"7f Xady Taliton chooses to believe
the wild story of a crazy old negress to
that of her dead husband's brother, well
and good. She is a free agent,"
"A free agent," repeated the lady,
starting to her feet and throwing back
the long black veil that so far had
partly covered her pale face, ."Since
the day of my husband's death you have
prevented my being a free agent."
"How so, madam?"
"How so. sir? Shall I reDeat the acts
of all these years of cruelty, the stories
of your spies, your attempts on my life,
and your efforts to prove me insane,
because "
"Because, madam, you persisted in
claim ng_ that your son, my nephew,
was not'drowned at the" same "time aa
your husband, my brother. More than
that, madam, you persisted in assuring
the world that I conspired against the
lives of both."
"En de lady was right," cried Dinah.
"Kidd 'ee knowd it, en I knowd it, en I
foiled de chile har, to dis Long Island,
en Ize been har ebber sense."
Colonel Graham raised his hand to
his lips as if to hide a yawn, and without
taking the slightest notice of Dinah,
he said:
"Of course, you believe this!"
"I do, sir, and you will learn before
the day passes that others believe it,
tnn "
Turning to the young provincial o?B cer
who had accompanied h<-? from Kew
York, Lady Paliton said:
"Be pleased to call Squif* Condit"
The Squire, who was waiting outside
oame in, and, in obedience to the lady's
request., he told of the coming of Ralph
Denham to his house twenty-one years
before.
"And you remember the man who
brought him to you?" asked Lady Palitun.
"I do, madam; it was this man, Col.
Graham, and every year since then he
ha6 6ent me money for the care of the
lad, not one penny of which have I
spent, but have it all at interest. The
boy became as dear to mv heart as if
he' were my own, and God will bear me
witness that Ralph Denham is a young
man that a king need not be ashamed
to acknowledge for his son."
"You hear this, sir," said the lady.
"Have you any reply?"
"I have none, madam. You have no
richt to question me. and I only yield
irf order to humor the mania that has
possessed you like an evil spi-it for
years," said Graham.
Attracted by the shouting of the people
outside, lor the 6hips were anchoring
in the bay, the Squire left the room.
Up to this time Graham firmly believed
that Fox had told him the truth
about Ralph Denham, and that the latter
was dead. And just then he would
have rejoiced to know that the pirate
had met a similar fate. As if in response
to his wish, he heard a man
shouting in the street:
"Hurrah! hurrah! the pirate Kidd IB
beaten and his ship captured!"
"Kidd would never surrender," thought
Graham, and for a moment he thought
the fates were siding with him.
"De ind is comir'; I feel de ind is
comin'," said Dinah, going to the window
and drawing back the curtains so
that those in the room could see the
snips as if they were painted and set iu
a frame. "See," she continued. "Dar's
Ralph Den'am's ship, en soon ye'll see
Ralph Den'am hisself."
i t IN i-i?~
xtaipn jjennam: eiwaimeu uiausui,
then conscious that he made a mistake
in not keeping his feelings under restraint,
he arched his brows and said
lightly, "I shall be pleased to see the
gentleman."
Coming quickly back Dinah pointed a
long finger at him, and she fairly hissed
as she said:
"Ah, ye tink Kidd he kill Ralph
Den'am? Ho, ho, I saw 'im in detomb,
but me en Untilla sabed 'im. Look out
at dat ship. Balph Den'am's on 'er dis
bress'd minit,"
"No, Dinab, Ralph Denham Is here,"
said a stroupr, manly voice at the door.
All turned to the place and there stood
Captain Denham, very pale and very
handsome, and beside him was Squire
Condit.
The instant Ralp* Denham came
ashore, the Squire, who had learned
the story of his adopted son's life the
ni?ht before from Lady Paliton and
Dinan, tooK mm to one siae, ana, wunout
waiting to congratulate him on hia
magnificent victory, he told him the
6tory of his birth as briefly as possible,
announcing the fact that his mother,
Lady Paliton, was then at the inn.
During all the trials and the combat,
Ralph Denham never lost his head, but
now he was weak as a child. He gave
no thought to the wealth and honors
that might be his by right of birth, but
the thought that he, who remembered
nothing of a father's care or a mother's
love, should have a mother living overpowered
him.
Ho permitted the Squire to lead him
to the inn and he replied to Dinah's
words, but beyond that for some his
brain and heart wero in a whirl, and his
recollection of events very dim at best.
He recalled the cry. "My son! Oh,
heaven be praised, my son!" And ho
recalled the fact that he held the form
of a woman in black in his arine, and
that he kissed the closed eyes and the
white face, till she looked up again and
cried, "My son, Ralph, my son!"
Not even in the war with the motherland?which
came just eighty years
after this?was Sag Harbor so much ex
cued as at mis unie. xnere were noT.
wanting those who had always believed
that the day would come when it would
be shown that Ralph Denham. now Lord
Paliton. was of noble descent.
Dr. Hedges was not one of these people.
Indeed, Dr. Hedges, though thankful
that all had turned out 60 well, was
a humbled man, for ho confessed to the
Squire that he had made " a pv^ao.l
fool" of himself.
He never expected Lord Paliton would
marry i?>8 daughter, but it was not for
this he cared. It w?? the fact that ho
had courted an outlaw whom he did not
know, and rejected a gentleman whom
|he did know, that galled him.
Those who waited on Colonel Graham
in his room at the inn said that from
the time Kalph Denham entered the
place till the Colonel's death, two days
afterward, he never spoke. Dr. Hedges
attended him, but he never could tell
the disease the man died o;\ and the few
who knew his black history made no
inquiries.
Within the week a letter came
from the Governor of the province,
thanking Captain Denham and his men
for his brilliant exploit, and announcing
the fact that Fox?or Kidd?toad been
captured and sent to Boston, from which
point he would be returned to England
lor trial.
It is a matter of history that Kidd
was afterwards hung in London; but,
strangely enough, the crime of pirac y
could not be sustained against him, and
the charge on which he was convicted
was for murdering an English sailor on
the island of Madagascar.
The governor ulso ordered Captain
Denham to bring his own ship and the
prize to New York, und to come by way
of the Sound.
A week alter the capture the ships
were repaired so far as to make sailing
safe, and on the morning of their departure
some Rotable events happened.
/
Valentine Dayton was" marrred to
Ellen Condit and took his wife on board
bib ship. Lieutenant Hedges said be
would like to go to New York, and felt
quite strong enough, if only Untilla
xcnniH f?omp ainna to helD care for him.
and she consented.
Lady Pallton feared that her Bon's
affections were engaged, but when she
came to know Lea Hedges, her fear J?ei
came a delight, and kissing her, after
j Ralph had told of his engagement, she
; 6aiu':
j "I have found a son and a daughter.
I am blessed."
Ralph Denham took his wife and
mother on board the Wanderer, and he
insisted that his adopted father and
mother should come too. He also prevailed
on Dr. Hedges and wife to be
or me party; ana ue urvugut uiuug ^uu
and Othello to wait oh them.
In New York Bay Ralph, to continue
the name by which we know him best,
met with a royal reception. The 6hips
i in the harbor were dressed with flags,
i all the puns in the battery at the south1
em end of Manhattan Island than*
I dered out a welcome.
When the story of his romantic life
became known, the people forgot the
brilliant exploits of the past, and the
older members of society recalled the
fate of the Governor of Bermuda and
the loss of his son.
Doctor Hedges was still humbled,
: though the father-in-law of a rich lord;
! but Squire Condit took the whole matter
for granted, and went on calling
"his boy" Ralph, and behaving in that
sturdy, manly way that always distin;
gulshed him.
Ralph gave his share of the prize
! money to the men, and soon after that
i there were more marriages in Sag Hari
bor than ever took place in the same
' period before or since.
At Lady Paliton's?the mother's?
j suggestion, the Wanderer was purchased
to convey her son and daughter
! to England, though subsequently the
j beautiful ship made a voyage to AmeriI
TTaot* TrKon Tfn1r>Vi hio tpifo iinfl
UtCi J JOtti I n uvu ? I
increasing family came to Bee their old
; dear friends.
j Don, the cabin boy, went to England
. with the captain, and his mother comj
ing to eee him, they both remained all
i their lives in the service of generous
! Lord Paliton.
Othello went into the service of
Squire Condit, and though he showed a
strong disposition to marry, Dinah
| would not permit it while she lived.
But he was only forced to live 6ingle
; for a year, at the end of which time the
; old woman died and was buried among
j the Montauks.
Uncas never recovered from his huj
miliation. He took to drink and was
; soon gathered to his fathers.
i Until!a still ruled the tribe. She took
! a great interest in Mr. Hedges, and
| after a year beeame his wife. The
Wanderer came back from England at
j the time, and on her return Captain
j Hedgre andlhis beautiful wife were on
i hnnr/i t.hA rrtiests of Lord and Ladv
j Paliton.
I And thus it came about that a pe=*t of
I the ocean, a wolf in 6heep's clothing,
: was destroyed by the very devices he
had set for the ruin of others.
And thus it came to pa6S, the noble
by nature was shown to be a noble by
birth; and so proving that "worth makes
the man, and .want of it the fellow. *
[THE end. I
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Each salmon produces about 20,*
UUU.UUO eggs.
It is said that the Greenland whale
sometimes attains the age of 400
years.
The horse, when browsing, is guided
entirely by the nostrils in the
choice of proper food, and blind horses
are never known to make mistakes in
their diet.
The cries of sea birds, especially sea
gnlls, are very valuable as fog signals.
The birds cluster on the cliffs and
coast, and their cries warn boatmen
that, arft tia?t the land.
Plants that grow near the sea have |
thicker leaves than those growing in'
land. Apparently tho sea salt is the
; cause of this phenomenon, as plant?
| cultivated in artificially salted soil
: yield thicker leaves.
For use as a fire extinguisher and
alarm a quick fuse runs around the
room and ends in the bottom of a
water tank, where a quantity of explosives
are stored, the explosion giving
the alarm and breaking the tank so
the water flows out.
f liW a inoni?on/>fl
ol/ai/ie3lr&ug> \Jl 111 u iuouluuvv ww?**
j panies show that in the last twentyi
five years the average woman's life has
I increased from about forty-two to
j fifty-six years, or more than eight per
I cent. In the 6ame period man'u life
I on the average has increased in length
j five per cent.
It has been pointed out by a naturalist
that the irregular shapes of trees,
their "anyhowness,"if we may use the
word, fulfils a most important purpose.
! When a gale is blowing the branches
! will be seen to sway in all directions,
j and their movements tend to balance
i each other. Did they all swing together,
the oscillations would either
; uproot the tree or despoil it of its
j branches.
The rapid rise of the land about
! Hudson Hay is said to be the most re!
markable gradual upheaval of an ex:
tensive region ever known. DriftwoodI
covered beaches are now twenty or
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new islands have appeared, and many
chaaels and all the old harbors have
become too shallow for ships. At tho
present rate this shallow bay will disappear
in a few centuries, adding a :
vast area of dry land or Bait maruh to
British territory in America.
So Healthy Baby dries.
A favorite assertion of the modern
trained child's nurse is that no healthv
; baby cries. If he is well, as he should
! be, and properly clothed and looked
| after, he will not cry. But on the
! other hand, some medical authorities
1 assert that crying is the chief and best
j exercise for young children, and one
j hospital superintendent says that a
; healthy baby should cry three or four
j times a day at least, and from ten to
| lifteen minutes at a time. This world
would be dull, indeed, if all mankind
j agreed.
Saved by Water Buckets,
i Water buckets saved Mrs. J. M.
j Davis, of Buckingham, Va., from
I drowning while she was on her way to
1 a spring. The path led over a tunnel
> of nn abandoned gold mine, aud some
I rotten timber giving away just as Mrs.
! Davis got above them, the tunnel roof
' collapsed and sho fell into thirty feet
i of witer. An empty bucket on each
j arm buoyed her up until she was able
! to grasp a floating log.
A FrenJc of Variable Weather.
| Alternate freezing and thawing in tho
j Orawfordsville section of Indiana caused the
j clover on what is known as the black lands
to be ejected from the ground, tho roots ly!
iug there all exposed.
TEMPERANCE.
BLESSED OB CEHSED.
Long have we borne the tie that binds
Our land beneath ram's dfrefu! reign,
Blest be the arm that quickly finds
A way i.o reach this hateful chain.
& ... "NCursed
bo the hand that lends Its aid,
This in ->nster evil to uphold.
Blest be the man \a strength arrayed,
To smile the wrong wli:h couragebol<L_
? ?> - . axan
Cursed be the league of town or state,
That shares the guilt for paltry gains.
Blest be the worker, small or great:,
Whose aid the victory attains.
Before the judge at last must stand
oniM-Ano/1 fho /Xnll+tr ^nmh.
1UO fjtviru a^/[/&VT?U| ?uv
Come or depart at his command,
Cursed depart or blessed come.
?Rev. C. A- Ruddock, in Ram's Horn.
THE NATIONAL DRINK BIIX.
The editor of The American Grocer, Mr. F.
N. Barrett, ha* been in the habit of ntudyitg
the Government statistics of the consumption
of liquors, and his conclusions have
been accepted with a great deal of confidence.
Ho has just made a careful examination
of the reports for the past ynar, atd
shows by :i number of table3 that the hard
times have resulted in a diminished consumption
of liquors. The total per capita
consumptian of spirits, wines and beer in
1892 was 17.04 gallons; in 1896 it was 16.42,
Bhosrtng t. reduction of 10.62 gallons per
- rnu~
capita in tnenve years. iun uiusi uumui'j
reduction was in the use of spirits, wbici
diminished from 1.50 gallons in 1E92 to one
gallon in 3896. There was a similar reduction
In th<> use of wines and a vary, slight
red action in the use of bper. The number of
gallons of spirits consumed was in round
numbers, 71.000,000. which is less than waf>,
consumed in 1897, ten years ago. From 10-87
to 1893 there was a sieady increase, the
amount reaching in the last named year over
101 .,000.00(1 gallons. 8:nce then there has
been a deriine. Mr. Barrett estimates the.t
about 11,(00,060 gallons of spirits are used
annually :n the arts, manufactures and in
medicine, leaving abcut 60,000,000 consumed
as a beverage. He further estimates that
barrooms retail a gallon in about sixty
drinks, receiving therefor $4.50, "thus
maiing tt.e Nation's whisky bill in 1896 as a
beverage, $270,000,000, while in 1892 and
1893 it avt raged $400,500,000." H3 says the
importation of foreign spirits, while larger
in 1996 than in the four preceding years, wfis
lighter thun in 1890 or 1891. The increase In
the consumption oi Deer m tne past twenty
years has been very large. Theamotint consumed
in 188? was a little less than 718,000.000.
Mr. Barrett says that beer contests with
coffee the claim to be our National beverage.
The falling off in the consumDtion of irines
Is wonderful. In 1887 there were consumed
27,706,771 gallons of domestic and 4,618,290
gallons of foreign wines, while in 1896 the
amounts consumed were 14,599,727 of domestic,
and 4,101,649 of imported wines. He
makes the total alcoholic drinking bill of the
United Stites for 1896 $861,693,832, or a per
capita expenditure of $14.?ll.
NOT ALWAYS THE BEST.
Charles Pollen Palmer, in his recently
published work on inebriety, under the
heading "An Unselfish Wile Not Alwavs the
Best," says;
"A good woman is not necessarily a good
wife. Od the contrary, she nay be. without
m?aning It and in spite of her conscientious
efforts to be otherwise, a very bad wife to
her husbf.nd, and that in eptte of her gentleness,
docility, piety and excessive lova for
him; and it is possible that he might not be
in the poiiition he occupies to-day if, instead
? * /.nullMdo oKq Via<4 .la.
OI possessing lucoo 4uaiuiu, ouw
veloped stronger or even more selfish traits
of character. The continued exercise of ihe
spirit of unselfishness on thu wife's part has
helped in no small degree to restrain the
husband from denying himself is. a hundred
ways; and all innocently, but not the less
fatally, 'ias fanned the' flames of self-indulgence
until his power of resistance, insidiously
encroached upon by loving handB,
his flnallysuccumbed to her persistency, wid
his great preservative against any strong
temptation to which he cany be constitutionally
inclined has become so weakened that
he is umible to cope with the strong desire
for drink when it manifests itself. . . . Eefore
either of them is nware of it the husband's
st rong mainstay and security against
sudden and powerful temptation are
gradually but surely undermined and when
the circumstances of life, sure to be favorable
at certain junctures, :invite the presence
of an underlying vice, the man goes down
nrirl in anit? nf his manifold
struggle; and heroic resolves and efforts,
falls utterly to redeem himself."
let's dowu the saloox.
Nearly all the crime committed In this
oountry is in some way connected with
whisky and the saloon. Not only do we have
the crima itself, but we have the ruined
charactei-s of the oriminals. the suffering of
their innocent parents, wives and children,
th? cost of the courts ar.d the pros^suting
officers, of the jails ascl deputy shpriffs, and
all other costs connected with the searching
for and punishing those who commit crimes.
And theti we must remember, that for pay?
* 4.U? onfhAjHi'O A Iftf ftf
iur IUD iOTO no huilv/hcv * w*
saloon-keepers to breed all this crime RDd
miaory. By thus licensing them we throw
the protection of the law over them, and, in
fact, go into partnership with them and
share their ill gotton gain. How long are
we goinj: to be willing to be partners in this
wretchec, low-down business? We ought, to
be ashamed of ourselves.?Michigan Independent.
A CONTRAST.
In Denmark the police take a drunken
man to the station and place him under the
care of a surgeon. When he recovers they
take him home in a cab, and then present
their bill to the person in whose house the
victim had taken bis last refresher.
In Turkey a drunken man is bastinadoed
for the flrst, second and third offence, after
which he is considered "privileged." A
privileged drunkard is led home and is furnished
with an account which he must settle
forthwith.
In the United States a man may drink h'mcftlf
tn H -?nth- and there is no inouisition for
blood; or he may forfeit his liberty and his
wife and children suffer, and ratepayers pay
the cost of his board in prison. The "trade"
escapes, and not a scratch Is made on the
back of ;ho license!
THE OUTLOOK.
The Washington Post, while admitting that
the consumption of beer and domestic winaa
is increasing, is hopeful for the temperance
outlook, holding that the statistics show a
decreased consumption of distilled liquors of
all kinds;, and that habitual drunkenness is
on the decline. The Post thinks that the
greatest agency in temperance work is the
stroug, healthy, public seniiment condemnatory
of drunkenness. "Public opinion is
forcing men to be temperate, by shutting the
intemperate out of public offices and responsible
private station."." While the real
cure for intemperance is the gospel, and
plenty of it, it is a fact tha't the g:)spel work9
out many of its purposes through various
subsidiary means, one of these being an improved
public opinion.?Independent.
TE2T0TALISM AND LONGEVITY.
Dr. Newman Hall, wto has just completed
his eightieth year, was asked how he accounted
tor his splendid physical condition,
and he answered: "Sober habits, attention
to the laws and habits of health, going to
bed.in decent time, and not working hiird
late?at night. I have never been a dinerout,
<>r indulged in heavy suppers. I take a
col>l bath all the year round, and have always
bten a walker; I cau now do ten miles
at a stretch without fat:i?ue. My sight and
hearing are perfect. Teototalism has had a
great deal to do with my good health, My
father and mother were total abstainers, and
] have been one for sixty years."
AN ArPEAL TO YOtJNO MEN.
Young men, have confidencein yourselves,
and in the capacities God has Riven you.
8hun intoxicating liquor; keep away from
tho gambling table; seek for friends such
men and women as you would not tie ashamed
yourChristian mother should see you with;
and having chosen with care the life business
to which you are best a-n:otod, pursue it
without faltering, and never fear but you
will wring succes3 out of destiny.?Sacred
Heart Review.
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.
Wine in the home and club house helps
the wine room.
If some women did not drink wine, some
men would not drink whisky.
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SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
APRIL 25.
Lesson Text: "Peter Delivered From
Prison,'' Acta xll., 15, 17?
Golden Text: Psalm xxxlv.,
7?Commentary,
5. "Peter was therefore kept in prison, but
prayer was made without ceasing of the
oburcb unto God for him." There is no
doubt but that God couJd prevent the devil
from touching one of His children, but such
is not His way. When on earth, the Lord
Jesu^ said: "In the world ye shall have
tribulation. Whosoever killeth you will
think that he doth God service" (John xvi.,
83, 2). Prom the glory after His ascension
H^ said, "The devil shall cast some of you
into prison tnat ye maybe tried; and ye shall
have tribulation'" (Rev. ii., 10). But this
also we are perfectlj sure of, that nothing
can possibly come to a child of God without
uoa 6 permission (joo i.. ju, iz; -tiecu. 11., o.
8; Rom. vitl., 28).
6. "Peter wa^ sleeping between two soldiers,
bound with two chains, and the keepers
before the door kept the prison." The
enemy dia his best to make sure of his prey.
Two words in the Greek tell the story, of
James (aneiie machaira) killed with a
sword. For Peter, God had other work yet
to be accomplished and suffered him to be
placed in these circumstances that Ho might
show forth His power. In the hands of the
authorities and under the constant guard of
four soldiers, to two of whom he was
chained, the deliverance seemed hopeless,
but the believers did all they could do and
cried instantly and earnestly to God
(mararin).
7. "And boh old the angel of the Lord
eame." Double guards, chains, bolted
doors nnd prison walls are nothing to one of
those holy beings that excel in strength,
that do His commandments, hearkening
unto the voice of His word (Ps. oiii., 20).
From Heaven to earth as a flash of lightning,
through storm or sunshine, they haste
to do His will and minister to His redeemed
ones (Heb. i., 14; Ezek. i, 14: Acts
xxvii.. 20. 23.
8. ''Cast thy garment about thee and follow
me." Awakened by the angel's touch,
Peter, loosed from his chains, arose from between
the still sleeping soldiers and in the
light that shone in the prison girded himself
and bound on bis sandals. There is no
stealth, nor injunction to step lightly, nor
fear of any kind, but the quietness and majesty
of the power of God.
9. "And he went out and followed him,
and wist not that it was true which was
done by the angel: but thought he saw a
vision." In deepest trials God sometimes
gives restful dreams or visions of coming
blessings or deliverances, as when to Jacob
in his sorrowful journey from home Ha revealed
Himself to him at the top of the
wonderful ladder on which angels were
seen ascending and descending (Gen. xzvlii,,
12, 18). It seemed to Peter as if this were
some such vision.
10. "They came unto the iron gate that
leadeth unto the city, which opened to them
of his own accord. The angel needed no
open gates or doors for him to pass through,
but for Peter in a mortal body doors ana
gates must open, PDd they did without any
touch from human hands. The same angelic
ministry attends us to-day, and all doors will
flv open before us when our Lord desires it.
11. "Now I know oj. a surety that the Lord
hath sent His angel and hath delivered me
out'of the hand of Herod." When Peter
found himself alone out on the street in the
night, he began to come to himself. There
were no chains upon him. no soldiers near
him, no walls around him, but God's earth
beneath him, God's sky over his head, and
perhaps the stars looking peacefully down
upon him. Then he began to realize that for
the second time (Acts v., 19) an angel had
brought him out of prison. No power can
hold those whom God wishes to set free.
12. "Ho came to the house of Mary, the
mother of John, whose surname was Mark,
where many were gathered together praying."
He had no difficulty in deciding
whitter to direct bis steps, nor did the angel
need to tell him where to go. Does God see
that when you are free from the duties of
daily cares you will promptly go to where
they meet for prayer? (Acts iv., 23.) J
13. "And as Peter knocked at the door of
the gate, a damsel came to aak who was
there named Khoda." Many women's names
which w would like to know, such as the
mother of David, are not found in Scripture,
Why should this girl's namo be hare, inasmuch
as the Spirit does nothing without a
reasonV If any one has the answer, let us
hs-ar it; if not, we can wait, and some day
we shall know.
14. "And when she knew Peter's voice she
opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in
and told how Peter stood before the gate."
Knowing Peter's voice makes us think of
John x., 27, "My sheep hear My voice, and I
know them, and they follow Me." Yet how
many hear His voice, but because they will
not open to Him Hh does not come in, and
they do not become Hi9 sheep. In thiB case
joy caused Rboda to lose her head, as we
say, and she left poor Peter outside the gate
while she ran in to tell.
15. "And they said unto her, Thou art
mad. But she constantly affirmed that it
waseven so. Then said they, It is his angel."
Yet they had been praying that, if possible,
he might be released from his enemies (verse
&). Would we be about as much surprised if
some of our prayers were answered, or do
we always pray and expect an answer?
16. "But Peter continued knocking, and
when they haa opened the dcor and saw him
they were astonished." Peter was hound to
get in, and therefore kept knocking. That
is the way to do, even as our Lord taught us
in Lukexi., 8, 9; xviii., 1. "Ye shall seek
Me and find Me when ye search for Me with
all your heart" (Jer. xxix., 13). The fear of
tne Lord, the knowledge of God and wisdom
will be obtained when we seek it as silver
nnd as men search for hdden trensure
(Prov. li., 4). Would gratitude or astonishment
fill us if we had to-day the answer long
looked for?
17. "But he, beckoning unto them with
the hand to hold their peace, declared unto
them how the Lord bad brought him out
of the prison." Stilling them?which perhaps
was no easy wort?he declared unto
them the works of God. It would be very
intaprtetin'_? to huar Peter's version of the
angel'd deliverance. Some day in the glory
he may go over it for us, but we have all the
facts of the case in our lesson. Peter was
simply obedient, and the Lord, by the
angel, did it all. Having heard, they were
to go and tell James, who seemed to be the
leader (chapter xv., 13), and the others. This
was not James of the favored three (verse
2), but James, son of Alpheus (Luke vi., 15).
The great stir in the morning and the death
of the soldiers make us think of the morning
of Daniel's deliverance and the death of
his enemies.?Lesson Helper.
TELEPHONED TO A DIVER.
DIfllcultlea of Cjimnuntcn^ion Overcome
by a Kecent Invention.
Telephone communication with divers
while at work under water was successfully
accomplished at the Chapman Wrecking
Company's wharf, foot of Conover street,
Brooklyn.
The difficulty has hitherto been the disturbance
caused by the pressure of the air in
the helmet and the noise of its entry and
exit.
Captain C. P. Everett, for more than
thirty years a diver for the Chapmans, was
the demonstrator, and H. F. Atkinson, of
the New York Telephone and Telegraph
Construction Company, operated tnn upper
end of the wires.
The first message received after Captain
Everett had descended bid them "slow up on
t&e air pump," too strong a current having
been sent down.
A. conversation, lasting fifteen minutes,
with half a dozen different men on the land
end, then took place. The inven tion \va
pronounced a success.
POFOCATAPETL IS HICHEST.
Its Superiority Over Orizaba Demonstrated
by a German Explorer.
Professor R. Chevers Stopel, of Heildelberg
(Germany) University, says:
"I ascended Popocatapotl during the middle
of February," said the scientist, "and I
reached the top of Orizaba March 10. I am
the first Gormau in twenty-five years who
has climbed that mountain. I found by accurate
observation that Popocatapetl was
i 18,333 feet-high, and thus the highest in
! North America, and that Orizaba was 17,723
feet high.
"By this trip I was able to prove that Orizaba,"
though very lofty, is not quite so high
as Popoeatnpetl, which towers to the great
1 altituoe of 18,333 feet."
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RELIGIOUS REA.DING, 11
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The Lord of us all takes in His hand
The leaden hammer called Anguish,
And beats on the hearts
Of His people S
To try them, if they be strong a
In His hope, in His peace, in His lovo.
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And to each one He speaks E
If they listen?
"I am with thee, so be
Not discouraged;
Only those whom I love
Do I chasten ; and when
Thy small, painful years shall have ended,
And thou seest before thee
The glorious light,
The plan and purpose of life,
Then shalt thou see that
The leaden hammer called Anguish
Is My infinite Question,
Which is put to the souls of men ;
And if ye answer, My children.
With unmurmuring, loving submission,
Then will l lead you each
Home by the hand.
Into ineffable joy."
?N. Y. Evangelist
LIFE FULL OF FBAGMENT8.
Life here is short even at the longest. We
cannot finish in threescore and ten years
the great things we dream of in our best
moods. Then, only comparatively a few
lives reach this full limit of age. It is but a
little that we can do in our short, broken
years. We begin things, and we are interrupted
in the midst of them. Before they
are half finished we are called away to something
else, or laid aside by iilness, or our
me enas, ana ine worn remains incomplete.
It is pathetic, when a busy man has been
called away suddenly, to go into his office,
his study, or his place of work, and see the
unflniehed things he has left?the letter half
written, the book half read, the column of \
figures half added up, the picture begun but
not completed. Life is full of fragments,
the mere beginning of things. If there were
nothing beyond death, little wouid come of
this poor fragmentary living and doing.
But when we know that life will go on without
serious break through endless years, it
puts a new meaning into every noble and
worthy beginning. Every right and good
thin),', however small it may seem, shall live
forever.?J. R. Miller, D. D., in "Things
to Live For."
OJJLT PART OF THE GREAT WHOLE.
Every deed is part of one great drama
through which flows one vast purpose, by
union with which purpose alone does any
deed be strong. What folly it is to be selfish
! It is one wheel of the vast engine unbelting
itself from all its brother wheels,saying,
4,I will spin my own music; I will not
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De lmpaucm, ami jo:.it wiiins wuuijr iUbV <
space a minute and then drops into the (
sand and dies. That is dissipation; that
is what men sometimes call life. Blessed is
it if the poor, wretched, dissipated wheel is
taken up by the kind master of the engine ]
and reforged in any hot furnace of pain,and
set once more in its true place from whence
it flew. That is blessed ; but a thousand- .
fold more blessed it is for the wheel which 1
catches from the first the glory of service, ?
makes every revolution a delight in respond- t
ing to the throb and beat of the central ,
power, finds every deed dignified by the '
entire motion of the whole, loses itself and
so finds itself, and lives by obedience, and
lives |ever more and more abundantly.? i
Phillips Brooks, in' The More Abundant
Life.' 1 |
THE HOLY SPIRIT A MAGNIFIES.
I once climbed the long flight of steps to
a liehthonsG. I exoected to find a monster
lamp in the tower, but was shown small
ones, not larger than our parlor lamp. If
one were set in the window, it would not
cast light twenty feet on the water. The
lighthouse keeper explained whence came
its power. He set a lamp within a powerful
magnifying glass globe, and reflected its
light twenty miles out upon Lake Michigan,
and thus protected many precious humaD
lives from being dashed upon the treacherous
rocks. That visit taught me a lesson.
How often are Christians content to remain
like those small lamps, casting such feeble
rays! If we ire indeed "the light of the
world," we must put our spiritual lamps
under the magnifyirg power of the Holy
Spirit. Then we shall be beacon lights to
guide those who are upon the ocean of life
and amid temptations hard to be conquered.
Those lighthouse lamps must be kept clean
and bright. So must our spiritual lamps be
polished by holy prayer and holy living.?
Rachoiel C. Kensull, in Northwestern Christian
Advocate.
WHOM THE LOBD LOVETH HE CHASTENETH.
Jesus Christ takes a world of pains in the
making of a first class Christian. Sometimes
He applies His pruning knife so that
every branch of his vine may bring forth
more fruit. Knives are made to cut, and 5
sometimes our loving Master's knife cuts J
deep. So does the sculptor's chisel. Before
the sculptor's eye there rises a certain idea) 3
form which he desires to bring out of the t
marble, and he does not ask the marble's I
permission to apply either chisel or hammer. 1
T>-. |? a? irJaal nf S
ueiure uur iuasici d cjc ?uuv v. *,
what you and I ought to he, and if He can i
correct our faults, and develop our graces,
and increase our influence for good, and t
make us better Christians. He does not hesi- c
tate to use sharp instruments. "Whom I t
love I chasten;" and the literal meaning of
the word is to cause suffering. The Mattel 1
has a great many places for His gold where j
He refines it. May you not be in just one e
of those places now? If so. then it is the I
best place for you.?Theodore L. Cuyler, a
D. D. I
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' A PRAYER FOR PREPARATION.
0 God, our Father, whose will it is that *
none should perish but that all should live,
enable us so to use thy gift of freedom that
it shall prepare us for the eternal life of
holiness with thee. When in the tempta- j
tions of the world we are sifted as wheat,
grant us that our faith fail not.
When we are in peril from the lusts
that war again9t the soul. be d
thou our guard. For thine own pity ?
and for the love of those who need us and j
who suffer when we fall, preserve us in the t
hour of weakness. For the love wnerewitn 1
Christ loved us, grant us the fellowship of
His spirit when we are tried in the likeness
of His temptations. And Thou, who hast "
helped us to the victory of faith shall re- "
ceive our grateful service evermore through ^
Christ, who for our redemption was tempted a
and overcame. Allien. !'
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BLESSEDNESS IS WITH GOD. r
Blessedness liath not in much or many,
but in one and oneness. In one word blessedness
lieth not in any creature or work of
the creatures, but it lieth alone in God and P
in his works. Therefore I must wait only ?
on God and leave on one side all creatures fj
with their works, and first of all myself. J
In like manner, all the great works and *'
wonders that God lias ever wrought, or
even God himself with all his goodness, so K
far as these things exist or are dune outside
of ine. can ever make me blessed, but only "
in so far as they exist and are done and ?
loved, known, tasted and felt within me.?
Theulogia Germauica.
"Thy will be done" is the kev-note to
whk'h every prayer must be tuned.?A. J. n
Gordon, D. D. ?i
If we leave our doors wide open to God ?'
be enters in and makes a heaven of our J
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If wo leave our doors wide open to God he
enters iu and makes a heaven of our souls.
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If w leave our doors wide open to God
he enters iu and makes a heaven of our y<
Souls. *i
LADY ABERDEEN, ORATOR.
i?lrst Woman to Addrens Chicaco University's
Convocation.
Woman's higher education was notably ex- /r
omplifled within the walls of the Auditorium
on the occasion of the last quarterly convocation
of the University of Chicago. On the
invitation of President William R. Harper.the
unprecedented honor of delivering the convocation
address was given to a woman, and
an English woman, the Countess of Aberdeen,
wife of the Governor-General of Can- U
aila, both of whom are popular.
Lady Aberdeen, in the critical presence of a.
5000 men and women, delivered a thoughtful '
address, taking for her subject, "The Uni- h
versify and Its Effect on tho Home." ^
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"HEODORE pnnccwc. JWWW
'realdent McKlnley NohI^K^VReHHdKbH
AgaUtant Secretary oM^KeBS^EH^^H
President McElnley terminal^^H^Hfl^U
ontest over tne appointment
ecretary of the Navy by sending to
te the nomination of Theodore BoosevettJ
f New York. The ottier active canaiuaiw h
rere Harry W. Raymond, of Germantown,; ?
'enn., who waa private secretary to General1 ^
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THEODOBE BOOBEVELT, OP SEW YOBK.
rracy; ex-Congressman John B. Robinson,
jf Pennsylvania, and Professor William H.
Elliott, of Indiana.
Theodore Roosevelt is President of the
Police Board of New York City, and during
tils term of office has very thoroughly reDrganized
it. In order to assume his duties
is Assistant Secretary of "the Navy, the posi-;
:ion formerly held by former Congressman'
McAdoo, of New Jersey, hewlll have to ro
ilfio his position as Police Commissioner. , ;
Mr. Roosevelt was born in New York Cityi ^-i
in 1858, and graduated at Harvard in 1880. j ]
The following year he entered politics. He
:hen became interested in Civil Service re-|
form matters. He was a candidate for Mayor,
>f New York in 18S3, bat failed of election,
(dr. Boosevelt has written a nnmber of
30oks,- mainly relating to his hunting trips
n the West. He is also the author of a
'History of the Naval War of 1812" and
Life of Thomas H. Benton." Mr. Rooserelt
is wealthy, and a man who knows thei
sountry well, having lived in Washington in;
jfflcial life and on the plains as a cowboy. ',' \
WESTERN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
Results of the Contests for Control of the
City Governments.
At St. Louis, Mo., <c the triangular contest
or Mayor Henry Zelgenhein (Rep.) won by.
i majority of between 5000 and 8000. The
otal vote was 35,000 as against 118,000 last'
November. Elsewhere in Missouri all
he elections show Democratic victories. i
Incomplete returns from the municipal:
elections In Kansas Indicate that the Bepnb-j
leans have won a victory.
At Evansville, Ind., William M. Akin, Jr.!
Dem.)j was elected Mayor by a majority ot
CARTER H. HARRI80X.
(The newly elected Mayor of Chicago.)
!763, this being a net Democratic gain of
1191 over the November vote.
In Michigan of sixty cities in Which
layors wero elected the Silver party carried
wenty-eight, and Republicans twenty-seven.' "!
teturns from the State election indicate the
e-election of Justice Long (Rep.), of the'
luoreme Court, by upward of 40,000 piuralty
In Ohio returns from the municipal elecions
show Democratic gains. Of the larger
sities only Cleveland and Toledo remain In
he hands of the Republicans. i f
In Chicago Carter H. Harrison, a Bryan
eader, was elected Mayor of Chicago by a
(lurality of 75,000. Harlin, the In depending
received a larger vote than Sears, the
iepublican candidate, At midnight the
ivailable figures gave Sears (Rep.), 60,000;
larrison (Dem.), 148,000; Harlan (Ind.), 72,00;
Heslng (Ind.), 18,000. Of thethirtyour
Aldermen the returns point to the eleoionof
twent>-six Democrats, four Republic
ans and four Independents.
BRYAN CALLS ON M'KINLEY.
Sxcbanges Pleasantries With Bis Sacceia
iui Avivai.
William J. Bryan, the last Democratic caulidate
for President, called at the Whit?
louse in Washington with Representative
IcMillin, of Tennessee, to pay his respects
0 his successful rival.
They were immediately ushered into Presieut
McK'nley's private cffice. The Present,
who was talking to a group of gentle- ' )
len, advanced, and the President and the ^
efeated candidate shook hands cordially.; ^
Ir. Bryan remarked upon the President's 1
pparent good health, and the latter said he J
ad received a copy of Mr. Bryan's book & e
bw days ago, but as yet had not time to 1
cad it. 1
"There is no law which eompols you to 1
ead it," remarked Mr. Bryan, smiling. Afar
some further exchange of courtesies and *
leasnntries, Mr. Bryan expressed a desire
1 be shown through the White House, and
oorkeeper Dubois conducted him through
ae various parlors and the conservatory. In
le main corridor he mot Mrs. McKinley and
iluted her cordially. Mrs. McKinley acknowledged
thesalut-) with a smile.
The occasion of Mr. Bryan's visit to Wiishlgton
was to aruue before the Supreme
ourt the Nebraska maximum freight case.
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Girl Thief ConfeMe*.
All the mystery surrounding the ro'obeiles
om Smith College girls at Northampton,
.ass., during the last month was cleared
ad Miss Caroline Belle NeaHy. recently a
rpewriter in Boston and formerly of Dover,
. H., a graduate from Smith, class of '96, Is
idged in jail, the confessed thief. On each
luuderlDj,' trip it had been her custom to
lave Boston e?rly in the morning, spend
vo hours in Northampton and return to
oston in the afternoon. She bad secured
liOO. Miss Neally is an orphan, twent3'-flve
jars old. She has property in her own
ght.
Starved In Brooklyn.
Leonard A. Campbell, cnce a prosperous-'
erchant in New York City, was found dead!
om starvation in his Brooklyn home, his
>Jy guar led by his wife, who "has lost her!
sason and will probably die. i;
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Minor Mention. ' ?
Alabama is to have two new cotton mills.
There are about 33,000,000 sheep in thet
nited States.
The Southern peach crop has been dam-i
jed by frosts.
About 3000 additional German troops Willi
s sent to the German possessions in South-'
n Africa. * ?J
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