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CHAPTER XIV.
[continued.]
My hope was that Hen-Ko-Hi would
make the mistake of sending a small
force, which he would not do if the
alarm-bells were heard all over Talmooch.
I sent word to Bado-Eor to gather
about six hundred of his bravest men,
and wait with them in the forest
about Bromporrah until the forces of
Hen-Ko-Hi had passed them on the
wav to Galneor, then to follow them
down and attack their rear while we
were engaging in their front.
The men at Galneor were set to
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dered valuable assistance. They were
eager enough to help.
I sent a messenger into the cave
for my uniform and sword. For reasons
of my own I did not wish to meet
Miss Arnold then.
It was late in the afternoon when
we heard the hurried tramp of horses'
hoofs.
The fort was built on that side of
Galneor nearest Bromporrah. In it I
placed all the women at hand, and a
force of soldiers under Oso-Bark. To
the right of the fort I stretched a line
of ambush through the woods. The
force thus detailed was under the
command of Garu-Saak. To the left
I stretched a similar line, and took
command myself. We thu3 formed a
funnel, the apex of which was the
fort, and into the mouth of which led
the Street of the Invaders.
The sound of hoofs was most welcome.
My men were becoming impatient
for the fight to begin. The shouts
of the cavalry conld now be heard. It
won Tartar Mvftlrv. This fact was
surprising. The presence of these
lawless horsemen so far away from
their nsnal haunts was unexpected.
It made me urge my men more fiercely,
although it was not necessary.
Bat the reputation of the Tartar as a
fighter is pretty well established, and
I knew we had hot work before us.
There were two battalions, probably
four hundred all told. On they
came, galloping furiously, utterly ignorant
of the 'trap that was waiting
for them.
When the head of the column entered
the funnel formed by my forces,
I gave the order to fire.
A thousand rifles blazed forth a
simultaneous flash, one quick, sharp
flasb, and all was still again.
The startled Tartars checked their
horses. Numbers of them fell from
their piucging 9tee.is ana Jay groaning
and dying on the gronnd.
Hoarse cries came from their officers.
Their commander was a man |
who knew not the sensation of fear. !
He sat his horse like a statue, urging
his men to rally. Gradually they
overcame their stupor and got together.
? Once more I gave the order to fire,
and once more the rifles poured their
deadly hail upon the cavalry. Horses
and men went down together. For a
moment it Beemed as if they could not
rally again. The sudden, mysterious
attack was too much for them. They
were in an open road, while we were
eo hidden that they could not tell our
numbers or our location.
But I heard th9 clatter of fresh
hoofs. Another battalion was riding
up.
A cry of warning came from the bewildered
cavalrymen, who had already
tasted two charges of lead, and
and the decimated ranks fell back on
the reinforcements.
A short consultation between the
^nrnmnTidindf nfflnsra fnllnwprl. find the
two commands separated. One
eemed about to hold their present
position, and were replacing their
aabres with carbines. The other portion
made a detour to the right, and
started for Galneor past our rear.
Giving my commands quickly, I led
my men as fast as they could go
through the trees that surrounded us.
The cavalry were slowly working
their way, and we 6oon confronted
them and opened fire. This time they
rose to the occasion. As one man
they leaped from their horses and
charged us with their carbines. At
the same moment I heard firing from
the other side, and knew that GaruSaak
had reopened on the other battalions.
My men fought desperately, but the
Tartars were more than a match for
them. We were crraduallv driven
buck, and I began to despair of 'winning
the battle. I bad calculated on
the forces from Bromporrab attacking
the enemy in tbe rear, but it looked
aB if it would be too late. Defeat
stared us in the face, and defeat
meant death.
Suddenly the air was rent by a great
war-cry. Hundreds of rifles barked
their venomous voices in the rear of
the Tartars. The Kalek battle-cry
was hurled through the forest -with
the shouts of victory.
Bado-Ror had come up.
From this point it Avas simply a
question of how long the Tartars
would continue to fight before they
fled or became wiped out. Hand in
Land the men of Galneor and the men
of Bromporrah fought the enemies of
their country.
And before the terrific onslaught of
victorious revenge eveu Tartars could
aot stand.
Finally the remnant of the once
proud cavalry turned and fled.
I did not follow them; we would
have plenty to do without that.
Garu-Saak came running to me, and
from the fort came Oso-Bavk, followed
by a shouting crowd of women.
"One battle won," I said, as my
generals reached my side. "How
many men have we lost?"
"About one hundred of mine," said
Garu-Saak.
"I lost none," said Osc-Bark.
AUrtnf r\f rtitr ntrn inpn WPTft
missing, and I counted them aa dead.
I at once sent men to pick up the
wounded and give them proper care.
We found four hundred and seven
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' ty-five Tartars dead or dying in the
woods and in the road.
"Garu-Saak," I said, after I had
looked the situation over, "we are not
half done. The fight has but just
commenced. Order the alarm-bells
rung at once and call the entire araiy
to arms."
"Sir, it shall be clone at once," lie
replied.
Bado-Bor reported to me, and then
went back to his own forces. He had
lost but few men.
From the great bells I had ordered
placed in the trees an alarm rang out.
The call to arms clanged in evevy portion
of the island, wherever a Jumar
or a Kalek dwelt.
From every direction men came running
in.
Before morning I had an army of
twelve thousand armed.and filled
soldiers, and as many more men ready
to pick up their arms as fast as the
bullets of the enemy left a gun unmanned.^
Before daybreak the women prepared
breakfast of coffee and rice and
fruit; and I sent a note to Miss Arnold
and Mr. Avery, telling them of
the events of the night and that we
were on our way to Quiental.
I had no intention of attacking the
walled city. I had no cannon. I knew
that inside the walls there was heavy
artillery. To attack a fortress like
that with rifles was foolhardy. I knew
that Hen-Ko-Hi would send his army
to put down the rebellion of his subjects.
And it was this army I was on
my way to meet.
As we marohed toward Quiental,we
passed through Brompoorah, and the
women came out of their houses and
followed the army out of town signing
war-songs and encouraging the men.
Between Brompoorah and Quiental
the narrow road broadened out into a
wide plain. Here I ordered a halt. i
My army had not yet come to rest
when I fheard the bugles of the advancing
toe.
I hastily arranged my forces in
muoh the same way that I had done
before. Twelve thousand well-armed
men are a goodly force when in close
files and ranks. But when soattered
around in ambush they seemed a vast .
multitude. It was a delightful recep- (
tion we were preparing for the gover- j
nor's army. (
Garu-Saak and his men lay up along i
the eastern border of the plain. Bado- ,
Bor and his brave Kaleks ranged along ,
the western border. The southern i
end was formed by a detachment of <
Jumars and Kaleks under Oso-Bark. (
I was" with Garu-SaalT" ]
To a person coming from the north,
as were the soldiers of Hen-Ko-Hi, not j
a Jumar or a Kalok could be seen un- ,
til the flanks of Garu-Saak and Bado- <
Bor had been passed. ]
The head of the advancing column |
came into view. Generals in gaudy ,
uniforms, riding snow-white horses, <
led the way. After them, the infan- (
try. The cavalry of Quiental had been
destroyed. 1
As the column drew nearer, I looked (
in vain for Hen-Ko-Hi. That worthy j
was careful enough not to expose hie ,
precious carcass when there was any
fighting going on, however brave ho j
might be when a crowd of women (
were to be subjugated. He was not ,
with his army. . t
When the head of the advancing <
column bad reached the center of the
plain, I gave the order to~flre. j
The roar of the rifles swept along \
the line. * \
First Garu-Saak poured his deadly j
fire into the enemy from the east. <
Then Bador-Ror and his Kaleks dealt \
them a blow from the other side. Then j
the storm from the rifleB of Oso-Bork
met them in their very faces. i
Volley after volley was poured into (
the rapidly decreasing army, and the j
generals seemed to be utterly lost.
Suddenly I lest my command of my ,
army, and ceased to be a factor in the ]
fi t
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The war-cry of the Kaleka rang out
again, and Bado-Ror was seen advanc- ]
ing toward the Chinamen on a ran. ]
The entire army of Jumars and Kaleks ,
threw aside all thoughts of safety, and ,
rushing out on the plain, resolved itself
into a great circle which went
coiling around the enemy like a serpent.
An endless ring of blazing rides swept
around the doomed Mantchoos,
and above the roar sounded the cry of '
victory.
I stood silent and alone, a mere
spectator of the thrilling scene.
The Mantchoos did not know how 1
to attack this revolving volcano of !
death and fire. They formed a solid '
square, but their firing was desultory ^
and uncertain. The result of this was 1
obvious.
Nor could it long be postponed.
As file after file of Chinese went 3
rlnwn. t.hei mflrmless shonts of the Tal- '
moochians reached my ears.
The endurance of the native army j
would hold out forever, it seemed. I
wondered how much longer they could 1
keep up that gait. 1
The screaming, hissiug, roaring '
human torrent that had swallowed up 1
the army of Hen-Ko-Hi would rest
only when that army was destroyed.
1 might as well bave essayed to stay j
the forces of Satan as to preach mercy j
to those men of Talmooch. (
The pent-up hatred of twenty years 1
had broken forth, and I was power
less before it.
When it was over, there were two
thousand Talmoochians dead upon the
! plaiu, and the entire army of Hen-Ko- i
I Hi. ]
We had won.
Mr. Avery, Miss Arnold and myself
wor** frac* TIia riAnnlo nf TolrnnnAh i
were again a nation, aud I was for the ,
time its ruler. The tyrant and his ?
court were still at Quienta!, but they ,
could uot hold the garrison against us j
now. (
Garu-Saak, Bado-Eor and Oso-Bark i
j came running toward me, and the air |
i was rent with cheers. i I
"Free! Freel" cried Garu-Saak. I !
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grasping my hand. "You have mads [
us free. Yoa are king of Talmooch."
"I am?possibly. But before we
go any further into that, let us get to
Quiental zind finish our work."
"Yes, yes," said Bado-Ror. "We
must hang?we must catch the tyrant
before he makes his escape. He is
the greatest prize of all."
I dispatched a messenger once more
to Galneor, to inform Mr. Avery and
Miss Arnold of our last great victory.
"Go quickly," I said to the man.
"Tell them the news of the new glory
of Talmooch, and bring them to me at
once. You will find me at the palace
of Quiental."
CHAPTER XV.
AFTEB THE CONQUEST.
The palace at Quiental stood at the
northern end of the city. Therefore
it Btood at the most northerly point of
Talmooch, for Quiental was the northern
extremity of the island. The
palace was not quite up to the modern
idea of what a palace should be, but
~ luiilf an<1 in it.H wftT.
it was wui?v) m-v.; ? . 7
imposing. It was solid, square and
strong. It had towers and turrets.
It was surrounded by a large park.
That end of the castle facing the
street was, of course, the front, but
the facade of the opposite end was
precisely similar, and faced the sea.
From this end the ground sloped away j
to tho frowning battlements that ren- i
dered Quiental a wonderfully well for- }
tified city.
The streets of Quiental were narrow.
The more pretentious houses
were of 6ton^. There were bazars,
coffee-houses, I gambling places, teadrinking
rooms and all other places j
generally to be found in a Chinese !
city. |
I had little to do with the formal ;
taking of Quiental. I left to Garu- j
Saak the duty of proclaiming the gov- j
ernment of Hen-Ko-Hi at an end as
well as of securing Hen-Ko-Hi and ;
all those who were close to him in his ,
tyrannical despotism. Just what to
do with the monster I did not know, !
and ordered bim placed in a dungeon
until I had come to some decision as
to his fate.
Accompanied by Oso-Bark I went
to the palace and awaited the arrival
of Mr. Avery ana miss Arnoia.
I sincerely regret that I cannot do
justice to the meeting between Hankannan
and her son Gorgret.' I did
not even linger to gaze upon them in
their mutual embraces. There was
something sacred in that never-dying j
love that bade me leave them to themselves.
I wandered through the wide halls ,
of the palace, and found a curious 1
commingling of national arts.The stone
castle had been built years before, j
by the Kaleks. The architecture, the I
workmanship and the inside moldings ,
and carvings were distinctly theirs,
but the furniture and equipments were j
Chinese. The combination was not i
unpleasing, and the change from the I
dark underground home I had known i
30 long was very grateful. The only
unpleasant feature about the palace
was the painfully apparent evidences
3f opium. Everything was redolent i 1
af tne drug!^' ' i
When Mr. Avery and Miss Arnold j
joined me, I had explored nearly every j
lenartment in the palace, and I es- ,
jorted each of them to the rooms 1 ;
bad selected for them. Miss Arnold, j
still accompanied by her faithful |
Jumar woman, was shown into a suite
Df rooms the equal in comfort and .elegance
to any in Pekin.
Gorgret initiated his mother into
the mysteries of the palace kitchen,
md under her experienced management
the place was made more habitible
by the production of a good sup- j
per, after which we went out on a I
broad balcony to listen to the shouts j
sf the multitude who had not re- i
:overed from the excitement of victory,
ind were making things very lively in
Quienial.
Beacon fires blazed on the mountains
and in the valley. From Quiental
to Galenor the sky was lighted by
these flaming tokens of regained supremacy
of the people. Everywhere
tve could hear my name. Even how
the exultant Talmoochiaus gave me all j ]
the credit for the victory. I
"How does it feel to be a king?"
isked Mr. Avery. "I never was on i
3uch intimate terms with one be- |
fore." i
"Now." I reolied, "it is time to i
Irop all such nonsense. I am not a !
king. I don't want to be king. All j
[ want now is to get Mis3 Arnold, !
you and myself away from here, find
Miss Arnold's father and then communicate
with my friends, Langston
ind Ralston, who are now without
ioubt in San Francisco."
[to be continued. 1
Uooteil Geese.
It is not generally known that in
Prague there exists a goose "bourse,"
where yearly some three million geese
change hands. Its most active time ! ?
lasts generally from about six to eight
sreeks, from the middle of September ,
till the first days of November. During
this time immense flocks of geese
xre driven into the suburbs, especially
from the districts lying on the right
bank of the Weichsel. These are then
conducted at night over the bridges to
me .J ewisn quarters, me tracte ueing
principally in tlie hands of the Israelites.
As the geese are driven in from
long distances they are "shod," that
is to say, walked reptatedly ovei
patches of tar mixed with fine sand,
rhis forms a hard crust on the feet ol
the geese, and they, thus "shod," arc
ible to cover immense distances without
fatigue. ? Eumanische Lloyo
(Bucharest).
LezeOIaJesty at the Dinner Table.
The latest example of leze-majesty
in Germany is apparently more diverting
than serious. The offence oc>
curred at Spandau, near Berlin, and
the offender is a stonemason with t
numerous family. The mason did noi
go out of his way to commit the offense
for which ho had been arrested.
He was Bimply having dinner in the
bosom of his family when, in the
midst of the talk that was going on,he
let fall some observations wbiob wert
not exactly complimentary to tut
Kaiser. To bis great surprise bis wife
did more tban dissent from bis views,
jbe went to tbe nearest police statiot "
und denounced ber busband, who was n
immediately arrested. ? Loudor a
Grlobe. __ y
Japan witb a population of 45,000, (]
300 lias 220 towns tbat have more that r
100,000 inhabitants. I
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The remains of another masto<
Gonut.y, New York. This is the eleve
and Kentucky is the only other part o
County in these pre-historic relics. 1
brought to the surface of the ground o
one mile west of Newburg. The bone
lower jaw, with the teeth intact, siite?
a part of the shoulder blades and a e
where the skeleton was found was one
filled by vegetable mould and trashing
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JUST now, by order of the
President, ten new regiments
are being raised,
equipped and sent out
v to the Philippines for
jgfe immediate service,
i? There is no difficulty
in making up these
regiments. From all the various recruiting
stations established in the
United States comes the reassuring
report that the only difficulty is that
of selection.
Among the applicants there is of
course a certain contingent from that
large, floating mass of waifs and strays
who have not yet reached the stage of
trampdom, but who live as beBt they
can, with no settled home or calling.
So it requires nice judgment to pick
out the right ones from the mass.
Then, there are tramps open and
PAlf-nnnfessed- nr if not actnallv con
fessed by word of mouth, self-evident.
When the evideuce takes the form
of an over fragrance of breath or an
over rosiness of nose they arejpromptly
dismissed. Stalwart and vigorous as
many of them are in appearance,
alcoholism is sternly barred by the
arury regulations. Permanent and
proiessional tramphood would in itself
be an insuperable obstacle, but
tramphood that is only a recent accident
in an otherwise orderly life
may be overlooked if the applicant
VTOULD BE RECRUITS QUIZZING TEE CORPORAL.
lias excellent qualifications in other
respects.
Then there is the large army of the
unemployed who have no vagrant
Habits save those entailed in the
flreary pursuit of work. These are
ivhat the French call conscrits de
fairn?conscripts of hunger. Though
[hey are nominally volunteers, they
ire driven into enlistingby that hardest
form of compulsion?starvation.
For one that wants to fight, ninetyline
simply want 'oread. But if they
:ave been earnest and willing and
ionest in their search for bread, if
:hey have always purchased it by the
sweat of their brows, and if they have
hfi mental, moral and nhvsical OUali
[ications for fighting Uncle Sam will
lot deny theui the bread which they
uc more willing to purchase with
heir blood.
But not even these form the best
nnterial which Uncle Sam hns thrust
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ipon bim for selection. Better far
re the brawny, brainy anil eager
outh, from town and country, who,
ired with the true soldierly spirit,
mforced by emptiness of stomach,
nme with henrts find bead"' full of
latriotisui and eenercus ambition and i
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(VHERE THE BONES "WERE FOUND.
3on have been discovered in Orange
mth discovery of the kind since 1794,
f the country that can match Orange
Che bones of this mastodon were first
?n the farm of Fred W. Schaefer, about
!B consist of the head, ono tusk, the
in ribs, two sections of the vertebrae,
lumber of smaller bones. The place
!6 the bed of a lake which has been
;s from the hills.
high ideas to offer their services to
their common uncle.
The hardy backwoodsmen of New
England, the daredevil cowboys of
the Western plains, the stalwart farm
hands in the great agricultural districts
all over the United States?
these with a little training develop
i._ ^ n i. ~-1 .t: ' -Ti il.
luio xiie liiiesb auiuiers in an me
world.
There are three recruiting stations
in New York. I have stood in all
three of these places and watched the
crowd of applicants streaming in, a
panoramic study of human nature in
its hignest and its lowest forms, of
alert and splendid youth, of depressed,
disappointed and degraded maturity.
In all of these stations the method ie
the same.
A sergeant sits at the desk in the
RECRUITS WAITING TO EI
room into which the applicant is
ushered. He ifl patient, but shrewd; :
kindly, but firm willed. He does not
balk at any uncoutbness in manner
or speech.
He is not offended, aven by the
freshness of the lad who bluntly de- :
'clares, "Say, captain,I want to enlist,"
or even the unconscious rudeness of
the tough who inquires, "Be you the
bloke who wants soldiers?"
He recognizes that they are not yet
soldiers, but if they have soldierly !
timber in them they may yet be pollished
to the point of proper soldierly
deportment. One tbing he is on the
alert for at the start. This is untruth- ;
fulness. Lies about the age are most
usual. The age limit is from eighteen
to thirty-five. But boys under eighteen
must have permission from parent
or guardian, duly sworn to and at- :
tested by a notary public. If a boy of :
I obviously not more than eighteen or
| nineteen declares that be is over twen- i
ty-one the chances are that he is on
the lookout for a long truancy from
home.
But if the sergeant was satisfied :
that the applicant was neither tco
young nor too old for service he must 1
be examined as to other points of '
qualification. The requirements exact ]
that if he b? a candidate for the regu- '
lar urmy he must be a native born or f
naturalized citizen, able to speak 1
English and to read and write; if for 1
the volunteers it is not necessary that 5
he fil'ould be naturalized or know how 1
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to read and write, but h? must speak u
English. t
These points are easily passed upon. c
It is most difficult to determine
whether his habits are orderly, his
cbpracter good, if be is out of work, b
whether it is his own fault that he is 1(
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so, and whether he is unmarried. No
married man ie accepted. The shrewdnesB
of the officer mast supplement
the answers ha receives, and must
further be called into play to determine
at a cursory glance whether his
physical characteristics are sufficiently
near the mark to make it worth
while submitting him to theneceBeary
examination by the army surgeon.
If he succeed in passing the sergeant,
this examination is the next step
before his final acceptance. Every
morning beginning at half-past eight
the applicants who have passed the
preliminary examination are mustered
before the surgeon.f^Tests are made
of the heart, the lungs, the eyes, the
teeth, the hearing. The body is
stripped and the individual is made to
go through calisthenic exercises.
It is a curious fact that more people
fail through defects of the teeth and of
the eyes than any others. Uncle Sam
requires a good digestion and good
eyesight. The applicant must have at
least two sound pair of molars, each
directly above the other, so that they
can properly perform the function of
masticating the food.
The eyes must be at least threequarters
of th-e normal. Printed test
cards are placed at a distance of twenty
feet, and the man is made to read letffirmrnmri
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THE MAJOR ADMINISTERS THE OATH.
ters of varying sizes. Many learn here
for the first time, to their dismay that
their eyesight is defective.
It is really pitiful to hear the excuses,
perfectly honest to themselves,
which they make for what they deem
to be a mere temporary lapse. They
had been anxioas; they had beeri ner
vous; they bad not happened to sleep
w?ll the night before.
"Give me another trial," pleaded a
man, -who bore every other appearance
3 SENT TO THEIR POST.
of robust health. "I'll be all righttomorrow."
But the fiat had gone out. It could
not be recalled. He went out angrily,
rubbing his eyelids, as though they
were rebellious children who had wilfully
brought their parent to shame.
To all the men, indeed, who fail in
the final test, just when acceptance
seems in sight, rejection is a crushing
blow. They who survive are proportionately
jubilant. To each of these
is given a meal ticket and a comfortable
cot in a room back of the recruiting
office which be makes bis headquarters
until be is sent off to camp
for the training wbich will turn a member
of tbe awkward squad into a soldier.
Tben be is ready to be shipped
to the Philippines.
From two hundred to three hundred
men a day apply to tho three stations
in New "York, but rarely have more
than twenty-five or thirty been selected.
Cat Kill* a Rattler.
George Mathis, a farmer living near
Red Jacket's Mound on the Naples
Road, Geneva, N. Y., has a three;>ld-daughter
and a large Maltese torn
:at. Tbe child was in the garden
playing with the cat, its almost constant
companion. She saw a rattlemake,
about four feet along, down the
oath. She started toward it to play
ivith it. The cat looked after her and
saw the snake. As the child approached,
the rattler threw itself into
i coil, sounded the alarm and preaared
to strike. When the child came
ilmost within striking distance, a
itreak of gray flashed through the
lir, struck the snake's tail and
jonnded to one side.
The rattler turned to attack the cat,
rliich backed up, yowled and spit.
The child ran screaming toward the
louse. Mr. Mathias, who was close
it hand heard the scream, picked up
, club and ran into the garden. He
aw the snake strike at the cat and
he lntter dodge the blow. Before
he snake could recover itself the cat
ushcd at the snake, but failed to
ecure a hold. It bounded out of
auger while the snake recoiled. Mr.
lathias approached aud the snake
urned its head. The cat rushed
gain, canght the snake just behind
Lie head aud held on. The rattler
wisted, wriggled, writhed and rolled
ver. It threw the cat off its feet two
r three times, but could not loosen
ts hold. In a few minutes the ratler
straightened out and lay still exept
for a jerky movement in its tail,
t was dead.
The cat has been a snake killer
inco it was a kitten. Mr. Mathias
avs he would not take $1000 for it.?
few York Sud.
For every dollar expended for spiritlous
and malt liquors in this coun <
ry twenty ceuts are spent for tea or <
offee.
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The fraternities of the United States i
nve 0,000,000 members. Masons ]
;ad with 768,508. <
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THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST.
IN MANY WAYS.
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* Warnln* Those Who Take a Drink
When Fattened?Alcohol Cannot Add
to the Reserve of Energy ? Stiiim.
lantt Never Increase Brain Capacity
Dr. Georce Hershell, of London, has recently
written a boolc entitled, "Health
Troubles of City Life," that Is very highl;
:raised by London critics. In one of the
chapters devoted to the stndy of stlmuants
he says:
"Stimulants never increase the nature!
capacity of the brain. They can only abstract
for the purposes of work in band 3
some of the energies which are soleli
needed to repair and to restore a brail
which has already been taxed to the furthj
est limit which is consistent with health.
To remove the sense of fatigue caused bi
overwork by the consumption of alcohol U
to close one's ears to the voice of natnre
The weariness of the brain is a protes'
against further exertion until recuperatioi
has been obtained by rest; and if the wear}
feeling is deadened or destroyed by ad> ' -J;
ventitious means, nature will exact he)
penalty.
"When the overworked man of business.,
having been on Ms legs all day, and fenli.
Ing fit to drop, with a sensation of 'al
gonflness' about the region of his stomach
rouses himself with whatever he is in th?
habit of taking, be it whisky, chsmpagna
or even tea or coffee, he does not add on<
atom of force to bis stock of energy, al
though he fancies he does, but having pat
to sleep bis sense of weariness, simply aps
. proprintes some of his reserve for the pres.
3Dt necessity. He has accepted a bill af
short date to which a ruinous rate of ln<
terest is attached, and his resources will
oot allow blm to make many repetitions ol
:be experiment. His account at the banl
3f life will soon be overdrawn. Alcohol
jannot add one lota to his reserve of nerv: - v>
jus energy, but It may delude him into ex.
ousting it. Tlio busy man should onct
!or all rid himself of tble fancy tbat be car
;reate by artificial means an abnormal
itore of brain power. He cannot enlarge
'be limits which natsre has Bet up."
Xew Chair For Berts College.
The will of George F. Clark, of West Ao
cod, Mass., was filed for probate at Eos*
Cambridge. It contaios a bequest looking
:oward the founding of a professorship li
Berea College for teaching young men and
women the dangers of the alcoholic and to
Dacco habits. The testator says: ^ >
"Having for many years been witness o?
the terrible demoralizing effects and al
most endless amount of suffering anc
wretchedness caused by the use of alcoholic
drinks, and having seen the baneful an<
stupefying influence of tobacco upon tb?
human system, and also because I feel tht
need of having in every college a professo;
whose duty it should be to warm youn?
men and women therewith connected oi
the great injury they do their own bodiet
and to humanity by the use of these
poison?, I have for some years been say.
ing what little money I could from m?
small salary, with the hope that I mlghi
some time be instrumental In the province
of God of preventing the moral pnd Intel
lectunl wreck of some able and gUted youn*
man or woman."
Uaeitlom For the Thoughtful.
The liquor traffic is really as much a fao
In the world, as we know }t to-day, as tht
rise and fall of the tides or the pressure o:
the atmosphere are, and it mast be treated '<
is such. Storming and raging and shriek.
ing do not stop the tide from coming in >
and tbey will not slop the sale of liqnor sr
long us the conditions are as they are to
day. The problem Is one which demand.'
profound study. What is it that draw*
men to saloons? What are the social con- j.'
dltloDs wblch give the saloon Its awful
power over the lower classes? Why havt all
our methods so far proved Inefficient tc
drive tl/e abominable traffic out of exist
ence? What is the relation between t h: <
jaioon and politics? What is its exact re
iatlon to crime and poverty and dlseasei
4.nd then, how shall such a system o;
things be dealt <vitb? These are question*
tvhioh mnst be met and investigated witt
:be same precision and penetration whict
bo toward solving the other great problem*
:f the world.?American Friend.
Tlie Temperate Porto Rican>.
Writing from Porto Rico, Mr. Frank GCarpenter,
the well-known newspaper cor
respondent, pays a tribute to the temperat*
bablts of the 'Porto Blcans as contrasted
with the Americans. He says, "The cbie;
cases of Intoxication are among our soli
iters, and I have, so far, seen ten drunkec
Americans to onq Porto Blcnn." It is tc
be hoped that contact with our Americar "i
customs will not cause the natives of Porte
Rico to abandon temperance, as the Mext
3ans are aoincc, according to .nr. uuernaey
ander the Influence of American dweller* .
in that republic.
Erill of Alcohol.
The German doctors have succeeded il
arousing educated people to organize so.
cietles for study of the alcohol problem
Lectures are given And a monthly- magazin*
has ceen started to oppose the drinking
3U8toms. There Is also a German Tot*
Abstinence Society of eighty physician*
whose chief wprk at its last session was tr
demand instruction in the publlo schooh
showing the nature and effects of aicoho
upon the human system.
* Value of Good Habits In Baseball.
"I never drink beer, whisky or chew to
nacco," said Pitcher Nichols, of the Bostoi
National League Baseball Club, tb'9 other
day at Cincinnati. "I scarcely know wha
Intoxicating liquor tastes like. I have beer
pitching professional ball about elever
year?. I can pitch a game every third day
and in a pinch can pitch every other day
Yes, I attribute my powers of eadurano*
tn mv liohitB "
Over 10,'WO Snloona in Ohio.
A statement, completed by the Audita
of the Stnte of Ohio, shows that there art
10,874 saloons, a Rain of 693 since the Jul)
statement of last year. The total revenu*
from the saloons 13 $549,116.69 per annum
Tho beer and whisky llcenue in Obio coat.*
?250 a year.
French Drankarda.
Dr. Lnborde, a French physician, in ?
brochure on the subject, declares that ua
less measures are taken at once to prereir
It the French working class in a few year
will become habitual drunkards.
The Craaade In Uriel*.
An anti-saloon man working for a pro
saloou party will get left.
The saloon is the devil's churcli, aDd th
rum-ruled politicians are his evangelists.
Boston congratulates Itself on a market
ueurMuse in urunseauuss uuriuR iu? iasthree
years.
The saloon business of the United State,
is directly chargeable with a total of 53,43*
murders between 1886 and 1896. It is ver
itubly tbe sum of villainies.
A saloon keeper is never so baDDy a
when bis spirits are steadily going down
If you hate the saloon as you ought t?
bate it, people who know you knowyou dc
Scotland bas 146 parishes without pau
pers, poor rates or public bousts, tbi al>
sence of the last, perhaps, accounting fo;
that of the first two.
In a recent treatise on alcoholism b;
Trull, it is stated that in Euglnnd seventy,
five per cent, of all cases of pauperism ar?
due to drink, and in Germany, ninety pe>
cent.
The Southern Pacific Railroad seems t?
be able tc accomplish that which saloor
sympathizers say the Government canno
do, namely?stop liquor selling on its owt
premises.
Boston has forty ice water fountain- where
the poor aud thirsty may quenet
their thirst free of charge. The city cu
and stored the ice last winter, so tbe ex
pense is but a small item. . ''
IpiiiIc mm nnil mm loa<4?
to ruin," is the sign a merchant of Fre&
bold, N. J., luts placed In a prominent loca
tion in li s business liouso. It can be plain,
ly seen by the Inmates of the county jail*
If our Government should receive fror?
pome foreign power the ?um of $150,000,300,
and therefore ?rant the prlv.lege o
icvastatiog a se-nioo of our country to th?
extent of i 1,000,000,000, would you con
ider it a shrewd business transaction*
1'hat is'what we are doing every year it
relation to the liuuor p.ior flpjij*
:i?rlug.