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fHAPTER XXI.
Continued.
The other man had already looked
Into the kitchen, and they now proceeded
to search the shut-up drawingroom.
Clifford heard them as they
moved about?heard the noise of the
piled-up furniture being displaced.
And then, a moment later, one of the
policeman ran up the stairs and
passed Clifford as the latter hastily
came down.
As he reached the foot of the staircase
Clifford, whom the man had saluted
in silence, heard a sharp rap at
the door of the closed room. Then 1be
policeman who was upstairs called
.quickly to his companion downstairs:
"Bill, go outside and wait under the
window. This side of the housequick!"
* The police sergeant dashed out by
the front door without a second's delay,
while the man who had given the
direction burst open the bedroom door
with a couple of blows of his truncheon.
Clifford, in perplexity and alarm,
k rushed out after the sergeant He ar
rivea nearly as soon as tne man ne
was following, whom he found groping
among the evergreen bushes
which grew thickly under the wall of
the old house.
A succession of feeble moans, as of a
weak creature in great agony, broke
npon his ear as he turned the corner of
the house.
And at the same moment ho saw the
constable who had burst open the . bedroom
door leaning out of the window
of Miss Theodora's room. %
"What? She has not fallen?thrown
herself " stammered Clifford.
But even as he spoke the sergeant
^ parted the bushes with his arms, and
- turning the full light of the lantern he
carried upon the ground beneath them
showed the little figure of poor Miss
Theodora lying in a shapeless heap.
"Ob, don't! Don't touch me!" she
whispered faintly, as she felt the
Strong light thrown on her face.
"Doij't touch me! My leg is broken
andr-tfomething here."
Herright hand moved feebly up to
her,chest, and then her head fell back.
"She'8 fainted," said Clifford. "Poor
little woman! Whatv shall we do?
Shall I fetch a doctor?''
"No, sir; leave that to me to do that,"
replied the police sergeant, promptly.
"You stay here while I send for help.
There's some one close by will go for
me."
, He went away quickly, leaving his
L lantern. Clifford looked down at the
^ little withered face, and he fancied he
detected c. flicker of the eyelids. As
he bent his head to look closer, he was
surprised by her faint whisper in his
W ear: 'iafe
am $iap, so giaa, sne murmurea,
still Without opening her eyes, "that
this has happened. For now they cannot
make * me give evidence against
poor Nell."
"My dear lady," said Clifford, in the
same voice, "pray don't trouble your
head about that now. Nell will be all
Tight. I am sure of it."
The policeman in the room above,
hearing the voices, looked out.
"Has she come to?" he asked.
"Ye-es," answered Clifford, doubtfully.
For again she lay with immovable
lips. But as be spoke an expression
of intense agony came over the
pinched, thin feature, and he saw that
with the return of full consciousness
had come also the full sensitiveness
to pain.
4*Go down and ask the Colonel for
some brandy," called out Clifford.
But the constable did not seem to
hear. He still stood at the window.
looking down.
Clifford repeated his words, and the
man, -with evident reluctance, moved
from the window. Miss Bostal glanced
up and turned her head with a quick,
bird-like motion to Clifford.
"Are any of the policemen still
about?" she asked, rapidly.
Clifford was about to answer in the
negative when the constable whom he
had sent for the brandy having delivered
his message with astonishing cel?rity,
appeared at the corner of the
house.
"Here he comes with the brandy,"
said Clifford.
But Miss Bostal's expression of pain
gave place at once to one of disgust.
"Brandy!" she exclaimed. "I would
not touch it on any account. I have
been a teetotaller all my life."
Her sudden burst of energy rather
disconcerted Clifford, who was much
relieved when he saw that the Colonel
was close behind the constable. The
. _ , ..old man came very slowly to the place
rv_" whefo his daughter lay, and peered
H over the bushes -at her.
PB "Theodora! Are you hurt? Really
|| bur$?" he asked, in a dull tone, as it
9 still too much overwhelmed by threat9
ening misfortune to be greatly troubled
I about anything else.
I "Hurt!" she exclaimed, pettishly.
I "Of course I am hurt. I overbalanced
I myself while leaning out of the wiuf
dow, and I fell out, and have broken
f my leg and one of my ribs, too, I
I think."
"Shall we take you indoors?"
"No. Oh, no!" with energy. "You
would hurt me too much. Leave me
. < here ?!1 the doctor comes."
Thfi PnUnal ?,wl cr, rl S.,1 r"lif.
xuc vuiuuci 1UUK.U, auu ov um
foro and the constable. For tliey all
heard sounds as of an altercation in
two men's voices, and they presently
ca>:gbt sight of two men, the one apparently
struggling to get away from
the other, and the second endeavoring
to hold his companion back. lu the
darkness little more than this was visible
to the three men in the garden, but
the newcomers were near enough for
their voices to be recognized.
"Let me ?o, let me go, or, by "
Before ue had heard more than this
Clifford was straining his eyes to
t pierce the gloom, full of interest, full
L of excitement.
I . "Why, surely," cried he, "that's
I {Seorge Clarls's voice!"
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The two men were now near er ugh
for Clifford to distinguish the man
who was holding his companion hack,
and to recognize him as Hemming. 7
The second constable went forward,
as the struggling pair came within the ]
garden gate, to the assistance of his c
fellow. At the same moment Colonel i
costal tnrusi ojs aanu mrougii
ford's aru. as if for support. Tbe
youDg man hardly noticed his action,
so deeply absorbed was be in the prob- c
lem presented by the sight of the I
struggling men. For the man whom
both the policemen now held was, indeed,
no other than George Claris, i
wild-eyed, fierce-looking, with strag- t
gling beard and unkempt hair. g
And he was crying out still, with all t
the force of his lungs: 1
"Where is she? Where is she? Let a
me see her, I say! Let me see her!" s
"Why, the poor fellow thinks you've \
got his niece here!" cried Clifford, who t
seemed to understand in a moment the e
mystery of the nocturnal knockings li
and disturbances cf which the Colonel I
and his daughter had complained. g
Colonel Bostal made no answer, but t
he threw one rapid glance behind him. \
Clifford followed his example instinct- n
ively, and an involuntary exclamation t
escaped his lips. t
For Miss Theodora had disappeared.
CHAPTER XXtf. t
Sir Neville Bax had no idea of let- a
ting his admiration of Nell Claris's
pretty face save her from the terrors ^
of a most rigorous examination. s
When she had made the admission
upon -which the whole matter hinged, c
and had broken down into tears as a ^
consequence, he gave her very little a
time to recover her composure before
he went on in a loud, pompous voice: T
"Well, and so you admit there was a t(
person in the house at the time Mr,
King was robbed of whose presence 0
there nobody but yourself knew anything.
Now, what was the name of P
that person?"
Nell looked at him reproachfully. a
He knew who it was, and he might 13
have spared her the pain of having to v
state it herself. But as he waited, she b
said in a whisper which was a strong
contrast to the magistrate's tones: *
"Miss Theodora." A
"Miss Theodora Bostal?" 11
"Yes." ' ?
"And how came she to be there, 0
without anybody's knowledge?"
Nell, seeing there was no hope for it, n
dried her eyes and gave the following y
account with composure: a
Miss Bostal had for some months v
been In the habit of asking Nell, from
time to time, to let her sleep with Nell
for the night, on the plea that the Col- 8
onel had stayed at Stroan, and that c
she was afraid of sleeping at Shingle
End all by herself. She had begged
Nell not to mention the fact even to
her uncle, alleging that if it were to
become known that her father's house v
was sometime; left unprotected it e
would certainly be broken into. Nell ^
had seen nothing extraordinary in this, 0
and had readily given shelter to her ti
friend on half a dozen different occa- 1
sions. &
"I believe you were in the habit of ^
going to Shingle End every morning A
and evening; that you were on intimate
terms with her father and her- s
self, and that you would chat with her s
about everything that happened at the v
inn?" ' y
"Yes," said Nell. 'n
"And is it a fact that the robberies 0
at the Blue Lion always took place n
when Miss Bostal was sleeping under o
the roof?" v
"Only at first," said Nell, earnestly. J
"The last time she slept there was the
night Mr. King was robbed." *
"How was it that you did not, on
that occasion, mention to your uncle
that she had been sleeping with you?" n
"How could I? But indeed I did not d
think of mentioning it, and refrained
because it would have looked like tl
throwing suspicion upon my best
friend."
"Your best friend?" ?
"Yes, sir. She had been very kind v
to me, and it was she who gof ray uncle
to send me to such a good school."
"Oh, oh! I see. Artful all round.
Doesn't look much like insanity," mut
tereu air j>evme 10 nimseir. ad? hp n
continued his interrogatories: "And gl
did not the fact that the robberies al- <j
ways took place when she was there y
excite your suspicion V" y
"No, oh, no! I never thought of such (j
a thing!" protested the young girl. t]
earnestly. L
"You say Miss Bostal was not in the ;l
house, to your knowledge, on the occaslon
of the subsequent robberies?" n
"She was not sleeping in the house, u
sir," answered Nell, looking down.
"Now, my dear Miss Claris, be can- j",
did. and Aeil me all you know." jWith
a sigh Nell obeyed. She ad- ~
mitted that on the morning when hej u
uncle was found in a state of insanity a
she had made a careful search of the ^
house and had found out a circumstance
which had escaped her notice,
that a spare key of the back door, j!
which had formerly hung on a nail in t'
the passage, had disappeared.
"How was It you had not found that
ouc before?" asked Sir Neville, rather
dryly.
"I had forgotten all about the key.
which was never used, until we had to t
leave the house on account of my poor i"'
uncle. Then I went over the keys to J1
the different doors by an old list we
had left by the man who had the place
before my uncle, and it was then I n
missed the key, and remembered that a
I had not seen it for a long time." a
Sir Neville made a few notes before f
he went on. * t
"Before you missed the key you bad t
had suspicions, of course?" v
Nell bowed her head in assent. 1j
"You need not think," said the mag- e
istrate, sharply, "that your making a c
frank admission of your suspicions E
can ao uie lauy au,v uuruu. ?\e sjiuuiu i.
get at the truth somehow', you may be ii
quite sure." jg
"I am telling you all I know," sail
Nell, simply.
She herself saw that no concealment
wns possible any longer. And surel3
if Miss Bostal were really found guil
ty of such unlikely crimes she musl
have been mad when she committed
luruj.
"When did the idea that Miss Bostal
committed the thefts come Into youi
mind for the first time?"
Even now the remembrance of the
terrible sensation she had experienced
jn that memorable occasion caused a
frown of pain and distress to contract
Cell's pretty features.
"Jem Stickels?the fisherman who?"
she stopped.
"Who was murdered. Yes. yes."
"He told me he?had seen the thief."
"Yes. That came out at the inquest.
iVell?"
"He told me that the thief was Miss
Bostal; that he had seen her come out
>f the inn on the night that an attempt
vas made to rob Mr. Hemming."
"When did he tell you this?"
"On the afternoon of the next day."
"Why did you not say this at the inluest?
Why did you let it be thoueht
le meant he had seen you?"
Nell looked up with tears in her eyes.
"I was in great difficulty. I didn't:now
what to think, even then. I
lad always thought Miss Theodora so
;ood, and besides she had been so kind
0 me, that I didn't know what to beieve
myself. It was all so dreadful.
,nd I asked myself what she could do
uch things for. Besides, her manner
vhen I told her Jem Stickels had
hreatened to tell the police was so
ool. She didn't seem to be in the
east concerned about it. How could
suppose it was because she meant to
;et hfltn out of the way? Oh, I can't
telieve it even now, I can't, I can't.
Vhy should she do it, unless she was
aad? And there never seemed to be a
race of madness about her. I always
hought she was very clever."
Sir Neville smiled a little at her inlenuousness.
Nell herself might not
te very clever, but assuredly she was
1 loyal-hearted friend, to bear the oboquy
which the affair had cast upon
op -arithnnt n thrmrrht nf flpnrini? hpr
elf by betraying her friend,
But this was not, of course, the offiial
view, -which was the view he was
found to take. He coughed severely,
nd gave her a keen look.
"Don't you think," he said, "that you
rere bound, in the interests of justice,
o be more frank?"
"Oh, sir, does one help the interests
f justice against one's friends?"
"One ought to," was the prompt rely
"And then, too, nobody asked me
ny questions implying any doubts of
ierv They took it for granted that I
was the thief, the jury did, and everyody.
You remember that, don't you?"
Yes, Sir Neville did remember that,
md looking at the candid and sweet
ace in front of him he wondered how
is brother magistrates had been such
sses, and be forgot that he had been
ne of those asses himself. i
"Well," he said, in a more pompom
lanner than ever, "you really gave
our evidence so very badly, with such
n apparent absence of straightforwardness,
that there was some excuse
or their mistake."
"It was because I -was so miserable,
ir, more miserable than anybody, beause
in a sort of way I knew the
ruth."
"You should have let the jury know
too."
"Sir, if it had been only the thefts I
would have done so," answered she,
arnestly. "I was in so much trouble
with my suspicions that I had asked
ne of my friends"?b^r blush berayed
her?"to come and 6ee me, that
mi<rht flfifc his ndvlpp shout It. But
efore I had time to tell him what I
fas afraid of the murder happened.
Lnd then I didn't dare."
"Well, well, it was a great pity,"
aid Sir Neville,. "You would have
aved yourself a lot of misery, and it
r-ould have done the lady no harm, as
ou see. And now I want some information,
if you please, as to the night
f the murder. Did you, or did you
ot, hear any one go out of the house
r come in, when you had come back
rith Miss Bostal from your visit to
em Stickels at his lodgings?"
"I?did hear something," faltered
fell.
"What was it?"
"Almost as soon as Miss Bostal left
ae in the kitchen I heard the back
oor open and shut."
"Ah! Did you go to see who it was
bat had opened the door?"
"No."
"I suppose you had some idea in
our mind.about the sounds. What
ras it?"
To be Continued.
The Clothe* Never Came Back.
"About once a week there comes a
inu, a vagrant or confidence man of
ome sort, who would take your orer
for ten dollars for a set of books
ou know to be worth a hundred?
ou paying him five collars on the orer,"
writes Rev. David M. Steele, in
tie Ladies' Home Journal, of "The
-overs of a Cheerful Giver." "Now
nd then the woman callb who would
ake your jewelry and clean i* for allost
nothing. When you are out a
lan asks the sexton for your ctock, or
un, or bicycle, .to r:pair it, or the
lilor (?) comes for 'that dress-suit
)octor So-and-So wants pressed.' He
ot oue from tho wife of a neighbor of
- J TT~ 11^,1
.line out? uay iusi suiuiiici. nc vaucu
n hour after her husband had gone
3 business. The suit was a good one
nd cost eighty dollars. Perhaps that
.? the reason it takes so long to press
i. At any rate It has not been reurned
yet."
Wu Ting-Fang's Little Joke.
Wu Tiug-Fang, the Chinese M'nisei-.
on being asked the other day if
here were any Chinese humorists,
eplied that there were some very good
ukes in Chinese literature.
"Tell one," said his visitor.
"Well," said Mr. Wti, "this is a fanous
Chinese story. There was once
traveler who stopped at the house ol
f r\r* i?afvaolimont T-Tfi fiakfHl
or a cup of tea. The friend liad no
ea, but said he would send his son
a borrow some from a neighbor. The
rife put a pot of water on th'e fire tc
oil. The son did not return, and sev
rnl times it became necessary to add
old waier to that boiling In the pot.
'inally the wife said: 'Inasmuch as
he tea does not seem to be forthcomig,
perhaps you had better offer your
uest & bath.' "?Philadelphia Record
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'Don'ts" For Yonnj Honeelceef^H|
Don't put butter In your refrigSH
with the wrappings on. H
Don't use butter for frying purpH
Tf ^AAnmnnaAfl o?A la nnttrVinlaeiAnfll
aw UbvvUi|/VOwO UUU ID UU Tw UUlvOV/i^^H
Don't keep custards In the
In an open vessel. They are li|^B
become poisonous.
Don't pour boiling water o^^^K
packed in a pan. It will co^HB
the sudden contraction and
Don't moisten your food
Idea of saving your teetb.
the teeth and you will soon loBH
Dod'~ use steel knives
fish, "5ters, sweetbreads
The steel blackens and gl^^HH
pleasant flavor. 9H
Don't scrub your refrigerfl^^H
wtum water, vvueu
It out quickly with two
maldehyde in two quarts^^^^^^H
Don't put table cloth^M^^^B
that are fruit-st&ined^^^^^Sff
suds; sets or fixes
move the stains first
acid, washing quick^HH^^^B|
?Mrs. S. T. Rorer,
MHHD
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to the
day.
only
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already
their
alcohol
well
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the afl^^^Sfl^BH^HHD
once. HflflHmH
leave no
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good
cow man|H^^^^H[^flHB|
garden soiB^B^Hfl^fl^BB
parts of
downward,
a deep
to
the 1'IHHHH
draiD^^HB^H^9R^HH
w-ill bH^BHiH
KLH^^fflUS
Hp=^^H8N
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Salmon
or canned
pieces half
eggs
finely chopped
pepper.
with a Th>
white
mixture on a
ered with crumbs.
into the form of a^^^^^^^^Bn
in Dip
batter, then cover
and saute un^^J^^^Hoi
color. Or, if preferre^^^^^^Hri
basket and fry in deep^^^^^^ett
Serve garnished with ^^H^Hin
cress, curled celery or
tomato. VB?
Grilled Sweet Potatoes-l^^^Htef
(our or five medium-sized a
use tbem while hot, for th^^^Hre
the potatoes when freshly ^^Hed
quite unlike that of those w^H ha
become cold and then are Hpati
Pare them, cut them in shap^Mslic
lengthwise, and about one-t^B in
thick.. Dip tbem in melted b^B?r a
sugar, lay them on a grease^nroil
and cook until brown. Be caHul r
to let them bhrn. Being alrcHy b
they only need the quick bBwnii
and the sugar and butter will tflrn ei
ily if not watched. Put tw? rou:
tablespoons of butter, one of suaar, o
of hot water and one-fourth tekspo
of salt in a saucepan over hot (wat<
&nd it will melt while you are $arl
the potatoes. \
Almond Cake?Beai to a cAea
one cup of sugar, one-half \c
of butter; add beaten whites \
two eggs and one yolk, one <c
of sweet milk; then mix two t(
spoonfuls of baking powder into fq
cups of well sifted flour. Bake imir
diately after It has been stirred. Fj
ing: Chop fine one cup of seed!
raisins and one cup of blanched J
monds. Cook one cup of granulat
sugar with one-half cup of water u
til it strings, then add the whites
three eggs, well beaten, and stir un
a cream, and when cool add chopp
almonds and raisins, using for flavt
ing a few drops of bitter almond ai
oil of rose. This can be used as
solid cake by adding the filling to t
cake and bake in one tin together.
Chicken Souffle in Pepper Cases
Chop very fine one cupful of chick
meat previously cooked; mix with
two tabiespoonfuls of flour, one tab
spoonful of chopped parsley, oue-h?
tablespoonful of chopped onion and o
cupiul of hot milk, ir'ut on the stov
let it come to a boil, and add the wc
beaten yolks of three eggs; remo
from the fire. Fold in the whites
the eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Po
into the prepared peppers; clot wi
bits of butter, and bake until brov
and fluffy. The large bell peppers a
the best for cooking; always sele
those that have not begun to chan
pnlnr f!nt n ollf'n frnm tho stptn pr
extract the seeds, throw them In cle
cold water; let them be for an^g|
then drain them and they a|^^B
for use.
^^^Reat_destbot^1
i^^s^krtlinc facts about p
b^h^hke of intemperance. .
HUB! For the Saloon ? The Claim.
It the Poor Man's Club
^Bus Lie?Too Much Frequented
^^H^HHronns;.
I^Hvnng is trom an article entitled
^ftns of Pittsburg," contributed 1
^ therhood Star by the Rev. Dr.
^ oon is a menace to good gov- T
Hand the avowed and open enHe
church and the home. It has
Hught down upon its own bead
Hbrium of all good citizens, and
are some who look upon it as a ^
evil and lamely attempt its de rounds
of so-called expediency,
be saloon furnishes a cheery and
treat from the cares of the day, I
s in strong contrast to the dingy
the dirty and hot mill or factoiy,
ft the young man a place of sociaId
entertainment is conceded by
I its enemies, and by some writers
Ken called 'The Poor Man's Clob.'
km contains only part of the truth
perefore a dangerous lie. ^
[brilliantly lighted room, the dazirrors
and bar fixtures which are
present in saloons claiming any
nf resmertahiHtv are alwavR men- 0
I|H but the bare floors covered with
^ftawdust, the vile pictures which
boil the walls and the foul air laden
Hpscenity and profanity are usually ^
Hi in singing the praises of the sa Nor
is the gambling annex, which
Hn forms an important part of the
H generally advertised. 'The Poor
Club' sophistry does not prove that
h man's club is any less a menace to
Hsung men of Pittsburg than is the | tj
Hr saloon. tl
He plea of necessity for the accommo* ^
Kl of the public which is heard annu- 8(
la the license court, and is recognized jf
Be Legislature in making laws provid- y(
or the licensing of this evil, ostensi- C(
ft> restrict it, but really giving it an air jc
Ispectability, and the claim that it is n
Invenient source of revenue to the
e and county are both very transpar- jj.
[and will not go down with the stu- ^
i of political economy. ^
ill that the saloon does for the pub- g(
that the temperance house cannot do, tj
ad and only bad, and the expense en- j.j
:d upon the honest taxpayer as the reof
the saloon is far in excess of the m
Eue receivea. h
;e suggestion that the saloon is a ^
tute for the speak-easy, the opium e,
r the brothel is usually the last ditch g).
ich the interested defender of the sa- jg
;akes a stand. g
visit to the saloons of Pittsburg dur- ge
e evening houri especially will reveal ^
ct that far too large a portion of the ]0
men of this city go there for amuseThis
we claim is not entirely due ?
:k of better places. We have not a
of the reading rooms, parlors of jj.
isiums of the Y. M. C. A., and sim- ^
ilaces of resort being overcrowded; BC
o we believe it fair to charge it to jjj
atural depravity of young men wh? Qj
; easy to stray from the path of pur- j{)
d temperance. Let us rather ask if w
?al cause of danger does not lie in
loal: of respectability assumed by ai
\ of its legal status and partnershipi a
the Statfc, and also too often on ac- aI
of the patronage by good people of e;
ataurant with a saloon annex.
e writer believes that all the much
-of substitute for the saloon will not
t-Y. - 1
I meet tne issue successiuny eo Jang as tne
saloon exists as a strong competitor. Tear ni
off the mask and let this agency of Satan ai
fall, as fall it surely will by its own weight in
of corruption. gl
"Let the State wash its hands of the m
whole business and no so-called 'sumptu- tt
ary' laws will be necessary. re
"When the saloon is outlawed it can be jo
treated as a nuisance and soon abolished." st
pi
Mighty Aid to Sacceia. w
Complete temperance?that is, total ab- P<
Btinence from all poisons?is a mighty aid
to success. Life is too short, nowadays, to Pf
squander time on the delirium of intoxica- cl
tion, or on the mind-clouding reactions es
that follow the excitements of every stimblant-habit.
, tr
"I'm sorry, amigo, but I've no time to m
fuddle," Dr. Bence Jones, of London, P<
used to say, in declining the invitations of tb
convivial friends. 8*
The truth probably was that he1 re- *?
ioiced in a pretext for absolute emancipa- fe
tion from a life-blighting vice, for temper- m
ance need not limit its arguments to atili- M
ed tarian considerations. Its superior chances
on of success extend to the pursuits of intelli?ent
votaries of pleasure.
During the bonanza period of the Cali- m
fornia placer diggings, the traveler, Ger- Gi
of staecker, noticed that many miners, in- go
2je eluding men who had gone exclusively in fo
^ ijuest of fun, became temperate under the ar
"" inspiration oi gooa iuck; tuey preierrea co
iES the river-bar to the rum-bar, ana avoided h{
ch dissipations that tended to mar their en- th
__ joyment of more pleasant pastimes. gi
The main objection to tbe use of stimu- at
lants is, indeed, the fact that they defeat fe
vn the main purpose of their dupes. The m
ng opium-eater, like the dram-drinker, hopes H
. to trick nature out of some extra enjoyIe*
ment, and playing that trick is, in every
ts, instance a losing game. Its penalties out0?
weigh its pleasures; the net result of the a
experiment is a loss, in happiness, as well or
as in time and health.?Success.
im nc
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d The Saloon Curaed Town. q(
of Localities might be pointed out in the si<
jS Northwest which were originally entered' tie
by a sturdy and industrious band of pio- jjj
ve oeer8. That their settlements should, in jn
id. the course 'of time, become the richest be
:es gardens of the Northwest, there Seemed th
C2j to be every reason to expect. Yet such jj
, has not been the case.
One of the fertile sources of this curse
ler upon the community was the saloon. It <
lot was built near the, church. Saloon and '
church formed the nucleus of a village an
' which eventually had other saloons. i
lf>? The saloon became a pleasant rendezIS
vous for the young men. Here they could j ^
Q(] meet a friend whenever they went to the
postoffice or to the blacksmith's shop. It
c was frequented aunng most, or wn icia- ,
on ure hours, and crowded upon election days
er, and Sundays. Habits, associations, tone
n? of conversation, ideas about men and af- Tr
fairs, ambition and purposes of life were
formed and molded in the saloon. ^
:m Water will never rise higher than its
up source. A generation will seldom exceed
the level of the influences by which it ia j
surrounded, and where the saloon is the in;
UP high school of the community, we cannot di:
>a- expect the children to discredit their edu- to
ur cation.?Catholic Citizen. res
,e" The Crusade In Brief.
The alcoholic psychopath, who in auspi- '
ed cious, gloomy and irritable, with sense mi
al. perversions, should come under medical Hi
care at once. He is dangerous to himself pel
. and to the community. Ce
f
' The Craeade in Brief.
i The mills of God grind slowly; the liquor Jif
e9 traffic mangles horribly. .
W' Health is the root of all good; strong pel
ad drink is health's rooted evil. q0
a It is a fact worth mentioning in these loi
lio days of social wine drinking tb?.t. not a da
drop of wine was served at the wedding of
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
In Toledo, Ohio, with its 647 licensed (
PD saloons, there were 367 arrests for drunk- ^ui
it enness during the past year, or three to | <p0
I every 1000 inhabitants. In New York e^(
there were thirteen, in Philadelphia thirty- ^
I" four arrests to every 1000. er
oe A Chicago Grand Jury finds that tho
e; city has been cheated out of half a million
,ii dollars a year by dishonest officials allowing
saloons and other businesses to run ]
ve without license. ca^
oi The officers of the Pennsylvania Rail- by
U1 road Company are determined that all em- jn
.. ployes shall not use intoxicating liquors. br;
TQ A rule prohibiting the use of liquor has ley
vn been in force on the road tor some time, saj
re but the men have grown lax in the observ-1 AV],
* ance of the rule. in!]
This country can easily have, if it wishes wil
St to, an army of enlisted men not one of*
id, whom will care for strong drink as a bev->
a? erage, and there is no occasion for the serJ
^Ljvice to be made a special support of th?j
Bm liquor manufactures and an agency for de* J
basing and disgracing even in the arwft nui
H itself those who ioin its rp.oks.
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JOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN
RECNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLD'S GREATEST PROPHETS.
i
oeno: Thou Enoweit My Llfe'l Deep
Story?There Cornea a Time When Every
Man Cam Do Something to Make Thla
World Better.
hou knoweBt, Lord! Thou know'st my
JIIC a uccp obuiy,
And all the mingled good and ill I do!
hou see'st my shame, my few stray
gleams of glory;
Where I am false, and -where my soul
rings true.
ord! I *m glad Thou know'st my inmost
being,
Glad Thou dost search the secrets of my
heart;
would not hide one folly from Thy seeing,
Nor snun Thy healing touch to save the
smart.
like warp and woof the good and ill are
blended;
Nor do I see the pattern that I*weave.
ret in Thy love the whole is comprehended,
And in Thy hand my future lot I leave.
inly, dear Lord, make plain the path, of
duty.
Let not my shame and sorrow weigh mc
down,
?st in despair I fail to see its beauty,
And, weeping vainly, miss the victor's
i crown. .
?H. W. Hawke?
The World Beautiful.
There will come to every manly man
mes in hie life when he will see that
lere is something which is legitimately
is, something which he has a right to,
Dmething which nobody can blame him
he takes and enjoys to the fullest, and
et something by whose voluntary and unDmpelled
surrender he can help his fel>w-man
and aid the work of Christ and
take the world better. Then will come
rat man's' trial. If he fails and cannot
take the sacrifice nobody will blame him;
e will simply dfnk into the great multiide
of honorable, respectable, self-indulsnt
peop!e who take the comfortable
lings which everybody owns they are entied
to, and live their easy life without a
uestion. But if he is of better stuff, and
lakes the renunciation of comfort for a
igher work then he goes up and stands?
umbiy, but really?with Jesus Christ. He.
iters into that other range, that other
>rt of life where Jesus Christ lived. He
perfectly satisfied with that higher life,
^e does not envy, he does not grudge, the
:lf-indulgent lives which he has left beind.
He does not cocnt uo what he has
ist; he does not a?k whether he is hapier
or less happy that he would have been.
he had kept what everybody says he had
right to keep. It is not a question of
ippiness with him at all, but gradually,
ithout his seeking it he finds that the
>ul of the happiness which he has left beiL
u:_ ?+;n t
iliu uuii ia in inxxi o 1.111. umc iuuuvauic
: sweet water in the sea it rise? up and
=eps him a living soul. He has left the
orld's pleasures and its privileges only
? draw nearer to its necessities, which
e its real life. So what he gave he keeps
thousandfold even in this present time,
id eternity is still before him. in the ena
'erlasting life.?Phillips Brooks.
Dully Trial*.
Trials have no meaning unless they am
eans to an end. The end is the inheritice;
and sorrows here are the earnest of
heritance. Measure the greatness of the
ory by what has preceded it. If a fair
easure of the greatness of any result be
le length of time taken for getting it
ady, we can dimly conceive what that
y must be for which seventy years of
rife and- sorrow are but a momentary
reparation; and what must be the
eight of that glory which is the counter>ise
and consequence to the afflictions of
lis lower world. The deeper God
unges the comet into the darkness, the
oser does it come to the sun at its near
t distance, and the longer does it stand
owing in the full blaze of the glory from
a nrVi Sa in mir rprnfiition. the
easure.of. the distance from the farthest
lint of our. darkest earthly sorrow to the
irone may help us to the closeness of the
ory above when we are on the throne;
r, if so be that we are sons, we must sufr
with Hin; if so be that we suffer, we
ust be gloriHed together.?Dr. Alexander
acloren.
Sympathize With Other*.
Because we have sorrows of our own we
ust not be indifferent to those of others,
race removes all selfishness out of pernal
grief and develops a fellow-feeling
r another's afflictions. True Christians
e drawn all the more closely through
mmon trials. As we need sympathy and
:lp in what we endure,, so do others in
eir tribulations, and it becomes us to
v*e out, as well as take in, kindly consolion
and assistance. Our Saviour sufred,
but it was that He might be all the
ore able to sympathize with a^d aid
is people.?Presbyterian.
Salvation.
Salvation is not secured by obedience to
rite, by the observance of a code of rules,
even by obedience to a creed, prolunced
orthodox. A man may be praised
all these and vet be under the wrath 01 |
jd, and his character be scarred by pas)n
and :^lf-indulgence. The only condi>n
of salvation is faith which believes in
im that justifies the ungodly and receives
to the heart the very nature of JesuB to
come the power of the new life. "He
at hath tho Son hath life."?F. B.
eyer.
Sympathy.
Sympathy is one of the most practical
all the catalogue of the Christian graces:
d without it our profession of faith ana
re is as sounding brass or a tinkling
mbal.?Rev. Charles E. Nash, Baptist,
jw York.
The Best Prayer.
The richest men in heart and soul are
ose who have no rating in Bradstreet's.
i.e best prayer is a prayer for independce,
neither riches nor poverty.?Rev.
larles H. Eaton, Universahst, New York;
Religion's Use.
Religion is of the highest use in enrich;
life, instilling hopes and raising the
;nity of work and giving a sacrednesa
patient drudgery.?Bishop William Lawice,
Episcopalian, Massachusetts.
Kely oil God's Word.
The thing that makes your life and
e divine is the fact that God keeps'
s engagements. His word is to be (fended
upon.?Rev. Frank W, Gunsaulus.
ntral Church, Chicago.
Practice What Ton Tray For.
Pray modestiy as to the things of thi^
;; earnestly for whp?t may be helps to?
ur salvation; intensely for salvation it-<
f. that you may ever behold God, love
id. Practice in" life whatever you pray
, and God will give it to you more abunntly.?E.
B. Puasey.
Man's Privilege and Hope.
3ut of Christ is man's position by na:a.
In Chriet is his position by grace.
live for Christ is man's earthly privily
?. To reign with Christ at least is hid
pe through the gospel.?Rev. W. RightMethodist
Prctestant. Pittsburg.
The Brain of Czolgosz Abnormal.
Before the Anatomical Society of Chijo
the secretary read a paper prepared
Dr. E. A. Spitzka, of New York City,
which the doctor declared that the
tin of Leon Czolgosz, President McKin's
murderer, was abnormal. The doctor
d that during the four-hour dissection
ich followed the execution of the criml)
he had been able to study the brain
th considerable thoroughness.
A Tear's Book Record. '
There was a marked falling off in the
nber of books published in London last
r, the decrease from the record of 1900
ii- 1105.
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THE SABBATH SCHOOL'
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS)
FQK FtBKUAHT Z.
Subject: The First Persecution, Act* ivj
1-22 ? Golden Text, Acts It., 12 ?|
Memory Verses 8-10?Commentary
tke Day's lesson. I 1.
"As they spake." Peter addressed one .
portion of the multitude while John spakt
to the others. That a great crowd haq
gathered is certain from the large nqmbem
of converts. V. 4. "The priests." Tho?| ^
belonging to some of the twenty-fou?
courses among whom the temple services]
were divided. 1 Chron. 24: 1-19; 2 Chron'
23: 8. These were the persons who had
shown such hatred toward Christ from)
the beginning. "Captain." a Not a mifr
tary omcer, out one wno naa cn&rge or
the guard of priests and Levi tea, w bowatched
the temple at night. , >
2. "Being grieved." "Sore troubled."-^
R. V. The priests believed in the doctrine
o? the resurrection, but to have it preached
through Jesus brought His blood upon:
them, since they put Efon to death.. i
3. "Laid hands on them." The language
implies actual violence. "In hold."
A sort of "house of detention," foif the' ;
Jews never punished by imprisonment as- '
the Romans did. "Peter had an opportunity
to reflect on the words, 'Lord, I am' \
ready to go with Thee?into prison.'"
Luke 22: 33. - "Next day." It was now too!
late to assemble the Sanhedrin, as that; ?
body could not sit lawfully except by
daylight. '^Eventide." "Tide" . meant!
. "tune." Tltfe Jews had two evenings;
One began at 3 o'clock and the other at ft
o'clock. Peter and John entered the temple
courts at 3 o'clock, the hour of prayer,
and the proceedings at this time had occupied
three hours.
4. "Many believed." Persecution did
not prevent the truth from prevailing, bnt
it developed courage ana energy and
known to +.hp wnrlH th? nnM* minli.
tiea which Christianity* had implanted, and
caused the story of the Saviour, His life,
resurrection, love, power and Mesaiahshij:;
to be proclaimed ill over the land. "Number?was."
"Came to be."?R. V. The
society of converts had been increased by - '/
nearly 2000 since the day of Pentecost. i'.J
5. "Rulers, elders, scribes." This was!
a regular meeting of the Sanhedrin.. Thd"
rulers were the chief priests?the official
rulers; the elders were heads of families; ,
scribes were teachers of the law.
6. "Annas ? Caiaphas." Annas hadj i
been deposed from the office of the high .
priest by thfe Romans, and Caianhas. hie
son-in-law, was made high prieBt by them. . ' ?
But the Jews regarded*"Annas as ecclesiastically
their high priest. He was the i
most influential person among the Jewi '' .
at this time. Our Lord was taken before
Annas first. John 18: 13. "John andf
Alexander." Who these were* is not
known, but it is certain that they were>
men of influence.
n 99 nro i i A,
/. xu tuc rniuBt. iucy jjiu.ueu fcucj *
prisoners in the centre of the Sanhedrin^
which sat in a semi-circle. "Power, name. ,
Power is force, name is authority. 3y?
what magical power did you do this, andl '
what right had you to use such power?
8. "Peter, filled." According to the1.' \
promise of his now glorified Master. Matt.* .
10: 20; Mark 13: 11. This empowering pen-; , /?
tecostal spirit now dwelt in the apostles
and the others, as an abiding gift to manifest
himself as each emergency demanded.' 8
9. "Be examined." Galled to account. <-'3
as criminals. "The good deed." A gentlei
reminder that-it was not for a. crime that
they had been placed in custody and "were . .
on trial. "Made whole." Is cured or |
saved, suggesting a spiritual as well as
physical restoration.
10. "Be it known." The testimony '-v?3
which Peter would give before the Sanhe- N*
drin he would delight to publish to all . (
Israel, and thus exalt the name of. Christ. fy
He could preach with as much freedom in- >
a court room as in any other place, when: .
filled with the, Spirit. "Jesus Christ pt
Nazareth." Wonders are wrought in the.
name of Jesus: not by repeating it as a' ... : Jfj
charm, but by beb'eving in it as a divine. ' 1'*
revelation of . grace and good will to men4 :
"Jesus, the Saviour: Christ, the Messiah
the Nazarene, the despised." "Whom y&
crucified." As an.impoaterv' 'Whom God
raised." Thus putting to -naught man's
power.
11. -"Set at naught of you'builders." By
your rejection and crucifixibn of Jesui
Christ you have fulfilled one of your own
prophecies (Psalm 118: 22); and as one
part is literally fulfilled ye mav rest aVj , . i
sured the other shall be. "This alluaionj >
to the prophecy about the cornerstone iq > ?
brief, because they were supposed to b? j
familiar with it. Peter was assured that; 1
they must remember to have heard it more .
than once from the lips of Jesus." 1
12. "Salvation." His is the oniv atoning
blood, and His the only arm that can'
save. "Name." Name stands for Jesufc
Christ Himself, and there is in Him wis-'
dom, power, love, divineness; just as a
man's name to a note stands for all a man
is, and has; his property, character, ability,
integrity. "Among men." It is a salvation
for humanity. "We." The apos
i. j -r j xl 7 1 i.
ues were noi oeienaers 01 meu'BtMves, uu* )
sturdy, truthful, uncompromising wit-'
nesseu to Jesus and the resurrection.
IS. "Boldness." This speech was a
greater miracle than that of the lame man.
Compare the Peter of this speech and the
Peter before the resurrection, and tell
what has happened. In himself the miracle
had first been wrought. "And John."
We have no record of any word spoken by
John, yet his boldness of speech, no less >'
than Peter's, was observed by the council. . i
14. "Man?standing." No longer a helpless
cripple. If ngt apprehended with the
apostles, the Sanhedrin being an open'
court, his presence may have been an exEression
of his faith and thankfulness, or e
may have been summoned for examination.
"Could say nothing." Nothing
against the fact, though they were unwilling
to own the doctrine which it tended
so strongly to prove.
15. "Go asiae." Peter and John were >
required to leave the council chamber
while the Sanhedrin discussed what should *
be done.
16. "Cannot deny it." Every one knew
that it was a genuine case of healing. /
17. "Threaten them." This is what they \
decided to do in order to stop the new religion,
and this is the way the ungodly still
endeavor to retard the progress of Christianity.
,
18. "Called them." They were called
back into the council chamber.
10 ?'Tn/ifro vo " fJn/1 rpnnirprl flipm tfl
UUU5V J-w.
speak; the council forbade them. Which
ought they to obey? See chap. 5: 29.
20. "Cannot but speak." They conld
not obey their rulers and do right; Deither
can any person when rulers command what
God forbids. "Which we saw and heard"
(R. V.) Concerning Jesus Christ.
21. "Because of the people." Should
they punish the apostles, they feared the
people would rise against them and give '
then trouble, for the people "glorified
God for that which was^done."
Prize For a Dirigible Airship.
A prize of $200,000 is offered for the successful
ODeration of a dirigible air-ship at
the St. Louis World's Fair of 1903. The
exposition management has decided to
make the award the feature of the first?
aerial tournament ever held in the world.
This competition in mid-air is expected
to result in a remarkable struggle for supremacy
between Santos Dumont, Hiram
S. Maxim. Professor S. P. Langlev, Secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution, and
other scientists who have experimented1
for years to solve the problem of air navigation.
The management of the fair has
issued a statement containing rules for the
competition. &?eretai*y Stevens, of the exposition
company, said that it is believed
from information already before the com*
panv. that 100 entries, representing at least
ten different countries, will enter the con*
test for the $200,000 prize. :
Or. Wood 100 Tears Old. i
Dr. John P. Wood, the oldest practicing
physician in the world, has celebrated his
100th birthday at Coffeyville. Kan. DrJ
Wood was born in Dublin, Ireland. He
has lived in Kansas forty years. Dr.
n j __ _ ?ij: "?r : i
wood serveu as a nuiuicr ui uic iucaiwh
and Civil wars,and has been married three Hj
times. The most wonderful thing about H
this man is his physical strength and men- 'H
tal vigor. He walks without a canc and M
reads without glasses. He can be seen fln
every dav walking the streets of Coffey- B