Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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V" AT THE SIGN OP THE APPLE. ?I baited at a pleasant ma i As I my way was wending? i!A rosy apple wu the sign, ' From Knotty bough depending. Mine hoet?it ww an apple tree? j 80 sinihng'.v received me, JAcd spread his choice and sweetest face , To strengthen and refresh me. JWl many a gayly-feathered guest i Came tnro' the branches springing. They lightly dew irom bough to Dough, j Their merry carols singing. i JBencath the shade I laid me down ' And slumber sweet p >?w*?ssed me; ] The i?outh wind sighing through the leaves ( With touchcs soit cantMM me; Ami when I rose and would have paid I My hu*t to open hearted, I Be only shook nis lofty head? 1 thanked him and departed. ?Helen Walter* Arery. ISfO^rTOYi! i 11 By L. M. XoDtfomtry. J j | 1 IT wax a rainy afte aoon, and we i had been passing the time by telling ghost stories. That Is a very I good sort of thing for a raluy af- 1 teroooo; and It Is a much better time than after nigbt. If jon tell glio?C Stories after dark they are apt to make frou nervous, whether you own up to It or not. and you sneak borne and dodge up-stalrs In mortal terror, and andreas witb your back to tbe wall, o tbat you can't fancy tbere Is anything behind you. We bad each told a story, and had had the usual assortment of myster<??*? nniiM unit death warnings and Sheeted 8 poet res and so on. down through the whole eatalosue of bor- ? torn -enough to satisfy any reasonable ghost taster. But Jack, as usual, .was dissatisfied. He said our stories 1 .were all second-band stuff. There .wasn't a man in the crowd who bad ver seen or beard a ghost; all our i o-called authentic stories bad been < told us by persons who bad the story from other persons who saw the < ghosts. "One doesn't get any Information from that." said Jack. "I never expect to get so far along as to see a real gbost myself, but I would like to see and talk to one who bad." 1 Some persons appear to nave ine knack of getting their wishes granted. Jack is one of that ilk. Just as be made the remark Davenport sauntered 1 In. and. finding out what was golug 1 on. volunteered to tell a ghost story 1 tUmself?something that had happened to his grandmother?or maybe it was hi* great aunt; I forget which. It was < a very good ghost story as ghost stories go. and Davenport told it well. Even Jack admitted that but he said: "If* only second-band. too. Did 1 jou ever have a ghostly experience < yourself, old man?" Davenport put his finger tips critically together. "Would you believe me if I said 1 bad?" be asked. i "No." said Jack, unblushingly. ; **Then there would be no use in my ayins It." "But you don't mean that you ever really had. of course?" "I don't know. Something queer happened once. I've never been able to explain It?from a practical point ; of view. that Is. Want to hear about It r Of course we did. This was exciting. Nobody would ever have suspected Davenport of seeing ghosts. "It's conventional enough," he bepan. "Ghosts don't seem to have much > originality. But it's drst-hand. Jack. If that's what you want. I don't suppose any of you have ever heard me n?eak of my brother. Charles. He was my senior by two years, nod wan Ik quiet, reserved sort of fellow?uot t all demonstrative, but with very Strong and deep affections. i "When he left college he become engaged to Dorothy Chester. She was very beautiful and my brother idollied her. She d!ed a short time before the date set for their marriage, and Charles never recovered from thtf blow. "I married Dorothy's sister. Virginia. > irginia did not in tne least resemble her sister, but our eldent daughter was strikingly like her den?l aunt. We culled her Dorothy aod Charles was i devoted to her. Dolly, as we called her. was always Tncle Charleys girl/ "When Dolly was twelve yearn old Charles went to New Orleans on business. and while rh<?re took yellow fever and died. He was buried there, nd Dolly half broke her childish heart over his death. "Oue day live years later, when Dolly was seventeen. I was writing letters In my library. Thai Very morning my qrifp mid I)o!Iv had tn NVw York eu route for Europe. Dolly was going to school iu l'aris for a year. Business prevented my accompanying them even as far a* New York, but Gilbert Cbesiter, my wife's brother, was going with them. They were to sail on the Aragon the next morning. "I had written steadily for about an hour. At last. growing tired. I threw down my pen. ?nd leaniug b-u-k in my chair, was ou the point of lighting a cigar when nn unaccountable impulse made me turn round. I dropped my cigar and sprang to my feet In amazement. There was only one door in the room and I had all along lieen facing it. I cJitM have sworn nobody ^ bad entered, yet there, standing 1m?tween me nnd the bookontw. was a man?and that man was my brother (Charles! "There was no mistaking him; I saw bim as plainly as I see you. lie was a tall, rather stout man. with curly hair and a fair, close-clipped beard. He .wore the same light gray suit which be had worn when bidd.ng us good-by on the morning of his departure for iKew Orleans. He had no hat on. but wore spectacles, and was standing in his old favorite attitude, with his hands behind him. "I waut you to understand tB"at af this precise moment, although I wan Surprised beyond measure. I was not in the least frightened, because I did itot for a moment suppose that what ft taw was?well, a ghost or apparition Of any sort. The thought that flashed W cross my bewildered brain was feimply that there bad been dome aboard mistake somewhere, and that my 'ferotber bad never died at *11 bvt waa hert alive and welL I took a haatj step toward him. "'Good heaven*. old followT I ex* claimed. 'Where on earth have you come from? Why. we all thought you were dead!' "I waa quite do#e to him when 1 j stopped abruptly. Somehow I couldn't move another step. He made no motion. but hla eyes looked straight Into mine. ** 'Do not let Dolly sail on the Am gun to-morrow.' be said in slow, clear tones that I beard distinctly. "And then he was gone?yes. Jack. [ know It is a very conventional way of ending up a ghost story but I have to tell you just what occurred, or at least what I thought occurred. One moment be wax tbere and the next moment he wasn't He did not pass me or go out of the door. "For a few moments I felt daxed. [ was wide awake and In my right und proper senses so far as I could ludge. and yet the whole thing seemed Incredible. Scared? No, I wasn't ronscious of being scared. I was limply bewildered. "In my mental confnslon one thought stood out sharply?Dolly was In danger of some kind, and if the warning was really from a supernatural source It must not be disregarded. I rushed to the station, and. having first wired to " * " ? 1 my wire not to snu on me Aiaguu, & found that I could connect with the Hve-flfteen train for New York. I took It with the comfortable consciousness that my friends would certainly think [ bad gone out of my mind. **I arrived in New York at 8 o'clock the next morning, and at once drove to the hotel where my wife, daughter and brother-in-law were staying. I round them greatly mystified by my telegram. I suppose my explanation r f was a very tame urn.-, i auun > >.> lecidedly like a fool. (?llln*rt laughed at me and said I bad dreamed tbe whole thing. Virginia was perplexed, but Dolly accepted tbe warning unhesitatingly. M 'Of course It was Uncle Charley.* she said confidently. 'We will not sail on tbe Aragon now.' "Gilbert bad to give in to this decision with a very bad grace, and tbe *?* ? ilrtv nilnna nf thrpp Aruguu miuiii iiiui uu; v .? ? of her Intended passengers. "Well, you've all heard of the historic collision between tbe Aragon and the Astarte in a fog. and tbe fearful loss of life It involved. Gilbert didn't Innph when the news came. 1 assure you. Virginia and Dolly sailed a month later on the Marseilles, and reached the other side in safety. That's all the story, boys?the only experience of tbe kind 1 ever had." concluded Davenport. We had many questions to ask and several theories to advance. Jack mid Davenport had dreamed it and that the collision of the Aragon and the Astarte was simply a striking coincidence. But Davenport merely smiled at all our suggestions: and as it cleared up Just about 3. we told no more ghost stories.?Waverley Magazine. Thf Erolntlon of th? Soda Foantmln. The rapid increase in the trade en* Joyed by the proprietors of soda fountains in the leading cities of the United States has led to the Installation of many very elaborate nnd costly outfits. Most of the finer ones are made of Mexican onyx and cost in | some Instances as high as $15,000 or | $20,000. A $15,000 soda fountain would j be made of tbe finest material and ,J 1 - - I* WOU1U IK? Ul grvttl Di/iir. ll uiifjui uai? thirty draft tubes and 100 syrup cans. Very' beautiful onyx fountains of the dimension* more commonly used, say with ten syrups and three draft tul?es, can be bought for from $850 to $1200. In fact, a handsome onyx fountain can be bought for $Ui)0. But not everybody wants an onyx fountain. There are yet purchasers who prefer one of marble. A marble fountain with onyx trimmings could be had at. say. $450. An old-style marble fountain might be had for $150. Fifty years ago or thereabouts soda water was drawn rrom vl sliver xui?e rising out of tbe counter. Then came the first visible soda fountains, small marble boxes, placed on the counter. From these develojM'd the elaborate and often costly fountains of marble that preceded the onyx fountain of the present. Beautiful and costly marble was brought from all parts of the earth to be used in tbe construction of soda fountains, but now the fashion Is onyx, with a canopy or superstructure of wood. Along with its great development in beauty has come a corresponding Improvement in the soda fountain's working parts. The modern fountain is far more convenient and ellleieut in o]ieratien than Its old-time predecessors.?Americau Exporter. 8he Forthwith Obeyed. A story is going the rounds wherein Hi'iii-u tiv/i ?.-? ! I. L: iiiiwii Columbus ladles and a parrot. Mm. A paid a special call at the home of Mrs. B the other day and was ushered into the living room by the niaid of all work to await the appearance of Mrs. B. Mrs. B had come into the possession of a parrot only a short time before and had been keeping the bird in the living room. "Polly has a very good command of Euglisb. and api>ears to know when to use it. Mrs. A sat dowu with her back to tbe bird without noticing it. and as Pelly made no souud she remained in ignorance of its presence. Observing a beautiful vase on the mantel. Mrs. A arose from her seat and. crossing the floor, took down the dainty piece of bric-a-brac to examine It. She gazed on it rapturously, completely absorbed by its elegant decorations. when suddenly from Just behind her came the shrill and stern command: "Drop It! Drop it I" Mrs. A obeyed and turned with a scream to face the i in pert u ruble gaze of Polly. who sat in her cane with her green head slyly parked to one side. On the floor lay the beautiful vase, smashed to bits. At this most embarrassing moment Mrs. B entered the room. Before Mrs. A could explain tbe situation I'olly shook It out its feathers and remarked. "You're It! You're it! You're it!"? Ohio State Journal. The New Man. The diffidence nod nerrousnesa which attend a man in n new position pass away the mon;ent he discover* that his employer doesn't know any more than he does.?New York Press. \ The Army < ras GtNtflAJ. Wi'^wM-r. ^ K>Kf BAYARD N H. * LBUQUERQUE. N. M.-Inthla /\ remote part of the world the longest forward step has been taken toward the cure of consumption, no matter bow advanced its stage. Not by the learned professors in Vienna or London, nor in the clinics aud hospitals of New York and Philadelphia, are consumptives being saved from death. The HDeclallats In the sanitariums of the East claim only that their "opttnair treatment" will cure those who snffer from incipient consumption. But in the United States military hospital at Fort Bayard. 200 miles from here, consumptives in the advanced JIJU3T CO?C . ArXCK 6 AAONTH5Y ? i* stages are being cured?men who were bopeless, to whom tbeir physicians could promise no chance of recovery. This hospital, where soldiers are being treated for the disease that year in and out scores one-tenth of the number of deaths in this country, is in charge ~^3- C*jE'* PUEBLO OF TAOJ of Major D. M. Appel, of tlic United States Army. Major ?Appel wns graduated about twenty years ago from one of the best medical schools in this country?Jefferson Medical College. Philadelphia. He receives his pay as a medical officer of the Army; he has no axes to griud save those that may be wielded !n the aid of medical science. But, be it remembered, he has ^very j condition in bis and in his patk-ms' J tn rrtr Of the treatment of consumptive* a*' Fort Bayard Dr. Appel lias otHei: reported orer bis signature: "This is strictly a military hospital, and our treatment Is similar to that of all well regulated sanitaria. Our! success is due to the excellent climate and the discipline enforced." Dr. Appel said to the writer for the , New York Sunday World Magazine a few days ago: i "I don't mean to say that If people; j come to us with luugs so far gone as I j to destroy their breathing power we j ' can cure them. But I do say that we j | can cure wuai ua? iuiik ultu iv^ukivw j | as hopeless, tlic third stage of the disease. "I have never made that statement ; publicly before. I haven't been ready to make it "\Y*e have been work ins: for these remits since the establishment of the sanitarium three years ugo. and we have been doing a great deal of orlgj innl Investigation in the treatment of ! tuberculosis. Our best Iioikm have been j realized, and now you may inform the j public that under the conditions which j prevail in this territory, the dread disease has been robbed of Its terrors." General Arthur MacArthur. who was j j | j;' * OKNEII.VL ABTHCB MACAKTODB. I present when Dr. Appel ma do this ! statement. said bo was glad to bear teai timony to the fact that the doctor's judgment isad not been biased by bis enthusiasm and that the results referred to had actually been accom* - *?-- U-l MR.U. n. PIISDCU 1Q lilt' UU8|>iiai uuuri isi. wi|ip?l's com ma nil. "Our success i* due to the excellent climate and to the discipline enforced." Dr. Appel has reported. Try to understand all that it mean* j In treating tuberculosis of tfce lungs: ?mi i ...... ? i Sure Cure for Co m New N S' HAJOU APPti C| The "open air treatment" for consumption Is now acknowledged to be tbe best. Here, iu this dry. rare atmosphere of astonishingly equable temperature, a consumptive can remain in tbe open air day and night all tbe year around. Again, Major Appel can enforce bis orders; military discipline compels all patients to do precisely as be directs. In a word. Dr. Appel can say. "Take these pills or I'll pnt you under arresL" Physicians who are in private practice or who arc internes in non-military sanitaria for consumptives cannot do that. And Dr. Appel hns laid down for his patients a set of hygienic rules that common sense Itself should enforce ..Itk.nt '??? nf nnip<l hnnu T ft nilUUUl LCUi VI 1UV guuiu MVU?X . | tbe foolish these rules muy seem "vulgar," but the truly wise will at once appreciate their force against tbe Infection of tuberculosis. Besides, these rules can be advantageously followed by every consumptive wherever he is. The rules are conspicuously posted throughout tbe recreation rooms and dormitories: "Consumption is an infectious disease. caused by a germ which is found In the saliva, therefore the saliva must be carefully destroyed. Should it be nllowcd to dry, and in the form of dust nPAtin.l In Hio nlr millions nf UIMIi Ul VUMia ?U t ?MV I ? tbese germs would bo set free and would endanger not only those who are well, but would often reinfect those who are sick, and thus undo the beuolit derived from months of care. "To be benefited by this excellent climate you must live outdoors as much as possible, and always when Indoors keep the windows open. "Go to bed early, take moderate ex I. NEW MEXICO. ercise, when uot Instructed to the contrary; oat your meals slowly and chew your food thoroughly. "Do not help yourself to food from any dish except your own plate with your fork or spoon, but use those provided for that purpose. Try to refrain from coughing at menls; you can. with slight effort, do much to prevent it. "The use of stimulants and cigarettes is forbidden. Smoking and chewing toUo^/?a In inni1oi*nfli-.n la nnrmitfo<l Whiskers and mustaches must be closely trimmed. "Patients not bedridden must observe the following rules: "1?They must occupy their quarters only from 7.30 p. m. to 8 a. m. They must make their own beds and neatly arrange their personal belAosHtAt. wr BAYARO. ft 9K longings, none of which arp to be left on thp tloor. "3?They must stay outdoors at least eight hours dally. "4?Th?y must not visit in quarters. "5?They must bathe at least ouce a week." Eaeh pitient is provided with a cup. consisting of a tin frame with a spring cover, in which is placed on impervious paper receptacle, und large covered spittoons with paper receptacles are scattered throughout the rooms and porches frequented by the patients. A shelf is titled uuder each chair in the dining room, on which the cup is placed during meals. The cups and all other dangerous infectious materials are destroyed in crematories, two of which have now been in use for several months. A Kiiinlflnt ?i till nit^?Ulnllo f Arul iiUUIIIUlUI, ^"'"I Uiilt UUU ItlUUO IV?/U is provided and the dairy furnishes an ample supply of tulik. Patients are weighed every Friday, the weights are recorded and a report of the gains and losses affords a good index of progress. Several patients have gainer more than ten pounds in one week. About three years ago Fort Stanton was granted to the Marine Hospital service and Fort Bayard to the medical j department of the Army, to Ik* under the command of the surgeons of these divisions of the service, and to he used by them for carrying on such work as that now being conducted. Fort Bayard i- about seventy leagues southwest of Albuquerque. In oue of the driest spots of one of the most arid reglous on earth. There Major Appel and his surgeons have the chance to test most thoroughly the advantages in the treatment of tuberculosis of sunshine, that ends ouly wlien dusk falls, of an even temperature and of a dry atuiotsphere. i Every year 20.00U Spaniards emlI grate to Soutli America. MoSrira^ RtplatM the Hltehlag Post. Am a hitching post is not always convenlent and it is somewhat of a hothei to carry around a heavy weight in tin wagon with which to tether the horse when the driver wishes to leave the an lmal for a time it is likely that the horseman will appreciate the hitching fetter here shown. The invention takei advantage of the fact that a horse Mi HITCHING rKTTEB FOB HOBflBfl. will not more as long as It cannot bend its logs, the fetter being stiff enougb to prevent this. The inventors arc William Itemmei anu mourns n. Owen, and they stale that it is adapt ed to afford cavalrymen a perfect means of preventing the horses from escaping without human aid. the claim being made that when an animal ii tethered with one of these dlvices he becomes tame even in the presence ol danger. Another novelty of the tethei is that with the aid of the small pad lock attached as shown In the cut the animal can be locked up. so that he canot be stolen without unlocking 01 destroying the fetter. This Shoo HmI Won't W?ar Oat. This device Is made entirely of metal, and the parts which are subject to ac tual wear may be of hardened steel In attaching It to the shoe the leathei heel is removed and a thin metallic plate tacked or screwed to the last This serves as the foundation, and t< It Is -Iveted a second plate carrying two downwardly projecting lugs it which a horizontal screw is inserted an shown. This screw carries the cap 01 METAL HEEL, ADJUSTABLE TO WEAH. heol nronor. which Is provided wltt shoulders to engage the last on. al sides, while in the bottom a number ol screws are placed. These screws ar< flat at the ends, and are capable of ad juitment as the tips wear off. The* heels should be especially desirable It winter, as the projecting screws wil aid in securing a firm foothold on iej pa rem en ts. The inventor is Mads L Hansen. "Crwll* of the Nation." Remarkable evidence of the need foi a Jamestown tercentenary annirer sary, says the Norfolk Landmark, ii furnished by the ignorauce of mos Americans with regard to the status o: Jamestown itself. This cradle of th< nation, as ail Virginians know, is n< longer Inhabited oy any j>er>uu those who keep guard over the ruim there. Jamestown is nothing but t name and a remnant. If It were no for the care with which the Society foi the Preservation of Virginia Antiqui ties preserves the old walls and othe relics, not a trace of the famous town we dare say* would be left. illlver to Bar*. Most manufacturers of silverwar prefer to buy their raw material fron the (jOvernmenL Bars of silver bul STAJiriNO vaxcb, weight and fix! ness on silvhr bab*. Hod are made at the Assay Office I New York City iu all sizes to uceou modate ever the small factories. Kue bar Is stamped wltb Its fineness an weight, and these uiar^s are accepte all over the world. OETMHEOHIOEK Scores Meet Their Death Upon a Burning Steamboat. NO TIME TO WARN PASSENGERS Fire on the City af Plttebarg faoa Cot Off All Eerape an?l the TmmI Wm a Matt of Flame* la Fifteen Minn teaOnly Tboee Were Saved Who Left Their Berths and Jumped Overboard. Cairo. III.?The river steamer City of Plitsburg. of the Cincinnati and Southern packet trade, was burned to the water's edge in the river, near Turner's Landing, and about sixty lives were lost. Of these twenty-two persons were burned and the others drowned. Th? boat was on her way from Cin, cinnati to t Memphis with about 130 I persons aboard. Sixty were members i of the crew and the others passengers, i Fire was discovered aboard the vessel at about 4 o'clock a. m. It bad , gained such headway that It was uset less to fight It and a mad rush for life emsued. Many passengers remained 1 aaleep in their staterooms until the ! flames cut off their escape. A single lifeboat was launched by the crew, and a number of the passengers dropped over the rail into It, it was aooui 10 oe iwaiuiwu uj iuc crowding of pnnic-stricken passengers when the rope that held It wax burned in two. and It drifted away to safety. Those who had escaped from their staterooms, only to And the boat gone, jumped Into the river. A few of them managed to reach the Illinois shore, but the majority were believed to have j been drowned. Of the passengers the following arc ! known to be lost: Captain W. Dass. Cincinnati: Miss Marie Tessim. Can* neitou. Ind.: three children of Mrs. Fannie McCullum. of Leavenworth. Ind.: Patrick Burt and eleven members of his family, all of Owensboro. Ky.; child of Pilot A1 Prltchard: Clay Breeze, wife and son. of Unlontown. Ky.: child of Archie M. Alien, of Pittsburg. Of the crew the following are missing: Joe Redding. Cincinnati, and Fred Jones. Newport; Engineer Tom Smith. Memphis; Pilot William BoIUn 1 ger. Cincinnati; First Steward Henry I Thomas, colored. Cincinnati; Second | Steward John Batts, Cincinnati; Cook Tony Gilfoil. Cincinnati. The following members of the crew, j names unknown, are also missing: I First pantryman, three colored firemen. six cabin boys, two chambermaids. six or eight deck-hands. The experience of the passengers was very much the same. The case of Mrs. Herman McCullum was most pitiful. With her three children she was going to Coruthersville. Mo., to join her , husband. She jumped overboard and landed in the yawl, but her three children were not so fortunate, for they landed In the water and she saw them siuk from sight She was nearly frantic with frief. The youngest of the little ones was recovered opposite j Mound City, and its remains were iden. tilled by the poor mother. Another terribly sad circumstance . was the loss of one of the children of ; | Pilot AI. Pritchard. The little one j was tossed from the burning steamer > * into-the arms waiting to catch It in ! ' the yawl, but its bead struck against j ' the side of the boat and it fell into the i river and was lost. The mother was i nearly wild with grief. One of the surviving members of the ? crew says: "The tire was discovered j at 4.05 o'clock in the forward hold. ' By 4.15 the entire boat was in dames. ! and at 4.30 the whole boat was a ! wreck. The front stairway burned, cutting off any avenue of escape." Captain Dass. who was drowned, was on old river pilot. He was making the trio for nleasure with his son. Pilot i Harry Dass. ami when his body was j found, a milt; or so below the wreck, he had on all his clothing and a life- ' preserver. It is believed that he died from the shock. Pittsburg. Pa.?The steamer City of i Pittsburg was a hoodoo. So said evI ery river man on the Ohio River. From ; the time she left the boatyard at Ma, rletta. Ohio, she passed through one ( 'm series of accidents after another, uutil ' it was difficult to find crews to man i f the stern-wheeler. ' It was oue of the largest boats on ' the Ohio Itiver. and was designed by ; f Captain John M. Phillips, of Pittsburg, j . for the Louisville and Pittsburg packet j trade. The initial trip from Marietta to | Pittsburg took two weeks, aud the | r crew said the boat had to stop every ! . j few miles, as something went wrong. j I Accidents, tire uud bloodshed were | t monthly happening*. Fire almost , w1|hh! her out iu Cincinnati. hut *he J was saved by the Cincinnati Fire De- | * partment. and scarcely a month ago ' ' one of the mates killed a negro deck- i t baud at Tipton vllle, Mo., by fbooting j i him. The mate was tried and ati quitted. t The boat was insured at $30,000, r most of the policies being held by Pittsburg agents. r Italy u> Buy IIouso al Wa>hlni;ton. ' The Italian Chamber of Deputies has approved the purchase of a building iu Washington, to be occupied by the Italian Embassy. f ^ Life Mntince For Murderer. _ A life scnteuce has been given _ Charles i'itzer. Muncie. Ind., who killeil his wife. Suffraga Kiotinc in Mirtdn. Mass ui**cung? in tavor oC univerta* j suffrage were ueld iu all the towns of Sweden. in Stockholm the demonstrators tried to march to the palace of Kiug Oscar. They were charged by the police and several of tue?n j were wounded. Others were arrested. Chine** ItandiU Attack Ituiiuai, A post on the outskirts of NewChwang. China, garrisoned by forty ltussiaus, has been attacked by bandits. One Kussiau officer aud four privates were killed. Slept ISO Ileum ami Died. IllJl lifUlieSSt'J. SCii-uutu ji-um u^<i, who had Ik'l'U siiilvep for ISO Incurs at Oswego. N. V.. die J without regaiuiug eousetousueas. Shi* (suffered au acute attack of epilepsy before talliug asierp aud relapsed iuto a comatose state l* froui which the physician* fouud it impossible to arousv her q Maajr Klllpia*? Surreodir. i- Surrenders to the Americau author* h .ties of smau parties of iusur^eutu j ai the I'hilippiuea are reported daily, ? %.! n a liti>ruiWA<l uliiiui f h?k f??. ^ | :?u: gurreiuler of Gcuerul Malvor. , - r, , . - ??j ? THE GREAT DESTROTEB SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. VThlaky Laada tha Horde of Mml M? > a tar* That for Acta Haa TnunfM ? Man?If Llfa la Doll, Bright** It b) Honaat Achlavamaat. Mot It am. The foundation, the leading factor in ha nun ilia to-dajr u intemperance. It U a hideoua army that attacka ma? kind. * Ignorance, vice, immorality, quarrel nmanaau nK^finartr KrilHlitV mh cltv, timidity. ' Head over this list and ask yourself this question; la not every one of these tormentor* oi mankind maoe more powerful by whisky? Who ? the commonest murderer?th? murderer ot whom you read every day? He is toe man naturally good-natured, kind enough when sober, but rendered combative and murderously furious bf whisky. What is the history of the diseased mas who goes in the ambulance to the?J>ubli< hospital and thence to the Potter's Field? It is the history oi a man born healthy, naturally able to work and to enjoy good health?whose health and power for work have been destroyed by whisky or otbei strong dni!k. What is the story of many a brokenhearttd mother, and what is the story of the women who work among the unfortanates in big cities? It is always the same stoiy?good moral character, good family influences destroyed: life and soul wrecked by drink. Timidity: There is one of man's corses. It destroys the promising career. It checks the rising man at the moment oi a'ucceaa. WhUkjr u the father of timidity. Whisky (ire* the temporary false c-oor age that ia followed by apathy and timidWhether men apeak of the prise fighter whose courage failed, of the financier whoae nerve* went to piecea at the critical moment, or the writer whoae imagination and will died out, the atory will be the same: ' "He took to whiaky and that was th* end of him." Deccit ia another sign of mental decay. The lie in a man ia like the hollow at to* centre of the tree?it sound* Hollow, It tells of decay. Whisky ia the father of lying. Who believes the drunkard'? atory? He tells how it happened to drink too much?the judge does not even listen. No one listens?all know he is probably lying. He swears that he will never drink again. The whisky is swearing and Iring. No one believes him ? except, perhaps, some poor confiding woman whom nothing can discourage. From drink comes boasting ? another kind of lying. From drink men get lying, disease, obstinacy (did you ever see sober men trying to make a drunkard go home?), brutality, cruelty (does any but the drunkea , man murder his own children?) and many other vices that destroy them. What single good thing cornea from whisky? Not one. Artificial^ strength.^ bragging instead of acnicviug, Id cat Ul Mui pu nvt, m v? ?urpo?c, conceit baaed on an over-atimn* itrd brain, foolish dreams, never to be realized?these things whisky gives. It gives nothing better. This monstrous army of vice rides over humanity, crushing all those unfortunate enough to be in the w%y. Many of these are unfortunate. The man made desperate by poverty cannot be blamed when ne drinks: "Give strong drink unto him that ie ready to perish. And wine unto the bitter in soul; Let him drink and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more." ?Proverbs xxxi., 6 and 7. Divine pity and forgiveness are extended to "the bitter in soul." Many a miserable drunkard may be a better man at heart than the righteous man who despise* him. Many a man has good excuses for his drinkinz and loss of manhood. But you nave not that excuse. There ie no reason why you should fall under the n( thi? litiw mounter with the whitkv bar re! on hi* hack. Keep your blood clean and your brain clear. If life is dull, make it bright by honest achievement, ot at least by hard trying. A whisky bottle can't make you better than God made you. Give voundf a fair chance. You would give this same advice to any other young man who might think of drinking, wouldn't you? Then tike the advice for yourself.?New York Journal. > Ram Drinkers of Ns Aeeonnt. Magistrate Meade, of New York City, delivered a brief temperance lecture when Miry Woods had her husband up before ?k/> miir.jtratA fnr nnn.?nnnnrt. She said he dran\ too much. "A man r/ho drink* rum is of no account," thundered Magistrate Meade. "He is no good. No one wants him around; he in a general nuisance. A woman who liven with a drunken hu?band might just as well be locked up in an iron cage with a royal Bengal tiger." Local Option in Sydney. In *:ydney, Australia, the vote for local option wax taken in connection with municipal election, and was carried in every ward. So that, for the next three years for certain, there can be no new licerwrs in Sydney. Although not quite so emphatic, yet by a very large majority, it "was also carried that there be no renewal of license* for the ume period." . i . Germany'* Big Drunk Indaatry. I An article on drunkennemt in the ?ixth rolume of Dr. Konrad's "Cyclopedia of Political Economy," make* the statement tlut one-fourteenth of the men in gainful occupations in tJermanv are employed ia me manuiaciure ami mic ui iihuaiwuh^ liquor*, and that one-fifteenth of the arable land i.-i required to grow the material* for these drink*. A Campaign of Education. A Berlin tirm, making electrical aj* pliance*. ? carrying on a campaign of education against beer drinking among its men. and has found an increaM of ten per cent, in product per man. Aside from \ the physical harm which it causes, drink is more and more recognized an a handicap in business.?Youth'* Companion. Crying E*ll of the Age. ft.. Jnnl- id tn.i anrurvnt to rfk 1 lie turn Wl u?i?n -? -J , quire nober di*cu?*ion; it u the crying evil of the a^e. It i* gapping the manhoot! or the ruing general :on, and ala?! both *exe* seem to have 'alien beneath the power of it* ?eductirc influence. Tht Craudc ! Brief. The saloon i* the breeding place of tb* j criminal. I Saloon* are the devil'* b?wt net* with j which to catch th-we whom he *eek* to de; Villi?' Tiie man who hc*t m!vn the Sunday ojM'nm^ question for himnolf U the man who doean't drink on Sunday?or any other da v. rhe drinker* have jr??t the idea into their head* that their familieit *!iou!d not nee them jet drunk?i? being time enough for them to gee the effect* of drinking after they are drunk 0:n? of th<* !>e?t firm* of Hriti*h ahipbuilder* recently stated that there i* a loan of 'line amounting to nearly twenty per cent, due largely to drunkenne??. When a crime ha* been committed the poirc itniit? a ronmi ot r no *<iioi>iim wiwrc the irimiiiAl element congregate*. in Hearch of a clue. ami they generally ?ind it tht*rc. Tin- exhau.oting effect of t lie demand* c( oiiety ujM?n it* devotrcK create* a dei4rt for a *t:mu!ant. and hcmt* the evar p(*?ll au<i gcncrou* punrh Imwl i* often the moit popular feature of the social event. The American *alo>n i? bad enough and churihm?n have made up their mind* more upon making the *ix day* of the week more decent. Hut *urelv do not let u? brint Sunday down to the low level of week days.