University of South Carolina Libraries
| In T& Spider's |, J Web. [ 4 ( T cannot bear the man. j I ao It's no one ttpeaking anj 9 more about it! Do you know," ( and titling down she spoke reflectively without the slightest touch , of humor, "he's all less; bin less dom- j Inate him: he has no more eohtrol over their movement* than I have. They ( '? '? #I*a ivimar Hmt i n 11 hti fnl VVUiC IVUIIU t?H 'VIM' ? ? ? w lows them; follow* tbem in a cab. for all I know"?and then Malsie Dorvbeater look in c at ber sister. at tbe grave, seldom-* tail ins sister whose syes twinkled, and lay back and laughed. ( "My dear, money has it* advantages; ire are poor; dear dad is worried to death about income tax. or property tax. or whatever it is. and ttay* things , generally; for two years hi* temper ha* been awful?yon will allow that?and , Bow, to uphold the family tradition of j hospitality. I am to marry Longlegs?a ease of tbe spider aud tbe fly." and , Malsie laughed again, but ber voice had a ring of pain. I I She turned impuUirely to ber slater. "A wee spy in the spider's web," sbe Mid sadly. *. Now. all this turmoil bad ensued because Malsle. wbo bad been Jim Conway's greatest cbum from babyhood to school days, from school days to the time wben be joined a cavalry regiment. where long legs did not matter mncb. had suddenly bethought her that Jim Conway, a poor mau. waa now Lord Culwortb. a very rich one. and people would say that she was mercenary. She was a proud girl, and the Idea hurt her?bun her considerably. Most stories contain a nrutai miner, who. not being well off. bailies his daughter until he has coerced her into juurying a rich man. but in this case It was different. Colonel Dorchester was a good fellow. who was always in a muddle with Ills accounts, and. baring no wife, was * helpless as a baby: so when Jim came on the scene as Lord Culwortb he made him heartily welcome, and was glad Blankton barracks were only mile away. Helen Dorcbemer looked at her sister? looked deeper, perhaps, than she thought. She saw that Maisie was eating her heart out for ber old chum, and that now pride stepped in. and if the former boy and girl intimacy \7ere to be resumed people would say. "What a mercenary girl!" and poor, sterling little Maisie would hear of it. aud it would hurt ber. and then Helen began to think things over once more. Looking out of the window the two ?>TV I.nrjl I'nlwiirth <*rnaa thp lawd. glancing up Ic tb-.-ir direction. long legged, healthy, good looking joungster was be. "clean bred to the finger tips." and the Colonel met biin effusively on tbe lawn. "Culworth, you're welcome. I really thought you had cone on leave or something; It's a week since you were here?" "Well. I bad a nasty cropper, and? look here. Colonel, that last screw you old me would make the fortune of any <me starting a batbiug machine." and then both laughed. ' "Come Into the house." and bis lord hip made bin way to the library?and bene Helen met him. "What baa come over Maiale?" he asked glumly. "Nothing, except that yon are a rich man and are titled and so on." . "I can't drop the title, but ** ' "Couldn't you lose all your monoy in Home awful speculation and let ber think you are poor?" He pulled his mustache and grinned. MYe?," he said. "I-tnight-rU try." the long legged youth looked before \ him. ruminating. "not really, of course, hot?shall I He about it?" and then Malsle Joined them. "I hart brought you cards of Invita- , tioq for the regimental ball." be said, langblng. "the post being prosaic. Say < you will come." 1 "Come?" from Maktie. "We will i Come, of course. Hare we ever missed l H regimental ball? I think I have i danced with every offlcer In the brigade. more or less." ( "And with one of them considerably less." put i& Lord Culworth dryly. j Ma isle, when Jim bad taken his Isave. looked wistfully at her sister. Choking back something. ' "What a pity Spider is a lord." she j ilH anil Ivhiwl Cnlworth was closeted with Colonel | Dorchester. ] : "The girl is a perfect Idiot. CulJirorth." 1 "Perhaps from her point of view she Is tight I hare bad a long talk with ' Helen. Malsle is exceptionally sensi- : tire, and some kind friend suggested to her that she U popularly supposed to he angling for my fortune?"frhich Is rot. of course. Now. will you help me I With my little plan?" < . "Certainly What Is It?" I 1 "You told me the other day you had I am* th(M( In ?K?? ir?nn?nA ntlna " ? !,- -- %mv ??u^??vv uiauc. "And they are not worth the paper i they are written on." "Exactly. I learned to-day tbut the < company Is on Its last leg*. I will give you ?100 for your shares." "You must he mad. Culworth." 1 "Never more sane in my life. I look upon It as a good Investment. I shall take care one or two of Ours know I tiaTe bought some shares, though, of course, not how many. I shall give out I am heavily dipped, a poor man. in fact, and perhaps bring Matsie to her bearings. I can think of no better .way." And the documents were signed. | The ?tb Lancers were next on the roster for foreign service, and as this might be tbe last ball they would give In Blankton. every effort was made to corc a big success. One or two youngsters, whom of kourse. Malsie knew, looked on her curiously. Kate Ogllvle, her special aversion, looked at her with eyes of triumph, and then she saw 8plder cross the room and ask Kate for a dance. .For months past, ever since Jim fetme into the title, Kate had thrown fiierself at his head, and lost no opportunity of tnrning up at every party and Wanes at which tbe good looking lancer grfcj likely to be present. L .What did it all mean? MalsU f*n V f ler brow wrinkling when Teddy D?? ; :re* joined her and led ber off. They took two or three turns, and i SI nisi*? could keep silent no longer. "What does it all menu. Mr. Pucres?" "Oh. you mean about your dear old Spider?" "What has he done?" she gasped. "He has been putting money into wme rotten company that has failed." "Has he lost much?has he lost everything?" "We do not know full particulars jret. but Spider never did anything by rnlves; he is badly hit. 1 should say." "Will he haw to leave the service?" ihe faltered. "Impossible to say. but I suppose so." "Oh. Jim. is this true?" They occupied a retired nook in the conservatory. "That I Have lost money in a rotten company? Yes." "And you must cut the service?*' "I was thinking of sending in my papers." he said, after a pause, and It was true. "Jim." she said, looking up into his Face, "will you come and see me to* morrow?" "Of course. Maisie?after morning parade?" "Yes," and thea her partner claimed tier. The firl's brain was in a whirl when the reached home, half glad and half torry at the turn events bad taken. No >ne could accuse her of being mercenary now. He would call and should iave his answer, even If they half itarved together, and her face flushed lapplly. "It must be awful to be poor after jelng rich," she thought, and then a* the early summer dawn broke she went to her Jewel case. A crisp ?5 lote which the Colonel bad (riven her from the proceed* of the Kangaroo (hares lay atop. This she slipped into in envelope, and directly after break* 'ast induced one of her maids to adIress it. and It was soon on its way to Blankton Barracks. "Five pound* is not much. I know." the said to herself, "but. please ?iod. it < rill help." When Lord Culworth re-entered tls nartoM m ftan niirndo ho tfwilf fl small relvet case from his pocket and looked >nce more at the diamond ring it conained. laughing happily. "The plot deems to have succeeded." ] le said to himself, and thee his eyes .'ell upon the letter. "What a vile hand." and he hanlled be envelope gingerly, hut a subtle. , teent of violets saluted bim. "Muisie!" , ?e cried. "Maisie?" For a moment his blood turned to iee. rlad sbe repented of her decision? Hs i >esltated for some moments to open 1 t. and the strong man trembled like a < eaf. At last be tore It open and ont Iroppod the ?5 note, and something rery like a tear rose to his eyes, and le grew scarlet. ( "(>ood God." be said, under his j ??? ' "I linra mrrliiil thn intp ton I I ar." ao<l calling his servant he jumped nto mufti and drove over to Dorcheser House. Maisie sat alone in tbe drawing oom. She heard her lover dismiss the log cart, and a moment later, with the >rivlleg<? of a welcome guest, he had Tossed the hall, and without waiting o be anuounced. stood before her. For a moment neither spoke; she bad isen at bis entrance. "You are welcome. Jim." she said, lushing, and their bands met. Tbe nan seemed the more agitated of the wo. "Jim! Jim! Months ago you isked me a question. You honored me >y asking me to be your wlf?. and I reused you because you were rich. Now i rou are poor. Jim. Jim. dear; ask me tgain!" Th<* man extended his arms toward tier, and she fletv into them blushing osily. laughing happily. He kissed jer on the lip and brow. "Will you marry me. Malsle. dear?" "Yes. Jim." very softly. "You will never go back on that, iear?" "Never, never." and he slipped the engagement ring on her finger, and she slssed the. gems. "We may be poor, but we shall have each other, dear old joy. You must start as an army cram* ner or something." "You will never repent having accepted me. dear?' "What a question! I am the happiest ;lrl in England. "Suppose I were to cot rich again7* She laughed and looked up at him. "Malsle. dear. I am rich. I only lost i buitdred in that old Kangaroo mine." What her reply may have been it is impossible to say. for he had sealed her lips with a kiss. "Jim. you* have taken mo In." breathlessly. "Yea. little girl." and his arm was round her now. "A case of the Spider and the Fly."?New York News. Hpoarea. Greek and Turkish sponges hat* beeL kuufvn to the trade for hundreds of years. Syria furnishes perhaps the Hn?*t quality, and shipments are made from Tripoli and Latakia to Paris. London. Trieste. Hamburg. Now York aud Piraeus. During the last fifteen years, however, the output has greatly diminished, owing to the introduction by Greek* of diviag apparatus, which proved ruinous to fisherman and fisheries alike. It is estimated that the annual exportation of Syrian sponges at present hardly exceeds $35,000 in value. In the adjoining territorial waters of Cyprus sponge beds are being worked with varying success. Sponges were exported from that Island in 1808 to the amount of $10,425. and in 1S00 $28,835 worth were shipped. Egypt. Barbary. Crete, Rhodes. Samos. Calymnos and other islands of the Turkish aud Greek archipelago also produce sponges for export. A large share of this trade was formerly iu the hauds of merchants with headquarters in Suyrna acd Trieste, but it is now centred in London and Piraeus. The United States <inn-?nllv hnn cnrnn>? nhronii to thi> amount of about $500,000.?iChicago News. Mm'? SMNt Ambit toe. Every man baa a secret ambition to crown bis life wltb some great invention. but it never geta any further than a bopel?** tinkering wltb tbe kltcben range in an attempt to maka It bmro right?Now York Proa* , 4 WM H. YOUNG CAUGHT Slayer of Mrs. Pulitzer in New \ork City Arrested at Derby, Conn. BREAKS DOWN AND CONFESSES Tho ft rand ion of Brigham Tonne. tho Mormon Loader. Lured a Woman to I Hodh, Drugged and Stabbed Her and Tbrow the Body Into n Shallow Canal Hit Capture and ConfeMlon. Derby. Conn. ? Several hours after Williatu Hooper Young, the accused murderer of Mr*. Joseph Pulitzer, bad admitted bin identity, a copy of tbe cablegram sent by bin father, John W. Young, from Paris, advising him to surrender, and declaring that his fain llf would .stand by him, was shown to Young. He road the message, and for the tirst time gave eviileuce of strong . ???? n Itid ohoAlr* eiiiunuu. itraig luiicu uuxu ? and be turned to the wall of bis evil while be made a strong effort to repress bis sobs. He refused to speak of the message afterward. New York City ?Admittiug a guilty knowledge of the murder of Mrs. Anna Pulitzer, but shifting tbe actual commission of tbe crime on another man. William Hooper Young, grandson of tbe great disciple of Mormonism. consented to return to New York City without the formality of a requisition. He was captured in Derby. Conu.. and denied his Identity for twenty-four hours. Confronted with men who know him well, and could not be mistaken. he broke down. W- .? <il~ ?Ka a?nt*?lino> ctifumnnt mru uc uiuui? iuc 9iutiiM<n .?*.?^ ?.v..?. that he bad an accomplice who bad drugged and kilted the woman, and that be (Young) bad packed ber body in the trunk. No such mau as be named Ik known, and the name is not in the directory. That Young did not have any other companion than the woman when be went to bis father's apartments, where the crime was committed, is shown by a cabman who drove.them to the corner of Fifty-eighth street and Sixth avenue on the fatal night. He say* there were but two persons in the cab. ;he man be supposes was Young and a woman who had two inanila bags? probably the buns and cakes which Mrs. Pulitzer left her house to buy. The cabman says they stopped at a drug store before goiug to tiie bouse. Young blundered from the moment le lured Mrs. Anna I'ulitzer into the ipartments of bis father in West Fifty>igbth street. If he killed the woman, ilone or with the help of another, be Blundered in hiring a horse and a ivagon from a livery man to whom he Save references by which he could l>e xaced; be blundered in casting the weighted body of bis victim into a atnal "cut." where it would be exposed it every ebb tide: he blundered in using the blood stained trunk in which hp 1><m1 v was carried as the receDtacle for his own clothing, anil for the clothjig of the woman, ami for the dirk with which she was kilted, and then lending It to a Western city so openly ihat Its discovery was inevitable, rhere was a bare chance that the very ludacity of these acts might have fiven longer liberty to the fugitive. >ut Young made the error which was :he capslieaf of all the others. When Young disguised himself by thaving off his mustache and putting in a pair of mechanics' overalls, he beJeved himself safe for the time being it least. When he was arrested on sux)lcJon he gave the name of "Bert" Edarards. This was not fictitious, but the ictual name of a man known to Young, with whom he had quarreled iu the (Vest, and the history of which bad i?n niilitlahpri broadcast. This cave the tint suggestion that if the prisoner **as really Edwards be would know something about Young. Then when :he police came to search Young they , found in one of his pockets a quantity >f cayenne pepper. When the trunk from Chicago with its ghastly contents wa? examined by Captain Titus he found in one corner I little paper bag of pepper. It was reasoned that if the prisoner in Derby was Bert Edwards, it was strange that resides having been connected with Voting be should be carrying in his pocket material like that found In the Sunk. Identification after that was easy. It was almost certain at 12 o'clock, but at 0 o'clock it was settled oeyond doubt, and at 7 Young confessed. The crime has been positively fixed upon Young by papers found in the trunk he sent to Chicago. Robbery, the police say, was the motive which prompted Young to commit the murder. On Tuesday he whs in sore straits for money. According to the police be bad come to tbe end of bis rope. lie would not work and bad no wny of getting money except by begging or robbery. lie choue tbe latter method, jay the police, and marked Mrs. Pulitter as his victim when be saw her with (lashing diamonds in Mock's restaurant on Tuesday. The most important link in tbechnin of evidence connecting Youug with the murder was supplied when a dispatch was received from Chicago stating that the police had opened the trunk shipped by Young and had found in it the dead woman's clothing and a memorandum book containing the name of William Hooper Young. When the trunk reached this city it was opened by the police and found to contain a paper bag. containing cakes; a set of false teeth, upper, with one tooth broken off. as from a blow; two oi>era hats, two switches of blonde hair. Boy or M?t?b Life Stftr. Kirt Deaven. seven years old. at Schuylkill Haven. Pa., proved himself a hero by saving the life of Miss Eva Ileiui, whose bout upsi-t on the Srhuylkill. The young woman screamed for help and the lad. jumping on a small raft poled It out to her. SO Pins Far 8*?trU( la a Telephone. Juntice Dooley. of Chit-ago. recently decided that swearing into a telephone was disorderly conduct, and lirctl tlie offender $20. Now it \n said lhat every offender of this kind will be prosecuted. The Sporting World. Marcus Hurley won the four mile uovelty race at Vallaburg. N. J., la Dm. 3 3 3s. J. (?. Follansbce will race a stable of horses in California the coming winter. (}. B. Morris declares that the new race course at Buffalo. N. Is a great success. The Carlisle Indians have decided to do tbeir preliminary football work at Carlisle instead of I'loe tirove. Pa., because of the prevalence of diphtheria i - three shell hairpins, a pair of bloody men's gloves, which the police think were used in handling the body: a woman's black belt, a ropy of a New York evening paper, which was covered wth blood stains: some swine and rope us??d to tie ihe body: a pair of corsets, a pair of side carters, a black silk skirt and some underwear, a pair of trousers, damp, as if recently washed: a shirt, covered with blood: a man's coat, also wet as if washed; a package of red pepper, a woman's velvet waist, with polka dots, the inside [ smeared with blood; an eight-Inch Chiuese dirk, two pairs of men's shoes and one pair of women's shoes, the missing bedclothing. a suit of men's clothes, n gray flannel negligee shirt, with collar attached: a pocketbook containing papers, the nature of which tlie police dccline to reveal, and a piece of wrapping paper. The police, under Captain Scbmittberger, made a thorough search of the apartments of Young's father, on West Fifty-eighth street, where the murder was committed, and discovered new stains and other evidence that Mrs. Pulitzer was tirst drugged and then killed. Young's flat is on the west side of the ball, on the flrst floor from the street. It has three entrances, one door oDening into the parlor. This door the janitor forced. A Rax jot was still burning. Everything In the room was in disorder, as though one had ransacked the rooms, getting together a few belongings for a hasty departure. There were no evidences of crime in the parlor, and after a cursory glance around the detectives went through the librtry. the bathroom, the kitchen and iuto the bedrooms. In the rear room they found blood stains on the walls, ou the bed clothing and in the sink. Mrs. Pulitzer was undoubtedly mur dered in this room. Her assailant continued his series of blunders, for he had nor even mad? an effort to remove the incriminating traces. In the rear parlor Mrs. Pulitzer's stockings were found, but a thorough search failed to reveal any other article of her clothiug. The bedroom where Mrs. Pulitzer met death contains in the way of furniture only a narrow folding bed. a chest of drawers, a round table and a chair. The bed was open, and on the upper end of the sheet were a number of blood stains in the form of a rude circle about as large as the space a woman's head would occupy. Built in the wall of the room is a large cupboard. and on the walls of this more blood stains were .found. The Inside of the doors bore several large stains'. A slouch bat corresponding to the one worn by Young when be hired the team was on a table, and In une corner of the cupboard was a bottle of chloral or "knockout drops." This led some of the police to believe that the woman was first drugged and then the knife wound and blows on the head administered. Lawyer William S. Hart, who has been retained as counsel for Young, said that he had received the following cablegram from Young's father "Paris.?Please give this to the newspapers and request publication: To William Hooper Young?I hear you are suspected of a heinous crime and being sought for. I advise you to surrender to the officers of the law. fac Idr the charge like a man. 1 linre en- I p;'i'd counsel for your defense. No j one knowing you can believe you guilty. You owe it t? yourself, your family and the religion you forsook to prove your iunooeure. If you take this course we will stand l>y you. "JOHN W. YOUNG." Bon tf a W??lth7 Horrnoa. Salt Lake, t'fah.?William Hooper Young. the alleged murderer of Mrs. Pulitzer iu New York City, is the son I of John \V. Young, a son of the late Brigham Young. John W. Young is j a well knowu wealthy railroad contractor. At the time of Brigham ' Young's death, in 1877. be was one of I the former's councillor*. He was tried under the Edmunds law. charged with polygamy, but was acquitted on a technicality. Friends and relatives of William Hooper Young say that the young man had always been considered weak minded, aud on several occasions bad shown sign* of dementia. Lately, it is stated, ho bad been addicted to the use of morphiue. Young left Salt Lake City about 1893. but has been back several times. PREACHER'S DRAMATIC FAREWELL Qalte Cloth nd Church After Accusing Wife Him Into III Keokuk. Iowa.?The case of the Re?. P. J. Henness before the Iowa Conference of. tb^ Methodist Episcopal Church came dramatically to an end. After the trial committee bad been in session far iuto tbe night Mr. Holiness took the stand. He said it wjs evident h?- was not to have a fair trial. an-; 'ded the parchments of bU ord I nation to the committee, following with bis resignation from mctnl>er*hip in the church. as well as from the ministry. Turning to bis wife, who was present, the self-unfrocked minister exclaimed: "Woman, behold the wreck of a man you have made." His wife broke down at this dramatic exhibition. Mr. Henness said the reason he left his wife was because of her continual V. S/.lt ilnu'n file ll;iKKI"n< <> UII u UIVKC uvnu health and made it impossible for him to do church work. The charge against him was his separation from his wife, whom he agreed to support, but re flirted tu live with. No question of immorality was involved. The Haitian Government Prodded. The provisional government of Haiti 1* taking aggressive measures ugainst the revolutionists, it is thought, because of a hiut of intervention by the I'nited States unless order U restored. Killed by m Terrifying Dream. Mrs. Margaret Burke, of MrKce'i I locks. I'a.. jumped from her bed while sleeping alongside of her three-year-old daughter as a result of a terrible dream, and dropjied dead on the door. Mrs. Burke had been complaining of liavin^ Terrifying dreams nightly, and Or. Herrington said the dream had evidently caused her d-ath. frnUer lie* Molnea Laancbed. The United States cruiser res Moines was launched at the Fore Ulver Shipyard. yuiiuy. Mass. Labor World. The strike in the white metal trade at Sheffield. England, id still on. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will demand increased wages January 1 next. About 0,000,000 women In the United State* are wane earner; or in business for them wives. One thousand miners arc on strike in Athen County. Ohio, because of tlie check-off system. Journeymen tailors were among the earliest craftsmen to form trad* anions In North America. THE GREAT DE8TB0YER THE I SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT . INTERNA THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. X ' I I Poetn: A Tumbler of Claret?A Story That Subject: I Would fitly Adorn t Temperance to It., Lecture The Method by Which a Life Meinwr Wai Reformed. on the "A friend" in the loneliest hours, "a com* 9. "Hear panion" I called the red wine, Israelite* 1 And sometime* I poetized slightly and to cross t called it "a nectar divine," event. Tl But to-d.iv a* 1 Razed on the clarct that connection parkled and glowed in the sun, actly a* h I asked it: "What have you done for me to increase th*L ?nv true friend would have 10. "The done? ance of thi among the; "You have given me tome pleasant ffcl- tear at sia ings, but they always were followed danger. J by rain; ? going, thej You have given me hundred* of head- whose god aches and are ready to do it again; but they f You ut my blood leaping and bounding, could give which, though pleasant, was hurtful, show, by I no doubt, would defe And if I keep up the acquaintance I am This was t sure you will give me the gout. was not t "When mi "I remember a certain occasion when you out." A li caused me to act like a fool, the land n< And, yes, I remember another when you powerful. made me fall into a pool. of chiefs ai And where is Tom Smitner? You killed giants ami him! Will Howard ycJ made a poor chariots, i knave; country p Both my friends, and I might count a every foot dozen, you have sent to prison or learn from grave. ered-that been great 'Is this a loyal friend's treatment, and are ' <iuest, and you deserving the name? tion for th Say. what do you give those who love you the Indian but poverty, sorrow and shame? to New En A few paltry moments of pleasure, an lander?," i age of trouble and grief. western hi No wonder you blush in the sunlight, you J*"n is oft prtHlmp vnu liar, von thief1 here menti descendant "111 have nothing more to do with yon *nd arouiu from this moment, thia hour, this itcs." The day. moat powe To send you adrift bag and baggage I knovr sometimes is the only safe way." itish And I poured ot^t that tumbler of clarct? " "Ark poured it out and not down on the the sacred i spot, ?f the law And all this, you see, was accomplished by ^ tlut b just a few moments of thought. symbol of -Ella Wheeler Wilcox. ?ver befon the should Tb? Black BotU*. qU,artf.l2 ?f The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph tella the fol- . e (owing true story that "would fitly adorn a temperance lecture." Happening into a n "^Th milliner}' store the reporter noticcd a lady v * who was buying a hat for her little girl. 1?IS!?*? The child made herself sociable with him, . and remarked, prattling artlessly, "We dot _ Jy . i , ' m * veil, or wh lots o nionej now. "Where did you get it, my little girl?" "Papa broke de bottle." Tliis called for an explanation on the _.,?*?i?' mnthor'i niirt and ?hi> fin&llv related how her intemperate husband fiad been re- E*vntn,?,U formed five years before, at the time their . old??st boy had died. This is the tale she told, beginning?as the story of many a re- !?..? "iP!_ formed life has begun?at a loved one'a "^ ,ln death bed. The little fellow slowly turned his eye* tu nri_.? toward his father and said: "I'm going to .. die. papa, for I ?ee the angels beckoning channel fc! me to come. This it Christmas morning, .tanriimr K papa; please let me sc.* what Santa Claus ^ev jj". put in my stocking." ,l My husband went to the mantel and k+(nr? ?u_, took down the little stocking. It was ?,?;, 1 empty! He stood still and stared at it tiii ... ? for a minute, and God only knows the u^n J agony of his heart in that short time. He gn(j ^ ' turned to speak, hut our boy would not have heard him had the poor man's break- kani,., ,n<i j ing heart allowed him utterance. Our boy tl>rrn4V wan dead! . The day before New Year'* my huaband ,r.oui,i k? n called for the whisky bottle. May God for- Dri??ta wet give my feeling* at that minute, for I W-ator nn ?i wished that he. too, were dead. I obeyed him mechanically. To my surprise he took the bottle in hia hand and. pouring the whiaky on the r*onU fi?.l ground. said: "I will drink no more, and han-g^ w) the money I would upend for whiaky we tj.a will put in thii bottle and all enjoy the tj,e DV?rfl0 content*." winter wh You can imagine how happy I wan! He season* is h had aworn off many time* before, but I mountains knew he wj* in earnest thia time. We 0f 9lunmcr made calculation and estimated that i? whisky cost him SS a week. Wefl. it waa decided to put 85 a week ^ey magl In the bottle for five year*, come what j,aa ^ccn , would. The time waa out Uat New Year's tue t' Day. and the hi? black bottle waa broken pj^ , and it contained $1000. But thia waa not Jordan 1 II. .We saved enough in that time, out- I ?he m.mn? ~t tk. w... . i;??u i.nm. , manne' uurcui W..V "--V.c . acie Wis DC But are you not afraid in breakin* the heapec bottle that your husband will break his tj,e river 1 resolution?" coald ^ "N'o; because we have started another ?ve a co'r bottle bank." said the lady with a happy %n(j tj,at tj ?mile. the* adjace The husband in a Macon mechanic, well Galilee " known, and <?njov* the respect and esteem called al*o of all. H* says be never knew how much c;etr jMJt j genuine pleasure there was at home with with'salt his loved one* until he got sober enough jnntance o to appreciate it. and to fill instead of defiance oi empty the fat bottle. one 0f t|,e dared to fa " Wnnttd, m Bartndtr." j; "Dry TVif other Jar we nicked un a newsnatxn around hu and glancing over the advertisements for drained of help read ox follow*: over Jorda "Wanted a bartender. Muat be ? total and trial i abstainer. Apply, etc." for the firsi Is not that a curious advertisement? 1. "All What should we think of such an adver- the nine a tisement in any other line of business? locate on How would an advertisement like this thousand p look? half tribes "Wanted, a barber who never has had of Jordan, his hair cut. Apply at the barber shop on 2. "Twel' the corner." or this: . chosen befc "Wanted, a salesman in a shoe store. 3-5. "Ti He must go barefoot while on duty. Ap- cho-.cn me plv at Blank's shoe store." river-bottoi What other bu*inr.ss finds it necessary and carriei or desirable to advertise for help pledged tir?t cm-am to make no use of the goods sold? Can it 6. "A nig be that the lk]uor traffic finds it has purpotes: wrought so great demoralization among its hntorv an followers that it is forced to draw upon reli^us e< temperance, or total abstinence fanatics in teaching, v order to continue iu bu*ines*7 forward in For nome year* many of the great rail- introduced road*, bank* and other corporation* have fjod Mims* in?i*ted upon partial abstinence from in- jb!e object taxicating liquor by their employe*, ^and be moat % liquor dealers themaelvea are advertming a0ul. for total abstainers to s?ll their product. 7. 'The* thereby confessing the demoralization erection of wrought by it.?Temperance Banner. nu-nt* of ? com mo 11 a 1 Rained by Drunken Rioter*. means of The Board of Trustee* of the Chicago important drainigc canal has barred from the canal stones wer all excursion boat* that carry liquor. The miraculous canal 11 a great object of curioaitv to night- ? seers. The excursion business wan profitable until it began to be ruined by drunken i Are rioter* who got their liquor from the bara In a rec on the boat. Then the trustees broke up reau d:kowa the business. lation fron ??? tin- medial A Hume ror Inebriate Women. ',a'' l*,c over it. The Canadian Government has been pe- population titioned to establish cottage home* in Ot- with ifl.U Umi for inebriate women. The petition "The rapid state* that in the city of Ottawa inUrnper- tJry ^cieitc ance anions women ami girl prisoners has number of increased to the alarming extent of seven- uf adult in ty five per cent.. an>l that women in many in the oldc eases of about the afc?? of twenty have been _ incarcerated for drunkenness or for crimes committed while under the infiu- * enee of drink. Imprisonment to check Sixty toi this evil has proved an utter failure, as with rever there are women iu a brief life of forty are awaitit yearn who have s|>ent twenty years in jail, aioner of i ?XtfW York Medical Journal. tona of thi and deatroj la OUIo. f" ? made to r? T'nder the working'' of the Beal law in printed ata Ohm. during the l.ut few month*. fifty-four with the V town* have voted the ?rfloon out. while More than thirty have voted to retain the tuloona. tioa bare a I Thm is nearly two to one in favor of mo- ? ralitv and re* pec lability. In the fifty-four which have become temperance town* TrmJoed T there were 173 saloon*. This mean* that A tobacc several thomtand families will hare more han trainee money to upend for the necessaries of life. KraiMhoppei and that several hundred saloonkeeper* hire the Ho will have to go to work in some reputable hopper*, an w3y t?> make a living and t>ecome producers inatead of mere vampire*. A great ad- Gaverai ranee has been made, even it there ahall be The tele; aome uareprcMible infraction* of the lav carried on ia thoae towaa.?Journal ?"? M?Hen w. SABBATH SCHOOL 1 TIONAL LESSON COMMENTS I | FOR OCTOBER 12. DiomIbk the Jordan,Josh. III., 9 | 7?Golden Text, Im. Kllll.. a? y Verm, ift-17 ? Commentary Day'i L?on. ' the words." It aeema that the lad no intinution how they were he river till shortly before the i ic addreas of Joahua, taken in l with the miraculous result ex- j e had deacrbed it, would tend i and confirm their faith in (iod. i living Uod." This full asnure presence of the only tree (iod ' m would encourage them agairmt ht of what mmht appear to be . in the land inhere they were j were to combat with idolators, | la were only wood and atone, , rere to have a living (?od, who i life or take it, ana He would ' the wonderful miracle, that He ' nd His people. "Without fail." i strong promise, but even this ; inconditional. See last lesson, t in fails God refuses." 'Drive st of seven tribes that inhabited 1 ow follows. Some of them were , There were formidable leagues : , od kings, organized armies with * >ng them, warhorses and iron t strong stone fortresses, in a ), ossessed by tbo*e who knew v of it. At tbe' same time, we H i the monuments lately discov- t probablv at this time they had n lj weakened by Egyptian con- c lucic wm nine iuca pre para- 0 e Israelites as there was among h s when the Pilgrims came over > gland. "Canaaoites." Or "low- tl rho inhabited the sescoast and n ink of the Jordan. But this t en used to include all the tribes 0 oned. "Hittites." These were 4 s from Heth and were settled in f 1 Hebron. 23: 19, 20. "Amor- h i mountaineer*, the largest and b rful tribe of all. Their name is taken to include all the Canaan- a ' * of the Covenant." This tras y chest which contained the tables j , a pot of manna and Aaron's t udded. Heb. 9: 4. It was the > Jehovah's pretence. "Passeth h ( you." The ark was carried on f ers of the priests nearly three jj a mile in advance of the people. ( Ive men." These men were to >rial stones from the river as |{ iter on priest* that bear the ark." On * sessions the Levit?s of the house t , by special command, bore the a when removed from within the h en borne on festive occasions of c iry interest, the priests, the olf t karon, were the bearers. |( m the people removed." This j| 10th day of Abib or Nisan, the r h in which they departed from 0 ....were dipped," etc. The f, ceeded firat with the ark, and c to the bed of the river, the rhich was immediately arrested. n collecting above the place where h Stood, while the atrnm f?'l ?(f > > Dead Sea, so that the whole r clow where the priest* were g ecame dry. What atrong faith n in God. When they crowed e sea the around wu made dry ji r advanced, but now they start v narch while a mighty river ia j % between them and Canaan, ii tanks." The Jordan had two a ne placet three banka. At ita v r'erflowed the first and second ? covered the whole space between t ts formed by the second and t cs. The waters on each side 1 [imperatively shallow. Here the r e to stand or rest in the sho.il Ii lie eastern bank until the waves t id the river'a channel was made f thty advanced in the midst of t 1 and there stood until all tiie ? crossed. Thia was the barley j tich was several weeks earlier j cheat harvest. The reason for >w at thia time inatead of the ich in that latitude ia the rainy ?cause the snow in the Lebanon melta with the increaaing heat m... .Zaretan." Sec R. V. P e cities were is not known, bat t have been ud the river. ad Am placed by different writer* all 4 om fifteen to fifty miles above t here the Iaraelitea crossed the t liere are many opinions as to r in which this stupendous mir- l rformed. Some think the water I up many miles away and that ^ 5ea was dry as far as the eye Others think that the Lord t itrary direction to the current fie waters were distributed^ over nt country towards the sea of The aalt sea." The Dead Sea. > the sea of the plain. It is ts waters are strongly tinctured "Right against Jericho." An f their boldness, and a noble /. F their enemies. Jericho was . strongest cities, and yet they ce it at their first entrance, ground." Not hard and dusty t dry only in the sense of being water. See chap. 4: 18. "Clean n." The forty vears of struggle * ire over, tod toe people sbmd * t time on their own possession*. d the people." All the people of t nd * half tribes that were to n the west of Jordan, and forty 1 licked soldiers of the two and a that had located on the east k*e men." These men were u ire the crossing. See 3: 12. b reive stones," etc. The twelve 0 n each took a stone from the ? m where the priests had stood, y d them to Cilgal, where their pment in Canaan was located. C n," etc. This accomplished two 1. The preservation of national d religious knowledge. 2. The ducat ion of the young. Object ihich has recently been brought 5 i the art of education, u here as a method of instruction by { ?lf. Bv the presentation of vis- ^ i to the eye, divine truth may ividly photographed apon the j ? stones ...a memorial." The huge piles of stones as monuremarkable incidents has been Jiong all people. They are the ? perpetuating the memory- of P transactions. These twelve a e to be a standing record of the Y passage of the Jordan. I] lerlcan* Living Loncer. ent statement the Ceostis Bu* h the increasing age ot the popu- j u 1 decade to decade, computing j" i instead ot the average age, j filiation being upder ind lialr 1 his median age of the total iu 1900 was 22.8, as compared ^ in 1890. The statement say*. ? [ progress of medical and wnie, the decrease in the relative n children born and the mriu-; ^ immigrants increase the n-uiucr u r age periods." j. Ility Tons of Checks. u of blank checks and drafts iuc stamps imprinted thereon ? ig redemption uy the Commit- d Internal Kevcnue. tio far JW b ise papers have been cancelled L rmA At the lAjt MMSIOU of Con .ppropnation of $7,000,000 Wcii deem document* on which irampa were affixed in compliance P ,'nr Revenue act, now repealed. ? 4UOo claims under thu legisla- * Ircady been paid. f b o orkeya to Hoot OnulMpym, v 0 grower of Windsor, Mass., v 1 a Clock of turkejra to hunt ? s. Planter* from far and near ? i > clear their fields of grass- g u .ae owner is coining money, m?nt Owaa tha TaUphoa*. Eh one service of Germany ia ' r the 1'ostofficc Deoartment. ^ / ?7 rHE RELIGIOUS LIPB HEADING FOR THE QUIET HOUH WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF. Poom: Ah at la With (M?Tk< Horror*mi m fiodUw Lir*-Mn Art Hot Btvtd by Their ITorib A boat Hmih Bit hy Th?lr Do*4s. Shut ill with Ood alone I spend the quiet hour: Hi* mercy and His love I own, And seek His saving power. Shut in with God alone, In meditation sweet Mv spirit waits before the throne, Bowed low at Jesus feet. Shut in with (?od alone, I praiae Mm holy tume, Who gave the Saviour to a to a* For all my sin and ahame. Shut in with God alone, And yet. I have no fear; I rent beneath the cleanainf blood. And perfect love ia here. ?fyondon Commonwealth. Walking In tk? Light. "God i* li((hf. and in Him ia no darknc* it all." I .loan 1: 5. A Godjeae life w vorno off than a nunlena world: better to aiu the light of day than the light of all ife. Yet men will auppooe that the only ray to live the light and happy life ia to :et ai far away from even the thought of he God of all light, aunahine and bright ma an they pocaioiy can. we watt uu tne londy day* are past before we go oat oa ur search for recreation and enjoyment, >ut many feel they muat wait till God, lite >un of life, ha* aet to their view before ley can hope to find happiness. There caa o more be happiness without God thaa here can be flower* without the sun. Mm u<cht to feel and do feel, when their hearts re right, the aame joy at the thought o( lim a* we feel when we atep oat oa a irisht Mummer'* morn for a whole day of asking in its warmth. Where darknea* ia He cannot be. If fM re hiding youraelf under the shadow of ome great sorrow you are bat dwarfing our life, chilling your heart and secreting ouraelf from the only power able to make he light ahine in the darkness of despair. Vhat ia the cause of dark days bat the liding of part of the interests of the life rom the Lord? Aa soon as yoa shot the ight out yoa shut the darkness in, to shot Jod out is to ahat the devil in. And how can we who walk in the lictt ive with face* eclipsed? These brief amiciona are but the vapors that rise from the oil; they cannot snot out the son over* tead. In fact, God is not only a light bove. He is a light within; no matter iow heavily roll these mists and fop they annot make it dark where He is shining in he heart. Men do not fear afflictions so sng as they are in fellowship with nnfa3? ng love, oeiore me ciear sinning 01 in?s ternal goodneM oar fears flee like tboee f children when the light ia turned on ia he dark room and they tee the mother's tee. His perfect light casts oat fear bo? ause it is tne light of a perfect lore. Alas, the hidden and dark places; they nake our cloudy days and they form the lack spot* on our professions. They are he reccdsc* where sin ia conceived and ultured; they are silent yet eloquent ar^jments that make all our verbal testimony vain and void. If we turned our calendars upside down t would make no difference to the year; if re called the nichts day they would be ust a* dark. A life is known bv the way t leads and not by its label. A false life M lie in itself. Men are not saved by their rords about heaven, but by their walk to* rard heaven. The world is convinced by he logic of lives lived in the light, where he finest language fails. Men may know ittle of theology, but they are quick to ecognize the shining of the divine in your ife. The only hope of this poor world ia he light of God shining in tlf. bearta and aces of men. and its greatest danger ia hat those who profess to have thia light hould be but empty and dead lamps, walkng in the darkueas and leading othera leeper in.?Ram's Horn. Sp?ar Points: True humility does good and ia silent. God'* *ympathj ia not exhausted in aigha. "Father" ia the keyword to *11 true i raver. The light from heaven can never lead atray. When God cloaes one door. He opens an'ther. Praver is the anchor that aolds as fast o God. Honor looks better on a background of motility. God puts consolation only where He kac Irat put pain. The shadow may be the price we pay for he Hunahine. God'a patience with the ainner does not ppro/e the sin. There can be no Christiam meeting withut Chriat in the midat. If the King ia indeed near kin to as the oval likeneaa will be recognisable. We know not a millionth part of what . nrim in id us, uui |jti u>j? *c ctcu kd now what we are to Him. Rtoa4luta?M. We need stability aa regards the truth, s we.'! a !cr*J!r to service. It ia my conic t ion that much of the looseneas of Kving nd the barrenness of Christian work is lit* to lack of conviction. It is alao trna hat loyalty of service and loyalty of life oust depend upon loyalty to conviction.? 'he Rev. R. Bagnell, New York. 1 Kltn*l. A man is greater than any form of rital The temple itself was not the link etween God and man, but only the symbol t the link. Christ is not merely one who ymbolizes, but one who ia. Right where ou are, on the mountain or in the valley, i the place for you to worship.?The Rev. I. C. Morgan, Mew York. At Hem* With God. Longed from other things the tb>ught* o Imme to rest. In God the blessed man nd* the love that welcome*; there ia tb? unny place, there care is loosed ard toil artfotten. there is the joyous freedom, tha appy > alm. the rest and renewing of our trennth?at home with God.?Mark Guy 'cane. Esscatlsl KIimiI). The esrential element* of spiritual mind* dne*i are to concede to yourself all tha owers and purpose* of God and then to rtu^Iiri* them bv demonstrating God in our life ?The kev. K. K M?*on, Brook* ru, X. Y Th? Command taanta. Christ lived up to the commandments. en>e Hi* power, and men who have lived p t.? them have led powerful lives ?The Lev. Dr Van Dyke. Tn? Ur*it*r Gift. Be sure of this, the morr a man giveth inufif to hatred in thu world, the more rili he Hnd to hale. But let us rather cive urseive* to charity, and if we have enenc*. and what honent man hath them not? ?t them he ours, since they mux', but let * not be theirs, since we know better.-Lenrv V.m Dyke. True U*i. The true laws of Christian growth a to ink right forward doing the duties of to> ay in the light of conticience and plaa etter things tor the future.?The Kec, )r Harris. Curiae Topers In Havana. The Medical BoanI of Havana, Cuba. reorts favorable progress in the I en cases f leprosy now in the hosfntal there, which re under the special treatment of Drs. Mquc anu Jiorrno, wno nave- icictm; <*en allotted $250 a month by the House t Representatives to continue* their ineitigatioru for a ?ure of the dweane, fhicn were hegun under the military govrnment. The medicine employed by the 'uban doctor* i* an ??xtrn*t from red manrove, and u uxed aj a aaJvc and a tonic. 9e#klai to 4top Kmlrr?tloB. The Hungarian Covernmcnt is taking eps to adopt stringent measures to reflate and restrict emigration. * ' ???