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I I The Big House in the Square. By John K. Leys. I SAT in my bath chair at the corner of the square alone, for I had sent my man to despatch a telegram, and It wan plfasanter for me to Wait in that quiet spot than in the bu.*y thoroughfare. It was a warm day. . Mont of the houses in the square ime ahut, their owners not yet returned from the country, but oue very large house was evidently inhabited. It filled the centre of the block facing ^ the square on my right. I was wonder injt ffuai 11 cuuiu uc, n?r me iiinmns j aeeraed too larjro for a private dwelling bouse. when my attention was attract| ?d by a young man. He came nearer and nearer to me. touching every fourth iron upright of the railing an he went, and then when be had reached the corner, without no* h tlcing me in the least, he turned round And retraced his steps, still touching 9 the railings. But it seemed to me that H be did not lay his hand on the same Hg Uprights that he had touched before. the young man'* reaextraordinary and Just as obeying KBS9HB|iW^^airfd to liiro. I He gave a little guilty start as If F Aware for the first time that he had been observed, and hesitated as if he bad mad^ up his mind to walk away. "Don't go," I said, and ray voice ranched him easily in the quiet autumn * Air. "Yon see I can't do you any harm. I only want to speak to you for a mo Ml" He left the rallintrx and came ap to - inj chair,,and then I saw that bp wax really a wqr nice looking l>r?r with an open, pleasast face that just now was U*hUy flushed. 3I Be why yon touched every nprigbt In the railing! aa you passed along jnat now?" The jotmg man's cheek flushed with * shame and aanoyaace. and he replied rather aharpiy, "I can't conceive, sir, how that if any business of yours.'! > "Too art perfectly entitled to make sue that aflswer." said I with a smile, "and. to tell the troth. I quite expected that yon woald. But as you see, I am an Invalid, and being unable to go *k<Ml aa MM Mn IIHU thlnra MM Mnt I to acquire in anna turn I importance in I my eyes. My curiosity has been I roused, and If you can see your way to V gratifying It I should really feel obliged to you. Besides, you know you prutnW toed to do me a favor." W ,"01i. well" said the youngster in an Off-ho ad way and with a tons of his boulders that I thought became him vastly. "If you care to know, the fact la I was seeking for s mark ou the raillags?a signal." Tcs." "Too see that bis bouse opposite? It to a girls' school, and one of the young I ladles there?" | He stopped and hesitated for a word. I blushing fsrionsty. I ; "frith whom you are in love?" I "f suppose you would call It that. Slic R, to very 111. and I daren't go to ask how P she is. They wouldn't tell me if I did." I "But whyr 9 ' "Became she Is a ward in Chancery. I had they hare got an Injunction?" 5 "Against you? Upon my word, my P young man. you are beginning early." "Don't make fun of me. please, sir. I can't stand It. and I might say wracthing that voald not be respectful, and be horribly sorry for It afterwards." "I assure you I am not laughing at yon nor thinking of such a -tblng." mild b I. And as I looked Into the hd's logemuous face I wished I could bare bad anch a bay to call me father. "But I don't understand yet about the signal." X added. "It was Carrie Embleton. one of tbe little gtrla. who promised that if Winale was better she would makr a sticky smear oa ant of the railing*, but I ? >.<. >kl. 4. It t.,1 f .m nairu I VC^II ?uil cw uuu It. nuu rnu afraid she will not |tt better; she may J die. and I than tierer see her ajrain." hp "How would It do If I were to go to the I ouse and Ilk for her?" "Oh. Mr. If you would! And do jou think.I might go with jour 1 pondered for a moment, and Just then ^egkina, ay man. eame round the corner ofthe street That gare me an Idea. "Suppose yon take my man's place and wheel me tip to the house?" I said. "Then yen will hare to help me up the steps, for I can't walk by myself, nrd I can make the excuse that I want to V hart* yon within call to bring you into the sitting room. If you are not afraid of being recognised that might do." "I don't think Mrs. Melrose would # recognize me earning as your servant, gad If she did It wouldn't much matter, abe could only torn me out." As he poke be laid bhi hand on the long banA AUt at the chair. I despatched Jenkins on another er *" rand and the yiuns? man wheeled mo op to the big !iou*c. On the way I asked bis name, and be told me It was Edward Hetberl ngton. We were admitted without any dlffl' cnlty. and aa a> waited Tor the rahtress of the bouse to appear my companion whispeired to me somethlujr v rather Imports lit which I ha.I quite forgotten. The jrounsr lady's name, ho aid, was Winifred Cordon, and she bad neither father nor mother. Mrs. Melrose swept into the room, a welt developed specimen of her class. 8 And came up to me wncn r;i?? per?*eiveii 8 my helpless condition. Hetherington w Stood modestly near the door. I "I called to Inquire." I said, "after S the health of one of your pupils in I .whom I am Interested?a Miss Cordon. I I was told that she wan seriously ill." I "Shi? was. but I ain i?ln?l to say thai abe is better. She is to come down ?tairs to-day for the first time since Iter lHne*a.** 9 "I am sincerely glad to hear it." sai?l H I. "May I ask you the nature of her IK'; Illness?" '*? H "Oh. nothing Infectious, i assure you. H % sort of low fever. The foolish child S fancied herself in lovp with a very preH sumptuous young man. Perhaps yon KB may know the circumstances?" K ; I said I knew something of them, jffl" | "Well, abe was so silly as to allow jH jtUflt to upset her conaiderably. And BH tbis news about her uncle has. of jBeourxe. retarded her recovery." B^,."Hcr under M "Yea- Have you not heard? It Is rtbe most scandalous talc*. Mr. t i Gordon was behoved to !k? one of the wealthiest men In Bombay. He was very indignant when be heard of the love affair I alluded to and immediately told hi* solicitor to settle ?ltJrt for bim ou Winuie ho tbat be might make her a ward of Chancery and Im? able to get an injunction against the young man?I forget hi* name." "HetberingtouV" "Yes. of course, tbat i? I?. Well, now it turns out tbat the man's wealth was all sham and pretence. lie has been practically a bankrupt for years, and I may think myself lucky that I was paid my last term's bill. Of course. I shall get nothing for this term, but fortunately it has just commenced." "Then you mean that Winnie must go out to India?" "Tliat woniu ih? ii wiiu nr<h"c . said tin* schoolmistress with a little scornful laugh. "No one knows pre- t cisely what has Itecome of .Mr. Gordon ?at least. 1 hare not been able to learn I anything of his whereubouts, and I i fancy more than oue of his creditors would give a good round sum to get his address." "Then what is to become of Winnie?" "That ia just what I should ho very much like to know. I hoped, when the servant told me you had come to inquire for her. that you might have something to propose ? something in the nature of a home to offer her." I shook my brad. "Then what Is to become of the poor child 1 cannot Imagine. She is too young to earn her own living?much too young. I cannot send her to the workhouse, and yet I cannot be expected to keep her here for nothing." "No one surely would tie so unreasonable as to expect that you would vol uatariiy do a thine of that Kind." i exclaimed, and the lady looked at me very sharply to see "whether I wan speaking ironically before she replied. "I must try to get her into pome orphanage, but I fear it will be very difficult." A* she said these words the door opened and a giri of about sixte?n came shyly into tbs room. She was not strikingly pretty, but her expression was gentle and sweet aud she was pale as from a recent illness. I beckoned her to come to me. and without noticing the young mau who stood close to my chair wondering, no doubt, who I was and what I wanted | with her. Mrs. Melrose considerately left us to ourselves, and my temporary servant drew a few steps nearer as soon as the door had closed behind her. "My dear." I said, takiug her by the hand, "there is some one here who is i very anxious to see you." She followed the direction of my j eyes and then with a imic scream ncr i bauds went up to her breast. And the j next I knew was that they were la each other's arms. I bad forgotten all about the Chancery Division of tbe High Court of Justice and Its ridiculous injunction, but it was scarcely worth remembering now when there was no one who cared to enforce it. Perhaps if I had bad the use of my limbs I might hare thought it necessary to go out of the room or at least to turn my back. As It was I might have shot my eyes, but this did not occur to me. It was most touching and beautiful to watch the innocent raptures of the two young lovers. There was no time for words, and it was plain that they bad a better language than any verbal one. A broken sentence now and then wag all they seemed to need. The lad's face was radiant his eyes burning, his whole frame quivering with excitement, and as for Winnie she seemed to be literally drinking in great draughts of happiness. A. V I.aI.^1 r tin m? mln.l 0 I IUUBCU ft MiUIIV M|' "/ ??? "Hetherington. my hoy." said I, "be good enough to retire for a few moments to the other end of the room or outside the door, whichever you prefer. Winnie, come here." She came close up to me. aud I said, "give me your haud." She put ber slender little hand in mine. "I know your story, my child.** said I. "but yon do not even know my name. As you sre. I am an old man. at least compared to you. and a cripple. I have an aunt who keeps house for me. Would you like tto make your home with me. Winnie? It may not be for very long, for I can see that the day is not far off when you will want to fly away to a little nest of your owu. But till that time conies will you let me be your father? I know Just how you are feeling about Ned there, but you know marriage is a serious thing aud there ought to be some one to see to things for you. Will j-ou let me l?e that some Her bonny brown eyes opened wider with surprise and then n pleased look eame Into them. Finally she brnt down, rested her arm on my shoulder, and lightly kissed! me on the cheek.Philadelphia Telegraph. Nordlca'i Vlituki. There Is a certain confectioner's shop at St. Moritz, Switzerland, wblcb all the notabilities during the season are in the habit of visiting about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Last summer Mine. Nordica went tbert> one afternoon and when the coffee for her party was unreasonably delayed she set out to investigate the cause. To a man in front of the counter where every one helps himself to the kind of pastry he wants, she said in German: "Why don't you bring our coff?*e? I am worn out with halting." "Madame." came the reply in ths suavest of French. "I would lie very giad if I could, but I have nothing to do with the plat*." He was a ltusslan count and in tb? course of things was presented later.?Chicago It"cor<l Herald. Vrlvn With thf Hrrt. This explain* why a beginner almost invariably eltbei "toes" the hall or cuts a clod from mother earth: and it aixo points to the remedy. If. Instead of trying to hit the ball with the middle of the club face, he aims at "heeling"' it?that lu. striking it with the hee! (a club head being a "freak/* jM'SKcsscs a face, a toe and a heel)?he will generally make a better shot. A practised golfer unconscious!}- makes the necessary allowance for the bending of the driving shaft, but had he known during his noviate why he so often "struck Scotland." as the caddio remarked to Balfour, be would probably have made more rapid progress ?The Strand. / l , r . V ~ . .... ... / / f Now York City ? Wide horizontal i tucks make a marked feature of all the < latest gowns ami skirts and may be relied u|>on as lw?lnK correct for mauy Ak O.VK OP THB LATEST OOWKS. , months to come. The skirt illustrated ' (s a novelty and allows of a double 1 flounce effect without the weight of n I foundation. As shown it is made of 1 bluck canvas etamine. stitched with eortlcelli silk, hut all the season's materials are appropriate. Henry linens will be so made, cloths are always handsome, and the lighter wools and ' joft silks all take admirable folds. Tbe skirt extends to the upper edge af the flounce and is fitted about tbe hips by means of short darts and closed ( invisibly at tbe back in habit style. ( The lower edge Is finished with a tuck beneath which the flounce is attached. The flounce In In two portions that are joined beneath the central tuck and ( also has a tuck at the lower edge. The , upper edge of the skirt can be finished with the belt or cut on dip outline and underfaced or bound. The quantity of material required for < WOMAN'S FIT .nedium size is nine yards twenty-seven i Inches wide, six yards forty-four Inches < wide or four and five-eighth yards fifty 1 two inches wide. ' 9 Smart Tor 8tr*?t Wear. 1 Fitted half length coats are among 1 the smartest of all smart things for street wear, and are seen with both I long and Hhort skirts, as parts of entire I costumes and as separate wraps. The i stylish May Manton model shown iu I the large drawing is cut on the latest i lines, and Is suited to both purposes, but. as shown, is of gray zibellue, < stitched with silk and finished with a 1 velvet collar, and makes part of a i walking suit. Cloth of all sorts, the I ??- ? ?i i many suiting materials. ven? auu heavy linens are all appropriate. Tbe quantity of material required for ' tbe medium size Is eight yards, twenty- < one inches wide; four yards, forty-four Inches wide, or three and one-quarter 1 yards flfty;two inches wide. ' I Wlilm Wool Stock. A touch of white at the throat is gen- I erally becoming, and something new In this line is now offered to reprice the tulle, lace and cbiffou white neckbands which bare l>ecn worn for a long time. The new stock collar is of white tvoob-n goods, soft and line. It is decorated with the narrowest possible gilt braid a mere line in width, and therefore rather bard to stitch on. This braid is applied in five rows, which come around from the back of the neck i whore the collar hooks, toward the ' middle of the front. The rows do not quite nippf, :ith| ciip.v n*rnnii.iie ui'iinim tiny xrilt tnwoln. which nr?* grouped in a iloiililc row :iui] form the distinguishing orDamont of the white woolen slA/>b filch Crown Here mul there, says the Millinery Trade lie view, one comes across a high-crowned bat. and according to soidp authorities, high crowns are destined to l?e held very fnshiounhle later on. In tbe meanwhile. for oue h.-it made with a high crown, thousands '?a?-e either quite low crowns cy are I of plateau form. So far as I have been 1 able to ascertain, few American buyers 3 vestured upon high-crown shapes, and I V uiti. o'-i. ' I yrcsT i ?RK. rAawoNi j for tbe present I think they need not occupy us much. Dainty Whit* Girdle. The new girdle of shaped and stiff, ened and bias-cut black velvet Is twist*' into a shape of decided originality, j It follows tbe waist line in the back, and of course droops low in front to carry out the correct blousinc perspective. It appears to be supplied with two long wings or ends sharply pointed like a swallow's tail. One of these end's points downward, and the other Is reversed and points upward. Tbe ends are stiffened with either wire or whalebone, and tbe upper one Is furnished with a small hook at the end. which fastens to a corresponding eye in the blouse front to keep it in place M llllaary Jewelry. The latest millinery Jewelry Is of , enameled French gold, some pieces of which are set with white and colnred ervstals. Novelties annear Id brooches of cluster* of cabochons of mock cat's eye stones, set la filagree, j Pure snow-white and champagne color are seen In the enameling referred to, j ind snow-white with chnuipagne-green. pearl and opal grays, rotten orange and , bronxe-brown, are among the later col- 1 org in other departments of the new millinery wares. Law Col flare In Paris. Paris has accepted the low colffur? ilong with the colarless bodice. Thla teems to Indicate a demand for hair sets, as well as hair ornaments of shell, ! precious and semi-precious stones, jet. Breaths of foliage or small flower*. Wuhtblo Pong?? Skirt*. I Washable pongee skirts are to be found In pale shades, pinks and blue*, ; ami in the natural pong??e color. They ire trimmed with lace-edged ruffles. The Flower Toque A(*Jn. Tbe flower toque Is to be seen a en In (bin spring, but its shape will be wider ind bolder tban heretofore. Gray mi! Mmt*. Gray and mauve Is a favorite sprint ; combination, and amethysts. we are told, are to be again fashionable. Wuhtblt Stock*. Stocks are among tbe accessories ot Jresa whose variations know literally i ______________________ I TED COAT. no ?ud. None however, are more de- | ilrable or more stylish than the simple 1 washable ones which come forth fresh ; mil new after each visit to the laundry, j Tbe May Manton models shown are among tbe newest and are suited to A rurlcty of materials. No. 1 Includes a plain stock and fourIn-band tie wfth soft pointed ends, and U finished with fancy stitching. An shown tbe mnteri&l Is blue cbainbray, 1 bit* all the linen and cotton materials used for the purpose are appropriate. | No. 2 varies from No. 1 lu baring ; ?nds cut diagonally and lu being made tvith tiny tucks as a finish to both the itock and tie. If desired cords can be Inserted in these, but they are exceed* iugly attractive plain. No. 3 combines a sto?.'? of white butcher's linen with a tie of embrold* ( ?red batiste and is quite plain. Ic each instance the ties are attached j to the back ed^es of the stock, brought iround to the front and knotted under , :h<> chin. The qunntity of material required, i twenty-sevea luches wide. Is for No. 1 Qs i.y/I fco j if 16 three-quarter yards; No. 2, three-quar:or yarus, and for No. 3, one-elgliti rards for stock and three-quarter yard* 'or tie. PRESIDENT OH PHILIPPINES | Mr. McKinley's Promises Have Been Fulfilled, Roosevelt Declares. THE AMERICAN AfcMY DEFENDED Soldiers Commended m Drar* Mid noinane Toward o Treoeberooa Foe? Governor Toft PraUed ? Tbe Prealdent Travels Over Familiar Ground to North Dakota?Greet* Old Acqoolotoocea. Mandam. N. D.?President Roosevelt has traveled through familiar country. At many places * he recognized old friends, and from his conversation it was evident that the day had been one of tbo most enjoyable ones of bis trip. The weather was clear an<l bracing. At Fargo. Jamestown and Qisruarck he made speeches. Stops also were made at Casselton, Tower, Valley City, the | borne of Governor "White; Dawson. Dickinson and Medora. At Bismarck a number of Indian chiefs were introduced to the President. Some of them had fought against Custer. The President traded with I two of these Indians eighteen or twenty years ago. and he instantly recognized them. There were 200 Sioux, Crosventres and Creeks in the party. Among them was Rainin-tbe-Face. the Sioux chief, who is said to hare killed Custer. John Grass, the orator and Chief Jus !/><? nf ?ha SlntlT nPd?Pllt(*ll trt the President the tribe's good will In the form of an address. He also presented a peace pipe of beautifully carved pipe-stone. Among the chiefs present were Red Tomahawk. the Indian who killed Sitting Bull at the time of the uprising In the early nineties; Red Fish. Black Bull. Standing Bear. Crow Ghost and Cross Bear. "We have l>een treated well by the good. Great Father." said Grass, "and we hope he will again be Great Father when his time Is over." Water, chief of the Mandan Indians, also presented written assurances of tbf good will of his people. "Tell him." said President Roosevplt. through the interpreter, "that I am glad to see him. The Mandan Indians have always done well." Then the wrinkled old chieftains grasped the President's hand and solemnly grunted their approval. /' Medora. wheve Mr. Roosevelt at one time owned a ranch, and which was his postotflce address sixteen years ago when he was Sheriff of Billings County, the ranchmcn from the surrounding country bad come into town, and they save the President a truly Western reception. "Joe" Ferris, the President's old foreman, and his brother. S. M. Ferris, met the President at Bismarck, and rode with him to Medora. The principal speech of the day was made at Fargo. Mr. Roosevelt briefly sketched the restoration of order in the Philippines, and contlnufd: "We should not hav# abandoned tbe conflict without shirking duty. If we had abandoned It we should have Inflicted upon the Filipinos tbe most cruel wrong and would have doomed them to a bloody Jumble of anarchy and tyranny. "It seems strange, looking back, that any or our people snjuia nave laueu 10 I recognize n duty so obvious, but there 1 was such failure, and the Government at home, the civil authorities in the Philippines, and above all. our gallant army, had to do their work amid a storm of detraction. The army In especial was attacked In a way which' Anally did good, for in the end It aroused the hearty resentment of the great body of the American people, not against the army, but against the army's traducers. "In the army It was impossible that occasional Instances of wrongdoing should not oceqr. The fact that tb?y occurred in retaliation for well-nigh intolerable provocation cannot for one moment be admitted in the way of exuse or Justitfcation. All good Americans regret and deplore them, and the War Department has taken every step In Its power to pnnlsli the offenders j and to prevent or minimise the chance of repetition of the offense. But these 1 offenses were the exception and not the j rule. As a whole onv troops showed not only signal courage and efficiency, but great humanity and the most sin- j cere desire to promote the welfare and liberties of the Islanders. "In Governor Taft and his associates we sent to the Filipinos as upright, as conscientious and as able a group of , administrator* a* ever any country hag been blessed with having. The administration Is IncorruptIbly honest; Justice is as jealously safeguarded as here at home. "There Is not In this nation a higher or finer type of public servant than Governor Taft. He has rendered literally Inestimable service, not only to the people of the Philippine*, lint also to the people of the T'nlted States by what he has done In those Islands. He has been able to do It because from the beginning he hos been given absolute, support by the War Department under Secretary Root. The civil government, of which Governor Taft is the head, will do as .well In the future as it has In the past Iwcause It will be backed up in the future as it has been in the I past." Commending the now militia scheme. President IJoosevcJt said: "I believe that no other great country lias such tfnc natural material for volunteer soldiers as we have." Proclaim Mnlal Sultan. The RifT tribes of Morocco have enthusiastirally proclaimed the Sultan's brother. Mulai. Sultan. In Deepen the Klvcr Titanic*. A bill was introduced in the Ilrltish House of Commons providing for expending $12.."i00.000 oij deepening the i'hniiics anil establishing a Hoard of Control. with power to purchase dock* nud warehouses. titration Get* s.iso.ooo. Ry a compromise I. Harry Sirnfton Is tii receive $.'>.10,000 In cash and stop his suit to recover the ?i."?.ooo.iMNi left by his father. Winflvld Scott Stration. for tiie establishment of a home for the pour in Colorado Springs, Col. >'twi or tb* Toncra. Iowa coal minor* have secured an Increase of ten j>or cent. Colored plasterers ut Indianapolis, Ind.. will organize a union. Efforts are being made to organize a textile union at Newberry, S. C. C.love workers have selected n labeJ to he attached to union-made goods. Weavers at St. Stepnen's, N. R., have demanded a tlftecu per cent. Increase In wages. .Shoe workers in Germany are paid only one-fourth as much as those In this country. WVJtrtif .ttLtot.,.. X . . ? THE GREAT DESTBOTER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT I THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Fo?m: Tha Saloon Bar?Poor Womaaklad the E vary day Victim* of the Drink D?tnon-Daiftr of Living With Inebriate Qaaband* and Children Starrer*. A bar to heaven, a door to hell; Whoever named it, named it well. A bar to manline** and wealth. A door to want and broken health; A bar to honsr, pride ami fame. i A door to ain, and grief, and ahame; A bar to hope, a bar to prayer. A door to darkness and despair; A bar to honored, useful life. A door to brawling, senselcas it rife; A bar to all that'* true and brave, A door to ever)' drunkard's grave; A bar to joys that home imparts, A door to tears and aching hearts; A bar to h<*avcn, a door to hcll;^ Whoever named it, named it well. ?Our Young Folks. XTir* KitUn Crased by Drlalc. Tnere are but few daily newspaper* which fail to chronic'.e the murder or attempted murder of some woman or child | by men crazed by drink, ever}- day in the i year. It in a painfully monotonous chronicling, and the worst part of the whole busi* ' ; nes* is tne neiptessness 01 tnc victims. If there were a dozen mad dog* in Gedr- ? gia roaming at large, that bit or attempted ! to bite somebody every dav, the people in the vicinity would feel they were doing fjo.xl work in the service of civilization and for the benefit of humanity to turn out en masse and make a finish of the epidemic of hydrophobia. No matter how much it cost the county or the State they would do their best to put an end to mad dog brutes. Nevertheless, the husband and father of a family can place himself in the cateEry of mad dogs infected with a craze to II his wife and children, or any other person who may rush in to the rescue of these helpless ones, and he is let alone ' until be does his bloody work. It positive- I ly fatigues the indignation to see the indif- j ference of public opinion to these daily atrocities. Human life seems to be the cheapest thing under the sun. For years ! and years a few faithful temperance worn- I en have petitioned the Georgia Legislature . to erect an inebriate asylum where these J drunkafrdi may be imprisoned until they | are cured of this madness or kept sober un- ; til they can be released under a furlough ; ' or ticket-of-leave and bono for good be ha- j vior. They have been met bv the complaint that it would be a harbor for the drunkard i j who would be fed and housed at public j expense. Granting this fact, if fact it be. , ^ would it not have been better to have kept , j th.it miserable creature in a lock-up who J ; killed his father-in-law, who did ni? ut- i . a. a. _ 1 *tl L* !*_ J J II? i most 10 kui nu wiie ana son ana nnauy j killed bin own desperate self? This sad ' j tragedy happened in the lairt three days ! within fifty miles of Atlanta, and it is ?im- j ( ply one of many that we read about ever)' j da v. Poor womankind are the everyday vietims of the drink demon, and whether it ' is poisoned liquor or a decadence of public 1 ' virtue, I em unable to say. but no woman | { is safe in her own home with an inebriate j J husband, and she is the prey to vicious j lust on the common highway from drunken fiends, as the records testify. Something must be done, tor no woman j should be compelled to live in the house 1 with a habitual drunkard. She should . ' have some protection. ! . When I think of the licenses which are ! sold, the permits bought to make demon- J iacs out of husbands and fathers, I feel the j blood run hot in my veins, to see the indifference that prevails in this liquor biwi- f oesa. Fifty years from now the people of j that era will be ashamed to own as their ancestors a lot of men who would license ' 1 ll l_- .1 :/. i -II i ,!:ii . 1 | int." mdmog 01 muse wiie-kiner* ami <-ui*u. i . itarvera. God help us to see this evil! i' I The tears filled my eves as I read of that 1 . [ aged father who met his death in a vain , J struggle to protect his daughter and her f I | children from this demoniac drunkard. ! J ' And yet the demoniac drunkard was a dep* , ' nty sheriff under oatk and bond to pre? j J ; serve the peace and protect tbe innocent in , i tbe county he l|vea in! -?*. y . ' ? travesty on our politics! What [ a before nigh heaven, such pretences ' and shams! It is understood?well kn^rp. I | publicly stated fact?tjie deputy sheriff E< in tne ba'jit of "going on ajfWtt&Ui ' t ao well authorized that his poor wite 1 I felt obliged to get away from him and to ' take her children ou( of his reckless path * in.life. Because she notified the inebriate ' of her resolution she was shot down like a dog in her own house and lay beside the dead body of her own honored father, who came in response to her frenzied call | for assistance and was brutally murdered, j Why is it that nobody helped that worn| an. or protected her from this confirmed ' I inebriate, who was by some strange mis* I chance fastened upon the whole county as a deputy sheriff? It is a time for plain talk, and that man had no business in such an office. He was unfit to live in the same house with that long suffering wife and her children. There should have been ! some place of refuge for this hunted-down woman, or some lock-up for the infuriated drunkard.?Mra. W. H. Felton, in the At- ; * Lanta Journal. a c a loiiic Favor la Clvlllsad Katloaa. v The disposition toward more thorough | * reKulation of the liijuor traffic in order to , lessen drunkenness and crime is becoming , constantly stronger both in the Old Worla and the New. In Great Britain the tend- i t eney toward keeping the publican* within ' e barriers wisely set up for the public wel- ' 1 fare is unmistakable. In France and else- J where on the Continent of Europe a sirni- * lar trend may lx- recognized. All over this repuldic the efforts to check 1; the excessive use of stimulants and to les- j aeti the increase of the legions of besotted t victims of the alcoholic craze are becoming t ateadily more active and extensive. In " many communities agitation against the pernicious practice af "buying drinks" in f barrooms in the lavish American way of c "treating." which has added countlcss re- n cruits to the army of drunkards, is now c persistent and irreprc?sib!e, and can hard- I l.v fail to make further prog res* of aub- r stantial importance. "Crooking the e!- p bow" in dramshops is becoming less |>opu- v lar than it was a few years ago. It now o behooves the manufacturer* and wholesale o and retail dealers in strong liquors to take v counsel not of perfection, but of di?erc o tion. The dispensers of hot and rcheUi.vis u lit]uors are usHiiredlv Iodine favor in iv.V fa ized nations.?New York World. Tb? Cruaari* in Kriitf. Ther* are now 147-5 Prohibition Aili.? fn the I'nited States. Pennsylvania s. ?n<!s ' fourth in the li?t of .States, with 12?> Al- * lianccs. r The Town Board of Fulton. Kalamazoo, , Mich.. i-? wrestling with an unuiii.il problem. which involves their right to grant a 1 iii-cnse for a saloon within eighty rods ol J a ivinetcry. ' i The, State's railways of Sweden have f ndopted a inn?t exemplary measure in the . inn-rests of temperance. During wint. r they Miiiplv at several stations on the <fif ^ ferent lines warm milk free of charge to . the engine ir.cn and guards. Fully one-halt of the female inmates n:' K-ist London workhouses are there because of lives ruined by the use of alcohol. The (treat American raiiwavs pay special |< attention to the <|uestion of intoXKanS. < >.?me of them insist on total abstinence on n the part of their employe*, other* in filiinx \ up xitnationd give the preference to al? 1, Htainer*. The same thing i* often doue by c, manufacturer*. ( A report ju*t i**ued ntate* that the t prowth of th?* public hou*i tru?t movement |i throughout Kn>:!and ha* lieen remarkable. ? It ? said th.it there i* now h.irdlv a cuun n t;' in England in which a public hou-c | tru*t i* not either nrojected or actively n nt work, ami public nouses on tru*t prin ? tuple* am now opened in ten counties in 0 Scotland. There are about tiftv bouse* ui P England and sixteen in Scotland. y ???????MB THE RELIGIOUS LIFB t ?o REAOINC FOR THE QUIET HOUR WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF; Poo: Comfort On* Aaothor?What Ckrtd Toarhos A boat II* rt KlghtwiM Too Shonld Know if th* Lord la M* rwtlBf Troth Toward Too or K?t ; Comfort one another. With the hand-clasp close ana tender, With the HWfotncu love can render. And the look* of friendly eye*. Do not wait with grace unspoken, While life'# daily bread u broken? Gentl* speech is oft like manna from tto skies. ?Margaret E. Sangster. Look to I ho Heart. How many professed Christiana caa stand this searching test? In the light of this chapter men who have been accttetomed to think themselves free from the terrible tins of murder, adultery, perjury, revenue and gross selfishness, find their lives laid bare, and to their aatonishment ill in not so sweet and pare as they supposed Are we Pharisees yet? Is it possible? After all these years of reading Christ's tceahings hare we (tot no farther than ' Thou shaft not Kill.' or, "An ty for an eye, a tooth for a tooth?" Strange indeed to the cars of thoae diatriplet, used to the letter of the law, moat have sounded Christ's words, "Bat I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with hoi brother without a cause shall ree in danger of the judgment." etc. Not onlr punishment is to be theirs, but their gift, liko Cain's. will be refused at the altar until the hate toward the brother ia cone. "Therefore, if thoa bring thy gift to the iltar, and there remembereat that thy brother hath aught against thee; leaf# there thy gift before the altar, and go thy tvav; first be reconciled to thy brother, ind then come and offer ?Jiy gift." It is not much easier to-day to do thia it *a. a.i ri n w : i :nan ic wax men. r. o. aacyer inn now in came to church one morning and found that his verger had done a verv foolish thing, which made him angry. He says: 'I lost my temper. I was going to preachi rithia^a quarter of an hour. As a result >f losing my teaoer I was as far oat of Fellowship with God as a man may get. Mv officers were all coming in to pray with me before I entered the pulpit. I lid net know what to do. I knew I had fallen. I knew I dared not preach God's gospel until I was right with man. because w! cannot be more right with God thus srith his brother man: one's position as ? man is the gauge and indicator of one's position before God. I thought they would ill think that I was craxy, but I nng the bell, callod the verger in, and said tonigi: You did an uncommonly unwise thing just now?I cannot take that back, bat that did not exonerate me for losing my temper. Forgive me.' The man looked more startled than pleased, but that did not matter. I had done what was right, ind my sonl shout into'the blue of God'g leaven again." The fact that before God the thought in the heart is equal to the action seems % lard one for us to accept. We continue u'lgir.k uiiirrn?auu iiiunt ui an, uuirciic* -by the outward appearance and contino* rorgetting that "the Lord looketh on the leart." To quote once more from Mr. Merer: "Wfcea water is left to atand the particle* if ailt betray themaelvea as they fall oa? >y one to the bottom. So, if you are quiet, rou may become aware of the presence ia rour aoul of permitted evil. Dare to con* rider It. Do not avoid the sight as the Mnlrupt avoids his telltale ledgers, or aa the consumptive patient the stethoscope. Compel yourself quietly to consider what?ver evil the Spirit of God discovers to rour soul. It may have lurked in the cup>oards and cloisters of jour being for rears, suspected but unjudged." In a lesson like this each one of us should take this quiet time for self-examination. it is necessary that wc know if we art >ne of those to whom the Lord ia directing :he truth. For instance, how many of us ire willing to take op revenge in doing cood to the one who,Una injured oa? Nay, , iow often our carnal hcarta cry out, "An ;ye f^r an eye." He did so and so to me. irhy should I speak to him or have aught to do with him or his until he apologises? There is a much-needed lesson underiys. ing the paragraph where Jesus speaks 'of purity of heart and the sa crednoea of the some and the marriage relation. I* it not. true that the young people of to-day haveillontd themselves often to drift into a' relationship with one r..?other wfciph they ran "harmless flirtation," and tffttch . [en teuil t<J !3?*r twto fe??renM for? iow. the Mcred names of "husband" and Vie#?" It is a delicate auftect io tone* 1008, and yot the number of tocajIciP 'harmless flirtations" which in bro? ten hearts, or worse atill, broken r.-ould seem to justify .the spending of ^ ittle thought upon it. -The world needs a vholesome comradeship between its young nen and womeo; a comradeship which ihall keep the tender pressure of the band, he precious glancing of the eye, for the me. and not for the many, and which! ihall make it impossible that a Christian rnunv man nhill h* ennwd to he marrirrl :o two voung women at the umc time, ind thai I keep a Christian voung woman rom using her God-given cbarma to wii| :o herself the love of heart* she does not nean to keep. Let ua thank God if we can ruly say there ia nothing of thia sort in tur society. Then that extending of "oar neighbor" iway into the grounds of "our enemy."* tre we even willing to b-? made willing to 'love our enemy" as ourselves? And we ?ra to hear His clear voice say, as His lear eyes penetrate to the depths of oar ouls, For if ye love them which love you, vhat reward nave ye'' And if yoa saluto -our brethren only, what do ye more than ither*? Do not even the publicans the ime?" Then do we brin; nn breathlc*a against hese words, "Be ve therefore |?crfect. Ten as your Father in heivcn is perfect. Ind we ask, "Why did He set before ua <w? inattainable a heignt? We cannot be picect." Rut just so the I earlier fet* before the ittle child the copperpiite cony for the ittle one to follow,' and one dav we, aa hat little child, shad attiin. fcven tne irst trial is nearer ihe ideal for having the 'perfect" copy before it*. All this hriugs us to the place of hurnil* ty, the time for lasting and prayer. Bat :v?*n here it in to <ie ' heart righteousness" ind not to be proclaimed in our dress or ountcnance. The~e is a reason fo.* thia. f the humility befotv God lie real it mu&fc iot show on the outside, else would men raise us for our righteousness and it rould soon be gone. Wc moat not sbow it her men our humility toward God, nor mr tears and bewailing! of our s'tu?uo, re must let that fairing and communion in ur heart speak throujii our lives, making is "sweet and serviceable" nn only true icart righteousness cad make us. Nobility of th? Rank and File. It is well for men of every age to mak* nucli of its great leaders, but it u letter ? mak<? even more of the virtues of the nnl. and lile of every a^e. The faithful of srael, the Macedonian phalanx, the starline?s of the Houuin legions, the courage if the unheralded knights of the Middle t ,l... .......i. . i... I'4"' ?-?* uw a utrjyis, the l)rain a:id heart of the ?i!ent no!licri without plumed hcliuct or epnuietterf houMi-rii! These are they who hv their ortitude, their bravery, their undaunted our.i,,* ?i. many a battlefield, made the air.c oi their leader* papule.?E. A. Wit* cr. T.rtlrr* 1t?llrrri>i1 l?* 'Pfione. Tl in ! <>.ii>!e that m rural ?!e:ri.-t? pjeult .! !ia? n i iv t ami'ii at ion* that <*? a",i!v ev r ii'ji !tfi! hv the t?o-t i! >e:\i'e, \< cii :it inti \ ti ih almo.t a *tatricnt >i ' li e uvir.* wide'y are rated in ishi orini |.. ?i;>!e the more j?r-?i?"** lie I hey 'live |?r.v.?te ;e.V|>h<>tie ? f:iip'.:n?ilimi. The |'*'?;hi-iIioh reeentlv made to ' ingress roverum an exnenmentV' rural rlrphotio {< < <!e!iv?rv illustrate* the ex* lit to W'llieh 1 he se!e|ihi>ne ha. attained fa uch di?trief?i. The twhome im to pr??ma \vi!! ,v!t)iori?<* Ili?* it .it ti:? reeei'-nc office to open l't!?r?, nd te'enhoie thei* content* t<? I he |?er* <?ns pridrpwil. Tint such a fTrrcd Kcnou?!v indicate* the wonderful xtent to which th-* te!ej?honc his entered ktrericr.n e > uirv.nUic* # 1