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' ^ op MADE FAMOUS 1^^EB^^R9SBs5I m n f: BMHWBmMmtT Jv p. u WBBB&mM K OM QaMty WORN M <mi>c A loyal Km Wlkfc b Neeriy 3000 Ywi OM. Noteworthy is a find that has recently been made by Professor Petrie while *splorlBf tombs of the kings of the . twelfth dynasty of Egypt. Thi? won4arfni reUc la the royal signet ring of / cumf aw BOfAx. inoc, Ctert?Ma t, who reigned early 8000 |?in ago, making It the oldest royal (tec In the world. Its owner and wearer founded the gnat university of HeMopoUs, Mentioned in the Bible. It wan ham that Moses learned all the wisdom of the Egyptians. Th* Mammy of the king ha* not yet been discovered, but the recovery of this , ting. It la thonght. will lead to the dlsco^wry sC his tomb. f The ring waa authentically proved to ~fcetoog to the king by the royal inacriptioos on the same. It is of pure, solid gold, weighing 078 grains, and la en B grarea wiu vm ting's tines, u is an B tmb at when It came from the royal I goldsmith flftj centuriew ago. f Tbe flaet royal Inscription at the top I refers to the anion of upper and lower B Egypt. Ike water plant typifying the 1 Bftrfer NDe tag Its bunk* while the be# ? la tbe emblem of the crJtlrsted delta. |i?The second title refers to tbe king's Jf position as representative of tbe deity I upon earth, "Ben of the Sun." the goose Mag qrartml for son. and tbe circle representing tbe son; tbe lower Cnuned inscriptions bear bis royal same apd title. Speaking generally, wild creatures m>MIm hoe countries are more sar age t&an~ those of cold or temperate ewntftea. ?? i ' Ths tblnfi we do best are often the r* tfetag* that are not worth doing. VlfK TO NLIIM FATHERS I PLYMOUTH % I BY DICKENS. hMMhm BfigBraWllftBl8raE|^^ Sbop, Loodoo. KiMm For B?i Dolls. A very small girl la a Harlem apart* < meat was observed by a friend of tbe ] family eating a certain cereal prepara- I tioa. She seemed to eat; as tbe Eug- 1 Hub are said to talte their pleasures, ' sadly. i "Don't you like tbat. my dear?" In- i quired tbe friend. ] "Not pertick'ly." replied tbe little I maid. i "Why do you eat It, then?" persisted the Inquirer. i The daughter of the house paused ( with spoon on edge of bowl. "It's got to be eaten," she answered gravely. "The grocery man gives mamma a rag doll for every two packages she buys, and it's got to be eaten every morning." And she continued to eat cereal.? Vnplr TltnM A Remarkable Cooking Aiiptrtlai. That It may be possible to cook with* oat Are Is shown by tbe followlug physical experiment. A metallic tube filled with waler Is placed upon an ordinary rotary machine, put Into motion by a band lever. Tbe tube is to be closed by a cork. As one turns tbe bandwheel, a small wheel, connected with the former by means of a little belt, rotates simultaneously; the tube la fastened to this small wheel. In diminishing the rapid rotation of the tube i by putting a wooden clamp around It so that the two sides of tbe clamp cause a constant friction upon tbe 1 tube, tbe latter grows hot and reacti 1 f. .V. jtnntnlnnH I uaiurailjr UJIUU lur naici luiikuiuvu I WATXB BOfLBD WITHOUT FIBB. , therein until It begins to boil and Anally throws out the cork. In this waj boiling water is obtained which may be used for any purpose. PnctoM Day*. Two anniversaries that a man always observes with solemnity are his wedding day and the day his rich uncle died witnout leaving uim anymiug.? New York Pre#*. A DtiinlH. Society la the cloak we wear for other people'a inspection.?New York News. JIDEO FROM THE MAYFLOWER. PLYMOUTH. MASS. '. ^i Vj^Jv- ,4 SXERCISE : "s "" INSTEAD OP RKST rw Pmkil Syttaai of TMg Lxo> no tor Ataxia. The new- method of treating locomotor ataxia, advocated by Dr. H. 8. Frenkel, of Heiden, Switzerland, and which la attracting the attention of the medical fraternity, la contrary to the usual procedure of giving the patient rest, working in exactly the opposite direction, says the New York Herald, rhe fault in the sufferer from locomotor ataxia is lack of co-ordination, failure to properly control the members jf the body from the central organ, the brain. Now this being the case. Dr. Frenkel argues that rest only In* mam the lack of control, which la nnt Nhitnliite tn beffin with, snd the proper war to overcome this gradual loss of power Is to Increase the power irtitlclally. The system Is a series of exercises levlsed for the purpose of restoring the power of co-ordination. It is possible after the patient has bad the training of an expert physician to continue the exercises at home, with the aid of a nurse or a faithful wife. He may use one room In bis borne as an italeixo or footsteps as a cueb fob locomotob ataxia. jxercise room, in which all of the Sim- N pie apparatus la kept The floor is to be marked with a line nine ami a half inches wide, on which be Is to walk. The guide afforded by the line lervea to re-establish the power of guiding his steps in a straight line. If he then practices upon the narrower line It helps blm further to retain bis t>a lance. On account of the peculiarities of the 1 IB let Ion many scientists believe that lot only certain nerres, but also certain rentres of the brain are affected, and It Is to restore tb<*e to activity that the exercises devlued by Dr. Freokel have been arranged. Besides those >f walking on level ground and up and down stairs, other exercises In rising PIO BOARD PBAOTIOB FOB LOCOMOTOB ATAXIA, rrom a chair and sitting down and similar common acts of every day life are practiced constantly. In addition thereto a number of ex* ercises while In a reclining position are prescribed. Most of these consist fn movements of the lower limbs, by which the activity of the muscles and their control are preserved. Most of them require no mechanical aids, but all must be done under supervision. bo that the patient does not practice wrong. In one or two cases the doctor bus devised a moving frame on which the patient practices to regain the elas tlcity of-certain leg muscles. Til* World's Volcanoes. The number of great habitual volcanlc venta upon the globe Is estimated it between 300 and 350. The American Continent contains more than the coun* tries of the Old World? twenty In North America, twenty-flve In Central America and thirty-seven In South America. There la but one on the whole continent of Europe ? Vesuvius ? though elsewhere In the Mediterranean there ?> ?l*?ahnmlinll anil Vnlrnno. In the Llparl Islands; Etna, In 8iclly; Graham Island, a submarine volcano, off the 81cllian Coast, and Santorius and Nisy. ros. In the Aegean Sea. The African Continent Is known to contain ten active volcauoes.four on the west and six on the east coast and there are about ten others on neighboring Islands. In Asia there are twenty-four active volcanoes, but no less than twelve of these are situated on the Peninsula of Kamchatka. There arc no volcanoes in Australia. Thus, taken altogether, there are about 117 volcanoes on the great continents, and nearly twice us many on the islands scattered over the several oceans. These volcanoes usually assume in their distribution a linear arrangement, and nearly all. of them have beea thrown up along three well marked bands and the branches proceeding from them.?New York Newa. An Areh-LIk* Cactua. Here is a typical specimen of the socalled "Jumping Yucca" of the Arizona Desert This plant forms a span which a horse or wagon can be sometimes driven under. A variety of these plants are found on this desert, and they are put to a number of uses. Cloth and paper are made from some and alco THX JTOfPINO YUCOA. hollc drinks brewed from others and a poor quality of sugar is derived from other ipecles. L,-- . . . | Quk. Budget I j IOP HUMOR. j CoBHauttoa. Po*U lure aang, and mayhap not amiaa, The ;earninf anguish of the unktaaed kiaa, Bat who of them hath ever voiced ili think* He owes hia mother for her uoaponked i apanka? ?New York Sun. l?hn>flB(. "He combs bis balr differently every ; time." "Yea. be hasn't learned bis part."? Yale Itecord. Goaalp. "Ayl 8be bath a place for every* j thing and everything in Ita place." "In truth, she baa; and 1 notice she \ la very careful to keep ber buabund in hla."?Washington Star. Luartona. I J ! IF <*> "Ain't it awful. Willie? Dese rich folks are actually too laxy to fly!"? New York Sun. A VlUeultj. n "Life is full of disappointments," said the melancholy philosopher. "Yes," answered the optimist; "that is due to man's egotism. No matter what he gets, he is always sure that he deserved more."?Washington Star. HU Calealatlaa. "Too set too nign a vaiue on money, aid tlie friend. "tyaybe I do." answered Sena tot Sorghum; "but so far as I bave been able to learn, money Is regarded as tbe most valuable tbing yet dlscovered."?Washington Star. A Simple Hal*. "It seems to be a very nice dog," said young Mrs. Torkins, critically, "but It isn't well bred." "I didn't know you were so well Informed about dogs," exclaimed her husband. "Oh, i cou'd tell at a glance. He isn't ugly enough to be well bred."? Washington Star. Privilege of Invalidism. Little Jane bad beard her mother say that sick people demanded a great deal of consideration. A few days later Jane said: "Mamma. I think it would be lorely to be sick." "Why?" asked her mother. "Ob. because sick people command so macb consternation." Hla Only (Standard. "So you refuse to believe that wireless telegraphy Is really practical?" "No." said the capitalist, who always figures closely; "I don't say that" "Wouldn't you believe the evidence of your own senses?" "Yes. But I have no rridence aa yet I've never made a dollar out of It"?Washington Star. Ejaa Haaary Only. Bobby ate bis dinner with so good an appetite that by the time dessert was on the table he could eat no more. He sat silent and sorrowful, and looked at the dainties on his plate. "Why don't you eat. darling?" said bis mother. "Ob* mother." he cried, "because only my eyes are hungry,"?New Orleans Picayune. Tt?a Beal Thin*. Napoleon was rusticating at Elba. "I wonder." he mused, "why they call me Corporal Violet." "Probably." asserted the guard, "because they think you are the whole bunch." "Right." exclaimed the Emperor, "and that is why Louis XVIII. can't afford to pny for me." Laughing at their expensive mistake, he fell to thinking bow much cheaper it would have been to call him a daisy. ] ?New York Herald. Oa tha F^*i of It. Hill She?"I just dote on a real, real man, Tbe man I marry mutt, above all. bare ?courage." He?"I abould saj so."?New York Frc??.. | .. Jifj-.-'?3. iSjC. I .. >ni Use bepobt oh laiwf The Turret Supports Weak; the Boilers Unsatisfactory. NEW WARSHIP IN BAD SHAPE l?nrM m a CoaMqatan of Groat Advaaco la Power of Naval Hlflii Calcalatloaa Mast Bo Bovlaod ?Otbor fihlna Will IU Airvtcd?Na? # Type of Hollar May B? CboMo. Washington. D. C.?Captain Eugene H. Leutxe of th? new battleship Maine came to Washington fntn Newport News and gave the Nary Department officials their first detailed Information about the condition of his vessel, which developed defects during her "shaking down" cruise in the West Indies. While Captain Leutze contradicted the report that the Maine was structurally weak, bis .itatement showed that the battleship was In worse condition than bad been supposed from the official information that had been re ceiveu. Not only are the supports and eraplacements of ber six-Inch guns weak, bat tbe structures of ber turrets are entirely Inadequate to bear tbe strain of firing tbe big t irrct guns. | In addition to tbis disquieting news tbe Department learned from Captnin Leutze that tbe boilers of tbe Maine bad proved to be decidedly unsatisfactory. There was a disposition on tbe port of naval officials at first to make it appear that Captain Leutze bad explained that tbe defects in tbe Maine were not at all serious, but Secretary Moody decided 'bat frankness was tbe best policy and directed Rear-Admiral Bowles, tbe Chief Naval Constructor, to make a statement for tbe benefit of tbe public as to tbe vessel's condition. Tbis la tbe statement: "Tbe officers who have examined the turret* of the Maine hare found that the damage done consists largely of the loosening up and breaking of fastenings and rlrets In the circular structure underneath the rollers and paths n which the turret Is supported, and In no respect due to general structural weakness of the ship. The supports 1 under the roller paths are of the usual construction, being built up of plates and angles. "Since the date of the design of the Maine, however, the use of smokeless I powder with higher pressure guns has I been adopted and the recoils allowed hare been shortened. Both of these Improrements, while desirable of themselves, bare greatly Increased the strain on the supporting structure which In actual test of firing has proren Inadequate. "Were It not for the great weight of the rerolring part i* the turret, nmnnntinp In over 4(10 tons, the fitting of tbe additional stiffening in tbe supports which has been decided tn he necessary would not be a ve?T elaKorate work, but owing to the great superincumbent weight which mus* be supported. and tbe inaccessibility of the parts, it Is anticipated that the repairs will take some little time. "Tbe deformations of the decks In the vicinity of certain six-inch guns. Sue to the same general cause, are much leas important and can be easily remedied. "The Chief Constructor considers that no blame can he attached to the xmtractors for the Maine, as there was no evidence whatever of defective workmanship." No official statement was Issued concerning the defects In the holler*, but these were otherwise described as due to the collection-of waste material in two tubes at points so situated as to prevent tbe steam from being generated. thus cansing the burring out of ibc tubes, and on account of the construction of the boilers making It extremely difficult to overcome the trouble. As Indicated by Admiral Bowles's statement William Cramp ic Sons, of Philadelphia, who built the Maine. anniilHiul ftf rMinoni il)ill tV i&4! I c ntvu ? K w for the defcts. These are regarded la a natural consequence of the great idvance in the power of nara! rifles. As ttae strength and resistance of the gun supports of most of the armored ressels under construction were calculated similarly to the calculations mad<t for the Maine's gun supports, it will probably be necessary to strengthen the emplacements of the turret guns and other high-powered rifles on these ressels. To do this will require alterations In plans, some expense and perhaps loss }f time. PRESIDENT REFUSES TO SHOOT. OacIIbm All OStn af Lion Rut In th? Yallowaton*. Cinnabar, Mont.?President Rooserelt broke camp and Is slowly working his way to Major Pitcher's headquarters at Fort Yellowstone. He will re! main there one day and then will start for Norrls, where the geysers are. There is a good deal of snow between the fort and Norrls and the Engineer Corps Is at work opening the road. The President has not fired a shot *? *" ? * u- - Intent Inn it o mountain nou nuu uu? uu iukui,?? of doing so. It Is estimated that there are 500 of these animals Id the park and n determined effort Is being made to exterminate them. "Buffalo" Jones, the came warden, is slaying them on every possible occasion. He offered to round up a lion or two for the Tresldent, but the latter declined. lO.OOO Uatch IdU. As a result of the recent strike in Holland 10,000 m?n are out of work and their families are In dire distress. A Unitarian Atrocity. The latest Bulgarian achievement Is the total destruction of a small village of exclusively Mussulman population. One hundred and sixty-rive persons I were all massacred in cold blood, except a few who escaped by flight. The women were subjected to ludescrlb. able mutilation. At1*rn?r-G*a?ral First Victim. Attorm. -(Jenernl McCarter, of New Jersey, was fluetl for speeding his au tomohile. He I* tbe lirst to be punished under tbe iicff law. Child Killed by a Tornado. A tornado swept across Logan. De- I witt and Pratt Counties, III. One child was Instantly killed nod Its mother injured mortally. Several persons were hurt seriously. Tbe child was killed nt tbe Haisadarzer settlement in Pratt County, three miles from Attwood. Jainri X. Brck I(?*lcna. James At. lierk has rescued office as Assistant Attorney-General of the United States. Tbe President has accept eti the resignation, which win laice eifect April 30. Mr. Beck will become a member of a Arm In New York City. VIEWS ON RACE PROBLEM ; Future of the Negro Lies In tbe South, Cleveland Declares. Ijmki Oat For White Docaleatloa?Oblu (allou of tba White Maa( Hawavar, Shoe Id Ba Strictly Carrlad Oat. New York City. ? That the negro problem la the South has aroused much Interest in the North was shown w <?n a large number of the representative citizens of New York assembled i In the Madison Square Harden Concert Ilali to listen to a discussion of the subject by such men as former President Grover Cleveland, the Rov. Dr. Lyman Abbott. William H. Bald* win. Jr.. Edgar Gardner Murphy, of Alabama, and the Rev. Booker T. Washington, of the Tuskepee Institute. Former President Cleveland placed himself unequivocally upon a platform favoring the domination of the white man in the South, though be advocate) no less vigorously the education or the , negro and a faj| discharge of the white man's obligation toward the race formerly enslaved. Mayor Low. In Introducing Mr. Cleveland an the first speaker, wild that the Tuskegee experiment had shown that the negro was worth helping. Mr. Clevelnnd was received with cheers as he arose to speak. He said: "I have come here at a sincere friend of the negro, and I should be very sorry to suppose that my good and regular standing in such company needed supnort at this late day. either from certificate or confession of faith. "I desire to declare myself as belonging to the Booker T. Washington-Tnskegeo section. I believe that the day* of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' are past. I am thoroughly convinced that the efforts of Booker T. Washington and the methods of Tuskegee Institute point the way to a safe and beneficent solution of the vexatious negro problem at the Sooth." Mr. Cleveland went on to say that whatever tbe work of the people of the North in aiding such effort* to help the negro aa la being done at Tuskegee. and whatever the better tendencies among the negroes themselves prove to be. the hope for the blark man rouat In the main depend upon the sentiment and conduct of the lending and responsible white men of tbe South. He aald that this aid and encouragement had lieen generously forthcoming from the South, and tliat he personally had faith in the honor and aincerity of the respectable white people of that section in their relationa with (he negro. tie aald that the South did not believe in the social equality of tbe racea and made no false pretenses in Tfgard to It. and that perhaps tbe socalled race prejudice amounted to racial instinct. "But whichever It is." continued Mr. Cleveland, "let us remember that it condoned the negro's share In the humiliation and spoliation of tbe white men'of the South during the saturnalia of reconstruction days, and has allowed a kindly feeling for the negro to survive the time when the South was deluged by tbe perilous flood of Indiscriminate. unintelligent and blighting negro suffrage." He continued to say that the necessary element to the unlifting of th?? negro In the South was the co-operation 1 of the white people of the South, which bad teen ungrudgingly given^ ^ A RICH MAN'S BAIOEXiM Cathleen Xtllioa Koroma* tb? Wlf? > f Reginald c. Viadrrbllt. Newport, R. I.?The marriage of Miss j Catbleen Gehbard Nellson, daughter of I Mrs. Frederick Neilson. and Reginald j C. Vanderbilt, youngest son of Mrs. j Cornelius Vanderbilt. took place at Arlelgh Cottage. Tbe wedding, tbe reception and tbe wedding break fait were all at AHelgb. Tbe bride's gown was of ivory white satin, covered with fine chiffon. Very little lace was used in the costume, but here and there were toucbes of rare old lace reliefIng tbe severity of tbe skirt, which was made without pleats, nnd fell In toft, graceful folds. Tbe long train came from the waist and waa uncovered, exccpt by the bridal veil of old lace, a family heirloom. The bodice was made with a high neck, with the yoke nnd upper parts of the sleeves of lace, while long puffs ' - -1 I Tllm I or Cllinon leu over IUC uuiiua. A lie | bride wore the bridegroom'* gift, a ! magnificent string of pearls Her bou- j quet was of white orchids, with sprays of orange blossoms and stephaootis lK)und loosely together with a. broad white satin ribbon. GEN. BALDWIN ASKED TO EXPLAIN Called ta Accnit For Allied Dlaparmc*m*at of nilplBM ud Ncfrotj. Washington, D. C.?The War Department has taken official cognizance of the reported statements of General Frauk D. Baldwin, Commander of the Department of the Colorado, in disparagement of the Pillpinqs and negroes. Secretary Hoot directed that a formal inquiry be addressed to General Baldwin asking whct-lier or not he had been correctly quoted. General Baldwin Is fresh from the Philippines. The remarks lu? is reported to have made were to the effect that one of j bis reasons for liking the Filipino as a I ?nUiof th?? minio that irave him | a preference for the negro in the same capacity?that in a tight he was not worried about his safety. as it made 110 difference whether lie was kill*"' or not. High W lad In New York. Wind blowing at the rate of fortysix miles an hour did much damage in New York City, making it almost im- , possible for women to walk throug!- J the shopping district. 9. N. I>. North Will K? C. 8. Cessna Chief. S. X. D. North, of Boston, will accept the Directorship of the I'll I ted States Census Bureau, recently offered to him by President Roosevelt. The Executive Committee of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers, of %I u u Kt? Polntie<ul Wiiit'll Mr. is shih.mii;, >wvM.xw hitu from his duties. Anti-American Union (XT. Thr? International Agricultural Conpros# at Koine postponed until the next stolon the Herman proposition for an auti-Anierlcan union. Minor Mention. The fixed capital in agriculture in the I'nitcd States is four times that in manufactures. Automobile chauffeurs and mechanics In New York City are endeavoring to form a union. The record yield of titular from on? tree is 80.000 feet, from ft redwood twenty feet In diameter, cut lant year in California. Dr. Annie D. I.yie, of San Franrisen. has beeu appointed assUtant to Dr. Enrecli. of the University of Vienna, one of the most noted living specialists In diseases of children. 1HE GREAT DESTROYER vnT i -w.. ? JOME startling facts about THE VICE of intemperance. fb? B??. Jinn n. Dann, D.U., Ctsnal of ih? Xttlnul Tmpmaw UocUry. Mhnwa Why It la lb* Doty mt Abataloara to Sim tba IMrdff*. Look at the nutter,. . All food thinj? imong men rest upon pledge*. The church U a pledged company; each minister took solemn. promt** in ordina-.ion. Each member, in a public p-ofe??ior* )f Christ, took solemn vow* before God ind men. And at the communion tho*a . ow* are reaffirmed. There ia not a retewed soul on earth tftat ha* not paaaed olemn pledge to be the Lord'*?inwardly >r oDtnly. or both. Let it be borne ia mind that God imposes in Hie word and Hi* ordinances pledge* upon Hia mopUv tnd ha* always done it. He wouid not :m*t His cause without the pledge. Marriage, that bulwark of aocial purity md morality. re*t* tinon the pledge. It rouM not last without it. Government rest* on the pledge. Not ;he highest officer in the land will be trust* ;d unless he i? pledged. The people exact in oath from bim. The Preaident of the United State*, in taking office, ia coinjelled to say, "I do solemnly awear." etc. \nd not lea* is every Senator and Repre enUtive. and official of whatever grade, a dedged man. Law rest* on the pledge. In all our ourtrf, the judges, attorneys and jurors art iledetd men. And each witnefl* Has to av nis hand on the Bible, and take an iath to testify the truth. Moreover, each State. county, municipal or town officer, ugh or Ion-, in amuming bin function*. i> compelled bv law to take the prescribed . Kith. And the custom u not objected to. \nd yet we hear men aay, "I don't believe n pledging!" , Bu?ine**, too, rest* on the pledge. The loten and other written and oral agreenents which men pass between themselves ire aimply pledge*. And without these, m?ine*9 could not be prosecuted. Now, if in the matter* referred to the Hedge i? regarded an indispensable, how ran it be esteemed lightly in the matter of cmncranee? And if men do not hesitate :n take it in the cases mentioned, why thonld they refuse to pledge themselves in ecnect to the use of strong drinks? It utands thus: The pledge, as we hav* teen, is an inherent and essential condition to sll the success, nay, to the very existence, of both the Church and the 8Ute. It / s absolutely necessary to all the protsctirw potency of law. to all established forms of octal order, to all virtue between the <exe?, to the perpetuity of the family, to* .he prevalence of all the moratity and superior excellence and purity, and to every va? -J -i -t r>\? TV ICQ pnuc ui vnrubwu utiiimmuu. itroy the pledge in every form, and you deUrov what is the only salvation of the weak in haman society. and the only reliable safeguard of the strong. : The hiatory of the world ia full of exam* plea of the utility of pledfea. No great reformation waa ever yet accomplished, apart from combination, but combination always* imnlits some bond of union. What, then, ia the "abstinence pledge,", is it i> called, but a simnle "promise that for'the time being we shall abstain from the use of intoxicating liquors?" It ia a mistake to suppose that we are abstainers because we are pledged; wc are pledged berause we are abstainers. The pledge i$ not the cause, but the effect of our abstinence. We bare come to the conviction, mat it is prudent by our dutv to abstain; and is there any harm in putting that conviction on record? # { The pledge is our testimony against drink" in? customs. If two men are in partnership. it has been said, it is not enough if one of them wish to retire from the con:ern chat he should do so?he must also advertise out of the company, else he will continue responsible for the debts of tb? firm, in the eye of the law. and it ia reaaon%ble and just that it should he so, because the public may credit the firm on the supposition that he is still a partner, and; therefore, to free himself from legal responsibility, he must make known the fact of his being no longer a partner, by his advertising out. So, likewise, in regard to the drinking cuntom*. Every person in the habit of using intoxicating liquors, however moderately. ha? been a partner in the drinking lystera of hi* country, and bin fellow men have been induced to give it credit for virtue* which it doe? not possess on the cround of his connection with it, so that when he become* an abstainer it ia not Mimcient to relieve him from all moral re?ponsihility for the evils resulting to aonetv from that system with which he haa ceased to have connection, but he must proclaim to the world the fact that he has done so. nni by signing the pledge be proclaims to the world that he no longer shares in the guilt of intemperance produced by the drinking systetq, and will b? no longer responsible for the evil which such systems may inflict upon society. In ather words, he advertises out. i Upon how lofty a platform, then, do those stand who are pledged temnerance men and women in any community? They - ? ??? ? !? ?(! Tini?rtl# hot. on the con trary, they are the true, the heroic, the strong, in the noblest sense. They hare come up in good company. They only are consistent in pledging themselves to toU|[ and pernetii.nl abstinence: they act in keep-[ ing with the truest philosophy and the most established and unirersally practiced general principles. I We say, then, to all workers in the temperance reform, while you insist on prohi-1 bition. and ply moral suasion, and circu-, late intelligence, advocate and use the pledge! Return to the old ideas and the old instrumentalities. Drunkenness is terribly prevalent. Its victims are alarmingly on the increase. But a former generation wa? well nigh saved. Bow? Tempermce was preached in tbe pulpit, in the lecture room, in the family, in the school room, on the wayside, by papers, books, tracts and lecturers, and at toe same time children and men and women by thousand* upon thousands, signed the teetotal pledge, and by it were kept from filling back to r>ld path*. Mr. Hough once told the writer that he believed that one in four of the multitudes who formerly signed the pledge kept it. We ?ay. then, restore the pledje! Restore the pledge! It is a mighty help 1 - '" ? iml I ) ? I a mil of Cod nrri1 "" "< * >?* ?? r -bright, # , Anil i y won! for thine, it shall end in the right." ?Seifr York American. Th? Cru?d? In Rrl?f. Tin* illegal liquor dealer* of Bangor, Jfe., have jis*t had to pay $23,0U0 in tine*. If yon have Iwn content with hell'n rr:gn of drink here *urc!v vou will be happy in thr drunkard'* heft there. A total abstinence association in Berlin has been c*tabli?hiitg hall* where laborer* <-an hold their meeting* without reporting In <nioon? or being obliged to order intoxieating drink*. The halls are to be offered fret* ! ? workingmen. Of 7579 nummary convielion* to the eitjr iail of Pittsburg. Pa., during 19>r?. nearly very one was treated for aleoholixni. One iitindred and nine xuffered from delirium tremonx, and feven died of it. The Sultan has forbidden Mohammedan* from frojuenting tavern*. imposing finej and dixmi?.<al for infractions of thi? law. He makes n<? objection* lo their getting drunk in their own br.ixea, but forbid* them .-.cress ti? dram ?hopx. Santa Monies, C'al., closed all her saloon* axi year. Ax a result her ban!; de;?isit* hav? increased #4ti.OUO during a period of tliri-e moiiths. a* against the name threo mouth* under license, white the arrest? for driiitkiiniex* have fallen off eighty pee cen'. Iii !!'.i<Ma tlie consumption of brandy ia al?*ui M-; quart!* jwr head per annum. .\ ticwr. ifciii from Woonnocket, S. D., stales iii.it tanner* go there for twenty-five mil's around, m preference to going to Huron ami other licraw town*, bccaune they ?y thev can find better goad*, at low er price* than in lujuor towns. Ne\r build* ings nr?- goins up, and prosperity rule* in all walk* oi 1 tie. According to the report of the workIioii-w director* of Xanesville. Ohio, for l!W.\ r.nt oi 4BX prisoner* received at thai institution. -?i were sentenced ior druukcnnei'* alone. Ihe report show* furthermore tint a large part of the remaining sentence* were for crime* and nnademMnor* connected with aaloor.i or I be use of ttrjnz ilnuk. ? ?1