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[ A CURIOUJ I ELLIPTICAL L BRI&QE. M * ^ g7/imv^j CLEVER and peculiar exvsr ample of bridge coustruci 1 (i ti rl Afn/itinn h<ia ro. fiij cently been carried out up^ on the seacoast of County Antrim in the North of Ireland. At this point the shore drops precipitously into the sea, the cliffs known as "Gobans' Cliffs." which tower to a height of 200 or 300 feet, being of the basaltic origin seen in this part of the country. This seaeoast scenery is of the wildest and withal most oeautiful in its solemn grandeur in the North of Ire PECULIAR BRIDGE CONSTKUCTI IRELJ land; and to enable visitors and tourists wmtt* onrt/.fo /.1a 'haim Jfc< ?yiac+ O /I iv ? ici? iuc o|/CLiav.ic iiuui Iia uivot. c*v*vantageous points, and also to pain ac cess to the many remarkable caves In the vicinity, a walk has been cut out and built in the face of the cliffs, which in Itself constitutes a commeudable engineering achievement. This pathway Is only from two to three feet in width, and winds along the face and climbs the cliffs in a most extraordinary manner, Tfhich from a short dis? tance always imparts to the promenade I a most perflous appearance, since im23 mediately below the waves thunder among the rocks. But the walk has A been most skillfully and cleverly dels digued and constructed. Steps are cut roughly ^ano broadly into the solid Fivva, uut IV 1UOU1U [JUilUt'l IU climbers a handrail has been provided. x The Intervals between the rocks are spanned by delicate and spider-looking bridges of iron. The length of the walk so far constructed is nearly three miles, and It is to be continued for another two miles, which it Is anticipated will be completed within a few months. The work is being carried out by the r Belfast and Northern Counties Railroad under the supervision of Mr. Berkeley Wise, the chief engineer to the railroad. The most notable triumph of engineering in connection with this work I GENERAL VIEW SHOWING TIIE | THE C IIS Tlie erecuui# u?. n nui 10 Mimvu as Gobnns' Bridge. This structure is distinctive owing to its curious design, beftlg elliptical iu shape. This piece of work was rendered necessary to span a gap sixty-five feet in width, giving access from the mainland to an Isolated rock known as "The Man-ofWar." The general shape of the ellipses of the bridge aud its method of construction may be comprehensively gathered j from our illustrations. The bridge lias a clear span of sixty-five feet, but is seventy feet in length from end to cud The main structure of the bridge consists of twelve ellipses made of steel placed equidistant. The major axis of each elliptical section Is saven feet inside, with a minor axis of four feet eight inches. As will be seen from our Illustrations, each of the ellipses Is made in two segments of three-inch by three-inch by three-ei^hths-inch nu Igles. xney are spaced seven ieot tnree i Inches centres, except the cm! ones, which are two feet four and one-half inches centres. The ellipses are hel?l firmly in position by means of ionpitudina^irou bars, attached to the ellipses 6y means of stiffening plates ten inches by ten inches by tlireeeighths-inch. The longitudinal members are angles three inches by three Finches by three-eighths-incn, ana tiie flat bars are three inches by one-half Inch. The ellipses are additionally strengthened by means of diagonal stays or bracings extending from the points where the half sections of the ellipses are joined. This arrangement yields a stronger k foundation to that portion of the ellipse which Is to carry the greatest weight, L e., the floor. Tho diagonal lattice steel girders are three inches by onehalf inch, and carriers for floor angles three inches by three inches by threeeighths inch. The flooring of the bridge comprises two pieces of pitch pine twelve inches in width by three inches in thickness, laid up the interior bottom surface of the ellipse and raised sufficiently therefrom to afford a perfectly flat surface upon which to walk. In the cross section therefore the Internal major axis from the floor to the crown of the ellipse is sufficient to afford a clear walking space to accommodate the tallest persons. Owing to the exposed position of the site of the bridge, the turbulency of the surf playing upon the rocks immediately below, and the strength of the tides, it was fonnd impossible to erect the bridge on the spot. Under these circumstances the structure was erected at Belfast and transferred intact to a scow. The latter was then towed ON ON THE NORTH COAST OF ^ND. to "Tiie Man-or-wartock ana carefully brought to. as far as possible. Immediately below the spot where It waste be installed. Lifting tackle was then placed in position upon each side of the gap to be spanned at the roadway level, and the lifting cables attached to each end of the bridge. The hoisting operation had to be carried out with extreme care, owing to the cramped space in which the lifting tackle was operated, and to prevent the structure being thrown, by Its own swinging motion when suspended In the air against the face of the rocks, which would have seriously damaged it. The structure was, however, lifted to Its position without mishap. It was originally intended to stay the bridge when in position with guys, but when the bridge was erected it was found to be sufficiently rigid to dispense with these additional supports. The bridge was designed by Mr. Berkeley Wise, the chief engineer to the Beirast ana Northern Counties Railroad of Ireland. ?Scientific American. Domestic and Foreign Envelopes. In the United States we use an envelope that is thick enough to render the contents invisible and tough enough to withstand the wear and tear of the mail pouch.' The consideration of postage never worries us. In Europe position of the bridge on ;liffs. i it is different. The thinnest of paper i3 used for envelopes, but the inside is stamped in colors to make it opaque.1 The writing paper is seldom so thin. New York Press. Fl*h-Hook Shield and Float. A novel device for the convenience of the fisherman is the combined fish-hook shield and float shown herewith. The spring lock as shown in the illustration nsn-nooK shield and float. applies to any ordinary sized fish-hook and any pole. It covers and locks the hook to the pole or rod securely when not in use. It is quickly applied, holds weil, is nicely finished and can be carried in the vest pocket. The Agricultural Department has 107,000 voluntary crop observers. Cot ion is reported on seven unit's u /t-m-, wheat eight times, corn and oats each six times. In the last two years one In eight of all deaths in Chicago have been from lung fever. ' . ' J 9 BIRDS WHICH CARRY WEAPONS i A. Plorer Whlclu Has Spars on the Wings. In the study of natural history we find that many birds, especially the larger species, are endowed by nature , with most effective means of defeuse, sucii as lie in the strength of their wings, claws or beak, and that they can defend themselves or capture their prey with great agility. It Is not so tvell known, however, that some birds ire possessed of a special weapon, a sort of natural slung-shot, an it were, in the shape of a knob of bone on the wrist The wrist of a bird is at the Kan/1 Tuintr nnH fhorr* fa tlia nlnPo where such a weapon would be most ' effective. i Mr. Lucas, in "Bird Lore," gives an interesting account of the flightless solitaire, the bird that possesses this knob ; of bone, and which was in reality a ; big, overgrown pigeon. When this par| tlcular species was in existence it was confined to the Island of Rodriguez, j where years ago the Frenchmen caught j him, and cooked him and ate him quite ! out of existence. The bone of this ! wing grows greater toward the ex! tremity, and forms a little round mass i under the feathers as big as a musket 1 ball. They will net suffer any other j bird of their species to come within 200 j yards. Among well-armed birds may be j mentioned the gnnnot and heron. The i former could do much damage were he i inclined with his wonderfully keen ! edged beak, while the thrust from the ! bill of the blue heron would be powerj fill enough to kill an adversary of the | same species. The ostrich, with his ! hard kick, is well able to take care of himself. Many game birds, as we know, are provided with spurs on their legs; j while still other birds wear spurs upon their wings. Several species of plover ! found in South America, India and ! Africa have these wing-spurs, and very j sharp and effective spurs they are, too. ^s^FtOWER 5 PU1? or THE jMhS*** 4V. aroj? I fA?rt??11 M?f- WIH?t> X>?Ssaez i?Tm^* PU<^EK BMrr v JouwRtjMNGBom: Wi TH? AfRICANjACAHA. WEAPONS OF BIRDS. None of these brrds are found in the United States, but one of the largest and finest is the Chilean plover. The spur is situated just at the base of the I thumb, and, like the spurs on the legs of other birds, consists of a sheath of horn fitting closely over a core of bone. Some of the spur-winged plovers have fleshy wattles about the face, and there is a curious relation between the size ! of the spur and the size of the wattle, j for when one is large the other is cor' respondingly well developed, and when | the -wattle is small the spur also is I small. i The pretty little Jacanas are among j the spur-winged birds; but there is a I group of Jacanas peculiar to Africa ! which have no spurs on their wings, I and these present a curious modifica! tlon of the radius, so that this may ! serve instead. The bone is flattened , and widened until it simewhat re| seuibles an Australian throwing-stick ; in miniature and projects so far beyond | the edge of the wing that It makes n I very effective little weapon with which ; to buffet an adversary about the ears. J The spur-winged goose shows a variation in the making of a weapon by I having the spur on one of the wrist * -A ' ?a ? ** tMAfnnnpmia Dones lnSICJlU Ol Uil llic uinauiii.un, ! where it is usually placed. Nature lias | provided some birds with a double 'weapon, which makes (hem formidable antagonists. The screamers. ! chauna and aubrina of South America i _ THE GRAND OLD : / i ' -v.:.-; .V. . . Edward have not only the longest, sharpest and strongest spurs of all birds, but are provided with a second spur on the lower part of the metacarpus. The large spur is slightly flattened on the side next the body, as wel'. as gently curved, and would seem capable of oeing driven quire tnrougu a man b hand by a wing-stroke of so large a bird as the screamer. Fortunately, this bird is said to be a Hrd of peace, and dwells In harmony among Its fellows. Automobile Foot Horn. In the operation of an automobile It is highly Important that the "man at the wheel" shall have the free use of HORN BLOWN BY FOOT POWER. both hands at all times. In a crowded street- the frenuent neeessitv of sound ing the horn (usually provided with a bulb, operated bj' hand pressure) handicaps the operator considerably. To overcome this a New York genius has devised a foot bellows, which connects with the horn by a flexible tube sufficiently long to insure its being run around the side of the body, out of reach of the foot brakes, etc. The cut is from Automobile Topics. AflbeHtoB Armor. An inventor plans armor of woven asbestos for firemen. Dressed In asbestos from head to foot Are may br defied with safety. Philippine Jewelry. A correspondent of the Jewelers' Circular-Weekly gives an interesting account of the tortoise shell ornaments made and worn by the Moros of Mindanao Island, one of the Philippines. Our illustration depicts two charaeterSte*.. ana 'j "li08$ 1 ff - ' '>* rX istic examples, one a shell finger ring, the other a charm consisting of a little square of the shell, flattened and surfaced with a face-like figure. New Type of Ship*. Professor Ivretsonmar, of the German navy, completely rejects the traditional type of ship patterned on the form of fishes and substitutes that of aquatic birds. By minimizing the wave resistance the new form augments the propelling capacity of rhe screws of a ship of the present type 50 per cent., thus producing a corresponding acceleration of speed with- | out any increase of power. The damage to the colton crop from the leafworm, which in some seasons i exceeded $20,000,000, Is now prevented I by insecticides. MAN OF LETTERS. : A\ ; i < , ' ^?, *J f-/ ; t&i.?*&M y ) <&: k?.K' W'if'U a#':: Hi : ^'r ul : \ : S. ' ; ^ 'i4; ^ ^ ^ fy* ? ' vV- v;" , / ir:' rerett Hale. FEDERM OF EIPLOYEfiS 800 Omaha Business Men Organize lo Fight Union Labor, AGAINST SYMPATHETIC STRIKES Deaire Freedom to Employ Non-Union Worker* and Oppose Eeutflctlon of Ontpat?Association Ponslbly an Outcome of Manufacturers' Convention in Kow Orleans?A SlmllarOne in Vermont Omaha, Neb.?Backed by the National Manufacturers' Association. 800 business men of Omaha have organized into the Business Men's Association for the avowen purpose or protecting themselves from tlie demands of union labor. It is raid that the now organization will fight the labor organisations to the death. It is believed that this organization is nn outcome of the meeting of the National Manufacturers' Association at New Orleans, ami that it is the forerunner of the Employers' Federation spoken of In the annual report of that body. The lead- | ers in the movem.\Jt here Issued a : statement, part of w4iich follows: "The organization is known as the ' Business Men's Association, and its : purpose is purely defensive, and made j necessary, as it has been thought by j the various jusiness interests identifled with it, by the apparent deter mination on the part of the labor j organizations of the city to cither coutrol or ruin every businesr enterprise. "The great object of the association is to protect its members in their rights to manage their respective busi- I I nessps in such lawful manner as they I may doom proper and expedient, em- | ploying sueli help as seems best ! adapted to their purposes, under 3uch j contract as is mutually satisfactory lo ; the parties concerned, and not to an* , tagonize any Individual or organization. "The platform o? the organization embraces the following principles: "First?Freedom to employ union or i non-union labor without discrinilnu- j tion "Second?No limitation or restriction to output. "Third?No sympathy strike." j Should the report that the National Association is behind the Omaha movement prove true, the fight will be ver> i bitter. Already the labor organizations are asserting that they will have the , support of organized labor everywhere in the coming fight. ORGANIZING IN VERMONT. Cosiness Men Will form an EmployersAssociation. Burlington, Vt.?A meeting of business men of Vermont lins been called to meet in Rutland ? nd form an or- J ganization to be known as the Em- ! ployers' Association of Vermont, simi- j lar to a business men's organization formed in Ohio. The objects of the organization will be: "To protect its member3 in their ; oSflplifo mini to vpsnfcptivp busi- i nesses .is they shall deem proper: the j adoption of a system whereby members ; may ascertain who Is and who is not I worthy of their employment; the in- i vestigation and adjustment by proper ! officers or committee of the association ; of any question arising between the i members and their employes when J such question shall be submitted to the ! association fcr adjustment; to endeavor J to make it possible fo: any persou to obtain employment without l>elr.g obliged to join a labor organization; to protect its members against legisla- j tive, municipal and other political en- i croachments." Bill Allowing; Peaceful Picketing. Boston.?Without debate the I-Ious^ ' by a vote of 70 to 41, passed to be engrossed the bill to allow peaceful picketing during strikos and lockouts. MAFIA VICTIM KNOWN. Benedetto Madrn'a, of'nnfF*lo, PT. Y., Killed For Threatening Band. , Nrw York City.?Benedetto Mfcdonto, of Buffalo, was the man whose lifeless body was found in a barrel in East Eleventh street. He was murdered, all ; evidence indicates, because lie threat- ! ened to expose the secrets of the Mafia i band of counterfeiters and blackmail- I ers, the unconvicted members of which j are under arrest In connection with the I murder. Madonia, it appears, was not a member of that band. His brother-in-law. however, was. And it was through efforts to aid his relative that Madonia incurred tlie enmity of the other members. This brother-in-law's name is Giuseppe de Priemo. I-Te is -serving a sentence of three years in Sing Sing "Mison for counterfeiting. When be was convicted. about three mouths ago. he was possessed of considerable property and money, about 825.000 in all. Before going to prison he turned this wealth over to his old comrades in crime. It was to be used by them to aid him and others of their baud in the clutches of the law. As soon as they got this money, and de Priemo was behind the bars, it anI nnrn.0 mnmllUVC rtf flip hilllfl fli vlded the money among themselves and abandoned the prisoner to his fate. Madonia attempted to recover the amount, or some of it. for use in bringing about de Priemo's removal from Sing Sins to the Erie County Prison, near Buffalo, and for the family of the prisoner. lie v:as killed for his pains. These were some of the revelations made by the poliee and United State? Secret Service agents. Co.il Mlner? Locked Out. Thirty-two of the Reading Con I a no iron Company's forty-three collieries in Pennsylvania were dosed, tlie men ~ ^nf Iifi/ioncii (linv TPf 11 sod JUlhtii WII i ifvuiMov 1o work nine hours 011 Saturday: more than 1)0,000 men are out of work. T)lc<l at tlie Ac" of 1X3. Seott B. Anderson, a negro, for many years a l'esident of Bangor, Me., and for some lime an inmate of tlie almshouse is dead. Anderson's age is given as 11.'5 years. He asserted that he was born in Iowa in 1700. Minor mention. Persons with blue eyes are rarely affected with eolor blindness. ITolton, Mo., with a population of 4."(K), has seventeen churches. The Teachers' College, of New York City, will hereafter train teachers to teaeh health. Tlie hop growers of the Pacific Coast predict that next year's crop will be the largest on record. The English soldier's pay is $7.50 a [month. The soldier of no other country, except the United States, geta so much. . . . . - -V ' TOTS CRUELLY TREATED* Tortured With Hot Irons For Refusing to Perform Acrobatic Acts. Suder, When Sentencing St. Lonit Man, Kejrretted That He Could Not In fllct Harsher PnnUhmeut. St. Louis, Mo.?In the Dayr-n Street Tolice Court John Earl was tried on a charge of maltrer.tir.g his two tiny adopted children, George and Florence Migge, aged seven and eight respectively. A muttering, threatening crowd of lawyers, newspaper, men and spectators gathered about the witness stand, whore the tots told their stories. Attaches of the court surrounded the prisoner for fear of violence. The children were found locked in adarlc, rat-infested closet at Mrs. J. T. Hayes' rooming house on Washington avenue, where Earl and his wife lived. The discovery was made by Mrs. S. A. Thompson, Matron of the Undenominational Widows' and Orphans' Home, who had charge of e children before Earls' adopted then, two months age. Famished and weak from loss of blood they swooned in the arms of Mrs. Thompson. Dr. .T. M. Newell, who attended tho children, pronounced this the worst spectacle of inflicted injuries he had ever seen, and he has passed through two wars as a regimental surgeon. The bov's back is a mass of cuts from the beatings he received. All of his front teeth are out, the result of a blow from Earl's big fists. His hearing is seriously affected from he innumerable beatings given u m over the head, and the bottom of his feet are so badly burned that he can scarcely stand. The girl is In a more precarious condition than her brother. Her limbs wf.re punctured in a score of places with hot irons. Some of the holes are a half-inch deep. Her right foot has a large scar, the result of a burn, which she says was inflicted by Mrs. Earl with a flat iron. Her back is blistered from her waist to her neck. Her head is out in a half dozen places, one of the wounds apparently resulting from a fracture of the skull. There is a burned hole in her neck, which looks as though the Earls tried to drive the hot iron through her throat. The child cannot speak above a whisper from the sevrre chokings she has received. Her hair was pulled i out by the roots, and even her finder I and the toe nails were torn out. Earl's wife fled from the Hayes house, leaving her effects behind, and has not been captured. Earl was fined $1000. and the Justice said lie wished he could make the fine $",000,000. The Humane Society charges that Earl inflicted thp Injuries as punshment because the children refused to perform acrobatic feats. NEW ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Robert H. McCarter, of Xew Jersey, Sac. ceeds Hit Brother. Trenton. N. J.?Robert H. McCarter, of Newark, will be Attorney-General of the State in succession to his brother, Thomas N. McCarter. who has resigned to become President of the new trolley and lighting combine in East Jersey. The nomination was sent to the Senate by Governor Murphy during the special session, and was confirmed at once in executive-session. The place was offered ?to Mr. McCarter after Chief Justice William S. Gummere, of the Supreme Court, had an nouru-cfl ills lntenuon 01 remaining uu the bench. Tlie new Attorney-General's appointment Is for four years, the unexpired part of his brother's term. CHOPPED UP HIS WIFEInsane Fanner Then Knrned the Remain^ an<1 His Barn?Suicide Follows. Cumberland. Wis.?In a fit of rage .Tothn Keymeiser. a farmer, shot and killed his wife, chopped up the body, threw It Into the barn and set the structure on fire. He then made his escape. A posse was organized and he was traced to the woods near Clayton. When the posse cot near him he held them at bay with his gun for over an hour. When he found escane impossible he shot and killed himself. The murderer and suicide was once an inmate of an insane asylum and also served a term in jail on charges preferred by his -wife. There is a large family of small children surviving. WALES WILL COME TO ST. LOUIS. &I&C JSawara aikk sou i? 'tfjiiuiiiuurm us Head of Fair Cnnimiaiion. London. ? The appointment of tho Prince of Wales as President of the Royal Commission which is to represent Great Britain at the St. Louis Exposition will be made at the special request of Kin? Edward, who thought he could thus best demonstrate his personal interest in the exhibition and his cordiality toward America generally. John Redmond, the Irish leader, was invited to be one of the two Irish members of the commission, but his many engagements compelled him to decline. CHINESE CRUCIFY A MURDERER. Llngerpd in Agony for Thr??? Dnyt After Coufemilnc to Sixty Killings. Victoria, B.C.?Advices by the steamer Empress of China tell of the crucifixion of a Chinese desperado in Kwaug Tung who confessed to sixty murders. When he confessed it was decided that decapitation was too lenient a punishment and he was crucified. He was nailed by his hands to a wooden cross and placcd in a public place as a warning to malefactors. Ho lingered for three days before he succumbed tt) his terrible suffering. Irish Landlords Satlsfisd. The Annual report of the Irish Landowners' Convention describes the netv Irish Laud bill as the largest and most liberal measure ever offered Ireland by any British Government, and urges Parliament to pass it, with amendments. Many Perished in Silesia Kllzzarrt. Dispatches from various parts nf Silesia report that the bodies of fifteen persons who were frozen to death during the snowstorm have been found in snowdrifts. llattleshlp Iowa DUal>l?d. The battleship Iowa, which was at target practice in the Gulf, was towed to Pensacola, Fla., totally disabled. Her steam pipe burst and tore away the steering gear. The extent of the damage is considerable, and it will re quire ton days or more to make repairs. Captain Malian Decline*. Captain A. T. Malum, U. S. N., retired, the writer on naval strategy, lias declined an appointment as one of the American delegates to Geneva conference for the relief of the wounded iu war. THE GREAT DESTROYER lj SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. - ? 'ii ffhlmj'n Terrible Hlitorj 1* Written la the Misery and Shame and Bain of n Hundred Generations? Strong Drink the Cause ol Mmt nfth* Mnrdeps. Time, last Monday afternoon; place, a room in a New York tenement house;, * dramatis personae, a .man, a woman, four little children, and an invisible monster, to be later on materialized and unmasked. The woman is in bed, holding close..to herself her two-day-old babe. . ;JThe three children, all sick with Scallet fever, are in another bel in the same room. The door opens and in comes the man, the husband of the woman and the father of the four little children. . * He looks wild! His eyes are bloodshot! His face is swollen! Under his eyes are great puffs! He shakes like a leaf i(^ the wind! A moment he stands trembling in his shoes, and then he cries out to the little woman with the tiny babe on her arm: "Money! Give me some moiv-y!" "I have none," answers the woman; "you know I have none." The wild-looking maw curses! He raved about the room like a madman! The mother and the thjee sick children tremble with fear! . v "Money! I -ay, money!" cries the man once mor^ "You know I have none," the wife again replies. The man wniDs out a pistol, and. aiming at tht> woman with the little babe in her arrrw, fires, once, twice, three times! \ , The wife's mother, hearing the noise, rashes in and the still smoking weapon is turned on her! Screaming, she attracts the attention of the police, and the man is arrested?(i he stands waving his revolver and cursitig, while he gazes at the form of his wife on the floor! It is a terrible picture. It is difficult for us to look upon it as having been an actual occurrence. f A devil, a fiend, might have shot at that Soor, weak woman with the little bit of A abe in her arms; and such devil or fiend, having done so, might have stood over the i _< prostrate form ana cursed it as the life ebbed away. But how could a human being commit N such a deed? . It was not a human being who did that deed. It was the work ot the invisible monster we spoke of?which monster we now drag into the light and call by its true name?whisky. It was whisky that did that deed. The man had been drunk for four straight weeks; and when he went into that room where his wife and children were he waa not a man, but a demon. , The whiskv had dehumanized him. It had destroyed his love for his family, wiped out his tenderness of heart, killed bis humanity, and left rampant in him only the mad, senseless ravings of the drink-' crazed maniac. He did not see the nr:other. he did not , see the little two-day-old b^e upon the mother's arm?he simply shot at tne thing which, according to his disordered fancy, stood between nim and the fire-water for which he thirsted! We have told the story in the fewest, plainest words possible, and but little else remains for us to do. . '.-'iSy* The man who 'drinks whisky, even though he may drink it in what he calls moderation, cannot say that he will not yet become the murderer of his own flesh and blood. , It will naturally occur to the reader that it is a story that is likely to be repeated in any home where whisky is allowed to enter. Men are pretty nearly alike the world over. Whisky is ?,he same sort of thing everywhere, and everywhere its effects are identical. It is an enemy with which you can take no chances. It nas no honor and no heart. Cold-blooded as the pave and venomous as VipII. its tantica are anvava the same: First. to tempt, then to deceive, and finally to * destroy. Whisky is the one thine with which no one can afford to experiment. Experiment? There is no experiment about it! We know what it will do with us if we fool with it! Its terrible history is written in the misery and shame and ruin of a hundred generations! The great world-poet knew well what he was about when he made one of his characters exclaim: "0, thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no other name to be known by, let ua call thee devil!" . . . ~A A devil it is, pure and simple, gloating over ^ the wrecks it makes, laughing in fiendish glee above the ruin it works! Rum has no conscience. The sanctities of life find no favor in its eyes. It has no veneration for the kindnesses that make life beautiful. Commanders have been known to fill their soldiers with whisky just before taking them into battle. Why: Because they knew that the whisky would inflame their passions, deaden the natural kindness of their hearts, and 50 enable them to kill their fellows with tfie better grace. The effects of the stuff are degrading and brutalizing. It makes no difference how noble one may be to begin with, it is within the * power of alcohol to make a murderer of him. A large percentage of the murders committed in the world are inspired by strong drink. Crazed by rum men do things of which they would be quite incapable if sober and in their right minds. Of course this, is an old story, a very old one; but in the presence of a tragedy like the one we are now considering we cannot resist the temptation to tell the old story just one time more. We love the young men. Apart from. ^ :% the fact that in them lies the hope for the i. 1 future ot our country, we are inieresteu them for themselves alone. And because this is so we say to him: For God's sake, for the sake of your mother's love, if she is alive, of her memory if she is dead, and for the sake of all that you hoDe to be in this world?let whisky alone.?New York American. Antl-l)rlnk Cra?arie. In Denmark a curious method is notf adopted for the purpose of preventing persons from getting drunk. The police have simply notified the saloonkeepers throughout the country that those among them who at any time sell liquor to persons who are intoxicated will not only be held responsible for any damage which the drunkards may do to persons or prouerty, but will also bo obliged to pay for sending them home in carriages as well as for medical attendance, if necessary. In evcrv case it is the saloonkeeper in whose piace the intoxicated person has procured the last class of liquor who is nek! responsible, and for this reason most of the saloonkeepers are now taking very good care not to furnish drink to any one who shows the slightest signs of intoxication. " % -< Tlie Cruwule In lirtef. The first member of tiie first temperance pooietv in the United States. Warren L. Wheaton. lias just died at the old homestead in Wheaton, 111., at the age of ninety-one years. The liquor oligarchy of Brussels have issued a secret circular, calling for combined and vigorous action against all anti-alcoholic societies in the country. The British lunacy commission reports that the cases for which alcohol is assigned as the cause of insanity average 21.8 per rent, of the whole number for males and 9.5 per cent, in females in England. The commission on alcoholism appointed nearly two years ago has, through Dr. Lahorne, made a report to the British Parliament to the effect that national inlempcrance must eeasc if national bank ruptcy is to be averted. Onlv a c:c;ir brain can think God'? thought after Him. Only a steady hand can glorify the divine Carpenter. Only a heart unhurried by artificial stimulant* can be loyal in its love to Christ and humanity ?Frances E. Willard. The largest shipment of beer ever sent to the Orient from any one point waa shipped from Milwaukee on December 11. It consisted of forty-seven carloads, containing 1,000,000 bottles. The cargo goes to Hong Kong and Manila. Verily the, beer trade follows the flag. \