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r: _ f I rfl. 1 I QUEER CR4FT SEEM ' I mm \ IN THE PHILIP I l"^! ji AND SOUTH Our first view of Manila as we steam on a small iaunch up the Pasig River to the landing stage discloses a puuoramie assortment of shipping not equaled for strange and interesting features anywhere. At times this narrow river with its always rapid current is so completely jammed or j choked with shipping that navigation Is attended with great danger. Here we find the huge, heavy casgoes | In which merchandise and freight of Iall descriptions are transported from the large steamer anchored in the bay to the wharf. These casgoes are oc j wood, about the size of an American j ' "* ^ ' .;, 4| P^4^: W' ' . J V ^ t.;Ccx, j 1. FERRY ON THE BINONDO CAN A WITH BAMBOO OUTRIGGER. US] v IPPINES. canalboat, and are covered with a baui- < boo roof, easily removed in sections. Over the after part of the boat the roof ia considerably raised, thus forming a roomy cabin wherein live the navigator and family. It was in these boats Ithat most our troops were taken ashore from the Army transports. Within a few blocks of the Captain of the Ports' office at the landing stage , , we come to the Binondo Canal, on outway to the central or old part of Manila. On this canal are used curious ferryboats. They are small, built of | heavy timbers covered with a wooden flooring, over which is erected a sktleton framework of wood, in turn covered with a bamboo roof. Each boat I carries about fifteen passengers and is j Impelled by means of a long pole dox- ' terously handled by tne native "fletero." i The change in management in refer- j ence to these ferryboats offered proof' that the native is very susceptible to. and capable of. conforming to Arneri- j can customs, which he imitates prompt- J ily. For years it hnd boon tlie nwom I i W?-. ' "^V. ^ . s * , $> ?' ' ' ? ' ' ' V .. . 'jvi \ '- ' V : i ; < X V J f ' " : % ' ' lALSA vBOAT built of grass; on lake I TiriCACA (PEBU AND bolivia). L have a suiail tin can fastened direct| under tbe roof of these boats: into I Is the passenger dropped a copper in. Shortly after the arrival of the i oops the discovery was made that rtain persons, instead o? dropping a i pper coin into the can, would drop a 1 aall stone, or nail, etc. It was the troduction of this latter custom : hich at once caused the native boat- i en to adopt the American method of I fleeting fares. In the river here we i je many canoes or dugouts pnsstng ' ck and forth; these are made by the * tives frotn solid logs, which are dug . t, and they are impelled with a pad- t L It is interesting to watch the na- i fes pass up or down, with or against < b swift current, in these small craft i L UU ?1I /S/V.4. I- -3 ~ 1 I en wiiu uii ?uri5> ui guuus. ?jruuuce, i ;etables, fruits, grass for fodder. < ( had the good fortune to-travel south ] \ V jgflLm Manila with General Bateson on Mw famous bloodless treaty wit?? the fijBople, who are perhaps the craftiest of n?r flrat gtnnnlnor nluno nip*"*"" v rr?o * ' I s at Ilollo, Island of Panay, winch |1 s ON MY TRAVELS !; Ill PINES, CHINA J fmw AMERICA. | [ y | I place bad been burned by tbe natives. The island is famous as being the greatest sugar exporting centre in the archipelago. Here are used the double outrigger ferryboats which are one of the strangest sights in our far-off possessions. These boats are made of huge logs, also dug out or burnt out. They are fitted with masts and carry from two to four saiis. On either side is a bamboo outrigger which distinguishes them from outrigger boats in other parts of the Pacific, where only one outrigger is used. Bamboo being hollow, intersected by many partitions running crosswise, is practically a tube ? I I * 1 ^ * * ' ,, . . - '-x. F jf V ; Ijt&Jtsi ~ -^ i^r /' ,- ' , L. MANILA. 2. DUGOUT CANOE. ED BY MOROS. SOUTHERN PHIL . ? ? 3f many airtight compartments; and as the bamboo grows to an extremely large size, up to eighteen inches in diameter, these long airtight tubes are capable of sustaining great weight above water. In some instances on large boats, the bamboo is tied In bundles on either side of the boat, which are suspended from cross beams and rest on the water. It is almost Impossible to capsize one of these boits, which attain remarkable speed. With the same sail area tuey win outsan any ^>oats in our home waters. They should form an interesting study for yachtsmen. These boats would circle quite around our steamer, the "Churraca," an ex-Spanish transport, in a moderate breeze, while we were steaming at tenv knots per hour. A landing Is effected by running the boats onto the sandy beach, when rtie passenger steps ashore. . Our nest port of call was Jolo. capital of the Jolo or Sulu group, where the negotiations which culminated in the signing of the treaty between the United States, and the Sultan of Sulu were carried on. At this place we also tind the double outrigger used on all native boats, be they the small dugout for one or two persons, or the huge war canoes of the Sultan, capable of carrying from fifty to eighty people. These boats here are more picturesque, being of more attractive shapes and elaborately ornamented with beautiful carving. The outrigger boats are also used by the natives in their pearl fisheries, which industry is next to hemp of greatest importance in the southern islands. The Sultan's people, the Moros, are expert navigators and are known to the world aj a dangerous tribe; for until very recently these islands were marked on the charts with the# warning sign of "Pirates." The Moro" travels in his outrigger boat many miles from island to island: his lni.it- nnrl n.iildlo are h:s most valued I possession, not even excepting bis wife, ivuo is practically a slave to liiui. Across the China Sea from Manila. 1 distance of some 700 miles, we And not only interesting craft of all kinds. !>ut that the native boats are navigated in nearly every instance by women, tvho act as pilots for large vessels that ?nter the beautiful harbor of Hong Kong. It is not unusual to see a woman at the tiller wearing a huge umbrella-shaped hat and having fastened ^n her back a child. These native boats are constructed of wood and bamboo, are titted with a mast aud :arry a set of sails, and are used to nrry produce aud merchandise from place to place. The native family " 7 ' . A . * OAT AT 1LU-1LO, PHlLli'l'lNEb. lives on these small boats; in fact, they spend their entire time on the water. For a rudder a very long oar is used and handled in an expert manner by the woman navigator. The strangest craft I have ever seen on all of my travels were tbe balsas UNFORTUN.AT^ Doctor (in his own consulting room, ... 1 hnmM "TK'^ll m <1 <1 n m seen uc uer u^u uuuic/? ?v,?? coining to Mahomet"?Punch. of Lake Titlcaca in Bolivia and Feru. These balsas are made of grass, an aquatic plant, growing in tne waters of the lake. The principle on whifcli tney are constructed by the Aymaras Indians proves their ingenuity. A bale of hay naturally floats in the water, and according to the quantity of drie.d grass used in construcflng the boat do they control the displacement or carrying capacity. These boats are likewise fitted with a mast and sail, and in some instances carry from eight to ten persons. The Indians travel long distances over tiiis vast inland lake, the surface of which Is on a level with the summit of the Jung Frau of the Swiss Alps.? E. C. Rost, In Scientific American. A Striking Photograph. The striking photograph here reproduced shows a curious work of nature near Thunder Mountain. Idaho, U. S. A. This gigantic mouollth is eighty feet high, and about ten or twelve feet square at the base, tapering toward the top to about seven feet or less. The great rock poised on the top is es timated to weigh fully ten tons. The obelisk is known as the "Sheepeaters' Monument," and the Indians have a curious legend to account for it. Many years ago, tlicy say. before the white men came, the Sheepoaters were attacked in the valley below the shaft by a war party of Bannocks from the south. The conflict raged fiercely, but the Sheepoaters. fighting for their homes and hunting grounds, ultimately defeated their foes. The Great Spirit was told of the battle by the Indians who had been killed in the fight, and gone to the happy hunting ground. They told the Great Spirit of the valorous deeds of their tribe in defending their liotr.<?s, ar.d He said that He would build a monument on the battle ground that should stand for all ages as evidence of the Sheepeaters' prowess. Nest spring there came a great snowslid'e, and when the grass grew again there stood the monument, about t-rtn f?it hitrh nnr* nn tlio tnn tho hflJ THE "SHEEPEATEKS' MON'CMENT" NEAR THUNDER MOUNTAIN', IDAHO. [From a Photo.] anced rock. The monolith, they say, has grown larger each year, as the Great Spirit has been more pleased with the Sheepeaters. The enemies of the tribe, the Indians declare, were placed underneath the top rock, and there has been no trouble since. As a matter of fact, the monument?which is of a granite-like hardness?has been formed by the gradual weariug away of the softer rock formation surrounding it. A more striking natural monument it would be difficult to find anywhere in the world.?Wide World Magazine. Charles Fox'* Anntu, A correspondent writes: The l>est case of "linking lives" is that of two aunts of Charles James Fox, one of whoui was alive 170 years after the birth of the other. Sir Stephen Fox. who was born in 1S27, and is said to have attended Charles I. on the scaffold, married in 1?>.">4, and had in the following year a daughter, who died in Infancy. At tho age of seveujy-six he married a second wife, and had four children, of whom one was later created Lord Holland. He eloped with a daughter of the Duke of Richmond, and was the father of Charles James Fox. A sister of his wife was that Lady Sarab Lennox whom the young George III. is supposed to have thought of marrying. She died, the ' ? - 0 1.1 I ~ moiuer UL lue ueiujv; in io^o. She was maternal aunt of the statesman, and the little girl who was born in 1655 was his paternal half aunt.? London Chronicle. Blackpool claims to be the beat lighted town la England. IHPKWi FIGURE OF SPEECH. to lady -whom he has always hitherto , this is indeed a case of the mountain A CENTURY ! PLANT j IN BLOOM. . J By ARTHUR INKERbLEY. j The "century plant" was so named because of the popular idea that It j blooms only once in 100 years. It need j hardly be said that this idea (like most popular ones) is erroneous. In the ge- j nial climate of California the plant ; blooms in from fifteen to twenty years, | but in colder climates from forty to ! - W ~M ~~ I ' $* ' 1 ?r? Ik i >1 ia- ; a flowebinq centubt plant. fifty years may bo necessary to bring it to maturity. The botanical name of the plant is Agave Americana variegata, and was given to it because of its splendid appearance. The agave is a native of Northern Mexico, where it is named the maguey, and furnishes pulque, the national drink of Mexico. In Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, the sandy soil Is specially favorable to \ the agave, of which there are about twenty species in various stages of existence. When the plant begins to bloom it throws up a single stalk, from which the tassel-like flowers sprout L UI I LI Ull CUild OIV4V. A ^?v & l \,i+ i. uvhvistalk draws all the sap and vigor from the broad leaves of the plant, which, after it has reached its perfection, droops and dies. But at the .base of the fleshy, glossy, dark-green leaves are found little suckers, each with a root, which, when planted, at once begins to grow. Though a century plant in flower is not a very uncommon sight in California, it Is sufficiently so to attract considerable attention, while to most Europeans it is a very rare and wonderful occurrence. The accompanying photograph was taken by Charles Weidner, of San Francisco, and was sent by Mr. Arthur Inkersley, of the same city.?Scientific American. New Bulldlnc Block. The building block shown in the accompanying cut is of a new design for which many advantages are claimed. In the first place, it permits of the construction of a hollow wall, the passages of which are intercommunicating and which can be made use ot for conducting wires and pipes. It consists of a body of rectangular and oblong form cut away in the centre so a3 to ! NEW BUILDING BLOCK. leave a hollow space comprising about one-third of the width of the block. At diagonally opposite corners there are projecting portions which comprise a continuation of each of th^ fnr>p? nf the block. The method of laying these bricks, as shown in the cut, is said to increase the strength of th? wail, and the hollow construction results in a very great decrease in the weight. |' The inventor says that this form of block is capable of a number of varin- ! tions, and the simplest design Is the ! one which is shown in the cut. ft is ' also proposed to make the blocks with 1 a single extension instead of the double and for the purpose of making a very close joint It Is further proposed to supply them with recesses which will register <it the abutting surfaces, so that after the block has beeto In Id In its place In close contact with Its neighbor the mortar or cement can be put Into the recess made and the pieces held firmly together. Cuba's two principal export woods are mahogany and cedar. Good mahogany lands may still be bought on the south coast at a low figure, but the price is steadily advancing. ' I I AGMCDLIOML j ^ v ww w %rw wv ^ w ww^ Destroying Weeds. Many farmers do not feed turnips because sometimes the stock will not partake of them when they can get better material. Something depends nnnn thp manner in wlilHi tlio tiirnins are fed. No animal eares for a bard, woody or frozen turnip, nor should the roots be fed without some preparation. The better method Is to steam them and add ground grain, but the majority of farmers object to the labor of sucl> proceeding. A root-sllcer. however, may be used by which the turnips may be sliced. They should then be covered with water over night, sprinkled with meal and salt the next morning and fed. They are, of course, not as valuable as hay, corn fodder or grain, but they serve an excellent dietary purpose, increasing the appetite and assisting to keep the animals In good condition. Drinking Fountain. The Illustration shows a very handy form of- drinking fountain for young chicks. This may also be used as a feed trough, for which it has no equal. In order to use it fill a small tin can POULTRY DBIKKINO FOUNTAIN. with water or food, lay it on two pieces, , B B. half-inch thick, and on these put a lid of a larger can. Invert the whole quickly and the lid wfll remain filled with water 1111 tfte can is epapty.?Richard Scheiderer, In Orange Judd Farmer. A Word For the Home. There is little room for doubting that the horses of many private Individuals would last far longer than they do If more consideration were paid to their comfoi*t; and perhaps a little personal supervision of the stable arrangements on the part of the owner might insure a still longer life for his horse. In the first place, there is a perhaps natural disposition on the part of some servants to neglect attending to the comfort of their charges when they themselves are tired. Yet it is just as essential, In fact even more so, for a jaded horse to be made comfortable if he happens to get home late at night, as there is if lie returns to his stable in the daytime. In order to enjoy his rest as he deserves, he should be properly wisped over and dried. The mud should be sponged from his hock, his ears comfortably pulled and his legs properly bandaged, and after he is cooled, if he came in heated, his nlglit clothing should be put on, and after he has fed he will enjoy ft Is night's rest and. benefit by it.?Indianapolis News. Prepared Seed Bed. Most of us understand that is order to get the best results from a crop we must start right, yet the tendency is to get the seed into the soil as quickly as possible in the spring and take chances on the result. In view of the fact that we are wholly dependent upon weather conditions as to results, we are unjust to ourselves if we leave undone anything that will enablt us to cope with abnormal conditions. This la precisely the state we are in when We fail to properly prepare the seed bed. Summer drouths being the thing most to be feared, the proper preparation of the seed bed nutans putting It in the condition where It will be best able to overcome drouths: the moisture is conserved by the preparation of the seed bed. If. in addition to this work, there lias been put Into the soil by the use of cover crops of green manuring of any kind an amount of humiN sufficient to keep the soil porous and during the growth of the crop a surface cultivation is maintained. which also assists in conserving the moisture in the soil, there Is every chance in favor of a crop that will be satisfactory even under condi tions of more or less pronounced droughts. If this is contrary to general practice it will cost but little to demonstrate its correctness in a small area.?Indianapolis News. Th? Day of Small Farms. Except in the Far West the tendency Is toward the small farms, and it is certainly a step in the right direction. In the East the majority of farms are under 100 acres, and in many sections more money is being made from thirty acres than 100. Particularly Is this the case where the farms are located near cities or large towns. This same state rvf nffoira Ttrlll rrrfiHnollr enmp nhOUt in the West as the population Increases. If one has large numbers of cows and horses so that there is an abundance of fertilizer and plenty of help to handle I crops which can be sold at a profit, there is doubtless profit in the lar&e farm, but where it comes to the choice between using the fertilizer for fifty acres that Is none too much for twenty acres, common sense teaches us that ft would be best to put the fertilizer and labor on the smaller area, even though the rest of the farm stood idle. Around some of the great cities of the country are truckers' farms, or, rather, gardens. where the land value is high, on which are raised crops of greater value to the acre than are raised on ten acres of 6ome of the large farms In the country. These plots are evidences of what can be done under the Intensive system of farming, -which Is based on the principle of a small area well tilled. If one Is located near good markets it will certainly pay him to look into the subject of concentrating his energies on a small area.?Indianapolis News. Management of the Sitting: Hen. When a hen wants to sit, and I am willing she should. I select a box or nest in some dark corner, sprinkle lime or coal oil over the bottom, to keep away lice ami mites, and put in fresh, clean straw. Just before dark I place thirteen or fifteen eggs In the 1 nest and set the ben on them. Some< J times she returns to her old nest, but as a rule my hens are satisfied where I set them. For several days the hen S is allowed to sit undisturbed, but aftei that I see that she is fed and watered and Jf possible has her dust bath, regularly every day. About the ninth day I test the eggs, I take a piece of cardboard seven by eight inches and make a funnel of it. Next take the eggs from under the hen. carefully lay them in a pan 01 ti basket and take them to the light. Hold up each egg between the sun and J ? your funnel and examine it. If fertile, I u you can see the air cell plainly, and the if egg will look dark, while an infertile ei one is perfectly clear and should not jj be put back in the nest. The infertile li eggs' can be boiled and fed to chicks. w On the nineteenth day I put the egga 8' In water as warm as the hand can com- h fortably bear. This softens the shell, tl thus making It easier for the chick to p!?k its -way out. As fast as the chicks p are hatched, I take them from the hen, 8< wrap them In flannel in a basket, and v keep them In a warm place until all w are hatched. Then I feed the hen well " and give her the chicks.?Cecilia Steel, In New England Homestead. I le 1 /a Green Food For Figs* "j No one is in a position #to grow pigs s< with profit unless he can provide pas- 1' ture or green forage of some kind ior his animals. They need this from ? spring to autumn, and then they go d to grain for finishing. In this connec- C( tion the following experiment Is inter- " esting?the idea being to see whether t" a portion of the grass or fibrous food tl fed in conjunction with corn meal was w not more healthful and. profitable than the meal without any other admixture, fi Taking a Utter of six pigs, five weeks d old. It was divided Into two lots as " nearly equal in weight and thrift as t] possible. h One lot was kept in a pen and fed ?: upon corn meal soaked in water twelve _ hours. The other lot was kept in a it pen alongside and fed upon green d clover, cut short, and mixed with corn P meal. At first only one quart of this t cut clover was fed each pig,'with all t the meal they would eat. This meal * being mixed with clover, the particles j were separated, and when eaten went to the stomach in a spongy condition, so that the gastric Juice could penetrate the mass, as water does a sponge, h This Juice being able to come In con- * tact with all the food very quickly, ? digestion is soon accomplished. a This lot of pigs, with the clover and tl meal, were always lively, always ready " for their food, while the other lot, with meal alone, ate greedily for a time, a then became daintv for a few days, ? showing a feverish state of the sys- jj tem, contenting themselves for a few 3 meals with water, until, by fasting, ii they got over their indisposition, and ? went on feeding again. This was re- [ peated many times during the five c months that the experiment lasted, c At the end of the time the two lots 0 were weighed. . . The lot fed on meal alone scaled 150 pounds each, the other lot 210 pounds each, or forty per cent, more for being c treated as grass-eating animals. Each ? lot consumed the same amount of meal. The clover in this case was given in small quantity, arid intended merely to t act as a divider for the meal. The ^ nmnnnf TiarrnT aTt.a&rtari twn nilflrts Of aiilUUUJ, VI VAvwvwv* w n cut clover at a meal.?America? Cultivator. c Loco W?ed. A bane to stock-raisers Is an inno- *' cent-looking plant which botanists si know as astragalus, a bunchy herb a * foot or two high, with grayish-green ^ foliage and spikes of narrow, pea-like flowers. There are numerous species in the world, and of those native to the j. United States the great majority are h found in the region between the Mis- fi slssippi and the Pacific^ where they are a held in about as bad repute as a horse thief, because of the strange effect ex- t! erted by some species upon horses and * cattle that eat them. Some principle resident in the plant attacks the brain ^ of the animal and produces a sort o" is insanity. Gradually the horse or cow i loses flesh, strength and intelligence j ?? ? ? I until robbed of all that makes Its life c; worth living, it Anally dies a premature sc and miserable death. This dread disease is called in some parts of the West "grass staggers" and the term tl "loco" given to the plant is Spanish P; for crazy. c. Cattlemen will tell you that, like the a excessive use of narcotics and alcoholic e* stimulants among men, the loco habit once established In an animal becomes so' n ruling passion. A depraved taste ci for the poison is developed and whole- 0; some foods become distasteful to the victim. Evepy one who has traveled 8a much In the rural districts of the Far tb West have probably seen a-"locoed" horse and perhaps been .struck^. by the nhHnno nnr;iiiei between the poor l- . - - le beast's ragged coat, lack-lustre eye and staggering gait and the condition of a man whom whisky or morphine hus lie brought to the gutter. So in Western slang an intoxicated person is said to nj be "locoed." jjj At the time of blooming, which is in the spring, the loco weed is believed to k be comparatively harmless, the poJson- 28 ous principle developing most actively V when the seed pods are full grown. It is interesting to know that Mother Nature, whose kindly hand is prone w. to bestow even In the midst of things lie evil some modicum of good, has provided the astragalus tribe with at least two species that bear edible fruit, The pods of these are succulent and pe plum-shaped, and in the old days of Pe the prairie schooner travelers used to gather them under the name of ground plums and eat them both raw and th cooked.?Philadelphia Record. w; ?? The natives of India never allow a r'( fakir?of whom there are 3,000,000 who [0" live by begging?to starve. t: ; ' " ' -m IE GREAT DESTROYER - r OME STARTLING FACTi ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. ertlnent Advice to Yonnff M?n-lei?nn? Drawn From the Failure of Many Brilliant Men to Attain the Position* to ttuicu Aucar amioui* bubiuv auvhs. Some time ago, in a prominent social ub in an adjoining city, I attended a dianguished gathering in celebration of the a-en^y - fifth anniversary of a political rent. During -the evening a very well nown United States Senator, being called pon to speak, began by indulging ir? remliscences of the time when this political rant had taken place. He recal'ed the len who with himself had entered public fe shortly before that time?men of brilant taients and high education, some of hom had been classmates with him in >llege, many of whom were members of iatinguished families, who began with igh Drospects and noble ambitions, and len he said, "Almost ail these men are ead, and the majority of them died of rink!" The remark was made in a comany of men who had. been drinking, and >me of whom were drinking in the interala nf fhp fa Ik- There were a hundred ine glasses around him, and unless my lemory is at fault, the Senator had at ine glass before him, if pot in his hand, hen he said it, but it seemed to me that had never heard so strong a temperance icture as that. These youn? men were the ower of the community, the highest and le best according to all our standards of Jiection. fit to join in society and public fe. fit to be useful for their fellow man od their country, and with sincere purose to make the* best of their opportunity fid of themselves?and the majority had ied of drink. Not one of them had ever sntemolated or dreamed of such a thins hen they began their career. Probablv it uch an endinz had been held up before lem they would have shrunk from it with le utmost horror. Every one of them rould have resented with indignation the ingestion that such an end could possibly jme to his career. But there was the awjl fact, the majority of them had died of rink. The lights? had gone out, the dialonds had turned to ashes, the usefulness > waste, the brilliant careers to disgrace, he hopes of themselves and their friend* ad been destroyed, the talents and the ducation, the ability and the strength and be manhood had been overthrown, 1 1 _ J--1 J U..? uencnea in everlasting ua.rs.acas. <iuu uuifd out of sight. The majority of them had ied of drink. It was not what they cxected; it was not what they wished: it ras not what they deemed possible. But his insidious foe had deceived them, and he saying of the wise man comes back nth an awful significance. "Whosoever is eceived thereby ia not wise."?Bv Hon, ohn I. Piatt. 0 Wine if a Hoclcer. It 'is a well-known fact that when alcool enters the bodv, one of the first orans to feel its influence is the organ of be mind, the brain. The perceptive facul7 is beclouded, the reason is dethroned, ad the moderate drinker never' knows lie exact moment when the scepter passes lto the hand of the arch-deceiver. Ia act. such is the illusive nature of strone rink that the drinker often imagines that "proper and legitimate" use of the same timulates and sharpens the intellect. We nd among friends and supporters of the ouor traffic very few total abstainers, 'he moderate drinker on the other hand j found characterizing liquor as a neeesiry evil and apologizing for tne saloon as he poor man's club, which goes to prove hnfr even a "femnerate" USA of intoxi anta ia aot to be productive of queer faniea and dangerous fallacies in the mind of ? von a good lawyer* an able editor or an minent clergyman.?Union Signal. A Foe to MUfloni Everywhere. < The Rev. Dr. Brown. Secretary of Forign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, ivz: "In my travels in foreign fields I learned hat not only the customs of the people inder missionary activities, but I found he aiime of the pit .is represented in the imerican saloon, had been transferred to !iose fields. "There ia a brewery in Jerusalem. | "There is a distillery on Mt. Lebanon. "There are American saloons in Damaaus." The saloon is the church's greatest foe 1 its foreign missionary work. The misionarv zoes to Christianize, while the rum hoi follows in his steps to deatrov his rork?even to hurl the people back into a 'crso than heathan darkness. 1 Tlie Sting of Conscience. In on Cbio town a saloonkeeper was seen v a friend walking fcrck and forth before is saloon as if ia deep thought. The iend asked him what was the matter. He ushered: "Oh, nothing." The next day the fricr.d saw him walking he same way. and aiain asked him what a? the matter. "Have the crusaders been after you?" "No, but I have rec?ived a no?ta1 sizned y three ladiea. The husband of the first i one of my customers, and i* rapidly beaming a drunkard. A son of the second i one of my customers, and is iust starting 1 on a drunkard'a course. The husband f the third was one of my customers and icd a drunkard. It cuts close, and I can't :and it." Grog Evolution. ? Mr. Headley. in his recent work on Problems of Evolution." intimates "that runkenneaa eventually improves the phyquies of a nation by weeding out all but le most robust drinkers." Commenting on this the editor of the ittsburg Press says: There is food for a cat ueai ui cyuuuvcisv in nun nd perhaps for some thought. But if runkenness weeds out feeble drinkers, 023 it weed them out before they have ansinitted diseased wills and frail phy ques to their descend"jts? And does it ot, on the other ha-.d, impair the phyques of the hardiest? The moral and immercial sentiment against intemperance everywhere on the increase, and the lrw in well afford to regard it with increasing sverity. Need of an Aro:ued 7on*clenre. The Toronto Guardian, in simnhg up ie results of th: recent prohibition ca nlign in Canada, among other things cava: rhe greatest need is an aroused C!iri:tiai mscience within the Christian' cliurc'ies. Icoholic drink io not necessary as a fcev* age and it is ruinous to health. home, isiness and socisty. The traffic in alco)!ic drink is not necessary ? ia tha n:rco of the greatest evils. The Christiao. lurches have had it in their power to *?rthrow the traffic in alcoholic drink, id to thus prevent rou^h of its ovil effect. t>c very esscncs of Christianity ia a selfcriP.cing life for the good of o'*.ier3?for - ?1 A.' .ft tL- _ _ 1 _ .1 i j. |. _ i__x i* aajvauou at mc lupernec ana or iosi. The Croiade In Brief. The Society of Friends, with 3C3 nubrs. returni 350 as abstainers. Out cf 100D newspapers in the State ol ansas, 787, it is said, will not publish a [uor advertisement at any price The French Chamber of Deputies has n*v opriated-$240,000 over th^ protest of the inister of War. for the purpose of supying the troops with wine. According: to figures issued by tin Un'terl hirdon Alliance it appears that out of 87 Congregational ministers i i tlut oo"..v y 2551 are total abstainers, and of 320 stunts for the uialstry ail but nineteen are efotalers In Liverpool 500 public houses are visited :ekh* by the Salvation Army, and a puban has been induced to give up bis busies rha Ifly-si.-th annual report ot the PenoIvania Commissioners on Lunacy Shows at the increase of insanity from interarance is from 6.6 per cent, in 1900 to 21.1 r cent, in 1902. The ratio of intemperice to orv other cause is given as five to ie As the immediate result of the closing rf e saloons in Santa Monica* Cal., which is accomplished last year, her bank debits have increased $46,Cj0 during a pe>d of three months, as against the .umt ree months under license. Iter arrests r druikeauess tave fa'.lea oil eighty per at. A-'-: