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t 'mr III. II I ???mmmmmmmm M A-MAT1 I By Anna Katharine Green, J COPYRIGHT, f990. IV R0 CHAPTER XXV. ( Continued. ' " 'It was years ago, after I had a paralytic stroke and I lay in a miserable ' - Abasement in a condition more helpless than that In -which I am now. She ' caw me in passing, and moved by my \ pale face, I suppose, stopped and gave me a little bundle of fruit which she . ;was carrying home for her own meal. (Poverty recognizes poverty, and I saw hers, but I could not say her nay nor refuse her gift, nor even thank her for ' what made my heart leap with joy, and when she passed again and yet again, each time with a smile that filled my dark room with the sunshine ! cf heaven, I grew to live in the light ] of her coming and going, till there i was no daylight for me if she did not ' pass, and no night shadows for me if ' Bhe did. I was ignorant or tier name. She never thought to tell me, and I had no power to ask. But I saw that j !her hands were rough with work, ; * though her face was one of the loveliest that could be seen, and sometimes 1 I caught a glimpse of the heavy bundle 1 Which she always carried on the further 6ide of her, as if she knew I would ' grieve to see it so heavy and yet be ' unable to relieve her. j. " 'And weeks went by, and months, 1 land 6he never forgot to smile or say a 1 Word of hope or drop me a flower, 1 Which must often have been bought at J the expense of a meal, for her clothes ] Were very poor and thin, and her face, !for all her beauty, had that sharp, heartbreaking look which only comes j Irom insufficient food and hard work. !A.nd I, loving her as we only love the 1 being who keeps us from despair, had to see all this, and only look the an- ( guish and gratitude with which my 1 iheart was breaking. I could not even 1 pray for her to take from me the only precious thing which I possessed?my 1 mother's ring. And when I saw her ( t growing paler each day, and walking 1 iwith feebler steps, and lingering with ' Bweeter, but ah! sweeter smiles as 6he 1 passed the window, which had now be- i wmp like a shrine between us. I used ( (to suffer beyond the power of tongue 5 to tell; not because I could not act a f tman's part and snatch her from tbf 1 work that was destroying her, but because I did not know what name to 1 call her by when I prayed to heaven 1 to guard her. And she never thought ( to tell me, though she loved me as few 1 Women love the strong and the helpful. * * " 'At last?ah! to think that I should ( have lived so many years since then? 1 there came a day when she could hard- 1 , 1y falter to my window. Only love 1 m could have sustained her,- for she had f to clutch the rails of the fence between i r' ?s to keep herself from falling, and 1 i :when I just looked and looted; at ner ? In my despairing -way she cried softly: ^'If I do not come again, know that I am dead, dear frfend," and then she . would have gone, but that the awful languish within me found vent In one mighty effort and I cried: "Oh, tell me your name, sweet angel; tell me your name!" and then fell forward from my fchair, stricken again and helpless. But rwhen, in time?I know not how long? I came to myself again, they put a ftoook in my hand, which had been left ifor me on the evening of that day, and ?n the fly-leaf of the book I read these ,words: " 1 "My name Is Jenny Rogers. Pray ifor me, as I shall die praying for you." " 'That book Is under my head now, iand when I am buried you will see that 1t is laid under these flowers you have given me.' "'Ana -was that tne enar i impeiutously cried. 'Did you never see or hear from her again?' " 'Never. And so I know she died. But other girls of her name and character still live. For every throe she Buffered, for every -weary hour she passed, another shall reap joy and re- alize comfort. You have promised it, and I rely upon you to keep your word as I would re'ry upon myself. Ah, sweet peace, I know thee at last! Fifty years have I sought thee, and, now, as v 2 die, thou haltest at my bedside!' "Could I disturb such a hope? Quixiotic as his scheme was, I had no right ? ^ 4o criticise it. I might have suggested ho ohnnlrt mflko flftv crJrls pom fortable Instead of one enormously } rich, but in my position any interfer ence 6eemed an impertinence, and ' might have undermined a faith which ; It behooved me to see preserved in 1 him. Besides, it was rapidly becoming 3 too late for expostulation. The strength 1 which had sustained him through this ' final interview was fast ebbing away, 1 and I felt that it was rather my duty\ *o speak to him of another world than ; to delay his thoughts any longer upon Sthis. "I therefore hastened to give him Incf ncciirnnr>o<j nnrl nr>intin<? tr> thp ' hall where the lawyer stood, asked trim If he would feel any easier if his wishes were expressed on paper. But he said 'No;' that he had unbounded confidence in me, and looked at me so lovingly that my heart lost sonic of its oppression, and my future task appeared for the moment less onerous. " 'But I should like to see the lawyer for a moment.' he said. "And, obedient to his last wish, I called in Mr. Cutting and left them for an instant together. What they said h- I never knew, but from the lawyer's * manner I judged it to be something of a peculiar nature, for he smiled as I came back and gave me another of ?tis odd looks. "In another moment tbe dying man liaa given one joyiui cry, uuereu ine word 'Jenny,' and fallen back upon his pillow dead." CHAPTER XXVI. THE QUEST. "I took no one into my confidence. I merely told Mr. Cutting and the doctor that I was not at liberty to divide the fortune which had beeu left me, and then waited to see if the will would be ' contested. I expected it would be. but! wl d ^1JL I LIONS. Ju Author of "The Forsakes 1 Inn," Etc. gj BERT BONNER'S SONS. M . r only one or two adventurers put !n claims, and these were so manifestly fraudulent that the matter was never carried into court. When I felt myself firmly settled in my position and recognized as the legal possessor of these millions I quickly left Cleveland and went to New York. Taking rooms in the most retired hotel I could find I began the starch delegated to me. I ?Clll, JUlOir, IU IUC UilCVJlUlJ UliU luua the addresses of all the families by the aanie of 'Rogers' that were to be found there; then where their position warranted it I visited these families, and where vit did not, I learned through such persons as I thought it safe toemploy, whether there was a Jenny among the daughters, and if there was [ contrived to see the girl, often finding ane glimpse to be enough to satisfy me as to her ineligibility. "The child of Abram Rogers was the first one that struck me favorably. Not that I was satisfied even with her beauty, but I had seen so many bold and uncultivated girls among my wanderings among the poorer classes, where I naturally went first, that I could not but be struck by her innocent naivete of expression and the inherent goodness to be discerned in her sweet face. But when I had made up my mind to know her better, and, with this purpose in view, called at the i ?i -v. i:?j t uuuise wiiere sue n?eu, 1 wus euuueu to hear that sickness and death had been before me, and that the fair poung girl had passed forever from my reach and from that of the money "with which I had contemplated endowing tier. "Thrown off my balance by this inclJent I next visited the various schools, and though I did Dot find a scholar to suit me, I heard of a young teacher tvho was said to possess every personal md mental attraction which one could Jesire in a woman. So warmly was she praised that I became assured even before seeing her that my task was at in end, and could hardly contain my mpatience while waiting for the letter )f introduction which I had sought for ind obtained from a member of the school board, in whom I was happy to <ecognize an old friend. "And when I went into this girl's lumble home and noted Its neatness md the marks of good taste which everywhere abounded, I did not need :be sight of her winning yet intelligent !ace to recognize the presence of one >f those domestic angels "who grace my home and nobly fill the most elevated stations. I talked with her, and ny liking and admiration grew. Had she not risen to her feet, as she presmtly did, and thereby betrayed a se ious lameness, which robbed her of :hat indisputable claim to beauty upon vhieh Mr. Delancy had laid such stress ! should doubtless have committed myself irretrievably, for my sympathy md interest bad both been awakened, md more than this was unnecesary at :he time, so weary had I become of ny task and so hopeless was I of findng any worthy prototype of the noble ind beautiful being who had been so nuch beloved by Mr. Delancy. "But this physical disability of hers it once marked her as unfit for the position for which I sought her. I dared aot give Mr. Delancy's money to one conspicuous for a defect when he had aidden me choose absolute beauty, at least not till 1 nau sougnt runner anu found beyond all dispute tbat the city held no one of her name at once more charming and more worthy. So I recommenced my search, and this time svent the round of the private schools. "And here I want to say that, whatever consequences may have followed any undoubtedly mysterious actions, I lm conscious of having done nothing that would in any way lay me open to ;he charge even of ungentlemanly con3uct. I tried to make my inquiries and take all necessary observations myself, which was, perhaps, a mistake, but I never wilfully led any girl to think I took a nersonal interest in her. nor did [ ever breathe a word or give a glance that could be wrongly misconstrued without the aid of the girl's own vanity. I say this now, because, according to Mr. Gryce, events for which I am not in any way responsible followed my discovery of a very pretty Miss Rogers in Miss Hadden's school. She received a letter inviting her to an interview in the Jersey depot. But I ever wrote that letter. I simply paused when she and her companion passed by me on their way to church or concert, looking at her most certainly, but not with impertinence, or even with any extraordinary interest, for I soon 6aw that she possessed nothing beside a rather ordinary prettiness to recommend her to my regard, and mere prettiness. even of an extraordinary nature, was not enough to charm these millions out of my pocket as long as there was a single Jenny Rogers in New York who possessed virtue as well as beauty, and character as well as grace. "From her, then, I soon turned, whatever evidence you may adduce to the contrary. If a card bearing my name was found in a letter received by her that card was either stolen from my pocket or forged by some persons anxious to get me Into trouble. I was seeking a noble, self-sacrificing woman, not a silly and romantic school girl. "Nor do I understand or seek to explain the violent death of that other poor girl, toward whom I finally turned in sheer perplexity and despair. 1 bought the bonbons that -were found in her room, because I bad seen her stand one night with wistful eyes before a famous confectioner's, but I cert&lsiiy did not poison them, or, indeed, tamper "vritb them In any way. I did not eves vipca the box. if I remember rightly. \Vhai the result of my acquaintanceship with her might have been I cannot tell. She seemed to be a good girl, but she was an illiterate one, and only passably pretty. However, I might have found worth in her if the opportunity had been mine of sounding her nature, but I was prevented doing this by her sudden death. "I am told?and this is another mystery which I cannot explain?that she received a letter of warning against me; warning, when I only meant her goodl As to who was the writer of this anonymous note I cannot even hazard a guess. The police must determine that I can only repeat what I said before, that my conduct toward her was without any show of disrespect, and that neither to the poorest of these young girls nor to tne nest endowed did I ever show attention which was not in perfect accord with the purpose for which I sought them. ' "And now I come to the experience which brings me here, and explains why I continue to obtrude myself in Miss Aspinwall's parlors,' notwithstanding the fact that my presence there is not wholly welcome to some, at least, of the persons I meet there. Miss Rogers' name is 'Jenny;' 6he is beautiful as are few of any name or circumstance, and"?his voice showed feeling here?"she has mind and soul which acquaintanceship proves to be not only gifted but elevated. I cannot turn my back upon such a perfect embodiment of all I have been told to seek for. Her very disappointments? we know she has had them?make her cause sacred in my eyes. I made up7 my mind at my second interview tnat the girl I bad so long sought for was found, and, having come to this conclusion, considered it only proper that she should learn to know me well, so that when the moment came for me to reveal my intentions she should not be constrained by any secret doubts or aversions from accepting a gift that is almost equivalent to a small kingdom. Do I make myself understood, Mr. Dcgraw?" The artist, who had passed through an infinite number of emotions and phases of feeling during this long recital, rose with a start at this 6udden appeal and enthusiastically held out his hand. '* X CJ. irv-UJ, iiCIiVVUJ, uv v-v....? "How can I thank you -enough for your kindness in letting me be present at these explanations. I assure you that I feel the coals of fire burning on my head, and only hope that you will relieve me of them by abusing me roundly for the various discourtesies I have shown you." A- "Don't speak of it," rejoined the other, waving his hand toward the table, on which lay the many documents of which I have before spoken. "Yonder,*' continued he, "are the papers upon which I rely for the substantiation of my assertions. There you will see a copy of Mr. Delancy's will, the bank books and other papers proving me to be in possession of the money I have stated, and, lastly, a letter or statement drawn up by myself and duly attested by witnesses, in which the story related to me by Mr. Delancy on his death bed is given, together with my acceptance of the ctrnnco hut tint unnatural conditions under which he, a stranger, left me this enormous fortune. I intended them for the lawyer who should draw me up a deed of gift in Miss Rogers' favor, but I found them very useful when Mr. Gryce showed me the warrant of arrest which had been made out in my name, and I 6hall be much Obliged if you also will cast your eye over them, that nothing like the shadow of a doubt' may ever again lie between me and a gentleman whom I feel bound not only to respect but ad- 1 mire." I The artist, overwhelmed, and in a condition of great excitement, took the n n no A of fhnm Tcrhflo fhp l^opcxo auu ^juuvvu ut ?? ?'v ??v . detective, rubbing his hands together, | consulted each finger separately, as if in search of an answer to a problem that' yet possessed features sufficiently unaccountable to puzzle him. "Who wrote the letter to Miss Rogers in Miss Hadden's school?" he said, musingly. "Who sent the note of warning that frfghtened the other poor girl into a flight which ended in her death in the blind alley? And who put poison into the box of bonbons which you bought and sent in good faith to i this girl? These are three very serious questions." "You are right," assented Mr. De? graw, "very serious questions, indeed, for in letter and poison we can discern the evidences of malicious feeling against the girls possessing this one name, which may not yet have expended itself, and which, if we cannot trace its source, may extend itself to the Miss Rogers now staying with i Miss Aspinwall, with we do not know what fatal results." . To be continued. A Bird That Turn?cl. s F^r an hour or more Baby Florence had been walking in the woodlands with her mamma; they had gathered many beautifully colored leaves and the floor of the forest beneath their feet glowed richly with a carpet of red foliage. Winter had kissed the trees and the rushes and the weeds and they floated brilliant pinions of rainbow tint. Baby Florence had said nothing for quite a while, so busy had she been with romping along in advance of her ! mother, but the change in the forest seemed suddenly to impress her. "Mamma," she said, "why are all the leaves yellow and red? When we came out last time they were green." "Winter causes it, Flo," replied the mother; "leaves always turn red at this time of the year." They had gone a dozen yards further when the child's eyes detected an unusually bright flash of color among the trees. It was a red breasted bird that sat a-tilt amid the branches. "Look, mamma, look," cried the little girl eagerly, "there is a birdie that is beginning to turn, too."?New York Herald. Australian Coal. The Australian colonies should be able to keep England in coal for a time when her own supply gives out According to reports made by the Government geologists of Victoria and Queens' 3 *t Hnn no nnr iuuu, lucre aic iiv i coo tutu* v,?,wv square miles of coal-bearing country in the Eastern States of Australia. The probable quantity of coal available ' (after deducting one-third for loss), Id j searas ranging from two to seventeen J feet in thickness, is not less than 240,448,053,000 tons. In Victoria there | are beds of tertiary coal over 200 feel thick, and extensive seams of oil-bear-' ing shale exist in New South Walef and Tasmania. IIHOB EVENTSOFTHE WEEK WASHINGTON ITEMS. The State Department announced the appointment of Professor John Todd Hill to be Consul-General at Greytown, Nicaragua. Secretary Shaw stated that Philippine land purchase bonds will be received conditionally as security for public debts. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt attended the funeral of his cousin, Miss Florence Locke. The Secretary of State and Mrs. Hay will entertain the President-and Mrs. Roosevelt and the Cabinet circle at dinner. Secretary Hay will soon go to Thoraasville, Ga., for relief from bronchial trouble. Commander Francis H. Delano, of the Nashville, has been promoted to the rank of captain for conspicuous service at Colon at time of recent revolution. Lawrence O. Murray, of Chicago, 111., has been chosen Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Labor. Attorney-General Knox has approved titles for the property on the square selected as the site for an office building for the House of Representatives. Secretary Cortelyou has ordered the deportation of the skilled glassblowers from Stourbridge. England, who were detained at "Ellis Island under the Alien Contract law. Dr. Sheldon Jackson, United States General Agent of Education in Alaska, denies the statement attributed to him concerning slavery in the Aleutian Islands. The State Department has recognized Nathaniel Brandon as Vice-Consul of Panama at New York, and Juan Francisco Arias as Consul of Panama at Mobile, Ala. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. Ladrones recently looted the municipal treasury in Bosoboso, in Luzon, P. I. They captured the presidente and cut the tendons of his heels. The constabulary pursued them and recovered part of. the funds. Maior-General MacArthur.. who has been studying the defenses of the Hawaiian Islands, sailed for.lfae United States on the Pacific Mail steamship Siberia.Governor Taft has left Manila, P. I., for the United States. He will visit Tokio en route to meet the Mikado at the request of the latter. He will be tendered a reception by the citizens upon his arrival at; Honolulu. The agreement for the sale of the friar lands in the Philippines has been signed, to take effect in six months, this time being allowed for surveys and examination of titles. Alonzo Cruzen, the Puerto Rican Collector of Customs, resigned as the result of the smuggling scandal. ' " DOMESTIC. Jumping from the top of the tenstory building of the Methodist Book Concern in New York City, George F. Green, a compositor, wa6 mangled almost beyond recognition. Attacked and badly beaten by union strikers, E. M. Black, a non-union man, started suits at Cincinnati, Ohio, against the Building Trades Council collectively and individually. The striking union miners arrested for vagrancy at Telluride, Col., were discharged and ordered to work at once or leave the place. Missing for twenty-four hours, the dead body of Philip F. Wenz. secretary of the Wenz Company, at St. Joseph, Mo., was found hanging in an empty box car near his home. George Calhoun, a negro, of Montgomery, Ala., murdered his wife, shot four other negroes and made his escape. An explosion of dynamite near the Portland mine, at Victor, Col., injured a number of houses. One man was killed and four were Injured as the result of a pitched battle between whites and blacks at Randolph, Tenn. Ten persons, none of them union officials, who took part in the recent car strike, were indicted for assault at Chicago, 111. By a premature explosion of dynamite at the Union Iron and Steel Furnace at Ironton, O., one man was killed ^tnllTT uiiu uvu uuii, vuu xuiaiij* Because a union engineer was discharged 250 employes of the International Salt Company, at South Chicago, 111., struck, tying up the works. Jealous of his common law wife. Marie Raascb, Albert Altcnhofen, a saloonkeeper. killed her on a crowded street in Chicago, 111., and then killed himself. Mayor Fleischmann, of Cincinnati. Ohio, conferred with the Humane Society regarding putting to death dogs running at large. The Mayor was informed that there are 20,000 stray dogs infesting the streets. FOREIGN. Despite the bakers' strike in France there was no increase in price or decrease in supply of bread in Paris, and only minor disturbances were reported. Former State Councilor Davidovics, his wife and daughter, were murdered In their home at Belgrade, Servia, by robbers. Two servants were fatally wounded. The Japanese Government proposes to undertake the completion of the Seoul-Fusan Railway under its direct Bunervision. Following a violent altercation over the Dreyfus case a duel with swords was fought at Paris, France, between Captain Levy, of the Fifth Regiment of Engineers, and Henry DeMolroy, a leading anti-Semite. Reports of a plan for the marriage of Alfonso XIII. to his cousin, Maria del Pil^r, were current at Madrid, Spain. The statement that Pius X. has received several million dollars left by Pope Leo has been affirmed. Baron Gevcrs, the Minister of the Netherlands to the United States, has beer, selected to succeed Dr. Weeterberg. deceased, the former Netherlands Minister at Rome, Italy. Friends of Captain Dreyfus, in France, are delighted with the prospect of his immediate vindication and restoration to rank in the army. Japan is negotiating for the purchase of two Chilean warships. The British Foreign Office confirms the report that Great Britain has recognized the Republic of Panama. Reports from Rome, Italy, say the Mad Mullah has offered to treat with ripoQt Rritnin tlirmierh the medium of Italy. The Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament voted $1,750,000 to buy new Krupp quick-firing guns for the army. King Christian of Denmark had a chill at Gmunden, Austria, and had to postpone his return home. THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE A Striking Article on the Eating of Candy, iu Which 1b Bound Up a Most liemarkable Tcinperance LetJBon?The Tonnj Man Who Crave* Sweets is No Drinkei The news stands in railroad stations and ferry houses sell among other things individual .pieced of candy?at one or two cents each. There are huge chocolate drops, as big ae the end of your' thumb, other large drops, filled with sweet, thick cream, and so on. In the evenings it is very interesting tc watch tho&e who buy these candies. There are very many young boys among the buyers. But there are aiso a great many young men. They rush up, buy their evening newspaper, and take in addition two 01 three pieces of candy to be eaten on the way home. This spectacle of young men?clerks and working men?eating candy is new and pleasant. The man who craves sweet things is almost always a man who uses little or no alcohol. The man \^ho suddenly gives np the drinking habit feels a strong desire foi sugar, for sweet things of all kinds. And for the same reason the young men whom you see buying candy as they rusb homeward at night are young men of temperate habitat Temperance is a virtue that gains ground daily all over tins country. The candy eating habit should be welcomed as one of the temperate1 aims. There is, by the way, a hint for young women and for mothers in this question of eating candy. If a young- man brings you a box of candy and sheepishly eats about half of it before you can eat six pieces, he is a young man most promising. You may be quite sure that lie is not a cocktail young man, or one of the young men who think "a little whisky is good for the system." Candy and ^whisky rarely meet in young men's interiors. On the other hand, there is something queer about the young man who showa SJainly that lie cares nothing for candy, [e may be an exception or Ee may be a Soor goo>~e hiding his real longings because e thinks it unmanly to want sweet thirtgs. But usually he is the sort of young person that a girl can well do without. One other word on the candy question? which may not come up here again for vears. Remember, fathers and mothers, that your child'9 clesire for candy is perfectly natural and should be-gratified. There is no more wholesome food than purs sugar. The candy which comes nearest to being pure sugar, with a little harmless flavoring, is an excellent thing for children. The craving for candy is as natural in a child as the craving for salt among us all. You know that no man or other mammal can do without salt. The old monks, tormenting their bodies for the sake of their souls, imposed many privations upon themselves. But no one ever succeeded in -oing without salt. In Africa, where salt is so scarce in some places, the children gathered around white explorers and licked nieces of rock salt, chewing and swallowing it, as our children do with candy. A father who wants to p'.ease his children without hurting them can not do better than take home to them occasionally a pound of plain molasses candy. That is the very best kind. There are other p'ain candies about as good. And the child that has such candy oiten?in moderation is all the better for it. Candy disagrees with grown people and with children sometimes. But if the diet is otherwise sensible, and if there is a craving for candy, it never disagrees with those who eat it. It is an absolutely.natural food. It does harm only when added to an already over worked stomach. The danger about it resides in this fact: it temots the palate and overrules good judgment. Do not let your children fill their stomachs with other things first, and then hurt themselves by adding candy to an already too heavy load. Let them have the candy first?at the beginning of the meal. If it be pure, do not hesitate to let them have a good deal of it?say, an eighth, or, for big children, a sixth of a pound. Then let them eat the other things. A man very well known in New York. Richard Croker, in fact, said to a friend that he could not so much as taste candy, on account ?f dyspepsia. But he was told that if he would take simply milk and randy he could eat and digest all the candy he wanted to. And to his surprise he found tnat it was so. A diet Qf milk?swallowed slowly in small sios. and of absolutely pure candy * '.1 cure dvspepsia and improve the complexion. if kent up for four or six weeks. We wish that the big stores that combine great sales with cheap prices would make a specialty of pure and cheap molasses candy, made fresh daily. They should be able to sell it at a profit for twice or three times th? orice of sugar by the barrel. They would render a genuine service to childhood and to rarents if they would make a feature of this. Let them nut the "fresh molasses randy for the children'' feature in all their advertisements. They will make thousands of little friends and big ones. too. They : 11? __ _ o_??? JIHgllC even, UCCUSIUHHliy, iin a cnuiu vz.au.1 surprise, send home a quarter pound simple of the candy free, with the mother's purchase, "wranped up in a statement somewhat on the lines of this editorial.? From an Editorial in the New York Evening Journal. A Ruined Career. One of the best Greek scholars in Ne\? Vork is a guard on the Sixth avenue elevated railway. Not long ago a famous professor in one of our leading universities published a volume on certain features of the ancient Greek dialects, of interest only to scholars. The "L" guard referred to wrote to a newspaper, pointing out several errors made by the professor in his book, and signed uimse'f by his road and number. After a month's search a correspondent found the man. "How does it happen," he said, showing his card, "that you, a Greek scholar of first rank, should be doing such work as this?" He looked at the correspondent sadly, and his red face flushed more than usual. "I was first Hel'enist of my year at Dublin," he replied. "My Greek is still what it used to be, but my career has ------ ? -i l? i? ni. Deen ruinca oy?wmanj; ?vunauau v/tutury. Liqnor the Chief Bur. Cardinal Manning once said: "Foi thirty-five years I nave been priest and bishoo in Jjondon, and I now Approach my eightieth year, and have learned some lessons, and the first is this: The chief bar to the working of the Holy Spirit of God m the souls of men and women is intoxicating liquor. I know of no antagonist to that good Spirit more direct, more subtle, more stealthv, more ubiquitous, than intoxicating drink." The Crusade in Brief. William Brown was arrested at Ne\* flc'ds, N. II., in a drunken stupor, after having consumed forty bottles of beer. (Governor Yates, of Illinois, has appointed five commissioners to purchase a statue of Frances E. Willard, and erect the same in Statuary Hall, Washington. She was against whisky to the end and her memory is blessed. A fad comment on the liquor traffic following the flag as it does, is the fact that in the advancement of the English fla? and civilization, the Mohammedan, when they see a drunken man, designate him as a Jesus man. The barkeepers have a total abstinence L.?n?.c I C*.5>SUwIUl IU1I j IIUUV/UJ- miWMO UkblrVI bl*Utl n?\i bartender that total abstinence is the only , sure way to avoid drunkenness. The conclusions of the committee of fif- ( teen scientists appointed in 185)6 to study ] the liouor question is that: "Much of the so-called scientific temperance instruction in public schools is unscientific and undesirable, and is not in accord with the opinions of the large majority of the leading physiologists in Europe. In Belgium statistics indicate that whereas for fifteen years the population has only increased fourteen per cent., the consumption of alcohol has increased thirty-seven per cent., and with it insanity has increased forty-five per cent., crime seventy-four per cent., suicide eighty per j sent., and poverty 150 per cent. ' V V: ... " v rore&JtE&Sl A Prayer of Gratitude. Lord, for the erring thought Not into evil wrought; Lord, for the witked will Betrayed and baffled still; For trie heart from itself kept, Our thanksgiving accept. For ignorant hopes that were Broken to our blind prayer; For pain, death, sorrow sent Unto our chastisement; For all loss of 6eeming good, Quicken our gratitude. ?W. D. Ho-wells. A Lost Opportunity. It was the Sunday before Christmas Christmas cheer was everywhere?in th? fragrant wreaths of evergreen, in thft joy ous strains of church choirs, in the soul ing faces of men, wdmen and children. Ii seemed as if pain and loss and struggli and failure and death were forgotten ii the joy that Christ was born. But not even Christmas could ease the ache of one heart. In all the great city there was probably no woman more wretched than Agnes Farrar. She had once had all that seemed best in lifehealth, beauty, wealth, charm, love. Sh? had had them, and had spent them. Sh? had chosen ten years before to ignore the; requirements of her world and to become a law unto herself. She had found the fate which surely waits for a woman who so chdoses. On Christmas Sunday she faced the truth. Her money was gone. She had bartered her health for pleasure. Only faint traces remained of ner beauty and her grace. Of the abun* cant loves once given her without stint, sne had chosen the cheapest and poorest, and the last fragment of that was gone. "I've come to the end of it all! she said to hetself, ab she stood before the dull mirror in her cheap lodging on Christ, mas Sunday morning. With that word upon her lips she resolved to go to churcn ?for the last time. She thoHght with a bitter smile that she would' at least be warm there. She entered the church as if in a dream As she-was ?hown up the broad aisle ? flood of. memories swept over her. Anniem and Scripture lesson and prayei passed unheeded. One scene after anotnei of her life unrolled before her inward vision, until she was suddenly conscious thai she was weeping, and that a gracious woman beside ner^ooked at her with gentle, pitying eyes. She roused herself and turned her face up to the preacher. He had been speaking some minutes, although she bad caught no word of the sermon. .Now this was wtiat sue neara: "One night a man was groping his way done across a dark and dangerous moor. Suddenly he slipped'and fell into a deep pit. In vain he cried for help. In vain he struggled to climb up the steep sides of the pit. Morning broke, and found him wounded, thirsty, exhausted, despairing. "Then there came to the mouth of the pit a Buddhist. He looked down at- the broken figure and said, '0 wretched man/ your struggles are useless, and your suffering is because of your struggles. Cease to desire to live and all will be Ayell. Fix vftur thought upon eternity, and presentI" you will find Nirvana,' and the Buddhist passed on. "Then there came a student of Confucius. He also bent over the pit to see whence the cries came, 'lhen he said, 'My poor man, I see plainly that you have disobeyed the great moral laws of this world. You have neglected to reverence your parents or the state. If you were up here I would gladly instruct you in these duties, but as you are quite incapable of getting out, 1 must leave you.' "Then there came a Mussulman, and hft counseled patience and belief in one God, and also went his way. But at last there came a Christian. He leaned over the pit, and he called to the man, who by this time was clmost dead, ? n* 1 will courage: courage, IIIJ UIUUIU . . - ..... help you. I was once in that very pit myself. Be of good cheer; keep your hope a little longer and I will return.' Then the Christian hurried awa,y, ar.d quickly returned with men and ropes and food and drink. They all worked together to lift the injured man out of the pit; and among them as they worked his diip eyes seemed to see a strange Figure, like as it had been the Son of God. So presently the man was saved from his dire extremity, and was carried by strong, loving hands to his journey's end." The woman in the pew hung on the preacher's words. When, they ceased she Fell upon her knees as he gave the benediction. There was a hushed moment, and then the congregation rose and began to move slowly out. The lady in'whose pew tne woman had sat glanced at her tearstained face. She thoucht quickly, 'That , woman is in trouble. She looks as if she had been hearing her own story. I wonder. if I dare speak to "W?" While she hesitated a friend'whispered, "What time to-morrow can you come to the Christmas sale?" The two moved down the aisle talking ouietly. Agnes followed them?hoping she knew not what. They halted at the door and others joined them. "What a thrilling sermon!" said one. "I never heard him more inspired," answered another. The woman, now very pale, listened for a few minutes to their friendly chat. She heard one call back. "A merry Christmas to you all!" and then as the vestibu'e was almost empty, she made her way out. A fine, dry snow was falling, and the wind was bitter cold. For an instant salvation had seemed Eossible to her, although 6he know not ow. But the moment of hope had passed, ine black pall of temptation, failure and desrmir "wrapped itself again around her, and hid her forever from the eyes of thosq who might have rescued her. The next day the preacher said to one of his most useful parishioners, "Who was that striking woman in your pew yesterday ?" "I never saw her before," she replied. "Do you know, I was almost tempted to epeak to her after service she seemed much moved by the sermon. But some friends came up, and she slinped away." "I wish you had srioken to her," said the preacher.?Youth's Companion. "Lite a Reality. Life is reality?a useful, usable, noble realitv. Happy, too. when on^e the prim idol Self h?s been dethroned forever. Fof it is a truth which we all have to learnoftentimes through many a bitter lessonthat we can never be happy until we ceast trvin" to make ourselves so.?Dinah Mu loci: Craik. Simply TVayH Up the Monntain. Trouble and labor and weariness are simnlv way-; up the mountain of loftier destinies. Tears may be given to wash ruir eyes that we may see these loftier destinies more clearly. "The arave itself is but a covered bridge Lea^insr from light to light through a brief darkness." ? ' a i . _ J u 3 Kc.joice tiien even in tne uimeun ?uu darkened ways: the reason in them is just larger, loftier life. T!ie Best Advice. Whatever you do, begin with God.? Matthew Henrv. l'lan to Dam Thame*. A $25,000,000 scheme to dam the Thames River, at Gravesend, England, providing oeks capable of accommodating the larg;st ships afloat, is being; considered by j Parliament. By this means the difficulties )f navigation at low tide, one of the chief j :auses of the retrogression of London as i port, will be overcome and sHips drawng thirty feet of water can proceed to London Bridge at any hour, day or night, mchor anywhere, lie alongside any wharf, .yvMAintnn tlll'O VS of f lift Clmfl IfilTol TK O Ciuaillili^ ai " ?TO ?w i>UW ouiuv. i\. rt.1. -a mv. iam will provide London with a lake for- ' ;y-five miles long and a quarter of a mile jroad, available for pleasure, traffic boatng, sailing and fishing, which is rendered mpossible by strong tides now sweeping he river. .... j \? ' " ' # v * . k ' % . ; jSe IE SUNDAY SCHOOL; fERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS gj HJK JANUARY I/. ??>ject The Baptism and Temptation of ' Bjeia?, Matt, lit., 13 to It., 11-OoMen peit, Matt, ill., 17?Memory Verse#, It./ ?, 4?Commentary on the Day's Lesson. ! The baptism (vs. 13-17). 13. "Cometh Jp8U8." So far as we know this was His! first public act since He was twelve veaij-s old. "To Jordan." Probably at AeiJ0n near to Salim (John 3: 2, 3), a day's . jouijney from Nazareth. "Unto John."" AltKoueh John was His cousin we are told ' (JoRn i: 33) that he ''knew Him n?t;,,r whiih may mean that John did not know Jesus to be the Messiah. "To he baptized," Any confession of sin was of couree nut jof the question. There was only a profusion on the part of Jesus that as ^n! Israelite He became subject to the 'aw>land that He was connected with humanity by the ties of blood, of suffering and t>f love. This act was an endorsement ?f.|J<?hn and a solemn inauguration of hi* ministry. 114.; "Forbad." Earnestly and pressingteflposed Him. "I have need," etc." AliA^ugh John was filled with the Holy (f"pst from his birth (Luke 1: 151. yet he needed the baptism of the Holy Ghost an<1 fire. He neded to receive a larjrer. measure of the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit. l/>. "Suffer it to be bo now."" Th^ae were the first words of Christ's * public ministry. In this Jesus humbled . * IJ'Thself at the very outset. "Fulfil alt rie^teousness." To leave nothing undone W4|icn woiJiu uc iiuiiuunK 4^Mu.vmerits of God. "He suffered Sim." The ^ Bamje modesty which l?d him at first'to ^ decline the honor Christ offered him now caused him to nerform the service Christ enjoined upon him. 16'. "The Heavens were opened." Lnke says that Jesus prayed as^soon as He was baptized (Luke 3: 21). Here is the first,.' re<:orded prayer of Christ and its answer. It. vvas when He was prayinz that the Snirit -was sent down unon Him. and in all Probability it wan this that He was Draving for. A threefold sign was given: ? ' The Heavens opened. 2. The dove , deseeded. 3 The Father snake. "He flaw.' Christ paw it (Mark !: 10V, and Johrt paw it (John 1: 33. 34). and it if proDible that all who were nr^pent saw it,^,. for ^his was intended to be. His pnblie* inauguration. "Like a dove." There baa been a difference of opinion as to whether this was a real, literal dove. Luke says it in a "bodily" shape like a dove % (Luk<e 3; 22). J7. "Mv beloved Son." Jesus Christ is the Son of God from eter^ nity.. He never began to be His Son., He was fclgo His Son because of His super- . ' natural: birth, and He was His Son "by specif desi??nation to the work of the world'* Redeemer." ' 1 7T. I Tlia rof famnfafjnn (xra 1 The*." Immediately after His baptism. j Such jare the violent alternations of human experience; baptized and tempted; approved of God and handed over to the ' J devil.. "Of the snirit." Lyke saya He wair S "full |nf ithe Spirit:" Mark says, the Soirit drivem, (Him. A divine influence led Him on. jlivto the wildemesa." Tradition has fixed i ip?j)n a hi<rh'ridge called Quarantania, near . ericho. Mark says He was with the "wild jeaste, "To be tempted." 4 Christ begins His work with a personal encounter wi th Satan. To temnt is, literally, to stretcl i out, to try the strength of. Tempt ation is the testing of; a person. 2- ' Forty days." Moses, Elijah and our L#d ?oul^ fast forty days because they were i n communion with God and living a heav en]y life. Luke says He was tempted du -ing .the whole forty days. The Btrugdl b- -was powprfiil. personal and in- , tensely real. Christ for our sakes met and < onquered the tempter's utmost stren^t 3, "Afterward an hungered." After v the for ty days were ended. 3. "Tempter came." How Satan appeared to Christ we do not know, but \ if he came in bo< |jly form it must have been as an angel of light. "If Thou be." Beware of temptation that comes with an if in itj mouth. "The Son of God." The' - / conscio; igness of His divine Sonship ma/ now in a, measure have been withheld. Alone i n the wilderness and weak and worn fr om fasting, Satan saw his chance. 1 i L -J " Vau nro KlinOTV* . . . UlCdU. XUU IUV u?^B. ,, now if Yoli are. the Son of God use tne power V0u have to supply Your necessities, an* 1 thus prove Your divinity. In this firs t temptation Satan tempts our Lord, at he did Eve, by the bodily appetite. H e appeals to the animal nature -?first. B y this avenue he approaches and conquers the great majority of mankind. Beneath this temptation of bodily appetite* all glutt ons, drunkards and debauchee? have fall en and become the devil's prey. 4. "It i g written." Deut. 8: 3. Jesu* answered the devil by using the sword of the Spin t. "Not live by bread alone."" Human si ipnort depends not on bread, but upon "G< )dyfe unfailing word of promise and pledge (of all needful providential care." t , III. T1 e second temptation (vs. 5-7)? 5. "Pinnj lCIe? of the temple." Tne scene changes fr 0mi the wilderness to Jerusalem. % Some we! 1 known pinnacle must have been intei ided, probably the royal porch, on the so uthern'side of the temple. 6. "Casi: thy !elf. down." In His first repjy to the de vill Jesus had shewn His unbounded c onfidence in God. Now Satai* takes Him att that very point. If Thoa * " J ' < > mt if De tne coia ot) tfoa cast xuyBeu uvu wa pinnacle. All tne world will wonder at 60 grand a i exploit. This was a temptation to pi esumption, or as Mr. Farrar 6ays, to sp iritual pride. "For it is written." The devil has a Bible, but he misquotes and misapplies. "Give his angels charge." J i mutilated quotation of Psa. 91: Jl. 7. "Tempt." Deut. 6: 10. To tempt God is to put Him to the proof?to x demand evi dence of His power and of His will to fulfil His promises, instead of waiting patii :ntly and trusting. This temptation appea led to the love of show. Those carried awa; from God by worldly pleasures or the i armies of fashion fall here. IV. The I bird temptation (vs. 8-11). 8. "Exceeding nii?h uiountain." Some high mountain in Juuea, where a general view could be ha 1 of the country. "Sheweth . . . kingdoms of the world." The k root of the Ithird temptation lay in the supposition [that the kingdoms of the world were tfhe .devil's kingdoms and that he could dispose of them. 9. "Worship me." Here the i devil appears in his trae /.Viomrtpr. Christ was Drobablv asked worship "not, bjf an external act of homage, but by usin^ force and establishing a temporal kingdom." 10. "Get thee) hence." Jesus parleys with him na lotiger, but with authority commands hirn tp go to his own place. The third temptation appealed to the ambition. By this tfemptation the great men of the world have fallen in myriads. 11. "Devil leaveth Him." Satan had made . the strongest effort rf which he was capable and had been baffled at every point. "Angels . . i niinistered." Brought thai food that was' necessary to support nature* | i Military UWliton of the Country. The general staff of the army has submitted to Secretary Root a plan for dividing the country into military divisions, each of which is to be composed of two or more depavtmmts and commanded by a major-general. The plan will give the surplus major-generals something to dc. Under the proposed reorganizations the gfl Department of ihe East would become flj ?.he Division of the East, with division En headquarters at (Governor's Island. The k9 division would! consist of the Department <H of the East, wjith headquarters at Boston, jn and the Department of the South, with SB headquarters at Atlanta. hQ I BE Fares According to Weight. Officers of tlje Pueblo and Beulah Yalley Railway, an elcctrie line seventeen miles long, which has just been completed, have adopted a new systenj whereby pas- BjP sengers over the road will pay according to their weight instead of by the mile. B9 Passengers will step upon scales at the ticket office and will be charged so much a pound. English Adopting Japanese Custom. H English epicures are adopting the Jap* hRH ainese custom of eating chrysanthemums iu {fig the form of a ealad. j H onr Trap] cat imparts. * BS The United States imports of tropical Cruit aggregate $1,000,000 a day. ...