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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!
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LIONS. Ju
Author of "The Forsakes 1
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BERT BONNER'S SONS. M .
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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*
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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. ...