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*THE SPLEN
; THE A8VENT1)RES?!
By ARTHUR T. QV
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i CHAPTER II. | f
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', (Continued.) c
"Ha!" he cried, pulling off his plumed
hat and bowing low. "A scholar, 1 per- s
ccive! Let me serve you, sir. Here
Is the 'History of St. George' "?and
he picked out a thin brown quarto and T
held it up?"written by Master Peter Heylln;
a ripe book, they tell me <
(though, to be sure, I never lead be- a
yond the title), and the price a poor t
two shillings." f
Now, all this while I was consider- e
Ing what to do. So, as I put my hand a
In my pocket and drew out the shil- J
lings, I said -very slowly, locking him o
in the eyes (but softly, so that the f
lackey might not hear): B
"So thus you feed your expenses at t
the dice; and my shilling, no doubt, is I
fnr T.nkp Settle, as well as the rest." 'J
For the moment, under my look, he I s
went white to the lips; then clapped T
Ills hand to his sword, withdrew it, and C
answered me, red as a turkey cock:
"Shalt be a parson, yet, Master a
Scholar; but art in a great hurry, it , 1'
seems." S
Now, I had ever a quick temper, and s
as he turned on his hee!, was like to
have replied and raised a brawi. My c
own meddJing tongue had brought the
rebuff upon me; but yet my heart was
hot as he walked away. r
I was standing there and looking ii
after him, turning over in my hand the
"Life of St. George," when my fingers I
were aware of a slip of paper between
the pnfrcs. Pulling it out, I saw 'twas a
scnooieu over wuu wncwy uuu. ubuic^, as
follows:
"Mr. Anthony Killigrew, his acct for
Oct. 29th, MDCXLII?For herrings,
2d.; for coffee, 4d.; for scowring my
coat, Gd.; at bowls. 5s. 10d.; for bleading
me, Is. Od.; for ye King's speech, t
8d.; for spic'd wine (with Marjory), t
2s. 4d.; for seeing ye Rhinoceros, 4d.; f
at ye Ranter-go-round, C%d.; for a e
pair of silver buttons, 2s. Gd.; for apples,
2%d.; for ale, Gd.; at ye dice, s
?17 5s.; for spic'd wine (again), 4s. Gd." h
And so on. A
As I glanced my eye down this pa- a
per, my anger oozed away, and a great
feeling of pity came over me, not only
at the name of Anthony?the name I j
had heard spoken in the bowling green
last night?but also to see the monstrous
item of ?17 odd spent on the
dice. 'Twas such a boy, too, after all, *
that I was angry with, that had spent Jfourpence
to see the rhinoceros at a J"
fair, and rode on the ranter-go-round
(with "Marjory," no doubt, as 'twas (
for her, no doubt, the silver buttons ;
!were tought). S*? that, with quick for- 11
giveness, I hurried after him, and laid
B hand on his shoulder.
He stood by the entrance, counting 0
np his money, and drew himself up S
.very stiff. t t'
! "I think, sir, this paper is yours." I
"I thank you," he answered, taking
It, and eyeing me. "Is there anything,
besides, you wished to say?"
"A great deal, maybe, if your name li
be Anthony." h
' > "Master Anthony Ivilligrew is my
came, sir; now serving under Lord c
Romnwl Stcnrnrf- in TTis Mniestv's 'ti
troop of guards." c
; "And mine is Jack Marvel." said I. C
Ij "Of the Yorkshire Marvels?" c
' "Why, yes; though but a shoot of
that good stock, transplanted to Cum- c
berland, and there sadly withered." /.
" 'Tis no matter, sir," said he polite- ti
ly; "I shall be proud to cross swords I
with you." v
"Why, bless your heart!" I cried out, a
full of laughter at this childish punc- t:
lilio; "d'ye think I came to fight you?" v
\ "If not, sir"?and he grew colder p
than ever?"you are going a deuced A
roundabout way to avoid it."
Upon this, finding no other way out c
Of it, I began my tale at once; but a
hardly had come to the meeting of the n
two men on the bowling-green, when
he interrupts me politely; v
' "I think, Master Marvel, as yours is c
like to be a story of some moment. I n
Svill send this fellow back to my lodg- b
lngs. He's a long-eared dog that I am n
euYiug iruui Lue giuiuws iui iuug as it
my conscience allows me. The shower a
4s done, I see; so if you know of a re- a
Itir'd spot, we will talk there more at t:
bur leisure."
i He dismissed his lackey, and stroll'd d
toff with gie to the Trinity Grove, f
where, walking up and down, I told
!him all I had heard and seen the night 1;
ttefore. c
! -"And now," said I, "can you tell me d
If you have any such enemy as this t.
iwhite-hair'd man, with the limping I
gait?" o
i He had come to a halt, sucking in 1]
ills lips and seeming to reflect. 3
"I know one man," he began; "but t
no?'tis impossible." t
I As I stood, waiting to hear more, he t
clapp'd his hand in mine, very quick a
? and frieudly. "Jack," lie cried?"I'll p
oall thee Jack?'twas an honest good L
ium thou hadst in thy heart to do me, t
and I a surly rogue to think of fighting t
?I that could make mincemeat of t
thee."
I "I can fence a bit." answer'd I. x
1 -Now, say no more, Jack; I love t
thee."
"I think," said I. "you had better be s
considering what to do." ?
He laugh'd outright this time; and s
resting with his legs cross'd, against f
the trunk of an elm, twirl'd an end of e
his long lovelocks, and looked at me i
comically. Said he: "Tell me, Jack, is i
there aught in me that offends thee?" \
"Why. no," I answered. "I think \
you're a proper young man?such as I s
should loathe to see spoil'd by Master t
Settle's knife." t
1 "Art not quick a? friendship. Jack, s
hut better at advising; only in this case n
fortune has prevented thy good offices. (]
'Hark ye," he leaned forward and p
glanced to right and left, "if these i;
itwain intend my hurt?as indeed f
'twould seem?they lose their labor, ii
?or this very night I ride from Oxlord."
1]
i "And why is that?" e
"I'll tell thee. Jack, though I deserve o
fto be shot. I am bound with a letter cl
tfrom His Majesty to the Army of the
flVest. where I have friends, for ws s
b?'
t .
r
'DID SPUR*
:
IF JACK MARVEL
ILLEK COCCI!.'
ather's sake?Sir Deakim Killiprrew
f Gleys, in Cornwall. 'Tis a sweet
outitry. tiiey say, though I Lave never
ecu it."
"Not st?t:n thy father's country?"
"Why, no?for he married a Frenchvoman.
Jack, God rest her dear soul!"
-he lifted his hat?"and settled in that
ountry, near Morlaix, in Brittany,
ir.ong my mother's kin; my grnndfaher
refu&inar to see or speak with him
ur wedding a poor woman without his
onsent. And in France was I born
nd bred, and came to England two
ears agone; and this last July the
Id curmudgeon died. So that my
athcr, who was an only son, is even
ow in England returning to his esates;
and with him my only sister
)elia. I shall meet them on the way.
'o think of it!" (and I declare the tears
prang to his eyes) "Delia will be a
roman grown, and ah! to see dear
Jornwall together!"
" 'Tis a ticklish business," said I
fter a minute, "to carry the King's
?lter. Not one in four cf his messencrs
comes through, they say. But
ince it keeps you from the dice "
"That's true. To-night I make an
nd."
"To-night!"
"Why, yes. To-night I go for my
evenge, and ride straight from the
an door."
"Then I go with you to the 'Crown,' "
cried, very positive.
Pie dropped playing with his curl,
nd looked me in the face, his mouth
witching with a queer smile.
"Ami an thou shalt. Jack: but why?"
"I'll give no reason," said I, and
:new I was blushing.
"Then be at the corner of All Haljws'
Church in Tnrl street at seven
o-night. I lodge over Master Simon's,
he glover, and must be about my afairs.
Jack"?he came near and took
ay hand?"am sure thou lovest me."
He nodded, with another cordial
mile, and went his way up the grove,
is amber cloak flaunting like a heated
butterfly under the leafless trees;
nd so passed out of my sight
CHAPTER III..
Find Myself in a Tavern Brawl; and
Barely Escape.
It wanted, maybe, a quarter to 7
bat evening when, passing out at the
ollege gate on my way to All Haljws'
Church, I saw under the iantern
berc a man loitering and talking with
be porter. 'Twas Master Anthony's
ickey; and as I came up lie held out a
ote for mp.
Deare Jack
"Wee goe to the 'Crowne' at VI.
'clock, I having mett "with Captain
ettle, who is on dewty -with the horse
o-nite, and must to Abendonn by IX.
looke for you.
"Your unfayned loving
"A. K.
"The bearer has left by servise, and
is helth conserns me nott. Soe kik
im if he tarrie."
This last advice I had no time to
arry out "with any thoroughness; but
eing put in a great dread by this
hange of hour, pelted off toward the
!orn Market as fast as legs could
arry me.
The windows of the "Crown" were
heerfully lit behind their red blinds.
l few straddling grooms and troopers
alked and spat in the brightness of
be entrance, and outside in the street
ras a servant leading up and down
beautiful sorrel mare, ready saddled,
bat was marked on the near hind leg
ritfc. a high white stocking. In the
assage I met the host of the "Crown,"
laster John Davenant.
"Top of the stairs," says he, initiating
my way, "and open the door
head of you, if y'are the young gentlelan
Master Killigrew spoke ol."
I had my foot on the bottom step,
rhen from the room above comes the
rash of a table upsetting, with a
oise of broken glass, chairs thrust
ack, and a racket of outcries. Next
moment the door was burst open,
?tting out a flood of light and curses:
nd down flies a drawer, three steps
t a time, with a red stain of wine
rickling down his white face.
"Murder!" he gasped out; and sitting
own on a stair, fell to mopping his
ace. all sick and trembling. '
I was dashing past him, with the
mdlord at my heels, when three men
ame tumbling out of the door, and
ownstairs. I squeezed myself against
he wall to let them pass, but Master
)avenant was pitched to the very foot
f the stairs. And then 1j& picked
limsolf up and ran out in the Corn
larket, the drawer after him, and
>oth shouting "Watch! Watch!" at
he top of their lungs, and so left the
hree fellows to push by the women
Iready gathered in the passage, and
:ain the street at their ease. All this
lappened "^hile a man could count
wenty; and in half a minute I heard
he ring of steel aad was standing in
he doorway.
There was now no light within but
fhat was shed by the fire and two
allow candles that guttered on the
uantelslielf. The remaining candleticks
lay in a pool of wine on the
innr nmirl broken classes, bottles.
cattered coins, dice boxes and pewter
lots. In the corner to my right cowred
a potboy, with tankard dangling
n his hand, and the contents spilling
nto his shoes. I-Iis wide, terrified eyes
vere fixed on the far end of the room,
rbere Anthony and the brute Settle
tcod, "with a shattered chair between
hem. Their swords were crossed in
ierce. and grating together ns each
ought occasion for a lunge: "which
night have been fair enough but for a
log-faced trooper in a frowsy, black
leriwig, "who. as I entered,.was gathering
a handful of coins from under the
alien table, and now ran across, sword
u hand, to the captain's aid.
?rr< ??Anlhnnv tlio* fn/.M mo -with
i war* nuiiivu,* .uv, M.IU
lis heel against the wainscoting, and.
atehing uiy cry of alarm, lie c-ailM
ut cheerfully over the captain's shouler,
but -without lifting his eyes:
"Just in time. Jack! Take off the
econd cur. that's a sweet boy!"
Now, 1 carried do sword: Dot selzlnj
the tankard from the potboy's .hand, i
hurl'd it at the dog-fae'd trooper. I
Viirvi fnil' llOtTVPOTl tV??i fthOUlde
OH uv;a uxui iuu wuv ?? \ v?
blades; and with a yell of pain hi
=pun round and came toward me, hii
point glittering in a way tbat turn'<
mc cold. I gave him a pace. snatch'<
up a chair (that luckily had a woodei
scat) and with my back against tin
door, waited his charge.
'Twas in this posture that, flinging i
glance across the room, I saw th<
Captain's sword describe a small circli
of light, and next moment, with i
sharp cry, Anthony caught at the blade
and stagger'd against the wall, pinn'(
through the chest to the wainscoting.
"Out with the lights, Dick!" bawl't
Settle, tugging out his point. "Quick
fool?the window!"
Dick, with a back sweep of his hand
smt the candles flying off the shelf
and. save for the flicker of -the hearth
we were in darkness. I felt, rathe
than saw. his rush toward me; leap'<
aside; and brought down my chai
with a crash on his skull. He wen
down like a ninepin, but scrambled u]
in a trice, and was running for the win
dow. There was a shout below as th
Captain thrust th# lattice open; an
other, and the two dark forms ha<
clambered tnrougn me pllipl^ oxjuuii
| of the casement, and dropp'd into thi
bowling-green below.
By this, I had made my -way acros:
the room, and found Anthony sunl
against the wall, 'with his feet out
stretched. There was something hi
held out toward me, groping for mj
hand and at the same time whisperln,'
in a thick, choking voice:
"Here, Jack, here; pocket it quick!"
'Twas a letter, and as my finger!
closed on it they met a (lamp smear
the meaning of which was but to<
plain.
"Button it?sharp?in thy breast; nov
feel for my sword."
"First let me tend thy hurt, dea:
lad."
"Nay?quickly, my sword! 'Ti
pretty, Jack, to hear thee say 'dea
lad.' A cheat to die like this?coul<
have laugh'd for years yet. The die
were cogg'd?hast found it?"
I groped beside him, found the hill
and held it up.
"So?'tis thine, jacK, ana my ujjik
Molly, and the letter to take. Say t
Delia?Hark! tliey are on the stairs
Say to "
With a shout the door "was flunj
wide, and on the threshold stood th
Watch, their lanterns held high am
shining in Anthony's white face, an<
on the- black stain where the double
was thrown open.
In numbers they were six or eight
led by a small, wTynecked man tha
held a long staff, and wore a gil
chain over his furr'd collar. Behind, ii
the doorway, were huddled half i
dozen women, peering, and Maste
Davenant at the back of all, his grea
face looming over their shoulders Ilk
a moon.
"Now, speak up. Master Short!"
"Aye, that I will?that I will; bu
my .head Is considering of affairs,'
Afnotor Short?he of the wry
UUO CI v*. MMW.V* ? - _
neck. "One. two. three " He look'i
round the room, and finding but on
capable of resisting (for the potbo;
was by this time in a fit), clear'd hi
throat, and spoke up:
"In the King's name, I arrest yoi
all?so help me God! Now, what's th
matter?"
"Murder," said I, looking up frojp m;
work of staunching Anthony's wound.
"Then forbear, and don't do it."
"Sirs," said I, laying poor Anthony'
head softly back, "you are too late
whilst ye were cackling my friend i
dead."
"Then, young man, thou must com*
along."
"Come along?" .
"The charge is homocidium, or man
slaying, with or without malice pre
pense "
"But?" I looked around. The pot
boy was insensible, and my eyes fel
on Master Davenant, who slowly shool
his head. '
"I'll say not a word," said he, stol
idly; "lost twenty pound, one time, d;
a lawsuit."
"Pack of fools!" I cried, driven be
yond endurance. "The guilty one
cscap'd these ten minutes. Now sto]
me who dares!"
And dashing my left fist on the nos<
of a watchman who would have seize*
me, I clear'd a space with Anthony'i
sword, made a run for the casement
and dropped out upon the bowling
green.
(To be continued.)
? Beauty is Italy's Bane.
Florence and Venice and the res
are cursed with the burden of a mos
dangerous legacy from their pastthe
legacy of beauty. Because of thi:
beauty (which the people themselve
do not enjoy) the rich of all nation;
flnrlr to tJipm. brinsrinc full DUrses an(
a disposition to spare no expense. Thi
native begins to regard these visitor
as his natural prey. Why should hi
work when foreigners are so easil;
fieeeed? Accordingly he doeB no
work?at least in the productive sense
He touts anil begs and sells ornament
c': three times their real value.
The victory instead of going t<
strength goes to weakness. Parent!
of the poorer class look upon a de
formed or crippled child as a blessing
since its pitiful helplessness makes i
a more efficient beggar. Into thesi
cities, where auch a fine harvest cai
be gathered on such easy terms, thi
strong, industrious peasantry an
sucked until they become idle, demor
alized gamblers." And all because the;
are the most beautiful places in thi
world; because their past is so glor
ious that strangers come from the eudi
of the earth to see its grave. Thui
the modern Florentine lives like som<
horrible cannibal, uoon his own dead
?London Outlook.
The Weekly in the Paper.
The daily papers are all right if yot
want tl.em, but it is the weekly papei
that advertises your business, youi
schools, your churches, your numer
ous societies, sympathizes with you ii
your affliction au.l rejoices in youi
prosperity. In short, it is your weekly
paper that mentions the thousand ant
one items in which you are interested
during the year and which you do noi
find in the daily papers.
It is suggested by Professor Picker
ins that the streaks which radian
from lunar craters?one from Tychc
is 1700 miles long?are caused bj
cunice thrown out by the volcano.
i IpJlSt
: voatisn BHKed witn (jneene.
Bake into flakes two pounds of salt
;* j codfish and soak one hour; change the
' water once; make a white sauce with
' I two level tablespoonfuls of flour, one
* and one-half cupfuls of milk; salt and
! pepper to season; butter a baking
t I dish; put in it alternate layers of fish
I and sauce, sprinkling grated Amer_
j ican cheese between each layer; then
g j spread over the top buttered crumbs
I and bake in a quick oven over half an
j houre
Potted Chicken.
e
Boil the chicken in as little water as
s .possible till very tender and well done,
j Season while boiling to suit the taste;
. then while hot separate the white
e meat from the dark, and chop both
j ' very fine.
j j Place the white part of a bowl, in
j any design wanteu, as a circie or a
! cross; fill up with the dark meat, pour
s J over it enough of the liquid left in the
, ! kettle to thoroughly moisten it; then
3 : lay a small board over it and press
i with heavy weights. After a fe<v
7 hours turn it out on a platter and ornament
with sprigs of parsley. .
r 1
Celery "With Cream Dreading.
g "Wash and cut celery in inch pieces or
r smaller; put in a cool place until
] wanted; grate one cocoanut; pour over
e J it one pint of boiling water; allow it
[ 10 sianu uuiji me water is euuj; iiieu
;t j with the hand squeeze the coeoanut in
'! the water; take it by the handful, press
e | it tight!}', and throw away; strain the
0 mixture through a picce of cheese
cloth; stand this aside until cold and
the cream conies to the surface; at
* serving time put the celery in a glass
e dish, sprinkle over it one tablespoonful
3 ' of grated onion, a little cayenne pep3
j per and a little salt; skim the cream
t from the top of the cocoanut milk and
j pour it carefully over the celery; then
i add two tablespoonfuls and serve at '
t | once.
r j tilNXS FOR,' THE;
e i 'Ittoo s ekeepe f?J
t Always keep your celery roots and
" dry theru. Tliey arc good for stasoning
soups and sauces.
3 An attractive way to prepare macae
i roni au gratin is to bake the macaroni
7 in a shell of Edam cheese.
s Cut flowers will last much longer if
a little carbonate of soda be added to
J the water in which they are stood.
e
If the bread knife is hot new bread
- can be cut as easily as old. But, if
you would not spoil your knife, do not
make it too hot.
s One reason that an omelet is so often
; a failure is the use of too many eggs,
s The more eggs the more difficult the
matter of turning and folding. Four
e eggs are all that should ever be used
at one time.
; After rice or macaroni is cooked,
* place in a colander and drain off the
y | water, then quickly turn cold water
! through and you will find that the
: stickiness which is so undesirable will
1 be prevented.
1 A good general rul? always to remember
in the use of gelatines is to
soften the gelatin in cold water, then
^ to dissolve in boiling water. Neglect
of either part of the process will cause
. trouble in making jellies.
p The coffee pot should be washed as
[ Tegularly as other cooking utensils,
e j but should not be put into the water in
] which other dishes have been washed.
9 It should be cleansed with fresh, hot
.water without soap, and then thor* j
I ougbly scalded.
To cook fish in water, do not boil it J
Plunge the fish into the boiling water j
to sear the surface and retain the |
! juices. then reduce the lient so ns to
1 ! kepp the water below the boiling point J
t I ?180 degrees Fahrenheit is the de
j sired temperature if one uses a ther3
mometer in cooking.
8 j Tinware can be kept bright indefl?
' nitely if it is washed in soap suds, to
j which n few bits ol' washing soda have
e j been added, and placed for a few
; seconds either on the stove or in the I
0 ! sun after being wiped lightly with the
J dish cloth. When warmed through
! it should be dried with a domet flannel
" i towel.
9
Glasses which have been used for
3 milk and eggs should never be plunged
g J in hot water. Immediately after using,
. I fill with cold water and allow them to j
. stand. Next wash them in lukewarm
j j water, then in hot suds, and rinse. The )
j , result, especially if linen toweling be |
1 I used, will be glassware that sparkles j
j i as if it were 'cut.
e To clean agateware put the ware on
- | the stove filled with water and into
7 the water put a tablespoon of salsoda
? (washing soda) and then after a while
- use a scouring soap and you will be
3 f pleased with the result. Also put your
3 bean pot on the stove and a good
? genprous tablesi>oon of soda and it
- will wash as easily as a cup. A little
soda put in your greasy baking pans
and keeping them warm while washing
your otlu-r dishes will help along that j
? most disagreeable task.
r Grate American dairy cheese and j
: mix it to a paste with piquant
sauce, with a few drops of kitchen i
1 bouquet. Pack it ir.to small jars, and
; put on the table with toasted crackers.
Many people insist upon having the
cheese and crackers served with the
S.nlnrl mid inilnml tliic i? tlio ni-nnnp
t i
thing. Cheese belongs with salad quite j
as much as it dees with eofifee. It |
should not be removed with the salad i
? plates, except at formal dinner, when I
j it is brought back with the dessert |
r or with the ice. if there be more than I
one dessert
t
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOVE STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Poem: Tho Saloon Bar?An Interesllns
Story About Alcoholism in France?
The Government is Not Stroiic Enough
to Restrict the Sale or Intoxicants.
A bar to heaven, a door to hell,
Whoever named it, named it well,
A bar to manliness and wealth,
A door to want and broken health..
A bar to honor, pride and fame,
A door to sin and grief and shame;
A bar to hope, a bar to prayer,
A door to darkness aud despair.
A r>ar to nonoreu, useiuj me,
A door to brawling, senseless strife;
A bar to all that's"true and brave,
A door to every drunkard's grave.
A bar to joys that home iuparts,
A door to tears and aching Hearts,
A bar to heaven, a door to hell;
Whoever named it, named it well.
Alcoholism Among: the Nations.
A Paris correspondent of the New York
! Evening Post. tells an interesting story
j about alcoholism in France. The average
1 consumption of alcohol at 100 degrees in
I France in 1830 was six and three-quarter
litres to each inhabitant. It was then
drunk chiefly in the form of wine. A litre
is little more than a quart. The average
consumption in 1900 was 18 1-5 litres, hall
in wine, a fourth in beer or cider, and a
| fourth in spirits. As some districts in
j France are still reasonably abstemious, the
|. consumption in other districts is much
1 above tne average, Normandy and Brittany
I being especially drunken, and showing
I very serious results from it. It is not that
j the people get violently drunk, but that
| they keep themselves constantly drugged
with alcohol, with ominous results in the
| form of disease and degeneracy. The average
consumption of alcohol is estimated
to be thirteen and a half litres in Switzerland,
about ten in Belgium, Italy and
Denmark, about nine in Germany, England
and Austria, six in Holland, five in
tjie United States and two in Canada,
| The poorer classes are most affected in
France. The middle and higher classes, as
a rule, have intelligence enough to restrict
their potations. Other countries have been
as drunken as France and have reformed.
In Sweden in 1823 the average annual allowance
to each inhabitant was twentyI
three and a half litres of pure alcohol,
Now it is five litres. Finland between 185C
and 1900 came down from twenty litres tc
two. England, where there is a special effort
now to restrict the indulgence of the
drunken, has in twenty-five years reduced
her annual per capita allowance from ten
litres to nine. The great trouble at present
in France seems to be that the Government
is not strong enough to restrict
the manufacture and sale of liquors. Govin
'Rmnrp neprls votes. There are
very nearly half a million wine shops in
France, and last year, in spite of repressive
legislation, there -were 1,137,328 private
distillers who made alcohol or brandy
from their own produce for their own use,
This enormous prevalence of private stills
seems appalling. Their number has increased
sevenfold since 1879. Government
not only needs the votes'of distillers and
I wine sellers, but the revenue from alcohol
is indispensable. So the problem is a hard
one, but it must be solved, because to neglectit
means destruction? Harper's Weekly.
Nancy's Temperance Lecture.
"Years ago I owned a horse named Old
Nancy. That was when I was consider1
ably younger than I am now, and I used
| to carry the mail from here to Jamestown.
| We had to drive ten miles for the mail in
those days, before the railroad was put
I through. In summer time the ride was of!
ten a hot one, when the sun beat down
; unmercifully upon us. One day I was very
' warm and thirsty and thought I'd stop at
! the/hotel and get a drink of root beer or
earsaparilla.
'Nancy was very willing to stop and
rest a bit when I drove up to the door. I
1 did not like to get oat and leave my mail
I in the wagon, so I beckoned to the landlord,
who hurried out to see what he could
i do for me. I told him I should like a
I t?lne? of mot. heer. He said he had no imi
! tation stuff on hand, but -would bring out
j the genuine article. Before I could tell
him that I never drank beer or ale he had
disappeared in the bar room, but soon reueared
bringing a glass of foaming lager
| Deer, which he proffered to me.
"Thank you much, sir," said I, "but I
have no use for that stuff, and will be
grateful if you will bring me a glass of
water. Perhaps Old Nancy will drink the
beer. Your signboard says 'Entertainment
I for Man and Beast.' Try her.
! "I don't know whether Nancy heard me
j or not?perhaps she did, and felt insulted,
i At any rate, when, he put the- beer underj
neath her nose she took that glass between
I her teeth with a strong push and threw
the beer, glass and all, away out in the
road. I couldn't help laughing, and told
the man that was the best place for the
stuff, but I'd pay for the cost of the broken
glass. When we came on we soon came to
a watering trough, where I let the old girl
have a good drink. I called that incident
'Nancy's Temperance Lecture.'"
Staving Oft Utter Destrnction.
St. Louis Globc-Democrat's Houston,
Texas, special correspondent:
"There is a general movement among
the saloon men of the State to obey the
Sunday law. A year ago there was a conference
of wholesalers and brewery managers
at Galveston, at which it was decided
to the beet interest of every one in the
business to have ail the laws obeyed strictly,
but this the retailers felt to be entirely
too much to ask of theni. Sincc then the
local option sentiment has continued tr>
spread throughout the State at a rate that
I was aiarm:ng to iiquui jiuucsi?.
the first-class saloonists in all of the citics
have comc to the conclusion that the
wholesalers were right, and they have decided
to aid the peace officers in enforcing
the laws to the extent they think is demanded
by local sentiment. In Waco the
saloons are to be kept tightly closed during
the church hours and nominally so
during the rest of Sunday, aDd this rule is
being adopted in the other citics and
larger towns."
' Opinions of Three Judges.
Judge Charles, of Ottawa, 111., says:
"The liquor habit is the proximate cause
of more crime, pauperism and misery
than all other evils combined."
Judge Thomas F. Tipton, of Bloomington,
111., says: "I have sent 300 men to
the penitentiary, and 250 committed the
offense from the uec of liquor."
Judge John C. CVabtree. of Dixon, 111.,
eays: "One-half of the divorce suits ace
traceable to the liquoi habit."
More TTouicn Alcoholics.
Statistics show that out oh the total
of London's curable drunkards? offenders
who have been convicted more than
ten times?8900 are -women and -i300 hundred
men. In twenty years the deaths of
women from chronic alcholism increased
over 145 per cent.
Mississippi'* Good Record.
Reports show that the State of Mississippi.
which is one of the strongest probioition
States in the Union, all but a few
counties being by local optioi. under prohibition
rule, had a surplus uf $1,000,000 in
its treasury last-year.
New More in France.
The teetotalers of France, commonly
lcnown as the French Anti-Alcoholic Association,
have been holding a congress at
Brest, in France, many persons of note
taking active part in the proceedings. At
this congress resolutions were carried calling
on the government (1) to direct that
the inspectors of elementary schools should
put, at every examination of the children,
at least one question hearing on temperance;
ami (2) to rescind the custom of
serving a ration of brandy to the troops
during the annual maneuvres; and (3)
to facilitate the employment of distilled
spirits in manufacturing operations, so
as to enable thein to be utilized otherWise
than for human consumption.
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I THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
| INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MAY 22.
I Subject: Joeus Teaches Humility, Mark
x., 35-43?Golden Text, Mark x., 45?
.Memory verses, 43-40 ? commentary
on the Day's Lepson.
I. An ambitious request (vs. 35-37). 3o.
"James and John." According to Matt.
20: 20, they made this request through
their mother, Salome. She was one of
the constant attendants of our Lord, and
now falling on her knees, made her request.
Nothing could have been more illtimed
than this selfish petition when He
j was going forth to His death. "'Sons of
j Zebedee.'O "The father, though named,
j never appears in gospel history after their
discipleship; from which it is inferred that
he was either dead or of an insignificant
character.'' "Saying." However faulty
the conduct of Salome appears on this occasion.
she manifested a true, undying
love for the Saviour in the most trying
times of His subsequent sufferings. She
j Was not solely attracted to Him by the
| ties of self-interest or hopes of royal bounI
+*r otr^rwl k\r T-Tirn tn ibo lacf nf tVlP
I cross, and was among the earliest who
1 c?vie to embalm Him at the grove. "Masj
ter." Matthew says that Salome came
| worshiping Him. She recognized Him ae
i the divine King?the Messiah. Her rev|
erence was none the less real from the fact
j that she came desiring a favor at His
| hand.
36. "Wkat would ye?" He could not
promise in a general way to granf their requests;
they must state definitely what it
is they desire. Here is an argument in favor
of special prayer. 37. Grant unto
I us." This request: 1. Displayed their igj
norance of Christ's plans. They were
i looking for a kingdom of this world and a
I temporal.Messiah. 2. Was marked by for;
wardness and presumtion. 3. Was charac;
terized by worldliness. It apparently
. looked no further than the present life.
I II. Christ's rep'y (vs. 38-40). 39. "Ye
J know not." You "do not know the nature
t of your request, nor what it would involve.
! You suppose that if granted it would be
! attended only with honor and happiness;
j whereas, it would require much suffering
. and trial. "How often is it that our de!
sires, and perhaps even our prayers, would
| ruin us if granted? Hence Christians are
generally, with much justice, careful how
i | they specify before God in prayer the par;
! ticular blessing they desire. They may in
i i their ignorance ask things that God sees
, [ not best. "The cup." To drink of a cup
; often, in the Scriptures, signifies to be af.
flicted, or. sometimes to be punished (Is.
j 51: 17, 22; Psa. 75: 8). The figure is takl
i en from a feast, where the master of the
! : household distributes to his children and
. servants their allowance. The "cup" is
i | used to represent the dispensation of
| | providence; the Almighty as our common
| I Father appointing to eacn of us our share
. | of joy or suffering.
. | 39. "We can." This was the decision of
; : the two brothers. The half unconscious,
[ I yet presumptuous reply was no doubt ut,
I terea under the impression that the strugj
gle was to take place at Jerusalem, in
| which, perhaps, they were to fight by His
[ ' side,- and they declared themselves ready
| j for the trial. Their reply was simply the
I language of human firmness. "Ye shall,
' j indeed, etc." You shall undergo sufferings
1 I patterned after Minfe. They had yet to
[earn how serious their words were; afterwards
they were enabled to drink of that
cup and to be baptized with that baptism.
' | To St. James was given strength to be
I steadfast unto death and to be the first
martyr of the apostelic band (Acts 12: 2).
. Although John survived all of the apostles
j and died a natural death, yet all antiqui;
ty ascribes to him the gtary of living in
! the spirit of martyrdom (Rev. 1:9).
f 40. "Not mfhe to give." As a special fa:
vor. This must not be understood to
I mean that Christ does not reward His foli
lowers, for such a statement would be at
: variance with the uniform testimony of
the Scriptures (Matt. 25 : 31-40; John 5:
22-30). Rewards and punishments will be
I given in accordance with certain fixed
Viiloa nnrl nrinrinlpis. Tn the distribution
[ of heavenly honors no favor or partiality
is shown. "For whom: prepared." The
! true meaning is that such distinction could
: I not be given except to those "for whom
; j it is prepared." And for whom is heavenly
honor prepared? Not to every one
who saith Lord, Lord; but to the holy in
heart, to the "Israelite indeed," to the
true circumcision (Rom. 2: 29; Phil. 3:
3), to the one who enters in at the "strait
gate" (Matt. 7: 13, 14) and who presses
"toward the mark" (Phil. 3: 14).
III. "A lesson in humility (vs. 41-45).
41. "The ten." The other ten apostles.
"Heard it." Heard of this bold request
. made by Salome and her sons. "Much dis'
pleased!" Moved with indignation. Tl%
! sons of Zebedee had been in a better social
: | position than most of their brethren, and
: j this attempt to secure a pre-eminence of
! honor kindled a storm of jealousy. 42.
i "Saith unto them." Our Lord soothed
! | their jealousy by assuring them that in
His kingdom there were no lordships. "Accounted
to rule, etc." That is, those who
are in a position to exercise authority and
dominion, such as princes and governors,
use their power to gratify their worldly
ambitions and their love of ruling. 43.
I "Not so among you" (R. V.) The princi;
pies of My kingdom are entirely different
| and are peculiar to themselves. There are
to be no ranks and no high sounding titles.
; j All are to be on a level?the rich, the poor,
j the bond, the free, the learned ana the unlearned.
He will be the most distinguished
I who shows the greatest humility. Our
I Lord does not here mean that there shall
! be no orders in the Christian Church, or
I even in heaven. Hut these church orders
i are founded on the principle of service
j rather than lordship. The officer of the
! church is truly the servant of the church,
! and if he exercise authority from any other
j motive he is guilty of worldly ambition.
I He is repeating the misdoings of James and
! John. "Will ce great." There is a holy
j ambition which every true Christian should
I possess, an ambition not for place, but for
i ability to serve.
44. ''The chiefest." The only superiority
I here k> be sought is a superiority m labors
: and suffering for the common good. If
any would be great let him be the greatf
est servant. 45. "Came; to minister."
j Jesus points to Himself as an example for
them to follow. He was not a self-seeker
and came not to be ministered unto; but
He came to minister?to serve. This wa9
the character of His life. The Son of Man
I ministers to the sons of men. "To give
His life." The Son of Man showed Him'
self the greatest of all by enduring the
j greatest sufferings and making the great|
est sacrifice of all. "A ransom." The lit*
i eral meaning is a price paid for the reI
demption of captives. Christ died in the
i place of sinners. "For many." This does
i not always mean many. All the great
| poets of the world are not many. But the
| persons for whom Christ died are many?
incalculably numerous; not one has been
! left out.
'
VAnt T/1po
Mayor-elect J. H. Neff. oi Kansas City,
j Mo., announced that lie desired each api
plicant for the position oi Superintendent
| of Stieets to write a thesis on the sub|
ject, "How to Take Care oi the Street.-?.'"'
j Die article rfiust contain not more than
I 1000 words and must reach him at his oftice
| not later than Saturday night. "1 wish
| to ask all who are applicants or expect to
j be applicants lor the position,'' said Mr.
Neff, "to give me their ideas in a short
i thesis. 1 desire them to state clearly their
I views regarding the present condition of
i the streets and what they would do to
remedy them."
To Makr Pure Iron.
, Professor C. F. Burgess and Carl HamI
bouchin, of the College of Engineering of
' the University of Wisconsin, have discovi
ered a method of making pure iron at small
I cost. The process is similar to that used
| in refining copper, an electric current lak*
I ing tlie impure iron from the plate and depositing
it in a pure state on another plate.
I The pure iron has properties not possessed
by ordinary iron or steel. On account o!
its electrical properties it furnishes the
means for making special steel alloys of
dieat strength and hardness.
DincoTery in the Fornm of Ko.nev
In the centre of the Forum, at Koine,
| has just been discovered the chasm in which
Marcus Curtius' perished. It was covered
with inscribed marble slabs on which were
several votive offerings, dating from B
C. 362 to the time of Augustus.
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At Klfht Tims.
I am bo tired, Lord,
I want to rest.
The swift days weary me
With life's grave quest.
And I am weak, dear Lord,
So weak and small;
Let me hold fast Thy hand *
Or else I fall.
I know so little, Lord, \
Teach me Thy will. *
i My heart of emptied self 1
"With wisdom fill. j
| And I am lonesome, Lord. 1
Dear ones have gone
i And through the unknown future, I
Must go alone.
' fiir* mo mtt rpaf O \
I My promised rest;
j Show me the shining goal
I That ends life's quest.
I Grant me a shining lifeht : j
To flood my way;
; Let mt see into heaven V
Right now?to-day.
Whose is the voice that speaks '
Unto my soul
And stills the lonesome waves
That fret and roll?
"Be brave," it says, "have faith, and keejh
Thee to the right.
Then look in thine own heart and find
Rest, and the light."
?Ram's Horn*
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Leading Prayer Meeting*.
It ia very much like being hostess at the
head of a table full of guests. There ara
the good things to be provided by previous
thought and work, and the invitations to
be sent out. But it is at the table itself
that the finest qualities need to be displayed.
If anything goes wrong the hostes*
must never show any annoyance, but rather
turn the mistake to good account. If
any important guest fails to come or i*
late, she must blandly smile and make
fmrh Adinsfcments as are possible. Ever*
I one must be made to feel at home. The _
i bashful and timid young man, while not' x
j having any important remark aimed-^
1 equarely at him, will be drawn into con* '* ;
I venation unawares. People wiU be set to
conversing in a most interesting way who
j were never suspected of having anything
j interesting about them. Occasionally at.
learned guest will be kept talking ,quite by
himself when he has struck on a .line of
! personal information or experience of peI
culiar value, but most likely the conversation
is general, darting back and forth in*
delightful play of mina on mind. The gap*
between the courses the wise hostess fills
herself with little observations which seem'
quite unpremeditated, but in reality com* ,
from a careful study of her company be*
forehand. Every ready, ever, good natured*
ever feeling that the pleasure of her com*
par y is in her hands, she yet succeeds &
making the guests provide most of the in?
tc!leetual feast. ?
When you are called upon to lead & i
prayer meeting it will be well to give uj>
the old notion of presiding at a pubh<r
function, and adopt the idea of a hostesaamong
her guests. If you do, when theft
f:o home they will be likely to thank yotl
or the -delightful hospitality you hav#
shown and secretly desire to come again, j
Tlie Leasers and the Llflen. , .
As there are two sorts of hindrances, *?
there are just two sorts of people in thi*
world. Ella Wheeler Wilcox nas called
them, "the leaners and the lifters," and it r 1
is ju^t the way we meet our hindrances,
our trials, that make us so. Those who
fail to see the hidden purpose of these
heavy trials and fall under the weight o?
shift it to other shoulders are the leaners.
| And these are they who have not learned
1 the tfue source of strength. Depending
on human strength, which is soon exhaust*,
j cd, they falter and fall and become the
! world's burden, instead of the world's bur-;
i den bearer. But to those whose far-seeingj
eyes have read God's message to a weary,,
i world, these same hindrances are but the
source of an inpouring of Divine power* 4
and casting their burden on the Lord*
' knowing He careth for taem, thev cat^ '
! bear the burdens of their weaker brethren.
Which will youlbe, "a leaner or ?
j lifter?" It all depends unon your attitude
toward God. "He is willing to aid you.")
! Seek Him for strength. "They that waif:
upon the Lord ?hall renew their strength;
j they shall mount up with wings as eag.es;
! they shall run and not be weary; they,
i shall walk and not faint."
The Making of a Man.
AD life is variegated. It means happiness
as well as sorrow. Mind as well aa :
1 body needs change. A young man needs
j relaxation and recuperation. By it -life
' gains elasticity. Christianity when it
! comes into the heart of man does not drivo .
! the sunshine out. A man is not necesj
sarily a Christian because he looks con*
J sumptive. Pity with' a long face and d
deep cough is not Christ's idea of religion^
I There is nothing antagonistic in religion!
! to the helpful influence of society. Socie-'
ty being the best of character possesses .
molding power. It will minister to tho
lower or the higher ideals of life; through!
; it he will either serve God or the devil.'
If a man has the vulture instinct whichj
seeks the carrion he will find it. If he de-'
eires that whicji is not blest and purest
and best he may possess it. The thing . '
that makes the life of modern society so;
, strenuous is the struggle to keep up appearances
at whatever cost, and the idea; '
| that they may have that there can be no
j fun without filth.
Sharing Onrielres.
Jesus was always ready to give Himself
! to others. Whiie He often snent Hia
j nights apart with God and had His hours
I u'knn Ho hi'H .iwavfrom men. vet He went
among the people freely, and was a won!
derful dispenser of cheer, comfort and
! kindness. We should train ourselves to be
i in the world as He was. We should not
, selfishly withhold our life from those who
need it. We should carry out to others
I the blessing and the good we get for ourj
selves in the quiet of our study or in the
' sweetness of our home fellowships. We
, are to be dispensers of God's good gifts.
Whatiwe receive and would keep for
j ourselves onlv will not avail for good even
j to us, for we really have only what we
j give. Keeping for ourselves only is losI
mg. Hence, no vonng person should be a
j recluse, shutting himself Rway from oth'
crs, on the ground that he must devote
j all his time to self improvement. He owes
: a debt to others which he can pay only
i by going among others. *
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Do Your Best.
Do your best loyally and cheerfully and
suffer yourself to feel no anxiety or fear.
! Your times are in God's hands. He has
J assigned you your place. He will direct
^.ur paths. He will accept your efforts i?
j they be faithful. He will bless your aims
! if they be for your soul's good.?Frederick
j W. Farrar.
Flowers of Spiritual Love.
: The lilies of peace cover the terrible
J fields of Waterloo, and out of the graves
I of our dear ones there spring up such
j flowers of spiritual loveliness as you and
I 1 y?uA novo" lrir?/>u/n ?'TlipnrJrtrft PnrLor,
Mississippi Loses Twenty Miles, |
Tlie Mississippi niver is now twenty;
: miles shorter and Davis Island is no longer
1 an island, but Kellogg's Point is. Witn a
I roar that was heard twenty miles away,
[ the Mississippi cut through Killiekrankia
[ Neck in Davis Bend and resumed its old
I channel through what has lately beea
known as Lake Palmyra. The change of
| channel has restored Davis Island, the
old plantation of Jefferson Davis, to the
i Mississippi mainland, and converted Kellogg's
Landing, La., into an island. Killie!
krankie Neck was only 500 yards #vide, but
the sudden change in the nver route waa
none the Jess unexpected. I he Mississippi
River is shortened some twenty miles by;
it and half a dozen plantations are injured*