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. jr. iuying the ThanKsgivir J ^ A Picture of Puritan Days, Drawn by I ^ ? - ? IO.TV* '(Km. oF YE oLDENl TlfAE$ irWHi I hi THE LAND jfjllj % WHBRB the , I Pll?Rlft5 DWELT . By Flossie Featherbrain mm ' 1> fsgur, jj ' i ratOXG, long ago, there was like a Dutch Uncle. You Ought 1 ^ j The Rock. It lay in the Marry. It is your duty to the Commo: IIU T j shallow Mud Flats of the wealth to Become a family Man." W.. . .JM Bay, looking out across the Standish wagged his Red Bear ocean and Waited for /'Oh, Come Off, Will Bradford," saj What was Coming. When at last It he. "I'm in shape to Blow the.Heac came The Rock remained Cold, and off of the Indians for you, but don Unsmiling. It knew its Own Worth, say Marry to me." But Bradfoi This was in December, 1620. 1 . Kept On saying it. Then the Pilgrims landed and Took the Rock and called it Theirs. They did l|[j|| Ijlplj||||j!MI||f^Fiy!8!P|/l RFH11 not build a fence Around it the First ll||l|!i l|l|D||||||| | Season, for they had Something Else I fill ' f|| SI I i r..n/.irin(F /\ff Plpr?pc nf it I illlifJl fl ||JBWRMsji W iu UU uwiuc ?uuvik?u6 v? - -- III n nil I llfltwif to keep in their Writing desks for pa- I I i$||j|L^ There were One Hundred One Pil- Jjl |1 If grims and the baby, Perigination j | White, who came on board so late that U| I | l|fc' be didn't have to Pay any Passage j|j ill |1 "Massachusetts Bay is Not Virgin- jT -fll \Yv^3| U,u said Myles Standish as he wiped | l>. \n\l\yC^B Lis Feet on the Rock. This was No B\X\\ u\vi\u>V^p Joke and the Rock Felt it. I mm Ml I ! ? Then Standish got Ready to make it Jfjflwj0I If ft nm\\\ l| 1iE9 Warm for Jones, the Master of the II1 ill U l\ UlUt 1 fl b^B Mayflower, for landing them There. Ill l| | fit I AMfllll jj I H But there was so much Snow and Ice fl It | ffi I \u|ll| | I B that it was too Big a Contract; besides, LiJLjiiJ m,ilbaMuliLi 1- ^ *agl Governor Carver said he was a man of Peace, and there was Xo Proof that ,,8HB ^oru> look otjt of the taj ? - * - ^ " np WT?R T2VR AT A MAS." me uutcn naa agreea to rut up uootue ? for Jones if he landed the Pilgrims out- ~~7T , . . L- . .. . , . .. side Mauhnttfin Colony Limit,. "NeIt ^ walk^ 00' ? " Somehow, The Itoek wasn't Up to ?reen F eld, ?" Dote as a place for Housekeeping, and ? andlf ic,nratl1 " wl the Los houses the Pilgrims built ty,? ^"1""" , 7,1 thought of Prfyscilla Mollnes and tl I" m","1 IB way she Laughed ;tt the Men. Myl< ^ TTWt ll'! There was John Alden. John vras I /)' |l i'j big, soft-hearted Strawberry Blond 1 1 1 ^>risc'^a looked at him Frequentl; | /| John and the Captain lived togetl MSIf^Jr^nJ' I er. Myles wasn't much for Size, bi I he Didn't have his red beard for Notl fill S ing, and he Bossed John. John woul mjl^m - ] Myles went home and lie said: "Job: s? an(1 tel1 1>risci,la Klines that I ai I J|| ^ John nearly Fell to Pieces. He ha 1 *?&2&r been *ryins for a Month to got hi I Grit up and ask her for Himself. H I , Gulped twice and said: "Yes. sir. He Jammed his hands into his Hi pockets and Siarted to the Elder 'ONE DAY GOV. BKADFOBD TOOK THE Re p ^ ^ ^ ^ LITTLE CAPTAIN BY THE BUTTONHOLE. wag Spinnjng. flske didn't have Furnaces and Modern Con- Were the Savages Coming? He sai veniences enough to suit Jones, though he did not Know, he Hoped so, an he got into Hot and Cold Water when- that Myles Standish was Ready i ever he met Standish, so he sailed Marry Her. away with the Mayflower for Eng-\ Prise-ilia's eyes looked Dangerou Then the Young Wives and the little |Fa7r r children, Even some Sirong Men, and (| J J J || j the gentle Governor Carver Ate less Iff^Jjl Rl U | ||J and less each day. Often not at all. W | UI 1f But the Less they Ate the More they I j 1 #? Prayed, Singing weakly, "I'm a Pil- | ii I grim, I'm a Stranger. I can Tarry. I IrV r, l|| ran Tarry but A Night." And One by j j. i 11 j One they set off on a Longer journey | 1^1 j Jf j1 In the spring there were so many K I JgL \ widowers and bachelors that the wo- I| ? ', men were not Tempted to waste Time /| - j juHBffiERgM , and money in Matrimonial Agencies. | but only had to Decide Whom they \B&rl would Condescend to Marry. > 66$ ^ I Ij This Deciding Things troubled Pris- *** /Bjr I | j jvBn cilia Molines. Prlsci 11a was the French ,?Jrgy I [ 5 1 Tgi ' Maid. She Laughed a Great Deal, for .... -? JBM?. her Teeth were Small and even as a . Sonirrol'fi She was the Hesit Prink: in F *" Plymouth Colony, and she could Shrug her Shoulders and look out of the Tail "jammed his hands into his pocj of her Eye at a Man. Other girls said ETS and started fok the eldek's, - A she hat! Red Hair. One day Governor Bradford tooK the and she said Something in Frenc f Little Captain by the Bnttonhile. Said John could not Understand it, so 1 he: "Myles. I'm coing to talk to tou Began to Explain. The Captain wj 'vr.' ,;/ ' A-IiTH- OM BOTH*1 t</ u ? ig' Turkey. J: -ynn B. Hunt. Riv ricl Too busy to go Courting, so he sent A him. ' 1 of s Priscilla said she did not Like little Men. and there could be too much Red twc Hair in One Family. John felt Better and told her how :0 Kind and Honorable and Brave and Gentle and generally Elegant the Cap- r tain was, until Priscllla's Thread got cen Tangled up. She took a Step Toward cor] John. She Tipped up One Shoulder and looked Down at him from the Cor- But ner of her Eye. Her lips were Red. q "Why don't you Speak for Yourself, gtet John?" she said. Then John Took a Fai few Steps and her Thread Broke and r She Ran away. rem / But Myles Standish was Mad Clear the Through. Sro1 Well, the Pilgrims Worried through the Summer, though there was Plenty H of Nothing but Prayer and Privation. P.' to "All Fasting and no Feasting makes ^fl(j a- me Weary," said Governor Bradford, 2on so after the Harvest, in November, he K iL Ordered a Week of Feasting and Jnl Thanksgiving. Massasoit and Ninety aPP is Braves were Invited, just to show A ;'t them that the White Man Forgave the t0 s d Indians for Living. Ed\ The Indians came early and Brought a I their Appetites. Most of the Pilgrims Moi were in Bed. Massasoit did not Ring trie the Doorbells. He merely gave a few a b! Playful Warwhoops and his braves did M the Rest. The Pilgrims Got Up. Lin "A Dog does not Bite the Hand that |tetl Feeds him," said the governor. "Fly ra^ around, girls, and get Breakfast."' 1" This was the Bill of Fare: kur Hast?' Pudding, Treacle. / T Clam Chowder. i Bon Cold boiled Venison. j Mal Turnips. M When the fiuests Left the table there wasn't Anything else left except the ?0l.' Dishes, and not having Pockets, Mas- ^ sasoit and his Braves did not Carry j Away the Spoons as Souvenirs. Next Captain Standish had his Innings. The Captain Played In Great ^ Form. He marched his Army of Nine pnn teen Men down from the fort by Twos oun [ and Threes and Fours. They made t _ Hollow squares and Every Old Thing Y.,; ie he could think of. They Blazed away and e with the Cannon on Top of the Fort, W h and the cannon on the Hill. Then j Yor IP they All fired together into the air. At j beti 'J | it/ "MY SWORD IS A GOOD WIFE, MARRIAGE I b1j11 ** 18 A FAILURE, ANYHOW," A d 1 ; Fra ^ this Time Massasoit decided that it ^ l0 would be a Good Plan to go deer Hunt- Ma 0116 ing. So he and his Braves Went s' Priscilla sang, "I Don't Care if They ^ Never Come Back," but they did, and brought Deer and Turkeys and Oysters by the Bushel. Priscilla Bossed the other women and John Alden and gn'f they Cooked and Cooked, and the Men i ? +lmir Ar\ "Vf\n' fnr ! | AlC mill mrf jnot ao iuvj uw *?v.., ^ Three Days. fro When Captain Standish saw John j squ Alden bringing Wood and Water for i wli Priseilla, and Opening oyster shells ' Bri and Standing Close by Her, and heard j s her Singing, lie turned and looked at Tli the Wheat Standing Untouched on ' bo?i tbo Hillside. Then he went up into cou the little Fort and Cleaned up the ^ Guns, saying to himself, "Well, what'9 Pl'e the Difference? My Sword is a Good ^'s Wife. Marriage is a Failure Anyhow."?Detroit Free Press. ly Th? Limit. Sol Mrs. Muggins?"Do your new neigh- ror bors do much borrowing?" Mrs. Bug>" gins?"They try to. I hud a turkey I ? hanging out of the back window, and ^ei h. they sent over yesterday to know if I C le would lend it to them until afte? ^,? as Thanksgiving.'* ^ the ' . , jfe. " / EraMIHEB' * WASHINGTON. ecrctary Ilay by direction of the esident issued invitations to Tht igue signatory powers for n second i ice conference. 'resident Roosevelt celebrated his ty-sixth birthday, and he received ny congratulations and gifts. l board bf retired naval officers has n appointed to make an investiga- J i of tlie steamboat inspection sorv- j following the report of the General , cum commission. < OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. ) lie protected cruiser Tacoma, in i :to Ricnn waters, hps been ordered ; j New York for extensive repairs. j 'he Duke of the Abbruzzi. cousin ot King of Italy, who is making a tour i tlio v nrld on board the cruiser Ligu- < , of which he is in command, arrived j Manila. P. I. i ominissioner Forbes, who is at the d of the Department of Commerce i i Pniipp of Mnnlln w:is in confer- I i e with shipowners arranging for a rernment system of interior transtatlon, which will give employment idle coasting vessels and also tlw sels of the coast guard fleet. DOMESTIC. [mes. Sembrieh and Gadski, Herr pel and other operatic and muscial *s arrived from Europe in New k City. dynamite explosion wrecked a eote in Brooklyn, N. Y., and injured ?e persons. Harold M. WjVox, of Westfleld, N. who shot and killed a fourteen-yearboy who was annoying him on llowe'en, was vheld for murder. woman and two boys in West Forhird street, New York City, were ?oned by. eating cake brought by a ssenger, who said it was a gift from oman friend. ouis Stark, of Park Ridge, N. J., a j accidentally shot dead at Pearl er, i\. i., uy rruuii. kj. .uu.ia$, a i manufacturer, of Park Ridge. a n explosion caused by the testing 0 i new process In chemical works at e ;dy Side-on-the-Hudson, N. J., killed s ? men. .t . t jwels worth ?15,000 lost by a cus- ? ier of Black, Starr & Frost, of New c k City, were found in a gutter by a n p girl. d olumbia University closed its sequl- v tenuial celebration by laying the nerstones of four new buildings and h a notable address by President s :ler. h aptaln Baldwin's airship was ;red in all directions at the World's " r* o apid Transit Commission engineers a loved many advertising signs from e New York subway stations on the . ? and that they obstructed easy Iden- ^ nation of the stations. i, arry Kimball Thaw, back from En- c a with Evelyn Florence iNesDitt, an- " y refused to discuss a report that he " married the pretty actress in Lou- jj . England. v obert Perry, an heir to the estate of d eccentric cobbler, mysteriously dis- ti eared with his wife. 81 c banquet was given in Delmonico's n Sir Felix Semon, physician to King n vard VII. t< member of a leading family of atgomery, Ala., was killed by elec- a( ity while cutting wires to darken ink he intended to rob. ti any passengers were hurt near * d, Wash., by the North Coast Lim- '' , of the Northern Pacific, being deed. be Wild West Show returned from h ope. be first real snowstorm of the sea- P was reported *t Iuterlaken and ? one, N. Y. . J* rs. Rae M. Krauss, of Hartford 3 r, Ind., confessed to poisoning her j JJ; idnusrhter and was sent to prison | _ life." d early 2000 friends attended the fun- dI services over the lnte Postmaster tl 1 Cott in St. Paul's M. E. Church, ? v York City. ? lie Knickerbocker Steamboat Com- t) y, which owned tlie General Sio- N l. was put in a receiver's hands. ? lie Court of Appeals at Albany, X. j,, Landed down a number of decisions G adjourned until after election. sc 'all Street bankers say that the New j k City authorities propose to sell 11 iveen $15,000,000 and $20,000,000 new , ds. Iirce hundred and fifty thousand I senders were carried by the New j ti k City subway road on its first day. j C( ; is stated that Kulm, Loch & Co. | Sl o sold to the New Haven only a ma- j al ty interest in New York, Ontario j P Western. I Pi imes Longr, a riveter working on a tforni under the New York City el- ! t} ted railroad, was caught by the j w d rail and held. burning, tili a i In lcman knocked him loose. ti . L. Smith, who calls himself an intor. and who was committed to an j 0j lum as insane and subsequently re- ^ >eil on appeal, sueil Xew York City !y a million, alleging ltis commitment :i ; liim u chance to make a vast fore 11 FOREIGN. " ing Peter visited Prince Ferdinand Sofia and pledged mutual friend3. W n arbitration treaty was signed by nee and tlie United States. e, lie Russian and Japanese armies in m nchuria were intrenched close to c? another and a great conflict was iccted. P ta he Anglo-Russian negotiations wore ortod to be proceeding satisfactorily ort Arthur underwent a terrific nbardment. and it is believed thf ni tl assault was in progress. . special St. Petersburg dispatch cj s a letter received in Cronstadl m an officer of the second Pacific d, ladvo.n proves the tension in the fieei ich might have l.ed to mistaking p] tish fishermen for Japanese. ni ix British warships arrived at Vigo "l i Lancaster's commander went ot | ird the Kninz SouvarolT and had i " ference with Admiral Rojestvensky " f. Combes, the French Premier, ha.1 sentea 10 ii:e *.;iiHiui>er in uepuue: ^ plan for the separation of Cliurcl j," 1 State, providing for a period o: nsitiou. a] 'he German Foreign Office apparent a; makes light of the tiring on tin intag by the Russian Baltic squad bi i, and may not lodge a protest at St ?i tersburg. Iostilities were renewed near Milk ^ 1, the artillery firing being heavy. ^ )wing to the request for the protcc n of European residents. French am' a glish cruisers, a special cable dis ir tch says, have sailed tc Larache, oi b ? Moroccan coast, Ct / fflE GREAT DESTROYER 50ME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Die Enormou* Profit* of th? Liqnor EusinMl Anil How It* Manufacturer# Are Knabled to Live on Income* l)?Tlred From Its Sale?Mm In the Trade. In former Governor of Illinois John P. \ltgeld'g new book just published, "The 2ost of Something For Nothing," occurs a jassage concerning thf> liquor traffic which night have been written by one of our nvn reformers. ''In America the liquor traffic has yieldid great profits both in manufacturing and n retailing, and men engaged in this busiiess show, for a time, evidence of prosperty. Some of the most palatial homes in ;his country belong to brewers and distilers, their equipages are the best, and their nanner of living is sumptuous. "One generation of brewers and distillers n America has passed away, and we can itudy their lives and pass judgment on ;heir work. The most impressive thing ;hat strikes the observer of these men is ;he universality of their moral ruin. "Personally, many of the men engaged n this business are not only men of abilty, shrewdness and enterprise, but they ire men of kindly impulses and inclined )y nature to be generous, and some of hem possess a considerable culture. "WViv clinnlrl n Vinncr nvpr fhpm* 't is a moral taint in their business that ?mes home to them, with its trail of death. "Why say moral taint? Because the efect of the whole business, as now conlucted, is to cater to the weaknesses, to deitroy the character and lower the social itatus of men and of communities, and his demoralization and ruin reaches back 0 the source from which it sprang. "Vibrations in the atmosphere move in 1 circle in all directions from the point of listurbance, and all that come within that ircle feel more or less of the shock. In he traffic in liquor, both the hand that deivers and the hand that receives the liquor >ecomes palsied. "If liquors were made and sold as drugs nd groceries are sold, the effect would be lifferent. If men took them a.s thev take [rugs and food, a small per cent, would be ised, and the demoralization following yould be comparatively small. '"But the manufacturers of liquor want to r,ake money, and they endeavor to swell heir sales. For this purpose they encour,ge the opening of saloons. "These saloons become lounging places, ?here characters and habits of industry re destroyed, where habits of drinking and arousing are formed that pull down not inly the individual but his family, and very time the drunkard and his family ink a notch lower, the moral effect tends o blight the family of the saloonkeeper, he brewer and the distiller, who creafed he conditions from which this ruin proeeds. It is the reactionary effect of hulan conduct. The microbe of moral degraation works backward as well as ior OTVI ?? Old Ba?tle>. 'At a temperance meeting held some years incc in the State of Alabama, Colonel Leamowski, once a Poliah count, and who ad served many years in Bonaparte'a arlies, addressed the meeting. He arose beore a large audience, tall, erect and vigorus, with the glow of health on his face, nd said: "You see before you a man sevrity-nine years old. I have fought 200 batles, have fourteen wounds upon my bodv, ave lived thirty days upon horseflesh, rith the bark of trees for bread, enow and :e for drink, the canopy of heaven for my overing, without stockings or shoes on ly feet, and with only a few rags to cover ly body. In Egypt I have marched for ays with the burning sun upon my naked ead, feet blistered in the hot Band, and rith eyes, nostrils and mouth filled with ust, and thirst so tormenting that I have orn open the veins in my arms and ucked my own blood. Do you ask how I ould survive all these horrors? I answer, ext to the kind providence of God, I owe >y preservation, my health, vigor, my all a this fact, that I never drank a drop of pirituous liquor in all my life." And he dded: "Baron Larry, chief of the medical taff of the French army, has stated it as a ict that the 6000 survivors who safelv re* irned from Esrypt were all men who had bstained wholly from the use of ardent pirits." Swallowing Dirt. Tin's is by Bob Burdette, the well-known umorist: "My homeless friend with the chromatic ose, while you are stirring up the sugar i a ten-cent glass of gin, let me give you a ict to wash down with it. You may say on have longed for years for the free, inependent life of a farmer, but you have ever been able to get enough money to uy a farm. But there is where you are listaken. For some years you have been rinking a good improved farm at the rate ?100 square feet at a gulp. If you doubt lis statement figure it out for yourself, n acre of land contains 43,580 square feet, stimating, for convenience, the land at 13.56 an acre, you will see that it brings le land just one mill per sauare foot, ow pour down the fiery dose and imagine iu are swallowing a strawberry patch, all in five of your friends and have them elp you gulp down that 500 foot garden, et on a prolonged spree some day and ie how long it will take to swallow a pasire land to feed a cow. Put down that lass of gin: there is dirt in it?300 fret of )od, rich dirt, worth S43.5G per acre." Succeeded. Many years ago Mr. Gladstone heard of vo young men in the village who had be>me notorious for their drinking habits, ad he determined to make an effort to tve them. lie invited them to see him fc the castle, and there in "The Temple of cace," as his library was called, he imre&sivoly appealed to them to change their I ays. and then knelt with them and fcr- j antlv .-ulrcf! Orul tn cncstnin nml cfrpn<rtlipii ! lem in their resolve to nbstain from that liich had hitherto done them so much arm. The sequel cannot be told better lan in the language of one of the men >nccrned, v.'lio says: ''Never can I .forget le scene, and so long as I live the nSaKSiory F it will be indelibly impressed on my lind. The Grand Old Man was profound moved by the intensity of his solicitaon. Mv companion is now a minister, id neither of us have touched a drop of itoxicating drink since, nor are we ever kelv to violate an undertaking so impresveiy ratified in Mr. Gladstone's library." -National Advocate. Convincing Testimony. Bishop Millspaugh, of Kansas, says: Ihe largest wholesale grocer in Kansas is prohibitionist, but himself not a teetotal\ He gives it as his judgment as a busiess man that there is twenty-five per :nt. more business done by the grocery, ry goods and hardware trades in Kansas ian there was before prohibition was csiblished." The Crusnrie in Brief. The cor. ..mption of liquor per capita is ow about twice what it was twenty-three ;ars ago. The Edinburgh School Board has de- ! ded to have the systematic teaching of imperauce in the schools under its jurisiction. The Hobokcn (X. J.) Town Council have rohibited the employment of women in ublic houses. The Danish authorities ive done the same. There arc many tiiinjrs to be very Ihankil for. Great railroad corporations have >me to the conclusion that sober help is referable to help addicted to drinking. The tcmperancc papers published in ihe erman language have made quite a gain i numbers. In German5' Count von Kaesler is probjly the most conspicuous total abstainer nong the aristocracy. The nation's annual drink bill used to : just one billion dollars, now it approxiates a billion and a half. Tn almost ail the great fraternal orders eing engaged in the manufacture or the lie of intoxicants is a bar to admission, nd we should all be glad that it is so. The Good Templars of Natal have built new hall at Durban, costing S>35,0U0, and lduding club room accommodation. The uilding was opened by a distinguished jrnpany of adherents and administrators - t V \ - V . .. P - \ V "A" . ^ 1 i v. .. 'j - . VI THE SUNDAY " SCHOOL j INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR NOVEMBER 27. I World's Temperance LeiMD, Ik*, xxvllh, 1-13?-Golden Text, lia. xxvlil., 7? Memory Verse?, S, 4?Commentary oa the Day's Lcs?on. Introduction.?This prophecy, like nearly all of Isaiah's prophecies, was probably de* | livered in Jerusalem. But while spoken to the people of Judah it dealt largely with the neighboring kingdom of Israel and the calamities about to come upon that nation. The people had forgotten the claims of Jeliovan and had forsaken His worship. The nation had plunged headlong into sin of every description and especially into the sin of intemperance, until the land_ wks filled with drunkards. Commentary.?I. The crown that fadeth (vs. 1-4). 1. "Woe." Grief, sorrow* misery, a heavy calamity, a cursc. "To the crown of pride."* By the crown of pride ii. I. r i.~ c< ii. l ..a.: uic jii'upn^t rci^iB iu cuuiukju, iuk utruuti* ful capital of Israel. The city was situated on the top of a round hill and surrounded try a rich valley. "The drunkards of Ephraim." Ephraim, the leading tribe of the nation, had become debased in .vice. They were a tribe of drunkards, aud because of this the woe was upon them. "A fading flower." A very forcible tigure. Their beauty and glory would fade as' a flower. They did not have the riches and | beauty that endure. "The fat valley^." The valleys around Samaria were very fertile and beautiful. "Overcome with wine." Wine causes men to fall an easy victim to temptation. Alcohol destroys the will power. The drunkard has a bad character and generally enters recklessly into the vilest ! sins. YVhat is overcome? 1. Reason. Intemperance makes fools of men. 2. Conscience. The moral sense becomes deadened. 3. Physical powers. The drunkard indulges in that which entirely unfits him to meet the obligations that are resting upon him. He incapacitates himself for any position of trust. The penalty is lost manhood, social degradation, an impoverished and a desolate home and eternal banishment from God. 2. "The Lord hath a?strong one." This ' is a reference to the army of Assyrians, which was soon to come upon them like a devastating storm. The destruction would be complete, like a terrific hailstorm*or a great flood. It is almost impossible for us to realize the devastation that would come as the half savage hode.s swept over the country, ravaging villages and murdering women and children. 3. Trodden under foot." Shalmaneser, with the Assyrian host, invaded, overcame and earned the people away, never to return. It is an unsolved problem to this day where the ten tribes are; whether they continue to exist or are entirely extinct. All of this \tas because of sin, and especially the sin of drunkenness. 4. "As the first ripe fig" (R. V.) Afl the first ripe fruit was eagerly seized by the fruit gatherer and hastily eaten, so Samaria would be a delicious morsel for the Assyrians. The image expresses in the strongest manner the great ease with which the invaders would take the city and the whole kingdom of Israel, and the eagerness with which they wonld seize and consume the piey. It is still true that trouble and sorrow like an invading army come upon and destroy those who might have been happy and prosperous ,but for strong drink. * { II. The crown of glory (vs. 6, 6). 5. "Unto the residue." The prophet .now turns from the ten tribes to tne two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, the remnant of God's people, who were to continue akingdom for more than 100 years after Israel was carried into captivity. Judah was to be favored and blessed. Under Hezekiah there was to be a revival of religion. 6. "A spirit of judgment." A clear perception of God's truth. A clear heaa is 3 11 __ ^jruiujseu as wcu as giuij auu. "Turn the battle to the gate." Who pursue the fleeing enemy even to the very gates of their own city. We have a spiritual warfare to wage (Eph. 6:12), and we are pledged to conquer the world for Christ. Beware le9t we render ourselves unfit for military service by luxurious habits and sinful indulgences. The drunkards of Ephraim could do nothing to oppose tho invaders of their country. III. Evils of strong ctrink (vs. 7, 8). 7. "But these also have erred" (R. V.) "Jerusalem as well as Samaria has her inebriates and scenes of disgusting intoxication. Though her punishment is not as near as that of the northern kingdom, there are seen the marks of sure decline. Note the effects of strong drink portrayed in this verse: 1. Erring, wandering into forbidden ways and places. 2. Even the religious teachers led astray. 3. Wholly absorbed in appetite. 4. They cannot see things as they are, or judge correctly. 5. The whole life is perverted. God's minis- ' ters need a pure heart, a clean life and a clear vision. 8. "There is no place clcan." Th? liquor business is a filthy business, and every one who is engaged xa it or has anything to do with it is made filthy by it. It is the parent of nncleanness. The body, mind and soul of the one connectcd with it become polluted and corrupt. IV. Precept upon precept (vs. 9-13). 9, 10. "Whom shall He teach," etc. Many regard these verses as the words used by the scoffers as they mocked the prophet. They treat God's method of dealing with them and warning them by His prophets with contempt and derision. What, say they, doth He treat us as mere infants just weaned? Doth He teach us like litt.e children, constantly going over the same easy lessons? We must conceive verse 10 as spsken in mimicrv with a mocking mor i 1 ?J u lion ox me ueiicij aim i:x a cuiiuiau, suuincring tone. 11. "'Nay" (R. V.) The prophet's reply begins with thi3 verse. Isaiah attacks them with great force and severity, turning their own language, .spoken in moekcry, back upon themselves; yes. it shall be as yon say, ye shall bo taught by a strange tongue," and in a strange land, whither you will be carried into captivity. Then you will be forced to learn like children. 12. "This is the rest," etc. God had given them repeated and faithful warnings, pointing out to them the true rest and tne way to obtain it. but they had closed their cars and "would not hear," and were going on in their fancied security to certain destruction. 13. "And fall back- j ward," etc. They had had great light, and this made them great sinners, and they deserved a terrible punishment. We cannot violats God's law with impunity. Those who persist in their wickedness and spurn [ Ilis oFers of nercy will ultimately be east j from Iiis presence. Threw Kerosene Oil Over Beef. j A rl r\f -maof ir?f>o e+arwlinrr flfc ? First avenue and Forty-sixth street, says j the New York Sun, when a number of , striking meat handlers gathered about. One of the men jumped up on the drivsr'a seat and sprinkled something from a quart , bottle on the meat. Policeman Fitzgerald saw the man and chased him down the avenue and caught him with a bottle in his hand. The policeman found that there i was kerosene in the bottle and took the man to the Yorkville police court. ??? | Island of Black Cats. 1 r One of the oucorcst corners of the earth * is Chatham Island, says the Boston Tran- 1 script, off the coast of Ecuador. Captain 1 Reinman, who recently visited it to inquire 1 into the proper groundings of a deep sea cable, says it abounds in cats, every one of which is black. These animals live in the I crevices of the lava foundation rear the i coast, and subsist by catching fish and ' crabs instead of rats and mice. 1 33,000 Volts Fall to Kill. After having 33,000 volts of eleotricitj pass through his body Lawrence H. Lee, B New Haven, Conn., still lives. Painful c burns on the hands and feet are apparently c the only effects of his thrilling experience c lie fell on some high tension wires in the ft Cheshire power house and received the fuL' n jurrcnt. . y V TVon't Recognizo Our XJontliti. The Supreme Court of Germany has rendered an opinion that the title of doctor conferred by American dental colleges ia not to be recognized in Genneny, being in , violation of German law. ? ' jr.', Tl? Really Sweet. / Kow sweet in life's .weak, feeble breath, To never fear the sting of;death', v' But silently await the Power That takes ua at the given hour. * ' And look to heaven, man's greatest prize. Where tears can never dim the eye#. : : How sweet to know that .ill U well? When one can easily foretell The joyous welcome that's in store r ; When landing on the other shore. \ Here countless thousandr gladly irinr . Sweet praises to the Chriut .t^ir, Kin& ' ' . * '???;?: How sweet to think when Buffing pain,' The soul is free from every stain, That in the coining of the dawn, You're nearer, to the Mfatfr drawn, Where sorrow shall forever cease, And love reign out mperfetfi "peace. How sweet the thoueh that night or.day, Whene'er we humbly choose* to pray. That every honest spoken word Is sympathetically Ireard,. So quickly doe? it, reach the .car Him, whom mortals all should fear* How sweet to know that after all, . ' The power of Satan can't enthrall A single soul, who will b"flt try His wicked Vays to e'er defy. / ^ But if his company you keep, Prepare eternally to weep. ' - ?George.McKenrie. j "irp ro Ton.*' The expression "Up to yon" is one of th? quaint t^rms that liar taken hojji r*' this people, and. which w^d .nof die, oj\ for years. The people easily found out .'what it meant to convey, - i > , It is "up to ytra" to' do 'tlmoitt' everything that is calculated to do you good and make you a great blessing.- You can claim to be entitled to but very little. What you don't have is'often your own fault .and Wkaf ?a*i ttnTl Vow\ /]Ui'maU' ?T41?V JV? ( 11U4 uati* ,U$/v*? yourself. .' There is much in the words "God helps those who help themselves." It is "up to you" to make yourself be* loved by those who surround you. "Know thyself' is the first' thing to be do.oe before you. can get the constant love of others* We all have our weak spots, and th^y should be attended to'before we can be to others what we would like t<> be.v -Rs How often you liave heard poop]* 'say that' they would1 think much oi person }i he or she would only not *do something that make the one auvded. to, disagreeable. Reforms should, always begin with our selves. Such a course is up to us, without doubt. Some things.arenot'up to us, but are.utf to others. You cannot do everything, but must leave it to others to'accomplish, soms things. It is never up to me-to. sing,, unless I feel it my duty to punish somebody. But it is up to me every-day to, do1 Some little gdod act. Big deeds ofkitrtfnesi are not to bedespiseu, bat, after all,, it i| the little deedr, of kindness that make ui weful and a blessing. ' Yesterday I^received A letter fjom a. gentleman tbat rar.de me feel certain that lie felt that it was.upto him to write ice one of the kindest letters I'ever received.- Th? cost of the letter was not much, but what doses of cheer it contained, I thank him for that bouquet of love that.i*.jw>w on my desk, for it is much better to.-havoikoBqfaeti thrown at you while alive'than to have them placed OA your coffin after yotf-ha^i ceased to see or to be able .fo return thanks It is, up to you to look after me, and up to me to care for you. Reciprocity -is a good doctrine. How thankful you ought -to' be tba.? yot can do something to make others happy Deeds of love ana-kindness will stand yot well in hand when yon come to be judgec according to the deeds done in the body. Many of my readers will hear, in the great heareafter, about a donation that tbey p while on earth to my '^Biack Lambs. A bleat from one o?;them in the better hint will sound like sweet' music, especially when the words "Inasmuch," will b< heard from Him who once said'.'^Yfced Mj lambs.-' . . .. It is up to ycu, my young readers, to b< even better and more useful than youi fathers and mothers, and that is aslrinj much of you. : '* This morning it struck me that T oughl to be a much better man than I ami* The mistakes of our lives are many, but tha is no reason why we should keep on mak ing mistakes all'tfie'tMe oc part of th< time. Improvement is always ift orderwhen we feel like it and ,whe.i we do not. For many of us are actuated by our feel ings. We should be good even when w( do not feel like it, for that is the best time to be (rood. You know that beint bad do?9 not pay. A quarrel with youi neighbor early in the morning, make* yen miserable all day. If you must qunrre don't begin until about' five minutes to 1: o'clock midnight, and strive to get to sleei as near 12 o'clock as possible. It is "up to you" to. love those whon you despise. "Hard work," you say, bu that is the doctrine I am in duty bourn to preach and also to practice. ' < Be lively in doing what duty calls uppr you to do. Ask not others to perforn what you should be so willing to do. Ther are awards for those who fight good fights and there are punishments ahead for tnos who neglect to come to time when called. Ask not for a more convenient season for that time may never cotaie. Hot mean you must feci if laziness has contro of you. Strike out and be men, worten boys and girls in the great army of well doers. . The harvest fields are already ripe, wait ing for you to take advantage of the oppot tunity to reap and pluck that which inak you more like Jesus. The sun shines so brightly to-day that i is almost impossible to write about any thing but the bright and pleasant, sides o life. Shine :orth like the sunf?George R ocon, in caooaiu neaaing. K Oar Star of Hope. Those rash men, young and old. who cal on God and heaven to behold them hoi now, perfect and Binless, at the ultimat* point of saintly experience, show little ii the Bible and nothing in experience, t justify their arrogant professions. The in atincts of humanity make us recoil witJ borror from conditions that are fixed an< unyielding. The uncertainty of the futur is the star of hope in human life. Wh can covet thj religious experiences of hin who stands still at the summit, gimp1, (raiting, but not advancing, because pro fress is impossible? TUe Inner Witness. We Christians arc mystics. We do no hark back into an inner rewss oi ou souls and then come forth and declare t men that we have had revelations and ir ipirations. We do say again end agai that God is our home because of fhi? sens af divine love and care that has bee iroused within us. We are ready to stak ill we are upon thu validity of this inne witness. il t tJf. J j. .1 J i. il. t ADunaant uie ana not aounaani uiuugn^M :8 what we ask for from the power an^H :ontent of Christianity The priority oH| life and not of thought is the Drogium c^K Jesus. H Woman of 89 Climbing Trees.' Iflj Climbing the trees as nimbly as a bo^H tfrs. Mary Sweigert, eighty-nine years olc^H if Youtzestown, Pa., picked six quarts o^H hemes, beating the younger pickers. Th^B Id lady's daughter pleaded with her noHj o subject herself to needless risk, but th^B limble dame laughed at her. "Attend t^H our own business," she said. "I kno\H? .'but I am about." gjg The Newest Color. IMfl A London fashion authority states thaHe he new color will be "eminence''?the pc^H uliar shade of purple worn by cardinal H