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CHAPTER IX.
Continued. j
They went to a second-hand wardrob*
shop, where the woman who kept
it?satisfying herself first that the sovereign
which Little Make-Believe
showed her was a good one?gave her
the benefit of her experience in the ,
selection of frocks and hats.
The choosing of colors and materials
occupied them for a considerable time;
Little Make-Believe was soon suited '
?a brown stuff frock and a plain
straw hat, which the woman declared
almost with tears in her eyes, were !
dirt cheap for four shillings and sixpence.
were purchased for her.
u +Via SAn
jp ar more uiun-uii wus wc
of a frock and bat for Saranne, who at
length was made happy by becoming 1
the possessor of a blue frock of soft .
cashmere and a hat trimmed with ribbons
and little bunches of forget-me- ,
tiots.
These could not be obtained for less j
than eleven shillings, and the balance
of the sovereign was expended in stockings
and some pieces of colored ribbons ,
for the further adornment of the
beauty of the family. j
The purchase of boots and sundry 1
other small reQuirements was left for
the next day. Loaded with their purchases.
Little Make-Believe and Sa- ,
ranne returned home as happy, nay, j
perhaps happier than any two human '
beings within a dozen miles of them. j
There was much to do at home that }
night; the frocks, being second-hand,
did not exactly fit; alterations were re
Quired in mem, "waica, in ivui?, n. ^
fell to the lot of Little Make-Believe (
to make.
She was quite clever with her needle <
and the way she set to work, snipping '
and cutting and altering would have
been a lesson for many a dressmaker. j
Long before she was doDe Saranne f
iwas abed and asleep, dreaming fairy
dreams, with smiles on her lips and joy (
in her heart.
Not less happy was Little Make-Believe,
who sat till nearly 2 in the morning
engaged in her labor of love.
As she cut and stitched there was a {
smile also on her lips and in her heart
a song. j
The common room was glorified, the
gleam of the one thin candle a very ,
blaze of light.
The faded and t*rn paper on the
walls, the black ceiling, the hard b*d,
the scanty furniture?these were the
-unreal surroundings of this patient,
sweet, unselfish young soul.
What was the reality? Why, what
a Question to ask? Did it not shine
around her in flowers and stars and
sunlight and shining water?
Forests in which the lovliest trees
were growing to the skies, the bees
.singing their songs of fruitful flavor,
birds chirping on the branches and flying
to and fro from their nests, sheep
browsing, cows being milked, fragrant
winds blowing, a myriad graceful r
chapes floating in the air, lakes in *
which the fish were gleaming, visions
?? ArtVA TTl'fh lOW.
U1 AIUUU1U f Uic unu j>els
which were theirs for the gathering,
a marble castle with white steps
leading to flowered terraces over which
ladies and gentlemen were wandering,
sounds of invisible music?earth, air
and heaven yielding their sweetest
fancies to fill with ineffable gratitude
and happiness the heart of our Little
Make-Believe whilst she plied her
needle in that common room in Clare
Market.
And from ell these imaginings, as
though he was the subtle essence
which gave them birth and invested
them with their wondrous beauty, the
figure of Walter Deepdale with his
handsome face and gentle voice was
never absent.
Dream on. Little Make-Believe.
Even to you, bending over the secondhand
frock vou are altering for Sa
ranne? even, to yon in that small dim- J
ly-lighted room lias come a foretaste of
Leaves.
CHAPTER X. ^
Little Make-Believe Receives an Offer
of Marriage.
The following day after purchasing e
their boots. Little Make-Believe and t
Saranne went to Thomas Dexter and 1
thanked him.
He expressed his satisfaction and f
Bsked Little Make-Believe what she
thought of his pretending. t
"It was fust class." she replied. "I i
wish I could pretend like that." I
"You'd pretend a lot of things into i
reality if you could." a
"That I could. We shouldn't want
Tor much." t
"I ought to have told yer that the i
two sovereigns were sent by Mr. Deep- 1
dale. Tliey didn't come from me."
"We thought so, sir."
; "Will you have money enough?"
"Yes. Mr. Dexter, plenty."
"You've bought frocks, hats and
boots?"
"And some other things wc wanted
as well. Why, we never had so much
money to spend in our lives."
"But there's something you haven't
bought that yer might want. A cap!
to go over yer frocks 011 rainy days."
,!Oh. I hope it won't rain!" said Sa*
ranne.
"It might, and then yer'd get wet
through, and spoil your frocks. Mow,
I've got a present for you."
And he brought forward two silk
capes for fine days and two warm
cloaks for rainy days.
They were exactly alike.
"I don't know," said Little ^lakeBelieve,
"what should make everyhnriv
nil WWlil lr? n< Wn niicht in ll<? -
the happiest of the happy?and we are. i
Mr. Dexter. Why, Saranne. we snail
be regular ladies!" ' r
"Only." said Thomas Dexter, gayly, I
"don't grow proud, as other ladies do." 1
"That could never happen. Mr. Dex- c
ler. What I want, sir, is tor some ^
t
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way to show our gratityde. I'd wo
my fingers to the bone for them as h
been so kind to us."
"No occasion to tell me that. Mai
Believe. I wish I could come into t
country with yer."
Now. who should be watching th(
through the window as they stood ta
ing to Thomas Dexter but Foxey, a
presently he saw a wonderful thing
"After vou'd done your pretendi
and went away," said Saranne, "a
we looked up and saw the two sc
ereigns on the table, I said to Mai
Believe I'd like to kiss you?for
thought at first they came from yoi
"And now that you know they did:
come from me." said Thomas Dext
"yer wouldn't like to kiss me, I si
pose."
What Foiey saw at this momeat w
this:
He saw Little Make-Believe go up
Thomas Dexter and kiss him.
It was such a kiss as a child mig
have given to her father, but throu,
Foxey's heart shot a jealous pang.
Presently the girls left the shop, a:
Foxey followed them unobserved.
G?od news sometimes flies as fast
bad, but it was not to be expected tb
the circumstance of Little Mai
Believe exchanging two golden sov<
iigns in the purchase of cloth
should pass unnoticed, and Thom
Dexter himself had, for reasons of 1
)wn, made it known that the siste
aad been invited to spend a few da
n the country.
Into these reasons it will be as we
n the cause of charitable feeling, e
:o enter; sufficient to say that any e}
construction "which might have be
Placed upon Little Make-Believe's ai
Baranne's possession of 60 much mon
svas by these means nipped in the bt
Foxey was one of those who hi
ieard of tlie treat in store for t
sisters.
All day long he watched them wit
>ut their knowledge; he wanted
;peak to Little Make-Believe quiet]
with no one by, but he could not obta
m opportunity. j
Night came on, and he had not be
ible to exchange a word with her; wi
ivhat was in his mind he could rest:
onger.
He knocked at the door of the hou
n which she lived, and asked tl
voman to tell Uttle Make-Belive th
i friend wanted to speak to her. Si
:ame at once.
"Oh, it'6 you, Foxey," she said, not
ill displeased to see him. "What i
rer want?"
"I want to speak to yer," he a
:wered, "if yer don't mind coming o
'or a minute or two."
Without any suspicion or fear she ?
jompanied him to a part pf the stre
vhere there was the least chance
heir conversation being interrupted.
"You ain't in any trouble are you
;he asked.
"No, Make-Believe," he replied,
* ??^ +i?AnKlA T V? Q C T*I
Li 11 L ill av UUUUlCi *. ^
vas going into the country."
"Yes," she said; "it's the fust tir
ve've ever been. Why, "whoever tc
rer?"
"It's all over the shop," he sal
rloomily; "you've been buying ne
Iresses and boots."
"Yes." ' !" '"rT!in~inT
"And you've been kissing Tomn
dexter."
She was silent; there was that in 1
oice which suddenly made her trei
)le.
"How do yer know that?" she aske
)resently.
"I seed yer this morning as I ha
>ened to pass his shop."
"There was no harm in it," said L
le Make-Believe, after another pans
'he's been a real good friend to Sa
tnne and me. He knows we're goi]
o have a holiday?it's the fust we ev
lad, Foxey?and he give us this mor
ng two nice capes and two war
loaks."
And then suddenly she exclaime
ather fiercely:
"What makes you speak of it as if
vas doing something wrong? Do y
vant me to hate yer?"
"No, Make-Believe, no!" he crie
'agerly. "If yer say there was i
larm in it, of course there was i
uirm in it."
"He's old enough to be my gran
ather," said Little Make-Believe.
The situation was so extremely nov
0 her that she was swayed by oppc
ng moods, which at one moment 1<
ler into exculpation cf her actions, ai
n the next fired her with indignatii
it Foxey's interference with them.
"What do yer mean," she cried, "1
a Iking to me like that? You've 3
igbt to watch me, as I'm aware c
^ook here, Foxey; you're a bad lot,
:now, but I never thought you w.
ineak enough to be a spy."
He quivered at this and replied:
"I'm no spy. I watched yer to-di
ecause I wanted to speak to yer alor
1 ?? fn o ho/1 1 n*nll T bnnTr
tm; I ain't got notliink to say ag
hat. But I ain't a sneak, Make-E
ieve; 1 never went back on a pal ai
lever showed a white liver."
Ordinarily his voice was harsh ai
lefiant, but it was now so mild, ai
lis manner altogether was so humbl
hat Little Make-Believe reproach*
lerself for being Lard to him.
"I'll take back about the sneak," si
;aid, "but it is strange that you sbou
lave been watching me all day. Wh
or?"'
Muais wuai i m coining iu. uui
nust settle about Tommy Dexter fin
:t made my blood boil to see you ki
lim. Do yer do ft often?"
"I never did it afore, though you''
10 right to arks."'
"Perhaps not, yet " and he looki
it her with such eager eyes that si
icgan to tremble again. "But I mi
lave. Bad lot as I am, Make-Believ
ild Tommy Dexter is a thousand tim
vorse."
^ jjA.
, / ' ;
She was not one to hear her friends
traduced without defending them, and
sit* said, with flashing eyes:
"He ain't bad. He's done me many
a good turn. If that's what yer come
to say to me yer might have saved
yerself the trouble."
"It's not what I come to say."
And then he paused; something
eocmwi tn stick in his throat.
"Out with it, then," said Little Make- [
Believe, "if yer not ashamed of it. I've
got a Jot to do, and I can't stop talk- 1
Ing here all night." |
"Yer know that promise yer got out 1
of me," he said, with the mighty effort. <
"What promise?" 1
"About me getting a hoaest living." ?
rk "Oh, yes, I remember. Have yer 1
as kept it?" . 1
"I have, Make-Believe." ' <
ce- "There, now, Foxey, you've made me
he downright glad. Forgit anythink un- 1
kind I said to yer. Here's my hand." 1
Jm He took it and did not let it go." ^
Ik- "i made the promise for your sake,
nd Make-Believe." (
"I know; you're better than I thought
ng you was, Foxey."
nd "it's you as has made me better? 1
>v- and you can make me better still. You
i
understand me, don't yer?"
I "Oh, yes, I understand yer, Foxey."
i." It was a great pleasure to her to
n't know that she bad a good influence
er, over him, and she gave him a kind
'P- look.
"Well, then," he said, "when shall
as it be?"
Her kind look changed to one of
to bewilderment.
"When shall what be?"
bt "The wedding. I've got a room, and
gh some bits of furniture; I'll get more
afore another month's over my head, i
and I promise to be good to yer. Yer
know how I can keep a promise, and
as I'll keep this one. .When shall it be,
at Make-Believe?"
:e- "Why!" she cried. "Do yer mean to
3r* say yer want to marry me?"
es "That's it, exactly, Make-Believe;
as there ain't a gal in Clare Market that
l*8 can hold a candle to yer, and that's
ts i have been follering yer about
yg this blessed day. What are yer shak
ing yer head for? .Why can't yer {
speak?"
" 'Cause yer've taken away my ^
bffath. I never heerd such a thing in ^
eD all my born day6! You're never in <
ad earnest, Foxey?" 1
ey "i am, Make-Belleve. Strike me (
'd- down dead if I ain't." 1
a<* it need not this to convince her. i
be Mustering sufficient courage to look j
him straight in the face, as be stood*. '
k* before her blocking the way, she saw
t0 that -he was, indeed, terribly in earn'y?
est. ' .
in "Come," he said, somewhat roughly,
"say 'I'll have yer, Foxey,' and make
en an end of it."
"I can't make an end of it that way."
bo "Why?"
"Because I don't care for yer."
se He took her two hands and held them ,
hp 3
e as in a vise. ^
at "Say that again," he demanded. ^
She steadied her voice and repeated: (
"I don't care for yer." t
at "And yer wont have me?'* r
AO T .1 4
?"nu, x yyuaju
"What! Arter fooling me In the way
n" you've done?"
ut "Who's been fooling yer?" she asked
indignantly. "Yer telling lies, yer
lC* know yer are! Here?jest let go my
et hands, or I'll scream for help!"
"You've got no call to,"^he said in a j
gloomy voice, releasing p her hands. j
" "Yer don't think I'd hurt yer, do yer? ^
But I wouldn't give much for the man ^
4,1 as'd stand atween you and me. Ab, ^
but yer playing with me, Make-Be* p
lieve! you've only been speaking in I
Qe fun. Yer want me to wait a bit. All j 'j
lc* right; I'll wait, I will, if it's six |ji
months." ' 5
"It's no use of yer going on liko [
IW that," said Little Make-Believe, recog- t
nizing the necessity of firmness; "if yer j
waited for six years, or sixty, or six t
hundred, I wouldn't have yer." c
On his part, now, he recognized t&at ?
lis she was as much in earnest as he I
D' "Is that yer last word?" I
"It is." ?
d. ua loir? viio vioywic? an victimit- r
XiU A?1W Alio inv uuuuo UU iiVl CliUUi- I
ders with a violent grasp, and the pain t
P* he caused her forced a scream from t
her lips. t
Then he left her suddenly, and as j t
e; suddenly returned. i
ir" "That night yer found me bleeding t
38 in the road. Yer don't forgit it." I
er "No."
n" "Yer knelt alongside me, and brought I
m me to life again. Yes, I might have c
died if yer hadn't come. Yer don't for- t
<*> git that?" " ?
"No." t
I To be continued. *
er t
Loves Jli* Keariiip. ^
^ A Southern doctor of divinity in
' New York on his vacation was speak- ..
Q0 ing of unusual prayers he had heard.
One was made by a young lawyer
^ who, through innate pity or from a -j
<1f>civo tn nflvnnrn his DOlitieal for- I _
>ej tunes by beiug identified with the i ?
(g church, besought the preacher to call I j
^ on him for prayer in the weekly prayer r
3(j meeting. Suspecting that politics and t
not piety was at the bottom of the q
lawyer's desire to pray in public, the T
preacher did not call on him until one r
n0 rainy night, when the attendance was c
slim. Then Brother II. being asked t
j to "lead in prayer" began his suppli- c
as cation. In great detail he mentioned
the various situations, personal and
general, in which the divine guidance
was desired. Finally, however, he g
no if ho ll.Hl fnriWtteil IDV- rl
j thing else to say. He showed signs T
. of confusion, and then, in a despairing s
, tone of voice, continued: "In conelu- c
sion, your honor, I might mention f
many other things, but these will suf* v
k1 ficc for to-night. Amen."'-Mobile h
Jd (Ala.) Register.
le, Women.
2d There were four wo.n?fi: n pretty
woman, a great woman, & wise wo* ?
i?e man, and a good woman
id About the pretty woman thousand
at pressed, asking her how she did her
hair. J
I Hundreds gathered about the great
?t. woman, asking her how she managed
ss her butler. .
Dozens drew near to the wise wo- ^
ve man, asking her how she avoided ink- ^
hov fillfrfjvs.
*" ? U
?d But the good woman stood alone, ^
tie except for a blind person, who could 0
ly not see that she was either pretty, nor ri
e, great, nor wise, and was, therefore, cu- n
es rious to know why she was good.? j
Life.
^'*'5 r" .% % nf
850,000,000 Eond Issue.
Few people realize what this means
o the farm values of New York State,
rhe plan is to improve one mile in
ten of all the highways in all of the
counties in the State anl expend the
noney at the rate of $5,000,000 a year,
* 1-v i ^v>?-rrro rr im.
50 as to nave complex
proveEaent in the State of New York
tvithin ten years from the beginning
)f the work.
Under the present method of payment
the State, county and town pay
for a road costing $S000 a mile as folows:
The State pays fifty per cent, of the
?ost, or $4000, by annual tax levies.
The county pays thirty-five per cent.
)f the cost, of $2S00, by annual tax
evies.
The town pays fifteen per cent, of
:he cost, or $1200, by annual tax levies.
This system is so burdensome that
ant few miles of road are built and
?ese only in i:he towns having the
aigbest assessed valuation, and the
towns having low assessed valuation
ire unnecessarily discriminated against
? -inohilitT +o nnv for
JI1 UCUUUUL U1 UlCii x v
mproved highways of this character.
Under the bond issue, the annual
nterest is fixed at three per cent., with
1 two per cent, sinking fund?that is,
the bonds run for fifty years and are
paid off at the rate of two per cent,
per annum. Thus the total annual
:harge on these bonds for Interest is
ihree per cent and sinking fund two
per cent., that is, five per cent, per
mnum. A mile of road costing $8000
tvould be paid for as follows:
The State would pay $200, or five parent.
of $4000, in its annual tax levy.
The county would pay S140, or five
per cent, of $2S00, in its annual tax
evy.
The town would paj $60, or five per
?ent. of $1200, in ils annual tax levy.
This method of payment enables a
:own with a low assessed valuation
:o have built immediately just as wide
>r expensive road, without excessive
taxation, as is built in any other part
>f the State, and to have the roads
3uilt and completed v.'ithin ten years,
md huvp the use of the roads all of
;he time that they are paying for them.
The Growing Intereat.
Speaking of the general value or roaa
mprovement and the growing interest
n the subject, the Philadelphia Public
Ledger instances this State as having
nade notable advances, and mentions
hat New York will probably submit to
ie electors a constitutional amendnent
authorizing the expenditure of
>50,000,000 to aid counties and towns tc
juild good roads. "The amount," the
Public Ledger further says, "is 6uffl;ient
to create a system of 7400 miles
>f main highways, improving a tenth
>f the road mileage of the State within
en yearc. In the meantime ninety per
ent. of The existing roadways will be
mproved by the contribution of fifty
;ents by the State to each town for
jvery dollar it raises locally for the
rigbways. It was pointed out at the
learing before the New Yoj*k Senate
Committee that little has been done to
>ring the produce of New York farms
iver thp rovmtrv roads to the markets
)f 1he State at cheaper rates of transjortation
than were the rule in 1S50.
farm Tallies have depreciated in New
fork more than in any other State. It
s urged that the corrective is to be
!ound in improved highways and the
ioO.OOO.OOO bond issue."*
Better roads undoubtedly will benefit
be Empire State, and benefit every
>art of it in one way or another, albough
the greater part by far of the
lirect advantage will be to the rural
sections. The individuals who will
)rofit are the farmers. The centres of
jopulation, New York and Buffalo, will
jhare in the increase of general pros)erity,
and the people have viewed
he bonding project kindly, although
bese cities would pay more than nineenths
of the money appropriated by
he State and would in actually direct
esults realize practically nothing from
lie improvement scheme. The city
nen take a broad view of the case.
There can he little doubt of the aptroval
of the amendment by a majority
if the voters?if the great improvement
hey have already ordered is not ob;tructed.
New York and Buffalo need
he enlarged canal, for which they are
villing to pay. When that 5s assured,
hey will turn with interest and libra
lity to the road improvement plan.
-Buffalo Courier.
"
A Common Fanlt.
'According to the report of the Goxl
loads Commission the people of Illiiois
have spent approximately $75,000,KX)
on their wagon roads during the
ast twenty-five years, and yet these
oads are in little better condition now
ban they were twenty-five years ago.
)bviously tberehas been a great waste,
rliich is ascribable to the makeshift
nethods of a comparatively young
'ominunity and its neglect of a scienific
study of the road problem?C'hiago
Record-Herald.
Didn't Remember That One.
;A very good story is told of Judge
Shermsn, before whom was tried the
^ucke? *ase at East Cambridge. He
ras walking through tbo Boston
treets recently, returning a shabby
otton umbrella te its owner, looking
or all the world like a countryman,
rhen a bunco steerer stepped up to
im and claimed acquaintance.
"I don't seem to remember you," said
be Judge.
Upon being irgea to reiresn rns
aemory. the Judge, seeing through the
ittle game, calmly said: "Well, iny
riend, I have sent so many of you
oys to jail I can't remember you all.
ou know.''?Boston Herald.
Birthdays in n California Family.
Sam White, of Riverside, on the Klaiath
River, in this county, has a boy
orn on February 29, and in addition
as one who was born on Washing-,
3n's Birtbday, one on inauguration
ay, frvo on all fools' day, April 1; one[
n TlinnL-cro-ivirnr D.iv ntirl nno on TT'ph
uai-y 2, ground bog day. Also tbree^
lore boys born on other dates.?Yreka
ournal.
j THE GREAT DESTROYER I [
?
! SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT i
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE." 9 j 1
An Address Made In 1743 in the Uritlsh |
House of Lords by Lord Chesterfield, j
Which is a? Withering an Indictment j
of the Liquor Traffic as History Records j
i Over one hundred and sixty years I
.go Lord Chesterfield delivered in tho !
English House of Lords an indictment j
against the liquor traffic that has not j
been surpassed by .the most radical I
prohibitionist of the twentieth century.
It was delivered while discussing
a bill for Licensing the Sale of, Gin
on February 21, *1743.
The law before us, my Lords, seems
to be the effect of that practice of i
which it i9 intended likewise to be ]
the cause, and to be dictated by the
liquors of which it so effectually promotes
the use; for surely it never before
was conceived, by any man entrusted
with the administration of public
affairs, to raise taxes by the destruction
of the people.
! Nothing, my Lords, but the destruc- !
tion of all the most laborious and use- ' .
i ful part of the nation can be expected j
I from the license which is now pro- L
posed to be given, not only to drunk- ]
enness, but to drunkenness of the ' j
most detestable and dangerous kind; j
to the abuse, not oniy of intoxicating, ?
but of poisonous liquors.
Luxury, my Lords, is to be taxed, g
but vice prohibited, let the difficulties r
in executing the law be what they will. t
Would you lay a tax on the breach of r
the ten commandments; would not ,
such a tax be wicked and scandalous; (t
because it would imply an indulgence 6
to all those who could Dnv the tax? i /
The noble Lord Las been pleased ]
kindly to inform us that the trade of r
distilling is very extensive; that it em- j
ploys great numbers; and that they t
have arrived at an exquisite skill, and c
therefore?note well the consequence
-the trade of distilling is not to be j
discouraged. c
Once more, my Lords, allow me to c
wonder at the different conceptions of f
different understandings. It appears c
to me that since the spirits which the t
distillers produce are allowed to en- \
feeble the limbs and vitiate the blood, p
to pervert the heart, and obscure the f
intellects, that the number of distillers t
should be no argument in their favor, I
for I never heard that a law against t
theft was was repealed or delayed be- t
cause thieves were numerous. It ap- I
pears to me, my Lords, that if so for- p
midable a body are confederated- n
against the virtue or the lives of their s
fellow citizens, it is time to put an n
end to the havoc, and to interpose, b
while it is yet in our power, to stop
the destruction. c
So little, my Lords, am I affected a
with the merit of the wonderful skill
which the distillers are said to have 2
attained, that it is, in my opinion, no v
faculty of great use to mankind to P
prepare palatable poison; nor shall I a
ever contribute my interest for the re- e
prieve of a murderer because he has, c
by long practice, obtained great dex- P
ten iy in Liifi) uuutr.
If their liquors are so delicious that c
the people are tempted to their own G
destruction, let us at length, my Lords, ?
secure them from these fatal draughts, ?
by bursting the vials that contain J
them. Let us crush at once these art- ?
ists in slaughter, who have reconciled {j
their countrymen to sickness and to "
ruin, and spread over the pitfalls of ?'
debauchery such baits as cannot be j*
resisted. 11
This new method may indeed have ?
upon different constitutions a different ,,
operation?it may destroy the lives of
some and the senses of others; but 1
J either of these effects will answer the ,
purposes of the Ministry, to whom it is
indifferent, provided the nation be- ?
comes insensible whether pestilence or '
lunacy prevails among them. Either F
mad or dead the greatest part of the ' '
people must quickly be, or there is no *
| hope of continuance of the present p
Ministry. For this purpose, my Lords,
! what could have been invented more i .
efficacious than an establishment of a j
certain number of shops at which |
poison may be vended?poison so pre- j f<
pared as to please the palate, while it j T
wastes the strength, and only kills by ;
intoxication? From the first instance I L(
that any of the enemies of the Minis- j
try shall grow clamorous and turbu- I .
lent, a crafty hireling may lead him j H
to the Ministerial slaughter-house, and ;
ply him with their wonder-working .
liquor till he is no longer able to speak j ^
or think; and. my Lords, no man can j
j be more agreeable to our Ministers | ?
I than he that can neither speak nor j
! think, except those who speak without j ja
j thinking. I ^
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France Cursed by Alcohol. ? CI
T
That alcoholism is steadily becoming ^
I worse in France, while it is disappear- j .
j ing elsewhere, was a statement made |
| in a public lecture at Paris by Dr. Poi- j ^
I tou-Du-PIessy at the Lycee Charle- ;
Lmagne. The subject of the lecture by ; p
I the celebrated physician was "What I ,
j Young People Can Do in Combating
I Alcoholism." g
I "To the drink evil." he said, "could (
| be traced the gradual disappearance of t
| the family and the deterioration of ra- .
i cial attributes. Gradual degeneracy
! was sure to result unless alcoholism
i was checked."
Dr. Poitou-Du-Plessy demonstrated
that drink was a prime factor in caus!
ing tuberculosis and madness, misery fi]
I and crime. Ho then emphasized the
! growth of the evil in France and its de- ^
crease in other countries. ,.j
The speaker said that the only way 0,
to successfully combat the evil was to rf
arouse the public conscience. The law
| of social solidarity, he said, had a scien- hj
| tilic basis, which imposed a moral duty m
upon members of society to defend a,
' themselves and their fellows from such
j a menace &s that which alcolism now
j Presets. SI
Temperance Note?.
The Government of New South "Wales i
has sanctioned the erection of two
State institutions for the treatment of pv
inebriates without means. jir
The W. C. T. U. of Michigan is plan- Fi
ning a campaign to promote sentiment w;
in favor of a law prohibiting saloons ca
within three miles of colleges of the co
State. ag
The W. C. T. U. of Marietta. Ohio, it
1, r, nAA??..A/1 4l.r. I
Uilft BCV.UICU 1UC LU"VJ[iClUUUU VI IUC XV;
ministers of the city in u series of Ei
public temperance meetings to be given ve
once a month. pt
The Board of Fire anil Police Com- ^
mftsioners. of Omaha, Neb., has noti- ^
tied saloonkeepers that liquor licenses *
will not be granted to saloons having
music hall attachments.
Oklahoma is going to help Indian Territory
in tlio fight of the latter to hold aj
fast, under the new order of statehood Ei
in which the two Territors are to be
united, the prohibition that it has now. jn
Public announcement is made of the on
fnnt thnt ovopv en Inrmlv ppnpr In flip .'-itv i Im
of Orange, Texas, has entered into a fr<
binding obligation to close his doors tb
hereafter every Saturday night at 12 mi
o'clock, aud to sell nothing from that T1
hour until 12 o'clock Sunday nicht, yrj
[HE SUNDAY SCHOOL I
NTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MAY 28.
Subject: The Crnclfixlon, John xlx., 17-3C
?Golden Text, 1 Cor. xv., 3? Memorj
Verses, 25-27 ? Commentary on th<
Day's Lenson.
I. The journey to Calvary (v. 17).
17. "Bearing His cross." All the prep- j
irations having been made the sad pro- ;
iession started. On the way to thf j
ilace of the crucifixion it is evident :
Jiat Jesus became exhausted, because
)f what He had undergone during the
light, and sank under the weight ol
StiB cross which He was carrying. The
soldiers then compelled a man from
ifrica, Simon, of Cyrene, who was
coming into the city, to assist Jesus.
'Went forth." He now goes "even un:o
death" (Phil. 2:8). "A skulK" A
)old, round, skull-like hillock; probably
Jie ordinary spot for executions. "Gol;otha."
Golgotha is the Hebrew word j
tnd Calvary the Latin word.
II. The crucifixion (v. 18). 18.
'They crucified Him." It was 9 o'clock
n the morning, the hour of the usual
norning sacrifice or which Jesus, the
L.amb of God, was the great Antitype.
Fesus was probably nailed to the cross
)efore it was raised. The feet of the
;ufferer were only a fc<ot or two above
he ground?a fact of some weight, as
ihowing that Jesus suffered in the
nidst of His persecutors. It was at
his time that they offered Christ "wine
ningled with myrrh" with a view to
>roducing stupefaction. He tasted it
>ut refused to drink, as it would obicure
the clearness of His faculties
Matt. 27:34). "Two others with Him."
rhe two thieves crucified with Him
nay have belonged to the band with
Jarabbas. They evidently knew somehing
about Christ. One mocked, the
ither prayed.
III. The title of the cross (vs. 19-22).
.9. "Pilate wrote a title." It was the
ommon custom to affix a label to the
ross giving a statement of the crime
or which the person suffered. In this
ase Pilate Himself attended to the
itle. "King of the Jews." Although
written by a wicked Roman ruler,
irobably as an expression of contempt
or tiie Jews ir not ior Jesus, yet it
old the exact truth?Jesus was "the
?ing of kings." 20. "Written in Hebrew."
For the Jews. "Greek." For
he foreigners and visitors. "Latin."
^or the Romans. Power, culture and
iety in their noblest forms pay homge
at the feet of Jesus. 21. "Then
aid." The chief priests felt that they
nd their nation were being insulted
y the Roman governor.
22. "What I have written." The Roaan
laws forbade the sentence to be
Itered when once pronounced.
IV. "Christ's garments divided (vs.
3, 24). 23. "The soldiers." They
rere Romans, four in number. They
robably knew nothing about Jesus,
nd were acting merely as executionrs.
"Took His garments." The
lothes of executed criminals were the
erquisites of the soldiers on duty.
24. "Rend." Which would, of
ourse, ruin the garment. "Cast'lots."
rambling was a favorite pastime of
Loman soldiers. "The Scripture." The
cripture referred to is Psa. 22:18.
.'his is one of the seven Messianic
'salms. "Fulfilled." What the soliers
did was of their own free will,
ut in doing what they did they unconciously
fulfilled the Scriptures. God
oes not control free will, but He uses
There were seven sayings of Christ
poken from the cross. His first sayle
wafj a nraver for His enemies
Luke 23:34). His second saying was
poken to the dying malefactor.
V. Jesus provides for His mother
7S. 25-27). 25. "His mother." It is
enerally supposed that she was a
ridow at this time. She was there
matching her Son and suffering with
[im. "Mother's sister," etc. It is unertain
whether there are three or four
omen referred to here. "Wife of
leophas." Called also Alphaeus.
Mary Magdalene." She was the first
> see Jesus after His resurrection.
2(5. "Saw His mother." He saw and
jcognized His mother and arranged |
>r her future. "Disciple?He loved."
his was John, the author of this gosel.
"Woman." This was a customary
>rm of address and was not spoken j i
ith any lack of love. "Thy Son."
ccept from Him the care and protec- ,
on that a mother would expect from
son. 27. "Thy mother." Establish- ;
lg a sympathetic bond. This was
hrist's third saying from the cross. <
VI. The closing scene (vs. 28-30). 28.
After thisi" From the sixth hour <
loon) there was darkness over all the i
md until the ninth hour (3 o'clock).
oward the close of the darkness Jesus
ttered His fourth saying rrom tne
:oss: "My God. My God, why hast
hou forsaken Me?" (Matt. 27:46). "All
lings?accomplished." He had the 1
all consciousness that His work was !
>rupleted, that the prophetic words ;
ere fulfilled, and that He had now j
Qly to surrender His spirit to God the
ather. "Fulfilled." "Connect this
ause, not with 'I thirst,' but with the
rst part of the verse." All that the
criptures had foretold had been ac)mplished.
"I thirst." His fifth ut>ranee
from the cross. Another evience
of His humanity.
29. "Vinegar." Sour wine which
e are told was the common drink of
le Roman soldiers. "Hyssop." The (
M>nge was fastened on a hyssop stalk. <
30. "Received the vinegar." The
rst drink of vinegar and gall Jesus re- <
lsed, but this, unmixed with any drug ]
as accepted. "It is finished." The j
xth saying from the cross. This is <
le word in the Greek and has been (
Jierreil TO as lue greuurat silicic nuiu I J
-*er uttered. The work which Christ
id come to do was now complete. Im- J
ediately afterward came the seventh
id last utterance. "Father, into Thy
inds I commeud My spirit!" "Gave
? the ghost." "He dismissed His
lirit." He pave up His own life
Ohle?t Swan That Ever Lived.
There died on a farm near La Sueur, j
inn., recently, the oldest swau that j
er lived, as its owner, Peter Valley, t
mly believes. It was hatched in r
ranee in the year 1795, and therefore f
as 110 years old when it died. There <
n be no reasonable doubt as to the (
rrectness of the figures showing its j j
e, for the family has a photograph of i
taken in 1840 in France by Daguerre, I
itb the former owner of the fowl, j
nile Valliers, who was born the same ! (
ar that the swan was hatched. The i j
wtograph, or daguerreotype, is called !
?? * VvO I
.UtJ JLWilis, illJU UCUld uu LUC UUV.U
e date 1840 and the signature cf
-ouis Jaques Maude Daguerre.'-'
Eottlo'o Long Gcean Trip.
A. bottle that United States Consul
bert W. Swalm, of Southampton,
lgland, threw overboard while in latude
20.30 north, longitude 6S.10 west,
May, ll>03, has been washed ashore
i the eoust of Donegal, Ireland. It
d been carried by the Gulf Stream
am the North American coast across 11
e Atlantic Ocean at a rate approxi- ^
fitincr fivp miles a dav for Gtiii (lavs. 0
ie United States Hydrograpliic Office |'(
.is notified J"
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f .
ran^ojvio^JL
^?CbJ>ia
How Good i> God I
I threw myself in anguish on my conch,.
My soul went out in one great agonian
cry;
I pleaded hard with God: ?
"The wicked who forget Thee have tbea
wish;
I have been striving faithfully to do Th
will,
Yet I am still unheard."
And then unto my soul there spake a voio
As audible as to the.outward ear:
"Your wish may now be yours if you th
case
Will take in your own hands and out <
God's."
Reluctantly I said:
"Give what Thou wilt, only be Thou m
guide."
My soul's great longing cry was still f
fused.
T'itwo tnqooo/1 An/1 T aIaAMI
***"V uuoov'i, MUU JL IWUJk UOV.XW TV JVM
lcen;
I shudder at what would have been had I
Been heard. He led me in a betterfwav*
And I have learned to fear to walk alon
To take His hand, and plead: "Lead Tho
me on."
My soul goes out again in one great cry,
But it is one of praise?"How gooa
God!" . "
*-The Rev. Edwin H. Burgesa, in the Ne
York Observer.
Goodness and Ten Thousand Tear.
The Atchison (Kan.) Globe has a
appeal to men to be good, first, b<
Art 11 fW T> O TTO IA' KA (VAAil
vouo^ ib i/ajo iv i/T7 15WU, auu aauuvH
because "it js easier to be a good ma^B
than it is to be a bad one." "Yo^H
must live," it adds; then why not livM
in the easiest way. agl
The Globe defines a good man as onflg
who is "industrious, loyal, ihtelligei^B
and well behaved." And it tells a storfl|
of such a man who formerly worked i^H
Atchison for $100 a month, and is no'ME
receiving a salary of $10,000 a year
illustrate its argument that goodne^Bj
pays, "and those who are patient &iJK
work away the best they can are a9
ways recognized and substantially r^H
warded." Iff
There has been a great deal of th^H
sort of talk in some of the magazhw^K
and in the interviews with successfH|
men published in the newspapers. H
is talk that gives a very erroneous
pression in Regard to the fact T^Hj
vast majority of our citizens are uH|[
uuauiuuo, lujttJ, uitcuigeni. tuiu wcjh
behaved, and yet a very targe propmH
tion of that majority have not ma|M
and are not likely to make any greflA
headway in the direction of a $10,00SH
a-year income. SB
The Globe makes the point that lj^H
typical good man who now gets flO.OdH
a year with less work than he dSS
when he was only getting $100 H
month, is "no great genius." That
rory likely. The successful man flB
very often a man of very modera^H
mental capacity. But, unless his suMj
cess has come through special infiflH
ence or through what is commouflH
called good luck, he must have ton^H
quality that fits him for special eflcc^H
iveness In the line in which he haH|
achieved success. Ma
The money making or success-pr^H
ducing faculty is a thing hy Itself adHB
often manifests itself in a very mark^H
degree in a man whom no one wou^H
hora nf/tl'D/l a a a nHmaf h^fnrA iHfl
achieved his first well-defined succesSl
It is a mischievous delusion to tea^H
young men that they have a right flB
look for great success in life a3 the rBi
ward of simple goodness ? lndustran
loyalty, Intelligence and good beh^R
vior. These things are good in ther^H
selves, and they will give a man
very much better chance to get on
the world than he could have witbo^K
them, but even with them the gre^H
majority of men can only hope to malHRj
a moderate living, and perhaps lay tflH
a little every year against a rainy daKHj
or for old age, or for those who sbwH
come after them. SB
Goodness does pay; It pays tremeflH
dous profits, but these profits are nM|
measured by dollars and cents. TlHU
most valuable possession every m^B|
has is himself, and good conduct hel^H
bim to make the most and best or hh^H
self. ' ttjff
That is true even of the kind~^H
goodness described by the Globe; It BB
infinitely more true of the kind ^Ey
goodness which the Bible requires
us. The former is goodness In some B9
our relations with other men; the
ter is goodness in our relations wi^H
God. This includes the other, ,-^EH
course. We cannot be right with Gfln
unless we are trying to do our duty flH
ward man. But there ii all the ditftHQ
ence in the world between the loyalBg
in our conduct toward other men
springs only from a desire to win thfl
approval and that of our own ?H
sciences and that which springs fr<flH
love to God and love to man for Go^^n
sake. This iatter kind of goodn^BH
seldom brings any great reward in dHB|
lars and cents. It is its own rewfu^Dj
[t has "the promise of the life whiHQ
qow is and of that which is to comflffi
t fulfil<a that nrnmiRC hv PTirifhtncr iHSI
md beautifying it?New York
icss. fgfiS
A Father's Example.
I remember once speaking to a frieHN
)f mine in Brighton who, giving me ^BE
experience of bis own childhood, saBBcj
'I can remember when my motH^KI
;ried when she cut the bread for AB
jreakfast, keeping none back for b^E8|
self, for it was the last crust that
R-as dividing. I, the eldest bora, HSffl
juired the reason why this was do^^H
She said: 'My lad, your father
jeen dismissed from his situation HH
?ause he would not lie, and we
:ome to the last loaf, but I am pr<HS|
>f your father, and you must growHan
ike him, too.' And," said my frie^^n
'I have tried to do it."?Ram's Horn^Efl
Tlio Great Diiclple*. BHj
When Christ called His disciplesHH
'ollow Him, He did not have to
:wice. Not one of the twelve, so ^^9
is we know, had to have the invitatflSB
epeated. The great disciples, throiHjQ
ill centuries, have been the obediflttN
lisciples, loyally responding to the
:1a im made by Christ upon them.HH]
I. Miller. |w
Pn*nnaa ftf iftA fUlTllVh.
Bishop Ligbtfoot says: "The
)f Christ exists for the purpose^Hfc
landling unpleasant subjects." mffi
H?ar<l Funeral by Telephone. raHH
With two fractures in his leg
'onhneil in tlie hospital at Pittsb^HH
fa., Benjamin I1. Walsh, a drugj^HflH
ay iu his bed, with a telephone^^HB
reiver adjusted to his ears, aud HBB
ened to the funeral sermon orerHBH
rife at his home iu Falrview avei^^Hj
Fishing With Wheels.
A curious plan for catching
seel in.th: River Columbia. A
er of wheels are set up iu tbe micHMR
f tbe stream, which, as they tflD
DUDci, catcb up tbe bsb and cast tlHSS
Ho troughs by the river banks. gSOK
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