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The j Richard ===== OF A VICTIM OF CIRCUMi IB. L. HTj CHAPTER IV. Continued. 1 On the day that Mr. Clanronald asked . of me the hand of Eunice for his son, I wrote to these lawyers, saying that I had something of interest to corn municate to Mr. Wilmot, and that 1 , should feel obliged to them if they (would give me his address. Their reply was to the effect that they had received strict instructions from their ^ client to give his address abroad to no J person whatever, and thar they could . make no exception in my favor. 1 ; wrote again, asking, if 1 sent a letter ' to Mr. Wilmot under cover to them, .whether they would forward it to hins. They replied that here again the in- 1 structions under which they acted were -so strict and peremptory that they ^ -could not depart from them. All letters which they received tor Mr. Wil- | mot -were dropped in sealed boxes, of which he had the keys. Once more 1 wrote, inquiring whether they were expecting: Mr. Wilmot's return home, ! and within what time. In reply they stated that they did not know when 1 lie would return. Nothing was left for ( me to do hut to write to Mr. Wilmot, 1 acquainting him with the tact of my J daughter's engagement, and giving him [ every information in my power of tbe * standing and character of the family 1 Into which she was about to marry. In 1 this letter I made a delicate reference 1 to the subject of settlements: and said 1 that in my interview with Mr. Clan- * ronald 1 had been compelled to ask 1 for a postponement of this branch of * the matter until my uncle returned to * England. 1 dispatched my letter to 1 the lawyers, with a sense of intense 5 satisfaction at the idea that it would 1 foe dropped in a sealed box and would 1 foe read by my uncle heaven knew 1 iwhen. 1 It was with a feeling of joy that one * .morning, among my letters. 1 reeog- 1 sized the handwriting of Mr. Wilmot. --His letter, which 1 rend with eagerness and anxiety, was addressed from Norway, and in it 1 received the welcome intelligence that wo might expect his return to England within three months from the date of his writing. This information enabled me to give a satisfactory .answer to Mr. Clanronald. who, In the course of tbe day, made an indirect reference to the uncompleted .business of my daughter's settlements. It was not the first time that he had made such a reference, and hitherto I had always experienced a feeling of awkwardness in meeting it Now. I was quite at my ease. "I have received a letter," 1 said, * "from Mr. Wilmot. who is at present in ^ Norway, and within three months all 1 Will be arranged " 1 "Mr. Wilmot?" said Mr. Clanronald. 1 in a tone of inquiry; and it was only r then it struck me that I had never 1 mentioned my uncle's name before to 1 him?there being, indeed, no special t reason for it. * "My mother's brother.'' 1 said, "who 1 has made the most handsome promises In respect to Eunice's future." "Yes. yes!" said Mr. Clanronald, and ( seemed to ponder upon the name, and 1 not with pleasure, but nothing more 1 was said. 1 My uncle's letter contained something ' "which 1 then regarded as of small im- 1 portance. but which, in tbe near future, } was destined to bring about the peril j of my life. It was included in the 1 following words: "Very soon after my return to England it is my intention to pay you a ' visit at Boseombe Lodge, and t(? tres- ] spnss upon your hospitality for a few 1 days. Meanwhile you can confer an obligation upon me. 1 have given Mr. ( Leonard Mortlock. a young gentleman in whom 1 take a deep interest, and '' who for three months has been my 1 companion in my travels, a letter of ^ introduction to you. which he will 1 present in person. 1 wish him to become acquainted with you and your ' .family; i wish you to make a friend of him. Any social courtesies and ' kindness which you can show him 1 1 shall regard as extended to myself. 1 You will find him an agreeable and charming person, and il will afford me pleasure to learn that the association lias been mutually pleasant." The request, which could not have fceen more distinctly conveyed, was to me and my wife a law. and we decided that when Mr. Leonard Mortlock made his appearance we would ask Slim to make our house his home for a while. My wife set about at once making the necessary preparations, and a sitting room and bedroom were put in order for the expected visitor, we toad ample accommodations at our disposal, there being at least half a dozen spare rooms in our house. Eunice assisted in making the preparations, delighted at tlie opportunity of doing something in return for Mr. Wilmot's great generosity. Two days after the receipt of my uncle's letter Mr. Mortlock sent in his card, and was warmly welcomed. Ho was a man of good education. . agrealilu manners and smooth speech; and we indeed his ace to be thirty. From his conversation it was clear that ho had seen a good deal of tf-'-* world; and when I invited him to stay Willi us as long a* he wished to remain in the neighborhood, he accepted tho invitation with cordiality. Nothing, of course, was said by us as to the duration of his visit. I looked upon 3iim as much mv nude's guest as ours, nnd he was welcome to remain as long as it suited his convenience and pleasure. He was soon at ease with ns. and ^ve with him. AJy wife pronounced ? fi. , "'i ' . Peril ^Pardon, 5TANTIAL EVIDENCE. i-EJEOlT. Q.qqqqqqq.QQACIQQ/^[QQQ 0 him to he a Kentlemau, and I concurred; Mile. Rosalie said tbat he was /loiifrh-tfiii" ami was not backward in showing iiim attentions. Mr. Mortlock had much to tell us of Mr. Wilmot, whom lie evidently knew better than we did. He dilated upon nay uncle's uniform kindness and consideration for otters, upon his sound opinion of men and things, upon his ripe judgment, and, incidentally, upon his strength of character. "What I admire in him," said Mr. Mortlock, "is that, once having taken 1 certain view, once having resolved upon a certain course, he is not to be turned from it by any arguments that :an be advanced against it." During the week a small matter somewhat ruffled me. 1 was taking the letters out of the postbag, preparatory to sending them to the postoffice t>y the hands of Samuel Fleetwood, when Mr. Mortlock said: "I beg your pardon. 1 have dropped l letter by mistake into the bag." There wjas not more than six or seven n all. and Mr. Mortlock, selecting the >ne to which he referred, took it from tDe Jittie pne ana put n iu ui> puuuei. It was (juite by aceideDt that I saw t was addressed to my uncle. Mr. \Iortlock, I concluded, was acquainted vith my uncle's address, of which 1 vas kept ignorant, and was in comnunication with him, whereas I was charred from the privilege. It was, is I have said, a small matter, but it nffled me. Our relative positions should have given me the advantage n ray uncle's confidence, but this advantage was held by another, who urely could not be so close to him as, ! was. It was. of course, in my power o ask Mr. Mortlock to give me the iddress; but it seemed to me that the isking of such a simple question would )e a violation of my uncle's wishes, tnd I therefore refrained. I consoled nyself with the reflection that time vas waning fast, and that my uncle vould soon be home. Time, indeed, was flying. Two nonths had elapsed since Mr. MortiocK :et foot in our house, and he evinced io inclination to put an end to his visit. \'ot in the rometest manner could 1 five him a hint upon the subject. It vouid have been a breach of hospitalty; and yet I felt that his visit had >een unduly prolonged. 1 did not feel t my ease, nor did my wife and daugher. There were reasons for this dis omfort. First, it appeared to me that Mr. dortlock was too strongly attracted oward Eunice. His attentions to her vere marked by a tenderness whicn vas not agreeable to her or us. There lad been nothing concealed from him. ie knew that Eunice and Harry Clanouald were engaged, and he could not tut see that they were devotedly attached to each other. Was it, then, he conduct of an honorable man to ntroduce a discordant element into .his engagement? Eunice took every pains to avoid Mr. Uortlocfe; and hau he been cither an jbservant or a fair-minded man it you Id have been impossible for him o mistake her meaning. But be exjibited no consciousness of it, and her ivoidance of him did r.ct cause him to ibandon those marks of attention tvbich were so - distasteful to her. Barry Cianronald's jealousy was openy demonstrated, and the two men wlio, luring the early part of Mr. Mortlock's I'isit, were in frequent friendly association, now seldom exchanged a word. [ must say that Mr. Mortlock took tiiis in good part, and that, so far as outr.-ard appearances went, his demeanor ontinued to be cheerful and -well-bred, ivhile Harry was sullen aud occasion"H" ~o c* hlnrr tfonm?u] 11uucaonc, tuiu cio uv/wjui*ife v. to disturb Mr. Mortlock's equanimity, Harry was placed at a conspicuous disadvantage in tliis antagonism. Another reason for my discomfort was the behavior of Mile. Rosalie. Between her and Mr. Mortlock seme kind of confidence seemed to be established of which I could not approve, md yet I could fix upon nothing which would warrant open ceusure. CHAPTER V. There arrived another letter from Mr. Wilmot, conveying the welcome intelligence that he would be with us in the course of the ensuing week. "Now," I said, joyfully, to my wife, "our troubles are coming to an end." 1 expected that she would respond in a like manner, and it surprised me to see a grave look in her eyes. "I am not one to meet troubles halt way," slie said. In explanation; "but it is well to be prepared." "Yes. my love."' 1 said, r "What arc you about to speak ofV" "Of your uncle and Mr. Mortlock," replied my wife. "1 should like to say what is in my mind concerninsr them." "Speak freely." 1 said. "T^ere have never been any concealments betweec us. and there should be none now when a happy event is approaching." "It has been i:i my mind for some little time past, but 1 was not sure, and indeed, am not sure now. Your unclt says nothing in either of his letters ol Eunice's engagement." "fie cannot be aware of it. My lettci to him, written on the day the engage merit was entered into, remains. 1 an afraid, unopened in his lawyer's office in London." "There appears to be a close Inti in.icy between him and Mr. Mortlock." "Yes, my dear, and I am sorry t< think so." "it would not surprise me to lean that it is an affectionate intimacy His first letter and the terms in which | Mr. Mortlock speaks of him are almost j an assurance of this. Whether 1 am | right or wrong in my surmise, your j uncle certainly lias a very high opinion of Mr. Mortlock." "Which now," I said, "is not shared by me." "Nor by me. I regret to say." J knew it pained her to make the admission: it was a grief to her to think ill of any person. "Does it occur to you, liichard. that your uncle lied any special object in asking \is so strongly to make a friend of Mr. MortlockV" "No," I replied. "I am glad to hear you say that; but think. Bring our dear Eunice into the question'." 1 divined her trouble immediately. "You think that he had her in view when he asked'us to make Mr. Mortlock welcome in our home:" "It is my fear." said my wife. 1 reflected. The suggestion had never oecursed to me, but with every passing monvmt of time it gathered weight now that my wife had mentioned it. "it is possible," I said, gloomily. "It is more than possible. Kichard; it is probable, and Mr. MortiocKS oebavior seems to l'avor it.*' "But before be arrives,'' I said, "he will have read my letter announcing her engagement with Harry. Surely, in the face of that?" 1 paused, seeing, from the expression on my wife's face, that I was making no impression upon lier. "I am so much impressed," she4 said, "by a certain phase in your uncle's character which has been dwelt upon by Mr. Mortlock? 1 mean in regard to his being self-willed and obstinate when once he has made up his mind? ( that I cannot banish my fears. It is a painful subject. Kicbard: do not let us dwell upon it any longer. Hope is left to us, and we will cling to it." This conversation made me moody and unhappy; tliere were so many contingencies depending upon my ancle's whim. Minor incidents which occurred dur ing this clay passed lightly off, although ou other occasions I should nave deemed them of importance and have estimated them aright, i had lately perceived signs of failing health iu Samuel Fleetwood, and had advised him to consult a doctor. He simply smiled, and said that it would be useless, as no doctors could do him good; but as his bad symptoms continued, 1 desired our own physician to see and examine Fleetwood. The physician's report was melancholy enough. He represented our faithful servant's case to be hopeless, saying he bad beart disease and could not live through the year. "Did you inform him of it?" 1 inquired. "It was scarcely necessary," replied the physician. "He has been for some time aware of bis state, and bo looks I forward to tbe end almost with cheerfulness." It will be understood bow deep would bave been the impression produced upon me by this sad news bad I not been so terribly harassed by my own special anxieties. Before sundown Mile. Rosalie also played her part. In anticipation of my uncle's visit, and desiring tliat be sbould see Boscombe Lodge at its best, 1 bad given j instructions to my gardener, wbich he said be could not carry out alone. 1 empowered him to hire a man to assist bim, and be told me be bad done so. I was satisfied to leave tbe matter to bim; be lyid been in my service many years, and bad served me well. All that 1 knew of the man he had engaged j was his name?Redwing. When the , gardener came to me on Saturday for wages, I asked how Redwing suited him. "Oh, pretty welJ, sir," was the reply; j "he isn't all he made himself out to ! be. but I shall manage." And my gardener being content, so was I. At the beginning of the week 1 myself saw Redwing for the lirst time. He did not appear to be overexerting ; himself; and this, and the fact that he i was a good-looking fellow, comprised my observation of him. 1 return now to the incident in which Mile. Rosalie played a part on the evening of the day on which 1 received my uncle's secoud iletter. To be continued. At to Goldfish. There are some creatures apparently j born to have a bad time, says the I Ladies' Pictorial, and goldfish are cer- | tninlv nf the unluckv number. Some- I times hundreds of the poor thing';, fresh from the steam-heated millponds, where their breeding is often quite a:A industry, pet violently douched by a fishmonger's hose, by icy-cold water (lashing into the glass tank, or, still worse, into the little globes in which they are stuffed by dozens. Light is not a fish's idea of satisfaction; the calm green twilight at the bottom of a pond is what he chooses. Most of the'goldfish bought and kept for a time in little globes die, because people think they can live on the animaleulae in tap water?a fatal mistake. I would not pay it the compliment of j denying the existence of microbes, but they will not sustain any lish in a glass. Crumbs make the water sour, and then changing it bruises and worries the lish. It is kind not to keep fish at all unless they can have a good-sized aquarium with a thick layer of loam at the bottom in which vallisneria? best of water weeds?should be planted weeks before the lish arc put in: on the loam an inch or two of gravel, and then i.niiiirntOT Tlnl-AI- tf> l)P fhilHITPd. ' iiuciuu Ulliniuii.1, 41V * V? w , but to be added to now and again as It wastes. Gnat larvae are, in their sea- { son. the best goldfisli food; failing 1 those, ants' cocoous, or small lnent1 worms, always procurable from bird shops, are tempting to the lisliy palate. To Obtain Freitli-IHown Flowers. Choose some of the most perfect buds latest in blowing and ready to? open. Cut them, leaving to each a piece of stem about three inches long. Cover the end of the stem Immediately 1 with sealing wax and wrap each bud, ? which must be perfectly dry, separately in paper. Put them in a box. When you wish the flowers to bloom, cut the stems at night, and place them in some > water in which a little nitre of salt has been dissolved, and the following i day you will have a display of fresh. blown flowers. CPji POPULAR ^ ft SCIENCE ^ M The list of minerals known to exist 11 Madagascar is short, and includes jold, iron, coppcr. coal and tin, of imjortance in the order nai&ed. The chief nterest centres in gold, which is mined mtirely from placers in the sandstone 'ormations, evidently the source ol" the ;o!d. A novel apparatus has recently been iresented to the Drpartment of Comparative Anatomy of Broxvn University, by the medical friends of the lepartment in Providence and other ,'ities. It is a projection lantern known as the edidiascope, made by Carl Zeiss, r>f Jena. The peculiarity of this apparatus is that it is capable of projecting opaque objects upon the screen lirectly. A report Mias been presented to the Trench Academy of Sciences by M. J. Violle "on the action of hail cannons." In this report is given for the first enma. tmctivoH hv information l?UJV i?VUiW Li U^'i XV. covering a wide area and for an extended period, thereby supplying conclusive evidence as to the utility of this means of avoiding or mitigating damage in the vineyards from hailstorms. M. Violle's report refers to the district of Beaujolais. where there are established twenty-eight societies for dispersing in this manner .the hailstorms common to that region. A rubbet film glove, the feature of which is antiseptic qualities, has been devised for surgeons. The idea consists of immersing the hands in a weak solution of gutta-pcrclia in benzine or acetone, or applying the solution to the skin of the patient. The purpose of the film is to seal the surfaces oi' either the hands or skin with an insoluble. impervious, and practically Imperceptible pellicle, which will not allow the secretions of the skin to escape, and will not admit blood, pus oi secretions into the crevices cf the skin. The Secretary of the Treasury has 1 instructed tho collectors of customs that the astronomical instruments ex ported from this country for use by various astronomical expeditions fot observing the coming eclipse are to be readmitted free of duty. The ordei was the result of a long correspondence betwefn the director of the Lick Observatory in California and the Secre tary of the Treasury. W. W. Camp bell, director of the Lick Observatory, contended that the astronomical in struments which will be used for ob serving the eclipse should be readmitted into this country free of duty Nearly all were manufactured abroad Sir Frank Younghusband. the leadci of the recent British expedition tc Lassa. the sacred city of Tibet, brushes awav. in an address, the delusion that Tibet is a rainless country. After marching over the elevate*! plateau Id the face of bitter winds' nnd blizwirds. the expedition reached the valley cf Gyantse, where willows and poplars were bursting into foliage before the middle of April, and the banks of the river were covered with masses of purple iris plants. On resuming the march for Lassa. July 14th. heavy rain fell, and frequent rains were experienced until September, and the size of the rivers showed that this part of Tibet has a good rainfall. WHEN SHE LOVES; A True Test For Any Vouur Girl to Apply to Herself. fe The first test that a girl should apply to herself in determining whether the liking: she l'ecls lor a man is genuine love or not is the important one of companionship. More love is bored to death than is killed in any other way. "Unless you can dream iu a crowd nil /Ifiv r>ii mi nlicmii- fner* tliflt fixed you. then never say you love," declares a i>oet. That is very easy; anybody can. It is no trouble to be sentimental about a person who Is absent. The real question is whether you can listen all day to the person who is by your side and still want to hear more. And that does not apply to love making; all of us can hang enraptured cn the words of the one who is singing our praises. It is when we come to listening to a person in prose that love counts, and if a girl finds that she is taking a genuine heart interest iu a man's account of his grocery business, and that she can laugh when he tells a joke over the second time, she may be sure that she has the real article, and that her affection will stand th? wear and tear of daily intercourse. One o 1 the commonest errors that girls make is in thinking themselves in love with the first man they meet who resembles the hero of their romantic dreams. All of their lives they have been imagining the man with whom they would fall in love wnen tney are grown up. Ue would be an'Adonis, with large. dark, soulful eyes, a sweeping: moustache, which he would gnaw savagely. a melancholy expression, and he would make love in beautiful language. During this short and violent hectic flush, however, it leads a girl to do things that she blushes to remember ever afterwards. iMore often than not the object of it is some matinee hero, and she spends hor money going to see him play, .and buying his photographs, before which she burns candles and keeps violets, and if she has got the disease very bad .siif* writes hiui silly love letters that lie laughs over with liic iT-ifo?Wonlrlr Ti'olonm/i IJc-Bt Plnw i>l All. Wlien tired, go home. When yen wa it consolation, go home. When you want fun. go home. When you want to show others that you have reformed go home and let your family get acquainted with the fact. When you want t<> show yourself at the wry best, go home and do tb:? act there. When > feel like being extra liberal, go honn: and practice on jour wife and children fir.?t. When you want i:> shine with more brilliancy than usual, go home and light the whole household.' Home is the best place of all.?St. Paul Journal. i ^ THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR JULY 30. finbjecl: Maiiusneh's Sin nnd Kcpentence, II. Chron. xxxiii., 1-13? Golden Text Prov. xlv., 34? Memory Verges, 10-1? ?Commentary on the l)ay'<t Lesson. I. Manasseh's excessive idolatries (vs. 1-0). 3. "Manasseh." The thirteenth King of Judali (not counting Athaliah, the usurper), son of Hezekiah and Hephzibali, who was traditionally the daughter of Isaiah "Twelve years old." He was bori three years after Hezekiah was miraculously restored to health. He reigned logger than any other King of Judali or Israel. 2. "Did?evil." He followed all the abominable practices ol the nations of Canaan, but his sin wa! greater than theirs because he hat light and knew about the true God. 3 "Baalim." The plural form for Baai "iiade grooves." "Made Asheroth.' R. V. Asheroth is one of the plura forms of Ashrali. a heathen goddess Baal was a male and Asherah a femali divinity. An" Asherah was.probably a wooden pole which was planted be side an altar as a symbol of a deity "Host of heaven." The sun, moon ant stars. 4. "Altars in the house." Hi placed tue heathen altars even in tht itMiijiie. ojiuji 111,} Jiaiut' i?t*. oei chapter 7: 1(5. f?. "In tlie two courts." Professo: Lumby thinks this verse explains th? preceding verse, and that the idola troiis altars were erected in the court of tlit* tempie and not in the holy place ?i. "Throngi! the fire." There is rea son to believe tliat in certain Wrcum stances the children offered to Molod were actually burnt to death, or wer first slain and then burnt. See Psa 100: .*?: .Ter. 7: 31; L' Kings 17: 31 "Valley?of Kinnoai." This was a ra vine on the south and west of Jerusa lein, the southeast extremity of whicl had the name of Tophet. "Observei times." See li. V. "Practiced divina Hon by the clouds." "Enchantments.' He used incantations and charms. "Fa miliar spirit." See 1 Sam. 2S: 8. H had ill his service those who pretendei to raipe ilrr spirits. "Wizards." Wis or knowing ones who claimed to revea secrets. Many of these impostors cam f: .mi CI) a Idea to pursue their occupa tions and practice their deceptions, am Mai!a?seh was their liberal patron "Much evil." The heathen rites au< ceremonies which Manasseli observe were often of the foulest character. ' "Set?i ma ire." The setting up the Asli rrali wiiliin the sacred precincts i uweii upun u> iiiv: iuiim u^uiuir ontrasre of this wicked king. ! "Neither will I," etc. Cod Lad pron: ised that (Ills lnnd should he their forever (2 Sam. 7: 10). "If only" (E V.) All of God's promises are condi tion.ll. This condition was exprerse< nt the very first. Had they obeyei God they would never have pone hit captivity, lint would still bnve been i possession of the promised lnnd. ! "To do worse." Through the pern: eious influence of Manasseli lliey wer led into worse forms of sin than wer even practiced by the original Cannar !tes. Tradition says that under Mai csseh Isaiah was sawn asunder. II. Manasseh's punishment fvs. 1< 111. 10. "The Lord spake." We ca imagine the bitter prief and hurnin indignation of those who loved tli God of Israel. And they were not s lent. In 2 Kings 21: 10-15 we see ur named prophets denouncing the apoi tasy and threatening judgment in mos striking language. II. "Kinpr of Assyria." Assyria wa at that time under Esarhaddoi "Amonpr the thorns." "In chain?."' I V. The sharp, thornlike nook b which prisoners were caupht and hei like tisli. "Fetters." Probably man.' eles for the hands and fetters for tb feet. "To Babylon." With this ever Jtulah was added to the Assyrian Ec pire. III. Manasseh's repentance fr. .12 12. "Eesoucht the Lord." In the sol tnde of exile and imprisonment Mai flsseh had leisure for reflection. Th calamities forced on bim a review c his past life, convincing him that th miseries of his dethronement and caj tivity were owinar to his awful and ui precedented apostasy from the God c his fathers. "Humbled himself prea ly." Afflictions are our best friend! we should never from upon them. I tt'a aiip nr?tliInrrnncc liiru aimoi ? c nrc uuitii?ic?<vMw. IV. Manasseh's restoration (v. 13 13. "Hp was entreated." It is.impoi Bible that any sinner who desires t forsake sin and turn to God will he r< fused mercy, after the record of pai don from God to a man like Manassel Does this not explain why Manasse was permitted to live the life he did Would the Bible he the book it is if si wore not personified by such chara< ters. and grace personified in Jesu Christ to meet their need? "Heard. Thmigb affliction drives ns to God PI will not therefore reject us if we sii ccrely seek Him. for afflictions are ser to bring us to-Him. "Brought him?t Jerusalem." When Manasseli isbrougl back to God and his duty he shall soo he brought hack to his kingdom. Se how readily God is to accent and we come returning sinners, and how swil to show mercy. Let not great siixier desnair when Manasseb himself. 011 n peutanee. found favor with God: i him God showed forth long suflorin (1 Tim. 1: 30; Isa. 3: 18). "Manasse knew?God." No precepts of his fatl or: no teaching of priests and LTevitof no act of ceremonial circumcision tro engaging in forms of religion: no list <Miing to sermons nor reading tli Scriptures brought him this know edge. He hrd to be brought to a posi tion where nothing but the ahnight, power of God could deliver him. W wiil bless God througu ail eternity fo the days of trouble that lead us t obey (Psa. ">0: 13). But how much be! ter it is to obey at once, thus rnukin; such afflictions unnecessary. A 'I'm 11 itubli. V. K. Strode has at his residence. i South Portland, what is probably tli oldest and largest ro.4t: tree in Orego and perhaps in the Noriliivvst. Tli tree stands eleven feet three inches i height, has a spread across its bougli of ten feet ten incites and measure ten and a half incites around the trim below the first branch. Die first boup is three feet six inches from t! frt-Aiiti.1 nnit the tree is seventeen yeai or more of age. Clerev Itstt'. At Plico. Ireland. the other day i crowd watched nearly J?') rats cros high above the ground on an electri wire from the Town Hall to a flou mill over 200 yards away. The rat used their tails as the professiona walker on the lofty wire uses his bal ancing pole, and not one made a mis step. Ttle Highost Post.. The man who occupies literally th highest position in the world is on whose remuneration is less than $12 n yeai. He is agent at a railway sta tion in Eastern (iermaiiy. The statioi is about 10,000 feet above the level o the sea. ' :?*v - v- ' '"n,-; * \ . " . \ \ - THE GEEAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE; i ' | An Object I.esson Prom KixnSAft? Blessings Instead of "Business Calamity" ' Followed tl>e Closing of a Brewery? Liquor Traffic Restrict* Industry. "VValrufF's brewery in Lawrence. ' Kan., was a valuable piece of property. ' Prohibition made it useless for thai purpose, and the owner sold the build- i,jj ing and left the State. This turned in the twelve men ie had employed out ' of that into some other industry. Som?> He ' people called it "a business calamity" A8 to lose that brewery and the wages of 1 the twelve men it. had employed. But ; soon the big building was put to use Soi ; again as a shoe factory, and now, with J about the same capital that the brew- 113 ery had, it employs one hundred sober operatives. To ; Supposing the brewer's twelve men ^ . to have been all sober citiz?ns, let us 10 compare the business record x of the . brewery and the shoe factory, allow- Th ing that the men have the same wages, which we will put at an average of ten 55111 dollars a week. The brewer's men had their $120 a ^ week, or $9540 a year to expend in house rent or homes, food, clothing -1" and household needs. The one hun? J 3 1 n T T ureu suueuiu&era uu>t* ?j>xwv u - or $52,000 a year to expend in the same Bp way. The brewery men rented at most p twelve cottages. The factory men must have one hundred cottages or Ho s lodgings. Of Under the new system the builders, Uf bakers, grocers, clothiers, etc., of thetown have one hundred customers Ye 1 gained in place of the twelve they Sta L' have lost, besides a large amount of Be: * money from other customers that formerly went for beer. More than eighty "0 times as much money goes, from that "U factory alone, into the tills of the trad- Uo | ers and workers of that town as used 1 to go there from the brewery. "A * The shoes that are turned out harm Th no one. They serve a useful purpose. 4? preserve health, and give comfort and JJ pleasure. They are among the ueces* sities of civilized life. 1 It was not so with the beer. That ( ' hurt, more or Ifss, all who used it. cjj, l% Every barrel had in it curses, blights, t ' - -I .1 T? lcl , diseases, lies, uuust? auu tuiuco. *?. J madct bad debts, and soon or later jlu created pauperism, filth and rags vrbcr1 ever it went. It turned good citizens d ] into tramps and thieves, and made a r0( business of seducing and debauching m( innocent boys and girls. an * The brewery needed a jail, a police ig ? court, poorhouse, lunatic asylum and fu] watchmen. Not even twenty shoe fae- q0 tories would ever need any one of (s these where there is no brewery nor ; grog shop. '* From official figures we learn that L] there are in the United States 1S45 r, d breweries with 34,000 employes. If- h 0 converted into factories they would ^ n probably give employment to ten times ; as many persons and would pay annually in, wages about $180,000,000 to c' the $18,000,000 now paid by the brew- ^ 0 eries. Hi I- TVio llnnnr trnffin restricts IndUStrV and brings poverty. Temperance promotes business and brings prosperity. . ' Which -will you have? (o n Is a di5 Drinking Men at a Dinconnl. ^ , "I will hazard the statement." said qj(' h President Joseph Ramsay, of the Wa- j .[ bash Railroad, in an address recently, |Sf ."j "that every railroad represented upon tei this platform has strict rules prohibitQ ing drinking on or off duty, and some m forbid their train and engine men rj boarding in houses where liquor is sold, mi ^ and their rules are enforced by the |e? , discharge of those violating iem." ca" Yet there are young men who say ' they see no harm in It. If they want yv , to drink, they argue, what business is (n it of anyone else? It is the most im- ea portant business of any interest that is JD ^ imperiled. The young man who drinks .' makes himself unreliable. Society has nei *' a right to demand of him the most effi- jn cient\ service lip can rpnder. He has ^ no right wilfully to diminish that effi- pe; ' ciency. ra ' ~ nAminnr +n vno 1 thflt CiIIipJU.YCi ? iiic tuiuui;, 1VU...V I the public lias a right to expect from (JU I them not merely pooil machinery but i mc ' the service of good men. So tho rail- I , roads will not employ drinking men i 5 if they can heln it. The banks want n sober clciks. Great buildings exclude ( . drinking ja in tors and elevator men. prj ' Even saloonkeeners prefer bartenders dri who do not drink. en 0 The young man who drinks fs di- ev * minishing his value to society. By the th< r' same course he in diminishing his mar- fai J* ket value to himself.?Forward. j wi " sh Contninptlon anil Alcohol. ]jy " The relationship of alcohol and con- tbi ^ sumption was discussed at the last tai meeting of the National Association 1 for the Prevention of Consumption, foi t which took place in London. The be rif lt* lief advanced by so many famous surn geons that intemperance is an activf pri agent in the spread of consumption has In found a powerful supporter in Sir Will- mi iam Broadbeut. He declared that de do I ficient food, overwork, stuffy rooms be and alcoholic excess were the principal tie s factors in the progress of the disease bis I And then, in impressive tones, he em W n phasized his belief that the greatesl an and most potent of these was alcoholit wj r | excess. re; , I Expectoration, he continued, caused pi< !" its spread more tiian anyunug. n iuv 01 whole of the expectoration could he de I wi . stroyed at one moment the disease I yo " would be stamped out. Spitting mu-l m( I ho stopped by public opinion and l>j in; . punishment. Wherever cases of con tin " sumption were known the authorities ' should be notified and the dwelling.4 La _ disinfected. wl In 1902, he said, the disease claimed thi 50.000 victims, as against 57,000 ir thi 1802 and Li,000 in 1883. This reductioi thi J had been brought about in spite of the 0u increase in population and the over nu crowding in cities. es< Tewpcranco Note*. n You cannot take the sting out of the ] io sakton by cutting off its rattles.?Kam'* tn n Horn. po |S I can no more accept alcohol as iooc i nr 's than I can chloroform or ether.?James th k Edmunds, M. 1). ;5; A little real resolution against evi would do much more good than manj ^ s written resolutions.?Ram's Horn. p,. The issue of brandy and beer as par: , of the army ration will. it is said. b< to abolish-.d throughout tl!f? whole Ger 1 man Empire in the r.aar future. yo ? Statistics show that prohibition ir _ Kansas is an annual saving to the peo s pie of $('>.000,000. Forty-four out 01 'j 105 counties are without a pauper br i. inid in thirty-seven counties there if inj !_ not a single occupant in the jails. ;K> A remarkable feature of the New sn "i oik Ghetto, one that puts to shauu be the "Christianized"' districts; of the city fn e is the paucity of saloons. No gaudj ue e and enticing establishments for drini5 are found there, and, although saloons do exist, they are far apart and st i ii poor in appearance as to indicate tha: ve f they have little or no custom. Evei a there saloons occur on streets when foi many peopie. oilier than Jews, pass. i ' 1 ' ' > -i ' A UNT,V TH^ DAY BREAK. ften wondered, when at night e curtaining lids had shut from n^h osc eyes 60 dver-brimmed with' light iw I could sle*p the long Hours throi even the watanful-hearted do, v have their violet once in view. metimes, as love\late vigil kept, aring her stir, l'?e closer stepped, if-minded, if she vs^tly slept, , tent her with a whuepered wile. rant my own reason to begirilt ?^ :c ~i? u a..JU i zL.i iZ L acr ii euc wuu:u bury auu bi.UC. *. en I would jush my heart and znaX 'self ashamed that I should break :h sleep,-for Move's ownftelfish sake,.. V ' V'i fait till the morning," I would say; lit till the slumber drift?\ away; en where are eyes so bright as they \ wonder now, as, with my niad wed on my knees uncomforteo, ' heart keeps watch above my head. * w can I live and meet the sum years that stretch, a martyrdoA yearning, till the dawn shall come! t in this Vigil of my woe \ rts forth the thought that shamed toe side her cradle long ago. V aching, anguished soul! I say, ntil the day break watching stay, til the shadows flee away. nd thou shalt find that God has kep e eyes whose closing thou bast wepj heaven the happier that they , slept \ ?Margaret -T. Presto? The Grace oi Content. i-K?v M ..S jur ui IUU jurcsi gi;uia ui aracter is the sweet grace of tt<H ltment. It may not have the arre? ; splendor of righteousness. uH sh us with the subduing of pnrjifl t it is ah exquisite ornament of r grace, and its sweetness fills ewdH )m of the house of life. Like ItS dest violet, it reveals Its preset? d fragrance by an atmosphere tl? laden with the sweet spirit of r&H lues? and peace. It is the delicaB wer of trust and submission to tH rfect will of God, and its beauty^! j smile upon a soul which know^ it in the hand of our Lord eycH od thing is completely gnarante^K fe is not without its limitations. | s bitter deprivations and pathe^B labilities; the bleak wind whistH metimes" through its desolations aM Aden and starless dark settles upH erything, but the eye catches tH >ion of the band of God, the he^B s yoice, and the whole life rests^B f in the unerring wisdom and tH undless love.. And so life is liberatH ?m carefulness and anxiety, the he^H r? f )a!ciifa fw?m Uo attti Iaa/) ai ICiOUiC tlUUi 1 La VTTil 1VUU) stills the gracious sweetness ofHS autlful content through every bitM e. HV ^re Dot the blessedness and the ml ry of life to be found perhaps KB npers aud places which we have iHj vays suspected? "We have given <Hj mts a loose rein and they have cH d us wheresoeveT tHey Would. A^B my of us spend tiring days and r^H ;s nights in trying to overtake <H! pricious wants. Simplicity is <K| the surest marks of a great l^H ants have to be disciplined and h^B strong and remorseless cbeH res have to be carefully sifted/' dirties scrutinized, aud multitudes^! ?m banished to the dark land of edless. Then there will be rdfl| life to .live deeply because simj* >ssedly because trustfully, and uccful serenity of oar life shallIH i power which we contribute to irld to aid its sanity, to re-enforce^H ietuess and to re-establish its hH[ my. ** Sfifi Big Molber'g Prayer*, ), the saving power of moth ayers! It cannot be estimated. sn may grow up apparently indiO^H t to their home training; they r^H en become vile and profligate; flfl b memory 01 me ixinuy uiiar, m ther's Bible and the mother's praySjj 11 cling to them. These thoo^H ould encourage Christian parenti^H e consistently in the presenceHgj eir children, and to persist in mj^H niug the family altar. rag] Jr. J. Wilbur Chapman relates lowing incident, which is in p<^B ;bt be re: MB One o? my dearest friends Dfligate until he was a man gro^B a groat Western city he had ^eH| ned to take his life, threw bimfla wn on his bed just to collect himfl fore the awful deed, and jarred book from off a shelf just ab^H ; bed, and It struck him in the ffl? ith an oatb, he threw it from l^H d tbon it dawned upon hrrn tha^Bj is his mother's Bible, given hinfljj id. He walked across the roon^B k it np. just to show her some mH[ respect, and read upon the flyl^H itten in her own hand: 'Dear u can never get away from yH9 jther's prayers.' Instead of bec^H ; a self-murderer, he became on^^g e country's greatest preachers. n 0. for a revival of tlie old < u?toii^H ring a family altar in the ho^H iere the father acts as priest^^H e mothei as a saint; we could H? b whole county for Christ. it we might dig again the well ^B| r fathers digged before us. ike homes heaven."?Religious ^Hj :?pu Hra What We Cancot Estimate. llBHM Vot until we know all that BB ows can wo estimate to the fullHB wer and tlie sacredness of somc^H e which may seem the humblet^H e world.- .Tolm Kuskin. Scxinonc iu Erlet. QJg Graying lips .-annot square upH| of a ne living;. B9 \ crusty tongue seldom Las a ch^H get rusty. SH i'ou cannot do 0'od'ss work and ur own way. Italian Judicial ScandaV. ?H \ singular judicial scandal HH oken out in Naples and the surroHS c district, where no fewer tha:o^^H 0 public prosecutions, great tall, have during the last few en allowed to lapse and dl.sap^Kj :>m the lists, owing to magisl^^H gleet and corruption. 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