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A VICTIM OF CIRCUMi
By B. Xj. F
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CHAPTER VII.
In the morning my wife ami I hart
a conversation about Samuel Fleetwood.
Desiring to pay every attention
to Mr. Wilmot during his stay with us,
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we thought it wo?id add. to his i>om- ]
fort if we assigned to Fleetwood the
office of attending solely upon him. :
With the intention of apprising Fleetwood
of iiis new duties, 1 was on the 1
point of summoning him when lie made i
his appearance.
"Are you better this morning, Mr. |
Fleetwood?" asked my wife.
He replied in u grateful voice that <
.he felt easier, and thanked her feel- j
lugiy for some soup and jelly which
she herself had prepared tor him. ]
She crave him a compassionate look,
and then, in her presence, 1 told Fleet- i
wood what we had resolved upon with '>
respect to Mr. Wilmot. He expressed 1
a cheerful acquiescence, and promised J
to do everything tliat lay in his power
for our expected visitor. ?
"He is an old gentleman," I said, 1
"and may require attendance in the :
night. You will sleep in the room ad- 1
joining his."'
"Yes, sir," said Fleetwood; and, this matter
being settled, my wife left us, <
having household duties to attend to. 3
"You have something to say to me," I
I said, observing that Fleetwood
lingered. i
"I was coming to seek you, sir," was 1
his response. "I found these in the <
garden this morning. t
He produced my cigar case, with its 1
monogram of raised silver letters, and '
a lady's silver back comb of peculiar i
design which Mile. Rosalie usually <
wore in her hair. 1
"Why do you bring me this comb?"
I risked. "It belongs to Mile. Rosalie." '
"I know, sir, but the two were lying i
together, and I thought it right to
bring them both to you." 1
His manner was not offensive, Out It J
struck me as being more than ordinar- i
ily sad. , *
"There is nothing; wrong or right>in a
it," I remarked. "It is a simple acci- f
dent that these two articles were \
together. 1 must hnve dropped my
eigar ease as I was walking in the t
garden last night." It impressed it- t
elf upon me here that speaking on the .
mbject was unconsciously causing me s
annoyance, and I said, a little testily, <'i
"Take the comb to Mile. Rosalie, and p
tell her where you found it." 1
"I beg you to excuse me, sir,'' said fl
Fleetwood, respectfully, "and to give
tiie task to another person." I
I was reminded of the promise I had "
tacitly conveyed to Mile. Rosalie that
I would set her right with the man t
who regarded her with suspicion. a
"Fleetwood, you do not Mile. Rosa- j;
lie?" ii
"I have the strongest dislike to her, I<
eir." r
"It lias grown." v
J *)>Y1I 11, oil IV .V1UCI lUllfe UllliUOl
like aversion." u
"A shori time sinec you communi- e
eated your dislike and suspicions to (1
uie. Time bas not softened them?" 11
"It lias strengthened them, sir. Fer- t
baps I am wrong," and hero he hesitated
with an expression of pain on
fcis face, "in speaking to you about
IIlie. Rosalie."' J
"Not at all. Go on, Fleetwood, if ?
fou have anything more to say.' v
"The new man in the garden, sir?
Redwing?is the man she meets in se- a
cxet in Ivybush Lane." t
"I am aware of it."
Hitherto his eyes had been averted ^
from me; now they were turned toward
me in astonishment'. i
"I beg your pardon, sir," he said, "for t
interfering." j
"There is no question of interfering, f
J'leetwood," I said. "It is that we e
Lave done a young lady an injustice, j
What I am about to confide to you is
a secret and. as it is not our secret, f
It must bo respected. Mr. Redwing?it 1
is, possibly. not bis real name, but, in :
ttie circumstam es, tic may bo excused
for using it?not Mile. Rosalie's t
lover. He is tier brother." 5
"Indeed, sir," said Fleetwood, in a \
tone of constraint. 1
"She lias disclosed to mi; certain par- <
ticulars of her past life which have ?
satisfied me that we have not done tier 1
lustice?you and I, I mean. My wife
and daughter are very lond of her. 1
There is no need to say any more, Is; 1
there?" 1
"No, -ir; it is not for mo to continue 1
to harp upon tho matter, ttut I cannot 1
undertake to like her."
"I will not attempt to force your in- (
elination, but I wish it were other- 1
wise. Only you must not show any 1
open dislike to her." 1
"I will bear in iniuj what you say, <
eir."
With this he took his departure, with, '
as I rigiitly divined, a fooling of dis- i
content i.i his mind, which I confess, ;
was my feeling also. Fleetwood's man- i
nor had not entirely pleased me. I
Later in the day I save Mile. J?os.i!ie i
Iier silver back comb.
"O, thank you so much!" she exclaimed.
"I was wondering what had
become of it. Who found it:" i
"Samuel Fleetwood,'' I replied.
"Ah!" she said, thoughtfully; "hr> is
no friend of mine, and would do mo
an injury if l.o could. F.ut I am
trmeu now." she added, with a bright ;
.ook-; "you are my friend." i
Day after day massed and we hoard
nothing more of Mr. Wilmot. We '
were, however, quite prepared for his
arrival. A suite of room*, was ready,
and ever> morning Eunice piaceii fresh
flowers In them. I heard her and Mile.
Kosalie conversing about my rnclr.
"This Mr. Wilmot.'" said Mlie. R<?aJie.
"is he very, cry rich?"
"So papa says," ropliv.l tiuiiice.
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3TANT1AL EVIDENCE
a-irjesoust. ,
w^u\iuu^vu 1
"A millionaire. perhaps?" I
"Pernnps," said Eunier, laughing.
"IJo must bo very yood, then." I
"How is that?"
"All rieb men must be. Thej cannot I
nelp it." I
This ivnj an wisophlstieatcu vfow. f
iml it brought a smile to'my own lips, i
On the \Yediu\sdr.y in the following r
iveek the three ladies and 1 wire stand- L
ing on the lawn in front of the house.
\i- U/.I.IIA..I- .ilwiini mill \VP worn
not sorry. "
"Papa," said Eunice, "is Mr. Wilmot o
;vor coming? He seems to have for- s
gotten his promise." t
"Mr. Wilniot never forgets a promise, I
Eunice," T said t
As I spoke we all turned our heads c
n the direction of the gates, being c
attracted by the sound of animated I
voices and fool steps; and presently two u
jentlenien em no in view?Mr. Mortlock, r
uul an old gentleman !crining on his s
irm. I knew my uncle instantly, al- f
though I saw at a glance that ho had
igod since we last met, and 1 hastened o
to meet him. <1
"Have T taken you by snrprise,
N'ephew RichardV" lie asked (be had li
tiways addressed me thus). "But a
Friend Mortlock knew I was coming "
jy this train."
A pang of mortification shot through t
"Wio.il Xfrvvfln/.L-" .1
lit:. mij i;a?i* j.- i iviju mvi ?.v* ?
aiown, and not I? Why was be the ii
?bosen one? 1 concealed my mortifien- s
ion, however, awl expressed my do- f
iglit at seeing him. He nod'led and s
lodiiod?lie was a little spare man, n
vith not an ounce of superfluous flesh n
>n bis bones, and his bead seemed to v
jo set on springs?and shook bands P
vith uie cordially, and greeted my wife 0
ind kissed her, and then, holding Eu- v
lice's two bauds in his, kissed her also. ?
"The privilege of old age, my dear," a
10 said. "And are you Eunice! You t:
lave grown into a very lovely young s
voman. We siiall be the best of s
riends?the best of friends. Yen have 1!
i pretty p.'act- hero, Nephew Richard, f
md it iii Avell looked after. That is P
vbat I like to see. I beg your pardon." 1
T!if>sif I.'jkI words wore in reference v
o Mile. Rosalie, who stood a little in
he background. I introduced her. "
"How do you do?how do you do?" he 51
aid, nodding at her as he had nodded 11
it us. Once set going, it seemed difli ^
ult fo:- him to stop. "Lenormand? :I
jonormand. I know a family ol' thai 11
tame in Versailles. Any relation?"' s
"I have no relations, sir." said Mile. P
Rosalie, adding, with a glance at mo, 11
out of England." a
"Indeed, indeed," he said; "no rela- "
ions out of England? Nephew Richrd,
1 want to walk through your a
rounds, but first I wish to place this 0
u safety." lie motioned to Mr. Mort- d
Dck, wlio caiiift forward with a dis- ^
iatcJh box, which I had observed he ^
vas carrying. "There is money in it, (l
Nephew Kicliard. I never travel with- Si
ut money. It is the open sesame A
very where, even among savages, my e:
iear" this to Eunice. "] have seen 11
tiany, and it is surprising how quickly I'll
e.v learn the value of money." s|
"Your rooms are ready, sir," I said. A
Will you see them now?"
"At once?at once. Carry the box for S!
ne. No, do not trouble, my dears, ti
s'ephew Richard and I will go alone; 11
rft will rejoin you presently." *"(
We went up to his rooms together,
md I was glad to hear him say that
hey were pleasantly situated.
"I hope yon will make a long stay
vitJi us," I said. ri
"Tliat depends?that depends. Lot
no thank you now for your courtesy 1:
o my friend, Mortlock. Ho is full of c
'our praises; of yours and your good r
'amity's. A charming gentleman?an
xceptionally charming gentleman. Do
on not tL-.nk so?"
To please liim I replied, in as cheer- g
ul a voice as I could command, that t.
Ur. Mortlock was a charming gentle- e
nan. o
"That is as it should be?as it should n
?o. I have a great regard for him, the a
greatest regard. I knew that you c
vould be great, friends?great friends, t
?Iaee the box there?there, by the side t
;f my bed, at the head. That is the t
;pot. Thank yon. Now we will go 0
iown to the ladies." a
With polished politeness ho offered n
ny wife and Eunice each mi arm, and <j
ve strolled through the woods, at the ?'
jeauty of which he expressed- himself ^
nuch gratified. Samuel Fleetwood ap- s
>reacheil us. s
"Hero is a faithful servant, sir," 7 t
said, beckoning to Fleetwood, "who ii
ivill wait upon you and attend to your g
ivfshes while you remain with us. We
thought it likely you might come witlimt
a valet."
"I have?I have," said Mr. Wilmot. c
'I discharged my scoundrel only yes- (1
terduy; he had been with me fifteen c
years, and I discharged him at a mo* *
inent's notice. Disregarded my orders,
tne scoundrel! a way ne wont?to rne v
rightabout. Had he not disobeyed nic (
I should have provided for him. I am *
not the best tempered man in the 1
world; I know my failings; I mus: 1
iiave my own way; I ay ill lnive my own *
way. Ah! I know what is in your
mind, lllght or wrong? Yes, right or ^
wrong, I must have my way. Too old (
io learn. I am fixed ? fixed, like an
nutrient tree. Ladies, you must not be 5
displeased to learn that 1 am a very
willful, hot-tempered old gentleman.
That is why I never married; I should f
have made my wife misers!Ide, so one 1
woman was spared. It was very j
ihonghlful of you. Nephew Kichard. to <
givt? me a new valet. Fleetwood?is si
llssii .\our name?" 1
"Yes, sir,'' said Samuel Fleetwood. p
"Good name?good name; I shall not 1
forget iL. I never forget anything, j
T
P'.vo trunks r.nd a valise of mint1 have I
=y this time arrived at the house: 1
old '.he scoundrels if they used c.;sHici
should ii:?vc half a sove.r isrii.
Here it i.s; Rive it tc them, and
ake my belong r.ns to my rooms, and J
irrnp.RO things?. 1 Ii-ro arc tlio keys;!
loi.'t tom-h my papeiv, only mj clothes |
in (I printed hooks."
Fleetwood sped oil', and my uncle
ollowcd bim wiih his eyes.
"Sf i'iiiK a willing scoundrel," lie said.
'Ilad liiin long, Nephew Richard?"
"A great ma;.} yoars, sir."
"Faithful, you say."
"Faithful a man as breathes."
"flood character?"
"The best."
I]e nodded and kept on nodding, till
Suniee, selecting a small v.hit? rose.
>tit it in his buttonhole.
"Thank you, ivy dear; 1 like attenion.
But why nut: one io your father?"
Smilingly t-iio picked up a tlower and
>ut it in my coat.
"And why not one for Friend AJortock?"
said my uncle.
With a heightened color and biting
ip, Eunice gave Mr. Mortloek a rose.
Ie made no demur that kIio did not I
asten it in Ills coat as plio ha-.l fastened
uy uncle's and mine; but iie look his
evetige by placing the rose (o his lips
lefore he put it in his buttonhole.
Mr. Wilmot laughed.
"Oh, youth, youth!" he exclaimed:
'inestimable, priceless treasure, that |
an so invest with magic qualities a
imple rose! Will science ever lead
o the discovery of the elixir? Nephew
iichard, I have in my dispatch box tive
iiousand pounds. I would give it
heerfully 'or a year of life; 1 would
:ive all ray wealth, and stand a beggar
ii naked feet, if I were twenty once
core. My dear iiico"?and it was a
nark of spaciousness on his part to
o address my wife?"I am. as you ssc,
one? of life; it is all we have."
In the evening, when dinner was j
ver, Marry cair.e, and was duly intvo- I
luced.
"Clanronald!" exclaimed Mr. Wilmot;
e eyed Ilarry narrowly, and there was
, shade of displeasure on his face.
Clamou.Tld! Ah!''
Then he looked at Eunice, who was j
ilushing aud i!! at case, and at Harry |
ffain, who was nervous and awkward j
n the presence of a stranger who I
eemecl to be criticising him. and not j
avorabiy; and then lie turned his j
h<irn mirta \f! VlniMlftek. TvtlO I
net them smilingly, -whereat Mr. Wiiiot
smiled, :tltd nodded and nodded
ritli great vivacity. These two apeared
to understand each olher wltbut
speaking. When his tit of nodding
ras over my uncle,- undoubtedly with
ialieo prepense, churned Harry's sole j
ttontion, leaving Mr. Mortlock the i
risk of entertaining Eunice. I am
orry to Kay that this made Harry I
nllen, and his behavior certainly w.-.s !
ot calculated to impress Mr. Wihnot I
uvorably. However, this did not ap- |
ear to displease my imcle, who took
larry as his partner in a rubber of
rhist, and even when Harry revoked
: did not ruffle him. After the rubber
ly nncle proposed a game of chess,
nd checkmated poor Harry in twelve J
iovcs. Then my uncle called upon
Ir. Mortlock to furnish entertainme;'.;,
nd this gentleman, with great wiliincess,
applied himself to the task, and
nrprisod us with a display of accomlishments
of whicli ho had hitherto
lade no parade. He related story
fter story; Jjo gave imitations of sinular
people lie had met in bis travels;
e sang in French, German and Italian,
ml accompanied himself with the slcill
f ;i master. Afy wife, as I observed,
isapproved of some of these tsongs,
ut Air. Wilmot shook with laugh'er.
I lie. Rosalie was called npon to con ilnjte
to the entertainment, and she
niiK admirably and with great spirit,
t length, to our relief, the evening
lino (o an end. Harry had said goodight
and had gone home unhappy;
lunice was miserable, and my wile
nd 1 were filled with disquieting reections.
Only Mr. Wilmot r.ml Mr.
Icrtlock seemed to have enjoyed their.dves
and to liuve passed a pleasant
ime. My uncle bade Eunice and her
jollier good-night, and said that bo
aresaw that his visit would bo emieutiy
agreeable.
"I breakfast late," he said. "Nephew
lichard, you will sec me to my room."
Fleetwood was there when wo
cached it, arranging Mr. Wi I mot's
Sings for tlie night. TJpon our enranee,
ho retired through a oouimuniatiug
door into his own adjoining bed*
ocm.
(To be Continued.)
Jealousy to "llie I.lmit."
A young man was very jealous of a
;ir! be. adored. She was a bit more
oquettish than other girls. "Your
yes eau llirt in all directions." be said
ne day, and cut them out. Yon
night wave your hands to somebody," i'
nd cut them cfT. "Willi your feet you
an make signs to some one under the
able." and cut those ofi'. "I forgot
hat you can also speak," he remarked
brce dayi> later, and tore her to:>gi:o
ut. "You shall not smiie." he said,
nd knocked her teeth out. "tto. 1 am
Lit quieter now." he remarked the
a" after he had cut her hair ofi. ami
or the first time h& was going to trust
tor to herself. "Now she is ugly. Uut
till I feel she is quite my own," lie
aid on leaving her. But when he reurned
the girl had disappeared?she
lad run away with the proprietor of u
how.?Fables of Eugen lloltai.
Ounint Kticlifili Custom.
Among the qaaiit old customs anrt
'ereinonies still kept alive in country
istricts tiicre is only 011^ "Iidi-u duiu-ty
tiul J bat is to in' fo;*:icl :it An liols
Sromloy, in Staffordshire. Every ji-ar
tc the village \v:ikj the dance is s'.iil
arried out. Ths origin of the liorn
lance is lost iii t!sr* mists of history,
*. :* I...O -.w./wl i. l/.I ?lC f?l?' !l<k
Kit ?L HilO U?vli ?. uvvu uk \ n ?.-? .... .... |
bo eleventh opntui*.. Until (In- seveneon
til century it '.wis practiced :it
'liri'-tmas. on New Year's 1 >.-iy and on
fwoifti: '.i tile time <>l" Henry
flii. the (u!:;cy v.v.s porterninl in front
)f 1 lit? ctMirvl: every htimkn and :i eo!ection
for the poor taki-n u;? from (lie
ipectiitor^.?New Ycrk il raic.
Thn J'lrr.
A schoolboy ^ives the i'ollavi'in;* inormatioii
;ibotlt ?!:t? pig: "A pi;: when
ivisit; has four leir.-\ but wiicn yon kill
t tlie butcher says it eniy !i:!s two. lie ause
he calls tlit? front lr-^s shoulders
Hid the back logs are called h.-itns.
Iain tastes nice, :;im lliey hoil it to
at at a wedding. The missus sprinkio
ittle bits of toast on it to snake it: Il>o);
?retly."? Massachusetts l>lou?!i!oa&.
SKIN HUNTERS OF THE PLAINS.
Wasteful Methods of the Baflalo KllJert
In Early Days.
Reading Charles Aubrey's account of
the buffalo set' me to tliiiiking again of
the white skin litjnters and their wasteful
methods. '.Oheir manner of killing
them gave then about one animal out
Df every three that they killed, the
wolves got the other two. The buffalo
puns they used ("as heavy an a crowbar"
well describes them), with their
bottleneck fifty caliber shells, would
kill a buffalo i t JHOO yards, if it hit
him where he could be killed, but often
it did not.
I was coming from the antelope hills
on my way to Fort Elliott one hot afternoon
in June when I overtook four
skiu hunters mounted on rather poor
Texa* ponies. They were out after
buffalo that could here be 6een in all
directions. There were half n dozen
hunters in slgiit. These men had a
eamp with wa.c;ous miles from here on
some stream vuere mere wai* wuier.
Only one of them had a buffalo-gun,
the rest had Winchesters. They would
do the driving, he the shooting, and in
a short time after this he did it. The
nearest' buffalo, about fifty of them,
were grazing off to our right and front
about a mile away. The drivers went
for them while the shooter and I kept
on to where the buffalo would be likely
to pass, and getting there he aud I
staked out our horses, while he took
his stand here also; I had a wallow.
He wanted hh to take a stand here
also; I had a ilarlin rifle, but I told
him that I only did my shooting from
the saddle, his method was too wasteful,
and lying town behind him 1 prepared
to take iii this show. I had seen
others like it before. The buffalo,
when started, ran past us about 500
yarda away, and the hunter opened on
them, firing at least a dozen shots before
the last of ihem were out of range.
He got three, and I was surprised at
mm geuuig tu lumi), iue viuij d^ui m
which they cou d-be hit to kill instantly
could be mor.; than covered with the
rim of one of oix hats, there was small
chance of his killing them there, while
they were on 1 lio dead run 500 yards
away, yet everj shot he fired 110 doubt
hit a buffalo eoinewhere. These big
ballB going through too far back would
kill the animal in,time.
"Well, you have three out ol' a dozen.
The other nine are lost to you," I told
him. "Why don't' you men run thosn
buffalo? I could have got six out of
that bunch witl this horse of mine and
might not have fired over six shots to
get them, either."
"Oh, we can't run them on these
horses we have. It is well enough fof
you fellows to talk of running them,
If we had some one to buy us $20(1
horses, then get us another like him as
soon as we had killed up the first one,
then wo could run them."
"You have a curious idea about us
and our horses. This horse of mine
cost $135. The highest that is paid for
any of them is $150, and not many o?
them cost that much. And as for the
killing him up, K take mighty good care
not to do it; if I did I would not run
many buffalo ou the plug that would
be given be the next time. If I were
in this business 1 would have at least
two good Indian ponies; tbey can bo
got for $30 a piece, all you want of
them."
"Yes, but after we have sold our
hides and have stocked up for the next
month tvc don't have many $30 left."
What they d;d have loft, would be
likely to be divided between firewater
and a monte bank. I did not tell there
80, "UlOUgU.
"You won't follow up these wounded
buffalo, will you?"
"No; wliat.is llie use?. They will rue
hnIf a day before they drop."
These men had about 250 hides on
hand now. About $200 worth when J
got to Fort Elliott, .$.">0 for each man
for a hard mouth's work. The skin
hunters had a bard life of it and often
finished It with their boots on at tho
conclusion of a drunken row. Their
greatest fear was of hostile Indians;
they had a far more dangerous enemy
tban the Indian ? the post trader's
whisky.?Cabia Blanco, in Forest and
Stream.
Heredity Mysteries.
"If there is much virtue in the doetrine
of inherited qualities, why is
there such a vast difference as we see
in a multitude of instances between
brothers or between sisters?" said Mr.
It. T. Huff may or of San Francisco.
"Years ago I began to make a study
?f this matter, and I have a book at
home filled with cases bearing on fra fifnol
illanorltinv T know Of a learned
jurist, and a most excellent man from
every point of view,who has a'brother
in the penitentiary. I knew of a family
of six brothers,three Of whom were
men of the highest social and business
standing-, while the other three
were knaves arid vagabonds, outcasts
from society. They had the same
father and mother, the same moral
and intellectual training. Whence the
difference? 1 know of two sisters, one
of whom is an angel and the other a
totally depraved creature. Inherited
qualities often exist and are influential
in the formation of character, but
the law of their transmission is wholly
uncertain."?Washington Post.
Tho Large tit Diamond Now.
In January of this year a diamond
wan found in South Africa which
makes the Kohinoor and the Great
Mogul look very Email. Up to this time
tho largest diamond ever found was
the Excelsior, n South African stone
which weighed 071-74 carats, and was
tho size of a hen's egg. Tho new find
is said to be four and a half by two
and a half ineli2S, and to weigh 3032
miiion/1 rvnn.hnlf TlrtllTlflK.
Vltiutn, 111.411 1J UUV V/UV.
If, as is reported, this diamond is ol'
good. quality, its value must reach a
fabulous sum. The Premier diamond
mine, where the great lind was made,
Ls situated in the Transvaal, some
twenty mile.-; northwest of Pretoria.?
Collier's Weekly.
Appearance Ilcforo Quality,
Laboring undt r the mistaken fm
prUM.'ilUU 111.11 mi,- niiiam-ss \il nutuu
bread determines its quality?that the
whiter (In4 broad tlie better?the Parisian
public lias for years been growing
more and- more exacting on this
score, and therefore the fineness ol'
grain flour has been gradually approaching
a limit. The public has, aa
u consequence, received a less nutritive
l'ood.?Scientific American.
THE .GREAT DESTROYER
i
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
j THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Student Drinking Customs a Relic ol
' i Barbarism ? Idiotic F??tare? of tha
j G?nnan Beer Coinincri?Coarsest and
I Most Swinish Conduct Excused.
j Dr. Forel, at the last meeting of the
I International Temperance Society, delivered
a powerful address, entitled
; "Drinking Customs and Their Relaj
tion to the Academic Youth."
i Ho begins by classifying student
1 drinking customs with other relics of
barbarism, such as torture, cannibalism
I and slavery. He then describes Professor
Demme's experiments "with n
largo number of school children from
ten to fifteen years carried through \
many months of both cold and warm !
seasons, first without alcohol, then
with very moderate amounts of wine
(one-third of a glass of light wine for
the younger, one-half glass for the
older, mixed with, water and taken at
dinner and supper). Thp constant rej
suit was that during the, time they
drank the wine these children were'
j more sleepy, loss attentive, less capai
hie,'and rather more nei'vdus than durj
ing the, time of abstinence. Then
COnles ?ome brilliant scientific exposition
and a reference to the economic
waste caused by alcoholism. Thus
i Germany spends every three y^ars for
poison the milliurds received from
France as war indemnity, employs annually
arable land for its manufacture
equal in extent to the kingdom of Saxony,
and sets apart from first to last i
oue-tentli of the male population for
the prosecution of this semi-criminal
industry. Finally Professor Forel
says:
"Tlie role which alcohol plays In student
Life is unfortunately one of the
darkest features of the dark alcohol
history. In Germany, in Switzerland,
Lu Austria and even in France, a
great part of the intellectual power of
Ihe academic youth is drowned in beer,
wine or absinthe. The ridiculous compulsion
and Idiotic features of the Ger-,
man beer commers belong "without
doubt to the most hateful growths of
_< our civilized time. They 'constitute a
Testimonium paupertatis, an'intellectual
vapidity of such a character that
the academic youth who ought to constitute
the intellectual hope of the nation
could hardly invent anything more
i sluDid.
"They name these customs Fidelitaet
Yes, a beautiful Fidclitaet with it gabblings,
its fightings, its vomitings, its
after-headaches, in which the most
colossal silliness is considered genial
and the coarsest and most swinish conduct
is excused.
"How attractive might student associations
and gatherings without drink
be made devoted to ideal Interestsmusic
associations, art clubs, dramatic
flocieties, athletic, bolletris-tic fellowships.
We wish to see no head-hanging
ascetics, but lively, fresh, active
youths who can sing, ride, box?devoted
to higher hygienic and ethical
1 aims, freed from the wretchcd drink
{ customs in which everything, noble is
stifled, parayized, corrupted, made raw.
and vulgar.
"Alcohol which destroys, and degenerates
in the germ the generations coming
after us is by far the worst enemy
j of the future race. We must declare
I ngainst it a war of extermination and
I not rest until we have definitely and
finally banished it to the chemical lab
] oratory wnere it utuoiijts wmi opium
and other poison;-. For the attainment
of this end wo need the help of the
I more gifted spirits?before all, of the
! studying youth, who represent the ini
tflleetual capital of the future."'
The Canae A<lvancco.
Young men are not so apt. as they
, were fifty jvars ago, to weaken .hod- j.
I if.9 and minds by the use of liquor.
! P.ridwj nro not ?n ant as thev were to
celebrate tluir wedding so that one
In ten of th'c waung gentlemen who !
meet at the wedding party shall be the j
worse for coining. Public dinners do :
not end in revels which thv public* press
;annot report. Railroad companies,
(bough their directors all say they are
not prohibitionists, insist upon it that,
there shall be no liquor sold at their
stations, and that the men who drive
their engines shall all be total abstain. !
jrs. No lobby in Washington is strong j
enough to reduce the stiff excise which I
wo plaeo on tiio manufacture of spirits, j
No habitual drunkard could b? elected '
to any important, public c'-iee. The
Salvation Army, if nobody else, attends j
to the rescue work; and many a poor J
dog has been lifted out of the gutter, j
ind is now living to the glory of <>od |
I ana tne nappnicss <u ins own jiuuic i
j who thanks the Salvation Army for ;
I what they have done in such an enter- ;
prise. Every now anil then yon read of j
I ft spirited feilow who has refused a ;
[ fabulous rent for his corner store he- '!
' cause he vill not: have it used for a .!
liquor saloon, All these are omens of i
good.
| We people in Bos-Ion must live in
the hone that the "caus?," without rt
leadtr and without partisanship, will j
so work its way that, the distribution |
of political favors and the establish- ,
ment of local government may not bo 1
as largely as it is in the hands of those j
who sell liquor over the counter, who i
change good grain into bad beer or !
worse whisky.?Edward E. Hale, in '
, the Christian Register.
!
Down With College Diinli.
At a recent meeting of the Exocutiv.
! Committee of the General Alumni As- j
1 social ion of the University of Virginia, .
President Alderman expressed himself j
as unalterably opposed to wine beinj; >
served at the annual alumni luncheon, j
held during final week, or at any othei |
offieiftl function held hereafter on the j
university grounds.
Temperance Note*.
Iowa tries sending its persistent
drunkards to insane asylums?a logical
procedure and reported ol' some effect.
During the last thirty years there
died in Europe alone of alcoholism a
total of 7,500,000 people. That is more
i people than were killed in the wars of i
' the nineteenth century.
j The Rev. Walter R. Davenport, of
! Ban\?, Vt., has accepted the position of
field secretary of the Vermont AntiSaloon
League. A part of his duties
j TV III UP ('filling IIIL* vt'iiiii/iii xn.-Mir.
What (ho drunkard nerds- more than
anything else outsklo of his own personality
is the presence atul iutlnenctof
a friend.
Alcohol, as the new physiology proves,
teas only one effect on the brain, and
that is a paralyzing one. It should Ii*>
hated and driven out as ; common <vtany,
just as the various infectious disI
eases are.
I The Pennsylvania Iiailroad Company
lias done a wise thins in entering court
to remonstrate against granting liquor
! licenses* at certain places where it has
a large number of employes. It knows
!he superior worth of sober workmen.
?Pittsburg Christian Advocatc.
* ? ,
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR AUCUST 13.
Subject: JohIuIi and {lie Book of the Law,
II. Citron, jrxxiv., 14-28?Golden Text,
P??. cxlx., 16?Memory Vcr?e, 21?
Commentary on. the Uny's London. j
I. The book o-.r the law discovered
(vs. 14-18). 14. "Brought out the
money." It would seem that the book ^
of iho law was found by the high
priest in the treasury where the money 3
was kept. "Found/' This expression
indicates that the allusion is to something
already known, not to anything ?
that had come to light for the lirst
time. "Book of the law." The name y
given to the live hooks of Moses. The 1
hook of the law cannot mean anything
else, either grammatically or bistort- Si
rally, than the .Mosaic law, "the Pentateuch,"
so designated in Chronicles. 3
Ezra and Nehemiab. The temple copy,
deposited, according to Dent. Ml: 20, by
the ark of the covenant, which Had \V
been lost under the idolatrous kings
Manasseh and Anion. "Given by
Moses." This statement has led many ^
to believe that it was the ancient autograph
copy which came from the,hand
of the great lawgiver. This, Kitto
thinks, was one reason why its discovery
made such an extraordinary impression.
15. "Delivered the' book." ,
Nhaphan was the private secretary of <
the king and had charge of his books '
and records. Thr> book found was a 1
parchment roil. ifooKs wx're rew ana |
precious. " '
36, 17. "Brought?word back." Be- ['
fore Sbaplian delivered the new found j
book to the king lie reported to him
concerning the business on which he 3
had been sent at first. lie told the t
king that they had faithfully per- ,
formed the work committed to them (
and that the money had been properly j
paid out. 18. "A book." Sbaplian j
had already read tbe book, or portions .
of it. (2 Kings 21': S), and no doubt fully j
understood its character, but he did ^
not tell tbe king that It was tbe book \
of the law; he spoke of it as a,book
.'tBd^irowed tb% king to form' his own
opinion as to its importance. ''Read f
therein" (R. V.)"-That is. Shaphan read t
portions of the book. Of course he ^
read at the king's command. .Tosiali j
was anxious to know the truth and tbe ,
nature cf the law lie had been trying j
to obey. g
II. The effect on the king (vs. 19-21). j
30. "King had heard." Those who t
hear God's word so often can scarcely i
conceive the effect the reading of the i
law would have on this young king as <<
he listened to it for the first time, j
"Rent his clothes/' Brought face to i
face with the awful curse of God, pro- ?
nouuml nearly a thousand years be- j
fore on the nation, for the very sins ;
which had characterized the reign of j
his father and grandfather, amazement
took possession of him. I-Ie rose i
from his throne, rent his clothes, hum- ;
bled himself before the Lord and wept fc
(2 Kings 22: lp). He rent His clothes ;
partly in grief and horror, like Reuben ]
(Gen. 37: 29) and .lob (1: 20); partly ill ;
repentance; like Alutb (1 Kings 21: 27). j
20. "King commanded." The king ap- 3
pointed a delegation of five to inquire u
of the Lord. This was a truly honorable- )
and imposing delegation, and was in- ;
dicative of the king's profound earnestness
aud anxiety. 2J. "Go, enquire." ;
The king saw that this was a matter ;
of great importance, and he desired to ;
know from Jehovah Himself exactly .>
what to do. lie felt a deep anxiety for
himself and ylso for his people?the
ten tribes as well as the two. "Great
?wrath." He heard its distant rumb- .
lings like the coming of a fiery lava
flood, in the hoards of the Sythians.
enforced by the prophecies of Jeremiah '
and Zephaniah. "Our fathers," etc. '
Amon and Manasseh had led the peo- '
pie iuto gross sins. In the light of the ;
law he had just heard read Josialf saw '
that the nntion was doomed.
lH. Huluah's faithful message (vs. J
22-28). 22. "Iiuldah." All we know ;
of this celebrated woman is recorded j
here aud in the parallel history of ;
Kings. Eut this short narrative has j
imir.ortrli::ed her name. Probably the ,
two prophets, Jeremiah and Zephan- j
iah. were absent from the city. But j
God is not straightened in His instrn- j
raents. He can use a woman to speak ,
I or 11 im <!S wen ;i? n iiiun, uu uuiuui^.
person as well as an exalted (>u<*. Hu'- j
dull had llio full prophetic gift, and
speke as boldly, confidently and (
promptly as would Isr.iah or .Icreuiiaii. .
"Keeper of the wardrobe." There ,
seems no doubt that the robes here a I- ,
luded to are the robas c" .he priests, J
which arc called by the aaie Ilebrcv/ |
word in Exod. 12S: 2-4 and many subse- -|
nueut parages. "In the college." "In (
(lie second quarter."' K. V. This re- (
fers to a part of the ciry of Jerusalem ,
which was known by that name. 23.
"Toll ye the man." Iier answer to the | J
deputation was tearless, and seeming- ,
ly abrupt. 114. "Bring evil." The |
judgments of God. "This place." .Tc- ,
rusalem. "All the curses." See Deut.
27: 14-2C; 28: lu-G.S.
25. "Have forsaken Me." This was
the gist of their offer.se. the thing that ,
was unpardonable, .-Igainst this were (
all the chief warnings in the law :
(Deut. 20: 2;~-2Sf etc.) an.l the prophets (
(-1 udcr. 10: .13: 1 Kings !J: 9: I*\1. 2: 4; ,
Jt-r. 1: 10. etc.). It was not merely that ,
they broke tha commandments. but j
tiiey tunica irom ?ou nnuj-KuaT, ,u;u |
"cast Him behind their back." "Shall |
not I)o qucnchcd." For :;ucli a state of
things there is "no :vmi\iy" (2 Curon. (
,"(i: 10), antl this was Ike ::tats o? tilings
reached by the Jews. 2';-2S. Tbo i>ro- ,
piiet?sR in tln-so verses *e::ds a person- J
ai word of comfort to the king. P.'j- (
cause be bad bumbled himself and in a |
(rue spirit of repentance bad wept be- j
fore the Lord because of the wicked- ,
uess of bis people; tner.'fore the Lord J
would show mercy upon him. and he ,
should bo era t ho red to his fathers m
praee and not see the evil tlint Vv?? ,
>ooii to i'oui0 jipoi) the nation.
Tin Way Learn to Bark. 1
Farmers around rieaf-unt Grove, N.
.1., are are asking each other if two
pigs at the home of John Hunn, near
Iberp, will learn to bark, by reason of ;
their environment. Hunn's beagle J
bound lost her three puppies and was ;
inconsolable. About the same time
jK/oborr. KoDtuns' Drooa sow proauceu
sixteen little pink and white pigs, '
which founil the world cold to liiem. 1
Mr. Kobbins did not know what to do ;
with so many pigs with one mother,
so ho ?,rave them away. Hunn got two
of them, which he expected to raise on
(he bottle. When he got them home,
however, his bereaved beagle took the
unhappy porkers under her care and
she has been a fond mother to them
ever since. They are thriving.
Stunned by Cast Horseshoe. C
John Coyne was seriously hurt in a i
peculiar manner on the public square t
at Cleveland, O. A horse passing at a s
rapid rate cast a shoe, which flew t
through the air and hit Coyne on the t
forehead.
Diamonds For Hire.
The hiring of diamonds of large *
value by new-made New Yorkers, to 11
be used temporarily on their annual 1
revisitation of their former homes, is '
common. ' 3
i :
T$re&XI?C3i
SAY SOMETHING GOOD. '
?hen over tht: fair frame of friend <
The shadow of disgrace shall fall^ii
t words of blame of proof of thua a
Let something good be said.
or?et not tfcat no fellow being yet
May fall sc low but Jove may lii
head;
ven the chock of shame with tears i
If something .good be said.
. ? (
o generous neart may vain'y turn I
In ways of sympathy; no soul so de
ut may awaken strong and glorified
If something good be said.
nd so I cnarge ye. by the thoniy CJ
And by the crols on winch. tbe^Sa
bled,
nd by your own soul's hone of fa
nowD.
Let something jood be saidf
?Jamea Wmtcomb-xu
Hit Spiritual Life.
Mr. John C. Havemeyer, in bis
ir a more spiritual observance of
ay, speaks a good word. Ralph <Yl
Imerson snid:
"I have the habitual feeling tha
rhole of our social structure?S
jhool, religioD. marriage, trade,
nee?Los been cut off from its
1 the soul."
Is not this the open secret of al
roubles? Our generation has
irgely turned avfay from the sc
ig monitions of ihe soul and ha
jned to 1 lie- cold cerpent's hiss o
[lings of sense until it has fairly 1,
lie dust. It needs to be lifted
leansed. "nspired with a life it
ever yet known, and one day ii
,'eek will be- none too much for
jyous work,
The?Bible to which Mr. Haven
efcrs, while showing the unspeal
ileness possible to the human 1
nd life," a vjleness to which all ty|
ear's witness, has in it a light
ig through darkness, a light whJ<
teadlly followed, shines more
lore brightly unto the perfect
Imerson saw clearly tlikt our see
fe was death, but he, too. had
stray, in a refined, respectable
nd Enow of no way to make the
live. Christ he patronized am
acted, ns he patronised and'Te^
orrow, losing the vital truth of
^or what is Christ bnt that- bo
pbicb mates joyful? that dyln
aakp life, and make it more abum
e? the slory of life for the comij
f death?
The writer of this letter wn*
nd liv?d long in what has been c
be gayest city in America. The i
French elfiuent made Sunday a
icularly "gay" day. There wt
lost no limit to amusement. Bat, i
he writer has happened to speak
ufily-to."4iffn. from other cities
ad also' heen in that one, they
variably said to her, "ThatT city!
ur cities are bad enoqgh, but,
ity!'' And one of them sumrae
be general evidence, given by
7bo did not know each other, "
itv temnts you to act Iik? the
vfry breath yon draw!r?"X," ii
Jew York Evening Post.
A Leiioo From the Mirror.
Marcus Bods, in drawing a I
roin the mirror, says:
"What happens when a perw
ooking into a shop window w
here is a mirror, and some one c
lp behind?someone he knows?
loes not look any longei at tb?
lge; be tnrns to look at the p
vhose image is reflected. -Or,..J
;ees reflected on the mirror some
-cry striking, he does not content
iclf with looking at the image
urnr and looks at the thing, i
3o it is always with the persons
011 have to do with. If yon bcco
nirror to Christ, jour friends wij
ect it in a very few days; they
sec appearing in you, the mirro:
mage which they know has not
jriginatcd in you. and they will
c look straight at the Person
rou are renecung.
' Now we often in the Christini
leal with ourselves as if wo/
winters and sculptors, not as i
ivere mirrors; we hammer atul <
iway at ourselves to bring out
eeemhlance to Christ in some pa:
ars, thinking that we can do it ]
neal. We might as well try to fe<
jur body piecemeal: we might aa
try to make our eye bright wl
jiving our cheek color and one i
strength. The body is a whole
ive must feed the whole and no
(lie whole if any one part of It
)e whole, and yon can oniy deal
rour charactei as a whole."
Tl)o?'WorI<r8 Need.
There newr was a time whg
jutpouring of God's power upo
:hurch meant so much as It l
now. Society is so i 'laUy ergai
>o dynamically charged, that itsj
lionts are quick, nervous aijd ca
3f explosion at any moment. ]
s cioseiy organized, capirai i?
jincd, and the fabric of society if
ly woven together with live
riie world needs moral reserve,
poise. conservative power, gre*
ivarrt strength, that is. Christian
jcter. One may search in val
outward or temporal power in
Christ. His strength was inwar
personal, the strength of gooduei
is old aud perhaps trite to say tJ>:
,'ospel is the power, the inward p
?f salvation to every oue, every
in unity, every nation, unto salv
Hishop Westcott has well said:
relief to one troubles wlU'oome th
I lie gospel which covers alljife,.<
ill life and hallows all llfo "
lilt Proialfo ?t?r Fall*.
Look up and be glad! Our I'
knows all nbout if, and Hellas
ised help for to-day and all the
-ind His promise never fails,
leading us in tho right way: a
we but hold fast to His dear ha;
liarm can come to us. Soon the
uess will be over, and just be.voi
?iiall see tiie beautiful sunshine
brightness ar.d glory shall dc
fcrevermorc.?A. A. M.
Export ?rf.dr: is good nad ra
earcimrs arc larsc: buildiiu: is a<
Struck by Deflected Mullet,
One morning recently while If!
rasper Jameson, of St. Louis,'
aught a large hardshell turtle,
ng it at arm's length he bantei
lefled Tom Hobbs, his companU
ilioot it'. The shot glanced froi
urtle's shell, hitting Jameson i
lead.
High Heels Cause Kroken lez
Iligh-heeled shoes caused Mrs. ]
Vilson to trip and fall to the pav<
t Fiftli and Howard streets, ii
Francisco, Cal., the other evening
he result that her left leg was b
QBt aljove the ankle.
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