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J* By* WALTER
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CHATTER XII. 12. 11
Continued.
"We shall not go on being driver,
with whips, Katharine, because we are
going to die. Shall we be killed by the j
black foe: and starvation? Or shall we ^
die a quicker way? Tliink of another j
night in such a fog and without Dittmer
beside us. Katharine," she repeated,
"think of another night out <
in this cruel place."
Still there was no answer. ^
"Katharine!" she stooped and lifted
her head?"Katharine! are you dead
yet? Are you so happy as to be dead?" j
"No! I wish we were dead. Oh! Lily (
?Lily?how long?how long? Will
Dittmer never come? The seat is cold; ,
be is so good. He took off his coat and
laid it over r'e- Dittmer is very good ,
to us."
She was light-headed; exhaustion and
oold made her forget where she was. j
She thought she was still on the bench
in the park waiting for Dittmer to ^
come back.
"She is faint with hunger," said Lily.
She instinctively felt her pocket. There
was in it a rough crust, the last of the
threepenny-worth of bread. She gave
it to Katharine, who devoured it f
greedily. f
"Are you better, dear? Do you think *
that you could stand? Do you tliink
that you copld walk a little?"
\ "Where?"
"It is not far?I should think about
half a mile. This time I know that I
can find my way. I see it in my head,
every inch, clear as if there were no
fog, though it is as black as night."
"Where, Lily? Do you mean?" she
trembled, she rose and stood beside
her friend?"do you mean?"
"It is the Embankment, clear. That
is the place where women go to end
their sufferings. The poor woman who
has lost her virtue; the poor shirt/
maker who has lost her place; the poor
lady who can get no work; that is the
place for all of us. One plunge and
it is all over?all the sorrow and all
(the disappointment."
"But after death?"
"After death I shall ask why we
iwere forced to the Embankment."
"Lily, I am afraid. It will be so
cold."
"We shall not feel the cold one bit.
Think of another night! Think of the
rest of the day! Thiuk of day after
day like this! Katharine, you shall
hold my hand. Come."
She dragged Katharine away, walking
with the strength of madness, as
fast as her trembling friend could go,
sometimes hurrying her, sometimes encouraging
her, sometimes reproving
her.
I know not how she found her way
or by what strange trick of brain she
was enabled to go straight to the Embankment
at the point where it begins
at Westminster Bridge. She took the
shortest way through the park, and |f
along George street, never baiting or ;
. 4 hesitating for a moment, any more 1
than if it bad been a day of clear #
brilliant sunshine. Yet slie bad bo- *
fore iost her way simply in crossing "
from the corner of the railings to the *
Buckingham Palace road. 1
"Only a few minutes now, dear. Oh,
Katharine dear, we sball die together; 1
we will not let go of each other's i
hands. Remember that. The water 1
will roll over us, and in a moment J
we sball be dead and all will be over. J
You will not die alone. We shall go 1
into the next world together. No more >
trouble, dear. Perhaps you will join >
Tom and be happy. I think he must 3
be waiting for you somewhere. It is
the shortest way to reach him. And f
as for me?why?they say that eye 1
hath not seen nor can tongue tell the a
happiness that we shall find there; and J
it seems to me that all I want is rest i
and to be sure that I shall have fdod c
to-morrow. You must not think of the 1
plunge, dear?the river is not a bit i
colder than the air; think of last night; 1
think of to-day; think of the night be- t
fore us?" >
"Lily," said Katharine, stopping, i
"they are having service in the church t
by the Abbey. Oh! it must be the <
evening service. They are praising 1
God and singing hymns, and we are i
out in the fog and the cold and going ?
your lover in a moment, and all your f
sorrow shall be over. Hold my hand i
and run down (ho steps with me. <
Quick! Quick! Hold my hand hard? '
harder. Quick!" I
She drew Katharine to the stops, cry- :
Jng out to her to hasten and to hold I
fast, and dragging her down to the :
liver; Katharine was too weak to re- I
;i>t. mentally and bodily. And all <
around her lay the thick black fog '
liko a wall of darkness. I
Did you ever think what it woujd i
to be shut up in such an inferno as '
.jute's, in a thick black fog. a dark- s
wrapping you rouud as .with a i
to kill ourselves. '
"Yes; I could not ring any hymns just
now." 1
"Lily, let us have one prayer before
ire go." I
"No; leap first and pray afterward;
there will be plenty of time to pray 1
when we are sure that we shall not
lave to come back to this miserable I
world any more." She dragged the
other girl along with her?past the <
Abbey?straight down to the Embank- 1
inent. "Hush! Katharine. Don't 1
speak now. This is the very place." j
She stopped at one of the landing ;
places, where the stops go down into 1
the water. 1
"The tide is runninig up." said Lily: <
tow did she know, because they could f
eree nothing? "It will carry us up the t
river; it will roll us over and over.
Don't let go my hand, Katharine; it f
will kill us in a moment, and then it ?
TV"IIJ Ulivt* iiuu ucul u-> iiiiu i'aii^ \i->
against the piers of Westminster
Bridge, so that no one will l>p alile to
recognize us when tliey do find us.
And so it will never bp known what
became of us. Dear Katharine, dear
Katharine Regina?poor Queen without
a penny?give ine one kiss. Hold
mv hand. Now you shall be with
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Ill ^
lorrible cloak from -which, there was
io escape? All day long these girls
lad been fitting in such a fog, -without
:'ood, and "before them they heard?and
low saw with eyes of madness?the
ush of the river which would mercifully
take them out of the fog, and
and them?at the foot of tlie golden
jates.
"Quick?Katharine?Quick! Don't let
ro. On!"
The fog lifted a little, suddenly, at
his. moment.
Before the girls stood a fifrure, black
md gaunt, which stretched out two
ong arras, and said, with harsh and
strident voice:
"No. my dears. Not this time you
lon't."
Then Lily loosed her hold of Kathirine's
band and threw out her arms in
i gesture of hopelessness.
"Oh!" she cried, "God will not let U9
ive. and He will not let us die."
Then she turned and fled, leaving
Katharine alone.
CHAPTER XIII.
I* the Morning.
Katharine stood for a moment stupeied:
In front of her. shadowy, like a
rhost, rose this man. gaunt and tall:
)y the lifting of the fog she saw that
ie was in tatters. What was he dong
on the steps in the dark? And
Lily was gone.
"No. you don't." he said to her. "I
hought there'd he some of you coming
llong to-night. Is it hunger working
ip with the fog. or is it remorse and
lespair?"
Katharine made no repiy. Where,
)b. where was Lily?
"If it's hunger and the fog, you'll
ret over it when you've had something
o eat. In course of time you'll get
isecl to hunger. I'm always hungry."
"Who are you? Let me go?let me
jo."
"Not this way. then." he replied?
'or she made as if she would rush
it the river?"not this way. Pretty!
3on't do it. Have patience. Lord! if
rou'd gone through as much as I have,
rou'd have patience. Don't do it."
As she spoke, the black wall of fog
oiled between them again. Kathtrine
stole away under its protection,
>ut she heard him repeat as she reTea
ted: "Don't do it, Pretty. Have
jatience."
It is now nothing but a memory of
he past; but sometimes the gaunt and
attered figure of this man. holding
>ut his long arms between her and
Via. n'rflp rntnrne IT n th n V l'n-o'c mirwl
md stands \ip before her: slje sees him
Dhirred in the foe: and the 'dim lampight:
she hears his voice saying:
3on't do it. Pretty. Have patience."
iVlio was this man. this failure and
;vreck of manhood? and why did he
urk in the blackness upon those steps?
rhen her misery comes back to her
israin, her dreadful hunger and cold
ind weariness and desolation, and
vutharine has?change but one letter
md the pathetic becomes bathetic.
??ithos turns into bathos?to "lie down"
-woman's grandest medicine?until
he memory of that night leaves her
tgain.
The fog was so black again that she
nd not the least knowledge of the diection
she was taking. Under each
ainp there was a little yellow gleam of
enow ngtit. ueyonu mis a uijick wan
ill around it; wlien she stood under a
ainp it was just exactly as if she
vere built up and buried alive in it
vith a hole for a little light through
rellow glass in the top.
Sometimes steps came along and
aces came out of the black wall and
ooked curiously at her as they passed
md disappeared. It was the face of a
oung man making his way home and
narcliing confidently through the fog.
ir it was the face of a policeman who
ooked at her searchingly, asked her
f she was lost, told her how to get
>ack to the Strand, and went on his
>eat; once it was a girl of her own age
vho stood beside her for a few
nicctes and looked as if she wanted
o speak, and then suddenly ran away
rom her. Why did she run away?
>Vhy, indeed? And once it was a very
lgly face indeed, which greatly ter'ified
her, a man's face, unshaven* for
nany days and therefore thick with
>ristles round the mouth, a face with
torrid red eyes and swelled cheeks.
"Have you got the price of a liaif
)int upon you?" he asked roughly.
"I have not got one penny in the
vorld," she replied.
Lily in fact had all the money beonging
to them both?ninepence.
"You've got your jacket and your hat.
ilimmc your jacket and your hat." He
iroceeded, in the language common to
lis class, to touch briefly on the innct!r?o
nf siiffnriric- nn linnost mail to
:o about without a penny in his pocket,
vhilo a girl had a jacket and a hat
which might he pawned. Perhaps li^
'orgot that it was Sunday. But other
steps were heard, and the creature of
;he night slunk away.
Katharine knew that she was still at
ho Westminster end of the Embanknent.
because the great clock struck
he quarters and the hours apparently
luite ckjse to her.
She remembered that site had been
*ery near to Death?a shameful,
wicked, violent death?the death of
hose whoso wicked lives have driven
hem to despair. One more step and
he would have plunged into the dark
waters rushing and tearing up the
stream with the tide. She tried to
Picture to herself what she had escaped;
she recalled I.ily's words; she
would have been, by this time, a dead
!>ody rolled over and over, knocked
igainst the piles of the bridge, caught
i>y the ropes or barges, banged
igainst the boats. r\t last she would
liave been picked up somewhere; no
ma wmiId li:ivv> riH-oirnized her. and
die Avould liave been buried in the
'#aupers' corner, forgotten forever, 1'ut
magination, like reason, refuse to
work to order unless it is fortified by
strong food. The words she recalled
ind the picture she conjured up con
veyed to her soul in her exhausted
state little more than a trifling addition
to her misery. When one is on the
rack a touch of toothache would be
little heeded. She shuddered and
turned and slowly crept away. The
great clock struck three. Lily was
lost now as well as Dittmer. She was
quite alone in the world, and penniless.
But the fog was gone, the black wall
of darkness had rolled away.
I know not where she wandered. It
was no more beside those black
waters, but along the streets?silent
now and deserted, save for the occasional
step of the policeman. It is
strange to think of the great city with
all its four millions of (people asleep
and its streets empty. Even the worst
and the wickedest are asleep at three
in the morning. It is the hcnr of in|
nocence; the Devil himself sleeps. No
one met the girl as she walked aimlessly
along. She could no lonper think
or feel or look forward or dread anything.
She sunk on a doorstep and fell
asleep again.
At five o'clock she was awakened by
the hand of a policeman.
"Come." he said, not unkindly, "you
mustn't sleep in the streets, you know.
, Haven't you got anywhere to go?"
She cot up and began to understand
what had happened. Another day was
going to begin; she ihad spent two
nights in the street. Another day!
And she had no money. Another day
?oh! how long?
"I have nowhere to go," she said.
"And I have no money.
"Won't you go home to your
, friends?"
"I have no friends."
She did not look In the least like
most of the girls who have no friends.
"Haven't you got any money at all?"
"I have no money, and no friends,
and no work."
Then this policeman looked up and
down the street suspiciously, as men
do who are about to commit a very
bad action. There was nobody looking;
there was nobody stirring yet: no
one would believe in the bare word of
' the girl unsupported by any corroborative
evidence: he would neve" be
found out: he did it. He put his hand
in his pocket and produced a shilling?
a coin which is of much greater importance
to a policeman than to you,
dear reader?at least. I hope so?and
he placed this shilling in Katharine's
lmn/1
XJCilJVl.
"There!" he said. "You look as jf
you were to be pitied. Lord knows
who you are or what you are?but
there! get something to eat at any
rate."
Then he marched stolidly away, and
Katharine sat down again upon the
doorstep and burst into tears. She had
not wept through all that long night
in St. James' Fark?to be sure, she
had Dittmer then for protection; she
shed no tears all the long dark and
dreadful Sunday; she had been
dragged by Lily to put an end to her
life without tears?but now she sat
down and sobbed and cried because
the one unexpected touch of kindness
more than the cruel scourge of misfortune,
revealed her most wretched
and despairing condition.
"In the darkest moment, my dear,"
?she heard the voice of Miss Beatrice
plainly speaking?not whispering, but
speaking out plainly?"in the darkest
moment, when the clouds are blackest
J Jo ViQfr?ncf nnrl Vfllir Kllf
UI1U liJe WUliU AO UUIUV.OI, W..V. ^ Vw.
fcring is more than you can bear, GOD
will help you. and that in the most unexpected
way."
It was a very little thing; a shilling
is not much, but it touched her heart
as a single ray of sunshine lights up
a whole hillside. And so she sat down
and cried, <and presently rose up and
went on the way by which she was
led.
My friends, wo live in an unbelieving
and skeptical generation, and the
old phraseology is laughed at, and
there is now, to many of us, no Father
who loves and guides His children and
orders their lives as is best for them,
as we {ire once taught to believe; all
is blind chance?even that policeman's
shilling?even what followed, this very
morning.
Katharine's wandering feet led her
to Covent Harden Market, where the
coffee houses are astir and doing good
business long before the rest of the
world is thinking of the new day's
work. She went into one and had
breakfast?a substantia! breakfast
with an egg and a loaf and a groat cup
of hot brown c-offeo. Then?she went
to sleep again, and another good Samaritan
befriended her. It was the
woman who waited?only a common.
rnugh-tongued, coarse creature? i>ur
slip saw* that the sleeping girl looked
respectable, and that she looked tired
out; and she let her sleep.
(To be continued.)
The Scrapple Trunt.
"Scrapple used to be made by the
Pennsylvania farmers, but. it is now
made practically altogether by a
trust ? the Philadelphia Scrapple
Trust, which turns out thousands of
pounds daily from the first frost till
the spring thaw."
The speaker, a Philadelphia butcher.
continued:
"Our scrapple plant is uptown.
Trains of cars containing live pigs
come in at one end of it. Out at the
other end pass trains of cars containing
scrapple in silver colored tins.
This delectable stuff is made of pigs'
heads, livers, pork, sage, thyme and
a dozen other ingredients. The meat
is first boiled on the bone in vats as
large as swimming pools. Then it
is cut up into chunks the size of
your tist by rows of bare armed experts
with scimitars. Then it is
ground in steam power machines. The
residue is taken to a private room.
There, under the direction of the mixer.
a high salaried official, it is seasoned
and touched up in many un
Known ways. Aiierwiiru il j.-> nun
in enormous boiler*. Still liot and
soft from boiling, it is put in now,
bright tins. It cools, and is a firm subsjjui<.'e
of a pearl gray hue?the world
1 fiTTr.e<l Philadelphia scrapple of song
and story.
"Philadelphia scrapple is eaten all
over America. If it were a summer
as well as a cold weather food, it
would perhaps supplant pie as the
national dish."?New York Press.
1 During a wedding at Grafenbaum,
Austria, lightning struck the church
' and tore away the bridegroom's right
foot
Chrysanthemums. It is said, were
cultivated in China before the eleventh
century.
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An efficient tool room is a requisite
of a good shop. The machines in this
department should be high-class, oth
! erwise their imperfections will be re,
produced in the tools. In the larger
shops it is the duty of the tool room
i not only to see that certain tools are
on hand for doing the work, but to see
what jigs or other fixtures could be
: made to cheapen production, and to
consider in general the best way to
| handle any special job.
I
Very important improvements of the
j North Sea Canal from Amsterdam to
! the North Sea are in progress and are
| expected to be completed in the course
j of 1907. When finished, the canal will
I be considerably wider and deeper, and
i altogether better navigable for the
j largest class of steamers.
Aluminum and lead will not alloy.
i They mix when melted, but separate
' when cooling.
i
Canadian mica has been increasing
j steadily in value from 1S95 to the presI
ent time, and that of India has been
almost as steadily decreasing in value;
! so that, where in 1S95 the imported
I value of Indian mica was nearly three
j times that of Canadian mica, in 1904
| Canadian mica stood higher than In|
dian.
More than sixty years ago Moser no
j ticed that certain bright metals emit
! rays capable of affecting photographic
plates and of passing through thin
screens of paper, etc. Continuing the
investigation, Frofessor H. Piltchikoff,
of the University of Charkow, has nowfound
that some metals give off rays
' that decompose the silver bromide of
! the photographic film, and others that
restore the decomposed bromide. He
| names these radiations "positive" and
i "negative." Most metals, including
j cadmium and zinc, are positive; osmium
and tantalum are negative; copper
and brass have a neutral radia1
tion, with no action, and gold and
i mercury give off no radiation at all.
| The radiation is deflected by air curI
rents, but is not affected by electric or
' magnetic fields. One suggestion is that
j it may be a kind of heavy mctalli.? ions
nnnolrntirtr thin mptfll nnfl humflll
skin.
Tnntalite, the metal recently emi
ployed in Germany for making an improved
filament for electric lamps, lias
! found another use. Messrs. Siemens
| and Halske have produced pens of tanj
talite which are said to be at the same
, time harder than steel and more elas!
tic than gold. Tantalite is very resistant
to chemicals. It is the intention to
: employ this metal for the manufacture
I of various kinds of tools.
i Some years ago the addition of moisture
to furuace-heated air was found
I by Dr. H. J. Barnes, of Boston, to
I make a room comfortable at a tempera|
ture several degrees lower. In his re|
cent investigation i? Southeastern Nebraska,
G. A. Loveland has shown that
j the air of a house of 14,000 cubic feet
' should receive from twenty to forty
i quarts of water daily, and that this
: Evaporation does not increase the relaI
tive humidity by more than ten per
I cent. The humidity indoors should
I not exceed about forty per cent., oth,
erwise there will be troublesome con'
densation on the windows.
I
SPIDER THAT EATS BIRDS.
Lives in the Forest of tho South American
Tropics.
There has just been deposited in the
j insect bouse at tbe zoo a specimen of
; tbe bird eating spider, which earns
its name by occasionally including in
I its menu some of the brilliantly hued
; humming birds and varicolored finches
J of the South American tropics.
I It is doubtful whether the silken
i threads which he spins in profusion
constitute his most effective tackle
| for securing his prey; indeed, it is
I more probable that tbe little birds
get caught through alighting upon the
j banana and other leaves, in the twisted
' folds of which the spider makes his
I home. The similarity of his coloring
j to the bark of trees, to which he at|
taclies himself, is also a powerful
I factor in enabling him to approach his
| p^y- *
I The silken threads which help to eni
snare so many beautiful birds are a
J serious annoyance to thevtraveler when
riding or driving through the less frequented
forests. As they continually
strike the face, one is reminded of
some fiendish motor trap on the Surrey
roads.
The bird eating spider is much smaller,
although not less ferocious in appearance,
than the famous tarantula.
The body of a full grown tarantula is
as big as a hen's egg, and on an average
it gives from twenty to forty
yards of silk, the weaving of which
was'expected at one time to prove a
very considerable industry In some, of
the Australian colonies. The silken
output of the bird eating spider is
greater in proportion.?London Daily
Graphic.
An Indian's Stolcl-in.
A pathetic story, afterward proved a
true one, was the incident told by a
party of miners, in which it was related
that these miners had come
j across a space among the trees that was
cleared of snow, on one side of which a
small wood lire was burning. In the
middle of the clearing lay an old Indian,
who had been cast aside by his
tribe to die. Investigation shows that
i it is the invariable custom of the Indian
tribes that haunt the flats of
southern Nevada, when they perceive
; signs of a final weakness in any indiI
vidual of their number, to leave him
behind to die. They place a small
amount of food at his side and proI
ceed upon their journey, while he
who is left on tbe doorstep or tne
happy hunting grounds obeys his fate
with the stoicism of the old-time flagelluuts.
This particular Indian lived for
nearly two weeks before death overcame
him, steadfastly refusing succor
from any aud all who sought to relieve
him.
LotH of 'Km Do.
Some peeple lost sight of the fact
that of two evils it isn't always necessary
to choose either.?Fuels.
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THE GREAT UESTEOYER 1
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SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Alcohol and Health?'ltd Lone Continued
Action on the Slouiacli Lead* to
Catarrh?Not Suitable For Those Who
Have to Undergo Muscular Fatigue
Robert S. Forrest, M. B. C. M.,
I Auchterarder, writes as follows: Alco1
bol is obtained by the action of the
yeast fungus on vegetable substances
ricb in sugar or starch. It is the ingredient
of fermented beverages which
gives them their intoxicating qualities.
It is a clear, colorless liquid, with a
hot pungent taste, and a faint but
characteristic odor. It has a great affinity
for water, and for this reason
it is very difficult to obtain pure alcohol
by distillation?the most concentrated
alcohol obtained by distillation
containing ten per cent, of water. It j
! burns with a pale blue flame, gives
little or no light, but produces intense
heat and does not leave any ash.
When taken internally, alcohol first
causes an increase of saliva. In the
stomach 1 it causes dilatation of the
blood vessels with consequent reddening
of the walld of that organ. In
large quantities or in concentrated
form it diminishes the amount of the
gastric secretions. Some authorities
state that the gastric secretion is rej
tarded when alcohol is present to the
I extent of only two per cent.,, and that
I the activity of the gastric juice is en!
tirely arrested when fifteen per cent, of
j alcohol is present. This retarding influence
is specially marked when wines i
are taken, as the volatile substances
contained in wine exercise a powerfully
retarding action on the process of
digestion.
The long continued action of alcohol
on the stomach leads to catarrh, the
stomach becoming coated with thick
tough mucous which hampers digestion
and causes the food to undergo
fermentation and decomposition. In
addition, alcohol increases the muscular
contraction of the stomach, and
so aids the expulsion of its contents
into the intestines.
Except in large, quantities alcohol
does not pass into the bowels but is
absorbed from the stomach into the
blood. It is not acted upon by the
I gastric secretions but enters the blood
unchanged. While circulating in the
blood it felters the condition of the
blood in such a way that less oxygen
is given off to the tissues and as a
consequence the tear and wear of the
tissues are diminished. Its presence in
the blood gives rise co effects on the '
iiervous system, and through it on the
different organs of the body. It first
stimulates and then depresses the
nervous system. The action of the
heart is accelerated and there is
marked dilatation of the blood vessels,
so that a state of temporary congestion
of the various organs is produced.
I This dilatation is most noticeable in
I +h<> vessels nf tlm skin, and eives rise
to a feeling of warmth.
On the brain the action of alcohol
is very marked. In moderate quantity
it stirmilates the higher centres of the
brain?the reasoning powers are increased
in activity, ideas flow more
freely, the imagination is excited and
the power of speech is increased. In
larger quantity these higher functions
of the brain are depressed, as is shown
by the judgment becoming lost or impaired,
the speech becoming thick and
! utterance difficult. The imagination
I and the emotions are depressed and
j sensibility' is diminished. Muscular
movements become irregular so that
the gait Is unsteady, or may be paralyzed
so that the person cannot maintain
the erect posture. If the quantity
taken is great, death may be caused by
j paralysis of the vital centres in the
brain. The deleterious effects on the
j nervous system are further shown by
the large increase iu the number of
cases of alcoholic insanity. Forty years
ago female cases of general paralysis
j of the insane (a disease caused by al!
cohol and vice) were so rare as to call
j for special comment, but at the present
date the number of such cases has increased
so much that comment is now
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very unsuitable for aud ought to be
avoided by nervous people.
Tbe stimulating effects of alcohol
do not last long, and are followed by
j depression. For this reason alcoholic
j beverages are not suitable for those
! who have to undergo any muscular
j fatigue or severe exertion. It (Joes not
! give additional strength but merely
j enables a man to draw upon his re1
serve energy. It may give assistance
[ in a single effort, but not in prolonged
j exertion. * Also those who resort to
| alcohol for the purpose of stimulating
| their intellectual faculties require to
! increase the frequency and quantity of
I the dose to keep up the stimulating
j effect.
The Greatest Extortion.*
I The commercial bodies of the State
| are awakening to the fact that the $10
j excess charge for railroad mileage ticki
ets is an extortion! Well, yes, but I
j why so calmly submit to a far greater !
| extortion collected from every legiti- |
I mate industry aim iraue uy me nquui (
, traffic? The manufacturer's mechanics
partially incapacitated, the merchant's
customers rendered unable to meet
their bills, the honest clerk or cashier
made an embezzler, all because of the
i debauchery of the drink traffic.?Will- i
I iamsport (Pa.)) Index.
!
Licensed by a King,
I Reports come from the jungles of J
I Africa that the Belgium soldiers re- I
J! cently deprived 5000 men of their right j
j hand. Think of it if you can and then
i compare it with the destruction, soul j
! and body, of 100,000 citizens of the i
j United States annually by the licensed
j liquor traffic. Which is the most
atrocious? Would you cast your vote
I ? imlitinol nni'tv tlint AVOllhl fof
j its policy undertake to license or regit- !
| late either? Where is your manhood? j
Tempe/ance Note*.
| All intelligent fc'ood men are opposed i
j to longer licensing the liquor traffic,
j What temperance advocates want is I
i the party that will put down the li- j
I censed liquor traffic.
J More people have lost their lives I
through alcohol in thirty ; oars than'
have perished in all the wars of tbe
nineteenth century. ,
Of the Vtf counties of the State (. j
Georgia. lOL', nearly throe-fourths, are ;
new under prohibition of the beverage
sale of intoxicating liquors.
A bill was introduced in tlie .Massachusetts
Legislature providing for the J
establishment of a State Dipsomaniac t
Hospital, where drunkards will be free J
to come and go at will. t
Drinking has made such inroads upon t
, the physical stamina of the French 1
j that it has become a question of im- i
proving the national morals or dis- 3
( banding the army. 1
The National (Brilish) Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children estimates
that of the i-K),<)<)(> to Uk).(HX) ,
cases tha' come under their notice '
yearly, one-half are caused directly by
drunkenness and of consequent neglect !
by parents. ,
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR JUNE 3.
Subject: The Gentile Woman'i Faith
Mark ill., 24-30? Golden Teitt I Matt.
XT., 28 ? Memory Verse, 30 ? Topic:
Bringing the UniiTeil to Chrltt.
I. In heathen borders (v. 24). 24.
"From thence He arose." That is, after
delivering the discourses at Capernaum.
"Borders of Tyre and Sidon."
Tyre and Sidon were heathen cities on
the east coast of the Mediterranean
Sea. Their religion was a base and
corrupting nature worship. Beelzebub,
the name adopted by the Jews as
a name for Satan, was one of their deities
who was supposed to be the author
of "all the pollutions of idol worship."
"Iato an house." In all probability the
house of a Jew. Edersbeim thinks He
mnst have tarried here several days;
the fact that He desired to be kept
hid, but could not. would suggest this.
"No man knew it." He judged it proper
to conceal Himself awhile from the
Pharisees, who were plotting against
Him. "Could not be hid." It seems
that He was personally known to many
in this country, who had seen and
heard Him in Galilee.
II. A mother's request (vs. 25, 2G).
25. "Whose young daughter." The
actual sufferings of the daughter were
great, but the sufferings which the
mother endured by sympathy were still
greater. "An unclean spirit." Matthew
-says her daughter was "grievously
vexed with a devil." This was
certainly a sad case. Nothing can destroy
the peace of a home more than
to have a daughter possessed with Satanic
influences. The spirit that possessed
this girl was an unclean?a vile
spirit. "At His feet." This at once
shows the humility of the woman.
26. "Woman was a Greek." By
language. The Jews called those who
were idolaters Greeks, or Gentiles. "A
Syrophenician by nation." A SyroPhoenician.
Phoenicia belonged, to the
Roman province Syria. She was a Syrian
of Phoenicia. Matthew says she
"was a woman of Canaan." "Besought
Him." Earnestly entreated
Him. The case was an urgent one,
and on her knees at His feet she [
poured out her request. "Would cast
forth." She believed He had power to
do this. Matthew says she "cried unto !
Him saying, Have mercy on me, O j
Lord, Thou son of David." She plead I
for mere}; she knew she could make !
no claim upon Him in any other way. I
"The devil," etc. Here is a plain, J
straigntrorwara comessiuu. xukic
no effort to cover up the family troubles,
and gloss over matters, and make
it appear that, after all, her daughter
is "quite respectable."
III. Faith tested (v. 27). 27. "Jesus
said." This -woman's discouragements
were great: 1. Her advantages had
been small. She was a heathen woman,
with but little means of even obtaining
the light of the Hebrew Scriptures.
2. At first Jesus did not reply
to her request (Matt. 15:24). 3. When
Jesus did speak He seemed to repel
her. The soul seeking salvation frequently
meets these same tests, and
many become discouraged by them.
The disciples were annoyed. They
said, "Send her away, for she crieth after
us." This has been greatly misupderstood.
To "send her away" according
to Oriental idioms -*-ou!d be to
grant her request, cure her child and i
let her go. "The children." The Jews.
"First be filled." They :.re the favored
people. The gospel was first to be offered
to the Jews, and to them our
Lord's personal ministry on earth was
chiefly restricted. "Not meet." It is
not suitable?not the proper thing to
do. "Children's bread." To take those
blessings that belong to the Jews.
"Unto the dogs." For "dogs" read
"little dogs," household pets, such as
ran around the table at meal time. This
was the severest test of all. The Gentiles
were considered by the Jewish
people as no better than dogs, and
Jesus only used a form of speech which
was common; but it must have been
very offensive to the heathen. "Would
this woman resent it? Would her pride
at last be stirred? No. She "shrunk
and shriveled" into nothingness at His
feet, and her faith still held on for the
desired blessing.
IV. Faith rewarded (vs. 28-30). 2S.
"Yes, Lord." "Truth, Lord" (Matt.).
It is all so. The Jews?the favored
ones ought to be blessed first. I know?
I am a heathen?only a Gentile dog. j
"Yet." Now follows (1) an answer to
His argument against entertaining her
petition, and (2) a most touching appeal
to His clemency. "The dogs?eat j
of the children's crumbs." I only ask j
such kindness as the dogs of any family
enjoy. If I am a dog give me at
least a dog's fare.
29. "For this saying." Her faith
had triumphed. Jesus said, "0 woman,
great is thy faith" (Matt.). Her
faith was "great in its earnestness, its
humility, its overcoming great obstacles."
The hindrances thrown in the
woman's way only tended to increase
her faith. "The devil is gone out."
Now, at this very moment, thy request
is granted. Though our Lord's mission j
was to the lost sheep of Israel, yet He i
always honored personal faith in Him- |
self, wherever found. Persevering fiaith j
and nraver are next to omnipotent. No |
person crfn thus pray and believe without
receiving all his soul requires.
This -woman had asked a crumb, and
had received a whole loaf of the children's
bread. Although a heathen she
now tool; her place by the side of Jacob
and Moses, for she had prevailed.
"Of thy daughter." Her faith is pecu- \
liar in that'it obtains a blessing for another.
Her intercession was successful.
Children who have praying parents
should be thankful. Here is also
an encouragement for praying parents. !
30. "Laid upon the bed." A sign of
her perfectly tranquil condition: the
demon had previously driven her hither
and thither.
Washington's Diary Sold.
The total urn realized by the sale
of Governor Penny packer's library at
Philadelphia was $S7o'J.9D. The greatest
interest in the auction attached to j
Washington's diary of twenty-two j
pages of manuscript in his own hand, j
written in 17G7, was purchased by the
Library of Congress for $700. A volume
of pamphlets gathered and bouud
by General Washington, containing
bis autograph and armorial book
plate, went to Dodd. Mead & Co., of
Xew York City, for $o25.
Lurc? Itliiff Kor Urlde.
In the show wiudov of a jeweler at
fVlientown, l'a., is nispiayea tne largest
?olid gold wedding ring ever brought
:o that city. It weighs twenty-three
ind a half pennyweights. The averige
weight of wedding rings is only
Ive pennyweights. The ring was orlered
by a prominent citizen for a
roung lady, who is soon to become his
)ride.
White Slave "traffic.
Police Commissioner Bingham, New
fork City, said he had unearthed a
rast amount vf evidence Against disreputable
resorts, and that he was determined
to stamp out the traffic in
'white slaves."
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T^3Ug,Hp, JFg^THg
THE SUSTAININC HAND.
The little child who wakes at night.
Affrighted at the somber gloom,
And clamors for a ray of light
To drive the darkness from the room,
To quiet dreamland sweetly goes,
Contented, if a hand is near, <
Caressingly, because it knows
There is no terror it need fear.
So we, who stumble through the gloom*
In aimless manner seeking light,
Will bhndly wander to our doom
If traveling by our own might.
But when in darkened paths we stray
And cry aloud, the Father hears
And reaches out His hand to stay
Our apprehensions and our fears. V
?E. A. Brininstool, in\the Los AngekC
.Express.
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Btranr* Experience of an Infidel.
BT THE BET. JOBS T. FABIS.
For the encouragement of those 'who
have long prayed for the conversion ot
some friend or loved one, I tell tbef
following: i
About two years'ago I made the acquaintance
of a colporteur of the American
Tract Society who was doing soraej
difficult work for Christ in a very] f
creditable manner. We were thrownf
together for many days. During thiaf
time I learned the story of his life?a'
wonderful story. On the day when'
these lines are written the mail brings
another chapter of his history?a chapter
as wonderful as those told before, j
He was born in Bohemia, a Catholic,'
apd was, when a lad, in training fon j
the priesthood. For seven years hef !
was an officer in the Austrian army;'
then he became editor of a Bohemian!
paper in New York City. While thera
be was known as a leader among the* .1
infidels of his people?and so became fitted
for the editorship of an infidel 0
magazine, and later of a political pape*
with infidel bias.' i
Week after week he wrote articles in
which he said everything he could
think of against Christianity. But
when he sat down to write his leadel
for the issue of Christmas week, 1901j ,
be had a strange experience.
"Against my will I resolved to say
something about the birth of Christ,"
be told me. "I did not know what 1
was writing. There was a powe?
which drove me on. I wrote of th?
birth in poverty and the life of suffer* ^
ing. I spoke the horrible death. Th?j *
central point of the article was the argument
that those who are blaspheming
Christ now are of the same character
as those who crucified Him?the
most miserable creatures of earth. As
I wrote my tears flowed like a flood.
"Later, my assistant told me I must
not print the article. I -told him;
'What I write eoes in.' When I read
the proof I realized for the first time
what I had said. I was ashamed to co
back on my words to the assistant; so
(he article was printed. I knew whaf
would be the result."
An explosion followed. Subscribers
were enraged. Enemies were made.
Yet the editor felt himself still fit to
be editor of an infidel paper. He was
dissatisfied, it is true. He began an -I
investigation which led him to believe, 8
successively, in Buddhism, Christian; I
Science and Spiritualism. Then he be- I
?ame a preacher of morality. Con
vinced of evils among the Bohemians,, B
he started a crusade which enraged fl
their leaders. 1 J
Next day a Christian friend gave him' I
a copy of the New Testament. "I sat1 I
3 own at once and started to roadlj <1
Romans," he said. "That day I read' I
all of Paul's epistles. As I read there, J
:ame to me an understanding of the
events of eight years. I knew I was! ^
saved through Jesus. On Sabbath I I
went to churoh. From that day myj
paper stood for Christ." Three yeara H
later lie left the editorial office ,/or. I
Christian work among his people. { I
When he told this story he said he, I
was happy but for one thing. His wife 9
refused to be reconciled to his new life.j I
She threatened to leave him. The I
children were taught to despise him.
"It is a burden," he said. "But I ami! H
praying for her. And I believe the day^ 9
rjpiM Prtmo whpn fiod will soften her. H
hard heart and we shall be together inJ H
His service." 1 B
Our paths have lain apart for twoi H
years, and I heard nothing from him 9
until this glad message came: 1 H
"Thanks to the Lord, He increased H
so greatly my happiness that I feeli B
J bound to tell you. You know how it! H
pleased the Lord to chasten me and! fl
teach me patience and other Christian^ H
virtues. God the Father has had mercft
npon my wife. She persecuted me more
vigorously after my return from St. H
Louis/ I was compelled to leave homei. M
and family for the sake of peace. It H
secured a position and sent $45 a month? H
regularly to Her. # She prohlb-'' '
ited the children to write me letters.' H
For seven months I did not exchange*
letters with her save the monthly en- H
velope with the check. But last Satur- B
day I received a letter from-her say- B
ing: 'I have taken refuge at the feet H
of the Lord Jesus and in prayers fi H|
ask Him, Not my will, but Thine, be HC
dons.' And so, finally. I found peace.! HI
I perceived what a wife would do that ~
follows the Lord Jesus. Now I have.
rested my case with Him, and knowij HI
wherever He will lead me I shall',
walk in the right way." <| Hj
Joyfully my correspondent concludes:; S
"My prayers are answered. After six!
years of wrestling with my Lord I ami H
rewarded most gloriously. My wife ie| |H
to-day a child of God, made holy by,i ?
His grace alone. Only last April she!
burned my Christian books and tore!
my Testaments. * To-day, fol-' 9H
lowing Lord Jesus, she comes back a'J
loving wife, full of tender feelings and'
true devotion. How great is the lovej
of Jesus Christ, and what a power is|
His! How great is lbs mercy of our! HE
jod!"?Herald. HB
Trne Soncct of Hartplnes*.
The true disciple of Jesus needs not
to forget himself in order to be cheer-',-B|
ful in his very innermost soul; for the'.
source of his happiness is not in the
outward world, but within himself.?
Zschokke. i
Mor? Power. Bfl
There is only one way by which HB
more power can be obtained, and that; HB
,'s by waiting on the Lord in conQdence,'
in obedicnce and in patience.?Kev.
Y, Fuller ton.
The New Army hifle.
A new magazine ritie will b~ issued
to ali of the infantry and cavahy troops
in the United States before the end of Wfl
May. lue new bayonets have been Bfl|
manufactured, and the Ordnance De- 99
partment now has on hand a large BBS
quantity of the new srnasl arm .which;
will be immediately issued. '< HB
To Ooat McClellan. HH
Attorneys for W. R. Hearst have pe* j^H
nnonea uie Aiiorney-uenerai tu hmh
York to begin quo warranto proceed* EBB
lngs in the name of the people to oust HH
Mayor McClellan from oiiiee. HB
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