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I By WALTER 1 ^ __ ri CHAPTER XIX. \ 10 ui Continued. ,e ' ^Harriet has made up a fine collec ion of lies,"' said Jem, with a whole eeries Of tight winks, and an attempt a ?t a light and cheery manner. "When 011 *he's in a wax there's nowhere a finer m r?c etringer of big ones"?he glanced furtively at his ooosin, who stood medigating,'>Bis hand on the bag containing the jewels. "Now I assure you I had , no more notion of what she was going 7 rto-make up this time than you your?elf. Ran them off tine and fluent, didn't she? In half an hour's time she w< . will by crying on my neck. Poor Har- co riet! it is her infirmity. Poor Harriet! 'And as for these lies, the less we dis- ~*a -cuss them the better. They're too abeurd to be miychievous." ca "How came the jewels fn the bag?" ' ' "She put 'em there liersell". I know in aiothing about, them." "How did she get the key of the ; *afe?" "I gave it her. TVhy, when you were ^ dead, I thought the jewels and every- , thing else were mine. I gave her the jewels for ierself. She only put them into the bag to make up a story." f"; "Yet yon promised?you promised sol- *e ?mnly?that if anything remained over after the trust inoney was paid you , would give it to Katie." y "That was when we thought there . ] would be barely enough in that trust. ,You could not expect " . "Go on." ?n J i by tveii, x guv*: -Utri IUL' ncj ui mc ouic, (where the jewels were lying. That is 18 all I have to explain." 7*' "Then there is the old silver. I snp- * ' pose you know that my ancle's collection of silver is worth a great deal." "I gave it all to my wife as well. I <didn't want old .silver. Women like ithose things. I gave it all to her?not 3 ito sell, of course. She wouldn't have to *old it. What does she do? Pack it up es an this sideboard and pretend I put it he there." pi "Then there are the pictures. I no- a Sticed a whole stack of them in the pa Hall." bl "I suppose she put them there her- an fcelf. By the Lord, Tom, it's as neat a mi fl)ot up thing as I ever saw." kii "As fqrHhe wine, now " ne ' "Oh, as for the \V<ne, I drank it rcgu- Sb larly till you came home. Why not?" if "Jem, there's some law about in- ab iberitance. Were you entitled to all es ithese things? I have other cousins, a i jou Know, uy ujy muiuti o siuv. lutj ou are in New Zealand, to be sure, but wi ?ti>l " sh "Well,"?Jem looked embarrassed, w< and lie winked hard?"I can make all to 4hat clear to you. But it's a long af story. I can't explain tlic law of in- as ' iheritanee in five minutes. "When we Ti have a quiet quarter ol' an Lour to- sa gether " tvj "Ye-yes," said Tom. "Your wife's lie revelations have made me see things ev anore clearly. My return must ltave pa disgusted you more than enough, and I pe ought to have understood it. I forgot he that altogether. Well, you had better, J I think, let me take possession at once he 1 ?f my own house, if it is mine, or tern- iiii porary care of it, if it is not mine, with coi these valuable thing?. Please make ' out a statement of the whole estate an with its liabilities by?say?by to-mor- lot low. Can you do that? Shall I send he; in accountants to help you?" shi "I must say," Jem began, "that your Ye suspicions " Go "I do not allow myself to Jiave any tin Auspicious. As for most of what your tin iwife alleged, I shall never make any further inquiries. Eut until I hear sai from?from Kate's own lips?if wc wt ?ver find her?the truth about her in- sic terview with you?whether she rc- rel ,-vealed her destitute condition to you ' er not?I caa have no dealings with Io\ jou." ad "I suppose," said Jena, "that I may elc make out my bill of costs?" "Certaijuly. Oh, Jem! if you had acted well by that poor girl?if you hud th< toebaved with common honesty and th> truth?there i? nothing in the house yo that you might not have taken! Nothing of mine that you could not have kn bad. Man, I would have made you rejoice and thank God that I returned." kn There is only one more chapter of ho this history to be written, and that is fu a short chapter. Let me, therefore, ex- m< plain that Jem's after conduct with re- on Sard to Uncle Joseph's estate was per- 1 fectly fair and upright. He sent in, yo the next day, a statement of the estate, lh: and the various securities, houses and w< Sands, belonging to it. He also sent in th (his bill of costs,-which was naturally (heavy, not to say ou-traseous, and he Ki mrote a letter, couched iu most digni- ha lied language, stating that after what ou (bad passed he should be pleased to be in (relieved of his functions in administer- all <ng the property without the least de- lai lay. wi This done, and having received a rt1ply, and a check for the bill of costs, he qu cent the whole of the papers to his lot cousin's new advisers, cashed the he check, called a cab, and drove away. to? He never came back. The two old lil< <?lerks went on dozing and meditating; tfr the boy slumbered, and read penny it novelettes, and played at astragals in an rthe office below until Saturday, and lie then?there was 110 money, and no one ? i to ask for it. They waited another an week. The master earoc 110 more, and ea iheu they understood that their en- kn gagement had come to an end. The w: boy was the most grieved of the three, at because to him the disaster meant that isl Jbe would now have to find a place at where he must work in earnest. The ha two old men, who had done their life's a .work, also looked for other places, but B1 failed to get an engagement elsewhere, in One of them had saved money, and ho T< proceeded to buy himself an annuity, ki and is a most respectable old gentleman, la iwith a strong opinion in politics. The SI other, who had saved none, Avent into ai the Marylebone Workhouse, and is now one of those useful collegians who d?Jearn Jhe rujes b>; heart, and insist e: \ ?r BESANT. ^ ^5 HI wn their being carried out to the tter, and complain to the guardians ntinually. Tom met his cousin a few months terward. He looked less like a seriis solicitor than ever. Tom bore no alice, being now restored to happi>ss, and shook hands with him in usinly fashion. "And how are yon doing?" he asked. Jetting on with your profession?" "No. I say, Tom, what that she:vil said was all true. I meant to ive stuck to all the money when you ere dead. Yon ought not to -have me back. You were dead. You bnd >ur funeral, so to speak?what would ippen if dead men kept on coming ck and \ipsetting things? When you me back, I saw teat i snouia get itbing unless I helped myself. But I d hope that you would find the girl, id that we should arrange everything ieudly." "I see," said Tom. "Well?it was orred otherwise, as they say. And >w is your wife?" "She is: singing at a Liverpool music ill. She went her way and I went ine. A fine woman, Tom?with a mper. I believe that Baronet fellow, irennery, as they call him, put her i to it." "What is your way, Jem?" Jem winked both eyes and laughed. "I am now a tipster, Tom. I send e name of the winner, you know? d the mugs send up their h'alf-erowns', the dozen. Juggins, thank goodness, everywhere. Ob, I'm doing pretty ell. As for the law, I always hated You're looking well and hearty, mi.. Good-bye?good-bye!" CHAPTER THE LAST, v LIFE AT3D LOVE. Everybody at the hospital continued show the most extraordinary intert and sympathy with Katie during r short convalescence. The senior lystcian spone mysteriously 01 joy us great assistance in cases -where the tient had been brought low by troud; she also said that freedom from xiety would be found an Invaluable edicine; and' that rest from every nd of work with perhaps travel amid w scenes, would complete her cure, le said these ridiculous things just as rest and case and travel were attainle, and within the reach of the poort girl in all London. Then the Sister, most sober-minded and practical pern, free from all .'nthnsiasms, agreed th the senior physician, and slid that e was always Tight, as her patient )uld find. Then the secretary used sit by her bedside/ind whisper that, ter all, there was no cure so good happiness. And so with everybody, le other patients were all in the me tale, and would tell her that she is a liappy girl, and no one envied r_ hponuxp Khp deserved all. Why. en when visitors came to see other tients there used to be -a great whisr;ng, and the visitors would look at r curiously. Cate mended fast?and one afternoon r friend, Miss Willoughby, told her it'the time had now come "when she ild leave the hospital. 'And now, my dear," she said, "you > to have a surprise. Oh, what a ; of things I have to tell you! 1 ard yesterday what the doctor?oh, d is a wise woman!?said about joy. s, joy is a beautiful medicine. Thank id, I know it in my own case. Now ?re is no luggage to yack up, is arc?" 'I am the only girl in the world," d Katie?"the only girl, I believe, io has got no luggage, no posses- 1 >ns, no money, no friends, and no ations." . 'Yes; which will make all that folvs the more delightful. You may d, my dear, that you have got no ithes." 'No clothes?" 'Why?you could not possibly go to 1 2 House of Joy in such poor, shabby ' 'iigs as you had on when we brought ' n here.'.'. 'Katie, I am in mourning, you I Off 'My dear"?she kissed her?"nobody 1 Offs it better tban I do. Sometimes, ' wever, we put off mourning?on joy I occasions?say, for weddings. To- ' )rro\v, if you like, you may put it again." > tier now clothes were fitting for a ung lady, being, in fact, much finer [in anything the poor girl had ever ? >rn in her life before, but Katie put < em on without a word. 'Where have you brought me?" 1 Uie looked about the room. They d come in a cab; it was 5 o'clock; tside it was dark already; they were a room beautifully furnished, with I sorts of pretty things in it; the t mp was lighted, and on the table tea is standing in readiness. 'My dear, you must not ask too many lestions, because I Jiave got such a , t to tell you. Oh, bow shall I ever ; gin! First, you shall liave a cup of i?and so will I?nothing in the world ;e a cup of tea. Formerly ladies ank small beer. Think of that! Is sweet enough, dear? Oh, Katie?I j so liappy to-night " She stopped in v talk to kiss her. "This is my room s it not a pretty room? And now I it going to give it up to my sister, be use I am going to bo married?you. iow that, don't you? My lover, who us dead, has come back to life again, id nothing will please biin?the foolh boy!?but that 1 must marry him once. Oh, if your lover could come :ck, too! And 1 shall never have such pretty room as this again, I am sure, nt I shall have him instead. He was Egypt, you know, like your boy? 3m?poor Tom Addison. My boy lew Tom Addison very well. He will Ik to you about him it you like." ie stopped and kissed her again, arid raiu the tears came into her eyes. "Well, it was all in the papers, and 1 ire say you saw it There was an ^edition made, an attack, and Uie Egyptians ran away, and my boy was reported missing?just like yours. Yes, deur, we were sisters in misfortune? and we did not know it?that dny when you fell fainting into my arms, and told me you were without friends and without relatives, and I was your cousin nil the time." "Are you really my cousin?" "That is one of the things I am going to explain to you, dear Katie. Oh! if Tom Addison had only come home with Harry McLauchlin!" "McLauchlin! That is the name of the officer who "was missing at the same time." "Yes?lie was only a prisoner, and he escaped. If Tom had only escaped with him! Poor Katie! we lost our lovers together. Oh! If we could find them together." She stopped and listened. Outside there were voices. She ran out of the room, and Katie heard her saying, earnestly: "Not yet ?oh! not yet?I'implore you?not yet? wait till I call you." Then she returned and shut the door carefully. "Oh, I have such a lot to tell you. First of all, dear, you are my cousin. Do you see this portrait?" It was a miniature representing an old lady, sweet of face and beautiful. "That is your greataunt and mine, Katharine Regina Willoughby. Your name is the same, and so is mine." ??T">,, 4- *wTr iintvtA iff Pnnfil " X)Ul U.IJ JWlUItT JO "Nothing of the kind, iny denr. Tour father called himself Capel because he quarreled -with his relations?and?and refused to speak to them any more, you know." This was a kind way of putting it, and the male members of the family reversed this statement. "But his real name was Willqugbby. Here is a portrait of him in uniform when he was in the army?there it is." She brought a water-color portrait showing a very gallant young hero in scarlet. 'Tis a color which sets off the fire and masterfulness of the hero in his youth. ;"Oh! it is my father," cried Katie, "though I cannot remember him so young as this. , But he kept his'good looks to the last." "Yes?it is your father. It is all proved now without the least doubt, Katie." She lowered her voice as one does wlren one is going to say a disa green Die tnjng. "we wjji nut mm. much about Lira, because he?he had his faults, I aui afraid. But you should keep this likeness. He was Miss WilIoughby'8 favorite nephew; she gave him quantities of money; she forgave him all extravagances; she even placed a large sum in the hands of Mr. Joseph Addison, her solicitor, so that he might enjoy an annuity of ?300 a year, which was paid him regularly." "Oh, in Mr.. Addison's hands? Tom's Uncle Joseph?" "Yes, after his death the principal was to be given to her niece?to you, my dear." "To ma?" "Yes. to you. That trust, the discovery of which sent Tom to Egypt, was yours, Katie. And I am very much afraid that Mr. Rolfe, who seems to have been a person of no morals at all, was actually going to cheat you out of it. It is all yours, K<^tie; you are?not rich, perbaps?but you "have plenty. My dear, if Tom had only escaped with' Harry!" "Ob; but how did you find out all this? Is it really true?" "You have "lots of friends, Katie, quantities of friends. There are both friends and relations waiting for you. To think that I did not know, and took you to the Co-Operative Work Girls! But never mind. 'And now I am going to bring in some of your friends." She rang the bell, and the;door was opened with a promptitude which proved that the man?it was a man?must have been lurking outside in readiness. "Katie," said the other Katie, "this is Harry McLauchlin?my Harry?who was in captivity among the Arabs for six months with your Torn. Harry made his escape, you know. If Tom could only have escaped with him!" The escaped prisoner, who showed no traces of his long captivity, bowed and took her hand, but said nothing and looked embarrassed. "It is like a dream to me," said Katie. "I cannot understand. You were a prisoner with Tom?you were present when he?was killed?" "Harry will tell you all, if you please to ask him to-morrow; not to-day, dear. He will tell you how it fared with Ihem in their long captivity. But perlin^o 1.0,1 toiM lionv frnm Jinnthpr source." . "Miss Willoughby," said Captain McLauchlin, recovering from his contusion, "we found out?Tom and I?in the tallis which we had at night all ibout each other. We guessed that you could be none other than the 3aughter of Harry Willoughby." "Did Tom send me 110 message when you escaped?none at all?" "None," said the captain. "Captain McLauchlin, tell me"?she caught his hand?"oh! tell me, once for ;ill, how lie died." "Not now, not now. Ask me, if you like, to-morrow." "Did he suffer? Was lie murdered while he tried to escape with you?" "He was not murdered, but he suffered?well, he suffered about as much ns 1 did. We had a bad time of it, Miss Willousbby. Lie lielped me to bear it." "Ask LJm no more questions, dear," said ber cousin. "To-morrow, as many as you please. There is another friend who wants to see you." Then there appeared?none oilier than Dittmer Bock. At the sight of Katie he burst into mHOlMlW. 'Mill .?? h tl I fl ?T ill] <1 lIMtCISIKU. ..W, OI foil on his knees. "Acli, Himniel," Ijo cried. "It "was my fault. I ought never to have left you alono. 7 -was a Duinm Kopf. J lost, my way in 1lio fog. And it was midnight when 1 got back to the Park, and you were gone?you wore gone, Katchen, car. you forgive me? AM your sufferings were my fault?mine. Rut they are all over now that " He stopped and choked. She gave him her liand, which he kissed, and got up still penitent. "You did your best, Dittiuer. Do not reproach yourself. Can I ever forget that yon were the only friend we had in the world?Lily and I?before we *11 lost each other. "Where is Lily?'' Dittmer stammered. "1?1?I?do not know," he said. "I spek her still." "We must find her. Dittmer. Do not let us !ose sight of each other agate. __________ You must have so much to t'.'ll me * after all these weeks." "Ach! I must no more call you Katchen, but Fraulein Willoughby? ? and you -will no more listen to me, because?He stopped and looked confuscd. "But you -will be happy. What matter if all the woild -were 1 bankrupt, so that you are happy. It as true that my salary, which was forty pounds a year, is now sixty pounds. 1 should have had thirty pounds a year to help you with, because I could live ] easily on thirty pounds a year." He < sighed as if he had lost a beautiful i chance. "I must not grumble. Your i happiness is worth more than thirty 1 pounds a year. It is true also that I 1 have nearly completed a project which i would give, I am sure, another Godefroi to Hamburg, if I could be helped by your sympathy." , "You will always have that, -Ditt- i mer." J "No; you can no longer listen to my ' plans. What are ambitions without a sympathetic friend?" "Why not, Dittmer? 'Did-we not agree that I was always to be your' . sister? tyhat has happened to destroy that agreement?" .. ] "You arc rich; you have many friends; you will have also " He stopped because the other Miss Willoughby shook her finger. "Ya?I gombrehend. I say nichts. 1 search for my island in the Pacific Ocean, like Herr Godefroi." "Herr Bock"?it was the other Kate ?"you can have no more time. Now | go?all of you?because there is still nno other friend " "My dear," she said, -when they were' nlone, "does joy kill? Are you strong enough to bear the greatest surprise of all? Everything has been restored to j'ou. Your name, -which your father concealed; your fortune, -which a dis- ] honest lawyer wished to rob; and?and ?oh, Kate?we are happy together, i Heaven gavfc you to me on the day i when my love came back to life?I give J you back to Tom?not killed, but escaped?and at home again and -well? [ . -waiting for you?waiting for you, my 1 ' dear " ( One shall be taken and another left. ( Where is the woman -who was left? ] Alas! they have not yet found her, though Dittmer seeks her continually. 3 Perhaps in the future, far or near, the ! happy woman who was taken may be 1 permitted to bring the solace of love 1 that endureth beyond shame unto the hapless woman who was left. So mote ' ] it be! ( They were married from Hurley ] TTrmsp s;r> that the cirls who have to 1 seek continually for work and have never any joy in their lives, or rest, or love, and never get enough of anything, have now something sweet and j pleasant to remember and to toll. THE END. ^ ( ilii Devotion Saved Him. The prosecution of a "strict mem- 1 her of the cuurch and a man of-most j exemplary deportment" for disturbing 1 the congregation while engaged in divine worship, by his singing, was the subject with which the court had to wrestle in the case of State vs. Linkhaw, CO N. C. 214. The report shows j that the effect of the singing "was to , make one part of the congregation ( laugh and the othei ma1!; that the ir-' i religious and frivolous enjoyed it as 4 fun, while the serious and devout i were indignant." It was shown that 1 the disturbance was m> great that the | preacher in one instance declined to j sing the hymn announced, that the j j presiding cider bad refused to preacn in the churm on account of such dis- 1 turbanc?, and that, after a sermon of < especial solemnity, a leading member 1 of the churph bad on one occasion gone 1 to the defendant and specially re- * quested him not to sing at that time, { and in this instance he refrained. But ] that, althought the church members ] and authorities bad on many occasions j expostulated with him, he persisted in ] singing, and declared that "he would J worship his (Jod, and that as a part < of hia worship it was his duty 1o sing." He was found guilty. But the case ' went to the Supreme Court of the State, where it was held that, as he had no intention or purpose to disturb i the congregation, but was conscientiously taking part'in the religious services, he was not guilty, notwithstanding the fact that a disturbance ( resulted. Thus, again, was religious freedom established.?Case and Comment. Keeping Good Company. Experienced advertisers thoroughly understand the importance of keeping j good company?a matter that does not always impress itself upon beginners. Therefore novices in the field of publicity before spreading their wings for higher flight should diligently study tiie advertising tone of the medium Ihey contemplate employing. Are the i reputable advertisers there? Is objec- '< tionable advertising excluded? Is the character of the advertising columns such that they nr? likely to appeal to people of taste and refinement? These i are vital questions which may as well be applied t'j the newspapers as to other publications.?Philadelphia Record. Money From Frngn. Several young men of Clyde have been engaged during the past week in catching and shipping frogs to the city market. The frogs are raked up from the bottom of the canal, where they lay in the mud in a torpid state. The business pays those engaged in it from $5 to $9 per day. From sixty to 380 pounds of frogs' legs can be secured daily, which can be readily , sold for fifteen cents a pound. , One man in Clyde has been out driv- i ins about the country the past two weeks catching frogs in the ponds and ditches, anil lias realized from $3 tn Xfi n tlav for his services after nav ing expenses.?Clyde Correspondence of Ilocbester Herald. A Fifteen Ton IMece of Coral. The dredger Go"ornor, in tho old Taeific Mail dock, did herself proud yesterday mcrning by landing a tifteen-ton piece of coral on dry land. The big scoop Lad been delivering ordinary loads, wlien tlie boom dropped and tlie engine started to linul in a fresh load. Then the gear groaned and things commenced to make a big fuss, and more steam was given and everybody stood by. Balanced as neatly as an egg in a spoon came up a coral rock far too big to get in the scocp and just able t? cramp in under the gin blcck.?Honolulu Commercial Advertiser. \ rHE GEEATDESliiOYJEK : >OME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT j THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. The Saloon Problem and Social Reform? j A Lnree i'roportlon of Crime lit Hue lMrcctly to tile Liquor Traffic? Statistics That Appall. Under this head, Dr. Barker, in his rcry helpful book, "The Saloon Prob- j lem and Social Reform," says: "The , Dftieials of prisons and penitentiaries ind reform schools all over the country J unite in testifying that ft large propor- ^ Hon of crime is due directly to the j liquor traffic. Not long since a general average of testimony gathered from 1017 keepers of county jails in various j portions of the United .States showed , that the proportion of crime due to j flrink was seventy-two per cent. That , the saloon is destructive of social order j is abundantly confirmed by prison sta- < tistics. The whole number of cases brought before the Boston Municipal n.iminni /"Viiir* frp tlio u?nr pndintr Of1 tober 1, 1903 was 23,525; of this number 17,118 werecuses of drunks. There were 8525 cases of commitments for jail offenses in Connecticut for, 1902; 4617 of these were for drunkenness, and C94G of the total or nbout eightytwo per cent., .by their own confession pleaded guilty ajs drinkers of intoxicants. In one year there were 82.000 arrests made in Chicago. The City Prosecutor recently said: "It is true that three-fourths of the crimes of Chicago are due to liquor." The Superintendent of Bridewell says: "Liqour is the cause of the incarceration of eighty per cent, of those who are com- < mitted to the Bridewell." The prison warden of Pittsburg reports: "CM! 7579 convicts sent to Jail during 1902, nearly every one was treated for alcoholism, -while of this number 709 suffered from aoute delirium tremens, sepen dying." Mayor A. F. Knotts, of Hammond. Ind., says: "Ninety-five per cent, of all crime is caused directly di* indirectly by drink. The police records of our city show that more than ninety per cent, of all the offenses committed are the result of intemperance, and that qur police force, maintained fit an expense of $15,000 a year, is almost exclusi'vely^empioyed in watching find caring for men. women and children affected by drink." Hon. S. M. Nichols, former Mayor of Wilkesbarre, Pa., -with a population of 60,000, and 126 saloons, testifies thus: "During my seven years' tenure or orace i nave nau about 7000 oases before me, and I am satisfied that about ninety per cent, of them were the result of drunkenness." Judge Severance says: "During my nineteen years as Judge of the District Court I have sentenced nearly 400 people to the penitentiary, and I have traced ninety per cent, of this crime to liquor drinking." The report of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics on the influence of the liquor traffic in regard to criminals informs us that 'eighty-two per cent, were in liquor at the time of offense," and that "in sighty-four per cent, the intemperate babits of. the offenders led.to a condition which induced the crime." More than .this that, "excluding minors, ninety-six to every 100 were addicted to the use of liquors." Ez>Drnnkard'? Primer: Remarkable. Mr. Evan Roberts' gathering at Caraarvou, the other night, may be fittingy described as a drunkards' revival meeting, the references to the pastconlition of several new converts being [he feature of Jhe meeting. A deep sensation was created by a remarkably mpressive and eloquent prayer offered by one who had long been a welltnown character in Carnarvon. "O r.nrri /ho rriPfll T thflnk Thee for IHV reclamation. I, an old gambler, Sabbath-breaker and notorious drunkard. Would to God I had never beeo these things, but I thank Thy grace that I :an say to-uight I am not now these things. It is Thy grace I have to thank that now ray little ones no longer, as 3f old, run to conceal themselves un- | Jer the bed at the sound of my approaching footsteps, but, with their mother, welcome me with open arras. My earnings, formerly spent in drink in bell's branch establishments, now bring comfort to a long cheerless home, md for this I thank Thee. Thou knowest my heart is warm towards my old boon companions, but Thou knowest I dare not seek their company lest my resolution should prove too weak. O Lord, Thou bast saved me, the greatest flrunkard of the town. O save every drunkard, Lord." A I.eitou to Heed. Since the great earthquake and fire disaster at San Francisco the Mayor of that city has closed the saloons to prevent a reign of disorder and crime. The closure lias had the desired result, and very little rioting and law violation has been known. That city and all other cities ought to heed the lesson, and for the snke of peace ana gooa oraer snux up the places where crimes are planned find criminals are prepared for 'their work, not only 'on certain occasions, but all the time.' . ... i . ' Sobriety Sentiment in MigaiSBlppi. The most virile temperance sentiment now prevails throughout Mississippi. ?Tot only is there a vigorous war being made upon the C. 0. D. business ?a war to the very hilt?but many of the circuit judges are much more severe than usual on the ordinary crimes of the day. Judge Cochran, of the Meridian District, deserves special mention for his courageous arraignment of lawlessness generally. Drinks aud Drinkers. You often liSnr a moderate drinker say of a man who tries to drink it all: "If I were like that man, I wouldn't touch a drop." Ever ?ccur to hiin that perhaps the drunkard used to make the same talk??Atchison Globe. Snppresaing the Gnilty Traffic. A little more than half of the entire area of the United States is now free f?om legalized saloons ana sa.wj.wv of our people Jive under the prohibitory laws. There is everywhere a widening and deepening conviction that this guilty traffic ought to die.?New Voice. 110 Dimension*. What is the breadth of the love of Christ? It is broad as mankind, it is narrow as myself.?Maclaren. Temperance Notes. Drunkenness is preventable by a true socializing of the individual life. The saloonkeeper is a social vulture. * He preys on the social carcass. ! Where the dying and the dead are, the dram shop is built. The drunkard is a man with neither regret nor hope. Of the 137 counties of tiie State of Georgia, 102, nearly three-fourths, are now under prohibition of the beverage sale of intoxicating iiquors. Only tbir- i , ty-five counties are ".wet" in any de- . gree. < [BE SUNDAY SCHOOL NTERNATIONAl LESSON COMMENTS FOR JULY 22. subject: Jeans Teaching How to Pray, Luke i)? 1.13?Golden Text, Lukt xiv 1?Memory Verses, 9, 10?Topic: How" to 8npplleate? Commentary. 1. Christ teaching His disciples to pray (vs. 1-4). 1. . "Was praying." It was the habit of Christ to pray. "When ^ He ceared." Perhaps He was praying $ such a powerful prayer aa to arouse ( M the feeling that they knew not how to j pray aright. "As Joha also taught." | Pi Each new dispensation may not only ^ have its new unfolding of truths, but Its new revelations may open new | g modes of access, and new topics of pj prayer and modes Qf worship. A differ- y] ent prayer was offered in the Mosaic ritual from the patriarchal form. John ^ opened up a new scope of prayer, and j; this new dispensation requires of Jesus to ?et the range of prayer in accordance with the new range of truth, aud the new position of man with God. 2. "S^y." The beauty and value of j,j ho laosnns in th<? T^>riVa nrnvpr nrisft I A from,11. The tone of holy confidence? ' TJ it teacjhes us to approach God as our Father (Rom. 8:15], in lcrveas well as Li holy fear. 2. Its absolute unselfish- C( ness?it Is offered for all the brother- , hood of man. 3. Its entire spirituality ?of seven petitions, one only is for any ^ earthly boon, and that only for the sim- Tl plest. 4. Its brevity and absence of all vain repetitions (Eccl. 5:2). 5. Its Tl simplicity, which requires not learning, but only holiness and sincerity for Y its universal comprehension. For Jl these reason the fathers cal.'ed It the <p] "epitome of the gospel." "Our Father." An expression of love and conde- ? scension. "Which art in heaven." In the former clause we express His nearness to us, in this His distance from us. This phrase in the Scriptures seems used to express, 1. His omni- p, presence (1 Kings 8:27). 2. His majesty and dominion (2 Chron. 20:fi). 3. re His power and might (Psa. 115:3). 4. His omniscience (Psa. 33:13-15). 5. x His infinite purity and holiness (Isa. w 57:15). "Hallowed be Thy name." The ol "name" stands for the man himself? jjj bis character, his ability, his posses- w sions. "Thy kingdom come." The n< kingdom of His power, His gospel. His grace and His glory. "Thy will be j n( done." The will of God is infinitely Sl good, wise and holy. "As in heaven." ^ "0? onrrfllo onH oil Iho "hncto nf? hpn V- 1 JJJ U1C augcto Ituu Uli M<v V ? W-, . en. "So in earth." By mortals. 3. "Give us." The good things of .J this life are the gifts of God. "Day b' by day." In the order in which our needs are felt. "Our daily bread." J Life'8 most common necessity. Strength to gain it, skill to earn it, power to eat ( ?all are from God. 4. "Forgive us our sins." Sin is here represented as a debt. "We also forgive." Else how could we entreat ^ Thee for pardon. "Not into tempta* ,,, tion." As the prayer for daily bread ' raises us above care for to-day, and the prayer for the forgiveness of ains is meant to quiet us concerning the past, so is the prayer against tempta- J; tion a weapon for the uncertain future, ? that we 'may not fall again under-the J *v might of evil. "Deliver us from evil." j rr From all the wicked fascination and miserable results of sin, from its blind- P ness and insensibility, from its unspirituality and rebellion, from its hardness and its punishment; from all that dishonors God and ruins the soul, from its guilt,"its power, its shame and its doom. n< II. The parable of the importunate borrower (vs. 5-8). 5. "He said." Al-, 1 though idle repetitions in prayer are F; forbidden, yet persistency and impor- j tunity in prayer, wrestling with God ! *n and not letting Him go until He has a? blessed us, are here distinctly taught. 91, See Luke 18:1-8. "Midnight." In those P hot countries it is common, where it 50 can be done safely, to travel in the night. "Lend me." It was usual witb : the Jews to borrow bread of one an-! . other. ,n G. "Friend?is come." Benighted, in belated and who has lost his way. A strong reason why he 6bould have P1 prompt relief. 7. "Trouble me not.*' 1U The trouble made him insensible both 110 of the urgency of the case and the j P1 claims of friendship. "In bed." We learn from travelers that it is usual in ! . the East for a whole family to sleep ! <n in the same room, each Jaying his mat- ai tress on -the floor. "I cannot." Without exertion, which was equal to, "I ?( will not" 8. "His importunity." Literally, his shamelessness; that is, his of unblushing persistence. ai III. The disciples urgfed to persistency ic prayer (vs. 9-13). 9. "I say unto you." We have it from Christ's own mouth, who knows His Father's 5? mind. "Ask?seek?knock." In everyr 01 thing, by prayer and -supplication, we P? are to make our requests known unto God; then we are to "seek"?continue 01 to ask and knock at the door of His 1 *5 mercy. 10. "Everyone?reccivetb," etc. Christ promiseth to hear and answer. ? No soul can pray in vain that prays as God has directed. 11, 12. "If a son 1 shall ask," etc. From that which the friend will do, the discourse of the Sa- ri viour rises even to that which one ' could expect of a "father," and from that which an imperfect earthly father fp. does even to that which the perfect Father in heaven bestows. ' ?? 13. "Being evil." Sinful people are * ready and anxious to give good gifts " to their children. "How much more." ?; How much more will one whose nature J? is love and who is infinitely holy and good give good things to them that ask Him. "Holy Spirit." The essence of all good gifts which the Father hi heaven can bestow on His praying child, j" "To them that ask." The asking must be hearty, sincere, earnest, fervent and in faith. , In m Seeks Treasure in the Sea. e{. A contract has been concluded by the Greek Government with the Leg- _ horn Divers' Association for the recovery of seventy Turkish warships sunk at Navarino by the English, French and Russian fleets in 1827. The Turkish ships are "believed to h\ l ~mnnair Thp TOTl- ml iiilYt; uitrneu iliuoii auuuvj . tract also includes a search for the Koman galleys sunk betwen Corigo e;v and Candea while conveying art treasures from Greece during the jj] Latin conquests. The exact spot in j( which the galleys lie is already ca known, a Greek diver having recently us brought up a beautiful Greek vase, ^ which the Government purchased for f,. 400 000 drachmas. le, Kabbies in Ma^.'iacliusotts. Since January 1 there have been in Massachusetts more than fifty undoubted cases of rabbies in dogs, be- bc sides three cases in cattle and one ic; horse. Al) records of previous epi- Bi demies of this dreaded disease are sa already broken. da sa th< Hazing to Be Stopped. on The outrages perpetrated upon a freshman in the University of Wisconsin hy.ve brought the faculty to a determination to eliminate hazing jntireJy from the university. 01 - ' \ . * t . HIS HANDS. , ?rror ihaf stalketh in the night reighting the souls of men with fright* ocfiing man's puny walla with might; y tiiese, heartless, aimless rush at of the lulling, dreamless hush, aming with fear in the dawning'a WoiW ovel and palace, hut and hall, illar and portal, gate and wall. lung in a mad wreck, one and all! ye, then we eigh of the chastening rott bat has made the land as a shattered clod? . -* re murmur: "It came from the hand 0? G?<L" ^ten!-From.homeland and. overseas wonderful song is upon the tireeae? be chant of the swelling sympathies. sten, and look; from the chest, and fete :me the gold and stores that were'Ma within? nd the folk of the world are to-day akiaga h, gentle mercy encomposseth be peoples who harken with quick-caught breath ? be saddening tale of the city's death. / Dok! For these, in the alien lands, i the hidden bills, on the spray-swep$ sands? uese hands of help?they are God's Own XT J.I xianutt: , . Wilbur D. Nesbit, in Harper's Weekly- 4 A LITIok The dead praise not the LoJ|jt? salms, cxv., 17. Hew mahy of us consider onrselyet ligious, although ours may tie but ac agnaut kind of religion, etin'ed one? week at public worship? A transient ave of emotionalism arouses us Iron# ir apathy, and then our relig. on kwe? fe and movement again for. HBOttaB eek, to prove at last as useless.' >xious swamp lit "not^'by Btara,' hot 1 fireflies, and within whose bounds )thing sweet or inspiring can endure, jch dead souls and characters camwfc aise the Lord.' Some of us, however, make our re* jion a living factor, which llnda not 3 sole satisfaction in formal worship, it riemnnita the translation of that 28 jion into life as well, so that in oar lily work we may show its Influence \ a motive force for good. On Ql )t be said of such people that their 'e is a religion and their religion la fe?not merely a prayer, a ceremony, bending of a knee, a folding of fbe tnds, but a radiant, useful, consistent fe, a blessing to God and man? They, uly praise the Lord. < For that, after all, is the test of car llgion. Does It impel us to right ought and action and help ns te alize the highest, ideals of manhood id womanhood? Does it make onr laracter firm and-genuine andi mold to harmonious growth'the 'hidden >wers of our inmost soul? All (toe largely sentimentalism, upon which > edifice can be securely built. Religion must not be limited to one iations to the Almighty, but it warns as vitally our relations to oar Jgbbor. Does it enter our home and ake it more helpful and loving? Doee enter the shop, the office, the mlf), the arket, and promote justice and mercy, (tweon debtor and creditor, employer. I :<! empjoye, me nuinujetsi. wajjt: miua id the lordliest proprietor? Does if d in banishing trickery, dishonesty* aft? Does it lielp in enforcing right* usness as a vital element in society? If meq and women woold regard rejion as a living force extending over e whole range of individnal hctlvitj} every relation there would be uotbg visionary in such a readjustment nditions as would make the atmoalere of business as fragrant a$ the atosphere of worsjiip. Did not the onk who wrote that "to work was to ay" suggest the ideal side of oor lily calling? There is something inspiring in a lirg religion that appeals for breadth id symmetry, not narrowness and one 3ed growth; which makes the church jors swing outward aud sees through e synagogue window a wider stretch ! sky; which views all life as its altar id every field of human effort the ed ground for highest endeavor. Hot* e world would sweep exultingly into e newer day with such Teligiou exiplified and earth be made the heave* ' heavens, as justice, mercy and iace abide forever with men! Make your religion, then, a living ie. Be satisfied with no other. Let mr religion have the genuine stampu ranslate your creed into your life.? bram S. Isaacs, i'n. jla, rmueuu, *?? , in tlie Sunday Herald. (Vhat I'ower Ru Dehumanized Man? It is surprising how many people ^4 ght along for years \rithout giving iy evidence tliat they have religions ants which crave to bo satisfied, hey show no particular antagonism unfriendliness to the cause of Cmriaanity; hut at the same time 1hey take > step whatever to identify themIves with any institution of v^igion such way as to imply definitely that tey had an inner living care for It he religious side of their lives seeing be impassively negative. The fact, for fact it certainly is, is ost surprising when we consider the sues, personal to each one, at Btafee. 'hat has brmght about this result? 1 'hat diabolical influence dehumanizes ^mortal man to such on extent as to alee lriin indifferent to the higher, tho liritual side of liis nature, and satfs?<1 with the material and temporal? Reformed Church Messenger, Everything,' In 1)8 Place. All the money in the world will not irt a man if he keeps it in the right ace; but two brass farthings will ind him if he puts them over his res. We arc wrong with things, ;tle or great, when tlicy hide from U9 e vision of (lie heavenly; when tiiey mfoii us to the voices that are ever Iling lis higher; when they deaden i to the impulses and promptings dt e Good Spirit; when they divertips nm the patli in which God wewld ad us.? Mark Guy Pearse. 0 Saluting the Flag. Pupils iu the English national hools are being taught the Ameran custom of saluting the flag, it they do so c(iv national anniverries only. April 23, St. George's y, the pupils of one of the fichools ng patriotic songs, while fifty of eir fellow-students accompanied the violin. Hungarian Army Budget. ^ The Hungarian budget provides aU itlay of $7 000.000 for the army*