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I MAIWA'S 3t>< : C |-' ALLAN QUATERiWAIN'S By H. RIDE Author of "She," "Kifi CHATTER VI. 10 Continued. "The white uian is cleverer than a jackal. "Yes, 50 shall it be, and may the Snake of the Butiana people stand up upon its tail and prosper the war, for so shall we be rid of Wambe and the tyrannies of Wambe!" After tnat tue gin iuaiwa sioou up, and once more producing fhe dreadful little dried hand, made her father'and several of-hislieftd councilors swear by .;it' and upon it that they would carry out the war of vengeance to the bitter end. It was a very curious sight to see, and the fight that ensued was, by the way, thereafter known among the tribes of that district as the "War of the Little Hand." The next two days wore busy ones for us. Messengers were sent out, and every Available man of the Butiana tribe was ordered up to "a great dance." The country was small, and by the ^evening of the second day some twelve hundred and fifty men were assembled. At dawn of the following day, the fourth from the departure of the heralds, the main Impi started under the command of Nala himself, who, know 1ng that His life ana cmeitamsmp uuzig upon the issue of the struggle, wisely determined to be present to direct it. With him went Maiwa, who was to guide them up the secret patb. Of course we bad to give them two days' start, as they had more than a Jinndred miles of rough country to pass, including the crossing of the great 'mountain range which rai} north and south, for it was necessary that the Impi should make a wide detour in Viut'l IV COViij/c ucicv,iiv?i. At length, however, at dawn on the .sixth day, I took the road, accompanied "by my most unwilling bearer?, "who did not at all like the idea of thus putting their heads into the lion's mouth. Indeed, it was only the fear of Nala's ( ., spears, together with a vague confidence in myself, that induced them to accept the adventure. With me also were about two hun.. dred.Butiawis, all armed-with guns-of vnrious^ind^for many of tliese people iad guu|,\thOTigh they were not very proficient in the use of them. But they carried no shield and wore Jio head-dress or armlets; indeed, every rwarlike appearance was carefully avoided. With our party went also a sister of Maiwa, though by a different mother, rwho strongly resembled her *iu face and form, and whose mission it was to personate the runaway wife. That evening wc camped upon the .+nn nf <hn cliff un which we had so ? ?r - j ibarely escaped, and next morning at ithe first breaking of the light we rolled away the stones with which we had blocked the passage some days before, and descended to the hillside beneath. Here the bodies, or rather the skeletons, of the men who had fallen before my rifie still lay about. The Matuku soldiers had left their comrades to be buried by the vultures. I descended the gully into which poor Gobo had fallen, and searched for his ibody, but in vain, although I found the spot where he and the other man had struck, together with the bones of the latter, which I recognized by the waist cloth. Either some beast of prey had car Tied Gobo off, or the" Matuku people had disposed of Lis remains, and also of my express rifle which lie carried. At any rate, I never saw or heard any more of him. Once in Wambe's country wo adopted a very cimcumspect method of proceeding. About fifty men marched ahead, in loose order, to guard against surprise, while as many more followed behind. The other hundred were gathered in a bunch between, and in the centre of ... v '.these men I marched, together with the girl whp was personating Maiwa, and all my bearers. We were disarmed, and some of my men -were tied together, to show that we were prisoners, while the girl had n blanket thrown over her head, and moved along with an air of great dejection. We headed straight for Wambe's place, which was at a distance of about twenty-five miles from the mountain pass. When we had gone some five miles we met a party of about fifty of Wambe's soldiers, who were evidently on the lookout for us. They stopped us and their captain asked where we were going. The headman of our party answered that he was conveying Maiwa, Waiu:be's runaway wife, 'together with the white hunter and his meu, to be given "up to Wambe in accordance with his command. The captain then wanted to know why we were so many, to which our spokesman replied that I and my men were very desperate fellows, and that it was feared that if we were sent with a smaller escort we should escape and bring disgrace and the wrath of Wambe upon their tribe. Thereon this gentleman, the Matuku captain, began to amuse himself at my expense, and mock me, sayiug that Wambe would make me pay for the soldiers that I had killed. He would put me in the "Tiling tnat bites"'?in other words, the lion trap? and leave in* there to die like a jackal caught by the leg. I made no answer to this, though my wrath was great, but pretended to look frightened. Indeed, there was not much pretcuse about it?I was frightened. I could not conccal from myself tli.Tt ours was a most hazardous enterprise, and that it was very possible that I might make acquaintance with that lion trap before I was many days older. However, it was quite impossible to <lesert poor Every in bis misfortune, so & iad to go .on and trust to Providence -- REVENGE )R : <JfGREATEST ADVENTURE R HAGGARD. g Solomon's Mines," Etc. as I Lave so often had to do before and sincc. And now a fresh difficulty arose. Wambe's soldiers insisted upon accompanying us, and what is more, did all they could to urge us forward, at 1 they were naturally anxious t<> get tc ' the chief's place before evening. But we, on the other hand, had excellent reasons for not arriving till night was closing in. since we relied upon the gloom to cover our advance upon the koppie which commanded the town. Finally they got so importune thai we had to flatly refuse to move faster, nllpsrinc ns a reason that the cirl was tired. Tliey did not accept this excuse in good part.' and at one time I thoughl tiiat we should liave come to blows, for there is no love lost between Butianas and Matukus. At last, however, either from motives of policy or because they were so evidently outnumbered, they gave in, and suffered us to go our own pace. I earnestly wished that they would have added to the obligation by going theirs, but this they absolutely declined to do. On vhe contrary, they accompanied us every foot of the way, keeping up a running fire of allusions to the "Thing that bites'' that jarred upon my nerves aud discomposed my temper. About 4.30 in the afternoon wc eamc ir? a neck or ridce of stony ground, whence we could plainly see Wambe's town, lying some six or seven'miles away, '.nd 3000 feet beneath us. The town is built in a valley, with the exception of Wambe's own kraal; that is situated at the mouth of some caves upon the slope of the opposing mountains, over which I hopci to see our Impi's spear6 come flashing in the morrow's light. Even from where we stood it "was easy to see how strongly the place was fol'tified with schanses and stone walls and how difficult of approach. Indeed, unless taken by surprise, it seemed to me quite impregnable to a force operating without caunon. and even cannon would not make much impression cn rocks and r.tony koppie? tilled with caves. Then came the des.cent of the pass. nvilnnns hncinosB it TTHK. fOl" ilUU UU uiuuuvto the path?if it may be called a pathwas almost entirely composed of huge water-worn bowlders, from the one to the other of which we had 10 jump like so many grasshoppers. It took us two hours to get down, and traveling through that burning sun, when at last we did reach the bottom I for one was pretty nearly played out. Shortly afterward, just as it was growing dark, we came to the first line of fortifications, which consisted of a triple stone wall pierced by a gateway so narrow that a man could hardly squeeze through it. We passed this without question, being accompanied by Wambe's soldiers. Then came a belt of land, three bun* drcd paces or more in widtb, very rocky and broken, and having no huts upon it. It was in hollows in this belt that the cattle were kraaled in case of danger. On the farther side were more fortifications, and another small gateway shaped like an inverted V, ana just, ceyond and through it I saw the koppie we had planned to seize looming up against the line of mountains behind. As we went I whispered my suggestions to our captain, with the result that at the second gateway he halted the cavalcade, and addressing the captain of Wambe's soldiers, said that wc would wait here till we received Wambe's word to enter the town. The other man said that -was well, only he must hand over the prisoners to bo tijken up to the chief's kraal, for Wambc was "hungry to begin upon them," and his "heart desired to see the white man at rest before he closed his eyes in sleep,"' and as for his wife, surely he would welcome her. Our lender replied tliat ne eouiu.uoi do this thins, because his orders were to deliver the prisoners to Wambe at Wambe's own kraal, and they might not be broken. How eould he be responsible for the safety of the prisoners if he let them out of his band? No; they would wait there till Wambe's word was brought. To this, after some demur, the other man consented, and departed, remarkins? that he would soon be back. As he passed me he called out. with a sneer, pointing, as he did so, to the fading red in the western sky: "Look your last upon the light, white man, for the 'Thing that bites' lives in 'the dark.'* Next day it so happened that I shot this man, and do you know, I think jiw.* i.~ St. nVir>T,+ /-miv hnmnn taeincr lllrtl HC" io uuv/ui v???j 1, who lias come to harm at my Lands for whom I did not feel sincere sorrow aud, in a degree, remorse. CHAPTER VII. THE ATTACK. Just where we halted ran a little stream of water. I looked at it, and an idea struck me. Probably there would be no water on the koppie. I suggested this to our captain, and acting on the hint he directed all the men to drink what they could, and also to till the seven or eight cooking pots which we had with us with water. Then camc the crucial moment. IIow were we to get possession of the koppie. When our captain asked me, I said that I thought we had better march up aud take it. and this accordingly we went on to do. When we came to the narrow pateway we were, as I expec*>d. stopped by two soldiers who were on guard there and asked our business. The captain answered that we had changed our mind and would follow od to Wambe's kraal. " ' Tie soldiers said no: we must now ] wait. j' To this we replied by pushing them j f to one side, and marching in single i file through the gateway, which was | distant not more than a hundred yards j from the koppie. While we were getting through, the men we had pushed away ran toward a the town, calling for assistance?a caH t that was promptly responded to, for in I * another minute we made out scores of i armed men running hard in our direc- ^ tion. , ?** j So we ran, too. for the koppie. _ 'As soon as they understood what we ! were after, which they did not at first, ^ owing to the dimness of the light, they ^ did their level best to get to the koppie ' before us. ^ 1 But we^had the start of them, and c ! with the exception of one unfortunate t 1 man, who stumbled and fell, we were well on to it before they arrived. ^ This man they captured, and when ' fighting began on the following mornL ing, and he refused to give any infor! mation,. they killed him. 1 Luckily they had no time to torture him. or they would cfertainly have done c so, for these Matuku people are very | fond of- torturing their enemies. 1 When we reached the koppie, the ~ base of which covered about half an 7 . 11 ' acre of ground, the soldiers wno uau ' been trying to cut us off halted, for a they knew the strength of the position. 11 This gave us a few minutes, before 0 the light had quite vanished, to recon- f ' notre the place. n We found that it was unoccupied, for- h tified with a regular labyrinth of stone 1 walls, and contained three large caves s' ; and some smaller ones. The next business was to post the w men to such advantage as time would a allow. My own men I was careful to put ; right at the top. They were perfectly useless from ter- r ror, and what I feared was that they b might try to escape and give informa- [ c tion of our plans to Wambe. r So I watched them like the apple of b my eye, telling them that should they li da?e to stir they would be shot is Theu it grew Quite dark, and pres- n enlly out of tiie aaruness x uearu ? voice: it was that of the leader of the t] soldiers who had escorted us, calling to d us to come down. fi We replied that it was too dark to c move: that we should hit our feet i? against the stones. * He insisted upon our descending, and t< we flatly refused, saying that if any i< attempt was made to dislodge us, we t< would fire. t: After that, as they had no real in- P tention of attacking us in the dark, u the men withdrew, but we saw from ^ the watchfires that were lighted fi around that tbey were keeping a strict P watch upon our position. That night was a* wearing one, for j we never quite knew how the situation ! was going to-develop. Fortunately we j e had some cooke'd food with us, so we j b did not starve. 9 . It was lucky, however, that we had u drunk our fill before coming up, for. as I had anticipated, there was not a drop of water on the koppie. ' c At length the night wore away, and with the first tinge of light I began to b go my rounds, and stumbling along the stony paths, make things as ready as I 0 could for the attack, which I felt sure j would be delivered before we were two r, hours older. The men were cramped and cold, and f( consequently low spirited, but I exhorted them to the best of my ability, ] 0 bidding them remember the race from which they sprang, and not show the I - ' ' J -* lf.tnl.a I _ wmte ICUIDGF 10 U crowu Ui- iuaiuaa pdogs. 1 b At length it began to grow light, and presently I saw long'columns of men ' advancing toward the koppie. jj They halted, under cover, at a distance of about a hundred and fifty t yards, and just as the dawn broke, a herald came forward and called to us. ^ Our captain stood on the rock and answered- him. "These are the words of TVambe," * he said. "Come forth from the koppie a and give over the evil doers, and go in .peace, or stay on the koppie and be . slain." "It is too early to come forth as yet," answered our man, in fine diplomatic style. * "When the sun sucks up the mist, u then will we come forth. "Our limbs are stiff with cold." ' j1 "Come forth even now/' said the herald. 'Not if I know it, my Doy, siuu 1 myself, but the captain replied that he would come out when he thought proper, and not before. (To bo continued.) Legends of Old Newgate. . The number of persons confined in the caverns at one time occasionally, exceeded 100, and not a few noted convicts served terms of imprisonment there. Many are the legends that t cluster about the crumbling walls, and j every turn in the underground passages ^ suggests some story of one or another. 0 of the convicts who have been confined v in their dark recesses. As he leads the j way from point to point the guide de- j lights to recall these tales, and before you leave the place you feel that you i have added to your circle of acquaint- ? ances a number of more than doubtful characters. Among them are the negro Jake; Dublin, the Incorrigible; Henry ? Wooster, the daring Tory; "Priest" Parker and "Old Guinea," with many 1 others of less note.?New England B Magazine. . \ The Civilization of Africa. a The combination of landowners sur- f rounding Donya Sabok, a spot which e the libn, rhino, buffalo, giraffe and j eland sepru to have adopted as a home f of shelter and safety, have resolved c to protect, in a degree, a preservation , of their rights and the animals as well. c -** -1 *" ft 4- nrnconf 1 'A'lie game ox me cuumij ??. plays a big part in the assets of our s infant colony, and it is the duty of both officials ami settlers to see that laws regarding shooting and trapping c of wild animals are rigidly enforced.? a From tbe Nairobi (British East Africa) t Globe Trotter. 8 0 Old Tom Corwin, as he was famil- 0 iarly known, Governor of Ohio, United c States Senator and Secretary of the f Treasury in Fillmore's Cabinet, used to c say: "Be solemn?all the monuments C are raised to solemn asses." . b , P It isn't woman's rights that some y women are constantly clnmoriDg for; a 1 it's all the rights. o, ' G ^?U5EHOLD2 For Washing Silk. An old recipe for gashing Bilk of .ny kind or color is as follows: Put he silk, one piece at a time, into a lasin containing alcohol, soft soap ,nd common black molasses, in equal larts. Work the silk up and down a this mixture, avoiding creasing the ilk if any rubbing has to be done. Vhen clean, hold the silk in one land, and after drawing the liquid uto the basin with the other, lay in lear, cold water. Rinse in this and :eep changing the water until it is lear. Do not wring the silk at any ime during the process. Hang, dripiing, on the line, .until partially ried, then press on the wrong side. ?Good Housekeeping. A Home-Invented Clothes-Closet. As my sleeping room had no lothes - closet, I obtained a board welve inches wide and four feet Dng. This was fastened securely to he wall by means of brackets, just igh enough for me to reach conveasntly. Into the board I screwed bout two dozen hooks?the kind tr> factor! ir>ln flip under Side f shelves. This made ample room or the clothes that were needed aost, and has an advantage over ooks put up against the wall, in hat the clothes do not crush nearly o badly. Some pretty curtains eaching from the shelf to the floor rere used to drape the closet.?Womn's Home Companion. The Kitchen Sink. The ideal sink is of porcelain with oiled edge, round corners, porcelain ack and open plumbing without a rack or crevice for dirt or the ever eady water bug. He is ready still, ut he must live in the open and not ie concealed. A white enamel sink 3 almost as good as the porcelain and 1UCU less e.\yeii?i?c. ouapoivuG late are very good, and so, too, is he copper-lined sink. The great anger in the porcelain and enameled inks is the breaking o? delicate hina and glass. The copper lining 3 much the best for that. The rooden drain boards tipping slightly Dward the sink are a great conven;nce. Frequently rubber mats with oughened surfaces are placed on hese to keep the dishes from sliping. There are, besides, wire and ickel-pl&ted dish-drainers, .which rill keep the plates separated one rom another while draining.?Harer's Bazar. Why It Doesn't Save. Do you find your gas-stove a real conomizer? If not, may not these e some of the reasons: Lighting burners before ready to se them. Baking but one thing at a time. Heating water or cooking in unovered vessels. Placing small vessels upon large urners." Using large burners when a small ne would do. Not turning out the flame before emoving food. Not lowering the-- flame when ood is already boiling. Heating flatirons with nothing ver them. And would it not be worth while o make use of these suggestions? 'or the gas-stove can be, and should e, an economizer: Matches are cheaper than gas. Learn to read the metre?a simple ittle clock. Soak dried foods before cooking hem. Heat water in the oven after the aking is over. When baking biscuits broil beefteak below the same blaze. Both equire quick heat, and both done t the same moment. Try the expert's rule of putting oaf cake into an almost cold oven nd baking with only one burner. Use a steam-cooker if possible, as whole dinner, from roast to puding, may be perfectly cooked in it :pon a simmering burner in three tours.?Philadelphia Evening Buletin. Iced Currants?Heat "t e white of wo eggs until light, but not stiff. Ldd one-quarter cup of water and eat together. Dip large currants, ne bunch at a time, into the egg and rater, drain for a minute, then roll a powdered sugar. Let the bunches ie on paper until dry. Hard Gingerbread?Half a cupful if sugar, naif a cupful of molasses, ialf a cupful of hot water, heaping easpoonful of ginger, one heaping easpoonful of body, two tablespoonuls of shortening. P'lour enough to nake it stiff. Don't roll, but put in a hallow tin with the hand. Steam Peach Pudding?Add two paspoonfais of baking powder and , half-teaspoonful of salt to two cupuls of flour; sift twice and add nough milk to make a tmcK Dauer Jpat"thoroughly and rut a teaspoonul of butter in each of si:: buttered ups; add a thick layer of thinly Meed, sweetened peaches; fill the ups with baiter, set in a steamer ver boiling water for half an hour; erve hot with peach syrup. Braised Cucumbers?Take as many ucumbers as are required, peel them nd cut into two-inch lengths. Cover he bottom of a saucepan with a few lices of fat bacon. Put in the pieces f cucumber, with a sliced carrot and nion, a clove, a teaspoonful of hopped parsley and half a teaspoonul of sweet herbs for each large cuumber, with pjpperand salt to taste. Jover the cucumbers with other lices of fat bacon and fill the sauco? an with Sufficient stock to cover the fhole Stew it gently for one hour nd serve it as an entree as an acomnanimant tv or lamb THE SUNDAY SCHOOT. INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 30. Temperance Lesson, Gal. v., 15-2G, Gal. vi? 7, 8 ? Golden Text, Prov. xx., 1?-Memory Verses, 7, Topic: Life Contrasts. I. The Spirit and the flesh at enmity (vs. 16-18). IB. "If ye bite and devour." In contrast to the love of verses 13, 14. These are terms drawn from the habits of wild beaste in the order of climax. Bite designates the momentary outbursts; devour, the steady purpose of injury; consume, the final result probable to both parties. "Take heed," etc. As wild beasts contend sometimes until both are slain. The idea is that iu their contentions they would destroy the spirituality and happiness of each other; 'their characters would be ruined; the church would be overthrown. 16. "This I say then." Having .pointed out the effects of violating > the law of love, the apostle noW proceeds to show how this" law may be obeyed.' "Walk." This word is often equivalent to "live." "In the Spirit." This is differently explained: 1. By, or according to the rule of the Spirit. 2. Ey the guidance of the Spirit. 3. By the help of the Spirit. Notice. 1. The antagonism between the Holy Spirit in all that he is and produces, and the flesh -with its aDDetites and works, 2. The certainty of victory over the flesh to all those who walk in or by the Spirit. "Shall not fulfil." The strongest negative possible. Ye shall in no wise fulfil. If the Spirit of God dwell in and rule your heart, the I whole carnal mind will be destroyed; and then, not only carnal ordinances will be abandoned,but also the works and propensities of the flesh. "Lust." Desires. "Flesh." That is, the evil impulses which have their seat in the body. . 17. "Flesh lusteth against the Spfrit" The two are antagonistic; each seeks to control the man and be supreme. One or the other rules in.every soul. 18. "But." This-internal strife may be ended. "Be led." By submitting to the Spirit and by following His drawings. "Not under the law." Not under the restraints of the Mosaic law or dispensation, but under the control of the Spirit. II. The works of the flesh (vs. 19-21). 19. "Works of the flesh." The works which are done when the man exalts the flesh and its desires to a controlling influence. 20. "Idolatry." The worship of false deities. "Witchcraft." Or sor I eery. The use of charms, incantations, etc., to produce preternatural effects, "Variance." Strife; a "disposition to dissent. "Emulations." Jealousies, rivalry, endeavoring to excel at the expense of another. "Strife." "Factions." R. V. "Heresies." Parties. Nothing is more in line with the selfish, independent, . fleshly nature than strife, contention, factions and parties in the church. 21. "Murders." Omitted in the Revised Version. But if not rightly in the text it is certainly one of the works of the flesh.- "Drunkenness, revelings." These are the sins that follow the indulgence of appetite. Revelings include drinking, feasting, dancing, ribald songs and debauchery in general. The seeds or possibilities of all these sins are in every unregenerate heart. Many of them may lie dormant for a time; many may never come into actual life; but under favoring circum: stances, away from restrains, they J will appear in the life and character. Every one of these evils is promoted and encouraged by the use of intoxicating liquors. Intemperance excites every evil passion, arouses wrath and hatred, leads to murders, is the friend of revelings. Intemperance is a work of the flesh. It exalts tlje flesh above the Spirit. III. The fruit of the Spirit (vs. 22-26). 22. "Fruit of the Spirit." The fruit of the Spirit is one, yet manifold. He who has the Spirit of Christ has in him the root of all Christian graces. 23.* "Temperance." Self control in the gratification of appetites. While this includes the abstinence j lrom strong drink it must not be | limited to this. "No law." There 1 is no law to condemn those whose i lives are adorned by these virtues. I 24. "Have crucified." The apos1 tie uses the strong figure of crucifixion to show how completely Christians'? those "that are Christ's"? have forsaken and renounced the old life. They are dead to sin. 25. "Live in the Spirit." The Revised Version has "by the Spirit" in both clauses. That is, if we have entered into a spiritual me, lei us continue in that life. 26. "Let. us not," etc. The apostle again points which were destroying their spiritual life. IV. Sowing and reaping (vs. 7, 8). 7. "Be not deceived." This is a warning against self-deception, which, strange as it may seem, is common. "Not mocked." God is not deceived or deluded. "Soweth? reap." This is a universal law of | God's government which He will not i relax. j 8. "To his flesh." He that gratifies bis carnal desires and lives a life of ease and self-indulgence. . "Reai^corruption." A strong figure. | He will reap ruin and spiritual death, j A course of self-indulgence corrupts the moral nature and ends in destruction. "To the Spirit." He who follows and obeys the Spirit. "Life everlasting." In this promise is included all that God has provided for j His people in the world to come. Oldest Fixed Da(e 4241 B. C. Professor James H. Breasted, thf Egyptologist of the University of Chicago, announced in an article in the Biblical World, that the oldest fixed date in hi3tory is 4241 B. C. In thai I ~ 1-?*v ontre * * * rs AO 10T1 rl Q V W35 tablished. the year beginning on whal would now be July 19. Consequents the calendar now in use is 6147 year* old. The professor arrived at thest conclusions during his long exploration trip to the Nile valley, when h< i/*o 1 rlntoc i T f u ilipctl CV.1 IUC aOLLUUUUllUKi -the old and middle kingdoms ot Egypt. Professor Breasted recentlj returned from Egyst. Ray and Night Bark. The directors of the Third National Bank of Ealtimore have decided tc keep the bank open twenty-four hours every business d_ay in the year. Tbis is said to be the" first all night national bank in the country. 8tJiTiassins Harvest in Hungary.'^ Tha crop report of the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture estimates that this year's harvest will exceed those of the last twenty-five years. t -y'.-fr . . .. rHE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. The Publicity Cure ? A Man Who Docs Not Wish It Known That He Gets Drank Should Not Get Drunk. TVe have commented before upon j the case of tbe special inebriates' j train run by one of the railway companies in Liverpool, England. The [ company had arranged to run a 1 special evening train for drunkards on the night of the bank holiday there, but to their surprise there were no drunkards, consequently | ao special trains were required. One ' | or tnc railway omciais speamug m 1 I explanation of this recently is re1 ported to have said: The premature publication of our 1 intentions ruined our plans. The 1 regular topers who before could be relied upon to travel home drunk, have been shamed into sobriety. The i idea of being placed in a compart1 ment with the other drunkards dis'' gusted them, consequently they re1 solved, to keep sober. J consider we bave done more for the cause of tem1 perance than any amount of legislation could possibly do. 1 It would seem from this that a good cure for drunkenness is pub1 licity. In olden times the pillory was con ceded to be a most extreme form of 1 punishment. This was largely because the exposure of those thus punished to publicity and contempt. I ' I Tn.div u man mnv cat. rlrnnk. and I i It is hushed up. He is either stowed away in some room in the convenient hotel or taken care of by his boom companions, or perhaps sent home in a cab. And many men whom people would not suspect of such conduct have been the worse for liquor. From the standpoint of the community this is hardly right. The community should know what kind of citizens men are. People should j be apprised of the character of men whom they are called upon to do j business with or who it may be are I candidates for some office of public trust. A man who does not wish to have I It knov/n that he gets drunk should j not get drunk. The "fact" of drunkenness is more disgraceful and more . degrading than the knowledge of [ such a fact. The wrong is not in being found out. but in getting drunk. That which makes a man unfit for society and untrustworthy in the discharge of his duty is not the public knowledge of his insobriety, but the fact of it. Society is therefore wronged by the suppression of facts regarding the man's conduct in this regard, and men are trusted who would not be were the facts all known. It might not be a bad plan to adopt the publicity cure for drunkenness. to make known to the public those who degrade themselves In this way, so that all men, -both high and low, .rich and poor, should simply appear to their fellow-men as they are. We fancy that if the limelight of publicity were thrown on some men's lives their action in regard to the use of intoxicating liquors would be vastly different to what it is. The Liverpool incident would seem to show that however carelss men are regarding their behavior they are careful regarding their reputations. Why should the rich club frequenter be allowed to tipple and carouse In secret and yet retain a high position in business, and the ordinary wage-earner be forced into the police court and be discharged from his employment for exactly the same offence? The fear of sneers has induced many young men to drink, and fear of sneers would induce many men to keep sober. ?!<-> n/linm ntfnotipfl mhprfi ! it really belongs, some good might be done.?Pioneer. Rnral Dtlivery in Aid of Tempevnncc. Mr.' James L. Spink, one of the best known traveling men of the Northwest, has just returned from a long trip through the country districts of Minneapolis and reports the success of free rural delivery of letters along a line that can hardly have been anticipated by those instrumental in establishing the system. .In ono of the towns where Mr. i Spink sold goods he overheard a saloon-keeper discussing rural de' livery and advancing arguments why the plan should be done away with. The main point he made was that it ruined business. "Wily," S3.1CI IVil". } "when men came into town every day for their mail they were sure to drop into my place while they were waitiDg; everybody treated everybody else, and it made trade lively. Now the farmers come into town but two or three times a .week and more ofteh but once, and the worst of it is they don't happen to come in together for they only come in for groceries or some other supplies, and no two men's supplies are apt to give out at exactly the same time. This, you see, does away with the matter of treating and reduces trade tremendously. It's ruining business, I tell you." Mr. Spink took pains to inquire of the business men he traded with as to the correctness of the saloonkeeper's judgment, finding that it was generally conceded that rural delivery had materially affected the liquor traffic in the small towns and gives promise of being a most "?1!"? vvirtano nf inprpasincr tem- I mcnug Ut <uv. w perance among the farmers.?Minneapolis Journal. Temperance Xotes. England has $91,000,000 invested in breweries in this country. Wisconsin has 603 towns, villages and cities without licenses, and S29 in which bar-rooms are permitted. Mr. Gough said of moderate drinking that "Every drunkard becomes so trying to be a moderate drinker and failing.'' According to the census of 1901 there were 27,707 barmaids in Ensrland and Wales. Of that number. | 7UJ2 were in Loudon. West Virginia has Lccal Option in force in about two-thirds of the State. Tiie movement toward the eighthour day seems to be gaining ground in Scotland, especially in one direction. Many business firm are advocating late opening in the saloons? not earlier than ten o'clock in the morning?and early closing. The police of Paris regularly visit the places where liquor are sold, to have the spirits chemically examined. The specimens are sent to a city laboratory. and. if they are found to be adulterated, the entire stock is seized and emptied into a sewer. . THIS TO WIN. \| ,Who swings with every wind that blotny I Or changes with each changing %? I Into the harbor of succes? . .. ' fl Hie craft will never guide. I Through storm or shine, 'gainst wind tfS I wave, J| With never-lagging courage he > Must steer his vessel ever on, 9 | Straight over life's rough sea. I To breast the storm, the winds defeat* . I The waves o'ercome?this is to win. / | Who labors thus will hear at last jH ?Arthur J. Burdlck, in Los Angela* Herald. ? A Gentle Call i Sometimes the Christian life begins very--simply, especially- with the young. Among those who have beea under good influencefa in the home, the Church, ,the""Sabbathr:scliool and have been living sweet and gentlelives, free from grosser forms of evil, v it is unreasonable to expect any violent "experience" or marked change in the outward manner, of living. Failing to recognize this fact, many parents continue to wrestle with the Lord in prayer for the conversion of their children long after the change has really taken place;! while the children and young people themselves, on account of the same mistaken impression, continue long in strong efforts and deep, unsatisfied longings to become Christians- , after God has indeed accepted theiftv and they are actually living devoted- 1 ly in His service. * It is well for us all to recognise 1 how simply and quietly the Christian life sometimes begins. A thoughtful girl of sixteen years* living in the country at a distance from the church, which made attendance irregular, read, on, a,Sunday, the memoir of a Christian worn an. un closing'tne volume, sne saiu to herself, "That was a beautiful life." And after a little thought**..she added, "And I should like to lire such a lile." A few minutes later, she knelt down and said, "Lord; I will try from this time." The decision was made. She wtfat on steadily, and is still a useful and influential Christian woman, honored and beloved, and widely known for her beautiful and devout character.?G. B. F. Hallock, D. D. . The Measuring-Rod. ' Let us measure our duty in giving. What shall be the measuring-rod? 1. Your capacity. "She hath done what she could." \. 2. Opportunity. "As we havetherefore opportunity, let ue do good, unto all men." 3. Your convictions. "That ser-^ . vant which knew his Lord's will and* prepared not himself, neither did according to His will, shall be beaten* with many stripes." # 4. The necessities of others. "It a brother or a sister be naked or destitute of daily food," etc. 5. The providence of God. "Let every man lay by him in store as God B hather prospered him." B j 6.-.Symmetry of character. "Abound fi in this grace also." B 7. Your own happiness. "It is jfl ! more blessed to give than to receive."" 8. God's glory. "Honor God with' afl your substance."?Watchman. Beware of Pride. H Let us beware of pride. Some we flV proud of their lace, others of their race, others of place, others of their |. face, others . of grace. I have met people who were proud of their humility; and I rather think I was proud once of a sermon on the -"^B "Grace of Lowliness." Nothing shows H more truly when a nature is out of H union with Christ than the obtrusion H of the self-life and the boast of vain- ''I glory. For s'hch a state of mind chastise* 9| ment is inevitable, and who would H not rather trust himself to God than -B| man? David knew that God's mer- R cies were many and tender, and cast IE himself into His hands. Why do we H dread God so much as not to trust Him with our lives, that He may do according to His good pleasure??F. Hfl B. Meyer, in London Christian. Hj A Test of God. There is an old legend of an en< chanted cup filled with poison and pu^ treacherously into a king's hand. H< signed the sign of the cross, and B| named the name of God over it, and it shivered in his grasp. Do you take this name of the Lord as a testl m Name Him over many a cup which |B you are eager to drink of, the glitten ing fragments will lie at your feel^^H and the poison be spilled on tlw RM ground. What you cannot lift before HE His pure eyes, and think of Him Bj while you enjoy, is not for you.?Al< exander Maclaren, D. D. 9fl Christ's Claim. B God will have every common man who has known Christ, to come to 3 decision about Him. This is what Christ came into the -world for. And we, to whom He has been presented all ]H our lives, can, least of all, hope t? escape. The claims of Christ on th? world are not going to be settled b9 our authorities. His last appeal is not to the wisdoms or the powers o) MB the world, but to the common humag heart, with all its prejudice and pa& sion; it is to you and to me.?George Adam' Smith. First Result of Self-Improvement. Every real and searching effort at self-improvement is of itself a lesson of profound humility. For we cannot move a step without learning and "--1: *v"~ ?wwiri1n#? thn V/PJlk leeilUB LUC naj MM ness, the vacillation of our movements BB or v/ithout desiring to be set upon the Rock that is higher than curselves.?W. E. Gladstone. Tlic Grcatert. Rfl He that is least in tho Kingdom oz Heaven is g oater thnn he that greatest outside.?Joseph Parker, Jndia-Chinn Railroad Urged. 9| The commissioner of commerce of Burmah strongly urges the building HH of a railroad into western China, as HH the present pack-animal transport: collapses four months annually, ow- H ing to the rains. The commissioner adds that India's future land trade in China is doomed to stagnation until the railroad is constructed. Nfl Occupants Orrn Farms. BH Nearly sixty per cent, of the farms In the United States belong to theifl H| occupants. 4 HH -