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CHAPTER IV. C
Continued.
'After a four years' absence Mrs.
Mistley's son was coming back, and
the day when he had left was as fresh
in her mind as ever. She could recall
tfie very expression of his face as the
train moved away?a handsome, boyish
countenance, with a peculiar rigid purity
of outline, expressive of too great
a degree of refinement for comfort in
_ this world. He had left England a
merry, reckless boy, with no great
?ense of responsibility ill life; and now
ihe was coming back a man, with a
name among his contemporaries, with
a definite purpose in life. Sbe won
uereu vagueiy wnetner ne wuuiu utmuch
changed, whether she wonld now
iind him thoughtful and serious.
At last there was a bustle in the station,
and a troop of porters assailed the
platform, arriving in the most astonishing
manner from all sides. Then
the great locomotive came clanking in,
with a mighty sense of its own importance
and general superiority over the
mere local engines arouud it.
A moment later Mrs. Mistley wns
looking into that face she had so
longed- to see. Even amid the confusion
and excitement of the greeting, she j
found time to marvel that there was so
little change in it?a little browner,
perhaps, with a hard, dry look which
?poke of great hardships borne manfully,
and testified to exceptional powers
of endurance.
"Where is Charlie?" were Winyard's
first words. While his mother was ex^
plaining that her younger son would be
"detained at Greenwich until Inter in
the aay^the colonel approached with
Mrs. Wricbl af-his side. No form of
introduction was attempted; the old
soldier came forward Tyith outstretched
hand, and as he tc?k Mrs.
(Mistley's fingers within his, he horded
.with a peculiar old-fashioned courtesy
iwhich conveyed a wondrous amount of
admiration and respect.
"Mrs. Mistley!" he said, "I should
liavc known you anywhere. "We carried
a photograph of you in our dispatch
case for many mgnths. I think
iWinyard considered it the most
precious document there."
"And which," added that respectful
youth, gayly," "the colonel left lying
frbout one night in the rainy season, the
consequence being that it all came ungummed,
and nothing was left next
morning to the eyes of a bereaved son
but two sticky rolls of wrinkled paper.
- one of which was found adhering to
the person o? a native dog. How do
you uo?-Mrs. wrigntr"
The young fellow became sudden.'y
Silent, and turned rather hastily to find
the luggage. There were unshed tears
In Mrs. Wright's eyes, and perhaps he
. was not quite sure of himself; at all
Events, he was by no means sure of
the colonel, who, like many brave men,
. was nfflietcd with a soft heart.
Presently the two small boxes were
found and placed under the care of a
porter, who shouldered them both at
once with ranch zeal. He saw how the
'land lay, and knew that his reward
ivould be greater than his deserts.
After having arranged that Mrs.
Mistley and her two sons should dine
rwith them in Seymour street that evening,
the Wrights drove away, and
mother and son were left alone together,
CHAPTER V.
A Bloody Mission.
There is in the lamentably uninteresting
parish of Lewisham a long
street where the numbers of the houses
attain to three figures. Standing at
the end of this street, one has before
cne's eyes a lesson, in perspective.
No. 51 is occupied by- Mrs. Gredge, a
lady who. like the blind beggar, has
?een beiter days. After the manner of
elderly females of a brilliant past. Mrs.
Gredge lets lodgings, and it with her
/ lodger that we have to do. '
T-nllrtTx? -rover nf CTlTiRAt ehflTIP in
1lie sky over the roof line from No. 48
to No. 50, and lighted up the bare parlor
of No. 51 Frout street, Lewisham.
The hideous -wall paper, representing
innumerable baskets of impossible
flowers hanging from festoons of blue
ribbon attached to nothing, -was shown
up in all its brilliant crudity by the
searching light.
Small portions of thiB flowery
abomination were Ndden by framed
prints, of which the poor workmanship
and general vulgarity prepared
ono for the information in the corner
of each, to the effect that they
were specimens of German enterprise.
At LULU lauiu 1X1 LUC LCUUO \JI
room sat a young girl. She did not
look more than twenty years of age,
though at times the expression of her
lace was almost that of a woman of
forty. From a low white forehead
her dull flaxen hair rose in a soft
curvo before it yielded to the black
ribbon that bound it in a loop low
down 011 her neck. The light rested
softly on it, but failed to draw from
its smooth bands any gleam of life.
She wore it parted at the side and
brushed well back. Her delicately
cut faco was pale, and there was a
neruiinrlv drawn look about her lins.
which were very red. Mrs. Gredgc
knewjier lodger by the name of Miss
Marie Bakovitch; to many lovers of
music in Loudon she was known as
the Baroness de Narttille.
Tho whole life of her being seemed
to bo centered in her eyes. They
wero intensely blue, with almost metallic
gleam.
Before her on the table was a
newspaper which she was slowly
scannaing. column by column. She
followed the lina of .columns with a
pencil; not.like one who is reading
word for word, but as if she were
ficarchins for some particular news,
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the jest of the printed matter fceiDg
indifferent to her. a
Suddenly she laid down her pen- t
cil, and looked toward the window f
with expectation visible in every feature.
She bad not been mistaken, i
From below came the sounds of^hur- 6
ried footsteps on the> deserted pave-'
iment, then the creaking ol an iron f
gate. ' . . c
She cculd hear the distant tinkle r
of a bell, and a few moments later j
| some one knocked hurriedly at her
' door. c
) "Come in!" she said, in a quiet t
voice, and she leaned back in her ,
i chair without looiting toward tnc j
1 door.
| A tall, graceful man entered the r
j room.
j "Marie." he said, "he has come! g
117e is in London!" E
I The girl did not move nor look to- t
I -ward him; her eyes were fixed on the ^
yellow sky over the roof of No. 48. _
"He has come! he is in London!" j
she repeated after him, as if to force r
the news into her own brain.
One white hand was lying idly on
the table, extended toward the young f
man. e
j He tooh a step forward, and
raised her fingers to his lips. Then ?
| he seemed to remember the shrine
in the corner of the room, for he B
, bowed before it, and crossed himself r
' rapidly but with reverence. v
| For some moments he looked at f
the fair girl in silence; she was <3
slowly pressing the hair back from y
I her temples. Then be suddenly fell f
on his knees at her side, and seized 1
i her two hands in his. He forced f
her passionately to look at him. c
"Marie! Marie!" he exclaimed in t
Russian; "for the love of Heaven, c
give this up! It is madness! His t
life will make no difference; you can v
pdo no good by the sacrifice of yours. a
1 'Think of your mother, your sister; a
[think of me! You can not love me, t.
or you would not hold to thiB mad . a
purpose!" r
| She looked down at his pale, mis- 1
| erable face with an expression which n
( any but a lover would have read as -s
fatally kind and affectionate. c
j "Yes, Ivan, dear," she said, in a r
| faint, weary voice, "I love you. But d
1 love my country first. Oh, Ivan! 1
I will you never understand what this c
i love of one's country is? I reproach ii
I myself again and again for filling t
I your brave heart so that there is no I
room in it for patriotism. No, no; e
a thousand times no! 1 can not give t
1 it up. Think you that I traveled to d
| the south, then borne to holy Mos- e
cow again, only to leave it in a few
' days for this doomed land, to give up t
j my inspired purpose after all? No; p
j it cannot be. Let me think what a
must be done. I am dazed, like the i
hunter who suddenly finds himself f
' face to face with his quarry. Where p
i* >,* >? a
"He is living -with his mother in a
Eedford Palace, London. Marie, I c
will warn him if you do not listen t
to me. It is my duty. I must save i
you at all risk." r
"Ivan," said the girl, with a passionate
thrill in her calm voice, "if t
I thought you would warn him, 1 e
should kill you now as you kneel t
there! God who gave me this work a
to do, will help me to execute it! Be- r
sides, has he not been warned, more h
than- a year ago, and he simply ig- i
nores it?" ' i
"Then threaten him," , said the h
young man, rising and walking *to- f
ward the r/indow. ^
"Threaten him!" retorted the girl,
shrugging her shoulders. "You do *
not know these Englishmen, Ivan. ^
i Threats are to them what oil 3s to a *
J smoldering cinder?it brings out the c
I fire that no one thought to be there." a
For some moments there was si- s
lence in the room. The young man i
stood -with his hack toward his companion.
He was exceptionally tall, with a
slight droop in the shoulders, which fc
suggested a man of thought more /
than of action. c
His slir.i white hands rested on p
the centre woodwork of the window, t
and he was gazing abstractedly at the v
deserted road, parched and grass- c
grown. Gradually there came life \
I into his eyes, the inward light reflect- 1
I ed from an alleviating thought with- t
! in his brain. i
He turned slowly, and his eyes 1
rested thoughtfully on the young *
girl's bent head for some moments. 4
"Marie," said he at length, "if I fl
swear to kill him, will you marry me
to-morrow? Let me call you wife
for one day, and I will be willing to .
take the risk of getting away when ^
' ?when it is done. We can go to t
1 America; my art will keep us com- (
fortably there. See, I have only been
in England a few days, and I have j
already sold many sketches. It is a j
strange w-y to win a wife, by assas- ^
sinating a man whom I cannot but j
adm'.re."
| "Admire!" echoed the girl. "The 1
man?the individual does not come
into my i-ioughts at all. It is the
work he has done and will carry on
unless he is stopped; the harm he has '
done to our country. What care I *'
if he be a scoundrel or a patriot, ?
young or old, beloved or alone in the
world? It is the same to me Ivan. 1
It is the power within him I aim at,
not the man himself. You cannot
realize what harm thin man can yet
rir, Vrwi ,irf> half a Nihilist, and
think that our country's ruin vill
be brought on by a succession of emperors;
they at. least are patriots. {
No. no; if you men would only com- j
bine, the whole world could do no r
harm to us. It is the inward rot- t
enness of the people's patriotism
hat drags down Holy Russia!"
, "Wil you let me do it?"
"No, Ivan, I.cannot.... God gave me
he work to do, and I must not skirk
t. If He intends me to oscape when
t is done, He will help me; if not, 1
vill take?what comes."
Her blue eyes flashed with the
ire of religious fervor, but she leaned
r?rr?CQ tho tnhlo nnrl lofrl hor "hnrifl nn
lis, as if to soften the cruelty of her
>wn decision.
The girl looked very frail and
lervous as she sat in the fading light,
""here was, however, a strange, set
ook about her mouth; her level, red
ips were pressed together with a
irmness betokening a marvelous deermination
for a girl of her phyique.
The young man rose from his seat
.nd walked to the window, pressing
be soft, straight hair back from his
orehead.
"If you forget your own mother,"
le threw back sharply over his
boulder, "you cannot overlook his.
Vhat*uhas she done that you should
mnish her? She is no doubt proud
if her son, who, after all, has done
iothing but his duty, though God
mows he has done that well."
"I think of nothing, Ivan?I think
if no one. All must be sacrified to
he gocd of the country! Am I not
villing and ready to risk my own
ife? '
"And throw aside my love," interupted
the young man.
"For the holy cause? Can you not
;ive up something, Ivan? Though I
aarried you, I could not make you
tappy. It is not in me to be content
fitb the trivial occupations of a wife
.nd?a mother. I cannot rest now;
olten tniuK, ivan, mat inert win uo
10 rest for me on earth."
She spoke in a cold, weary voice,
.s though the words were forced
rom her by some superior will, not
manating from her own being at all.
Then he came towards her with
ioth hands outstretched.
':On'ly.. marry me, Marie," he
irged.'in a voice hoarse with supiressed
passion. "Marry me, and all
fill come right. Rest will come, and
teace?ah! and love, Marie; for you
lo not love me now. I can see it in
our eyes. We will go away and
ind a new home in a new land,
'here we can watch things from afar,
or we can do no good; the sacrifice
if our happiness in the cause can do
mthing. It is not thus that the fate
if an empire is ruled. It is in higher
lands than ours; or, as some say, it
fill work itself out despite emperors
.nd statesmen, despite lives thrown
way and homes made desolate. If
here were work to do, I should be
^mong the first, you know that, Ma
le. Jl is weary worts. iu pa bo dug d
ife in idly waiting for a crisis that
lever comes, but it is written, and
ve cannot but obey. When the time
omes, there will be no call for statesnen
and politician?; the people will
!o the work, the people will find the
eadere. Ah, Marie! if you would
mly listen when I tell you that this
s not Work for women, these are no
houghts for a woman's mind!
Sverything in the past points to it,
verything in the present confirms
hat God will not have such work
[one by a woman's hand. He will
Lever bless such an undertaking."
Mental resistance in woman is
isually totally without respect to
ihysical for'ce. The man might have
.rgued and persuaded till dawn; but
t would have been of no avail. The
rail girl was as intention her puriose
as the most de^efrniqed man,
.nd.with the additional "incentive of
. woman's unreasoni&l^lbelfet'in her
iwii convictions, whicn wilt not lisen
to the most and convincng
argument, at
ailder measure*.?^
The man.kneHy #t, with
he stubborn dy . \ .tyiorthrn
blood, he y '-*v Appeal
-=?- tir V hp
o ner raww../ . /> ?
.ttempted to art. - . a faint
eflex of the pe "r * ' '^wa
leart. He-tefek^ yV. Jin.
te drew iMtf tov ppng
till the sd ; y U; '
ter temples tour# :: We
ervently and ^1 at
ainly sought ? . , But
she, forV _ <o
lands were pri? a
/as around her, P ' y 4ng
lips were cl<^ '
lung to ber argf,, r
.rgument, and nd ' -v
istance of one w>- - , v '
dea of yielding, y. - '
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Notice of^ .s I
Ad ingenious elec\ ^
las been installed by\
Utou Railway Compaq .
T its stations, and ? V.y" , My
rincipnl hotels in cf.
hrough which its trairi* JfP
ice resembles a clock inV^^-^wJce,
. hand moves on a dial andn^ratea
vhether tbe train is on timiyor, If not,
low many hours or minutes it is late.
Lll these bulletins in one togfti act sinultaneouslv
and indicate tlie same
act. The operator at the station conrols
them all, using a device similar
0 a telegraph instrument controlled by
1 telegraph key.
Publicity.
The first newspaper man to exploit
'publicity" was the elder James Gorlon
Bennett. You remember his fanous
apothegm?"First get the news:
hen make a dom fuss about it." Ha
;ot the idea from u favorite old lieij
n his chicken yard, who, when she
iad laid an egg, cackled wildly about'
t for half an hour so that all the poul-|
xy world, and other worlds, could'
earn of lier important performance.?i
Victor Smith, in the New York Press.
Eplacopal Approbation.
iishop Meade of Virginia was optn
tin? adornment of churches,
md also lo tbe adornment of tlie persons
of liis clergy.
"Good morning, Brother Brown!" he
said to a young deacon. "Who curlcd
Cour hair to-day?"
"The Lord," replied tne young muu,
svitli offended dignity.
"Indeed!" said the Bishop. "It is
rery well done." '
A wagonette containing a wedding
wrty was upset by a motor car in
Paris. The bridegroom thrashed the
notor car driver, and then took him
o the Dolice station.
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
NTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR NOVEMBER 25.
lubject: The World's Temperance
Sunday, Isa. v., 11-23?Golden
Text: I Cor* iv., 27?Memory
Verse, 11.
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California has the smallest horse "
>n the world. It is only twenty-two v
Inches high and weighs seven pounds d
when shod. r
Mr. Peter Paulson, an American ?
farmer, recently inherited a sum of t
money from his mother, on condition a
that he goes to church every Sunday c
for the next fifteen years. The near- a
est church he can attend is ten miles t
from his home. ?
Lion tamers frequently perfume ^
themselves with lavender. There is, ;
it is said, no record of a lion ever c
having attacked a trainer who had \
taken the precaution of using this t
perfume. Horses are delighted with 1
certain perfumes. 1
A bank note that passed through
the Chicago fire is one of the curios E
preserved in the Bank of England.
The paper was consumed, but the (
ashes held together, and the printing i
is quite legible, and it is kept under 1
glass. The bank paid the note. *
?
Having advertised as a widower in j
search of wife No. 2, a man of St. j
Gall, Switzerland, showed the fifty (
replies and photographs which he (
had received to his wife, and, stating *
that if she did not want him there 1
were others who did, he effectively ?
cured her of her "nagging" habits. .
i
The proposed cable to Iceland is to {
be laid from the Shetland Islands to 1
Thorshavn, in the Faroe Islands, and t
thence to Seydisfjord, in Iceland. 8
From the latter point there is to be a ]
land line to Reykjavik. The cable is }
not expected to be completed until (
the autumn. ?
A Canadian farmer, noted for his 1
absent-mindedness, went to town one (
day and transacted his business with :
the utmost precision. He started on ^
his way home, however, with the firm ]
conviction that he had forgotten .
something?what it was he could not i
recall. As he neared home the con- i
viction increased, and three times he 1
stopped his horse and went carefully (
through his pocketbook in a vain en- ^
deavor to discover what he had forgotten.
In due course he reached j
home, and was met by his daughter, ]
who looked at him in surprise and i
exclaimed: "Why, father, where have i
you left mother?"
j
The fox is an excellent mouser. He j
will lie and watch for a field mouse
' in the long grass like a cat, pounce J
upon it, kill it with a bite and lay it <
one side until he has caught another,
when, picking them all up, as many
as he can carry in his mouth, he will
canter away with them to serve them j
out to the cubs. This fact was confirmed
by witnesses in Scotland who ,
were examined by a committee of the 1
Board of Agriculture when taking i
evidence on the occasion of the plague 1
of field moles on the lowland sheep <
farms in 1893. 1
BIG BUILDINGS MARKED DOWN. ;
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Value of Great Insurance Structures j
Away Below Their Cost. j
The total cost of the present 1
Equitable Building in New York was 1
$18,000,000. Its present value, on 3
the Equitable's own estimate is not
more than $15,000,000. Only the
phenomenal growth in Broadway land ,
| values has saved the policyholders
from a much greater loss.
The New York Life's Broadway j
building cost $7,121,000; the com- 1
pany now claims a valuation of only 1
$5,000,000. > '
The Mutual's main office building -j
in New York cost $17,277,000; the
Mutual has written off more than j
$6,000,000 in the last seven years. ;
Many of the foreign buildings show '
similar depreciation.
The Equitable's Melbourne "adver- 1
tisement" cost $2,S64,000; the societv
at nrosent eives it a value of (
only $2,000,000. ; (
The first -New Yorfc Life building (
In Paris cost $1,102,000; in 1891 the <
French Government valued it at
$4?G,000. The present Paris build
ids cost $2,500,000; the company
JK>W jives it a value of $1,300,000.
The Equitable has invested $37,884,000
in its fifteen office buildings;
the insurance department, in
order to give them an earning power
of three per cent., has placed the ;
value at $26,000,000?a loss of $11,- '
500,001). Should the properties ac- 1
tually be sold, the depreciation 1
would probably be even larger.? ;
McClure's Magazine.
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Alcohol in Bread. ]
There has been much discussion i
?bout the quantity of alcohol con- '<
tained in ordinary bread as the re
suit of the fermentation process to
which it is subjected before baking.
Evidently the quantity is small, but
until recently, it would appear, c.liem- :
ists have not succeeded in accurately ;
measuring it. Now, however, it is .
announced that Dr. 0. Pohl, by an \
elaborate process based upon the dis- t
tillation of the bread to bo tested 1
in a Papin digester, has ascertained <
that ordinary bread normally con- !
tains 0.753 of a gram of alcohol for J
every 100 grams of bre?td, or a little '
more than seven parts in 10,000. It t
is well to be precise, even in small (
things.?Youth's Companion.
Brains of Great Men.
Braino of great men vary very 1
much. It is found that men of en- (
cyclopedic mind have large and j
heavy brains?Gladstone had to wear i
a very big hat with an enormous bed
of gray matter and numerous convolutions;
on the other hand, men
whose genius is concentrated upon
one line of thought are of small brain |
and, consequently, havp small heads. c
Newton, Byron and Cromwell wero ^
in this class.?Kansas City Journal.
I. The drunkard's feast (vs. 11,
2). 11. "Woe." Grief, sorrow,
aisery, a heavy calamity, a curse.
Early in the morning." When it
ras regarded especially shameful to
Irink (Acts 2: 15). Banquets for
evelrv becan earlier than usual
Eccl. 10: 16, 17). "Mays follow
trong drink." That they begin and
ontinue to use it from early morn
ill night. Palm or date wine was,
ind is still, in use in the Eastern
ountries. Judea was famous for the
abundance and excellence of its palm
rees; and consequently had plenty
if this wine. Drinking strong drink
b the chief business of the day. "Till
vine inflame them." Until there is
ixcited, excessive action in the blood
'essele, causing them to act in excitement,
in. anger, or . any evil way
vhich their natures might be made
o feel,'under the.unnatural pressure
ipon the forces and functions of the
iody. In this condition no man is
ible to use good judgment, or to exscute
his work correctly.
12. "The harp." A stringed initrument
of triangular figure. Music
vas common at ancient feasts (Amos
5: 5, 6). "The viol." An instrunent
with twelve strings. "The tablet."
A Bmall drum or tambourine,
)layed on as an accompaniment to
linging. "Pipe." The principal musical
wind instrument of the Hejrews.
Such as indulge in revels
nust have every sense gratified, for
>nly by being stimulated by such ex:itement
could they at all be satisled.
"They regard not." The most
positive proof that such conduct is
sinful.
II. God's judgments on the drunkird
(vs. 13-17). 13. "Therefore."
Because they ignore God's warnings
ind continue in their drunkenness.
my peupic. ?juuau, ui 101 a^i, vi
joth. "Are gone." The prophet
sees the future as though it were
present. "Because they have no
tnowledge." Because of their foolsh
recklessness in following strong
Irink they make drunkards of themselves.
They are contrary to wisdom.
They become captives because their
Drains are so ruined by excessive
Irinking that they are not capable of
icting the part of prudent, care'ul
nen. "Honorable men are famshed."
Strong drink ruins those in
Honorable positions just as quickly
is men of low estate. "Dried up
with thirst." Both the great men
ind the common people suffer alike
vhen in captivity to the cruel power
jf strong drink.
14. "Hell." Sheol, the place of
the dead. Sheol is personified and
:ompared to a ravenous beast, eager
to swallow its prey. "Hath enlarged
tierself." There has been so great a
slaughter that the world of the dead
is too narrow to accommodate all
who enter there, and has to build on
an addition?has to increase its capacity.
"Opened her mouth." The
tense in the Hebrew changes here,
[t should be "and is opening her
mouth." The slaughters have not
leased.
15. "The mean man," etc. Its
victims include all classes. Even
"liie mean man" is "brought down"
:o a lower level, and to the same level
'the mighty" and "the lofty" are degraded.
The drunkard soon loses all
self-respect, then his respect for. all
that is good, even respect for God
and fear of his judgments. This is
to become a sccfTer. 16. "Shall be
sxalted in judgment." When man's
glory is all passed away God is unjhanged.
Though men scorn His of
fered mercy and refuse His wise
counsels He is not cast down. He is
exalted. "Sanctified in righteousness."
Regarded as holy by reason
of Hi3 righteous dealings. 17.
'Then shall the lambs," etc. When
these are gone into captivity and
3wallowed up in death others shall
Bll their places.
III. The woes of the drunkard
(vs. 18-23). 18? "Iniquity." Guilt
Incurring punishment. "Cords of
canity." Wickedness. Rabbins say,
an evil inclination is at first like a
fine hairstring, but the finishing like
a cart rope. These sinners harness
themselves like horses to a cart, and,
straining every nerve In sin, they
drag their punishments with them.
19. "Let him make speed," etc.
rhey challenge the Almighty to do
His worst, and set His justice at defiance.
They do not believe that the
judgments threatened will come. 20.
"Call evil good," etc. Men resort to
lying subterfuges to justify themselves
in sanctioning the liquor
traffic. 21. "Wise in their own
eyes." Those who prefer their own
reasoning^ to divine revelations, who
despise or reject the gospel, or who
claim to have a knowledge of it, but
Ho not practice it. ' *
22. "Mighty to drink." Those
who boast that they can drink more
than others and yet be able to stand,
rhey shall not escape the curse of
arunKenness. to mmgie strong
drink." To add spices to strong
drink, and then count themselves
strong because they can endure the
effects. Their glory is their shame.
23. "Justify the wicked for reward."
Who, as judges, pervert justice and
for a bribe acquit the guilty. Who
for the sake of votes, or political influence,
or favor with the people,
yote with the saloonkeeper and help
make bad laws. God will punish
such. "Take away the righteousness."
Though a man be proved innocent,
yet because he does not give
i fee he is condemned by these unjust
men. Misery will overtake hint,
7^-1 ? C .,/rot? "PrA^nof irvn
lil'J 111 ill 5 x *
Belgium's extensive cultivation of
sugar beets is nearly sufficient for its
125 sugar factories and refineries.
The only factories importing beets
ire near the frc?iticv. The importa;ions
in 1003 amounted to 317,173
;ons, against 125,572 tons in 1904.
Belgium consumes only twenty per
:ent. of the sugar it produces, exporting
the rest, amounting to 94,225
:ons in 1205 and 130,031 in 1904.
rhe yield for 1905 was twenty per
:ent. in e>:ces3 of that of 1904, due
:o an increase in acreage and to bet:er
crops.
Cemetery Lot is a Freehold.
Attorney-General Miller, of India
la, has decided in the rase or a can'idate
for office where real estate
nvnership was a requisite of eiigibilty
that ov/nership of half a lot in a
:emetery made him a freeholder.
Spain to IVaild 5000 Schools.
Spanish Minister of Public Instrucion
Gimento has announced a projict
for a loan of $10,000,000 for the
:onstruction of 5000 primary schools
luring the next fivt years.
. ... - ,?
THE GREAT DESTROYER J
SOME STARTLING FA CIS ABOUT
THE VICE OP INTEMPERANCE.
A Sweeping Verdict ? The Distinguished
Dr. Mctcbnikoff Shows H
How Alcohol Paralyzes the 5
White Cells of tlie Blood.
Dr. Metchnikoff lately lectured in
London. A considerable part of his H
first lecture, delivered before a large Tj
medical audience o" very great distinctioD,
was devoted to a discussion
of the influence of alcohol upon, immunity
from, and susceptibility to, H
disease?these being ultimately dependent
upon the behavior of our w
white cells. One wished that the
abused and flouted medical pioneers, n
long dead, could have been present p(
at that lecture and could have heard \\
the enthusiastic and spontaneous applause
with wbich that audience
greeted Professor Metchnifeoff's successive
sentences. The professor
showed that alcohol, even in tiny
dose3, paralyzes the white cells of
the blood. In the presence of dele- ,
terious microbes ^whieh they would
otherwise promptly and successfully
attack and bill, the white cell3 re- t
main passive and motionless. n
It is an easy matter to protect rab- 0
bits against the disease known as "
anthrax, but the methods which are ai
ordinarily so efficient are found to
fail completely if the rabbits mean- 01
while have been dosed with alcohol. ei
Then, when the white cells are e<- o:
amined under the microscope, they
are found to be paralyzed. A host of P
other microbes beside that which "
causes anthrax are found to be sim- w
ilarly advantaged by the paralysis P:
which alcohol induces in the defend- s<
ing army of the body. * a:
Lastly, there is the extremely 11
striking fact that, in almost every
case, the failures to check the devel- a
opmenfof hydrophobia in persons u
sent to the Pasteur Institute were a
found to occur m ajconouc pauenis.
The summary of Metchnikoff, loud- n
ly applauded by a large audience ful- o:
ly representative of the leaders of tl
scientific medicine in this country, si
was this. " tl
"Besides its deleterious influence ?
on the nervous system and other im- L
portaut parts of our body, alcohol, tl
therefore, has a harmful action on
the white blood cells, the agents of o
natural defense against infective mi- a
crobes." it
By a curious chance the post brings si
me, as 1 dictate this article, a little G
pamphlet upon the food value of malt P
liquors. I note with interest a quo- ti
tation from the late Sir James Paget, r
writing in the Contemporary Review t]
symposium upon alcohol, now ab- a
surdly out of date. The great sur- t]
geon qualifies his highly qualified h
opinion by the phrase "with such evi- n
dence as we have." r
Well, after all these years, we have t
more evidence, and it ri.&y interest g
the reader and the conscientious pre- p
parer of advertisements to know that a
in a few months there will appear a ij
new and"unique discussion of alcohol, a
which is being edited, at my.request, a
by the honorable secretary of the So- o
ciety for the Study of InebriateB. h
This work will consist of twelve ar- h
tides, written by twelve oi' the most
distinguished members of the medi- t
cal profession in this country, and h
covering as many aspects of. the tl
great question which is shortiy to tl
engage the attention of Parliament. p
i desire nothing more than the dis- o
semination everywhere of authorita- h
tive medical opinion on this subject. V
But 1 mean to put a stop to the quo- d
tation of opinions twenty years old.
If the upholders of alcohol want to
invoke science, science they shall
have of that draught, at any rats,
they cannot drink too deep.?London 0
Daily News. f
s
Beer and Murder. t
A whisky drinker will commit
murder only under the direct excite- j,
ment of liquor; a beer drinker is cap- a
able of doing it in cold blood. Long
observation has assured us that a ^
large proportion of murders, deliber- t
ately planned and executed without tl
passion or malice, with no other mo- j(
tive than the acquisition of property ^
or money, often of trifling value, are t
perpetrated by beer drinkers.
We believe, further, that the hereditary
evils of beer drinking exceed n
those proceding from ardent spirits q
?first, because the habit is constant, j;
and ^without paroxysmal interrup- n
tions, which admit of some recuper- E
ation; Bscon^jy, because Leer drink- jj
ing is practiced by bcth sexes more >
generally than spirit drinking; and, *
thirdly, because the animalizing ten- c
ilency Is more generaljy iransmruea. c
I?Pacific Medical Journal. v
v
The Right Answer. B
In an address to a temperance so- t
ciety, Admiral Capps told a stor/ c
which is printed in the New York a
Tribune. . ... a
j A man who had ruined his health r
with alcohol sat looking sadly at his t
wife, to whom he had made many t
promises of reform. c
"Jenny," he said, "you are a clever ? o
woman, a courageous, good woman, a
You should have married a better
man than I am." o
She ioolced at him, thin limbed and i:
etoop shouldered, prematurely old, e
r.nd ansv/ered, quietly, "I did, James." v
C
What They Producc. t
Here is an illustration of what sa- a
loons produce. In one corner of Ok- *
lahoma, a few miles from the Indian v
Territory nne, mere is u ssaiuuii uum
which has come in four years ten *
murders, sixteen assaults with Intent
to kill and eigbty-one cases on the v
commissioner's docket for the illegal ?
introduction of whisky into Indian
Territory. ?
Temperance Notes.
Saloon-bred crime is at flood-tide y
in Chicago. x P
IS
Hie doctor is no match for the u
drink seller. c.
There are 12,000 personc in Ger- ti
man lunatic asylums whose minds G
have been deranged through excessive
drinking.
Close the saloon, shut down the
brewery, and allow the distillery to If
make alcohol that is fit for fuel and p:
for nothing else. le
Just to be a saloonkeeper is punishment.
A man who cannot be
proud of his job is in trouble, no matter
how rich he gets. jr
Georgia Prohibitionists announce jc
<1 contest in 1907 for State prohibi- ol
~ ? nnA nf/~, nnm nvonorinc for fVlo ?
LiUIJ, auu CM w uu IT AW* VMM a
fray. There has been much activity M
in Georgia during the past two years, w
The educational committee of the w
City Council of Berlin, Germany, has hi
issued a memorandum to mothers di
warning them against the practice of w
giving children wine or beer, even in T
small quantities. ps
The per capita consumption cf *(
liquor is on the increase. ,
pj
?. v . N:?"V- '/.>. Vvfc f
v
r^UGHTSFg^^ M
3
HE KNOWS. I |9
e kncwB the bitter, weary way, \ H
e knows the endless striping, day bj day\
tie soula that weep, the sonls that pray, \
He knows. CjB
e knows how hard the fight hath been, \ V
i>e clouds that come oar lives between, \ H
be wounds the world hath never seen, \ H
He knows. \. B
e knowB when faint and worn we ?nk \ H
ow deep the pain; how near the brink \
? dark despair we pause and shrink? ' H
He knows. \
e known! Ob, thought so fall of bhssl V
)r though our joy on earth we misi (
7e still can bear itt feeling this? ; I
He knows. H
?Christian Work and Evangelist. fl
Prayer. I
And Hannah prayed and said, etc, N
-I. Samuel,, xl., 1. 9
The chapter frbm'wjtiich the above M
;xt Is taken shows clearly that Han
ah's prayer was, nothfn? btit^a-byn)n -9
C praise. It follows,^neref ore, that
i a Biblical sense prayer and praise ~<l
re synonymous terms. Hence the I
rlter of the Psalms finishes the sec- I
ad book with the words "Here are I
aded the prayers of David, the sob I
t Jesse." I
Although most, if not all, of these I
rayers express only gratitude and, I
lanksgiving, praise is interwoven/ I
ith and implied in prayer, for both' J
rayer and praise emanate from one^^fl
jurce divine, namely, perfect faith* I
d belief in God. The true believer fl
l disclosing his heart in supplication' riB
efore the Almighty proves hid hope jfl
nd confidence in and dependence JS
pon Him, and thus he tacitly adores 9
nd glorifies His -holy name. The E
nbeliever, however, never feels the 9
ecessity of uttering words of prayer. "JB
r praise. The people of Israel joined 1
ieir leader, Moses, in chanting a 51
ang of praise unto God only.'.when ' " jm
aey firmly believed in Him, as it is I
ild "And they believed in the I
ord," etc.; "Then sang* Moses and t I
le children of Israel, etc. ?- > .V.fgS
The only reason why bo many
ar present day hare become callous
nd insensible to prayer and praise V
i simply because their religion ia
hallow -and their belief superficial,
(od dwells not in their hearts, hence
rayer never passes their lips. It is
rue that such people, too, sometimes
esort to prayer; for Instance, when
hey are plunged into distress, when
ny signal misfortune belals them,
hey cry out in terror and ciespair for
elp. But what a prayer! There is
o hope, no faith, no humility and no
esignation in such a ' prayer. Its
ruitless result deteriorates and deenerates
them more than ever. The
rayer of the believer, however Is
Iways soothing, solacing, encouragag
and elevating, even though unnswered.
For the supplicatoi' f?ill^ .
ttribute its ineflecli^efi^ss to^ his
wn unworthiness, and- thus he will J
enceforth make efforts ' to Improve 3
is demeanor and sancUfyvhis life.;
We should, therefore, ever strive
o foster in our hearts and in the
earts of our children true belief and J.
he principles of true religion; then
he sweet voice of genuine prayer and
raise will frequently be raised in
ur dwellings, as well as in our
ouses of -worship.?Rev. Dr. Fallr
ridaver, New York City, in the Bunr
ay Herald.
Love is Religion. N v :
The love of a child for its parents,
f husband and wife, of friend for
riend, or of a man or woman for,
ome favorite animal, all testify to
he existence of unselfish tendencies
a human nature. There is not only; _
desire to be loved, but a necessity of
svlng, of going out o? ourselves and
ttaching ourselves to another bpingJ
In the truly- good -man, howetvef,'
his disposition Is supreme; andfrinj
he absence of it no one has any right, y.|
o assume the Christian name. Be-' rffl
ore wo have that right love must; &
e our master, and no profession of ?
elief in God can be sincere iff It is1 >
ot shown by a generous and untaint-' i
d love for our fellow-men. Thus; *
lany who in these days denounce our . .
Christian civilization do so with no
ittle justice. Wh?n we see Christian!
ations armed at all points spending
oillions of money and training mil-. $
Ions of men with the express pur-*
ose of setting them to destroy one '
nother if a quarrel arises, the un-'
hristian character of much of our
ivilization cannot be denied; When %
ve so often see the wealth and lux-j
iry, worldliness and selfishness, of]
aembera of the richer clasies, while. l':
hose by whose toil they thrive are
'ften left in large numbers to live
. life of hardshin and' nrivation. we .
.re sceptical as-to' the . reality of-tho
eligiori which 'they profess.- They'
nay feive some-little of'their surphlp<?
o feed the poor; but it is not always
ut of love for them, but simply out
f regard to what they consider to be'
. social obligation. ' ' i
Surely if our civilisation or even!
ur religion wererootedand grounded}
love, thing3 would be very dlffernt;
for he that lovethnot his brother
/horn he hath seen cannot love
rod whom he bath not seen. He
hat loveth God must love his brother,
lso. It must not be thought that
ove is like a mere obligation which'
rer are bound to fulfil, a law we are
ommanded to obey. It is far more
ban that. It is the one condition by.
/hich we rise to a higher and a diiner
life. It leads to the knowledge
f God and to fellowship with God,
or he that loveth knoweth God.?
Lev. Walter Lloyd.
The Fulcrum of Prayer.
Self must be the fulcrum on "which
our prayer will rest, but it is not the
ower that lifts you heavenward. It'
i by looking out, not in, by looking
P, and not down, that a man esipes
from the bondage of sin into
le peace and liberty of the sons of
od.?Washington Gladden.
Be Lifted.
If we do not lift up our life to the
!Yel of our prayers, eventually our
rayers will be dragged down to the
ivel of our life.?Bishop Brent. ^
Lost Child in Wolf's Dca.
Alter being lost for two days, dur- ig
which the entire countryside
lined in a hunt for her, t'our-yeard
Margaret Schweitzer, daughter of
well-to-do farmer of St. Joseph,
.inn., was iouuu uuuaruieu iu a
olf'3 den in the forest. The child
as well and apparently contented,
at 3coIded her rescuers for having
riven away the "nice little doggies"
ith which she had besn playing,
he child said she had discovered the
ith leadins into the thicket and had
jllowed it, and that she had not
sen cold or hungry, because she had
lenty of nutE to eat.
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