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AIM MM ^ _? 5 *. Jj / "2f A Tale / i^zzz YC JKi .. I ^ Anglojndian I MgC' wi c . c \ *? becretService V _______ CHAPTER XIII. 8 The Lady's Pistol. 'At breakfast next morning Colons IWright explained at some length tha as the stage manager had now ar rived, he failed to see any obstacle ii the way of Winyard and himself in dulging in another morning's fishing This proposal Winyard agreed t witti his usual readiness, and immc diately after the morning meal the fncothpr MUICU 1V1 tU wgvvuv. . According to arrangement, Wir yard went down stream, while th colonel fished up. While he fished, Winyard Mistle was actually pondering over the ac visability of abandoning his new pre fession. What conclusion he migfc have arrived at it were lmrd to sa} had he been allowed to think th matter out; but suddenly the ne' light shone upon it. A light all luri with the hate of man, red with th gleam of aggressive treachery, y< shining with the glory of a steadfas purpose. Among the solitary grandeur < his native bills, by the side of peac< ful Broomwater, an event was de: tined to take place on this fair sunnier morning which left its mark o .Winyard Mistley's life. It was hei that the long pursuit, so steadfast] carried out by Marie Bakovitch, wa to come to an end. As will be learne hereafter, he was fully aware of th girl's purpose, and even knew h? 5 Knt Vtori fl name auu ut-m-iqniuu, uu<. ? ways treated the matter lightly, t * the passing freak of a highly strun and ignorant- girl. Now he we about to learn his mistake; he wj about to face a sudden and unexpec ed danger, alone and unaided,, as h had faced' most things in his shoi life. And the result of it all was t be the appearance of a new all against the little god who had lai 3iis siege so skilfully. Dogged Bri ish pride joined ambition, determii ation and patriotism, and drove the; small enemy shrinking back.. Winyard Mistley had made his ui eventful way up the stream for aboi a mile, and was now approaching, spot where the water broadened ou losing, after the manner of earth] things, profundity in so dcing. Hei were stepping stones and on eac side a natural unmade footpath. Although he was fishing careles: ly, Winyard's eyes were fixed upo the water, and he therefore failed t perceive the form of a girl at tfc edge of the stream, upon the opp< side, and a little higher up. This young lady had apparent] no intention of making her wa across the stepping stones, bein quite content to stay where she wa Every now and then she glance down stream, as if expecting som one; and yet when Mistley appeared unconsciously and placidly anglini she appeared surprised and som< .what disturbed. At tirst she made a movement r 'if to "draw back; and then, sudden] stepping forward, she resolute! planted herself at the water's edg< with pale, agitated face and quive: ing lips, while her small, unglove hand went to the pocket of her dres . Adonis was some distance behin "His master, engaged in botanical di: <coveries, and therefore oblivious 1 all around him. With -aggravate deliberation- the fisherman can: slowly on. The water below tt stepping stones was <of no use 1 iHim, so he raised his rod to gath( In the line and pass on. As be di *o, he lifted his eyes and found hin self face to face with the girl. H< rstttitude, the paleness of her love] face, and the wild excitement glean Ing in her eyes, were instantly ol served by Winyard, and in a flash ( -thought he connected her present there with himself, and with "tt tall, artist whose face he remembere having seen at Victoria Station c the morning of his arrival in En; jana. There was no .Ignoring the girl evident excitement; he could -not intend Ho treat her as a villager, ar pass -tea with a local greeting. F< f.' a moment the ruddy color left h face; but it was not due to cowari ice. for men grow pale in moment of excitement who do not know wh; fear is. Then he raised his cap, bj never smiled-or :inclined his head. The girl Ignored his salutatkr. standing motionless and pale as marble staue. "I am Marie Bakovitch," she sai< simply, the musical tone of her de< voice rising above the brawl of tl water. "I know." he reolied. Even i face of her pale, set features, ac under the gaze of her cold blue eye he could not check the -quiver of h lips. He -was too chivalrous to 1 her see his smile, so he said: "Yc have caught me at last." Then, rod in hand, he stepped ini the running water, while Adon stood upon the bank with his left ei raised, watching these pneceedinj uneasily. The brook sped past Wii yard's legs, rippling and laughin, while with its voice mingled the mu mur of the pine trees overhead, lih the sound of the surf on a deserte chore. Slowly he made his way acros feeling with his encumbered feet ft each standing place, for he dared n< remove his eyes from the girl's pa: and defiant face. Suddenly si ' seemed to realize what he was doinj and she raised one band convulsive] to her throbbing temple3. The hastily she withdrew the other han from her pocket. Mistley saw tb ?leam pf polished metal flashing i * ' ffily ? ** i lung \ Henry tley f / Merriman. t| rmwrnmrnmrnM the sunlight, and a moment later he was facing the muzzle of a pistol, j while behind it he still met those . lifeless blue eyes fixed on his face, ( with no light of hatred in them. The sight of th9 little black orifice, 11 with its rim of blue steel, drove the l" smile from the young Englishman's '* lies; but still he slowly approached ? her with the dogged coolness of his race?not blindly, but calculating y his chances .as if .he were gifted with a dozen lives. l~ "If," she exclaimed, in her pretty, e Russianized English, "you come one step nearer to me, I kill you!" No reply came from his lips. The stream laughed on. Overhead the pine trees sighed, and far away in Lt the blue ether a solitary curlew gave r' forth his weird cry of warning. 6 Facing the mouth of the grim litw tie pistol, and with the same surefootedness he continued his way. e Then suddenly the girl dropped her arm. "For God's sake, stop!" she hissed, stamping her foot on the soft turf. Still he came on toward her, with J- steadfast grey eyes fixed on her face. 5- Then she slowly raised her arm again, and turned the pistol toward n him. While facing it, he was calcue lating the chances with a deliberation y that was surprising even to himself; ls and there flitted through his mind d the recollection of his own failure to e shoot a disabled horse, because -its jr eyes met his without flinching. 1- The bed of the stream was now is rising at a gentle incline beneath g his feet; a few more steps, and he ls would be in shallow water; yet ants other few, and that small white hand t- would be within his reach. ie .Suddenly a streak of white flame rt almost blinded him, and a ringing o report well-nigh burst his brain, y The little puff of gray smoke rose d slowly on the breeze, and Marie Bat kovitch saw Mistley standing in the l- shallow water. ir The sulphurous smoke had half choked him, and some grains of uniMirnorl nnwrlor had flnwTl into his it face, causing a momentary sting; a otherwise he was unhurt. The pist, tol threw high, having been made to !y sell, and not to shoot with, e He gave her no time to attempt a h second shot. In an instant he was on the bank, having sent his rod 3- quivering on to the turf beside him. n He grasped her .wrist, but not too o fiercely, for even then he rememie bered his manners, and the wrist was > very small and shapely. She made no attempt to resist, and [y relinquished her hold ^on the weapon ;y as he firmly took it. Suddenly he g felt the life go from her hand, and s. was in time to catch her as she fell, id unconscious and helpless, forward le into his arms. It took him a moment 3, to realize what had happened; then 5, he laid her gently on the bank, and 3- turned to get some water, which elemont ho cunnnccH tn h<s TlPfPSSfLrV is under the circumstances, ly Carefully holding his cap by the Ly Tim, he suddenly tipped it over, and e, -cast upon the girl's lifeless face a F- cold shock of water, -which imrne*9 diately trickled down her graceful s. neck in a most uncomfortable mand xer. But what man, under the cirs cumstances, could have been expect:o ed to think of that? This vigorous 'S treatment met with its due reward, ie for Marie Bakovitch promptly opened te her eyes just in time to save herself o the infliction of a second capful. ;r "Where am I?" she Inquired in 'd Trench?that being the tongue in i- which she prayed and thought, havJr ing -spoken it before any other, ly; Winyard was ne^er averse to sat> isfying harmless curiosity; but to t>- answer this question was a matter if -of some length, so he ignored it, and :e said in the same language: "Now te you ?.re all right again, is it not so? id. Come., let us sit on that great stone, n There you will get the breeze." 5-; He slid his arm under the light form of his would-be murderess, and 's gently supported her toward the e- rock indicated. She allowed herself td to be placed thereon in dazed silence, >r and then slowly raised one hand to is the bosom of her dress. *1 am afraid you are rather 's damp," said Winyard, apologetically, at but with a- cheerfufcfcess of manner it which seemed to indicate that all ! had occurred for the best. Then, being a gentleman, and perhaps a a little soft-hearted, he turned away. This gave the girl time to rearrange the soft masses of hair which had >p become a little loosened, ana to give ie one or two cunning little touches to her apparel, which a woman with ln only half her senses will still do. l(j "Here," he said, holding forth the g cup of his flask, "take a little drink jg .of that." Bt Obediently she took the metal cup iu and drank. If only Ivan Meyer could have seen how Winyard commanded to and Marie obeyed, he might have is learned therefrom an invaluable lesir son, for the girl was of those who ;s need to be domineered over, and are a- happiest in obedience. What Ivan g, Meyer, the thoughtful, failed to perr ceive in length and fullness of years, I a WinuarH "Mtctlev thn snnprflrlal. saw I id in exactly two minutes, and knew how to profit by it. The water apg, peared to. revive her; a reawakening >r of life dawned in her eyes, and a fsn'nf- r?fnk. like th? sunnv side of a le peach, rose to her cheeks. te "Did I faint?" she asked, without g, looking up; indeed her eyes were on ly the cup she still held. n "Yes; but you are all right again d now," was the cheerful and inspirit>e ing reply. a Then she looked up, and appeared .7%'f . 3 ' '' . 1 ' " ; , : , ' " to recognize him for the first time, for she started back, exclaiming, "Oh! oh-h-h!" and covered her face with h?r hands, as if in horror of a -fiict ricincr in "hor lirain. i JUWW J. twiuj;, uv> w . CHAPTER XIV. A Belated Telegram. Winyard Mistley watched her in silence. He almost expected some hysterical display, or perhaps a vain onslaught upon himself. The color slowly left her face, and her level red lips were pressed together painfully. "Now, do not go and upset yourself!" he said, masterfully, as he picked up the cup she had cast from her. "Let us be business like and quiet. Do you feel better now? Is there anything I can do for you?" She looked at him in vague amazement. Then, pressing back her hair with both hands, she said: "I cannot understand you Englishmen. Do you know who I am?" "Oh, yes, mademoiselle," he replied; "I know who you are." He stopped and picked up tne revolver which had so lately been pointed at him, and Marie Bakovitch watched in silence while he dexterously removed the five remaining cartridges and threw them into the stream, much to the astonishment of Adonis. Then he politely handed "her the firearm. "I have a favor to ask of you* mademoiselle," he said, "and then if you feel restored, I will leave you." "Of me?" The poor girl was piteously pale, but showed no signs of womanly tearfulness or emotion. "Vps " hp renltad. stennine nearer. "Will you tell me whether you were sent by your Government or not?" "I was not." "And yet," said Mistley, watching her face closely., "your Government knew of your purpose. They placed every facility in your reach; they encouraged you as much as they dared She winced as he emphasized the last word. She sat twining and intertwining her ungloved fingers, but never spoke"They," he said, "found themselves outwitted by simple straightforwardness, which, because it was not their mode of acting, was not expected by them. What they failed to do by telling lies, breaking treaties, and ignoring the commonest points of honor, they attempted to accomplish by foul means, calling in the aid of a woman?of a lady, mademoiselle, whose hands should never have been soiled by sjich dirty work. I shall never cease to regret that this occurred, and I need hardly tell you that the matter will rest between ourselves, with the exception of Colonel Wright, who must be informed of It, not as a personal matter, but as a question of policy. To yourself personally I bear not the slightest malice; but oblige me by telling the man who signed your passport, who gave orders to the spy Marloff to watch me and report to you, who, in fact, did his best to make you a murderess?tell him that henceforth I work no longer from a sense of duty to my country, but from feelings of the fiercest hatred toward himself and his despicable agents. Ah! you need not look frightened- In England we say what we mean, and are not afraid of treacherous ears being ever on the qui vive to report every compromising word uttered in confidence." He was roused at last, and the gray eyes, hitherto so calm and restful, flashed as only gray eyes can. The girl rose and faced him bravely; although of a singularly febrile and nervous tempenyngnt- she felt at that moment no bf "It is for my cou^ ' and not lor any ma|. low, concentrates^ /"Vwonderfully musi patriot, I, too, 1q? " * count my life as . country's good. | and you are a ma}'". ' listened to; but ^ ent matter. lam/ V v -71 usver uupe w -V--V- , ? tion of power. if to Russia; but make it of value*--,-, r. ' fice, I could rem^f' ' an enemy as imp.tlal as yourself."/ Perceiving had no intentio^v^ . into an argume^"- . preparing to leav( ly changed her (To be cdfK; i The Foundejg*f<?i Se*waE Z&3S&&& Born in Thur^^. began his career'1-'*, at Prankfort-on-flfe^ff^g; ' took part as a solaT&r . liberation. It was nf he began to put his cation into practice. he expounded them ii>*^_ portant book, and shortl^^wc began the training of te*te' ^ 1S36 he opened his first school at Blankenburg. T his life was devoted to kindergarten schools. He The first successful kindergarten in the United States was opened at St. Louis in 1873. Milwaukee was not long In taking up the idea, and for a time was a Mecca for educators desiring to witness the system of Froebel in practical operation. The number of kindergartens in the country at the end of 1873 was fortythree; 1882, 348; 1892, 1311; 1898, 4363. There are now in the neighborhood of 5000.?Milwaukee Wis-1 consin. Tallent Building. The tallest building in tbc world ia being erected in New York by a life iusurance company. It will be 560 feet high, or live feet higher than the Washington Monument, and eighty-eight feet higher than St. Peter's, itome. Charlotte Bronte's Hatband. Charlotte Bronte's husband, the Rev. Arthur Bell Nichols, will soon celebrate his ninetieth birthday?It being now half a century since some of her friends were advising her not to marry him because he bad rheumatism. PIANO MAKES MUSCLE. ^ Else How Could Women Capture So Many Burglars. There are many Indications of the coming supremacy of woman, not only in the realm of the intellectual 1 but also of the physical. That she ia more of a reader than is the average man was noted not long ago by the observing novelist, W. D. Howells. wrMio tVio man ripvntes himself, mind and body, to his business, owing to J the sharp competition and to the fact ] that it is easier to keep on working j and worrying than it is to stop, and '< while he confines his reading mainly ] to newspaper headlines, woman reads ' nearly everything that is not humor- ] ous, from the newspaper editorial j article to books. Book dealers as- 1 sert that a vast majority of the book buyers are women, and the same is < trute of library readers. The inevitable result is the intellectual superiority of the sex which was long charged with Inferior brains. A recent divorce case In New England shows how a woman will subordinate everything to the pursuit of culture, i The man in the case is a photog- i a -a J rapUer wno scrapea auu uaveu m ui- i der that the wife might educate herself. In her application for a legal ! separation she admits that the man is good and indulgent as a husband, but she affirms that it interferes with her ambition to associate with a person of his defective education. Woman's progress is little* less . marked physically, but still it is positive. However it may be explained, the fact is significant that of the burglars apprehended by others than the police a great majority are seized by women. Nearly every day we read of the smashing of an impudent male by woman skilled in the art of defending herself. Besides the gymnasium, the manual training school and the like, it is learned that piano playing is of all means of physical development the most effective. In an address before the Philadelphia Music Teachers' Association Mrs. + V* nlovlncr nf JYlurrajr ucuaicu luat tuc i/iujiuo .w? this instrument brings into play every muscle of the body. This confirms and explains a widespread opinion. That a tender young girl of apparently frail body can produce noise enough on a single piano to distract a whole neighborhood is convincing proof that she has concealed about her small person muscular power to excite the envy of a boilermaker. As nine-tenths of all who take piano lessons are girls, and as the average period of study is eight years, the ultimate physical supremacy of woman is plain to every mathematician. To insure the earlier achievements of this revolution, an eminent Berlin surgeon denies what was a prevalent belief in that city, that piano playing is injurious to health. He declares, on the contrary, that musicians, nearly v all of whom wrestle with the piano, live longer than any other class of persons. The contrary opinion was announced by a medical man who believes it is right for a doctor to lie in order to save life? his own life, In this Instance. He considered the night practice of a neighbor's girl a- menace to his health. As an ordinance has been adopted in Berlin limiting piano practice to certain hours In the day, it is no longer necessary to deceive the performers.?St. Paul Pioneer Press. The Artful Squirrel. You may find many a squirrel In the course of your tramp, but no two alike exactly in their method of at-* tempting escape or concealment. The ways and means of the little rascals are legion. One may ' flatten himself out against a gray patch on the back of a tree trunk, absolutely motionless; and unless in your earnest, steadfast looking you can detect ) an ear or a shoulder in relief against I the sky you might as well abandon research. Another may lie along a ' bough flattened at full length; but Jere telltale ears are more easHy silhouetted. Still another may crouch \awn up in the fork; and here the . ^*\rg to look for is the fluffy tip oi little signal flag which always and waves and jerks and sig? ?. ..S so bravely when danger is not ,>V^ie air. Or one may gather him(up in a bunch to imitate a knol : ,:.>>""lpob; and here he can' very well vhen you have spied him out.' He ikjfcatch your eye, even as you catch A-7 Xgye of an acquaintance in a " ) and will instantly limber up / ^headlong flight, leaping from ' >9 tree, till he vanishes ovei -ge.?Field and Stream. y-' %' '* ? Letters in the Bible. "Humber of words in the Bible $$ .. H. number of letters was asMjBg A in three years' work of a 'Tp^^S^flng compiler and given tc in Home's "Introduction h^^^Vdy of the Scriptures." The p,Xt~^er to the King James verOld New Test. Test. Total WKfeWt' 39 27 '6f gg^??#S 929 * 260 1,189 8SP? '3*>214 7,959 41,17? . 593,498 181,253 774,751 .2,728,100 838,380 3,566,480 * / The similar record for the Apocrypha is: Books, fourteen; chap ters, 183; verses, 6031; words, 125,185; letters, 1,063,876. Simllai statistics are the following: The middle line is found in II. Chronicles, iv., 16. The middle verse is Psalms, r.xviii.. 8: the middle chapter i& Psalms cxviii., and that is the shortest chapter as well. The shortest verse Is John, xi., 35. The longest verse is Esther, viii., 9: In Ezra, vii., 21 occur all the letters of the alphabet save j. Millions For Railways. The $12,000,000 or so of extraordinary credit which the ItaliaE Government proposes spending on fortifications and armaments pale be fore the still more colossal project which has been elaborated for the State railways, says the London Globe. It is stated that on the Chambers reassembling the Minister oi Railways will present a demand for ?20,000,000, all of it to be devoted to. extension and renewal of lines and buildings, and none on rolling stock, which will have to be dealt i with in a special credit. t CHE SUNDAY SCHOOL. T XTERNATIOXAL LESSON COM- S MENTS FOR DECEMBER 30. Review of the Last Quarter-?Read " John i., 1-14?Golden Text, Isa. ix., 6?Topic: Lessons by the Triumphant Redeemer?Summary. Lesson I. Topic: Love the supreme duty of man. Place: In Je- t( usalem, in the temple courts. The t Serodians, Sadducees and Pharisees isk Him hard questions, testing Him; ^ ill are silenced; the great commandment is given by Christ; we should love God supremely; sin, the world and the self life must all be renouhced; we should .love our neighbor; Jesus asks the Jews a hard ques- ? tion; warns His disciples against by- p pocrisy; calls attention to a widow . casting two mites into the treasury. II. Topic: Guarding against false profession. Place: On Mount Olivet. ^ ihe subjects of Christ's kingdom are ? likened to ten virgins; Christ is tne { Bridegroom, and the oil represents the grace of God; the foolish virgins t had the lamp of profession,but lacked , oil?true spiritual life; they endeav- . ored to make good their preparation , at the last moment, but it was too late; the wise are the true Christians ? who not only have a profession, but t the love of God in the soul. We ? should always be ready to meet the t Bridegroom. III. Topic: Reasons for fidelity to duty. Place: Mount of Olives. The J talents are given ana me ma;sLCi i takes his journey; two servants make ? a large gain, the third buries his talent; the master's return, though de- t layed, is certain; so Christ will surely come again; two servants come to their master and bring the talents given them and as many more; they 5j are commended and rewarded; the idle servant has no increase, but bard ? sayings and excuses; he is cast into ? outer darkness. f IV. Topic: The believer's heart * devotion. Place: Bethany. Mary ? anoints the head and feet of Christ. . While this offering was costly, yet its ^ great value turned on its element of , sacrifice and loyal love. The motive t and spirit of the gift is of first importance. f V. Topic: The Lord's Supper. * Place: Jerusalem. It was Thursday; ~ Jesus sent Peter and John to Jerusa- ^ lem to prepare the Passover supper. | He establishes a perpetual memorial ? of Himself. By the Lord's Supper He . graciously appeals to the disciple and . inspires him to love and obedience. VI. The agony of Jesus. Place: Gethsemane. He sets a pattern of prayer and submission. The ? Gethsemane agony is expiatory and * also exemplary, me peuevei gcio . comfort and inspiration from both tooints of view.. We should watch , \nd pray. VII. Topic: The trial of Jesus Christ. Place: The palace of Caiaphas. Jesus is sent from Annas to t Caiaphas, the high priest; Peter follows afar off and thrice denies the Saviour; theSanhedrin is hastily summoned; false witnesses are sought ? and are found with difficulty; at last ? two testify that He said He could destroy the temple and build It In three days; Jesus is silent; Caiaphas asks * Him if He is the Christ; JeBus replies . that He is; Caiaphas rends His clothes; Jesus is condemned to death; ? they mock and abuse Christ for some * time. J VIII. Topic: Warning against wine-drinking. Place: Probably Jeru- * salem, Isaiah's home. The drunkard ? follows strong drink; wine inflames; ' God's judgments will fall on the ? drunkard; all classes go down to- ? gether. There is nothing too bad or too vile for a saloon-keeper or for a . man under the influence of strong J" drink to do.. The drunkard's character ia always bad. ^ IX. Topic: The wordling's treat- -a ment of Christ. Place: Pilate's * judgment hall. Jesus is taken to a Pilate, the governor, who investigates 0 the charges and finds them false; Jesus is sent to Herod, who finds no ? fault with Christ. He stands the J most rigid investigation of enemies. a ^n and from this crucial test He r ;omes forth unscathed?perfect in 9 His life as He is in His work. X. Topic: Jesus dying on the p cross. Place: Calvary. Christ on .B the cross; mocked by the soldiers; *j vinegar offered; the superscription; jf the two thieves crucified with Christ; ? one railed on Jesus, the other con- ^ (essed .his sins and asked to be re- d membered in Christ's kingdom; the P prayer answered; darkness from 12 c till 3 o'clock; Jesus cried with a loud 0 voice and died; the centurion's testi- a mony; Joseph begged the body of a Jesus; wrapped it in linen and placed It in a new sepulcher. XI. Topic: The resurrection of ? Jesus Christ. Place: Garden near j1 Calvary. Christ was crucified on Frl- t( day, April 7; rose early Sunday morning, April 9; He puts the seal on all B' His words and works; this is the u great value of the resurrection. "He 0 is risen, as is said," therefore all He 3 did is endorsed and all He promised * is certain of fulfillment. t; XII. Topic: Jesus' parting words f1 to His followers. Place: In and near Jerusalem. The disciples (Thnmaa nhnent 1 arfi assembled in an upper room; Jesus appears;'He has entered upon His eternal work of q intercession. This is the blessed sig- & niflcance of the ascension?parted 0 from the believers that He may be tl more effective for them. A Christ Must Tell. li We -want a Bible and we want a Christ to tell us what is duty.?Mac- Is laren. ci al Some preachers think they are H flaying the devil because they are raising a dust in the pulpit. e Artificial Rubber Prom Cereals. Reports from Nottingham, England, state that an inventor proposes Cl to make artificial rubber from ce- ei reals?wheat, corn, etc.?for use as e| bicycle and automobile tires, and also ri as golf balls. Artificial rubber is ob- D tained by treating any cereal with a phyalin. Six grades of artificial rubber will be made, from a liquid solution suitable for waterproofing to a hardness available for golf balls. In the latter the substance is credited i with the lightness of cork and the 0 toughness of chilled steel. The in- o termediate grades are for pavements. jvrupp wonts use 01 waier. n During the year ending April 1, Cj 1906, the celebrated works of Krupp, a, at Essen, Germany, consumed as a( much water as did the entire city of |g Dresden, which latter has a popula- t tion of over 400,000 inhabitants, o: The gas made and consumed by the single cast-steel plant at Essen exceeds the gas consumption of the city of Elberfeld, Besides this, the elec* trie plant of said cast-steel works *. supplies 1651 arc lamps, 15,304 incandescent lamps, and 763 electric motors. B '' v ' 'f ' HE GREAT DESTROYER ^ OME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE TOCE OF INTEMPERANCE. Consumption and Alcoholism Are jt Twin Sisters" Alcoholic Parents Followed by Consumptive Children. 0 Prevention of tuberculosis was the 0 jpic for the joint session held at the lotel Astor, in New York City, of tie Medico-Legal Society of New E 'ork and the International Congress n Tuberculosis. Disappointment T ras expressed by some of the physi- x ians in attendance that the public hould apparently be so little im- jj ressed by the importance of the fiubect. The disease, according to Dr. \ G. Daniel, carries off 150 persons Ii a this country for every single death aused by yellow fever. T Dr. T. D: Crothers, of Hartford, _ !onn., read a paper on "Alcohol and 'uberculosis," which was in part as ^ ollows: Alcohol as a remedy, or a prevenive medicine, is a most dangerous I rug. All preparations of syrup conaining spirits increase, rather than f iminish, the disease. They may over up the bad symptoms, but they P acrease the poisons, and the soil for ^ he growth of the consumptive germ. Rock and rye" prescriptions make he conditions more incurable. g Alcohol is a narcotic, and, while luieting the pain and lessening the 1 ough, diminishes the vitality and lower of nature to overcome the dis- * ase. Consumption and alcoholism r ,re twin sisters. The subsidence ol he one is followed by the developaent of the other. A very large per Cent, of the soalled cured inebriates, or persons irho have stopped drinking, die of onsumption or pneumonia.- A large lumber of consumptives become in- a brlates and die suddenly. Consump- f ion associated with or following aoderate or excessive drinklftg is al- | ray marked by severe hemorrhages, j ilcohol seems to have weakened the ilood vessels of the lungs and predisposed to the growth of consumpion and other acute diseases. The congestion of the face from he excessive use of spirits is the ame in the lungs. Hence a chill, or ny special disturbance, develops conestion, pneumonia and death. The xcessive drinker of spirits, whose reath gives evidence of alcohol~1>eng thrown off, is permanently injurag his lungs, and inviting consumpion. Alcoholic parents are followed by onsumptive ' children; consumptive iarents have alcoholic children. Staistics show that at .least a third of he descendants of inebriates have onsumption, and fully a fourth of he children of consumptives become plrit" drinkers. Spirit drinkers living in close, bad ,ir always have lung disease. Alcoiol and drug taking are very active auses of consumption, for the reaon that they diminish the vitality f the body and the power to resist acteria invasions. Also they add to he toxins and poisons of the system. Consumption may not break out rom these causes, but pneumonia is lmost certain to follow. Children orn during "this period are almost ertain to be inebriates in any ordinry exposure. Both of these diseases epend on poisons and low vitality, n alcoholism the system is starved nd the brain and nerves suffer, and Icohol is a most grateful narcotic, n consumption a local inflammation xists, encouraged by low resisting ower and general Regeneration. Mountain sanatoriums can do little awards permanent restoration un2ss all other conditions are favor* ble. Absolute freedom from alf dloholics, wines and beers, also from ust and noise, and in conditions rhere the air is in active' circulation re great remedial forces which can ften be had in the homes. Both tuberculosis and alcoholism, ne the "Great White Plague" and he other the "Great Black PU.gue,"re a menace to civilization, und a eflection on the failure of modical len, in permitting them to grow and fevelop without the most strenuous rotest. Consumption is attracting great deal of attention, alcoholism 3 neglected, and the preventable eaths from both will exceed in numers any estimates of the present.' >f the hundred thousand inebriates ying every year, consumption and neumonia are the fnost prominent auses at the last. Of the vast army f consumntives a very large Dercent ge. are inebriates, alcoholic spirit c nd drug takers. 5 Bad air, laden with germs, and J ontact with other victims are insig- i ificant causes, compared with the * egenerations from alcohol and the * axins from neglect"of healthy living, f Tuberculosis and alcoholism are o closely associated that all measres of prevention and treatment d lust recognize this relation, if they < ucceed. Both of them can be. t tamped out, the same as yellow ot f uphold fevers, and the work of the uture will be in this direction. r f h Most Ride the Water Wagon. Total abstinence Is the leading re- * uisltion for employment in what is c elleved to be the first municipally to wned and built street railroad in * tie United States, now under con- k crucuon at Monroe, ijs. iuayor a. i l. Forsythe, in an Associated Press h iterview, said: a 'I am not a Prohibitionist, but it r i absolutely essential that men oc- h upying these responsible positions F tiould be sober, sane and strictly re- ' able, and only those who are on the vater wagon,' and keep on it, will be * mployed." * The Drinker Loses. Take two young men of the same ammunity and the same business, 3ual in age, in capital, in ability, in u iucation, in ambition, competing for v, iches or power?one an abstainer r< n principle and the other a drinker, d nd it is the most transparent of T 'uisms that the drinker loses. ti , ^ Good Results Would Follow. tl If we would close our saloons we ? lust close our workhouses, and put d ine-tenths of our police force out f their positions. . C' Ten Per Cent. For Being Sober. The latest crack at whisky is the ovel action just taken at San Fran- ^ isco. "Come to work sober every ^ ay and you will get ten per cent. ^ dded to your salary each pay day," ^ i a mandate issued by the Postal ^ elegraph Cable Company to some Q f its employes. 2 Alcohol Always Harmful. Sir Frederick Treves, surgeon to le King of England, has put it simly and strongly that alcohol is al? a ay hurtful as a beverage and dan- a erous as a drug. a yi **THE NIGHT COMETH." |H cometh; the night cometh, -when life'* BH brief day is done; neareth; yes, it neareth, the Betting, of fvia ciin f h h, short the time for labor; so mufcb al-< ready past! ^H f moments swiftly flying we soon Bbalf see the last. BH .ow stealthily the shadows are stretching, ^H o'er the plain! E^H he setting sun is basting to hide behind ^H the main; HH h; use each passing moment; the day is HE almost run! : cometh; the night cometh, when work. ,^H cannot be done. |B| t sirketh; the sun sinketh, yet lower* Hi lower yet, H he golden light remaining but tell(5 where- Ml he has sot; HI hen ended; yes. then ended the time for; fruitful toil. 'he precious hours have vanished! *: Is yet untilled the soil? HI f ' he crimsoned clouds still ling'riug pre?? HI age a brighter morn 9 faiK^fnl nnes thmr Lord's as* HI sured return; ' v ' ty talents used in trading they mer.y^aore have won, ? i.nd for the reck'ning tarry, expecting -J Hiit "Well don^!' .? . ee, -waning is that splendor; the Seetxog <. loveliness ' , *. b fading into twilight, and this now growv eth less;' tut nearing is the morning, the bright* ?; long looked-for day Vhen Christ's approving welcome will &Q 4 our toil repay. Rev. John Woods Ballard, in PittsoprgV Christian Advocate: A "Wise Precaution. 1 - ? c ~ .*7 "Behold, thou are made whoje? ^ in, no, more, lea,t< a 'worse thing be- - all thee."?John*, v., 14. , Wickedness never heals Itself, but ;oes on from bad to worse?"till the , ast state is worse than the first." ' None* of ui 'lntenfis to go on con- ' trmollTr <t? l?fa 'hofccrftlnp' efn nrip tf? ndulge In Mce to/ the bitter encL blindness and weakness say usually:|. 'Once mote, just -this once ?r "For the lasttfijie?the last time." Captain A.- reiiarked when-told!; \ hat an old friend of whom he had nquired was still drinking heavily,. ' ' 'Ah, never to quit, never to quit'!"- ]f, ind spoke wisely, but iso doubt it hi? >ld friend hadpygrheard it he wdiiltf f lave stoutly .disputed the sad com- }% nent. Most of ^ps, wottfd'be shocked if old we w^rtild n^ifer quit our evil * :ourse. If one snould say to us. to-, V; lay, "Twenty-five years- from now. ' rou will be doing this same thing And) vorse," or "You'll- end a_drttg slave v n the asylum," or /'You'll die lr.unk," or "YottlJl confln.ue.fi liber-* ; Jae and be devoured by loathsome iisease," or "You're going right otf ; n this crookedness till you end in :rime, exposure and the river,!" we vould be shocked and refuse, to lieieve it.-,' :r . . Yet it is true that there Is always . deadly danger of perjnapententanglenc,rit din offer if fij hpp'tlh " As \-t *" " *" ? *">" ? 1-o ?y r?f, -? aste which brought on. dyspepsiaf :ontlnues to cry for more sauces and! ;weets ho the passions and lasts that ed to the first deadly sin cease" not :o urge Its repetition. Not onlr so, rat ev:ll being-gregarious a sin soon -A gathers a company "more evil thans . ; tsalf and they enter in pvA dwell f :h(tre." Escape from this ^tate is lot in the :pools anapbtioiur of the ' vorld, but in fee healing of the' Ireat; Physician* "whose restoration1., mnblesi us to assert and help our-. . lelves, and whose safeguard for the 'uture Is "Sin no more." - Grave mistakes deliberately repeated are ipexcusabtar "The first ;ime I was taken by that fellow it? vas his fault; but if "he fools me igain it'll bet my fault." So mlghf ve say of the tfevif after he has ;ripped us once,- anff as "a burned :hild dreads the fire," every soul hat has once escape# from the clntca >i Bin snoaia wuieiy urcau auu ouuu t. A Government inspector told me hat he once thrust Jiia revolver la he face of a man WW had grossly, nsulted him. Realizing how near, le had come! to killing, it fellow man le put his i>fetx>l- Away and deternlned never to'carry it again. Should' i man fry less with ay dangerous asso- -' :late or habit When he realizes What t may Isad him to do? I know a' 'oung Kentuckian who would never. eturn to the race track after attendng once with his;, father to. see their, iwn horses run because the wild ex-^ litement he felt that 'day warned^ j iim that he could not afford' to take 1 he risk of becoming a race gambler or life. Such men are helping them- I elves, and evil flees from them, 'laying fast and loose withjthe bet-, er way spells failure for many who tart in> it whose plans were noble ,nd whose:hopes were high. The fead Inventor's loft, full of half Unshed models told the pitiful story of tls inemciency ana expiauuea nm allure. , "Go thy way, from henceforth sin d lo more * lest a worse thing be- fP all thee." This Is wtadom from on iigh. Let: us sincerely strive with Him , , or the best things. He helps us to >ur feet and calls us to take up our urden of responsibility and carry it hrough the world. Serving man:ind and in fellowship with Him who :eals and champions it, let us go iravely on our way with high hearta i nd steadfast trust, so living', out the ugged hours that at evening each' ard won day will stand as a smiling irophecy of the ultimate triumphre shall achieve.at the end of the Ife intrusted to us. ? Rev. C. Q. bright, Chaplain U. S. Navy, in the .rew York Herald. Education Through Faith. Our Lord says that truth makes s free. The world of?truth Is a rorld of infinite extent, of infinite, ' ssource, where what one possesses i oes not take away from another. , ' 'hese things have to be believed;i hey cannot be understood unless re have for years walked towards hem, striven to attain them. AH ducation is through faith. The inividual must be made to believe lat it is a divine thing to have &' ultivated mind. .... .... i Motor Car Increase. 1 I Taking cars first, the totals are:| 1 904, 18,340; 1905, 31,139; 1906, I 5,490. Next heavy cars: 1905, 868;* 906, 2698. For motor cycles the gure3 are: 1904, 21,521; 1905, 34," 06:1906,45,574. Finally the issue f driving licenses was 107,426 itf 905 and 176,927 in 1906. . California Punishes Wreckers. 1 California makes the wrecking ofl , train or an engine a felony punlsh<j ble by death or life imprisonment* ,t the option of the jury. .