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Continoed. c
But if the record of the -work was c
lost, the fruits were well preserved, '
and among these the colonel spent J
many a busy day. The news of Win- 1
yard's return soon spread among the F
initiated, and the house in Seymour F
' j i... Tt,o y
Bireei was oesiegeu uj visiluio. iw
results of the journey were, however, a
kept strictly secret, only the colonel r
and a few experts being allowed to T
assist the invalid in the work of putting
them in order. Soon, however, s
the news leaked out, and questions n
were asked in Parliament, with the ^
result of acquainting Russia with the *
x fact that she had been beaten in her *
1 own favorite pastime of Eastern di- v
plomacy. Article after article ap- *
peared in the Moscow papers, calling s
for further investigation into the
carelessness of the avowed Russian *
agents in Afghanistan, who could a
give no details of the passage of this n
dangerous traveler through their *
midst. These writings, hot from the a
brain of one who, even as these lines ^
are penned, is being mourned by the ?
nation he served so well with pen ^
and press, were issued with the view
of learning more of the results of s
Winyard Mistley's observations; but *
in this object they failed. All that h
the world learned was that the jour
ney had been accomplished, whether 0
alone or with companions, whether ?
hasty and superficial, or slow and
searching, never transpired.
Day by day Winyard regained his s
- strength, and the lines upon his face s
?lines speaking of hardship, hunger, a
thirst and anxiety?began to disappear.
They never quite left him, h
however, but remained there, signs e
of age upon a young face?silent 11
testimonials of forgotten sufferings, t
His appearance had at first been P
rather a shock to all who remembered
him as he was in former days, b
He was not pale, but the dull brown- n
ness of his face seemed only to ac- f
centuate the drawn and weary expression
of his features; through all, ^
however, and even when he could f;
not stand unsupported, the brave, t<
strong look never left his eyes.
It may have been by sheer force s
of will, but his boyish cheerfulness
was as reliable as of old. He laughed
at his own weakness arid incapacity
to walk alone; yet his laughter failed
to detract from the pathos of the pic- ^
ture afforded by the colonel assisting S
him to move about. He laughed at h
his own childish helplessness in the t
matter of cutting up his food, and
^ audaciously handed his plate to Lena h
fnr assistant? V
i Altogether he was the most unsatisfactory
convalescent imaginable, ex- h
cept that he made visible and rapid tstrides
toward health. There was
no demand for lowered tones and a
noiseless movements in his presence. r
Inquiries after his welfare were C
treated jocosely, and unless the medi- *
cine was administered with severity c
and regularity, he was only to ready r
to forget all about it. h
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CHAPTER XXXV. J
The Two Lone Ones. e
A few days after Winyard Mistley's
return to London, his brother t
Charlie went to Devonport. From r
there he wrote that he had been of- n
fered the White Swallow, a gunboat, c
destined for service in the Pacific s
Ocean. "Of course I have accepted," E
he wrote; and gave no particulars as v
to when the White Swallow was like- j
ly to sail, and of what curation her ^
absence from England would prob- g
ably be. f
"With all his assumed laziness," y
observed the colonel gravely, "Charlie
will push his way upward through t
the truck. He is a fine sailor, I am y
sure." _ a
That same afternoon Mrs. Mistley s
and Mrs. Wright went out together, r
in order, they said, to have a quiet \
afternoon's shopping, as there were \
many things to be purchased and sent j
on to Broomhaugh. The mother and a
son had been nearly a week in Sey- (j
mour street, and there was now nothing
to delay their departure for the s
North.
The colonel, being left in charge of c
the invalid, proposed a drive in the s
park, as the air was lovely and the c
sun not too warm. But Winyard r
languidly expressed a fear that he c
was Tint miitp lin tn it innra>entlv ip-- V
noring the fact that he had walked t
downstairs alone that morning. Then t
he lay back on his sofa and gently j
closed his eyes, as if composing him- f
self to peaceful slumber.
Presently the colonel left the room,
treading noiselessly so as to avoid
waking the sleeper. Shortly after- s
ward the street door closed with a g
smothered bang. t
Lena was seated on a low chair \
near the window, the regular click c
of her needle acting as a lullaby to c
the sufferer. Soon, however. Win- J
yard slowly unclosed one eye, then c
the other. The click of the needle t
rontinnprt Hp tnrnod elip-htlv and t
lay there watching her. He could a
scarcely have wished for a pleasauter t
picture to look upon than that fair a
English maiden, sitting with daintily 1
bowed head and busy fingers?"on s
duty," as it were?quietly fulfilling j
her woman's mission. Like his
brother, he noticed then that Lena s
was no longer the thoughtless, merry t
girl whom he knew two years be- t
fore. The same brave cheeriness
was there, but it was less liable to
the influence of circumstances: the s
same healthy power of enjoyment, 1
but it was tempered by a greater (
thoughtfulness. Something in the t
curve of her closed lip, something
perhaps in a newly acquired droop of s
the eyelids, reminded him of the -v
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MG\ Henry
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?" ;g
)ravest woman lie had ever known;
>f one who, widowed, and the mothei
if wandering sons, had yet made hei
ife a bright one, and by seeking tc
nake others happy had acquired the
labit of happiness herself. What
>en could hope to follow the thoughts
tassing through a man's brain? Winard
Mistley lay watching Lena foi
.bout five minutes, but five pages ol
nine could not tell a tithe of whal
i-as passing in his mind.
Presently he rose gravely from the
ofa, and stood for a moment by the
lantle-piece, supporting himself with
ioth hands. His back was turned
oward Lena, and on the lean browr
ace reflected in the mirror?al
/hich, however, he never glanced?
here was a strange, restless expresion.
Contrary to her custom, Lens
ailed to look up. She did not ever
sk him if there was anything he
light require. Then he slowlj
urned and made his laborious waj
cross the room, assisting himsell
rith one piece of furniture after anther.
Somehow she forgot to offei
im her help; somehow he had nc
ittle pleasantry ready to make hei
mile, and yet neither seemed to noice
the difference. She continued
er work?the stitches were unpicked
X nnn.
iter on, uemg ui vcij imuiiu wr~
truction?and Mistley stood close
t hand, looking down upon her beni
ead.
There was an humble chair at hei
ide, and into this he lowered himelf
cautiously, after the manner ol
n old man.
"Lena," he said, turning towards
ier with a hungering look in his
yes?"Lena, do you think that e
lan can be sure of his own mind il
he same thought has never left il
or nearly two years?"
She bowed her head lower ovei
er work, still striving to make thf
eedle perform its right and propei
unction, but answered him no word
He leaned forward and took the
;ork from her hands, allowing it tc
all to the ground. Then he quietlj
ook possession of those busy fingers
"Answer me," he whispered?"anwer
me!"
"Yes, I think so," she replied a1
?ngth.
"Through it all," he said eagerly,
through danger and hope, througt
;ork, through sleep, through hum
er, sickness and success, there has
een one thought in my brain. Thai
bought was Lena?Lena?Lena!"
Still bending over her imprisoned
ands, she swayed unconscious1 torard
him. Then, somehow, he kjnc
is arms were round her, though h(
ad no recollection of placing then
here.
Three weeks later, one afternoor
s the sun began to throw a golder
ay from west to east, up the Englist
:hannel, a gunboat moved out intc
Mymouth Sound, and cast her an
hor thei-e. The White Swallow was
eady for sea?"ready for anything,'
.er young commander said. Deeply
aden with coal for her long voyage
he was as taut and trim and spark
ing as paint and polished brass coulc
Qake her.
Already the strong individuality o
he stalwart, ruler was beginning t<
nake itself discernible among th<
members of her company. The Whit<
Swallow was eminently a "quiet'
hip. There was no shouting, no un
lecessary blowing of boatswain";
thistles. Everything seemed to fi
nto its place?every man into his
[uties. And yet she was not ,i
.ioomy ship, for every man lookec
orward to his six years' absenci
vitla serenity. <
About an hour before she was du<
o sail a boat put off from the dock
ard, and in a few minutes wa:
ilongside the gunboat. Seated in th<
tern of this small craft was Lau
ance Lowe. He climbed up th<
vhite ladd?r, and made his way af
vith slow but assured steps. Charlei
Jistlev came forward to meet him
tnd they turned toward the quarter
leek together.
"It is very good of you to come,'
aid the young sailor.
The old man- did not appear t<
onsider that this required an an
wcr. He looked around him criti
"n** ?:iU ? Aira T f wai
any wiin ci |n atntcu cjc. a.w *? w..
iot the first time that he had trod
len the dock of a man-of-war, thougl
lis recollection of such dated back t<
he days of the Crimea. He loosenec
he old silk comforter that took th<
ilace of a top-coat on his spar*
rame, and said:
"You are ready?"
"Yes; we sail in half an hour."
The young sailor looked across th<
mooth water to where the land ros<
rently, green and tree-clad, towarc
he blue heights of Dartmoor. Then
vas no shadow of fear in his clea:
yes, no sign of flinching irom tlx
Ireary years he knew he was facing
^nd thus they stood side by side, th<
>ld man whose voyage across th<
roubled sea was nearly over?he hac
nade bad weather of it, beating ui
.gainst a head wind all the way?anc
he young sailor?tall, stalwart, anc
Imost painfully self-contained?who
ike his companion, had met tlx
itress at the very beginning of hii
UU1 I1C.J .
They talked a little in their usua
crappy, unsatisfactory manner, an(
hen Laurance Lowe beckoned to hii
joatmaii to haul up to the ladder.
He turned, and looked round th(
essel once more: then he raised hii
olemn eyes to his companion's face
They were unusually wide open, anc
Charlie noted the pale bluejess o
he iris as he returned their gaze.
"I suppose," said the old man
ilowly?"I suppose"?and with i
vave of his lean hand be designatet
the vessel?"that you have got tl
object of your ambition now."
He finisnea ms seiueuue wnn
shadow of a smile which could on
be seen in his eyes, for it did n<
move the white mustache or narro
beard.
Charlie did not reply at once. I
turned to take some letter from ti
hand of a quarter-master, and wait(
till the man had left the quarter-dec
before answering his companion
vague question.
"I think," he said at last, "that
man has two objects in his life, i
least it is?it was?so with me."
Laurance Lowe waited silently fi
him to continue.
Charlie looked round his vessel a
most critically.
"This is one," he said.
I "Yes," murmured .Lowe, standi!
' in front of him, and looking up in
his motionless face with lifeless eye
) "And the other," continued tl
i sailor, slowly meeting his gaze?"ar
t the other?I think you know wh
> the other was."
"Yes," said Lowe, softly, as 1
held out his hand to say farewe
t "Yes, I know. With me, it was h<
t mother."
THE END.
s Keeping the Navy Up to D*te.
1 "United States naval officers do n<
^ admit that the monster battleshi]
1 planned by Great Britain and Ita
are necessarily more effective tha
" warships of the Connecticut-Loui
" iana and Michigan-South Carolir
types. Now that fuller details ha1
1 reached here regarding the Cuniber
1 battleship, with which Italy expec
! to outclass the Dreadnought, there
' less disposition than ever to overest
[ mate the importance of Italy's mov
The assumption that the bigge
battleship can whip one of a few hu:
dred tons smaller, leaves out of a
' count the matter of seamanshi
brains, courage, marksmanship ar
" relative efficiency. American wa
ships may not be as big as the bi
gest, but in personnel and equipmei
[ they equal anything afloat.
Our newest warships have a stear
ing radius of 5000 miles, much grea
er than that of any other battleshi]
: afloat. This is a very important el
" ment in the fighting efficiency of ?
^ war vessels, and one in which tl
large English and Italian battleshii
5 are likely to fail.?Harper's Weekl:
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1 Necessary Hours of Sleep.
' The belief that the hours of slei
^ should be artificially restricted
prevalent. Yet it is contrary to o
dinary good sense. If the hum:
body does not need sleep for the u
building of its tissues it will :.ot C?
for it. A rule of health v:hich ca
not be wrong is to sleep, if poss
ble, as long as any inclination for
exists.
The erroneous view on this su
ject is undoubtedly due to the fa
that when the mind and body a
thoroughly rested it is often difficu
to arouse the mind from its comfor
able lethargy. On the other han
1 the man who is under a ment
strain and sleeps only five or s
5 hours at night is keen and alert so<
t after awakening. But it is an u
healthy activity. His nerves are
a high tension. He is on edge, :
" to speak. Such a strain, long co
tinued, results inevitably in a ner
5 ous breakdown.?Cleveland Leade;
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Half Truths.
? A small brain that works is
v more use than a massive intelle
j uiai uaitis.
Rest assured that most of yo
5 stray ideas have come over a neig
> bor's fence.
T A naked truth offends the mo
sacred prejudices of society.
' The domestic service problem
L the pig in the clover problem?fir
to get the domestics into the circl
then to keep them there.
The family is a despotism gc
' erned by the meanest member. It
' not the strongest, but the worst-tei
; pered, who rules.?Louise Herri
Wall. "In Lighter Vein" in tha" Ce
tury.
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Law Needs Reforming.
^ It is plain to Fourth Estate th
1 the libel law of Louisiana needs i
3 forming, since it denies the right
trial by jury and restricts the rig
? of appeal. The case of Domini
. C. O'Malley in the New Orleans Ite:
3 wfio was pardoned the othe? d
2 after spending several montns in ja
_ should lead to a demand by publis
a ers in the State that when one
l their number is charged with crii
3 inal libel he should have at lea
as fair treatment as the law affor
' to a sneak thief.
. For Nervousness.
If you are nervous remember tt
j simple rule. Nothing is so effecti
as taking a drink of water every ho
or two. Medical men declare th
3 we should be helped in various wa
if we were more thoughtful and p?
j sistent in this respect. It is certain
5 a simple rule, and one that is with
j the reach of the bus;est among us.
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3 "Trousers Optional."
The dispatch that tells us th
London society men will wear bl;
svpnin? mats this season eoes on
j say: "Trousers or knee breeches w
s be optional." It seems as if one
J the other were essential. ? Bost<
j Globe.
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5 Airships For the French Frontier
Two airships of the Labaudy ty
? are to be stationed by the French a
j thorities on the German frontier, ai
j it is believed that ultimately eve
, frontier post will be provided wi
j similar ships.?London Express.
France and Her Sailors.
I France owes the greater part
' her past glory and her present pow
to her sailors. There has been j
j discovery of geographical importan
j to -tfhich the name of a Frenchm:
, has not been attached.?Paris Eclai
3
, Rubber trees are being planted ai
j developed in various parts of Afric
India. Samoa. Mexico, Central Auk
j ica, tbo West Indies and tbe Pbili
f pines.
, """The Abyssinian peasant is bathi
i but thrice In hia life?at birth,
1 marriage and at death.
Fatigue and Its Results.
ie By L. H. GlILICK, M. D.
ly ?
ot Fatigue lowers all the faculties of
w the body. The effects on the other
part of a man are just as important.
!t puts a chasm between seeing and
^ icting; it makes a break somehow
;d between the messages that come into
:be brain from the outside world and
'.g !he messages that go out. It destroys
Mil power. In every direction it dea
treases efficiency, forcing the personility
down to a lower level.
When fatigue begins to attack the
3r personality it naturally undermines
ihese latent strata first. Yv^hen a man
Ll_ j is exhausted he finds it difficult to be
' patient. That is not his fault. It is
oecause fatigue has forced him back
i .few hundred generations. His selftQ
control is at a low ebb. The smallest
,s Annoyances arc enough to make him
ie lose his temper. Many temptations
1(j are more violent and harder to resist
at when a man is fatigued. His moral
sense is dulled. He loses the vividie
ness of his distinctions between right
H. and wrong, honesty and dishonesty,
or We degenerate from the top down.
The last thing acquired is the first
lost.
Therefore, bodily vigor is a moral
agent. It enables us to live on higher
0t levels, to keep up to the top of our
,)S achievement. We cannot afford to
ly lose grip on burselves.
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s_ WORDS OF WISDOM.
ia
7e Effervescence is more rapid than
growth, but not so clean and substants
tial.?Raih's Horn.
is The entire object of true education
:i- is to make people not only do the
e. right thing, hut enjoy the right thing,
st ?Ruskin.
n- Godliness is the shine of character,
c- You may not be able to have your
P. way, but you go your way, and shine,
id ?Home Herald.
Forget the things behind, look forg"
ward to the things before. The wisQt
dom of a divine life lies hid in this
principle.?Robertson.
" We frequently fall into error, and
folly, pot because the true principles
e_ of action are not known, but because
l1j for the time they are not remembered.?Dr.
Johnson.
le
pS We reap what we sow, but nature
^ has love over and above that justice,
and gives us shadow and blossom and
fruit that springs from no planting
;p of ours.?George Eliot.
is He is not wise who discards a hap>r
pier to-day for fear lest it be taken
in from him on the morrow. Let ue
p- wait until the hour has been sounded.
l11 Till then each one do his work. The
n- hour v/ill sound at last; let us not
;i- waste our time in seeking it on the
it dial of time?Maeterlinck. >
He who knows not, and knows not
k" that he knows not, is a fool. Shun
ct him. He who knows not, and knows
re that he knows not, humble. Teach
him. ,He who knows, and knows not
>t- that he knows, is asleep. Wake him.
He who knows, and knows that he
f1 knows, is a v/ise man. Follow him.?
*x Japanese Proverbs.
Not merely I shall grow so that I
a? shall be able to understand vastly
so more of what God is and what He is
n_ doing; God also will be ever doing
v_ new things. He is forever active.
_ He has purposes concerning me which
He has not yet unfolded. Therefore
each year grows more sacred with
wondering expectation. ? Phillips
?l Brooks.ct
ur Jadam Bede on the Green Riv^r.
h- I could not help thinking, when
one of the gentlemen was talking
st about the Green River yesterday, of
the little instance that occurred when
fc* nn/1 TJorVvnr PnmmittftO Wflc:
LUC AlVCl.auu uuiuui wvs *******
st traversing the Ohio. At every point
e' that we stopped in Kentucky some
members of the local community pre,v"
sented each member of our committee
with a quart bottle of the real thing.
We were traveling with light bagcl1
gage, and before we got through we
D~ had more than we could carry.
[Laughter.] More than we could
carry in our valises. I understand
that some of the members sent their
at clothes home by express and kept the
e- liquor with them. [Laughter.] And
of I wondered if it was on the Green
ht River that the Three Feathers brand
ck of liquor is manufactured, and if they
m, needed deep water navigation for that
ay product. [Laughter.] I do not supil,
pose it means that they really have
h- three featheres, but that by using
of the liquor one could see three.
[Laughter.]?Congressional Record.
ist
ds
Kansas' Fine Senate Chamber.
Kansas has, with the exception oJ
New York, and possibly Pennsylvaniis
. ia, the finest Senatorial chamber in
ve the country. The Kansas Senate
ur chamber was adorned so lavishly that
at $o0,000 in excess of the appropriays
tion was spent and a scandal grew
>r- Jut of the matter during Governor
ily John A. Martin's term of office. "Havin
ing spent so much on the Senate
chamber, the State had nothing lefl
with which to decorate and furnish
Representative Hall, and the result is
at i cave of gloom, in which even habiue
tues of the place occasionally get lost
to Nobody knows who bought the House
ill furniture or how much was paid for
or 't, but the impression is that it was
an picked up at an auction sale.?Topeka
Capital.
Sunshine in London.
Pe Not only was the sunshine of last
sxvrtnca of C\ VPI'P p*p
u ,rcar inuijii in v*MOV)
1C* but, except in some places in the
ry northwest, it was also greatly in exth
tess of that 1905, which, again, was
a bright year. It is very satisfactory
to find that the greatest excess on the
average is in London (Westminster),
of wheie the aggregate number of hours
er was 1513. This represents an excess
30 of'more than an hour per day.?Lonce
?lon Lancet.
in
ir. _
Luxury- in Sport.
n(j A man is not less a sportsman be,a
cause he takes advantage of those
?r/ improvements and advantages which
p. the march of progress and invention
nlarpd in his way. The hunting
man is twitted with traveling luxuric?sly
to the meet in his motor car.
5 His forefathers would have done the
same thing if they had bad the
abance.?The Bystander.
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THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
In the Bushel or in the Jug?A Fanciful
Story by John P. St. John
That is Not so Overdrawn as
May Appear.
Farmer Boggs planted some new
seedcorn last spring, imported from a
far distant land, and as the result
gathered two thousand bushels from
* A ** -? --J o woornn
cyyxzuiy av;ic?, uuu ue tuuiw .?
load to the country town to exchange
for some necessaries of life.
He had just entered the main business
street, when a saloonkeeper
hailed him and inquired the price of
his corn.
"Forty cents a bushel," said Boggs.
"But I can get plenty of corn for
thirty," replied the dealer in liquid
goods.
"Not such corn as this," said the
farmer. "This is a new kind?grown
from imported seed. Nothing like it
in the State."
"All right," said the saloonkeeper.
"I will take it, as I have the best
family horse in the country, and he
shall have the very best corn in the
market; so you may drive around to
my barn, and throw the corn in the
crib, and while there please tell John,
my hired man, to give old Faithful
a good feed, and have him hitched
up by 2 o'clock, for I want to take
my wife and two children out riding
this afternoon." (
Boggs unloaded the corn as directed?got
his pay for it, made a few
purchases, and left for home?while
John promptly at 2 o'clock hitched
old Faithful to the phaeton. But as
the saloonkeeper, his wife afid two
little daughters were getting Into the
vehicle, old Faithful^ eyes flashed
like Are; he reared upon his hind
feet, snorted like a locomotive, and it
was all John could do to hold him.
At last, when all were fairly seated,
John was told to let him go, and off
went old Faithful down the street
wholly unmanageable, until, suddenly
turning a corner, over went the
phaeton, smashed into splinters, and
its occupants sent sprawling into the
street.
While the bruised and battered
family was being picked up aDd cared
for, a csowd of men succeeded in
capturing old Faithful. A veterinary
surgeon was called, and as he took
hold of the bit, old Faithful's breath
struck him fully in the face; ne
smiled and said: "There is nothing
the matter with the horse, only he is
drunk?drunk on that new kind of
corn."
The ndxt day the farmer, ignorant
of what had happened, took another
load to town; he stopped at the saloon,
but the proprietor was not in.
He then drove around to his residence,
rang the bell, and the saloonkeeper,
with a patch over one eye. his
arm in a sling, nose smashed, hobbled
to the door,-and was asked by Boggs
if he didn't want to buy another load
of corn.
Raising a crutch, he ejaculated:
"Corn?corn! do I look like I needed
any mora of that kind of corn? Look
at my wify there with a broken a;-m.
See my darling angels bruised beyond
recognition. See my threehundred-dollar
phaeton smashed into
everlasting smithereens,? and old
Faithful so humiliated and ashamed
that he can't look decent people in
the face, and then dare to ask me if
I want any more corn; get out' ol
here, you villainous old clodhopper,
or I'll set my big dog on you!"
Jtsoggs naa iwo laousana uusueis
of tlrnt kind of corn. He had depended
on it to lift the mortgage off his
farm, but now it seemed that all was
lost.
He went to a lawyer, and told him
his story. The lawyer informed him
that all he had to do was to take out
a license. A petition was at once
prepared and the farmer started out
to get signers.
He first went to the saloonkeepers,
supposing that they would sign without
a \frord. But he was mistaken.
Instead of signing his petition, they
with one accord declared that any
man who would sell that kind of corn
to be fed to a dumb brute was worse
than a heathen.
Even the deacons refused to sign,
declaring that they could not stand
it to see a colt humiliate and disgrace
its mother by reeling through the
public streets; or hear a cow bawl at
the-sight of her besotted calf; while
a minister, with a look of indignation
that was indescribable, said in thunder
tones, that if his party ever licensed
the sale of that kind of corn
he would never vote its ticket again,
and then he quoted Scripture about
no drunkard entering the Kingdom of
God; and, as a final crusher, he asked
Boggs what would become of all the
poor dumb brutes, if we licensed the
sale of that kind of corn. Then he
wept.
Poor Boggs, discouraged, returned
to the office, dropped the petition on
the table, sank into a chair as he exclaimed:
"Personallibertyisa myth."
The lawyer, moved by sympathy, as
lav/yers always are. DUt on his best
thinking cap. In a moment his countenance
beamed with joy; he slapped
Boggs good-naturedly on the back,
and said: "Brighten up, old boy,
I've got an idea. A capital idea, too;
one that lets you out slick and clean,
eaves your farm, and, above all, preserves
your personal liberty. You
proceed at once to draw that corn to
the distillery, have it made into
whisky?and then circulate your petition
for a license to sell the whisky,
and they will all sign it; and thus the
dumb brutes will be protected, personal
liberty perpetuated, and, besides
all that, such a course will not
hurt thp nnrlv Ynti see it all de
pends upon whether the corn is sold
in a solid or liquid state."?National
Advocate.
One-third of Nation Sober.
Thirty million people in America,
or more than one-third of the Nation's
population, aro living under a
prohibition law, says the annual report
of the Associated Prohibition
Press, a news ssrvice furnishing news
relative to the prohibition movement.
The report, which is a resume of the
results accomplished by the various
forces working for prohibition, states
that the prohibitory area in foreign
countries has been greatly increased
during the year.
Loads to Physical Degeneration.
The London County Council puts
up in all the tramways it controls
placards setting forth the curse of
intoxicants, as follows:
"Great Britain spends in one year
174,475,270 pounds sterling on intoxicating
drink. (U. S. $1,000,000,000).
It increases the death rate, ill
health, poverty and crime. No one
requires alcoholic drink either as
food or tonic. Intoicating drink renders
those who take it less able to do
bood work. Total abstinence length
tns life. The use of alcoholic liquors
|b a most potent and deadly agent of
physical degeneratioD."
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOK MARCH 24 BY
THE REV.I. W.HENDERSON.
Subject: "Woes of Drunkenness,
Isaiah 28:7-13?Golden Text,
Hos. 4-11?Memory Verse, 7?
Commentary.
It i? not at all necessary to go to
the Scrpiture to find matter applicable
to a lesson on the woes of drunkenness.
All too sadly we have but
to look right around us in order to
find examples, illustrations and texts
for a lesson upon this theme.
Isaiah draws us a thrilling, awful
picture of the effects of drunkenness
upon the people of Jerusalem, and
especially upon their priests and
prophets. He predicts that if they
do not cease from wantonness and the
following of drunken iniquity th9
Lord will punish them in the persons
of the Assyrian hosts, men "with another'tongue."
He clearly sets forth
what are the effects of drunkenness
on the minds of men, leading them
to defy even God Himself\ and, without
fear, to flout His chosen prophetic
messengers.
The picture that Isaiah paints for
us, in words that blaze and burn, is
not more awful than the picture any
prophet of God might draw, if he so
desired, of the conditions of modern
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sible to say that the ministry, as a
class, are given to the Vice of intemperance.
It would not be possible to
say that those who, in any departure
of life, believe themselves blessed of
God with a prophetic message to men,
are, as a class, under the dominion of
that particular sin. The day long
since has passed when it was considered
"the thing" for ministers to
drink and no great disgrace for them,
now and then, to become over-indulgent.
The priest of God who drinks
is not the rule but the exception in
this more enlightened age. But although
the cup has come into disfavor
among the cloth, it is all too
sad a fact that, in the \yorld at large,
it fs altogether too popular, both for
the welfare of individuals and of society
as a whole.
There seems to be an opinion
abroad, in some very estimable quarters,
that when these lessons on intemperance
are taught we should, as
far as possible, avoid telling the
youth of our Sabbath sihools the
plain, hard, appalling facts of the
woes of intemperance. The woes of
intemperance are .only to be spoken
of in the title head. They are to be
forgotten as we proceed to the study
of the lesson. . Frankly the writer is
not of that same mind. Nothing is to
be gained by dodging the enormity of
the sin of intemperance as, to-day,
its lecherous hand stretches over our
land with eager desire to grasp our
young men and maidens, our old men
and matrons. Everything is to be
lost by refusing to look the evil in
the face and to paint it to the world
in its proper colors. It cannot be
passed by in silence if we are the followers
of Christ thz.t we should be;
its baneful effect up on thousands directly
and upon the whole nation indirectly
cannot be gainsaid. Its gri;
must be broken, its influence must be
nullified, it must be annihilated.
The woes of drunkenness descend
upon women as well as men; upon
the innocent as well as upon the
guilty; upon society as upon the individual.
The amount of drinking
that is prevalent among women today
4s almost past belief. And ever
as men cannot escape the effects cl
strong drink, so women do not. And
awful as are the consequences of intemperance
upon the lives, of men
they are unspeakably more so upon
the lives of women. For a moral and
sober motherhood is the base upoc
which all society rests. And anything
that destroys the purity and tne beauty
of our womanhood strikes at the
very vitals of all human life. Its effect
upon men is so widely spread and
so generally recognized that wt
snouia 06 arrayed soncuy as a tjnristian
host against it. Wrecked business
enterprises, ruined reputations;
forfeited positions of truth and responsibility
and profit, blasted homes,
disgraced lives, are the frequent concomitants
of drunkenness among
men. And the worst of it all is this,
that the men and women guilty of the
vice of intemperance do not always
reap the most distressing consequences.
Upon the innocent, the
fathers and moth- - the wives and
husbands and chilai.n, all too often
the direful consequences of the individual's
sins are visited. Further
the State suffers immeasurablj
through the moral downfall of hei
members through drink. Society has
an interest in every member of its
ranks. The weal of one is ,the welfare
of all and conversely the woe
or one nas an evil innuence upor
the moral health o' e whole community.
The woes of drtmkenness. Half z
century ago Harriet Beecher Stowe
portrayed the woes of slavery, and
' her name is famous and the slave is
free. Imperishable memory await;
the man who, with prevision, insighl
I and precision, can depict to the world
the horrors of intemperancs unto the
emancipation of a host now enmeshed
in the toils of this iniquity.
Vs. 7, S. Picture of the drunkenness
of the priests.
Vs. 9, 10. The drunkards moefc
Isaiah. "Knowledge," prophetic
teaching. "Tidings." "Revelations.'
"Weaned." They protest they are
not children.''
Vs. 11. 13. Isaiab retorts to them
with their own words. "StamniA-ings."
A foreign tongue. "Anofaer."
Assyrian.
The paint of pride is not the sams
as the robe of righteousness.
Minions * or iuacniuery.
The probability that as a result oj
the new South African customs ar
rangement a number of manufactur
ing industries will be inaugurated
with at least reasonable prospects ol
permanency opens up some very in>
teresting possibilities for makers and
exporters of machinery, states the
British and South African Export Gazette.
During the last five years
South Africa has expended $50,000,000
on new machinery, and the tota!
value of the machinery in the countrj
at the present time is estimated ai
not less than $150,000,000.
Uncle Sain Making Mexican Coin.
For the first time in the history ol
the New Orleans United States Mint
Mexican money is being coined there.
Work was started January 1 on the
coining of $1,000,000 in Mexican
twenty-cent pieces, and it is expected
that by March 30 all of the 5,000,000
silver pieces will be ready for ship
ment.
Concrete Telegraph Poles.
In view of the Increasing scarcity
and growing expense of wooden telegraph
poles, the Pennsylvania Railroad
lines will make tests of a reinforced
concrete pole at Rochester, Pa?
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HOW TO SAVE OTHERS.' ' j
Because He loved He gave
Himself for love of us!
Who would another save,
Must give his heart's love thus; >
The worthiest, gifts must always Ty&it .
Till love unlock the golden gate.
Some gifts are only alms
That have no love behind; .. ' ,
In them there are no balms
To heal the troubled mind;
Who gives them has nor joy nor pain>
Who takes them has but little gain. ' ^
But he gives more than gold
Who gws, because he must, v.,'
Riches of worth untold, i'/''
.treasures or love ana trust; t
Giving himself, he cannot live,
Unless his heart and hands may give.
So learn thou to bestow % .
From the great Giver Christ;
Love's gifts will freely flow
When the heart keeps its tryst;
And no one stops to count the cost
iWhose whole glad life in love is lost' v
?Marianne Farningham, in London S. S?
Times.
Her One Talent.
Margaret Sangster tells of a woman
neither young, not beautiful, nor,
robust, nor accomplished, nor educated,
who became a bride. She realized
that she was extremely unlike
her brilliant huBband. "1 have jkot
even one talent to fold away In ai
napkin," she said. But'the husband
loved her, and she loved him, and
would, please God, make him: happy.
"There is one comfort?I can keep
house," she said. So she planned the'
delicate, dainty, healthful meals, and
kept the home, clean, but not forbiddingly
spotless. It invited tjie tired
husband to rest, to litter it with
books and papers, if it pleased him to
bring work home, from tho office,
while she_sat beside him ready to
smile or speak as he looked up.
The husband said one'day: "There
is one talent yon have," fcaXing, beyond
anything else in the world?the
talent of having time enough for anything."
His home was a suburb of
paradise, and he went forth to the
competitions of life steadily auccess1
ful in all his 'enterprises. 'And the
quiet wife, who had time to love him;
to share bis hopes, listen to his plans;
and make his life supremely happy,
was an element in his success which
counted.' more largely than even the
husband knew.
1 . It is rare to find In this h.urrying
\ world a being who works with an air
of repose; who can pause to listen.to
; another's story; >who has a heart
touched to so respon&^ve a key that
sympathy in a friend's good fortune
| is as ready as pity for a friend's
: calamity. . Cl
1 This woman, who had the one tal|
ent of doing fully and bjlthely every
home obligation, by degrees became
a social power. A large class of girls
each Sabbath bent eagerly around hei
i while she unfolded the lesson to
them, and upon stated occasions she
| entertains the poor, pale, fagged-out
; girls of the downtown factories, and
, keeps them by kindly word and helpful
ministry and a Christian example,
1 from places of temptation; for she
! believes it is as much a Christian
^ work to keep young girls pure as to
save the poor remnant of their ruined
lives after they have fallen,
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. IClUUg Ul tixc Ui.C OkUl J VI LUIO
I woman, Margaret E.Sangster says:
"Altogether, when I think of the sick
beds this little woman sits by, the
' heartaches she goothes,' the confl|
dences of which she is the'trusted
recipient, the "happy homelife which
' is hers, and the good she is .doin,?, si'
lently, I am quite sure her talent is
[ bearing interest 'for the Master.
! Sunday-School Lesson Illustrator.
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The Christian.
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- Christianity Is something definite.
It is the divinely revealed religioli
that comes to us through the person!
ality, work and words of Jesus Chrjst.
It is not what some nice and well be!
haved people may happen to advo:
cate. To be a Christian one- must
| fall in line with Jesus Christ, accept!
ing Him personally as the true Sa|
viour, and believing His doctrines as
they come to us through the divinely
, inspired pages of the word of God.?
[ Detroit ^ews-Tribune. ?
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Forgiveness Becomes a Conscienco.
Without this trust of God forgive'
ness is only indulgence and the ex'
perience of it becomes a mere esi
cape. But with the sense of being
5 trusted, forgiveness becomes a con
science, and puts into a man a new
> sense of honor to do his best and his
i bravest for the God who believe3 In
him.?George Adam Smith.
i Ask Yourself. .
; Have you ever felt the esoccaingH
1 sinfulness of sin? If cot, try to un-l
derstand the greatness of God's loreD
' as revealed in the cross of Christ, and |
you will soon' begin to see what &
1 horrible thing sin is. And the morel
! conscious you become of your ownB
' sinfulness the easier it will be to take I
hold of Christ as an all-sufficient Sa? I
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God's Gift Must Be Appropriated. I
Men cannot buy their salvation I
with money: they cannot secure it byB
making long pilgrimages; they can-1
i not merit it by any course of works, I
- but obtain it only by faith. Faith is I
the appropriating act by which,
turougu LUb ueiy ul tuy oyuu, no
make our own the merits of Christ'6
> work done for us on the cross.?Reformed
Church Record.
More Blessed to Give Than to Get
Giving is essential to the completeness
of Christian character. It is the
crowning grace because ifcis the manifestation
of the highest excellence.
It is a result of sympathy, of unselfishness,
of contact with Christ, of
the drinking in of His Spirit?Dr?
Alexander Maclaren.
Xo Need to Worry.
If you walk with God you need not
worry whether you will go through
the cate with Him.
State to Import Song Birds. r
A hill has been intrnrinr'ed in the
, Oregon Legislature providing for the
appropriation of $5000 for the importing
of song birds by the State
( Horticultural Board, the chief object
being not to make the Oregon hedges
glorious with song, but to conquer
the fruit pests that are getting\the
best of native birds, but that might
succumb to the appetites of European
flocks. '
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Few Paupers in Japan. ?
It is estimated that there are leiss
than 10,000 paupers in the Japanese
Empire, with its population of 37/*,
.000,000.
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