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"Nay, next the heart," said Sophy,
laughing; "at least," she added,
[quickly perceiving by the other's face
that her compliment had been taken
au serious, and gone further than
she had intended, "I believe orders
are worn on the left hanh, are they
not?"
Here the countenance of the tutor,
,"which had been lit up with evident
pleasure, became grave again even
.to depression. As a man who knew
everything except botany he could
doubtless have told her on which
side medals were worn, but that
point remained unsolved.
' "I have ventured to come here,
Miss Sophy," he said, with some hesitation,
and in a much lower tone
than was his wont, "at an hour when
I had reason to believe you would
be found alone, to say a few words
imon mv own account."
She bowed, but remained silent;
it would not have been easy for her
to speak, even had she been so minded.
"My life hitherto," he went on,
"has been passed in pursuits with
which it is impossible that a young
woman can sympathize, but, unlike
most men similarly placed, I am not
.wedded to them. I could give them
Tip without regret; and I think I am
not too old to assimilate myself to
new conditions. The very way in
which I express myself is, I am well
aware, unsuitable to the subject on
which I would speak. I throw myself
upon your charity to excuse all
that; to make allowance also for
many other things. I am a very
humble suitor, Miss Sophy, but a
genuine one. My heart is sound but
not hard, I hope; yet you are the
first woman that has ever made an
impression on it. For that reason,
perhaps, your image has struck the
deeper into it I have Mtnerto uvea
for myself alone. When I am in
your presence the very thought of
self vanishes; it seems to me that the
highest happiness ,would be to live
with you."
Though the tutor's style was somewhat
high flown, and, as he himself
had said, unsuitable to a declaration
of love, it was not unsuitable to him;
on the contrary, it became him, while
his manner had the earnestness and
simplicity of a child. It was plain
he was deeply moved. Nor was
Sophy's demeanor by any means stoical.
She felt for him with all her
heart?and she felt for herself, too.
"Is it possible, dear Sophy," he
exclaimed, with tremblingjoy, "that,
in spite of all that is to be said
against me, you are not altogether
indifferent to me?"
He had made a movement toward
her, but she stretched out her hand,
with the palm upward, to prevent it.
"That I am not indifferent to you,
Mr. Mavors, unless respect, esteem,
and even affectionate regard be indifference,
is quite true, but I can
never marry you."
"You think that now," he pleaded,
**I have taken you too much by surprise;
you are astonished at my presumption,
no doubt; and no wonder."
v*r\ " eV?o or^CTToro^ ^arnActlv*
"there is no presumption. The unworthiness
is on my side, not on
yours. But?do not urge it?do not
press it?(for she saw that he was
about to speak), I am engaged to
another." '
"Engaged? Engaged to he married?"
"Yes. It was not my intention to
make it known?that is, yet awhile.
But you have a right to know it. I
have promised Mr. Adair to marry
him:"
"Is this quite fixed, Miss Gilbert?"
he asked, in low despondent tones.
"Can nothing alter it?"
"Nothing." She sighed heavily, as
though she would have added, "I
sincerely regret to say." But when
he looked up with quick in airing
gaze, as if to ask what th t sigh
meant, she repeated with decision,
"Nothing."
"I am very, very sorry," he murmured
softly.
"And so am I," she answered;
"thnt <a " oho rrnt in miirlrlw "sorrV.
if you feel it so much, for your disappointment.
There is no woman in
the world who might not be proud
of an offer from such a one as you,
Mr. Mavors; and I am very proud,
very sensible of the honor you would
have conferred upon me. We shall
always be friends, I know."
"Friends! Oh, yes, it can never
be otherwise," he replied pathetically.
"My heart will be in your
keeping always, though you will not
know it. Friends! Well, I hope
you may never want a friend; but if
you do?a friend in need?if I am
alive you will know where to find
one. Good-bye, Miss Sophy; pray,
pray do not suffer yourself to be so
moved upon my account"?for the
girl was crying bitterly. "If I had
thought it would have distressed you
so, I would never have spoken."
"I believe it," she murmured, and
held out her little hand, which he
raised reverently to his lips. Then,
without once looking back at her, he
left the room and let himself out at
the front door. Two Trinity men
met him in Trumpington street on
his way home and raised their caps.
For once in his life he took no notice
of their salutation.
"How old Mavors is getting to
look!" said one of these young gentlemen.
CHAPTER XII.
Success.
i When Sophy had seen Adair coming
up toward the gate of the LauToia
chi? Tiaturallv took it for eranted
ithat he was coming in; but the fact
was he had caught sight of Mr. Mayors
going up the gravel sweep to
make his call, and though Adair litjtle
guessed his errand, he felt no inclination
to fbllow in bis wake.
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"Two are company, three are none, ^
is a proverb pretty generally ac- j
cepted; but when one of the party ^
is a tutor of his college, and another ,
a scholar of the same, the truth of j
' the saying is borne upon the scholar s
1 with particular significance.
Sophy had good grounds for her ,
1 conviction that the canon would offer j
no opposition. Adair had laid his ]
plans with too great skill to fear any- y
thing of that kind; but he omitted 1
no precaution to insure success. (
Nothing could be more modest and
apparently diffident than the terms ,
in which he made confession of hav- J
ing fallen in love with the canon's ]
ward. He acknowledged that his j
having done so was an act open to
censure; he could even imagine that j
it might be considered a breach of f
T ? trrrtc + V? TtI ftTH fitl.
IlUSpiLaiil v. ii iuav nao tut ficn
tertained by his patron, sooner than
lose his good opinion he was prepared?though
at a sacrifice of happiness
which no one could estimate
but himself?to give up all pretensions
to the young lady's hand. He
confessed that he had reason to believe
that his affection was reciprocated,
but notwithstanding that and
supposing, in case of the canon's objecting
to the match, 'that she preferred
to obey the voice of authority
to that of love, he would
then bow to her decision and never
trouble her with importunity of appeal.
Perhaps it was not altogether unnecessary
that Adair adopted a
course so judicious and conciliatory,
for, though the canon had already
pictured to himself the young man
as Sophy's suitor, the idea had been
almost confined to the regions of
Imagination; when it had escaped
from them and been put into formal
shape, as in his conversation with
his sister, its reception had not been
favorable, and it had seemed less
satisfactory to himself; and, now
that it started up suddenly before
him full grown, like Minerva, it gave
him a considerable shock. It is all
very well for a kind, thoughtful man,
independent of conventionality, to
advance (in fancy) humble merit to j
high places; but when humble merit
advances itself without assistance
and then demands his sanction to
the transaction, he is sometimes apt
to think the step a little audacious.
"If, as I gather from what you
say, Adair," was the canon's grave
reply, "you have already spoken to
my ward upon this subject, I confess
I think you have done wrong.
It Vas to me, and not to her, that
you should have addressed yourself."
There was a pause, which Adair
purposely prolonged, though he had,
' in truth, long prepared his reply.
Then he answered, humbly:
( "As to that, sir, I hav? not a word
of excuse to offer. I might plead,
perhaps, some extenuating circumstances;
but I do not do so. I was
wrong."
This was a sagacious reply, for
what it implied was that Adair had
only so addressed himself upon receiving
such encouragement as iew
young men could be expected to withstand;
but as for putting in that
plea, not even wild horses should
have torn it from him. The canon,
with Sophy's behavior to Herbert
Perry in his mind, fell into this trap
at once. He was vexed and bit his
lip, but where such complete submission
was made, contention was
impossible.
"Your communication has taken
me very much by surprise," he said.
"T i f ma ftVlfiTM
? tanuut oa? tuav. u 51*^0 iut-?muwjju
?unmixed satisfaction." s
"It would be, indeed, surprising c
if it did, sir," was Adair's rejoinder. 1
"I am well aware fhat what I have t
said must seem presumptuous?indeed,
even audacious."
"Nay, nay," put in the canon,
touched by his young favorite's humility.
"I don't say that. The ab- j
sence of fortune and family is, of
course, a serious drawback; but
blood and money are not everything.
As to the latter, you have the ma- ^
terial within you, if I am not much .
mistaken, by which nowadays for- .
tunes are made; and I believe you .
to be a man of sterling merit. My
ward has some money of her own, r
which will be always hers; no one
else can touch it. So far her fortune
is secured. And you are not a
man to sit with your hands before *
you and live on your wife's income."
"I should be ashamed, indeed, to c
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U.U IIIC* t? Oil. JLU 1<9 ?Cl J uauvuiw ava a
man in my position to excuse without
accusing himself; but I should *
like you to feel that Miss Gilbert's
fortune has formed no part of her ^
attraction for me."
"I am glad to hear it, and I believe
it," said the canon, earnestly.
"In the case of your engagement
being a short one?and upon the 1
whole I should prefer a short en- t
gagement?you will be giving up c
something not inconsiderable your- i
self. You will only gain your fel- i
lowship, in fact, to lose it; that is j
?250 a year or so." ^
"I hope I shall be able to make {
?250 a year, sir, by .my own ex- t
ertions," answered Adair, with a j
smile of confidence. j"No
doubt, no doubt; still, as a \
matter of fact, you would give up i
that much." t
me canon was noi repijiug lu |
young friend so much as to certain c
other persons not present, to whom j
he felt it would be necessary to ad- j
vance "extenuating circumstances;"
not only to take this young man's
side, but to present the view of the
matter as seen from his standpoint.^
"So far as the mere money is con-' t
cerned," he went on, "you may be i
considered as tbe working partner, i
who, though he brings no capital to t
the concern, contributes the brains." \
Thic was a dangerous metaphor, c
because it suggestod that Adair
under ccrtain circumstances, might
have the use of the capital, but the 1
canon was unaware of the signifi- (
:ance, and though it struck Adair;
le took no notice of it.
"Of course, there will be a great
leal of consideration?yes?and con>ultation,"
he resumed; "and even
f I take my ward's wishes in this
natter for granted, Mr. Adair, I can
ay nothing for certain respecting
1 O* nrDCDTI t "
.iiio pi u.u
"Indeed, sir, I fell very grateful
:hat you should take the matter Into
:onsideration at all," returned the
roung man, gravely. "It is quite as
Duch as I could have dared to hope
Tor. But as to consulting others,
[ trust entirely, next to Miss Gilbert's
regard for me, to your own
riew of my character. It may be
nuch too kind a one?indeed, I feel
it to be so; but the truth is, sir, I
nave not the qualities that win popilarity,
and elsewhere I can scarcely
ook for favor. Poverty and friendessness
are passports to your good
will; that is not, however, the case
with the world at large, sir, but far
ptherwise."
"You shall have fair play, Adair,
cou may be sure of that," said the
lanon, assuringly. "I shall not be
persuaded to do you the least injus:ice."
There was another prolonged
pause. Adair, convinced that he had
gained his end, was unwilling to
preak ground in any direction. The
nore, too, he left his companion to
lis own reflections, the more likely
ne felt he would be to regard the
nattet as a fait accompli.
"In case this marriage snouia taire
jlace," continued the canon, thoughiully,
"I suppose you young people
ivould be rather, in a hurry. I have
nyself said that I am adverse to any
ong engagement, but there must be
lothing to distract the mind, such as
i honeymoon, before the Tripos.
5Tou must take your degree, you
tnow, since your position in the examination
will form your future creientials."
"I quite understand that, sir," returned
the young man, quietly.
'Moreover, I should like to win^piy
spurs?to distinguish myself in the
)nly way that for the present lies in
ny power?for?for Sophy's ^ake."
"That is well said," observed the
:anon, gently.
Though the canon had thus quito
nade up his mind, it was not free
'rom qualms as respected the opposition
which his consent to Adair's
>ffer was likely to meet with. He
jxpected some epigrammatic disapjrobation
from Mr. Mavors, and a
*ord or two of quiet but decided
jondemnation from his sister. But
n this, as it turned out,. he was
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:elf, it is true, did not exhibit much
mthusiasm when he informed her
;hat her lover's prayer was granted,
she was very far from being moved,
jut her feelings seemed to take a rexospective
direction, i
She threw herself upon her guardan's
neck and poured out her very
leart in gratitude for his long coninued
kindness to her. It would
lave seemed to a less unegotistic
lature that she grieved more at partng
from so true and tried a friend
han she rejoiced at the happiness
hat was awaiting her. There was
10 doubt, however, of her having
)l\ghted faith with the young
:cholar, and, on the whole, the canon
vas not displeased that she dismayed
no raptures at the prospect
>efore her. Such subdued bliss, he
)hilosophically concluded, was more
ikely to last.
Mr. Mavors received the intelligence
without one word of criticism
>r comment. It was not, as hiB
riend was well aware, an example
>f silence giving consent; but it was
;omething that he forebore to speak
lis mind. He seemed to be quite
irepared for the news and to bow to
ne lnevitaDie. ah uv emu ?aa. x
lope with all my heart that Miss
5ophy may be happy."
Miss Aldred exhibited considerably
nore surprise, but also restrained
rom any expression of opinion.
"You know, William," she ob?
lerved, gravely, "where I wished her
shoice to fall, but since she has made )
ler own selection, I have not a word
,o say against it."
To be Continued.
Hunting Big Game.
In the East African protectorate
ast season 3130 head of game were
tilled by sportsmen from all parts of
he world. The most dangerous sport
)f all, and that which President
Roosevelt is looking forward to when
lis term of office ends, is lion huntng;
not baiting in tlie orthodox fashon
of stalking, but driving them on
lorseback and riding theia down.
The beasts lie low in the long grass
vhen hard pressed and spring on
heir pursuers in all the blind fury
>f despair. Frederick Shaw Kennedy
tilled seven lions on a recent trip,
>ne being shot at a few paces while
naking a murderous charge. Frank
Baden-Powell, brother of the gen:ral,
killed a freak rhinoceros which
lad a single straight horn twentyseven
and one-half inches long.?
^'ew York Press.
Pical Estate iu Korea.
One of the most astonishing reguation3
has been made regarding the
;ransfer of real estate in Korea. No
)ne is to be allowed to sell or buy
eal estate except by express pernission
of the Governor. This is apjarcntly
a move on the part of the
Tapancse to prevent the selling of
tny land in Korea except to peonlo
hat they approve, for the Governors
ire, of course, under the Japanese
idvisers.- it makes no difference that
oreigners have as good a right to
>uy land as the Japanese. The mater
will have to be tested in the court
jefore the Powers will allow their
itizens to Le curtailed in their privleges
in the peninsula.?Korea |
Cows.
The Motor?Cougb.
The Daily Mail has discovered that
he "motor-cough" is "caused by the
ninute particles of dust raised by
notor-car3 which lodge themselves in
he laryngeal passage." If people
vill use tholr gullets as garages, what
:an they expect??Punch.
Between 12,000 and 13,000 liquor
irensos ure in force in New York
;ity.
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PLOT TO KjLi^THE CZAR
Concerted Attack Planned on
Palace at Tsarskoe Selo.
Greatest Terrorist Conspiracy Since
the One of Eighty-two Years Ago
* oueci uy Acciaeniai uiscovery.
M
London. ? The Daily Telegraph's
St. Petersburg correspondent reports
the accidental discovery and foiling
of the greatest terrorist plot since the
great Decemberist conspiracy eighttwo
years ago. The correspondent
says he has thesensational storj from
trustworthy sources.
According to these versions no
fewer than eighty. conspirators resolved
a couple of months ago to assassinate
Emperof Nicholas, and
plans were made to carry out the
deed at Easter. The plotters included
reserve officers and other officials
and civilians whose loyalty hitherto
had been undoubted. A large number
of conspirators, the correspondent
says, was made necessary by the
great precautions taken nowadays to
protect imperial personages.
The plan was, the correspondent
says, to approach Tstrskoe Selo in
groups and then execute a sudden
and daring attack on the palace. The
first group, consisting of thirty-four
men, arrived on the Russian Good
Friday, when, from some means unknown,
suspicions against them were
aroused and the whole thirty-four
were arrested at Tsarskoe Selo. Documents
found in their possession led
to the apprehension of the other
members of the band in St. Petersburg,
HEARST RECOUNT SUSTAINED.
* .
Court of Appeals Unanimous in Decision
Reversing Former Opinion.
Albany, X. Y.?The Court of Appeals
sustained the right of AttorneyGeneral
Jackson to attack in the
name of th^ people the title of George
B. McClellan as Mayor of New York
City in behalf of William R. Hearst.
The Hearst cause has now won in
aH courts. The Court is unanimous,
and no opinion is given.
Attorney-General Mayer, Mr. Jackson's
predecessor, denied Hearst's application
for permission to begin quo
warranto proceedings against McClellan.
DEATH SHOWS IMPOSTOR.
Australian Posed as Lord Beresford
and Got Much Loot.
Asheville, N. C.?A tale of crime
and deception equalled only by the
notorious Lord Douglas, is that of
Sidney Lascelles, of Australia, alias
Lord Beresford, of England, whose
body now lies in an undertaker's establishment
in this city. He has been
identified by W. T. Cheney and Linton
A. Dean, of Rome, Ga., as the
person who looted that town, claiming
to^e Lord Beresford.
The dead man came'to Asheville
under the name of Asquith.
Insurance Conspirator Confesses.
Charles P. Carrington, accused
Jointly of conspiracy with George R.
Scrugham and Charles Stirrup in the
life insurance ballot frauds, In New
Yory. City, turned State's evidence,
alleging that Scrugham had ordered
defective policy holders' ballotB cot*
rected and saying he had "chloroform"
for the administration ballots.
Emigration Alarms Hungary.
In consequence of the great increase
in emigration, the Hungarian
Manufacturers' Union, at Budapest,
will hold an inquiry into the causes
in the hope of finding some practical
means of keeping the people at home.
Industrial and agrarian circles complain
of the scarcity of labor. Many
villages are almost deserted.
Funeral For Ian Maclaren.
The Lord Mayor and Corporation
of Liverpool are arranging a public
funeral for the late Rev. Dr. John
"Watson ("Ian Maclaren"), who died
May 6 at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and
whose body is to be brought there
by the widow of the late deceased.
Thomas Ryan Favors Daniel.
Thomas F. Ryan said the possibility
of his being named as a candidate
for President was "too remote." He)
believes the Democrats should favor
a Southern man, and is in favor of
Senator Daniel, of Virginia.
Murphy to Leave Tammany.
Charles F: Murphy has agreed to
resign as leader of Tammany Hall,
provided he may name his successor
and that Mayor McClell^n, of New
York, will then recognize the organization.
A Murderer Hanged.
Alexander Hermann, murderer of
Martin Korchinsky, was hanged at
the State prison, Wethersfield, Conn.
He met death coolly and without
flinching.
Acquitted of Peonage.
W. C. Sprott, marshal of Mulberry,
defendant in the second of peonage
cases, tried in the United States
Court, at Tampa,* Fla., ha? been acquitted.
Wisconsin Candidate Withdraws.
Irvine L. Lenroato withdrew from
the contest in Wisconsin for Senator
Spooner't place.
Tiff Ventril With Fnrfll'pr.
It was announced in Washington
that Secretary Taft and his friends
would neither aid nor oppose Senator
Foraker in his contest for re-election.
Great German Lock-Out.
The Master Builders' Association,
of Berlin, Germany, and its sutyJrbs,
has decided to lock out all masons
and bricklayers, over 100,000 men.
Sporting Notes.
Harvard easily defeated Dartmouth
in a dual athletic meet.
The Cleveland Club has sold third
baseman Perring to the Toledo Club.
William A. Larned, the National
ex-champion, tz to coach Cornell University
lawn tennis players this season.
In the Swarthmore College track
meet Krueger, the football captain,'
put the shot forty'five feet nines/
inches, within three inches of the in-J
tercollegiate record of forty-six feet;
held hv Be-c'n. of Yale.
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OP INTEMPERANCE.
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Poem: How My Boy Went Down?
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A lawyers oiory ? i^rusnue
Against Absinthe in Switzerland
?Liqnor Ruins Thousands.
It was not on the field of battle, \
It was not with a ship at sea,
1 But a fate far worse than either
That stole him nway from me.
'Twas the death in the tempting wine-cup
That the reason and senses drown;
He drank the alluring poison, /
And thus my boy went down.
Down from the heights of manhood.
To the depths of disp-ace and sin;
Down to a worthless being,
From the hope of what might have been.
For the brand of a beast besotted
He bartered his manhood's crown;.
Through the gate of a sinful pleasure
My poor, weak boy went down.
'Tis only the same old story
That mothers so often tell.
With accents of infinite sadness,
Like the tones of a funeral bell:
But I never thought, once when I neard^t,
.1 ebould learn all its meaning uyself;
I thought he'd be true to?his mother,
I thought he'd be true to himself.
But. alas! for my hopes, all delusion!
Alas! for his youthful pride!
Alas! who are safe when danger >
Is open on every side?
0, can nothing destroy this great evil?
No bar in its pathway be thrown,
To save from the terrible maelstrom
The thousands of Bbys going down?
?Christian Helper.
A Sermon on Intemperance.
A lawyer in Chicago relates that
going home one night from his office
he was accosted by a blear-eyedblotched
beggar clad in rags. Looking
at him more closely, he asked his
name. His suspicion was confirmed.
It was an - old college friend, the
brightest man of his year.
"Give me a dollar for old acquaintance
sake," whined Misery piteously.
"What has happened to you?" said
his friend. "You have been in trouble.
Why did you not let me know?"
The tramp eyed him wistfully.
"No trouble," he said, "but of my
own making. I succeeded well
enough for some time, but I went into
company, and drank hard. Not
at first, but I could soon drink as
much as any of them. It became a
habit. After carousing into the
small hours, I was not fl+ for business
next day. One good chanc* after
another I let slip through by being
unnerved, until my partner's got
rid' of me, and I sank to this."
His friend looked at him pitifully.
He said, "You can make a new start
out here, and I will help you." "No,"
said the other, "I have lost energy
and hope. Give me enough money to
get a meal and a 1aed. That is all
you can do for me."
His friend pleaded with him, but
to no purpose. He took him to c
restaurant and fed him, and found
him a decent lodging for the night.
The next morning be went to see
him, but during the night he had
committed suicide. Slain* by the
liquor that had ruined thousands.?
Christian fcife.
One Glass of \^ine.
Revolting, indeed, as are thfe details
recited in the New York courtroom
where the Thaw murder trial
is in progress, and deeply though
we deprecate the publication of such
sensationalism and the consequent influence
upon readers young and old,
it is. to be hoped not all will miss
the lesson that upon one glass of
wine the fearful story hinges. If
the beautiful girl whose husband is
on trial for his life had been reached
by total-abstinence teaching, if she
bad never, taken a first glass, that
one fatal glass of poisoned champagne
would never have passed her
lips.?Union Signal.
Value of Distance.
The Chicago Tribune says: "The
greater the distance to travel, the
less the likelihood ' of temptation.
* * * At a distance of three full
miles a saloon is not so demoralizing
as when near at hand, and the
average young man is likely to give
the subject serious consideration before
he traverses that territory to
gratify the cravings of an unwise and
unwholesome thirst." Many times
we hear it said that the proximity of
the saloon has little to do- with the
amount of liquor consumed. This
Is specious, but a little thought will
lid on o Tv? nnf
WU r iUV'w UD buab OUV/il Ckli. ai
is fallacious.?Home Herald.
He Kept His Pledge.
A boy fifteen years old, who bad
just organized a temperance band of
twelve boys for temperance work in
his own town, was naken quite ill.
When tbe doctor ordered hot whisky
to be given him. and it was offered to
him by his mother, he refused to
take it, saying, "Mother, if I take it
and live, I could not face the boys
with a broken pledge; if I die, tell
the boys I kept my pledge?kept If
for them." The eleven boys are men
now, living true to the pledge 'they
made with their young leader.?
Christian Endeavor World, Boston.
What Each Man Gets.
The following appears on a sign
in the window of a liquor store in
Vow Vnrl' Pitv
"From a bushel of Corn the Distiller
gets four gallons of Whisky,
which retails at $16.
"The Government gets $4.40.
"The Farmer who raises the Corn
gets 20 cents.
j "The Railroads get $2.
"The Manufacturer gets $9.40.
"The Retailer gets Hell.
"And the Consumer gets Drunk."
?Kansas City Post.
Swiss Vote Against Absinthe.
A referendum in the canton of
Geneva, Switzerland, has ratified the
law prohibiting the sale of absinthe
by a vote of 7841 to 7081. The vote
will act as a great encouragement to
the anti-absinthe movement, and the
extension of the law throughout the
wL?>le federation now appears to be
certain. \
Opposed to Saloons.
Bishop Warren, of the M. E.
Church, is an out-and-out champion
of the Anti-Saloon League.
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Temperance Notes.
Intoxication while on duty is a
misdemeanor for a railroad employe
in California, and, if death results,
a felony.
The Oklahoma constitutional convention
has decided to submit the
question of prohibition as a separate
issue to the voters of the new commonwealth.
President Garrett, of the Seaboard
Air Line, in a general order to em/
ployes declares that no man addicted
to the use of liauor can remain in the
service of the company in any capacity.
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THE MASTER'S HOME CALL. gn
Oh, sweet is the Master's ca1! to rest;
And how it cometh, and when, and
where
Matters but little to those wio hear,
And rise and follow. He knoweth best.
Some have gone home through the surging **,<
V tide .
.When the waves of Jordan ran rough
and high, er<
And the Christ of Galilee, walking nigh, ha
Hath brought them safe to the stormless ha
side.
And some thro' the fires of pain have
passed, .
While close to their faltering footsteps "7
trod stT
A form that -was ttlik% to the Son of
God,"
Till the golden gates were reached at last. 1st
de
And some on the Saviour's tender breast un
< Have fallen asleep, like a tired child? vj.
Forgetting the sorrow and anguish wild? i.p
And Himself hath carried them home to ,
rest. P?
Gc
God teach us better to do His will, Pt
v And nearer to live from day to day at
To the home that never shall pass away, thi
Till our heart's last longings Himself shall y>a
fill!
'?Edith G. Cherry, in London Christian. ^
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These Ever Living Words. . v foi
Heaven and eterth shall pass awa>, th
but My words shall not pass away.? th
St. Luke, xxi., 33. ge
The creative word of the Infinite ha
fashions the marvels of the universe, wl
establishes its order, and ordains the Gc
end for which it was spoken into be- ag
Ing. It echoes in every nook and se
cranny of creation;, it enters into ly
every relation of matter and into ce
every adjustment of circumstances, Gc
and in the end it must rule the whole ou
development of life and all life's of
spiritual accompaniments. fa
Thus, when Christ says, "Heaven wj
and earth shall pass away, but My ou
words shall not pass away," He Gc
means that the principles of God's Gc
justice, truth and right, and His, tit
the Son's interpretation of them are as
the fundamental facts which must st<
endure; that though all we see and is
touch and handle pass away these ag
things remain and persist forever.
And, furthermore. He means that T1
words and deeds antagonistic to these G<
have no permanence and abiding of
quality, that they run counter to the fig
great active purpose of creation, the sh
upward trend toward the great ideal lit
and ensue in suffering, unhappiness, no
retribution and the final sweeping fu
away of the men, the races and in- w<
stitutions that have given them voice se
and expression. fig
"Heaven and earth shall pass sp
away, but My words shall not pass sb
away." What a wealth of meaning sh
Is in the fervent utterance of those th
syllables if we give ear to and ponder
and heed them! What we need in an
this age of ours is not so much a tr]
knowledge that there is a law and ou
sequences In life; as that there is q(
some character whose words and
deeds illustrate that law in its higheBt
manifestation; whose personality G
and whose speech embody all there
Is of moral permanence and benefit to ? ,
mankind. Goodness is a mere sound v
Df syllables unless there be some f
character in which it can be embodied.
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Some of us pretend to understand .
what goodness is, but we say the
average individual of the age does tr
not live it, and we will frame\our
lives as others do. We see some men
dwelling amid a worldy environment rr
who are brave enough to refuse such (:r
standards, and we say in pessimis- ?
tic comment: "What is their reward? "c
- - *- + I HI
rney are not majung piugieoo mm
the world; they are missing the op- n
portunities which they might seize." |0?
We forget that the word which is P11
true, the character Which is noble, *D|
the soul which is embued with faith 101
and ideals, though it be crushed to 'JJP
aarth, shall rise again. We forget
-he splendid example of the Master, s?
and that, though rejected of man,
His character and personality have
survived the scathing hand of time P1'
and risen above all others t?at mark on
the page of history. er
As we study the words of Jesus ou
and comprehend the Word of God let
us 6trive to learn how priceless and
enduring they are?how their value ac
to live by is above all commodities, hl<
all worldy success and honor. And W(
bo let us strive to make our lives Pr
and characters speak, and bear frui- re
tion, in these blessed' words, the Gc
sweetness and the beauty/and the
health of which shall bring peace and Je
:ontentment and abiding strength un- Gc
to our souls.?The Rev. Andrew F. H<
Underhill, Rector St. John's Church, ha
Yonkers, N. Y., in the Sunday Herald, ho
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Faithful. I Isi
The judgment of Christ, which is
simply the utterance of fact, takes no ^
heed of the extent, but only of the
kind of service and puts in the same W{
level of recompense all who, with ag
however widely varying powers, were no
one in spirit, in diligence and devo- te(
tion. The eplogium on the servants w
is not "successful" or "brilliant," but ag
"faithful," and both alike get it.? va
Alexander Maclaren.
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Loving the Unlovely. t0
To love the whole church is one
thing; to love, that is to delight in co
the graces and veil the defects of, the te
person who misunderstood me and ev
opposed my plans yesterday, whose ev
peculiar infirmities grate on my most mi
sensitive feelings, or whose natural
Riults are precisely those from which fa
my natural character most revolts, is j^(
quite another.?Mrs. Charles. UE
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Where the "If Belongs. ?
Always put your "if" in the right
place. In the case of the man who
wanted Christ to cast out the dumb
spirit of his son, the father said, "If t>r
Thou canst do anything;" but the Cb
Lord answered him, "If thou canst l&i
believe." Christ straightened out
<*he "if" and put it in the right place, ou
?D. L. Moody. fo:
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A Means For Humbleness. jn
They that know God will be hum- *r<
ble; they that know themselves cannot
be Droud.?John Flavel. ,
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Cruise of the Neptune. mi
The Dominion Government hat 0
published a description of the cruise
of tue Neptune in Hudson Bay waters.
The object of the cruise was
to gain information as to the possibilities
of a Northern route as an
outlet for the great grain crop of 00
the Northwest. The conclusion is
that Hudson Strait is navigable for c
ordinary iron steamships from July
20 to November 1, and this period
may be increased without much risk
by a week in the beginning of the na
season and by perhaps two weeks at J"e'
the close. . te!
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TERXATIOXAL LESSON CO?I*B
IEXTS FOR* JUNE 16, BY THB H
REV. I. W. HENDERSON. H
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bject: Israel's Escape From 3gypt?^H
Ex. 14:13-27?Golden Text: Sr.H
14:30?Memory Verses, IS, 14H
?Commentary. Bm
God not only delivered Israel front
; evil that fell upon the first bnrir^H
the Egyptians but He also delfv>H|
?d them altogether out of the^H
nds of Pharaoh and his heavy-^H
naea tasKmasiers.
The circumstances of this escape
the children of Israel from Egypt^B
2 memorable. They are worthy of
idy. For they reveal to us manr^H
ictly human characteristics and |B
ier characteristics that are divine, I
All went well with the children of H
ael as they journeyed through the-M
sert to the borders of the Red Sea
til Pharaoh loomed up behind with
3 chariots and his warriors. Then H|
rror took possession of God's peo- BH
i. They lost sight of the fact tha?^D
id was still with them although BB
laraoh with a mighty army waS-^P
their heels, ^hey, lost sight of
e pillar that by night and by day^B
d gone ahead of them. They for-^H
t that they were led of God anct^H
at His arm was mightier th&q th^^H
ms of the Egyptian hosts. They^B
rgot that God had promised to see B|
em through with this expedition to-H|
e end. And it is not strange. To ^B
t a square view of the enemy they-^B
d to turn their backs on God. And BB
lenever any man turns his b%ck on ^B
>d and then trie^ his courage-^B
ainst the hosts that so sorely be~S
Uhim he becomes afraid. The on* fl|
way in which we can fight slu sue-H
Bsfully is to keep our eye fixed on
>d. Israel was blissfully unconsci-IjH|
s of the nearness and the PowerMI
the enemy until she turned herB|
ce from the front and looked backf.^B
ird. And so we if we are to marchHi
it of sin into the Holy Land of Hj
>d's Kingdom ' must contemplateM
>d more and sin less. The Chris- H
m life is as much a renunciation :^B
it is a warfare. It is as much. the*.H
eadfast following of a light as it M
running away, from or flghtinj^^l
ainst darkness and sin. flH
"The Lord shall fight for you." 9
tat would have made a betterlB
>lden Text. This is the inspirattoa!'H
every Christian. The Lord shall H
;ht for us. What weaklings we 9
ould be were It not for God. How fl
tie we should accomplish were It H
it for the empowering of Ood. How
tile all our efforts would be vert'l
i deserted of God and left to oni^-iH
Ives. The knowledge that- God- H
;ht8 for us and that we are fn^JH
lred and led of Him is the mainf 9
17 of the Christian "heart Wfr-V
ould be helpless were it not fojr,H
True as it is that we are guarded H
d shepherded of God it la no legs
ue that we have to do much for (
rselves. In all the dealings of
>d with Israel we find that He iovl
its that they shall Ho something 'as- H
ill as He. Moses had told them that H
>d would fight for them. It was
eat truth. But when God ;c6m
mded Moses to order Israel to go Bj
ead and keep their eyes to the-' H
Dnt and leave the rear guard to
m he declared a truth equally a*:
mortant For God's victory would
ve been harder won If they had
mained in the desert. It was necesry
that they should go through theid
Sea. It was necessary that they
ould move on. That is to say that'
was not so much a time for dee-'
rations and for prayer as for ao>n.
And so, with all of us, the
ne comes when we must place t:|*
lphasis not so much on talk and
prayer as on work. Pharaoh
Ight easily have overtaken a prayg
Israel that stood still; hut hound
it an impossible task to catch1
i with a God-fearing Israel that
pt on the move. That Moses-,
ould pray and that the people
ould stop to consider and to dete
was perfectly, human. But God's-.'
in was different. The time was.
e for motion rather than for prayAnd
this is a lesson that we alt
ght to learn, the lesson of rein fore
g our prayers with constructive ac-*
1J anil /
aty. we suuuiu 6u JLU&<>Mw _
complish more and be less rulnera
e to the onslaughts of sin, if ~we> H
;re always certain to reinforce oar
ayers with good wholesome prcg- H
ssive activity in the interests of H
>d and of His kingdom. jfl
The tenacity and steadfastness ot
hovah are worthy of comment. H
>d gave His promise to Israel that S
j would see them safely out of the
nds of t?e Egyptians. When the H
st of the Pharaoh drew near Gk)d fl
1 not desert them. Although th*.H
raelites grew frightened God was- H
t terrified. He did not desert H
em. He kept His word with them. fl
ie pillar that by day and by night H
,d gone ahead of them as a guide H
is transferred to their rearguard H
a defense against the enemy. God H
it only guided them "but He pro- B
:ted them. He was tenacious. H
hen they grew weak and lost cour- H
? -<TT1 *1.
e God was strong. wueu< _
ciliated God was steadfast. Al- H
ough they doubted Him He did fl
>t leave them. He stood by them H
the end. Having decided and
omised to see Israel In safety out H
Egypt God carried His work 'to
mpletion. This is ever the charac
ristic of the divine working. How? H
er languid we may become, how- S
er our courage may wane, however
ach we may be terrified by the hosts- fl
sin He never deserts us. He never
ils us. He always has opened rnd H
2 always will open a way of escape H
ito us if we will but trust Him and H
i His will. ~ r
Gives Drunkards $6 Each. " ' I
A "savings bank annex" to the I
anch of the Municipal Court of
licago, presided over by Judge Cle- H
ad, is announced by the Judge as^^
additional means of reform held H
t to unfortunates who come be- H
% a ? -- nlkalafl Kv H
re mm. ah; pciauu
e court will have a savings account
a Chicago bank, with a gift of $&
)m the bank to start the account.
ie gift carries with it the condition,
at the person will keep sober and
11 deposit to his own account $2 *
ch month. 'The amount deposited,
ly not be withdrawn until the end
the year.
Cigarette Smoking in Russia. ' ,
Every male in Russia over fifteea
ars old smokes about 150 cigar:es
a week according to a British
nsular report on Poland and Lithnia.
One pound of tobacco sufes
for 1000 cigarettes.
Bearing Strangely Restored.A
man of Witten, Germany, who y
d been almost deaf for some years,
covered his hearing completely atr
a terrific explosion. ' y