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CHAPTER XVIII. 15
j**' Continued.
"Well, there are no quotations yet,
of course."
"Why, I thought they were a-laying
five or six to one against the
Briarroot filly."
"Tut! Your mind is always feeding
on horseflesh," returned the
other, contemptuously. "I meant
there are no quotations on the S. S.,
stupid."
Not till the train stopped at the
ticket platform did the young gentleman
in the corner begin to awaken,
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stretching; one would have said that ;
he had either been undergoing great
bodily fatigue of late or must have
been a very lazy young man indeed.
No sooner had he departed from his
companions, however, and found him- '
self in a cab, than all trace of Bleep!- 1
ness vanished. There was an angry \
light in his eye, and an angry ring in
his voice, as he exclaimed to himself:
"That man again! How strange
that his cursed name is the first to
meet my ear in England. What
scoundrels those two fellows looked: 1
his accomplices, no doubt, in some 1
scheme of villainy. It is too late to 1
get on to-night, and I can't stop all 1
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kUVCV AAVltAU _
out with bitter thoughts. No doubt
Henny will give me a bit of supper,
and?what I crave for infinitely more "
?some news of Cambridge. Her 1
husband is a clever fellow, by all '
accounts, and his advice may be 1
He put his head out of the window j
and substituted for the address he
had first given to the cabman that of {
the Irtons' house in Maida Vale.
It was past eight when the cab 1
drew up to the door; he rang the bell {
and gave his card to the servant fdr 1
Mrs. Irton. Henny was still in the <
dining-room, where her husband was (
smoking his after-dinner pipe (she 1
was much too good a wife and wise 2
a woman to object to the smell of to- 1
bacco). She read the card, jumped 1
up with a cry of pleasure, and ran I
into the passage, where Mr. Frederic
Irton heard her exclaim, tumultuous- ]
ly: "You dear, good fellow!" These *
words, so distressing to a husband's
ear, were followed by an unmistak- 3
able kiss.
The next moment she reappeared, 3
leading by the hand a very handsome {
young man, looking not so much
ashamed of himself as embarrassed. 1
"I owe vou an anolORV, Mr. Irton," *
he began, smiling. 1
"It's quite out of the question," *
said the lawyer, gravely. "The mat- c
ter must go to a jury, who will assess c
damages." 1
"Why, it's Robert," cried Henny; i
"Robert Aldred, from India; I knew 3
he'd come," and then this extraordinary
young.person, who had quite a 1
reputation for self-control, burst into
tears. . *
"I am very glad to see Robert,"
said Irton, shaking hands with the 1
newcomer warmly. "This is, indeed,
friendly of you. You come to stay 1
with us, of course?"
"Nay. I was going to Cambridge 1
this very night, but found I was too (
late, 60 I just looked in." ?
Henny was in the passage again in 1
an instant, giving orders about his
iiieeace beine taken down and car- s
ried to the spare room.
"You will have to stay, Aldred,"
said Irton, smiling. "If 1 were master
here I would add 'and welcome;'
but Henny presides over the establishment.
This sad news of the canon
has brought you over, I conclude?"
"Yes; I am come on short leave instead
of long; but I could not leave
him to bear his misfortune alone."
"I have always heard you were a
good fellow, and now I'm sure of it,"
exclaimed the lawyer, approvingly;
"sit down, and you shall have some
dinner at once.
In Henny's house matters were
never run so finely that there was
difficulty in suitably providing for an
unexpected guest; and if viands were
not wanting on the occasion, we may
be sure there was still less lack of
conversation.
The three sat far into the night,
conferring and discoursing on many
things, and, as generally happens
it? Vi tsr\ o f voIot* Vioo onrrio frrtm t V?
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ends of the earth, the first topic of ^
Robert's talk was upon his latest
comparatively unimportant experi- ,
ence in the railway carriage.
"How odd it was that I should hear .
of this Adair so soon, was it not?" j
he said. ]
"Well, a good many people are ,
talking about him, and none to his ;
credit," replied Irton. "I have no (
doubt, as you suggest, that the men
are engaged in some scheme?prob- 1
ably a nefarious one?in which he is 1
interested. I dare say it's no worse
than many another in which he is
mixed up. But I'll just take a note
of the expected quotation of S. S.
shares'." , .
"And don't you think his having
to find ?12,000 apparently, at some
early date, was rather significant?"
"Why, yes, I've got that down already,"
said the lawyer, dryly. "It's
evident that he's approaching a crisis
?probably a very dangerous one."
"He can't do my poor father any
more harm; that's one comfort," observed
Robert, grimly.
"No, he can't do him any more
harm," said the lawyer, slowly. Perhaps
he was thinking of the canon's
wrongs, as Robert was doing: for
both remained silent for a little
while, with compressed lips; or perhaps
he was thinking, "Though he
can't hurt your father more, he may
hurt others."
It was a subject of wonder to many
of the canon's acquaintance that on
teal suaaeii iuss Ui luriuue c&useu uy
"injudicious speculation" he had not
hidden iis head in some out-of-theway
locality instead of remaining in
a place where he has been wont to be
thought so highly of.
He had taken a house in Providence
Terrace?which, be said, with j
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ffOXEY MADNESS. !ils3h
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his old smile, ought to show that, not- j
withstanding all that had come and <
gone, he had "no bad feeling'*?a
littip rnw of buildinss on Parkers '
Piece, an airy space to look upon, but "l
dangerous as a pleasure ground by ?
reason of the missiles, ranging from i
a football to the small shot used at s
rounders, always flying about. It was
a very tiny dwelling; the door opened 1
upon a passage so narrow that even ?
the term seemed a misnomer, since d
no adults could pass one another in 1
it; when a visitor called the maid had v
to back to admit him, unless?which i
of course was not to be thought of? f
she lay down and let him walk over
her, like the stag on the precipice in t
Mr. Browning's poem.
One morning the canon was sitting, j
as usual, in his little study, a book i
on the swing desk before him but not (
at the reading angle. He kept one
always open lest Aunt Maria should t
look in and suspect ,him of the very
vice he was at that moment indulging ?
In?reverie. A great student of hu- I
man nature has taught us how
blessed a thing is memory, even to t
the unfortunate; but it is no less true f
that "a sorrow's crown of sorrows i9
remembering happier things." An
Did man deep in thought is always a 1
pathetic spectacle and, upon the
whole, a discouraging one.
While the canon thinks?and sighs i
?there is presently a sharp ring at
the bell. Visitors are few in these
days, and he neither expects or de- t
sires any. The little maid, who is a \
survival of the old household at the '
Laurels, is aware of that fact and f
Iftals diplomatically with all comers, p
"Miss Aldred is at home," she answers;
which implies that the master t
3f the house Is not, without going so t
far as to affirm It. On the present oc- e
onKtnrfn flro {o I
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ienied her, as Miss Aldred happens l
:o be without doors. So to the strange
poung man who so confidently de- t
mands speech with the master she -v
-eplies that he is "particularly en- j
saged."
"Still, I think if he knew who I
vas he would see me," said the vistor
gravely. "I am his son."
"You're never that, sir!" cries the- li
roung maid. 1
"I really am," returned the young s
nan, smiling at her undisguised t
imazement. 1;
"Why, sir, he don't expect you nb
nore than the queen. He was a- fc
alking of you at dinner only last r
light?not that I listens to the genlefolks'
talk; but with potatoes in s
>ne hand and tbe sauceboat in the v
)ther, to stop one's ears is difficult, t
3e's always talking about you, but _
lot a word has he dropped about y
rour coming home." u
"Where is he?" inquired the young f
nan in a hushed voice. i<
"In his study; ;.he second door on s
he right, sir.'' <. , j1 t
"Is he pretty well? To see one so t
inexpectedly will not hurt bim?"
"Lor' bless you, no, sir; not it! It t]
vill do him a world of good." c
The little maid knows nothing in <
egard to "shocks to the system," and
:annot understand that the sight of
;o handsome a young gentleman can
>e deleterious to anybody.
"Don't announce me/' he says,
1 *? *' T tt* ill annnnnnA ty-? reolf " ri
lylllj. X "Hi auuuuuvc Uijovti* *^nd
he knocks gently at the study
loor.- s
The canon settles the swing desk 11
jefore him, and begins to be abtorbed
in the open book. He has his ^
jack to the door and takes it for
granted that the newcomer is his sis er.
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"You are come back very soon, my 1
lear, are you not?"
"I can scarcely say that," answers
t voice, which, though its tones are
lushed and gentle, electrifies him. I
lave been away for more than five
o
rears.
"Robert? My boy?my .dear, dear
>oy!"
For some moments the poor canon
(for all his "culture") can only reiterate
these few words with their jj
jne variation. ' "My boy" and "My \
iear boy." He hugs him, he kisses ?
tiim, the tears roll down his with- a
sred cheeks without check. Then q
suddenly perceiving that his son is d
ibout to betray a similar weakness a
tie cries out, "Don't mind me, Rob- b
art, I was getting an old man; but I
you will make me young again. There i:
is something to live for now." Then, S
in an altered voice* he added, "Why u
is it you have come back? But I t
Deed not ask, alas! You have lost o
your Alma, thanks to me?and there f
was nothing to keep you in India, t
Can you ever forgive your father?" a
"My dear dad!" exclaimed Robert, e
using, in an outburst of Nature's self e
the old childish term, "What is there c
to forgive? I come here to comfort
you. Alma sent me over herself; if
I hadn't come she would have thrown
me over, which, I do assure you, she c
has not done. 'Your father is in ^
trouble,' she said, 'therefore your .j.
place is Dy nis siae. was sne not ^
right? Are you not glad to have t
me?" t
"Glad! Was I ever so happy be- t
fore. Heaven forgive me for doubt- t
ing its goodness!?that I should ever -v
be happy again." a
For the moment all his misfor- j
tunes were forgotten. The "days in a
which he had seen evil" had melted I
away. vviine iuu?.iug u.i ma siaiwarii i
son he seemed to derive from him
some of his health and strength and
looked ten days younger.
"And Aunt Maria?" inquired the
young man. *
"Wonderful," returned his father.
"You know what a good soul she al- ,
ways was, but she has developed into ?
an angel. Not a word of reproach?
nay, of regret?has ever dropped
from her lips. One cannot gauge the
goodness of a good woman, Robert;
it is beyond man's plummet.", s
The young m&n nodded adhesion. ^
"Alma is just like that-," he said. I
simply. * t
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CHAPTER XIX.
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Ill 111 lyUllC5*;.
Mr. Mavors was very ill, and Rob?rt
went over to see him.
His sitting-room was a large and |
landsome one, looking upon Neville's
2ourt. The door, which communicated
with the much smaller bed oo'm,
stood wide open. Robert took
i chair in front of it, and a book to
vhile away the time. All was quiet
save for the coo of a pigeon on the
stone balustrade outside the window
ind the football of some solitary unlergr'aduate
in the cloisters beneath.
The book Robert had taken up was
'Plutarch's Lives,'.' a work of the
lighest reputation; but notwitiitanding
its attractions he had fallen
nto a reverie, from which he was
suddenly aroused by the words,
'Sophy! Sophy!" At first he thought
le must be mistaken and that the
>ound was a part of his own .day
Iream?with which, in fact, the name
lad been connected; but on looking
lp his eyes fell upon the sick man, I
low broad awake and staring at him
rom the bed with stern suspicion.
"Is your name Adair?" whispered
Jie tutor, hoarsely. \
"No, sir," safd Robert, rising and
ipproaching the bed softly. "My j
lame is Aldred. I am the son of your
>ld friend the canon." ?
"Why are you so black, then, like
he other?"- -f v;
"It is the Indian sun," said Robert,
miling. "I was white enough when
wished you good-by five years ugo."
"True; I remember now," replied
he tutor. "Pray forgive a sick man's j
ancles. Your father did not say"he
vas expecting you." ,
"No;. I came home without giving
lim notice."
"Because he was in trouble?"
"Why, yes. It struck me tnat i
night be, if not of service, at least of
ome comfort to him."
"Just so; a good Bon," murmured
he tutor, looking at the young man
vistfully. '*Sons and daughters?
blessed is the man that his quiver
ull of them.' That is not a disputed
>assage." '1
There'was a long silence, and then
he same name was softly breathed
hat had already fallen on the other's
ar.
"Sophy, Sophy! Have you seen
ter?"
"No, sir; I passed too rapidly
hrough town, but I saw the Irtons,
irho told me a great deal about her.
Jo good news,-I am sorry to say."
"Unhappy?"
"Very; at least I fear so."
"Poor girl, poor girl!"
"It is not only?as you are doubtess
aware, sir?that she has a bad
lusband, but, unfortunately, she has
ome little knowledge of the full exent
of his business, which until latey
has been kept'from her."
"Then the poor girl knows at last,"
ie murmured. "What anguish, what
emorse she must be enduring!"
"Indeed, sir, I fear so. It has just
truck me, however, that l nave Deen
ery indiscreet in speaking of all this
o you. I have been distressing you
?since Sophy is an old friend of
ours?by telling you the very thing
rhic'n I have been enjoined to keep
rom my father, namely, that Sophy
3 aware of having been made the intrument
of his ruin. His object
hroughout has been to spare her
hat knowledge."
"That is so like him!" exclaimed
tie tutor, with a flush on the worn
heek:
'A man who bears without abuse
The grand old name of gentle'
man;
Defiled by every charlatan,
And soiled with an ignoble use.'
"Young man, you are a gentle- j
nan's son." |
"I know it, sir," answered Robert, |
imply. "If I cannot imitate him, I j
ope I shall never disgrace him."
"No, no, you will not do that. He
rill live again in his boy."
Presently, after another pause:
You spoke of ruin, Robert. The exct
sum which the canon had to pay
wice over?one forgets these things
a sickness."
"It was ?15,000."
"Just so. And never to have told i
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and to Robert, "Give my love to my
Id friend."
To be Continued.
Labor Market.
One part of the ^ world raises an !
acessant cry for more labor. The
Vestern States need harvest hands,
he South wants more cotton pickers
nd laborers generally, the Panama
'anal Zone cannot get enough
iggers, South Africa quarrels over
few Chinese, Cuba seeks plantation
lands to handle its sugar crops, the
lawaiian Islands report a never endng
labor famine, our Pacific Coast
itates are in a chronic condition of
mder supply of workmen in all en- j
erprises. New England is worried
iver its servant problem. Another
lart of the world has so many laiorers
that they starve in heaps. An
.utomatic equilibrium in human enrgy
does not exist, and possibly one !
lever will.?The Springfield Republi- j
an.
Eighty-four Weds Thirty.
A mild sensation was recently
aused in the quiet village of Old
Vindsor, Berks, on the occasion of a
tastily arranged wedding which took
ilace at St. Peter's Church, the
>ridegroom being a very old inhabiant,
eighty-four years of age, anl
he bride a young woman of about
hirty summers. A donkey chaise
vas in waiting for the bridegroom
ifter the ceremony, but the bride
referred to ride her bicycle both to
ind from the church.?London Tit- j
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Something to Learn.
"Yes, Markley came in for a for:une
the other day. He's actually
jot more money now than he knows
vhat to do with."
"Yes, there are certain people who
tro anxious to meet him now and
ifter that he'll know, more."?Philalelphia
Press.
Experiments made in Germany
ihow that butter keeps best if mixed
vith three to five per cent, of salt,
f the-percentage of salt is over six,
he result is less satisfactory. ,
Household Matters.
6SA ttS B&
Washing Lace.
Lace may be easily washed and
made white again If put to soak in
a basin of warm water in which soap
powder has been . worked into a
lather. Two or three of these warm
lathers in twenty-four hours will be
found to cleanse very dirty lace without
rubbing.
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' For Kettles.
The Inside of kettles should either
be dried whenever the contents have
been emptied, "or they should be hung
up or stood upside down in a dry
place. A few drops of water If allowed
to collect at the bottom of a
kettle, soon cause spots or rust, and '
these in time generate into holes.
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The Ice Chest.
To keep an ice chest in good con
uiuou wasu inorouguiy uuce a weeit
'with cold or lukewarm water In
which washing soda has -Ijeeri dissolved.
If by chance' anything is
still in the ice chest it should be
wiped off at once. Milk and butter
very quickly absorb odor and if in
Ice chest with other foods should be
kept closely covered.
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To Clean Paintings.
To clean an oil painting that is
covered with dirt and fly specks wipe
all the dust from the painting with
a soft cloth. Put a little linseed oil
in a saucer and, dipping a finger in
the oil, rub the painting gently. It
will require time and patience, but
the effect will repay you. Artists
say that in cleaning a painting nothing
but the ,fingers dipped in oil or
in water should be used.
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To Clean Rasty Iron.
| ' iron puts, Ketues, s&itues?iu iaci,
any iron pieces, can be cleaned if the
! pieces are placed on a clear coal fire
which has died down to red coals.
This prevents smoking the articles.
Only one piece at a time should be
placed on the coal fire and burned
until it is almost red hot. Remove
with coal tongs and allow to cool,
after which scrape with pot rings
and sandpaper; then wash with soap
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A Stove Duster.
To wipe dust from a stove without
soiling the hands take an old stocking,
which has been discarded, place
your hand in the foot .and draw the
stocking over your arm. Then turn
it back until you have folded it over
to half its length, thus having two'
thicknesses over the hand.
The stocking will clean every particle
of dust and dirt from the stove
and your hand will be as clean after
the operation as it was before. The ,
stocking will, of course, need to be :
replaced from time to time.
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Shabby Carpetc.
To clean and brighten a shabby
carpet, cut an ounce of yellow soap
into small squares and make into a
lather with a pint of boling water.
Add to this a quart of water and one
ounce of borax. Place the mixture
on the range, and bring it to a boil;
then remove it, and when quite cold
add an ounce each of alcohol and
ammonia and half an ounce of
glycerine. Wipe over a small portion
of the carpet at a time, and rub
vigorously with si. clean flannel
(which should be repeatedly turned
as It gets soiled) dipped in tne mixture,
until all tho spots are removed
and the color revived. When you
have finished you will he delighted
to find how nice your once shabby
carpct looks.?Washington Star.
Squash Griddle Cakes.?One cup
of squash (sifted), one cup of soui
milk, one egg, one teaspoonful oi
soda, flour to make a stiff batter.
Sponge Cookies.?Beat the yolks
of four eggs well and add one cupful
of sugar gradually, a little salt
and one cupful of baking powder.
Fold in the beaten whites of the cgge
and drop from a spoon in buttered
gem pans.
Lemon Pudding.?Break an egg
into a pudding basin and beat it lightly;
add a tablespoonful of baking
powder and three drops of lemon.
Put a greased paper over the basin
and steam for one hour. Serve with
jam.
Hot Weather Salad.?Lay sliced j
tomatoes on salad plates for as many
plates desired to serve. Cover with
small sections of sweet juicy oranges;
serve this with a French dressing
made of two parts olive oil and one
part vinegar with the usual seasoning.
Chocolate Pie.?Put one cup of
milk over the fire in an inner boiler;
when hot add three teaspoonfuls of
cornstarch, wet with cold milk and a
tablespoonful of melted chocolate.
Beat the yolks of two eggs well with
two tablespoonfuls of sugar and a
pinch of salt. Add to 'the milk, etc.,
and flavor with vanilla. Let boil a
minute or two, then bake slowly in a
crust. When cold cover with a meringue
made with the whites of the
eggs.
A Good Pish Dinner.?One pound
of fish, one pound of large potatoes,
flour, and lard or fat for frying. Bone
the fish and cut into equal sized
pieces. Pare the potatoes, and cut
into thin rinds. Make a batter with
flour and water, the consistency of
cream. Put the fat into a pan, and
when boiling dip the fish in the batter,
and fry a nice brown. The fish
should be wiped dry with a soft
cloth. Take the slices of potato, dip
them in the batter, and fry. Drain
the fat off the potatoes when done.
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THE CRUSADE AGAINST DRINK
PROGRESS MADE BY CHAMPIONS
* FIGHTING THE RUM DEMON.
Is Alcohol a Food or Poison??Small
Qnantitiei Are Injurious and Its
Use Increases Liability to Disease?It
Also Shortens Life.
For many weeks the London
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ijautcb i_i ao no tuiuuiug vw ?
heated discussion of the old question
whether the consumption of alcohol
in small quantities io deleterious or
beneficial. The discussion began
with the publication in its issue of
March 30 of a manifesto signed by
sixteen eminent physicians to the
efTect that alcohol is not only indispensable
as a medicine, but is also
a useful article of diet, and may be
habitually taken by some people in
small quantities with advantage.
Upon the British Medical Temperance
Association this averment had
the efTect of a red flag upon a bull
and caused it to lose no time in putting
forth a vehement contradiction.
That alcohol is sometimes valuable
as a medicine is not, indeed, denied
by the association, but it is maintained
that other drugs which have
not the drawbacks of alcohol may
be even more effectual. The fact is
pointed out that in large British hospitals
the amount of alcohol used has
been diminished by from twenty to
seventy per cent, during the last
twenty br thirty years, and that this
diminution has been accompanied by
a decreased death rate. Cited as conclusive
is the experience of the London
Temperance Hospital, in Which
alcohol has only been given seventyfive
times in thirty-three years, and
in-most of those cases without saving
lives, while on the other hand the
death rate has been lower than at
most other hospitals. As for the assertion
that the moderate use of alcohol
by adults is beneficial, the temperance
doctors insist that the experience
of several life assurance societies
and friendly societies has
proved that abstainers live longer
on the'average and have less sickness
and a quicker recovery than
non-abstainers.
Those who would have, the question
settled by the weight of medical
uuLUUiitjr aic iciuiuueu mat IU IOOJ
Mr. Julius Jeffreys, himself a physician,
obtained the signatures of seventy-eight
distinguished members of
the medical profession to a declaration.
that there was no foundation
for the current belief that the habitual
consumption of alcohol in
small quantities is beneficial to
health. In 1847 a declaration that
the most perfect health is compatible
with total abstinence from intoxicating
beverages was drawn up by three
eminent medical men and subscribed
by nearly 2000 practitioners in the
United Kingdom an! British India.
Moreover, as lately as 1903 no fewer
than 634 doctors, including some of
the most respected in Europe and
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tile u ill Levi oLtties, signeu a uiauueaiu
wherein it was averred that fexperiments
had proved that even small
quantities of alcohol are injurious,
and that it is in no sense a food; that
it increases liability to disease and
shortens life; that abstainers do more
work than'moderate drinkers; that
all the animal functions are be3t performed
without alcohol, and lastly
that alcohol injures offspring and
leads to the deterioration of the human
race, especially when it is taken
by mothers.?New York Sun.
Temperance Bill Boards.
The policy of municipal corporations
anointing the bill boards with
posters proclaiming the evils of the
use of drink is spreading throughout
England, where there are now more
than ninety cities following that policy.
In some cases, the expense has
been borne by local temperance organizations
or individuals, but generally
by the municipality itself. In
some cases the corporation attorneys
have declared that the cities have no
statutory powers to appropriate
money for such purposes, but the
policy has generally been endorsed
as a sanitary measure.
The Congregational Church of
Great Britain is improving on temperance.
Forty years ago, only about
400 of its clergy were total abstainers.
At the recent meeting of the
Congregational Total Abstinence As{n
T tiAnnnfn AtrrArl !
CJU^lttLiun ill uuu'iuu, jcpui to auuwcu.
that out of nearly 3000 ministers,
2650 were known to be total abstainers.
Economic Waste of Drink.
The economic waste caused by
drink is beyond calculation. We know
little more than the values represented
in the liquors and beverages
produced. In the last census year in
the United States, the strong drink
and beer produced amounted in value
to $425,504,167.
Drink's wide harvest of waste in
dulling genius, paralyzing business
initiative and ruining homes cannot
be even guessed.
It is reassuring that the United
States has by far the lowest per capita
consumption of liquor of any nation,
and that the use of strong
brinks 1n this eountrv is decreasinar.
"It is impossible," says Dr. Josiah
Strong, "to dissociate this fact from
the growing economic superiority of
the United States."?New York
American.
Pythians Extlade Liquor Dealers.
The Knights of Pythias, by a vote
of two to one, have decided that hereafter
no one engaged in the liquor
business shall be eligible to membership
in that order. The new
statute reads: "He must not be a
professional gambler, saloon-keeper,
bartender, or dealer in spirituous,
vinous or malt liquors:"
Beer Drinking Declines in England.
An official bulletin oT the Department
of Commerce and Labor at.
Washington, D. C., compiled from
consular reports sent in by our representatives
throughout the world, says
in part:
"The English are evidently giving |
up alcoholic drinks more and i
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LLLU1C.
"The decline in beer has been
nearly 2,500,000 barrels a year, despite
the increase of 2,000,000 in population."
New Temperance Movement.
The National Temperance Society
of New York City is inaugurating a
new movement among the Sunday
schools of the land which promises
to be of great and far-reaching importance.
The new movement is
called the "Youth's Temperance Al
iiance of America." Rev. Dr. Alexander
Allison, the new general secretary
of the National Temperance Society,
is the author of the plan. lie
lias given much time and thought to
this matter during the last three
years, and he believes this movement
will have a large.part in the final
solution of the ^temperance quesyea.
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THE LITTLE FOXES.
Be thou faithful unto death, and I "will
give thee a cro"sro of life.?Revelations 2:10.
Christian, dost thou see them
On the holy ground.
How the troops of Midian
Prowl and prowl around?
Christian, up and smite them,
Counting gain but loss;
Smite them by the merit
Of the Holy Cross. i
Christian, dost thou feel them,
How they work within,
Striving, temptingj luring,
Goading on to sin?
Christian, never tremble;
Never yield to fear;
Smite them by the virtue
Of unceasing prayer.
Christian, dost thou hear them,
How they speak thee fair?
"Always fast and vigil?
Always watch and prayer?"
Christian, answer boldy:
. "While I breathe I pray."
Peace shall follow battle.
Night shall end in day.
Well I know thy trouble,
0 My servant true; I
Thou art very weary?
1 was weary, too;
But that toil shall make thee
Some day all Mine own;
Ana me ena 01 sorrow
Shall be near My throne.
?Andrew of Crete, translated by J. M.
Neale. #
Misrepresentation, of Facts.
Professor Townsend in one of.fcis
noon addresses In Tremont Temple,
Boston, lately said that sometime the
"new" theology people have been remarkably
successful In giving the
impression that there are scarcely
any advocates of primitive orthodoxy
who have standing among scholars'
or thinkers, and that the higher crlt-'
ics; beyond dispute, are masters In
the educated world. Since, therefore,
the universities and schools of theology
are supposed to represent scholarship,
and since they are supposed
to be on the side of the new theology,
there is nothing to do, as we are told,
but bow to the inevitable, move on
with the advancing procession and
yield to "the drift of scholarly opinion."
,
"In view of these conditions it is
not surprising that a large numt^r
of Christian people are in a theological
mix-up, not knowing precisely
what stand to take," said the speaker.
"It may be of interest to show
how much, or rather how little, there
is to this tremendously imposing
thing, called' 'the drift of scholarly
opinion. It was tnen snown tnat
a large majority of the theological
schools of the United States are on
the conservative side. Orthodox
scholars and authors were mentioned,
and continuing, Br. Townsend said:
"Talk about all the schobls and
all the scholars in America being
on the side of the new theology! A
ranker piece of misrepresentation
than that never has been perpetrated
upon an innocent and unsuspecting
public. These men and other conservatives
who could be named in
whatever qualifies one to be a critic
of sacred Scriptures will rank?and
some of them a good deal outrank
any of the American scholars and
theologians on the radical side who
in late years have been brought
prominently into notice. And I include
on that side such men as the
late President Harper, of Chicago
University; President Hyde, of Bowdoin;
Professors Bacon, Ladd and
Curtess, of Yale, and Professor Terry,
of Garrett."?Christian Work and
Evangelist.
Roles For Contentment.
1. Allow thyself to complain ot
nothing, not even of the weather.
2. Never picture thyself to thyself
under any circumstances in which
thou art not.
3. Never compare thine own lot
with that of another.
4. Never allow thyself to dwell
on the wish that this or that had
been or were otherwise, than it was
or Is. God Almighty loves thee better
and more wisely than thou dost
thyself.
5. Never dwell on the morrow.
Remember that it is God's, not thine.
The heaviest part of sorrow often
is to look forward to it. "The Lord
will provide."?E. B. Pusey.
Sharing Christ's Borden.
In the New Testament much ih
said about suffering with Christ.
Some people are called to suffer for
Christ, but it is still better to suffer
with Him. This is the way we
are to take part in His great work.
Nearly every great work involves
much suffering. Jesus suffered even
unto death to accomplish the redemption
of the world. His followers
are <;alled in a sense to reproduce
HIb life, passion and death.
Thi6 is no doubt what was in the
mind of Paul, when he said- "If we
suffer with Him, we shall also reign
with Him." Willingness to suffer
with Jesus is one of the best evidences
that we are the chfldren of
God.?Reformed Church Record.
God Made Us For Himself.
We were made for God. No work,
no engrossment, or culture of natural
powers, will satisfy a man who
has once awakened to his heart need.
Only a faith like that expressed in
the great words of St. Augustine can
satisfy: "Thou hast made us for
Thyself, and our heart is restless till
it finds rest in Thee."?Hu?h Black.
There is a Vital Difference?
Between being sorry for sin and
being sorry you are "caught."
Between confessing your sins and
confessing some other fellow's.
Between seeing your own faults
and seeing some other person's.
Between conversion of the head
and conversion of the heart.
Between being led by the Holy
Spirit and led by your imagination.
Between being persecuted for
"righteousness' sake" and being persecuted
for foolishness* sake.?Presbrteriau.
Horseshoe Contest in Kansas.
Amid great excitement and a large
crowd made up of representatives of
half the rural part of Johnson County,
Kan., the horseshoe pitching
championship of the county was decided
at Merrlam, fifteen miles north
of Kansas City. The team of Stanley,
Kan., defeated Merriam's pride.
The game had been the sole talk of
the blacksmith shops, the barber
cV\nnc? fVia ctayi arol cf Aroc nf hfllf
3Uvl"J ?"? w* -
the villages of the county for weeks.
It Is estimated that twenty oxen,
fifty head of cattle and eighteen
horses changed hands as the result
of the contest.
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTER NATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR JULY 14 BY THE
REV. I. W. HENDERSON. ff
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Subject: The Ten Commandment!*?
Duties Toward God, Ex. 20:1*
11?Golden Text: Dent. 0:5??
Memory Verses, 1-11.
This lesson and its successor deal
with the ten commandment* Of all
Old Testament writings these ate
perhaps the best known. There areno
words in all the Old Testamentmore
important than these. They
should he written large upon thewalls
of every building in the land.
Especially large and lasting upon the
walls of the public buildings. They
should be the guide for the guidance
of the life of humanity in so far cs
they meet the moral necessities of
the times. For the ten commandments
are eternal. They are not
only the word of God but the testi
mony oi t&e ripest and best nomas
experience of the ages. They are
valuable because they are .God's law,
because they are simple, because they
;have been found efficient in the paat
and particularly applicable and
necessary in our own day and age. t
The first commandment is to/ be
found in verses 1-3. It is a call of
God to undivided loyalty. There
cannot be right relationship between
man nnri find unlpss man' Rtanda.
ready to yield fealty to God to the
exclusion of every other fact and force
in life. Originally and specifically
it -was a call to the undivided
loyalty of the Israelite to the on*
true Jehovah as opposed to the rnul
titude of deities that infested the ec-'
clesiastlcal and theological world of
that age. But in its wider significance
it is a call to the service of the
one true God over against the sedticHatio
r\f nlaaaiii*oo am<1 i
viuuo vi iuv yi^aoui auu tuv Diuv
md the engrossing cares pf the life
temporal. For many a; man makea
money a God, or position, or power, or
Intellect, or pleasure.
The second command is included
In verses 4-6. Given in the midst of
an idolatrous age this command was
especially appropriate. For Idolatry;
had destroyed the finer spiritual fao-.
ulties of the nations that practiced It,,
lowered their conceptions of the majesty
and spirituality of Jehovah and
debased their religious life. The
principle underlying this command,iff
valid to-day. There ie great danger
in any attempt to portray tae uryun-.
ble and omnipotent God. In the very
nature of the case it to an impossi;
bility adequately to convey; however
skillful we may be, any really comprehensive
idea of the glory Mid per*
aonality of Gpd. For God to divine.
Humanity "d the works of humanity
are fimce and partial. And any;
litempt to convey to the mind and
heart and soul, by means of purely-.
finite and temporal agencies, a true
conception of the infinite and eternal
is hopeless and quite dangerous. Its
hopelessness is inherent In its very I!
impossibility. Its danger lies in the
human proh " is to elevate'the visible
to a pla .t, of prime Importance.
The third commandment V in
perse 7. And it to a good command.
It is as timely to-day as it was when ..
God thundered it into the . souls , of
Israel. The language of, the times is
In many ways a gross violation of this
command. The' vocabdlary of the
3treets is so positively indecent that
nnp cannot walk the thoron eh fares
of any village or city In this land
without having one's liner sensibilities
shocked. The amount of godless
talk that is prevalent in this country
is positively awful. And it is not
only unrighteous to nse the name of
God in vain, tut it is also unmanly.
Indecent and disgusting, r Every
small boy and growing youth-should
early learn this truth if none other
that bad language is simply a confession
of a fundamental Inability,
to talk the language of civilize^ and
decent men. The'idea that it is manly
and an evidence of maturity to
curse and swear and be generally,
profane Is totally erroneous. A man's
culture and refinement are shown not
by the amount of bad language that
he uses, but by the amount he doesn't
use. There is no excuse for bad language.
It is simply a dirty hablt(
The fourth commandment may be.
read in verses 9-11. It is a plea and
demand for the dedication of onerseventh
of one's time to the particu-lar
purpose of religious and physical:
refreshment. The writer personally,
has no preference for any particular
day as a rest day. For he .conceives
that the important thing to-day la tor
so remedy conditions in thiB country
that men shall be able to have one
day a week for spiritual and physical.
refreshment. He is perfectly willing
to allow individual'liberty of preference
and conscience full sway when
it comes to the consideration of what
day in the week shall be used as the
rest day. He is, however, ptiritaninollTT
n<afrnur nn *Tn? nrnnflRlttfln that
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we must so adjust present industrial
conditions In America that men mar.
be able, one and all, to secure one
day a week for the special culture Of
their souls and the best refreshment
of their bodies.
The fourth commandment contains
another adjuration that might well
be pondered by some of the laiy loafers
of young men who waste their
time hanging around hotel and* saloon
corners instead of doing somer
thing for the betterment 0/ the world
and themselves. It sayB "six daya
shalt thou labor." And no man 1b'
really entitled to any consideration'
at the hands of society unless he has'
- * ihoophmH tin trt thin
ID BUUie laouiuu uemuivm ? .?r
command. No man really appre-vH
elates the rest day who has not lab-(fl
ored over against it And no man'H
has any business to live on soclety^H
without rendering some sort of re-'H
"urn for the living. IB
Canadian Railway Progress. Canada
is making rapid progress H
in the construction of her railways, M
there being, according to the lateftH
statistics issued, 21,280 miles of lineH
open for traffic at the end of 1905,^1
where as ten years previously the
mileage was 15,977, aDd in 1885 H
only 10,773. In the year 1905 alone B
iflnfi miles were added, much of the^l
material for which was imported H
from Great Britain. The value ofB
the railway material imported intoH
Canada in 1905 was over ?1,172,000.
?Engineer. H
South Manchurian Railway Transfer. H
Vice-Consal Charles L. Chandler, H
of Dalny, Manchuria, reports thatH
tbe South Manchurian Railway was H
formally transferred from the Field H
Railway Bureau of the War Office in H
Tokio to the newly organized South H
Manchurian Railway Company. H
Many improvements and changes are
Vnf tVi^ now mmnanir hut
iviujtvitu u; <-"V- ?V... ? . i
as yet none have been definitely un- BC
dertaken. 9
Paris' First Boiling Alloy.
Paris is to have a howling alley, Hj
the first iu the French capital. - < H