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r <?S5ESE5HSZEESHSESESZSHSE? l i k By MRS. A ^HSH5ESHSZ5E5ES5SH5HSHS1 CHAPTER V. 8 Continued. "I believe he does; most Americans do; but he is not my friend, and I cannot bear to dance with him." "You receive him very well considering you do not like him." Elsie paused an instant, and, looking up with an expression of trust, said in a low tone, "I am afraid of him." "Why?" drawing unconsciously nearer to her. "I cannot tell?no. that is not quite true; I begin, I think, to understand why." "And will you not tell me?" "I should rather like to tell you, tmt not here." 'On Sunday, then, when I bring you your books?" "No; I do not want to mention his name before Madame Weber." "Is she a friend of his?" "I am not sure, but it is well to be cautious." "It gives me a kind of shock to think you are obliged to be on guard In your own home." "That will be all over when I am at Wnndbnrn." "I wish your father would come and settle in London; it would be pleasant and useful for you to have Bome English friends." "It is more likely my father would settle in America." "Then I should never see you!" The words had passed his lips before he could restrain them, and he watched their effect keenly. "I suppose not," very quietly. "I should be sorry, and my father would be very sorry." Glynn felt unreasonably irritated. Was this young, slight, inexperienced girl stronger than himself, that the i tone in which he was conscious his words were uttered should in no way move her? The days which intervened between Lambert's sudden journey to Dunkerque and the ball went rapidly? too rapidly. Lambert was grave, but Jess dejected thaa previously. He had the air of a man who had escaped from a period of indecision, 1 and had thoroughly made up his mind. Glynn, on the contrary, sank deeper and deeper into the quicksand^ of irresolution, and felt each day more vividly how 6trong an effort It would cost him to tear himself ] away. It was with an unaccountable im- ; pression that something important, something decisive would occur be- 1 fore the evening was over. Glynn Sressed and dined, taking care to be ' In the hall-room and near the door in good time, in order to claim Elsie's promise of the first dance on her ar- 1 rival. Madame Davilliers and her party were rather late, and, to Glynn's annoyance, she entered the 1 room leaning on Vincent's arm. 1 Mademoiselle followed, conducted by 1 the Vicomte, and finally Elsie, lean- ( Ing on M. Davilliers?Elsie in her first ball dress, a delicious combination of white silk and tulle and lace, 1 with sprays of wild roses, long grass, ] and foliage, a delicate wreath of the same flowers in her hair, and a sim- ' I ' pie necklace of shimmering Venetian shells round her throat. -She looked : a little shy, a little self-conscious, less composed than usual, and when she distinguished Glynn's tall figure, and met his dark, eaeer. admiring ' ayes, she colored suddenly, looking * away with a smile so sweet, so glad, that Glynn's heart gave a quick bound and throbbed with a triumph- ; ant sense of victory, after which reason gave up the struggle and resigned herself to defeat. "This is our dance, Miss Lambert," said Glynn, after a brief greeting to 1 the rest of the party, as he took her hand. "But it is a set of lancers; would you not like to walk around and look at the decorations until the ne*t dance, which is a waltz?" "Thank you, I should." So Glynn took her programme and wrote his own name for several waltzes, prefacing each inscription with a persuasive "May I?" Elsie laughingly restricted the number. "But," she added, with a slight graceful hesitation, "if it does not interfere with your other dances, might I say I am engaged to you if Mr. Vincent asks me for a waltz? I must dance with him, but not a waltz?I cannot." "Yes, I will grant your very serious request," said Glynn, smiling down upon her. "I shall keep all waltzes at your disposal, and take care to be within hail! Is it permitted to a brutal Englishman to say your toilette is perfect?" "I am very glad you think so." The decorations were duly admired j and then the waltz for which Glynn j had been loneinc struck nn Given good music, a first-rate floor, a partner whose step suits yours, and waltzing is certainly a pleasant exercise; but when in addition your partner is just the very creature that I you have felt tempted over and over again to clasp in your arms, and pour out expressions of tenderness and ad. miration while your heart throbs against hers, the pleasure becomes almost painful. Glynn, as the hours went rapidly j be, felt his power over himself melting away; there was a soft reserve, a frequent avoidance of being alone with him on the part of Miss Lambert that fanned the long-smouldering fire of passion into a strong, an irresistible glow. Why should he let himself be cheated by cold caution oat of the delicious, perhaps invigorating draught which fortune offoroH him? Ho urnnlH In'c I *.vx* VIA . **v " wu?u WV 1,1 UV IV | better instincts, his higher self. Meantime it was infinitely irritating to be obliged to give up his fascinating partner from fine to time as other-cavaliers came to claim her. Suddenly, aa he was leading her across tbe room to Madam? Davilliers iMnmWii .? J. sE5E5E5ESESH5E5S5a5S5S5&;? x% R??*octee?oo9 m ampere j lystery. ? XEXANDER. H5HSH5H5ESE5H5H5Z5H5E52? ' he felt her start and. press his arm, a movement which he attributed to Vincent's approach. "You have not granted me a waltz yet, Miss Lambert; may I have the next?" said the American. ??T f V, ^ nAvt ?? JL am cugagcu IVJ tug U^AV? "Indeed! to Mr. Glynn? He has been so highly favored that I think he might permit a change of partners, as I am obliged to leave almost immediately, and shall not see you again for some time." "I have less benevolence than you credit me with," said Glynn haughtily. "I am not disposed to forego an iota of my temporary righf." "What would your father say to your desertion of your old friend for a new acquaintance?" asked Vincent with an unpleasant laugh. To Glynn's surprise, Elsie made a slight movement as if to withdraw her arm. Glynn held it tightly against his side. "I have not deserted you, Mr. Vincent," she said quietly, as if recovering her first impulse to leave Glynn, "for I was not engaged to you." "Perhaps not; we will discuss that point when we meet next," returned Vincent with insolent assurance. He made a sort of defiant bow and turned away. "Come and sit down in the anteroom," said Glynn, "it is cool and quiet; that brute.has disturbed you." Miss Lambert silently accepted the suggestion, and as a new dance proceeded they were soon alone. "For heaven's sake tell me what it is that enables that fellow to annoy you?" said Glynn earnestly; "you said you would tell me." "I never liked'him, but latterly I perceive that he has some curious influence over my father, who has even asked me to be civil to him. Perhaps I ought not to tell you this, but my father trusts you, and I?I believe you are loyal. I am still uneasy about my father. He is so restless, and I imagine he is always more restless when he has been with Mr. Vincent. I sometimes think that my father has had a hard, sad life, though he tries to forget his troubles, and I want to make up to him for the past. He loves me so mucn mai i must do everything for him, and be with him always." "The young canrfot always promise for their future, and he would be happiest knowing you were happy." "But I should not; he deserves all [ can do, and it would hurt me, oh! :ruelly, to think he ever wanted anything when I was not there to give it to him." The sweet, soft lips quivered with feeling as she spoke. "This is a*heart worth winning," thought Glynn, as he gazed on her pensive, downcast face. "I wish he would tell you something about Mr. Vincent before you ?o," continued Elsie. "I feel oppressed with a sense of indefinable mischief." "Before I go?" repeated Glynn. 'How do you know I am going?" "I heard my father say you were going, and of course you will not stay in Paris." "I cannot tear myself from it," said Glynn, with passionate emphasis. "Why?" asked Elsie, looking up surprised, then meeting his gaze, a vivid blush passed over her cheek, fading away quickly. "Why?" he exclaimed. "May I come and tell you why? to-morrow will you hear my explanation, with kindness, with patience?" "Ah!" she, returned, t shrinking slightly, "it is late?Madame Davilliers will be looking for me." "But, Elsie, may I come?will you hear me?" "Yes," she said, very gravely and softly, "you may come.'' Madame Davilliers was ready t;> leave the ball, and observed that thy dear child, meaning Elsie, looked quite tired. Glynn accompanied them to the door, wrapping Elsie's cloak round her carefully. "To-morrow," he whispered, pressing her arm to his side. She looked up?a serious, searching look. "You puzzle me!" she said. "Sow? but you will tell me how and why! When may I come tomorrow?" "In tli3 afternoon." Bidding good-night to young Ln Clerc, who was returning to the ballroom, Glynn lit his cigar, and walked slowly down the Rue de Rivoli. It was a heavy, intensely dark night; but he was too much excited to feel atmospheric influences. In his own mind he had passed the Rubicon; and his request to Eisie for an interview on the morrow had. he considered, pledged him to offer his future life for her acceptance. Would she accept it? He was too deeply and truly in love to make sure of the impression he had created himself, too much in earnest not to be humble. Elsie had been startled, touched; but it did not follow that she loved him. However she decided, he was glad he had spoken as he did. She must know what his intended explanation meant; would she have promised to hear it if she were not disposed to hoar* it fovnrflhlv' Tf what ran tnre of anticipation shivered through him at the possibilities thus suggested. The first faint streaks of daylight were stealing across the eastern sky -when Glynn at length entered his hotel. The porter handed him his key, and with it a card, on which was printed, "Travers Deering, Denhani Castle," and written in pencil, "Want particularly to sen you. Will call tomorrow about 2." "What an infernal nuisance!" was Glynn's profane reflection; "he shall not keep me here after 2.30 if it were to save his life!" Deering ivas not punctual. It was already 2 o'clock when he presented himself, and he at once asked Glynn \ ?' Xr?L ' - . - '- , I? * - " .< ..Y ... t to let thair interview take place In the latter's private room, as he wished to speak of personal matters. They therefore adjourned from the general salon, and Deering quickly plunged into his subject, which was to ask Glynn's advice as to the organizing of a scheme for making a branch from the main line of railway, which ran within eight or nine miles ol Denham, to some villages on his estate, and past a certain quarry he had lately begun to work. The conversation which ensued was animated and interesting; but Glynn (Vid no^ forget to look at his watch from time to time. "I see I am keeping you," said Deering, observing his movement; "1 shall not trespass any longer. I shall follow your advice, and see the heads of your firm as to funds on my way through London. How is our queer acquaintance Lambert and his incomparable daughter? I have found traces of a curious story connected with him, which is true " as he spoke the door was burst open, and Lambert rushed in?Lambert in a /^state of intense agonized excitement. His eyes wild witn angry terror, ms face pallid through all the deep sunburn of its acquired tint, a slight fro^h at the corners of his mouth, his necktie disarranged, his hands gloveless; both Deering and Glynn started to their feet at this unexpected apparition. "My child!" cried Lambert, hoarsely, "where is my child? Deering, you limb of the devil! have you helped that scoundrel Vincent to take her away? For God's sake tell me! have mercy! I'll do anything! Glynn, you will help me? You are an honest, honorable man. She's gone, and 1 am going mad!" % "Gone!" cried his hearers together, "what do you mean?" "Listen," said Lambert, gasping as if for breatb, and throwing himself into a chair. "She was at the ball last night. WhyVid i ever let her go from under my own eyes! It was agreed that if she was late she should stay at the Davilliers'. When I asked for her this morning the bonne said she had not returned, so I thought nc more about it, and went to work as usual.. I had some business appointments, and then I turned into Davilliers', thinking I'd walk home with Elsie?my jewel!?if she was still there. But she wasn't?oh! great heavens! they had left her at her own door, seen her go in, and heard it close; and now she is gone!" "But this is not possible! Mademoiselle Antoinette is playing some stupid trick. Have you " * "I tell you they are nearly as distracted as I am," interrupted Lambert, starting up and grasping the back of his chair. "I rushed to your hotel, Deering, for I cannot help thinking Vincent has some hand in it. He is a double-dyed scoundrel. Deering, I charge you not to screen him!" "How dare you accuse me of suct> villainy!" cried Deering, in great agitation "I am as ignorant of the affair as you are?more so; don't pretend that you are without suspicion. She has not been taken away without her own consent; you must have some idea who it is she has gone off with." Glynn, in the midst of his own stunning horror, was struck with the consternation which Deering's face expressed, and was inclined to acquit him of any guilt in the matter. "Have you been to the police? No; for God's sake let us lose no time." Glynn siezed his hat. "I will go with you." "I returned to question the concierge in order to get some clue before eoine to the Prefecture of Po lice; then I felt obliged to question him," nodding to Deering, "to tell you?to?Oh! stand by me, Glynn, my head is going." 'You must keep calm for her sake," said Glynn; "come on, if she is above ground we'll find her!" "And I'll second you as far as I can," cried Deering, "though you have attacked me so shamefully." Lambert, with a dazed, half-stupefied air, stared at him, till Glynn, who felt his own head reeling under the shock, passed his arm through his, ] and lea mm to 'cue nacre wmcn was waiting. To be Continued. i What Was the Matter With Him? A Richmond man has in his employ a colored man of advanced age who, by reason of his thrifty habits, had accumulated enough money to defray the cost of his son's tuition at a negro college in Alabama. When the darky's boy returned to Richmond after the completion of his course, he proceeded, much to his parent's disgust, to air his opinions on various subjects in a more or less diffuse and florid style of speech. One day the old man took him aside and addressed him as follows: "Richard Thompson Jenkins, Ise been listenin' to yo' fo' seberal days, an' it's my opinyun dat yo' talk an' talk an' talk. Yo' doan' reach into de stummick of you' subjeck; but yo' jes argufy an' argufy. Yo' doan' locate. Richard Thompson Jenkins, yo' doan' locate!"?Harper's Weekly. French Tax 011 Titles. It is proposed in France, where ingenuity in devising new sources of revenue has been raised to a fine art, to impose a tax on titles of nobility. In a nation which has taxed windows and doors the proposal will not seem extraordinary. The odd thing is that the republic, which has declared surh titles fictitious, should now recognize them as a means of national income. A point of interest for the outer world is that only genuine titles wil be taxed. Their legitimacy will thus be guaranteed by Government stamp, and fathers of heiresses contemplating an investment may pay down the purchase money with the same assurance of validity (hat safeguard real estate transactions.?New York World. Par aud Pa. A stock broker whose mind was al? ways full of business was asked a few days ago how old his father ^as. 'Well," said he, abstractedly, "he's quoted at eighty, but there is every prospect that he will reach par and possibly be at a premium,"?New Orleans Times-Democrat o W w \'?t-c\\. -.. a v.- - v.. / :. j i ' \ X Household f | Matters, j Making Peach Better. Scald, wipe and stone one-half bushel of peaches. Then put them through the meat chopper. Add granulated sugar in the proportion | of two measures of pulp to one of | sugar. Mix well and boil for two [ hours, stirring occasionally until the last" part of the cooking, when it needs constant attention. By putting through the meat grinder no water is required and therefore much time is saved. The making of the above may be simplified by putting in bean pots and setting in the oven on ironing days, when an occasional stirring is all that is necessary. Apples and other fruits may be used in the same way.?C. E. B., in Boston Cooking School Magazine. Chicken Mousse. C/io'M nna nun nf milt r rpam OT j well reduced chicken broth; beat the yolks of three eggs slightly; add onefourth teaspoonful of salt and a dash of paprika and cook in the hot liquid until the mixture coats the spoon. Remove from the fire and add one-fourth package of gelatine, softened in one-fourth a cup of cold water or chicken broth. Strain the preparation over half a cup of cooked chicken breast, chopped, pounded in a mortar and sifted. Stir over ice water until the mixture begins to set, then fold into it one cup of whipped cream. Turn into small timbale molds, or into a large mold lined with paper. The molds may be decorated with pistachio nuts or truffles, or both may be used. Serve when chilled and firm with lettuce or other green salad. This is particularly good with lettuce and tomatoes. French or mayonnaise dressing may be used. ? Boston Cooking School Magazine. Baskets of Fried Potatoes. A cooking teacher advises against washing or soaking sliced potatoes before frying them. Soaking takes the starch out, but makes the potatoes tough. The same authority tells h'owto make basketsof fried potatoes in w(hich to serve fried smelts or other small fish. Slice the potatoes into straws, dry them thoroughly and line a small wire strainer with the straws. They should be well packed. Put over them a second wire strainer, a size smaller than the first. This will hold them in place when they are plunged into the smoking fat. Fry for five or six minutes, lift outol the kettle and drain. Pass a small knife around the edges between the potatoes and the strainer, when the baskets will come out easily. Roll the fish in crumbs or flour, dip them in beaten egg and again roll in crumbs or flour and fry in deep fat. Serve the fish in the baskets, which place on dainty napkins, (iarnisn with fried potatoes and lemon.?New York Post. Hin(? About Pillows. Not only should the outside pillow tick receive a good airing and washing if necessary, but occasionally the inside feathers should have the benefit of a purification of the name kind. You can freshen the pillows if you will beat out all dust, rip one corner, pour in one cup of hot water, sew _p, then shako and pound well and pin on me line in tee sun. Some housekeepers use pillows with ticks deciccdly soiled, because they dread the bother of emptying the ticks to wash, but this should b: done as soiled pillows are unattractive and the sooner they are washed the less trouble it will be. To wash the pillow tick, shake the feathers into one end; then rip open the other end and baste to a stout pillow case, then shake all the feathers into the case befo;e removing the pillow tick. Wash the tick perfectlj clean, then boil and rinse it and put a little starch in .the blueing water then put the feathers back in the same manner in which they were taken out. If both tick and feathers must be washed, put the pillows in a strong soapsuds to which a tablespoonful of ammonia has been added and rub tbe pillow on tne Doara as n washing clothes, then rinse through several waters and squeeze and press as much of the water out as possible. Hang the pillows in the shade to drj and it will require three or four days, It is well to so out several times a day and beat the feathers and shake them thoroughly, then when dry give the pillow a good beating up and it will be clean and light, and will seem to have about? twice as many feathers if the cleaning and drying have been carefully done.? Martha, in the Eee Hive. Household Hinfs. The dirtiest frying pan will become clean if soaked Ave minutes in atnmonia and water. For peanut sandwiches mash the nuts into a powder, season with salt and moisten with cream. Salmon which is to be fed to an invalid should be wrapped in greased paper and lightly broiled. When making starch be sure to boil it well or it will stick to the irou. and if it is not strained it will be lumpy. Go over the zinc under the stove once a day with a cloth dampened with kerosene and it will always be bright. If potatoes are boiled in their skins and the skins removed just before sending to the table, there will not be eo much waste. Housework should not be looked upon as drudgery. It won't lighten it any and will only servo to make one who ha^ to do it unhappy. When plaster of Paris is used for mending cracks in plastering, mix it with vinegar instead of water; it will be more easily worked with Old Turkish bath-towels clean wood floors better than ordinary ClOtns ao. jt'ul pitues 01 Hiiuit luntu iu an ordinary long-handled mop and you will find that th? rough toweling gathers up tlie dust very effectively. , - :vk m % M ' g||p - wmm'' pp THE SUNDAY SCHOOLT / INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS, FOR OCT. 20 RY THii ? ? ? ***i*mrT?OAV RKV. i. W. Subject: The Capture of Jericho, .Tosh. 6:8-20?Golden Text, Heb. 11:30?Memory Verse, 20? Commentary. Jericho was a walled city of entrenched power. Israel was an unarmed host. The contest 'appeared to be unequal. Eut the inequality was merely apparent. Ae it turned out, faith without armament was mightiest. It must have seemed silly to those who sat on the wall in fancied security and laughed, to see such an army march in silence around Jericho twelve times in seven days and be ready for more. The besieged were doubtless as curious about the out come as were tney wno marcnea witu silent faith in and at the word of God. Israel had learned perseverance through privation and confidence through experience. The citizens of Jericho were to learn that the apparent unwisdom of-God is the secret of the salvation of men. The silence of Israel was destined to be the lull before the storm. The victory at Jericho is a lesson in the fruits of faithful obedience and a demonstration of the effectiveness of the unusual and apparently foolish methods God uses to force the fulfillment of His purposes. The falling walls of Jericho sounded the praises of faithful human obe dience to divine decrees. It may have seemed unwise to Israel to do as they did, but they put their trust in God. The tactics were as unmilitary as they were original. The whole proceeding was odd. To the men on the wall it must have been strikingly fantastic, judged by the accepted methods of military procedure. It was not in the code. After six trials marching brought no results. It was, on the surface, thoroughly absurd. Whatever the opinions of the Israelites may have been,' they obeyed the word of Jehovah with conspicuous fidelity. They may have grown weary but they never stopped until they were told to do so. They were under marching orders. The spectacle of the silent, tramping thousands must have been terrific. The tumbling battlements of Jeri1, cho demonstrated the finality of 1 God's odd way. The likelihood is i that, whatever the terror that ultii mately surged through the minds of the defeated city men, they were , scornfully amused at the strategy of Joshua for some days. If he had besieged them in due and ancient form they might have foreseen the possibility of their over throw. But to walk a wall to pieces i was new to them. If they had been shrewder they might have perceived that Joshua would never have been . guilty of such a movement had he ; not been certain of an outcome favorable to himself. 1 The lesson is supremely applicable 1 to modern conditions and to the war! fare of the church against militant sinners and entrenched sin. To-day America is dominated by sinful and rapacious men who sit snug and smug and tight within the city of their self-interest and of self-aggrandizement at the expense of the nubile welfare and the common need. Politicians and journalists, merchants and financiers, a greedy, godless lot, make up the census of the , modern Jericho. They laugh at morality. They scoff at religion. The counsels of the church are idle ! preachments to them. The councils of the sincere souls who desire to destroy their city and, their power simply excite their derision. They disdain that simple declaration of the ' Gospel of God in Christ. ' But just as surely as Joshua saw 1 the walls of Jericho totter and crash to earth, so shall we if we are faith' fully obedient to the will of God, see ? + V? n nf fl-?o />lfv onrl tVio tllC uton ucuvu wt tuv v?Awjr auu tuv. ; citizens of sin which affront and in, suit and flaunt and exploit us. For God lives. The methpd is so simple in comparison with the devious and diverse 1 procedure of the forces of sin that i oftentimes we wonder whether it will s pay to do the bidding of Jehovah, But it will. The continued and cumu, iative reiteration of the truth that is , Inseparable from moral and religious principles will surely have effect. We may wonder why our earnest proclamations of divine verities do not , iestroy sin at once and why in the ! face of ages of testimony for righti sousness and for God so many yield themselves to sin. But the fact re, mains that no force has been so ef| flcient as this; no factor in life is ' so able and likely to destroy modem sin and undo the guilty machinaI tions of modern men. f God is able to reward obedience i now as He was at Jordan in the i days of Joshua. He is as able to Win viciunes uy apycii euwy iuoui\ ficient means as He was there and then. His strength has not failed. ' Nor is His wisdom weakened. His f capacity is co-existant with eternity. I We have only to obey Him to secure i success. Whatever may be the ; strength, the cynicism, the hypocrisy, I the rapacity, the effrontery, the un( bridled self-indulgence of the inhab, itants of our modern Jericho we may out-wit and uproot them if we will obey God and simply declare His truth. For the truth is a stay and a sword. It is as supreme as it is superb. The modern Jericho is as real in its way as wa3 the Jericho that Joshi ua overcame by the grace of God. The certainty of the downfall of the modern Jericho is as sure as was that 1 of Jericho of old. God is with us. Obedience will have fruitage. Woman Lawyer 011 Jury. Twelve lawyers, one of them the only woman practitioner in the county, composed a jury in the Kane 1 County Circuit Court at Aurora, 111., that heard a damage suit brought by i Rudolph Brudinak, of Chicago, against the N. K. Fairbank Canning Company, also of Chicago. Judge Willis, of the Northern Illinois district of the Appellate Court, presided ' in the unusual case. The plaintiff in the suit lost an arm while in the employ of the company, and after a ; fifteen-minute trial the jury returned (a verdict in his favor of $1275, the { money being paid him immediately iollowinc the flndinc of the verdict. Money Value of Crops. The potato crop is the most profitable of all crops In the United Slates, j It shows a value per acre more tnan four times as great as any of the big j cereal crops, and it runs ahead of j cotton. The per acre value of the ! potato crop for the United States, j based on the price of potatoes on the 1 first day of December, 1906, was j $52.29. The per acre value of the 1906 wheat crop was $10.37; corn, I $12.06; oats, 3^.89; barley, $11.74; i rye, $9.83; buckwheat, $11.00, and j hay, $13.95. _ | / * ^ ;V M iTltfillllii'i'' 'ill ; r'y- . . - r r! THE WARFARE AGAINST DRINK. CEMPERAXCE BATTLE GATHERS STKENGTH EVERY DAY. I liearcling tiie Lion?A Teetotal Judge Arraigns the Liquor Traffic?If There Were No Saloons His Court Would Have No Business. (The following address was delivered by Judge McKenzie Cleland before the Liquor Dealers' Protective Association, at their annual banquet In tha Sherman House, Chicago.) Nobody loves a coward, and every6ody hates a hypocrite, so I'm going lo tell you some plain truths. I'm improving some. Right after my election a saloonkeeper said I wasn't fit to be a judge anywhere except in tiyae rarK, Decause i never arans a glass of beer in my life. Now I have advanced to such a stage that I not only am considered fit to sit on saloonkeepers' case3, but you invite me here to tell you how to run your business. A great many persons are prejudiced against the liquor business. I confess I'm one of them. I came by it honestly. My llather was a preacher, and he taught me the evils of Wquor. When I went on the bench I tried to put that prejudiqe away, because I realized that anyone with i prejudice against any calling or elass of citizens is unfit to 3it on the jench. 1 I fined a member of your calling few weeks ago, and after I had gone home I felt that I had been influenced br my prejudice against the saloon business, and had been unusually severe. I endeavored to call up my clerk and get the amount of the fine reduced, but could not reach him. Before I was able to communicate with him, the money had been paid in at headquarters. But when that man comes before me again, I will give him a rebate. People have a prejudice against the saloon, and why? One reason is that the liquor business is regarded as an habitual and persistent violation of the law.' I was delighted when the president of your association stated that your organization stood for the preservation of the law. I'believe it is the opinion of a ldrge majority of the people that you are law-breakers?not all of you, but so many that you who do not break the law are charged with the responsibility of it by popular verdict. It is my conviction that the members of this association ought to prosecute to the end the men who violate the law. I am trying, as you know, by the parole system, to restore drunkards and loafers to their families. I was told by one saloonkeeper with whom I had remonstrated for Pfillin or lirtM Ar f n in of? D nf DviiAXJCj \.\j au mcuiiaic. uut I can't take the time to find out whether a man is an habitual drunkard or not. Besides, if I am arrested, the association will defend me." (Cries of "No! no!") If this is. not true, you gentlemen ought to let the public know it. The people believe this association protects the saloonkeeper in this course. It'would be a ehame to you to protect men who violate the law. You have large property interests. You have children who are attending the public schools, as ray children are. Whether they will obey or defy the law depends on the example you Get before them. In your business, gentlemen, you are dealing with edged tools. Theremay be those who can drink without harm to themselves, but there are many who, by their appetite for drink, bring untold misery on themselves or their families. There is a lawyer in my court who drinks when he feels like it, a good fellow, and I asked him this morning what I would say to you gentlemen here to-night. He said: "Tell them that ninety per cent, of the cases of this court are due to whisky. If there were no saloons this court would be without business." Beautiful Victims. What a host of moral perils assail ; our boys and young men to-day! Shall we make them greater by our example, or by failing to smash the trap, so far as we can, that threatens their feet? One writer has thus pictured the perils of youth: One day I was in a wood watching a dove preening its wings on a beech bough. It looked the picture of security. I had no thought that a bloodthirsty eye was fixed upon that dove; but all of a sudden there was a whirring sound, a short scuffle and a piteous outcry, and I saw that a sparrowhawk had seized it in its talons and was bearing it away to tear it to pieces at its leisure. Who oftenest plays the part of destroyer to our young men? Is it not the man who makes it his business to induce men, and especially young men, to drink that he may be enriched? By him our thoughless boys, sporting in innocence, are destroyed body and soul, many of them every year. Preaching, Praying, Voting. "We have preached against the saloon, and we have preached well. We have prayed against the saloon, and we have prayed with fervor. We have written against the saloon, and there has oeen logic m our sentences. ; We have wept in the presence cf the ' desolation of the saloon, and our J tears have been sincere. But the day j is coming when, we will do more?a j day when our sermons and prayer? aid arguments and agitations and h.Mrtaches and tears will crystallize into ballots, and when, by the iron hand cf prohibitive law, this redlipped monster shall be throttled and choked and hurled fcack into the hell from which he camel"?Bishop Jos-, eph F. Berry. Saloons >Ict the Raise. Tuscon, Arizona, hoped to "drive | out of business" at least half of its j saloons, by adopting (in December) a $1000 license law. Poor luck! Every one oi' its thirty-four saloons has promptly renewed its license. But the "city" is $15,000 richer Who is ine "city?" Ten Saloons Closed. Ten saloons at Sie. Genevieve. ??Io.. I were closed cn a recent Sunday, and I for the first time in 172 years the} town v.ra3 "dry." Mile of Whisky Houses. Louisville, K>\, has a solid mile oi wholesale whisky houses, but ninety- < five counties of the Blue Grass State have voted to bar their wares from the people. on the ground that it is poison and dangerous to public wcl- ! . j , i 1 Saloon Tilled as a .Nuisance. j ] Special Judge Holman has fined a saloonkeeper (at Noblesville, Indiana) l'or maintaining a public nuisance, squarely on the ground thai all saloons are nuisances per se. The ! case will be appsaled. ' \ ^hen?dj5>rrbe: f-M \ <a<giLd UwViy| EACH MAN HIS DUE. :v ' : '* .Who came at the eleventh hoar, And to their tasks were true,'And labored, each as he had power, . Recsived?each man his due? . I;. iWho came when day was breaking bright And labored all day through, }. < Till evening melted mto night, Received each m&n his aue? 1 y-' These looked at those, those looked ai these> ... . .. As from their JLiord they came?~ The dues of those, the dues of these,' 1 They saw were just the same. S.' i ' . For those and these God's children are, B0171 for eternity; Moments of time could not compare " With lives which live for aye, And souls whose every hope is fixed aboyi Have no less due from God?than all" 'i Father's love. ?Edward E. Hale. .... The Force of-Eiuunyple -j.< Looking unto Jesua.?Heb., 12:ji When we count, up the forces 01 great world powers let'us nbt forge! the force of example. The forces oi heredity are something, and so qti also the forces of nature, hut thew is no force comparable in its -fti reaching effects with the always ailezil ,and often unobserved force of per* sonal example.. . .. 'V^ vSI We are by nature imitative ere? tures, and we pick up instinctively the traits and ways of the people with whom we lire. The little ohlW is so sensitive ani impressionable that he repeats without knowing if the ratonations of the mother's vol? and the characteristic features of th* father's manner. As sooni as' the boj or girl starts to school the parent knows that another epoch in thf child's life has opened, for anothei force is now to become a factor jn the development of the soul. Thus fai it has been parental example; hence forth it will be parental exanH>ie pI*H the example of 'schoolmate < am teacher. If the home exatakple an< the school example clas^-.-ithere U confusion and sometimes ruin in th? unfolding life. A man's character i* in large measure determined -by thi examples of those persons who hav< been most constantly before th< mind's eye through 'the longest nuai' ber of years. . Upon this principle of imitation th< Christian religion seizes, making i central in its scheme for developing character. "Follow Me! " was the ei hortation constantly* on the Hps d; Jesus; and the apostles, catching titi meaning of His words, have embedded it in the substance of their teaching Paul in his letters has always be fore him the image of the perfecj man, and the writer of the letter t< 'the Hebrews exhorts his readers U keep their eyes fixed on the Captali who leads the way. The power of example depends other things being eqhal, orf its dls tance from the eye. If Chriit is kep close to the eyes He is nitghty t< save, but if He is allowed fall into the background He ceases to swaj the mind and mould the heart-? Charles E. Jefferson, pastor of Broad way Tabernacle,.New York City; II the Sunday Herald. The Short Oat. Our. own country, or a familial place, always has for us several way) home. Some are long, others shortoi and sooner there. Life is God'i country; He knows it all, and H? knows many roads by which to brlnf Ui*m ??a/\?v1a viama An aM an/1 laUll, ma pcupic UUJJUC. AU V1U l*uu ful servant of God's was told of th< death of a little girl whom he greatl) loved. He was saddened and cas down;then suddenly his face bright/ ened as he said, "Why, she's goA cross lots, while "I am going a! around this long distance. I as glad for her." When' it is. best, Go< shows some of His children the# shorter ways. Can we not trust. Hin that this is good? Can M& not b< glad for them, even though we. hari to go around out of sight of them few a little while? The Sonl's Cravine. i; True peace is when the -soul re vclves around its centre, Almighty God, craving for nothing but whs God continually supplies, its passion* subdued to itself, itself lovingly ioya to God, in harmony with its God an< His laws. God made the soul "fo: Himself, to have its bUss in His in finite, unchanging, exnautless love The soul then "must needs be rest less, until it repose in Him." Every thing, whether it belong to the keen est intellect,'or the lowest senses, if an idol if the soul rests on it, apari from God. The soul's craving foi peace is its natural yearning for iti end, its Maker and its God. Sinc< tlie soul is large enough to cont&h the infinite God. nothing loss thai Himself can satisfy or fill it. Only a Clod. An epitaph was inscribed on t!j< frail memorial of a peasant in th< country churchyard: "Only a clod.' Whether dictated in a pathetic & cynical temper, that epitaph is reallj grand. What wonderful things arejaten in a clod! Ail possibilities of form color, music, light, fragrance and fruitfulness are there. Exqulsit< shapes, ravishing hues, ears of gold purple clusters, bread to strengthei man's heart and oil to make his fact shine, dropping honey, budding roses; pure lilies and a thousand other miracles of grace and glory spring out ol n._ \yr T Wot Ufricnn luc uuot. xwc?. ??. j-i. iiihuiumvu, Grace to. Nature. Nature would not willingly die, noi lie overcome, nor be subject tQ any nor be subdued. But grace studieth seif-niortification, resiateth sensual ity, seeketh to be subject, Is wlllin{ to be kept under, and will not us< her own liberty.?Thomas a Kempis Railway For Peru's Rubber. Peru is considering the feasibility of building a seventy-Qve-mile railway from the rich rubber districts ot tlie Purus to a point on the Ucayall River, which would turn the immense rubber traffic to Iquitos. At present these products go through Brazil, which thus gets the beuefit of export duties on a strictly Peruvian article. War Autos For Saxony. The Saxon War Ministry has accepted the delivery of an armored notor car capable of resisting rifle Ire, carrying a machine gun, and laving accommodations for ten mea. Sleds From Maine. JH Most of the children's sleds sol<^| in the United States are made atM South Paris ile. EB n