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CHAPTER XIV. 12
Continued.
He had a little carriage at the
door, drawn by a staid pony, and offered
Arthur a seat beside him. The
taker. Mounier, was going the same
way, and he^offered old Nanon a lift.
Mounier was evidently anxious to see
and hear.
The house looked forlorn enough
as they drove up to it. Antoinette
was standing outside, leaning against
the parapet, with her hands sheltering
her eyes, to watch for their arrival.
Old Battiste was cowering behind
her; he looked a most miserable,
trembling old creature.
Antoinette hardly noticed the
Mnvnr fihp snvnne- fnrward to meet
Arthur with a little cry. "At last!"
she exclaimed. "How thankful I am
to see you! Now we can force open
the door. I have all the tools in
readiness; we have found them."
"Do not agitate yourself," he said,
gently. "Very probably we shall find
that ycur father has fainted, or that
some such ailment has overpowered
him." He held her hand tightly in
his.
"Oh! do not let us waste time in
conjectures," she exclaimed, leading
the way indoors.
"This is Monsieur Tasset, Antoinette,"
said Arthur, hastily. "He has |
come to help us."
"You are very kind. Monsieur," &he j
said, looking at him with a sad little i
smile. "You will forgive my anxiety."
Monsieur Tasset glanced at Arthur
in astonishment when he saw the
thickness of the doors.
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we snan iieeu muie ueiy, uc
said, and he turned tc old Battiste,
who was almost crazy with anxiety,
and desired him to tell Mounier to
tie up the horses somehow, and come
to their assistance. They were glad
of the baker's strong arm, for it was
very long before the doors gave
way.
"My brother-in-law put good work
in here," said Mounier, pausing to
wipe his brow. "It does him credit;
but one is inclined to wish he were
not so good a workman."
"Hush!" said Tasset. The last
blows were being struck. It was evident
that in another moment the
door would fall, and the secrets of
the inner room would be revealed.
A solemn silence seemed to fall upon
them all, only the loud, ringing blows
and the trembling vibration of the
woodwork, as it cracked, and splintered,
and broke.
"Antoinette!" said Arthur. "Dearp?t
leave us now. I entreat you. I
will come to you at once. You shall
not be left one moment in suspense."
But it seemed as if the sound of
his imploring voice did not even
reach her ear.
"Antoinette, do, I beseech you,
yield in this." But as he actually
uttered the words the great door fell
in with a tremendous crash, and they
all rushed forward into the room.
Never till their dying hour did
those three men forget the awful
shriek that came from Antoinette at
the first sight of what that room contained.
It rang through the house
and re-echoed through the woods,
and it was followed by a death-like
stillness.
On the ground lay the body of her
father?horribly, brutally murdered!
The feet and gown of the daughter
were dyed in the blood which had
poured over tie floor. She would
have fallen on her knees beside him
but Arthur sprang forward and
caught her, thanking God as he saw j
her become unconscious in his arms.
Monsieur Tasset was the first to
speak. His voice was hoarse from
horror. "This is worse than we could
have anticipated, Monsieur," he said. I
"It is just as well that you had wit-1
nesses."
Arthur made no answer; he was j
watching Battiste. The old man |
had thrown himself on his knees by j
the corpse, and with his feeble arms j
was trying to raise it."
"See, Messieurs!" he cried, pas- j
sicnately. "See. he has been murdered
and robbed! Yes. he was right
in his fears, for this was where he hid
them, and they are all gone, all
gone!"
He pointed out a piece in the floor
wnerc a puam iuiu ueeu rewoveu, i
and showed a yawning aperture be-1
low.
"What was ii? What did he keep
there?" said the Mayor, very gravely.
"His treasure! His diamonds!
Eut they are all gone. Oh! master!
My oid master!" cried the wretched
man. "It is my doing! All my
doing!" aud he burst into a passionate
wail, moaning aud dashing himself
upon the ground. Tasset did not
speak, he only looked at him -svith a
grave, puzzled expression
Then Antoinette shewed a very
slight symptom of returning consciousness,
and Arihur rapidly carried
her away. He took her into the
nearest room, where fortunately he
found a wide, old-fashioned sofa, on
which he laid her gently, and began
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eyes once, but evidently the horrible
recollection of what she had seen
flashed across her mind, for another
little cry escap?d her. and she fainted
away once more.
For the next hour her condition
caused him the greatest anxiety, and
lie felt that he could not leave her
for an instant. Old Nanon was far
too much bewildered and terrified to
be of the smallest use.
Meanwhile, the necessary measures
were being carried out promptly by
the Mayor. The body of the unfortunate
Monsieur Rigaud was removed
to a bedroom: the doctor and cure
were sent for: people began to come
go. A hasty semi-official inquiry
.was instituted.
Arthur was most thankful to hear
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becoming greatly alarmed by the con- be
dition of Antoinette, and he sent Na- Ion
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lion to lor ms cissibiciuut:. xic uui
administered a considerable dose of to
opium at once and Arthur sat by her ren
sofa watching for the effect with the por
deepest anxiety. His heart ached and i
bled for her. this poor, helpless child, sur
In her waking moments she clung to Wfc
him. and he soothed her and kissed he
her as tenderly as if she were indeed ous
a child. anc
The others seemed to understand exa
with instinctive tact. An idea had eve
got about that Arthur was her fiance, bef
and he did not contradict it. He was 1
thankful for the excuse it gave him wa:
to keep the position toward her that aga
he had almost involuntarily assumed, har
She slept at last, her hands relaxed Bal
their clinging to Arthur, the painful sms
drawn expression died out of her avc
sweet face. She slept so heavily and to 1
with such extraordinary stillness un- giv
der the influence of the powerful sea
opiate that new fears began to assail bro
Arthur, and he again summoned the yet
doctor. exp
However, the doctor reassured him. be
It was all right, the best thing that his
could possibly happen to her, he said; *
and he then at last felt that he could C0D
make up his mind to leave her, and f?n
obev the summons of the Mayor to i
come and give the assembled mag- hat
nates all the information in his int<
power.
Alas! all the rapidly-collected evi- res
dence seemed to point one way only. set
Battiste had declared that only he Sro
himself had known of the existence
of the diamonds. Arthur at once bcl
told of what Mademoiselle Rigaud
had said to him the night before, that t:-?
Battiste had spoken to her of the
treasure, and that previously she had v'c'
heard nothing of it. The fact that sna
Battiste had volunteered this information
to his master's daughter on Tas
the very night of her arrival, he eve
thought, would tell greatly in the old ls (
man's favor; but the doctor inter- har
posed by asserting that it was his Set
belief that even then, already at the B
time of her arrival, Monsieur Rigaud ^es
must have been dead. Arthur, at the *
moment, was almost bewildered by "Mi
all that had passed. He put his hand mai
to his head, and said that he was c^u<
afraid of making fatal mistakes if ( 1
called upon to give evidence at that "'**<
moment; he asked for time to collect ^e
his thoughts. in t
They agreed at once, begging him
courteously not to trouble himself, *01]
and went' on talking less formally
among themselves. It was well
known, unfortunately, that Paul Leduc,
in conversation with several in- in
dividuals in Goucy, during his visits Iair
tiopo hnri snnkpn of his uncle's ner- ^ow
vous fears and apparent distruBt of SUP
his old servant.
The worst of all was the effect produced
on the bystanders by the unhappy
old man's exclamation over the "Dc
body of his dead master: "It is all my
doing." | tim
On the other hand, the nature of
the blow that had killed Monsieur Rian
gaud seemed to indicate that the deed
must have been done by a stronger
arm than poor old Battiste could now
boast of. The force of the blow must J?0,
have been terrific, and death instantaneous,
for the skull was shattered 0
like a nutshell. He had evidently or
been kneeling over the hole which an
contained his treasure, with his back . '
to the door by which the murderer S1S
entered. He probably was struck 1
down instantly, for he was discovered ,u.
lying face downwards, with both oc
arms stretched out. ?
Arthur, in spite of his request for ?,
time to collect his thoughts, could S1(l<
not help interposing to point out how au
impossible it was that that feeble old !
man should have been able to deliver G
such a blow, but they were rather an,
inclined to laugh at that suggestion, ei
asserting that Eattiste was as good as
ever at felling trees, cutting up logs pr(
of wood, etc. They summoned poor
old Nanon. utterly unconscious of *
what was going on, and it made his ton
heart bieed to hear them cross-ques- ma
tioning her as to her husband's capa- a v
biliUes. and to hear her stoutly main- PU1
tain that in strength he was equal to C0B
any young man yet. The old wife a&e
made her boast with honest pride, kn(
while she cculd not help wondering an^
; why such irrelevant questions were Pul
| being asked at such a time as the on
' present. No trace of a weapon could J'ud
I lie found anywhere, and the doctor '
could form no opinion as to what in- boj
strument had delivered the blow. He on
was a timid man, with only the comlHonr.lace
exoeriences of a small j
! country practice. out
Arthur had a theory of his own on fas
i the subject, but he was afraid to U1>
J make suggestions prematurely. He ie
' was under the strong impression that
> the blow had been dealt with a life1
preserver. Of Battiste's innocence he s?c
j had not the slightest doubt, and it c
was with a bitter sense of his impotence
to save him that he saw the pU!
j;oor, faithful old servant heavily llu
i,ound with ropes, placed in Mounter's Da
, cart, and driven off to the gaol at
j Goucy.
j Monsieur Tass^t set a seal upon 3
i various bureaus, ordered in a couple prf
| ol' women, and a gen d'arme for the Ml
I protection of the place, and at last 4 2!
! left them in peac?. arc
Not till the actual moment of their list
departure arrived did old Nanon real- era
izo what was taking place; but when mi
she did so she was like one possessed, sio
; !ler cries and screams were so violent coi
j that Arthur was terrified lest they big
. should even penetrate through the jol
death-like veil of sleep which the thf
doctor's opiate had thrown over An- tra
loinette: but. fortunately, the two tiv
women the Mayor had left were honest,
kind-hearted peasants.
They took her away with them, the
comforting her with any amount of I the
; sooth in jt falsehoods, and succeeded 3t'
ill ICUUtlii^ IlUi Iiv/lii I a
:>f and despair to a kind of plain- | .
; faith and confidencc in all goin? <
1, that was far more touching.
CHAPTER XV.
Arthur spent the whole day at Mon
pos, and during all those long |
irs Antoinette never stirred. About ,
) o'clock a little note was brought '
aim from the Mayor at Goucy. His j
sence was required at the Hotel- (
Ville. It informed him that the
ly of the murdered man was to be
loved at eight o'clock to the Chap?
des Morts in the cemetery at !
jcy; and Monsieur Tasset had the
dness to add that he should not 1
detained at the Hotel-de-Ville 1
ger than could possibly be helped, '
: should be set at liberty to return
Mademoiselle Rigaud before the 1
loval took place to afford her sup- 3
t and consolation. 1
Vrthur was obliged to obey the
nmons; there was no alternative.
len he readied tae iiotei-ue-vme
was at oace subjected to a vigori
cross-examination by the notaire
1 the Mayor. At the end of the
mination matters seemed to look
n blacker for poor Battiste than
ore.
The first and most important point
3 clearly to get Paul Leduc back
.in. Without his evidence it would
dly be possible actually to convince
Ltiste; with it no one had the
illest doubt that it would be unidable.
A telegram had been sent
the address in Paris which he had
en, and even while they were
ted in conclave the answer was j
ught in: "Monsieur Leduc has not j .
returned to Paris, but was hourly (
iected, and their wishes should j
communicated to him at once on ,
return." There was nothing for .
?ut to wait. Poor old Battiste was ]
veved back to prison, and the
tr.al meeting broke up. (
Arthur turned to take down his .
from the peg on which it hung,
Dnding to return to Mon Repos, ,
en his attention was suddenly arted
by a few words Monsieur Taswas
saying to the notaire Les.
'I hope something may occur to 1
p us, Legros," he said, anxiously. ''
ill me, do you honestly believe in 1
guilt of old Battiste?" 1
'There is evidence enough to con- ^
; him twice over," said the notaire, '
pping his fingers. '
'Evidence or not," said Monsieur 1
;set, doggedly, "no Breton peasant | '
r injured his foster-brother. That i !
-mo of thp things that does not I 1
pen. It is a puzzle to me alto- i
her. We want Jacques Aymar." <
oth laughed slightly, but Monsieur J
,'ros departed. <
Arthur went up to the Mayor, '
ay I ask who is this Jacques Ayr?"
he said. "Would he afford a
1 to the mystery?"
"asset shrugged his shoulders, j
2 might have done so, monsieur,"
said; "but, unfortunately, he died 1
he seventeenth century. He used .
divining-rod in a peculiar manner
the discovery of crimes." , ,
Yes?" said Arthur, anxious to
r more. 1
The reason that we are interested j
him in Goucy is that a Nantais ,
lily named Aymar settled in the 1
n some fifty years ago, and it was (
posed that the power?in a modi- ^
form, it is understood?still ex- ,
d among them."
That is curious," said Arthur. ,
) you believe in it?" ,
'Bah! Why not? Our poor vie- ,
, Monsieur Rigaud, married into
family."
'Indeed!" said Arthur, assuming
indifference he was far from feelYes,
the last of them all, Made- |
iselle Jacqueline. She was called !
belle des belles' in Goucy, and .
nsieur Rigaud was much disliked '
dragging her into the poverty
I obscurity of Mon Repos. She
d very early," and the good man I J
.led deeply.
rlonsieur Tasset arranged with Ar- J
r that he would return at eight ;
ock to be present when the body
Monsieur Rigaud was transferred ]
the Chapelle des Morts. He con- 1
jred it advisable that someone of
hority should be present, in case '
was found that the curiosity of '
crowd should become obtrusive,
1 Arthur returned at once to Mon
ios.
To be Continued.
. I
rnson Alcott's System in England,
educational circles InWolverhampdistrict
are interested in a rerkable
incident which occurred in
oluntary school. A boy had been
lished by the headmaster, and i
aplaint being made to the ruanirs
the chairman, who is a well>wn
clergyman, went to the school
1 asked that he should receive the
Jishment which had been inflicted
the boy, so that he could test and
ge of its severity.
rhe headmaster explained that the
r had received six strokes, three
each hand.
'Well," said the reverend gcntlen,
"I'll take them," and he held
his hand in the conventional boy's
hion. The headmaster screwed
his courage, and in the presence of
s assistant teachers and class adnistered
six vigorous strokes.
The clergyman lost his smile at the
ond stroke and winced at each of
! succeeding ones, to the great joy
the assembled boys. After the
nishment he picked up his hat and
rriedly left the room.?London
ily Mail.
We Kill Too Many Teople.
During the first eight weeks Oil the
.'sent year about 175 people were
led in railroad accidents and about
a ws.re injured. We Americans
! very callous about our annual
; of the dead and wounded traveli
and railroad employes. The
"ltido Hfflo imnroci.
uui taouanico manv nvbiv vw
n on the public mind, though they
int up in tho annual total. The
; accidents are more effective in
ting oi'i sensibilities, and of theBo
;re have boon so many of lato that
velers' nerves arc unusually sensie.?Harper's
Weekly.
rhe 2000 Osages in Oklahoma are
! richest community on the face of
i globe, and they are getting rich
riousehoid Matters, i
Borax For Fresh Meats.
Fresh meats, dusted over with
powdered borax (which is hot/ prepared
of extreme fineness and purity
ind white as snow), and rubbed in as
/ou would pepper and salt, will keep
:resh much longer. All that is rejuired
is to wash the meat before
looking.
Nail Powder.
The best powder for polishing the
nails is oxide of tin, working in about
:hree drops of oil of lavender to half
in ounce. A half grain of carmine
cvill tint it. After the oil is mixed
with the two powders they must be
passed through a fine sieve several
Limes to make the lumps smooth.?
Washington Star.
Barley Water.
Barley water is made in any quantity
one wishes by washing and
cleaning pearl barley, then putting
in a saucepan with cold water to boil
very gently, until the water becomes
slightly thickened. It is then
strained off. Twenty-five drops of
tincture of benzoin are added to the
proportion of three ounces of barley
and a pint of water.?WashingtonStar.
Cleaning a Covert Coat.
To clean a covert coat, a good
aiethod is that of sponging it with a
" *?A ? J ? - O nf nro f AT
mixture uiaue ul ?ia uuuiw ui i
an ounce of hartshorn and an ounce ;
Df sulphuric ether. The coat should j
then be sponged with water, covered I
with a damp cloth and ironed. Grease 1
marks on white silk blouses can often J
be successfully removed by means of j
Jry magnesia, while in the case of i
colored silk, fuller's earth is a good j
medium, and pure soap and water j
can be safely employed in the case of j
white siik.?Philadelphia Record.
Aprons For Little Girls.
Aprons are coming in again for
little girls and for others up to the
age of twelve or fourteen, according
to their development. After all,
this must be taken into consideration
In the selection of all girls' clothing
at this critical age. French mothers
are adopting the apron, making it
up in all the fashionable linens.
Some forms of it are real works of
arc in point of embroidery added to
them; but others are merely "sensible"
garments of plain, stout, easily
cleansed material. The American
mother, therefore, will find her children
this year quite in the fashion.
?Harper's Bazar.
Save Fine Articles From Ruin.
Those who board, but who have
privileges, may well imitate the
maiden who washes her own silk
underwear and stockings. The average
laundry simply means ruin.
VJII tJ 111UU9U 1UUS Xiiaiucu iiao 51
success.
She soaks them, one garment at a
time, in rather strong borax water
for about ten minutes, the water
svarm but not hot. Then she washes
the garment in white suds until it is
niean and rinses it in tepid water until
the last water is clear, pulls the
garment into shape and dries on a
little "horse" which she bought for
the purpose. Hot water is sure to
make silk harsh.?Philadelphia Record.
All in Good Taste.
Nothing could be more appropriate
.uan the covers and curtains seen in
the inexpensively furnished home of
a young matron who had picked up
bits of old furniture to match the
few pieces which had descended to
tier from a doting grandparent.
Her mahogany chest, bureau and
little sewing table had covers made
of organdie just the size of the '
arti?le to be covered. These were
simply hemmed with an inch-wide
hem, and about one-half inch inside
this hem was sewed, on both sides,
another inch-wide piece of the goods,
making a simulated tuck. Could
anything be simpler? Yet the effect
was so quaint and appropriate, especially
as sash curtains for the manypaned
windows.were made the same
way. These were draped with valence
and side drapery of quaint-flowered
chintz, and gave the finishing touch
to the whole.?New Haven Register.
jiptb E&ii
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PREPARE^ TffEH
Potato Salmon Cawes.?A good
way to use your "left over" mashed
potatoes: Mix them thoroughly with
a can of salmon and just enough
corn meal to make them stick to- I
gether in fiat cakes and fry 'n hot |
lard.
Cream of Tartar Biscuits.?One
quart flour, three teaspoons cream of
tartar, one and one-quarter teaspoons
soda or four teaspoons baking powder,
one teaspoon salt, one tablespoon
lard; mix with either milk or
water until stiff enough to roll.
Spare Iiibs en Casse.?Two pounds
spare ribs; boil till tender and brown
in pan; one large cabbage; boil till
tender in salt water; remove centre
of cabbage, fill with spare ribs, recovering
with cabbage. Bake onehalf
hour, basting with cream and \
melted butter, seasoned with pepper
and salt.
Scallop Salad.?Boil one pint of j
scallops ana cnop one-quarioi puuuu i
of celery also chopped, mix with j
salad dressing made like this: Two .
tablespoons flour, one teaspoon mustard,
four tablespoons vinegar, five
tablespoons milk, two tablespoons
melted butter. This does not require
cooking. Place on lettuce leaves
and serve.
Vanilla Cake. ? Whites of three
eggs, one and one-half cups sugar,
one cup of milk, two cups of flour,
one-half cup of butter, one teaspoonful
of eream of tartar, one-half teaspoonful
of soda, one teaspoonful of
lemon ectract. For frosting, fifteen
tablcspoonfuls of powdered sugar,
3'olkp of three eggs, one teaspoonful
of vanilla extract- '
Religious Reading \
FOR THE QUIZ? JIOVH.
M |
BETWEEN TIIE DAYS.
Between the days?the weary days? ,
He drops the d.irkness nncl the dews;
Over tired eyes His hands He lavs,
A"nd strength, and hope, and life vene.va
Tlinnlr f^nri t'nr rnst between tbe davs!
Else who could hear the battle stress
Or who withstand the torn peat's shock
Who thread the dreary wilderness
Among the pitfalls and the roekr.
Cair.o not the night with folded fioeks?
Tho white light scorches, r.nd the plain
Stretches before us, parched with heat;
But, by and by. the fierce beams wane,
And lo! the nightfall, cool and sweet,
With dews to hathe our aching feet!
For lie remembereth ov.r frame!
Even for this I render praise.
0, tender Master, slow to blame,
The falterer on life's stormy ways,
Abide with us?between the days!
?The British Weekly.
The Blessings in Meditation.
Many Christians who say theli
prayers regularly never meditate,
The very words seem to them rathe?
to belong to religious phraseology than
to describe anything actual and practical
in a Christian's life. Yet thej
little know how much they lose with
reference to the life of our Lord and
Saviour by neglecting this mosl
healthful and fruitful exercise.
You say you do not know how to
set about it. Very well, try something
of this kind: After saying youi
morning prayers, open a New Testament,
and ask God to enable you to
realize His presence and to send His
Holy Spirit to enlighten and guide
you. Then read two or three verses(
or short paragraphs, a miracle, q
parable, a part of a discourse, as tbd
case may be. Do not think of its
grammatical or historical or literary
asneets. but say. "What do thesq
words eay to me? What truth do
they teach? What fault do they correct?
What effort do they prescribe
or encourage? What resolutions do
they make necessary?" If in earnest,
you will soon see your way. Scrip*
turc is so full of meanings that tha
real difficulty is which to select out
of its abundance. Then, having decided
on the main lessons of the pass-*
age, pray earnestly that you may
.practically remember them and turn
them, in whatever way, to the best
account.
The whole exercise need not take
Tip more than ten minutes, but at tha
end of a year, it will, if regularly
practiced, have made a great difference
in matters which most intimately
concern the soul. It is one way ol
bo handling the gospel history as to
;become convinced of its truth from
perceiving its intimate sympathy with
and adaptation to our own case. Instead
of a vague, half remembered,
Jess than half comprehended storyj
the life of Jesus, steadily meditated
on, passes into the life of the Christian
by an insensible but real transfusion.
It is turned in carnem et
sanguinem (into flesh and blood),
into the very substance of all that ia
truest and deepest in thought and
heart. It illuminates, it warms, it
invigorates, and by doing this it gives
that inward proof of its own reality
which has been most highly prized
by the most devoted servants of God.
As of old, so now it is true that the
man js blessed whose delight is in
the revealed law of the Lord, and
who meditates upon it conscientiously.
He is like a tree planted by the
water side, who brings forth his fruit
In due season; his leaf also shall not
wither, and look, whatsoever ho
doeth, it shall prosper.?Canon Liddon.
Two Wonderful Texts.
Two texts of Scripture there are,
which, put together, I think are tho
most wonderful in the Bible. The*y
An ciiooaef o nhiiH lvine in the cradle.
UV/ VM..V. ?o
and a loving face bent over- it, and a
sweet voice murmuring over its head.
But I marvel with inexpressible surprise
and adoration -when I f.nd who
the Singer is, and v/ho is the child. ,
This is the first verse: "As on*?
whom His mother comfortetb, so will
I comfort ycu." The other verse 1
find in Zephaniah 3:17:
"The Lord thy God in the midst oj
thee is mighty; Ho will save, He wili
rejoice over thee with joy; He will
rest in His love, He will joy over the*
with singing." Ob, I have though!
Bgain and again in my history, of thU
picture; and I am not too proud id
pay my eyes have filled with tears oj
amotion as I have tried to. comprehend
bow the eternal Jehovah seems U
Bing beside one who loves Him, as 1
remember how my mother used ti
Bing restful songs of comfort besid<
Dur bed on the old Sabbath nights?
?Charles S. Robinson, D. D.
Epigrams From "Billy" Sunday.
Mr. Sunday recently completed t
month's revival campaign in Galesburg,
111. About 2500 were led tc
Christ, and the evangelist was presented
with a purse of $6340.71. b?
lides raising $S50 for'the Y. M. C. A
The following are quite character'
Istic of Mr. Sunday:
No one need be lost unless 1:<
wants to be.
Some are like a dam keeping mor
out of the Kingdom of God.
k God only wants you to turn awaj
from that which does you harm,
j I know there is a devil. I ce?
his footprints in the faces of men and
women.
I would rather wall: over a rougl:
road to Heaven than ride to hell on i
fat fortune.
I know there is a God, because 1
see Him in virtuous, happy, temperate,
trusting lives.
If there were ninely-nino good
Christians in the church and oui
hypocrite, you would see that hypocrite
and not see the good.
One "Little" Sin May Might a Life
Never trifle with one sin. It is s
little cloud which, as the poet has
cq,-h mav hold a hurricane in its
grasp. The next sin you commit ma>
have a mighty efi'ect In the blightini
of your life. You do not know th<
streams that may flow from the foun
tain; for sin is a fountain?not z
mere act, but a fountain of evil.?
Andrew A. Bonar.
God's Unsclfisliness. Gcd
takes nothing from us sav<
for our enriching.?Home Herald.
Cement Production in 1907.
Reports from the Portland cenieni
j..?AWr. r\f tho TTnitrw] fUataf; iildi
I>IUU ULC1 C VI. ?
cate that the total output in 1001
was 48.000,000 barrels, as comparer
with 46,483,424 barrels in 190f> ant
35,246,812 barrels in 1005. Thi
cement required for the Panama
Canal is 4,500,000 barrels.
The Commerce of Nciv York.
Nearly one-half of the tota 1 fo;vis;
commerce of the United S'ates goe;
through the port of New York.
A
OUR TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
REPORTS OF PROGRESS OF THE
| BATTLE AGAINST RUM.
I
J "The Woman Who Drinks," by Grnham
Hofid?This Weil Known
Writer Tells of His Observations
in New York City.
The idea that a capacity to drink
I much of many kinds of liquors is an
; additional attraction in a woman has
j absolutely no foundation in fact. In
| spite of any contrary opinions upon
| her part, men do not think more
'favorably of a woman because she is
able to drink, as great quantities of
alcoholic beverages as they can. Even
though they may appear to be glad
of the opportunity to associate with
her, and may dub her a "prince of
good fellows," their interest in hei*
usually ends far short of the altar.
Men may like her well enough in a
social way, but as a rule they don't
care to marry her. They may be
willing to spend their money to gratify
her desire for drink, but they
have seen the effect of liquor upon
; too many other women to want to
: make a woman of this sort their
companion for life.
It cannot be denied that at the
,present time our opinion in regard
(to drink has undergone a decided
'change. A generation or two ago
even the best men got drunk with
considerable regularity, and there
were comparatively few people who
amounted to anything who did not
consume some liquor at least with
their meals. Even then, however,
women did not drink, and the woman
Who entered a restaurant without an
escort to order a glass of whisky
I would not have had mucn reputation
left to boast about.
To-day these conditions ara
changed. Men do not begin to drink
such vast quantities of liquor, but in
place of the two bottle man we havo
the drinking woman?the woman
who feels that she cannot go through
' with the duties of the day without a
certain amount of alcoholic stimulant.
To-<day nobody wants to do
business with a man who is a hard
drinker. Nobody tru3t3 him; nobody
wants to employ him to work in any
responsible capacity. If the business
or professional man is known to bo
addicted to the habit of drinking it
detracts just so much from his earning
capacity; yet, in spite of this
change in public opinion, woman hae
now entered this field, to vie with
man in his drinking bouts.
I suppose, as a matter of fact, a
woman has as much right to drink
as a man. If she wants to consume
these alcoholic concoctions, from
wine down to cocktails, or highballs,
or even to clear whisky, she has the
legal right to do so, and yet, as cannot
be denied, it always seems worse
to see a woman pour these drinks
down her throat than it does when ii
is a man who is doing it. Undoubt-*
edly this feeling is due to that respec?
for womankind that is inherent in all
of us, and it is this se' .iment that ii
partly responsible for the fact thai;
good men don't care to marry women
who are known to be addicted to thei
drink habit. Such a man could not!
imagine his mother with the bleary
eyes, the uncertain sneech, and the
erratic fancies of the drunkard. Vivid
as his imagination might be, it would
be impossible for him to picture such
a horrible scene, and as he would not,
dream of marrying a woman who
would not inspire quite as much of
his respect he could never marry ono
who might bring disgrace into his
home by drinking too great a quantity
of strong liquor.
If it is true that a woman has just
as much right to drink as a .man, the
sight of an intoxicated woman is certainly
one of the sorriest things that
the human eye ever looked upon.
Moreover, the fact that the woman
may be young and well dressed does
not detract from.the horror of the
experience. In fact, one has come to
associate drunkenness in women with
dirty, uncomely creatures, and any
exception to this rule only tends to
make the circumstance more conspicuous.
To the man who goes about town,
however, visiting the music halls and
dining in good restaurants, this scene
is by no means an uncommon one. In
I fact, the sight of a woman drinking in
public Is too ordinary an incident tc
excite comment. It is only when the
woman takes too much that the matter
attracts attention, and yet, for
some reason, men who feel the greatest
respect for women never seem
j to get used to it. They would not like
I to seo their wives or their mothers
in such a position. Even the mec
; who are willing to purchase drinks
for women who want them would no!
care to see their sisters in such company;
for, outwardly respectful
though they may be, in their owr
heart they know that no woman adds
i to her attractions by sipping highballs
i or gulping cocktails in public, even ?l\
j a table in a flrst-class restaurant.?
I New York Globe.
I '
Great Temperance Address.
An eloquent address on the dangei
! ; of giving alcoholic stimulants as z
j medicine was conveyed in a New Yorl
i i news item as follows:
"Lizzie Arlington, of Jersey City
i was declared a hopeless drunkarc
to-day when she was arrested for the
I hundred and first time.
| "Ten years ago she was a beautifu!
girl. She belonged to a respectable
i j family. During a long illness she was
i j kept alive by whisky. When she rej
covered she was possessed by an ir|
| resistible craving for the liquor
. i Since then she has spent three-fourths
of her life in jail. She is thirty-two
\ but looks sixty. Her hair is gray
) j her face wrinkled and pinched, and
. her body as infirm aa that of an octo!
genarian."
.
Temperance Notes.
[ I The "water wagonwins in old
' Kentucky.
' More than half of Missouri has
? gone dry.
? Many of the old-established dailies
. and country weeklies lean stronglj
i | to the temperance side.
Out of every 100 patients that 1
i have had charge of at the London
Hospital, seventy owe tneir m-neaiiii
to alcohol. I do not say that seventy
, are drunkards, says a prominent London
physician.
In Muscatine, Iowa, the closing ol
the saloons Is due to the Billy Sunday
revival meetings and the organization
of a service league, headed by tin
1 rich lumberman, W. L. Rosch.
^ If any Christian citizen is in favoi
I of license, high or low, how higb
I should the price be fixed, supposing,
, for instance, your boy to be the nexl
victim of the accursed traffic?
Iu some of the States active measures
have been taken under'*he inter'"i1
,u,? t/i o-iniress the
OUllt? CUliiUiClVC ici ? vv w?.rr
delivery of liquor C. 0. D. by tilt
common carriers, and the revenue*
. of the express companies and msyl\
order houses have suffered i*: cor ~eftueiico.
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! INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM.
MENTS FOR APRIL o.
Subject: Jesus the Good Shepherd,
John 10:1-18 ? Golden Text,
John 10:11?Commit Verse 9? ^
Commentary on the Lesson.
TIME.?October, 29 A. D. PLACE.
I ?Jerusalem.
EXPOSITION.?I. Jesns the Door, ^
| 1-9. Anyone who seeks to get access
; to the sheep In any other way than
' by the door, i. e., by Christ, ?*
' and a robber. The sheep can always
I tell the difference between the true
{ shepherd and the robber (vs. 3, 4,
! 26, 27). Christ's sheep have six
characteristics: (1) They know the
Shepherd's voice (v. 4). Every sheep
in the East, unless he is sick, recognizes
his shepherd's voice as soon as
.he speaks. Every one of Christ's
Bheep recognizes Christ's voice. The
true sheep recognizes Christ's voice
despite all the destructive critics.
(2) "The sheep hear His voice" (vs. ,
3, 27). They not only know it, the?
heed it. This is one of the surest
tests as to whetner you are one 01
Christ's sheep. Are you heeding His
voice? (3) "The sheep follow him'(4,
27). Wherever the sheep see the
shepherd going they will follow
(Matt. 16-24). The way may seem
i dark and dangerous and difficult, but
they "follow him." (4) "They kno*
not the voice of strangers." A true '
sheep will not follow a strange voice. *
The voice may seem soft and silvery.
It matters not, it is not the voice of
the shepherd. Those "Christians"
who are forever running off aftei
strangers, "just to hear what they
have to say," are not sheep. (5)
"A stranger will they not follow."
Evidently many professed Christians
are not sheep. (6) They "will flee
from him." Jesus is also the door by ->
which the sheep pass in. To what is
iie the door? (1) To salvation, "By
Me if any man enter in he shall besaved."
This makes the way of salvation
very plain and simple, just
pass right in by Jesus Christ. The
door is open to alJ, "any man."*
Though a man be the greatest of sinners
the door stands open (1 Tl.
1:15). He is the only door (Acta J4:12).
Neither the law, nor the
church, nor morality, nor baptism,
nor a creed is the door. "I am the
door." This door was opened by His
atoning death (vs. 10, 11; Gal. 3:13;
Eph. 1:7; Heb. 9:22). We enter It
by simple faith in Him (Rom? 3:26,.
R. V.; 4:3, 5; Eph. 2:8; Acts 13:38,
-39). Any one who enters in by Jesus ?
Christ will be saved, no one else will. .h
(2) To liberty, "shall go in and out."" ^
The true acceptance of Jesus leade
not to a life of fear and constraint,
but to the perfect liberty of a child
(cf. Rom. 8:15). (3) To security.
This too is found In the "go in and
out." The one who really enters by
Christ is eternally secure (vs. 28, 29)? ^
(4) To satisfaction, "shall find pasture."
There is no such pasture for
sheep in all the world as the one who '
enters by Jesus finds. The pasture is
"green" (Ps. 23:2). It is "good" and
"fat" (Ez. 34:14; cf. Isa. 40:9, 10).
II. Jesus the Good Shepherd, It* /
16. But Jesus is not only the door.
He is the Shepherd also, "the Good
Shepherd." False christs and leaders
bad come claiming to be shepherds,
but really thieves and robbers. The
Pharisees were such. They came to'steal
and kill and destroy." But
Jesus' mission was glorious. "I came
that tbey may have life, and may
have it abundantly." Any of us then
may not only have life, but have life
: "exceeding," life "beyond measure.""
Have you this su' -.bundant life.'
So many have such a thin thread of /
! life. How abundantly we may have
, life appears in Jno. 1:15 (cf. Col.
; 1:19; Col. 2:9, 10, B. V.; Eph. 3:1619).
Then comes that great declaration,
"I am the Good Shepherd." Tho
i best exposition of those sweet words
! : is the one you will get upon your
; knees pondering them, ' /ning them
' ! iver and over. eonstai.iiV looking to
God to let you into their wealth of
| ' meaning. It is not only a wonder:
fully comforting thing that Jesus says
( here, it is also an amazingly daring
I : one. In the Old Testament Jehovah
I is the Good Shepherd (Ps. 23; Isa.
' ! 40:10, 11; Ez. *34:11-13). If we
i aspire to be true shepherds we
i must be ready to do xhe same. If
i at the approach of danger we leave
the sheep and flee for our own safety J
we are hirelings and not shepherds
' (cf. 1 Pet. 5:2). Jesus knows His
own and His own know Him even as
I the Father knows Him and He knows
the Father (R. V.). Wonderful, who
can fathom that depth and intimacy
> of that knowledge? And there is life"
j and eternal security in it (Jdo. 17:3;
I 2 Ti. 2:19; 1:12). Ten great points i
(about the Good Shepherd: (1) He f
j knows the sheep even as the Father
I knoweth Him and He the Father.
(2) He is known by the sheep. (3)
' Has personal interest in each sheep
1 ! and deals with it individually?calls *
? j it by name (v. 3). (4) "Leadeth
I them out." (5) Thrust forth the lag
i [ card sheep (v. d. ioj uvenuuna
1 ] none, "all His own" (v. 4, R. V.).
(7) "Goeth before them." He has
j trodden every step of the way that
I wc must take. ;S) Careth for the
- j sheep (v. 13). (9) "Layeth down
J His life for the sheep" (vs. 11, 15).
' | (10) Uiveth eternal andabunaant life ^
; lo the sheep (vs. 10, 2$, 29). Jesus
j has sheep outside of Israel (v. 1G).
s j When He has brought them they will
? | become one fold lEph. 2:14, 15;
j Gal. 3:2S). it is through hearing
I ! His voice that they are brought. The
j laying down cf His life was a perfectly
voluntary act on Jssus' part*
To Preserve the Eider Duck.
1* t Through the efforts of William 4
! Dutcher, of New York City, an ati
I tempt is being made to preserve and
' propagate the eider duck, now almost
1 ectinct. This bird was ones fouud in
J I large numbers all over New England.
I A bleak island near Grand Manan has
been selected, and 100 birds have
! been placed there to start the work
1 ; In charge of Captain Frederick E.
1 | Small, of the Cross Island Life-saving
. Etaiicu. t
' | 1
! 1 Insanity in Alaska avows.
Long winters spent in isolated ssc1
! tions of Alaska have so greatly in
* - ?- itu'inlfv
' I creased me perceiuiigc <?,
that the Senate, in Washington, D.
C.. passed a bill authorizing larsar
i j expenditures for the maintenance of
| the Alaskan insane. Th? five par
I cent, of the license mp"?ys has i . *?n
found insufficient for the (h'nuwi1.-.
t Foreign Cook Library.
New York City's public library fur- *
1 nishes more reading in more tongues
j than any other library in the world.
, In the Oriental de;alone
I there arc 10..7.0 '.;oo!
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