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CHAPTER VII. 0
Continued.
"Indeed, I think she feels she has
imposed luu mutu uu juui gvuu * ?ture
as it is," Miss Somers said. "We
can never thank you enough for your
kindness."
"Oh, pooh. That's nothing! I wish
T could feel that I had been of some
use."
"She has been sleeping soundly
sinpe 6 o'clock," Miss Somers pursued,
"and of course she must have
her sleep out; but is there nothing
I can do in the meantime?"
Before Lord Wartlebury could
answer the door opened and Gertrude
appeared, with a pale face and
big black circles around her eyes,
but neat and composed as she had
been the day before.
"I feel quite fresh," she said, "and
Snail De giau oi some urcaiviaai uuu
some strong hot coffee, Annie, please.
I am not in the least surprised to see
you, Lord Wartlebury. I suppose
Annie told you I was here, and it was
just like you to come. But do you
know, I think I have made a mistake.
I don't think I ought to have
left the cottage. I fancy he must
have returned by this time, and probably
is anxious about me."
v Lord Wartlebury took a telegram
out of his pocket.
"It is perhaps better not to encourage
false hopes," he said. "Dr. Mansell
telegraphed to me this morning
to tell you that they had continued
their search, but had found no further
trace."
"He may have gone to consult his
doctor," Gertrude suggested, after
some moments' thought. "I will go
at once and see."
Tf vac a woll-lrnn'U'Ti ronsultincr I
physician to whom she went, and by
a fortunate accident she found him
disengaged and able to see her.
"Doctor, has my husband been
here?" she began abruptly.
"Your husband?"
"Leslie Somers," she explained.
"Oh, yes?of course. I have not
had the pleasure of seeing you before,
you know." He unlocked a
case-book and found what he wanted.
"Oh, yes, he was here exactly six
weeks ago to-day."
Her countenance fell. "And you
have not seen him since?"
"No."
"Perhaps I had better tell you why
' I ask," and she proceeded to explain.
The doctor listened with grave attention.
'It is a curious affair," he obs?rved,
"but not unprecedented.
Your husband was suffering from
the effects of over-work. I certainly
did not appreheqd any serious trouble,
but 6uch a thing was quite possible,
and I advised him to be most
careful. Had he any fancy, any morbid
notion?any persistent idea, in
a word, which amounted to a delusion?"
"No. nothing that I know of, and
I think I should have known. He
seemed to have benefited very much
by the change and was in excellent
spirits."
"I had a somewhat similar case
some years ago," the doctor said,
"and I tell you about it in order to
bhow you that there, is no real cause
for alarm. It was also a case of
overwork, that of a clergyman with
a large parish?a conscientious man
who had toiled day and night during
an epidemic of typhus fever. He
came to me complaining of great depression,
and I advised rest and
change of scene, and also prescribed
for his general health, which was
quite below par. Well, he went to
a seaside place with his family, just
as your husband seems to have done,
and the next thing I heard of him
was that he disappeared. Of course
his friends were in a terrible state
of anxiety about him; detectives
were employed and the case got into
the papers. They traced him to
London, but further than that they
could obtain no clew to his whereabouts,
and after eighteen months'
search they began to fear that he
must be dead. But about that time
a friend of his, an animal painter,
went to the Highlands of Scotland
to make studies of cattle, and one
day while he was so engaged he happened
to get into conversation with
a drover, and. to his great surprise,
he recognized the man at once as the
missing parson.
"'Why, you're So-andso!' he e*-i
claimed.
" 'Am I, indeed?' the poor fellow
replied. 'Well, I arn deeply grateful
to you for telling me, for I could
not remember who on earth I was or
where I had intended to go on? day
when I set out on a journey, and 1
have been obliged to become a drover
in order to earn my living.'
"He was of course restored to his
friends immediately, and with proper
treatment he soon recovered and
is as right as I am at the present
moment. Now, it seems to mo that
your husband's is a very similar cas?,
and I have no doubt that it will end
as happily."
Gertrude put two guineas on the
table and left the house greatly relieved
The doctor's cheery, confident
manner had perhaps never before
raised any poor patient's spirits
higher than hers went up under the
influence of the hope he held out to
her.
She felt she had a clew to the
*vhnlp f?ni?rm:i now: and the rest?
the finding of her husband?seemed
- easy after that. She knew he had
come to London, she knew which
station he must have arrived at, and
she would go there at once and inquire.
Somebody must have seen
him.
When she arrived at the great
crowded terminus, she found that the
task was easier in anticipation lhan
in reality. She had come to inquire;
but how should she begin? to whom
jihoold she apply? j
' She must first find out the plat-;
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form at which the midday train j]
stopped yesterday. Perhaps she n
would find the same staff of officials h
there to-day, and she would ask p
every one of them to make sure.
"Guard, did you happen to notice ?
if a tall gentleman, cleanly shaven, a
with reddish hair, dressed in a light o
tweed suit, came by the midday train s
from Trewport yesterday?"
"Yesterday?" the man answered u
with scant courtesy. "Bless you, miss, h
dozens of such gentlemen arrive S
oirofir ^av" Another cuard came
up at the moment, and he appealed g
to hirn. "Here, Dawlish! you were
on duty here yesterday." a
"No, I wasn't," the man answered, e
"I brought up the midday train from s
Trewport." si
"Oh, then!" Gertrude exclaimed, n
taking out her purse, "you can surely
tell me if my husband was among "
the passengers," and she described y
him. ]V
The guard scratched his head, ?
"Would he be a bit queer?" he said, a
"I don't know what you mean by tl
queer." a
"No offense, ma'am. Only if he T
talked loud and didn't seem to be tl
particular about where he was n
going?"
"That might have been the case," I
she answered; "and what I want to lj
know is, where he went."
Several porters had joined the n
group by this time. "I say, Bill," n
one of them now interposed, "wasn't k
that gentleman you sent to St. Pan- g
eras yesterday, when he asked which ^
was the station for Southampton, a
dressed in a light tweed suit?"
"He were," said Bill. t;
"And do you mean to say you sent p
him to St. Pancras for Southamp- y
ton, you blessed blockhead?" the e
surly guard demanded. y
"Ah did," was the calm reply, n
"and ah saw him off in a hansom on
his way to St. Pancras, and ah hope a
he got there safe."
There was a laugh at this sally. s<
"Did you happen to notice the o
number of the hansom?" Gertrude h
asked. ,
"Noa, but ah noticed the man as ci
druv it; and here he comes by the t(
same betoken," the porter concluded, tl
pointing to a hansom that was just tl
returning to the stand.
Gertrude went to the driver and
repeated her inquiries. Yes, he "
had takeiy the gentleman she de- ?
scribed, to St. Pancras yesterday a
morning. # ti
The gentleman got down and asked si
a porter what time the next fast g
train left for Southampton, and the si
porter sorter grinned at him, and a
told him he was in the wrong box
for Southamnton, and had better try c
Waterloo. The gentleman seemed e
put out, but after standing on the n
pavement, and cussing heaven and
earth for five minutes, he was able "
to get into the hansom again and zo g
to Waterloo.
He didn't get out there, hojvever; ji
he only inquired about the trains, h
and then he told the driver to take h
him to the nearest hotel, and there
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mu man ifii mm. xxv. iiuu wv iu0 d
gage with him, unless it was a hand- 0
bag, but the driver wasn't sure of ^
that even; he hadn't taken particu- g
lar notice, and couldn't remember. n
Gertrude got into the hansom and g
tolcj the man to take her to that ho- ti
tel. The faithful Moon had brought a
her so far. and was waiting for her, p
but she had forgotten him. y
He had assisted at these inqui- n
ries, however, and, making allow- s,
ance for the lady's preoccupation, c
tumbled on to his box and followed g
the hansom, rightly conjecturing a
that she would think of him in time. 0
Gertruds's anxiety had given way r
now to a state of excitement that s
was almost pleasurable. She was on n
the right track sure enough, and this
detective business was easier, after j,
all, than she could have believed ti
possible. n
She could understand, too, that it
must be a very fascinating pursuit
when the object of it did not concern
you personally. She thought, if
she ever had to work for herself, she
would be a detective, it was quite in- j,
teresting to talk to so many queer -r
characters. ti
But now the hansom stopped at f.
the door of a large hotel, and, alight- t
ing quickly, she ran lightly up the q
steps and into the great bare, com- jj
fortless hall. r
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An unctuous official came forward T
immediately and asked her if she t;
wanted rooms. h
"No," she answered. "I am look- i)
ing for my husband. I have reason v?
to believe that ho is here?or. at d
least, that he came here yesterday p
? about this time of the day." a
"'Oh?ah?mum!" the official ob- P
served quickly. "Does the gentleman
expect you?" t
"Yes," Gertrude answered boldly; t
and then, to save lier conscience, she a
added: "He is most probably look- 11
ins? for me. because I was not sure c
which hotel he would come to." o
"What name did you say?" the 1
man asked, less suspiciously. i!
"Mr. Leslie Somers." j f
"Pray be seated, madam, and I'll a
go and inquire." He returned pres- d
ently. "No one or that name, T
madam, has ever been here," he
told her.
Gertrude's heart sank. "Jut do
people always scive their names when
they stay so short a time?" she f<
asked. h
"Ui<& you only expect the gentle- c
man lo stay a short time."' o
"It is just possible that he only r;
stayed (he night," she answered, des- a
peralely. "He was anxious to go '. ? d
Southampton. But slay. I will tell
you exactly what he was like, and
you will perhaps know whether he
came or not.
The hail porter came tip %/hile she tl
was He.-ciiijing him, and aow iatcr-1 o
rupted: j C
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"Oh, yes, he came here yesterday,
hat gentleman did. I noticed him
artoc'lar, because there's so few
ents comes as is clean-shaved nowdays,
only priests. Reddish hair,
idn't you say, ma'am? and a rowdy,
ollicking, free-and-easy sort o' hapy-go-lucky
manner? Drank bran- .
ies-and-sodas all the time, and was
weet on the barmaid."
Poor Gertrude's heart sunk lower.
Vas it possible even for disease to
hange any one so perfectly refined
s Leslie, and so generally respected
wherever he went by high and low,
ato a creature such as this, with
lanners and tastes which lowered
im to the level of the commonest
eople?
It seemed impossible, and yet from
he time he appeared at the station
t Trewport, every account she heard
f his conduct agreed in this repect.
It must be true.
"If that was the gentleman," the
nctuous person said, "he did come
ere about this time yesterday, but
omers wasn't the nr.me he gave."
"Can you tell me what name he
uve: ueriruue ttsueu.
The man hesitated. Well, madm,"
he answered, "we do not genrally
give the names of people who
tay here to unknown parties. You
se, we don't know what use they
light make of them."
"Oh," exclaimed poor Gertrude,
this is wasting precious time. Can
ou not see, sir, that I am a lady?
[y husband is not right in his mind.
Ie has escaped from his friends,
nd it is of the utmost consequence
!iat I should find him before he does
ny mischief to himself or others."
'hen turning to the hall porter: "I
hink you noticed how queer his
lanner was?"
"I did," the man answered; "but
thought he was the worse for
quor."
The manager, or whoever he was,
ow lowered his tone. "Of course,
ladam," he said, "in a case of this
ind we shall consider it our duty to
ive you every help in our power. I
rill go and make further inquiries
bout the gentleman."
When he was out of hearing Gerrude
addressed herself to the hall
orter, speaking rapidly: "I will give
ou a sovereign," she said, "for
very separate piece of information
ou can give me about-that gentlelan.
What did he call himself?"
"I don't know, ma'am, but he had
bag with L. S. on it.'.'
"His own initials." She put a
overeign in the man's hand. "Go
n," she said. "Did he say where
e was going?"
"He said he was going out as first
onsul to San Francisco, and meant
> see all he could of the world on
lie way, as he wasn't due there for
tiree months."
She gave him another sovereign.
"He left here," the man continued,
about ten minutes before you came,
[e said his luggage was fat Southmpton,
and he meant to go out by
tie P. & O. I put his bag into a hanam
myself, and told the driver to
o to Waterloo. It's not half an hour
ince," the man concluded, glancing
t the clock.
"Good heavens!" Gertrude exlaimed,
putting two more soverigns
into his hand, "I may have
lissed him."
"The manager now came back.
Mr. Lawrence Soames " he bean.
She caught the name, but had
umpad into the hansom, and was on
er way back to Waterloo before
e could add another word.
Arrived there, she threw half a
overeign at the driver and rushed
nto the platform. It was crowded
ith passengers, porters and lugage,
a confused mass of things anilate
and inanimate, all alike strugling
or being moved in every direcion?a
human hash?with shouts
nd laughter; here a merry family
arty off for change of air; there a
oung couple, with maid-servant and
lan-servant in attendance, evidently
omebodies, but treated with little
v>v five rnmnine school
iris who rushed by, separating them
nd the whole multitude to boot,
n their way to a second-class cariage,
at the windows of which they
Lood, eating buns and enjoying the
oise and bustle. '
r "Is this the Southampton train?
5 this the Southampton train?" Geri-ude
asked every one, but could get
0 answer at first.
To be Coutinued.
Peruvian Aguardiente.
Peru is an immense country and
1 one section of it, known as the
'ambo valley, the principal proQution
is aguardiente, which is made
rom the juice of sugar and contains
sventy per cent, alcohol. Consul[eneral
S. M. Taylor says that this
quor is consumed largely by the Peuvian
Indians and so many of them
ie from the effects of it that the
opulation is materially decreasing,
"ne valley is located so high that only
h.e natives enjoy good health there, !
ence it would be difficult to find emgrants
to replace the natives, as
onId seem nccessary at an early
aLe. In the valley there is one good i
lant for making cane sugar and
giiardiente, but all thetrest are quite
rimitive in their construction.
More or less rice is produced in
he same valley, and it is said that
iie grain is large and sweet in flavor
nd when bolted it augments much
lore than any other kind. It always
onimands a higher price than any
ther rice. It is stated incidentally
hat. there is only one good rice mill
a the valley of Tambo, and that is
rom the United States. The others
re primitive wooden stamp mills
riven by water wheels.?Louisiana
'lanter.
Cat Rearing Rabbits.
A Wareham man named Wellstead
Dund four blind baby rabbits on his
olding and took them home to his
at for food. Pussy was nursing her
lie kitten, and instead of eating the
alibits she proceeded to nurse them,
nd under her fostering care they are
oing well.?London Chronicle.
Three Possessions.
Love, joy and peace are the things
hat make a man's life. Possession
f these three make him most like
hrist.?C. E. Hughes.
WHEN CRANKING IS VAIN.
Discouraging Paradox in the E\per?
ience of the Motor Boat Amateur.
Few spectacles are more discouraging
to the would-be motor boatist
than the sight of some poor fellow
toiling persistently at the crank of a
cold and unresponsive motor; and
let it be noted, says Country Life in
America, this cranking business not
infrequently makes more trouble that
must be remedied by still more
cranking.
While this may seem to be a paradox,
it is a fact. For instance, suppose
the beginner's motor stops and
he fails to make an inspection that
would reveal a loose connection in
the electrical system, and therefore
does not know that his igniter is not
working.
He suspects the carbureter to be
out of adjustment and concludes to
give it a little more gasolene. Crank
crank, crank. Nothing doing. Yet
a little more of the fluid. Turn, turn,
turn. Still nothing doing in the explosion
line.
But all the time the engine is industriously
pumping gasoline into its
crank case or cylinder, and when the
absence of ignition is finally discovered?usually
in such cases by
someone else after the tyro has been
towed home?it is necessary to shut
off the gasoline altogether and continue
to grind at the crank until the
gasoline with which the engine has
been flooded has been all cleared
out before a proper mixture can be
made.
bo, ill case oi a iiij slci iu us oiup*
page of the engine after it has been
running well for some time, suspect
first the electric system. If the batteries
are run down they will have
given due notice by failure to ignite
the charges, at first skipping an occasional
stroke and then skipping
more frequently until there are more
misses than explosions and the engine
stops.
But a sudden stoppage with plenty
of gasolene flowing (test this at the
carbureter according to directions)
usually indicates a sudden derangement
of the electrical system.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Burying the hatchet often means
war to the knife.
Tact is the leaven that saves flattery
from falling flat.
Some people would rather tell the
truth than be popular.
The worse the temper, the less its
owner minds losing it.
The better we know people the less
politeness we waste on them..
Never try to make a man feel at
home if you know him to be henpecked.
A girl will often select a nusDana
with less thought than she will select
a ribbon.
Every woman lives to congratulate
herself that there was some man she
didn't marry.
It's when a fellow is going to the
bad that he gets^the reputation of being
a good fellow.
Make hay while the sun shines and
you won't have to borrow an umbrella
when it rains.
If a man doesn't want to be spoiled
with success let him get a job with
the Weather Bureau.
Most men would rather take their
chances with a plague than with a
short haired woman.
Any man will tell you what he
would do if he were in your place,
only he probably wouldn't.
Tbo man whose past won't bear
Investigation is usually the first to
brag about his future.
Regret for our mistakes is only
practical when it prevents us from
making greater ones.
The woman with one child has
more theories concerning children
than the mother of ten.
A woman trying to concsal her age
always reminds me of an ostrich hiding
its head in the sand.
When a girl speaks of a fellow as
a man after her own heart she should
be quite sure that he isn't after her
money.?From "Musings of a Gantle
Cynic," in the New York Times.
Not For Herself.
Nan's mother heard her crying after
she had gone to bed, and upon
inquiry, learned that the child, having
heard for the first time the parable
of the sheep and the goats, was in
terror lest she should "be a goat."
Her grandfather, a clergyman, tried
to comfort Nan, and finally succeeded
in convincing her that if she led a
"godly, righteous and sober life," she
need not fear the objectionable classification.
However, the next night
Nan was again the victim of her emotions,
and her mother insisted that the
scene of the previous night must not
be repeated.
"But, oh, mamma," sobbed the
child, "this is different. Grandfather
explained all about me, and I am
not afraid for myself now. But, oh,
mamma, what if you should he a
goat ?"?Delineator.
Government's Gun Sale.
A sufficient numbei of condemned
guns were sold at the War Department,
Washington, D. C., to start a
dozen Central American revolutions.
The department sold to the Car)
Hirsch Iron and Rail Company, ol
St. Louis, 175,000 old Springfield
45-calibre rifles at forty-four cents
each; 13,600 Springfield cadet rifles
at thirty-six cents each and 14,000
Springfield carbines at sixty-one cents
each.
Several gatling, Ilotchkiss and
mountain guns wera purchased by
Francis Bannerman, of New York, for j
$19,300; aud 560,000 rounds of j
cartridges were sold for ?G.70 a thou- '
eand. |
The Wrong Child.
Mother (viciously scrubbing her
small boy's face with soap and water)
?"Johnny, didn't I tell you never to j
blacken your face with burnt cork }
again? Here I have been scrubing
half an hour, and it won t come orr." i
Boy (between gulps)?"I?uch!? j
ain't your little hoy?uch! I's Mosc,
de colored lady's boy."?Judge.
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR OCTOBER 25.
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Subject: The Joy of Forgiveness, Ps.
32?Golden dtext, Ps. 32:1?Commit
Verses 1, 2?Read Ps.51 and
Rom. Clio. 4, 5?Commentary.
TIME.?1034 B. C. PLACE.?
Jerusalem.
EXPOSITION.?I. The Blessedness
of Sin Covered by God, 1, 2.
This is a didactic psalm (title, margin).
David is beyond question the
author of It (Rom. 4:6-8). He had
known in his royal position all worldlv
iovs. but the highest joy that he
had found was that of transgression
rorgiven and sin covered. This joy
is open to every one (Acts 10:43).
If there was forgiveness for one who
had sinned so grievously as David we
may conclude that there is forgiveness
for all. The Psalmist multiplies
words for sin. "transgression" means
rebellion. "Sin," missing the mafrk
(cf. Rom. 3:23). "Iniouity." crookedness,
or curvature.' To "forgive"
means literally to take away (cf. Jno.
1:29: Ps. 103:12). God "covers"
sin (cf. Ps. 85:2). He covers sin
from view. He covers it with the
blood of Christ (Le. 17:11). When
God covers sin no man nor devil can
uncover it. God does not impute or
reckon to the impenitent sinner his
sin.
TT. The Misery of Sin Covered by
Self, 3. 4. In the first verse we see
God covering sin; in the third and
fourth' the sinner covering his own
sin. The former is supreme blessedness.
the latter supreme misery. The
pinner seeks to co^er his sin from
God (cf. Gen. 3:7. 8). This no sinner
has ever succeeded in doing (Prov.
28:13). David sought to keen silence,
but only succeeded in "roarine
all the dav long." His lips kept silence
but his bones roared. He tried
to escape God's hand by keening silence.
but day and night God's hand
was heavy upon him. There is nothing'that
man can do more foolish
than to refuse to confess his sin untc
God. These days of unconfessed sir
were davs of great cruelty on David's
part (2 Sam. 12:31).
ITT. Sin Uncovered <o find urn'
Covered Uo by God, IS. David did al
last with his sin what he ought tr
have done first. God's heavy hanc
had accomplished its loving purpose
David acknowledged his sin to th<
right person. 'to God. He st.onpec
covering ("hid" is the same Hebrew
word as "covered" in v. 1) his sin
When he stonped covering his sir
himself then God covered it for him
It was a erood tbtng that David saic
In V. 5. To "confess" does not mear
merely "to own uo," but to "poinl
out." or "fully declare." ( The trouble
with much that is called confession.if
that It is not full and frank and free
The result of this confpssion was thai
God forsave the ininuity of His sin
That will alwavg be the result ofi-full
heartv confession unto th? Lord (J
Tno. 1:9: Job 33:27, 28: Ln. 15:20
23). A hearty confession of sin is al
ways accompanied by a tboroutrl
turnine awav from sin (Prov. 28:13;
Lev. 26:40-42).
- IV. Forgiven Sinner TTfmpolf Cor
pred, 6, 7. The Vord "godly" (in v
6) means "'a recipient of grace." Be
cause of God's forgiveness of con
fessed sin every recipient of Gnd'i
grace prays unto Him in a time wher
He may be found (or "in the t.fnip o!
finding out sin"?see marg. A. V. anc
K. V.J. mere is a. uuie wuen uw
cannot be found (Tsa. 55:6: Prov
1:24-28; Lu. 13:24-28; 19:42-44)
The time when He mav be found ii
now- (2 Cor. 6:2). The result o
praying to Him in a time when H<
may be found will be that "when th<
great waters overflow they shall no
reach unto him." The reason wh]
they shall not reach unto him is be
cause God Himself is his bidinj
place.
V. The Forgiven Sinner Kept Fron
Further Wandering, 8, 9. It is nol
enough that our past going wroni;
be forgiven, we need to be guided ir
the right way for the future. Goc
promised to thus "instruct." "teach'
and "guide" David for the futurf
(and every other forgiven sinner as
well). Some make David himself th?
speaker in v. 8, but it is better to takf
the ' words as God's response tc
I rinvM The chance nf sneakers is in>
) dicated by the sign "Selah." This is
| a most precious promise. The onlj
i way we shall ever know the way it
I which we should go is when God inetructs
and teaches us in it. God
counsels us by a glance cf His eye
(see R. V.). If we are to be guided
by a glance of His eye, we must keei
near Him, so as to catch His glance
God's instruction and teaching com*
through His Word and Spirit (Ps.
119:105; Jno. 16:13). Even the forgiven
sinner is quite likely to act like
"the horse" or "the mule." Such
cannot be guided by God's eye. Still
He does not give them up, He holds
them with "bit and bridle."
VI. The Misery of the 'Wicked, the
Blessedness of the Man of Faith, 10,
11. Verse 10 states the conclusion ol
the whole matter. Two persons are
put in contrast, the wicked and he
fhof in t V? o T.nrri 99 Tho nn 1 v
righteousness that God recognizes,
even in the 0. T., is the righteousness
of Faith (cf. Phil. 3:9). To the
wicked shall be "many sorrows" (cf.
Ro. 2:8, 9); to the one that trustetli
in the Lord, mercy round about him
on every side. That is a safe wall.
Our duty then is to "be glad in the
Lord." This is as much\a command
as t*e one not to steal (cf. Dt?. 12:12;
Phil. 3:1, 3; 4:4).
I'opulation Jumps 209,000.
That there was a net increase of
209,000 in the population of the
country as the result of immigration
during the last fiscal year is shown
by the reports of the Department
of Commerce and Labor. Until the
last year, it is pointed out, it has never
been possible to ascertain the net
addition to the population by immigration,
and the result is surprising
to the department. During the fiscal
year the number of immigrants was
yz4,uuu persons, wnue 7it>,uuu aliens
left the country.
Bookmaker Left $2,500,000.
George Cooper, one of tlie best
known bookmakers in England, who
has just died in London, left an estate
valued at $2,500,000. He was
originally a mason, and began his
gambling career by making "book"
among his fellow workmen, acccpting
penny, or two-cent bets.
Twin Brothers' Births.
On August 20 a negro woman living
near Williamsburg, Va., gave
birth to a boy, and sixteen days after
the first was born she gave birth to a
second strapping boy.
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i BITTER WAR ON INTEMPERANCE ~
SOLDIERS FIGHTING THIS CURSE
GREATLY CHEERED, r
l
A Movement For th^ Abolition of
Cpmpnlsory Beer Drinking
Among German University Students.
The Prussian Minister of Justice is *
leading a movement for the abolition
of compulsory beer drinking among t
university students, and even to discourage
voluntary guzzling, while a '
formidable petition has been presented
to the government for the separa- *
tion of sober and drunken persons on [
railroad trains by the use of special
oars, though-there seems to be some
uncertainty whether the cars should I
be reserved for those who are sober
or for those who are tipsy. "
Up in Finland the most remarkable
anti-alcoholic legislation of all has j
actually Deen enacted ana uuw uwaua.
the Grand Duke's approval,,which it
may not receive. Largely because of t
woman suffrage and the spread of the
Socialist propaganda, the most stringent
prohibition bill on record has
been passed by the Diet. This amaz- j
Ing measure not only forbids all manufacture
or sale of spirits, beer and (
and wine, but it prohibits any^traffic
In alcohol of any kind, save through
i strict government Monopoly.
Churches are forbidden, under heavy ,
penalties, to use wine in the com- j
munion service. People who had
wines in their possession before the t
1 enactment of the law may continue to t
holdlhem, but any one hereafter ac- .
juiring any liquors will be subject to 11
One and imprisonment. The police a
1 and other officials arq authorized,
without special warrant and on mere ,
suspicion, to enter and' search any ?
1 house for liquors. Any ship enter-' j
: Ing Finnish waters with a cargo con- s
1 sisting largely of alcoholic liquors j
will be seized and confiscated. All (
' the breweries, distilleries and liquor c
1 stores and shops in the country must
' ] it once go out of business, without c
compensation. Indeed, in framing ?
" the law the Diet seems really to have (
> j acted upon the exhortation of one of ,
' i its members. Baroness Gripenberg, i
' to "leave reason aside, and let senti
ment prevail."
^, These things at least serve to em'
phasize the point which we have fre1
quently made in these columns, that
' complaints of puritanism and fan1
aticism in this country as contrasted
! with the liberalism of Europe are
not altogether well founded. More
I than one European country is takt
Ing even more advanced ground in
' temperance reform than has been pro'
posed here. We cannot recall any
American prohibition law as, strin'
gent as that which Finland is seeking
I to establish. Wtien in one of our
' States it was discovered that through
inadvertence the law was so drawn
' as possibly to prevent the use of
wine at the communion services of
churches it was quickly and generally
1 conceded that an amendment must
t be made so that there would be no in3
.terference with worship. But in Fin'
land the clause expressly banishing' .
- wine from the communion table was j
t purposely inserted into the bill. The ,
interference with "personal liberty" j
. in sumptuary matters is far more
marked in several European countries j
- than it is here. The merits of some ,
of our temperance legislation may be \
> open to discussion; but at least it ,
I cannot be truthfully maintained that j
this country or any part of it is alone ,
or unique or even extremely advanced j
in meddling with man's supposed |
right to get drunk.?New York Trib- :
une. ,
3 ? _____ 1
I ,
f I Total Prohibition in Finland.
1 News from Finland shows remark- .
1 able results since the introduction of i
. universal suffrage for adults of both ,
. sexes. The Finnish Legislature con- j
I sists of a single chamber of 200 mem? (
f bers. Fifty-six per cent, of the voters ,
> at the last election in towns, and fifty ,j
3 per cent, in the rural districts, wera
t women Nineteen women were elect- ,
r ed members of the chamber. It has j
just passed a drastic act for the total
; prohibition of spirits, wine, beer and j
alcohol, which may be kept only for j}
i medical and technical purposes and i
t for the use of troops. Even the use I j
; of wine for the communion service is 1
i forbidden. No one may keep alco- I .
I holic drinks in his house unless he , ^
' : can prove that they were in his pos- (
! session Deiore me act was passeu. |
3 The police have full rights of starch !
> and the penalties vary from $20 fine !
3 penal servitude for three years, I
> There is no provision for loss of cap.
I ital in breweries, distilleries or pri !
vate houses.
' Baroness Gripenberg. one of the I ,
i best known women members, said j ]
that in dealing with a question of *hls | j
I vital social importance it was quite , j
; time to "leave reason aside and let | j
I sentiment prevail." It is not expected ; (
i that the law will ever come into op. | .
eration, for the veto of the Czar i? re- j \
< garded as certain. j t
... i i
! John Bull's Declining Thirst. i {
I It is reassuring to learn from Dr. { 1
. Dawson Burns's annual review of i <
the United Kingdom's drink bill that I <
although we spent ?590,000 more on j I
intoxicants last year than in 1906, *
! the average expenditure per head fell i 3
; from ?3 16s. 3d. to ?3 15s. 9d. From 1
, 1872 to 1878 the average expendi- 1
, ture never fell below ?4 a head, and
In 1876 it touched ?4 9s. On the
! other hand, from 1841 to 1851 (both
' years included) it never rose as high t
as ?3, while in 1842 it fell as low j
as ?2 8s. 5%d., or less than two- f
thirds its present amount. As matters
are we stand exactly where we
stood in 1S6G, when the expenditure
per head on alcoholic liquors was, j,
as last year, ?3 15s. 9d.?Westmin- .
ster Gazette.
Temperance Notes.
By a unanimous vote of the Legis- ^
I Iature, Missisippi goes "dry" on Jan- r
uary 1, 1909. r
Milwaukee city employes are to be
forbidden to rush the growler in
working hours. In Milwaukee!
A man in a Texas prison said: "I p
tried to keep from drinking whisky p
by myself, but I could not. I tried
joining the church, but it did not
stop me from drinking. I promised
my wife to quit. And r thank God I ?
am in this prison, because there |
hain't no saloons in here! "
New Jersey is .showing up in good (
shape. The friends of prohibition in
that State are encouraged in the be- j
lief that victory Is not remote. t
As every city and town in Massa- j
cnusetts at tlie R.iunt'i|;ai cicwuua | \
each year votes oa the license ques- a
tion, there are many cities both under (
license and no license. 8
That President Roosevelt is great- v
ly pleased with the State-wide prohi- c
bition feature of the Oklahoma Constitution.
and that it will constitute
one of the strongest reasons for his
approving the document, is the state- <
ment made by Judge Harper S. Cun- I
ninghaoi. t
: ~ IS
1 Sphered jorrbe 1',
I OgiETHoO^li ;<
"BE VERY SURE I NEED IT." , -
cannot tell why the-' hould come to me
A thought of son ,ne miles and yea~?
away, , .*Jgg
n swift insistence on the memory, .
Unless there be ? need that I should .
pray. . pgE
re goes his way, I mine; we seldom meet . .
To talk of plans or changes, day by day,,'.;.
>f pain or pressure, triumph or defeat,
Of special reasons why 'tis time to pray.
Ve are too busy even to spare a thought, .
For days together, of some friends away;'
'erhaps God aoes it for us, and we ought
To read His signal as a call to pray.
'erhaps. just then, my friend had fiercer
fight, ' ,f
A more appaJling weakness, a decay
)f courage, darkness, some lost sense of
right-- : *
AnH on in r>rtoa Ka nA/u^o mv I
pray: ' "T'S
)ear, do the same for me! If I intrude
Unasked upon you, on some crowded day,
Jive a moment's prayer, as interlude;
Be very sure I need it, therefore pray.,
An Ever Present Truth.
But one thing is needful.?Luke :
.0:42. * vj.v^
The text is an old fact restated in
he terms of the Gospel for answer o
the numerous and many sided V
[uestions of our modern life. 2
In order 10 attain pre-eminence and 1
uccess men everywhere are coming;^
o recognize more and more the wis-' '
torn of consecration in the pursuit of ?
tome one thing. Michael Angelo,/
laving a fixed goal, pursued it with in
ambition that consumed him. - Ho
orgot hunger, thirst and bodilr &
atigue, and at length the world ;
:rowned him as master of his art.
In the realm of music Handel 1? ;
;ajled a prince and the very soul of
irt. This, however, never could have
>een true of, him, nor could he havo
vritten immortality into his name, *
lad he been other than the man
vhose passions and powers In the
jursuit of the one thing were offered
m the alt.r of music. It has been ';,
laid of him that his ardor for celestial ;
lounds caused the keys of his harpsi
:hord by his frequent manipulation to '
issume the shape of spoons.
Our text finds Jesus among Hl|
'riends in the Bethany home, and Hit f
words rc zeal the two persona?''
Martha and Mary?in striking com
,ra?t. Marthfa. is deeply concerned
ibout the material things. There If
ziuch of anxiety, and bustle about ;
ier as sue tninits 01 ms entenaui?
nent, comfort* and food. Mary, thf .
rery soul of seeming Indifference* td,
ill temporal things, thinks only of 4
seat at His feet, where she may lietea ,
:o His"every word. When at length
:he fussiness ol' Martha can stand It
ao longer, she complains to Jesnsf. r
saying, "Carest Thou not that my slfr>
;er hath left me to serve alone? " Hi.
inswer is not a rebuke to her activity^
)ut rather an interpretation of it wltb
lignity and strength, "Bfat one thing
is needful."
What did the Master mean? What
s this one thing? Perhaps it may b* ;
inswered best by pl%cl=g emphasis on
:he word "one," so as to makeilt In^
elusive, and say: Thou lackest one
:hing. That Is, the one thing lacking
comprehends all wants and hungerngs,
all life and power. If this be,
true, then the "one thing needful"
must be that for which men everywhere
have been searching, ancf for
which men even now?unconsciously, ,
perhaps?are seeking in strange ways
ind by many questions. It is the
4one thing needful" for the aching
leart which refuses to be quieted, and
says: "Is there any meaning Inlife?"
It is the "one thing needful*^
tor the man who in the midst of hi# /
struggles is conscious of gradual defeat
in the rounds of daily life, ex-.,
claiming: "Is there no way out of
fflnoria of Haincr anH rtnincf Til?"
,lilO baugio VI UViUQ MUM MV.Mg . ? ^
is the "one thing needful" tor the I
profound philosopher In his study* for H
:he capitalist with his wealth, for the H
iged and the young, for the learned H
ind the ignorant. Yes, it is the "on# B
:hing needful" for the whole world.
What Jesus said to Martha ha*
Deen the truth of the ages. It lfl the I
.ruth of the present. How much men
jverywhere need the "one thing" I
which punctuates life with knowl*
?dge, with strength and fills the soul B
with peace! We must not fail to H
-ecognize that it had something to do B
with Himself; for, speaking of Mary, H
who sat at His feet listening to His H
words, He said: "Mary hath chosen H
Hio hottpr nart." The eood Dart H
meant Himself. To know Him Is to
inow the "one thing needful; " to find
Him is to find it. He and it are one.
3e came to help our needy humanity,
;o satisfy with His light, love and
peace our deep yearnings for the life
vhich now is, and to comfort us with
;he truth of immortality.
Our hymns, our prayers, our exhortations
are all based on the one
ippeal: "Come to Jesus." Come to,
3im because all life stands in need
)f what -He alone has to give. If He
:an satisfy the need, then He is the
:ower to help, and belief in Him is
he one thing needful.?The Rev. J.
3enry Hartman, pastor Tremont
3resbyterian Church, New York, in
he Sunday Herald.
The Wrong Wny.
There is something wrong with
he church when the only way It can
jay the debts of the sheep Is by
eeding and flattering the goat?.
No Use.
It's no use preaching about the
leart of God if you have no pleasure
n grasping tne nana 01 iuau. n
The Healing Touch. fij
No man who has felt the healing H
ouch of the Master in bis heart has H
nucn trouble in his head over the H
niracle. fflj
Get Busy. B
You cannot cancel the custom of H
ireying 011 your fellows by occasional BB
iraying 10 your Father above. ia
Reciprocity. ffi|
If you are right with God. He will Hj
' " ays be right by you.?Home Her- H
Government Has 754,895,290 Acres. B|
From reports recently received' H
rom the various local land offices in B
he public land States and including
Alaska, the general land office at mm
Vashington, D. C., has compiled its fl|
.nnual statement showing that the Hj
*? ? c n r a
Jovemment still nas an area 01 iot,95,296
acres of surveyed and unsureyed
public lands, of which. Alaska'
ontains C68,02l,f>09 acres. _ EE
Frincp, Too Far, Saws Wood. J
Prince Eitel Friedericb, second soall
)f the Kaiser, lias grown so fat thatH|
lis father has ordered him to wor^U
en hours a day sawing wood. jmm
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