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fffHlS Oil VII ? A PSYCHOLO > By SARA CHAPTER XI. 10 c Continued. 1 p Gertrude could see his face at the jmoment. The laughing blue eyes, fjthe bright, frank smile, the careless [air, every characteristic of the brave jand happy boy, appeared to her in \ jthat instant, ennobled, however, by leomething beyond all that?and then j (he was a yard away?and then she ^ 'saw that he was sinking and could g Inot swim. With a cry she made a Jviolent effort to reach him, but the g lllfe-belt kept her floating on the top j jof the water like a cork, and struggle [as she would, she made no way. t 'One was ai ine znercy ui iue wjuuo j. land waves like any cork; the water illlled her ears and eyes and nose and t [mouth. Deaf, dumb and blind she ,was conscious of turning over and iover, and then in an agony of terror Ishe seemed to shoot down into a j. jblack, interminable gulf, out of sight, |out of mind, a horrid, helpless, suf- j SfocatJng rush, at the end of_ which ehe ceased to_be. T X CHAPTER XII. c ! Rock, rock, rock, rock?from side ito side, slowly, and with every now 1 and then a just perceptible pause, as 8 ilf the monotonous movement caused Ifatigue; and the impulse was to rest j3 toad rest been permitted, which appar- . ently was not the case, for the rock- f ing never ceased?rock, rock, rock, , rock, with a sort of running accom3>awiment and gurgle and splash of f iwater in response to the swaying, ana tne souna 01 . voices, eituer muffled by distance or subdued so t as not to be beard?this was what Q Gertrude's mind awoke to. She was lying on her back. Her ihead rolled helplessly from side to ? side, and she felt the discomfort, ^ ibut she did not at first think of presenting it by a voluntary effort. In ? the end, however, it served to arouse ^ her. Instinctively she tried to steady berself, and at the same time she ^ * found strength to open her eyes and Hook up. Above her shone a world ^ of stars set in the indigo darkness of a clear sky. Where was she?" . , ' s JWhat had happened? Ah! it was f painful the rush of recollection. Her j husband?the ship-?the fire?drownIng! But she was not drowned. She ,was wet and cold and weak and t miserable, but she was alive, and this was a fishing smack, and that was its big brown sail, and those men in jj blue jerseys over there round the etove were sailors, and the one face n among them which struck her as familiar she presently recognized as that of the captain of the steamer. They had been saved, then, and were going on somewhere. Where? There are so many places one can E go to in a ship. She tried to think. She was quite conscious of making the efTort. And then, all at once, she found herself lying beside the f fire leaning against somebody who was forcing her to drink something 0 hot, while the sailors in the blue jerseys, with great boot3 and canvas trousers, tar-besprent, and long sou'- ? .westers painted yellow, lounged or ? sat around and contemplated her with a large, silent interest that was- j impressive. t( "We'll get her in in twenty min- ^ utes," one of them remarked. He ^ alluded to the boat, but Gertrude jj thought he meant herself, and tried ? A to thank him. * Then came another interval of si- v lence, which was broken by trampling feet, clanking blocks, hoarse ehouts and a wild confusion of ^ .tongues, in the midst of which Ger- v trude felt herself lifted up carefully t and carried off?she knew not _ .whither, nor did she trouble to inquire. t j." v' Had she kept her consciousness a few minutes longer when she was in the water, she would have seen the ^ night become alive with twinkling j, lights. A ship on fire could not fail to attract^attention in those busy s waters. It had been seen at St. Malo, and also at the Channel Isl- ^ ands, and boats' were heading toward it from every direction to render p assistance, and were close at hand .? s at the very time that the panic broke n out among the men and so many lives were lost. They might have ex- . pected help, considering their where- " abouts, but they could not have seen it approaching, for the blaze of the fire was so fierce that those on board ,the steamer could see nothing beytfnd it. As it was, however, many were 5 saved, among whom were the two ^ French Sisters of Charity in spite of s themselves, an intrepid sailor of gi- c gantic stature having ventured onto e the burning deck, picked them up and T carried them off, one under each arm. 11 in a scorched condition, without cere- v mony. It was a serious disappointment to them, which saddened them 1 for the rest of their natural lives. r When either of them told the story, she would shake her head at the * end of it, and add sorrowfully, "Je h n' etais pas digne!" she was not * not worthy to be made a martyr. 1 Young Redmond was not among those who were saved. The captain, 0 himself a strong swimmer, had been E attracted by Gertrude's cries and v ? ? v..t t came LU me icBtue, uut tiic iau suun. before he reached him, and had never risen again. There was, there- T fore, one martyr made that night? d not the hoy himself, but the mother, a who was left to linger on a lonely ? life for years and mourn him. It was back to Southampton that * Gertrude had been taken. In her s weak, exhausted condition she s troubled herself little enough at first h about events past, present or to come, h Passively she submitted to be taken t tn a hi? hotel, and nut to bed by some * kindly women folk, passively she gave her sister-in-law's address when I asked if she wished to telegraph to o any friend, passively she took some h restoratives that were brought to g her, and then she slept. It had been o ^ the very luxury of languor, a state v IerSEIFI GICAL NOVEL. j H GRAND. j >f mind to be envied by the angels, vho, we infer, suffer still, since it s possible to make them weep. But Jertrude had got beyond all that or the moment. This last calamity vas in reality a blessing to her, a elief to her mind, -which, when she iwoke late in the afternoon, was >robably fresher and more vigorous ban it would have been had her royage been uninterrupted, and no iuch rest been forced upon it. She was not surprised when she iwoke to see her sister-in-law sitting n the window in . her strong, selfontained way, bolt upright, working msily but quietly at a piece of emiroidery. "Is there any news?" was Gerrude's first question. "None," was the laconic response. "Have you brought my things?" "Yes, all that you brought to my louse." "In that case I shall be able to eave by to-night's boat." "T thoncht. von would wish to. low do you feel?" "Quite well. I shall get up at >nce." "I dare say you will be in time n spite of the mishap," Miss Somers aid cheerfully, as she rolled up her irork. "You will only have missed me Guernsey boat, you know, and t is hardly likely that he would leave iy that. It would just be going rom one Bteamer to another if he lid, and I rather fancy he will be core in the mood for loitering than 1 or haste." ' It was in the chill gray early norning that the steamer with Gerrude on board touched the pier at ' It. Malo next day. The passage had ' teen rapid, quiet and uneventful, as ;enerally happens the day after an ccident, but the few passengers who iad ventured to cross had been fid;ety, frightened and troublesome, as s usually the case oh such occasions. 1 'he ladies refused to undress, and 1 verybody was on the alert all night, 'he stewardess, who had been resued from the burning steamer, was eing taken across to come back with ; nother of the company's vessels rom St. Malo next day, and Ger- ' rude had the pleasure of finding fary Burt, the young English girl 1 rno naa Denaved with such coolness ,nd courage the night before, among : he passengers. She had left the ' hip in one of the boats, had been 1 licked up by a passing steamer, and 1 anded in Southampton, nothing the rorse for the experience. Unfortulately for the three, the other pasengers discovered that they were urvivors, and besieged them with uch attentions as the desire to hear .11 about It, and to be able to tell fterward how they had talked faailiarly with some one who had been escued from deadly peril only so hort a time before suggested. The onsequence was that Gertrude ' ound herself on arriving somewhat irorn, but she was ready to land at 1 nee, nevertheless, and stood waiting n deck while the gangway was being ;ot ready. The scgne with its strangeness struck her dismally, but more clause it was buctuge auu uecause he, was there alone for the first time j a her life, without any one she loved o sympathize with her feeling about t, than because of any unloveliness 1 n -what she saw. On the contrary, q spite of the somewhat sombre ; rayness which prevailed, all was assably picturesque and foreign, I'hich is another charm. She had 1 ot much time, however, to become " cquainted with the roadway borered with trees, the tall gray houses rith their small windows, flush with he walls or seeming so, and the people?mostly market women in white ' aps and blue blouses?for her at- \ ention was almost immediately aught by the deafening noise that 1 steamer, fastened to the pier just ' ehind the one she was on, was makQg blowing off steam. "Do you know what boat that is?" he asked. "The Guernsey boat just in," was he answer. ( In a moment Gertrude's active, 1 ractical mind was on the alert, j Just in?" Then probably he had , ot landed. ( She hurried on board and asked, d her haste, for "Mr. Leslie ] omers." < It was one of the ship's officers , a whom she-?addressed herself. He , id not know the names of the pas- < engers, but went politely to inni'ro The nonnlo worn Knefllntr on i nore by this time, and Gertrude , agerly watched them while she wait- . d. Presently the officer returned , .'ith the list of passengers and renarked that "Mr. Leslie Somers" ( ?as not among them. "Ah!" Gertrude exclaimed. "Did ! ( say Leslie Somers? I meant Law- 1. ence Soames." The officer looked at her as if he bought her a little demented, but . landed her the list. "Perhaps you'll ;now the name when you see it," . le remarked. "Oh, he has come!" she cried, i >verjoyed. "Is he below still? 1 j oust go to him at once." "I'll go and see, miss, if you like," ; he officer said with a grin. "I should be much obliged if you rould," Gertrude rejoined. "He oes not expect me"?she hesitated wkwardly. "I am his wife?will ; ou kindly tell him I am here?" The officer Withdrew, leaving Ger- < rude almost overpowered with the j ense of a great relief. Whatever i tate of mind he might be in, she ] :new that, so long as she was with < lim, she could suffer nothing like he anxiety and misery of the last j ew days. But a fresh check awaited her. Mr. ,awrence Soames, it seems, had gone n shore the moment they got in. He ad, however, left some of his lug- 1 ;age, saying he would send for it ] r fetch it by and by. Nobody kn,ew ; mere ue 4itm ?uu?, ?uu meio wa? | j but one thing for Gertrude to do? ."? viz., to stay with the luggage. Heart- j-vL sick with disappointment and faint for want of food?-.for she had not been able to eat that morning?she dropped into a seat on deck, bufr a man came immediately, having, apparently been sent, and shouted about ] her in a general way: "All who have no business *on board must leave the ma ship at once." til She got up wearily. "Would they ge? let me wait, I wonder, if they knew?" ter she said to herself. Then, address- egj ing the bawling man, she asked for ser the captain. Ne "ThA nantaln's verv busy, miss." he answered, looking hard at her purse, which she was holding in her . hand; "but I think I could manage je it," he added with an unmistakable ter if-yon-make-it-worth-my-while air. Gertrude gave him half a crown, and presently he returned, followed ^ by the captain, a tall, dark, thin man, with a worried, irritable air. t "Well, what is it?" he said, ilot overcourteously. js "I came to meet my husband,yQ Gertrude explained; "but he has gone on shore and left no message, and I don't knew where to find him. He has left his luggage, though. May I stay here and wait till he comes for g0 It?" for The captain frowned. "It's against the rules," he 6aid roughly. "Pas- ^a sengers must all go ashore as soon ow as the ship's in. How'd we ever get her cleaned up if we let you hang *or about the decks all day?" wb Gertrude drew herself up. "I beg p01 your pardon," she said, proudly. "I B?1 had no idea of inconveniencing you Th to such a great extent;" and she mo turned on her heel and immediately left the ship, the captain watching Her irresolutely. "Go after her and tell her I don't ani mind," he reared at last at the man SP< Bhe had sent to fetch him, as if the B*n latter were responsible for his bad ho' temper. ]y "But I do," was Gertrude's an- *s swer when the message was delivered to her. Pu Human nature will out, and in the lro midst of all her anxiety she could int not stifle her pride enough to accept the favor of a seat on his ship at the tht hands of such a boar, so she decided Pe< to wait and watch upon the quay. _ CHAPTER XIII. It was an unfortunate, not to say or a galling position for a young and ligj delicately nurtured gentlewoman, mi loitering about, on that foreign a quay, among the crowd of sailors, be porters, and, more offensive still, the ' Idle loungers, with leisure to observe obi her and become curious about her doi object. She was afraid to go far poi from the gangway, and there was no of seat near it, nor even a post to lean th( against. She was afraid to walk up ey( and down lest her husband's messen- str ger, who might be on board the ship even then for anything she knew, should leave it with the luggage when ? her back was turned. Providence op( had favored her search 60 far?she t0J had all but succeeded, and failure at we this last moment seemed impossible; pe] but her anxiety was trebled, never- ^Ql theless, and an unbearable feeling of cai Irritation, the consequence of overex- ln citement and the abnormal tension, of ne( her nerves, began to oppress her. no1 She would have given anything for Th a glass of water?anything to sit down?yet she could not stand still. a j This was the most trying experience she had had yet. It was worse ov^ in its way than the burning ship. Up prc and down she paced from the edge of tb the quay to the road, walking beside jt the planks down which the cargo be from the, ship was being wheeled, so jro as not to lose-sight of the gangway; gar hustled and jostled by men carry- ^ ing heavy weights, abused with round oaths in the Breton patois for getting aid in the way. and. -worse still, admired and openly complimented on her ^ good points, fortunately in terms , which she did not understand, though . she might, had she been less preoccupied, have guessed something of si(j the matter from the manner of speech through it all, and feeling it all in a way, she stuck to her post. But her face grew pale, her eyes hag- H gard, her gait uncertain; and any observer with the least sympathy must have been struck with the terrible anxiety expressed, like Cressida's Sa character to the shrewd old man in "every joint and motion of her body." six To be Continued. soi ~?1 " mr Out of Reckoning. I "7" Miss Eve De Chipenham, a lecturer J jf New York, holds that beautiful j .? thoughts make beautiful faces and . Bgures, and that ugly thoughts deform, even as unwholesome work ( 3oes. crt "By taking thought," said Miss P?' De Chipenham, in an interview in Chicago, "you cannot perhaps add a an( lubit to your stature, but you can eradicate round shoulders and sponge wrinkles away. ani "Our thoughts mould our faces; an< form our expression. Thus they give ^rc us away. They give us away as much is the spoken thought of a Chicago qu: rirl once gave her away. suj "This girl sat in a dim-lit parlor an< a winter evening with a young spc man. A fire of oak logs blazed in vai Lhc grate, and, looking into the pink yoi md gold heart of the flame, the girl, lefi svho was very pretty, murmured: coc " 'How divine, my dearest Hilary wit ?' mil "But the young man frowned and < started. enc " '.Hilary?' he said. 'You mean ma George, don't you, pet?' a 1 "The girl flushed and bit her lip. wh " 'Ob, dear,' she said 'how silly of cui me. I thought this was Saturday qui aleht!' "?Washington Star. len ' I Let IVhero It Ought to Be. stil Cardinal Manning, once while in of Rome sat to a celebrated sculptor be who was an expert in phrenology, wh :md during one of the sittings they ( fell to discussing the sculptor's hob- but by. "Tell me, then," said Cardinal ^er Manning at last, "where is the seat up 3f conscience?" The sculptor strode across the studio and, Indicating a on 3pot on the cardinal's head, "That's cre where It ought ta be," he grimly said. ^a, ?London Bellman. on mil A fox, pursued by a pack of get hounds in Somersetshire, stopped coo long enough in his flight to select a vai] ['at duck from a farmyard he was t0 ] passing and carried it off. . ... ^ I A Hurried Supper Dish. For a little supper dish whipped in a hurry, cook half a pint of totoes or three good sized ones unthey are reduced to a tender pulp, ison with two teaBpoonfuls of but, salt and pepper, and stir In three j js. When the mixture is (creamy ve without delay.?Indianapolis ws. Hot Apple Pie. rhe secret of the delicious hot ap i pie is ine seasoning or me pie aiit comes from the ofen. Tart sen apples aro the beBt for It. As ?n as the pie is done the cover is ;en from it very carefully and sucinnamon and tiny dabs of butare sprinkled over the top and i crust is put on again. Rich cream a vast improvement to it.?New rk Sun. u-ncn to Buy Shoes. [t is said that people should never in the early morning to buy shoes, - the feet are then smaller than sy are at any other time of the day. ter the feet are the maximum size, lng to walking and standing, my people do not agree with this, they think that later in the day, .en shoes have been worn, the feet itract. However, try on shoes at th times-1?morning and afternoon. en they will he sure to nt.?tticnnd Times-Dispatch. J French Chalk. If a girl is away from a cleaner's 3 she finds one of her best frocks jtted with grease, she can try the iple remedy of French chalk and a t iron. The chalk is spread thickover the spot until all the grease absorbed. ' ' , Then a piece of blotting paper is t over it, and a warm, not hot, n is held over it to draw the grease o the paper. Rub off the chalk th a soft silk or muslin rag and > spot will probably have disapired.?New York World. Don't Work by Poor Light. It! ts a great mistake to sew, read , do other close work by artificial kt which cbmes from any distance rcft above the level of the eye. Use kerosene or gas lamp, which can placed at the proper height. *fVio frilth nf thifl 5fervation,None has only to sit In- 4 Drs In the daytime and let the light ur through the upper foot or two the window, keeping the rest of ; window securely lightproof. The ;s will soon tell you of the unwise ain.?Indianapolis News. Open Windows in Bedroom. The bedroom windows shpuld be jned at night as wide as possible, ] > or bottom, even. In the coldest ather. It is not always beBt lor a son to lie in a draft, yet iome ctors contend that no tone ever lght cold through sitting or lying a draft. A screen will provide the :essary protection, if the bed can t be moved to a sheltered position, e bed itself should stand free from ; s wall at least at night, permitting ! ree circulation of air around it. A. scarf about the head if one is ;rsensitive, will give the necessary j >tection in the coldest weather. If , >re be an open flrepla<? in the room will aid greatl} in ventilation, so sure the chimney is open and free m soot. It seems almost unneces y to say that one should sleep with i s head uncovered. The breathing fresh air into the lungs is a great in warming the body, and assists i sry organ in performing its funo a. rhese organs are all working dur; the night as during the day and >uld be treated with the same coneration.?Indianapolis News. rs r )i<l L. UQOgg 1lMIVjP ^9pto EeJ; IS1&& rrowTo " HHP TREPAJtE'THEH Apple Sherbet.?Cook the pulp of apples In one quart of cider seated to taste with sugar and cinnam; when tender rub through a ve, cool and freeze. When partly zen add the stiffly beaten whites two eggs. Ser\> in chilled apple ills. Queen's Padding.?One pint bread imbs, one quart milk warmed and ired over crumbs; yolks of four js, well beaten with one cup sugar i nne teasDoon butter. When jed spread over the top a layer of ] ly; beat the whites of the eggs dry ] i add two tablespoons of sugai ; 1 spread over top; bake ll^ht < >wn. . ' i Two - Egg Marble Cake. ? One- } irter cup of butter, one cup of j jar, two eggs, pinch of salt, one | 1 one-half cups of flour, two tea- ( ions of baking powder, flavor with t lilla; pour half of this batter in I ir cake pan, now add to what is J t in your bowl two teaspoons of } oa, beat thoroughly,, put in pan 1 h your other batter, let ptand five autes before putting in oven. Srape Gelatine Padding.?~Press >ugh grapes through a sieve to ke a pint of juice. Dissolve half i )ox of gelatine in cold water and en it has become soft add a coffee i jful of boiling water, an equal ; mtity of sugar, the juice of a son and finally the grape juice. : it cool, and when beginning *.0 ; fen fold in the stiffly beaten whites ; two eggs. Set away to cool. To served with well sweetened ipped cream. . ; Caramel Cake.?One-third cup of xer, one cup 01 sugar, cream uuuand sugar together two eggs, beat and added with the sugar and ter, one-half cup of milk, one and (-half cups of flour, one teaspoon am tartar, half teaspoon soda. s amel Filling for Cake?One and i-half cups of sugar, half cup of k, butter size of an egg, boil toher fifteen minutes, beat until 1 and spread before too hard; iil!a for flavoring lizfcrj rou b??in beat i\. . * ?.V ? Mt I < INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMME NTS FOR NOVEMBER 22. Cnlnmnn AfintlltPil 1 CUUJCLV. wr,r _ Kings 1:1.2:12?Golden Text, 1 Chron. 28:9?Commit Verses 39, 40?Commentary. TIME.?1015 B. C. PLACE.?Jerusalem. EXPOSITION.?I. Solomon Anointed King, vs. 32-40. God bad chosen Solomon to be king. He bad called him "Jedidiab," that is, "the beloved of Jehovah" (2 Sam. 2:25). But Joab, the general, and Abiatha, the priest, had conspired with Adonijah, the oldest next son of David to Absalom, to thwart God's plan to make Solomon king. David was bo old and decrepit that Joab and his fellowconsnirators did not think that he would rally to thwart the conspiracy. But no conspiracy of man, no matter how strong, can overthrow the plans of God. David, when Informed of the conspiracy, old and decrepit as he waB, rallies and proves sufficient for the occasion. He calls to his assistance his trusted friends of old, Zadok, the priest, and Nathan, the prophet, and Benaiah, a military man, one of the mighty men of David. It was through Nathan that God had announced to David His favor toward Solomon (Z Sam. lztz*. zo;. uavia s action is prompt and thorough. While Adonijah and his fellow-consprators were still feasting (v. 9) David's trusted friends without delay go through all the necessary formalities and anoint Solomon king. Solomon was placed on David's own male. David was still obedient to the law of God, and even In the days of his great power had, not adopted ^orses to ride upon. To' do so was ixpressly forbidden by God to Israel's kings (Deut. 17:16). Aljsaloin had done so In the brief days of his glbry (2 Sam. 15:1). Adonijah also (v. 5). The prj?st and the prophet were to unite in anointing Solomon (v. 34). The anointing was the symbol of dedication to God (Lev. 8:10 -12). The oil the symbol of the Holy Spirit (Acts 10:38). Appeal was made to God to secure the safety of the new-made king. David will leave no doubt in the minds of any that Solomon is his own choice t6r king. While he Bttll lived he appointed that Solomon should sit upon his throne and be king in his stead and in unequivocal terms declared, "I have appointed him to be king over Israel and over Judah." As secure as this made Solomon on the throne, there was another fact that made him more secure, namely, that God had made him ruler over Israel and over Judah. Benaiah, the warrior, appears as the most religious man in the whole transaction (vs. 36, 37). Jehovah had been with David, and Benaiah prays that He may now be with Solomon as He has been with David ( . 37), and he'prays that his throne may be greater even than the throne of his father. This prayer of Benaiah was abundantly answered. David's three trusted friends proceeded to do exactly what they were told. The oil with which Solomon was anointed was taken out of the tabernacle, the place where God dwelt. The whole people agreed with David's choice and God's choice and the whole city was filled with music and with joy. When this world agrees to make Him King whom God has already made King the whole earth shall rejolco with great joy. II. Adonijah Filled With Fear, vs. 50-33. While the people were filled with joy the enemies of the king were filled with consternation, so wui n be at the coming of our Solomon (2 Thess. 1:7-9; Rev. 1:7; 6:15 and 16). Adonijah was a coward as well as a rebel. Rebels against God are always cowards (Prov. 28:1). Adonljah fled to the house of God for safety, presumably not because he had any special reverence for the house of God, but because he knew that Solomon had. He was afraid that-Solomon would Jcill him. Probably he would have killed Solomon if he had bad a chance and judged ?olomon by liimself. He speaks of' himself as Solomon's servant (f. LI), but the change from enemy to servant was very sudden and no evidence was given of the genuineness of the conversion. Solomon on his part was ready to forgive if Adonijah would only give proof of the reality of his norkontnnfw All he asked was that Adonijah Should prove himself a worthy man (v. 52). All that God asks of us Is that we "bring forth fruit meet for repentance" (Matt. B:7). If Adonijah would only do this tie would be free from all danger, not i hair of his head would fall to the sarth. On the other hand, if \7ickedaess should be found in him the penalty was certain. He should die. No matter what protestations of repentance we make, if we do not forsake sin we shall perish. The scene closes with Adonijah doing obeisance to Solamon (v. 53, R. V.). The time is :oming when every enemy of Jesus must, bow the knee and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of 3od the Father (Phil. 2:10, 11). \donijah did not prove himself a vorthy man and later paid, the penilty of his rebellion (ch. 2:12-25). Many of those who profess to yield ;heir hearts to Jesus do not really lo so. They call Him Lord, but lo not <Jo the things that He says K ' i(!1 ThpJr palline- .Tpsiis u . * v / ? ? ?V-...-0 -,ord will not aave them. They will )e cast out from His presence (Matt. f:2l-23). Values Her Halvs at 91 Each. One dollar a hah* Is the valuation Mrs. Susan E. Robinson places on her hezd. While inspecting the Sylvester Tower Manufacturing plant, in Cambridge, Mass., her hair caugbt in the machinery and she was literally -J scalped. She sued for $10,000, ''at the rate of $1' for oach hair de- . stroyeJ." ? Frescoes Under Whitewash. Important frescoes representing religious subjects have been discovered i on the walls of the Church of Santa Maria, at Maranola, near Caserta.. Italy. Unfortunately the paintings have been spoiled by the breaking oi the surface of the walls in order that the whitewash with which they were covered misht hold. Blow to Morphia Trade. Minister Rockhill, at Pekin, China, cables that all the treaty Powers have assented to prohibit the importation of morphia and the instruments used for its injection. This action of the treaty Powers is regarded as significant, as a number of them had withheld thsir assent. 1 > * ' " *' ' V T;*" V. THE TEMPERANCE PROPAGANDA CONCERTED ATTACK ON DRINK WINNING ALL ALONG LINE. Vomen Are Winning Their Fight Against Ram?-Half the Union Has Joined in the Prohibition Movement. WILLI aDIUiilOUlUg iapiuuj tug jght against the sale of Intoxicating liquor is sweeping over the country, aays the Delineator. In the South, State after State has enacted laws absolutely closing all the saloons within its borders. After January 1, 1909, there will not be a legal saloon in Georgia, Alabama-, Mississippi or Oklahoma; North Carolina may also be dry by that time; half of South Carolina, a large part of Florida, all but four ciities in Tennessee, and' nearly all of Kentucky are in the same situation. Virginia, Maryland and Delaware are moving in the same direction. Ohio is tending toward State prohibition, Indiana has taken steps toward it, and each new election sees more townships in Illinois shifted tc the "dry" column. In other States the struggle is not yet so successful, but already half the people and twothirds of the territory of the United States are embraced in the now rapidly growing prohibition districts. In this struggle women have taken a remarkable part, and they are reaping a remarkable reward. This is a new form of campaign, and it is dif' .ferent. There has been little or no hysterical agitation, but rather proBale comparison of figures to show how much better ofT the dry States .are than the wet. And the women, to whom prohibition means infinitely more than to the men, have'furnished what excitement was necessary, b? flocking about the polls serving temperance drinks to voters, and endeavoring to convince them that a vote against tJie saloon is a vote ior the home, and perhaps, most of all, for the clean administration of the public schools. They have had to present figures, too. Saloon men have Bhown the amount of taxes paid, almost fabulous millions every year, by the manufacturers, the wholesalers and the retailers of drink. They have piled up the totals of corn and rye and rice consumed in the factories, and computed how many men were employed. But the women have shown that every dollar so spent is oply a tithe of the amount that the men pass in over the country fop drinks which net them nothing at all; that out of $10 which leaves the home for this useless thing only thirty or forty cents eventually reach the public treasury in license and tax, and even less goes to the grain producer, and that each drinker could better afford to pay his share of the liquor tax out of his pocket, chip into a fund for grain production, and keep the rest to use in buying useful things for his home in such a way as to give more and more useful employment to his fellows and at the same time improve his own condition in life. Have No Right to License. "No Legislature can bargain away the public health or the public morals. The people themselves cannot do it, much less their servants." This Is a decision of the SuDreme Court of the United States in State vs. Mississippi, 101, U. S. 814. The court gives the reason when it says: "Government is organized with a,view to their preservation, and cannot divert itself of the power to provide for them. They v are among the inalienable rights, to secure which governments are instituted among men. Their security being among the purposes of government it necessarily follows that the State cannot so divert the exercise of its functions as to expressly authorize its destruction." v The Supreme Court of Illinois in Goddard vs. President, declared in 3Ubstance "that intoxicating liquor is a slow and sure poison, whose sale for beverage purposes can only be Sefended by men's appetites, and not by reason, observation or experience; that gambling, horse racing, cock fighting, obscenity, idlers, rogues, vagabonds, vagrants, pestilence, contagion and gunpowder will not destroy one-tenth of the lives that will 1 the saloon, nor produce socially sc much moral degradation, suffering wretchedness and misery, as much pauperism, vagrancy and crime as the saloon, nor so much pecuniary destitution. The inherent character of the saloon and its natural effects surely brins it within the condemnation oi the law. To grant the license is tc bargain away for the license fee, I'.fe, liberty, property and the pursuit of happiness. In Old Kentucky. Behold Kentucky, the traditional nradle of all good whisky! In less than two years the liquor traffic has been practically obliterated, and yet this State has $160i000,000 invested In distilleries. OnlyVfour counties are wholly wet at this writing, and the Jailers' State Association has petitioned the Legislature for regular salaries, because, under prohibition conditions, the empty jails do not bring them fees enough to live on.? Carrington A. Phelps, in Broadway \f n <rn7.i np Wonld Oust Indiana Breweries. Five separate ouster suits were filed at Indianapolis by AttorneyGeneral Bingham against the Indianapolis Brewery Company, the Terre Haute Brewing Company, the Home Brewing Company and the American Brewing Company. The AttorneyGeneral charges that the brewing companies are exceeding their corporate powers by leasing saloon buildings. ?mmmmmmtm f Temperance Notes. I Those who depend on the use of alcohol to give them inspirations or suggestions are doomed to see themselves and their work soon forgotten. The rivalry is between the | "straights" tind the "blends," and it approaches in intensity the historic | feud between the Montagues and the Capulets. Mr. William E. Curtis quotes Attorney-General Trickett, of Kansas, at considerable lengtK as testifying to the continued benefits of State prohibition also. Temperance victories are the more cheering when it is considered how powerful is the foe from whom they have been won. Tne Jiquor iramc ui the country has a capital of $3,500,000,000 invested in 3632 distilleries, 17.111 wholesale houses and 225,000 s2#oons. The Swedish painter, Georg Van Rosen, remarks: "Very far from beTieving that the use of alcohol heipa to produce artistic ideas or concept tions, I am of the contrary opinion, and believe they will only be hysterical and monstrous, and in most cases will lead ;o a weakening and finally to a break-up of all inspiring effort." i ' ;l ?' ' "-'i, - : i J/f ^1.steavj THE LORD REIGNETH, LET THB EARTH REJOICE. \ / The past, whicn brought us so much paia^ Brought, too, the cure of ill. The future dimly gleams; in vain Our steps we urge, our eyes we strain; As slowly, in unhastenini? train, } The days their course fulfil. 'And each to each these tidings tell: j , . ' "God rules the years, and all is well." *<* - :i Brave and content then, come what may* We face what time may send. Life cannot he all holiday. * And love and hope alike decay, And disappointments bar the way Sometimes, until the end; But we can bear all, knowing this: God rules the years, and we are His. ?Susan Coolidge. ? " !?;; "Forget It.*' 'No man can accomplish: great I things unless he is an optimist." But what does that means? There are some folks who call themselves by vthat name?although there is usual- . ly another "ism" attached to their beliefs?who have adapted mottoes something like the following: "Forget it." , . "There is no evil." "Look happy and you will be hap- f: py" "You can conquer any situation If you smile enough." "God's in His heaven?all's right '? with the world." Sounds rather pretty, doesn't it? There is a certain amount of. truth in these little 'sunshine" opiates, but' what are the facts? . -Vi* In the first place, there are some 1. things which It would be criminal to I forget, because there is evil. Looki ing happy and smiling is a very fine I antidote, but we can't all be "Happy Hooligans," and most of us don't I want to be. We'd rather be real 1 I men, leaving the tomato can and the| J scrubby beard to those who enjoy j that sort of thing. Y ' There Is sin in the world. There \i Vv Is tragedy. There Is suffering. Hundreds of thousands of children are , In mills and factories who should be at home or in school. There are slums, with their hell-holes. There are saloons, with drunkenness and brutality. There are underfed and overworked men and women In our great cities. Will the rosey-posey doctrine of the long haired man and 4 the short haired woman doctrinaire : Bmile these away? "God's in His heaven"?yes, but all's not "right with the world." It's ' I going to be right, but that's why we | can well afford to be optimists?but $ not the kind that expect to usher In the milennium by a smile. There is work to do, and fighting too. It Is a work and a flgh+ that requires red .. fl blooded men. It is a* task that has I the assurance of success, because God is in the heavens. It Is a great thing to realize that it is His task [ working through us. We are com- I j missioned to it. That should give nerve to the arm and power to the blow of every fellow who has taken | upon himself his share of the task I of helping to redeem the world from j the particular evil which he sees I most.?Rev. Charles Stelzle, in the | lUlCllUi. I ? The Soul's Telescope. j Every astronomer loves his tele- !| ' scope, and there Is but one simple ] reason that leads him to have this J great fondness for this instrument. ' j If there were nothing but the1 instru- , j 1 ment, marvelous as might be the ! construction, it would have but little I Interest for an astronomer. The?.; ^ mechanician would find interest In f] 1 its constructive features but not the I j astronomer. To him the chief thing I in the universe is the heavens and ,'p | all they contain. A searching on his <! j part to find out and understand the ? ; objects that fill the sky, sun, moon, ! and stars is the delight of the as! tronomer. His name means one who knows the laws of the stars. And 1 Viorouco a tolesnrmp hHncc thA atari* I I near so that he may learn the laws, I ; he loves this instrument. The soul is an astronomer. It I seeks and searches alone that great I ; vast depth within which is God. And .] ; do you ask what is the best instrui ment of the soul in its search to find A | the laws of God? The answer ls,v : a ; Meditation, but for this power "the | soul discerneth God as if He were near at hand."?Classmate. Try Mary's Plan. We are far too little alone with n , God, and this, I am persuaded, is one- 3| ! of the very saddest features of our j modern Christian living. It is work, ' work, work?at the very best some; well meant, Martha like serving; but - i| where, where are the more devoted ^ Marys, wh6 find the shortest, surest 39 way to the heart 01 Jesus by ceasing jS very much from self-willed, self-Hp- -Tafl pointed toils, and sitting humbly at ? His feet, to let Him carry on His | blessed work within ourselves? If the Mary-like method were carried '3 out more, it might abridge consider- jjj aoiy tne amount 01 worK apparently ? accomplished, but it would incompar- [ |j ably enhance the quality. " kfl God can use small men. Out of Ml the mouths of babes and sucklings Vj He ordains strength. He can get MA along with a few. He once said that there were too many, but He never ? I said that there were too few. But M He dees want men; He has taken? jfl man into partnership in His work, 9 and does not seem disposed to work 3 j without him.?Methodist Times. God Alone Knows Us. ~caj Every man bears hie own burden, 'wB fights his own battle, walkp in the j path which no other f?-et have )8E trodden. God alone knows cs through flD and through. And He loves us, as ? Keble says, better than He knows., J 9 He has isolated us from all sides that? yM He alone may have our perfect c?toi fidence, and that we may acquire t^i H habit of looking to Him for perf< P sympathy. He will come into t I H solitude in which the soul dwells, a I H make the darkness bright.?R. M H Anti-Saloon Law Breaks Schwill < # S Walter Decamp was appointed 1 H ceiver for the F. A. Schwill ( f dealers in glassware, at Cincinnj 1 H The Schwill Company dealt lard a a in saloon goods and the recent lcil S option elections in Ohio are declaM ffi to have been responsible for the'fl. I ceivership. The company is incqf- 1 poratod at $50,000. 3 ' Poverty Stops Church Work. { Poverty in Cape Colony keeps many men from entering church worklHSB where it is greatly needed. jfjfibf