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CHAPTER XIII. 11
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Continued.
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Anu, meanwhile, the mornii
. mists had cleared away. The si
came out and dried the roadwaj
The dust began to blow aboi
Tourists and summer visitors sta
ing in St. Malo began to appear ai
pass?the ladles in fresh toilets, tl
men with sun umbrellas, light clot
Ing, and blue glasses to keep off tl
glare.
Gertrude had not thought of h
luggage since she left her ov
steamer, but seeing a trunk carrii
past that somewhat resembled h
own reminded her of the necessi
of getting it passed through tl
douane, ready to carry off with h
at a moment's notice. But he
ehould she manage it? She cou
not leave her post, and if she se
a messenger he would not know h
things; besides, whom could si
trust? The douane was close b
, Sh? might perhaps get some one
watch for her, with orders to cor
and fetch her if her husband or h
messenger should arrive. It wou
take a little time to collect his thin
?he seemed to have more than tl
bag now?and get them off the shi;
would not come and go in a m
ment. But no; it would be a ris
anfl if sho harl tn travel nver T^nrm
till the dress she stood in dropp<
off, she would not run it.
While she was standing on tl
edge of the Quay, cogitating, si
gradually became aware of a new dl
comfort. For some time past si
had noticed without much heedin
an elderly Frenchman, evidently
gentleman, loitering near her. SI
had not wasted a thought upon hii
but now, turning round suddenl
Bhe was quite startled to find hi
standing close beside her, eyeing hi
with that bold, admiring glance whi(
is either ridiculous or revolting to
woman, according to her mood at tl
moment; and it then occurred to hi
that she herself was the object <
his attentions. For a moment si
was afraid he was going to speak
her, and involuntarily she look*
' ( round for a protector. The offio
to whom she had addressed herse
was standing just above her, leani'i
over the bulwarks, evidently watc
< . .. Ing the little scene below. Gertrude
wits were sharpened by the eme
gency. The young man had a plea
ant face, and there was something
It at the moment which seemed to i
dicate all an Englishman's objectic
, ' . "to allow a countrywoman to be i
suited, especially by a foreigner.
"Do come to me!" Gertrude e
claimed, and the next instant he hr
vaulted over the bulwarks and wj
standing beside her on the quay.
The Frenchman, probably feelii
himself no match for the brawi
young Briton, withdrew scowling.
*'I was afraid he was going
speak to me," Gertrude said.
wen, yes, i guess ne was," tl
young man ?*pswered complacent!
> well pleased with his own prowe:
and not inclined to cheapen it I
' denying the necessity.
"It is dreadful waiting he??," T>o<
Gertrude complained, with a sort t
dry sob.
"Then why do you wait?" he a:
swered, with the familiar gaucher
of his class.
"I am waiting for >my husband.'
"Yes, but why not wait at a hotc
and leave word where you've goi
to? This is no place for a girl?I
alone a lady," he added.
"My husband might not come
me." she answered, despondingly.
"Have you quarreled?" he aske
without delicacy.
. "No," she replied, then looked
him. His manners were unpolishe
and he was rather common, not
all a gentleman, in fact, but he hi
a good, honest English face, and h
-woman's insight urged her to tru
him. She -was sorely in need of hel
and here probably was just what si
wanted. "I am in great trouble," si
said, looking up at the young mi
v appealingly. "My husband is out
his mind. He imagines he is som
body else, and he went away fro
home suddenly, and I have followi
him, and hope to be able to brii
, him back without publicity. He
suffering from the effects of ovc
work, and wiil soon recover, the dc
tor says; but he is a well-known ma
a London barrister, and it would <
him harm in his profession if it g
into the papers. He would never
made a Judgp, you know, and nt
/he has every chance of the next \
, tzancy. mat is way we are so an
lous to keep this quiet. Oh, if yi
; could only help me to find him!"
' ""I'm your man," he assertc
/ "bluntly. "And I'm glad you told n
for when you weren't sure of 1
name this morning, I thought
t looked fishy. I suppose he's to<
another?"
She nodded.
"Well, I'm off duty till midnig]
and I'll do anything I can."
"Oh, I cannot tell you how grai
ful I shall be!" poor Gertrude e
claimed. "Would you mind waiti
here till I get my luggage throu:
the custom house I And will you se:
for me at once if he comes or sen
a messenger?"
"All right,. never fear," was t
confident response; and away s
wont, returning in a very short tii
with a porter carrying her box a:
" bag.
, Tlie young officer met her at t
gangway. "You must come on board
he said.
"Oh. no, I can't," she replied, 1
menibering the captain.
"It's the captain's orders." he e
plained. "I've told him."
"Oh, I hope you did not tell tb
dreadful man?"
"Xot such a dreadful m
neither," he answered, slighi
huifcjd. "You don't know the cs
tain. He's aii bark but no bite,
tell you."
THER 5E.LF II
IOLOGICAL NOVEL.
SARAH GRAND. j
] Just then the captain himself appeared.
"You've been six hours loitering
ag about that quay alone, and in
in trouble," he roared at her, "and had
rs. nothing to do all the time but to
it. come on board and be among friends,
y- It's just your bad temper that stands
id in your -way. How do you expect to
he get on in the world at this rate? It's
h- childish, that's what it is, and your
tie little face"?waxing angrier?"is as
pinched as if you'd been in want,
er And likely enough that's it," he
irn added, in a milder tone, as if pleased
nri hv his nwn saeraeitv. "I'll stake mv
er mother's love you've not had a morty
sel to-day."
he Gertrude looked up at him with a
er wan little smile; something in the
iw tone of his last remark had caused
Id all that was repulsive in his loudness
nt and lanky grimness to disappear,
er making plain to her a man ashamed
he of his own kind nature-and always
y. at war with it, to hide it. ' She folto
lowed him to the saloon quite conne
tentedly, and he ordered breakfast
iis for her, scolding all the time till at
Id last she said, "It is no use pretending
gS to he cross. I see you have the kind-:
ae est heart on earth. You can never
p; hide it again from me." His mouth
p. relaxed a little at -that, and his kind
]Ci eyes twinkled. He sat down on the
pe other side of the narrow table, and
2(3 after an explosion or two at the steward,
and at Gertrude's small appeie
tite, lowered his tone, and listened
ie to her troubles like a human being.
s_ She waited comfortably on deck
ie under an awning till about 4 o'clock
g( in the afternoon. She was not of a
a worrying disposition; her mind was
ie i strong and placid naturally, and she
n was accordingly able to make the
j/ most, 'by resting from all thought of
^ her troubles, of this brief and
precious interval of quiet. She had
only to wait now; ther^ was nothing
a else to be done, and she recognized
ie that fact and waited calmly, gatherer
ing fresh strength the while for what
Df might yet be in store for her. This
ie blessed renewal of strength in ext0
hausting emergencies is the reward
;(j ofTiatience. We should bear up beter
' ter under our troubles if we culti,]f
j vated a cheerful frame of min<| as a
jg matter of habit, and forced ourselves
to bo serene. Gertrude was almost
;?s able to amuse herself as she sat
r_ there, watching the por-teyrs toiling
s_ in the heat, and interested in the
[Q groups of well-dressed people who
n_ appeared and passed, or loitered
m looking at the ships.
Q_ But at.last the messenger arrived,
a porteur from the Hotel de Bains
j-_ at Dinard. Gertrude had not dared
+r\ hnna thai- Vior ornnlH nnmo
id ?
as himself, and was therefore not disappointed,,
The porteur said, "Monlg
sieur Sommes" had declared that he
iy had seen more pretty women and pink
I parasols since he landed in Brittany
to that morning than it had been his
luck to encounter anywhere else in
ie six months, and he meant to stay
y . a week. Gertrude sigh'ed. Here
s* ; again it seemed hard that even disjy
' ease could make her husband, one
of the most fastidiously refined of
3r men, so far forget not only her but
himself as to speak in that common
way.
n_! Her luggage was given to another
je porteur, and after taking leave of
her kind friends on the steamer, with
. sincere expressions of gratitude, and
;1 the captain's name and address writj'
ten in a savage hand on a huge piece
e? of paper, as if the size of the writing
and the sheet were intended to represent
the extent of his anxiety to hear
lu . of her welfare, she departed?not,
^ 1 however, without a last blowing-up,
' the worst she had had, the trouble
at being that there was no carriage to
^ | be had to take her round the corner
j * to the other landing stage, where the
d j steam ferryboats pick up passengers
gr for Dinard.
st* It was with a light step and a great
p sense of relief that she followed the
porteurs to the quay. The prospect
k i of seeing her husband again made
i her heart hound. Just to see him
again, just to be near him, even if
e_ ! shtf might not touch him,- would be
m | new life to her. And it would not be
e(j , long now, she thought, looking
across the strip of water to Dinard?
js ten or twenty minutes at tne most.
;r_ She fancied she saw the steamer
)C_ starting for St. Malo at that moment.
n j The porteur put her things down on
the quay and demanded payment.
ot The captain had thoughtfully probo
vided her with some French money,
)w otherwise she would have found herra_
self in a fix; but as it wa?, she paid
lJC_ the man what he asked on the spot,
ou and he was off at once. The people
, near her on the quay looked at each
?d, other end grinned?she wondered
l0i why. but by and by when the steamer
lis arrived she understood. The wretch
it had left her to get her luggage on
ok board as best she could. The porteui
from the Hotel des Bains, who had
' charge of her husband's luggage:
went on board as soon at the little
steamer arrive*', also leaving her
Lg_ without cerei to shift for herself.
!3?_ This she cou'u vj would have done
without hesitation had it been possigh
ble; but her box was an unwieldj
one ?lifting it was out of the quests
tion?and she found when she tried
(that she could not drag it, either.
he She looked around for help in hei
he j dilemma. The people were all hurryne
I ing on their own account, and paid
luj ! no heed to her; or, if they happened
I to have arranged their own affairs
he and had leisure to observe her, it was
[/' without sympatny, ana sne aarea noi
ask for heln. It was her first ex e
poricn'-,e of tho woi;ld in all its hard
ness and cruelty. The people aboul
her professed in church to he hei
brothers and sisters and to love hei
Lat as themselves, and yet her forlnrr
position at the moment, a wel
an dressed girl, alone and unattended
tly made them suspicious, and her evi
tp- dent nred of help caused them tc
I stand p.loof.
S'1? begun to despair. '"What shal
I do?" she exclaimed aloud. A.goodnatured
looking, fat old bourgeois
going on board at the moment caught
the exclamation, understanding the
Lexclamation, understanding the tone
rather than the words, and seeing
her#fix, suggested "Ces garcons la,"
and passed on. She looked in the
direction he had indicated with a
backward toss of his head and a
shrug, and saw two lads lounging by
with their hands in their pockets.
She ran after them and brought them
back with her. They carried her box
on board in a twinkling, and then returning,
placed themselves so that
she could not pass them to get on
board and demanding a franc apiece
for their trouble. There was nothing
for it but to pay them. She ought o?
course to have followed her box on ,
board, but a number of people, late I
for the steamer, had come hurrying
up at the moment, and she had timidly
hung back to avoid the crush. She
1 made a frantic dive for her pocket
now, but as usual in these days it
was not to be found, the way of modern
dressmakers being to consult
their own convenience in the arrangement
of the drapery rather than the
comfort of their clients. Nearly a
minute was lost in this exasperating
search, but at last she succeeded in
eettine out her nurse, and having
satisfied the young ruffians, turned to
go on board the steamer, only to find,
however, that the gangway was up
and it was too far from the wharf
already for her even to jump the distance.
She fairly stamped with rage,
and then felt inclined to laugh at her
own vehemence. For, after all, as
an old apple woman at a stall close
by informed her, it was only a matter
of half an hour, or an hour at most,
till the boat returned, and it was no
t^eat hardship waiting there on a
warm afternoon, with the sapphire
sea sparkling at her feet; Dinard,
with its green cliffs and white houses
rising picturesquely from the water's
edge, just opposite, and St. Servan
on her left?all glowing in the afternoon
sunlight. Recovering herself at
once, she sat down beside the old
apple woman and began to talk. The
old woman complimented ner on ner
French, abused the young voluers
who had done her su^h an ill turn,
and then began to talk of her own
hard life and the struggle it was
since she had lost her own good man
to keep body and soul together. It
was not so bad at that time of the
year, of course, for the heat was comfort
in itself, and then it made the
appetite less, so that small quantities
of food sufficed, and hunger did not
gnaw; but in the winter, when it
froze, ah!?with an expressive catching
of the breath and hugging of herself?it
was indeed "la vie des miserables."
But mademoiselle must pa^ don
her. What did young ladies
know of misery? Doubtless mademoiselle
had all that heart could desire.
And the old woman looked at
her admiringly and without bitterness
out of her big brown eyes that had
once no doubt been brilliant, and still
possessed a certain beauty of their
own?the' beauty and pathos of patient
suffering and dead hope, wasting
diseases of the soul which havo
their grace of expression, even as
csrtain forms of bodily dpcay hav&
theirs.
"I have a great deal tolbe thankful
for, certainly," Gertrude answered,;
sady. "But I have my troubles, too,
ma mere," and then she talked of her
recent trials till the old woman forgot
her own. She was a delightful old
woman, with cap and kerchief snowy
white in spite of her poverty, a blue.:
serge gown just down to her ankles,
and neat, strong shoes with knitted
stockings. When they parted Gertrude
made her rich with half a sovereign,
and happy for life with a
handsome gold cross, which the old
woman at first refused, but afterward
accepted when Gertrude demanded
in return for it a daily prayer.
Gertrude began to feel tired as she
climbed up the steep street frdm the
landing stage at Dinard into the town.
Fortunately the Hotel des Baines was ,
close by, and there she found her
luggage, the porteur having consulted
the intei^sts of the house by ordering
it brought up from the steamer when j
he arrived with what he had beeD j
j sent for.
Gertrude noticed a noisy party ot ]
gentlemen clambering up on coachand-four,
evidently a somewhat ram- 1
1 shackle public conveyance, wbich was
drawn upon the road just beyond the
hotel, and after she entered she heard
it rattling off.
To be Continued.
( Don't Put Out the Light.
In a little town in Northern Pennsylvania
there is a fire department in
which the citizens take great pride, j
composed, as it is, wholly of volunteers.
Late in April a fire broke out a)
midnight. When the departmen/ j
I came upon the scene only one lan- |
tern could be found. Vlie smok( |
was pouring out of the building, bu) i
no flames appeared, and it was verj
1 darl;.
! Finally, a tongue of ?ame shot om
of ono corner of the structure, and '
| the crowd chee: _>d as the man at th?
nozzle directed a stream of watei !
L toward it. At this crisis, the excited
| captain shouted:
' "Hey, there, Bill! Be careful
1 what you do! Keep the water of
that blaze! Don't you see that's t.h<
' only light we've got to put out th<
fire by?"?Harper's Weekly.
Grave of the Tichbome Claimant.
r While the subject of claimants o: I
. titles and the estates that go witl '
[ them is in the air it is interesting t< |
note that in .Paddington Cemetery |
! Willesden lane, lies the body of Ar j
. thur Orton, who claimed to be Si; j
I Roger Tichborne.
I On his coffin he was described a: j
5 such, but his miniature tombstom j
. bears merely one line, and that reads i
. "No. 1472." Orton, after servinf J
" many years' imprisonment, appeared
on "the hajls," and died in Stai
.reet, off Edgware road. ? Londoi
I obe.
i Care of Submarine Cables.
1 Fifty fine vessels are constant!?'
, employed in laying auu icpaiinis m*
- submarine cables of the world.
)
Dresden has a public bathins: es
! tablishraent for dcss.
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Latest News
tst WlKt.
Moonshiners Escape Revenue Men.
Harrisonburg, Va.?After raiding
and destroying a moonshine brandy
distillery in Page County and allowing
the operators to escape, Deputy
Collector A. A. Lewis returned here.
Since the recent passage of stringent
laws governing dictillerieB, revenue
officers declare, there are more illicit
distilleries now in Virginia than at
any time during the past twenty-flve
years.
Dr. Shirley Bragg Kills Himself.
Montgomery, Ala. ? Dr. Shirley
Bragg, State jail inspector and a
nephew of General Braxton Brafcg,
shot and killed himself. It is not
known if the shooting was intention* h
al or accidental. He was fifty-five
years old.
Killed by Hiccoughs.
Cumberland, Md. ? Charles Vanmeter,
aged twenty-four, who was recovering
from typhoid fever, died in
Cres'aptown following four days of
hiccoughs.
Record Barge Load of Wheat.
Milwaukee. ? The steam barge1
Adam Cornelius left Milwaukee for
Buffalo with a cargo of 270,750 bushels
of wheat. This is the largest boatload
of grain in one consignment to
leave Milwaukee In the history of
navigation on the great lakes.
Gets W. C. T. U. Convention.
Denver, Col.?The executive coupcil,
of the National Woman's Christian
Temperance Union decided to hold
waor'a >nniront inn in Omflha
Neb.
Doctor Dropped Dead.
Spokane, Wash. ? Apparently in
good health, and in the act of making,
a medical examination, Dr. Edwin E.
Hutchins dropped dead from heart
failure beside the operating table in
his office. The patient who was on
the operating table rushed out and
summoned a druggist, but the physician
was dead.
Head Cut Off by Wire.
Cleveland, Ohio.?Erick Els was
decapitated at the American Steel and
Wire Company mills. Els was a wire
drawer. While drawing the red-hot
wire it broke. The end struck him
about the neck and the wire, released
from the tension,' suddenly colled
about his neck. His neck was burned
through in a few seconds by the hot
wire, completely severing his head
from the body.
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Diaz Not to Retire. ' Mexico
City.?President Diaz says
In an open letter regarding his rumored
retirement gt the close of his
present term in 1910 that the reports
are unfounded. He intimates that
ho will Again be a candidate.
Champion Cow Puncher Killed.
Port Worth, Texas.?H. "Bruce"
Norton, of Quanah, Texas, champion
"bronco buster", of the world, was
found unconscious in the street here,
and was taken to the Medical College
Hospital, where he died on the*operating
table. Norton's Skull was fractured,
and the physicians think he
was sandbagged.
Banana Kills Twin Boys. ^
Lockhart, Miss.?Frank and Fred
Clayton, five-year-old twins, son3 of
Frank Clayton, died a few minutes
apart of ptomaine poisoning from
eating a partly decayed banana. The
children were "playtog house" with
two little girl netghflors when they
found the banana. The boys drew
lots for it and .Frank won, bnt he
shared it with the others. The little
girls, it appears, did not get any of
the decayed portion.
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j| BY CABLE.
Gold, Tin, Copper in Congo.
Brussels.?Reports received from
r? t\ n laoiiar r\t tVio AmeHpan
IV. u. 1YJLuuuu, icau?i
expedition in the Congo, state that he
has discovered rich deposits of gold,
tin and copper in the Manyema district.
Wants Female Army.
Paris.?Dr., Madeline Pelletier, one
of the leaders of the French women's
political movement, is heading a petition
to Parliament to pass a law enabling
women to do military service.
It will teach them the necessity1 for
violence, in which alone their victory
lies. Gymnastics and marching will
do them good?
Bulgaria Compensates Turkey.
Sofia, Bulgaria.?The decision of
Bulgaria to disband its reserves and
make a financial compensation to
Turkey was brought about by the
presentation of what was practically
an ultimatum to the Parliament by
Great Eritain, France and Russia,
which were supported by Germany
and Italy.
Honor Gcr.eral Lee in China.
Amoy, China.?In 1898 a slip of
ivy from General Lee's grave was
planted in the grounds of the Amoy
Club, and recently a bronze tablet
was set in an adjacent rock by American
residents of Amoy. The tablet
is inscribed: "This ivy was taken I
from the grave of General Robart E.
Lee and planted by Vice-Consul Carrington
in 1S9S."
Boycott Leaders Greet Fleet.
Shanghai, China.?The Chinese
Chamber of Commerce, of Shanghai,
has sent a message to Admiral Sperry
welcoming the American fleet to
China. The chamber led the boycott
against American goods three years
ago.
Greece May Get Crete.
Canea, Crete.?The four Powers
protecting this island have notified
the Cretau Government that they are
willing to consider the demand for
the annexation of the island to
Greece.
King Alfonso Unveils Monument.
Saragossa, Spain.?King Alfonso i
unveiled a monument to the defend- I
ers of Saragossa in 1S0S. He waa
warmly greeted by the populace.
Jap Admiral Dead.
Tokio, Japan.?Baron Yamamoto,
one of Japan's leading admirals in the
Russo-Japanese War, died here.
Polish Private Schools Closed.
Warsaw, Poland.?All the private
Polish schools have been closed by
the governors in retaliation for the
attacks on Russian university stu- |
dents in the streets.
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C? U1 (UUc| - C?U (W1 |
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM*
MENTS FOR NOVEMBER 29.
Subject: World's Temperance Sun- j '
day, Isaiah 28:1-13?Golden j |
Text, 1 Cor. 0:27?Commit
Verse 11?Commentary. 1
TIME.?725 B. C. PLACE.?Jeru- I
salem.
EXPOSITION.?I. The Destine
tion of the Drunkards of Ephraim, 14.
By "the crown of pride" Is- meant. I
the city of Samaria (see R. V. and cf.
iv 1R-54V Tt is here comDared to i
a chaplet of flowers on a drunkard's
brow (R. V.). This chaplet of flow- I
.ers, says Tpaiah, "shall be trodden
"under foot," because of their sin and I
pride. The people of the northern
kingdom as a nation are spoken of as !
"the drunkards of Ephraim." Drunkenness
seerAs to have been so wider 1
spread as to have become a national
sin (cf. ch. 5:11, 12; Hos. 7:5: Am.
2:6, 8, 12; 4:1; 6:6). The efTect of I
their drink upon them was that they
were "overcome" (literally, "smitten <
down") by it. Let us not forget that
it was "tire native wines of a wine- i
growing district" that did this far
Ephraim, and ftot distilled spirits nor
adulterated poisons. Their "chaplet !
of pride" and "glorious beauty" was
after all but a "fading flower." So it
is with every chaplet of earthly pride <
and all the "glorious beauty" of this !
present world (1 Pet. 1:24). The
prophet's answer to Israel's confidence
1b, their crown of .pride was <
that Jehovah had "a mighty and
strong one." This "mighty and
strong one" was the king of Assyria 1
(2K. 18:10-12). The Assyrians themselves
were a "bloody," deceitful and
rapacious people (Nah. 3:1), but 1
they were an instrument in Jehovah's
hand for fulfilling ms wora ana
bringing judgment upon His backsliding
people (cf. Ps. 76:10). The
coming of the Assyrian is described
by a threefold figure: "a tempest of
hail," "a destroying storm," "a tempest
of mighty waters overflowing." '
The thought contained in these figures
is that of widespread and overwhelming'destruction
(cf. ch. 8:7, 8).
Back of all this work of devastation,
destruction and desplation was the
wrath of God at sin (2:4-9). This
destruction, etc., all came upon them
"because they obeyed not*the voice
of Jehovah, their God" (2 KktSiU,
12). Jesus uses a similar figure regarding
those who hear, His. words .
and do them not (Matt. 7:26, 27).
n. Jehovah of Hosts For a Crf.vn
of Glory, 5, 0. In the midst of the
awful desolation of his own time,
when every crown of pride and all
glorious beauty is 3 fading flower,
the prophet looks fdrward to "that
day" (the day of the Loril's Return
and manifestation).. So in the midst
of present sin and judgment for sin
we should look fbrWard (for comfort
in our hearts and encouragement
ln*our workX to LOrd'a*coming
again (Tit 2:^3^2 3fet: 3:12-14, R.
V.). "In that-day*' crown of
glory" will take the place of. "the
crown of pride," afld "'a diadem of :
beauty" the'place ofthe.fading flower
of his glorious oesuty." ?,
TTT Thwrtncyh Wino Hnt of
111. JUA I JU^ M. MAM. Vllgu WA'-vy v? ??
the Way Through Strong Drink. 7, 8)
"These also" (the people of Jerusalem),
as well as ^Jphraim, "h^ve
'erred through wine and through
strong -drink are out of the way."
The prevailing sin of druhkennesa
had reached even God's representatives,
"the priest and the prophet"
(cf. ch. 56:10-12; Mic. 2:11). The [
priests were especially inexcusable '
because of the plain directions of
God's word (Lev. 10:9, 10;. Ez.
44:21). They were reeling through. strong
drink, they were swallowed up
of wine, they /were gone astray
through strong / drink (see R. V.,
Marg.). The result,was, they utterly
failed in their official acts. They
reeled in vision and stumbled in judgment.
Wine and strong drink confuse
the spiritual perceptions and
rob men of judgment. The religious
teacher who indulges in them is especially
culpable and utterly Incapacitated
for hi* holy office. The use of
wine and strong drink made their
Bocial gathering filthy and disgusting.
IV. How God Teaches Those YVlio
Will Not Hearken to His Word, 9-13.
Verses 9 and 10 may be taken as
giving us the mocking answer of
fho nennlp tn find's nroDliet. If
we take them this way the people
are represented as saying,
"Whom will he teach knowledge,
etc.? DOes he take us for babies
lust weaned? It is precept upon presept,
etc." If the prophet himself is
ths speaker, then Jehovah is represented
as teaching knowledge to
babes and not to the self-sufficient
(cf. Matt. 11:25; 21:15, 16; Mk.
10:15). These are the ones whom
He "makes to understand the message"
(R. V.). And the method of
His teaching is "precept upon precept"
(cf. Neh. 9:29, 30; 2 Chr.
36:15; Jer. 11:7). As they had not
listened to Jehovah speaking through
His prophets He will now speak to
them through foreign conquerors (v.
11, R. V.; cf. Deut. 28:47-49). If we
will not hear God's loving and patient
call to repentance He will speak to us
through cruel enemies. God had
called them to "rest." They would
not hear that call; so He now sent
them conflict and destruction. He
calls us also to "rest" (Matt. 11:28,
oq\ urn tit ill not hour thnt rail "W a
will send us destruction (2 Thess.
1:7-9). The whole secret of their
trouble (and of every man's trouble
to-day) was that they would not listen
to God's word.
Brings Relics From Africa.
Dr. George A. Dorsey, a graduate
of Denison College and son of Squire
Dorsey, of Granville, Ohio, who set
out several months ago to secure
archaeological specimens in Africa,
has written to his father that he has
been successful, having secured more
than 1000 specimens during the
month of July alone. He spent some
time in Egypt, India, Ceylon and
Java.
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vrvina.i<.'<j in jriia xionie.
Stoddard Langyher, a well known
citizen of Manassas, Va., was burned
to death in a fire which completely
destroyed his home. Mr. Langyhe#
discovered the house to be on fir*}
and aroused all the members of the
family in time to leave the buildins
without harm. He, however, returned
to the house for some important papers
and the building fell in before '
he could escape. Mr. Langyhei1 !
leaves a wife and several children.
Hungary Btiilds Railroads. ,
Hungary next year will spend 163,000,000
crowns on investments, sixty-six
and a half being required for 1
the State railways. I
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[EE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
T11U VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
twenty Reasons For Opposing tne |
Saloon?A Score Multiplied by
a Score Might Ee Added to the '
List Without Much Effort. -j
1. It never builds up manhood, .
but tears it down.
2. It never beautifies the homo, ^
iut often wrecks It.
3. It never increases one's useful- |
less, but lessens it.
4. It never allays tne passions, duc *
Inflames them. 1
5. It never stills the tongue of J
slander, but loosens it. j
6. It never promote purity of
thought, but poisons it. * ]
7. It never empties almshouses
ind prisons, but fills them.
S. It never protects the ballot box, 1
but defiles it. ?
9. It never makes happy families,
but miserable ones. ^
10. It never prompts to right doing
in anything, but to wrong.
11. It never prepares one for <
heaven, but for hell.
12. It never diminishes taxes
(with all its revenue), but increases ?
them.
IS. It never renders the Sabbath *
quiet, but desecrates it.
14. It never protects our property i
aor personal safety, but endangers
15. It never helps one to set a
good insurance policy on his life, but
militates against it.
16. It never creates ambition and (
thrift, but invite3 laziness, proflgacy,
poverty, idleness and crime. _
17. It never builds up the church. "
but peoples the station houses, prisons
and chain gangs. j
18. It never refines character nor
promotes Christian grace, but is a (
destroyer of the soul.
19. It never teaches honesty andi
uprightness, but invites the incendiary
to apply the midnight torch.
20. It never protects a man, but
robs him of his money, his family
happiness, his good name, his hopes (
and all endearments of life.?Free f
Methodist. t
'What He Might Have Drunk. >
A well known preacher riding in a (
London omnibus was entertained by 1
a dialogue which was sustained upon f
the one side by the driver and upon 1
the other by an elderly passenger. 1
/ "I understand you're temperance?" 1
began the driver. '
"Yes, I'm pretty strong against 1
liquor," returned the other. "I've <
been set against i,t now for thirty-five *
years." 1 <
"Scared it will ruin your health?" <
"Yes. but *-that isn't the main i
thing?" 1
"Perhaps it don't agr^e with you?" *
ventured the driver. 1
"Well, it really don't agree with :
anybody. But that ain't It, either. 1
The thing that sets me against it is a 4
horrible idea." i
"A horrible Ide'a! What is It?" i
"Well, thirty-five years ago I was
sitting in a hotel in America with a 1
friend of mine, and I says, 'Let's or- 1
der a bottle of something.' And he <
says, 'No. sir. I'm saving my money t
to buy Government land at 7s. and i
6d. per acre, I'm going to buy to- i
morrow, and you'd better let me take i
the money you would have spent for 1
the liquor and buy a couple of acres <
ajong with mine. I says, 'All right.' <
So we didn't drink, and hfe bought me (
two acres. <
"Well, sir. to-day those two acres i
are right in the middle of a flourish- ]
lng town, and if I'd taken that drink i
I'd have swallowed a city block, a <
grocery store, an apothecary's, four ]
lawyer's offices, and it's hard to say j
what else. That's the idea. Ain'c i' j
norncie!" j <
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Surely Not, Manitoba! -f
When the prohibition law of Geo?/
gia was signed by the Governor a
great crowd of Georgians gathered tc (
celebrate the event, and when th< t
word was passed that the act was ]
law the whole multitude sang "Praist 1
God, From Whom All Blessingf i
Flow." When the Chinese law' pro- t
hibiting opium came into force ir j
Canton that vast city put on festive i
apparel, and the people followed 1
bands of music through the streets, i
as though they had been celebrating J
a Waterloo. When people know so <
well the nature of their enemies, why I
do they in any country submit to' see- i
mg tneir iana occupieu ami uumiuat- i
ed by them? The people of Manitoba, <
who are by considerable majority op- i
posed to the sale of liquor within :
their borders, are, according to the <
vaunts of the distillers, going to al- '
low themselves to be danced on by a i
triumphant foe.?Montreal Witness. (
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The Saloon Dragon. i
The red saloon dragon stalks bold*
ly, arrogantiy, defiantly and insolently
throughout the land, entrenched
behind and protected by, not the law. ,
but legislative enactments in the ,
guise and garb of the law. All the* ,
affirmations that such enactments are
the law will never settle the question '
that way. They will but deepen and
intensify the opposition to the in- *
iquitous curse until it shall be s^ept j
from the face of the earth, and then '
the saloon question will be settled, '
because it will be rightly decided.
Answer This!
Would you like to have a saloon ?
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Llfc.\l UUUl IU JUUI uumo . , J
would you not enjoy all you can to t
have it as far away from your neigh- c
bor's house as your own? Do nor ,
forget that we are taught in Holy ?
Writ, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor ^
as thyself." This idea, carried to c
its logical conclusion, means entire t
prohibition. (
Temperance Notes.
The liquor traffic can never be legalized
without sinners, and sinners B
ought :o be called to repentance? j,
not "co-operated" with. t
In every State in the South the sa- fl
loon has demonstrated that it will f
rule the people if let alone, and the c
general desire to abolish the saloon j 9
resulted. j S
One of the prominent liquor papers ;
In a recent editorial published the |
statement mat temperance mraomco >
were pending in twenty-three State j
legislatures. ? j c
Nine-tenths of our poverty, squalor,
vice and crime spring from this poisonous
tap-root. Society, by its habits,
customs and laws, has greased
the slope down which these poor erea- C
tures slide to perdition.?General a
Booth, of the Salvation Army. w
The great cause o: social crime ia ?
drink. The great cause of poverty is [ e
drink. When I hear of a family J n
DroKen up anu ass iuk rausc?unun.
If I go to the gallows and ask its victim
the cause, the answer?drink,
fhen I ask myself iu perfect wonderment,
Why do not men put a stop to *
this thing??Archbishop Jcbu Ire- *
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1
y^UGHT^Fg^THg ^
QuifET^iSai^
THK NOONTIDE HOUR.
iK
The Fulton Street Prayer Meeting, Ne#
Yorfc.j. f. ,
riiere was prayer in the early morning,
Ere they went on their toilfome way, J y
Vnd prayer in the quiet evening
At the close of the weary day.
3ut what of the busy noontide,
When the whirl and the rush were on-rj "
rVhat time waa there that a man coukt
spare
To commune with the Holy One?
\nd yet there waa need incessant, >
For hearts that would gladly seek
?or strength to bear life's toil and care, '<
Oft found they were growing weak. >
3ut one who was toiling for others. * I
Whose life was o'erflowing with care,
Sad faith to try, as the days passed by,
The balm of the noontide prayer.
\s they gathered there in that quiet room
What an uplift came to all! ,
rhe Master waa near in tha^atmnapbert
And the bleasine seemed \ to fall. t
["hey sought for the needed strength tt
bear,...
And they sought it not in vain. j J
)h, /here was power in that noontide
hour,
To help in the fearful strain. ' .
Ind messages came from all over the Janij k
Asking prayer for the wandering ones. * t<
'Oh. nrav fnr rrnr rlainrhfora <rnn? atrnv *
"Oh. pray for our wayward sons." ?
Vnd the Father who hears the prayer of
faith
Has honored His children well; {
knd the answers to prayer that wert ' >
given there,
Eternity only will tell. ' %: v>
)h, who can count the joys that hare
come
-In the fifty years now flown. , ' ?
["he vstr$ngth that was given, the fore- ,Y
taste? of Heaven.
In that noontide hour alone? <qK
Ind who can measure the power for good,
Or the influence pure and sweet. ?
)f the voice of prayer that has risen there w
In the heart of that busy street? f
-Mrs. Mary B. Wingate, in the Christum
Herald.
Christ's Power to Forjrire
"The Son of Man hath uowec oia ?;&
artlr to fprgive Bins." There is 4 ! /
a miliar legend which . relates that
here" once stood in an old baronUd
-astle a musical instrument upon
vhich nobody could play. It waa
complicated in Its mechanism, an* V.
luring years o? disuse the dust had
gathered and clogged it, while damp- *
less and variations of temperature v v
lad robbed the strings of their tone. . r .
Various experts had tried to repair'it,
>nt without success, and when tne 1
land of a player swept over the
:hoi*ds it awoke only harsh discords
ind unlovely sounds. But there came y u,
)ne day to the castle a man of anotfer
;r sort. - He was the maker of the ihitrument,
and saw what was needed /:
'or its repair, and with loving care
ind special skill he freed the wire* a
rom me encumoenng oust ana ,?a
lusted those that were awry and'
>rought the jangling stringB into .
:une, and then the hall ? r6sounded
with the strains of the most exquisite
nusic: *
It is but a legend, but the mean-<
!ng is plain. These sotols of ours are
larps that hang dust-covered and dlfi:ordant,
disordered by sin, .while yet
he Master's bands have not found
.hem. Everything Is In confusion
md at cross purposes. It la only
when, and not until, .their Divine
Vfaker comes and undertakes the task '<
)f repair and readjustment than they
:an be 6et right and made capable bC
:he harmonies for which 'they were
jriginally created. Men weary them- f.\
selves in vain with their various ex*
jedients for securing peace of mind
md the sense of freedom from guilty
3nly Christ, our Divkie Maker and
faster, can repair the disordered in- :
strument. He, and He .alone,; haa
s6wer on earth to forgive sins.?Rev.
3. B. P. Hallock, D. D.- ' , - ,
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Manners the Meek.
"Thy gentleness hath made ma ^
jreat," was the testimony as well as
.he experience of the Psalmist. Man->
aers having their .source in a holjj
aeart are more gracious and abiding
than any that are "taught" in the
3CQ0018 or cunure ana iearnmg. rne
gracious manners of a really bumble j
>oul are as natural aa breathing, and *
iave not to be studied; but the man-.
aers of "society* are generally sub- .
[ect to the, will, and "put on* torfthtf
3ccasion. 0, praise the Lord, "Lot#
sehaveth not itself unseemly;" It ftai
10 "superiority" in It, but is gentld
ind kind. Jesus, Himself the great*
ist teacher of the "inward principle,"'
said, "Come, learn of Me, for I an v
meek and lowly in heart." Tb| \
Shurch of Jesus Christ is the greatest
school of manners" in the world*
md Christian men and women ought
:o be the "elite" of the land. Friends* ?
et us practice a little more.?K. P.* 3
In the Nazarsne Messenger.
Through a Glass Darkly.'*
We must be content while hare tor
"see as through a glass dar'rly," to
know of things 'in part," not in
their fullness; but when the da^
Dreaks, and the shadows in which we
low walk shall flee away, then wd
ihsiii coo rlparlv. and know more Der? .'
!ectly. There shall be no mysteries
,n that world to come. There wei
.hail see clearly, and shall "know.
;ven as we are known." Let
>ray, then, for the increase of our
aith, rather than our knowledge.
-,et us seek that grace which shall '
strengthen faith through such measires
of light as may be needed by;
is. We are not called to the exercisd
>f a blind, unreasoning faith. Though
ve do not know fully, yet we do
'know in part," and sufficient for inelligent
guidance, the facts stand
>ut the same, clear and indisputable,
o the acceptance of our faith.?
Christian Work and Evangelist.
The Sheet-Anchor.
"'Hold fast to the Bible as the \
heet-anchor to your liberties. Write
ts precepts in your hearts, and pracice
them in your lives. To the inluer.ce
of this Book we are indebted
or all the progress made in true
ivilizatioD, and to thia we must look
s our guide in the future."?Ulysses
!. Grant.
Not a Quencher.
It's hard slaking the soul'a thirst
n the aalt waters of sinful amuseaeut.
Fell Into the Wine Vat. B
At Santa Rosa, Cal., Mrs. George
!olier, wife of a rancher of Occident- ?
1, was drowned in a vat of wine. The H
roman, who was visiting the winery gj
n the Colier ranch, climbed to the ?
dge of a large vat, partly filled with
'ine, lost her balance and fell In.
Worcester Sends Gifts to Worcester.
The City Council, of Worcester,
England, has decided to present to
he city of Worcester, Mass., two se 3
>f armor, relics of the Battle of
Worcester. which was fought iu 1651.