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Hb Or A PSYCHOL || By SAF CHAPTER XIV. 13 Continued. Che was worn out, but her mind wns at ease, so that it was no wonder if she slept. And she did sleep with a vengeance, although there had Deen fracas enough in the house to wake one of the seven?slept till a great hand was laid on her shoulder and she was roughly aroused by being shaken. "Up, madame!" cried the driver. "Monsieur is mad indeed. He has quarreled with all his friends. He will leave the house this moment. The carriage is even now at the door, and so is mine?ready for madame to follow him. He will not dice?no! . He has damned the dinner, the wine, the house, the high tide?everything, In fact, and everybody. And he is ofT! Hasten, for the love of Our Lady, madame!"?running to the window?"even now behold his carriage that sets out!" Pale as death, Gertrude sprung from the bed, caught up her jacket and hat and rushed downstairs, without waiting to put them on, forgetting her boots, which she had taken off when she went to lie down. The driver, however, looked round be fore he left the room and gathered up all her belongings. Gertrude ran through the kitchen in her stockings and jumped into the carriage, which was ready at the door. "For God's sake be quick!" she cried to the landlady. "Tell me what I owe you. I must overtake him." "Oh,del!" cried the landlady, "are you mad, too?" The driver was on the box by this time, all the guests in tfce house had poured out, and a little crowd of natives were rapidly collecting. Gertrude threw a handful of francs at her hostess. "Madame, it is too much," the latter shrieked. But the driver had whipped up his horse and her words were lost in the rattle of the old machine as it flew down the narrow street. - CHAPTER XV. Gertrude, hatless, jacketless, gloveless, bootless, entirely forgetful of herself knelt at the front seat of the old laudeau, looking over the driver's box at the carriage in front of them. They were both plunging over the heavy sand now, and it was also an | old landau, so that the solitary occupant sat with his back to her. She could not, therefore, see his face, out she saw his ruddy brown hair, and he wore the same hat and gray suit ' , as on the morning of his flight. "Oh, Leslie, Leslie!" she cried, piteously, stretching out her hands to him. * "Courage, dear lady!" the driver cried. "With the help of the Blessed ? Virgin we'll keep him in sight." But it was an unequal race, and all the advantage was on his side, for he had two horses and they had only one, with as heavy a carriage. The track over the sand that day wound so as,to double the distance, as the crow flies, of the island 'from the shore. Whey thef were but half way across the carriage in front of them had reached'dry. land. Here the driver pulled up and for a mo- 1 ment. Gertrude watched him with straining eyes. He jumped from the box, and went to look at one of i the horse's feet. "A stone in its , hoof, I suppose," Gertrude explained to herself. It took scarcely a second, to remove it, and then the driver clambered back to his seat. As he did so, he faced Gertrude's vehicle, and saw it without evincing much in- i terest?carriages were common enough in that part of the world? but at the same time he seemed to see something beyond, and in an instant his whole demeanor changed. His Norman phlegm became Southern passion. He threw up his hands and yelled. He jumped up on the box of his carriage and danced and howled till his horses, terrified by the noise, set off down the road at a gallop, overthrowing him at the start into the body of the coach on to Mr. Lawrence Soames, who was adding his quota of curses to the hubbub, but in curses of remonstrance, with-^ out troubling himself to look round s and ascertain the cause of all the uproar. And Gertrude herself was ignorant of it. The man had yelled two words over and over again, and in a way understood them; but yet they had conveyed no significance to her mind, because she did not in any way apply them to herself. "La maree! la maree! The tide! The tide!" "God of God! Light of Light!" cried her own driver, "we are lost! Saints in heaven, save us! Lord have mercy upon us! Oh, blessed choir of saints aud angels, come down and carry us out of this! You only can!" But the saints and angels were busy, and did not hear. "what is it? Gertrude demanded, looking about her, bewildered, and at first seeing nothing extraordinary. The man stood up on his box. lashing the horse with whip and reins, urging it furiously. "La maree! la maree!" he shouted at it, as if it could understand the danger and be made to go. "The tide?the tide," Gertrude echoed reflectively, trying to understand. Then all in a moment she knew. For yonder she saw it, surging at the edges but otherwise smooth, a dense body of water, solid and heavy, otonHhilv swiftlv. silentlv annrnanh ing "like a race horse." She recalled the driver's words, and became quite cold as she realized the danger, but outwardly she showed no sign of excitement, and when she spoke her voice was steady and clear. She seemed to quiet the driver's mad fury with a word. "Can you swim?" she asked, grasping his arm?she was stili kneeling on the seat behind fcim. , HER 5ELFI .OGICAL NOVEL. JAH GRAND. \ "Yes," he ejaculated. "So can I," said Gertrude. "When the wave overtakes us we must ? A- /i. TTT? tnrow ourseives ouio u. wo auan only have to keep up. It -will wash us ashore." ' "Onto the box, madam!" shrieked the man. pulling her up. For a moment they stood there to- : gether. For a moment the great wall ! of water towered over them. Then : came an overwhelming rush, and i cold, and blindness, and suffocation, 1 and frenzied struggles, with great I agony of mind. But through it all i Gertrude was conscious of the man's ! strong grasp upon her arm. He had taken hold of her to pull her up on ] the box-seat beside him, and never let go?never at least until he had i drawn her out of the water and laid ( her safe under the tamarisk bushes < high and dry upon the sand. The danger had been extreme, but i it had not lasted long, and Ger- 1 trude never lost her senses, so that i now, when she had got the salt water i out of her eyes, she was able to ob- 1 serve. And the first thing that 1 struck her was the altered aspect i of the country. The desert had dis- ] appeared. The town-clad, church- i crowned mount, which had looked i before like an outcast iragment 01 < the world, cut off and disinherited, i was an island now on the bosom of a beautiful lake; and at her feet, instead of the heavy road and the blinding dust where the horse had toiled, and her soul had suffered for i their sufferings, the little waves 1 lapped and gurgled humorously, in 1 innocent unconsciousness of all the i wickfed works of the cruel old ocean 1 ?or, if you like it better? i "The beautifyl ocean, mother of J wavelets, < Ling'ring, and longing, and loving < t.he shore"? < as it is written by some one who 1 doubtless meant something. "But what is that?" said Ger- t trude, pointing to an ugly, inexplic- i able black mass floating at some little 1 distance from the shore. 1 "That," said the man, despond- 1 ingly, "is my carriage and my poor * dear horse." 1 Gertrude turned to look at him, | intending to say something sympa-1 thetic. He was sitting under a tamarisk bush at a respectful distance, in a dejected attitude, looking the picture of misery. But what his appearance suggested mor- than anything was the fact that he was very wet. i ? "It',g a good' thing It's a warm day," Gertrude said, trying to make the best of it, and meaning that had cold been added to his wetness he mu&t have felt worse. But the man was offended. He thought her flippant and heartless. "It is the way of the world," he sighed, gazing forward out of large, melancholy eyes. "I am ruined, and you laugh." What is it to you if I starve?" Gertrude rose to her feet. "It's a great deal to me," she said; "you 1 are a good and honest man, I think, I and on that account alone it would B be of consequence, because there are I so few. But you are a brave man * also, and I owe you my life, and on 1 that account, too, it is of consequence, s because I am grateful. And I am s rich. See here, I have a diamond ^ ring. I bought it one day because * the fancy took me, and it is worth 1 more, probably, than your horse and * carriage, or all you ever possessed; 1 but* I will give it to you to keep s always if you like, or you may take s it as a pledge, and return it when I ? send you its value in money to redeem it." 3 The man had risen when she did, r and now she went up to him and put S the ring on his little finger. She kept 1 her word, aild some months later c sent the money to redeem it, having t even in the midst of all her own c trouble, taken the precaution to make * a note of his name and address for 1 the purpose. But the Breton folk s are sentimental brigands, and the man returned the check, sa ing he preferred to keep the ring, if he might be permitted, as a porte bonheur and souvenir of madame. t Whereupon, as a matter of course, t madame begged him to keep the t check as well, and they remained c fast friends forever after. g But now thoroughly recovered oy t this last exertion of her mind, Ger- s trude began to be practical again. c "What are we to do?" she exclaimed. "We are losing such precious time!" "The first thing for madame is to be dried," he answered. There is a cottage up the road. But how can madame walk without boots?" with a gesture of despair. But Gertrude was halfway to the cottage before the words were well out. She would not wait to have her things properly dried, she would only have them wrung out, so that she could walk in them. There was no carriage to be had nearer than Pontorson. Very well, then, she would walk to Pontorson. Impossible, the driver said, in her stocking feet! Why, it was miles! Nevertheless, she would walk, she retorted, and be there as suuu as ue was, ana save precious, priceless time, instead of waiting here in idle suspense. And she did walk, with the help of a stick, and of her driver's arm also for the last mile or two. Her silk stockings were soon in shreds, her tender feet bruised and bleeding; but, with set face, pale and resolute, jacketless, hatless, her dark hair; which had been washed down by the water, twisted up any- ] how, her brows contracted with pain, e she persevered, and did the distance ? without flinching. ? It was after dark when they i arrived at Pontorson. Mr. Lawrence j Soames had changed horses there, and passed through hours before. He said he was in a devil of a hurry. His driver had told the people at the inn of the accident that must have i happened. Mr. Soames would not|< let him tu:m back to render assistance. He said it was a providential arrangement. The tide came up a!nd frightened the driver, the driver shouted and frightened the horses, the horses ran away and saved time at a gallop, which would just enable him to catch his train at Dol. To have turned back then would have been flying.in the face of Providence. And as to the young lady seen in the other carriage?why, whom the gods love die young, and she was doubtless happy in heaven by this time. All this was told Gertrude by the good woman of the little inn, who was bathing Gertrude's feet and mourning over them while the, carriage was being got ready. There were several young and comely Norman women at the inn, and they completed Gertrude's costume in a way which was certainly most becoming to her. She was wearing a dark blue serge dress, and they rolled her dark hair up under one of their high, white caps, pinned a white linen kerchief over her shoulders, and got her some new white cotton stockings and a pair of strong leather shoes?sabots, of. course, were out of the question. In this dress she looked charming, and all these kindly' women kissed her and told her so, and would hardly be persuaded to accept even a trifle for their property and their trouble. It seemed to be just a pure pleasure for them to comfort her and do what they could for her. They would have neither money nor thanks if. they could help It, to rob them of it and make it a business. But there was very little I time lost here. As quickly as pos- I sible Gertrude, much refreshed by kind attentions, strong coffee, eggs and hot bread, was driven off by a strange man this time, but with her old driver on the box by way of escort. J CHAPTER XVI. Lolling back in the carriage, tired to death, her feet like burning coals, tier heart aching and anxious, Ger trude was utterly unconscious of any Incongruity between her fine lady attitude and her apparent position as indicated by her Normandy peasant's dress. But the people in the cottages, whose lights fell on her is the vehicle lumbered past, perceived it, and made many comments svhich w,ere neither kind nor polite. They drove at once to the station it Dol, and there she obtained a satisfactory explanation of her husband's sudden flight. It seemed he had been a day out in his reckoning, lad accidentally discovered the fact, ind had been obliged to hasten back St: Malo in order to get to Southimpton in time for the mail steamer }Q which he had taken nis passage 'or the East. One thing about this piece of news struck Gertrude hopefully. There had certainly been nuch method in her husband's madless thus far. He had carried out lis expressed intention with regard :o this scamper; and it was therefore ;o be presumed that, if he did not :ome to his senses, he would travel )n under the same delusion to San rrancisco. She had heard from Miss 3on>3rs that Lord Wartlebury had1' I wrought his yacht to Southampton tnd was awaiting events there. Ac:ordinginly, on arriving at St. Malo, Gertrude .ventured to telegraph to lim. She told him her husband had irossed over by that day's boat, imjlored him to meet it, to secure Leson/1 nrovont tho Son TTrflTiHRPn it, UUU ^/l?l VU(| VUV VMM jroject at all hazards. After which he went over to Dinard and was hos>ltably entertained and cared for by he good Fillppos at the Hotel des Jains. It was late next evening when he found herself on board the iteamer bound for Southampton. A rery awkward and uncomfortable hing for her had happened in the neantime. Before she took her icket It occurred to her to count her noney, when she found to her con:ternation that she has not enough by iome shillings. "What am I to do?" ihe ejaculated. "Can I be of any.use?can I help rou?" a pleasant voice immediately esponded, stammering diffidently. 5he looked up and saw a tall, goodooliing young fellow of about her >wn age, who met her eyes frankly >ut apologetically as if half depre:ating the liberty he had taken. Gerrude liked him at a glance, and her yomauiy lilbllliui piumpicu kiszi \,\J ;et him at his ease at once. To be Continued. , Tnrpentinc Substitutes. The annual' consumption of oil of urpentine for the entire world is esimated at 21,400,000 gallons. Pracically all of this enormous quantity if spirits isS produced in the United States. As the method of extracting urpentine is destructive and the posibility of an extinction of the source if supply appears no longer very emote, there has arisen an increasng demand for turpentine oil substiutes. The value of spirits of turpentine ia larerelv due to its slow but :omplete volatilization, allowing the >ainter time to get an ^en finish, ind It is sufficiently volatile-to prerent the paint from running. The >etroleum substitutes have been pre>ared so as to closely simulate the latural product in this respect. Since here is no reaction taking place in a jaint which can be credited to tur>entine, it acts as a solvent, pure and iiraple, and hence there can be no >bjection to the use of these substiutes in paint manufacture. The so:alled wood turpentine, distilled from itumps and wood, has a very unpleasint odor, due to about two and onelalf per cent, of extraneous princiJwltf f Afmol/l/alivHo T?r\r tKic? J1C5, liiailll.r luimaiuvujuv. j. ut muo eason it is not looked upon with ,'avor by painters, though for all >ractical purposes it is as good as the lurer article.?Trade Register. C. P. R. Land. Originally the Canadian Pacific Railway received grants of land of some 32,000,000 acres. After resales the company is still in possession of 14.S25.496 acres free from jonded debt, which is rapidly appreciating in value.?Engineer. Tree is Very Aged. A tree on the island of Cos, in the Yegean Sea, ,'s believed to be twenty jenturies old. To Preserve Mucilage. The mucilage or household glue Dottle is apt to get hard and often wasted at the la3tp because it clings' ;o the mouth and sides of the bottle. When the cork Is first removed, cut a A piece of old cotton or linen, a little j larger than the top, circular in shape, ihe same as for a jellytumbler. Smear this with lard on both sides, place it T on the bottle and press in your cork. ^ 5Tou will have no trouble and can use your contents to the last drop. Al- ? -- - IT ways replace the cloth after using.? ~ Boston Post. * t Cheap Shade For Your Piazza. Take two widths of floor matting, either old or new, about eight feet 0 long and sew it together; this will make about six feet wide. Overcast ^ the two ends and nail each end to a narrow strip of wood. Paint it a A pretty shade of olive green on both sides, and hang it from the top of the porch by an end strip, using large screw eyes and ordinary rope or very strong twine for pulleys. The strip /c of wood on the end makes it roll tl nicely. Tlie two pieces of matting H need not match; after painting they ^ look alike. This is much cheaper ^ than 'Japanese porch shades for a C( country house and looks fine on any ( home.?Boston Post. G Apron Pocket. . o: A torn apron and frequent acci- ? dents due to an outside apron pocket t1 led me to insert a deep pocket of C] white cotton on the right hand side ]3 under my apron. . vj It is deep enough to contain hand- si kerchiefs for the younger children, a n daily account order and "work to be d done" book. Outside of the use of J? the pocket this book alone is a treas- ^ ure, my accounts are kept straight, k my needs for the table never wanting, e: and the best of all my husband knows just what is needed most to be done tl about the house, as it is our own. There is also room for thimble and 1* dull pair of scissors; a button or ^ hook sewed on immediately saves r many stitches.?Boston Post. ' Different Ways of Coloring Icings. ti White icing is white of egg beaten stiff and mixed with powdered sugar; a] add a tablespoon of lemon juice; it ei will be purer white. For yellow icing ^ take a few drops of diluted saffron tc and add to the white frosting. Cho<> ?; olate Is the best for black. Clnna- w mo'n frosting is made by adding a tea- y spoon of cinnamon to white of one ti egg; this is very pretty frosting. Pink ti Is colored by a few drqps of berry or tl currant juice. Green frosting is made by adding spinach curd to the white frosting. To curdle spinach, bruise a ^ few leaves thoroughly, then squeeze the juice into a saucepan and boll till it curdles, then add a few drops of Q. water, strain through a, napkin, and w wUh tfiaf -roMrh remaina In the nan- +< kin color the froBting. Blue is col- u ored with violets; take a handful of d: violets, soak ^them over night in a lit-y *? tie water, then stir thoroughly and' strain.?Boston Post. To Temper and Retemper Flatirons. d The average housekeeper is often li much annoyed by the tendency her ci flatirons have to cool too rapidly. bl This is a thing most easily avoided. The new flatiron should first of all have the temper set. Allow it to heat r( for several hours on a moderately hot cl stove without removing, let it cool S ?? U ? M XI ..1 J U - Ti gradually un it is penecuy cuiu ue- ? fore using It. After this it should Ci only be allowed to heat when wanted for use. The habit of, leaving the ^ flatirons on the fire at all times in ^ case you Should need them will in S( time ruin any iron. Allowing the v: metal to thoroughly soak in the fire a will draw the temper of the best steel t( forged. To retemper ah iron which B( will no longer hold heat, heat it as 1:1 hot as you can, so long, as it isn't glowing, and then drop it in a tub of t] moderately warm water. When cold ti it should be treated as a new iron, that is, to reheat it slowly and then let it gradually cool.?Boston Post. THcijssHcwpF II / p T^mniwrlp.?Tn makine lemonade ~ heat the lemons before squeezing and ^ you will get almost double the quan- jj tity of juice. , b; Sour Milk Pie.?Add to a cup sour & milk one-half cup sugar, a cup of chopped raisins and a teaspoon cin- ^ namon. Stir on stove until hot, then add a teaspoonful cornstarch dis- rc solved in a little water. Bake in two J crusts. ci ? />] Oyster Nuggei.?One quart of oysters, six common crackers rolled fine, ^ one-quarter pound of t/utter, two cups of milk, three eggs; beat the eggs, . put all together in r your stew pan; stir it ahnnt fifteen or twenty min- a uies over a good fire; be careful and p not burn. Serve hot. ;If Quince Marmalade.?"Wip"1 quince, ren ove blossom ends, cut in quarters, ^ remove seeds, then cut in small ,\Y pieces. Put into a preserving kettle, B( and add enough water to nearly cov- w er. Cook slo'.vly until soft. Rub ol through a hair sieve and add three- cl fourths its measure of heated sugar. Cook slowly twenty minutes, stirring, ^ occasionally to prevent burning. Ripe Tomato Pickle.?Three pints tomatoes, peeled and chopped; one ? -L ^ 4*r\t%r? iohlflanArtno fil cup cuuppcu utrxeij, 1UII1 ? chopped red pepper; four tablespoons chopped onion; four tablespoons salt; six tablesjjoons sugar; six tablespoons ^ mustard seed; one-haif teaspoon g clove; one-half teaspoon cinnamon; tu one teaspoon grated nutmeg; two oi cups vinegar. Mix ingredients in or- ca ier given. Put in a stone jar and m :over. This uncooked mixture must m stand a week before using, but may nc be kept a year. a( /jf # "7' ir'.:. f . X bei , 1 <2^then?djorrbe : QgiETHoU^I) ,6?? FACE TO FACTE. BY ATWOOD MILLER. 1 lone with Thee, 0 God, feet I all my sins confess. an i would not hide one act of guilt, {^jC( Did I the power possess , an(j hou knowest every blot ^ Upon life's written page, P?shou knowest e'en the secret thougfitfe mec That do my mind engage. are /, maj herefore, 0 lovine Lord, " I come to seek Thy face, ?vhat I may plead, as oft before. . * For Thy continued grace. jjj orgive, dear Lord, I pray, bur Forgive my every sin. sect h. cleanse my heart, and let my life, fav< Be free from error's stain. fces' "ay I with heaven-horn trust, Live ever near, to Thee, , ? " nd may my walk and talk through life, aeD Lead others Thee to see. v ,sun ?Christian Union Herald. fou i dati Duties as Privileges. izei If you and I who testify to God's our ive and care for us could only realize . - n?i..n ?4. v and it? privileges ui me ^uiiaiiau a fe Instead of talking of "our du- ure es," surely the world, of which, we lar^ )rm a part and influence most, on ould feel the glad spirit of love and' esse jnsecration which might win soul^ nuri we know not the number) for oui1 Sr?. od. ' * The trouble often te we look upon QaJ! ur daily tasks as "duties;"'just trs and illing them "privileges"\and act a^ and they were such and see how soon d ' le whole character of it all will re.eJ hange. We rendeV service so'gladi JTU< r. so willingly, for the one we lov^ rj11^ ith our whole heart, and if any one g? lould ask us, "Don't you find It ^1? latter of duty and very tiresome ta 9?.' o so much for the one you love?" e would be so surprised. Ah, -2 lends, if you and I have given ouj ., earts and all we have into God'J . eeping, surely then loving Hini ? oough to trust Him with our "all.'' ? * e must love Him enough also to dd ,y j le thing He sends us as a privilege; ^ Doesn't the child count it a "privi-. ratl sge".to be able to'help mamma witn as le dishes oi^"help mind" the baby? . tha oesn't .the boy feel proud and man* r when he is allowed to do some^ acti ling for papa, and.does he not telj bo(^ as though it we^ an honor and ma: ust put upon him? Would it,not be well for us to re? qUj lize we are the children* of our heav^ on aly Father? If we would only, likd jng le children, feel it was a' privilege ) be chosen of God, to "help Him," js 3 it were, in doing our every day ope ork cheerfully, and the very besj e know how, because He trusts u? tak ith it we would-be living our salva- an(j on by proving our love in our ac? ren ons. God is often proving us irt reai le "little things." "He that Is faith- agSl il in that which Is least Is faithful qui Iso in'mtich." Let us count up our effe rivileges.?M. F. Bolton. , thn V :? cles A Double Life. ing Not many years ago the president teti f a large loan'company in Canada ' as convicted of fraud. , For a long G] me he had been speculating in stock ntil his defalcations, grew Xo nun- upc reds of thousands. To keep thd Bui tcts from the auditors, he had been ful bliged to handle a double set of we ooks, one for his own personal ini ing section, 'and the other for the in* the pection of the stockholders. Tha wh Iffi'culties involved Jn< this doublo Bet fe increased until the situation be- air; ime unbearable, and he went into ape ankruptcy. , , no There Are many men to-day wh<J . res re living double lives. The. pari Tai lat the world sees is plausible and anc sspectable. The other part is un- lasl lean and repulsive. Robert Louii C tevenson's classic entitled, '"Dr, voc ekyl and Mr, Hyde," is an interpre- era ition of these dual tendencies. Dr, hea ekyl is a physician of repute; Mr. ses tyde is the personification of his bas- val r parts, and he- is debauched and bre 4 _ 1 1 4m /?' -mo IU UU. ilCb" LYVU uvea 11 veu. 111 IUQ ilf same town b7 the self same indi- ery idual finally betray their authorship^ tha ad the mask of respectability is I )rn away. It is always thus. The Buj jcret sins will inevitably express bee lemselves, and the veneer will soon of jase to conceal the truth. The lifj mit lat is prostituted to sin* leaves iti biti aces, and a train of hideous penal'' acb es follows in its wake. cha , bra shr God's Debts. dri. It is the wonderful mercy of God pre oth to forgive us our debts to Hin i our sins, and i? make Himself i' ebtor tp us in His promises; so tha ow, both ways, the soul may b? T are; since He neither calleth foi goc lose debts which He hath once for- <ary [ven, nor withdraweth those favo:*f Pre nd that Heaven which He hatl of romised; . but, as He is a merciful cr0 "editor to forgive, so He is a tru? and ebtor to pay whatsoever He has un sell ertaken. sea Whence it is come to pass, tha- asn le penitent sinner owes nothing tc an* cd,,but love and obedience^ anf con od owes still much more and'all tr Pas im; for He owes as much as H-' ath promised; and what He awesi 'nS y virtue of His blsssed promise, we swc lay challenge. st?( 0 infinite mercy! He, that lent J0*1 s all that we have, and in whose ebt books we run hourly forward 11 the sum be endless; yet owes ua lore, and bids us look for payment, t cannot deserve the least favor Ho cen in give; yet will I as confidently all tiallenge the greatest, as if I de- cou >rved it. Promise indebteth no less cen lan loan or desert.?Bishop Hall. The Unseen Ideal. ( "The situation that has not Its use uty, its ideal, was never yet occu drii ied by man,", said Thomas Carlyie inci ! we cannot find the ideal amid our & aily circumstances, we shall neve* ejg] ad It anywhere or follow it. If w*J dicf iel no responsibility, no sense of duty hoi here we stand, we condemn our- Cor jives in thus failing to recognize q hat is really there. Young people , 'ten look for ideals and duties in the ouds, and miss the best of life and , 10 truest of growth by their folly.? i'Ctlish Reformer j win Alone on Arctic Island. Lee Ernest Lefflngwell, geologisi. and * * 1. ?Qtlirno/1 + ~ Cnr, W Eyiurer, n<r.a icimucu tv.uan x' iansco, from the bleak north in the * 11 earn whaler Narwhal. He was with W01 ikkelsen on the expedition to the fan rctlc in the schooner Dnchess of T'otl edford, and is the last man to re- are irn. Lefflngwell remained throughit the whole of two years alone in lan imp on the desolate shore of Flax- tint an Island. He discovered and absi apped three rivers in the extreme it w irtheru part of Alaska, running tior jrth into the Arctic Sea. . . the i V? ' tK+ ' 1. r I i UR TEMPERANCE COLUMN. ]T PORTS OP PROGRESS OP THE BATTLE AGAINST RUM. unnry of the Effects of the Use of Alcoholic Drinks by an Eminent New York Physician ? Position ^ of the Medical Profession. > 'he following summary of the efs of the use of alcoholic drinks by eminent physician, Dr. S. A. Mac- fi all, of New York City, is so clear comprehensive that it is worthy widest publicity. It represents the itiori to which the members of the lical profession all over the world coming with an ever increasing iority: * From my investigations I reached followingconclusions: first, where at ley goes for drink, poverty with 1, attendant evils prevails, and the re dens of childhood are increased; m )nd, alcoholic environment is un- ci arable to the production of the th t school work; third, alcohol, by (I ducing a train of psychic and or- ga ic. degeneration in the offspring, th ases the morals and lowers the 21 1 total of human happiness; fo rth, alcohol, by laying the, foun- w< [ons of a diseased and criminal bit- is iship, threatens the stability of tc government; fifth, to reduce the ed dens and dangers of childhood th improve the manufacture of fut- sp citizens, we nAist continue in the te jest measure scientific instruction in the effects of alcohol and in the ye jntials of health, and increase the i: Qber of our public gardens, play- da unds and improved tenements." p. it the root of much of the drink te it lies the popular belief th$t beer W] . whisky both relieve exhaustion se increase strength. The man who j th iks "moderately" does, for a time ' : stronger, and the weary laborer Be > drinks "moderately" does for a ^1 e feel rested. But scientific inves- ng itions have clearly and decisively pe ved that these apparent helps are m y apparent, for in a short time the en iker is worse off, both physically at mentally. nc 'his real depletion and destruction ar ife even by. moderate drinking has n well stated by a very eminent 0E jlish doctor, George Carpenter, of be idon, who has had an exceptional- oc arge hospital experience. B0 Lfter describing briefly the appa- a. lis for measuring what is known the time-jeaction of the brain, D t is, the time .actually expended N( the brain in_ performing mental . 3 and setting the machinery of the b ly in operation, Dr. Carpenter ,, kes this important statement:' . ' Suppose, now, we give alcohol in te small quantities to the person ' ~r whom we have been experiment- r~ , what happens? In the first1 place, ^ h the simple experiment, the time shortened?the-brain appears to Kc rate more quickly than-, before, after a few miilutes a slowing ^ es place, becomes more marked, 1 endures as long as the ^lcohol rains in the system. But, if the ction be complex, if there be an 9 ociation of ideas, this ft never ckened by alcohol. The slowing 1 ct begins at. once, and continues i oughout the experiment. And _: irly understand that this depress- ''e effect occurs with the use of diec quantities of alcohol." 1C w< reat Chance For "Liquid Bread." jV1 iVe had hoped not to intrude again ar >n tne happy repose Mr. Adolphus of 3ch takes by choice in the ?beautiprohibition city of Pasadena, but | wj are unablff to resfst the fascinat- i g = suggestions of Dr. H. S. Tanner, I . celebrated long-distance faster, 0 fattens on the ocean air at Long ich. In a generous spirit of rivy, Dr. Tanner proposes that the >stle of beer sliall select six men, t nationality barred, who are to be j . tricted to a diet of beer, while Dr. J iner shall eat nothing but water,' 1 he promises to outfast and out- j :? t the cho3sn six. )ne of the Claims put forth in ad- I - - ? * - - ? - i?.. 1 16 acy or tne use 01 Deer as a ue?-| . ge Is that; it is not only a mild and . r? tlthful stimulant, but that it posses nutritive qualities of great j ue. It is even called a liquid | !13 ad by those who find a profit in its la nufacture and sale, and the brewis made to appear an institution 11 ,t rivals the bakery in worth., :r n all his breweries cannot Mr. gch find six devoted champions of*! r to overwhelm this single devotee | A water? Is Long Beach to be per- J;? ted to garland the brows of prohi ! ion with the uncontested victorj | of ieved through that unaccepted 1 . .llenge? Or do the hides of th? vest beer drinkers shudder and ink at the significance of the watei jy nker's name??Los Angeles Ex I tl< ss. . | ca 0? th When Alabama Went Dry. I se ho Alabama State Senate at Mont* te aery was the scene of extraordin- j Hi excitement when the Statutorj j gl ihibition bill was passed by a vote he 32 to 2V Women and children 1 gl wded the galleries and corridors j [ even invaded the Senate floor it- j 24 pushing the Senators from their : th ts and expressing their enthusi- ju l in shouts and cheers. Lieuten- m -Governor Gray was powerless tc | H; trol the crowd. After the bill | ha sed the women began to sing gl aise God, From Whom All Bless- er s Flow," and as the sacred song w< - - - ? Ai lied in volume, me iegisi<uuis j 3d up, uncovered their heads and fii led in the singing. , ! W th '! ]y Saloons to Pfay Destroyed. p Chelsea, the Massachusetts city retly swept by fire, wii1 be rebuilt, excepting the saloons. The city ncil has resolved to abolish all lises for an indefinite period. m G< Temperance Notes. 3ount Bismarck: "The prevalent ! of beer is deplorable. Beer- i nking makes men stupid, lazy and j apable." I M' >11 champagnes, still wines and for- I f. n liquors must be branded to in- j p ite the contents and proof of alco- i . , according to the ruling of Food ; . nmissioner Johnson. i 1 sw rhe academic council of Stanford jtj iversity has been instructed to pro- J it the use of liquor in fraternity wa pter houses, student clubhousss | [ other student lodgings. .irink, tiie oniy terrioie eaeuij i :m England has to fear.?Prince ! ipold. j j . de Jjornestjerne Bjornson says: | uj hen I am engaged in literary work ^ ever use alcoholic liquors; they \ lid only hinder me. The ideas or j cies produced by alcoholic inspir.t- j . i are not healthy nor probable, arid i * j useless for my works." j re lajor-Genera: George B. McCIel- tic : "Had the officers united in setc the soldiers an example of total tinence from intoxicating liquors, ould have been equal to an addii of 50,000 men to tiia avis'n of ir United States." ti I r - "" acgggy . i i_ ^1 vjfct > ^ i ?unbai|^clrpof , . i; > ~J. rTERNAJIONAL I T.FSSON COMMENTS FOR (DECEMBER 13. . ' ibject: Solomon Dedicates the Temple, 1 Kings 8?Golden Text, Ps. 122:1?Commit Verses 10, 11? Read 1 Kings Chs. 5-8. TIME.?1004 B. C. PLACE.?Jesalem. y... EXPOSITION.?I. The Gathering Jerusalem to Dedicate,the Temple, 2. Great national gatherings for lielonn nnrrtnsoa mora nne nf thfl arked features of the life of God's losen people Israel. Not only had ey their three regular yearly feastfc 3x. 23:14-17) but there were special itherings for special occasions like is (cf. Josh. 2,3:2; 24:1; 1 Chron. 1:1). Sometimes, as in the case here us, the regular and the special' jre combined (cf. Ezra 3:1-6). The raelites when walking with God , ok plenty of time for. due acknowlIgment of God's godness, and for' e cultivation of their moral and iritual life. The dedication of the mple occupied seven days, and was lmediately followed by the regular. arjy Feast of Tabernacles (2 Chron. 8-10). There were in all fourteen iys of confession of sin (for the iy of Atonement occurred on the nth day of this month, Lev. 23:27, tiich would be the third day of the . ven days of the dedication), of anksgiving find worship and prayer. - > wonder that God m&nifested HimIf to -them in such a glorious way. le immediate purpose of this great itional gathering of all tho leading lople of the nation was that they ight bring up "the ark of the covlant" with due honor. All' the senors of the nation were there, but >ne of them presumed to jtouch the k that stood for God's presence in eir midst. God had appointed that ify "the sons of Kohath" should sar the ark (Nu, 4, 15 B). On this casion the most Important of the ns of Kohath, the descendants of iron, the priests themselves, bore e ark (cf. Josh. 3_:6, ',14, 15r 6:Crr * j. 31:9; ^ 1 'Chron. 15: 2, 11-15). .' * at only the ark, but the entire bernacle, which up to this time had . en at Gib eon, was brought up. SacSees and offerings expressing con* ssion of sin, trust in atonement rough blood, consecration and comunion with God,' were offered in untless profusion. By the "oracle * the house" is meant the most Holy. y:* ace reserved for the ark (ch. 6:19!). In this most Holy. Place the k was pliuea under the sheltering' [ngs of the Cherubim (cf. ch. 6:27; t. 25:20-23). At the time the recd contained in this book was wrltn everything still remained just' as was arranged the day of dedication r. 8). The ark contained the two ' bles of stone which / Moses had wed out at Horeb, and on which hovah Himself had written "the , n words" (or commandments) (De. 1:1-5, ft. V.). These "ten words" are God's covenant with Israel (Ex. ;:!27, 28, R. V.). Hence the ark at contained them was called "the k of the covenant." Witjl the law. , God perfectly kept within, arid its s ood-sprinkled mercy seat above* 1 here God met His people (Ex. j i: 20-22), it was a remarkable type Christ. These ten words were also lied "the,testimony," because they; , ^ sre God's witness to the truth and ' His will. There was absolutely thing else in the ark but these two bles of stone. Besides the ark,' in e tablernacle, were the pot of anna (Ex. 16:33, 34) and A*ron'rf d that budded (Nu. 17:10,11). As ese were by divine commandment closely associated with the ark of stimOny? the author of the Epistle the Hebrews regards them as being it. (The Greek preposition transted "in" has a wider meaning and e than our word "in.") Only the * w which Jehovah Himself bad ritten was actually inside the arkt le complete Mosaic law (not merely e ten words) written out in full by , e hand of Moses, was beside the k of the covenant, in the tabernacle )e. 31:26), and afterwards in the mple, where it was found when the mple was being repaired in the<days Josiah (1 K. 22:1-20). II. The House of Jehovah Filled i?h tho filnmr nf Jphnvflh. 10. 11. f, 68. When everything was com-! ete, and the temple was left emp;d of all else for God Himself, He me down and filled It with His rn ineffable glory. When everying Is in place, and we have prented ourselves to God to be His mple, and have taken off our hands, e will come and fill us too with Hisory. "The cloud" that "filled the (use of the Lord" was the Shekinah ory of His own awful presence (Le. 1:2; Ex. 13:21; 1?:24; 16:10; : 16-18; 2 Chron. 5:13, 14). When e conditions are met to-day, God st as really and manifestly, and far ore blessedly, fills His house with is glory. In a similar way Jehovah ; id filled the tabernacle with His ory when that was set up, and ev;ything finished according to His jrd (Ex. 40:34, 35). And He again led the temple when Solomon had lished his prayer (2 Chron. 7:1-3). 1 ? ? ?- ??? K i rr rvr?{ tt! lnCTQ. 6 nave a lai mu/c auiuiug jjiiTn^go an Israel; for it Is ours to constantbehold the glory of God In the rson of Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 3:18; 6; Jno. 1:14). The Result of Long Ages. The institutions of any age are erely the crystallized opinions about ^d of the age preceding. Betraj ?d by His Sweetheart. ' At Chippewa Falls, Wis., John Mc-. alien was arrested on the charge of using the wreck of the Duluth Lim-; : d on the Chicago, Minneapolis, St. j'V'-. ,ul and Omaha Road near Augusta,. ois-hf- nersons were slightly rt. He confessed his crime to his: eetheart, who informed the authores. A rail had been removed r.nd g train, running fifty miles an hour,. ls thrown from the track. Taft Licked Him in a Fight. Charles C. Duble, of New Orleans,, t., a local locksmith, sent to Presint-elect Taft a telegram of congratations and reminding Judge Taft at when they attended school tother when boys in Cincinnati Taft id whipped Duble in a "squaremd up fight." Duble received a legram signed "W. H. Taft," which turned thanks for his congratula>ns. Tubercular Convicts Increase. The New York State Prison Comlission asked for a new hospital foi ibercular convicts .. . ?