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A PSYCHOL
1 By SAR
CHAPTER XVII. 15
Continued.
The advantages of such an arrangement
must be obvious to the
poor fellow; they thought, and they
/ therefore anticipated no trouble
in the way of a refusal. Lord Wartlebury
further proposed to ask Ger?
trijde and Miss Somers to accompany
them, and another advantage of the
arrangement seemed to be the probability
of a few weeks' cruise under
such favorable auspices being all that
was necessary to restore the patient
to his right mind. This plan was carried
out to the letter. Dr. Mansell
met the soi-disant Lawrence Soames
on the arrival of the St. Malo boat,
with Lord Wartlebury's compliments,
and the invitation to lunch and impart
information, which was at onco
accepted. The further information
to become one of the party was skilfully
led up. to in the course of conversation,
and also accepted, and
then Lord Wartlebury had sent for
Miss Somers, who was awaiting Gertrude's
arrival .to go on board the
yacht, when Mr. Norton, to whom
Lord Wartlebury had been mentioned
as a friend by Gertrude, sent a note
to the latter, explaining the plight the
ladv /was in. and beeeing for his im
mediate assistance.
It was Lord Wartleburv himself
who gave Gettrude all this information,
with many details besides,
which he thought it right she should
hear. She listened in almost perfect
silence, commenting once or twice,
or uttering an ejaculation, but never
asking a question till Lord Wartlebury
stopped. Then she faltered:
"Has my husband said nothing?
Did he never mention me?"
"No," Dr. Mansell told her. "His
memory is a blank. He has no recollection
whatever of wife or child, or
home or friends. In fact, he declared
he expected no letters, because he
had no one to write to him. He said
he believed he was a foundling, a
self-made man. at all events, without
a relation that he knew of in the
world. Lord Wartleburv mentioned
Mrs. Leslie Somers, and said he
hoped you would make one of the
party on board the 'Star.' When he
he^rd the name he knit his brows in
a puzzled sort of way, as if trying to
recall something, and repeated 'Leslie
Somers' several times. I asked
him if he knew Leslie Somers, and
he said he was sure he knew some
thing about him, the name was so
familiar, but he could not for the
life of him remember what."
Gertrude sighed. "How am I^to
meet him?" she said.
Lord Wartlebury and Dr. Mansell
exchanged significant glances, and
each waited for the other to speak.
"We have been thinking," Lord
/ Wartlebury. began, at last, with some
hesitation, "that perhaps i you had
better not see hi m ?just yet, you
know?not until we have got well out
to sea, at least. There is plenty of
room bn board the \5tar;' you need
not meet until it is desirable. And
?eh?the fact is, your husband requires
to be kept quiet for a little."
Gertrude understood that there
was something behind this which
tViov wow amrioiis to snare her the
pain of knowing, and delicately forbore'to
ask. It bad seemed all along
that the separation was the worst
thing she could have to bear, but now
her heart sickened at the prospect of
being so near her husband, and perhaps
of having him look at her day
after day with strange eyes, not recognizing
her, and it might be with
openly expressed aversion to her
presence. It was a common thing for
mad people to hate those whom, in
their senses, they had loved best/ Oh,
she thought, she could bear anything
but that! Dr. Mansell left them directly
after dinner to go on board the
yacht, leaving Lord Wartlebury to
iollow later with the ladies.
It was beginning to be dusk when
they got on board. Gertrude and
Miss Somers were shown at once to
their staterooms, which opened into a
small saloon known as the boudoir.
It was intended for the use of any
lames wno mignt oe on ooara, a saie
retreat in case of bad weather, and
there was an experienced stewardess
always in attendance. But the yacht
was perfect in all its arrangements,
luxuriously fitted throughout, a floating
palace, in fact, with room enough
for a hundred guests and a host of
retainers.
Steam was up when they arrived,
rushing and roaring through the funnels-;
there -was :a great bustle ot
preparation on deck, and almost before
they had time to settle themselves
in their -new quarters, the
anchor was up and they were off.
On finding the little saloon brilliantly
lighted by electricity, Miss
Somers got out a piece of work, and
placidly busied herself with it. Gertrude
felt envious as she watched
her. If she eould -only occupy herself
in some such way, she thought,
and await the issue or events calmly,
how much better it would be for her!
But sue seemed to nave got past an
that. She could not even sit stil. for
long, but got up and paced about, pretending
to examine everything In the
cabin, yet seeing nothing, and ending
by moving restlessly to and fro without
even the pretense of an object.
Miss Somers said nothing, but she
felt for the poor girl deeply, and
every now and then raised her kind
eyes from her work and watched her,
feeling rather helpless because there
seemed nothing to be done to relieve
-Che tension of her nerves and take
her oiit of herself.
MThere are four sides to this
cabin," Gertrude exclaimed ot- last,
stopping short in the middle of it
and looking round. "Do you know,
I think I should be better if I knew |
on which side he was."
The stewardess appeared with^
coffee just then, and Lord Wartelbury I
a inaa ssrvaat to beg the ladies'"!
?
HER 5E.LF jjj
OGICAL NOVEL.
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permission to come and take his with
them in the boudoir. Miss Somers
was glad of the diversion for Gertrude's
sake, for the old man's influence
evidently soothed her, and
her good breeding made her control
herself sufficiently to show no sign
of restlessness or dissatisfaction :n
his presence. It was a great effort to
begin with, to sit still and listen while
he talked; but his conversation was
brilliant and varied, and insens.oiy
he fixed her attention for a time and
drew her out. Only for a time, however;
for by and by she lapsed into
silence, leaving Miss Somers to talk,
and by degrees*becoming quite absorbed
by her own painful reflections.
The conversation between the two
rippled on e^nly without a pause.
The murmur of placid voices disturbed
her as little as absolute silence,
and was quite as monotonous.
The sound they made was like a
transparent -veil, "beneath which many
other sounds were distinctly perceptible?the
steps of the watch on dect,
an order occasionally given In a
hoarse voice, a snatch of song from
one of the crew, the rush of steam
and muffled roar of the fire and machinery
the swish of the water
against the sides of the yacht as it
sped on at nearly fourteen knots an
hour, and above all the thud, thud
of the screw., beating regularly as
time itself, and -with Just the same
effect of inevitableness. Gertrude
was dimly unconscious of It all, and
of a certain sense of safety which was
almost a feeling of peace. Unfortunately
it was only a soothing to
false Tepose, for the shock of a sudden
awakening was upon her before
she had at all realized the sense of
relief. One moment it seemed as If
all must come right, and soon; "but
the next a shout of laughter?of
coarse, unhallowed laughter, sounding
at her e?>ow, as it seemed, and
breaking in upon the quiet, without
the slightest warning, net even that
of an approaching footstep?caused
her to spring from the seat and stanc,
with every nerve quivering, not daring
to turn round for fear of what
might be "behind.
*What was it?" she asked, faintly.
Lord Wartelbury went to her. "It
was nothing," he said, confusedly.
She turned slowly round. Ther^ was
certainly no one there. "The partitions
are thin on board ship," he
explained, '"and the wood conducts
the sound and?eh?exaggerates it.
It was some one laughing in the saloon;
voices coming from there sound
so?always." (
She was not attending to him, but
listening intently for some repetition
of the sound. Presently it came, the
same loud laugh, followed by loud
words which they could not distinguish,
but they felt by the manner of
them they were coarse.
Gertrude pressed her hands to her
breast convulsively.
"So that is my husband!" she said,
in a strange, toneless voice. "Oh,
Annie! tell them not to deceive me
anv mnro It la nn tirp T lrrtnw nnw
that my happy days are over." She
threw herself into a chair, leaned her
head back against the cushion, and
sat with pale, s^t face, motionless.
Miss Somers seized her work, compressed
her lips, and toiled as if it
were a matter of life and death.
Lord Wartlebury withdrew immediately.
He had probably gone to
stop the disturbance, for a few minutes
later the talk and laughter
ceased. Then the thud, thud of the
machinery became obtrusive, and the
lap of the water and creak of spar
emphasized the silence. The moon
ro6e and shone down through the
open skylight; a little breeze found
its way in also fresh from the shore,
and sxyeet with the scent of flowers.
The night was charming, but there
was one sad heart that could not feel
it so?could feel nothing, in fact, but
the dread certainty that all charm
for it had departed from all things
forever.
CHAPTER XVIII.
They had rough weatlier in the
Bay of Biscay, storm and rain and
hail. Miss Somers was prostrated by
seasickness, and Gertrude had been
obliged to keep her berth for days,
sufferine. however, more from lan
guor and listlessness, the loss of the
desire to be up and doing than from
any bodily ill. Dr. Mansell was anxious
about her, and had to insist at
last upon her being dressed and made
to lie on a sofa in the boudoir, where
she could have fresh air and some
small change of scene to rouse her.
Old Lord Warllebury came and talked
and read to her, and Miss Somers
crawled out of her cabin and did what
she could. Gertrude knew they were
all very kind, and felt grateful; and
because she was grateful, she felt impelled
to make an effort to please
them, and therefore summoned some
energy, and assumed an interest,
though she felt it not, in what jthey
said and did.
So they glided from the stomy bay
through the narrow Pillars of Hercules
into the Mediterranean, which
was sapphire blue and bright for
them. And then it was felt that
some change must be made, for the
ladies had been prisoners below so
far, and it was quite impossible for
things to go on like this much longer.
But if they left their retirement they
must meet the patient; and the question
was: What effect, good, or bad,
would the sight of theru have upon
him? Dr, Mansell said he> seemed
quite sane on all but two points?his
delusion ahout the appointment at
San Francisco and his utter oblivion
of everything relating to his past life.
He suffered from a perversion of
tastes, too, and a radical change of
tone, which was also no doubt the
direct result of the mental malady,
and would disappear when the cause
was removed. He had a craving for
driok, and would never have been
\
sobsr could he have got the liquor;
and what he liked best was to gamble
all day long. He did not care with
whom he played?the noble earl, his
host, the steward, or the stoker, it
was all one to him, so that they
played and staked something?anything.
He was indifferent about the
value of the article, and had triumphantly
exhibited a set of bone buttons
one day, won from off the said
stoker's greasy blouse at a game of
toss-up, played standing in the stokehole
in the intervals of tending the
fires; and he was prouder of that
victory than of any, because, he said,
the stoker was "a dodgy chap, and a
man had to be all there to beat him.
This was not the sort of thing that
Mr. Leslie Somers, In his right mind,
one of the ablest and most polished
ornaments at the bar, would have
done and boasted about; and Lord
Wartlebury was anxious, If possible,
to spare Gertrude of all knowledge
of the change in him in this respect.
It was hardly possible, however, unnoHonf
hp nersuaded to I
exercise some self-control. He knew
that there were ladles on hoard the
yacht, and had made sundry inquiries
regarding their age and social status
not at all complimentary to Lord
Wartlebury's character. It was there-'
fore -deemed advisable to give him a
hint about his conduct, and warn him
to be guarded In his language before
them; and Dr. Mansell thought, while '
they were speaking of the ladles, they
might sound him again on the subject
of his wife, and make an effort
to recall all that he had forgotten to
his mind. This done, the rest would
be easy, for the delusion about Lawrence
Soames must disappear "before
the recognition of his own identity.
Gertrude heard this plan, and felt
almost hopeful about it, but expressed
a wish to remain concealed
till she knew the result. The confinement
was doing her harm, however,
and it was therefore arranged
that she and Miss Somers snouia go
on, deck when Leslie was at dinner,
and have their own dinner at a different
hour; and also in the morning
before he was up. This gave them
plenty of time, for the poor fellow
could "hardly he persuaded to leave
the table at night nor his bed in the
morning. During this time Gertrude
did not even catch a glimpse of him,
but Miss Somers saw him once -sitting
with his back to her playing cards,
without necktie or collar, his ruddy
brown hair all tossed, and .a huge
glass of brandy and soda beside him.
It was after one of these games,
wrlien, having won it, he was in a
particularly good "humor that Lord
.Wartlebury?of whom he seemed to
stand, in awe?approached the delicate
subject upon which It was necessary
to fix his attention by beginning
to dlscups different phases
of mental aberra..on with Dr. ManselL
' The soi-disant Mr. Soames was
interested at once. He knew nothing
about the subject,'and seemed fascinated,
listening and asking questions
with the eagerness of an Intelligent
schoolboy. Had Dr. Ma/isell
met him casually he would have set j
"him down as an uncultured man of |
lew tastes, with a good "brain much
weakened by dissipation and drink.
A certain shrewdness was all that
remained of the great insight by
which he had made his name. He j
confessed gross sins and ignorance !
without Bhame or reserve, but seemed j
to know the possibility and recognize j
the advantages of leading a better |
life; he had even times of longing for j
what might have been had he con- j
ducted himself otherwise. He was ,
weak, however, and sensual, cared I
for nothing really but constant ex- j
cltement, and -only remorseful when |
this was not to be obtained, and he I
became subject to the depression con- j
sequent upon it& absence. Lord War- i
tlebury pitied the poor man from the !
bottom of his heart. He knew him j
well by reputation, and thought it j
sad to see so fine an intellect reduced
to such a level by disease. He considered
him a wreck, and never forgot
to make due allowance for any
ravage caused by the storm that j
might appear.
To be Continued.
Melting by Bombardment.
Formerly tantalum was prepared !
for use in making lamp filaments by '
submitting the black powder contain- ;
ing the metal to the fusing heat of
the electric furnace. Lately another
process has been adopted by Siem- !
ens and Halske. The mass to be
fused is placed in a kind of Crookes'
tube at the anode, and when the cur*
rent passes the cathode bombards tha
metallic powder with corpuscles
whose impact quickly produces fusion.
The intensity of the corpuscular
bombardment is increased by giv- j
ing the cathode the form of a hyper- j
* " " ?2 ? ? +V>a annrlo {n if <3 ,
none mirrui, uaviug auuuv *? ? ,
focus. By means of a magnet placed j
near the tube the direction of the
cone of infinitesimal projectiles can '
be changed so as to make it act upon .
any particular part cf the mass ex- ,
pessd at the anode.?Youth's Com- !
panion.
Benedict Arnold.
There are. renewed efforts to paint
Benedict Arnold in clean, white col- j
ors. They remind me of the follow- I
ing anecdote:
On one of his raids Arnold cap- j
tured an American officer in Vir- :
ginia. After a few days he said: I
"Captain, what would our country- !
men do with me if they caught me?" i
"Well, sir," replied the captain, "if I '
must answer the question, I should !
cay they would first cut off your lame !
leg. which was wounded in the cause j
of freedom and virtue at Quebec, and ;
bury it with the honors of war; then !
they would hang the remainder of i
your carcas3 on a giDDei:"? .\ew i
York Press.
The Cost.
Germany's war in Southwest Africa
has cost $50,000,000, which has
been spent overcoming the resistance
of one or two native tribes. The
losses in action were heavy. Eightysix
commissioned officers were killed
and the non-commissioned officers of- J
ficers numbered 229; rank and file, J
1167; total, 14S2. Among the colo- '
nial troops sixteen officers and 195
men perished.?Detroit News.
A square foot of a Persian rug
means twenty-three days' work foi
the weaver.
t
Good as Overcasting.
After sewing up the seams in a garment
stitch about a quarter of an
inch from the seam and then trim
near the last stitching. This will hold
as well as overcasting and is much
quicker for the busy sewer.?New
York World.,
A Neat Booklet.
Select a pretty piece of white morocco
paper and cut it to form a
booklet cover. Fill it with woolen
white leaves and fasten at the back
with a brown silken cord and tassels.
With the pyrography needle burn the
edges of the cover and the tiny
woolen leaves, just enough to give
a pretty outline against the white.
On the front page outline a brown
spinning wheel in the centre, almost
overshadowed with a large cobweb.
This can be daintily fashioned and
will be very handsome if properly
made.?Pittsburg Dispatch.
Pleat It Loosely at Night.
At night a little girl's hair should
never be tightly curled or pleated ii
yotf want It to grow thick and long,
but "be very loosely done in two
pleats, so that la the morning there
are practically no tangles to be
combed out What does it matter 11
they don't look particularly pretty, so
long as children are healthy and
happy? That is the great point;' and
It is far better for a girl to have
straight hair in nursery days than tc
have no hair at all, or only very
6kimpy locks, when she grows tc
womanhood?a quite possible resuli
-of over-much crimping and curling.
Do all you can to make it grow, anc
don'.t bother about kinks, and yor
will earn your child's gratitude, nol
only while she is in the nursery, bul
pU her life lon?.?Htfae Chat.
<
Homc-Made Fireless Cooker.
My flreless cooker is made from i
common box In which canned toma
toes were packed. The box is twent]
Inches long, twelve inches deep anc
fourteen inches Vide. The botton
and sides were lined with Bostoi
Posts and ground cork was put ox
the bottom to make a layer twc
Inches deep. Two ten-pound tin larc
pails were set in and around eacl
one was placed a pasteboard cyllndei
a little larger and higher than th<
pails. The box was then filled uj
wfth the cork, which was packet
down firmly. Meat Is boiled tei
minutes in a ten-pound maple sugai
pail. It is then covered tightly anc
Bet into the larger pail, which is fillec
with boiling water and then covered
A feather cushion is put over it, anc
over all Is thrown ' an old woo
blanket It is a crude affair, but i
works as well as the expensive manu
factured ones. Food placed in it ii
the morning is "piping" hot for/oui
6 o'clock dinner. The tin pails I hac
in the house, so my cooker did no
cost me a cent.?Boston Post.
Bay State Crullers. \
Break three eggs into a bowl, adc
one and three-fourths teacupfuls o
sugar and one teacupful of .fresl
milk; stir all together thoroughly
then add five even teaspoonfuls o
lard and a drop or two of extract o:
lemon, to one cupful of flour add on<
and three-fourths teaspoonfuls o
cream tartar and one of soda; stir ii
the bowl and add sufficient flour t<
make a firm dough; roll the dougl
out to a quarter of an inch in thick
ness; flour the rolling board, o:
course: cut with a "cooky cutter,'
which has the centre ring, and droj
carefully into smoking hot fat; the:
should puff up at once and turr
slightly brown; turn with a silvei
fork and when done remove by lift
ing with the fork inserted in the hole
centre; lay them on a waiter coverec
with a sheet of white paper anc
sprinkle with cinnamon and pulver
ized sugar; when cool pack them in i
stone crock and cover; this recipt
makes a goodly number, but they wil
keep fresh for ten days if put awa]
as advised, but remember the dougl
must be smooth and firm, the larc
smoking hot and the cook thorough
ly interested.?New Haven Register;
iSBpto i
lBnp now to
- PREPAJE- TItm
Sour Milk Gems.?Two cups soul
milk, one egg, spoonful sugar, sal
one-half teaspoon, small teaspoon o:
soda, two large cups flour. Bak<
fifteen minutes.
Boiled Filet of Beef.?Cut slice:
from the tenderloin, wipe the meat
grease the gridiron, broil over a cleai
fire, turning every ten counts foi
three or five minutes. Spread witl
Maitre d'Hotel butter.
Illusion Sandwiches.?Beat whit<
of egg to stiff froth, stir in yolk, adc
slowly one tablespoonful melted but
terf two teaspoonfuls lemon juice 01
vinegar, cook until stiff as scramblec
egg. Use with bread.
Cafe Parfait.?One pint of cream
one cup of sugar, half a cup of stront
coffee. Mix, chill and whip. Takf
the froth off into a freezer or into ?
mould. Pack the mould in ice an?
salt and let It stand two hours with
out stirring. '
Blueberry Cake.?Berry cake ma:
be made very easily by adding a cuf
of blaeberries, dredged lightly with
flour, to a good biscuit dougii. A
sweet blueberry cake may be mad(
by adding .two tablespoons of sugai
and one egg to the shortened biscuil
dough. Always dredge the berries
with flour. Bake the same as biS'
CUii or DreaKiast can.es.
Raspberry Charlotte.?Pick ovei
and mash one quart of canned raspberries,
cook in a heavy sugar syrup
until tender. Pour over one dozen
lady-fingers arranged in a standard
glass dish, covered with an inverted
china bowl, allowing it to remain
until cool. Place on top of raspberries
and syrup, when cool, one-hall
pint of cream, whipped and sweetened,
flavored with Vanilla. This
makes a delicate dessert for hot days.
1 Religious Truths\ th
[ir PR
From the Writings of Great 1
Preachprs.
I LOVE TO BE WITH JESUS. 4
I love to be with Jesus,
He understands me so,
And bids me lean upon TTim ,
Wherever I must go. - _
I tell Him freely, fully. i
, The things that trouble me; All
For He will help to bear them, ray
Or make them all to flee. inr
> p6I
If T have failed to please Him, 0f
T come to His dear feet,
With penitential sorrow I ^ ,
The story to repeat.
He does not frown upon me, vre
He does not spurn me then, wh
But in His great compassion, pre
He bids me try again. lor
I love to be with Jesus. ne?
He is so kind and true;
And when things are perplexing, ,
He tells me what to do. . SJlo
A "present help in trouble," No
I always can depend mo
On Him to lead me safelv. lsh
My tried and trusted,Friend. of
I
When I am stunned by sorrow. *.n.
When heart and hand are numb,
Tjs only Christ can help me, a c
^And so to Him I come. Pai
ue :oias me to ms Dosom.
He blends His tears with mine. 12,
; And breathes His blessed comfort, r dr<
His love, His peace divine. # the
-Mrs. Frank A. Breck, in the Christiar nf
; Herald. ,
i A Worldly Church.
! The present tendency toward a fat
i questionable liberalism in the church,
[ and toward a mere formality in re- th<
[ ligion which is devoid of vital godli- of
, ness, has been sounded at Richmond, wh
Va., by the Bishop of London, who mc
1 was a visitor at the sessions of the thj
' triennial session of the Protestant
) TT'.ntnpnrinl Phnrph Tho hlchon sqM' oln
U,I have no means of knowing the ' of
trend of religious thought in the un
I United States, but from my experi- m(
ence of east, north and west London, en
the future lies with no church which dri
; sinks to what is called the new the- a ]
1 ology. th<
"After all is said and doie. the
most evangelistic, the most catholic. I mi
the most orthodox church on earth wr
, will produce no effect upon the world azl
If it has not still one further char- by
acteristic. It must clearly and un- A.
' mistakably, and before all the world, "h
1 be unworldly itself. Bear with me, wl
> then, when I say, as my last word, Br
? that the greatest danger to the th?
) church on both sides of the Atlantic
< Is worldliness. ov
I "In one sense, It Is impossible for no
j the church to mix too freely with thi
the world. Into the slums of East th<
1 London, Into the business of Wall cia
Street, into the mining camps of co:
" Klondike, the church must go, and re)
3 no human Interest in the world is th<
i Dutside the interest of the church. tri
t "I^ut, on the other hand, to run tri
I a church as a man runs a successful
, business, to depend upon cleverness an
and management rather than the ce]
grace of God, to neglect prayer and no
' . Intercession in favor of influence with cbi
J tne press, to lower tbe teaching of wj
I the church on its moral standard; in ho
. Order to suit a self indulgent age, is H
, to spell ruin and failure and shame ha
j for the most orthodox church in the glJ
. world. In a voice which still rings all
down the centuries, Jesus Himself qu
' proclaims, "My kingdom is not of this hi
world.' "?Detroit News-Tribune. co:
loi
Good Out ot Evil. *n
1 Even the results of a man's fail- ff.
4 n?? qp on/1 no n a
ut &o auu oiuo vau uc tui iicu iu guuu il
account In the Lord's service when t '
man in God's strength has put those Bins
behind him. There is rich encouragement
here for all who are
tempted to discouragement because 1lf
of the multitude of failures with
which their path is crowded. One t
who has failed and Is striving to live
down that failure can sympathize
with another who has failed, as one d ,
who does not know the* meaning of
failure can never do.
Whatever our sins may have been, Co]
there are sure to be other souls close t
by who need help and sympathy in ti
the struggle with those same sins; we
and God in His love permits us to
minister to them, if we will with pe- tJl)
cullar power because of the very we
scars that we bear. Did yesterday ,
' witness your worst failures of all? ge
J There are others you can- help now, th(
1 whom you could not help before.
- . We need not try to understand this, I
i nor to sap that it is not so because ' jes
; good can never come from evil. It
1 is one of the mysteries of the undej
served blessing of God's love; to F?
which such wrecked and regenerated
! saints as S. H. Hadley and John B. of
1 Gough?types of us ail?bear blessed ' th<
witness. And let us show our grati- ch<
tude by telling those who sorely need |
to know, how great things He has in
done for us will do for them.?Sun- I
day School Times. j cat
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A Two-sided Justification. | rat
A careful study of Romans 3:23.. I
26, R. V., clearly shows justification I an
has a twofold aspect. The character | mi
or uod had Deen questioned through ert
the ages during which sin had been Ed
r apparently allowed to go on un- am
t checked, and it was therefore essenf
tial that His character should be vin- dia
j dicated to the world. This is what W<
is meant by the justification of God dri
to man. At the same time, it was lin
3 equally necessary that man should be
justified before God in order to be an<
r saved to all eternity, and the New ha:
r .Testament term "righteousness" ini
eludes God's personal righteousness ne^
as vindicated by the Cross and God's the
justifying righteousness as provided the
5 through the Cross. Calvary is at inv
1 once the justification of God to man, we
and the justification of man before
p God. ? Rev. W. H. Griffith Thomas, tha
I in London Christian. the
, Ignore Faults.
J Do not think of your faults, still J
} less of others' faults; in every person
i who conies near you, look for what *an
I is good and strong; honor that; re- 1
joice in It; and as you can, try to imi- 00<
tate it; and your faults will drop off Sta
like dead leaves when their time ph)
r comes.?Ruskin. res
> ' '
1 You Must Answer.
b ra
k What you were, others may answer .,
* for; whTt you tried to be. you must
? rAiinonlf Tnh n T? ? air in.
IU.aiawci iui juuiovik* w wmh um
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Boston's Horse Cars Sold. '! out
; The last of Boston's horse cars,
tthich were retired from use ten years 1?tt
kgo, have been sent from the Lenox cha
street barns for the last journey in ?
i that city. Two horses towed the car W01
[ as in former days, a spectacle which '-he
created much comment in the streets, drii
, Old time railroad men lifted their be
1 hats as the car went by. This car acti
1 and sixteen others had been in stor- 1
' Age, but have been sold for service in saic
! Now York City, where they will be lie
used on the east side. Children on ton
i the streets ran after the car, begging "Th
a ride, as many oi them had never Ten
$een a horse car. .....
E CRUSADE AGAINST DRINK ?'
OGRESS MADE BY CHAMPIONS
SIGHTING THE RUM DEMON. i
Great Array of Alarming Facts
Concerning the Inroads Made by
the Evils of Intemperance on the ?
Vitality of the French Nation.
Jnder the heading, "Some Terrible
stimonies," the United Kingdom
iance News gathers up a great ar- ?
of alarming facts concerning the
oads made by .the evils of intem ance
on the vitality and morality
the French nation. It says in
t:
The late Paul de Cassagnac, the
11 known journalist and politician. a
o cannot bo accused of being 1*
tjudiced on the matter, wrote not
ig before bis death: ?
'One has to be the unwilling wit- a
>s of the dying agony of a country o
it was formerly not the least of the r
iries of France?the grand old 1!
rmandy?that is sinking into the C
ist infamous of degradations, per- t
ing by the death of madmen and 'a
worn-out wrecks. v
'Parishes are being depopulated, a
uses closed, tb? country becoming i
lesert! From 1850 to 1S96 the de- t
rtment of La Manche lost 100,000 t
iftViUnwfw IQQft +n 1 Q A1 t
lcxu itaaio. js a vrn auv v w av v*f ?
,000 more disappeared. One hun- ' 1'
;d and twelve thousand gone. It Is I t
5 equivalent of a great battle lpst,
a portion of territory taken from i:
* * * And all those are dead, i:
;ohol has slain them. As for the
ing, they bear the marks of the g
;al poison." ,1
M. Austin de Croze, in an article in I
j Revue des Revues, under the title 1
"La Bretagne Paienne," shows to
tat a depth of degradation the im- 3
jderate use of alcohol is dragging li
it beautiful and romantic province.
"It is not more than thirty years c
ice this fearful evil has taken hold t
Brittany, bu.t in fifty years more, i
less the evil is put an end to, it is f
>re than likely that the race will be s
tirely lost. 'You have terrible c
iinkards in your parish,' said; one to
priest. 'Yes, that is true, but then ?
jy are pious drunkards!' " f
"1""- 4-V.of <,?QO ?? omnnir J
UllUIklUg CUCtO t
;n, women and children," says a t
iter in the Baptist Missionary Mag- (
Ine, on the occasion of a visit paid j
him to Mortals, where the Rev.
Jenkins labors with so much zeal, t
as reached the excess the like of
lich is not known in any part of tho e
itish Isles, and which is consuming
e very fibre and life of the nation." c
While this plague is spreading all r
er the Jand, it is in the north and
rthwest of France that it has made
e greatest ravages. Not long since j
b Paris paper Le Temps sent a spe- t
l1 commissioner to report upon the
ndition of Normandy, with special t
terence to the alleged alcoholism of ^
e country, and the articles conbuted
by him to that journal were
lly heart-rending.
Mr. Douarche, said that intemper- ^
ce is almost the rule. It is the ex- |
ption when the workihgman does a
t begin the day with- a glass of j
eap brandy, "calv^dos." He carries
th him to work a bottle of "alcolized"
coffee, which lasts him until
o'clock, the lunch hour, when his
stens to the wine-shop. Ther? g
isses of absinthe or vermouth aro
eady set out in readiness for the t
ick 'demand. This beverage is
stily swallowed before the lunch, (
Qsisting of 2 V2 d. worth of food fol 1
ved by 5d. worth of black coffee
d brandy. Work over at 6, tho c
Ink-shops along the way home aro t
sited. Saturday night is spent in c
e wine-shops, and Sunday is given
sleeping off the debauch. It is t
ual for men thus to spend an av- s
ige of 2s. a day for drink?as much t
frugal French working-class fames'spend
for food. r
Then the way the children are c
light to drink is described with s
eat detail. Infants are given a sip c
"calvados" tin the third or fourth g
F of their existence. Through baby-, j
od they are dosed with it to make .d
3m sleep. At five or six they are t
asidered.old enough to be entitled
their ration of, liquor at meaj C
oes. The eight-year-old children p
;re found to carry for luncheon I
?ad soaked In brandied coffee: a
ird of them, boys and girls alike, j
re found to ba in the habit of tak%
their "petit verre" after dinner. .
veral schoolmistresses testified that '
3ir little girl pupils.were often indicated
in the afternoon to the de- ?
>e of being unable to learn their ?
sons'!?Pioneer. ^
r Drink and Gambling, $1,070,000, "
Even if John Burns, M. P., leader ' t
the labor party, is a member of \\
I British Cabinet, he preserves hi? v
eerful optimism. il
Mr. Burns uttered these aphorisms n
a speech just delivered: H
"Every cent that is spent on edu? e
:ion is justified by a great decreaue ^
crime, pauperism and in the death- t5
;e. '
"The faults of the working classes t]
i the meanness of their wants, the
sery of their desires and the pov- b
y of their aims, tastes and ideals, 1(
ucation fires them to nobler aims a,
3 higher ideals. s|
"The British have no industrial 8
ability unless it is self-imposed,
; spend $820,000,000 a year ou E
ink and $250,000,000 on gambg,
directly and indirectly.
'We have a hundred race meetings
I a thousand golf links. Germany n
3 not one. ,
"Workingmen ask me to make a g]
iv heaven and a new earth for J
>m. They only can make them for j,
smselves by saving the $15,000,000 C(
ested in drink and gambling each
ek.
'Careful analysis of figures proves
t men at forty are not too old for
sir best work." u
G
Temperance Notes.
returning peace delegate declares
tt drink is the worst enemy of Engd.
C
it has been computed that 1,500,)
men and women in the United
,tes are daily, either mentally or
rsically, disabled for work as the A
ult of drinking.
The man who has taken even small
mtities of alcohol feels that his ?!
.in is remarkably active and capaof
great thoughts, whereas in j f
lity his conceptions are ever so
ch slower than natural.
f we could sweep intemperance
of the land, said Phillips Brooks,
re would be hardly poverty enough ?
; to give healthy exercise to the
ritable impulses. ^
Said John Burns to an audience of y,
kmen in London: "I believe that 0
best and most simple remedy for 9
ik is abstinence; but this must pi
snnnlemented bv local legislative
- c;.~~ ~ <.v
ion."
'he difficulty witli liquor laws is
1 to be that they are ahead of pubsentiment.
To which the Bos- 0
News once suggestively added: a
lat's what's the matter with ifcs c]
i Commandments, top." r,
?, *
s Sunbati-Sc^of
r ? "
/ V . *
VTFTRNATTONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR DECEMBER 27. * '
s t ' f' 4 ' -
tevievr of the Eleven Lessons For tlio
Year's Last Quarter?Read Prov. "4
Ch. 4?Golden Text, Prov. 4:25
?Commentary.
Golden Text?"Keep thy heart wltb
11 diligence, for oat of jit -are, the
ssues of life."?Prov. 4:23.
The lessons of the quarter extend j
ver a period of 31 years. They are
11 concerned with the life asd' words
f Davjd and Solomon. A profitable
eview could be conducted along the
[ne of what the lessons teach about
rod. Another woujd De to study tneeaching
about sin, its consequences
nd pardon. Material -for. such reiews
can be found in the notes. Still
nother reveiw would be to get each
aember of the class to give the cepral
teaching of the lesson' A num>er
of opinions' will be given about
he teaching in each lesson. The folowing
are given simply as suggeslons:
Lesson I.?The necessity of servng
God in the precise way His Word ?
nstructs. .
Lesson n.?God's superabounding
;race; David purposed to build God a
louse and God covenanted to build
lim a house and to establish his
touse and his kingdom forever.
Lesson III.?David's kindness to
fephibosheth, a type of our David'a
;indness to us.
T ooaAn TV WA OAAIT AATrot*1
JU^OOV/U AY. 11 " o ogtn. W , w ?v?
mr sins from God He will uncover hem
and fill our hearts with heaviiess,
but if we uncover our Bins beore
God with frank and fall confesion,
God will cover them up and fill
>ur hearts with praise and light.
Lesson V.?Whatsoever "a man sow- ?
!th that will he also reap; a sinful
ather will reap in his wayward chil- .'
Iren an awful harvest of the sins he
tas sown; the king who,is disloyal to
lod will reap the disloyalty of hi&
leople.
Lesson VI,?The man who destroys }
he love and peace and joy of anoth- ;V
r's family will reap heart-breaking
.gony in his own house.
Lesson VII.?Jehovah is the believer's
Shepherd. Every want will b&
net, every fear will be banished, ev>ry
longing will bo satisfied.
T tTTTT Uln t
Licaouu v 111. uuu xxin jjivuise
in spite of all the schemes of inen
o thwart It.
Lesson IX.?There is utter ruip for
he individual, and for the nation, in.
he wine cup. . )
Lesson X.?We should' desire wis- ,
torn that we may serve God effectivey
more than we dpsire long life or
wealth. i
Lesson XI.?:When a house is set
ipart for^God in the way appointed
le will fill the house with His glory.
The Source of Unhappinoss. ;
Self-centred life is everywhere the
;reat disturber of human happiness.
It defeats itself and keeps its vie- M
hns forever upon the. rack. - "
It collides with other interests, and
Jod is in its way. It destroys the- vaj
teace of the home.
It leads husbands to be indifferent
>r unkind to their wives, and wives 1
o regard their husbands only as the
hief of their own conveniences.
It 'eads children to demand 'that
he \ ?le of the family arrangement
hall ue managed with reference to
heir personal pleasure.
It breeds social jealousies and
leighborhood quarrels; it breaks up
hurch choirs; scrambles for the chief
eats in the synagogues and feets"
hurch members to praying, "Lbrd?,
rant that ,we may sit on Thy right
tand and oh Thy left in Thy kingom."
Tt leads Diotrephes to love
he pi^ .^ninence.
It is to the credit of the religiqn of r
'hrist that selfishness cannot live la
eace with it.?D. W. C. Huntingdon,.
> D- J
finite Possibilities For the Believer.
The holiness of men on the earth
s not beautiful, and like the holiness
f angels, and like its Divine Authr;
but its character is progressive,,
nd hs course is onward and upward
o perfected excellence. From its
rst act of prostration before to?
iercy seat, where it lifts its handa * ?
nd heart to God; where it pours in- o
His ear its voice of alternate pentence
and praise, and where, in full
lew of the blood of the covenant,,
is faith takes hold of His righteousess
and His promise; it rises, though
; may be in unequal progress, highr
and still more high,#till at last
:s anticipations are realized in views
hat are to be never obscured, in afections
of unmingled purity, and in
he fulness of joy.
Wondrous words are those uttered
y the apostle when he says: "Be>ved,
now are we the sons of God; .
nd it doth not yet appear what we
hall be; but we know that when He
hall appear, we shall be like Him,
Dr we shall see Him as He is."?H.
Smith. j
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The Respectabilities.
The respectabilities hold more men .
p than do the spiritualities, but were
lere no spirituality to-day the repectability
of to-morrow would fail.
-From Sermon Preached by Dr.
rank Crane at Union Church, Worsster,
Mass.
Necessary to Deliverance. v_
No man will be delivered from Kin
ntil he delivers himself wholly to
od.?Home Herald.
Prescribes Love Cnre.
In a lecture before the Chicago
ollege of Medicine Dr. A. R. Hagle
xplained a cure for lovesickness.
A doctor can prepare himself to
eat lovesickness through mental inueuce
just as more serious ills are
eated by it,"' he said. "One suggeson
is to find a new love. This occaonally
cures an old love complaint." t
e comnieuded the theory of Bishopallows
of mind and medicine workis
in harmony.
Japanese Budget For 1909-10.
The budget for the year 1909-10,
hich has been completed at Tokio,
apan, shows receipts of 543,630,000
en, Including a surplus of 52,240,w
00 yen; expenditures, 543,630,000
en, including disbursements madq
n the special war account, of 11,}
10.000 yen. Expenditures post*
oned from the previous year amount
> 14,600,0^0 yen.
Injured Baby Lifting It. "'"""J !
At Elkhart, Ind., the infant child
f George Fulmer lost the use of its
rms and wrists temporarily because *
hildren playing with it lifted it ab><
uptly, holding it by the hands. ,4
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