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LADY
on
THE SEQUEL
BY MRS. O
CHAPTER VI. i <
Continued. 1
"Shall you both like it so very
much? Then," said Lady Car, sit- '
ting straight up with a look of pale !
resolution in her face which did not '
seem called for by such a simple de
termination, "then, children, you 1
shall ge?" 1
"Hurrah!** cried Tom, "that's the
jolliest' thing I've heard for long; 4
that's exactly what I want! "'I want
to know it," he cried; ""I do want to 1
. ' know it before I go there and settle
down." 1
Lady Car turned her eyes upon him 1
with a wonderful inquiring look. 1
Nothing, indeed, could be more nat- 1
ural. Yet to hear that some one 1
would go there, not for holidays, but 1
to settle down, oppressed poor Car- !
ry's soul. She faded into whiteness, 1
as if she was fainting. It seemed to
her that his father looked over Tom's ]
shoulder?the lather whom the boy
was so like?his living image, as peo
r?A\f oa foil on/1 rf^nri cr '
plU DCT1U, Iiut OV tan UUU gnuufcj, L/uu
with the features and the eyes and
the aspect, which poor Carry had so
feared.
"Beau!" cried both the young people
in one voice, "Oh, I believe it's 1
his doing, Tom! He must have a
hand in it! Beau, next holidays we '
are going to the Towers. . Mother ;
says so. We are going next holidays
to the Towers."
"Your mother is full of sense,"
said Beaufort, who had just come in.
"I knew that she would see it to be
the right thing to do." ;
Poor Carry! She felt as if she
could not bear it, this sacrifice of all :
her own feelings and wishes. She 1
said to herself that she could not do 1
it; that before the time came she
must die! And perhaps there was a '
forlorn hope that this was what :
would happen in her heart as she sat 1
and saw her husband and her chil- ;
dren rejoicing over the tea table?
% most naturally, most justly, she j
knew; at least it was but natural and
just so far as the children were con- I
; cerned. !
She had to give great orders and '
\ - make many arrangements about the !
opening up of the house. It was so 1
long since it had been shut up. Tom
had been only six, and now he was j
seventeen and a half. She wrote to 1
, her sister Edith and to Edith's hus- 1
band, John Erskine, as well as to 1
the pastor on the estate and the ser- '
vants who were in charge. And *
there were a number of things sent 1
from town "to make it habitable." 1
To make it habitable! She could not ?
help the feeling that this was what 1
he would have liked least of all, 1
when she remembered the wonder- 1
fully costly catafalques of furniture ?
qf which he had been so proud, and 1
the decorations that would make poor *
Edward miserable. Edward did not 1
mind the fact that it was his money 1
which made Easton so comfortable; *
but to put up with his wardrobes and ?
sideboards?that was a different mat- (
ter. Even in her humiliation and c
in the much greater troubles she had ?
to occupy her, she could not help a 1
j j 4.? il: i_ ^ o m j a i_ ai t
snuuuer 10 iuiuk uj. auwara in uie midst
of all those showy relics of the 1
past. Eleven years had not dimmed 1
her own recollection of her own sur- c
roundings. She remembered with an *
acute recollection which was pain *
where everything stood, and sent de- *
tailed directions as to how all was "
to be altered. "Dear Edith, do see t
that everything is changed. Don't ?
let anything look as it used to do. It 1
would kill me if the rooms were left "
as they were," she wrote to her sis- '
ter. "Do?do see that everything is '
changed." 5
Perhaps it was by dint of having 1
thus exhausted all feeling and fore- *
'stalled all Amotion that when she 1
did find herself at the Towers at last *
it was almost without sentiment of>
any kind. . Edith had carried out her
consigne. very well, and she was
standing under the much mediaeval c
doorway to receive her sister when c
Lady Car drove up. The sisters had
not net for a long time?not for several
years, and the meeting in itself
did much to break the spell. Carry
awoke with wonder and a little relief
to find herself next morning in her
old house, and to feel that she did not
mind. Torrance did not meet her at
his own hearth: he did not look at her
from the balcony: he did not follow
her about the corridor. She was very
much relieved after all her imaginary
anguish to feel that the reality was
less dreadful than she had feared.
And it was something to see the
children so truly happy. The quiet
little Janet, who said so little, was
quite roused out of herself. She became
almost noisy, rushing with Tom
from the top of the tower to the very
cellars, going over everything. Her
voice mingled shrill in the hurrah
with which Tom contemplated the flag
of which he had dreamed, the sign
of his own domination in this house
of his father's, which was to the boy
as if it had been the shrine of the
noblest of races. "I see now," he
said, "that rag at Easton was all a
sham, but this is the real thin<? "
"This is the real thing,'' said Janet, s
decisively; "the other was only non- 1
sense." They had not been twenty- s
four hours in the place before they 1
? had seen, and as they said, recog- 1
nized, everything. All their upbriug- <
ing in scenes so different, all the as- t
sociations of their lives, seemed to |f
go for nothing. They were intoxi- '
cated with pleasure and pride. A <
couple of young princes restored to ?
their kingdom would not have nc- 1
cepted their grandeur with a rr?ore 1
ur^oubting sense that they had it i i
last recovered their rights. I 1
The house soon filled with visitoot j I
and company?guest:? who came for >
sport, and guests who came for curi- >
osity, and the great country people *
/ who were friends of the Lindons, and j 1
the smaller people who were friends 11
'TO. *
CAR;
. OF A LITE.
LIPH ANT.
5f Torrance. And with both sorts of
ihese visitors Carry could not help
seeing?or perhaps she only imagined
it?i hat though her husband and herself
were treated with great curiosity,
it was Tom who was looked to with
the chief interest He was the future
possessor of all. Though she had enLire
sway in the house as she never
had before, yet she was nothing but
a shadow, as she had always been.
A.nd the children would have liked if
possible to ignore her, too. As for
Tom, he got altogether beyond her
control. When he was not shooting,
taking upon himself premature airs
Df the master, he was riding about
the country as his father had done,
going to all kinds of places, making
acquaintances everywhere. He cams
home on several occasions, after a day
of roaming, with red eyes, half-falling,
half-leaping, off his horse, making
his entrance audible by all the
tumult of rough revilement, calling
loudly to the servants, discharging
oaths at them for imaginary delay.
+ ^Viic V? o nnnnor! T.oHv
I JL1C ill LliliC lUlO JUU\aj
Car only suspected it with alarm,
which everybody about stilled as best
they could, getting the young culprit
out of the way. "The matter? there
is nothing the matter," Beaufort said,
coming to her, a little pale, but with
a laugh. "Tom has lost his temper.
He is vexed with himself for being
late for dinner. I'll have a talk with
him by and by." "Is that all, Edward?"
she said. "What should it be
more?" her husband replied. But on
another occasion, as evil luck would
have it, Tom made his entrance just
as a party, a large one, in which his
place was vacant, was sweeping across
the hall to dinner, and his mother,
who came last, had the full advantage
of that spectacle?her son, standing
all bespattered, unsteady, his dull
eyes fierce with angry light. "Hallo,
mother! I'm a bit .ate. Never mind,
['11 come as I am." he cried, steadying
himself, beating his muddy boot with
his whip. Lady Car threw an anguished
look at the new butler, who
stood splashed and indifferent at the,
floor. There was not even an old'
servant full of resource to coax the
foolish, wretched boy away.
She had to go in and sit down smiling
at the head of the table, and entertain
her guests, not knowing any
minute whether the boy might not
burst in and make his shame visible
:o all. In the miflst of the sounds of
ihe dinner-table, the talk, and the
-ing of the knives and forks, and the
movements of the servants, other
sounds seemed to reach her ear of
oud voices and noise outside. She
lad to hear it all and make no sign,
)ut talk, that her neighbors on each
side might not notice, with what was
ilmost noisiness for Carry. Perhaps,
hough it seems more horrible at such
i crisis to be in the midst of the comjulsory
make-belief of society, it is
letter for the sufferer. She kept up,
md never winced till the dinner was
>ver, and the endless tune in the
Irawing room after, and all the
;uests gone?those who were from
he neighborhood to their homes,
hose who were in the house to their
ooms. Then, and only then, did she
lare to breathe, to give way to the
levouring anxiety in her mind. She
lad bidden her husband liGc, go!" to
he smoking room, or anywhere with
he last guests, and she was alone
rhe whole house had been changed;
he old furniture displaced, all its associations
altered; and yet in that
noment everything came back again
?the catafalques of old, the vulgar
?pienaors, me oia areamy surrounaugs.
The boy! the boy! She thought
she saw his father come out before
ler, as she had feared to see him all
hese years, saying with his oil brutal
augh, "Your boy; none of yours,
tfine! mine!"
CHAPTER VII.
Beaufort behaved very well at this
risis of domestic history. He. shook
)ff his usual languor, and became at
;nce energetic and active. What he
;aid to Tom remains undisclosed, but
le "spoke to'' the boy with great
orce, and even eloquence, represent,ng
to him the ruin entailed by cer,ain
bad habits, which more than
>ther vices, probably worse in Ihem;elves,
destroy a man's reputation and
legrade him among his fellows,
rhough he was himself a man over efined
in his ways, he was clever
jnough to seize the only motives
vhich were likely to influence the
uder nature of his stepson. And
hen he went to poor Carry, who in
his home of evil memories sat like a
?host surrounded by the recollections
)f the past, antl seeing forever before
ler eyes the disordered looks and
jxcited eyes of her boy. He was not,
ilas' ihe son of her dreams, the
:hild wnom every mother hopes for,
vho is to restore the ideal of what a
nan should be. Many disappointnents
had already taught Lady Car
hat her son had little of the ideal in
linj, and nothing, or next to nothing,
jf herself; hut. still he was her son.
tnd to think of him as the rude and
/iolent debauchee of the countryside
;eemed more than she could bear.
Beaufort came in upon her miserable
seclusion like a fresh breeze of comort
and hope. This was so far from
lis usual aspect, that the effect was
loubled. Tender he always was, but
o-day he was cheerful, hopeful, full
>1 confidence and conscious power.
'There must be no more of this," he
:ried. "Come, Carry, have a little
onrage. Because the boy has been a
'ool once?or even twice?that is not
o say that iliere is anything tragical
n ii or that he is abandoned to bad
laliitH It is probably scarcely his
'suili at all -a combination of circum
;i;ir:WH Nobody s fault. indeed.
imiif nil)} man, forgetting he was a
joy, persuading him out of supposed
io3pitality to swallow something the
joy's head could not stand. How was
I I r? --
the boy in his innocence to know
that he could not stand it? It is a
mere accident. My love, you good
women are often terribly unjust and
sweeping in your judgments. You
must not from one little foolish misdemeanor
judge Tom."
"Oh, Edward!" she cried, "judge
him! my own boy! All that I feel is
that I would rather have died than
seen than look, that dreadful look, in
my child's face."
"Nonsense, Carry. That if. what I
call judging him. You should never
have seen it; but as for rather dying
?would Tom be the better for it if
he had lost his mother, the best influence
a boy??"
She shook her head, but how to tell
her husband o? the specter who had
risen before her in the house that was
his, claiming the son who was his,
his heir, and not Carry's, she did not
know. Influence! she had been helpless
by the side of the father, and in
the depths of that dreadful experience
Carry foresaw that the son, so
like him, so moulded upon that man
whom she had feared to the bottom of
her heart, and alas! unwillingly
hated, had now escaped her, too.
There are moments which are prophetic,
and in which the feeblest vision
sees clear. He had escaped her,
if, indeed, he had ever acknowledged
any influence of hers. As a child he
had been obliged to obey her, and
still as a youth the influence of the
household?that decent, tranquil,
graceful household at Easton?which
henceforward Tom would compare so
contemptuously with his own "place"
and the wealth which was soon to be
his?had kept him in a fashion of
submission. But Tom had always
1 ? 1. J M 4. V.I-. A?> mltu ATTAO f n
luuiieu at ins mucuei nnu cjc o iu
which defiance lurked. There had
never been in him anything of that
glamor with which some children regard
their mother, finding in her
their first ideal. It had always been
a weariness to Tom to be confined to
the restraint of her society. When
they were children even, he and his
sister had schemed together to escape
from it. She was dimly aware
that even Janet?these things are
hard for a mother tp realize, but
there are moments when they come
upon her with all the certainty ot
fate. Her,influence! She could have
laughed or wept. As it was with
the father, so would it be with the
son. For that moment at least poor
Carry's perceptions were clear.
But what could she say? She said
nothing; not even to Eeaufort could
she disclose that miserable insight
which had come to her. Your own
children?how can you blame them to
another, even if he is your husband?
How say that, though so near in
blood and every tie, they are alien in
soul? How disclose that sad intuition?
Carry never said a word. She
shook her head; not even perhaps to
their own father could she have revealed
that discovery. A mother's
part is to excuse, to pardon, to bear
with everything, even to pretend that
she is deceived and blinded by the
partiality of love, not to disclose the
profound and unalterable discourage
raent with which she has recognized
the truth. She shook her head at
Beaufort's arguments, leaving him to
believe that it was only a woman's
natural severity of judgment against
the sins with which she had no sympathy.
And by and by she allowed
herself to be comforted. He thought
that he had brought her back to good
sense and the moderation of a less
exacting standard, and had convinced
her that a boyish escapade, howevei
blamable, was not of the importance
shfe thought. He thought he had persuaded
her not to be hard upon Tom,
not to reproach him, to pass it over
as a thing which might be trusted to
his good sense not to occur again.
Carry did not enter into any explanations.
She had by this time come to
understand well enough that she
must not expect any one to divine
what was in her heart.
Meanwhile Janet, who was vaguely
informed on the matter, and knew
that Tom was in disgrace, though not
very clearly why, threw herself into
his defense with all the fervor that
was in ner nature, one weni ana sai
by him while he lingered over a late
breakfast with all the ruefulness of
headache. '"Oh, Tom, what have you
done?" she said. "Oh, why didn't you
come in time for dinner? Oh, where
were you all the afternoon? We were
looking for you everywhere, Jock and
I." "Jock was an Erskine cousin, the
eldest of the tribe.
"What does it matter to you where
I was?" said the sullen boy.
"Tom! everything matters to me,"
said Janet, "and for one thing we
couldn't make up our game."
To be Continued.
Most Popular Name For Brides.
Ana was the most popular name
for brides in 1907. The Maggies, the
Marys, the Kates and the Rosies,
all of whom have in past years carried
off the honor, must bow to Ann.
Thomas C. Smith, the application
clerk of the marriage license bureau,
has for years kept a record of the
most popular names'of brides, and
his records for 1907 show that there
have been more brides with Ann as
a handle to their names and surnames
than any other.
Katie carries off second honors
j >
ana jviar.v, once su pupuiip, unneu
back to the seventh place. In 3 90G
Maggie won first place, but now she
takes third place.
Mr. Smith places the ten most
popular brides of 1907 in their respective
standing as follows: Ann.
Kate. Maggie, Elizabeth. Sarah, Carrie,
Mary, Rosa. Emma and Clara.?
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Prompt.
"T'isro ic nn fnniichnpss nlimit re
. ^ _
iigioji in Southwestern Missouri,"
said a St. Louis man. "I had occasion,
recently, to visit a town in that
section, and, while waiting the pleasure
of the president of the bank I had
business with, caught sight of the
following notice posted on the door of
a church across the way:
" 'There will be preaching here
next Sunday, Providence permitting;
and there will be preaching here
whether or no on the Sunday following
upon the subject. He that believeth
and is baptized shall be saved,
and he that believeth not bhall be
damned at 11.30 a. m.' "?Harper's
Monthly.
THE SNAKES OF
THE INDIAN EMPIRE.
Major Wall's Valuable Wor
in Identifying Venomous Rep
tiles.
If you hear the word "snake" 1
India, "cobra" instantly and natui
ally comes to your mind, as the cobr
is generally supposed to be the mos
deadly of all snakes in India. Y<
there are other snakes which are eve
more dangerous, and it seems that tl
cobra must descend from the hig
pedestal on which he has been place
and do his basking on a back seat.
India offers a limitless field for tt
study of snakes?both real and lmaj
inary?the latter are innumerableyet
there are few Anglo-Indians wfc
have made especial study of these ii
terestin* and important reptiles, <
contributed any original matter c
the subject. Moat of the Indian res
dent's information about poisonoi
reptiles of the country is derive
from books written by Europeans s
home, whose observations have bee
confined to glass-jar or museum spec
mens.
Recent research and investigatioi
have given the medical professic
much moreknowledgeof snake venoi
than it possessed formerly, and tt
unfortunate sufferer from snake-bi
has a fair chance of recovery now;
days if he has instant and lntelligei
treatment, and the medical attendai
knows the species of snake which di
the biting. The poison of the con
mon krait is twice as virulent as thi
of the cobra, while that of the mo
common cf sea snakes is eight tim<
more deadly. With increased know
edge of snake venom a more ration;
treatment through antivenene hi
been introduced into practice, but
l~ jineanHal +VlO+ fha QftonfUnP' TlhVS
iO COOCUbiai buu V I.UV ? Q x ? ?
cian should correctly identify ti
snake which caused the trouble, i
that the strength of his poison m:
be known and treated accordingly.
The Indian Medical Service h:
produced a specialist in ophiology ]
Major F. Wall, the only Anglo-India
of note who has made sufficient stud
. of the subject to be considered a firs
hand authority. For several yeai
Major Wall has contributed to tt
pages of the journal of the Bombs
Natural History Society and else
where a series of well written an
admirably illustrated articles on Ii
dian snakes, which should tend to ii
crease common knowledge of the:
enemies of man.
Major Wall has recently collecte
these articles, and, with an ihtrodu
tory chapter, has published them in
brochure. He gives clear descri]
tlons of the thirty-four species of po
sonous land snakes of India, Burma
and Ceylon, in nearly every case su]
plemented by illustrations which gi\
the chief distinguishing characteri;
tics of each.
Illustrations and text are so con
prehensive that identification of an
particular species becomes ea3y, hov
ever mutilated the snake may ha^
been by its captors. The little vo
ume will doubtless become a tex
1 1, Tr^on ni<n/>HHnnprs an
uuua UiliVXif) xuviit***
others, who, after mastering Majc
Wall's simple system of identiflcatioi
may place any poisonous snake in ii
proper place, and in a case of snak<
bite prescribe the required treatmei
for that particular species. Majc
Wall has done a great deal to fami
iarize the people of India with the
snakes, and it would be well were h
example followed in other countrie
inhabited by poisonous snakes.?S. I
M., in the New York Post.
The Canny Scot.
Scotsmen are noted for their cai
niness, and a story told by a Lanes
shire commercial traveler, who w?
up in Aberdeen a few days ago, shov
that the men beyond the Tweed ai
still worthily upholding their reputi
tion. The traveler in question wf
asked by a prospective buyer to sul
scribe to the prize fund for the loci
golf tournament.
He parted with Ave shillings, an
as he was interested in golf he r<
marked that he would lik^ to be kej
informed of the progress of the ioui
naraent so that he could look out fc
the result.
"Oh," said the customer, as 1j
picked up the five shillings and place
it securely in his pocket, "ye needn
dae that. The tournament was he!
last Saturday."
This was rather a staggerer for tl
latest contributor to the prize fuui
but he retained curiosity enough t
inquire who had proved the happ
winner.
The guileless solicitor for sul
scriptions was quite undaunted, hov
ever. "The winner?" he said coyl:
"Oh, just maser."?Tit-Bits.
Avoid the Evil Eye.
Very curious to the Occident!
mind are some of the ways of Arabi
and other Mohammedan countrie
A traveler says: "One of the objec;
of the most anxious solicitude fc
Mohammedan parents is the shielc
ing of their children from the ev
eye; any person expressing admiri
tion for a child except by pious ejac.
lation or the invocation of blessins
upon the prophet fills the heart (
the parent with apprehension. Whe
children are to be taken into tfc
street their faces are often eve
smeared with mud or greasy sul
stances lest their comeliness shoul
attract attention, and in order tin
the person of the child itself shoul
escape attention gaudy and glitterin
ornaments are hung about it, an
written charms sewn into leather mi
dallions suspended from its neck."
Patlcresivki's Diet.
Prior to his appearance at a concei
Paderewski would not thank one fc
a piece of the finest turkey or for th
most toothsome Christmas puddiu
ever made. On a concert day he eal
nothing until it is concluded excei
one soft-boiled egg. When it is ovt
he takes a hoarty meal, which he ei
joys thoroughly, as his appetite i
excellent, although he is so absten
ous. During the concert he drinks
soda lemonade made without suga:
It need hardly be said that this 1
net intended as a stimulant. Afte
the concert he permits himself a dra]
' of some malt beverage,?Tit-Bits,
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* INTERNATIONAL LESSON O
r" MENTS FOR FEBRUARY 28
a
3t
it Subject: The Gospel in Samnria, j
n 8:4-25?Golden Text, Acts
ie ?Commit Verses 14, 15?-C
mentary on the Lesson.
TIME.?35-37 A. D. PLACJ
Samaria.
EXPOSITION.?I. Baptized Y
=" the Holy Ghost as Well as With A
? er, 14-17. The apostles gladly
io ceived the intelligence tnat tne
i- spised Samaritans had received
)r Word of God. They sent their
)n best men to foster the work. P
? and John on their- arrival found
none of the converts had received
^ Holy Spirit. Certainly among
ld company of baptized believers tl
it were some regenerate persons, bu
sn are distinctly told that "as yet
i- Holy Spirit had fallen upon non
them." They were precisely in
ls position of many Un the church
day. They had believed the t]
1 concerning the kingdom of God
m the name of Jesus Christ, and
ie been baptized, but they had not
te ceived the Holy Spirit as a dist
a- and definite personal experience,
it important did the apostles regar
nt that believers should receive the 1
1(j Spirit that the first thing they fctt
ed to was this. They evide
" thought that the way to obtain
ir Holy Spirit was by prayer (v. 15
st Luke ,1.1 -13). It whs now years a
?s Pentecost, and still we find the a
1- ties praying for the Holy Ghost,
ai cannot improve upon their met
ls The reception of the Holy Spiri'
jt these Samaritan converts was sc
, thing so very definite and mai
that Simon saw it. It has been
ie gued from the fact that the apos
50 laid their hands upon them that
:y Holy Ghost can only be given by
laying on of an apostle's hands,
ig "as the apostles are no longer 1
[n us the gift of the Holy Ghost is
for to-day." This is strange 1
' and contradicts plain Scripture te
ly ing, for it was not an apostle,
t_ merely "a certain disciple," who
rs hands on Saul when he received
ie Holy Ghost (Acts 9:10, 11).
ty household of Cornelius received
?_ Holy Ghost without the laying o
^ any one's hands (ch. 10:44).
Samaritan believers did not hav
spend weeks "waiting for their ]
a" tecost." It came the moment
3e conditions were fulfilled. It wa:
everywhere in Acts after Acts 2:(]
id II. Baptized With Water, bat
c- regenerate, 18-25. Simon desire
a buy the power of imparting the I
Spirit. His heart was so thorou,
~ corrupt with selfishness and cc
ousness that he would turn God's
into a way of unholy gain. '
P- brought a stern rebuke and v
re warning. It is all yery Bolemn.
s- there not to-day those who are 1<
ing and praying for the baptism 1
j. the Holy Spirit for their own agg
dizement or gain? An evang
y once spoke on the baptism with
Holy Spirit. A pastor as he wa:
re home with him said, "That is
1- what I need. . I must have the
t- tism with the Holy Spirit. I am
d getting $1200 a year. 'If I had
)r baptism with the Holy Spirit I bel
I could get $1500." That was fri
' ful, but this pastor only put
plain words what many another
2" dimly felt aud for this reason.
longed and prayed for the gift.
>r all such ponder the solemn word
1- vs. 20-23. Such a view of the ma
[r reveals an irreverence toward
is and a selfishness so profound a
make pardon almost impossible
j 22). The one who thinks that G
gifts can be purchased Tyith mc
does not know God nor the metl
of His grace. All of God's gifts
gifts indeed. They are not to be
chased, but received (Is. 55:1; E
i- 6:23; Eph. 2:8; Rom. 11:6). Si:
had believed Philip's doctrine
ls had been baptized with water (v. :
JS but he was an unregenerate man,
heart was not right in the sigh
God, and he had no part nor lo
this matter. The only one who
part or lot in the matter of the
>- of the Holy Ghost is the one wl
il heart is right in the sight of God
Heb. 1:9; Acts 5:32). It mat
. U + Ha TnViafViAr nnr hfiorte ora rin-h
a " i
th^ sight of man, the question is,
"" our hearts right in the sight of (
?t We need forgiveness not only for
r" outward acts, but also for
>r thoughts of our heart. Simon wa
the visible church, but neverthe
te be was "in the gall of bitterness
,d the bond of iniquity." There is
|a gall so bitter as the gall of sin. T1
, is no bond so strong as the bom
iniquity (John 8:34). Simon did
want to draw near to God himseli
ie asked Peter to pray to the Lord for 1
3, He does not appear to have beer
;o sorry for his sin as he was frighte
,v at the possible penalty. Accordin,
tradition Simon did not repent,
became an enemy to the Gospel.
3" apostles did two things?they t<
J- fied of what they themselves kne\
y- the Lord (cf. Luke 24:48; Acts 1
and "preached the Word of the Lo;
The word translated "preach" m?
"spoke." They did not preach
mons, but just talked the Word
I the Lord. Notice carefully wha
was they talked, not their own id
ia but the Word of the Lord. On tl
3- way back home they took opportu:
ts of declaring the good tidings in
>r villages of the Samaritans thro
1- which they passed. Their prejud
il were breaking down rapidly. Tl
method of preaching is worthy of i
tation, just talking the Word of
Lord and declaring the Gospel (
's ennri newtO
n Lived With Broken Neck.
ie At a Coroner's inquest at Atlai
n Ga., into the death of Frank Car
a- sixty years old, it was testified t
d his neck was broken seventeen ye
, ago and he had lived without seri
inconvenience from the accidi
Carter died of apoplexy. When
S police found his neck was broken t
d suspected foul play and ordered
3- inquest. The testimony that his n
I had been broken seventeen years
| acceuted as satisfactory.
X?car to Drink Milk.
In Boston, Mass., Professor P.
Harwood, of the Massachusetts St
)r Dairy Bureau, told a convention
milk producers that there had b
g a decrease of 10,500,000 quarts
Da the amount of milk consumed in
,t State during 1907. He attributed
T decrease to the alarm over the ac
j teration in nwlk. and said the m
important thing to be done was
IS bring about a restoration of c
fidence.
a
r* Uncle Sam Owns One-fifth.
'3 The forests owned by the Gove
ment cover one-fourth of the tc
it forest area, and contain one-fifth
all the timber standing.
"1 BITTER WAR ON INTEMPERANCE
? v
SOLDIERS FIGHTING THIS CURSE
I GREATLY CHEERED.
The Unconquerable King. ,
The friends of old King Barleycorn
DM? Are looking mournful and forlorn;
I. And well, say. I, they may?
For look'ee, there's a plan new-grown
To oust the old King from his throne I
And pluck his crown away.
\ets To
8:6 It started with the C. T. U., Of
, And, laws-a-mussy, how it grew! W
om" Just like man's thirst for drink;
And disaffected subjects cried:
"Old Barleycorn must step aside? Ai
Hi.? We want another King!"
Tc
Vith Of course, pretenders soon arose, Tc
Vat- And which will win out, goodness knows? A/
re_ H The long lines never stop;
j But those whose friends seem least afraid TV
~r" Are gallant young Prince Lemonade
tne Ana Princess Ginger Pop. Tc
very Tc
eter To throw out poor King Barleycorn Or
that They plot away from night to morn,
the From soon to very late; So
this They'll get him yet, but this is plain:
, Though he may oe expelled or slain, Tc
&ere Hell never abdicate.
twe ?Richmond Times-Dispatch. Mi
the Fc
Compensation.
to- As is known to all our readers the
ruth all absorbing question agitating the
and temperance people of England tohad
day, is the demand of the liquor deal- f?
re- ers for compensation in cases where 111
;inct the magistrates refuse to renew H- ex
So censes. The Rev. G. Armstrong, a
d it Wesleyan Methodist preacher of Eng- n
ioly land, in an able article printed in the ne
end- Methodist Temperance Magazine, ge
ntly turns the tables upon the liquor men m
the when he says: "Justice demands Pr
; of. that the publican should compensate st
ifter the State for the unspeakable dam- eij
pos- ages his trade has inflicted upon it." ,
We The following are some of the ,
hod. items of the bill which hejsays the J?
t by nation might fairly lay against the
ime- traffic:
*ked Item 1.?Damages for the deterior- in
ar- ation of property in the neighborhood
jties of the license. Fr
the Item 2.?Compensation to employ- j
the ers for all that they lose on Mondays, jH
and and at other times, through the ab- 111
fvitb sence of tippling workmen from their ..
not work.
ogic Item 3.?Compensation to employ- ?
ach- ers for muddle-headed work done by !n
DUt uouajf numuueu.
laid Item 4-?The cost of the support of
th'e all drink-produced paupers and pau- cn
The per-lunatics. > ?
the Item 5.?The cost of policemen, *n
n ol judges, prisons and criminal pro- 05
The cedure,' as far as they are due to S?
e to drink. > J*
peil. Item 6.?Compensation to families *
the for death and sickness of members
s so of the family caused by drink.
Item 7.?Damages for all drinkTjn.
causied accidents, shipwrecks and the m
d to "ke. ?
joly item 8.?Damages for all skilled e
ghly workmen whose education has been m:
iVet? costly to the community, and who ge
gift have not given .the number of years' ,
Phis service in return that might have - .
wfu] been expected from them, in conse
^re quence of their premature death w.
arig- through alcohol.
Wit{j If the State allows this traffic,
ran- which has acquired such swollen co
elist wealth by meani of an unearned in- ?e
the crement, tc go soot free with what it
Iked has sot, the trade ought to consider PJ
ju6j that it has been treated with iherciful w
bap. magnanimity. nc
now Does the liquor traffic clamor for
this Justice? ^ had better take care how
jeve it utters that jirayer, lest God should ^
?ljk answer it! wnat aoes tne jaw or 77
into ^od say is 3ustIce f?r the ox that
ha<1 gored, and for the owner who know- f
ingly kep.t it? Does the liquor traffic ,
Let as* for justice? Then justice let it. p1'
s in be! Justice for broken hearts, for ei?
lttei desolated homes, for commercial dis- WJ
q0(j aster, for the manufacture of pau- ev
t pers, lunatics, incapables and crim- ?.?
CV Inals. Justice for myriads of little
od.g children perishing in hunger and c
mey squalor, and reared in filth, disease an
10dg and moral corruption, to be the
are scourge of society. Does the liquor co
traffic ciaim its due compensation? W(
.qhj" What is it? The curse of the right- an.
mon eous ^od' whose uttermost wrath w!
and rests upon all systems that make YJ
,0) i traffic of the manhood which is so 1
' precious in His sight that He has re
oeemed it with the blood of His or/n
r. S?qt
in
has ' ve
gift Good Advice For Everybody. it?
aose No one. will charge Field and al"
(ci. stream with being a prohibition or- be
ff8 gan. The advice that journal gives HI
t m on the drink question is all the more he
?a^e valuable, especially to those who fol- co
.rod. ]0W 6p0r,ts in northern woods in the pr
winter time. It says: iti
Alcoholic liquor is generally worse fa
s In than useless in the woods, except in an
lIess the most extreme cases. Hot tea will fri
and do anything that brandy or whisky ov
1 no will do as a stimulant, and do it a ex
lere whole lot better, and it is easy to o?
i ?* carry a sufficient amount in your mi
not pocket to last a week on the trail. In efii
so. cold weather especially you should mi
use no liquor on the trail, as it leaves be
1 so you more susceptible to cold after its th
ne? temporary effects have passed than pr
g to yOU were before. In zero weather tea pr
but iS a nfe saver and liquor is a kiHer. tli
The I very few mountain men of experl- Ai
wti; ence carry liquor, even though they th
v o" be habitual users of it, preferring tea bl<
&;, as a cold weather drink in the cold, co
r(*- thin air of the high country, and use su
sans it freely. Tea can be made in a few Sc
ser" minutes under almost any circum'
?" stances, and will brace you up wont
^ derfully at the finishing end of a hard
eas, trip in -coid weather.
hpir in.
. lie
aity va
the Not Logical. r
ugh Some say that, though moderate ha
ices drinkers, they are loyal followers of of
heir the Saviour of mankind. Can this Bti
imi- be true if they continue to drink that f0
the which ruins many thousands of .those a
the for whom He died? Ai
A Novel Campaign For Temperance.
nta, Right has always been on the side
ter,' ?* the temperance forces, but in days atl
hat past the saloons have often had the tu:
;ars most effective tactics, and the tactics It
ous rather than the righteousness of the mi
Bnt. cause nave prevailed. To-aay, tins foi
the can no longer be said. The methods ?
hey which have served the saloons so well
the in the Past have been adopted by the
eclj temperance forces and have been
was cleaned up and purified and made to u_
serve the cause of righteousness. ,iQ
Chief among these, perhaps, is adver- _-fl
Using. ph
II.
:at6 Questions For Pastors.
?' Have you a Temperance Commiteen
tee? .
Do you occasionally have special
t*10 , temperance meetings? rjl
the How many of your members are r~
. pledged to total abstinence? ?
os* Will you try to get your members ?
t? I to sign a simple total abstinence :
ou- | pledge?
se
At Fort Plain. NT. Y., Alfred Bil- Is
rn. ; lington, a veteran of the Civil Wan D(
ital ' murdered his son after both had been
0j drinking heavily together. Rum ancj in
affection cannot thrive side by side- } is
til
?- -
1 gjjhcredjorfbe f
IQUETHOOI^I MARTHA
OR MAitY.
cannot chooBe; I should have liked at
much 1
i sit at Jesus' feet,?to feel the touch
Hirj kind, gentle hand upon my head
hik- drinking in the gracious words H*
said.
id yet?to serve Him! Oh, divine en*
ploy!
? minister and give the Master joy!
bathe in coolest sprines His weary feet
id wait upon Him while He sat at meat*
-v
orship or service?which ? Ah, that il
best
? which He calk me?be it toil .->r re?t; r \
i labor for Him ip life's busy stir,
seek His feet a silent worshiper.
let Him choose for ub. We are not
Htronc
i make the choice. Perhaps we ahouM
go wrong, '
istaking zeal for service?sinful sloth
ir loving worship?and so fail of both.
?Home Herald.
It is Hard to Be Rich and Good. ' ?
Why should material prosperity aft
ct unfavorably the righteousness ofV e
people? Is it not reasonable t*
pect that those on whom , a benefl?
nt Creator has showered His bounty
an unusual degree should be drawn
arer to Him and become more dillnt
in their obedience to His com^
andments? The bounty of Hit
ovidence calls for larger gratitude,
ronger faith, more constant obedice.
What shall we think of a sod
ic has been highly favored by hi* v
ther and granted every wish tnrng
away from that father to spend 1
s substance in riotous living?
Yet is it not true as a rule that
ose who have received most are the
ost ungrateful? Do not the sons
luuuigem pareuui uneu iuiu uui
dly? Have not the children of
xury eroerally made shipwreck of .
e?
The same is trne of nations,
jundance brings luxury, luxury bets
corruption and corruption en da
ruin. Mr. Wesley had hard work
persuade the people called Metbosts
to live as well in prosperity a? , ' '
ey did la adversity. His doctrines- ,
ade men upright and industrious/
dustry and integrity were followed ...'
r prosperity, and prosperity almost . 4
rtalnly caused religious decline* .
any of the followers of Mr. Wesley
came prosperous, and prosperity ex-*
ted its natural effect' on their lives.
3 found a remedy. He adopted, and ; ;
omillgated three rules: Firsts
ake all you can; second, save/ all
iu can; third, give all 70a can.
iring strictly to theee rules anyone^
ay become prosperous without danr
to his spiritual life.-"
The- American people have reason*
be on their guard against the. ruli*
nich has overtaken other nations,
e hear much boasting of nnparal* i
lied prosperity. We see evidences
the increase of luxury which such
nditions begets. We cannot help
eing the overwhelming corruption 't
llowing upon the heels of great*
osperity and national indulgence,
hat shall the end be? America is
it a land of destiny iti such a 'sense
to be exempt from the operation of
e unalterable law that "whataosver
man soweth that shall he also reap.
3 that soweth to the flesh, shall of
e flesh reap corruption.".
The times caU for larger liberality,
r deeper gratitude, for more comete
consecration. We are not/own5,
but stewards. We have nothing
lich , we . have ^aot received. For
ery talent we must all give ac?
unt. Much will be receiyed from
ose who have received much. If
urches grow wealthy, preachers
lass money, bishops lay up treases
upon the earth/ Christians heme
sordid and covetous, while the
)rld lieth in wickedness and ignorce,
no dignity or sacredness of office
11 save anyone from that word
lich is so terrible in the pa^abler
'hou fool."?Christian Advocate.
When Refining Was Needed.
(add knows just when specially se?
re affliction is needed.'and He times
! sending accordingly. We may not
ways feel that He has chosen the
at .time; but we may safely trust
im in this. Two men Tyho ;jore
avy responsibilities, and who had
me to a time so Critical that their
ocer discharge of those responsibiles
meant the difference between
ilure and success for themselves
id many others, were both con- '
jnted, borne down, and well-nigb
ercome, by entirely unforeseen and
traordinary affliction. Asking each
her why God had seen best to perit
this added burden, when their
iciency in His service so plainly deluded
that they should be at their* 4
st, the only reasonable conclusion
ey could arrive at was that God had
obably done this in order to im- -c
ove the quality of their work at a
ne when quality was most needed,
id the outcome seemed to justify^ ' ;
eir belief. Gjd plans nothing but
essings for us all; but unswerving
nfldence in His love !r. our only
re title to the blessing.?Sundayhool
Times.
f
One Sin.
Never trifle with one sin. It la
:e a little cloud which, as a poet
.s said, may hold a hurricane in its
asp. The next sin you commit may
,ve a mighty effect in the blighting 4
your life. You do not know the
reams that may flow from that
untain; for sin is a fountain?no(
mere act, but a fountain of evil.?
ldrew A. Eonar. \
Piety a Means.
Piety is not an end, but a means of
taining the highest degree of cul- '
re by perfect peace of mind. Hence
is to be observed that those who
ike piety an end and aim in itself
r the most part become hypocrites*
Goethe.
Cleaning Up.
A cleaning up should be a cleaning *
, and not a moving around. It will
t mean anything, as a whole, toovel
up a load of filth from one
ice and simply move it to another,
Phipps Owns Great Island. I
By the recent transfer of the title .
: the former residence of Charles B|
r*wrtnf TelonH noqr Wvannla
L/l J t KJL UI cat 40?auu,
ass., on the south side of Cape Coq
i Henry Phipps, the steel magnate
f New York and Pittsburg, acquire#
ill possession of the island, contain
g about 800 acres. This is one oj
Le largest individual holdings of
ashore property in .the State. Great 4
land is an island in name only an<$
)t in fact, and boldly projects fa<
to Vineyard Sound. It has an enor?^^H
ous water frontage and a large
covered with woods, which at^DK^B
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