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I By EFFIE ADEL
CHAPTER I. 1
Dear Uncle Robert.
"Pull the blind down?down, I
say! Don't you understand plain
L English, or are you grown more
\ stupid than ever?"
Enid Leslie started from her chair
hurriedly, and, with fingers that
\ trembled nervously, caught the tassel
of the striped blind; her action was so
sharp that the string broke, and the
yards of linen ran down with a jerk to
the bottom.
41 Ah! of course, of course! More
V breakage, more expense! Ugh! What
1 good are you, you poor, foolish,
\ white-faced thing? All you can do is
. eat and drink to your fill, and run me
up bills at every turn."
The girl's lips quivered and her
chest heaved a little.
"I am sorry," she said quietly, almost
humbly.
'Sorrow won't mend the blind,"
was the sour reply. "Here, go and
send Simmonds to me and keep out
of my sight, for I am sick of seeing
you sitting there like the lump of
uselessness you are!"
. Enid moved ?way obediently. At
the door she turned.
"And the papers, Uncle Robert?
Shall I?" she said.
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ivv Kf *ku\<w ii vi* k/mvwu
his stick at hex savagely.
"Go!" he snarled. "Do as 1 tell
you. Don't come near me till I send
for you."
Outside the door Enid stood still,
her .two small bands pressed against
her heart, her eyes moist with the
tears she was too proud to shed.
"Oh, mother! mother!" was the
wailing cry of her mind; "I am soj
weary, so wretched?so wretched
.. without you!"
She shut her lips firmly, as if .to
keep the cry from forcing itself between
them, and turning, walked
i slowly along the dark yet wonderful
B old corridor that led to the wide
staircase of Kneowell Hall. Past
E& many an ancient tapestry and warlike
. accoutrement, past many a priceless
painting, did Enid go, but she looked
at nothing: "such .thines were not for
her, the poor dependent on Sir Robert's
charity, the Jowly recipient of
Knebwell generosity; no, her lot was
very different. She traversed the
massive staircase and made her way
along a landing shut off from the
building by a green baize door till
she reached a room that one would
have little imagined* had place in so
magnificent a house?a poor, narrow
. apartment, with no carpet on the floor
and furniture of a meager and varied
sort; yet Enid heaved a sigh of relief,
almost of gladness, as she stood there,
with the door carefully closed, and
realized that she was in the one spot
that lo her was equivalent to the joys
of home.
Enid, gazing over the summer
scene, sighed every now and then.
"If she could have been here and
have had this air, perhaps God would
have let her live," she said to herself
after awhile. t
She was thinking of her beloved
mother, the friend, the comforter,
the protector whom she mourned every
moment of the day.- A vision of
7the poor, squalid life they had lived
came to her; of her invalid mother
lying on hard couches in dingy rooms;
of the poverty, sometimes the despair;
and yet Enid was happy then;
whatever ill had come she could grasp
the frail, dear hand and kiss the pale
lips of the being who was gone forever.'
Her deep blue eyes grew moist
ana misty and a broken sob came
from her throat again.
"Oh, mother! mother!" she cried,
and for a time the fair scene before
her was blotted out and all was dark.
But Enid was brave; she resolutely
dashed away her tears and rose from
her knees. To wail for her mother
was useless, since she could never
come to her child. "I will do some
work," she said to herself, and she
moved to get her canvas.
As she placed it to catch the light,
sounds of horses reached her from
beiow, and looking out he saw a girl
ride fleetly up the avenue, her mare
a mass of foam, followed by a groom
mounted on a chestnut that pranced
and fretted as it went.
"Dorothy has been far tc-day,"
thought Enid; then as she glanced at
the groom she felt surprised at the
difference between the condition of
the two horses. "I wonder where
she has been? Poor Princess looks
. tired."
She stood and watched the girl slip
from the saddle, then, without a
glance at the mare, whose head
drooped and whose whole body quivered,
gathered her skirts in her hand
, , and entered the house. It was char-1
acteristic of Dorothy Knebwell. The
horse had evidently served her purpose
well, but she had no spare grain
of gratitude or affection to waste on
an animal; and as Enid watched the
groom pat and stroke the mare as he
took her back to the stables, her I
heart swelled with pit}' and some indignation.
"Dorothy is cruel to dumb animals,"
she said to herself as she sat
down and took her palette in hand.
"She should remember they can make
no complaint."
Enid was of too sweet, too true a
nature to guess that as her cousin
treated animals so would she treat
human creatures; she lived in a world
peopled by her own poetical imagination,
and no such character as Dorothy's
had place there. She pinned
her apron over the cotton frock and
stood with brush in hand before her
picture. A knight in armor was bendJ
ing over his gayly caparisoned steed
/ to kiss a maiden, whose fair, white
^ arms clung to him like the tendrils
of a dolicate plant. Tho face of the
/ . picture3 girl was like Dorothy's in
shape and color, but there was a
(depth, a sweetness ia it that was
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wantiDg in the living woman altogether.
Suddenly, as Enid sat lost in the
dreamy pleasure her work always
brought, the door of her room opened
abruptly and some one entered.
"Paugh! What a smell! Coofl
heavens! Enid, what are you doing?"
And Dorothy, still in her riding habit,
with her golden locks breaking ?oose
and straying from under her velvet!
cap, sauntered up to the canvas.
"I am painting," said Enid hurriedly
and with her heart beating
nervously. Her cousin had never
deigned to put her foot inside her
shabby domain before, arid, roused so
roughly from her dreanTo, she was ill
at ease.
"Painting!" echoed'Dorothy Knetywell,
with a light, sneering laugh.
"Well, and what do you daub, eh?
I T m a 1 aaIt f "
little Cinderella, why do you choose
me?"
"Because you are beautiful," Ehid
answered, quietly and gravely.
This was the reply Dorothy expected,
and, accustomed as she was to
flattery and adulation of all kinds, it
gratified her, nevertheless, for she
felt it was sincere. She bent and just
laughingly touched Enid's cheek with
her lips as she said, "Thank you,
dear cousin," little heeding that this
negligent caress sent a flood of heavenly
delight throijgh the veins of the
girl who had hungered for some affection
and sympathy all this long,
weary year. Enid made no effort to
return the kiss; but Dorothy knew
that she had captured her cousin as
effectually as though she had flung
strong ropes round her and bound
her.
"The silly little fool will do all I
want," she mused, as she sat on the
foot of the tiny bed. "So much the
better. I shall want her very soon."
Enid, her heart still thrilling, put
back the picture silently; then in a
low voice she asked:
"Do you need anything, Cousin
Dorothy?"
"Do you think I should come up
all this way for nothing?" Dorothy
answered, shortly.
GV?r\ TOCO oil Atlf f r\T* OrnKtlfi TTT Vl
uuc nao outut iUi unuii\., " u**v
Enid stood waiting. This cold, sharp
reply acted as a shock on her sensitive
nature, and sent her back to her
usual timid, nervous condition.
Dorothy sat lost in thought for
awhile and apparently her thoughts
were varied and complex, judging
from the expression that flitted across
her face.
"What gowns have you got?" she
asked, suddenly.
"My best and the?"
"Show them to me," commanded
Dorothy, imperiously.
Enid obediently produced her poor
wardrobe from the shelter of fier
shabby box, and her cousin tossed
tbem aside.
"Is that all? Papa ought to be
ashamed of himself to let the whole
AAimttf c r\n Vifo ti iono in cn/tVt ro ere?
V.VUUIJ occ 11 lO 1U OUV.U 1 "faCl
Give me that body, and atter luncb
come to my room and ask for Virginie;
she will have something ready
for you to wear by then. You must
be prepared to start with me by half
past four at the latest.
"Where, where am I going, Cousin
Dorothy?" almost whispered Enid,
growing a shade paler.
"You are going to a garden party
with me, and remember, you must
do all I tell you. Don't call me
'cousin,' it is old-fashioned and
stupid; my name is Dorothy, so use
it."
"But Uncle Robert?"
"My father will do as I like," Dorothy
replied, coldly. "Don't make
I <zuy UUJCl'.llUllf, UUl SILUpi* ICU1CUJUCI
jail I have told you."
I And leaving Enid plunged into a
! state of wild confusion, mingled with
excitement. Miss Knebwell gathered
: up her habit, and walked in her own
; peculiar, graceful manner froa the
room.
CHAPTER n.
A Sudden Death.
j "Give her that hat and that sunshade.
Virginie. Enid, don't forget
your dress is longer than usual, and
button those gloves."
Enid caught, the long gray suede
coverings for her small hand as they
were Hung across the room.
j "But this dress, Cou? I mean
Dorothy! Suppose I should tear it!
This lovely lace?"
Dorothy laughed contemptuously.
"What then?" she said. "You
must save up your salary and give
I me another. Now stand off and let
! me look at you! Bravo! Upon my_
jjci. mc iuva.
She put her gauntleted hand on
Enid's shoulder and pushed the girl
I aside. She stood for an instant quite
silent, then turned to the artist, who I
stood with downcast face, her cheeks !
just tinged with red.
"Who taught you?" she asked, abruptly
and sharply.
"Mother," was Enid's answer.
Dorothy Knebwell frowred. She
i hated any one to do anything better
than herself; and though her father
had spent hundreds of pounds on her
education, she could not have approached
this painting in the very i
smallest degree; then her face
| cleared, her vanity was touched.
"This is intended for me, I suppose?"
she continued, pointing to the
girl. ?
^ Enid nodded her head and Dorothy
^examined the picture again.
""You shall take a proper portrait;.
I will give you a sitting. I don't
simper like this creature does," she
observed, with a patronizing air.
Enid, without a word, went to the
corner and took from thence four or
?ve small pictures, turning them so
.that her cousin might gaze upon the
presentment of her own self.
"All me!" Dorothy said, lifting her |
brows in surprise. "Really, I am
niiito flattorort Toll mp vnn fnnnv I
to her cousin, tfho was so deep in a t
conversation with Lord Derriman, ^
and wait for further instructions. j
"Miss Cuthbert is having tea, \ x
Enid," Dorothy said, after a pause; I t
and had any one watched her closely j
they would have seen her fingers r
move restlessly round the handle of ?
the sunshade she held. ^
"Does that mean you would like |
some, too?" laughed Lord Derriman.
Dorothy rose at once.
"It does," she said, promptly, and J
at that moment the clock struck half *
past five. "But I want my cousin to I
see your rose garden first, Lord Derri- *
man." 1
(To be continued.)
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Poisoning Arrow Heads. i ?
An old , Cherokee Indian recently ' 1
gave away this secret of how the In- \ ^
dians of olden times used to poison j *
their arrow heads for war purposes ^
or for killing bears. They took a 1
fresh deer liver, fastened it to a long "
pole, and then went to certain places g
where they knew they would find i s
rattlesnakes in abundance. About 'c
midday the rattlers are all out of *
their dens, coiled up in the cooking 1
sun. The bucks would poke the'first J
rattler they found with the liver on *
the long pole. A rattler, unlike com- c
mon snakes, always shows fight in
preference to escaping. The snake
would thus repeatedly strike at the
liver with its fangs until its poison
was all used up, whereupon it would
quit striking and try slowly to move
on. The bucks would then hunt up
another rattler and repeat the performance,
keeping up the work until
the liver was well soaked with snake
poison. Then the pole was parried t
home and fastened somewhere in an
upright position until the liver be- p
came as dry as a bone. The liver was t
then pounded to a fine powder and
placed in a buckskin hiig, to be used ^
as needed for their arrows. This g
powder would stick like glue to any
moistened surface and was death to
any creature which it entered on ar
rows.?Dundee Advertiser.
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The Old Coat.
"Lobelia," asked Mr. McSwat, who ! T
was rummaging in one of the closets, ^
"have you done anything with that E
old coat of mine that used to hang on
the last hook in here?" f
"Yes," answered Mrs. McSwat, "I a
gave it to the Volunteers just before f
Christmas." c
"You did, did you? Well, you'll be
sorry to learn, perhaps, that there r
was a $5 bill in it which I was going I i
to give you if I found that coat un- f
disturbed at the beginning of March." s
"I think not, Billiger. I searched
it thnrmjtrhlv hpfnre T trave it awav." .
"You're a pretty smart woman, J ^
Lobelia, but it didn't occur to you to i s
look inside the lining." i D
"Oh. ves it did. and I found the $5
bill. I spent it for the rubber plant I
in the front parlor that you have ad
mired so much and wondered how I jj
managed to buy out of my allowance.
You're a pretty smart man, Billiger, s
but there are times when you don't
look the part." E
There being no further business ?
before the house, Mr. McSwat ad- s
journed without form. ? Chicago a
Tribune.
j
Count Tolstoy Criticises Dante. d
Count Tolstoy, criticising Dante, o
characterized the productions of the r
Italian poet as cloudy and unintelli-'
gible. B
In forty years the price of wall 5
paper has fallen 100 per cent., owing !l
to the cheapened process of manufac- !
ture. u
.... i wnnrtf
word, you are an excellent imitation <
of a fine lady." $
The maid broke out into a few ex* 5
clamations of admiration, but Enid 5
did not catch them. She stood but- <
toning her gloves, while her cousin ^
made a hasty though marvelously
successful toilet.
"You are a good foil to me, Enid,"
she said, as she surveyed herself in e;
the glass. . h
Indeed, the two girls were a dis- t<
tinct contrast. Dorothy in palest 0
blue, radiant, ethereal, lovely; and 0
Enid in soft black silk and ^ace, the a
outcome of a Parisian modiste, her a
eyes gleaming from under a broad tl
brimmed hat, her great mass of red ?
brown hair, rolled with consummate o
negligence and grace by the maid, in c
the nape of her soft white neck. 9
She was hurried away before she c
had time to realize that the image re- tl
fleeted in the mirror was her own, h
and was seated in the carriage between
Dorothy and Miss Cuthbert?
Miss Knebwell's chaperone?before
she knew where she was. c
"If Sir Robert asks for Miss Leslie, j,
tell him I have taken her out," com- 0
manded Dorothy, as they started. t,
Enid was never called by any other s
name than Leslie?the one her father c
had adopted when, years ago, he had c
left his hope and tempted fortune ^
with his brush. Sir Robert always q
used it contemptuously, as if to vex t
the girl, by not giving her any real a
title, but she craved no other; to her c
it was more beautiful than any in ex- d
istence, for her mother had loved it. j:
The carriage bowled away, and <2
they drove in silence till a gateway ^
was reached, and Enid knew that they,
were bound for the grounds of Blom
ley Manor, tne nome 01 ine aau 01
Derriman, the first family in the s
county. - f
Dorothy bowed and smiled on eith- c
er side as she made her almost regal r
entrance on the lawn, led by her host, p
ar^ many fluttered up to her to chat a
and shake her small, dainty hand, or s
receive some pretty word. I
"This is my cousin, Enid Leslie," a
she said, as Lord Derriman took them ^
to some chairs. '"I want you to be v
great friends. Enid and I are insep- j
arable now, you know." ' t
Enid just lifted her eyes to the man j
opposite, and she felt a thrill of 0
pleasure in his smile, and a sensation c
of pain at Dorothy's prevarication, i
Why should she tell this falsehood?
"If it rests with me, Miss Leslie
has a friend already," said Lord Derriman,
in hearty tones. "Will you g
sit here, or shall we go on to mother? t
I think you had better rest here, for ^
she is down at the bottom of the c
grounds." , -y
"This will do at present." i
Enid sat leaning back quietly; her ;
cavalier had soon departed; he found ^
her too shy and nervous, and so she g
had nothing to do but to keep close | \
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\ IS ....matters 1 8
Brovrnbread Omelet.
Two ounces brownbread, one tablepoonful
butter, one ounce of cold a'
am, half teaspoonful of salt, quar- C]
sr teaspoonful pepper, three-eggs, ?
ne gill of milk. Place a wide Bleve a
ver a basin, rob the bread through, A
dd the salt, pepper and milk. Then
dd the eggs well beaten, then add 1(i
tie ham chopped very fine and mix all ^
rell together. Melt the butter in an c<
melet pan, pour in the mixture and
ook it slowly until the under side is b
f a pale brown color. Roll it up n
arefully and place it in hot dish in Is
lie oven for five minutes. Serve very a<
ot.?New York Press. .
d:
v<
Curried Pork. ^
Half a pound of cold cooked" pork,
hopped finely, one shallot, one heap* si
ng tablespoonful butter, one egg,
ne tablespoonful curry powder, one
easpoonful of flour, one teaspoonful
alt, one teaspoonful of lemon, one n
upfu^ of milk, one tablespoonful of
hopped cocoanut, one egg and one ti
essertspoonful chopped parsley, ii
!hop the shaliot finely and fry it in C1
he butter for a few minutes, then g
,dd all the other Ingredients and
ook ior nve minuies. urease a puu- g
ing dish, pour in mixture and bake e;
n a moderate oven till just brown. <>'
lerve with plain boiled rice.?New ii
fork Press. b;
Creamed Flounders. ' ?
Eight small flounders, two table- j(
poonfuls butter, one tablespoonful
lour, one gill of water, one gill of b<
ream, one large tablespoonful drip- p
ing. Place the dripping in a frying tl
tan, when hot put in the flounders ?;
,nd fry them for five minutes on 6ach J,'
ide. Place them on a baking tin. D]
?ut the butter in a small saucepan, w
.llow to melt, add the flour and mix si
cell, cook for one minute, add the ti
irater and stir the mixture till boil- n
ng. Season with pepper and salt, c<
hen add the cream, allow to boil up. ?
'our this mixture in equal quantities ^
ver the fish and place them in a hot (c
?ven for ten minutes. Serve very
iot.?New York Press. n<
Ii
Boiled Herrings. 21
5!
Twelve herrings, one teaspoonful h
nit r>?o tahloannnn rlnpgftr. half a n
easpoonful pepper, on? tablespoonul
butter, one tablespoonful of flour, *>
>ne tablespoonful chopped parsley, h
Vash, clean and scrape the herrings, g(
)lace them In a saucepan, cover them ^
vith cold water, add the salt and
inegar. Place the saucepan over a ,(
ilow fire till the water bolls; take It
rom the fire. Put Into a saucepan
he butter and flour, stir till smooth, w
)our in half a pint of the water the *1
lerrings were boiled in. Stir the
nixture till boiling, add the pepper a;
md cook slowly for two minutes and ^
>our into a hot tureen. Take the her- 0
ings out of the water very carefully k
tnd serve them on a folded napkin ;i
rery hot.?New York Press.
Potted Herrings.
Twelve herrings, three tablespoon- b
luls of butter, quarter teaspoonful ol
jowdered mace, quarter teaspoonful 5(
jrated nutmeg, one teaspoonful white ^
lepper, one teaspoonful of salt, one
emon. When the herrings have been
craped and cleaned, place them in a
auce^pan, cover with cold water and | pi
>ring' the water to boiling point, | h;
rake the herrings out, remove all I *
***? nlono +V?nm \n o mnrfar :
rvue auu OAiu, piatc kuvui HM. ?ith
the salt, pepper, mace and nut- ^
neg, and pound them thoroughly, D(
'hen rub through a-sieve into a basin, ?
;rate in the lemon rind, add the p<
trained juice and one tablespoonful
if butter. Mix all well together, ci
hen place the mixture in a buttered f
tudding dish and smooth it with a \
fnife. Melt the remainder of the L
utter, pour it over and keep in a
ool place till wanted. #
* ' ' '' ^
Never eat idly or between meals. J*
The teeth should be brushed from tl
he gums to the cutting edge. re
If a cracked egg is wrapped in oiled (c
taper before put in water the con- ^
ents will not ooze. tr
If boiling water instead of cold is ci
ised in making icing for pulverized ?i
ugar, it is less apt to run.
Wash and bathe the body at least
ivery twenty-four hours, in cold,
/arm or hot water according to your
ondition of health. a(
A variety from potato cakes is to Is
farm over the mashed potatoes in a tr
louble boiler, adding more butterailk
and a little cheese. yj
A bag made of soft outing flannel,
7ith a ruffle bottom and a draw-string
,t top, to fit over the broom, will be
cund excellent for dusting walls and ;
eilings. ,
Remove fly specks from paint by j
ubbing with a very wet cloth dipped |
* or if roniain rm !
Q OaKlXlg SUUa, icuiug 11 ,
or ten minutes,' then scrubbing with j
oap suds.
I
Two tablespoonfuls tapioca added ! ij
o a quart of any kind of soup about
ifteen minutes before removing from B]
tove adds greatly to its flavor and i,
lourishing qualities. tl
Use a small five cent scrubbing 5(
rush for cleaning vegetables and
;raters, for scouring paint, the ?l
? n'
:itchen sink and range, etc. iveep .(
everal for different purposes. 01
Sleep as many hours as you find
lecessary to completely recuperate ai
our strength, and, as nearly as pos- fi
ible, take half of these hours before 'c
nd half after midnight. ?
In making a mustard plaster, if the jr
austard is mixed witivmolasses it will
raw perfectly and will not blister, c;
,o matter how long it is allowed to i
emain on the afflicted pan.
R
The growth of the hair may be x
timulated by washing the head in a jr
olution of borax and camphor. DI- ei
ute an ounce of each in two quarLs bi
f water and apply the liquid once fr
r twice a week. r?
HE GREAT DESTROYER
OME STARTLING FACTS A BOOT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Who Are Alcohol's Defenders?
The discussion as to whether al<
3hol is ever a food is equally idle
nd evasive of the main issue, deiares
Dr. Frederick Peterson, of New
ork. It is not a food like bread
nd butter, for it has venom in it.
s Professor Abels, of Johns Hopkins
niversity, says: "It is an easily oxlizable
drug with numerous untoard
effects, which inevitably appeal
hen a certain minimum dose is exjeded."
I have emphasized the word drug
ecause it is as a di>ug that alcohol is
ow regarded by most physicians. It
; placed among the narcotics and anesthetics.
I should like here to present a verj
rief summary of what scientific inestigktors
have recently determined
) be the action of this drug:
It is no longer considered to be a
:imulant, but rather a depressant.
il perverts uigesuuii.
It depresses and weakens the hearl
ction.
It decreases the capacity to dc
luscular work.
It diminishes the intellectual funa
ons by dulling the creative faculty
npairing judgment, vitiating th?
orrectness of perceptions and by
enerating timidity. I
tl brings about slow, far reaching
natomical changes, such as fatty deeneration
of the heart, kidney diS'
ase, diseases of the blood vessels
banges in the muscular tissue anc
1 the cells and "fibres of the nervoui
rstem.
Its habitual use lessens the norma!
efences of the organism against in'
ictious diseases, especially tubercu'
)sis.
If you find here and there some dls;nting
voice, that of some universitj
rofessor perhaps, you may . be sure
lat is it not that of a person with
ledical experience or any one famil
tr With the niaterial which all maj
;ad but rather the voice of some
ae perversely interested. You mighl
ell question whether such a one If
imply seeking sensational exploits
on of himself or whether tfe mighl
ot even be subsidized by the vasl
jmmercial interests at stake, for yot
mat remember that the annual con'
imption of alcoholic drinks In thf
nited States is over a billion gal
>ns.
I believe that human evolution has
ow reache'd the stage when the abotlon
of the use of alcohol as a bev
rage is expected and required. Ab:inence
is one of the principles ol
uman eugenics, that new science
lat is just being born.
There is no one here present whe
ould feed alcohol to his dogs
orses, sheep or cattle. These posjssions
are too precious for that
[e is too interested in improving
leir breed. He would recall Pro;ssor
Hodge's experiment with aliholized
dogs, in which among twenf-three
pups born in four litters tc
e pair 01 aicononzea aogs mm
ere born dead, eight were deformed
ad only four apparently normal.
Our best method of eradicating the
Icoholic evil is that of a campaign
f education. Every man, womar
ad child should be made familiar ii
ne way or another with what Is
nown by the medical profession ol
le ravages ofralcohol.
A Strong Argument.
The following card made into a
lotter, signed by a dozen grocerj
rms of Delaware, Ohio, has been
:attered by the thousands, and has
roved very effective in a campaign
hich, writes Dr. C. W. Barnes, "i?
loving splendidly:"
"Anyone who drinks three glasses
t whisky a day for one year and
ays ten cents a drink for It, can
ave in exchange at any of the firms
hose names appear on this card
iree barrels flour, twenty bushels
Dtatoes, 200 pounds granulated
igar, one barrel crackers, one pound
spper, two pounds tea, fifty pounds
lit, twenty pounds rice, fifty
Dunds butter, ten pounds cheese,
venty-flve pounds coffee, ten pounds
indy, three dozen cans tomatoes,
;n dozen pickles, ten dozen oranges,
;n dozen bananas, two dozen cans
>rn, eighteen boxes matches, half a
ushel beans, 100 cakes soap, and
velve packages rolled oats, for the
tme money, and get $15.30 premium
>r making change in his expendiires."?Western
Christian Advoite.
It is a Cancer.
The liquor traflic is a cancer in soety,
eating out its vitals and threatilng
destruction; and all attempts
> regulate it will not only prove
aortive but aggravate the evil. No,
lere must be no more attempts to
igulate the cancer; it must be eradated
* * The most effectual
;medy would be the passage of a
iw altogether abolishing the liquor
affic, except for mechanical, chemiil,
medical and sacramental purases.?Abraham
-Lincoln.
Jnst Remind Him.
When an adherent of the iiquor
>rces tells you that the $45,000,000
dw paid for wages in liquor manuicturing
would be withdrawn were
affic in intoxicants stopped, remind
im that there would be, without sa10ns.
an increase in factory wages
! more than $286,000,000.
Switzerland's New Sunday Law.
The General Council of Geneva,
witzerland, has just passed a new
unday law, which is far in advance
I anything we have in this land.
Temperance Notes.
Booze has made beggars feel like
ines and ha3 dragged kings from
lefr thrones.
Massachusetts, last election,
lowed a "no-license" majority of
8,710 votes; twenty of her thirtyiree
cities are without saloons, and
> are 260 of her 321 towns.
More than all other causes put toother,
it is repsonsible for the anual
crop of 10,000 murders and the
0,000 suicides in this free, prosperus
and intelligent republic.
The last week of the year is the
anual boly-week of Booze, when its
iends and victims shout, "Here's
loking at you!" "Happy New
ear!" "Skoal!" "Prosit!" oi
Whoop-la!" and then go into s
ance.
It is now well known that alcohol
auses a certain receptivity for other
iseases. In pointing out this fact,
rofessor F. Martins, director of the
ostock Medical Clinic, said at the
XII. Congress of Internal Medicine
i 1905 that alcohol affects the genitive
as well as other organs of the
ady, and that this is the main factor
i the degeneration of the human
ice. 1
for my dally rang<? j 1
yiVWmong, the pledjaftf fields <*/??'
ft Oof Holy V/rif I might despair.^,
I A HYMN.
I Thy love, dear Lord, I crave;
Thy blood my soul must save,
My sins remove.
i 0, wash them all away,
And let the light of day
Thy kindness prove.
' In sorrow's darkest night,
1 When round faith's beacon light .
; Thick clouds increase,
I Keep me from sinful fear;
Then in Thy love appear,
And bring me peace.
Thy love is all I ask:
[ With it will every task
. A pleasure be.
t My love, my hie I give
To Thee, wno now dost live,
But died for me.
Transcendent love was Thine,
To give Thy life for mine,
? _ And die xor all.
J. his love, dear Lord, I crave;
Thip love my soul muat save; /
I hear Thy call.
>
> "Come unto Me, ye blest;
Come, and your souls shall rest;
In Me abide.
; * Then shall your cry -be stilled:
Your heart with love be filled:
mj. Be satisfied."
?Celia McCord Gerhard.
A Wife's Temper.
In a church I was ~ ^rking in, in
I Manchester, I frequent./ received requests
for prayer for the conversion
of husband, children, and friends
from one woman. She was a Christian,
but she had one besetting sin,
which handicapped her. She used
to bring request after request,
"Please pray for my husband."
Well, we got him along, and when
we got him nearly in, that woman
would, upset the whole thing. What
do you think it was? It was her teml
per; and when she did let go?whew!
?everybody in the house knew; and
t her husband used to say, "Well, Mary,
t if that is religion, I don't want it."
She knew she was wrong, and she
was sorry afterwards, and would ask
his forgiveness. He did fprgive her,
but, all the same, it hindered him.
One day I made up my mind that
when she brought another request I
would talk with her and be very honest
with her. She did come, and I
told her that the fault was hers, and
t that she must overcome her temper?
I xi a. i r a j u#,.
> luttL lli? ijuru uuuiu give tier giacc
to enable her to curb her temper.
> She took the matter to the Lord and
committed it to Him, and He gave
. her the victory. /
The time for spring cleaning came
; around, and she trusted the Lord.
- She had juBt got a new lamp hung
. up in the hall and a new carpet; and
John cam^ home carrying something
i on his shoulder. He did not know
> anything about the lamp?that was
[ -to be a surprise?and he came in,
swinging round, and down came the
> lamp, and there was a clattering and
t a row, and a breaking up of things;
i and he waited for another row?he
i expected it in the natural order of
! things. He waited, and presently a
! quiet woman looked over the stalra
and down at him, and said gently:
"Never- mind, husband! It is all
right; we can get another lamp."
And he looked up and said:
"Mary, what's the matter?"
"Oh. my dear," she said. "I have
trusted Jesus to cure me of my temper."
"Well," said John, "if He has
? cured you, come ngnt down ana pray
for me, for that's what I want. If
1 there's enough in religion to cure
L your teknper, I want the same relig1
. ion."
John was converted that day.?
1 Gipsy Smith,
i
' The Christian Name.
Some excellent people shun thfe
' word "Christianity." It suggests to
them limitation, narrowness, bond'
age, obsolete doctrines, effete organization,
clerical despotism, or merely
' one sect among the sects of the
' crowded religious world. Yes, the
word may well bear these poor meani
ings; alas, it often does: But it
bears and deserves a far nobler mean'
ing. If we interpret it in the light
| of what is best in experience in the
New Testament and in history, it is
a term of spiritual enlargement and
emancipation, a symbol of progress,
a power working toward human completeness
and perfection. If a man
, fwill truly follow Jesus, he will obey
the inner Voice, he will trust the
, soul; he will welcome every ne^ ray
, of light: he will let the creative power
or the impulse of evolution have its
| way with him: he will live by the
highest law and for the noblest ends;
he will be a freeman in spirit, escaping
from the bondage of his own
lower nature, as well as from all
usurping outward authorities; and he
will accept his proper place and duty
among his fellows. Can there be any
doubt that a man who thus moves
freely along the ways of light and
love belongs in the company of Jesus?
Yet the name is not what we contend
for: use it or refuse it. as you honestly
may or must. When we begig
to make the name a fetter, or to use
It as a bludgeon, or to darken the
daylight with it, we have spoiled the
thing, we go over to the side of anti1
Christ.?Charles Gordon Ames.
Christ's Pledges.
Christ has pledged to all who come,
forgiveness of sin; loving guidance;
tender care; and last, a gladsome
welcome into the Father's house.?
Rev. Henry Hepburn.
In His Name.
, Wheresoever we be, whatsoever we
j are doing, in all our work, in our
| busy daily life, in all schemes and
undertakings, in public trusts, and in
, private retreats. God is ever with us,
and all we do is spread before Him.
Let us do. then, our duty, as to the
Lord. Let the thought of His eye unEeen
be. the motive of our acts and
words. Do nothing you would not
have Him see. Say nothing which
you would not b?ve said before His
visible presjnce. This Js to do all in
I>!p.Toe.
, I
I ~
Length of Russian Workday.
Consul John H. Grout, of Odessa,
transmits a decree by the Prefect of
that Russian city fixing the laboring
day for artisans at a uniform length
of twelve hours. However, out of the
twelve hours the laborers are allowed
! two hours for rest and taking meals.
! In addition to these two hours youths
' under seventeen years of ago must be
allowed three hours daily to attend
i school. Overt'ime work is permitted
only in extreme cases. Artisans of
the Christian faith are not required
to work on Sundays or feast days.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MAY 23.
Subject: The Council at Jerusalem,.
Acts 15:1-35 ? Golden1 Text:
Acts 15:11-?Commit Verses 2S,
29?Commentary. J
TIME.?50-52 A. D. ' PLACE.?* Vj
Antioch, Jerusalem.
EXPOSITION^?I. "Except ye b?
circumcised after the manner of
Moses, ye cannot be saved, 1-5. The
church in Antioch was getting on famously,
and the devil brought in
false teachers to upset the faith of
the young converts. The main point .<?5
of doctrine witn tnese iaise xeacn?r?
was that it was not enough to believe I
on Jesus, one must also keep the law :
of Moses. The great controversy in
the early church was whether a man
was saved upon faith alone apart ,
from works of the law or whether a
man is saved upon faith and works of ;
the law. The ord controversy comes.. :
up in our day in a new form. It is
Sabbath-keeping "after the manner
of Moses" that is now insisted upon.
Three arguments were brought for- ,
ward at the council of Jerusalem to -;
refute the legalizers: (1) Peter's vgument.
God has borne them witness
by giving the Holy Ghost to the
uncircumcised as well as unto ub and ;
has put "no difference between na
and them, purifying their hearts by ' ;
faith" (vs. 8, 9).' God in a similar v'
way to-day is bearing witness to those
who do not keep the Jewish seventh ,
day Sabbath. (2) Paul's argument..
God has wrought signs and wonders 1
among the Gentiles by us and thus
set His seal upon our preaching' of
salvation by faith apart from works
of the law (v. 12), (3) James' ar- 1
gument. It is according to Old Tea.
anrtntnro thot find Will fcftltB .1
IiailiCUt Ubli{/bUiV VUMV WW ..... ..
people for His name from among the ,
uncircumcised Gentiles as well as tho
law-keeping Jews (vs. 13-17). Tho
teaching of the Judaizers caused end- .
less trouble in the Antioch church (v% f .
2). It was wisely decided to submit
the question to the apostles affd eld- 3??
,?rs in Jerusalem. Paul and Barna- \
bas made good use of their time'on*
their journey to Jerusalem. Ailalong
the way they declared what
God had done among the Gentiles.;
The story they told caused great joy. ".U
unto all the brethren. Nothing causes
greater joy among true brethren than -1
the story of how men are converted s
from sin to righteousness.
II. The Decision of the Holy Ghost';
and the Apostles as to the Authority
of the Mosaic Law Over Gentile
Christians, 22-29. The apostles and elders
and the whole church took : ?
abundant precautions to guard
against any misrepresentation of }
their decision being taken back to , '
Antioch by the legalizers. They ' '
knew the men they had to deal with. A'
Thus Paul gained his chosen companI
ion of coming days (v. 40). Good
j had come out of the schemes of Paul's;.^
j enemies. The njode of address used
: in the letter is full of significance,
"The brethren which are of the Gen- . 5
! tiles." ^aith in Christ makes all men
kin. T*iey were bound together by a I
very tendey tie, that of faith in a j
common Saviour. Many American
Christians have not even yet reached 5
the point where they regard every
converted Chinaman or African asva
brother. The description of the Judaizera
is very striking and suggestive
(v. 24). There is no way In Jga
which the devil can more trouble believers
(and esepecially young con- /
verts), or more thoroughly unsettle
(or subvert) their souls, than byfalse
words. These false words must \.
be met by words of truth (Col. 4:6), - ;and
above all, by the word of God (a
Tim. 3:13-15). The apostles empbatically
denied all responsibility
! for -this pernicious and subverting
f teaching, tnat men musi Ktep me mn
i of Moses in order to be saved (v. 1).
I Tbey bad come to absolute unanimity
I about the matter in question. It is a
I great thing when brethren who differ
| can meet together and study ' the
! Scriptures together under the Holy <.
i SDirit's guidance, as did these early - "
Christians, and thus "come to one ac!
cord." The apostles and the whole .
! church bestowed very lofty praise on
J Paul and Barnabas. It was well de;
served (2 Cor. 11:23-27). Of how
i many disciples to-day could it be
| justly said that they had hazarded
I their lives for the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ? It was not their own
decision on this great question that
they were pending; it was the Holy
Spirit's decision. They were perfectly
sure of this (v. 2S). It was
because they sought and obtained the
mind of the Spirit that they were
able to "come to one accord." It is
because we seek the wisdom of men,
rather than the mind of the Spirit,
that we are so often at variance with i
one another. The one who insists
upon the binding authority of the
Mosaic law upon Christians is opposing
the Holy Ghost. Four points of
the Mosaic law and no others were
adjudged necessary for the Geatiles.
There was great joy in Antioch when
the troublesome question was settled
(v. 31). There were two reasons for
this joy. Painful division had given
way to pleasant harmony, and. moreover,
the irksome bondage of the lav/
had given way to the joyous liberty
Ol the (iospei. mere IB aiwajs juy
when one comes out of the bondage
of legalism Into the glorious liberty
of a son. Judas and Silas were much
used of God in other ways than merely
settling this question. They were
Spirit-filled men and gave much profitable
exhortation and instruction,
confirming the believers in Antioch
in faith and life (v. 32). .
- . v
Man With Golden Nose.
Patrick Lamphear, one of the most
widely known Bourbon whisky experts
in America, died at Lexington,
Ky., recently. He was born in Ireland
sixty-five years ago. His skill in
determining the quality of whisky by
Its aroma had gained a large salary
for him, and had won for him the sobriquet
of "the man with the golden
nose."
Siberian Butter Makes Hit.
Siberia's exports of dairy products
have a promising future. In 1898,
4000 buckets of butter, each containing
thirty-six pounds, were sent, as
an experiment, to the London market;
30,000 buckets of butter a week
were sent thither in 1908.
Mrs. Patterson Dead at 102.
Mrs. Esther Hoge Patterson, who
was 102 years old, died in Philadelphia.
She was a member of society
circles. Until about two months ago
she retaim <? all her faculties.
i
Maxim Silent Gun Forl>i?I;lcn.
P.;;- "P; use of