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^EHSES5SESE5E52SH5H5HSHS2f I'THE MANS 1 . By EFF1E ADGU ju ^ \ESH525SSasa5a5ESa52SHS2Si CHAPTER xxn. 13 Continued. "I will tell him he must go far away and must never come near me again; if he does. I will ruin his chance by telling the whole story. But he will not push me so far; it is money he wants and he shall have it ?anything to shut out that horrible, horrible past. How I loathe myself when I remember my blind folly. It was his face that tempted me. His face! How white it looked to-night. I thought he was dead; but it was only for a moment. He is alive and I have seen the last of him. He said it." The confusion of thoughts melted slowly away. Dorothy lay back, with her dark lashes lying placidly on her fair cheeks, her lips parted, showing the gleam of her white teeth, and a half smile lingering about her mouth, tast asleep. A stranger, gazing at her lovely still face, would have imagined her mind to be that of an infant in sweet simplicity, not that of a scheming, false, deceiving woman, who could lie as well as smile, and tread down an honest man's heart with her dainty, cruel feet. Enid woke early the next morning with that vague sensation of something disagreeable hanging over her, that came so frequently after an agitated night. She did not try to woo anrttKor Vtnnr'e cloon hilt frnt fill t nf auv/tuwi UVUi 0 W4VVJ/; WMV ? ? ? bed and began her toilet. Jler resolution to leave Bromley tvas stronger in the morning than it had been when she retired to rest, and foreseeing much opposition from Servais, and probably some from Dorjthy, she determined to go away quietly this very day. There was no need to write and tvarn Mrs. Lawsou, for Enid had received a letter from her humble friend only two days ago, saying her rooms were still unlet, though she ivanted for nothing, for Enid had sent another check immediately she got her remittance from Sir Robert's lawyers. It was characteristic of Enid that she never treated those beneath her with haughtiness or indifference, and in the case of Mrs. Lawson, and of Simmonds, and Mrs. Cullam, to whom she had paid a regular visit every week, hor usual kindness was almost friendship. They had one and all given her help when she needed it, and she would never forget it while life lasted. This was a trait that disgusted Dorothy; she looked on servants as so many animals bought to work, and )bey her and, therefore, a kind word was positively wasted on such crea:ures! It would have perhaps surprised Lady Derriman not a little rould she have known with what unirersal unanimity she was hated by the members of her household. Gerrals and his mother were beloved and revered, but this cold, beautiful girl, who might have found so much work for her sympathy, had not a single {riend among the domestics, Virginie ?xpentpfi. i On the other hand, one and all j tiked Enid. She was always ready to I listen to their troubles, and kept a perfect chemist's shop in her room to relieve the numerous little ailments ihat afflicted the chamber-maids and Dthers, often binding up a cut finger R-ith her own hands. Having plunged valiantly into the !old bath aud dressed rapidly, Enid jpened her window and looked out. It was about 7 o'clock and a very red sun was trying to force its way through a thick, white mist. A sud3en desire came on her to go out for the last ramble she might have in Bromley grounds for years, perhaps forever. She quickly put on her hat and warm coat, and as she made her jvay down the stairs she resolved to take out the collie, Meg, who was her 1 n P nrmnnninn The great house was silent and still, but she found her way to the stables, where the grooms were busy looking to their charge, for it would oe a glorious hunting day, and (vhistling for Meg, after dispensing many smiles and greetings to the men, who respectfully touched their caps, Enid set off. "Poor Meg, you will miss me!" she said, bending to pat the smooth, handsome head, "and I will miss you, dear!" She sighed slightly. "But I must not eveL' think of you. Meg, betause if I do it will bring back Bromley, and then?and then I shall think of him, Meg; and that is just what I must never do again. Heaveu grant he may always be happy! If fairies only lived now, I would ask them to work me a spell to give him perpetual DUU^llilif, iiuvei IU ll'L UUUUL Ui?ur the truth come to him!" She smiled half faintly, then said out loud: "But [ am wicked. He is in God's hands, and what am I that I should dare to loubt His wisdom and goodness?" Meg looked up at her voice and tried to leap up and lick her hand, and together the girl and the dog walked quickly away till the hall was lost behind them in tiie morning mist. Enid, deep in her thoughts, scarcely heeded the path she had taken, and was some distance on the road to the woods before she was aware of it. At fast she thought of turning back, for site never could rid her mind of the disagreeable rememoranco that hang about this spot. She experienced over again all the shame and misery ihat had coiue that summer day when :?he listened to Dorothy's easy falsehood*;, and saw that Gervais believed lie;* ard deemed her AU "I will go ruund." she said to herself, "the way he?ho took nie when [ was riding; 1 can return through the village and ! e io iiiiio for breakfast: it will be early to-day because Of ill-.: t!"' So. dismissing her disinclination,, Enid pi:shed on, whistling every now 1 J552S25HSHSESB5H5HSESH55^ ^ iHelovedII i [S th %nfr nj th dDE ROWLANDS. . t ? / (I, mi ^ Lrj as SSZSHSHSESHSHSZSHSHSHSHUi? w< qu and then for Meg, who was thoroughly enjoying her scamper, and came bounding back every now and then with her red tongue hanging out of her mouth and her tail wagging. As she passed down the incline that has been mentioned before, Enid suddenly missed the dog, and stopping, she whistled and called her r loudly by name. , "Meg! Meg! Where are you?" ? There was no answer at first, and SO then Enid thought she heard a whine, ^ as if the poor creature were in some . pain. Remembering the episode of 0 the trap, Enid hurried down to where ve SO she thought Meg might be, and found the collie licking her forepaw, from 1 gr which the blood was flowing. "Why, Meg!" she exclaimed, bend- , ing over the dog, "what's the matter, poor old thing?" a? Meg at once began to move about, . wagging her tail and evincing her af- .J fection, but she limped at every movement, and ended by standing on three legs and holding up the injured uu paw. "She has cut it," Enid said to her- ^ self, as she knelt down to examine >U] the hurt; "there is no trap here." t0 She cast a hurried glance around, then taking out her handkerchief, gr she tied it round the dog's paw, not without much difficulty, for Meg would scarcely let her touch it. This done, she rose and pulled on her . glove again. "Now we must go back, t musn't we, Meg? For you can't walk at all, and I am afraid I can't . ? ch carry you. fi While she half said, half thought this, Enid was looking about to see what could have caused the accident, ? and suddenly her eye caught a gleam of steel, and stooping, she drew out ^ of the long, rank grass the Indian dagger Roger Leicester had given to ' his cousin, Lady Derximan. Enid stood gazing down at the toy j weapon with cheeks that turned unconsciously pale. ^ "I will give thir back to Dorothy," t she said, slowly, to herself; "she? an she may have dropped it here." Then a wave of self-reproach rushed over her. Why should she fla doubt Dorothy so easily? Might not tnis nave oeen lost oy some otner person? Why should it be necessary for Lady Derriman to have dropped it, aQ and no one else, and, above all, why . need she distress herself over what p ' was a most trivial affair? An Indian . weapon had been lost and she had found it. What was there in that to create a disturbance: So she argued with herself, but to ^ no end; the first dread and horrible fear remained, and would not be disj ca missed. She wakened x'rom her troubled ap dream to find that Meg had succeeded in getting the handkerchief off, and sa was industriously licking the wound, With a shiver of apprehension, Enid f0 stooped for the discarded cambric, and wrapping it round the dagger, shp hid it in hpr muff. ? IU "No one shall know of this but Dor- f0] othy," she said in a misty sort of way. And so, with the dog limping : :ow-. ly beside her, Enid went back to the I 0f. house. j an She hoped to get in unseen, after Mi giving Meg into the hands of the head groom, but in this she was dis- wc appointed, for Gervais was down in iy, the stables having a look at a fav- fei orite mare Dulcie Lowe had success- I i fully lamed the day before. "Miss Leslie, you are an early do bird!" he exclaimed, as he stretched an out his hand. What! is Meg in the wars, too?" it "She cut her paw in the woods on ?on something! I hope it is not much!" Enid faltered. he She was looking very pale, and wl Gervais noticed it. "It is only a scratch," he said, after ro examining Meg carefully. "She won't 1?' want much doctoring! I wish I could Bc say tne same ior you, miss .uesiie; 1 am distressed to see you look so ill! of Will you not let me send for Scott? he It is only a cold, I expect, but they are nasty things, and should be taken th iu time." "I?I am very well, thank you, Lord Derriman," the girl answered as bravely as she could. "I think I?I have gone a little too far, and tired myself, that is all." Gervais was about to administer a slight rebuke, but somethii g hap- . pened to prevent him. ^ That something was the approach of the butler. "May I speak to you, my lord?" . was all he said, yet Enid's heart stood be still; some intuition of coming sorrow and trouble filled her mind. "Certainly, Parson, what is it?" t Gervais drew a little on one side. ,.j "Outside, if you please, my lord; i ?? i ac if you would come outside ' The butler's face wore an excited, almost agitated air, and Gervais looked at him in astomsnment, inn ne ri humored the man and walked toward re t.hc door. "Now, then. Parsons, what does this very mysterious communication ^ mean?" lie asked, when cut in the le hall. j "Here's Groves, my lord, the 'ead | gardeuer: he wants to tell you somethin:;, my lord." ' se Parsons seemed to be even more ex-! x< ciu-d than before. j he As soon as uervais nan leu int.- th room, Enid ha;l risen, filied with ap- (t prehension and fear. and had gone si( unconsciously to the door, too. 5( She could hear all thnt was said, ta Ctivuis did not sej her or th know she was present. fr "Well, (Jrovep, my man, what's ye wrong? One ot" your boys got into ni mischicf, eh?" i br The gardener twirled his hat about in his earth-stained hands. "No, my lord, if you please, my | lii lord, it ain't nothing to do with the | tw Lovs: it's?it's a dead man. my lord! " ! ye "A dead man!" cxclaimcl Gervals. Phat do you mean?" "I mean, my lord, that I've found a I ad man in the woods. He's a anger to me?I've never seen his :e before. You know, my lord, as | >w you told me to set the men at >rk on the plantation; well, I ought as how I'd go down mysel' is morning, and see what wanted in', and as I goes through the wood, y lord, I falls over the body of a an. At first I thought he were leep, my lord, but he weren't; he ?re dead, stabbed to the 'eart, and Ite cold!" CHAPTER XXITI. Dorothy's Horror. Gervais started back. "A man dead! Stabbed to death in y grounds! Groves, you must be earning!" Enid had crouched back against the or; her heart stood positively still r one Instant, then began throbbing violently and heavily as to make r feel quite faint. She pulled the or to quietly, but the buzz of conrsation and laughter from inside unded horrible while this other J im subject held sway outside. "Dreamin', my lord, I wish I was. | ), it's no dreamln'; the man's stone ad. Must ha' been killed houre o, and?" "Be careful, Groves," Gervais said, arnly; "make no rash remarks of at sort. It will be for the coroner determine whether he was killed or t. What have you done with the dy?" "I left 'un down there, my lord. I ought it best. I couldn't 'a' moved q by myself, and I didn't like to uch him till I'd told you, my lord." Enid went up to her own room St. With trembling hand she unlocked r box and drew out the handkerief in which she had wrapped the gger; she shuddered as she gazed it again; then going hastily into :r studio, she flung the handkerief, as Dorothy had done, into the e, and taking some oil and sandper that lay with her painting paraternalia, she rubbed with feverish ,ste at .the steel to remove the spots rust. The action relieved her overarged heart; the fact of doing nether had accentuated her misery. To her unspeakable delight the st removed easily, and the blade Dked as it had done when It left )ger Leicester's hands; the slight scolorment on the ivory did not suble her, for it was very small d quite unnot^cable. This done, she threw off the cloak rvously, and picking up some large, t sketch books and a portfolio, she d the dagger in the latter, and went" riftly from the room. Outside she met Maria, her maid, d forced herself to say some easy, sasant words as she passed. Her first visit was to Dorothy's udoir; no one was in the dainty artment, and closing the door, Enid !Ht across to the writing table d deposited the Indian dagger in e place it usually held. As she was rning away one of the housemaids me into the room. "T hp? vmir narrinn. miRS." she ologized. Enid's heart beat fast. "There is no occasion," Eliza," she id, with a smile that faded immeately; then she bent over her portlio. "1 am trespassing here, but e fact is, I borrowed Lady Derrim's Indian dagger yesterday to copy one of my pictures, and?and I rgot to put it back last night." "Ah! I did miss it, miss, when I is dustin' this morning, cos I knew I seen it yesterday! only my lady ten takes it out to cut her books! d papers, so I knew it was all right, my thanks, miss." "I must know the worst?the very >rst at once," Enid said, desperate, to herself; "and then, if?if my ars should be true, at all hazards must keep the truth from him." She knocked at Dorothy's bedroom or as she resolved on this, and in swer to her cousin's voice went in. "An, Enid! is that you? I thought was Lady Lowe. Virginie said she is coming up.' I ain better thi3 orning, thank Heaven! Another lur of that pain and I don't kno-^ lat I should have done.". Dorothy was lying in bed, surunded by letters and papers; she oked supremely beautiful with her ilden hair lying loose on the laceged pillow, and a small wrapper her favorite blue twisted about ;r in graceful folds. Enid walked toward the fire and en turned round. (To be continued.) Canine Intuition. A railroad eating house in Southern ;orgia, wbich enjoys the reputation being one of the worst places of ? kind in the State, has an ancient irky who announces dinner to the coming passengers by ringing a ige bell. One day the old negro was accom.nied by a sad-eyed, long-eared >und, who at the first ringing of the II, mien up nis vuiue m u musi uisal howl. The old darky stopped and gazed him for a moment, and with a lush yer mouth!" started ringing ;ain. Again the old hound with nose in e air sent forth a long-drawn howl. This was too much for the bellnger, and, turning on the hound, he marked: "Now, what in de worl' is you akin' secli a fuss erbout? You don't ive ter eat here lessen yer wants r."?Harper's. Krupp's Colonies. Krupp's workmen's colonies at Esn are called the West End, the srdhof, the Baumhof. the Scheder>f, the Cronenberg, the Alfredshof, e Friedrichshof and the Altenhof he latter for disabled and pen sncd workmen), and they contain >60 residences, including some dechod houses at Es?en. In addition e firm has rented olS residences om private owners for a number of ars. The firm has erected a large imber of hospitals, eating houses, ithhouses, etc. Comparison of prices shows that .'ing expenses in New York City are reive per cent, higher than three ars ago. i OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOO I i? 1LJ! 0USeh0lCi 8 ? O ....Matters J To Remove Dirt. ! j To remove dirt from brown boots j dissolve a little saddle soap in warm, soft water. Put the boots in this and | with a piece of sponge wash the boots 1 ^ thoroughly without making the leather very wet. Wash off the soapy water and- dry in the air. Then polieh the boots in the usual way.?Detroit News-Tribune. Quaint Little Clock. j An odd little clock is in the form of i a crystal ball suspended by a leather ;; strap to the top of a stirrup iron. I The iron, which is really of silver 3 or gunmetal, stands on the desk or ' dresser on the metal base on which 1 * the foot rests when one rides, and J the clock swings from its tiny leather strap. j This would make an ideal gift for v the girl who rides and drives and | : loves horses.?New York Times. i i I t Washable Rugs. The washable rug Is being manu- j y far.tnred hv Sneers nroficient in the ' F use of the crochet hook. Any of the J : materials, old or new, cotton, silk or j t wool, which are suitable for rag car- j 5 peting, may be used for the crocheted I j1 rug. For a thin rug adapted to bath j or bedroom, variegated cretonnes ? combined with plain colors are pretty I t and durable; figured flannelet makes | { thicker and softer rugs. Strips for j i these rugs are torn about half an j 3 inch wide and are sewed together.? j I New Haven Register. I t Rack For Lids. ! t The tidy housekeeper finds the j ^ many lids of pots, pans and kettles ; (: needed in the kitchen a problem to , arrange with any degree of- order and 1 ( neatness. \ I They cannot be hung up, many of ! t them, owing to the shape, will not lie 1 1 in a pile and they are woefully un- ; \ handy in the dresser drawers. A bright woman to whom the lids were 'as the hosts of the evening has i ; now solved the question in a way both j ] easy ana inexpensive. i . She got a length of strong wire, j stretched it across the pots and pans , 1 Bhelf by means of a couple of nails, i ' and on this the lids accompanying all J . the cooking utensils are neatly ar- j ; ranged. The wire supports them ; | perfectly, and the even row of shiny I tin things is by no means unorna- ! I mental in addition to its handiness.? ; j New York Times. Shelf Covers. J ' Have you ever peeped into the | 1 kitchen of some German hausfrau , ' and been enraptured by its immacu- 1 j late cleanliness, not to say the va- j rious attractions that make you want ; . to linger there? j { The German matron never hides i ( her own exclusive workshop; she does not screen off its very door as if she [ i were ashamed to own such a room, j ' It is to her the most important in her | home, as is evidenced by the scoured pots and kettles and by all her little efforts at beautifying. j , Her closet shelves are covered, not ! with manila or lace paper, nor with i painted oilcloth, but with homespun linen resembling our coarse crash. I This is fastened by a few buttonholes j Slipped over some small china knobs j kt the back of the shelf. j The cover hangs down, lambrequin | } (ike, Gver the front edge of the shelf, j and it is on this fall of linen that the j German pots, pans and kettles are reproduced in cross-stitch in a nice | Delft blue to match some of the plat- | ters and soup plates that stand in I rows on the shelves. The patterns I appear only at intervals, and the linen is finished by a row of coarse buttonholing along its straight edge. The Danish do these nice household bits, and the goose and gander are popular designs for outlined work on many of their hangings. ? Boston Post. WCIPjf i Chocolate Caramels.?One-half cup | r.olasses, one cup sugar, two and onehalf cups milk, flavor with vanilla. Boil fifteen to twenty minutes. Pour in greased tins and cut in squares. Fried Rice.?Cook one cupful of rice in three cupfuls of milk and a \ little salt. When tender put into a j deep dish. When cool cut in slices, j dip in flour or Igg and crumbs and { fry. Raisin Pi<?.?-Cover one-third pound raisins with water and stew until 60it. Make crust as usual. Cover bo:tom crust thick with flour, add ! raisins and sprinkle with flour. Add i three tablespoonfuls of juice from ! stewing and one glass of sugar. Cream of Asparagus Soup. ? Put j two ounces of butter in a saucepan, : with three tablespoonfuls of flour; j : stir well and moisten with three ; : pints of white (veal) broth. Put in j ] ; I he equivalent of half a bunch of paragus; add a boquet (parsley, eel- ; ery, thyme and bay leaf), pepper and Ealt to taste. Boil thoroughly for thirty minutes. Strain and add a > * i cupful of cream. Serve with cooked [ i I asparagus tops of croutons (bits of . toast). Lettuce Salad.?Slice lettuce into a . ilish together with several onions; j ; hard boil three eggs, fry until crisp j < '.hrec r'Mn slices of bacon and add to ! < i ealad; take yolks of one or two egga [ | and mash with one tablespoonful of . sugar, teaspoonful of flour, one-half ; j :easpoonful of mustard, one teaspoon- ! ; ?ul of salt, some pepper, dilute with ( water and one-half cup of vinegar. Stir this into bacon grease on stove | ind stir until it thickens; then pour >ver lettuce. Garnish dish with sliooi ' | ?ggs. Must be served imniecli?'el7. ! 1 m I1 Scinbaii-cscftool7 6 ^ E NTERNATIONAL LESSON COM- I MENTS FOR AUGUST 15. 1 t i a ubject: Paul's Third Missionary j j. Journey?Ephesus, Acts 18:23 i i and 19:22?Golden Text: Acts . ? 19:17?Commit Verses 19, 20. 1 TIME.?A. D. 57. j t PLACE.?Ephesus. I <\ EXPOSITION.?I. Paul Disputing | t n the School of Tyrannus, 8-12. For ? hree full months Paul had a hearing | n the Jewish synagogue at Ephesus. j j t was a rare opportunity and he j t a&de the most of it. "He spake bold- . t y," he used reason and persuasion, j ? le did not give ethical nor sociologi- I t al lectures, but held fast to the ; ? hings concerning the kingdom of I ^ Jod. Though he got so good a hear- j ? ng, not all by any means were con- ! i erted. The truth, when it does not I ommand obedience, hardens. Hav- ( ng rejected the truth for themselves, I j hey began to speak evil of the way j i lefore others. The time for separa- i t ion had come (v. 9). For two full j t ears Paul held dally meetings. ; t 2phesus was a centre and the Word j y if God as taught by Paul there was j teard throughout the country by both i < 'ews and Greeks. God set His seal ! j ipon Paul's work in a wonderful way. j t is evident from- verse 11 that Paul j t vas not possessed of such tremendous | leaiing power at an nines. Duucaua i vas the centre of magical arts and i >ractices and some such display was j leeded at that special time and place, , md God gave it. I II. Jesus I Know, and Paul I ! inow, But Who Are You? 13-16. j Demoniacal possession is a fact of | nodern observation and experience, i >ut it is not so common in our day as i n the time when Christ was upon I >arth and the years immediately fol- I owing the critical period when Satan J vas putting forth all his energies to ! jrevent the establishment of God's j cingdom on the earth. But the denons could not withstand the power )f Jesus' name. Certain Jews who ; vent about the country making money j >ut of the misfortunes of others, tak- j ng note of this fact, sought to make j jse of the name of Jesus for their | >wn gain. They cared nothing for j resus or the glory of His name. Their 1 >wn gain glory were the sole object )f their pursuit. They named over :hose which had evil spirits "the lame of the Lord Jesus," but they lid not call Him Lord (cf. 1 Cor. 12: 5, Rom. 10:9). It is not by the resus whom some one else preacheth, * u Taonfl TirVtn TL'O nilTRPlVPS 1 JUL V y LUC O CD uo nuu " ^ . mow, that we accomplish real results i 'or God. The evil spirit was forced I :o acknowledge Jesus and also''the i faithful servant of Jesus, Paul (cf. < VIk. 1:24; Acts 16:16, 17). But the : same of Jesus had no power in it for ! :hose who used it in this mercenary ; way. Their attempt to use the name 3f Jesus for their own low ends terminated in shame and disaster for themselves. III. The Great Revival in Ephesus, 17-20. Every one, "both Jews and Sreeks," heard of this judgment. It caused great awe (cf. ch. 2.43; 5:5, 11, 13; Ps. 64:9). Men saw that the name of Jesus could not be trifled with. "The name of the Lord Jesus was magnified;" it was regarded with that reverence and awe in which it ought to be held. The time is coming when that name will be magnified throughout the entire universe (Phil. 2:9-11). A great effect was also produced upon those who had already believed the Gospel, but had not altogether broken away from their sins (v. 18, R. V.). There was genuine j repentance. True repentance lea tc j confession, as it always does. The ! confession was frank, open and full I (see R. V.). Where there is such confession there is also always full and free forgiveness <cf. Lev. 26:40; Job 33:27, 28; Ps. 32:5: Prov. 28: | 13; Jer. 3:13; 1 Jno. 1:9). By "cu- | rious arts" is meant various forms o! j jugglery, using of charms, incantations and similar occult practices, j The Jews had receipts for incanta- . tions and exorcisms. Some of them, it was claimed, dated back to the ! days of Solomon. Ephesus was th? ! very centre of this sort of thing 1 "Ephesian letters" was the common 1 and famous designation for charm? ! composed of magic words, used as j amulets, preserving the wearer from i all harm. All magical and kindred practices of every kind are in the , most direct opposition to the will ol j God, as clearly revealed in His Word !, (Deut. 18:10-12; 1 Chr. 10:13; 2,' Chr. 33:6); but up to this time some of those who had accepted the teaching of Paul in some measure had continued the practiceof magic. (Jus( as some to-day, who believe in the Bible in some measure, nevertheless | experiment with palmistry, clairvoyance, spiritism, hypnotism and similar arts of heathenism). Theii break with the old life was now thorough (2 Cor. 6:17, IS). Thej brought together the books in which the secret charms and incantations were recorded and made a publit bonfire of them. TMs tnorougngoin? separation from the old life was a costly act. The price of the book? alone was about $10,000. Besides this was the sacrifice of the hope ol gain from the practice of the arts re- j vealed in the books. Some of them , may have been tempted to think thai j although as Christians they could no1 I themselves longer use the books, the> I might sell them to some one who had j no such scruples. But their break . with Satan and his works was com>' plete and uncompromising. The ; power of that testimony is felt to this ! day. Births Exceed Deaths in France. The vital statistics of France, ' which in 1907 showed an excess of , 19,892 deaths over the births for that ' year, a fact that led to the most pessimistic predictions for the future of the French race, have now been pub- i lipVd for 3 008 at Paris. Their study brings to light more reassuring of- ' . ficial figures and shows an excess of ( 46.441 births over the deaths for that ' year. The total of deaths decreased 48.2(56 in 1908, while the births in- ! ( p.rpnspfl lS.rtl>7 j , Old Boot Was His Lank. At St. Mary's, Ohio, Jesse Hudson, while helping to tear down an old house on the P. J. Rice farm, north j of St.* Mary's, picked up an old boot I and was about to throw it on a pil? ! of rubbish to be burned when its ! weight caused him to investigate, j ( [n the boot he found a small box con- j ( taining $300 in gold. The money had | heen hidden by Mr. Rice's father, who j , died some years ago, without telling f where he had put his money. Ivory l'rom ITcuaflor. ' J J TCcuador eirports 20,000 tons of j , regetable ivory annually. ' , [EE GREAT DESTROYER IOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Iteel Trust "Hands" Must Cut Out ! Drink. The United States Steel CorporaIon has taken a determined stand .gainst its workmen drinking liquor. iVithin the past week, says a Pittsiurg dispatch, there have been posted n all the big mills of the Pittsburg ind Ohio districts notices that worknen once entering the mills to work vill not be allowed to leave until hey are through their day's work, rhere is no reference to "booze," but he managers and superintendents ipeak their minds plainly. The corporation has found that nuch time has been lost daily by the vorkmen leaving for a few minutes :o go out and get a drink, perhaps several times a day. In addition to his those in direct charge of the men say they do not do as good wOrk vhen they are allowed to fill them;elves with drink, and so the order is mperative. The order permits of but one class vf 1 AO trl r* cr + V10 will TVincfl whrt ! 7L Ultli iiig tUV A UVWV ? wv ive near the works and who have >een in the habit of going home for heir meals will be permitted to con;inue this, but they will be allowed ;o go only at meal time, when they viU, have special permits issued to )ass guards posted at all the exits. Quietly,, too, the men who take their neals at home have been approached ind asked not to take a drink while .hey are out for their meals. The corporation appears to want to un th mills hereafter on a strictly :emperance basis. Numerous in- | stances of spoiled work In the past I few years have been traced to workmen who have been in the habit of going outside for their drinks at any :ime they felt like it. Until now leither corporation nor mill bosses lave objected. Many men have been discharged n the past week on being found carrying liquor into the mills in bottles. The new orders do not affect the nen of the big Pittsburg mills as nuch as those of the outlying or country mills where the saloon is found near every mill door. Young9town, Ohio, was the first place the notices were posted, a,s the irinking there had been very gener il among workmen. Sharon. Newcastle, McKeesport, Duquesne and Homestead mills are more or less affected. Not only 4s the corporation barring drink from its mills, but it fought to make Youngstown a local option town. Colonel James Wick, the Youngstown steel king, and a large holder of Corporation stock, who has been considered as the representative of the Corporation in that part of Ohio, financed the fight against liquor, a fight in which brother was arrayed against brother, and in some cases father against son. It is estimated that $500,000 was spent by the two sides in the Youngstown fight alone. A Maine Paper's Comments. It is strange that men should believe that they can stop the progress Df omnipotent and eternal good. Human thought swings back and forth like a pendulum, but unlike the pendulum it does not measure exact distances with both strokes. Its backward stroke never goes quite as far back as the last one went, and its forward stroke goes forward a little farther with each swing than it went before. This is due to the influence of the principle which works constantly for good among men. It is not probable that the progress now being mr.de toward the elimination of the liquor traffic will be maintained at the rate it is going now. We are reaching the hours in human history when the forward stroke of the pendulum is taking us into the very best days the world has ever seen in its effort to rid itself of the greatest evil with which humanity has to contend. It follows. since human thought vaccilates. that there will be a retrograde swing, but the pendulum will never go back to the time when the saloon predominated in all our affairs, and the tools of the traffic were the chosen servants of the public. And when again the forward stroke comes we may be sure it will mark a still greater distance than that registered to-day. The parasites upon our civilization, who spend their energy in laboring to the end that the liquor traffic may be in the ascendant in Maine, mav read the hand writing on the wall. The Dirigo State will take no backward step under these circumstances.?Portland (Me.) Express. Alcohol n Narcotic. Dr. Hall, who is Professor of Physiology in the Northwestern University, said: "Alcohol cannot In the nature of the case be considered a food. It decreases the efficiency of muscles, glands and nervous system. It is a narcotic in its drug action and given in minute doses to lower animals seriously impairs fecundity and increases degeneration and race suicide." Ashamed of Their Business. That the liquor men are getting ashamed of their business is shown bv the names of their trade papers: "The Liberal Advocate." formerly the "Wine and Spirit News;" "Liberty." formerly "The Texas Liquor Dealer;" "American Beverage and Food Journal." formerly "Bar- and Buffet:" "Truth." "The Patriot," "Both cmoc " "rhfimnions of Fair Play," "The Free Press," and "The Protector." Temperance Xotes. Do the saloon keepers believe that the liquor traffic is right? During the late local option campaign in Posey County, Indiana, the women "drys" ran a prohibition daily paper. In West Virginia, there is, in the "dry" counties, but one convict for every 4022 of population. In striking contrast MacDowell County, which is " vet." shows an average of nne convict io;- every 190 of population. Liquor selling in England was prohibited as early as the reign of the Saxon Kin^ Edgar, who closed hundreds of ale houses. ?oti- fi.Tviichf saloon ciaAu o iiv ? ? bill, to go into effect July 6, forbids the sale of liquor except between 7 o'clock in the morning and 8 in the evening. "The most remarkable spectacle of the present time is the rapid stride iif Prohibition. Apparently the American people have at last roused to the couvicition that thp liquor traffic is au evil which should and can be suppressed.";?Kansas City Journal. TB^UCHTS Pcfy THE QUIfif&UlL H WHEN THE TIDE COMES IN. H The boats lay stranded on the beach, W Tangled with seaweed, dank and greenf HI A desolate and dreary scene, M Far as the eye could reach; |H The tide was out. BE How changed the view when day was done?/^H The boats rode gailv on the deep, Their white sails nodding as in sleep, JH| Kissed by the setting sun; The tide was in. Mg Thus many a hfe, in want or woe, H| Lies stranded on a barren shore; BB But God is God for evermore; H Take courage; for we know HH \ The tide comes in. H| And lifted from the rocks and shoals |B We sail upon a sunlit sea, |fl Night opens on eternitv? H Sweet rest for weary souls? H The tide is in. ?Sarah K. Bolton, in Sailor's Magazine. ^Kj A Dream. H I had a peculiar dream last night. B I dreamed that I saw Jesus. I did H U1 n?nui A t J & ijui see mux as uauici uiut tuuiiug with "the clouds of Heaven," nor as H Stephen saw Him, "standing on the H right hand of God." I dwelt upon^H His coming glory in my sermons last"?| Sunday; but in rny dream last night H I saw no royal throne, no angelic at- B tendants. It was not the Christ trl- H umphant that I saw In my dream,:* but what seemed to be a prisoner; M and yet that prisoner was Jesus. He H was sick and lying on a sort of cot. His eyes were closed, and from His lips groans were escaping as though H He were suffering. I looked on His 0 up-turned face as He lay there. So Hj pure It was I stooped over and kissed Q Him. fl When I awoke these words cam? to me: "Inasmuch as ye have done It unto one of the least of these My H brethren, ye have done it unto Me." H and these words also: "I was sick H and in prison and ye visited Me." And the negative side of the question came to me also: "Inasmuch as ye did it 'not,' " and "ye visited Me 'not.' " I do not think I slept much after that, but I kept running these H things over In my mind. It was a dream, and yet some dreams have a lesson in them, and H this was one; and may I never forget H the lesson that it taught: "Inasmuch ? a | as ye have done it unto one ui mo ? 1 least of these My brethren, ye have H done it unto Me." S We may not see Jesus sick and in H prison as I saw Him in my dream; I and yet to some He will say when He 0 sits upon the throne of His glory: "I was an hungered and ye gave Me I meat; I was a stranger and ye took?^ Me in; naked and ye clothed Me; llH was sick and ye visited Me; I was in 9 prison and ye came unto Me." V Yes. "the Son of man shall come I In His glory," but while we wait for I that glad day let us not forget that there are those to whom we may min* fl I ister. And if we could but feel that In ministering even "unto the least of these My brethren" we minister unto Him, how willingly would the service be rendered, and how often'.*9 would the heart overflow with joy at the thought of doing something fl for Him.?Linden J. Carter, in I World's Crisis. De .. Farrar on the Judgments of God 9 It is customary to quote Farrar as I the great exponent of the larger hope, in spite of all that he has said about the wrath and anger of God against I ~ -C VI, <]AnfV v* AWOl'Cr it 4 ft fl sin. rseiure lixs ucow, uuov.v., said that he gave utterance to the following remarks In the presence of the Cambridge, students: "Is there, then, no hell here, that we be so very certain there will be none hereafter? Nay, seeing that Indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish fail upon every soul of man that doeth evil; seeing that the Scriptures from the beginning to end, and whole books of them, blaze like , the walls of Belshazzer's palace with messages of doom; seeing that God1' declared His wrath against sin as clearly as though He had engraven it in the sun or written it in the stars upon the midnight sky ? this presumptuous ease about the after life, this growing indifference to the thoughts of the future punishment this philosophy, which is so treacher| ous and so timid, seems to me, and I say it deliberately, at once an aberra tion or tne lnteneia wu au tion of the will. "Ah, better, surely, that a sinner should tremble with agony, as the leaves of the aspen shudder in the late autumnal wind, than that he j should thus falsely presume that he knows more of God than God Himself j has taught him, and seeing, that i wrath is written in Scriptures against i his way of life, should hope that It Is not wrath, but mercy, and so rush upon the bosses of the Almighty's buckler as the wild horse rushes into battle."?Rev. T. M. Fottergell, ia the Expositor. 1 Herald Blasts. If we love man as God would have j as to do, our conduct toward them will be just what God would have it to be. The man who would please God is ' on the wrong track when he shuts himself up in a cell and puts on a hair shirt. The business of the Christian in this world is not simply to keep it from becoming worse, but to help make it better. | It does not require great ability to I do great things. The poor widow with two mites gave more than the rich. The man who asks God for his daily bread will not get it with butter ! on it unless he will do his best to j honestly earn it. i Remember This. Remember thatcharity thinketh no evil, much less repeats it. There are I rniec which ought to be IL?Kj f,uuu i u.v? _ ^ written on every heart?never believe anything bad about anybody unless J you positively know it is true; never j tell even that unless you feel that it is a'^olutely necessary and that j God is listening while you tell it.? I Henry VanDyke. j True progress lies not in individual : development, bur in working for othI ers.?Rev. Julia L. Elliott. $1,000,000 Tunnel Contract Let. | A contract was let oy me Mam? j man interests in Portland, Oregon, j for the boring of a tunnel through j the peninsula between the Willamette ; and Columbia Rivers at a point just | north of Portland. The tunnel will I be 5425 feet long and will cost about i $1,000,000. The work must be comj pleted within a year. j Sweden Sends Ts Iron. One hundred and fifty thousand | tons of iron have been shipped re! cently from Stockholm to America. ' Z .J