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CHAPTER X. 13
Continued.
"See here?I must have a won
with Miss Hatton?she's In the cavi
' with you, I know. Mr. Trevor bidi
me to say that she must return t<
i the house with me. He's ready t<
?ettle the business between them t<
her full satisfaction. I'm to tell he:
also that the skipper has repairs
the sloop, and she can sail for th?
mainland in the morning."
While speaking, Peter was press
ing nearer and nearer the door of th<
cave. Vic blocked the opening, bu
over her shoulder he could see Jac
queline, tall and beautiful in the Ugh'
of the fire and the candle.
"Stand off, Peter, my friend!'
warned Vic. "If this is your errand
wrhy did you bring Joe Raby along'
One man's enough to carry such {
message. I'll take it on myself .t(
! -A answer that Miss Hatton will not g(
back with you to the stone housenot
on your precious life, Peter!"
Peter set his teeth together with i
sharp click, whereat Joe Raby stalkec
forward to join his comrade. Hii
villainous face was surly and lower
;. ing. i
"Vic, ye know I love ye true," h<
began, "and I've asked ye more'i
once to marry me, though I ain't oi
the marrying kind. I consorted alonf
o' Peter to help him persuade ye t(
> * come out o' that woodchuck hole?ii
ain't nowise safe for girls like ye t<
stay here o' nights. Ye've got to g<
back with us to the house?Mr. Tre
vor and his wife want ye?we al
want ye."
"Do you, now?" cried Vic, in de
riBion. "You precious pair of scoun
drels! Not a foot will Miss Hattoi
and I go in your company. The likf
of you ain't fit to look at us?muct
less bring us such a message at this
hour of night."
"Vic, I tell ye, I love ye true! I'l
take good care o' ye, my dear. Mrs
Trevor and the Portugee cook art
crying their eyes out to see ye again.'
"Mrs. Trevor!" echoed Vic, hei
wrath bubbling in her voice. "Like
enough you've killed the poor lady bj
this time. Keep off, Joe Raby! II
you try to get in here, you lying thief
I'll make you rue it."
But the two men were not to b
Intimidated by a girl's threat.
"You'll go with us willing," shouted
the skipper, "or we'll take ye unwilling."
And the next moment the pair had
hurled down the piece of driftwood
mast like a wisp of straw, and leaped
Into the cave. Raby was foremost.
But swift as he was, Vic was swifter,
i She snatched from the fire the kettle
of boiling water, and dashed it full
in the skipper's swarthy face. With a
howl of pain, Raby staggered back.
Meanwhile, Peter of the cross-eyes
made a rush for Jacqueline. Her
pale, haughty look went through him
like a sword, but his wicked hands
grasped and held her fast.
"My beauty!" he said, with his
odious face close to hers, his breath
on her cheek. <
She tried to hurl him back. A
scream of fear escaped her. Vic
was absorbed in belaboring Joe Raby
over the head with the tin kettle.
Yet Jacqueline's cry for help was not
left unanswered. The blankets oe
the floor heaved suddenly upward.
A ghastly figure, with a white facs
swathed in something like grave
clothes, and eyes wild and bright as
lightning, leaped up in the midst oi
the commotion, seized the piece oi
mast that had rolled toward him in
the Etruccle. and brouerht it down
-with a fearful crack on the arm thai
Peter had thrown around Miss Hatton.
The offending member, fractured
and helpless, fell as if a thunderbolt
had smitten it. St. George
pale and terrible, swung his clumsy
weapon aloft for a second blow, bu1
Peter, yelling in fear and agony, and
with hair rising on his head, made a
desperate plunge for the cave door
The skipper followed. Both had recognized
the victim of .tie oarless boat
They fled in wild haste, stumbling
headlong over the rocks, and in hit
Ignominious retreat, Joe Raby poured
forth a volume of extraordinary
oaths, which the wind wafted back tc
the ears of Vic and Miss Hatton.
Jacqueline listened only a mo
ment, then she ran to St. George. Tht
driftwood had dropped from his
hand. .His sudden strength was
, spent. He reeled and the two girls
laid him gently back on the blankets
"Queer," -whispered Vic in ar
awestruck tone, "how he understood
miss."
"Yes," answered Jacqueline, anc
her handsome face was like chalk.
Through all his delirium, her cri
of need had reached him?dispellet
for an instant the stupor that hel;
his senses, and nerved him to rise anc
strike for her. It was St. George wh<
had saved the situation and routet
"the enemy.
"I've brought medicines from th<
chest at the stone house." said Vir
"The vials are labeled, and maybi
you'll know how to use "em. I got ii
through a pantry window. 1 saw no
body, though I heard the Portugei
cook among her pots and pans. When
Mrs. Trevor is I can't tell. Oh, bu
my heart's broke about the oars!
found 'em at Joe's hut, and was malt
ing off with 'em on my shoulder wh-:i
Peter gave chase. Joe will be a sigh
to-morrow. I let the scalding wate
drive full in his eyes. And Peter'
arm hung as limp as a dead eel! Th
two will have to lay up aivhile fo
repairs. And Vic leaned against th
rock wall and shook with silen
laughter.
But Jacqueline could not laugh.
"We shall not see "VVatehhaven to
night," she sighed. "We are prison
ers in this place, Vic, and our ene
mies, though discomfited, are sill
jstrong."
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"Don't fret, miss, dear," chirruped
Vic. "You're afraid Mr. St. George
will die here, but he won't. He's a
1 big, strong fellow ? 'twould take
- man}' hard knocks to kill him. I'll
s go again to the skipper's hut?he has
3 more than one pair of oars. Cour5
age!?we'll row to Watchhaven,
5 yet."
r "No, no, Vic. You must make no
1 more ventures of that kind. I am
- horribly afraid of the skipper and
that dreadful Peter."
"Pooh! Give Mr. St. George some
* of the medicine, miss, and I'll go and
t see if Jim's boat is well beached for
" toe nignt. 11 it geis aurm uur itn,
t will surely be all in the fire."
She stole softly from the cave, but
was back directly, her eyes gleaming,
, her voice husky.
"Tnem jail birds have taken the
1 Victory!" she announced. "They
5 must have seen her by the moonlight
> when they started to cross back to
the island. Very likely Joe had the
oars I dropped somewhere near.
i Anyway, Jim's boat is gone, and with
1 her our hope of escape from Dragon's
3 Nose!"
CHAPTER XI.
i For forty-eight hours longer the
f situation in the cave remained un;
changed. The loss of the1 boat was
, an unspeakable disaster, but a new
t hope soon dawned upon the fugitives.
) "Jim Bumpus," said Vic, "will
> know something is wrong, when the
. Victory and Mr. St. George fail to re1
turn to. Watchhaven, and he'll come
to Deadman's, if only to look for his
. property."
"But Vic, who will guide him to
i our hiding place?"
; "Oh, Jim is cute. He'll know
i things -are wrong when he don't see
3 me. He'll find us somehow?you just
trust Jim." ,
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The wounded man stirred on his
? blankets and opened his eyes. In
' them the unmistakable light of rea
son shone once more. He called Jaci
queline's name in bewilderment,
r "Miss Hatton!" J
I "Yes," she answered, bending down
f to him like a pitying angel. "I am
your nurse.' You must keep very
! quiet and presently I will tell you
everything."
He lay for a space, his troubled
. gaze wandering around the cave, following
her movements and Vic's.
[ Then he fell into a deep, restful sleep.
[ When he awoke her name was again
1 on his lips.
"My curiosity is too much for me,"
he pleaded; "I have been in a terri!
ble maze of dreams, but my head is
[ now quite clear and I am anxious to
i know how I came in a place like
this." I
; She laid a light finger on his pulse.
The beats were full and regular. A
i great joy beamed frankly from her
i incomparable eyes. The danger was
over! She sat down on a piece of
i driftwood by his rude couch and told
[ him the whole story.
"And you saw me on the beach?"
he murmured; "you overheard the
: conversation then?"
"I was an involuntary eavesdropper,"
replied Jacqueline, coloring
; high. "Being in personal peril myi
self, I dared not move from my hiding
place." %
i "Miss Hatton, I am very glad to be
> saved from unhappy explanations."
i Vic brought the patient a cup of
! milk, which he 4rank with relish.
; Jacqueline was gazing through the
i cave aoor into me uiue HCtt-uitsLautc.
i "I need not tell you, Mr. St.
: George," she said, in'a disturbed tone,
. "how glad I am to see this improve.
ment in your condition. Our position
. is most perilous?most untenable!"
, Vic made a grimace.
"The night of the Bcrimmage
; prove that, all right."
[ St. George started?fixed his holt
low eyes on Jacqueline.
"The night of the scrimmage! I
- have seme dim recollection?yes!
. Did I not hear a woman scream? I
' ran swear I did. and that woman was
5 you!"
I She turned from red to white.
' "We had trouble in the cave," she
> faltered, "and you came to my help.
You were sick and delirious, but,"
with an irrepressible smile, "you cari
ried all before you."
3 "That you did!" cried Vic, glee3
fully. "It made me feel good to see
3 you whack Peter! If he hadn't run
for dear life, he'd have left all his
i brains behind him. He knew you
. was the man he gagged and bound
and set adrift in Jim's boat. Say,
1 he and Skipper Joe ought to be hung
up by the same rope."
? "That night on the beach," said i
1 St. George, "those fellows took me j
1 unawares. Foolishly enough, I had
1 come to Deadman's Island unarmed.
3 After the blows I received on my
t honrl T lrnnw Tint what hanrifinfirL"
He lay silently reflecting. To the
i-i happy accident of the Victory drift.
! ing upon Dragon's Nose, within reach
g [ of the two girls, he owned his escape
i from death. He saw that the few
- necessities in the cave had been whole
! ly given to liim. Both nurses looked
e worn and pale and anxious, and he
t knew he had increased their troubles
I and dangers an hundred fold.
"I owe you unspeakable things,"
a he managed to say. "I hope you bet
lieve I am grateful. How did you
r | two slender creatures carry a big,
s ! hulking fellow like me from the boat
^ i t r. *t Vi Jfiq udom
r I "We had planned to carry you
e I back, sir," answered Vic, cheerfully,
t "but Joe and Peter stole the Victory
and spoilt all that. We've told you a
lot of black stories, sir. but don't you
i- fret?I keep the tea kettle biling con-1
tinual for Joe, and as for Peter, he
- won't venture near the cave again
! till his arm is healed."
St. George *Doked grave.
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"We must not be too sure. Son
things have occurred here that cai
I not be forgotten or forgiven."
I "fi- nrliof e i r 9 "
"I shall never be permitted to leai
the Island If Philip Trevor and h
servants can prevent it."
Jacqueline held her breath.
"I think you are right," she a
knowledged; "they will now do the
utmost to destroy you."
"Yes; you had better have left n
in the boat," he said, whimsicall
"My presence here is most unforti
nate?for you. It' doubles your da:
ger."
"What!" flashed Jacquelin
"would you have us think of that i
a time like the present?"
"I would!" he answered earnestl
"Left to yourselves, Trevor wou
doubtless send you to the mainlam
but in my company you will me
with no consideration?you will 1
treated as hostiles. God knows
would give half my earthly goo<
this moment for a boat that wou
take you two to Watchhaven."
"Fiddle-de-dee!" said Vic, "wou
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we go ana jea.ve juu, on, iu wc
island pirates??after we'd broug]
you around so slick, too? Much yc
know about us!"
But he was looking only at Ja
queline. She made her voice vei
cool and steady as she said:
"Since your fortune has been ca
with ours in this place, let us a
abide the issues together. Do m
belittle your own importance, for a
ready you have been our salvatic
here."
"And you do not wish me away ;
this crisis?"
"No?oh, no."
Something flashed into his blor
face?a light that never was on lar
or sea. Jacqueline's dark eyes fe
before his gray-eagle gaze. His har
touched hers for a moment; then 1
remembered himself and withdre
it quickly; but the electric spark hs
passed from one to the other?tl
two were no longer strangers, or a
quaintances, or even friends.
He was stalwart and sound ar
he made superhuman exertions to r
cover his strength. A few hours lat<
he was on his feet, walking about t.t
cave. Kis nurses Jfeigned alarm, bi
secretly they werfe Overjoyed. Tl
situation demanded masculine gui<
ance. It was an unspeakable relii
to find an active male partner in the
difficulties.
"The tide does not ebb till a lai
I hour," said St. George, as lie a
sumed the direction of affairs/ "so
think we must pass another night 1
the cave. Every hour, I find, adds 1
my strength, and by morning I sha
be able to go with you to the ma)
island and look for the boat whic
I hired in Watchhaven."
"You will meet Philip Trevor," n
plied Jacqueline, unable to concei
her disquietude, "not as man to mai
but as one to three, and that one ei
feebled by a very recent illness."'
"But now my strength -^ill be i
the strength of ten," he answered, i
a low, eloquent voice, "for I ha^
your wrongs to remember, as well i
my own." And after a pause t
added in a changed -tone: "Thei
too, the fate of Mrs. Trevor is still
mvetprv whif?.h. in dutV to my litt
son, I must unravel."
He declared that he ^ould assun
the watch in the cave this last nigh
but his nurses strenuously objects
He must husband his powers for tt
morrow, they said?the safety of tt
whole party depended upon hin:
they would call him at the first a]
proaeh of peril. So, at last, he rolle
himself in a blanket and lay down 1
sleep in the farthest corne* of tt
place. Jacqueline sat by the Are an
fed its flame with dry twigs drh
away darkness and damp, v^ic ha
something on her mind and as tt
tide ebbed from the channel she dre
nigh to her companion and whi
pered: "The food is out, missthare's
not a bite left for morningnothing
for hiija. An empty stomac
moVon a wpak ha.nr!. It'R not COC
for a man just out of delirium 1
fast. He's got the grit, but he mu
have strength to keep on his fee
I'm as tyungry as a wolf myself, an
I'm going over to Deadman's to g<
provisions."
"Oh, Vic!"
"Hush! Don't wake him?I
needs sleep. He was staggering wit
weakness when he lay down. If he
set on meeting the island men t<
morrow, he must be provided wit
something more than food," said Vi
darkly. "Don't try to hold me, bi
just sit here patient till I come back,
"It is almost midnight."
To bo Continued.
Mice on the Pillow.
"I'm not so much afraid of mi<
as some women," said she, "but
don't like them in my hair. The otl
er night I finished a biscuit I wj
| eating after I went to bed and nati
rally left some crumbs about, n<
meaning to, never think of the mic
"Well, about the middle of tl
night I heard scampering, and thei
were the mice all over my hair, tr:
ing to get at those crumbs.
"I tell you, I gave one shrie!
sprang up, lighted all the gas in tl
room and sat up the rest of the nig]
watching that pillow."?New Yoi
Press.
An Alibi.
The milkman stood before he
nervously twirling his hat in h
hands.
"So," she said, sternly, "you ba^
come at last? "
"Yes, madam. You sent for me,
believe," he replied.
"I wished to tell you that I four
a minnow in the milk yesterdf
morning."
"I am sorry, madam, but if tl
cows will drink from the brook i
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L>l^ciu ui jiuui uit; nuu^u x ^uuu
help it."?Harper's Weekly.
Trees Purify the Air.
It is a fact that trees along hig
ways, trees in towns and cities ai
trees in groves amid agricultural r
gions render the atmosphere pure
They by their foliage absorb h'jrtf
gases, which would otherwise I
breathed by the inhabitant of tl
densely populated cities, ^herel
modifying diseases, lessening tl
dangers of epidemics and in mai
ways improving the liealthfulness
communities.?New York Farmer,
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JQ A SUMULAHLY OUI1UMF Otnmuii u i
is DR. ROBERT RODGERS.
c- Theme: .Consciousness of God.
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le Brooklyn, N. Y. ? The Rev. Dr.
y. Robert Rogers, rector of the Church
of the Good Shepherd, preached SunQ_
day on "The Consciousness of God/'
The text was from Ephesians 4:20:
"Ye Have Not So Learned Christ."
e' i Dr. Rogers said:
The thought with which I am impressed,
and with which I would imy.
press you?is that Christ?the GodId
i man?stands facing the world of men
j. and women as the greatest and most
ej. important factor in human life. Everything
we do should be done in a
? consciousness of His presence; every1
thing we do will be judged by Him,
ls and His judgment will be visited "up'd
on us and be felt by us. This we
have learned of Christ, if we have
Id heard Him and been taught by Him.
TXT I, T #.?vAn1r r\f PKrlcf T TTIOfl T1 tf? PY
m i ??iJCii A "P"" ?*
kt ! press the thought that comes Into our
hearts and minds when we speak of
u God.
This is the most important mesc"
sage that can be delivered to a man
*y ?if he can be assured of its truth
and made to live under its inspirast
tions. When I open my Bible, its
.11 first words tell the great story, "In
0t- ! the beginning God created the heavj_
i ens and the earth," and as man has
" 1 learned the knowledge of the heav,n
j ens and earth, of the mighty force,
i the beauty, the bounty in supplying
at I all that is needful for the millions of
1 mankind, the laws, which are so won1
derful, man comes more and more to
id enter into this knowledge of nature,
l(l he speaks of God with adoration and
,,j reverence. The infinite God of in,
finite power, infinite wisdom, infinite
1 goodness is our only explanation. I
10 The greatest power of the mighty
w est human intellect sinks into insig*
id Qiflcance before the ultimate analysif
le of a drop of water or a grain of san{
c- when the scientist intimates to us whaf
j is involved in its creation. I thin(
1(j we pan understand the cry of Brown \
ing,\"0 World as God made it." A1
is beauty! or Wordsworth's words it
5r the "Excursion" when the wanderer,
10 full of SDirit of worship, says, "Tha
it clouds were touched, and in their si- I
?e lent faces did He read unutterable |
j. love!." 'In the same spirit Ruskin
5f speaks, "It is quite certain it is all
lr done for us and for our perpetual
, pleasure." How near into the presence
of the Infinite God these men
te have come who have been able to ens*
ter Into the wonders and beauties of
1 natures. From Job to David, and
in from David to the last thoughtful
to student in the earth's book, has come
D this feeling of nearness to God, and
[D happiness and comfort in being nes,h
tied in the everlasting arms.
The thought that I am trying ta
convey is not so much that our minds
shall rest on the wonders of nature
al but that the mind Shall advance
n, through these things, into the con
a- sciousness of God?the supremacy o}
the Infinite, the Fatherhood of God
19 to be able to say with Ruskin, "I air
in quite certain it is all done for us an4
for our perpetual pleasure."
The poet of Israel, whose soul wa
13 athirst for the living God, has thik
nnm-nlnncnoao T.loten "Whither shaf
a, I go then from Thy spirit; or whlthei
a shall I go then from Thy presence *
[e If I climb up into heaven. Thou ar<
there; if I go down to hell, Thou ar(
(Q there also; if I take the wings of th<
morning and remain in the uttermost
parts of the sea, even there shall Thy
hand lead me and Thy right hand
10 shall hold me.
10 "If I say peradtenture, the darki;
ness shall cover me; then shall my
p. night be turned to day. Yea. the
Id darkness is no darkness with Thee,
i the darkness and the light to Thee are
" both alike." /
There is one test, and one alone,
which will satisfy men of the characfe
ter of any object. "By their fruits
d ye shall know them." When Robert
le Fnlton, a century ago, speaks of .
w steaih navigation, men say, let me see '
g. what you can do. The Clermont .
_ steams on the jHudson, and men were |
satisfied of his sanity and wisdom.
For a century men have been speakn
ing of flying in the air, a few have believed
it possible, but with, millions
o of doubters have said, we will wait
st and see. And now we know it can be
t. done because we have seen it.
id Let us see! What are the effects
jt of this new thing? In law, medicine,
science, the same test is required. It
Is also God's way of judging. Christ
said of trees what He meant to say of
16 men: A good tree cannot bring forth
h corrupt fruit, neither can a corrupt
'3 tree bring forth good fruit. There- !
a- fore, "by their fruits ye shall know
;h them." It is this universal standard
c, of judgment ? God's judgment and
man's judgment ? that St. Paul is
using for his appeal in our epistle for
to-day. He is appealing to men who
I were Gentiles or heathen, but who ,
j have recently learned of Christ the !
I Son of God, and given to Him their |
allegiance. New things are expected .
:e from their new discovery, their new
I faith. Let us see what your new faith
or religion produces. The whole beis
lieving world, with St. Paul, looks on
anxiously. How much it meant to
U"* -a t J - 9 _
uiai eariy uanu ui pcrocuuLcu lununers,
who were condemned and charged
e* with hideous Crimea, with being pestiie
lential fellows, corrupters of people,
re How shall these few new converts
y. act? And the unbelieving world was (
also looking on, ready to find and
^ magnify the slightest wrong, amazed '
' to see tho slightest improvement. It j
Is one of the mighty things of the past
to which we can turn our minds and
, from which we can draw comfort an/
encouragement.
To see and to know that these mel
to whom the apostles are appealing,
r, ' formerly heathen in their customs,
i9 won the world to the religion of Jesuf
I Christ, won it away from barbarism,
! from idolatry and Immoral corrupi
tion, what brave and good men and
. women they must have been. "What
* I mighty works can be done when peo
pie are brave enough to do them. Lisld
ten to St. Paul as ho appeals plainly
i and practically: "Ycu must put off
j the old things in which ye walked '
1G! when ye were Gentiles, when your
n_ | minds were darkened."
0j i'UU away lying auu speuiv uulii, |
I steal no more, but labor for your sub!
stance; no corrupt communication
j must come out of your mouth; let all
I bitterness and wrath and clamor, mal?
I -i/?Q 1iQ nilf awnv frnm vrm hilt srifiak
I words to edify and minister grace to j
e- hearers, and be tender-hearted, for(j*
giving one another, even as God for (
u)' Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
be The appeal of the great apostle of ^
if Jesus was made nineteen centuries
jj ago, but I think wo all feel how mod- (
10 I ern it might be. How St. Paul might ,
stand before us and speak the same 1 ,
. words with convincing power to our j .
souls. Would that he mieht. I !
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OUR TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
REPORTS OP PROGRESS OP THE
BATTLE AGAINST RUM.
One Divorco in Five Due to Drink.
One of the most striking arguments
for temperance reform, says Mr. L. A.
Brady, is to bs found in certain cold,
dispassionate statistics issued by the
United States Census Bureau. These
figures show that intemperance, as
either a direct or a contributing
cause, was responsible for more than
nineteen per cent.?practically, onefifth?of
all divorces granted in the
United States during the twenty years,
between 1887-190S inclusive. Since
at the present rate at least every 1
twelfth marriage ends in divorce, we
get a proportion of one home in every
sixty-one wrecked by drink. Moreover,
the census authorities themselves,
according to Mr. Brady, admit
that these figures represent only the
most flagrant and palpable instances
on the part which intemperance plays
in divorce, and that greater percentages
than those actually given would
be nearer the truth. The detailed fig
ures as set lortn in tne census uunetin
are as follows:
'"Drunkenness was the sole cause
of divorce in 36,516 cases, or 3.9 pep
cent, of the total number of divorces
(1887 to 1906). It was a cause in
combination with some other cause
In 17,765 cases, or 1.9 ppr cent, of
the total number. Therefore, it was
a direct cause, either alone or in combination
with other causes, in 54,281
cases, or 5.7 per cent, of the total.
Of divorces granted to the wife the
percentage for drunkenness either
alone or in combination with other
causes was 7.9 *, of those granted to
the husband, the corresponding percentage,
1.4. ,
"The attempt was made to ascertain
also the numberof cases in which
drunkenness or intemperance, although
not a direct ground for the
divorce, was an indirect or contributory
cause. The number of such
cases was returned as 130,287, representing
13.8 per cent, of the total
number of divorces. Probably this
number Includes those cases in which
the fact of intemperance was alleged
in the bill of complaint or established
by the evidence, although not specified
among the grounds for which the
divorce was granted.
"The remaining cades are those in
w^ich there was no reference to intemperance,/or
no evidence that intemperance
existed as a contributory
cause. In some of these cases the
record was so meager that the absence
of any mention of .intemperance
would justify no conclusions. But in
the majority of instances it would
create a strong presumption that intemperance
did not exist or was not a
contributory cause."?Literary Digest.
Beer and Babies.
Eeer is bad for babies.
Beer is neither a food nor a stimulant.
Alcohol is poison; beer is diluted
alcohol. \ .
The most that has' ever been
claimed for alcohol as a food is that
it is capable of being converted into
heat and fat. But it is worthy of
note that these claims have been
made by chemists and physicfans paid
for their opinion, by the manufacturers
of alcoholic beverages. And
even they have had to admit that but
a very limited quantity of alcohol
could be appropriated by the system.
Besides alcohol there is nothing of
value in beer.
There is more food value in a tea
spoonful of milk than there is in a
gallon of beer. There is no poison in
milk. There is enough poison in a
gallon of beer to kill fifty-one infants.
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Beer contains from three to five
per cent, of,alcohol, or from two to
three teaspooufuls of alcohol in each
glass of beer.
Three drops of alcohol, which is ,
equivalent to one teaspoonfal of beer,
or six to eight drops of whisky or
brandy, will make a week old infant
drunk. That is why some mothers
and nurses give crying babies whisky
or brandy. It seems to cure the colic.
But it only makes them so drunk they
go into a stupid sleep.
What mother would like to see her
Bon brought home from the corner
saloon, or her daughter from the
dance hall, in a drunken stupor? Yet
how often will a mother deliberately
IiiciKfc? LUC llilUUL rtt Iici ux uw4
to prevent it from crying?
Are not beer and other alcoholics
in moderation stimulants? That is an
exploded theory. Does not alcohol
stimulate the heart to quicker beats?
No. It irritates it to a more rapid action
in the system's effort to eliminate
the poison. Doe3 it not stima?
late digestion? No. It inflames the
stomacj and congests the liver. Does
it not stimulate the mind? No. It
makes the intellect stupid and dull.
A Substitute.
"An effectual substitute for the saloon
"would be public casinos, supported
by public taxation as schools,are,
which should be as universally idistributed
almost as saloons, open as
long as saloons, and provide a resort
for the men and women of the neighVmrhnnd
where .thev can meet to read
and enjoy all the liberty which is
found to-day in the saloon, excepting
intoxicating liquors, but where wholesome
refreshments might be purchased.
These casinos might be made
self-supporting from the sale of refreshments"?that
is one of the special
movements which is being championed
by Temperance, New Brunswick,
N. J., the monthly journal of
the Temperance Society of the Episcopal
Church. Such a plan as this
ought to prove most successful where
prohibition has recently gone into
effect.
Temperance Notes.
Homes are blasted and families are
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DroKen up uy me rum wauiv..
Emperor William will give his support
to officers drinking toasts in
water or non-alcoholic beverages.
Children are deprived of education
and of opportunity to prepare for
success in the struggle of life by the
rum traffic.
When the new employes are needed
on the railways of Denmark those applicants
who have been abstainers
for at least one year will have the first
chance.
Last year the National Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
in England dealt with i>0,015 cases in
which want, suffering and abuse had
played havoc with their little victims.
It is well known, comments the Alliance
News, that ninety per cent,
of these cases have their origin in the
drinking habits of the parents.
"Ninety-five per cent, of the trouble
in the police department, and at
least ninety-eight per cent, of the discharges
in the fire department of ,
Chicago, are clue to the use of intoxi- ,
rants," declares Howard 0. Sprodle,
attorney for the Civil Service Commissiou,
in his annual report.
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{Religious Reading
FOB THE QUIET HOUR.
'SHE IS NOT DEAD, BUT SLEEPETH."
This ia not death! Tis but a struggle
ended;
A ransomed gouI in bonds refused to
keep;
An unseen angel to its aid descended;
And now God giveth His beloved sleep.
If tears will flow, not hopeless, is our
sorrow; >1
Our dear one rests among Christ's folded
sheep,
Just for a night; but God will, on the
morrow,
Awaken His beloved froni their sleep.
Safe in their rest! No harm shall e'er befall
them?
No fears disturb thei? ilumbers, calm
a and deep; . j
And, through the night, till in the morn
He call them,
God guards His own beloved while they
sleep.
Though summer shall still shine brjghi
above them,
And o'er their graves winter's wild
storms shall sweep,.
He who hath loved is He who still dotb
love them?
They aye remain His' children, though
thev sleep.
Then, darling, rest! Nay, nevermore shall
grieve thee
The ills that make earth's children sigh
and weep;.
And, till the day dawn, ;with thy Lord w?
leave thee, \
"For bo He giveth His beloved sleep."
?John D. Linnell, in London Christian.
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The Great Law of Love.
And the leaves of the tree were for the
healing of the nations.?Revelation, 22:2.
The vision of the prophets, while
often pessimistic of present condi*
tions, has alwayc culminated In the
hope of a final realization of the best
Men in every age have looked forward
through difficulty and discouragement
to the time when the jealousies, the
rivalries, the selfishness of. Individuals
and nations should pass away
and mankind should live in oue common
bond of brotherhood and peace
together.
St. John, in the record of the beatific
vision given him,,.foreshadows
the reign of a final peace on earth and
an eternal conscious communion with
God in the life beyond. The fruit of
the tree of life is to be won through
labor and service. Man's effort for
self-development is to result in his
finding of the larger life. In his
finding of the larger life for himself
he is to bring it to the whole family
of mankind. The leaYes of the "tree"
are for the healing of the nations, for
the bringing of them together
through the removal of their sin and
selfishness.
Christianity as a religious force
has given the principles of reaching
outward and of seeking contact with
other men. It has inspired the courage
for discovery and exploration and
the impetus to treat for a mutual understanding.
None but the nations
professing Christianity, who hav?
been'the pioneers in discovery, have
had an appreciable share in bringing
the ends of the earth together or in
creating'what is kno;wn as the "family
of nations," where an international
law instead of bjute force has
fpund field for operation.
We are celebrating now the anniTersary
of two great discoverers. On
our shores are gathered representatives
of every clime to do honor to
Hudson and i<*\uton ana xo cement me
friendships of an international peace.
In this we /are acknowledging that
there is a common, bond between us
all and our meeting together now Is a
fact that goes to make that bond
stronger. Discovery has located the
far lands, invention has brought them
closer together in time and distance;
travel and Intercommunication have
made possible a mutual acquaintanceship,
and the spirit of Christianity,
which has created the' conditions of
life favorable for these achievements,
if we are willing to live it, will carry
us further?to the realization of that
peaceful understanding to which all
men look with eager longing.
Co-operation is the outcome of the
great law of love which Christ died
to vindicate?the co-operation which
means a consideration for "the true
welfare of one another. Your life
and my life banded together in this
spirit means an uplift for the lives of
all nthpr mpn. Let US foster this
spirit, under the inspiration of Jesus,
in all our personal relationships, substituting
kindliness for strife, helpfulness
for ruthless struggle, service
for selfishness The victory of
achievement at the expense of our
fellow men means but a repetition of
the old and oft repeated ruin of civilization,
through misery and sin. We
rise to a height only to be cast down.
But progress through the refusal to
benefit at the expenso of one another
means an achievement that holds for
the generations to come. Mankind
working as a united whole, unthreatened
by personal dissensions, giving
itself instead of combatively trying
to save itself, must achieve victories
to stagger the imagination. To such
striving the tree of life shall yield her
leaves for the healing of the nations
and brine the balm of a peace, the
foretaste of the peace of the life eternal.?Andrew
F. Underhlll, Church
of the Ascension, New York, In Sunday
Herald.
The Wondrous Love.
However rich- we may once have
been in earthly love, and however
poor we may he to-day, we may be
many times richer if only the heart is
open for the entrance of the Infinite
and Living Love. No alienation, no
estrangement, no bereavement, can
leave us poor, if we but know "the
love of Christ that passeth knowledge."
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Foundation of Life.
When you assist womanhood you
assist tho nation. She is the foundation
of our lives, she is the intermediary
between man and all divinity.?Rev.
S. Parkes Cadman.
Moral Inllucncc.
The measure of moral influence ie
precisely the quality of moral character.
One clear lapse from goodness
and that authority expires.?Rev. H.
T. Henson,
Social Hygiene For Chicago Schools.
With a view to combating physical
and moral degeneration social hygiene
is placed in the curriculum of
Chicago high schools. This study 13
necessary, according to Dr. Alfred D.
Kohn, one of the school trustees, because
Chicago has been for fifteen
years "the dumping ground for all
the worst elements of Europe." "It
is rather ignorance than innate vie
iousness which is tne cause 01 me undoing
of young men and women,"
says Dr. Kohu. "I believe that instruction
in social hygiene should be
given in separate classes, 0D3 for boys
and one for girls."
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR JANUARY 2.
Sobject: John, the Forerunner of
Jesus, Matt. 3:1-12?Commit
Verses 2, 3.
GOLDEN TEXT.?"The voice of
one crying in the wilderness, Prepare
ye the way of the LoTd, and .make
His paths straight." Matt. 3:3.
TIME.?A. D., 27. PLACE.?The
WildernesB of Judea.
EXPOSITION.?I. "Repent Ye, For
the Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand,"
S-6. John's message is very like that
f the last prophet of the olden days
(comp. Mai. 3:1-5; 4:1-3). He had
received his training for the work ill
none of the rabbinical schools of the
day, but largely in solitude and communion
with God 4n the wilderness
(Luke 1:80). As he had received his
message directly from God (Jno. 1:? 33;
Luke 3:2) he waited for no call
or ordination by man before delivering
it. He sought not the synagogue,
but the open air, for the delivery pf
his message. His was a startling cry,
"Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven
is at hand." The average Jew
looked at himself as the unfortunate
victim of other men's hostility to God.
John said to them, Tou are yourself
. a sinner against G^d. Your great,
need is not deliverance from Roman
domination, but repentance from your
own sins. The' one cry of the prophets
of God unto man is, "repent."
John's reason for immediate repentance
was new. Newer still was hte
announcement that the King was
right at hand, and the character of
the King's work. The kingdom of
heaven was;near them, because the
King was about to appear. He was
about to set up His kingdom in the
hearts of those who would receive
Him. Furthermore, He would, have
set up His kingdom on earth if He
had been accepted. by His people.
More than seven centuries, had passed
since Isaiah (Isa. 40:3-5) had utterea .
his prophecy of a coming of the Lord ;
and of the forerunner who should
1 precede Him. He had come at last.
God's word had been fulfilled to the
letter, as it always will be sooner or
' later, though the fulfillment may wait
; for centuries as in this case. John
oame in thfe spirit and the appearance
of Elijah of old'(comp. 2 K. 1:8;
Matt. 17:12, 13). His whole manner
of life was a protest against the prevailing
vorldliness and self-indulgence.
Jesus did not follow In the
footsteps of John ih the outward man- .
ner of His protest. But men who
would represent God and have power '
with men should liye lives of great
' simplicity. John's earnestness, rug'
gedness, fearlessness, renunciation of
self and Ktern declaration in the pow?
rf_ t?Si. /IaA >
er in iu(r opirit ui uue mKBsagc, uvu
1 gave him awakened great Interest.
Men were convinced that he was "a
man qent from God."
IT. Bring Forth Fnrit Meet For
Repentance, 7-10. John was no trimmer.
He was not an adept at honied
words (cf. Matt 12:34; 23:33; Jno.
8:44). John believed in a coming
wrath of God against sin. It was not
any more a popular doctrine In that '&
day than it is now, but it was trne,
and men needed to hear about It, and^'j
so this faithful man of God told them."4
The way to "flee from the wrath to ft
come" and to "prepare the way of the
Lord" and to be ready for "the king- J
dom" was to repent with that genuine '
repentance that would show itself ii*
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a iransiurmea wits, unuguiB iuhu
fruit worthy of repentance. No one
was ever saved by a pious ancestry.
A son of Abraham may be a child of
the devil (Jno. 8:37. 3S. 41, 44), , : .
III. The Baptism With the Holy
Wind and Fire,| 11, 12. John has
emphasized the need of good fruit;
he now discloses the secret of bearing
It. A mightier than he was coming
who would baptize with something
more efficacious than water?r-"in the
Holy Spirit and in Are." Some have
interpreted these words to mean that /
there are two baptisms between which
one may have his choice?"the baptism
in the Spirit" (now) or "the baptism
in the fire of judgment," as in
the next verse (h?. ?after). The original
does not adi ? of this interpretation.
John doubtless had in mind
Isaiah's expression, "the Spirit of
burning" (Isa. 4:4) when he uttered
these words. In verse 11 we have
three baptismal elements, "water,"
with which John should baptize tnem
unto repentance; "the Holy Wind"
and "fire," with which Jesus w6uld
baptize them. Acts 2:2, 3, we
have the fulfillme^ _f the promise in
the case of. the apostles when they
found themselves engulfed in ' a
"mighty wind" "from heaven,"
tongues of fire resting upon their
heads, and they themselves "filled
with the Holy Wind." The promise
is a promise not of two baptisms, one
of blessing and the other of cursing,
but of one two-fold baptism of blessing,
"Holy Ghost and fire." But what?
does it mean to be baptized in fire?
The answer is found in considering
the work that "fire" does. (1)
"Fire" reveals (1 Cor. 3:13). (2)
"Fire" refines (Isa. 4:4; Zech. 13:9;
UTol 0.1 0\ / Q "ITJro" nnnQiimflQ
l>xai. O . l-O / . \ O / A'iiV VVUVUM.W
filthiness and scum (Ezk. 24:9-11).
(4) "Fire" illuminates. (5) "Fire"
makes to glow and melt (Jer. 23':29).
(6) "Fire" generates energy, A baptism
in "fire" then reveals ns to ourselves;
consumes the filthiness and '
scum ? the selfishness, ambition,
worldliness and vileness that we have
vainly contended against for years?
out of us; makes us to burn and glow
with love to God and man and truth,
love for souls; fills us with heavenly
energy.
Confirms an Oil Monopoly.
Frank Pierce, Assistant Secretary
of the Interior, it was announced in
Guthrie, Okla., has refused to grant a
right of way to the proposed Oklahoma
Pipe Line Company, holding
tb"t the Prairie Oil and Gas Company,
a Standard Oil branch, is already in
Oklahoma and should handle Oklahoma
oil. Oklahoma has denied per
I mission to tne .rraine uu auu-uas.
Company to build a pipe line because
it is not a domestic cornoration.
Secretary MncVeagh to Wear Red Tie.
Secretary cf the Treasury MacVeagh
says he thinks a red cravat is
very becoming to gray hair. This explodes
the story that the Cabinet has
decided to appear uniformly in purj
pie or black cravats. Mr. MacVeagh
1 made tfiis important announcement
after Mrs. MacVeagh had left Wash.*
^ ington, D. C., for Chicago.
Rabbits at $50 and $23.
At Shamokfn, Pa., John Socusk and
Frank Carpenter, while hunting, each
killed a rabbit. One Justice fined the
former $25, while another fined Cap*
! penter $50.
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