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New York City.?Here is a dress
which is perfectly simple and easy to
make, yet which is given a dainty
and attractive effect by the judicious
*,iae of trimming. In the illustration
it is made of checked linen and is
Ntrknmed with ribbon, but any seasonable
material is appropriate for
the dress, and if ribbon is not liked
bands of insertion or contrasting ma
lerial could be arranged under the
tabs and stitched into place; or the
apace under the tabs could be left
.plain. The ribbon, however, is designed
to be tacked to position only
*ud consequently can be removed
quite easily when cleansing becomes
necessary. The straight skirt is box
pleated and the dress is so simple
that it can be laundered with perfect
ease and success. It is closed invisibly
all the way down the back, so that it
can be opened out flat if required.
phalli a anri pashmprfl
will be pretty so made with trimming
portions of silk, either plaid, cr of
plain color. Among washable materials
are to be remembered batistes
and lawns, chambrays and the like,
and also the lovely cotton voiles that
are so durable and so dainty.
The dress consists of body portion
and skirt. The body portion is made
with front and backs that are tucked
over the shoulders and again at the
centre-back. The trimming is arranged
over the neck edge and centrefront
The sleeves are simple onepiece
full ones, finished with straight
bands.; The skirt is straight and box
pleated. It can be made with full
length closing or with regulation
placket, as liked.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size (twelve years)
is six and s&ven-eighth yards twenty
pf MW
k '
Over Blouse?Tn aeroplane style, to
!?e worn over any gulmpe. The over
blouse that is cut with the back portions
extended to form a belt, in what
ia known as aeroplane style, is a
fimart yet simple one that is greatly
in vogue. It requires scarcely appreciable
time for the Making, yet it
makes a most attractive effect.
The Bathing Cap.
The very popular bathing cap of to
u?y uu uc cttoiij nicivi'- uj uuj ..vni
an. One style of cap consists of an
oval-shaped piece of material shirred
about the face by means of a drawstring
run through a pocket on the
wrong side of the fabric's outer edge.
The turban cap fs cut in circular
shape and gathered on a wide ribbon
with long ends which, by passing behind
the ears, hold the headgear firmly
iu place.
A Parasol to Match the Gown.
Not every woman knows that it is
possible to have a parasol built from
her frock material at a very reasonable
cost. It is often well nigh im,
possible to match certain frocks with
parasols in just the right shade, but
most of the big shops will 5 ave a parasol
built on a handle whicn one may
selart one's self for from three to five
dollars. The parasol is so important
an adjunct in the complete harmony
of the toilet that it should be carefully
se'scted?quite as carefully as the
hat. In fa-ct.
$
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xrm&s, I
four or twenty-seven, five and one- (
fourth yards thirty-two, or four and
one-fnurth yards forty-four inches
wide, with or.e and three-fourth yards
of ribbon four inches wide.
Girl's Dress.
Such a little dress as this one can !
be made simple, adapted to morning j
wear, or dressy and suited to after- [
noon occasions, as one material or tho j
other is utilized. A simple washabia j
material in blue makes the^one illustrated,
and the yoke, belt and sleevebands
are of white. A more elaborate
effect could be obtained, however, by
making the dress of white linen or
white lawn and the yoke and trimming
portions of embroidery or of the i
material embroidered or braided by
hand. A dainty dress could be made
by using Dresden dimity or lawn with
the trimming portions of the same
or of white as preferred, and the jl
mouei win ue iouuu jusl a? outwiav
tory for one style as for another. |
The skirt is straight, consequently j
laundering is a simple matter.
The dress is made with body and j
skirt portions. The body portion is
tucked over the shoulders and to give
a box pleat effect at front and back.
The skirt is straight and laid in backward-turning
pleats. The two are j
joined and the closing is made for
the entire length at the back. The
yoke is a prettily shaped one and can
be finished either with or without the |
standing collar. The sleeves are in !
one piece each, gathered intu bands. !
The quantity of material required
for the medium size (eight years) is ,
five and three-fourth yards twenty- |
four, four and one-half yards twenty- \
seven, four yards thirty-two, ar three |
yards forty-four inches wide, with j
three-fourth yard twenty-seven for i
trimming portions.
Combinations of Crepe.
Delightful combinations of crepes, j
mousselines and laces with sable, ermine.
caracul and other furs will appear
as evening gowns as the season
advances.
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One-Piece Blouse, to Be Made With
High, Collarless or Round Neck?
The simple one-piece blouse made in
Oriental or peasant style, that is with
the sleeves and body portion iu one,
is a pronounced favorite of the season.
This one is simplicity itself.
There are only the under-arm seams,
that are extended into the sleeve
I
luting Huts.
Smart-looking outing hats -with
large round crowns and medium wide '
brims, the latter slightly turned np an i
inch all the way around, are of nat- I
ural color shantung, the material laid !
on smoothly, the edge bound with I
black velvet. The trimmings ara
scarfs of Persian silk, soft and full,
1..S.1 toMu or-J ?,,! . mivn I
j Mill III U VTCT^J I'/iUO UiUUMU 111V/ V.IUHH,
I and finished with twists at the left
, side, held in [dace with Egyptian
ornaments.
I*rvtf y Accessories.
A special emphasis is being laid |
upon accessories. New ideas in shoes
and hosiery, especially, are being
launched by enterprising makers, and
the delightful sets of evening slippers
ami stockings to match are being supplied
to all well dressed women.
While satin slippers covered with
black Chantilly lace are used with
Louis XV styles, jeweled buttons and
buckles, of course, are in evidence.
With these are worn fine silk stockings
with medallions of Chantilly iace
inset oa the insteu.
The fashion for red barns is dying
Out in the country districts.
The camel is in general use as a
carrier in South Australia.
At the approaching French maneuvres
a severe test is to be made of the
value o dogs as carriers.
A bill granting the taxpaying women
of Princess Anne County the
right to vote at town elections has
passed the Maryland Senate.
Liverpool's chief constable says
fhat owing to the religious feuds the
rest of policing the city last year was
inrrpaseri bv more than $50,000.
Though blessed with the most ferfile
soil and most favorable climate
in the world, the United States produces
less wheat an acre planted than
England, Germany or Holland.
In England one clockmaker in a
hundred has the haziest notion of
what an electric clock is.-whereae in
Switzerland it has been an active part
of their profession for a generation
or two.
London is now considering a
Rcherne for the better drainage of its
streets that was first propounded by
Benjamin Franklin 150 years ago?
the idea of a single gutter in the middle
of the thoroughfare.
Leeches are enumerated by the Bureau
of Statistics under its general
head of animals imported, the total
value of the imports of this species
in 1908 having been $5341; in 1907,
$6992; in 1906, $4494; in 1905,
$3802; in 1904, $3589; in 1903,
$3240, and in 1902, $2412.
Rembrandt etchings fetched high
prices at the sale of the Theobald collection
at Gutekunst's art room in
Stuttgart. One, "Rembrandt in the
Act of Drawing," was bought by a
Berlin dealer for $8250. This is a
proof from the unfinished plate, and
the only other one known to exist is
in the British Museum.
The recent discovery of practical
methods of converting crude cocoanut
oil into a palatable and satisfactory
vegetable butter has given great
extension to this business in Germany.
Seven companies are now crushing
the copra, and refining the oil for edible
use. The importations of rawcopra
have more than doubled wit.hin
(.bree years.
The King of the Belgians, the King
of Portugal and the Czar of Bulgaria
are distantly related to the English
royal family, and the Queen of Holland
is the niece of the Duchess of
Albany, and. therefore, first cousin
of Princess Alexander of Teck. Only
the Emperor of Austria, the King of
Italy, the King of Servia and the
Prince of Montenegro are without
family connections with King George.
An exciting music hall "turn,"
which will be known as the "human
cup and ball," was rehearsed in a
shed at the outskirts of Paris. A
woman is shut inside a huge wicker
ball, which is then rolled down a
steep inclined plane, terminating in
an upward bend. The ball shoots
with lightning speed down the slide
and is hurled up into space and
caught by an elevated bowl shaped
receptacle twenty-five feet away.
EARLIEST "DRY FARMERS."
Row Navajo Indians Cultivated Scant
Patches in tiie Desert.
Physically, morally and intellectually
the Navajo is superior to other
nomadic tribes, such as the Utes,
Apaches, Comanches, Sioux and Cheyennes.
He has always been self-supporting,
receiving no rations or other
assistance from the Government.
When there is work to be had within
their capacity the men labor willingly
and efficiently, grading on the railroads,
constructing irrigation reservoirs
and ditches and weeding or harvesting
sugar beeta in the beet fields
of Colorado.
They cultivate their scanty patcnes
of corn and beans on thousands of
places in the desert, having been real
"dry farmers" centuries before the
Campbell system was born of the
brain of the Nebraska experimenter
or the Dry Farming Congress that
meets in October in Billings, Mont.,
conceived of. They build their humble
hogans of stone or of timber
banked up with'clay, wherever there
happens to be water for their flocks
and herds.
They are neither nomads, like the
wandering tribes of the plains, nor
settled agriculturists, like the Pueblos.
but rather Bedouins of the American
desert, moving when necessary to
secure better pasturage or a more
abundant supply of water for their
live stock. Their blankets, woven exclusively
by their squaws, have made
their tribal name a household word
wherever barbaric beauty or next to
everlasting durability is prized.?Los
Angeles Times.
Few Mosquitoes at Panama.
Dr Claude Pierce, of the United
States quarantine service at Colon, arrived
in New York City on the steamship
Santa Marta. "'Colon, Cristobal
and Panama." he said, "are more
healthy places of residence than New
York City, because of the great precaution
in the Canal Zone. All open
pools and cisterns have been done
away with entirely in the fight to exterminate
the mosquitoes that carry
yellow fever and malaria germs. The
elimination of mosquitoes is the
greatest thing done in the Panama
Canal Zone outside of building the
a.nal itself."
THE PULPITT
A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON B
THE REV. JOHN E. ADAMS.
Theme: Hoj)e.
Brooklyn, N. Y.?Sunday nigh
the Rev. .Tohn Erskine Adams, pas
lor of the Ross Street Presbyteria
Church, preached the second serrao
in a series of three on I. Corinthian
13:IS: "Now abideth Faith. Hop<
Love, these three, but the greatest c
these is Love." The subject las
! ni?ht was "Hone." Mr. Adams said
The man who wrote these word
practiced what he preached. Tt wa
he who said: "Brethren, be ye fo!
i lowers together of me." Wheneve
j he pointed up the steep slopes o
| duty he was ready to jumn into th
! lead and show the way. He was th
first to lay himself upon the alta
when he enjoined unon others th
duty of sacrifice. He never slum
bered while others were on th
bridge; he never stopped, to res
wnne otners were on me marcr
Men had not only the en lighten men
of his counsel, they had the energ
of his conduct; not only the ilium
ination of exegesis. hut the inspira
tion of example. Great as was hi
preaching, the practical illustratioi
In his own Ufa of the?things he uree
upon others is still greater. Unlik
the modern general who, from th
distance of miles, perhaps upon som
eminence, from which he surveys th
entire field of battle, mobilizes an
moves bis men by semaphore, aide o
telephone: himself far removed frou
danger of shrapnel or Mauser. Pan
never sounded the charge that he dii
not plunee into the thickest of th
fight. Did he preach Christ as th
ultimate ideal and goal for whic
men should strive? Of himself h
3ays: "Not as though I had alread
> attained . . . But one thing
j do?T press toward the mark for th
I prize."
We are not surprised, then, t
j find in him the apostle of hope
i When he places it among the graces
i le does so beoause it had graced hi
! own life. He can urge upon other
! the dutv and nrivilege of optimisE
j oecause he knows what it ig to glor
j !n his own infirmities, and count al
j tvorldy losses as gains. He eve
I walks with buoyant and spring
: ;tep. With him the shadows neve
engthen and the night never deen
*ns, it is always day. He walks ii
J :he light: he is a child of light: h
j "ejoices in tribulation, and tbrougl
.ts leaden skies the star of hope eve
ihines.
j Hope is defined as the desire o
; lome good, accompanied with an ex
i jectation of attaining it. or a belie
i hat it is obtainable. It is more thai
! in emotion, therefore, or a wish, or i
j leaire: it Is a confidence, an expecta
ion; it almost reaches the stage o
j :onviction. It. is the philosophy c
I jptimlsm, and as such it abides am
leserves to abide. We are told ths.
ravelers in tbe Alps, standing upoi
.he "middle ground." see. beneatl
hem. the shadows and valleys am
{ larklv fiowin? river, and above then
j ;he snow-clad heights on which th<
i :un rests long after the valley be
j leath is in the grip of the night. A
! >ne time, then, it Is possible to lool
j town into the shadows or up into th<
j :unshinc. Pessimism is the philoso
jhy of the downward look: hope lift
.ts eyes unto the hills from wheno
rometh man's help: aud believes tha
he best and not the worst is yet t(
??-?m o
I David was an optimist. In th<
i Torty-second Psalm he is facing I
| crisis. He cannot stand upon middl
rround. He must either deafcend o
isccnd; it is the abyss or the raoun
! .ain top. And so, he lays hold upoi
l he one refuge from pessimism am
i lespair, and calls upon his soul t
i lope. "Why art thou cast down. (
j ny souj? And why art thou dis
i juieted within me? Hope thou ii
1 Jod. for I shall yet praise Him fo
j .he health of His countenance."
' Hope abides because it is the sur
i 'iva! of the fittest. Despondency un
j Us. humbles, dethrones. It saps th
rcry strength from manhood. Fran
ies H. Burnett in "The Shuttle.'
;ives us the picture of the Englisl
ord, sitting hour aft^ hour, hold
,ng the wasted hand of one of hi
| ;ommon laborers, who is strickei
j *ith typhoid fever, and calling bad
I .lirough the power of hope the lif
I that had almost pone out in despaii
I The great specialist, who has bee:
1 :allcd in in the hour of crisis, whe
[ ihe faces of the watchers are pals
I ?nd fear has frozen the vqry foun
! ;ains of life and energy, gives th
J verdict of "Hope," and instantly tn
| oody straightens, tho back stiffens
| the blood courses through the veins
Hope is energy. The provision
, nave failed: the boat leaks, the sea
j rise, strength is g?nc, and intolerabl
thirst alone remains. But, upon th
I lorizon there rise the masts and the
I the hull of the liner. Hotfc at one
| energizes. With the vestige of rc
j maining strength, the distress signs
!s hoisted, it is seen; it is answered
the steamer's course is changed, an
rescue is at hand. Hope is the gran
Itic element of uature. Of Samuf
Adams, Dancroft says: "Diflicultie
j could not discourse his decision, no
I dnnpers appall his fortitude. Of des
I pendency ho knew nothing; trial
i only nerved him for superior strug
! gles. His sublime and unfalterin
I hope had a cast of solemnity, an
was as much a part of his nature a
if his confidence sprung from insigli
into the divine decrees, and -was a
firm as a sincere Calvinist's assui
ance of his election."
Ilope is life's song. Once Elija
lost it, and life was paralyzed. Ha^
ing seen hope slip away from him, h
was ready to die. The wilderness i
about him and within him. The bes
tiling God can give liim is uie grav<
And this man is not a coward. H
lias fought to death, on Carme
Baal's priests. He has won man
other battles, but now he is in th
grip of despondency, and his impei
ial spirit is broken. But God call
liirn up from the depths, and whe
nature's elementary forces, when fn
and wi:id and earthquake fail t
. rouse liis slumbering roul, (ho stil
small voice of God sings to him th
song cf Hope, a ad the prophet j
J strengthened.
The worst thing that has ever bee
I thought of hell is that in its ficr
j dtptlis all hope is abandoned. S
; long as the man waits, through tli
loner hours, lor t.no uawn, aim su iu.i
as lie believe? that the dawn wi
come, liell is not ready for him, tii
celestial gates are still swung wid
open.
If hope is all this, thou wo do we
r.o cultivate it, to cherish it, at a
hazards. Better part with auvthin
than it. Better .qive up your frieiu
I than your hopes. Better 11art wit
your money. The only nun withoi
God in the world is the man withoi
hope. We need to cherish it, fc
ourselves and for others. The moi
selfish life in the work! is thq liopi
loss life "Xttblesse ohlics." It
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our duty to help and not to hinder;
to lift up and not cast down; to be
sign posts along the way, rather than
Y stumbling blocks in the way. There
is no influence more blighting in all
the world than that of u man who
sedulously cultivates the philosophy ;
of despair. He is nothing but a nuis- i
ance, and an infernal one at that, because
his philosophy is hell-born. He !
I becomes a hinderer rather than a
^ | helper. He is deliberately withhold- i
s. ing from others, in their cares and
'n burdens and sorrows, that cheer and
n courage which God hag meant him to
g impart. If that alone were true, it
; would be bad enough, but other
things are true. He is not only withholding;
he is infecting, he is po'soning.
He is offending one of God's
g little ones. He pretends to be youi
g friend, but he is drilling holes below
!_ the water line. He is pulling out the
r bricks from the wall and the rivets
from the bolts. He is undermining
e the moral constitution of every one
e he meets. He is damping men's arr
dor. he is chilling their enthusiasms,
e he is putting clouds into clear skies,
Viopqiiqo ho is rtisrnnntinsr hnnp Thf?
e further such a man keeps away from
his fellow men the better for them,
j He has no business with them. The
t only proper place for Elijah was the
y wilderness and the juniper tree when
he had ceased to hope. And the j
only proper place for him when new
3 hope and joy had been born within
n his soul was back among the sons of
s men. When our Lord's soul was
e troubled He was alone, the shades of
e night were about Him, His disciples
e slept. When He spoke to other than
If u/oa fha mocsn fre rtf hflTIP* I
e ** ? -j
Come unto Me, all ye that labor
r and are heavy laden and I will give
n you rest." There is only one heart
] strong enough to bear the weight of
j a hopeless soul and that is the heart
e of God. He alone is the "joy of the
e comfortless, light of the straying, j
h hope of the penitent, fadeless and j
e pure."
v The world has no time and no use !
1 for the man who has no time and no j
e use for hope. A gentleman on be- !
ing asked to contribute to the ereco
tion of a monument replied: "Not a
.. dollar. I am ready to contribute to(>
ward building monuments to those
3 who make us hope, but I will not give
s a dollar to help perpetuate the mema
ory and influence of those who live
v to make us despair." The men who
[I find the world waiting for them, rer
sponsive to them, grateful for them,
y are the men who bring into its darkr
ness something of light and into its
i. sufferings and sins, the aleviation
n and stimulus of hope.
e A singer sang a song of tears, and the great I
ti world heard and wept;
r For he sang of the sorrows of fleeting !
years, and the hopes which the dead j
f pas', kept;
And souU in anguish their burdens bore,
" and the world was sadder than
before. ' J
i
a A singer sang a song of cheer, and the
great world listened and smiled,
f For he sang of the love of a Father dear,
f {ind the trust of a little child:
j And souls that before had forgotten to
a " pray looked up and went singing
along the way.
* Perhaps, after all, to those who j
, are listening to-night, it is not neces- I
sary to say all this. You know it j
already. If you don't, it is because j
_< you have never yet entered into the j
T joy of your Lord, which is not re- J
served, simply for the life to come, ,
_ but is imparted to His followers in j
the life that now is. It is a joy that j
" no man taketh away. For it is the ;
joy that comes from the knowledge |
t not only that in the hiding of God r
there is safety, but that in the hands 1
of God all things are made to work
together for our good. It is the joy
of the consciousness that the bars
and bolts that once held us in the |
prison have been withdrawn, and
the door has swung open, and we
~ have passed put into the light. And
it is the joy that, having passed out
^ into the light there is given to us not |
j only freedom from bondage, but af- :
filiation, the privilege of partnership
~ with God; the power to do and to !
become. And if we still feel our- j
selves hedged about by unpropitious i
circumstance, and assailed by the I
^ temptation of that illicit self which ,
" still clamors for recognition and
claims enthronement, there is born
within us the hope that out of strugu
gle and defeat, out of strivings and 1
groanings, out of bondage and im- i
~ prisonment, we are at last to come I
ofT more than conquerors through j
^ Him who has loved us and redeemed !
us by His blood. When we receive j
. Christ, who is our Hope, the Bright i
' and Morning Star of Life, we enter |
into privilege and possession. All |
, things are ours; the world about us, ,
l the skies above us; the heritage of j
g soil and the heritage ef souls; the j
deep happiness of proprietorship in i
the thines of the life that now is and :
!' the fadeless hope bf the life everlast'*
ing: All things ars ours, for we are.
g Christ's and Christ is God. What
e place is there for doubt, or despair in
e such a life? Why should we not, if
n we believe in Him, who, though une
seen, is ever with us, rejoice, with
joy unspeakable and full of glory?'
[j What matters it that the sorrows ot
I the present seem not joyous, but
d' grievous? They are the light afflic- |
tions which are but for the moment, !
and which work out for us the far j
g more exceeding and eternal weight |
j. of glory. While we look at the .
... things which are seen, while the i
g shock of the storm is upon us, the j
cathode rays of hope reveal beneath i
' the deep calm the unseen things I
j which are eternal.
s Now abideth hope; its fingers point I
upward and onward?and God is at I
3 the end.
Unfading hope! When life's last embers :
burn,
When soul to soul and dust to dust return |
" [ Heaven to thy charge resigns the awful |
r~ hour!
e Oh, then Thy kingdom comes! Immortal
is Power!
it
}. Drippings From the Sanctuary.
e He who is stayed on God does not
stand still.
y The love of the Father makes the,
e life of a brother.
!*" No man knows how to live so as to
Is /lio 7-icrht whn has not learned how to
n die so as to live right.
e People who can describe the will of 1
.? God are often the last to do it.
Walking with God is always a good |
e deal more than a dress parade.
IS So long as the collection is more I
than the election, the church will be |
n, a negligible quantity in civic affairs. !
Sermons that have lived are the '
0 ones that make lives. I
'? If you are walking with God you :
lj are not climbing over men.
Manufacturing heresy is the mod- j
e *rn way of hunting martyrdom.
j I Bunyan's (ireat Help.
11 John Bnnyan tells us that his j
H great guilt immensely helped him to\j
Is read iiis Bible aright. The Bibte ;
h was written for the salvation ot
it guilty sinners alone, and no man,
it learned nor simple, has ever read the
>r Bible aright, or ever will read it
st aright, unless he always comes* to it
s- as a guilty sinner. ? Alexander
is Whyte.
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THE TEMPERANCE PROPAGANDA
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CONCERTED ATTACK ON DRINK
WINNING ALL ALONG LINE.
I
Evil of Intoxicants.
Hugh F. Fox'need not apologize
for asking for space in which to present
the liquor dealers' side of the
anti-saloon controversy, nor should
any newspaper hesitate to grant any
reasonable request of that kind from
advocates of either side, for there is
no question now before the people
which is attracting greater attention
the country over than the problem of
how best to reduce to a minimum the
evils of excessive use of intoxicants
without unduly infringing on personal
liberty.
In a business trip through Georgia
extending over ten weeks, which has
taken me into all of the larger cities
and into most of the smaller ones, I
have studied with a great deal of
interest the experiment they are trying
nere. Not being a partisan on
?ither side. I have observed, I believe,
with an impartial eye. If anything, I
was rather prejudiced against prohibition
as the best method, especially
for the cities.
Ignoring statistics, which are easily
mo ninula tori a n ri r.snnllv
[ will only say .that in these ten weeks
I have only seen seven men at all
under the influence of intoxicants, and
none of them was seriously so. One
:an see that many in ten minutes on
the streets of any city in New Jersey
almost any day or night. The small
amount of drunkenness in the cities
Df Georgia has been very surprising to
me, as I have read so much about
how prohibition does not prohibit. In
cities of other States, where my business
takes me from time to time, it is
so common as to attract no attention.
There is a great deal of "near beer"
sold in some of the larger cities, and
much pf it is very "near" the real
thing, but stronger drink is harder
to obtain except in the clubs. There
its use is restricted to those not likely
to abuse the privilege. The net result
is that any one who behaves himself
need not be consumed with thirst, ,
while those who are likely to give
their neighbors or the police trouble
find it very difficult to get into a troublesome
condition. Everybody seems
to be satisfied except "the trade,"
and I have been unable to discover
any sentiment among the solid busi- ;
nckac* olamonl i r* fo vAr nf roafrtrine* f ho
old wide-open order, such as we have
ia the North: On the contrary, the
tendency seems to be toward more
stringent laws and better enforcement (
of those they have.
Prohibition is evidently not injur- :
ing Georgia commercially. . Its prosperity
and development are simply i
marvelous. No unbiased observer
can travel through the State without
being impressed with its wonderful
growth and prosperity, and the orderly
government of its cities, so different
from the wide-open condition o!
cities of the same size in other State? 1
which have even a smaller proportion
of population easily made disorderly.
The experiment in Georgia is well I
worth watching.?M. A. Nupatree, i
Atlanta, in the New York Times.- i
The Other Side. I
It is admitted by everybody that
the saloons make a town lively. They
keep police courts busy, supply occu- i
pants for jails and prisons and contribute
sensational incidents for news- (
paners; but heretofore little has been
sai? about the moral benefits exerted
by -them. In the campaign coming
on, this moral issue should be kept
to the fore by the saloon orators and
organs. ' They should prove that
towns are made morally better by the
presence in them of a large number
of saloons. It should be shown' that
the presence of several saloons in
each block downtown improves the i |
appearance of business streets, and a
sentiment of pride in the existence of
saloons and a desire to see their number
increase would be a natural corollary
following a demonstration of
1 i
meir morai ueneuis.?r iuw uc
Rockford Republican.
Saloojis in Chicago.
To every church in Chicago there
are ten saloons, and the drinking
places outnumber the police two to
one, according to a report of the
Juvenile Protective Association.
There are 7155 saloons in the city.
"A conservative estimate of the cost
of maintaining the average saloon,"
says the report, "is $1000 for license,
$1000 for salary of bartenders and
$500 for rent a year, making a total
of $2500.- If we multiply the 7155
saloons by this amount we have a 1
total of $17,887,500. Now, if we
take the population of Chicago as
2,000,000 (including every man,
woman and child), then it is easy to
be seen that the cost per capita at
this conservative estimate, which does
not include any profit whatsoever, is
$8.94."
Use of Liquor Waning. . ! !
Americans have lessened consump- !
tion of alcoholic beverages during the
past two years by $110,185,600, according
to the American Grocer.'
The figures say that during 1909
the consumption was: Whisky, $5 66,- i
913,331; beer, $879,872,542; wines, (
$107,219,990; total, $1,554,005,863.
For 1907 the estimated total retail
cost of liquors was $i.t>04,j.:f 1,100.
According to the Government Bureau
of Statistics, during the same period
the population incased 2.749,963. '
The per capit?. use of spirits is the |
smallest since 1000, and of beer since I
1905. Last year's consumption of}
tea, coffee and cocoa was tiio largest i
since 1905.
Temperance Notes.
in Florida eighty per cent, of the
territory is "dry," there being only
340 saloons left in the State.
The smaller the drink, the clearei
the head and the cooler the blood
which are great benefits in tempei
and business.?William Penn.
The Supreme Court of Kansas has
decided that a saloonkeeper who is
mobbed, and gets hurt, cau only recover
nominal damages. His business
being illegal is without the pale
of the law's protection.
Kansas is simply protecting its people
from the arch enemy of human
happiness. Prohibition has simply j
muzzled ihe brute lhat is 10,000
times more destructive than a mad
dog It has established a quarantine
against a plague more destructive \
Ml an clioiera ? uovemor ouiuus ui
Kansas.
In one of our Cleveland missions
an old man of seventy-four, a recent |
convert, spoke and said it. was the ,
second Sunday in his working life
that he had not spent behind the bar
of a saloon. "I have one foot in the
grave," he said, "'but f thank Ucd that
my hand is on the doorknob of heaven."
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\Religious Truth$\
From the Writings of Great!
Preachers.
i
A NEW BEGINNING.
He came to my desk with trembling lips;
The ltoson wras done;
"Will you give me a new leaf, dear teach*
er?" he said,
"I have spoiled this one."
So I took his leaf, all blurred and blotted(
And gave him a new one, all unspotted,
And into his sad eyes smiled:
"Do better now, my child."
I came to the throne with trembling heart}
The past was done;
"Will you give me a new leaf, dear F?
ther?" I said.
"I have spoiled this one."
So He took my leaf, all blurred and blotted^
And gave me a new one, all unspotted,
And into my sad eyes smiled:
"Do better now, My child." ,
. ' : J
A Bothersome ^Something."
In the journal of George Fox, the
consecrated Quaker, is found," this <
confession: "I knew Jesus, and He
was very jneciuus cu mj auui, uut j
found something in me which would
not keep patient and k nd. I did
what I could to keep it down, but it
was there. I besought Jesus to do :
something for me, and when I gave
Him my will. He came into my heart,
and cast out all that would not be
sweet,- all that would not be kind, all ?
that would not be patient, and then
He shut the door."
Blessed George Pox. To have the .
door of the heart shut on all that
would not be sweet, kind or patient
was to find a blessing worthy of what
Charles Wesley called "the second
rest."
And are there not many professed
Christians who are bothered with this
mysterious "something" which will
not keep patient and kind? Is it not
characteristic of many a religions life
to be petulant, irritable, vindictive
and resentful? Irofeot qatck.and cutting
retorts mar the conversation of
many domestic circles and other close
associations? Are there not many- .;tjj
cheeks mantling with shame or
anger because qf these sudden, fool*
ish and useless outbursts oI ill temper
and unsanctified passion? '
What such persons need is a sap- . .
render of the rebellious will to God,
and an earnest beseeching of the :': v;
Saviour to cast out all these unto- '.'Sj
ward and distressing sediments of
the unregenerate life.
Be assured that of yourself yo? :
will never. be able to "keep them ' $
down." As long as they are rooted
in the -heart, they will grow and ^
flourish. Get them "cast out," and ra
the door closed after them; then
shall you find sweetness, patience and
klndnesB ruling your spirlt.-Mlichi- y*
gan Christian Advocate.
I Will Not Leave Yon Comfortless. . ** '-J,
Hear the pledge of Jesus Christ:\i?q
"I will not leave you comfortless; 1 ?.
will come unto you. Lo! I am with ;f
you alway, even unto the end of th? ^*2
world." As long as God lives and our
bouIs live, so long does this pledge*
stand. It is true, we cannot always ?
feel this presence. But we can al- ^"5
ways know that it is there, always ^jj
think of it, so long as thought endures,
always rest upon it forever and
forever; and .the reason why this
promise is given is that we may hold.
fast to this truth. There may be -j
a moment in the very depth of sor- .'
row and anguish when the presence is
hidden from us. But is it because
we are stunned, unconscious?
It is like passing through a eurglcjfl
or constitutive elements in God's
beautiful and good plan for you and
as such to be accepted with a smile.
Trust Clod, have an implicit faith in
God, and these very things will impart
the highest zest to life.?Horace y
]3usiiuell.
Hon Rival to Chameleon.
Mrs. Henry Farnum, of Lanesboro,
Mass., has a black Minorca hen which
she says is fifteen years old and has
changed its color four times. As a
pullet the hen was black, later she
becamo speckled black and white,
then changed to black and is now
pure white. The Minorcan still sings
:iud lays. L,, ;.Vj
A Noiseless Fourth.
Mayor Gaynor delivered a patriotic
address as part of the noiseless
Fourth cebebrayoa in New York CItj>
operation. The .time cornea lor xne
ordeal. The anaeBthetitt is ready.
You stretch out your ha*d to your
friend, "Don't leave me, don't forsake
me." The last thing you feel
is the clasp of that hand, the last
thing you ' see is the face of that
friend. Then a moment of darkness,
a blank?and the first thing you see
is the face of love again. So the
angel of God's face stands by us,
bends above us, and we may knowthat
He will be theire even when all
else fails. * * Amid the mists
that shroud the great ocean beyond
the verge of mortal life, there is one
Eweet, mighty voice that says: "I
will never leave thee, nor forsake
thee. In all thy afflictions I will be
with thee, and the angel of My face
shall save thee."?Henry van Dyke, /
D. D.
A Meditation.
God knows me better than I know
myself. He knows my weakness?
what I can do and cannet do. So I
desire to be led, to follow Him, and
I am quite sure that He will thus enable
me to do a great deal more in
ways which seem to me almost a
waste in lifo advancing His cause, ' v
than I could in any other way; I am
sure of that. Intellectually I am
weak; in scholarship, nothing; in a
thousand things a baby. He knows
this, and so He has led me and greatly
blessed me, who am nobody, to be t
of some use to my church and fellow-men.
How lcind^how good, how compas
Bionate art Tdou, o God! u my rather,
Iceep me humble! Help me to
have respect to my fellow-men, to
recognize these sevoral gifts as from ,
Thee. Deliver me from the diabolical
sins of malice, enmity, or jealousy,
and give mo a hearty joy in my brother's
good, in his work, in bis gifts
and talents; and may I be truly glad
iu bis superiority to myself if God
be glorified. Root out weak vanity,
all devilish pride, all that is abhorrent
to the mind of Christ. God
hear my prayer! Grant me the wondrous
joy of humiliation, which is
seeing Thee as all in all.?Norman
Maclcod's Diary.
Get Good Out of Evil.
Whatever obscurity, darkness,
trial, suffering falls upon you; your
defeats, losses, injuries; your outward
state, employment, relations;
what seems hard, unaccountable, severe,
or as nature might say, vexations?all
these you will see as parts