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)' fiigSSHEH W& TMO New York City.?The rompers that are made with sleeves in one with the body portion are the latest and the newest. These are practical and attractive in effect and altogether desirable The back portions of the drawers are attached to the belt and consequently are easily buttoned in the place. The little garment can be worn over a frock or In place of one, as liked. All the simple washable materials are appropriate, gingham, -chambray, linen, percale, galatea and the like, and there are a great many of the inexpensive printed wash fabrics that serve such purpose admirably well. The rompers illustrated are made of blue chambray trimmed with the same material in blue and white plaid. At the front the body and leg portions are in one, but at back they are separate. The rompers consist of the fronts, which are cut with waist and drawers in one, the backs of the body portion and the back portions of the drawers. The neck can be finished with either a square or 4 round outline, and there is a patch pocket arranged over the left front. The back portions of the drawers ^re attached to the belt and buttoned at tne sides, wnne tne Deic also is byttoned into place at the back and held by a button and buttonhole at the front, so that the garment is kept securely in place, yet is very easily slipped on and off. The quantity of material required for the medium size (four years) is three and five-eighth yards twentylour or twenty-seven, three and one Sailor Suit For Misses and Small Women?Consisting of blouse and seven gored pleated skirt that can be made with or without yoke. The sailor suit is always a favorite one. It"is eminently to be desired for outings and for school and for general use and it is always pretty and always attractive. The suit consists of blouse and skirt. The blouse is made with fronts and back and is finished with 1 hems at the front edges. A Button Revival. Seek out vour old polished steel buttons and bring them to the front; they are an evidence of the last style in costuming the lady beautiful. They belong to the shepherd's plaid suit, to the navy blue serge or to the mulberry linen. Any shape will do; the ball button is much sought for, but there is also the big flat one the size of a dime, a nickel or a quarter. Use metai polish to restore them, and give them a rub with !eath2r before you put them on. The stores will yield up nothing better nan the button bag. New Slippers. ' One of the smart shops is showing slippers with vamps of colored leather and the rest of the slipper and the heel of white kid. These slippers are quite smart when worn with dainty lace-trimmed lingerie frocks to complete a color scheme. They are to be had with vamps of green, blue pink, lavender and red. Colored ^ilk stockings are worn to match the color of the vamp. I * ' half thirty-two, or one and seveneighth yards forty-four inches wide, i with one-half yard twenty-seven . inches wide for trimming. Nine Gored Skirt For Misses and ; Small Women, The skirt that is cut in narrow ! gores with a pleat over each seam is | one that gives long, slender llnea, while providing comfortable width at the lower edge. This ono is designed for young girls and for small women, and is adapted to all seasonable materials and to the coat suit, to the odd skirt and to the dress. In the illus tration one of the new linens in diag- | ? onal weaves is finished with simple stitching, but such a skirt can be made from lighter weight washable material and from wool, from pongee and the like with equal success. The pleats are stitched weil below the hips, giving the fashionable close effect, and are pressed flat below the j stitchings so that the effect of the skirt is a narrow one while at the ' same time it is comfortable to wear. ine smri is cui m ume guics. xuc i pleats are laid on indicated lines and effectually conceal the seams. Those at the back meet at the centre and the closing is made invisibly. The quantity of material required for the medium size (sixteen years) is seven yards twenty-four or twentysaven, five and three-fourth yards thirty-two, or three and five-eighth yards forty-four inches wide. Tuck Trimmings. As a trimming to outer garments tucks afford the best method for ornamenting a blouse which is intended to be for morning wear. They take away from its plainness without making it elaborate. Not that they are confined to blouses?Indeed, tucks trim every sort of garment from the plainest to the richest. Seml-Prlncesse Costume ? Semiprincesse gowns will be extensively worn throughout the season, and thia one is charmingly attractive at the same time that it is simple and consequently well adapted to foulards and other silks of the sort* to lingerie ma terials and the like. In the illustration, of the new mousselines, is trimmed with lace banding and combined with tucking and white chiffon sleeve puffs. Traveling Bags Lined With Pongee. The handsomely fitted leather trav- [ eling bag may be lined to match one's traveling coat if desired. Many of the new bags, instead of satin or leather linings, are finished inside with daintly colored pongee, and the fittings are of the new imitation ivory substance that is especially practical for traveling use, since it is so easily kept clean. In addition to her brush, comb, mirror and various manicure and other toilet implements, milady's dressing bag must contain a dainty flask of stimulant in case of sudden indisposition, and a complete cosmetic outfit. All these articles are sicwea away arouna me smes or me bag in shirred pockets and understraps, leaving space in the centre for lingerie and fresh blouses. Materials For Mourning. Some of the materials worn in mourning are silk and wool, or allwool crepe cloth, imperial serge, voile, tamise, soleil, cheviot and diagonal serge. Silk-warp materials are lighter and shake the dust beautifully. i 1 I POETRY WORTH [ ? MEMORIZING. | ' THE BOY WHO FORGETS. [ l?ve him, the boy who forgets! Does it seem such a queer thing to say? Can't help it; he's one of my pets; ^ Delighted at work cr at play. , t'd trust him with all that 1 own, And know neither worries nor frets; ] But the secret of this lies alone . J In the things that the laddie forgets. ' He always forgets to pay back ( The boy who has done him an ill; { Forgets that a grudge he owes Jack, And smiles at him pleasantly still. He always forget? 'tis his turn To choose what the others shall play; 1 Forgets about others to learn 1 The gossippy things .that "they say." s tie forgets to look sulky or cross When things are not going his way; Forgets some one's gain is his lo^s; Forgets, in his worttirae, his play. 1 So this is why I take his part; Why 1 say he is one of my pets; ! [ repeat it with all my heart; ( I love him for what he forgets! i ?Pauline Frances Camp, in St. Nicholas, A RICH MAN'S PRAYER. Lord, give me strength and give me health, ] And make me wiser day by day; } Let me keep adding to my wealtii, j And guard me from my foes, I pray. Lord, let the ones who wish me ill | j Bv kinder feelinas be imbued, | . And let the skies above me still 1 Ee ever soft and rosy hued. Lord, let my daughter be as pure As are the snow-flakes when they fall; Let all the joys she has endure, And let her bear no ills at all. Lord, let my wife have faith in me, Faith that will not be undermined, From all suspicion keep her free, And also just a little blind. / Lord, cause my son to hope to rise. To wish to gam proud eminence; Let him succeed in all he tries, And kindly give him common sense. Lord, finally 1 humbly pray That he may chun the dizzy whirl Instead of waking up some day The husband of a chorus girl. ?rChicago Record-Herald. LITTLE JOHNNY-JUMP-UP. When little Johnny-jump-up poked his head above the ground, Be winked his saucy yellow eyes and then ho looked around, And saw the sunshine all about and blue sky overhead; "I'm glad 1 blossomed out in such a pretty world!" he said. 'I'm glad the grass is all so green, the earth so warm and brown! I'm glad I have a yellow hat and such a pretty gown! And 1 shall stand here all day long and say to everything That looks into my happy face, 'It'p spring, you know! It's spring!' " ?Julia Grace Gilbert, in St. Nicholas, j A LAY TO THE HEN. | I sing the hen, that noble bird With shiny yellow legs, Who, when she feeleth so disposed Supplieth us with eggs; Whose gentle, soothing "Cutter-quaw!" j Cheers up our spirits some, Since we're reminded by the sound That gentle spring has come., I sing the h'jn! The Plymouth Rock, Rhode Isliind or Shanghai, Or any other brand men think The only kind to buy. Long may she "Cut-ca-dah-cut!" In the good old-fashioned way, I And may this little lay to her ? Inspire her to lay. j ?Somerville Journal, k I ELOPING UP TO DATE. j rhe coatlesfi man puts a careless arm | 'Round the waist of the hatless girl. While over the dustless, mudless roads I T? ? UftiwiAlAan tttK irl ' ? jlLi a uuiocicao vug; "??** I jike a leadless bullet from hammerless gun j j By smokeless powder driven, j g rhey fly to taste the speechless joy3 ! By endless union given. rhe only luncheon his coialess purse Affords to them the means * [3 a tasteless meal of boneljr's cod, ! c With a dish of stringless beans. | t Ee smokes his old tobaccoless pipe And laughs a mirthless laugh I j. When papa tries to coax her back ^ By wireless telegraph. . , * ?Motor Record, j ? c BARTER OF HEARTS. | When mighty Jove a-wooing went I j Of Danae, ttoe fair, j ^ They say a shower of gold he sent? ^ The maid said yes?right there. ! 1 ; C But now the maids on marriage bent 1 s Reverse the old-time tale, j t And when the bags of cold are sent, ' j j The gallant knight's "for sale." j a ?Stella Leerburger, in Gunters. 1 t c A MATTER OF CHOICE. The dancing seasons never stop*; 1 Some of us dance through all. . r The frog prefers a summer hop, I ? The moth a camphor ball. ?Sam S. Stinson, in Woman's Home Com- j ' panion. j ? THE GIFTS. ' 1 3 _ . ... 1 c rwo Guts there are of value far j Beyond great wealth or lands. rhe Gifts are these: The Eye that Sees, * The Heart that Understands. ' ?William Patterson White, in Woman's s Home Companion. fc rHE sacrfcd burden* OF life. \ \ sacred burden is the life ye bear; t Look on it, lift it, bear it solemnly, t Stand up beneath it steadfastly, o Fail not for sorrow, falter not for sin. But onwaid, upward, till the goal ye win. . ?Ivemble. , d THE BETTER WAY. ^ "In time of peace prepare for war"? p The ancient rule they wish to bar. a Why should the nations seek-for gore? A better way we find to-day? , In time of peace prepare for more. ?Chicago Daily News. t a Smoking For French Yonth.. It is curious that while in this j country a child is not allowed to B smoke cigarettes but may consume }< chocolate imitations to its heart's d content, in France the case is ex- a actly reversed. Boys may smoke as h much tobacco as they like, but any ^ one serving them with chocolate "cig- ? arettes" would be liable to heavy punishment, and a lady in Paris has v recently been fined for this offense. j; It appears that an article of the i French Code passed in 1S35 prohibits rf the sale of spurious tobacco, and was t intended to prevent competition with f the State monopoly.?London Globe. 1 \ a College Debating. t "What's the trouble with your <3 mock Legislature?" "It is claimed that one student r bought his seat." t "Go slow, boys. That is carrying 1 realism too far."?Louisville Gour- t ier-Journal. v e t Once. f Stranger?"Did vou ever reveal a your fishing hole to a friend?" t Angler?"Once I did to a friend v cn his deathbed."?Brooklyn Life. f THE ,PULPIT. V SCHOLARLY SUNOAY SERMON BY THE REV. ARTHUR MERCER. Theme: Fear in Religion. Brooklyn, N. Y.?In the Church of ; Lhe New Jerusalem, the Rev. Arthur VIercer, pastor, preached Sunday morning on "Fear as a Religious factor." He said: Two scenes, widely separated in :Ime and space, one from the Old, the )ther from the New Testament, both ittended by circumstances of Bpecta- , :ular splendor, present two manifes- : Nations of God to men, and Illustrate ;wo widely contrasting ideas concernng Him. The physical settings have some points of resemblance. It is in jach case a noble mountain. In both ;he spectators are rough, uncultured men; in the one a great multitude; ( n the other, a small number. In the first scene, the mountain is Sinai, in the rugged cluster of Horeb, iown in the little wedge between two irms of the Red Sea. In the level /alley at the foot are encamped the 3 ost of Israel, escaped from Egyptian Dondage. All around them are the majestic hills, wild, unadorned by verdure, but ruggedly sublime ai?d jorgeous with the varied hues of the ocks and earths of that region. Over :hem arches the blue of the still, Ara3ian sky, and here, out of the awe- ( some solitude, a thick smoke goes up | "rem the mountain like the smoke of i furnace, with lurid flames palpltat- : ng in the pall, betokening the pres3i.ee of Jehovah in the cloud, and :ne wnoie mountain snaKes ana writhes In the spasm of an earthluake. And all the people in the :amp tremble. This is the prelude to the giving )f the Ten Commandments to Moses, like a scene from a thrilling drama, skillfully devised to impress upon ;he spectators an adequate estimate )f the might, the majesty and the ter-or of God's law. The mountain of the second con:rasting incident was probably Hermon, or some point on the lofty ilope of that monarch of the noble ange at the north of Palestine. Cen;uries have waxed and waned since , ;he scene in the wilderness, and a greater than Moses has appeared imong the J.ews. The great drama )f Redemption has reached a climax, 10 surprising, so startling, and yet ! so wonderful and beautiful as to send i thrill to the heart. God has again evealed,Himself to His children, but n3tead of the accompaniments of jverwhelming splendor that flashed 'rom Sinai, He comes now in humble juise, a Galilean workman who walks n lowly ways, with lowly disciples, >n errand of human service, yet Im- , nanuel, God with us. He has "bowed he heavens and come down." He las clothed Himself in our infirm hu- ! nanity, has immersed Himself in all ne woes ana an me evn? ui our aui'ering flesh?God seeking us and savng us. He is now to show that back )f and. within that lowly exterior is he glory of the fullness of the Godlead, and a new version of the old icene on the mountain is to be enactid for the behoof of all susequent tges of men. In the place of the rreat multitude there are now but hree fishermen, but these go up with : he Lord into the mountain. As of >ld, Moses is present, emerging from he mystery of the spirit world to end His authority to the scene, and i is of old the cloud overhangs the ; nountain. But Lt is now transparent, uminous. Instead of the black pall ( if smoke that went up from Sinai, lssured by glleams of hidden flame, | he mountain' is bathed in light, for ! o! the face'tif the Man of Sorrows did ihine as the sun, and His raiment- 1 vas white as light. The one scene was the revealing of , he Law, and the other the revealing . >f the Life. For Jesus had come to >e the fulfilling of the law, to show ts true, nature to. us, to strip away he misconceptions of the centuries, he wrath and the terror, and to ihow that its true nature was the tenteres-f love. . ' And so we have the two concepions of God, the God of wrath and he God of love, and the two atitudos oward God, the fear and the love. 1 1 rtf ita oimnnon fKof + h a ann_ UC UUU KJ. TVlUVll, Xiio Ji^iK.uiuoo iui- * ninate at frequent intervals. And he passages are there for a permatently beautiful purpose. They are (specially useful in the teaching cJ he young. The heart of the boy is ull of the tendencies to sin, in which ire the seeds of his possible destrucion, and he cannot begin his career ?ith too many and too greai deterrent 1 ears. And so it is written, "The t JUL ICt US UUb LUUU LUC DtL" >n.d was intended to supersede and lupplant the first. Let us see if It >e not rather the truth that the two de^s really supplement each other, i ind that both are needed to develop he truest <tnd the noblest human haracter. It is the tendency of modern re- 1 igion to greatly minimize, if it does lot wholly abrogate, the element of he fear of God, to lay a one-sided ; (mphasis upon love. According to ome of the newest philosophies, , hese is no such ^hing as evil and no , uch thing as wrath, and thus no ocasion for fear. The cloud and the , larkness on the mountain, and the hundering and threatening of Sinai vere the misconceptions of primitive tages of spiritual unintelligence and , >enightedness. But evil remains a terrible fact. , Ve cannot abrogate the fact, nor the , error of the outraged Majesty, nor he black cloud fulminating wrath ( kjd punishment overhanging the vio- j ated law. All that we can succeed . n doing is to confuse, and finally to lestroy our power to properly distin- , ;uish between the good and the evil. ] f we say there is no evil, and no God ] describing the good and warning .gainst the evil, the latter does not < hereby cease to exist. We merely af- ] irm that evil is not evil, and en- : hrone our own unregulated appetite ] .3 the final arbiter of what we shall egard a:3 good. The human mind las no power to determine the absoute character of anything. Our judgaents are merely relative. We can :now light only by its contrast with larkness. We can know good only ,s set over against that which men lave come to recognize as not good. Lnd the recognition of this by huoanity has been, throughout its hisory, always connected with the obervable penalties attaching to the iolations of law. The law of God s the law of love when operating in ts normal channels, but it becomes a actor of destruction in the life of hose who disobey. As the electric [uid, though a beneficent energy in tself, becomes a disruptive violence yhen its current is obstructed. Or .s the life-giving heat of the sun is urned into decay when it flows into lead organic matter on the ground. i The Bible, especially the Old Testa- i nent, is regnant with the presence of j V? a a? n? r?o f V? T~I i a H rrV* f n i n <ro f ''i 1 _ / fear of. the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." There Is, or was, in the city of Denver, a judge who attained to national celebrity by reason of his wonderful success in dealing with youthful criminals. And that success was due, to an unusual degree, of the quality we call love In his heart. Boys of various ages, caught in all kinds of lawbreaking, were brought before him, and instead of thundering sentences at them from the bench and sending them to Jail, he got down on the seat beside them and talked to them like a father {n earnest appeals to their better natures. The method was successful in redeeming a large number of youthful malefactors from their evil ways, who, had thejr been sent to Jail, would probably have been confirmed In a life of crime. But what was the explanation of this extraordinary influence? You and I could not have affected tt. The Judge could not,' in an official capacity. His benevolent control over ! those boys was due to a combination of his philanthropy and his Judgeship. They knew that back of the love and pardon there loomed the power and the will, if they were impenitent, to punish. They responded to the human friendship and sympathy of the man, because back of him there stood forth in their imaglna- I tion the awful majesty and the threatening arm of the law. We should not, therefore, atempt to dissipate the element of fear in. religion on the ground that It Implies a deroeatory estimate of God. It ] does not do that, and the fear is nueded as the background of the deepest religious experience. We cannot rightly estimate the brightness and glory of the Mount of Transfiguration except as it stands out against the dark background of the thunderclap of Sinai. The gentleness, the sympathy and love of Jesus can be rightly measured only as we know | that behind that lowly demeanor j there towers the overwhelming might and majesty of the Godhead. "Think- j est thou not that I cannot now pray ] to my Father, and He shall presently give me more than twelve legions of | angels?" Thus In the combination of the two : Ideas, and not In either by itself, we j have the complete and highest con- | ception of the Deity. The noblest dig- j nity of the soul Is in Its reverence. I The tempest's blast, the destroying ! flood, the sky reverberating thunder j and river by the lightning, were in- j tAnriari to lnsnire that sense of the I awful power of the Creator before ! which the soul cringes. And no one who has none of this holy fear In him can truly appreciate the majesty of these things. A soul without fear i Is a soul without sublimity. To rob j religion of its fear is to emasculate, to enfeeble, to degrade it. Yet we will close with our backs turned upon Sinai, and our faces set ! toward the Mount of Transfiguration, j Though wisddta begins in fear, it Bhould end in love. We need not hesi- j tate to start our children on the jour- i ney deeply impressed with the fear j ot God. The fear will duly ripen into j love, and the love will be all the truer because it began in fear. They | will come to understand that God is ' indeed a being of undiluted love who j punishes no one, the only punishment 1 for sin being the injury wrought! upon our own characters. And that, , though that punishment is terrible, ! yet the wrath and the fury of the Dl- ! rino 'Rplne' ars hnf. an annearance. ! existing for us only in the realms of violated law, and that, as Btep by step we desist from the evil, we coma Into the region of the eternally real, coming to know God as He is in His | Inmost essence, a God of the most ihangeless pity, ever seeking the re- | demption of the most fallen of His i children, always hungering to fold them forever to His breast of Love. To that end may we come to know the majesty of the law, the penalties attaching to its violation, and to have the faith and the strength to walk patiently in the way of Its obedience. All Needs Supplied. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall Dot want. 1. I shall not want food. "I am the bread of life. He that cometh to Me shall never hunger." 2. I shall not want drink. "If any man thirsteth let him come unto Me and drink." 3. I shall not want rest. "Come unto Me all ye that labor and are j heavy laden, and I will give you rest." I 4. I shall not want guidance. "I j am the way; no man cometh unto the I Father but by M^." 5. I shall not want companionship, i "I have oalled you friends." "Lo, I am with you always." 6. I shall not want joy. "These things have I spoken unto you that ; My joy might remain in you, and that i your joy might be full." 7. I shall not want honor. "If any 1 man serve Me, him will My Father j honor." 8. I shall not want comfort. "Let ! not your hearts be troubled." "He 1 shall give you another comforter, that | He may abide with you forever." 9. I shall not want any good thing. "If ye shall ask anything in My name [ will do it." "No good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly." 10. I shall not want life. "I am iome that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." 11. I shall not want power over ieath. "Whosoever llveth and believeth in Me shall never die. Be[ievest thou this?" 12. I shall hot want life eternal* 'I go to prepare a place lor you, I j Myself; that where I am, there you nay be also." "Forever with the j Lord."?The Interior. Where Victory Must Be "Won. One of the chief dangers of life is j irusting occasions. We think that lonspicuous events, striking experiences, exalted moments have most to io with our character and capacity. . We are wrong. Common days, moaotonous hours, wearisome paths, slain old tools, and everyday clothes ell the real story. Good habits are not made on birthlays, nor Christian character at the lew year. The vision may dawn, the iream may waken, the heart may leap vith a new inspiration on some moun:ain top, but the test, the triumph, s at the foot of the mountain, on the evel plain.?Maltbie D. Ba'jcock. The Unseen Guest. Many of us are familiar with a eer:ain motto-card which gives us the if n fr?V* nr r\fA o c 9 Tk of 1 fi hnmo Tt mnounces that "Christ is the Master >f this house;" that lie is "the un;een Guest at every meal," "the silent listener to every conversation." i rhese words only state facts, perfecty certain, pressingly important, and iltogether practical. Precisely in proportion as they are taken seriously, and lived out with purpose and ittention, the sanctification of that aome has begun and is developing :very day.?The Bishop of Durham. OUR TEMPERANCE COLUMN," " REPORTS OP PROGRESS OP TllH BATTLE AGAINST RUM. . A Story of Profit and Loss. How the enforcement oL prohibition ruins business will- be appreciated by business men who will recognize Its practical workings in trie following bit of commercial history: Prior to the prohibition enactment Walruff's brewery In Lawrence, Kan., was a prosperous business, employing about ten men, besides the proprietor. Suppose the average wage of brewery employes is $12 per .week, the ten men would earn a total of $120 per week to be expended in groceries, dry goods, shoes, boots, rent, books, music and other commodities. On the adoption of prohibition the brewery closed. The employes were thrown out of work, .ind the dealers were the losers of their trade, at least until such time as new positions could be secured by them. The brewer sold his property, and, very probably, moved away, taking his capital with i him, to find some more congenial slime for the prosecution of his enterprise. The commercial loss sustained was: . . Loss of wages, $120 per week. The lo3s of capital* say, $18,000. The loss of a leading industry, and its neaa. j The loss of money flowing into the town as a result of that industry. The brewer sold his plant?buildings, engines, ground?to a shoe and ooot manufacturer. The factory gave employment to over 100 men. Suppose the average weekly wage of shoe speratives is $9 per week. The weekly payroll will be $900, the amount to be expended with the merchants, mechanics and tradespeople of the town. This shows a net gain (after ieducting the losses shown above), of Weekly wages, $780, or 658 per :ent. Ninety families to feed, clothe and house. Increase in flow of money to the town as result of the new industry. This showing is direct and tangible. But,, in addition, while the sa* toons were in town there-was some percentage of the wages of the general wage-earner, and some percentage of the money paid to .the farmer that went into the till of the salooni keeper, and there was some ratio of the industry, honesty and productivity of the drinking men destroyed by the drink. And there waa some percentage of the crime and pauperism with u- ' 4-U sx aa??% its aiieuuauL wpcuac iu iuc turn' : munity traceable to the beer made in ! the brewery. j Not so with the shoes and boots. ; N'ot in the whole history of the manufacture of footwear has a man been known to go home under the influence of indulgence in patent leathers 01 stogies to brain his wife with a bootjack or chase his children into the freezing night with the blackingbrush. No town board, moved with J compassion for suffering womanhood ! and starving childhood, has evei found it necessary to ordain that the shoe shops must close at 11 p. m. There is not a row, not a riot, nol a murder, not a shooting, not a fistfight in a carload of footwear. Thoughtful business men, even though they have no care for .the higher purposes of life, will recognize that it makes a colossal commercial difference to a town whether industry produces shoes and boots, or bcoze and shoots.?Northwestern Patriot. A Liquor Dealer's Want Ad. Wanted?One hundred boys foi ' new customers. Most of our old customers are rapidly dropping out. Ten committed suicide last week. TnrAnfv ora r?r>txt in iail onH oiP'll4 are In the chain gang. ' Fifteen were sent to the poor- ] I house; one was hanged. Three were sent to the insane asy- , lum. Most of the balance ain't worth ; fooling with?they've got no money. ' We are just obliged to have new < customers?fresh, young blood. ' Or we will have to shut up shop. 1 Don't make any difference whose i boys you are?we need you. You ] Will be welcome. If once you get started with us we i guarantee to hold you. Our goods | < are sure. > Come early aifd stay late.?T!:e 1 People. A Forceful Indictment. I ; Dr. Howard A. Kelley, of Johns j Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, at the ' Washington meeting of the American ! Society for the Study of Alcohol and j Other Drug Habits, speaking as a I physician with thirty-two years'-experience, said: "I began my practice ! in private life by prescribing alcohol j In its various forms as an easily diffusible stimulant in cases of periodic weakness, in low fevers and exhaustion, in accordance with the common custom of a generation ago. My experience has told me that the effect is temporary, evanescent; that the drug (for such it is) does no real good; and that a dangerous habit is thus easily endangered which may be most difficult to eradicate, a habit that mov utterly ruin the patient's body, mil orirl eniHt " Drunkenness in Canada. Nowhere in the world whsr1 liquor traffic exists is it under beuer "regulation" than in the Dominion of ; Canada, and nowhere is law, even re- | garding the saloon, better enforced | than in that country. Yet, according to Canada's new report of criminal statistics, arrests for drunkenness have increased from 11,090 in 1S99 to 31,089 in 1908. Bad For the Beast. The passenger inside ihe cab suddenly put his head out of the window and exclaimed to the driver: "Get on, man! Get on! Wake up your nag." "Shure, sor. I 'aven't the 'eart to bate 'im." "What's the matter with him? Is he sick?" "No, sor, 'e's not sick, but it's unlucky 'e is, sor. unlucky. You see, sor, every morning, afore I put 'im in the cab, I tosses 'im whether 'e'll 'ave a feed of ?ats or I'll 'ave a dhrink of whisky, an' the poor baste 'as lost live morn- ; ings running.'' A Famine Facer. "That hurricane in Cuba has wrecked the tobacco plantations," says the ; junior partner of the cigar firm. "This looks serious for us." "It is more serious than you think, Harold,'* replies the senior partner. "The sudden cold wave has frosted tie cabbage plantation in Illinois. Chicago Evening Post. A cork carried 200 feet below the surface o' the water will not rise again. ; ' , \relibious Tmths\ | From the Writings of Great Preachers* j WHAT IS PRAYER? Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near. ' '/ Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try; ' Praver the sublimest strains-that reach The Majesty on high. Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice Returning from his ways; While angels in their songs rejoice. And cry, "behold, he prays! Prayer is the Christian's vital breath The Christians native air, His watchword at the gates of death; lie enters Heaven with prayer. 0 Thou by whom we come to God, The Life, the Truth, the Way! The path of prayer Thyself hast trod; Lord! teach us how to pray. ?Sabbath Reading. Family Worship. It matters not what societies and organizations there may be for the aurture and development of Christian ife, there Is nothing to take the place , ~ )f the Christian home, and there la lothlng in the home to take the place )f family worship. Other things beng equal, there Is most of piety and 1 ;1 itrnnor nhgraotop tn ha ovnontoH frrtm ;hat home In which God's word is < Ij 'ead daily and prayer offered to God i jy the united household. Out of such J lomes go men and women to walk everently and obediently before God. o do His will, and to serve Him is heir generation. A community can be no better thaa ' ^ ts homes, and a church often lacks % spirituality because its homes are de- 4 icient in divine grace. Where parents ' ead their children to a'erve God, the J jastor can lead the community to folow Him. But, however good and '-J )ious the pastor may be, he is sure to )e weak if the parents are not up- ,2 lolding his hands by piety, in the lome, as Aaron and Hur upheld the v lands of Moses. If the people of this age want a > eal revival let them commence work- ;aj ng for it and praying for it at home, vith their children gathered about hem in the exercises of famllr )rayer. God blessed the house of ^ )bededom while the ark of the cov?< snant abode under their roof, and Her > vill still bless the homes where He is ; J A 1~ J mi,. Ta?I>I> ' . 358! uveu auu uuuuxcu* xuc ocwiau ta- .1 hers were to hold the Passover s^rrice in their homes and they were to -jra ixplain to their children what they. .y^ neant by the service, and out of that, ijw act grew up a whole nation that was n cnit .together as one great homogeleous people. Many' fathers excuse themselves ?? Torn holding family worship by say- V ng that they are so hurried that they -f lo not have time. There is certainly ' >ome time during the whole twenty*'our hours of each day when .tho en:ire family could be gathered to;ether for five, or ten minutes. Pre- wg sumably it is just before breakfast or lust after the evening meal. Let all assemble gravely for a little time. ' ^ Let a passage of Scripture b* read r g iloud by the father, and then, kneel- ? Ing down, let a short prayer be adJressed to God, thanking Him for 3 His mercies and beseeching Him for '% continued protection, forgiveness, guidance and grace. Such scenes as this made Scotland : great as a God-fearing people, or oc- y curred because her people were and ? have been God-fearing. We must "1 make a new effort to establish, or re- jg establish, family worship in all oar ' families. We cannot afford to do Is without it in one single Christian home.?Herald and Presbyter. What United Effort Can Accomplish. t A bad situation was pecullarily 3| and successfully met by brains and v energy. The Newfoundland sealing steamer Viking ran on a sand bar one night recently. The Taking's 3 master is Captain Bartletfc, falser of the commander of the Arctic steamer ;j Roosevelt. He floated his at by | a unique method. At high water during the night he massed his crew of 190 on one side of the ship and directed them to rush in a body to the other side; then back again, and ; bo on. This maneuver caused the 'Tj steamer to roll violently and she finally worked off the sand bank and proceeded to St. Johns, Newfound- 1 land, apparently uninjured. Complete co-operation develops a force in every sphere of mental or $ physical action. If ninety-five of the men had run one way and at the | same time the other ninety-five had run the other way, there would have been equilibrium, and if 125 of them had run one way and the others had x , run in the opposite direction at the "1 same time, it is improbable that the ship would have floated. Many a church is in the condition oi numDers running m uppusui; uiievtions, but .no church will fail if all, with one accord and all their ener- , gie3, endeavor to save it'and promote its real interests.?Christian Advo* cate. The Christian at Home. The chief duty of a Christian lies i in the quiet, unseen life of his own j home, and if he does not learn there to practice that noble virtue of unselfishness?that highest type of char, ity which consists in daily and hourly considerateness for the feelings of others?he will have lost one of the strongest resources and one of the most healing memories for all his future life.?F. W. Farrar. How the World Must See Us. The world must not see us staggering under our crosses. It must not see us broken-hearted, weak and weary. It must see that we are ia the "fellowship of His sufferings," and that we are supported in that fellowship by a supernatural power. ?IV T?nhp>rt.son Nieoll. Acquainted With God. In order to do great things for God we must be conversant with what great things He has done for us.? Watson. Enrl Grey to Canoe 600 Miles. Earl Grey left Ottawa for Winnipeg, Ontario. He proposed to leave that city for Port Nelson on Hudson hay via the Hayes river. The 600mile trip down the river will be made by canoe. t Ginger a Favorite Hero. Americans consume half a million pounds of preserved ginger every year, and practically all of it comes from China, saye Vice Consul General Fuller at Hongkong. *