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,ver in his face. and slipped to the

answer in his face, and slipped to the
floor.
He held her head while the aunt ran
for the smelling-salts. It was not the
right thing to do in a case of fainting,
but few people ever do treat such case
properly. He had never, in all his life,
had a young lady's head on his arm, and
was awkward and excited. Hc thought
rapidly, but could not understand the
situation. He remembered his corre-
| spondent, and, curiously enough, at this
moment, the name came like flash. But
this was not the town where she lived,
an6 this was not the young girl he had
pictured.
"Who is this young ladya" he asked.
'sMy niece, Miss Mcline."
"Mcline? Lillie?" he gasped.
ssIn the name of WONDER" said the
aunt. "what does all this mean? Were
YOU acquainted with her?'
"Yes-no-I believe so," he answered..
rather obscurely. ~ will explain by
and by
Miss Mcline soon recovered, in spite OF
the unphysiological treatment: She
looked at her aunt to sec whether any
further revelation had taken place. Her
embarrassment was extreme, and the pal
lor in her cheeks gave way to bright
crimson.
~ was SICK" she apologized, forget
ting that she had once denied it.
He was also much agitated, and ex-
ceedingly doubtful as to what he ought
to do or say. She was about to leave the
room with her aunt when he spoke.
"Miss Meline"- she saw that the
secret was out-'I don't know at all
what to say. I don't know anything at
all about the customs of society. Ihave
never had anything to do with young
ladies in my life except my correspond
ence with you. Ny accident at Chicka-
mauga affected my brain for long time,
so that could not remember. Perhaps
now have gone quite crazy. 1t is too
absurd, I know, but 1 cannot go now
without saying more-if you will hear
it."
He paused moment, but she did not
forbid it, and he went on:
II do not know how to explain it.
Either from the effect of that shell, or
from the weakness and half starvation
that followed, 1 was never able to remem-
Der your name; though you don't know
how hard I tried to think, and how much
I should have liked to hear from you
again. All this time thought you were
little girl. But now, if I die for it, /
must say it love you, dear Miss Lille"
He did not die, for it. She took a step
nearer, held out her hand, and then leaned
her pretty head on his shoulder.
1T is all so sudden" she murmured;
"but-' and she nestled closer, and with
a sort of sob she added: "And all this
time thought you were dead."-franh
Leslic's.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

South Africa reports Wonlan's Christian
Temperance Union composed of natives.
The temperance movement in Holland has
warm and Influential support from Kew. Z;
S. Adams Van Scheltama, of the Reformed
church at Amsterdam
Postmaster General Wanamaker has estab-
lished an inviolable rule that no postofice
shall be kept in a saloon, or in any room from
which saloon may be entered.
Thaddeus B. Wakeman, of the New York
bar. has decided opinion on the temperance
Question. He SAYS: "There are but two con-
sistent positions on this subject; free trade
in alcohol if it is a food, NO trade in alcohol
Except as poison) If it is G poison. Science
has rendered her verdict on the facts; 1t IS
poison, and the most terrible afHiction OF the
human race"
The women of South Carolina lave been
holding temperance convention at Charles
ton, and have asked the State to adopt scien-
tific temperance instruction III public schools.
and the appointment of police matrons in ali
the cities and towns of the State. They have
decided that they will wait no longer for the
Legislature to act voluntarily, and have be-
sieged the Governor with petitions and visits.
California. with its pure light, home
made wine' idea, has one saloon to every
ninety of its population. This proportion is
exceeded by only two States i'll the Union.
So far from wine-uaking being Californias
handspring of material success, it has been
shown that against its 1857 value OF s., $50. 600,
the wheat and barley product aggregated
$40. 400 600. and the gold and silver mining,
S94, $50, 900.
New York Press: ''see these young men
from eighteen to twenty-siS years OF age.
What are they doing? Smoking, drinking,
smoking. drinking. What do they talk Of:
Tobacco, wine, whisky. ballet girls, races, ball
matches, stocks. Do you ever hear them dis.
cuss matters of any gravity whatever? Do
they know anything beyond the hippancies
that float with the current to-day? They are
the very scum upon the water of life
The question SIS moderate drinking harm.
full is being discussed by the Ancient Order
of United Workmen. Past Grand Master
Workman James says that one of the lodges
that has cost the order the remarkable sum
of $50, 900 in ten years is composed almost
exclusively of beer drinkers, and that these
men We're received into the order with the
understanding that they only drink occasion;
ally. Men who acknowledge that they are
moderate but habiuual drinkers are debarred
from membership.
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1.-THE LAW OF THE LORD IS pERFEcT.y

1.-THE LAW OF THE LORD IS PERFECT.SS
DR.. Moses Hcge of Richmond, Virginl
preached recently at Portrusl on this teA
1.-THE law Of the Lord Is perfect" mentionH
that the gospel was a message to every rad
DR.. Hoge said, In Glasgow, years ago
debate was going on whether there we
some races unfit for Revelation-that Bus
men were like chattering apes or monkey
not competent to receive the Bible.i5I
STRANGER rose in the meeting, asking u
chairman if he might speak. The reply VIZ
Certainly th, matter was open to disco
sion. The stranger said he was not At tod
bate with learned men, but he would say
few words. He had lived for years In Sou
Africa, and knew something of the Bushmd
An English officer on horseback had lost
way, came hopelessly, to all appearances,
tangled in the bush, and, after wearyH
himself to find the way, night set In. and
thought it was all over with him. When 4
spirit was sinking, hope rekindled on seeing
light. He made his way to it-a Bushma1
cottage. The Bushman welcomed him md
heartily; said he would give the forsel
supper first, and then provide something
the man. Before retiring for the night q
the Word of God and worship BIN; butt
uc COu1u uOG OclOl Q Oh SNoStSeS0 t55
tleman. he put the Bible in his hand, and
ouested him to conduct the worship. "
officer was confused and said he had hotbeI
taught to pray, and couldn't. Then, g
the Bushman, If you will exc1
me conducting it in your AprI
ence will He thanked GI
for the officers safety, prayed God to blI
the stranger, anG Gil his soul with JOY: a
,,ooo. Tho nro rar was anded the officar Cd
tinued on his knees. The Bushman thougI
that, overcome with fatigue, he had fsil|
asleep. But no, he was convulsed with 9,
row, was sobbing deeply, and bathedI
tears. He rose from his knees, said, 1 ca1
from Christian land a pagan; l came to|
pagan land and found Christian. Tha
what the gospel can do for Bushmen. J
stranger said, Il have nothing more to sal
sat down, and the Glasgow debate was at J
endp-Ths British Weekly. "a
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A SPRING GREETING.
What is this the bluebirds call,

What is this the bluebirds call,
Seeking mate and nesting-tree,
Fitting bright through forest hail..
Merrily, cheerily?
at is spring-be joyous al''
This is what the bluebirds call.
What is this the robins sing,
Wooing from each leafing tree,
Making all the woodland ring,
Merrily, cheerily:
"It is spring, gladstone spring"
This is what the robins sing.
What IS this our bithe hearts say,
As the wallened earth we see
Broidering her robes so gay,
Merrily, cheerily:
''Spring has come in springs old way"
This is what our blitne hearts say.
.Spring's old way" and springs old song
Only sung in newer key:
Gladened lives to spring belong,
llerrily, cheeTily.
Sing we then, sing loud and long:
.Welcome, spring, in springs old way.
Youths 6anner.
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. noc-oP on ALCOHOL.

At the Temperance Lyceum in New Yd
DR. r S. Lambert delivered a new lectq
New Discoveries on the Action Of Aled
on the Brain" to large and interested
dience. The Doctor showed that alcohol
an animal excretion and narcotic irrit
poison; and that its use lessons the fatty
stance of brain and nerve matter. inap
tice of over forty years, DR.. Lambert
never prescribed alcohol and he has nd 8
lest q case of fever or pneumonia. Doc'
Jyrigbt and Elmore, who were present,
tained the position of DR.. Lambert, each t
fvinp that during many years practice I
had not prescribed alcohol, and had in col
ouence been rewarded by more perma1
and speedy cures than physicians using
poison.
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INDIAN MEDICAL MISSION WORK AND DRINK

INDIAN MEDICAL MISSION WORK AND DRIEK.
The Rev. j. Cain, c. NJ. S., Of Dunlrna'
guden, South Africa, says: Medical mission
work has shown us most plainly that one
great reason for the spread of the use of alco
holic drink amongst the caste people Of India
is rhe way it is universally recommended by
hospital assistants and apothecaries who have
been trained in the medical colleges In ou1
Presidency towns. Even in an out-of-the-way
place like Dummaguden, we are constantly
asked by invalids whether brandy. port wine
or beer will not speed their recovery. Thusa
taste for such liquors is acquired, and ruin
brought into many family. If the doctors
could be induced to set their faces against
this practice, and to impress upon their sub
ordinate officers the Importance OF forbldd1ng
the use of alcohol except in extreme cases,
they would do much to prevent the spread OF
this pernicious practice.-Temperance ChroH-
jcle
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A PLEA TO CLERGYMEN.

Clergymen, permit us to urge upon you
the following suggestive thoughts:
!. The saloon power is gigantic con-
spiracy of ignorance and greed; we can help
overcome it by an intelligent, educatlve
agitation along the lines of both clear-sighted
selfshness and of Christian charity.
2. Now is an excellent time for the clergy
to confer with one another and to talk
plainly to their people. By and by the
dust and smoke of the coming political con-
tests this summer and fall will make it much
more difficult to see claeriy.-Ihe Voice.
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TEMPERANCE.
THE SALOONS AS A BANK.

You deposit your money-and loseit!
Your time-and lose it!
Your character-and lose it!
Your strength-andl loseit!
Your manly independence-and loseit!
Your self-control- lose it!
Your home comfort-and lose it!
Your wife's happiness-and lose it!
Your children's happiness sand loseitl
Your own soul-and lose it!
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RELIGIOUS READING
CROSS AND CROWN.


There Is a cross of heavy W light
For ev'ry human life to bear,
There is a chaplet formed of thorns
For each and ev'ry brow to wear;
o! when the cross Of pain and woe
Shall soon forever be laid down,
May we receive, in recompense, 5.
A beautiful and fadeless crown. y:
A cross of toll and worldly grief p.
A burden of suspense and care
Has life imposed upon US oil,
And each its heavy load must bear;
The clouds may lower overhead y
The bright stars fade before our eyes
Yet Faith shall point us out the path :
Where Sacri1ce-where Duty lies.
A crown awaits each faithful heart
Each earnest, self-denying soul y
That carries cheerfully the cross
To deaths cold, unrelenting goal;
And when the veil shall roll away, ~
Disclosing heavens endless bliss
The crown Of Love shall comcensats
For cross Of such life as this. ~;
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An old ragged Indian wandered into.
of our west IN settlements, begging for 4
to keen him from starving. 1t was mott
that he wore round his neck a small dl
pouch, suspended by bright,c x l9fed re- T.
bon. On being Questioned, he said 1t wa
charm given him in his younger days; q
opening it, displayed a faded and gre
paper, which proved to be a regular
charge from the Federal army, entltl
him to life pension and signed by Gene
Washington. Though wearing his na
and pledge which, presented at the ri
place, would have entitled him to pientI
support, he bad been wandering I anou
starving and forlorn, beggar. Wha]
picture of the unclaimed promises Oh Io1
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"Oklahoma OF Bust"

A wagon passed through Kansas City
which bore the following words on its
canvas cover:
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Eternity is that only thing which Is v
thy to take up the thoughts Of wise mi
that, being added to evil, makes the evil
finitely more intclerable; and being adj
to good, makes the good infinitely more
sirable. Hall.
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Chintz-Buged in Illinois, Sicloned
in Newbraska, White-Capped in In
: diana, Bald-Knobbed in Missloury,
Prohibited fn Kansas.
OlLAHOMY OR BUST.
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The one is supported by the State, and is q
matter Of human politics, and it has great
patronage, and under it men will struggle for
prominence without reference to qual1hca-
tions, and its archbishop is supported by 8
salary Of SIS, 900 year, and there are great
cathedrals, with all the machinery OF music
and canonicals, and room for thousand peo-
ple, vet an audience of fifty people or twenty
people Or ten or two.
We want no such religion as that. no such
national religion; but we want this Kind Of
national religion; the vast majority Of the
people converted and evangelical, and then
they will manage the secular as well as the
religious.
Do you say that this is simpracticable? NO.
The time is coming just as certainly as there
is God and that this is His book and that He
has the strength and the honesty to fulfill His
promises. One Of the ancient Emperors used
to pride himself on performing that which
his counselors said was impossible, and have
to tell you to-day that mans impossibles are
Gods easies. "Hath He said and shall He not
do it2 Hath He commanded and will He not
bring it to pass?' The Christian religion Is
coming to take possession Of every ballot boy,
of every school house, Of every homo, or every
valley. of every mountain, of every acre OF
our national domain. This nation, not"ith-
standing all the evil influences that are tryng
to destroy it, is going to live. ,,,.
Never since. according to John Milton,
when Satan was hurled headlong flaming
from the ethereal slies in hideous rum and
combustion down." have the powers OF eark.
ness been so determined to win this contmenG
as they are now. What jewel ltls-a Jewei
carved in relief, the cameo Of this planet!
On one side of lis the Atlantic ocean, dlTldlng
us from the worn out governments OF Europe.
On the other side the Pacific ocean, dividing
us from the superstitions of Asia. On the
north of us the Arctic sea, which IS the gym
nasium in which the explorers and navigators
dnvelop their courage. A continent ten thou
Sam nye hundred mueS long, seventeen
million square miles, and all of it but
about one-seventh capable Of rich cultl-
walton. Que hundred millions Of popula-
ton On this continent Of North and South
America-one hundred millions, and room
for many hundred millions more. All fora
end all fauna all metals and all precious
woods, and all grains and all fruits. The
Appalachian range the backbone, and the riv-
ers the ganglia carrying life all through end
out to the eStremities. Isthmus of Derien
the narrow waist Of a giant continent, all to
be under one government, and all free, and
all Christian, and the scene of Christs per-
sonal reign on earth if, according to the ex-
pectation Of many good people, he shall at
last set up his throne in this world. Who
shall leave this hemisphere Christ or Satan?
Who shall have the shore of her inland seas,
the silver Of her Nevedas, the gold of her Colo
radios, the telescopes Of her obserVator1es, the
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A Retired Supreme Justice.

William Strong is often referred
to as the most sensible man in
Washington. He served ten years
on the Supreme Bench and then
proved wise enough to take advan-
tage of the law that allows him to
retire on full pay. He was born on
the 9th of May, 1903, in Somers,
Conn. After graduating from Yale
he taught for a time and studied
law. He was admitted to the Bar
in Pennsylvania in 1882. He served
in Congress during several terms,
running in every election on the
Democratic ticket. In 1857 he was
appointed Justice on the Supreme
Bench of Pennsylvania, and in 1870
he received his commission as a
member of the United States Su-
preme Court. In 1880 he resigned
and has since lived quietly in Wash
ington, lecturing occasionally, and
performing faithfully the one duty
that the law requires Of him.
Whenever the Supreme Court is r-
quired to take part in any public
ceremonies Judge Strong puts on
his robe and walks with them in
the procession. In consideration
of this and his past services he re-
ceives $4,000 annually from Uncle
Sans Treasury.-Louisville Cour-
ier-J Journal.
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What Cured Her.

Modern Healer" I understand
that you were unable to walk with
out crutches for years and now you
can walk as we'll as ever"
''Old Lady-"Yes."
"Which one of our Christian
Science healers cured your"
"Oh, I didn't have a healer. You
see, / went into dark, gloomy
room one moonlight night and l
saw white ghostly form right be-
fore me and I was so startled that |
dropped my crutches, and the un-
expected noise of them falling on
the floor so nearly crazed me that |
sprang to the door and ran for my
life."
"Ah! Then it was some kindly
spirit from the summer land that
came to. make you whole"
mo; it was white dust cloth
over broomstick. Phil. Record.
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Each Question Answered.

Patient Man-"Suppose woman
makes it so hot for her husband
that he can't live with her, and he
leaves her, what can she do?" Law
yer-"Sue him for support" Pa
tient Man-"Suppose she has run
him so heavily into debt that he
can't support her, because his cred
itors grab every dollar as quick as
he gets it, besides running his busi-
ness with their suits?" Lawyer
eff for any reason whatever he fail
to pay her the amount ordered, he
will be sent to Jail fol- contempt of
court" Patient Man-"Suppose she
drive him out of the house with a
flatiron, and he's afraid to go back?'
Lawyer-"She~can arrest him for
desertion." Patient MAXWELL, |
don't see anything for me to do but
go hang myself" LAWYER" It's
against the law to commit suicide,
and if you get caught in attempting
it you'll be tined and imprisoned.
Ten dollars, please. Good day."
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Superstitions About Shoes.

Burn old shoes and the snake
will squirm away from that place.
Shoes must never be put on a
shelf higher than the head Of the
wearer.
To keep shoes, even after they are
past wearing, will keep good luck
about place.
If you stub the right toe you will
be welcome; if you unfortunately
stub the left you may know that
you aren't wanted.
Burnt shoe soles and feathers are
good to cure a cold in the head,
and patched shoes and hog huffs is
a good mixture, also, for coughs.
When any one accidentally spits
on the shoe child wears, this gives
assurance that the child will soon
have brand new foot gear.
The dusky maids believe that
when their shoes come united, and
keep coming united, it is true that
their sweethearts are talking and
thinking about them.
Good luck to the child who draws
on her stocking wrong side out. If
she takes it off and rights it before
twelve o'clock she may feel assured
of soon getting nice present.
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BISMARCKS LAST YEARS.

Two years ago the chief man in
Europe, perhaps in the world, was
Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor.
Backed by Kaiser and peasant, by
the army and the State, the diplo-
matist of his age, he made or un-
made kingdoms, and kept Germany
by the irresistible force Of an un-
bending will, at the head of Europe.
He as ReichsKanzler, playing the
nations like puppets on wire,
against each other, keeping an iron
grip on his power in his State and
pushing his Empire into Africa anu
the Pacific Islands, knew no obsta-
cles, and plans he made he finished
with success.
But there seems to be a change.
When 'the Englishwoman" came
to power, for three months he saw
his power slowly slipping away.
He saw Prince Herbert, his chosen
successor, openly refused admit
tance to court; he saw the rise of
Boulanger; of the Battenbergs; and
when, with the accession of Wilhelm
H., he came into power once more,
he found his prestige broken.
Since then his every move seems
to have miscarried. Russia, the
cloud on the Eastern horizon, grows
more and more threatening. Prince
Herbert, by his maladroitness in
the Morrier case, not only showed
his unftness to be the next Reichs-
Kanzler, but injured the entente
cordiale of the triple alliance. The
cold reception of the young Kaiser
in Vienna is too recent for COM
ment. The outbreak of the natives
has pushed back the German ad-
vance in Africa. The Samoan af-
fair has apparently checked the
tide of aggression in the Pacific
Ocean. Success has been his for
years and now the very magnitude
of his former achievements makes
his latter failures the more signifi-
cant. It is the beginning of his
decline.-Boston Advertiser.
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Mrs. Bigelow's Repartee.
Mrs. John Bigelow was one of

Mrs. John Bigelow was one of the
cleverest women at repartee that /
ever met. Unlike most people who
have the gift of ready wit, she never
made use of it to wound the feel
ings of any one; but woe betide the
luckless wight who invited a charge,
for she showed him no mercy, no
matter what his station in the
worlds estimation might be. On
one occasion she was at q State dir
ner in England, where British Of
ficer was a guest. Knowing that
Mrs. Bigelow was an American, he
took occasion to express himself
the insignifcance of our
countrymen. Mrs. Bigelow remind
ed him that once upon a time We
were too many for England to ham
die. Whereupon the Briton made
the statement that it was not mill
tary prowess, but a combination Of
circumstances that gave victory to
the colonists.
"Take, for example, the battle of
Bunker Hill," said he. eve had
all your guns, the victory was ours,
but a stampede at the last, from
some unknown cause, made itseem
eyes, maybe you did get the guns,
but we kept the hill.-N. Y. Star.