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THE SIN OF THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.

Intoxicating drinks are not necessities,
writes George W. Bungay in the NGtiond1
Advocate. We can live In health and wora
at the most exhausting employments without
them. They are expensive in CONTRAST witt
food, and have no nutritivo qualities WORTH
speaking Of; in fact there Is more nourish
nent in bakers cracker than can be found
in gallon Of beer. These liquors poison and
weaken the mind. They are enemies In the
mouth that steal away tho brains. They
stain the character, create false appetita
kindle the baser passions, and hurry the VIC.
tim, ,soiled with sin, to moral bankruptcy and
shame Therefore they should not be offered
for SALE
The use Of Intoxicating drinks peoples the
receptacles of vice and crime, fills the insttn;
tions Of charity and mercy with the halt, ths
sick. the blind, the insane, and the idiott1
augmeuts the misery of tue drinkers and thei
unoRendiug victims, and adds heavily to ths
burdens Of taxation. Therefore their sale
should not be authorized by law. In the
name of reason, Of humanity, of justice, Ok
image Of God from ths human face divine
and write beast upon it? Is it right to sell
poison which strikes at the citadel of tha
mind and soul? II it be right to license 9
man to sell disease aud criuo ani sin, and
distilled dalnnation," why limit the nunbef
to few? If it be right for ono, it cannot bs
wrong for another. If 1t bc wrong, why
should any license be permitted? II it M
right, why should any man be forbidden? II
it is safe business and honorable, why fence
it about with penalties9 II tho traffic works
personal evil, how can it promote the public
welfare? Will the results Of drunkenness ba
modified and the widows and orphans suffer
less under the sanction OF law! villa license
make your town moro respectable anl pros
porous?
The sale Of intoxicating drinks should be
prohibited, because it assails tho mind of man
and deprives him Of his intellectual vigors
because it encourages gambling, idlenesS
profanity, and every phase Of immortality
because it hinders the advancement Of thrift,
Of education and religion because it destroys
tho peace and welfare and happiness OF
home; because it reduces many wives and
children to pauperism and want; because 1T
tempts men to trample on their good resolu-
tions and prevents the reform OF the drunk.
ard; because it burdens the non-drinker and
others with oppressive taxation because it
is q gross insult to sober community; be-
cause the best people desire the temptation
to drink removed; because drunkards not O
few would abstain If the invitation to drink
was out of the way; because the idle and the
vicious are fired by the rum they drink, to,
become noisy, qAarrelsome and combatiye;
Scriptures utter their protest against leading
men into temptations; because the sale OF
liquor degradea and debauchos the liquor.
seller; because license builds up au aristoc:
racy Of rum, favoring few at the cost OF
many; because license fails to restrain the
sale of liquors: because it protects the traffic
in rum and insults Garth aud heaven. a..
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Origin of q Familiar Quotation.

James Connor Reach, the Irish come.
dian, who was for many years popular
actor in Australia, gives the following as
the origin Of the quotation, "He left his
country for his country's good"
'In little graveyard, close beside
town called Parramatta, in Australia,
rests the mortal remains of George Bar
rinston, the once notorious London pick
pocket. He might have been called the
veritable king of the craft, and his deeds
of thievery were for long time the talk
of London, until finally the strong arm
of the law was laid upon him. He was
transported from England about 100
years ago, and after having served term
of years, was released on ticket of leave
and became chief constable of the town,
where he now sleeps the sleep that has
given him ticket of leave forever.
SIT is evident that the love of Sae
metropolis hovered around him, and
when he became a comparatively free
man he seems to have remembered the
hours he spent in the theatre during the
reckless days of London life. In fact,
he was the first to organize q theatrical
entertainment in the 'land of the kanga-
roo.' His company was composed of
men like himself; they were all ticket
of-leave men, but, from the accounts
that have been handed down, they seem
to have been more than clever actors.
1.-THE prologue, written by himself,
and spoken at the first performance, has
passed into the history of the Australian
stage and contains the disputed quota
ton. Itran as follows:
Ladies and gentlemen:
From distant climes o'er widespread seas we
come,
Tho not with much eclat or beat Of drum
True patriots we, for be it understood,
We left cur country for our country's good,
No private views disposed our generous zeal,
What urged our hearts was our country's
veal
And without further fear Of turnkey's
lockets,
Tho IN an honest way, We'll pick your
pockets.
Times Democrat.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

A "Temperauce Day" was one of the feat
lres of the Edinburgh exposition.
Chicaco has one saloon for every forty
Yotcrs and policeman for every two num-
lred voters.
COMPTROLLER Onahan, Of Chicago, says that
evenly per cent of the license lees OF tne
100 saloons OF Chicago are paid oy brewers.
Jersey City has law under which fines OF
FOO each are to be imposed upon persons as-
ected drinking malt or alcoholic liquors ]"
Ter new parks.
There will be grand temperance rally IN
connection with the corn palace ialr ."
Sioux City, Iowa, at which leading temper
luce speakers have been invited 70 speak.
From recent statistics we learn that OF the
mo hundred ani odd counties IN kansas
hirty-seven havo empty iai's, fifteen nave
inly ono prisoner each, and forty-lour nave
10 paupers.
At the temperance congress held at CHRIS
lana. Norway, preliminary steps were aAso
form ON international league agalnst ING
lse of alcoholic drinks. The headquarters ol
he league will be Zurich, Switzerland.
A lady of Atlanta, Ga, finding that sa-
DON was to be established near her resloence,
lecMed to prepare and circulate proeess
or signatures. Her efforts were SO success,
nj that her would-be neighbor was obliged
seek other quarters.
A saloonkeaper who paid $1,000 for license
sell liquors ten days within the Sonoma
county,. California, fair grounds met
trons opposition in two barrels OF pure colu
vater presided over by OF the county
Ton,an's Christian Temperance Cnon.
Newfoundland will soon be added to the
apidly increasing list of auxliiarles 20 ege g
naat;ng held in st. John, llfty-six ladies
vere nTcscnt, forty-three of whom enrolled
themselves for membership and fixed date
rhen permanent organization will be COM
lcted. e
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A DelightCul Treat.

A curious scene was witnessed in 9
well-known restaurant near the Halles at
an early hour this morning. A gentle
man, who said his name was Adalbert,
and is reported to belong to good fam
ilv,. invited two men whom he met on
the street to supper. They suppcd in
most luxurious manner, consuming along
with their meat several bottles of cham
pagne. At last Adalbert knocked on
the table with his stick and shouted,
"Briug the bill! Quick! am like
Louis XIV, don't like to be kept wait
ing" The proprietor brought the
reckoning, which amounted to $40, and
the representative of Louis XIV. tossed
it to his companions, remarking, "Pay
that if you like! As for me I have
only got fosty-oae cents in my pocket,
and 1 intend to keep them there"
'But," expostulated his companions, lit
was you who invited us to support"
every likely" was the reply; 81 invited
you to supper, and you have supped;
now I invite you to pay, therefore
pay! That's my character" The result
of the oltcrcation was that all three were
taken before NJ. Lejeune, Inspector OF
Police, who soon found out that the gen.
tleman calling himself Adalbert was in
reality lunatic and had already been in
St. Anne's Asylum for mental vargaries
of similar kind. He was sent to the
infrmary of the Central Police Station
for further inquiry into the state of his
mind. The other men were liberated on
promising to pay the landlord when they
had money enough.-London Telegraph.
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FOREIGN PAUPER LABoRERs.

steamer from Genoa, bringing the bears
with them. Previously they had heard
dazzling tales of the fortunes to be made
in America by exhibitions of performing
bears, and how the natives, having more
money than they knew what to do with,
showered gold upon those who amused
them. The SavoyMds had no sooner
landed than they prepared to gather the
first fruits of their harvest The three
bears, after standing on their heads in a
row, had just begun to dance a clumsy
jig to the wild shouts of the natives,
when man in blue coat and waving
heavy stick gave the party to understand,
bears and all, thae they must come with
him. The tin cups had not even been
passed around for the money,
care the bears in court?" asked the
magistrate, with mock solemuity.
At this there was general ro2r OF
laughter, and when it subsidized the off,
Ger said the bears had been put iato
stable on Barrow street, pending disposl-
ton of the case. The old Savoyard, IN
his grating patois, began to ezclaim
against the outrage of taking away his
bears and locking the party up in cold
cells all night. He thought it was free
country, where the foreigner met with
kindness. AS it wasn't, they would all
60 elsewhere if the judge would give
them the bears. His honor said that un-
less the Savoyards had money sufficient
for their present wants he would be
obliged to ship them back to Italy, to-
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The Warm Water Cure.

To drink a cup Of warm water OF o
morning on getting out of bed has long
been known to be a very salutary prac-
tice. 1t soothes the stomach and sets
the bowels working. Some doctor, in
the course of an interview with news
paper reporter, made this statement and
q hot water craze was the result. People
drank it by gallons at home, and at all
the drug stores hot water attachment to
the soda water fountain was necessary.
Some persons went in for hot soda, think
ing it better, although, as matter OF
fact, the heating of soda water expels the
gas and renders it nomore than plain hot
water anyhow.-Mw York Nsus.
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Henry Ward Beecher's Widow.

Mrs. Euuice Beecher, widow of the
great pastor of Plymouth Church, Brook
lyn, is living diagonally across the way
from the church her husbands eloquence
made famous. Her residence is a neat,
tasteful, well-kcpt house, where in every
nook and corner is some reminder of the
great dead. Over her desk in the front
parlor where she writes is life-size
picture of Mr.. Beecher taken over thirty
years ago, and in whatever direction the
eye turns, east, west, north or south,
from the walls of these rooms look down
life-size pictures of him in familiar atti-
tudes in which he is remembered.
Flowers and birds are features also. The
windows are bright with blossoms, and
the small yard is a bower of bloom.
Boxes supported by brackets around the
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A LOVING PAIR.

wore bright-hucd shawls over their heads
and massive gold ornaments on their
ears. Four of the five open-eyed chill
dren, who were small editions of their
fathers in features and dress, completed
this motley party. The magistrate sur
veyed them with an amused smile, and,
turning to an officer, asked him what
was the charge against these people.
"Leading bea.s through the streets
without permit, your honor" was the
reply, and everybody Uttered at the enor-
nifty of the offence.
"Don't you know" asked the justice,
with an affectation of sternness Of the
oldest of the men, "that you have no
business to turn the streets of this town
into a circus?"
The prisoner addressed-he was Sa-
voyard shook his head and then poured
forth torrent of patois, gesticulating
wildly as he told the story of his wrongs
in free America. Then there was loud
demand for an interpreter. and while one
was being found the sccdy lawyer, who
had invited himself to defend the prison.
ers, told the magistrate that the Savoy
ards, who had dropped into the city no
one knew how, were attempting to give
a performance with their bears on West
street dock when arrested. Not one of
them could speak English. The lawyer
said their ignorance of the customs OF
the country was sufficient defense, and
be asked that they be allowed to go their
way without fac.
By the time an interpreter had been
found in the person Ola ragpicker, whose
features still showed traces of nights
debauch, for which he had paid into the
city treasury the sum of S. dollars as the
price of his entertainment on the flag
stones of O cell. With many vernacular
struggle he drew from the oldest sa-
voyard the story of the band. They had
come o7cr in the stecrage Of an Italian
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fence are filled with plants in blossom,
and these brighten up the whole place.
Mrs. Beecher is by no means gloomy
woman; there IS no black or mourning
visible. Women many years younger
might covet the delicate bloom still on
her cheeks and the CHEEKY light in her
eyes and the pleasant words with which
she greets her friends. Only in moments
Of depression from physical suffering,
with moist eyes, she has been heard to
say: II do so miss Mr.. Beecher." One
of his views on death had been as he ex-
pressed it.: eff you have lost COM
panions, children, friends, you have not
lost them. They followed the Pilot.
They went through the airy channels
unknown and unsearchable, and they are
with the Lord; and you are going to
Him, too"
Perhaps it is this aid kindred thoughts
that enable her to hold her way serenely
as she does, that leave with her spirit
so bright, so sweetly sympathetic, that
the people of Plymouth Church regard
her with reverential affection as "all that
is left them of Mr.. Beecher. -Chicdgo
p1af
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How to Take Care Of the Brain.

The brain stands most abuse of any or
gan in the body. Its best tonic and
stimulant is success. The worst ana
most depressing thing to it IS failure.
The most injurious effects come by using
stimulants in early life. Young people
should never use liquors, tea or coffee.
The latter two may not exactly do harm,
but they are conducive of no good.
They act mostly on the brain and injure
its grown very materially. Abundance
of sleep is necessary. Eight hours is not
more than enough. Sleep is the time OF
relatively lowered expenditure and m
creased repair. Home Journal.
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MOST THREATENING.

At the Social Science Congress held IN
Saratoga, paper entitled "Social Science
Problem in Inebriety" was read BY DR.. y,
Lodge Hospital, of Hartford, Conn. He said
that notwithstanding all the advances of
civilization and intelligence, and the increasa
ing temperance agitation and effort, the
drink evil or inebriety is most threatening
and omninous to social progress and develop,
ment to-day. In 1889 over 100000 persons
were arrested in this country charged with
being drunk and disorderly. Nearly twenty
per cent. committed crime of petty character
while under the influence of spirits Ths
great question of today is not so much the
cure of this army, or the checking Of its NOR.
tality, but Of prevention,
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TIE poL1cEMAN's CAPTURE.

West street, they can be purchased at g
much lower figure from vessels tradlnS
in South American products. The skip
ner Of an Italian bark that ran between
the tropics, New York and Castellamare'
used to do lively business in hurdy-
rurdy monkeys with the New York
manipulators of the barrel organ. AS
soon as they received notice that the
Cavalier Cavour or the Santa Teresa was
in, they were down at the quay to strike
bargains with the captain. He sold the
monkeys right off the reel at CIT prices.
and it was common thing for the ape
to pay its way the first month after it
landed here. logged out in tunic and
forage cap, it was soon taught to climb
into the second-stary windows, proffer
the tin cup and take off his cap to ac-
knowledge gratuity. But it never gets
used to picking up red hot copper
thrown out by an agonized listener t.
"Little Annie Rooney" or "Grandfather's
Clock" That is q device of malignity
which should be uusparingly con-
demned.
Birds that can tell ones fortune have
made their appearance in recent years,
and the gentle creatures bid fair to
eclipse the popularity of the monkeys.
They are usually the property of calm
eyed philosopher who has long ago
awakened to the folly of shouldering his
way through the hurly- -bu-ly to snatch
an existence. With his Infinite patience
be teaches his little pets-they are can
aries or small green paroquets-to hop
off perch on which they sit unconhned
together, and, flying to little cabinet,
to select an envelope. Returning to their
perch theyj;a the fortune.seeker to
4 L.
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TEMPERANCE.

CHARGE OF THE DRINK BRIGADE.
Through the land, through the land,
Many leagues onward,
Into the valley Of death
Marched not six hundred:
Thousands took up their cry
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to make reply;
Yes! we will drink and die,
Into the valley of death
Marched many q hundred.
Ruin to the right Of them, .
Ruin to the left Of them,
Ruin in front of them,
From all good sunderel
Not in the field they fell,
Fighting life's battle we'll,
But in the jaws Of death,
Up to the mouth of he'll
Marched many hundred.
See all the husbands there,
And while their eyebslls glare,
Pity those children fair,
Hear their cries rend tho air
While the world wondered.
See, too, those wrctched wives,
Once good and pure their lives; -
Now each like demon strives
Into those poisoned hives,
Still to march onward.
Honor tn, good and brave,
Who from q drunkards grave
Those weak ones tried to save,
To death marching onward. ~
Many home shall tell
How long they fought, and we'll,
To save from death and hell
More than six hundred.
National Temperance Advocate.
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CHAPTER GIXTI.

Tho month passed, but it had been
very long to the lonely, heartbroken
wife.
1.-The misery this world does give to
pooc, lone creatures like me! I wish
ten thousand times that I were out OF
it, and to-day could spend in paradise
with my darling.
"Oh, Father in heaven, why have
you forgotten me. and when will this
life of mine cease? I shall soon be
pennies, ana then L cannot nave b
home even in common lodging-house.
7 must get work of some kind, but ]
never can stay in this city. No, MOI
the thought of being here would bring
up the past too wildly, and now mus.
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DAVIS DALTON, the American WHO
swan across the English channel, says
that he found the temperature Of the
water to change six times on his way
across, and this added to the cause ID
the extreme exhaustion he suffered. II
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According as you are gentleman or
lady-that is what the bird proprietor
calls you-these cunning creatures pick
out a missive relating to good luck in
worldly affairs or to matrimony.
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JOIN BROWN, son of John Brown OF
Harper's Ferry fame, lives quietly at
Putin Bay, O.. where he cultivates
small vineyard and fruit farm. he is
an old man now, having been one of
the prominent persons in the stirring
period in which his father figured. He
is much annoyed by tourists, who insist
uro7 hvnting him up and discussing
the exciting events around Harper's
Ferry lust prior to the war.
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SOME one has invented an electric
mouse,trap. 1t consists of an electric
cage containing cheese. The mice natu-
rally approach it for purposes of in
vestigation, but the instant they touch
the wires an electric current strikes
than dead -. - -. :,
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

All men die poor.
Instinct is the nose of the mind.
Charity is the smooth way Of the
fur.
Eternity lies between to-day and to
morrow.
Some people live by their wits who
haven't any.
Merit is the only virtue which araws
a steady salary.
A mans brains vary inversely as the
size of his mouth.
The fire of anger often costs as much as
that of hard coal.
Opportunity is horse that must be
mounted on the jump.
In examining the faults of our neigh
bors nearly all of us use microscope.
Irrcsolute people let their soup get
cold between the plate and the mouth.
The people who hate US talk too
much and those who like US say too
little.
If people could cover up their sins
BY lying we could seldom meet the
truth.
Wit should be used as o shield for
defense, rather than sword to wound
others.
The man who speaks before he thinks
is in a position to do lots of thinking
afterwards.
Hope awakens courage. He who can
implant courage in the human soul is the
best physician.
The greatest event of a hens life is
made up of an egg and cacklc. But
eagles never cackle.
In life there is nothing more unex-
pected and surprising than the arrival
and departure of pleasure.
To sum it up in one sentence, pre-
serve the courtesy of the beginning if
you wish to keep your friendship to the
end.
A pompous man when he smiles at
Jest, takes more credit to himself for his
appreciation of the joke than he allows
to the wit for uttering it.
Clear thoughts patiently worked out
and freely interchanged before action is
called for are the only means of making
that action wise, permanent and eff
fective.
Industry is essentially social. No man
can improve either himself or his neigh
Dor without neighborly help; and to
better the world is to set the world to
work together.
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Chcrrapoonji, India, has the well-de-
served reputation of being the wettest
place in the world. Last year the aggre-
rate rainfall there was 450 inches, and
it was q comparatively dry season. In
wet ones it averages between sou and
600 inches. In one day thirty-seven
ipoboc foil
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A1ADY of Warsaw advertised in the

A LADY of Warsaw advertised in the
papers that she was willing to accept
proposals for marriage, and. giving a
description of herself, she also enumer'
ated the qualifications she required in
her suitor. Among those qualifications
she mentioned that lie must be the
owner of real estate. She received
many letters in reply, but one OF them
was strictly original. The writer said
that he possessed al that the lady de-
sired in her future husband. He was
good-looking. he held responsible po
sition, had many frieuds and was re-
ceived in good society, and could sup
PORT family comfortably. AS to real
estate, he had that, too; he was owner
of plot of ground in cemetery which
was large enough to accommodate him,
a wife and six children. The lady Sc
lected the writer of this letter from the
whole number of suitors. She opined
that a young man OF his position who
had thought of acquiring graves fo1
himself and a large family before he
was married was surely worthy Of she
endowment of her hand and heart.