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TEMPERANCE.
DANGEROUS HoSlrTALIrY.

DANGEROUS HUSS IL ALtEG'
"A Christian gave it to me"-'the fatal
Which proved the turning point. The Ru-
bicon
Once crossed, my path was clear to ruin,
I knew it's power and was struggling sore
Against the deadly spell. Full many time
Had tauuts of boon companions made ms
yiold.
But grace was given to turr away fro.a
them.
And now, when had hoped-yes, hoped
once more,
That health and happiness and home were
A noble lady, one bright New Years morn,
Pressed me to take glass JUST 1or 1uls
onca,"
In honor OF her hospitality.
She did not dream-how could shes-whaf
was meant
By drinking that little drop of wine.
The buried craving Of the days gone by
Uprose within me, and fell
A victim to it's power; my being seemed
As set on fire of hell, and from that hour
To this my downward course was swift and
Oh, Christian! pause and think; was it your
Asister's hand, perchance, which should have
helped,
That put temptation in brothers ways
You say, "sf would not" but you cannot
tell
Their soul-surroundings who may cross your
path; A.,
You do not know, oh, then, consider we'll
The possibilities or every case,
And let no erring ones have cause to say -,
That by your means they have been led
Homo.
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ments to travel on foot and by means OF
sledges.
The expedition sailed on the Kite,
steam sealer, which on July 80, 1891,
left the party on the south shore of Nc.
Cormick Bay. After constructing a
house, series of boat trips and short
excursions was begun. These trips con-
tinued through the winter and until May
Sd Of this year, when Peary and all the
party, excepting Mrs. Peary and MIR.
Verhoeff, left for the north. On June
Sd the supporting party returned, having
parted from Peary and Astrup at Hum
boldt glacier. From this point they
continued northward until July 4th they
discovered Independence Bay. After an
absence of ninety-three days, during
which time Peary and his companion
travelled over 1900 miles across inland
ice, they returned to Mccormick Bay,
meeting the Kite, which had in the
meantime returned for the party.
While preparing to return home, MT.
Verhoeff went on q short geological trip
to a neighboring settlement. Not return
ing, search was made, and after some
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time traces of his footsteps to a large
glacier were discovered, but no sign OF
the missing man was found, and it is sup
posed he lost his life in one Of the nu.
merous crevasses.
This expedition verifies the possibility
of parties making their way on foot
toward the north pole, instead of by
ships, and this belief has been enter
tanned before by eminent and practical
Arctic explorers.
Lieutenant Peary's accomplishment reg
wives the inspiration in the heart of
every Arctic explorer who has been
batHed by ship progress to again make
the attempt over the land, on foot and
by sledge journey, establishing, as the
Iine of discovery progressed, necessary
depots of supplies for the purpose oil Sc.
curing retreat. or tiding over unseen de-
lays.
Although Peary reached North Green
land last year with a broken leg, good
luck seems to have been his portion. He
was fortunate in being able to procure
plenty of dogs. He took with him on
the ice cap twenty of these animals, bred
by the natives of Whale Sound, and they
hauled four sledges as far as Humboldt
glacier, where the return party went
back, and Pealy and Astrup, with thir.
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TEE millionaire is becoming far

TIE millionaire is becoming far
less important a factor in Congress
than formerly. The aggregate
wealth of members of the Senate
and House is at present from $780,
900, 900 to 800, 900, 900 less than 1t
was few years ago. Many men of
great wealth, such as @Joe' Brown
Hearst, Plumb, Farwell, Spooner,
Scott and Spinola, have died or left
Congress, and their SUCCESSORS have
for the most part been men Of mod
crate means. What great fortunes
remain are to the extent Of Is per
cent. the possession of members
from the Pacific Slope or the West
Another curious fact about these
great Congressional fortunes is that
their owners are mostly men whose
names begin with the letter S-San-
ger, Stewart, Stanford, Sanders,
Sherman, Shoup, Squire, Stockbridge,
Stahlnecker, Stevens and Ste
phensoE
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The Home of the Doll.

The finest dolls now come from Ger
many, which hss overtaken France In
this industry. Nuremburg, as everybody
knows, is the most important center of
the manufacture. 1t has been the home
of doll making for many centuries. A
generation ago the finest dolls had wax
heads, but this material had the disad-
vantage of being very perishable, ard it
has gone altogether out of fashion. The
best heads nowadays are of "bisque,"
which is kind of porcelain with a rough
finish. Papier mache is nodded iGto
shape for the bodies, legs and arms, the
wrists and ankles having ball and socket
Joints, 80 that the hands and feet can be
put IN any position. The fact seems re-
markable that one can buy to-day doll
of the fine description, with hair that
looks like human hair, dressed even to
shoes, stockings and cap, for 50 small
price as 81. Half dozen years ago the
same article would cost $3.-Wasbiag-
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teen dogs and three sledges, kept on
their course. Peary had killed an abund-
ance of seals and wslrus for dog food
during the winter, and travelled in tho
ightest marching order. Pemmican,
pea soup, beans and biscuit formed hh
sole provisions.
Eivsrd Astrup, who accompanied Peary
on this journey Of 1900 miles, ia young
Norwegian who had lived in the United
States only a.few months when he volun-
teered forehe expedition. He was skilled
in the use of the ''skie,' as the peculiar
snowshces of Norway are called. &
Peary's enumeration Of the Arctic high
lauders gives total of less than $50 souls.
They are apparently decreasing in num-
bers, but not so rapidly as Was supposed
few years ago. In their recent inter.
course with the whites they have been
favored beyond most savage people. A
large part of the men whom they hsys.
seen were rough, and they haven't ai-;
ways been treated with justice. Kane
had serious difficulty with the natives,
and two Of his men accused these people
of plotting against their lives. Thus time
they have been treated by their white
visitors with kindness, consideration and
generosity.
On the North Greenland coast Peary
found no traces of human beings. II
has been a favorite theory with Sons
scientific men that the east coast derived
its population from the migration Of peo-
pie living on the northwest coast. There
is no evidence whatever to snbstantiaS
this unlikely theory, and It Is probable
that the remains Of Esquimaux hnt,
found on the shores Of Robson channel,
In Grant land, indicate the most north.
ern limit of human occupancy. 81.
Peary intended to do for the Arctic
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND Yo1Hs.

Canada does not allow liquor seller or
saloon keeper to hold municipal office.
There are about five hundred pledged chill
dren in the Third Congressional District Of
Illinois.
Some Of our railroads refuse to employ
men who drink. Farmers should do the same.
and also prohibit swearing and other vices
which may contaminate the boys.
Miss Isabel Gibson. IT Paris, wco after her
years stay among American white ribbon
ers returned to France filled with enthu-
siasm and earnestness in the temperance
cause, has organized ban Of Paris young
women-the nucleus of the Young WoIIan's
Temperance Union Of France.
John Dougherty, young man living near
Leavenworth, Kan. boasted that he could
drink all the whisky anybody would pay
for. Somebody offered to settle for the
drinks, whereupon DoLgherty drink twenty
one glasses and died in fifteen minutes. A
post-mortem examination revealed cooked
brain.
The following story is told OF q retired
saloon keepsr: Il see you nre building new
house, Mr. Browny' "Yes; you are right"
Made the money out of whisky, I supposeP'
"No." "Why, ynu are liquor dealer, are
you not?' "Oh, yes; but the money I'm
putting into tho house was made out OF the
water put in the whisky. Every farthinS
was made out OF wafer SIR"
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explore. They are quick to adapt them
selves to their surroundings and possess
unusual skill in contriving means by
which to attain the desired ends.
In dispatch to the Navy Department,
from st.. johns, N. F., Lieutenant Peary
says: "United States Navy claims high
est discoveries on Greenland east coast.
Independence Bay, 80 degrees north
latitude, "a degrees west longitude, dis
covered July 4, 1892. Greenland ice.
caps end south of Victoria inlet"
Lieutenant Peary presented his ideas
Of exploration to the Academy of Natural
Sciences of Philadelphia in January,
1891. His plans showed so wide q
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CHRIST ALONE UNDERSTANDS Us THoE-
oUGHLY.
Our consciousness of our need of SYM
pathy is no more widespread or positive
tbsn our consciousness that often our human
friends fail to sympathize with US intelli-
gently. They do not lack kindly interest,
but their sympathy does not go deep enough.
They simply do not understand US through
aud through. Blessed are we. wnen we have
learned that our Lord Jesus Christ does
thus comprehend our irmost being, and all
its varied wants. When everybody else has
failed us, we still can turn confidently to
Him. ..F =
he understands us because He shares our
own human nature. He was as truly man
as the neighbor Is who walks down town
with us every morning, and He has declared
that. no matter what changes His death.
within Him. He still is essentially one in ma
ture with ourselves. All the impulses for
good or evil which rise within US, there
fore, have been known to Him in His own
person, although His knowledge Of the evil
never passed from acquaintance with tempta-
ton into acquaintance with actually com.
mitted sin. : -
He has shared our human experience also.
For whole generation he was member
Of an ordinary human household. The'ties
of home, the familiar cares and duties grow
ing out of the life of the household and the
neighborhood, the very temptation to which
humanity in any form and at any time is
exposed-all these are known to Him, and
are understood 10y Him, 80 that He can en-
ter fully into the feelings of each Of us-His
disciples.
He comprebends US, furthermore. by the
MD Of His Divine Omniscience. He is not
only truly man, but also truly God. He un-
derstands our nature, because He gave it to
US. and our circumstances because He Or
daired them. His sympathy is not Only ten
der and unlimited, it is also perfectly in
formed, even rs to the secret influences
which often shape our lives so powerfully,
yet which we rarely detect entirely, and
often overlook altogether.
All this suggests comforting truth. AL.
though onr Lord knows all about our moral
failures and our sins, and appreciates their
guilt far more keenly than we do, He also
knows ali about our struggles against temp
tation, our efforts to rise above discourage
ment, our good purpose renewed in the face
of defeat, and our sorrow and shame because
Of our unfaithfuiness. = ...
Not one of our faintest aspirations or en-
deavors toward better things escapes the
notice of His constant, helpful love Is it
not indeed q comfort to know that He does
understand us thoroughly :-( Congregation
slist.
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THE NEARSEss OF CHRIST.

You may be nesrer to Christ than yo'.
along the road to Emmaus, weeping and
mourning that their Christ was gone, poured
into His very ear the tale of their oereave-
ment. They told Him of their trouble-that
they had lost Christ; and there he was talk
ing with them! In the midst Of their deep
grief there was their victory and they did not
know it. There Is many man in embar-
rassment. overwhelmed with care, who does
not know what to do. 1t Is the pressure of
Gods band upon him for the purpose OF
betterment. 1t is God present in affairs:
Christ near TO him for the sake OF winning
him to Himself.
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A PRAYER.

The most beautiful and efficient feature Of
the order of the Kings Daughters is The
PRAYER of Conservation" which each Kings
Daughter offers every morning upon rising.
1t Is this:
'Iake me, Lord, and use ME today as Thou
wilt.
"Whatever work Thou has for me to do,
give it unto my hands.
eff there are those Thou wouldst have me
to help in any way, send them to me.
Take my time and use it as Thou wilt.
"Let me e vessel close to Thy hand, ana
meet for thy service, to be employed only
for TbeeI and for ministry to others lin His
name'N
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and northeast and then to the east, de-
fecting me to the southeast. After
marching four days to the southeast, the
land still extending southeast and east,
I made direct for it toward large open-
ing in the mountains visible over the
nearer submits, and landed July 1. July
4, after three days travel overland, 1
reached the head of a great bay, lati-
tude 81.37, longitude "a, opening out
east and northwest. I named this In-
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CHAMPION BEEn-DRINkERS.

Philadelphia evidently has some champion
beer.drinEers. The Record Of that city tells
of one brewery where the one hundred men
who are employed consume twelve half-bar-
rels of beer day. 1t states that compart-
ment has been set apart for miniature bar.
and one bartender does rothing all day but
keep the faucet open. Some Of the men, &C.
cording to the bartender, drink from eighty
to one hundred glasses a day; others drink
about fifty, while some can only stand
twenty-five or thirty glasses day. Great,
indeed, must be the capacity Of these Phila-
delphia beer-drinking champions National
TEMPERANCE Advocate.
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familiarity with existing conditions, and
were so practical in character that the
academy, which had previously borne
the expense of the expeditions under DR..
Kane and DR.. Hayes, accepted his propo-
sition and provided the outfit needed for
the journey.
It has been the experience Of Arctic
explorers who had heretofore attempted
high northern latitudes by means of
ships to find that once their way was
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RELIGIOUS READING,
RULES FOR DAILY LIFE.

RULES FOR DAILY LIFE.
Begin the day with God:
kneel down to Him in prayer;
Lift up thy heart to His abode,
And seek his love to share.
Open the Book Of God,
Andread portion there:
That it may hallow all thy thoughts,
And sweeten all thy care.
Go through the day with God,
What'er thy work may be;
Where'er thou art-at home. abroad,
He still is near to thee.
Converse in mind with God;
Thy spirit heavenward raise;
Acknowledge every good bestowed,
And offer grateful praise.
Conclude the day with God;
Thy sins TO him confess;
Trust in the Lords atoning blood,
And plead his righteousness.
Lie down at night with God,
Who gives His servants sleep;
And when thou tread'st the vale Of death,
He will thee guard and keep.
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A TURF HUT.

dependence Bay in honor Of the day and
the great glacier flowing north into it
Academy glacier. I reached inland ice
again July z, with foot gear cut to pieces
and selves and dogs exhausted and dead
lame from the hard climbing, sharp
stones and frequent falls"
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barred by ice 1t was
impossible to proceed
farther with their
ships, and, should
tn ey become ice-
bound, they must re.
main there until their
vessels are destroyed
or drift out in the
springtine. Peary,
recognizing this fact
made careful arrange
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THE FUTURE LIFE.

- II. in the happy phrase of Butler. our
posthumous life, instead Of being altogether
q beginning anew, be rather. going on,
what scenes Of loyelipess and irradiations of
faith may unveil and beam upon the soul
when the Divine Giver tenderly takes it
back, and lays his hand on that his own in
strument of music. and stills the jar and dis.
desire into tune, and draws out all the
powers, and opens all the.stops, and wakes
the harmon;cs so long sleeping!-[Robert
Wilmott.
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PEARY'S WORK.
RESULTS OF THE EXPLORERS
TRIP TO TIE FAR NORTH.
Peary and Companion Travelled
Over 1900 Miles Across Inland
lce-No Human Beings on the
North Greenland Coast.

N an illustrated
account of Lieu
tenant R. .Peary's
expedition, which
returned recently
to this country,the
Chicago Graphic
says: "
The success of
Lieutenant R. e.
'Peary and his party
goes tar to prove
the ella i'm that
Americans are Pc
ciIlIarIy fitted fo
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The mind wants steadying and setting
right many times a day. It resembles a
compass placed on n rickety table; the least
stir of the table makes the needle swing
around and point untrue. Let it settle. then,
till it points true. Be perfectly silent for n
few moments, thinking of Jesus; there is an
almost Divine force in silence. Drop the
thing that worries, that eIcites, that inter-
ests, that thwarts you; let it fail like sedi-
ment to the bottom, until the soul is no
longer turbid; and say secretly, me rGrant,
full servant pardon and peace; that may
be cleansed from all my sins and serve Thee
with quiet mind" -[Bishop Huntington.
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ROAD AGENT (stopping funeraD-
Hold up y'r hands! I want all th'
money ye'ye got! Chief Mourner-
Bless me! Here's the undertaker's
bill-COlleCtOr alreadv.-Lifa
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GEORGE ". CHrLps ON TEMPERANCE.

George W. Childs, Of Philadelphia, con-
tributes q very helpful, suggestive article to
the Public Ledger Almanac, for the current
year, upon "Success in Life" in which, re-
ferring to the subject of temperance, he
says:
Icannot lay too great stress on the mat
ter of strict temperance. Drinking beer.
wine. or spirits IS a useless and dangerous
habit. It does no good, and IL the habit is
continued it is almost sure to lead to de-
struction aud death. Taste not, touch not
You should have courage enough to say
s.No" If you are asked to drink. In looking
back over my lite can recan many OF the
best and most promising OF my companions
not one Of whom ever imagined that he
would be wrecked in mind and body. and
eventually fill drunkard's grave. There Is
no safety in moderate drinking; every one
who touches it at all is in danger.
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ALCOHOLISM IN SWITZERLAND.

ALOUHOLISN IN o"ITAEHLAN
1t is significant chat the Zurich, Switzsr.
land, society for combating the alcohol habit
has circulated an appeal on the Continent,
future Of Europe through the use Of intoxi.
cants, and calling upon people to show their
patriotism by becoming abstainers. And
Switzerland II n wilma coIlntrvi
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TEMPERANCE IN ENGLAND.

Writing to the Manchester Guardian. Sir
wilfrid Lawson repudiates the charge that
his policy In temperance matters is every
thing or nothing. '.All that we ask" he
says "is that no scheme of licensing reform
should be forced on unwilling districts. The
magistrates now, as we see from every day'e
reports in the newspapers, o-s able to estab-
lish drink shops wherever they please. quite
regardless Of the remonstrances OF the in
habitants. We are told that we are 60 have
new licensing authorities, who, it is ex-
pected, will give more satisfaction to the
public. Let them DO tried by ali means.
They may reduce the horrors Of the traffic
which they are to license. But to any
measure constituting these new. authorj
ties we demand supplement- forbidding
them to exercise their licensing powers in
distinctly and decidedly unwilling 4districts."
Fortunately, Sir Wiltrid adds, the working
men have just returned Parliament clearly
more hostile to tho drink traffic than any
which we have had for long time.
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A TEMPERANCE LESSON.

On the old Cutts's estate at Biddeford
Pool, years ago, it was customary to keep o
large number Of hogs. These animals for
the most part OF the year roamed at large,
feeding in the pastures and upon the clam
fats digging CLAIMS being their chief en-
ployment. The old Cutts's store, was. at
that time headquarters for all kinds ,ot in
toxicating liquors including cherry rum. =.
On certain day, the story goes, there
was at this old store general clearing up,
and lots Of old rubbish, including bushels OF
old cherries from the cherry rum hoyshead,
old salt fish, ETC., was dumped out upon the
flats. This rubbish was soon discovered by
these greedy, half-starvcd hogs. The
cherries proved to be precious morsel for
them and were devoured at once. The effect
was ludicrous in the extreme at first. Tney
began to run and capar and fight and root
and cut up all manner Of ridiculous
maneuvres until finally the rum 10 tae
cherries became too much for them, and
down they lay upon the fats at nearly low
water, dead DRUNK.
Soon the tide turned and began to flow
in. An alarm was given and the neighDors
hastened to the scene with whips, brooms,
clubs and all manner Of persuaders wnicd
were used Justify, but without effect. The
hogs would not bulge an inch, the tide
swallowed them up, and the Saco harDor
for days after was tuu of dead hogs
Lewiston (MeJ Journa'.
THE SALOON HEEPER's RESPONSIBILITY!
"Ikuow it is the fashion to denouncs che
drunkard and to hold him up to ridicule
contempt and scorn; to spurn him from
ones path as creature fallen too low to mer.
drunkard has transgressei the laws OF
nature and of God, and he finds now. when
perhaps he has gone too far to romedy his
error, that the way of the transgressor is
hard indeed. But he wes not always thus.
There was q time when he was content to
quench his thirst with ws.er, that universal
gift OF bountifuI Creator, which alone.
God intended to be mans natural, common
beverage. There was a time when any al.
coholic liquid was repugnant to aim; and it
now he feels necessity for induiging in it,
which was once totally foreign to his nat
ural tastes and habits But who placed
temptation 10 the way Of the Door outcast!
Who led him OIL step by STEP glass by glass,
from tho region of Innocence health and
happiness along tho path of dissipation and
crime, on to the very brink OF that awful
precipce Of alcoholic slavery and despair,
and then cruelty pushed hin over into the
dark and hideous abyss? VINO furnished
nlm WILL IuhU ueTy, QoCeleiul Stuu Oudt
burnt out the impress of Gods image on his
soul, scorched his moral sensibilities and
changed him from a child Of God and an
heir to the heavenly kingdom. into hor-
ribls and horrid nonstrosity among created
,hugse Who wrecked his home and turned
it into an earthly holl? Who prompted his
tongue to blaspaene, steeled his heart to re-
venge, nerved his arm to strike? Who sent
his wife to tho almshouse, and drove his
sons to the refocmatory. and thence to the
jail, and thence the psnitentiary, an f1uahy
TO the scaffolds' Ferdinand Klttle.