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PETITION BY TEMPERANCE woMEy.

The petition of the Worlds Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. for the pro-.
lection OF the home, addressed to the Gov
ernments Of the world, reads as follows:
Honored Rulers Representatives and
Brothers-We, your petitioners although
belonging to the physically weaker sex, are
strong Of heart to love our homes, our
native land, and the worlds family OF
nations. We know that clear brains and
pure hearts make honest lives and happy
homes, and that by these the nations
prosper, and the time is brought nearer
when the world shall be at peace. We know
that indulgence in alcohol and opium and
In other vices which disgrace our social LIE
makes misery for all the world, and most OF
all for us and for our children. We know
that stimulants and opiates are sold under
legal guarantees whica make the Govern
ments partners in the traffic by accepting as
revenue a portion Of the profits, and we
know with shame that they are often forced
by treaty upon populations either ignorant
or unwilling. We know that the law might
do much, now left undone, to raise the
moral tone Of society and render vice dim. :.
cult. We have no power to prevent these
great iniquities beneath which the whole
world proans, but you have power to redeem
the honor OF the nations from an indefen-
sible completely. Wetherefore come to you
with the united voices Of representative
women of every land, beseeching you to
raise the standard Of the law to that OF
Christian morals, to strip away the safe
guards and sanctions Of the State from the
drink traffic and the opium trade, and to
protect our homes by the total prohibition
Of these curses of civilization throughout all
the territory over which your Government
ayfop1c ....
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seems no doubt, says the New York Sun,
that this prestige and power nave at
last been destroyed. The French have
vanquished their most bitter and tor-
midable enemy, man who rose from a
humble slave to be the ruler OF million
and half of people and Of country IN
the western soudan, east OF Liberia and
Sierra Leone, that is larger than most
European States. -.
Lieutenant Colonel Humbert lett
France in September last to organize an
expeditionary column against Samory.
His base of operations was the French
post of siguiri, upon the Upper Niger.
His objective point was BisSandugu' tne
large capital of samory. On January l
he left siguiri with force OF a Little
over 1000 men. of whom 14O were Eu-
ropeans, and 600 were Tiralleurs, or
trained senegalese soldiers. On Janu-
ary he reached Kanksn, ,and little be-
yond that town he found the enemy de-
termined to stop his progress toward the
capital. samory had been getting really
for the struggle. He had purchased a
large number of guns from British mer'
chants at Sierra Leone. The French
complain bitterly that munitions OF war
were provided from British territory to
be used against them.
Colonel Humbert's force was attacked
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FROM FATHFA 70 SON.

A few months ago was present In Dr.,
Carriers consulting room watching tho
prisoners from the depot fling past. We
were informed thata child had been brought
by its parents to be examined. These peo-
pie were shown in; they belonged to the re.
Spectacle working class, and were quiet and
well hammered. The man was the driver OF
a draw belonging to one of the railway sta
tions, and had ali the appearance OF stall
wart working man. The boy was scarcely
six wears old; he had an intelligent rather
pretty face, and was neatly dressed.
.'See here, NJ. le Docteur," said the father,
sswe have brought you our boy; he alarms
us. he is no fool; he begins to read; they
are satisfied with him at his school, but we
cannot help thinking he must be insane, for
be wants to murder his little brother. child
Of Of two years old. The other day he nearly
succeeded in doing 30. Iarrived just In time
to snatch nv razor from his hands" =,
The boy stood listening with indifference
and without hanging his head. The DOCTOR
drew the child kindly. toward him and In"
quired: u.
tie brother9'
With perfect composure the little one re-
piled: ,, In ,, u,
The doctor glanced at the father ano askeu
in low voice:
do you drinkp' ..s
The wife exclaimed Indignantly:
HE, sirl Why, he never enters Puohc
house, and has never come home drunk"
They were quite sincere. Nevertheless thS
doctor said: 4
stretch out your arm"
The man obeyei; his hand trembled. Had
these people told lies then, in stating that
the man had never come home the worse for
drink? No; but ell through the day, Tasn-
ever he had called to leave package, the
neonle of the house had given him something
10 drink for his trouble. he had become
drunkard without knowing it, and the poi
son that had entered his blood was at this
moment filling the head Of his little child
with the dreams of an assassin. n.-Fortnightly
Review.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

California brandy, according to Senator
Stamford. is made ITO save the wins which
would spoil"
General Booth, of the Salvation Army,
saws that nine -tenths of the evil that he has
to tight against in the social department OF
his work is caused by drink.
According to statistics the breweries Of
the world consume yearly 4, ZOO, 000 tons OF
barley and 10000 tons OF hops. British
breweries consume SO, ,0O0, 600 tons Of barley
and 20, 600 tons Of sugar.
England is known as a ''bright little, tight
little island" and it must have been very
tight last year after consuming its share OF
the 142, 250, 00G pounds sterling worth OF aico-
holic drink which represents Great Br1tain's
'jag" for 1891.
Mrs. Hitchcock, President of the Nebraska
Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
writes that they have the names OF S00o
children on the p.edge cards, which Will be
used to decorated the white ribbon depart
ment OF the Columbian Exposition.
Alta certain intersection OF streets in Phila
delphia there is saloon on one corner, q
doctors Office aad 4 drugstore ou second,
an undertaker's establishment on third and
a burying ground opposite. The Ledger
calls this ia model arrangement"
The Templars' STANDARD, South Africs,
ievotes nearly two pages TO graphic ao-
count of meeting held by two American
ladies" Mrs. Elizabeth Wheeler Andrew
and DR.. Kate BushnelD, as result OF which
Woman's Christian Temperance union was
formed in Johannesburg numbering sixty
members.
Those who advocate the use Of light wines
as a preventive Of drunkenness, and point to
France as an illustration, should read an
article in recent issue Of the Petit journal,
Paris. which declares that of all the dangers
menacing the agricultural population Of
France the gravest and most difficult to fgh'
is alcohol power.
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New Testament in q New Language.

Queen Victoria has accepted copy of
the New Testament in the Motu language
of New Guinea. This is the first New
Testament in the language of her Ma
jcsty's latest subjects. 1t was begun By
Rev. J. Chalmers, more than ten years
ago. and has been completed BY Rev. w.
G. Lawes, who has borne distinguished
part in bringing the "Goldea Isle" under
British rule. The Port Moresby dialect
in which the version is made, is the
mother tongue of abou. five thousand
natives, but it is the best known of the
various languages along the coast, and
the missionaries have resolved to make
it the literary language for the entire
part of the Island from Possession east
ward. AS it will be the language OF
commerce, it will doubtless become the
victorious and standard language OF New
Guinea.-New York Observer.
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THE OCCASIONAL GLASS.

It is difficult to convince many otherwise
excellent people that there Is any harm In
taxing an occasional glass Of wine or other
intoxicating beverage at the table or else
where. They never drink to excess, 1t is
said, and why should they deprive themselves
Of harmless indulgence because other men
are too weak to control their appetites. This
is the usual argument, but in the present
situation Of things at least it Is cruel, sell
fish, unmanly and unchristian argument.
1t is the old cry in new form. Am
my brothers keaperT st. Paul answered
this most effectively when he said, If meat
make my brother to offend, l will eat no
flesh while the world standeth." ~ +,
There Is true manliness In this the true
Christ-spirit. II will deny myself, the
apostll might have added, ''even 50 harmless
and so important an article Of food as meat,
if the eating Of it shall cause my brother to
stumble and fall into sin. It is not absolute
" essential that should eat meat to sustain
my life. There are plenty of other kinds OF
food good and wholesome. to which may
resort. will restrict myself to these Il by
SO doing can savea single one OF my fellow
men from life of sin and shame" Would
that the moderate drinker would apply such
logic as this to himself Sacred Heart Re
vioxU :.
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Dresses for Girls.

A child's dress of cheviot in gray and
brown mixed plaid entangling dark
red thread has smart little jacket COW
cred with stripes of dark red velvet
opening over yoke waist of the cloth =,
with belt of velvet. The skirt is
hordered with velvet.
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SPECIALLY sIGHIFIcAH,f.

It Is stated that the publisher Of the Wine
and Spirit Bulletin has bought tract OF
fifty acres of land In the suburbs of Louis
vile, KY. to be converted into select man
sion and villa district. It is also announced
that ten Of Kentucky's leading distillers and
wealthy liquor dealers have Joined IN the
view Of building. What Is specially dguif1-
can't about this transaction Is the fact that
the title deeds for the estate contain pro-
viso prohibiting the erection Of places for
the sale of LIQUORS. Chicago Standard.
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TEMPERATE SOLDIERS BEST.

Out Of 7O, 600 British troops in India 49,
600 are teetotalers. Sir Frederick Roberts
himself says that 'for every 5000 teetotalers
enrolled, the strength Of the British army is
practically increased by another battalion
The authorities in India make an annual
grant Of 5000 rupees for temperance work,
for meetings, as well as allowing refresh-
ment bars to be opened, the profits Of which
20 to temperance work, so that the men are
encouraged in every way to remain true to
their pledge. ~
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.EMIR SAM0RY.
A PICTURESQUE FIGURE In
WEST AFRICA.
From q Slave He Rose to be the Alb
solute Ruler of a Million and
a Half of People Van.
uuished by the French.

EWS has been re.
ceived tn a t t b e
Emir Samory, who
has cut a greater fig.
ure in western Afri-
ca within the past
fifteen years than
any other native, had
been defeated by
the French and was
a fugitive from his
capital. T b Q r G
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Another pretty little dress is of gobe-
lin blue wool with three stripes OF black
braid edged with thread of gold as a
border for the skirt, and trimming for
the deeply pointed girdle. Three rows
OF the braid surround the arm-holes,
too, and the deep cuffs are covered with
it. These dresses are suitable for girls
from twelve to fourteen years old.-NeW
York World.
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made his old patron prisoner, and the
unfortunate chief soon succumbed to the
hardships of his captivity. All these
events advanced to the highest the power
and military prestige of samory. He
compelled the King of Bissandugu, now
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No FIRsT-CLAss lunatic asylum is
without man VINO has discovered
perpetual motion.
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Burglar (appearing unexpectedly
"Lookin' fer anybody, gent2'
Man of the House (on the warpath)-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. me-yes-no-
Why, you see, the fact is, the doctor
er-told me to exercise with Indian
clubs; I-er-must have gotten this pis
tol by mistake."- "-.-Puck.
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TEMPERANCE.

THE TROPHIES OF TEMPERANCE.
Talk not Of the failure of Temperance
Nor ask where her triumphs have been,
For wherever her banner hath floated, ~
Oh, there may ner trophies be seen!
And know in q beautiful future,
From the dawn to the setting Of sun,
A land she.hath blessed and redeemed,
Shall tell what bright Temperance hath
done. -
National Advocate.
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The bulk of the japanese revenue is
derived from the railroads and telegraph
lines which it owns.
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CHAPTER Nv.

CHAPTER Nv.
THE PICcAD1LLY ROOMS.
Calliston occupied suite of rooms IL
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we've,
DoSker pondered o little. So sht
called here to see Calliston just before
she was murdered, and saw Desmond
Now, the question was, what had Des.
mond to do with the affair?
Was Mr.. Desmond here on that even.
ing by accident?"
SNo; he told me he had come to give
Miss Sarschine message from Loro
Calliston."
You did not overhear their converse.
tion?"
Mel" growled Totty. Indignantly, y
never listen-but when she was leaving
they were having row."
About what timer"
Il think at ten minutes after twelve
Did she 60 out alone?'
Yes; Mr.. Desmond followed shortly
afterward."
Did he say anything?"
No; not q word"
Dowker felt puzzled. It was evident
Desmond had given her q message from
Calliston that made her angry, and she
left the house in q rage. but then this
did not connect any one with design to
murder her. Suddenly he remembered
lAot udu A6uIAO4Co GAoS dS ooA
met Desmond coming up st. James street
a short time before the body was found.
| Was it possible that he had killed Miss
Sarschine and was then coming away
| from the scene of his crime? 1mpos-
sible, because the doctor said the woman
NUT lave been dead some hours. And
yet he might have killed her and gone
down St. James street to avert suspicion;
and then come up again when he thought
the coast would be clear. Unfortunately,
he had met Ellersby, and thep-well,
Dowker made up his mind he would &c
and see Ellersby, find out what he could
about the meeting. and afterward call on
Myles Desmond. He perhaps might give
some satisfactory explanation OF his in
terview with Miss Salschine, and ac.
count for his presence after the inter.
view. If he did not, we'll, it would ap'
Dear suspicious.
wnlIe these thoughts were rapidly pass
ing through lis mind, Totty had her eyes
fastened eagerly on him.
We'll, now I've answered all your
questions, she said, perhaps you'll tell
me what it all means?"
"Murder!"
Mrs. Povy became quite excited, fol
she had keen relish for horrors.
"Lor'! Who's dead not Lord Calls
ton?"
No; Miss Sarschine."
Miss Sarfchine!"
Yes; she was murdered shortly afte'
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-07-21
A Lesson on Milk Drinking.

Few people know that there is a good
and a bad way Of drinking milk. The bad
way is that which they generally follow,
viz, to swallow "A large quantity at once.
When milk gee, into the stomach it is iIl'
stauJly curd.od. and If it Is curdled into
one big mass, The juices al the stomach
can work on OILY the outside Of i. This
j. the reason that many people who like
mill, and ~ whom it should be of the ut
most benefit, cannot drink it. They say i
gives them Indigestion, aud they are right,
Let them give il auotLer chance.
But thu. time they must sip it slowly,
not taking more than a good teas oonfui
~ one sip, and taking At least four minutes
10 finish the Slassiul Each LITTLE sip thus
becomes CURED mp 10y itself when paaseD!
into the stomach and the digestive juices
prrcoia'e freely around ii and it speedily
becomes assm!l.ateI one OF tine best re-
stoIatives known alter excessive fatigue
i, glass OF hot milk. The heat seems 10
Tighten 1t and to deprive IT OF much of the
sweetness which IS 80 clOyiug TO so:ud
tastes New "1.n Commercial AGYel-
tlser
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"Ihe greatest trade We have among
ladies'" said handsome young druggist,
sis not perfumes, rs you might reasonably
suppose, OF cosmetics, but nerve tonnes,
ANY new nerve tonic that is put on the
market finds ready rush Of customers. |
know one OF oar patrons who is r good,
strong woman, and whose only nerve
trouble is that she shinks she has nerve
trouble, who has tried every nerve tonic
We have in stock.
Her system by this time should be per
fectly callous - any new compound, and
vet it is not half an hour since she left
here, taking with her bottle Of the pres
ent fashionable nerve sOother. She has a
pillow Of dried poppy flowers, another Of
hops, and she has tried all the chemical
foods She is only one of many. Each
new tonic has short run, to be replaced
by another, If there is permanent fash
iUnab!e discGs- it Is so called or real
nervous piostrltion, New Orleans Plea
yune.
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Requests for New York Women's ColIeg,

At the closing exercises Of Barnard col
chairman OF the board OF trustees, an
nounced that a donation of 800, 600 toward
the new college building fund had been
accepted. The name OF the donor was not
divulged. The agreement provides that
the college shall purchase suitable site
within 1000 feet of the land lately pur-
chased by Columbia college, between One
Hundred and Sixteenth and One Hundred
and Twentieth streets and the boulevard;
or the college may secure long lease at a
nominal rent The college is also required
to have its temporary charter made per-
manent and TO begin the erection OF a reci-
tation hall within four years the donor 10
name the hail The money is To be paid in
four annual payments. beginning June !,
1888
The closing exercises We're attended 10y Il
large gathering. mainly ladies Interested
in the new adjunct to Columbia. Chair
man Brooks said the success of the college
was attested by the fact that, while there
are but sixty scholars in the three clssses,
forty-iive new applications for admission
to next years class had already been re-
ceived. The gifS Of Sl00, 600, added To the
100000 to be received in trust froA Che
FayerNeather estate, and the beginning Of
an endowment fund by five subscriptions
| of -, 600 each, auSured we'll for the future.
| He said il had been agreed to take imme-
| date steps to move with Columbia col
| lege, as in addition to continuing the rellt-
| tiOns between the two institutions, Colum-
| bias is more desirable lo.llity.-New
| York Recorder,
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svan !ks tsoaN. - l5i remedy In Inv var.Duk
sormo ot a.seA. nfd Bncwn avsAUS what "
a.-eassAr, To- cor AID .~sTc e.sr ir cr5or >,
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c2rative prsoTst.os al tltess .n9dt"pua sToDl
de isuorEtoEy VI sA:use. and oohs.ln - apps
snycnd ceuOt tRst bi, tkUt and Gic..ss' 5sH
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d'tius bad during tas ..Sa' r-utu.y n our
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ds'hs, VIII d. H. 'n- '-r.st"it hnown
8~ edy ipt tAe euro cf ~ snrnn,' c. long
htOsTd puriftey, ant hcre,t iueu .o.At, d Fureiv
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els, tho Liver, III. F.id"rys aud tho
blo"G, niSausitg tine en- - syhten Of all In
fuE'oee; YOU i""'rs lad distractions the1
poison 'hc blotH a.'d c.vo,c Gi-cAse. Inc c&-
aao. re.or l.eakcns dives act tear down %
bolid Gp -. 81. sut eNc.S ~ tat"u adds 70
neW.d sIrongtc apG yi1or 10 tho ufcebiod
frame. 1t C1nt,.us so mineral or uthar
f"ts"n, ut un"iCurN ~ ioctds ~ potassiptn. or
ANY iniuii1u, sitic'e. Tie ENtract vi Roots,
BARK srd si"rhE, UGrss tttltou~Hea', ton-
sftpVtIvu, EttrrY .,au LiVpr ComplatnL..
iro C'.re 1910 ID. by.prp>ia. Hea1Hehr, B'-d
JI'.fl.if Tom, ttb { Htto !tumOrs, NsrofUl a,
uih sD.,-, s+"H"ral nul Nervous Debitity.
TtuHl" t"tt pi,.Iut,, and al. ire uIariticS OF
thu ayste.i c1u7el by bad blood or dlsorderea
action ~ TIE stomach Oowe q, liver and Kid
~,
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MUST FAVE a BRASS eANn.


Nothing Else 10 Musical Limo Ueusi
satisfy q kev Yorker.
Got any musical instruments that VIZ
play themselvesp' he sstd lookipg around
the store In determined way.
"Oh, yes, plenty Of then," said the CLERK,
with wave Of his arm at che rows of
shelves.
"Anythins suitable tor Hats"
eyes, indeed; how would a music box
with select airs suit your"
It'll run itself, viii ~"
Eyes, indeed All that You nave to ee r.
to wind it up and let # go. 1t changes sho
tunes and takes care OF itself"
lyon think 10 would do for fat'"
"Undou btedly. We do large fiat busi-
hess in this kind of instruments. | sup
pose you waEt som ethicg that will not
take up mach roomf"
That's the idea something shat isc 4
big, but that goes right ahcsd c;id works
for all it is worth."
1--WE have just what yoe want In that
line, SIR"
well, let's hea. o.e, then" and he liz.
tened attentively aiter the clerk had set the
box to going. 1t hadn't gone more than a
minute when the customer made gesture
Of disapproval.
What is the obiecCion? Too much ao'se'
Would you like something softer and
gentlerP Now
"Softer" said the other IN freezing tsnes
Young man, SAID that lived in fiat
didn't II On the fcOr above me lives 4
girl who thinks she can play the pisGo
She plays it every day. She always waits
until we have callers and then she begins II
with bang Il rush and charge OF the
| light brigade Uuder us is man WuC
| plays Il flute every evening when am tax
| ing my after dinner nap. Across the hal
Is woman who thumps the banjo every
time our baby goes 10 Sleep. Do you uu
derstand nowY asked the customer littl,
excitedly
oh, yes" said the clerk, with a syinpa
thetic smile.
Nov, what | want" said the other
looking desperate. 'is 4 patent brass ban,
something that you can wind up for fou
hours and lock IN the room. want to Sc
it of and then take my family to the thea
ter | want it to run when ne go +
church. | want "a whole hand-hAss drum
cymbals, triangle. Cornet, hornS-every
thing that goes with the band. | wan
something that will just saw wood to bea
the record Have YOU got anything lik
| that,"
Pm afraid not. Sow could give go
| d
NO, nothing less than a brass band wi
do for those people Haven't you st on
without the Triangle"
II am afraid not
well, wen knock off the bass drum.
Il couldn't give you that either. Ilo'
would Jon like'-
''No III - thp only COplDrOmiSp | e.,