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MODERATE DR1sKrNd.

That there may be errors in Judgment
among medical examiners Of life insurance.
companies in pronouncing upon a risk Is
probable, especially in cases OF. what are
known as moderate drinkers-those who, in
reply to the question in the application in
that regard, say truthfuily that they drink
alcoholic liquors moderately at night. And
yet cases Of that kind have been affected with
pronounced delirium and delusions.
Summing up IN able article on the subject
OF the relation Of life insurance to inebriety,
DR.. T. D. Crothers says: "The object OF oil
companies, to minimize tho uncertainty and
risks of all pollcy-holders, ahd make the
question Of the mortality OF its insured
reasonable certainty, is u reality when the
facts Of alcoholic degeneration arc studied
above the level OF opinions and theories.
The greatest peril to life insurance to-day is
the confusion OF theory rotating to the nature
and action Of alcohol. Every policy-holder
has to pay for this ignorance in increased
rates. The companies are perled and de-
more accurate study OF alcohol would remove.
Companies whose managers and medical ad-
yisers are moderate drinkers are on the road
to failure. Companies who assume that this
question is settled and the lines OF health
and disease can be mapped odt are failures
already. Companies who regard this peril
from alcohol as one requiring the most care
full scientific study and cautious application
OF the apparent facts of'to-day will arrivc at
some rational lines OF successful solution OF
the problem. Finally the alcoholic question,
from every point OF view, demands new
and more exact study to lift 1t out OF the foGs
and moss-covered superstitions OF tho cen
turies. Mail and Express.
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be made of glass, and will be woven es-
pecially for the princess at the works
on the plaisance. The material is made
from warp of silk woven in with o
body of spun glass SO delicate in text
ure that it is pliable as the softest silk.
The process was invented butrecently, !
and mona of the peculiar fabric has as
yet been put upon the market except
in small articles, such as neckties, and
these only as souvenirs from the works
on the plaisance.
With the present facilities for mann
featuring it can be made but slowly
and at great cost. One yard each day
is considered q big turnout. It ID,
therefore, expensive material, and ths
dress which the princess will hsve
when completed will cost about $4,000.
Cost, however, will not be taken into
co moderation so long as the princess
is pleased with the figure and fit. u
will be presented to her by the glass
works, when finished, and will be
taken to Spain for the especial delight
of the courtiers at home. Manager
Libby, of the glass works, said that all
arrangements had not been completed
for the acceptance of the dress, but
that they were under way and would
doubtless be finished that day. Chi
cago Herald.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

Stockholm has tho highest death rate from
drink Of any city In tho world, ninety in
10000.
Shetland is the most temperate county and
Cork tho most drunken town in tho United
Kingdom.
In eleven cathedral cities OF England there
is an average OF o2o public house to every
157 Inhabitants.
Carter Harrison, Mayor OF Chicago, has
issued IN order that no drinking man Will be
retained On tho police force.
Queen Anne, OF England, was extremely
ion1 of brandy and her face became 50
bloated that among the popuace she was
known us brandy Faced Man."
Consider whether there is any real advan-
tage in shorter hours or higher wages for
worhingmcn, if their earnings and unem-
ployed timo are both spent in tho saloon.
or the 81, 900 breweries in tho world Cor
many has 2G, ,240, England has 1854 and the
United States have 2300. In tho consump-
ton OF beer the German province OF Bava-
ria leads tho world, with an annual average
Of 222, litres per head. The inhabitants OF
the United States average thirty. one Gtres
per head.
Would men and women, adults and youths
DO safe beyond all peradventure? And why
should they not wish to be so, when so
much, when all, Is ut stake? Then let them
be the faithful observers Of total abstinence.
Prudence is virtue prescribed OF God and
man. "Ho who loveth the danger, shall
perish therein. "-Archbishop Irelaad.
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TIE VERDICT OF SCIENCE.

That alcohol makes for the brain, when
taken into the system, has been proved on
tho strongest possible testimony. DR.. Kirk
tells US that on one occasion he dssected o
man who died in state OF intoxication. SIN
two cavities Of tho brain was found the usual
quantity Of limpid fluid. When he smelled it
the odor Of whisky was distinctly perceptible,
and when he applied the candle to a portion
in q spoon il actually burned blue-the
lambent blue flame, characteristic Of poison,
playing on the surface OF tho spoon for some
seconds" We have similar experience re-
lated by DR.. Ogston, OF Aberdeen, in the case
Of women, who, it was believed, had
drowned herself in q state OF intoxication.
"We discovered nearly four ounces Of fluid
in the lateral brain cavities, having all the
physical properties OF alcohol"
DR.. John Percy found that by distilling
the blood taken from the system Of one in
toxicated he could reproduce . percentage
Of alcohol; and, by submitting the brain to
the same process. that the percentage was
much higher; from which he concluded that
". kind Of affinity exists between alcohol and
tho cerebral Cor brnin) matter" The last
experiment on this point shall relate is that
OF DR.. Figg, who held % post mortem exam
ination on the body Of John Garter, a young
athletic man, who drank pint Of rum at
one effort. "The mouth, stomach, cardiac
cavities and lungs presented no sppreciable
trace OF the rum. Even on opening the
Uranium we found nothing to warrant sup
position ofits presence. On making, how
svcr. section into the lateral brain cavities,
the rum flowed out in considerable quanti-
ties, altered in color, but with its character
istic odor." From all which it follows
clearly, that alcohol has special affinity for
the brain, and, as necessary consequence,
works its saddest and most deplorablc re-
suits in this-the seat Of reason. Whenever,
therefore, you SEQ men struck down in de-
lirum tremens in the midst OF their drunken
debauch; when you sec men who were once
strong, quivering in every limb, writhing in
agony on their bed OF pain, with features
contorted, and wild End staring eyes, scream
ing aloud at the fancied approach ofthe most
loathsomo crawling creatures when you
hear men, who were wont to be wise. gibber-
ing and chcttering like u parcel OF demented
maniacs; when you see those OF the weaker
sex casting aside nll modesty and self-respect
and acting the part OF the demoniacal and
insane, you will in future bo able to give o
reason for such conduct, and ascribe it to
that deadly poison which has entered their
brains, and stolen away the one great gift OF
God, which a!one elevates them above tho
iackal and the ape.
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An Important INDUSTRY.

Very few outside of its own locality
are aware that the place where oil the
canceling and dating stamps used in
the postofices throughout the United
States is located in Northumberland
County, Virginia. At Lodge, on the
Yeocomico River, is alittle town whose
inhabitants are almost entirely depen.
dent upon this industry for their live.
lihood. There the nalleable iron cast
ings in the rough are dressed, NOR
tised, and, by hands almost as skilled
as the engravers, each letter is tedl.
ously chiseled, then tempered, hard.
ened and polished. Here also gre the
type for the mortises made, as are also
the familiar "Postage due" "Un'
claimed" and other stamps. The
furnishing of these stamps is annually
let to contract by the Government.
Honorable Benjamin Chambers IS the
present contractor and hes been for
years, as was his father before him.
Annually competitors from all parts OF
the Union arise, but So far his prices
and superior workmanship have stood
him in good stead Detroit Free
pracc
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GOD THE TRUE LIFE.

o God. the true life, of, and by, and in
whom ali things live, the common source OF
all good our faith in thee eXcitess our hope
exalts, our love unites us. Thou command
est me to seek thee. and art ready to be
found: thou biddest US knock, and openeSt
when we do 80. To turn from thee Is to
fall into ruin and death. To turn to thee, IS
to rise to life and glory. To abide IN thee, Is
to stand fast and secure FROM danger. NO
man lost thee who does not suffer himself to
he deceived no man seeks thee who does not
submit to instruction and reproof; no man
(lads thee. who does not seek after thee with
n clean heart and purified affections To
know thye is life, to serve thee is freedom, to
snioy thee is kingdom. to praise thee Il. the
low and happiness Of the soul. 10 praise and
bless and adore thee with heart and voice
and every faculty. l worship thee, l give
thanks to thee for thy great goodness, for thy
innumerable and inestimable mercies, holy,
holy. holy, Lord God Almighty.
I humbly beseech thee, o blessed Trinity,
TO come to me, to abide in me, to reign In me,
to make this heart Of mine holy temple,a lit
habitation for thy majesty. L entreat the
Father by the Son.. the Son by the Father, the
HOLY Ghost by the Father and Son, that all
those vicious dispositions may be removed
far from me which might give offence to
Thee who cannot behold iniquity; and that
all those virtues may be implanted, and grow
and flourish and abound in me, In which
God OF unity delights. O thou maker and
preserver of all things visible and invisible!
Keep beseech thee the work OF thy own
hands. who trusts in thy mercy alone for
safety and protection. Guard me with the
power of thy grace, here in all places, now
and at all times. within and without, before
and behind. above and below; let thy holy
angels pitch their fonts round about me, and
so possess themselves of all the passess to my
heart, that the treacherous enemy OF souls
may have no plnee open whereby to make bis
approach. .. -. -,
that depend upon thee; without whose mighty
power none is match for the danger and
temptations which every. moment beset him.
Thou art God, and there is none beside thee,
in heaven above, or in the earth beneath.
Thou art great and dost wonderous things.
Who can recount, who can conceive themt
Honor and praise are thine: angels and
spirits. and all the creation, join in setting
forth thy glory and paying the constant
humble homage due from creatures to the
Creator. from servants to their Lord, from
subjects and soldiers to their victorious lead
Or and universal King.-[Ausustine.
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A BISHOPS PLEA FOR TOTAL ABSTINENCE.


At the Worlds Temperance Congress at
Chicago, very remarkable paper by Arch
bishop Ireland was read, in the course OF
which he gave his reasons in favor Of total
abstinence. His views upon this point are
interesting, and practical and in briof arc as
follows:
''The nero use OF intoxicants is not o
moral wrong. The wrong is in the abuse,
the immoderate use. but the line between
the moderate and immodercte use is very
Vague and shadowy. Philanthropists, re-
alizing tho extent of the drink evil and the
vico and sorrow it causes the world, have
called for spell with which to put down the
demon. The spell has been found and it Is
total abstinence. Millions have been killed
by alcohol who were never drunk In their
lives, as the word Is commonly understood.
The effects Of alcohol are so insidious, there
are so many opportunities for tho acquire
ment Of the habit OF intemperance. Let
good men, men of strength end power. be
total abstainers and the weak will follow.
Oh, for the charity OF Manning who snid
he needed tho pledge because poor dock
iaborer needed 7. -.--.-'
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Preserving Tools From Rust.

Professor Olmsteed states that his
method of preserving scientific mp
paratus from rust is one of the best
known. His preparation is made By
the slow melting together Of six or
eight parts of lar:l to one o. resin,
stirring until cold. This reTains
ssmi-duid, ready for use, the resin
preventing rancidity and Supplying eli
air-tight film. Rubbed on bright
surface ever so thinly it protects and
preserves the polish e!feetunlly, and it
san be wiped off nearly clean if ever
desired, as from knife blade. or it
may be trimmed with coal oil or ben
ine.-Detroit Free Press.
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A PoRTrERE OF SHELLS.

A lady who spends her summers at
the seaside has collected about bush
ell, more or less, of small, almost fiat,
thin yellow shells, which abound at so
many points on the coast. With these
she this year fashioned portiere that
is novel and pretty beyond description.
Each shell is pierced with hot wire,
and then strung on delicate wire, so
that the narrow end of one is next to
the wide end of the other. A number
of strings were made in this way long
enough to reach from the floor to the
curtain pole, where they were securely
fastened to strip of plantation cloth
of the same shade as the shells
Through the fretwork above this cur
tain is draped length of sea-green
India silk. falling half way to the floor
on the right side.
A less ambitious woman has made q
curious scarf by sewing these chells in
artistic confusion on either end of q
length of Nile Green silk, putting here
and there among them bits of golden
brown seaweed. A fringe is made fol-
each end by stringing shells on green
embroidery silk instead of wire. New
e York Commercial Advertiser.
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THE MOST FASHIONABLE BODICE.

The round-waisted bodice, whether
plain, gathered or draped, is that most
generally adopted, although short
peaks are permitted when more be-
coming to the figure. Sleeves puffed
up above the shoulders are now quite
gone out of fashion; they are still
ample in the upper part, but come
sloping down from the shoulders,
draped to the elbow, and then clinging
to the wrists. This shape is more
graceful than the balloon sleeve, which
is still fashionable, but becoming
only to very slight figures. New York
World.
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FABRICS FOR MOURNING DRESSES.


Deeply crinkled crepons of pure
wool very thinly woven are excellent
fabrics for summer mourning dresses.
They are chosen at this season for the
first and deepest mourning dresses,
though many modistes commend Hen
rietta cloths and French bombazines
all the year round, especially for the
first gowns worn by widows. Nuns
yelling is still liked for its lightness,
and is already ordered for next year
by the merchants. Iron grenadines OF
exceedingly fine meshes of mixed silk
and wool and those with sheer sur-
face not defined by meshes are suita-
BILE for the deepest mourning dresses.
A new fabric, called. "sable," is silk
crepon as thin as Liberty's silk, and
deeply crinkled like japanese silk.
The fashionable modistes use sable for
the whole gown, and trim it with the
soft-fnished English Grape that is now
made without dressing and is entirely
lustreless. Gauze grenadines with pin
dots or with larger balls make thin
dresses for midsummer or are used for
blouse waists, with sleeves and skirt OF
crepon or grenadine.
For general wear and travelling
dresses is new Priestly goods, called
Carmelite, o lightweight mixture OF
silk and wool that sheds dust, and is
as cool and thin as muslin. The silk
warp crystallette introduced lost sum-
mer is still liked for its dust-resisting
surface and feather weight. Camels
hair grenadine, as strong as iron, is an
admirable sheer wool fabric, entirely
without lustre, cool to the touch, and
either plain, striped or figured; it is
forty-four inches wide, and costs from
$3.50 to 50 q yard. All-wool batistes
and tamise cloths are slightly heavier
stuffs for "second-best" and travelling
dresses Plain black india silks have
so little lustre that they are commend
ed for cool summer gowns, for travel
ing, and for Worlds Fair dresses for
those wearing the deepest mourning.
Storm serges of very wide twills and
hop-sacking woven in basket checks
are suitable for seaside, mountain and
travelling gowns, and are 'also safe
purchases for the next season. as the
merchants have already placed large
orders for these stuffs for autumn and
winter use. -Harper's Bazaar.
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HER COSTLY ROBE OF SPUN GLASS.

Princess Eulalia, upon her return
home, will introduce into the royal
wardrobes of Europe new and Pc
culiar product of American invention.
Her Highness, since arriving in this
country, has seen many things for
which admiration was expressed.
While making trip through cosmo-
tolitan Midway Pla;sance, at the
'WorlA's Fair, her eyes rested upon an
object which seems to have charmed
her above all others She made no
hesitation in saying it delighted her
when it was first presented to her view,
and long after she left the plaisance
thoughts of possessing sample filled
her mind. Next day her mind was
made mp to procure it at any cost, and
negotiations were ct once entered into
for it.
This product OF our genius which
the royal lady has so signally honored
by her wish for it is, Of course, q dress.
But it is dress such as no other wo-
man has yet worn, although one, a
DISTINGUISHED actress, had found it be-
fore her and had made arrangements
for having one made. The dress Is to
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PRAYING AT PEOPLE.

Public prayer addressed to God and aimed
at the congregation, neither gains his ear
nor persuades them. 1t not only falls short
of being pious, i: is not manly. At "a recent
religious convention, when 4 brother who
arose alter an address by another brother, al
tempting 10 demolish its argument in form
of prayer, lie left the impression on some OF
the hearers that he was afraid to stand up
manfully aud reply to what had been said.
Once when a voting minister, who was dis
pleascd with the conduct OF some Of his peo-
pie, had expressed in public prayer. his
opinion OF their actions, q good sister said to
linn, .'Wnen you want to scoId us, do so;
but DON'T spoil our devotions by praying at
us." He has since said that that was some
of the most valuable advice he ever received.
-[The CongregatiUnalst.
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NEW FEMININE COSTUMES.

Boston is in state OF mind over the
appearance on her streets of number
Of prominent ladies arrsyed in wide
departure from the conventional cos
tune of the day. There are said to be
at least dozen advanced thinkers of
the female sex who have appeared in
public in the new costume which they
have determined to adopt. Mrs. 3.
O. Flower, wife of the editor of the
Arena, and Miss Laura Lee, a prom
inent artist, have been shopping in
their Syrian trousers, and they say
that their unique attire has cause them
no other annoyance but to be stared
at. They like it and mean to stick to
it.-Argonaut.
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New York Baby B0arders.

fhere are quite q number Of women
in New York who earn their living by
taking in "baby boarders These
little tenants are anything but bur-
den to their fo2ter parents, many of
whom are widows or old maids who
have passed the frivolous age and get
a. great deal of comfort out Of baby
yuest.
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DRINK ELLIS OF ZIG CITIES,

It has been shown that the city OF Chicago
alone consumes $40, ,O0O, 900 worth Of beer In
single year. Pittsburg spends s1S, S,000, ,0C0
for drink. New York spends not less than
$50, ,O0O, 900 to so, 900, 900 for beer alone.
There are in New York City about 5000 illicit
establishments where drink Is sold without a
license, and the drink establishments swing
wide their doors day and night and soyen
days in the week.
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We can deny ourselves, hut we cannot
cleanse ourselves. The sheep can 90 uStray
alone. but can never return To the fold with
out Che assistance of the shephcrd.- w.
Seeker.
No one can ask honestly or hope fully to
be R.:ivcred from temptation unless he has
himself honestly and firmly determined to
do tic best he can to keep out fit iRuskin.
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"A rrrEr VACr0E CT CHE

The New York Medical Times notes the
fact that In 1850 there was one criminal in
$500 of our population, but that in 1890 there
was one in 1866, 4 startling increase In forty
years, and adds, 'There must be some way
to stay this mad rush OF crime some romedy
for this bacteria which is poisoning the foun-
tains OF moral and physical strength" We
among the factors OF the crime and deterior-
alton which 1t deplores are intoxlcants. We
invite its help in our contest to abolish them.
National Temperance Advocate.
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"PRAY," inquired one minister o!
another, seeing so many ladies at
tend your church, why do you in.
variab!y address your congregation as
dear brethren?'" "Oh, the reason
is easily given" he replied, "the
brethren embrace the sisters. Tit
Bits.
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TEMPERANCE.
"a" q: A pIT1FuL FATE.

Have we no pity for the poor, miserable
children? Is there no voice strong enough
to plead "liko angels, trumpet-tongued
against theN deep damnation OF their taking
ofT,"-of thesa children, VINO, in the language
Of Southey, are not SO much born into the
world as prcdcstined, as it were, to live lives
OF disease and degradation because OF the
drink in the midst OF which they are brought
up and of which they have the hereditary
taint in their very yeins.-Canon Farrar.
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THE Australian Danks which have

THE Australian banks which have
failed within the last three months
owed, in the aggregate, sum equal
to about Is per cent. OF the interest
bearing debt Of the United States.
Their liabilities exceed the total in
debtedness of all the business con-
Germs which have failed in this coun-
try since the begicning Of 1891.
Failures of equal relative magnitude
IN the United States would Involve
not less than 5000, 900, 900, which is
more than the civil war cost 10th
sides together and more than our
railroads are worth. 1t is not sur
prisiny, in view Of such facts, that a
day Of prayer and humiliation was
appointed in the Anglican diocese OF
Melbourne, where the heaviest blows
fell, for the purpose Of imploring sa'-
yation from further financial disaster.
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ANNA EVA FAY, Of the Blavatsky

ANNA EVA FAY OF OIIe D1dVa0snJ
type OF intellect and belief, Is on her
way to distant India in quest OF a
wooden head that talks. And this
while the air of her native land Is
resonant with vocaHzations from
heads distinctly and hopelessly
wooden
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No WONDER people can't under
stand finance when it's alleged the
more gold goes abroad the closer it
gets.-Philadelphia Times