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Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-04-11
CIRcUu JuDGEs.

First Circuit: w 4 Whiting. Oahu
Second Circuit; Maui A. y. Kepoikai.
Third and Fourth Circuits: (Hawsif) : l.. Austin
Fifth Circuit: (Kauai) }. Hardy.
Offices and Courtroom in Court House.
King street. Sitting in Hnnnluln-The first
Monday in February, May, August snd Novem-
Der.
Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-04-11
DEFAETpEST OF FIxAycE.

Ofiee, Executive Building, King street,
mister Of Finance, Ills Exoeilency $ Il.
Damon.
Auiitor-teneraI. George J. Ross.
Registrar Of Accounts. ". 9. Aaiiey.
Clerk of Finance once. 2. 4 McInerny.
C0liector-eieneral OF Customs Jfs. B. Castle.
Tax Assessor Oahu. Jons- SF~w
Deputy Tax Assessor. ". G.. Neesi0n.
Postmaster General, J. Mort Oui.
Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-04-11
CUSTOMS BuRzAU.

ONCE, Custom House. Espl4hade. For; street.
Collector General, jas r. Castle.
DepGty-Cof. ector. ?. B. McSt0cker.
Hsrbormas;er, Captain A. Fuller.
Port Surveyor. ". Sanders
storekeeper, George c. sirstemeyer.
Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-04-11

Office in Executive Building, King street.
His Exceilenev J. 4. King. Minister of Interior
Chief Clerk. John A. Haas niger
Assistant Clerks: Jsmes II. Boyd, ". X. Eeoho-
kalole. stephen Mahaulu. George C. Ross
Edward ;. Boyd.
Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-04-11
CHIEFS OF BUREAUS, INTERIOR pErAEr~Esr

surveyor-General, ". D. Alexander
Supt Publ Works. W e RoweiI
Supt. Water Works. Andrew Brown
Inspector, Electric Lights, John Cassidy.
Registrar Gf c inveyauees. 7. q. Thrum.
Road Supervisor. Honolulu, W. VI Cummi1gs
Chief Engineer Fire Dept, Jas H. Hurt.
Supt. Insane Asylum, DR.. \. Aewayne
Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-04-11
SrPKEME CoURT.

Hon. 4. E Judd. Chief Justice.
Hon. r. =. Bickertou. First Associate Justice.
Hon. ". F. Frear, Second Associate Justice.
Henry Smith, Chief Clerk.
Geo. Lucs 5. Deputy Clerk
c. F. Peterson, Sec md Deputy Clerk
J. Walter Jones, StenOgrapher
Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-04-11
DEPARTMENT OF FoREres AFFaras.

0fiee in Capitol Bulldog. King street. His
Excellency Sanford y. Doe. Minister Of Foreign
Affairs.
Geo. C. Potter. Secret. ".
W. Horace Wright, Lionel Hart, Clerks.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-15
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF LOVE.

He who has loved and has been loved
even for II day, has no right to curse life.
Beyond the second edition marriages be-
long to the history Of mummies and fos
sils
Modern civilization is preparing for wo
man the sweet possibility of living single
and happy.
To preserve the love of man or woman
it is necessary, after having won it, to win
1t again every day.
To say that in life we can love but once is
to utter one of the greatest ctfronterics of
which love is daily guilty.
The widower generally makes an excel.
lent husband, and hence women easily par
don him dozen extra years
Before marriage it is we'll to make long
medithtions before the mirror very long
ones before the money Golfers
Jealousy is the most bcstial the most
foolish. the most ridiculous, the most cruel,
the most imbecile Of human passions
The idea of being bought and sold should
be for woman II hundred times more humil-
iating than that of not finding husband
The beautiful woman is usually Jealous
of the witty woman, while illustrious wom-
en- are often jealous Of their cham bermaids.
To say to him who loves, "Bc Just" is to
utter the most ridiculous and insensibe
joke OF the world, since one of the most es-
sential characteristics of love is injustice
To love for an hour is natural to every
animal; TO love for day is natural to ev-
cry man; to love for lifetime belongs to
the angels; to love for lifetime and one
creature only is of the gods DR.. Paolo
MontegozZa-
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SWELL STYLES.
White MORE now rivals satin for we,

White MORE now rivals satin for we'd
ding gowns.
Shirt waists come in greater variety than
ever and can be purchased with detach-
able collars and cuffs.
a new departure in ,lrapery is to catch it
up directly in the back in jaunty way, us
though it were IN accident.
Those who do not care to muss their
pretty waists with the regulation blazer
Jackets can have cloth cupes made TO match
their skirts
Turned down white linen collars are very
fashionable for young ladies, particularly
II they are pretty enough to admit of the
prim, severe plainness
n little variation from the wrinkle,l col
lar is three flat bows of bias velvet set on
standing band, one directly in front and
TWO on the sides, which meet in the back.
The modern zOuave or Et on jacket reaches
to the waist and is fastened in front with
three buttons. a silk blouse is worn with
this and often appears below the coat in II
frill.
Embroidered lisse and embroidered silk
muslin are to take the place of guipure lace
IN the frill-like style of finishing waists
They are more easily arranged into the full.
ness.
Jackets of the latest cut arc shorter and
not quite so full i'll the skirt Black is the
most useful color, but Il fawn coat with a
black MORE vest can be worn over almost
any dress.
Glace gloves, heavily stitched and of four
button length, arc still tho correct thing for
street wear. White, with black stitching
are worn for dressy occasions in the day
time, and any delicate tint III suede is the
proper glove for evening wear-New York
Sun
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April Session County Court Closed.

The Roanoke county circuit court
closed its April session Yesterday even.
Ing. Tho case of the Transparent Jcn
Com pany was decided. The question
IN contest was as 10 the priority OF TWO
notes mentioned in a deed Of trust
Constituting the deed of trust, Judge
Blair held that the notes should be
paii rateably
Inc decree confirming the sale OF
certain lots and tracts OF land belong
ing to the Salem Development Com
pany sold for the purpose OF paying
various debts, in the cause Of the Oil
well Supply Company ct ais. VS. said
company, waa entered.
Before allowing this decree to be
entered Judge Blair passed upon the
rights OF w. q. Il Fitzgerald under a
lease executed by said company througa
It's president, a Nj. Bowman. Judge
'latr decrced that in addition to a fence
being erected, reasonable rent of one.
fourth OF the produce DC allowed the
purchaser or purchasers. Tho decree
iurther protected such others as held
uhoer leases, who wero not in court.
under substantially the same terms
inc divorce suit of BARLEY Johnson
VS. his wife, Serena Johnson, was dis
missed as desortion was not proven. a
decree was entered in tho case OF John
"A. Gish VS.. the Valley Railroad Com
pany, to recover the sum OF 81 ,OOs "a
as this debt constituted a prior lien on a
strip OF 4 acres in this county. w
w Moile.t was appointed specia
commissioner to sell tho samc. The
right was reserved to proceed in future
against any other property of the said
com pany, which was not subject as to
priority to tho million dollar lion OK
ecuted by said company in 1882 to w. Il.
barnes and others to secure the bonds
OF SAID company to tho above amount.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-15
than any but those who have know,
him we'll would believe
Victory Snnt chc,l From, n,r,,.


AT the convention of farmers held in
Columbia March IL, 1890, Tillman was
suggested as Il candidate for governor
by Il bare majority. AS tho gathering
had assembled pursuant to Il call issued
really Ill his behalf, the result of Il man.
1fcsto which WAS popularity supposed to
have been written by Tillnlan, the re-
suit was discouraging i'll the extreme, cs-
pccially rs the victory was only achieved
by means of frantic appeals on the part
OF Delegate now United States Scnator)
lrby to friends to change their votes.
Most men would have given up III de-
spair, staggered by tho apparent hope
lcssncss of tho cause. Not SO, however,
with Tilluan. He stood before that
crowd, at least onc-half of which hc
realized fully was not i'll sympathy with
the sentiments lio was about TO cnunci-
ate, and after sweeping the hall from end
To end with series of slow, measured
glanccs he said that he would "bcat tho
light, or words To that effect He had
also said, with us much seriousness as
though he had been tho unanimous
choice of tho convention, ~ am tho only
man i'll this farmers movement, with the
You on to victory" Nobody believed
this ut the time except Tillman. He
could not bring himself to SEQ how any
ono could doubt it. Ho was laughed ut
for the remark, but he did win, and very
easily at that
1illman's Family.
Tillman is Il very domestic man. He
Is an aifcctionatc husband and Il consid-
crate father. His eldest daughter is Il
very good looking young lady, and his
namcsakc, who is known to the family
circle rs "B. r., - is bright lad. Mrs.
IlIlnian is the very opposite of her hus-
band. She is Il quiet woman and seems
scarcely old enough to be the mother of
Il grownup girl. She has the most ardent
admiration for her husbands abilities.
and when the campaign of 1890 resulted
III his election TO the govornorship She
WAS not i'll the least surprised. Sho had
confidently expected il from the begin
ming
Tillman, while he was private citi-
zen, lived on a farm near Rcrcra about
10 miles from E@gcGcld He Lad enc
vineyard and Il herd Of grade Jorscys.
the batter fron which l..is Iip,thins of
4 reputation among the ,rocars of Au-
gusta, whore Mr.. and hIl's. Tillman were
won't to 80 To do thair nuliur. The
house III which thcy then l:vgl wasa
rough ono story affair .tra,el on
knoll and looliine down, uIo:i - large
meadow. 1t WI; G-vv;l OF Hath end
plaster. and it, furI.i -ni,'rs were simllc.
even primitive but i'hal ,ho l'illnta..s
Wore il.t,l lr-t- ,.'t,,....-... va a., l.,,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-15
BENJAMIN r. TILLMAN
A PERSONAL SKETCH OF SOUTH CAR
OLlNA'S GOVERNOR.
His intellectual characteristics as Por-
traycd by Friend Conccitcd, Brilliant.
Domestic. Aflcctionate and IIoncst-uis
Family nnd Life as "a Farmer.

Family ana Life as Farmer.
Especial CorrcsronilcnccJ
CHARLESTON, April 2-Beniamin r
Tillman, by tho grace of IL rather strong
intellect, quick and eloquent tongue
and Il majority of tho votes of tho White
citizens of this war battered, cyclone
stricken state govcrncr a tho common
wealth of South Carolina, is perhaps
without exception the most misundcr
stood rs he is the most unique political
figure of tho day.
His Respect For tho Law.
Most persons. from reading biased re-
ports of Tillman's doings sent out bv his
political enemies, have como to regard
Ben Tillrnan as Il sort of second degree
anarchist, tramplor upon laws and Il
man who believes that there should be
but one law, and that one Tillman. l
have been thrown with tho man q good
deal, and whilo am inclined to think
that he would not object to tho last con
dition suggested i'll this statement, / can
say, without qualification, that 1 have
never met any ono who has greater re-
spcct for the written laws just or I'M
just than this samo alleged statute yio-
i'toi' Ii 'iic icSiSlaliuo puts an unW1Sc
law upon the books, Tillman will en-
force it rigidly rs long as it is permitted
to remain there. If the law happens to
be one of his hobbies, he will derive
greater pleasure from seeing it obcycd,
but even if it wcrc n measure passed
over his veto he would look after its OK
ocution as conscientiously rs though it
were adopted ut his suggestion.
Tillman is generally regarded as what
Is known hcreabouts as Il Country
cracker" This characterization may be
true i'll one sense, but not in the gelcr-
ally accepted one for his blood Ought to
he deep indigo blue, if lineage has
anything to do with its color The gov
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VALUABLE COUGAR.
a Court of Justice Considered 1t Worth
$1,000.
Especial Corrcspondcncc.l

Especial Correspondcncc.l
lAos' n w. April l2.-Mr l.. N
hero" OF thls pace had nhtll recently
pct cougar Wnlch proved 10 he about
,iic mos. valuable cougar 'hat ever was
ne''lu o. lie captured 'hc ANIMAL When
II was "'''iS ki'tIh ana il'd barely open
{" us eyes upon inc world. lie carried 1t
noiiic, OrouSiU 1t up py hahd' ana the 1T
nc 'hils soon grew 10 oc very roma OF
MN. IL would follow nm ABOUT IKE
pu' , uoG' ne III ms zap aSleep by the hour
OF lllsh an over nm II hcehcoiiragcd It's
S"iiipolS' rs /! SrcW oiuer ana stronger
ilo Noui" '''ho 1t WIN MN on long tlllS
iic WWH "cc'stoiiiV'l TO mako III Il wagon
"i''' is5inE' III, poe'ic name py Wh!ch
me cougar was Known appeared TO en-
Joy 'i'e"o u .l'9 mn ioilati!'
nc No'n0 !Io' "ioi'S Ochiha OF under
''p Wagon INC W"choo8 lor nouns
anu "iicH nc treW urea ne would rlHi 20
,4ic iioh' ci'' 81 tilc wagon make one
ic"p "-i'' ''1'l Oh 'Hc Top oil me cover
''C N"'''' ~ ~ ''c S'i' anu per
,viI'II'',''S "Nci 'hc t':o Oh 'i!e cover ;'
~ ~ ''N d. az s"' III VIC 'toiit "rlN-
- VI -. '"i' jump uoWh iNlo NC
Dc''o''' Vi 'i'c ""Soh ana ne itSiccp i't
MS muster lcc'-
"lEglt'S WAS woe unto uoi'S that at
.'chc'' MN OF c''ii'o hlcGdiihS around
'ii' ""Eoi' ne irc'cii"eu not 1" ho'lcc
'ioi'i "i''i 'ncy cdiie Wi'iih easy rcach'
~iici' one scici.'i.lc Pro" Oh ms strong
i'ic pa" iN'uItniy iclt 'iiehl ocad III
'iUii .'"'M'' non MI iicrloW was
TM"9 I'm 'if' W'S"h' nc Wouio lcaVc
issiiiS c'i''ii'c, nchcath IT. ana W lg-
EiilS 'ooh us eoo1i care Oh 'ihilgS as II no
ii'.u l'''ii " nu'l''og ana Il man WIN
Wiiicii,''er TIC 'li IN one WIN icr-
40" hol?eS ana niuics 'hc conSar was
VI oAocg''ii'ElS '.ii'l'ipio terms llcy uh-
'ieIsloo,' c',cn Utncr pericc'ly'
Hu' i'ii"'iy W isSihs caii'o 10 an th-
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-15

IN THE CLERKS OFFICE OF TIE uUST-
Il ings Court for tho city OF Roanoke on the 1Oth
day OF March, 1894, Roanoke Grocery and Mill.
ing company, plaintiff, against Casey Brothers
defendant. Chlnccry. '
he object OF this suit is to subject certificates
Nos. II and IL OF Roanoke Savings Bank of The
par vainc OF ,*3oo each; the property OF K. NJ.
Casey, deposited collateral security for the
payment or three notes of 1926 ~ each made nv
Casey Brothers To Roanoke Grocery and Milling
company, and one note OF $lG0, made by r. NJ
Casey to said COMPANY, and an affidavit having
hecn made and filed that diigcl &C has been usc6
on behalf OF the paintin to ascertain In what
county or corporation the defendants r. NJ
Casey and James Casey, partners ~ Casey
broihcrs, are without effect. that they do appcar
nero, within fifteen days after due publication
hereof and do what may be necessary To protect
lhcir interest in this salt And 1t is further or.
week for four weeks In RoANoKE TINES md
that copy be posted at the front door " the
courthouse In this city on the first day OF the
next term. A copy-rcstc:
60 5. :. BROOKE. Clerk
Scott X Staples, p. q.s,SGMW sii
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-15
tSINGLE COMB BROWN LEGMoRNs.
EGGS FOR SETTING.
RICHARDSON & PHILLIPS,

P.O. DRAWER 326, SALEM, VA.
Manufacturers Of Hair. Fibre, Cotton,
Husk, Straw and Wool Mattresses.
Hair Mattresses = specially Hair
list. l6 3mos
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-15
CHANCERY CAUSES.
AZ hsonic TEN ple an.

IN TIE CLERKS OFFICE OF THE CIR
cult court for the city OF Roanoke on the 9Th
day OF April 1sI, j. H. Brewer l,laiutiT, against
W; d. Mycr- Ct AZ defendant Chnnccry.
The object of this enlt is to subject certain
property OF " u Mycr. TO the satisfaction of n
certain debt due j. II. Brewer. And an ahldlvit
having been made and fled that the Defendants
" ID. Myers and Lizzie Reed, uro not residents
OF the State o. Virginia. Il Is ordered that they
do nppcar here within fifteen days after due publ
cAlioh trcoi ~ q 90 what may ne necessary TO
thcr ordered tina copy hereof he published
once week for tour weeks in the Eonnokc
Daily 7 ines, aud that copy bc posted at the
front door of The court h0nsc OF this city on the
first day of the next term. copy-Tr-i:
sCOTr ~ STAPLES, p. a. IS
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ernor of South Carolina comes of one of
the prOverbial best families of the
state. They have for several generations
been men of some note. Beu's brother
George was for seven or eight terms the
representative in congress of our Second
district, and, strange to say, while he
was i'll sympathy with tho movement
which swept his kinsman into Office it
was the cause of his own political down
fall He would not accept all OF the
Ocala platform and accordingly suffered
politically the same fate as Buckingham
did physically George is shrewd polit-
ical observer and is the only man in
South Carolina who, i'll my opinion,
could reaily make it warm" on the
stump for his brother Ben.
His Personal Appearance.
The personal appearance of Bon Till
man is striking. Although he would not
himself lay the slightest claim TO phys
ical beauty, either Of face OF figure, ho
is q man who would attract attention
III crowd, oxen if he wore jeans and a
slouch hat. His one eye is as piercing
as an eagles. and it never for a mo-
mcnt is removed from the face of the
person whom its owner may be address
ing, He has :, rather GOOD forehead and
an excellent nose, hat it is the lower
Part # the face which is marked equal
~ by great forcc of character and home
Illness.
Look at that mouth, with the lips
thin below, but thicllcning slightly
where they meet! They Indicate the nm
conquorablc dctermnation-some might
call it stubborncss-of the man who
has for nearly fow years stood without
flinching undcr almost daily sc0rchings
i'll tho editorial, local and news columns
of the principal papers of the state. His
mustachc grows uncvcnly, far from lux
uriantly, and is again typical of its OWL
CT III that it makes no effort to look prct-
ty, as most mustachcs do by curling up
more or less gracefully at the ends. No
one can regard Tillmans profile from
the chin TO the eyes without being i'm
pressed with the fact that it belongs to
q man who will not only plan, but exc
cute
Supreme self Confidence.
If / wcrc asked to name the prcdomi-
nant trait of Tillman's character
should unhcsitatingly answer, Conf
dcnce in himself. " it is so uncquivocal,
so sublimcly sincere, that it inpresses
even those who indulge in a quiet little
laugh over it afterward. To this almost
rs much as to his quick wit and elo-
Qucnt tongue was due his original cleo
ton to the govcrnorship i'll 1890 and his
reelection III 1892 Not that Tilman is
not brainy man, not that he is not III
many respects q great man, but no is
neither as brainy nor as great as he
thinks he is. That would be impossible
1t would involve admitting that Till
man has concentrated in his body the
military genius of Napoleon, the elo-
qucnco of Cicero the unsclfish patriot
ism of Cincinnatus, the analytical pow
ers of Alexander Hamilton, the quiet
philosophy of Ben Franklin, the polit-
ical foresight of Thomas Jefferson, the
sturdy determination of Andrew Jack
son, the personal magnetism of James
G. Blaine and the detective ability Of
Vidocq. Naturally no is not all this,
but he possesses moro OF these qualities
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-15
PAYNE'S POULTRY PENS.

Eggs for Setting-From White Wyan-
dottes, 50 for 13; Barred Plymouth
Rocks, SO for IS Securely packed. Or
ders filed promptly. claim to have
the best birds Of these breeds in this
section. barring meme. JOHN K. PAYNE,
Box GAG. Salem. Va. 2i I'm
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For Over Fifty Ynar,

MRS; WINDOWS SOOTHING SYauP has oeen nsod
Tor children tecthing. II soothcs the child softcns
Tho best remedy for Diarrhnn. Twonty.dye cts .
bottle. SO d wa druggists tb.; ughout tho world
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-15
SALEM ADVERTISEMENTS.

MOSES SPURLOCK'S SURE CURE
Ixl for chicken cholera and roup;
easily administered. Highly Endorsed
by those who have tried it. Full direc'
tions with each bottle. For sale by
billiard & Persinger, Salem 4 l5lm
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IN TIE CLERKS OFFICE OF THE UUST-
day or March, isn't Eugene II. Wo.fr ulnintifr
against Howard Chapman and othcrs defendant.
Chanccry.
The object orthis suit If tn onjoin Howard
Chapman and the State Savings Bank from nc
gotiatiEg or disposing OF in any manner fbrec
ccrtoin negotiable notes aggfceating the sum of
Tl25: one for *lil.i7, one for Siil 81 the other
Slil.G6. payable In ono, two and three years from
date, made by Eugene IT, Wolm november IS
lS!3, payable TO Howard Chapman or order and
to cancel 30 much OF said notes H. NAV he sufIl-
ciont TO offset Judgment recovered against the
sad Howard Chapman by tho ClOvcrilalc Iron
and Land Com pany in tho sum of $3.50 with in.
tcrcst from September y 1871, and ST Is costa
which said Judgment was rendered at the Sen.
tcmbcr 1891, term of the Hastings Court for the
city OF Roanoke, Va, d0cketcd October O. 1891
and is lien upon n certain lot or parcel OF land
in the city OF Roanoke, Va, which the said How.
ard D. Chapman sold with general warranty of
title to the aforesaid Eugene II Won 18th of
November, 1S93. And All affidavit having been
made and filed that the dcfcndnnts, II ward Chin
man, Mary A Chapman and the National Mutual
Buildinging and Loan Associations OF New York
are not residents OF the State OF Virginia. IL he
ordered that they do appear here, within fifteen
days after due publication hereof, and do what
may DC necessary TO protect their interest in this
suit And II IL further ordered that copy hereof
be published once week for four weeks in 'rur
ROANOKE DAILY TIMES and that COPY be posted
at the front dc or OF the courthouse this city on
the first day OF the next term
a Copy-Testc: 5. :. BROOKE Clerk
Edward Lyle p q. , lS@t
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-12-21
w. c. I. U.
TEDrTEp BY THE W. C. T. u.l
THE LAW OF B

THE LAW OF HABIT.
That which has been done once is
easier done the second time. Repeti-
tition is the only basis of perfection.
Patient continuance in well-doing con
ducts by a straight path to glory, hon
or and Immortality. Since 1874 I have
been a steady student of the law of
habit had we'll nigh said the law of
fate. I have seen it slowly, gently, i'm
perceptibly, wrap men round and
round in it's close winding sheet, as if
they were Egyptian mummies. So
quietly was all this done that they
never knew their bondage until the
first faint movement toward a better
life, when behold, their helplessness re-
called the Indian tortured hunter per-
p~endicularly planted in the ground
with earth packed around him even to
the lips. A miracle of faith has rescued
some, Of these; but a study of years
compels the admission that not more
than five in one hundred inebriates,
gamblers and libertines are ever per-
manently reformed. The thoughtless
boy, cigar in mouth, playing cards,
"just for fun" and a little later with a
glass Of beer as the stake, hiding all
these'things from his mother, saying
to himself, aI1l quit this after a while,
but I want to SOW my wild OATS" the
idle spend thrift youth with fondness
only for vile company where his worst
passions can be gratifed; the besotted
man, sold under sin, accursed of God
and his own conscience and his fellow
men-these are the piteous object les
sons that have taught me the supreme
power of habit over human destiny.
But I saw that the tendency to repeat
the same act. and the greater ease with
which this is done the second time than
the first, and the third time than the
second, is the key to paradise as we'll
as pandemonium. I saw the slow, I'M
errissg, unfailing plan of God, by which
our aabits may become our step ladder
to saintship. And I said to my own
heart in the presence of many q bloated
inebriate, what I now whisper to you,
.sNo evil habit, however small, shall
have dominion over me-"
FRANCES E. WILLARD.