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TEMPERANCE NEWS AyD NOTES.

II IL said that there are sixthousand differ
ent kinds Of intoxicating liquors.
The estimated value oithe beer and spirits
made in this country and Europe Is stateda at
81 055, 600 900.
Fifteen dollars day represents the svr.
age amount paid into every saloon IL the
United States.
Poverty and drunkenness act and renct on
each other both cause ignorance and dis.
ease, parents Of all vice and unhappiness.
The man who opened the first distilery in
Missouri got 700 acres OF public land Ia
recognition OF his enterprise. He died u
drunkard.
The ministers OF the leading Protestant
churches OF MlSkegon, Mich, have formed u
"Pastors ULiaI, " the object OF which is to
lght the saloons.
prominent English physician OF long ex-
perience with drunkarls says that he can re-
call hundreds OF rscoveries among men, but
only five among women.
All tho towns In Hin County, Texas, ex-
copt Whitney and most OF those in Ellis
County, are without saloons, having voted
''dry" at the last election.
Since tho suppression Of the use OF intoxi-
cants at the London County Asylum, Ban
stead, the recoveries OF patients have In
creased TO 4G.9 per cent.
One-lourth OF the productive energy OF
Germany and one-filteeath OF tho cultivated
land are said to be devoted 10 making some
kind OF intoxicating drink.
An illustration OF the lengths people will
go 10 satisfy their craving for drink was
furnished In New Zealand, where man tried
TO trade an adnsisslon order to tho hospital
for liquor.
An English surgeon distinguishes between
drunkenness and inebrlety in this way Ths
drunkard is person who drinks whenever
he has an opportunity the inebriate Is per.
son born with an unsound mind the one Is
vicious, the other diseased.
A person was speaking OF the many things
alcohol could be used for, and said; "Wny,
alcohol will clean silver" "Yes," said u
gentleman standing by, ''nothing Is more
certain II will clean the silver right out OF
your house ana out OF your pooSet, too."
small boy o. eight or nlns, in London
hospital, being visited by u frlent, inquired
how his father and mother were going on.
"All right" was the reply. 'rney aln't Dsen
drunk for week" "Oh,' said the poor
little fellow, ''wot gool thing No one
knows the trouble rys 'ad with en-"
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INSTRUCTIVE INCIDENT.

Say not that your powers are feeble, and
your opportunities small. A young woman
who was an operative In factory became
subject Of divine grace and united with the
Christian church. From early morn til
night. she was through the week engaged In
labor. She had never enjoyed the adyan
tage Of school, excepting barely enough tc
have learned TO read and write. But hel
heart kinded with the fire of sacred love-
intensely desired to promote the Redeemeri
kingdom. To this end she set herself dill
gently 10 the cultivation of her mind. She
devoted half an hour every evening to
study, and used all other available means to
prepare herself for usefulness. She used
often TO place leaf OF the Bible upon heI
loom, and to commit and digest its contents
while her hands wrought. Within single
year. she became one Of the best teachers IN
the Sabbath school, and was Instrumental IL
bringing four OF her pupils 10 saving knowl'
edge OF Christ. Go thou and do likewise.
Who Is there, whose abilities and opportuni'
ties are not equal to hers. Winslows Leo
ture to S. 5. Teachers.
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freed the following May. The ex-
,itement died a natural death; a
,urfeit followed the rcpletion Of
slaughter.
Rev. Mr.. Paris was tried by the
church in April to find out what con-
necton he had with the craze. He
could make no satisfactory defense
and was dismissed from the pastor
ate. He wandered about, preaching
wherever people would listen TO him,
aud finally died at Sudbury in 1920.
With his death the curtain falls upon
this the strangest and most tragic
chapter In American history and one
which no man can read without a
feeling Of devouu thankfulness that
his lot is cast not in an age OF vio-
lence and superstition, but in one of
quietness and peace.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
srEAR To THAT YOUNG MAN.

lie In no special danger. At most points
he IL strongly fortified against the seductive
influences that ruin 40 many Of our young
men. He ahhors their evil courses he shuns
their pestitcrOus society he keeps far remote
from the places whore they congrcgatc How
much OF moral principle Is Incorporated with
The other elements oil his safeguard, is known
only 20 the Scarchcr VI henrts but il IL very
Obvious that peculiar selNshncss H. in part
nt least his protection. The plan OF life which
he has marked out fls himself fotbds tho
qualification of expensive appctitcs. lic can
not afford to bee immoral
The simple truth l., that he Is determined
to hc rich. How this passion became excited
we need not now inquire II IL far more i'm.
nortant that II should hc restrained and held
within proper limits. H. hardly knows why
he Wishes To accumulate, unless II l. that ho
may be- able To say II am rich.'
II now asked To- name the amount that
would satisfy him. he would probably say, "a
hundred thousand This he intends to hays
Wlthih given number OF years and towards
thi- one point he Is now bending all hi. enc
girs. For this he thinks. contrivcs. eats,
dr'nk-. sleeps. wakes rond-, writes. walks,
rld's. convcrscs and issil"nt For this he on
t'f~ INTO company or avoids society, for this
he mnrrirs or lives single; for this he boards
or keeps house. forthis he selects his place
oi worship or has none, In everything he
| mas respect To- the increase of hi. gains.
Domestic relations, friendship, literature,
science, religion, must all suhscrvc his ono
object. lie will even give away, If you can
convince him that 1t will promote his tempo
raj interest.
Speak 10 him. His mind IL set 80 strongly
III one direction, and has already dug for it.
sell go dccpa channel, that II may be- dinl-
cult either % check or divert the current
But h" has not become hardened In ayaricious
habits He has yet somo susceptibility of
impression from the lessons of wisdom and
| experience" Give him sketch OF your own
! history. Tell him what an old citizen said
lew days since. ~ have been" said he.
well acquainted with business mon in this
city for sixty yoars. and have found out
that out of every hundred merchants, ninety
seven have iniled once. and seventy-nve a
second time Reason with him show him
the uncertainty of riches and how made.
| quato they are to satisfy the mind. Above
| all, show him how fcarfuly the effort TO ac-
! quiro them intcrfores with duty 70 God and
| man, and how the possession OF them in-
rr'nscs the difficulty Of the souls salvation.
| Quote to him the language Of the Son u
! God IN Mntt. 4 "a and Mark 10 % also
the language Of the Apostle Paul In / Tim.
L; p, ~. Christian Watchman.
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

An ordinary gasjet consumes as
much oxygen as five people.
The moon is not so small, after ALL
Its surface is fully as great as that of
Africa and Australia combined.
At the Georgia, United States Ex.
pertinent Station, they have recently
proven that the dehorning of cattle
does not check milk production.
A phosphate deposit has been ais
covered in Bradley County, Tennessee,
about twenty miles from Chattanooga.
The vein, so far rs known, is sixteen
feet wide and about nine miles long.
Policemen in uniform and the public
generally are permitted to use tho
telephone pay stations in New York
City free OF charge, TO call an ambu-
lance or n physician in case of an
emergency.
The amount of wire in tine under.
ground conduits of the city of New
York is estimated ut $4,000 miles, OF
which 80, 900 miles nre telephone and
telegraph wires and 1900 miles of
electric light wires.
Italian grape culturists are now
making illuminating oil from grape
seeds, from which they get n product
of from ten to fifteen per cent. II is
clear. colorless and inodorous, anl
burns without smoke.
Almost every kind of animal seems
to have what may be called weather
instinct. The approach of rain is in
dicated by the flight OF cranes aud
swallows, by the cries of waterfowl,
by the actions of cows and pigs
According to the American Archi.
tect, two chemists Of Hamburg, NM.
Foster and Midland, have published
some studies on the cholera infection.
from which it appears that soap is one
of the best known sterilizers OF water
suspected of infection.
According to Holfert's process for
waterprootlng fabrics, the materials
are first passed through bath OF
gelatine, then exposed to the action
of tormaldehyde in n gaseous state.
The gelatine is thus rendered insolu.
BILE and imparts water-resisting prop
critics to the fabrics.
Mrs. Mutchler, nurse in the Gin
cinnati Ohio city hospital, is said to
have remarkable power over patients.
She calls her power hypnotic, and the
manner in which she handles obstrep
erous or insane patients is wonderful
No matter how violent they are, Mt Il
word and touch from her, it is said
they instantly become mild and trac
table.
A chemical analysis OF honey shows
that while nectar Of flowers undergoe.
certain chemical changes in til,
stomach of tho bee, no such chang,
occurs after honey is deposited in the
comb. Much water, however, remains
to be evaporated by hive heat and tn,
tanning of the bees, and experiment
in evGporating by solar heat undeI
glass promise good results.
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Tituba and the other two women
we're but the hrst victims, and others
followed, persons OF much greater
importance In the community. Next
came Martha Corey and Rebecca
Nurse. The former had said that
she did not believe the children were
bewitched; the latter was one of the
most devout and spotless women OF
Salem. They were both accused,
and, with the rest thrown into jail.
The two latter, with six others, were
hanged Sept .. Before her execu-
tion Mrs. Nurse was solemnly excom-
municated and cut of from the
church. AS the eight bodies swung
from the tree where they were left
to hang, Rev. Mr.. Noyes pointed to
them as he passed some distance be-
low, saying to his followers; "What a
sad thing it is to see eight tlrcbrands
Of hell hanging thcre."
Cites Corcy's Terrible Fate.
1t would be too long TO particular
lie every case, but 1t may be said
that, during this excitement, In Sa.
lem alone nineteen persons suffered
1eath-six mt n, one clergyman, and
thirteen women. or all these deaths
probably the most horrible was that
of Giles Corey. lie was an old man
80 years of age, who had been af-
tectcd by the popular madness, and
his accusations had had influence In
.onvicting his wife. Seeing what
| had been done he confessed he had
been misled, upon which he was In
turn accused OF witchcraft. Thrice
was he brought into court, but he re-
fused to open his mouth. He was
then taken to spot on the high
road, a picture OF which is here given
as IL now appears, aud pressed tC
death. He wasstrlpped OF his clothes,
laid upon a board and another was
placed on top OF him. The magls
trates then put heavy weights and
stones on his body until life was ex
tinct. lie prayed them, II Is said, u
put on as heavy ones as possible and
shorten his agony.
An End of tho Craze.
But the end was near, and wha
finally turned the tide was the accu
,ation OF Mrs Hale, wife OF minis
ter at Beverly. In October charges
we're brought against her, but sh'
was so unanimously regarded as {
good woman and the people were 81
heartily sick OF Rev. Mr.. Paris ant
the bewitched children that reac
tion was only natural. In January
1893, three more persons were trie(
In court and condemned. but no exc
cutions took place, and they, will
those in Jail, $50 people in all, wer'
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An Aquatic Bicycle.

The bicycle-boat is said to be new
invention, but has been talked of for
years by persons who are fond of boat
ing. The new models are miniature
propellers, the screw being worked by
a contrivance arranged on the princi-
pie of the bicycle. The idea is, how
ever. merely in Its infancy, but is sus
ceptible of great improvement. A
twin-screw bicycle-boat, long, light,
narrow and with the propellers set far
forward on either side, is the plan for
a boat that is expected to distance all
smaller craft on any water. New
York Ledger.
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:. ~ ~ his rocnHs cr'"'
MnAhinntnn- nrnnnhln.. -In-- fn.

:. .. y, his rocnat cr'r'
81 Washington. preaching .r0u the
a., Be not deceived God Is mol wD'a" I.
For whatsoever man shall SOW tha' als
shall he reap, referred to whisky by way O!
Illustration. lie said
you cannot SOW whisky without rcupnc
drunkaris. man cannot sell whisky with
out renping drunkenness. 1t | sold drink
of whisky 10 u man. that man would soil n
drink OF the same TO my son or one OF my
kinsmen, and | would surely reap what |
had sown. No man VINO sells whisky Is pure
and happy. Ho has u skeleton in tho closet
yomewhere. He has some relative who is u
drunkard. do not say inIs 10 denouce tne
saloon keeper. | simply want to remons,rate
with them and plead with thom 10 quit ;ha
business. Don't sell out Don't soil the stuff.
Knock out the hung and let It waste Don't
let any man talk to mo about his Christianity
while he has connection with the traffic No
man has ever been In the business but wn)
has been cursed for II in various ways. No
man should rent his property at no matter
how high figure, for n saloon. The man
who does this will reap just a3 surely as tho
man who sells the whisky. | am talking
facts, not poetry. | once knew man who
rented property TO u rumseller, because the
temptation Of the rent was too much for him
to withstand. and all the sons of the renter,
four of them, died drunkards. Let US SET
what kind OF seed we are sowinl :"
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4 LITE rrrnrn or HEAVEN.

Tho following circumstance took place at
missionary meeting at Pittsburgh, at which
the beloved missionary Dean, and ko-a-Bak,
the converted Chinese. his travelling compnn-
ton, were presout. At this meeting, II was
suggested 10y the Rev. Mr. Miles, agent of the
Pennsylvania Baptist State Convention, thai
Mr. Dean and the Chinese should be made
life members Of that body. When the pledges
had been given for the amount necessary,
asd the fact had been communicated to ko'
a-Bak, he arose, and with much feeling re-
marked that he had everywhere been
treated with great Kindness In his
travels since he came to this country,
he did not know why these friends
should give money to make him n life member
OF their socicty-''but." said hc.as soon ~ his
strong emotion would allow him to give ut.
tcrance to the thought but, Jesus Chris
paid u much greater price than that to make
me n life member of heaven Bcautifu
thought, and beautiful expression! Ma,
God grant that soon through his blessing up
on the labors of our beloved missionaries
hundreds, and thousands, and millions o
the interesting natives Of the "land of Sinim,
may be made, 10y the application of the pre-
cious blood Of atonemcnt, life members oi
heaven ,-l Washington Cor. Of the Christian
watchman.
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Two Hundred Years Ago.

There is nothing more incompre-
bcnsible TO a man now adays than the
hcllef in witchcraft and demoniac
ro.sess on which, during preceding
aces, was rcliQiously held by the ma
Inrt,y of people. Prosecutions for
rellcion's sake one can understand;
one can appreciate the process OF rea-
con which makes them possible, but
mat any intelligent human being
could have ever believed in witch
craft and have tortured unfortunate
victims as witches, Is almost incon-
cciylhle. And yet the fact remains
that until very recent period no
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A.. l..sA

day have beg,,ten Thc,. .ue Holy
SPIRITS commentary upon this IL that IL re-
iurS not to the birth OF Christ, but TO His
f.s' rroctio 4 from tho dead acts xiii, 3d.
j3iS Is also IN perfect agreemcn; with Rom.
l., 4, whore Jesus Is declared 10 be the Son
OF God, with power by tho resurrection from
tho dead. Tnis does not conflict with tho
testimony OF the Father IN Math. ill.,, L.,
xvii, b, tor in His sight who secs the end
from the beginning the resurrection was AZ
good ns accomplished.
4. ASK Of Ne, aud / shall give thrn tho
heather for thine Inheritance and the utter
most parts Of tho earth for thy possession. "
This Is perhaps ono OF the most misapplir
and misquoted verses in tho Bibr-.nis ~.
piled because II Is given TO missionaries ~
IN encouragement 10 look for the conversion
OF all the heathen in this age, whereas this
Is the age oi gathering out from all nations
the elect church acts Xy., II Rey. v, .,
l0) misquoted because thr neNt verso Is al
ways omitted, rs II would spoil its applicn.
lion to the present preaching Of the gospel
OF peace.
o. Thou shalt break tham with rol OF
iron thou shalt dash thcm in pieces like a
potters vessel This Is not consistent with
the commission Of the church 10 suiT,r, AMI
submit, and be like lambs among wolves.
and endure AM be content To bo killed. lpr
His sake, but II is In perfect agreement VITA
the stone smashing the image lDan. H., #,
45), and with the promise TO the Oyerrourr
(kev. H., 20, 21) wnrn va shalt come back
with Him il His glory after tue ifst resur-
rection.
10. "B3 wise nov, therefore, o ye kings ;
be instructed, 50 JIis'- OF this onrtn. %
When God gayo NGylCLH lAeZIlr n vision oi
the world pogsr3 up - thlS worry time OF
breaking TO pieces AMI warned him OF his
own impending humiliation, Daniel advised
him To break Off hs sins by Righteousness
and his iniquities by showing mercy to the
poor Dan. w., 27).
II. "Serva tho Lord with fear and rejoice
with trembling We cannot soryet the Lord
till We ara saved. for they that are IN tho
flesh cannot please Gol (liom. will, -. Tho
order Is given in | Thess. t., ., 10, whera
they turned TO God from idols, 10 serve tho
living and true God. AMI 10 wait for His Son
from Heaven. Then In Phil. H., II, those
who are saved are told 10 work out their
own salvation with fear and trembling. Not
the fear OF losing 1t. but tho tear OF grioyins
or hiniering Him who worScth IN US both
to will and to do OF His good pleasure,
II. kiss the Son, lest lie be angry, and
go perish from the way when His wrath Is
kindlel but little. Blessed arc all they
that put their trust in Him." So our lesson
closes with an entire aty to bo reconcied to
Him who alone can save Compare III Cor
", 20), and with q b lessing upon all who re-
ceive Him rs their Saviour. Compare tho
blessed OF rs. l., l, and observe how this
epitome OF book begins and ends with bless
ing upon the righteous Lesson Helper.
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one doubted that old women might
have commerce with the devil, and
BY him be empowered to work Ill to
whomsoever they wished, none doubt
ed that witches should be condemned
TO death or should be tortured to dis
Acoyer whether they were really serv-
ants OF the evil one. 1t only needed
|kome boy who wished TO stay home
Efrom school to begin to spit pins to
Biriye "A whole community to mad
hess; IL only needed some unscrupu-
IA us person TO have dislike against
Dother, and accuse such one Of
1Mtchcraft, to insure the victims
death, more or less speedily. This
country has seen outbreaks OF this
ignorant superstltions several times,
but the most famous took place at
Salem. Mass. II Is a little over 200
years since the first arrests were made
there on the charge Of witchcraft,
and. consequently, short account OF
tue craze will not be uninteresting.
The Bcwitched Children.
Rev. Samuel Paris was minister
over the church at Salem In the year
1859. In several ways he had man.
aged to get 4 part OF the congrega.
t tiOn against him and his influence
was fast becoming thing OF the past.
IL was necessary, he felt, to cause a
| diversion in his favor and in some
way regain the ground he had lost.
1t happened by cA Nce in the winter
nf IHl1 100 that har - oh lI
used to come TO Mr.. Paris house To
n'"" ;.s?..tc his little Ones and Win his
=, iian Sc, want. Tituba This maid,
play apparently, used to instruct
hc children In palmistry and they
1ecame quite skilled in the art. The
PEOPLE did not understand what was
4eing done and rumors began to be
heard Of tratlic with the devil. These
became stronger when the parents of
the children called in the village
physician who gave 1t as his opinion
that the children were bewitched.
Feeling spread like flame and an oc
currence in the village church soon
fanued the blaze. This was nothing
less than the interruption OF sermon
and prayers. There is a yellow bird
sitting on the minister's hat" cried
pnc child. "Stand up and name your
text" shouted another to the minis
ter, Come enough Of that" broke
n third, as Mr.. Paris hesitated in
bis prayer.
Mr.. Paris took advantage Of the
popular uneasiness to divert feeling
from himself, and summoned min
sters from the neighboring towns tc
conference at his house. They de-
lded that the children were un
ioubtedly bewitched and must be
Examined as to the author OF the
pell The children accused Tituba
farah Good and Sarah Osburn. Tn,
WO latter we're old, bed -ridder
Eomen, nevertheless they were ar
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nnry1 ANn ACCIDENTS.

A Belgian paper rlblishes u curious table
respecting the accidents OF workingmen for
which indemnity claims were made In 1893.
Classified according 10 the days Of the week
on which they occurred. these accidents
were distributed IA follows; Mondays. $40
eases Tuesdays, 759 cases Wednesdays, 73i
cases Thursdays, Ggl cases Fridays, 7l2
cases Saturdays, sll cases Sundays, sic
cases
The striking thing is the great number Of
Monday victims, u consequence, that paDef
saws, not OF the resting. but OF their Sunday
drinking. By Thursday the effect OF Sunday
drinking has been reduced TO minimum
and oven unlucky Friday has n far better
immunity than blue Monday. Saturday acct
dents ars numerous. but this fact ia said ly
the Belgian Labor Bureau TO bo due 10 tho
unusual number pi falls from starways and
windows and ladders incident to the Satur.
day cieaning.up. Taking the country through
the Belgian journal estimates that upward
OF COO accidents happened 10 worSinymen
on Mondays and Tuesdays, due solely to the
influence OF sunday drink. This is an im-
portant consideration bcarng upon the
question of employers liability for such ac.
sidents Must they indemnify tho Incorporate
~ well rs the abstemous? II thoy are bound
10 pay for accidents, should they not havS
the right OF supervising the habits OF their
worSngmen so rs TO guard their safety AMI
.heH own pockets!
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kgHtSG rtr WAY.

"Is this the way to the poorh6use?' asked
on" IMAM OF auothrr. as he points in csr-
tain direction. "No. but this Is" answered
tho other. as he pointed tn n whisky flask
sticking out OF ths inluirers pocket. The
answer was surely very correct. Tue whisky
bottle Is what drives many people TO the
poorhousc. II makes them neglect their
business IL stcals their earning 1t gives
them bad habits IL .lothes them and theft
children in rags. and robs them OF their daily
bread. Ves, aud at last 1t robs thom OF theit
very souls.