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Temperance News and Notes.

The Advantage Of the sanitarium in the
medical treatment Of drunkards lies in the
fact that it Is easier in the sanitarium to
control the mental. condition Of the patient
and keep him out Of temptation. Any good
physician can treat case OF alcoholism sue
cessfully IL he can win the. confidence and
cooperation Of the diseased man.
The superintendent of police matron
work In Chicago reports that lO.l3O women
had been arrested during last year; 1l21
lost children had been cared for and re-
turned to parents, 574 destitute woman
cared for, and 2l3 destitute children. She
gives it as her opinion that liquor is the
major cause Of all this pity-exciting woe.
Open drinking is bad enough, but this
surreptitious tippling is infinitely worse.
1t has led to the breakup Of many home
and brought misery and ruin on whole
families.
They have q local wine in Scotland known
as 'sweess," which carries about twenty
seven per cent. Of alcohol Strong" would
be better title, and it is so Intoxicating
that the authorities propose special restric-
tions on its sale, such us now exist in Eng
land.
amusing illustration Of the good effects
Of restraint is given in recent letter re-
ceived by magistrate from man who
thanked him sincerely for having given his
wife six months imprisonment, which had
changed her, he said, from being drunken
scold to steady, sober woman.
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A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

Important to Drinkers-Pathetic Story OF
q Sailor Who Broke His Promise to
Give Up Drinking-Remorseful Re-
frain of a Condemned Wife Murderer.
man who drinks whisky may feel awhile
frisky,
And paint the town brilliantly red:
But soon in the gutter with misery utter
He will curse and wish himself dead.
man whb drinks brandy may feel like
dandy, -.
As long as the smells on his breath;
But soon in the tremens, snakes, bogtes
and demons
vii! chase him and scare him to death.
A man who drinks wine may feel very fine,
And play funny antics and shout;
But for 1t he'll pay with headaches next
day,
And die when he's young, from the gout.
A man who drinks gin with pleasure will
grin,
And have what he calls good time;
Till with red nose and dirty old clothes,
He, homeless, will be for dime.
A man who drinks beer feels good for a
year, - "....
And thinks it don't hurt him a bit;
TIL bloated and red, he goes to his bed,
Or falls on the street in At. e. -
But he who drinks water, as everyone
oughter,
Enjoys to the utmost his life;
He's happy and healthy, respected and
wealthy,
And loved by his children and wife.
H. C. Dodge, In Chicago Sun.
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Character Wants Sunlight.

Character Is like unto a plant. Shut up
your plants In the cellar, and though you
give them the right soil, the due amount OF
moisture and sufficient heat, the absence oil
the sunlight will turn them into collection
OF ghosts, pale and colorless caricatures OF
plants. SO is 1t in the experience of the
soul. Follow implicitly every rule Of con-
duct in the Bible, grimly bend all your
powers OF will to the discharge OF daily
duty, resolutely fight against every temp
tation that besets you, and yet without the
warmth and sunlight Of that grace which lie
the vital principle Of the religion Of Jesus
Christ your spiritual life will shrivel up
because Of dullhess and discouragement.
Progress in Christian manhood Is deter
mined by the measure OF obedience to the
apostolic injunction: Keep Yourself in the
love OF God" Once the geniality OF Chris
tianity is grasped by the soul striving after
the white flower Of holiness, the assurance
OF final victory is vouchsafed, for the truth
dawns upon the mind that the very genius
OF Christianity is its sunny helptulness.-
Rev. D. Sutherland.
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Ballad Making,

Ballads spring from the hearts of
the people, fit from age to age, from
lip to lip OF the shepherds, peasants,
nurses, Of all the class that continues
nearest to the state of natural man.
They make music with the flash of the
fishermans oars, the hum of the spin
ming wheel, and keep time with the
plowman as he drives his team. The
country aided man in their making,
the bird note rings in them, the tree
has lent her whispers, the stream its
murmur, the village bell its tinkling
tune, the shells OH the seashore their
dreamy echoes. Ramsey.
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Unhappiness of Our Own Maxim

Jonn Bunyan, in his immortal alIegory,
brings his Pilgrims to certain ''Delectable
Mountains" which are clad with orchards
and vineyards, with gardens and fountains
Of water. From these sunny heights they
caught some glimpses of the Celestial City,
and were regaled with pleasant fruits. Now
there is no reason why any of US should be
content to live down among the "dumps" OF
the low grounds. or in those marshy regions
where the malaria of dependency prevails.
Much of our unhappiness in this world is OF
our own making. We might have a great
many more joyous days during our earthly
pilgrimage. When we have had a conflict
with some temptation, and by Christ's i'm
parted help have conquered it, then we
reach delectabl, mount, and can sing our
psalm OF gratitude. Every good deed
wrought for the master or our fellowmen,
every answer to prayer, every new discovery
of Christ's love, every new attainment in
the spiritual life, carries US up into higher,
purer atmosphere. We can read the eighth
chapter OF the Romans up there. and sing
the one hundred and third Psalm.-The
Christian.
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ments with the gliding machine. They
are seeking to arrive at intelligent
conclusions concerning the problem of
automatic stability more than anything
else, and it is claimed by Mr.. Chanute
that many new facts have been discov-
cred bearing upon this question. In
anticipation of an early solution of the
question Mr.. Herring is hard at work
on q motor which he hopes to be able
to apply to the gliding machine. An
evidence of the faith that's within him
is shown by the fact that he predicts
that an air ship will be constructed
within another year which will fly to
New York with but four stops on the
way to replenish the stock of fuel
Chicago Times-Herald.
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CAPTAIN COMBS.

of 1896 Miss Combs, who was visiting
her sister with a number OF girls
from various States, went daily into
camp. Miss Combs took such an un-
teigned interest in military affairs
that she soon found herself on foot
ing of comaradarie with all the soldiers
in camp. Her favoritism, which was
unusual, eliminated in a suggestion
to adopt her as daughter Of the regi-
ment." Fearful, perhaps, Of com
plication of relationships that might
ensue if their daughter offered to be a
sister, etc., the boys begged that she
be given rank on the grounds that
only resident of Missouri should be
accorded .daughtership. Accord
ingly Colonel Corhy accepted her as a
member of his staff. she was designat-
ed captain, and upon camp breaking
up she was duly commissioned.
Of course, when she returned last
fall to her home in Lexington, KY,
accounts of the ''honors thrust upon
her" by Missouri were heralded
abroad. Infected with the fever of'en-
thusiasm, Kentucky, her adopted
State, vested her with the same title,
and now she is commissioned captain
by both States.
Captain Combs is a handsome wo-
man of commanding appearance, and
in her dark blue uniform, which Off
sets to nicely her exceptional blonde
beauty, she could not fail to attract
attention anywhere. Doubtless Miss
Combs inherits her military instinct,
as she is a granddaughter of that char
acter we'll remembered in the history
of Kentucky, General Combs.
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The Power of PRAYER.

Are you in sorrow? Prayer can make
YOUR afiction sweet and strengthening. Are
you in gladness? Prayer can add to your
Joy celestial perfume. Are you in extreme
danger. whether from outward or inward
enemies? Prayer can set at your right hand
an angel whose touch could shatter a mill
stone into smaller dust than the -four It
grinds," and whose glance could lay
an army low. When st. Felix of Nola was
hotly pursued by murderers, he took ref
uge in a cave and instantly, over the
rift of it, the spiders wove their webs, and,
seeing this the murderers passed by. Then
said the saint, "Where God is not, wall is
but spiders web; where God is, spiders
web is rs a wall" What will prayer do for
You? 1 answer, All that God can do for
YOU? When He bids us pray it is as though
He said to us, Ask what shall give thee"
Canon Farrar.
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PROGRESS WITH THE
FLYING MACHINE.
Working Out the Man-Flght Problem Along Scen-
tiic Lines Near Chicago

the machine, and it was rebuilt on q
different principle. The twelve wings
were discarded, and in their stead
were substituted three superimposed
concave surfaces, each sixteen feet
long and four feet three inches wide,
with an aggregate surface of nineteen
square feet. Attached to the rear OF
this machine was a combined horizon
tai and vertical rudder, designed by
Mr.. Herring as result of his frequent
trials of the machine. In the course
of the experiments it was found neces-
sary to remove the lower surface, and
this left the present machine.
The several changes therefore re-
duced the sustaining surface of the
machine from 1T square feet to l35
square feet. The weight was lowered
at the same time from thirty-seven
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TYPICAL COLOMBIAN TRAMPs.

by all classes of people as in tropical
America, and a tramp in those regions
understands it best ofall. Then South
America is such an ideal place for o
tramp-summer all the time, and all
nature providing bountiful "hand-
outs"
Here is a picture Of Senor Weario
Wagglee and some of his companions,
who pursue their vocation of Tropical
Tramp in the Republic of Colombia.
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Like Drifting of Human Experience.

Up and down the wild, barren Arabian
stretches Of desert and mountain wilder
LESS, which, after ALL only measured from
south to north fourteen days journey d.
rect from Sinai to Palestine, the Hebrew
people wandered and encamped, leading
their nomadic life for forty years longer.
What was it all most like but the drifting
Of our human experience up and down the
earth and along the ages Of it, between the
first Giving OF the Commandments OF Life
and the entering into its full fruition?
With the very heaven almost within our
reach-with only such little distance be-
tween the Bidding and the Reward, If we
would follow the direct wayne wind and
tangle our paths in blind bewilderment !
we make our long tarryings in few scanty
feeding-places; we grow old and pass away
without ever having come to the full faith OF
the heavenly nearness, to the sure, realizing
vision OF the glory that waits close by. 1t Is
like being lost In storm and darkness, toll
ing exhausted up and down within short
step and call of ones own door, and perish
ing in the night at the threshold OF ones
home.-A. E. T. Whitney, in The open Mys-
tnryh
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A Sanctifying Force Needful.

heard some time since Of an oculist who
was very fond of cricket, But he had given
it up, much as he enjoyed it, for he found
that it affected The delicacy Of his touch. and
for the sake OF those whom he sought to
relieve he sanctifled himself and set him
self apart. That is what we want
that there shall come into our lives
a force that prompts us always to be at our
best and readiest for service, our fullest and
richest to help-a tree that is always in leaf
and always III bloom and always laden with
its fruit. like the orange tree, where the
beauty of the blossom meets with its fra
GRANGE the mellow glory of the fruit.-Rev.
Mark Guy Pearse.
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TROPICAL TRAMPS.
Weary Waggles Is Hustler Beside the
Product of Equatorial Countries.

Weary waggles is a Hustler Beside the
Product Of Equatorial Countries.
For real, downright appreciation Of
the sweets Of doing nothing no being
in the world can hold candle to a
tropical tramp. He is so restful. The
Weary Waggles and Wandering Willies
of the North are bustling and energetic
people when compared to the tramp of
the tropics. The Tropical Tramp never
goes rushing about the country hang
ing on to the buffers of freight cars; he
would die at the mere thought of NOV
ing so rapidly.
Nowhere in the world is the art of
laziness so we'll understood, anyway,
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OUR WESTERN PARKS.
Reports Submitted Regarding the Sc
quota and General Grant.

QuO1a anu 0thofai oAohe'
The acting superintendent Of the sequoia
and General Grant National Parks has rem
dered his annual report to the Secretary OF
the Interior for the past fiscal year. The
report is dated Wershar's Mill, Cal. The
report states that no trespass has occurred
within the limits of the parks during the
last fiscal year. There was one forest fire
caused by carelessness Of sheepmen or hun.
ters. Several hundred acres were burned
over, but no serious damage was done; Inc
report recommends that the boundaries OF
Sauuoia Park be properly marked and that
a fence be constructed around General
Grant Park. Game and fish are more abun-
dant than formerly in the park. 4 recon-
mendation is made that ?25OO be appro..
prlated by Congress under the title of
National parks" for providing suitable
uuoia National Park and its outlying de-
taphmpnt
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MULE SHOT TO LOOSE HIS HOLD
Baseball Player of Lost Creek, fenn.'
Has His Hand Lacerated.

Michael Coyle pitcher of the Lost Creek
(Schuylkill County, PENN Baseball Club,
was the victim of a very peculiar accident:
He was petting a mule, when the animal
snapped at him, catching his hand.
It crushed its teeth through the hand
and, despite all efforts made to have the
animal release it's hold, it obstinately re-
fused to do so.
AS last resort the mule was shot and
the young mans hand prled out Of the dead
brute's mouth. All the bones were broken
and the hand was mangled terribly.
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Odd tJse for a Flower Pot.

Frequently ice is hard to keep at
hand with campers and picknickers
and the food suffers for the want of it.
A common clay flower pot may be
made good use of in keeping the but.
ter cool and firm. Place the pot over
the plate of butter and wrap around
it cloth wet in cold water, sprinkling
water over the outside of the cloth as
it becomes dry. Milk will remain
cool and sweet if treated in the same
manner
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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

10 Lives Are Incomplete-Like Drifting
of Human Experience GA Prayer of
King Alfred Character Wants Sun
light-The Power of Prayer.
There are no lives unfinished, incomplete,
God gives each man at birth some work to
do,
Some precious stone of strange, prismatic
hue,
To carve and polish, till 1t shall be meet
To place within His temple, still and sweet,
Ere that be done the soul may no. pass
through
The door to grander worlds. to aim more
true,
To wider life with loves sweet joys replete.
And II the working time be short, and earth
With its dear human ties be hard to leave,
Be sure that God, whose thought hath given
thee birth,
Still holds for thee the best thou canst re-
ceive;
Be sure the soul in passing through that
door,
Though losing much, gains infinitely more.
--Mabelle P. Clapp, in Christian Leader
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Sprigg Hello, old man, I'm aw-
fully glad to see you out again. I heard
that the doctors gave you up" Bowles
Yes, I guess I'd have died if they
hadn't. "-Cleveland Leader.
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If we look down, then ourshoulders stoor.
If our thoughts look down, our character
bends. 1t il only when We hold our heads
up that the body becomes erect. 1t is only
when our thoughts go up that our life be-
comes erect.-AleXan,ler Mckenzie. d. D.
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Novel Cause of Hay Fever.

Hay fever is unusually prevalent in Kan
sas City, and the chief cause is said to be
the pollen Of the rag weed which has been
allowed to grow rs it listed in the streets
and dOOrWaTS
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Priests May Not Ride bicycles In Montreal.
Tho Roman Catholic Archbishop Of Non
treal. Canada, has forbidden priests to ride
bicycles within the city limits on the
ground that it is undignihcd.
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SHE IS A MILITIA CAPTAIN.
Two States Bestow q Title Upon Chval'
rous Young Woman.

Miss Mamie Telford Combs, better
known now as Captain Combs, has Gre
ated sensation among military peo-
pie. When the Fourth Regiment
of Missouri National Guards was
camping in Carrollton in the summer
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A Machine to Brush Away Insects.

A Machine to Brush Away insects.
A Hungarian farmer Of Beevllle. La, has
invented machine which, it is said, will
brush away all kinds Of insects from cotton
plants.
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prabistoric Mexican Doll,

Prehistoric Mexican Doll.
The sketch illustrates prehistoric
Mexican doll unearthed by a French
anthropologist, DR.. Chipault The in
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side is hollow and contains rattle,
which proves that prehistoric children
were not unlike the little ones OF to.
day.
The Lamar register., 1897-04-24

than 1000 years ago Euripldes ex-
pounded the theory Of the erimlnei-ne
dnder which Lombrozo, Mario and
Ferri have lately labored. The Greek
writer puts into the mouth OF one of
his characters tho reflection that,
whereas land naturally barren may
yield a good harvest IL the season be
good, and fertile land may be sterile
II the Season be unkIndly. men are al
ways what they are: the good always
good. even In the pinch OF hard eircum-
stances. the bad always had-the Grim
Incline certain TO be in the dock. how
ever carefully the philanthropist look
after him. What truth there is in this
view. how far the standing army OF
crime eonaista OF this element, how far
OF people not much worse disposed but
less lucky than others statisticians do
no, tell us-perhaps they never will.
But in that direction lies the interest
OF the present and. stlll more. that OF
the future
The Lamar register., 1897-04-24
SCIENCE AND pREsEnTIMENTs
rhsaomsaa Usually sasssptbIs of
I TeisPsthie Explanation.

fhsuom.na U.uAty Susceptible of a
Teisp.thie Explanation.
Nine times IN the course OF my life
l have had shat Is called a present..
raent- Eight times wrote II down
al once before learning whether 1t
EAs true or false. and the ninth time
spoke Of Il. says Appleton's Science
Monthly. Threo Of these were false.
one partly true and partly false, one
vas not verified. but probably false
All thess related TO subjects in my
thoughts and were probably suggest
ed By circumstances. -Four we're true
OF which one mighi have been sug-
Ecsted by circumstances. The other
three Nerc not only true and not ap-
parcntiy suggested by circumstances.
but were among the most agitat,ug e1-
prrienccs Of my life One drove me.
In spite OF the resistance OF my reason,
TO take a journey which 5eemed the
aet Of lunatic, and proved the wisest
thing | could do. Another impelied
me 10 Sritc a letter to a person $50
miles awAy. TO whom / had written
feS hours before. but who happened to
- AA NAN&A NNAbAt ~ kAA' A-lNN-N--N
felt the impulse. The third gave me
absolute assurance that the very thing
= n about to happen which | believed
to De OF all things most impossible, i
Do not. o, course, quote these few ex-
perisnces as proving the existence OF
teiepathy. but merely was Illustrating
what I mean by apparently ielepathle
phenomena"
The vast majority OF apparently Hn
pernormal phenomena are susceptible
OF ;eiepa,hlc explanation. but In
few eases one Is driven to other con
ecptions Sometimes knowledge Is
shown Of events not known TO anyone,
and st other times a percipient VIII
seem to sec" things ~ distance, or
to become aware OF events remote In
time,
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In,.n,.a rai.. reeth.

W. wiltshire Riley. a well-known
Inventor residing at Cromwell. Conn.
received probably fatal injuries By a
fall down his cellar stairs, Mr., Riley
Is over so years old. when prac-
tIcinE dentist in Columbia. Ohio. Mr.
Riley invented false teeth. which has
brought him over $4,000 and he also
has been successful with other inyen-
tions. He has been trying to have the
government adopt a lifeboat OF his
Invention. which has balloon attach
ment.
The Lamar register., 1897-04-24
somr oId Things.

The little village OF Martin. Mich.
has not had saloon for thirty years,
but so many drunken men were seen
on the streets lately that an inyestiga-
tion was ordered. The authorities
found joint that contained fifteen
barrels Of whisky in the cellar of a
private residence near the business
center.
The Lamar register., 1897-04-24

HERE prevails a
comforting belief
thai the standing
army OF crime is
steadily dimIaish-
ing. and that, With
the aid OF school
boards and reform
atorses. We are
making sure II SLOW
progress In CON
batting the enc
The Lamar register., 1897-04-24
Charlie RIOS. Found Again.

Charlie Ross has been found again.
this time at Bear Creek. Tenn. His
name is Aleck Woods. and be says he
was stolen by negro. who sold him
to the farmer with whom he lives.
Mrs. Ross has been communicated
with.