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Temperance News and Notes.

Alcohol is not a gift of God, but tho
devils most powerful agent for destroying
Gods image in man.
Where Satan does not so he sends his
agent-drink.
The sparkle in the wine is made by one OF
Satan's sharpest teeth.
Appetite for drink is the devils iron chain
around the drunkards neck.
Moral suasion backed by legal suaslon is
the power Of God in legislation to save the
state.
Drink, like death, makes all men equal.
The most brilliant scientist and scholar IS
one with the drunken beggar. when the
drink habit has fastened its claws upon
him.
The total abstinence pledge does not take
away mans personal liberty. II you lock
your doc: to keep burglar out, that act Is
directed against the burglar, not against
yourself.
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The Saloons In Winter.

As the winter approaches, the temper:
ance societies all over the country should
yigor and earnestness. The temptation to
drink Is perhaps more allurlng and fatal In
the winter season than when the weather
Is fine, and outdoor exercise an inviting
possibility. The warmth and light and
genial companionship Of the saloons exert
q very powerful influence In drawing young
men into them. It should be the aim Of
temperance society to provide for the So
cial side of a mans nature. It Is well to
have high ideals; but harmless amusement,
and lots OF 1t, Is needed II we would save
the boys from the sin Of drunkenness and
all its attendant evils.-Sacred Heart Re-
view
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A Sunday PRAYER

Almighty God, who has graciously opened
for US q way into the hottest, may we on
this Sunday have such revealing OF Thy
love as shall flood DUR being. Unveil the
cross to US and may we see there the heart
of God. Bless US by showing US our faults,
our secret sins. Search us, o God, and
know our thoughts, and see II there be any
wicked way In us, and then lead us In the
way everlasting. May we be truly In the
Spirit on this Lord g day. Set watch before
the doors Of our lips that we may speak
only such words as shall honor thee. May
we think only reverent, pure and worthy
thoughts. Prepare Us for thy worship In our
home and in thy sanctuary. May thy Word
have new meaning for us today as we rad
It or listen to 1t. We ask that our minds may
be opened to understand 1t and that thy
spirit may guide US into the truth. May
there be much power in the preaching OF the
gospel. Let blessing be upon thy whole
church, and may thy cause receive an I'M
pulse from on high which shall be felt over
all the world. Amen.
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hardly blame them, but the young
lady liked me, and promised to marry
me. I had nothing, but my friends
fixed everything for the wedding, and
a clearinghouse, where I was ac-
quainted, agreed to credit us for two
weeks board. As soon as we were
married my wife and I went there.
Next morning I got up at 6 o'clock
and started out to find work on an
afternoon paper. I did not get it, but
I finally found work on the morn
ing papers, and we paid our board.
"My next move was to Sacramento,
where I worked on the Sacramento
Union and did we'll. I sent for my
wife, and it was there that my first
child, Henry George, Jr., was born.
I disagreed with the foreman of the
office, and after doing so returned to
San Francisco and with two other
printers started job Office. I came
near starving to death, and at one time
was 80 close to it that I think I
should have done so but for the job of
printing few cards which enabled us
to buy a little corn meal. In this
darkest time of my life my second
child was born. I gave up the job
Office and went back to subbing, man
aging to make living that way until
I began writing.
'The first thing I ever wrote for a
newspaper was story sent back to
Philadelphia of how we had buried a
man who died of yellow fever on the
voyage when we were near Monte
yideo. About this time Lincoln was
assassinated, and I wrote an article on
/ it for the Alta Californian. They
printed it as an editorial and were as
! tonished to find that it came from one
of the printers. I became sort of
reporter, but left that to work as a
printer at Sacramento on State work
for S5 day. There, by the way, 1
invested my savings in q mining ven
ture and lost them.
Son my return to San Francisco /
wrote an article for the Times, which
resulted in my being made news ed
itor, and I afterward became chief ed
itor-a place I held for year or so.
From the Times I went over to the
Chronicle, of which I became manag-
ing editor, but I did not like Charles
De Young. and I went to the Herald.
1t was a new paper, and came East
in its interest. My wife had already
come ahead of me to Philadelphia.
"This was in 1868, if I do not foR
get. At any rate it was just befd4
they had completed the transcont 49,
tai railroad, and crossed the g
in four-horse mud wagon 15r
many nights sitting at ths&
side, and I was all the more =
therefore when we reach
road and got sleeping Had
to sleep two in a berth
''I had come Eass 4Y fight
to get the Associated 4 4 spatches
for my paper. ThsyS refused,
and the Western Union hally gave
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Self FORGOTTEN in Common Gfief.

A hlndoo woman, the beautiful Eastern
legend tells us, lost her only child. Wild
with grief she implored q prophet to give
back her little one to her love. He looked
at her for long while tenderly, and said,
"Go, my daughter, bring me handful OF
rice from house into which death has
never entered, and will do as thou de-
sirest." The woman at once began her
search. She went from dwelling to dwell
ing, and had no difficulty in obtaining what
the prophet specified; but when they had
granted it. she inquired. care you all here
around the hearth-father. mother, chill
dren-none missing?" But the people in
yariably shook their heads with sigha
and looks Of sadness, for far and wide az
she wandered, there was always some va
cant seat by the hearth. And gradually, az
she passed on. the narrator says, the waves
OF her grief subsidized before the spectacle Of
sorrow everywhere. and her heart, ceasin8
to be occupied with its own selfish pang,
flowing out il strong yearnings OF sympathy
with the universal suffering, tears OF anguish
softened into tears Of pity, passion melted
away In compassion, she forgot herself In
the general interest, and found redemption
in redeeming.- Rev. F. B. Meyer, In "How
to Bear Sorrow" ~
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How Happiness Comes.

Our happiest moments do not come be.
cause we plan them; they just happen. The
more elaborate your preparations for having
a good time, the more likelihood that you
will be disappointed. Your very care and
planning nourish anticipations that cannot
b. met. Like the man In Christ's parable
when we say We have many goods, take
thine ease; eat, drink and be merry" there
comes another summons. Goethe said that
his best thoughts came like the singing birds
from out Of the immensities OF the air, and
all that he knew about them was when they
announced their presence. He did not make
them; they came. 1t is so with all our best
moods and happiest experiences. They
simply come. The carefully arranged
pleasure jaunt turns out to be dead failure,
but the outing you take on the spur OF the
moment turns out to be pure Joy. You
meet by accident an old friend, and the half
day YOU spend with him is red-lettered IN
vour calendar. You chance upon book
that opens to you realm at which before
YOU had knocked in vain. You look up and
there is an unsuspected glory in the sky, OF
light in the eyes Of one you love that irradi-
etes your heart. Joy does not come by
working for it, it is the gift Of God.
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idea of going to California. T saw in
the Delaware River little side-wheel
steamer that was being built for
the lighthouse service. She was to
be taken to California, and I made up
my mind to 60 in, her.
3, fAs amatter of fact, I did go. Off
Hatteras we were struck by storm,
which came near being the last of US.
I remember it very vividly-how the
squall drove the little cockle-shell now
here, now there, now with this side
touching the surface of the waves and
now with that, while I and a negro
deckhand worked together, throwing
over bags Of coal to tighten her. The
sailing master hung on to the bridge,
shouting to us through the speaking
trumpet and barely able to make him
self heard as he told us that the work
we were doing was for life or death.
q eve came through safely, but con-
siderably damaged. Running along,
we went into st. Thomas, then TO Per-
nambuco and Rio Janeiro, and after
ward to Montevideo. We did not go
around the Horn, but through the
straits of Magellan. It was most i'm.
pressive sight-the deep clear water
around US and the snow-covered noun
tains in the distance. We ran upon a
schooner which belonged to English
missionaries who were praying and
working with the natives. We saw a
number of Terra del Fuegans, and they
were not at all attractive. I heard af-
terward that the Patagonians killed
and ate those very missionaries who
were trying to convert them.
''We were short of coal, and in 60
ing through the straits we had to stop
and cut cordwood.
'I landed in San Francisco in 1857,
after the close of this trip. I had in
tended to go to Oregon, where I knew
a family, one member of which was
niece of Governor Curry, but it was
the time of the great Frazer River gold
excitement, and I have never been to
Oregon yet. left the ship and joined
the rush for the Frazer River region.
'I made my way in a topsail schooner
to Victoria, which was then q Hudson
Bay station. I found about 10000
miners camping there. I also found
that the stories of gold were largely
false. After working in a store for q
while I made my way back to San
Francisco as q steerage passenger.
There I found Dave Bond, Philadel-
phia printer whom I had known. He
told me of work could get to do at
the printers trade i'll Frank Eastman s
establishment. 1t did not last very
long, and afterward worked in rice
mill as weigher.
"When this failed I resolved to 60
to the mines in the interior OF the
State, and having no other way OF
reaching them I started out to walk.
I was, in fact, what would now be
called tramp. I had little money.
but T slept in barns to save it and had
q rough time generally until finally l
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RICE INJURED BRIDE.
Painful Experience From the Old Time
Method of Congratulations.

Method of Congratulations.
Mrs. Albert E. Blrks, who was married a
few days ago ct the home OF her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Jennings, in Greens
Farms, Conn, was compelled to undergo an
operation, il New York City, for the re.
moval Of kernel OF rice which had become
lodged in one of her ears.
Mr.. and Mrs. Birks were showered with
rice on leaving the homestead by the happy
throng which had assembled to witness the
wedding. At the railroad station the per-
formance was repeated.
After leaving the house, Mrs. Dirks was
troubled with a peculiar sensation in one
OF her ears. She concluded that 4 particle
of the rice thrown had become lodged
there. She made several attempts to re-
move it.
While on her way to New York, the piece
OF rice settled further toward the drum and
began to cause her much pain. On reach
ing New York, the pain had become intense,
and Mr.. Brks called in physician. The
latter made several attempts to remove the
trouble, but was unsuccessful.
It was not until after the services OF three
doctors had been employed that the kernel
of rice was removed. Then it had to be
taken out in small pieces.
The bride suffered u loss OF hearing,
which it is feared, will be permanent. The
bridal couple finally decided to start South,
despite her suffering.
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The Ambulance Corps.

'These are they which follow the Lamb
whithersoever He th."-Rev. 14:4. There
are three classes In the Christian life-the
men OF the wing, the men Of the couch, and
the men OF the road. The first are those
who fly before; they are the pioneers OF
progress; they are In advance Of their fell
lows. The second are those who stand still
or rather lie still; they are the tnvalids OF
the human race; they come not TO minister,
those who follow; they are the ambulance
corps Of humanity; they are the sacriaciaI
souls that come up behind.
think with st. John that they are the most
their unobtrusiveness. They do not wish to
lead, they would rather BIZ ii the rear; they
only come forward when others are driven
backward. They want no glory from the
battle, no wreath for the victory, no honora-
BILE mention amid the heroes. They seek the
wounded, the dying, the dead. They anoint
crucihed, they give the cup Of cold water,
they wash the soiled feet. They break
the fall OF Adam; they break the fall OF
Magdalene. They take In Saul OF Tar
sus after he becomes blind. They ara
attracted by defects, they are lured by
form OF helplessness. They come out to
meet the shadows; they go In the track, not
OF the lark Dut OF the nlgntlng8le tney loi-
low the Lamb. Captain Of salvation, put me
In the rear Of Thine army-with the afhbu-
lance corps. It Is not for the sake Of safety
that ask 1t 4; 1t Is not to be relieved from
the burden and the heat Of the day that
wish to be in the rear. It is because I think
the trouble Is greater there; it is because I
see more room for sacrifice, more chance
of doing good. There are some whom
Thou sendest before Thee angels Of
the everlasting gospel who fly in ad-
vance over the face Of heaven.
Speed them. bless them. But am
not fitted to be one Of these; am not
swift enough, am not brilliant enough. Put
me in sphere where swiftness Is not
wanted, where brilliancy Is not required.
Give me the trouble without the glitter, U
Lord. Let others lead, am content to fol-
low. Be Thou my reward. Help me to
serve Thee in the background. Is 1t not
written, "They that tarry at home divide the
spoiI?" I cannot fight Thy battles, but can
nurse Thy wounded. cannotrepel Thy foes,s
but can repair Thy fortress: I cannot con-
duct..Thy marches, but cansuccor them who
have tainted by the way. Write my name
amongst those who follow Thee. Geo.
Mathewson, D. D. ,e ~
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FEET 2I.2 INCHES LONG.
They Are the Smallest In the United States
and Belong to a Chinese Woman.

and Belong to a Chinese Woman.
The tiniest feet in the United States
are the property of'the wife of Chin
ese merchant of Philadelphia. They
are just 24 inches long, or less than
the length of the ordinary mans little
finger.
A few days ago the Oriental super
stition regarding modern inventions
was so far lulled to sleep that the
owner of the Lilliputian feet permitted
an K ray photograph of her right foot
to be taken. omore misshapen thing
was ever seen. In her most freakish
mood nature never dreamed of any
thing like this. No curvature of the
spine ever approached this curvature
of the foot. It looks for all the world
as if it were part of the frame of one
of those grotesque prehistoric mons
ters that the paleontologists tell us
about.
If little girls in China are not killed
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Happy Toronto.

Here is the latest description Of Toronto,
taken from the Christian Advocate: "The
law disqualihes a saloon-keeper for mem
bership in the City Council. The saloons
land, curiously enough, there are just as
many saloons as churches-20O) are under
rigid oversight, and are closed every night
at II o'clock and all day Sunday. The
streets are clean-a fact which is not with.
out its bearing upon clean morals, and
there Is an utter absence Of drunkenness
and Of aimless loaf1ng."
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ChiIdren's Societies.

The formation OF total abstinence socie-
ties among the boys and girls is one Of the
best possible means to combat the vice of
drunkenness. When the youthful minds
are plastic, there should be impressed up
on them the necessity of >sobrlety in the
battle OF life. Let there be formed In them
the habit Of abstinence from liquor. Teach
them that in this, as In every other vice,
there is always beginnings little insid-
ious beginning, q perfectly harmless-look-
ing beginning-but in this beginning, as In
disease germ, lurk all the terrible possi.
bilities, all the direful consequences Of the
drink habit.
In many families the children see liquor
used on every occasion, sometimes as q
beverage, sometimes as medicine; and
they are influenced, Of course, by the ex.
ample OF their parents to look upon 1t as
an indispensable article in the domestic
economy. 1t should be the duty Of temper.
ance workers to combat this idea. It should
be their earnest care to spread the light In
such dark places. But the parents cannot
very easily be reached, and even II they
could, It would be almost an impossibility
to change their lifelong views on the sub.
ject. The children, therefore, are the ones
to be sought after, and 1t Is with them,
through the means Of attractive societies,
that the work Of temperance can be best
advanced.
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R,essed to BE a Child Again.

know not whether we are wearied enough
in early manhood to realize our childhood
and His Fatherhood; but when some years
have passed and brought with them the
daily burden OF life it is wonderful comfort
TO have n second self which is child, and
when the work Of the day is passed to lay
our folded hands upon the knees Of God, as
once we die upon our mothers knee, and,
looking up. to say. "Our Father which art In
heaven Stopfcrd A. Brooke.
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II Was Drink,

Go to the insane asyIums, poorhouses,
prisons, orphsnages, and ask what brought
the inmates there. Many, alas, too many,
will tell you that it was drink. Men and
women endowed with the noblest gifts,
capable Of doing much good, are burdens
to themselves, their families, and the COM
munity. Some have lost the use Of their
minds, others their property, others have
broken up their families or condemned
them to life of misery and shame; all
OF them are damning their immortal souls.
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Who Will Lead?

4 writer in the New York Sun describes
the hardshlps Of naval officers. The almost
universal custom in naval services OF treat
ing visitors aboard ship to light wines and
liquors is referred to as source OF great
expense to the individual officer.
What naval officer will inaugurate bet
ter code and more sensible procedure IN
these matters, by refusing to put the wine
cup to his neighbor's lips?-National Tenn
Deranre Advocate.
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y CAN'T COUNT HIS WEALTH.
Alexander Mcdonald is the Richest Maa
in the Klondike.

One year ago Alexander Med onald, an
old Yukon prospector, had not money
enough to pay Mr.. Bounds for little fresh
meat which he purchased. To-day Med on
aid is the richest man on the Klondike, be-
ing worth anywhere from $4,000, 900 to &c.
900, 900, and the surface of half OF his grouud
has not yet been scratched. AS a matter OF
fact Mr.. Med onald does not know whether
he Is worth S5, 900, 900 or S20, ,0O0, 900, and he
,an not know until the cleanup comes, a
year or two hence. No man who has o
claim or an interest in claim on the Klon.
dixie to-day is able to tell how much it vii
produce.
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ture intended, and yet this very fact
makes them bondwomen. To be free
and an aristocrat Chinese woman
must be cripple. If she is left free
to grow as nature wills she is almost
certain to be condemned to bondage.
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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

Am Thine-The Ambulance Corps-SeH
Forgotten in Common Grief-A Sum
day Prayer-How Happiness Comes
Blessed to Be q Child Again.
I am Thine own, o Christ;
Henceforth entirely Thine;
And life from this glad lour,
New life is mine.
No earthly Joy can lure
Ny quiet soul from Thee;
The deep delight 80 pure
Is heaven to me.
cannot tell the art
., BY which this bliss is given,
know thou hast my heart,
And I-have heaven. ~
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What Is Moderation?

Is not the right use Of things beneficial,
and total abstinence from things injur-
ious?
II so, then the only moderation possible
in regard to Intoxicating drink as bev-
erage Is total abstinence.
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A TEMPERANCE COLUMN:
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

The Present Need-A Bishops Opinion on
the Temperance observation-disclosures
of Total Abstinence Have the Respect
of ALI Classes-Evils of Drunkenness.
At q recent meeting Of the Catholic Total
Abstinence Union Of Philadelphia, Bishop
Prendergast made an address to the dele
gates, In which he said:
"We have active members, honorary
members, and what might be called sym
pathetic members. For some reason, hard
for you to understand, these will not work
and give their names to your cause. This
may be inconsistent, and we may say that
they are not doing all they could do, but
one Of the best effects Of the work of the
total obstinence societies Is the change
they have brought about In public opinion
sit used to be an evidence Of crankiness
for one to be total abstainer. Now you
have the respect and sympathy Of all
classes. I would remind you that the
fathers Of the Council OF Baltimore, in urg-
ing upon Catholics to unite in extirpating
the pestiferous evil Of drunkenness, urged
priests and people to do 80 for love OF re-
1igion and for love Of country, two Of the
highest motives to be proposed to any
right-minded man or woman. Drunken
ness not only destroys religion in its vic
tim, but brings disgrace on religion itself.
It was one Of the objections in tue past
(and,. unfortunately, there Is some Of It
left) urged against Catholics. It Is an evil
against the country. It destroys the citi-
zen and the family. For love of religion
and for love Of country the Council OF Bal
timore urges priests and people to unite in
extirpating this evil"
The Bishop insisted that the ruling mo-
tive for work must be supernatural-the
salvation Of souls. The material good re-
sulting from total abstinence was not to be
despised but the chief aim should be to
preserve souls from sin. He spoke Of the
great good that may be accomplished by
extra endeavor In the enrolment Of iuve-
niles, and assured bis hearers that he
would continue, when giving confirmation,
to advise and urge the children to join the
temperance societies in their parishes.
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Attempts have recently been made
IN several parts of France and Ger
many to introduce the American lob
ster, as it has been found that it es-
capes diseases that destroy the Euro
pean varieties.
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As for our opportunities, we can make q
heroic life out Of whatever Is set before US
to work with or ulon.-Anna Robertson
Brown,
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Want a SnhstItnte For Phosphorus.

The Belgian Government, after search
Ing in vain, offers prize Of S10,0 900 for g
substitute for phosphorus.
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Costly transportation.

It costs Klondikers $1,000 to carry years 8
Iupplies from Dyea to Dawson.