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Hunblo Patriotism.

There has recently died Of disease In
South Africa In my old battery .
gunner unnoted and unknown. In De-
cember. 1909. this man was by some
mistake called up with the reservists.
In spite Of the fact that his time was
up-that is, that he had by that date
completed his seven years with the col.
ors and Ave with ,he reserve. There
were one or two other instances OF
time-expired men being called up; with
one accord they represented their case
to their commanding officer. and were
duly sent home again. But this man.
although the Queen had no claim
whatever on his services. left his civil
employment, and with his eyes open.
with full knowledge Of the hardships
Of soldiers life. among strangers and
In n strange battery. he went out to
fight. No abnormal rate Of pay. no de.
lirious banquetings were his. and even
II he were to escape the dangers Of
war there was no certainty Of IN ear.
~ return. There was nothing worthy
Of special note about the man. He
was not al exceptionally smart or keen
soldier. and he had no exceptional In.
fuence with his fellow men: he was.
too. quite unconscious that there was
anything remarkable IN his conduct.
But to my mind there Is only one word
that can adequately describe hin. and
this word. I know. has been used and
abused OF late nd nauseam In the
world Of politics. He was patriot
Letter In the Spectator.
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KILLED IN FIGHT WITH NEGROES.
A Sanguinary Encounter ut Pittsburg
Ga.-Police Used wlnchesters.

A Sanguinary Encounter ut Pittsburg
Ga.-Police Used wlnehesters.
Atlanta. Ga.-As the result Of bat.
tie ut Pittsburg. suburb Of this city,
between five negroes on one side and
the entire police force and fifty mem.
bers of the National Guard and many
white citizens on the other. four offi.
GERS We're killed and fifth was
wounded. a street-car conductor and
n negro cab driver We're also wounded.
Three negroes We're killed.
The casualties were: Dead-County
Officer Battle. Policeman Tkos. Grant.
Policeman Edward Crabtrce. Police
man Robert Osborn. w. Richardson,
negro; Milton Rosby. negro; IN un-
known negro. Wounded - Officer
Spradlin. w. T. Jackson. street-car
conductor. negro cab driver.
Will Richardson. a half-breed Indian.
WAS the leader Of the negroes. He Is
believed to have fred the shots that
killed the four officers. and when
trapped In burning woodshed he pre-.
ferred 10 remain there and he roasted
to death rather than to surrender.
The fight grew out Of IN attack made
upon former Policeman s. A. Kerlip,
OF what Is known rs the Mcpherson
road. He was wayIaid by fve negroes.
with whom he had had trouble when
lie was a member OF the force. Kerlin
would probably have been killed had
it not been for the timely arrival OF n
trolley car full Of men. The shooting
followed an attempt to arrest Richard.
sol. as one Of the assailants Of kerlin
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T1E GREAT DESTROYER
SE.E STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
he VICE or iN1EMPERANce.

4,m: The Drunkard's Demon Dream
Strange Case Of Convict Drunkard-
"shsdow Of tho Rope In Every Glsss ot
baLiquer," He Said Before Execution.
When night in holy silence brings
The God.willed hour of sleep,
Then, then the red-eyed revel swings
Its bowl Of poison deep.
When morning weaves its golden hair,
And smiles Ger hill and lea,
One sick ming ray is doomed to glare
On your rude revelry.
The rockets fairy moments sped,
Sinks black ming back to earth;
Yet darker, deeper sinks his head,
Who shares the drunkards mirth!
Know you .he sleep the drunkard knows?
That sleep. Oh! who may tell
Or who can speak the 6endish throes
OF his self.heatei hell?
Bedded, perhaps, on broken hearts,
Where slirny reptiles creep;
While the ball-les: eye of death still darts
Black FIRE Oh the drunkard's sleep.
These cofined hearts, when warm in life,
Fled in his ruin Wild;
Now the cold, cold bps Of his shrouded wife
Press lips Of his shrouded child!
So fast, so deep the hold they keep;
Hark, his unhallow'd scream!
Guard rs, o God, from the druakard's
From tie Irunkard's demon dream.
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Drink Was His Undeing.

1T was one Of the strangest cases that
ever came under my notice" said the de.
tective, ''and it shows how o little thing
can cause q mans undoing. was in
Louisville at the time and was present at
the execution of the man, and the words
that doomed wretch spoke to the gaping
and morbid,y curious crowd from the scat.
forget. Across the river, in jefferson.
vile, is the Indiana State penitentiary,
and this man-Warner, believe his name
was-was convict in the penitentiary.
He had been in many years, and during oil
the tine Of his imprisonment he had, OF
course, never tasted liquor, which was the
primary cause of the striped suit he wore.
"In q quarrel with another convict in
the shoe shop. where both were working,
Warner stabbed his fellow convict to
death with a shoe knife. He was takep,
from the prison 10 the county jail, tried
for murder, and !senteneed to death. Some
days before that Get for the execution .
photographer took some pictures OF the
murderer, and these the man sold to visit
ors on the plea that he wanted the money
for decent funeral after the decree Of the
law should have been carried out. His
sales were many. and he had more than
500 for his funeral. Two days before the
time set for the hanging the man broke
Jail and escaped clear Of the town. or
course hue and cry was raised for him,
and the police Of every town within a ra-
dius of 400 miles had q description OF tho
fugitive and all officers were on the lookout
for him because OF the substantial reward
offered by the sheriff. The very night OF
the escape Of the gallows-sentenced man
we were sitting around the main police sta.
ton in Louisville talking about the break.
away.
"a call for the wagon came in, and when
the vehicle returned the officers carried q
limp and unconscious figure into the sta.
tion and dumped it to the floor in 'front.'
OF tie desk sergeant for registration, and
that officer was perfunctorily going through
the searching process when he turned the
drink.unconsciors man over, and, looking
at his face, recognized him as the con.
demned murderer who had the night be-
fore escaped from the Jail across the river
in Indiana. For years the man had been
without the taste OF liquor, and when he
had the chance to drink it and the money
with which to buy it he did drink it. and
he was hanged two days later in the Jeffcr.
sonville jail As he stood before the crowd
assembled at the scaffold the man. with
the hangmaD's moose in his hand. raised it.
aloft in the direction OF the upturned faces
and said, simply: When you raise the glass
of liquor look in the bottom and you viii
zee the shadow OF this rope That was all,
and then they hanged him. Orleans
Times Democrat.
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Roaming the yyhiriwind.

The following is from the Hartford Jour:
nal and Visitor:
The richest man Of our town set up one
OF his sons in the liquor business. A TEN.
perance neichbor protested earnestly
against it. The rich father said: Why,
lie can make $1,000 year" No matter"
said the temperance neighbor, he may DO
ruined by it." In ten years the wife OF
the rum.selling son died a drunkard, leav-
ing two motkerless children. The. rum
seller forged his fathers name, at length
involved bis father so much that the old
man failed, losing the earnings OF his life;
The rum. selling son died drunkard, ana
his poor brother, too, died q sot; and the
poor old father, who was one Of the moder.
ate drinkers. drinking enough to plant
seeds of ruin in his family, died, too. And
now all that is left OF one OF the FIRST fam
ili:s OF the town are the orphan grand
children.
Woe to him that prtteth the bottle to
his neiehbors lips.
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Practical Religion.

Practical religion requires you to show
,omc reason why your life should be pro:
longed day by day. You owe the world
a great deal more than it owes you. You
are under moral obligation to some one
of your fellow creatures before you have
any right to ask for refreshing sleep. You
have lost a day unless you have given
your share of the impetus which drives
souis upward. Life which consists Of
breathing and eating and an enviable en-.
vironment is the life of an animal; il
counts for nothing. The soul must be fed
rs we'll as the body, and it fourishes in
health only when you love your kind and
are ready to lift the load from the shoui.
ders OF friend or stranger without the
hope Of any other reward than the ap-
proval of God and the smile of the
angels. II you will you can make your
lie grand in that way. Get for yourself
and family but as you get give. The Civ
ing and not the getting is the main point.
George Hepworth.
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Inssnity Due to Liquor.

There has been a remarkable increase Of
insanity in this city in recent years." said
Assistant Warden Richard, Of Bellevue
Hospital, to a reporter of the Tribune.
Here at this hospital, where most OF the
cases are examined. case Of insanity was
not 80 common twenty years ago as to fail
to attract the attention of everybody con.
nected with the institution. Now we have
about 1000 insanity cases year at the hos.
pital." Mr.. Richard opened a book and
showed that during the year 1893, llS0
men and 945 women had been sent to the
hospital as insane patients. OF the whole
number only lo3 had been discharged as
cured or not insane, while 77s men and
745 women had been sent to the cfyiums on
the island. and the rest had been sent TO
other institutions. !
Most Of the insane persons die within
a few years after being sent to the asy'
lums." Mr.. Richard said. From my, OBJ.
servation of insanity cases here ] have
come to believe that The increase OF insan.
ity is largely due to the use OF liquor. The
ordinary whisky sold now contains so
much poison tha. il is liable TO make any
person who drinks it crazy"
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WaysIde Ministry.

The wayside ministry is far more ef.
fec,ual th.a the ministry Of the pulpit.
Most preaching is done to those who
reed it least and reaches the really needy
only as it is distilled through the first
hearers into lives which others see. If the
people would only realize that at best
the preacher can only place in their hands
his sublime message; they mus must .e carry ;T,.r IL
pret il by the beauty and sincerity and
cheeriu:ncss and kindliness OF word and
cct that he who runs may read. A
really Christian man going about his daily
life as a constant ministry, reaches every
week larger congregation than the most
popular preacher-Universalis Leader
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Give Yourself to Prayer.

Learn to entwine with your prayers tho
snail cares, the trifiing sorrows, the little
wants OF a daily life. Whatever affects
you-be it 4 changed look, an altered tone,
an unkind word, wrong, q wound, de.
mand you cannot meet, sorrow you
cannot disclose-turn II into prayer and
send it up to God. Disclosures, you may
no: make to man you can make TO the
Lord. Men may be too little for your
great matters; God is not too great for
your small ones. Only give yourself to
prayer. whatever be the occasion that
calls for it,
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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

Poem: Change Anxiety TO Prsyer-salva.
ton 10 Like Love, Like Life, Like
Thought.It Comes From the Savior
Tho Christ In You.
fast thou a care whose presence dread
Expels sweet slumber from thy bed!
To thy Redeemer take with care,
And change anxiety to prayer.
Hast thou a hope from which thy heart
Would feel it almost death to part?
Entreat thy Lord that hope to crown,
Or give thee strength to lay it down.
Whatever care doth break thy rest,
Whate'er the wish that swells thy breast,
Spread before God that wish, that care,
And change anxiety to prayer
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Salvation.

This day is salvation come TO this
use."-Luke 10: 8.
Sometimes the preachers talk as though
salvation was something like salt or sugar,
to be sold by the quantity, thing, an
article or commodity to be obtained on
condition Of coming to the penitent form,
or joining the church, or asserting to a
creed. But salvation is like al! the best
things; it is not thing at all. Neither is
it sentiment; you may feel very religious
and not be redeemed. You might sing
all eternity and be as great sinner as
ever. Some of the worst men that ever
lived would rather sing II want to be
an angel or Shall we gather at the
river" than any other songs. Neither Is
salvation a disease. That sounds like .
truisra; but il needs to be said, for there
are many who seem to think that. il only
they can get where people are very much
affected by religious emotions they will
catch them too; they hope to take sal.
vation as their children take the measles:
When the revivalist says. Come up and
get religion, get salvation, one IS tempt.
by the pound or the piece. So long as We
are content to talk in this slipshod man.
ner, using cant terms without thought Of
their meaning the world will 90 on feeling
that the church is only imposing on the
credulity of the people. offering something
it does not possess. And, in such cases,
the world is right. The church can save
none; but it can and does point to saliva
ton, lead to salvation, by showing the
Savior and bringing the sinner to Him.
When Christ went into the house OF
Zaccheus salvation went with Him. For
salvation i like love, like life. like thought;
it can never be separated from personal.
ity. You cannot give love to another
without giving yourself; and SO men re-
ceivc that love Of God which means their
cannot buy lie, you cannot make or find
it; il must come from life. And saliva
ton is just simply the life and love Of
Cod in orr lives. All life from life and
all salvation from the Savior. Not in
things, nor in feelings, nor in conditions;
but in Him.
Christ comes into my house, into my
business. my thoughts, my life; receive
II IN as q welcome guest, as my teacher, my
Helper, my Lord and my God; He be.
comes supreme and all things are Yielded
to Him. and rs I give myself to Him He
gives Himself to me; it is the importation
strange. mysterious, rea!-of new life
to my lfe' the besnn'nEg, e. OF an new S.Sen beng
grow. increase, more and more and
gradually subdue the whole being to it.
SELF till all the powers and faculties are
changed to its character. This is Christ
in you the hope of glory, the glory of the
Christ. Likeness, the full and perfect re.
demption and defvcrance, the salvation
of the whole life and being from failure
and loss. from sin and se.f, from all its
dark. downward. deathward tendencies
into His life and glory. And it comes
from Him and from Him alone.-H. F. c..
in the Rams Horn.
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Woman Alw.y. Christie Friend.

It is interesting to notice that the gospel
history does not mention the case CT any
woman eho was hostile to Jesus. The
wife OF Plate bore witness to His lnno'
cence at the very time the unjust sen
renee was being pronounced. Women In
r,euted as He went to the crucifixion:
Women were earliest at the grave. and
woman was the first to see Him after Els
resurrection She was first to proclaim
the G. ad news, He is risen"
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Love.Crn1ed Youth Killa Five.

Crazed by his infatuation for thir
tecn-year.old Abitla Mccullough. Will.
ialn Austin. twenty-five years old. killed
the girl and fOu" other persons and
then committed suicide in the farm
house Of William Wilkinson. near
Hastings. Fla. Those in addition TO
the girl whom Austin killed were Mr..
aud Mrs. Wilkinson. Mr.. WilkinsOn's
unmarried sister and n child
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O,,,.s, c.pt,y. Tortoise Dead

Buster" the tortoise in the Geological
Park. at New York City. mas died as the
resul. of old age. Buster got his name
by reason OF his unusual size. He was be-
l;eved TO be the largest and Oldest TORTOISE
in captivity. his age being estimated at 2Oo
years. He weighed $40 pounds. and before
hi. phvsical decline could carry three men
on his back. With three other tor,oises
he was obtained from an Island in the Pa.
cific Ocean last July.
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o,des, C.p,ive Tortoise Dead.

Buster" the tortoise in the zoo .a GaI
Park. at New York City. has died tne
result Of old age. Buster got OIL ms pms hS
by reason Of his unusual size no De.
lieved to be the largest and Oldest o,se use
in captivity. his age being estimate o SW
years; He weighed $40 P1unas: anerx t th mem
on his back. With three other toises
he was obtained from an island inRe IA
cific Ocean last July.
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Halter Than Local optton.

A bill has been introduced into the
Ohio legislature. which. il enacted into
n law and executed, viii make the Gus.
tom of tre.;!ng in drinking resorts al
offease acains: the law. The author OF the
bill now before the Ohio legislature says
that If it goes through it VIII be better
than all the local cption bills that were
ever passed.
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Humnn skin In n Tanner,

IA human skin has just passed through
e tanning process in the plant of a
ather company at Fond du Lac, Wis.
3he presiden, OF the company said that he
eceived letters from a Chicago medical
J 5chool some weeks ago requesting that =
human skin be accepted for tanning. He
refused, but foreman, wishing to expert.
ment with human skin, received it. The
foreman took the hide successfully through
what is known as the chrome process.
Only the initiated can distinguish the speci'
men from dog skin or the skin of a young
mig
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coptsm ptibIe Trick OF Rummy.

A man named Martin, OF Holton, kan.s
:. =. much abused man. Although he is q
rab;d prohibitionist. almost every day or
30 he receives word that some St. Joseph
or. Kansas City whisky house has sent
him c. o. D. ty express 4 jug of liquor.
OF coune. he never ordered it, nor does
he ever take it out. bu, other parties
come along. sign MS name TO tie receipt
pay the bill and take the whisky.
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$4,000 to Rid Cemetery of Weeds.

The will OF John d. Maud, Butler
County farmer. who died recently. has
been filed at Hamilton, Ohio. Duiing all
his life Mr.. Maud was noted 20: his hatred
OF weeds. In his will he lett $1,000 to the
Mound Cemetery at Monroe. where he was
buried. to keep the cemetery free from
weeds and all noxious pants which ,e:d
TO its Disagreement
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CHAPTER Xxx.
FROM DEATHS PRESENCE.

The squan passed nearly as quickly
as II came.
The Banjo righted herself as sooD
as sbe was lightened; her ropes were
trailing In the water and the ruddef
swinging to and fro under the force
of the shock and her swinging boom.
George Priestly. on the lookout for
some such thing as this, had kept firm
hold Of one Of the ropes, and had
shouted to the others to do the same.
but only he had presence Of mind
enough to obey.
Althea was clinging to him, frantic
with terror. and he was soon back In
the boat with her drawn up beside
him, and then with deft movements
he had the sail hauled up to the rising
breeze and was guiding the boat tC
where the others were struggling In
the water.
He was not at oil fearful Of the con.
sequences Of the accident, for with or.
binary level-headedness and prompt
action they could be returned to the
Loat none the worse for the wetting.
And. in truth, It was scarcely three
minutes later that all were safely
back In the Ban5o-all save Alecia
Graham and John Winthrop.
Alecia, in falling, was struck sense
less by the sudden swerve Of the
boom, and had sunk instantly, coming
to the surface some few feet away.
Her beautiful sunny hair was unfast.
ened from its pins and drifted like
ropes Of gold about her death.like face.
She was still unconscious and drifting
farther away from the boat and her
friends.
John Winthrop. sitting beside her
when the accident occurred, was also
struck by the jibing boom. but In such
such q manner as to receive q deep
cut in his head Just at the edge OF his
hair, but the dash into the water re-
vived his instant's giddiness and with
the instinct Of love--more powerful
than hate at such a moment - he
looked about him for Alicia.
But the wound upon his head was
severe, unconscious though he was OF
the fact, and at first his sight was
blurred and he saw only the dark out
line Of the Banjo. Then this pallid
face with the drift Of gold hair about
1t touched the surface Of the throb.
bing water, and utterly forgetting
himself in his thought Of her he struck
out to her rescue.
For the second time she sank and
rose ere he reached her. swimming as
he was powerfully. and as he caught
her to him. keeping himself afoat now
with one arm. his eyes burned down
upon her as though they held the
might to restore life should life have
gone.
And then they were lifted into the
boat, and all things went out OF John
Winthrop's mind for many days-even
the consciousness Of this one woman.
by Georger' said Lane Leland. In
q low tone, as they used every effort
to restore these two to consciousness
But there are the strangest tumbles
In this life! These two sworn enemies
seem forever to be thrown across each
others lives. and always in some such
dramatic manner. What will 1t end
In, l w0nder?"
"Oh, don't! moaned Miss Gather.
wood, piteously. doing her best to
obey instructions for restoring con.
sciousness to the beautiful face OF
Alecia upon Beatrice's shoulder. 1T
Is so dreadful. dreadful to have her
look like this. Lane! What can we do
and why did we ever come"
ITO be conti- ued0
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Fer Sunday Closing.

The movemcn, for Sunday closing OF
public houses in England is assuming .
business.ke aspect. Several OF tie lead.
ing bishops. as well as the Archbishop OF
Canterbury. are becoming active IN the
movement. About a million householders
have already been carvasset. ;hc result
showing majority oi seventy TO one in
favor OF Sunday closing.
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Tho Word OF God.

he word OF Cod is the on.y source
Divine truth to the Christian. There i
10 other source that can reveal our ev1|
a. sins against God. And there Is
aca.-st Godfrey. L. G. uoeck, SvcC
bog "a. Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Essence OF Christ tlanitv.

1t is now well understood among ~
who are the recognized leaders OF
tan though, that the essence OF
;iani,y is personal loyalty to the Al
and obedience to His law OF love.
Wash.ng GLADDEN.. WashinGtos,
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France Grateful For Aid.

VI. Jules Cambon. the French Am.
bassadOr. has transmitted to Secretary
Hay mt Washington telegram from
his Government expressing the graft
tude OF France for the energetic efforts
Of This country to relieve the distress
OF Martinique.
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Isn't your new house taking longer
to build than you expected" "Oh, no.
I've only spent twice as much on 1t. 50
far. as I anticipated."-Detroit Free
Press.