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Ifnperlal Gnllantry.

How the pleasant eccentrlcitics Of
one gep" alton Win persist In breaking
ont in nother. defying time and ridis
cule aud the change Of manners. 1t
was the plaful way Of Frederick the
Great when he came across a bu1om
weuch to marry her forthwith to the
tallest OF his grenadiers. and It stands
to the credit OF his intuition that these
marriages rarely proved failure.
Now. either in emulation of his great
predecessor or else because he cannot
help II. fhe Kaiser has just had SIM
liar attack OF gallantry - gallantry.
mark you. on a truly imperial scale.
He was visiting Crefeld lately. that
busy town Of silks and velvets on the
lower Rhine. and learned from the
pretty girl inhabitants that all they
wanted In the world was 4 handful OF
iicutenants to dance with them. Hey.
presto! the autocratic mandate has
gone forth thGt Crefeld Is to have It's
garrison in the shape Of crack hus-
sar regiment. and the burgomaster Is
busy preparing 1t accommodation,
That regiment Is lucky II 1t Is not
christened In future Fraunhusaren. or
worst Of all. Tanswehr-Pall Mall Ca
zptte
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The Crusade IL Brief.

II you lift the veil where strong drink is.
misery OF some kind is sure To be on view.
An athlete in perfect condition Is made
drunk by an extremely small amount OF al
cohol.
1t Is the intention to drive out all mod
crate drinkers from the German railway
service.
The Ministerial Association OF Ashland.
Wis. comprising the h~,ds oi the sixteen
churches o. the city. ha, decided to make
a united effort to supprt-s the running OF
saloons ard other places OF bisincs, on
SUNDAY.
The An.i-Sa!oon League OF Indiana has
undertaken To close 100 saloons IN Indiana
this month by means oi r"mons;rances
against applicants for l'ccnsc..
VI. De Terra. gcaeral director o: !hs
eerrnan rairoads. has announced tha: an
embargo will be placed on al cmpo;"S on
the railroads who are not total lb-taIucTs.
aud al. such persons will be- discharged at
the earliest possible moTc:t
The .Anti-Saioon League "f TcnncsSce
repo-.< a State membership nf D.hn. The
Leaders Of the league have .r'urc,l from
The, Internal Rcycnur Collectors Office STA
tiStl"s regarding tnr holders oi Govern
men, license IN sc"cra! dry towns and
promise 10 take some action looking tO
the s:ipprcSslon OF the '"rs"n> holding
such Licenses.
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Pure Sunlight nnd Air.

We have often heard Of Sunny
Italy" or the clear light" Of Egypt.
says the Desert. but. believe me. there
Is no sunlight there compared with
that which falls upon the upper peaks
OF the Sierra Madre or the uninhabit-
able wastes Of the Colorado desert.
Pure sunlight requires for Its existence
pure air. ard the Old World has little
Of II left. When you are In Rome
again and stand upon that hill where
all good Romanists 90 at sunset. lock
out and see how dense Is the atmos-
phere between You and st. Peters
dome. That same thick air Is all over
Europe. all around the Mediterranean.
even over in Mesopotamia and by the
banks Of the Ganses. 1t has been
breathed and burned and battle smoked
for 10000 years. Ride up and over the
high tablclands Of Montana-one can
still ride there for days without seeing
trace Of humanity-anG how clear
and scentless. how absolutely intangi-
bic that sky blown. sunshot atmos-
phere. You breathe II without feeling
II. you see through 1t a hundred miles.
and the picture is not blurred by 1t.
Once more ride over the enchanted me-
sas OF Arizona at sunrise or sunset.
with the ragged mountains OF Mexico
to the south Of lou. and the broken
spurs OF the great Sierra round about
you. and all the glory of the Old shall
b. as nothing to the gold and purple
aud burning crimson Of this New
World.
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THE HAVEN or DREAMS.

NAaY Z. BpcK ~ CHICAGO rarEs-ocEAN.
When the weary da, with its toll is DER
And darkness brcods over earth once
more,
We gladly slip through the gates OF night,
And sai, for 1 mystical shore.
In the soft. winged shallop OF sleep we G.ide
Ger Q silent sea with rhythmic nde.
That lalls to rest each throbbing woe
Our aching hearts may hide.
And though from aiar no beacon s.eams.
Nor mariners star sheds its guiding beams,
Vet ever the unseen ships 90 by.
Seeking the haven OF dreams.
And when we've entered that haven fatr.
The wonders untold tnit await Us there!
Back in the meadows OF Childhood We
roam.
Basking again in ,ae loveiisht OF home.
The dear ones we've lost are with Us once
more.
Just as we knew tncm and loved them OF
yore;
And none ever doubt. all is not rs it seems
While we linsc: catrlGced In the haven OF
dreams
So it seemcth 10 ME that some shadowy
night >.
When death draws the curtain well slip
out OF sight.
And sail in a shallop Ike that we call sleep,
To a -=oederful land where no eyes ever
weep,
And the haven o: dreams leth white.
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Gods whiteness.

Rev. F. B. Meyer tells this little incl
dent, which occurred during his ministry:
"Once. when I was paying parochial
calls, dropped in on a washerwoman
who had just got out / line OF clothes.
congratulated my friend because they
looked 20 white. So. very much encour.
aged bv her pastors kind words, she asked
him to have a cup Of tea. and we sat
down. Whilst we were taking the tea the
sky clouded and there was snowstorm.
and "a l came out the white snow lay
everywhere, and said to her:
Your washing does not look quite SO
clean as it did
".Ah," she said, "the washing is right
enough, but what can stand against God
Almishtys white;'
$50 you may think that you are clean,
because you have never seen God. When
you God. your holicst day will seem
to be imperfect; you will abhor yourself.
and repent in dust and ashes. and you
will need to say: Forgive me my debts a.
forgive my debtors.
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Tie gamest OF salt water fish. after
the striped bass, Is the wcakfsh or sea,
trout. The sport Of angling for theml
Is generally enhanced because. feeding,
as they generally do near the surface
II is possible to fish for them with light
tackle. The best places to find them
In the vicinity of New York are ia!
maica Bay. the southwestern shore OG
Staten Island and the mouth OF the
Shrewsbury River. While they have
been caught weighing upward Of TWEEN
ty pounds. six or ten FOUNDER Is a
good size and the average will only
run from one to two and half There
is never any doubt when n weakfish
bites. He does not nibble around the
hook, but takes the bait at one fair
swoop and then starts of with IL like a
limited express with time to make up.
He Is shy fish and the man who uses
q small line. light leaders anI smells to
his hook. and keeps quiet while fishing
Is the one who Is apt to have the best
luck.-Countrv Life In America. .
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In Washington q dozen years ago there
lived q beautiful and spirited giri, tho
daughter of q distinguished soldier. Her
wedding was o fashionable event. Every
thing seemed to give promise OF happy
life-a loving husband, fond parents, many
friends, money in plenty and an assured
On tuesday last this girl was admitted
to Bellevue Hospital, broken in health,
enfeebled in mind, meanly clothed, her
beauty gone, as pathetic q wreck ~ ever
drifted onto charity's shore.
In tho intervening years the father died
of a broken heart, the husband procured
a divorce, friend after friend fell away:
The girl went upon the stage. and would
have succeeded there but for one cause.
the cause' that has ruined herself and
spread grief and shame among those who
loved and did their utmost to save her.
Drink, OF course-a passion for the poi
son which she could not. or would not, re-
sist With intelligence to understand per:
OF s,iccumbing to the appetite. this woH-
IN yielded until it haa become hend,sh
master. not to be disobeyed. For ths
qualification of her appetite she has paid
with all that makes life worth living. ana
to-day is a broken and hopeless outcast,
capable OF suffering the kecIcst misery,
but incapable OF self.rcsttiiEt when the
drink devil tempts her.
There is 4 temperance lesson TO: you:
There is 4 warning to the young ana
needless and pleasnre..oving who play
with this hell's fire. which can burn out
everything that is manly IN 4 man and
woman!y in woman.-Ed,toriil IN the
New York Evening Journal.
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THE RELIGIOUS LIFE
READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF.

Poem: Dwell Deep-With the Breaking Of
tho Sabbath Has Como . Decline Ia
the Joy or Attending Divine Worship
.PsssIng OF the Quiet Lords Day.
Dwell deep. o my soul, in the love-depths
divine;
In the depths OF Gods love there Is
peace.
Dwell deep; hour by hour. where Gods
fulness is thine;
From all care, in the depths, 10 release.
Dwell deep. far below the wild rage OF
the gale,
Far beneath the onrush Of the wave.
Dwell deep, in the CAIN. where no blast
can assail,
From all strife. in the depths. He doth
Dwell deep. where no foemau can ever
Far removed from all danger and fear;
Dwell deep in His love; to thy safe ret.
Where His hand wipes away every tear.
Dwell deep. o my soul; in the depths.
deeper yet.
Where with thee He communeth alone.
Dwell deep; all thy psin and thy anguish
forget
In the love.rcst He gives to "His Own"
Ernest G.. Wellesley Wesley.
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A Terrestrial Iceberg.

Between Mount Kazbek and Ghima:1i
Ehokh in the Caucasus a glacier descends
into the narrow wedge-shaped valley OF the
Ghenll Don, which after course OF about
thirteen miles joins the Ghizel Don. trib,
utary OF the Terek. Like most glaciers OF
the Caucasus, the Ghenal Don has o: late
years receded considerably, and sonie years
ago copious springs Of hot sulphur water water
were uncovered by this recession ABOUT
the glacier broke of and slid down the val.
lev. GRADING down everything in its path.
Tbirty.two lives were lost. Later another
huge block of ice broke of and followed the
6rst with terrible rapidity for over eight
miles down the valley
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Brief Truths About Alcohol.

We misht thus summarize the truths
about alcohol taken as q beverage IN
health, in varying quantities, from phyno'
LOGICAL moderation to excess:
/. Alcohol Is q poisonous drug, whose
special action in the body is brain cell
paralysant, destroying these cells in the
inverse order Of their development.
9. Alcohol dsturbs the circulation,
leading TO loss of body temperature and
an accumulation OF waste products IN the
blood, accompanied by great depression
and muscular weakness.
3. Alcohol tends 10 produce in all, pro.
portionate to the quantity taken, cirrhotic
disease Of all the tissues and organs OF tho
body.
/. Alcohol tends to produce an irresist-
ible craving for itself.
5. Alcohol predisposes to all infectious
and many organic diseases.
8. Alcohol diminishes the chances OF
recovery in those attacked with any dis
ease, other than those resulting from It's
use. y
:. Alcohol increases the sick rate and
shortens life.
s. Alcohol predisposes to consumption
and all tubcrcular diseases.
9. Alcohol increases lunacy and crime.
10. Alcohol is absolutely unnecessary TO-
health.
II. Alcohol promotes hemorrhase and
does not check it.
II. Alcohol adds no muscular strength
to the body; at most it encourages the
expenditure of its force in the shortest
possible time.
II these are the true facts about alco-
hol taken as a beverage in health, we are,
as medical men, individually and collec-
lively, in duty and in honor bound to
make them known to the public, over
whose health we pretend to preside.
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picked expression on her flushed face.

picked expression on her flushed face.
you have wife"
"She's a nightmare" reto-ted the
young fellow. not a wife"
Please CO." urged the girl. Its
cowardly to speak so Of woman and
that woman your wife. am disap.
pointed In you-more than can tell"
LET me tell you Of my nightmare
wife" pleaded the young lawyer as he
stood directly in front OF the chair In
which the girl was seated.
Il admit that loved her very much.
that our courtship was happy. roman-
tic and all that She was an ideal wife
for a few weeks. then all changed. To
nv faults she was always unkind. She
became cold and Indifferent to my de-
sires and fancies. She was cross and
fre;ful. She became careless In her
personal appearance except when she
expected friends. She quarrell-d with
the servants. she neglected the
hoase-
Don't tell E,e any more" pleaded
the girl.
Just a little more" urged the young
fellow. when I sometimeS-not OF.
ten-came home a little under the gen.
tie influence Of something stronger
than water. my nightmare wife did not
walt until the next morning. when /
had recovered. to scold me. but talked
at me when wanted siecp and began
again at breakfast"
WAS that so bad?" inquired the girl.
THAT was the very worst Of 1t: a
man with a bad head can't stand 4
sco!ding. A wife-a loving. gentle.
sensible wife-wou!d wait until after
the head had resumed its normal shape
and then do her sco!dins."
II think you are right" said the girl.
with a smile.
DO you mean that?" inquired the
man.
Il do: know you are right"
II thought that I had not made .
mistake in you'll have been studying
you for many days and I am good
judge Of character"
Il am awfully sorry you have such a
wife. I loved the wife You first told
me about. Why did you do that?"
Because I wanted to draw you out
and study you. pictured my dream
wife and now have tCld you OF my
nightmare wife"
(which Is the real one you have?"
eagerly inquired the manicure girl.
whether have the dream wife !
think depends on you" said the youu:
lawyer. "a he leaned over the girls
chair and gazed into her face.
Il don't understand you" retorted
the girl.
Il have neither I dream wife nor a
nightmare wife. except in fancy. but I
want you to be my wife - my ideal
wife" Silence reiEned supreme for a
few seconds and with the glory Of the
setting srn full on her pretty face the
girl softly said:
II understand. and I will try."-New
York Sun.
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THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE Of IN1EMPERANcE.

Fosm: B~ 70 soSer-rhs Series Of jokes
Pcrpssrsted By the "whisky DsviIs''
IL N Old n the Discovery Of Heu 10 Ex.
tract Murder and Insanity From 0rais.
"Be ye sober!" If ye covet
Healthy days and peaceful nights.
Stroag drink warpeth those who love II,
Into sad and fearful sights.
'Be ys sober!" cheeks grow hAgeard.
Eyes turn dim snd pulse tide blood
Runs too fast or crumbleth laggard
When there's poison in the Hood.
Shun the dram" that can but darken.
When its vapor gleam has fled,
Reason says and ye must harken,
TIessened drink brings double bread"
Though your rulers may neglect ye.
"Be ye sober!" in your strength!
And they must and shall respect ye
And the light shall dawn at length.
But let none cry out for freedom,
With loud and ieverish breath;
While they let foul cup lead them
To the slavery of death.
Eliza Cook.
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without Equal.

Be certain OF this. that no misery can be
equal to that which man feels who is
conscious that he has proved unequal to
his part. who has deserted the post his
captain set him. and who. when men said,
"Such aud such a one is there on guard,
there is no need to take further heed"
has left his watch or quailed before the
focman. TO the loss. perhaps the total
ruin, of the cause he had made his choice.
j. II. Shorthouse.
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Just und Fair.

You will not be sorry for hearing before
Judging. for thinking before speaking. for
holding an angry tongue. for stopping the
ear to a talebearer, for disbelieving most
OF the i'll reports. ior being kind to the
body. for doing good to ali men, for ask.
ing pardon for all wrongs, for speaking
evil Of no one. for being courteous to all.
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Our Real Possess Ions.

Time. study. sacrifce-these are tho
coin with which we buy our real posses.
sions. They are exchangeable nowhere.
God gives away nothing except on the
most positive conditions. The disposition
to receive can never be absent. An arbi.
trary salvation is impossible. There must
always be an open door. a dustless win.
dow-somethins through which the light
may come. me.-Presbyterian.
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The whisky DEVILS Very Good Joke.

Tho Whisky DEVILS Very Good Joke.
You will remember the policeman who
killed his wife, and afterward said, full OF
remorse:
"It was the DEVILS joke. Whisky did il.
She was the best woman that ever lived"
The devils whisky jokes did not stop at
this policcman's crime, or begin with 1t.
That series of jokes is NJ old a. mans
discovery Of the fact that it is possible BY
fermentation to extract murder and insan.
ity from grain.
The Rev. Sam Small for many years
has made specially OF lectufing In favor
OF temperance.
Recently he appeared in Vermont, en-
deavored to speak, collapsed On che plat
form and afterward confessed:
"T was drunk"
This was considered an excellent joke BY
many. It was thought very funny and
amusing that q clergyman who had all his
life been preaching against drink should
apnear drunk before gathering OF tenn
perate, earnest men and women.
It was q good joke-of the whisky devirs
kind.
But in the humiliation of this unfortu-
nate man. and in the distress OF his an.
dience, there was lesson for great many
other men, as well as . good whisky dew
Is Joke.
In the plight OF the drunken clersymaa
there was no reason for humiliation on the
part Of those who advocate temperance:
On the contrary, there is double proof Of
the need Of such preaching a. theirs.
II whisky il strong enough to win such Q
victory-if whisky can bring 80 good joke
to a successful c!imax-it shows the power
that resides in whisky and its hold over
human beings.
There have been few better whisky Jokes
than the collapse OF the Rev. Sam SmaA
there have been no more powerful tenn
perance sermons than that same collapse
OF a man helpless TO resist when he knew
80 wen the inevitable result New York
American and Journal.
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IN. Cable Lines OF the World.

According to information published by
the United States Treasury Bureau OF
graph lines in the world, the aggresat.
length of which is nearly 1000 miles
The number Of messages annually trans
mitted over these lines exceeds 6.0O.opO.
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sIsny Buildtnrs In Brooklyn.

There are in the borough OF Brooklyn
10000 apartment or tenement houses less
than half the number of New York;. ii .coo
stores. 10000 stables. 5000 factories. 5il ho.
tes or hotel saloons, 3l5 schools, $40
churches, 90 theatres, 9l lodging houses,
2I5 clubs, 40 station houses, l28 engine
houses. l53 hospitals and asylums and 1900
warehouses.
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The whaling bark Platina. OF New Bed
ford, Mass. has captured near Barbados, 4
pure white whale. which made 100 barrels
oi oil. In his twenty-five years OF Whaling
Captain Mckenzie writes that he never be
fore saw white whale.
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stapa Aiaakan Parcel Nail.

The Postoffice Department during the
winter months will not transmit parcei
mail to twenty nine postofices IN ALASKA.
these including Nome. ST. Michael. Circle
Eagle. Fort Yukon. Rampant, Tanani. lei
Ter and Unalakleet.
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All Conddence.

When faith in the authority of Scrip
ture is destroyed it takes with it all con-
fdence in Methodism.-The Rev. w. T.
Euster, Evanston. lii.
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One hundred and seventy.two species oI
blind creatures are known to science, anG
many more are constantly being discop
cred in great caves.
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yaiuc OF Bricks and Tiles.

The total value OF the manufacture OF
bricks and tiles in the United states IN
1900 wa, s76,335,S7l, AID OF pottery Ss','
76S,6I0.
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Record OF q Sea Captain.

Captain K. W. Fuller, of Boston. has
sailed more than 6JO.G0O mi.es and has
passed around Cape Horn twenty-five
times.
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His Dream Wife

E-the man Of this little incl
dent. that took place one af-
terroon this week In one OF
the skyscrapinc office build
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when We notice the devils position IN tss
tsm6tation Of Christ. Matthew 4: ~,
Again the devil taketh Him up into S az
exceedingly high mountain. aud shoyeta
Him al the Kingdoms OF the wor'd, ano All an
these | things will give Thee il Thou Wit
were wei INA making one last great effort to over
throw the Master and rule the worla. @
Certain direct statements are made con.
cern;ng him by our Master. No stronger
one os ean I be- found than that which is 70.
corded in John 8: a. "Ye are Of your
father. the devil. and the lusts OF your
father ye will do. He was a muIderss .ss
from the beginning. and abode not IN !oe
When When he u spcaketh lie he speake.h Of hi. i:
own: for he is 4 liar and the father OF 1t.
He is a terrific foe. and in the, interests OF
ali young men who desire to be true and
like Christ I lift up my voice against hlm'
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The devil Is certainly not myth. ]
shall give his names in a little while and
call your attention to the fact that they
arc all found in the New Testament. SO
this is not an Old Testament delusion car
ried down to the present time, as some
would have US believe. for a.mos. al the
information concerning him we are de.
pendent upon the New Testament Scrip.
lures. The Old Testament is strangely ST.
lent. ] call your attention to this fact that
if you read in the Old Testament the &C.
count Of the temptation and fall in Eden.
then the trouble of Job, then the number
ing OF Israel by David. and finally the Wig
ion OF Joshua. the high priest. and Satan
contendins with him. you have the four
places where Satan is definitely mentioned
and his work particularly described. The
evidences of his existence are everywhere
to be seen in the Old Testament. but these
are not in direct statements. This does
away with the position OF many people
who are disposed to say a good dea! abon!
the Satan myth. which had its rise in the
infancy Of our race. when the human mind
was exceedingly childish and crcdulous.
The devil il the author OF evil, the fount-
ain of weakness. the adversary OF the
truth, the corrupter of the world. He
planteth snares. soweth error, nourisheth
contention. disturbeth peace and scatter
e.h affliction. ! arm sure there is never
greater g!cc in hell than when a church
auarre, is cnlcndercd. nor when peace is
driven away from heart and home in the
face OF n storm OF contention. This is a
word picture OF him. but We must have
more.
It Is quite plain that Satan bad some
connection with tine earth before ryan ap-
pearcd He is now supposed to be a fal.
len angel. IL this supposition is true then
the New Testament references would
seem to indicate that pride and envy were
the cause Of his fall. When God said.
'Iet US make man. and let him have do
minion over everything that We have
made" the envy began. and as another has
suggested this seems to be the true fact