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TemDcrancc Notes.

Prohibition sentiment is sweeping
over Kentucky, and it is not out OF
question that eventually it will gain
a clean victory over the saloons.
Fearing the growth OF local option
sentiment, saloonkeepers of Lima,
Ohio. have voluntarily decided to
close their places Of busin sss on Sun
days.
A mighty moral movement has
been sweeping over the States south
of Mason and Dixop's line and teach
ing the principle that strong drink
is the basis of all that is evil.
Webster County, Kentucky, has
voted out the saloon by remarkable
majority. The Woman's Christian
Temperance Union has conducted the
campaign and is naturally elated over
the result.
Mississippi is to take her place in
the ranks of prohibition States. The
strongest plank in Noel's platform
favored statutory prohibition, and the
issue will be settled at the next ses-
sion of the Legislature.
In North Carolina there are only
1862 saloons and thirty-one dispen-
saries. The saloon has been eliu-
mated from all parts of the State cX-
cept incorporated towns that main
tain at least two policemen.
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An Invasion to Be Repelled.

Absinthe, the green terror OF
France" has made it's way to Amer
lea, and an industry has been estab-
lished which within the past few
months has been the subject of anx-
ious inquiry in at least three Euro
pean countries. Belgium has strictly
forbidden absinthe's manufacture, i'm
portation and sale, and the manufac-
turers and dealers have been given
six months in which to dispose OF
their plants and stocks. France,
which consumes ninety per cent. or
the absinthe product of the world, mas
now in consideration q law providing
for the gradual abolition Of the trade.
Switzerland, where the greater part
of the worlds supply has been pro-
duced, is becoming alarmed at the
absinthe habit among the people. 1t
is proposed to enact federal law
prohibiting the manufacture and sale
of the liqueur.
That the United States should have
undertaken manufacture that has
become obnoxious in Europe, and il
legal, is illustrative of the extent to
which faddism prevails in this coun-
try. Without government interven-
tion the use of absinthe might become
as general as the consumption OF
whisky or brandy. To-day it can be
purchased at the buffet OF almost
every saloon. The plant has been
extensively cultivated in Wisconsin
and along the Mississippi River.
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When Every One is Beautiful.

1t has been said in cold print that
men and women are growing more
and more beautiful, and that the pro-
gress of civilization, the better un-
derstanding. of the laws of health, IS
to bring a time when all of us will be
Of absolutely perfect beauty - or,
rather not us, but our ultimate re-
mote descendants. 1t is little diff
cult to feel envy, hatred and malice
for ones descendants, but this news
is enough to induce that evil state OF
mind. However, the prospect affects
one writer quite otherwise. After
ALL" says he, "our lovely descendants
will not have SO gay time. For If
every one is good looking, what on
earth is the good of being good look
ing? So, after all, there are some
advantages in living nowadays. Few
of US have no dear friends uglier
than ourselves. What IS the use OF
a friend if She is not a little-Well,
plain?
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New Customs Rules For India.

The new customs regulations just
issued by the Board Of Revenue will
probably be hailed with appreciation
by all travellers. 1t is instructed that
where no suspicion is entertained of
the smuggling Of dutiable articles or
of the introduction of firearms or
merchandise, the examination OF
handbags, rugs and parcels may be
disposed with, and only a selected
portion of the other baggage need be
examined. Declaration forms will be
issued and each passenger will be
asked simply whether he has any,
thing dutiable or for sale in his pos
session. The direction, too, is once
more given that "the utmost tact and
courtesy must be shown in every
case; the rights of the revenue must
be asserted, but no delay or unneces-
sary annoyance must be caused on
any account to passengers. There
is the further proviso that passengers
baggage need not be detained owing
to arms or ammunition or other
dutiable articles being found in their
boxes unless they have in any way
attempted to conceal them. .'-Allaha-
bad Pioneer.
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RED HAIRED PEOPLE.
Found in Great Numbers in North.
eastern Part of Scotland.

eastern ParI Oh SCOtldiu.
Red hair is found in distinct excess
north of the Grampians, and especial
ly in the northeast Of Scotland. Mr..
Tocher, Peterhead, who has made the
question of pigmentation special
study, and has just been helped to
conclude a color survey of the school
children-over 50,000-of Scotland,
announced this as one of his results.
In most European countries, he
said, there is a distinct predominance
of one type over the others. In north
Germany and Sweden it is the blonde
type; in Italy the brunette. No such
predominance is found in Scotland.
Dark hair and fair are present in
equal proportions. The dominant
color among Scottish children Is
brown, and it has to be shown how
far brown is really blend of fair and
dark.
The proportion of red hair through
out the country is little over five
per cent.-high compared with the
Continent. One cannot overlook the
reference of Tacitus to the red haired
Caledonians. Some curious facts
brought to light suggest that red hair
is not entirely or strictly racial
trait. 1t may have some peculiar
physiological if not pathological con-
nection.-London Daily Mail.
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CHAPTER K.

It was a magnificent starlight night
when Arthur Denstone went On board
the Caledonia, bound for st. Malo.
Though March weather, it was not
cold, the sky was brilliantly
clear and beautiful.
AS the hour for departure drew
near, he stood by the gangway look
ing out eagerly for the arrival of his
young charge; but as time passed
and he saw no one arrive bearing the
slightest resemblance to what he
imagined her to be, he began to get
anxious. 1t was certainly embarrass-
ing. The departure bell, even, began
to ring and he had his foot on the
companion-ladder all ready to spring
ashore at the very last possible mo-
ment, when he was arrested by a
slight touch on the arm, and turn
ing round quickly, he saw a lady
standing close beside him with a
gauze veil tied round her hat. She.
spoke with a very pleasant, gentle
voice, the slight foreign accent being
only distinguishable by the greater
distirctness given to each syllable of
the words she uttered.
"Does Monsieur expect anyone?"
eyes," he answered, now consider
ably annoyed. Good heavens!
What am I to do? I expect young
lady-a child. Pardon me, Madame,
but 1 cannot go without her. must
return on shore"
"Is it by chance Antoinette Ri
gaud?" she said, calmly. "If so, she
is here"
"Oh!" exclaimed Arthur, with a
sigh of relief. THAT is we'll. I
really did not know what to do, and
we are off now"
The boat was moving slowly away
from the pier.
"Perhaps now, Madame, you will
have the goodness to tell me where
can find my little charge" said Ar
thur, raising his hat. II hope she
has not been frightened all alone"
NO" said the lady, and he could
not help fancying there was tone
of some amusement in her voice.
"She is not so very young. I am An
toinette Rigaud."
Arthur started with manifest sur
prise. You Mademoiselle?" he ex-
claimed. The figure beside him was
tall and slender, but of an unmistak-
able woman, perhaps of eighteen or
nineteen, not child in any way; and
there was a quiet calm and dignity
about her manner that gave an i'm
preston sne was older. Her face was
invisible under her veil.
To be Continued.
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Labor and the Saloon.

Samuel Gompers, president OF the
American Federation of Labor, said
in a recent interview: Fifteen or
twenty years ago the common meet
ing place of a labor union would be
a saloon or the room adjoining sa-
loon, but we changed all that.
would not say that it is now never
done, but the whole influence of the
federation is given against it. 1t was
not good for the men. 1t was not
good for the unions. There was more
likelihood of violent talk and unW1se
measures. 1t hurt the standing or
the unions in the community. Hence
that is practically done away with.
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4 RELIGIOUS TRUTHS
From the Writings of Great
Preachers.
THE LAND OF NO BURDENS.

What burden hast thou to carry?
A burden of bitter pain?
Oh! cast it upon the Saviour,
He will give Thea His smile again.
He is the wondrous Healer
OF the ills of our mortal frame;
Tell Him how much you suffer.
Call but upon His name.
What burden hast thou to carry!
A burden of anxious-love!
Are YOU sorry because your GEAR ones
Know not the Friend above!
Law down the weight of your sorrow
Here at the Masters feet; -,
He loves them, and He will WIN them,
For the Saviour Is very sweet.
What burden hast thou to carry!
A burden of constant loss!
But the Lord will carry it Tor you
If YOU Law it beneath His Cross.
There is not thing that happens ;,
But the Saviour can make it well;
So why do you bear it longer,
When YOU have but the grief to tell!
What burden hast thou to carry!
There is none that thou needest bear;
Come with it now to Jesus,
And drop it in faith and prayer.
Trust Him little longer,
Soon He will make you see
How fair in the COLDER sunlight o..
Can the land Of no burdens be-,
Marianne birmingham, In London Sun
day-School Times.
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Is the Bald Earle q Game Birdo

Upon the question whether bald
eagle is a destructive bird hinges the
guilt or innocence Of A. M. Dimmick,
a we'll known man of this city, who
is accused of violation Of the game
laws in wounding and capturing the
bird.
Dimmick, who caught the bird af-
ter shooting and wounding it some
days ago, was arrested to-day by
Game Warden Shoemaker. A hear
ing will be held next week. His at
torneys claim the bird Is destructive,
and that the game law permits 1t to
be shot. - Wilkesbarre Correspond
ence Philadelphia Press.
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Life's True Rhythm.

There were many coming and 60
ing, and they had no leisure so mucn
as to eat. And after He
had taken leave of them He departed
into the mountain to pray.-Mark,
1881, 46.
Plato, in one of his speculations,
pictures the immortal gods listening
to the aerial music Of the spheres.
Is there such a thing as rhythm In
human life? Can it be said to re-
semble music? In word, can a
mans character ring true, not false;
rich, not thin; perfect, not cracked!
Every great life is made up OF two
characteristics-t power to WORK
and the ability to rest. The life that
is all work soon wears out and comes
to nothing. The life that Is all rest
Is weak, flabby and nerveless, accom-
plishing nothing and really worth
nothing. The important problem is
how to combine the two-to work
with every fibre of our being, TO
throw our hearts into whatever tasks
we have in hand, and so to rest that
our Temporary cessation will not unfit
us for life's battle, but will send us
into the conflict with renewed hope
and a more dauntless courage.
This work and rest, this toil1ne
with men and then retiring to be with
God constitutes the true rhythm OF
life! brings out the harmony OF char
acter, the subtlest of music, and
makes men and women immortal for
good to their less gifted brethren.
In this way truly do they make un-
dying music in the world.
We look at some people and won
der how they ever can be so content
ed, nay, not only contented, but
happy. To us it seems as though
they were walking along a Golgotha.
Their environment, their pitiable sur
roundings, all, at least so 1t seems to
us, combine to crush and bennmD
every aspiration, every drea. OF
achieving success.
The reason of their splendid cour.
age is to be found in their ability to
work and to pray; they know how
to open the door on humanity and
open it wide to Almighty God. This
is their secret. This is what enables
them to bear all The sings and ar
rows of outrageous fortune. This Is
why they are patient in suffering
courageous in adversely, humbl
the hour of victory.
No mans life is bed OF roses.
There come to all periods of storm
and stress, when the heavens are as
brass and the earth as iron; when
disappointments, not singly, but as
legion, overtake us; when our pet
schemes, our darling plans, crumble,
and like a child's house OF blocks
fall crashing to the ground. 1t IS
then that we need strength. Our
characters will show at such an hour
whether they have any of the divine
rhythm about them; whether they
will ring out clear and sweet or
cracked and thin; whether we have
the peace that passeth all understand
ing in our hearts, or a poor, make
believe peace, which at the first sign
of conflict will take wings and hy
away.
The great Teacher, in the words OF
the text, shows us how He solved
life's secret, how to sound forth the
ideal music of humanity. Unseltish
action, the result of prayer and vital
prayer, is necessary for further ac-
tion.-The Rev. George Downing
Sparks, Rector of Christ Church,
West Islip, N. Y, in the Sunday
Herald.
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THE WARFARE AGAINST DRINK.
TEMPERANCE BATTLE GATHERS
STRENGTH EVERY DAY.

Who is the Criminal?-The Startling
Plea of a Lawyer in Defense Of a
Shivering Boy Who Stole Loaf
Of Bread.
A ragged, shivering little boy WIS
brought before a magistrate for steal
ing a loaf of bread from a grocer's
window. The grocer himself was the
informer. The judge was about to
pass sentence on the little wretch,
when a knid lawyer offered the fol-
lowing considerations in mitigation OF
his offense:
1.-The child" he said, "is the eldest
of miserable group. Their mother is
an incorrigible sot; their father lies
in a drunkard,s grave. This morn
ing, when the act was committed, the
mother lay drunk upon the floor, and
her children were crying around her
for bread. The elder boy, unable to
bear such misery any longer, rushed
from the house, resolved to obey that
paramount law of nature which
teaches us the principle of self-pres-
ervation, even in disregard to the law
of the land. He seized the penny loaf
from the grocer's window, and, re-
turning to that wretched home,
spread the unexpected morsel before
his hungry brothers, and bade them
eat and live. He did not eat himself.
No; consciousness Of the crime and
fears of detection furnished a more
engrossing feeling than that of hun
ger. The last morsel was scarcely
swallowed before the officer Of JUS
tice entered the door. The little thief
was pointed out by ;he grocer, and he
was conducted before the public tri-
bunal. In the midst of such misery as
this, with the motive Of this little
criminal before us, there is something
to soften the heart of man, though /
deny not that the act is penal Of
fense.
But the tale is by no means told.
This little circle, now utterly fallen
and forlorn, is the wreck Of family
once prosperous, temperate, frugal,
industrious and happy. The father,
strange as it may appear, was once
a professor of religion. The very first
drop of that accursed tincture Of
destruction which conducted him
through the path of corruption to the
grave was handed to him by the very
grocer who now pursues the child OF
his former victim for stealing penny
loaf: The farm became encunbered;
the community turned its back upon
the miserable victim of intemperance;
the church expelled him from the
communion; the wife sought in the
same tremendous remedy for all dis
tracing care an oblivion Of her do
mestic misery. Home became a hell,
whose only outlet was the grave.
"All this aggregate Of human
wretchedness was produced by this
very grocer who sold the man liquor.
He has murdered the father, he has
brutalized the mother, he has beg
CARED the children, he has taken pos
session of the farm, and now prose-
cutes the child for stealing a loaf to
keep his brothers from starving!
But all this is lawful and right;
that is, it is according to law. He
bad stood upon his license. The
theft Of a penny loaf by starving
boy, where his father laid down his
last farthing for rum, is penal Of
fense! THE Pioneer.
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hrthur's hands. 1t was. written "a
a foreign hand, the writing very
small. neat and pointed, and he
opened it with some eagerness.
The contents little astonished
him. Mr.. Denstone had told him
that the next communication on the
subject of his proposed journey would
come from the school at Brighton,
where his young charge was placed,
so he anticipated letter from the
schoolmistress, and was astonished to
receive one from the young lady ia
person.
"Sir:-I have heard from Mr.. AL
fred Denstone from Liverpool that he
has selected you for the purpose of
escorting me to my father's-Mon-
sieur Rigaud's house at Goucy. I
therefore write to inform you that |
propose to cross from Southampton
to St. Malo tomorrow night by the
boat which leaves at 1880. Have
the goodness to meet me on board at
that time, and we can arrange the
further details of our journey sub
sequently. l travel as far as South
ampton with a schoolfellow, so I
shall not require your services till the
time name.
Yours faithfully,
"Antoinette Jacqueline Rigaud."
"My young lady is apparently ex-
ceedingly precocious," said Arthur,
who was half-offended and half
amused at the cool character of the
orders he had received. II am neither
an old butler nor laquais-de-place.
I wonder which she supposes me to
be-"
"She is only a child" said Mrs.
Denstone, glancing at the letter, "and
her unceremonious commands pro-
ceed from childish ignorance"
Arthur acquiesced, but when he
and Tola again read over the letter
they could not divest themselves of
the idea that it was not one written
by child.
"I suspect it is the same Antoin-
cite Rigaud that I knew, after all"
said Tola; land if so, she must be
seventeen or eighteen. She was
about my age, though they said she
looked older. Well, my dear, it will
be rather awkward If it is So"
"It can't be helped" said Arthur.
Anyhow, she has given me no time
for inquiries or anything else, so I
shall just do as am told
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"Too Much Hypoderrlic Education"

There is too much hypodermic
education" said ]. F. Deems, super.
intendent of motive power Of the New
York Central Railroad, at the session
of the National Society for the Pro.
motion of Industrial Education, at
Chicago. There are too many teach.
ers who are too highly educated fol
practical use," continued Mr.. Deems,
"There was never such need for in.
dustrial education as now. There
was never such dearth Of good men
to fill important positions. The SUBJ
ject Of Mr. Deems address was
Trade Instructions in Large Estab-
lishments." He told how at the pres
ent time 500 boys are being trained
in the New York Central shops to be-
come skilled machinists.
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Electric Roads in Italy.

The Italian Government is reported
to be on the point of adopting cleo
tricity to large extent upon Its rail-
roads, and the italian Parliament
lately voted S10,O00,000 for this pur-
pose. The longest sections which are
to be electrically operated at the
start are from Naples to Salerno, q
distance Of thirty-two miles, and from
Milan to Lecco, q similar distance.
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To Pronounce Pepys.

Il am a London honors graduate, !"
writes a correspondent, and don't
know whether to say Peppys' Diary,
or Peps' Or Peeps. Could you not
make a nice instructive paragraph
about the pronunciation Of the name?
Editors may serve a useful purpose
now and then in this way" We are
of the Peeps" school; for no better
reason than that at Cambridge, OF
which university the diarist was a
graduate, he is always called Peeps. "
London Daily News.
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Light Forever and Forever.

Bless God for starlight, and Ho
will give you moonlight; praise Him
for moonlight, and He will give you
sunlight; thank Him for sunlight, and
you snail yet come to the land where
they need not the light Of the sun,
for the Lord God giveth them light
forever and forever. ..-Spurgeon
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PoWerless For Good.

The late Sir Benjamin Ward Rich
ardson. some thirty years ago, was
appointed by the British Association
to test the qualities of alcohol. He
spent three years in this work-us-
ing every test in his power-and the
verdict that ne gave was that alcohoi
was las potent for evil as it was pow
erless for good"
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Wchster'S Opinion.

From the time that, at my moth
er's feet or ON my fathers knee, l
learned to lisp verses from the sacre !
writings, they have been my daily
study and vigilant contemplation. II
we abide by the principles taught IN
the Bible, our country will go on
prospering and to prosper; but II we
and our posterity neglect its instruc-
tions and authority, no man can tell
how sudden a catastrophe may over
whelm US and bury our glory in pro-
found obscurity. ."--Daniel Webster.
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Million Divorces in Twenty Years.

In the last twenty years there have
been more than million divorces in
the United States, more than three
times the number during the preced-
ing twenty years, according to the re-
port of the secretary Of the National
League for the Protection of the Fam
lily. The report was read at the an
nual meeting OF the league at Boston.
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Better Than Indifference.

We want divine enthusiasm for the
kingdom of God. A dose Of cld-fash-
ioned, hot-blocded bigo:ry would be
better than Indifference Conviction
carries weight.-Rey. S. O. Tattcr-
:; IL
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aduinn Of a PhiinSnnher.

Young man, attend to the voice OF
one wno has possessed certain de-
gree OF fame, and who will shortly
appear before his Maker Read the
Bible every day CT your life. SAM
uel Johnson
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Twenty-one thousand gentlemen
and ladies swiped towels from the
Boston public baths last year.
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Concrete Theatre Burned.

The Politeama Theatre, a concrete
building, erected at Valparaiso, Chile,
after the earthquake Of 1y06, vas to-
tally destroyed by fire.
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There are twenty-five collisions
daily in New York City between
street cars and other vehicles where
some damage is done.
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William Sells, a schoolmaster in
the early days of Michigan, now at
eighty, feels that he can spell down
any high school class in the State.
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General Sir Ian Hamilton, who
may succeed Lord Kitchener as COM
mander-in-chief in India, has been
wounded in almost every action in
which he has BEEN"
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New York City's municipal courts
will cost sSO9,950 this year, which is
s32O,70O more than they cost last
year.
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New York City consumes $40 gal
Ions of wine, spirit and malt liquors
each hour in the day.