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Prayer.

o Thou whose eye is over all the
children of men, and who hast called
them, by Thy Prince of Peace. into a
kingdom not Of this world, send forth
His spirit speedily into the dark
places of our guilt and woe, and arm
1t with the piercing power of Thy
grace. May it reach the heart OF
every oppressor, and make arrogancy
dumb before Thee. Let It still the
noise Of our strife and the iumult OF
the people: put to shame the false
idols of every mind; carry faith to
the doubling, hope to the fearful.
strength to the weak, light to the
mourner; and more and more in.
crease the pure in heart who see their
God. Commit Thy word, o Lord, to
the lips of faithful men or the free
winds Of Thine invisible Providence,
that o the knowledge Of Thee may
cover the earth as the waters cover
the channels. Of the deep. And so
let Thy kingdom come, and Thy will
be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.
Amen.-James Martineau.
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XII.

Lady Car had done too mucn, the
doctor said. The last dinner had been
given; the last guest had departed,
and life at the Towers was about
to begin under its new aspect-a
changed aspect, and one which those
of the spectators who were free from
any personal feeling on the subject
regarded with some curiosity. How
was Tom to assume his new position
as head Of the house in presence Of
his mother and stepfather? Were
they to remain there as his guests?
Were they to leave along with the
other visitors? Tom himself had
fully made up his mind on this sub
ject. He was indeed a little nervous
about what Beau would say, and kept
his eyes steadily away from hat gen.
tleman when he made his little an
nouncement, which was down at
breakfast on the first morning after
the family party was left alone. 1t
must be promised that Toms birth
day was in the end of July, and that
by this time August had begun.
Il say, mother" Tom said. He
gave a glance round to make quite
sure that the newspaper widely I'M
folded made a screen between himself
and Beau. Il mean to go in for the
grouse this year on the Patullo
moor"
Il have always heard il was too
small for such sport" said Lady Car.
"Oh. l don't know that. You never
would let me try. The keepers nave
had it all to themselves, and l dare
say they've made a good thing u of
it. But this year I'm going to make
a change. I've asked a lot OF fellows
for the 18th"
You are losing no time, Tom. ]
am glad to find you are so hospita-
ble," said his mother.
"Oh, hospitable be hanged ! want
to have some fun" said the young
master. And I say. mother"-he
gave another glance at the newspaper.
which was still opened out in front of
his s%tepfather. And Beau had made
no remark. Mother. I say, l don't
want, you know, to hurry you: but a
lot of fellows together are sometimes
a bit rowdy. mean. you know, you
mightn't perhaps like You're so
awfully quiet at Easton. mean, you
know"
THAT you want US to leave the
Towers, Tom"
oh. l don't go so far az that. ]
only meant Why. mother. don't
you know? It's all different. It's
-not the same kind Of thing-it's-"
Il understand" she said. in her
quiet tone. and with hsT R>Sal smile.
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Use For SunfOwer Seed.

F. D. Coburn is thinking of issuing
a bulletin advising Kansas farmers to
devote a little ground and a little
time to the culture of the Russian
%sunf1ower. Mr.. Coburn has found
that there is a good market in Eng
land and other countries of Europe
for the sunfiower seeds, which when
ground and crushed produce an oil
that is used in manufacture of the
finest toilet soaps. Mr.. Coburn
learned of this through a letter from
H. A. w. Corfeld, of London, who
asked that the names Of farmers who
produce the sunflower seeds be sent
him. Mr.. Corield is a grain impor-
ter. Mr.. Coburn started in to learn
all about the sunflower seeds, because
if there was anything useful that
could be made from them he wanted
to know it and tell the Kansas farm
er about it.-Kansas City Journal.
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Dickens Stories in China.

The Chinese, says a writer In the
Wide World Magazine, are rapidly
taking IN Western ideas and trans
lations of English, French and Amer
lean novels are now in increasing de-
mand. Our romantic and sentimental
treatment of love affairs, however. is
a thing so foreign to Oriental ethics
that the hero of the ordinary Euro
pean novel appears to the Chinese
mind as a person of perverted moral
sense and doubtful sanity. Transla-
lions Of Dickens, therefore, impress
tie Chinese reader legs than they
amaze him, and detective stories and
tales Of adventure command a moro
sympathetic audience.
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Arguments That Get Home.

Poor old John Barleycorn; what
hard, hard days these are for him!
What hard, hard knocks he Is get
tingi Such effective blows as are be-
ing planted en- him now we do not
remember to have seen handed to
him before. Indeed, the statistical
information that gives them their
strength is largely a product of mod
ern and fairly recent Investigation.
Cough and the rum-fighters Of his
school were largely sentimental.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union and like organizations have
not appealed strongly either in their
reasoning OF their methods to the
neutral ~bystanders. But the new
processes of attack reach many per-
sons in whom the old processes mere
ly raised a derisory antagonism.
Such pieces as DR.. Williams has con-
.tributed to McClure's Magazine, such
declarations as DR.. Frederick Peter
son made in his address last month
at the Charities and Correction Con-
ference, seem to Us to be somewhat
extreme, but put out as they are by
medical men of considerable author.
ity, they are very effective. To say.
"You sha'n't have any rumi" is not
of much use. To say, Rum does
you no good, Is dangerous, and di.
rectly or indirectly has. done you g
lot Of damage" counts for something.
provided the person to whom it Is
said can be made to believe it. The
reason why Mr. Taft has turned down
his wineglasses-if he has-is doubt.
less because he has use for every
ounce of energy and thinking capacity
his machinery can generate, and moth.
ing to spare for any amusement thai
is not a true recreation. He is prob.
ably convinced that alcohol in the
long run Is a hindrance to health
and work, and feels unwilling to put
up with any hindrances that he can
avoid. His position, Of course, is
peculiar, for he is the strong man
fitting himself to run a hard race, and
willing to take measures that another
man, just as sane, but with easier
times ahead Of him, would not con-
slider either necessary or eXpedient.
We like to see such men as Dr.. Mum
sterberg and Dr.. Dana interpose their
moderate counsels and protests
against the sweeping condemnation Of
alcoholic beverages, for it would be
a pity to see a strong and timely
movement towards great and neces.
sary reforms sweep on into extremes
Of opinion and. action which justice
could not countenance or moderation
accept. For the rise against alcohol
all over the world is the most inter-
esting movement of social reforma-
ton in sight, and lone of the energy
enlisted in it should be wasted In ex-
cesses that will lead to reaction, or
methods that are Ill advis ID. The
great weapons against alcohol are
sound knowledge and persuasion.
Compulsion is of little use, and re-
striction, to be salutary, must rest
upon the consent and approval of the
communities in which it operates.-
Harper's Weekly.
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BITTER WAR ON lNTEMPERANCE
SOLDIERS FIGHTING THIS CURSE
GREATLY CHEERED.
Jim jenkins.

Jim Jenkins was born with a pinhead
All through his life was too shiftless to
think,
But still by a kindly and lucky fatality.
He early became much addicted to drink.
So he sat about bar-rooms and sought the
Of low-minded persons of liberal views.
and every one grieved at the mans in
ebriety,
And said he'd be great if it wasn't for
booze.
lie hadn't the sense of q yapping skye
terrier,
And sober or drunk he was always a
fool,
But drink was held up by his friends as the
barrier
That blocked his success when he hunked
out at school.
His think tank was added by notions the
hightiest,
His eye had a sodden and meaningless
blink,
Yet people insisted that he'd be the
Leader Of men if he just didn't drink.
Jim jenkins prototypes swarm through
humanity,
All of them sodden, and hopeless and
lost,
But each %clinging still to some remnants
of vanity.
Thinking what honor their habits have
cost.
And the fatuous world takes a serious view
of them, T..
Saying, "Ah! if they only had turned
down the cup"
Until now and then an occasional few of
them .'
Still remain fools after SOLDERING up!
Chicago Examiner.
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BEGGAR WHO USES Ills BRAINS.
He Thinks Out His Manner of Ap.
proach and Easily Nails His Man.

Little ingenuity beggars show as a
rule; it is usually the same old story
of not having had anything to eat for
two days or two weeks; no originate
ty, no evidence of effort to think OF
something new. But here was a beg
gar who at least had something differ
ent to say and who said it c~heerfully.
The beggar approached a man
whose head was matched with, gray
standing one step up from the SIDE
walk in front Of a building looking
over an evening paper that he had
just bought, and as he stood thus,
his face obscured by the paper, he
heard the voice of a man standing
that n step down on the sidewalk
In front of him, speaking to him and
saying in a pleasant, even tone:
Pop, 1 don't think you'd throw a
man down for two cents, would you?"
Removing the paper from in front
of his face and looking down the man
on the step saw the man who had
made that speech standing looking
up at him coolly and smitngly. A
young man, and so not yet too lazy
to use his brains in his begging.
True, his effort here was repre-
scented mainly by an exhibition OF
nerve, of sheer cheek, but by his
cheerful buoyancy, in fact his eful-
gent effrontery, was his cheek some
what gilded, and at least he was max
ing an effort; he had looked over his
man and taken the trouble to think
out a manner Of approach that he
thought would go with him, and then
he had worked out this plan with care
and attention to detail and his effort
was not without its reward.-NeW
York Sun.
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RELIGIOUS READlNG
@
hymn.
FOR THE QUIET HOUR.

I love the sunny hours, and seek
Full measure Of their Joy, to know;
I welcome, gladly. hold, and then
With equal gladness see them go.
For I must learn another love,
Else life will prove too light and vain;
There waits a deeper lesson now,
The strange significance OF pain.
And he who loves the God of joy,
Exulting in His favoring grace,
Must learn to recognize in turn
The God of the averted face.
O God of shadows! teach my heart
To worship at Thy lonely shrine;
To linger when the lights grow dim,
And own the darkness, too, as Thine.
Forever more the clearer heights
Beyond the deeper valleys rise;,
And through the temples darkened courts
God leads the soul to paradise.
Rev. Pemberton II. Cressey, in Christian
Register.
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Beauty of q Life of Service.

No. indeed, there is NJ wonder that
God loved the world. There Is no
wonder that Christ, the Son of God,
at any sacrifice, undertook to save the
world. The wonder would have been II
God, sitting in His heaven-the won.
der would have beenif Jesus, ready to
come here to the earth, and seeing
how it was possible to save men Hrom
sin by suffering, had not suffered.
Do you wonder at the mother when
she gives her life without hesitation
or a cry, for her child, counting 1t
her privilege? -.
There Is one word of Jesus which
always comes back to me as about
the noblest thing that human lips
have ever said upon Jul earth. When
He was sitting with His disciples at
the last supper, how He lifted up His
voice and prayed, and in the midst
of His prayer there came these Won
drous words: "For their sakes /
sanctify Myself, that they also might
be sanctifed. The whole Of human
: life is there. Shall a mar cultivate
himself? No, not primarily. Shall
a man serve the world; strive to in
crease the kingdom of God in the
world? Yes, indeed, he shall. How
shall he d.. it? Bycultivating himself,
and instantly he is thrown back upon
his own life. For their sakes / sane
tify Myself, that they also might be
sanctifed." I am my best, not simply
for myself, but for the world. That
is the law of my existence.
: You can help your fellow-mep;
you must help your fellow-men, but
the only way you can help them is by
being the noblest and the best man
that it is possible for you to be-. ]
watch the workman build upon the
building which, by the by, is to soar
into the skies, to toss its pinnacle up
to the heavens, and I see him looking
up and wondering where those pima.
Giles are to be-, thinking how high
they are to be, measuring the feet,
wondering how they are to be built.
and all the time he Is examining rot
ten stone into the building just where
he has set to work. Let him forget
the pinnacles, If he will, or hold only
the floating image/of them in his i'm
agination for his inspiration, but the
thing he must do Is to put a brave,
strong soul, an honest and substan.
tial life. into the building just where
he is now at work. Let yourselves
free into your religion and be unset.
fish. Claim your freedom in service,
Phillips Brooks.
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Patent Treaty With Germany.

Secretary Bacon and Count o
Bernstorff, German Ambassador, at
Washington, D. c., signed a patent
agreement between the two countries.
negotiations for which have been I'M
der way for some time. 1t will be
sent to the Senate for ratification.
Officials decline to discuss the treaty,
but it is understood that the negotia-
tons contemplated a provision MAX
ing it Unnecessary for inventors, in
order to protect their patent rights,
in the country of the other to erect
factories in which to manufacture
their inventions, as is required by the
English law.
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Race Separation in Saloons.

"We have a new liquor law down
In Louisiana, that has perhaps no
duplicate in any State" said George
M. Chester, a cotton planter of Baton
Rouge.
Under this statute the retail
liquor places are classed as either
white or negro saloons, and those of
which colored men are proprietors
are forbidden to sell drinks to white
customers. The idea Of the makers
Of the law was to keep a certain dis
reputable element of both races from
commingling in barrooms and hatch
ing up schemes of an illegal nature
while uncer the influence Of intoX-
icants. In Baton Rogue there will be
twelve saloons operated by blacks.
and the effects of combining their
business to negro patrons exclusively
will be we'll worth studying ."-Balti-
mora American
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Church to Run q Theatre.

The Universalist, one Of the larg-
est churches of Atlanta, Ga, Is max
ing preparations on a large scale to
have it's own theatre, plays and
actors. The movement was original
ed by the pastor, the Rev. e. Dean
Fleetwood. The first play to be pro-
duced is 1.-THE Servant in the House"
The lower floor of the church Is be-
ing rapidly converted into a stage,
with footlights, scenery, curtains and
other properties.
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Teeth at Two Weeks Old.

Two weeks of age and with two
fully developed teeth is the unique
phenomenon of the babe of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. King, of 1880 Thirtieth
street. At birth the child's gums
were normal, but the teeth develoued
before the child vas two weeks old.
At this extreme young age the babe
was compelled to undergo a dental
operation for the removal of these
malformations or forced growths.-
Des Noines Register and Leader.
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The Other Children.

The greatest thing, says one, a man
can do for HIS heavenly Father is to
be kind to some of His other chill.
dren. I wonder why it is that we are
not all kinder than we are? How
much the world needs it.! How cas-.
lily. 1t is done! How instantaneously
it actsi How infallibly 1t is remem
bered.. How superabundantly it pays
itself back-for there is no debtor IN
the world so honorable, so superbly
honorable, as love.-Henry Drum
mond. 70.
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Legacy Cost Of a Drink.

The will Of Mrs. Mariana A. Og-
den, who died at LenoX, Mass, and
which disposes Of nearly 100000 in
cash, besides a large quantity of real
estate, was filed recently in the Sur
rogate's office in New York City.
Among other legacies was $4,000 to a
nephew, John Arnot Rathbone, ON
condition that he does not drink until
he attains the age OF twenty-one and
an additional $4,000 should he alb.
stain from drinl, and also from the
Use Of tobacco until ne is twenty-five.
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4 Dcprayed Business.

Temperance experts declare that
every effort 10 regulate the traffic by
license laws has been a failure; that
while the law forbids any one to en-
gage in the traffic who is not of good
moral character, that there is that
inherent in the traffic which lnev-
itably subverts moral character, and
as a result the business drifts into the
hands OF men who are morally de-
PRAYED.
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Thought.Stuff and Life-Stuff.

An imperial church, is conditioned by
a holy church. Her imperial thought
will depend for its virtue upon her
personal life. Thought-stuff is made
out of !ife-stuff. When the home
church is alive, she will grasp the
ends of the earth.-J. II. Jowett,
NJ. A.
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Husbands Testimonial.

A Burman witness, looking in the
prime of condition. deposed quite
c~omplacently in a criminal case that
ne had no occupation. My wife, a
good. careful and hard working wom-
an, supports me-" he added.-Cai-
cutta Statesman.
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Little ~J';,ifOsoDhicS.

Man is the voice and woman the
echo; bat eclo answers back.
The only woman unloved is she
whom man has never seen.
Sympathy was born of the first
bruised heart.
If there were no fools, none would
know there were wise men.
Assumption is the cloak Of con-
scious inferiority.-DE Il Woman.
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Count the MercieS.

A psalm which cultivates the spirit
OF gratitude is a psalm which we
ought often to read. If we were more
grateful, both our Joy and u
strength would be increased. Graft
tude is born in hearts which take the
time to count up past mercies.-
Charles e. Jefferson.
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Nitrate For $50 Years.

An expert study of the nitrate
fields of Chile has been made lately.
and as a result the estimate is MADE
public that there is sufficient or TINS
commodity in sight to last for $50
years at the present rate of consump-
ton.
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As Genius 4 fTectS Women,

A reviewer in one of the recent
publications., calling attention to Mr..
Gribble's book about George Sand,
says that we still believe that gen.
ius. however it may palliate the
crimes of a man, ~aggravates the wick
ednesS of a woman.
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Asbestos is found in the island OF
Cyprus, and a cO.ir2ny O. Led ID
1906, obtaining a concession ii the
island, began to open a mine early in
1907. Up to the end O. that year
1000 tons Of asbestos were mined.
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Fayors Sea Level Canal.

In a paper read before the Amer
lean Institute of Mining Engineers, in
session in New Haven, Gustav H.
Schwab, of the North German Lloyd
line, made a vigorous argument in
favor of a sea level canal at Panama.
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Cheerful People Refreshed.

You will find yourself refreshed by
the presence Of cheerful people. Why
not make earnest efforts to confer
that pleasure on others? You will
find half the battle gained if you
never allow yourself to say anything
eloomy.-Lydia Maria Child.
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New Movement in Canada.

A new movement among young
men connected with various Christian
churches, against the liquor evil, is
taking shape in Toronto. 1t is in the
form of organizations known as Anti
Bar-Room Leagues.
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uoxv WE Desire to Re Classified.

We desire to be classified according
to our exceptional virtues; we are
ant to classify II neighbor accord
ing to his exceptional faults.-Hanry
Bates Diamond. .
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From the army of moderate drink
crs Of 1908 will be recruited the
drunkards of 1909.
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Subject: Peter Delivered From Pri.
son, Acts 12:1-11-Golden Text,
Psalm S4:7-Exposition of the
Lesson and Lesson Comments.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-03-26
TEXAS AN oRANae STATE.
Claimed That California Has Three
Freezes to One on the Gulf.

Claimed That California Has Three
Freezes to One on the Gulf.
Texas is a mighty big state, and her
people are dolnL all they can to per.
suade Northerners to settle where
there is room and to spare. Recent
Texas newspapers report the arrival
at Houston and Galveston Of thou.
sands Of home-seekers. In Houston
such visitors are greeted with roses,
each home seeker receiving one, the
product of the home gardens in mid.
winter. 1t is claimed that hundreds
Of these prospective settlers had sold
their farms in the North and stood
ready to buy in the Lone Star State.
They prefer working a ten-acre
tract that win produce as much as
twice that acreage In the North, and
putting the rest in their pockets"
Meanwhile attention is called to the
growth of the orange industry in the
Texas coast country from the Sabine
to the Rio G-aIde. It is claimed that
the California orange district has
three frosts and freezes to one In the
Texas coast country, and that the
quality Of the Texas yield is the best
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-03-26
PAUPACK.

Edison Green, wife and children of
Scranton and Miss Francis KilIam
are sp' ndinG few days with the fam
lily Of B F. Killam
The girls attending school at
Bloomsbury arrived at their homes
here the goth 10 spend their spring
vacation. Louisa and Alma Vetter-
lsin with their parents, Waiter Vet.
terlein and wife and Mabie Pellet at
the home CT G. A. Pellet and wife.
Mrs Henry Fowler received word
that her father was dangerously i'll
at Stroudsburg, TO which place she
went the 10th.
Mrs L.. Il Simons, who has been
Riling for some time, was accompan,
led March 20 to DR.. Burns hospital
at Scranton by her husband aud DIR.
SimOns Her husband win remain
with her until she improves.
Mrs Anna Pellet of Bingmamto,,
spent part of last week with relatives
in Paupaok.
Thursday last Mrs, Nora Williams