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Temperance Notes.

The saloon is the foe Of the home
and the enemy of the church.
Estate prohibition is coming in two
years." declares Bill Barlow, proprie.
tor of the Budget, one Of the best
known editors of Wyoming.
"No other agency in Chicago"
writes Elias Tobcnkin, "can compete
with the rear room of the saloon in
the matter of destroying character.
running homes and blighting lives"
quoting 4 careful student of this
phase Of city life.
State prohibition is coming in
Michigan if the enthusiastic union of
Prohibitionists and White Ribboners
a bring it about.
Educate against the saloon. Edu-
cate against its evil effects. Tell it
to tho school boy, the school girl.
When there is no demand for saloons
there will be no saloons. When there
are no buyers, there will be no sellers.
When we lcgalize the saloon, we
become responsible for what it is and
for what it does. Its drunEards are
eur d%runkards; its paupers are III
paupers; its robberies are ours, and
all its crimes may be laid at our
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A Soft Snap.

clay all in?" asked AMI Clover
bud of Israel Pepperpod, as they drew
rein in the road leading to the viii
lage.
Call in" said Israel.
81 reckon III. finish up mine by
Sat'day. What are you dom now?'
mot much O. nuthin'. Havin' a
kind of q soft snap Of it. Amt milk
in but nine COWS now, an I take 1t
easy in bed until most S o'clock
mornin's. Fact is, I amt got much to
do this fall but dig ten or twelve
acres O. pertaters and grub out six or
eight acres O. my timber land an git
it ready to seed down in the spring
an git seventy-ive cord O. wood /
agreed to deliver in town by Christ
a Got to put up bout half a
mile O. wire fence an shingle my
barn an putter round at work , that
sort, but I got so much less than
usual to do that I feel as if I was
havin,. a kind of a soft snap Of it,
Puck.
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Matches Made at Country Houses.

In former days it was always at
the end Of the London season that
one heard tidings Of "interesting' en-.
gagements, but now it seems as if
this, like so many other customs, has
changed, for autumn and winter ap-
pear to be the times when young
mems fancies turn to thoughts OF
love much more than in the season
itself.
This bears out 4 pet theory OF
mine, that the young people see a
great deal more OF each other during
a country house visit Of four or five
days than they do at all the balls
of a London season put together.
Therefore to mothers who wish to get
their daughters what early Victorian
writer's called "an establishment" I
strongly recommend a course of coun-
try house visiting. which possesses the
additional advantage over town meet
ings Of making young people less ar
tifcial and more natural. - Gentle
woman.
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AN CARLY PRINTER.
John Foster the First to Establish 3
Press in Boston.

ITeSS In BOStOn.
The Connecticut Historical Society
has received from the Massachusetts,
Historical Society a work on John
Foster, the Earliest American En-
graver and the First Boston Printer
His claims to both titles are clearly
set forth in the volume and, being the
first of the Boston printers, he could
with but little violence be considered
as in the ancestry of The Courant.
Foster was born in 164S and grad
uated from Harvard College in 1867.
Because of his learning he was a
schoolmaster as we'll as a printer and
engraver. That he was well thought
of is shown by a letter written by
John Eliot, the Indian apostle. who
refers to him as IAN ingenious young
scholar" A specimen of his work as
an engraver is a picture of Richard
Mather, who, after making all posi-
BILE allowance for the austerity Of the
P~uritans, could not possibly have
looked as forbidding as he is depicted.
Another work by Foster appears on
a broadside entitled Gods Severe
Judgments Upon Sabbath Breakers in
Their Unlawful Sports, Collected Out
of Several Divine Subjects" 1t bears
four cuts by Foster, n showing the
drowning of a party Of young men
who we're playing football on the ice
on the Lords day, another the burn
ing Of a woman and her two daugh-
tiers who were drying and spinning
flax on the Sabbath, a third the burn
ing Of a mill because the miller was
grinding on Sunday and the fourth
a Biblical scene showing the punish
ment inflicted on Sabbath breakers.
All are thougbtfully provided with
captions in order that they may be
recognized.
Foster was more active as a printer
than as an engraver and, like the men
of his time, he printed sermons and
especially those delivered by Increase
Mather. One notable example IS
1.-THE Wicked Mans Portion. Or a
Sermon Preached at the Lecture in
Boston on the 18th day of the 1
Moneth, 1874, when two Men, Nicho-
las Feaver and Robert Driver, were
executed who had Murthered their
Master Wherein is Showed that Ex-
cess in W%ickedness doth bring I'm.
timely Death"
The Dorchester records bear this
entry under date of 1851: "This year
died Mr.. John Foster, son of Captain
Hopestill Foster, 'schoolmaster of the
colony, and he that made the then
seal Of arms of the colony, namely an
Indian with a bow & arrow" He was
of such Importance that an elegy upon
him was written and printed, fortu-
nately after his death. 1t contains
some seventy-fve lines and its char
acter can be judged by it's beginning,
which follows:
Here I've the relict Fragments that
were took
Out Of Consumption's teeth by the
Cook.
voracious appetite dost thus devour
Scarce ought hast left for Worms t
live on an Hour"
Hartford Courant.
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An Editors Testimony.

In the entire civilized world, and
even in those countries which we call
barbarian, the use Of intoxicating
liquors is in itself regarded as harm
iul. Medical science no longer con-
tents itself with advising against ex-
:esses. 1t recommends total absti-
hence, oqthe use of such stimulants
only in times of emergency. Every
Christian church regards alcohol asa
moral danger. Insurance societies
recognize the principle of physical
danger. Residence neighborhoods
protest against the proximity Of sa-
looms.
Open sale Of liquor is thus not a
necessity on either week day or Sun
lay. The State feels compelled to
place it under close regulation. Pub
lie opinion, as manifested in the feel
ing of property owners about saloons
In their neighborhood, does not US
lain it as a benefit, but as a concession
to a habit difficult to eradicate.-St.
Louis Republic.
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THE WARFARE AGAINST DRINK
TEMPERANCE BATTLE GATHERS
STRENGTH EVERY DAY.
Sobriety in Business.

That there is now in business cir.
cles a firm and effectual conviction
that alcohol should play little or nc
part in the relations between buyer
and seller is emphatically stated by
a writer in the Journal of Commerce
in an article contrasting with past
conditions the present refusal of the
big wholesale houses to pay expense
accounts that only a few years ago
were passed al a matter of course.
Then the out Of town merchant in
most cases expected, when he came
to New York, to DE taken in hand by
an agent or representative of the firm
whose goods he was going to buy and
to be carried for several days and
nights from one festive scene to an
other, not all Of which could have
been explicitly described, even in
have come to the conclusion that the
obligations thus incurred do not tend
to facilitate the exercise Of the best
judgment in the selection Of goods,
while the statesmen have for the most
part decided that even though "the
house" were willing to pay the cost
Of drinks taken and given in the
course of business, it's checks could
not restore health shattered by sys-
tematized .conviviality.
With both sides thus agreed, man.
ners and morals in the wholesale
district have been vastly improved
practically nc direct demand for or
incubation Of total abstinence, moth
ing more than the most moderate IN,
diligence Is often tolerated, and, other
things being equal, the total abstainer
gets the preference as regards both
employment and promotion. This, Of
course, Is a real advance Of temper
ance, founded on no fanatical notion
that it Is wrong" to drink, no mat
ter how moderately, but upon reason
and experimentation the practical
observation of men and affairs, and
the belief that he who would contend
successfully in the battles of business
should have all his wits about him
all the time.
The argument from expediency
may not be the highest, but it is not
a low one, and it is unapswerable
by anybody to whom it has been
brought home. When almost every
body drank hard or at least freely,
success was not so much imperiled by
1t as now when the relative number
If drinkers and non-drinkers has been
reversed, and the man with the dis
turbed and muddled brain has to
compete, not with others in a like
state, but with those in full posses
sion of such faculties and abilities as
kindly nature has given them.-New
York Times. r
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An Irish Centenarian.

Patrick Clogan, a native of DTo-
nina, Charlevillc. has just passed
away, having attaiEed the remarkable
age of 112 years. He enjoyed re-
markable health during life, notWith-
standing the fact that he always
worked hard and often withstood
great exposure.
He had been, however, invariably
temperate in his habits and constl-
tuted in himself a remarkable expo
nent of tine cult of the simple life.
He had q wonderful memory. He had
a large family. his youngest surviving
child being at present close on sew
enty years, while his eldest died some
years ago at the ripe old age OF
eighty years.-Yoldon Globe.
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An Engineer.

How can a man die bette: than the
locomotive engineer in that Virginia
wreck? Tennessee has reason to be
proud of him. Although he was in
bitter pain, scalded, hurt to death, he
begged those who came to his assis-
lance to let him alone and help the
passengers. No passenger, however,
needed aid, and the would-be rescu-
srs offered whisky. The injured man
refused, until four men had smelled
his breath, to bear witness that he
had not been drinking when the
wreck occurred. GAIL an engineer
has is his record" he said, land he
cannot afford to have anything
against that" Then he died. 1t Is
cad to die, to leave a wife and chill
dren. friends, work and this bright
world, but it Is we'll to go, when the
call sounds, in the spirit of the engi-
neer, Samuel Bush.-Collier's Week
ty
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Coat Sweaters Popular.

Coat sweaters trimmed with cha
mois are the latest fad. Nine women
out of ten own at least Z sweater
this season and many possess several,
each in different lengths. There is
the, short sweater worn mornings IN
the house on cool days, the half
length coat sweater buttoning up to
the neck for general outdoor wear to
be slipped over a thin dress. the three
quarter sweater and the long coat
sweater for driving or autoing. A
long, cream wool sweater was made
to be buttoned to the neck, but could
be turned back if desired when reyers
faced with channels we're revealed. 1t
was claimed the coat would wash per-
fectly.
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prayine Without watching.

"I don't know how it u.s." said
a servant girl on her way TO the Bible
class; my temper is always getting
the better of me. Then my mistress
scolds. Yet / never run downstairs
without asking God for grace to be
meek all day." j. d
ooh, dear!!" sighed a fair-faced
maiden, just returned from church.
Another service over, and I haven't
brought a single word away. I made
such good resolves this morning when
1 said my prayers, but Hates and
Mary's bonnets put them oil to
fight" 49,. ...,tl ..
1T seems as if the public house is
stronger than the Lord HIMSELF"
complained a man who rarely started
to his work without a sense Of shame
at having spent so much of his hard
earned money overnight on beer.
'The parson bids US ask the Lord to
lead us past the door. I don't know
what He does for other folk; He
never did it yet for me. And it hasn't
been for want Of asking Him."
II never meant to have wasted
such a long time gossiping," sighed a
woman, "for what are Mrs. Browns
affairs to me? It's my besetting SIM
I know. I thought of It, too, yester-
day at church, when I said, Lead us
not into temptation but now I'm all
behind again." ''
The girl who let those precious
hours Of tie service slip had thought
of little else but dress and vanity the
whole week through. What wonder,
then, if new bonnets drove out of her
head the resolutions that she made
upon her knees. FL.
The man who prayed that God
would lead him past the public house
never tried to help himself; and so
with the woman and her besetting
sin Of gossiping. IT,. ,..
God has little help for those who
do not strive against their sins as
we'll as say their prayers.
IF I regard iniquity in my heart"
the Psalmist says-if I delight in 1t,
that Is to say-"the Lord will not
hear me-: psalm 66:1S.)-Young
Peoples Paper.
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Fancy Gir6ieS.

All sorts Of fancy girdles are being
worm just now, and here are a num-
Der that are smart and new and in
every way attractive. No. 1 Is made
with a rounded upper edge, No. 2
with the square bib effect that Is so
much liked and No. 3 with the points
that are among the newest of all
things. Each and every n is suited
to all the fashionable thin materials
and can be utilized in a number of
ways. They would be smart made
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pie gowns is appropriate for the

pie gowns IS appropriate for the
blouse, with the chemisette made of
contrasting silk, all-over lace, of net
or of lingerie material.
The waist is made with a fitted lin
ing, which can be used or omitted as
liked, and consists Of fronts and back
with the chemisette. The chemisette
Is finished with hens and closed a.
the centre front, but the blouse is
tapped well ovec to the left side. The
sleeves are tucked at the wrists to fit
snugly and are finished with cuffs.
The stock is a simple one, made with
the turned-over portion that is always
pretty.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is three and a
half yards twenty-one, tw%enty-four or
Hhirty-two, two yards forty-four
inches wide, one-half yard eighteen
or twenty-one for chemisette, one
7huarter yard Of contrasting material
FOR turned-over portion Of collar and
cuffs.
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A Fresh Air Fallacy.

II you want to purify your brood
It is of little value to initiate your
chest pouter pigeon fashion. The
blood in your lungs takes up just as
much oxygen as your muscles call
for, and 10 more. Exercise your
legs instead of your diaphragm and
chest. Even the inhalation of pure
oxygen in diseases of the lungs has
yielded disappointing results and is
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TIME Faith.

True faith in God such as will al
ways help. grows out of knowing His
character. 1t Is built on the three
words, God is love-" and thus it is
a heart-faith, or love-faith. 1t Is a
faith that God will ever do what is
in accordance with love, and nothing
contrary to it. 1t is a faith that as
God Is love. so He will be toward
you everything that love can mean
-pitiful, sympathetic and helpful.
In return it trusts and does not wor-
ry, no matter what the circumstances
FRO
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Life's Unrest and It's Cure.
Oh that / had wings like q doveil
for then would fly away, and be at
rest!-Psalms, 5b:6. q
This Is the impassioned cry OF q
soul wearied with the turmoil, and
struggle Of life to the point Of losing
heart.
What is the cause of these fits of
depression. One is the fatigue OF
work. Another cause of these de-
pressed, states is the crosses, ankle
ties and cares of life. 1t is not work
SO much as worry that saps our vigor.
AS the constant dropping wears away
the granite block, 80 these little yex-
ations try III courage and patience.
And another cause Is sin-our own
misdoings. We turn aside from the
right to the pleasant path. We do
wrong to ourselves, we hurt our
neighbors. And then comes the I'M
evitable penalty. We are smitten
with remorse. We are bowed In the
dust with self-reproaeh and shame.
Such Is life's unrest. What is It's
cure? First OF all we must recognizes
that these discouraged moods are
morbid, unhealthy and unnatural. It
Is weak and unmanly for US to give
way to them. Life was meantto be
hopeful, Ebuoyant,~ joyful. Something
is wrong with our life'nfachinery and
must be set straight.
We must love our work, put our
hearts into It, feel that we are doing
! our Fathers will in it. Thus labor
ing we will find joy and beauty and
poetry and not drudgery in onr daily
task. The humblest life is gloriied
by the divine purpose.
We should look on the bright side.
| When our hearts droop it Is because
we weigh our troubles, but do not
put our blessings into the balance.
We magnify crosses and overlook
joys that are not to be numbered.
Home Is the remover Of the care.
worn spirit. Every one should have
or make a home. The power Of do-3
mestic love and confidence to cheer
the jaded spirit 10 one Of the rarest
treasures of the hearthstone.
But above all religion Is the sweet
restorer OF the soul. When courage
sinks and spirits flag no power like
faith in God can Danish our weak.
ness. To realize. then, this living
purpose in our lives and His presence
instant at hand for our help Is to
meet every task with cheer and every
dilemma with a stout heart.
Instead, then, Of signing for the
wings of a dove to fly to some shelter
Of rest let us face life's duties and
cares with manly spirit and eager
ordor opd wo shall And IN n 0ury
true calling, u place Of usefulness
our school Of growth, our present JOY
and our future hope.-Junius B. Re-
mensnyder, St. James Lutheran
Church, in the Sunday Herald.
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Worlds Torpedo Record.

The torpedo boat destroyer Paul
Jones arrived in the port of San
Diego, CAL, from target practice at
Magdalena Bay. after breaking the
worlds record with the new Bliss
Leavitt torpedo. making ten hits out
Of eleven shots. The Paul Jones is
under command Of Lieut.. s.. NJ. Davis.
u. S. N. 1t is thought that the Paul
Jones also has won the Presidents
trophy for excellence in naval gun
neSy, although this will not be def
nitely known until the official scores
are given out. The Paul Jones won
the trophy in 1904. 1905 and 1908.
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Prohibition is Not ConfEcatory.

The cleyerest thing that has ap-
peared in the daily press in years in
reference to the liquor mems claim
that prohibition is or amounts to
"confiscation," is the following FROM
the Detroit News:
t1The liquor business has no stand
ing before the law. 1t has no rights.
1t is merely tolerated by society. A
license is not property. 1t is not ne
gotiable. When it expires that is the
end of the States special obligation.
"The contract has been fulfilled
and is dead-what is there to do
about it,"
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from contrasting material and worn

from contrasting material and worn
over any blouse and they are equally
fashionable made from the same ma
terial as the bodice.
The girdles are made over 6 fitted
foundation, which is plain and boned
to preserve its shape, and each n
consists of a full piece, which is gath
cred at the back edges and arranged
over the foundation. No. Sis trimmed
with buttons and simulated button
holes, but could be finished in any
way to suit the fancy. One big but
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Adulteration Common.

DR.. Joseph P. Remington, dean of
the Philadelphia College of Phar-
macy, recently testified in court that
analysis of fifty barrels Of Bourbon
whisky disclosed the presence of re-
fuse from sugar manufactures, am
monia, poisonous coloring matter and
sulphuric acid. DR.. Remington ex-
pressed the opinion that such adul-
teration Of whisky is very common.
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Made Him Quit Eating.

George w. Young, of Cincinnati.
Ohio. sued a railroad company for
S10,250 damages, he charging that
he was assaulted on November FL by
a dining car conductor because he re.
fused to get up from the table to
make room for other diners.
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Kills Playmate in Quarrel.

AT C%annelton. Ind, Claude Viii.
liams, sixteenyears, his mind in1amed
from reading trashy novels, shot and
killed James Hall, thirteen years old,
and escaped in a roWboat to the Ken
lucky shores. He quarreled with
young Hall yer a trifling matter and
then shot him in the forehead with
a small rifle.
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Your Veil.

Laces lead for wells. Open meshes
are next. Dots are out at present.
Very heavy figures are seldom becom-
ing. Deep smoke color is lovely on
many. White wells often serve to
clear the skin. In choosing a veil
there is only one way-try on several.
While matching is recommended. a
contrast may be most becoming.
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Many Virtues.

Manhood is net fully grown until it
measures up to the religious life of
Christ. All manly virtues should be
illumined by religion: and religion
should be interpreted in the language
of manly virtues.
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Amethyst Blouse.

An attractive model is amethyst
chiffon taffeta had the body of the
blouse cut into small squares by lines
of. pin tucking. The shallow guimpe
of cream net was bordered by folds Of
black net so inserted as to give the
round guimpe square lines, and folds
or hens of black net edged the little
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Mourning Fashions.

The chief materials employed o
the mourning gowns this season are
silk and wool armures, jet-hnished
silk voiles and Marquisettes. also
etaimes and dull silks.
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RELIGIOUS 7RU7HS
| From, the Writings Of Grea
Preachers.
"YoUR, HEAVENLY FATHE
KNOWETH."

When the stars in my heavens grow dim
and die,
And alone in the blackness I seem TO lie,
When the arm1 I leaned on are breaking
reeds,
And my bitter prayer echoes bitterer
needs,
When wrongs Cypress and injustice tears,
I bless Him to know I've a God who caresl
Pacific Baptist.
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Net on Lace.

The use of net or fine yelling or
chiffon over a lace foundation is very
prevalent, and often the creamy lace
foundation has glinting threads OF
gold in It's pattern.
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Football Under . Ban.

The faculty of Memphis (Tenn.)
University has issued an order aban-
doning football until the rules are
changed to lessen the danger OF in.
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tons that make a favorite feature.
The sleeves are pretty, too, finished
with rolled-over cuffs. In this case
one of the new bengaline silks is COM
bined with chemisette of MORE We
tours, but any material that can be
used for separate waists and for SIM
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Attorney as Commissioner.
Mayor Gaynor will appoint. a $780,