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Striking Testimonial.

A striking testimonial as to the
beneficial effects of abstention from
alcohol is furnished by Mr.. CordeauX.
the British Commissioner for Sonali-
land, in his latest report to the Col
onial Office. He mentions that one
Of the considerations which material
ty affect the public health of that
country is that the population is
practically entirely Mohammedan, and
therefore total abstainers from all
alcohol. The consequence is that the
country has been free from any case
Of malignant disease during the last
ten years. He also refers to the very
marked difference shown under an
aesthetics by the Somalis as against
both the European and other races
addicted to the use Of this stimulant.
Serious respiratory trouble is prac-
tically never met with among the
5omalis, and struggling while going
under is quite unusual, yet the people
are Of a both nervous and excitable
temperament.
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HOME MADE.

I do not ycarn for tcrrapin or salmon
steak. or trout
Or venison or quail or canvasback
Or lobster a la Ncwburgh or a dis!, of dcv-
illcd crab
Or mushrooms or trufiics rich and black.
But nv hearts go barking backward DER
the beaten path Of years
To places where l once was won't to roam.
And again | see before me on n china
platter piled .
The shortcaEes that they used to bake at
home.
They went into the oven, just a dozen to
the pan.
Like little balls of light and fluffy snow.
And they issued forth like cobblestones or
prehistoric flint,
Or n substance far removed from dough;
But i think of Them with longing and L
wish for them once more
When I 90 to fish for tarpon in the foam,
For I'd like to take one with me- for a
sinker OF my line, ,
The shortcake that they used to make at
home.
-Minna Irving, in the New York Sun.
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The President and the Magazines.

Talking with mor than n visitor.
the President expressed himself very
freely on the subject of the attitude
of the magazines and newspapers.
Mr.. Taft does not accept this criticism
as sincerely made. He attributes the
antagonism of the magazine writer's
chiefly to the demand for muck-rake
COPY He feels it the more keenly
because the magazines r the re-
cipients of what he calls a subsidy
from the Postofice Department. 1t
appears to him gross ingratitude for
the periodical press to attack the
Government, which annually con-
tributes millions of dollars to its sup
port. Conscious Of the rectitude OF
his purposes, he finds it impossible to
understand how persons so we'll in
formed as are the political writer's for
the magazines and the correspondents
of the daily papers can impugn his
motives or give to political news the
representations which he reads in the
press.-Wiiliam Bayard Hale, in
World'sfWtrk for June.
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King George Coins and Stamps.

Every time a king or queen dies in
England the coins and stamps are
changed. George V. is said to be au-
thority on stamps, SO all designs
will be handed in to him to be looked
over and O KID. After Queen Vic
toria died it was about a year before
any notice was given out about new
coins and camps. and some old issues
Of postage stamps bearing the picture
of King Edward were only last week
put on sale. and this is the first time
any new stamp has been given out
right after the death or a. sovereign.
These stamps are seven penny grays.
about fifteen cents apiece. King
Georges coins will have his profile
looking to the left, while those OF
King Edward look to the right. Queen
Victoria's were to the left. King Ed
ward prayer books are ever now cat
of the market, the new King George
edition having Just been put on sale.
Perhaps 4 million Of the Edward VII.
prayer books are In the hands OF
printers and book sellers-tiead loss
to holders.-New York Press.
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Living For Ones Self.

For none of US liveth to himself
and no man dieth to himself. -Ro
mans 14;7. ~ aAa
Nobody Is Independent. All 1hR
man lives are inseparably Joined
Things we7said yesterday will %ss1cTeE
called with pleasure or pain by some,
body twenty years from now. What
we did last week will make somebody
better or worse when our bodies have
turned to dust.
Life is rather solemn business. No.
body is so Insignificant as to be with
out influence. Most of us would btS
filled with horror If we could read the
record Of our lives and sec how E
word we spoke, carelessly started
some one on the way to ruin. And "
would fill US with a bliss that In Ike
heaven itself IL we could see that
there are persons who date all the
good there Is in their lives to come
kindly deed Of ours done simply from
impulse.
However much we may wish at
times that we could do as wesplease
without our deeds affecting the iiyes
Of others. yet a moments thought
will make US glad that human dfyef
are thus bound together. There IS
dignity in life when we teel that 9
hundred years from now men may be
better for our having lived. iSAldt or
the other hand, there is responsibility
in living, since after we are gone mex
may be worse for our misdeeds. It
doubtless would be more pleasing u
our goodness might bless others with.
out our badness cursing them. But
you cannot have one side Withnutithe
other any more than you can.shaVe
light without shadow. If IT is right
that men should be able to help one
another, it must be right, becaEse it R
part of the same arrangement, thai
they should be able to hurt one ans
other. !.. p ', q rs
Sometimes we intentionally infu.
ence people, as when we argue withs8e
man to bring him to our views. but
perhaps the mightiest influence is ex-
erted unconscio usly. AS the iceberg.
chills tie, air for miles around 1t or
as the hoReysuckle makes the air
about it heavy with fragrance, so me
radiate helpful or hurtful Influences.
Our character, whatever 1T may, he. -
contagious. -, -s
1t was said by a man who was dy.
ing, ooh, that my influence might be
gathered up and buried with me"
That cannot be, however much W
wish it. Our influence goes on bless.
ing or blasting people forever. OF
another man it was said, ellis pres
nee always made men better" What
a fine thing that is-to have such q
character that when you meet people
you make them wish to be noblers
purer. truer!-Frank NJ. Goodch1ld.
In the Sunday Herald.
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A Word Fifty SDoken.

A lady once writing to a young
MAI in the navy who was almo-1 a
stranger, thought: "Shall I close this
as anybody would; or shall 1 say a
wori for my Master" And lifting
up her heart for a moment she wrote
telling him that his constant change
of scane and place was an apt Illus
tration of the words, Here have we
no continuing city," and asked wheth-
er he could say: II seek one to come"
Tremhlingly she folded it and sent 1t
off.
Back came the answer: THANK
you 81 much for those kind words. I
am an orphan, and 10 n has spoken
to me like that since my mother died
long years ago." The word, like ah
arrow shot at venture, reached its
mark, and the young man shortly af-
ter rejoiced in the fulness of Gospel
peace.-Pittsburg Christian Advocate
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A Remarkable Letter.

The following letter of Justice J.
L.. Frisbie, who was a captain in the
Civil War and later Minister to Nice,
France. is self-explanatory:
ITO the Honorable Mayor and Com
mon Council Of the City of Hills
dale, Mich:
Observation-Disclosures most respect
fully tender the resignation OF my
commission as Justice of the Peace of
the city of Hillsdale, to take effect
March /, 1910. Causation: County
Prohibition (local option). no
DRINKS, no Migrants, no d%isorderlies,
no business to further make the Of
fee desirable or in any way profit
able. Really there is no use for more
than one justice Of the peace in the
city of Hillsdale under present con-
Observation-Disclosures Record.
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There must be something IL sport
Ing blood that produces the muslcal
temperament when the two most tai
ented of young American musicians,
Geraldine Farrar and Albert Spald-
ing, are both the children of famous
baseball players. The distinguished
soprano is the daughter Of Sid. c.
Farrar, long a member of the Phila-
delphia Nationals, Ind the greatest
of American violin virtuosos is
the son of Al. G. Spalding. whose ca
reer and fame are too we'll known for
repetition here. ,
Mr.. Spalding is a violrnist Of the
most extraordinary technical powers.
He has a beautiful sensuous tone.
great warmth of conception, Joined
with a comprehensive mentality
which enables him to put these quail
ties to the best use.
Spalding has in his artistic make
up that which appeals to both lay
man and professional; his warm,
singing, soulful tone will always
please a miscellaneous audience,
while his mastery of the violin, his
sterling musicianship and his exqui-
site taste in all things pertaining to
Interpretation must win the admira-
ton of connoisseurs. Spalding's
technique is highly developed; it is
fluent, it is reliable and clean cut.
What makes Spalding's art partic-
ularly attractive are the above men-
toned qualities of his round noble,
ringing tone, which recalls Will
helmj's, and a temperament filled
with youthful freshness.
Albert Spahing was born in Chi
cago in 1888, and began his studies
at an early age with Professor Chit
in Florence, where he lived in the
winter, studying in the summer in his
own country with the Spanish master,
Professor J. Buitrago. When he was
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fRo1AL HEkRSY
I batberrd jprtbe
lQyIETh oURt
s1THY WILL BE N

Laid on Thine altar, O my Lord Diyinet
Accept my gift this day for Jesus sake3
I have no jewels to adorn Thy shrine,
Nor any world-famed sacrifice to make
But here I bring within my trembling
hand,
This will Of mine, a thing that seemets
small,
Yet Thou alone, o Lord, canst understand
How when + yield Thee this, / yiet
mine all.
Hidden therein, Thy searching gaze can sea
Struggles of ~passion-visions Of delight,
All that I have, or am, or fain would be,
Deep love, fond hopes and longinss In
> finite;
1t hath been wet with tears, and dinmed
with sighs,
Clinehed in my grasp till beauty it hath
none;
Now from Thy footstool, where it van
The prayer sseendeth, "May Thy Yiip
be done!"
Take it, O Father, ere my courage fad,
And merge it so into Thy W will, thai
cen
If in some desperate hour my cries pre-
vail, . .- EEEh
And Thou give back my, gift, it may
. have been -..- 90. ~
So changed, SO purified, SO fair, have growE
So n with Thee, so filled with lovt
divine, 90.
I may not know or feel it as my own,
Bnt gaining back my will, may find Is
Thine.
-Pittsburg Christian Advocate.
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1t is Gods Work; Not Ours.

Remember this: If that bit Of work
which you have undertaken is for the
love of God-and it must be that
and for the glory of God, then it.can-
not fail. There is no such thing as
failure in real Christian work. We
may make mistakes, but it cannot
fail. for it is Gods work; and If it IS
done for God, when we have done u
best He will take it and make use of
it, perhaps so that we can see it, il
not, we shall see it in the light Of the
world to come.
He will take us as we are and our
work as it is, and in the time to CONF
perhaps make use of our very mis-
takes and build upon the work which
we began in humble faith and quiet
hope-the very work we wanted to
do, but were too clumsy. There nev-
err has been yet a work for Hin thar
failed.-Bishop of Thetford.
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BITTER WAR ON INTEMPERANCE
SOLDIERS FIGHTING THIS CURSE
GREATLY CHEERED.
The Scientific Basis.

The primal basis of the present
war against the liquor shop, whether
legalized or not, is neither religious,
political, moral nor financial. 1t Is.
first of all, scientific. If alcohol is
useful as a beverage, or even if it is
no worse than harmless, there can be
no just war against it on any of the
grounds above suggested. But If its
use is injurious to the human mind
and body, if it is destructive of human
happiness, if it impairs a mans use
f~ulness, If it destroys the peace and
purity Of society, then society in SELF
defense must make val upon it.
The determination Of this matter is
a scientific problem. If science de-
cides against alcohol then the whole
problem of the manufacture and use
Of liquors as a beverage becomes a
religious, moral, political and finan-
cial problem and society must deal
with it in all its phases. Let US then
look first for the
Verdict of Science.-Rapid strides
in recent years in scientific fnvestiga-
ton has demonstrated that alcohol
taken into the human system is never
a food but always a poison. Differ
ent poisons attack different organs
Of the body. Alcohol first attacks and
Injuries the brain. More and o
emphatic becomes the verdict of sci
ence that alcohol in eve small guam
titles is a poison and that only tenn
perance is total abstinence.
Professor Kraepelin, n of Ger
many's greatest scientists and former
ly a moderate drinker. says: II be-
came a total abstainer only asI the
result of scientific Investigation.
Even if a single dose of alcohol had 4
favorable effect upon body or mind.
nevertheless in the face Of the every
where recognized alcohol evil We must
exterminate it, root and branch, be-
cause thore is no other salvation from
our misery"
One hundred German university
professors of medicine, many Of them
having international reputation, re-
Gently issued an anti-alcohol mani
festo urging their c~ountrymen to
labor for total abstinence, and closed
by saying: @The practice Of mod
crate drinking remains the ultimate
source of lintemperance."
The voice of the scientists Of all
nations is rapidly approaching unison
IN the alcohol question. We see,
therefore, the scientific basis on which
1t is possible to explain all the mis-
cry, crime, poverty, wretchedness and
lnef1ciency that result from the use
IF alcohol. .
The Problem Enlarges.-The fact
that alcohol is a poison and its use
impairs the moral and religious facul-
ties instantly makes it a moral and
religious problem and requires that
the church shall deal vigorously with
It. Because it destroys a mans earn
ing power and increases the burdens
Of society in caring for its victims it
becomes a question of finance. Be-
cause it interferes with the rights Of
society 1t becomes a political problem.
Thunder it out from the pulpit and
the press, in the home and in the
school, in the mine and the factory:
thunder it out everywhere and all the
time that King Alcohol is our bitter
enemy and the time has come when
he must be dethroned.-The Key
stone Citizen.
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will take any inclination. 1t can be
fastened in one position or can be
left free to move with the movement
Of the patient. While the rest is de-
signed primarily to support the head
and shoulders, it a be used as a
foot or leg support in cases where a
mans leg needs to be raise {. from the
bed or kept in a fixed position. OF
course, the device may be used by
persons who are not sick if they feel
the need of some contriyance to
change their attitude in bod.-Phila-
deIphia Record.
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God Chooses Our Opportunities.

God has brought us into this time;
He, and not ourselves or some dark
demon. II we arc not fit to cope
with that which He has prepared for
us, we should have been utterly unhf
forS any condition that we imagine
for ourselves. In this time We are to
live and wrestle, and In no other.
Let US humbly, tremblingly. man
fully look at it. and we shall not wish
that the sun could go back its ten de-
grees, or that we could 60 back, with
it. II easy times are departed. 1T Is
that the difficult times may make US
more in earnest; that they may teach
US not to depend upon ourselves. II
easy belief is impossible, it is that
we may learn what belief is. and in
whom it is to be placed.-F. D..
Maurice.
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%FIS#ME%''
1~@EzEFH

"ouite a large sign there, Post No
Bills" $50 it is. I wish my tailor
rould see it."-Birmingham Age
Herald.
Hes got no license to talk the
way he does" ooh, he's got a IL
ense, all right. What he lacks is a
muzzle!"-Cleveland Leader.
"Why do you think the milkman is
selling us condensed milk, DEAR
Because two quarts OF 1t justs fits
a. quart jar."-Houston Post.
"Papa, Mr.. Blitherington says he
will kill himself unless you let him
have me-" Does he say that as a
threat or a promise?"-Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
/ Uncle BilI-"How much money
have you got in your bank, Tommy"
Tommy-"Not much. The deposit
tors have fallen off awfulTy since Vio-
let got engaged."-Judge.
The breeze that sweeps the waves serene
Removes the dust,
And keeps. I trust,
The ocean clean.
Him-"I was confused for a bit, I
confess, but it took me only a moment
to collect my wits" Her-"Yes, 1t
couldn't take any longer than that.
Go. on."-CIeveland Leader.
The Count-"Ah! Do not refuse
me, sweet angel Of my dreams, for
T cahnot live without you The
Heiress (ref1ectively)-sThst's just
what I was afraid of."-Life.
Husband Ito wife, packing trunk)
but how am~Iusoing to get my
things.in?" "Wife-'I don't see that
you need to take much, my dear: You
look very well as you are."-hife. j
Jones Ito friend who is showing
his collection Of "old masters")--
GLOW do you know they are origin
als?" Friend-"Oh, T was too smart
to play into the hands Of a dealer. I
bought 'em myself right on the spot"
Judge.
The Maiden Aunt-SNo, sir! No
travelling seCond-class on the CONT
nent for me. How do I know with
what strange man I might be locked
into a compartment" That's So.
But the man wouldn't know what was
coming to him, either Life.
The joker bids US laugh our fill
|" And be exceeding gay;
But, when one turns up In a bill
We seldom feel that way.
She-"Did you see where some
mar declares that women are not hon
estef He-"Well, hefs,, right in say
ing So" She (ferceW -"When did
you>hver know me'to do a dishonest
thing?" He (tenderly}-"When you
robbed me of my peace of mind and
stole my heart. you dear little thief"
Baltimore American.
Artemis (gazing into the crystaD
IT see rolling downs-cro wds-po-
lice-horses. They are racing. The
horses round the bend-the jockeys
lash them. They near the positive
lead neck and neck-a dead heat
no-one Of them dashes ahead and
wins" Client-"Yes. yes, but which?
What are the winners colors?' Ar
temis-"AIas, I cannot tell you! l
am OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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Zeal Cause of High Prices.

A leading butcher of Cincinnati as
serts that whisky is the real cause Of
high prices. He says: It's the
farmers fault that meat, and princi-
pally pork, is as high rs it is, and the
people can blame whisky. The farm
er will not raise hogs which he has
to fatten with corn when he can sell
his corn to the distillers for 4 much
greater. profit than he could realize
by putting it into his hogs. It natnr-
ally follows that the demand for pork
becomes greater and the supply less.
hence the advanced prices
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BOY in Thrilling Flight.

Clyde Heckle, eighteen years old,
made a terrifying six thousand feet
balloon ascension at Lincoln, Neb.,
clinging for a part Of the the time to
2 clutch rope. He landed in the mid
die Of a shallow lake, unhurt. Adolph
Weibers had made preparations for
an exhibition trip and Iicckle was
helping to hold the ropes. The boy
had asked to be allowed to make the
ascent, but was refused. Just as Wei
berg, seated in his parachute attach
ment, called to be let go, Heckle, with
@ knife, severed the two ropes holding
the aeronaut, grasped the clutch rope
and shot up almost like a rocket.
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Why We Do Not Pray Better.

One reason we do not pray better.
I suppose, is that we are afraid of be-
ing answered. 1t is a very serious
thing to pray, because we may be
taken at our word. We must consent
that God should order the answer.
For instance: I pray In the MORN
ing that God will make me very USE
full to-day; it is a hazardous prayer;
[ may be taken at my word. Within
an hour 1 may be called to n very
great usefulness, that will take 4
hundred dollars from my bank ac-
count. Now, if ] don't want to take
that money if it is called for, I have
made a mistake in my prayer. Let
us say what we mean.-AleXandeu
Mckenzie.
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A Searching Question.

Are we living, habitually, in such
nearness to the Lord Jesus that the
gentlest intimation of His wish comes
to us with the force of a command,
and with q consciousness that some
way or other it is possible to obey,
and that We shall be carried through
in any service to which He calls US?
j. Hudson Taylor.
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II want to thank YOU" said the
orator, "for the manner in which you
gave attention to my remarks. Your
attitude was gratifyinSly different
from the Others"
Yes" replied the auditor; "but !
don't want any credit that is not due
me. l have had insomnia for weeks"
Washington Star.
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Trust. and OIey.

Do not lCok forward to the changes
of this life in fear; rather look to
them with full hope that. as they
arise, God, whose you are. will de-
liver you out Of them. He has kept
W. hitherto-do you but hold fast to
His hand, and He will lead you safe
ly through all things. Do not look
forward to what may happen to-mor-
row; the same everlasting Father who
r for you to-day will take care OF
you tomorrow, and every day
Francis de Sales.
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the one shown in Fig. 4, writes j. H.
Crawford, in Popular Mechanics. IF
one of these clips is not at hand, form
a piece of wire in the same shape, as
it will be needed for balancing pur-
poses as well as for holding the paper
together. Grasp the aeroplane be-
tween the thumb and forefnger at
the place marked A in Fig. 3, keep
ing the paper as level as possible
and throwing it as you would a dart
The aeroplane will make an easy and
graceful flight ia a room where no
air will strike it.
In 800 balloon a]scensions there is,
on an average, one fatal accident.
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Making a Paper AeropIane.

A very interesting and instructive
top aeroplane can be made as shown
in the accompanying illustrations. A
sheet of paper is first folded, Fig. L,
then the on one n are
doubled over, Fig. 2, and the whole
piece finished up and held together
with a paper clip as in Fig. 3. The
paper clip to be used should be like
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Silent Victories.

Our boldness for God before tho
world must always be the result of lu-
diyidual dealing with God. in secret.
Our victories Owe sin, and self, and
the world. are always first fought
where TO eye sees but God's.-Whts-
field.
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the patient comfortable. Brackets
rise from the sides OF the bed near
the head. These bracket are notched
in the back and car themselves be ad-
justed to different angles. A rotable
head rest frame is nivoted OIL these
brackets and this frame naturally
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Of God.

Sorrows are often like clouds
which. though black when they are
passing over rs, when they are past
become as i chey were the garments
Of God thrown off in purple and
gold along the sky.'-Henry Ward
Bes.her.