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New-York tribune., 1919-11-07
Congress Exceeded Consti-
tutional Authority. Elihu
Root Says in the Case. of
the Jacob Rupert Co.
Others Talk in Same Vein
L. S. Attorney Seeks to Con.
vince Judge Learned Hand
That the War l. Not Over

The legal fight Of the brewers, dis
HERS. wholesalers and retailers
ga INST the wartime prohibition law
vas started yesterday before Judge
Learned Hand n the United States DIS
trict Court The first arguments were
made in the morning and The hearing
lid not end until 6 o'clock in the after
aoon, the time limit set by Judge Hand
lhe first case Was argued b. former
Iudge Walter c. Noyes. counsel FOR
eryfoos, Blum & Co. Wholesale liquor
iealers at - West Broadway. In tha,
.sse Judge Hand was asked to direct
Internal Revenue Collector William II
Edwards, the defendant. to permit
Dryfoos, Blum & Co 10 Withdraw from,
5onded warehouses; 474 packages Of dis
He'd spirits. which include hfty bar
els Of whisky and twelve barrels OF
5randv
The wartime prohibition law may
ave been constitutional when adopted
'fr. Noyes said. but he raised the Ques-
ion as 70 its constitutiorality because
=, TIRE changed conditions st the time
yhe7 Collector Edwards refused his
,iens permission 10 withdraw their
iluo-s from bond
New-York tribune., 1919-11-07
Kentucky "W cts" Lead.
But They MAY Lose

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Nov. 6.-Of the
l20 counties In the state, eighty-four
showed complete unofficial returns to-
night on the state wide prohibition
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO. Oct. l6.-Hogs. rcccIrtS
So. "U": estimated tomorrow l",o"9i
mostly - ~ ~ cents lower; closing
strong. bulk Sl5.SI6i Sl4.Ij; top Elig0
heavy SIi..5u$!4.35; medium tli.2IT
$l490: light sI4.nOn&l47j; Ugh, light
>l3.5OuSl435: heavy packing SONS
smooth I3.JOM Sl4.OJ: packing s"w>'
rough $lG.V0U $3.50; PIGS sI3"-IV
$1,000.
morrow 5000: lIrm. Beef steers medium
and heavy weight; choice and prime
$l94O: medium and good 81 90
u$l6.75; common $3.50 Sll.u0. hlGht
weight: Good and choice Sl4.JOnSl9
common and medium $I.7JUS 20.
Butcher cattle: Hcitcrs 1925 TSl4 .25;
cows $1,000 l2.50; Gamers and cutters
s5.00N}6.O0: veal calves $l6.I5 a. l7.t >
feeder steers s7.00q $500; stockcr
steers S6.O01Sl0.00; western range
steers s7.f54 $3.50; cows and hcllers
X575n $500,
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SUGAR.


NEW YORK. oct. lG.--Therc was no
change in raw sugar prices which are
quoted al $7.2S for centrifugal! t. III"
rrnncr. New crops continue lirnn: lAcrc
were sales of 5UUno bags OF CubaS for
January lUSIdlnE al - cent !. .. d. CupI
To Tinted States rrrnCrS and operators
and TuOUU bags for F"hruary-May load
ing at cents 10 Canada. The board
reported no purchases.
80 new developments occurred IN re-
fined and prices remain on the basis o.
cents for I'M" graduated. ne ScI'Iv
m. mi of thc harbUr difficulties will allow
Tviincrs TO melt more freely and con-
s"qucntIy largcr deliveries are expected.
The committee now all"cat"s all ORDERS
OF rcr.ncd IN tho Buffal0-PittSburG ills
tract. Owing /" the threatened shortage
NJ sugar a bill has been introduced m
Tho. house prohibiting tn" rAp"ltalth
uf any sugar from the United States i'r
tn" next six months.
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MlEY TIGHTER
lin. !. MARKET

YORK. Oct. 16.-The money mar
the one factor OF paramount
ice on the stock exchange today
: considerations being suoord,n-
he more rigid tendencies mani
that quarter.
Ne first time in many months
ley opened at 10 percent. WIN
inquiry for time fnuds at
and little available at thar 1ls-
G call rate hold at 10 percent
mt the session. but greater care
rcised respecting the character
ollateral.
ual interests stressed the race
kcrs' loans werc again al en'
ak Of the midsummer. ~Eile
lrdAy's clearing house stateinen.
discu a new high record FOR ac'uai
,oand discounts al s5.4$%.ooO.ooo.
Ct, were firm to strong AT the OUT
BET, Yell back at the first Indications
~ tnr money, the market lapsinR IN
90 dt.s during the intermediate per
!od. 49, ,-k.
u. selling. which bore the MARKS
Of pressure. occurred IN tne ID.
houraders being forced 70 lows
rovcr tho day but brisk ra'iS
.rcdshe further activity and strcnsln
dispd by various sp"cialticS. l..a.
,mn,ns in many instances showing
rallif to points.
Sal speculative issues achieved Nt.'
s;.,;or Of scoring new maNimui'S'
Chandler. Pierce Ar
rows Republic Motors. Remington
1,yn4er and American Ship ana Com
100 newcomer on the board: hN-
,-.r,,ns in these stocks ranged IRON,
4 to,ost - points. Sales amounted
20 1.Do0. .. ,Aove
ron exchange continued TO NOV
,ysid,ondon and continental ce,s.
ncoan record being reported A0'
Aust remittances. N.,d
~ aus again featured me oo a'
,,or.5n their further advance 10 w.
No Is best price, Foreign lssu .ss
,re-e adv, but the general oorneStN
Ne, a Total sales (par vaiue. ss
grcrss14.75o.cOo. Old United e'a'e'
bond Shanged on call
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nuTrEH EGGS, CHEESE,

NEW YORK, oct l6.-Buttcr: hrm,
,>irn I.a srnrc) Csc: first - Q67c; pack
mg stock. current MAKE. No. :. 10 nc.
Eggs. irr"gular; fresh gathered extras
o. u bSc: state. Pennsylvania and NEARBY
western hcnurry white, line 10 Fancy
>5M H6c. state. PENNSYLVANIA ana near
nv hcnnrry white, ordinary to PRIME
zoo, A3r: do. brown 1U"t &c; do. gather
ed brown and mixed c"lors. 66gCsc:
Cheese. firm; state. whole mllk. 1lats'
current make. specials 81 G3l"+c; 90.
Average run 2OTr3U4 &C; state, whole mllk
twins. current make, specials ~ n W
auS.c: Dc. average run 30M 30 =.
Poultry. i've, not quoted: dressed.
steady: did ROSTERS 2l4 2igc; others
unChanG"d.
l. lUur unchanged.
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HEALTH COMMITTEE
TO MEET MONDAY

Ambrose +. Habig. chairman OF the
council committee on revision or the
health ordinance, yesterday issued the
call for meeting OF the committee 10
be held at the council chamber MONDAY
afternoon nj three o'clock.
Subpo"nas were served upon nuTiDeI
Of milk dealers and others. who will be
called To testify regarding conditions al,
legged in Il letter presented TO councii
Tuesday night. in which IT Is claimed
that small milk dealers Will he driven
out Of business il pasteurizatioh OF milk
Is required.
All mix dealers interested In securing
revision Of the ordinance have been In
,Itcd To appear before the committee
Monday.
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MONEY MARKET.

NEW YORK. Oct. l5.--Alcrcantilc
papcr $751;. Sterling SO day bills $4.lj
90 day bills on hanks $il4:
commercial 80 day bills $il$; demand
s4.l6l,; cables Si.l7L. Francs, demand
SS,75: cables 1913. Gu!lders. demand
37T,c: cables $50. Lire. demand !"in:
cables IOIt. Marks. driuHnd j li-l%:
cables a.. Government bonds. irrrgu.
lar: railroad bonds. heavy.
Time loans. strong: 60 days. 90 days
and 6 months7 bid.
Call loans. strong; high 10: low 10;
ruling rate 10: closing bid .; offered At
10: last loan 10. Bank acceptauCcs Is.
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Stocks 1923.
PITTSBURGH LIVE STOCK,

PITTSBURGH. Pa. Oct. l6.-Cattle,
tseady: supply light Choice prime
$15.o0nS15.50.
Sheep. steady: supply fair. Prime
wethers ss25@s9.50: culls and common.
s2.509s3.5o. Lambs $1,000 $1,000. Veal
calves $4,000 $4,000.
Hogs, lower; supply IS double decks.
Prime hcavics, mediums and heavy
workers STATS: light workers. $4,000
s1i.25: pigs sl3754S14.0o; rouThs
Sl2.00Q $3.50.
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DRY GOODS.

NEW YORK. Oct. l6.--tOtton goods
markets w"r" very strong. large con-
tracts being mndc Tor deliveries on prin;
cloths, ShrotInSS and Gonvcrtbl"S, Ter
deliveries extending 10 ArrIl ]. Joppers
nrc buN ing hirat bed ruitunS freely. lar
Iaps were strong. with price advancing.
Raw silk and thrown silk advanced after
"a furthcr rise in Yokohama.
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TOLEDO 6EAH.

TOLEDO. O.. Oct. 16.-Cloverseed,
prime cash s3l.4o: October $J1.40; De-
cember 5000; January s30.5S; F'ebru-
airy s3175: March $30.50.
Alsike, prime cash s29.l5; October
S29.15: December S29.l5; March $1,000.
Timothy, prime cash 1917, s5.tA cash
1918. $40: cash 1919, $5.65; October
s5.G5: December $50; March $3.50;
April $3.50.
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LIBERTY BONDS.

NEW YORK. oct. 16.-Final prices
today were: 3la'c sl00.9?; first SIS
$3.50: sr>ond As S93.7S: first AS
S?J.5o second as $685.: third as
$685.: fourth AS $3.50: Vistory 3As
S?9.7G; Victory as $99.f.
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PHT1oLKUM.

OIL CITY. Pa. Oct. l6.-Credit bal
anccs si.2j. Runs 1S6,S23; average r.
1877. Shipments 3S,S97: average 42.S66.
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N STOCK EXCHANGE

Tn1HG. W. Va: o Oct; BY by A. E
ruasa The iS Sers Of The New YORK
Mas,SS SonI me' Tationar Bank t BmllS.
'nS, ;1 Sha9sSw ". Va, Louis T. SFaH0'
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PITTSBURGH STOCKS

WHEELING. w Va, Oct. 16. 10.
Reported by A. f.. Mastcn & Co.. mem:
bers Pittsburgh Stock Exchange. Secono
Floor, National Bank Of W. Va. Bldg.
az
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Curb Mining Stocks.
Standard Oil Subsidiary Stock

WHEELING, w. Va. Oct &c. ~.
Reported BY \. l.. MaStcn & Co. mem,
bnrs Boston Stock TX, hanrc, Second
Tlour. National Baua Of W. Va. Bldg
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WHEELING. W Va. Oct. IS. 10.
Reported by A. L.. Masten & c. menu
bers New York Cotton Exchange. Second
Floor, National Bank OF w. Nn. Bldg.
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NEW YORK CURB MARKET

WHEELING, W. Va. Oct. 49, ~
Reoorted by A. E. Masten Co, mem,
,ers New York Stock Exchange, Secoho
Floor, National Bank Of w. Va. BIog:
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Sterling Products Nnc.)
books close oct is, noon, for per
cent cash dividend. payable NOV. !.
Nazri.AtIas GLASS i'U.--Transfer books
close Oct. -. tor a > per cent cash divi-
dend. payable OCT. 20.
Central Glass WUrks-Transfer books
close OCT. ;. for 3 Pc cent cash diVi'
drnd, payable oct. Is.
Sterling Products GnC.)
hooks close urt. is. for a regular 3 per
cent cash dividend. payable Nov. l.
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LOCAL STOCKS

WHEELING. W. Va, Oct. 15, 10.
Daily ,,u"taIIun list Wheeling STOCK
:Achaiisc. complied for the lntelllSen'
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| Cash quotations:
$t.%8NlS.38k.
Oats-Eo. . white III 7@':": N". :
white 6Sl; n 7lc.
| Pork--Sominal.
! I.ard-$29.57.
] Rlbs--$lS25n 9U0
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BOSTON COPPER STOCKS

WHEELING. w. Va. Oc;. IL. -.
Reported b.. \ T.. Mastrn I; Co.. mem;
bcrs New York Stock Exchange, Second
Floor, National Bank or W. Va. Bids.
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Total "a 1.410.900 shares.
o-ExtrVidend $500 payable.
BUY r SAVINGS STAMPS
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UPWARD TREND
IN CORN MARKET

CHICAGO, Oct. ls.--Corn tended up
pard in value to-day as a result of WEI
weather and scant!ness OF rural offer
ings. The market closed firm at Il I"
- cent net higher with Decembrr
$l.21Z. Oats gained II a u to . cont.
In provisions the outcome varied from
10 decline To 45 cents advance.
Orcn High. Low. Close.
Corn:
Nay Nay: 81: 81 i * IL ! Is,
Oats:
Dec. 70ts IO8 Io'S :" ~
May. 1915 i3"s '"'S ." -:
Pork:
Oct. ...... 1S III 80 U" ~ Wv
JAM. ....... ...,..,,.'...'' - O'
Lard:
Nov. ~ 10 so w -, ..
Jan. + "a 10 u ~ - v" - ="
Ribs: :, %
San.,'..!i7 50 il 81 il 50 II 65
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Am. Window Glass Machine.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-26
FLOWER LEGENDS.

There are some very pretty flower
legends woven about the history of
the Christ Child. Here are few of
them:
The peasantry of Spain say that
rosemary brings happiness, with its
perfume on Christmas Eve, because
the Blessed Virgin hung the little
bushes.
The snowdrops, or fair flower Of
February bloom in memory of the
time when the Virgin presented Jesus
in the temple.
The pretty little wayside flower
known as "Lady's Bedstead,' was so
called because Mary made the man
ger bed Of it.
The sycamore attains its great vi
tality and verdure because the Mo
hammedans say it is the tree Of JC-
seph and Mary, and sheltered them
in their flight to Egypt.
The rose of Jericho is also called
Mary's rose. 1t sprung up wherever
the Blessed Virgins foot touched the
earth on her way to Egypt.
Once as our Savior walked with men
below,
His path of mercy through a forest
lay;
And mark how all the dropping
branches show
What homage best a silent tree may
pay.
only the aspen stood erect and free,
Scorning to join the yoiceless worship
pure. .s.-.- ,.-.-
But see. He cast one look upon the
tree;
Struck to the heart she trembles ever
more
An old legend tells that by the foun.
tain where Mary washed the swad
ding clothes of the Holy Child beau
tiful flowers sprung up.
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BEGINNINGS OF GREAT THINGS

On July &c, 1S47, the first electric
magnetic locomotive was exhibited
and operated. The exhibition was
made in the town hall of Dover, N. H.,
by its inventor, Moses G. Farmer. 1t
carried several people, who were
doubtless the first passengers trans
ported on railroad by electricity in
the United States. Farmer lectured
upon the invention at various Eastern
points, after which he opened a tele-
graph Office, where he devised the
well known fire alarm apparatus. AS
early as 1850 Professor Farmer pre-
dicted, among other results, the talk
ing exactly as we talk today by tele-
phone, and he also saw the feasibility
of electric traction by means of the
storage battery and trolley system
now in use. He also invented a fly
ing machine, but his sudden death
prevented his bringing it before the
world.
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TAPS.

Eddie, an Jim an Squint-eye Joe,
Barefooted, freckled, an tanned,
Lay on their backs, with their moth
eaten pup,
In the warm September glow;
An told what they'd be when they
growed up
Eddie, an Jim, an joel
Eddie, an jim, an Squint-eye Joe
Were bound to be richern kings.
Eddies ambition a judges wig
jim would eXplorin' go,
An Joe'd be a actor, when he got
big
Eddie, an jim, an Joe!
Eddie, an jim, an Squint-eye Joe
Lie on the shell-torn earth!
jim drags Joe to a crater's brink,
Where Eddie, dyin' below,
Beckons, an gives 'em his last droE
to drink =
Eddie, an Jim, an Joe,
Lie on their backs, asleep.
Their great adventure has come and
passed,
And crosses three, in a row,
Tell that they're richer than kings al
last
Eddie, an jim, an Joe!
-FpeyDbodD's M000.fnp
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knees in the sand and cried, Lord,
help me! Lord, help me! Lord, help
me-"
Some of the boys began to laugh.
Two of them caught up things to
throw. One hesitated a moment, as
though doubtful what to do. Then he
sprang forward and grasped an up
lifted arm.
stop that, Toni" he cried, 'Billy's
right, and we all know it. He's bet
ter than the whole lot of us. No hard
cider for me today
He turned abruptly and struck back
into the orchard. Several followed
him. Then those who had caught up
missiles looked at each other shame.
facedly, hesitated, dropped what they
had picked up, and turned and fol
lowed the rest. Billy's prayer for help
had been answered.
youths Temperance Bonner
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The ambulance boys give prompt re

The ambulance boys give prompt re-
lief
AS down the line they quickly come.
Above a PROSTATE form, one is bend
ing low
To stay the feeble pulse and breath;
His humble friend-a faithful dog,
Gives First Aid help to conquer death.
NTH faces masked, alike they work,
The sturdy youth-the humble hound
Then turn to bear that human freight
TO Unit One beyond the battle-ground.
The deadly shrapnel, swift and sure,
Struck down that burden bearer brave:
He fell upon his knees beside the
The soldier boy he gave his life to
save.
The loyal hound-true to sacred trust,
With weird calls-stranger to human
Stood guard beside the wounded
Until a First Aid rescue came.
soldiers face on a flag-draped bier,
When the Western sun is sinking low;
Down on lip-red on his cheek
He was fond mothers boy you know
Only boy! but his countrys pride.
One of many-the Ambulance Squad.
Near mo Mans Land" he found a
grave
The soldier spirit rests in God,
To him the Shadow Valley opened
It's portals, unlighted and unknown,
And the vast aisles of it's darkness,
He passed manfully and alone.
o Soldier True. o Red Cross Knight,
Nobly dying in youths June time.
Your written name on mortal fame
Your last success Nobleness Sublime!
-5ri0fd Elizabeth Malone, N D.
Columbus, Mont
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IMMORTALITY HAS NEW MEAN
ING FOR MILLIONS

With war wounds beginning to heal,
peoples everywhere are giving more,
thought to the spiritual than was al
ways possible in the hurry and horror
of the conflict The manifestation
takes many forms, but because of the
staggering toll of lives, it is perhaps
most pronounced in new eagerness
to accent belief in the Immortality of
the soul. This, declares e. S. Martin
in the May number of the Red Cross
Magazine, is the very pith of religion.
There never was a time the
writer continues, so far as anyone
knows, when belief in Immortality
was so necessary to the world as
now That is partly because of an
unprecedented bereavement that
reaches after consolation, and partly
because of perpleXity and discourage
ment that see an old order crumbling
and look about for courage to build
a new one. Is life worth while that
is subject to such enormous destruc-
tons and calamitieS? Is a race worth
continuing whose members can con-
tend and ravage so brutally? When
faith says there is more to it thar
this, that the young dead won what
they died for. that there is that ahead
for them, and that ahead for those
who still live, and for the yet unborn,
that will be worth all the struggles
and the pains it cost, it brings a cor
dial 10 a world that is very near the
point of fainting"
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REV. DR.. MORRISON ON THE CATH
OLIC CHURCH.

Rev. j. A. Morrison, Phi. D., in the
First Presbyterian Church, West St.
John, New Brunswick, on recent
Sunday night preached the third Of
the series of sermons on the Great
Churches of Christendom," taking for
his subject the Latin Church"
He said in part, as reported in The
Standard:
AS we begin our consideration of
the Latin Church" we find conditions
entirely reversed from those found in
the Greek Church. If by the Latin
Church" we mean the Church of
Rome" then surely all of US have been
acquainted in a measure with that
church from our childhood. 1t is
everywhere in the Western world and
for that matter we say that it would
indeed be most difficult to discover
any land in which from the lofty
spires of it's sacred edifices it does not
symbol of the cross.
Many also of our friends and neigh
| bors, people whom we all honor and
respect, are of it's loyal and devoted
| membership. To the mind of the his
torical student, whatever may be his
| personal views, the study of the doc
trines and acts of religious organiza
| ton so intimately connected with the
| story of the progress of Western
| civilization must ever prove of absorb
ing interest.
| While it must be granted that Prot
estants and Catholics certainly dis
agree upon certain we'll known mat
| ters of doctrine and ritual, yet al
| good Christians love to think tina
there are also very many points o
rapprochement.
In common, do we not all hold be
lief in the several articles of thu
Apostles Greed?
| In common, do we not all acknowl
edge the law as given by Moses as thu
supreme guide Of morals?
In common, do we not all welcome
| the cross as heavens token of Cod!
| eternal love to mankind, and with tina
great Christian emperor do we no
read under it the words In hoe sign,
vinces?"
Let me dwell upon those element
of faith and practice which we hole
in common rather than upon thos'
other matters in which the presen
cleavage between the various fold
and forces protesting the Holy Mann
of Christ is too evident to all, remem
boring that our hope for the ultimat
reunion of Christendom rests unde
God upon those sanctified men an
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BILLY.

A dozen or more boys were off on a
tramp. They had traversed several
miles of woods and fields, shouting,
racing, climbing trees and rocks and
every hill to which they came, fling
ing stones at marks and even at de-
risive. scampering squirrel, and haN,
ing what they jubilantly called "a gay
old time"
At length they emerged from thick
piece of woods, scurried through a
large apple orchard, and found them
selves at an old-fashioned cider press.
A number of barrels were lying near
the press. Several of the boys sprang
forward.
''Hooray!" one of them yelled, cts
old Jobson's press. This must be old
enough now to have a good sting.
We're in luck, fellows. Old Jobson
lives most a mile off, and we can stay
and drink just as long as we like.
There are plenty of straws, and we
can clip the bungs out easy. Come
on"
But one of the boys held back.
ooh, come on, Billy. What are you
holding back for?" the leader called
derisively. Then all the boys laughed.
Billy turned red and dug his almost
| bare feet in the sand. All the other
| boys had good shoes on their feet,
and their clothing was mostly good.
/ Billy's was little more than tatters.
But Billy's father was common
drunkard, and he had two brothers
who were little better than their ia
Their. Often his only lodging was a
corner of some attic. He knew why
they were laughing. They thought il
funny that he, of all boys, should hold
hack from drink of hard cider.
But as he\dug his feet in the sand
he was thinking of man who had
once placed a hand upon his shoulder
and looked down compassionately into
his eyes.
Billy" he said, you have ter.
rible struggle ahead, more terrible
than those who go out to do battle or
/ those who 60 out on the sea to fight
storms. You will have this craving
I for drink as your inheritance, and you
must not only fight your natural weak.
nesses, but this great evil which your
people have thrust upon you. 1t will
be a long, hard fight, Billy, which will
never end. If you do not wish to be
like your father and brothers you must
keep it up, always. You must call on
the Lord to help. There is no other
way"
Billy did not know much about
prayer, or much about anything ex
cept his squalid home and the hard
things he had learned upon the
streets. But he did not want to be
like his father; she would rather die
And with an unutterable loathing al
the thought and that hooking, What
are you holding back for?" ringing in
his ears, he dropped suddenly upon his