« "A Modern Samson." j ? BY ROBERT BARB. A little more and Jeun Itasteaux would Lave been a giant. Brittany oien are small as a rule, but Jean was in exception. lie was a powerful foung fellow who, up tot.lie time he ivas compelled to enter the army, had spent his life in dragging heavy nets >ver the sides of a boat. He knew the Brittany coast, rugged and In dented as It is, as well as he knew :ho road from the little cafe on the square to the dwelling of his father iu the hill-side overlooking the sea. Never before had he been out of sound o< the waves. lie was a man who, like Herve Kiel, might have saved the fleet, but France, with the jsual good sense of officialism, sent :hfli man of the coast into the moun tains, and Jean Rasteaux became a soldier in the Alpine corps. If he stood on the highest mountain peak, lean might look over illimitable wastes of snow, but he could catch neither sound nor sight of the sea. Men who mix with mountains be come as rough and rugged as the rocks, and the Alpine corps was a wild body, harsh and brutal. Punishment in the ranks was swift and terrible, for the corps was situated far from any of the civilizing things of modern life, and deeds were done which the world knew not of; deeds which would not have been approved If re ported at headquarters. The regiment of which Jean became a unit was stationed in a high valley, that had but one outlet, a wild pass 3own which a mountain river roared and foamed and tossed. The narrow path by the side of this stream was the only way out of, or into the val ley, for all around, the little plateau was walled in by immense peaks of everlasting snow, dazzling in the sun light, and luminous even in the still dark nights. From the peaks to the south, Italy might have been seen, but no man had ever dared to climb any of them. The angry little river was fed from a glacier whose blue breast lay sparkling in the sunshine to the south, and the stream circum navigated the little plateau, as if try ing to find an outlet for its tossing waters. Jean wns terribly lonely in these dreary and uuaccustoined solitudes. The white mountain* awed him, and the mad roar of the river seemed but poor compensation for the dignified measured thunder of the waves on the Viroad sands of the Brittany coast. But Jean wns a good-natured giant, and he strove to do whatever was re quired of him. He was not quick at repartee, and the men mocked his Breton dialect. He became the butt for all their small and often mean jokes, and from the first he was very miserable, for, added to his yearning for the sea, whose steady roar he heard in his dreams at night, he felt the utter lack of all human sympathy. At first he endeavored, by unfailing good nature and prompt obedience, to win the regard of his fellows, and he oecame In a measure the slave of the regiment, but the more lie tried to please, the more his burden increased, snd the greater were the Insults he was compelled to bear from both offi cers and men. It was so easy to bully this giant, whom they nicknamed Samson, that even the smallest men In the regiment felt at liberty to swear at him or cuff hiui if necessary. But at last Samson's good nature seemed to be wearing out. Ills stock was becoming exhausted, and his com rades forgot that the Bretons for hun dreds of years have been successful fighters, and that the blood of con tention flows in their veins. Although the Alpine corps, as a general thing, contains the largest nnd strongest men in the French army, yet the average French soldier uin> be termed undersized when com pared with the military of either Eng land or Germany. There were several physically small men in the regiment, und one of these, like a dlminut v » gnat, was Samson's worst persecutor. As there was no other man in the regiment whom the gnat could bully. Samson received more than even lie could l»e expected to bear. »)'!■; Jay the gnat ordered Samson ta bring him a pall of water from the stream, and the big man unhesitatingly obeyed. He spilled some of it com ing up the bank, and when he de livered It to the little man, the latter abused him for not bringing the pa.l full, and as several of the larger sol diers who had all In their turn made Saiuson miserable, were standing about, the little man picked up the pull of wuter and dashed It Into Sum son's face. It was such a good op portunlty for showing off before the big men. who removed their pipes from their mouths and laughed loud ly as Samson with his knuckles tried to take the water out of his eyes. Then Saiuson did un astoulaa'.iig thing. "You miserable little, Insignificant rat." he cried. "I would crush you. but you are not worth It. But to show you that I am not afraid of any of you, there, and there!" As he said these two Words wit It emphasis, he struck out from the ahoul der, not at the little man, but at the two blggcat men In the regiment, and felled them llku logs to the grtUlld. A ery or rage wrnt up front the r comrades, but bullies are cowan's at heart, and while Samson gUreti at em, no one made a note. Th* matter was reported to the officer, and Samson was placed under arrest. When the inquiry was held, the officer expressed his astonish ment at the fact that Samson lilt two men who had nothing to do with the insult he had received, while the real culprit had been allowed togo un punished. "They deserved It," said Samson, sullenly, "for what they had done be fore. I could not strike the little man. I should have killed him." "Silence!" cried the officer. "You must not answer me like that." "I shall answer you us I like," said Samson, doggedly. The officer sprang to his feet, with a little ruttan caue In hie hand, and struck the insubordinate soldier twice across the face, each time raising an angry red mark. Before the guards had time to in terfere Samson sprang upon the offi cer, lifted him like a child around his head, and dashed him with a sicken ing crash to the ground, where he lay motionless. A cry of horror went up from every one present. "I have had enough," cried Sam son turning togo, but he was met by a bristling hedge of steel. He was like a rat in a trap. He stood de fiantly there, a man maddened by op pression, and glared uround him help lessly. Whatever might have been his punishment for striking his comrades, there was no doubt now about his fate. The guardhouse was a rude hut of logs situated on the bunks of the roaring stream. Into this room Samson was fiung, bound hand nnd foot, to await the court martial next day. The shattered officer, whose sword had broken In pieces under him, slowly revived, and was carried to his quarters. A sen try marched up and down all night before the guard-house. In the morning, when Samson was sent for, the guard-house was found to be empty. The huge Breton had broken his bonds as did Samson of old. He had pushed out a log of wood from the wail, and had squeezed him self through to the bank of the stream. There all trace of him was lost. If he had fallen in. then of course he had sentenced and executed himself, but in the mud near the water were great footprints, which no boot but that of Samson could have made; so if he were in the stream it must have been because he threw himself there. The trend of the foot prints, however, indicated that lie had climbed 011 the rocks, and there, of course, it was Impossible to trace liim. The sentries who guarded the puss maintained that no one had gone through during the night, but to make sure, several men were sent down the path to overtake the runaway. Even If he reached a town or a village far below, so huge a man could not es cape notice. The searchers were in structed to telegraph his description and his crime as soon as they reached a telegraph wire. It was impossible to hide in the valley, and a rapid search speedily convinced the officers that the delinquent was not there. As the sun arose higher and higher, until it began to shine on the north ward-facing snow fields, a sharp-eyed private reported that he saw a black speck moving high up on the great white slope south of the valley. The officer called for a field-glass, and placing It to lils eyes, examined the snow carefully. "Call out a detachment," he said, "that Is Samson on the mountain.'" There was a great 9tir In the camp when the truth became known. Emis saries were sent after the searchers down the pass, culling them to re turn. "He thinks to get to Italy," said the officer."l did not imagine the fool knew so much of geography. We have him now sure enough." The officer who had keen flung oter Samson's head was now able to hob ble al>out, and he was exceedingly bitter. Shnding his eyes and gazing nt the snow, he said— "A good marksman ought to I*' able to bring him down." "There Is 110 need of that." replied his suiH-rlor. "He cannot escape. We have nothing to do but to wait for him. He will have to come down." All of which was perfectly true. A dctanhment crossed the stream and stucked its arms ut the foot of the mountain which Saiuson was try ing to climb. There was u small level place u few yards wide between the bottom of the hill and the bank of the rnging stream. On this lilt of level ground the soldiers lay In the sun anil smoked, while the officers stood In a group and watched the climbing man going steadily upward. For a short distance up from the plateau there was stunted gruss ami 1110M, with dark points of rock |>ro tending from the smut soil. Above that again was a breadth of dirty snow which, now that the suu was strong, seut little trickling streams down U> the river. From there to the long ridge of the mountain extended upwards the vust smooth slope of virgin snow, pure and white, spark ling 111 the strong sunlight as If It hail been sprinkled with diamond du»t. A black speck against the tremendous Held of white, tile giant struggled oil, and they could sec by tliu gluts that lit «i>nli to the knee In the aofte'ilug snow. "Now," said the "h»i la h» I ginning to unoerstant Lis situation." Through the glass they saw Sam son pnr.se. From below It seemed ns If the snow were fts smooth as a slop ing roof, but even to the naked eye a shadow crossed It neur the top. That shadow was a tremendous ridge of overhanging snow more than a 100 feet deep; and Samson now paused as he realized that It was Insurmount able. He looked down and undoubt edly saw a part of the regiment wait ing for him below. He turned and plodded slowly under the overhang ing ridge until he came to the preci pice at his left. It was a 1000 feet sheer down. He retraced his steps and walked to the similar precipice at the right. Then he came again to the middle of the great T which his foot marks had made on that virgin slope. He sat down in the snow. No one will ever know what a mo ment of despair the Breton must have passed through when he realized the hopelessness of his toil. The officer who was gazing through the glass at him dropped his haud to his side and laughed. "The nature of his situation," he said, "has at last dawned upon him. It took a long time to get an apprecia tion cf it through his thick Breton skull." "Let me have the glass a moment," said another. "lie has made up his mind about something." The officer did not realize the full significance of what he saw through the glass. In spite of their conceit their skulls were thicker than that cf the persecuted Breton fisherman. Samson, for a moment, turned his face to the north and raised his hands towards heaven. Whether it was an api>eal to saints he believed in, or an invocation to the distant ocean he was never more to look upon, who can tell? After a moment's pause he flung himself headlong down the slope to wards the section of the regiment which lounged on the bank of the river. Over and over he rolled, and then in place of the black figure there came downward a white ball, gather ing bulk at every bound. It was several seconds before the significance of what they were gaz ing at burst upon officers and men. It came upon them simultaneously, and with it a wild panic of fear. In the still air a low sullen roar arose. "An avalanche! An avalanche!!" they cried. The men and officers were hemmed in by the broiling torrent. Some of them plunged into get to the other side, but tlie moment the water laid hold of them their heels were whirled into the air, and they disappeared helplessly down the rapids. Samson was hours going up tin? mountain, but only seconds coming down. Like an overwhelming wave came the white crest of the avan anche, sweeping officers and men into and over the stream and far across the plateau. There was one mingled shriek which made itself heard through the sullen roar of the snow, then all was silence. The henimed-in water rose high and soon forced its way through the white barrier. When the remainder of the regi ment dug out from the debris the bodies of their comrades they found a fixed look of the wildest terror on every face except one. Samson, him self, without an unbroken bone in his body, slept as calmly as if he rested under the blue waters on the coast of Brittany.—English Illustrated Maga ziue. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. The com field of a Long Island farm er has produced an oddity of nature in 21 small ears of corn, all intergrown with each other, on a single stalk. A well-authenticated Shakespearean relic, an earthernware jug, given by him to his sister Jonn. is on sale in London. It is shaped like a modern coffee-pot, decorated with heathen mythological figures in bold relief, and topped with a silver cap and edging of engraved silver. Not long since a remarkable school of fishes was caught In Oregon. For some reason the water In a stream had run dry, leaving millions of Ashes on the sands, which later marly drove some of the Inhabitants of the region away. The skeletons of this vast con gregation will in time become hard ened. A resident of the City of Mexico re cently ordered several suits of clothes from a New Orleans house, sending these helpful suggestions: "l am 42 years old. weigh 12U Founds, dark com plexion, notary public/' By the way of reply the order clerk tutd the Mexi can that the specifications were very interesting and exhaustive, but as a matter of form the house would be Clad to have him fill out and forward one of the firm's regulation measure ment blanks. Dr. Fred Kdgc ot Wolverhampton, Filmland, has the misfortune to |KlS sess blood which Is peculiarly temp: Inn to (tea*. If any of Ills out path lit* bring one into his presence, the d's criminating ln*e<t at once forsaki-s its former host for tbe do< tor's blood Hut Dr. Edge haw found a way of s|xilllng the brand from the Itea |siint of view, lie sect tin |tl in lies thin by simply chew liitf sulphur loseuges. The tlca« then liter'ly run about his skin and tickle lilui. but are too wnry to bite Perhaps •.he same prophylactic will di«app»lu( other Insects of prey uio»ijultt>. • If : lIItIHIMXI SOUTH NEEDSNO CHANGE FEARS BRYAN'S ELECTION WOULD BRING HARD TIMES. The Record of ISaltlvnore Obtains (lie Views <jf Manufacturers Who Are in l f avor offsetting Well Knougli Alone— Wiry Democratic Defeat is IJesirable. The Manufacturers' Record of Bal timore, recently sent a circular letter to manufacturers all over the country asking their views ns to what would be the effect upon the manufacturing interests were Mr. Bryan elected. The Northern manufacturers, as a rule, predict dull times and uncer tainty, and some see disaster in Bryan's election. The replies of the Southern manufacturers In part fol low: Hambleton & Co., bankers, Balti more, Sound-Money Democrats: "We consider the defeat of Mr. Brayn not only desirable, but absolutely essential to the safety of the country nnd wel wnre nnd happiness of the people." Mottu De Witt & Co., Investments, Norfolk, Va.: "Ever since Brynnlem has made Itself known we find that most of our friends prefer to wait the time when the American people have proved by their vote that they want nothing but the soundest and best kind of money. The possibility of Bryanism is enough to stop the wheels of progress, and the sooner election day is over the better for everybody." J. J. Anderson, lumber, Spauldlng, Va.: "I do not anticipate nuy material dfellne between now and election, and after that date if McKlnley Is re elected I expect business will be stim ulated, wages advanced and higher prices for all kinds of lumber." W. S. Wyche, Qeorge Foundry and Machine Works, Rome, Gn.: "The po litical part of your letter we prefer not to discuss. We are looking for a good trade during our fall and winter seasons, basing our opinion on ten cent cotton." W. M. Given, Birmingham, Ala., consulting engineer: "As regards the election nnd the influences It would exert upou our local business interests I feel, and I believe that I voice the sentiments of tlie majority of the rep resentative citizens of our district, that it is a good thing to let well enough alone. The present Adminis tration and the policies pursued by it have seen the greatest prosperity that this district has eVL*r known, and I should dislike very much to see any change. In fact, I feel that the elec tion of Mr. Bryan would simply mean another siege of hard times." Isaac S. Boyd, President Southern Saw Wofks, Atlanta. Ga.: "I am one of those 'fellows' who in the last Presidential election could ndt vote for Mr. Bryan's 'lO to 1' nor for Mr. McKinley's 'negro loving' (politically), and lam yet at sea. My candid opin ion is that the election of Mr. McKiu ley will insure us a continuation of prosperous business, wlifle the election of Mr. Bryan would make it doubtful." Young A. Gresham, Atlanta, Gn.: "The country is in no condition to call for a change. Business would be greatly demoralized and tlie country thrown Into a state of uncertainty in the event of his (Bryan's) election in November." Perry Andrews & Bro., Atlanta, Ga.: "There is no doubt whatever that the present prosperity of our country Is due to the present financial policy of the Administration, and if McKlnley is re-elected the prosperous condition of this country will continue to exist, while Bryan's election would undoubt edly work havoc aud destruction to all business Interests. He is the embodi ment of 10 to 1, and money is sensi tive." Hopkins Bros., buggy manufactur ers, Waco, Texas: "With regard to the political situation we are satisfied with the present condition of affairs, and not at all anxious to develop un tried mensufes, although we are all good Democrats." COLONIES AND THEIR TRADE. Will Provide Additional fcmpldyuient to Labor and Capital. Great Britain annually supplies her colonies with thirty-four per cent, of their Imports, while to the non-British world she Is able to supply ouly thir teen per cent, of Its imports. France supplies her colonies with twenty-two per cent, of their total Imports, while the non-French world takes from France but ulue per cent, of Its Im ports. The Netherlands supplies to Its colonics thirty-one per cent, of their Imports, while the non-Nether lands world takes from that country less than six per cent, of its imports. Spain supplied to her colonies eighty four per cent, of their total Imports, while the non-Spanish world takes from that couutry less thuu two per cent, of its Imports. Now, lets us apply these facts, takeu from the official reports of various countries, with the isluuds with which we have come into closer rela tions under the administration of President McKlnley. These Islands generally Import, under normal coudl tlous $ KM),(MM), i MM) a year In goods, al most exclusively of the class of goods which the iieople of the I'nited States produce uud sell. Tluit We will rapid ly absorb the great bulk of trade goes without the suyltitf. When the ittige earuers and the capitalists see the vast markets lu sight. Insuring so much more work and employment for capital, the cry of "Imperialism" in stead of distracting their atteutiou, will tiecouie a by-word for laughter and ridicule. What Mryaa's r*lltt Would Ue. The course pursued by tlie McKln ley administration has made the Pulled Stales the world's uew Imuk tr Bryan's policy would reverse the slluatiou aud make the world's buuk vr out of sotue oth'-r country. PORTO RICO'S TRADE CROWING. The Island Becoming Proiperom in Spite of Democratic Walllujr. Commerce between the United States nnd Porto Rico has developed rapidly since the new act went into effect on May 1, 1000. Imports into the United States from that island have increased fifty per cent, over those of one year ago, and are three times ns great as the average when I'orto Kico was Spanish territory, while exports to the island have In creased nearly 150 per cent, over one year ago, and are nearly five times as much as the average when Porto Kico was Spanish territory. During the month of July, whose figures have just been completed by the Treasury Bureau of Statistics, the exports from the United States to the Island were $329,729, against $200,400 in July, 1899, and $150,290 in July, 1897. Taking the entire three months in which the new act has been in operation. May, June and July, the exports to the Isl and were $2,117,207, against $873,453 In the corresponding months of 18!(9, $485,279 in the corresponding months of 1897, nnd $393,225 in the corre sponding months of 1890. On the im port side the figures for July, 1900, were $(>40,023, against $448,207 in July, 1899, $145,273 in 1897, and $254,070 in July, 1891!. It is apparent, therefore, from an examination of these figures that im ports from Porto Kico in the three mouths' operation of the new law are fully fifty per cent, in excess of those for the corresponding months of 1899 when the island wpjs under the Ameri can flag, but the former tariff rela tions yet unaffected, while they are nearly three times as much ns In the corresponding months of the closing years of Spanish control of the island. The following shows the commerce between the United States and the isl and of Porto Kico in May, June and July of each year from 1890 to nnd in cluding the year 1900, and enables a comparison of the trade of the first three months under the new law with the corresponding months of each year In the term covered. No comparl son Is made with 1898 owing to the fact that hostilities in existence during June, July and August of that year would mnke the comparison an unfair one. May, Imports from Exports to June and Porto ltlco Porto Kico July into U. S. from U.S. 1890 $1,232,243 $393,225 1897 1.000,529 485,279 189 1,910,249 873,453 1900 2,902,147 2,117,207 Labor Finds Steady Kmployiuent. The prosperity of Chicago at the present time is admirably reflected fn the "wdnt advertisement" columns of the newspapers of that city. Of courso a relative increase in the number of advertisements for "help wanted" means that there is a tendency for po sitions to seek men instead of men seeking positions—ln other words that the opportunities for employment are more abundant. By looking over the following table of "want" advertise ments for September 2, 1900, with September 0, 1890, It will be seen what an interesting change there lias been In this ratio of "help wanted" to "situations wanted." All of the adver tising columns of the Chlcngo news papers tell the same story. The figures are as below: Tribune- Sept. 0, Sept. 2, 1890. 1900. Help wanted (male).. ..133 370 Help wanted (female). .208 459 Times-Herald— Help wanted (male).... 43 44 Help wanted (female).. 3 20 It e cord- Help wanted (male).... 7S 141 Help wanted (female).. 44 40 Total help wanted..so 9 10S0 Just as striking is the record of "sit vatlons wanted." These show a dimi nution. indicating tliat there Is far less difficulty in getting places than before. Fire In tlie Hear. Consul O. F. Williams, of Manila, bus made the following statement about the situation in the Philippines. It must be a comfort to Mr. Bryan and his allies who are encouraging re lielllon: "I am very sorry to have to say it, but It is a fact that the Filipino poli ticians believe that if they can keep on making trouble until November aud If Bryan Is elected they will get some assistance from him. It Is the politicians who believe this, and 1 am in a position to say positively now that so far us the present trouble In the Philippine Islands is concerned there Is no opposition to the American tJov itnineut by a Filipino army. The con tention Is not between organized forces of Filipinos representing an organized government aud American troops, but on the part of the lusur gents It Is carried on by robber bands. These bands have been active ou the Islands for over 300 years. They are eoinposed of guerillas who luherlt their desire for warfare from savage forefathers. They opposed the Span iards and the peaceful Filipinos for three centuries." tralHlliin it Suulh»rit l<aue. A majority of the white vote In th» South being, a* we believe, iu favor of protection, Nouud money and expau- 1 sloii, will assert Itself, hui'i the suprcm- ' acy of the Democratic party In that j entire secliou of the country will iiu mediately be threatened by division, i not ou the color line, as In lite past, bill ou the sume prluelples that are di viding the people lietn'iHU Hie Demo- ! era tic aud Itepubllcan parties through out the re»l of the uution. The Dciu- ' ocrats manipulating this scheme oils- j fraftcbloenicutt are certainly playiug with tlie uud everybody knows what ltu|ipcu» to people w ho play with lire, —Henry c I'uyue, of Wlscousia. ' THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. The Uie of Alcoholic Llquom Produce! Moral Intimity Old Alt Sußerini For the Slut of Youth—The Awful lie sponslblllty of Drinking Parent*. As shadow follows substance so surelj does harm follow the use of strong drink, says Dr. T. 1). Crothers emphatically. 'The central point I wish to emphasize is that moral insanity follows all use of alco hol, and is present in all inebriates to a greater or less degree." As surely as a hot iron will burn th« flesh, so surely will alcoholics injure both body and mind of those who drink it. Tht boast of the young man, "Drink does not hurt me," is false —absolutely false, lit does not know himself. He is reckoning without his host. So able a man as Dr. Harlow, superintendent of the Maine In sane Hospital, wrote me a remarkable let ter. He states: "It is quite a frequent oc currence to have patients brought to us, I between the ages of fifty and seventy, whe | in early life were given to the use of alco I holic drinks, but had reformed and livec j temperate lives ten, twenty or thirty yean prior to the appearance of their mala<ly Bhowing conclusively, to my mind, that thi | alcohol taken thus early left a damagec brain doubly susceptible to mental de rangement." ! I nave in mind a man who inherited at | excellent constitution, but who in earl) | manhood took to the cup. Later he radi : cally reformed, and there never was • more abstemious man for the next thirtj | years, yet as age came on he began t< i turn in mind back to what he had beet j in the days of his indulgence. He reac quired the same looks on his face, th« same motions and actions of body, tht I same wonderings and hallucinations oi 1 mind as when he used to drink. Hit ! daughter said it was pitiable to see him it was such a painful reminder of hi.) for mer condition she so much witnessed whet ehe was a little girl. But worse than all this is the damagt done through the drinker upon his on spring. They suffer to a degree beyond I his own. Think of a whole large family I So-called sons and daughters, every ont j made a fool or near it by parental drink ing. Go up and down the town and ob | serve the idiots, the under-wits, tht [ stunted heads and bodies, the nervous anc hysterical and otherwise injured bodiei and minds and asks what has done it? Anc in almost all cases liquor through theii parents is the proper answer. A schoo! teacher investigated the case of one of hit i scholars that had the appearance of being drunk. The fact was developed that not | the pupil, but his father did the drinking I personally knew a man past middle lift : who from a young man had the unsteadj step, the broken and hesitating speect : and other nervous irregularities character ! istic of the appearance of old topers. 1 ! charged him with drinking. He denied I then spoke to some of his friends, anii was told to my surprise that he nevei drank, but that these drunken syniptomi were begotten in him by his drunken par i entage, running back several generations. No, it is not safe to drink, either direct ly or indirectly; the mischief will leal out. Consequences must follow, thougt , they may not be expressed till in the third ; or fourth generation. Con one take firt ! into his bosom and not be burned? N< more can one indulge in strong drink anc ' escape. There is somewhere or at stfmt time an inevitable retribution. Drink and be damned. Such is the close logic, or lei alone and be safe, you and your posterity —E. Chenery, M. D., in the National Ad vocate. Toasting Sit Health In Potatoes. George Cruikshank, a well-known artist in his day, did great service for the caust of "Teetotalism." His once famous car toon Of"The Uottle" created a sensation which lasted for years after its first ap pearance. At dinner when the wine went around he turned his glass upside down. Dr else he adopted another and perhaps better way. He was lunching one day ; ivith Mr. C. R. Leslie, the painter. Al though aware that Cruikshank had joined the ranks of the abstainers, Leslie asked if he might have the pleasure of a glass oi wine with him, at the same time raising his glass and passing the decanter. "My lear Leslie," said Cruikshank. "I don't drink wine, but I shall be glad to take a potato with you." Saying this, Cruik i lhank plunged his fork into u potato, oodded to Leslie, bit a piece off, and wished him a very good health. Mr Story, the artist, who relates the story, ivas an eyewitness of the novel and ainus :ng scene. —Young People's Paper. Tee-Tee-Total. About September, 1833, Dicky Turner, the converted weaver, when delivering jne of his fervid speeches in the Temper »nce Hotel, Preston (the cockpit), where I the Earls of Derby formerly fought theii :ocks for three centuries), in favor of the new pledge, declared with emphasis that "nothing but the Tee-Tee-Total pledge would do." Mr. Joseph Livessey, upon hearing this, immediately cried out, amid rreat cheering: "That shall be the name." The newly coined word was taken up by the succeeding speakers, and was after ward used at all the meetings held i" the town and neighborhood. It was soon idopted in every part of Lancashire, and was eventually accepted as the true desig nation of total abstinence, not only in the L'nited Kingdom, but throughout the civ ilized world. I had the above facts from the lips o| Mr. Joseph Livesey.—London Daily News Drunken Lawyers and Judges, A melancholy illustration of the effects of liquor was given in one of tin- city ;ourts not long since. A lawyer of bril liant parts, formerly Assistant I< .- net Attorney in the United States Court, and occupying several other positions, ap peared drunk before the Recorder, and.it tempted to defend a prisoner. The Re roruer said to him: "You are not now HI * condition to defend the prisoner, who it accused of a serious offence. 1 adjourn the case until to morrow, and ii yon ap pear before this court in such a condition tgaiu 1 wi. l take other measures in dealing with you." For the same cause a distin guished Judge was recently compelled tc 'cave the bench. Wsuti Teetotalers Only. Some short time ago M. Menier. • IVenchman. bought the Island of Anti Oosti. in the Uulf of St. on which he has established the largest pri vate game preserve in the world. Tht island is some 140 miles long by twenty eight miles broad. In adifitioii to tht game preserves he is developing its agri cultural resources, ami has made lilit-fa offers to induce Frenchmen to settU there, but every settler must take th< pledge to total abstinence, as he will havt none but teetotalers on the island. The Crusade In Uriel. Drink is a poison. Alcohol causes indigestion and dyspep si*. Drink causes more dissevered friendship) and the breaking up ol more family cu ries titan any other cause that is known. The driuk business costs the (jut eminent fourfold more than that received as rev •nue, and imtaoses a fearful burden of tax atlon upon the people A new German law pisses every habit uat drunkard under an lulerdtel imulv ing complete MbmuMton tu the ui • duur "etiiator"
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