Here anil there canals are being abandoned as obsolete. But for every »uch one two new ones are being constructed. At last the alleged bones of the late Christopher Columbus have arrived in Spain. The career of the great voyager may now be regarded as a slosed incident. France will stop making faces at the United States just as soon as she discovers that the succeas of her ex hibition of 1900 depends in large part S>u American energy and enterprise. Until then we shall have to put up •vita some nasty newspaper talk. Tbo Thrift bank,limited, of London, is preparing to place at railway sta tions, large factories, and other desir able positions, some thousands of "penny-in-the-slot machines to induce ;he poorer classes of the community tocultivate saving habits. In excliango for a penny the depositor receives a ticket, and when tbe number of these latter amount to the value of five shil lings they may be exchanged for a de posit book at the office of the bank. Tbe deposits are to bear interest at the rate of two and one-hulf per cent.,and uinv be withdrawn at any time under the usual conditions. Havana has set about housecleauing with an energy heretofore unkuown in luy of its details of administration. A thousandlmen are engaged iu the work, and tbe city will hardly know itsell when their task is complete. When it is once clean it will be comparative ly easy under American rule to keep it so. It will no longer be the strong bold of yellow fever, as it has hither to been; the pestilence may pay it a flying visit now and then, but will nc longer find the conditions there which used to make it a terror and give force to its progress. The work of the street cleaning brigade is really the most important that has beeu done in the city since its foundation. With the extension of American sovereignty to Porto Bicoand Hawaii, together with the prospect of pro longed American control in Cuba and the Philippines, new social and eco nomic problems have arisen to tax the genius of our native statesmanship. How to govern these new territories iu a way that shall promote their own welfare and advance the cause of edu oatioii and morals; how to imbue their people with the true spirit of free in stitutions and win them to the support of popular government; how to har monize the complex elements of race, religion, custom and industry in all these islands, thus enabling theiu to flourish iu amicable unity un der the watchful protection of the United States—these, surely,are ques tions which deserve and must receive fehe most solicitous attention froin the responsible public leaders of this oou ntry. Germany, too, is having its "ladies and gentlemen" question at the pres ent moment. A controversy has arisen with regard to the style which should be adopted in addressing married worn n. There are, in the language of the fatherland, four names whereby that delightful class may be desig nated— gamahlin (consort), gatlin (spouse), frail (lady) and welb (wife). To save the not infrequent disputes and heartburnings which arise from impertinence and ignorance in the use of any one of the terms, it is now pro posed that one shall be officially allot ed to each of the recognized grada tions of the "scale social." In this manner, a general's wife shall be known as his "consort," she of an of ficial of the next lower grade shall be that happy person's "spouse," th< middle class partner become her hus band's "lady" and the workingman'e helpmate is simply his "wife." Governor Bollins of New Hampshire wants all the sous and daughters ol the state to come "home" at least once a year. There are many of them iu Boston, where they have a flour ishing organization of the Sous ol New Hampshire, and it was at a recent meeting of this association that thi governor made his novel suggestion His idea is to have a week iu the sum mer set apart to bo called "Old Home Week,"and to make itau annual affair. He would have every town and city iD the statemake up lists of all its native born sons and daughters living iu oth er states,and send them an urgent invi tation to be present through the week, which he would make a carnival week with all sorts of entertainments. In addition, he urged as a part of the program that every visitor should,dur ing the week goto the place of his oa tivitv, and see what he or she could do to assist in the improvement and beau tifying of the place, and its general upbuilding anil uplifting. Even in China, things do move, though slowly. A Chinese Mandarin living in the vicinity of Shanghai is about to establish a farm on the Amer ican plan, supplying it with American machinery anil stock. Why not drop the fruitless contro versy over the ending of the present century, auil take up for discussion the far more lively question as to whether the coming year, 1900, should be written MCJI or MDCCCC ? The bewildering number of C's iu the lat ter would seem to make the former preferable, its brevity giving it the soul of wit. An old maid—she was only 102 ! has died from grip, most modern of diseases, in Derby, Conn. In 1815 Miss Hetty Purdy was engaged to a young Englishman, who died just be foro their wedding day. For eighty four years she has beeu faithful to his memory and to her first and only Surely, it is given to few wom an to love so long and faithfully. The brother of Oliver Wendell Holmes, who has just died, never married. Early in life he fell in love with a goveruess, but his mother and brother opposed the match, and ho sacrificed the girl to his family. It is interesting to note that the "Autocrat" in the book found happiness by mar rying a school teacher. Seneca's pro test over again. "Do as I say; uot as I do." If the estimate of §50,090,000 as the winter output of the Klondike is correct, what in the world is it asking * paltry government dole for to carry its sick, hungry anil unemployed over to spring? With such enormous pro duction as that claimed it ought to ba easy of accomplishment. The lucky iniuers ought to showjardor in caring for the unlucky ones, and are usually not backward in that expression of gener osity. Tbe Klondike is rich enough to be self-supporting, and it should nim at that independent standard in stead of passing the hat around at Washington every year as soon av winter sets in. One lesson of the war with Spain, not to be forgotten in a hurry, is the alarm that was felt along the Alantic Roast at the first outbreak of hostili ties lest a fleet of the enemy might make a daring and costly dash into some exposed port. The elaborate plan of coast defenses is even now far from finished, although it is estimated that $40,000,000 have been expended upon fortifications within the past four years. The work thus well beguu should be vigorously prosecuted- It is the cheapest form of insurance to the enormous wealth of our coast har bors and cities. The continuance of Ibis preparation should be accompan ied by dilligent instruction of the ar tillery branch of the enlarged army. The coal miners auil operators of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Pennsyl vania have given a notable illustration of good sense and good feeling by their settlement of wage differences, thereby greatly lessening the danger of labor troubles in these four states for at least a year, and perhaps much longer. The agreement affects 100,- 000 miners and their employers. Some mining operators in the Hocking Val ley, Ohio, were not parties to the agreement, but their area of possible disturbance is limited. Iu Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania present rate? auil wages will be continued; in Illi nois rates in dispute will be fixed bj arbitration. It is a great victory foi peaceful labor all round, and will do much good as a potent example against the recurrent strikes and dis putes which have threatened tbe gen eral revival of business. No subject relating to railways is at tracting more attention among engi neers of all kiuds than that of the substitution of electricity for steam as a motive power. That such a substi tution is inevitable within a very few years, is universally admitted. With the change will come au increase in speed more than double the highest rates attainable by steam, for the abil ity to move a train of cars of regula tion size at the rate of 120 to 130 miles au hour has beeu demonstrated re peatedly, aud is now conceded by al) authorities. A recent writer in the Cosmoi>olitan, Prof. Sydney H. Short, who is a recognized authority on the subject, says that if the next fifteen years wituess as wonderful progress in electrical science as the past fifteen years have recorded, "electricity will supersede steam as the motive power for even our trunk-line railroads. The time between New York and Chicago will be reduced to ten hours, and the conditions of our busiuess and social life will readjust themselves to a standard of 125 miles an hour instead of 40." THE G'FT TEARS. When sorrow comes with waiting breath, Though trouble rises Gorgon-wlse, And sinks beneath its weight of years, Or bristles like a host of spears. Nor llnds that hope can save from death. And Nature stares with sphinx-like eyes, God gives the blessed gift of tears. God gives the blessed gift of tears. If gladness floods the heart nnd brain. Where tigers roam, or sea birds call, And passion born of love appears Or where man wrestles with bis years, Till pleasure almost kisses pain, In palace, waste or cottage small, God gives the blessed gift of tears. God gives the blessed gift of tears. P~AN ARIZONA EPISODE. ] 4| BY COSAIOS MINDELEFF. k frvv V V V V W V VWWJ'WWWB'WV V WVVIS I was sitting in my tent oue after noon in November absorbed in some mathematical calculations connected with my work, when I heard a tre mendous splashing in the river a few hundred yards below, followed by shots and j'ells and the sound of gal loping horses. A moment later four : men rode into camp like a whirlwind. Loud cries of "Where is he?" "Don't, let him get away!" "Who's got the rope?" gave me an inkling of what they were after. They wanted me. The camp was n large one, and gen- ; erally there were eight or ten white . men and forty or fifty Indians about; ; but this happened to be a holiday,and all the men had gone away except my ; tent mate, Barton, and myself. We | were building some large irrigating • ditches, and I had come out to take charge of the work only a short time before. I had found it necessary to ! discharge a number of the men and replace them by others. Only the | day before I had had trouble with one of the men, Leonard by name. He ; went a little too far, and I kno deed him down. As he arose he picked up | a heavy club and came at me with it, i but throwing up my left hand to guard my head I caught the blow on it and ' knocked him down again with my | right. That settled the matter,l sup- . posed, for the fellow went off to his ; tent, swearing roundly and calling for a gun with which to clean out the camp. But when I heard the splashing at the ford I remembered the incident of the day before, and 011 the instant it Hashed into my mind that I had no weapon of any kind and that I might need one. I slipped out quickly, aud running down to a tent near the end ; of the line I seized a revolver and ' belt of cartridges which I knew were • there and was back wheu the men rode ; up. I remained in my tent while the > men dismounted and tied their horses together. Leonard appeared to be the leader of the gang, for I heard him say: "Look here, boys, I'm the captain of this outfit, and you've got to do 1 just what I tell you. We'll do all that we came down here to do before I we leave; you must leave it to me." j "All right : " responded another. "We're here for fun." "We'll have our fun all right," re plied Leonard. "Come into my ten' and talk it over. You, Miller, stay j here with the horses and watch that tent there so he can't get away." Leaving one of their number out side with the horses under the big tree, the men weut into the tent next j to mine. They had all been drinking, and us I was separated from them only by two thin canvas walls aud twenty feet of space, their conversa tion was easily audible. The conversation I heard was amus ing, even under the circumstances. Leonard was laying out the program to be followed and telling his com panions what a "worthless cuss" I was, the burden of his accusations being that I wore white shirts in camp and was "a long-legged cuss from the east." The man left on guard outside I knew; he was one of our own men. While the talking was going on in the next tent he came into see me and to explain that he had been forced to come down with the others agaiust his will. He added that if I wished to get away he would make no effort to stop me. My plan was to run out just as the rifle was fired and bringing down the man who had it, for I could hardly miss him at twenty feet distance, get in one more shot as the others crowded to the door and were well bunched to gether and then break for the big tree, from behind which as a shelter I would stand as good a chance as two men in the open. Filling my coat pocket with loos ? cartridges and taking my revolver i> my right hand, I was 011 the point of steppiug outside aud opening the pro ceedings when I heard one of the men say: "That's 110 fun. Let's make him put up his fists before we hang him; or, if he won't do that, we'll make him wade the river." "That's great," replied another. "We might as well have some fun out of him first. Come on." Remembering tho old western maxim, "Never show a gun until you use it," I tucked my revolver into my vest so that it was out of sight, but with the butt not more than two inches from my haud as I held my pipe to my mouth. I turned to Barton, who was trembling, and cautioning him to con trol himself I lighted my pipe and re sumed my stool near the front of the tent. A momeut later the canvas door was thrust aside and a man entered, followed by two others. The first comer was a little fellow, sleuder and not much over five feet iu height, but he had a wicked look in his eyes aud the face of a professional desperado. I learned atterward that he was considered the "bad man"of the neighborhood. Behind him was ■ big mau in a flannel shirt and 110* coat, with a .45 Colt tucked into the waistband of his trousers. «e was a saloon keeper in a small town near by and had provided the "courage" for the expedition. Back of him came Leonard, bis face inflamed with drink. I remained seated,whi'e Barton backed off to the rear of the tent. The little fellow looked at me, and I looked at him. Neither spoke for a minute or more. Finally the suspense became too great; he shifted from one foot to the other and presented fU -h a picture of uneasiness that I laughed. At thi-i he recovered his self-possession and said: "Good day! Iha e I't been intro duced to you; myninie is Carter. Leonard, introduce nie to Ibis gentle man.'' Leonard yelled out my name, aud Carter resumed: "We've come down with our friend Leonard here to see that he gets satisfaction for the way you've treated , liim. We've de cided that you'll either have to put up your dukes against all three of us or wade the river three times." "Very well," I replied. "In that case I will light. I expect you to act as my second and see that I have fair play. Draw a ring outside,and I will join you in a moment." I knew that 1 would have to remove my coat aud vest, and I wished to get rid of my re volver without letting then see it. As they went out I turned to Bar ton and, to my consternation, found him the picture of abject fear. Tut ting my revolver into the holster I handed it to him and told him to stand by the door with it when I wen', out, to closely watch the men during the light aud if either of then raised his gun, or if more thau one at a time at tacked me, to lire into the crowd, aud iu the confusion following the unex pected shot I would ha\e an opportu nity to break for the tent, snat(*h the revolver from his hands and from be hind the shelter of the big tree hold my own against them. Barton said he understood nnd promised to follow my instructions. Afterward I learned that as soon as I turned my back he dropped the pistol and ran out into the bushes, where he hid himself. But not knowing this at the time I went out with confidence and stood up before Leonard in the ring. Leonard was almost • exactly my height and weight, aud as he stood be fore me stripped to a tight-fitting undershirt, trousers and moccasins, I could see the movement of his muscles as he put up his guard and made play with his hands. He seemed no mean antagonist, and I thought as I exam ined him critically that I would have to do my best, disabled as I was, if I held my own in the coming struggle. But I noticed that his face was flushed with drink and excitement,and in that I felt that I had an advantage. The ling had been drawn nearly in the centre of the open space; Carter aud his companion stood a little to one side with their pistols in their hands, "to see fair play," and they notified me that if I made the slightest move which they considered unfair they would take a hand in the fight. Car ter came up and examined my clothing to see that I had 110 weapon. Then, turning to Leonard, he said: "We'll see that you do him up," and a moment later asked him, "Are you ready?" By this time a number of Indians and Mexicans had appeared, attracted by the sound of the firing, aud they stood in little groups some distance off, ready to break away into the bushes if pistol play recommenced. "l'lay ball!" shouted Carter, and I advanced and put up my guard. Leon ard made a pass at me, but failed to land. I bad been a good boxer in my boyhood days,and the knowledge now stood me iu good stead. While the sparring was going on I kept one eve 011 Carter and the big man..l was afraid that a straight knockout blow delivered by me would be the signal for two pistol shots and that Barton might not be quick euougli to fire first, I temporized, sparring lightly," until Carter called out: "Kick him, Leonard; kick the stuf fing out of him." "Hold on," I cried, "kicking is not allowed;" fori had been notified that "this was to be a fair fight, 110 rough and tumble." "Kicking is all right," rejoined Car ter in a sutly tone. This angered me, and as Leonard made another rush at 1110 I met him half way, and striking through his guaid I landed my right full in his face. Leonard spun around aud around and finally measured his length on the ground,fully twelve feet from where I stood. As he fell I whirled upon his two companions and cried out, "One for me." "Yes, that's one for you," replied Carter. "But it's my turn next." "Wait a moment," I replied. "I'm not through ' with Leonard .yet, nor will I be until he has said he lias had enough." "I've had enough," rejoined Leon ard, rising to his feet. "It's Carter's turn now. Give me that gun, and if he hits you the way he hit me I'll blow his head off." "If Leonard has enough, so have I," was my reply. "I shall certainly not fight with men I never saw be fore." "Well, if yon won't, you won't," be rejoined. "Let's call it souare." Joiuif.g the two men I moved with them toward the tent into which Leon ard was just disappearing. I noticed one of our Indians standing by the door, a magnificent specimen of a man, over six feet tall and a noted warrior. Apparently be bad just ar rived, and I nodded to him as we came up, for we were great friends. It did not occur to me that there was any thing peculiar about his standing there at the door, but his experience was greater thau mine—as the sequo will show. Just before we reached the tent, and wheu perhaps twelve feet away fioir it, one of the men stopped me a mo ment to emphasize some remark, and us I turned again the canvas flap of the tent was thrust aside, nnd I fonud myself looking straight into the muz zle of a Winchester. As I looked the little black hole seemed to g-ow and expand; all the interest of my life seemed centred in that spot. The perspiration started out on me, and it may be that my hair rose. I thought of a great man; things, but above all I remember I longed for something to happen—that black hole was maddening. This time seemed very long, but it could not have been more than a second when I saw flame leap from the muzzle of the gun. I heard the ball whiz over mv shoulder: my Indian friend had seized the muzzle of the rifle at the very mo ment when the trigger was pulled. Had he bee'.i but the fraction of a sec ond later some one else would have had to tell this story. I had seemed under a spell as I gazed down into that littlo black hole, but the sight of the flame and the noise of the discharge restored me. I cleared the intervening space with a spring. As I came through the door like a wild duck on the wing I saw my Indian friend and the fourth man of the gang struggling with Leonard. They had just taken the rifle awhy from him, and a moment later he broke down and became hysterical. The men assured me that the gun had been accidentally discharged, and although I knew better I accepted the explanation. Leonard's state was pit iable. He seized my hand and press ing it convulsively between his own again and again asked my pardon and wailed, "Why did you hit me so hard?" For over an hour we worked to soothe and quiet him,and finally I saw them all out of camp, just as a wagon tilled with our own men returned. Barton also turned up as the wagon pulled in, and then I learned for the first time how frail my dependence on him had been.—New York Commer cial Advertiser. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. Football was a crime in England during the reign of Henry VIII. Calhoun couutv, Illinois, enjoys the peculiar distinction of not having a railroad, u telegraph, or a telephone line. The Indians of Paraguay eradicate their eyebrows and eyelashes, saving that they do uot wish to look like; horses. At Swedish weddings, among the middle classes, the brideg-oom carries a whip. This is an emblem of his au thority in the domestic circle. A Berliner has asked the permis sion or the local authorities to estab lish a public cemetery for pet animals. He believes it would meet a long-fell want. Kokomo, Ind., has an extreme cur few ordinance, requiring all persons under eighteen years of age to be off the streets at H p. m., under a pen alty of ten days in jail. Milan has a curiosity in a clock which is made entirely of bread. The maker is a native of India and he has devoted three years of his time to the construction of this curiosity. The clock is of respectable size and goef well. The inhabitants of the Andaman Islands are said to be the smallest race of people in the world. The av erage height of a full grown Andaman is less than four feet, and the anthro pological experts who recently visited them found but few that weighed ovei seventy-five pounds. (iiinrdit tho Czar'* The man who is the most important in the whole domain of Russia, from the point of view of its ruler, is the outrider. The czar never travels b_v rail without the gendarme, who is supposed to have the keenest scent for nihilist weapons of any oue in his empire, going ahead of the train on his peculiar railway bicycle. Travel ing slowly, with eyes and ears alert for tho presence of the enemies of his master and their terrible weapons, this outrider carries his own life in his hands and the life of him who is con sidered of much more importance, the ruler of the Russian empire. lucid 'ntallv, the outrider is 011 the lookout for defects in the railroad that might play havoc with the royal train, but this is not the primary object ol his preceding the imperial party. He is an inconspicuous object 011 his curi ous wheel, and it is not likely that his swift progress along the road will be observed until he is too near a would be assassin for the latter to accom plish his purpose. A long experience with tho nihilist gang of liussia has taught the police of that country that the bomb is the favorite weapon with the killer of kings. Should one of these be left on the track in such a position that the wheels of the imperial train would ex plode it; it must surely be discovered by the outrider, or, if 110 were unfor tunate enough to overlook it,the czar's life at least would be saved, for the railway bicycle would cause the bomb to blow up, the rider's life alone beintj sacrificed. Hence the importance oi the outrider. He is continually in thd proud position of offering his life for his master. —London Chronicle. A TEMPERANCE COLUMN; THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST IN MANY WAYS. The Devi I*B Drinking Sonc—Why the Sa loon is Sot a Necessity—lt it* Prepos terous to Speak of it ax the "Poor Man's Club"—Does Incalculable Harm, Hero's a fair, young boy. Hunt Ulm downl Hunt bira ilown! He's bis mother's joy. Hunt him ilown. We must have recruits; whom it kills it lit tie boots. Hunt him down! Hunt him down! Hunt him down! Down! Down! See that clean, young man. Hurl him down! Hurl him down! Give him his first dram. Hurl him down! Tell him there's no harm. Let him feel the siren's charm. Hurl him down! Hurl him dowu! Hurl him down! Down! Down! And the pure young girl. Drug her down! Drag her down! Into fashion's whirl. Drag her down! Blemish her fair name. Stain her deep with all our shame. Drag her down! Drag her down! Drag her down! Down! Down! Hear the preacher talk! Pull him down! Pull bim down! All our plans he'd balk. Pull him down! Twist our thumb-screws dowu, till wo starve him out of towu. Pull him down! Pull him down! Pull liiro down! Down! Down! And the aged mother. Bring her down! Bring her down! Cries and tears we'll smother. Bring her down! Her gray hairs in woe, to the silent tomb must go. Bring her down! Bring her down! Bring her down! Down! Down! —Henry F. Cope. Training Schools of llcll. To the Editor: I have read with some in terest the late discussion upon the saloon question. To say that lam "surprised" at tho stand which some of our eminent clergymen have taken in favor of its pro pagation as a worklngman's club, and fos tering it as a "necessity," is puttiug it mildly. To speak the truth, I aai shocked completely. How in the face of modern progress in Christianity and tho advance in civilization these super-educated gentlemen can pub licly state that the drinking saloon is a "necessity" Is preposterous in the extreme. Vet they who have pledged themselves to ihe defence of Christ and His gospel have dared to sanction the continuance of these "training schools of hell." They are noth ing less. Here are trained, by the agents of Satan, men to become murderers, thieves, assas sins, burglars, liars, swindlers, suicides, wife-beaters, inhuman fathers and hus bands and a host more which do not ap pear in the regular category of criminals, but are just as vile as the more hardened ones. The list of professional and other ariminals directly traceable to the drink saloon is too extensive, and too well known to yourself as editor of a paper. These clergymen may as well teach the leople that the "gambling and opium :lens" are a necessity, tho bookmaker or race course also a necessity in modern elvilization. Vet St. Paul distinctly states in his epistles "no drunkard cue enter the kingdom of God." Why then should these so-called ministers of God advocate the 3ontinuance of the resorts which produce lrunkardsV On tho face of it, they prove themselves not ministers of God, but of the svil one, for they are traitors to God's ;'ause in advocating the saloon in any way whatsoever. If the saloon be a necessity, then annul :he laws punishing the logical product of saloons, and let loose upon society a horde of criminals of every class. Saloons make criminals, and are responsible to society for overcrowded prisons, insane asylums, poorhouses, etc.. etc. Close the saloons and society will be tho better and moredig nilled; less paupers, less labor troubles, an improved condition generally in every branch of civilization. The nation, too, will become an example toother nations of * standard of morality never before at tained in the world's history. But it is, a natural assumption, and a logi cal deduction or inference, that the clergy men who defend the saloons and would dub them "poor workingmen's clubs," have either their church rolls so full of proprie tors of these dens of wickedness, or prob ably a good sprinkling of brewers and dis tillers, that they are afraid to voice the true feelings of their conscience, and to maintain a good salary for themselves pre fer to stifle that at the expense of their own souls' salvation. Ail I would say to these "blind guides" is, boware! The leaders of the nation, though not students of God's law, are wiser than they, for (God be praised for it) they have In serted in the New Army bill a clause prohibiting the sale of the vile stuff in the army camps. They have realized the incalculable damage resulting from it to the army. Down with the saloon! and prosperity follows as a natural result. E. E. ERAIIDOI'K. Huntsvllle, Ala. Strong Words From Dr. Cuyler. In a reiient stirring and eloquent speech <lven before an immense audience in Roch ester. N. Y., Rev. Dr. Theodore L. Cuyler said he believed that total abstinence was the only safeguard, and he had not much faith In saving wrecks. He said: "The business of the church isn't to sup ply poultices, but to keep people from need ing poultices. Don't sptnd your time pull ing people out of the river, but go ten miles up Niagara and keep men from jumping in. Start your boys and girls aright in abstin ence. Buoy all Rochester with signals of warning to keep out of the saloons of de struction. Plant yourselves Arm on tho rock against the liquor traffic. Put on the armor and enlist lu this spiritual crusade of humanity. "I come to ring the alarm bell and hoist the danger signal. Wherever there's a drink there s danger. I pray that every church bell nhall ring tho alarm, and every Sabbath-school shall take up tho tocsin, and every cttizen sha't repeat the song, and if Rochester is all aroused and you lead tue way, we in othertowns will follow your white plume when It conducts us onto vic tory." Temperance Notes. The army canteen attached to tho rogl ments is an abomination in the sight of God and all men not either mentally or physically besotted. —New York Christian Advocate. Lord Kitchener's recent victory iu Egypt was won for him by an army of teetotalers, who made phenomenal forced marches through the desert under a burning sun and iu a climate famed for its power to kill or prematurely ago the unaculimated. Tho British Registrar-General's repixrts show that deaths from intemperanco among men have increased fifty-eight pel cent., and among women by 100 per cent. The canteen system, in full blast in many regimeuts in our various camps, is a most demoralizing thing.—Central Chris tian Advocate. Money is freely spent for liquor, but sub scribing to a paper or buying a book i« looked upon as the oxtreme of extrava gance. Canon Wilberforce, of Westminster Ab bey, in a recent temperance address in London, said that there had been an enor mous increase in intemperance in England during the last thirty years.
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