THE PULPIT. A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON 8Y DR. S. EDWARD YOUNG. Subject: Mountain Taught People. his power of speech. K6 sound hear" , he. A demon tvrnniilz's over his 1 spirit. From childhood's, days, year ! on year his malady has been to him a , living death. Take hack yo:r moun- tain top words, Simon Peter. "It Is i good for ns M he here And let ua I make three tabernacles." Could ye I sit and sing yourselves awp.v to ever lasting bliss up there aid let this . tortured youth go on dying and yet I not dying? Christ and His thre j (Msclnles descend the mountain and behold the lad unshackled from hit agony! Granted are 'ho mountain lop experiences that, al! mny render the lowlands better service. "tVttlj ye have received; freely give."1 Hare yna a kindncs shewn? P.isa it on! Paa it on! Tivn not aivcn for you Mono P it on! Pass it on! Let it travel down the yenrs. Let it wipe Mother', tear. I Till in heaven the dec.! pppcr.ra, PrsH it on! P:ma il on! srnt Brooklyn, N. Y. Every sent on main floor and In the gallery was filled Sunday In the Bedford Presby terian Church, and chairs were placed In every available space to accommo date the large audiences that wished to hear the new pastor, the Bev. Br. 8. Edward Young. Ills subject was: "Wanted People Taught on the Mountains of God to Toll In the Low lands of Bin." The texts were from St. Luk 9:33, 37 and 38: "Master, It Is good for us to be here; and lot us make three tabernacles. When they were come down from tho hill, much people met Him. And behold, a man of the company cried out, laying, 'Master. I beseech Thee, look upon my son.' " Br. Young said: Wanted People taught on the mountains ol Cod to toil In the low lands of sin. Our best training, our noblest service, Is neither up there altogether, nor down here altogether; but consists In uniting wisely the dreamer and the doer, the mystic and the practical man. How many art reprints cut Raphael's sermon In the middle by showing only the top half of his "Transfiguration! " You may well extol the composition of that portion, its design. Its expression, its grace. Above the adoring trio of disciples see that portraiture of Christ beyond which human genius probably cannot go. Yet with you ought to linger quite as persistently the scene Raphael crowds at the foot of the mount the pitiable lad, the agonized father, the eager multitude, i do not know where that wretched bo the mockers nnd the sorely harried of the lowlands is; but I know pe II nine disciples Raphael's way of somewhere and that he needs yon. writing underneath "The upper glory : I kr.ow not the whereabouts of that is needed down here." Let helpers ; suffering father yearning for your as come from the highland country. Oft- 1 sistance. I know ho lb somewhere. times off the material hills men have dashed Into earth's valleys for daring conquests. Tnelr lungs had the ozone INTERNATIONAL LESSON COSI MF.NTS FOB NOVEMBER 20. Subject: World's Temperance Sun day, Isaiah 28:1-13 Golden Tet, 1 Cor. 9:27 Commit Verse 11 Commentary. -723 B. C. PLACE. Joru- TIMK. filom. EXPOSITION. I. The Destruc tion of the Drunkards of Kphraini, t- . By "the crown of pride" Is meant the city of Samaria (see R. V. and cf. 1 K. 11:24). It is here compared to a rhaplet of flowers on a drunkard's brow ( R. V.). This rhaplet of flow ers, says Isaiah, "shall be trodden under foot," because of their sin nnd pride. The people of the northern kingdom r.s n nation arc spoken of ns ; "th drunkards of Ephraim." DrO.Dk ' niMM seems to hnve been so wide spread ns to hnve Vtorac a national I sin (cf. rh. 5:11. 12; Hoe. 7:5: Am. 2:6, 8, 12: 4:1; 0:6). The effect of their drink upon them was that they were "overcome" (literally, "smitten down") by It. Let us not forget that It was "the natlv? wines of a wine growing district" that did this for Ephraim, and not distilled spirits nor adulterated poisons. Their "chaplet and their limbs the littleness and their wills the boldness born of lofty altitudes. From Slnaltlc plateau Moses will break into low-lying Egypt and redeem his race. From Tabor or Olivet or some other prayer-mount Jesus will arrive every morning In spirit renewed. The missionary en terprise is never from dead level to dead level, but always from the heights of 'God to the quagmires of men. To be most useful In the hurry and 1 the dlscin'es and t'n Master, too. ar struggle of our twentieth century life you require a Heruion Summit of the mind, a spiritual tanctuary where unto you again and again resort. No mortal's steady work can be bautiful or sublime enough to escape the need of this heavenly retreat. Would you not say that Charles Dickens sank Rave ymi found tho hc.ivn!y light! Push it on! PaM it on' Soul nre groping in the nieht. Pnylizht none! Daylight annal Hold your lichtcl lamps J high. Be a atsr in somenpp'n say. He nny live wo e!s would die, Pna it on! Pas it on! But down there waits a father, dis tressed. His very soul groans Itsi'lf out for this, his only son. Ho hti Mod everything and everybody. He desnuirs. S'ay forever up In tho?" radiant heights and permit th'i lirokn-hearted father to perish in hi! heroic strnccle? Not you who are touched with celestial fire! Chrlsl and the three so down rnon that father's happiness mounts on eat'e'f wings. Bear church peonle, lv wb' riirhi enll we oursolvos dirl'Manr. 'I we desire Jesus Christ and tho san- 1 of pride" and "glorious beauty" was tuarv and s-iirltiml seasons all tn ! after all but a "fading flower. Bo u ourselves with never a thought ot is with every chaplet of earthly pride sharing with the vet unblessed? I and all the "glorious beauty" of this present world (l ret. i:zil. ne prophet's answer to Israel's confl donco is, their crown of prldo was that Jehovah hud "a mighty nnd strong one." This "mighty nnd strong one" was tho king of Assyria (2 K. 18:10-11), The Assyrians them selves were a "bloody," deceitful nnd rapacious people (Nah. 3:1), but thev wore an Instrument in Jehovah's hand for fulfilling His word and bringing Judgment upon His back sliding people (cf. Ps. 76:10). The coming of the Assyrian Is described by a threefold figure: "a tempest of hall," "a destroying storm," "a tem pest of miiihty waters overflowing." The thought contained In these fig ures is that cf widespread and over whelming destruction (cf. cli. 8:7, 8). Back of all this work of devastation, destruction and desolation was the wrath of God at sin (2:4-9). This destruction, etc.. all came upon them "because thev obeved not tho voice of Jehovah, their God" (2 K. 18:11. 12). Jesus uses a similar figure re garding those who hear H1b words and do them not (Matt. 7:26, 27). II. Jelioviili of Hosts For a Crown But down there are a mulfude of people lossd by doubts, willing tc believe on due evidence, ready to re ceive the real living Illustration Ol the Christ spirit Incarnnto npaln; sir! weak and worried till one come wlfi the breath of mountain top tn hrartn,i and lead upward. Oh, the thousand here at hand in waiting! Yes an I rise your chivalry row! Down the: are nine dlrllpls doing their utmost to keep the DO and bis father and the people; and these nino ar; scorned, .leered, taunted by hateful bystanders who mo:,' than hint that fakirs and deceive the unwary. Show me tho coward shirker Who would everlr.stlnely bang around up her on the mountain top while trios-: brave valley hroes battle against such odds. Remain exactly Ion; enough on your mountain ton to ti i in your mind the ideal from God an 1 NOVEMBER TWENTY-NINTH. Topic Home Missions: A Million a Year; Our Fcrolfln Immi grants Isa. 2: 1-22. Justice for tho stranger. Deut. 24: 1417. Kindness to tho stranger. Deut. 23: 7, 8. Hospitality. Ixv. 19: 10 15, 33. 34. The foreigner's child. Mark 7: 24-30. A noble foreigner. Acts 10: 21 23. No more foreigners. Eph. 2: 19 22. Al! nations certainly flow toward Amerlra, but for money, worldly free dom, material advantages Let us see that they get more than they come for (v. 2.) It is necessary to tench these mill ions much, hut If we teach them only about God, we nnd they nre safe (v. 3.) Is America proud of lt numbers, power, wealth? These oro its great perils. Let It be proud only of its God (v. 11.) Some immigrants come from Idol worshipping lands to our land, which is not pagan In (hat way; but we also worship Idols, and of gold and silver (v. 20.) The Incoming Millions. More than one million Immigrants eomo to our country every year. They constitute tho most severe problem with which the government and peo ple of the United States have to deal, save only the problem of strong drink. Of recent years the current has greatly changed: fewer Germans. Eng lish,, Scottish, Irish, Scandinavians, men of kindred speech and thought, and vastly more from Bouthern Eu rope Italians, Hungarians, Polos, Rus'ians. In all of these there is the making of splendid citizens, but they are harder to assimilate. They are largely Romanists, wonted to a more despotic government and to a lower order of civilization. Well does Dr. Joslah Strong say: "Whether Immigrants remain allenB or become Americans depends Its on them than on ourselves." Every day, on the average, 2,800 Immigrants are added to our popula tion. Think of some town of that size in your neighborhood, nnd dou ble it. further than some of his characters J In your heart the resolve to go down of Glory. 3. 0. In the midst of the and remained merely a character- ' and made the idea! glorious fact. Ai I awful desolation of his own time, sketcher, not a character-builder, be- I Moses saw the tabernacle on Sinai's j when every crown of pride and all cause he lacaed the relief that conies i summit', tabernacle built of mist rim- glorious beauty is a fading flower, by being away awhile from one'B task j bers away in the dreamy haze, to hi the prophet looks forward to "that and one's self? Ho was buoyed up I reproduced thereafter by Bolid tin dav" (the day of the Lord's Return by tho popularity of his books, by the ' b"rs on the flat ground for the peo. ) anj manifestation). So in the midst p.e s salvation, the sin country c;i ; 0( present Bin and Judgment for sin ua neuereu umy uy a me a i;tt ; elevrted above Itself In purpose an parity. Be with Cou some and than thunder he made, by the money he got, by the cheer of his friends these gone, his cup wa empty. Happy are these who find surcease of the world's clamor in reading au thors who uplift and so shelter in the sanctuary o literature. Blessed are such nature loving spirits as can at tain fine elevation and a serene out look if only they catch a glimpse of blue sky or feast their eyes upon the go Sufficient tho number of men whe look out upon humanity with cntlif indifference; su.llclent the tew wlu see mankind but to despise them; sufficient the abominable many Whos ruling Interest in their fellows Is :c luster of the stars. Most blessed are ! use t!iem for private advantage 3h they who, wheresoever placed, have learned to meet with God, to keep their tryst with illm, to see His face and be tilled with His vision for them. No recent religious movement prom ises more, I am persuaded, than the world-wide bandlnsj together of a few thou, Oi larger Bouled believer, on? to hold thyself and all thou hast In faithful trusteeship for the rest ol our brother humankind to slave fot them, if you choose to call it slaving Our chlefest pleasure should be tc serve with loftiest gifts tho lowllesl disciples hern and there to observe needs of the wretchedest mortals fot the morning watch, the first naif hour on waiting from slee,j each ueiv day jting devoted to reading she Scrip tures, to meditation and prayer a aort of holy exorcising cf the evil ipirltl and fleshly I US IS, i washing Hi of the fret and goraneM of the heart, the ano.nting of tje inner self with heavenly Ideas, i entrust you to establish this morning watch. Keep your Jerusalem winnows open. Believe the jiresei.ee of the Almighty about you and near Him' say: "I will be to the.:ii as a llttls sanctuary in the countries wuere they shall come." to ii a 1 1 we not esteem our mountain top our ca3tle for refuge? In olden times In Germany or F.ance or Eng land at the morning light through the castle gates issued the people, each to hid farming or trading or Journeying. Wheu enemies came, or nightfall, into the c.ast'.e they aled for safety. Castle.-s.irrounded is my soul wnlle I keep ut.prufansd a iryst ing placa with Go... Assaults are made I separate t'.ie world by haul ing in aeross the noat the drawbridge of worldly theugh:. I let tiie port cullis call. I hide within the protec tion of Him who is my fortress. Come hither, tempted me.i and wom en! Coin ', any Margaret cast off by iny Faust! Come, every Simon Peter Who falls! Make has:e to the castle! Shall we not consider our mountain to. a communion closet? Christ dis closed the tirst secret of prayer thus: "When th'iu prajest enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut tho door pray." Wo Bimply must some times leavo tne world out there. G.ant yuurself a little relegat from our terrible New York turmoil. Oc casionally shut outside your secret prayer-door even your dearest earthly friends. Depths of divine communion wait iu which you can enter only when alone. An often used prayer tell would be the beat possible feature tn a New York office building and would pi-vent many a tragedy of aratar sad enough to make au fc.changel weep. Shall we not seek our mountain top for Inspiration? Are nut our na tures like stagnant waters needing to be lifted in looms of light and woven into vapors, reborn in the sky. to descend in benedictions on the land? What inspiration, what ex altation, what sense of oti.er worldll ness the transfiguration brought to Christ, and the three disciples! De tached It seeiv.'U they were from earth there In oxhllarunce. De tached from time they were eras of Moses and Elijah and Jesus merged thero is the atmosphere of eter nity. Detached from fear -even death. syjUen of .as au exodus, a Ursnslt out of Egypt Into Canaan (here Is fullness of Joy. And what more shall I say? of that Shektnnh light that clothes the Mount? Of the Master's raiment white from the woofs of God? Of His sunlike shin ing face? Of tbe voice ethereal trumpeting: "This Is My beloved Con?" Of the rapture well nigh past endurable? But yonder is an afflicted boy, down In the mountain's shadow pity that poor lad. Any moment a convulsion take 1. . m , burls him into fire or witter. His body now Is rigid, now 1 limp. His teeth chatter and Why dye he uot sjitiiiL otmte tin slain whom the God-Man came to eartn went to Gethsemane and Golgotha. Ample recompense is found in the mere doing thereof, ample In out Lord's approval, ample in tho lonu bereafter. "Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jeu3; who, being In the form of God, thought it not a prize to be snatched to be equal with God: but made Himself of no reputation and tool: upon Him the form of a servant. where ore, God also hath highly exalted Kin and given Him a name which is above every name." Wanted Peo- pie taught on the mountains of God 1 to toil in the lowlands of sin. Take Time. Let us take time to be pleasant. The small courtesies, which we often jmlt because they are small, will tome day look larger to us than the wealth which we covet or the fame '.or which we struggled. Let us take time to (at acquainted 'lth our families. The wealth you ire accumulating, burdened father, usy mother, can never be a home to :he daughter whom you have no time, :o caress. Let us take time to get acquainted lth Christ. The hour is coining iwlftly for us all when ono touch of His hand in the darkness will mean more than all that Is written in the day-book and ledger or in the records of our little social world. Since we must all take time to die, why should we not take time to live to live In tho large Bense of a life begun here tor eternity? Pittsburg Advocate. Mi. ei Your Own Business. There is no promise of a crown ot righteousness for proficiency in regu lating your neighbors. Don't Give L'p. If you have missed tbe mark, don't give up. Load your gun nnd try ajpMa Uses of Bait. Salt can almost be regarded as a panacea, so many and varied are its uses. We are told that It cleanses the palate and furred tongue, and a gar gle of salt and water is often effica cious. A pinch of Bait on the tongue, fol lowed ten minutes afterward by a drink of cold water, often cures a sick headache. It hardens the gumi, makes the teeth white and sweeten the breath. Bad colds, har fever and kindred affections may be much relieved by using fine dry salt like snuff. Dyspepsia, heartburn and Indiges tion are relieved by a cup of hot wat er in which a small spoonful of salt has been melted. Salt and water will sometimes re vive an uncousclous person wbon hurt If brandy or other remedies art not at band. Hemorrhage from tooth polling Is stopped by filling the mouth with aalt and water. Weak and tired eyes are refreshed by bathing with warm water and salt. we should look forward (for com fort in our hearts and encouragement In our work i to our Lord's coming again (Tit. 2:13; 2 Pet. 3:12-14, R. V.). "In that day" "a crown of glory" will tnke the place of "the crown of pride," and "a diadem of beauty" the place of "the fading flow er of his glorious beauty." R1. Erring Through Wine, Out of he Way Through Strong Drink. 7, 8. "These a'.so" (the people of Jerusa lem), as well as Ephraim, "have erred through wine and through strong drink are out of the way." The prevailing sin of drunkenness had reached even God's representa tives, "the priest and the prophet" (cf. ch. 50:10-12; Mlc. 2:11). The priests were especially Inexcusable because of the plain directions of God's word (Lev. 10:9. 10; Ex. 44:21). They were reeling through strong drink, they were swallowed up of wine, they were gono astray through strong drink (see R. V., Marg.j The reiiiH was, they utterly failed in their official nets. They reeled in vision and stumbled in Judg ment. Wine and strong drink con fuse the spiritual perceptions and rob men of Judgment. The religious teacher who indulges in them is es pecially culpable and utterly incapac itated for his holy office. The use of wine und strong drink made their Octal gathering filthy and disgusting. IV. How God Tenches Those Who Will Not Hearken to His Word, D-1S. Verses 9 and 10 may be taken as giving us the mocking answer of the people to God's prophet. If we take them thiB way the peo ple are represented as saying, "Whom will he teach knowledge, etc.? Does ho take us for babies Just weaned? It is precept upon pre cept, etc." If the prophet himself is the speaker, then Jehovah Is repre sented as teaching knowledge to babes and not to the self-sufficient (cf. Matt. 11:25; 21:15. 16; Mk. I 10:15). These are the ones whom He "makes to understand tho mes sage" (R. V.). And the method of His teaching is "precept upon pre cept" (cf. Neh. 9:29. 80; 2 Chr. 36:15; Jer. 11:7). As they had not listened to Jehovah speaking through His prophets He will now speak to them through foreign conquerors (v. 11. R. V ; cf. Deut. 28:47-49). If we will not hear God's loving and patient call to repentance He will speak to us through cruel enemies. God had called them to "rest." They would not hear that call; bo He now sent them conflict and destruction. He calls us also to "rest" (Matt. 11:28, 29). If we will uot hear tharcall He will send us destruction (2 These. 1:7-9). The whole secret of their trouble (and of every man's trouble to-day) waB that they would not listen to God'a word. An Aquatic Outfielder. One day last week a ship was lying at anchor at Boca Grande when the crew observed a dolphin chasing a flying flsh, both coming directly tow ard the ship. On nearing the vessel the flyer aroBo In the air and passed over the bow, Just abaft the foremast. As It did so the dolphin went under the ship and coming up on tbe other side sprang from the water and caught the flying flsh on "the fly," Just as it was curving gracefully down in Its descent to the water. Punta- uoroa Herald. Beech Lumber. Beech lumber has the lowest mar ket value ot any American wood. Lumbermen pay $1 a thousand feet as against $36 for oak. It la used in tbe mines for Ilea, posts, stringers and rails. In buildings for studding, rafters and Joists, and should be used at home, reserving more valuable treea for important use and tor sale. Arboriculture, EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSORS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29. The Mockery and Malignity of Strong Drink Prov. 20. 1; 23. 29-35; Eph. 5. 18 Temperance Topic. The English language Is adjuatlble. We road new meanings Into words Fifty years ago "temperance'' meant "moderation." The first temper ance pledge was to abstain "except on holidays and special occasions." "Prohibition. " Don't shun the word The devil hates tucb words, there ftire hold them close. The mockery of drink would be nothing if it bad never touched or gripped e. man. II is when tt mail Is under that the mocking grinds. Wine never mocked an abstainer. "Malignant" means "bent on doing harm." Good de scription, is it not? Bent on dolus harm, then mocking you niter the harm Is done. Devilish! Often there la a "bent" tu barm but not the ability. Strong drink bus both. What is underneath it all? Il is noi strong drink that in to blame. The fault is In the man who wants it. und In tho man who supplies that want. Hero is a two fold problem. You can change the "want to" of the drinker by getting him converted and filled with the Spirit. True. But. If tho temptation is still there, ltxik out for danger. While you are saving him, two other younger ones are drawn Ln. We must go after the other end. Why do men make und soil liquor? "To satisfy a demand?" Superfic ially, yes, but deeply? to make money. Why do we let them do It? money again. License is. In effect, a bribe. The liquor traffic would be outlawed in a your were it not for the salve o our conscience, the bribe coins. But "It is not law ful for to put them into the treasury, because It is the price of blood." FROM OVEB THE SEAS. ".IF.S1S. I LIVE TO THEM." THE CRUSADE AGAINST DRINK PROGRESS MADE BY CHAMPIONS KIGUTlNG THE RUM DEMON. fThi hynn hn hern adopted by Mer ?erlmr? Acndemv. Pennsylvania. It was written by 'Rev. Brnry l!nvlnua!i. in Mer lershnre, in lsso, where he was mmiat il t'ne Reformed C hurch . Jejnu. I live to The. The loveliest and best: .Mv l f in Thet, Thv iife in me, In Tin blest love I rest. Jesus, I dif to Thee. whenever death hnl! come; To die in Thee i lif to me, In my StenSaJ home. Wh"ther to !iv or die. ' I know rot which ' lest: To live in Thee is bli to me, To die ia endlcus rc.t. Livin" or dyinr. Lord. I no': hut to be Thin": Mv lif" in Thee. Thv life in me. Makes Heaven forever mine. Christum Herald. Something to Live l'p To. One who reported tn a friend a ! word of praise that had been over- I h"rd -a high encomium of his work and character was somewhat sur prised at the suddn light that flashed into the strong face. "Thank you," was the earnest re ply. "I'm glad you told me that. It is romrthlne to live up to." There was no vnln neeoptance of the commendation ns fully merited; ft was only llko a bogle roll to high er service. That Is what such words i must nlwnvg prov to nnv true and earnest snlrlt. Thev flah a sharp contrast between the self pears to others, nnd wh knows of its own failures and short comings, nnd humble as no blame could do; but also thov inspire to fresh courage and effort: they are "something to live up to." "A true frl?nd will tell one his faults, " Is a saying wo often hear, but a true friend, if he is wise In the knowledge of humm nature, will tell us our virtues. Tho fact Is that in this busy world of ours, with Its keen struggle and sharn comnetltlon, we ere uretty apt to be told our faults by those who are not friends, and to be brought face to face with one's mistakes and failures so often that we sometimes lose bop" and courage. Whoever has a wort', of honest praise for another should fnl that he holds something which Is that other's due, and hasten to pay it. The word of blame may h" a goad, hut the word of hearty commendation will be "something to live up to" through many a trying hour. Forward. A Gre.ir Array of Alarming Farts Concerning the Inroads Made by the Kvlls of Intemperance on tho Vitality of the French Nation. Under the heading, "Some Terrible Testimonies," tho United Kingdom Alliance News gathers up n great ar ray of alarming facts concerning tho inroads made by the evils of intem perance on the vitality and morality of the French nation. It says In i port: I Tho late Paul de Casscgnac, the i weil known Journalist and politician. who cannot be accused of being , prejudiced on the matter, wrote not long before his death: "One has to be the unwilling wit ness of the dying agony cf a country I that was formerly not tho least of the glories of France the grand old Normandy that Is sinking into the most Infnmous of degradations, per ishing by tho death of madmen and of worn-out wrecks. "Parishes are being depopulated, houses closed, the country becoming ,n desert! From 1SF.0 to 1806 the de partment of La Mancho lost 100,000 inhabitants. From 1896 to 1901, 12,000 more disappeared. One hun dred and twelve thousand gone. It is , the equivalent of a great battle lost, I of a portion of territory taken from ! us. And nil those are dead. 1 Alcohol has slain them. js for the I living, they boar the marks of the ! fatal poison." i M. Austin de Croze, In an article In I the Revue des RevueB, under the title I of "La Bretagne Paienne," shows to I what a depth of degradation the 1m- ' moderate use of alcohol Is dragging 1 thnt beautiful nnd romantic province. "It is not more than thirty years since this fearful evil has taken hold of Brittany, but In fifty years more, The Beauty of Death. If there Is one thing especially of which many peonle cannot possibly believe that, under any circum stances, It would s"em benullful, I suppose It must mean death. That must always be dreadful. Men sel dom Bee arv misery In life so great as to outweigh the misery of leaving it. But yet It comes to all of us. that He who made death made it, like all thlng3 else, to be beautiful In his time. When a life has lived Its days out In happiness, grown old with constantly accumulating Joys, and then, at last, before decay has touched It, or the grounds soften un der Its feet, the door opens, and It enters Into the new youth of eternity; when a young man hS3 tried his low ers here and dedicated them to God, and then Is called to tho full use of their perfected strength In the very presence oT the God whom he has loved; when a man has lived for his brethren, and the time comes that his life cannot help them any longer, but his death can put life Into dead truths, and Bend enthusiasm into fainting hearts; when death comes as a rest to a man who is tired with a long fight, or as victory to a man who leaves his enemle3 baffled be hind him on the shore of time In all these times, Is not death beauti ful? "Nothing In all his life became this man like leaving It." they said of one who died. Phillips Brooks. If thnt ap- j unles the pVll j8 ,)Ut all en(1 to n j at the POl'l tnoi-t, than lllrr.lv tliot tlio rnon mill I,,, entirely loHt. 'You have terrible drunkards In your pariah,' Bald one to a priest. 'Yes, that Is true, but then they are pious drunkards!' " "The drinking that goes on among men, women and children," says a writer in the Baptist Missionary Mag azine, on the occasion of a visit paid by him to Morlalx, where the Rev. i A. Jenkins labors with so much zeal, "has reached the excess the like of which Is not known In any part of tho British Isles, nnd which is consuming the very fibre and life of the nation." While this plague is spreading all over the land, It Is In tho north and northwest of Franco that It has made the greatest ravages. Not long slnco the Paris paper Lo Temps Bent, a spe cial commissioner to report upon the condition of Normnndy, with Bpeclal reference to the alleged alcoholism of the country, nnd the articles con tributed by him to that Journal were truly heart-rending. Mr. Douarche Bald that intemper ance Is almost the rule. It is the ex ception when tho worklngman does not begin the "day with a glass of cheap brandy, "calvados." He carries with him to work a bottle of "alco holized" coffee, which lasts him until 11 o'clock, the lunch hour, when he hastens to the wlno-shop. There glasses ot absinthe or vermouth are already set out in readiness for tho quick demand. This beverage is hastily swallowed before the lunch, consisting of 2Md. worth of food fol lowed by 5d. worth of black coffee rod brandy. Work over at 6, the drink-shops nlong the way home are visited. Saturday night is spent in the wine-shops, and Sunday is given to sleeping off the debauch. It Is usual for men thus to spend an av erage of 2s. h day for drink as much as frugal Frehch working-class fam ilies spend for food. Then the way tho children are taught to drink Is described with great detail. Infants are given a sip ol "calvados" on the third or fourth day of their existence. Through baby hood they are dosed with it to make them Bleep. At five or six they are considered old enough to be entitled to their ration of liquor at meal times. The olght-year-old children were found to carry for luiioheon bread soaked In hrandled coffee: a third of them, boys und glrlB alike, were found to be In the habit of tak ing their "petit verre" after dinner. Soveral schoolmistresses testified that their little girl pupils were often In toxicated in the afternoon to the de gree of bring unab'.e to learn their lestons! Pioneer. lor win..; und t4tin,0itji $1.0UtCwV, juveu it Juan uurns, jsi. leader Japanese newspapers blame British Arms for China's boycott against Jap anese goods. Fifty Wright aeroplanes were or dered by Lazare Welller, to be built In France. King Manuel was warmly wel comed In Oporto, the centru of Por tuguese republicanism. Silas C. McKarland, American Con-aul-at-Large in Europe, killed him self In a railway carriage of the Ber lin express. The Rev. J. W. Bashford, the fii at bishop of the new Methodist Episco pal residency in the Chinese capital, arrived at Pekln. The German Reichstag moved four Interpellations asking for an expla nation of the Kaiser's interview with an unofficial Englishman. Special correspondence from Hong Kong stated that the talk of an al liance with tho United States has fired the Chinese Imagination. A report that Patrick Ford and O'Meagher Condon Intended to visit tho United Kingdom provoked a bit ter attack on them in the British House of Commons. Japan will reduce the large force of troops held In Northern China to only two companies. By making this reduction in tbe Chinese forces Japan will be nble to save $375,000 a year. Premier Asqulth, In the House of Commons, defined the "two-power1' standard as meaning an etcesB of ten per cent, over the combined strength tn capital ships of tbe two next strongest naval powers. Letters were received by the Arctic Exploration Club from Dr. Stefanson announcing that he bad arrived at Point Barrow. Alaska, and had made preparations lo penetrate Into the in terior on a two years' expedition. TRIUMPH OF HUMAN NATURE. "Them seventeen mothers in th village Mothers' Club agreed to de cide by ballot which had the hand somest baby." "Well, who won it?" "Each kid got one vote." Judge A Father's Love. The wife of a young rector In the West End of London died, leaving him a motherless child. The peo- i of the labor nartv. la n momlioi- pie hoped that some aunt or sister the British Cabinet, he preserves hiB1 would come to care for the child, ' cheerful optimism. but none sucn appearea. orsuumo it came to be known in the parish that the scholarly rector was quite as Mr. Burns uttered these aphorisms in a speech Just delivered: Every cent that Is spent on edu much at home In the nuraery as in j t,on , JusMflerl b t de(.reHge ft! $PJS2&&t2P2Z i 111 -ime' PWta S the death. THE PAGE FOR WOMEN. Evolution of What Ws Once ConeidU erWl s Startling Idea. There was a time, however difficult It may bo to realize, when women did not read newspapers, when in the ma jority of cases the dally Journal was regarded by them as an Insldioim enemy of the household; when tha "gude housewife" began her busy day opposite an autocrat, who In disdain ful silence delayed the savory break fast too satisfy his curiosity regard ing the antics of "bull and bear;" and when the youthful members of the family, unable to repress their bub bling spirits, brought forth ebulli tions of paternal wrath from the gleaner of the stock market. In the evening the samo conditions pre vailed. My lord must needs retire behind the well-filled sheet, digest Its contents and steal forty winks be fore becoming properly attuned to wifely confidences, and womankind, perforce from long years of experi ence, accepted in a matter of fact way these conditions as part and par cel of conjugal life. By and by there loomed-upon tha horizon an editor with an idea, ona who said to himself, "Once a week I shall run a story with feminine inter est; the women may like It." And like It they did. Nay, more, they proved their appreciation by booming the circulation of that particular journal, and so gladdened the heart ! of the astute editor. Other naners took up the good work, following closely In the footsteps of the cour ageous pioneer, and thus it came to pass that, like the flashings of a me teor, paragraphs began to scintillate in the leading newspapers through out the land, concise, to be sure, but unmistakable In thclx tendency to please women. Then came a day big with fate, when a valiant editor, throwing cau tion to the four quarters of the globe, gave space to women writers on womnnly subjects, and thus evolved the "Woman's Page." The effect was Instantaneous, widespread and beneficial. The mind of woman broadened as she read, and, not con tent with the restricted sphere of fashions, recipes and beauty talks, abe stepped over the borderland into the very domain of man. Into the world of science and politics; grap pling and treating the policies of the day with so rare an intelligence, so just an appreciation, that men could only wonder and exclaim at what they termed phenomenal. To-day the Woman's Page Is a fixture. No longer does the feminine end of the household await In trembling silence behind the coffee urn the pleasure of her life-partner. She has become the oracle which decides the choice of journal in her particular province. So powerful a factor is the woman editor and so far-reaching her influ ence that even the masculine element seeks the benefit of her services. Nay, more, It has been known to consult this authority on the delicate sprout ing of a microscopic mustache ot plead for a suggestion in the adjust ment of a complex lovo affair. To bo sure, In this wise pld world, there are still many doubting Thomases who relegate women to their so-called sphere tho kitchen whose dulled intellects deny tho benefit accruing from the feminine atmosphere in journalism, who sneerlngly suggest that fashions alone are ladled forth to Its many readers nnd who wilfully close their eyes to the growing In fluence of women. These may be graphically classed under tbe genus Crank, and with whom there is little Bympathy. The spirit of comradeship is abroad In the land, and to-day men and women, hand In hand, traverse the paths of knowledge. What Inter estvone Is bound to please the other. Tho Woman's Page, Bllently and unostentatiously, crept into the home life and Is there the accepted coun sellor, ameliorator and all-round con fidante of Its many readers. It is made the arbiter of style and fashion, the authority on epicurean concoc tions, a guide-book by land and sea, the healer of bodily Ills, an adjuster of domestic cataclysms, the Blank stone of legal wrangles, the mouth piece of woman's emancipation, the restorer of fading loveliness, and, finally, the sympathetic receptacle In to which are poured tbe tribulations, mlserlos and heartburnings of every day commonplace humanity. New York Evening Sun. der his constant watchfulness ana care. Four years slipped by, and one Easter Sunday the child sat us usual In a front pew and listened to tho sermon. It was on the mother of Jesus her agony ot heart at the cross, her wonder and Joy at the res urrection. From this he turneo io . - - - m a.- u i i "iisttuiiiLy unless is Heu-u tell of the sadness of those who feel W(J d g20io0o,noo a 3 the mother want lu this world. . drlnk and ,250,000,000 on Think what a child's life Is without the mother love!" he said in conclu sion. "Who can tend and cherish and love who but a mothe..'?" In the hush that followed a child ish voice called sweetly from tho front pew: "A favex does ev'y bit's well, papa, dear." Much has been said in glorification of the love of a mother. Shall wo I forget that the father love Is often Mia us deserving 01 our praise 1 Deaconess Advocate. Our Law Is God. Tbe kingdom of heaven is not coma even when God's will is our law; it is come when God's will Is our will. When God's will is our law, we are but a kind of noble slaves; when His will Is our will, we are tree children. Georgo MacDonald. rate. "The faults of the working classe arc the meanness of their wants, the misery of their desires and the pov erty of their aluij. tastes and Ideals. Education fires them to nobler alms and higher ideals. "The British have no industrial disability unless it is self-imposed. year on gamb ling, directly and Indirectly. "Wo have a hundred race meetings and a thousand golf links. Germany has not one. , "Worklngmen ask me to make n new heaven and n new earth for them. They only can make them for themselves by saving the $15,000,000 invested in drink and gambling each week. "Careful analysis of figures proves that men at forty are not too old for their best work." The gold production of the United States, iu round figures, is 2,600,000 ounces a year, and of silver 80,1190, 000 ounce. ' Duty to Suffer. Duty does not consist in suffering everything, but In suffering every thing for duty. Sometimes, Indeed, it is our duty not to Buffer. Dr. VlneL A WHALE. Perhaps you would like to hear about tbe whale I saw on my way to Maine tbla summer. We were sitting in the deck of tbe steamer wben, j away in the distance, we saw a large I Jet of water shoot into the air. The 1 people all hurried to the side deck, und when the fountain ot water had stopped we could see the what. It looked lUe a large, black, rock pro- Jacting from tho water. Every once 1 In a while It threw up jets of water, I until It was lost to sight. Helen Henderson, In the New York Tribune, Temperance Notes. . A returning peace delegate declares that drink Is the worst oneiuy of Eng land. It has been computed that 1,500, 000 men and women In the United States are dully, either mentally -or physically, dlsubled for work as tho result of drinking. Tbe man who has taken even small quantities of alcohol feels that his brain Is remarkably active and capa ble of great thoughts, whereas in reality bis conceptions are ever so much slower than natural. If we could sweep intemperance out of the land, said Phillips Brooks, there would be hardly poverty enough left to give healthy exercise to the charitable Impulses. Said John Burns to an audience of workmen in London: "I believe that the best and most simple remedy for drink is abstinence; but this must be supplemented by local legislative actlou. " The difficulty with liquor laws is said to be (hut (bey are ahead of pub llo sentiment. To which tho Bos ton News ouce suggestively added : "That's what's the matter with tr. Tan Conynaudmeuts.-too." How the Japanese Bathe. , Iu Japan every one, rich or poor, takes one hot bath a day. Each house possesses a round, barrel-like tub, and In It the bather kneels. The temperature of tbe wat er varies from 110 to 120 degrees, and no Japanese tblnkB of taking b than an hour to bathe In. Before going into the bath a pre liminary scrubbing takes place, for which each person Is provided with a brass bowl full of water and a small stool to sit on. The bowl' Is constant ly refilled with hot water and the akin thoroughly scrubbed. Tbe bod; at last gets so perfectly cleansed that wheu its owner steps into the bath tub the water ic not "soiled," so to speak. A Japanese considers his or her bath before food, and there Is no doubt that the vitality and endurance of the Japanese are greatly due to their cleanly habits. The water 1 always heated by charcoal, and It said that a Japaneso woman take Ave minutes to wash one arm! The Te Deum. The authorship of "Te Deum" ' uncertain. It Is now generally under stood that we are to put no reliance upon .the ancient legend that make the famous hymn the joint produc tion of Saints Ambrose and Augus tine. The first actual reference to It 1 in the rule of Caesarius ot Aries, who was made a bishop in 602, and it la certain that It arose as early at tho fifth century. It Is ascribed by some authorities to Hilary of Arlea. by others to some disciple of Casslso of Marseilles, but in no case Is tbe evidence ocjuiplote. There are in ho 8tate of York forty-three villages of betweea 1000 and 2000 Inhabitants, wttica have troa lll-'aries.
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