.. . Choosing a Stepmother By GERALD PRIME Coprrjiht, 1010, by Auoeimlod Literary Fr.s I think we've found her, my toy." "Found whntT" Bob Hunter asked. "The girl designed by Providence to become your wife." The younger man drew the oars Into the boat, shifted als feet Into a jnore comfortable position and took out his pipe. "Don't speak a word for three minutes till I light up," he f aid. "and then I'll tell you what I think of you." The other, sitting at the stern and trolling with the air of one who has so expectation, wound the boat end of the Ashing tackle about his right leg and raised an umbrella. The promise of sport was too remote to counteract the immediate effect of the sun's ardor. The boat went on drifting down the feiblo current and the young man, with his pipe now In active service, did not resume his oars at once. He made sure that his pipeful of weed was properly alight and then pro ceeded to fulfill his threat "Dan Hunter," he began, removing his pipe from his mouth and pausing to convince himself that It was not sbout to trick htm, "If you were not ray father the very giddiest parent s man of my years and discretion ever had I should be tempted to call you an old humbug." The older man smiled amiably and shifted the umbrella to the other shoulder. "Porhaps I am," ho said. "Any how, Bob, I defer to your Judgment." "Perfectly right that . you should," Bob went on severely. "I was wrong, though, lu calling you old. You are the youngest person I ever saw for your age forty-two last April. That Is because you paint pictures for a llvlDg. With my twenty-one years .and self-supporting position in the automobile business, I am your senior by a do :n years. I don't mind that. I don't mind that you are the howl- "It's My Opinion That You're In Love 71th Hope Terrlss Yourself." lug beauty of the " family. I don't mind that everybody looks at you twice before seeing me at all. I don't mind that strangers decline to believe that I am your son until they have to." "All this because I undertook to In terpret the design of Providence," Bald the father, with a sigh which was tlmost the real thins. "Your attempts to Interpret the de ilgas of Providence are most dismal failures, Dan," his son declared, punc tuating his speech with various un uccessful dives Into bis pockets in search of a match. "You haven't ny more Idea of the real, condition of things than than this Infernal Pipe." "I don't aeem to follow you. my toy." said the father. "It's my opinion that you're In love with Hope Terrlss yourself." "Merciful heavens!" One sharp glance made it clear to Bob that the mention of Hope Terrlss M not responsible for bis usually Placid father's outburst , Whatever " was, the excitemeut had passed off 'th the exclamation. With the ut most deliberation the fisherman low ed the umbrella and laid it carefully In the bottom of the boat. "I wonder something's pulling on y leg like mad." It was nob's turn to show excite ment, and he did. "Pull him In, Dan! Don't let him l away!" he falrVy shouted, rising bis feet at the risk of overturning to boat "81 1 down quietly and let me man Me him," counseled bis father, reel ug In his line as calmly as If a " Pound fish might not have attached Itself to the spoon book at the oth er end. It was only a pickerel, but Its live pounds or lets of electrlcnlly ani mated matter put up a gallant fight and to huvo klllod (It was glory enough for one day for an artlEt who did not profess even to be an am ateur. That was what Mope Terrlss said when she met them at the landing and walked with them to the camp, holding one end of the forked birch stick on which the men had strung the afternoon's catch. She repeated It as they sat on the boatbouso ve randa alter dinner. "And I've been flBhlng every day for a week ard haven't cnught thing," she added so pathetically that, all unssen In the dark. Dob kicked bis fatocr's foot lo cull bis attention to it. "Don't you get any bites?" asked the artist ingenuously. "I hardly know. Sometimes I have fancied that I was getting a quoor little nibble, don't you know, but nothing conies of it." "Remember the advice of the im mortal Sir Uaak "Persevere ard keep on persevering,' " counseled Dob wickedly. "Perhaps I will follow Sir Iza<'s advice," she suld, rising. "In the nieantimo I am going to play a lot of Schumann for your father accord Ing to my promise of this morning He's the only person in the camp whose musical taste soars abovo rag' time." "I don't mind Schumann at all when when I'm in good health,' Bob protested. For an entire week the subject which had teen brought to such a sudden Interruption by the pickerel was not resumed. Hope Terrlss was the life of the camp, and even old Mrs. Vechton, who had ceased long ago to speak in unqualified pralue of anybody or anything on the foot' stool, was greatly taken with her and admitted It openly. "That girl Is of the right sort," sno declared. "She's got more man ner and more common sense than all the rest of us combined. She's the roal thing. Don't you agreo with r.n1 Mr. Hunter?" And Bob who chanced to be tin Mr. Hunter eddresaed, his lather tuul Hope having gone lor a ctroll into the village had tho effrontery to reply, languidly: "Miss TerrisE oh, yea, quite eo a trine youngish, don't you think Excellent society for father." "Young jackanapes!" the old wom an , muttered as Bob disappeared around the end of tho veranda. "He's completely gone on the girl. Pity he hasn't some oi his father's good looks and attractive manner." That l.lght as they lingered on the boat houbo veranda after the others had retired tho artist and his sun were discussing tho lattor's business prospects. "To bear you talk, Dan," tho young man laughed between vigorous draws of his pipe, which was not behaving its host, "one who did not know you might think that you were content plating something serious." "For instance, Dob?" "Well, providing me with a brand new stepmother." "Better -stop that business, Bob,' counseled bis father seriously. "Sug gestlou plays strange tricks now and then." . "Then t wish suggestion would get busy. Only let' mo cboose her and everything will be well.' On the morning of the day appoint ed for tbe breaking up of the camp Bob and Miss Terrlss were in earnest conversation in a secluded corner of cbe veranda. "It's come to a climax," croaked Mrs. Vechton to herself and to any one else who happened to be within hearing. "Do you recognize this, hand?" Hope asked serenely, holding an en velope before Bob'a eyes. "I ought to,' bo returned 'promptly- "Dad must have helped himself to my stationery." "It contains a proposition to be come your stepmother," she con tinued, without looking at him and entirely without embarrassment. "Noble old Dan!" he cried raptur ously. "He's the salt of the earth!" "What would you ad vine me to do?' - "Accept unconditionally." "I shall impose one condition," she said with a flush that made ber charming. . "Yu are to leave off call ing him Dan. It isn't respectful." As an earnest of his Intention to comply with ber terms ho kissed her. "What did I tell you?" demanded tars. Vechton, who accepted what sho saw, as a confirmation of her wis dom in such matters. way of securing boarders Unlqus Advertising "Stunt" Is Perpe tratd on Homeless New York ers by Gotham Landlady. fourteen windows faced tho court d from each window looked a home- New Yorker. Usually their eyes directed toward one window on to third floor. It was a kitchen win- They looked there because such d things to eat were set out on tot window sill. Sometimes It was pudding, sometimes a pie, some Ua a salad, but whatever It was It BU the homeless New Yorkers' "ouths water. At last on hungry uni man located tbe front door belt anectlng with that kitchen and in wiwed the mistress. Do yon keep boarders?" be asked. T it yoii do" Then he called Mtsntlon to the window-sill deco ctions. lk!0a ' don't mads ail those good a ST" -,ald sh"- TneJr mad. by " n-wncl of mine who runs a board Pi house in th, nest block. She knows I like her cooking, and sends me a dish of something ovory llttlo while. No doubt sbo would board you." Within a week tbe whole bunch of homeless New Yorkers bad been gath ered in. "Might have been an advertising scheme," said the first venturer. "If It was. It was mighty effective." Rloe Growing In the Jungle. Rice is "wet" that grows for the most part In flooded laud; or "dry." that raised on uplands. It growth; In those regions where civilisation has penetrated least Is pathetlo. Part of the east are still covered with vir gin forest of tall trees; underneath all Its dark Is heavy shade. Creepers twin up hundreds of feot and are all topped oft with indescribable orchids all hunting for air and sunshine, in' the thick wood a suitable epot a chosen, for rice they must have or starve. Undergrowth Is cut out and staked and hedged around to nmk a fence for tbs llttl rice farm. KEEP THE NAVY EFFICIENT AND FORTIFY THE CANAL Former President Roosevelt's Advice to the Nation in Speech at Omaha-Discusses the Magnitude and Success of the Vast Work in Panama. Omaha, Neb., Eopt. 2. Two topics, closely related, furnished the theme for a vigorous but rather brief ad dress by Col. Theodore Roosevelt here today. Theso were tho efficiency of our navy as demonstrated by the world tour of tho battleship fleet, and the digging of the Panama canal and necessity for fortifying that great waterway. The colonel was received cordially by tho people of Omaha and his audlenco was large and enthusias tic. His address follows: In traveling In Europe last spring one thing which especially strusk me wus the fact that the two feats which made the deepest Impression abroad were the cruise of the battle fleet around the world, and the digging of the Panama Canal. These were the two foala to be credited to the American people during tho past decade which had moit profoundly and favor lbly affected foreign Judgment of America during that time. Such judgment depends not In tho least upon what people say they can do, but what they actually do; upon their willingness to meet responsi bilities, and the ouecess of their efforts to meet them. Must Have Efficient Navy. Now, there Is no use of a nation ctr.tm lng to bo a great nation unless It Is pro pared to play a great part. A nation such as ours cannot possibly play a great part In International affairs, cannot ex pect to be treated ns a weight In either the Atlantic or the Pacific, or to have Its voice as to the Monroe- doctrine, or the management of the Panama Cannl, heed ed, unless It has n strong and thoroughly efficient navy. Within the last decade the Amrrli-an navy has been about trebled In strength, and much more than trebled In efficiency, duo to Its extraordi nary progress In marksmanship ami ma neuvering. 8o far from this Increoae In naval strength representing on our part either a menace of aggression to weaker nations or a menace of war to stronger nations. It has told most powerfully for peace. Everywhere In Europe the cruise of tho battle fleet around tho world was accepted, not only ns an extraordinary feat, reflecting the highest honor upon our navy, but as one of the movements which tended markedly to promote peace ful stability In International relations. No nntlon regarded the cruise as fraught with any menace of hostility to Itself: and yet every nation accepted It as a proof that we were not only desirous ourselves to keep tho peace, but able to prevent tho peace being broken at our expense. No cruise In any way approach ing It has over been made by any licet of any other power: and the best naval opinion abroad had been that no such feat was possible, that Is, that no such cruise as that we actually made could be undertaken by a fleet of such size with out Innumerable breakdowns and acci dents. Tho success of the cruise, per formed ns It was without a single acci dent, Immeasurably raibed the prestige, not only of our fleet, but of our Nation: and was a distinct help to the cause of International pence. As regnrds the Panama Canal, I really think that outside nations have a Juster Idea than our own people of the magni tude and success of the work. I wish our people re.ul'.zed what Is being done on the Isthmus. If a man of Intelligence who had never left this country asked mo whether I would advise hlin to make a short trip to Europe, or a trip to the Panama Canal. I would, without hesita tion, advise him to so to the Panama Canal. He would there see In operation the completing of one of the great feats of modern times. Colonel Goethals and the men working under him are render ing a service to this country which con only be paralleled in our past history by some of the services rendered In certain wars. Wonderful Work on the Icthmus. Six years ago last spring the Ameri can government took possession of the Isthmus. The first two years wero de voted to the sanitation of the Isthmus, to assembling the plant and working force, and providing quarters, food, and water supplies. In all these points the success was extraordinary. From one of the plague-spots of the globe, one of the most unhealthy regions In the entire world, the Isthmus has been turned Into a singularly healthy place of abode, where the death-rate Is small and where hundreds of children arer now being raised under as favorablo conditions ft In moat parts of the United States. The quarters, food, and water supply are ex cellent, and the plant the beat ever gath ered for such a purpose. Active excava tion on a large scale did not begin until January. 1907. Three years and a half have gone by since then, and three-fifths of the total excavation has already been accomplished. The amount takan out has passed anything which previous experi ence wnrranted us In believing to be pos sible. In 1908 and I tho monthly aver age of rock nnd earth removed was three million cubic yards, notwithstanding the fact that nine months of each year con stituted a season of very heavy rainfall. Tb-rre remains to be excavatod only about sixty million cubic yards. If we could keep up tho past average of excavation, this should be dono In twenty months; but It Is Impossible to maintain such a ratio as the depth Increases: for the out put necessarily diminishes as the field of operation narrows. Still. It Is certain that such a rate can bo maintained as will enable the wnrNerS' to finish the excava tion considerably In advance of the dato fixed for opening the canal.' January 1. 1915. 'Indeed, I shall be surprised if the ranal cannot be opened six months, or even a year In advance of the time set. The work has two great features: The Culehra Cut, which I have been consider. Ing. and the great dam at Oatun. The latter Is to Imprison the waters of the Chngres and other streams Into a like with an area of 1S4 square miles. This' work Is advancing atea'tlly, and Just as successfully as the work on the Culebra Cut. The wator which Is ultimately to fill the lock Is now flowing through the concreto spillway In the center of the dam. the Chngres having been diverted from Its bed and placed under complete control. The construction of the dam has advanced sufficiently to convince the en gineers In charge of tho work of Its ab solute stability and Impervlouaness. The concrete work on the lock Is advancing so rapidly that the first double-set at Qatun will be completed this coming No vember, and the engineer In charge has announced that alt the concrete In all the locks will be In Dlace two veara henea. Tbe dato of final completion and formal penlng of the canal lo the commerce of '.he world will be determined by the time consumed In placing tho great steel galea, The Cost of Soul. A recent query sent out as to the cost of saving a soul . In Chicago brought some Interesting answers. It man found that the Mormons figured on spending $1,800 for every person converted, wheroas the Volunteers of 'America set the cost as low as $5. These were tbe highest and lowest prices named. oaring Ambition. When one ambition baa passed Its natural limit, lu progress Is bound less. Seneca. emergency dams, and all appliances for operating the docks. But those In charge of the work announce without hesitation that everything will be finished well In advance of January 1, 1913. Next Duty Is to Fortify It. This is a stupendous record of achieve ment. As a p.'oplu wo are rather fond of, criticising ouraelves, nnd sometimes with very great Justice; but even the most pessimistic critic should sometimes think of what Is to our credit. Among our assets of the past ten vears will be placed the extraordinary ability. Integrity, and success with which we havo handled all the problems Inherit -d as the result of the Spanish war; the way we have han dled ourselves In the Philippines, In Cuba, In Porto Rico, In Son Domingo, nnd In Panama. The cruise of the battlo fleet around the world was a striking proof thnt we had made good with the navy; and what we have done at Panama rep resents the accomplishment of one of the great feats of the ages. It Is a feat which reflects the highest honor upon our coun try, and our gratitude Is due to every man who has taken an honorablo part In nny capacity In bringing about its per formance, f We now have a further duty to per form in connection with It, and that Is to fortify It. Wo are In honor bound to fortify It ourselves, nnd only by so doing can we effectively gunrantee Its neutral ity, and, moreover, effectively guarantee that It shall not be used against us. The chief material advantage oortalnly one of the chief material advantages which we shall gain by Its construction Is the way In which It will, for defensive pur poses, double the rower of the United States navy. To refuse to fortify It, and, above all, to consider fry a moment such nn net of utter weakness and folly as to Invite other nations to step In and guar antee the neutrality of this puroly Ameri can work (nnd thereby really to make It certuln that In the event of war we should find the canal used against us as our fleets would be forbidden to pass through It, or else our opponents', fleets permitted to), would be to Incur." and quite rightfully, the contempt of the world: It would mean the complete aban donment of the Monroe doctrine; It would be a wicked blow to our prestige on the Pacific; and. moreover. It would be In Its essence treason to the destiny of the Hepubllc. OLD THEORY IS EXPLODED Women Do Net Want Masterful Hus bands Who Will Beat Them Now and Then. When Its comes to a question of dis position, says Robert Haven Schnuf fler, in his series of marriage articles now running In Success Magazine, SO per cent, of the girls In the business world, stenographers, clerks, and so on, would like their husbands easy going rather than masterful, as com pared with 75 per cent, in the fac tories. , Readers of the first article In this series were perhaps surprised to find nobody demanding in her future hus band what seems to many one of the indispensable qualifications for mar ried happiness; that is the capacity for comradeship. Not one factory girl mentioned this quality and only a very few girls of business. One bookkeep er in St. Louis added as an after thought: "He must treat me as a companion; not as a doll baby." A railroad cash ier was tbe only one to reason from actual experience: "Say, I had an experience once that gave me a losuon! I was working In the signal tower and there was a man worked there with me. He was a good looking enough fellah. If I'd 'a' known him anywhere else, I might 'a' took him when ho asked me. "Thank goodness I was up there with him all day long and I bad a chance to find out That's the way to learn a man. If some of those girls that get married could stay all day with a man for awhile, every day In the week, there wouldn't be so many alternates. "Oh, there wasn't nothln' really wrotfg with him, only when his line o' talk plcyed out there wasn't anything more to say. We'd alt up there silent as owls. Say, mebbe I wasn't glad when I got a transfer. If we'd been married now. It wouldn't have been so easy to get a transfer." From the Farewell Address. Of all tbe dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, re ligion and morality are Indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the' tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. Let It slmpfy be asked whore Is the se curity for proporty, for reputation, for life. If the sense of religious ob ligation deserts tbe oaths which are the Instruments of Investigation In courts of Justice? And let us with caution Indulge tbe supposition that morality can bo maintained without religion. Whatevor may be conceded to the Influence of refined education on minds of peculiar' structure, rea son and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can pre vail In exclusion of religious princi ple. Qeorge Washington, An aviator lives after falling S00 feet and landing In a field of obis. It might be woll to raise more oats. Montana City Holds Record. Miles City, Montana, holds tbe rec ord for variation In temperature. Tbe highest temperature recorded there Is 111 dcg.. which Is within 8 dg. of the highest recorded In tbe United States. Miles City's lowest mark has been (7 deg below rero. which Is truly arctic. The range between these two ex tremes Is 171 deg . which Is a record. CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP By REV. STEPHEN PAULSON Plttiburt, Pa. The Yellow Fly. There are butterflies and butterflies. Alsa. It makaa us sigh; Tie only at our boording house We sea the buttertoe fly. Text: Our citizenship Is In heavon. Will. 3::o. In loundlng this republic our fath ers established five Institutions that seemed necessary to the development of a high ortlor of manhood. Since hero the common people were to bo rulers It was plainly necessary to educate the multitude. No Inventor commits his Invention Into the hands of nn Ignorant man, and our fathers feared to trust those powerful political tools, the bal lot nnd free speech, into the hands of ignorant and untrained men. So they establiKhod tho free school. iiey also founded the free press; be lieving that the citizen should bo made acquainted with all that goes on'in God's great world, that our people should not be Ignorant peasants but citizens of tbe world. The result Is the Intelligent unity of a hundred million people and tho breaking down of all sectional differences. They also established liberty and po litical equality. Not that all men are equal In strength of body or quality of Intellect or power of personality, but mat eacn man has an equal right to Justice and self-development. Tho grass, the lily, and the oak are not equal In station, r.nd, perhaps, not equal In usefulness, but are equal In their right to claim from soil and rain and sun what they need for growth and sustenance. Our fathers emphasized the family, recognizing that all subsequent rela tionships are mache or marred In the family circle. They looked upon this home as a mlniatura republic and they looked to enrnest mothers for the sturdy and honest citizenship of the future. Tho founders of the republic also bo llcved most emphatically in a free church. They decreed that the Lord's day Bhould be a training day for the soul and conscience thnt men might grow fine and strong, and that great and true convictions might be devel oped. For the measure of power of a republic Is not In It resources and wealth, but In the quality of manhood produced. We have today many problems be fore us. ns there nlways will be great problems before a growing and pro gressing nation; but our greatest need 13 a Christian citizenship. We need men who live and net tho principles of Jesus Christ In our high offices, in places of responsibility, In the grent marts of business. That it will be so, It is not an Idcallst'B dream, but will be a realization of tho future to which present indications point. In a despotism where one family rules, tho task of educating tho rulers is simple. It means tho teaehlne; of the members of a singlo family. In a monarchy It means the education of a few thousand of the upper classes. In a republic the grent peril Is moral Ig norance among millions, many of them newly come to our shorea. We have established our public schools for the training of the intellect, but unfortu nately we have eliminated morals and spiritual knowledge from tho class room. F.ve or six hours every week are given to mathematics for years, because we must count money, and weigh Btigar and salt, compute coal and measure land. Years for the study of mathematics; not one minute for the training of a child's morals and char acter. The president of the National Eaucational association affirmed in his annual address that there are ter mil Hons of young people under 17 wbc never cross the threshold of a church. We teach children that two and twe make four, but not that it is wrong to fals"y accounts. Wo teach them that fire burns In science, but not that the boy wbo tles to satisfy his desire for pleasure with sin, 1b like one wbo eats red-hot eoals We teach the girl that hot water scalds, but we do not tell her that there nra passions which Indulged In will blight her very soul. Look nt the Jails filled with boys whom wo allow to grow up like vandals. Con sider the prisons crowded with young criminals. Look at the moral Insen sibility among our rich men and legis lators, to whom truth nnd Justice should be sacred. We breed our own dangers through neglect. We spend vast energy In the discussion of the tariff on pig Iron, as If with it the republic would survive of perluh: but we neglect the souls of men. We ppend hundreds of millions digging mud out of the rivers, while the mouths of our children spout mud, and the tenement houses ooze disease ard crime. Surely there never was a time In the history of the republic when the Influence and work of the church was needed more than It Is to day. We have well known examples of how gladly people flock to the standard of any man who shows him self a sturdy, uncompromising Chris tian citizen. And on tbe other hand we see that a man who is not a Chris tian, though he may be exalted to a high placo. Is soon weighted and found wanting. Our fathers laid well the founda tions, but tbelr work cannot be per fected without tbe fldollty of the tons. We hare a marvelous heritage; we reap what we did not sow. But God forbid that wo should prove faithless t tho principles of our fathers. So let us on this day call the roll of con viction which He deep-rooted In true citizenship; and the first truth that meets us is that a man must be a citizen ot the kingdom of Ood before he can be a true citizen of a Chris tian nation. No man's acts dio utterly; and though his tody ma resolve Into thin air, his good or bad doeds will still bo bringing forth fruit aftor their klnd and Influencing future genera tions for all time to come. It is In this momonlaus and tolemn fact that the great peril and responsibility of human existence lies. Saaiuol Smiles. The Sinner's Friend. Christ Is thd slnnor's truest frland. Cud sent not his ron Into the world to condemn tbe world; but that the world should bo saved through him. Rev. U. M. Little, Presbyterian, Pltts-burf. DRUG HABIT IS SPREADING Vice on Inereate In England Ingre dients Vary From Chloral to Alcohol. English society Is becoming serious ly exercised about the habit of taking drugs, which appears to be spreading more rapidly than ever, Judging from some of tho correspondence which is appearing on the subject. Wlint was at one time the vice of the few Is de clared now to be the practise of many worried business men, profes sional men, "cursed with brain fag." Jaded society women and all the other lvctlms of the killing rush ol modern Hie. A case is narrated in M. A. P. of a hospital nurse who recently applied for relief at an Inebriates' home, con fessing that she had not been really sober that Is to say, more or less un der the influence of stimulant for six years. A spell of unusualyl heavy work had driven her to cocaine. H-t holiday, which ought to have fol lowed Immediately, had to be post poned for some reason connected with the hospital work, and she continued taking cocaine until when relief came at last she found herself unable to give up her dally allowance of the drug. Sometimes she took brandy to relieve her craving for the drug, but always she returned. As In every other case, tho gradual sapping away of the will power weakened her ef forts to break the habit, and In tho end her friends had to take the most drastic measures to force her into an Inebriates' home. Here the habit was successfully broken after an agoniz ing painful "cure." One woman who led a very busy so cial life used to take regularly a mix true of chloral, sal-volatllc, brandy nnd soda, while another dosed herscll with a mixture of sal-volatile and red lavender. Another extraordinary case was heard of recently. Three specialists had been called In to examine a wom an, and though all three agreed that she was suffering from overstimula tion they were utterly unable to dls cover tho cause of her symptoms. The mystery was not sovled until some otio happened to mention that the womnn kept a bottle of sulphate of quinine in her boudoir. She then con fessed that she was simply suffering from excessive doses of quinine. The stage, literature and art each contribute a large number to the vic tims of tho drug and alcohol habits. Recently a once famous artist was found sleeping on the embankment, having fnlle nthrough every stage of d pruvity from occasional indulgence In mhorphia to sheer mania for alco hol. Many men and women connected v.Ith the stage have fallen victims to the craving for stimulants, always with disastrous results to their pro fessional reputations. One actress, for whom the critics had prophecied a brilliant career, commencced taking morphia during a nervous crisis. She was delighted with the immediate ben fit she derived from the drug, und used it again and again. IScfore she or any one else had realized what was hap pening, the unfortunate woman ha become a morphine-maniac. She not (inly mado no progress In her art, but her acting was deteriorating rapidly Before the end came It had become Impossible for her to obtain an en gagement. No maanger could de pend on her coming to the theater, and when she did put in an appear ance it was only charitable to de scribe her acting as erratic. She be came so reckless In her craving for stimulants that she drank eau do co logne, Florida water or anything else of an alcoholic nature. In this casae, at any rate, death came as a merciful release Alcohol Same as Work. When you don't want to work, but you want to look as if you had worked, feel as if you had done a hard day's work nnd be In tho same condi tion as though you hud done a day's work, take a couplo of drinks of whisky. Medical science has estab lished to Its own satisfaction tho fact that alcohol has the same effect on the human body as n day's work. Dr. William J. Wick, who lectured at Chicago recently on "The Action of Alcohol on the Different Organs of the Body, From a Scientific Stand point," Is the authority for this state ment. Dr. Wick declared that experi ments In two men, one of whom bad had a few drinks and the other of whom had worked all day, had the same results. "Alcohol tires the nerves and mus cles," said Dr. Wick. "One glass of beer shows a marked effect on the nervous centers and gives a tendency to hasty and incoherent movements." Blue Laws, In Madrid. The old "night life" of Spain, the music and dancing that has been such an attractive feature to American and other foreign travelers to Madrid and, the southorn cities of Sovlllo, Cadiz, Ronda, Malaga and Barcelona, la a thing of tbe past.- The govern ment decided that night bohemlanism was demoralizing tbe youth of tbe country, and King Alfonso Issuod a royal decree closing music halls, cafes, and other places of amusement at 11:30 a. m. Formerly these places never closed tbelr doors. Proper Way to Seek Virtus. One ought to seek o.:t virtue for Its 9wq sake, without being Influenced by fear or hope, or by any external Influ ence. Moreover, that In that does happiness consist. Llogines Laenlus. Our Dream. We are lu such hurry- itn we no longor have tlu.o to sit. down ami iroam dreams end tig people make in tellectua'l advouct .u'pii thty i'n Iream thtlr dre'.us. Wtodiuw . 'U- THE KING'S MARRIAGE FEAST Sucdajr School Lettos for Sept 11, 1910 Speslally Arrsr.jad for Thi Paper LESSON TKXT. Matthew 22:1-14. Mem-, ory verses s. 9. COLDKN TF.XT.--M.iny are called, but few are ehn-ien." Matthew 22:14. TlMK.-Tiies,-iy. April 4. A. U. 3D. Threa days before the Cruelfixlun. PLACE. Tho Temple court at Jeru-t sal. -in. Suggestion and Practical Thought. The Kingdom of Heaven Like a Wedding Kraut. Vs. 1, 2. And Jesua answered the unspoken needs, desires, end questions of the people. By para bles, the most picturesque method, compelling attention, but not antngon-. Istlc. The enemy could not easily at tack It, while to those who wished to know It was full of light. The kingdom of heaven, the new- order which he enmo to establish oa earth, in which each citizen lived ac cording to the laws of heaven. The king represented God. The son waa Jesus Christ. Thi3 feast represents all the bless ings which God has provided In bis gospel, enjoyed in large measure here, and perfected in heaven. The em phasis is on the marriage, the union between Christ and his people. It Is the highest Ideal of love and friend ship. It expresses intimate fellowship with God, the mutual love and delight In one another, tho protecting care on the one hand and perfect trust on the other, tho unity of purpose, of char acter. of hope, tho abiding forever In cno perfe. t home, all of which belong to tlio union of Christ with believers. The Invitation. Vs. 3, 4. And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden. Literally, "to call the culled," to summon thosa who had pre viously been invited: because thejr, bad no timepieces, and the hour when tho feast could be ready was very un certain. This custom is not now ob served "vpry strictly among the com mon people, nor In cities where west ern mnnners have greatly modified the Oriental; but In Lebanon It still pre vails. If a sheik bega, or emecr In vites, be always sends a servant to call -you at tho proper time. Theso having refused to come, he sent forth other servants, who wero "not merely to Invite to, but to command the feast, with a view to create a desire." Be hold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen nnd my fallings, i. e., smaller n.nlmals, ns lambs, calves, specially fed for the occasion. All things are ready; come. There was no threaten ing, but only a loving, earnest invlta-. tlon, as if they mlcht lu-.w misundeiv stood the first invitation, or not real ized its value. How the Invitation Was Received. Vs. 3-C. They refused without giving any reason, they would rot come. They simply did not regard the invitation as worth attending to. Tliey treated It with Indifference. They plead other interests. Their farm duties, their business pains, weiglipd more than their king's service and pood will. Others displayed active opposition. They did not like the king. They bated his rule, tils commands, his en forcement of law. The.--e Interfered with their unjust painK. Their excuses were like the ono "which Mark Twain's oriental madt for himself when, having declined to lend an ax. saying he needed it himself to use In eating soup, nnd being re minded that one does not eat soup with an ax, he replied: 'When one la, determined not to do a thing, any ex cuse Is good enough. The king . . . was wroth. Any ordinary earthly king would be angry at tho Insult, and indignnnt at tho fol ly of thoso that refused, and would feel tho necessity of punishing those who openly rebelled In the act of re fusing. There was no other way of preserving his kingdom. God's "an ger" Is never passion, never desire to harm even the worst of beings, but a burning Indignation against wrong, against the ruin of his children and of the hope of the world, and also a feel ing of tho neces-sity of punishing wrong doing In order to save all. God's plans never fail, but If one In strumentality refuses to carry them out, others are chosen to take lu place. They which were bidden wero not worthy, ns they had shown by their treatment of their opportunities. Go yet therefore into tho highways. Or, "tbe partings of the highways," tho crossroad- the places where greut numbers meet, "the broad, well trodden ways of the world." Cutber together all . . . both bad and good, whoever was willing to come and by that very net showed that they wanted to be good. The fullness of the time had come. , Tho preparations were complete. Everything was prepared for tho re demption of man heaven, love, the atonement, the rtrongest motives, the power of the Holy Spirit. The world was In the btst condition for the com ing of Christ. Never before or sine has there been so fitting a time cne government, one language, peace, roads, synagogues of the Jews every where. The slaying of tho snlmais Is an allusion to sacrifice. Only when tbe Lamb was slain on Calvary were all things ready for the marriage. The long preparations for the Gospel wero completed; the forerunner had done bis work: Jesus himself had come from Heaven, and had taught the Jewa the divine message, and even now he was uttertrg his last words. The tlmo had come when tho Jews must decide whether they would ac cept tho Mc3siah or not. ' The leading Jews bad very much at stake tbelr country, their holy city, their temple, their synagogues, their rank iu:d wea'th. their leadership of the people. They were so busy with these, they were so afraid they would lose them If they accepted tbe humble) Natarene as their teacber. and obeyed his precepts, that they were unwill ing even to consider his claims. Tho kingdom or God was trans ferred from the Jewish nation to the Oontiles. Tbe Jews henceforth. Instead of being the people and kingdom of God, wou'd be. a mere Semitic nation ality. Many of them then and sine ' bf loni to the kingdom of the Messiah. The Messianic kingdom Is today tbs mightiest towsr on earth.
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