Let Us Give Thanks It ua give thanga for all the golden hoara Prom out of Plenty'! heaped chalice poureoV- The never-ceanlna; wonder-wealth of eartk. Fruit of Ita flowering, guerdoa af it alrta, Against the hour of gnawing need apstoredt For tha wreather olive and the sheathed award. That the grim war-god la no mora adored For peace and brotherhood and dark hate'a (earth, i Let ua give thanks! Hy patha Inscrutable wa are guided toward Higher Ideals long ago Implored Deeds, thoughts and Instincts to a loftier worth Aye, Inspirations of diviner birth! For this uplifting unto thee, O Lord, Let us give thanks! Clinton Boollard In The Sunday Magazine. Suflra&S end LoVG byWilburD-Nesbii T WAR fin nanmnrllo fna n affair, this of Hiram Tut I tie and Lucy Finch. That I It was no highly -romantic affair you may Infer from the names of the princi pals. If I were drawing upon my Imagination and writing a real lore story, one that would make the justly celebrated ahair of Paris and Helen seem like a business transac tion In comparison, then their names would be Hector Montmorency de Beauvllle and Imogens Tereversham, or something to that effect Bat this is simply a little story caught la real life Just such an affair as Is going on right under your nose and la your own town at this moment. So U you prefer the rhetorical wooing of Hector Montmorency de Beauville and the no less rhapsodical counter wooing of Imogens Tereyersham, dear reader, read no further. There were Hiram Tuttle. Lucy Finch, a turkey and a suffrage ques tion. Three of these were tangible In the beginning, although Hector and Lacy were a great deal older than the turkey at the start The suffrage question, I know, is as old as the hills and bids fair to become as everlast ing. In due time the woman's suffrage propaganda reached Mlllvtlle. Several prominent suffragists descended upon the town In an automobile, and made speeches from that vehicle right In the middle of the publlo square of a Saturday afternoon. Ten years ago all the women In Millville would have said that those speakers were man nish, now they said they were exactly right Ten years ago all the men In MlllvlUe, bulwarked behind their chews of plug tobacco, would have denounced those Invaders as unwom anly and have classed them with Dr. Mary Walker and Bclva Lockwood. Now the men Just chuckled to them selves and said the women ought to have the ballot If they could get It While these women were speaking, Hiram Tuttle, having came down town to lay in his Sunday supply of bacon, eggs, coffee, flour and other bachelor provender, found himself listening to them and right beside him stood Luoy Finch. Now, do not gather the notion that Hiram was a crabbed old bachelor nor that Lucy was a wiz ened old maid. Lucy aa more than' 80 but nowadays a woman who has passed 30 Is Just beginning to be good looking.' Hiram wasn't crabbed at all; he was pleasant enough but the way he dressed himself was enough to make any woman wish she bad a chance to take hold or him and spruce him up. It is all nonsense to say that woman Is Impressed and Influenced by a man s appearance. What attracts her nine times out of ten is the pos sibility of Improving his appearance. Bo It happened that Hiram and Lucy walked away from the speaking to gether, and Hiram found himself, for the first time in five years, talking with a woman. I mean carrying 9a a lahH fxlh A 1 sit Therefore Imagine Hiram Tuttls's Sur pass and Astonishment Whan, Lucy Told Him "No." conversation. lie bad spoken with plenty of tbem, but there's a differ uce. And all the way up the hill to ward Lucy's home the argument on tuOxage grew warmer and warmer, antll by the time they parted tbey (vera dear enemies on the subject Hi rain was absolutely against woman's inffrage, and as a crushing argument le cited some words ot the apostle Caul about woman's place in the chem of things. "Humph!" sniffed Lucy. "'And what Paul, an way T , A crusty old bachelor that had to be struck by Ugiunlng before ha would go to uurchl" "Will, he knewatMnx or two about aouieu," Hiram argued, stoutly "lie didn't know anything about . bun!" Lucy replied, brihkly. "If ha tad kuuwu anytblug about thorn be' would have known that It would bi women who kept the churches going, and did all the work, and that they were a great deal better than the men ever dared to be. And besides, even the men couldn't vote tben, so what authority is he on suffrage?" . Naturally, this dispute could not be ended then and there. Hiram Tuttle found It necessary to stop at Lucy Finch's gate several mornings and bring up some new argument that had occurred to him, only to be effectually squelched by Lucy's wit and wisdom. And from that it became necessary tot him to drop In of evenings once or twice a week to continue the discus sion. And, propinquity and acquaint an ce each having their effect It was not long until he, with a man's fore sight saw that this debate could not be ended for years, so he proposed to Lucy. Npw, when' a man proposes to a woman he has his ears set tor Just one word and that Is "Yes." Therefore imagine Hiram Tuttle's surprise and astonishment when Lucy told him "No." And naturally, he asked her why she wouldn't marry him. Men always do that Aa if a woman could have a reason I Also, when a man gets the proposal habit he cannot shake it or break It So Hiram grew to going around to Lucy's and asking her to marry him, every Wednesday and Sunday even ing. Lucy enjoyed this. "I've got a 14-pound turkey for my Thanksgiving dinner," Hiram told Lucy on the Sunday evening before the day set apart by the governor to be thankful if you could think ot any thing to Justify such a state ot mind. "Fourteen pounds!" Lucy exclaim- "Humphl" Sniffed Lucy, "And What Was Paul, Anyway? A Crusty Old Bachelor That Had to Be Struck by Lightning Before He Would Go to Church I" ed. "Why, whatever In the world will you do with all that turkey?" "I thought I'd fry It and eat It," Hi ram answered. "Fry it! Fry a turkey? Well, of all things!" "Yes, I laid out to fry it and have It 'with some fried potatoes and pumpkin pie and some baked cranber ries for my Thanksgiving dinner." "Baked cranberries! If that Isn't Just like a man! Who cooked your Thanks giving dinner last year?" "I did. I bad pork chops and boiled turnips." , , "You poor man!" Artful Hiram I He knew what pity Is akin to. Having failed of all other avenues to her heart be was taking the pity route. The 14-pound turkey was a flotion; so were the pork chops. Had Lucy exercised her memory she would have recalled that Hiram al ways went to visit his Aunt Sarah over Thanksgiving. But she could think of only the one thing. 80 she said: "Hiram, I'll come up to your house Thursday morning and bake that tur key for you." Lucy couldn't have done a thing like that where you and I live. That would have been scandalous. But In Mill ville they are not so fashionable as to confound neigbborllness with suspi cious conduct Bo on Thanksgiving morning Lucy proceeded to concoct for Hiram one of those Thanksgiving din ners you read poems about And when the turkey was done brown and ooxlng and Oiling the air with a glorious per fume, ' she called Hiram to the kitch en and asked bim If it didn't look good. "It does that," ha answered. "Urn nun!" "Well,"' she ssld. firmly shutting the oven door and planting herself be fore It, "In four minutes that turkey will be buraed to a crisp. Unless you agree right now that women should have the vote I leave the turkey there and ruin it." 1 Hiram pondered for Just SO seo cods. "I'll agree tbat woman ' shall have the right to vote," be offered, "if you'll agree to marry me." "Wei l l." the sighed, "of course It Is for the great cause." ' But It was the beat of the oven that made her face so red. ' It must have1 been ten minutes later tbat Hi ram released bor from his arms and anxiously said that the turkey would be burned after all. "The nre was out before I called you In," she confessed "It won't burn," "Well," Hiram laughed. "I don't bAva to muke all the rest of the men agree tbat women shall vote, do I?" B The Call to Preach By REV. HENRY A. ALKIRE Pastoral Flnt MothixIM Chorea Whitehall, UL TEXT How shall they hear without a preacher? Romans X, 14. Eccloslastes Is the first user of the term preacher. Ood always spoke of his "Messenger." Eut Paul, our au thor, repeatedly uses the word "preacher." Preaching is not a pro fession unless we mnke It that, it is purely and simply a calling. If. a calling, there must bo a callor. Who Is the caller, and what constitutes the call? Some say the chrucb calls men to preach. Hut men have founded churches. And men have been ev communicated from churches because they answered their call to preach. So John Wesley, Martin Luther. And 8. H. Hadley had bard work to get a church to ordain him. Some Great Power seemed to set apart these men before the church had taken any no tice of them. In evangolistlcal Pro testantism we call tbat power di vine, ' How can we determine God has called a man to preach? "By their fruits ye shall know them." God's Word will not return unto him void. How can a man know that God has called him? In theological lore we say the man has a conviction. What produces the conviction? I did not know of anything that will send this conviction deeper into a saved soul than to look around upon the fields white unto the harvest and behold the fewness of the reapers. Seeing the need Is feeling the burden. Once in sympathy with God's cause, we will want to make others see their need of God, and that will lead us to go forth to remove the obstacles in the sin ner's way. And I am sure that it is only God that opens our eyeB to all this. Going out to spend our lives break lug down barriers in other people's lives Implies consecration. So the preacher is surrendered to the one work. The church declares that the min ister is called to let other things alone. Her messengers must practi cally bring themselves to three great things: One book the Bible; prayer; service means the field the world. For a century we Methodists insist ed that a man could jump from plow to pulplti If God called him. And we Insisted that our preachers should go where they were ent and be sent Into new fields eve- y year. And $50 for the preacher with $25 for the wife was considered ample remuneration for fording swollen streams, fighting wild beasts and frontier ruffians and riding a circuit covering scores of miles, with a dozen sermons a week thrown In. What a metamorphosis! And what produced it? First, the pow became educated. That demanded an edu cated pulptt. Then the country became thickly settled and the people demanded a settled, ministry. The pillar to post idea had little permanency. The peo ple themselves have created the pres ent conditions. The common schools wonderfully developed, and the doctot and the lawyer sraelled of the col lege. The 'church demanded that its ministers should be equipped for leud ershlp. So today the preacher must not only smell of the college, but the divinity schools and post-graduate de grees. AH this equipment costs money, and the church has hud to open bor coffers generously to hold the young man who has had more ambi tion than consecration. Formerly, the pulpit bad no compe tition but Satan. .Today It must com pete with the press, lecture and Chau tauqua platform, and political stump. This Is the age ot the specialist, but the preacher must be a generalist True, be must know about everything In religion, but something about near ly everything else. If the preacher Is "a citizen unin terested, he is a sentinel asleep." He must bold bis hand on the helm of reform. He must keep his finger on the pulse of Industrial conditions. He must be a patriot and keep his heart throbbing warm for his own land. He must keep his ear close to the politi cal rail, and be ready to back the heroes ot a growing government He must make his pulpit a throne for ad vanced education and culture. He must be the center of the moral and aoclal life of his field. Well, you say, what haa that to do with the call to preach? I answer. In the greatest day of the world's growth, everything. The preacher that falls In any ot these points Is doomed to sooner' or later tall utterly. What, then, is his real and specific duty? He must keep his heart young that he may warn the young not to loiter along the path to strong manhood and womanhood. He must know how to cheer the aged who are so near the other world that they have lost all interest in this. He must know how to keep close to the man of affairs who has such tremendodus tempta tions, or heavy responsibilities. In short the present day preacher must be a friend to poverty, a foe to wrong, a champion of truth, a defend er ot hujnan rights, a declarer of "thus alth Ood," and a guide to heaven. Peculiarity of Cholera. Cholera was first recognised by the Portuguese In India' as far back aa the middle of the sixteenth century. It baa the peculiarity ot following a well-dettned route, with a progress Just equal to tbat ot an average Jour ney on foot Couldn't Be a Poem. ' "I used to think she was a perfect poem." "Well. Isn't she?" "No; she's not a poom at all." "Why not?" "She ban been snapped up and married by a macuzlne editor." Houotoa Pofct TIMELY SUGGESTIONS THAT WILL . HELP THE HOSTESS QQgjQQ&X Some New, Old Games. Here are some vefy old games, but I am sure they will be brand-new to many of our young readers. The first Is called "Catching the Snake's Tail" and comes to us from Japan, whore It Is a great favorite. The children form In line, each with hands resting upon the shoulders of the player in front The one who Is to act as "catcher" is left out. The first child In the line is called the "head" and the last one the "tail." When time to begin the "catcher" Is placed about 16 feet from the "head," at a signal he tries to catch the "tall" or the last child In the "snake" without touching any one else. The others may de fend the "tall" by moving about, keep ing the line unbroken, for if the line should bo broken It la equal to the "tail" being caught and that unlucky person must become the cateher while the last named goes to the head of the line. Now for the second game, called "Feather Play." It is very amusing, although it sounds so simple. All the players are seated on the floor, having first countetd "out" to see who will be "it." A hollow square Is formed with a sheet held close ud to the chins of I' the players on the floor. A feather Is produced, a little downy thing, and blown back and forth by the players. The trick is for the child who is "It" to try to catch the feather on one of the children or directly in front of a child when that one becomes "It" The feather must not be touched by the bands of the children on the floor nor must they rise from the floor; their hands must be kept under the sheet, all manipulations of the feather being done by blowing. Progressive Puzzle Party. The requirements for this party are children to make four at a table, as many tally cards and pencils as guests, a box of stars for markers or a punch and a couple of prizes, more If tho hostess wishes. Often enough puzzles may be bor rowed or thoy may be bought. For very small children sliced animals and sliced birds will be popular. Tbero should be as many puzzles as children. Some times the puzzles are given aa prizes, then each guest takes home one. All theso arrangements each individual hostoss must decide for herself. The tally cards may be made at homo from colored cardboard cut in tho shape of an Interrogation mark. Number each ono at the top and place corresponding numbers on the puzzles. For Instance, the players who have number 1, 2, 8, 4 will take puzzles marked 1, 2, 3, 4, and go to head tablo which will be marked num ber 1. Those who draw 6, 6, 7, S will tako puzzles marked tho same and go to table number 2. when a player finishes at the head table a bell Is rung and each child moves a number ahead; then every player who baa solved his or her puzzle haa a punch In the card or a star affixed. The hostess must uso her own Judgment how long the progressions shall last as the socret of success In any party Is not to let the guests become weary; stop while thoy want to go on, This party Is best suited for children from eight to twelve. Serve chicken sand wiches, cocoa with a marshmallow In each cup. Ice-cream In fancy moulds and tiny frosted cakea. I have found that small cakes are much better tor children's parties than larger ones Wedding Rings for Bridegrooms. Some new rings are being shown which on first appearance seem to be very handsome seals, but on closer examination show thnt they are to be divided when tho "time" conies Into two separate rings. Thoy ore made to order as is much of the Jewelry worn nowadays by those who wish to have exclusive styles in their articles of personal adornment. It Is a custom rather strictly observed In Germany, this exchange of rings on the wedding day, and It is a very pretty custom. "Why shouldn't a man have some out ward symbol to show that he Is mar ried as well as a woman?" asked a little dark-eyed bride who had used this double ring ceremony? and why not? Very few brides now select a plain diamond solitaire that was for so long considered tho only proper en gagement token, the larger tho stone the more the girl loved to flaHh it Now a diamond Is used If the girl wishes It, but It is cut and set in some Individual manner and Is mado with the promise that no duplicates will be sold. MA DAM I? MBKIU. For Party Bag NJW that the season of parlies, dances or sewing circles has be gun its busy whirl, It is natural that our minds turn to the little ac cessories that make our life interest ing, to say the least Even It we have outgrown the fancy bag age and more'a the pity it that be the case we can make this pretty thing tor others. Three suggestions are before you, designed in such a way that tbey should appeal to the painters, embroi derers or pyrographers, and each one promises success tor easy work and much effect at littlo cost If you decide to make a square bag ot four strips of white or ecru velvet attached to a square bottom, the daisy design Is the best Cut your strips and follow the suggestion here given. Pyrographed velvet Is extremely effec tor, giving rich brown tones, which you can deepen at the centers of the flowers and the stems. Touch up, li you wish, with yellow stencil dyes or oil paint Embroidery la equally effec tive, and you can, with a fairy gud .mother's magic needle, change th daisies to asters and work In pink, white or purple. You are really not taking them out of the family. The wisteria Is a charming combina tion of the natural and the conven tional. Paint this design, using lav ender and pale green, with brown for the stem. This can be used as a repeat around ' the lower portion of the regulation silk bug gathered on a cord at the top. The last suggestion Is capable of any color treatment and therefore gives a wider field In which to work. Gray silk with two shades of purple, ot yellow or green looks well for this design. The darker shade of any color Is good, and so also Is a con trasting bright color on a neutral ground. Tho great point Is In the applica tion of this handwork on velvet, silk or satin, and although It sounds like an unseasonable warning, Christmas la coming! The touch of black Is still a feat ure of fashion. Two-toned plumes and enormous pink popples trim some of the latest hats. Wide tulle scarfs are becoming ac cessories with dancing frocks and black sheer scarfs are much used. Girdles of soft folds of gold tissue or gold-beaded chiffon for light gowus are lovely and set off the figure of the wearer to the best advantage. . For afternoon and street dresses the elbow length sleeve Is generally used, although the sleeve length reaching above the elbow upon most gowns la helped to the desired length by a lace undersleeve. Tailored models are mostly made of rough materials In cheviots and serges. A tew hard twisted mannish effects are Included In the showing, but are not as popular aa the roughly woven fabrics. t I The deep hem, turned on the right side, Is a favorite finish to the skirt. Aa a rule, the skirt Is slightly fuller than the hem which holds it la place, aud sometimes the hem is ot heavier material than the gown Itself. Children's Dresses'. A good Idea for mothers who Ilk to have souvenirs of their little one's childhood Is to past In book sam ples from every new dress or suit with a picture of the pattern if possi ble. Not only la this Interesting for both mothers and children In time to come, but It forms a valuable history of costumes for the period, and la of practical service as well as Insuring variety in dress from yeai to year. . Sympathy for Moose. Treed by a cow, moose, a Massachu sets man started to play a phonograph and the moose thing was Just six see onds Jumping over two barns and four haystacks and losing Itself In the woods. We know exactly how the moose fc't about It, and nothing but th speed taw prevented us from U king a kitnllar bika on no lets than two thoubud ulffurenl occasion. THE TRIAL OF JESUS SaaJay School Uitoo for Nov. 27, 1910 Specially Arranged (or Thlt Paper Lesson Text Matthew 26:67-68. Memory Verse 64. Onlden Text "Who. when ho wn re viled, reviled not aRiiln."-l Peter 8:23. Time Friday morning of the Crucifix Ion, continuing from between 1 and t o'clock until after eunrice. Mace-The palace of the High Prleet. Judas had betrayed bis Master with a kiss, and tho great mingled company of rulers, Romans, ofllcers, and sol diers with lanterns nnd swords and staves, were beginning their home wurd inarch to tho city. Peter Immediately nluno, single handed, drew his sword and defied the whole Ilomnn and Jewish powers. He, In his impetuous, loving, courageous wny, bf-pan to show that ho would live up to his promise that be would die for Jesus before he would desert him. Attacking the nearest one, who may have been officious In the taking of Jesus, a servant of the high priest Malchus by name, Peter struck wildly and missing bis mark cut off merely the enr of his enemy. Jesus Imme diately stopped him. For it was un necessary, since Jesus could have at any time twelve legions of angel de fenders. Peter's dpri nse was contrary to the teachings and plans of Jesus. H was useless, for Peter could not overthrow by the sword the Roman power. It wnfl the worst thing be could do for his Master; it would ruin his cause and his defense, for It placed him In the attitude of a rebel against the Roman government, and Pilate could not have pronounced him inno cent, for It would Rive color to the charges of the Pharisees that Jesus was an enemy of Caesar, and a rebel against the Roman government Peter might have been arrested for rebel. Hon, and perhaps the other disciples with him, and their work of founding the kingdom have been hindered. Jesus remedies the evil by miracu lously healing the wound. This heal ing showed that Jesus was no rebel against the Roman power, ylt showed the nature of his kingdom, as the king dom of peace and truth and love. It showed his own character and how he lived up to his own precepts. I showed his divine nature and pow&f. It is recorded only by the pnysl clan, Luke, (22:51). "Thus," says Tholuck,'"the last act of those hands before they were bound was a work of mercy and of peace in healing thnt slight wound, the only ono ever in flicted for his sake." The trial before tho Sanhedrin was Illegal according to all the ajove testt It was held In the night. "It wt.s a packed Jury, a star chamber of self appointed assessors." The oLJect of the eoemlea of Jesus was ti condemn him and to give him over to the Roman authorities for cm lilxlon be fore bis friends could rally and inter pose In his behalf. Sought false wit ness against Jesus, for it was impos sible to condemn him by any truo ac cusations. To put him to death. This they had determined for reasons of their own. What they wanted was some plausible pretext that would en. able them to persuade the Roman au thorities to put Jesus to death. Jesus held his peace. They would not accept a denial, and they would have perverted the meaning of any explanation he could make. He re fused to "cast pearls before swine" or to "give that which was boly to dogs." There are many times when It Is well for Christians to Imitate their Master In this. Do not waste time and strength In replying to those who are determined to oppose Christianity un der all circumstances. Replying often advertises the enemy; and arguments take the attention from tbe main work of the Gospel, the saving of the world from sin. Attend to the business of the church, save men from sin; cul ture them Into a noble character, help the needy, visit the sick, preach the Gospol, and the works of Christianity will answer its enemies. At the same time explanations of difficulties to those who wish to learn are always in order. Macaulay In his essay on Milton says, "Arlsto tells a story of a fairy, who, by some mysterious law of her nature, was condemned to appear at certain seasons in the form of a foul, poisonous snake. Those who injured hor during the period of her disguise were forever excluded from partlclpa tlon In tbt blessings which io be stowed. But to those who. In spite of her loathsome aspect, pitied and pro tected her, she afterward revealed her self In the beautiful and celestial form which was natural to her, accompa nied their steps, granted all their wishes, filled their houses with wealth, made them happy in love and victori ous In war." So what Is done to Christ in his disguised and lowly form Is a test ot our character and of our love, nnd wilt be rewarded and blessed by him when he comes in his gloryj while those who reject htm In his hue tnillty must come before his Judgment seat when h sits on the right hand of the power of Ood. A possible array of witnesses If they had wished to learn the truth. What an array of witnesses they might havt found had they wished to learn the truth! Here a company ot those who had been lame, but now were running to tell the story of their healing) there a band of those who bad been blind, but now could see; lepers who hao been cleansed; demoniacs clothe ed and in their right mind; Ick raised from their beds, and dead brought to life again; sad hearts comforted; ! ful souls redeemed; Ignorant minds enlightened, and tho wandering ones) restored. The Malignant Tongu. Tho malignant tongue can no man tamo. Tbe fatal habit Is Incorrigible, Wo restrain It today; tomorrow It breaks forth wttb greater force. Like tbo burning wheel. It c atone,- fir as It goes and burns fleroer wttb Increasing speed. Rev. Francis Hope, Baptist Santa Clara. , 'mm LIQUORS WILL EXCITE RIOT Unique Advertisement of Tombstone. Arizona, Saloon Keeper Is Ex tremely Frank. The Medical Journal prints the fol lowing nnd credits It to an unidenti fied "lay exclinnne:" "Tombstone, Ariz., claims to have) tho frankest faloon keeper In tho United States, lie keeps the Tomplo liar saloon and advertises his business In a remarkahle manner. He has ha curds printed benrlag the following words: "Friends nnd Neighbors: I am grate ful for past favors and having bob plled my store with a fine lino ot choice liquors, allow mo to inform you that I shall continue to make drunkards, paupers and beRTars for the sober, Industrious, respectable part of tho community to support. My llfiuors will excite riot, robbery aa bloodshed. "They will diminish your comforts, increase your expenses and Bhorte life. I Khali confidently recommend, them as stiro to multiply fatal acci dents aud incurable diseases. "They will deprive some of life, oth ers of reason, many of character and. all of peace. They will make father fiendh, wives widows, children or phans and all poor. I will train you nons In Infidelity, dissipation. Igno rance, lewdness and every other vice. I will corrupt the ministers of re Union, obstruct the gospel, defile tho church nnd cause as much temporal and eternal death as I ran. I will thu accommodate the public' it may bo at the Ions of my never-dying soul. Hut I have a family to support, tho business pays and the public encour ages It. "I hove paid my llrenso and tho traffic is lawful, and if I don't sell It somebody will. I know the Bible says: 'Thou shalt not kill; no drunkard shall fnter the kingdom of heaven,' and I do not expect the drunkard maker to fare any better, but I want an easy, living and i have resolved to gather the wajjes 0f iniquity and fatten on. the ruin of my species. "I shall, therefore, carry on my business with energy and do my best to diminish the wealth of tho nation, and endanger the safety of the state. As my business flourishes in propor tion to your sensibility and Ignorances I will do my best to prevent moral' purity and Intellectual growth. "Should you doubt my nullity, I, refrr you to tho pawnshops, tho poor house, the police court, the hospital, the penitentiary nnd the gallows, where you will tin. many of my best customers have gone, a sight of them will convince you that I do whot I say. "Allow me to Inform you that you are fools, and that I urn an honest saloonkeeper." No amount of culture can niak ram cos out of cabbages. ABSTINENCE AIDS LONG LIFE In Practice and as Principle Is Bene, diction In Its Effect Upon Life and Character. We can point with pride to the life work of many men as proof that to tal nbstinenr, in praetlce and as a principle, is a benediction direct and Indirect in its effects upon life and character. Thousuuds of men who be gan life under favorable auspices hnvo fallen in tbo prime of their manhood, without having accomplished their all lotted work. Total abstinence would lmvo saved them. Moderate drinking led them to un untimely end, says aa exchange. A rioted statlstlcltin of England, aft er long and careful Investigations, comparisons and observations. Ims es tablished the following facts: Cetwecn tho ages of fifteen and twenty where ten total abstainers die. eighteen moderate drinkers die. Be tween the ages of twenty and thirty, ten of the former nnd thlrty ono ot tho latter. Between thirty and forty year., forty moderate drinkers to ten abstainers die. That Is: A total abstainer twenty years old haa a fair chance of living forty-four years, longer; a moderate drinker has a chance of living only fifteen and one-half years longer. At thirty years a total abstainer has a chance of living thirty-six and one-half years longer; a moderate drinker at the same ago only thirteen, and one-half years longer. At forty a total abstainer has chance of living twenty-eight year more, and a moderate drinker only eleven and two-thirds We may talk and write as elo quently as we will about the "fifteen, hundred millions" annually spent la our own nation for Intoxicating liq uors, but balf the truth Is not told unless we add tbe actual money valu of the wasted mental aud physical re sources ot thousands of otherwise no ble and useful citizens, destroyed by moderate drinking. You cunnot put c new life without putting off th old. Less Drinking In Great Britain. Sobriety Is In the ascendancy la England. Irelnnd. ficctlaml and Wales, and licensed public houses are de creasing in number, according to statistic gathered recently by United Slates Consul Gonerul John U Grif fiths. The decrease of dr'itikenncss is In this report attributed primarily to two causes the Increase In the prlco of whiskey aud the nrganlsntlon of social clubs where drinking person may drink without frequeuting li censed premise. lu England and Wales In 1908 tbo convictions for dniekerut hj .npivx gated 187.S03. while In !!i')0 t e t Hal was 109, SIS, decrease o" ne.i.ly ono tenth. The decrease lu Scotlund, out side of the towns, lor 191S, ,as com pared with 1908, -s 19 per cent. In Scottish towns the rfrr'p vi j perciut. And In Ireland, Ji per wet. A greater decrease ua nho.vn In the UMUilier of convictions of aomeii th.tu of men.
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