Their Lottery J
Ticket
By JAMES HULBURT
Farmer Riley was a plain, hard
working man and his wife was a plain,
hard-working woman. As for .1 offer
eon Riley, usually called "JefT," he put
on more style than the old folks, hut
the- neighbors admitted that ho was
horse to work and had sense In his
. head.
.' Jeff Kilry had been engaged to Far-
.' nier Jones' (laughter, Surah, for three
months and all parties Interested
wero satisfied with the match when an
event happened. Tho Hlley family re
ceived a letter from Mrs. Hlley's sls-
ter In Wisconsin, saying that she was
ruining on a visit. Her name was
, lioglo, and as sho was 40 years old
and had never married, sho properly
came under the head of a spinster.
The sisters had not met for years,
but It was understood that Miss Ilogle,
who had qulto an Income of her own,
jiut on moro or less style.
During the ensuing two weeks the
parlor bedroom had Its walls and cell
ing whitewashed, a new pair of ehlnta
curtains hung at the window nnd the
, legs of the stand and bureau glued on.
'New leather hinges were put on the
front gate and the hen-houso and pig
pen were treated to coats of white.
The house was as ready as could be
And the family was holding Its breath
when Sister Hnglo finally drove up
from the distant railroad station. Sho
had been advised that If sho would set
date tho farmer would meet her with
his ox team and farm wagon, but die
had not answered. She had como In
A hack instead tho first vehicle of the
kind ever seuii bo far from town. Mrs.
jltlley had piepnred herself for hug
ging and kissing nnd "?h, my!" but
, then; was nothing of tho sort. Miss
lioglo did shako hands, but In a lofty,
'puinphnndlo way and a minute later
she announced that sho didn't believe
!ehe could possibly stand her surround-
;lngs over two days ut tho outside.
j For the first time In his life Jeff
JUley was ushamed of wearing a blue
patch on the broadest part of a pair
"And Jeff, Here, Has Become Jeffer
son, Jr."
of gray trousers, nnd although tie kept
the said patch covered as much as ho
could he was made to feel that he was
' ft poor uiul humble worm of the dust.
It was two days before the newly
arrived relative thuweu out to nny ex
tent Perhaps this was due to dog
d.iys, with a hot wave, and sho had
to thaw. Jeff was also weurtng
Ins Sunday trousers to plough corn in
ami perhaps thnt helped some. Sho
tad learned of his engagement to Miss
Jones and she had also seen the young
lady. Sho had not only soen her, but
given her such a haughty glare that
fcirah went home on the trot and wus
u agitated that she put pepper instead
of cinnamon In a custard pie he baked
for supper.
After three or four days had passed
.the sister called a family council at
which Jeff was present. The ftlley
family were then nnd there Informed
that Miss Rogle had hud a man iti
'w York hunting up her genealogy
and that she hud traced the Roglcs
lack to Count D'Hogle. of France
J'nim now on. she should write her
li tine us above given. She hud had no
arch made for tho Hlleys, but she
p'i'ingly advised that they write and
call it Uuyie after this. She herself
h id called It that way to the man who
jdwve the buck, and though ho hud
' ratchrd his ear and seemed puzzled.
k' had not asked any Impertinent
questions. Then Jeff got It strnlght
lu tho neck. How could a Kuyle, who
as a direct descendant of a D'Hogle,
tail himself up with such common
Pernio us the Jones? He must give
Sarah Jones the cold shoulder or be
come a social outlaw. There. must bo.
o more hanging out at the Jones
farm. Surah had freckles. Her nose
.w sunburned. Sho hud tho gait or a
tall. She didn't know how to retire
backwards from a room. Sho had no
unl above chickens nnd pigs. Such a
We.-alliunce would cover the D'Hoge
family with obloquy and forever dia
truce the Rnylos.
At this point Jeff spoke up, to his
wn amazement, und Fiild he had ul
ays thought It took money to put on
'! and uphold a great numo as it
bnitld bo. He wng wunng rm,ugh to
J a Rayle and ho didn't know but
fnl ,"' ro'iM be led to give Sarah
Junes the dummy hnnd. hut what
L'it tho long green to maintain His
Pillion? This brought his maiden
"' to the point, she could be a
regie on h,.r Income und she hud
K,,'i Ihe proper steps to see the
"ay eu provided for. she had bought
7 '' ,'"' ,k'k,'t fow days before
home und the agent had not
' assured her that she would draw
c''l'lial prize or half u million dol
but she i,n,i orPnni0( for (,,re
'csslve night that she had done so.
. w"s such thing us failure and
willing to divide up. The
bscurl U"l"y ,bUUU (,""H Ut 0f
srl y and wenr diamonds and ride
'rrtanei They could not call
themselves tho D'llnyloa, but thejt
could puss muster and avoid making
slips in grammar by slttlr.g up very
stlifly und saying little or nothing.
Plain Farmer Riley nnd I'ls plnln
wlfo were glad to hear that their
working days wero over, though rath
er doubtful of the swell they would
cut, but Jeff wus enthusiastic. No more
blue patches for him. No using shin
gle nails any more In place of buttons
No plowing corn when ho could have a
negro driving him around tho coun
try. tf(, nlways prided himself on
his plain speaking, and didn't care
much for grammar, but ho would go at
It and fit himself for high society with
in a month. As for Sarah Jones, ho had
asked her to marry him, but that was
when ho was plain Jeff Riley. Now
that he had become Jefferson J. Rayle
she must sen that there was a differ
ence. Sho would probably stand In
nwo of him and bo glad to let li I lift go
He went over to Ihe Jones farm next
morning to see. Ho made the excuse
that he wanted to borrow a hoe, but
sat down In tho kitchen where Sarah
was washing the breakfast dishes
while her mother made tho beds
Sarah had been piqued and humiliated
by the D'Hoglo's cold glare, and she
was ready with a criticism. This
oj oned tho subject nnd gave Jeff op
port unity to nnnnnnro what was on his
mind. As Jeff Riley, working for his
father as a hired man nt J16 a month
and board, ho loved her. As Jefferson
J. Rayle, nephew of n D'Hogle and
soon to bo possessed of a fortune, sho
must see thnt he could only bo a
"brother to her. As n brother ho
would bring her tho first cucumbers
and strawberries of the season, und
In caso of her marriage he should cer
tainly send her a diamond ring or A
set of mink furs. It wasn't his fault
that he was no longer to wear that
pine patch uround and grease his
boots with lampblack nnd pork fat.
Ho was Just as humble In spirit us the
day before, but he must be guided by
tho D'Hogle family to a certain ex
tent. Sarah continued to wash and
to wlpo nnd to listen until ho had told
his story, nnd then she went to tho
stair door and called to her mother: .
"Sny, ma, come down here u min
ute." "Well, what's wanted?" asked tho
mother as sho descended.
"That withered up old maid over at
Jeff's house calls herself D'Hogle."
"For the land's sake!"
"And Jeff here has become Jeffor
son J."
"You don't tell mo!"
"And the family tins become Rayle
instead of Riley."
"Is It poslble?"
"And Jeff Is going to be a rich man
nnd swell around, and ho wants a dlfi
fercnt wife from me."
"Surnh Jones, am I awake or
dreaming?" exclaimed the portly
mother as sho missed tho chair she
Intended to sit down on and took the
floor Instead.
"And Jeff Is going to be a brother
lo mo after thlB," announced Sarah as
a wlud-up.
Tho mother rose to her feet and
went over to the sink and took a dip
per or water from the pull. Then she
led Jeff by tho ear to the door and
held him there while six; poured the
wrter over his head.
The next two weeks were exiting
ones for the D'Hogle nnd the Rayle
lamllies. They did llttlo but make
i plans. The lottery ticket was Inspect
ed a hundred times over, nnd each
tlmo It was pronounced a sure winner.
Jeff kept clear of the Jones family nnd
wore his full Sunday suit, even to feed
the hogs In, and his father nnd mother
got down the Farmer's Almanac nnd
rend It over nnd over ngnln with a
view of Improving their language. At
length the fatal day arrived. Tho
D'Hogle hud arranged to havo the list
of the drawing sent her by mall. It ar
rived and was consulted with feverish
haste und beating heurts. It wis
gone over nnd over five or six times,
but her number failed to appear.
When this becamu evident sho burst
Into tears nnd retired to her boom,
wbllo father and mother and Jeff sat
nnd looked at each other. After a
long time Jeff counted on his lingers
as ho said:
"D'Hogle Is one, dud's two, mum's
three, and durn my cuts I'm four!
Four of tho Guuldurndost fools In
America, mid Surah Jones has already
picked up two new beaux!"
The Biblical Way.
The Rev. Mlnot J. Savage, well
known lu Hie world of letters, father
in-law or the Kev. mi not (). Simons,
pastor of tho First I'nllarlan church.
Is traveling abroad for his health, but
keeps In close touch with his people !
here by frequent correspondence nnd
occasional cables. ,
The last cable message received by I
Dr. Simons, dated Cairo, rends, "Acts
21:15."
For (he Information of those who
have not their Testaments by them,
it Is well to explnln thnt Acts 21:15
reads: "And nfter (hose days we took
up our carriages and went to Jeru
salem." ,
Which was a biblical way of Indi
cating Dr. Savage's Itinerary.
To the Cemetery.
"(Inn Bees some queer things on
these long Glidden tours," wild Charles
B. Shanks to the Cleveland louder,
"und tho queerest one that I remember
was In n hamlet In Kansas. There
was a post ofllee there; also a black
smith shop; also a church und also
cemetery. Hut all of these accesso
ries of a humlet- except the cemetery
wero down In a valley out of sight.
The 'burying ground' wus up on the
side uf the highway.
"Aa we rolled Into town over aw
ful roads we looked up Into the ceme
tery and saw a banner stretched be
tween the mouumenis. And ou that
bimnei-some village patriot Bad print
ed In box car letters the words: 'Wel
come Glldden Tourists.' "
A Little Mixed.
A little girl on Carnegie avenue
doesn't know which she adores most
her rather or her mother, she Imi
tates each In turn, and sometimes she
gets her Imitations mixed.
"What is the name of the society to
which your mother belongs?" asked
a vlhltor the other day.
"I forget the V.uct name," frowned
the child, "but I think It's 'The Con
tinental Damn.' "Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
GREATEST
I w A
Roo.SKVKI.T, Arl. The largest dam In Hie world, the Roosevelt structure ncross the canyon of the Salt river,
wus formally opened here when Miss K.thel Roosevelt, under the direction or her father, touched the button
tliut sent the Imprisoned wuters of the Arizona river rippling through the vns' system of canals that will transform
a shifting desert of 200,010 acres of sand Into a veritable Garden or Kden. Colonel Roosevelt, w hose activities In
behalf )f this great reclamiif Ion project led to Its commencement during his administration, was tho principal
speaker nt the opening exercises. Tin- first stone of tint dam nun laid September 20, 19uti, nnd It was completed
February 5, 1911. Tho structure cost approximately $3,fi00,000. Tho reservoir will store twelve limes more water
than Now Croton, Wnchusett nnd Ashokan cemMncd and Insures ample supply for Irrigating tho desert valley of
the Salt river.
GIRL TRADE SCHOOLS
Practical Arts of Homo
Taught Young Women.
Are
Boton Has In Full Operation Two
Moro Advanced Institutions for
Those Who Expect to Enter
Industrial Field.
Hoston. In addition to the Indus
trlnl classes for girls In tho regular
t'ay elementary schools Hoston has
now In full operation two more ad
vanced schools for girls who sooner
or later expect to take up some In
dustrial pursuit. Theso are known as
the Girls' Trade school and the High
school for practical arts. Th Girls'
Trade school Is conducted for the
purpose of giving a trade training to
girls between tho ages of 14 and IS
senrs who are obliged to oecomo
Wage earners. It doos not mutter
how fnr a girl has progressed In the
elementary schools. The principal in
Ihnrge selects from the number of
applicants those only who nro most
likely to be nble to satisfactorily coin
pleto the course.
There are four distinct courses giv
en at this school: IiressmaUlng. milli
nery, straw machine operating and
clothing machine operating. A girl
on being admitted to this school
elects one of the courses, which she
learns thoroughly. She Is also re
nulred to taUo supplementary studies
In spelling, reading, business forms.
rlthmetle. business Fnglh.h, textile
color nnd design, cookery nnd physi
cal exercise.
In domestic science she tnkes her
pnrt In the preparation of the dally
luncheon of the si hool. Sho lonrtis
the value of simple ond nutritious
food, tho maintenance of health,
economy of buying and attractlvo
serving. Tho enro of the body, tho
necessity of proper food, sleep, exer
cise, correct standing and sitting, and
the need of fre:;h ulr lire taught.
In this class In design instruction
Is given In costume sketching, com
binations of colors, garment design
ing und sketches for millinery. This
work Is Immediately nnd definitely
lorrelated with tho shop.
Articles aim ulso manufactured and
placed on sale. Tho standards of tho
M'hool in every department are the
same as foiKid In outside shops and
factories. The prices are the sumo
ns charged In the bettor shops, and
the quality of workmanship must be
as high Thus In the school the girls
meet the tame high conditions that
they afterward meet outside. The
school beKlns lu September, when the
other schools begin. It requires about
a year for a girl to reach a satisfac
tory standard erf proficiency. Having
completed a year at tho school the
girl Is given a certificate of proll-
( letiey.
The high school of practical arts
lias Inside of four years outgrown Its
quarters twice and nt present can not
meet the demand made by hundreds
of girls for admission. This school
was started four yours ago under (lis
rouraglng conditions. In the Lyceum
tall building, Meetinghouse hill
It hud an entering class of 75 mem
bers and five Instructors. There are
now about 700 pupils In the Sarah J.
Dakcr school, Roxbury. nnd Lyceum
hall building. Meetinghouse hill, and
Ihe corps of Instructors considerably
augmented. The school authorities
Raising Trout
Interesting and Profitable Industry Is
Carried on In Beautiful Section
of Michigan.
Taw Paw, Mich. Tho Ideal place
for a trout hatchory Is what a mem
ber of the Michigan fish commission
who recently visited It pronounced rTie
Glon Springs hatchery, four miles
southeast of hero. It Is also famous
ns one of the beauty spots of Van
Ruren county, on account of Its loca
tion In a glen on the east bank of the
Paw Paw river, almost wholly In
closed by natural embankments forty
feet high, covered with a beautiful
grove of forest trees.
Aside from Its natural beauty, the
place Is most Interesting becnuao of
the work carried on there. Just now
there aro In tho ponds about one mil
lion trout In all rtngos of develop
ment, from the eggs to the fish large
enough for tho market. The fish are
marketed principally In Chicago when
they attain a welrM of a rourth of a
RECLAMATION PROJECT
are wondering where they will find
room to accommodate tho hundreds
of girls who next September will
wnnt to be admitted to this school.
This school alms to prepare Its
pupils, graduates from the elementary
schools to meet the conventionalities
of home llfo. to give direct training
In the forming of Judgments of the
typo required for home making and
to ground them thoroughly In the sub
jects thnt underlie tho practical urts
of tho household
The upper classes are divided Into
two groups, both being trained for
homo making, though one spends
niore or less time In Industrlul work.
In connection with the school a
bouse Is maintained at 6 I'errin
street, Roxbury, In which general
housekeplng Is taught. This home
contains a laundry, living room, din
ing room, kitchen, pantry, bathroom
and n number of chambers.
Instruction Includes laundering,
work of the kitchen, care of the din
ing room. The sotting and serving of
luncheons, the furnishing and equip
ment of the house and the arrange
ments of furniture and decorations
are taught. On the second floor there
is a room fitted up for the study of
nursing.
The course Is four years In length,
two-thirds of the time Is for academic
subjects and drawing and one-third
to Industrial work, Knglish history,
arithmetic, algebra, plane geometry,
chemistry, phyhlcs, biology and hy
giene. At the Sarah J. linker .school build
ing, Roxbury, there are 'working nnd
( lass rooms In tho building. Tho two
school kitchens furnish tho noonday
lunch for all tho pupils
Zoo Folk Banquet Guests
Boa Constrictor, 8naxes and Waltzing
Mice Behaved Well, but Monkey
Acquired a Jag.
New York. Since Harry I-eur gave
society new thrills by having a mon
key as a guest at dinner, most din
ing rooms have been reserved for hu
mans. Hut Raymond K Dltmurs ap
pears In a banquet room of the Wal
dorf Astoria with a collection of suit
cases tilled with live samples from
the 11 ron x too, where he Is a curator
of reptiles. The hunters known as tho
Rocky Mountain club had Invited Dlt-
mars to eat with them and tell them
things about his business. He came
prepared for a good object lesson.
In order to avoid surprises be opened
the cases upon arrival, and lu the
progress of the dinner from soup to
nuts the 100 club members had the
intimate company of a variety of
snakes, lizards, tortoises, monkeys,
waltzing mice and others of Dltmurs'
daily associates. They lolled on or
scumpered over tables, tried various
courses and were so pleased with the
style of things that they were ready
to pose as exhibits when the curater
arose to speak.
Ditmars Drst set out to prove that
except for weight a boa constrictor
would make a good muffler. He had
one 23 feet long, which was heavy to
lift, but which snuggled close to the
speaker's neck when placed there, and
pinched no harder than would have
for Chicago
-
pound, nnd bring high prices all the
year round, the demand for them al
ways exceeding the supply.
The eggs are taken from tho fish by
hand by a process known as strip
ping, extreme enre being taken In tho
handling; of the fish. Knch female fish
will produce from five hundred to ono
thousand eggs, which, after being
taken from the flnh, stick together
nbout forty minutes, during which
time a slight Jar will destroy them. At
the expiration of this time they aro
washed nnd counted (by measure)
and placed on trayB In troughs of run
ning water In the hatchery building.
In thirty lo forty days the eyes of the
embryo fish begin to show through
the shell of the egg. and the fully de
veloped fish puts In an appearance
nfter the lapse of sixty to ninety days.
When being prepared for tbe flatch
ery the eggs are placed In trays, fif
teen thousand eggs In a tray, threo
trays being pluced one upon another.
When hatched the fish drop through
IN WORLD.
LARGE SALES OF ANTIQUES
London Merchants Look Forward ta
Disposlnj of $25,000,000 Worth
In Coronation Period.
London. Dealers In antiques In and
around St. James', where ancient arJ
tides of fabulous valuo repose In tho
shop windows, cabinets and storo
rooms, are preparing for a record sea
son on account of the coronation.
Representatives of nil the dealers
aro scouring tho country for articles
of vertu which they think muy find n
purchaser among tho throngs of vis
itors who will ho lu tandon this sum
mer. Thcro Is one dealer who Is pre
pared to purchase collections at a
figure as high as $250,000, and be es
timates that antiques of a total value
of J25,O00,OOO will leavo England this
summer, purchased by Americans, co
lonials, Europeans and celestials.
"In an ordinary season the sales
would not amount to more than $10,.
000.000," he ndded, "but this season
wo expect exceptionally big prices,
owing to the hugo demand for an
tiques, and we can afford to offer a
higher purchase price."
Tho articles principally In demand
are porcelain and China bearing the
Imprint of the factories of Chelsea,
Worcester, I'lytnouth, Derby, Hrlstol,
Dresden and Sevres.
The fact that tho king's name Is
George has created a great demand
for Georgian antiques. Furniture ol
tho Georgian era Is expected to com
mand good prices, for the fashion
among collectors inclines toward that
period now. With Americans nnd
colonials Knglish antiques are moro
popular than the foreign antiques
which find their way to the London
markets.
1'nsw-eetened lemonade, vlchy
Klsslngen are thinning drinks.
nnd
been comfortable 'n the outer air. A
king snake, a gopher, corn and pins
snakes, rattlers and moccasins went
through similar performances, and
wriggled their delight as tha early
shudders of the onlookers were suc
ceeded by applause
There nearly was trouble for Dlt
mars when he called upon a woolly
monkey from Hrazll to go through Its
paces. That animal had made friends
nt nil tho tables in tho course of i lie
dinner, and had taken a soclul glass
with everybody who offered It. As a
result his efforts to respond to the
call of bis keeper were confused by
the vision of several Ditmarses, from
whom he had great difficulty In select
ing the one to whom he bolongod.
When assisted to the right place
he tiled to Join In the discourse con
cerning himself, and his stumbling ut
ternncei and grimaces put him
straightway out of the dignity list. lis
was the favorite of the evening, how
ever, and everybody wrote down bis
nnmo to remember It for another
meeting. It Is Don San Paolo y Chum
olnus y Mantequlna y Lagothrls.
A group of J1JI runners, a pigmy
kangaroo, waltzing; mice from Japan,
and a Romeo monkey, who breaks the
necks of wolves, und eats them, com
pleted the exhibit. Ditmars telling all
their good qualities. iu:d skipping the
bud ones If they had any. They all
went obediently Into their suit cases
after the speaking, nnd Dltmurs cur
ried them home to the ioo.
tne egg tray upon tlie fish trays. At
this stage of life there Is a food sack
atisched tit the body of the fish upon
which It subsists for about thirty
days, during which time It swlmg very
little, but. for tho most part, lies
quietly on the bottom of the tray.
After trie food sack Is absorbed tho
fish are up and doing and ready for
artificial feeding. Their food consists
of finely ground nnd sifted liver, which
Is obtained In large quantities from
the CW.-ngo stock yards and which
constitutes tho only food or. the fish
during their entire lives. At the end
or sixty days the fish are taken from
tho hatchery building and placed In
what are called the rearing ponds.
Rroolt trout are tho worst kind of
cannibals, one fish being able to eat
another of half Its own size. In con
sequence of this hnhlt the fish have to
be carefully nnd constantly graiH'd,
each different grade being all kept In
a separate pond.
New and Good Word.
To deslgreate tne handling of a
piece of worlt by machinery the ord
"inecbunlpulate" has been coined
COMING
BY NIGHT
By REV. CYRUS TOWNSENO BRADY
; TKXT- NU-odiMiiiiii, . . , lio that rann
j to Ji-sij t,y nlKht.-Ht. Jhn 7:.V).
j Tin; gospels uro marvels of conden.
( iatliui. Then Is room for no bile words
; !u them; superlluou.'i statements uro
i rigidly excluded. The Importance of
; repetition Is therefore apparent. We
! Und In St. John's evangel a mun named
' S'lcodoinus thrice mentioned In connee-
lion with Jesiis. In tu, first reference
j it Is noted that he came to Jesus so-
crei) and py night. In the next two,
One of which took pi, ice before the
(tenth of the Nazan ne und the other
lifter, the fact of that nocturnal visit
Is related, so that Nlcodenius, tin
rich, wealthy member of tho San
hedrin, who w as only a half hearted
ilsclplo of Jesus, Is always ami for
ever Identified and referred to as n,
man who came seeking the t rut l(
secretly and by night.
To trace his career Is Int cresting.
1 ,m"n m nro nns D.-en stale,,
I rimldlty was his prevailing character-
j 'slic. lie had Insight to suspect tho
, truth, menlallly to acknowledge It, but
I not courago to llvo It and proclaim It.
. It Is well that that lacking quality
( shlch prevented Mm from being nuiii-
: bered with the uisistles should b'l
rn. i .
i
brought to the fore, for he Is a typo of cbstlneiico principles. In thefo ln-
lumanlty by no means uncommon. Ho ptancos. especially lu the latter two,
mow what was right, but ho did not there was no crime, and also prac
ftavo courage to shape his llfo lu ac- ; llcally no Illness umong the troops as
oru.mco with his knowledge. Ills be-
lor was not operative. It was not
jractical. In politics ho would cry
oudly for reform and yet vote his
?arty In tho final test.
Tho lust scene in his life Is tragical
y typical. When the man In whom ho
mly half believed, whom he had do
.'ended faint heartedly, whom he had
ought by night, was dead ho camo
iv I th unavailing tears and futile gifts
.o pay belated tribute, respect and nf
'octlon. How useless then: H re
lulred some courage, doubtless, to do
;hat. He had progressed somewhat
rom his nocturnal and secret visits.
Even his sorry touch of the Master
bad wrought that much change. Per
haps that whs the beginning of a
greater change which would eventual
!y make him u bold adherent, standing
foursquare for what he thought and
believed. We do not know as to that.
How often have we looked nt our
lead and longed for another oppor
tunity to show them the affection and
.-onslderutlon which we withheld In
life anil which the great termination
has brought Into our being as an Il
lumination. "Oh!" said tho wife of n
deceased clergyman to a body of men
ho were passing resolutions nfter tho
Jeath of their friend and telling whnt
ho had been to them, "Oh, gentlemen,
'.f you thought thus of my husband
hy didn't you tell him while he was
ret alive T" and the gentle reproof was
xell deserved.
!) not bo afraid to stand for whnt
you believe. lo not proclaim your nd
herenee to man nnd creed secretly
and by night, but In the broad and
jpen light of day. Do not wait until
men or Issues are dead, nnd then seek
j to expiate your cow ardice hy n tardy,
j if expensive, recognition -too lute. It
j will only servo to show not what might
be, but w hat ought to have been. In
I belief and action hold It llrmly, llvo
i It fearlessly, do It now.
Soul-Thirst For God.
The Foul thirsts after God becauso
nothing else can satisfy. It Is a great
thing to learn that lesson. Kstranged
from God through the llrst transgres
sion, the soul naturally seeks satis
faction In things material nnd carnal
rather than In things spiritual nnd
eternal. Not until brought to nn over
mastering sense and consciousness ol
.he utter emptiness of all enrthly
things nnd their Inadequacy to satis
fy the higher demands of the soul,
will a man give place to the longings
of tbe heart ufter God. It Is a seconn
Ihlrst. Every mnn's first thirst Is nf
ter carnal things, and turning from
these unto things spiritual and unto
unbounded thirst for God. Is a most
wonderful transition.
No man ever thirsts nfter God In
vain. He Is both able and willing to
supply every need of nil his creatures,
Bnd since the redemption of the soul
Is so precious, why should he with
hold any good thing from us?
Taking Dp Our Cross.
The cross Is to be met with In lit t lu
things us well as in great things; In
the I'tle details of dally lire; In our
conduct with our friends; In the dully
subjection of our crouturely will; In
tho turning aside from those attrnc
lions which lend us out or the wny of
duty or tho path of privilege; In the
continual preference of that which
savors of God to that which snvors ol
mini; In always putting his will first
nnd our own will second; In never do
Ing a thing merely because It pleases
us to do it. nor shrinking from doing
anything becauso it Is painful, hut In
eer endeavoring to be guided by the
desire to become conformed unto tho
nature of him who Is our leader. It
Is In such little things ns these thnt
the cross Is to be taken up. Rev. W
M. Hay. Altken.
In the Morning.
I desire, O God, this day most earn
estly to please thee; to do thy will In
each several thing thou shalt glvo inn
to do; to bear each thing thou shalt
allow to befall me contrary to my will,
meekly, humbly, patiently, as a gift
from thee, to subduo self-will In me,
und to mnko thy will wholly mine.
What I do, make me do simply as thy
child; lot mo be, throughout the duy,
ns a child in his loving father's pres
ence, ever looking up to thee. May I
love thee for nil thy love. May I
thnnk thee, If not In words, yet In my
henrt, for each gift of thy love, for
each comfort which thou nllowest mo
day by day. Amen. Dr. K. II. Pusoy
Purity.
You cunnot come to God lu Impurity
oecnuse he Is pure, and you can ouly
reach him through purity. Rev. J. O
Hayes, True Church, San Jose, Cal
FIGHTING MEN DECRY DRINKl
Lord Kitchener's Views on Total Ab-
j stinence Coincide With Those of
j Lord Wolsnley and Others.
immediately on nssuming full au
thority over smiles in tho Held. In
.the Soudan war of ISflR. Field Mar
Klin 1 Kltehener derided thnt (ho ban
t'ing of Intoxh nuts should be a Mrict
law or his command. His know ledg
of military history und biography
taught him the unq-iestlolialile i-upe-vloi
lty of the non alcoholic method.
Had not the retreat and death ot th
gallant Sir John Moore nt Cornnna.
been caused by the omission ot a sol
iMer, through drunken carelessness, to,
Oliver a message vlth which ho was
; entrusted? In the Kgyptian war of
. I'-, when Lord Wolseley was hln
' itered In his desire tor mi absolute
' mn grog regime, was not the purpose
( of the surprise night march to Tel el
Kehll well nlgli frustrated by the
yells of an Intoxieated Hrltlsh sol-
,iir? Klti h. -tier knew that Ilave-
j lock's renowned march to the relief
f l.urkriow. sir Robert Napier's mag
nlllcent climb over the altitude of
Abyssinia and capture of Magdala.
und Wolseley's splendid advance by
i river, lake and cascade to Fort Garry
i In 1ST0. were nil necnmnllshed noon.
I a result of the no grog svstem.
Ordere were, thererore, glven by
Kitchener that no Intoxicants were to
b'i supplied to the 20.0110 men under
his command. When, contrary to theso
regulations, some Greek merchants
cmuggli-d consignments of a vile In
toxicating compound Into llerber. the
cases were nt once i unli c.tti-d and
ti e liquor poured upon the sand, and
not down the soldier-!' throats. For
(he Kgyptian and Soudanese toops 111
Kite lienor's army no teetotal comptil
hion was necessary, seeing their Mo
hammedan religious principles re
quired ahst'iience from stimulants.
Sometimes, however, the Soudanese
brew n kind of beer called "Merissa."
but not a drop or tills was utilized In,
the Soudanese portion ot 111" Slrdar'i
j camp. The Hrltish soldiers, of course.
st Prst. uccordlng to their privilege,,
'grumbled somewhat; but they
soon
realized the undoubted advantage tho
deprivation brought them. To th
rule enjoined upon the rank and fllo
tho General nnd the other leading of
ficers also conformed. "From gener-i
als to drummer hoys, not n single;
drop of liquor was allowed during the
famous march In the Soudan, and still
more famous battle of Atbarn. Hoth,
nt officers' mess tables and regimen
tal canteens ten and oatmeal water
were (he drinks of Ihe day."
Fully satisfactory In every war
wore the results of this compulsory
total abstinence. Tho men were ier
fnrtly happy, there was no crime,
they worked better, it ml were 1st
better health. In such splendid
condition were the troops that
they were nble to traverse thirty
miles of sand with empty wa
ter, bottles without quenching their
thirst from beginning to end or th
march For live continuous hour
Gatacrc's men on one occasion tramp-,
ed 15 miles on the desert route man
oeuvering instead of halting, yet not
a single man fell out. "Of one thing
I am sure," wrote a news correspon
dent, "the mortality from fever nnd
other diseases during the Atharu cam
paign, tho midsummer camp at Dar
mall, nnd the final Oindiirinan cam.
palgn would have been Infinitely
greater than It was if nlcohollq
liquors had been allowed ns a bever
age, or even ns nn occasional ra
tion." Some of the usually unsatlsi
factory men were so hanged with
prolonged abstinence nnd hard work
as to be scarcely recognizable. Lord
Kitchener. General Gatacre. chap
lains, nnd Lord Cromer nil testllled as
to the unquestionable advantages
which had accrued, the last mention
ed eminent Pro Consul declaring tho
same amount of work could not have
been accomplished bnd beer been
permitted.
To some extent, In South Africa,
similar nonalcoholic methods were
employed In the grand march north
ward which Lord Kitchener assisted
Lord Roberts to lead. For weeks
Modder water was practically the
only drink obtainable. Referring to
the remarkable absence of crime re
sultnnt. a genernl olflccr stated : "The
campaign has been run entirely on
teetotal principles, and the experi
ment has proved wonderfully success
ful." More recently, in times of pence,
Lord Kitchener's Influence has con
tinued to bo used In promotion o
temperance nmong the soldiers. His
views coincide with those of the other
field marshals - Lord Wolseley, Lord
Roberts. Sir Geo. White, nnd Sir Fve
ljn Wood, and his famous predeces
sor, Sir Charles Napier, ns expressed
In Wolseley's "Soldier's Pocket
Hook;" "The old superstition that
grog Is a good thing tor men before,
during, or nfler a march has been
proved to be a fallacy, and Is only
still maintained by men who mistake
the cravings arising solely from habit
for tbe promptings or nature."
Holy Cause and Unholy Traffic.
Kvery sincere follower of Jesus
Christ dully prays; "Thy kingdom
come." There are two thincs con
cernlni! which all true disciples of
the Son of God are n unit. They be
lieve that the cause of Christian mist-Ions
is a holy cause. They believe
that the liquor I radio Is u most un
holy ten flic. From their lips ther
never drops a word disparaging the
cause of Christian missions nor a syl
lable unholcllng tho liquor trsfflc.
They are convinced that their most
earnest eforts should be given ror
(he Chrlstlanlzatlon of the entire hu
man race and they aro thoroughly
satisfied that tl elr most determine
energies should be employed for tb
destruction of the foe that "blteth
like a serpent, and stlngeth like an
adder." John Ie.