THE PULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBUEO, PA. t iDustraticcvkv" IXJMJ.LAVIN 8YNOP8I3. BUI Cannon, the bonama king, end his laughter. Hoae. who liad posted up Mr. Cornellua Kyan'a hall at flan Francisco to fccompany tier father, arrlva at Antelope. Jomlnlck Hvun ralla on liti mother to baa- a ball Invitation for hla wife, and la retimed. The determined old lady refuaea 10 recKirnlaa her dauKhter-ln-lnw. Dom Inlck had been trapped Into a marrlHKe with Hirnlra lveraon, a atonoarnplmr. Mveral yeara hla aenlor. Hhe anuandera hla money, they have frequent oiiarrcla, and ha allpa away. Cannon and Ilia daughtor are. annwed In at Antelopa. Donilnlck Rvan la rraiMiuil from tnrm In UnCon- clnua condition ami brouKht to Antelopa hotel. Antelope la cut off by atorm. K Cannon nuraea Domlnlck back to Ufa. Two weeka Inter Hernlce dlacovera In a paper where huabtind la and wrltoa letter frying to "month over dlfllcultlea between them. Domlnlck at last la able to Jlon fellow annwboiind prlaonera In hotel par lor, lie loaea temper over talk of Buford, an actor. After three weeka, end pf Im prlannment la Been. Telegram and rniill arrive. Donilnlck acta letter from wife. Telia Hoae he docanTt love wife, and never (Id. Stormbound people beuln to depart. Hoae and Donilnlck embrace, father aeea them and demitnda an explanation. Hol brother Gene I made manager of ranch, and la to get It If he atay aoher a year. Cannon expreaaea aympathy for Ikiml nick1 noaltlon In talk with Roae. Dom -nick returna home. Uerny exerta heraelf lo pleaae him. but lie la Indifferent, ( an ion calla on Mra. Ryan. They dlaeuaa Dom . Inlck'a marrlaae dlfflcultlea. and Cannon uggeata buying off Berny. CHAPTER XII. (Continued.) .' There wa something strange about Domlnlck Blnce he had come back, something that Intrigued her, that he could not atlsfactorlly explain. 8he , assured herself that he was still angry, but In the deeper places of her under standing the voice that whispers the truth and will not be gainsaid told her It was not that Neither was It ex actly antagonism. In a way be had . been studiously kind and polite to her, " a sort of consciously-guarded polite ; ness, such as one might practice to a guest with whom one was lntlmute '. without being friendly. She trid to ' explain to herself Just what this change was, and when It came to put , ting the matter In words Bhe could not find the right ones.. It was a coltl- ness, a coldness that was not harsh and did not express Itself In actions or ' phrases. It was deeper; It was ex 1 haled from the Inner places of his be Ing. Sometimes as she talked to him she ; would meet his eyes fixed on her with : a deep, vacant glance, which she sud ' denly realized was unseeing and un- tiaaittnn tn IliA ovnnltlir fla ha ant j .lei .i,ft. ... --'" n - " I reading In the cramped confines of ' the den she surreptitiously watched ' lilm and saw that a moment often ' came when he dropped his book, and I with his long body limp In the arm chair, hla chin sunk on his breast, would sit with a brooding gaze fixed on nothing. Once, as he was dream ." Ing this way, she said suddenly: J "What are you thinking of, Doml j nick? Antelope?" t Ho rtartei and turned upon her a fare thnt had reddened consciously. "Why should I think of Antelope?" he said, and she was aware that her remark had startled him and made him uncomfortable. "Kor no particular reason," she an swered lightly; "you Just looked as If you were thinking of something a long way off." She tried to reassure herself that It all rose from the qunrrel. To believe (lint comforted her and gave her con fidence, but it was hard to think It, for not only did her own Instinct pro claim against it, but Domlnlck's man ner and attitude were In distinct refu tation of any such theory. He was not sullen, he was absent; he wns not resentful, he was indifferent. And In small outward ways he tried to pleuse her, which was not after the manner of a sore and angry man. On this very Sunday he had agreed to meet her and her family In the park at the band stand at four. She always dined with her sisterB on Sunday and if tho weather wns fine they went to the park and listened to the music. It wns nearly a year now since Domlnlck had Joined these family parties, pre ferring to .walk on the Presidio hills mid the Cliff Houb beach with a friend from tho bnnk. Hut on the eve ning before he had promised to meet them; been quite agreeable about It, Horny had thought, when her plead ings and Importunities had Anally ex tnrted from him a promise to Join them there. She left the dining-room and walked up the hallway to the parlor, her head drooped, anxieties gnawing at her. The llttlo room was flooded with sun- t h 1 1 1 (i ii.t.l .. I . . .1 . i I... j " luuieu iiib nice cur- tains and, throwing up tho window. ,lonnod out. The rich, enveloping warmth surrounded her, clasped her, scorned to sink deep Into her and thaw her apprehensions that were so cold at hrr heart. She drew in the et, still air, that did not stimulate I that had In It something of a istolllne youth and freshness, like air of nn untainted world, con cd with nothing but the Joy of "g. The scents of flowers were in 'J'he mellowness of the earth and its Jits. Pence was the message of this inqull Sunday morning, peace was 'he sunshine, in the sound of bells JUi which the air was full, in the r U1 'cot light, Joyous feet on the cement, in the voices of passers-by J the laughter, sweet and. broken, children. It was not right for any n to harbor cankering cares on such lhe earth waa hannv ahnn. ''d to the sunshine, Irresponsible. irre, rejoicing in tho perfect mo- woman felt the restoring ,WI that Nature, in Its tireless 8lty. offers to all who will tak TuiJ alie felt enspd nf hr trnnhlea d mid cheered, as though the en- first '"g radiance that bathed her opiate for landed nerves) 'R In the brlchtnoaa aha lonnori nave y Indow-Blll, immovable, quieted, I 'he warmth suffuse her and 8tudy CW3 ofl N ,hBe alarms ihat half an Prof i had bn ' chm and CBVerL tha lunu nf tvnll.l.o. MENS CHILDREN BtGERALMNE BONNER, Author &f THE TONEI Cogyrigltt BWBTieROBDS-MtmLL CO. Ing and confidence Increased. She looked very well this morning. Since Domlnlck's return she had looked haggard and thin. Sometimes she had seemed to see, showing shadowy through her reflected face In the mir ror, the lines and hollows of that face when time should have put a stamp on It that neither mnssage nor pigments would efface. A sudden moment of revelation showed ber herself as an old woim.n, her nose pointed, her mouth a thin, tight line. Thin morn ing the glass gave her back nono of these disconcerting hints. She was at her best, and as she dressed carefully and slowly, she had the satisfaction of seeing that each added article of ap parel Increased her good looks. When she finally put on her new hat tho one she had bought In celebration of Domlnlck's return and over It tied a white and blnck dotted veil, she was so gratified with the picture she pre sented that she was reluctant to leave It and pirouetted slowly before the glass, surveying her back and side views, and finally lifting her skirt that she might see the full effoct of her lilac petticoat as It burst Into sight In an ebullition of pleats and frills. Walking up the avenue she was bridlingly conscious that her brilliant appearance drew Its tribute of glances. Many people looked at her, and their sidelong admiration was an even more exhilarating tonic than the sunshine. She walked with a light, elastic step, spreading perfume on the air, her progress accompanied by a rich seduc tive rustle. Once or twice she passed members of that exclusive world from which she had stolen Donilnlck. She swept by them, lnnguldly Indifferent, her eyes looking with glacial hauteur over their heads. The sound made by her brushing silk petticoats was gratl fylngly aggressive. She Imparted to them a slight disdainful swing, and lifted her dress skirt daintily higher, conscious of the Impeccable amplitude of her emerging lilac frills. The habit f dining with her own people on Sunday had been one she had never abandoned, even In the first aspiring days of her rnrrlage. It was a sort of fumlly reunion and at first Donilnlck had been a not unwilling participant In Its domestic festivities. The solid bourgeois respectability, of his wife's relations appealed to him. For all his advantages in money and education he waa of the same class himself, and while Berny was. If not a beloved spouse, a yet endurable one, he had found the Sunday gatherings and subsequent hejlra to the park not entirely objectionable. For over a year now he J e ared from It, pleading the need of open air and exercise, and his slsters ln-law, who had at first pro tested, had grown used to his absence and accepted It as something to bear uncomplainingly. The day was so fine lhat they hur ried through their dinner, a hearty and lavish meal, the chef d'oeuvre of Hannah's housekeeping, and, loath to lose a moment of the sunshine, deter mined to walk down to Van Ness ave nue and there catch an outgoing car . AVlH He Stood on the Top to the park. It was the middle of the afternoon and the great thoroughfare lay still and Idle tn the slanting light. There was something foreign, almost tropical In Its vlBta, In the scene that hung like a drop curtain at the limit of sight pale blue hills dotted with ochre-colored houses In the back ground of sky deep In tint, the foliage dark against It as If printed upon its lutense glaring blue, In the sharp lines of palms and spiky leaves crossing stuccoed walls. The people that moved slowly along the sidewalks fit ted Into this high-colored exotic fct ting. There was no hurry or crowding omonj them. They progressed with an un-American deliberation, tasting the delicate sweetness of the air, re joicing In the sky and the sun, paus ing to look at the dark bushlneaa of a dracaena against a wash of blue, the skeleton blossom of a Century plant, the pool of thick scarlet made by a parterre of geranium. The three sisters Hannah and Pearl leading, Berny and Hazel walk ing behind with Josh fared buoyant ly down the street. As they passed, they commented on the houses and their inmates. They had plenty of stories of the dwellers In those solemn palaces, many of whom were people whose humble beginnings they knew by heart, and whose rapid rise had been watched almost awe-stricken by an admiring and envious community. As the Ryan house loomed Into view their chatter ceased and their eyes, serious with staring attention, were fixed on the mansion which had so stubbornly clostd Its doors on one of them. Sensations of varying degrees of animosity stirred In each of them, except the child, still too young to be tainted by the corroding sense of worldly Injustice. 8he skipped along sldowlse, her warm, soft hand clasped In her Aunt Hunnah's decently-gloved palm. Some wave or vibration of the intense feelings of her ciders passed to her, and as they drew nearer the house she, too, began to grow grave, and her skipping quieted down Into a sober walw. "That'B icle Domlnlck's house, Isn't It?" she said to Hannah. Hannah nodded. Hy far the most amiable and wide-minded of the sis ters, she could not rise above the sense of rankling Indignation that she fidt against the Ryans for their treat ment of Uerny. "That's the biggest house In San Frenclsco," said Pearl over her shoul der to her parents. "Ain't It, Popper?" "I guess It Is," answered Josh, giv ing his head a confirmatory wag, "and even If It ain't, It's big enough, the Lord knows!" "I can't see what a private family wants with all that room," said Han nah with a condemnatory air. "There must be whole sootis of rooms on that upper floor that nobody lives In." "Don't you fret. They're all occu pied," said Uerny. "Each one of them has the Ir own particular soote. Cornle has tlme rooms all of her own, and even the housekeeper has a private bath!" "And there's twelve Indoor serv ants," said Huzel. "They want a lot of space for them. Twelve servants, Just think of It!" "Twelve servants!" ejaculated Han nah almost with a groan. "Well, thut don't seem to me right." They were close to the house now and silence fell on them, as though the antagonism of Its owners was ex haled upon them from the mansion's aggressive bilk, like an unspoken curse. They felt overawed, and at the same time proud that one of their number should have even the most distant adulations with a family too exclusive to know her. The women with their more responsive at d sensi tive natures felt It more delicately than Josh, who blunderingly expressed cno of the thoughts of the moment by remarking: "Somo day you'll live In there, Per ny, and boss the twelve servants." "Hats!" said Berny, giving her head an angry toss. "I'd rather live In my flat and boss Sing." Josh's whistle of facetious Incredul ity died away Incomplete, for at that moment the bnll door opened and a portly masculine shape emerged upon the porch. Berny, at the first glance, wns not sure of its identity, but her doubts were dispelled by her brother- Step for a Musing Moment. In-law'g quick sentence, delivered on tho rise of a surprised breath. "Bill Cannon, by gum! What's he doing there?" Tills name, as powerful to conjure with In the city as In the mining camps, cart Its Instantaneous spell up on the sisters, who stared avid-eyed upon the great man. He for his part seemed oblivious to their glances and to their presence. He stood on the top step for a musing moment, looking down with that sort of filmy fixity of gHze which is noticeable In tho glance of the resting eagle. His appearance was a last crowning touch to the proud, unapproachable distinction of the rtyans. "Don't he look as If be was think ing?" said Hazel In a whisper. "I wonder what's on bis mind." "Probably that Monday's pay-day and he don't know whether lie can scratch through," Bald the Jocose Josh. Berny did not Bay anything. She felt the Interest In Cannon that she did In all conquering, successful peo ple, and In her heart It gave her a sense of added Importance to think that the family she had married Into and who refused to know her was on friendly terms with the Bonanza King. A half hour later they had found seats In front of the band stand In the park, and, settling themselves with a great rustling and preening of plum age, prepared to enjoy the music Han nah and Pearl were given two chairs at the end of a row, and Hazel and Berny, with Josh as escort, secured four on the line Immediately behind. Domlnlck had not yet appeared, so the sisters spread their skirts over a va cant seat between them, and Berny, In the Intervals of Inspecting the people around her, sent exploring glances about for the tall figure of her hus band. She was very fond of the park and hand stand on such Sunday afternoons To go there had been one of the grent diversions of her girlhood. She loved to look at thin holiday gathering of all types, among which her own class wna largely represented. The outdoor am phitheater of filled benches was to her what the ball room and the glittering horseshoe at the opera are to tho wom an of society. She saw many old friends among the throng, girls who had been contemporaries of hers when she had first "gone to work ' nnd had long since married In their own world and now dragged children by the hand. She looked them over with an almost pasHlonate curiosity, discomfltied to see the fresh youth of some, and pleased to note that others looked weighed down with maternal cares Berny regarded women who had chil dren as fools, and the children grouped about these mothers of her own age three and four sometimes, with the husband carrying a baby were to her only annoying, burdensome creatures thnt made the party seem a little ri diculous, and had not half the lm pressiveness or style of her elegant costume and lilac frills. The magnificent afternoon had brought out a throng of people. Every seat In the lines of benches was full and foot pasaengers kept ronsttntly coming up. standing for a few meas ures, und then moving on. They were of all kinds. The beauty of the day had even tempted tho more fashion able element out. and lhe two clsters saw ninny elegantly-dressed ladies of the sort on whom Hazel fltt-d hats all day, and that evoked In Berny n deep and respectable curiosity. Both wom en, sitting high In their chairs, craned their necks this way und that, spying through breaks in the crowd, and fol lowing attractive figures with dodging movements of their heads. When either one saw anything she liked or thought interesting she laid a hand on the other's knee, giving It a slight dig, and designated the object of her at tention In a few broken words, de tached and disconnected like notes for a sentence. They were thus engaged when Ha zel saw Domlnlck and, rising, hulled him with a beckoning hand. He made hU way toward them, moving delib erately, once or twice pausing to greet acquaintances. He was taller than any man in the surrounding throng and Berny, watching him, felt a sense of proprietary pride swelling in her when she noted his superiority. The son of an Irish laborer and a girl who had begun llfo as Jhe general servant In a miner's boarding-house, he looked as ir his forebear might have been the flower of the nation. Ho wore a loose-fitting suit of gray tweed, a wide, gray felt sombrero, and round his wulat a hi lt of yellow leather. Ills col lar turning back from hi neck exposed tho brown strength of his throat, nnd on lifting his hat In a passing saluta tion, his head with Its cropped curly hair, tho ears growing close ngnlnst it, Bhowed golden brown In the sun' light. With a phrase of greeting he Joined ineni, a nil then as they swept their skirts off the chair they had been hid ing, slipped In front of Berny and sat down. Hazel began to talk to him Her eon venation was of a rallying, Joking Bort, nt which she was quite proliclent. Berny heard him laugh olid knew by tho tone of his voice that he was pretending and wns not really nmused. She had nothing particular to sny to him, feeling that she accom plished enough In inducing him to Join them, and, sitting forward on the edge of her chair, continued to watch the people. A blonde coiffure some rows In front caught her eye and she was studying Its Intricacies through the In terstices that enmo and went between tho moving heads, when the sudden emergciicj Into view of unusually striking female figure diverted her at tention. Tho woman had come up from behind nnd. temporarily Btopix-d by the crowd, had come to a standstill a few rows In front of whero the Bis ters snt. She was accompanied by a young man dressed In the Sunday dignity of frock-coat and silk hat. As ho turned to survey the lines of filled chairs, Berny saw that he had a pale skin, a small black mustache, and dark eyes. But her Interest In hi in was of the slightest. Her attention was immedi ately riveted upon the woman, who be came the object of a glance which In spected her with n piercing eagerness from her hat to the hem of her skirt. Horny could not Bee her face, but her habiliments were of Hie latest mode and of an unusual and Biihdiied ele gance which bespoke tn origin In a more sophisticated center than San Francisco. Berny, nil agog with curl osity, stared at the lady's back, not ing not only her clothes but a eerhiin carelessness In the way they were put on. Her hat was not quite straight. The comb, which crossed the back of her head and kept hex hair smooth, was crooked, and blonde wisps hung from It over her collar. The hand that held up her skirt In a loose perfunc tory manner, as though these rich en casings were possession of no mo ment, waa covered by a not particular ly white glove. Such unconsciousness added the dis tinction of Indifference to the already marked figure. Berny wondered more than ever who It was and longed to sec the averted face. She was about Derny Turned, Startlad. to lean across Domlnlck and attract Hazel' attention by a poking finger directed agnlnst her knee, when the woman, with n word to her companion, moved her bend nnd let a Blow glance Bweep over the rows of faces. "Hazel." Berny hissed across Doml nlck. "look nt thnt girl. Who is she?" Bhe did not divert her eyes from the woman's face, which she now saw In profile. It was pretty, she thought, more front a rich, unmlngled purity of coloring than from nny particular beauty of feature. The head with Its gravely-traveling glance continued to turn till Berny had the satisfaction of seeing the face in three-quarters. A moment later the moving eyes lighted Indifferently, bruskly. as though checked by the Imperative stoppage of regulating machinery. Only a person watching qlosely would have noticed It, but Berny wn watching with the most vigilant close ness. She saw the Infusion of a new and keener Interest transform the glance, concentrate Its lazy, diffused attention Into something that had the sharpness and suddenness of a leap ing flame. The next moment a flood of color rose clearly pink over the face, and then. moBt surprising of all. the lndy bent her head In a Brnve, de liberate bow. Berny turned, startled and In a vngue, undefined way, disturbed, too to see who bud been the object of this salutation. To her astonishment It wns Ikimlnlck. As she looked at him, he replace! his hat nnd she saw to the augmentation of that vague sense of disturbance that he wns ns pale as the bowing woman was pink. "Domlnlck," he exclaimed, "who' that?" "Miss Cannon," he Btild lu a low tone. "Hose Cannon?" hissed Hazel on the other side of him, her face thrust for wurd, and tense In the Interest of the moment. "Bill Cannon's daughter?" "Yes. I Diet her nt Antelope." "Berny, did you see her dress?" Ha zel hung over her brother ln law In her excitement. "That'B straight from Paris, I'll bet you a dollur." "Yea, I saw It," said Berny In a voice that did not sound particularly exhilarated; "maybe It Is." She looked back at Miss Cannon who had turned rway nnd wa mov ing off through the crowd with her es cort. Then she leaned toward Doml nlck. Ills voice had not Bounded nat ural; as she placed her arm against lila ulio could feel thut he trembled. She said nothing but willed buck In her chair, dryly swallowing. In those few past moments her whole world had undergone a revolution that left her feeling (lazed nd a little sick. It wns ns if the earth had suddenly whirled around und she had come up panting nnd clutching among familiar things reversed and upset. In nn In stantaneous flash nf illumination she hiiw ever" hlng the look In the wom an's eyvs, her rush of color, I)mlnlck's voice, his expres ion, the trembling of his arm it was ull perfectly pluln! This was the girl he had been shut In Anteltiie wild for three weeks. Now she knew what the change wns, the In explicable, . aysterous change that had so puzzled her. She felt bewildered, and under li or bewilderment a pain, u fierce, unfa miliar rain, gripped her. She did 14,'it for the moment say anything or winit to speak, nnd she felt us a child dees who 1b dazed nnd sltipullcd by it n nnexpcctci. itssault of 111 treatment. Tho Blight .sensation of Inward sink ing, that made her feel a little sick, continued and Bhe sat In a chilled and drooping silence, ull her bridling con celt In herself and her fine clothes stricken suddenly out of hor. She heard Hazel asking Domlnlck q-jcstlons about Miss Cannon, and she heard Domlnlck' answers, brief and given with a reticent doggednesa. Then Hazel asked him for the time and she was conscious of his elbow pressing against her arm as he felt for hla watch. A he drew It out and held (t toward the questroner, Berny suddenly leaned forward, and, catch ing his hand with the watch In It, turned It face toward ber. The hand beneath hers was cold, and shook. She let It go and again sank back In her cbnlr. The feeling of 'sickness grew stronger and was augmented by a sense of physical feebleness, of being tremulous and cold deep down In her bone. Hazel rose to her feet, shaking her skirts Into place. "Let's go on," she said, "It's getting chilly. Come along, Josh. I suppose If you were let alone, you'd sit here till sundown listening to the music In a trnnce." Domlnlck and Josh rose and there wns an adjusting and puttlngon of wraps. Beruy still sat motionless, her hands, stiff In their tight gloves, lying open on her lap. "Come along. Berny," said Hazel. "It's too cold to sit here any longer. Why, how funny you look, all pale and shriveled up! You're as bad a Josh. You and be ought to have mar ried each other. You'd have been a prize couple." Josh luughed loudly at this sally, leaning round the figure of his wife to present his foolish, good-humored face, creased with a grin, to Berny. "Are you willing, Berny?" he cried gaily. "I can get a divorce whenever you say. It will be dead easy; brutal and Inhuman treadmill. Just suy the word!" "Thpre'll be brutal and Inhuman treotiiient If you don't move on and stop blocking the way. Josh McCrae," said Hazel severely. "I want to go out thut side and there you are right In the path, trying to be funny." The cheerful Josh, still laughing, turned and moved onward between the seats, the others following him The muss of tho crowd was not yet leav ing, ond os the Utile group moved for ward In a straggling line toward the drive, the exciting opening of tho Wil liam Tell Overture boomed out from the sounding board. It was a favor ite piece, nnd they left llngerlngly. Hu zel nnd Josh particularly fascinated, with bends turned and ears trained on the bund. Josh's hand, passed through bis wife's arm. affectionately pressed her ogulnst his side, for desplto the sharpness of their recriminations they were the most loving of couples. Berny wos tho last of the II no. In the flurry of departure her silence had passed unnoticed, and that "she should thus lag at the tall of the procession wus not In any way remarkable, ns. at the best of limes, Bhe was not much of a walker and In her high heeled Sunday shoes her progress wus always deliberate, looking uhead of her, she saw the landscupe still ns n picture under the shutting, lurid sunlight. It seemed to be painted with unnaliirally glaring tints, to be soaked in color. The grass, crossed with long shadows, was of the greenness of an aniline dye. The massed foliage of tree groups showed a melting richness of shades, no one clearly defined, nil fused In a thick, opaque liiscloiiFiiess of greens. The air wus motionless nnd very clear. Where a passing carriage stirred the dust the powdery cloud rose, spreading a tarnishing blur on the crystalline clar ity of the scene. The sun Injected these dust films with gold, and tiey settled slowly, ns If It made them heavy, like ground-up particles of metal. (TO P.K CONTINt'KD.) Wasted Erudition. A physician at a recent convention of railway surgeons In Philadelphia said of a safety device that h.in avert ed ninny railway accidents: "The mlviintagii of this devir Is now alnios-t universally recognized. Indeed, iho railroader who disputes Its uclvaiilnce is ns iiutlitinted ns the old re.ideiiter wh,o said: "'Kducallon bo hanged! Thnr young Bill Sniithers took an engineer In' course In a correspondence school nnd then put up a sign on his carriage bouse, and hadn't no better sense than to spell "carriage" "garage! Washington Slar. Hippopotamus Described. Johnny, who had been to the circus, ay the Youngstown Telegram, wa telling hi teacher about the wonder ful things he had seen. "An" teacher," he cried, "they had one big animal they called the hip hip hip" "Hippopotamus, dear," prompted the teacher. "I can't Just ay It name," ex claimed Johnny, "but It look Just Ilk 9,000 pound of liver." , (By The National Woman' Chrlstlaul Temperance Union.) ISTHMIAN CANAL ZONE DRY One Exception to Statement That "The American Saloon Follow the American Flag." No license for the sale of Intoxicat ing liquor In the Isthmian canal ton will hereafter'be granted by the com missioner. The government received considerable revenue the last six years from the five canal one settle ments where saloons were permitted, but It decided that It "didn't pay." The dramshops and the three great American breweries closed their door July 1. Mr. Abbie B. Hlllermnn, national W. C. T. U. representative In the canal zone thus writes: "We are thankful that there will be one exception at least to the state ment that 'The American saloon fol lows the American flag.' Wltb the eyes of the world centered upon till strip of land, which Is so soon to be the great ocean highway of nation, this action is most opportune. We believe thut the thousands of pages of temperance literature sent td this sec tion by the National W. C. T, V., to gether with the Influence of temper ance sentiment at home, has had some part In this victory. It Is certainly In harmony with the view and action of the president of the United State and his cabinet." ATTACK ON LIQUOR TRAFFIC Former Premier of Franc Make Strong Denunciation of Formid able Enemy of Social Peace. . Georges Clemenceau, former pre mier of France, who was one of the candidates for the presidency, has sur prised Paris by a strong denunciation of the liquor tiafflc as a peril to the nation. He Iibb written the freface of a pamphlet devoted to a genera economic study of alcohol, which ha Just been laid before the Paris Acad emy of Medicine. He deplores the fact thut the state seems powerless against this "most formidable enemy of social peace and general welfare." Ills words are thus translated: "Today it Is beginning to be under stood thut tho right to poison people cannot properly be regarded as one of the achievements of the French revolution. Universal suffrage would really put Itself out of court If It hud succeeded In emnnclputing Itself from tho yoke of a single tyrant, only to fall under tho sway of a league of private Interests which are In open warfare with the public Interest. All well Intentioned men, without dlstlnc- tlon of party, ought to Join in a com mon effort for the salvation of our country which Is menaced from so many directions ut once." MAKE FINEST FIGHTING MEN Most Pressing Enemy to B Encoun tered by United Kingdom I Drink, Say Wolseley. The recent death and public burlul In St. Paul's Cathedral, Loudon, of the noted soldier. Iird Wvlscley, recall his outspoken nttitudo on tho tem perance question. In 1S70 ho carried through his Hod river expedition on rigid linos of total abstinence. Of the Nile campaign he reported "all the troops for months without beer or spirits." the result being that, as one of the officers declared, they were the "finest fighting men it wns ever any man's lot to command." In 18!i3 Lord Wolseley said: "There are yet many grout enemies to bo encountered, some grent battles to ho fought by the United Kingdom, but tho most press ing enemy at present Is drink." Ultimate Success. When a movement or reform pro reeds In Its progress past a certain stage, the dictates of reason as well as the record of history fairly inform us that thnt movement or reform will come to a successful lauu. When u movement abides the buffeting of early persecution and projects Itself from year to year with a persistent and In creasing power, It Is only a question of time when It will win universal recognition. It Is thus that ail believ ers In a snloonloss nation are confi dent of ultimate success. Northwest ern Christian Advocate. Better for Humanity. "It would bo bettor for this country if there were no alcohol In It. Thu medical profession does not supply it us it once did. I shall be glad to see tho day of universal prohibition. Even 1 1 10 (iormun emperor hns warned his army of the dangers of boor drinking. It would be of great benefit to human ity if ull tho saloons and breweries were closed up." Dr. Harvey W. Wi ley. Temperance In British Army. Field Marshal Lord Roberts says: "The record of the British army to day us n sober community Is one of which the empire may Justly bo proud, i Crcncrnls and other o Ulcer report thnt this grat Hying state of utfalis Is in a grout measure duo to the Hoynl Army Temperance association. They suy tli, it the association promotes the n.oral, physical nnd firunclal welfare of the soldier, nnd consequently it ha boon the iiicuiia of producing a mark ed effect lu raising tho standard of so brloty In the army." Positive Injury. "I believe thut each drink of alco holic liquor at any time Is a positive injury to a person and I appeal to yo'j men students especially to keep away from all forms of liquor." Dr. Thoma C. Howe. President Butler Collego, Indianapolis. Decreases Labor. A recent test among linotype opera tor developed the fact that opera tor who take four glasses if beer a day do 14 per cent, less work than when they do not drink the beer. A
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