...... , A i 11 K THE M1DDLEBURGH POST. T. B. IllRTlR, Xstts ajts Pm'b. MfDDI.EnCROH. PA.. JI'N'K 13. 1908. COLUMBIAN FAIR NEWS ITEMS TItK FAIR WAS OPEN St'NDAY. fit oats fniv Kurt ttsnr.R a srapRjrsios or THS t'L'jaiKU 1MJCSCTIOS BY CIIIRr J I. STIC I rct.i.KR. The Chicago "Record'' siys that Sunday's attendance at the World's Fair. as officially reported, wai: Adults, 04.121; children 3,640, lot I 71 704. Chief Justice Fuller on Saturday granted the supersedeas asked by the World s Fair management, suspending the oration of the Injunction riming the Kale. The case will Im Dually hear I Thurs lay. when Cir cuit JikIk Allan, of the Southern Illinois district, ami Judge Dunn, of Wisconsin, will it with Chief Justice Fuller upon It. Chief Justice Fuller' nclion wn ntt made known far enough away from Chicago In time to brinfi a crowd of countrymen on Hunilny, ami as a result .Sunday's sight-seer were for the mot part Chicsgonns. The morning was damp and cold, hut nbout 1 o'clock tlit urn came out warm, dispersing tlm mist ami rendering the alter noun bright ami pleasant. Considerable work was done In the Man tifacturera building, behind the drawn cur lulns of nome of tint exhibits. The dootsof the Japanese pavilion were barred and two ?uards stood outside. Kverything in the English section was shut up. while France had thrown her big gates w ide oen as usn. al. Kverything in the I icrtuaii section was In its every day appearance, but half of Austria's4 display was concealed by long white curtain. The free band concerts began nt 8 p. ru. The program of sacred und popular selec tion wna liberally applauded. Religion services were held down town in the morn ing by Mr. M'xmIv, at TattcrsaHs. and at Forupaugn'a circus in the afternoon. Director lieiieral iJavis has issueJ an order that hereafter no exhibit will be allowed to cn'er the grounds, if intended for dis play. He says all permanent exhibits are now In plnre in all buildings with one or two exceptions. TIJF. INFANTA AT THE KAMI. IHK (ISFATMT I'lloWll INiK Till: "CUNUI'l Of Til It KXroSITIoM ohKKH Til R KI'tMHll I'MI! K. I'nnres F.ululie ami mile visited the World's Fair on Thursday. Thousands of rple cheered thp royal procession en route, was met ut i he gateway iiy Iih'iiI and national representatives of the imposition. A the carriages drove dow u the midway nlaisance a great line of grotesque strange looking people were drawn in line on either side of the thoroughfare. F.very village on the street tluw the Spanish dug together with its own tit and the stars and stripes. The coming of the royal party was an nounced by cannon. In the evening the Infanta viewed the special display of fireworks in her honor. When her Picture was done in lire the crowd yelled and cheer! for the royal guest, and the Infanta appearad at an open window and bowed and waved her handkerchief to the aea of faces below. After tho firework the Infanta departed, followed by the cheers oi the greatest crowd that has visited the fair since the grounds were opened. TKMPRA)CBJ COTKOHKM MRRTS. At the World's tenierance congress, which convened in tho Lake Front Art pal ace, many famous workers were present, although the total attendance was less than 600 persons. Archbishop Ireland delivered powerful address. Dr. Albert U. Law sou of th Vioul "" ne-uc society fol- ' Ti.'. .VltlJISTARr rOH CUICAOO. " The Columbus Caravels started front New York on their Journoy up the coast to the Bt. Lawrence river, and through the lakes to Chicago. The cruiser New York will Convey them as far at the St. Lawrence. ciiimmjm. oihiion vor st'sntY fair. Cardinal (iihoon tins declared In favor of opening the World's Fair on Sunday alter ternoon. According to the registers found In nearly very State building Western ople are co-uing to the fair in much greater num bers, us a general thing, than those living In theolder Ijis'ern common wealths. The result of an inosti.'ation shows tho follow ing number of eoile registered at th different Slate buildings: Montana. 3.i); Nebraska, a.)); Minnesota, Virginia. 2.4IM; Connecticut, '.'OOO; Maryland. AO; West Virginia. 1.3'Ni, K annas, l.imo; Maine, 1.2 JO; New Jersey. l.-JM. Arkansas, M; Arszona. I IS, New Mexico. .); I'tuh. 3J; M ill). i'nl; Delaware, .'too; Khixlo Isluml, 8m; New Hum. shire. 4'i0; Vermont, (too; Massachusetts, 'J 4'0; New York. 2.b, Missouri, I.hVI; Lonisiitna. l.lT'i; Ohio,:)."); North Dakola. 41 ; rennsylvuiiia, 4,0m, Michigan, u, in). BILLS APPROVED. Tbs Oovernor Takes Action on a Num. berof Meaaurea. TweMore Vetoes. At Harrisburg the Governor approved the following bills: Authorixing ruilroad companies organized in this State to increase or diminish the pr yalue of the shares of their capital stock; authorizing Courts of Common Pleas to ap point a competent person to inspect school houses on c.jinp aint of taxable citizens of any school district in which boards of school directors or controllers have failed to provide aid to maintain proper and aduate accommodations for the children who are '.awfully entitled to rchool privi lege In the district, and prescribing a penal ty by removing from otllce for neglect of duty on the part of school directors; Neeb's bill to provide for 'he poiiitment of one or more deputy coroners, and defining their powers and duties in the several counties; providing lor the acktinwleduemeut and re cording of plots oflundii or lot; prohibiting t he erection of toll houses and toll gales In boroughs; providing for the relief ol needy sick, injured, and in case of deuth, burial ol Indigent persons whose legsl pluce of settle ment is unknown; to provide for His con solidation, government uud regulation of horouvhs; requiring Hoards of sciool direc tor and controllers to provide suitable outhouse-; to providti for the registration of births and deaths, authorizing und regulat ing the taking, use and occupancy or cer tain public places under rer'uin circum stances fi.r pur oses of common school edu cation; to prevent entering of trotttng or patting borres out of their rlussus. The Uovernor approved all ihe items In thaUeneral Appropriation bill except a few demanding the payment of claims origina ted before the year s.i.l,the f inventor main taining that the iiil did not extend beyond ls!M and 1M. ' Among the items in the (ieneral Appro priation bill approved are these: For payment of salaries of Stat officers and clerks and employes in the several State department for K.tf and 114. .VS2,. HSU l; Judiciary, l.liVJoo; Semite. $13, 802; House of Representatives, tllO.OJl 'JO for the support of the common schools of the State ll.uiX),iM0. Tne Oovernor ha vetoed the bill exempt ing Irom the operations of the law allowing a premium lor the killing of foxes and minks In Greene county on the ground of unconstitutionality. H also vetoed tb bill to repeal the law prohibiting the sale of Intoxicating liquors in Verona borounb, Allegheny counlv. Tniig ars two sxtsnsivs clusters o pots on tba sun Just now. Each of th spot is more than six times as large as tha earth. You can mm thtta with an opera glass. IN QUIsCT BAYS. In quiet bays by storms unspent I moor my boat with eaJm content 1 sought of yore the deep, wide sea. The tempeet ant my spirit tree i I loved to match try pony power . With Nature In her stormiest hour. 1 Cut now I bring- my uttle boat In qulot bays, to drift and (loaf Idly upon the MM tide i The sea for me Is all too wide' I seek no mora my spirit's mate,. The awful, wind-swept of fat. Charlotte Pendleton, in LlpplaiVtt. EBEN. ET EVELVX A. KIXCJ. N tho day rirToro the railroads were eotaliliolied, the arrival of tho rouch wa a mut ter of much int rlniic6 to thp iiilmlntiuits u f tho little villap of Kinlmpp, which wiwi aituutud within Cfty milt a of llnnton. A tho conch aironrhoil the village this Ix aiitifiil nioriiiniT in May, it as con. led a lmiK'. Rlccphill, from thcLrow of which could lie hccii tho many hills lying about, with tin ir-lty woodeil valleys lxtwin ; mul away iff to tho right a mountain jicak, which waa Mount WaohttMctt. Among tho jibm ftiger riding on top of tho roach won Ehen Eainoa, ami ninny, many yenra after, lini liia lHt iluya were upoiit in a hotixi! nt tli Imilt uioit thin very hill, Elli n recalled tho bright auticitut tionn of thin day. Ehon wiw gDiiiff homo after baring jii'tit m-voral yoari na an u)ipreiitice with CnldiU-r (lore in ltnatnn, whilctwo years of work in addition to tho h protitiooHhip, in which lie had boon in diihtrioiis and Having, hud enabled him to lay by it lit 1 1 num. On leaving tho conch Ebon mndo his way hurriedly to his homo, win re ho wuk rec4'ivi'd with n choitt of wolontno, and turned about to bo rained nndud mired to bin complete natiMfaet ion. After tho exclamalions had itubsided somewhat, Ebeii haid with a little cm LnrrnKHineiit . "How how in Molly?" "An' how hhould I know; go an' aoe for yeraolf," nnid Ebon'n mother good niituredly, underbuilding hia inipn tienco to nee tho girl who was ho Boon to bo hirt wife. As Ebon crosaod tho road, Molly bhw him coming, and w ith a rlrat iinjuilHe started to run down tho garden path to meet him. Then suddenly n fooling of buHhfulnoM coming over her, bIio drew buck into the houae. With EIioii'm knock nt tho door, there came a young woiuua with tho fruh bloom of health her chook and Ebon felt ftlmont X rs Mrrr .tomf." U ' . 1.. - .--J"jl-' ..,.. to him ao lovely. When about to leave, Ebon said : "An thou it will bo this day wreck, Moliy ?" aud Molly demurely auawered : "Yea." A week later a fow ncighbora, with tho immediately related families, wore present at the wedding of Molly aud Ebon. From Molly's homo they wont to livo on the maiu street of tho vil lage. There waa u cony houoe in tho rear, and a littlo shop in front, while a big sign, with itis gilt letteia proclaim ing to ull pnoricrHhy : "Ebon Eainoa, Shoemaker," wua next to Ebun, the pride of Molly'a hmrt. ThoHo w-ro hapjiy dayi. Molly sing ing about her work would fttop now and then to hoar tho rap-rap-tap-tap of Ehou'fl hammer. When tho tttitch ing began and nil wan Ktill, tho ailenee opproHHeil her, and after lintoning ut the door to make sure no cuHtomera were in, fhe would open tho door care fully, tiptoeing up to Ebon who wit with bin back toward her, when to hia great Hiirprine a pair of handa would cover hia eyea, ami a awect voice would be Hounding in hia eurs: "(JuosH, Ebon." Nuturally Eben gtiosHed correctly after u few trinlo. Thia play came to bo looked forword to by tho young rutin, for it wait not always presented in the auuie way, Molly being a youu woman of rcKources. Hut after a time Eben began to be retitloHH, tho village waa too small ; he could not earn money faat enough, and he begau to think of going to Uoatou, wheu there eume a rumor that rail road was to be built. "Molly, when that railroad comes, it will be a greut day for us. I'll build a bigger shop und make shoes enough to send to other tns, and hire several men to work for me. Oh, Molly, then we'll get rich." "That would bo well, Eben, but we arc happy now without riches," she would reply. The railroad was begun. The tracks were laid almoat to tho adjoining town and Ebon no longer retraining hia impatience, began to build his larger hop, Molly said : "1 wouldn't hurry, Eben. You kniMr the proverb tells ns 'hante makes waste' Better wait another year." Unheeding, Ebeu pushed on the work of building. One day a stranger came into the little shop ; a flue-looking gentleman. The new ruilroad naturally became a topio for conversation. "it will do great things for our vil lage," said Ebeu. "Ah," said the gentleman, "have yon not heard? We have decided not to have it touch this place, but con tinue it by way of liocksboro. Vy the way, going to enlargo your business? Nice shop going up opposite. " Eben choked some inarticulate reply, and tho stranger left, wondering what had happened to the cobbler, but littlo knowing or oaring what grief his words Lad wrought. A few moments later Molly camo in ill with her usual light way, but meeting no response asked : "Eben, what's the matter of youf Then Ebrn, lifting hia head, laid heavily, "Molly, I am ruined, "Ruined I" "Tea. ruined. Mr. Sintmn, one of the head ones on the road, has just boon in, and said the road'll not touch thia town. It is goin' by on the other side." Molly's faee blanched, for she well know what this meant Money nearly spent on the larger shop. No one would buy it. All their bright hopes daahed in a moment. Recovering somewhat, she put her arms about Eben, saying: "Even so, Eben. We can begin again and live as wo have lived these pant few years. You aro but twenty eight now. " At lat her sensible words and com forting touch reached nim, and ho ngTeod to try to regain his cheerfulness. A year passed. Molly saw with dis may tho change wTonght in Eben by his misfortune. He was restless, long ing to do something, to go somewhere ; irritable even, at times; so unlike tho Hny good-humored husband of other days. Molly fosred, ho scarcely knew w hat, and w hen sitting at their evening meal one evening, Ebon said: "I've made tij. my mind, Molly, to leave this place." Hhe felt tho blow had fallen. "Well, Eben," she auswered quietly, "when and whore shall wo go?" Ebon glanced down at his plate, not liking to see n look of surprise, and puiu, w hich he know would come to the moo of his wife, nt tho words ho was about to any. "I've been thiukiu', Molly," he said, slowly, "us how you tnightstsy on here a while, an I'll go to lioxton first an' see what I can do, an if I don't find the right lay of the land, mebbo I'll go farther till I do." "Hut Ebon" Molly remonstrated. Ebon did not wait for her to finish, nud continued : "There's a littlo money I'll leave ye, which w ill keep ye for a while, until I find a place to settle ; then I'll send for ye." "Yes, Eben," said Molly, "the money will keep mo for a littlo while, but I want to go with you. Do let me. Take mo with you. Oh, don't leave me be hind. 1 feel, Ebon, ns though we'd both be sorry for it, if you don't let me go with you now." As she cluug to him, Eben almost yielded to her sweet persuasion, but suddenly answered with determined obstinacy. "No, Molly, I'm n-goin' first. It was with a sad and heavy heart that Molly prepared Ebon's valise for his journey. The next morning, as alio stood watching hiin going down tho road, Eben, turning, saw her there and for tho instant his heart prompted him to turn hock, she looked so sorrowful, and ho thought of her words'I feel T tboufcu t'A W'V. V-bOwj if you don't let mo go." Eut ho would not give in to such feelings, and soon ho wus on his way lost in bright hopes of future success, when ho aud Molly would bn living in luxury. When Eben disappeared, Molly went in through tho shop. There every thing had loen put away, and the shop cleared of tho shoemakers' tools. It looked so desolate as Molly took tho seat Eben used to occupy that her self-control gave away aud tho sobs camo iuiok and hard. As tho days pHHsed Molly often caught herself lis tening for tho sound of Ebon's ham iiier.but uo such sound came to Molly listening, waiting for years. No ac customed sound camo to tho passerby ul.I iu time tho people camo to tho littlo shop to buy tho shining loaves of broad w hich Moily baked. It was a May day like the one when Eben had coiim homo nud said, "This day week, Molly," and Molly had so shyly answered "Yes." It was tho time of day whoa few customers came in. In tho back part of tho shop or store sat a woman about thirty-flvo yours old, still fair to look upon, but with an expression in her face which told of anxiety aud disappointment. She did xot notice tho entrance of any one, being so absorbed iu the thought Tho memory of another May was alive still aud sue was living those early days over usain. Until a man's voice close to her aroused her, saying with out further preface : "Molly, I cuiue for the answer." Molly looked up at him without ag itation, but there camo uo reply. It seemed to her she could not speak. Tho man continued : "You know, Molly, Eben io dead, for your hut word from him that he was dying with tho fever, and James brought you tho news from the Cali fornia miuing camp five years ago, Surely I have waited patiently for my answer. What is it?" And tho reply iu a low voice was : "I will go with you. 1'vo waited hoping against hope to hear again from Ebeu, but I believe now that he died at that time." A few duy later, a ceremony was quietly performed at the purson's, and tho shop was closed for Molly forever. A chaise carried the two to a distant town, which for many years becamo a peaceful home for Molly. After these i pi iet years had passed the man whom Molly had married died. His sickness had boeu Ion g, and tho littlo money which ho had possessed had been speut, only enough being left to give him a decent burial. So Molly waa to go in her old age back to Kiuhope. As the carriage in which she rode slowly ascended the hill toward tho comfortable looking white farm house, from the brow of which could be seen tho hills lyin about, and the pretty valleys between, with a mountain peak rising in tho distance at the right, aa old, old man, digging potatoes in the field, stopped his work and looked at the carriage coming up the road. While he bad been working he sighed often, and there came to him the memory of ft young man in the springtime of youth, and in the spring time of the year go ing home to claim a happy bride. It waa fall now, leave decaying, frost soon to come. When he looked at the carriage turning into the driveway, he thought : "What poor man or woman is this, who, like myself at the end of life's journey, comes here to the poorhouse, to be taken care of by the town?" He did not aee who alighted, not hoar the kind voice of the overseer' wife ask an old woman if the journey had been hard. For this was the first journey Molly had taken in the train, strangely enough. Tho overseer's wife, Mrs. WhiU, made her comfortable and then going to Mr. White, said : "How shall we tell old EWn?" "Ob," her husband answered easily, "we will wait, and it will work about itself." The great belt rang for dinner. Those of the inmates who were able to work in tho field left their labor aud after washing themselves, sat down to the midday meal. Those who still pre served any interest or curiosity con cerning what passed on aliout them eyed the new comer curiously. Eben particularly felt himself looking again and again. Not that he knew of ever having soon her, but ho felt a pity that had never before lieen experienced when others had come. Presently Mr. White said : "Eben, how did tho potatoes seem in that patch this morning?" At the name the woman gave a start and looked nt tho old man addressed, but as the man answered she turned away again with a sigh, and tho mo mentary gleam of interest iu her eyes passed away. As tho dinner ended, Mrs. White said to tho dd woman ' "Molly, if you are ready now, you moy pore those apples for sauce." Eben went out saving to himself, "Molly, Mollv," and nil tho afternoon I one could hour him muttering, "Molly, Molly." During the afternoon Mrs. White took tho occasion to say: "Molly, wasn't your first husband's name Eben Eames?" As Molly answered. "Yes, it was; he has been dead theso many years," one caught something of the old sweet ness of tone, though it did quaver and crack. "Dil you notice Mr. White spoke to a man, culling him Eben?" "Yes," answered Molly, withont much interest. "This man once lived in Kinhope many years ago, when ho was young." Molly gave her whole attention now. "And," continued Mrs. White, "af ter living here several years, he went away, went to California, where it waa afterwards reported he was dying. He diil not die. After recovering, the luck he had been striving for did not corae immediately, and determined not to return to his home and wife until he was rich, he remained until hia am bition was attained. In all this time he had not sent any news of himself but once, to his home, and that was immediately after his recovery from tho illness. This news never reached his wife, no returned to Kiuhope full of tho thought of the bright future, to find his wife had left Kinhope, married again. Wo have often heard him say : "How could I have stayed away so long for money, money; I was blind." Lut Molly had not hoard the lost senteuce. With one gasp she had laid her head back and for tho first time iu her seventy-eight years of life, fainted. It had grown colder. Near the firo sut two old people at dusk. Tho mau was saying ; "When I found ye had married again, I felt that I was receivin' my judgment from (tod A'mighty for not beiu' con tented with my lot when w was so happy together, and then I keered no more for tho money I had made an' gave it away. Yes, and threw it away, iin' when tho war broke out, I listed hoping to die, but thank the Lord ho kop' me for this last happiness. Some time after tho war I grew so feeble, an my money hod nearly been lost in some spekelutiou, so I had to como hero." And Molly, drawing her chair a littlo closer, laying her hand iu his said just one word softly, full of quiet thankful ucss: "Eben." Yuukee Ulado. Honey In a ret rifled Tree. While digging a well on tho place of Reginald C. Dunham, at Live Ouk, Flo., the diggers' pickaxes struck against something so hard that it waa impossible to bring any chips from it. The object not being more than ten feet below the surfuoe of the earth it was disinterred, when it was found to bo part of a petrified tree, and the petrification being only on the outside an inch or two the trunk was soon split open. It was fouui that it was filled w ith a soft, sticky mass adherent to the sides of the tree. On tasting this it was found to be very sweet, of the luscious ness of honey, aud at lost it was decided that it was honey which had been shut up in that buried tree, it waa impossi ble to say how muuy years. This was further confirmed by the discovery ia the mass of objects, which, being examined, proved to be bees. It was a curious study to eto mologists to observo that the insects were identically the same as of to-day and tho honey cells of the same struc ture. Mr. and Mrs. Dunham that night enjoyed a feast such aa few ait down to, but a goodlf portion of it waa left to send to the Smithsonian Insti tution, while a quantity of the honey, perhaps of antedeluvian manufacture, waa left iu the treo where it had re osed so long, but after some hours of exposure to the air, which happened to be damp, it lost its tenacious quality and became slightly moro liquid, or about the consistency of tar or turpen tine. Philadelphia Times. TEMPERANCE. n two cvirms. Miss Wlllard put the drunkard's career la two very short chapters, as follows ciirtii t Be could have left off drinking If he would, exurrsa ti. He would have left off drinking U be could ts aD TV txms ts ooirnro. rmfeasor Voass Rtasrt In l30sld i Th lime is coming; whea those who use Ititoxl oatlng liquors, or traffli In them, will not be able to lift up their heads In a Christian ohnreh which has any good claim to eleva tion and parity of eharaeter. They will boas really and truly stigmatised on anoount of unchristian conduct as those who are rullty of vto that are now doetnod palpably dis graceful." ItKTSSAWCl AD BUStKXS. We hsve more than ones polnt'sl out how bus In ism Is coming to support tempnninne more aud more strongly every year. There was another illustration of tho fact In Phila delphia. Edwin H. Cramp, of the groat shipbuilding company, which employs an army of workmen, nppoarod Ixdoro the License Court to remonstrate against the granting of licensee to four saloon-kwpers In the vicinity of their works. Mr. Cramp statin! very concisely the grouuds tor his up pearnnce as follows i "We nlijnct sob.ly tor business reasons tt th proximity of thesis four drinking place and I have practically nothing to add to the rnmonatrnnons already Hied. The saloon are a'-tuullv at our gate and have resulted in many accidonta and tbedemorallitlonotoui men." There Is a good deal of discussion among students of the liquor problem as to whether an Increase of saloons results iu an increase of drunkennnas. Mr. Cramp's testimony It very potitive on the affirmative side. "When Ihe numtMr of saloons was Increased la the neighborhood," he suld, "demoralization nt once, begun. Our experlenco has proveu that an Increase In tho number of salouus if a failure" Nation. STBOSO xtBDICAL CVIPIXCS. Among thoeo who have given testimony before the Canadian Royal Commission now engagnd In investigating tho liquor prob lem Is F. W. Campbell, M. I).. Doan of tha I'nculty of Lenox College, attending phyel elan of Western Hospital, and Medical Uf eroo for the Canadian Mfo and New York Insurance Companies. He teutliled that "A great proportion of the eases he hnd to ileal with In his hoxpliul prnetlco was caused by drink. He would nay nt least seventy per cent directly, and from tou to fifteen per cent. Indirectly. Closely questioned by the Chairman, be repeated hts stutement that fully elghty-llvo per emit, of the hospital cases were tho result of drink. He further volunteered the statement that after nine yearn' experience of dealing with 120 sol diers In St. John's Infantry School, he was prepared to statu that ninety-nine per cent, of all the trouble with tho men Iu that Insti tution wus causod by liquor Home trouble camo from the canteen in tho school, but more from liquor facilities outside." None have better opportunities than medi cal men to know the evil uffects of alcohol upon the human body and bruin. Buch tes timony as the above ought to havo much weight with Intelligent, thoughtful people. In the light of It total ahetiuence becomes tho only wiso and safe rule of conduct. Nutioiuu Temperance Advocate. WHO FATS TBI BILLS. Who pays the blllaf Who feeds tha drunkard's children? Who provides for tbs drunkard s wife? Who supports the beg wrly tramps, who having wasted their money In drink, wander abosit the country Who repairs the losses caused by the failure of intemperate merchants and reckless and balf-lntoxtoated business men? Who makes good the damages caused by the blunders of drunken workmen, and the hindrances of business eaused by tbs sprees of intemperate employes? Who pays for the railroad wrecks caused by drunken conductors and engineers? Who builds tho asylums where crmxy drunkards are kept? Who supports tho liliotln children of drunken men? Who pays the attorneys and Juries and Judges who try drunken criminals? Who pays the ex penses of trials and commitments and executions occasioned by the crimes ol drunken men? Who pays for the property disHroved and burned by druni-en men? Who builds and supports almshouses, which but for drink might remain un occupied? Who endures tho suffering and losses and brutality, which ore duo to the recklessness and insanity of drunken hus bands and fathers? Who pays for tho In quests held on drunkards found dead by the wayside? Who pays for a puuper's ooflln, and for digging a drunkard's grave in potter's field, whoa the last gloss has been drunk? Who pays the bills? Tho drunkard eon not, for he has wasted hia substance In his cup. Will the rumseller pay them? The fact is, you aud I, and the sober and Indus, trious tolling portion of the community must meet all these bills. Tho drunken rowdy, woundod in the street light, is cared for in the city hospital at our expense ; the drunken beggar is fed from our table; his hungry children eonio to our doors for bread and we cannot refuse aaslstanoeto his suffering wife and when at last havlug "wasted his sub etsnee in riotous living," be comes to the almshouse, the asylum, the hospital, or the prison, honest, sober, temperate men pay the bills for supporting hlin there. There is bo escaping it. We may protest, wo may grumble at the taxes and Und fault with beg gars, but ultimately and inevitably we must loot the bills. Now England Evangolist. TXMrtlUHCE HEWS AND K0TE8. Pomona. Col., charges tlOOO for a llquoi license. In tho world thero ore 51,000 breweries, nearly 2,00u of thorn being in Germany. Pittsburg liquor dealers must promise on oath that they will not serve free lunou in order to gut a lloense. If the drinking man's love for his family was as strong as his breath, thero would bo more domestic happiness In the world. In 1893 New York City paid for IU sohool bill. 4, 000, 000 , for its amusement bill, 000.000, and for Its drink bill, 60,000,000. Boron Lleblg, the Oermun chemist, says that as much flour as will lie on tho point of a table knife contains us much nutritive con stituents as eight piuts of the bust beer made. A Catholic paper in Philadelphia prophesies that the time will come when a paper with a rum advertisement in it will be excluded from the moils Just as lottery advertisements are, Le Petit Journal, of Tarls, lately began s leading article with the assertion that, "Ol all the danger menacing our agricultural (Hipulotlon at tho present day, the :nveai and most difficult to flb-lit Is alcoholism." It Is said 80,000 persons dlo premt'urely In Great liritnln every year by tho Indirect la uuenoe of intoxicating drinks, tron, destitu tion, aooldent, violence or disease, and that tO.COO are killed annually by tho iirout in fluence of intemporanoe. The Tageblott, of Llepzlg, Ocrrry, as serts that it will not be possible to rroduot any law adapted to really put a stop to the great evil of drunkenness without relinquish ing some of our popular National couoeptlous about interference with individual liberty. The London Vegetarian says tho overlaying of Infants furnishes material of the utmost yalue to those engaged In opposing the sals of aloohollo stimulants. Out of 1000 deaths so attributed, 3M) oouur on Saturday night, 170 on Monday and then a gradually d creesixuf number until fiaturdai la acala roaobad. RELIGIOUS BEADING, Upon a life t have not lived. Upon a death 1 did not dte, Another's life, another's deals, I stake my whole eternity. IT 19 HOT DARK. The Rcnpture presents msn In hit mttm cuDuiuun as in a state oi oarxness. lliht In tha I nr.l It Ik. .., ! - - - " , HiiFvion the great toostle to the Gentiles ta . their eyes.' and "to turn them from Bess I unto light;" and while msny who h, heard of lbs gtsipel of the grace of God km darkness rather thsn light, becsuse tbs. deeds are evil, and through their pride iu elflbnes refuse to receive the light whjn Ood has given, there are others In heatbti lands who have never heard the glad tiilinr of salvation, who yet long with unuttrriw umre lur mi ngui mil prace mat is in Clin And while people who have heard of H , wuii it ins itiiuiai me wuriu, turn th mvimj flu IU, Ul UlVil, revelation, those who hsvs sat enshroud In heathenish gloom, long to see the lift which reveals the love of Ood and the boi. nf trlrirw . "Some ye art ago." ssvs Dlshop Whli, "an Indisn stood at my door:and as d the door be kne t at mv feet. Ofeoun. I bsde htm not to km el. He said, father, I only knelt because mvlinn. warm to a man that pitied the lied Msn. am a wild man. My heme Is live hunl miles from here. I knew t list all of it, Indians east of the Mississippi had perid snd 1 never looked Into the faces nt A. children that my brsrt was not sad. fsith bsd told ine of the Urest Mplrit, an.i have often gene out In the wood and tr to talk to Iliiii.' Then be said tour! as he looked into my face : You don't tnnJ what 1 mean. You never sin.!.! In ih.j.. and reached out your hsnd, snd could &,? take hold of anything. And I hemioti oay that you bad brought to the Ked Man wonderful story of the Son of the 0m Spirit.' That man sat ss s child andt if beard anew the story of tbe love of .I.., J niivu wi inei sgniu lie saiu as im bis bend on bis heart : 'It Is not dark; laughs all tho win Is.'" How msny there are even where th rv pel Is prescheri, who are to-dny unlni discontented, miserable, hateful and Iiii.l, uno anoiuer, inn who ir tuey could n hear snd believe the sturv of the love of G. and obey the teachings which he bos ltn would find sunsbli.e braining on tl, pathway, Joy rising up within their au. earth no longer a dark and desolate and like the Indian, when the love of l, was shod abroad in his heart, could ray,-. is not dark: It laughs sll the while." T. gospel of Christ is full of Joy ; it began . a burst of rapturous melody In heaven, ibsll culminate in rclolcliigs that shill : use me voice oi msny waters and mint thuriderings; and those who are wearied of earth and discontented s everything around us may have tlit i of iod In this world, snd st Isst may rr-; iniu me joy oi our loru in tnc kingdom tb -:siiuoi im niotd, ciiAKACTF.it essentia i.. Could we todsy feed every human hr- on the globe, bouse comfortably every hx- iy set every msn nis titling tssk . Just conirw nrstlou. give each his. u In civic privileges, each an honorabUwi onion ana reception in society, snd tou retlnlng Influences of librsnes and art p lories who aoors wine open, sua add to lb whatever else from the long catalogs "Civilization" you may choose would sll these have come to a better day fur: human race? There may be those that think so: '4 tney err. one thing, as men sre. would i lacking character. Tbe arrangements mi bsrptrfect; but while ir.er. jyerewhstilt are the arrangements could not last, ft compelled to remain In what they went: nueo lor, tneir misery snd chagrin would tbe greater. Tola Jesus, then, does He not care fnriyf amelioration or the human existence? c ralmeut, shelter, knowledge, beauty, too Joys and civic rights, are they nothlni Him? Let us never forget that the Msn came eating and drinklne. and thit was He who said, "Itendcr unto ta-wr aJ tin lips that are Caesar ." We have misread his life If we suppose B Indifferent to tbe wrong which defraud! i human belli tr of any rightful pr vilre pleasure; If we suppose He revsnli v equanimity nnyaletu or state of tlrrij wnicn deprives any man, woman, or ck of the Father's intended gifts. Hut lies Isy tbe chief stiess upon tho chief necil. I will Insitt on the essential thing. Ilt bi vou seek first the kingdom of (io.1. Iled-f It lor your own sake. He knows that n Ing can siimiIv its tilace if vou Isck Hint. knows that there is no surer way tuup; all other needful thlngs.no other wit give those things any value, and ninkeiir aunrd any satisfaction thnn to have, h and enjoy them under tbe kingdom of b And this is no more true of the indiwJ than it is of society. The oulv tiosticl for men.thnonlvsiibit tlal promise of a really better future, lilt which Jesus preached tbe Kingdom l.odl-Willlaiu F. Fabcr iu Nobi Ueus. HINTS TO THACT IMSTHIIlUTKItS Much has been said and written 'H tracts, their use nud misuse. And as t li ter of fact, the la Ur is of as gr. at iuinorti: as iuo juruier. An essential consideration In thc-ns trscts Is their adaptation to the person-' nnuiu iney arc given. This can only be ascertslned by rare't rrsdlng and selecting those which isc sun tne uitisrent persons with whom nt sire to labor. We hsvs all heard tha atnrv nftlis zi'l) brother who gavo a tract on dancing t- man who had been a cripple from chlldbw Hut was this any more out of place tnu Rive a tract full of the terrors of bell to H nig sslut, or one of consolatlou to 1 perale criminal? And then a word of personal rntrett! sympathy should eo with each. Vlii may be true that s tract is often rfaJ i the giver is forgotten. If It be given wi'J cordial grasp of tue hand, backed by'j cere mterrst In the salvation of our in' men, we may havo a riuht to evneet urn1 results than when it is given in a cold, M brarted way. Hut mors Important than sll, every Iff siioum ns loiiowed by earnest prsyr iuose wuo receive mem. rue tract won a labor or which we do not see tbe ir but we should lirpunn in fulih luine duty to the best of our ability, and leavtti resun wun nun wuo tins promised tnsi word shou'd accomplish that whvrsuum eut It. Am. Messenger. TO A 8CEPTi!K. Perhaps, my young friend, you have H iiucvivu wun me prevsiling SCcpiicni" J the times. What Is scepticism t It l 4 ply not believing. It is denial. nrk' darkness. There Is only one cure fur '!' urxs, ami inai is coming 10 IUS llgUL " will produce a better rule nf life thts Bible (perhaps your mother's Hible, si1 VOU Will find a hmUr nation nt lliln It Jesus Christ, snd a surer Saviour thMjj Is, I will agree to forswesr my religion 4 VOIirs Itllt what U t.V A halil? f - " - - wm "Ml a U1' u-w i n comparison w Ith my positive ''I wnom 1 have belisved" f What U H denial in comparison with mv imr.onil'1 perlencs of Christ 1 Scepticism nsvsr" s victory, never slew a sin. uaver bel heartache, never produced a rav of sun urivr vni in immonii tnu . it is doomed defeat. Don't risk your eternity that spider's web.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers