IHEMIDDLEBURGH FOST. T. H. HARTIR, Kbit Pasa. MIDDLKBUROH. PA., JUNE 22. 1908. KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS. MORTuAOES IV PEN'K3YLVANIA. ?ll-rMI!C(MCI or WHICH Wt HAT! SO ('it'll to t rsors. fliperlntendent of th Census Forter, at Washington, his J nut Issued an sttra ceo us bulletin, giving torn interesting Infor mation oa farms, hon.nJ mortgi for Pennsylvania. Hit figure thorn th rati estate mortgage debt existing January 1, WW, to bo )I3..0j.o.1. Fift.-en of the 07 Counties of th state having (lifting debts of more ttian IP, 000 i) each. Tbo ar Allfghenv. i2,9T.y.VU; Berks, f Uftil.t-Jl; Chester, tl.Vo" "; Pauphln. Sli).3! "US; Delaware, ll1.iiJt.7Vi, Lsckawanna. Ill, 2A17.1: I.anrat.ir. '.7..')T OH: I.ur.irne, l4.:m,HU; McKean, I0.inj.01'); Montgoni. erv. lf.M.'JIO; Northumberland. I0.!i7. 7."i; Philadelphia. I7rt.ml.0oo, rtiurlkilt. :W.3')7,h:W: Westmoreland. t-'.7.'.KI: York. I7.917.HH!. Pennsylvania's per capita mortgage indebtedness Is given nt 111 each and in litis respect standi high up among the other states whose statistics have bi"en tabulated, as the following comparative statement will show: Tennesee, JJ: Maine. '. New ltamihire. S0; Indiana. "1; Oregon. 17.1: Missouri. so, Vermont. si; Illinois. !'. Iowa. N. Rhode Island, Coiinei'tii'ut. I')7; Pennsylvania U7; V ("asks, flJ, Masaachusutts.fi It. Kansas, I 7D. I no real eit.it mortice movement in Pennsylvania, the second state of the union In i ipulatinn. and near the lirt in weallfl and manufactures, was a progressive one with a single interruption. Irom lHso to It-) having a debt of rj."Mi,HTl In ivl and li.w.m in The debt incurred In lss win 1!M.M!'. J.')I n a i un' not equal ed by thut of any other year. The Increase of 10J77 cr cent, in the' incurred debt dur ing the 10 years was greater th;in tho in crease of M'lilstion. w hich was only Ui" per cent. Put Mr. I'o'ter is pot nble'to state how it compare I with the increase of the values of nil the rel estate of the state, he raus that value was not estimated in the census of lss'i. In jsso, 7s.fi uiortgsgea were itinde, while in lsx',1 the number was 1 II. Iiinni! the Dye.ir jieriod a debt of l..'t.Vi iKI7,4;t7 was incurre I. epresenlel by l.OHtin mortgage. In the i.itio between the debt and the estimate I true vulue of all luxe I real estate Pennsylvania is reorient ed or H .1 per cent, fuo average "rite of int rest on Pennsylvania's eiinng mort gsije debt is .Yeo per cent nnd from l-i1) to 1 a) has declined from .'; 7 per rent, to .1 US er cent. The mortgages now in force In 'ennylvatiia number iH.-l )J. M !IILl.Sr.lYEn t Tim covitHvijt, who u snxrri 332 MUSt KM AM IHS .Vi V ITT ON IIAM. II KRtsni Ho 1'he ti.ivcrnor vetoed Sena tor Mcrarrell'a bill to more particularly desivnate the rates of bridge tolls by provid ing for increase of tolls wh-n authorial by the i 'ouris of Quarter Sessions in certain Caes. The Oovernor also vetoed the House bill to provido for the creation and regulation rfmunici al liens and the proceeding for the collection thereof in the several bor oughs. The Governor disapproved bills to fix the salary of the directors of the poor of Lehigh coui.iv. because it whs violative of the Con stitution, and the bill to provide for fencing .. Jf .improved lands used lor agricultural nd r iiO'lHumi purposes in carta. n counties., .. " "l.-s..ofei-fi unls, w '"sJoed S and .'.0 remain in his hands. WILD WCASr.H AT LARJK. C5K Of MIM S TK.filS N.)T VET CCOfSTrn I'OK. Tthomr Siime of the wild animsls that scapel from the wrecked circus of Walter 1.. Main ares'ill at lave in the mountains, and the people, are afraid to ifo ahroad in ti e hills. A larite blm lc titter has r.ot been accounted for. It is known to be a beast of great ferocity and thereare oi eolations that some person will be be killed by it. Several burners have been out searching for it. but have ti.it seen it. On Kriday John l'srkcr and Koberl Snyder were, rshin n-ar Vml. Snyder heard a none in the b i-hes near him. and turned just in fine to see a wild hoK- ruakinn tor hnu. He dropped ln i'nh liiit rod in a hurry and i;rabbihl Irs xin. A i : shot put ari end to the anmiil just in t.metJSave.Mr Snyder from the rush. It i one of the beasts that escaped from the u t-t.aer.e. rtvr or TitrM owi tei'. I'montoh n Five of the I'awsm rioters were convicted of aa'ilt tin J bat ery and beuii a nuisance. Thencnsioti w.s a wed dnm when neany the entire S av popula tion if 't drunk an t r.i -el sin h a me.ee. that the i.tMcers tried to rret them, but were assa il:el and driven off. About ' partici pants left the ounty to vca;t trial. II rs thieves are aa n at work in Cam bria county. A vsiualne horse, carriage and harness w. re taken trom the stable of Hetirr hficher. in K chland Cuunty. fhe thieves were followed into S meret county, but got awsy, s'eaiing ani'ther bu.'v'y en route M irv I.ivrxiu's hat blew out the win dow of a car on an express train near Phoenixville. The girl rustie 1 to the door and jnmpesl ?. the p'atform to get the hat and was instiuily killej. H r heal plough ed throuxh the ground a ft deep. I'svl Mtxfi . a S a. fell Iroin a ftaltl more and Ohio train under the wheels neat I amont. and huJ both le,;t cat o3. He wi"! d;e Mlv FnrrrR!i X T. Mtkhiv n. l ving neai I'niontown, I'a . was dangerously injured by a raster siukinj h:s spur in her mull. W. K. IIiskr. of lUj.-hestur. a Ua!imire and Ohio freifht brakeman. was kil!el neai Washington, I'a , by falling from his train. l'.ournT Ilt txjr. Vj years old was w.stantlt killel by a McKecort and l'-eliveruoi pisseuer train at McKeesport. I.irrLr Harry Uroiherton of P.oehe-tei went in the river bathing and, Kct!:'-i fnd his depth was drowned Kivk men were spille.1 out of a box car by a sud leu jerlc of the train between New 'a!le and haron Sun. lay n iht and 'Pjc'' Il.ddland vjre Orey were baliy hurt. Js. o:i Wti.iioi T. a Haltiniore and Ohio freight conductor fell tin'ler train at ('onuel'.sviile. and hal his ri;ht lej cut o!f. He will probably d.e. A rai t-i r. herd of cattle belonging to .'ohn Martin, of H.lisvule. were Ki(oned by some unk'iown pers jj. Two of the cattle have died. IfsNity HiM-Mtf. ag.-ii 2. an trgplnvt on tl,e I'nion Prawn Steel Company at Bever Kails was drow ned biie bathuii; in th Heater river. A Misia named David Wes'fall was in t'aniiy killed by a tail of slate at the moras of the Itedsioue Coi:e Company. jutb of Uniontowu. Samcki. Josso.t. brotherrf ro'tncilmanof Malvern, rsn a ca'ti-h bone in h.s liaid. l.ockjaw dtveio r-J and sit hours af i-; was a corps. A farmkh wlio wlshe'l to entr soaie aniniali at an agricultural ex biljltiori, wrote as follow in thi erreury: Lutcr UiO for a Jacka.' TM-WU WAIT1NO. A ftttlf who, OB some lonely nnrudtAin height, Watohlnar through all the weary hour of lKht, iwalt the pale rose of tho morning light, I wait tor thee. At one who, waking on bM of pain, tnd, helpless in his agony, Is fain to wait the swet return of sleep again, X wait for thee., Ashe who, In sums vast cathedral, dim With shadows, silent waits, on fVnded Umb, tho music of tho Eueharlstlo hymn, I wait for thee. Is deaf men crave for sons, nn 1 Mind for sight,. As Wnary sons of toll long for the nltrht. nd as the fettere.1 spirit lou-s for flight, I long for then. Arthur T. Froggatt, In the 8?cVtito: 3 v$ - Stealing a Policeman. tl 8. DARIKO-Oori.D. VTLAXI) Is the rnmlli st rotititv in I'tilauil ; it is luit rixlitceti miles lonir, ntiti its cx tri'iuo 1 r (tilth is fifteen. 'JLp ron neiuiiro of this contract il nrca is thatuhiiti vcr lni,i Vflin III ( tie OortKT or tho rnnntr is nmseil our every art of it, and that tho ntl'uirs i f every person in tho eotmty ure iatuuntily known to every other. In one- of tho fifty jinrisli.'s, Tthieh hull imt le natncil, liocmise to nntno it is tiiH'SNeiitinl, liveil a j-otith nnnieil Joseph riiim ii-l Wnrilley. He whs tho son of u l'liicksniitli, vvns an nlile liddii.'il, fltH'-l.Mikil-K fellow, I'Toh.1- "lmttldere:!, Ir. I'l-lireHhti-'l, ritU liht red hair, nil . 1 eyes that HeenieJ to have fallen into the eojiper when his mother mis wanhin, mi l to linvo hml tho color boiluil imt of them, ho light wor-j they. Josih SHiuuel Warilley wb if vir tue, rollouts in a series of negatives u must e nijilury ehiirrtctiT. Ho ili'ln't aweiir, ho didn't drink, he didn't quali Ido with his fellow-men. If, however, rirtuo consists of jiositivs, then it would lie hard to nny what Joseidi Silimiel Wnrdley u. illKtillKlliclied for his virtue; for. us a mutter of fact, it would le luircl to miy wj-at Joseph Kamtul Wurdley did that was pood. Ho vta.s nlow in his movement, siow in taking in idou-, nlower in making use of them when ho hud received them into his l'ruin. He had worked w ith his father nt tho forjje, but his father feared that he would never make a blacksmith, ns ho tired the horses out and made them roitive before ho had shod all their four feet. Then Joseph Kamutl wus pent to work on a farm, but he was so alow ct the plow that the ftrmers would not retain him in their services. It wua said that Joseph Hamnels was always on lee rt. This ot fXftotlv. ' iim niw'JiVii.ui.iii. rui rc..ij ti"iK sOrfepu lianiuol wo so drowsy and indolent over his work by day, that he was never tmtlloiontly exhaust ed by hid efforts to enjoy a sound sleep at night. Ho was half nsliepbyday, he was half awake by night. There is nothing so conducive to nll-forettiug sleep as the exercise of tho full ener gies by day. Joseph St-mtlel did not put forth even one-half of his energies by day. The other half remained to dihturb tho tranquility of the night ; cotiKtuuently ho wus light sleeper, and sometimes it wus us doubtful whether ho were n-deop at uight, as it was doubtful whether he were awake by day. As ho was dismissed from tho plow tail, he returned to his father, who employed him to work the bellows which kept his fire going in tho furo. 'Hut," as the fiirrur hiiid, "a chap cau't go on nil his life blowing be! lows. I mu-d find Home profession or trade fur which he is suited." Accident or Fute seemed to give tho rcipiisite indication. Tho father of Joseph Samuel had been an industri ous man all his life, and it waa believed that he had uma.ssed money. Ho hud no dealings with the bank at Oakham ; that was well known. Whore, then did he keep his money ? It was whispered that, singularly enough, whenever he had received payment of a heavy bill, Mr. Wardley was observed to nionnt a ladder to put straight, as he said, one of the tiles in his roof that was out of place and let the water through. That the coincidence was noticed, un 1 was a matter of discussion, never oc curred to the blacksmith. Tho lat-t time he brought in his bill to tho Squire it was for the sum of ttve-and-tweiity pounds and some odd shillings. No sooner hud he received the money than it was remarked a tilo was again loose in his roof. One night that Joseph Samuel luy wake, unable by any means to induce sleep such as by counting sheep go ing through a gap in tho hedge, re peating his catechism, listening to the snores of his parents in an udjoiniug room he thought he heard a sound on the tiles, as if some one was engaged repairiug the roof. He got out of bed, peered through tho window, aud saw by the light of a crescent moon thut a lialder was set against the house, and that a pair of legs Were visible on the ladder. As Joseph Samuel was inclined for activity all night, and was prompt then in his resolutions, which was not the case by day, he stole downstairs on tiptoe, and opened tho back door softly. He was iu his robe de tiuit. TLat did not matter. Tho air w as cool but not frosty, und no rain was falling. Ii was at the back of tho house tho opposite side to thut at which the ladder was sit up, aud where he had observed tho legs. Ho knew where his father kept a ladder. Ue went barefooted to the spot, removed tho Udder planted at the bock of tho house, climbed up it without causing Uut suislleat noise, and succeeded iu mating his way cautiously tip the tiloa till ho reached the ridge of hit father's roof. Holding to the ridge tile, he heaved himself tip by both hands breast high above the ridge-piece. Then he saw what was being done on the further side. Two men were there. One was on a ladder and held another by the anklea who had scrambled onto the roof. Tho latter was lifting tile after tile and feeling nuder each, obviously expect ing to find and carry off the farrier's atore of savings, Joseph Samuel Wardley did not hes itate for a moment what to do. With perfect presence of mind, and great energy aa well as courage, ho said, 13o!" The robbers were staggered. Thoy looked up, saw a semi-white figure ris itig above the roof, glowering at them. Their nerve gave way. He who was on the bidder let go the ankles of the man on the roof; the latter slid.dowu, and fell on the man with his feet on the ladder rungs , nnd both were prccipi t-itod to tho bottom. Joseph Samuel now aroused tho house, nnd tho burglars were arrested On hit I dislocated his hip, the other had concussion of the brain, his head having fallen on a brick. Had the brick been a little harder, it is believed it would have broken his head; as it was, tho burglar's head broke tho brick split it into three pieces. I he two men were delivered over to the police, and were brought Wfore the magistrate nt the Petty Sessions, who consigned them to be tried nt the Quarter Sessions for cttcmptcd bur glary. When tho trial came on, the plon put in for tie' two men was that they had been bird nesting, an. I evidence was produced that they hud been seen going up trees. Nothing had been taken. Tho houso had not been broken into, so that some dilliculty was entertained as to the na ture of their offence, and tho amount of punishment to be awarded if found guilty. Finally, they were found guilty of an attempt nt bird nesting with felonious intent, and were or dered nine mouths' imprisonment with hard labor. This incident determined the mind of tho blacksmith as to the proper av ocation for his son. Joseph Samuel miiNt become a policeman. A "bobby" Iris to bo about at night, and that was precisely what Joseph was calculated for, as he could not sleep at night. He was so able bodied, was such ft fine figure of a man, that ho was at once accepted and put iu the force. He assumed the not unpicttiresque uniform of a county policeman, aud believed that he had found his true occupation. He was dually planted at a place on the opposite side of the little county. Of course, tho famo of his exploit had preceded him. He was looked up to as a man of the greatest ability, energy and resolution, and it was concluded that with him iu tho parish everything was Bute.- ' - -j It was conjectured, rather than known, that tho fear of Joseph Samuel had fallen on all tho miscreants iu tho county of Rutland. It was high time that men of a superior order of intel ligence should be engaged in the force, for a number of robberies had been committed of late on the graziers of Luthlaudshire. Tho low laud, readily overflowed, servos for tho rearing of young cattle till thoy aro lit to kill, wheu they are sent iu great numbers to tho London market. Thero hud been theft of calves and young bul locks. Sometimes the live beasts had been carried off, rapidly dispatched end dismissed to London before tho day broke. Soino graziers had lost severely. It was not possible to say where tho next robbery would take pliKv, consequently all were equally anxious aud iiucay. A small farmer was one evening on his way to tho nearest town, Ho had tho carcass of a young bullock to dis pone of. His ground was overflowed, and as he could no longer feed his bul lock ho killed it, and was taking tho carcass to Loudon, wheu, passing through Ilasheutine the village at which Joseph Samuel was quartered he disposed of it to tho village butcher, who at once removed tho dead meat and paid the man for it. The furmer had something to do in tho town besides selling tho carcass, so he proceeded on his way, but drew up at a little tavern where he was fond of having his glass. He unharnessed his horse, ran tho light cart under cover, aud entered tho publio house. Tho man was abdicted to drink ; he had money in his pocket ; ho met thero w ith some chums ; and the end was that he resolved to make a night of it. A spirit of perversity rules tho destinies of men. As long as Joseph Samuel was obliged to bo awake by day, ho could not bleep at night ; but now that he was a policeman, and had to make his excursions by night, ho felt sleepy when the dark set in, nnd some nights was hardly nblo to keep his eyes open. It was so on this even in. He was coming along tho road, beside which stood tho public-house into which tho farmer had gone. Ho was so weary, so heavy iu his eyes, that he resolved on having just a wink of sleep to freshen him before ho pro ceeded on his beat. Accordingly, ho entered the shod attached to the tavern, and finding a light cart, crept into it, stretched himself on tho straw in the bottom, and in a moment was fast asleep. He slept so soundly that he did not stir did not snore. Not a quarter of an hour had elapsed before two men stole into the cart shed. One had a slight limp. Tho other had a lump at tho buck of his head. "You're sura of it?" asked the latter of these men. "Certain. lie killed his bullock this morning. He's drinking in the house." "rilmll we get ont his cob, harn&sa H, and drive away with cart and ear- "The stable door is locked. I think we'd best draw the cart ourselves. It's light, and we shall get to the station by daybreak." The two men drew the cart forth. "It's heavy," said the limping man. "It's the bollock ; it'saprime beoat, I cwa tell yon." The two fellows drew the rart into the road, put themselves into the shafts, and started running as hsrd as they could, drawing the cart along with them. The night was dark, tho movement was conducive to sleep, and Joseph Samuel slept on peace fully, and dreamed of home. A little after midnight. "I say, Turn mas," said the shaft horse, "I'm tremendous hungry. What do yon say shall we halt, cut a slice ont of the carcass nnd have a cutlet each?" "I wouldn't risk it," said tho leader. "The fire might betray us; we couldn't cnt raw cutlets we ain't sav ogos." "Well, cut along, Tummas.'' And away cantered the thieves with tbo cart ami carcass. Toward dawn thoy nenrod tho station. lloth were becoming fatigued. "I ray, Tummae, said the shnf horse, "I'm so rampageous hungry I could eat the whole bullock." "And I'm so thirsty.', snid tho lender, "I could drink his blood." "Hark!" Iloth halted and looked back. The ivray dnwa was breaking, lls hind they heard shouts and the sound of a horse's hoofs approaching nt a gallop. Hut they saw something that still mors greatly disconcerted them a head nnd shoulders rising over tho plash-bonrJ of tho curt, and heard, "Ho!" The men let po tho shnffs they ran ran as fast as thy could in their then condition of exhaustion. Swiftly along the road came the farmer galloping, swearing as ho gal loped in pursuit of his lost cart. Rutland is a small county ; so small that tho story of how Joseph Samuel, tho policeman, was run away with by thieves flew all over it; sud it had reached his native village be for o tho arrival of Joseph Samuel himself, who was dismissed the force. Joseph Samuel has returned to the bellows. He blows them for his father at tho present day. New York Storiettes. Our Joyous Northern Neighbor. The Frenchman of Canada remain essentially an Old World product. Centuries of life in tho New World have not transformed his nature. Hi transplanting has modified his man ners, given him new interests, sur rounded him with new conditions, but iu spirit ho remains what his ancestor! were when they came to New Francs from Normandy in old Franco. He ii the same cheerful, optimistic, pleasure-loving being that they were. In many respects he is as simple as s child ; in others he is as cunning and as guileful as any smal trailer on the earth. Tho French Canadian canuot livo in solitude ; ho must hove society. When his American neighlnir in New England has finished his work iu th fields or woods, and has dono th chores nbout the houso and barns, h gets himself into a brooding frame of mind, and reflects upon his mortgage uutil tho threatened return of interest day drives him to his dark IkhI room. When evening comes to tho Canadian, he leaves his plow iu the furrow and greets tho stars with a song that hit forefathers who fought with Foutenac brought over from the land that their descendant still calls "la belle France." Their tired women are never too tired to dunce iu tho midst of cares aud labors so heavy and severo that their like has driven hundreds of thousand of the habitants into the United States. Tho old custom of visiting, of great feasts on the day set apart by the Church to the saint who is tho patron of tho parish, nnd on tho family anni versaries, are kept up as they aro at home. Here as there the race is the atrical ; the dramatio effects of cos tume and of conduct are still dear to tho heart of this Frenceman who hat never seen Franco, and whoso people for generations were born in tho som bre forests of Canada, whilo he hat spent a life of toil on the fields that decline to yield a fruitful harvest to his untutored and inadequate cultiva tion. Ry tho light of blazing logs in the humble cottage, he and his neigh bors aro happy and cheerful after a manner and to a degree that would seem to tho grave New Englandei wicked levity and mad irresponsibility. Harper's Magazine. The Caste of India. Up to tho breaking out of the Sepoy rebellion in India thero were no loss than 220 diffireut religious creeds in that country, each having a numerous following. There were no less than thirty-two grades of caste, and the lines were so rigidly drawn that it wo ulmost impossible for one to travel or do but incus. Even in the ranks of the troops maintained by the East Iudia Company everything went by caste. II a soldier of second caste walked near enough to tho ctimptlre of a soldier of tho first caste to cast his shadow across it tho firo had to be put out and rebuilt on another spot. Out of a regiment numbering 800 men not more than 100 could use the same vessel for carrying water or cooking food. Courier-Journal. Dub to Expansion. It is not geuerally known that people are taller on rising in tho morn ing than when they go to bed at night. The reason for this is that tho verte bno (4 tho backbone, twenty-four in number, yield considerably to tho pressure of the bod in an erect posi tion in the day, and" expand thetusclvn during the repose of the night RELIGIOUS READING. 'twas bct." 'Twte bat a word In sorrow's hour, I murmured lowi 'Twas twxhlns: but swarekls flower Toon la woe; IIow Mute did it tst-m to roe That flower wlldt Yet on thst word and on that flower Tfa great Uod t Hilled, Twss but a band-press and a tear Where Ufa wo sad: Only a emlle of y and cheer Where all was Rlad; Buch tiny deed tber seemed to me, As from a child i Yet on the hsnd-pr, on th tear, Th great Uod smiled. 'Twas but the llfllnn of tho cross, I avid at my feet: Only letting go my will My Lord's lo meet; But weakly thing they seem and all Ry in defiled Yet ou the Klfl of will and heart The groat fiod smiled. "SATAN 19 CONQl' r.RED." ''Purtiur a revival several years SfO al ITeald Town, ftmth A frloa." writes tub lonery, ! witnessed aotm thlnc whhdi re. minded tueol what is recorded of the Iey of Pentecost, in the second nf th Acts. Al .T0a. in., I started with Itishop Taylor fol lleald Town. The Jwonlo had already col lected in th 'ha, and were iiiragod in no earnest prayer meeting. Illshup Taylor ad dressed thrm through n interpreter, front the words, "tint ye shall receive power aftei that the Holy (ihost is mine upon you." Tin iireet was manifest. Tho truth told witb wondrmi power on the congregation. Al the close, those who were desirous of seeklnf the Lord were exhorted to stsnd up. and then kneel round the communion-rails, iui'.t three hundred fell simultaneously i nnu their knees, among whom was a con Hdrrulile eunilxTot Kurnpesus, many I w horn had come front Meaulort. There was now a great weeping. At flrsl nil itemed chaos and cimfnsion. Even the native lix al preschera the els leaden wer confounded; and It wsa some time hefore 1 Icon Id get thrm Into working order. Th nri paroxysm or excitement lisviuff sub sided, the native oifints distributed them selves all over thechats-l, rpeaking to sud praying with the penitents. The distressot some souls was extremely great, hut after s w l.lle one after another entered into the lib erty of tt e children of ijod, passing from th rxenra of grief to the excess of jov. Tli scene was Indiscrilish'e, as first one then another rose to praUe I Sod, with eyes spark llmr and countenance beaming with joy, and tears (lowing In copious streams from" their eves. One exclaimed, "Kalan is coiioilcrcd ! Satan Is roniuered! 8itsn Is roiiqucrcdt" Another, a very old woman, lilted her eve laud hands to Heaven, and rxelnlined, for live or ten minute, at th top of her voice, -jieis noiyi ne is Holy! Hcislioly!" A very old man, who hsd been In an sgonv of distress, w hen set at libertv, exclaimed, ".My Father has set me tree! My Father hss set me free! My Father basset me free!" Thes are merely n-tlniens. Wo were live hours hM at work; and, at the close 140 persons profunswl to have obtained a sense cf th pardoning love of tied. f Afrlcau News. CRl'KL WOME.V. It Is not unusual for women to denounce the Inhumanities of sport. Their tender hearts revolt at the thought of taking pleas ure In kil tup; but many of them are willing to rncoursge wholesale slsuchter for the uratini'stion of their love of ornament. Thi I lbMTvaf Ion does not apply only to "society srutueii" or 'women ol'the world." it iSiM'ites equally well to women of religious cfharscter. but of thoughtless conduct. It wssohserved, for exainp'e, at th meeting of t he Christluu F.ndcavor iocietlea In this cilr. that nenrly all of the girls and women In fattenilance bad their hats and bonnets de (eorated with the feather of Innocent birds iw men usa! oeen wantonly slaughtered for ithe simple purpose of beiiutifving female ivunlly. Theextei.t to which this atrocious cruelty Is carried is astonishing. The gun, the tmp. snd even elertncitv are used for the deal ruction of million of hints of every sort wbo-e feathers can be ur-ul by the milliner. M. Ilai-puil w riles that fifteen thousand live hundred small birds, including nightingales, red threats, fly-estehers, warbler, and many other song birds, were caught in nets lat summer. In two forests only, in the de- tiarlment of Meurthe and Mose'lle, and were llled in cold blood for the sake of their pliimnge. In thst same province M. lias pail snyslbst at least l.'iiXi.OOO little birds are del roved in the same way and for the same purpose every year; and all the world over a like ilentruetlon is tarried on in order to milliliter lo the lemnlu love of ornament. It is not too much to say that the woman who wears s dead bird ns an ornament beais a mark of her own heartless or thoughtless in humsuity. uur Animal Frieuds, New York. OAMliI.IMi. The practice of gambling so fatal to character and often destructive to the soul commonly begins Just a. drunk, nness hi gins. At the bottom of the lir.t xlssaof wine or other intoxicant lies the ad.ler; and under neath the first dollar staked on a g.iine of chance or s horse-race or bsll-mau-.n u i-hii-eealed a serpent. When a young man puts up hi first wag tr at s card-table or any game or race tie put s coal of fir Into bis bosom ; snd such coal often kindle into conflagrations which "will burn into the lowe.i hell !" Gambling for a dime Is a essentially a sin gambling for a thousand dollar. There is alw ays a first Inch at the ton of every precipice. We do not declare that every one wbo play a game of wbist la a gambler, any more than that every one who drink a glasa of wine is a tippler. Yet cord are dangerou articles. Just as wine Kle are; nnd it is the pstn of absolute safety to let both of them severely alone. All game of chance have s strange fascination. Archdeacon Farrar truly remark that "there I a gambling ele ment In human nature," and It must he kept tinder watch in the same way as Inborn ecu liinl appetite are watcbtd. Wilh the excitement of game of hazard comes a strong temptation to risk a stake on "s gsme; oa soon as the stake 1 laid, con- -vence is apt to go w ith it, and tbo devil lake a hand in the game. A winner In crease his stskes; a loser play on to make up losses; mid tho only safe way, therefore, is to stop hefore vou bexui. SUNDAY SCHOOL LIsaOIT FOB SUNDAY, JVtt A!TM AXO 0B0O. A Boston paper noles that of nil ths ship Assembled at the loto naval parade the Ameri cans were the only onea on which lliiuor was not regularly served to the sailor. On the British, lluHslan aud Germm ship a ration of some distilled liijuor Ic (ervnd out to each, man dally. On the French nnd Italian ve sel, It Is said, a cask of lhtht wins stands where evory man can help himself whenever he want It. Tho forolgn ofllonrs believe that liquor helps tho men withstand cold and fut'inm. The American do not think eoj and their position swme to bo malntaiuod by reei nt experiment on whaling vessels In the Arstlo Oouan. A writer, who has just re turned from a long whaling voyage, say "Wue of the enrsea of life at sea has been tho ue of grog. Formerly liquor was thought to bo neeeasary for mu in tho Arctic, but ex perlono ha proved It to be harmful Insttvul of beneficial, and only In eases of great dis trnss i it now used. Htrong cofTee has taken IU place, and on evory whaler, during times of treat exKur or unusuiU fatigue, strong hot ooffoo l always ot hand, grog never." I'iaiyuue. The devil has no unit to find with die ruan wbo U la love with himself. .n ueTiew, fsaim L S... ... A - . ninT,iii,ii, nmsnttfj of rj " i US- : 11 x ' us 1 Laswow I. Tho BesnrrsMiUoa fMath. xxvlll.. 1-101. iloMon t.J xv., 80V "But now Is Christ risen jlj dead and beoome the first fruits of ttL slept." Looking" hack over the o.iuut-1 Is a remarkable oompletieas In ths (u; on bring a resnrmctlon hsmon, and u,f one on the kingdom, while betweB Z we have so much on tho pntetieaj inJ of one aesooiatnd with Christ in rssnj and waiting for the kingdom. Let al lxe and It possible embrace mors fact that all berlever ar look ,J - ... v i.i ir-i auiti SSW Him in the havpnlla i Fnh 11 . ' lit. 1. 3), and may our constant VriJ v. . au . iiu. ail,, iu, II, Lkssos II. A mictions Ranctlflnd 17-27). (totden Text (Ht. xll., whom the I,ord loyeth He chsHtenea Otie thres Inunlu In ft h la K.. had taken tho first Inst-ssd of the t yiu, nun n rignieous man b-iy um llf in U1H Klllgllnffi ...1 . ..I I . I ' 1 ... . .,,u. it,i ,.iiii in mi iisMon Is th to accept all chastening with not mtaslon. 1 ii t ...n lAvfiiln.. . Heavenly Father is lovingly dlln, lo make us more confirmed to ths u-J Ills snn I Knm trill )M JO Lsseox III. Job Appel to G xxlU.. 1-10). Holder. Text (Johnr! Whstl do Thou k no went not j' Thou shalt know herfter." a . thought is In verso 10 . -He know-th-that I tak-. When He hath tried tr.s omo forth as gold." A tni- Clod's workmanship, crentod In flirt onto good works whlh Ood hath bt' pon-d for us to walk In ( Eph. II.. in,.' Lkshom IV. Job's Confesxion an.l f lion (Job xllll.. 1-10). Holden Tert,,, II l, "Ye have heerd of tho patiear iml have stsn thx end of the Lord : t . Lord irt Vfrv liOlflll unA ft..!... ::. j i - - u-n-r r. e now a man who has been thrd urr i-oni" lonn oh golil. 111m ev- , longer en hlmsHf. ns In chapter t is his testimony to the Lord. "Mlneit Thee, whereforo I abhor myself." -f self ami follow Jesus, to live in the . n"i i, nui unrm i.naiD. xvi., H ; i 10 1. Is to nuinlfeHt something of ttix't. lion life thut looks for th kingdom. ne enu pray even for frien.ls like Jo un mi nor enemies (Luke jXUI., u ru., not L Lenox V. Wisdom's Warning i iO-33). t.oldcu Text (Hub. xll.. Jj ihut ye refuse not him that spak'th. tno me next four lessons are In lh 1 I'roverls nnd ar suggestive of tln uiiioii in m uaiiy life of Him who h v isooiu of ood ( I Cor. L, U). In : lion Wisdom crus unto tho simple r.t Ijelng led astray thut they may t rtwlve His spirit and thus dwell U quli from fear of evil. Lusox VI. The Value cf Win.li -Hi.. 11 -34). Ookleu Text I'toi "1 rust In tho Lord w.th ail thv h. 'etiu not unto tdint own under' Here, as in leseon II.. we larn thst oving ehaetinoment ion we lni . So s.nful ar-t we und so lov.ng is our -ly Father thut He spuaketh nven by . ing if only He may save us from th txxilL, is. IU, TJ, 301 and mak us t. f His holiness Heb. til., 10). L Ireu, we ore apt to tako gilt for.' 5ur Father would have us potMists tra 1'he world would have us believe t; woys ar the o.-ily happy onts. J truth la thut It la oniwi.i.,m'. ways of pleaHuutni ss aud her pat;. iTnrse i 1. tvery possible attractii't I real, Is sot before us in wisdom thai I nd receive (lv., 7 i Jos. L, 6). Lksson V1L Fruits of Wisdom ffr' l-lfl). ooldenText (Frov. xl M fruit of the rlirhteous ia a ti-.u. . ,r iif- that wiuneth souls Is wiaa." ThirVw the tlttiH-n venu-a of thla lu,,, wise and tho foolish, tho righteous J wii:&.-u. reiniiinmix im or rnn mvi.... eoniwrning the wise and foolish in 51. 114-27 s xxv.. 1-18. Adaai aud Eve In t den of Eden did not think enough )( of life to prefer it to that of the knot good oad evil, uad their des eniai:I inneritsu their fnilius aud arv ;01 ( uatura. We must be bom from alu 'tvmg Him who is the wisdom "f (. Lassos VIII. Against Intempi -ran xm., j sol. lioi.ii-u jvxt i 1'pa "Wine Is a mocker, strong ilriuk i and whosoever !s deceived tin-rely wi.se. jii contrast to Ix'iug tlll.il w me oeuever is commanded to Im- f, the spirit i Eph. v., 11 1. and thu with solids of rejoicing instead of und vain son; of th- druukurd. Lksmix IX. The Ex-mlleut z:. xxxi.. 10 13 1. Hold, u Text ( I'm v. J "Favor is dei-eitful, uud beuiltv Is vi vt-.iiuuii thut fear, til the Lor.l i-l:- praisisl." Instead of ln-holdim; h r the perfect woman, wife tiud motli-r siiler.-d her as sugge.tlvH of the tn. me i.rlile of Christ, ns to her i. r - lug and chnraet'T. ami thm h"rr her Hu4lnnd, to lur b.m -I: jM r. poor mi 1 nt'tily. Lkmhik X. itever r.- r.ud l'i ! V.. l-l'Jl. Ilnl.leii T..vt . II..... - It Slothful in huHinees, fervent In cp.n: mo i.or.i. iwo iisons h.ivo t : from this vrniiilerliil I, ...- w.th it tiuu of thiiiK 'is jtu uudi.r th ; su; la nnthtntr verv e.-.mtiirrin .-i- . n M'.i' the conbtant endeavor to do right ao wrong wun tne thought of a just Ijefortt you. Neither Is there aiiylhi.' Iu a study of the riches and poverty i.... i. i ...... - A ... uui iiiito rmi rtmi ui auui in os the end of the law for rigtitts. every one that belleveth. I.EMxnv XI. ThM Cnuilor V. (Keel. xiL. 1-7, 13. 14). Golden 1r xlL. 1) "Kememlwr now thy ervat days of thy youth." Youth Is s.-t W. the time when we am apt to seek f lensure and forgit Ood, but wear'' h n ft nl.l .... will gmrnt M-ki. mm d eel re for anything, and that our IV a iikui ,.i mo viffur oi our youm. turn to Him who a a youug nit Ills work on earth, who will In lu' our judge, and who offers us etcmi W will hut woli-ome Him to our h' Lesbos XIL Mexsiah's Kingdom 1-1'J). Oolden Text (3Iol 111.. I' hall be mine, walth the Lord of 1 that day when I make up my jeavii a fitting close to a quarter's les"n' template the time of the klngdem'1 ,unl .S.. 1. 1 1 V.... ......... ..-J .. l.nll I' .wi, .it.i. i u- . nnii.i ,.uj h.m... nnu unt. ft fti 1 " Mml wftt.-n Christ shall lie accepted as her l"t- or aiuar. au ine more ao, nawtf on tne very verge or tne time of n Uon of all things of which the prep poken (Acta ill., 1P-21). Lesson H Brsrr.MniNo sexTxnra i the municipal court of I'lalnl recently were two offenders Iwll; with Ixdiig dnink and disorderly. adjudged guilty and one wns sent t other ploadod with the judgn for saying that he had a wife and fnmU entupon hhn for support, and tW locke.1 up he did not know what I1 do. He offered lo sign tho pl' Judge would lot him off. A plct" pared and ho signed it, agreeing 1 from Intoxicating beverages !' The judge suspended sentence on behsvoir. This is a good precede l..,l.,. A I..II,.- I.. ..i.M-W .-J Al, UllftJiJT VU m doubtless help the victim of al nntlle tonontrol an. I vet ... I n thsrs strong driuk. ISutlouol Voujir cote. I Bauw aturuis un severe zrom "i japou nave damaged th muKI llie leava of the trees have tarn: are totally unfit for food tm worm. Htiriflulturtst will sustst iiuuuea ai f o.nw.ooo. trv wem..
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