< * BL H ,
Or , The Adventures of
An Eton Boy. , ,
CHAPTER XIX. ( Continued. )
"Ilnllo ! " said Tom Lombourno , sud-
.1enly looking aloft , us the topsails
flapped and shivered ; "she's yawning
or steering wild ; what is that Span
iard ahout ? "
"But where is he ? " added Carlton ,
as we now missed Antonio from the
wheel ; "Antonio , where are you ? "
"Gone overboard , I hope , " exclaimed
the second mate , with something more
that need not be repeated , as he rushed
to the wheel , and , after making it re
volve a few times rapidly , he filled
the sails and steadied the brig. This
Was done 1imt In time fn- * - n &cuii ,
nad a press of canvas on her , and , had
she been taken aback , the consequences
quences might have been serious.
"Look about for the skulking lub
ber , " said Lambourne , in great wrath ,
"and SOUBO him well with a slush-
bucket ; another moment and the craft
would have been broached to ! "
"He must have crept behind the
longboat and got into the forecastle , "
suggested Carlton.
Til bring him up with a round turn
for playing this trick , " grumbled Lain-
oourne.
"Hush , " said I , as a strange sound
fell upon my ear.
"What IB it ? " asked the others , lis
tening.
"A cry did you not hear it ? "
"No nonsense ! " said they , together.
"It was a cry that came from some
where. "
"I did bear something , " said Will
"White ; 'but it was a sheave creaking
In a block aloft , I think. "
"No , no. " said I , pausing by the
capstan , as a terrible foreboding seized
mo ; "it came from the cabin. "
"There is no one there but the Cap
tain , Hlslop , and the boy Bill , who
sleeps In the steerage , and they are
all three sound enough by this time , "
aald Lambourne.
"But the sound was from the cab
in , " I persisted , hastening aft.
At that moment another cry , loud
and piteous a cry that sank into a
hoarse moan , echoed through the brig ,
"piercing the night's dull ear , " and
ringing high above the welter of the
sea alongside , the bubble at the stem
and stern , or the hum of the wind
through the taut rigging.
We all rushed aft to the companion ,
and at that instant Antonio sprang up
the " cabin stair. By the clear splendor
of" the tropical moonlight wo could see
that his usually swarthy visage was
pale as death , while his black eyes
lIazed like two burning coals. He
grasped his unsheathed knife.the blade
of which , as well as his hands and
clothes , were covered with blood !
My heart grew sick with vague ap
prehension , and my first thought was
for a weapon ; but none was near.
"What have you been about , you
rascally picaroon and why did you
leave the wheel ? " shouted Lambourne ,
becoming greatly excited ; "the masts
might have gone by the board what
devil's work have you been after bo-
low ? "
Then the dark Spanish Creole
grinned , as the blood dripped from his
hands on the white and moonlit deck.
"Knock him down with a handspike ,
Carlton , " added Lambourne , who could
not leave the wheel ; "knock him
down the shark-faced swab ! "
On hearing this , Antonio drew from
his breast a revolver pistol , one of a
pair which we knew always hung
loaded in Weston's cabin , and fired
straight at the head of Carlton who
dodged the shot which
, killed the sea
man named Will White , who stood be
hind him.
The ball pierced the brain of the
poor fellow , who bounded convulsive
ly nearly three feet from the deckhe
fell heavily on his face and never
moved again , for he was dead dead
as a stone.
In its suddenness this terrible deed
paralyzed us with horror , not unmixed
with fear , as we were all unarmed and
completely in the power of this Span
ish demon , the report of whose pistol
brought all the startled crew tumbling
over each other out of the forecastle.
"Aha , maldlta ! Santos y Angeles ! "
said the Spaniard , waving the pistol ,
the muzzle of which yet smoked , to
ward us in a half circle , as a warning
for all to stand back ; "did you think
to run your rigs upon me ? I am An
tonio el Cubano , and don't value you
all a rope's-end or a rotten castano ,
as you shall flntl. I am now the cap
tain of this ship , and shall force you
nil to obey me , or else" hqro he swore
one of those sonorous and blasphem
ous oaths which run so glibly from a
Spanish tongue "I will shoot you all
in succession , till I am the last man
left on board ; and when I am tired of
the ship I can burn or scuttle her. Do
you understand all this ? "
Dead silence followed this strange
address , the half of which was scarce
ly understood by our men , as it was
said in Spanish.
"Basta ! " ( avast ) I see that you do
understand , " lie resumed ; "and now
begin by obedience.- Throw this car
rion this bestia muerta overboard. "
But perceiving how Wo all shrank
back
"Overboard with him ! " ho added ,
brutally kicking the Inanimate body
of poor Will White ; "or demonlo , I
shall send the first who disobeys mo
to keep him company. "
He grasped me by the hand his
hateful clutch was firm as A smith's
vise and then he leveled his pistol at
the head of Ned Carlton.
For a moment the latter stood Irresolute
elute , and then , seeing the black muz
zle of the icvolver within a foot of
hia head , he muttered a deep maledic
tion , stamped his foot with rage on the
deck , and said :
"Mr. Rodney , hear a hand with mete
to launch this murdered man this
poor fellow overboard ! "
"Obey ! " thundered Antonio.
Like one in a dream I bent over the
dead man , on whoso pale face , glazed
eyes and relaxed Jaw the bright moon-
llcrlit irnc. .Ulnl.it , , " " 11 111 my U.V-
citement and bewilderment I nearly
slipped and fell Into the pool of blood
which flowed from his death wound.
I had never touched a corpse before ,
and an Irrepressible shudder ran
through all my veins. But , that emo
tion once over , I could have handled
a dozen with perhaps indifference ; and
there are few who , after touching the
dead , have not experienced this change
of feeling.
Ned Carlton , with a sound like n sob
In his honest breast a sob of mlnelcd
rage and commiseration raised the
yet warm body ; I took the feet , and
through one of the quarter-boards ,
which was open , we launched it into
the great deep , and as the brig flow
on , rolling before the early morning
wind , there remained no trace of poor
Will White , but his blood , a dark pool
upon the deck , and the crew stood
staring at It and at each other with
blank Irresolution , horror and dismay
expressed in all their faces.
Empty-handed and defenseless as
wo all were , each was afraid to speaker
or act , lest ho might be the next vic
tim whom the merciless Cubano would
shoot down.
With a growl of defiance Antonio
now turned away , and , brandishing
the revolver In token of the obedience
he meant to exact , he descended slow
ly into the cabin , where we soon heard
him smashing open the lockers , and
busy with the case-bottles In the stew
ard's locker , or Billy the cabin boy's
pantry.
His departure seemed a relief to all ,
but in half a minute after he was gone
below little Billy , or "Boy Bill , " as
he was usually termed , whose sleepIng -
Ing place was the steerage , rushed up
the cabin stair In his shirt and ran
among us , sobbing with fear and dis
may.
CHAPTER XX.
Conference of the Crew.
Some time elapsed before the poor
boy became sufficiently coherent to be
understood , but it would seem that on
hearing the first cry , which had
alarmed me , ho sprang out of his
berth , which was at the foot of the
companlonway , and on looking into
the cabin , he saw by the night light
which swung In the skylight , the
Cubano , armed with a bloody knife ,
rush from the captain's state-room
into that of the mate , which was op-
nositn.
Another choking cry acquainted him
that Antonio had stabbed Hislop in his
sleep ; and fearing that his own turn
would come next , he had crept into an
empty cask which lay below the com
panion-ladder , and remained there ,
trembling with dread until
, he took an
opportunity of rushing on deck and
joining us.
This terrible revelation added to our
dismay.
We were now in a desperate predica
ment , without a captain or mate to
navigate the brig , and at the mercv of
a well-armed desperado , to whom hem
icide was a pastime ; thus , all who
had handled him so severely on the
night we crossed the line began to feel
no small degree of alarm for their
own safety , being certain that more
blood would bo shod the moment ho
came on deck.
All dressed themselves with the ut
most expedition , and it was resolvtrl
to hold a council of war. Lambourno
was still at the wheel
; and to bo pre
pared for any emergency , he resolved
to reduce the canvas on the brig. So
the royals were taken down , all stud
ding-sails taken in , and the topsails
were handed all this
; was done as
quietly as possible , lest any sound
might arouse the fiend who seemed
now to possess the Eugenie.
Lambourno ventured to peep down
the skylight , when he saw Antonio
drinking brandy from a case bottle ,
without troubling himself with a
glass. Then the Spaniard proceeded
to attho himself in the best clothes
of Captain Weston ; ho forced open
several lockfast places , and took from
them money and Jewelry , which he
concealed about his ncrson. wimt M
Ultimate object could bo in perform
ing these acts of
plunder on the open
sea , we could neither conceive nor
divine , but on chancing to glance up
ward , ho caught a glimpse of Tom's
eyes peering down.
There was an explosion , a crashing
of glass and a ball from a revolver ,
fired upward , grazed Tom's left ear
and pierced the rim of his sou'-woster
as a hint that our Cubano had no in
tention of being overlooked In his op
erations below.
We heard him close the cabin door
with a bang , and after locking it ,
throw himself on the floor behind it ,
with the Intention of sleeping , proba
bly , but- with the full resolution that
no one should enter without disturb-
in/T him ; nrd In this way , after ex
amining his pistols , he reposed every
night afterward while on board.
lln-iu . , . , , . * . . . _ _ . _ , , . , , . . | | , , n'
somehow , " said Henry Warren , an
old foremast man , with n reproachful
glance at me , as ho threw the two al
batrosses overboard.
We now held n solemn conference to
meet the emergency which was certain
to come anon , and to consider the best
means of subduing and disarming the
culprit.
"Whoever goes nigh him in the
cabin , either by the door or the sky
light , risks being stubbed or shot , "
said Tattooed Tom ; "so we must go to
work some other way , shipmates , and
that other way must bo considered. "
"We might close and batten the sky
light and companlonway , and then
starve or smoke him out , " suggested
one of the crow , Francis Probart , our
carpenter.
"Smoke him out ? " echoed Tom.
"Yes , as we do rats. "
"By what ? "
"Fill a bucket with spun yarn and
greased flax , with sulphur and bllgc-
\vntpv nin't timt tiiu medical com
pound for rats ? "
"Nonsense , " said Tom ; "you would
burn the ship "
"As ho has often threatened to do , "
said Carlton , "and may do yet. "
A most extraordinary scheme was
proposed by one man that wo should
launch the longboat , throw Into her
some bags of bread and gang-casks of
water , unship the compass , double-
bank the oars , and shove off for the
const of South America , after scuttling
the brie and leavlne Antonio to his
fate.
fate.Wo
Wo were In a horrible state of per
plexity , and I Heemed to see constantly
before me the gashed bodies of my
two kind , bravo and hospitable friends
Captain Weston and Marc Hlslop
lying in their berths dead and un
avenged , with their destroyer beside
them !
We had the capstan-bars , and with
these It was proposed to assail him
when next he came on deck. Then wo
had the carpenter's tools , among
which a hand-saw , nn auger , an adze
and a hatchet , made very available
weapons , and these , with the old cut
lass and harpoons which figured on
the night we crossed the line , were
speedily appropriated. I was armed
with a heavy claw-hammer , and , vowIng -
Ing firmly to stand by each other , wo
resolved to lynch Antonio the mo
ment he came out of his den.
While we were thus employed In
devising the means of punishment , the
dark shadows of night passed away ;
the morning sun came up in his trop
ical splendor , and the blue waves of
the southern sea rolled around us in
light , but not a sail was visible on
their vast expanse.
The crow seemed palo and oxclted ,
as they might well be , and with buck
ets of water we cleansed the dock
from the blood that stained It.
The morning advanced Into noon ,
and the vessel was steered her duo
course , for the wind was still fair. Ned
Carlton was nt the wheel , and the men
were all grouped forward , when sud
denly Antonio appeared on deck with
a knife In his sash and a revolver In
each hand.
He was so pale that his olive face
seemed almost a pea-green , and a
black crust upon his cruel lips showed
the extent of his potations in the
cabin. Ho glanced into the binnacle ,
and perceiving that the brig was still
being steered her .old course , ho cried ,
In a hoarse voice :
"Hombres , allegarse a la cuesta ! "
( men , bear toward the land ) and
pointing to the direction In which ho
knew the vast continent of South Am
erica from which wo wore probably
four or five hundred miles distant
must be , he added orders in English to
shape the brig's course due west , and
stamped his right foot on the deck to
give his words additional force.
( To bo continued. )
MAIL NUISANCE
That Threatened to Innnilnto the Family
of u Now rather.
At nn Adelaide street residence the
servant went to the door , mot a per
spiring and scowling letter carrier , and
took in a basketful of mail. It was
the third such lot of the day , and there
had been a like delivery for a week.
"Dump it into the furnace , " roared the
young man who is nt the head of cno
family. "I'm going to see the post
master , write the head of the depart
ment at Washington , and get out an
Injunction. I'll see If there Is not
some way to abate this nuisance. "
"But there may be some other mall ;
something that wo want to read , " in
terposed a gentler and feebler voice.
"I don't care if there is. I don't care
If there's a draft or a postal order In
every other envelope. Chuck the whole
outfit into the furnace and don't lose
any time doing it. Whoover's work
ing this rig on me may think he's
smart good and plenty. It's the con-
foundest , meanest , smallest , most Im
pertinent thing I over heard of. " "But
It's onlv a Joke , my dear. " "I'll inke
'em. Do you know that we've received
over a car lot of catalogues , prospec
tuses , and all that sort of thing from
female seminaries In the country ?
There were over 200 In the first batch
and that was the smallest one received.
Dump the whole batch into the fur
nace , I aay. Nice thing ! I guess not ,
sending up those female seminary ad
vertisements and our little gjrl not
two weeks old yet. You can bet that
I'll atop the thing or know the renon
why. " Detroit Free Press.
It is an excellent rule to bo observed
In all disputes that wo should give soft
words and hard arguments that we
should not so much strive to vex as to
convince an enemy. Blsjiop WllUlns.
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
-itr. notlNKARD'S WOE , LAST
"And Thcro Shall Ilo n Mrrat Cry
Throughout the I.niul of llBypl" Kx-
oilu , Clinptrr 11 , Verio 0 The Loan
of Sclt-Ucftpuct.
( Copyright 1509 by Louis Klopscli. )
This was the worst of the ten
plagues. The destroying angel at
midnight Happed his wing over the
land , and there was ono dond In each
house. Lamentation and mourning
and woo through all Egypt. That de
stroying angel has Hcd the earth , but
a far worse has como. Ho sweeps
through these cities. It is the de
stroying angel of strong drink. Far
worse devastation wrought by this
second than by the first. The calamity
in America worse than the calamity In
Egypt. Thousands of the slain , mil
lions of the slain. No arithmetic can
calculate their number.
Once upon a time four fiends mot in
the lost world. They resolved that the
people of our earth were too happy ,
and these four Internals came forth to
our earth on an embassy of mischief
The one fiend said : "I'll take charge
of the vineyards. " Another said : "I'll
take charge of the grain fields. " An
other said : "I'll take charge of the
dairy. " Another said : "I'll take
charge of the music. " The four fiends
met In the great Sahara Desert , with
skeleton flnirora clutched each other |
In handshake of fidelity , kissed each
other good-bye with Up of blue flame
and parted on their mission.
The fiend of the vineyard came in
ono bright morning nmld the grapes
and sat down on a root of twisted
grapevine in sheer discouragement.
The fiend knew not how to damage the
vineyard , or , through it , how to damage -
ago the world. The grapes were so
ripe and beautiful and luscious. They
bewitched the air with their sweet
ness. There seemed to bo so much
health In every hunch ; and while the
fiend sat there In utter indignation
and ulsappolntment , ho clutched a
cluster and squeezed It in perfect
spite , and lo ! his hand was red with
the blood of the vineyard , and the fiend
said : "That reminds mo of the blood
of broken hearts ; I'll strip the vine
yard and I'll squeeze out all the Juice
of the grapes , and I'll allow the Juices
of the grapes to stand until they rot ,
and I'll call the process fermentation. "
And there was a great vat prepared ,
and people came with tholr cupb and
their pitchers , and they dipped up the
blood of the grapes , and they drank
and drank and went away drinking ,
and they drank until they fell In long
lines of death , so that when the fiend
of the vineyard wanted to return to
his homo In the nit. ho stopped from
carcass to carcass and walked down
amid a great causeway of the dead.
Then the second fiend came into the
grain field. Ho waded chin-deep amid
the barley and the rye. Ho heard all
the grain talking about bread , and
prosperous husbandry , and thrifty
homes. Ho thrust his long arms Into
the grain field and ho pulled up the
grain and threw It Into the water and
he made beneath It great fires fires
lighted with a spark from his own
heart and there was a grinding , and
a mashing , and a stench , and the people
ple came with their bottles and they
dipped up the fiery liquid , and they
drank , and they blasphemed , and they
staggered , and they fought , and they
rioted , and they murdered , and the
fiend of the pit , the fiend of the grain
field , was so pleased with their bo-
havlor that ho changed his residence
from the pit to a whisky barrel , and
there he sat by the door of the bunghole -
hole laughing In high merriment at
the thought that out of anything so
harmless as the grain of the field ho
might turn this world Into a seeming
pandemonium.
The fiend of the dairy saw the cows
coming homo from the pasture field ,
full-uddercd , and as the maid milked
ho said : "I'll soon spoil all that mess ;
I'll ' add to it brandy , sugar , and nut
meg , and I'll stir It Into a milk punch ,
and children will drink It , and some of
the tcmpcranco people will drink It ,
and If I can do them no moro harm ,
I'll give them n headache , and thnn I'll
hand them over to the moro vigorous
fiends of the Satanic delegation. " And
then the fiend of the dairy leaped upon
the shelf and danced until the long
row of shining milkpans almost
quaked.
The fiend of the music entered n
grogshop , and there were but few cus
tomers. Finding few customers he
swept the circuit of the city , and ho
gathered up the musical Instruments ,
and after nightfall ho marshaled a
baud , and the trombones blew , and the
cymbals clapped , and the drums beat ,
and the bugles called and the people
crowded In , and they swung around In
merry dance , each ono with a wine
glass in his hand ; and the dance be
came wilder and stronger and rougher ,
until the room shook , and ( he glasses
cracked , and the floor broke , and the
crowd dropped Into hell.
Then the four flends the fiend of
the vineyard , and of tlio grain field ,
and of the dairy , and of the music hall
went back to their hoiiie , and they
held high carnival because their work
had been so well done ; and Satan rose
from his throne and announced that
there was no danger of the earth's re
demption go long as these four fiends
could pay such tax to the diabolic.
And then all the demons , and all the
sprites , and all the fiends , filled their
glasses , and clicked them , and cried :
"Lot us drink drink to the everlast
ing prosperity of the liquor trafllc.
Here's to woe , and darkness , and niur-
der. and death. Drink ! Drink ! "
"but whether by allegory or by ap
palling statistic this subject is pre
sented , you know an well us I that It
U Impossible to exaggerate the ovlla
of strong drink. A plnguo ! A plnguol
In the Ural place the Inebriate suf-
tion fntU'W''naa ' o.f .a good name ,
loses his reputation except by his own
act. The world may assault a man ,
and all the powers of darkness may
assault him they cannot capture him
so long ns his heart Is pure and his life
Is pure. All the powers of earth and
hell cannot take that Gibraltar. If a
man Is right , all the bombardment of
the world for live , ton , twenty , forty
years will only strengthen him In his
position. So that all you have to do is
to keep yourself right. Never mind
the world. Let It say what it will. It
can do you no damage. But ns soon ns
It Is whispered , "ho drinks , " uud It
can bo proved , he begins to go down.
What clerk can got a position with
such n reputation ? What store wants
him ? What Church of God wants him
for n member ? What dying man
wants him for an executor ? "Ho
drinks ! " 1 stand before bundieds of
young men and I say it not In flat
tery splendid young men who luxvo
their reputation as their only capital.
Your father gave you u good educa
tion , or us good nn education as ho
could nffoid to give you. Ho started
you In city life. He could furnish you
no means , but ho has surrounded you
with Christian influences and a good
memory of the past. Now , young man.
under God you are with your own right
arm to achieve your fortune , and as
your reputation Is your only capital , do
not brlnn upon It suspicion by going In
and out of lltiuor establishments , or by
an odor of your breath , or by any gluro
of your eye , or by nny unnatural flush
on your checks. You lese your reputa
tion and you lese your capital.
The Inebriate suffers also In the fact
that ho lobes his bolf-rospect , and when
you destroy a man's self-respect there
Is not much loft of him. Then a man
will do things ho would not do other
wise ; ho will say things ho would not
say otherwise. The fact Is that man
cannot stop , or he would stop now.
Ho Is bound hand and foot by the
Philistines , and they have shorn his
locks and put his eyes out , and made
him grind In the mill of a great horror.
After ho is three-fourths gene In this
slavery , the first thing he will bo anx
ious to Impress you with is that ho
can stop at any time ho wants to.
Ills family become alarmed In regard
to him , and they say : "Now do stop
this ; after a whllo It will got the mas
tery of you. " "Oh ! no , " ho says , "I
can stop at any time ; I can stop now , I
can etop tomorrow. " Ills most con
fidential friends say : "Why , I'm
afraid you are losing your balance with
that habit ; you ore going a llttlo fur
ther than you can afford to go ; you
had bettor stop. " "Oh ! no , " ho says ,
"I can stop nt any tlmo ; I can stop
now. " Ho goes on further and fur
ther. Ho cannot stop. I will prove it.
Ho loves himself , and ho knows never
theless that strong drink Is depleting
him In body , mind and soul. He
knows ho Is going down , that ho has
less self-control , less equipoise of tem
per than ho used to. Why docs ho not
stop ? Because ho cannot stop. I will
prove it by going still further. Ho
loves his wife and children. Ho sees
that his habits arc bringing disgrace
upon his home. The probabilities uro
they will ruin his wife and disgrace
his children. He sees all this , and ho
loves them. Why does ho not stop ?
He cannot stop.
* *
If n fiend from a lost world should
como up on a mission to a grog shop ,
and , having finished the mission In the
grog shop , should como back , taking
on the tip of his wing ono drop of al
coholic beverage , what excitement it
would make all through the world of
the lost ; and if that ono drop of alco
holic beverage should drop from the
wing of the fiend upon the tongue of
the inebriate , how ho would spring up
and cry : "That's It ! that's It ! Rum !
Rum ! That's It ! " And nil the caverns
of tlio lost would echo with the cry ,
"Give it to mo ! Rum ! Rum ! " Ah !
my friends , the inebriate's sorrow In
the next world will not be the absence
of God , or holiness , or light ; it will
bo the absence of rum. "Look not upon
the wlno when It Is red , when It mov-
cth itself aright In the cup ; for at the
last it biteth like a serpent , and it
stingeth like nn adder. "
When I see this plnguo In the land ,
and when I see this destroying angel
sweeping across our great cities , I am
sometimes Indignant , and sometimes
humiliated. When a man asks me :
"What nro you In favor of for the
subjugation of this evil ? " I answer :
"I am ready for anything that Is rea
sonable. " You ask mo , "Arc you In
favor of Sons of Temperance ? " Yes.
"Are you in favor of Good Samari
tans ? " Yes. "Aro you in favor of
Good Templars ? " Yes. "Are you in
favor of prohibitory law ? " es. "Aro
you in favor of the pledge ? " Yes.
Combine all the Influences , O Chris
tian reformers and philanthropists !
Combine them all for the extirpation
of this evil.
Thirty women in ono of the West
ern states Dnnueu toKotlier , and with
an especial ordination from God they
went forth to the work and shut up
all the grog shops of a largo village.
Thirty women , with their song and
with their prayer ; and If ono thousand
or two thouhand Christian men and
women with an especial ordination
from God should go forth feeling the
responsibility of their work and dis
charging tholr mission , they could In
nny city &hut up all the grog shops.
But I must not dwell on generali
ties ; I must como to specifics. Are
you astray ? If there Is nny sermon I
dislike It is a sermon on generalities.
I want personalities. Are you astray ?
Have you gone so far you think you
cannot get back ? Did I say a few mo
ments ago that a man might go to a
point In Inebriation where ho could
mt stop ? Yes , I said It , and I rclt-
rate It ; but I want you also to undor-
.tnnd that whllo the man himself , of
ils own strength , cannot stop , God
can stop any man. You have only
\n ' "JX.JUPM " of the strong arm of the
Lord uou miiiitui.j , .
* * ann you.
Many summers ago I wont over to Now
York ono Sabbath evening our church
lot yet being open for the autumnal
services I wont into a room In the
Fourth ward , Now York , where n re-
Iglous service was being hold for ro-
'ornied drunkards , and I heard a rev
elation that night that I had never
leard before fifteen or twenty men
standing up and giving testimony such
as I had never heard given. They not >
only testified that tholr hearts had
boon changed by the grace of God , but
that the grace of God had extin
guished tholr thirst. They went on to
sny that they had reformed nt differ
ent times before , but linincdln'toly fal
len , because they were doing the Whole
work In their own strength. "But ns
POOH an wo gave our hearts to God , "
they snld , "and the love of the Lord
Jesus Christ has como Into our soul ,
the thirst has all gone. Wo have no
moro disposition for strong ( 'rink. "
It was a now revolution to mo , and
I have proclaimed It ugnln and again
In the hearing of those who have far
Bono astray , and I stand hero today
to tell you that the grace of the Lord
Jesus Christ can not only save your
soul , but suvo your body. I look off
today upon the desolation. Some ot
you nro BO far on In this linblt , al
though there may bo nn outward Indi
cations of It you hnvo never stag
gered along the street the vast ma
jority of people do not know that you
stimulate ; but God knows , and you
know ; and by human calculation there
is not ono uliunce out of live thousand
that you will over bo stopped. Bo-
wuio ! Thcro nro some of you who
nro my warm personal friends , to
whom I must say that unless you quit
this evil habit , within ten years , as to
your body you will Ho down In a
drun'tard's grave , and a's to your Im
mortal soul , you will * Ilo down in ft
drunkard's hell I It Is a hard thing to
say , but it Is true , and I utter the
warning lest I have your blood upon
my soul. Bo ware ! As today you open
the door of your wlno closet , lot the
decanter flash that word upon your
soul , "Bewaro ! " As you pour out the
boverngo let the foam nt the top spell
out the word , "Beware ! " In the great'
day of God's Judgment , when a hun
dred million drunkards shall como up
to get their doom , I want you to tes
tify that this day , In the love of your
soul and in fcnr of God , I guvo you
warning In regard to that influence
which has already been fait In your
homo , blowing out some of Its lights-
premonition of the blackness of dark
ness forever.
Oh , If you could only hear Intemper
ance with drunkards' bones drumming
on the top of the wlno cask the dead
march of Immortal couls , you would
go homo and kneel down and pray
God that rather than your children
should over become victims of this evil
habit , you might carry thorn out to
the cemetery and put them down in
the last slumber , waiting for the flow
ers of spring to como over the grave-
sweet prophecies of the resurrection.
God hnth a balm for such a wound ,
but what flower of comfort over grow
on the blasted heath of n drunkard's
sepulchre ?
Women I.lvn Longi-nt.
Women are said to bo longer lived
than men. Among centenarians the
proportion of women to men Is almost
double. There are In this country 2,583
women who have reached the century
mark , whllo there are only 1,3)8 ! ) mon
who have lived so long. In Franco
seven out of ten centenarians are
women , whllo In the rest of Europe
there are sixteen women among twen
ty-one centenarians.
WORTH KNOWING.
A Kansas soldier , In n letter home ,
tells how "General Otis came along
ono evening , and when the mon had
stopped firing for a minute , said :
'Well , boys , how nro you coming ? ' On
ly a few of the men knew him , and
one of them said : 'All right , pard ,
how's yourself ? ' Another of thn boys
that know General Otis told him to
shut up ; that the man was General
Otis. The general overheard him , and
said : 'That's nil right ; pard Is as good
as general tonight. ' "
Strangers sometimes mildly wonder
what newspapers or sheets of blank
paper arc tied on the windows or bal
conies of certain houses for. A sheet
of paper thus arranged Is a sign mean
ing that there are rooms to rent In the
house on which it is displayed , and Is
just as significant in Us Import as
three golden balls over a pawnbroker'a
shop are In other countries. Mexlcar
Herald.
"I am sorry , " said the magazine ed
itor courteously , "but wo nro not ac
cepting nny short stories now , " "But
the scone of this story , " snld the con
fident contributor , "Is laid In a place
that- nobody over heard of. umi Is writ
ten In a language that no one can un
derstand. " "Then '
why didn't you say
so before ? " exclaimed the magazine
editor , ns ho grasped It eagerly. Life.
Count Sorglus Tolstoi , the second
eon of Count Leo Tolstoi , who has
thrown in his lot with the Doukho-
bortsl , is now located in Winnipeg ,
where the most important of the set
tlements is situated. The count Is
looked upon as a kind of leader , and
ho has so far realized his role as to
sot his fellows an example of uncom
plaining fortitude.
Yawns nro excited by improper
noratlon of the blood , and are akin
to the unconscious , tired sigh. BJth
are evidence of mental fatigue , and
sometimes are symptoms of brain dla-
ease.
