The Taylor County News. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, February 20, 1891 Page: 2 of 8
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Tffi TfflflR CODM 1WS.
JAMES A. IOW1T Publhter iad Proprietor.
ABUJEN - - . TEXAS.
SIGNS OF GOOD BREEDING.
Ccrtntu Mark-. by AVlilrh the True .lontle-
mau .Mas lie Known
The habits that mark tin Inn r.nth-
man an not jm difiieuU to aojuin- as to
iiiwnnt for tin romoarativi'lv small
nuintHT who own thfin. Tln-ir iu-";l'rt
arises usually fmnu'arvlessm'ss or from
a soHWiiu'sn whirh plan's jhtsoiuiI cum
ahead f the eomfort or jrr.it "ligation '
others. I-r imscUlshness li- at the
rMt of the het breeding". -llKhness
it is uhii-h li'ii.lers a man's takimr the
trouble to remember to stand aide and
let a lady precede him in entering or
leaving a r.Mim. hi-h krep- him in h:s
seal while she i. stainlinjr. wln-lh-er
in a public conveyanee r in a
private parlor. He loi-s not reeo-
ni7e the vj)rinr of his actions b this
name. His rciiv is always ready: "I
never 1honrht of it." -Why should she
not stand as v.-ell a. IV" or. perhaps
hanlest to deal with: 'W hat is the use
of lotheriiir about such things.'"
To bi-fin with let it be roundly stated
that no part of tin- toilcl should ever be
performed in public.
.All such operations as cirauinjr oreut-
tinjr the nails piekiiyrthe in-th. reinov-
inr shreds of Iricd skin from the face
or hands. puMiuif out strav hairs from
the beard or scalp should In- performed
in the privacy of one's own apartment
not on the street in the ear or boat
or in the diawin;r-room. Some men
consider they arc quite justified in
yerapinjr and parinjr their nails in the
presenee of their families assembled at
the breakfast table if they preface the
action wiih a perfuuctori . "Kxeuse
inc. or. l'y onr leave." Others d
not take the trouble to apologize even
thus slightly. And without pessimism
it may be affirmed that mih exception-
ally iloes one lind a man n ho will not
pick his teeth after a meal if not be-
fore trucks or in a public n-M'iimmt. at
least in tin- presence of his family.
There are s5U households in which it is
considered quite a touch of clcjrancc to
to pass a -rl-iss of toothpicks as the final
course of a meal.
Abstinence from the above mentioned
""m;i" vices." ami lnn others of the
f.ame school mny be termed the first
step in Jfood breedinir. Such a-oidance
is anions the things a man oujrht to
know and 1 jinietiee. Itut there are
oilier uliviTVinifi's needed to five jfraee
:imi Jinish Jo a man's demeanor. One
of them is the prompt r moval of the
lint. n.-l only when inc.-tin an :n-
qujtiuUiiice in Hie slivct ir i fniuin?
inu the house but at other thr.es in a
horse-car. when lenderinjr a se:il tf a
lady and avhen she neknowledfres the
'kiiwlness by :i bo-.v or word in :ui ele-
vator r hotl -orriir when a wom-
an is present and when kissin- a wom-
an be she n'tf ne"s wife sister or
ilaujrliter.
1'oall these items sc-m such trillesas
1 Ii tin worthy of notice. Yet they
I'i'jun'iTfiil ajreiicies in forwarding or
.t sn.yiiiv " haj'piness of a man's
1 me. of Jlw uouirn therein and of
e. i .. else with whom In is thrown
'.. .t:M-t. Kven if the "bur brother.
' ii'. !-. no; -learly mm the neees-
' f -r hts .w n sake. f ieM"mr court-
- - :u.t he i.t as a "ncssin fein-
?!. M':iknss make a slight sacrifiee
ii-s prsHi:il iiiclina t ions'." - Harper's
I'..;tr.
MANKIND ADORES HER.
The sri .1! oimi: Lady with limn II i-
a J'lejisii.-e Iti Mfi-l.
"1 1: aim-cable jrirl!
she 's si.jjictimes rich but seldom
'alHls.ne. -t w.- all like to meet her
: . this w.ru-a-day world of ours.
sie IIIIM-Js ojC catnlhlllr. does ut j-iish
I U lri-aH sunt catehinjr at one's
l..ml or dress. bJii'il ne with heref-i4--i-
-nqitiries f.r she is in the hirhest
-n! ! sens.- well bred.
-hi is ai.".:iys well lresseil. not ton--pHuosiv.
for that savor. .f vulgarity
' u' her t'res is always in haraioity with
i It Jiiiic and place. oi!ed jloves and
-uirts wilti a frmjre f 'raid that should
1 .ive bc-n rcncweil ;re never seen.
she iien-r speaks f tlie last sensa-
' na" ilivnn- case t the woman who
.is lieen lUifoitnnate in !ir domestie
latins.
If one is ill and my lady calls no dis-ajfrif-bb-
sui.ject is inlrodui-ed that
ill jar -.n the sensitive nerves.
she i-. not imcessnriH' brilliant in-
leed scldiim is. yi-l she always holds"
her own in society not by storming at
it tloors. hut by the keen sense of the
Illness of thinjrs.
She understands the art of listening
ilien..
.My l.ich .ilw;iys Uikes jileasure in
irjtrodneinjf people with like interests
not in keepinir them apait that she
may monopolize each in turn: to see.
others happy adds to her enjoyment.
She meets new comers in the church
r home half way. and doe- not forget
faces when she meets them two days
later.
Her appointments are always met
promptly. If impossible to meet the
einri'jsVineiit she writes a note at once
and explains thereby saving much dis-
comfort and inconvenience.
She never addresses her gentlemen
acquaintances by their first name; that
familiarity is reserved for him who has
a deeper claim than mere acquaintance.
She is well versed on the current topics
of the iluy. ami does not blunder through
a conversation with statement.-. of which
she knows nothing.
She does not inform an artist what
the standard works of art are. He is
supposed to know.
She minds her own business leaving
others to look after theirs. Toledo
I. lade.
A Trrr In th Air.
On the plantation of John H. Roberts
near Kolert.sville. S. ('.. there is a tree
if not destroyed by the turpentine hands
that does not touch the ground by six
feet A pine sapling cut down at some
j.'riHl unknown to the oldest inhab-
itant bulged on the limb of an adjacent
tree. The growth of the tree and limb
gradually closed around it until it be-
came completely imbedded. Drawing
its life from the tree it grows and pre-
sents a luxurious appearance. All trace
of the stump. from which it was cut has
long since disappeared. Chicago Times
So careful is the packing process in
birds that the parts that giind the food
'and act as teeth are placed not in the
jaws but in the center of the hotly in
the gizzard. These parts consist of
small stones which most birds swallow
for this purpose all those that is Which
feed on grain and other bubstauces thai
require grinding".
WR. WflYT'S
WIFE'S SISTER.
By Marion Harland.
copvhioiit ISaJ J
CHAPTER V. (Continckh.) .
"By this time he should ho in his sec-
ond childhood then for everybody likes
mamma." piped a familiar voire from
within the Trench window of the li-
brary. Glancing around with a start
that was not theatrical he espied his
eldest horn established at her ease in a
low chair. Her feet were on a stool:
she wore a white gown and Slav's wJiitn
Chuddar shawl covered her from the
waist downward; her hair was a mesh of
gold thread that drew to it all the light
of the dyiui.- day. May sat on a cushion
in the window and linked Hester in her
comparative retirenu nt with the veranda
groun.
"Ah little one are you there?" said
the fond parent playfully. "I missed
von from Ihe dinner table and mieht
have guessed that you could he nowhere
but here:"
Profound silencn ensued and lasted
for a minute. Hester shrank into her-
self with a blush visible even in the
shadowy interior.
ilarch and May had gone through
orchard and gardens to fetch her an
hour ao. Her father had eat-n his
evening meal at the same table with
her. In the cireuniMances. there was
nothing to say. a fact eomprchendl by
all except the unconscious offender.
"1 think Mr- yavt will find her
t
horse gentle." said '.Judge Gilchrist in
formal civility too palpable to his wife.
With intelligent apprehension of the
truth too often overlooked that confi-
dence in the truth bearer must precede
obedience to his message sho desired.
it IX-. i.oi xi wnii -ri.r niAT
v..- di mi ii:i i..
that her husband and son should like
Mr. Way? 'lo Tdarch she had oufessi-d
her fear that some of the family v;ere
peculiar " and he might infer th" in-
clusion of Jhe nominal head in the cate-
gory. rurth r than this she would 'not
g. With jiioiis hasto si;e picked the
lly out. of the oinnnt-nt. and with holy
duplicity beguiled others into approval
of the article that !- the trade-mark
of "The Church."
Ah. the church! in eery aire and. des-
pite lapses and shortcomings and stains
the custodian of th Ark of tJd- her
debt to stieh devout and loyal soul; as
this woman vw ill never 1m estimated
until the Master shall make acknowledg-
ment of it in the great day of reckon-
ing. When the judire" turn of the subject
and i he -hore" talk that followed
zrramed his iife leisure to reconsider
the matter she discovered that there
was no cause for discomfiture. Mr.
Wait- "v alscnt-minded. -s were all
.students of deep things. Only her
husband was quick of sirt and wit.
and neither March nor Ma had luu h
to say. ft la'e. of th. new pn-acl.er who
was doing such excellent w.rk in the
roiigregatin. March went regularly 'ti
'hurch. and sat In-side his mother
through prat r and hvii.n and sermon
and afteruanl refrained from adverse
criticism. This may have iji-n out of
respect to h' rirl le- lu-d to make his
wife. Yet she dared fancy that the
graver tenlermss f his ln-havior to
herself and the tin Usual peritIs of
thoughtfuhiess that iHvurnd in their
comrratis had to do with the dawn-
ing of spiritual life in his soul. How-
ever much certain of Mr. Wayt's man-
nerisms iniifhl offend her taste ther
was n question of his ability and elo-
quence. That these might be th
divinely-appointed nets fr the in-
gutherinc into the church of l.-r lust
beloed was a burden tliat v.eijjhti-l
every petition.
March had not spoken openly of his
love for Hetty Ailing since the eveninjr
on which lie first avowed it t ! :
mother but in her opinion there was
nothing significant in this reserve. Tne
Giichrisis were delicate in their d .il-
ing with one another never asking n--conwnient
questions. ir pushing co"-
uniuicntion beyond tin vduitarv staire.
If May divined the drift of her brother s
aireerions. she did not intimate it bv
wordorlonk. When the fruit of confi-
dence was ripe ii would be dropped into
her lap. She fef note what Mrs. Gilchrist
had not opportunity of seeing -how si 1-
doin Jletty had leisure to receive March
or his sister. She- was getting ready :he
wardrobe of the twin bos who were .
go to hoarding school the 1st of Octo-
ber. Through Hester's talk May had
learned incidentally that the Way ts em-
ployed neither dressmaker nor seams-
tress. "Hetty is miraculously skillful with
her needle" was Hester's way of put-
ting it. "And so swift that it would
drive her wild to see her work done by
the 'young lady who goes out by the
day.' I work buttonholes and hem nif-
ties and such like and mamma gives her
all the time she can spare from baby
and other things Hut our Hetty is the
motor of the household machine. I
df n't believe there is another like her
in the world. The mold in which she
was cast was broken."
She had said this in a chat held with
her favorite this evening while the oth-
ers were engaged with other themes
outside of the window. May encouraged
her to f:o on by remarking:
"You love her as dearly as if she were
really your sister don't you?"'
"'Ah well:' The loe I have for
-aiother sistors and brothers is a drop in
thtj ocean compared with what I feel for
Hetty! See here. Miss May!" showing
her perfectly formed hands. "These
were as helpless as my feet. Hetty
rubbed me bathed me. ilexed the
muscles for an hour every morning and
an hour every night. She tempted me
to oat: obliged me to take exercise;
carried mo up and down stairs and sat
with me in her arms out of doors until
she had saved fifty dollars out of
her allowance to have my chair built.
Uetty educated me made me over!
r
m
i 1 Era &ANlil I - D-J '
She is my brain the blood of try heart
I don't believe I should havo a soul
but for Hetty!"
The warm water stood in May's eyes.
But the weak voice thrilling with ex-
citement reminded her of the danger of
an excess of feeling upon the disjointed
system. She spoke lightly.
"Oh! your father would havo looked
out for voursoul!"
"Would he?"
The accent of mtensest acrimony
shocked the listener corroborated as it
was by the bitterness of scorn that
wrung the small face.
In a second Heater caught herself up.
"They say that cobblers' wives go
barefoot. Ministers have so little
time to spare for the souls of their fam-
ilies that their children are paganized.
If it wasn't for their wives and their
wives sisters the forlorn creatures
v.o ild not know who made them."
It was a plausible evasion but it did
not efface from May's mind the disdain-
ful outburst and the black look that
went with it. Koth seemed so un-
natural even revolting to a girl whoso
father stoiMl wi'h her as the synonym
for nobihrv of manhood that she could
not get away from the recollection for
the rest of the evening. This was be-
fore Mrs. Wayt's arrival and sharpened
May's appreciation of the little by play
between Hester and her parent.
His departure at nine o'clock was suc-
ceeded by Hester's at ten o'clock and.
as was their tiahit .March and his sister
look her home by the path across the
orchard. The night was- sultry; the
moon lav languid under swathes of gray
mist sin looked warm and the stars
near her faint and tired. Low down
and upon the horizon were flashes of
purple sheet lightning. The town had
kept thi' I'otirih patriotically and the
odor of burning paper and gunpowder
tainti-d the stirless air.
"'I'hv grass is perfectly dry" said
May. stooping to lay her hand upon the
mown sward. "That should be a sign
of a shower."
"There is always rain on the night of
the Fourth of duly" returned March
abstractedly.
Hester said not a word. As she looked
up at the sick moon her eyes showed
large and dark: her face was corpse-like
in the w.ni radiance. She was weary
a. id she had been indiscreet. She
could not sleep without. confessing to
Ibttyher lapse of temper and tongue
and Hetty had enough to bear already.
She had not been so strong and bright
.is was her wont for a month past. It
might be only excess of drudgery over
seeing machine and household duties
but she looked fagged and sad at times.
The phaeton and horse would benellt
mamma and the children when the
vacant place beside the mistress of the
ma use was not occupied by her lord and
master lb got tin lion's share of
every luxury. Poor Hester's conscience
and heart wen- raw and the heat of the
wounds iutlamed her imagination. The
evening at tin judge's had not rested
her. Th it was strange or would have
been had not the long black shadow of
her father lain aeros she memory of it.
The back door of the parsonage s(ohI
wide open and the house was so still
that as March stooped to lift Hester from
her carriage at the foot of the steps he
caught the sound of what was scarcely
louder than an intermittent sigh in the
i.p'ier story but continuous as.i violent
lit of wepiug. The arm that lav oer
his .shoulder twitched convulsively:
Hester suuddertHl sharply then laughed
aloud.
"! Mr. Gilchrist! I though I was
falling! It is too bad to put you to all
this trouble. I hone lonv hasn t blown
ihi-j trot;
llitlelf 1
an-JI
up. He ought to hae come for
"Didn't I promise vour mother to
bring on home safely?" said March re-
asuringly. And. as they reached tiio
hall: "May 1 carry you upstairs?"
The offer seemed to terrify lur.
"! no no! .lust lay me on the set-
tee Sucre: Somebody will be down di-
rcci'y. Don't trouble vonrself jo bring
ihe chair in. Tony will attend to that.
Thank you! Good" night. Mr. Gilchrist!
Goodnight. Miss May!"
Wnile she hurried all this out. a stum-
ble on the barks-iairs was the precursor
of Homer's appearance in the dim re-
cess(Sof the hall lb alighted at the
bottom of the flight on all fours picked
himself up and shambled forward one
hand on his head the other on his el-
how an imbecile grin spreading his
jaws.
Xow. 1 a'most broke mo nake on
them stairs!"
March had deposited Hester upon the
hall louiige and. although jereiving
' - i.
III! I'll.l I It IT TO IMhCIIs. ins cam:
.n. i . ms FiNt.i.iis i.ixi.r.uiNn.
her anxiety to get rid of him hesitated
to commit her to the keep'ng of a man
who was. apparently but half awake.
"l.e me carry you up!" he insisted to
Hester. "Ho may fall again."
"0! Tony is all right!" in the same
strained key as before. "He never lets
anv thing hut himself drop."
A rustle and swift step sounded above
stairs. Some one ran down. It was
Ib-tty. lb r white wrapper was begirt
with a ribbon loosely knotted; her rust
brown hair was breaking from constraint
and tumbling upon her shoulders.
March's first pained thought was:
"She knew I would he 'in yet did not
mean to see me again to-night!"
A second glance at the colorless face
and wild eyes awakened unselfish con-
cern. "What is the matter? Who is hurt?
she queried anxiously. Hester's reply
was a shriek of. laughter.
"Nothing! Nobody! Only Tony has
broken his neck again and Mr. Gil-
christ did not know that it is an hourly
cocurrence in our family life so ho in-
sisted upon taking me upstairs him-
self." "Mr. Gilchrist i very kind!" Hetty's
tone was deadly mechanical; in speak-
ing she looked at nobody. "I sent
Homer down when I heard you coining.
I am sorry he was not in time."
May had.joined tho group.
" I I lWu-"v''"i it I ""'"(
"I hope" sho said In ner cheerywT.'
"that nono of tlje resfbf your household
have como to grief to-dy?"
Iletty turned to her with eyes that
questioned silently almost defiantly.
"I mean of course did the boyshrinjf
homo tho proper quantum of es and
fingers?"
"Yes! oh yes! thank you! they went to
bed tired but whole I beliove.-
"That Is fortunate but rctnatfkablo for
a Fourth of July report" safci March.
"Come. May! Good-nightl"
He had seen without comprehending
tho intense relief that Hooded tho girl's
visage at his sister's second sentence
also that she was feverishly anxious to
have them go. And tho twund. above-
stairs hushed by Hester's shrilL tones
was it low. anguished weopiag? Tho
mourner was not Hetty yet her dry eyes
wero full of misery. His big sou
heart ached with futile sympathy. Ej
what undiscovered track c(ul.l ho faro
near enough to her to inakohcrconscious
of this and of a lovo tho greatness of
which ought to help her bean her load of
trouble?
"Hetty looks dreadfully!" broko out
May at the garden gate. "Shi is worked
and worried to death! I :im amazed
that Mrs. Wayt allows it. To reduce a
girl like that to the level of a household
drudge is barbarous. Sho haw no timo
for society or recreation of any kind. It
is toil toil toil from morning until
night. Mary Ann-the cook mamma
got for them says she 'never saw such
another young lady for sweotness and
kindness to servants as Miss Hetty
but that she carries all the. house on
them straight little shoulders of hern.'
Hester tells the same story in better
English."
She repealed what she had heard that
evening.
March stopped to listen under tho
king apple tree where he had begun to
love the subject of the eulogy. While
May declaimed he reached up for a clus-
ter of green apples and leaves and
pulled it to pieces his face grave his
fingers lingering.
"Heaven knows. May" sin was not
prepared for the emotion with which it
was uttered "that I would risk my lifo
to make hers happy. I hoped once but
vou see for yourself how she avoids me.
I could fancy sometimes that sho is
afraid of me!"
"Perhaps she is afraid .of herself?"
He looked up eagerly.
"Is that a chance remark? You women
understand one another. Havi you seen
any thing--"
"Nothing I could or would repeat my
dear boy. I hit there is a- mystery some-
where and 1 can't beliew it i-; tho phe-
nomenon of sik'Ii a sensilde girl's fuiluru
to appreciate my brother. May I say
something. March dear?"
"Whatecr jmi like after what has
gone before."
"May be "it ought not to have gone be-
fore or after either. For brother
this is not just ihe sort of connection
that you should f-nrm. To speak plainly
you might look higher. 'Strike but
hear!' Hetty is all that I have said and
more. Hut. there is a HohemJan flavor
alxiut the household. We will whisper
it even at half-past ten o'clock in the
orchard and never hint it t Jhe peo-
ple or to mamma! They am nomads
from first o last -why. I can not say.
They have livi-d everywhere and no-
where long. Mrs. Wayt is a refined
gentlewoman but her eyes are sad and
anxious. You know how fond 1 am of
Hester poor child! Still a nameless
something clings to them as a wholo
not quite a taint but a tang! Especially
to Mr. Wat. There! it is out! T.et us
hope tlu apple trees are discreet! I
distrust him. March! He doesn't ring
true. He is always on pose. He is a
sanctimonious (which doesn't mean
sanctified I self lover. Such men ought
to remain celibate."
March tried to laugh but not success-
fully. "1 dissent from and agree to noth-
ing you say. Hut--" Ho waited so long
thai May finished the sentence for him.
"Hut you love Ib-tty?"
"Yes! She suits me. May! As no
other woman ever did. As no other
woman ever will. I have tried to rea-
son myself out of the persuasion but
get deeper in. She suits me every
fiber and every impulse of my nature.
I seem to have known her forever and
always to ha.e missed her."
With all her pride in her family and
ambition for her brother May had a ro-
mantic side to her character. Had she
liked Hetty less she would yet havo
pledged her support to tie lover. She
told him this while they strolled home-
ward and then around and around the
graveled drive in front of the Gilchrist
tortico. and had. in return the full
stry of his passion.
It was that by now the strong over-
flow of an unhackneyed heart.
When 1 marry my wife will havo all
there is of me" he had said long ago. to
his sister.
lb- reminded her of it to-night.
She is not a brilliant society woman.
Not beautiful perhaps. I am not a com-
petent judge of that at this date. She
has not the prestige of wealth or sta-
tion. Hut she is mv counterpart."
He always returned to that.
When his sister had gone into tho
house he tarried on tho lawn with his
cigar. What freshness the fierce sun
had left to the air was all to ho found
out of doors. As the graj' swathes con-
tinued to smother the light out of
the moon the heat became morn oppres-
sive. The gravel walks wero hot. to his
fc( t; the bricks of the house radiated
caloric. With a half laugh at tho whim
he entered the now silent and darkened
dwelling sought and procured a car-
riage rug and pulling the door shut
after him. whistled or Thor and re-
traced his steps to tho orchard. He
spread the rug upon the grass kept cool
by the down leaning branches of tho
arbor and cast himself up.n It. Ho
meant to make a night of it.
"I havo camped out many a duly
night in far less luxurious qu rters"
he muttered. "And this place is sa-
cred." When tho mosquitoes began to hum
in his ears he lighted another cigar.
He was the more glad to do it as ho
fancied once in awhile that the young
apples or the wilting leaves had a pe-
culiar and not pleasant odor as of somo
gum or essence that hung long in tho
atmosphere. Ho had noticed it when
ho pulled down a branch to get tho
spray ho had torn apart whilo May
talked. The air was full of foreign
scents to-night and this might bo an
olfactory imagination.
to be continued.
A Fellow Feeling.
Wife Clarence! I hear burglirs try-
ing to get in at tho front door!
Clarenco (who has been out lato)
If they havo as hard a timo as I did an
hour or two a;0 I pity thatnc -Munsoy!
Weekly.
TBIr-ERANCE NOTES.
A NATIONAL WASTE.
Tho ;:iMirnnus Amount 1'iiiil Out for Drink
In Out- Y-ir.
The liquor traffic of the I'nitcd States
reaches a stupendous total annually. It
was estimated at XMiUMM.iMu pr year in
ljS. and the annual increase of sales-.it
67;.Cihi.o;k). That would bring the sum
total up to alxuit '.r.yuMu.uO) per year
at present. This is a tax upon the peo-
ple -a tax paid voluntarily by those out
of whose pockets it direct "yunm.s. but
nevertheless :i tax. and worse: for the
payment is for no useful purpose nor
docs the payer get any thing of value in
return for his money. (Juit-. the reverse
in fact.
This tot. il. alarming as it is. is not all.
The indirect losses resulting from the
liquor traffic such as the loss of pro-
duct i-e industry the expense of main-
taining t!u pauperism and of suppress-
ing the crime and vio'atioiis of order
caused by it. ct rtainly will make up a
total equal to that expended annually
for drink. This is a tax also; but it is
not a vo!unt iry one in this case. It is
a tax this time on the sob.-r and indus-
trious tax-payers. thos who own taxa-
ble pi opcrty. The cost of the support
of poor-houses. Insane :i dtn:i. poll c
forces courts and prisons forms no in-
considerable part of the burden of taxation-
and the drink traffic is the cause
of the greater part of their cost.
It i- interesting t compare th drink
bill of the Nate n with the entire an-
nual revenue of the I'nitcd states from
farm products our industries of a me-
chanical nature from mining railroads
and so on. which is estimated at ?PJ.-
(HHUKHi.iNH) per;. car. The Nation wastes
this tremendous total in drink ''y
eight years: audit we count the indirect
cost of the tmtiie as equal to the total
direct sates of rum n all its forms the
Nation pays out. because ot the traffic
the twelve billion dollars in four years.
This is a. record which demands con-
sideration at the hands of the American
people. The politics of the Nation at
the present time is p'voted on the tarilV
question and the anti-tariff men arc de-
claring that the Nation groans under an
uiisupportable burden lce.ttis. ot the
duties paid on imported goods. Nov..
the total of duties collected on all iin-
itortcd articles per year is only aliottl
sj-ju.!Mi.tmu. I f this is a "burden." what
shall be si'l ot the :tioiial drink bill
marly ....: times as great H-ryear. Is
it not seven times mr imperative to
redeem the ih-oh'.c of the Nation frm
.
the pay nent of this nritiou ami un-
necessary burden?
The whole auli-iaritr senium nt ..f the
country has been created how. Hy
steady jter-istciit agitation the pr -s-etitaiio'i
of arguments designed . help
that side of the case Her is a lesson
for every man wli realivs the territi
burden of the rum tral'te. and desires to
remove it from the people. The "cam-
paign of education' must be Iiegttu.
Every pulpit in tb laud must citu. -it.
the pcopb m th evils of the drink
tni tlie. :ijj.' the physical and mora! deg-
radation that follows inelulgeuce in the
drink habit. Evt ry school-ro.uu must
be a center for the iiistru-'tioii of the
rising generation in these things.
Every Temperance :idvMat must be
imbued w'.th the same spirit that filled
the apostle; of II. and riots! iim- his
best endeavors for th-- eii!ightcip. .it
ot his neigbb i-s ami !rietid.
Viid ibis work must proceed ujoii two
parallel lines- the one being that of
pledging men to total alHstiiiem-c per-
sonally: the other warfare against the
saloon and all i ri lueseiils.
Ediicai:.ii of the 'H-oplf is the url;
now most needed. Every Temperaie
man has around him. in his own local-
ity an ample field for personal work'
every miuisi-r has a field which is
white to the harvest: and Tempeiaiice
societies and organizations must push
the work in the dar' spots of our kind
- the cities They an to-day "
sir. nigh-!ds of the rum power and. t
is I Here the hottest Uttth of the ciin-
paign mil- b fought We mils; edu-
cate. . I '.. t in i n . until the masses
se- t hi- eils of the rum t rathe. f..V
P.Ia.le.
BEER-DRINKING STUDENTS.
I:mit'!isc Oiiiiiilitii-s 'iiisiiiih-iI :it the
I.itiii.iii I nJAcrsities.
Studi tits in ov. a colleges generally
lend quiet as well as sober life. It is
far d'.Yerent in European universities
when drinking ami dueling are as jp-
lilar as bw.t b;iii at Harvard or .
Mr. .lolin s. NJolii-a a graduate .t the
state r:vei'siiy and one of the bright-
est and most promising young ui-n of
Iowa who is now enrolled as a student
at "Zurich in a recent letter gives an in-
teresting a 'count of a drinking lwe.il
among the students of that school fhe
Icfvris written to his fatheivMr. .lolin
Nollcii. of Pella. In it he say;.
"I.i-i S.itnnKiv the Z.;..m" the sin-lents
sf ct tiiwh'.'l some or lh'- tetUW !: st.iv
in t. U-:..!.. ii.i-l its . ra-:.l i-ntma' tr nkinc
l.t". t wlii.lt r.-5-r.-s. nfittvfs nui a I lh-
!.l; .. el -ipt'-p. lit Sh it '.-riaml former
iii :iif r. '.- i-jae tn tn'.;.' jKi-t. T'wrc wit-
:l.'ti t h hun Ir.-U j.fs.-m .u.l :i "saTM.'u;
ic -lit tii'-v .Imak in -Ive hun in-1 .jn-ls .t
l-.-r. lie-! I- '.wn.I nii't snti-iries if c- rv a
c. .! -...-. o :ii- !wti:UHtr-ii w.-rc ' i .Iruttk
That seetfs i.. ! the fun .; st ta .:!- thi-t
Inula 'r.-.--..' 5Hpii.-;i the sire:- thenpre-
crclo' lv spfi-JH' ln:it to Horr-u wh.-re.thev
nc tifr I-nu'eiJ iii Next day ih'-re w i- !tiM
mr' tit inking ami miic- ot th fellows h.xl t.
! carr.cl off m t-.il- II was a tfisiistitii" .-
t.icic "
After giving an account of the great
niiversity drinking bout Mr Nollen
says:
A'"i'-'4 i went loOha'ji a few d-.ys .ivro. lie-
not. ! Ir M ue U' was ea the tnii.i. as.i N-itn.!
(r'lia:ti In our ihcc..tsiIi.u we lt-.ppi-ii.Ml
to lulu-It ii'N.n tie ah-ohol itie tluti I :isk-t
htm how l-nc h' :h'uht it wouM I"- tn-fore
lLnrope w-.tttl t :i.lo;il trIiihitiott. 'lb ill.
a ver. fei-i'jic is Inititt.' -tcailtlv in t.e;nn
s.t- li.r.i-tioH . Iroaoli-cn 1 cc-iin.- worst-
ci cry year lb sail tint the c nvu-tkui had
h-i-n forced tow:; ;!n ;r..m Nine and wit" e
w tiiitiv thai ' Kitr.'ji.' was po-.nc t utter a:st
i'.e.t:il!e nihi ilinrj.-h a'c-Iml. .- Tn-
worst saloon ri.Meti towti in in. West lis : t-sn
j- r.inrc ur.nlis -eonij atv-t w'Thu.t-o'o.l soak'il
Kmo... H-re :ih-eh"l n .: onlv a Ruic !u a
: nhn r. i-'-.v-'s tn- n'.j'-ci ad ir.iln.fi ( tie-t..i!i'.-s
ae '. th -re is hir!tv a uhi-i. r against
his ah-'ilnte jmiu. r. h.iril'v a rvo"i a 'a risi th
f.-arfiil s.icntlc s he rt-inan Is for hts altar "
This iew of Europe i rather a gloomy
one. but it is probably not over-estimated.
The disgrace of a drinking bout
in which each student drinks six quarts
of l.ecr besides "wine and sundries" and
all in the course of one evening ought
to be text enough for a giod prohibi-
tion sermon. Nowhere but in Europe
would it betoletat'd. American stu-
dents arc happily exceptions to the pre-
vailing degradation of the universities
of Europe. Americans do not take
kindly to tie idea of whoily brutalizing
human beings. If they drink it is gen-"
crally in moderation or if they get'
drunk it is the result of a loss of self-
control rather than the outcome of a
deliiieniti determination i drink one's
self into the likeness of a beast. What
is true of Vincrican stu b:its in th
universities is true of Americans study-
ing art my music iu Europe. A leading
musical instructor recently stated that
of all the American'' pupils unde i.ts
care for the past quarter of a century
he had not known a single one to go
astray or fail to make the. most of this
advantages within his reach. Amer-
icans have still the virtues of a new-
people anil may thev long retain them.
-Iowa State Register.
LONG LIFE AND DRINK.
A foiup.tris.o5i Itvt uei-u Total Atstiin-nr
unit MntliTUtlmi.
When the death of n centenarian is
refHU'teil in the newspapers it usually
elicits from the reporter one of two
comments. We are either told that the
deceased had -n all his life a total al-
stainer fr- a tobacco and alcoholic
beverages or else that he had always
indulged with moderation in those
stimulants (in such statesmen even
if authentic we could not base any
trustworthy inference regarding the ef-
fect of alcohol upon longevity first be-
cause the f.:cts are contradictory and
secondly because they are too few.
The large amount of data needed for
even a jirovisoii.il induction is now for
the first time resented by an English
life insurance coinjiatiy which has been
for some years col!'- ling statistics
bearing on the subject. The Seejit.-r
Life Association which has been in ex-
istence f ! a quarter of a century has
kept t .in records of the ers.ns insured
total absta" icrs 1 icing- classed in one
section and all other risks in another
the so-called general section. Even
from the hist -named category heay
drinkers and j. t'sons engaged in the
liquor traffic ;o excluded. The data
therefore. . ollccteil by the company are
intend..! to afford the means of com-
jarison between total abstinence and
moderate indul-'i nee in alcoholic bever-
ages as re -a it Is the ett'ci t upon lon-
gevity. 'Ihe results of the comjanv's ex-
jferieiice dnritig' the live years ending
December. -ss have j'.;s: been juib-
lishcd. Iu the general sccti m during
that jH-riod six thousand seven hundred
lives were insured; "in the abstinence
sect ion. four thousand live hundred and
twent -seven. In the general s-eetion
the acttT.il deaths constituted only
si-v.-ety-six jn-r cent of the deaths ex-
je ted. aci-ordi'ig to the I'ritish act-mki-ii
s" tables tin the other hand iu
the abstinence section the actual deaths
wcre.mly tiff seven er cent of the
deaths expected. The eviil.-tl-e sii-
jdied by these statistics must b- ad-
mitted to b cogent if not absolutely
conclusive. It indicates that exen a
moderate lir'nker is much les- likclv
than a tot il ;f.s;;uncr to live to an ad-
vanced agv.
Allot!-- r int Testing fact is bron-. Lt
on! !y the iiieiti.-al examiner of this
lfc insurance compan... lie s;ns that
in th. examination of many thousands
if applicants he has found that t.'t.il
abstainers as a rub exhibit a mu -ii
cleaner condition of the tongue rcsein-b.'ifi-'.
indeed that of a young child. His
d nervations have also led him concur
wi'h the late Huron I.icbig in atlirmin'
that total abstainers i tt more 'b.m
mudt rate drinkers. N. Y. Ledger
FACTS OF INTEREST.
Ixtfttiev through the Tinted Kingdom
Alliance shows tii.it of English m. !
at the last election at least thiitx !
prob.ildy iln. are total alistaiit.-t
V s VI ooN-ul- : i: bre.jl.ing .;!.. . . .
in an i-ndeuvor to eon. p. " the m.ivi- to
ss'ie l:at a inn-use i a distressing -; -!:
' ii a city where there arc air. .ely
t;e tltoifsaiitl salooiis. Inter Di -.m.
A (.o.Xi.o chief. lately tried. eoi td
:iim executed for assassination. w;is
asked just iK-fore his death il he w..u'd
like ant thing and s:ti: "Yes. gin In
drank half a lttle and was tie-n sh.it
Th" will of the late .'ercminh !. r
was iroliatetl at I'liitadclphia D i- i
pititHar d.H-uiiieiit. Eigby tf.oiis.se I
dollars is left in trust for his f.mn -
P- vi.led Vhcy shall lead g-dlv livi s
avoid th' ifse of tiilKiciii atvl 15iio-s ;u
any forni. Including cfi-r.
'':tor has a sTatt. law by wfo. ' .i
r-.tilnmd c.uHi:iy that kmvii.g'v n-
p!os as -oinbiet.r. engineer. ir:i. .--mai;
r switchman one who r. . - -toxietitiug
liijitors as a h--vetag'- sb..'!
forfeit not less than three hmn!i-. ' i '-
lars nor iihhv than three :fi..iis.ni.l ! -lars.
with th is st f.rvsfenT' on. .in!
shall nls4i be liah'e fi ilaiitag. s
t.iinisl by rcti'Titioii f stnh cuip'
Mi higait has a similar law.
I otMt tear there weti s-v-nt -.
sand cases nf "ilrutik :iwl ilist.nhr' tt
lasgow. Eilinbnrgh ami F.i p .
Where had these itise- their or'gi'i ' iti
the public-houses of the -s. ..
cities. Let it lie icfiicntbcrol th.i' ! .
.cry i-jv of jnrmitt-d ilrifiik. tin- -s
and dis.scrly i-ondik-t tlu-r.- w:s i
breach of the Ih-eiise. (v utan.x (-
sons were jMtnisIicd in lli snih- in "l
for the enormous ;tuiunt t mis. b. f
involved iu these seventy tii"is..;n!.'
.Just fourteen!
Vot Veeessit ry.
(mternor MeKinwvv of "n-s i .-:
gitcs ;is a result of his expere-'u 1 1
iiiioit th: t it is not at all im-.-ss.. t
as isfoftcii tsserted. for a jmbli.- ni.tu
Irinlc. lb says it has be: hts n-..tr- i-
ble practic to decline all treats in . s
campaigns and believes that iu-ti.idof
losing he 1. is gained votes y his .ii- -neiicc.
Henry Wilson. Vice J'r.-s;.i. nt
of the I iiitcd States and etiat..r f..r
in.inv ears. pursued the sum. cur :
and many another man ha done s.. If
Tcmjierancc men were consist. ::t .i i.l
more generally expressed their d!--t-probatioii
of jiitblic men who drinU . no
of the strongest teuipt:itoi.s to t so
would be taken out of tiic way of in mv
brilliant men who aim at juditi.-al sir -cess.
1'nless he is misrepresented at.
both points the jresent ("ovirnor of
this State maintains tie- friendship of
whisky-i!cab's. while at the same t- m-
juMcticing total abstinence rhonfi it
is bevond our jhnetratioit to u:uh rstaud
how such a thing can be ione. as wh.s-kv-de;ib-rs
n.-vc' love ant viie un'i bu
patronizes thein "m some wat.- N Y.
thristian Ad'.'iM-ate.
1'iililic Nuliiinri"..
What'a jroligioiis amount of anger
I-. evolved when aiiylnidy rises toob'iet
to the too jircvalent custom of e;g.ir-
smokers making a nuisance of them-
selves in public. People who carry
lighted cigars into :! n.rs. i rv. bo set. d
smoke and iishc. into a eel-car from
the front jdatform. or in other ways
and jdaces show that they ::r- not gen-
tlemen uuderst tndqn't - well that they
annoy s. .u.clwdy. Hut they are indig-
nant th.it anvlM-h !...itid be annoyed.
T!:. .k know that tobacco is unpleasant
to many jieoide. ami they are savage
because it is. Th-- fact is that pcoj.h
who resjiect the feelings of others aro
getting very scarce and it is one of the
.-onsequeuces of the mob forcing itself
into :: -.-iidanct The man who can
not ride a ft v. mile ..!!oit the aid of
a bud cigar ought to walk. I'am'a liana.
Rheumatism
Is of twoklndJ ncntean.l chronic T!i( f-;rm(r M
KSjO -npanlM Hy hitjh ft-rpr. anil in trie .iwi.lli.n
J'. Inn there Is Intense p:C.n. which oftf n .inWnly
chance from Ono part of tho bO'tj- to an-ithiT.
Chrr.nio rheumntitn 1 with-iut forer and n'i ?
lerere but more contlnuou-. ami Habit to como
on at every storm or nftor sliirlif. ctpiKur'.
Rhonrnntljin li known te te a it'.o.i' of Hit
blooitnml Hooirs H:r3i:inIIi ha hait crpiit mjc-
COi tn etirtne it. ThH nif.I cun io qutli-
tl.i which nt'iitra'lri ac -lity. auvl purify enrlcb
nii vitalize the b c i.
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
PoWhTuI ilr.ieelt I! 'x r!5 Prrprpt by
C i noon a co. .p t'.-ci-i- i wo" v.
fOO Doses One Dollar
"German
Syrup"
Here issomethme: trom Mr Frank
A. H.tlc. propn ur oi the IV Witt
House. Lewiston. and the Tontine
Hotel Urituswick. Me. Hotel men
meet the woriil ;-.s it comes ami joe::.
and are not slow in siine; people
and things tip for wii.it they are
worth. He s.tvs th-.t l:e has lost a
fatiter and 5eveial brothers and sis-
ters from rulmonary Consumption
and is himself fiequently troubled
with colds and he
Hereditary often coughs enough
to tii.ike him sick at
Consumptionhis stomach. When-
ever he has taken a
cold of this kind he uses Ikwhrt-'s
German Syrup and it cures him
every time. Here is :i man who
knows the full danger of lung trou-
bles and would therefore be most
pari "uiar as to the medicine he tiseJ.
V1; t is his opinion ? Listen ! "1
use rothing 1 it Hochees German
Sy o. and ha e ad i.sel. T piv.sumc.
mo. tlv.u a hundred different pet-
son to take it. They agree wttb
me at it is the best cough syrup
in ' market." j
1 Children
a
&f
miW Grow"'!
m..r Too Fast
become listiess fretful without ener-
gy thin md wea'. But you c.-.n f r-
tify then and bu-ld them up Iy tne
use of
SCOTT
EMULSION
OF PURE COD LIVER OIL AND
KYP0PH05PH1TES
OT J.inu- ;iii1 l:i.
They vi'M taJe it rea-ii'y for it - al-
most as pi'atab'e as m:lk. Ai i .t
shcu'd be -emembercd that S A lt: -itiu:
ok run n idii.iis oitdM ps.
IH BOTH THE OLD AHO YOUNG IT 12
UKEGUALLEO. Amuln.ylti'ntuni si..f- ret
i
URIFYYOilR
BLOOD.
Qui do not uso the dangerous alkaline
Hnd mercurial preparations which destroy
your nervous system and ruin the digestKa
power of the stomach. The vegetable king-
dom gives us the best and safest remedial
agents. Dr. Sherman devoted the greater
part of his life to the discovery of this relia-
ble and salo remedy and all its ingredieris
ere vegetable. He gave it the name of
Priskly &sh Bitters S
a name every on can remember and to tho
present day noth ng has been discovered that
Is so boneflcia for tho BLOOD 'or a
LIYER -or th-3 KIDNEYS and 'or the
STOMACH. "-"-I'S remedy Js now so well
and favorably known by all who have used
it that arguments as to its merits arc use-
less and If others who require a correct-
ive to tno system would but give it a trial
the health of this country would be vastly
Improved. Remember tho name PRICKLY
ASH BITTERS. Ask your druggist for if.
PRICKLY ASH BITTERS CO..
ST. LOUIS MO.
"It Disagrees -with Me."
A common remark. If ou t:l Tutt'
Pllln ni.-:in eat anytliin-r ; liK..i"l !' I
tin bad i-aVrti. Tlif'y act spr.lflrallr n tho
llvcr. Atoiiiarli anil iinni-N -:iit!nc Ir"
llnv ofjeutrio Jtil-' v.hirh In csM-ntlal to
good dij;tiiin and rewjlur bowels.
Don't Fear Now
tier. It. llnrtOIannt.i. Kla. miys: "Ttitfn
Tllln are hi-ld In lil?;Ii n-i.uto u u J.Irr IU-jz-viator.
I hardly l.iiav Imw wo r.iuld jrt
Blonj? without tfiein. Chilli and fever Imvo
lost thrlrdrcjnl. Our people take otic or two
doc4 of the IMllS and follow it with ftftoon
jcruhiH of quinine ilU lileil in threu do.es dur-
ing tho day. Tho chill never retiinw."
Tutt's Liver Pills
CURE CHILLS AND PEVEE.
Prloa 25o. Office 39 & 41 Park Place N. Y.
GOLJ) MEDAL PARIS 187.
TV BAIvlIK & CO.'S
BrtaMasl Cna
it is soluble.
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No Chemicals
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wr!I i. t.rproist In hta.th.
Sold hy C'rncrrn everj-where.
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