Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 46, Number 1, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 September 1903 — Page 7

Veeklu Courier. C. DOANSS, Habit eher. IABPUL 1Tl I I INDIANA.

THE ARROW-HEAD. iwp cradled in Ihr I ' el y. Lour loat. It eeuxiy hU'I uk.iy Willi winter, auramer, i aaaed it o'er I i: ;h l wi- a lnji.dr 'l .ir: , .r more; While -u:i! : Into ak.- upri-ared; While rood b, rl t ! land was cleared 'Till Klanc ii.; from tin- paleface' lnw II v.i':.-d lo meet tliu world of Now. Anil ei iy sturdy desk It HM, A der-,l ;. hi mute aurprl--W1 finished is tii- -m imM eh de? Tin- alxl' uf the primeval lade? The üitr' nhrlll Mtort the turkey's call? The Indians' measured autter.il? The morcuNln, the topper face, Tli- Wf. whoop, and Hi - h t rlt. .1 grimace? Terchance. could Itut thy tal- be totta NM wrinkled RrTOW-nakCT, old. Another Miiire-halm'.- fire. Close crou iilng by Iii- wlKwam fire. With pall-nt lhiir, CBÜp by hli Blow wrought tin e i.ii li. end tdatOi nd tin: And vtrldlnK over trunk and brook A Hiawatha curaeui.d took. Th mind may paint, but cajinot irive The breath to m. ike It. aWafei live. Oone are the hands that shaped thee ee; !!. la th" warrior and his bow; Gone Is the qu.iriv and the "ak; Oone are the win. real fereet-folli their own b.-dM forevaf ped; G-ir.e all thy world. O arnW-be4. Edwin L. Sabin. In Youth's Companion. the return of im ALTOONAH. aV Itj J ) ' ) : Ii i ) 1JJ 11 .'J ilJ UJl lt I. fJ ilhii BY LLCY BAKER JEROME. I ASTUKTCII of karren Rand, cactusbarred, haze-blurred with heat; the faint Mm shimmer of foothills on (lit edge of the horizon, and above then grin, 'aunt ri.lces of the mountain lauds, rising in giant chaos, steep on steep. A solitary figure on the ede of the v.i-' -i!' basin of the desert dragged Itaelf wearily tu where the mule team h panting in the dust, and drawing his sheath knife, rut the traces cleanly at the ends. The animals stared dully at him with glazed eyrs, and the Indian, rising to his superb height. scanned the lava sands from under lowering brov s. He had driven fast and tar across those burning sands, and the mules had paid the penally of his (- ip Far to tin- left in a J:a.e of blue steel rays lay the Indian reservation, but only the whit" desolation of the sali depression broke 'he dead level of the plain. The pack wagon, left to ltelf. stood amotion less, an ominous portent an the eye. and the Indian, with a last sweeping glame about him. plunged dogge,jjy forward through the brilliant glare. Within the reservation was excitement, all the more fett becau.-e it was The older troopers w- re grimly buckling on thir saddles in obedience to the curt order to company A. while the less seasoned men and raw recruita were swearing blindly at a government Which would send out M nien for a loose Iudian on a day lll.e this. "He'll stop at Paacas all right." vouchsafed Hinton. a Keen trailer and sure shot, whose opinions were generally respected. "Pascas be blovved." spoke up the opposition man of the troop, Putnam, wr. opposed en principle every statement ihat was made, and who spent his time in endeavoring to catch up with piieker minds. "He win." persisted Hinton. "That girl what's her name? Altoonah she's down there, and Eagle Wind katoWl it. Mighty fine girl she was. too: Btttfl Wind's just loco to see her," he added in lower tones. "Who are you tailing about? That girl Altoonah?" gruffly asked a third Ban, turning in his saddle as he antred easily by. "She's going to be n: !. tried Kirk ham down at the post. Know him. any of you fellows?" The men were in their saddles now, and the mustangs were covering the country with the long, easy lope of the cavalry mount. It was two In the af'ernoon. and the hot, white sand was unbearable. "Jingo!" exclaimed one of the troopers, slackening his rein as he gazed woefully ahead, where for tnllea and miles lay the interminable glistening sands. "I wouldn't take this chase again for the biggest Indian in the country. Why not let him loose, anyhov f What's the odds?" Ib-'d make mischief," responded the r?her curtly. "We won't find him anyway. He's had two days' start. Neat, wasn't it, the way he maneuvered to cet to the salt basin, and then walked "Off?" "He was A Number 1 up to the time he left." commented Hinton, riding up alongside, "but when he gets to Q , lynu there'll be the devil to pay. Wouldn't rare to cross Eagle Wind myef just now," he ended, smiling grtnidy. At seven the captain ordered a halt. : Shading his eyes with his soft cavalry h;it he looked long and searchingly In ry direction. Then he waved a gauntleted hand toward the troop. "Back to the aeservation. boya," he -sal 1. gloomily. The little town of Paacaa lay quiet la the clear moonlight, when a shadow emerged from one of its narrow, 111puved streets only to lose Itself In the deeper shadow of an archway Feeling Itg Way cautiously along Ihe rough, adobe house, the shadow reached a point where it wavered, hesitated, stopped. The musical tinkle of a guitar was audible, and dose nt hand the shvlow. suddenly developed into a aaMCMlar, brav, ay -lim bed India.

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blackness uf a projection as Kirkham and the girl, a supple half breed wltb haunting i.wj of Indian Ore passed Mam, Kirk ham's careless glance swept the shadows m cither side, but the girl's )es sotigiii his ami be tailed to see tb Indian standing like a lone sentinel of fate in the inner circle of the dark, nor did he observe the backward glance i of the girl even while her hand trem bled in his. Altoonah suddenly paused. "Seem like some one listen," she I said softly, with a straight backward glance int. the darkness Kirkhum lutighed easily. He was a j tall, broud-.-hoiildenil fallow, a favorIt with his troop and the admiration and envy of every gl in Uuayruas. His unfailing truthful i ess and sincerity had won for him the title of "Ohl Hoin-ty" among his men, and t'.e M (pialities had found their complement in the grave, simple dignity of the Indian girl, whom his laughing, cordial ways had won. When Kirkham and the girl had passed out of hearing the bidden shallow drifted noiselessly toward the open span s of the plain. For a little while the figure was vi.-ible crossing the sand dunes that at Intervals broke the expanse, but when the moon, emerging from behind a passing cloud, cast hr clear light over the treeless solitude, the vast plain lay white and silent for miles. Three months later two hunters were tracking their way through the rane of mountains that lordered the desert waste. They had been four days on the trail cf a puma, which had lied through tanyon and gully and through the tortuous mountain trails, till, strength and spirit exhausted, they sought only for food and shelter. The elder of the two suddenly utUrc 1 an exclamation. Ba here, Kirkham," he said, "some one's been here before us, and by the old Harry, MOM one s got that puma!" He pointed to where a blood-stained trail led op into the winding fastnesses of the mountain ridge. The earth around was torn and the bushes showed signs of a severe struggle. "You're right. Havens," he said. "I'm with you," he added, reading the other's Intention in his eyes. Somewhat revived by this unexpected happening, the two men tramped sturdily up tne narrow trail. It grew steeper and narrower as they climbed, but as the entire way showed traces of the deadly sTuride which had eievldently taken place, they felt encouraged at every step, and unheeding fatigue and hunger, gradually approaV bad the mountain's top. "I d give a buttin' to know who kilfed that puma.'' said Havens suddenly, passing in his tracks "Why, Kirkham, there hasn't been big game killed in these mountains for years. You know that as well as I do It's next to Impossible. These mountains were made for hiding place-. When old Indian Charley killed that panther three years ago, the whole jkjsi was thirsty for more: but did they ever get It? No. though every man spent every day he could et in these mouutataa, there's never been a kill siiot since." ' -Well, by Jupiter!" They had reached the top. and were staring in stupefaction at a little hollow a few paces to the left. On the rocky ground a solitary catnp-firr1 burned, and on poles and the limbs of trees htispended in a large circle i.round the fire, were the skins of at least a dozen wild beasts in various stages of preservation, and near the burning embers lay the body of the slain puma with its death-wound yet oiv.ing. Not a sound broke the slh rn . Not a human being was to be seen. "Well!" said Kirkham. smiling primly, "you're wrong this time. Havens. Somebody's fired a kill-shot, &nd pretty lately , tco. I should judge." Havens nodded. "What do you say to tracking the hunter instead of the game?" he asked laconically. "We can ambush here, if you're good for a siege." Kirkham frowned. "I don't know." i.e sail uncertainly. "We've passed the time limit: Altoonah" "Oh. say, old fellow, you're not afraid of your wife tracking you!" laughed Havens, comfortably. ' She is Ell right. Girls of her blood understand these things." This lime Kirkham scowled. "I'll stay." he said briefly. They concealed themselves In an undergrowth of scrub, a short distance from i huge boulder raising its precipitous front, boldly repelling, a veritable fortress of strength, and laying their rifles across a piojeeting rock waited in silence as the aun disappeared behind the highest peak in a red blaze of fire. The slow hours dragged on. Kirkham. about to yawn, felt his ami abruptly seized In a heavy grip. With his mouth half open he turned quickly to where Havens was pointing to a solitary figure outlined in giant immensity among the shadows. Kirkham barely suppressed the exclamation which rose to his lips. "By George!" he whispered excitedly to Havens. "Its Eagle Wind!" Havens nodded, his eyes glued to the advancing figure, a cautious band on his rifle. The Indian advanced into the circle of the camp-fire, and with a satisfied grunt, lay down his burden. The two hunters noted the fine deer, and even In their excitement a pang of envyshot through them. Kagle Wind cast a warv glance about him, and thy held their breath. Had he heard some slight sound inaudible to their duller ears" His splendid, mus ular fcvurc semie l to crouch cat-like for a sprint, rnd he femd his deep, burning eys directly uKn the bush clump WtMTt K rfcltfl and Ha.-ns la' tfb .cam. la au instant, the tve riSea ouv-

ered him. Hav- is had sprnaf to all feet, and KlrkLm had Jumped im iiltaneonsly. The Indian, bis hack to the frowning rock, and the light uf the dying fire full on his dark features, dr. v.- hJjMftU til PaWa' height, an l .-lowly folded bis anus. Oaa rifle point wavered. If was that of Kirkham. Ihe splendid indomitableness of that unyielding figure, the undying menace In his eye, the lonely lortressed rag. the sileace. heavy with threatening Issue, caused a tremor of the gleaming barrel, but only for an instant. Kirkham remembered that he was a soldier, and that, when bis superior officer commanded it. his duty was to kill. He gripped the stock morn llrmly. and bis eye glanced along ths rifle barrel in the sight that had never beet, known to fail. Havens, about to demand surrender, heard Ihe slight crashing sound in the burtlM ju-t behind, but Kirkham, hil linger still on the trigger, first saw the slender, moccasiued figure glidiny toward tiM hollow. "Altoonah!" The word seemed tc

die in cchot .s on the air. HaveM Maw I her face, and wondered. It was gray marble, hewed into irrevocable design. Sie- lookad tram the two men tc the Indian standing beneath the towering crag, undaunted, fearless, ma.'.'I. in Iii- calm, and through the long centuries a fire leaped swiftly to smoulder ill her eyes. Kirkham's voice reached her in sharp command. "Stand bai l:. Altoonah! Can't yon see?" The rifle barrels were level, steady. As if galvanized into understanding by the words. Altoonah turned but she turned toward the rock. In another instant she was pressing something into Faule Wing's hand. I he Indian's long sinewy fingers '.dosed upon it. and his eyes narrowed. With a tigerish spring, and carrying Altoonah as easily in front of him a? if she had been a child, he covered half the distance to the undergrowth, and dashed behind a scrub-oak that stood midway. The two men broke cover, and made a run for the oak. Ths Indian, disdaining to fly. waited. Al Havens came up, a long arm shot around the oak. There was a flash ol steel, and Havens grappled with the quickness of UfOOght Kirkham, on the other side of thfl liaa. iay prostrate on the ground. Leaping OTStr the rocks to come to H i-ens' aid. he had found himself pulled sfronn'iy down, and a sof'. .: :n body was holding him with all it Ftrength. He thrust it fiercely aside, and rose. Häven w:. 1 1 gaged in a iatpeaavtt hand--o-hand struggle with Eagl Wind, who cut, thrust and slashed sa murderously with the sheath knlfo he hai so unexpectedly obtained that Haven", unable to get a foothold was thrusting him back against the rock by sheer force of determination and mu-ile combined. Havens was lii-edlng in a dozen piaces, and Kirkham. thirsting for vengence. spraua turiously to his rescue. Bnddenly the Indian, with a last supple twist of his lithe body. BUded i'ke a snake from Havens' grasp, to lind Kirkham's angry eyes confront lag him. With the swiftness of the wind. Eagle Wind braced himself against he great boulder, and Kirkham saw that the knife hung quivering in a hrtples hand. The rifle rose steadily. Kirkham'? finger was on the trigger, when the light form of Altoonah sped across the I ollow and flung itsrlf across the Indian's heaving breast. Kirkham's eyes met those of the girl sombre. Inscrutable. Havens, In the background, watched tensely, feelIng that matters had gone beyond his grasp. Simultaneously with the report of the rifle. Altoonah's right hand sped to her breast, and when the rmoke cleared away. Kirkham saw two forms, silent still, slowly writhing down the rocky face. Altoonah's eyes met his once more, defiant. Inscrutable still, and then the sunset gleams shone redly on the lor.i l. fortressed crag, bawled deep in the silence of the mountains, and the two forms lying calm at its base. Overland Monthly. "a Sovel Hat. Rev John Mathews, who was a pioneer Methodist preacher of Alabama, has been remembered for his strict views and many peculiarities His wife, who was more liberal In her ideas, w as fond of dress, and once sold a bureau and with the money bought a new hat. The following Sunday Brother Mathews, being disturbed at the beginning of his discourse by several of the congregation turning to see the late arrivals, said: "Brethren and sisers. don't bother to look around any more. I'll tell you who comes In." This he did. calling each one by name, much to the mortification of the tardy members. His wife was among the last, and when she walked down the aisle he said: "Make way there for Sister Mathews. She Is coming with a bureau on her head." Llppencott's Magazine. A tiallant (invrrnor. In I! the Southern Music Teachers' association held a convention at Atlanta Gov. Chanler. of Georgia, enloved the recitals and lectures, and did all in his power to encourage the movement. The governor also held a brilliant reception for the delegates During the reception and at the conclusion of a musical number the governor exclaimed with much enthusiasm. "What Is Heaven's loss is our gain." ".lust the reverse, irovcrnnr." cor retted younc lady . "yo.i mean ou' loss is Heaven's gain." No ' said the governor, bowlnft gallantly. "It is Heaven's loss unM! ;-rr. ti nrp toad, then it is our loss." Detroit Free I'resa

Our Invasion of Canada and Annexation Sentiment

T ie Latter Is Not Noticeable Dollar and HE "American i i:asion of Canada' ia no longer a meaningless phrase. It is an invasion in reality, aud one which is assuming such proportions as to cause the Car. i iUns to think seriously of w hat Um uU may be it is an invasion both , o: people and products. Off oaa the borders of the central and waatern states our farmers are flock- i in'ö to the free lands of the northwest I lu win h the same way as they Üockcd to these western states but a few yMrs ago. But a few days ago an old Onadian In Ontario explained the reaoa of this to tue: "These men who are now crossing

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Ing." he said. "They took homesteads whiih the government off"red them free of charge; they have improved then and cultivated them; the country has developed until tu-da.. they can dispose of the holdings which came to I then as a gift from their government and have only to move across the border to get new farms again on the ritt miff terms upon which they got their fit -i ones." Seven years ago there were comparatively no Americans in western Canada. Manitoba hai probably a dozen families from the states. They got in t VTJ V F, W -7 '

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A TENT C.TY CF IMMIGRANTS IN WESTÜtN CAÜA3A. on the ground floor in the Manitoba ' Spain from a sei timental point, with Wheal belt, and to-day they are inde- neighbors from Sveden, fwu Denmark, pOOdontl wealthy I visited at the from Russia, fnvt, Finland, from Ausbome of one of them a year or so ago. ! tria. from everyv here save least of aji He ow ned '2.'' acres of land, had it England, it woulr be easy to spread thit Wall Improved and well stocked, and .sentiment for am exatiou when annexahad that year harvested 67,500 bushels tion means dolla-s. ol wheat. These families were but Then- is yet another element which if the advance guard of tho Invading ',,,.; s sm& part to spread the auarmy that was to come. At the end I va.iun .sentiment That element ia the fiscal year VMC the Anieri.ans in lho Canadians w o come to the States

festen Canada numbered 77 0 1 0 third of whom crossed the border that year. The official figures for the past year are not yet available, but the railway count gives the number of immigrants from the United States at about r.o.niMi people. One has but to visit the western CaBJ. m plains to make . eay to believethe.se figures. New towns are guing up everywhere; iltirs of tents are to be seen near every land office, and in them are Americans. Not exclusively, to be sure, but predominant. From Calgaty north to Kdmoni.m. in Alberta territory, every station along the line of railway has close beside it Its city of tents overflowing with emigrants seeking locations. It is into this sei tion, more than others, that the Americans are going. There are w hole villages of them, villages more typically American than many to be found in our own northwestern states. An immigration official at Calgary, Mr Wren, said to me: "Next year we shall make it lOO.ODO or better from the States. You don't need them as we do. and they are as much at home here as they are south of the boundary line." But are they as much at home there as they were in the States? In this country we hear the statement: "Canada will soon be a part of the United States " The statement is made by those who are not frequent visitors to Canada Cross the line and ask the first Canadian you meet If he wants to be annexed. His "no" will come so quickly as to stagger you, but the chances are he will add. "but they ought to tear down the tariff wall between the two countries." It is in that sentence that one may find an undercurrent of annexation sentiment all through Canada. They are faithful to England; hats come off

to the union jack aa quickly In Canada . ajajaj customs r fleer prevents her shipas In England, but they see across that pnK her products Into this country Invisible line which separates the two without the payment of duty, while ths countries an opportunity for financial I rustoros officer of free-trade England betterment, a market for their enor- does not. so she ships to England. But nous ratural resources The love of her own customs officers levy tribute on the dollar is strong in all peoples, and jthe Importations from England In the I may be that some day what is now ! same way they do on the Importations but an undercurrent so weak as to be from trH states, though in a slightly almost Imperceptible save b Imagina- ' onn degree, an she buys from the tion may become a raging torrent states The custom officer along the moving with such force as to sweep j boundary between this nation and out Canada into the union despite her re- northern neighbor is not a favorite gsrd lor the mother land. with the people of that nation, and if "We bate the best government in there Is no other means of dismissing the or.il. we do not want tobe an- him they may. may we say again, in

nexed. ' fftid Alex MaeDottlld, an old eoteb merchant of Winnipeg, to me, "but we ' w.uit Him nonsensical tariff barrr removed between the two coun-

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tries; we want a place to sell our grain and our lumber. It is that tariff which keeps us poor." That is it. I have heard the samt Keniii.eiits expressed In Canada prac tically from the Atlantic to the Ltd tic. aud if annexation ever comes it will be because love of the dollar has outgrown the love for Englatjd. It wil! m,t be because they love England less but bteatHrl the love the dollar more WW the American immigrant tc Canada influence a sentiment for annexatloa? WIM he grow homesick. Will he wish for the old flag to fly over his school house and his home'. The chances are that he will not unless the desire be born of love for the dollar him as many liberties, as many oppor tunities for himself and family in the way of education and refinement, and as many or more privileges than he knew in the States.. But when he sella his wheat for a few cents less per bushel, and his cattle for a trifle less per pound thau he knows bis old neighbor in the States is getting his love for the dollar may, we say, kindle within him a sentiment for annexation. Surrounded as he is by immigrants from every nation over which a flag of civilization flies, and who care no more for the union jack than they do for the yellow banner of mm. to live, and there nre thousands of tlx DO in 1S00 the tcfal number of native born Canadian:; residing iH lhe United States was 1.01?,'t, or nearly one to Bt e of the people In Canada. They find :i ready Maph-yment, larger oppornitlea for finane al advancement here than at home. and. ss a rule being of tbl !)::, t. . . ment.are pttNM e . n to exag- , gerate the difference when reporting to fl leadt in Canada. A clerk In aToronvo store said to me this summer: "I get Im! six dollars a week here, and have to work three nights each Waal while I have a brother Clerking in a - ire in Cincinnati w ho gets $12 a week without any night work. I am going over there to live this fall." An old gentleman, n resident of a litt! village in northern Ontario, told me ot a young friend he had in Chicago. "He is a brick mason.'" he said, "and he is making five and six dollars a dav over there, while over here he never get better than $l.o." He was comparing city conditlont with those of the country, but he didn'l know it. and was advising his young friends to go to the States for better wages. He was true to his homeland, he would die under the protection of the union Jack, but time had carried him past the day of the love of the dollar. The younger element have not outgrown It. The tales of fabulous wealth across the boundary line to the south are having an effect on those left at home. There is a trade balance of fTO.OOO.OiX in our favor annually In our commercial dealings with Canada. We sold to her last year $125.000,000 worth of our products, and we bought of her fSS.OOo.ooo worth of her raw materials. These figures do not. by any means, represent the ratio In which Canada produces and consumes The figures would be practically the other way If they did. The A inert ;!me favor anmxatlon as a Iai' resort But It will be an annexation sentlr.icn' born pf tbe love of the dollar. WmiQMT A. PATTUlSoX

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la ta latrraattamell aaatratavr II. llH aUama from Kill. THK I.K8SON TEXT. 11 Vet 4:1-11.) 1 Foraamucl. then i l.rlt hath utTerei for u ii taa rth. u m )uurr:ve IUmwIM wltb th m nalnQ- for h that hath aulterta) la ta a at hatha! aeei frees, siai 2 That he By Ion, r hould Uv? the rest of ola USM in the laes lu the testa ' " Mat to taa win of Oed 1 F i ll . un.e pat of our life tn?i autne ua lo have wrought ih-will uf tha Vmi.a nhtn we WHikid In lancivlouwiena. iut. ace of win. revlllna, buiiqu liinf. and ahum;nuD!e Idolatries. Whafwtn th. think it atsangrs that run iiot with tlietn ba tM aaaie sWeeaf ot riot, awaking wil of uu: 6 Who ahull glva un-juut of him that I rdy to Judga the quick and the dead a For, lor thia cauae wua the goapel preached alao to them that are dead, that thty BSlfhl he judged accordlngo mn In the Utah, but live according to od in the spirit, 7 Hut th end of all thinga li at hand: be . ti.en fur i. r, and wa ich unto prayer. I And above all things have fervent eeaxttr aaasaaji reereehrae! for cbarity hall com r the multitude of alna. j Lae hoapliallty on to auotbar without trudging HI Aa every man hath received the gift. ven o nilnlati r the aame ont to another, aa good auwarde ol the n.anitoid greet ot Oed, II If any man apeak, let bjm apeak aa the orailea of God. if any man miniater. let him do Itaaof the ability w huh God giveth: Ihat God In ail thing may be lorltled through Jeaua Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and evr. Amen. t.Ol.OKN TEXT Be ! draalt wltfc lue. wherein la rirna.-Kph. SilH. OUTUNI OF SCKin t'HK SKt TlON. Having Carast'S mind 1 Pbt 4:1Being (arveal ha love l t'et. 1.7-1 Acting aa good ateward I Pat. 4:10. 11 TIMK-Suppoaed to be u. A. L. PLJWt't:- Kome NOTVI AND i.'uMMEXTd. Thia Important part of the New Testament was probably written by Simon Peter, near the close of his eventful life. It Is a hopeful letter of Christian com fort, written to both Jewish and Gentile believers, in the prov incesof Asia Minor, w ho apparently were suffering persecution for their faith. It was probably written at Home (Hastings' Bible dictionary), the name Babylon, in 6:13. probably referring to that city. It is very likely that Peter had come to Rome to visit Paul in his imprisonment, and, as Silvanus (Silas) was going to Asia I Minor as Paul'a delegate, the other i apostle look advantage of the opporj tunlty to send his greetings and encouragiug exhortations to the Christiana I there who were in trouble. The letter ' joes not discuss doctrines, but Is full of practiral advice for everyday life. ' The theme of the letter is "the trut 1 Christian in Buffering " "Ann ye yourselves also with the same minu: i ne nest protection in the world against sin and temptation uffering and despair, is a mind like Christ's serene, patient and unselfish "He that hath suffered: " Suffering oft en acts like a purifying fire, consuming the dross of f-elfishness and sin in a human life. "Revellings: " The Greek word reters especially to village merrymakings, with which wire associated the unrestrained Immoralities of heathen festivals. "The same excess of riot " The difficulty of living a pure Christian life in the midst of OCb vile surroundings mu.-t have been much greater than to-day. Yet in many quarters wine-bib-bings. reveling and rarousings are still popular, and we need to be reminded ; hat stu b raetOBM are utterly out of harmony with "the mnd of Christ" and cannot be indulge!? in without serious consequences We notice that Indulgence in strong drink leads to the whole list f vi. es mentioned here. It is the mother of crimes and the breeder of vices. Saorge Dana Board man pointedly saya: 'As Bearaa'l Pllgrtal is represented in the earlier portion of his journey as alj wtLys carrying upon his back a huge bundle of sins, so each traveler in the drunkard's broad road to death is bearing a great bundle of woes. Among them ar lt.sseg of time. of talent. of purity, of a dean conscience, of aelf-reapect. of honor, of religion, of the eoul. The saloon darkens the family, obstructs business, arrests industry, impedes progress, deranges plans, estranges partners, undermines houses, lowers personal standing, debauches politics. It is the nurse of political dictators and lobbylsta" The true substitute for the evil allurements of the saloon Is cordial goodfellowship among Christian people "being fervent in your love among yourselves, and using hospitality." When good people earnestly compete with the saloon in offering hospitality on abroad, democratic basis, then the evil Institution will be doomed. It thrives to-day lese on the base appetites of men than on the human craving for comradeship good-fellowship. Meanwhile let us be thankful that nore and more the thinking man 1 retting to be "the man for whom tbe world has no room;" that men who drink are being forced out of employment, because all railroads and great corporations, and many private employers who hire men for positions of reSi onr.iblllty and trust, will not risk their money, their property, and human lives as well, with men whose nerves are unsteadled. whose eyes are bleared aoi brains befogged by alcoholic drink. Th moat effective of all temperance legislation Is this rigid prohibition which hi rapidly becoming the law of our strenuous, modern business life PRACTICAL St'OORSTIONH If one is armed with the mind of Christ it will make but little difference what men say about him. If one is armed with the mind ot Christ bis heart will be filled with lore for the bursened. If one Is armed with the mind of Shrill ha will be courageous In meeting evil. The only work hat lasts Is that which omen first In our lives. Aa scon as our pleasures begin tu rule us we begin ta) rue them.