OTES SND COMMENTS ff Since the race is evoloving, Ae M itiies, of one civilization bec the vices of the next. Habits hich F/found acceptance among ancient H Grceksind orinontals are taboo Toss, And the usages of to-day pass in favor of a better to-mor- row. ‘They pass so palpably and ‘Petently, often so swiftly, that it is easy to see them go, and none more so, perhaps, than alcoholism, - Although the flowing bowl still con- tributes incaleulably to the gayety of nations and the pleasures of men, there are many and no uncertain an amusement and a Y ‘ity, and even then perhaps fall a little short of their ideal of real happiness. j Dr. Archdall Reid, who happily is in the front signs that the race is evolving out} of the stage when drink is counted help. When of Valhalla rank of scientific }j Better Not Enter “Thou iniscatone endure tieanese as a see Idier of Jesus Christ.”’ aks 8. It is r hardshiy and not ease that attracts men. Those who have the capacity for ‘greatness crave great things to do and they are willing to bear the pains and Bayebone t in- Comm who of the heroic. the youth’s enthusiast for deeds o' e willing of hi, ae full ‘ving we ae eas ae if our loo not thon ht oof eat ortg ea and wo do not feel the impulse and“de- men, has shown that in the old days fa drinking bout did not interfere with the labors of the chase, which |§ soon effaces its inconvenient effects. ‘And in the next stage when men were farmers and worked by rule of thumb methods they still could in- dulge copiously without working a whit the worse for it. The crafts- he had many holidays and leisure periods when le could turn to his cups for almost unlimited debaucheries. Of course it is far difforent with the twenti- locomotive driver or and big money losses to boot. That is why these professions are prac- tically purged of inebriates. There hhas been a big advance toward so- briety among seamen, too. For the owners of the costly modern steam- ers teeming with human lives bea laden with expensive cargoes ¢ rot afford to take the risk of oe crews. It is the same in all the oc- eupations of these latter days: Ey- erywhere is delicate and costly ma- chinery which miist be worked sy: tematically and regularly, and this needs a steady hand and-a clear head. Everywhere are demanded the order, the stability, the acute- ness, the foresight which tipplers cannot supply. TF Tt is only in belated lands that ‘even a farmer can imbibe his whis- key and other intoxicants in the ol way. He can do it because he uses desperately old fashioned tools and tuethods. In indoors, and they are nearly always se@gatary. ‘The machine moves for them. They need more oily their hands, and these with much exact- ness, and their minds, and those with much intelligence. While there are exceptions, to be sure, in the unusual instances, the hard drink- ers are sunk ty the lowest levels of sociaty, ‘the ooze which defiles our dainty civilization.’’ Nine-tenths of erime is attributed to drink, 25 per cent of poorhouse inmates trace their low estate io the bottle. “The most prolific of all the causes pauporism’’ is Booth to be drink. Bernard Hough- ton, who has made faithful re- searches, finds ‘‘the general mor- tality due to alcohol much exceeds | § the figure of 10 per cent. of the to- tal deaths.’’ The insurance com- panies support him in his decree which goes to indicate tliat the strong, the self-respecting, the rep- resentative types of the race have evolved out of sleoholism that the coming» race will be sober by ‘na- tur pa MVR See a KHEDIVE OF EGYPT. Abbas II., Khedive of Egypt, is ne of the 10st progressive and en- lightened of for ruler: 'as- harem. His] # Circassian ie! ion permits the Khedive four wives, “but Abbas content ‘with one and is passiona! “The Sat all hoe to cultiva' nine in bre: modern working ar-|mean to us. rangements ag laborers are often |" of | stated by Charles IL., like his father, is|e¢ ve of money is the easiest fe ite. is only seventeca miles in ue adth. THE CALL OF THE HEROIC If You Are Afraid of the raid of the Sword You Had Christ's Service. ing, as long bs it invites men with Fromises of e: great w her tasks that will ee a dearly, ” the will flock to its banne: fairest ideals. men, It says to the f|Jt bids men lay down their live thing to re the ite at the|and selfishne: dif to the Christian thie is a call to the heroic; it is the imper-| * slipacoh ihe heavenly, vinta te) bide men do hard things, give up, plea- d least Set out to save the weld =< TRICK THIMBLES ‘URRIEDLY unfolding the note which _ Nori just brought a “To see Majesty Queen Nan © cour! In. the anaes audience Thasabes ot the boat oe MAGICIAN DAN ‘The alae eae apne her hands nice of Brother ‘ ve our share in them. _ |? snatel teh the prizes offered for some| lee. 3t w ver Z Pease Gf any race is that it|slight violation of conscience. es oe “emuse. her, wh inkle naa kept her ortel co will go on worshipping ‘ worthy| IT CALLS FOR FORTITUDE | the hou ttle hkraete ates heroes. Christianity has oe most . comfortably on ee couch, to await the valuable to the world and most vi-|*° stand for things that are high, coming of the “magician.” Dan could tal within itself in the measure that | '° be willing to be called fool for! qo such’ wonderful (coke. cuatiato Wall t Der heen-ereliginn ot esr ror-| some deed of faith, to choose the Senta a tanteae Site oie lide bean shevalowing on | Uaeaae, prized of honor end Gran) i Fromatly. at, tie ndur, appoktel Dan thsi Eee cblofor: the per aad right where men are struggling) eppeared at the door of the sitting sey gh ies uaerificial: life’ fcr the prizes ane perish. ‘oom, and bowed prototntiy Nan, Ne Se ane ea ried thot If, Cals for courage. to do-the | hee Ne Jett th ras momtiont: $ i Christly kind of service in this| Feturning with materials for his tricks. cold and sterile aspects of its philo- Soria ‘ a Raising two thimbles in the air, he cod: scphies. The theoloky of Christianity, has tended rather to invite cow to ats Saiet it has said to men, of atk of hell believe these Statements and you will have NOTHING MORE TO FEAR. But the fact of Jes hai sophi atu factitious forms of righte- om! understand any e been svayed | © vision ab Jnnirious ‘fittings, but by the sacri- cial service they are rendering so- a ng as religion is a hiding oS Pay the deserts of wrongdo- s of Nazareth|"* he ennoun ter ing t needy is sterner than) THE PERFORMANCE BEGINS scattering 3 a few teardrops aver ¢ the slums. man can tak e part “Your majesty, the performance will aethe: see sued without ae an| begin with a mystifying thimble trick. enemy of the oppressor. ‘ou will observe the thimbl en: The cross his followers must bear| frely empty. Now 1 shall place @ cork a real one, not of sighs or senti ento, but_of the hatred and op an such ever will find the s spiration of their ‘iving in the grea’ hero of Nazare' HENRY F. COPE. fother thimble I put ot top of the one Saaae of | those (which covers the pellet. Presto, used to fatten by wrong while the} fhanger 4 mAh of the right stood complac-} | Dan waved his magic wand in the ntly by. It is the cross of being| Si", made a few mysterious gestures oid a fool because sou Sioheg HOW THE COIN DISAPPEARS and “3 announced: now rneath the lower thimble t im the inside of the upper thimble."" jure enough, when he raised the top thimble, there was the pellet, while bottom thimble was empty. OTHER ASTONISHING FEATS Amid great applause Dan went on with erg next feat, On the table he laid a square piece of paper ae an it placed a coin. he f paper under the yikes as be- magician bowed low in acknowl- val, be- actly ddl. ‘Then, with a few a fluttered the ‘The coin was is rats performance ly eald Dan, as he produced a FOLDING THE HANDKERCHIEF filled almost to the rim with ink. To prove that it was really ink, he dipped @ visiting card into the fluld; but when rehief over the glas: magic words, the peaaleretiet instead of ink, the glass comataba cick wateb it wilee My ease ti a Nan with astonishment. Nor did she ar aecig recover sufficiently to thank the magician for = kindly = tertainment, as Dan bowed himself o} loor. “I only wish I knew how he did those splendid tricks,” she murmured to Ler- elf, Perhaps you would like to know just Bo that when the thimble was raised the pellet came up with it, There was also a cir- cular plece of cork (d) inside the upper. thimble (B). ‘This plece-had a little hole pellet might not rell throu: (@) in the cork ledge. Of course, after GOBLETS FILLED WITH "INK" He nner tne was in position, tt 6 thim= bie so eth! the pellet woul roll out. | ‘The second trick was accomplished by; haying scious oles tte pastebo: (@—with exactly the same circum! ence ag the mouth of the glass—resting! glass and the paste~ board po which ahs lay. COIN CLINGS TO BREAD efora beginning the handkerchief the bi the fort n= rolling the handkerchief turned tow: is audience the si e handker- chief opp 0 that upon which the coin clung. ik ly was not used in the last experiment. out the black cloth, concealing it within the handkerchief, a Ee IN KITCHEN PROMINENT FEATURE 10 ENGLISH KITCHENS. NY Cooking, Washing Dishes, Prepar- ing of Vegetables Done hy Electricity. y up-to-date English kit- it THE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, oct. Lesson LY. The Joy of Forgivencss. Golden Text, Psa. . Blessed—The word thus es in th the same degree of inward spiritu- al joy as the word in the New Tes- tament beautitude has come to In -1, “Blessed ib words ‘ ‘fortunate Bett a to- ‘Transgression ward the laws of Jeh Sin—Failure, seetaginine: or moral CEE y: 2. Moral merieni: that i tive wickedness. We mute the three different torms used t» describe different aspects of sin Correspond- ion for the Seeneeenccr 0! (b the Hovering from and (c) the canceling of a withholding of a “debit entry against the sinner by Jehovah who imp) eth ae pee No- guile—But,on the-contrary, Portact erent which is set forth as undamental forgivenss. 4, Kept Lae he ef, capacit; ‘ar My moisture was changed — The e| vital sap and natural freshness of he body, as men as its solid frame- ai were consum 5. This verse ydgscrlien, as it were, e the cessive stages of the presi of td: is—Because of this, be- epi Jehovah is a Aaeee ‘and cs and oe now we ought eis uy an pppeaaty a cp >The Pacsance between what we we Si est be might ace WE coupiawd aud uaed pa debt or rather the| 4, mat | 9, condition of | row found—Or, “a the time of finding out’’ s 7. Thou art my hiding p icyie (eluniver apres metaphor the grateful recognitio i r me should speak than of him; hence ae use gig the second person in these omp: me Be NGE aaale js| Various: machines, ai work the writer guarded from danger in| Which was wont to take-up much the secure hiding place which he valuable time and cause a Spry: has found, but here also as it were| ment of persons to so spend he a uccirsled arith string of mu-|time is accomplished ia eee sic and songs of del: small space, 8. I will instruct esayatorel t is said by those who are sup- himself becomes the speaker, re-| Posed. to know ‘that. the; electric By pig ges eal, {stove now being used in Englan -| promising bie suseeveiion: coun- of the greatest triumphs of sel, and guidani eu ‘hat it reaches the With ate perfection for ordinary mine ey: << upon thee—Th word of divine counsel, togethe: e of Jehoval hi of life security ai Be ye not—The ene 8 ex: hortation begun in verse 6 is re ned. This verse points out speci- wins men to himself by the com pulsion of kindness and lov Else they will not come near--Or, that the; near. thy aotennl Helle arsher methods ol eave. P: hi ‘| dealing for the wicked, with ‘whom a chastisement and t] compass him ent injury. phins ever een joice, ye righte péalmist suvited: ‘all oa eee A Watch asa Compass a ‘der whose direction the first wa ich he made, watch may also be used readily fora compass. t the hour hand to thé a the south is exactly haltway between the hour and the r Agure XII on the watch. [or Instance, supposing that it is 4 o'clock. pe Hass F indicating fo four to r — ‘How Ae ——‘Humph ! eir ‘gracious heavenly pent hen thou mz: The, setonets vise again i ses in etal Airs the kindliness and seasons of Jehovah’s guidance, who es not drive or compel, but canter sor- rows or ane Bice to the life ee e his por- ion, ‘still God’s loving-kindness shall not fcraal him, but shall evér from any real harm or perman- Be glad in vehovah, and re- us—In verse 6 the godly persons experienced tl of sins forgiv- A oh te join him in eaeceeae and| Aer Ditterent States eee of Fin praise, exhorting them cial Difliculty. shout for joy a’ is prompted to| In a book called ‘“The' Future of ci by the gladness which at this| Germany,” tate Councillor Ru- moment fills his soul dolph Martin, recently published, tio: was ge baw yeh yyn and] Tn man. chens pce, is the most pr ane g|inent feature, and those who have adopted it in the numerous phases n| As a ti tive it is said to have no equal ia iseil tor. wanking pa boeling potatoes, cuttin, and ether vegetables, Receaek Stes and for ther purposes. Small mabhors ete abate atte ie of : ooking i pes peered eee being no sm est) By the ete ae. of a switch “Jan aaciris kettle oan, He brought to boil i Bie five to minutes. A chop in an me , ly bert time ill to a FS any aunell or annoyance of bur ae EDWARD RESPONSIBLE. inside an electric heated separately, f i the mere ee on power given point. When t the cooking is over, another svitch is turned and the range in- iti ed. the range fever in England ay Tasielling an electric stove me his new yacht and Rumors as to the people, put them in their kitchen all establishments gradually fol lowed the lead, and now electric eriailees Bees in asian GERM AN oa AS 2 > KINGS. paniaiee its 6 of cate mignon their ring monarchs. ere are 22 ruling monarchs in own fact that the “oivataal states of the empire maintain their own separate governm Geri Possesses | the federal character of the German empire could be abolished, an eco- $201 ie 000,000 per annum wou ad be rendered ‘possible, so that the financial GSiheattoes of the coun- try would be solved at one stroke. Kitao Dines Like a King ey eaten himsel elf to sleep, he eaten it But his * eobepantsn, Matou, the cat, WENT PLACIDLY TO SLEEP was dissatisfied, The idea of taking & She had go! ne not mo! FASTENED THE SAUCEPAN after her, aeeles gp2d_helter-skeiter along the byw reat was hie fright that at aid not reallae wh joing Ww DROPPED THE PULLET pan, he dropped the chic! And this dainty fell Sehe into the saucepan tie to e cat's tail. Away fled Matou, more frightened than ever. ‘This time je directly for the ymé¢ of her master, tao was astonished, indeed, when Sst tppenred. Srayriae Cabad her the pullet in a sauce “The gods have prayed me with din- ner!’? cried he, And as he proceeded to PROVIDED WITH A DINNER enjoy this feast he remarked, with pullet is fit for a king to dine he know with what truth. ents. more than a hundred Veabinet minis- ves a heavy finuncial sacrifice. Councillor Mar the barriers between the sep: in maintains pe B | quitor states were swept away; fe) it Catching the Robber I. BROWN Jooked into the great GREAT WAS HIS WRATH ‘he caught the rascal, Mr. Brown heard But the boy ran the eid mat ing over FELL HEAVILY ground, Mr. Brown gave up the chase, But he did not give up his plan for punishing the boy. He was even more ‘ore. he had thought deeply for some elded whut to do. PLANS REVENGB Bowing the shutters of his window, he. per oe After Naber silvers Seow ae to e that me r, the naughty, fellow stole toward the les. en, as he released tho staple which fastened the lid of the box, a strange thing happened. ‘The td flew backward THE BOY SHOT UPWARD he was shot upward through the air, right Into the hands of the angry an who was walting to receive ring: bust Gone its work faith. at happened without @ great deal of trou ‘ble, can't you’ ‘Treasurer of Baking apeseatire s Legend on D. gn the door leans into ihe me iv te office o} treasurer of 0 of f the Havtiata Coarecsons baa ing geek Bh be seen te card, on which comers a are these a) atta: “Keep Smil-' ) ing.’ Ask the treasurer the significance of the: p' and he will say simply : “Just kee cn smiling. That makes everything easy, That's what are good, un- feigned, sincere smile is a veritable battering-ram to knock hard things cut of the way. Sometimes I smile out loud, all to myself, when I run against anything hard; and ‘the in- or. take it that ue will smile as aie read the card, and I want them to continue the ce while | in_here!’” He tells of @ visitor who came to see him last winter, a Scotchman, who ha peers ne dia ae the army y dear sir sud the visitor, “te am seer ict fen hoartily. Many ere ago, when the lagu I was in Cal- d sick. ere with ue patients I was ery sicl died, ot ee @ man came around with one of the doctors to measure the fay. And it happened exactly ashe ex- ‘t's easy for a man to get in the eted It would. swift class if he’s on the dow Barly next morning Mr, Brown aros@ grade. “JUST KEEP SMILING.”* bodies. As they fini: ie SeC-) —_—i A Fair Exchange EVER before had Willie been In N the country, He fell Into rap- tures of delight over mani but ot all did he samire. r ee calf.” rds hatch out more quay “than ony others; they re- quire only ten day The iareeat Seat in n Europe is the rater, in. Vienna, measuring eigh- ty square miles. ate riers die" for you,” oxtlain: ately like your ee a much better as they are.”