The Wingham Times, 1895-08-09, Page 2THE WINGIIA M TIMES, AUUUST 9, 1895,
THE STRANGE CASE.
BY it'll\IFRED SMUT,
We were very busy at St. Alban's
Hospital, Nurses and (teeters were
hard at work from morning till
night, and from night till morning
'again. The severe winter was
bringing its usual aeeompanitlleuts
g a
of starvation and sickness. hard
times and had living were working
havoc; among the poor; the hospital
was full to overflowing. An unusual
number of casualties, at the salve
txme,brought stretcher after streteher
to the aceident room.
The great clock aver the entrance
was just striking six as I threw lily
shawl round me and hastened off
ar -.
across the grounds to the dispensary.
r
Bunning quickly through the snow,
I soon arrived at the door, and was
greeted by the customary growl that
waited late comers.
I am sorry I ant rat in coming for
the stimulants, 1 said, As soon as
could get my breath., I could not
leave the ward before: Let me see,
brandy for No 20 and
when I suddenly heard a door bang.
Without knowing exactly what bad
happened, I shivered with apprehen-
sion
In
and my flesh crept uneasily.
a moment I had flown through the
oe
mortuary and into the chapel,
later The door was shut and all
was in darkness ! had
in a moment I knew what
happened, The porter, supposing I
had gone and left the visitors to him
had turned out the gas, locked the
door, and gone away with them. Oh,
it was. too horrible! I beat on the
door with both my fists ! I raised
my voice in a fearful scream, but
that was worse than the awful silence,
for the hollow walls gook up the
sound, and the mocasint echo came
back to me, as if the dead were
shrieking in their places ! I sank on
fi
l
Y knees on the day. stones and
ll
covered my face with my hands.
The building stood ft1 r away from
Y
an y other; the blusters g wind would.
'
prevent my voice being. heard even
had I the courage to shout again,
which I had not; no one would be in
the grounds in such I' eatber as this;
six ounces of I should not be misse In the ward
little No, 10's port wine. That is ani to should
, be dibein suy pose ,'room off Nurse
I thin.:. 1 Fleming missing me from ,the sup -
Anything fresh this afternoon, ti, g
Hess of her nurses, would serve the
patients from, the stook bottles, and j
no thought would be directed to I
me'• I I
Whether I foil asleep of not have
never since been able to determine,
but when I roused from the semi
o. '1. _ 'Thad fal-
consciousness in I bad
len, several hours appeared to have might be fatal,
, I'm not (Wadi' 1 asleep.ee
elapsed. Instead of the dim light of , It's awnmade r o answer,
the lantern at my side, the chapel eluded, and I i
'ilver xnoonli •lit, In I had been so absorbed in my
d•t1 5 g
w
i 'i
than tell bili
a la to e
a i.
ersanr
in ua
a
t�
plain 1
he was in. Vit. Alban's Ilospital, and 1
would soon, doubtless, be well. He
told me what I had already guessed,
that in travelling on foot through
I the snow be bad been overtaken by
fatigue, and being unable to over-
come the drowsiness he knew well
was floode Ivy 1 . {{
spite of my thick shawl, 1 was fear -1 work that I hatltaken oeco 1 now titeacupfuls (level)of grans- Lti change o of acv-
cold and cramped. with leaning the hours as theyby, l I Two But even when the army ,�
fullyi ! heard the clock ring out six ! Oh, ,1 ed sugar weigh one pound,
so long against the chilly stones. I ; T ll at g ernment employees aro eliminated
was aware that something .lad thejoyof that souno sat St. Albail's ` Two teacupfuls of soft butter (well there remains a large population
hin besides moon-' Sj e kept early hours
weigh one pound. here who aro engaged in carrying
roused and '• discomfort.
I ,and ininufaarryin
at +and at six o'elock we were expected g, l h business a g
light discanrfort. A glance
• d sh • wed me the ; to rise, I should be missed, sought One and one-third pints of powder- enterprises now one of the ,features
sl yhi;ht overhead +i ed sugar weigh one pound. I
i of file city which is the capital of the
One pint (heaped.') ofgranulated nation,
sugar weighs fourteen ounces, As the summer time is largely the
Two tablespoonfuls of powdered 1 vacation season with peopleall ,
sugar or flour weighs one ounce. I through the country, the tide
visitors 15 unusually large. The
Two teaeupfitls (well heaped) of I wander through the public buildings
coffee sugar weigh one pound. and visit the points of interest in and
Two and one-half teacupfuls (level) about the city, and no doubt find
of the best brown sugar weigh one I that Washington is rather an enjoy -
pound. able place to visit, even though Con-
One tablespoonful (well heaped) of gross is not in season.
Measnixements. `season all the world is out of the
f egg trash, vet in fact. this is the ease.
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Ce, i at
1ver�,hs erre oiin considerations to reuif
Four teaspoonfuls are equal to one .dining thy sulnilicr scllsan in �'4'asli-
•.'tie and
tablespoonful. � ing'tan, as well as in oiler, ci s, 4 fid
e sugar weighs in many eases their families remain
One pint of delle g 1 with then. One element of the
twelve ounces, , ; opulation, namely, the government
One pint of best -brown sugar ' e;nployees, enjoy the privilege of a ,
wei 11s thirteen ounces, nnontla s leave with pay, and as a rul(��, („
g
Ono quart of sifted flour (well- I the great majority prefer they
spend
heaped) weighs One pound,. their vacation where tllej. can have
p ) g ` f climate and food.
Soft
butter, the siva o an glen are constrained •• business
Nurse Dalton? inquired the dispenser,
as I busily packed the bottles into
my apron -pocket, in order to leave
luny hands free for my shawl.
Nothing for us, I answered. A
bad. ease has just gone up to Mary
Ward. A poor fellow was brought
in w; good,
evening,
v ninog, d. dead set the
f my fellow -nurses ase the most most sou
r -
snow; acrossd she whi andg ageous and I fear I had been wont
agOif ythe white ground. I to boast that nothing, could frighten
- if
OmeaOff duty at six, T said to myself, of
• dies
S!�L
as I went, I would not go off, only i me, but I had nede
I am so tired, and Sister says I I anything like this. To sitamong
must I friendly faces in the daylight, or be -
At the
eAtte war door h r fire was one thing; to
night alone
per table, would imagine that 1 ha
gone to bed, and wood probably re-
tire without, as she thought, distur-
bing me. What shoed I do?, What
could I do? To ren 1n there all
night seemed imposible, yet how
o get away. I
much more impossible!
moon sailing calmly through the for and found ,
dark, blue 'vault of heaven, sur-' I was shivering anti sick. The
rounded by fleecy clouds, and even man had fallen into et doze, from
as
looked and lfstene the great which I could not find it in my heart
el I struckrtW L six to rouse him, lonely an, miserable as
hourhd lain I of nearly that I felt. Oh, how cold it was! My
hours I had unconscious. in
awful place, The fact did not tend thin cotton dress was scanty covering
to bring me comfort ; 7 felt sick and from the icy air. 'How long would
ill, niy limbs ached ; the black cross, it be before they found be?ore they
touched by the moonbeams, looked DD ould they seeko ar ? World
dark and awful agauist the white thought of the m y o
wall. Oh, to die and'' forget every -they think of the
etm n is os tormat enll ?
thing ! What was thai ? A sound—a How all rah hou through
ed
groan! Oh, heaven'.,, coining from sue, Chasing each g my
aching brain until, at ast, a sound
of key turning in the 1 ek—the voice
of my dear nurse con anion saying,
in bewildered tones, 'S`ie cannot be
here, porter.' Then the whole place
spun round, and I saw and heard no
more.
It was long before !I returned to
niy work. Pneumonia set in, and
for weeks I was too ill to leave my
bed.
Tenderly was I nuised, and much
hat
they were
was I praised for w
pleased to call my bravery. My
patient, I learned, hdd recovered and
was full of gratitude' for his strange
rescue from an untimely end. The
case of `suspended 'animation' was
much talked of among the doctors,
and the medical papers took it up
,and
interest. You .saved his life,
you know, said the ninrses to me, ap-
the other side of that
I bad risen to my
sank back, frozen /vrt'
the sheltering Borne'
moments, silence ;
again. I listened—a;''
—but to my confuse
nner door!
'set, but now I
h horror, into
For a few
then it came
long, low moan
d brain it was
not the hollow, unea'they groan of
the stage ghost such as we are wont
with rat lin • chains and
to associate g
lurid, blue fire, but it ather the groan
of a human creatur in pain. As
soon as this idea to'k possession of
.d
•a e
of
courage
my weakened mm , my g
returned. All 14 nurse -like in -
Nurse
I encountered le fel- e orced to spend .the stints came to my tiid.
Nurse Fleming, emerging from with the dead was another. I' The thought that a living human
low nurse, just the
ward, accompanied by two women,1 At length I gathered sufficient being
creature n fie much
help more, a
'one of whom was weeping bitterly. courage to turn round and try to fine fellow
new energy, and. I pose and
Oh, dearie, . exclaimed Nurse, as realize my position. 4 Oh, how I en- me upm lantern.y1 ex -
soon as she saw me. I am so glad , vied those fortunate mortals who, in pected io find I hardly What ; per -
poor
are come. This is the wife ot' moments of candor and dread, can pe s some workman had now assist-
She
s pet-
poor No. 12, who died this morning. I quietly fade away into calm uncon- haps
with , the new building, , had
She wishes, to see him. I know you • sclousness, to recover their senses only ifallen asleep, e been bus ding, with
. are off duty, dear, but do you mind. I when the hour is past. If I could f alllen and shut in, likeemyself,
taking her? I've just got a fracture only lie down on that cold floor and through misadventure. How im-
i•the Slee g
in, and Mr. Hooper is waiting to at- i sleep. Aye! even if it was p ie a theory this was, did ot,
tend to it; thank you. I nodded a: that knows no waking, how gladly ( robbuwardaabl el occur to fine until .nno
ot,
cheerful acquiescence, and she turned ' would I have done so. Anything I afres and I opened the door
back to attend to her many duties. I rather than remain ;terror stricken and looked into the dark interior.
Taking the women with me, I iwith these dreadful companions. I I At thesound of the opening door oho
went to the room of the porter, who I glanced at the lantern; how long
kept the mortuary keys. With I would it burn? Could. I depend on
many growls he lighted his lantern I its' light lasting till dawn ? I looked
Ibur-
was
itscolCl
still it
trolly,with,
the
a
she at
�,n - us,
and prepared to accompany1
was in duty bound to do. He was den, then with a mighty effort,
one of the many male officials of St. i crossed the chapel, and, seizing the
Alban's who considered it right to bei end of the ghastly carriage, whirled
as disagreeable as possible to the I it quickly into the large mortuary.
• arm
nurses whenever they required his i With as much sur engt i as my i of a human figure could I see. No
services, so I took no notice of his still possessed, I sent it' into the dark-
murmurin s but devoted my atten i ness, and flew back into the dimly British workman's recumbent form
murmurings, gladdened myeyes. I stood still, in
tion to the poor woman at my side.' lighted chapel, closing the door be- I le d. h es. 1 t what was
While she was telling me of the' hind me. that ? Close beside lave not yet placedta
many virtues of her late husband, I Now at least I was alone, with I in a shell, but lying e, the stone ab,
and of the dark future in store for I nothing more unearthly than. white lay a len still figure. ? Oh,
herself and her eight children, we flowers, and a large, ebonycross horror ! g, s looked, fig unable Still stir, ,
arrived at the door of the mortuary. which hung against the wall. Sink- ! haw the white sheet that covered it
1
Leaving us stand there, under a ing down into the corner most remote • saw the -aa long, thin hand pushedreit
lamp which projected from the wall `from the inner. door,: 'wrapping my itself from beneathn and almost
and which the porter lit from the shawl closely around my shiveringtouched me. my former exper
flame of his lantern, the man entered 1 shoulders, I placed the lantern be -fence was nothing to this. x a
alone, in order that he'might bring side me, and strove vainly to think
forward from the large mortuary the
particular body we wished to see;
presently he opened the door again
to admit vs.
The door by which we entered led
into a tiny chapel. It was here that
the relatives of the deceased looked
their last upon the pale, set faces of
their departed friends. The body
about to be visited was wheeled on a
light trolly into the chapel, which
. was kept very clean, and daily be
,decked with white flowers.
As we entered, the porter stepved
outside to do something to the lamp,
which did not burnt properly, while
I went forward with the women and
gently turned back the sheet from
the poor, dead face:
The two women were too much
absorbed—the one with her grief
and the other with her sympathy—
to take any notice of me; so I, re-
membering a poor little waif who
had died in my arms a day or two
before, and thinking I should like to
see him again, for I had grown to
love the little, motherless creature,
picked up the lantern from the floor
and went in search of niy little
patient. It was some time before I
found Bina., and after imprinting a
kiss on the small, pitiful face, went
to look 'at the new post-mortem. reborn,
Which had lately been finished and
'which I had not seen. I was walk -
gleaming
left on th little shelf out-
round,the light of the lantern would b
in
la
til
---and
im tr
thes
t u
not _�. e
but rt
�'lfiaming wierdly on the :white -tiles side,�
which lined the walls and floor,1,Sister, with a sigh r the forgetful-
groaning ceased, and for a while I
stood uncertain which direction. to
take.
Presently a movement at the
further end decided me, and I made
my way slowly round the stone'
ledges,casting the light of the lantern
on the ground as I went. No sign
1 for my un
-
himself
five thousand.
told t fie thing a
the best brown suffer equals one
ounce.
. Washington in Summer.
A LARGE RESIDENT POPULATION AT
TRE NATION'S CAPITAL INDEPEN-
DENT OF CONGRESS AND TRE
GUVERNlniNT DEPART.iLENTS.
It is very generally supposed that
Congress forms an important element f ,Dux eEDOTeE, GEo. recon, Wm a,BBaHi, M r, A. x
in the life at Washington, and when I WooD, A. B. LSE (Toronto).
that body is not . in session , the Cashier—J. TURNBULL.
t
xten
large e
toLila
is
Nation's capitalg
a deserted city. This idea is based 1 sayings
D ipce to of 51. and upwards rece10 to ived and littera.
largely on the conditions which ex- anot,•ed.
isted some years ago before Washing- SPee:al Deposits also received at current
rates of ,r:, nest,
ton attaeted such a large population »rafts o1, Great Britain and tho United States
bought and Hold
as it now has. It should be remem B. WILLSON, AGENT."
bered that Washington stands four-
teenth in the list of cities in the I B. L. DICKINSON, Solicitor.
{ United States containing the largest I
population ; the annual growth for
BANK of HAMILTON
WINGHAM.
Capital, 51,250,000. Ret, 5050,000
President—Jolts ETVAaT.
VIce,Cresldent—A. cx. RAMSAY.
DIRECTORS
parently to console i e , the past fifteen years has been about I
pleasant experiences;and the patient ,
himself has me a sal It is therefore evident that a body
hundred times since hat day, for I yValuableo1 treatise and two bottles or medicine sono Free to
such as the national legislature which 1 any safforor. Oivs Express Tor Post Once address. Z A.
g SLOOUM ONEHRC.rL CO.. Ltd., Toronto, Ont.
am now his wife. contains eighty-eight members in the ; .
i upper louse and three hundred. and ' —
onsuniptjon.
of the ward, with its cheerful fire
and rows of beds with: their cosy red
rugs; of the fun we had had at
Christmas tree; of home, with the ' know. At length, a long,
dear faces I hoped to see when theof never osf h At the white ng,
summer came, and with it the long- quivering
mgt to myself, and I gathered
lips
anticipated holiday. But all in vain ! courage to bend.aver and touch the
My eyes would keep glancing around
at the horrible door.' My ears would
strain themselves to listen for sounds
from that silent room. Oh ! I should
go mad! I could not bear it ! How
wicked 1 how cruel ! that no one
came to seek me? !What was that?
The great clock at the entrance was
striking. One! two !—but, no,
seven ! eight ! then silence. Only
eight o'clock! Only two hours since
I ran through the garden to fetch
the stimulants!
Almost involuntarily I slipped my
hand into my apron -pocket. Yes,.
there were the two; bottles, carefully
wrapped around with my handker-
chief, as I had put:, them.
For a momenti a ray of hope
darted aeross fry blind; surely, when
the bottles were Missed from their
place, inquiry would be made, and
I should be sought for. But a mo-
ment's reflection biought back the
old despair. It wad an unheard of
thing in those busy /times for the dis-
pensary to be fot�gotten until the
d - and the dispenser
door was locked � Pc.
gone. lliixturee + and medicines
DEADLY CANCER CURED
BYQ.B B
fifty-six in the lower house, cannot
have a
marked influence in the life
• • of a community of such proportions.
Here is th Proof: It is true that the sessions of Con -
Here
usually attract a great number
Messrs. 2' iiiiiburn sc Cio of people to Washington who have
t
salted several leading local physicaus, all is apparent in the hotels and some -
of whom pronounced ray disease incur- times on Pennsylvania avenue,
I had not long to lvq. Two p
attending me gay) me up to die.
oss s. .
SIRS,—About fou . years ago 'I was business with that body, or who are
taken
sick with stow teh trouble. I con- bent merely on pleasure. This fact
able Dancer of the stomach, and told me
1hysicians• which is the main' thoroughfare to
moment the fingers had pulled the.
sheet from the faee, and a pair of
dark eyes gazed into mine 1
How long I stood thus I shall
the Capital. It is of course to be
Through reading y ur advertisement,I expected that the number of people
and by advice of friends, I tried your in the hotels, and in the streets,
Burdock Blood Bitters and I am happy
to say that after using one bottle I was would furnish some evidence that
able to leave my bed which I had been such a body as 'Congress was in
confined to for a long time. I am thank- session. It can be readily under -
fur now to state that B. B. B. cured my
am firmly convinced that B. B. B.. saved people who have their eve
Homes here,
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disease which baffled the doctors, and I however, that a large body of
my life: and are engaged in earning their
Gratefully yours, livelihood as is the destiny of the
+'LXZtBIJTIi GXLI1ULA,
South Buxton, Ont. average citizen in all our American
N. E.—Ivirs. Gilhula is the wife ofthe cities, pursue the even tenor of their
Post Master at. South Buxton, and will way whether Congress is in session
gladly answer inquiries. or not. In business circles as well
as in social circles, the presence here
Women are sweet, but not sweet of members of Congress and those
encu h to reserve secrets in. who are come here because that body
g p is in session is recognized, but busi-
Whatever G-od ;will have us to do ness and society goes on during the
He will help us to do. recess of Congress as well as during
Butcher—Will the sessions. you have a round One of the features of modern
stake, Miss ?' Young Housekeeper— Washington is the coniine hero of
prostrate form. Enough ! The spell 'Oh, I don't care What shape it is, so
was broken! I knew then that this I it's ender.'
was no time to hesitate—no time to
give way to womanish fears. I took
the cold hand in mine.
'Do not fear,' I said, in as calm a
voice as I could command, `I will do
all I can for you ;' and, taking the
shawl from my shoulders, I folded it
round the shivering form. Instinc-
tively I remembered the bottles in
my pocket, and, drawing them forth;
dropped a little brandy between the
chattering teeth. After a while the
returning color in the lips, the in-
creasing warmth of the limbs, told
1
Heart Disease Relieved in 30
Minutes.—All cases of organic or sym-
pathetic heart disease relieved in 30
minutes and quickly cured, by Dr. Ag-
new's Cure. Sold at Chisholm's Drug
store, Wingham. ,
The tradesman may like the man
who always pays his bills the mo-
ment they are presented, but he
seldom respects iris ingenuity.
Ditty ---`Jack ' says hewill stop
drinking if I marry him.'
Janet --
'Well, be careful, my dear. It is
easier for him to begin again than it
people of wealth, who have money
enough to live where they please,
and the only question with them is
the selection of a place that is the
most desirable as a place of residence.
As they have money and leisure,
they are of course important ele-
ments in society, and coming as they
do from all parts of the country, and,
it might be added, from the world,'
they give to social life here that
cosmopolitan flavor which is apt to
be noted by a stranger:
Daring the summer season the
custom prevails in Washington as in
that m efforts had not been in for our to et unmarried. other large cities of spending a few
me y is y get weeks at the ' various resorts, and
vain. Oh, if I could only summon Captaia Sweeney, U. S. 'A,, San 15iego, at that season whether Congress
aid., but that was impossible 1 If 1' al• sa s: "Shitoh's Catarrh Remedy is session or not,t Washington is
' lifein fit companion, my C e'first inedibine 1. have ever ftsand is in . s
ouid keep y i 1? tri
patient,h'ortun• .that would do me rola' gond."Price sometimes apt to. wear a deserted
my sl helpwwas a la
shawl a large, warm Me. Sold at Chisholm's Corner Drug appearance, especially to those who
ately, shadg Store. are accustomed to see the city during
one ; fortunately,, old No. 20 had nottu fond of the cad the winter months, The usual
got his brandy,. but I had it safely lay --Ate t you —Yes indeed. functions of society life are dispensed
re, end games ? B y those who remain in the
he
y with, and
`Where am. I?' asked the man, as Just now down at our boarding .nit en"o social intercourse in an
the dim lace leis house we are reviving Button, but- city enjoy . , e
he lacked round p .
.:.-:no wonder, ton,who's got the .button?' only— easy and simple fashion appropriate
fore full r sundine and the ' theto the temperature °which is 'usual at
his surr0undtn s had,. to say May --drily wvhat? Bixby. Its _ timea year.
for h $of th
,his
least, an rxrlus>xal appearance. I ate, strawberry in the shortcake instead 1 t In one sense may be said at this
not think it' wise pr neeessary to ex- of the button.
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An Agreeable Laxative and NERVE TONIC.
Sold by Druggists or sent by ., 500.,
and 81.00 per package. Samples free.
D
Tho Favoritelail. TOOTIL25cPOWDER
for the Teeth and Breath, 20o.
KO I(
Sold at Chisholm's Corner Drug Store..
THIS IS A PICTURE
OF THE FAM005 CURE
FOR SCIATIC PAINS.
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FOR
BACKACHE
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AGHi:s
EACH IN AIR TIGHT TIN BOX 254
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HALSTED & SCOTT
Josephine Street • - Wingham, Out,
J. A. IIALSTED,
Mount Forest.
Deposits Received and
J. W. SCOTT,
ListoWV
Interest
allowed.
Money Advanced to Partners ant
Business Men,
On long or Short time, on endorsed note
or collateral security._ Sale notes bought
at a fair valuation. llloneyremitted to all
pasts of Canada fit reasonable charges.
Special Attention Given to Coll
lectins Accounts and Notes.
Agents in Canada—'Rho Merchaiita' Sark
Of Canada
office hours -Froth 0 a, In. to 5 P. fir,
A. E. SMITI't,
Agent.
Pfso's iiemody for Cat err;t le the
est, wriest to DM, rind Cheapest.
CATAR R H
Sold by druggists or sent by mall,
COC. E. T. Tfalenlon, Warren, Pa.
W. C. T. U. COLUMN, Til
(goxnvoxttn fix sue wa sums iIBAxcu,lm
su
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For Gid ani Home and Nettled Land,"
' jVolt call the at''entIOn, ot the mothers and suitors;
to the feet, that the Woman's Christian Temper.
ante Union meets the third Alonday every month
M three o'cloolc sharp,for one hour, at lire, nolnt's
residence, Patrick street. All ladies are tirade 'vol.
nom.
As the Utter has kindly given ns part ot hie
space, for our work, we ask blends of the cause to
div to of our 'nowhere.
l moral questions of the
A Timely Word,
Lady Henry Somerset, in her
recent address before the. World's
'W, C. T. U., said ; Closely related
�
to the movements that occupy our
thought is one which in the United
Mates has been worked out to an
assured success, and that is co-educa-
tion. It is my deliberate conviction t
♦ that for the hysteria into which s0
many men and women novelists have t
fallen, and for the keyed -up public
mind that is willing to exploit their
product, there is no remedy so sane
and sound as , the education of our
young people together, from the
kindergarten until they complete
their course in technictl&'or profes-
sional schools. If anybody dared to
speak the truth about boys' public
schools in England, there would be
a social convulsion compared with'
which not even the lamentable dis-
closures of the past winter are to be
mentioned. When we try to segre-
gate girls and women into school or
harem, boys' and men into school or
we leave frustrated
government,
God's grace, and we must pay the
penalty."
Suicide by the Smoke Route.
Front the Record of Christian Work.
There are multitudes of young
men smoking therilselves to death.
Nervous, cadaverous, narrow chested
and fidgety, they are preparing for
early departure or a half-and-half
existence that will be of little satis-
faction to themselves or little use to
others. Quit it, my young brother.
Before you get through this life you
will want stout nerves and a broad
ded
with
chest and a brain unclouded
tobacco smoke. To get rid of the
habit .will require a struggle, as I
know by bitter experience. Cigars
and midnight study nearly put an
end to myexistence
soaI could no
years of age.. I got
kind s
of study' withoutwithoutwithoutt1 cigar In my
'
n.y
mouth—as domplete a slave was I a..
some of you are. About to Chang'
Pastorates from one city to another, t
wholesale dealer offered as anin
dueement to my going to Philadel
phis that he would give me all n1
cigars, and the best cigars in th
country, free of charge, all the res
of my life. He was a splendid man
and I knew he would keep his pr
mise ; then I reasoned thus : if, now
when my salary is small, and cigar
are high, I smoke up to my full es
durance, what would become of fit
health if I got all the cigars fc
nothing?
Well, I never touched' the inform
weed since. lfroni that time I w:
revolutioinzed in health and mint
emancipated `by the grace of Go,
1 ask young mento strike out for ti
liberation of their entire nature ire
all kinds of bad habits. I see th
now in,our elevated roads they ha,
introduced the pig pen on whee
the smoking car, and it's being ma
easier all the time to sacrifice play
cal health,- All those who bre
down their health through indulges
and go into graves soonerthan tl
-would otherwise have ;one
suicides, and the Day of, Judgtn
Will so reveal it.
It is your Business.
Intemperance with its traits
horrors, says Itev. J. 0. Peck, D.
will not cease tilt men stop
social habit of drinking. S
drinkers are the cadets who gr.
• ate , into the ranks of drunka
We must keep total abstineucc
the fore -peak, linen who are
different must be aroused. S
times ealamity is needed to aw
men to their vital interest in to
ante. A wealthy man in St.
was asked to aid in a series of
peranco meetings, but he hair;
refused: Upon being further ut
he coolly dismissed them with
remark, 'Gentlemen, it is no
business. A few days later his
and two daughters were 00
home on the lightning express.,
his grand carriage, ,with lit
coachman, he rode for the Op
meet then.. As he reache
station he heard the word 'asci
It is his `business' now. Which
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