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The Judge's Story
"Young man!" said the late eminent
Judge M--, at a fashionable party
were wine flowed in abundance.
"Young man,' put down that glass!
There is death in it!" •
Harry Graham dropped the cut -glass
goblet upon the table, started by the
abrupt exclamation of the judge, and
the wine flowed in a ruby stream over
the velvet carpet.
"Sir! what mean you?" he asked, his
face flushing and his eye brilliant with
excitement,
"I mean," said the judge, impressive-
ly, "to discountenance always in every
place, at every time, and in every
available manner the use of intoxica-
ting drinks. My young friend you are
about to place to your lips an infernal
poison! You were doing it gayly,
thoughtlessly, recklessly. Would you
dare, if you stood within the gate of
death's domain, in the face of God and
the angels, would you dare to quaff the
wine,whica but a moment ago tilledyon
der,shatt •red glass? When you remem-
bered the•Divine edict that no drunk-
•, and shall inherit the kingdom of Heav-
en, -would you run the risk of fallin€
under the terrible ban?"
The young man grew pale, he shrank
a little before the penetrating gaze of
his interlocutor, and his voice was
slightly unsteady, as he said:
"I do not think I quite understand
you, sir."
"Sit down, my friend," said the
judge, for the gay company had been
•smitten to stillness by the unusual
earnestness with which he had spoken
and many of them had risen to their
feet, "and I will relate to you a little
story which will, perhaps, have a
double interest when I tell you that
the incidents are strictly true. And
to you, Henry Graham, as one in
whom I feel a degree of interest, I
, wish particularly to address myself."
Young Graham took a seat near the
,judge and gave him his attention.
"Thirty-five years ago," said the
judge, ._'there resided in thetownship
of Milan a happy fancily. it consisted
of a father. a mother and three child-
ren—two ,1.iys and a girl. The father,
whom I w:;1 call John Deane, was a
lawyer ot high repute, a man of brillian,;
.intellect and solid education. His
wife was a beautiful woman richly
gifted by nature, and she had received
all the cultivation which wealth can
give to its daughter. I said they were
a happy family. I think I have never
known a hapier. Peace sat all day
with folded- wings by their hearth-
stone, and contentment had there a
•constant abiding place.
John Deane stood very high in the
opinion of his townsmen, as well as
with the people of the whole district,
and by and by his name was mention-
ed in connectiou with, the nomination
for Congress from the Milan district.
He made no effort to obtain this nomi-
nation, but it was given him. and at
the final election he received the hearty
'support of his party, and was the suc-
cessful candidate. It would have been
strange if he had been otherwise than
pleased with this testimonial of es-
teem, and his hitherto quiet house was
thrown open for the reception of pali-
tical friends. It was fashionable then,
as it is in some circles at the present
- they, to set forth wine for the enter-
tainment of company, and it would
'have required a great deal of moral
courage on the part of Mr Deane to
make the first, innovation, and refuse
t o 'treat' the friends who had raised.
him to a position of so much honor.
.fie was what is called a 'temperance'
Irsian; that is he never drank himself;
he had a horror of drunkenness and
could make an eloquent speech at the
monthly:meeting of the Cold Water
Society. At first he had ra struggle
with conscience in regard to placing
wine on his table, but confidential
' friends ridiculed his scriples, and at
last he grew to think that. dinner was
very insipid which lacked the crown-
ing charm of wine.
"Time passed on, having discharged
bis duties at Washington to the satis-
faction of his party, he was elected for
the second term. His talents well fit-
ted him for the highest rank in society,
aged at the busy, intriguing Capital no
party was deemed complete without
the presence of the witty and accom-
plished Representative from the Milan
district. At these convival parties he
drank the highly flavored liquors set
before him, because it would not do to
seem odd, so he excused hivrself to
conscience; hut after "awhile he did
n ot make any excuse—he drank from
/rue love of doing so.
• " Wine became almost necessary to
his existence; luxurious living had viti-
•atedhis tastes and enervated both mind
and body, and to prevent reaction and
^jnsegcent remorse, he endeavored to
"e the disease with the very poison
1th had engendered it. Thus many
ers have done the same, until the
,ellect given of God has been quench-
cl to more than idiocy, and the star of
hope has forever set in the black
shadows of. the drunkard's gravel"
"John Deane, at the expiration of
Isis second term in office, came home
td his family a confirmed inebriate.
Promise after promise he made to re -
terra, het appetitealways triumphed.
Friends entreated him, temperance
Votaries did all in their power to save
Nib, but all they produced at • hest,
Was aonromentary feeling of self-re-
proaeh in the breast of the miserable
than.
"Odes in his course he was stayed.
'tet' a brief space by a terrible discov
Itdre
Cry for
ery—a discovery which made even his
besotted soul shrink with horror. His
wife --his beautiful and accomplished
Anne—hast yielded to the fascinations
of the wine cup, and following the ex-
ample of her husband, she drank
daily, and was fast becoming that
thing of which all men speak. with
loathing—a female drunkard.
"Far a time, John Deane retreated
.in affright from the yawnipg abyss
which intemperance had opened at his
feet; he shunned the bar -room of the
hotel where he was wont to meet his
wine -loving friends; he abstained from
the daily glasses at home and for a
little while it seemed as if his .feet were
turning from the slippery places and
taking hold of the path of Truth—but
alas! it was only a little while. His
wife might have influenced him to
cling to the hope which might have
saved him, had she only been stronger
than the temptations which beset her,
but she only lent het example to the
temptations of the wine -demon.
-'They drank together, and together
they were intoxicated. Their young-
est child—a sweet lithe angel but
three siunmers old—was quieted when
ill or fretful, with wine, :and one day
when the child had suffered " from ill-
ness until she could no longer refrain
her cries, her mother—herself under
the influence of the -fatal stimulant—
gave little May a draught of brandy.
She was thrown i•to convulsions, from
which nothing could save her, and be-
fore morning she was taken to a world
were all children have the constant.
care of a wise Father.
"The two boys,Arthur and William,
for awhile stood aloof from this bane
of their parent's life, but at last, the
younger, William, fell into the habit
of tasting the contents of the glass,
'out of curiosity,' he said, when re-
monstrated with by his brother. But
once started on the fatal road; and
there was no halting place. He went
downward rapidly. Aften ten months'
career at the gaming table, he was shot
by a comrade in a drunken brawl. To
the deadened faculties of the father
and mother this terrible occurrence
was not an affliction --they scarce look-
ed upon it as anything for which they
should grieve, and when they stood
together over the•silent coffin of that
dead boy, the cup was there to com-
fort thein. They went to that bever-
age which had been, not inaptly, term-
ed "the drink of hell," for the comfort
which -only comes down from God.
"Their handsome property was long
since squandered — their beautiful
house and furniture passed under the
hammer of the auctioneer, and a lowly
hovel received the drunken couple and
their wretched son.
"Oh, the scene of horror which the
eyes of that son were forced to wit-
ness! A father—his noble manhood
prostituted to a vile appetite, his in-
tellect ruined, his soul wandering in
infidelity — shunned by respect ble
people, and condemned to the soety
of those as low as himself. A mo her
—her gentle love turned to stolid in-
difference—her whole life was but a
series of petty bickerings with the man
she had sworn to love and honor. Her
child was no longer regarded with that -
holiest of all human sentiments, a
mother s love, and when he would
have sought the grateful sympathy in
his -pursuits. which _ell trlue•mother-s are
so happy in giving, he was met by
drunken jeers, and sent to the ale-
house for rum. Worse than orphan-
ed! The child of shame and contempt!
Pointed at by boys of his own age,
shunned by pure faced little girls, who
whispered among themselves that he
was a drunkard's child! Judge what
there was in life for him!
"Conservative minds may cry out
against the use of strong language in
speaking of this demon, Intemperance,
which, yearly lays in the grave its
thousands; but think you the child of
those miserable parents would call any
expression too strong? Language is
weak and inadequate to convey to you
any idea of the loathing and hatred
which Arthnr Deane felt in his heart
for intoxicating drink. Would that
every man, woman and child through-
out the length and breadth ot the land
felt the same. •
"But to return. Five years passed
away during which poverty in all its
grim gauntness was established in the
house of John Deane. Starvation more
than once paused before the door and
want was an everyday guest. Domes-
tic strife began at sunrise, and ceased
not at the going out -of day, Oh! that
time is full of bitter memories for
Arthur Deane! But I am making a
long story, and must hurry on to,the
close.
"One day in a fit of drunken fury,
John Deane struck his wife' a blow up -
•on the head with a fragment of a chair
which had previously fallen a sacrifice
to his rage. She fell to the floor, and
the man sobered in an instant at the
sight. She lay at his feet still and
white, beautiful in spite of the ravages
her sin had made, the blood gushing
in a dark stream from her temple and
clotting the' long dark hair which fell
in a neglected mass over her shoulders
"She was dead 1 murdered by her
own husband 1
"Stung by remorse and fear, as he
saw the cold pallor of death setting
over her features, John Deane placed
the muzzle of the pistol to his breast
and in a moment lay beside his dead
victim 1 There was a brief struggle of
the forces of life and 'death—a faint
call for 'mercy!' and he had gone to his
account.
"And Arthur Deane, over the bodies
of his parents, took a solemn oath—
never, so long as the spark of life
burned in his breast to swallow one
drop of intoxicating liquor 1 And he
has never broken the vow. And now,
'Henry Graham, I have loved you as
my own son—you are soon to stand in
that near and dear relation to me—and
I wish to warn you against an enemy
which walks the land alike at midnight
and at noon day—an enemy which is
found domesticated in the homes of
the rich and the poor 1 Will you be
admonished ? Will you heed my coun-
sel?' Will you shun more—ay, rt thou-
sand times more than you would death
—the wine cup? Hell itself lurks in
its depths, and eternal torment burns
in its crystal brightness ! Henry Gra-
ham, will you beware ?
There was a pause, during which no
one spoke, and the face of young Gra-
ham alternately paled and flushed.
Helen M--, the judge's fair daughter,
watched him in breathless suspense,
for in' two weeks she was to become
Henry' Graham's wife.
"If anything more is needed," said
the judge, ,"know all of you that John
Doane was my father, and the wife he
murdered was the mother who bore
rne."
Graham stepped forward; and took
pitoher,'s Castoria
the hand of the judge in both of his.
"It is enough!" he said solemnly, the
light of a new. 'par ore shining in his
eyes; 'henceforth I will shun every-
thing that intoxicates, and may God
deal with me as I keep the vow!'
It was even so.
Wine never entered the home of
Henry Graham, and water, pure, beau-
tiful water, fresh from the sweet foun-
tain of the earth was his daily drink.
The sweet face of Helen Graham
never had cause to blush for the con-
duct of her husband, and when in after
years the peopje made him Governor
of his native State, and his house was
the stronghold of hospitality, wine was
never seen upon his table, but he of-
fered to his guests instead the drink
that God himself provided free on
every hillside—clear, cold water.
ALL MEN
Young, old or middle-aged, who find them-
selves nervous, weak and exhausted, who
are broken down from excess or over -work,
resulting in, many of the following symp-
toms :—Mental depression, premature old
age, lose of vitality, lose of memory, bad
dreams, dimness of sight, palpitation of the -
heart, emissions, lank of energy, pain in the
kidneys, headache, pimples on the face and
Body, itching or peculiar sensation about
tb'e sorotum, wasting bf the organs. dizzi-
ness, specks before the eyes, twitohing of
the muscles, eyelids and elsewhere, bash-
fulness, depesits in the urine, loss of will
power, tenderness of the scalp and spine,
weak and flabby muscles, desire to sleep,
failure to be rested by Bleep, constipation,
dullness of hearing, lose voice, desire for
solitude, excitability of temper, sunken
eyes, surrounded with LEADEN CIRCLES, oily
!oohing skin, etc., are all symptoms of ner-
vous debility, that lead to insanity, unless
oured. The spring or vital force having
lost its tension, every function wanes in
consequence. Those who through abuse
aomniitted in ignorance, may bo perma-
nently cured. Send your address and 100
in stamps for book on diseases peculiar to
man, sent sealed.„Address M. V. LUBO] ,
24 Macdonnell Av., Toronto, Ont., Canada.
Please mention this paper.
A DARING EXPERIMENT.
Dr Wm. Moore, of New York, dis-
covered that permanganate of potash
was an absolute antidote for morphine
poisoning. At a meeting of his breth-
ren he propounded his theory and pro-
posed to prove it by taking what ordi-
narily would prove a fatal dose of
morphine, and then cancel its effects
by swallowing the antidote. The medi-
cal men present endeavored to dissuade
him from so risky an experiment,
pointing out that it could be quite as
convincingly demonstrated on some of
the lower animals. However correct
the theory might be, and however suc-
cessfully it could be shown in a glass
that permanganate of potash was cap-
able of destroying the fatal properties
of morphine, there was a possibility
that the chemical contents of the sto-
mach might interfere with its success-
ful working, and lead to fatal -results.
Dr Moore was not inclined to listen
to the fears of his fellow -practitioners.
They, on the other hand, desired to
wash their hands of any responsibility,
and passed a resolution to that effect,
a;nd efuse(1-to allow- he-cherri-ist"ef-the`.
society to measure out the poison.
Some of the gentlemen went so far as
to personally implore. Dr Moore not to
persist in so rash an experiment, but he
assured them that he had the utmost
confidence that there was no danger.
He measured himself out three grains
of morphine, three times as much as is
necessary to produce death. The dead-
ly drug was put in a spoonful of water
and then swallowed. It was a most
dramatic moment. Two of the specta-
tors, unable to bear the tenseness of
feeling, left the room, while the others
looked on spellbound. 'Dr Moore had
his antidote ready. His theory is that
for each grain. of morphine a grain of
permanganate of potash is required to
he taken. To make assurance doubly
sure, however, the daring experiment-
alist partook of four grains. About
thirty seconds elapsed between the two
doses. The physicians regarded Dr
Moore with intense interest. He re•
mained calm and cheerful. As time
went on, the deadly languor that usu-
ally follows the taking of morphine did
not ensue, and, as much to the surprise
as' to the relief of all, it was recognized
that Dr Moore haddiscovered an abso-
lute antidote. The matter is attracting
a great deal of attention among phy-
sicians.
THE SUPERIORITY
Of Hood's Sarsaparilla is due to the tre-
mendous amount of brain work and con-
stant care used in itepreparation. Try one
bottle and you will be convinced of its
superiority. It purifies the blood which,
the source of health, cures dyspepsia, over-
comes sick headaches and billiousness. I
is just the medicine for you
Hood's Pills are purely vegetable, care-
fully prepared from the best ingredients.
The increased cultivation of the
poppy in various parts of Europe has,
it is said, led to a marked growth in
the percentage of opium contained in
honey, the properties of which are
inuch influenced by the flowers from
which the bees gather it.
The marvelous success of Hood's Sar-
paparilla is based upon the corner stone of
absolute merit. Take Hood's throughout
the sprint.; months.
A single pair of robins have built
a chain of eleven nests linked togeth-
er by means of dried, orchard grass, on
a grinder in a tobacco shed sin the
plantation of Howard Pitkin, East
Hartford, Conn. The string of nests
was built last spring.
While no physician or pharmacist can
conscientiously warrant a cure, the J. C.
Ayer's Co. guarantee the purity, strength,
and medicinal virtues of Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
It was the only blood -purifier admitted at
the great World's Fair in Chicago, 1893.
Two or three months ago while re-
pairing one of the old wooden horses—
probably 100 years old—in the Armory
of the Tower of London, a mass - of
fungus was found in the interior, and
which on being cut out and sent to
Blew proved to be a large and char.
aotefistic specimen of the ordinary
dry -tot fungus, so veru destructive to
timber in erose and ill -ventilated situa-
tions.
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CC)NIC'(1MPTIO
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The Winnipeg Nor'Wester, refer-
ring to the prospects for the corning
Ontario Provincial elections, comments
upon the remarkable ..success of Sir
Oliver Mowat, and shows that his re-
cord has practically been one of un-
broken success. "In 1857 he went into
South Ontario to contest his first par-
liamentary election. The riding was
anything but a safe Liberal one, but
he was returned by a large majority.
The following year he went back for
re-election as a member of the short -
'lived Brown-Dorion Government, and
was given over 700 of a majority. From
that time down to 1801, when he was
made vice-chancellor of Ontario, he
went through three more contests
and was triumphantly successful in all
of:them. In 1872 he was persuaded to
quit the bench and re-enter politics as
Premier of Ontario, selecting North
Oxford as bis constituency. There is
little merit perhaps in carrying the
six elections through which he has since
Lone, in a riding so overwhelmingly
iberal as the Oxfords. But that is
not all. As Premier he was leader of
his party, and he not only was suc-
cessful in all his own elections, buthe
carried his party through with
flying colors the five general elections
which they have had to face during his
Premiership. He. has never known
defeat. Even as an alderman of the
city of Toronto, before he was known
in the larger field, the same success at-
tended him. In a few months he, ill
snake his sixth, and in all h'unyan o-
bability his last, appeal to the electors
of his native Province, and with such a
record behind him it seems impossible
that he will fail now. The career of
no other Canadian leader is compar-
able with it. George Brown suffered
personal defeat and be carried his
party to defeat. So did Sir . John Mc-
donald. Mackenzie was never person-
ally defeated, but he was defeated as
leader of his party. Blake has known
both. - Sir George Cartier, in the zenith
of his power, was buried under one of
the largest majorities ever given by a
Canadian constituency. Only one
leader, Mowat, has been invincible.
He has gone through eleven personal
contests without a single casuality,
and has led his followers to five suc-
cessive victories. A man of that kind
is not likely to go until he gets ready.”
A Racking •cough
Oared by Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
Mrs. P. D. HALL, 217 Genessee St.,
Lockport, N. Y., says:
" Over thirty years ago, I remember
hearing my father describe the wonder-
ful ctirhttve-effec6rof" Ayer's• -Cherry`
Pectoral. During a recent attack of La
.Grippe, which assumed the form "i f a
catarrh, soreness of the lungs, accokn-
panied by an aggravating cough, I
used various remedies and prescriptions.
While some of these medicines partially
alleviated the coughing during the day,
none of them afforded me any relief from
that spasmodic action of the lungs which
would seize me the moment I attempted
to lie down at night. After ten or twelve
such nights, I was
Nearly in Despair,
and had about decided to.sit up all night
in my easy chair, and procure what
sleep I could in that way. It then oc-
curred to me that I had a bottle of -
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I took a
spoonful of this preparation in a little
water, and was able to lie down without
coughing. In a few moments, I fell
asleep, and awoke in the morning
greatly refreshed and feeling much
better. I took a teaspoonful of the Pec-
toral every night for a week, then grad-
ually decreased the dose, and in two
weeks my cough was cured."
yer's Cherry Pectoral
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Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants 'c
and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor
other Narcotic substq tco. It is a harmless substitute
for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil.
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by
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cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colica Castoria .relieves
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Castoria assimiles the -food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas
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Castorie..
"Ceetona IS an exceileut medicine car cur -
. a. Mothers have repeatedly told nee ot lee
pea eliecL Upon Cigar cniiarem."
ria. ii}. C. Os000n,
Lowell, Mass.
2lasterls h the best remedy for children cf
9hich I am acquainted. !hone the dry is not
tar distant when mothers will conshicr the re::l •
interest of their children, and use Castoria iu•
stead of the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing, syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throats, thereby sending
them to premature graves."
Da. J. F. Rise unr oe,
Conway, Ar'
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°' Cnc url o 7s so weir adapted mcniiaren for
I recommend ib as superior roomy ptaleriptits.
sawn' La me."
A. ARORZO,
111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. 8
"trot. physicians In the children's depaft
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ence in their outside precti• s with Ca_terik
and "although we only have among ow
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products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon it."
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