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Dr. Talmage preached from the following text: “And Solomon num- bered all the stranger: that were in the land of Israel.”â€"â€"2 Chron. ii. 17. if, in the time when people travel- led afoot or on camel back, and vacil- lation from city to city was seldom, it was important that Solomon recog- nize the presence of strangers, how much more important now, in these days, when by railroad and steamboat the population of the earth are al- ways in motion, and from one year's{ end to the other, our cities are crowd-f ed with visitors. Multitudes of them come into our morning and evening services. I am conscious that Istand in the presence of many of them to- night. I desire more especially to Speak tothem. May God give me the right word and help me to htter it in the right way. Strangers Spend the Days in the Stores .and ' in Si ght-Seeing. There have glided into this house those unknown to others, whose his tory, it told, would be more thrilling than Booth’s tragedy, more exciting than Nilsson’s song, more bright than a spring morning, more awful than a wintry midnight. If they could stand up here and tell the story of their escapes, and their temptations, and their bereavements, and their dis- asters, and their victories, and their defeats, there would be in this house such a commingling of groans and ac- clamations as would make the place unendurable. The hotels of this country for beau-I ty and elegance are not surpassed by' the hotels in any other land; but those that are most celebrated for brilliancy of tapestry and mirror can»l not. give to the guest any costly! apartment unless he can afforfl a parlor in addition to his lodging. The stranger, therefore, will generally find assigned to him a room. without any pictures, and perhaps any rock- ing chair! He will find a box of matches on a bureau, and an old newspaper left by the previous occu- pant, and that will be about ALL TH E ORNAMENTATION. At seven o’clock in the evening, af- ter having taken his repast, xhe looke| over his. memorandum book of the; day’s work. he will writ-e a letter to| his home, and then a desperation willl seize upon him to get out. You hear the great city thundering under your windows, and ,you say: “I must join. that procession,” and in ten minutes| you have joined it. \Vhere are you' going? “Oh,” you say, “I haven’t m'ide up my mind yet.” Better make up your mind before you start. Per; haps the very way you go now you will alwaya go. Twenty years ago there were :youug men who rame down the Astor House steps and started out in a direction where they have been going ever Since, and ten million years from now, if you should meet them an the highway of eter- nity, you would tind them going in the. same direction, only faster. ” Well, where are you going 3” says one man. “I am going to the Ace.- demy to hear some music.” Good. I would like to join you at the doer. At the tap of the orchestral baton, all the gates of harmony and beauty will open before your soul. I congrab ulate you. Where are you goilng' “ Well," you say, “I am going up to see some advertised pictures.” Good. I should like to go along with you and look over the same catalogue, and study with you Kensett and Bierstadt and Church and Moran. Nothing more elevating than good pictures. Where are you going? “Well,” you say, “I am going to the Young Men’s Chris- tian Association rooms.” Good. You will find there gymnastics to strength? en the muscles an-d hooks to improve the mind, and Christian influence I save the soul. Where are you going? “Well," you say, "I am going to take a long walk up Broadway, and so luzrvn around into the Bowery. 1 am going to study human life.” Good. A walk through Broadway at eight 0""?‘31‘ "t fight, is interesting, edu- | rating. fascinating, appalling. exhilar- : atmg to the last degree. Stop in front rot that theatre and see who goes in, Stop at that saloon and see who 00111033 out. See the great tides of life surging backward a‘hd forward, édd beating against the marble of the cuzrbstone, and eddying DOWN INTO THE SALOONS. \Vhat is that blotch on the face of that debauchee? It is the hectic' flush of eternal death. \\'hat is that woman’s laughter 'i It is the shriek of a lost soul. \\'ho is that Christian man going along with a phial of ano- dyne to the dying pauper in Elm Street 7 \Vho is that belated man on the way to a prayer-meeting? \Vho is that city missionary going to take a box in which to bury a child ? \Vho are all these clusters of bright and beautiful faces? They are going to some interesting place of amusement. Who is the man who shoots across Broadway from alley to alley? He is the murderer! He has whetted his knife until it will cut a hair, and it jingle: in his filthy pocket. \Vho is that man going into the drug-store ? That in the man who yesterday lost all his fortune on Wall street. He is going in for adoso of Belladnnou,and before morning it will make no differ- ence to him whether stocks are up or down. 3Who is that young man hastening along! He is going to rob his employer’s till, it the coast be clear, and no Christian young man meet him and tote him off in anoth- eir direction. I tell you that Broad- way, between man and twelve o’clock at night between the Battery and the Union Square, is an Ansterlitx, a Get- tynbnrgh.’ 3 Waterloo, where king. 3:11:13 :11; iont or won, and this worlds mingle in the strife. Bow few man there on who know how ’to keep the Lord's Day away from home. A great many who are consistent on the banks of the St. Lawrence, or the Alabama, or the Mississippi, are not consistent when they get so far off as the East. River. I repeatâ€"though it is putting it on a low groundâ€"you cannot financially afford to break the Lord's day. It is only another way of tearing up your government securities, and putting down the price of goods. and blow- ing up your store. I have friends who are all the time slicing oft pieces v w-v wâ€"â€" 0! the Sabbath. They cut a little of the Sabbath off that end, and a little of the Sabbath off this end. They do not keep the twenty-four hours. The Bible says: “Remem- ber the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” I have good friends who are quite ac- customed to leaving Albany by the midnight train on Saturday night, and getting home before church. Now, there may be occasions when it is right, but GENERALLY IT IS WRONG. How. it the train should run off the track into the North River? I hope your friends will not send to me to preach your funeral sermon. It would be an awkward thing for me to stand by your side and preachâ€"you a Christian man killed on a rail-train travelling on a Sunday morning. "Re-member the Sabbath day to keep it holy.” What does that mean? It means twenty-four hours. A man owes you a dollar. You don’t want him to pay you ninety cents; you want the dollar. If God demands of you twenty-four hours out ofL the "'â€"â€"V -_ meek. he means twenty-four hours and not nineteen. Oh, we want to keep vigilantly in this country, the American Sabbath. and not have transplanted here the German or the French Sabbath. If any of you have been in Paris. you know that on Sabbath morning the vast popula- tion rush out toward th: country with baskets and bundles, and toward night they come back faggcd out. crms and intoxicated. May God pre- serve to us our glorious, quiet Am- erican Sabbaths. Now you are in this hotel, and it is Sabbath morning, You wake up and say to yourself: “Whatever others ‘__- may do. I am going»; to have a day of rest for my body and for my soul." Go out and find a church somowhcrr. You will find something just suit- ed to your taste in architecture, mus- ic and preachingâ€"somath'ng; Certainly between St. Alhan's and the plain Quaker meeting-house. Go in. If the sacrament is spread, without being asked, if you are. prepared, sit down at it. My children, coming into the dining-room, newer ask me whether they can sit at the table. 'l‘hay know they have a right to sit there. And when my father spreads a table. I have a right to nit at it. It is my table as much as his. Join in the singing, that is if the choir will let you! And list?!) to the preaching. and ferl at home. Christ on the banks of the East River is just the same Christ as an the banks of the Rio Grande. And then hav- ing found the Sabbath day the bust day in the city, find the Sabbath night the best night of all the week. I think it is. Saturday night is a [good night. \Ve come home and put {off our toils, yet the limbs ache. and THE HEAD IS HEAVY; but by the time sabbath night has come. we are rested. We have been all day in Christian society, and elv- vated thoughts have been going through our mind, and when the evening service cames. and we as- semble in church, there is not a great deal of difference between earth anal heaven, and themangele of God flying to and fro can hardly find the boundary line between the two work'm, and our departed kindred tv I19 "01‘. And so men came to the verge of city 1-1er and say: “Now, we’ll look off. Come, young man, don’t be afraid. Comic near, let’s look off." He looks and looks, until after awhile Satan com-es and putsahand oneach of his shoulders, and pushes hi_m off. voâ€"w‘" â€"â€"-â€" seem to come down through the t“ 1- light, sud Moi! all clap our hands in glee and say: “lit is good; it is. good to be here." Society says it is. evil proclivity 0“ the part of that young man. Oh. no, he was simply an explorer, and sacrificed his life in discovery. A young man comes. in from the coun- try bragging that nothing can do‘ him any harm. He knows about all the tricks at city life. “Why," he says, “didn't I receive a circular in the country, telling me that eetnehow they found out Iwasasharp business man, and if I would only send a cer- tain amount of money by mail or ex- exprese, chirgcs prepaid, they would send a. package. with which I could make a fortune in two montha; but I ldidn't believe it. My neighbors did, but I didn't. “Why, no man could take my money. I carry it in a pocket inside my vest. No man could take it. No man could cheat me at the taro table. Don't Iknow all about the 'cue-box,’ and the “dealer's- box.’ and the cards etuek together as though they were one. and when to hand in my cheeks? Oh, they can’t cheat me. I know what [am about.” While at the same time, that very moment, such men are succumbing to the worst Satanic influences in the simple fact that they are going to observe. Now if :1 man or woman shill go down into a haunt of ini- quity for the purpoae of rcfotming men and womenâ€"if. as did John How- ard. or Elizabeth Fry, or Van Meter, they go down among tha abandoned for the purpose of saving soufs; then they shall be God-protected and they will come out better than when they went in. But if you go on this work of explorationmcrely for the Purpose of satisfying a morbid curi- osity. I will take twenty per cent of! your moral character. 0 strangers, WELCOME TO THE GREAT CITY. Mat! you find Christ here, and "not any physical or moral damage. 'Ien coming from inland, from distant oi- tics, have hogs found God and (and himinourw Hay thatboyour ”($1.13. You thought youqmo :to this plhce merely to: the 9 ’cf light-necks. PerhapnG'od' brought you to this roaring thunder- he city for the purpose of workink‘ out your etml salvation. Go back to your homes and tell “them how you met Christ hereâ€"the loving. patient portioning and sympathetic Christ. Who knows but the city which has been the destruction of so many may be your eternal redemption. Agocd many years ago, Edward Stanley, the English commander, with his regi- ment, took a fort. The fort was manâ€" ned by some three 'hundred Spaniards, Edward Stanley came close up to the tart, leading his men, when aSpan» iard thrust at him a spear, intending to destroy his life ; but Stanley caught hold of the spear and the Spaniard in attempting to jerk the spear away from Stanley. lifted him into the bat- tlements. No sooner had Stanley tak- on his position on the battlements, than he swung his sword, and his whole regiment leaped up after him and the fort was taken. So may it be with you. 0 stranger. These city 111- fluences which have destroyed so many and dashed them down forever, sh ill be the means of lifting you up into the tower of God’s mercy and strength, your soul more than (Oll- queror through the grace of him who hath promised an especial bene- diction to those who shall treat you well, Saying: “I was a stranger and ye took me in.” The lifl'cct at sum In More Insplrln: Than I- Daylight. An experiment made a little while ago at Niagara Falls proves that it is possible to illuminate the great cat- aract so perfectly that the scenic ef- fect is even more awe-inspiring than in daylight. A complete marine search-light ap- paratus was set up in a large box- car. A little marine engine, attach- ed to the search-light, was operated by steam from the locomotive. The night was very dark and cloudy when the operator adjusted his thir- ty-inch lens to the brink of the Horseshoe Full and turned on his hun- dred thousand candle-power light. Suddenly the great cataract was daz- zling. 'I'Le monster ice formrltions. the atalactites and the staiagmites surrounding the Horseshoe were rad- iant in the strong white light. The mist rising from the gorge looked like myviads of diamonds. After testing the light at Falls View station the car was run down opposite the American Falls, where an equally successful test was made, the features of the scenery being brought out even more strikingly than in ssunlight, since the surround- ings were hidden in darkness. 0! course this light had to be operated from a fixed plane, in this case the road-bed of the railroad. When it can be placed at varying elevations, and describe more of an arc, the results are expected tobc still more satisfac- ton'y. This opens a new field for railway enterprise. Probably before many years leading lines will illuminate picturesque places along their routes. The Gzrand Canon of the Rockies will be strung with electric lights. Obâ€" servation-cars on night trains will be crowded, and it will become part of the duty of porters to wake up pas- sengers who wish to see the. Horse- shoc Curve at one a.m., or Lake Michi- gan at midnight. The room was on fire, and at the window .stoorl a fair and lovely crea- ture. Frantic with horror. he push- ed through the people and called up- on the fireman to save her. “Stâ€"aâ€"‘ndâ€" back. .‘oared a policeman, forcing him back into the crowd again. Stand back, shouted the man, and see a fellow-creature perish Lefore my eyes? To his disgust the crowd gazed on in apathy. \Vretches! he abricked. pointing to the poor lady at the win- dow. Are you blind? And with a mad rur-wh he had dashed up the stairs and seized the lady round thewaist and had borne her to the outer a}: _1n a few seconds. His agitation and the heat caused him to nearly faint, but he had just enough strength to place her in the arms of a policeman. amid the shouts of the crowd. But good gracioun! What was that? Did his ears deceive him? Instead of a great cheer for him. a tremendous roar of laughter greeted the heroic not! He glanced at the lady he had rescued from a fiery fate. and the reason of their mirth was at once ap- parent, and amid the laughter of the wneympath‘etic crowd he fled. He had rescued tha milliner's dummy! One of my patients, said the hard- worled doctor, was a fussy old lady I chanced to meet her in the street when she immediately began to run through a long list of complaints from which she believed herself to be suffering. I was in a hurry, as an important case was waiting for my treatment. and I reeolved to teach this old fidget a lesson. First I took her hand and felt her pulse. It was in splendid condition, as I expect- ed. Then I told her to close her eyes and put out her tongue. When she had done this I stole off on tip- toe and turned the first corner. How long she remained in this attitude I can’t say. but since then she has new er troubled me with her imaginary ailment. ' First Sheepâ€"But t'na young folks are so giddy and thoughtlem! They don’t consider the future! Second Sheep-0h! «1511, my dear, you can't expect a young lamb to spend all its tima thinking of rout n‘mttcn! SOON GOT RID OF THE PATIENT. LIGHTING PU NIAGARA. FIRE! FIRE !! FIRE! H EXCUSABLE. 10:: t had "it nvo‘t: been-for the'heroic and 'r .5 almost superhuman exertions of the OlclRoyal Arsenal disaster and defeat liggtcould have been our cnly portion. at)- THE ARSENAL NEVER FAILED. In)» w. 0. Bench: and the one»: o! the nix-d We» Ali-loan Force Enjoy- !ng 3 Ice! Alter e Bard Day‘s larch. The West African expedition now progressing towards Benin City is of especial interest to Canadians, because its commanding officer, Major Ilene- kea', is a Canadian son of Mr. R. W. Heneker, of Sherbrooke, Que.. and the transport Officer is Lieut. W. F. W. Carstairs, formerly a captain in the 56th Prescott Battalion Canadian mi- litia. The expedition started from Old Calabar for Benin City early in Feb- ruary, and had, up to recent advices. Match 25, said: “For the past two weeks it has been fight, fight, fight. every day, but we have wiped the enemy out or nearly so. I was wound- ed on the 20th inst. in the right fore- arm and left leg, but am happy to say, that I run fast recovering." In another letter from Ekiaiga, on February 14, Captain Carstairs, said: MEN WHU FED THE GUNS. WHAT WAS DONE AT THE ROYAL ARSENAL AT WOOLWICH. It Never Pulled but Kept Strand"! Sunni!- lux Ilse Soldiers In 80th Anitaâ€"A Grunt Strain l'nr_'l‘hls Nohlv C‘oz-ps. \Vith the end of the South African campaign apparently «within sight,the country has already commenced the bestowal of its honors and rewards, says the London Express. It has been a hard and anxious struggle, and the men who have been at hand-gr'p; with the foe deserve full recognition, of their valour at the hands of a grate- ful nation. But the supreme attraction of the battlefield Li not unlikely to contri- bute to an injustice against which we should be on our guard. For a long time now our strained attention has been fixed upon the South Afri- can veldt, where so many of our friends have fallen. \Ve have watched with eager interest and admiration the achievements of our special heroes -â€"Rundle, Hunter, French. the valiant men of the English Shires and of the great colonial Empire over seas, and many another gallant name, re- solved that when the happy day ar- rived they should not lack their re- ward. But there is one corps of which the country has never heard the name. It has never been named in despatches or held up to public applause and ap- probation by ubiquitous specials, but nevertheless, it has fought on against heavy odds unknown and unrecog- nized, doing work in default of which Great Britain could not have main- tained herself against her toes, and must have lost her place among the nations. . This comps '18 Sir Henry Bracken- bury’s, which has fought the war from the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich. They have worn no uniform or in- signia but their shirt sleeves, and their only weapons have been their hard, toil-stained hands, with which they have done a service to the coun- try which it would be very difficult to overestimate. Few people, indeed. realized the peril of our position at the outbreak of this miscalculated war. Short of ammunition.stores and equipment of nearly every kind when the struggle was actually upon us: It was neck or nothing. An unpre- cedented effort was called for, and, as Sir Henry Brackenbury said with all solemnity at the recent Arsenal dinner in London, “Thank God, gent le- men, the Arsenal never failed!” The men were exhorted by their chiefs to rise to a great occasion, and work as though upon the individual exertions of each one depended the safety of the great army in South Africa. Right 110ny the workers re- sponded to the call. Not a man or boy but felt that his labours would contribute in a material degree to the success of the struggle in which the country and his "pals" at the trout were engaged. They put their backs into it as newer before, and toiled with a devoted and anxious en- thusiasm which is known only to those who knew the Arsenal during ‘ the critical time. quv V“ vau- pugâ€"v- Fxom morning till night the work went on, and through the night till morning came again. There was no cessation on holiday or Sunday, The beginning of 1900 saw them labouring for all they were worth. and the greater part of the year came and went and utill they were “putting their back: into it.'_’ __ - 7~L LL-- LUDM way-a u. ..... Like the army at the front, they had their casualties. their dead and wounded, victims of the stern strain 0! the contest that was being maln- tainell ct all costs. One of the prin- cipal mange“. though warned by the doctor that he would kill himself. it he did nut take 1. rest. preterrod to CANADIANS IN WEST AFRICA. "\Ve have just captured thia‘ town of about 80,000 or 40,011). without I ainB‘e casualty. “'9, expect to add at least 4,000,000 people to the enzpire in this expedition." The scene of the above illustration is laid in the Ubiom country to the north of Opobo. in Southern Nigeria. A truculent tribe had closed the mail route, and threatened to kill any white men and soldiers who appeared. Major He-neker was ordered to take two cornpanies, one seven-pounder, one Maxim, and one rocket tube. and to proceed to the place, and there bring the tribe to its proper state of submission. This was achieved with twenty casualties only, after twelve. towns had been attacked and destroyed. While not: as exciting in the way of sensational incidents as Sir Fred- erick [Iodgson's journey to the coast from the Ashanti capital, this exâ€" pedition, in which Canadians have [ig- ured so prominently, has been of great value to the Empire. and proves once more how capable the Sons Of the Maple are to do any work that they may be called upon to do in be- half of the flag and the extension of the Empire. Last Sunday, said the clergyman to ihis) congregation, someone put a but- ton in the collection bag. I won’t mention names. I will merely say that only one individual in the con- gregation could have done so, and I shall expect the said mcmbcr, after the aeurvioe. to replace the button with a coin of the realm, die at his post, rather than leave it at; that time of trial. A member of the crew of one of the War Depart- ment steamers sustained an injury to his leg while loading up for a run down to one of the depots on the river. The wound was severe. but forgetful of every personal consider- ation in his anxiety to do his duty with the rest, he refused to report it, and went on his last voyage. On his return the wound was past. all cure, and he was carried into the hos- pital to die. UNBROKEN STREAM 0F SUPPLIES But if the men did their duty nobly the Arsenal (staffâ€"heads of depart- ments, assistant efficers, masters and foremen, were burdened with a re- sponsibility, which, at times. must have seemed well-nigh insupportahle. We have only to imagine what would haVe happened had there been any breakdown in the supply of ammuni- tian at any time during the conflict. Think of an army without cartridgea, driven back upon the guns at the fleet at neat These are < nly instances of the spirit that was abroad. Time passed on and still the firing line at the front were hard at work with rifle and gun. but still behind, in never-failing sup- port, the great machine shape of the Arsenal stamped and thundered and roared with unfailing energy and iron determination, sending forth an un- bu'oken stream of supplies to main- tain the fight 74200 miles away._ Aftarvâ€"tiigâ€"aéivice' a well-tc-do, but close-fisted individual caught an in- tea‘vie-w with the. clergyman in the ves try. Iâ€"ér. he began hesitatingly, must apolog zc, air, for theâ€" râ€"huuonin- cident, which, I can assure you. w as quite an mcident. I happened to have the button in my waistcoat pocket, together .with a shilling,:md FWBUI, LUEULMLQ -".-u .- u....--..t_,n_._ took out the former by mistake, How- ever, air. here is the shilling. Thank you, said the clergyman,tak- ing the shilling and gravely handing him the button. By the. bye, sir, said the close-fist- ed individual, I cannot understand how you should have known that it was I whoâ€"(urâ€"commilted the much- toâ€"beâ€"'egrettod mistake. I didn’t know. replied the clergy- man. "BE-wt know: But you said, sir, that only one individual in the con- gregation could have done so. A punctilicus hdy was married to a h'appy-gmlucky man with a notori- 011.5 dism-gard for all m'xttvrs of dr. 8% He was (King off on business for a week. and his wife parked in his bag six shirts, t-xmting a promise that he would weir a fresh one every day. He returned home in due course, and the good hougewile proceeded to pn- pack the bag. Lo! not one of the “’hat's the matter. John? she ask- ed in great perturbation. Where are all the shirts I gave you? John protested that he had follow- ed orders and put on a clean one ev- ery day, but what happened to them he did not know. He retired down- stairs to think out the problem Ten minutes later an excited (see we. thrust into the room. and a he”, voice rang out: I've found 'em my dear: I've toned 'em: The whole nix shirt: Ire new 13v e c i o, t 'm 8 ll 0 n' Suddenriobâ€"What do you think of a. college education for 0. young man! Friendâ€"What do you think 0! making of your son! on. nothing in patient“. [IE KICKEI) IIIM SELF. HEARTILY APPROVED. THEY \VERE SAFE. IT 18 MT IREDITARY. DRUNKENNESS NOT TRANSIITTID FRO. PARENT T0 CHILD. Bvll of Iona..." n no... 'Jcifl In the w at Drunken-endured.“ We on the tinned o! Inch-lay. It is now eighteen months Iinoe {the Society for the Study of Inebri- ety appointed a spacial committee to consider the relation of heredity to inebriety. any: a London better. The committee was composed of five phy- sicians. two surgeons, a professor of bacteriology. an army surgeon. and five general medical practi- tioners. Eighteen months have been spent. in investigation. The report. of this committee has just been pub- lished and it is signed by nine of the fourtmen members, some of whom have made comments. while one ha: } gut in an indepundent report. The [reference to the committee was in 'thvse terms: to inw-atignto the con- [ditions under which thz- t-‘ndency of ldrunkonnms is onpable of transmis- {Sbon to offspring. It does not up- pear to be céntefidcd that invbriety "u in itself hereditary. but that (I cum- city or tendency to it is‘lmritgble: The report declares that the inc- briiety at an individual depends upon three conditionsâ€"the. first being an inborn capacity {or enjoying the sen- sations which alcohol product‘s. Ind the second and third being acquired â€"personal experiences of the plea:- urea of alcohol and the increased dc- ligh-t which ctotinued indulgence con- fers in the case of the inebriatc. That one drunken generation often suc- cucda tin-uther suggests a hereditary taint. The committee adds that there is no evidence that acquirod characters of any kind are heritable. This appears to have been a much debated question. Popular opinion has taken (or granted (but tho. acquired character- istics of [uronts are likely to be in- herited. and, of course, "temperate reformers." “I'll-meaning, but often ignorant and misguided. have not been slow to urge upon the public that each man's drinking is pretty euro to produce for him a generalion of children who will become drunk- ards. II this by not true the tem- perance reformer. “ha is generally in favor of entire abstinence ruthar than of temperance. mutt bear a heavy n0 sponsibiliity for the want amount of montal torture which ll." has inflivbod on lb? moderate drinking citizen. IN I’LUlZNCE 0F HEREIN l‘Y. The last. word of mience. however, as declared by teachers of physiokngy. biology and bo‘any. Li a very definite assvrtiso that no instance of (he hereditary tran-zmission of an acquir- ed characteristic has ever been do. monstrated either in the animal or the vegetable kingdom. If this be u fact a man can only transmit to_ his son the hereditary taint with which be was born. and it a man having no inborn tendc cy to exacts yet acquir- es drunken h-ibits his pmm-ny are in no more danger than an tho ;e of his neighbor. leaving out of considera- tirn the arm of environmnt on youth. It. in. not denied that drunk- en parents wh.) become that mental- ly and physically wamk are liable to have ch'ldmn “ho are dozen-r110- walk in lody and feeble. in mind; MM}! poi-sons. in fact. an under pro- pitioxu cil'cumfittmtzvs bend to become handsomely mum weekly. Mon of any Immune urn-l. {our month. .1. by all_ new-again; .A-‘--_. ‘ film coi" mm m ranch £10m r‘K' "' ‘ paupwra. criminals. epil 9 ins and drunkards. 'l‘lx point whkh is de- nied is that the drunkard's child has 1119 spacmflzod tendency to bacomc inabriuto ra‘h r th m vicious in some olhér direction. lt. bli‘tem‘i probable that ”19 question of environment is of more importance after all than that of heredity. and a man of strong will is junt as like- ly to exercise it in the gratification of his desire as in the contrary di- rection. If a man of powerful will “0th that alcohol givos him plenum b: will take good care to repeat the experience: The _ha|_xtual drinker is one to whom alcohol brings vnjoy- mac'm. Cilh?!‘ as positive pleasure or cessation of pain. whereas lh" volun- tary abstaimer is one. who from con- stitutional pt’culigninly. fipfis Hill; pluiasurc in alcoholic exhilaration. Alcohol woods on: from every race individual; who most enjoy and in- dulge in it. The races of Southern Europa, who have had th", longest ex- mricnce o! alcoholic drink; are now more tempzrato than the British. th. Scandinavians anti thg Basal-ins. oohol-ism. w.â€".-«-â€"â€"â€"vâ€" - '.!‘hccommittec is of opinion that the continued abuse of alcohol tend. to render a race was innatcly prone to inoebriely than it wouid olhcrwi~a luvs. been. this result being brought about by the elimination of the drunken unfit and tho Lurvivnl of (bone with u wank tendency to .1. One evening at a 61mm party which inchwed um two friends. Douglas Jerrold and Charles Knight. the au- thor-publisher. the talk turned on epinphn. A: the were walking booze togeth- er. Knight h§l(_li¢ht_ly and halt in «roost. asked the wit to write his epitaph (or him. Jurold made no answer. but when thy «me to the paging of “lair “is. In suddenly I. 3 I’ve got your epitaph. Well. '5“ In it! Good W! Out of mo European em ftgran 8 mo unto the United States. 280 to South Auction. M 105 to British Colon“; EPITAPH AND FUN.