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WOMAN - & WOMAN Hi Mary I II..I,,,. , "Lawks. *he do l.N.k ill!" ex. laimed tt)i> ni.-i:i. "He aho emic to die, niisatus? If ee, she can't <>HIII- in here." "I'i.l N.I. fiMii; She K ii|nct. aa you woul.1 l>r> if your tij-Mhcr were Ul aji her-. Ttn'if. (o mi! I'ctch us in.nif food, and bo ijnii k alxint it." The mnn toiled up the oM fsxhineed staircase, and Mrrn fi.|loni-i| with am>> difficulty, for ahe supported A He*, whoa* strength wa* going at every step. Once inside the sweet smelling bed- room. Myra put her gently into a chair, and wiiij on* faint sign Alice's head auk baek, and ah* be<ttme nnconaciota*. CHAPTER XVIL A* soon a* tbe food came. Hyra uiaed herself io reatoring the pour girl who lay befor* her so wait* and cold. Her an-piigth la gone," *he murmured. wettniK the pal* Up* with sotue brandy sfcr had ordered; "ah* wants th* fir* of teveogv and Jealousy to keep her up M I am kept." Her effort* were soon rewarded; AUce'* dark eye-lash** were lifted, and ah* looked round. She milled faintly aa she met the glance of Myre's great. dark ayes, and tried to rise. "Pint you must eat some food, aad thm you must He down on tbe bod and sleep. I hav* told that fool t call as at six the train goes at half-past; ire are cloee to tb* station." "But will h* not nach as before then'" gasped Alice. "\Ve mint rlak that." Myra said gloomily. "II* will be Ineroaibl* for 001* time, and then the can tuu gone, so w* her* a very good start. Out b* brave, you ar* free now; trust In m*. and you shall remain free, or my life will answer for it- fie shall not get you int-> hi* power, th cruel, cowardly wretch!" Alice bent and klaaed her row hands. "Ha* fa* wronged you?" she wfcla- s*T*d. "Wronged? *re, most aha roof trlly . But now eat. and then to e*eep." Alice (-wallowed a few mouthful* ef breed ah* could do no mon then with Cebl* etepe made her way to Uie bed, and flung henielf on It. In a few min- ut ah* i, ns nuutid asleep. Myra folded her anna and stood res log at IHT for eetue time. The fair, pel* beauty of trie young fare touched her rrMt womnnjy bean with pity; she rend the trnree of *ormw round tfi wev< DMinth. utx! from tlie few word* Aliif h:nl uttfrifl, nhe know thiit some rnef had entered this other girl's life too. "Slip |< too frail to h<>r mnch." ehe murnitiro<l: "whet ahnll I do wih her? I am not flf to lire with her, heAiilf*. I Ihc now fur revenco;" ahc rlenrhi-d h< him. I "\\'lm i xhe. I wotiiliT, snd why will shf nut aoek her friends? IVrhjin* she m;ij- think differently in th* morn- trig. Now I must rout." Mi- i tliinit hf>rveir into a chair. Sh* wonlil not ij.stiirli Ali.-e. "Sho can ulevp." <ilif> mnrmnreit: "my biain rcfusi-a to he milleil. S!ip him doni. i,.. wrong, while I Oh. Oporge 'ii-i.r.-.- dow cm. -I you have bee*; and how 1 |,i\i><| von'" v, ri'il her fnce with her rinnda. and eh., king *>!> liroko from lier lip*. A hi i- .nit-mi iincnsilv In her aWti, hut fcer f.itujnc wns too grout: slip iliil not wnkiii. HIM) by-nnil liy Myra's pnrotya ef gripf dit-d.sway and she too slept e * Tne two rlrls wr* (rnfely away be- fore tin- chloroform hpirim to leav* r.xint .Iiirn'ii liniin. then griiiliiiiJIr h* nun* to Ins it.e. HP irronnpd a littl* ml nioveil im.-MsilT on the cmiim!. thenv ys hi Ii: MM trr-w rleflPT. he Ktnggvd to his fi-ot nrnl |pnne<l mriilnf a por- tion of HIP lir.ik. !' wall to think. "WliHt li:i|i|ii-ne.l?" h* mused, [wneing S hand over bin brow. "I was (titled ff-ll tn flip Ah, I remember! If wa* Myra, cum* her! \Vli>r* is ehc sow? C*n they he giwie?" HP mood upnjrlit nnd peered Into fh* rtnrknean: not a sound met lus nr "Curse her. Tie Is r>np, and th* oth*. with hot! Now what to do What is thi?" His foot struck a box on the arrmiii'l; he st.i|>fVl. '"Ill* diamond*. Greet Hpnven! they have loft thpm. Good. I will take them. Which way will they have gone? QuJck. let m* flilnk. The pony-cnrt. To Moretnwn, vt course; then to London. Curve that woman! I could wring her neck I" H* lifted the di.imonda and ataggarej along Tho cart was gone si he feared. H* tood still and thourht whst to do. HP must walk; rtiere wna no other way It woulil he nmdneas to tay In the ill". Paul Rosa was growing sua- rtous and the count f>lt that Paul's fear ahont the Orange n.Miery cmaJn* wn,ng wa* well foundud. No; h* "iat get away. 'ew step* h* took *eernpd miles) * P^Plratlon trickled frwn hi* brow n* went on. * oanght 4eeerte4. TTiP pony walked on slow) browing the grass as he went. rviunt Jura could hav* embraced th animal. He thought for a moment, rhen the rriny bark from th* road. t"-s.-i him. ti.ihr>d him to a tree"~th( s thp rlinnionds under th* stra nf thp iKrftom of the cart, h* wranrw himself i n thf clonk h* had p)ar<M be- fore under the seat, and made hitnnp - --oinfortabl* as circumatancee woul permit. He waa thoroujrbiy worn out wit fntimp. ;in<l in a very few minute* was fast asleep. The landlord of the Inn was up early It w:i nuirkpt-dny at Moretown an he would do good buataess. It waate. a few minutes to fir* o'clock, but a) <ly the market peopl, wer* comin nto tli* tnwn, nnd h* would have to get breakfast for some. His wife was bn*y la th* Wtchea, d nway from her sharp ey* th* land K-rd found mny an opportunity re ti <*ang rrectlngs with hi* frteud*. 8n quickly did th* dm* pan* la till congenial occtipatiori, that th* clocl fctmw-k six before he remembered the duty he had to perform la wakening Myra and her *uppo**d mlstreae. 'I^awka, there's these two young we- men!" he exclaimed, breaking *.ff ronvenatioti. "I maun Just go and wake b* Mire." The farmers nodded, and atouohed way. all bat on* man. who wa* rob- bing; down his pony with some hsy. "Hi. landlord!" he cried, stopping tfc* Innkeeper. "I want you." 'jWhat u It?" aakcd th* other gruffly "Did you say two young women were her*?" demanded th* maa Isi s low To4ce. "I did. The stranger nodded. "Whst likp?" "W*41, one's a p. or, pale, week thing, and th* other'* a bold black-eyed wanab, good to look at." Count Jura'a browa met) he thought for one second "The pal*, thin one la my wife," he said boldly at lust, "and the other U her maid; ah* had enticed her gaJatnaa to run away." "Lawka, rou don't iyr ejaculated the man la srtnnJNhment. "Where did rhoy ray th*y were going to. my good man?" "I/nnnoo by thp furst tram." -Ah. I thougM ,o. Now listen t* me. Oo up and wnke then. L*t ttiem get to th* station. See here I* flv* Pund*; it shnll he your* if you do a* I aak. I must gnV my wif* back, but he Is to ^h* power of that other wo- man. When the tnin Is Just going to tart, call the mnul back about some mistake In trie bill, and I shall get my wife aafely sway. You understand?" "Aye. Mr, quitp. I'll hHp yon. and tooat wl'ling. Iwki. to think I let sunh bold hussy hito my house!" "B.. quick. I nriall be at the station. Tht man nodtlod Count Jura I.-.I hla pony acroes rh* road to the atntion It waa empty. II* beckoned to a porter. "Oet me a carriage," h* eald au thoritartvely, run-vine rhe diamonds la his hand, thp Honk Hung over hla arm; "and look hpre. a pale, thin, yellow- haired lady Is coming, bring her to th* amp carringp. Slie in my wife." "All rigtit elr." The portes- touched hlii hat lind pockptml the fee. fount .Inrn put thp diamond* aafely under the spnt ntul sat down peering behind the curtain to ee* th* two wo- men enter. HP new AlWn slender Pnrra. Oi* hool drawn nvi-r Tier gnlden hair, and Neliind her MJTH'S p.nlp, revengeful fare; the InndWit followed them, detaining them In arguing. Alice shrunk buck frightened. The engine whistled: Myra motioned her t* go; the porter Hfteil hr Into thp rar- ri:ig>: Myra, whit.- with anger, follow- ed; but nn arm \v:n thrust ont against her, *he hennl Alice's acream of tem>r; she saw .Inrn'n tr. nmphant fce; thwp wn* rush nf ationting in her enm; tjien rnme thp tmiiiiil of a lend report, A* *ptintion of h:irri nnd awful pain, and Myni sank tn the i l.'itfnrra Inawniuble, aa the tniin with lier betrayer and hi* rl> tim ateamed away. thoi-si t of -hat. ' v will trap me like a dog! What *i.i,, 1 ilo what aball I do?" He gHted nut of the window, a* they whirls! nl.n.ir nwiftly. Ileauw they w <-re HJ. Broaching a small vUlage. In an instant hi* determination waa takon. II,. tomhod the signal to top the train again, then aeiiin. In a few seconds the train came to a full atop just beyond the few scattered cottages, and in another Instant the guard was at the door in alarm. "My wife la taken .inHenly i!|," ex- cl.timed Count Jura abruptly. "We must lift W out." "What U It?" demanded the guard *Trifed|y. "She suffers from heart-disease. Thia in a sort of faint. The action of th* train will kill her. Ilrip me to lift her. There, that'* right. VV* hav* DO lus- CIIAPTKR XVIII. < fate th* bn*h<M, waited. The ,,,,, **m* newrer. his rye saw the outNaai am* object. II* trod* forward a MttU ^Q^ "Humatloo ot delight, put awar ka) rvo4v and went toward* It. I wa* tl) t poy and cairf Urra haJ As the train moved away, Alice start- ed to her feet ii ml vronmed wildly. All that had pntwed had been ao swift, ahe ararcely reali/iil what hepfiiiWHi; hut the aight of <Vuut Jura's dark face, nnd the revolver in his hand, roused her fe;ir to its utmost. "Irf>t me go!" ahe iTied, wildly, trng- gling aRflitiM Ins h ,ld "You have shot her! Cowiint! Let me rol I will " "Mp alien; !" his-cii tli* man fiercely, pushing lifr down inte a corner, and ilr:iwing her cloak acroe* her mouth. "Another \\nnl nnd I serv* you as I si T\ i il hpr!" Alice Rlinttik tin ck cowed by his bmtal w.inls mnl KICW fnint snd her eyes "<!ooil!" ninitefi-.! .1iira_a* h* watched her. "Now let n nmlerstand one an- other. Yon arc in my power. I iMenl to t. ike yon :I!H. -i i You cannot rnUt me. I shnll pro -hum yon aa my wife; no one can deny it You wear a rlnj. If you u i tempt to escape, I ehall eay you ar* mad. No rn* will galnsmy that You comprehend me?" A Hep muile no Mi<n. He bent for\v.-in!. nnd took her hand. It waa limp urn) at ill. tier fear wa* loat In a dead faint. "So much the hotter," he miittprpd- "That waa cleanly lone. Myra will net trouble me much tnorp. I think. Will they rtop me at I'xtooT" II* bit his Up suddenly. "<.ro,t UP* renal I never The guard bore awny Alice's motlon- leaa form, and pJncoil HPT on thp fnHine of ground beiide thp Itnea, while th* count grasped the diamond* firmly; put them down, carefully covered with the cloak, then knelt beside the girl, and began to try *nd restore her. "Do not let nio keep yon," hp said to the guard. "Ship will b* bettor directly. I will get help from th* rillngc." "One Instant, sir. Your name snd Sdrees; I mnt tnke that." "Frank Meredith." aaid Count Jura gliWy, "Unooln'a Fields, London." He *poke the first name that railed to bis mind, and not until it was writ t*n did h* remember that h* had real It on the cards taken fron Alice's pocket H* frowned at first, then dUtni**ed his vexarJo* quickl/. Muck wal jet at hazard. "Where de you *toQ nextf s* asked hurriedly. "Not ontfl we reach Uzton a good loar's Journey on. ir Sorry I oaa't stay t help yon. II, 9* year good lady SDO* be all right. Good day, sir" The guard blew rn* wntatle. Jumped nto hi* compartment, and one* mor* th* troln waa in modosi aad speedily o*t to sight. Count Jura watcned It eagerly. "Tliat waa a bnjd saov*," hf mut- tered, "but it wat ths only thing. Now, what to do next? I.pt her faint on; It at th* safest thing thnt could happen. Sh* will scream perhaps, if ^ I niutt gug ler.' An ugly look pnwed ever his face then, after bending over Alice once mln, h* stnd upright, and scanned be road. The village seemed deserted, but wall* e was debadtiK whether It would be wiae to leave the s-n*el*aa giri alon* with Ui* diamoiuli while h* mnde cav uirie*, his eye* client *lgtit of a cart coming leisurely aljng. It wm a mill.-r's dray, drawn by tree *tout hrse<<. going la thp saraa irtM^inn aa the tialn had gone. Count Jurn li.-ii!.-i| It, and in a very few mitititpa the .hiver was bemde him. By dint of HIM. -h eloquence be per- *mi<lp<1 the mnn to hpliove hla rii'p, and to oonaent to tlieir travelling in the cart a far as the nonrost town, ami then lifting Alice ee!'v hpfween them, they placed her on *otfi sacking at th* bot- tom of the cart. Count Jura placed hla preoiom dl.v saonds besid* her, jumped in himvlf, snd very !*>on thiy were lumbering along heavily. " He watched AMc* like a lynx; th* Jolting motion oooi begun to rnua* her, snd h* answered fhe driver's questions) briefly whil* be keft hie ey* on her. At the firs* li>k of returned con- *ciouneaa, under pretence of making her comfortable. h bent OT*T her. "Scream or utter <in* word," h* mat- tered fiercely, "and I shoot you like d.g." Alice shrank awny from his flashing eye; all (hut she had undergone had mArtmnpd, her strength; the fatigue and walking of the night before made every kmp ache. ht could not make any rpnistnnce to hi cowardly threat*! he Ii nl si-own n nenk aa a child, but her t'rajn worked wildly. What wae hapiningT Wher* waa ahe guing? Woulil oo one come te her aid? She sent up a pr:iver for help and re- lease- if need be, for death, rather thsvn be limner in thin ninn'a power. Seeing her He no <}n-t. Count Jura on* It down to fright, sml was well *atiafie<6V This irirl waa uo spitflre like Myra; h* should be able tn mnnage her well. He talked to thp driver leisurely, aad rmuiaged to eitni.t th* knowledge he required. The town they were approaching we*) some forty mile* from Moretown, and branched off the liiir that led to Uxton. There h* could get a train that would take him to one of the big maiuifactur- Ing towns, lie hiililcn there for a d.iy or two, then crev]! cautiously to Lon- don, and from tin-re abroad. HP reckoned at tLie rate they were go- Ing It would be <iit* mid-day before they reached th* tow n, but h* was well content. If th* attirton m IS;PT at Moretewn had telegraphed at once to Uxtoti tn sti>v him there. It would b* an hour and a half or nearly In-o hours befor* th* news that he had extiped would reaokj Moretown, and sa h* thought, con- temptuously ttiere would be only ene or two policemen handy, th* chance* were th* whole tiling would get iuto a good muddle, and he would get com- fortnhly away. Not ont shred nf pity waa hi his h*<wt for th* girl h* was carrying away. H* waa lost to *ver\il,ig but love and deeir*. N* woman had ever iaflanied hla heart aa this fair, lovely, slender creature did. and h* swore ah* should he his. As for My, the wnman h* had ruined, a ceiiee of ajratifi ration that ahe waa, perchance, dead waa all her memory brought. He had long wearied of her, and aought tu be rid of her. He aat staokitic comfortably as th* cart jogged along mnkinv his plans with calm miauteneae, while Alice lay In an agony of fear, Hhemeand weekm**- Her mind was peopled with many risinn*. Khe seemed to go back to her child- hood, and saw once again the face of that lovely woman she had spoken of when Roy's mother had questioned her. Then all the cruelty, the harshneasi of Aunt Martha, then thut dark night, the ghastly runnier in the wooda, th* memory of Hoy's pnle. handsome face, and then her htimrd marriage. Then her mind went over aJl th* nnhnppinem th.-it followed, and yet strangely through it all ran the pirfur* of her husband's tender face as he look- ed at her the lut night they were to- gether. A faint thrill of happiness went through her heart as she rec!!ed his rentl* words; even Valerie's revenge- ful form melted away, naught remained but him; and he waa lout now loat t* her for ever; she should never see him gain. Though he mirfit not have card for her, though he had been coJd and unjimt, ithe loved htm, and would lor* him on through all time. She was awaken. <) from her dreaoas by Count Jura shaking h*r roughy. "Get up," he muttered; "we are her*. Now. rentember what I have said. Give me your hand. One word a murmur, and you are dr-nl!" Alic* staggered tv. her feet, and h* drew hej clod and hood carefully rnsjaai her. She waa In a mat* of fear and weak- n* again; the driver, catching a. glim- pse of her whit* face, exclaimed. *ymr patheticeJiy: "Lwa, b* ah* so bad a* that, poor !:" "Shr-'U be bettir directly. Many thanks, my good man; this way to thai Nation, yon *uy?" The driver nodded, and rh* cart mor- d slowly away. The pamerft-by stared it th* strung* couple staffing at th* entrance to th* town, and *eng this and feeling AHc*'i weistit grow heavier on his arm h* turned round and addressed a pullo*- "Is ther* aa hofri bandy?" h* asked. grasrxng th* dlan .nid* tightly "Mv wife ia ill." "One Just her*. <r." the man an- swered kindly. "Shall I give you a hand? If. *oJy . . trp .. (To bo tuutiuued). i ..i.i. in t i-... (..,,! nmT. ahout uiout-y," said s drnm- mer, "I hail a curious experience sev- eral yearn ago with a sheet of $5 bills. I had gone to our bank to get some cash for a trip aud found the paying teller In the not of cutting apart a lot of new currency Just m-elved from Washington. It was In sheets of $100 or L'o notes each, aud I prevailed upon him to let me have one just as It was. Next evening I was In a cafe la the first town on my route, and when I went to pay uiy check I pulled out my new money and inked for a pair of shear-*. The proprietor cured at me In amazement 'What ls tbatr* be asked? " 'Money, cash, boodle, long green.' I replied. V.lve uie the scissors, and I'll cut you off s piece to remember me by.' " 'Not much.' he said flrmlr. 'You'll have to work that off on somebody lap.' "Then I tried to explain, but be wouldn't be convinced, and 'pon my word I believe he would have sent for policeman If I hadn't happened to have some sliver In my pocket It was the same everywhere else. The stuff was universally pronounced coun- terfeit, and. to tell the truth. It did look spurious seen In that form. I was finally obliged to go to my room and cut the bills apart before I could tine them." New Orleans Times- Democrat A I in in. Damsel. A spirit of thrift was shown by a youDg woman who entered a car with sundry boxes and bundles. Another young person came ID at tbe next sta- tion and recognized her. "Oh. my, who N to he married 1" "Nobody, and me last of all." "Then what are the flowers for?" "A funeral. Our teacher died, and We girls put together to get this wreath." "Poor thine! Did she know sbe was going to die'.'" "I don't think so." Then, after a pause, she added cheerfully, "But she does by this time." all being said In s most unconscious way. "How much waa tbe wreath?" "Two dollars and sixty cents. I e<nly had two twenty-flve." "Mlil you pay the difference?" "Dear. no. I nmde him give me H for $U. ao I saved my own quarter I put In. but I'm going to make tbe girls think I paid two olxty." "Well, that's right; the wear and tear Is worth a quarter surely." Ob- server. INTEMPERANCE AND IN-' SANITY. 'Alcohol is specially a brain poison. Its speediest and most striking effects are on the judg- ment, the will arid the other mental faculties. The sudden- ness and extent of these effects show how quickly and greatly the brain and nervous system are Injured by this noxious drug. It is no wonder that the* asylum looms large across the) pathway of the inebriates whose bodies alone are strong enough to sustain continued dissipation. In his evidence) before the Canadian ftoyal Commissionon the liquor traf- fic, Dr. J. T. Stevens, Medical Superintendentof New Bruns- wick Insane Asylum, said: The insanity of about one- eighth of our patients is due directly to Intemperance and one-eighth indirectly. Com- pared with other causes, in- temperance stands as the lead- ing cause of insanity. Itstands pre-eminently aboveany other cause. This is admitted on all hands. The other causes *re> dissipation of all sorts, anxiety, troubles, sorrow and so on." There is both a moral and economical consideration that commends Samaria Prescrip- tion to those who are addicted to the liquor habit. The dread of the Inevitable results of In- temperance is not to be com. pared with the distress in mind and body and material sus- tained which many a man suf- fers and Indicts on his family by continued excesses. The thought of insane asy. lums does not deter men from Intemperance any more than the thought of the gallows might deter some from com- mitting murder. It's the ever- present reminders of the dis- tress, discomforts, and disgrac- ing and degrading features of hiscondltion which sometimes forces the Impulse on a man to quit drinking, and If through his own or some friend's fore- f sight he could hav* Samaria Prescription at hand at such moment, his purpose could be firmly established at once and a cure assured from the vsry first treatment. Hi I I i I. THAN WAB BAOLB. II Irani Sarthout, Vancouver, writes i "Your letter duly received. When I wrote yon for the Samaria remedy a yeat no I did not at ut.c bogln to tak* it. Il laid around for a uiunth or more, until on* day, aftvr jamboree, I fell a fresh resolve to give up drinking^ and while I was In that pcnitvnt shape I took the first Samaria tablet. My good luck waa la having Samaria PnssrwaSB on hand lust when I fell Ilk* trying it. 1 hav* not had a dealr* for taking a. drop of liquor since I was cured. The |3 invested in the remedy has i<ai(i me betu-r limn if 1 had Invested a hundred limes thai in War Eagle stook, I've got a few hundred plunks in the sav- ings' bank DOW. '1 hi* used to go for boos* now, thunks to your remedy, It goes Inte the bank, and 1 am also feeling bettei physically than I have felt for year*. You can us* this letter to show others and von can count on m* to crack up Samaria Pr*> Tk* Caa* at HI* Dells;*** Orlmea Look here, Smith, why didn't yon call lat nightf I told yon my daughter waa KOIDK to sing some of her new songs, uu.l yon appeared de- lighted. Bmitb/ I waa delighted to know ih* was going to uing. Boston Tran- script - scription to aijybwly who wants to quit drinking. It has worked a miracle In me.' 1 A later letter from Mr. Sart- hout contained a draft for $78 for twenty- five packages ol Samaria Prescription, which he) wrote he was going to take) with an outfit to Dawson City, where he expected to sell ths remedy for many times it* weight In gold dust. It pays a man who is addicted to drink and who has an occasional n* to reform to have Samaria Prescription at hand the mo- ment he feels like trying 1C The first dose will put him In condition to stick to It for complete cure Sent In sealed package, plainly wrapped, to any address on receipt of prloe, $8. All correspondence con- sidered sacredly confidential. SAMARIA REMEDY CO., Jordan St., Toronto. On* DIVORCE CONDEMNED. Rev. Dr. Talmage Deplores the Ease With Which They Are Obtained. 4 Timely Discourse on the Marital Relations and Frequency Wi'h Which Marriage Vows Are Broken-Uni- form Divorce Laws Needed. Washington, Sept. 17. Dr. Talma** la tht.i discourse discusses a question of na- tional importance, which if confessedly M difficult a* it in urgent. Tha text ia Matthew ziz, , "What therefore God hath joined together lei not man put asunder." That there are hundred! and thonundi *f Infelicitous homes In America 110 un* will doubt. If them ware onlr one akelo- ton in the closet, thnt might be locked up and abandoned, but In tunny a home there ia a skeleton In the hallway and a skeleton In all the apartment*. "Unhap- pily married" are two word* descriptive of man.r a homestead. It needs no ortho- dox minister to prove to a badly muted pair that there Is a hell. They are there DOW. Sometime! a grand and gracious Woman will bo thus incarcerated, and bar life will be a crucifixion, as was the ease with Mrs. Slgourney, the great poet- ess and the great soul Sometime! a con- ated man will be united to a fury, as I John Wesley, or united to a vixen, as was John Milton. Sometimes, and generally, both parties are to blame, and Thomas Carlyle is an intolerable grum- bler, and his wife has a pungent retort always readr, and Fronde, the nistorian. pledged ro tfll the plain truth, ban to pull aside the curia. n from the lifelong squabble at Craigvnputtock and & Cheyno row. Some say that for the alleviation of all theM) domestic disoiders of which We hear easy divorce is a good prescription Uod sometimes authorizes divorce as er talnly as he authorizes uiarrtaae. 1 have just as much regard for one lawfully divorced as I have for one lawfully mar ried. Bat you know and I know that wholesale divorce Is one of our national aoourgea, I am not aurnrlsed at this when I think of the lntluenc* which have been abroad militating against the marriage relation. For many vears the platforms of the country raistl with talk about a free love millennium. There were meet- ing* of this kind held in the Academy of Music, UrooKlyn: t'o-per Institute, New York; Tremont Temple, Boston, and all over ths land. Some of the women who were inoit prominent In that movement have since been dutinguished for great promlscuoslly of affection. Popular themes for such onottsiona were the tyranny or man, the oppression of the marriage relation, women's rights and tte affinities. Prominent speakers wer women with short cm Is and short dreas ami very large t< jim. everlastingly at war with Uod because they wore created women, while on tiiu platlorm xat meek men with soft accent and cowed demean- or, apologetto for miiMcullnity and hold- Ing the parasols while the termagant orators went on pruaehing the gospel of frmi love. That campaign of about M ?*<* net more duviU into the marriage relation than will lie exorcised in the next 60. Men anil women went bom* from such meeting* no pvrmanenthy con- fused m to who were their wives and husband* that they imvr got out of the perplexity, and the criminal and th civil courts trld to ilisenwngle the Iliad of woes, and tut* one got alimony, an 1 thai one got a lliniie.l divorce, and thi* mother kept the children on condition that the father could sometimes corne and look at them, and these went into poorhuuees, and those went Into an Insane asylum, and those went Into dissolute public life, and all wont to destruction The mightiest war ever mail" aitalnst the marriage Institution was thnt free love oainpalgn, sometimes under one name and aumetlme* under another. The Yi-m of Poircuaar. Another Inlltien tii.it has warred upon the niurriun" ri.-ii.ioii has been polygamy in Utah I hat in a stereotred caricature of the marriage relation and baa poisoned tho \v, !.;! lurid. You might as well think that von cn have an .u in in a state of moriiil. a:iun and yet the wbolo body not 1-e ,.,-.,-m-,i as to have any Territories or Suite.!* polyifamued and yet the body of tho nation not feel thee putrefaction. I'uir it, good men and women of Amern-u. that so long ago . 1S6-J a law was p.isseil by Congress for- bidding txilyjfnmy IM :h<> Territories and in all the plitcHH where tbev had jurisdic- tion. Thirty-seven rears have passed along and nin i iv. nUtr.-uions, yet not until toe pitMinizc of tin. Kdinuiids law in 1SSJ was any uriiv. policy of polygamlo suppression ;il<.x : \ i mml with all the power of govern mi-lit ami having an aimy at their di- '-:il the first brick bad not till th< n l.i n kno.'kml from that fortress of lilwrtinl-m. Kvery new presi- dent in his inaugural tickled that mon- ster with the stt.nv..:' comlemiiattan. and every i'onres> st.uMMml Itself la propos- ing some plan thr would not woik. Polygamy stood In ('rah and In other of ths Ti'irltorlf." n :> in I rmi'hrHl, more brazen, more jm - .mt, more braggart and more lniern.il than at any time In Its hiHtory. .lames Uuchanan, a much abusvd man of his <jv. did more for the extirpation of this villainy thaa all the ubiteoiiiMU ,-iilmiir-i rut ions dared to de up to 1HH3. Mr Hncrmnan sent out aa arm.r. anil, althi>ti::.i it was halted in it* work, still he iii ' I'l.iiliuhod more than tba snlist|iienT i : .st.niilons, which 41d aothlng Inn t. .... talk. talk. Kvsn at Mill late day at- 1 wii \\ the Kitraunds Aot IB forou the evil haa not been wholly ex- Hrpatud. Polygamy in Utah, though out- lawed. In still practiced In secret. It has warred against the marriage relation Weugbont tbe land. It Is UnaoeelUa at have such an awful sewer of Iniquity ending up its miasma, which is wafted by the winds north, south, eaHtand west, without the whole land being affected by It. Another Influence that haa warred against the marriage relation in thu country ban been a pustulous literature, with Its millions of sheets every weak choked with stories of domestic wronga and infidelities and massacres and out races, until it is a wonder to rue that there are any decencies or any common sense left on tbe subject of marriage. One-half of tbe news stand* of our great cities reek with the tilth. I IT IIYI| 1 oIlilrltlllKtl. "Now." say some, "we admit all these evils, and the only way to clear them out or to correct them Is by easy divorce." Well, before we yield to that orv lut us 11 mi out how easy it is now. I have looked over the laws of ail the States, and I find that, while in some Status it ii easier than in others, in every State It ii easy. The State of Illinois, through It* Legislature, rroites a long list of prooer causes for divorce and than closes up bv giving to the courts the right to make a decree of divorce in any case wnere they ileeril it expedient. After that you are not surprised at the an- nouncement that in one county of ths State of Illinois in onu year there were SitU divorce). If you want to know how easy It ia. you have only to look over ths word* of the State* In Massachusetts, 600 divorce* In one year; in Maine, 47S in one year: In Connecticut 401 divorces in on* year; in the city of San Krancisoo, 333 divorcee in one year; in New Kng- land in one .veer. '.'.I l.i divorce*, ami in M year* In New Kngland, jo.ono. Is thai not easy enough t If tbe same ratio con- tinues, the ratio of multiplied divorce and multiplied can MM of divorce, we are not far from tbe time when our oouru will have to net apart whole days for application, and all you will have to prove against a man will be that he left his slipper* In the middle of tbe floor, and all yon will have to prove against a woman will be that her husband's over- coat was bnttonleas. dunes of divorce doubled In Kngland and doubled In the United States. To show how vary easy it is, I have to tell you that In Wnetern Ke- *rvi. Ohio, the proportion of divorces to marrliiges celebrated was In ono year 1 to 11; in Khode Island, 1 to 13; In Ver- mont. 1 to It. Is not that easy enough? I want you to notice that frequency of dlvort always goea along with the disso- luteness of society Koine for &UO roars had not one <ae of divorce. Thoee were her days of glory and virtue. Then the reign or vice began, and divorce beuara* epidemic. If you want to know how rapidly the empire went down, oak Gib- bon. lk> you know how the rulgn of terror was introduced in Prance? By JO.OOO cases of divorce in one year in Paris. What we want In this country and in all lands Is that divorce be made more and more difficult. Then people before they enter that relation will be persuaded that there will probably D* no escap* from It except through the door of the wimlcher. Then they will pause on ths verge of that relation until they are fully satisfied that it is beat, and that It it right, :mu that it is happiest, then we shall have no more marriage* in fan, then men ami women will not enter tbe relation with tho idea it Is only a trial trip and If they do not like it they can get out at the tlrat landing, then this whole question will be tak'*n out of the frivolous into the tremendous, ami there will be no more joking about ths Dlos- soms iu a bride s hair than ubout the cypress on a ooltln. , I niluim I *w K*qulril. What we want ia that the Congress of tbe United States move for the changing of the national constitution so that, a law can be passed which shall ho uni- form all over the country and what shall be right In one State shall be right In all the .- tnt.es and what Is wrong in one state will be wrong in all tho State*. How is it now? If a party in the mar- riage relation gets dissatisfied. It is only nocessary to move to another State to achieve liberation from the domestic tie, and divorce Is effected so easily that the first one party knows of It Is by sening it in the newspaper that Hsv. Dr. Some- body a few day* or weeks afterward In- troduced Into a new marriage relation a member of tbe household who went off on a pleasure excursion to Newport or a business excursion to Chicago. Married at the bride's houas; no curds. There are States of the Union which practically put a premium upon the disintegration ef tbe marrKge relation, while thora ar* other States, Ilk* the State of New York, which has the pro uininont idiocy of making marriage lawful at 13 and 14 years of age. Th* Congress of the United States needs to move for a change of the na- tional constitution and then to appoint a committee not made up of single gentle- men, but of men of families, and their families in Washington who shall pre- pare a good, honest, righteo.m, compre- hensive, uniform law that will control everything from Sandy Hook to the Golden Oat*. That will put an ond to brokerages In marriage. That will tend divorce lawyers Into a decent b. illness. That will sst people agitated for many years on the question of bow they shall get away from each other to planning how they oan adjust themselves to to* more or less unfavorable olroumttanoea, More difficult divorce will put an estop- pa! to a great extent upon marrlag* a* financial peoulattou, 1'her* art mo who gn into the relation just a* they go Into Wall Mtromt to mirrhaa* shares. The female to be invltad into the nartnershlp of wixlloi'k Is utterly tinuttractlve and in disposition a nuppresswd Vesuvius. Kvery- body knows It, but this masculine can- didate for matrimonial orders, through the commercial agency or through the county records finds out how iinn-li estate is to be laherlted. and he calculates It. He thinks out how long it will he before the old man will die and whether he'can stand tho refractory temper until he does ale. and then be enters the relation, for he say*, "If I oaunot stand it. then through the divorce law I will back out." That, procoss Is going on nil the time, and nun enter Into thu relation without any moral principle, without any affection, anil it ia ua much a matter of stock speculation ua anything that was transacted yesterday in Union Pacific, Wabash and Delaware Ac Laeka- wannu. Now. suppose a man understood, that if hit goes Into that relation there is no possibility of bis getting out or n* probability. Ho would be more slow t* put his neck in tbe yoke. He should say to himself, " Hather than a Caribbean whirlwind with a whole tleet of shipping In it* arms, glv* me a sephyr off Held* ef sunshine and gardens of pnaoa." MarrlM*-*! I . ilefotiu M..n. Hlaorous divorce law will also hinder women from the fatal mistake of marry- ing men te reform them. If a young man, by 6 years of age or 30 years of age. have the habit of strong drink fixed on bim, he Is a* certainly bound for a drunkard's grave a* that a train starting out from the Grand < mitral depot at I 'clock to-morrow morning is bound for Allianr Th* train may not reach Al- bany, for It may be thrown from the track. The young man may not reach a drunkards grave, for something may throw htm off the iron track of evil habit. But the probability 1* that th* train that starts to-morrow morning at 8 o'clock: for Albany will gut there, and the probability is that the young man who has the habit of strong drink fixed on him before J5 or in years of age will arrive at a drunkard's grave. She know* be drinks, although he trlee to hid* it by chewing clove*. Kverybody knows h* drinks. I'arents warn; neighbors and friends warn, she will marry him; sh* will reform him. If she Is unsuccessful In tbe experiment, why, then, the divorce law will emancipate her, because habit- ual (irnukenne** is a cause for divorce in Indiana, Kentucky. Florida, Connecticut and nearly all tbe Statm. So th* poor tning goes to tbe altar of aacriflc*. If you will show me the poverty struck streets In any city, I will show you tbe home* of th* woman who married men to reform them. In one na*e out of ten thousand It may be a successful experi- ment. I never saw thu successful expert ment. Hut have a rigorous divorce law. anil that woman will say. "If I am affianced to that man. It Is for life, and If now. in tbe ardor of hi* young love and I the prlz* to be won, be will not give up his oupa, when b* ha* won th* prlz* surely h* will not glv* up hi* cups." And so that woman will say to tbe man: "No. sir; vou are already inar- rle>i to the club, urn! you are married to that evil habit, and you are married twice, and you are a ulgamiat. (Jo'" A rigorous divorce law will also ao much to blnuer busty and Inconsiderate marriages. Under '.lie Impression that one oan Iw easily released, people enter the relation without inquiry itnd without reflection. Koiuancu aud impulse rale me day. Perhaps the only ground for the marriage compnct is that she likes hi* looks, and he admires the graceful way sbe passes around the Ice cream at the picnic! It Ii all i/.cy know about etrii other. It Is all thu preparation for life. A man not able to pay ins own board bill, with not a dollar In hi* possession, will stand at th* ;:... r and take th* lov- ing hand and say. Viih all my worldly goods I thee endow.'' A woman that culd not mak* a loaf of bread to save ber life will swear to love and keep him in ulckneisi and In Dealtb. A Christian Will marry an atheisi and that always makes conjoined wrutchednees; for If a man dues not believe there in a Uod he i* neither to be trusted with a dollar nor with your lifelong happiness. Having riul much about love in a cottage, peo- ple brought up In ei-e will go and starv* in i hovel Ktinawnr mutches and elop*- luuuts, nine hundred and ninety nine out of a thousand >< which mean death and hell, multiplying ou all hands. You us) them in every day's newspapers. CIr-TIIIM I fit llttfwii. !*. Our ministers in sorn* region* bav* no defense such as they have In other n-ions where the ii.tnns rnuat be previ- ously published and an officer of the law must give a oertillcatu that ail is right, HO clergyman are lift defenseless and unit* those who ou^ht uever to b* united. Perhaps t'-ey are too young, or perhaps they are standing already in sorn* domestic comuuct. By tb* wreck of ten thousand homes, by tbe holocaust of ten thousand sacrificed men and women, by the hearthstone of tb* family, which is tbe cornerstone of tho state, and In the name of that Ood who hath set up tun family Institution and who bath mads the breaking ol th* marital oiitb the most appalling of all JUT 'iinrs, I implore the Congress cf th* United Sta^e* to make some righteous, uniform law for all i.he States and from ovcan to ocean on this subject of mar- riage and divorce. Let in* say to all young people, bofor* you give your heart and hand In holy alliance, us* all caution. Inqulr* ontsld* as to habit*, explore tb* disposition, ecrutlniie the taste, question tbe ancestry and find out the ambition*. I)* not take the beross and the heroines of cheap novels for a model. Do not. put your life- time ha| nines* in the keeping of a man who ba> a reputation for being a llttl* loos* In moral* or In th* keeping of a woman who dresses Immodestly. Kemern- b*r that while good look* are a kindly gift of Ood, wrinkles or accident may despoil them. Remember that Byron wa* no more celebrated for hid beauty than foi bis depravity. Kaniember that Absa- lom's balr was not raor* iplendld than hi* habit! were despicable. Hear Itl Hear lit Tb* only foundation for happy mar- rlag* that ever has been or *v*r will b* I* good ohoraotar. THAT VACATION TRIP. Now ii come the rriing maon wbrn fellow's v. iv rratun Tutti r r t>f mi'lD'-na. and hii thuuiclilt At llu- MI <|iie*(H>n. "Snll 1 flr,- from the euliKC'lli'Ti Ol ii- .11.. MI m* country sprntlinic m> , > lion timer" Anil Iw TOWS he trill not waver ne'i determined not tu favor on.. '.' -[.ins of to* tur-t. (HiiKi i.'i -u.i... - -lul wait to nil lum lull ol IKiiion und tu kill mm Are it imprest him with a tulai lark i>l ciuriin. When Hit place hail l-.-n wlrc-twl (and his board had in'i-n On lu lat trip Iw ncaiia ths flit ol bunkinc m a ri..ni Where tliruiiK'i -iiii:. waila and fluunnf cam* an awr ili|Hl!hi; kll. rnuf, Iniuiive ol iti* ..di.nl ol lua dliunt crack of iloom. While with Here* Intent to ravage cam* a hunts of hungry. la\m;e And in. ..in .- .v null mosquitoes, tipping madly thnniuri the ilark. OVr lui I'UHMl nutinff 'nn ntlon with aoroa tiling* 1 .M.'ii.iN t tnriition, Bui i huh considered him a Die* and juu)- mark. Wtien lie fWn'il, liuw in.iljr broilinc was tb* lun as be came toiling Ssvra nulra alone a duatjr. crooked, crttj roun- in i.....r In lua .(.. n loud objuncaiion. In oi* keart pra- wiu ulion Tw.il !, arranljr ralfiah that compriavd his piacaional load. Mm h more pleaasat it ia. very, in the ritj now to larri . Lolling round he holua, in necllgee. and taking . at **aae. Ttian to ni-tle for dlvenion on a moat absurd ei- curuon. For the crai* for tearing town, he aara. is aim- ply a Ha proclaim* it's nicer resting in a quiet flat, dlgealing Coolly. . almlr. undlaturt>*<llr, hli little old twe WBBtj While aen-nrlv cxinlemplating *itn a amile tha enervating Wild ami '... ih hurlr hurly ol the country going freaka. Though he tnakn time aace prrlinats. when hia fortnuclit off comnvnca* With the ilrtaill of a country trip you'll find him all aflame: And hr II t- I HI- Lack "liuitcd." aearlr drad .iii-l ail n -_ It wai thui la-t !!. and every year it'i just the vcrv -.. THE LiFFOFT"WASP. IF SOLITARY IT IS ONE THINO, If SOCIAL IT 18 ANOTHSrt ra<la4 r Benaaaa, Ar* Ik* Mt Intf>l!l(t> f TUlr Order f Cr<t I on .! Puma * Sterlea f Wp> br Krleallala Wk lev* Stadlad TkSB I h.r Wnsps. according to their mod* ef liv- ing, may b* divided in twogroupa, social ill solitary. In th* CBS* of th* latter each female makes a separate nest and pro v mo ns her offspring by her own labor. The ego ar* generally deposited In tbe bodies of spiders, maggots, etc.. ciAunht by the mother and stunned by on or more stings, so as to be not wholly dead, utitll the young wasp-child has emorgnd from the egg and has fed upon tnoiu to Its heart's content. These solitary wanps. having no know ledge of their proguuitors, who dl* long befor* rhhelr children ->* th* light, are all tbe more Interestinit, because Inherit ed Instincts alone iluterniine the course of their activities. But thsir ways and habiia are Influenced to a great extent, nevurthnless, by BO much Individual judg- ment and Kxperionce that they offer a wide Held 'or atmiy iml experiment. The female am mop hi Ins and urnnrlns make their nests m th* ground. They WASP UUINO A PEBBLl TO SMOOTH DOWM BKIt S KaT dig ahoit tunnel uztndtn over th* surfao* and ending in a minute oav*. Theie they deposit une or more caterpil- lars, atunned by one or more atlnga, lay their egg* in tna oatei pillars' bodies, clone tbe opening of th* tunnel, and retire. "Just here," aay Dr. George W. Peak- bam nnd Mrs. Kll'/ahelh O. Peokham, who have studied tuose insects for many veara, "must be told th* atory of on* little witHti. We retnoruher her aa one of ths most fastldloua and perfect llttl* wjrkers of th* season, so nlno was ahe In tiie adaptation of means to ends; so busy and contented In her labor of lor*. Ia tilling up her neat ahe put her bead dowa Into It sad bit away the loos* earth, (roa the sides, letting It fall to tbe bottom of. tbe burrow, and then. ..(tr a quantity had accumulated, jammed it down wits ber head. Kni-th wu then brought from the outside and preaMtd In, and than more was bitten from tne tides. When t last the dlling was level with th* ground, ah* brought a quantity of tin* grama ot earth to tbe spot and picking up a small pbbl* used It as a hammer in puumilnic them ilown with rapid stroke., -bus making this spot aa bard aud tlrin its the surrounding aurfnce. " lleforw we could recover from our astonishment at *.hla Derforrnanue she bad ir.ii.p -a her atone and waa bringing mule eiirth We tbun threw ourselves iluwn un the ground that not a move- ment mijrtu be lust, and then saw ber pifK up the pebble and again pound tbe ..r'li into pku-u with it, hammering now hxre anil now there until all wa* l*v*L Once more the whole process wa* repeat- ed, and then thu little creature, uncon- scious of our verr existence and Intent only on iluitiu her work and doing It well, gave one tlual, comprehensive giauve nil around anil tlt-w away." Una mornlnK thu observers nutioed on* f thfse waapa which was busy digging her ne.st on the side of a atony hill. " Wl.ilu In tbe burrow the hummed away, and in ttve or an trips a llfln heap af earth would accumulate, wbuiuupon th* animal would llu Hut UIHIII tne heap and kick tb* particle,* away In all dlrwtijna." .Sho worked on Imr xxcavanun at intcr- vals during the whulu iiay. and toward evening, after having been caucbt in a bottle, waa brought to the ductur s oot- tage and made cumfortabl* in a wake oag* during the night "Oa tbe next u, . ung w* took tb* lady down te h*r ..m and placed the mouth of tbe bottle no that when ahe oame out sue had to enter the nest. This ahe did. remaining below, huweveK euiy a moment. When she oame up to th* surttu-o she stood still and looked around for a few seconds, and then flew away." In a Whll* sh* .turned. Unlshad ber azoavatiun, and again left, reappearing this time after the lapse of an hour with a large, light green rupedow grasshopper, which was shoved Into tb* hoi*, where- upon tne wasp laid bur egg and left os another excursion. "Tbe sight of a wasp returning to it* home without hesitation er uncertainty irom some far distant spot is, indeed, marvelous. " Of a certain wasp they tall the follow- Ing story: "We followed her easily, and as sbe waa tn full view nrariv all tbe time, had no dilUculty in watching bur movements. Sh* hurried along with her victim (S caterpillar); twice she dropped it and circled over It before taking It again. For ill) feet ah* kept to open ground, passing lietwocn two row* of bushes, but a* tbe end of tbl* dlvlaloo of tbe gaid*s sh* plunged, very much to our dismay, Into a field of standing oorn. zigzagged among tb* plant* In tb* most bewilder- ing fashion, and keeping a general direc- tion of northeast. It seemed quite Impos- sible that sh* oould know wbere > she was going. The oorn rose to a height of six feet all around ua: th* ground was unl- furra In appearance, and. to our *y*s, each group of cornstalks wa* juat Ilk* very other group, and y*t, without oaua* or hesitation, the llttl* oreature paawd quiokly along, a* we might through the familiar streets ef our naiiva town. "At last sh* paused and laid dowa her bunion. Ah, the power that baa leal her la not a blltid iintimt, for sbe haa trav- elled a little too far. Sh* must g* back Into the open space she haa already crossed. Nothug like it unst la visible te na. The surface of thn ground look* all alike, and It la with exolamatlona ef wonder that we see our littlo guide lift two pullets of earth covering a junall opening In the ground. "The way being thaa prepared sh* harries back wltb her wings quivering and her whele manner betokening joyful triumph at tbe completion of her task. db* picks up the caterpillar, brings It M tke mouth of the burrow and lays It own. Th*a, backing In herealr. ske eatebe* hold ef It and drags It oat ef Miller's Worm Powders cure fever ia children. Food's EtTeet on Temper. Some luithontips hold the idea thai a child's dij-poMtum Id hirK'-ly JOT ernrd by his diot, citing the penile- ness of the rice- eating races ajjnins* the quarreling of boat-eating child* ran in proof. I Miller's Compound Iron Pills restore tbe color to pale cheek and bloodless lips. Spiders as MeehanlcUns, The opider that seeks out a pebbls and anchors her web with it cloarly makoH use of a tool. The pbhle is analogous to the iron anchor used by man. Spiders have been seen to a** nails for anchors. A. saw hack for N e*t ftldaev PU1* aa* Plaster. LA