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tuin ~plashiI1g in its marble basin, and the subdued notes of drowsy birds. Having seen Jane and Edna contented in each other's friendship, we leave them strolling near Alma Mater while night draws its gloomy curtain upon the scene. 1899. Intemperance ill all forms !s deplorable, but when throngh intoxicating agencies the charectcrisncs of humauity are lost, and man becomes beast. the trans- formation is at once pitiful and repulsive, and the object regarded too frequently with incessant scorn. Such a one is a feature of this scene, a human ship wrecked on the sea of temptation, and being towed from the rocks of crime by a kindly cruiser. As Mr. Nelson leads the debauchee to the tumble-down shanty that he misnames home, followed by the taunts of his companions and the half-contemptuous glances of the passers-by, we see the continued predominance of charity in our class-mate; his voca- tion is not betrayed by any customary accompaniment, nor its success by fashionable paraphernalia, but there is that appearance of habitual benevolence which originated the sentiment, '. Peace 011 earth and good will toward men." 1900. Iuconstnncv to her couvictious was never found in the category of Clara Pollitt's faults-c-it has always been impossible to tnrn (Il)a from her opinion at any Oil the face of the globe. Accordingly we find her situated in Salisbury. is situated in Miss Katie Smith's school-room; that theme for modern bards engaged in the resthetic pursuits of bread-ruakiug, dish-washing and those domestic duties which appalled us school girls as phantoms of a dreadful Then. But 011 the principle of feminine evolution, our class-mate is as rational and contented ill her performance of household requirements as when a school girl, she dreamed the dreams of inexperience, and hoped the hopes of youth as she pored over the pages of philosophy and science. 'I'hus diverge the paths of theory and practice. (900. Mr. Queen was somewhat precocious in the study of matrimony, which course he began before graduation, and the proverb reconstructed by his two years' experi- enccis- "Cottall aud needles wilh which tears are mcnded, \lIhel! n llIall murries Ins troubles are ended." As I turn my glass in his direction I discover, torn and crumpled, a scrap of news- paper. Its conspicuous heading greets Illy interested gaze. EMINENT DIVINE. Splendid Success of REV. C. L. QUEEN in His Missionary Efforts Among tile Fiji Islanders. l'HQUSANDS FLOCK ro HEAR HIM. Formerly a Student at Western Maryland College. B,\T:I'IMORl£, Jan., 19oo.-The Rev. C. L. Queen preached in this city today with much success. His excellent efforts to convert the Fiji Isl aucls are most laudable. He has now returned to 1901. The white cottage among its foliage and flowers, like a bird in its nest, is again presented. Rather curiously, 1 direct my instrument to a back porch, upon which a lady is singing to the accompaniment or the guitar; at her feet a gentleman is seated, evidently enjoying the music, while Dinah, at the kitcheu window, is staring, open- mouthed, at her mistress. Dinah is probably 1I0t a musical cOI/JlOiSSl'Ifr, unless a red turban and an immense cook apron are emblematic of aile, but she is capable of appre- 6S