Effective Temperance Lecturer

Seven years ago Francis Murphy kept a saloou, kioked a man dowu .stnirs, and was sent to jail for ninnslaughter. Last December lic conduoted a niost remarkablo temperance ramvment in Pittsbnrgh, where he obtained 20,000 signaturas to the ploilgo. Subsequently he visited eighteen towus in Northern Pennsylviiniii and Western New York, and induced 35,000 persons to sign the pledge. In Bullido a vigorou8 campaign wae oponed against intemperaníie, and about 2,300 convertís put theinselves ou record. Mr. Murphy is now meeting wiíli unequivocal snccess in Philudelphia, where his disoiples alrendy mimljer 10,000. He preaches what he calis gospel temperance, and does not favor prohibitory legislation. - New York Tribune.