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VOL. XXIV. ITITSHORQ, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C THURSDAY, JULY 21, 11)02.
NO. V.).
&I)C (CI)Qtljam ttccorfc.
H. A. LONDON,
Editor and Proprietor,
'Re opei)isf -;.'(rcasOre.
a v t
A NOVEL.
Di1 fr)rs. GHsaVolli (?. tOinior.
(ISAUKI.I.A tASTKLAR.)
tro;jri!it, mi n4 lt 1, 1,7
CHTATTKIv XXI.
CONTINIEII.
It was Mrs. Hamilton, who coming
Into tlto driiivingroom iv fotr tuiiiittuc
Inter, found her daughter fallen in n
heap upon t'.io Hour, hor bauds
vlonchoil ns if in maddening pain nnd
lier poor, distraught, tnrttlrad fucu
lnlliil us if iilamuil xvilh Hie ncl of
death.
At first tiso shocked and horrified
anther could hut even call for help;
Lnt as oii as her voice returned, tho
whole, household (V!is hi ft iilalc of till!
Jvi'dest confusion; and it xvns tint un
til Doctor Mnedoimhl arrived nud as
unci her Unit Mnry was not dead,
jilthough stink iu a prolonged nml
iiillfion.iis swoon, that Mrs. Hamilton
could put. on tho outward semblance j
in' calmness. At length, tho poor i: I
returned t eonsoiou.'ittot itml tho !
long-drawn sighs r.".,l pitiful moans j
that tlic-st escaped her lip:( were harder
ftill to tir.i t!ian the silence w hich bad
lireev.led them. !
V.'itU inslinotivo precaution, the i
1'oiu- mother had dismissed evcr one !
lrom tho room, except the physician,
nt thu first sigit of ret urn in g con- I
edoiiMncHs on the part of the child. I
"No one except those who lovo hpr 1
-and loet.,r Mac does lovo Tolly - ;
hall hear what who may invv poor '
darling, if she ever speaks again!"
Something like this was tho nn- .
formulated thought of Mrs. Hamilton's ;
mind, ami although she ueted upon it, j
he was hardly nivaro of her own w is- i
Ipiii in doing so. Hut Mary did not '
erm disposed t speak, on'lv gazing '.
l itirully at her mother and at' the doe- 1
tor when she ha ! siilliciontly recovered 1
to reengujr.a them. Then her eyes ,
Idled with tears, which slowly rolled
lovn her paiiid face, while stranglin;; !
fttMps und sighs hiuko from her lips! 1
Mrs. Hamilton would havo clasped
her daughter in her arum, and would
liavo held her head to her heart as :
when ii little child -for when had
3'olly ever known a grief that she :
v.nild iiot Kooth and husli and kiss
t way and it was ma.ldoiiiiigiiow that
tdiu could not so much as put in words
her sympathy and sorrow. Hut lwtor -Maclotiabl
chocked her with nn im
perative look, ami placing his linger
on his lips indicated that the tears
which were now being forced from
Tolly's eyes, and the sobs ami sighs
that wero i-hnkiug her slight form
tvoiiM do m ro to carry oil' the tir.-t
weight (, her sorrow than anything
that could l c put into words.
"lift her weep," ho whispered, per
lently. "Words will only Mop the
How of tears let her weep. The
prief that dissolves in tears will never
lircak tho heart. ''
Mrs. Hamilton could only reply hy
frantic but helples v ringing of lur
hands. 'Why should nny one speak
vl Tolly's heart breaking? AVhat cruel
p-ief had hecu cast oa her innocent, ,
fweet child to omso such tears? Oh,
it was surely unjust of heaven to tor
tuivanyono so good and kind and ,
j-oaiic! Her dear little Tolly, who
1 uever caused a moment's pain or
Burrow to uny living thinij!
Me.antimo Toliy wept Vilontly, Ut
terly and with u fearful sinking of tho
heart a terrihlo despair as she told
hei self over and over nsaiu tho words
which had caused hor anguish; hut as
her tears increased, and as her sohs
grew more convulsive, and then slowly
aimed and finally ceased, the first,
awful hui'tiiiitfpuiuof her crief passed
woy, nud she thought suddenly, and
wilu a strange frantic hopefulness:
''There must ho somo mistako I
did not quite uudiTstimd, I know I
ii tu sure it cannot ho so dreadful as I 1
Lavo thought."
Then suddenly sitting up, she said: '
"Mamma, where is Kitii? Won't !
yon send her to me? I must speak :
with her! I am quito well now, miito i
well it was nothing hut a shock, and
1 haven't quit:! i;iidcrstood--l)iit i
must seo Kim, nud then, mauim:i dear,
afterward 1 will tell you all about it."
'IJut, Tolly "
Doctor Macdonald quickly mn lo a
si fin to Mrs. Hamilton, aiid theu said
to Tolly:
"You shall do just as you please,
my dear. A nice, confidential talk
villi your youu;,' friend will do you all
tho good in tho world; and if you will
promise to take a certain hitter drink
that I will send yon very bitter, but
very toning and quiet lug for the nerves
1 think I will say good-bye, for tho
present."
Ho had taken Mary's hand while he
f poke nud held his linger on her pulse
for just one in i mite, and then, gently
patting her chock, ho turned away,
and Mrs. Hamilton, promising to seud
o!ores immediately, followed Doctor
Macdou.t'd from the room.
This kind-hearted physician, had
seen the inside workings of too many
households to ask auy qacstions when
he saw signs of hnld'-n and terribla
mental and nervous trouble"; batb"e
was cortainlr amoved to find them here;
for Mrs. Hamilton had already told
him all she knew of the condition of
her daughter, and that she had left her
in a state of perfect Iiealtb, to receive
a visit from her fiance, only half au
hour before the time she found her
utterly collapsed and unconscious on
the door.
"s there any danger, doctor?" she
asked. "Don't deceive me. Is it her
heart? Is it some unknown malady
that we haw; iiovi r fiiicctedV"
' i'Luu i jj j dauber, m.lam," the
- a
- !
RO.JBT B oNNtt't SdKi.)
physician hustoafd nssuro Vrr, ni
ho continued to fill out a prescriol ion
which was only a simple tonic and in r
vine combined. "Miss Tolly is not tho
girl to dio of n heartache: butyoii may
ns well understand that iho hn. h-:d a
severe shock. No doubt j,in will soon
know much mOro nboiit it' than 1 ever
i hall;lmt my advico is to take her
away from here as soon as you can: let
her have new scene, new friends' but
nbovo every! hhijT el.-e, ,t ne.v lover.
Pardon me for sayin,; so, I meant it
only for ymlr child's good, but I never
liked the old lover; he had tho look of
a cruel and treacherous villain under
his'iufernal beauty. I know t Mioek
you. but I am a physiognomist, nud n
physiologist, ami I. speak painful
truths. "
"Oh, Doctor Maedonald, you nro
prejudiced:" exclaimed Mrs. Hamilton .
"You don't like handsome men- "
"Wo won't discuss that, my dear
lady, but. don't keep Mist Polly wait
ing; send her yoitug friend to her."
He hurried away before Mrs. Hamil
ton, wdio was indeed too much daod
to pursue the conversation, could cay
anything further; and che nifiehaiitcclly
proceeded toward the room of liolores";
remembering Uow what she had been
too t'Xfitod to remark, although dimly
conscious of it nil thu time, that not
withstanding tho t umult of ularm con
cerning Tolly, Dolores had not Vet ap
peared to inquire into the cause of it.
".Mary would like to rpoak to you,
Dolores," she said, when tho latter
opened tho door. "She is iu her
room."
Never had Mrs. Hamilton nddressod
hor iu such a tone, and Dolores, w ho
had lcn colorless its marble, felt her
face Hush to the very foots of her hair;
for there was contempt, anger, rcorii
and wounded feeding in tho voice ol
Tolly's mother that voice which had
always been tilled with matrnal gen
tleness toward tho lonely and mother
less girl.
"I will pome to her nt once," was
tho answer iu low and tremulous
touos, which went to Mis. Hamilton's
heart; but tdio would not permit her
self ti) be moved.
What kind of i Rill -n-a.i tills, Will
could remain in her room without m:
much anxiety ns to ask n question
when tho whole househidd had been
turned npside-dowu by Mary's inex
plicable illness? It was evidently not
inexplicable to her, or why was Micm;
palo and agitated? And by llin tinn
Mrs. Hamilton ha I remembered that
Dolores was iu tho drawing-room
when Stanley had been shown iutj it.
She must, then, havo still been there
when Mary entered. She must have
known why she had fainted. .Morn
than that, sho was, perhap s the cause
of that dreadful ftud u:i;'Xi!ai.ie.l
swoon which ha I scemo 1 t. threaten
tho very lifo of her child. All tins
passed through tho nnsious mother's
mind in au iustaut, and produced its
effect before she was aware of it; and
although she felt Iho unconscious
pathos in Dolores's voice, she hard
ened her ii:nirt against it, nud lurucd
resolutely away.
Dolores was only vaguely aware t':mt
joinething terrible had occurred. Siio
knew that the nervous seizure, tnvu'e.
or whatever it was to which she wu-,
occasionally subject, had overtaken
her whilo listening to tho frantio ad
dress of Clarence Stanley. She knew
that ho had professed to love her; but
of all that haa been said, either by
him or through her own lips w idle she
was in the mesmeric condition, she
win entirely ignorant. Siie only hrew
that when she recovered from it, like
a person awaking suddenly but com
pletely from n brief sleep, she saw him
as through some luminous mist, star
ing straight before him, with lixel
guio aud apparently terrified. She
was herself an are of that strengthen
ing, comforting and tranquilixing
presence that had so often come to her
iu moments of peril or other critical
times; and theu she glided quickly
from the room, and iu doing so, slu
penned to be obeying adirecting voice
which, without being heard, ma le it
iieif entirely uuderstoo 1.
l!ut she hal neither seen IVlly
Hamilton enter, nor had she any sus
picion that Tolly had come upon the
sceno usiperoeived. She seemed to
herself to have awakened from n
dream, which she vainly tried to re
member; and she was thinking, iu a
lather frightened way, o; this curious
"trance,'' which hal no -v twice over
taken her iu Stanley'.-, presence, when
she became aware of the sudden com
motion iu tho house; uii i opening lu-l
door to inquire the cii'l-e, sh- he :'. 1
Mrs. llmnlto'.i giving wild diuvtioiu
about sending for a do-.-ior.
Dolores retreated into her room, as
if the had received a blow.
With appalling clearness, he felt
wh.it Lad taken place, and t.be van
overcome with all the Horror of one
who bus. nnv.ittiu-iy but surely killed
the doare.'-t frieu ion faith. Slies-auk
into a chair aud rocked to and fro iu
abject misery, v. 1 im,ing her hands an !
repeating over and over age.'ii:
"Maruja knows! Mmuia has heard
all! What shall I do? Vhat shad
do? It will kill i.er, and I sh-il! be
the unhappy cause.' Oh, why ii I I
not go at tirst? Why did I lingc
hero after I aw the tirst s uspicion in
her mind? What fatal fascniu! im -what
misunderstood terror of tliii
man-held me h ie? If I had ou'y
Ibtened to the in aid prjaqitiu
MT soul when T first ran hinit Hull
I feared to lenvo !n;l. I hoped t-
havo helped her, was iu u
ma of dou'.t nml uncertainly,
T.vo'i tho intuition that has id way I
kept my spirit frro in its darkest
moments liCLiued clouded, to that t
IIO longer nndet r lo.pil jln .;i,laiice.
Then caiue, and iu that brief mo
ment of our meeting it r.eomed ai
t'l iilgh our spirits touched. The soul
looking out of hi i eyes into mini)
seemed the oilier half of my o,vn, nml
lo tho last, moment of e:;i:-teiice
milst feel that I am ono with hii.i aud
ho with me. Ah, yes, mw I know
and shall know forever this is lovo
and I love that niiinV"
Her thoughts flew to tho night when
Van Tassel had seemed io call on her
for help, und the 'ucuielit ".vheusho
had stood face to face with tho rtran- j
ger who had f;o suddenly come to tho
assistance of the unlucky professor, j
ami th-re she paused. Though still
til it state of horror unspeakable about
Mary, she was still, iu memory, gat
ing back into those wonderful eyes
that held her own with n new, slrango
aud delightful pove:- wheU Mrs. '
Hamilton's summons sharply recalled
her thoughts to tho present. j
And now she knew, from the voice
and manner of Mai uj.i's mother, that I
her worst suspicions were correct ; but
she attempted no justification, no ex- ;
pbinat ion. Willi iho mvift decision J
that nlwp.ys characterized her in any
uueriiency, sdie ro: e at once to meet it. j
CIIATTKU XXII.
a rt.t'AsiN.i Ai.Ti;i:sATtvi:.
Whin Clarence Stanley reached his
room, the o!lliclii!g feelings that ha I
loen agitating him since ho met Do
lores that day had nil been merged in
to a burning rage, and that emotion I
was now a! a white heat. Jlis first
act was to C'llert it r. limp; ill the
middle of tile thiol-, all the books on
me iierism, clairvoyance nud kindred
subjects which Van Ta 'fel had brought
to him; ho then relieved hi ij feelings
by kicking the lot, collectively and '.
separately.
"Infernal rubbish!" he- dually
wound up, with feeling of positive
refreshment at this relief lo his pent
up fury, mollification and disappoint
ment. "A pretty niuddlo I have made
if tho whole a.Vair putting my foot
iu it is nowhere! I have jumped into
the bog up to my w ai .t, ami every step
1 might !i;:;ke J would only flounder
deeper. That idiot Van- he said 1
would bum my fingers, and I've done
it! lie fears me and believes my will
all powerful, because drink and opium
have destroyed his own. Well, there,
ut least, I am safe, and I will use him
for my a Wantage. Tor the '"st,
,..., n.;..,.g uiiiiMi-civ in the facii
and make a new deal."
And, us if to facilitate this, a letter
was at this niuim nt handed in at the
door, and the waiter delivered it with
too words that it had been brought :
"by iiiessei'gei , with orders to put it
directly into Mr. Stanley's baud."
"A woman's message, of course," ,
thought Stanley, with a slight feeling ;
of perturbation; for he felt that in thu
eyes of the Hamilton family ho wa.
covered with the most shameful con
tempt, and might even expect to be -called
to very han account i Mary's
father. "From Tolly, 1 suppose. I
can never seo the giil again no, not
even if she were wiiliug to forgivo
everything. A girl who could forgivo
that scene to-day would ho iustlpport
ao!e. Not all old Hamilton's millions
could redeem her, though lam fond of
gold."
This Stanley said to himself, with
that euriom: desire to whitewash his
character iu his own rye, that comes,
at limes, tot'io worst sort of men, lu ,
reality, ho was wishing iu his inmost
heart that things might turn out so
that be could make up with Tolly,
ha ten their imiriiage and settlelowu ;
to the coiuofortal !e os.-Vf siou of "obi i
Hamilton's millions;" mid as he turned
the letter about and glance 1 f,; the ad
dress on it, hu was cunscious'of a dis- :
tiuct throb of disappointment at see
kig that tlio handwriting was wholly :
unknown to him. lie tore it open ut
orco and ghi'.K -'d nt the signature, and
his disaiipoiut neut was changed to
amazement and curiosity.
"Olivo tiayc," ho read. "Now,
what oa earth can that girl havo to say :
to mo? She is a deep one, and it was ;
she who brought C'c'estino to call on
Tolly Hamilton. What new compli- :
cation is waiting for me''
"Dear Mr. Stanley" wrote Miss
(iaye "I urn sure yuii will pardon tho
liberty I tako iu addressing yon w hen
J explain the reason. I cannot feel,
anyway, that we tire strangers, having
known your dear papa ami the rest of
tho family so well, aud being also ,
nwnre of the unfortunate misunder
standing between you and your relatives-.
Tut for that, dear Mr. Stanley, 1
I should not be in a position to oiler i
you the impoitaut news now in my
possession. foryou would have known it ,
first. As it is, both you an 1 the new.--
paper -reading public at largo will be in :
possession t.j it perhaps t i-:uc.r-row
iuoi iiitig: and that is w hy I w ish (
to say that it is iji.-oir.tely mves-ary
for youi future happiues--. end comfort .
that you should seo me ti: :t. I shall .
remain at homo all day, and I have 1
given orders tha uo ouo shall inter- :
nipt the e.:li'!er.!ial cuversatiou ;
w hich I am to v ready to have with i
you. Do net. 1 U. g i"; y i. k v-p me
waiting o.io u.iaiito loir.-r than is ah- I
solute'.y lu'ces-ary. It will be very;
impolite iu yon and v. ry unthiltering :
to me, but ai'ovo ail. It will be dl.is-
trolls to your f.;'u:e. " ;
'i In -i remarkable ion tin ;i .ailed 1
I .y too write;
'Dear Mr
.Ill li;:! I'.e
.u!i v's sin
ami
I : ivi; tlAVi:."
.iM : t Ki'.
I
i luore peoido over j
than aie totind in i
can eo'.liitl v. Tho !
I'r.ino ,,
sixty veal -i
hi y i.t hi i-i.--t
v.; i at--.
a obi puopl I
i s fuiiu.l in iici.iud.
All Olil CiilriHtf.
What is sauce for the goose Is said
to be. nr should be, sauce for (he gan
der, and that Is generally tipple sauce.
Itu' al Chapel St. Leonards In Jhigland
a gno.-y escaped all kinds of dressing
iiiii. r.led at Hie ripe age of twenty
eight years. She hutched out nine gos.
lings regularly year after year, but few
of her ileseeiiihilits sui viveil her. As
the mere Ulan who otvneil h"l' got
i'lr'-. shillings apiece for the brnoil.
she may be said to have laid silver
eggs, if not g ibleii ones. At any rale
she yielded him tile tidy sum of 100
Pis., li.-i family having reached the
nnsnziug total of JVJ. She was n
fin lilhir and lesneeieil figure, but. It Is
hard to say v by burial service was
held over h- r grave ami the boll tolled.
Moi-ciiil
Morcau was a r'reiuli poodle 'who
would have performed tricks If any
pains had bee:: taken with his educa
tion, lull Turn.' t liriulb'v und his wife
Were loo busy for lhat. He wiih laligbt
lo drive the cows to pasture and lo
liriug them home at night. A gate
was constructed nl the end of tic lane
in such n manner lhat Ii swung b-.-th
ways. So. when the farmer said:
'.Moreai', it is time to get the eow'S;"
h. slarted without a word ami ran
down the lane. If tl ws were wait
ing, he would push ih ' gale open, nud
hold it open wiih his paws for them to
go through. list, if llie.v had not mmr,
he would go around the pasture and
get iliem togeiher. drive them r.p, and
THE RAGGED ROMPS OF RAVEN RUN.
Dov.n she road they gravely tramp,
Tlie lagged romp's ei Ihiven Ibiu;
K,e !i is a Mild'.i r lre-!i ir-ua camp,
Willi hall a broomstick as a kuii.
Tour little foazzlrd hca.hd tots,
l'lnk-paper i-appetl. with stalely mien,
A-lrilhii,( m the sunny -o.
And 'loU'iin" Lew and his "cordcen."
From oat tho l ati'lien l;ere llie.v come,
.Mai and .l"hn and l't and Hugh;
A hi-eken l;el 1 !e as a ilnlei.
Their tl.ig a mini r's sinrt el blue, '
open tin- gate the other way. This h"
did every night and morning.
The next thing he learned to Io was
to churn. A little harness was fitted
to him. a band slipped over n water
wiicd and fastened to the big churn.
:i little platform for Morcau to walk
steadily on ninl on. the crank of the
churn turned by the motion till the
butter was there, yellow as gold. Mor
cau was then unliurm sseel, nml re
reived his reward lu the form of n
drink of buttermilk. Then ho would
run and play in the sunshine or sleep
in the shade till it was lime to bring
the cows home-Now York Mail aud
K. press. .
New KiihI of a Irff,
The animals in the .jocular jungle
p:-;tuaiUl )!.. acrobatic old olepUau:
to plant l;i:r.s ;1 hdaufp i'.e had such a
r;!.va;tt'.fu: t. ur.k. Chicago Iie.ord
Herald. '
I si. In w' For Mirf.
lislniig on hind is prolinldy .1
To :;.
si range p
ur.iiid;'i:iitei-
i;l Hitch 1,'
Y- lo lil.e II",
i::;le in... o
I lie ei'lll lie
cents does ;.
It" IW.d 1"
lo yoii. unless ymii
s told Villi how lie Us. d
ill the p.ltltiy. If he
' an It' ai In r he had wry
cea iie was a boy. and
as much to li i in as ten
est buy s nowadays, nud
ii a rout for every leu
:;:i. - he . a..- -;
,:. In-. i
piiiilrv "i-
kairct hajj'i" ns to be full of wive, uudj
l; ti
(l very slmile inait'-r io mak" one (
the old-flislilolied kind, with an i-lopl.v
jam Jar. Over the lop He a pin e of
lielivy brown paper. In the way yuii
have probably seen j.us of currant
lellv covered. In the middle of iho
w 'Jm
l((''C''c
A MOtrsp. TliAP i on lioVs.
paper cut a cross. Then ei He- .hu
wherever the mice are apt lo cone- and
hang n plecs of toasted el over
ll enire of the jar. Tin' mouse, al-
trneted by tiie he se. will climb ri I 1 1
the jar. and his welgln will ojieii the
crosscut and drop liim Inside ihe jar.
Hie jiaii-'r door Hying back in place,
ready for another uiMispeei ho; von
turer.
If you can persuade jour iimiher lo
pay you for every mouse jmi eaieh. so
mllell till' lielll-l
This same sort of a trap can be i. . ,i
ill the ll'dds aud woods, for Ii.ii '. i - i oei
field mice, bin should ho hi:, d in ' lc'
ground, if possible. A inark'M for :- 11-
illg these wild creallires ! lien he
found innoiig boys ami girl- w ho wMi
lo tl'aill lilelll f"l pel It.isloM (ilolie.
A T.nftiurloiiH Ctirhatoo.
The most loqliaeiiuis inekatoo in
the world used to be own d oy a -; il
servant in u lUvermu lowicbip. An-
jtr.illa, and as this is. perh.q . l i!V
The lanr"! -covered ni-"mt i.as 'ui'..
t 'j.nri lle:r lo.el, I lit! v .li. Is ii-l " 1
The breaker and its hage . u! pi: -,
The I'.Uiiics ,ind the dim r.iwue.
Hark llirmuh the e.ir- I i-o t'aem s
The coal dast i oad : tlto Muzzled b.o:
The bro.uiis;a !: gmis; tlie einl-hsh ill-...,
Of those wee snMscra of oar land;
And this I know hnu ai'.ei Lew,
Knlisteil Vuc.st the fc'illi! inc.
And dim and .lolm and I'a' and Hug!).
Had followed hun and to-
Ci.i.-a-,. i:..
ordeesi.
d-He, , .
bird (lint ever shut up a politi.,,1
"windjammer." the Melbourne Turn !i
deems Its escapade worthy to be just
on record. A genera! election w;is on.
and olio of the candidates for the dis
trict had engaged a ball wherein to
I'ddress the electors. There was a
great attendance, and the i amliilat
went from scratch with a rush, but nt
the end of live minute was interrupt". 1
by a thin, i-roakiug voice, like that of a
little Imp suffering I' rem whoopmg
cough, which called from one of the
rafters: "Oh. I'm full of this!'-
Th crowd, suddenly discovering the
cockatoo on his perch aloft, laimlfil
uproariously. A long string of insults
nt t lie crowd caino from ilm r.if;.-r:.
The candidate tri. il to uet going again.
"Tln man's an assl" wa iiie i-ockii-too's
comnieiil. and he jerked it in afirr
every sol-inii expression of tlie candi
date's opinion.
At last tl candidate's path m-i' gave
way.
hurl,
bird.
ami. seizing ihe witter bonle. lc
1 It furiously at th" iulcmper:i.
It broke a window, ami M-jini
the bird to further i fforts. Picking nit
the
candidate, lie heaped reproie 'lies
and
won:
insults upon him. Tin' hint
finding nothing left to throw.
and unable to make any impression ..n
the roaring audience, the politician hird
himself from the ball, and the exit
bird gave the last touch by calling
pleasantly; "So long, so long:" The
meeting forthwith i-airinl a resolution
lo the effect that the cockatoo was ;l
lit and nroi r party to lcje'seut t Ii.it
district in Tarliameiit.
Ton Many Sheep.
Immense areas of cat He range h.ive
beeu destroyed by loo LUUi il crovviting
anil 'o.v .shi-i p. Sheep in lu;g.- bum hvn
ain ice grass n c!op ar.d -. : its
-o.t with their ho.-iis that :t da-
Mil ways of the Northwest have
iMied lo find tlie grass most sti;
ir viock. and to this end will i
.'.o.ism iicres of iniid into tliir'y
ilivisioiis. cioli ot' whieli ;!
planted Willi a different kind in ;
Tho
('lii
.:i!'l.' i vi.
It's.
I 6
l;b...
When Iter lliipi'i Me l:nlleil.
Wlli'll il" Cillls oil her. Wearing a llov.
i!si. vli.lt nt iiceMic. iit.d a liai i'i-r's
piirting In his hair, she catches in :
breath with a '!.' cp bill" g.i( ;,.,,
ioispit'- to li ,,Ai last:"-- .ev
Vuik Suu.
yon haven't Ii trap In i ) liou-
W
1 J.
Hy Albert. Perry Brlgham,
Professor of Geology.
tO CO.WM'SIVE word has
conclusion may lie beyond the bounds of human Investigation. -n
with the gbie'lers of the Ice Age, earthquakes, or 111" origin of
species, many facts nn- known, and some major conclusions can
not be doubted, but the uliimute cause yet lies in obscurity. This
Is not discouraging to the true student, but only uie of many
proofs of the limitation of our knowledge.
Two questions must be asked: iH What lire the sources of tin'
hent Heeded to melt the rocks nml form the gaseoun clouds of vast
'
cMi nlV tJi What Is the force that expels these materials front the crust .' ah
nt'iirds (lie tirst. many answers have been given which must be set aside, or nt
lea: i ajipi :tr lo be Inadequate. Volcanic heat has been thought to bp n remnant
of i be original lent of tin- globe. Hut on this theory It would seem that villein
ism sh mid gradually have declined through the ages of geological history.
Th's has tmt been proved, and some facts look In the opposite direction, others
have thought that the Imiit romes from powerful chemical reactions in the lU'ep
mititnil laboratories of the earth's crust, lint this cause seems lusutticlont for
the melting that Is accomplished. It Is known that rocks melt mid ts'come
pin-tie. under great pressure, iu the presence of water nml alkaline materials.
Th' i is l iille.l aqiico -Igneous fusion, lint lie's not account for Hi" great heat of
wb-iinocs. All these causes may contribute to (hp result lu various degrees and
b 'iillties. Thus the original heat of the t-arth Is believed to hold the rocks of
tic crust near tit" molting point nt no great distance below the surface. Such
crushing as goes with mountain making may add bent enough of mechaiilclil
iri 'iti to cause fusion. A scniingly paradoxical theory Is that the under roekn
Would molt if lin y were not under sin cmlous pressure, nml w lu ll at. soino
points this pressure is relieved In the succession of strains wlib li Hi- crust un
(leri:.., s Ho. locks there pass into a mollon state. The two theories are not in
consistent, At one point we have added pressure find ndd"d bent; nt another
removal of pressure and lowering of tlie melting point.
As to th cause of explosion, tlu answer is hardly more satisfactory. The
stli'ih n coiivi r doit of water Into steam is thought to have much to do with
plosive eruptions, and the more ns most volcanoes lire near Hie sea. Hut thlsi
d"i s 1 1 t account for Inland or quiet eruptions. Nor is It easy to see how enough
wii.e could reach tlie seat of the beat, either by saturation or sudden Intlow.
Chains of volcanoes, as In the Amies, correspond with lines of mountain mak
ing. A perfect theory must explain nil the fucts. Why tire some eruptions
ouiet and other violent? Why tho differenced 1n the composition nml heat of
lavas? Why should tlmro bp n difference of lO.Oi.W feet In the height of the lava
olmntis of th" adjacent volcanoes of Mntiitn I.oa nnd Kllnuca? Why nre somo
vip.'s l.'tteriiiitteiit and others constant in action? Such nre some of the ques
tions. No theory covers all of these.
9 9
UT Mortgage on the Farm
Not Necessarily an Evil It May Be the
Source of Great Good.
ry Edwin Farrer.
Till; mortgage on the farm" Is :t subject upon which numerous writers)
have exi rtwl ihelr energies in the production or poems, editorials,
ci.-ll ol'lietes 1 , tl II lOl'OUK HOllibS 11 Tl 1 1 llilthetiC SHU'llS Without. III! 111! ICf,
(.tiling lo hupriss the minds of the readers with sentiments of horror of this
ins llie.v is present it, pcaei- destroying, poverty breeding curs", ami we are led
to !::. ird the farmer who has a (fixed his signature to a mortgage as an object
f.f ti;t. wbii is dimmed to spend his days in slavish toil and ids nights iu slecp
h.ss m:' ry I'luH has be-ui created a hideous bugaboo which litis frightened,
to their s, rioits injury, many people who have been brought to regard tlie mort
g:u:e as the symbol of certain financial ruin, ami who have thus been d-'terred
liojn making unv attempt t" peeore homes ami farms of their own.
l:t toe mi aniline iiiiliiireim ol million 01 i.i..ui .ut- io.hk.i. io
on Mi-.nii" ii'i-urity. to industrious, tlndfty men. who aie thus enabled to be
con.,, owners oi' the soil upon which they live. Many of them, if questioned ns)
o their nn-tlio.il of iieciitnitl.ition. would, in reply, make a statement similar to
ih - following:
"Having determined to become the owner of a farm, with the assistance of
none trs inis I bougbi a small piece of land, mortgaging it for nearly till it
was Worth, and went to work with all the energy I possessed to pay off Iho
ih-bt. When I had succeeded In cl-arlng It of till incumbrance I bought another
ph e. uiving another mortgage, and working to pay It off, nnd have continued
i-wr since to buy property, give mortgages and work to pay tlto debts. As
s .tt as cue piece was paid for I would buy another, and thus I have always had
a tit"i:.!-e to pay off. which has given me an object to work for and kept mo
helm.;."
This simple method has beeu nnd Is now being successfully practiced by
'! "'tsamis Ti;,..' ,s really very llttl.. f on udti t Ion, iii furt. for th" giva; mass of
sympathetic g;Hi on this subject thi'.t has been poured I'lP Upon the public by
the i i.i.-: u ititi 1 1 Vi writers of the ago.
the mortgage is r.'ally one of the conveniences of our modern civilization
by which we are enabled to secure and use and enjoy the nccuinulated wealth
of od.er.-. and. instead of being an unmitigated curse to the farmers of the
land, it has been tlie lever by which many thousands of worthy itieii have been
lift d from the condition of "hired hand" or that of "rcnt-'l" to lhat of free
hohb !, ami has thus proved a blessing rather than a curse.
A Woman's
By Helolse Edwlna Hersey.
Wi; conic lo the practical question of what would he th" eftW-t upon the
country if women xver-' now permitted to vote. The Tnilcd States is
today In grave peril from too -.vide au extension of tlie franchise.
Th ; nipt am of our great cities is cbictly the result of a mass of ignorant
voters. The xvibl heresies, financial and social, which sxvcp oxer our country
every few years, liml their force and danger among the ignorant. You must
leit'cinbi r that die qiiost'on is not xvhetln r you and I niv better titled to vote
than the man that loafs on the benches r P.esti n Common, or that shovels saml
mi :i Wi stern railway, or breaks stone In the South. Th- question is whether
he is holier lilted lo vote than his wife .and his daughter, or whether we shall
leiiie.iy ih-. evil of his vote by adding t" it that of his xx iie and daughter.
The in. th is Unit in xvlmt. fir xvant of a better phrase, we must call the
lower Kinks of society, the average political liiii'Uigcnei' of xx-omen is far lieloxv
tbiil of men. It is itsy to say that this is due to the fact thai women have not
been brought to acquire knowledge of politics, since they have li.nl no voice in
them. I dotilil if this is true. Tito differ-mv seems to ine to 1' a t'lmilaineiilal
iiit.il- t -s i : ; 1 1 one -a method o Ihoiiuht rather than a hick of thought. Kvoi
graining li'.ai it be not so. however, it Is obvious that it would lake tit Vast two
gin. riiiiotis to cure tiie evil. To instruct a whole sex In political duties would
be ii ge-ainie task.
Ihe World's Mightiest Force.
By the Kev. Howard Duffleld.
Tilt: new sjinpor s the colossal force of the inoilcru world. Mechanically
the news.pat.ei lays all other departments of invention and discovery nil
dei- tiibute. eUl'sidiziUR the railxxax. the steamship nud the eleetrir wire.
I t:t -In. : ually th. t:cv spapi r sxxerps the horizou of events and scans the en
cyclopedia of ideas. The tinsel of fashion, the shadow of death, the pomp of
courts, ihe tilth of sluuii-. tics grandeur of heroic achievement, th-1 uiinsuni of
M-audal. tbe .Mi...iu:iy of tfce la'- the brutality of vice, the triumph of science
tho piiis-i' ot 'he ru ;-??' icavkrt. tho glow of oloqucncp, the chimes of poetry
the vub.ar intrenincne e ti' gossip, overlap iu its columns.
Personally, the newspaper colors the thought and molds the character o!
uncounted multitudes. It interviews personally, and every day, nil who dwell
within lie boundaries of civilization, from capitalist to gamin, outlining conver
sation, enlarging vocabulary, creating prejudice, kindly sympathies, at limes
! i tiiiol'ling, at times poisoning nobility, tit all times enveloping tlie reader with
j tin- .iinio, photo through which lie si i s his xvorld.
I'.ihiiiiliy the newspaper is creedless. not Immoral, but unmoral. It is a busl
i t:- - s i no rprise pure and simple, sweeping the planet for information that is
i iiiii ci-.i'l ill di and advocating those principles which are backed by a constituency
);li!o io express Itself iu dollars and cents.
Ideally the liexvspaper should be the lever for tlie uplifting of the world. It
filo-cM dubente its vast power to the dissemination of nil that makes iiieu pa
tiioi-". I'otiist. kindly, devout. Its peculiar access to the public heart should
i issue ;u (he iuviuiutjug, the purifying and) the spiritualizing of the nubile, bfv. .
been spoken on this subject. A final
Against Suffrage