.THE OLD HOME DAYS.
Old stone doorstop! Blerslngs on you! Ton havy suffered no "repair."
Grestlnpi! Blessings! I'd known J011 " f 4 mt '?? anywhere! , .
tilxty years and mot have faded Kino you anchored by too door .
V here the wide back norc'J w shaded by th aautont syoattior, j
Waving 'oft, through Miory'ui
jn tUo delft ham do)sl , .
Old stone doorstep! "I retail you! Father found you on the hill,
And be said "Uy OeorKo! I'll haul you where you'll make a noble oil.
Hunimnt rough, but might be reunion 'uoimh eight rapotke.ru Die, I gueesj .
All of us that toil end suffer must b wrluklud more or less.
That was Just like father's ways
la the old home days!
, So bo bltohed the oxen to you In the path the' water wore,
Slowly slew yon round and drew you to the open kltoben door,
Where the crowbar madu you worry and the heavy iron maw ,
And I taufihi'd to tee you hurry as you wrlggfco into plaoei
, And he said: "I'll bet it sift'.!"
,,; In the far bom days!
And yoa stayed, O stair of granitel c our home and life part)
Not a thrimo upon the planet touches so the truant beRrt. ; , , ;
A fond memory backward glanees through the labyrluth of years y , .
Hound tlieo troop the pictured fancies 'mid tbe laughter and the tears,
And we thread the tanxled maze
To the old home days!
Oh, the orchard and the garden, and the elms arrayed in state) - ,
1
-mill one (lunt, like a warden, towers nesine mo open gmei ;.,
How he raptured, na and swung us-oh, the mad and merry wight! ,; , ; : 1
Through the tangled branches flung us till we shouted with delight! .,
. . Oh. the joyance of the plays ,
la the long-home days!
' Peaceful hours! The twilight shadows of th harvest evening gray
, Prooght the blossoms of the meadows in the odors of the hay, ,:.,,.
: And the cows from out the clover tinkled that tbe day was done,
And tlie bee went droning over with thejr goiuen armor on
, - Through the sunset's fading rays
In the sweet home days! ' .
Hung above yon on the trellis were the Concords In the dew, . ;
' Growing sweeter for the chalice as the jocund summer flaw, I
And you heard the water tumble where the river breaks In twain
: - i, And the rumble and the grumble of the grinding of the grain,
And you wnti'hed each changing phasa '
Of the old home duya! . . , '
i ' ' ;
. '' Dcnr old doorstop! Oh, the prancos of the children on the grass, i :
.'Vsjsv Aud the gambols and the dances of the laogMag 14 and lass, , v- -
" ; And the song we sutHi ohan'el aethe hours ot evening sped! ., f; ,
Ob, thesacr.-d spot ii hkin'.ed witi tha fsMJOf the dial v
. And theeetiobs of tie lays .'.:s
Bung In the old borne days! . ,
i, Memories throng. The heart Is swelling till the pain has found rellof;
Uoly sorrow's pearls are welling from the blessed fount of grief
- :'':, For the music hushed and vanlrfhed. for the voloes round the door
And the footprints that have vanished from the path lorerermora,
As through blinding mists we gaze
'.toward the old home days! v ?
i '' w A. Croffut, In Rpringfield Bopubllcan.
w "'T'TrrA I5riHTi5 ntm : ftrirl
j w 1BU UaiilUlD GUU
By JOHN
Author of "The
i
Heard, the latest from the Philip -
'?" queried young UctiLeayat
vrs' club, as he
Vie
siianer at a
mouth,
j enjoying the post-praudlal hour
of doles far nlente, utterly indifferent,
iu their contentment and comfortable
-'oitn,tl!ags, to the wind that rat
Ued and the rain that beat; against
the windows of their Fifth Avenue
clubhouse, i "Here's a single Filipino
who has the sand to charge a whole
American column!"
Wow!" chorused his listeners, In
credulously,, "And what happened to
the gentle Tagalog?"
"He Isn't, or I suppose It is safe to
wasn't a Tagalog, but a Moro," re
plied the lieutenant, "though I sup
pose all Filipinos arc alike to us here.
As to what happened to him, the dis
patch leaves it to the imagination.
This Is all it says: .,
- "Manila, Sept. 27 Three , com pa-
nies ot infantry, commanded by Capt.
Eli A. Helmnlck of the 10th regiment,
;. left Camp Vicars, Island ot Mind.iniu,
: Thursday, to reconnoitre the Mo.ro
lortg and recover stolen arms. They
encountered only slight
' The -column captured and
position.
estroyed
the Butig foi'ts,
JkniedThoj''
d lu-
jate of
'reniied
thus su
,,'he might
.aud, armed
A
courted
a thousand
.alight, elegant
with clean-cut
JC-tNntedJaeard. re-
j..uiked quietly:
"That rwlls a similar and very ex
traordinary incident which I witnessed
In the S'rudun tn 18SC." ; r
The sooner as Stanford Hyliah, a
visiting EniJlMi journalist and ex-
, war correspondent, to whom the cour-
;. : tescs ot'the club had been extended,
'I'M entire comnanv was atlnntlnn lm.
, mediately, and Mr, Hylish, on being
pwssed, continued:
i. "It was during the operations, begun
too late, alas! for the rescue of Gor
don at Khartoum.. I was with the col-
umn commanded by Gen. Sir Herbert
i Stewart, which made that famous dash
..across the desert to Metemneh when
1500 Tommies and bluejackets at Abu
Rica fought off 10,000 tribesmen whose
. valor Is Immortalized in Kipling's
barrack-room ballad 'Fuwy-Wuzzy':'
" 'An' ere's to you, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, with
your 'ayrlck "ead of 'air .
. You big black boundln' beggar for
( you broke ft British Square.'
"The column was made up- of the
Sivssex regiment, mounted Infantry,
a camel corps-of guardsmen, and a
detachment of men-o'-wnr's men, with
a troop of the Nineteenth Hussars
acting as scouts. 'We hurried along
with us four screw guns una ft couple
, pf gatllngs.i Big Col, Fred Burnaby,
of 'The Ride to Khiva' fame, was' of
Hie expedition, and rejoicing mightily
thereat, caring nothing (if he had any
premonition of his fate) that It was to
mark the close of his adventurous ca
ii or. Not having been able to get
f.i-clf sent to the front, he had c
t.jieJ sfveral months' leave of ab
sence, aiTrrriwfWwlth a shotgua, had
overtaken the army on the Nile, hav
ing dodged, by avoiding the Egyptian
tovtfis, imperative orders "to-" return
tn rrnphed to every point of. possible
", ption by the war office authori
ty who bjid learned of his departure.
' - a had made a forced march ot 18
hon, 'i and were ncaring the wells at
Abuivlea. Not a man had had a raor
Rvl cut or a drop to drink during
n'l t' :it time. Most of us wer on the
i of prostration from futtfflie and
t!ie torture caused by the sand and fine
' t vhlth clogped ott moutliflj farn,
I lidMiili, FftusiiiR un lntoicralilo
i a, and pcnelrnti'd our worn nnd
i ir.iiy oiv-i rf (l clii'Mri" Tho
il'i (i ' .r ; jit at I '. 'vl'i'i k f ,
! s . i ., ,nd ! v
T'liAiti T nnf fllinnrfn
111011 MOl )Ml&
W. HARDING, '
Gate of the Kiss." '
1 had time. So form I squaro about our
ib&gn
nd animals when two mighty,
eats of black humanity
after the fir
got
each
atmospho' I wjtu tho terrible
ueat, as K-JCoaied to us, appeared to
concentrate , too powder smoke in a
donee, acrid, choking pall through
which it was Impossible to see the on
rushing tribesmen. The sciw. guns
had to be cleared of sand before they
cpu!d be put Into action. As for the
Gntllnga, they had vto be taken to
pieces and cleaned. Bluejackets In
side Hie Biuiare were doing this ex
peditiously, but with tho utmost calm
ness,, ainid pandemonium, for the men
told off to look after the animals were
having the tussle of their lives. Some
of the camels and horses had been
wounded, and were , squealing and
plunging madly. Meanwhllo officers
were rushing along the rear of the
lines of the square, shouting amid the
din Into tho ears of the men to aim
low at their invisible foes.
"Suddenly,, on the left roar of the
nnunrrsfherhe heavy cavalry and
orps men had formed, an Im-
lacb mass which had broken
the terrible circle of fir
througt the smoke cloud at
ery barrojsojtliertflesl..ft
fl-'f!,Rerf"nnon fh annah. with I
flg'-'ftseirupon tlie square with
the irresistible force of an avalanche,
broke through the lines, - Some of the
cavalrymen, true to their Instincts,
and lacking the Infantrymen's train
ing to meet such an emergency, broke
ranks and rushed at the enemy. The
others and the Infantry stood their
ground, and by dint of terrific fighting
closed the gap. Many of the hapless
cavalrymen thus shut out fell, pierced
by the bullets of their comrades. Toe
tribesmen who bad broken through
were quickly cut down,- though not
before Col. Burnaby aud many other
gallant fellows had been killed, Bur
naby, you may recall, received ft spear
thrust in the throat, Geu. Stewart
himself had a narrow escape, bis horse
being slain under him.
"Meanwhllo one of tho fiercest and
bloodiest hand-to-hand fights In the
annals of warfare was in progress all
along the line.' Every man, handi
capped from the first by exhaustion
through he was, knew that not only
his own existence, but the lives of the
entire command, depended upon the
square being kept intact Tommies J
rt i...k 1,1.- . . 1
tuu wis luu&UV liHD UeUJUUS ana IO'.--
the first time I understood how the
expression 'to swear like trooper'
probably had. Its origin, fo while they
fought they swore continuously and
horribly, and .the curses of the wound
ed would l any uther circumstance
have been frightful to hear, , What
they were 'up against,' as you Ameri
cans say, will be better understood
when I tell you that those gigantic
and absolutely fearless blacks hurled
themselves upon the bayonets and de
liberately Impaled themselves In order
to Teach and enable other warriors
behind them to attain, with their
spears and long swords, the men hold
ing the square.
"AH this took place In a few min
utes. Then tils' gatllngs And" other
guns got to work and tbe black mass
withered away in their fire and the
leaden hall from the rifles.
"The result is matter of history. Out
casualties were nine oBIcers and 65
non-commissioned officers and mn
killed and 85 wounded. Tho tribes
men left about 2000 killed and wound
ed on the field.
It was then that the Incident re
called by the lone Filipino with his
bolo occurred. Nearly an hour after
It was all over and the black host had
vanished, the men not engaged In at
tending to the wounded and the att
mals wore drawn up awaiting orders.
They were In loose linos, propping
themselves on their 'rifles and discuss
ing the bntllo. A thousand yards away
a siip-rb !:; V.'h?.? rose amid the
hillocks of slain and looked wildly
upn the s ice of n i - mt lih
I i , t f urn i n m n i r j
I
letlc men of the desert, and evidently
a chief. His actions .attracted Imme
diate attention. He gazed at the thin,
grim ranks ot the conquerors from the
north who were blazing the way tor
the advance of civilization Into the
wild fastnesses ot his ancestors;
scanned the horizon on every side in
vain for a trace of tho Mahdi's mighty
and reputed Invincible cohorts; looked
once more upon the bodies heaped, and
strewn around him, thenv picked up a
shield and spear; and with a scream of
defiance and despair charged upon the
afmy at full speed! '
"The. Tommies who had supposed
be was wounded as tie doubtless was,
unless he had been Blmply stunned by
a bullet-were astonished beyond meas
ure. Not quite knowing- whether' to
take him seriously they were reluctant
to kill him. Besides, perhaps they felt
a little sympathetic admiration for
him. But the warrior was out for
blood, and evidently not disposed to
llston to argument His poised spear
meant death to some one, and amid
tries of 'Don't shoot; 'it 'lm a toss
with the butt!' 'LfAk cut; Vs as mad
as a March hare!' and 'Give It to the
poor beggar; it can't be helped!' a dos
en men raised their rifles, there was a
crackling fire, and the warrior pitched
forward and lay about 100 yards from
the detachment ot gucrds.
"That night, while soldiers and sail
ors, exhausted as men rarely .are, w".1
dreaming the battle over again, or ot
those they had left behind in ' the
peaceful towns and villages of England,
I lay sleplcss from nervous excitement,
watching the sentries silhouetted in
the violet night and the great bright
stars that twinkled seemingly so near
to earth as to db almost within reach.
The -vision of that solitary warrior,
such was 'ihejmpressiou he made upon
me, recurred? WRh depressing persist
ence, and, thought -ave Been many
terrible scenes of suffering and hero-,
ism In war, as it frquenty has done
since, and probably will continue to do
when I am alone with niytlioughts.
until at my last bivouac I falimjfTlie
elumbor that knows no urpMng."-t
New York Tribune;
CUAINT ft?T CURIOUS,
In ft cerjutery In Mlddlebury, Vt., la
ft stone erected by ft widow to her
lovlna husband, bearing this Insorlp-
tloi'T'Rest in peace until wo moei
W la nrntn.1 thnt thn lsrtrost RtiVtl
ever rolled was one -eccntly
out by the Parkgate Wonts,
it Is 80 fect long, 10 feet six
le and 7-8 of an inch thick.
In Egypt nets are spread along the
coast, in vhich hundreds of thousands
of the blrdswhlch come from Europe,
all worn ouCWrum the long flight
across the ocean, ace caught, slaugh
tered, and sold for two cents apiece.
Among the material used in the con
struction ot the new Christ's Hospital
at Horslmrri, England, were 40
miles of hot water pipes,-98 mllos of
electric, wire, 20,000,0u0 bricks, 1,500,
000 tiles, five acres of wood flooring,
100,000 cubic feet of stone and 50,000
tons of cement, sand and breeze.
An American Inventor of infinite re
sources and sagacity has utilized rats
to lay the telephone cables through
the conduits. Several rats wore turned
loose in the conduit with a ferret af
ter them, to which was attached a
cord. Through 700 feet of the conduit
the merry chase was carried, and tho
rats emorged Into daylight at the other
end Just a few feet ahead of tho ferret.
probably Impeded gpjutfc
whti iiv i,a
. Snakes in - menageries often fast
many months. Cases were recorded at
the Paris Museum of a rattlesnake
which refused food 28 months and ft
python which fasted months. But
the record belongs to a Japanese py
thon which arrived in Paris in Novem
ber, 1890. It died in April, 1902, after
having refused ' food for ' two years
five months and three , days. During
that time Us weight had decreased
from 76 kilogrammes to 27.
A telegram from Marseilles relates
a terrible accident which caused the
death ot a young man of 18, in the em
ployment of tho electric tramway com
pany, says the Paris Messenger.- His
duty wait to examine the working ot
the lamps in a number of carriages
at the depot, and in order to facilitate
his task be placed several colls of
wire round his heck. Ho went from
car to car In this way, when, while
crossing the tram lines, he stumbled
apd fell. The ground being damp, ft
connection was established and tho
unfortunate youth was killed outright.
When picked up his head was found
to be completely carbonized. ! l! ,
Costly Government Dnllilln. : .
tt is Interesting to know that the bat
tleships and cruisers now building la
the government yards in England, ex
copt Devonport, are costing more than
the estimates, save In a single ense of
the Albemarle, In which a saving at
$4000 was effected. This is uoi .u.u
an indictment against government
buildjng as It seems at first sight for
the lijht contract-built battleships now
bulldfa 1 will exceed their estimates
by $700,000 and the eleven crulBers by
$875,000. At Devonport ft saving of
$20,570 was made in the building of
the Bulwark and $21,735 in the build
ing of the Implacable. . ,
American Borses fn O vxlry. ' '
Sir R. Stewart and Lieutenant-Col-6nel
Holland of the Remount Commis
sion of the Britlnh aTmy have reported
that the North American horse of 14.2
to 15 hands is the Ideal type for
mounted infantry service. Tho fact
the shipments to South Africa were not
always satisfactory Is attributed in
part to the hardships endured by the
stock In transportation, and still moro
to the fact that few of them had a
chance to recover from the effects ot
the long voyai;o afiej become used to a
new and trying climate befote they
v,ere hiinhd to t'n fuint for active
sscvka, : :
'SSL
. "Gas macliii
In Sydney, Australia, It has been r en wo c ii.
'ion t! -i oi lv 20 p i t ; th !y- n, . ( 1 ,,
1 ' - i ccpip fi n ., i r ii c i ( ,, , ii i
" H ri vt'd SI" ' '.), ,..;-..r f;.. i r -
UTILIZING OF WASTE.
PROGRESS IN BY-PRODUCTS' MANU
FACTURE IN RECENT YtARS.
The World's Jnoremrnt f treallh n.
pandant Upon finding Economical Cset
for Initnurlat rubttaiiCM War in
Vblch Kerus Is Mari rrcdnellv. v
The following extracts are taken
from a report by Henry T. Klttredgo
of Boston to the director of the cen
sus upon the utilization of wastes and
by-products in manufactures. ; Mr. Kit
tredge Is a well-known expert in man
ufacturing processes:
"Nothing In the arts of manufac
ture is more indicative of economic
efficiencies than the utilization ot pro
ducts that have been rejected as waste
or residues in the industrial processes.
The acme of industrial economy is the
profitable employment of every atom
of matertaly in whatever form it may
be presented or however obtained. -Every
particle of an organlo or inor
ganic substance has a useful part to
play in contributing to human necessi
ties or pleasures, and when it per
forms no function toward some useful
end, or remains dormant, it shows that
the ingenuity and enterprise ot man
have not reached their fullest devel
opment, or that the arts of the labora
tory have not revealed all the secrets
of nature.
"For nearly a century the world's
main supply of soap depended on soda,
which 'was obtained as a product ot
the sulphurlc-acld Industry. .Notwith
standing soap was known to the an
cients, it was regarded even fh the
middle agog as a luxury, and when it
was aot readily obtained, tb
cleanliness was concfw
Clothes and by pi
in France-'
tlon
discover some method for n
from common salt, whlcl
shown by Du Hamol, in 1
tain the same base as soda.
40 years thereafter, Scheele found thai
caustic soda could be obtained from
salt by the action of load oxide; but
the production of soda by chemical
processes was unimportant from
industrial standpoint until Le Blano
secured results that gave to the world
one of Its principal Industries. His
discovery was baaed upon the treat
ment of chloride of sodium with sul
phurlc acid, forming hydrochloric
ncld and sulphate of soda. The hydro
chloric add was regarded as a by
product of so little value that It was
allowed to pass off into the air, to the
great detriment of vegetation In tbe
neighborhood. To remedy this evil
the English government, took .action
against the soda, works to compel
them to condense the acid and keep
it out of the way, and this led in
directly to the discovery that , hydro
chloric acid Could be used as ft valua
ble agent In the bleaching industry,
which, however, was at that time far
from having attained its present height
of development,
The choicest perfumes that are
placed upon the market are no doubt
obtained from oils and ethers extract
ed from flowers"; but there are many
others which are artificially made,
many out of bed-smelling elements.
The fusel oil obtained in the distilla
tion of spirits has an odor that Is
peculiarly disagreeable, yet It is used,
after treatment with proper acids and
oxidizing agents, - in making the oil
of apples and the oil of pears; and
the oi) of grapes and the oil of cognac
are little more than fusel oil diluted.
jQiLcf pineapple Is best made by the
h ditiii;neid hiK0i
t
L
""i. ..A
and sulphuric acid. One ct the most
popular perfumes may be obtained
from one of the products of gas tar,
out of which is also obtained the oil
of bitter almonds, so largely cousumed
In the manufacture of perfumed soap
and confectionery.
The refuse of cities throughout the
civilized world is -now generally col
lected and disposed ot for sanitary
reasons, though in many instances
It Is utilized to good advantage for
industrial purposes. The collection
of this refuse has been made only
within a comparatively few years, but
Is now carried .on systematically, being
more or less self-supporting and ad
vantageous from an industrial point
of view. Formerly this refuse was
simply accumulated and disposed of
by burning, or casting Into streams or
onto waste land. Now, bones, glass,
rags, Iron, paper, and other articles
are separately collected and sold.
"The food wastes of New York City
are disposed of by what is known as
the Arnold utilization process, which
is, briefly, steam digestion and sep
aration or the cooked product into
greases and fertilizer fillers. The
greases are all, or nearly all, shipped
abroad andv it is bollevod, refined and
separated into several grades, such
as 'glycerine, red oil, lard oil, and
Inferior grades.' It is not known that
refineries In this country are as yet
able to handle what Is known as garb
age grease, as the secret of the trade
seems to be held abroad. The solids
after; being dried and screened are
sold to the various manufacturers of
'complete fertilizers,' and by them
made up into 'grades which seem to
be particularly adapted for use in the
Cotton belt. . . . K
"The economic uses of furnace slag
have been greatly developed within
the last few years. Formerly Wlag was
carted away from th furnace and dis
posed of in the moBt available place,
as o much refuse material,, hardly
worth the cost of carting. A consid
erable portion of this waste is now
put to some profitable use as a sub
stitute fofr artificial porphyry in tbe
construction of bii.'Idings . and for
street pavements. Paving stonos are
are made from it for the streets of
Mets, Brussels, and Purls, of a oualltv
suflielrntly durable to stand heavy
trafhe.
. very Important innovnlion In the
metallurgical In lustry In Otnn;ny Is
the utilizing; of tlm wn-to '-.. r,f
bU.st furnaces for work in sr . g si 3 eu,
f.
.n,t ...lnhnrir, .iri rw r, miifliP requires, to fetch and carry
in the development of an Important
gas-machine industry.
"Nearly all of the formerly waste
products of lumbor and timber are
now turned to seme utility, and Borne
of the new ; products thus formed
are ot considerable value. Ot this
later class may be mentioned saw
dust, which was formerly considered
an' absolute waste material, tud was
allowed to float down the stream or
waa thrown Into a heap where It
could be most conveniently disposed
ot. French"' cabinetmakers 'have
found a way of preparing this mat
erial which gives it a value far above
that of solid timber by ft procoss that
has been In vogue tor at least 25 or
80 years, combining the use ot hyd
raulic press and the application of
intense heat.
"The production lot acetio, wood
.'ni.n Mj rVim anwriunr. Is one
of the latest enterprises in Norway, r
THE AMERICAN WIFE.
T ThU it Trn flctnr of Hor
Toward Her Hlii!
But the American wj
James hns summed up t"
wife in Just one sentr
"Tho American wlf"
nt Iibi liiicihan'a n'
they are
e of not
Is botjr'
rue. J
quenco
This
actly true.
quite ft ge:
band. Ey
have goi
unaffef'
ful. f
the
k-lire"73s
s what his prole?
Is. She thinks bet
Is ft profession or vo-
Ahnt is generally regarded as
Tedltabla; hut this Is practical
ho knows or cares about it. She
Jgfe vising early and hurrying to
office. She hours him sitting late
a tne eight in fi:e room overnead;
ftnd she Is probably aware that he Is
frame reed in a great sea of papers and
documents of sonw kind or other-
tiresome and stupid things that he will
persist in bringing home and fussing
over.'.':.,,,: .
. She finds that he must sometimes
stay In town all through the summer
when the thermometer is in the nine
ties and when the sickly heat sweats
on the very walls or sizzles on the
pavement. She. thinks It very incon
siderate of him to do this. She would
really rather have him go with her to
the cool, wind-swept nook (tat she se
lects for her own summer's outing.
Just why he does not go, she cannot
possibly Imagine,
It is ono of the curious, irrational
traits which he possesses and which
prevents her from taking him quite
seriously. Perhaps be will run up there
for a day or two; and when he does
come she is very nice to him, apart
from scolding him ft little for getting
so hideously thin and sallow. But he
is not particularly comfortable there.
He follows her meekly Into the dining
room three times a day for a while,
and then he has to go back to what
ever It is that he does in town. Just
what It isr she doesn't know. The
household bills are paid; the checks
come to her regularly. She does the
things she likes to do, and sometimes
dimly recognizes tho fact that it la
peasant to have somebody to see that
her various projects and arrange
mcnts all come out so nicely. Her hus
band la really quite what a husband
ought to be. He does hit duty perfectly,
and she has a very accurate notion of
W6M v-tta-m-
out her bidding, to leave her absolute
ly free from care, responsibility or
worry-T-such Is the whole duty of the
American husband.
And then, she Is so very sure of
him! It never enters her head that he
has anything to wish for, that he' can
possibly be conscious of a void some
where In Ufo, or experience even the
faintest stirring of dissatisfaction:
that he could ever Imagine anything
different from what he has; that he
might ever dream of an existence
where he should be something better
than the household banker, a glorified
butler, a superior maltro d "hotel. She
Is absolutely satisfied with herself
and absolutely sure of him. She does
not want another kind of husband, so
why should he desire a different sort
ot wife? Ainslee's Magazine.
rii Spider Mysterv.
How does a spider spin a thread
from one bush to another at a height
from the ground and then draw It so
tlg'-t? asks a correspondent In the
New Century. Every one who has ever
walked through or country line early
In the morning has felt the strained
threads npon tbe face, and often these
threads are many yards long, but the
way in which it is done remains a mys
tery. He does "not fly across,' drawing
the thread after i'm, for he has no
wlngB. Neither does be descend to the
ground and then climb the opposite
bush, for this would lead to Immediate
and hopeless entanglement of the gos
samer filament. How, then, does he do
it?
M. Favler, a French scientist, has
discovered that a thread one yard long
will support, by Its own buoyancy In
the air, the weight of a young spider.
It would thus be irt tbe power of a Ju
venile to spin a thread of that length
and trust to air currents to carry It
actoea and attach It to an opposite
push 8j that he himself could then
pass over and draw It tight But many
of these threads, to Judge from tlielr
strength and consistency, are not the.
work of young spiders, and, as every
observer knows, they atA often many
yards long and drawn so tightly that
that the face li instantly aware of
their prssoneo when hrrakln; t!i"tn.
Tho worlds nearly ahvajs done In t.'io
nltfht tlwo, so that observation Is difficult.-
A f ool.
Tim only V, r fn ! thin till ninn
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A SEEMON FOR SUNDAY
AN EL:
JQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED
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LIVE IN THE SUNSHINE." .
Th B'V Ir. a. wiionr vnapmnn
Fntf" Produce! Man, nt Their Living
1 Ith World I Contending Fo tk
jr,lUb-iteplnf In tti LOT of Ood.
Ne Vonit CtTT.-The following Mf
mon 'ntitled "Live in the Sunshine," ha
been "rnished for publication by the di
tinmii hl an J eloquent evangelist, the
Re5 Dr. Ji Wilbur Clmpman. It was
presV ed from the text "Keep yourselves
in thi love pf God." Jude 21.
JuJo's is ane of th briefest of all the
letteif in the New Testament, containing
onlv kwenty-fiv versos.' H is, peihsps, tho
)asi4l the epistles. Though tho dste is not
irf jitely settled, it was probably written
afl I t!idestmction of Jemealem. when
, ' ' s-noslle had finished their
v "w-t rlli(thtful spirit of
Y "VI lie writer eaiya
Ho bondsman of
James, and
Vnmil feet,
it; lury-.
corniug nf CIue-ifH
with missinnnrv fire ml"T
characteristics must predominstr
the church is to hnvo power. When one
is in the world and not of it he resliy.es
lie is a pilgrim and a stranger here, snd he
endures trials and tempts tions hecsnse he
knows that they are but for little while.
The second characteristic has just ns great
n influence. The disciples were constant
ly exp-ctinu the return of our Lord; they
remembered the testimony of the men who
had heard the angels on the slopes of Oli
vet, and attain snd stain they opened their
eye, exneotins; to behold Him face to face.
It was this hone in their hearts which in
spired their lives, transfigured the cross
and it shame and kept them pur in the
midst of all temptation snd sin,
The third characteristic is equally im
portant. How much we need to long for
th salvation of others! Nothing so
touches the hidden springs of the Christian
heart as to feel in some measure that he is
responsible for those about him. Some on
has said, when God would draw out all the
fathomless love of a woman's heart, He
jays a helpless babe upon her bosom, and
it is true that the church will awake to
power when she awnkes to resnonsibilitv.
There is something which I have in mind
which will give us all tbe things I have
spoken about. It is described in th text.
If then could be any nub'ect growing ot
of th text to describe it. I should say that
it would be "Live in the minshine." I
know what the sunshine doe for the
clouds; it gives them a silver lininit. I
know whst it does for the grass and the
trees and th flowers; it warms and nour
ishes until thev blossom into beauty and
fruitfulness. Take the plant away from
th light and it will droon and die; place
it where the snn will kiss it and every leaf
rejoice. Tbi is the very poorest illnstr
tion as to what the love of God will do for
ns, o let us keep ourselves in the lovo of
God.
I. That word "keep" Is the W word of
Jude' epistle; In It we are toM'ttmt God
win seep us. out we aw also told to keep
ourselves. Wo are to!d to persevere, hut
it is also said we will be preserved. This
is uoa ano man working together, and iti
uiyuiiir. to sav ino least, tost the wi
nreserve" and the nnr,1 "i.r..A' i
composed of evftrt.lv thn m lnttM
literal renderinu of llio expression that
God will keep us is "ss in a garrison,": Ho'
secure, men. we must Del '
HOW MAY.Wfl! KVVP nrtuttpv mm
. THE LOVE OF GODV
i. no wsv o efflelcnt as f
Jj5f-Aaf''rciiLia)(la of n
praved whenTTmet thMtVsm,,,.
and bad Ins name chsnied from Jacob to
iiei. junws prayen when he plead with
God to look with favor again upon His
chosen people. CJirUt proved in toe gar
Jen, for it is said: "Being in sn atonv. He
prayed more earntjt!)-." But this i not
the kind of wayer I hurt in mind; It ia
rather the kind that Christ offered when
He wnfl a:nne nn fhn mnnnlnln wlik nj
t imarirt th Father talked with Him
more than He with the Father. It is the
kind, that David describe when he savs:
"My meditation of Him shall be wee't."
Faith is tbe eye with which we can see
Uod, and meditation the wing with which
fly. to Him. It ia the kind of prayer
offered when the suppliant feels thaf he j
the only on in all the universe; it is th
v riw iwa ii our mother could
hear, or the dearest friend i n
earthy w should feel that it had been di-
veriea ana aaa not reached Uod. It is th
kind of prayer we offer when we let God
talk to us as well as tsflllim. This will
keep us in tho love of Uoavv
t. KVi?v Xm " h rStlii old
book, the Bible. Two gentlcmcis'ivere rid
ng together, and when they were about
to senarnt,A Ana salrAl 1a m. ,.r,
. , ,- .u. Lull , UJ TUU
ever read your Bible?" ; "yes said hi.
menu, u, uui i receive no Dencrit be
cause I -feel that T An T,nt .l. C..IU
"Neither did I." replied th other, "but
God loved me," and that answer fairly
lifted the man into the skies, for it gavo
him a new thought. The question is not
at all as to how much I love God, but
rather as to how -much CinA ln.
Read the Bible in that way and it will help
you to live in the text.
" Lov dictated everv word. Inm ajWte
every entence, lov presented every prov
idence, love sent Christ to die upon th
cross, and you can not read it in this way
without keeping yourself in th love of
God.
: 8. All the mean of fevc will keep u.
but If there is one abovu another it would
d in jjora eupper. Xh very ooming
to the table and takini thst whih
sent His body and Hi blood really lift
the soul into such a condition that it is on
with Christ. He that hath seen Christ
hath ween the Father, nd he that is in
Christ is in the Father. What Wlwr w
could there be of ratereing into His love ? .
U. There must be emnhasis noon th
preposition "in." The Greek signifies th
cjosest connection', the most intimate osso-.
cistion and the most perfect communion.
All these things Are possible. The soul oi
Jonathan was knit to the ami) nf lint-;,!
and there may be just as close a fellowship
ucbivceu arwe uuu ill loi.'.owers. Aow
and then in this world we find person!
whose lives are so blended that tW !.
most 'ook alike. This is oftentimes, true
of the husband and wife. Tennyson had
it in his mind when he said: "In the long
years liker mut they grow." This commu
nion of the believer with Christ is suggest
ed by the stones in a building, which take
hold upon the foundation; bv the branches
which take hold upon the vine; by the dif.
.rent: mcmoers ot tne liorlv knit toirciner;
V the union of the husband and wile: bv
he union of the Father and the fvw; so
li:it in tins lm.ua tlici-fl in a sttilnhiv, vi-
:(ti)t,v, cwiscinuat,es, Bisection and pfv?,ct
rmonv. If ont. w in ChriNt, he will. live
nve the world and the
he e
vY he eov(r
r,iV tin tSi a s.j
ii. fin in this lire we eaten
strains of the love of God. We behold, it
in the mother' disinterested, self-denying
love; we see 11 in tne lovers iow,
the little child's innocent sffeetion, but
these things are only hints. The Bible
gives n th best revelation. Beginning
with Genesi the scroll is constantly un
folding. Patriarchs and Utopbet. judn
and kings each tell their story. So, little
by little we get flashe out of Hi great
heart until they all come tocether as th
ravs or th sun are converged in, the sun
glass; then we begin to understand. It
was not, however, until the Son of Rmht'
eousness aros at th dvent that there
fame th morninn light which eives m the
thought, not of th edmmistrntion of Hod,
but of Hi heart. What is infinite oyer
The purest, sweetest, tenderest thin
known on earth I the overhangms
of a mother over the cradle that contains
her babe that can give nothing bach : re
ceiving everythin and returning nothing
vet the love of the mother is but a drop
In' the ooeah when comtwred with the lovo
of God. It is infinite, infinite!
There' widen in God's mercy
A Like the widoness of the sea;
There's a kindness in His justice, -.
- Which is more than liberty.-
' Fnr th love of God is broader ;
Than the measure or man a mmu,
. 'And the heart of th Kternal
I most wonderfully kind. '
-er In England an archilencon, bovini!
ed almost me enn oi nis me. au n
Lso constructed that he omim speno
ving davs in stinshme. Jn the morn-
nlaccd his chair so that he could
e toward the east and see the
Vt noontime they wheeled his
south window, where he
Vie sun in his meridian, tint
ir they Mnid place
ndow. where he could
y sinking behind the
' me ask yon in the
o keen vonr faces to-
windoW, hut when even
ir face1 toward the wet
Ml Ar Innrnev thrmnrh
ften too-ready
until the storms
t j-unur ana every-dnv trials
t, Vnat shadows we would nrise
ii!ve, smiling.', as V" saw them
Vic fNSne. and thus .I so Ttr
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'hing into the dinant nothmirnest nl
ifvion. If we could but reason calmly
"""""""d patient.lv and resolutely with our-
n one I . . . ... t t. ,i. . . t
selves, as we ner.imes musr. near ma imu
Kruises alorn? life's rugged pathwav. and
bathe them in His heavenly dew of hope
until even the senrs leave not a vestiee of
their existence as we gase upon them
attain with the solacing eyes of eternal
faith: if we nonld onlv train our human
ears to listen to the tolls of sorrow that re
bound nnon them ss we perforce must of
ten see the heavr clouds fnllini unnn some
beloved breast; if we could only train our
heart to thrill with the ecstacy of iriirher
trust and j) supremer rove instead of mor
bid human despair when some mortal eye,
some hand, some' voice in which we vainly
trusted, oh! so fnnd'v. dcsecTttes tho ped
estal of loyal friendshin and honor upon
which our lov elected their endurance,
had turned to moolr us. or thrown us help
lessly aside, or traduced ns bv calumny or
distrustful suspicions. Ah, ves! if we onlv.
could do these tninirs how different would
our lives eem in their riassinir. But we
must only try, rememberina' our Ravionr'a
hssw heart and cross-wearied shoulders,
ad His blwdinu feet on the lonely road to
Calvary. He also hd to reach the immor
tal toal of neac thronsh life's reHerest
shadows. He ro'd aneellcallv at His en
emies, and tn-dnv He turns oh! we know
not bow often to Wot out the sins of Hi
wandering human fold as tlicv cr out to
Him for mercy below. Christian Work,
Tbe Tether's Band,
Nor is the sense of safety all thftt h
awakened in the meraorv of a father's
hand. It tells also of guidance and com
panionship. Not only in stormy eveninw
was the large hand reached down to clano
the little one. But memory is filled with
pleasant outlines aid beauties of the eoun
trv. alwava enided bv the father's hand.
The hand of father cw"Sp mean so much.
both of pleafiim.' thai
phrssgj
is"
4 BIH Cir-.
Isnu Father' hand." Episeopal li.
- Zmbi of Ham Fssllnr.
"Mor of the evil in the World than we
often think for can b traced back to the
lack of home feeling -in childhood davs,"
uy th Watchman, of Boston. "Where
that does not exist, the young man or
woman lose the invaluable consciousness
of the solidarity of the family. They com
to feel that they stand only for them
selves, that they need not consult the in.
tercet of others, and they miss that happy
restraint of affection far those with whom
God united them in the closest of ties. In
pit of all that is said about the misdoings
of th children of devout parents, we be
lieve that it will be found almost univer
sally true that the children of happy Chris
tian homes turn out well. They 'havo a
pectal guard in their hearts against the
eductions of evil They do not sin against
th home, and the memory of their own
happy households weaves an ideal of the
homes they desire to build, which keep
them brav? and pure and human."
When Prayer t Kded.
' It ia well to let our spirit of prayer find
expression according to God's grace nnd
our needs. It is said that "when a Breton
sailor puts to sea hi prayer is. 'Keen me,
my God; my boat is so small, and the
ocean is so Wide,' "We need God' loving
care at all times, and no place or degree of
danger is beyond th. limit of His ability
or readiness to give protection. Sunday
School Time.
Keep Hp BplilivBl Tone.
Cease to live in tbe atmosphere of your
in, by which I mean that you must see to
it that your mind is occupied by thoughts
as far removed as possible from those in
which your temptation can take root. It is
a great mistake to loiter Around a sin to
which one' nature is prone. Your moral
strength will depend upon your spiritual
tone. E. J. Campbell.
The excellent laws for the preserva
tion of. gams have been enforced so
thoroughly In recent years that there
has been ft remarkable Increase in the
number of game animals and game
birds In the New England and Middle
States, and also In other ports of the
country. This is especially conspicu
ous among the deer., The past season
more of these graceful creatures were
seen not far from Eastern towns and
villages than at any previous time in
a half century. Game wardens have
been active and efficient, and have nt
tended to their duties f'litlifull.v. T
deserve hearty public support In ti,. ,f
work..".'
A "Bull" on a Tombstone.
A tarresnondent, formerly
4, c.i'li a,!, nt ion to an "it
ff I' )-
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' 'i n. i us i,' on a t inii 1
Vi t o" r d v ill. h, ho v s. i-i
GOOD RHYMES CONE WRC
When th English tongue w sneak
Why is "break" not rbymed with "li
Will you tell me why It's true
W say "sew" but likewise "few"
And the matter ol a verse
Cannot eap his "horse" with "wors
"Beard" sounds aot th same as '
"Cord" Is different from "word"
I'Oow" Is eow, but "low" is lowu, 1
'8hoe" Is never rhymed with "ft
Think of "hose" and "dose" am
,And ot "goose" and yet of "eh
Think of "oomb" and "tomb" ail
"Doli" and "roll" t and "hom"
And sine "pay" Is rhymed wltb1..,,,
Why not "paid1' with "said," I pray?
We have ''blood" and "food" and "goo
"Mould" Is not pronounoed like "ooulii
Wherefore "done," but "gone" and "lo
Is there any reason known?
And, In short, It seems to me ! .
Bound and letters disagree.
Bangalore Magazine,
HUMOROUS.
"Didn't you hear the doorbell, Bridg-1
et?" "Yes, mum." "Well, why didn't
you answer It?": "I did answer Hi I t
said 'O, fudge!' mum." .
"They say young Waller Mw
away to cultivate b bis vc"
ought to use a harrow to
"It Is harrowing enough airy
Magazine Editor Wo douk
any dialect stories. Author -T.1
a dialect story. It's ft story of .
in which the people talk up-to-kt
slang.
Wlgg I see the automobile "Is to
be Introduced Into modern warfare.
Wagg What's the matter? Isn't tr
gatling gun considered . dead i,
enough? . 'I
Aunt ArtV"V does it happei
that WiM"
Vomoted at schoo
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mffrisr"tau
oung man," said the stern p
"do you know my daughter Is a ch
feuse?" "Yes, sir," faltered the suli
"Well, do you think you can keep s
in fines and gasoline?"
"Life is full of contraries," philo
sophically remarked the ' If ". ' '
"Yes,'' said the grumpy boar.
instance, we have the bi
and the coffee weak.S1
"I fill the public e
nomDoua oratftr. "TS"
little man;
is a . den
"Why, hi
Nell He"
gin ne ever lovs
pected you to bell
course. And he really
beginner, to get oft that uf"-aru
He -I have proposed to at least four
"vaiW
V
Philadelphia girls in my life, and each f i
oi tnem nag said she would be a sister
to me. She That accounts ior . theirv
calling Philadelphia the "City of Broth- ,
erly Love." ..,!,
Hoax I saw the doctor at; your
house yesterday. Some trouble with
the baby? Joax Just a little finan
cial, trouble. Hoax Financial troublej
ot the baby's? Joax Yes; he rwal
lowed a penny. 'm
"After all," said the flrst physician, J
"death Is a mystery. We know nothing
about it," "Well," .replied the other,
"there's one thing I've discovered
about it." "What's thnt?" "That it's
invariably fatal."
IJkui gave th
eTTiiioiMen
uple.
Crown Prince ot Slam,
His royal highness, Maha Vajarl
vudh, the crown prince of Slam; was '
born January 1, 1881,' and on- the death
of his , brother , was proclaimed suc
cessor and crown prince January 16,
1895, He has been in England since
1894, and during his eight years has
been engaged in study, first under a
private master, later at Sandhurst
college and later still at Oxford unt--v''tTl.J"1'torrJl'('.ntl"''
'
college, which he left ntheT
out of the South African war, he ,
sued his military studies with so
results that he holds the rank of fit nt
lieutenant In the army. He develops 1
a decided tasto for, history during hla
stay at Oxford, and has written a lit
tle volume on "The War of the Pollnh t
Succession," which, has been very fa
vorably mentioned, says the Indepen
dent. He Is, a handsome, well-balanor '
thoughtfull young man, accepting the:
attentions with a dignity that become
his station and with no attempt at
display. Indeed, he is taking this en
tire Journey quite as seriously as bo
did his years at college, and the uni
versity, and pursues It as a part of
his preparation for life. He 1b an ex
cellent English Scholar, has a pre'Jv
manner in speaking, and has been v '
happy of expression1 In the respon
he has made before numerous bom
of trade and other assemblies.
" Edward th Seventh' Lack. ,
Did you ever hear of the King's luck
in finding' fiinga? asks the Diinilo.-.
News. His Majesty once dlRcoverr
among the heather on a IHglUnd tn-,-: .
a scarlet satin Clipper with a real lin
mond buckle. That was' when th.i
King was quite a lad. Unfortunatiily
there was no sequel, no Cinderella, "no
nothing!" Again, while at lioiubunr.
Ills Majesty found a very prul.iy
mother-of-pearl penknife, ami B'i
inmneed his Intention nf imiiiK It.
Thivo days later he found a go',
watch, but a fair and fat owner ar
rived on the scene to claim It
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