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T VOLUMU A VI II. tVAAAi The Remarkable Tale .1 Mysterious Bronze Box. j Www ww ,irtyTtvw w vvTyw ' - It cams Into my possession 6a the death or my father, Just u he had t . celved It from my grandfather years before. Hit one great desire had been to live to opon Jt himself, but that could not be, for It was asking of na ture too long a lease; so it fell to me to carry out the will of a man who had ' ' been nearly fire hundred yean dead, I can see It now, with its tllver tipped ; cofnert and heavy hinges, and the en Braving on the plate in the top, an .-'.. , Inscription which 1 read over and over and oyer again until it became stamp ed upon the tablets of memory never . to be effaced. They a .me mad, yet I could, reproduce that inscription, word for word, and letter for letter ' ' aye, I will, that the reader may judge for himself concerning my mental state: iVn:--:K4- '"V..' '.-': On t his first day c April, In tbe year of our Lords a thousand thre . , . hundred and four score and nyne, I . Oodofray, selcn this box with myne owne band, and I wille and commaund that it be not opende until fyve hun dred yeren to a day from this tyme. I 'do also Wills that only by hand of first born son of first born In Hnage - front me ehal this seal be broken. And when this box shal be opende, some -. . animal which hath no soule, be it grete or smal, shal tier be present Al this I wille, and curst be he whoso shal ;, do other, than here is wrlten. The fact that It had fallen to me to open the box at the appointed time was my only proof that I was a de- scendant of the Godfrey of the ln ' scriptlon. That I was the first horn of my father, and he of his, I knew; at but further back all was tradition. Mo writing bad been . preserved, . and . at each descent from father to son . the- bo., had lost something of the ' story associated with it, till at last " Its history had become dim-and vague. " Through this voil of mist, as It were, 1 1 pictured Godfrey as one of the few firm supporters of the weak and lr - resolute Richard of England, at that -. period in the midst of troublous times. Then there was .l fxo - adherent of John oeing mat or his jioiu South a too whom Ooirmy had met and terribly vanquished before fleeing the country. Here,' sowehow,' out of this feud between Godfrey and his nameless foe, the bronte box itemed to Aave had its birth. .There was, too, .-something concerning a terrible re- , venge a revenge to be perfected when .. the bronze box wai opened; but this, , considering that live hundred years would have elapsed, even should .It be ' preserved unopened to long a thing any sane man would have scouted as highly improbable- this I looked up " pon as simply wildest romance. In . what way eould a revenge be complet- , ed or made of any effect when both . parties would have been hundreds of J'iyoart dead? . .. ., For years, after the death of my ... father I kepi the" bronze box at the bo 'torn of a chest of books little used, ' and upon accepting my professional ' chair at the Durston Medical College ' that chest accompanied me thither. I '''did not remove the box from the ehest until the spring of "85, when aome- thing ramlnded me of It, and I was tho V)l Impressed with, i HHrilW iTe bisadredyears hsd neeur- j rounded their course. Only four years more, should I live, and"" the privilege of opening the box would be mine. . m From that time forth "my thoughts were more or less constantly upon It, Often at nigh would I take it. down from Its hiding place in a corner of my bookcase to which I had trans ferred It from the chest, and, placing It before me on the table, there "Bream and dream over .the wonder- fully strange Inscription It " bore. Many times I was sorely tempted to break the teal, but I resisted, deter minedly resisted, firmly resolved that what had' bees so seared ly observed by tar forefathers should not be dese crated at last by.ne, even though ! , had no ton to whom I could hand down ijtba charge. :. , As the time drew on, my every thought began to centre upon thr enig ma, It wat'npbermoet In my mind by day,' the disturber of my-sleep at night ' It&cam the one- absorbing ldea of mytistenee,. In giving lec tures before my classes I would, find myself wandering from my subject in spite of every effort of will. ,At times I would recover with a start, to find t that" I had ceased speaking altogether, and was slmp'y staring, ft was the bronze box, ever the bronte hot, al ways tie bronze box . , . I could not but realize that T was not holding my class; that I, who more thai t4 tad chained the ad vertence of learned minds, was losln my powev to Veep tie attention of even these nw inoeptora, t, Hewi It galled me! . My mind had never been more vigorous, my powers were at their best ". ripened fullneBS, my veriest drivel was wisdom tef those callow goslings, and yet they mocked me. Cat you wonder .. If occasionally I gave way and broke forth upon them in passionate words? 1 wee gledrhea the final year of , , that terrible suspense dfew toward a . . . close..j X was eager to have the matter ' oft my hands and oat of mind. Only. ' three months more, and that tremen " dou elrcle of five centuries would be M i-"i!ed.,!lEht after night I sat with the bronie box in my bands under my "" " study lamp, thinking, thinking. ...ere was, fancied, aometbing about the ! , . bee sihat was almost, human, , f even found mynwlf talking aloud to it at .'. . , ' . AX . thi. 1 wiMiiii somuLiuies iuei ui pff nre of armthor person m the roor ar, '!:! s'-.u-i Etid stare around wi' Rim?" f-r; but in one was there, torn ... -s o,ay Imagination. Yt "from- ti..it iu:,:,f the (' hallucination grew that the box itself was alive. I dropped It with horror the first time that thoi'rnt raine to nifl. Alive? The liroc.o box a'ive? Was I, then rro!-y 1 en iht! r!" --t !' " ora were of- ', !'"!,""ed to 1 Liiii mi luue, y boiloai, n i , n"'v':-g m 'It n f the ry:".:':- I did io that I would not remove It again until the time arrived. Bplte of my first resolve, however, the next night saw the box out of the chest and under the study lamp again; and from that time to the end I could not get the Idea out of my mind that,., title of furnltun the box waa alive. There was that about it whkVh irresistibly drew toward it my attention, my tnongnt, aye, my very being. . I felt that I should not be able to hold out The strain waa becoming more than I could bear. How I did bold out until the 21st,day of March, when I opened the box, I do not know, I had now given up lectures wholly.i uu iu wwiouiuv woo umu u I had aged frightfully since the begin ning of the year. In my 60s I had of- ten oeen complimented as looking to be under 50; but now my full age had come 'suddenly upon me, and more. From freshness and vigor I had sunk rapidly lntp decrepitude. As I have said, the bronze box had come to be seemingly endowed wltlwf .-a .v. a j a .i life, and as the days dragged along that impression fastened, itself upon me more and more strongly.- Wat I mad. I asked myself? No. no: I knew I was sane yet; but how much longeri would I be able to bear the terrible strain? Could I fight through the. few renfhlnlnft'ttayB to the end? No; I felt J In tnv snul that T rnuld not :.' ;. n Never can I forget that fatal Slstr never could t forget It though I should live a thousand years.. In the after-.' noon I forced myself to a walk abroad. On my return I looked around the room In a StlrHcd way Surely some one was there. But no; there was no ona It was only my Imagination, only hat strange hallucination of which I have made mention, but now felt with 10 times greater force than ever bevj fore. ' No sooner had I lighted' the lamp than I brought forth the bronie box and seated myself with it at tbe ta-jl Die. .. i.- .. . The fcox was alive. The conviction J grew upon me to strongly that I bey Heved It In spite of all reason. Som ebody, wa. in juao -t m the box it now. . Drop ccursed thing at last, J ( ran to the window, threw It open. and leaned out trying to calm myself by fixing my gaze upon the peaceful; river, which my room overhung; but I could not, I could not Pressure was io. nou pressure was upon me to open the box. and open iti I must, or die. Back to the table t went and took4 the box up again, looking for some-J thing with which to Dreak the seaLl There waa nothing at hand. I had pul-posely put everything out of reach lest in a moment of weakness f might, give way. to temptation. Bdt this waa not a moment of weakness; no, no. 1, was no longer trying to resist my own 1 inclination simply, but was Yefuslng tbe Imperative command of ahother as ' well. I eoulll refuse no' longer. -. l, sprang to the chest and began te fling but the books. At the bottom were tools which I bad provided In antlcM pation of this hour, at the very bot-3 torn, to that I would have plenty of time to reject npan my action ere IJ cowa-gct at tnem. tiut renection wasj yaiu.j4iyw.ueuieiua.iiau unu suauo. - 1 nung me nooKt mis way ana mat, cursing the folly" that had led me to. put the tools In such a place, and'whlle to engaged I came, suddenly upon a. mouse, I sprung up, for the moment frightened a proof of the state my.. enrvea were In. But ft was only mo-' mentary. At last I laid hands Upon, tbe tools I sought, and ran back to the' table to attadk the teal r tat in the same moment I stopped ' The last. words of. yie, inscription caught my eye "Curst be he whoso thai do other than here It written." . v File tad pinosn fell, from my hands' and petvplration bathed my face. What was I about to do? Here it was 11 days before the appointed time, and ! was about to open the box. I must stop, must resist But that cry fim within the box, that terrible,' that awful cry! I paced the floor1, holding my hands over my ears at If I could shut It out, at if f could close the ear of the spirit against it What could I ,dc-twba could I do? Oneof 'the books out o'f 'the chest lay In my way, andl kicked it, driving the ancient volume serosa the room. scattering Its leaves. .To and. fro I paced, rapidly, nervously till of a sud den discovery burst upon me. This waa the "final day J I marveled ttiat it bad never occurred t mo before, but It had escaDod mv mind till that mo ment, when "tne words, "According to the Julian tnaane 4l tseniiutlng," which I taw in large print on a leaf of the old book, caused It to burst upon in.- ir f tnsp' "Mna., -1 had forgot ten the change In the uhkIvi u calendar. The bronze box, having been sealed on the flrwt'-f-v of'' April, 13S9, to be opened int . -t to a day from that time, was due to be opened on that hst day f March! How my heart leaped! 'Now tm curse was Ufted now I was free, fn 0 to proceed to the solving of the mys tery which had for so long tortured me. "How 1 trembled. Eleven whole days swept away in a tingle moment, as tlough by a Jhi-actel ufwa truljf vuuucauii Once more f took up the tools, but something further In the Inscription forced itself . sank upon 1 "umy notice, and I chair with, a dy groan. Was t What stayed , hoated, after all? now was the -Iptton, the g of the '( I, shouid 1 an ani- hat hour sary, af- ., dlsrep ' ah! TIk 'urae jerr.ed1 Are! 'I a box id Hint -"""mand . 'at ai .m words Of 1..5) ti mis m ! f t' ,iie; and ursii? I ml knew an i ,u jz. 'aye, so Ithln t wiem luuu auuv vng thl FI Haf The mouse! Like a flash cam the re Election of the monBe In th (chest Timedlately? I set to wk tti ratpture U. This proved a more dltft ..ilt f at f an I anticipated. I lm p ' cr jld no; lay hold upon the nUnble ft. ; &ri v, n finally it ran up wr arm nd : ipt to the floor my exna perati burst restraints It wouli have K a Hid tous sight, I doulK not, could t' fx J have witnessed It to see me, ; n i ;ed' college professor with my whole iul Jntent upon tin capture of a niout ut then, no on J ceuld hate unders the terrible ne moved every ar iselty of the c ft fae rootui X hurled book after I .o'"at the" Object 1 of mJ- Vrath, persplratloa ran. u mj fa while time was fl fly, ; am' 4 that hhaglned voice, Itwii. no shrleK Jlng and howling, like a V' 0(1 " suspeot'ed over h fabled pu if Acho- Vfctory was mine at last; a boot hit the mouse and before, ifecould re- - rtfrj set?mj 0t upon It Nev ertHQess, forjy .iouoxi ment, for now Hhe tiny creature wa kwiortally huH; w crushed hit 'Hherev. , no tin Bo J' 1 st poi antlmi"-!.; 1' i hour V ta' iiti Wt awir;, i f ace. I.J .id i i'w det tuio uii io 4 ibh- ! ant fwthout '-anoineiBeoMl.e tmui set- about breaking the teal of the bronze " With file and pincers I cut and twist ed with feverish hate, and at length the tough seal parted, when my God! how shall I tell It? The Instant the seal was broken' that mouse became a nin, his weight overturning the table etd he fall!nwjtb to the floor. I could scarcely believe tne evidence of W own eves: but K was true; horri ' bly, frightful of great stature, with a strong frame e&d a fierce face, but he was mortally wounded, his left aide being frightfully fished. ? i)hf the horror of that moment! I would have screamed- aioua, out totigue clave and I was powerli utter a sound. Tbe man ginjtT at me Tiercely, striving to rlsefijshook his fiat at me, mv-?-fdn-1 anguag nijite unlntelllj j, bJiaXcquld.iiI stand and. Mi re with very horror. Sud denly m caught up tne bronze box aad-durled it at nay bead t4th,ail U19 rvngth he eould taertr btt It taiascd hud went throne the open window, i "T" 5.T' .1S Pi. Jl .lilng Into theftyi .1 n tw lTitTiTi PTifii mnri rniin t no; not that, not that It was mouse i had. Injured; t did not w the bronze box"eontiune(l the tqill of a man a soul of that name loss joe of Godfrey, my ancestor, here confined for 600 yean. I do not know, bow could, J, have, known ?( f i rV ,. . , n ft - m"f.VT" Trl T, u f jiiiq us' uo muk wmm bisii iisnas l.tavens, when I awoke to find the J-06ms filled with the faculty and .stu dents of the lnatlUiifo'n J eideavuret lft explain, but they would not bear cie. - ijney, sooKew pon-i Tarn piingled We and tTty,' adjudging m e insane. I wanted to convince them otherwise, but they only tried to paci fy! me as they might a willful child. The aad plight my room waa In was ima enough; It was what tbe had een expecting, they said. i i I became enraged and 'stormed at them, but they fell upon me and made me a prisoner; and here I am, eon fiqed in a madhouse, unheard. The W$dy was regarded limply aa a cruel )&e played upon me by tome of the students, a "subject procured some wtere and placed In my room. . I VLh. the'foole! New York Newt, 3! A Slighted Science end Art, - ' 3t la curious that in These frayt when efory occupation ia raised to tbe dig nity of eltner a aclenee or-an art that housekeeping should be distinguished l.f neither of these titles.. It It under nbpod that no education Is too broad d fit a woman for tbe duties of mater nity, but it is generally supposed that Ri a mefl itrfekpe t,ti cart' gel ang wlthj.f.qraDs t)t 44 oducatiimj AM a matter of fact housekeeping it toda both a science and an ait. It is a science whose laboratory la the kitchen; an art which finds expression In every room In the house. ' The good housekeeper is familiar with many edenoes. . Her, knowlodgo of prices and Wages renders her some thing of a political economist, her ao qnalntaace with the problemt of sani tation, makes plumbing myttories an open book, and an understanding of chemistry solves culinary Vlddles and banishes, hit or mist methods. , The decorative tide of housekeeping requires both brains and heroism. It takes brain to preserve tbe right pro portion between use and ornament Ifl takes true courage to banish from one's freaence the offerings of tlncertf but mlBBuldott-s-- fr1ouvihip.-Ohlcai,4 LTimestf . ; ' Jeremy Bentham's Bones. " What, asks ' a correspondent, wht thinks he has discovered It It tho grimmont and least known relic ot a grea " ' . Max Beer bohm ruld impres sion c hy an Inscrip tion ' " and stiff and 'w.ul .u. es" of Mme. Tussaud's, What would be say to a J collection ot figures like that which Is t 'be ''aoen.iwlth s' tae trHSiWo, at Uni versity collPgc?H It Is pi t-served csre tully In a remote gallery Inside a glass case, which again Is contained In a hageweodan. cutuoard, th doors of which are locked and the keys In safe ti; ofly. 'jfh r" ' whlCB Is f us so aeaiunsly guwaed.k.4ecribed i4,some notes on the history of tho college te the t"rteloton'! of J'weminh P'nnni, "clad tp the garments in which ' he lived." while tils head only Is statod to have becu 'niumii.iMml." H ha al ways beenxunderstood that Bentham's Uooy wss ctfcb'-iine'l. and a that cas It cannot be hin nicio gkeloton which on rt-posirt imdpr lwif mi "y r- Unl tonity -c.-i lege? t .:'na i t Chron icle, f 4 ; t': t Irf .. .,11-t ir, . ays. 1 'nn" hi' ' "Ixiori, w was asked how lie lu.id i 1 1 r...'y Hal a ::"Je replied, "I mlKltt think I waa Just in a't Stimiiluti d by tills bnppy lii o 'v. 1 -I ... "d : iciit, h 'ml 1 roii nam AN ELOvSUENt Dis.uUR ENTITLED Thm Is No Snob Thing at ChBO-ai) That Tbm it, Is m CabJeeUv Vnosr . talnty - galeae JIM UhpMaaBM Oa of til UslTrM. -L . ' Xmr YonK CKT.At thf-Bouth-Con-' gregational Church, Brooklyn, the pator. the Kev. Albert J. Lyman, D. D.. proached a sermon on "Common Kthical llluaionn Concttning th f ractice of OaWin2.r He elected one of tits. Tso-XoinmandaitirtJ for hn text: Exodus xx: lat "Jhou thaU; not steal."! - . - 5 . A direct Dabit sddtw woon practical every day morality. i cxp.i.d to one very J obvious emoarraHsmcni. It it thia: JI'y peraoni fe, and with a ft. it deal of rea son, that Hundwy serawu, and eapwially . i : i ,1. I T. .kmil.l io the morning nf I ho Lord 'i Dar. ahould ne bread artting forth of wligiom truth eeaeral terms.- lotbed In form iufn ciontly elaborate and luificiently afWitic to be intellectually attractive aide from my jMtiuilar applieatiua. Aattriking illustration, perhape, - of such a ormon I devoted tu tbe expoeition ,pt one 'great ' phaw of religious truth and ol the divine character w4liat delivered, as I gither, from this pulpit last Sunday mornil g, bf inr honored frirnd. Dr. Herrirk, of Bo I say. t) s.J I our aa u aaiglit' il'-il'SL." . ur.rr'fnih(."nr4 mild he for all. Un tat ower nana, . .CJirintiaifc. minister r a Christian pastor WWW wnw- -"'l ' - sr la a watcher for souls, not in the niaas, but for individual aoula. He standi as the trinity of watchers teacher, pattor. Watch er iix individual human live. St Paul at ftpneeus aom ne sou warucu vu night and day with tr every one 1 titmti make no aDolosrv for i'niinuin in the strain of ethical appeal m en up m -imkt ssje-ieM have been a I i and urged to do no by aoie of our vo ; meir Within the hut fortnight vano li" i" 1 " -t a address 51 "HSiJ Kl-STai- I rir ,11-rom the freeaontoslti M wcii B to givejtji Among thosr byvJeon some reference! oiuibllng. Young men Chat moat people have 1 tent to which certain fit are prevalent in, this gr. .. inc sill the wav from the Sovish i;iice of matching pennies up to playing fn high f takes in the laisitJg house. Ou ' he other snj, others rmva aaid they did not see wtiute tisa real .t sung came in by buying chances, on the races, for exanplst ana stakes at card. All had an equal tlnnoe. In the same spirit, therefore, an that in vjTJick I tried to speak two weeks Sk'O, trust fng to your kytnpathy in my effort to-reach our young people, I wish to say a word ot two this juorninnn ethical illusions eon ce g t mbK J I am most aniiout ol all . it U 01 1 I say shall be kxid fairly aad avUirnai autjudiced or bigoted point of view. I do not wish 'to confuse things which in themselves differ or produce upon any young friend aa impression of mere intolerant antipathy. It may occasion sur prise ir.at so severe a text has been chonen, for von will sav: "Gamblm? ia tiot steal ing, and yet 1 cannot help thin ing and the more I think about it the jpore con vinced I am that the text does fit the snh- iet. There! ar ome "litre rencet between Kambluig and stealing, and thev ought to b admitted-, bat; at ike-heart the two are very much the same; very auks. . Shall we then look at this matter, not in the Wav U exoted and vehement denunciation, nut in the sober, brotherly fashion as though we were uj&ing at nomei - :r v First, then, the difference betfrit gam bling and stealing. Stealing is Wit b't tb knowledge ul the person stolen from:. gam bling is with the knowledge of 4otl per sons. Uambling invokea the pn-tn-a of third party, namely, chance, wtoiWpres-: ence is supposed to. change the Tiorsl na- tare of the transaction. On the "othei , hand, gambling resembles stealing because it ia taking something for which no return is given no return at all. In legitimate speculation the teller receives toniethinp which at the lime he believes to tie tin equivalent tf what he sells. Otherwise the transaction issnjust. But in tnnDnna nintv-nim men sell out to tbe kundredtli man aail nothing for what they sell. I have sometime fancied that a moral paral- lei may be run between gambling nntl duol- ins. Uambling, like dueling, is a moral hybrid. That ia, a cross betwcsi 11, clear wrong and what may be right.! 1 jr e ample. murder ia wrong; War may right Gambling ia a cross between ait ' rand war., do stealing is a clear wrong in J spec ulation may be right. Gambling ti a cross between stealing and apeculatii 1. But both gambling and dueling dwell ii u moral twiuifht and are absolutely aa imfi and dangerous to aiciety as the very kneas of midnight itself. Now, yoa w 1 notice that in both gambling and duelii 1 third 1 tactor is supposed to enter, vdic. : sutrai iies the moral wrong. In gamblii !ie ele-' ment is chance; in, dueling it is fc ., . If. bowevetr. We lonTc at tlie iiiatter o shall, I tiinik, (indit that flin oe in the oe case and honor m the other la not a ri i.ity hut a chimera but an illusion. - That is what I mean by the illusion e aaabnng. There Is no such thing aa chance, really, and that is where thil illusion comes in. Ivec us look at this, j . aHeMf , ... rant of mental juggling, 1 There ia an amount hcu-a over men's eyes, a witch's maze, in which the ides it that chance ia an objec- tivenaet Now there is no such thing.' All that there ia. ia a aubiectiva uncertainty. no objective chance at all. There is no such thing as chance. Once traveling along the Connecticut Hirer Valley I asked a German who was with me to tell mi something about German metaphysics. Us pointed to tone holes in the banks of the river, in which the ground swallows had built their nests, and said: "You see that bank?" "Yea." "Yoa see those holes in which ere the swallows' nests t"- "Yes," m:A I i'XT " : .1 U- , I. . baiJt anTTeave'llotliihg fat the holef and vou will have an exact definition of Ger man metaphysics." And so it is wi.tj this juca efni;u. tn- ' " . unlit on- eciivuiy cnauce. unc iiuiiureu nieii-'acn save t chance. No auch thing. Th r act- u' ' 1' at. "--)- - fr'ain to gKS a priie if he is ceiimn autf t .e oth ers are certain not to get it. Ti refore they have ji" man h.v a cer- no thance. ntv aa to "e that no priaes iv - xactly i t Hit knows tainty Thev it fn that- und urn tji., uln- -irn -er in every lien's hand. St icn .-iiased f ' - ' thi eves t - . - d to be There is no such tiling in all this vorld. There ia what we call a law, but there is Be ehsnrs-in the eaae-i it is all law, i iitsuue, tukintf your-etvn ground, iven 11 tlifie. is uch a tiaii. llu-ia ia onlv on chiHce 0 it t a u ja" I'1" i d wli n will bemmc tv ..." irtv .ii," y-iu My, "il is a g ' 1 1 .1.0." V , t i.it is r good c' .nt'c "As r1iinceis ' gnutl, then?1 Yes. tuit I s (li.ui - is poor, lit othei worn, .one innn s - nnce ,neii'iviu..es an other; th t' 1 e. t!i " nr- u kundreil chaneca. .you Jiuv.. .it one good chaii:i', iL.n iiineiy-iiine liuve paid for s lLueu., V., I t'jii.'.U; tnei I., n -round i 1 1? n ii ' ' ' , ' ., . And, fi. .a 1 - ! i - e ; d act- ni o i .. 1 thil V i'-'" . : . (1!J -..1 li,-,.. Kin.- h. iitiL.. .1 ! '.".'". :i it von have - -.!-) th jl-. vo diin't feel 11 . in ' than I t . .-, 1. ... . rii.i,!, t... .1. 1, . . t.i 1 ' riilit at ail No ji . I' Jir, elrnn, ' ioili iir i vi e mi ce! ; .1 -I tna e-;- r - ---- ;fiving f. r i r : t. 1 Tlin m:.'!7 1 ill '.mi e .-...u I . m-h.-i-f (I,.-. . Ill .. I- I. .1:1 1 . . .1 7n'psni v. APTeiT.,r.. reaeb'oa. Bo. there is a eoaateet play I inhrplay between takins anore and suore and more otvthe-intellectual poison with the reaction. Uod Wa,tbavBa (fit tbf undertow has got him! " - Mv dear (rimda, there is something to mi absolutely appalling about getting un der the power without knowing it of that kinil nt iiitllMt,ml TnWlli. tiMitv Iwinu I have known and loved giftei men who have yielded to It and gone" aow,. a ue menial unrrnmjn innt is iu- vnl -ed in ffambline-llnhinges in Indulging in gambling becomes tl,a, a man tt haiull. kimaal' i know men never "top doing a thing? unless a motive come which i stronger than the motive thkt leads them to do it. The man goes on and goes on nntil tbe impnlse fend motive to do the thing becomes stronger than the motive that comes in to atop It. Just the moment the impulse becomes stronger thaa the sonntraining rontiv then it is good-bye, it is gosd-byat . Boys begin bv betting .oe marbles or putting up stakes at cards '"just to make the game more in teresting. It makes the gome more inter esting to the devil. ' Then cornea the race track. The more refined the man afid the finer the intellecttthr mor sure:.vths dis ease. Nothing ia so ghastly at tbe erasing for gambling which gets) hold of a fine fibs red man, Jl lava days ago a young man, a church worker, inld me of man who confessed to him that he had crept un stairs in the dead of winter to his little sleeping girl and taken' away the clothing 1 1. , uMaiil liaa aMjt tka aliilM wKiak ah wore, put them nnder hie coat and slunk on ana, nnwnea mora ior rum me ueuion curse. Now, with tfamblinir the frightful monomania .it .til worser, If there is any i r, "a.. juji v u v,.t. Quick! Set out of It no! You had bet ter lock yousseir la yrr room ana nve on bread . and, water. . You had better hold your hands in the fire until the? Veins Wre than go on with the fiendif gambling. Am t too u-gent?' Fdrgettitig the dignity of the Bulpit? Let the dinity of the pulpit go. Io home, mothenK Uook on ycur own boy's fae and t!L that Vuur boy iawfe. Ther'fwho,e- nnl: 'pom she thinks is guint-- eeitwit and she baa come to her pan- ior ana epoiten of this matter. 1 ur your kind Indulgence i want to mer (I to lust one more point. It ia sometimes f I said that ga-nbling ia the product of huai- ncis speculation, I do not believe it. Spec Tlion, aa its Latin origin implies, is ea iany t foresight. It is an endeavor te fahcad and determine values. It ia not a anneal to chance. We see the same root f the word inspection; or the word re TJj'ctab!e or the noun specular, which is Ul. I tne saose Latin,Sjrord. Some forms of busi ness speculation are, of course, anfair, but in fc large business sense-speeulatioe is not guessing ia advance, but looking in advance and I do not believe the two go together. In new, strong countries speculation is al most always the secomnaniment of busk new opportunity. But ia dead countries, such aa J?nain was fifteen years ago, I have policed that while business speculation is almost deadfsmbina is far more preva lent even !h, h 4 the higher Kng hah soetriv-'in Quwuaf Annu ime, minia ten, everybody gambled, but t, was not mur' business seemlation. No. 1, friends, idle"" - mi; for eVeiten ilia- 1, :). i camnany.WeoiTi oimg . ere the force that 'lend m bl np "All gambling, even thai' ,'! , '--nn..'-. m-e Ch i -j u..i!!! t nr- 1 t'l ng. It is taking" something fo r aakes every Innti kis neighbor's upts aociitv d undermNtes -1 (the Amwicau stats, ! 1 1 nn caint ti' ctrmsl '''.-u. 1' erala. into ally' am;. .?'mb iotie trees e one wants her, to t and iui euuiu4ae. li his morning, T wonder, f ireat friend, his ramt ', "nlmgr U aty m Uof let M faiaiaaa r-aal acwisetl nf eruelty in daily F' inuld probably resent it indignant yet every time a nemo ia6utntil sod upon his household a ata-htsa f iow workess he is treating tiaa,ci;ueUy. i lost nf.ua ire guilty at times, and we never stop to think that our Innocent victims are utterly defenseless, Cnfi-Wer how qui ily all members of tlie farffill'mrlfeTlrtien one brings Ms denresiotwt the" breakfast table; how easily sjsod spifitre auem h-d by eneHseraon'a -we-aeawaei haw readily an atmaapheretaf awrouwaiisi ill-nature, nr physical pain, stakes, jtself (ct when there is no effor at fcif cortrol. vNo.)ne hss a right to Indict Jii( bid feelings upon other, and w) realise .this when wrs th viotim.. MUit if W litre not s!pt well, or if wr had a headache tfter a weyirisome dav. or if some busmessiinatter -baa tone . wrong, where ia ear own cheerfulness T Out shortcominga should help us to jnake 'ei ti'es for other neonle'a femnera. bit' our alifferinim should tMeh aa thi "riniuLa of ..i:.j..i.. f 11.1 .5. ' ' a(MlU St ilHMMl .. If . If ever household affections nMbvot are graceful things, they are Krueefut in .the poor.. The tiea that bind the wealthy and the proud to liesne may be. forced on earth, 1'iit thcea whwa) iinlt th foot jsian to Ins itle -isearta are of the tram mptnl, and J the atamp of 'heaTeTT--'fh. mn ol tiu'h descent may love the halls and lands 01 inheritance as a part of H'mself, as trophies v. ' ,r; the poor man's atUchiiujnt to the tenement he holds whieh stisstgeis Isaaw hIA4e-ast4l.nay to-morrow occupy again, .has a worthier root,' struct deep into- purer'Jsail. His household gods are of flesh snd blood, with no alicy.of ailver, gold or precious stones: he has no property but in the affections ol his own heart and when they endear bare floors and walla, despite of toil and scanty meals, that man has his love .of home from God, snd his rude hut becomes s solemn" Dlace. Charles Dickens. ... . :: i'l'-v. . 1 : : ' uoarmtjier noiiaunjr.- Character is .the weed 'O honor from which a coat of mail can be woven that the swiftest arrow of shams or the keenest knife of disrepute cannot pieroe, Kvery thought that enters our mind," every act we do, and every word we nttcr, adds a link to the golden chain of character. The strength of", a Steam engine can be esti mated to within an ounce of its limit, but it ia impossible to estimate the force of a noble character. The hardest hearts are softened and the most repulsive disposi tions tecoeae fascinating. Our failures and our successes help to form s reputation that may be destroyed by an external force, but the destruction of a character can enly be effected by some internal force. Our Boys Magazine. , ' ' A Tender Conaeteaice. ' : A tonaer eonacienes it4 1 precious gift from God. We do not mean a scrupulous conscience governed by crochets, or a mor bid conscience governed by fear of ita own creation. Both of these aro most trouble some guests to entertain. But wc mean a tender conscience which ia governed in all thugs by the word of God. "In the Italian Chamber of Dovutlea the other day, fiignor Zanerdaut, tbe Premier, paid a glowing tribute to Marconi, whose achievements he greet ed With patriotic "Joy, as the latest triumph ot ItLlinn gonitis.? 4Bofora the cheers which be remarks innnired Jiad died away, Sisnor Billmbertl, Minister of " Posts and - Ten graphs, announced that he wns drafting a bill providing for the erection ot a radio telegraph station of Rrent power, "uni ting .Rome with Aiiienm wvur a di tanco ot 6,000 mlln A n.if.uii In trodiKeJ l.y K'KTior 1 1- '. y " at the chamber imsa a rnP)!n'"n r'" nKnlzi!ig tlie groat work nauii.(jliM,. 1 bv Sig ner S.arrnnl was 1in.ui l . .. .. j a loot" d 'i ' 1 ' "in 1 a. :' 1 if ' ' S .! '"fi " finggssta That ColowrhMitsiatia HSifbo' w uvuucuuwuvr !' -' ft' 4 .n iV- ' rmeVbgEADS OF SAD CONDIti U 0 pec:lBi William rlnda Anotlier. Trutftfuli Book Which Recelvet Hit Heiir j -Al A IL.Ua A a. t fiam Pcaisad. .tmt.- . ' At Last nlffkt 1 read to my family ftor tlons" of a qag article" ijr preacher descflblng Jhe tad condition of a feo pi. ka had receaSy visited. 43i of one hundreo' and' slxty-elgn't" town? 1 4brUte dt visited sevwaty -of fflem are oft from the railroad, Jtid fall ot these have decreased in. popul4lon since 1890. None of these towns ave tftUed paswrfer preachort tthdthe churches are abandoned Cf kva ateacaiog. at ttregular Intervals land the attendance" lardiyever excijedB twenty-flye j persons' . The,. ' Sabfath schools ate equally deserted. The fiiice busy plants-of small industries We bare necessities of life. Houtoa, barns and fencea are going to decay and the tm). -Mm . -.-. -.- eveeka mo damf .v. null) snd there stftolf tfittnf on (liter pnerato IrfaB I. , the -v mt front ' 4the VU SlU xklnT an alone in an old old man and woman ancesQ-al home. . nd,j m mother old maids and hor two tout and I In One house not one of whoiiTttiuld read. The intermarriage ot near rela tives,, or no marrying at all. Is com' mon, and bachelors and divorced men and widowera nave housekeepers and they unblushingly cohabit with them and the young girls become grata wid ows by tbe Jime they are sixteen, t "Where Is all this," said my wlfo. 1 don't believe a word of -It. ' It Is tome newtpaper lie a fake made up by some reporter," I read on. In one town I found the usual Saturday night dance going on In an old vacated tav ern, and they danced and revelled and drank until Sunday morning. Sunday la no more. observed than it Is In Chi cago, tor they hoe and dig and gather hay all tbe tame at on week daj'g. - Il literacy, Insanity and Imbecility are very marked I Jound one family In which both parents vera Idlotf and kadi -raited ap a family ef idiots. In another tftme or bouse I found a poor old father taking care of, three moth erless children, all Idiots. "I don't believe word of It" 4ald my wKe. "There ia no such people in, mis country, wnai paper are. you reading from ?" - ' " - Yon cab hardly conceive of Jt!tlv and vlce-rolgnjng Inj these country places cauea oomasr-a arDariBrq.uii ferlng from the city ' slums' only In Its- stagnant inertia al touched as little by church InJuMtoe - it In the heart ot Africa.- The country people all over the state are generally without ambi tion, " Improvident, ignorant hot able to rs8 or-wrlte, loose In their family relations, sociajlx .corrupt, given to drink, and some to the nnliim habit ' Ana these are the towns where, half a century ago, lived the belt famlllea of the state. Among them ibe Fields 'yfldlrhtiHn)Melott 1 we Bu ani rfin' Itghll und viuuis. ... fc . f f: And nowJet me telL you my ear Times, and this Is only short por tion of tho jcpoi t Tead In' Neir iaven teoaaUy ii,.T..iV HotCtfllUfc j J Ible colporteur, ot Connecticut. v This report It fully accredited to be. true and the editor of. The Timet tries to tone it aowi'by saying::'The tame condUlont detcrbed bv Ma. JUBtchlnt tor Conuectlcut are common to alljiie older states.", Rov. Geerfe Horr, off Ualsaemtgettti it alto a Bible colpor-,l teuror.that state, and he tald In Boston the other tay: "I have driven Hit over New -Enklah. with ma6wn hornet aad y couvictloU iai there linHe common rrmj- anlfcaltMtre, no ImmoraUty In any westeri '' land the wlH refuwjo Braditoa-progeny town that will compare with what yp6 I find a few miles front any' New Mat-l land town. Mr. Hutching' -bbseration correjnonaa exactly with itiy owa." ; Good friends, kind frlonda, what la to be done about this? But the editor ot Tho Times is tal'stalten Whta bo aayt tht'Simreteondrtteiur aH cokamolf t aU th(M)IdeBtaWs. jWoJiavo no such people In beorgla. In soma "of our mountain cointivs tho people are Illiterate, buta theirs) hoUost 'kind moral ad .attend burchind.eberve tha, marriage relation ai)d, jpbsr, the laws of the' land and 'make tho Vest Boldlert tne" wbrlil'' evef aa?. ""ttfioy have aopfta .twite' sfja(d,lvMmi only a half a week to clear the crimi nal dockets. '' Now, T wis "thlnllfig tiul 4a Boston T and Hartford and Newt Haven had sent a big lot of money down here to) educate and refomouf ttegroet .It would be iiotblng bub' fair tor -a to send a lo of pradu(ites up there tq do missionary work lh Connecticut and Mao.iichuseUs. Thoae' n6rt' fciadu ates fouldnt"cijincni,th8 lost art of making woodon ttutmegs, but they could tw.vh acb'ul Is, I ';- cb and the New England people eould pay them rr it add tip tholr' monoy'nf home. Something must beV dono anj done quick, or thi old T' lritan race will be come extinct. I rwfcon t'?so colored i ll WOllill lllUi.O gill bey li 'e mner t 1 d nu. 1 a .nun Milg r. K. rnc . i.idl- V to I' a malignant expreeslo In It It la gracefully done and wouW trrlng eonl victIonrt.atty-tnind, nortofor outh, 'j ul.. Vmrtt I inat was opon w cuuiuvu(, ,. youth in the land should buy a copy and absorb its contents, tor U'is at readable at a romance, t" regard it aa the beet contribution te tetlhtr his torical Uteratuje Jbat hat yet, apcaa ed. , Send 1.25 to Mr. Oglesby, Nf i Boutfi Broad streef, AUanta, Ga;,' It eenW! t6 meMlat thfl book?' "would convtstVa'itortlierBitai.atIo, and If It only iganvted pne.,-t, would save a soul tom death and hide a multitude of tint. Ah4 there hha recently come to m thateiarek tmmbeBiof The Alkv best a,,-fijtat5Jast ouiihern. magatlne, and I find Jit k a yery remarkable ar tide' "TheStageotClvillatIdn,,' by At. Frank Orme, ot Atlanta, I did not thlBktbjtta-rrank Orme I uted to know was old enough to have written an artIclef'sosefetlle, to philosophi cal, to HuxUy-Wke on the races ot BWtM yaoiite pl tjiapla laa analyjtlcaij history, ,ot the,, principal races and theTcauses that contribute to thelrvadvancement or their decay. Tbe latter part dealt gently and fair ly with the negro and our efforta to elevate and refine him y education. From' MrnOt-me't viewpoint, and the lawa :of .tyajplir andt biology this cannot be done, and the effort will be In vain." But ! have not time or apace to reviewable admtrable treaUs Let our themsbUulmenwi'our .wise men, our learnedilprQfes8ort In the colleges read it, and they will find abundant food foT hougirt and eerlout refiec tloni Mr. Oraeeems aa familiar wltb ethnology blojogyj anthropology, eo clology and all the other ologlea aa Huxley of Humboldror Darv K old veterans ar "pleased young ' men thlnca Ptven have sppnaaSsince the war our people 0j s-aajyo t pansiyxuu tor leaur aaing 1 'yon more intoi- rable b talking,' t of late there Is a renetil ot lndcper tee, and young er me ormslng he front The tale of lau,.iii 4 .kson't great epeech.i "The iWandertr,'' hat exceed ed my ex 'atlonsfraad -as waa young a,..3i projected; that not for monebut. fori the diffusion ot knowledge, T" , ' - And'Jiuf la a " ... -Hcle In a Dei Holhes paper from a woman who hat been recently raveling through Texas huut!pc fair sufnethlng tne wanted to nnd, and jfieiouna It. . it waa tome very hfghjweede Itt the front yard of one noma and at anotnor house waa a woman sitting on a log dipping snuff and she bad lost all her lront teoth. Another discovery was that Texas wo men aoni ao anyming. xaoy won t work toe garden or raise Chickens or enunksuie buttor. -and If one was caught at It the would be taken to the Si Louis lair at a curiosity. What a malignant- alanderer the' Is. She 4 wlnda upby aaylng that tbe people there hate tbe negro to bad that If the whole race had but one neck they would chop It off. I know Texas from east to reat and north to south, and the people will average well with tbe better class In tho older states. When will these slanders cease? The March lumber of The Review of Reviews bat femoBpei4llent editorial on. the south and Ijer people.--. Jt la kljifl-sttd-omfalaT , BIO lluui ,v SDH w lUMVigi, wiu , , 'gives him the most fulsome pralte and declarea that be it our (rlend. Put I want Mr. Shaw to tell me, it be can, about whou win Roosevelt retract bis published slanders of Jefferson Davit aa. -stake an apology to his widow. T(tt'a what I want to know, and until": be doe tbat no words of praise wl)l prove blm to bb either a gentleman dra sfriaseVBILTl ARP. in Atlanta CARE OF SWINB, " Well-bred. awloe.xaBnot Je treated la tiie haphazard manner which ia of ten gtven to the ejbmmen plgs ot tbe fermyard. , I have seen, farmers pay good prices for pure-bred twine, and lh,n-.W. nntrlan tholn an tTinf Qeee uur 1 i-jra thi'TCjwlta ot tbwxperhnent Verp" wu uywm. V m i i. PWnSiinw.iiVU ivswuui iiGa. u ordar to rat nroner results from nure- brej animals of ankiinf tfiey must be MronfWlt raswfntfv isiniavrlth' the idea thatiMiw aaa ver auanentlbla tn tbrlaaW ..H,nalla.. aad .i!mn m of a PI, n.T and wnrrivxriiir.iJtE tnanv of that, showa. any , advance upon tha scrubs. Indeed; T tlilnk. t'omotfmeg they ten,dtOi aegenerat fatter than the common stock. Tbls fact lg, often -otieabie,shen flne-bycd gwne are shipped by railroad to distant points. Thoy arrlVo In a nervous, frightened aondlUon, and thoy will acarcely cat sneusW tO-Hft them alive. Animals In such condition need huraing. They require the kindliest fBort bf attention. Treat them as if yoa wanted totmakt frlendt with them, and in a few days tbey will Aa Uenfivjswv- a There Js profit In Improving the herd. fwlihi5ure-rjled-Btock,1)Ut' the bettor these atnimala - get .the. mere, tareful we .must baln te eillPS- tending and handling. They require better treat mentlill arftifld. lf onela not willing t4ive this to tlienii U-wiU not pa t04oaake tbe Investmtmt. Stick to, the scrubs. Thoy "are better suited ta such a plrson's conception of theTmsl etk fThere ara farmera today who argnft, against pure-bred swine, pimply on that score. They do not care to raiseliothouse 'animals,1 na they stylt thont, and so they stick Id their Borubs. Now pure bred swlnc are not hot-house animnigfc but then . neither are they scrubs. They do not demand cod- ! tiling, but they do require god ration al t V.bz, .breeding and atteni'.ing. '''hese irrt p.sor.tlnl to their beat de vulopiiiiiut. 1 uny are also necessary for the lart r p. i '.ilil b tha farmer baa a rlpht to exrrrt. rood boar ood blooi 11. u t be Is neoe li i' ' 1 Is tuo ll 1 thus li,. . nt i n but I 0 1! "166 M PfWS" COM IffTTO TE A Sorabtmakli aSplCySlDC 3 tYayer-eako ' spicy kindi I wish : Bbe'd hurry an' put it II. to Date, 60 I can sorape tne aisni . Bhe s cross a siioksi an' the kitchen's Just AS hot as hot can be, . .'",. H ameUs ao good that I'm like to bastr t Comp'ny's comin'.to tot. re'll bare the shiniest everything, . As' I'll drtak coffee pVanS; ' A An' mom's a dozen times ma'U rlnt To carry off the scraps. We're goln' to have Ice-cream, I know . I hope It's lemon, geel ; . ; An' aodn-blsoulta 1 saw the dough Comp'ny's oomln' to tss, 1 '' 1 I mustn't talk at the table mu .. I mustn't kick my feeti 1 I mustn't smaok my lips, or touoh . . Tbe atuff that I won't eat . -' - An' I must take, when plates are passed, . Whatever' nearest me (But not, of course, If it's tbe last)-- ; , " Comp'ny's eomin' to tea, ' - j TH wear my dandiest blouse sn ttiH-.' ' ; Aa' It I'U atay about - An' not get dirty, ma says I , ; -' May oiean the freeeer oalt . (t. ml. ; ' An' so I daasn't tear an' race, , ! Or climb a single tree, 4 P" ; Or sweat, or toil my hands or face, , , 1 Comp'ny's eomin 'to tea. Edwin Ik Babln, tn the Woman's Hems Oompanion. .. t. f HUMOROUS. , Thomas Cot Meow! I love yot letter ' than my life. Tabby Cat tVhicli one. . i t ti i - Saphedde-rShe's aa pretty asa plo :ure. Miss Caustrique les; ather welt painted. - ' ' the la Hook I tell you 'our landlady M a fomia whose words carry wehjht Sye So do her biscuits. . , . Belle (Jealously) If you" kiss" me rou must n ' ' Tnm Well.thereJano'.rfne alone. ne around now, he used to aay be was only apology for a man, Helen Tea, but I noticed the accepted tbe apolo- vrr ." ' .! :.;; .r - Mrs. Muggins Did you ever attend a woman's convention? Mrt. Bug gins No. Mrs. Muggins How uncon- : ventional! m .... ma- Silllcus Why do 'women always turn to the last chapter , ot a book? Cynlcut A woman, always jumps at conclusions. '" , ','' ' ' ' " t ' Tommy Pop, "what ' it experience? Tommy't Pop Egporience, my- son, it something that Reaches us ow dis honest other people are. , , Barber Keeping the hatr cut abort will preserve it The Victim Then I suppose the shorter man keep hit hair the longer he'll have-It. " " . . . Mrs. Dumley I don't tee why you--call him a liberal writer. Mrs. Wise Why not?? Mrt. Dumley -Why he charges $2 for bit last beek, and It's only got about 75 pages In It "What," asked the admiring friend of the pelt, "do you regard aa your gratett source of inspiration?" "The fact that I need the. money," replied tbe poet in an unguarded moment.' . Beggar Boat wont yon help met I ain't got a place to lay my head, and ; Mr. Savldge Indeed? a i Well, therea a railroad track a few squares ok. -Lay it there, and yon woat suffer -any more. 1 . . ; "I've changed , my milkman," re marked the boradlng-house mistress aa abe toyed with the coffee cup. "The new man it a perfect gem." "A rrgi . '. aterI auMieeCr enlck- ereJ the star bOderi v - - "Gjod graclaus, Henry!" exclaimed . the wife ot the absent-minded man, "why are yon eating tbat dog biscuit?" 'Dog biscuit!" replied the, absent minded man. -"I thought it waa some now breakfast food that ! we hadn't tried.": :,:''.yi'...v:-s- i 'iv-xtwt. , . Ida I wonder what that man is? He has been staring at me .all the evening. Bene rroDauiy ne wisnes A claim yon at- hi ewn. ida In- deedl Why do you,ttinl( aof Belle Because he ia a collector of an tique. T "" ' '' Tfi ore's one proverb that makes me ared," remarked tha old aea-doga "and that'a the one about there always being-room' at the" top." "But Isn't there?" "Not at the top of the ocean. The 'way tome thlp eolllde, there ap- I T .ft TnnTf 4 hi In rftfl tvra n muni Xa.' IBoritt-KIhlldrea" to much wocte than they uted to be. WJiat do you attribute it to? LaMoyne Im proved ideas in building. La Montt - 1 i todt wltIl It? La Bhi!rBft8-ie scarce. AiUi lit) MUC&. and you can't 1 panic a bad bo7WTti a tin roof. - , End ef Hand Knit, KHmarnockt, Another ancient Industry it at its last gasp vis., the ? hand-knlttlng of Kilmarnock bonneta. The bonnets of tha real old Kilmarnock style, such aa were worn by Souter Johnnie and Tarn Sbanter, were knitted by hand, many tlzea larger than desired, and - then thoroughly shrunk. They woultj wear a lifetime and were heavy and toui;h. Tbe Scottish team Of curlers who have departed tor Canada wanted la be rin ged; out with old-tyle , Kllmarnocks. They would have none of the light ma chine mad stuff now In voguts, t,. l it took much searching before the 0 ' could.be executed. It was-then fimn.-f that of the many hundred kniitors I ,. made the name of Kilmarnock lwiown throughout the world a gemerat: n m two ago only one remains. By v ' night and day for about a fort nti-'-i provided all the bonnets ncedud i., i curlers. Equipped with such head the curlert can snfely anncnr In t , aUa betuie their Scottish bioiuren n not be open to the charge cf ' degenerated since the days i 'greet clearance. 'London C,.i i i... Mr. CaineQie'a New Horns. B!r.l AnTew Carnegie) h a- at a coflt of 45,0-0 a new 1,.- - 1 Dunfermline where he hh bo .,, estate pti hn" d . ia t' i ? crleft, wiil.-h I :.- ! th(3 ! glen of ritienciieiT and t' worn old home of ritd iu i, grounds are pmilslte'y I but are r colm the 'lu ll. ol-lC t t