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"I -0 J NUMUKK SO a VOLUME X VIII. FRANKLIN. N. ft, WEDNESDAY. MAY 13, 1903. J THE HIGHER th face of th earth b a wld rlrotah of ground, -v And the best of tho world l forever on found ; "r.-w worlds galore, In their olltud .t't- trwilj,. . -i ' Await the (jolumbijs who never will some, Thar an alght no one ees that wlt to beaeeu, There are streamlets of diver and grottoes of grees, It you'll leave the high road hotuet, peo ple nod Rood. And the main-traveled turnpike tnd take to the woods. Oh, the hlghwtri wen built for the idle and bltn-1 . Rut I have an unexplored plane to And. 1 must leave (he worn road, 1 have no time to sparnt ': - . I nave pioneer business to do everywhere. There are oaks In yon forests no woodman has sought, . i .- i. . ' And tbelr blanches an leaded with apples . of thought; There are thick laogled arehes that span "tonelynreans, 1 - Whose creeper are bending with clusters of dreams. . .. . , : I want some good storlesi my Ufa has shrouk dry; -Let sne talk with the earth and Common with the i-kyj ' Let me list to tbo song that the pin giants roar .. AH, fare's a new meter unheard heretofore. The load brook Is babbllngt I'll hush and draw mar Ah, raws from bid Nature Tm lucky to heart As down the loud gorge Ita rapids are ' whirled It sings of the health otibe Ufa of the world, AT THE END OF , . By ALBERT . ..'''' ft liiMiuuiiuiuiuiuaiiUiu y " "You'd like to know what scarred ; : my bands so badly?" said the cap tain. "Well, take the tiller while we . make this long reach to the fishing grounds, and I'll tell you. It's some thing that, happened about IS years ego, long before I settled down to shore fishing and taking city men out for a day's try at the cod. - "In the1 winter of '88 I went out of Gloucester io the Banks as 'first hand' ' on the schooner Nover Fear. When we pulled tip '" " x '"r the last " time ' "Bi'IlBf, 'nr Bos ton, we were fn"- -vit beams, aaa sure to miiKU-. map. Everybody on board was fooling' good. ,. : , - "Five of the fleet got under way to gether. Talk about your cup races! They don't compare for a minute with a brush between three or four fisher men with their bowsprits pointed for market and home after a 'fresh trip' to the Bonks. Minutes mean dollars then. Every etltch set, lee rails un de and nothing taken in after It's .' blown away! ..- . ..ctsU.;.:.: . "For the first hour It was nose and nose between es ty the wind, all log ging over 10 knots with stiff northerly breezes Then the Never Fear drew Lead of the bunch, and we shook a rope's end over the taffrall. You can't blame a crew for feeling a little iris ky when they're leading tho fleet, and their duck Is lifting them landward at the rate of a mile every six min utes. ;. "-. ; -y.-i--. s "Before dark we had a good lead over the nearest schooner, and when we went down to supper their running .' lights were twinkling well astern. The wind showed no signs of going down: - og-the contrary it seemed to be fresh en u. -islSiiirnlnuteTlls lust suited us, for wo had the best rotTglPWoaWier boat on the Banks, and we knew that, even if we did have to put in a single reef, our rivals behind would be put ting in two. ',-v , The cook gave the best he had , that night. H there waa a man on board who failcd'.to do Justice to that smoking hot supper, I didn't see him. The only dissatisfied ones - were the ?h on deck, who began to be afraid t there Wouldn't be anything' left ihem, and who kept shouting down a eompanlonway for us to 'give them show.' .: . .. v- v"" "After supper4 those who ' had no work on hand busied themselves In writing tetters, making boats, or play ing games. During the trip I 'had played checkers a good deal with one of the men named Howard Johnson. A few days before we had arranged a : tournament of, five games; each had won two, and now was to come the ' rubber. We set our pieces, and three or four of our shipmates gathered round us to watch the battle. ' "The board , was equipped after a : unique fashion. In the middle of each square was a little hole to receive a short brad fixed in the bottom of the checkers. This prevented them from rolling off, and we could play, even when the vessel was on her beam ends, without fear that the position of our men would be disturbed by the motion. "At It we went In good earnest and a series of cautious exchanges soon left , us only three kings apiece. Then en sued several minutes of maneuvering , to gain the advantage! 1 was just get ting my opponent In a tight place when all at once we heard the captain shout from deck: - . " 'All hands to reef the mainsail!' "So engrossed had we heen In our game that we had paid but little- at tention to what waa going on above, and wo were hardly aware that the staysail, foretopsall, balloon Jib and malntopssill had already been taken in. ... But that last order brought us up 'all standing," for we knew that it would never have been given without need. "I gTabbed my reefer from its hook and pushed my arms through the sleeves, Jammed my cap down on my hend, pulled on my mittens and made s,iJTip for the eompanlonway. Things w re liviTyenough outside. A living f .'o wan blowing, and the spray flew (iv 'i tbo !imv, :,tlio Never Fear h'eelod to her ). rait. cut1'.rough the tum-l-liHft . The sky -v perfectly i r anil dark blue', ami Lifistars I i'i'n, cold and brllliftnt. ' : i a lew leronMs tho d'ck swrirmeii ' . 1. The I 'vnr'i v.rt r;., i.ed i bMlf-ri ' ) lia'i (1 W. ear- 1 I 1 PIONEERING. Let mo go when my Deokoner bids me to stray I will travel no path and no roai for a day; I will leave, too, the highways thrown up - for the mind When the Beokoner calls asujt travel r- aliened. . v ' By the base of the mount and th shorn of the stream i ' ,1 will think no man's thought and will ' dream no man's dreamt But, In my wise freedom, I'll deem them it nauKht, And r II dream my own dream and I'll think any own thought. For why In the woods should I Journey apart? I go In these forests to find my own heart, And leave the wide scramble for praise and for pelf To hear the beat things I can say to myself. The footfalls of pavements are sweet to my . . ear -,-.''. -fiv ..- --i -And tba roar of the slty is musle to heart Let a man meat with ment but his life la not whole, ' -. Till ho goes la waste plaos and talks with . bis soul. Bank vine, undiscovered, spring forth from Ita sod i Then an uoirathered grapes In those Gar den of God. '. Then an arbors of sllenoa for souls to ' rejoice, ' When we take oil oar sandals and wait for "th Yolo. , There an rlvors of healing woll worthy of que t Then an Mountains of Ytalon and Yalleys otBst I talk, la their silent serenities eurled, With th soul of my soul and th heart of th world. Bam Walter Foes. THE LOG-LINE. 3 3 W. TOLMAN. r.- ".'r I ' '.- 5 - iaiUiUMiuiaiiiiiwujiliii Right under me, as I workeO, waa the log line, shimmering with phosphor escence where it skimmed the surface, like a cord of fire. I remember think ing how high our speed must .? to make the line turn so rapidly. . "I -had been out on the boom again and again in much rougher weather, and sever given the danger a second thought A man will run a certain ri3k nino times and escape. The 10th time he la, punished for bis carelessness. This was my 10th time. "My duty took me a little longer than thoA'hers, and bv time I had ing Oitycue boon had just tide the last knot when thoaschooner gave a sudden roll to windward:. I lurched back, lost my footing and In ait Irv1 stant was flung into the water, Ai I sank I gave a shout for help, and the last sound that reached my ears as the waves closed over me was Johnson's cry of alarm: '"Man overboard! Man overboard! "I was heavily and warmly dresc'ad. t had on thick fisherman's boots, and a leather jacket under my reefer, and so was in no condition for swimming. My situation was a desperate one. A man who falls in tho night from a ves sel moving so rapidly as the Never Fear stands but little chance of living to tell of If - - "As my head came above water. 1 shot aa anxious glance In the direction where I supposed the vessel to be. She was nowhere in sight!" For a few soc onds I tasted the bitterness of certain death. Then I was lifted from the trough of the sea by hugh comber, and saw tho Never Foar SO feet away. At the same instant down across the billows came the should:. - "'Light the torch!'. V '""A Tew -minutes before I had "been warm and comfortable - In the cabin over my game of checkers. Now 1 was fighting for my lire in the freezing seas. A great wave overwhelmed me, blotting the. schooner from, my view once more. . When, I was lifted aloft on the crest of the next comber the vessel was 25 feet farther away. "Hope was almost dead within ta when suddenly I saw the log line, like a ray of light, cutting the waves near by. That line represented life to me. I made a grab at It, but missed It alto gether; my hands clutched cold wator and nothing more. I tried a second time, and just touched It with the tips of my mittens. "Once more, I grasped at it deeper ately, despairingly. This time I caught the cord fairly In my hands, but it waa so small and was running so rapidly that I could not retain my hold. The line was of cotton, woven hard, and about the six of a lead-pencil. '1 knew that the end of the line must be near. , Casting glance' over my shoulder, I saw the ripple of the log not thirty feet away. Jf .that once passed Jjy me, all hope was gone. I determined to hold fast, let, pry finger suffer what they .might,, end with a sudden effort I closed them once more. The cord tautened under my weight, and began to pull me along. But, grip hard as I could, - It slowly - slipped through my lacerated fingers, cutting them to the bone. ', I cannot express to yom the mental suffering caused me by that slowly escaping line. It seemed but to prolong the agony of a certain death. " "My hold loosened. The cord darted forward again; and then my fingers closed lo a final grip round the brass fin of the log! It was my last, my only chaitue. It was !!ke taking hold of a propeller, and my hands were cut frightfully as the fin revolved for an instant before It stopped- The only thing that saved my fingers from being literally sliced to pieces was the thick mlttent I had on. I was jerked ahead for a few feet, the atraln telling fear fully on my arms and shoulders. Then the line slackened, as the schooner came up into the wind. - , -"JuBt thea, with a burst nf ttaioky light the torch flamed up, revealing every detail of the vessel and flaslil'ng In sparkles Innumerable across the foaming black waters, j I Bhall never forget how the Never Fear looked to me in that brief moment. Her sails were shaking, and every rope stood sharply out. As she rolled her tlei k toward me I could sen tlio tnhs nnd fl.h-l.tts, the nn'K of dories kislioJ be tween t;.o frn and t.,:n r:. " ii.;. luul the tin. t).ir on t:i bow. I rmitil n y Slilp!!. i ) :: tt) I!.) hi t V ed In my direction, and voices of en couragement were faintly borne to me above the rush of the waves. Could I keep afloat In that freezing water until they could reach me? "Then somebody realized my .tua tlon. : 4 ? - "He caught the log-line! I heard a voice shout. Get hold here, every body, and pull htm alongside. Stand rjajr to haul.' , "Half a dozen men formed a chain at the stern, and L knew that they were going to pull me In. The figures busy with the dory were lowering her over the side. v " 'Hold tight, Jackson' came the hall. 'Steady, now, mates, pull away!' "The slack came In rapidly, and soon the line was taut. Then with a shock that almost broke my hold I waa pulled under water. Both arms were Btretched to their utmost straight over my head, and my hands clutched the log In a death-grip. If I let go now, I shoulv jever rise. .- "I had beon snapped under so sud denly that I had not time to get a full breath, and in a few seconds I was on the verge of strangulation. Should I never come to the topT . ' "I seemed to be stemming the course of a furious river. The constant rush of cold water against the top of my head was turning me Into a block of ice. I could see ccthlng. I could hear only the thunder of the billows that engulfed me. And through It all, grow ing more and more painful every in stant, was the terrible strain on my hr.nds and anna "My shipmates were hauling me In like a cod on th end of a line, not steadily, however, but with a series of jerks, as they loosened their holds to get fresh ones. And very Jerk seemed to start my arms la their sockets. They told me afterwards that tt was only a matter of seconds, but to me the agony of my strained muscles length ened the time Indefinitely. , "It was Impossible to keep my mouth closed any longer, I opened It, and experlonce the sensations of a dron ing man. as the cold water rufo Gradually my senses 8lipr", '' forgot whore I waa. w''"" cn so tight. My re g ra laxing their f ti I waa pullo sllppp.'-yr the- rope .s, and lod the 6 o souna my head nor as sue rok expiv "V. ,S seemod to Ul VH 1U i bunkSv Arly up to Bos- ton ban 'sorce days be- fore I c inuch use of my hands am anfcv even feed myself; and my ling', not heal for weeks. But I finlsheV it game of cherj'ers wiu jonnson, ana Deal mm, too, al though some one else had to move my kings for me." Youths' Companion. ; tr QUAINT AND CURIOUS.. The first meitlon oi surgeons In the British army was In 1223. Edward I. had a paid surgeon accompanying his arm in Scotland In 1294. , ' The brain of a child at birth weighs under ten ounces, but at the end of a year has Increased to two pounds. Full growth is attained by men at about twenty years of age, and by women at eighteen veers. . Aplclus expended In gluttony 92,000, 000. Fsopls paid for a single dish 400, 000. Caligula spent for one supper $400,000. Heliogabalus spent lor one meal $100,000. Lucullus usually - paid $100,000 for a repast The philosopher Seneca bad a fortune of $12,500,000, Lentullna, the soothsayer, had a for tune of $16,500,000. The sum of $2,000, 000 was paid for the bouse of Mare An tony. Caesar before he entered upon any office owed nearly $11,000,000. Tib erloos at his death' left $118,126,000, which Caligula spent In less than ten months. Croesus possessed In landed property a fortune equal to $8,000,000, besides a large sum of money, slaves and furniture. Marc Antony owed $1, 500,000 at the Ides of March, paid It b?fore the calends of April and squan dered $73,500,000 of the public money. To, the eighteenth century belong the fashion of "chiens-manchons" ot muff-dogs, the most wonderful of Which seems to. have been Raton, the pet ot Ninon l'Enclos, and, according to Mer cler of the Institute, the mascot of that remarkable lady's everlasting beauty. It was In this guise: Ninon never par took of a meal, but had Raton put by her side In a little basket on the table, and from this coigne of vantage the. fatnous bow-wow would keep watch over his mistress' fare. Soup, fish, vege tables, Joints and grills used to pass with approbation, and fruit was looked upon with benevolence. ut there were angry protests at ragouts and growls at spiced entrements; barking at cof fee, and if Ninon by any chance made for liquors, the fury ot Raton knew no bounds. It Is now some $35 years since pota toes were known in Europe; they were Imported Into Ireland in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The importer was John Hawkins, who brought ' them from Santa Fe, lu Spanish America. They were planted for the first time in Ireland, It Is said, by no less a man than Sir Walter Raleigh, who had an estate there; but the natural history of the potato was so little understood at that time, that Sir Walter resolved to renounce the expectation he had formed of bringing this exotic to per fection In Ireland. When in due time, after he had planted the first potatoes, the stocks grew up. and h perceived upon the stem a green apple, he thought that was tho fruit, which ho had no lib a was concealed under the earth. Ilo i c 1 s me i f tho n 1 to be boiled, but fuulimr them rnimenun to the taste, ho conclirtu-d that ho b-'l lust Ins litiHir. etui ft.r .m-o t!:i, th i.t r,. i r j i ever, baviec t- e t i r i i r. i ues 1 : t the ; ,. . ,. l..,: - tip or I 1 1 'A I, to I. j v -iv - ii- r. i 1 f at A SESSION JOS SUNDAY AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLES DOING "THE WILL OF COD." Th Rev, Johm Enklae Adam Captains th Profound rnrpose Whleh Animat ed the Lire and labors of Our Lord- Danaters at th Spirit of Materialism. Nkw York .'itv. "Dninir tha Will of God" was the subject of th sermon 5 reached Sunday morning by th Rev. ohn Erxkine Adams, pastor of the Ross Street I'resbytcriah Church. He took as his text John i: 34. "Mr meat is to do the will of Him that sent life, and to finish His work." Air. Adams said: ' These words express the profound pur pose which animated the life and labors ol our Lord. He has been engaged in that wonderful conversation with the- sinful woman of Samaria, and to her He has un folded truths which have in part at least, been kept up to this hour even from His faithful followers. Things which had been hidden from the wise and prudent are re vealed unto babes. Some of the most won derful truths that Jceu uttered were to sinners; some of the most gracious prom ises to those who, like Himself, were de spised and rejected of men. To this out cast woman whose life was branded with shame, He not only reveals His willingness to impart the gift of God, th living water, springing up into everlasting life," but II reveals to her His divine nature and Mes sianic character, '"I that speak- unto the am He." v "--; Th woman has gone from His presence with a new hope in her heart and a new light upon ber face, and the disciples ap proach their Master. II must b hungry, for th fast, like the way, has been low. and they offer Him meat. He replies; 1 have meat to cat that ye know not of; My meat is to do the will of Him that sent Mo and to finish His work." Again does our Lord' declare that man shall- not live by bread alone. There is a deeper satisfac tion than that which comes from gratifi cation of ths carnal nature) the satisfac tion ot outreach toward lost souls; men and women in famine, wayward children of the Father, and in that outreach ; doing th Father's will, who desires that riot one of these little-one shall perishJr'- " fnuosoriny, wnicn proved too prn . .rr" .v " 'riiiit sis in prenensioi w tne comg , ,1, mttr. " . . i! NirTttr age. Abe quea ili.' ' and wlt shaft we Vni,L. Jr"! "npenous to-Jjry than ever, EpicuruyK, j, .up;.. ,nd Wam. .,,"n7j, nrini n-i..r whi.h 1 bow. To eat!, llrinlr fcnrl K mimv I that is the world's definition of life. a nave aaio that the words of the text eipress the purpose of Christ's life. They . motive of all Hi deeds; tha norm by which His every action is judged. "In the volume of the book it is written of Met M I come to do Thy will, O, My God." The will of th Father was th actuating power of His incarnation. He knew no other Impelling force. It was this which S turned His face toward Jerusalem for His final trial and triumph; it was this which ive to Him the victory in the garden of ethsemane. and enabled Him to put the cup to His lips and drain it to tho dregs. ID-it glow all leaser lights paled; to ita au thority all His powers were brought sub ject, and through ita power all temptation wer beaten down, all personal ambition wer destroyed, earthly distinctions and emoluments rejected. His responsibility to the Father pressed upon Him when only a boy of twelve years, and deepened in His consciousness till it becam the overmas tering impulse of His life. Responsibility to Ahnighty God was Webster's definition 'Of the profoundeat thought that ould com to a man; the "Father's business" was th supreme business of Jesus' life: He knew no other mission or message. - . 1iwe " Pcakin truIT when w say that it was this supreme purpose which gav power and dignity to our tumour's character and work. Without it, Hia life, however beautiful, would have been at best an sunless one. Without that purpose ot doing the Father's will and manifesting His glory there would have been no coher ence to Christ's deeds or teachings, but in wi? ot God wo find all that H was and did brought to the focus; to do that will was His meet and His drink. Now what waa true of Christ is in lilct measure true of every one of ns. What purpose was and - J to the Ufa of our Lord, it must be '"twiv, to as. We can no more live lives o"i Itrength without the deep impulse of a noble purpose stirring within them, than can the vessel reach her destined haven without th compass or the pole tar. Behind all things are th infinite purposes, Tennyson gives us ths thought: - . . : , "Vet I doubt net thro' the ages one in creasing purpose runs. And the thoughts of men an widened with th process of th suns." .God takes no delight in chaos or confu sion. His works are ordered according to a divine purpose. Not only His works of creation, which move in the harmony a f 1""", mm ,uura ui redemption vnq grace. St. Paul asserts that Hia manifold wisdom is declared "according to the ter Bal purpose which He purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord." And if God manifests His glory in the accomplishment of His purpose in nature and in grace, and if Christ's life was lived in the light of a no ble purpose, how essential is it for us to move onward in accordance with well do- nnea plans, unaer th inspiration, aye, compulsion of some aim in life, that shall give to life definiteness and coherence. Saint Bernard had over his study table ui luuminBita letters mese words: JJer nade, ad quid venisti S" "Bernard, why art you here!" The reference waa not to th routine tasks of his life. These were de termined for lUn. But it was: What is the animating purpose of your lifof What la tha meaning of your existence? Is every pleasure and everv task mada auh- eervicnt to the on purpose; the one su preme motive of your being! Amiel in his journal records, Life is a mas of begin- ling ana cnuiara. - vv nave au expe rienced his meaninff. We fimva Iwnin tn build, but did not finish. Wc have laid our Slana and found them broken in upon and estroyed ; w have skimmed over th sur face 01 inings, Dut not gotten at their hid den meanins. And if we nalr th ronann iS is evident. We have failed because no presiding purpose has woven the tangled skein into harmony and beauty. We have been dallying with purpose, we have been' half willing, we have been hanging forever in the balance, and so' we have been losing our grip on life. As a man purposeth in his heart so is he. The difference hetiveen aimlessness and decision is the difierence between the hm.nl T.1 . l,.inn Mn,;AnlAa ,l.:..l. 1 . ... . w .jinn mui-iuiiicnii, .iiiu anu shiny, breathing malaria and breeding wuiiiu, aim mc cataract, wnicn rusnes on ward, a living, moving, plunging thing, something destructive in its energy, but a mtng oi uenuiy oecatise a mini; ot lite. "Hotter an itraohle nurDone even, anvii I)r Pierson, "than none at all." Better to be a aul of Tarsus, breathing out threaten inim anil alaiiirhter. but hrpathinir hnn such a man aa Kohert Dale Owen, who con- leases: l committed one lata! error in my youth, and dearly have I hewailed it; 1 sturted in lite without an object, even without an ambition. My temperament dinposnd me to ease, and to the full I in dulged the disposition. I said to myself: I have all that I see others contcniliiifF for why should I struxule: I know not tho curse that lights on those who have never to stniKKle for anything. Had I created for reymili a detinue puriuit literary, seien- ic, artistic, social, iiolitical, no matter what, so there was teeiit'thiii-- to labor f and to overeoini.'- l oiu-nt ll.ive been hunnv. I feel t new tun i,ut 1 lie r-mvr h 1, ii. is have b,-e,i,ne eh.uin. J lirim-.-h li.L till! pie,, - 9 Veiirs L'"IIC hv I f'k vnm V fur Kii'ln:. iili'T til ITU"-:ii:,!'r Willi plill' or even io divnl on nun .i : i : ,u i em. 1 have tnrimri nwnv "u-. 1 P --i khiik i mi: i- sa if tiif'i-c r.-'!! re'luin? r?i Ill tO II iv lean. i in n ii e Hie .lit one: f h hntia tor. a in an n t of n I t a;a n rn-a fnniliimentala. Greece and Borne perished because thev did riot grsj tha divine pnuosopny oi me, mo that "righteousness cxalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach tn any people. The su preme motive of their existence was car nal, not spiritual, and so, bcina bmlt upon the sands of time they perished with lime. A polvtheiatio paganism: not too much of God, but too many Gods, that was their undoing. - - ' ' And we might particu'ertee." What is true ot nations is true of men for it ia the man that makes the nation. Any mo tive, other than the highest, is fatal to per manence and power, io adopt any other motto of life than that which our Ixird de clares in the text-to do the will of Golr is to court destruction. We need -this warning to-day; W pride oursi.ves on th fact that we are a peaceable and pcaoeTnl people. Wo enter upon war onlv as a der nier resort. Wc art seeking to dcve.op the industrial aide ol our life. We boast of our achievementa in commercial competi tion: that the balance of trade is largely in our favor. Wo point to the enormous accumulation of capital; to our ever in creasing exchequer. W are the wealthiest nation c-n- the face of tho earth. Our re sources ar inexhaustible, our possibilit;es of increment unlimited. But herein lie our very peril. It needs no figures to de clar that the snirit of materialism la nf aa never before in our land. The domina tion of wealth become daily movj uruel. The quest of riches is mora and more strenuous.'. .. v "' . Millionaires are not numbered by the scores, but bv th thousands. Materialism is rampant. 'Its interests are supreme. It has been said that "market Is beginning to dominate literature aud act, instead of classic models and superior excellence: To day men no lesst than things have Im-ir price, and the money raluo is made the standard of th Worth of an object. It is true that in some quarters there ts revul sion of spirit oH this question. The pen dulum is beginning to Swing the other way. We take hop frhm the thought that many are studying will, insicht the gross mate rialism of the egK The prophetic Voices against it are on (the increase in tho nulpit. Ignorant, vulgar and brutal wcitlth receives severer chastisements than a few tecades sine. Empty show, extravagant nispay pe "--h litntrv are seen oy increase --Miyto their holloy T'l'lierc isinSviTrVi jiur liuiplicity of life, for solidity, Ttrr nest realities, for ethics, for spirituality Vior better ideal, tor deeper itnnunr; m Jfor the Inner as well as the onter develop nent of society. Tho haven is working, bVit as yet th lump remains practically u.i Havencd. . - . Wbat, then, is the duty of tho church and the Christian in this matter? Dn we not need to atand whore Christ stool, to' make the motive of Hia life the supreme motive of onrs? Let a remember cur snostlesbip. We are smbaasndor for Christ aa trul- as was Paul. Through us, throwrh our lives, our thoughts, our ac tions. God is seeking to speak to tho woiid, Anil whftfc nvmrt Trould He hsvo US bring? Ia it a messa of woridlincsa, of selfishness, of carnal desire, a mesrage of skillful temporising with His commands and skillful attempt!! to maka His claims upon us consistent with hi::nry and pleas ure and worldly conformity? There ia no doubt tbat many in our cnurcnes are stea ms; to npoly this sonorifie to their cot sciences; to be in this world- and of this world, and yet belong to God. J-et us r- membec the words of the great-apostle: tie not lasotoneu arcoruina w cjia wunu. but be ye transformed by the renewing ot your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable aad perfect will of God." ;!:.av;vi.i.'v;;,i::.;...;u::':-k;; What was needed in Rome is not lesi needed with us here to-day. Should tlier com such a transformation, should there bs in -every life the proving of the will of God, the whitened harvest wouM wait no longer for reapers; the desire of our Lord, which with aching heart He cxprc.wcd thai day of Hia conversation with the woman ot Samaria, would be fulfilled. V . . Elisabeth Fry was a thouihtlesj girl of seventeen years, used to ail tne rcnneiTi'ys nf luviirv and a life nf aaae. who'.iv sfNsIt and whollv nseless, when God conw to her through the voic ot a yuauer nrcacner. She consecrated ler life to God. Her meal and her drink were the doing ot the Mas ter's will and work. At the age of sixty five ) wrote: ".Since niv heart wa touched, at the see of seventeen. I ,be!ievo I have never awakened from sleep, in sick ness or in health, by dav or by mgnt, witn out my first waking thonrht heing how boat I might serve my Lord." Ther could be but on result from such on:ecmtion. God seat ber among the outrast, nt her life became a-eonstant benediction. -Toe work she began in Great Dritain nmont femal convicts spread H over the conti nent of Europe. Letters-from crowned heads, as well as from philanthropic peo ple In th common wslks nf life began to pour in, inviting her to visit the prisons ot other lands, and subsequently she visited Scotland, France, Germany and other coun tries, upon this errand of mercy, every when hailed a an angel of peace and good will to men.' The prisons of Eurore wer reformed through her labors, and the laws to punish criminals war greatly modified in nearly all European countries. Indeed the reformation spread throughout the world. This wss th work accom- Clished bv one woman, who had submitted er life wholly to the will of Goi'-. Sho was changed from a thoughtless, frN'olous girl into a woman of great usefulness and pow er. But th power came because th pur pose cam, eh gavo full placo to God. and to Hi plans; she put them first, and so God used and honored her. And what was true of Elisabeth Fry may be true of each one ot us. Ws may not be called to so high a task. We may find our horiron circumscribed, and our opportunities lim ited, but if our meat and our drink are ti do the will of God, th opportunities will be many and th results will b precious snd permanent. A Help la Trouble. Happy ia the man who has made God hia refuge and strength. No real harm can ever overtake him. He has a refuge to which he can lice in every hour of tempta tion or trial and sorrow, a refuge never fail ing. No matter what the peril, or what the grief, he flics to God and ail is calm ahd rest. God is sufficient for anything that can arise." And our refuse i always near at hand, a very present help in trouble. The Israelite had often to llco a long way to his city of refuge, but ours is always close at hand; in a moment we nro there. Happy also is the man who can cay, "God is my strength." If He is indeed our strength w shall win every battle that wo light. Our enemies may be too strong for us. but they are not too strong for Him, "ther is nothing too hard for the Lord, so there is nothing too hard for us, if He is our strength'. The trouble is that we say that He is our strength whilo all. the time we are trusting in our own strength. If He ia our refuge and strength, not only in word and in tongue, but in deed and in truth, then w shall never fear under any circumstances, not even though the eartn be removed, and though the mountains b timed into th midst of tin ses. An American professor, after vl'tlt In? a large technologIc.il Institute In Germany, raid that the sx hooi s.nd Its tqulpment were ahead of anything at iome. When this compliment was re peated afterward to a prominent In structor In the Institute, he replied: "Why, that Is exactly what I said of your toehnleal schools after my trip to America, and that Is th only way I .VmM ftct the money te make ours it hat It is t y." . In ! I t 1 1 1 rii il t 1 t h mo dj s terns m em to he esperii-nrim; a boom lit pre'iviit. Owing to viu'Idim cireum s'liiieis rural Im-n run tm ei'-iie-l mi) p I I I i i v i 1 t i 1 I ' I 1 n i i i f h t (. I ' i l t-i lev . i ii; a !. - ! HO VY DUMB MAY TALK. TAJJGHT TO SPEAK AND UNDER STAND OTHERS' 8PEECH. Using the Eyes Instead of th Ears Plan for More General Education In Past Ages the Deaf Were Vic tims of Much Ignorant Cruelty, , Galusha A. Grow of Pennsylvania las successfully fathered many worthy uses since her entered congress in 185L Today he Is bending his ener gies In the Interest ot a cause than which there could be none more worthy front the standpoint ot human ity. A number of years ago It was discov sred that it fas possible to teach chll lren to talk who were born without hearing, and who were also supposed to be devoid of the capability of speech. This discovery led to further experiments until It was practically demonstrated that if such afflicted children were taken in Infancy they could be taught not only to speak, but also to understand the speech of oth ers simply by observing the motion of the Hps; also that this faculty could be developed In sufficient time to allow such children to enter the publlo schools provided tor hearing children at the ordinary school age. It was found by experience they eucceeded equally, and In some cases better than children who could hear, wythla practical demonstration as a h.f ""resentatlve Grow, who Is chai; N, committee on educa tion representatives. new method Jn Wry. and " 'eiiU"lie had "v, house of represo. celvod the unanmiotHriu- his committee, , This ! bill in $75,000 to defray the expenses of sending; one competent teacher from each state and territory to the Phila delphia home for teaching articulate speech to deaf children, for a sufficient lergth of time, not to exceed six months, -to acquire the methods which are there so successfully practiced by the Garrett sisters, who were the orig inators of the new system. , ' : ;; Mr. Grow Is a mine of interesting In formation on the subject In which he is lust now so deeply Interested, and when ones' started he becomes most entertaining. "You must take these unfortunate little tots aa soon at they cut their teeth," he began, "it they are to have the full advantage ot this new train ing. , The old Idea that children are born dumb an well t. deaf has been exploded. They do not. talk when born - deaf ; simply because when their parents find out that they cannot hear they cease to talk to them. Un der such treatment even a child who could hear would never learn to talk, much less a child who baa to accom plish that feat through the eye alone. "Anothor curious fact," continued Mr. Grow, ''is that childron who learn to talk by sight never talk baby talk. Baby talk Is the languago of the hear ing baby simply because we grown folks think It Is cunning to distort our words the minute we begin to talk to the baby, and the baby very naturally Imitates what It hears. ; ' - ', "In the past ages the deaf were the victims ot deliberate as woll as Igno rant cruelty. In the present age they are not longer deliberately drowned, as In -ancient Rome, of exposed to die, as under the laws of Lycurgus. But they are still largely sufferers from a modi fied form ot the Ignorance which for fcreiy ranked them with the ' lmbe clles,Nn&,now fails to realise that they, are able to learn and do anything and everythlnV-th hearing child can II they are givonpreclsely the same opportunity. " "When a hearing chillis learning to talk the mother does not we motions to It because It has not commenced to understand her language; burshe re iieaba over and over attain the TKt names she calls It; tells It again and again to say 'papa' ahd "mamma, ' etc., until It learns to understand and then copy her words. She is quick to dis cover, encourage and correct Its first attempt at articulation. It has been proven by experience that If the at tention of the deaf child be directed to the mouth wltfi the same persist ency, and if It be talked to Just the same by every one who Is with it. It will learn the speech and language through the eye which the hearing child learns through the ear. Like' the hearing child, It has a hereditary tend ency to talk and only needs the same opportunity to learn. No more mo tions should be used with It than with the hearing child; its attention should always be guilded to the mouth ol the speaker and concentrated there. Lit tle by little It will begin to attach meaning to the words and sentences it sees, just as a hearing child learns little by little to attach meaning to the words and sentences it hears. - - The names of objects inay be taught with the objects, which Is real kr the way hearing children learn them In their homes. When a bearing child Is learning to talk Its hearing gives It the advantage of every word spoken In Its presence, while the deaf child only has the advantage of seeing the month ot the person It happens to be looking at or who is talking to It. The dif ference must bo mad up to the deaf child by a great amount of repetition of tho words and the language It Is be ing taught. Deaf babies besln to say ma ma-ma' just as hearing babies do, but aa a rule they are not encouraged In repenting the word. If they were and were properly guided to fnrtin-r articulation they would tnlk. The e nury practice, however, when nn ! flint la discovered to-bo ri'-nf ! niako tio further effort to I'-'" ti- k or read ti.-e lips, but In..-. to ! h It. "J f t- I 3 have. There Is a popular delusion that the vocal organs of deaf children I are aerective. Tne i&ci is inai aucn cases are rare exceptions, and that as a rule, their vocal organs are normal. The articulation of consonant sounds depend on certain positions of the lips, tie, teeth and palate. The quality v vocal sounds depends on certain positions ot the tongue. Any deaf child who can. cry and scream, and has Hps, tongue, teeth and pal ate, has the necessary vocal organs for speech. '.- - . - n r "Until society learns that by doing Its whole duty to the deaf they can become like normal people we shall need efficiently and intelligently con ducted homes for the training in speech of deaf children, "The work of this generation should be to establish such homes, and if the work la done as It ought to be the next generation will thus learn to do the work for all deaf children in their own homes. : And .lt will by that time become as natural to parents and to the community to give them exactly the same training through the eye as they give hearing children through the ear," Washington Star. -MONARCH'S KITCHENS. How Czar, Emperor, King and Queen Are Fed. The Gorman Emperor la disposed to be rather officious In the supervision of hia kitchen. He has been known to make a special tour ot inspection, under the guidance of the marshal of the court, and to harangue the scul lions, or give them lessons in the art of making coffee. As a rule, he gets Is meals en pension, there being a egtilar sum allotted ioaM of, the Jm tthin tint -erimperiai r limits- tne cooks nave a The chief cook Is a Ger man, and under him are a Gorman and a Frenchman,, although the use of the French language -upon the menus to strictly forbidden. The chef has to get through about 400-weIght of butcher's meat on ordinary days for tho meals ot the court, and on great occasions he usually begins his preparations a week beforehand, and calls in the services of the cooks at the other palaces, bosides utilising the services of the dainty confection ers In Unter don Linden,; William IL boliovM in dishes en, masso. The joints appear tn the dining saloon and the : cakos are frequently fashioned Into the shapes ot temples, minarets and castles, v;- '.- . - The chot In the household of the Cxar is an Alsatian, a former soldier, who Is natd 'a very high salary. He Is an . adept In the fabrication of ap petizing Russian sottpa, which are much liked by Nicholas II., and he has a regular dictionary of recipe for the treatment of caviare. He has had to ovorcome the niusance of hav ing two or threa Uirassians always hovering about the kitchen on the lookout for tuspiclons underlings, al- , though these gentry apply themselves to -the tosk of tasting the imperial viands with greater zoal than the oc cajlcn demands.- Tho Em Areas often eonyeynrrTnTS hllufRlrt Mehtor a dainty dish to be prepared a 1' Anglais,' and apart from the national dishes the composition of the imperial menu en famille is aa much English as French. The F.mperor, Francis Joseph, ts said to spond 50,0(10 per annum upon the table, although he himself Is one ot the na-wt abstemious monarctj in Eu. rope. The staff consists of half a hun dred trained cooks, equally divided as to sex, and a committee of the heads of each department is held on the occasion of a stale banquet. All the carvfng Is done In an . apartment re served to; the purpose, to which the comestibles are conveyed from the kitchen. The question of perquisites la probably more firmly established In the Austrian Imperial kitchen than anywhere else In royal Europe. - At some of tho smaller courts na tive chefs are preferred, as, for exam ple, in Rome, Madrid and Btubknolm. At the Sublime Porte Abdul Harold 'ormerly contented himself with ch chefs, but after the visit of the Gc?flWa Emperor to Constantino ple tf engage-reejCvrPSa a cooks. who assist him In dtopenslkvXeho? mouB dally sum of f lOOOSin : the pleasures of the table for Wb vast es tabllifiment. All the pitta's persoual dtshos are proparcdin sliver vessels, and are sealed by the grand vlslor before thoy leave the kitchen. " The seal hi broken tn the presence of the monarch, and it is the duty of the chamberlain to taste the first mouth ful If bo commanded. ; The decoraiton of -a chef by his royal master Is a rare event; evon the Royal Victorian Order was not considered by Queen victoria to be a suitable method of ai knowledglng the- services of her ci liary artists. When a famous retired from tho service of th perlal kitchen in Berlin he v wri-ded:- by the Empress w Gold Crots of Merit, but ev fatherland this distinction v Perhaps the most carlen partmcnt In any Imperii world Is ttiat of the E The staff consists of experts, whose dr to be acquASntei' methods of sen antelope talb. lips, while t' ment whlct serious t: ami p. r jawEaiid. 1 ILLUSIONS. Behind th soooe, the villain smiles, ' Th oomra te of a little child i Tb tyrant grim hia time beguile . With pastimes lonooent aad mild. The gay oomedlaa whoa Jest DHote the lights tings swift and (leaf - t . Is grave and gentler than th rest, ; : ' And sometimes shed a seor-1 tear. . -'- T statesmen whom we view afar , To history' end tha glorious means, v I sometime wonder If you sr " " - The same when viewed behind th sooaes. -Naaulngtoa Stat, , , HUMOROUS. ' Tne Rich Man Money talk Ths i Aristocratr-Yes; but blood will tell, also, , Blobbs Wigwag's Wife Is outspok- , en, Isn't she? Blobbs Yes; and Wig- wag Is out-talked. , Mae It takes two to maka a bar , , gain. Mayme Two what? Mae Two cents less than the regular price. Wigg I don't tWnk fiction has any place In the dally Newspapers. Wagg - , How about the Mather Indications? Nell A girl Ideal, does sho? 1 fellow generally -lot of money. .f ''She im shi-a-" ldom marries ber ell No; some otb- lotpci v-uecarus ttiCstaft ho could he drove her drlve." a to dlstraVrGn. Well, Silllcua 8hakespesre tells us that all the world's a stage. Cynicus Yes; iut the trouble Is most of us want to be stage manager. "I am like sins," chuckled the In stallment collector. "How is that? asked the book agent wavs- findlrW t"V"rnry, T cm at- peJpnrout Phaser So this is an Improved typewriter? - Agent Yes; If you don't know bow to spell a word there is a key that will make a blot. , ,, . t "Cupid often misses nls-mark," re marked the pretty young wife, "Yes; . I guess those he hits are 'easy marks.' " ' sighed the young Benedict Teacher (trying to explain philanr thropy) If you had two -cents and , gave away one of them, what would you be? Little Willie A chump! v Bobby Huh! I bet you. didn't haver a good time at your birthday party yesterday. Willie I bet I did. Bobby Then why ain't you sick today? Sllllcus They are Yeally tH- awt -devoted lovers I ever saw, vCynlcus " Yes, It seems a shame that they are going to get married and spoil it all. La Montt He ts, indeed, a man of nerve. La Moyne Brave enough to go to war? La Montt Braver! He ac- '" tually sent the janitor a comic valen- tine, a f ,-s ; ; .-v ,s-. . ; ' Scribbler Have you started to write.,,; your new novel yet? Scrawler No; e I've been too busy advertising the fact that 20,000 copies have been sold be fore publication. . Father I wonder what's tha matter with Nellie this morning, l bhe acts ' like one possessed. ' Mother She prob-' ably Is. I noticed a new ring on her ,': finger when she came down stairs. - , l "Yes," said the student of digestive economics, "there Is one part of the dougbaut that wouldn't give you dys- ' pepsla." '"And-JKltait part Is thatr"" ask In astonlshmenfr"r" 1 ' middle." . r -r','-;. " ' "It Is well'to put something a rainy day," said the Wise Guy, "es pecially if you are thluklng of getting married." "In that case," remarked the Simple Mug, "It isn't the rainy day you should think ot so much as squalls." , - Famous Stranger I do not wish to be Interviewed,, sir, because I desire to travel about your country without- be ing recognized. V Reporter Nothing -h! easier1, my dear sir. Just give me your picture,, and I'll have it published In all the newspapers. : , ; ;;; ; Newitt Well, - there's - one thing about the weather., It's always a safe topto of conversation, v. Burroughs I thought It was today when I met Lendham, but when I started to speak of it he said: "Yes, It's unsettled, and that reminds me of tbat note-of yours." They were sitting under the palm. "Dhrllng," whispered the ardent young man, "you remind me ot a beautiful "nl 1 el Iff 1 owl, she said, shyly. "In won't say 'Mam With such an "' but put her i r - Dutch' It loo! got th-' warlt' the' si'-' to knot I I took b in i at t a 1