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VOLUME. XVIII.
FRANKLIN. N. G, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1003.
Ml) MB EN CA
THE LAND OF
Let us let (he little children have th legend
ndtkerost;
Let tlinr. st n lal illusion) of the year
' ' tint art) th besi .
- tat thrm know the l.iyona fancies of the
iTtflUa.Mr(flUM, "' .. :. i '-'"
And the wowlorrul euohantmonts only they
can understand
tot tha years are coming to them when
tby II sliih, and softly grin '
That they loft thy rralm of childhood In tke
- Land ot Hake Bellove.
. la the Land of Make Holler tbr Is a vine
ih it meet the sky,
And iaoi for up end down It we hare
seen him, you snd I
. Jhpe's a w at lug path that kadi as to the
liuaho o' thu wood,
tad e-many time wu're trod It with the
.',. quaint K-d llldinithoHi
There's a fmwulnij ollil urn-mounted by a
castle Rruia and vrlai,
And oW Bluebeard lurks within It you
' know tw wo pecrjd at him! '
J J5hQ Architect Burglar.
, No one who bad happened to pb
. lerve the figure o( Mr. Bromley Brown
wandering round his garden on a cer
tain mild Apill morning would have
: Imagined him to be differing from an
acute sense ot regret for his wasted
opportunities. v '
From the top ot his bald head to the
toes ot his shiny boots he might hare
, stood for a model of middle class pros
perity. His gray suit, if It accentuated
the round proportions of his figure,
was ot fashion) le cut, and he held a
Taiwiao4ato6aCreet strsw in the
square hand on which a diamond glit
tered in the snlng sunshine. Behind
the terrace, over which figures ot im
possible animals in stono kept watch
at each Corner, stoodhis new and elab
orately furnished bungalow, aggressive
' Mud. much . decorated. Mr. Bromley
i Brown, s room in the tower overlooked
I a '"stretch of pine woods a small
I lake, which shone with steely bright
I ness under a fringe of larches, and a
far-away range ot rising ground, fie
I did not often glance at the view, but
I it pleased htm to know that it was un-
denlably finer than even that com
mundod from the windows of his neigh-
bor, General iCompton, whose family
had owned acrts of surrounding heath
er and firs fm i?cn-iinn past
fr Tim
Vit strnll on
f-TKelawn and a -ccended
the steps of the ten'
maid laid the newspapers ou
outside a bow window. A girl's figure
' leaned out, and a young voice called
". to him:
"Why do yon look so solemn, papa,
dear! What a perfect day it is! Warm
- and sunny enough for Junel
.The lines on Mr, Bromley Brown's
, face relaxed.
"I was thinking," he said, impress
ively, "of how very little material com'
-fort signifies, and how few ot us are
satisfied. "
J . "I don't In the least agree with you
there, dear," said Valentine, who was
eminently practical.
" T have built this bungalow," con
tlned Mr. Bromley Brown, "as a place
- to rest In after a lite spent in the
dullest of all occupations money mak-
, ing. But I am aware that thousands
' ot men would both have, enjoyed the
occupation and welcomed the peace of
this beautiful spot I do neither, I
was destined by nature for something
widely different" :
' "You say that because yoi have dtmo
. nothing lately but read those foolish
novels." here she polntal a small.
TSflirT -"h ig open on
. the table "since touti 'nflnnjn,
"I beg your pardon, Valentine I
, , know I may not- look it, but since my
. earliest days, as I have often told you, I
- have bad a curious, wild craving for
adventure, tor some excitement outside
the deadly routine of a business life.
It Is hard," and Mr. Bromley Brown
J raised bis voice In querulous expostu
- - Wton, "that here I am, a man who has
.ado a considerable fortune In a spe
ial cough loxenge, but who, all
hrough his boyhood, has vainly wished
.o be a pirate, and ' who now" ho
y waved his hand in the direction of
the. bungalow, then toward the smooth
shaven lawn, "would most gladly give
all uls luxury to be a successful de
tective." t Valentine laughed, and leaned still
' further out of the window. She, for
her parti was absolutely satisfied with
the fair face worn by the world around
her. She watched a tat blackbird as
he shuffled along by the golden border
of daffodils she rejoiced to know that
the air was musical, with the voices of
larks, to see that the sun glittered on
the pool "below General Compton's
' house and turned Jts casements into
i twinkling diamonds. A man went
slowly down the green drive by tho
pool, his arm swaying to and fro as
he sowed grass seeds. The earth
seemed to sing a song of renewal and
.. hope, ot love and sunshine. How good
,. It was only to breathe and to live!
Other people might have thought that
life would be none the less pleasant
: to Valentine because her eyes were
large and gray, and her cheeks rosy
like the bloom on the, boughs of a
cWry tree, But she did not take
much account of these advantages, nor
of the fact that she was the only child
of the .prosperous house ot Bromley
Broin,
Her father took off hie gold-rimmed
glasses and laid down his newspaper.
"Ha! this is moat curious!" said he.
n "What a splendid Chance If one could
only light upon (him the plausible
scoundrel! The Vshrewd young Til
luin!" " i ; .
Valentino turned her "gray eyes on
his shining crimson face. "
"Listen to me Vol," he cried, "you
the general told us last
k ijmtV'e Mumbys and the Jelll
ocs li;iil !i 'i had their pantry win
dows foe d , .V'
"I'M h, ? I don't 1""'ik I was listen-
?.;nmlys lost a lot iivj;!ted
I know that ho kpptij hm f i-
t i 1
r 1
1' s 1
I t
n It t
t 1
MAKE BELIEVE.
In the Land of Make Hellers we need te
ramble up and down
To the playing of the Hyer In the streets ot
' Hamellutowni -And
We saw the fairy mother make the
horaoa rear and prance
When we mde with Cinderella to the palaoe
forthedaneei '
And of erenlnip, you remember how we law
some one go by,
And we knew It waa the ftaniffnau, eomo to
. abut each blinking eye! -i
All the others how we loved Ih ml How
they used to eome and play
llll at last they lent a melange that thej'd
oome ao more, one day.
Tor they had to tear us lonely With our
broken dreams and toys
While they stall behind in childhood with
the itttla girls and boys.
Let as let the ohlldnn have them, ore the
years eome when they griev
That they erer found the Ulirhway from the.
Land of Make Bellewi
W. D. Meabit, In Chicago Tribune.
neighborhood. He professes to making
architectural drawings, and by so do
ing finds out all manner of details."
i 'That is certainly very original."
"Original. I should think so. In
fernally sharp, I .call It" Mr. Brom
ley Brown here proceeded to read aloud
an extract from the newspaper.
- The 'architect-burglar,' for by this
sobriquet this accomplished criminal is
Bow known, has been seen. It Is be
lieved,; not long ago in this neighbor
hood, although probably lie is now
many miles away from the scene of his
late exploits. Ho Is described as a
young man ot gentlemanlike and mili
tary appearance, with fair hair and
mustache, and wearing clo.thes of fash
ionable make.' " - '
-. Mr. Bromley Brown was soon ab
sorbed in meditation. ' He " pictured
himself, recolute, terrible, cunning,
hounding down this distinguished
criminal, bringing him to Justice af
terward, In court, replying with tell
ing sarcasm to the c rev, -examination
of the prisoner's counetl, and, lastly,
complimented by the Judge on the lu
cid, admirable way In which he had
given his evidence. Lift was no long
er sordid and prosaic; it was palpitat
ing with romance. He fell asleep to the
accompaniment ot the lark's song, and
dreamed that he was the chief of po
lice In Russia. Waklna un w't
Utjus urea' ;e cried alond. With
his waking eyes lie still seemed to see
the female Nihilist of his vision, point
ing "a revolver at his head. He
stretched himself and walked sadly
across the lawn toward the hedge that
bounded his garden. ; Below himwas
the riband of white road, pine bordered.-
Mr. Bromley Brown started,
but. much more violently this. time.
Then be rubbed his face and eyes with
his handkerchief and uttered low
exclamation. ' V -:;
A few yards away In the road he
saw the figure of a young man, tall,
fair, yes, and ot unmistakably soldier
ly appearance! And he was sketching.
A thrill ran' down Mr. Brown's spine.
He might not be the chief ot the Rus
sian police, but was he not on the eve
of a discovery, an adventure, the pos
sible player in a great and dramatic
case - He coughed and unlocked the
gate leading to the road. In one mo
ment his mind had been mad up. He
would Invite this young man obvious
ly no other than the architect-burglar,,
with friendly greeting. Into his house.
A hurried word to the coachman would
send him, on swift feet for two ot the
local police. Another messenger would
hasten to General Compton, the stern
est ot county magistrates, and be would
arrive In time to be a witness of the
discomfiture of a notorious criminal,
and of the Ingenuity and promptitude
ot his old friend Brown. Moan while
the young man had looked up smiling
ly. ' In answer to the remarks ot the
old gentleman by the' hedge he said
that he had come a considerable dis
tancethatand this with a very
pleasant laugh well, yesj he was
thirsty, and that there would be plenty
of time to finish his sketch after lun
cheon, and that he thought It a most
kind suggestion of his questioner to
Invite him to have some. '
' Mr. Bromley Brown, whose eheek
had now lost much of Its usual ruddi
ness, walked with set lips and a curi
ous enigmatic expression on his face
up the stone steps on to the terrace,
and the young' man, smiling and un
concerned, fallowed him Into the draw
ing room. For one Instant Mr. Brown
glanced nervously at a silver box and
candlestick on Valentine's writing ta
ble. Then, murmuring an excuse, he
ran, panting, to the stables; In a chok
ing voice dispatched the astonished
coachman for the police, and a helper,
with an Impressive message scribbled
on a card, to General Compton. On
his return he found the architect-burglar
laughing over a favorite book of
Valentine's the "Diary of a Nobody"
and they two talked. Mr. Brown, for
bis part, with a curious absent mlnd
edness, of books and different forms
of humor. The parlor maid Inter
rupted .them to say that some cold
meat was ready, and the two men ad
journed to the dining room. The guest
seemed duly grateful tor a whiskey
and soda.
"That's a beautiful old cup," he re
marked, pointing to a piece of silver
of Queen Anne date In the middle of
the table. '
Mr. Bromley Brownji expression of
mingled triumph and sarcasm passed
unnoticed by the cheerful young visit
or, who talked for some-time with in
telligence and knowledge on the sub
ject of old plate. Mr. Brown was be
coming so agitated that he began to
walk up and down the room.
'And these are lovely spoons," ob
served the arehltect-burglnr, with ap
palling coolness. The clock struck
erne and be rose quickly to his feet.
'Thank you a thousand times for
your hospitality," he said, plcasnutly.
"I am afraid I must be off. You see
I am Bketchlne for duty, not pleasure."
Mr. Hrowu enzod at him ai;nKt. but
not without mlmlri'tion. Ho T it Hint
tl is i, t il I el! ha ot e of tho nm:it re-
ni.uk t .itniihls now at Inrcf-.
tt't SERMON FOR SUNDAY
"Where is the manT"
" The door was flung open, and a tall,
soldierly figure stepped quickly Into
the dining room.
"Well, Brown, what's all this nbout?"
. General compton, young and alert
tor his years, stared at his friend with
a pair -of very keen eyes under white
nj-ebrows, "You told me It was some
very urgent business," continued the
general. Then bis eyes tell on the
young man by the further window.
"Bless my soul, Estcourt! I drdn't
see It waa you in the corner,
: "Yes, and how are you, general?"
said the young man, advancing, with
a cordial smile.
. Mr. Bromley Brown felt a" sudden
cold perspiration on his forehead. Ho
was entirely unable to utter a word.
"Mr. Mr.t" said the young man
"was so kind as to ask me to have a
whiskey and soda. It Is ao wonderful
ly hot for April, and I've been out do
ing this blessed, topography tor the
last four hours. "
"Ah! then you don't know each oth
er!" said the general "Brown, this
Is I-ord Estcourt. son of my old friend
whom I bare often talked about, you
know. He is working like a Bigger at
the college," n'i the speaker pointing
toward a distant view of a large white
building miles away beyond the grove
of pines. "Estcourt, this is Mr. Brom
ley Brown, one of my best neighbors."
Mr. Brown felt as it some one had
struck him a violent blow on the head.
He waa giddy as he stiffly extended an
Icy hand toward the young man.
"Papa! papa!" A fresh young voice
came echoing from the garden, and in
another moment a young girl ran Into
the room.- Lord Estcourt was just re
calling to mind a well known adver
tisement: . '
"tiromley Brown' Cough Ixaengoi
are the Best! They will curs a cough
of long standing, arising from no mat
ter what cause," but the girl's face
caught his attention. It waa fair and
caugh his attention. It waa fair and
flushed, and the large gray eyes shon
Starlike under her broad black h"
, "Papa,- there are two
b&ro! . They fay they
noma one what., do"-"'
un, ouiy an- i..,
wefe atolen,X
i her,
mlserabi
You
r
,ive any,
the gar-
Bromley
was that of
eft
r
rc
ecution. "Of
cou
ced stmwber-
Max"- ". :,:
is still gazing at
' Thei
the lovik
daughterT.,
L
tace of hit host's
" Your tai k been so kind to me,
Miss Brown, x-id hi "I am strug
gling over : military drawing, and in
daily terror ot being plowed.- But this
morning I am going back to work In
vigorated and rested, and full of cow-age!"-i-
; .'
, She blushed aa her eyes met bis
smiling blue ones. :.;
"Oh! You are studying at the col
lege" .-.. -,:
"Yes I wonder would you and youi
father' care to come over and see II
some day?"
"Oh! that would be delightful, papa
dear, wouldn't RT"
'Tea, Indeed, indeed It would, Mr
Brown waa still feeling half paralyzed
"Goodby. Estcourt, my boy," sale
General Compton. "I have got to havt
a word now wim Brown on some most
important business about which 1 cam
down."
Lord Estcourt drew Utua nearei
to Valentine.
"You will drive over very soon, then
Miss Brown?"
"Thank you -I am aure we shall en
Joy it ever so much!"
; "Then we won't say goodby, I think,'
said he, as he toon her band. Th
King. ;- -
" QUAINT AND CURIOU8.
The biggest wheat field in the worU
Is In the Argentine. It belongs to ai
Italian named Ouazone and covers Just
over 100 square miles.
The stick Insect of Borneo. Is tht
largest insect known. Specimens, 1!
Inches In length, havo been captured
The stick Insect exactly resembles I
piece of rough stick.
In Lynn, Mass., 24,000,000 pairs ol
shoes were made last year; in Brock
ton. 17,000,000 pairs and In Haverhill
12,000,000 pairs, These three cities
therefore, turned out enough shoes tt
supply one pair for two-thirds of tht
population of the country.
The most widely separated points be
tween which a telegram can be senl
are British Columbia and New Zea
land. A telegram sent from one U
the other would make nearly a elp
cult of the globe and would traverse
over 20,000 miles in doing so.
Joseph Powell, a 13-year-old boj
who lives in New Albany, Ind., hai
literally outgrown his Bkln. During I
six months' illness his height Increases
12 Inches and bis skin became as tigh
as a drumhead, finally bursting In sev
eral places. The breaks are now heal
ing. - -
By a law recently enacted In Russia
any university or high school ztudeni
who creates or causes disorder shall
be drafted Into the army for a period ol
from one to three years, 'ibis Is tc
curb the. rashness and fondness foi
mischief of college studnnts, who Im
agine theyhav'e the privilege to annoj
all creation.
A fence nearly 200 feet long nt Llv
lngston, Mont, Is mails entirely o:
horns of the elk more properly ranet
wapiti. These animals, like the oth-m
of the deer family, sheil their -horni
oi'ra a year and grow new ones. Tin
old horns are found In larae number!
In the f' i: i, cunl are v. 4 for vail
Otis cum -n !i 1 1 j i ,
I
"T!mi ),,
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED
"INCREASE OF fAITH"
the Rev. Qntncy Kwlng Shows flow This
Becomes the Prayer of Oar Bonis
When the World's Perplexities Dear
; Down tpoa ts, ;
.New Yens: CrrV. The Itev. Qulncy
Ewing, of St. James' Episcopal Church,
Greenville. Miss., who was at one time un
der consideration for one of the importnnt
vil noa ftl llpnnu vrt. M,nt V nrenrhen a
houghtful sermon on "Increase of Faith."
ilr, Ewinu took bis text from llke xviii
St "Lord, increase pur faith." In. the
Mtirie of the sermon be said I
- Wa An not. knntf. htf nreeiielv the flisci
p'les should have made this request at thisl
pnrticultir time. Jesus hsd just said to
them: it tby. brother trespass against tnee
rebuke him, and if he repent, forgive him,
and if he trespass against thee seven times
in a dsy, and eeven times in a day turn rn
tliee, saying, 'I repent,' thou shalt forgive
him. Then Very abruptly comes from
them the request, "Increase our faith."
Possibly there was some tone ot impatience
in their voices as they spoke. They may
have recalled that in the old book ol Le
viticus vus to be found practically the
same commandment that He was giving
them; that in the book of Leviticus they
were taught not to hate their brethren,
nor to bear grudge against the ahildrea of
their people, but to love their neighbor as
themselves; and they may liars fell thst
there was no need for them to bear this
old touching over again from the lips of
the Master: that He was but wasting
time in telling them what they already
knew so well. .. .j'.'--'
So their request.' Increase our faith may
have meant, "Tell ns something thst we do
not already knoir something hid from the
prophets and wise men of old times; tell
M anmethintf. show us snhiethinff. do some
thing which will make na surer thst you
ire indeed the Messiah we and our fathers
have looked for; that our hope in You is
not misplaced; that Yon ire truly the
promised Deliverer. Make as more certain
ay something, do
tiling which, will
is the
our fu
McssiaQ
Or
may have hr
s,,tt-f,3I
1 J"iV
implication. Suddenly w
peaking there may hare a
souls of His hearers the acciL .,
ncsa that, though they had known for so
long the divine law of duty toward their
neighbors, yet never had they or their
miners oeen anie to live up to it, to real
ise in their human life the, divine ideal, and
accompanying the consciousness of past
failure may nave been the reflection that
never should they be able to realise that
divine idea, to .expel from their human
hearts all hatreds, all resentments, all con
tempts, all unforgivingnesa and look upon
tbeir fellow-men with the steady Christ
vision ot redemptive charity.
And so their request may have meant,
"Open Wider onr spiritual eyes, that we
may see with Yon; lead us, draw na np to
Your spiritual height; let us share with
Yon Your vision of God and man; let u
drink from the invisible fountain of Your
Vaat strength ana goodness; let US know
the secret of Your Ch-iatliness, that we
taay rise to full sympathy with Your di-
vine purpose and build with You "the king
dom ol God among men as You would
have it builded." But whatever may have
been the character of the disciples' re
quest, whether of impatient criticism or
humble speculation in the words that came
from their lips. Increase our faith, wc
may all utter the deepest and devoutest
prayer of the most needful moments ol
our human life, "Increase our faitn." How
inevitably that become the prayer of our
souls at times when the infinite problems
and perplexities ot this problematical, per
plexing world bear down upon us ind
threaten to weigh us down) when WS ire
forced to give ourselves to reflection upon
the long and crnel and, apparently, unend
ing suffering of good and evil; the tuffering
of unnumbered millions) the vast, failures
of justice and triumphs of Injustice) the
tragie defeat of right and victories of
wrong; the bitter battles of Uplifting truth
for recognition by the mind and heart ol
humanity; the painful, questionable pro
gress of indubitable good everywhere npon
earth; and, so reflecting, are tempted to
cry out in loud despair, or in danger of
being mastered by that deep hopelessness
which utters no sound and shows itself in
no outward sign; hopelessness, thst a
deathless heart of good does, indeed, throb
on to victory in things evil) hopelessness,
that the to-morrows of humanity will be
gladder ind nobler than Its yesterdays;
hopelessness, that the wrongs w know will
be done away, and the good we dream em
body itseu in tact; hopelessness, that our
individual efforts, all that we can say, ill
that we can do, are not mere vain, tran
sient strivings against eternal fate, power
less, as the wings of insects fluttering in
the storm, to effect any betterment of
things that are! How much that prayer
of ths apostles, Increase onr faith, may
mean, then, to onr individual souls! A si
lent, untyllabled cry tor rescue to tho In
viiihlrt Power thst msda ns ana ths world:
a pleading with that rower Invisible,
whose nama we cannot then utter. Whose
attributes we hesitate then to declare, that
again we may be privileged to pray, "Our
father;" that again we may feel ourselves
His children; that real enough may be
come His presence in our lives, to banish
from us all doubt that the world intelligi
m it 'tu9i JO lfatip '0,!)ji;v)iiU 40 'am
His keeping) all lusnicionj that any good
dies, that sny right fails, that any throned
and crowned power of iniquity can swing
this earth outside the circle of His Fath
er'! purpose and His Father's love.
But it is not only in time of sorrow, sad
ness, perplexity that the request ol the
apostles should be our prayer, for that re
quest of theirs points to an eternal and
universal uai of the human soul, the need
to-day, to morrow lud forever of firmer
grasp of God, a clearer vision of His pur
poses, a deeper reading of His will, in or
der that we may live and save ourselves in
the way divine. Perhaps from the stand
point of the need of some of its it is more
necessary for us to pray fervently that
prayer. Increase our faith," in the sea
sons of our greatest joy than in the days of
our deepest anguish; more necessary at
times when the world shines bright about
us and we are conscious of the burden of
no perplexity and no miniiiving, and dis
posed to be thoroughly satisfied with our
selves, our performance and with things
aa they are; for then, it may be, we are in
greatest danger of forgetting God, of grow
ing unmindful of onr personal dependence
upon Him, of crowding Him out of our life,
of skimming gnyly the gny surface of things
with eyes and curs blind and denf to their
eternal sspeet, their profound and supreme
appeal, l'erplexcd, bewildered, crushed,
under the stress of deep personal anguish,
we mny think God far from us, all out ol
tourh with our lives and their needs. But
to think God at all, however far we put
Him from us, however grimly we deny our
selves ail consoling faith in His wisdom
and goodness to think God at all is inri
nitely better than to forget, to ignore Him
utterly, as if our gnoduee and our happi
ness did not need Him; as if tlis world
about us were fnir enough snd bright
enough, and alton-ther satisi'aotory enough
with or without lit presence!
l)o you ask wlmt tmrt of I'nilh !liis Is we
need to pray for to hnve im-rencl? Is il
faith in seme pitrfirular (iejfMiu clearer
luentlll CeelM t le-nwten of seme serii-s ol
meiiehyie, ;l pi epilations -tail h in the in
f.eiei en, hs of seme verleil f'lrnei'a? h cv,
ti e f.utii of our (iti eiir n i ,1 is tent fuii'i
which -moans sienih-mcr vi.-inn of t'ne di.
that we were justified in breaking away tor nrpt us tnj "raver, increase .o-ir
from the authority of the fjiribes andJU"L-Tji.r,ltn'r ?' T '"'"'
Pharisees, in forsaking all to MlJ,t-;?ntO l1"!
"1 ? ,jp,r "Pf" j " " 1 SOT cleareoWf
ibtuuci . i UJ mo ntin'an rlrrrirni:irs no nm n
.fcuunir. re
thfl Xeanf .
dullest
vine mtn'cn and th" ihvino tiinn:: pro
found rnni'iet-;n('c f, vn in, ,,, ,! v.o
ent of whst tiie -'t h.' nl 1 "; ' p
l-'e-.v the .1-.... and the li. el .., f .
h'e:"e.: nn-.',r cm-ivI' M'i-l Veen ih. he
corm,., r'. -r irv.rf. n-. --(.;..' , :. n,,. u...
.lin-i-il, Ih.it. I'm K-.lt V- ei the - A 1
i 1 t r 1
and feel below the earthly deeps and be
yond the enrfhly heights, and when we
pray Ood to increase for us this ftindn
mental faith, be tempted'to dictate to
Qod how Me aliall answer ns or when. Wo
may want une answer; He moy know that
we need another. We may ehoose to hare
mtr inswer In full s!l at once: lie vnt
choose to give us but the ft rat syllable of t
to-day. and to prolong the fciving of it
through the yeara of a lifetime,,' nerhnpf
thrown the aeons of eternity, We m
undertake i o-ir wisdom to impose Condi'
tions vtnon (lod that we imagine He mnl
fulfill if He would answer ottr prayer, for
getting the one fundnment.il condition,
thst W must impose upon nnrselves hon
est eagerness to Var the hivhee voices thst
mi call to ns from day to dsr, and to
obey them when they do; honest struggle
to beat back the unholy femptationa thst
hesct its. darkenint the way ti mir feett
honest pwnose to do the duties na
Hiror n horlrlr. moment'y, e.nd In their
rlo'nultimat-!y illumine sny darkness the
son' can enter! . n .., ..-s.-,
The prnver of the apostles was answered
hardly as they expected certainly It mtirhfc
he, hut answered nevertheless and to a d
ores of richnee that they were not able
all ni ones to fathom; answered for them,
ss it has been thmnwh the ases for all
their successors by ritht of apiritnal inher
itance; for them a for him. ereat and good
apostle tinto us of onr modem time, wht
walked thrnuih the fires of sacrifice and
esme In and out hre amour t for a score
of years, fishtine his rood firht. his fight
of good, his firht for fnd and nan. whose
words are vital vet within these walls, and
hevond them where nun speak the Eng
lish tongue: answered. I say, that prayer
for them of the earlier time, tor him of
this later, not by any, flashing miracle o
word or deed; rot by any startling revela
tion of a new lavens and a new earth
not by any suddenness of divine destruc
tion and reconstruction; nav, but by and
throneh a gradual showing svmoethy
with the purnoses of the Uerleeming Mae
trr; bv ard through the deenening. widens
Iny. atoTement of their aonla and hie: be)
snd throneh their effort to- lire the lif
thst worshiped Hie. and suffering and ent
elflTlons. ft meant to them to bt snd da
what shnnld bear trne witness to Christ.'
And thnf only is it that tnd can fulfill
nosslhla for na mm inv to dsv. the life ofTtWlluiui mves Visible ana mvlsl-
llort ol struggle, of heroim. He has
nade il our nrivilege In live. The readiness
o do His will reveals it; the seeking to re
II is purposes interprets them, and
,vver closer, becomes the meeting
,T our actual eath and our pnasibV
An, as w resnlre that our earthliest
rt shall be nob'.e enough tn besneak a
heavenlv meaning, and onr earthliest hones
heroic enough to prophesy s heavenly eon
tummition.
, ' Growing Fnltb,
Growth Is characteristic of all life. It Is
an evidence of health and Increasing
strength. . Kverv soul is born ai a child
into God's kinrdom. It must begin, and ill
beginnings ire small. In onr judgments ol
others we ought to remember this fact.
On has no right to expect from a child
that which belong to manhood. When
Abraham wsi first called into God's service
he came ss has every one since. His faith
was untried end his growth just begun.
God promised him great things which he
hesitated to .believe. When told that his
descendants were to be is numerous as Uif
stars he staggered at th thought. All
passed like a. dream before him. The na
triarch was skeptical, "ford, how shall I
know that 1 shall Inherit it?" God's word
was riot sufficient. He wished some evi
dene that would appeal to his positive
knowledge. He wished to know. . Years
after that man staggered not at th com
msad of God when told to slay bis own.
The difference was not in the quality of
ol bis fsith. It was the same man further
on. God's lsws apply in principle alike to
ill. Abraham's experience become in s
measure a nart of our own. A living faith
sol res ill things Abraham's vision of the
smoking lamn and parted sacrifice waa hut
temporary. It served him for th moment
and then became a recolleotion. But bis
faith became a permanent onr. It was a
lamp that grew the brighter. Here lies the
strongest evidence of our acceptance with
GoJ. The vine Uvea because of its attach
ment to the tree. It draws it life from
other veins. I your horison wider, your
faith stronger, your sscriflre more willing?
These ire vour assurances of greater things
beyond, rresbytorisn Journal.
" Doing What XI Casv -V
Doing what we have the power to do I
ur highest privilege and duty. We often
feel that, if we had more nvjney, or more
influence, or more power, we could do
something worth doing, but. is it is, our
possibilities ire sadly limited, and wa can
nave no hope of greatly honoring God, or
helping our fellow. Vet the one woman
in the world whoa nsme standa highest
above her fellows for what she did in bet
day ind generation wa not a woman ol
great wealth or of special power Of her it
u said simply, "She hath done what she
could." Eh may hav thought that her
sober and abilities ware limited, but God
blessed her simpl doing with His blessing
nd with her ever-growing fame. All that
God would hav u do is to do what we
ran. That much w ought to be ready to
io gladly. fiundsy-School Tunes.
Christian s-altb.
"Sun of my soul. Thou Saviour dear," Is
a line that ought to be said every hour ot
I Christian's' life. - Some good people are
th prey of natural despondent temper,
ments. Such need a double supply of grace
and must pray for it. Th worries of busi
ness or household care, the loss of sleep
or th derangement ol the bodily machin
ery, put such Christian folk under a cloud
very often. To-day they sing like larks.
To-morrow the barometer goes down and
they are in the dump again, Such people
should look after their bodily health is a
spiritual duty. Moreover thcr should keep
their Christian faith where it (Will not bs
exposed to every east wind or drenched to
death by every shower that falls.
Home Thoughts.
High thinking chisels the feature Into
the bekuty of a pur and relined expression.
The tone of the mind assuredly reveals it
self on the face. If our thoughts are kinii,
generous and forgiving, bur faces will un
consciously reveal the aweetness of these
virtuea. into kind heart God pour His
light, which radiates on the face and makes
it fait and pleaaing. ' . '
Christian Joy.
Christian joy is an experience of grcnl
depth and solemnity. It never overlooks
that sadness and sternness of life; it is
never shallow or unrellocting; it is re
strained, tender, sympathetic, confident.
We know it when wa ste it in the fnco of
any whom we love; it 'help us. It. J.
Cumphcik
8oldlers' Nurses.
When the littlo sons of Prlnrcsi
ChrlHtlan were still In their nursory,
at Cumberland Lodge, one of thrli
favorite amusements was to watch ths
exercising of the cavalry detnchmentl
stationed at Windsor. A story la told
ot how, on a certain" occasion, tiflol
intently watching fur' some time tin
procession of horses and men, one ol
tho little fellows turned In oxi'ltement
to the prlno?ss anil said:
"Oil! mamma, I wlnh I could bo e
soldier. Why rnn't I?"
Tn I'll;! Ins un
1 d ir, I
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On
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mild have f !
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and y,,ii
1 I 1 it
BILL ARP'S LETTEI
Family Bovine Makes a Raid
x Upon the Garden Sass.
COWGIRLS IN THE CHASE
Easter Egg Hunt Enjoyed by the
Happy Juveniles Bill Reverts
to Roosevelt and Says Dig
v nlty of Presidency
Is Gone. :.
One hundred and fifty yean ago old
Dr. Johnson said, "A cow is a very
good animal In a field, but keep her
out of the garden." Late last night,
aa the girls up stairs were going ta
bed and were closing the window
blinds, they saw, In the dim moon
light, something moving along In the
garden, and aura enough It was a cow
our own cow, and she was not far
away from the rows ot English peas
that were In full bloom. Tho alarm
waa given, and my wife lighted the
lantern and with tho girls made bastn
to expel the intruder." Everything waslmy
wet. and of course 1 was nntiiojiwffS?"''
111 T ..!. I SI 'I
fwia to hoJd the
lamp to the w""
' anS feel aahamel
that
I wn
,iu au account in an
''Is! The cowboys tn
i around with mora
y wjfe and these
A - .
emerf"
Texif,
alacrity
cowgirls i..
away from thil
voice. And
Patrick, Ho-'
to cry r'
The ol '
it cow. "Keep- her
is," cried a maternal
6ei the speech at
sald. "It la in vain
Jbere Is no neas
, ..it by the gate three
time"'
thn s-rnnd rounds srltti
ble following Wrut finally gave It up
and went out, andNwsTrSlt up In hp
den. Old Aunt Dolly Is our
man, and doclares she- "fastened dat
gate good," but the cow and the gar
den say she didn't The garden has a
gate, too, and I remember now that
my wife told me tn the morning before
It rained that I might go out and cut
the asparagus for dinner, and I did
snd I reckon I loft the gate open. But
"aU'g well that ends wen, and Ma
thers is peaco in the family and peas
in tho gardon.VivJ,i;-t:;.J;;- C,J.;.if '
The world goes np and the world goes
-down, ' '.':,'; -'-.'y':
And the sunshine follows the rain,
But sick or weU, I'll see that the cow
-Don't, gat la the garden again, s."
7 Eternal vigilance is not only ", the
price of liberty, but it la tbe protection
of garden, for almost eveq day the
little grandchildren come up to see a
and comfort me, and now they want to
pick some strawberries, and pull np
some radishes, and I ay yea, of
course, and they will leave the gate
open, and tt la my business to shut it,
and they have an idea that I am here
just tor their pleasure. They alwa
come hungry, tor they know that
grandma has got some apples or cakes
hid away, and grandpa will get them.
Even the little 1-year-old boy know
where the) sideboard keys are hung
and which door baa the good things
Inside, and he takes me by the. hand
ind leads me there. A biscuit will da
these children at home, but It won't
here. We don't keep a tavern, but our
house la free and easy place for the
children of the, town, and they know
IL On Easter Saturday- about ore
hundred and fifty ot them gathered
here to bunt the pretty eggs, and It
was a big ftollo and the mothers and
aunts came with them, and it took 10
dosen eggs to go around, and every
little tat got some. They played gamo i
in the grove and tennis in the court,
and we old people were happy because
the children were. Almost everybody,
old and young, came to salute me aa I
played patriarch In the big chair oa
the verandah, and some brought Bow
ers and some brought fruits and all
brought smiles, and so it is not so bad
to be old and sick, after all. . Erety
mall brings me good letters, kind let
ters from . far away ana unRnow.-i
friends, and they give me comfort and
I answer all I can, bnt must tell the
school children once again that I can-4
not write any more composltiopji or e
says or debatos, and thapfrrli wasting
their time to ask me. .r One young mir.
wants my opinion on the -immortality
of the soul, as though I was Addison
or a preacher, and so I sent him
postal card and referred him to tM
Prophet MIcah, sixth chapter and
eighth verse. There Is creed enough
tor anybody's soul. Another sother
wants a United States history that Is
reliable and also a biography ot Gen
eral Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson.
Write to Dr. J. William Jones, Rich
mond, Vs., the grand chaplain ot the
confederate veterans, the historian
ot the confederacy, the grandest man
now left, "a beacon light, a synonym
of wisdom and truth, and (he gifted
biographer of, Lee and Jackson and
Davis. I rejoice that he has lived to
give us a United States history that
is beyond the reach -of criticism and
will, I hope,-Bj adopted by every
school in the south and be found in
every household. I rejoice that Ala
bama has passed a bill for uniform
text books and trust that the governor
will appoint a commission that can't
be .bought. We knW that in some
schools in Georgia southern authors
have been displaced to make room for
northern text books, snd it was dono
wlln. money. A friend writes mo that
our own Maury wfts so displaced to
mako room for a northern work, "and
that It took large money to do It and
that It was nut posaHile for Ceors'J
to pass a bill for uniform text, boils.
Hut ti"rn Is i:r In tho old lmid v
even time 'i a vU'tu I" a t '
leal Jliki,, j
nd . ' i t-
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Philippine faming.
A PROBLEM TO MAKE TROPCAL
I AGRICULTURE PROFITABLE.
The American Who Without Special
: Training Attempt to Farm In. Our
, Island Archipelago Is , Taking Dis
parate Chances WheH to Study.
The farming community in the older
eastern and southern portions of the
, United States constitutes, if I may be
pardoned the use ot a seeming para
dox, a conservative-progressive ele
ment of our people, whose conserva
tism finds expression in. clinging to the
old farm and ita associations, and
whose-progresslveness takes form In
adopting with alacrity every scientific
or practical device that facilitates
farm operations. " . '
' He baa, and perhaps truly, been
charged as of laggard intuitions, and
of slow, evea dense, perceptions; but
none gainsay that he is "very sure and
apt to arrive at very correct conclu
sions whether his mental processes be
ot the hare or tortoise order. u
sound sense and very good-Judgment
are emphasised by tHefwt that he,
better than 'a n i ' '
mr one eise, Knosra uiu o u
rry.u.iiiiBs in nis own crait- na
knows that the underlying principles
b- agriculture are ; governed . by the
at me laws on tbe equator as at the
poles. Having mastered those princi
ples, he also knows that in a fair field,
and without fear or favor, iris pros
pects of success in a new and utrfenH
field of ironical ea-rlrulturn wniiM ha N
far brighter than those of any layman
however industrious and energetic. ,'
But this American farmer has not
yot arrived in the Philippines, and,
worse luck for 'us, there is ilttl dan
ger that he Win be consrfCUous nere
tor many years to come except by his
isenee, , . '
No: he is not here, nor will he be
here In our generation, and the simple
explanation may be found in that earl
Her tribute to his average good sense
and that profound knowledge of this
own limitations; to the knowledge
that tells him that notwithstanding the
advantages that his training and experi
ence would give him, the successful
practice of tropical agriculture would
Impose upon him the acquisition of a
new and almost distinct : profession.
In time and as he learns upon credi
ble sources ot information ot the pros
ecution of large and successful farm
ing enterprises In these parts, be will
cautiously send out bis sons, not aa
farmers, but as apprentice or labor
ers, upon these estates - where they
may round out and perfect the Initial
training tbey have had In agricultural
schools or unon the old homestead.
Meanwhile, while we lack, and will
continue to lack, the American farmer,
we 'have a very considerable number
of Americans, who propose "to enter"
tropical agriculture with the same in
souciant unconcern and easy aplomb
with which they would saunter. Into a
dining room or through an open gate
way. . ':''-Q':r.-- 'i : ?
..- These same 'people ar shocked
sometimes distinctly , offtr",d if
askedJshw -they do not J'i-ZZZ .
ipfsfTbtry, or, equally untrained, do njot
"enter" as Special counsel In lltlgo-i
tlon Involving millions, or Into a hos
pital to perform - an operation in
tomy or obstetrics. "
. Inquiry develops the fact that a few,
a very tew ot these candidates for J
graduation in and the practice of trop
ical agriculture have been born upon
a farm, and perhaps done farm chores
till 12 or IS yeara of age. For these few
there is a fighting chance of success,
as they realise that they are coping
with a man's task and a child's equip
ment for the undertaking. ;
But what can be said of the chances
ot the large remainder? of the 0 per
cent, made uO of discharged soldiers,
disappointed . miners, adventurers,
wbatnotu, or anybody except farmers
who could with equal hope of success
undertake the construction of a twin
screw battleship as the equally com
plex problem. of tropical agriculture?
The truly pitiable feature of thlB
phase ot the cas is that many of this
class are not only sincerely in earnest
but by frugality and. industry have ac
ctjmfllatod a few " hundred or a fsw
thousand dollars that they no" '
to Invest In tropical agrlcult'-'
seek either information or'
to the best cultivations uniuuunuge
which, between, tbe lines should be
read to say. the easiest channels in
which to lose their hard-earned sav
ing, v ' - " , ;
Where advice ' alone Is aaked. and
-the adviser knows his business, and Is
conscientious, he can have but one un
deviating reply to make: n-i .
"Go to Java, the Federated Malay j
States, or Ceylon, and hire out as a"
apprentice or farm hand for two r
three yeara on some of the very rr
large and well-managed farm e?
supplement your day labor wl''
night study, and then you mr
fairly well equipped to unde
ical farming In the Phlllpp'
Incurring the almost cer
that must otherwise ov
iNnthlne will suit th
lie plunge In medlas
at once in the con
ropra, cacao, coff
Inflamed with
wealth that si
posed in n"
unfrequent'" cealed fn
hasters
ren.' ,
tue
fact so generally Jinown to laymen. U
reems little short of marvelous to find
there are still people upon the corttt
who have not outlived the old-time re
proach "When a man hasn't brains
enough to make a living, make a farm
er of him." That the reproach is not
all undeserved is demonstrated by the
many untrained recruits in the Philip
pines standing ready to jump Veto the
re."J!ties of a calling whose technical
demands are far more' exacting tb.ari
those In tha hlehost lines ot industrial V
art, and In some respect more than in
the so-called learned professions.
- This man Is sul-genorls, and for pur
poses ot identification must hereafter
be classed as the "American Farmer
In the Philippine.,:1 W. 8. Lyon, Phil
ippine J3Ureau of Agriculture, in Ma
nila Times. j. ,-
WHERE. 'ORANGES COME FROM.
,-, ''. ,aSM.irsai .''' V.1? S
How Cities Get , Fresh Fruit Everj
Day In the Year.
Every day in the year New York en
joys her oranges, for somewhere in one
or the other hemisphere there are
groves in bearing, and swift refrigera
tor steamers to transport the fr"'t But
In midsummer 8nd,j5"'""
'HAa-M.H--""'"
rowly el
ern ha
and c
The
wh-v
)Bl
thini
t niWI r r iu i vwvh
from""' regular season, in flora wo
aave a Hart's Late, with the adjective
used to signify May or June; in Cali
fornia it is the Valencia Late, and the
adjective there means August - and
September. ' . .
Our pomologists consider this Val
encia Late an offshoot from the cele
brated. Rod! orange, coming from a
small district ot -that name on the
Adriatic side of Italy, and slightly
dossed with the lemon, giving it the
lemon's power to hang on the tree and
retain its flavor, the Rodls are found in
our northern markets in July and Au
gust, thus coming intermediate between
the latest Florida and the latest Cali
fornlaa. When California sells her" Valencia .
Lates at 116 a box In September they
are practically without a competitor.
When Florida sells her finest pomelos
In March and April at 116 a box they
are running a neck-and-neck race with
all the countries. So with her Kings
at 114 a box and her best tangerines at
114 a strap they take their chances
on a full market .
: The California navel touches a maxi
mum of 17 or 18 a box in late summer
and early autumn; it is then at its best
and practically alone on the market. At
the present time It sells below the In-'
dlan river, while the California seed
ling brings only 60 or 75 percent of the
price of the Florida seedling. The cold
mountain air and the long dry seasons
of California bring her oranges to their
efltjruaiity montM' after Florida's
areT!i 1 Kuoe. Florida baa num
bers oficholce smaJlV-'es from, which
sound oranges are sosilrAprll and
May as high aa the I iilll liilTlliiili '
September, and even higher.' Several
South Florida counties can produce 9
records In April, and that tops Cali
fornia navela by $1.50 to 12.
All California budding varieties, ex
cept the navel, such aa the Parson
Brown., the Jaffa, the St Michael's, the
Mediterranean Sweet the Homosassa
and others, almost Invariably sell be
low the Florida varieties of the same
Bsmosi.i..fe'.i,ri.-j''ii.,i.!,.ft
. The Havana orange used to cut an
Important figure In the New York mar
kets, but years ago it sank into in
significance before the sugar and to
bacco development The groves grew
old and ragged, the fruit became less
Juicy, and heavy than the Jamalcas,
then coming to the fore, and they did
not keep aa well, either. About 20,000
barrels a year used to be imported
from Havana to New York.
In the northern markets the Italian
Aanjpji a Mil ' i noorest in
quality an exc . i.,
ot the Rodls-
the Havanas '
maicas, wl'
capping t"
its day
orang'
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