FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 3t mi
NUM13EK
VOLUME XVIII.
1
I LOOT OF
t Capt Morton shook both fista at the
tramiuil sky and growled long and ve
hemently. F- company had inarched
20 miles under a blazing tun for the
special purpose of surprising the Ne-
ma Island branch of Insurgents in
their mountain stronghold, Pandan,
but the insurgents were not at home.
They were grouped about the sur
rounding hills, literally kicking up
their heels In glee at the discomfort'
ure'of the Americans, A few of them
were shooting In the general direction
, of the town.
With a final malediction of much
potency and originality, the captain
turned' to his men, who were casting
furtive glance at the town and Im
patiently waiting permission to forage.
"Second and fourth squads remain
here." he ordered. "The rest of you
get into the town and see what'i there.
Being me a chicken, some one."
- The men granted the permission
dlssapeared through the bamboo
hedge that bordered the town aa quick-
ly as a startled covey of quail scurry
into the brush. The members of the
two disappointed eauads set about
helping the company cook t estab
lish ft temporary kitchen. .'' ,-"'-'
One of the bandlta left his' hilltop
and moved down toward the Ameri
cana. He appeared presently on a lit
tle knoll a few hundred yards away.
: The sound of hie voice came faintly
but distinctly to the soldiers. "Vamoi
, ladrones.'
i.
The captain made a megaphone of
xh hands and retorted in Tagala with
nthe affirmation that the insurrectos
were all parsons unmentionable. Then
"he laughed. .
, on't eboot," ho admonished the,
.,men; "I like that fellow's gau.
' The foraging party began to return
Utraggling, with bananas, chickens and
miscellaneous articles of dress, muat-
cal Instruments, knives and the like.
;,"Gee Cap!" erlcd a little .corporal.
;"here comes Jim Ragan with a prise
package of loot Blest If it isn't a
woman!" .",'..';'.-.
"Well, I'll be blamed," said the cap
tain slowly. . -., -
A tall khnr-'-ri--irlvate stepped out
frotp stv.- )ino .' clumps,
holding his! Spriusuom - vtucked
under one arm, on the ouf-JVjp,
ceedingly pretty mestiza . girl
rather confidingly, it seemed. The sol
der gently withdrew his arm and came
to the rifle salute.
"President Socsin's daughter, sir,'
he reported. ''Found her locked up
in one of the shacks."
The daughter of Presidents Junipe
ro Bocsln of la Carlota, had been ab-
ducted a tew weeks previous 'by the
bandits, because that official had wel
comed the advent of the Americans to
Negros. P company had been on the
trail of the abductors ever since. --.
"Cr-Buenas dias," said the captain,
removing his-' bat "That's all the
Spanish I know. Tcll.her It's all right,
Jim." ", " . ... . : .. -,- ':'.,.,..
' "Buenas diaa, senor,'! replied the
girl in a startled little voice, resuming
hold of the private's arm as toon as It
was disengaged. . '. ' . ,- -:.:.v
' "H'm said the captain, noticing
this movement with a alight ' smile.
"Guess you had better act aa special
escort," Jim. Here, yon dirty ragamuf
fins!" he shouted to the remainder, of
ths company, " get out of sight. Can't
you see that yon frighten the ladyT"
,"jmnywa3n't alnly not dressed
Two yiMaUP w traU.!
for t,..ude.
through jungles, crossing several riv
ers and rolling down mountain paths
had wrought havoc with their khaki
clothing. The "kid-glove" company
resembled a gathering of scarecrows
and waa bitterly conscious of the fact;
consequently It withdrew much
abashed, . ' . -1 ; . i y
"Get her something to eat, Jim," or
rmi the captain., "he can have my
hlcken." - :
"! Ragan bustled over to the extern
prized kitchen, and appropriating the
cleanest tin cup and plate, returned
with food enough for several strong
men. For the firet time In Its history
F company almost forgot to eat Some
of the men had procured a cart and
carabo, and heated discuslon ensued
as to the best means of making a ride
in that Jolting, lumbering vehicle en
durable for "The Loot"
"She'll be shaken to pieces In that
thing," Insisted one. "The only thing;
to do is to make a Utter."
, "Who In blazes la going to carry
it?" queried anotner. "We're all half
dead."
"Pity some of as aren't ' entirely
dead. The government la losing
money on you."
Here the captain interrupted. The
blanket rolls were piled Into the cart
and the men scurried through the
town to apply lighted matches to the
nipa houses.
"Now will you be good?" inquired
the captain, looking toward the watch
ers on the hillside. The solitary one
on the knoll danced up and down in
frenzied rage.
"Kail in! Fours right! Forward,
march!" '
Throned on a high pile of govern
ment blankets. Consuelo Socsln was es
corted to La Carlota In triumph. When
Ragan handed her down to Presldente
Socsln, in full view of half the regi
ment and the colonel, the triumph was
complete. The men smllrd placidly,
as if to say, "F company did this."
Tho president. Irreverently known to
t!i(? regiment as Jumping Junipero,
w mild bave embraced each man stic
csively, but on first attempt he re-
f.-lvM
a rm'o rebuff of "Cet out of
'" !!: company dispersed to IIS
' '-'ik r.- t.
i e a Inter Jim Pagan entered
. ' ;u'8 r uni and, saluting, wait
r prrmiHK'.it. to s"i-k. '
,ni auuy," jsai,l Curt. Morton,
ifully. -
v-aut to ask a favor, 1
so. "I want to talk tfyou as t
mi for a few nLitait's."
il rli;ht, JiV'lVl r - .
PANDAN.
"Ye-es," said Capt olorton quietly.
"Quite natural. What next?"
The soldier was at ease Immediately.
"Socsln don't like the Idea. He has It
all arranged to marry JJonsuelo to
some damned dago. lu a few days he
will speak to the colonel and I will
suddenly discover that I am detailed
somewhere on the other side of the
Island. Tou know that the colonel
and Jumping Junipero are thick as the
chums. Or else Consuelo will be sent
back to the convent at Manila."
"I'd like to help you, Jim," said the
captain. "But what can I do? We are
both in the service, remember."
"Oh, cap, you ought to know some
way," insisted the private. "You got
us through that slough at Santa Ana,
and well, I'd rather have stayed there
than lose her." -
The captain chewed reflectively on
an unllghted cigar. "When I wanted
to marry," he remarked ; absently,
"there were objections and obstacles.
We ran away. Of course, you couldn't
dOMiythlng of that sort" ' ! "
"No," said Ragan, watching tha cap
tain's face intently. , , ...
"Well, fet's change the cubject," said
the officer, abruptly. "Those art fine
horses of -the colonel's." He pointed
to the open window, through which
could be seen the colonel's carriage,
presented to him by Presldente Soc
sln. The horses could hardly be still
for an instant ' v
"Those horses," continued the cap
tain. Watching with much interest a
big lizard on the ceiling, "can beat
any horses in Negros,
i "Oh," cried the captain sud
denly, "regarding that, matter, you see
that I can do nothing."
"I understand," replied Rsgan; His
spirits seemed to have revived. "Thank
you, captain." He saluted and left, with
a trace of a smile on his face.
Col. Jones, U. S. V.,' never forgot
his dignity. Even In a blue ' shirt,
splashed with mud from heed to foot;
in the trenches, he had preserved bis
dignity. : When on the skirmish line
it had been necessary to sprawl on
bis' stomach he did so m a dignified
manner. He was dignity personified
that afternoon, as he stepped down the
stairs to-Wer the carriage.
yLH "ftftped sudtfmlySS Bred In
tiuhgVlT.it ajfiWement Surely, .-. he
thought, his eyes were playing him
tricks.
The Filipino coachman was thrown
from his seat and struck the ground
with a distinct grunt A mestiza girl
in white leaped lightly Into the car
riage, and a soldier mounted the driv
er's seat The vehicle disappeared In
a cloud of dust ;
An excited sentry . discharged his
piece Into the air, which brought most
of the reglmant and all the Idle popu
lation of the town to headquarters in
a very tow minutes. ; ,
"What is the matter, colonel?" In
quired Capt, Morton, appearing in his
shirtsleeves, with a cigar In his mouth,
i'The matter, sir?" replied the col-
"onel, with dignified Indignation. "The
matter is that one of your guttersnipes
has stolen my carriage and run off
with' the presldente's daughter."
"The case of Young Lochlnvar"
began, the captaini'-iy'"?':-':'-.'5'''1
"Confound it, sir!" stormed the-colonel,
"your joke is Ill-timed. I'll Young
Lochlnvar him. . Sergeant Allen, take
your detail in pursuit instantly." ,
, Fifteen men who had been Impro-
- " "rough riders" galloped out of
ins town ureaaneca. speea. But
when they bad proceeded a little dis
tance I regret to say that sergeant or
dered "Halt!" - , , .
"We are In no hurry,'' he remarked
calmly. : .
-'But the colonel said ," begat
ne of the men. . , ; .
"You take a running jump at your
self,. Hungry Hogan," said the ser
geant sharply. "What has the colonel
got to do with 'Negros Light Cav
alry?"vMy horse la lame. There Is a
padre at Pontlvedra. Let Jim have
time to be hitched, seeing that he is
fool enough to want to. Precious lit
tle amusement he will get afterward.
It's Blllibld prison for keeps to him, I
guess." . . ..
: "It's a shame," said another of the
men. "If a man can't keep his loot,
what did we volunteer for?" .
"Because we were born foolish, I
guess,"- replied the sergeant'
Meanwhile Capt. Morton had sought
'out "Jumping Junipero" and explained
to him with much dlffculty, through an
interpreter, that in America Scnor Di
ego Kagan's social standing was high
as the colonel's. By degrees the pres
ldente began to be consoled. In the end
he seemed quite happy. He desired to
embrace his new son-in-law with all
possible speed. There remained only
the colonel to be reckoned with, but
the captain chewed his cigar dubiously.
Jubt as the tost rays of the setting
sun tinted saffron and crimson the
west side of the volcano Malaspinas,
the rough riders escorted the carriage
containing the two offenders Into town.
Theoretically they came In disgrace,
but from all appearances their return
was an event to be celebrated. The
soldiers cheered noisily and tne nat
ives, catching the spirit of the thing,
shouted "Viva!" ii
But suddenly all the clamor ceased.
The colonel stood on the summit of
hla ptalrs, awful In his dignity.
The carriage was driven up to head
quarters, and Kagan . assisted Mrs.
James Ragan (nee Socsln) to alight
Together they slowly ascended the
stairs, closely followed by the sergeant.
The gergeaut saluted. "The priiicinor, i
sir," he rarvrtd.
'Very well," mild the colonel. "Walt,
sergeant."
An audible chorus of growls l.rnKo
tlie silence, low, ominous grnwla. A
volunteer I
Iment never lcnrus to re-
pres its f
It will n Mnro l!:n
a .1 lii j I le, and It t '1 i i
po nnvlhim;, but it maintain r e r
thtse growls disturbed him. But the
did not unbend his dignity.
"My man" he began sternly. Tho
listeners did not even breatne. '"The
next time you desire to borrow my
carriage, remember to obtain my per
mission through the proper channels."
Gently, but still .n a dignified fash
Ion, he bent and klased the startled
girl on the forehead. "Con permisso
dt usted, senora," he said.
Then pandemonium broke loose In
three languages, English, Spanish and
Tagalo. The band, which had keen
waiting with Its instruments tor the
coming concert, struck up "There'll be
a Hot Time,' the anthem of the Eighth
corps. ''.."
"And to think that we've been blam
ing the colonel because the cornsd
beef we got was rotten, and the regu
lars got good stuff," said one of the
men. "He's the only colonel in the
army." ;..'';' ''?
And ha was to that regiment Saq
Francisco Argonaut
ELECTRICITY AND . MATTER!
Remarkable Qualities Possessed by
' Newly Discovered Radium.
Sir Ollvor Lodge, principal of the
University of Birmingham, recently
gave a lecture at Bedford college on
"Electricity and Matter." A quarter
ot a century ago he would have- said
that electricity had a property re
sombling inertia. - Now he would not
only say that electricity had real Iner
tia just as real as matter, but that
there Is no inertia but electricity, and
that the inertia of matter had to bs
explained electrically. In other words,
what we were-now arriving at gradual
ly was the electrical theory ot matter.
Wp were endeavoring to expiatn the
properties of matter in terms of and
by means of what we know of eiec
trlcity.
Although It might sound a paradox
to people wUo had not studied physics,
more was known about electricity than
about matter. This idea of elect'-'
Inertia first took shape in a mnt
I leal paper by J. J. Thomn?'"-
bridge, which, when I"
1881, was simply r --r'
mathematical c '
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and Mme,
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rctorre-j to tne
.its made by M.
, ranee. Having be
come- familiar rith the remarkable
radlatory powers of uranium, they
then discovered polonium and,: later,
radlnm, which had the property pos
sessed by uranium in a most remarka
ble degree. The rays given off by this
substance had marvolous penetrating
powers even more intense than the X
rays, and would blister the skin. They
will penetrate not only aluminum or
wood, but three-Inch thickness ot leaj,
and then be as strong as the rays from
uranium. Sir Oliver Lodgo finally en
deavored to give somo conception ot
the Blze of electrons, the smallest
bodies known, by asking his audience
to conceive ot the atom ac being the
size of st chunk 200 feet long, 80 feet
broad and 40 feet high, and the elec
tron the size ot a fullstop. London
StandarJ. '
- QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Persons ot great stature and- well
constituted physlcallg and mentally are
exceedingly rare. Slants are usually 111
formed. and short lived. . . .
In addition to the collection of old
junk, from private houses the Salva
tion Army colony In London is now
systematically gathering up waste pa
per. Nearly 0000 tons of this material
was collected last year, sorted And re
sold, nearly 2000 business houses be
In.; visited every week. The colony now
gives employment to SCO men simply
In recovering materials that would or
dinarily be destroyed.
There is a mysterious ooffln-shapsd,
grave In the churchyard at Montgom
ery, England, on which the grass re
fuses to grow. According to the local
legend, a young man. of Montgomery
Was hanged for murdering his sweet
heart lie asserted to the last that he
was not guilty, and on the scaffold de
clared that no grass would grow over
his grave until his innocence was
proved. The prophecy, It Is alleged, has
be?n fulfilled to the present day.
A strange spindly ptant with nodding
little flowers was sent from the city of
Mexico to the Madrid botanical garden,
In 1784, and, being Dew to the botanists.
was named Dahlia, after Dahl, a Swed
ish botanist. Florists soon noticed the
great possibility of variation In the
Dower in color and sjze, but It was rare
in Europe until Humboldt brought
from Mexico a quantity of the seed.
An eccnntrlc old man named Taslno,
living In a small village near Naples,
offered his hand and his purse some
weels ago to the lady who knew how
to cook macaroni to suit his palate.
Aa Taslno was reputed very Wealthy,
no fewer than 120 ladles entered the
contest, with the result that the suc
cessful macaroni specialist was led to
the altar by Taslno, who preaenled his
blushing bride with $500 as a wedding
present.
Those who have most carefully
studied the inscriptions on I rvn'-nii
n'.ui'.nuents ana ui;iriu-.-npa v.
I. vo 1 , ! ii .A-li .1 l.i (lie I - .1 i T t'.o 1
Nile cm u liable to kiv ;.st was the
first I over written In t ,t j . t ct
t liR WiM Id. ,!,! of (lie din i;, -.-.(. K) ll
t U3 the "Biiuk of tWi I - a i
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DILL AMP'S LETTER
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Partow Philospopher has No
Patience With Strikers.
SCORES THE INTERLOPERS
Tragic Death of Hla Beloved College
Mate, Major Warren, Brlnga
Forth a Most Tender and '
Touching Tribute, -
I am feeling sick and sad. Another
friend has gone and left me. Jim War
ren was my college mate, and I loved
him tor near sixty years. He was only
two months my junior and I sometimes
wondered Who would be called away
first What an awful death was that
Crushed and mangled and his poor old
body torn and dragged for a quarter oi
a mile and his dismembered" limbs
strewing the tracks and his brains
larding the rails. Alas, how little do
we know about life or doath! : Some
times I watcl;Jty cattle going to the
slaughter pen and am thankful that
providence conceals from them their
Impending fate, but we do not know
much more about our own; How shall
we die and when? James Warren was
one of my true friends. I loved to
love him and It gave me comfort that
he loved me and always callod me
Charley as tenderly as a brothor. HI
body was killed, and that was all. His
pure soul went back immediately to Its
Creator and is now resting In the bos
om of God. That la my fUh
hope it Is the faith of all "
loved him, fur mj b" v.
them. ' . - "
"Strive or your altars una your Arcs,
SiAo for the green graves ot your
r sires, - 1 -
Strike until the last armed foe
Pires." f .., . -
I' used to speak that speech, and
when I got to that part which said,
They come they come the Greek
the Greek!" I put on martial agony
and elevated my voice and shook, the
floor. I 'thought or all this tha other
day when I read about the strikers in
Atlanta going to Mr. Byrd's publishing
hour and trying to seduce his non
union printers to leave him. y is part
ner, Tom Lyon, showed fight and ssed
some cuss words and drove thara off.
and they had lilm arrosted and the re
corder fined him tor disturbing the
public tranquility, but It I bad been tbe
recorder I would have excused Tom.;
; This thlnt lias eome home to me at
last, for Mr. Byrd Is printing a book
for me and I can't get a copy, and am
fighting mad about It The striking in
terlopers get all the printers away,
but two or three and the rascals hung
around the back door and all that Tom
could do was to wqtch them and ex-
Claim, "They come they come the
Greek the Greek!" But Tom Is gamo
and says he wllfwhip the fight and
have some books for me by the last of
the week. The first edition has all
been sold and the second ts in the
press and has been delayed and enfil
aded and barricaded and paralysed by
those' contemptible strikers, and If
there ever was a justifiable excuse for
using cuss words a man ought to be
hired to stand at the back door and
cuss 'em by the day aa fast as they
came. I've no patience with these
strikers and leas with their leaders.
One of my boys has just established a
telephone plant In Houston, Texas, and
had about forty girls employed at good
wages, when suddenly some interlopers
came in and made them all atrlke and
he hired others to take their places
and the Interlopers went round to all
his patrons and tried to get np a boy
cott, but tailed. The rich Mr. Hunting
ton is tbe chief owner, and he tele
graphed my boy to whip that fight le-.
gardless ot expense and he has whip
ped it. Last year at Dayton, Cihlo, a
big hearted rich man established , a
cash register plant and had two hun
dred girls employed, and he cared for
them just like they, were his children
and had bath rooms on every flour and
hot and cold water, and mirrors and
soap and towels, so that they could
bathe and clean up before they went
home, and the girls wore contented
and happy, for all this was no part r-f
the contract, but some Interlopers
came along and ordered a strike he
cause some poor old women who did
not belong to the union had the job ot
washing the towels that the girls nsod
in their bath rooms.
Well, now that is one side of the
case, but it is said every case has two
sides. The war between capital and
labor still goes on, but labor has but
little to complain of In this blessed
land. We see by tho papers that these
union strikers In Atlanta have plenty
of money In their treasury to live on
while they sre Idle and somo of them
have gotten up a baseball club and are
having a good time generally. There
is no suffering here like there waa In
London seventy-five years ago when
Tom Hood write the song of the Bhirt
and the lay of the laborer. It would
make an angel weep to read that poor
woman's song;
"For It's work, work, work my laboj
" never Bugs,
And what are Its wages a bed ot
straw.
This shattered roof, this naked floor,
a table, a broken chair,
And a wall so blank, my siia.low, 1
th
ink
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more a man accumulates the heavier
his tax should be a grod'nted Income
tax and so If he has pllcl up J10.000.
000 in a year, take hilt of it for tax.
This would stop Rockefeller and Mor
gan and .Carnegie and the surplus
would be as Bob Toombs said, "poured
back in the jug." It In no groat honor
to a man to give a good part of his
profits to charity. It is a eurprlso and
that Is all. Mon forget (hat all they
have got Is' but a loan and sooner or
later they must give IK all up and pay
tha debt BILL ARP, In Atlanta Constitution.
r CAKE WISDOM.
Never use melted butter for cake,
but work cool, hard butter to a soft
cream. -..'.;: .- - ,- r.
Boat cake in one direction with a
long heavy stroke, using a large wood
en spoon. . The more you beat a cake
the finer tho grain of dough. .
When making cake try light brown
sugar Instead of the granulated suf Ir
ordinarily called for In eook books.
The brown sugar creams mora easily
and makes liner grain ot cake. -"
Try substituting water for milk in
cake; It may be used most successfully
when good fresh milk la not obtain
able. -Never move a loaf cake once It is
placed in the oven; therefore it h ad
visable to have a moderately hot fire
and to place the oven shelf at about
two Inches from the bottom of the
oven. : " . Li..'',' :
. Under no circumstances should fuel
be pot on. the fire after the cako is In
the oven. ,
y V't-nn i teaspoonful of baking pow
afoMnHio rule, it mean!
measnrernTmMirwSaheaplns
. Flour should always be sifted once
fore measured, unless otherwise
In the rule.- . . .
uld it be considered necessary to
iLi the cake, there Js no more simple
way than to use the straw from a
broom. Insert the straw in the cen
tre of the cake, and 'if It comes out
thoroughly dry the cake is done.
Satisfactory results may be obtained
by baking loaf cake in a heavy bread
pan, as it is not so apt to burn.
Raisins, currants, citron, or nuts
should be thoroughly dusted with flour
before being added to the other ingre
dients, otherwise they will sink to the
bottom of the cake when baking.
Sdlth M. Burtls In The Household.
THE IMPROVED FARM GROUNDS.
i' It does not necessarily mean heavy
npenses and a vast deal ot labor to
Improve the grounds around the farm
home, but such Improvement would
Jd greatly to tho value ot the place,
to say nothing of the addition to Itn
beauty. The first thing to be done 1
lo get a good lawn, the background of
tha picture. Hollows should be filled
in and hummocks leveled so as to. ob
tain a smooth surface, though not a
flat one unless the ground is naturally
fiat If the spaco for tho lawn has
been properly seeded, all necessary to
do now is a little reseoding. If, bow
ever, the lawn U really nothing but
meadow. It should be ploughed up
and properly tceded down, using a
good lawn mixture, which ran be ob
tained from any reputable seedsman.
Thiii done, set one or' two or even
three, ornamental trees, such as cut
loaf birch, purple . 'eat beech, or "even
the common rock or- sugar maples.
Then provide one corner ot the plot
for a clump of shrubs rather than dot
ting the shrubs over the grounds, Wei
gellaf, altheas calycanthus, vlrburnum,
forsythla and syrlngla are among the
shrubs cultable for such a plot, and
they are moderate in price. A border
for flowering plants may be mado
along the walk or near the house,
and In this border may be sot hardy
perennials or some kind of tho flower
ing annuals ot which one is fond. It
this plan is too elaborte for the first
season, then confine the work to get
ting a good lawn and next year go on
and add the other features. -Three
years' work of this kind, will make a
wonderful change In the appearance of
the grounds at an expense so small
one will wonder why tho work was not
done before.
WHAT MAT BE DONE - WITH
"A
LAMP CHIMNEY.
A chimney taken from a lighted
lamp Is one of the best and most quick
ly prepared "hot applications." Simply
slip the hot chimney into an old stock
ing, and apply to the pain. If steam Is
needed, take a Camp warm cloth, and
wrap around the chimney. If the heat
is for a cough or the croup, wrap in
flannel rag smeared with mutton tal
low and turpentine. .Applied to the
chest or throat, relief will; be had al
most at once. If your feet are cold
at nlpht, place a hot chimney to them
and they will soon be warm. A lamp
chimney is especially practicable dur
ing summer months, when the fires
are out, for you can light the lamp
and thus have hot applications In a
few minutes. Croup, colic, tootha-he,
aaracbe, coughs, rheumatic pains and
many other tils flee befora the hot
lamp chimney In this household.
To press short seams without using
aa iron, llht a small kerosene !amD.
regulating the blaze to keep tho chim
ney moderately hot, then dampen the
seam to be pressed. Tans the seam
quickly over the spherical p irt of the
chimney, and It will be prex-a-d a-)
nicely aa could be dune with a bif
Iron. Velvet rllibon. ni'io, mny be
Jin- in this way l-y i!ini nlng It
nn t'.e K"- u or s.i! In i-Me, tin-n rui
bin-; on tbe el' iu'J'.
: tin's i:i
'A SERMON F0K SUNDAY
AN UPUFTING ANO EtOQUINT OIS
COUSSS ENTITLED "FAITH."
Tbe Bt. Ro Hrlok retry Show th H.
Ut r.Kurnbllihtnc Tru pplrliMl
l.lfo n , rpr ranniUttoa Why We
H i Hope Vaf Eternal Ur,
Kkw Yomt CiTY-Dr. Roderick Terry,
fintor of the South Reformed Churph,
Madison avenue, preached Sunday morn
ing on "Faith." Mis test was chosen
from Jude 20 and 21: "But ye, beloved,
building up yourselves on your mott holy
faith, praying in tbe Holy Uhost, keep
younwlres in the love o( God, looking for
the mercy of our Iord Jems C'briat unto
eternal life." l)r. Terry said:
We hare no information concerning this
short Kpntle of .little beyond that which i
contained in the vcree tliemeclvee. Wo
know not who he whs, nor where he lived,
nor to whom lie wrote, nor the eircum-tam-M
calling for the writing of the Epis
tle further than the information we gain
regarding eome of these facta from its eon
trnti. And inumnch m thia, ee well as
tiie whole of the revelation, though written
originally for certain people at a certain
time, waa intended to be universal in its
cope, and was applicable to people of all
times, it is not of an much importance to
ua to, know precisely for whom the words
were' first intended, as to ascertain their
applicability to the different period of the
church's history, and especially to the time
in which we live. It ia written, aa Jude
aaj-a, its a warning to Christians; that they,
should "earnestly contend for the faitn
which wks once delivered unto the Saints."
These words imply first, the importance of
(tnnrdinn this faith once delivered to the
Snintn. and in the accond nlaee, that there
were danger lot thia faith might be lest.
Ia regard to the tint of these, however
needful at that time, or at any succeeding
time in. tha church's hiatory auch a warn
ine may have been, it can never have como
with greater for than it should eome to,
Christ's penning Vjlay. Th necessity of
contending tfn faith,"de!ivered once
for- all to th " is, ia tho present
state of reli (ion, something whirh
needs to I- -y insisted upon. By
faith ii .icre, not that quality or
rare ue Christian noiweaxes which
.tentttV Tim wling toward God; it hat ref
erence rather VlJi-it which is believed in
which St. 1'aiii rVlt "The Faith of the
Goapel." "The- faithwhlK4jin fJeWtM
Jcaua," and which is used univcTWftl by I
me aniroa writers as synonymous witn tno
teaching which (lad gives concerning Him
relf. "This faith," says Jude, "was onco
for all delivered unto the Saints," and bo
exhorts Christians that they should ear
nestly contend for it. When this faith
waa delivered unto the saints, and under
what eiraimatanres. wt are well aware; it
included the revelation which God made of
Himself through all history, and His rela
tion with II in chosen people; it included
the life and the work of the Master, and
the influence which He shed upon His dis
ciples; it included the work and the teach,
rnaa of His followers; it waa, ia fact, the
revelation of God recorded throurh all the
Scriptures. Jude inaists upon the neces
sity that every one who it A child of God
should eon tend for this faith as thus by
revelation and miracle once tor, all deliv
ered unto the Paints.
The writer of the eplatle makes no secret
of the reason why ha found it necessary to
insist upon th importance of thus guard
ing tho faith at given to us by God, for the
danicera which menaced it were two fold;
in the first place they apront from the nat
ural tendency of men to seek to reason out
for themselves all matters of faith or be
lief, at they would reason out questions of
history or of science. Theee men, puffed
np with their own- supposed knowledge,
were unwilling to abide by the clear and
simple words of Scripture which came from
God. and not only interpreted them ac
cording to their1 own judgment, but even
replaced them wl'h ideaa .of their own.
The writer baa little to aay to these men,
whom he drwibes aa thnet whose "mouths
Ipenk smelling words, s tfaoawb, thel
wnrdcanie"not from any deep thought, 1
but he" shows conclusively that they were
at conspicuous in the church then at they
are to-day. There is nothing harder for
the natural man than to acknowledge and
live up to tbo acknowledgment of hit ii;
norance; there la no subject ! thought or
diacnasinn whether connected with the
life in this world or in the world to coma
which men will not seek to handle with
the tools of their own mental equipment,
and therefore -men are alwavq jealous when
the Bible declares that there are tome
things which they eannot understand, but
that in regard to those very things' they
must have faith; so that the f rat elan of
dangert to the maintenance of its true- po
sition on the part of faith in human intel
lectual life, springs from mental conceit,
front the unwillingness of men to believe
that which teems inconsistent with, or
above their own reasoning.
When this enistle waa written this class
of enemies to ths faith, in that contention
againat it which it always being waged,
were not very conspicuous nor Influential
in tha church, but to-day there ia more
danger to the purity and the timplicitv of
the Christian faith from them than from
any other of its enemies, and it became
the adherents of the cause of Christ to be
strong and unyielding in their opposition
to the modern tendency; to elevate human
Individual opinion as over against the re
vealed will of God. When God says: "The
soul that ainneth, it shall die." and some
man rises in opposition and declares that
"all good and had shall finally inherit ever
lasting life," it ia time for the servant of
God to take a firm noaittonin support of the
revealed will of the Lord end to contend
fir tlie "faith once delivered to the Saint."
When men declato that this very Bible,
which contain! God'a revelation to men, is
a somewhat uncertain guide to belief, an
unreliable anchor to hope, and proceed to
tear it to piece and to rob it of its tu
preme strength in ita hold upon the eon
tciencea and minds of men, it is time for
the servant of Christ to announce with
emnhanis his belief that it ia the revealed
will of God, and that of all Hia revelation
there shall fail not one jot or tittle, and
that a curse shall come unon him who tnk
eth away from or addeth unto the words
which God hutlMtiren for our comfort and
our guidance. Surc'y there ia need to-day.
more than e-rcr in the oast, thot in regnrd
to all of God's teaching in regard to the
word of God's revrfationV in regard to the
plan of salvation, in recard to our hone of
heaven, even to our belief unon God Him
self, the ("hristian ebnuld stand firm, and
should contend, with eourare and with
real. In his own h?art and in the world for
tiie fnitb as it is in Jeiua.
For that faith ia aleo in danger ofbeing
undermined bv the human characteristics
univerwily found among men which miUte
them unw illing to areopt of and to live up
to ita monil and ethical teH(-hini-. Tlia
standard of morality in the world being
murh lower tluin tli.it tamrht in the Pi-rip-tore.
oii meu are apt to suiivr their iib-us
to drift lower and lower in avmpnthy with
the ideas of tlie world. In ('he bent pluee
this rciiilt occurs to-dav, rm in tbe time pi
the writing of the epmtle, from tlie creep,
lug into tne cJiiireh of certain men who ai-o
idly "Ii
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of jf the sen. tn
their privilege and duties as children of
God who, knowing the right, vet pursued
evil who professing lovt to God practi
cally ignored Him in their lives, and thoe
who not onlv in outward profession, but
in inward service, sought to live at be
came the children of faith: "Building up
themselves on their most holy faith, pray
ing in the Holy Ghost, and thus keeping
themselves in the love of God, looking for
the mercy of our Lord .Tesue Chtiat unto
eternal life." Of the number of these be
Erava, "irny be those to whom he writes,
oping that they will tee the present mil
try and the turt future punishment atsoj
ciated with the course of wickedness and
neglect of faith, anil on the Other hand
bleatedneat now -"-and hereafter of those
who are not only in name, hut in deed and
in truth, the children of God, and in order
that those who read, and that.aU of every
time who hear thit tpittle may know tow
to avoid the dangert against wbicu he
warns them, and to persevere in their serv
ice for God and for the right, he gives
them these two verses explaining the lirin.
ciplet and the method of progress of the
servant of God: giving to them what has
been called "Tha Law of Christian 8aCe
tv," that they should keep themselves in
the lovt of Uod, and explaining how that
may be done. .
To thia end be insists, firtt, apon the ne
cessity of establishing a true spiritual life
aa a proper foundation: "Building up your
self on your most holy faith.". As in the
beginning of the epistle, to here, the faith,
the teaching, the revelation of Uod it given
at tht foundation upon Which alone true
religious life it to be built. There it no es
tablishing of tpirittlal growth upon a mere
ly ethical foundation; there ia no erecting
a fabric of true religious character upon
the teachings of men, and as for the church
itself Jesus Christ must needs be tht true
lorner atone, to of all religious ideas, the
revelation of God mutt furnish tht bate.
As tht foundation of a building is essential
not only to tho solidity of that which is
irected upon it, but also furnishes the lines
and dimension according to which it ia to
be built, so unless there it at the basis or
foundation of all religious Ufa some revela
tion or some truth broad enough for an
ideal and strong enough to sustain the
whole building, there can be no security
and no assurance that the character will
taiul. Ho who seeks to direct hia course
in life accordingTYnrleTariliflTrlr
wisdom, or thir dictates of human eon-
iciencwrrrnEfructed by God, is sure to find
hisitractcr like unto a ship; tossed about
V tho waves and driven by contrary galea.
for human judgment and human ideaa of
right and wrong are at valuable as are the
winds of heaven, mere must nt tn ulti
mate and universal standard ef right ac
cording to which we may direct our moral
lives, or w can never be sure that wa are
not going wrong. Such an ultimata and
satisfactory standard must be given by
one whost knowledge it infinite as com
pared with that of man, and auch a stand
ard has been given in the revelation of
God. It it therefore not unreasonable nor
unnecessary that the Bible should insist
upon thit revelation at beingthe founda
tion upon which we are tt build our char
acters. Nor can wt fail to notice the use
of the word "building" here, at applying
to our relation to the revelation of Goa.
Day by day and year by year the Christian
it erecting a structure either of righteout
nett or of unrighteousness. According to
tbe general desire and tenor of the life is
tht general character of the building. On
the whole, every man ia moving onward
either toward holiness or toward wicked
ness, cither advancing or retrograding, in
hit moral nature. At long as we live in
thit world we thai) continue in a state of
change. Wt never shall lay down our ar
mor nor have our work finished until we
tease to draw the breath of life. It it nat
ural to believe that tome, after many years
of careful labor in tha erection of true
Christian characters, have suddenly turned
init in a short time destroyed the result
tJ vmm of effort r there is dancer to every
')e leat by failing to continually build up
lis character in rigliu-nnsness, In tne true
faith, be should be taking away from that
.a-hiclijie hat already builded., There it no
period of rest, thries no goateattained.
there is no
reach W
uennite eirTwa' " "-am unui
Vr worlds ' is
mews
".etia ape in it that ir
Ihe hnildinff of onr characLera is
formed upon the model of the life and
.tleeda of Jeaua Christ, and ia a strength to
the whole edifice.
. The second duff insisted apon by Jude,
It the Christian would keen himself guard
ed from the dangert which beset hint, is
expressed by the words "praying in the
Holy Ghost. Now we are well aware that
there ia no prayer except in the' Holy
Rnirit! that ia to sav. do oraver excent
'tuch at ia in harmony with tho Spirit of
Uod, and to aiacera that that spirit wiu
join to it bit utterance and intercessions,
with groaningt which can not be uttered,
and he mutt needs be persuaded that the
Holy Spirit which descended at Pentecost
ia still active in tlie church. It needs no
enormous faith, no long experience to pray
in tht Holy Ghost, but it requires sincer
ity, a meaning and a feeling in the prayer,
ana a determination that the expression
of the desire made in the prayer shall be
followed by fitting action.
The third and fourth conditions rerjuisite
to growth in spiritual life referred to in
the text, while not lees-important than
'.hose already discussed, need only to be
mentioned, lor their necessity ia clearly
jpparenl: "Keep youraelvet in the love of
Rod, looking for the mercy of our Lord
Jesus Christ unto eternal life," living in
rich a way that God't love to nt shall both
row and be continually more apparent,
tod a atronger factor in our spiritual lift
ia something eminently neceaimry, if wv
n-viiin jivs mm tui laitiiimn. 3 afe.ib net
for the supreme and infinite love -of God
we should have no hope either' for this
would live at Hit children., Ware, ft not
aror.d or for the world to conle, and tht
more deeply we appreciate that love, and
:be more strongly we cling to it, the more
wnfident may we be of our own future,
ind tho more will wa be led to give nnto
Him in return that love which tie seekt
irom tjs. And not leat certain la it that
inly through the expectation of tlie mercy
if our Lord Jems Christ can we have hope
kA A. 1 l:rn :., it. ..i.. l. ...
biivu ciciimi ill'-, aa ,b ,n tiui uikji tiojiv
which can tusthin ua in the time ot our
ncakneas, of our tin, of our despair. Ac
cruing aa oar conmience in tne irutu oi
;he Goiel (trows, and our assurance of the
ove which Christ has for each of ua, shall
M our ability to stand in the evil days of
;hia life and to peraevero in our purnuit
iftcr holiness, Tliie ia tho divine word of
3od; it is Iiis message -to us, and may He
(rant us grace ao to "build up ourselves
n our most holv faith, m-nvinff in the
JIolv GhoHt. kreninir oilrwelvpa in tl nvm
?f God. looking for the mercy of our lord
JeHua Christ unto eternal fife" that wo
may be guarded from tlie evils into fliti- h
so many are Miing about ns in the world,
the evils of doubt, of carcjeiinesa, of im
morality, so that wo alialt tie saved, as it
were, branda from the burning and kept
hy Him that ia oble to keep ua from fall
ing, xnd "presented by linn fauUiess be
fore the presence of His glory with ciceed-
Swltxerland hna as good a postal
service as can be fouri'' anywhere. It
has about 1(5,000 post offices, and about
2,000 letter boxes pnd It delivers mallu
to the very tups of the ,Mp3, Tt10 pog.
till s'rvl o a 'H i.s I ii (' e 1,1 r.T i (
company for the people,, u will cob
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mom y to Use hm If v
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I REALLY DON'T KNOW.
Would I marry again? I sometimes say
"No"-
Tbe men are all charming n far aa they go,
And yet there are timet when thay bothur
- one so
V rtAlly doa't know!
" - , : ; , - " . ,
At other times, too. whea tht world appears
alow, '
With to many nlaoas s woman ean'fNgo
I raully don't know!
Perhaps If tome lovable sweetheart one
camt .
And offered to ahare both hit heart and bis
. name,
I might be persuaded to enter the game
1 really doa'l knowl
It It all very well a eyaie to be,
Vet woman is eweelost whea loving, yoa
8o If I loved him and I knew be loved
me
. I really doa't knowl '
Bostoa Journal
HUMOROUS.
Nell She Just dotes on her antique
china. Belle Yt-s, but t don't bePeve
It is all ltjs cracked up to be.
Wife I found rfuijg-i-"'?!&flr
that I promised neverlo U'lIV Husband
Well, go ahead; I'm listening.
' White Goat Tou say Billy la full of
foolishness? Black Goat Yes; he has
been eating old love letters all the
morning. ' -, i , ,
Clara Young Sloboy is awfully absent-minded,
isi.'t be? Isabel Absent
minded Isn't the proper terrn.; He's
absolutely thlnkless. , ,. ' . "
' hi Moutt I bear Wilklhs la .as op
poser ot royalty. La Hoyne-r-.Vhould
say so. WhyJjfuldji,i,even HvfiS
S'nreacottage. . ''.i
"This, sir," thundered the victim of
the "get-rlch-qulck" concern, "Is what
I call a downright outrage!" "Well."
retorted the swindler, "did you ever
hear of an upright outrage!" . .
Tess--I wouldn't make Flo my conr
fidante, if I were you. She told me that
secret ot yours. Jess She wasn't my
confidants; Ethel was, Flo must have
been Ethel's confidante ot her conQ
aante s connaanie. ..j,,,-, - - ' . . ...
: "There are some mto," said the pes
simist, "whom good fortune seems to
follow always." "I think yoti're wrong,"'
said the optimist "If yon were to ezs.
amine Into tbe matter, you'll And tt tn- -variably
meets them,"
' ' "I'd like to go out in the country and
see them raising wheat." "Why, you
don't bave to go out In tbe country.
They raise thousands ot bushels right
bere In town." "Absurd! How do they
raise wheat In townf" "Why, In grain
levators."
- Lord Russell once asked Mr. Hume:
VMr. Hume, what do you consider to
be the object of legislatloar "The
greatest good to the greatest number".
"And what do you consider the greatest
number?" "Number one," v waa Mrs
Hume's reply. '
Papa You saw that big boy whip
ping the little one and you didn't inter
fere. Suppose yon bad been that little
boy? Bobbie I did think of that an"
was going to part 'em, but then I b&Pi
iwned -tMnk, s'pose I was the big
-m alone. ,
Mrs. BlnksSSkJmbbftilil not II '-
that tea you sent up ladfe"""
litely) Did you like it, mk.
rtinks Yea. f liked It. Grocer S w
Blatant)' Jamce, send Mrs. Binkg an
other pound ot the same tea as she bad
last Anything; else, madam? 1 4
Doctor Why, how Is this, my dear
lir? You sent me a note statutg yon
sad been attacked with mumps, and I
find you suffering from rheumatism.
Patient That's all right, .: doctor.
There wasn't a soul In tbe bouse that;
knew how to spell rheumatism.
"Harry," she - said, "I 'want llOO."
"But, my dear," he protested, "that's
nearly all tne cash I bave on hand at
the present moment and I bad planned '
jo use It to take np a note. ""Oh.
well," she returned carelessly, "If you
think the man who holds the note can -make
things any hotter for you than I
V . , 1 , fT-l t. V
that she got the money. -"..-.; -,t '
Raleigh's Burial Place. .
The ouestkin of Sir Walter Ra!olKh'
fWftifmlllaBt lately nrsorevivsl
In Lugiand. Three churches
both the bead and body of the gallant
courtier. Immediately .after exec
tlon, which took place In -TothlU
street, Westminster, on Oct. 19, 1618, 1
his wife placed tbe head In a red bag
and rode off with tt In a mourning
coach. This treasure she kept for 25
years. The body was burled In St
Margaret's church, but shortly after
the execution Lady Raleigh wrote to
her brother, Sir Nicholas Carew, ask
ing permission to bury hor husband's
body in his church at BeddingtoTi,
where she desired also to be burled.
History is silent from that time on.
It Is known, however, that hor sua
treasured the bead as his mother h ',
and, according to the London I
Chronicle, tradition says It was fl"
burled with bim at West Horsley,
reyi Dr. Brushfleld, who bsa n. ..
thorough study of Raleigh history. ' i
of the belief that when Invent';
Is made the three bodies father, m
v and son will be found buri 1 t
rether. He has suggested to t
British Areheolocical society to
scribe the stone under wbl h hix 1
is supposed to be burled In t'-t. ? 1
et's, London, with hla name) u .'
of anus. No English mrnim' 1 t 1
"univotwil p-niim" exhls. 1u w
wis dow; -f ft IV ar, uit'a, il
to his 111 umy t'iroi 1 i toe e
of Pr. I'arrar, were tno f't't ii
country. Now York lni..
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