North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME XVIII. FRANKLIN. N. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1003. N UM13EU 23. if THE SONQ OF THI MYSTIC t Walk down tha Talley of Slle m- Down tli dlin, u.iul8 va lev alone! . And I hear not lh full ot a footstep nruuoH me, aav Mora nnd my own) -Ni-APd "is hush ot my hour I It u holy r as hvi8ierigWj have Bownl Long ago I waa woary of vuloes ii ftlioxe mu-uu mjr honrt could not win) Long gn 1 M weary of nol-ea . lhat Irettod my soul wl.o lhlr din; " Long (( 1 s wmry of plane Where I met but lha iiuniutt-and sin. . I walk-id lathe world with the worldly; -.. I oraved 'that t world uuver gave; en.t I a ndi "In the world each Mead, ' Th UshUwa Ilka h alar on l ie' wave. , -: 15 wrecked on tho shore of the It al. And sleeps like, a druau) lo a grave " j And atlli did 1 pine for Hie Tarf-ot', . Aod s'.lll foUHlthuKalsewtlhtheTnMi v laounht 'mil th Human fir Il iaven, But oanxht a mere gilinpe oflta I)lu! And I wpt when lliu olouia of th AlortaJ .. - Veiled eren that glimpse front m tIw. . And I tolled on, hcart-lircd of the riumaa, And 1 moanad m. the ma-s of men, ' Illl I knc.lt, lontf niro, al an altar v And heard a vol.w nail me. blue than I walk down the Vallny of dlleuee t That Ilea far beyond muttiii ken. Do Ton aak what I fonnd In th Vtly? 'Tie my Trysiiiis; Plane with the Divine, And I MI at the twt of the Holy. And above me a voice said: "Be mine," And there aroae from-the depths of mv aplrlk , An ecno "Aljr Snarl atiail be thine," Do yon aak bow I live In the Valley? I ween and I areata and i erav. But my Lara are aa at aa the dew-drop That fall.oa the roars In Hayi And my prayer. Ilka a portion from Censers aaeanaetn to uoa nigtit aua aaj. Ia tbe hu?h of the Valley of Sllanee I dream all the aonira that I shift And themuato floats down thedlia Valley Till eseli sods a word lor a wln, That to hearts, like the Dot of-tha Deluge A meaaag of feaue they may I ring. And I hare sees Thoughts la the Valley Ah! me, how my spirit was atlrred I And they wear holy Telia on their faces, Their footsteps sen scarcely be heard! They paaa through the Valley like Virgins, : Too pur lor the touch of a word I Do you aak me the place of the Valley, Te hearts that are harrotrwl by oar? It lie. h afar between mountalaa. Aod God and Hla aogola are there) And one la the dark mount ot Borrow, And oae the bright mountain of Prayer. . , father Jtraa. . PHILIP DIXON'S GAME LEG. t 4 Mabel VIning waa a bright pretty girl, with complexion llko wild rones, eye like sapphires, And a unite lllte sunbeam; anV thing which 1 per ,l)apsL rather unusual in pretty glrls- v. Act , disposition.' corresponded to her fppcarance, - " k ' r' . .; : Of-the three men who were reported fto be in the running for her affections, a'hlHp Dfioo ld im pot annmn) Walter Ubslock, 1009; . Alfred Hef : Jort, '700. tin. Violnf regarded the Jn tliit' ordori Valuing theft by the p Icunjary ' standaTir. - Mabefs ntandari gvas 'Uie amatory tandat. , . One of She 'three ehe loVedt ; iW thio other wo, oxccprWTWe'nds, she careS nqt rap. - But she had not 'yot declare! Ijher preference ftjf 'tho larored onf pom wished tint of all to bring her . tattamvMuul mkmmjmmt,iHnfr lng. "Dixon, tny boy." cried the love crazed Libstock, ''life is Impossible for me without that divine ansel. If , I ,cnnot .win her for my wife, I shall certainly oj".cr die, d to'.h," 1 ...pWfi. vvZT n-"--'ed man,' who waai retdlly touched Ir-w. ""lit of J distress, aod woe. So thatTi4Qrfltht'!otte a mlnnrlnattcl '-"Baying to the distracted lover, 'T)oifui-mible thin m m iooi," or , "iie, then, and hare done with it," he answered, sympathet ically; Tm awfully lorry for yon, old 4inani Hav you prqaoscd, may J ask, . and been refused, or" ,,, , "Proposed I No, Indeed ! retorted ;. lilbittock. half ilercelv. "Whf tha .'Use of my proposing as long as' you are Banging about after herF "11 What the deuce do you mean have never thought of Miss Vinin. tn that way, nor, I am me, has she of m.S ejejaimed Dix.on;ln great aston' unmeet nxIC eldod that he must be got Vid f ;. espe cially as mamma, with the bwt possi ble Intentions, was always making op portunltles for me to be with him alone. So, by dint of plausible fic tions, Alfred induced him to Induee you (whom he knew ts be tue best n tured and compliant of mortals) to write me a certain letter. ' "I-accepted you. I can imagine your horror when you received my accept ance. I laughed myself 10 Bleep that night thinking ot it Any way, it sot tied Mr., Libstock. Moreover, mam ma, when she heard through me of your losses,- dismissed ou also from her plans altogether. I may say, I told her that I had refused you, which, In fact, though not in words, la the truth, "She is now resigned to my marriage with .Alfred, which will take place In the summer. "forgive me for .having played a trick upon you, on. my own account. beyond what was strictly necessary, You deserved It for telling me those shocking fibs. Yours very sincerely,, ,--J ' "MABEL VININQ." "P. S. How's your poor leg I wonder at Its condition, seeing how shamefully it has been pulled. . "M. V." came 1 1 : me this mom 'g, and (old rati something vef par : licular. i.AHertcrt was j;ood enoi -h tt fay.'VJrontlnuel ii!bsrock1hat as; he tjunid aoi.iu.i;: 1 Vinlng And ! ipp. na AUnselfnd t ..it :m i he hd as ured him In the most c. .id manner that there was no possible chance of Bis ever doing so,, 'he would rather see me marry her than anybody else, aa mat was why he had come and recommended me to press my auit which, v (considering . that He himself Bad been rejected, was most handsome Don't yon think of rTieroiis of him. ' 100, indeed, Libstock. There's not one rejected suitor in a thousand who would be man enough to do suck a thing," assented Philip Dixon, emphat . But Herbert sald-rand I quite agree with him," went on Libstock, fixing ma solemn, gloomy eyes upon the f otherhaface, ."that yoif are the obsta- "-ciaTaua that until yoa are out of the way, Mrs. VIning will' not let Mabel 1 accept me. , . . s, ; 1 "Pshafmy dear fellow. MlssvVuung, has never thought of regarding me In the light of a lover, ts I have already told VOB." ' '" ' : I -ii- .t "But, s r. also, have, already told you, Mrs. vining has. There's the crux. And so, by Herbert's advice, -: I've come, to you as to a true friend . and a thorough good fellow, to seek your kindly co-operation., Dixon" (his voice auddenly took a ton of piteous .. appeal), .'ou don't love her. she's nothing to you. It It won't be any gnei 10 you to have your proposal re f: fused ? n .,.t"ij r , ,"My , proposal f' ejaculatel , the , amazed Dixon. "Oh. Dixon, my true Wend, my dear "Trfmd. ary bert of pals, couldn't you. .lor y,ake, in. Order to. ensure ray life-long ,happInes-to say nothing of . here couldn't ou, oh, couldn't you, ' write and askVh1 to marry you, add ' In that, yon had lately experienced heavy Iosi.es, that your income waa now reduced to only 500 a year, but that you yon loved her very dearly, and hoped that she would overlook your poverty, and become your wife? Of course, she'd refuse you; and under the curcumstances described tn your 4 letter, her mother would back her op In her refusal. So the ground would be Cleared for me. And all would! come right," crlei Libstock, bit fare nusnea and his eyes burning with eager excitement. ' ' Dixon tried to resist But the oth er't eager Insistence carried him off - his feet.. And at lenRfh he was induced, or rather I should say, impelled against Ills will ty tho lover's resolute dir. to write the letter. It 111 Ins as f.. t r 1 y t;. ,: I Ir-.'TV' h.!Wy 111 Ti -i'.v l:-;t If ay ran 3 Vlnirar I write to am vry deeply at and to a ,k you to " to say that I have 1. 8 and my income trt.it to ai,.,";:fv " return rr.y an. yo yu do. I br banpy pv.mi in - 1 a year. ?. as I 1 L ) a who opened the door to him, met him with a voluble tale of woe: "If you please, sir, Mr. Dixon had a nasty haccident h after luncheon to day, sir; h fell down stairs, sir, and damaged himself ratber serious, ; He's now confined to bis bed, air, but he'll see you, he told me, though he's in too much pain to see no one hclee. And I do 'ope aa you'll lndooce him to see a doctor, air; which I've been wanting to tend for one hall this hafternoon. But he wont let me. He's very obsti nate at times. Is Mr. Philip. Will you step this way, sir?" - iiLibstock stepped that way, which wis up to Dixon's bedroom. He found his friend in bed, looking very much, shaken. ? 1"' :'":. "Awfully sorry to hear of your acci dent, old man," he said. , "I hope it's nothing serious.' : ; ';:, . ... No-o-o! I say, la the door shut?" demanded Dixon, In a hoarse whisper. Ubetock replied in th.r affirmative. "I must tall vou the truth" ulJ DlxoB. wbO waa evldentlv In a utata of extreme agitation.- "I'm not hurt a bit. My Occident was all a sham. Tlii' 'stock, thins; has han. peaea. jniss vining has accepted me. , Accepted yoor cried -Libstock, turning aa pale aa death. -Tea, ah haa accepted me, In spit or tny reduced fortunes. It appears that she has been in love with me tor a long while. I wish to heaven had known it before I was fool enough write 10 ner. But there's her let ter. Head It for yourself.", He tossed it over to Libstock. who roo,it op in Bis trembling fingers, van reaa mis; "My Dear Mr. Dixon Your letter nas made me very happy, I have cared for you you can't think how long and how truly. Please come and aee me as once, your loving MABEL.", "lfa an awful position Isn't It?1 eaculated Dixon, wiping the persplra tfoa from his forehead. "You can't mini wnat my feellnaa -were i when that letter came. Of course, It Was out of the question that I could go and see ner. Ho I made a show of fallinv dowa stairs and laming myself in or der tnat 1 might be confined to my bed and thus debarred from all noa. Mie cnance or an Interview while I am turning over In my mind what la t"b. done to escape from this terrible situation," Just then cam a loud rlnr at ha iront aoor DelL ; .,,. ..... .,- .: v'Thafa she. I know lfa she." Dix on almost shrieked, so great was bit agitation. "Don't let her com up here. I won't aee her. I" Libstock went to the door. Thera stood Mrs., Blake, bearing a note upon a salver. ' ' ' "It's from her." he said. "How wn I know her dear writine. Annth.r love letter! Oh. lxon!" (wrth a deep drawn groan) "if only yon had the sense to know your own luck!' My Dearest OneI am so srievad tn hear ot your accident Mamma says shall she come and nursa trou? Tone devoted . . .. MARRT." "Luck? Do you call thlt luck?" aculsted Dixon, almost beside hlm lf with agitation. "Here, give me paper and pen oil, quick, and that copy ui rieia 10 write upon. Come and nurse me. Indeed! I must put a stor- ire. vu m, once, net, me aee. wnai lie can I tell? Ah, I have it' aho n nastily scribbled then woras: . 1 f . ... ... "it is too sweet of your dear moth. . But I already have two trained irs". And the doctor says he won't ssver for my life If I am allowed to ee any one. - xoor auecUaravfaa - - ... . "PHILIP.' This t -iflclcug aplstle. after hlnv duly se. trj in an envelope, ' was handed to k. . E!nke for delivery u iuo young pubuon, , who waa "waiting i"i me naoawer. ' , Shcfrtly afterwards Libstock. tn -th uepms 01 gioom and demalr. took hla depart I avlng the urfortunate uixon to bear his situation as beat e mignr. He had got his friend Intn me noie. But he did not anneai- tn feel that there was any obligation on nis part to get him out of It again. He was thinking only of blmsolf and his own departed dream of happiness. No such selfish being on the earth as a disappointed lover! , ; Dixon remained in his bedroom for a week, during which he had notog dally from Mabel VIning, each of which ren dered him more frantic, than the last He must write and tell her the truth, rescinding all former fairy tains. He dared not He must. At last he ni.rved himself to write the difficult l-:ter. "It will be a fearful Mow to her," ho soliloquized. "Jihn will say nnd tru ly that I have behaved .:.y tiad I hme It won't break her heart I i r-efiying ner reply more than I i'j.h r." ARNUM'IN EUROPE . , 11 . 11 . mam " " '' The Armies of the Continent Take Lessons In Organizations. . Throughout tho military camps of Europe, whore military organization h a matter of national pride and intor natlcnal repute, the movement of the Circus waa considered life leas than marvelous. These operations were watched officially by hundreds of offi cers, and have been the subject of many official reports. . ;' , .' . In this respect the Influence of the American circus has been felt through out Europe. Take, for instance, the circus method of driving a polo in the ground. Half a dosen men, each with a sledge, stand in a circle, striking the peg in turn with bewildering rapidity X Before the comins of the circus man would work alone over though It took an hour.y streets of Ixindon or the Gorman arm1-' following tn-' again, to-'"' take,,' ir.i- A SERMON FOR SUNDAY jVT 'BILL ARPU FTTFR , ne or two of them llmre a tr-.-..Te LULU lllll U ! L.L. I I Ml i.on wnien 1 rui rntireiv a.- ir - :m w-hi-mi AN EUOQUcNT DISCOURSE ENTITLED ' "PLEASURE AND COD." Iha IUt. A.. B. Kln.oWlna Show That Whan the final lle Fuaad In Trn I.lr. the SlwplMt Thinai will Serve he a Uan'a Heart Laashf. . JJew Youk Cny.-The Hcv, Dr. A. B. Kmielving, . rector of Christ, t'lmrth, Brooklyn, prcurheil Sunday morning on ''I'leasure and God." ilia text waa taken from 11 Timothy iii: 4: "Jxiver of p'easnri father than lovein of Cod," Mr, Kinsolv log said,: This ia one of thoad biting sentence ol Which St. l'aul'a letters are full. It ocruri in a hurrying category and arreata our thouirhta at one. " Thiee two thinra, re!ia-ion anil plcamire, have alwaya been here on Ood'a fair earth, 'rh H,lA..kA.ll.. 1 . . of life, and vet it h ever hoen lilli--ii!t for men to harmonize them and keep them on friendly terma. Religious people' Imvn often committed the blunder of iookinz aakanee at amusement. Indeed, aome ol the best and mot earnest among them nave conceived of piety aa ecarcely lem than a kill-juy. Thoy have represented Uod aa intensely -jealous of life's innocent aa well as tta f 01 bidden p'eaaurea, until their avstema have vottun tn ha u nn. aided, and extravamnt, and over-wrought, and one-ideaed and melancholy aa tj cast an awful glocm upon communities for con aiiierable periods. 1 Such men have miwed Itoirethef the cosmic note of gladness which shimmers in the aunliclit. dances in the laughing waters, which ripplea and murmurs m the brooks and atreama, which amilea from the blue dome above and thrills us in the serins- bird notea and the summer flower. "The material for enjov Inent. save some one "ia aa inwrmurht into the world's constitution thai we can not put a apade into the ground anywhere without tuniins it up. By travel, by stay ins: at home, hr working, br reatine. hv train of tho muscles or strain of the mind; by epeech, by silence; by solitude by ao nety; by helping, by being helped: by rc eeivinr. bv eivinc bv all these difterent roada do men reach jov." ' Ana ret with our eye tinon the histnrr ef mankind ur there not abundant v for relizion'a suspicion of the rin1--' are! Vliat nation of a-i - afti alnin tiv lis pn - - through tda list---' flea, ren their while to hear. AnK hnvins failed renentedly to find them i". f look a 'lothr Into my rnnfldenre "ei'te of my dKfi enlty. "Ve," ahe said, "tuey are ao full of enjajrementa outside r' work hnnra tiint they seem to have nnliu"' to think nf any thing else but ii.'cssuve. It is a continuous round, .and while the" f' it home they, are ao utterly tired out that lliey rest." , 1 Mo tnnnv dnea that simnle desepl'in fit! But what is the uhot of it? Wliv. tliis, While life atina raeMV away Ond and eternal relations are who'Iy cro-.rdH nut. The ynting man autwi-t ii'ion tiro diet" -a diet nf hard work ami a diet of hard plav. A.id tin motive In th" work It to get I he means to play, while the motive in recrea tinn Is often rhieflv to p-t the heaTlh with which, to work and earn. Hut what a w' fish circ!e that describe! How narrow and poor and shallow is the voting man who prices on'y hia rapacity to Ishnr and hia n;i retite far rov! Who ao Ijuhtiy vnluea all thoe diviner elrmenta of hia heinff as, to he willing to make no nroviaion for their cul ture! "T.oeers nf pleasure rather than lov er of ""d." Tt is a terrible cit'taph upon n. wV.ir 'ivintr r dead: "They wnr ehind and ser-ed the creation more than the Creator, who ia blessed forever. Where fore Kid "ave them hr to their own hearts' lusts." These are words to ma!: us stop and think. . . - I have often noticed that it ia ant to be the ease that it l precisely thnao voang men for whom ?od has done moat who are antest to Iwalc away from Ilim ad live the most ae'fish lives. There are nnh!e e ecntions to he ru'e. wlrch ahine like hca coha, from Jt-isea to Tht"lns Tlrootia. llat too often the nrivileeed life iieeorcea a worldiv life aad does not tell in the l-injj-dom of riffhtco!ir.nes. (lenemlly the hive of plennre in aome form has in aneli lives, liVea tha weeds in your varden, rooted not th love and service of Cod. 1 , Men and women, tve shou'd try to see life in,, its who'eness. A grent mnnv pee p'e have too little 'an?bte-. too little r reation in their lives. ,They would be whoVsroner minded, freer in snirit. if th"" eou'd get oflner out of their dar!,- anrr and rieid jimve. 'I'tirr--- rcon!e thai we thin'.- "at tha.'. (' ' '- mar.v " Talks Facetiously of Booker's Tooth Brash Proposition. THE RACE PROBLEM AGAIN Greece, sionf' ( - The Bantam Hen Hatches Out Her Tiny Brood and Bill's Little Grand children are Greatly Elated, : and Muchly Rejoiced Over , the Event - Tho bantam hen haa batched and three little grand children are happy. They ean't talk fast enough to tell me about them, There are little thing in our domestic life and there, are big' things, but I believe the little things are -.tha biggest V J'Sv ;'V'.":' For a month or more) these children have been watching and waiting (or the bantam hen to lay her litter and hatch her lHtle brood and this morn ing the telephone bell rang furiously and tt said: "Our bantam : hon hat batched,' and soon they came running to tell on about them, but they didn't etay five minutes. They had to go back and look after the bantams. V""-, 'here la nothinf 1 prettier "'han a little brood of v and my faith la they -'ally to make little seems that they Atowaof that name j of Java and, have been I to other countries. They ' and a bantam roostei vn an ordinary game ". 7a,n A UNIQUE HEN CONTEST. AMERICAN LAYERS SEEK LAUR , ELS IN AUSTRALIA. Fowls from California, Nebraska .and New York In Match Expected to Establish Record and Wrest Su premacy from British Egg Layer.' Not only are we trying to wrest the laurels from Europe on the battlefield of commerce, but the United States, through the great American hen, will attempt to stflke a blow at one of the homo industries ot the . British colon ies. A consignment of American hens is en route to Australia, where, If the climate does not finish them, they will show the Australian hen, and Incident ally the native farmer, what an up-to-date hen can do In the way of laying epgs. - Tbo American hen la Invading the very barnyard of a British posses sion because .of the great faith in her expressed by the editor of a poultry journal, published In Chicago, and a tendency to scoff, at the American hen manifested by the editor of an other publication devoted to poultry, that is Issued in Sydney, New South Wales. . ...... v. Laying for Records. A contest waa arranged, by. the torms of which 21 hens were shipped from San Francisco to Australia a few days ago. ' They are to lay all the egi possible for a year and beat the .na tive hens in that respect, it they can. The six that score a certain percent ago will be retained by the local gov ernment. .The other will be sold at public auctoin. The owners of ihe six successful hens will receive $25 each, and the Austra1i-n" "t-i""'" all tho exper.-- " WATER FOR THE FARM3T"" Profit ef Irrigation In 'the Eastern ' Part ef th United States. : The rise in prices of agricnltnral lands In the la'it few years haa marti It necessary that farmers should" get the largest possible tgHhti from their lands, and haa created Vsn1! terost In whatever will heTa to; t)i 4 end. One of the aids now beta con sidered Is Irrisat.Ion. In the eastn T not, as in the west, absolutely neces sary for the raising of any crops, but; like fertilizing or thorough cultivation. Is mean , of Increasing the return from land. The whole question - Is whether It will pay. The report' of the Irrigation Investigation of the department of agriculture (or the year 190T. curried on under the direction of Elwood Mead, give some valuable da ta on tbl question. The repoft 'Covi era experiments In Missouri, Wlstetr sin and New Jersey, v (!. ,,,, A series of experiment, extending over several year at the Wisconsin experiment station at Madison.) show! a marked: increase In the fields, of farm crops. The average Increase In the yield of cloVeP-hfrr' land overlhar' from unlrrlgated. bwj nas Deet) s.a tons per aero; . tne. nvei; aidHncrease In yield Of corn 'has1 been 2S.9S bushels per acre; and pcta'toe show trgatn ot 83.9 bushels' per, acre. The annual cost ot irrigation at Mad ison has nnen $6.68 per acre, 'not frf cludlns any interest on 'th lnvesf tnent, but including a,ll oxtr&.labor, At current prices, this leaves a net profit from irrlgtation of about $20 per acre on bay. 111 .per acre on corn, and $73 per acre on potatoes".' The'crHtlons of soil nnd "" .11. (rreat- .ortainly oud. I of the or army.. For , i moved In lese famous , arlson made .ructlve. .The t, W, M ganh montlii the ver , reglmenUn possible circus feed its bajma simply but plen- uiuiiy, and the food left over t is thrown away. In Prussia it was not an uncommon sight to see uniformed soldiers picking the discarded - meat from tho refuse, washing it, and car rying It off. Frequently the circus in Europe engaged - men when in their station were accustomed to h"lng meat but once a week. A few days always sufficed to mako them raven ous meat eaters. Woman's Hnma Companion. Willi . lions.", (i We knu. Oibbon aonn Greek and Romas . , tivals. "That which began w.tn .,. uram-Y uegeneraiea otten into the ex-V ircme ot iicenuousness and ministered to the basest passions. Frequently for diva nu wRu wgeuier tdey absorbed the pu "v . saaaing men oonvioua to every p.urai ooiimuon ana Beat to thn claim ol BUmanitV. ' tllhhon uiva hs .. t.J St one time J000 femalo dancers and aa ny arngera, and that when seasons of wnue an acransers and even proiesmra of the liberal arts were ban ished from the city, the dancers were at- " , reroam. xneir performances were charaoteriwd by everything that win morally degradinf, and t!i-orin which took Dlsee arniinri Ihm la,-..' nf J L. -J dene Flora and VolupUa, the OodJesa ef Pleasure, descended into ,'he depths of .' QUAINT AND CURIOUS. An Ohio man baa one ot the most unique collections of autographs lb the country. It contains the name of over twelve thousand actors and actresses, beside 1706 pictures, and over flfti mousand program, postrr and ; the like. . . The antiquity of the fan In thVEast particularly In Asia, extends far back beyond the postlblllty of ascertaining 11s oate. in china and India the oiic- inal model of- the-tan waa the wing ot a bird, and at one time was part ot the emblems ot Imperial authority, A German firm In the well known town of Essen are making good thing out of old sardine Una. Huge quantities of old tin are conveyed to the work, where they are treated by a system of electrolytic deposition, and too tin and Iron recovered for use In manufacturing metal goods. There Is an extraordinary old man at present living in Russia, In the vil lage of Marewka, In the government ol Smolensk, known, aa "Swet" Sinln. He was born In May, 1775, and is, therefore 1ZT years old. He has never been ill, and la able to walk each Sunday two versts to the village church. He also does work at the schools, knits stock ings and weaves sandals. Teeth ot all kinds have been wor shipped, and are. In fact, vonerated as relics In some rellslous shrines. Bud dha s tooth Is prflserved In an Indian wmpie; the Cingalese worship the tooth of a monkey; while the ele phant's and shark's tooth serve a simi lar purposa among tna ia!,;lir and Tonga islanders respectively. The 81 amese were formerly the possessors ol the tooth of a sacred monkey, which they valued very highly, but In a war with the Portuguece tney lost the holy grinder and had to pay $1rno,000 te got U bark st'iin.' It ta nuw kppt in a small gold box, Inclosed in six other boxes In 'one of the many temples of the Siamese capital. The American peanut crop average about five million bushels a year, and twenty-two pounds of the nuts make a bucthel. . About $10,000,01)0 worth of peanut., are yearly ronmimed. eit.Vr In their natural form or In candy. The shucks furnish gimd food for pirn, and the peanut vine forms a first-cia. 3 fod der for mules. Vast qimnUfli 3 of p..ji, nuts are sliljipcd each year to Great Britain and the continent from Loth Africa and A .!a, v.'Mse t!,r:y pre cm verted into "mire l.ticca olive oil." A 1 df 'ji'.mnt k'i. Ps v i! !."(, ,t about a tttHon of nit. and t'.e i.,.-ii i- profligacy. In the times of Clnrlca t. al France. In ll, time , I. . - , l Borgiaa and the later Louis of Franc there waa oniy coo mucii to remind men of tin Hen lived in ttteaaare- en the earth and were wanton; they nourished their hearta in a UBT 01 a auirfitrr." Nn mnmla h.lk' ren, with aneh aoertaclea tfr il.L !.. aerioua Christian people, realiiina the 'dead ly uerii irom wu r.mptw :- . -..., .Huum ,u ,ihtii I ?rJne"tne" 'ten have gone too far T" "" " rceogniiB tnac tne tnirat for r" ""o: ammemene te a human thirst, and must bs provided for and (milled aod feligwii' rival and antagonist. ..... i. ; Aioiin, when men have tried to solve the SlVsterV' ef iainrhte the ! I very diverse oniniona.' Pascal thought that the passion for amunenicnt Was nn ftlua- ui me reai nnnappinesa or moat tan " M because they want ia get out of . themselves thnt they flock to to ei rcvwuirii nw ' mvmrv Linn m f i crowds to laueh and title it ia diversion they seek, that ia, anything to e-wws fmm tne aomher nrHeal nt it 1. . Doubtleaa. his explanation fiU manv casea! hnr 1 s kk.l lA A ii Tti . . ' cuvrrs mi. nay and )ovoue neas sre amonir the primitive aiita of hu bisb nature. The lieginning of comrade ship between the mother and child ia tin hour when, aa ahe dangles aome plavthina before it, "the litt'.e, sovran face breiks ""'""i nimpiea smile.- Jinmor is one 01 ine oioaesc nomis or nrmm h, um, xiie ciimnnion ot nearly, genial merri ment ia notorioua, and the world haa sen- era Iv rurhtlv InvpH ihn nMni, -i-n i Mr James Sully, an Enelishman ol fct ters, his jnt nnhlisheJ a h int- I,;,.K i. . . , 01 piiiiosoiiuo stuuv ol VniKhtcr, in winch he dcplorea any Wane of this grear humaa resource, mni kmvm that "Ii 1nC. if now only the more sordid material inter ests moved the mind,-as if anort had to have its substantial bait in the ahape ol Stakes, while eomeilv mutt ,n.l. r.. larity with erenic snndors which arc seen to cost money." However this may lie, it IS perfectly certain that the pleasure in stinct a true note of our human nature and thnt no life is whole without it. It is the lighter torch of this rhrmi which pivei thnt Innre freedom and mohii. ity Ui life which it needs fur iis r-mm,i,r exnreijsion. Amutement, relaxation and hnnpiness are cerlaiulv part of the eomif scheme. If at any period God should look dowa upon His world and sc only solemn faces and hear no notes of lipnling laujh- fer' t,iin, j' voui gT"re Kira at heart. But hero they are ever side bv aide; life a laughter and tcirs.'nnd whei-' ever innocent, we can onlv imrin irrent and kind Fnthcr lookinn down benin nantlv unon all. Nnthimy in mm ,nn.ni.. 4M)iis in the churactcr of the Lord Jcmis, wiwn su iiis T-'cn-r? mni-iil earnestness. than the beautiful simplicity of His svm- rat.hy with wn.it, we mav call tin joyous lracU'rnund of liie. Ha henna His -irnn. der-woikm at a ninrrmtre feast at Cnna to which 1!" Ii mI hci.n incih-,1 . . ,,,..1, .,. of course. The ptrAiml in hia srv comes hmrie to music and dnncinn. Tho kin?.!nm of heaven ia iUeif like not a fi.iienil-li.it a frait. IU was tho enemy of every liur rtfn which Railed the necks of men and de- f'.Hld. d li in nf j -..ii.h . -..! manv an Of W.u K 1 1 is Sn.l! )"V ot rinlii'c-i.v ( b;:l;i a l;i I i,r foci! i ii Into a V;: ; ly (.f !, nwl In ni al v hi md 1 ,.: . t.ie so l.f l.i hv I n in. d t;.,- (i. riirhtful h.ip.mii. n tne in ,-r d In- the I is Maflii;M, .! Prriaii fi. itvc.-w hv .'ii on t -t. t cu... . sotistitil -1- A brill in 11 1 elvea and the 1 "men called Napo'e..v Talma miht play before v the eonnueror extracted ni ihZ Performance. That ia tliex self. When, on the contrary, the -v found Its true life, the simplest thino. serve. A man then learns the bean brnch." . . To make men' lumpy, my friends, we must not firat feed them with pleasnrea of the eenaes. The primal condition of han- liiursa is mai tney ne trut to Hod and to each other -. The soul cannot laugh Its Msvn Isssai.sV ii I av.J I ttt. i aa -w .a relation there are the unfailing wcllsnrincs of pleasure. ."In Thy nresenea ia fulness of loy; at Tliy r clit hand there km pleasurea foravee mnv "TK- n,: - t ...o biMnvn uaie 1 apo- -w. -..w uki juy joy.rnuriii reinaut tn When we know that satisfaction of dwell iriff in Horf anH hnvl nA a o r, ... ......K ,,v., .,ncn in U8. WB have s security aim mat Inordinate lower de sires of every kind. One did not have te diiii iiagninirrnn arainat urnstm. i.:. : - or Oonnod or Beethoven against making a lieu wrev siiiisiiin siavja mm sm aasak.: . . "'"in. aa it " "V lne raom, the roobilitv. the wholesome interest In th. ,.,vhiri amusements of others, esneciallv of vnunir- r nmnn. k:.l :n I ' . 1 k "u,,:u win acep us tn touch tf .... j':. i- ' ' "!niiuns ana amusements ajrow on the same stem aa our rellUn. if ik.. are part of one organic unity, there will be no troub.e about their reflation. There win creep m inem no poison of wilful law breakinir.' no arimsm of an i,,,,.... u science stricken soul trying to escaw? from itself, no waste of time and facultv, no uuuicer uir vulvar oisn av. ii,n i i.. eret of (lod. we shall have entered into the iiecret of t he child's heart, end lire in aen slble relations with every nart of Korl'. great world. Iks lasting pleasures of life are not the neeung pleasures of the senses, hut those u t in n nu. inp sntu. ne mini ih. me awen comes trom a en;ti'atcil intellect. .wilt buuiiu aim nou.e ininuinr, from re fined tastes,, from love and sympathy and -, Crasa Words. Kofr onlv nVasnnt thtnM h, ...t ... have their influence, and are remembered! It is well to have this truth ever in mind, and to act in view nf it "ICiml mni. never die," save the little sonir. When one enro mat sunj pleasantly he said sadly. Cross words can never die." line i true as the other. When we apeak to an other, it would be well for us to ask our own hearts, "How will this be thought of bv and by, when it la recalled in memory!"' llV Our Words and bv nur-deerla ire m making memories for others that shall give pleasure, or give pain, in tha coming days. Sunday-School Timea. . The Sahlmfh. Of all the holv davs none is more wiril, at the epithet than the Sabbath, ire an- quity, its rest for the boilv, mind and iint, its worship of (iod and atmlv nf His word and works, the great events (if which . reminds us, Uou s reahna; atter creating ia ani versa and man and t hrift's rein'. rection from the dead with all the siiriiili- cance of that simml event, combine to nke it the owcet'.'.t and hulical ol all the iy uaya. The dream of Cecil Rhodes Is realis ed In America before the -funds left by him have made it possible in Ox ford. The workshop university lu tho great e'ectrlc manufacturing works at Schenectady, N. Y,. has among Its stu- .its all roll, a gradnalns young -ii front 1 hnl- Ir.ni'itny, s-i (b n, I)( rmni-li. ni, Scoiiiuid, Knincc, iluni), Kiinviiy Sive- -t0 card .iid it in manufacturing es, and he say he can refui whole race by supplying them wiu tooth brnshes. That I all right anything to get rio of the money that keeps on piling np. He might add a Side factory for toothpick. But, speaking about General Grant, reminds me of hi magnificent tomb at Riverside, and that remind me of a good thing on on ot my boy who, when In New Tork, not long ago,.wai Invited by some congenial friend to take a ride with them and aee th tomb. They (topped la front and my boy heaved a itgh and said, "Te, that a old Bob Leo the greatest sol dier Who ever lived, and there' what he said at Appomattox when ke gave Grant, back his sword, 'Let a bare peace."' When informed of bis mis take be said: "Weill, I wasn't there, of course, but my father wa. and that's wha( happened so he told me General Grant aurrenderod hi sword to Gen eral Lee and old Bob gave It back to nim and said: Let us have peace.' " uik we want mo mistake made about the negroes down here In Dixie. we want no more slave. w mm not have one as a free gift. We are ready to give them away to anybody who wants them. , Tbe last census" re port say the negro Is much the most criminal of our population and Is In creasing la crime with fearful rapidity. Tbe negroes who can read and write are far more criminal than those who cannot. The negro Is four and one half time as criminal In New England, where he la educated, as he ia In the south, where he ha not been educated. What Is to be done about this. "Tooth brushes," says Booker Washington. Surely the man was Joking, but that's tha way It read over his own signature. Reform tho race With tooth brushes. If there Is anything In the world lhat a negro doe not want It Is a tooth brush. There is Sam Henderson work ing In my garden now, and I envy him his mouth full of big, sound teeth. Never had one pulled or Plugged or to ache. I love to eee him mouthing watermelon. No, It seems to be now admitted by northern philanthropists that the southern negro has been pretty well ruined by tholr blunder of forty years ago, when there was not a criminal ncuro In Georgia, and now there sre ,000 In our chalnganfrs. firing on the tooth brushes! Dr. Bcalo Harris, of Alabama, published n-t long ago In Tho Constitution the unanimous opin ion of the ni&.'iral profession that tha crro wns rapidly dr-sr-nr-rating as a race, both morally and physically, and as destined to rvh'iicti.m as sure as Ho! Ml J:t- n:i, f;.:i!ii, ico, (.i:o::i ly till I'-.' I -: ' of the ii,.;-: t Itiily, ia f,irih A in ""..Hill, of oi I ! - ,. r t ' ii lit.l.r: a i. tc'l 1 CM- I of la-. i and 1 easily accouuu,ii..i--T. fact put forward by poultrymon who think they know something about chickens. . ."',V -'v5';?: ' One bar to the success ot th Amer ican hen hi (he climate of Australia. The other and principal one Is that the American poultryman Is not ac companying the hon.- A In warfare, between man and gun, It is the man behind tbe hen that makes or mar success. - - . - - . ' . v. - 1 . Handled by Foreigners, An expert ' American' poultryman could go to Australia, make up a flock of native hens, and after a time have them laying eggs and gaining In weight In a way that would make their wattles curl np and (heir eye bulge out In sheor surprise.. He could take the American hen there and have her do great feat. But the hen men of Australia can't do those things. If they could no contest would be pos sible..- -. So the American hen are hand: capped, It seems, becauso they will be handled in a foreign country by foreign methods, after learning bowf to lay egg and grow fat under Btart and 8 tripes. ' - f Tha atmospheric conditions are such la Australia at to also seriously hand icap the American hen. ' It Is hot and dry there. For months at a time there Is no rain, and no solf-respectlng hen can do much under such climatic conditions, particularly if she be a Wyandotte. It seem absurd to send hen from the northern part of New York state, where the thermometer range far below xero for weeks at a time, and whore the Wyandotte make a good laying record, despite the weather, to the autlpodes, with the expectation that they will do as well there.- -. -.,...-........ The Wyandotte Best Month. The Wyandottcs, when properly han dled, are at their best during the win ter and early spring months. As the warm weather approaches and the Wy andotte fall off in egg production the Leghorns are firing volloys of eggs in to the nests. Tho Leghorns do not lay well In winter nnless under unusual conditions. Therefore, the Leghorns are naturally the fowl for - warm weather 07 a warm climate and they Jo bettor whore tbe air is dry, as It was under those climatic conditions t"iit tin y were reared originally. Wy andottcs do not like tho hut weather, wbh a Is not to bo wondered at when It In r -ii' 'ii -hcred tnsit on one nl.tis they en 0 I 1 v-i r ft I,: I'd t-. A (Ml I ! a ( i'lW.II . IV ! to ! 'I hi If-1 r b p... ; f 1 01 . 11 I r t .0 r. 1 t .t t 1 r -' 'l it I:i h'" 1 ' t r ii 1 In t ie . . 1 1 a. r p I 11 I repoi ur-ii,. Irrigation where tried 1. Pumping from,, streams, o, v the most common way of getu.,0 fer for fruit and garden irrigation. Small plant furnishing water enough for from five to ten acres. Including pump and engine, cost froortZOO to $500. - . t.tfj :--ivl MitJ. t;, , , f ,vU , . Toya aa Educators. , ' . ' A good suggestion ha been made by Pari paper which should be fol lowed. - The Journal advocate the es tablishment of a toy museum. This museum containing toys ot all ages, would be an tnstructicve fettrdy of the development ot the humaa mind. A man could, through a study, ot these Instrument for a child's pleasure, gain a complete knowledge "of the ad vancement ot the race. )im-' .'i No .study, could be mor,,pleasant than an inspection of the toys of our great-grandmothers. ' They"' were un doubtedly clumsy and made to' with stand the knocJaLcfthe mighty, The clrWlprrr'those auurjler days must have had a wearisome UuiBran.l-- their amusements must have been ot a most lugubrious order. '. However. we all have grave reasons, to, doubt whether the elaborate toy of the present day have really much pleasure for children. The - mechanicals toys which are so carefully built, and so easily put out of order are hardly ap preciated by youngsters. Locomotives, steamboats, windmills, chickens t' crow and race about mfrprd p! ue for the moment, and then commence:) :! the work of destruction. The French make the most elaborate' toys ! ! some, sad to aay, wpuld not be j mltted in an American houmjlo 1 ' cause of tholr too close appro; dread realiBm.Ban Francisco 1 , Her Monument , to Mother. She is a middle-aged sale:; . who works in a liroaJway un store. She Is bomoly and V 1 poorly clad, as shopgirls go. Ii r distinguishing mark is a mli'Iaim. Ivory that she wears on her err The miniature Is surrounded t y rwa of diamonds that look If oils with the chaap cloth suit a!i manner of he woman. T:ie f the miniature Is that of a w-, old woman, with a enp of l.i " Yon nun-'t ji.ii dun my i' - ' . t!(1 a ni" abnia, wlili-h 1 ' i r ) 1 1 It lt t 1 ! or, ft hii c "I 11 mi , t," at t .Uy b n bo I rnr H". wo y ' 1 :.)f! Ill (.' !;..- I r h-.rtr Not a l.;t ..f it, r.-;.!y v . of tin- linirt ' ' n. I e it is 1,1 ,.);.