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VOLUME XVIII.
Fit AN KLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY. J lNE 21, 1903.
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The Passing of Juno.
A STUDY IN FEAMN1NB CONTRADICTIONS.
By RUTH
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On a crisp afternoon In early au-
tumn Juno was walking across the
eamnus. Tha ftroek professor when
she entered the clawfroom greeted her
a yiH Lawrence, an 4 tn the registry
her Christian name was Eleanor. But
If you. had watched her progress down
the atratcl.t nnlh vnd would know
why the .girls called her Juno. They
had given her the name In her fresh-
. man year. Now she was a aenlor and
' It flttod her sttll better. Bhe waa tall,
s J There waa rhythm In hor motion, and
rigor, aa if all her muscles had been
developed In harmony. Her head turned
the least bit to one side and slightly
i tilted backward, the erect shoulders
ahd straight back, the grace and poise
- of the whole body as she walked all
befitted a goddess. Her hair waa
black. It was parted and colled loose
ly Just above the line of her neck with
out breaking the "natural contour of
the head. The eyes too were dark and
the cheeks rosy. It. was In coloring
rather than In beauty of feature that
the charm of hor face lay. ,
Aa Juno opened her Iliad and knotted
her brows, Mary Tilton, watching her
' In a corner, felt like protesting against
, the Inflictions of education. Theoreti
cally, to be sure, there waa propriety
. enough fa Juno's reading the Iliad;
.ja .. nothing could have suited hor style
. - - better. But Juno had displayed no af
" ' -Unity for Greek nor for any other
I bunch of learning. It seemed to Mary
ry. preposterous that such a girl should
. ' l. - j . k.L.t ft WOUld
uv umuv iu mupe ovci uw- -- - -
. be quite as sensible to capture a young
deer and compel It to study logarithms.
Juno belonged out of doora. Bhe should
bt free. It ought to be enough for
. anybody to see her a beautiful, strong,
z natural bolng. ; Juno would have on
Jf domed Mary's views If they had come
up for consideration. She had not
formulated any like them In her own
A mind. bntgbN-jiip to them. Bne
lntelect win-
aW (set ,,.
i retarding her person.
i realisation as the mornmgww wr . ,JT, , .
i . I
f piunge, a run allowance oi e;i
the open air, and nourishing food, she
employed generously. Bhe took paina
that hor dressmaker should acquiesce
In the designs that seemed to have
been conceived In Paris with special
.refrence to her figure. The beauty of
her hair was enhancd at home by the
activities of her maid; at college it
wat Mary Tllto who delighted to brush
it hvory night Juno did not revel
selfishly In her natural attractiveness.
Bhe was perfectly willing that others
should enjoy it.
As the class left the room, Juno and
Mary 'walked away arm In arm. It was
the last "recitation In the afternoon.
"Come out for a walk," Mary sug
gested. "Let's have supper on the hill.
We can wran up warm.
"You always know Just , what wIH
suit me. Mary," said Juno. "I watt
to set off somewhere, and have a
chance to think.'
Mary looked up In vague alarm. She
never before had known Juno to want
to think. But she said nothing.
hen Juno reached her. room she
II P II mni 1 1 Ull li Hi n (tAak and her-
" , V v ' I Z :V"
her head." Mary Tilton meantime ran
up two flights of stairs to her room.
Bhe extracted from the larder, which
Is more requisite a part of a college
girl's room than a desk, four eggs.
.These she put oa the gas stove to boll.
."Twenty minutes," she said to herself;
won't eat them unless they are
1
hygienic" Then she ran down the two
flights to a small grocery store that
hrived under the college roof on the
patronage of the students, to mount
once more with the materials for sand
wiches, fruit, and a Jar of milk. The
college supper bell was ringing when.
lunch basket In hand, she knocked at
Juno's door. The "Come!" sounded
drowsy.
"Did I wake you up?" asked Mary
contritely. - -
No matter. I'm ready. I was dread
fully tired, and I dont want to look
played-out tomorrow." ;.
"Anything special!" .
'. ""Kent Is coming."
"I thought you forbade htm to come
again,' rose to Mary's lips. What she
said was: "Ton '11 have a good time."
"On the contrary," said .Juno, "he
bore me a good deal." a i. ':.
, The next day was Sunday, The girls
did not meet until evening. Mary spent
the holiday in the library working np
history topics. There was no evidence
In Jnno's Monday recitation that her
friend had confined her exertions to
her town subject At an early hour In
the afternoon Kent Thorpe was shown
Into the college drawing room. The
fortunate circumstance that his great
grandfather had married Eleanor Law
rence's great-grandmother established
a blood relationship between student
and guest that made It within the
bounds of college discipline for them
to leave the building together. As they
did so, It was observed from several
windows that the tall stranger with
fair skin and hair and manly bearing
did not look out of place' beside Juno.
They did not "return until sundown.
During the evening they conversed se
dately In a corner of the college draw
ing room, Kent looking as If the whole
linn was weighing him down.
K snftctatoRwouw nave aeteciea a mis-i
rliievousnesi!1, in Eleanor's demeanor
that she hardTK.C0U'd nave Introduced
for the purpose oTwUwing his discom
fiture,
At bedtime, when Mary wViljibrush
ln the black glossy hair thiIHpok
more of hor attention than her ow
Juno raid: "We tramped for miles.
Tbon ho read me a majmiloe article
that he baa written. Here are his
Bki-tcfces for It, Aren't they beauti
ful?" She spread tliera out on the
couch, her long hair slipping over her
while arms 03 she h-nt drnvn. Mary
hniv-h tn h-.H.. tiixtdiic little
CRAFT.
- iuiaiaiaiiiJiiiaiaiaiiiiiiii
staccatos of admiration. "His article
Isnt so good," Juno admitted, "but I
I can put It Into shape for him.''
- Mary repressed her surprise at this
budding of literary criticism. "Has he
goner she asked.
"No. He missed the train. He tele
phoned that he would come again to
morrow." Mary grinned behind the Hereon of
Juno's hair. "Then look out for tomor
row," she said soberly.
"Nonsense!" said Juno,
p At 10 o'clock, according to college
rules, every light must be out. On the
Sunday night after Kent's second call
Juno obeyed, and so did Mary. ' . But
when Juno, in a loose gown and soft
slippers, rapped on Mary's door she
found her friend similarly arrayed and
perched on a nigh window seat In the
moonlight Bhe climbed np beside her
and laid head In her lap.
"Have you come to tell me anything,
Juno?" asked Mary roguishly.
"Certainly not." Juno spoke severe
ly. "I don't feel like talking at all. I
never shall marry htm," she asscrtod
with contradictory irrelevance.
Mary ran her fingers through the soft
hair. Bhe said nothing.
"He's Just my age," remarked Juno,
"and stunning to look at" ,
i "Well T" Mary ventured.
"He Is awfully fond of golf and walk
ing and all that,"
; "Weill"
"He says we have the same tastes in
music and books and such things."
"Very likely," asserted Mary. If
Juno should develop any predilections
at all In those directions, it seemed
likely that they would follow Mr.
Thorpe's.
"But I don't care for Mm. Besides,
t never could stand being tied down
even If I did love anybody." -
"What does he say to lhatT"
"He says he will make me. Ho says
I should be freer than ever.'
He doj&n't know her," thoug'
i . uv uuwu t mail VOl M V IU,
Juno explained. "Ho is misled because
he never happened to come across my
type before,
' "Some of that is truo," said Mary,
adding to herself, "and he won't again.''
"There are quantities of other -wom
en that would be just as congenial and
stimulating to him If he knew them."
"Then It Is your duty to tell him so.
"I tried to, but he Interrupted me."
"What did he sayr
"It wasn't very nice. He said 'Damn
the other women!'"
On Monday afternoon Mary found
Juno bending over the manuscript ot
Mr. Thorpe's article which by free use
ot a pencil she had rendered absolute
ly Illegible. :
"When on earth did you do all that?"
she asked.
"I've done nothing else all day.
There I read It and see if you think
of anything else to do to It -1 have
been over It so msny times that I know
It by heart I simply cannot look at It
again.
Mary took np the sheets.
'"No, give It to me!" said Juno. "I'll
Ld It to you,vrd like to." .
"Wlnr did. you do all that?
asked
Mary boldly.
'"I don't know. Tes, I do too.- I want
him to know how much I care for him
as a friend." .
" On Tuesday Juno received a letter.
To the judicial mind the gratitude that
It expressed might have 'seemed ex
cessive. "It was too good of you to
bother over my miserable article, dear.
Tes, dear, dear, dear. I will say It
How can I ever thank you enough?
And not tor that only. How can I tell
you what your grand, sweet womanly
nature has done for me? Oh, Eleanor,
I love you.. Tes, I will say that too."
On Wednesday, as Juno came out
from the college povtoffice with Mary,
she said; "I'm not used to getting so
many love letters a day. Do I love
himf-
"No," said Mary, decisively, "you
donV
Juno looked relieved. "Ho wants to
come np again on Saturday, she said,
"but I hare written him not to. I waa
good, wasnt IT" . , , ,
"Very," said Mary.
On Thursday Mr. Thorpe wrote .that
there were some points In his article
that they positively mint talk over to
gether. "I shall be firm, Mary," said
Juno. : "It won't do at all for him to
come." '
Why, Junor and Mary looked into
Juno's eyes. . - . . '
"He goes to California next month,"
pursued Juno, evasively; "probably I
never shall see him again." -
Friday waa Juno's afternoon at
home. She always served tea to the
girls. When Mary arrived the couches
and chairs were filled and several
guests were on the floor. Peals of
laughter announced that Juno was en
tertaining the company with ter own
version of some Incident In college life.
Bhe never appeared more brilliant or
more Irresponsible. Mary, who al
ways slipped Into a corner on these
occasions, sat watching her friend wist
fully. She could see In the vivacious
face no suggestion of the week's siege
that Juno's heart had ' undergone.
Would Kent Thorpe, or any other man.
she asked herself, ever be Juno's con
quering herot Her answer came un
expectedly. As the tried to go out un
noticed while the Jollty was in full
swing, Juno opened the door for hor.
"I telegraphed him to come tomorrow,"
she said in an undertone.
Mr. Thoipe must, have known tho
time table by heart Doubtless It waa
bis- custom, moreover, to keep his
dress-suit case pac'yod. These facts
favored, his arrival in response to
Juno's telegram at an hour that antici
pated the usual one for morning calla.
PunctnalHy, however, did not so Aut'ti
character!; It's mnnnr wlu-n, at dtt.-k.
Juno tr l.-r ! id foMi l,i at I ho cl
in0 i
Mary Tilton found the history topics
rich in suggestion that Saturday. In
place of Mary Queen of Scots, she
would ' see Juno; Sir Philip Sidney
gave place to Kent Thorpe. At sup
per Juno's seat was empty. Mary
found her In her room In an attltuy
of dejection. Her face was the picture
of despair.
"What now?" Mary tried to spoaTt
gayly.
. "He has gone."
"To Callfornlat" , , " ' ' .
"No, to his hotel."
"Then you have not parted for all
time!"
"I should think not," cried Juno.
"Oh. Mary!" and USe goddess burst
Into tears. .
Mary was to say the least perplexed.
Mr. Thorpe had expressed a strong de
sire to come. Juno had summoned him
of her own will. ; He had promptly re
s ponded. Now she wept because he
had not gone. Whatever the reason,
It was sufficiently agitating to see June
In tears She somehow suspected that
tears, In the case of Juno, meant down
fall It was the first time that she had
seen her cry.
"It's hideous!" Juno proclaimed, as
soon aa she could speak. , A comical
look aided her n she removed the
traces of tears. Mary waited in sllencs
for further enlightenment "It's sim
ply hideous," Juno repeated, "to adore
anybody as I do him."1 ;
"Then you will go to California with
him!" Mary smiled as she spoke. "
!'No, but only because he has given
up going. I would go to the moon with
him If he wanted me to." New. Tork
Evening Post
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
The first Ico cream ever sold as t
regular article of commerce was
shipped by a Boston merchant named
Tudor In 1805. He sent a load to
Martinique.
Another girl has been found v"1
likes needles. In Ashland, Pa
or day, a 16-yenr-old girl
on hr the state hosDi
than 125 needle&j
hands and an'
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not like
cuse.
invenlence froi
ie ipur-year-oid son of a
er recently disappeared, and the
auJfAltlcs instituted a search, but
wllftaut result . The same day, how
evor.fthe boy was returned In a pack
ing ca which had been sent to a cus
tomer altfontalnlnc goods. The child
had apparMy got into the empty
case, fallen ileop, and had been
pecked up. LucWly, the ltd only flttel
loosely, find the m Is nope the worse
tor tho adventure. v
The Eskimos possessed the most r
markable place ot worship In the
world. It was a sealskin church.
Forty sealskins were stretched over a
light framework, and In this tent, It
feot by 12, services were held every
Sunday. Hut the church came to aa
untimely end. One hard winter tha
Eskimos' dogs, being halt famished,
dined on the sealskins, and only the
frame was left The Eskimos have
now erected a dog proof tabernacle,
A procession of the unemployed that
took pface In 1764 says the London Ex
press, did not meet with any great suc
cess or public sympathy. In that year
wigs went out of fashion, and the wig
makers ot London were thrown out of
work and reduced to distress. They
petitioned Qeorge III to compel gentle
men to wear wigs by law. As the wig
"makers went In procession, to 8t
James to present their petition It was'
noticed that most ot those persons who
wanted to compel other ; people to
wear .wigs wore no wigs themselves.
This striking the London mob as very
Inconsistent they seised the proces
slonlttts and forcibly cut off all their
hair.
An Interesting discovery was made
recently at Peterborough " cathedral
during the progress ot some evacua
tions in connection with the underpin
ning ot the south wall of the sanctuary,.
Three stone coffins, one very large and
two smaller, and the stem of a Saxon
cross; richly ornamented with mould
ing ot a won known Celtic' pattern,
were discovered. The spot Is the north
eastern extremity of the Saxon church
Which was destroyed j fire by the
Danes, and propably formed part ot a
monastic burial ground. Archaeolo
gists believe the small coffinsmay have
been those of the children of one of
the kings of Mercla. The cross la to be
preserved in the cethadral.
Athletlos In Our Navy.
The navy department has Issued k
special ordor announcing the allot'
mnnta of athletic outfits to naval ves
sels acrordfng to their complements,
and saying that they will be supplied
at once. These outfits include balls,'
baseball bats, mitts, masks, protectors
and bags, being gloves, footballs, foot
ball trousers, stockings and belts, pro
tectors and bar boxlni gleves. fenc
ing gloves and masks. The fencing
outfit is designed for the special use
of officers. On the request of squad
ron commanders trophies will be fur
nished their commands as follows:
Vessels having complements of S00
or. more: Kowmg, a gnaea rooster;
sailing, a small model of a navy cut
ter under sail; baseball, a blue and
gold banner; football, a gilded wood
en football; fencing, crossed broad
swords. Vessels having complements
of less than 300: Rowing, a sliver roast
er; sailing, a small model ot a navy
whatahoat under sail; baseball, a red
and gold banner; football, a silver
Wooden football; -p fencing, crossej
broadswords. All trophies are to bo
suitably mounted end so arranged that
the necessary Inscription can be en
tered upon them yearly, and are also
to be protected by glass coscrs. New
Vork Commercial Advertiser.
The telephone can' no longer be le
pnlly used by German phytlciins in
(lictnting prescript inns to' dni'-'i 'ts.
becniiee ot I tie Cim:ic of 1 : 1 1 ; s 1 im.uu
d i w!ii.;:t;i:i. .
BILL ARPSLETTER
Quotes a Tennessee Lunatic
and Draws a Lesson.
VETS REUNION WAS GREAT
Bill Wants to Know What Manner of
; Man Is Governor Longlno, of
Mississippi Indiana Cham-
' plon . State for
: - ' , Lynchlngs. :
"I am Jesus Christ the carpenter's
son. My mission Is to save slnnors.
I fought In the civil war from Dalton
to Jonesboro. Twice t have been pres
ident of these United States since tho
lurren'der and have atton-led all the
reunions up to date, but now they
have got me penned up bore as a Ten
nessee lunatic and won t let mo go to
New Orleans. I can't get a passport
because 1 am Jesus Christ Cant you
do something for met ' I want to go
and rejoice with those who rejoice and
weep with those who weep."
That poor fellow has my sympathy.
Maybe If they had lot him go with
the veterans It would have restored
his reason. I know It brightened up
our boys and now they can't talk about
anything else. Was there ever such,
glowing, growing patriotism! : It looks
Lltke the number Increase at every re
union and tnat without pensions. The
Grand Army of the Republic- has re
unions, but It Is mainly to keep cp the.,
pension grab, the thing that Tom T"'
ton called the ; ',oottomlo"w,'
charities and gra'"W"
I saw It stat"
70 per cent
forelgnr"
OKT-r
bursted evii
Mason and DhrtliTT'.iru
In Pennsylvania1, the ao.'ir-s.
bad to cut down tneiypoioa tor a nit
dred miles
But I'm distressed about Mississip
pi. Who it Governor Longlno, any
how? fits ame Is not In any biogra
phy that I've got I reckon It wasn't
worth putting in. t reckon he is a
foreigner or he wouldn't have Invited
Roosevelt, the slandorer, down . to
Jackson to help lay the corner stone
of the capital. Roosevelt said that
Jeff Davis was the arcn repudl-tor and
while governor vetoed the bill that
made provision to pay the repudiated
debt and he has never retracted nor
apologised for that lie. I Wonder If
Longlno knows that dovenor McNut
was the author of repudiation and
gave as his reason that the money
was borrowed from B(-ron Rothschild,
tn whose veins flowed the blood ot
Judas and Shylock, and whose mort
gages would confiscate our cotton
fields and make serfs of our children.
That's what her said In bis message,
but the legislature wouldn't vote for
It and It took five years to get the bill
through. All this time Mr. Davis was
fighting for his country In Mexico and
got desperately wounded at Buena
Vista and had to use crutches for rlx
years. He was never in tne legisla
ture nor was he ever rwrernor, and yet
Roosevelt, the slanderer, lets the He
stand and Longlno Invites him down to
lay the corner stone. Oh, my country)
When Will all this toa.tyUm and hy
pocrisy ceasef Oh, Mississippi! How
are the mighty fallonl -,: ., ,
Now these utterances are In my own
neither the editor nor any paper Is
responsible- tor. them. . My feelings
and emotions are all my own. I honor
the memory of Mr- Davis and hav pro
found respect for his widow, and there
Is no limit to my contempt for the
brute who put manacles on him or the
conceited historian who slandered blm
It Is a comfort to despise them both.
And now, three cheers for Indiana,
tha champion state for lynching ne
groes when they commit outrages on
their women. Not a week passes but
there Is a fresh case and the people
turn out and scour the country for the
brute, And now they are driving all
the negroes out of a count ywhere an j
outrage was committed. You see
they have no chain gangs op there and
but few negroes, Lynching haa almost
topped in Georgia because punish
ment is more speedy and there Is a
chain gang to sight In almost every
county, but let a sure-enough case
come up and a sure-enough lynching
wlU swiftly follow. There are more
than 7,000 men In our state who have
not bowed the knee to Baal and the
Rev. Newell Dwlght HUlIs shouldn't
sleep In a bed In my house unless he
was sick unto death. .
. But onough "of all this. . It sounds
like l am mad with somebody, but I
am not We are all happy at my
house tonight, for our far-away boy is
on his way home. We have just hod
a telegram from htm and he will be
here tonight. Ho lives In Mexico City
and It has been three long years since
we have seen him. '1 nls Is Carl, the
youngest boy the" pe ' his mother
the one she loves the brat and prays
the longest for every night. He will
stay with us a few days nnd then go
away again, and perhaps never see
us any mere. My wife has been sav
ing the spring chickens for him and
the flowers are not to be cut till he
comes, and the strawberries are still
bearing and tha cake la tfl'the oven.
Nothing Is too precious for Carl and
be and Jos M sing their old sotiES
and rehearse their happy days when
we lived In the renin trv on tho farm.
Oh tho hitiiiv. ht-i'pv days on
furm, 1 ' f"rft m 1 . nil 1 t in 0 1 !
onr 1 si
A SEBMON FOR SUNDAY
LEARNED DISCOURSE ENTITLED
; GOSPEL 07 THE RESURRECTION
Christ Arlsaa Fran Ilia TmbM Is MmU
the BolOmt a Powerful Address bt
the lUv. Rrary C. vMnUB Re
views the Miracle from Kvery Point,
Nkw York CitV. Dr. Henry C. Swent-
Ml t OL T ,,V-' I U.,.l. ..,....i,.l
S!mdaymorDinKon"TlieUtDelot tho Kee-
urreotioo." Ifo took hit text from Arts
rviii JS: "He preached unto them Jesus
ana cue resurrection " JJr. tiwentzel said:
With wbat noble confidence did the apos
tolic church set out to serve its world-wide
minion. It had a new religion to proclaim,
a glorious mnsag from (iod for all the
races of mankind, It was not provincial,
but catholic. It began in Jerusalem, but it
looked forward to compassing the whole
earth. Wherever It went it encountered
beliefs and rites which were venerable, im
pressive and upheld by the prestigf of
wealth, rank and cu'iure, but it was ione
the Iom devoted to its huge work. What a
hopeleea task It seemed to be to convert
the human family to the gospel o." Jesus
Christt The M inter of this latest mlt was
a Jew, He had been disgraced by rnivhix
ion, and there waa now scarcely tnotvs than
a handful of disciples to tell the ftory if
His career. When we consider tha over
whelming odds against which these men
struggled as they proceeded to evangelixe
the multitudes, we sre ail" the more pro
foundly impressed with the confidence with
which (hey took up the more than hercu
lean labor. The magnitude of the effort to
which tney Were called did not deter them,
persecution could not affright them, the
appoiitiom or indifference of the better
ensues could not discourage them. On
they went, from city to city, from country
to country, preaching the religion of which
they were gladly the earthly champions.
Not alwara nad thrv ripen of this lmivp.
The mightiest among them, tba rock-man
himself, had utterly collapsed in the high
nr.... , .1 t, . . 1 . , . . t . 1 t
i..ia. .iai.-c, vim oner me jaieiui unr m
the cross thw all accented tha nliirht
LtJue who had served a lost cause. But
nf "lhis is changed. The towards are
t' '-of the hrave. and each of tha
verv peril and to
-feuajind sal-
j-nr:
of Dim in the Urm..
Wonder at the cit)mnM m
TO
wtiicD oe nn tne orneai woicn nil
liberately sought. What S striking,
he is as he stands on Areorjao-uH furu
chief intellects of the classic metropolis and
speaking with undaunted boldness of the
risen vietus. ine aun-orowned traveler, a
stranger in s strange land, he knows that
t i is in th centre of the very best pagan
ism, and he Is as fearless of Us prcjudicei
and subtleties and ridicule as he had bees
of the prisons of Syria. His training hith
erto had prepared him to appreciate tha
sights on which he gaxed. , In him the civil
isations of Jews, Itomsns and Greeks met,
and he bsd appropriated tha finest things
of each. His attainments enabled him tc
see the difficulties all the more plainly
Evidently s Hebrew, his nationality would
make :t harder for him to win the respect
of his hearers. Conscious of this handicap,
ha would feel the weight also of the quer
ies and the bias which his words would
surely evoke. t was probably bis first visit
to this seat of enlightenment. Its far
famed glories which lie had long siuce de
sired to see were now before his eyes in
all their bewildering splendor. He had
mastered its language and literature, and
now he walked on its streets, looked upon
its population, gazed upon objects made
rare in interest and celebrated in epie 01
in song, visited its sanctusries and its
schools, met its thinker and artists, and
realised the beauty and the power of its
life and tbomrht. From the time thitt he
disembarked at the pier his attention was-
conatantiy arrestee by the monuments and
serines of Athens, and all the tokens of
its genius and culture. ...w
Of monuments the new reli-ion has yet
had scarcely one. It wss still in the rlnvs
of its poverty. ' Churches and cathedrals
and endowments were matters of the fut
ure. Whst could St. Paul expect in re
sponse to his pronouncement? The ambas
sador of Christ understood that he bad
come either si the legate from the courts
of heaven to the seers and scholars of this
seat of learning to declare tbe resurrection
of Jesus Christ from the dead; He was fucs
to face with the clever scions of the highest
intellectual culture known to antiquity;
hard by were tbe temples of Kumenides
and Theseus, the Propyiaeum of the Acrop
olis, the temple of victory, and. towering
above all from ita lofty pedestal, waa the
pronxe colossus of Minerva. Well might
be eaanmt that Stoics and Epicureans and
other thinkers would attempt his over
throw, but he did not flinch while hs an
nounced a religion aa yet without influence
er art or literature, with scarcely a com
fortable resting place for its HcripUrea and
ita sacraments. - In his manner, however,
there are no indicationa that he waa con
scious of any special advantages. It could
not be otherwise, for bs bad himself wn
the risen Jesos act he eouM. tborefpre,
not be more certain of tha shining sun than
hq was of the truth of tha Gospel which he
? reached. It was this unalterable tnnrio
ion which sustained him even on Mar
Hill while be discoursed i t the redemption
accomplished by Him who died and rose
again. Hs waa not -plitting hairs aor tell
ing fables nor playing with metaphysics.
at upneid the risen Christ to challenge at
tention and support his truths and win the
souls of his distinguished audience.
The basis of St. Paul's confidence ss aa
apostle oi Christ is tbe only ba of confi
dence in believing. The first"- Ohrntinn
were Easter enthiiaiasts, Their untitling
belief in the resurrection of Jeers had
much to do in making them worthy of ven
eration as the best among God's family of
saints. All that bad oeeu written concern
ing the lion ot Man they pondered with
pious devotion, but they never forgot that
He came forth alive auain from the rave.
They would think of Him aa the Son of
Mary; they would lie.tr of Ilia childhood
years; they would study His sayings nnd
His works; they would contemplate His
sufferings and death, but always would
they include Hia victory and coronation..
"With great power gave the apostlot wit
ness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesm
and great grace was upon them all." The
apostolic church ia a model, not only 1:
matters of polity and usucre and doctrine,
but also in the religious tue of its spirit
and faith. It was pre-cmim-ntly ail Faster
corporation. Filled with the Holy Jlhoat.
it bore abundant fruits and d;ii abuadsnt
lafcrs arid achieved abundaxt 2-'.it h
cause in sll its ideas anil plaA it stood
upon the platform that liml r.ilfi'l P
6on J9iis Christ from the dcml. 'f he same
cause, we cannot doubt, would to-day pro
duce the same effect.
All -.his ia of solemn, pracHc.l moment
to onr own times. A!' Jioudi thu preariicr
is not miirni (hoe who .niicv tinit tt
eaiiuo of
w.th all
ion is wanii
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hound
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fwcnlii sll c.
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Christ, flow many th'ers are win would
rather not bs pressed too strongly by itt
discussion.. who would prefer to have it
eliminated 'from distinctively Cbristisn
teaching, wtin would award It no further
dignity than to allow it to be placed among
the matters of secondary importance to
which litt'c or no reference need be made.
Just here there haa nnanetlopab1v been a
decline of trrtitnde, and the hour arrived
long ago when the issue should he strongly
made and honestly met. If it is at all un
certain- that the divine Scdeemer cams
forth from the grave, it ia just aa well for
lis to know It aed to fashion our belief and
make onr Calculations accordingly. It the
old faith is in peril, or even iif it should
ke held in abeyance, as lovers of tha truth
wa should be ready and willing to accept
the result with the utmost candor aud con.
ilstency. There has been entirely too much
reticence aid hedging; there has been a
disposition to dodge the real question,
though perhaps with a charitable pnrnose
that thereby the conscience and hopes of
others might not be shocked; there has
keen a sentiment that seems to advise thst
the leu this matter is emnhasised the bet
ter for the church. Let the church throw
down the gauntlet: let it have this matter
out "once for all with thoe who dispute it
or who hesitate tu accent ii ex animo. If
the case is not settled let us' aettle it and
settle it right. Let us insist upon the facta
whatever they are. ..- '..-. ,.;; vy,
Christiana mir well hide their heads in
shame if they feel constrained in behalf of
their religian..trj.esk any quarter, to accept
any favors of ttioiie -who do not stand by
the faith once delivered te the saints, or to
take advantage ot any tecttmcailtiea. Jiet
ter ten thoiwsnd times a controversy than
to have this Important part of the gospel
continue where it now ia in the estimation
of so many good peonle. We may well af
ford to seek sll the light that ia available,
and we need not be afraid to accept the
consequences. There are those, thank
God. who feel that tha authority of the
church is sufficient warrant for the doc
trines of the church, but that authority Is
not universally recognised, and ft surely
will be no mortal' sin. if neonle smid their
Inflrsiities respecting religion demand other
considerations in support of belief in the
risen Christ, ArfSqtliar considerations
forthcoming! Are I t-asona which jus
tify timidity on out J la there a aus-
icion-thai snnehvii we- eotua limy
now fit this r-jrffer our eseed would be
worsted Bafuetiopii tnay seera to be
ot'iiuM-'" V whose faitll Is sure, and
V I hardly justifiable at
will think,
11 unit, wssi 1
abaqtuuv
tion of thex
witnesses anfl-s,
for truth and vein--
their narrative is extraoi.
acter they must expect su2t.
moat rigid examination.l'hey wlK
the teat. The anostlea and their foil
were people who for integrity and religion
have never been surpassed. Not only were
they the incarnation of honor and piety,
but they are entirely trustworthy on every
account. They investigated the matter
with the utmost care. Although excellent
folk may bt deceived by others and even
by themselves, it is impossible to suppose
that these men were the victims of either
form of deception. If the Master had ap
peared to them sit on only a single occa
sion, there might be place for a suspicion
of their absolute accuracy, but they saw
Joans many times after the resurrection,
they talked with Him, they ate and drank
with Him, they even put their fingers into
the print of the nails. The list of wit
nesses does not consist ol two or three
names, but includes a ) 600 persons.
The church ia still another witness. Hei
organisation, her beliefs,. her sacraments,
her unfailing testimony from the beginning
and to every generation that tbe Foun&'r
of the Christian religion earns forth froi
the dead is worthy of the utmost consider,
ation. The results of this Easter creed
shonld be reckoned with, for the doctrine
of the Lord's resuirection has produced
I race of men, women and children who are
the very flower of the human race. It haa
brought forth all that ie best and worthiest
in every Christian country.
What is the reasonable response to rl,
this testimony? It cannot well be ruled
out. It cannot be discredited. It deserves
omething better than the Scotch verdict
not proven. - Aitnoogn we 00 not reiy
a a A . " 1
rJ'L'VlHirt'
while to snow that the enuren s creed ta
supported by ample and adequate reasons,
and that faith in the resurrection ef Jesus
is not blind credulity, but the acceptance
of an historical fact which ia duly verified
by the canons ot historical certitude.
Human nature does not cnange essen
tially. The needs of to-day an not very
different from those of 2000 years ago.
The gospel which St. Paul preached in
Athens he would preach thia day in Great
er New York if be were here. "Jesus and
tha resurrection is the blessed and tn-
1 amphant theme. How grievously that
r j 1 -j j . . i
wui 11 ul unit is nccueu nut winy iur iud up
holding of faith, but for eherisius: snd
strengthening hone for an eternity of felic
ity ana diiss.
Of arrant inhdelitv there ia
now comparatively little, but there is most 1
unquestionably at least a partial failure to '
be quite sure of the soul's immortality. The '
prospect of everlasting life is sot denied,.'
it is simply not realized. , Many a heart it
saying, "Would that I might bs certain ot
it all! It is impossible to suppose that
the multitudes who are not actively asso
ciated with the church believe in immortal
ity. If they look forward to an endless ca
reer beyond the hills of time they would
speedily change their attitude toward holy
things. Ana if the whole oomoanv ol
Christ's disciples were to lay bold aa they
ought ol tne gospel 01 Jesua ana tne res
urrection," there would be another pi-.i to
cost and the kingdom of God's dear Son
would come indeed in all its Dower and
glory. . ... -i .. .
' A STUDY TABLE.
Have the carpenter make a table
three feel square of any bard wood,
with good, substantial legs; have two
drawers one on each side and abova
them heavy leaves te pull out after tho
fashion ot typewriter-rests on busi
ness men's desks. These leaves rest
on the open drawer and make handy 1
.!, tZ ty ,i,im- .w ... 1
sloping and not so high as the ordin
ary table. The table should be about
thirty Inches high; It should be built
with a lower deck, or shelf, whlih may
bo stocked with Biuiple books of refer.
eflce, while the drawors hold pencils,
paper, eraser and everything elne the
small students need. In the evening
have 'a good lamp with a shade, and
turn til" table over to the children. It
will 1 for Itself a thousand times
In iiiiki ind tiVjppiT saved, air. an
llln ;,:,vo st III! v to the llttU V3.
1 c III lli
NEW SOCIAL FIELD.
LATEST DEVELOPMENT IS VISIT.
INQ 8ECRETARY TO SOCI
ETY LADIE8.
A NegloctedEdueatlon Expert for So
cial Aspirants Supplies Confidence
" and Knowledge of Social Amenities
to Those "Not Born In the Purple."
The neglected-educallon expert Is the
latest development of modem day re
quirements. A very fundamental help
er In matters ot Importance to social
aspirants, she supplies amenities to
patrons of the welt-to-do class, and
edges Into households where-the pri-vate-lessons
professor or the current
topics reader would not have a ghost
of a chance Yor business. Indeed, she
prepares the ground for these workers,
and they and the parlor lecturer pro
fit much from her services. ;
"Visiting secretary to society ladles.
Neglected education specialty. Tact
and social experience unexcelled. En
tirely trustworthy and confidential,'
is inscribed upon . tne expert's an
nouncement cards. ; These cards are
left' at the shops of the smartest tail
ors, milliners and" fashionable outfit
ters frequented by ' wealthy-women,-Customers
to whom such expert ser
vice would be a boon, spy the cards.
Correspondence and engagements en
sue, and the field widens of Itself. :
: According to one of the pioneers In
this specialty, there are scores of un
lettered women occupying fine homes
In the big cities today who realize
their lack of early training, and would
fain rectify the deficiency,
i Many women are unable to write
creditably their social notes and let
ters. Others are Ip
business letter
portan
bosK
I had straightened some
her and written a letter or two, sufTrtEsrtvt-j
looked at mo wistfully and said, 'Ton
must have a terrible good education.
I wish I knew so much.'
"This client began lite as a nurse
maid In Canada. Then drifted to a
hotel' in a big town and worked until
she became pastry cook, eventually set
up a boarding house In New York,
married a rich foreigner who boarded
with her, and Is now a retired rich
widow setting her cap for a bachelor
who seems to be her steady cavalier.
"For all her Ullterateness sbe is an
attractive woman when dressed right
I'm her right-hand adviser In satorlal
matters, and I've come In a measure
to be -.er moral adviser.- She'll tell
me things that she wouldn't tell her
friends. And I've discovered her to be
fond ot high living and enlivening
drinks. ''i':-','-:j:zJ-! -f:-T--.is ..:.',,.,,.:.,.
" 'You'll never be anybody If you do
that!' I told her one day. 'Yon haven't
got position enough to afford It and it
will ruin your looks.' Tuis patron de
pends on me so much that sho would
UVUUI INI U1V W aUW.U W-at IUU 1IVUIII I
il.dlr nar me double-mr hour's waei
"Another woman whom I serv
1
; the wife of a lawyer of eoad no
i Who traiikly owns that she a
, books and writing when at
can't write letter coi
day.
. "1 can't spell!' sKe says, -and the
' minute I get a Pn In my hand I'm a
fool. , I hate books, and It wouldn't
matter only my husband loves them.
' He reads legends and old-time poetry
1 classics, he calls them to the chll
1 dren, and I feel left out and as though
only , the housekeeper and frock de-
signer for the family. My
.,. . flratw-lai
out nrst-clai
husband
first-class Broad
way shop, where I was a buyer of ntll-
llnery and Colng well.
" "Two different professors of litera
ture havs attempted to give me les
sons, but f- lack the knowledge that
would make such things Interesting.,
I'm a modern woman. 1 I hate old
things old houses,- cathedrals and all
that I like everything fresh-painted
and, up to date. . My relatlons-ln-law
think me sadly lacking, and If you can
help me to like reading the correct
things I'll pay you liberally.'
"A little woman in an uptown apart
ment has engaged me to help her con
quer her shyness and diffidence, with
strangers. -h
' "In educated, and here at home t
do very well,' she says, 'but I dont
show off. I cant entertain or make
I nearly as good appearance as women
with half ' my knowledge., I get
T 7Z T wh7 eZn. Wi
hould not wnen mP"y s present.
tangled and say the very things I
and It worries my husbana, who Is
very social and .would enjoy entertain
ing if his wife was the proper hostess.'
"I'm trying faithfully to Inspire this
woman with confidence in her own
powers and enjoy ny hours with her
much more than those with the blond
bcniity at a notable hotel, who Is go
ing In for Intellectual pursuits be
cause that study will add to her ex
prcsslvonfRa of countenance. She la so
tin up 1 hi 11 It Hi it h' e i ns 1 1
t lo lntoivat to spare fur snvthlng c! 0
and will lnti-rpint (lie i)i' t lnioi ;t
lii 1 1 b i t i - 1 n
til vi 1 I 1 U 1 1
really la 'Just a new flatterer and Byia
pathUer, but, she la willing to pay tor
the privilege,
"The wife ot a rich German-Amor!-can
Is taking point! in EnglUh speech
and composition froBL tne and I have
done good service In.'persuadlng her
to alter her style of dresaTSh was
wearing flounces of the barrel-hoop
design, when long straight linos were
kkmj. . b. , aha bmm hnn.ala aatt.
ut'i MOVSI. .. 4UIU tu. nuis uuu 11 v. aim
opera bead decoration that, would
make Venus frightful. She says her
husband Is delighted wlut her student
progress, but I know It's the tasteful ,
dressing that pleases him. - The wife
Is too old and staid sow even to
change her manners and way of speak- N
lng. -.; -
"'Post me up on polities,' another
patron tells me. 'I attend the current-,
events readings, but need information
back of what they supply. I must
know the main planus in the party
platforms, and those things that bril
liant women discuss. International af
fairs I have not kept up with at all,
and some ot the men I meet are more
Interested In politics - tnaa ' anything
else. ' My husband ; wouldn't . notice
whether I had on a newgown or an
old, but he-siould MiSTo' UWHf-staji-$u1)ilo
mitttfrand be able to
-talk about them.' . .
. "The QiMwi'tMi patron I have wants
information on ecclesiastical matters.
'I'm a dunce about church history,'
she confided at our preliminary imor
vlew, 'and my best friend is deeply
Interested. He Isn't a minis.", but be
talks beautifully about the different
movements and reformations, and I
know he would like me to know some
thing on such subjects." iasug
gested that I study and asslrj1" he
tac propenjrj
Messengers tv.8k.
"We think of putting our met,.,
boys on roller skates," said the over-"
seer of a messenger-boy station down
town. "The paving ot the city U
practically perfect now. The sidewalks
are as good as a rink for skating pur
poses, and many ot the streets, wltii
their asphalt coating, are as good as a
rink themaulvea. Heiico, - the boys
would have a pleasanter, easier, swift
er existence if they used roller skates.
I got a boy to make a trial of those ,
skates the other day, and on them bis .
working pnwer multiplied Itself by
three. He had no difficulty, on the
upper part of Broad street. In making,
elgbl miles an hour, and down town be
skimmed along at a five-mile gait,
"I suppose you are aware ot the' pop
ularlty of the roller skate In London?
Over there you see people everywhere
darting this way and that Upon the lit-
tin wheels. The clerks use them in
.
going to and from work. The staid.
milled ijijjli. Ill'niti'iHsliliii li lulls,
ely, morning andrec!ng,
at- 1 . W I . T"
rtn mo puny wiuuun simis,
iiiladeiphia ttecora. -
At the "Kilties" Mess Table.
Presently the pipers halt In line be
hind the colonel's chair, and as the '
notes sink Into the waning drone, ap
plause bursts fcrth spontaneously.
Then a single piper steps forth, and '
with measured pace displays his skill
In a lament He, too, receives his due
of approval when an ancient custom Is
observed. The pipo major Is haudod
a large sliver bowl, which he fills with
whiskey. This ho present to the
colonel with an appropriate Gaelic
greeting. The colonel takes the bowl
with both hands, drains Its " contents,
kisses the bottom and rerarua it te tho
pipe major with a suitable Gaelic re
sponse. This custom is known as tho
Passing ot tbe Qualch, and every one
present is offered It In turn aa a token
ot Highland friendship.
Then the pipers blow ont their In
struments, : and while they march
round and round the room a ram's
head, in which Is set a jeweled snuff
box, is passed along the table. Out ot
this every cne Is expected to at least
make a pretence ot taking a pinch ot
the mixture. Capt. Michael White in
Tbe Independent
. .- Food Consumed at Delhi,
, This reflection brings mo back to
the ball at Delhi; there were nenr'y
four thousand persons present, Includ
ing a number of chiefs In full dress,
the Duke and Duches of Connm?-' 1
snd the Grand Duke of Hswo took p .; 1
with their Excellencies tho ;'
Lancers; ladles who had chalm ',
upon them in order to watch cv y
are In that historic dance. At ti : ;
I am told, the following kw t
OonriHhincnt wa3 gratefully
8000 epss, SCO quarts of soup, 1 , .1
(i-i.a .)0 ielHe-? ritnl crouns, S ft 1'
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