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0 " ' I ! ) ' A NUMI3E1U2. VOLUME XVIII. FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 12, 1903. i i 1 ) MY Wh. t gat riek, ril quit th road lor good Aad tj ooa eat t home h each aaa should, Who bu a hoot whereia th faithful wife Through tui ot loneaom tabor spends hwr diet m glv Mm youagar bulky tlmewora V - grin -. -" . .ajUfiUblBj T routta monthly trla, Wan I gt rich, at bona Til gladly tay. Aad (It ay wife torn comfort every day, I'll smooth away th wrinkle !ro bar face That tlm ha all too aooa begun to traeei I'll lighten all bar labors, groat aal amall, Aad U aha would consent, 1'U bar them ail, when I got rich. THE UITIGATION Hon Hit Mtrr Tumi" tht Tabht tn Hw Ctw-Btj Lortr, Firtt ' i Snubbing Him, tn4 thtn Falling in Lett with Him. By MAT BBIXBTIIXB BROWN. V 71, It wa mail-day at Wax haw. Th Bax row etreet In front of the postofllc waa full, and the hltchiaf-poaK tch teth ered ita aaddled horse. There were high-heeled booU with jingling spurs, reckless-looking sombreros, cartridge . belts and full holsters, as well aa leath er and befringed leggings, but the crowd about the gray and weather beaten Cottonwood building was a de corous one. . Even those who came and went through the swing doors of the Cow boys' Best down street did so In a aub ' dued way.. Had a stranger, expecting vociferation and " reckless 'shooting, i questioned the state of affairs, limber Jack, the erstwhile Bad Man ot Wax haw, would hare explained. "Don't talk too loud, er Miss Narry'U git after ye. She don't like a racket when she's sortln' the mall." The men lounged and talked, ex--chknirliut tobacco, the news of the range and frequent libations Suddenly the postoffloe. door opened, and there - was a hush. An erect, well-built woman V of about thirty-live stood there. The . sun caught the ripples ot her red hair, " turning them to copper; her mouth was set In a grim line as she looked ' sternly across the crowd. : "You Samuel Smith!" Her vole drifted commandlngly even Into the ln . tertor of the Cow-boys' Rest Tour hron--aJchlng Itself against the fZ- Ajirnnrk "1 over. - u 7011 mn sun i more carerat,yi I not hitch here at all." Y .ial ' A dozen men sprang with alacrity In . answer to her complaint, and as many more reproved the owner of the of fending animal, who was Smiling Sam to all but Miss Nervy, and who meek ly led the pony away. Juno Minerva her father had named her, and he had fondly hoped that In hds only daughter might be united the . wisdom and the beauty of her goddess godmothers. These she came to pos sess only In a moderate degree; also from Minerva, perhaps she inherited a temper. Her father, early widowed, had be taken himself and his young goddess to the plains of the setting sun, where In the heart ot the great grating country be established a small store at a trad' Ing point on one ot the great stage lines. He died while his daughter waa yet young, the general opinion upon his taking off being epitomised by SI Merrlstalk when he said, "How glad the old man must be to be good an' dead, an' whar Miss Nervy can't boss Wm ter a spell.' , "Blamed ef she don't try to reggelate every llvin' one o' us," Limber Jack nplain. "Jaws us ef we don't change oilr-syrta, er ef we run our bosses er take a band at A quiet little game. Allays two kinds o' things Is " wrong them we do, an' them we don't don't do so anyway she's sure to skin . Despite their fault-finding, the men Who frequented Waxhaw secretly ad mired and gloried In the possession is Nervy. The very fearlessness and the high temper that rendered the contraction ot her name a fitting one caused them to respect her. She waa neat and businesslike; the goods in her little store were Irreproachable; aa postmistress she waa accurate; her algnnients, If severe,, were us tally knowledged to be well grounded. and, above all, she was a woman. Today the crowd that awaited the sorting of the mall displayed, with all Its decorum, a suppressed excite ment. After much discussion of ways and means whereby Miss Nervy's se verity might be lessened, some ot the more daring ones had hit upon the scheme of furnishing their goddess with a suitor. "Love," declaimed Limber Jack to the camp-lire circle "not the shtlan derln' fllrtin' that most o' us has done, but reggelar, squashly love, that means tyln' up to the ' same post softens the hardest-hearted, which means Miss Nervy, to'rds the whole world, which means, us. We'll choose a likely duck to b'sTege our fair portmlssls, an trust the rest to him an' Providence." - After much deliberation, Tom Ketch um, who had been Nervy Tom nntll Miss Nervy wrested away his laurels, was selected as the Horatlus of Wax haw.. . , :- '.;?.'," -V "I s'poae It might as well be me as any one," he remarked. In tones of resignation, i "111 die some time, any way,' either by ehootin' er broncho bustln', an' ef it'll help the gang any to have It come by red-headed lighthtn ' all right" s . , .' "He's never balked at a proposition yit, frm a bobcat up," said Limber Jack, exultantly; "an' ef he causes Miss Nervy to s'render, hell be good to her. We dont want to s'prees her, nnderatandln', merely to er to miti gate her, so to spenk." ; -vAsaln the poetoffice tfoor opened, wl again she of the auburn hair is sued an ultimatum. " "Such of you aw expect any mall may come In now single file, remember. No, Thomas Ketchurh.holdlng up a warning hand, "yon ain't? had even a circular from a whiBkey-hotise In a year. Tou stay out." "But I want some torbacker, postulated the man. "Walt till the mall's distributed," she snapped. "I'm not a storekeeper sow; I'm the gov'ment's representative." VOW. Wbaa I gel rich, ril glv with Uriah hand To help the fallea rise la rery land. I'll give to spread th gospel far and wide, ' To teed and elotbe the poor on very sld I'll advertise that I hare funds to apara la doing good to other everywhere, Whta, I ft rich. - . Wha I get rich, Why make so rash a tow? A Tola wltbia ae whisper, Ta aow Then art already rloh la raonro grand A voloe that now can ohcr, a helping hand, A heart that bow mbonld beet with ktir dlTlne , , . eit what thou baat, glv freely what Is thine, , For thon art rich. -Charls W. Board, In Bam'sHora. OF HISS NERVY. The last letter and paper were hand ed out to the file that came and went, but the crowd loitered outside as a moral support to Tom, who entered last and alone. The minutes went by, but no sound was heard from within. ,I tell ye, boys," gloated 'Jack, "Tom's the one fer Miss Nervy. He'll give her lest that mlxcher o' firmness an' blarney that'll ca'm even a red headed woman. Why ain't we thought o' this afore? While he's courtin' her, we boys kin hev some liberties when we come to .town ''.-'' The door opened with explosive sud denness. Tom, with petrified face, came hastily down the steps, and Mis Nervy appeared so quickly behind him as to almost tread on hi spurs. "If any of you men want to buy goods here, come on! If not, get away from my premises!" Her square Jaws fairly snapped shut: "And If your busi ness Is done, get back t) work! Town's no place for you!' . And Tom's spirit was broken. He took his share of the work In a dull, dogged manner that hurt bis fellows. Whatever Miss Nervy, had said or done had been as an acid that bites deeply. A smothored aversion to the wonftn came to lire, and among those who frequented Waxhaw, and loitered to trade with MIbs Nervy and listen to her vinegary speeches, the "Flying Flag" men were conspicuously absent. One usually transacted business for the outfit, atjd'ovenWff'vislC lls Nervy Ignored the ab sence of the "Flying Flag" contingent, but finally curiosity a failing common even to goddesses mastered her. She was handing a sheaf of mall across the counter to Limber Jack. "The 'Flying Flag' seems to be giv ing us a needod rest," she observed, sarcastically. "Has the foreman really got them to work at Inst?" ' - "They're mos'ly takln' turns at nurs- In' Tom Ketchum in their spare time," answered Jack, nonchalantly, as he stowed away the mall. "What alls Ketchum!" she queried, a shade of Interest crossing her face. "Seems to hev been breakln' down fer the las' three months," replied Jack. "Acts lest like a man I knew 'at got clawed up with a wtl'-cat, an' loa' his sperrlt So's when a cayuse 'at Tom was breakln' fell on htm two weeks ago, an' smashed some ribs, he kind o give up an' got a fever. We boys dont know much to do; but Bob Vermillion, 'at's been a boss doctor, he fixes up some mashes now an' then. We're all sorry." "A horse doctor! What, a pack ot fools!" icqldej Miss Nervy. "YouH kill him amongst you." - ' v Jack was at the door, but he turned, and drawled, gently. "Oh. no. Mlsa ntervy; his death wont be at our door. We all knows what's killed Tom. He allays bad more backbone an' life than any man on th range. aad no man er gang o' men could do. blm up that-a-way." . , '"Who's that?" asked Sam, later In the day, pointing across the prairie. A buckboard drawn by a rangy sorrel was approaching.". . "Rig b'longa to the eatln'-house at Waxhaw," aald Jack, ''but I cant see who's drlvln'." ; , " ' Just then a turn of the road brought the slanting sun direct on the figure on', the drtver'g seat.'. It was a woman, and even at that distance they could see the glint of burnished copper. - "MIss Nervy," ejaculated Bob. "Now we're In fer It!" , "I don't aee it that-a-way,' answered Jack, eyeing the approaching figure sternly. , "Well meet her in a body, an' ca'mry ask her to go back to Wax hair, whar her talentsll be more ap preciated. Tom's hed 'nough o' female wU'-cats." ' : . , As Miss Nervy jumped nimbly to the ground In front of the group, Jack ad vanced a trifle. "We boys think ye'd better go back, Mlsa Nervy meanln' no dlsreapee'. They ain't nothln' fer ye to do here." For a brief moment only Mlsa Nervy looked at Jack, but It waa long enough to shrivel him Into nothingness. '? ' "Yon boys think!" The repet. on waa snarled with telling effect. Turn ing, she drew a bulky package from under the seat of the buckboard. "You boys have been thinking a good while, and now suppose yon do something. Mister Jack, go to the cook-shanty and bring me a kettle of hot water hot, mind youp-for herb-tea. Samuel Smith, you take me In to Tom Ketchum, and lt me tee how near you've all come to tiling him. Bob Vermillion, you've been a doctor long enough; you'd bet ter go back to bosses, and yon can be gin by taking care of mine. The rest of yon clear out When I want yon ril let you know." It was after supper. The men lounged on the crisp buffalo-grass that loped away from the houses. A hush fell over the group as a woman came walking briskly over the grass toward them. Miss Narvy stood before them, stem aa ever, but with no trace of venom In her glance, and looked at the men, who rose to their feet at her com. Ing. '.-;--' "Tomorrow's finnrlav " mhm ... j nounoed, "and the circuit rider preach r," ex-f f Hoover's Ford. That's twenty mile. Can ouevt you get him here by tomorrow night?" , "Great Caar! ejaculated Bam, "Tom oln't that bad, Is he. Miss Nervy?" ! I ' For a moment the men saw avmost a gleam of mirth on her face. "Tom's better, but I can't leave him yet awhile, and as I've been Intending to marry blm anyway as soon as I'd got In my annual report, and the postotOco In spector been here, I might aa well have It over now, and then nobody can say anything about me taking care of him." . - . -v , They stood watchlij her trim, erect figure as she cross i the gr' hurry ing back to her Invalid. "Wall," drawled Jack, "It tookaome fbnger'n we hed figgered, but the Job 'i none better's we hoped fer. M 1st Nervy's mitigated all right' Woman'! Home Companion, TABLES OF THK WEALTHY. ' Every Convenience and Comfort, for the Horses. A glimpse Into the Interior of one of the many handsome buildings In New York set apart for lodging and feeding horses would delight all lover of the Intelligent equine. ; The total coat of stables whlcb embody up-to-date scien tific fittings, sanitary flooring, perfect ventilation, and correct style, varies from 150,000 to $150,000. Instead ot wooden flooring or earth, which la very Injurious to the animals' feet, small bricks are aow used, making a stand ing place that is easily cleaned, and Insures perfect sanitation. The stalls are massive and handsome, the sides being ot teakwood with a two-Inch dado; the wood extends upward about four fret' or as high as a horse might be expected to kick under ordinary cir cumstances. The oat and water -mangers are on opposite sides, which Is an advantage, aa the animal doe not slop his dry food; the hay la put In a division ot the manger with a wire screen over It o that It can be got at easily, while undue waste does not result, as In the days when it was placed In a rack over the horse's head, where It could be pulled down and trodden under foot The doors of the stall are fitted with Ingenious devices which necessitate the Insertion of the finger and thumb to onen. and the tricky horse Is thu debarred from opening the do'' going for a stroll without "by your leave."" Tho avion of racks, kswliv' fittings, for letters, broo: telescon hanx' York mlllllrmi In his stable as In an al rooms In his own dwell when any new specialty 'he market whereby the sta- improved or made more or istons to test Its adequacy. icular about hiring ; as he would be in ensraa-. Ing a secretary: and 'the men he nicks out to care for his animals must be diligent nutiring, progressive and In telligent There are at least SO stables between West Fifty-eighth and One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth street which are marvels of comfort and con venience. On entering any of these the visitor Is struck by the neatness, order, and. even elegance which per. vades tbe place. Plenty of light fresh air wlUh no trace of the fumes usually associated with stables, lofty ceilings, and animals whose coats shine with satiny lustre are found In profusion.- New York Times. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. The highest speed which matter has been known to reach Is that attained by the eruption of hydrogen and oth er gases from tbe sun, which Is at times several hundred miles a second. That "magic wand" which locates suitable places for wells has turned up again. Thla time It la In Germany that the little basel twig la being used with success and much discussed. The farmers of India, when fuel If scarce, cook an egg without fire. Th egg la placed in a sling and whirled around for about five minutes, until the heat generated by the motion has cooked It ' The tall of a fish la bis sculling oar. He moves It first on one side and thea the Mber, using his fins as balances to guide his motion. If the fish li moving fast and , want to atop ht straightens out his fins just aa thi rower of a boat does his oars. A woman In Paris la said to be tht largest specimen of her sex In tht world. Being unable to enter the door of a railway carriage, she take her train journeys In the luggage van An Infant In Missouri la said to b the smallest human atom, weighing only a pound. A remarkable sea monster was re cently caught In Port Fairy bay tq some fishermen. It measured nine feel six Inches in length, bad a tall lik that ot the screw tall shaft, no teeth, a nose like a rhinoceros, a head tiki an elephant two dorsal fine, four atd fins and two steering fins. The skin was black and very soft The most experienced fishermen say the speci men Is new to, them. They cannot hazard a guess aa to the species. The fish baa been sent on to the Melbourne museum. : In a certain office at an Australian railway station there may have been seen a very long list of names ot wo men" who have at various times begged the booking clerks to let them have, without payment, tickets to various places. They have forgotten their purses, or lost tbem, or spent their lam penny on a new pair ot gloves and various reasons. They, will call the very next day and refund the money . without fill But thore the names and addresses He, with the amount of the borrower) money writ ten opposite. . Unnceary. " "And who Is this Mrs. Smith thai lives acrose the street?" anUed the visi tor. "Oh, I never talk scandal." hiiBtllv remarked her hostess. New York Sun. lieep iiZjy Die iw I nate lift. I He Is Tart I stable grooml BUTTON! ON BUSHES. : ' A Nut Furnishes This Needful Article ' of Wearing Apparel. . . No, the Ivory buttons you wear do not represent the death ot an elephant in the wilds of Africa; your pearl buttona were probably never nearer than you took them to the shell of a bivalve molluak, and the probabilities are that no rubber tree ; was ever tapped to produce the hard rubber buttons that adorn your overcoat Down In Central America there Is a fruit producing- palm that has Quite metamorphosed the button business, and formed the nucleus for one of the most Important Industries In the Unit ed States. . The seeJ of this fruit con tains a milk that is sweet to the taste aad relished by the natives. The milk when allowed to remain in the nut long enough becomes Indurated and turns Into a substance as brittle and hard aa the Ivory from the elephant' tusk. . The plant that produces these nuts Is called the ivory plant Most of. the buttons now used In America, whether teamed IvrJry, pearl, rubber, horn or bone, come- from thla Ivory plant Thus the probabilities are that your buttona are. made from a vege table milk, and they grow on bushes. The Ivory plant Is one of the mar vela of the age and la rewarding Its growers with-vast fortunes. The nuts are brought to the United States by the shipload ' aad hauled across the continent to the big button factories, from which they Issue forth. In every conceivable design, color,, grade and classification of button. ; . . The Ivory plant has recently been discovered In California, but the nut It produce In It wild state la of in terior quality and will not make good buttons. It is believed, though,., that vrlth the proper cultivation the Jreit would be aa valuable aa the antral American. If so, the growing T but tons In America would bt"-"' dustry of Importm""'"' the growing j for everv Th" Lr' nuthii archalaVis In vogue forV and more vaty N n ay is ek es com. purpose man stance, and United States one-halt ot tbe world i world 'i 1 nlne-tA Is ma Ivory nuts, and getable Ivory buttona. "When tbe nut reaches the huh ii vuu miq luree siaoa. in the process ot cutting out the button Is partially shaped. Afterward H the thread holea are drilled and counter sunk. The button Is thon sent to the polisher, who uses the shavings anJ powder made In drilling to polish them In their white state. Afterward they are sent to tbe designer, who traces oh the buttons In Indelible dyes the designs needed to make ' them match Ihe various weaves, coloring and textures of fabrics. After receiv ing these outlines, If the buttons are to remain smooth and receive another coal of coloring, they are put Into dye. It they are to be stamped with a segregated pattern, they are put into a pressing machine fitted with dies ot the pattern desired. Popular Mechan ics.. :, ., v....-- "" A 8plders Expedient i v Last summer a large spider had Its web in the top of a decaying peach tree with so few leaves that It was in plain view." I caught sight of her first while watching some birds with my glass., she seemed to be climbing from the top Of the tree on nothing to-a telephone wire some IS feet away and somewhat higher H an her web. Wnen she reached the wire she went around It and then back. In studying the situ ation I found that the web waa so lo cated that It required a cable to bold It up, And. the spider had In some way got one over the wire so far away. This cable was, of course, a slender silken thread which evidently she had thrown out. and on account of Its lightness It bad floated to the right place and' became attached there by Its glutinous propertlos. It seems re markable taat It should have adhered to the wire firmly enough to allow so Urge an Insect to climb over It, which she did every day. Washington Star, Bacteria In Bathe. " . . br Glynn has Investigated the water ot various Liverpool swimming baths at different periods of (he day and finds a vast Increase In the number ot bao tsna towards the close of the day. The water removed from the skin and hair of. each bather in about ten minutes, approximately, gave' 4,000,000 germs. He says It la a great and glorious thing to wash, eves in a swimming bath and without soap. In the second class bath each bather contaminated the water with 6,000,000.000 bacteria. The bacteria that were - found were the white staphylococci, end the coN on bacillus at the en j of the day. He thinks tbe feeling of stupor and far tlgue riler swimming 1na"publlc bath, aa felt by some persons, Is not due to the numerous microbe contained In the water, but to defective ventilation, American Inventor. A Curious Find.' . An Iowa womnn who was cleaning bouse one day accidentally knocked Mt a brick and mortar from the sld of a little used room. In doing so she came upon a curious humming sound and a delicate odor. She told her sons, and two ot them climbed up 1 7if outside of the house and removed some of the weatherboards to Investi gate. ThoA were much surprised to find tlmt ni-ly the whole flila of the house h! I" -mi filled In by bees with honf-y. f Yor k Ti lluino A SERSION FOB SUNDAY AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ON "CHRIS. TIANITY'S BROADMINDEDNESS." the Bev, Or. Henry C. Siraitsel Contrasts the Chafeh With the Katrow-Gaast Avenve f aa One af the Mlserlee o4 . IneUaloa rotated Oat la Detail. Nxw YoK ClTT. Dr. Henry C. Sweat lei, rector of St. Lake's Church, Clinton avenne, near Fulton street, preached Sun day on "Th Broadmindednes of Chris tianity." He took hi text from Psalms exix:M: "Thy Commandment is exceeding brond." Dr. Swentsel said: . . . , Th Son oi tiod Lai called men ln'v a Elace of liberty and ha act their feet in a irge room. His example, Hi teaching and His whole tone jllnatrat and prove His broadmindedncM,. No on who nirlitly appreciates th Gospel eaa well contend that it seeks to mak human nature smaller and feebler than It is, or that It would lower th dignity snd lessen the freedom and banish th opportunities of human life. " - In the broadmindednes of Jesu I one ef Hi most notable characteristics, lie lived in the open, and His every word Indicate the comprehensiveness of His thinking and the perfect sanity of Hi conclusion. He 1 th broadest being who ha trod thi earth and He ba given th broadest religion that man has known, a religion which is not racial, national or erovincial, but worldwide. It la intended Inspire th most liberal ideas and to rrake tit largest men.. It i th embodi ment of broadmindednes In doctrine and Ideal, in it outlook, ita estimate of posai bilitfea, and ita conceptions of human des tiny. '? .f'n. -i. lyrery lollowsr of Christ should divest himself a far a possible nl narrowness and pettiness -in living his life and doing his work. Let him b. thoughtful and honest fnd industrious and brave: let' him he an, broadmiaded in hi ideas, generons In his nrinciDles and loval in liia conscience. He is not called npon to emulate the paltry disposition ot the past, or to try to restore the regi.ne of a bj-gone age Ar to ciamor io ine return or condition wnicn were well enouah for a vounoer civilisation. but which should sot be installed in the twentieth century. Religion is not Miner itition, faith is not bigotry, godlines is not intolerance. -W!Ll,e4nke account of th I "" "wJJlMI Of to I (mirh. roared froii )f a mere catchword, and havetietilesaing u 11? 1JWW hkh are imparted by the breadth of thought and sympathy which on of th vary finest mark of a son of God. ' From whatever standpoint It is viewed lh religion of Jeaua Chrwt ia characterised for It broadmindedneea. It i to-day th only world religion, and tbe church look mrward te th time when all th people of all the nations will become the Lord's disciple. An yxamination of the theorie or Mherae which here been set up in opposition to or rivalry with th everlast ing gospel will disclose their essential nar rowneat. both SS tn ideas and lib . Tn treat with th nOtiona held by those wh stand aloof from Christ, how broad and strong w in platform ot Christian belief! In all th world then ia no creed or con feasioa which is so ample and liberal and eomnrehemiv aa the Nieen creed, it is great in what it say and in what it doe not say, m what it define and what it re fuse to define. It expression and it reticence are aignificaot and impressive, in it technical term hav been reduced to minimum, and it stands a an unfailing source of truth and aspiration which shall bless and enrich all classes of humanity un 0"the close of the latest g. It proposei the divinity of the Trinity and tbe trlnitj of divinity, but not in th forms ef phif Mophy. ft declare th Fatherhood of God the gonahip of Christ, the perpetual aiin ittry ef to Holy Ghost, but not in the elaborate phrasea of the theologian, it upholds the virgin birth of .Tesua, Hi worldwide office and Hi omnipotent en deavor "for us men and for our salvation," but without the glosses of a mistaken devotion. It nroolaima the continuity of tb church of th apostles, but without the speculation and dicta of th ecclesi-O.'ogit- It announces the nearness of God' children in every world, and th blessed Me of endlea felicity which await the souls that He ha redeemed, but without th fancies and guesses and .vagaries which have vainly tried to explore the hereafter. These truth are not only re. arkabl in th manner of th.lv statement, bnt also In th am wive. They ar the foundation on winch we an asked to bnild while we an hen, and th structure of our thought and motives and effort should be spacious accordingly. . What an anspakable trim It is to at tack uch a belief on th icon of it al leged narrowness. It presents th largest idea that man ha known, and it presents them in th largest possible way. It por trayal of Jehovah ia ia kartnony with Hi dinne majeaty; it acuount of Jesu ha th wtnee and reverence of the go pel socordinc to B. John; ita interpretation of the HolyiSpirit ia a aomforting aad in spiring doctrine for th need and sorrow and posaibilitie of tb present; it declara tion of the church mark it a a society of grace and blessing which was founded iX the Lord, and, like a beautiful angel, Trfceim te "The nra of ne wona to eome.J The an th dearest of all doctrines, th best and the hriuhteat. the lantaat and moat liberal. Whatever else they are, they an nut contracted or paltry, but a esth olic as God and aa universal as man. In- A -i- . I . i. : . . world that protease to desin th allegiance or every boo y. it Has tne tengta ana brrJ'h and depth and height of the love of Uud is. Jeaua Christ our Lord. It doe not give u. views or conjectures, but only the commandment of God which 1 "ex ceeding broad." The clever pettifogger can mak It diffi cult for us to defend mything, though we may be infallibly aura of ita truthfulness. Ihe cross-eiamiuer may succeed far a to bring us to the verge of doubting tne testimony of our own aensea. . Kren ao an doubt eaaiiy possible concerning the mat ters of Christian belief. It is not the pur pose of this discourse, however, to diarnsl the grounda of skepticiara except in so fat aa they would imneach the br-adth ot Chriatianitv. r-evenl forms of unbelief, or of indifference, which is in a sense 'the eamo tiling logically, present a sorry spec tacle in the prewm-e of the indu-ovencs of the Gospel. AVIint are the truth lor which they stanil. anil how real are those truth j'licy talk pcrlmps of their intol I: -Umlity, lmt they should remember that the ro-'n who are responsible for the isi- renp rec'l tvro iMvmsMers as nieta- phv-irii its. 1 hev len'i' to tllf hhrrly of l-bwtl they .i-e the rloiiopiotu, In.r i ' th very doctrine of nihilist and anarch ist in society and politic. With blare ol trumpet they herald their own broad mindedncsa. but if they had their way, jud If t..av could sweep religion from tb fac of the earth, burn up the Bibles, dynnmit the churches, it requires no propbft to foretell una a areaaiui auunuuu miun ensue, as thefsult of their havoc., ihe Btj" "k? putfa agnoicisra ae'r.sl th creed ha nothing U give this world except what would make men more narrow than they are, and would speedily plung them into condition first of civilised paganism tda little later of rank barbarism. Ihe keptic ia no more an apostle oi liberality than is the anarchist an apostle of liberty. With great regret it must b confessed that there are and have been, multitudes of narrow-minded Christians.' Inasmuch a human nature find it'diflicult to attain onto noeratity, tr I no to ne wonuereu ; that so many fall short ot the breadth of oar holy religion. Christians have not onlv been persecuted, bnt they have ac tually persecuted one another, because ot difference of opinion. Only too frequently have they fsiled to recognii the eom prehensivenes of the tiospcl, snd they prefer their confessions to the estholic faith and their wcta to the catholic church. It i (imply impossible to po1o ir for them or to offer any argument in extenuation ot their grievoua offenses along this lin. They havt restricted their God and their Bible and thiir oreed, and have stood up stoutly to resist the krge mindedncs of their Lord. But .this does not really affect the issue which we hav In hand. It does not at all impair onr contention that th gospel of Christ itself not Protestantism . or Puritanism or Ucdievalism, but the gospel contalas the broadest doctrines, the broadest ideas ol Qod and of man and of destiny, and the broadest working principle of thought and af life. -- -.. - , ' God's "commandment is exceeding broad" in ita practical application to man's jonditions. It preaches God' Fatherhood, whioh is a mighty foundation for (he in tellectual life, and tnan'a brotherhood, a-hich makes the scope of moral obligation. Clod's relation to ua is most assuring, and rar relation to Him and to all our broth ers make the theatre of action and aeti forth the sphere of conscience, sympathy ind endeavor. One of the miseries of ir religion is that it despoils humanity of all this. The heart which cares not for the doctrines of Christian belief is ssdly Im poverished and reductf thia pre tent exist ence to a small attain for it has nothing to ny of th higher thJiBuw of an eternity blessedness, and nnturig that avails tor Vjjnlnroement - irntion Sntl the re- I Christ truly dis- rrsued that' mniwnig anvthina e ae oulsmi daily taak. Then. too. the nnirit ef the o'tHalTh business man that make him ambition and satisfied to become a man of business and tbua reduce his life to the level of a men monev-maker, is likely to produce th lam direful result. No one should willingly becom a machine. In spit ol the advancement which ia one of the woo den of th age. the people of the United State an now face to face with a situation which (only require a crusade in favor o broadmindednes a crusade that will ex hort th people, in spite of discourage ment to the contrary, to find leisure for considering topic and retorting to occu pations in addition to those which belong to their daily engagements; We must sim ply make time for thought and reading and recreation; we must rise to the glorious liberty of tbe children of God; we moat inaiat for ourselves that the moat import ant thing are not meat and drink, but tb kingdom of God and Hia righteousneas. We need the broadmindedneas of Jesna. We need Hi outlook. Hi doctrine, Hi model of thought and life, Hi symmetry of character, His proportion of manhood. The Saviour of mankind would save us from pettiness and illibcrality. He would have ua accept God's largest eatiratte ol ourselve. He would call ua to a life which will issue at last in the heavenly land, He would fill ua in mind and heart and ouj with God' commandment which 1 so ex ceeding broad. - , . Owe Fart Keseattal. God lias a place for each one of us and a work for each on of as. God do not ex pect a to fill more than our own place, or to do mors than our own work, but each on of as j important in hi or her own nhare. AD tb offering of the wealthy in th court of th temple in Jerusalem wen well in their time and amount Hut ihe poor widow, who -bad only her two mites, ahould not hav felt that her gift was unimportant. It seemed a if Jeaua sat watching and waiting for that little of fering, and the story of her doing her pari has been told the world over in tbe centur ies ainot then, as a lesson, aad aa an in spiration. Even though our part is but little on God, it were, watches am! waits for that. Shall it b lacking? : Saaertorlly in CoaCesaloB af Wra' , A confession of wrong may be proof of a possession of superior ability. On who ia making progress is likely to see truth in a new light to-day, and to perceive that lie was not right in th light which he bad yesterday. Fop y truly, "A manahonM never be ashamed to say he has been in th wrong, which is but saying in other words that he ia wiser to-day than he wa yesterday." Therefore it often require more ability to admit having been in the wrong than to stand by th position which on maintained yesterday. Have you thi sower to growl - BIRDS PLANT TREES. An old-Mme Aritona wood choppet says the blue Jays have planted thou sand of the trees now growing la Arlsona. He saya these birds have a habit ot burying small seeds ln the ground with their beaks, and that they frequent pine trees and bury large numbers ot the small pine nuts tn the ground, many of which sprout and grow. -He was walking through the pines with ani Fastern mm a short time ago, when one of these birds flew from a tree to the ground, stuck his bill Into the earth and quickly flew away. Wbon told what had hap pened the J5astern man waa skeptical ; but the two went to the spot and with a knife biade dug out a sound pine nut from a depth of about an inch and a half. Thus It wJl he ""en that nature has hen own plea for forest perpetua-tion.-IIudlanp')li3 News. .- V i -- W ars-rearl" o enter your nam an our sur ., i tool.. You will not r-' ... a . i r . .iy to fc BILL ARP'S LETTER Northerner Too Distant to Know Negro Problem. GREENLEAFIS OVERRULED Fr ' Illustration Bartow Man Telle Qoed Story Anent an Irish Jus tice ef the Pease That Bug ' boo of Slavery Again. : Borne fifty years ago there was a dogmatic old squire In the seven teenth district ot thla, Cass county, whoae name was Jm McGlnnl.- He had plenty of what Is called good horse sense, a determined will and abuna ance of prejudice. He won the J. P. machine In that district for about twenty years, and his final Judgment In a ease was the law of the settle ment Nobody dared to appeal or carry the case up tor tear of offending him and losing the nest case they had la his court. : One time a fellow, sued another fel low for the hire of a negro. Judge Parrott was on one side, and Colonel Abda Johnson on -the other, and when the Judge started to read his law from Qreenleat on t ''JCvldenee," Colonel Johnson stopped him and made the point that Mr. Greenleaf was a very smart man and had writ a power of good law, but that be was a yankee and lived In Boston and knew no more about hiring negroes than a heathen knows about 8unday. The old squire asked for tt$JHVwsnd looked- " ' the tltlo' ' In Bf cry opinion, buow 6rn one ?; phlloeoie dictating lOSOlr. about hut In a VDuaequentlal manner, I unconsciously raise my foot to kick somebody. : There are lota of folks up about Boston who are looking over their spectacles at us, aad dln't know they had a Tewksbury almshouse. If they would lower their sights they would have a power of work to do at home. I bought a leather purse for Mrs. Aarp once and she won't use It tor it came from Boston, and she li afraid It wag made out ot a human hide that was tanned from Tewksbury I've got no pathetic sentiment about the nigger. The yankeea (Msaed a whole lot of amendments to the consti tution to put him on an equal tooting with Us, socially and every other way, and they were the first to break Mm. If the Indiana had been down here In place of the nigger, the whole yankee nation would have been friends, bnt now they are their enemies aad keep driving tbem further and further Into the wilderness and cheating 'em out of all the government gives 'em. We have got to study race just like we do horses and cattle. The Anglo-Saxon has got bis traits and Instincts and so baa the Indian and the nigger and the heathen Chinese.1 W cues the Jew and tne Italian, and why ahould't we consider the nigger, with the same philosophy. - Bome folk seem to think we owe him a good deal because he didnt cut up and rip around during the war, but I don't He didn't care anything about It and he dont care now. It Is not bis nature. He had little rather have a master than not to have him, and the truth Is most ot 'em have got 'em and they always Will' hav , -...!r-w;- Slavery. Was HMmane, . ' We are tired ot all this nonsense about slavery. It was no blot It waa hature. There are a heap of popple now .In the south who look upon slav ery like It was Acban's wedge of gold and perished under the condemnation ot uoo. ana man,, nut t aon t want any body to teach my children any such slanders, for I know It was In the main a humane Institution, and if the nigger la any better off now than he used to be, I cant see. The whites are better off, a long ways, but the nigger ain't I've great respect tor the old time darkles. . I know lots of 'em I would fight for. If I was to see a msa Imposing on my good old faithful friend;" Tift I would fight for him like' I would fight for my children. I love these good old darkles. I am willing to live with 'em and die with 'em, and be burled with 'em In the same grave yard and when Gabrlol blows his horn I can rise from the dead with 'em with out any fear that It will destroy the hilarity of. the occasion, as General Toombs said.. , Loves Old Darkiee. I love these old darkles, not as my equals, but as I love my children. 1 love tbem because they love me and are dependent upon mo. Tho rotation botwenn the white and black race In by nature one of protection on tho one side? c I dopondein'o upon tho hIIut, 1 v -i ft ! -to bo t! -t I I "U'l- no use for- the nigger It- It always a pleasure to me to befriend 'em when they want By friendship and my help, but when thoy aspire to be my eqna and put on Independent airs. I've got no further sympathy.' I have been ralsod to look upon negroes as chili dren, children In youth, and children In manhood and old age. ; I didn't have . any hand in making 'em that way. It la their human nature and they can't help It, and I have a sovereign con tempt for any effort their people are making to change tbelr relation to bs, tor It can't be done. The education of the nigger tea humbug, so tar aa to make blm a good Catgen. , It has been tried already, and baa proved a failure. Hla best education, la one of contact close con tact with the. white rate. If we will let the negro alone and keep him out of pel tics be will get along very well and there will be no problem to solve. There never would have been any problem If he bad been let alone. ' He has no business with office or In Ihe Jury box or in the legislature, and. he never will have. This 1 a white man's government and the white man must oveVn It The Anglo-Baion- n the dominant race. We donT wanjyth Chinaman nor the Indian to make our laws. As a laborer and a servant and dependent I bad rather have the negro tjlan any race upon earth, and that re lation to us just suits him, and when' you try to lift him out of It you make him a fool and a vagabond and render him unhappy. I don't want him a slave any more, for hla slavery was no advantage to us. I had a lot ot 'em myself And I know they were no profit to anybody except a tew exactln&vmas- tors who made of slavery all thMnJ blot" thesa. !"" II ," no the last of It HlstSry m of two- races living fpeUicv unless one was ln CgtVoTnuircaw. ence upon the other. Oar modern phil anthropists are deceiving the negro when they Batter hint with a capacity equal to the whites In fitness to invent or to govern, or to rise to the heroic or the sublime. reckon If one of Onr millionaires was to die and leave hla money for the education of poor white children u would be a violation : of some of the constitutional amend ments. We want to help the neg.-o, bat we want blm to help himself first Be has got to work out bis own ad-, vancement by Industry and by saving what he makes before education will do him any good. Dr. Mayo, of Bos ton, waa the superintendent of edu cation In that state; and he said : The negroes must be told that no people tn any land, was ever so mar veknlsry . led by Providence , aa they have been for S50 years. Indeed all of the g" """ft lift Ir '" T was for thwyarft .T h.l ISra- f'"' eijKgSSlut work, and that drill In the primeval virtues which every, race mast get at the start and their slavery waa a charity school, compared with the) desolation and tyranny by Which the European nations came up to their present civilized life. If the southern freedmen now lie down In stolid Indif ference to their future they will de serve all that their moat contemp tuous critic say of them. .' This Is sensible talk. There Is no foul blot In that vlew of slavery and it Is good talk to the negro, What. the bad negro wants la less cbalngang and more whipping, and the bad white man should be punished -the same way SILL ARP In Atlanta ConStltu- - Wlreles) Telegraphy la Peresta. . If. Malche. a French Inventor, has made some experiments with wireless telegraphy In the forests of St. Ger main. 'The transmitter waa plaoed on the top ot house, but connected to the ground In the manner Of a lightning rod. ' A thousand yards dis tant two Iron poles to feet apart wore connected together by wire, and had a telephone receiver In circuit 8ounds from th transmitter were plalrfj beard ln it Receivers off the line Ht transmission do not catch the mes sage. ; -" :" A British parliamentary papor shows that as usual, nearly 20, (V more boys than girls were born in tl British Isles last year. Whence, tbwi, the "superfluous woman?", The bn-j die, during the first weeks and m - of life, at a far greater rate tlum i supposed "weaker vessels." In a r months they have sunk to an eqnn' and soon woman takes the b ad, r WJcally, and kw-pa It, numcrli Th6-:reason Is not unconiiPi h d v. tbe largor size of the buby boy's 1 for which he either pays t!.; i vary early or renps the rcn u.i woman win forgive the lilut-l.-' 'v t o n'li n rry iM.u llrv aiiv'fiEi ia ir.