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NUMBER 33.
VOLUME XVIII.
FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 19, 1903.
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HOW CHI
Bhs'4 in A lp to go out with him,
'Twos oi tha topmost floor i . '
Before th mlrrer she had posed
A weary hour or mora. v '
At iaet Ik started dowa th stairs,
Aid he iu glad, but thea,
Bhe tarried on the second Boor
To Mt herself ag1
her mirror there ,,
Kb turned aa4-tarkdsa4rura4
Aad took an Urn aad pstaped aa thrift
bhe ealy oobombm.
fib patted bom and touched ap tucks
Aad felt her luffy hair,
And rearranged bar sew "at" hat
With aadiiaialakad tar. .
' Aad thea aba gathered ap kar skirts ; .
Aad llird then la kar caad,
Coquetilablf looked baok oaea re
- Into tho mirror, and
Went down another Bight of stairs
iS To lha reoaptlos room,
W .ire he waa huddled. Ilka a skunk
Of ralabow-oolorod (loom.
U An Altruistic Adventure.
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' Denbelgh Hall wu la the flood tide
of IU regular "at home." Denbelgb
Hall, io called from 1U London pro
totype, wu one ot those escape valve
- ot modern altruism known as social
settlements with which the east side
dwellen of New York are now aa fam
iliar aa with their own delicatessen
hops, Among this Institution's various
activities there was religiously observ
ed a weekly form ot social amenity
known as Denbelgh Hall's "at home."
On this occasion there fell to each rest;
dent in turn the lot ot providing some
'definite form of entertainment for the
."neighborhood,", whose members filed
.la. sheepishly receptive to those pro
tease, they were about to endure at
the hands ot these fervent If untutored
acolytes of the new democracy. This
evening It had been Hiss Rood's turn,
xnVthat worthy young woman ;. had
' elected the less technical results ot a
Ave years' research regarding the Pas
sion Play ot Oberammergau, -noat of
which had seen the light In an ab
, atnue nubllcation devoted to the ana
tomy and" not to the flesh tints of
'science and literature.
1 Her audience meanwhile moved rest
lessly and wearily In the , creaking,
; wooden chairs. It was made up ot
hard-featured, apathetic women, list
less""" -looking girls, and here and
man, wiiu an otioub ire-
'YaceTuiry--wjeen. . Miss
, blind and it.
he had gradually created,
s fine aad yet finer point ot
. Eleanor Cavendish, one of
newat recruits' at Denbelgh Hall,
"glanced apprehensively at the danger
signals flying from the tortured guests,
She lrotod.. despairingly about among
he other residents, scattered at dls-
. creet intervals thfm Jbevroom, In
search of some one wno mlghTSieTft5,
-to share her own emotion on the sub
ject '-.,,-''. ,
. Standing near the door that led Into
- the narrow hall were three or fonr
of the men, residents in Mars ton House,
the University Settlemont three blocks
down the street One of them lmmedt
', ately attracted Eleanor's attention. If
only for the reason that he looked as
, bored and matlnoas as she felt herself.
She was sure she had never seen him
. before. As she looked more closely at
him, however. It struck her there was
something oddly familiar about the
high-bred poise ot the head, the clear
cut features, and the tall, well knit
w form. Suddenly be turned slightly and
fastened his eyes full upon her own.
Eleanor promptly turned awsvttdB
h? moment JfigaKood'a voice
fjP irelenUess drone.
Drumnioad, EMd workcrof
elgh Hall, a position she held by
iue ot having . been instructor ot
too!ogy In a woman's college, rose with
her most impressive classroom air,
y . "We wUl now have a little music,"
she announced in the manner of one
f - kcatterlng tntellectnal largesse to an
"-unlettered mob. "Miss Cavendish,
whom you all know so welt, will now
sing tor us."
" ' As Eleanor came swiftly forward de
. - " lighted at the chance to make an ap
' i peal to the simpler emotions of her au
j dienos, a young girl In tne middle ot
. t,the room cal.ed eagerly out, "Oh, Miss
Cavendish, please piay 'lay Cakewalk
' " Queen.'" Eleanor nodded and smiled
.brightly as she seated herself at the
a. .
plan and , bent her head over the
i4 keys. - : -. ': v-
, As she Anally rose from the piano
' she saw coming toward her with an air
of assured acquaintance the man she
had noticed In the doorway.
- ( "Good evening. Miss Cavendish," he
exclaimed eagerly, "this is unexpected
good fortune. The last time I saw you
I. think, was at Mrs. Harmon's house
u, party. Do you rememoerr , ,
. "Wtv, certainly I remember, Mr.
y 'Trent, she returned with a frank
mll ot undisguised delight "It was
j on of the. most charming things of its
,r kind, But what are you doing here,
.max I askf" -'
-1 am-1m Tesidenee) at - Marston
"What! You to Marston House!"
Eleanor's eyes were wide open n their
surprise.
'"Saul also is among the prophets,"
- quoted Trent laughingly, v
"And since when?" pursued Eleanor
. ' Incredulously. ,
"Since last election day. And now,
please, won't you sit down and tell me
: something about how you happen to
lie oyer here yourselfT
riAnn - ...
- niece of the wealthy and fashionable
Mrs. Stanley Meredith. As such she
had been put through three years of
the hybrid pKtastoa typical of a New
York fashlonatrK Unletting school for
girls, a four years' supplementary
of travel and study abroad, and
one sne.ioi of society. At the beginning
ot her seojilJ awuion, however, she bad
quietly electeih,to go Into residence at
Denbelgh Hall foran Indefinite period.
It was the wavoof-winfclpal reform
which had swept over IJew York dur
ing a campaign memorable far the
roused conscience of Its better citizens
that tsarrled 8chuyler Trent temporav
II y over to that much-exploited ground
of the reformer, the east side. He was
but one ot several university gratlu
atex, ripe for hero-worship and Its in
GOT READY.
Ba smiled, ai aay kuabaad should,
But managed aot to apeak,
J ad It waa well; for ka waa aara
He'd waited thara a week.
Ba roaa to go, but he advanced
' Upon tba large plar glara
Aad back and iortk la trout ot It
Began to paea and paaa. -
Bha started with kar hat and kalr
Aad gradually worked dowa,
Inepeoting things, antil aha reached
The bottom ot her gowa.
Sha taught bar skirt agala aad looked
To to kow she'd appear, ;
Aid, avldentlj talltfied,
Bhaaaldi "I'm ready, dear."
Ba heaved a tlgh (bat made tt Soft)
And headed for the atreet,
But bearing aot tba footfalls ,,
Of her Loula XIV feet,
' Ba taraed he taggered and thea fall
Agalaat the aearest wall
She waa gating In the mirror
' la the hat-rack la the ball I
The Baltimore American.
evitable Idealizations, who had flung
themselves into the, war of municipal
redemption. When their hero had tri
umphed, together with most of the
reform ticket, thty had pitched their
tent near that ot their idol In the fast
nesses of the east side.
; Schuyler Trent had an v unusually
keen memory of his first real meeting
with Eleanor Cavendish that lazy week
In June when they had both been
guests under Mrs. Harmon's hospitable
root, At first he had treated her with
only that amount of deference which
an unusually pretty and popular de
butante might naturally expect to re
ceive. Then her ' , excellent ' golf
won his admiration, and. finally, at
the end of a week, he waa ready to
Join' the dance of not a ' few - other
moths about her fascinating ' flame.
Within ten days, however. Miss Cav
endish had sailed for Europe, - and
Schuyler Trent was cruising in North
Atlantic waters on a friend's yacht
;::'rT';;i'u.
' After that evening, Schuyler Trent
found It by no means a difficult thing
to include Denbelgh Hall as a vital
part of his settlement activities.
Whereas be had heretofore given It a
Wide berth, as the headquarters of
uneasy though estimable women of un
certain axe he now haunted its pre
cincts with unflagging industry and
seat He was constant In his attend'
anc upon Brfe TStBWay Ifsht
--Thereby winning the . heai
worker's heart beyond recall. More
over, he organized countless expedl
lions of sociological relief to philan
throplcally undiscovered portions ; of
the Invaded territory, upon most of
which he and Eleanor went completely
alone. Together they made the most
valuable investigations upon sweat
shoplabor and the absence of small
parka, Txtftr- "oN-Bfiich subjects were
burning issues with Sfst.on House
and Denbelgh Hall. v- '
' "I'm absolutely certain I shall do
something desperate very soon," de
clared Eleanor one morning, aa she snd
Trent were returning from a notable
discovery ot old brasses, "for I am get
ting terribly tired of this awful monot
ony of clubs and classes. I dont see
how I can stand It much longer with.
out a return to the upper air."
,'Tray don't leave ms out of It."
pleaded Trent "Remember bow often
we've been partners In crime." .
'I promise you solemnly," Eleanor
reassured him gayly. "that you shall
share my disgrace."
er tnan the next day in the form of a
... . J -. t . . a
characteristic note.
1 have an Invitation for the artists'
frolic at the Sherwood studios," wrote
Miss Cavendish, "with the privilege of
choosing my own escort I told you I
should do something desperate pretty
soon, so I've promised to go. Will you
be my escort? Kindly let ma know at
once what you will da And If you de
cide to go as you stand pledged to do,
call for me at Auntie's not later than
o'clock tomorrow evening. She will
be completely shocked, of course, but
I am simply crazy for an evening of
careless, happy-go-lucky fun, and I
mean to have it Please participate in
this carnival of crime." o -
Schuyler Trent was too much In love
to need any urging to follow his divio
Ity. He therefore accepted the invita
tion by return messenger. t,
And this Mr. Trent," questioned
Mrs. Meredith with the air ot one com
pletely dazed, as indeed the good lady
was by this latest development in
Eleanor's altruistic ; career. "Who is
he? You call him a worker, I believe
But that conveys nothing to my mind.
Has he any family! Where is . his
home?" j Hr'P.B.v.'!rK:ii,:: '..
Eleanor shook her head In a manner
dlstractingly vague, "Really, Auntie, I
don't know," she Anally remarked, "It
has merer occurred to me, do you
know, to ask him. We have had so
many mors vital topics to discuss that
family trees would hare been rather
a dead Issue."
Mrs. Meredith looked genuine kmaie-
ment and despair. "My dear child," she
exclaimed, "this Is a dreadful state of
things. Meeting persons who live In
tenements is bad enough, but going to
bohemlan gatherings with nondescript
young men Is impossible. To work
among the poor with people of1 no so
cial position Is sometimes, I know, un
avoidable; but to recognize them In
any other way seems to me fatal."
What reply Eleanor might have
made was happily averted by 'the
ringing ot a bell. "Here's Mr. Trent
now, Auntie," she exclaimed. "Oh, no,
of course you must stay," as that lady
prepared to beat an offended retreat
"It would never do for me to receive
Mr. Trent alone up town you know."
And Mrs. Meredith, speechless be
fore Eleanor's audacity, helplessly
awaited the next move of the game.
When she saw Schuyler Trent, son of
one of her lifelong friends, advancing
deferentially to meet her, her anger
was converted into terms ot unmiti
gated amazement and delight 1
"Schuyler, I'm charmed to see you,"
she cried with a warmth that surprised
that modest youth. "But with 'do
thanks to Eleanor, who has been giv
ing me. the most disagreeable sort ot
a shock fey telling me I was about to
receive one of her social pariahs from
the east side.-' I had no idea you had
-gone into that sort of thing, too." '
"I assure you no one 1s more ot a
social outcast than 1 am, Mrs. Mere
dith," laugbted Trent with his most Ir
resistible air, ' which never failed,
among women at least, of Us effect
"You are both misguided children,"
retorted Mrs Meredith in high good
humor, "but I suppose we shall all ot
us be only too willing to kill the fatted
calf as soon as yon show the least de.
sire to be forgiven."
"Don't forget that Auntie," laughed
Eleanor, as the house door closed on
them, "when I throw my prodigal self
at your feet And now," turning to
Trent with childlike glee, "please tell
the man to drive up Broadway, It's so
long since I've seen the dear old glar
ing lights."
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She leaned her arms on the ledge
left by the closed doors of the hansom,
and looked happily out on the gay
whirl of color, light, and sound.' -, 1
"Is.n't It Intoxicating?" she sighed,
her dark eyes brimming over with un
conscious deljght. "Do you xu-jw, Den'
belgh Hall makes me feel most of the
time as it I Were being starved out oi
my youth. Do yoq know what I mean)
she appealed to Trent 1 ; " ''
" "Certainly," be returned, "by virtue
of sharing a similar emotion. I'm
afraid, Miss Cavendish, that this social
conscience of ours is too young not t
require its natural fling." . .
' "Well, mine will soon be enjoying a
prolonged fling," returned Eleanor,
"for my three months of residence will
have expired In two weeks, and I don't
intend to extend the term." " ; i s?
"And what shall you do J then V
Trent's manner suddenly became very
"Wear the purple t robe, I hope,"
laughed Eleanor, "and the gold; ring.
Didn't you hear what Auntie said to
night? Well, I feel that the Ume la ript
to enact the part ot the Prodigal Son.
Why don't you try it yourself f
"I rather think I shall," said Trent
slowly. "Only, before I do that, I must
know If I have anything to hope for In
coming back up town. You see, EI
or," as the gin glanced at nim tnasfshy
surprise that made his henptrfwat per
ilously fast, "insteadottaUlng la love
with the new AejaHy i, fallen in
love with youna-hii Elsauorfc I
wonder- IMpou won't give me Just on
word thjeft win make the coming back
worUT while." i .
leanor's head was 'turned towara
Broadway, but her hand, of which he
had somehow become possessed, still
lay quietly enough In his own. Finally
she turned and looked at him. Her lips
ere quivering, but ber eyes spokd In
effable things. " ' 5 I
: . "I've fallen in love.wlth the new de
mocracy for Just one thing," she-declared
"and that is" g f ; ;
. But tV4eept no account, save to one
person, Just what reason she assigned
for her suddeu leaning toward the new
democracy. That It seemed to him
wholly logical and satisfactory is wr
aps the bestnroof that she stated her
ood studios TrenrE.ir
point of masculine assurance whU
abled him to say: - " t
"And after we're married, aUrllng.
we'll live" . .
"Up town," concluded Eleanor.
Mabel Warren Sanford, lb tht New
York Times.
' i QUAINT AND CURIOUS.' '(
A Swedish sculptor has noiv
ved the
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'Native feelings In India have 4eeu
hurt by the new rupee because the king
appears on it without his erowa To
be bare headed Is repugnant to thi
Oriental -t1?-'-: ;r;-z f f ""V
What is stated to be a spring giving
forth a liquid resembling 'essence ot
Violet both la perfume and chemical
composition .'has been discoterefl, in
a valley near Millau, Aveyron France,
' ' ''':"i;',"-mm js ", $ "'.t'"
Japan Is getting the bicycle craze, tt
Imported $2,700.000 . worti of Wheels
last, year, mostly j, of , the cheaper
grades, costing from f 12 to $25. They
are chiefly used for business and 'army
nnrpewss, , ,.f,, 4. -
,... W .Iff-; -3 r-i-i J., f..
The. highest point to which a man
has ever, climbed to tl.OsO feet, to as
summit of the Andean peek Aconca
gua, "The feat was accomplished by
two men sent out by the Royal Geo
graphical society. . v
1 In Japan very Ihln, transparen( pa
per is used . instead Of glass in win
dowsnot that glass Is aot as plenti
ful and cheap as In this country, buf
that the Japanese desire the paper to
Alter the air they bieathe. t
. i, traveler who has' recently- re
turned from a tour abroad, in the
course of which be met friends of Mas
cagnL' the famous Italian composer,
says that the 'musician's stock of Eng
lish words Is limited to "goodby,"
"New York," "Philadelphia", and "San
Francisco." ' ? "
v Twenty-six, German titles are worn
by American girls who have married
abroad and 20 English peerages. There
are three French duchesses and Ave
French countesses of American birth.
Seventeen Italian noblemen . and ' six
"Russians of title" have laid their
coronets at the - feet of American
brides. .1 Holland has two bsronesses,
American born; Bavaria one countess,,
and the sovereign princess ot Monaco
closes the Ust
.. Leuls Couldn't Keep It
York house, Twickenham, so long
the home of the exiled Orleans family,
is to be sold. A number of anecdotes
are related ot the kings In exile. Louis
Pbllllppe once had a witty conversa
tion with th land led of the Crown
host lory, hard by Ytrk house Itself.
"And wbo are you?" asked the exile J
king ot the landlord, whom he met in
the grounds, "I keep the Crown!"
replied the m other. "Ah," answered
Louis Phllllnpe, "that's more than 1
could do." Now York Tribune.
Keai'y all the royal families of Eu
rope euiploy American deaUils.
.JEWISH IIF IN RUSSIA.
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATIONS
' BY AN ENGLISHMAN.
A Visit to the Jewries ef Russia, G
llcla and Roumanla Scenes of Mis
ery, Poverty and Degeneracy Sems
: Exception to the Rule.
; As a member ot the royal commis
sion on alien immigration I have
thought It most Important to Investi
gate the question of Jewish Immigra
tion on the spot and sccordlngly -1
pent the last parliamentary recess in
Visiting the homes of all our different
aliens. '.
' I reached Dvinsk, my first halting
place in the Russian pale, on a mourn
ful rainy Saturday morning. The town
la said to have 80,000 Inhabitants, and
some 70,000 are Jews. The persecuting
May laws ot 1882 drove many ot these
from the villages and smaller town!
Into the larger centres of population,
hence the high proportion of Hebrews
to be found in the place; hence also.
much of the misery and poverty from
which these poor people suffer. The
preponderance ot the Jewish race was
at once apparent tip Babbath sending
the whole place to sleep. Not a shop
was open, not ft stroke of business was
being done. The only alga of life was
la front ot the synagogue; there a
large crowd of decent looking folk
were holding their church parade,
promenading up and down.
On the next day, Sunday, I was able
to see the town In its business dress,
though the Russian law forbids the
opening of shops by the Jews till 1
p. m. on the Christian day of rest
After that hour the markets were In
full swing, crowded with country folk
and soldiers from the cantonments
near by. All were eagerly doing busK'
ness with the Jews. A peculiar feat
ure was that the soldiers weMtliosUy
sellers and the Jews buyers. Strips
of embroidered ' Ru
boots, unironnjeGda mass of mtscsJ-
taneoMsoirtJSaDdlends were the arti
cles mnUch the cikr'i "Tommies" hat.
sale, -Every ir tlcle was the sab-)
lect ot a protracted bargain, and each
group ot soldiers in their white JacsJ'
etc and caps was surrounded .by. t
crowd with the characteristic stoop ot
the shoulders and flowing beards.
Round the markets were many drink
ing and gambling dens and disorderly
bouses. ...'-.'vV;. ,1
; No donbt the crowding of the Jewish
population Into the towns has led to a
general deterioration both moral and
physical. The struggle for Ute la a
desperate business for many of them,
and scruples diminish in proportion
to Its severity, i The house accommo
dation Is poor and squalid, but there is
always light and air space, and, con
sidering the Dvinsk from the purely
residential point ot view I personally
should prefer it to some streets ( could
name in towns at home. j
To those anxious to see jfVf them
selves what a Russian ghetto Is like at
Its worst, I should recommend a visit
to Vilna. There are' said to be some
80,000 Jews here not, by any means,
.11 . n. Va alM wtaat nf
be trade and prac.u-' Yhs shops'
-Te"heihe!r b" .mtb-'
j merged tei?tf)H
Tne ghetto ts a seeim
manjty. Manx of the streeu.
leys are so narrow that' the pav
almost touch. At' Intervals th
out their length, arc gateways
into j, courtyards, around whQ
dens and cellars In which th
BvS are clustered. ' ' 1
" IJPpt a whole, daj' rlsltfnjU
(a'the'oorners of the court, one wonl
And a wooden trough )nto, which alj.
the refuse of the houses was thrown.
The stench ' from these receptacles
Ailed the whole air. The stucco walla
were blistered and rotting as If In
fected by the poisonous atmosphere
within. InaUe, the people were crowd
ed pell mell. regardless of health, age
or sex. In one room I found a luna
tic in the middle of a family of young
children. I was followed as I walked
by a" crowd of haggard, anxious, care
worn people,- staring v at me , with
mournful eyes. Some Openly begged
alms; others had trifles for sale.' Man
seemed to pass their time in the syn
agogues, rocking and chanting them
selves Into oblivion of their miseries,
I came across several who had been to
V ro
He
Whlteohapel and bad been sent hackrcars. . Whst would bo the public so-
I suppose, as fit tor nothing. , One
man with a large family wished to
make another 'trial of England, and
asked me, of all people, tor money to
help him to get there. -. -.' '
There are other towns, however, la
the Pale, where ' things are better,
Finak ts on of them. Here Jewish
skill, labor and enterprise have been
combined to good purpose. It 1 a pto-i
turesqu place. The streets of wooden
houses. 1 and cottages are lined with
trees; there ere a quaint old church
and a seminary, and the river banks
sr full of lire and color. The popula
tion in 40,000, of whom 17,000 are Jews.,
This disproportion, as in most of th
towns of the Pale, would have resulted
In congestion In all employments open
to Hebrew had It not been for tht
energy and. enterprise of certain lead
ers ot the community, inch as Messrs.
Lourle and Halpern, who, by starting
factories, have succeeded in profitably
utilising the labor of their eo-reUgloa
ists. - :.-'; - :. .''.
In PlnsWtiier Is plenty of poverty
the poverty which Is common to all
large- towns' la vry - country but
nothing hopeless or abnormal..;; The
SOOO hands . In regular employment
leaven the mass, and the homes,
though humble and very poor, still
In several Instances show signs of
comfort and comparative prosperity. .
From Ptnsk 4 made a tour Into the
interior ot the country. I was snxlous
to see the condition of things In the
small towns and villages. The enter
prlng Jews have started lines ot
steamers which ply on the numerous
Streams that Intersect the country and
add to the prosperity ot the town. On
one of them I took a passage. .
It was a market day, and the river
was crowded with primitive boats snd
dugout canoes laden with many kinds
ot produce. The Christian peasantry
are engaged solely .In agriculture; all
other employment and handicrafts sr
conducted by Jews. Their rnpaclty for
buelncB ts brdlu hrdlu hrdlu pi
busfnes and organization la, on the
Whole, I ii at benefit to the peai
entry. It is the Jews who And a mar
ket for the produce of the lend, and
every village and townlet la the Pale
contains an agent or correspondent of
the big exporting Arms In Rigo, Llban
or Odessa. It Is this elaborate organ
isation which gives rtss to the com
plaint so, often heard la Russia that
the Jewf are the exploiters of the
peasantry. ,
', It would take too'suuch space to de
seribe all I saw la Poland, Oallcla and
Roumanla, and I must therefore con
Ane myself to a few points, There Is
one feature common to all, namely, the
tendency of the Jews fo congregate 1
the towns. In the flfteW provinces of
the Palo they are obligee) to do so by
law, la Poland and Oallcia no such leg
al obligation exists, yet' It is la the
towns wo find them. In Warsaw alone
some three hundred thousand Jews
have to make a living, and la Lods. the
Manchester of Eastern Europe, there
are nearly one hundred and fifty thous
and. In the latter town the over'
crowded and unsanitary conditions un
der which the poor people live are ap
palling. One tall wooden house which I
Inspected was packed, solid with hu
manity. I found people living la the
apex of the roof between the tiles and
the top ceiling. 1 bad to crawl Into this
noisome receptacle on my hands' and
knees and to climb a ladder to reach
it The police had interfered, I was
told, hot the place was occupied again,
as soon aa the backs of the authorities
were turner. Such Incidents are re
produced In the East Bid of London,
In Oallcla the condition ot the Jews
seemed to be worse than In Russia or
Poland. A fatal apathy and bigotry
seemed to have settled upon the major
ity ot the Hebrew race here. They are
divided into factions, and engage In
Incessant quarrels with on another.
There are no laws to- oppress them,
but they are extremely unpopular with
thelfeChristtan fellow subjects and as
a class r aaflT IT In those qualities
cation for which, their co-rellgi
elsewhere are so conspicuous.
. A considerable portion of the land In
Bukovlna and Gallcla Is owned- by
Jews, who are, moreover, said to hold
mortgages on many of the remaining
estates. But there are tew manufactur
ers, and a great part of the Jewish
population seems to have nothing to
do, The housing conditions were not
bad Infinitely superior to what I had
seen elsewhere, or to what I csn sec
any day In my own constituency In
London. -; '
' The Roumanian Jews stand bead and
shoulder ahov their Oallclaa breth
ren, and, where not Interfered with by
law, dw well for themselves. I came
across xnany robust workisgmea who
presented none of the painful ghetto
characteristic. Nearly every house In
a Roumanian town la rooffd with tin
plates, and this Industry ts exclusively
In the hands of the . Jews. The work
need agility and . Involves; much .ex
posure. It was curious to see a church
being roofed In this way by Jewish
workmen who were accompanying'
their labors by chanting a Hebrew
psalm. Major W. Evans Gordon, la
World' Work. ' ' f
CHARACTER IN BANKING.
Prestige of 01 Ustltutlens
, j - ."Family Banks."
Cc" of bank'sjdentlty was
MorthejJrth's,-JnL
Uon,rns
correspcmdluar
character, overthrow it, and to serve
under a good Old name to invite pub
Ho aonfldeace for a style of banking
foreign, to 11 history, would b a
shallow and futile device. . The public
t quick to detect a motive and quick
to leave. 'Why, th very term 'old'
has a money value In banking, the
management being good and consistent
with the' best tradition; While' the
catch' phrase, 'not what it one, was'
is distinct detriment. , j
"You csn always guess' tjie banks
where weak loans are housed? Ton
can always jttdg front a -dividend his
tory how a bank fare tGJRtgh the
curtty 'If the mere brute tote Of Sud
denly oontrlbntol capital aould be used
to crowd. Itself Into' the management
and .sauotxol at .public deposit to be
used as some unseen hand behind the
scheme) would point out? 'TbeT are
some things money cannot do, and on
must be won by year of good conduct
and uprightness In commercial transac
tions, and on might s well seek to
deliver the clients of a great old fam
ily lawyer te a Tombs shyster buying
th library and office furniture, a
.
deliver the cllenU of one of our his
toric old city banks to an enterprising
promoting company n ',, 5' J '
"I know an old bank In this elty
which carries la Its vaults millions of
dollar' worth of securities belonging
to old, families, people who live in alt
part of the world. The bank hai no
official responsibility tor all this treas
ure. ' It Is simply a custodian through
confidence. Imagine this being at the
disposal of th wrong man? Character
ft looked to la banking, and will he
looked to shore as, In the swift modern
changes, th old Ideal of commercial
banking Is being la practice displaced
by, well-somelhlng else." New York
POSt'-j' (Vi f .;:V.
Pats Capability.
Wbnt'U you charge for taking awaj
these anhcs, Pair 1 ked, pointing to
the winter's accumulation. f ' .
"Slvin dollars an' a halt, Sor."
promptly replied th owner ot th vil
lage garbage cart.
"WhatT" I exclaimed. "Why, !
thought you charged only,7f cents a
load?"
"Thot's right, Sor," agreed Pat. 8lv-Inty-foive
clnts a load ut do be."
"Well," I estimated, eyeing the pile
of ashes speculatively, "thore Isn't any
ten leads here. There's not more
than five, or maybe six st the outside."
"Don't be aftlier Irettln' yersllf over
thot now, Sor," said Pat, cheerfully.
"Rhure Just lave nt tc me rmtolrcly.
Sor, an' OI'U make tin loads out av ut
widout anny botheration at all, at all,
Sor." Kw York Times.
1
A SERMON FOR SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED
"COO'S TRAINING OF A WORKER."
Che Bar. Sr. O. V. Barthelew Rbowa the
. Stii BesKlte That Fallow the Atrophy
f. Which Mae Settled Over the rtrltust
(Making of Oat Time,,-:'". j ' :
' New To Oirv.-Dr. p. F., BarthoW.
pastor of Janes M. E. Church, 'preached
Sunday morning on "Uod's Training of a
Worker." His text was takes from Kxo
dus, iv.t 1. 1 and e: "And Moses an
swered and said, But, behold, they would
not believe sac; nor aearkea unto aiy
voice; for they will say, The Lord bath
no appeared, onto tbee. Aad the Lord
said onto hint) What is that in thine hand!
And be said, -A rod. And the Lord said.
Oast it on the groand. And he east It
on the troundjind it became a serpent: and
Moees fled from before it. And the Lord said
nnto Moses, Put forth thine hand and take
it by the tail And he put forth his hand
and caught it and it became, a rod in his
hand." Dt. Bartholow said: .
Our text presents Moses in rat many
hare considered an unfavorable light.
Standing In the presence of the great Uod,
the recipient of a glorious revelation and a
divine command with promise, he appears
hesitating, aneertem and weak. A study
of the occasion and around of Motes' re
luctance dissipates the unfavorable light
and presents to us a atudy in human life
under divine direction altogether true and
common. The call of Uod to Moeea was
certain, clear and well attested. It came
to a mas refined and schooled by abundant
experiences, to one who was more then
familiar with hnmaa nature in. ha relation
te spiritual truth. . .'
. The shepherd of Miilian knew how dull,
apathetic and incredulous toward Jehorah
and His truth the children ot Israel bad
become in their base servitude to the
Kmrntiaa Pharaoh. Foreseeina the cruel
skepticism and the all but universal leth
argy 01 Bis people, shoots was I or tne mo
ment iblind to God's knowledge and power.
Under the sneH of fear he uttered the
words, "But, behold, they will not believe
me. nor hearken unto my voice; for they
will say, the Lord hnth not appeared unto
tne.
To Christian faith this may appear weak,
but it certainly is sot unnatural. History
affords sis abundant illustrations of re
formers, heroes and preachers hemtatmi
and tremblina. not ''because thev doubtei
God. but because theV feared the reception
God a truth would jrvive at the hands of
a reputed memf Jerome, iluss, mtn-
' K:
etc., had bat little
to fear IRrnT the woi
but much to fear
from the ehureh. and
theV tre
bled and were hesitant at
Iliads
of God. (It takes grace to be wounded in
the house of your friends). ;
God's response to this tendency or im
pulse of Moses' nature is full of interest
and suggestion, it is a divine encourage
ment to Christian daring and seal, "And
the Lord said nto him. What la that in
thine hand? And he said, A rod. And He
said, Cast it on ale ground. And as east
it on the ground, and it became a serpent,
and Moaea fled from before it. And the
Lord Mid-nnto Moses, Put forth thine
hand and take tt by the tail. And he put
forth hie hand and caught tt and it be
came a rod in bis hand. Now, it is of so
concern - to as how this miracle wu
wrought, or whether magicians could aim.
ulate it or not What we do desire to
know Is, What answer er revelation to the
great hesitancy of Moses did Jehovah
give in this peculiar work of power!
Te cur mind three truths constitute that
answer the first of which is this! All the
helps, sifts and attainments of the soul,
disregarded and negleoted, tend to be:ome
hostile. Moses wna s gifted mas, an
Krieneed man. The shepherd's staff synv
Used him perfectly. As it was an fnstra.
Bent of defense -and, rescue, so .might
oses. by what he had done and what he
ecu Id do. he an Instrument In the hand of
God to defend and rescue his people. Oed
elected him to a mighty snd glorious serv
ice. He gav him a complete and adequate
preparation, s clear mind, sn indomitable
will, a spiritual and lofty nature. , -
Would Moses accept the election t Th
significance of a possible refusal was seen
In the meaning miracle. The discarded
atan became a serpent It is the ecnuno
teaching ef the day that powers and gifts
unused beeetn atrophied, that men may
die to spiritual things through simple neg
lect This is, correct teaching so fsi as it
wtt It does not compass the whole of
c-'"tritnal calls, gifts snd now
Vie. They mny be dis
. as waa
Moses rod.
"ereni life to tt nJUh.-'ZLu..i'
w li" .th
Vihs djisrbn
TSfirl) cast
rtmii faith may
-calls nf thi Holy
. nnd yet the soul nave
,.j relation with the spiritual
mi than, vcr beor. .
Jnha VawIaii. Ike hvtnn onlor. lalla e
that there was a ttste is his hf when he
aeliherately Insulted and drove from his
Piind every holy-thing oJ which he had
nowledn, ret At timssTfh encml iuilc-
ftient ind th heart's- bv for. sternal
tninm wonia so torment him
in 1 ftf rnlesn-. Thnea elemer
thai r wns
menta la bis Ufa
dcirisvied for fnm and Joy beet m th
sources of unrest and uuhapplnesa. He
morse li n more than th return of the
spiritual newer crying night and gay. In
Th doctrine of annihilation and atrophy
na so settled ever th spiritual thinking
of enr titn that th onsequcnct f diso
bedience to Ui eaulnmenrs and purposes
ef lift and t th voio of God sr in. ow
tain quarters redneed to mere nothings, II
&Ugh tim that isa truth illustrated to
oecs become ear tenth, that we resllse
that there I sack, thing aa spiritual am
nihilatioa, even te th gift and poio.i oi
God, but thai there is transfercne. trnna
formation the coins fin a aniritual ssnsel
from Mount Qerision Iblessfog) to Jlosdi
UlaoMdlenc to Ood
nHli
Is law Is hat
mere negattoa and the withdrawal of cer
tain gifts, but It It in a certain snd awful
sense sn affirmation and I posse ton ths
serpent ef menace rather than th support
ft life. God' rain sprat thirsty earth
is In itself good that It be so for man de
pend altogether how t4 fat What pus
posM he uses it. Ha may ua it tor th
ng growing ef food pro tats or for tM prodno
ni i'oa of weeds. That. the. rata was nude
1 for man's blessing I -evident. Thai
hat man
may disregard and so convert th girt into
to is also evident, What th rain n to
tha earth as are tha tifta. halna and eslla
ef God to man. For thee thmg Uod shall
bring us nn Jndgment, tha judgmsnt be
gins with toe obedience Or disobedience, ,
la our beloved Methodist ehureh wl
hav a host ef Oed placers al work. Peo
ple who do not emol to meet God I new
form or expression, who, Ilk Moses be-
for his
enlightenejcr-t, know or act is
.htnnt- lrnnie n. snS ss
thoitch
thev kne how fia wtmlil
e would
atanilest Llmaelf. . 'l .Chrtatiaa Jot
and ax pec tan cy die la taja lire Is naturkli
the glory of God Is te conceal a thing, but
thee people Will no! bav II so. They art
perfectly sur God h la torn particular
form of las meeting, revival servioe pt
Christian experience, '
Another people of Ood thought thb
thought so IntenMly and held it so tens
ciously that they missed th lory tin
Messiah when Its cant to walk tne llelui
and street of earth. He had "no form m
comeliness that they desired ot expected,
lie came I His own sd they received
Kim not." But In Ills coming they had
kingly and exalted forms which they were
certain He would possesi they were tare
of th order ct His coming. The rod out
of the stem of Jssse they cast forth: they
would hav nor. of Him. Oh, th blind
ness and dullness of the human heart. In
that rod were th power, the knowledge
and the love ot Uod; with il lon Israel
could have overome all eppresjion and
bsre reached the lend nf liftht and p"-
'i'he rejection of Christ, the rod of, Jesse,
also illustrate the significance of- the lirst
truth: Christ was ct down, thrown aside
1i Ixriiel. The results nf that rejection are
known to the world. Tne spiritual lite wosj
atrophied, nut som:thma more than that
n-stiiled, Jn the path of that people stid
Christ in divine ounosition to the iulfiil
ment. of their wlfish liopcs. He. the help
nf (lod, Wiime to them, or, rafter, to
their no'ition, s hostile power r.od must
ao tsmain i"iti Hif v reach forth their
hanls and aesit Tlim.
TluV third fhoH-ht we would emphasize
aa (;tiH 'uni? ot fiic n'irncle of the rod
i- (lit p., ' -n ! f"i'M-l to do grent
(!,.. t ,. 1 i fi l Willi iir
nil ' , . I to do t-e
Wilding of Gof-afraid of the reception the
divine message would receive, sfraid of
the conseonsneee to himself. The, tran.
formed rod revealed the secret of his hesi
tancy; he fled from before tt; fear was
within his heart.. God gore him msstery
over tbot Weakness. He reached forth nil
hand and grasped the menacing serpent
and It .became a rod again. .Moeea was
taught and. as his after life revealed.,
learned the lesson of fearlessness for God
and His truth. ("Jf Uod be for us wbo con
be aeainst nsf" ' ,., ' , .
The relation ot leaf to all life and truth
Is an interesting study, one on which more
light fa now shed than at any other time
in the world's history. - Fear is altogetlier
defrimental to the health and .arowih of
the ohvsical body. Professor Sully tells
na of children dwarfed and ruined in body
and mind through the shock and power
ot simple fear. Physiologists tell m. and
we know from experience that fear hinders
digestion, that it brings mental collapse.
The changing of the color of the Itair in
one night throat the paralysis oi fear is s
well established fact. That which can so
radically change the color of oigment tnnsl
have an awful effect upon the more vital
and direct parts of the body. Fear de
stroya mental and spiritual development.
Everv book on pedagogy and tie spiritual
trammg of Children now recognises and
emphasises this trntb, Pickens powerfully
illustrated this truth to all Knuland in his
"Nicholas Niekleby.?' Fear has worked
havoc in the religious life: it has distorted
the vision of God and frosen the genial
and natural exnrusions of worship. It has
naralysed and hampered the church In her
triumphant march, tt has transformed
many of the messengera of God into poor
whining and Ineffective apologists.- It ff
tba fear in religion and for religion that
our God would have us overcome even as
He had Moses evereeme. A right, concep
tion of God is assurance tht He roust
triumnh In the work of His hands, that
His kingdom must come and His love and
truth prevail everywhere. Ood would have
His children confident in the presence of
difficulties, assured in tie presence of
perils, calm In the mighty storms of preju
dice and doubt, certain in the midst of un
certainties. He would have us obey Him
as Implicitly and lovingly as the gentle
child obevs the loving parent. In all this
He would have us open eyed to danger,
direct in the meeting oi it and sure in the
mastery of it . . ,
To-day the church, as whole, is more
possessed ot fear than wa like to "''knowl
edge. A dominant mate-.itttism and world
tineas freesa the faith aad bops of s great
In 1 11 run r ana anil nn en
are iijssr-.. i ,i .WBBr.
if iuw run in iii-n .ivuiu.i.,
tha Host Hich. Critical scholar-
with all th presiipncsilions of the
r sriticism.. stands before the church.
Ifc imit be mt. Knme t'er- that dire and
dreadful reeul'.j to the cause of Uod must
ensne. The icir. flc spirit stalks abroad
In the land and has seised the people with
s mighty grin. Ajiny a ,ehild of God,
knowing that his most precious possessions
have not and cannot, from their nature,
come through or K established hy such a
spirit, but that they are the gifts of faith
is fleelnff with fonr from hefors the inunf
ined terror, io ail such fearful believers
God says even as to Moses in the miracle
nf the rod "meet the difficulties, seize
them Jn their vitals and fear not.
There can be but one result to the child
nf God. The Apostle Paul knew this when
he wrote: "All things work together for
-cod to them that love Uod." There can
be but one result to the Kingdom of God
"His kingdom is an everlosting kingdom.
All things shall be put under His feet.
In th preparation of His church our
Saviour gave great attention to the eradica
tion of the elements of ''tons fear. - His
addresses to the seventy and the twelve
wire supreme emphasis upon confidence
In God snd fearlessness toward man and all
things that were or misht appear in on
position to the work Divine. "Bcnold I
give unto you power to tread on serpents
and scorpions and over all the power of
the enemy, and nothing shall by any means
hurt vou."
la Ills relation to then on tea and land,
ton or with the multitudes, before snd
ifter death, there constantly appears di
Nolly or bv inference th injunction: "Be
not afraid, The Master would bav Hit
children Joyfully expectant of His presence
In every place and under all conditions
nd to rcsllr that that Presence was the
ultimate solution of every problem, the
resolution of every difficulty and the fuU
fillmsnt ot every promise; that the fearless
pnai'enge ot tne cnurcn soouia ever net
"If uod be for s. who can be aw' n
tVensmtitlag ta Blgbs Fi
A emfTenVin on one occasion
hi, uwuumiT
necn iarlrllivnlcasant mud ;
trest. ef Undoftexlaiir,ed:
dirty, dreadful, discitinjftiii"'
Jihn Buskin, overhcanngftv
tlofi en tha nart of his friend, sou;
mvVrlcnd. not an dreadful sftsr all.
Irs the elements of this mad I First, there
is sand, but when its pni-tiolea sr crystals
lied according to the law of It nature,
what it nicer than clean, tthite sand!
And when that which entcrs'lnto it is sr
ragged aeaording to still higher law, we
mailer lew. v
Whst else have
have the matchless opal.
-we m this madf Ukv.
And the materials
( tiay, when th partu
seeorolne to tnsir niche
lay, when, th particles are arranged
ording to their hiehsr laws, make the
briUlanl sapphire. What other ingrelumt
J inter into London mud 7 boot. And toot
n it cryatallted perfection form the per
feet diamond. Xhsre-i but -on other
water. Ana water, whan distilled accord
ing to the higher law of its nature, forms
the dew-drop resting In exquisite perfec
tion in the heart of the rote, -
"So, in the muddy, lost tonl of man is
bidden th image of hit Oreator; and Uod
wlU do His best to find His opals, Hi
sapphires, His diamonds snd dewdropt." .
w j , 1 ' J II .
"tMio Are th Fraying 0Mt"
Tt hi said ef Charles O. Ffnnsy, th gnat
mntelist and preacher, that h alffavs in
sisted on the spirit of pravcr. tigs?. to
prevail with God, at absolutely fnC Sas
sbl In successful "hritdan workef.The
fact was very marked in all the powerful
revivals where Mr. Finney labored. Per
haps not the many were led In this way,
or St is our day. only the few hidden one
cot down into th deen places with Uod,
but there were always those wbo loam th
secret of the Lord as He love to reveal it
to the willing and obtdieat: arid the Mr.
Finney considered as met; important allies
In earryin.' on a revival. ' --.
r Hi qnettioa en entering a plc to begin
mcetlnot, was, not who will helo in the
preaching, br who art the praying ones.
Hot ther been a sn..it of prayer poured
cut npon any in th community f Who
are "standing upon th watch tower,"
waiting for the vision? And if he found
but one or two who reall took hold on
God with conscious power, hit heart was
eaocungod) and he tor k up hi labors with
raaswsd energy. , v..... . 1,- y v..
Furyeos of Weeehle. V,.
Until ot lata all th most glorious build
ings that our race has reared beneath th
tun hsve been erected to terre tbo pur-
EMt ct worship. Mnd does sot live by
read aloii.-The Iter. l)r IJt(er. Unite
rlsn, Denver. Ul.'
KMPtNO BERRY WfcES.'
"When thejiesiton ot berries is over
colled all the crate and berry boxes
and store' them away for next sea
son's use. Th famt not only look
better for having the crates and boxes
gathered from the field, but also. In
dicate a careful and thrifty farmer.
There wer berry fields every, wins
tor where boxes and' crate ara
strewn in confusion everywhere, snd
abofit th railroad stations are piled
crate and box exposed to wind
and rain. With uch management
berrle do not pay.
. WORKING AROUND BEES.
' In working around bee do not open
hive early or late In the day or on
rainy days. Select nice weather, for
at such time the old baes, which are
the fleld force, are out la search of
nectar, and fewer bees are in the
hive. Some think the best time to take
honey off the hive Is at ninht, when
the tn .-3 r s;krp, but do nut try It,
BILL ARP'S LETTER
Bartow Sage Discusses Ssnti
menteor Poetical Gems.
QUOTES NOTED WRITERS
What - a Mother' Lav Can Accom
plish Library I Named In Mem
ory of Chrlhd Daughter.
t Appeal for Wlnnl Davl .
. - ' Memorll Hall. . '
The saddest and the ; tweetest
tilings ever written were concerning
death and love. Montgomery, Scott,.
Longfellow, Lindley and Bourdtllon
and many other found their tender
est sentiments on those subjects.
Lindley wrote his sweetest gems on
tho death of a young lady. Just such
another would he hav written had
he lived until our loved on died.
"Thou art' gone from our gas like a
beautiful dream,
Thv tree and thy beauty nOsJTOr
will be seen;
Tho lost to sight, to memory dear,
Ttou ever wilt remain;
The only hop our hearts can cheer
The hope to meet again."
Longfellow says:
"The air Is full of farewell to th fly-
- Ing A ...
And mournings for the dead.
There is no flock, however watchted
and tended, ' !
But on dead lamb Is there
There lkJoJlrfU9JlQWftv
t has one vacant chair."
Montgomery says:
"Friend after friend departs.
V.
Wbo has not lost frlendt "
Thore 1 no union here of nearts
That finds not here an end." ,
And Longfellow says, by way of
consolation: , . 1 -
"There Is no death. What seem so
Is transition;
This Ute ot mortal breath
Is but a suburb of the life elyslan,
Wboee portal we call death."
All this Is very solemn and very
sad, but It has Its counterpart when
they wrote of love. Scott says:
"In peace love tunes the shepherd's
reed.
In war he mounts the warrior's steed,
In courts Is seen In gay attire,
la hamlets dances on the green.
Love rules the camp, the' court,, the)
grove.
And men below and saints above,
Tor love Is 1 heaven and heaven U
. ' ..love." . ,. '
Solomon says, "Love Is as strong as
death" snd "God from necessity I
love" and "Love thy neighbor a thy
self." . , :
And Wordsworth aay, "A mother'
love la th holiest thing alive.", ,
Aatber's .love! , I wa watching
the! Vess with which our neigh
bor "iford,' wa chsrlshlng
tost daughter, tno
charge of tha II-
and ' whose
a beautiful
fc-nW to
wei
loved, ho'
ing and money
the library Is In debt hvo
dred dollar. Fleas let me pay
for Mary felt like it was hor debt.
Let m have the floor varnished and -have
chair bought instead of bench
es, and I want some nicer table tor
Mary' take. Please let me have a
memorial for Mary here and give It
her name The Mary Munford Memo
rial Library T". And to It was dona,
who could refuse a mother' tears for
the memory of her loving daughter,
and 10 it wss done, and thf,'1gn over
the door will bethe MarT Munford
Manorial ' Itur . U going to
buy thjawjook that M.fy-ssniild have
bought snd make a donation etch aud
every year. :i :i ;
wow, good people, U who tarry or
pass through Cartersvlll (top a little
while and e what love hat done a
mother' love. ' I wish that committee
appointed on Mr. Btovall'e bIH would
com and see this model , library and
go back and plead tor that, I6.00Q
wherewith to build the Winnie Bnm
Memorial hall. " The patriotic women
want It and to do th veterans whose
Urn I nearly out. May it be; your
last and best work for Miss Winnie,
whom we all' loved, BILL "ARP. In
Atlanta Constitution. 1 - l'u - ,
" f ' ;:i;
colic 'inborsks. 1 " '' "
Many owners of horses really be
lieve that their animals are subject to
nolle in the sente that the trouble la
one, that can not be entirely eradicat
ed.' This Is not true, for it has been
proved time and again that colic 1s
solely due to Improper methods of
feeding. . The food should be the best
bt Its kind, avoiding any combinations
which seem to produce colic, and the
quantity should be, a nearly a pos
sible, in, accordance with the actuiJ
need of the animal.
Many farmots feed too much t
their horse, and If this has been f
Ing on for some time the result l
nearly always an attack of colic.
terlng should be done before foo l ,
grain, and the quantity of g
should be Just enough to fcep 1
horse In good condition. Oftmii
the grain food Is not suffloii i '
quantity, while the hay or
roughage h given in excess. Win
attack of collo comes on the folio
will be found an excellent ri itv
Take two ounces each of tinoN"
opium and sweet spirits of nllt r
pour In one-half pint of cold wai.-i-s
dose. Repeat In an hour IT '
does not follow. This Is i
fashioned remedy, tut a mo: t i
on, Indianapolis Newt,
r