VOLUME XV11I.
FRANKLIN. If. C. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBE1V9, 1903.
NUAHJEIi 36.
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DON'T DREAM, PUT DO!
n. easy thing, if you want to know
weet the dimmer is, juat to go
n the fields, or deep in the wood,
ill toward the swash of the sea.
y all will teach you bow heavenly
good
Such wholesome placet be.
If you eeek the soul warm rammer, too,
-Jon!ijiream but do! ,
Don't tit at home wit!T"y!5nrTjrain-torn.
book v
' And balance questions and pry and look
Askance at this, or wonder how
That squares with acme ancient doubt; -But
get in touch with the throbbing now,
And let your heart go out
To your fellow-men who are ipent and
. bluff.' j
7 , 1A.V$ dream, but do! '
I TRAPPED IN AN ICE JAM.
... K By Laurenct J, Vates;
IiE Knik River, as a glance
the mnp will show, la a
I ; Bun
small, unimportant stream In
Southwestern Alaska which
empties Into the Knlk Arm, a shallow
: indentation from the bead of Cook's
Inlet. When the, lee In this river
. breaks up In the spring It collects in
the arm, which Is really wide estu
ary, where for days, and sometimes a
week, the floe formed surges back and
forth with the tide. Until dually It all
r '. Works Its way out to sea. . : .
Aa the tide of the arm conies In wltb
a small bore the floating Ice la awept
, back up stream with great force, and
the waters of the estuary being thickly
studded with bars, the tide driven floe
; often Jams on them and piles up to
' great height. It was In one of three
jams that John Ilardniau, a young
naturalist, who had come to Alaska In
the Interests of a xoologlcal society In
one of our Eastern cities, had an ex-
tremerjr perilous experience In . the
spring of 1901, while voyaging up the
arm on his way Inland.
Hmdnmo was bound for tbe head
waters of the river, for the purpose of
capturing alive some of the mountain
. sheep so plentiful there. - Owing to
the fact that the lambs must be taken.
If at all, when very young, be was In a
lurry to reach the mountains.
So when the Ice broke np be did not
wait for It to gnoitt to sea, but started
aboiit tii Mny from the head
' '' "virty of four
tluee Kuik Indians In a large rlvS
boat or scow. He Intended to fight his
Way through the. vast floe that filled
.'.. the arm.'"1- ..'7--77.i;'- .;,.:.,..,'.,it:i -.-;
As at fbls time It waa possible to
travel only when tbe tide was setting
- in, the method ot proceeding was to
wait until the bore passed and then
launch the boat among the Ice fields
b?hlnd, rowing when the water was
open enongb and drtf tlug with the cur-
- rent when the cakes closed in around.
To prevent the bont from being crashed
when the Ice Jammed on the numerous
bars required untiring vigilance and
prompt action, but Caulklns handled
the scow so skilfully that for tour
hours the first run with the tide had all
gone well. 77 ...' .-;..'. -' ' -. '
Tben suddenly a wide area of tbe floe
began to pile np ou a bar directly In
front of the voyagers. Fortunately for
their lives they were near shore. By
quick work they succeeded In getttlng
the boat to bind before tbe Ice could
close up and catch them. To drag tbe
L clumsy scow with Ita cargo of .800
pounds of provisions out on the Ice
heaped bank ; was no small feat, yet
did it. . -
kj. li-fety they watched tbe floe
mnkefuPfcijnto miniature mountain
of blocks ontkerdjaingf bars across
the arm, nutll at last the tldepeut Its
force and began to recede, carrying
back all the ice not jammed faat on
tbe shallows. Left ou tbe largest bar
about half mile ut waa a huge, It- -
heap of big cakes, most of
tiieik fully three feet thick, which cov.
crstf about two acres and waa nearly
urryfeet high., On tbe smaller bars
resiiinr
' beyond, with open channels between,
were several other mounds not to
large, and In the broad channel be
tween tbe shore and tbe big mound
was an uneven field of tightly packed
ice. As they could not get any further
St present camp was made to wait for
' ' tbe tide of tbe next morning In the
hope that by then the jam would be
' broken. i
-But In the morning It was found that
, the tide which bad come In during tbe
, night Instead of breaking the barrier
had only added more Ice to It and
somewhat changed Its shape. It was
- not safe to attempt to run tbe narrow
cbnuii ls now; tbe only thing to do was
to w5 until the Insetting current
- should clear a passage for them. Per-
tiapa tbe next tide would do this.
At about 9 o'clock Hardman, taking
. tils camera, left camp alone to get a
V'loscr t lew of the jam and some plc
; tures'of the mounds. Going along the
shore about a mfle be came to tbe
. portion of the floe stuck in tbe wide
channel. - It made a perfectly safe
bridge clear across to the main bar,
and over this be mado his way to tbe
' base of the great white pile of jagged
. blocks. ..
After taking two or three photo
graphs at favorable points be waa
seized with a desire to get a view from
7 the summit. Climbing up by way of
the front slope, wblch was a long and
; quite easy ascent, be was a third of
j the distance to the top when be
reached a giant cake, broken In two in
1 the centre. The lower half lay at an
angle of forty-live degrees, the upper
" half at not more than thirty. Between
tbe two was a crack three feet wide,
and beneath It an opening several feet
' deep. ,
- liestlng for a moment on the upper
edge of the under cake, Hardman
ft"nted upon the one above, not notlc-
i , .TTruie was Its position. In
i;intiy lila t " t slipped and lie fell Into
tl-t! ci'iicl; i"tM He clutched at the
(ii.i.iM'rv ed;,'H as went down, hung
(..ispiDdcd by hi ai' ' f"r a second,
then, bin hands lioli.,N' ''' "M, he
lir.'i'ped Just in time to , le be"
eru.lied. Vor the ll.vhtly P"'
bud been tdmfed downward I A I
veiiit, and cra-died "aiiist the lo-
(!!. as he struck In a hup below. He
v:,n ei.iii.ld bl.e a Fnlind in a 1X
tit a li i.'i'.nv, ln-e:r:i:;ir: iv.-e Si " :!
... I,;,-, i,':..Mt Ibcee t -d v ". t:-e
f . he - i!t Is.if -t I'
Work in the world for the folk thereof;
IV itu every deed that M done in love
ftoma crisscross matter ia amoothed
aye;
The opirit aces straight and clear; ,
And heaven draw clone that waa
for
far
way, -,
At yon whittle off eaoh fear.
Work, for the daya are fleet and few.
Don't dream, but dol
Yon mav worry over God'a arindins laws.
You may probe and probe for the great
prat cause:
But an hour of life with an honeat thrill
Of self-forgetting joy
Will eaae your mind of ita moody ill ;
And make you blithe at a boy.
The plan ia simple; then ace it through!
Don't dream, but do!
-Richard Burton, in Brandur Magazine.
kllse tbe gravity ot his situation. He
felt sure that be could cut himself out
with bis jack knife, or at least make a
bole through which be could signal to
camp for help by thrusting out his
coat and waving It. The sunlight fil
terlng In through a chink gave promise
of this, and helped to relieve tbe semi
darkness of bis prison.
He Inspected hia camera In a leis
urely fashion, glad to find that It had
Dot been In the least injured by the
fall, took out bis knife and then looked
at bis watch. It was 10 o'clock; the
tide was due at three minutes of 12.
Tben all at once tbe peril of bts posi
tion flashed upon htm; the tide would
set the whole jam in motion, perhaps
demolish It If be did not escape he
would be ground to powder. One
movement of cake would annihilate
him, : ? .r, -.; :, '. 7"S.; p . , ,: ;,.; ;
For an awful moment a sickening
terror clutched him, bnt shaking It oft
he began to make a calculation. He
bad just one hour and fifty-seven min
utes In wblch to cut his way out and
et ashore; Could he do It? A'tunnel.
large enough for the passage of bis
body must be made through more than
thirty Inches of bard, brittle ice by
means of rather slender knife blade.
Meeting tbe most vulnerable point
ot attack, the alight crack between tbe
cake that formed nte cover of the trap
and tbe one that formed the lower
wall, he began chipping away' the Ice.
At Dm be worked wU feveidfih anx
gradnal;,-xraZ
retnrne
v When be had cut steadily upward to
a depth of ten Inches, he noticed that
be was letting tbe bole get smaller
the deeper It went into tbe ice. If the
dimensions were allowed to decrease
any more he saw that the hole would
be much too narrow for' his exit by
the time the cake was pierced. So,
beginning at tbe bottom, be enlarged
the tunnel until It seemed to him tbat
Ha necessary convergence would still
leave a wide enough opening when the
Surface was reached.: v ' ,
Soon operations were again delayed.
He was obliged to stop and cut foot
holds in the almost perpendicular aide
of the lower wall tbat bo might raise
himself enough to work with advan
tage ' ,7- ,. V,. :.7-..:'
At last, judging that be bad cut
half way, Hardman looked at his
watch again. It waa seven minutes
past eleven. He bad been sixty-seven
minutes In cutting tbe easier bnlf.
Only fifty minutes remained; It seemed
useless to go on. 'T'" 7 '.
"Time and tide wait for no man;"
tbe trite old adage struck him with a
new and appalling force. But be must
and would get out in time. His de
spair gave way to resolution, and be
set to work wltb renewed vigor, strik
lgso forcibly that tbe blade threat
ened to break at every Jab. "-; : "
.Although surrounded with walls of
Ice, Haidman's whole body dripped
wltb perspiration. Every muscle In
bis arms and shoulders ached Intol
erably wltb the strain of clinging to
tbe vertical wall and picking away
the relentless Ice overhead. Showers
of chips poured down upon bis face,
half blinding him, and he worked In a
great measure by guess. ; Yet slowly
the tunnel waa cut upward inch by
Inch until be estimated there could be
no more than three Inches
At this point be waa aelsed with a
lurking fear that another block from
above would slip down and double
the thickness of tbe cover. Ia frensy
of baste he struck recklessly. ,, The
blade snapped abort off at the bundle.
Not daring to look at bla -watch.
Hardman opened tbe small blade, knd
Steadying his nerves, began again,
very carefully now. ' A dozen strokes
and tbe knife pierced clear through
tbe cake. There waa nothing on top.
He listened for tbe roar of tbe ex
pected tide, but the only sounds be
beard were the soft lapping of the
waves at tbe foot of tbe jam and the
hoarse scream ot a raven wheeling
In thestlll air blgb overhead. ,
. Cutting out tbe opening to a else
sufficient, be thought, to permit tbe
egress ot bis body, Hardman grasped
tbe upper edge and raised himself until
the top of bla head was above tbe
level of tbe Ice. Then tbe breadth ot
hia shoulders refused to let htm go
farther.
Aa be struggled vainly, a sullen roar
far down tbe arm heralded tbe coming
of the tide. It waa now or never!
With a sudden Inspiration Hardman
dropped' back, pulled oft bis thick
outer coat, and tben, with almost su
perhuman strength forced himself
slowly upward out of tffe vise-like
grip ot the narrow opening. , i
He rose to bts feet, tree ot an Icy
tomb at last; but be found there was
no time to cross ttt'the shore before
tbe Ice-laden wave ot the bore would
strike. It was already within five
hundred yards ot him.
Knowing that It weuld take many
times more force to move the Jam
resting on the bar than it Would to
move the field In the channel, Ilnrd
mau quickly realized that the bent
thing to do was to stay ou the mound.
The safest place was at the summit;
so to tbe one blir cake forming the
pinnacle be made Ida way, and rroiu h
Ii!c on Its pbintln-i surface, wailed.
t"'cr to tlie south went ' the e.m r
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him if they should hear. Bo In sllenee
he ''turned his glance to the foaming
crest of the advancing wave, noting
the endless stretch of dull white Ice
following It,
The mound, extending down farther
than the shoreward Ice, was tbe first
to receive the shock. Although the,
whole mass shuddered, it held firm as
the first ot the monster cakes carried
by tbe bore struck, reared np, and
began to accumulate at the beglnulng
of the slope. The packed field near
shore gave way a little, bocenie con
vulsed throughout Ita entire length,
yet still hung In tbe passage. Out on
the other side the open channels be
came obstructed, so tbat tbe progress
of the floe was now checked clear
across the arm. Tbla made tbe pres
sure ou the mound terrific.
Driven on by the Immeasurable
force behind, cakes weighing a hun
dred tbns were beared and pushed np
the Incline toward Hardman, as If
they were nothing but chips. With
fascinated gate he watched the huge
blocks climb higher and higher, and
saw them pile up with a grinding,
crunching sound three deep over the
trap out of wblch he had just escaped.
Tbe sight made beads of cold perspira
tion stand out on bis forehead, r ...
Ait "the floe drove In harder, tbe
tumbling, hearing cakes crept upward;
the mound trembled mid was shoved
backward. The block ou which Hard
man stood rocked with the pressure;
It, seemed about to topple over and
pitch down the steep declivity at the
bock. , ,
Then there came a mighty roar, a
crash and a chaos ot grating, crack
ling noises the Jammed floe In the
Inward channel had broken loose at
last and waa moving.. At once the
press on the centre was relieved, the
Ice began to deflect shoreward, and
tbe movement of tbe mound ceased.
Weak and Jimp, Hardman reclined
on the summit, while the greater part
of the floating ice turned In and crowd
ed through tbe opened chanqel In a
tolling, pitching procession of much?
broken cakes. 7s ' '" '
i At last about on the shore drew
Hardman's attention. There Caulklns
and the Indians were making frantic
gesticulations. Hardman waved bli
wait for tbe passage to ciear Bfli.
an hour the ice thlnnnar'ntl,
Caulklns "bad tbe tf,ailnedi elllne
out In It and tooltJfr;rrtm.n tn ,,.
Youth's Clomp
ion. ,. .
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FlowJ
growers bare found a way
ot prodiffcug lilacs In autumn. It Jeems
.that In a state of nature tbe lilac bush
requires a period of rest bef or blos
soming. Buch a rest cornea with the
winter. But It baa been learned that If
the plant la exposed to tbe fumes of
ether and put to sleep for a little while
It proceeds afterward, to blossom In
tbe fall. Pots containing tbe planta
are set in a large box which contains
an uncorked bottle of ether, and are
exposed to the vapor forty-eight hours,
tbe box being air tight. Tbe operation
is repeated a few days later. Then the
planta are ready to blossom. -
A notable enterprise In fish acclima
tisation bas Just been carried through
successfully , la Australia, where fish
from tbe coast 'waters of Great Britain
have been put out In New South Wales.
Species selected tor the experiment
comprised sole, crabs, lobsters and
some others. Tbe flsh were placed .In
specially constructed tanks, which were
connected wltb reservoirs of sea water
kept constantly supplied fresh from
tbe ocean by the ship's pumps. A large
proportion of the fish survived tbe trip
ot 11,000 miles, altflougb the lobsters
fufcl badly, only one female surviving,
it ts surprising tbat aome successful
mechanical hand street aweeper baa
not already been devised In view of
the almost phenomenal success of tbe
domestic device. Several aucb ap
pliances have appeared on tbe market
from time to time, but it la only recent
ly that success baa attended tbelr ln
traduction. One style Is now being
used In the city of Washington. Ita
use enabjea one man to do considerably
more work and do It better and cheap
er. In fact, tbe cost ot cleaning per
unit bat been reduced by Its use from
eighteen cents to fifteen cents. . These
are not very different from tbe familiar
bonsehold sweeper, the only difference
being in tbe else and character of the
brush and In convenient provision for
dumping tbe sweepings. For use on
dry asphalt' they are very rapid and
properly operated they do tbe. work
better than a broom and scraper. The
one merit of not raising a clond ot dust
should be sufficient recommendation to
warrant tbelr use, even were the addi
tional 'merit ot economy and ease of
operation lacking. ' 7 ,
Tbe statement Is made by Alton D.
Adams writing In the Engineering
Magazine on "Tbe Physical Limits ot
Electric Power Transmission," tbat
"electrical energy may be transmitted
around the world If the live voltage la
unlimited. Tbls follows from tbe law
that a given power may be transmitted
to any distance with constant efficien
cy and a fixed weight of conductors,
provKJcd the voltage Is Increased di
rectly Wltb the distance." Unfortu
nately, the physical conditions of pres
ent known Insulating devices do not
permit of such Utopian transmission.
Distances of 150 miles are now practi
cally spanned by power trniiHinisBlon
circuits at from 40,000 to 00.000 volts.
This, however, represents the limit of
present construction. One of tbe next
steps will be the employment of an In
dividual pole Hue for each wire of a
transmitting circuit, as at voltages ex
ceeding the present whleh may easily
lie attained ly known methods, the
sparking between wires lncttu-d on the
siime pule, even though spaced seven
or eight f t opart, would be prohibi
tive. Tont cf I
T-i r 'If
land's Onvlets.
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.otlt 11
A O1I0N rO?v SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT 0ISC0URSE BY THE
REV. DONALD D. MaoLAURIN.
aMeeti The Greatest Thine la the World
-tha Distinguished Wlvlne Delivers a
Sermon Which la aa Scholarly and
tteadable aa Any of Becent Vetus.'
, Nkw Yomt CITY .Dr. Donald D. Mae
Laiirin, of Rochester, preached Sunday
morning in St. John's M. E. Church to a
large audience, His eermon was the first
in a series on "The Greatest Thing in tbe
World." Dr. MacLaurin said:
I have most earnestly aoughj to bring
Jrov on aucretwive (Sundays the best Biin
stry I have yet been able to give you.
thai your lives may be broadened ana
dertMued and lifted up into higher realms
of apuitual achievement; and I could And
no theme of greater value, aa I saw it, than
that which is suggested by the chapter
which I read to you, the thirteenth chap
ter of Paul's first epistle of the church at
Corinth. And so for eight weeks, we shall
have oar texts from this chapter; and this
morning yoa will find our text in the first
vene ot-the first chapter of First Corin
thians: "It 1 speak with the tongues of
men and angels, but have not love, 1 em
become sounding braes or a clanging
cymbal."
Nor most we not think that we shall be
come tired of this wonderful theme. Did
yon ever know any one to become weary of
a diamond? Among the gems of the ton)
God ia found this chapter, and though 1
do not profess to be a skillful lapidary to
bring oat ita flashing facets, I think, with
the aid of the divine spirit, we shall find
in each service something fresh and helpful
and new. .
' This chapter has been in all avea of the
church espesially admired; would that it
bad received in all the ages of Christian
history that more practical and valuable
appreciation which would have been ex
perienced by a practice of ita principles
and an acceptance of its precepts, Ter
tollian said: "It is uttered w.ith all the
force of the spirit," snd the great thinke
ia right. As I have pondered it for several
years with ever growing interest, I have
come to fed that, indeed, mortal faculty
owild never have written it. It never
could have sprang from the brain ot bean
. " , , .
even so great a man aa Paul, unless
wa uau given mm tne inspiration. It
dear friends, an . utterance of beav
through Paul, a servant of God, to
sons of men.' t
It is a glorious hymn or EBjaJn
oi i nnstian love, sung.jM, j,.
matea, oy ine Apo, fd when-soaring
-T-iamn. Like
thf, Jy'jIiF.tf Haft. K hay bo fittingly
calleasih. iuim c t.K .ni
vuuentlv vour sneaker will so desiamate
it in these Sunday morning sol sices. It
has the form of poetry; it has the inspira
tion of poetry;' it has the coloring of the
finest poetry. And if you could read it in
the Greek you would catch the fullness of
its imagery, aa it is impossible lor you to
do ia the beat Englisa version. It seems
a profanation to attempt its exposition.
It seems like analysing a rose or dissect
ing a nightingale to take these principles
apart one from another for the necessary
analysis in the progress of our work. But
ft is so full of tlie very heart of the gospel
message that ws would be cowardly were
We not to attempt the exposition.
The position of the psalm in the book
In which it is found heightens its effect.
You find it in the midst of lengthy argu
ment.' It reminds us very much of aa
oasis of towering palm trees and spring
ing flowers snd running brooks in the
midst of a desert of sand. On either aide
ia argument, is tumult: snd right in the
midst of all bursts forth his sublime song.
It is very much like the song of tlie sweet-
voieeo ecnool cniiuren in tne midst oi
their hard work and the babel of their
games. Or, better, like the very sound of
the song of heaven's ehoir in the pit ot
Wall Street on a Daniokv dav. We can
easily imarine tie deepening hush that
must have fallen on the Corinthian church
as they read this chapter, and we ran
imagine, too, the consternation produced
in tWniinus of those Christians as they
discovered one after another their favorite
Eifts or favorite possessions swept sway
y the . great teacher. For Paul here
shows that love is tnane essential of
Christian life. Love did yoU-vsyL-Lovel
tbat soft aentiment that bard-headed men
say belongs to women and children;; Wujj the .ttention of men to tbe divine
Sou mean to say that this is the spirit of
is language! That is precisely what the
apostie innnwated. He affirms most ex
plicitly the absolute worthleesness of life
Without love. Love at the beginning of it;
love at the end of it; love filling the whole
space between. Love at the end is not
the same as love at the beginning. It is
richer, grander, nobler, diviner. Jlut
without the first love the other could never
be. The blossom and the fruitage be
speak the rootage, snd the seed snd the
flower and the tree. And unless you have
me nrsi love love lor uoa in your aeart,
the love that shall engage our attention on
Bandar mornings will be a stranger to your
experience. "If I speak with the tongues
of men and angels, but have not love, 1
am become sounding brass or a clanging
cymbal." It would seem as it all the
Corinthian church were eloquent speakers,
or at least were eloquent hearers; and let
me say that eloquent hearer ant aa essen
tial as eloquart speech. The Corinthian
Christians were distinguished for their gifts
in this direction; snd so the apostle, know
ing it, knowing them right well, for he
was their father in the goenel, he supposed
them capable of speaking ia every tongue
that rose from the lips of men or angels.
That were they to have all and were des
titute of love they were nothing but sound
ing brass or clanging cymbals. How hard
this mnat have been on those people who
eheriahed eloquence as mora easy to im
agine than to describe, for they placed
Et store by their gift ol tongues and
r eloquence of speech. And do yoa
r we are often planing the emphasis
at their wrong place. We are often guilty
ot tbat characteristic folly. Thee Corin
thians were often putting the emphasis
where the cmphaia should not be. What
"Paul affirms and what the Gospel affirms
over and over again is that it is not speech,
that it is not doing but being, that God re-
fards. Being ia finer than doing; finer
ban saying; finer than any expression
which it is possible for it to make of itself.
80 it is nqt speech but reality that God
looks for and the church waits for. snd
the world ia hungry for in you and in me.
Now, let us consider, if you please, in
tne first place, wherein love is superior to
the moat eloqueut speech. "If I speak
with the tongues of men anT angels, but
have not love, I am become Rounding tirsss
or a clanging cymbal." What is Chris
tian love? It ia more easily described than
defined. That is precisely what the
apostle has done ia this great malm of
love. He nowhere define it. He simply
deacrihv's it, giving some fifteen character
istics of it. Indeed, I do not know where
love is defined in the entire llible, nor do
1 know a definition for it. You have heard
the story of the teacher of psychology, who
apon receiving a new clnsa st the begin
ning of the term, instead of giving them a
lecture, he anked one ot tlie memliers of
the claaa to define the tinman soul; and
the young man rose and said : "The human
Soul is tbat faculty that think and feels
and determine;" another member of the
clans aibled that the soul is immaterial.
And tben he said, will you tell me wlwit
the soul is not; and the young man had
tbe sense to sny, "I do nut know;" and
the great profewutr, whom familiarity with
the subj'-rt is b it throughout tbe contin
ent, reuiied. "Nnr more do 1." And I
fancy tbat the fir.t th('o' i:;iaa in the world,
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liirtt Wliieh cornea nenrest to bt'ii'ir a ile
fi'iitinn of l'W is the summary of the rli
vma low of the (lid 1-.lament and the
New. Tlmn snail love tne 1 1 tity (.!
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writing. It has Chriatlanity in it. And f love to eloquence. He savs, If I speak
so we sing, and wo sing it heartilyl with the tongues of men snd angels, hut
"Blessed be the tie that binds our hearts have not love, I am become as sounding
in Christian love, brass 11 s clanging cymbal. The gift with-
The fellowship of kuidrcd minds is like to out the grace is likened to the aounduui
. that shove. ff brass, to the clashing of cymbals ot
But though we may not be able to do- bronxe. A grwt many preachers boast
fine this Christian love, We know it when themse ves of their .soundness, sound in
we see it, when we hear it, and We know '?" tlieolngy-and i am not saying any
how it appears in the earth, We know I thm; sgainat soundneea in theology. And
that love seeks with total stir-forgetful-
nesi the happiness cf the object loved,
and so long as We know what it does and ,
now it behaves itself in the social fabric,
we ought to be quite content. And I want
you to notice at this point wherein lore
is superior to the most eloquent speech.
Eloquent speech may mean self idvertiae
ment. Love always means self eLaeement,
"The gift in question," says the brilliant
Drummond, in bis book entitled "The
(Iroate-t Thing in the World," and which
I com men i to you to read, "was ones
splendid and dauling, It was a brilliant
faculty drawing all eyes to the speaker
and all ears to his voice." It is the gift ot
eloquence by which a man awnya the
mind and thrills the hearts of his hearers.
Now yon can see how a manwithout love,
powiaing such S power, gives to himself
advertisement, and the fact is that some
of the moat brilliant orators of fame, and
among them occupants of pulpits, are, so
fond of themselves and glory so much in
their eloquence, that they forget the other
elements tbat go to make up amanly Chris
tian character. And I want to say to
you that the man possess intt hat eloquence
is in constant danger. The attraction
which he has for the people always tends
to centre his mind upon himself; and by
and by he gets to be greater if be ia no4
aware, than the Master Himself whom he
professes to serve and represent '
Love, on the other hand, is self-efface'
ment. . Love goes forth in beneficent min
istry, alleviating the wounds of broken
lives all around. In perfect harmony
with -this thought is the teaching of the
Master Himself. You remember that
marvelous sermon m the mountain, in
Which He says: "Even' so, let your light
shine before men that they shall ses your
good works snd may glorify your Father
in heaven." The word "so'' fa to be em
nhaaiaed aa Indioatina' tha manner of the
shining. Light may be held so close to
tne eyes as to dauie the eyes) ught may
be held so close before the eye of the
world as to daule the eyes of the world.
Yquxare not to see the shining one, but
I aujayswaj uv iv m& I'U alumna viiCi vui
hm-Uou are to see the fruits, the results of the
"img. this ia the way with tlie old
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the coi
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1.. iwkrn f Tiairerf them soon after 1UV
lriuval in this city a few days ago. You
look out upon the grass snd the growing
graais snd the vegetation and the flowers
and Vou feast your eves on the beauty snd
the wealth of the earth's surface; and you
begin) to say, whence came sll this; who is
th ttorker; who nroduced all this! and
yoa nadertake to look up st the sun shin
ing yonder in the lenitb of the heavens.
And the old sun, for your temerity, will
dart his red tot fire Into your eyes and
will leave a mark upon yoa tnat you will
not forget for many a day. Do not look
at mei look at tbe grass; look st the grow
ing grain; look at the trees look at the
work, not at the worker. So with God
Himself. No man has seen God st any
time; we see Him only in Jesus Christ.
No man has seen God the eternal, st sny
tinie; but we count the stars that bejera
the dome above ns, when the great daylight
is gone, snd tha more we study them the
more era we thrown back on tne teaching
f our childhood, when we learned to
ting: ' "Twinkle, twinkle, little star, bow
t wonder what you are, np above the world
to high like a diamond in the sky." Yoa
see the stars snd tbe glory of them trans,
ports your wondering soul, but you do
not see Him who made and keeps the
tars. If God is invisible in Himself, He
is not invisible in His ministry. You
ind I, beloved, who have been born anew,
ire sons- and daughters oi God, snd we
please Him most when Uke Him, w office
uraelves and are seen only in the benefi
cent ministry of our lives, in our homes,
in our communities, in our churches, in
wt city, ia the world. Then under this
firat point, we say again that love ia ot
greater value to the onurch and to he
world than the meet eloquent speech. Now
I may. not say that eloquence is not valu
able.'' No one of us would refuse it if
proffered to us. I may not sayneither
would Paul say that eloquence, even the
gift of tongues, was anything to be de
spised. In the apostolic age it served to
manlFeitations among the sons of men; snd
it waa greatty -coveted heoaavt of this
force resident in it. Bul l waht?u to
notice that only a few people can be elo
quent snd the great majority of us in n
gard to speech will bare to exhibit reality
rather than eloquence in speech, snd serve
our generation In the moat practical maw
ner available to us. Now I mighr estab
lish this point by argument and by declam
ation, but I prefer to give you a few illus
trations, to fssten what I mean in your
mind. :,:.:,iJ ' ; ,,:
A woman over here in New York Ciy,
some years ago, came to the City Mission
Society and sought the secretary. J'l
wou'.d like to do something for God, I am
not eloquent in speech, but I think I
could distribute tracts among the poor
and neeijy. Give me a suitable supply and
I will render this service to my Lord."
She was supplied abundantly. On going
down the street she saw a policeman tak
ing a poor worhan to the station; she
went to the station house and theiv.
learned the facta in the woman's case andS
when the woman was to be discharged.
When she came out she was met by this
good woman, who threw her arms around
her neck snd ltisscd her; and tbo woman
snid: "My Godl Why did you do that!
No one has kinsed me since my mother
died: why did you do that?" And ths
humble Christian woman said: "I do not
know, unless it was Jesus sent tbe to da
it." Without going into further detail,
let me say that that life waa redeemed by
th kiss of that Christian woman, whose
heart was full of love for her kind. This
is the kind I mean. No eloquent preach
ing from the most brilliant preacher that
yoa have ever had in the city could have
reached that Ufa aa did that kiss. That
reminded her p( iter departed mother. A
poor young girl was dying in tlie city of
Paris -and on seeing a Christian woman
who waa a stranger to her, said to her:
"You know I ha to you Christians. Vou
have nothing to give but good advice.
You build fine institutions for us when we
have fallen, but you do nothing for us
to keep us from being thrown, into the
poth of temptation." And -t ) one but
that good woman, acting with Miss Hunt
in her beneficent work in the gay city of
Paris, understood the dying energy with
which she uttered those words, ity and
by this woman won her into the kingdom
of Cod, and just before she died said to
the Christian woman, who represented for
the first time Christianity unto her: "Let
medie on something that ia yours. Won't
you let me put my head on your pillow!
I would like to die r ith my head on such s
pillow aa your pure head has rested on." It
was granted. That is what I mean. That M
the mill lit) that is open to love. Over
yonder in the city of Detroit, a reporter
called s little bootblack in the stieet to
polish his boots. Tbe little fellow came,
but as he got out his brus.li and was
about to bexin a big, brusk fellow came
along and said: "You go sway, Jimmy;
you go away. I will do this." And too
ijmrter became indignant and said:
"What do you mean by tliia?" "O, that
ia all ripht, boss. Do von know that .lun
my lun been sick in the hospital for more
than a month and be ia not verv strong
anil we boy when we are anf , doing any
thing turn in and help him7 in that iipt,
.limmv'r" "Yea. that's riirht." 'And so
I ,e ""'!
All right, go ahead; and ",e
n'ving bin bnwh and his cloth,
null Vihllu he ( eo flolurf lile mi'"'"
phfil him wilh qurstiiins: "Wlnt err eenr.
of v-l'it vu eirn do you f.-ive to .ll'niny?'
"I Or'" h it ier cent, of v- hit y :i earn
l;ive to .lunn.v''
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' yea, that is what it is, but it is without a
ministry and withont meaning for a hun
gry world. A clanging cymbal noinc, con.
fusion, birj no ministry, never helpful
for a Weary) hungry world. Let us
be something . more than jangling
voices, slanging noises. Let us have
reality, genuineness of heart, genu
ineness of love, genuineness ot reli
gion; that is what tells. That is what
the world wants. That is what it ia look
ing lor. That is what God is begging
for. I read a story some months ago in
one of your newspapers: Tww men who
had met to talk on the corner of a street.
Whilo they were talking band organ be
gan to grind out its dismal music. One ot
the men said, let ns go on snd get sway
from that wretched stuff. And the other
said, now, I will not let you talk like that
about that music. Why, do you know
that that Was "See the Conquering Hero
Comes, composed by the great Handel,
And bis friend taid: I want you to come
with me to a Handel festival. So s month
later, he invited his friend to the concert,
and sn when the lively choruses were sung
nd the great symphony went on, this
friend of his became enraptured. And he
aid: "Isn't that glorious, isn't that beau
tiful!" "Yes," mid his friend, "do you
know what it ia? It is 'See the Conquer
ing Hero Comes.' It is What you heard on
the organ." Let love conquer your hearts
and the world will make way for your com
ing, and ws shall startle the world bv the
originality of our anseltialiness. "If 1
speak with the tongues of men snd angels,
but have not love, 1 am become as sound
ing brass or a clanging cymbal." Lei as
have love.. . ' 7 :'' f
. Resisting aVsmsv-"-' .7 it
When a physician is called to 1 vase
of severe sickness, the first thing1 tli.it be
rstimates is the resisting power of the
patient. The chances for his recovery are
in proportion to his vitality. If there be
little of that at the outset there is smalt
oops of overcoming the disease. The resist
ing power of nert'Hia in lull- health Is such
that in tn epidemic they (throw off the
disease germs that nrostrati
others.
cannot siways te.i from
how much ability one )
TTiMlllflwIlLP a malarf
patently areHUUMt aimnt
succumb, whi.e others who
cover from violent attacks. Of course
lipation, unhygienic living, unhealthful sur
roundings, sap one's resisting power, so
that when a virulent ailment makes aa
attack one has strength insufUcient to fight
it Off. -----
Yoa see that it is not so much the
malignancy ot the disease as it is tbe vital
ity of the man that determines the result.
Just so it is also ia ths moral world, ssys
Wellspring. There are some persons liv
ing Uvea so upright, so spiritually healthy,
that they are practically Immune from
temptation. And when they are over
come, they soon recover themselves, for
their power of resistance is great. On the
other hand, there are those who after sue
enmbing to one temptation (ire completely,
swept away by tha power of evil. How can
that be accounted fort Obviously in the
same way that the ability to resist physi
cal disease is to be explained. There has
been unwholesome moral living; tlie mind
has been permitted to become familiar with
evil thoughts; the soul bas breathed in
miaami snd corruption, until one has no
ability to put away temptation.
All this suggests the need of resisting
power both sgainst disease and against sin.
A pure, clean, wholesome life, physical
and moral, will make one secure against
any harm that either can do
' On Worn Enemy.' ' '
Dr. Theodore L. Cuyler, in estimating
what he deems to be our worst enemy in
this life, says: "Dangerous as. the devil
is, dangerous as worldly amusements are,
the moat dangerous enemy that we often
have to encounter walks in our owa shoes.
That cunning, : artful.- smooth-tongued
heartdevil, self, is the foe tbst needs the
most constant watehingand subjects as to
the worm defeats. The flesh hieteth
sgainst the Spirit, and the Spirit against
the flesh, snd these are contrary the one
to the other - Paul bad a tremendona
battle along these lines, beating down his
carnal nature by bard blows, and ths old
hero ws able ai the last to shout, 'I have
(ought a good fight; henceforth there is
laid up for me a crown of righteousnesel'
Whoever has, 1 "OocVe belp-, laid lis de
sires, his plans, nl purposes, his propertf.
and, above all, his own will st the wet ol
Jesus Christ, is already one of ths over
comer. Be already begins to wear elean
raiment, and the omniscient eye of God
discerns on his brow the first flushings oi
the victor's erownl" ' s, -
- DUcJpllnai tha Appetite.
Archdeacon Govett, of Gibraltar, in a
letter to the public upon the consumption
of alcohol in the lh-itieh army, points out
that despite the strong evidence adduced
by Lord Napier and Lord Wolseiey as to
the criminal effects of alcohol in the army
(nearly ninety per cent, of the crime being
ttributed to it), and desnita the evidence
' J tisties, science snd experience, the
lau L. both the army and navy of Britain
are daily dosed with intoxicants. Tbe
marine, at the age of twenty, ia served
every day with hia tot of mm, snd cheap
driuking canteens are regimental institu
tion. "Until these customs, supported by
high authority, are destroyed, says Mr.
Govett, "we shall have tb shameful' vices
which send men to hospital or prison
flourishing both in the army snd aavy.
What is tli use of discipline for the body,
if there is, no discipline applied to the
appetite f" --.-- u .
' Ran tvllh ratlem.
It is not talent or gcuius that enables
on to aucoecd o much aa perseverance.
We win not by the sudden spurt, but by
keeping persistently at it. One may tire
himself more by running a mile than by
walking five. If we must run, let us run
with patience the race that is set before
usr-United Irebyterin. ..... ,
YALTJIS OB FOMENTATION. 1
Good Health says that the fomenta
tion Is a simple and convenient means
Ot making local application of heat
to the body. It consists ot a cloth
wrung out of not water and folded In
another dry clothe Th wt of an
agent so simple and yet so Important
for the relief ot suffering should be
familiar to every household. There la
no agent that can tw employed In
more different ways with benefit than
tbo fomentation. Pain quickly- yields
to ita magic touch. Inflammation li
readily reduced by ita power to con
trol the circulation. When applied
very hot and only for a short time It
Is a local tnnlc; when moderately bo!
and prolonged, It Is a sedative. Its
use is Indicated In every case whers
a poultice, a poroua plaster or a blister
Is commonly employed. A blister will
sometimes relieve pain by acting as
a countor-lrrltaii?ij,ut a very Rot fo
mentation la to be preferred, since It
Is a perfect counter-irritant minus the
unpleasantness of the bltnter. Bprayl
and gurglns lmvo tbelr place In tne
trentment ot sore tliront and ton 1
V tbelr smxnili liil a.-ihin on t'ue n
cons nielli'ill
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To Destroy Ants.
Make boles with a crowbar or con
venient stick, from six Inches to one
toot deep, and about 15 Inchea apart,
over tbe ground infested by the ants,
and Into each pour two or three tn
spoonfuls of bisulphide of carbonf
stamping the dirt Into the hole as soon
aa "the liquid is pourej Into It The
bisulphide of carbon at once vaporttes,
and 'permeating tbe ground destroya
the. ants, but will-not injure planta.
One should remember while using this
substance that It la highly tnflamable,
and ahould not bring near It a flame,
or lighted pipe or cigar. U B. Kerr, In
The Epltomlst, . . : 7 - ,
77 ';i'7 Humua for the fioll...;7i f,:-:-t,-f
" The black prairie lands from long
years of rotting vogetatlon were origin
ally rich In humus, much more so than
heavy clay land. ., But even- the prairie
lands, when farmed long without To
turn of msnures, show a want of fer
tility In production. Tha growth ot
clovory tiowpean and other legume
cannot be too strongly urged for tbe
purpose of restoring humus on old
lands. Some experiments tn New York
are referred to., showing that landa
supplied with nitrates and humua by
aucb cultivation, resisted drouth much
better than ariy others. A field waa
planted with several different, grains,
and varying quantities of humus were
supplied In different parts of the field.
Where tbe humus was most plentiful
the grains Were heavier and of a much
darker color with great vigor of
growth, and were "little affected by
severe dry weather. In portion
but little hnmtii sinrj
growth wn i)ints were
S u,n anceiimhArl trt
.hnapclla Newvoi A
nutritious tiBmems or mnn., ,
, Milk is valuable according to its Con
stituent elements,' and 'should really
be sold according to Its quality. Instead
of quantity. 'And in basing the value
of the milk upon quality, It IS not to
be Inferred that cream alone should be
the standard of measurement. It la
a plain fact that It is not always the
richest milk In cream that la the most
nutritious,. but a combination of cream
nd other nutritious aubntances that
serve to make the whole a complete
article of food. The cow that gives
ten quarts of milk containing 12 pet
cent of nutritious matter is fully equal
to one that yields 20 quarts contain
ing only six percent of nutritious mat
ter; but, unfortunately, the dalryaina
la not always compensated - for the
difference In quality, although the aetu.
I cost oi the ten quarts from one cow
exactly equals the 20 quarts from the
other. ' This Is an Important matter,
and largely enters into the profit and
loss account, for, though apparently
imperceptible, yet the fact exists and
should receive consideration. Many
good cows are often condemned, for
yielding small supplies, when, in fact,
the production of the milk from' them.
If sold according to quality, . woold
render them the moat valuable ani
mals In the herd. -
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runt fwr vaca nivrw. '.it; ;y
For the young ducks the ' houygT
anouia be m gooa snape. , ttee luat
there are no leaky roofs or poor floors.
The floors should 'be made of . good
boardamised T'fow Inches off the
ground. Do not feed the ducklings
In their houses, unlets ths weather
4s too bad to feod outsider A good
plan la to have the floors covered an
Inch deep wltb sand, which should be
changed- often; over the sand put an
inch or so of clean bay or litter. If
the sand cannot be bad, the floors will
need to be cleaned, more or less, cpry
day, because the 'moisture' will soak'
through the bedding. Remove the lit
tor and scatter coal ashes over the
floors; let remain,, for About half an
boar, then scrape up &e ashes and
aweep the floors; nearly all the mois
ture will be taken up by the ashos. Let
dry out and then put In fresh bonding.
Of course tbe ducklings mast be put
into separate pons while this work Is
going on. Now In regard to watc-, if
the food cannot be given In water, a
vessel of fresh watef should be placed
convenient, souths docks- can drink
and rinse their beaka at will Jis boob
as tbey are done eating, empty out
the water and replace with fresh for
ducklings make such musa that'
fresh water must be provided often.
Clarinda L. Burns, In The Epltomlst.
' Cvn for Fodder Crop.
The Haley Is a double plow, or right
and left baud plow set together at
the land side, so as to throw the fur
row both ways, and make a ditch.- Be
hind, attached to the back end of the
beam, la subsoller; this stirs tbe
bottom of tbe furrow.. Then follows
the drill, drawn by one horse, unless
a combined lister and drill, and drills
the corn In the bottom of the ditch,
whtdh la always fresh and clean of
weod seeds. The advantages are, that
no plowing and harrowing, marking
or checkrowlng, are necessary, con
sequently the farmer has more time for
small grain In the spring, and la rea
sonably sure to get hia grain planted
In good season with less labor. .AH
weeds will be killed when the corn Is
planted. This gives the com an equal
chance with the weeds. The work
j can be cvmmonced as soon as the list
ing Is done, with no danger of the
horse tramping on the corn, as they
! walk on the rldK"s, tho corn Is In the
ground so deep that It Is not eattlty
blown down, and the crop v ill stand
a lonKor dry spoil than when planted
on top of tho ground. ' In listing, one
should always lint up and down hills,
as then each row will carry ot! Its sun
plus water without. Injury to the corn;
but If listed tho other wny, acrms the
In. 13, die duchess wi'.I n i v,i'ii va'- r,
wokIi In nml cover no the corn so dwp
Hint It will ma 1
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and frequently bring fancy prices, con- ,
sf quently tbey are a good crop for the
northern mflrltot ffardenAr to arow. : '
who has plenty of hothouse room. To
grow beets large enough to market In
March, they must be started in a good
seed bed in a greenhouse early in Jan
uary. The seeds may be sown broad
cast In a bej or by drilling In rows
about three Inches apart. The latter
method I prefer. . The seeds should
be covered at least one-half Inch deep, ,
and deeper Is better. After the seeds
ar nicely up- end have commenced to .
grow, the plants abould be thinned to
a half aa inch or an Inch apart In rows, s
In thla way they can-grow until three -
or four Inchea high, when they are
ready for the permanent beds...". ...
Beets are strong feeders and require ,
a very rich soli. A house In which a
crop of lottucehaa been grown and
waa heavily manured at setting time, v
makea a good place. Another applica
tion of well-rotted stable ranure
spaded in helps the , fop along and a
sprinkling of. some, good commercial
fertilizer In addition is a ; benefit. '
Nitrate of aoda sown broadcast over
the bed followed by a good watering,
when the beets are 'about half grown - ;
hastens their maturityV77 ?J -V
' . The rows should be made ten or 13
planum inreu ur luur iuchobi khu wi-
rows. A pointed stick Is a good, tool
to use In transplanting. Make a bole
deep enough to allow the roots of the
beet to go down straight to seed
loaves. ' The- dirt -ahould .be,3roughtf
against the roots firmly by crowding
the pointed stick down1' alongside of '
the1 roots and pressing the dirt against, ,
thoco, . The bottom of the hole should
be welt filled, for unless it la an air
space is left and the boots ' do tot .
grow as -well; After theryjsre trans-
planted
UioiHi rx- Alan ! j..injl TTW
the beetH growing
rapidly.- When about half grown-, run- ;
alng tha, finger around . the beet and
pushing the dirt away from It hastens
Its maturity.' ;' '
1 Beets stand quite a good deal of heat ,j.
and.tbe house can be kept. as warm aa
la Jeslred.t Like radishes, it ia better
to atart the crops under ther a low
temperature, Increasing the heat after-,
t lie crop has got nicely, to, growing, If
good,, thrifty plants are, set, six weeks
is sufficient tp grow1 the crop. The) re-
naming beets grow faster after part 4
of them are pulled, m,;JA. tiw?
. Beets In early spring, two and one. v
halt inches In diameter, are-ifcnsldered
No. 1 if smooth and symmetrical. Four
n thoM HA tsuroflMM. OCa lufficlAnt for Y
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a bunch and fire doaen. bunches can
easily be shipped In a celery box. In
preparing for market; after pulling, (S
they ahould, be looked pver, one by oee,
the broken tops -removed also all fel
low and drleJ leaves. The beets ahould
be bunched to run as; uniformly' in ?
slke as possible and washed clea. af- .t
ter bunching. A. Ia Latham, in Amert- .
cin Agriculturist. ''
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RuiMlnfl tin a Garden 80II.
Having some years since purchased
and removed to a new place tn out
village I found myself confronted wltb
the fact that I had no suitable placef
for a garden... . , . " . ,;. 7 '7
Now a garden of j greater 'ot less
dimensions bas always been to me one
of the actual neceesiUes. hence I be-
cast about as to how
overcame .taenIHcies w buwco.
along the line. "
Th lot-1 had purchased ad upon
whleh my present residence Is
being bo located tbat the whole lot bad
to be filled and graded un to the depth'
of several feet of course none of th
original soil remained at the surface.
And the filling having been (on the,
part where I dealreJ to make my vege--table
garden! all done from a bank ad
Jnceut composed of an -almost clear
gravel with an admixture of sand It
foully amounted to simply gravel
bank on which to constroct--tt that Is
the pronef expression- garden soiW
Of course i might if I could, find the
place rem which to procure It nave
had a surface' soft suited tb gardening
drawtt and covered -ewrer the garden
plot, .,!7 ,,.1 -,f,,': t,i,;,...,v , ,
. But I knew of no place where I ml4
Obtain such soil and even If I could It
would have been expensive to htrs H
carted for this pufpo&e and I decided
to try if I could not secure the desired
results by making tbe addition to this
gravel of thcwcW"aeary for
producing andauaUiinipg ("grffwtsvot
garden crops, .j. , ;f , ; ,7, ? i
First off then I knew that 11 won lu
be Important In a sol! constituted so 1
largely of clean gravel as waa itbia to
add largely of humua Jo, some form
and to. tbls end I made a heavy ap
plication of partially rotted stable mi
nora but coarse enough that it con
tained a large proportion ot decayjn
Vegetation. ' - ,
' Thla I supplemented with a fceavy
application: of a. commercial; fertiliser
fejntaining a large percentage of nitro
gen and phosphoric acid but low tn
potash as I had an abundant supply of
wood ashes which I used for that ele
ment furnishing It thus more cheaply
than I could In any other form.
Then upon the Surface1 f ' used a
heavy mulch of. stable manure about
all the coarser growing vegetables,
this helping to retain the moisture and
at the same time making a gradual but
continuous addition of humus In- the
process of decay.-., ,. -.. , ..,.
The first season's growth was fairly
satisfactory although the season, was
a dry one and the soil of eourai. was
somewhat lacking in retentive power
but the following year repetition of
the application, of a' generous L ti p
dressing of stablo manure In combin
ation with the undecayed portions f
the mulch applied the previous senm
seemed to perceptibly increase the hu
mus contents of the, soli and the gar
den crops grown tuorinn lm s "" I
year were very san tiy.
ArJ t' 1 t 1- n J iiwth- f.-n
ti 1 1 1 I I hut ,1 loul t, n s
poii. t I'M bei'ti so rlirtmiy s.i
Willi all rh'-""'i of vetflnMes t
as to warrant no In rwi
ti' 1 ( f t' "i n I 1 ' ' '
P'-.y v. ho rr,:..y I.-uve) tm .- i 1 1 ;
1 1- : - i
A a I 1 i- ! i .
it til,-.
waervftflremoTb. Keep