VOLUME XYII1.
FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY; SEPTEMBER 30, W.
NUMBER ;9
'is '
; .' . ' v ilUE DOOMED OAK. .
a ' A,.y .-. - i
Tk doom il oas sla-uli kr lha r!v"r' till,: Old 1 1tne h hath rod men Rod Wolf,
.at uvnr the win .t l.ra'ulii- Ibn.w-iJ' 1 tie singing rlvec alml. tm I In (mil, .
u- via nil JJ H' IIIH vTiMUMf IM.Ue-S
Iliu nr. c uu uio.vy huuWs
ftrtTiTKMktllUat s a nl ar ttnA :
I Ibe proud link lifC lit fl-urty he
"Bui lira .t hi J oai in ii I j nil lii-j llvot
Wider ts tn. era Spread, ""'
Ms-it rear hath pil a way .- .
hlniu Hi -re ih-. ous'a .e"il-aeori1 trll
Bui lti g earning nirr of longer doyi
. Or merry ur mad il .lh tail ! . ,
Ih red m"u tolled beneath the oak,
Anil llw w.j.l h q iltrr.n victim toroj :
LUl Mm nv.-f rim sir A I.m w .-, , .
, diiuII ruu nu.1 IhD uak 110 oiurot .
' Ibe white m :i D the red nan's rent,.
The wu!l bn- tfuua hi r.irg'ilieu way, ..
A'j I tin river alu .is or D'-ru ur sweet,
iif 'ii Ijh 011k hii uii,Iit, n I ly. .
. It licks the fact, ssi-k dry the heirt
01 1 .e oak aor lufti Bur won ibe sirlfei .
Fur all Ihla .t eltit hav Ihelr part
1b Got! a wl iv aubeiue of life. , 1
A NIHILIST
the crimson khade of the lamp cast
a Warm glow oVer tot foom In Which
' k youug man gttt smoking and think
ItaS. It was eafly In the evening, not
long artet seven, and he was ,wonder
ing wtiere to spend me noura 1111 oeu
time. A knock at the outer door of his
chambers disturbed his reverie. Being
r alone, he went himself to answer the
summons. A lady, tall and thickly
: veiled, stood in the passage without
, "Mr. Austen Grey?".
"That is my name, madam."
"Can I speak with you In private?"
; Her accent was foreign.
' "Certainly; will you come InT"
The lady entered, Austen pusxling
: his brain as to who hla visitor might
' be. She declined the seat Offered tot
. iter, and glanced round the room. ,
' ' "Are we quite alone r she asked.4
"Quite,"
The lady lifted her veil T
"Olga Dobfouioff!" cried the young
' man, In a tone of consternation. : j
-ss . "I have, not altered so much la six i
gears' that you fall tc recogtin me,
.hen, Cecil Austen?" said she, a faint
(mile at bJjW4erc-tfk-iMNij;ise and sud
KtMAXlbt crossing her dajHtautuuautt
ful face.. "Cecil Austen! ah; but you
1 . 1 A .1..
iv auuwu uiure uy juur uum-ut-iuw
,;: tre, now, are you not?"
Austen forced himself to appear
"What ii your business with me,
madamr" He Inquired, - ' '
"BO dustereT Vouf manner toward
me Was so different six years ago in
ttdssia. Wall, Well, my businessT fa
give y6u this."' '
She handed him a letter, which h
hesitated at first to open. Breaking
" the seal at length, he cast his eyes
over the communication which he drew;
from the envelope. One glance was
sufficient to cause his hand to tremble
so violently as to rustle the paper It!
held. His pallor deepened for a mo-
meat; then his face flushed, and a dis
. dalnful look came into his eyes. !
"Take thts back to those who sent
' you to me," he said, "and say that J j
. have not held muself subject to their
orders since I left Russia."
"Remember your oath."
"Buch as it was, I took It In a mo
ment of youthful I might say boyish
'-enthusiasm over things I did not
1 understand. I saw my folly In
and abandoned the society into
the memberwrLpr wnicn 1 was De-
gulled by your
traeed-un-4
my Infatuation for you.'
"Infatuation! You swore ron could
) never love another woman, and taught
1 me to love you tjecii.
) Her voice softened, her fact grew
I less stern. ',
i Im sorry for that episode In my
me, ne maae answer.- -1 was learn
ing to forget it, and hoped you had,
alsa". ' ' .
' "IT Never! I shall love you to my
dying hour. Oh. mr darllnit!" she
, cried, clasping her hands passionately
and taking a step towards him, "have
you really truly ceased to love me?".'
"Srjghti
ulh.
the 1
faib"er.Wh
"This topie is an unpleasant on.
Olga on that I have no wish to die
, cuss.: It was not love I had for you; I
have discovered that" ' 1 . "
. ' " ' "You have discovered-aht'".
Her swift Awning eyes fixed them
selves on photograph. standing upon
the mantelpiece. It was the picture of
; - young girl whose face was tha em
bodiment of beauty, tenderness and
Mrust ' . : .
" "You have discovered It, have you?
Did she help you to make the discov-
ryf
"That Is the lady I hope soon
to
make my wife." .
' The ' words were spoken coldly,
' haughtily. . For a moment Olga Dob
1 TonloiTs features burned with the fierce
, fire of passionate hate. Her Angers
' gripped the picture tightly gripped It
as though they would crush It Bud-
denly they relaxed, and with a pite
ous moan she sank upon her knees
and bowed her head, ;
. "Oh, Cecil!" she cried,' In bitter an-
gnish, "then I must not hope-I, who
have carried your image In my heart
these long, long years? In what a
fool's paradise I have lived. And yot
'it has been so sweet"
; Sobs burst from her throat In a wild
torrent Austen stood with the paper
she had given blm stltl in his hand,
' looking, as he felt, terribly agitated.
. The memory of .those few months he
had pftHsrd In Runnla as ait attache to
the British emliaNsy returned to him.
r-iT.iomherod, the amlmssndor's ball,
he fi. .t mot OU a Ix.liioiiloff.
" n In love with the stir
i' ll girl at first sight
1 - Mcvrd it was love
,1lli)iv Wait lor the rtvHrthtilirnatsea-gult
ii j , 9o tliu law fines tuu flint daWa brok.
) he great oak'a kindred look on the seat
Ibe act ami es out lu'o eudleae epaeei
Tim Voice Ml.l utter Ita ''Let there be,".
Ao wor di wbei'l Into pliwe.
trhy, whonoe Or whither 0 drettk may
aouu'l
Of sleep or watting or prose or rhyrai
; lliin'a vision hath descried ko bound
' ior uy ebliil ol Time, ,
fcnt eaoh new leaf by tweet lire stirred
l'roolslmi anew lUe clear decree)
At laM Quit's transformation-word
Buull eolvn Ufa's mystery.
'Again tba Voices 4'1). tloa the deed
Wait on iby band; tha need la thine,
Look well to it ! tbi-n take no keed -'
klore far all else U tulue."
IkB, at from dunfreon Into light,
Ibe wakened aoul thall Jorout fit : ,
AkoTe tbe ireu 01 eartn a mgni
, Into ftod't ijure, deep tklee. '
-0. W. Sean, In tbe Indlaaapolit Journal.
T1ANDATB.
btothsrhood, taking the oath to aid
them In their secret war against tyran
ny, .... ,
Shortly after this the death ol a bear
relative called htm home, knd he Bad
been In England but lltUe time When
the conviction grew Upon blm that bis
love for Olga, which he had thought
so all-pervading, 'waa dead, f He wrote1
to her to this effect, but received no
reply. Perhaps his letter had miscar
ried. . Having no deilre to return to
Russia, he had resigned his post there,
and, possessing a smair competency,
devoted himself to literature with fair
success. Indeed,-only two days previ
ous to Olga Oobrouloff's visit a play
of his had been produced and well re
ceived by the critics. ,
The silence of the loom was broken
only by the ticking of the clock and
the Sobs of the kneeling woman." The
latter grew fainter after a while, and
Austell waa thinking he might , ap
proach and offer some words of eom-
Jort, when, v with quick movement
Olga rose to her leojL Her eyes were
wollen with weep' the expres
sion of her facjwaycainilv
"itccept my fate," she said, d I
will not trouble you again. You reraise
to execute tha orders of the Nihilist
i "Undoubtedly. ; I will not commit
furder." : .
''Ivan BrOnski is A traitor-- doc un
ft to breathe Ood's pure air. It Is not
murder to take the life of Such as he.
He revealed A plot which would havt
truck a gigaitUo blow for Russian
freedom, Add betrayed my father, Who
tt sentenced to a living death In the
giberian mines he and his fellow-mar
tyrs. By good fortune I succeeded id
scaping arrest It was known that
Bronskl had. fled to England. He had
merited death, And the lot fell to yon
Among our brothers In this country to
freak vengeance upon the traitor, I
begged to be Allowed to carry the de
daloA of the chiefs to you, but on my
Arrival In London none of our frater
nity could tell me where to find jCecil
lusten. - By chance I waa present at
the first performance of your play, recv
ognlxed you when you were tailed be
fore the curtain And followed you to
this place.- ,- . ...'.. . :
' "I hav kept your Identity A secret
from our friends, because my instinct
told ma it would be for your good.
Your KDudlatlon of me la not nner-
pected, CeciL Your six years' silence
could only mean that you were tired of
me. Nevertheless, It waa a shock to
hear the truth from your own lips. And
you still refuse to be true to your oath
a A Nlhlllstlc';,j:; yv
"I Am no longer A Nihilist, however
much I may sympathize with the Nihi
listic. Alms, To ssk m to commit
murder Is revolting-." '
"The chiefs punish with death those'
who do as you are doing." . '
"I have no fear of them."
She said nothing for some minutes,
but, looking steadily at him, extended
her hand. ' . '
"I am Afraid my coming has brought
a cloud over your triumph And hap
piness. I am sorry, Cecil Good by."
He pressed faor hand. She, turning,
moved towards the door. . Austen fol
lowed. 11 .
"Olga," he said, a burning t'eslr ris
ing In his heart to speak kindly words
to this woman whose love he was
bound to reect She Interrupted him.
"Say nothing to me except a last
goodby." ;r; ,
.With head erect she passed out on
to the staircase And in a moment was
gone from his sight Austen watted
nntll her footsteps died away and then
slowly, thoughtfully, returned to his
room. ' ..'. ...V..'' . ' . .
The first thing that his eyes rested
on was the order of the Nihilist chiefs
that he, Cecil Austen, should take the
life of Ivan Bronskl, thti traitor. It
was lying on the oor With the photo
graph of Dora Penfield, the girl he
loved. With A shudder he cast the ob
noxious paper on the in, where It was
quickly consumed, and, kissing the
picture lovingly, he replaced it on the
mantelpiece. His mind was no longer
exercised as to where he should Bpend
the evening. The fire .was out, the
gray dawn Just creeping In at the win
dows when he at last threw himself on
the bed and fell into a troubled sleep.
It was high noon when he awoke.
The first thing that arrested his at
tention was the shouting of newsboys
In the street "Mystairious murder In
'Am'stld tUs mornln'!" Was the burden
of their cry. As dsamatiat, his instinct
for the sensational prompted him to
send for a paper.
Turning to the column headed by the
winds forming the newsboys' cta'hla
eyes riftiud upon a imtno that sent a
million awmzliig thrill, to his very
' art-rent re. -
1 11 11 eiirly hfir this mornimr (renrl
back to- front. The weapon has not
been discovered. No one in the neigh
borhood teems to have been disturbed
during the night, but this may b ac
counted for by Beech Walk being A
somewhat lonely thoroughfare; the
nearest house to the scene of the mur
der Is SO yards distant From papers
found on the body it is believed that
the murdered man is'a Russian named
Ivan Broniikl.
"A later report states that Bronskl
has been Identified by A woman As A
mad who lodged In her house during
the last feW months under the name of
Peter Dumaroffi Our representative 1
prosecuting, further inquiries, the re
sult of which will be published la our
special edition," : ' ,f
The rat-tat of the postman here re
sounded through the rooms, and a
letter was brought In. AuBtea was
conscious of Attaint recollection of
the writing on the envelope. He broke
It open. Yes; It waa from Olga Do
brouloff. v'-
"Dear Cecil', my lost love," he read,
"you, were wrong to think lightly of
the power of 'the Nihilist chiefs to pun
ish with death those of the brethren
who fall to stand by their oath. Had
I taken back to them your refusal to
carry out their vengeance on A traitor,
you would assuredly have been doomed.
But 1 will sav you. When you read
this IvAn Bronskl will be A dead man,
and my band will havt sialu him.
This pefily to avenge my father, but
cbtcCy to protect you, 1 Am sufficiently
acquainted With Bronski's movements
to know that the opportunity I re
quire will occur within a few hours of
mr condudlna this letter. 1 Escape for
myself will be. eat, 1 trust! I shall re
turn to Russia and report to the chiefa
simply , that their orders have been
obeyed, and I advise 70U at ohce to
communicate with them (I enclose ad
dress) Asking for release from your
oath, c My task accomplished; I need
say no more than that lit will be to
me a burden unbearable, and I shall
not hesitate to free myself from the .
torture of regret that Is burninc -'
poor heart away. Goodrby, V' r
you be happier In yourjr
Dobrouloff." .'-i'-.-'y --t"i t
, Little mcisoflmportance was ever
publishsI regarding the Hampstcad af-
falr.Anopen verdict was returned afc
Inquest, And the mystery of Bros
ski's death' was ' never elucidated.-'
Waverley Magazine..'
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
In Hawaii there la a' spot called the
ock of Refuge. If a criminal reaches
tola rock before capture he la safe so
long at he remains there. Usually his
family suprtTy him' with food until be
I .LI, . ' 1. L, V.., W- t -
19 uiv tw mug uia uiajra, vui ue ie
never Allowed to return to his own
tribe. .
' Formerly A Chinaman who 1 gased
Upon the Emperor or Empress while
they were being carried . along the
street lost his head. Since the Emper
or's return from Singanfu this rule ha
been revoked, but the populace has not
yet mustered courage, and not long
Ago, when the Imperial part were In
enangnat, ue streets were oeeerteo. -
k A curious case waa recently reported
from Wyoming, Del., In which John
M. Ross, a prominent citizen; shot him
self.' It Is believed that he killed him
self while asleep. He always had A re
volver under his pillow. Early one
morning his wife was awakened by a
shot And discovered her husband kneel
ing beside the bed, dead, with the pis
tol still In bis band. There was every
Indication that he had done the deed
while asleep. ' 1 '
A novel system, of adornment lor
rooms has been perfected by a London
electrician. The walls are lined with
panels of transparent glass, which are
faced with negatives of' well known
pictures, through which filters sub
dued electric, light The effect is some
what the same as the light o a stained
glass window,' and Is q jlte artistic.
There la no glare, and the pictures can
be chosen according to the taste of
the owner of the room. .
"U hae just come to light that an as
tounding state of things exists In Paris,
says The Sketch. A well knowA shop
lifter and her son were Arrested en
flagrant dell, and at the police s tat Ira
hundreds of francs worth of stolen
goods was found on them. -The two
were in a pitiable state and screaming
for their hypodermic morphia-syringes.
Theye were perfect morpho-manlacs,
and were immediately released, as the
law regards these poor wretches as
perfectly - irresponsible. Habitual
thieves,' It IS said, have adopted the
habit as A protection. . . r
The dress of th men of the, EIIza
bethan period In Engand was fully as
extravagant In 1 Its way as that of
the women, and their folly was satiris
ed by Shakespeare and his contempor
ary writers. . After the d oath of E1U
abeth, her successor, James, encour
aged these fantastic fashjons. The lieau
of his day was distinguished by bis
long and flowing hair waving in the
wind, his hat cr gllk teavcr (the lat
ter the more expensive), the crown
high and narrowing to tbe top; as
8tubhhe histqrlan, says, standing
up nearly a foot high, "like the speare
or shaft of a steeple and on top of the
hat a lofty plume of feathers. Many of
the gallants of the day wore gloves in
their hats as a mark of their ladles'
favor. Under tho left ear was a long
lock of hair, called a love lock, which
was generally tied with red ribbon.
This fashion had become fo notorious
that Prynne wrote an express treatise
against it In 1623.
Cleaned and Restored.
There Is a certain Infly who Is ad
dicted very strongly to the art of mak
lug-up. V lint pho dues exuctlv Ih a
rtiv-Ktery to nil but herseir n;i lier
maul, tut tlio rffwt Ih preen.. y sa f
she had a
I i rati
tl 1
Ver In
C 'ilt. (if Cil.-i'l
r f 10 At I
-I or
1
A MONKEY'S PEfS.
It Takes Kindly to Kittens and Learns
How To Fish.
. Hack Inspector Sam Macy, says tbe
Honolulu Bulletin, who has been
known for years as a financier and
owner of fine anlmr.ls, tells the follow
ing story of a pet monkey which be
J owned sevoral years ago and whese
1 loss was almost as greatly, folt as if it
had been one of the members of the
Inspector's family.. Tho monkey was
brought to this country when very
young and bought by Sam, who started
to educate the beast Immediately. . It
Was A very willing And Intelligent
fnonk And soon learned to do many
Amusing tricks, being exhibited to the
friends of the .Inspector And causing
much wonder by Its cleverness. When
ltg master was at work it was Chained
In the yard, and soon became accus
tomed to the domestic animals, which
were Us neighbors. The family cat
and Joko were tbe first to make real
friends. And when Tabby brought A
family of nine kittens from under the
house, Joko nearly went wild with de
light v' -.",.
" Having, none of his own specttt to
associate -with, the lonely little Uottkey
took to the company of the tabbies,
and soon shared tha responsibility of
the care of the numerous family with
Mrs. Tabby. The little tabblos grew
up After A while add shifted for them
selves, leaving their foster parent lcne
sorae agalu, And so Joko next Adopted
A small pig. The monkey bossed the
little porker About to its hewt's con
tent until the pig Also greW wp, And
then the monkey, which was not very
large, rede the pig about In very com
'(fashion. After several ;
livity, Joko ifcaraed .16 gatJ
which he dutifully brough
kitchen every day, one at a 1
His hut accomplishment v
Wfig
Uo fish. He would
''net.
which was
tho
th.x
ln
-.mrcuiTgot himself entangled
" - . "
in the meshes and was pulled Into the
sea and drowned. When bis master
went to get his net he found poor
Joko's body Along with a large haul cf
fish. The monkey was buried, but the
memory of his amusing tricks and use
ful Assistance will live long In tbe
recollection' of the back Inspector.
How Gold Nuggets Grow,
. Geld In Its natural state, like many
other products of the earth, is an Ar
ticle of development' - What its orig
inal elements are Is still A matter of
some speculation, but the fact has
been demonstrated that a nugget of
the precious metal left In Its original
environments will ' gradually, though
slowly, Attract to Itself minute parti
cles cf gold dust, and after the lapse
. of years possess an Added value. Gold
Is known to have grown m mine tlm-
I I. - wkl.t. I 1 1 I A
I uvm wiiit:ii iiuvu Jt'llfj .uwu .iiimuuiovu
111 mine wmer. m uiu uaiuoruia dibi
Mining bureau: there is a specimen of a
piece of jointed cap and post taken
irom me uomsiocK wnere it naa neon
muer water .or yea re. ra wnicn s-m
wae lormeu in we jowia oa pores oi
th WOOd.
Gold Is constantly being formed lu
rocks And veins And placers. Just
what it Is that the baby K'd forma
tion feeds on to effect ita growth. Is
not known; if It were a new And won
derfully lucrative Industry might be
temporarily be abandoned,
4 . Now for City Bred Farmers,
As the urban population which must
be fed from th farm Increases, the
tillers of the soil become fewer in num
ber and poorer Ip quality. ' Those who
remain-to tare -for the crops have
one fault which the city dweller Is
quick to notice, Tbe worker somehow
does not put the spirit Into his tasks ,
that the eight-hour-day mas in town
exhibits. The city boy grows up In an
atmosphere of hustle. With bis null
ity to make every moment count the
city-bred man may get out of a farm
Immeasurably more than the average
rural resident Agricultural schcols
And A business Instinct And training
Are not bad substitutes for' farm '
breeding; txA it will not be surprise
Ing It the next few years witness an
exodus of city-bred workmen, ' filled ;
With spirit and Bpeed, to tho districts
which produce the orlglral matter for.'
all the breakfast foods. R. E. Down.
i
'
er In Booklovers Magazine.
.1-
j , A Dancing. Record, s 1
William Kemp, an English comic ac- '
tor, who flourished during the last
years ot Queen Elizabeth, and who be- '
lenged to the same company as Shake- ,
speare, and "created" Dogberry, )
danced from London to Norwich, a 1
distance 01 11 nines, no waa aciMrtiu- w
paniod by . servant an umpire and A
tth tnhnr unit ntn nrtvwi -
man with a tabor and pipe. Crtiwda
hindered his start on Feb. 11, 1600,
and many met him at every place.
Several tried to dance with him, but
none-could rival hla pace; the most
successful were womon. 1 Although de
layed by a snow storm he did It In
rilne days, end on the way accepted a
challenge or two, each time nomlng off
best, except when a Chelmsford maid
en of 14 outdanced him. On his re
turn be wrote an occcnut of It, which
ends with a warning to thoso with
whom he had made wnsers that If
they did not pay up he would publish
their names.-
"Father of Base Gall."
Rev. Dr. Lewis V. Mud 50, of tlia
class of '(12, Princeton nnlveritlty, xvlio
Is known among tlio Princeton grad
liates as the "fiitlior of l:is ball," hi-3
accepted tho call from ' tho Central
1'resliytoriftn chun-h of Dowlngtnwn,
I'a. 1 'f. Mir'ra w;n t1.
"r una
p:teti-
-ellilVO
1 t
years.
First
r ti t
Forvune.
o 1 I'l
THE LAWS OF HEREDITY.
A1E BEINO WORKED OUT IN A
HARVARD LABORATORY.
With the Assistance of Guinea Plga
- And Mice Interesting Experiments
8em to P"rovo Famous Principle
. -Evidence of a Mouse.
In the basement of one of the labora
tories of Harvard University, Cam
bridge, la A happy And contented set
tlement of mice, .rabblti and guinea
pigs with pedigrees, many of 'them,
that might well be envied by the May
flower descendants. ...In fact, coupared
with some of these modest guinea pigs,
the best accredited Mayflower descend
ant it little better than a parvenu.
And these piga, mice, rabbits, each in
its own way, are proving the truth of
A scientific principle discovered some
40 years ago by one George Mendel, ad
Austrian monk, In the garaen of his
cloister A principle which Is known t
science as Mendel's law of heredity.
Mendel and, other' later investigators
proved his law for plants, And the lit
tle animals In the uarvard cages are
engaged In proving It for the higher
organisms.. - ;
' Mendel's law was originally discov
ered by a series of pretty experiments
In the cultivation of garden flowers, in
which he crossed different varieties of
ordinary garden peas and carefully
w?eh.d the result The result provod
that If a pea with yellow cotyledons,
as botanists, call the seed leaves of
the young plant, were crossed with
one having green cotyledons, all the
peas resulting from the process would
have yellow cotyledons. It these peas
were crossed with others having sim
ilar yellow cotyledons the result stilt
Jrtollbwed thai "'How was the charac-
t
teristic color of the seed wtfWUrtkWw.there laajdfespread feeling that
it the peas descended from the original
crossing were self-pollinated, - or
crossed with each - other, the result
would be one green-seeded peA for ev
ery three yellow ones. In other words.
the peas inherited a characteristic from
the first crossing that did not appeal-
until the second generation, and then
: VAAl AAA V VOOtJff UUfcWTCIA, If V yisMALS II
botj, 0f which the inherited charac-
only in crosses between two plants tn
teristic might be 'considered hUeut
By the discovery and 'study ot this
curious series of Inheritances Among
the garden plants Of his cloister .the
Austrlon monk evolved a law that now,
According to modern scientists,' "bids
pair to prove as fundamental to
right understanding ot heredity as the
law of definite proportions in chemis
try."' .;i-::-.-'!.-!.t-i,:.Vi Wld I. -Tf 'H.;jl'l....f.ta
To say that science watches, day by
day,, tbe development of heredity pc
cullarltles in many happy families of
guinea pigs,
mice or rabbits Imme
diately suggests a question: How can
one detect tbe Inherited characteristics
of these little animals? One guinea
pig, one might say, is very like another
guinea pig, And one rabbit Is very like
another rabbit. - But a visit to the do-
! mostic menazerie at tha Harvard soo-
' . . ....
logical laboratory shows immediately
that there are dlffernces in guinea
nijrae irnitl nf ; thatn .ar elhinne fni
, example, snow white with pink eyes,
wnie otnerg ,re only par(ly ai0ino
'mosaics," the zoologist calls taem-
, ,rt wUn ,OTg
! hlr lk n gnrnra lilll.n .m "rnaAt.
ted," a word that describes A guinea
pig Whose hair grows iu such fashion
1 that the timid little creature presents
the Appearance of being chronically ex
posed to blowy weather. There are
more' differences, indeed, among the
guinea pigs than among either tbe mice
or rabbits but in all classes there' are
difference enough to establish the
question of Inheritance and ahow bow
this, that or the other characteristic
baa or has not been transmitted. . One
of the most curious results ot the
investigations has been (he evolution,
ot A race of guinea pigs with four toes
where ordinarily a guinea pig haa but
three a curious peculiarity whose ap
pearance In Father Pig and sunscquent
transmission through a series ot gen
erations is an occurrence that, so far.
can be explained only by the theory
that Mother Pig, far back in her un
known ancestry, had bad a similarly
four-toed progenitor ?.
' Every creature In this unique scien
tific menagerie bases Wtbllshed pedi
gree and the record In which the sci
entist sets down the 1 birth and life
history ot the animals under bis charge
has during the -last three years in
cluded something over 1500 entries.
This record Includes a picture of the
subject Itself, a rough outline drawing,
on which are recorded somewhat as la
, a lvnlr.nl ftrawlnn Ih, h '
man figure when a new recruit enters
the United States army or navy the
characteristic markings and color of
that particular Individual. Each ani
mal, moreover, is a recognized peraon
allty in the eyes of the scientist, who
. ,, , .
ZZt VZSZ Z l
A A college oi Herniary can irace a
human family tree, and doubtless much
more accurately. - - -
' Naturally the keeper of this curious
menagerie becomes very familiar wltn
the Inhabitants of his wire cages, all ot
them more or leas. tame, but each re
taining withal a more or less personal
Attitude of mind toward being plckad
up by an alien hand and having its
fur measured with a bit ot tape, or its
eyes examined for traces of inherited
color; None of the guinea pigs appear
to enjoy this familiarity, although It Is
equally evident that they are not In the
leaat terrified by it. The rohblts, on
the other band, like being petted, and
tbe little white or gray mlco, once you
have succeeded la catching them by
the tall sud that, by the way, is the
correct scientific manner of catching
a Biou; c li.aUi) no further residence,
but suhmit with gnive pMlosnphy to
the Interres'-iOoim of science. "
Cue of c nift Intereptlnir creatures
ill t e (o Hi 1 il t will I miiim
xvlio comes from J.ip-ui. and whoxn
ti In to
I I 1
1
rni
4. it
1 r
1 1
1
1 1 1
del's experiments with the peas provod
for plants. His descendants, provided
he Is mated with a normal mouse, with
no taste whatever for waltzing, are
all normal, and so also are their de
scendants so long as there Is no mat
ing with another mouse who has the
latent ' inherited taste for waltzing.
But Whea both, parents have such ah
Inheritance, one out of every four of
their descendants will take its recrea
tion by spinning round and round in
the ancestral fashion. -, .;'' ..'A
The practical utility of such lines of
experiment' lies, obviously, In Improv
ing the breed of various domestic ani
mals, but tbe little Harvard menagerie
Is also working out problems of great
consequence In heredity In general
question of. tbe greatest 'importance
when one realizes how vital in our
modern civlllzatlonare our Individual
Inheritances, either of disease or of
character. Indianapolis Journal. .
ABOUT THE MEASLES.
Great Difficulties in Combating
the
t : Disease in London. ' -.
A subject of great public Importance,
specially to mothers and others hav
ing the care of children, has recently
been ventilated In the shape of what
may be called a warning about meas
les. This ailment has usually been re
garded as an affection of no great im
portance. It has been classified among
the minor ailments of children, and to
pass through an Attack has generally
been regarded as the Almost Inevitable
fate of every child. Also, it was con
sidered, by mothers as a fever which
entailed no groat anxiety In respect ot
the recovery ot the patient Todey
measles is regarded In a very different
Aspect It was omitted by many towns
from the list of dfWaees which have to
be notified to that health authorities;
meaVpAVtRiould fl; placed on that lis;
with a view to tba early'etectlon
epidemics, and to Insuring their repres
: nlon by early Isolation And disinfec
tion. "
-Thus the "'London - county council,
while falling' short of notification; pro
poses to take steps in the direction
Indicated. If thereby the spread of
measles coil be' limited the nation At
large will be the gainer. The disease,
j is well known, seems to spread rap
Idly through the media cf schools, And
I he loss to education through the nec
essary closing of schools in affected
districts is of very considerable ex
tent each year. One must admit that
there are circumstances connected
with measles which render its notlfl
tatlon and early isolation difficult; all
the same m public warning Is net only
needful, but" essential in view of the
cooperation of the people with sani
tary Authorities.. '.; : j--vt':;;:.'V.',
In the first place statistics Indicate
that the death rate from measles Is
very high, figures before me show that
1952 deaths were reported as due to
measles In London In 1901. This Is
equal to a death rat of 0.43 to each
1000 living persons. Now, in 1901 scar
let fever showed a death rate of 0.13
In London, and diphtheria one ot 0.20.
Another ailment , whooping cough,
which Also has been regarded with rel
ative unconcern,' showed In 3901 A
death rate of 0.25. That measles has
been changing Its type Is evident, at
loast from one 'cause or another. It
has become' a more deadly ailment to
children than was the case In former
days. . Physicians tell us also that It is
an Ailment which haa to be closely
watched because cf the liability to tho
development of after effects. Then In
fection, ipreads very rapidly once It
1ft started, and young children, seem
especially open to attack. As I have
said, the lessoa for the public is that
which tenches them that due care ot
every case Is necessary, and that early
recognition' of the disease, and the
ocually early separation ct the' sick
from the healthy are measure cal
culated to save much suffering. Meas
les, as a medical Journal puts It, has
now to be styled A dangerous infec
tious disease, London Chroulcle,
i - . Exrcl of th Mind. r
As our bodies, to be in health, must
bo generally exercised, so our minds,
to be In health, must be generally cul
tivated.' You would not call a man
healthy who had strung arms, but was
paralytic In bis leet; nor one who
could walk well, but had no use of his
hands; nor one who could see well. If
ho could not hear. You would net
voluntarily reduce your bodies to any
such partlallly doveloped state. Much
more, then, you would not It you could
help H, reddce your minds to It. Nov,
your minds are endowed with a vasi
number of gifts of totally different
uses limbs of mind as it wero, which, -
if you don't exorcise, you cripple. One
Is curiosity; that Is a gift a capacity
ot pleasure In knowing, which, If you
destroy, you make yourselves cold and
dull.' Another is sympathy; the pow
er ot sharing In the feelings of living
creatures, which, if you destroy, you
make yourselves hard And cruel. An-
bther of your limbs of mind Is admira
tion; th power of .enjoying beauty or
Ingenuity, which," if you destroy, you
make yourselves base and irreverent.
Another is wit; or the power of play
ing with the lights on the many aides
of truth, which, If you destroy, you
make yourselves glcomy; and less
useful and cheering to others than
you might be. So that in choosing
your way ot work It should be your
aim, as far as poHlhle, to bring out all
these facilities, as far as they exist In
you; not cne merely, or another, but
all of them. And the way to bring
them out is simply to concern your
selves attentively with the subjects of
each faculty. To. cultivate sympathy
you must ho among living creatures,
and thinking al out them; and to ctiltl-
ate admiral Ion, you must he among
i-mit If nl tliimia and itoklng at tliem.
-Jelui Kiiskln. .
Alien Prisoners,
cm are li"W 111 cnn'mly In Hue
tr. l V .-ires. iiiiduriToing terms of
nit fur cm
ilJVe.V lee
t
i;li.
et Imp.
the tin!;
11.
An
irte.n lllto
A SERMON TOR SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED
"POWER OF RELIGION."
A Remarkably Rtrovc IallTenuwe on tiie
Subject oT the Moral and Intellectual
; Voroa of Chrlstlanltr-Rellglon Gives
Ideal, and u Ineeatlm to Keseh It.
Pabis, Kv'.-The Rev. Henry Knott,(
rector ol St. Petcr't P. E. Church in thU
eity, preached a strong neraion on "The
Moral and Intellectual Power of Heligion."
The text wat chosen from Matthew v: 48:'
"Be ye therefore perfect even at your
Father, which is in heaven it perfect"
Mr. Knott said:
The Sermon on the Mount contains the
sum and substance nf Christianity. In
other words, wa find It to be the very
heart of th (Joapel; ita divine precepts
transcending in moral grandeur the loftiest
conception! ever thought or apoken by
mortal man. tireat toult aflame with the
sacred fire of inspiration hav but mir
rored the thadowt of the tremendous real
itioe of the future, and the mind of geniua
searching for truth apart from revelation
ha failed to discover the meaning and the
end of life. Here we have a command ut
tered by One who an re to humanity tbe
key to perfection. The Cbriat haa drawn
the weil aside and disclosed the way, the
truth, the life. By revealing the character
of God a hnlinest radiant with love we
are brought face tn face with the possibil
ity nf attainment through the law and the
anirit hid in Calrarv'a cross. By imitating
the example of holy self-sacrifice we ahall
trow into that glorious perfection ot the
Father manifested in His only begotten
8on. ..' , . .. . -V- - ..--,-
I do not winh yon to misunderstand the
Inference just quoted. Man tball never at
tain the absolute perfection of God,' for
there it an impassable gulf between' he
Creator and the created.- In- being, for
man's Immortality had a starting point
while God hat even been in an eternity of
time. In apace, man auhiect to localiza
tion, here or there th infinite Father om
nipresent, everywhere-. In power man a
creature of environment circumscribed by
i-in uinei.-riiji.-vi u., .
Jfinaod
"Tjal ?
ilia j.inaa and, di -
law whether natural or
not free, a mvaterioua paraio:
battle jafreuffir'nWirwTI:
vinsf; while Ood in the aonrce of creation.
e AInha and Omea of all thincra in heav-
en and earth, even holding in His timidity
nana the tint link of that wondrous chain
f causation.
flod la perfection : ATI Hit love and
mighty attributes blended together in one
harmonious whole, unchangeable in wia
dom, justice and truth. Man, fallen, pen.
verted, poeeeaaing no natural worth, bear--
ing tiwara th ciirae 01 am, a euotle tennv
ency to thwart right, that supreme law ol
spiritual life. By nature prone to evil, cor
rupted, helnlesa, his only virtue that which
is derived thromtb grace. No, he can never
be perfect as (!od it perfect, but throneh
in lnreuecwai ana moral power 01 relig
ion and obedience to it commands he can
relatively climb undreamed heis-hta of spir
itual manhood, and hr the evolution of hit
immortal soul in t hnt win that glortona
crown of neatmv which the heavenly Fath
er haa willed all born of woman should
throneh obedience acquire perfection. Thus
we derive the fnll meaning- of tha text;
wonderful in its implication, givinc ea the
aamraare nf ancceaa; divine in it com
mand, disclosing the possibilities of our
nature that we a Christiana have a divin
ity stirring within nt the snare of a glor
ious power to "press toward the mark for
the nrite: a life eomniete in ira fnlh ment
of that end which God intended it to at
tain, to be perfect in obedience to the su
preme law of its existence, even, at its
Creator ia perfect. ,
Without reliirion a man can never reat-
I ,1 ; L . 1 1 , -1 L 1 I . . , ,
f- me pimiuiiiiiea ni ma spimnni nature.
With a natural tendener toward the cast
ing, the finite and the changeable, he needs
an influence to rail him to a sense of the
internal and infinite Many people tnk a
superficial view of Christianitv and never
really understand what bleseinn It con
fers. Man waa not created to be the nlav-
thing of the Almighty, but for a purpose
o ne a son, worthy to stand helore hit
Father's face and to live, with Him in lov
ln communion. . s i ,
, Yon tre all fami'iar with the story of
Adam's dreadful fall into disobedleirre and
tin, , Through the marvelous facultiet of
th soul many Christian men have, at one
time or another, experienced a momentary
consciousness of what then waa lost. To
enable ita to regain mnch of that nristri
state (hnst came into the world, lived,
suffered, died and made it nnasihl for na.
by making known ita dories in His own
perfect life, to once more become the sons
and daughters nf God. Religion leads as
back from worldlinest In teif-recollecbon
and uvea tn souls fevered with sordid de
sire a onickeninir nrineinfe of a hioher and
nobler life; inspiring intellect with truth,
and tiie heart with a pare and exalted
lor. It, animate conscience with a tu
nrem sense ofdntv and nlacen thought in
juxtaposition with the will nf find, clothins
every atniration with a nurifving virtue,
that leadin all the facultiet of one being
pwara ana on war a towara nertection.
The immortal longint of the eonl ran
only be satisfied by God. Every faculty
we possess Jesds na to His feet. There is
no real banpinea apart from that which
comprehends Hit love and finds ita sn
Tirem good by a steadfast devntedness to
th precepts of Hie law. Unfortunately,
there are men and women Tho look "non
religion as a mesne to conciliate the divine
nower. which thromth ain they have of-
renaen. iney imagine it place them tn a
conciliatory attitnde with Deity, and that
bv ita medium thev will obtain in the fu
ture some indefinslSTe reward, feraettint
that relirion ia a life, a state, which rails
into oneratinn all the spiritual notenhnh
tiet of their glorious nature and through
temptation, sorrow and suffering crowns
them at last with victory over th (World
and aclf. , ,
- Thua we nerceiv that Christ earn upon
tn earm to save amnert, giving them a
power of emtlem hfei Jtevealmo the char
acter of Cod. He made it Dnasihle for men
to conform o that perfect original. In
Hit Gospel He lavs down code of morals,
so sublime, that if we would absorb them
into thought and action we should fulfill
while here our destiny. Religion's blessing
it the rnmrem good for every man to at
tain. It is not an emotion, or merely be
lief, it- ia s vitalising energy in the depths
of the human aoul. auhduing to God all the
Powers of being, incamatinr- in the heart
a consciousness of a magnificent future,
nnickenipg the intellect, conscience, affec
tion and will -into vigorous and holv ac
tion, inspiring the mind with a profound
love of truth and flooding the soul with a
peace which the crnh of worlds could not
disturk He'icion, then, is a necessity of
life. Without it existence is a delusion, t
ebsdow, lacking substance and meaning.
To grow into the suture and fulness of
Christ, in other words, to become t Christ
man, is the desisn for which we are en
dowed with certain faculties. Man ia pre
eminently I moral being. This is his nature
and the path of his life winds toward the
perfection of those nnnlilie which eonstj.
lute the essence of his spiritual life. His
true happiness consists in bringing himself,
into relation, into union with (Jod. God
i holy, the source of all perfection. In
tho heart of man He has pinned a deep and
smiling consciousness or n7ht ana wrong,
iit every turn duty confronts him: on one
side lies poodness. on the other evil, with
an inward voice ever commanding with di
vine authority to discriminate between
them, nrt-'nj the choice of that which is
Iftwtul and iirotcstiinr aizHinwt sin. every
tliotti.ht sn3 action being approved or con
rle iimed by tins inward monitor. There is
not a ni.-iu or wooisn living pi.n oVps not
feci tout coni.iroiii. to tiie wii! of tied is
the paramount, teity of Inc. The soul is
the IP-eft b . ' le.o ond where the material
and conn". . . e Mne in c i-;.-..-s ivarfure
ai-.iint ti.e. (eunnul and eternal. iv snh
nn tmg to tiie Inner ipstinils of our na-
to,... we are tleslloviee that V l!rh is 1m fl-
-t and 1"
1 y 1
1 to tl
VIP! fltllCul
it the trrei
I T a 111 li ve
It Ti
ll t
1 r
confusion as .the ocean's. jiavet .,.' im tno
mighty walls of a rock-bnuud shore, Thus
true Happiness comes from being, not by
having; from the life within, not influence
without.
Everv man possesses a conscience, and
vou will hear manv declare that thev ran
he just at good, quite aa moral aa a t.'hria
tian thromth the nower of that conscience.
But what ia conscience apirt from religion?
In many rase it ia a alave i- lead of a
master. The power of passion drowns ita
voice and wenkene it by every deliberate -
ain. A man believing in the exiatenee of
no higher anthoritv will drift upon the
inrrent of his anil.ial nature, for those ten
decries which ire strongest will evrntinllr
enslave him. No, Without a living faith in
Gnd or a personal union with Him the con
science loses its power t govern and guide,
but- religion elnthea it with exceeding
strength by revealing t man the source n(
those magnificent moral attributes with
which he ia endowed, thus givin to that
"still small voice" within the aoul an infi
nite worth. , . r:' - V
There is not a heart bnl hat Borne con
ception of a higher life than it now feels.
Kvery vonng man and woman at the gate
way of responsibility is -sired with enthusi
asm and an' 1. lions with 1 great purpose
which they long to accomplish ( going out
into tho world they have to stem mighty
currents, within and without.-the tenden
cies of their lower nature and temptatinnt
to ain clothed with beguiling finery. Crises
will arrive when the future will b dejer-
mined. Moments of 3ireiiraiilit
with tremendous responsibility. Thev will
then feel the need of a higher power, a
greater atrength than their own to thwart
the enemy of rectitude. .The Ideal or pure
manhood and womanhood shining before
them Will appear unattainably beyond
their reach, lost forever. How, then, can
thsy aafeeuard trainet this, dread exper
ience which has blighted many promising
young lives, which, unable to atand against
the wave of adversity have aunk helpless
.tad deenairing? I answer, By being relig
ious. Relicion alone can give them that
victory which crown life complete ia
Christ. : It nltcea them into direct commu
nication with God, whose delight It that
they shonld become worthy to thare His
glory? Temptations Will aurely rot(ffxVt
religiongives 1 themjt new WfSSffn.- 'ths
religion gives thenvjt new
f Father who ever waits 0
1 ,d. aa bleasinm in disfl
ie existence of a
1 aid and stistsin
and, as bleasinn in disuuise thev rarrv
message of an infinite Jove for every indi
vidnal son), proclaiming that virtne ia tha
beginning and the end of holiness, the nar
row rod to perfection. , .... ,..
Another wonderful revelation of religion"
asserts that you and I aprajw from tho
hosorn of the eternal Father. That aa Hs
i eternal we too shall live through endless
avea, created in. Hit image, sustained bv
Hit snirit, our life shall gather unto itself
magnificent growth. Religion set before
ns a destiny whoa divine splendor ttartlet
and'ovemowera our weak conception of its
glory. The Word of God calls into being
an amazing sense of power. To think, mv
brother and sister, that through aeons of
time we shall be adding purity to purity,
love to love, knowledge - to knowledge,
glory to glory, living forever in the pres
ence ot the immortal and infinite God, ris
ing to spiritual planes .of tneoneeivable
grandeur and beauty, scaling- height of
happiness beyond the dream of tngels. Th
incomprehensible deatinv of living aoul
loyal to God and duty hrlnra our face to
the duet when we consider that this it our
heritage: yon and I, with all onr weakness,
conquering death and the power of moral
evil.. - '--'-- r- ..... .
In the midst of tho triflfng follies- nf th
world, tho conceit of fashion, the decree
of thoughtless society, and the whirl ot
vapid pleasures, let w keep this thought
like a burning fire within the brain th
thought of God, holiness and heaven.
Brethren. sHow tbe character of your
heavenly Father as revealed by Jesus
Christ to stand before you as the goal of
all attainment, Religion gives nt an ideal
and an incentive to reach it. By contem
plating and really loving this excellence it
tn he inspired by it." The Christian man is
always conscious of. a divine pretence. In
every phase of his life he marks the guid
ance of God. He beholds Hi handiwork
in every flower of the field. The hotta of
shining stars ss thev whirl thronih snare
deejay His msieaty, and in th phenomena
catOTeTlfrTUficerna a living expression of
flia glorv. 1 Thjjirpntemnlttiisg end
adoring His hanuiworkTNin the natural
world without and the Srvritnal world
wtthm. Christian it given oral
11 things nnto the one great end of moral
grown, true reitmon n not belief m a
aet of dogmas, or the recitation of creed,
or a profession of faith: these are but tha
accessories of a nartinular attitude toward
troth, but. it ia infinitely more than this
it. is the rife riving breath of the apirit of
Pod which rules, not certain relations, bnt
all corresnondence of the heart, soul and
body,, with the Creator and -with fellow
men.
There I no limitation to the vercise nf
the intellect, yet without a moral principle
to guide and enliehten its research, there
esn b no advance ;in tha tintb of -truth.
Manv of the ereatear. thinkers have died
atheists. Religion rivra- to .--wiMlet an
added power of analysis and discrimina
tion; A medium whewby we discern, truth.
Jf place the mentality of man in eommn-
pion with infinite kpowlede. "Gifted
with the eve of the ntrit.'' t,t elorv of
God streams nnon th oars nf history, and
every department of scientific research tea-
tinea to His perfection and wondrous love.
The mind of tha most brilliant roho'ar will
nnlv .tea m phenomena -natural, results.
Reliirion alone has nower to permeate his
work with maanrfieent merlin. There is
a hidden wsBonsnlv revealed to the child
of a hw birth" i had s special
pd individual revelation oTlnT'fl'al her. - -
Religion crowns intelleet with s dpen In.
eight into' the mystPTte of life. The etth,
sea and sky. the compVx organism of so
ciety, the depths of human nstnre, the
history of rttiona.i all these thina ehinfvV
with 1 new luster, and flood the mind with '
profound meanm. A blade of grass he
comei worthy of, study, for the Supreme
Intellect haa fmnrinted nn its fniffite stem
divin thought .and action. In -everything
w so God. Under tbe beneficent influ
ence. of His Rpirit onr -faculty of compre
hension it robed with sacrednest and pran
deur, for He calls it forth to a glorious
commnnion and expansion.. until one day
it ahall fully understand the love whirh
Bow paaacth knowledge, - ' "
, True religion above all thinct forms an
upright mind: it elevates the judgment
above prejudice, and oresles . nohle Pur
pose to receive knowledire thrntieh all le.
gitimate channels. It endowt a man wiih
sincerity and a nualily of fair denim
hich no university ran teaeh It Wi ,
down the barriera of aet opinions ami (i
strove the bitterness between seels n ,
parties. Jt opens the heart to ronvir.
and a ready candor to confess error, 'i
intellect waa never, intended to be hn.,
to set rule or encompassed with man n, .
regulations. Its destiny ia an upward. .
ward march toward truth, and true 1
on fashions all our innuiries and m.
inga with reverence and ever lea da 1,
the feet of Him. "with whom there !
rariableneat nor shadow of turning "
Fam it only lasting after a man is ii
A Mechanical Sculptor.
Exact reprotiiicrlons o( the W(1
most lamouo ancTvaliialile jo-nl.-.-may
soon be wi;hin roach of the 1
em. purse. increoiDie as It nipy
a sculpturing machine has In . n
feeted, and Is now In use In f
Hilly. , It Is an elahornle i'n.
cately adjusted piece nf r--.
With It the operator wlm n.
a flnlnhe1 Hculpttir, iJiiii - ...
over a model, mm eve
even to a hair's bren.HL.
by hvdr.niilc. or fn
netilpl tiring cniii rivnie e
chliie Is now cut;'.) I n-'ii
t v f uni i j r
ii,; i r!i 1 0.
pre .
1 m
to
1 i 1
') V
v ( f a
'1 A
r 1
man
-.1; 1
: itfl f 1 Html
lyiiisf turner
in il(
Ms t ie 1
r. hut our
I f ,1
I I t
i
or 1
p -
i -! It
1 11 1
if t
;.f m a 1
lmm P.
It I
( 1 1
r f.
II IV!-