VOLUME XVIII.
I I1ANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER H.
THE DAY'8 SPAN.
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In ths splendor of the valler,
riowerttuujea-niu bexiii
Shadows lent-thtn Day It dying ,
Homeward lao (he roving ktn ,
Loud tlio Utile streamlet InuOiM
the trees Hud aiitishlD flirt. 0 r the tiebblaa 'ntmth the vlnei
In tha rjaatura on th hlilail FastAr lownr drnnn th shadows .
Vflitiw lbvimii. m-ok-oved kin', jTrom time's brM loan the day la torn.
While the sweetness of Wi bay Held 'T3are atarouds Ilia beauteoua vaiiay
Limpid stream aud drooping willow
nun t
Hinges with the odorous lue.
Mingles with the piae tree's balsam,
Wavlnv grata and aunt; of bird,
While the heavens overnrehlng 1
Like atnloed glass wludowa softly blurred,
Clor.f) the day's awlft marching,
Led by nature's twllignt hymn,
As above the peaceful valley
. Loom the moanulus Teat and gria,
Day U dead the night la b'jro.
Bee 1 Ttia gloom of monut It brokeoi
Livid silver thread! th air,
Bills of light like beralila follow,
Bursts the boob In radian fair.
Valley, streamlet, wood and hill-top,
Olorilled-tranefUured He
U the beauty of the night time
Aetna ue mrone at uaa on uign.
Ida Louise Olbba, la Washington County Pott
i I M M M
Genera Lord Uarchmont, V. C.
Bj LULUS CAMPBELL BMtlDSOK. '
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The village of Charlton Bishop wa
n fete with evergreen arche and
flags and garlands of flow era and
bay. "Welcome to Our Hero!" "Well
Done, Marchmont!" "Charlton Bishop
Bids Welcome to It V. C. General!"
waved frcm banners stretched across
I the street, -,- .
General Lord Marsh mont, K. C. B,
V C., and most of the other letters of
the alphabet was their own.
' He was born sod brought nil in the
little croepor-grown rectory over yon-
der, and in spite of all tradition about
a prophet in his own country, Charl
ton Bishop was going mad today In
Its welcome to its world-renowned
- hero," fresh- crowned with hi laurels
after the South African war.
At the big house where the Vava
sours lived there was excitement too,
Old Sir John had fussed over wreaths
and banners, and a house party of
eager and distinguished guests waited
" It the arrival of the hero's triuu
jphanf chariot. It wag an honor to b
asked to meet Lord Marchmont, aa
honor eagerly scaghi. f.,
I Adela yavasour looked lovelier even
than usual In her Paris frock and hafj
, the rose color of excitement and Stats
fled' antichvptlon on Ber cheek. v Bh
walked to the open window An4
Stepped out cn the terraco Impatiently,
;; "Do jtoa want me,; Adela?" ?'-
Grace Rawson's position at Charltoa
Creat House waa not particularly well
-nod. She was not exactly a poof
n, not exactly a companies
teeptT
VavasourrV couS
whom they were kind, - ' '
, She had been educated with Adola,
and " when Lady Vavasour died she
took up the pljice of everybody's Mend
to the household. Adela was too gay.
a person nowadays,, too immersed in
1)er social round and her ambitions
and her smart interests, too occupied
in motoring,' and being photographed
foi society papers, aa speaking at
clu'". debates to have inucbMlm to
spare for her cousin. Grce. Yet she
beckoned her ont now, .and drew her
along the terrace. , ' "
"Qrace, l feel , quite, absurdly flut
tered, like a girl In. ber first season, do
you know. I wonder how much be
has altereaT One knows bis face so
well from the Illustrated1 papers, and,
of course, be Is older and sterner, 'but
he la even more handsome than he
used to be. How little one dreamed
oi today, when he. went wayp from
Charltca Bishop that last time, 4 raw,
awkward gunner, Just expecting his
company!. 1. one had known thonl
But how could one? ' Otherwise; I
would never have refused him.. Out
.one never dreamed of this!"'. ;' y
suppose not," said Grace, a little
"Yet he was' the same, man
Job, hardly rOrnrJMIewJauldn't
ht been such a fool as to follow the
'im with him cn a subaltern's pay,
fl spend one's life aa a miserable
ra giuioar a wue, 11 was realty
.ittle more than ha had an rlcht tn
beet, evea If we had played to- hoagB wm3 frantically playing
dther J the rectory garden when we
were both in the sublime Innocence of
youth. Really, It was presumption then
almost Impertinence for him to
fancy I would marry him. Now, of
course, it la another thing."
"II it?" Again there was a strange.
Oh, it was horribly cruel I You made
him suffer."
"That kind of suffering does a boy
good, t He ought to thank me, If it
made him a soldier and a V. a Any.
how, he can ask the half of my king
dom now, and It won't be denied him."
But even while she spoke there
came a shout of cheering. The one
gun of the neighborhood exploded
with., fussy importance, the -band at
Oieiation struck np "See the Con
quering Hero," mixed with the sounds
of Tillage hurrah and the tramp of
Bast-trotUng. horses. Adela's still
beautiful face sparkled with priJo and
gratification. . : ' . . ' ; :: ,
"Why, there he Is!" ,he sali gnyly;
"I most. meet him at the top of the
tuftsoe steps. : Run In and tell the
otherj, Gracle. Rout the Duchess out
of her room she's writing letters.
Tell them all to come out and, meet
him here." -';..
There was a flutter of pretty frocks
through the k)n: windows 'as" Grace
flew n her errand. People hurried
down the terrace to Join Adela; her
father came round the end of One
hotis Another moment and the car
riage had flashed Into sight had
draw up at tbo bottom of the steps.
Tlx hero of the British people, a lit
tle1 embarrassed iby he warmth- 4
hit reception, stood smiling and cour
teous at the stepa.pf .th terrace, his.
hand grasped In his host's, his ears
astalled by eager welcomcM4 glanca
passing from one to f the
morlng
vehement
bands with him, to bid him wolcoi
home, to shower congratulatlona and
pretty speeches. And; still his glance
cbrayed on.
Now he' and ' his beautiful hostess
were walking down the terrace to
gether, and In at the long windows
of ths drawing-room.
She noted with approval hit One,
soldierly 'bearing, his bronzed, strong
race-yyoung still,- in spite of the1 faint;
ly vrlnled hair about the tcmplos;
i'Hs is better looking even than the
portraits of him," she said to hersolf.
His. glance was still wandering.
Presently he spoke. . . ,t 1
'la Miss Rawson out there on the
terrace? I only Just shook hands
with' her' a moment ago.' I should
like to see her If I might." J
..Adela smiled. She felt she knew big
reason.
"II wants to find out from her at
once4 what his chances are, V she.
thought, amused.; "Well, ha shall be
put out of his suspense."
: Aloud she said graciously:
"Do go out and talk to her, while I
take, all these peopl to listen to the
band." nh.w -frMY'Vi.i's..',,!:
He stepped. through the open win
dow, quick to accept the permission.
- Grace Hood at the terrace end, near
the very spot he so well remembered,
where he had thought his hope and
trust had been slain
The band at the other side- of the
Sol
di era of the Queen." The air was
fun of the. buss of voices, the linger
ing cheers beyond the park ' gates.
The world seemed all a-flutter with
garlands and rosea and festoons, all
there for his sakal. p
He walked dowg the terrace, and
looked at me with sorrow and sym
pathy; the sound of your voice as
you tried to comfort nie In my disap
pointment and (i.ruesv Cue juomunt
like that, when two htiarts lie open,
flashes a Searchlight Into .them. I
know then how great was my mistake,
I had taken the shadow for the sub
stance. I had wooed a dream, the
roal woman stood at my side. 8he
went with mo through all the years
that followed. I have come back to
try to win- her.- Will you be my
longed tor wifef" - ' -
And Grace's eyes were misty as sh
answered, feeling a though tlie ter
race tottered beneath, her feet.
"I have loved you alwaya. . I loved
you then, and I love you now more
dearly. But I never dreamed ot this!
New York News.
A' SEuILON im SUxNDAY
AM ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED
"CROSS BEARING."
taint smile In Grace's gray eyes, a gtood to he, 'th a. quiet girl,
smile sad in Its tender memory.
"Grace, don't be Idiotic! You talk
absurdly sometimes. Of ' course : I
could not marry him then. Now it Is
another matter; of course, he knows
that himself. When papa wrote and
no longer la her teens, in a white
frock,:., . V,.. ; .-. .,t
"Miss Rawson." this Is a real pleas
ure!" Her hand was la his strong,
warm clasp, and his kindly eyes on
hers. She tried to say something In
asked him down to stay with us, he response to the congratulations that
accepted so eagerly that It was quite were on every ether lip but hors. He
touching. He knows. how he is In a stopped them with brief thanks, look
position any woman would be glad to Ing round him with a 'half-amused
have." ,t - : . ,:h,.-r . . glance. "Why, this Is the very place
"It ought to be more than flattering ner parted where I saw the last
- man) like Hugo Marchmont!" I m too now many years oacar- .
Adela went oa, regardless of anr-i ' Adela was right He remembered!
thing but her own thoughts:
"It -win ha a kind of romantic com
pensation for him like a thing in a
book. Here In this very house, where
he had his refusal; In the very drawing-room-
;fc.4.vy .;..;
"No; it was ont here on this terrace.
Yoa seat me to tell him, because r0u
would not do It yourself, Adela, it was
atrocious ot you! It wasn't womanly!
I was too young to understand then; I
can see how cruel it waa." :
Adela laughed. She had musical
laugh, and she daintily snapped off the
head of a rose that nodded by the
terrace walL
"Was It here? I dont know," the
said, looking about her with Interest.
"Of course I sent . you. He would
have stormed and been disagreeable.
He was always so desperately serious.
What did he sayT I never had the
curiosity to ask you. Now It becomes
Interesting, In the light til Che pres
ent." ,
"Nrver mind what be said." The
'Mrm rose to her unbidden of
ndran face, the In
. tlin boy's sharp Ips
'' ti'Hrtlcwnoss, that
''"id, and sent
- t-o the
He had returned with the impulse of
that memory still In his heart- f .
Grace said something trite', about
changes time had made; she hardly
knew what she said.. He assented
gravely, yet smiling. Ha was still
looking about him as If he were bring
ing back the little scene
"Yes, it waa here! How often have
I thought of It At night over the
camp fire out oa the veldt under the
stars!" ., 7; .' .. .,; j.
"I hope the palu did not go with
youf -:--' -;.'" '
She could not help saying it out of
the compassion In her heart : . (
He looked up quickly, surprised.
"Tiie pain? No, no! That was a
pin prick a stab lor the hour It
could not last! But the memory of
that moment lasted; It was at once my
solace and my star of hope. Perhaps
you will never know how much I owe
to It; it can never be told."
The memory of Adola! Had that
been his spur, his Impulse?
Men's hearts were not the only ones
that had to endure pain
She wondered why he should find it
Kwdfiil to put out his strong hflnd
again and take hers Into It while ho
told of his unchnnged feeling for
Adela. -
"Hut I Can speak some of it I can
f'irnk yoit now for the sweet and
nie womaniinoss that trUd tn'eofton
ti'ow It had to d'-nl nie, that
I p-o a'l nomcn wore nut hrd
'f !s(i and cold. could
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HORN FURNITURE.
Quaint Articles Now Turned Out by
t ' Russian en ths East 8 Ids.
Quaint furniture made of horns b
peddled about the city by Russians. It
is the output ot a little home industry
on tho East Side, which utilises the
common' cow horn for practical pur-
Three-legged stools, each leg of
which Is a horn, hat racks with horns
fitted together at the butts and a board
for . the hanging, easy chairs the en
tire frames of which are horns clever
ly pti together, and quaint trophies for
wall-or mantel are among the(vres
pedd.ed about on man-back or In carts.
The horns are got from the East Side
Slaughter, houcea, and sell for a few
bents pound when lumped in with the
hoofs - that gs) its the -button makers
and to the glue factories. As they ap
pear rough and dingy when first struck
from the brutes' heads the . horns
scarcely seem worth picking up, but
under the Russian artisan's : skilful
treatment they are converted into ob
jects of beauty having the gleam and
warm coloring of amber and ths I au
tre of polished shell, with a durability
that gives them value. ! .''. 'f f
Bom are in tones of white and
brown or gray and black with'
tllngs and curiously mingled flgjirts In
the Surface, or perhaps a sesftsof rings
for distinguishing maTs. Thoea .of
n. rllol fl,,,. cv.K i
rarvd Tof jpjjfoirfrs, mounted sing
ly and wpfldally cleaned and scraped
to answfiaTfor drlnklnz horns and fancv
ptecaavasoa and cornucopias. Others
0 a enrd'of woven horsehair or a
catbern fillet slung about them, meant
hang as a hunter's horn . (root
et or wallplece, '? :'...-; f ?S-
took several years of experiment
withVtlkalls and antiseptic solution's to
discover a practical way for getting
the horns Into acceptable condition and
to learn .ow to clean and screp them
at so slight expensetbat thoy could
be sold at a moderate price. Now this
secret has been discovered, and, every
now and then some. Ingen.'us novelty
la added to: th list bf the maker, J,
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thorn.
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QUAINT AND CURIOUVf
,: The mole la said to be deprived .of
eyes, which is untrue. They are Very
small, which prevents them from being
injured by the earth through which it
borrows. When- not In use the yes
can be brought forward from the mass
of fur which conceals and protects
3 . - r r
ht orangery of Versailles la the
oldest pomegranate tree In Franc. 1 It
dates. In fact, hack to the establish
ment of the orangery In 168S. In ex
ceptionally warm and bright season
the old tree still deooratas it branches
with a few flowers, but no fruit has
been sean upon It for a long time.'
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One of the principal article (xport
ed from Morocco are eggs. Last year
there were - shipped, from Tangier
alone 62,400,100 eggs; the value being
estlmated'at about $480,000. This trade
has sprung up during the last -few
years, and has rapidly Increased." The
eggs, though small, are ot good quali
ty, and large quantltlea are procurable
at a moderate price. Most of them go
to Gibraltar and the United Kingdom.
x 's jit: ;.--
a f lv thousand, dollar Is a big price
to oner for one flea, out mat la ins
amount positively offered by Charles
Rotcbschlld of 'England, for one. of
those -bothersome insects. , Mr. Roth
schild need a polar flea to complete his
collection of these Insects, ' and the
JS000 will be paid over to the -person
who brings him a flea from the back of
th Arctic fox. The flea of the Arctic
fox i to flea fancier what the egg
of the great auk Is to the collector
of birds' eggs. Mr. Rothschild ha fit
ted out whaler,-which la now in ths
far north, to look for thlc flea among
other Arctic, curiosities.
One of the novel features at the Bu
Louis World's fair will he aa enormous
floral clock. The dial of this clock
will have a diameter of 100 feet, the
minute hand will be 15 feet long and
made of bright-colored foliage plant.
Surrounding them In circle will be
collections of 12 distinct plants, sach
collection being 25 feet in length and
15 feet wide. The hands of ths clock
will.be of steel and will have wooden
trough for the soli, la which will be
planted flowers and green plants. The
entire face of the clock will be made
of flowers and at night will be lighted
np by 1600 incandescent lamps. The
machinery ot the clock will be hidden
from sights .(,-,;., .; ., .,. : J
A I curious story of a coin comes
from England. Since 1789 and up to
a week or so ago there has been lying
in one of the oldest of London tanks a
sealed package containing one of the
famous petition crowns of Charles II,
known familiarly as the trial piece of
Thomas Simon. Simon made 15 of
these In an effort to convince Charles
that be could make a flimr and more
artistic culn than could the Iititi h. 11.9
com In question was ofivrnd Iwkmi or
The Iter, Jamoa E, Holinca Vrgea vis to
Rave the Paul Spirit ef Courage and
Contentment, Ktcb When We Stagger
Under n load of Adreralty,
Brooklyn, N. Y. In the SummerfMil
Methodiat Kpiacopal Church Sunday morn
ing the pastor, the Rev. James E, Hohnrf,
had for his auhject "Croat Bearing." He
.took as his text Matthew xxrii: 32: "And
as they came out they found a man of
L'yrene, Simon by name; him they com
pelled to bear His cross." Mr. Holmes
said: -
H'hrce kinds of crosses wen in use In the
days of 4lens, ths so-called St. Andrew's
eross, t lie cross in the form of the letter
"I" and the ordinary Latin cross. It waa
on the last of theae thut Jesus suffered
crucifixion. This eouslsted nf a strong up
right poet, which vn carried beforehand
to the place of cn-cation, and tiro rrosa
pictts. which v tie Ls.ii llic victim, it
was these transverse pieces which proved
toe heavy for the Maatrr. It was proV
ably between the hours of and 10 o'clock;
in ths mornin; that that memorable pro
eessioD, of which Jesus was the central fig
ure, set forth for the place of execution;
a place outside the city walls. Ordinarily
such a Drocession was in chare of a cen
turion, and preceded by a publie crier,
who from time to time proclaimed aloud
the nature of the crime. lie alto carried
a white wooden board on which this was
written. The longest roete was always
lllJZ! A CITY MADE TO ORDER
their Imc-ks. Simon is th man who i J
bearing hie lot in gloomy and sullen si-' DEVELOPMENT OP DALNY, THE
RU88IAN SEAPORT.
to do it. Paul is the man whose sulk-rums
and losaea von can nlainiv ace are tho
explanation of ilia buoyant and cnui-ngcom
spirit. His kit, disagreeable and difficult
aa it Is. he accents, not na ths other man.
with bitterness and rcaenti.ient, but in that 1
smm at lailft and obedience mat l.od
. , has a right to expect front all His chil-
oren, . . . .
I know there are some to whom this will
sound strange and perhaps impossible, and
I know they are conscientious and religious
people. They accept it as a fart that men
must expect to be suddenly halted in life,
I -!, like Simon of Cyrenc, made to bear
tome heavy and humiliating cross, and tlx y
endeavor to be stout-hearted snd brave
tinder the ordeal, .but it is always and only
a disagreeable and unfortunate circum
stance in their livea; and they resent it and
hate it as did Simon; ad that is all. They
never seem- to find the source of strength
snd happiness In -their cross. Now, is it
true thst the rani attitude and the Paul
spirit are possible ' Possible to the aver
age rata, I mean? Oi do tbey require the
Paul conversion and the Paul visions! It
it true that the Paul spirit is posaih'.e in
ordinary life, or must one have farat caught
a glimpse of ths third heaven? I ask you
to ponder this query, In the hope that we
may clearly see ana be convinced that it
Is no unattainable principle for any man,
anvwher in this world.
Here are two young men cUatmatet at
college, or ahopmates, if you please, ia the
time office or factory. The one it about
Called "Th Southampton of ths East"
It is on the Llaotung Peninsula
and Fcur Years Ago Was a Chinese
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selected, and the most crowded street', to u diligent as the other and about aa atii
attract the attention of the oebnie. Rnch
of the condemned would be accompanied
by a guard of four soldiers, and, at a mat
ter of course, a great crowd wou'd follow.
The weight of the erosa toon proved too
ktf for the exhausted strength of Jesus.
Yoa tnnat remember He has not tatted
food or drink sinos the Paschal supper the
night before, and that events had occurred
since then in quick succession, every one
of which must have stirred His ton! with
deepest emotions. The betrayal by Judas,
and the farewell to His disciples hsd oc
curred, after which He lad stjent tome
hours alone m tiethsemsns. ensnared in a
terrific mental and spiritual struggle It l same burdens noon both, but th one
was tnen, ss you remember, that tut
emies found Him. tine .which tim
has stood surrounded by enemies, re
eally sinner for His disciples hnd T
taken Him, Meanwhile He has be
tied front place to placa-U.fe"
official to another l froe-Knuaa to t
then to PiUtewtr iHerod. and i
'" to KiMC InuV ty nnon indignitf.
torture
iion
torture T-ave Keen beaned
iua all that Krelonr nisht and all
"uafe morninff. so that it ia not to ha won.
term it that ti.t w,ggt or the rross
was too great for Him. Up. to the hit
a, however, He managed to drag it, lint
He sank exhausted beneath the heavy
, It happened just then, that this
man, Simon of Cyrene, came upon the
scene, and him the Unman soldiers seized
ana compelled to carry tne cross tlie re
mainder of the wav.
On first thought it might seem straage
inn tne people woum ncrrott sacn so in
dignity put upon a fellow Jew, but this
Simon was andoubtedly a foreigner, which
his dress would indicate, and the soldiers
wonld know that it was safer to put this
humiliation on . a foreigner than upon a
native or duroaniem. as it was, tne peo
ple do not seem to hare resented it. that
a fellow Jew had to auffer the defilement
of bearing a heathen cross, and this nmy
hare been the exnlanation that Simon wa
a foreigner, and only a proielyte Jew. llow
greatly aurpntea ana chagrined be must
have been, to be thrust so unexpectedly
into asrh a nredienment! How it liau-
peneu mat ne was toere walKing tot-oan
on a fact day we do not know. He may
have been idly strolling along thst country
road without any narticular aim or nurooas
in view, or he may have lived outside tlm
city want ana was entering the city on
Business or to worship or mcre'v on tiles
are bent. We cannot know how to explain
bis presence there on that road bet-seen
Calvary and Jerusalem just at that moment
when some one was needed to bear the
cross of Christ, but it happened that he
appeared en the scene lust as Jeans sank
beneath His load, and he finds himself
seised bv the Roman anldiera. and ilMnite
his remonstrances, compelled to bear the
cross oi Christ. It is all so sudden, and so
unexpected, that he can scarcely know
whether it is not all a drenm.
; We set it all as he did not. Wo see in
Simon's experience thst for which we
would gladly give all thst we have. And
why could he not annrxciatn it? Waa it
ignorance on hit part? Had he never
heard the name of Jesus of Nazareth?
Had h Dot heard of those atranae and
startling events that had been stirring Jer
usalem of late? To him it only appears st
aa unfortunate accident that he happened
to cross the path of this man Christ on
th way to execution, just as He sank
down under tha weiaht of Hia erosa. Aa
H is, he considers himself abased, humili
ated, disgraced, and now he longs for the
moment of release, that he may hide him
self from the gate of the people and bear
in ailenea ths defilement that bat come
upon him and upon hit house.
And now I wish. to place alonile of
this, and in contrast to it. the wnnls of
the apostle Paul, "tiod forbid that I thonld
glory save to th cross
Simon ths cross of Christ meant disap
pointment, disgrace and lose; to Paul it
ie the oat thing glorious and worth re
joicing ever. How explain the difference
in sentiment r it will not do to say J'aul
is simblv dealins in a fiiura of anench.
while Simon actuallv suffered tha weiaht
and the disgrace of an actual erosa, for
raui twre tne cross oi Christ aa actually
aa 8imon. . . -
ceasfulT Nevertheless, there is a marked
diucrene. the one finds study or busi
ness, aa ths case . rmy be, irksome and
slavish, it neither inspires nor develops
him. He simply does what he does be
cause he ought to or must, and his whole
Hfe is nothing more than a stolid persist
ence lacking the heartiness and the hope
fulness of the other. The other man ia no
better scholar, no better workman or busi
ness man, but he is a contrast, notwith
standing. Whether it is study or business,
he finds hia joy snd inspiration in what he
doetr and does what be does from a spirit
ofylove. Ihere are the same restraints,
" in them and it developed by them,
"Vs the other is full of resentment,
efitrd. While ths one
all of enthusiasm InTMJUJCipntion, the
other ia heartless and crushed,
l'atll. the other ia Rlmnn. - i .
i Peonle used to wonder whv Georo Wil-
m Curtis, the distinguished and e-ifted
;ejitor of Harper's litgnsine,' entered the
lecture neid. He was known to have a
merative position and r considerable in
com) from, his writings: and so it seemed
Cities' are like men In one respect at
least: Some are born great, some
achieve greatness, and some . have
greatness thrust upon them. Dalny be-
longs In the last-named class. Th
Russian'. Government . la ; thrusting
greit.noss upofc it It ts th most Inter
esting city of the period as an example
of a commercial centre maA to order,
It Is located about twenty miles from
Port Arthur, and is within th territory
of 800 square miles leased by the Chin
ese government to Russia on March IT,
1898, for term of twenty-fiv year.
This lease Includes all harbor between
Port Arthur and a part of Talienwan
being reserved for the sole use of Rus
sian and Chinese men-of-war. Russia
has the privilege under this leas of ex
tending Its Trans-Siberian Railroad
through Manchuria to Port Arthur and
Talienwan, : :: ..''(. '
' Four years ago th alt of Dalny
was occupied by several small Chinese
villages, with a population reckoned
by the hundreds only. Today It has a
population of 42,000. Of this total
nearly 18.000 are Chinese. Ths city has
been built by Chinese labor under the
supervision of the Russian governor
snd his assistants.' The total area of
Dalny Is J1.000 acres, to which 7.000
acre are shortly to be added by a new
purchase from the Chinese natives. It
Is divided Into three parts the Admin
istration city, the European and Com-,
merclal city and tha ChWse city. The
administration quarter iruhe only on
at . present that has v permanent
it ii ii "slur ' - "
am
.Among
112 handsome
dences, the administration building,
port office, tbe seagoing service office,
tha railway office, the Greek church
'building
!tr,-ge to many peonle that he should j and school buildings, th railway com
tax up lecturing, with its, inconveniences I Dany.g hoenltal (for 188 Batlentsl. the"
and riaka. Soma were inclined ta remed
him ss -mercenary, but on bis death the :
explsnation anpeared. - Tears before, an it
ia said, Mr. Curtia had engaged in a bnsi- -neat
enterprise with a friend which proved
nfortunat for both. It was in order to
meet all ths obligations incurred by the .
firm which bore his name that necessitated
hit goint on those extended lecture tours;
snd Mr. Curtis lived long enough to retire
from th lecture platform and thst, toe,
after be had paid every dollar of indebted-.:
nets, with interest, come might say that
is superfluous honesty, and vet many men t
i j i : u j- .i ' !
.irciv nie u-uu. won wuu.u ug una wry
post, telegraph and telephone offlcee,
th Service club and concert hall, the
Yacht club, Hotel Dalny,, the Russo
Chlnese bank, police odes and Jail, th
electric plant, machine shops, and th
principal stores and shop, - The city
It supplied with water and electric
lights throughout, and has an adequate
police force and Are brigade, which
extend alto to the Commercial city.
The European and Commercial quar-
thing Mr. Curtis did, and aa a matter of tT borders on the harbor, and bos an
tact the number of men who have done area of 1100 acre. - Most of its bulld
ae in th past is not small. Indeed, there i t.mnnr.r. n mn
are men living ia our midst who are striv ',fc ",rJ T17 , . ??
Ing to do this self same thing. Hut all central part of the Commercial city
men do aot manifest the si me spirit ia ' la Nicholas place, from which ten ave
thia otherwise noble task. One man will ,1B, hvnneh amn.d tkl. .irl
commercial greatness 1 so confidently
anticipated that Dalny la popularly
spoken of a th "Southampton of th
East"
A8YL1UM FOR LEPERS.
Fin Work Being Don for ths Vic
tims in Burnish.
Her in Burmah one grow callous
at the several and ghastly sights, a
on Bees leprosy in all Its worst forms
(talking rampant through th struts
and thoroughfare says a wrlteV In
"The Graphic." Ascending the steps ot
a pagoda you rub shoulders with tbe
victim, In ths markets, on th street
you jostle against them, and yet . yoa
do not seem to feel the repugnance a
stranger not used to such tight would
feeL : :::,"',.-"",..;; Vs' ::'
Even we, with long 'experience of
Burmah, find much that I new and In
teresting in the Golden City, once the
citadel of the Lord of the Whit Ele
phant and the Golden Throne,, But
there 1 one sight, on institution, one
enduring memorial, for which we are
not Indebted to the past. The "Ma
naw Yaman," the Royal Garden, where
Bt. John's Leper Asylum Is situated I
th home ot many miserable creatures
to whom even parental doors are
closed; It Is the home of the afflicted
and tha despised, the home ot hideous
sight and repulsive object. Almost
all the countries of Europe are allied
In the work ot mercy carried on at this
Institution; priests and nursing sis
ters, who have given op home, and
friends to minister to theae most mis
erable of creature, are joined in their,
labor of love.1-;. -5' j;.,.''-. !
: A visit to th asylum conveys a les
son of self-denial that strikes . one
speechless. ' How dreadfully, meanly
selfish one feels! It excites emotion
that cannot be imaginedthey must be
whom l baa
YEARNINGS,
Break, break, break, "
On thy eold gray aiones, 0 sea, " '
While the things l want but never eaa get
Speak out ia tby plaint to me.
Oh, well for tbe country lass
1 hat she shoots the chutes with a yell.
And well for the dry goods dlork
Ibat'be.'iaihoe in the beating ewell
And tho stately millionaire
- Walk down tha sands with a suiils,
But show, b, show me s railway ear
With thi.de oa both sides of the aisle t
P? the beach In a great whits tent
There are nn aaber men today,
And people stirred by the earnest word
How down inelr heads and pray, v
And It's well tbey hope to receive
Something they ought or ought not to,
But why oaa't I have an automobile
That will aut, and quit whea it ought to
There's wind snd the shining sua
Aud the beautiful bright blue bay, '
While hsud In hand on the shining sand "
Contiguous lovurs stray.
I search in tain lor the founts of Joy
That fount ss they bill and coo,
for I'm looking today for a fountain pea
Ibat will fount when 1 want It to.
Ob, well that the fisherman mourns
For tbe k biters that are no more I
He should set lobster pots oa tne props
Pots,
For there t lobsters esough on tborei
Yet the things we want but never eaa get .
mate an tne prospeot Pleat,
And I'm yoarulng, In vain, for a lost
oan .. - .
That will answer, "Here, sir," whea I
speak,
' -Winthrop Packatd, ta Ufa
HUMOROUS.
"So the automobllist finished the
race in a burst of speed,! "No; only
In a burst of th gasoline tank."
Tess Gracious! I must be getting
awfully old and homely. Jess YesT
Teas Yes, four girls I know are going
to be married and have asked me to
be their bridesmaid.
given to
act aa if he were a bond slave, and while
he is faithful to his duty. dors, it in
cheerless, heartiest irnnr. apnarently
finding nothing in his hard experience to
rejoice in or be thankful for. He goes
about bis tank, as Himon bore the sroes-.
cursing the luck that brought him to the
hoar, and full of bitterness and resentment
on aceoc it of it. Withou ' heart or in
soiration. and Without comfort or inv. he
takes up his -erosa and trudges, toward
Calvary. On the other hand, there are
(which la 700 feet in diameter) tt t In
tended that the public building, banks,
hotels and office buildings shall be
erected Nicholas place Is connected
with the pier and ahlpplng quarter by
Moscow avehue, which, la to be the
main business thoroughfare of th city.
The residential- section I to be on th
elevated ground of the European city.
men to waom these heavy tasks become an x,. chlDese quarter is separated
inspiration and a source of strength; who , I . . .j v..-
aro finding their happiness and theif d from tn Administration and European
velonment in carrvina- the erosa. a han- - Cities by th town -Dark and nurseries.
piness and a dere.onment that tbey would ' Dalny climate i healthy and dry,
hVST sdT.: to "lETtk. r.i mieit I winter the lowest temperature Is 3
of eourare snd contentment, even while degree Fahrenheit below tero. Ice-
we stasaer under the hesvv cross. it eaa
enly be by the way of the Paul attitude
toward God and the Paul relationship to
Jeans Christ. This is the same Paul .who
wrote, "We are children of : -d and if
breaker have been provided to keep
the channel and harbor open during
ths winter. , Lots within the limits ot
the township of Dalny, with the ex
children then heirsj leirs of God snd Joint ception of th Administration quarter
heiea with Phpiar." the sstne Paul tvhn r-
and site reserved for public ground
wrote, "An things works together for
good to them who love God." Afterward
Simon of Cvrene understood the rmaa of
Christ, and then be became a Paul. Though
the authorities turned him out of the syn
agogue as defiled, though be and bis fsmily
became ostracised, it mattered little to
them, since thev could clearly see how
great a good had come to them tn the farm
of misfortune,
And do we not see how true this la of
many people about oa? Do we not see that
the burdens of tbe family to that vooni
motner. ana tost tne new and heavy rt-
and buildings, are to be cold or leased
at publlo auction, according to ' rules
approved by the Russian minister of
finance. : Both Russian auhject and
foreigners have the privilege ot. buy
ing or leasing lota, .:V'' '.
. The destiny ot Dalny Is' to be the
Russian New York on the Pacific the
great port of entry and export. The
mailer dry-dock waa completed In th
of Christ " To I aponsibility to others were just whst they cummer of 1902. and ha since been In
is means' ditsr, 'i.Jt'tHT "2 ' constant use. This dry-doch It W feet
itrengtht " ' V, " , long, 60 feet wide and 11 feet deep, and
And whatever may be the form of th
weight of the cross laid apoa us in this
life, my friends, let us remember these
two things: lhat it ts possible, like Paul,
Simon.
It waa the emaa that bronchi him Into
conflict with the authorities and with
mobs; it was the cross that drove him
from place to place, a vagabond oa ths
face of the earth; it was the cross thst
Drougnt aim into prison, and into dan
ger; it wis ths cross that made him S dis
grace, and his name an execration wher
ever there waa a Jewish synagogue. Paul
suffered loss snd pain aud humiliation over
and otto again on account of tbe ernes.
Call it a figure of speech if you will, but
his back waa bent, and broken ; his bodily,
Pains war ss senuine. his humiliation waa
as deep his loss ss great as came to
Simon of Cyrene and far more so. The
experiences of th two men were very
similar, almost identical; for it waa on a
country road leading into Damascus thst
Paul first came face to face with Jeaus
Christ, and it was then and there that
the cross of Christ waa laid nnon him.
And that from that moment until he died
he bore -that cross, feeling keenly the
weight of it, the humiliation of it, the
loss it occasioned him, but, nnliks the'
other men. glorying in it and rejoicing on
account of it. Whv tlie contrast Ah!
Paul understood the cross, its meaning, its
purpose, its power; Kimon did not. I'sul
saw that that cross, instead of being the
instrument of torture and sheme, was on
the contrary God's saving snd aanctifying
instrument among men. In that cross
Paid beheld the method and the mesne
whereby the transcendent plan of the Al
mighty to save 'this sinful world wss made
possible. Now suy accident, or ony provi
dential occurrence that linked him to that
cross, and thus to tha glorious purposes of
the Lord, Paul rejoiced in and counted
most fortunate. -
And now, my friends', I ask you to nv
sirfcr for a little while these two methods
of cross bearing. The world is divided
into Simons and 1'nuls; I am almost teinpt-;
ed to suy enunily dividid, but p?rbaw not;
On the one band there are the jH-opIe
whose lives are a perpetual pro. and
complaint, and t Heir burdens are not iniinr
iiinrv, either, 'i heir bm ka are bent and
lirenitinff ; tiieir henrla arc wounded to the
Venv eoi-e; th il- soul, art; eni'l.fil. T.i'c
a event illsar.nointmcnt. It was not ever
. in: no, it it 01 eoinniranveiy
ntii'jr. Almost widi. it a note
! in a nwimMt. in me twtnk-
the apostle, to and the izumration and tor
of our lives in the cross and, further, that ;
it must be so if our attitude toward God .
is on of faith, and obedience and our i
relationship to Jesus that of a loyal and
loving diseiple. . . - .... -,.,
.. ' " ' . God Gifts. . '
Into all ear lives, in many simple, fa
miliar ways, God infuses this (lenient of
joy from th surprises of life, which enex
peetodly brighten our days and fill our
eyes with light. He drops this added
sweetness into His children's cup and
makes it to run over. Tlie success ws
were not counting on, th blessing w were
not trying sfter, the strain of music in th
midst of drudgery, the beautiful morning
nicture or sunset clorv thrown in aa wa
pass to or from our daily business, the un
sought word of encouragement or expres
sion of .sympathy, the sertenc that meant
more for us than ' the writer or speaker
thought these and a hundred others that
very one's experience can aunnly are in
stances of what I mean. 'You may call it
accident or chance it often is; yon may
call it human goodness it often is, but al
ways, always cull it God's love, for that ia
always in it. These are His free gifts. II
W. Longfellow.
Entirely Tat Itself.
No nation has a right to tie sslinlv
(or itself any more than an individual.
Key. Dr. Woods, San Francisco, Cal.
with Ita electric pumps, can be emptied
in less than two hour. . ..
IA connection with tha dry dock are
the harbor repair ahops, with a foun
dry, smithy, machine and fitting shop,
boiler shop, etc. These shops, which
are electrically driven and lighted, are
fully equlppefl for repair job. .
. Work ot the large dry dock 1 being
rapidly pushed forward. It will be 630
feet long, 88 feet wide and 28 feet In
depth and will cost about $927,600, A
large pier for ocean steamer ia al
most completed and part of it ia being
used. This pier 1 1926 feet Jong and
3G0 feet wide, has a depth ot o water
from 18 to II feet, and when ootrjpictud
will contain seven railway track and
nln large warehouses,
Dalny has been connected since the
beginning of this year by a daily ser
vice of through trains with Port Ar
thur, Harbin and Manchuria There
are now two weekly express trains be
tween Dalny, Moscow and St. Peters
burg. , .The Trans-Siberian express
leaves Dalny on Tuesdays and Satur
days, making th trip to Moscow a
nderstand such lore, the de-
: Immolate a life on the al
Imposed duty, seems mean
What buoy us up In our most
difficult task and our hardest strug
gles, the hope of success; 1 denied to
the worker In the cause of tha unclean
leper. - What hop 1 there of a cure
following the patient labor of the de
voted attendant T . What gain, what
profit, does he acquirer Some such
thought- must assuredly pass through
the minds of the unfortunate patients,
for naught else, can account for the
smile of dogltke love and affection that
break over and transfigure for a mo
ment their otherwise disfigured and
hideous countenance a they look up
on th calm features of their self-ap
pointed attendant. ' i ' ? f
Inch by. Inch th asylum hat grown,
until now it has attained the position
ot being ranked as one of the most no
ble Institution not only in Burmah,
but tn th whole world. It had a very
humble beginning, as most things In
this world have. It wo shortly after
the annexation of Upper Burmah or,
'to be more accurate, In 1888 that the
late Bishop Simon addressed tbeauthorl-
ties on the subject of lepers, but It was
not till 1891 that the Rev. Father Web
Inger, following the example of tbe Im
mortal Father Damien, of Molokal, was
able to found tte St John's Leper Asy
lum on a grant of six acres of land
just outside Mandahav Tne beginning
was necessarily on a verymgn scale,
and when It Is taken Into consideration
that the number ot leper in Burmah
at that time. waa variously estimated at
anything cetween eighteen thousand
and thirty thousand, it I' not at all
surprising to learn that all available
space was Immediately filled up, and
hundreds of other unfortunates had
perforce to be turned away. From tbe
appallng ugurea quoted above-of those
affected, It I very evident that asylums
such a the Bt, John' were not only
very useful but absolutely necessary,
aa being the only means of regenerat
ing a nation almost entirely -Imbued
with the leprosy virus, and so slowly
but' certainly stamping out the terri
ble disease. But,' under the clrcum-
stances, nothing could be done, new
wards nad to be. built, and to do this
money was needed. Sufficient not
being available locally, the Idea struck
Father Wehlnger to try fresh fields and
pastures new, so, in 1896, with th per
mission ot hi ecclesiastical ( Superior,
he undertook a voyage to Europe on a
begging tour. , The reception he met
with in th several countries he visited
was, to say the least, enthusiastic In
England a committee jpt distinguished
personages wa formed and every as
sistance given blm. After an absence
of three years Father Wehlnger re
turned to Burmah, and at once set tn
band the erection ot the new ward,
with th aid of M. Blln, architect and
engineer.' . ; v.. : 4.
NtMTeen
Which Lgf
- In a small town In tha west of Scot
land the town clerk who was a bit of
a "character," had the misfortune to
lose his leg In a railway accident
As a mark of appreciation and es
teem for his long services, the council
unanimously agreed to replace hi loss
with an artificial limb, which they did
as soon aa ha waa sufficiently recovered.-
. 4 ,:i j L- -j,-
distance of 6375 mile, with a change of W tew Brontha afterwards the town
Th too-speedy automobllist is In
evidence everywhere, and Is compel
ling the officers of the law to resort
to all sorts of means for apprehending
and restraining htm. In the broad
light of day his Identity Is not ec
hard to discover, but In the night
time ft la a more difficult mattor to
3ml out who he Is. In some English !
towns at the present time th police!
car at Manchuria station and Baikal
in thirteen and one-half days. The
"train do luxe" ia a solid vestlbuled
train, having first and second class
compartment sleeping cars and dining
cars. The fare from Dalny to St
Petersburg Is $137.96 first class and
$91.97 second class. ., .
The Chinese Eastern Railway Com
pany maintains a mercantile fleet of
nineteen steameru.'wlth a total net ton
nage of 20,206 tons. , These are for the
coast-trade and ply between Dalny,
Port Arthur and Chefoo, and also be-
are UBing electric flashlights, ' to- I tweon the two firBt-named ports and
gother with stop watches, to detect Chemulpo and Shanghai., In conjunc
tly Trans-Hlberlan express
thus with t
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roads at nltsht at an excessive rnta trains, .th
of speed. Where the roads are flne tween
ana the coast Is clear the tuMpiation I1""' '
to fo at a prelty lively rl!p la nimh
fSri'JU'T tliart tiio incia onliml.or
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A
jerk who was generally known by his
Christian name, Paul, was unfortunate
enough to have his other leg . frac
tured in a trap1 accident
Naturally the mishap become food
for town gossip, and one old wife, hi
discussing the matter with a neighbor,
wa overheard saying: .
"If a gey bad business for Paul,
p'tlr man; but is't his ain log or the
leg that belangs to the toon that's
broken?" Tit-Bits.
th
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, Tha Minister Won.
A minister was one day walking
along a rood, and to his astonishment
he saw a crowd of boys silting in front
of a ring, with a small dug- In the cen
tre. When he came up to them he put
tbe following tue-tiiin: "What are you
doing to the dug?" One little boy said,
"Whoever t.-ils the blpgest lie wins It."
"Oh," fisiid the minister, "I am sur
pi'lm'd at you Hi tie boys, fur when 1
wns !"" you I never told a Ho." There
v., ail. nee fur a while, until one of the
Luis snouted: "Hand him up the y"
I :,Wr I ' ' r.
o yoirthink you would
make a good book agent?" asked th
manager. "Well," replied, the appli
cant .for a job, "1 used to be a pro
fessional hypnotist." V , ' ' 41
"Yes, since Mr. Qotrox' hroite a mir
ror yesterday she is convinced It 1
very unlucky.? -i"How auperstltlou.;;
"Not at all. It was a French-plate "
mirror and cost $409." ' . ' '
Harry Blanche says; she has Insu
perable reasons for remaining single
Horace Yes; I know what they are.
Harry Then she has told you? Hor
aceNo, but I've seen her.- i;1
He I declare, I feol terribly rattled
at the Idea ot playing In the tourna- .
mcnt before all that crowd. She Oh,
cheer up they probably won't know
tnv mnra ahnnl l.nnl. Ik.n nn An:
Little Bobby Say Pop? Father-
Well, , well, what Is it now? Little
Bubby If a Chinaman speaks broken
English, would a whlto man speak
broken china? (Exit Bobby to bed.) J
What is a man's ideal?" "That
depends." "How do you mean?'' "Why,
before marriageit's tbe woman he'
going to marry, and after marriage It's
some woman that be didn't marry."..
"You could call htm a captain of in-
dustry, couldn't you?". '. "You coV.ld.
but you wouldn't do It It you were
wiseat least not to his face. He
thinks he's at least colonel of Indus
try." - '
What a dismal feller that man Bigs- '
by Ie."yJfhat't the matter with
him 7J!earThe jwu crossed in
loveTV tliat all? fthougTK. ha must
lost some money on somechln' se
rious." . - ' - ; 7
"I suppose," said th Impressionable
young girl, "that you didn't have to '
wait long for a husband, Mrs. Sharp.
"No," raplied Mrs; Sharps, '1 didn't.
but I do now till midnight, at least,,
and often longer,"- ,, !;.;(:,..,(,
Clarence (cautiously) Would er-rlf
I were to ask you to marry me er
would you be sure to say "Yes?" Clara
(also cautiously )Well, if I were to
say J"Ya''-r-rwoui yon. be sure to ,
ask me to er marry you? 1
"Of course," said Mr. Staylate, "there
are some things that always go with
out saying " "Yes, and wars still,"
Interrupted Mis Patience Gonna yawn
ing at the clock, "there are some oth
ers that do just the opposite. ' - - - .
"It will come out all right In time."
he told his wife. "Fortune knocks at
every man's door once, and some day
she'll knock at mlhuTV "It won't help
you any," returned hlBNrtftsIf For-
tune wants to find you shell have to go
to the club and send in her card." ...
While waiting In the eptlon room
for their hostess gome visitors were ,
entertained by that Tadya ' 4-year-old
daughter. One ot the caller remarked
to the other. "She is not very p-r-e-t-
t-y." "No," Instantly, replied the
child, "I am not very p-r-e-t-t-y, but I
am very t-m-a-r-t" ,4.
"Young man," eald the item parent.
to th applicant for a job ss his son-in-law,
"I want you to know that I
spent $6000 on my daughter's educa
tion." "Thanks," rejolnedith youth
who wa trying to break, Into the fam-
circle. "Then 1 won't have to send
her to school again." ';' "
"Your financial rating I satisfac
tory," said Mrs. DeSwIrn to to appli
cant for ber daughter' band In matri
mony, "but I'm not so sure as to your
lln-ege." "Oh, I've got a lineage fn t
way back," rejoined the young tuna,
I've' dd a father and mother, two
pets of grandparents, four sets of grc t-
grandparents, eight sets of"
- Th "Towing Curs."
An eminent London doctor v h
nervous system had suffered si vi i
through overwork recently took at
from Staines to Oxford, having lii:i
towed all tho way. He la now adv
every patient whose nerves are i
strung to undergo tho "tov.ii .; c
The quiet there Is in a licit v
being, slowly towed, tlie p nt!e i
hlch follows the boat, and th
ing motion, together wiih t'
air, are said to have a v
feet upon the nerves. T
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