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VOLUME XV III, :niLIN. N, C, WEDNESDAY. OCTO 3,:1003. KUMliEK 43. i - I LIFE AND 80 he died for bit fai.h. That la fine More than im-st uf us do. . Bui.stny, ran joi aid to that Una liiat he lived tot It, toe' f ' V r Jt I easy to die. Hen have died , or u wl.h or 11 whUi-. tj' m I'fava.'n or pas.-dou or pride " ' itu 11 hunt lot u: :viwtt":- By HELENA DIXON.. It was a chilly morniug, ahd Gideon 'Marshall buttoned hU ovareoat about his lean form and drew ou a pair 01 . warm, home-made mittens,' preparato-'- rjr to taking a 20-mlle Tide to his own domicile, which could scarcely be called a boma, since it sheltered nothing hu- . man save himself and an old, domes tic; whp Cad nursed him in infancy. and still persisted Ul calling him "her boy,"; though ho was on the shady fide of 40. But it Gideon lived with out the society of bis fellowvmortals. he made up- for It by surrounding himself, with aa innumerable number He kept gulnex-Jiens and guinea . rigs, rabbits and canaries by the score, end pigeons and geese, turkeys and heus beyond count Then he had squir rels -la revolving cages, and crows who?e tonguea be had split that they might"- learn, to talk. There was a S w'eoJchuck, too, that would follow , him about like a dog and drink milk ' ? from a cup, sitting up like A monkey; 1 with cup held firmly in his paws. He !"h.ad tame-mice besides, which cut all 0. sorts of antics, and had their nest In an old coat sleeve 'which .hung at the - ; foot of Gideon's bed, over which they scampered every morning until he got , r up, and than, they ran before him to the.Jiitchmi tfor, tholr breakfast- -' ' Ou the indrnlng of which we wrjte Gideon 'Was rejoicing la the acquiBi - tion of half a dozen choice dorklng 1 hens, already cooped and in -his wagon, ready to be takon home. , j "Take my advice, brother.'and lei your pets go to grass. Get a sensible little wife to make your home pleas ant In place of your mica and wood " chucks, and my word for tt, yos will ' , never be sorry. - Such a pet as this now," and Gideon's brother picked up littlcurly-headedenldM he r-f"iM'i : pet as t.i worth all of yours ft thousand times over." , , , - .' "You and t can never think alike on that subject, brother," replied Gideon. ;. rather contemptuously, as he took up .. the reins, and gave his horn a cut with a whip, which put the ancient beast In a lazy trot The hens cack led their adieus, and the wagon was soon out of sight of the group assem bled in the porch to witness the de parture? of- their eccentric relative. 1 m "He will never marrynothing sur er than that and all, I suppose, because Linda Pratt jilted Mm so shabbily years ago. Well, she made a miserable match for herself, .I've been told, though what has become of herxf'm aura I don't know. - Linda waAnt so .-ij'CWbVrMje, though, afteYalL Borne . busybody stirred up' a -tfreete between them, the girl slighted Old, and he - went off in a huff, and the engagement -was broken." ...;;:, "- Thus murmured Gideon's brother, as with little curly head still In his arms, he retreated Into the house. . .Gideon drove away, forgetful of the mtiiwt his brother had broached, his ""naturally enough filled with of the pets which had been ' " en le. Never before bad .iui &u 4uiirhare of n Und he wondered ajuToTJ&ly ( the old housekeeper had not r dislike for his guinea pigs, 'by keeping them on short Xtecaalonally,- as his horse f along In his steady-go-easy 4s maBter would turn, to look .. theWety of the coop in the back part of the wagon, peering In now and then to see how the fowls were deport ing themselves." . ,.,;,.;. , , .Only once did. his brother's words' awake anything, like a wish In his bachelor's heart, and that was when he turned to take a parting view of the happy home circle he was leaving the father standing in the midst of his; children, with the little one laugh ing and crowing In his arms, and the ; mother bright and smiling by his side. Then he, too, thought of Linda Pratt, . and of the long ago days when she was his promised bride. Then, with a half suppressed sigh for the memory of what might have been, and with hasty dash of the band across the moistened eye, he dismissed the sub-' .leer, i y;:n.;.-'.-v ...''. K ,.. ':.) ,;' X-.w " ' Gideon had got over half his home ward Journey, when "si" couple of gay young; men, driving ft pair of fast horses, approached him from behind. The worthy bachelor was unconscious of their proximity, so absorbed was he in his own thoughts, until forcibly ap prised of it by a concussion in the , rear, occasioned- by the tongue of the young men's wagon coming In con- v tatf with the box of his. . ' "Well, you'd better run over body , and be done with It," said Gideon, gruffly. , , . "Didn't see you in time to stop, un cle, 'pon honor," answered the driver, with comic gravity, then, with a wink at his companion, he turned out of the road tn order to pass the slow-going - vehicle of Gideon; but the old horse, seeming not to relish the Implied re proach, pricked up his ears, stretched his giraffe-like neck, and was oft like a shot The young men shouted, and the fm-lovlng driver kept back his fiery """' to the old horse exert his to gain the victory, ' proudly at the noblo f nnd slackened his w and then an plucky sni- DEATH. But to llvst every day to live out " til the truth lht lie dream", . While III Irteuds mot his coudutt with doubt, And the world with contempt i Wet It thai that he plodded ahead, . 1 Never luridtig aasder ' Then we'll tuik ot the life that he led , . Never mind how be died. Ernest Crosby, la "Swords end riotsffiiret." i V into the coop. But, alas for poof Gid eon;, his hens were gne. - A large hole In the end of the cuop revealed the manner of thehr ecrtss. ; V "The 'mean, low-lived scoundrels! They smashed the coop, and then be guiled a into a raee f urpote to let my hens escape; but they're some where; aback, and I won't go home without them If it takes me ft week to catch them. How I should like to horsewhip them fellows!" r Thus muttering Gideon put his horse about and retraced hla step w "Let's see.- 'Twas somewhere near the red mill that them rascals. dU tho damage) and let my hens out Twould serve me right If I never see ft feather of them again. ' To go racing torses like ft boy, and leave six of the fluest dorklng hens that ever cackled to shift for themselves." - iNeveJC starving hunter looked with more eager eyes, for the gam by which he Jioped to appease; his hunger than did; Gideon Marshall tor his missing hens.; When he reached the little val ley where stood the red mill, his .eyes wandered from side to side In anxious search. -- , " ' , - ; - He passed the mill and drew near a pretty white cottage,' surrounded by fruit trees and flowering shrubs, Wu.ch were just beginning to put forth their leaves A lady, comely and dark- haired,, though past the rosy bloom qf early womanhood, was standing before the door, admiring a row of beautiiul white hens which had mysteriously made their appearanceon, the prem? ises, and were quietly pluming them-. selves on the front Jence.i j f Jl uioeon saw neitner the lady nor the dimple-cheeked child which played near her on the young grass, lie had found ,hls bens, and now j pnind vas wonderfully perpl -oTjm'Anhem; for. his own wbtJs, they were as "wild hawks," and quite at fond of their lib erty, too. . He took an ear of corn from hi pocket and shelling It on the ground, called to them In every conceivable way to come and eat; but the hens were either too stupid to understand or too wise to heed, and so kept their perch.' ;. T . 1 . At length Gideon became convinced that there was no way but to run them down one at time no very easy feat to accomplish, considering that they would ha all the time ft locomotive power In reserve, and could flvarnq jwj,Ulftlr need or fancjnnHarpted. Act ing oa thit cojwkyr&n, ha crept cau tiously forward and made lunge at the - nearest sufficiently ' dexterous enough to secure handful of feathers, while - the hens fluttered in concert from the fence and struck out in dlf-j ferent directions. . ' : - . B ' it '. vaaa'f'aa. v wrvi tuutv U 91 itswt and in lively pursuit of the .refractory to1"- . -,'r:'';;,:V ; Aaound the bouse' he followed the hindmost, and into neat, newly-made garden, over the smooth, even beds of which, he trampled without Compunc tion. , Round and round be ran, and leaped and Jumped until the hen, as If desirous of a wider field of action, flew over the fence lnlo a freshly- plowed field. This Gideon found less adapted for. a race .than. the garden, for, with every step he sank ankle deep In the mellow loam. After mak ing the circuit of the field, the hen flew into the top of a peach tree, In which her fellows were already -congregated. Her safe, arrival was the occasion of ft prolonged and trium limphant crow from the: rooster tan talizing enough to Gideon, who came up wiping the perspiration from his heated face. ' As he passed the garden he saw with some surprise the, full extent of the mischief he bad wrought, and wondered why some one had not come out to remonstrate against his devastating flourishes over the beds. . Gideon was In sore preplexity. There was no such thing tor him as catching the hens in race. He stood under the peach tree In ft brown stndy, scratch ing his head vigorously to coax there from some plan by which hit dorklngs might be Mcured. He did not see the dark eyes which watched him so curi ously from back window, nor the mischievous smile that lurked around the lady's mouth at she witnessed bis discomfiture. ' '.- J - : -: "I'm dashed If f can think of any way to circumvent , the torments. They're too knowing," murmured Gid eon. "Maybe the woman can contrive ft way to do it I've beard say women have sharper wits than we," , "Madam," said Gideon,' at he ap proached the cottage and made his most polite bow. "I crave your as sistance, or, rather, your advice, about catching those hens ia the tree yon der." : ?,'.-.-' The l&dy thought he would have to wait till night, when they were, gone to roost and when Gideon demurred on account of the lonely way be had to go, she told him be would -be welcome to stay over night - Gideon looked more perplexed than ever. What was there in the lady's voice and eyes that puzzled1 blm so? And the child; How its dimpled cheeks and rosy mouth, tent his thoughts far back in the past He led his horse,- which all this while had been standing Mko a tin peddler's. In the middle of the road, to tne stable, then came back to wntch Ms dorklngs ill nl;1- should restore (Ik .u t i his "Plug., - child's mother was busy in an rt of tho house, and the litn "I poon on familiar terms 1. who. strangely cihiu;'i, ' r lii-irl warm toward '- m I 1 to ! 1 new friend all his little slo. '1 0? 1 "Pl edge told him 0? the brother fti 1 Bis ter who were at school, and of the father vrhn nt r 'n t- far away Gideon retired early to his room, meaning to stnrt for home by the break of day,. He pulled oif his coat and boots,, and then took from his wallet a bauk Dote, which was to be Teft as' a compensation to his hostess for her hospitality, ft well as the in Jury be had done in her garden, !3S But where had he hest deposit the money f Several books were lying on a shelf. He took one down, intending to place the bill therein ia the form of a bookmark, and" leave It on the table. Something written on the fly leaf caused him to start, and flush, and pal alternately. , . -. , ' I He shut the book, fancying himself the Victim of an illusion. But again he opened it and again read bis own name and that of Linda Pratt traced In his own handwriting. How wiell hs remembered giving such ft hook to his betrothed. This must .be the very fine; but how did It come Into the widow's 1 ? 1 topknow, an, . n l I in coal and boots, he went .down tiuq the kitchen where the little widow, was still at work; m hlnf Does the reader wish to follow thither, or will it suffice to -say that past midnight, and that he was once more engaged to the sweetheart of his youth, the pretty widow, Linda... Pratt stoimcsi j., s.1 Gideon did not think of his hens or any of his many pets again that nt; hti tnough,, he, lay awake, til till the sun be wuh lines ii -.'f-nt 'ir..l.jLA iki.l llglil-r heart than Gideon carried to bit lua next day. The old housekeeper vonvt dered much when the mice and giKe4 pigs, the woodchucks.aqd crows "rtls appeared, ' and her wonder Increased when Gideon brought his wife and bet! children home. To use her own wordi "she was thunderstruck, but proper glad on't to think her boy was took with sensible streak once in1 b'f life',' v )(Kb;' if ' V " J 1 Then the brother, with his family; came . flown to offer congratulations, and the old house wss made men 7 me ring 01 cniiatsft voices, antunrtime there' mml another! wt!svT ailhi apouierpart deon's, whose happiness the stranger s evenl rendered comnlirrijBW ynrk Week i , 4. -v-.- iUAlNT AND" CURIOUS. 1 ! II iTho bridge which crosses an ftrtn oi ,ieiiuw Dea si eanguuis, wmuu 1 k no Am as the Lion Sea,. .has a fota of- S ytmilos. This enormous stretch Is sppvted on rather more) than tw pillars ol stone. iVhlle ft fire was-In prog rest Jn tenement house In Paris, ft poodle deUhed upstairs, and in ft few minutes umed with ft doll In its mouth, s doll was then Joyfully seised by eight-year-old daughter of the ant. , . . , ! f 5 - .-Sse first artificer ever ennobled for his Sfork was Henry de - Vlo, a .co vertelNArab, who built ft glgantie clock foarlej-V,-rrraf ii in 1370, The clock weighed f too pounds. De Vic also received 'ft life pension. ' - ;lTher' skeletons of dwarf elephants found on the island. 01 Malta. One of these, ' whose teeth and bones the wed that they belonged to full grows specimen, was less than I feet C Inches in height, and could jot have weighed over 80 pounds when In the flesh. - - - J v . ' Perhaps tho most remarkable curio in the British army system of red tape I are the headings under which various personal necessities are classed. or instance, ft soldier must purchase a brneh -smd -comb twder the head of clothing, while a tooth brush for some extraordinary reason comes under the denomination nf fuol. , - , The hen embraces nearly all 'the world, and " Kw would be as great as Uiat of the dog If It extended far ther north and south; but it Is found north of the Arctic circle only In Norway and Sweden, and Is as yet lacking In the southern part of South America, except where the. Scotch have settled Jn Patagonia. Travelers throughout the most of Africa and In dia and in many little known parts of the world can usually add chickens, tu their food resources without difficulty; but there are some largo Islands, like New Guinea, where, the hen Is not found, and mere than half of Australia Is destitute of this animal. , , . . ; . The mule Is more- generally distrib uted over - 8outb America than any other of the continents, being founl there everywhere, excepting along a part of the hot damp coast between Fernambuco and Rio Janeiro; and he is practically unknown . in - the Guianas, the Amazon basin and Terra del Fuego. His home covers perhaps a, fifth as much arr-ft as that of the horse. There rw few mules around our Great Lakes, excepting along their southern shores, ut from' the lakes the animal extends southward to the Straits of Magellan. : His home tn all temperate and hot countries Is prac tically coextensive with that of the horse, but It does not extend nearly as far north as the hone's range; and he la not found in the deserts, . .1 A Joke From the Bench. Notwithstanding '" his ' twenty-two years of service on the bench. Lord Justice Malbow still preserves that elasticity of tplrlt and love of a Joko which has distinguished him all through his career. One of his re marks yesterday created great merri ment In tho Court of Appeal. A leaAied king's council was awilng tho question as to whnl Is an "nechlent," and was putting Instances of w!int lie considered would properly come with In that term, and what, on the o her hand, would nut. "Sitppofo," said he, "some one wore to hit me in flicvo and my eye l,vnTio lilm-k In cr-n-qilnnce, the fact of It h- oniine Mn -k vitilcl not he ri'l tin p. t " "Perhaps not," mild the hud j-i mkh, "hut you v.iiii'i im-Litl-'y ' 1 It 09 tfmt pr-mMl." WestoiiH ... r t AST02Y 0? THE RAISIN. HOW AN: IMMENSE INDUSTRY HAS DEVELOPED IN CALIORNIA. state's rJatural Monopoly Its Partic ular Advantages for-the Culture of the Grape Are Due to Climatic. Con- ftitlons A Profitable Product, i- The venerable age of the vlnoyards of Europe has given rise to thtj Im pression . that vltlcultural production in this country la an importation from thj cdntlnent. Otttha qonlrary. ipe is n nauve 01 - America, ou auuuduntwas U wild Vhr' here) whe America wps discovered that It was ssiMWtoaWiilllllWilw'l)mlng,.llheU country YiueJaiu. At- the .present time grapes" aro cultivated from one coast to t!-e aVJir: ti ;rom the Can adlaa Sbrocr 4ojue gulfc s vt ? '. : Tno grape crop that Is sent, to the market for table use and home 'con sumption has become the least impor tant of the sovernk. resource -ul tha ttticulturallst The grape may be grown tor falslns, wine or the table. Different parts 1 of tho ' country, .of course, re better1 adopted to on va riety than another, as taa climatic con dition is an important .consideration when any branch ut the Iudustry It to be taken up. Almost all the raisin nsed In the United States aro raised it. Callfgrqia. If there is. any. home Industry that Is completely monopo lized by orie state tt Is the production ci raJslns.1''''- t, ; tp The raisin prbdUcftg section of Cal ifornia; according to (Jeorge (X. Hus mann, expert in charge, p(- the Vticl turol investigations, bureau ,f plant Industry, cotaiprises th 'counties FreMo, Ki; Kingst Ma4etra, Merced, Orange, San Uornardlno, San,. Diego, Tulare and Yola. The profits, accord- tug 10 tnis same expert, are irom V 1 " to 1500 per acre, "'a fair average from tUa to The raisin m; ket lr contrpliqd absolutely by t I , . ej,J?eS now cori trte intoxfng ttf turuivu - the one IW ootmtea-S nopuilijon. ' If Amert ... s f fc -.it requtrea py ""Jfttste was as well developed for aijHfiams at' that of some1 other natlcn- ftlitlesv who consume lour pounds, per.l capita, California .would still be equal to the task of furnishing the entire quantity. ;;; , ,-. ,. '. :. .' .. -: f ' In California falrtn production is literally and truly s natural monopoly, and depends entirely on the climate, v ; ' In the first place, the soil Is suitable,' the land level, and therefore easy of cultivation, and tne ellmate perfect- that la. for raiauir curing, t The aver age temperature during July and Au gust is about 85 degrees Fahrenheit lit the shade." The nights are always much- cooler 'than the- days, and the coldest winter weather It 11 degrees above sero. The Important character. Istlc, however, Is that the ' summers are practically rainless and the nights are so free from moisture, "that ft piece of tissue paper after lying out 11 nlgbt Is crisp.and stiff next morn ing without 'ft particle of moisture showing." It Is this dry 'rsinlessnest that assures the California grower safe fonversloft of bis grapes Into raisins. - . -v. V.- ' storms do appear and may cause some damage to partially dried rais ins and. grapes. - In Mr, Husmann's article o "The' Raisin Industry" In the new Year Book he states that the many Japanese laborers watch the government weather predictions late lit the season, Snd If rain Is Indicated they bold their services at from 60 to 75 cents ft hour; It Is simply. Impos sible to get cheap labor tn such emer gencies, and the growers hftvo to pay the pipers 'The entire labor question Is a serious one with the grower, Chinese; and Japanese labor practical ly controls the business, and they de mand 12 to I3.S0 per day and even M for picking grapes. ' , , : '' ; ' : After, a vineyard comes into bear ing, provided, of course, It Is of a suit;, able variety,- raistri production Is very simple In tho California district,-Where the sun doe most of the work. - The grapes begin to ripen about the middle of August and later varieties continue ou Into November., The, bunches are cut front the vines and placed on shal low trays. These measure two feet wide, three feet long and "one inch" high. On the trays fhe grapes are plied and allowed to " sun-dry, being turned from time to time, this move ment being accomplished by merely placing an empty tray top olda down aver the full one, and thou turning both over. After drying tor from ten .4 day Uk three,, weeks, depending on the grape, and dato ,oT ripening, the raisins are stortd in "sweat' boxes" until they go into the hands of the packer. In , order, vto prolong . the work over a more convenient period, some of the larger growers have cur ing houses where the finishing touches re put on the grapes as they are re quired. The raisin' product of Cali fornia now amounts to about 100,000, 000 poinds per annum, and .it. takes flora three to four pounds of grapes to make one pound of raisins. i4 ( .Monsdnpck Still In the Running. , .The monitor MonaJnock, a short time ago regarded as ft praetlcallv val ueless hulk, and talked of as being fit only as "old Junk," has established a new record as a speedy Vessel of her class in the navy. .. 'J ; ' -..'.!.; ; A report made public at the naVy de partment .indicates that tho monitor is still capable of good work. Recent ly orders were sent from the depart ment to give the vessel a trltl speed ing. Her rontmander, Lieutenant I. V, Glllls, made only little preparation and startod oft upon a pbort rrulse on the A.-I nr-k It to sMiton, Tnad 1 tie re- f"'ow "pd g 'i(r -nrs' , 12.1. forced mre, . The ', run . s tindci .t(i f t '.o (; v.! r l: 1 t (f 1 f 1 - I t 1 d f r 1 1 i!B CHOP SUEY $ OA Frosted Coffee and Oi'-er r sw " inv - mer Drln.,a. at v -The chop Buey sundae Is the newest drink,",, said the white-clothed youth behind the white marble bar of the soda water place. "I'll mix you one for ft sample." , ' , Since chop suey, the solid, Is made of onions', young bamboo, pork, celery and chicken blood, the Inquisitor hes itated about trying it In liquid form. But the attendant, smiling, said: ' JMejr , rjhjnatowft are not used in the chop suey sundae. The drink gets its nam becanse ft resembles chop Suey in hue. It Is, In fact black black as turue. , Thy&nVTnftFth&tf'in-ide oAO sueg, HUJitfa H (i mixed tdj,oUir dateaj figs, chocolate-and soda water.. The drink, when it was finished, looked Iik mm ftorlif .effervpacent ni.f a taste, however, it - was strange and pleaftau'Qt'Vv ":- '' eiwavmgflrjrincfrosteid coffee this year," the attendant said. "Frosted coffee Is, fresh coffee chilled very suddenly and mingled with cer tain agreeable fitters thai I caa't spe cify unlnss) I am paid for tbo Informa tion. This drink, like Iced tea, cools and exhilarate." . ;1"'f'-? . , "'Mint aangaree is a refreshing drink that you fan make at home if you have a siphon. You put in a glass a handful of mint leave and a handful of shaved Ice; The with Dasher, you mash the leaves to ft pulp,' ; Nqw , you add tome sort of fruit syrup that you like vanilla for .instance and you fill the glass "from your slphori'w'lth ieltferV This mixture you- shakd In ft metal Shaker and strain, addfng, at the mo ment of serving, a 'straw, ft cherry' and anch nf frjmli fnlnt thnft tlltotritriee. om the glass like ft bouquet i. : 1"Here la a new Idea for you In the Kr-irSV?.-.. Poof Miwin In I .1 "a rnrVr".. , . . spiral, waning on. ui waoiw raw Vi riIH- W nlf nch wide jtnd i,,, . . ZhM ,. , hl. .trn n' ,onr tail your tail ginger ale glass in sucn a wak to that oao end olingii to the rim andthe other end rests on the bottom Then, serve the ginger ale with, the lemon peeling upright In It.' -' ' "Parfait , amour, farmer's i mead, golden slipper j and xft dozen , other drinks are new this summer. Each of them Is complicated and sot, candidly, very good." Philadelphia Record. : . , - ' " - 1 ' - '' . .'.'' .- . SIR WALTER ON GHOSTS.- , 4 ft Do Not Believe My Own Experience "Would Convert Me. ,' One' 0 the letters "written by' Sir Walter Scott to his valued friend, Mrs. Hughes, published In the Century, says, among some personal chat; 1 Dear Mrs. Hughes . . . Your rec ollection is Very Vivid, V t doubt not sufficiently correct; atlll it falls short of legal testimony; the recollection of our childhood on such ft topic as that of ghosts V goblins Is apt to be strangely mixed with exaggerations, a sort of embroidery which your fancy is so spt to load such strong coloring as misleads even its owners. , Our law has wisely I think Introduced a pre scription of crimes, from the Idea that human testimony begomoa unsettled brtiw-JapirefTm retted more by the imagination than the absolute recollection. tI therefore, my dearest lady, paying the utmost Credit" to your testimony; yet the oc currence of so old ft date must not alter my doubts;: it winna believe for me; It would be very properly certi fied', but on my word ( cannot believe it ever to have hod an existence; the story Is never told the same way, though there' Is a kind of general re semblance. '. , v I do not believe my own experience would convert - me; though I might tremble I would re verse the part played, by the. devils and certainly not believe. I wish you would write down Mrs. Ricketts story as well, as you remember it Every such story on respectable foundation Is a chapter in the history of the hu man mind.- Star I think the balance of evidence preponderates so hoavlly upon the side of Imputing all such ap pearances to natural esusen that the mysterious stories "whin believe foe me." - am sorry for It;, I liked the thrill that attended the Influence of. these talesi & I wish I were able to wan der back through the mates of Mrs. Radcllff'a romances. , But alas! J have; been so long both ft reader' and writer of such goodly matteYs that - ' "Doumees familiar to my slaughterous j, 1 thoughu ; f , ; . r w Cannot e'en startle me." - His Dream Cam Truftr- , A the 'result j of s remarkable; dream, Valentine Marx persuaded ft surgeon to perform an operation on him, and true to hla -dream bis Voice was restored. - .,'-''.., '' -t ..Since 1899. he has -been uriable to apeak above a faint whisper, and that With difficulty. H was told that pos sible cause of failure was the pres ent Is the left lung of ft bullet which he received at Uj battle ,, of Stone River. ' - Two weeks ago he had a dream that ft resort to .. old-fashioned , bleeding would restore his voice. , 1. . .. On Wednesday Dr. J. B, Greene per formed the operation. When tho lan cet made an Incision near the right el bow a thick, dark colored llotiid oozed out Just as In tho droam, . ai s bays hie Voice has steadily Increased in power since that time. Chlcafio Trib ute. ? , ' '.'. . - f , , - A New Way to Europe., : , , A route across the Atlantic which would greatly shorten fhe ocean voy age is being discussed in England. It Is proposed to utilize the harbor of Galway, situated on the weatern coast of Newfoundland, a dlstanee cf 1816 miles, whilo the rent of the Journey to New York could bo made for nior-t of the way by fnst trains. It Is If !' veil that t!o trill from I.Oiidnri to tho Auiericiiti mi'li I's rotild thus be shortent j l.y at. leant a day. I'mni New York to Soiithitinptoti is f' niit ti.e flq fiir as from Giilwny to tit. ' s; w lii;e Ibe ditans e to l ivttin to in ; . .1 , . - . ., S V. r.-t 'V. 1 1" 1 ' ' ' a A SEEM lOliSUiNPAY DISCOURSE ON ''THE CrlOUNO OF CHRISTIAN CERTAINTY". The Bev.- Refloatd Johh Campbell ell ta Beautiful Lug-nase of the Atanr. anM of Divine Hirajr Which. Kawy ' the Heart of Believers, r::-': QctAK GnoVEjN."J.-St rlfctt.OOO peo rile filled the; Auditorium here ttundav movning to listen to the Rev. "Reginald J John tanipbcll, pastor of the Uty Jtem pie, London. His subject was "The Ground of Christian Certainty." He aaidt- - Hy text, or rather, my two texts, will be found, one in the third chapter and fotirv teenth versa and the other in -the fourth chapter and nineteenth verge of the First Epistle of St. John: ''We know that we have passed from death uuto.iife, because we love the brethren. He that loreth not bia brother abideth for death " j'We love Him because He first loved us. The thought it not one of simple grati tude. The text teaches us hat the power of loving somen from the fact that God is love.. The writer of the fourth goose), whether he was or was not the Apostle John, was probe ulv one of the greatest theologians that ever, lived, because hit spiritual insight it to proi-und, sad the inwardnnt of hit master mind so com plete. The writer of the Fourth Gospel it plainly the writer of these anistlaa.,. Jie waa undoubtedly John the Divine. He never refers to himself by name, bttl only as tlie disciple whom Jeaua loved. None of us would be willing- to,- spare wat of out Christian, experience the fourteenth chap ter of St.' John. In this the disciple teft forth what we bejieve to be the profound est and most beautiful truth concerning the relationship of the sanctified soul to the Redeemer. What a beautiful phrase is thit: "The disciple whom Jeaut loved." This man of wonderf .1 ability, who re members all that Jn.ua said and writes it dowa for our benefit. By that he did not metn that -he waa the only t-incirde whom Jesus lovedj but he meant to say that ha got his own apiritual experience from the same foundation that we get ours, - There are aigna in the New Testament that the disciple whom Jeaut loved waa it one time a-' passionate, ambitious mi j. Hark that oeeaaion when Jamea and John were called the Sons of Thunder.-when they came to -Christ and . said. . "Master, shall we command fire to ciune down from heaven and coiwume thea adversariea; yoiira and ours!"- ' Arid Critl replied, ' "now not yet what eni I Again, the mother of Ji m tnd John 1 Twlie faster an ,va. "Master. grant thiTtltSftBaaf-Vis, may ait the one en lay rigui nauu auaHtUafather lny lett, when thou contest TtmatWiy kingdom.'1 She thought, and tney thought, and they all though, that the kingdom waa to be an earthly one; that Christ wat to grasp the sceptre of the Caesars and rule over the world, and that thorn who stood nearest Him would - occupy the placet of greatest honor ia Hit kingdom. Without rebuking them the Master turned to the two men and aaid: "Are you able l drink of the cap whereof I shall drink, and to be baptised with the baptism whereof I .am baptised?1' And they an swered eagerly and with confidence, "We are." Then aaid the Matter. "Ye shall in deed drink of M cup, and be baptised with the baptism whereof I tm baptized." The other diacipL-a were muca r-ispleaaed with James and John. Th-y could have apared themselves the trouble. The Master knew at once coming as a Matter of the truth He very well knew what wat in their hearta. The one wat seeking the erown that wat corruptible, and that fad eth away; the other was to hive in history tt the apostle of love. What a long way John must have traveled before thit par aionate, ambitious man waa abla to de serve thit title, "the Apostle of Love." John gave the greater part of his young lift to the preaching of the goapel of love. Toward the close oi thtt long tnd wonder ful career the beloved disciple wat carried vne 8unday morning to the congregation of the faithful. It waa hit but appearance at any earthly gathering. Hit parting benediction to ti e little flock comet-down to ua through the history of the ages:' "Little children, love one another." ' L Wa know that often the words of our text were on the lips 01 tne Apostle John: "We know that wt have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren Andagain.tug niflhprexper. tins WrnT-JrractDoTSsibTe the other-lwe love the brethren oecause Christ fir? loved ua. , Thit ia not the only experience of the kind. Botaa of yon might be inclined to aay: "This it all well enough in its place to talk about the Apostle John ta being the anoatle of love." But we are not John. There are. tome other people who deserve the title. What about Peter, the impul sive fisherman? Peter faa undoubtedly impulsive and selfish and not without hit ambition, too. Listen to the conversation in the upper room, utter the Master hat performed the foot washing He begins to prepare His disciples for Hit coming in. He ttysr "Ye ahtll all be onnfottndcd be came of Me thit night." And Peter re plies; "Though til should betray Thee, yet will not I." - What he meant to eay wat thisi "Y6u hive made t great deal of thit nun, who it allowed to lie on Your breast. Perhaps if a criait came he might not be at much net as I would. If these ehould betray Thee, yet will not I." The time eame when John admitted Peter to Pilate's hall. John a too ft silently by, ready perhapa to die for hia Masters Peter waa hiding somewhere in. terror because of the Jews and Christ waa dying. And then afttr the resnrreotwu Christ came to htm in secret. Peter wept out hia penitonce and the Master lifted him up again. Three timea he wat asked,- "Simon. Simon, aon of Jonas, lovest thou Me? Peter an swered, 'Tiord, Thou knoweat that I love Thee." The las time; grieved because of the question,' he renlieaT with deep emo tion, expressive only of the love in hit heart, 'Ixird, Thou knoweat all ' things. Thou knoweat that I love Thee." . When waa given to thit fisherman the grand promise, "Ye ar of Christ." And the an, twer of Christ was, "If I will that ye strive and achieve and he stand and wait; what it that to thee, follow thou Me." These two men, not long since rivals, came together to witness for the Master. Peter doea the talking and John ia ailent. Both are prepared to suffer ia the name of Jesus Christ of i.aearoth. ' The grand certainty' hi the heart of every one of these men wnt that they had passed from death unto life, through being made capable of loving. And they were capable of loving because they loved tlie brethren-. Jfow, brethren, in every sge, since John wrote these words for ua, the same thing has held true. The ground of Christian eertainty hat been through tho love of God. There it no other ground of certainty to-day. .. . , . . . And the witiiearpfl' 'he spirit is teen in nothing more than tins: that those who are tlie tout of God show it in their de meanor.'. ' '' ,-'".. The love of Jesus, what it it. none bu: LHis loved ones know, and your American Whlttter, wrijtng yesterday,- at it were, tayt for Us this morning: "Immortal love forever: full forever, flowing free." But, brethren, John Wealey was one of the grcaWat preachert the world has ever known: the greatest preacher of tho cross since tlie Apostle Peter. There never was a man fuller of love for the Master, fuller of inspiration than John Wesley. How is it with Methodism to-dtiyf We will make the qucKi'-bigger. llnv U it with the church '-t to-dnv? Wh t is our an- awer tr i o-day t notice, or seem to notice, o t-ndf-nt-ies at work in the world, i v the world I nn-ati the world aa you p- 1 I know :i - f 1 .itiish speak ilitr v ' ten '.-iu"the new, eateT a i 1 (i -tilit in J'-stis Christ, : on the other liatid, a lion lite (,'oHlnd of Jesus t even He Himself might di and have ilie water is a well known m. who Iris p!vett us a ...11 "'i'l en 11. V siile of .1, " hut V.o.iM Ji-nus ..wit niHity men in Lon ot 1 r a ci '"eli nor id a .lk.- hilt were .11 n to t y It ' ev of t il 1 I 4 1 " d in a u ' e h Ml T tiou it not tdoration. Men might aay all these about the Christ tnd yet misjudge j what the Christ meant to bring to the hearts of men.' Men are questioning the : insurance of the love of God. Where shall we look for -certainty if not to Jeaua? There it an optimism in Ai-erican Char acter which t'Mids toward contentmentj with thia iireeent world. I have t i marked it ia my travels from eaat to west. A readiness to take thinga tt they come and be eatisfied with there, r. r. , . ., j In this assembly, aa large rt it is, a holi day tssembly, too, rtlwre tre .undoubtedly men who have some great sorrow, and there are timet when many f " have felt -aoine great, torrow,- I have found hera and there we come across tilent men, who have been beaten in .the battle of life, and who have no part in this general optimism. The world tt God hat made it it one of beauty. - This morning, for example, the tun it shining around us everywheref we are., (.hid to meet ita beams; the very brightness affects our spirit, and helps ut to took forward-with hope into the future. But do Jou realise that there it a tragedy under every green leaf? Hear the waves breaking upon the seashore! Do you real ize that-the amih'ng tea surrounding n yesterday a trawled ,soaie mother'a. son? Here are we meeting in brightness and gladness.' Do -yon realise- that the same sun shining upon ut it taking the, life of tome oue Tn tome part of this continent to-day?, i - -? - Have you never felt, brethren, tome time thit yo eould improve on life if yea had the power that it in tlie handa of God? 7- --! ; "Ob, Jort. eould you tad I with Him eta- ; ' ., 'P'r. .. . . . -' To'grasp this lorry scheme 0! things en-' n si tire; , ; ;. .-u - ': Would not we shatter it to bits and then Re-mold it nearer te the heart't desire." It is because tof thia mood that t btrt found in America and England that people have asked the Question, How shall we be sure of God? Where it apiritual certain ty? One maa once aaid to nie, "If yon were matter of the oommunity, I think I could trust you. I don't think you could wish me harm. Can't you make me sure of the i-ive of God. Oh, make me sure of the vrctury ol Christ!'1 . ' Now, brethren, listen to me; first of all, clear the ground by thit reflection, that the only real communion, the only apirit ual experience that it worth having it not 1 that which con be tet forth ia termt of inind; it it not that which can he demon- aim iea oy ngurea, anu yon wm nave to neflrin ltliui thev rliit-in th iinner rnnmi A man must find CAriV-i.hitmelf Yow"" aoul should haatrfie KnectioiTn TJiiWvr 01 the Matr. Ihe only real eoirnnonidyi. thtt which cannot he demon- mmcle. sunhose the bishoo. here. waa sailed to hit rewtrd. tnd while I am speaking to you some ont thould my, "He it gone, ' But til thtt von can now tee, his venerable body, would atill be here, and yet you would say, "He it gone." Yet, it would be hit aoul that had gone to make perieot tne union witn unnst. ;t Brethren, take the Christ out ot my spiritual firmament and the world would be dark and cold te mc. There never wit a time when tht world's people were in such demand of a Christ at to-day.- No, never! If you eould take the Christ out of history, if yon could suppose the world to be it it it men would still be asking for tome one to save them, and the conquer ing -love would be craved for by, them, even if they did not know it. Now, brethren, let ut go beck te the . Christ hy . all meant, but let it be the Christ of experience, not limply the Christ of historv. Christ went away to come nearer. He went to Hit own and He never left them.-- - - -":'?-. It it by no meant God't purpose that any man thould remain in the home of mourn ing. On the throne of the universe tits one with the heart ot a child. No stran per cries but whose voice it beard by the Ont whom Paul preached, whom John loved the tame, who in the far off dayt of Galilee walked upon the hillaidet doing good. He it on the throne now. Mr. Moody once told a story in England concerning the first ' evangelical mission there. He Wat taked to call upon a poor man in Dundee who had been bedridden for a long time. Mr. Moody went to take a blesaing, but instead got one. The man had been ttanding under -tna bleating of Calvary; it wtt no thock to him to be told that the world teemed to be upaide down, tnd the man would have bad a poor time of it if they had spoken to him of hia tuf ferinnt. When Mr. Moodv left the chant- ia laid: "1 guett when the angels past M. thev will stop it that house- for refreshment?1--Ih.von tee, brethren' Do you tee? . Men like Peter tnd John whe hive been admitted to the fellowship of the cross do not dotfbt tht love of God. Peace and pain, joy and torrow, are not exclus ive. The latter prepare! the way for the former. ' - ' : . .- I once heard1 "Gypsy" Smith tell a story about hit own little tons who hid played truant, and in trying to be stem he had sent them to bed. and they were not tn have any supper, if you pleats. . He named the rest of the evening tiptoeing about lis tening, tnd wondering what the effect ot the punishment would be. Finally, not hearing any sound,- ht madt hit way to the bed chamber. At he leaned over the bed one of the little fellows mid, "It that yon, father?". I Jut went for him and drew him in andjhe little fellow lobbed out, "Fither, will you forgive me?" VYeey my son; yet. yet, 1 will forgive you, for I love you. "Then, father, take me down to tapper." We know the great Fither because we have, looked into tht face of the Son. " ": : '. ,., ' The Life Ttwt Countt. ' The life that counts ft a life on a-high hve), yet full tit helpful healing tymptthy for all life on ita lowest levele. It it the first debt whirh we owe to our fellow men in thit tge. Tht man who hat faith ac cepts the uncertainty of life aa the conse quence of it, larger significance; be Can not interpret it, because it meant to much; he cannot trace itt lines t n rough to tht end, because it list, no, end: it nine into God't eternity. Something better it com ing out of it thtn worldlv fame or wealth ox. power. He ia not making himself. God is making him. and that after a model which eye' bath not- aeen. He can toil away at hia work, not knowing whether he is to see its result! now or not, but knowing that God will ' not let it be wasted. . Tuert is a satisfaction it) being appreciated, , in feeling that -others ac knowledge our worth or our powerv, and in gaining that praise from the world: that it food to so many of ua. But tht man or woman whose lives ire not on the high eat plane ire those who take un their bur dent without flinching, or without pros pect of reward, who do not look for the plaudita 'of pit and gallery; are uncon cerned aa to the audience to long aa they play their part well, and in faith and patience, live tht life where they belong even though their heavent fall. Annie L. Jack. ' ' - The mind wilt be like the ttuff it feeds on -United Preebyterian, t - . n ,.' J". .... , .... ; . ,'.- YOUR HOUSE. A southern or eastern window In your bathroom makes' the , morning dip more enjoyable In winter. ' , A garden or porch not too far from the kitchen makes the serving of after-dinner coffee an al fresco delight. Woman's influtnee in- house-building Is shown by the number of clos ets w'tlch each attractive plan boasts. It's a wonder more of the half-timbered effecs are not adopted for country and suburban houses. ' ' It.your jiou3o be of red brick make hake to lover it "vlth Boston Ivy. Sttr.ny windows and big ones an tho doslre of the cltlte. ' Everybodvw ' Vnrazlnft ol rv(j that the Cuhan CoiiErcs Is vrtj much like other Cor .'-. -i-s so fur s pariinniinliiry Indiiniry is co- .!. Juii!i(! the lmit s'-'sslon the i..aoie fnrt for about an hour v--.v o r snd I e 1 i so 1 1 a 1 ' r It ttr.'v every ( - v. " t I ) i t o t A BROKEN REVERIE. A aky that is mapplest tnd star-lit, A tre that the breeze ruBtlrs ttirogh A porch that la brotd ind teelnded .. Aod a porch-chair Intended lor two. A man whom the goda have baeo kind to, j Whose heart leapt for kiy in bit brealtf 1 ylpb-llke and heavenly creature In gausy materials dressed! The love songs ot thousands ot Intectt A 4uu In the enrt ol the chap, . . k but on the ravlablug maiden,- - ' And the taundt ot a algh and s slap. r . -Chicago Heoord-aertia. - . - V HUMOROUS. V't , . , First Old Maid-Do you. think that love iff blind, dear Angelina? Beeeoi' Old Maid Alas! dear Abagall, I know Krfrfr,. Dftwson I beat that Rawlins Is ft' great hunter. 'Davids Don't you be lieve It; be can't ' even shoot the chutes, i '-';-' -'Z:' ' f v V-'. Jack Arid if t stole kiss, darling, would yon protest? tErnlenWeU, you may be sure, I wouldn't say ''Stop, . thief !". , V ,,;;,,' " ' ' '- Nell Maude is quite up to date, fa . her conversation, Isn't-she? . Belle Yes; she's a -master of the English slanguage. , , RolUngstone Nomose If you had ft ( uiution aoiiars wot wouia you qui isv terdon Torn--Wish I bad another miti lion, I s'pose. i 4 , j , . Oatend Paw, why is it' they put most gas metres In the cellar? Paw Because,' my son, few gas metres aiW on the level. ;-: iv;,Jj.,li,f..jvi "There is no such thing as tn effect without a cause," remarked the TVlse Guy., "How about when : a woman changes her mind?" Inquired the 81m- -pie Mug. '.--!,, , , . , , j Mra Muggins Tea, my husband lets - me do exactly as I please. Mrs, Bug- , gins How nice. '. But what about f " he'dnn-"- De Sinyther-I have just seW fv, two souls with but a single -thought. De Jaynes What! that's nothing; the . other day I saw ft whole flock of dudes who didn't have that many. ; ( "Young man," remarked the 'self made person. "I began life without ft, cent' to my name." "That's- nothing." replied the flippant youth, , "I didn't even have a name when I was born." Weary Willie What made poor ole v Walker fall In a fit while he was talk In' on dat telephone? -.Dusty Rhoadet ; Central booked blm onto a . bath house by mistake, an' he heard people ' washln. - V . First Life Guard How much did he give you for saving his wife? Second via A T-Ja . - 1 1 i J k . T1 . ..ft , JtbllW t A UVllWBl 'StUW -V (HHW . ' have been fond of ber. Second 0b, l , don't know. She had ft lot of dla-,; mond rings on. t ' "I wonder If there Is any room In' the literary Held?" said the youth who thought he was cut out to" write nor-,, , els. "If thar ain't," snapped the bust ling old farmer,, "there's room In the cornfield. 1 Here's Hoe!" ' ' They were sitting on the beach. "Let us make love," he whispered, "so that we may have something by which to remember the seashore when we are far away." "Ah," she said softly, "I . suppose you'd call this a souvenir spoon.' ';: '" 'v;' 5 Gritty George Yer look pretty well nsed up, pa-d. Timothy Ties Yes; tH .went UR'iXs da,1ly iae wayside SOttitCxTimRhodv keenlna- "onen house." Grittv was as lniormsuon correct .timo thy TiesYes; - she was keeping an open doghouse. " ." ' . Two Mosquito Yarps. 4 -, ' Mosquitoes stopped a 700-horte-power engine In the plant of the Pitts- burg Reduction company -at Alta Slta, suburb of East St. Louis. For sev eral days the . engine bad not run smootniy, uui - engineer nooinson could hot locate the trouble. ' Raising -steam to an unusual pressure bad bo apparent effect,, and .finally the big drive wheel, slopped dead. Renewed examination showeu that mosquitoes, attracted possibly by the oil on -this en gine, had been mashed to death on the crossheaJa and along the piston runs . until they formed ft gummy mass that even steam pressure could not over come. The factory now has screens. . ' One of the wojaLplnRues of mosqui toes ever suffered TTrvnches in the Fraser River -valley novrvikrfetsthat district. Thhv summer the rivernooa-" ed the lowlands, leaving pools, from which were Jired millions of big, fierce) mosquitoes that, have" attacked and killed , bong. , At Mount Lehman, a large district protected by a dike, the plague oi nnraquuee. ro to dbu ui life Is ft burden to those' compelled to labor In the open air. Chicago Reo , ord-Herald. .V.'.-r i- J: ' -. Nicknames Gone Mad, ,. ; ' Much .has been said of the habit . most families have of abbreviating the names oi me cnuuren., nut wnax. thouiQ ne none who a motoer wno iook weeks to decide what to call her .babK", finally settling upon Antoinette,'' BnJT' who then called the ihlld 'Tony for short? In the same family, is a fem .... ' ...... ... 1 inine Billy twilhelntlna), an unfor tunate who is known as Fet chris tened Featlierstone Herbert Frederick) and a girl who was baptized Hope for two reasons, first because It was ft name that seemed Impossible to ab breviate and secondly because her sis ter's name was Charity. As Hops) grew, out ot babyhood the incorrigibly Ingenious family set Its wits to work and evolved the euphonious name of Hoppy for her. ': (They at least didn't abbreviate it.) Charity . - has beta known as Cherry all ber. Ilfo. Bor ton Transcript. ' . . '',.- A Remarkable, btithets. . In one ftonso a.t 1 t the mo t : marknble momb.-r of tiio in i i-h toerary is the 1 a cf-At.-". Not long ago she r.-hmtM 1 r ' birthday, Rnd in tl o n ; r.i IfiO of her di'Si-eiuiimis r McntaKite house in I.i ; ., in ( honor. A f ictuie v - r i ; 1'Olip. 1'. Vlll t . 1 I -I e. ..t it, t ' f - t r ' i t i to r 1 - - .- - - i - 1 r ,