VOLUME XVIII.
FItANKLi::. 11 C.. WEDNESDAY. NOVL'.Iircn 4, 1903--.
v.
THE COURAGE OF FEAR.
JPwe be who are sfrntd to tew, ' i 1 t
The aiyruti loos of Hop I . ,
Their watchword caunot lend me cheer '
'Gainst that villi which leopil
Thero is a ooariiire of the lost, -i;.''1.
Who Mil inn-bartered etm, -'s
Fast many ijnn, or flying coast . ;
Trere e,4 valor of Ihe slnlo,
Wh AVnje paat morui sltfht
While thouif"1-' eoreen strew th plain,
' Aud 1 must H( hi their fight.
A Debt Discharged -
u - .
"Hullo,- Loodeeborough, ' old chap!
Who would have thought of Boeing you
In Boston just now! 1 had an idea you
were in the White Mountains, or some
where equally remote." i , ';
.The man addressed a tall, broad
shouldered Individual, with a kera,
rather cynical face turned at : this
greeting, and a rare smile Illumined
his . somewhat heavy features as he
recognized the speaker'. .
"Cyril !" he exclaimed. "My dear
boy. I am glad to see you. You are
looKtng aa fine as a fiddle." . '
."."Tea," replied Cyril Carstairs; T feel
tiptop. I only got back from Saratoga
last night and you are the one person
In .the world I wanted to see, I have
some news for you."
"News," remarked the elder man,
banterlngly, as be linked his arm in
that of bis friend, hy, It' written
large In your face, my boy. 1 can read
it in'ybur beaming eyes, and In your
Jaunty- walk. Toot have either won a
fortune or you have fallen in love.". '
The boy for he was little more-r
colored all over bis fair, fresh, young
face. '
w"Don't chaff, old man, It's no Joke
thia time. I'm bou'-d pver,toWete
ly.it She lif the lnv tSvoman I have
ever Seen. -' . m fen ta beau
tiful. And i i ! Why, man,
she might i . I can hard-'
ly believe : ,a I ; -k." y-.. ' J
"Gn t : ...u liosf. ,k ma as far a
that 7 , i, coma into the club and
te r l uher-confeesor all about It,"
saiu uusAroiigh looking half wist
fully, half humorously at ' -Carttalrs.
HVn I .1 I- M. will M-
4 I'M UU W I-IJCIO IB UU OJ1B Ul w L
f more over your .happiness than
.iugh I jMetfflTTad come"rwJ"Iyiy nt to be
Men who only know Londesbo rough
superflclally were apt to call . . him
gloomy and taciturn. He certainly was
Inclined to- shun his fellows and live
rather hermit's life; at least, he
avoided the society of women, and so
bad acquired a reputation for -unsoc-
lablcnesa. But If there were a tender
. spot in Ala heart, It was tor young Car
st&lrs, a man om fifteen years, his
Junior. They bad been . friends ever
ainp Pnrntnlni hAH pnma in Rnntrtn five
years before with' college honors thick
upon blm, ana had begun'to mount the
rungs of the iowruaUstlc ladder iwith
envlablav; . nniditv. Londesboroufbr4-
blmself a brilliant writer when be
chose to exert himself had taken a
keen interest In the young man's car
eer from 'the firsts sad had grown to
care for him to an extent of whlchjCy
rll himself was" quite 'ignorant Car
stairs, waa a singularly modest young
man, with a frank, , lovable nature,
and Londesborough, cynical and weary,
a man Of undeniable talents, but who
had somehow not managed to make
success, ia his life, watched over the
' of his protege with an almost
7 care. Ambition for blmserT
mnnf years before when he.
ie loved had mrowrr-flim- over
icher man, but that Cyril's gn
ild hire fair play, and that
win fame and fortune, was
desborough's keenest wish. He
ill of eagerness, therefore, to
all "details of the matrimonial
""Trtslcn would make or mar Cmt-
Sluirs' life. ', .! v .
Seated In the window of the club
Cyril launched into a glowing descrip
... tlott of bis fiances, : .
Lendesborongh ticked off the partic
ulars on his lingers In a .cold-blooded
lash Ion that made Carstalrs squirm, .
"Item, red-golden hair; item, two
violet eyes; item, a creamy complexion
and dimples a daageroua : combina
tion by. boy. ., I have met it before and
it's rarely to be trusted. However, we
will' let that pass for the moment, and
come to more practical detail age,
position, name, etc'' , ,
, Cyril hesitated, ' ...
"Well, she is bit older than I am,
tt I think ehe said, aut 'you'd never
; take her for a, day over twenty-two or
three, i As for position, she, is a lady,
. and wealthy as far as I could see. She
dresses perfectly, and has a maid,' and
ah her appointments were in Absolute
- good taate. Her name is Vera Monk
Mason, and, by the by, she's a widow."
"Vfccw ! " A look of anxiety came In
to Londtsborough's deep-set gray eyes.
"A rich widow, with red hair and
dimples, discovered at Homburg! 'For
give me, old man, but t wish it didn't
y sound quite so er well, quite so er
. , -fro know mhtL ' ; ' '- v .
' '"My. dear Hugh, 1 assure you you are
making a great mistake," said Cyril,
with an assumption of reproving dig-!
nlty that would have amused the older
man had he noUbeen so Uneasy, "Mrs.
you seem to Imagine, but a lady who
has done me Infinite honor by promis
ing to be my wife. Why, she knows
the De Bretons and the Vivians, and
they all think her charming. It was
Fane Wolstenlioime who Introduced
me to her." n , . ,
"Oh, woli, that does certainly alter
f ifrn ' little, I imm:lned she was a
1 wis po ihly taking you
!i9 that ehe belonged
i me, old man, I've
nhoiild ,be, and
i r.,y- bXirticBt 1
But thou that courage of the lo't,
1'aat theirs, thai musk their coal,
- Whoe'er ihou art 1 lbt aueosl
: Xhoa Comrade l my Boul !
thou doat not fear to tar h, a
Ta depths will Ihou descend). . '
Ad when tiijr piauat ainselk lot " . .,
Wilt make of Night a friend I i
Tbea oome 1 We two are proof, at last,
We dare our fears to ewni
BM bad oar lot wiik Hop bow east
What heart-break bad we known I'.
t he Independent
t
' SI
uh
street nor tte trees U .Soatosv Com
mon, with their yellow autumn reaves.
He was back In the pest He saw kirn
self young, aa eager and hopeful llWs
Cyril, working night and day to make
a home for the woman be loved. Bhe,
too, had; bad yiorqt eyes and dimples,
but not. red halr Hers was iof the
palest gold, Braking a veritable aalii for
her perfect face. How be had gloried
in her beauty! How be had slaved So.
that when they were married be would
be T8 to give- be? the ttnruriee she
loved. Then be remembered the night
her letter came, the few words whicn
had changed his whole life, bis whole
nature. . , ...v.. ..j., ...
"ugh, I love you, but I love wealth
and Jipcury still more. I could not
bear 4a be a poor man's wife, and your
owa 'exertions would verjnake ! yon
rlcb enough te contest ny Herbert
Masoh '.has been bothering me : for
weeks to marry blm, ever since he be
came the sole heir of bis wealthy fath
er, f At last I have yielded, and when
yoi get this I shall be bis wife. I shall
not ask you to forgive me. i only hope
you may forget" --- -He
had neither forgiven nor forgot
ten, but since that day be had taken
no roman's hand In his in aught but
the merest conventional politeness. A
balf-anconsclous prayer arose to bis
lip that Cyril's Vera might be as un
like as possible to Ethel Fort escue the
woman whose falseness bad .wrecked
bis life. ;v rf J V
.Cyril' voice aroosed ftn front Jls,
reverlef :. , . """ ' .
."Teull be my best man, won't.you,
Hugbff
- - .
"By all means, dear
tbaDap-
lo months, I hope.
have nothing to wait tor, and I mean
to start house hunting at ones.'
"AuJ" when does Mr. Monk-Mason
retura in townT'v-.:W.W.;--,.-.
"ffot for three weeks," replied Cy
rll, 'with a heavy sigh., 'She ia stay
ing .with some friend in Keene, New
Hampshire. She is sending me her
photograph tomorrow. I snail bring it
around for your Inspection. r ;f
"T8, dor Com and dine with me on
Friday.? '
. "Sight you are," and with another
hearty handshake, the two men parted,
' Dinner had been comfortably discus
sed, and Londesborough and Carstalrs
were sitting before a glowing fir ra
peasefut content with themselves and
the wof Id In general. Hugh wa lis
tening sympathetically, whils Cyril rat
tled, pn about his approaching mar-
riagev f the Hats he had seen, the
"bijou residences" he had Inspected. At
length he drew a case from his pock
et, and; handed a photograph to his
iriea ' -T 'w.-;.' ,, v
' "There she Is ." be said, proudly;
"that -I my Vera." , .
He .waited confidently for a hearty
expression of admiration, but he heard
instead' a gasp of surprise, and look-
ing-at Londesborough saw that he was
BOBMia W1LU WH1W laUO BtUQ wuuiuh,
horrified eye at the beautiful pictured
'ace, it .',.; I'. . :-,'J ,v, . t
"Hugh, old man, what U it? Are
you IB!" -"-" " "--"""-
Lendeeborough passed bl : hand
across til eye. - -
"(11 f No, I must be mad or dream
Ing. Cyril, eiplalnf This Is not Vera
Monk-Mason it Is Ethel Forteacue!"
"Was Ethel Fortm,-yen mee."
replied Cyril, calmly. Sbe'is railed
Ethel, but I prefer -Yrv lee eoa4
nam. And she was a Miss Fortescu
before she married Herbert Mason, she
told me so. The Monk' was added
when be came Into some property. Did
you know her? You look as if you had
seen a ghost." . " .r . ,
"Good heavens!" burst from Londes-
lorough's white Hp. "Then sha I th
same woman, in same raise, mercen
ary lttle fiend who';
"Stop, Londesborough," Interposed
Carstalrs, In a commanding voloe. "Re
member yotf are speaking of my prom
ised wit. Vou may have known Vera
years ago, but whatever happened In
the past does' not give you the right
to insult her In my presence now."
"You don't understand, Cyril," said
Londesborough. in a hollow tone. "I
must tell you. ' Thank God! It ia not
too late. ' You have never heard the
story of my life, but you .shall now.
When I was Just about your age It was
wrecked cruelly and heartlessly ' by
that woman." i . , ,
Cyril grew very white, but bi lip
tightened into a, determined line.
"Old man," be said, quietly, "I nev
er believe ia raking up the past 1 am
sorry, heartily sorry, that it was Vera
who caused you pain, but what she did
ten or more years ago cannot affect
me now. I love her so well that I w ill
hear nothing but what she choose to
tell me."
; "But I insist oh telling' you. Tou
cannot marry her, Cyril. She I abso
lutely nnwortby of you, ' she would
spoil your. life. Her behavior to me
was shameful."
rrrt fed Ms friend wlth'a stem
I!; .t lu li'H dmk bine eye! " " '
"Hugh," he said, '1 don't want to
qiiT-rrel with you, so if you value our
fr;. ndshlp you will be silent The past
Is done with, te V'-- tt arl the fut
ure are mine." 1,; had his band on
I.ondwtrom;h's shotildT. "Don't let
: f n r -pp
your fii
8 love"),
senior, and who was f. 'r.e and eelfl.h
to the core. The marriage luuut not
take.nlace at all coeU he must pre
vent It When the first glamour of a
boy's- hot-beaded , love was over, he
knew only too well the bitter dlslllus
ionment and suffering that would fol
low.; Yet If he were to interfere, Cyril
would never forgive him.
Unsteadily and with set fac, Lon
desborough paced tar into th night,
wrestling with th prohlero that faced
him, and when the morning broke his
resolution was taken. He would not
stand by and see his friend's whole
career spoiled. He knew too well what
littl chanoe of happiness there would
t (or such an lll-saated pair, liven
If ft cost wkal wa to him th dearest
thing In the world Cyril's affection
he must tontrlve to puts aa end to the
engagements To insist on telling Cy
ril, .would, he knew, be useless; he
must try what aa appeal to Ethel her
self would do. and wltuoot further he
Itatlotv Londesborough madet his pre
paratlons to leave town-at one.
was the afternoon of th next, day
when Londesborough stood face to facie
with the woman be had prayed never
to set again. In contrast lo lils.llped
and laggard face hef beauty appeared
all the more brilliant, and even in the
midst of his trouble fa found himself
'wondering how Line had dealt so
lUSllI?' Vita taK.'Awia'ii m J
But it was art and not nature that
had glvea Mrs. Monk-Mason her red
gold hair and smooth skin, and that
mad the widow tif thirty-five look
like a girl In her twenties. ' j '
'The sudden appearance in the -New
.Hampshire, village of the man she had
Jilted heartlessly soiaewiiat disceo-
kcetted VerX ahd it wa with evldant
nervousness that she greeted himr v
'This Is an unexpected pleasure, She
began, hurriedly, in thst soft, i low
voice th very tone of which re-opcaed
till further the wound that had never
healed.. "J hardly recognized you.;4ra
you staying In the neighborhood TT V V
Londesborough pulled . himself d
gether, away from the memorle-of
the past that had threatened to over-
wkftlm hlM Mm' Mltft, nf h ffa
hiu uia bvi ii y a ancioaca. v . . ? ?
, "No," h said, "I bay come
town on purpose to see you, QUft: 1 am
arraiq you, amir not Bnj ylslt k
ieasiM wea ou hajSTth reason, 1
nmv com loaaaj, to break oft your
engagement M Cyril CarstalrsC ! i.
ureax am my encasement with- Cy
ri,!"Ikrf repeated. "But whyT, By
Fh.ifrlght' do yoa-e- ! :
Never mind my right," he interrupt.
ed. "Cyril Is my friend, and. you ar
not fit to be bit wife." ; i ,
ild ft not be better to say so to
asked the woman, softly, but
her osom heaved angrily, and : she
clenchVd her white hands together.
"WooH you like me to tell him bow
you totted meT"went on th tern
vole. "WoiildV you like the young
man's pride and faith in you shattered
and broken T He believe you 'a good
as you are beautiful' J'fwith a bitter
sneers -xet him Keep torn or hie il
lusions. You can find a good reason
for breaking off the engagement Wlthj
ouA breaking his heart" " .u, i i I
; rVnd supposing I refuse T" 'it
. Then I must tell blm everything.''
"He would not listen. Besides, after
all. what have yoo to teli him? T' "v
I Jilted you fifteen years ago. He brea
me tod well to give me up for thai!
Londesborough bit his Hps. Did t
not know how loyal and devoted her
young lover wasT . H turned to her
fiercely.""?-. 4'.?' ; -i' 'f
. "Is there no love on your aid thai
should ' make you. pause? Cyril It
young brilliant, on th threshold lot
a great career. Y.ou are the last worn,
an in the world he should msrry-r
heartless, mercenary, with no thoughts
but of pleasure and admiration. Is it
not enough that you i.av wrecked one
man's lit, but that you should want ta
spoil this trusting young fellow'sT Ton
will tire of hla in six months, be It
not your sort," be added, bitterly.
"Why should you wdnt to marry hlmf
you do not lov him." - .
: "He Is so young, and fresh and ar
dent," shs. said, ..thoughtfully. "S
chivalrous and devoted. I am so tired
of the men who run after my money,
to sick of th nofiownebt and than I
meet on. very side,"
The wb. the rinf of sincerity In
her vole, and Loodee borough found
himself wondering: Had shs a heart
after allT .-. . ;-,
"But you are right," she went on, "t
do not love him In tJ t way. There is
only on man I sver loved Ilk that
Hugh." the said, with a little gasp, "I
will throw Cyril over if you will marry
me!" ' .,.'
' Londesborough started back with
gesture, of horror and n pulsion.
"l always loved you,':h cried,
fiercely, "and I have repented oh! t
have never ceased repenting that I
treated you o toadl." - . . i ..
" marry you!" cried Londesborough,
in a hoarse voice. "Ood forbid!" He
looked at the purple hillBld on which
they ware standing. "My lov for you
la dead," ke" said. "As dead at last
year's flowers." .
A long silence followed.
At last the woman turned to him, the
violet of her eyes drenched In a mist
of unshed tears.
I will do as you wish, Hugh," she
aid, ia a low voice. "I will break off
my engagement with Cyril. Poor boy!
he will feel it badly for a time, but
he will get over It He is not the kind
that suffers long It li you you who
have suffered," she went on, passion
ately, looking at his hollow cheeks, his
dark hair sprinkled with gray, "and
through my fault ! will make what
reparation I can I will pay my debt
to you. For your sake, Hugh, not for
bis. I will give up my chivalrous
young lover who believtln me, and
perhaps some day you may tbluk less
hardly of me than you do now."
Hor vclce broke LondcsborouKh,
deeply moved, bent forward and took
her hands In his.
"Thank you," he said, gontly.
There was a long pause. Vera was
Bti-upKlliiK to n n her composure.
and Londtv
tlo with hi)
h was fighting a Imt
At l:trt he spoke:
f.
-I did not
."You U1 hurt him as little as you
tan," be asked..' .
"Yea," she replied,' "I will be very
gentle with Lint. He shall keep bis
faith in me and In you. You shall not
lose your frleml."
"I am very i atefuf ta you," he said,
and then be'ajseu her band to bis
lips. i, -tiv's, ...
But Vera lifted ber face wistfully to
his, and for the leat time on earth their
lips met In a kins of forgiveness.
As th man walked away he noticed
on the roadside, in a patch of green,
one solitary ' sprig of white, and J he.
thought' the flower of love' may die,
tboy-atay. spriag u-fmna among ,1b
fallen petals the while blossom of ten
derness and Charity which softens all
bitterness and tntcr, and proves anew
the "soul of goodness in things evil,"
Jew York As eo'. ly. , B
A MOOTED QUESTION. '
Can a Hrsa Swim and Carry a Rider
. , on His Back. -
! My friend, Mr. W. A. Powell, pro
pounds a conundrum as to th swim
ming power of a horse, bringing up
th question whether or not a horse
can swim and carry a man on Its back.
He says:"When I was tn Mississippi
I had something sprung to me la re
gard to which Forest and Stream ought
to be able to give m some help. A
gentleman started it at .ue Dobo place,
bringing up th argument whether or
net a horse could swim with a man on
Its back. He said that no horse, or at
least, none thst be had even seen,
could swim with a rider on' its back,
and that he had seen- it tried on a
wager at Meridian, Mississippi, M dif
ferent horses from llvevy stables being
tried, and not one of them being able
to keep: hi bead above water, al
though when the rider got off the
horse swam all right He alsosi
that any man. who "bad a horseFUist
could swim, and carry a rider Jould
make a big pot of money by mak
trip to Meridian. .. ! was no;
enough posted to KOilSlf, the"
very far, but
e surely been o
horse wtvfThWht hi wu awio?
minCttvriih m. .ithouih I am wllllnor
admit there may be two aides to
the question." Later Mr. Powell wrote
again regarding this Interesting ques
tion: "I have been getting mere infor
mation in rerard to the swimming
power of a horse, and I am going to
take a horeo vto Mississippi one of
these dars and breai that town of Me
ridian, where they say a horse cant
swim with a rider."
I think Mr. Powell wUl be abl to
break Ue town all right, it they are
willing to back their Judgment as
above enunciated.. I presume a great
many men have been in swimming
depth of water cn horseback! and hav
noticed that If they sit low and well
back th horse can got 'along. Of
course, it Is much better to slip off the
horse, take the down stream side of
him and hold on to the saddle horn or
to hit mane. Indians sometimes hold
on to the tall c( the swimming horse.
Of course, the more of the man's body
there Is submerged the easier ft will
be for tho horse to swim. It Is net a
proper, . but a possible thing for
swimming horse to carry a , man who
may fairly be said to be upon hit back
Forest and Stream. ' ; , r;: v
QUAINT ANP CURI0U8. , ;
The sultan of Turkey requires that
all state documents tnd . paper In
tended for hit perusal stall first pas
through a careful process of disinfec
tion.
7 Hungarian peasantl have a supersti
tion that fire kindled by lightning can
only , b extinguished with milk, and
owing to their refusal to use water
a barn with a fanner's whole hay crop
hat been burned In on of the prov
inces. . Ordlnsrily diver Is. abl to remain
under water from one to two and a half
minutes. James Finny, a irofesslonal
diver, in London, stayed under wa
ter four minutes and t seconds. ' Pro
fessor Enochs stayed under water at
Lowell, Mass., for four minutes and 4(
seconds. Professor Beaumont of Aus
tralia atade a record of fotr. minute
and SS seconds. -r r
"Oyer, Dyes, Oyes! Lost, ' steam
roller!" Such was the cry with which
the town crier, recently, awoke the
slumberous echoes of Axmlnster. The
roller In question had been requisi
tioned by the local highway board for
road-repairing purposes, but although
It had been tent and although tout of
macadam, bad been laid on the roads
ready for its aristtuet It did not turn
up. So the town crier wat tent out,
and he "criod". the lost engine so ef
fectually that it toon afterwards made
Its appearance in the town.'
More than 300 meteorites from outst
space ar seen in the National mu
seum at 'Washington, their range In
weight being from, a few ounce to
6000 pounds. The monster' one is
roughened from Its . surface, being
melted by friction with the earth's
atmosphere. One .. weighing 1400
poinds Is almost pure Iron. Precious
metals are not found in these aerial
excursionists, but microscopic . dia
monds are itonietlmes fotmed by com
bustion with the earth's atmosphere.
They are made up from Iron, nickel
sulphur, carbon, phosphorous, , QxyfAm,
silicon, magnesium, aluminum, and
calcium.. . ' . ;
' Accounts of early writers show tSat
squirrels must formerly" have been
amazingly numorcus. Golman says
that the 'gray coat wss a fearful
scourge to tho colonial fartners snd
that Petiniylvanla paid X8 )0 in bnun
lies for their scalps lii 1713 alone.
This meant Hie d-tructlon of 4-).000
within a comparatively snail district.
In the early Jiyj of western scrtle
nirnt regular htmls were otuani d
hy the liihat.li ants, -n iio woulj r , o
thj woods, in -.v.i c"--os I- n
sioinitig till ii s i !,t vy;i : as to which
band ehoii irl liriiis; h-'iO tli ErRtet
nionljor ff tnip'ilca. Tlie quantities
Urns klllrd are almost incrt'dibte now,
ewnent I
' wen i
fka
A SSON ro:i BUIulAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE BY THE
REV. OR. S. PAKS CADMAN, ';
the DUtlnf ulihad Brooklyn Dlvtns no
il vara a Voworrnl Addnaa Kntltleit
The Calling of Lire" Whjr tf Hnal
OtTw te Ood Oonnins talntheod.
Brooklth, N. T. Dr. Samuel l'arkes
Ctdman, pastor of the Central Congrega
tional Church, occupied hia pulpit fur tli
first time Sunday tuorning since hia voca
tion and his retura from Europe. A largt
eongreiration had asaenbkd. ills acrnioa
was .upon "The Calling of Life," and the
text from the First Epistle to the Corin
tluana i:i-"Ulld ta b asinUVJU-Uuit.
man said in tht eouraa of a strong aermon:
To-day we enter upon the fifteenth, year
of out church's anutoni aH work. "Be
hind .ia Uea tin bonorable soar, et 'lferniii
obligauot more than fcadinetJride, tasly
prophecy i living deeds and a Strang root
of confidence that God, even the God of
our ftlirs, who sas reared this pillar to
His same and glory, will dot break it in '
tluunidat . So this year of jubilee is upon
us, and. them consul orations make It 'a
pnevluM powuwsion which, our stewardship
mut guard and increase. ' "
Then divisions of time ar arbitrary, but
influential. January 1 is but a moment's
spaos from December 31, snd yet the birth
of a new year has witnessed in numberless
instances spiritual aad moral revolutions.
A few hours separate Good Friday from
Eaatar Day, but if near in time, bow dis
tant art they id meaning! These distinc
tions of th calendar arrest u. They
break the crust of out conventionality,
they recall as ta our original work and
purposes and thay inspire u with the ra
abties of vision and of hope. '
Let no beware of blamisw obr sarrosnd
ings for our weakness, our failure to in
atrumentally convert men and control the
5 resent world in the interer'j of th kind
on. Th scant supply of living waters is
too often caused by the choked pipe and
its paucity prevents man from seeking it.
Pastors, teachers and Workers of sll
churches should remember that the mighty
tide of God's life and- blessing finds its
Way t human nearta through their ap
pointed agencies. And the greatest church
among us is only like a port on th ocean's
shore, dependent on it for increase and for
strength. - .-.',
Dredge deep the bat and cleanse away
the silt of daily cares. Then, when the
teat ! iliua n-AoTtnA and obeyed, eora-
Efce with the -n woriq anaii nring
us wealthier freinhts. and life!
seems far sway, and inland shall be lifted
upon this resistless affluence of blessing
and brought back tq Ood. . .. '
. out saimnooa is no passive movement,
dependent on our inaction, hesitating when
we are aim ana sny ot any cnort we can
make to secure its franchise. - It absorbs
into on flame of devotion altar and sacri
fice. It insists upon the full employment
of every capacity aad aew aad batter obe
diences v It bids yon rise from the low
grounds of despair snd enaee to say:
"What might I not have made of Thv fair
world had I but lived Thy highest," God's
lev snd health ar yours, willing to meet
your readjustment ot energy and of aim. n
Lord SaliaBury's favorite advice to those
whs metered him about hie world-eam-
pelling diplomacy bade them "Study larger
maps." And the sweep of God's plan in
your ore and mine is wide unto tb infi
nite, tender and wise and eaDsble bevnnd
our utmost imagination. Wbe the apostle
wrote . these words be was conscious of
their high supremacy, and yet t.iey an but
a faint nfieetioa of the weight of glory
Ood has chosen to give perfected char
acter alter me pattern oi the master.
If we see the excellency of this ealline it
should mean for us the objective point
wnere trie naest mercies or the soul are
constantly in service. Xne pity of it is that
we ar busy evermich in trivial sad Imma
terial things and struggle in the meshes of
the commonplace. , i j
Our soul's pace is liable to be set to
perishable strains, where noble means ar
used for little ends. Strenuous life is wise
when its aims are correspondingly high,
mis it was sata oi a no&ie ttoman Uonii
tian is el wave bnav calchins fliea."
. To be ban man and die not a aafnt
defeats the central thought of our loving
Creator. Manhood sacrificed to anything
wa man in waxer s purpose is manhood
net. We may pursue tne petty round un
til high achievement and it possibility are
paralysed.
Yo naturally ak, What is sainthood?
It is spiritual health and moral thoughtful
nees. "It is," to quote a significant utter
ance of Dr. Arnold, of Kujbv, "the inqsir
ing love of truth sustained bv the devoted
lov of goodneas." It is wholesome, be
cause it is holy, set about and adorned by
.1.. .u:-l: i -. v.,: i.i
u viuiiu una,; oi noiinos, ngniij nw
derstoodV It is practice, not thenrv: son.
secration, not perfection: a 'condition of
charscter'and not theological definition.
It is the kinship in willing and feeling of
your spirit to the spirit of Christ, who was
ine very wu ana near ot uod In human
flesh.- ..'.-i-
Because it flows out of the fulness of
Ood and is accepted by our belief, it is a
eatnoue messing, ana there has Dee no
more mischievous teaching than that which
has limited it te s sect within the church.
Being God's gift, its only condition of ex
istence in you is your hearty trust and ac
ceptance of the same, followed by constant
effort to walk ia Christ's way. - Alike for
all who profess and call themselves Chris
tians, for brilliant but blameworthy Corin
thians, for generous but fickle Ualatians,
for Epbesus fat her dearth of first love, as
for Bardis and Laodicea, with little more
than a mere name to live; let none draw
back from this divine election or declare
the boon is not for them.
Manv shrink from thia term "saint" be
cause it has been defamed by the charlatan
and soiled by all ignoble use. Pharisaical
sanctimoniousness and bigoted exclusive
aeas and false standards of the real meas
ure snd quality ot sainthood have hindered
it free range.
t But, rightly known, It is the spirit of the
heavens withia the wheels of earthly in Mr
course. Cardinal Newman renpried v nnnn
church of his birth that she failed to pro
U4C sainthood, and th Roman commun
ion, ha declared, wa first and singular in
this respect. How. rudely he challenged
Anglican complacency some of ua know.
Callable of nuehii wsa wmitin hr
Bishops, theologians, exegists, ecclesiastical
statesmen it could and did afford, but
saints, no. Bishop Kew, John Keble and
xucnaro. vriiiiam snares are sunicient evi
dence to th contrary-!- And I enly quote
the cardinal to show now aesTetrated ideals
aad type of- sainthood may mislead fore
most spiritual genius.
. The challenge Newman flung down we
ar bound to take an for ourselves. - No
more searching question than thia ran bs
Drought to our httieth anniversary. How is
thia ideal of the New Testament heine h
lired by thia flock of God?
His w ar whom w serve. He juaf
claims us for His own, elect and precious.
And beyond our cautious Puritan temper
and our dislike for the mvttic and the eso
teric, all the heaven of His purpose awaits
the sweep of our taith, I pit-ad for aban
don in the front of tins gracioua calling:
for ti.at sanctified recklpiianess which led
St. Auvustine- to cry. "Give what thou
enmmsndest, then command what tho
wilt." .' , . v .
Iwo main Mies of Christian culture are
open to ua all. First, we can 'k for a
renewed, inviuorated nersnal relation to
God.- Detached from minor enti-glements,
we mny prove with the pure in all ages
thut tiie frontiers of a man's life ore not
y siidiii. hoid. Ktmote, a ."t and lonely
is tne source oi uncreated strength and
gomMifss. . .
And seconn, Irom the mount to the mul
titude ia but a step. Chrfst continually
k it, rc-'litiitinfr between the viyil of tiie
...it and tue tuiiuen oi tlie day.
What fin I V-e? Vint can I do? An-
swer.- oil, tii"U -od of my pt'i'pie, tiiou Le
! . .-r oi n r -1 1 ! !
....t.r oi t;. - ni'-ilir-iU of soul deve!
oi.".. nt ptt.in .i le wiiiinut its virtner,
.-...liin'e is to C Mraci-T v
tic-.." ".i nl-ne wi-h do
n - is no c ii w ii'-re 4Ve w
no I; . Ii f .r "..f ii n. in l '
t en.it e is to
i, our hi.hiuj
and would blush td give' their deeds a
name, are the jov and crown of the Uride
?room and His Uride. Those who lay upon
themselves theilowiieit duties, who claim
in modest retirement their alliance with
the nneeerl but belored One, ar at this
very hour the salt, the leaven, the preser
vation of God's muse unon the earth, "
Both theae methods of solitude and sera
ice centre in Jesus Christ. He is our un
failing supply, the Mediator of the twe.
nant in all its branches. In Hi.jl the best,
the real self of men is revivified r.d rein
forced. ' And as we appropriate His life
and Hia examole we make our largest
gain in the infinite, the eternal, the hoi
and the good. In Him we are commended,
redeemed snd called unto this fellowship.
Whea governing foscr around ua ar
brutal, whea certain aspects. (if national
existence are wit hoot a moral gleam, when
practical infidelity displays its lures and
vice catch the anwary, bew shoe id w or
der ourselves save hy the livht oi thia com
mand th text enjoins? What humanity
paimarily aeeds ia aot t changed nvirea-.
ment so much is a regenerated heart. '
I noticed on our homeward voyag that
the. giantess steamship Cedric, because of
her bulk, outrode the fierce Atlantic. - By
virtue of her increase th proud wave
were stayed. How many men dread the
sea of lit with it adventure, begauss their
sise is unequal to the shock. So they
tarty In the hsrbor till death's fog covers
all. their work not done. . v '. , , ,
and justice be andeflle'd. and th fool and j
the knave plucked out of tl.e seats of lead-1
rrahip, and the demagewao sd-Ui trkke
ter cease to defraud labor,, communities,
and defeat lawful enterprise, on radical
aad sufficient step must be taken(,and, the
rhurch must take it. We must offer to
God and to society gennin sainthood. For
Us verities I am thankful, as for the dif
ferent colors and scent of a garden of
flowers, A ft. Francis, ,.Cromwellj a
Wesley, an Edwards: one loving devo
tional retirement, another political actio,
a third the flaming evangel; a fourth pro
foundest thoagnk, bat-all in their different
:iita the fruit of the tree of life whose
eaves are for the healing of th nations.
These epeU across a. world's program th
great words, God, the soul, immortality
and honor ,,? .v . ,..
" '.-;,...- - Inarafltnda. ':.'.'
Ingratitude in those whs Save helped In
their desire to do better thing will net
injure y mi. in -the least pWtlcular, if you
steadfastly ariose ta, Uow. it, to. Mi up
-our feelings, and to make way Tnto your
heart for anger, and whnti is born ot it.
Yon have bad reward enowi in being per-
luittecLto do the thriatli oince ot Jiein-
BSSSPewnfnpltinafn at thfl aArenurfiil
iir i ii ii nr TTiiiamn"
' Th twinge you feel mavol
that TOUT motives tare not nnre. but were
mixed with something which jrou ar not
niiuug vu aujo io yoursen in uoing in
good which ye did, and- that tU ingrati
tude of which you complain is sent of God
to- make this revelation that you may
have further reward in getting to know
what is in yourself. As much which prof
ile jou as iromwna sitter, ana as wxf
is seeking to make th best possible ua
of you in this world, and to nave voa pre
pared for the glorious future to which yoa
aspire, then thank Ood for the Ingratitude
yoa feel so greatly becasus of tb hidden
store of evil it shows you in yourself, and
at one ee-operate with God in getting rid
oi it, iv nen una naa oeen none laiiniuliy,
and you find that you are able to see such
ingratitude with a smil of content, and
thus realise that what vou do fop nrhM
is for Christ's sake, and aot for. othec
motives, you Bav reached a, spiritual con
dition which is approximating what you
are to be for ever when you are following
the Lamb whithersoever He goeth in
heaven. ; What w bear tor Christ is ss
much an indication of His spirit being ia
us as what we do for Him and His eause.
It is a great and consolatory truth that
Christ is our burden-bearer, but it ia also
tree that we are to follow Him in bearing
the contradiction of sinners sgainst our
peace of mind with the asms spirit H
iiwwvu wncu id sue foiiav ox ui wicxea.-
rreepvtenan journal. , . -
TH65 WORLD'S BREjAKFAtT.
fh New Cereal Industry Rprent
an Investment ef a Hundred Mll
' i "tn CoHart fit tht Wstt, .
Battle Crook, Mich.;' helps 4o digest
food for millions t people scattered
over the world. Every day tb rail
ways bring to Its ravenous grain ele
vators, from' the 'Western farm.
thousands of bushels of wheat and
corn, acd every day a long train load
of cooked cereal foods leaves the city
for the world's marketa. The stream
of raw grain, at It flowa through the
mills, is converted,- by various cook
ing processes, Into food for eplcuree
and Invailds-r-fooda that a few years
ago were unheard of. Out oi the Uto
pian dreams of dietetlrtt clear cut
Idea . hat- cryetallised, -Poa which
there has bees, bullded a new; indus
try. -Phvaictans la their laboratories
inverted Indlgestlbla cereals Into
foods that they could give to Invalida
under their care; now, scores of fac
tories on the -border of the wheat
country are producing million of
packages of scml-dlsested food for
the world's breskfast. Big plsntt for
pro paring a variety of breakfast foods,
are situated In St .Louis. Niagara
Falls and Buffalo, and smaller placet
near the great wheat belt kept up an
untiring railety. ; '" ; '
Thlt novef . industry bai qrnlshed
a hew field of operatlona for men of
money, and has 'given employment to
Jiany skilled male and female work
erf. It has awakened Improved scien
tific Ideas In, cooking, and a man, or
woman, today, who can invent a rneth
3d of presenting a nw breakfast food
will be lUtened to .eagerly. Ameri
can "breakfast foods" havot traveled
around the world In tho wake of Am
erican grain ships -and American
breakfast art now to be had k Cap
rown or Hong Kong or Cslro.. t . 4 ,
To create a hundred million dollar
lndutry In ten years, or to find a mar
ket for the vast product of this new
Industry, at a distinctively American
achievement It Is - a , striking Illus
tration of the vigor of the country's
corrrmercial vitality, T1 story - of
the rise of the cereal Industry ,1a .a
story of. Inventive genltm, mechanical
dexterity and commercial daring. It
needed men of lively Imagination and
quick perception to discern the Indus
trial possibilities of a medical dream
er's hobby; it needed men of mechani
cal skill to embody a laboratory idea
In a maze of machinery that would
aconomlcally handle thounands of
bushels of cereals a day, but, more
than Tils, it needed men of Ingenunlty
and daring to put tho product on the
mirket and persuade millions of peo
plit to buy It, A Bini-'o like Iron ft
oil can be !J by simply tak!.:g It tj
the mart, but a row brcal-.f.nt food
flri'lst its wny frni.i t'ia f 'ory to the
kiti.'H-n oi
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city.
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THE WOMEN OF RUSSIA.
RARE 'tYPE THAT ARE NOT TO
3E -FOyND.EL8EWHERE.,
Great Advsnct In Education Social
Life In 8t. Petersburg and on th
Country Estates Remarkabl elf
Devotion Shown Herele Struggle
- -ter Education. . i n i y ; t yf-, i,- i
Nowhere do we find such types cf
womea as la Russiaj It Is a land of
extremes, and, perhaps,, good and bad
women are farther apart than In other
countries f tut In none are there "more
noble women, trlvlng their lives and
talenUt often .under terrible difficul
ties, to solve the problems of their
time." Thofe Is the Idle; luxurious,
fasciuottng Wcimaa, fall of charm and
caprice brilliant creature., rich in
scclal Qualities, often highly educated
and a born diplomatist'- Hef opinion
it Sought after' by men; and the exer
cise considerable Influence in politics.
Such women lve in a very . luxurioua
way.1 Nowhere is society more cosmo
politan hair la St Petersburg.' Spies-'
did 4 hon, beautifully furniahed,
warm and flower-scented in the ff c?i
lng winters; rich furs, Parisian toilets
and exquisite cooking all help to make
lift pleasant.- Tht toa of society has
th character of, being . lax, even at
compared with the same set In other
capitals, tnd great ladies have tt pas
sion for cards and for all sorts of gam-'
bllag. .The oonntry teat is visited toe
a few wekes or months, at. the pleas
antest time of the year. The castle Is
fitted up In the English style, with all
ths comfort that, money can buy and.
a good supply jpf French and English
books. The great lady looks -after the
hospital of school she has founded,
reads good deal; pays format visits
to the I mall proprietors, and drlvi
m.mvSa m V ' ' - al annSWS
"n, " 1 "H'lLulJi-Wii ajlther
castieav mlle8 1(fl here they
esjw nUDDI, SUUUI LUVIk lllDUUI IU
Petersburg and Paris and discuss
uropean topics. "
; Th othef type, aayt tne Mew York
Sua, it. honesty straightforward and,
sensible, brave and, energetic, as
strong In souf as In body: ' These are
the women ' with a talssIoBworker
-people with views and ideas. . If ot
Ibe upper classes, they work hard on
their estates, supporting schools, try
ing to train the peasantry In better
methods, . facing undaunted, the, uphill
task of Influencing stolid and Ignorant
beings. Numbers of the women ot
tbe nobility manage the "estates and
L keep the great houses to wbloh they
I belong, when the men .of the 'family
fare supine and given over to pleasure.
In ; no country , do women show
greater self-devotion. In the famine
two year ago ladles traveled . Im
mense, distances at their own expense,
tnd living amid terrible conditions, or
ganising and saving life In a large
hearted and capable way raising sub
scriptions, nursing the dying, persuad
ing starving ebildrea to swallow, and
appearing themselves to' live,' "without.
sleep, upon black bread and tea.
' .The daughtara of the rich nobility
are educated at home, often by two or
three 'accomplished and highly paid
governesses. ' There ar three) classes
of elementary schools. . : In the gov
ernment Institutes, whJcb . were first
founded by Catherine II, class
tlons are strictly observed.'. Some
receive the daughter of tht herldltary
nobility and cl nen of high civil and
military rank; others educate girls
from the lesser nobility, the daughter
of merchants and the clergy; The girls
remain from their sixth, to their sixteenth-
or seventeenth year, during
which time they see little of their own
family. The Instruction given ia ery
superficial, and they leave these enor
mous Institutions with very little prac
tical preparation tor dally life. The
Zcmsto, or local Assembly, -hag estab
lished a tetter class school for the
poor, and ..there, remain the village
schools, which are under the priests,
and fn which the standard It very low.
Secondary education It best nerved
by girls'' Intermediate schools, which
teach languages, arithmetic and the
rudiments of.solenotY , These have tow
over 80.000 pupils and have done a
great work among tho middle-class
girls. ; The next step is a unlversltly
education, and we find women sustain
ing a heroic struggle In their efforts
to attain this. ' For year past distin
guished person of both sexes hav in-,
terestod themselves In tbe Intellect".
t! life of the country and (t la strik
ing tb learn the number-of young girls
who have broken loose from the mean
and aimless life which custom aad pre
scribed, for them.
When' parents are " unable or
unwilling to make - an ? allowance
girls go pff Jto unjverrlty Jownatand
contrive) to ek out, a living, taking pu
pils and aotlug as servants la. order to
find meant: to pursue ,thcli 'tudle.
Men students help 'them often, coach
ing them for nothing and showing the
utmost sympathy." Numbers study In
foreign universities to escape the har
assing regulations of the government,
which, however, at one time Interfered
with their residence abroad, and or
dered all to return ta Russia under
pain of exile, After some year per;
mission to study abroad -was again
granted, and by every sort of shift, by.
sending correspondence - to Ameri
can papers and by living as working
girls,' three or four In a room, they
contrive to support themselves. .
Colleges for women In Russia liave
with great, effort been started from
time to time, and, whenever the gov
ernment allows It are attended in
large numbers, and excellent courses
are given by in. n of science. Female
medical si hools were opened many
years ago and the splendid work done
hy those who had studied In them dur
ing the war with Turkey in 1 o secur
ed for thorn the full mcllral d :
The Medical academy was closed when
must fiotiribbiiig hoi mine a few of the
slilflenls were i; coveied to be l;;in!.
ed In a p.
r of ft
ii a ii (
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but (lie
t a 1
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t t' a
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they are supported by such large, aub-
scrlptlons, that tbe academy 1ms buuu
reopened.. , , ' .
The government still contrives to
hinder the best effort, but women'
education has gained ground every
year. Almost all the universities ot
Russia now admit ' , women, and the
curriculum It extensive - and supple
mented by lectures on such subjects
as'ctvil law and agricultural oheml-1
try. Hundreds of young women ma
tiicubue every yea, a large number
ot whom take a degree and some blgh
honok-s.'
Vt
HOW OXEN ARE 8HOD.
J.
Description of a Custom Common In , -th.
Mountains. '
In Texas 'there ar oxen need tat
some extent, but, at th road of Texas
are comparatively t-tbre no ne
cessity of having them shod. Possibly
tome Texan owners would rldloute the
Idea of shod oxen, yet there it. tale i
for shoes, or ."plates, as. they are
called; which Is no Inconsiderable
Item In the annual tales of hardware
houses having dealings with the rnoun-.
tain people. Mountain roads are usu
ally creek beds, selected for the rea
son that they are' nearer level 1
the surrounding Abutting or overhang-
Ing country. Hence,- to ,be available,
for use, mountain oxen must be shod.
' The process Is at once Interesting,' .
instruct! vt and dangerous. First,, the
ox is roped about either tils fore, or4
hind legs; then the remaining pair
of legs are toped and the loose -end
ot the rope pulled through the opposite
loop. .The act, nulls, the feet, of the,
ox into a bunch, and he falls to the
ground ' t ' bellowing, " squirming,"
thrashing mountain y of exceedingly
lively beef, . s r.; ,
f When he has subsided to
drive '
rrilmtei of fttakMi nnfohert- sthA-'fiini'
at either end ot the prostrate animal,;
Previously they have selected as the
proper spot to ibow' him a convenient ,
stumi) with exposed root. Under one
of these roots is thrust a rail or pole,,
and. a couple of mountain men sit on .
the pole, resting it across the necVot
the animal.- : ,t ..- '
' Others elevate the loops binding bit
hoof to the notches of the stakes, and ,
llh faAt In tho sir tha nmlsp nf
things reversed, as it were the brute 1
it shod, very much as a aorta might
be. One of the. plate is, flUed aad,
nailed on either, tide of the cloven
hoof, hnd the process 'of shaping the"
plate- la omitted. " Occasionally ' the
ox will thrash about and yank a ttak ,
out, cracking a mountain skull, .with
It Sometimes he will rise in his an
ger and deposit hit weight upon one -who
seeks to shoe him;, sometimes, ha
will dig a hole in the mountain side ,
with his horn, but at last science over-
comet brute strength, and the shoeing ..
id wuiiiww, .j -i . . ; 'tn
When tbe ox la permitted to arise",
be Is, to all appearances and to all ef
fects, as drunk as It he had been per-7
tuaded to Imbibe a gallon 'of moon- i
shin whiskey. , He la a ttaamsd , and -
stricken ox, ana tne glory m nis
Strength has passed from hint, art did ?
that of Samson when the el'.pport of i
Delilah rendered his bead as a billiard j
ball. This sickness .lasts tor some
days, but It Is nevl fatal. It Is simply 1
Mother" llttlgjf' y tb patient i as
dTstino- endures fonsWiigJUl. I--ie
orJr'Trtljunev
U. tunicago ,
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Tenant for a Season. i " ' 'I J
-It it apparent to anyone, who looks ',
about tbe rosidenqe streets ot pur large
cities in summer that those whrf leave '
town are 'the ones having the most
comfortable hornet to stay in. .Great -thlck-walled,
house of many roomt,;
often with shade about them and fair- "
sized plots of grass, are shut up tight
and left, while the ownen bio them- -.
selves to tbe. country or seashore.
What a pity it It that tome friend, "
tome acquuimaucH wno is i .
tlcularly deslraU. quarters, someone
whose life s In tbls trying season ren- .
dered peculiarly fihrd by- reason of
circumscribed or heated environments, '
cannot enjoy these homea, during the !
time 'of absence. : How delightful such
a change would be to them. You can
not realize tt without putting yourself
In their places. : But- to them . - the '
change would be an uplift mentally as ,
wU as physically,
New anirroundlngs, thVxolne3 ot a
lees restricted house, -the variation ot -sights
and sounds would be. a great ,
relief and the summer of tbe fortunate
owners would be made pteasanter by
the consciousness that while they were
drinking In tea, mountain or country -air
someone else was getting added
comfort at homo.-'PIUHburg" Dispatch. '.'
. -.-One en, the Judg. um
A certain Judge, well known to the
present generation of Philadelphia law
yers, was recentlyi Invited to deliver
an address before the graduating class
of a southern law school. As he en
tered the commencement hall he read
on the twinging door the word "Push."
That's a good text for . my speech,"
he said to himself, a he related the
story afterward." ' -
He began his remarks something lw-.e
this: ; "Gentlemen of the. graduatSe?
class As I entered this beautiful hail
a word met my eye which I won! i
wli you all to take as a motto In your
professional careens.'" ' -
Every one Instinctively turned t
glance at the door, the orator anioi ;
the rest There on the Inside, In li
ters only too easily read, was tho in
scription "Pull." ,
"It was a clean give-away," said t ,
Judge later; '"I'd let the cat out of t!
bag then and there, and there v ? t
a thing to do but to confess."!
delphla Ledger,
. A Profitable Flay.
RoKtrnnd'a Cyrano de V ?
come very Dear to lei,,g t:,e
r.- f il play ever wriit. n.
ali ne It lis had C,5 r ,
and its total rei-i't.s l-i t- i
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