VOLUME XVIII.
FilANL'LKi. N. C. WEDNE SDAY, DKCriBnU 0, 1003.
MU'UBEJi 10
11 CAREFUL.
In 5 "-akin of s person's fault,
i ;a, Uon'l lotK'tt yonr ownj
li udaifor those witli "homes ol glut
t"'t J seldom throw S siou."
If & nuve nothing els to do
;s i it of those vtio sin,
"j s ! - r wo should think of home,
it.-ai that puint uugin. " 1
Yf J'9 no r!iht to Judge B)n ':
UmSi he's In, HyirteiU
Should we not like his oomp3nyr
l&e know the world is wide.
Borne may hare faults ub, who have not?
1 Be old as well as young.
Perhaps we may, tor aught we know,
Bare filly to their one.
Lavender
Br ELIZABETH
tV 1 I I I I I
Jeannett was in ft hurry, but she
lingered at th ghigham counter, Sh
Ignored the probability that eh would
bo half an hour late or luncheon, to
which her Aunt Mario, who could not
tolerate tardiness, was Invited, She
even forgot that she had meant not
to be late, so absorbed was sn in a
quaint little country girl and a quaint
old man. presumably liar grandfather.
who stood also at the gingham Coun
ter, earnestly i and carefully selecting
two dresses for the little girl.
.Jeannette could not; help hearing
their serious discussion as to the pret
tiest colors and patterns. In fact she
lingered because sh did hear, and be
cause she was very much concerned
lest the little girl should choose an al
luring lavender and white check, which
both she and her grandfather evident
ly regarded with deep admiration.
Jeksnette was sure that ths lavender
wrjuld fads. ; ..-'' ' .
fleannette had, almost to ft fault, a
-kef-n personal Interest In, the Smallest
detail of the welfare of bther persona
Her Aunt Marlftv described It a "ft
fondness for putting her fingers Into
other people's pies.';. Her brother Fred
Said as graphically that Jeannette
liked to "put in her oar;7 and even her
loyal and cherished mother said that
her. daughter had ft delightful knd
sweet. If sometime just ft little Over
sealous, habit Of offering advice, ,
Certain it Is that Joannette stopped
Strange children on the street and ad
vised them to button their jackets, lest
they take cold, or pointed out to them
the superiority of, peppermint drops
over chocolate creams. And she gave
her littlevs
as in .tifts
fance that the poor f hWamlly
' ended,. by not spending It at all ffAs
Jeannette said, this real ly'wwirood for
Elsie It taiiflit her at one mid the
same time economy and the value of
knowing her mind. Jeannette knew
her own mind so well that she never
listened to those hints of her family
about pies and oars, although she. did
listen to, and. sometimes remembered,
her mother's occasional warning.'
Bhe remembered it now, but h was
none the less agitated. The little girt
and the old man were fingering the
, a , I .1 ... ' 5 t 1
more and more certain that it" would
fade. -
'That lilac piece is real pretty, Ser
ny," said the old man approvingly.
"Yes, grandpa,'! said the small girt,
"it is, and I love that color; It's just,
like violets:". s i ' . "
. "It will fade," said Jeannette to her
self. "1 know it will tadel' , : ,
"That felnk and whits stripe's real
pretty,, too, deary," said the old man.
"Seetn' a you're going to have two,
whv rinn't vnn vat. that for one? Your
" ndto vjear them pink and .White
huh she was your size."' . ,
V really?" said the little girl,
nil; it Is real pretty. I'll
Vds of this pink and white
Wld, shyly, turning Jo-th
think I'U,.taksoms of
djshlte check, too;
dps?" ;.: .
Vsary," said tbs old
b. for Jeannette.
Shi. t e girl lightly on
the suoutu., .--"k that lavender
will fade," Bhe said in ft low tone.
The little girl looked up in surprise.
She stared at Jeannette for ft moment;
then she said, gravely, "Do you think
It willT" . ,
The selection of the two new drosses
wu at evriuue suu weiauiy uiaitvr ui
her. That ft charming girt shoitld see
this did Vot seem st all remarkable to
the little girl, or, apparently, to Iter
grandfather. ' : , 1 "
' "Do you think it will, mlssT" the
(rid man said, anxiously, to Jeannette.
"Yes," said Jeannette,, "I am almost
certain It will. Lavender is my fav
orite color, and every summer have
a lavender gingham shirt-waist, and
Avnrv llimmsr ie. fastest thai Aral tlm it
Is washed.", ... , ,
"How dreadful!" said the tittle girl,
U sympathetic-tones, 'TVs always
wanted lavender dress, and I've nev
er had one," she added, wistfully.
"Does It always fade?" " ; -
' "Well, I dont suppose It always
does," said Jeannette, "but all the lav
ender gingham -shirtwaists I'vs had
did. Why don't you get blue? That
won't fade. My little sister always has
blue and pink, too. My mother says
there's nothing nicer for little girl,"
he continued, comfortingly.
The little girl's face brightened, and
the old man regained his cheerfulness.
- jusi near uiai, oervnyi now 1 re
'member your ma used to wear blue at
your age; and grandma, she'll like It,
deary."
"Grandma said I could get what I
1. 1," Serena explained to Jeannette.
"t'.r.tndmft says I'm big enough now to
!iikw my own dresses," she proudly
added. y '
Ji-,-i iinetle smiled. "Well, then, you
f -y (i ,..'t wnnt !o choose anything
1 1 ; na, t
(18 blue," Hi.
: y. "I
nld to
I'll tell yon of Wtr plait,
And Sod It worts quite wall
J try my own omeets to cure,
litifore of overs' tnll,
And, tuou,,o i sometime hope to b
No worse than some I know.
My own abortoomiotrt hid me let
The fault of I'.aoiD got. j
Then let us ell, when we couimenoe
To standi friend or foe, ,
Think of the harm that one mar do
To those we little know, -Remember
eurses sometimes, like ,
Our chickens, "rooct st botnei"
Don't speak of others' faults until -
We hay none of our own. ; .
GinrfHsMn. I
McCRACIiKN.
tit bill, ftnd they turned aw&y, ftfUr
thanking JeannetM tor her klhdness
"Don't mention It," said Jeannette.
"I just told you because t knew you
would be sorry If you did get It and it
faded,"
"I would hav beta," Said ths little
girl, earnestly, "fend tha blue It al
most just ft pretty, ; W .' 4
Jeannetti Smiled at them", -as shd
hurried horns to tuncneonrftif which
eh was so late that the family and
her Aunt Maria were just leaving ths
dlnlhg room, -
"tij dear," Whispered her mother, re
proachfully, "you might have been oil
time especially when Jrdti kne Aunt
Maria wis going to be here! Aunt
Marts thinks, anyway"
"That you haven't .brought me up
properly?" said Jeannette, kffislng her
mother on the dimple In her cheek: ''
Her mother laughed, but she said,
repvoat-hfuily, "You might have coma
befott wr Quits) finished."
"I know it," Agreed Jeannettfc- 't
knof . I meaht to, but somethih
out t? (ho ordinary happened -that t
really couldn't help being late." - s
"Ths) I will forgive you," Said hef
mother,t"but yon must be particularly
nice to Aunt Maria to make up for it."
Jsalnette succeeded so well that hit
Adnt iaila decided that stie was, aftef
all) nbtr sb improperly brought hB as
she had feared. Fortunately she did
not stay very long, or Jearmette flulghf
havl spoiled this good Impression ty
relating her newest' adventure. The 1
door had hardly closed upon her aunt
whensfie rushed to her mother ftnd
tolsTef about Serena and her crftndT-
her, and the lavender
y," exclsimedJwrr mothef,, as
JesflnTPaiissTI was at that yer
counter this morning, and, my dear, I
bought some lavender and white
checked gingham for you ft shirt-waist!
I don's? think wnat I have wiU fade,"
"Where is It?" gasped Jeannstts, , -
Her mother brought it, and they
opened it. It Was the identical king'
ham that little Berena fthd her grand'
father had so reluctantly left v Un
boughq y-r- - f tM: ff -
Thy laughed until the feat Of the
family hurried to the spot In alarmed
surprise, to demand an explanation.
The mors they explained, the more
they laughed. ' ; '
"Anyway," said Jeannette, at last,
"I still think It will fade, I bop It
Mil, ,
, "Jesnnettel" they all remonstrtledi
bdt Jeannette InsUted, "Imagine ho
t BflaJUeel if It Bhouldd't-but It will!"
Slit tould hardly wait to make jt into
a shirtwaist; and when it came-home'
from the laundry the first time", 'the
family seised the box containing . It,
atl Mmost tor It to piectt In their
eagerness to see the contents, tt had
no faded!,,: ,:-,3
' Jeannette played golf In it; she wore
it at the seashore; It did not fade. She
wore jt the entire spring, and every
one Mid, "How fortunate you are with
that-waist! it hasnt faded ft bit!" '
' It had not; it would not! To Jean'
nette'f eyes it became more and more
lavender. Her remorse was so keen
that when, one day, Elsie asked what
she should buy with twtntyflve cents
that Fred had given her for "caddy
Ing" all the afternoon, she said, "My
dear child, don't ask me! I- give no
more advice!" . .,. :
"My Bear," her vmother said,; "you
are not to blame, 'You meant kindly.
and it might have 'been expected to
fade. Any one would have hesitated,
and especially before getting it for a
child. Tbs blue was far better, and
lavender is so uncertain, ,
It certainly is," said Jeannette.
''But that little girl wanted it- so! I
have ao way of finding out where she
lives. They were just In tor the day j
from the country. . She never will
knowand she might just as well have
had It!" - " t.i rsr--,,i
Jeannette ftctually went to the ging
ham counter not a few times that sum
mer, vaguely hoping to find Serena
and her grandfather. ' She Jooked at
all the little girls and all the old mea
she saw on the street 8he wore the
lavender shirtwaist whenever she could
wear It, hoping that it would suddenly
fade. v:-.:, ' -v-' ' t'v v
t "I really think It would, If 1 should
ever see Serena when I had it on," sb
said pensively. "It cop'da't have ths ;
audacity not to." ,
Bhe did not tr V, but on dsy.
when she happ4w te be wearing the
lavender gingham, and to be riding in
an open car, she saw Serena's grand
father! There was no mistaking the
old man. She precipitately left the
car at the next stop, went quickly
down the street, and touched th edif.
man's arm. -- .- . . .'
"Do you remember me?" Jeannette
asked, breathlessly. ,
Ths old man gazed at her blankly
for an Instant; then he smiled. "Well,
well, who'd ha' thought It?" he said,
In pleased recognition. "If you ain't
the one that h"'p"4 FronT (,r ner
dresses, and kept her from gnuing that
lilac that would ha' faded!"
"Hut it didn't," said poor JcaLdetle.
"It didn't fade!", .. .
T) - ti
ild v i the whole
i u . ailed t'l n
r in
n d
t
1
' ; o i t ne n t it for
hef! It will In such a cuinfiirt U
The old hiita did set how much It
really would comfort her. He went
with her to the gingham counter; and
with the aid of Jeannette'S Shirtwaist,
they actually matched the lavender
and white check, and Jeannette bought
five yards of It, and sent it with her
love to Serena. Then she hurried
horn to tell the family.
In ft few days she had sweet little
letter from Berena, "It's just like ft
story!" wrote Berena joyfully in her
postscript,
"With ft moral," added Aunt Varia.
"Which Is keep your finger out of
other people's pies."
"Oh, nol"; said Jeannette' mother.
"The moral Is, If you must put your
fingers in at all, put them lit as far II
they tlli g9."-' , t . , - -
"Well. ftsrwy;" said' little" " Elsie,
"you and Serena have both got some
thing lovely to tell and think about
Whsnsver you wear tbs lavaader gingham-""
- !'' ' '
"Which Won't fadsl'' Jeannette kA&
edi Youth's Companion. "'- 'i
. , .-"
" THIN PHANTOMS.
fihostl Hsvl N Thickness) When
the 6i Edgewise They Vsnlsh.4
. fihoets hftv leMgtit liid breftdth; but
riit thickness This is the vordict tt(
thd Society tef fsychicsi Research,
Boston, It is 4 good thing to know,
too, for now one may conjecture why
ghosts appear and disappear . so
strangely that is, it is said they do,
by those" whd claim t8 have sect) them.
It is because, having 66 tuickUBBS.
when they are turned edgewlse,:f
oouri they vanish,' It they chance to
swing around facing oae, wny, presto;
thero they are again. Now, according
to this theory, one msy never know
when he is running up against spook,
for if the skid phantom happen to b
gtidihfl along edgewise o floursa, It is
invisible.. Makes bite tl ktiia i 6f
creepy, doeeii't Itf . , ' "" t i
:- Ghosts which appear at the stroke1
of midnight, or go 'dragging clanking
chains through dark corridors, have
nearly gone out of fashion. It Is the
ethdreai phantom which now holds tho
pubile falvor, the ghost bf n thickness.
BoraS spiritualists believe' that every
person who ever lived ftnd died
Inhabit the j earth in the shtu
fttostsf as there 'hajeMon about
a hundred billions who(!ave lived and
died, this earth jffust be literally
Swarming wlthspoctres,' and it la In
deed a goodfhing that they htf no
thlckntawgffol by this means ft few bll-
an be packed in ft small space
t any - trouble. - Indeed, lit' no
nt ail. for they are only like
rs on the wall. But if they are
so plentiful, the great wonder is that
we donot oftener se them. - They
mnst haSre ft great trick of twinging
edgewise they satt in endless flocks
aionj tia wy ofijfjk. ?
One thing is"certain, If the spirits of
the dead, as represented by phantoms,
have no thickness, we shall have plen
ty of room In the hereafter. Ther
will be no crowding In ghostland. And
When one considers the Intense Inter1
est that the majority of people feel in
the conditions after death it is not to
be wondered at that so many fakir
tnak ft good living by conjuring up
the spirit of the deed for the enter
tainment of the credulous. Almost any
"medium" will show you ft gh.ost for
the moderate sum of $1, although Jhef
may not always answer to the descrip
tion flven by the research society .-Detroit
News-Tribune. , t
QUAINT AND CURIOUS. J w
- Eskimo dog have been driven forty
five mile over the Ice in five hour. A
picked team of these dogs once travel
ed lx mile in twenty-eight minutes.''
A Card press in the government
printing office, Washington, prints o
000 card on both aide in one hour.
They are printed and cut from s wsb
of bristoj board. ; ,
It Is said that Macauley'l memory
was to retentive that, after reading a
book once, he could give all the sali
ent points of it, snd recite many ong
passage Of it verbatim. , .; .
A strange accident befell a boy who
was chopping wood near - Augsburg,
Germany. His ftx struck " ft wire
clothesline, ftnd at the same moment
a Hash of lightning struck the line,
passed down-the hatchet end killed
him. ; ' '
A horse In ft wild state live to 'be
from thirty-six to forty year old;
when domesticated he Is usually played
out at the age of twenty-five. It is
thus seen that civilization does not
contribute to the longevity of the ani
mal. '7-v- 1 . ,: '
. Passtoukholt, a Russia topographer,
or surveyor, in making" ascents of
mountains In the Caucasus, . having
suffered from "mountain sickness,"
found a remedy in tea, almost boiling
hot. i It I reported that another party,
prostrated by the illness, was able
after this treatment to continue the
ascenC" '
The king of the Belgians has just
Imported ft beautiful little ' Chinese
house a , curiosity. After much
trouble it was acquired by the Belgian
Consul at Shanghai. The house is a
marvel of beauty. It Is carved from
top to bottom in splendid wood. The
rooms are large and all furnished In
Chinese style. The house, which will
travel In pieces to Belgium, Is to be
set up at Laeken, where the king has
bis country house, and has already
erected ft Chinese pagoda and ft Chin
ese tower.
Lord Ersklne's Logic.
Lord Erflltlne, the fatuous Knllah
lawyer, once iet a ruffian driver who
wan belittxirlng his horse, a miserable
barehmiod creature, and Lord Kr
sklne, who w;i3 intrnwlv fond of nni
d the
wlm c
SUNDAY
i-r
AN ELCflUENT DiSCoUHSS BY the
REV. M. W. 8TRYKEH.
"Demoersry ena Christianity," the tub
Jeet of a Forcernl Argument by the
s'raeident of Hamilton Collese, Clln
too, M. Y. The People's Daj Advances.
Kaw York City, "Democracy snd
Christisjity" was the subject of s forceful
aermou by the Rev. Dr. M. W. Stryker,
'resident of Hamilton College. Clinton, N.
V., ia the Brick Presbyterian Church, Sua
day moritina;, Dr, Stryker said:
It is not always remembered that, on its
pitman side, Sloses founded s republican
lornt ol government j Is WSS to be rjtaln
tained throtiKh popular representatldrl: Ths
failure was in Israel, not in the idea. YVIimi
Samuel anointed baul he did it under sol
emn protest. It was s re'aps from privil
eve ICingS wen s makeshift snd it turned
eut tadly, ..... . .
Seeking ( sound Jttil-OSHiihy of man Snd
his affairs, snd djetingdialiulg tlumsnltv
from it utensils and furniture, I Would
ssmestly attempt the connotation of the
two words which state each in its own
way, but with the strongest mutual bear
ing the whole hope of mankind: Democ
racy, Christianity,, You msy run out, in
UkM reach Snd width, ths many proposi
tion Which I can hew only utter, not am
phfy. I have only time iof the hreedaS
snd the ads.
I used ths word' "mankind" that is,
man-kinned related, eousined, brothers.
When Paul, the apostle, speaks (literally)
f "the Whole (atherdom in heaven snj
erth''-h tftirms Uf. broad and elemen
tal gospel theorem Of the (fomttloil origin,
the cemrrloii lippartuultVi the tomhion con
cern df Sll humanity: ''God hitth made of
one blood'' "Id enS spirit Sll baptised
into body"- uaa hiiseS.shSraetcrUe
this whole new corensnt snd contemplate
the rearrangement of tho world.
A unity of privilege, duty, sffeetioa a
Sommon derivation, development and goal
-the doctrine oi the essential solidarity oi
inert, To SiUrui this is ths instinct, the
infrangible (mrpole ol .tho gospeU, lithe
this mutuality, titiS eoheeiVS ami llltegrt
ing impulse, working it way' Steadily, how
ever slow its stages, or at last a sterile race
and s shattered star! '
Economics? It is the law of ths world'
housekeeping. Polities it is man's com
mon eitisensnip. Philanthropy, equity, law,
ethic, relisian 4hea are the bonds that
JrSnscend rSr snd region nd date.' Bw
nr tlieii1 BeonA faraviiirialisnt haeee Inlet I
inaignificancfii ifiatpry is t(t record el j
:c::
me nsiniui out sieaay erniuniiai oi nmmi Jiiowv- iii ausiity is critical,"
tnity. homflgencHyi Sociology is thicwpBy this s definition I wfll- stand
. Thi is the "Inc'retWrniH-psssi T si titu.
Man' nature involve i iety.- lie 'Spen
vironed by his f" Hit is born IbUT
sna construe ir close-, relation,
ITii is-' constitution the
rnesna m u, wif or worse, s but
Dr 1- Vl'li one inevitable, to Others
r v'wmnsi .Snd , tentative, These are
cnanged knd shaken, that rtmaln, ' The
definition Snd .practical ordering Sf this
relation; , wtietner tiy sneana setter ' or
worse, the assertion of partnership and
federation, in whatever degree Of Wisdom
the assertion of s comuwn weal (or wot!
thi is government.
However they have blundered, or stut
tered, or fumbled, the experiment toward
the organizing of soman life and it activi
ties' hays been experiment in search of
faif and frtiUfiH terms snrler whiek men
may' livt, together; i'ereeired es unseen,
tho ends of government M id SeAiirs the
well being of men a men, and thai iriosr
be the beat government which most ef
fectually seeks the utmost welfare of all
within its controt-whicb seek a right
snd equitable society. 'At a means to thi
snd it is Strong and sacred, as a means to
aitv ether end it it stultified. - . i
It eoneern us, then, at onto, to notp tht
hsmes Snd essential Implications of the
everdl Schemes and tons of ttovernment
(or -ways of getting tm( together) Which
men have attempted and tshibltedi
Autocracy the rule of one mad, cen
tering sll sowet in hi own person snd
responsible only to himself. "L'etat e'est
tnoi.'' , Absoluteism sn imperfect nan
cannot, perfect mart would not; for
either way individdslly it frajtrsted. Jf
potism is misanthropic. - -
Monarchy which ordinarily tmplieS t
degree of consent and delegation of pow
er, and ha wide limits according as tht
subjects have great or small ioflnenco.
The forma of monarchy ar not inconsis
tent with rest popular power, only then
their terminology i sn tutchrcmism tod
their retention luperuuou tnd absurd
en: , . ,. . -
lytooracy it" the rule1 of wealth tbs
rev of mom v holder ss sacll; . It i
subtle snd subversive of men, That
goet by "community of interest," by si
lent arithmetic, does not indeed necessi
tate; put makes possible oppression not
lea setdai because insidious - and nns
vowed. It ha ruined great people. For
"community of the interested" ia widely
divers from the interest sf tht communi
ty. Ths peoples also "cannot serfs God
sqd mamrnoa." Plutocracy is cot ft com
monwealth. Weal itself is not mere
wealth, t The word "wealth" begs the
duestion. Plutus Was blind! L -
Oligarchy, ths "few" in power, whether
4 cbuue, a bureau, a "machine," or a ring,
tnd by whatsoever mean installed and tol
erated. ' It selectness and tepartttnes
and virtual assumpttdn is it odiam. Its
h-resp6nsibi1ity is it vie. It selfish
ness it it defeat. It refuse to share.
Aristocracy, literally ths rule by the
best, ideally an excellent term snd thing,
practically, however, ths self-elected at
their own rating what one has called "ths
fin irony of an entailed nobility I" Here
ditary privilege tainted with pride and
superciliousness snd snobbery snd tht dry
rot 61 thee hon-sequitu, still exploit
ing ths many for the few, preroga
tiv snd the non-human proscriptions of
easts. The "best" should rule in the in
terests of what is good, but the self-styled
best, nursing their own delusiveness, may
become tho worst. v .,-,, . '.
Anarchy! Contradiction in terms! The
law of lawlessness, ths nil of caprice tnd
tit violence, denying authority in irst
license which is ths narodv and ruin of
true liberty I, Freedom eruahed andtr .the
sbsoluteism of the mob!
Theocracy the reign of God, actual
while Ood is God. truly realized in oniver
tal recognition of Him "the first tnd the
last snd the living one;" but never dele
gated to any vicegerent, Installed in the
common consent of free conseienoe snd
When usurped by kingcraft or priestcraft
the basest perversion of the highest truth.
Democracy: Self-governineni by th
people. The dignity of the people ia the
intention of their Creator. He who ie the
Source of this celf-rule, is also it only se
curity. Each man with, not apart from,
every other, directly and Jointly respon
tlbl to God. The highest law final mian
sbsolved from sll usurpations, Snd, as s
Inan, secured in the perfect freedom of
th largest obedience. Democracy may be
a name or the mere tyranny of the multi
tude t tubservient mass s prey to paioa
ihd to schemers who ar its pa infer rs
Sutter big while they denude. But then
th "rule" Is lost, snd the demos is by
his rrv'Riis thwarted of his ends. Demoo
rney is ideal when it meets sll the con
dition of total responsibility to God
when in the high peerage of that loyalty
of creature to Creator ail neighbors love
all neighbors a one family of the highest!
Ijnve, vertical and lateral, is it low the
"perfect lew of iil.ei'ty."
Therefore, I hold both that Christinnity
intends democracy, and that only in its
reality can deinocitvy thrive or endure.
Other foundation it cannot lay. If the
fon of Jinn shall make the people fie
they shnll be free indeed, and not other
wise. His autonomy is theirs. Ilia valu
ation esalts them. . Ilis riirlits mvuro
thorn. In llim, who is all in ail, they are
Complete.
A republic is a democracy ennvenienc
ing its seli-rule by representatives who are
il Huf-ius. 'J'hi'rtO are but tiiHtei-s ond
swtv .ml
t t
I
fill
l,.,:il
1 ! tO til
t
J I L I
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in uY
.1. If'
I'Uluatk !iit!-.t tyranny. Tiii tT t li
the method, if there be any, betoi-j wliic-li
a fulne( suboniiimtion anil a ('" inflnii
OrtlinHtion are both to be hiuii!" d, Tito
hulvslinn of tlie peoples is in a ttn-lne hu
fimit society whieh st last renne ttje
whole purpone of Jesus tluit. It has
hot yet been seen) but "to this bear ell
the prophets Witness" . society feeling
all its common responsibilities, nr! "each
for all" fulfilling every relntioS this, snd
because tt ia "ideal," is the finality. ' in
it democracy and Christianity would
tneet, and righteousness wed pence!
To Conquer this ideal in(o actuality Is
the task ana trsrii) of tune to doubt
that it osa be is to surreajer to csuse of
mankind. ,
There is now in some quarters sickly
and sentimental dissent from the goal of
democracy, and a cowardly whispered
preference against the substsntive claim
of man as nrm, This reluetnnrv from the
burderi tt( the problem snd disregard oi
the good oi the tosnv is ordinarily tracea
ble to s selfish and Sbssnte spirit. It
assume to distrust what lor Of tsss dis
likes, and what comfortable and compla
cent apathy would postpone. It inrest-
rnts are all in the present, as it is, and
. will title no stock in the future as it
slirhild be. It interprets the major con
siderations of life bf the minor, "The of
fense ol the cross u tot teased." But it
is crucifixion that leads td reetrfection.
Away with this droning and whining pes
simism! 1 -
And, on the other hand, (her are those
Who applaud democracy without reckoning
jt principle snd It foundation. Be
tween ft Snd absolutism there is, in time'
long run, nd logical ht way. Can man
learn that democracy bring ns one down,
but every oa upf Can man learn it
reciprocities and it emancipations? Will
man see the hnsilsr doctrine of the in
herent value and birthright of each several
eoul -value to itself, to all other snd to
the ens CM pj all? .... w ,; .j ,,
- If not, then filial!" SDart and society
hot made Up of bulk of subservient and
ft few preferred rreditor is s fatuity snd
dream, ihd vM Kassrene was dreamer.
But that way lie tile madness of triarchy.
Any government is, at S given time,
strong, a the ratio j of it people (or
parts) who believe in it and are ready to
back that belief. Ultimately ft is a
strong a it has principles worthy to b
believed in. Ths bottom idea of dem
ocracy is the utmost diffusion of two
thingaf (a) authority, (b) responsibility.
Both of these.. Keither goes well or far,
or csn jstand fast, aldne These balanced
centrifugal and centripetal force main
tain the orbit. All the phase and hopes
reducn)aZ-to th..balance ol this double
oi a genuine ana rational aewporecy are
that trn dmoerantf ia a ovrninnf. in
which every whole ma, an because a
wan, sounts one. Persons tre the unit,
tVi g'overnMent Of, by tad for these is
thfeeum of til its part. Its spirit is tt
ireMu the number df, Spirit that share
It, erM as good ss th number at good
piritauhat share it. it division exactly
equal 'the dividend, snd the quotient is
oue. .-..'. -,. ,
"Division of labor," which is mads to
mean "yoii IjW snd I divide," I not
democracy, Since, ia thi long division
of "authoritv tnd responsibility."- vrery
mad thoKld bet fitted to count on. Dent
ooracy menaces itself, denies it raison
d'etre, when It for ft tfloment neglect to.
seek this Htness of it msriu, Hispresen
tation is Of these fit merit. Ths proxy,
i valid only in this. The ballot affirm
th Importance of each integer- It qual
ified intelligence and it unmolested free
dom j) ltt) safety, that always it shall be
counts) ts one, tnd never more or lea.
Lea or rnors W ins supprcssio somewhere
of manhood;, less, ;t Were tyrannised;
more, it were tyrannical, . T corrupt, to
seduce, to intimidate or to suppress it is
to violate democracy.' Demoeracy alona
cause ths right of s minority to fear a
majority. For sll and by all this recog
nition of man declares that because every
man should count one he shall! Ho other
tnethod of government declare this, or
attempts to realise it. Resting it casa
updri the right assessment of what con
stitute huiUsrl Value,", it implie that
rights snd duties Irs strictly correlative
Snd reciprocal, it studies it rule in the
daylight of it principle. Our Supreme
Court is governed' by thi overruling equi
ty, , Democracy i it tost and it dictum.
It it the. sitimste national refuge of the
people. It sites ths Signer law. . r - n
Th diltributit assign men t of govern
ment it tht radical end of dsmoci-scy, not
descending to man, but ascendingT -witb
him. It M not paternal, but fraternal.
Hum an ttltics ruing from loyalty'' jo
on spar tribe ar elaa IshmaeHtisbl
rise toward ths 'comprehension of ,nn
right. Tbs history of this growth of hu
tnait Inatitutipiis, making and reinaking
the'nliiflves, discover that they move with
the instinct Of t generic human life. The
impulse strengthens a if by hydrostatic
pressure. That great democrat. Lincoln;
that splendid representative of the fine
ild aristocratic family of man, said Well,
n 180. what has the broadest possible
application: . "They who deny freedom
to other rjeserr It not for themselves,
Snd Under the rule 0 S just God cannot
lop; retain- it. The paramount doctrins
of equal right is that sach soul ha s di
vine right, a kingly and knightly right,
to all the liberty he CB nse, and ha the
right to atasd un. in hi Maker' image,
to show what he can use. Its formative
? reposition i that a just society lis in
ha good of sll it clement, snd that thi
good lie in tbs removing. - by pick or
powder, of sll (voidable bindrsMce to
the affirmation Of cocial personality; lies
in it enabling and ennobling (ao far a
circumstance can) eacn unitary being to
live the fullest possible life.
All "liberty" has social limitations, snd
its problsm is to reduce these limitation
to the lowest term necessary to and con.
sistent with its own utmost diffusion.
Freedom also ia law.
It I not th commercial, the trategic,
bearing of the Monroe doctrine that
make it strong in our American hearts
snd determination, but it immense moral
meaning that democracy shall not have its
frovidentisl arena narrowed, nor it scope
hwarted by the imposition of soother
theory of the people. Americs- (nobis
America) I the ran tug ground and th
bulwark of popular free government, and
to maintain thi high theory of ma un
endangered, we will light if need lie
(though God forb.d the need) if all the
sea are to run red! It was thi tremen
dous instinct i which, in one of the no
blest war of time, w rose up to lift Cuba
trom under th bloody heel of the line of
Philip II. end of Alva, Tha.peouie's day
dvnco. -1 ... v -. vs u
I come, therefor, to assert that which
1 have tried to approach, and this it is;
That th tim of a true demnrraey i in
the moat complete accord with th aims
of the gospel. Both are emancipative.
Their implications are mutual. They alike
stand or fail upon the proposition of the
universal spiritual rights of all men as men.
cju-h breaks down all "middle wall of
partition." and unloose "the yoke of
bondage, open the gate of dar to
"every creature under heaven!", Kacb
seeks the greatest quantity of the hiirheot
quality. Christianity, truly mefstired,
comes (in the strong words of Henry
Nesh, in that splendid little volume, ill
Genesis of the rkiciat Conscience"): 10
make the beat the world knows native to
the htimbiet." ' " , ' .
"In His name "Son of Man" the great
Emancipator ha "authority to execute
judgment', upon all oppre.iois. lie 1
man Man! His authority intend the
commonalty c' sll soul yielding to Him
a supreme lovaltv. ins church is the
democracy of freed men. Abolishing bar
riers, rending divisive artificialities, level
io un, not down, lie introduce the au
tonomy of line lie mieems from every
inhuman bondaire, and ive.iiis every child
nf A.Ihiii. everv "ill is out of lmne, to be
tri.e birtoniHi
a prmre san d a
il each for all is
I'liiirlt-r to whirll
1 i h is a- i I
.! I tnicr all
t.'r."
.,, r ir 'o in
I M c.rVBHj
j. ,f. r-.' hut
priest.
H, p.
1 . a-
Ail for enrii
d and biioiHiii
: :iiT i '!1,
.e v n ,, t'le (
H'.io i t : - il t"
- v-t
I oi a i
(ire do-v and brittle. Fares! (tamp
tii.-m ThV are judged. " , ,
All the reitl pMgnms in the idea of what
a genuine democracy includes, end what
It excludes, has been, consciously or not,
an apprecistion and incorporation of
Christ's ideas of man. It has been a
fiainful process, slowly penetrating th
ntricate processes and aodden politics of
the world, attended by harsh parodies and
bitter foilures; but it ha been continuous
and culminating, and at last it will con
quer , - ' '
. Th M-rors snd InflieM 'of men in the sa
cred name of mankind have been appalling. J
JUiberty bo been deciaimeo i tnose wno
were "themselve th servsnt of eorrupv
tian." but tho very currency of th coun
terfeit is a testimony to the value of the
true coin. '
. Timid soul shrink back from the birth
pangs of change. The . near-sighted and
ease-loving refund to think large enough
to see what lies in that proposition, In
which the evangel it cognate with ths law
of liberty that every man is S man. But
ths virgin's magnificat is the ennunciation
of s new society. It is a prophecy. An
tpoealyps is folded i it, He hath put
down tht nighty from their scats snd ex
alted them of low degree."
That cause of the people, which by the"
utmost widening of responsibility engages
snd educates the largest number, grows
with each latest day. Before its "awful
rose of dawn" the lanterns Of groping
year are superseded. The law of the
spirit of life, s Christ, the people's Man,
interprets it, making sll classes "danger
ou classes, lg ' hos th most so who
must absent he'mselve from th concerns
of men st targe; it instill tht conviction
that tn actually human relationship yields
to no "adverse possession of privilege,,
and that the dynasty of toe minority
tust pas. -
For democracy America stands. To it
we are shut op. This ia the people's land.
Bv Christianity democracy (ball tand
and by naught else. If H denies the law
of Christ, it denies that which begat it.
A divinely human society, from God and
through men, with the two great and last
commandment a it pillar, is that to
which ws are summoned if we are - to
keen faith with men and God. '
Signally, before the envion nations, we
are to chasten, nphold, defend that Idea,
vide a th esrtb i. W cannot evade
th duty, snd we must not sell the bless
ing. To retreat or to retract would be to
relinquish that opportunity of which
America is the trustee not to exploit a
continent, but to nplead world.- New
and emphatic proridencea thrust this don
ble faith upon .,-' , -t .--t , .
. Th cause of th peoples of all tht peo
ple, ths cause of mankind and of every
man, specially the lowest aniLSXie least
i tbs cause and the only cause of democ
racy, snd ifWso Ja5UM!, f Hi
wnose errana i iiwHHMnt.uu
the eternal deliverer, Uwm W-CCOmpl
all His invincible decree. .
Hail, Thou Hon bf Man! ' tt all the
neonls nraise Theet Then shaH the earth
yield her increase! Th enlargement of '
,11 the sons of men is Thy supreme- tr-
fftunent and evidence, -iney snail wall as
iberty because they seek Thy precepts.
If Thou tbslt make da free wt thall be
free indeed. Love is Thy law and the fel
lowshio of love it answer. Unto Thyaelf
save Toon thi America.
Well did Orovef Cleveland say this
Spring st St. Louis: "It is s solemn
thing to belong to s people favored of
God". 57
They Troated Ood.
There wat s knock st the door of Aunt
Fanny's pleasant kitchen one morning,
Snd in the step ttood a little girl with
a basket on her arm. - -
- ''Don't yon want to buy something?"
she asked as ah came io. "Her are ous
Woo hnme-knit tocking." ,
"Surely you did not knit tbeae stock
ings yourself, ; little girl?'., said . Aunt
No," Bia'sm; but grandma did. She i
lame, tnd to tbs sits still and knit tbs
thuYgs, ftnd I run shout to sell them;
UiaVs th way we get along. She says
we are partner Snd so I wrote out a
sin tnd put it over the fireplace: 'Grand
ma A Maggis."' "
Aunt Fanny laughed sad bought th
stocking, snd , as she counted out the
money to pay for them Maggie said: "Thi
will buy th bresd snd butter for supper."
"What if you had not sold anything r
asked Aunt Fanny. .. .u., ...... ':,
But Maggie shook her head.
"You sea, we prayed, '(live us this day
our daily bread, snd God ha promised
to hear when folks pray; so I goes ther
wasn't say 'if sbout it. ; When JU yi
things, they'rs sure tnd certain. ...
, 'v'firrHspplneeslai Wot.: ",";: .,';.,
Some people dream of happiness at
something they will com to by and by,
st the and of ft course of toil snd struggle.
But the true way to find happiness is at
w go on in our work. Every day has it
own cup of aweetnees. In every duty it
pot of hidden manna. In every sorrow
is a blessing of comfort. In every burden
is rolled up s gift of God. In sll life
Christ is with iu, if we ar true to Him)
If wt nava learned thi eecret, even tht
things that seem unpleasant and disagree
able yield joy in the doing. A traveler in
South Africa sow soma boys playing mar
ble, using pebbles. One of these rolled
to the traveler' feet, and, picking it up,
It teemed to him only a lough, stone,
without beauty or worth. But as hs turned
it over s gleam of light flashed from one
spot of it. It was diamond. Duties
aeem dull and dreary to us, unattractiv,
nard, but they infold secret of happiness
Which we find when w accept them with
tore and do then cheerfully. Rev. J. K.
Miller. ,, ,
CHOOSB -WELL TOUR COMRADES,
j Little BUI doesn't tike It some
time become Dad won't let him play
with Tom. Dick and Hwry on tho
streets, and be think it very unkind
In Dad to lecture on the choice of
companion... ; '--...U '
But listen. Bill, to this harrowing
tal of th Lion and th Hippo.
A Lion and ft -Hippo met very acci
dentally one day. and as each was at
tracted by the other, they decided to
-set out on jonrney together. . They
knew nothing of each other's habit
or manner of life. . But each was t
tracted to the other by what they saw
and heard.
fMyl butt yott. hav ., .- floe roar,"
sld Hippo. . "It must be ti grant! thing
to travel with ft fellow like you, whe
could scare almost anything with that
VOke.'! Ji?;',..:!' !'' 11'
. "And you," said the Lion. "I like
you. Ton have so much face. Why,
yo have check: nough to make your
way anywhere."
And so, without mora ado they
shook hand and started. -
They traveled a' long Journey the
sVrst day, and was exceedingly hun
gry when night came. They found
themselves in the midst of a great
desert, where there was nothing but
rocks and sand. The Hippo sighed,
"My! but I wish I tad som nice hay
or grass."
"Wouldn't mind a good fat calf my
self,' said the Lion sadly."
"I thought you eat grass," said the
Hippo.
"I thought you eat meat," said th
Lion.
"Let's ?t to sleep sad forg'.-t .It,"
said the Hippo.
"Let's," wi'-l ("ie Uon.
Put f.'T. I Am i 1 i
s .' tt ', -p- l'r. 1 ; r
OUT f ' m fo I .... .J J; 1 ; :j
STUDY BLOOD TRESSURE
NOVEL RESEARCH AND EXPERI
MENTS IN BOSTON HOSPITALS.
Promise to Yield Valuable Results for
th Treatment of Medical and Surgi
cal Caaea Their Interesting Aspsct
.Also from a Physiological 8tant
'point . -.
Research upon the blood pressure in
human beings, on ft scale broader and
more thorough than any work of this
kind yet don in America has Just be
gun in . the Massachusetts General
hospital her. The subject ha been
studied tor several year in Europe,
but it is only recently that the impor
tance of blood pressure observations,
both In yurglcal and In medical cases,
ha begun to take ft Arm place in the
theory of medicine. -
Dr. Richard C. Cabot of the Harvard
medical school, who direct the new
Inquiry on the medical side, is well
known in the profession for his stud
ies on the blood. : By the method of
pressure observation, he has already
made striking contribution to our
knowledge of the therapeutic action
of alcohol in fever cases, showing the
surprising fact that in such case the
supposed stimulating effect of alcohol
Is practically nothing. , :
The results of the studies ..have
rather leasened -the importance of the
"feel" of the pulse to the' physlcan's
linger, replacing that test with an ex
act method which tells more than the
most skilful touch. " Variations of
blood pressure Indicate, somewhat a
barometric changes mark the varia
tions in the weather,, the fluctuating
conditions of healthy activity and
comfort, ftnd-this is to be had only
through the maintenance , ol an ade
quate blood pressure. The conditions
which govern blood pressure have
been learned
led by such studies as a re
on.hsejM!.dJitkfi re
tW'pWpIng force" trf-thjr-
now going
primarily
heart; thepNglastlc properties of the ar
tertorrani their muscular fibres,
ie action ia controlled by the
nerv station In the great bulb of the
brain, called the vaso-motor , centre.
Research has shown that the integrity
of this last element Is the most impor.
taut of the three, and this discovery
has bad very striking results, to . be
presently mentioned, in the field of
surgery.
For comprehension of the matter,'
word should be added on the operation
of the circulatory system. It I in
brief ft system of elastic tube under
the constant tension of the arterial
elasticity, modified by the action of
the musctfar arterial fibres, as these
sre directed by the vaso-motor centre,
from which go out Impulse uhlch re
lax, contract, or maintain in any par
ticular state of tension or laxnesa the
muscular coat of the arteries. - The
elastlo coat of the arteries is brought
Into play by the periodic on flow of
blood from the heart. Being elastic,
the arteries' expand under the pressure
of this flow, and as the valve of the
vein prevent back flow of the blood
tnroagh the arteries, the elastic wall
of the latter send forward In a fairly
even flow through the capillaries, -the
blood received at each stroke of the
heart pump, between each stroke and
the next. .';, v
. The evidence pressure studies give
of th action of drugs lie in the fact,
cnieny, that fatigue of the vaaoftHttarj provided for thesetene,i
centre by the ordinary work of each lrnesrfoMpOTCfor itlawr fel
day, anil atlll more through the st
uck of disease, tends to reduce the
blood pressure and produce, at the
beat, a sense of weariness and fag.
Here come in an In teres ting bit of
every day therapeutics. Men, it is
known, take readily to flv o'clock tea.
And the explanation as given : by an
English experimenter is that tea act
on th vaso-motor centre a ft stimu
lant, causes contraction of the arterial
muscular coat, and restore the blood
pressure to the normal from which fa
tigue Ponds to reduce it.
: Imperfection of instruments has In
terfered with the success of previous
blood-pressure studies. The Instru
ment used by Dr. Cabot is new one
designed to register both maximum
and minimum pressures, from which
the significant mean pressure may
easily be calculated. In principle, it
Is an elastic tube, to be placed around
the upper arm and Inflated with air
until the pulse cannot be felt by the
finger below It. In this state the air
in the tube-bandage Is of the cam
tenBton, or pressure, as the maximum
pressure oi tne Diooa in the com'
pressed artery. From the tube-bandage
a rubber tube connecting with
ft gifts tube carries the ' pressure of
the confined air to the base of ft mer
cury column, whose height show the
pressure of the bandage air, and
hence the maximum blood pressure
In the artery. A scale marked In mil
limetres makes it possible to record
the varying pressures in figures, which
can later be plotted on chart In
struments of different type give dif
ferent mean pressures. That used by
Dr. Cabot gives an average mean
pressure (n health of rather less than
100 millimetres. In animal experi
ments, an absolute figure can be ob
tained by Inserting the ..tube of the
mercury column, or manometer, direct
ly into an artery. In human studio,
however, the absolute pressure is not
essential. What is required is pres
sures measured by the same standard,
and hence usable for comparison.
Exhaustion of the vaso-motor cen
tre, the only remaining hypothesis,
was supported by much positive evi
dence which seems conclusive. Strych
nia has been a time-honored resort In
surgical shock. Dr. Ciile proved that
this drug was a pure vaso-rjwrtor sllin
ulttnt, and observation it the blotfd
presume in profound shock showed
that strychnia had no effect in raising
'ie rfesHure. In health It does raise
the nressure, but successive d.!es ex.-
hni"t the vanoniotor centre snd Pr.
Criie at last found ftiluilm drawm t
Htrydmia In phy
berit way of pn
W 'H fr r
T, s i
; j-' 1. 1
(' t 1 '! I:
. ! r ! -.' f.
: I i ! V-
l.i a !
I !'
i i.t t!io r
It. v
this, with the administration of adren
alin In saline solution, mnkes up the
essence of Dr. Crile's contribution. His
Ideas are now" being tested by thor
ough observations In this city, and the
outcome may be oxpected to have -wide
Influence. -. . ,
Observation of blood pressure Is also
of great Importance in surgery, as in
dicating the ability of ft patient to
withstand an operation, by showing .
the. danger line in anaesthesia, and in
gauging the patient's resistance during
an operation. All these points Indicate
a rapidly extending appeal to it New
York Post. .
ODD "HOLD-UPS."
Wild Animal Ar 8ucces tn Upset
v ' ting Tim Tbl. '
With the human "hold-up" of trains
we In this country are fortunately not
familiar, but most railway men of ex
perience , can tell tale of trafflo
stopped by beasts, birds, and even
fishes. The first is; naturally, the most -common;
for, spite of the warning of
George Stephenson respecting the
"coo," which ha become proverbial, ,
farmers and others cannot alwayt pre
vent their live stock from straying on
to the line. - " - '" - i
. . ... .... . ..... .
One such case may serve a ex
ample. It occurred in Forfarshire,
where train ran into 120 sheep, kill- .
ing eleven and injuring others before
it could be pulled up. A a result this
etoppsge cost the railway company
besides the expense of litigation over
25. Birds have been known to stop
trains by becoming Jammed in signall
ing apparatus, especially at night,
when they flyj for the lights? '"'
There was a curious 'case some
years ago in the Fen country, where
a wild swan was th means of ('hold
ing up" trafflo by becoming entangled
with the telegraph wires in inch a way
trojiH-commnnlcatlMi tbju 1 '"
bringing a somewTSOmTTBrompaa- .
"Senger train to standstill until the
fault was discovered and remedied.
Live fish are, seemingly, the last thing
likely to stop trains, but they bare
been known to do so by being sucked
into the watering apparatus for loco
motive at country station; eels, and
even trout of considerable size,, having
been captured in this way.'-'s)';-; '
. Abroad, traffic is frequently Inter
rupted by all kinds of creatures, from
elephsnt to insects.; Not' long 'ago
one of the former escaped from a
show, charged a train upon an Ameri
can line, and stopped It, with, result .
disastrous to the attacker;- while sim
ilar occurrence have been reported
from India. Insects, especially In th
form of white ants, have been respon
sible for many stoppages on line In
tropical countries, owing to the de-,
structlon by them of the wooden por .
tlon of the permanent way, and from
this fact has grown up the manufac
ture of "pot" sleepers of Iron or steel,
now quite a considerable industry in
the north of England and in Scotland.
The , Uganda railway 1 probably
more exposed to stoppages by animals
than any other' and lion not infre
quently "hold up" it trains, to which
they appear to have ft peculiar antip
athy. , One huge beast' which waL
known to have killed 17 ' people, ate
tacked van, but got a warm recep
tion from It occupant, who were
prepared for him. J :;:
Both engines and van have gun
provided for thelsHkefense, -and some-
that.
a driver stopped his train in ordv to
have a shot at a guinea fowl; while oi
triches are also the cause sometime
ot like delays. ' 8o they are also on
certain South f African lines, wluite'
they bury their heads la the sand bal
lasting of the track: ahead of a train, .
involving either a stoppage or the run
ning, over of what may be valuable
bird from an adjacent "run." ,
In Canada stags sometimes stop
trafflo by running before, the engln
until exhausted, but th most curious
stoppage of the kind in ft cold country
occurred not long ego between Kamy
slieff snd Lamsor, in Siberia. There,
while an engine was running at slow
speed, a bear sprang on the tender and
attacked the driver, who fortunately
succeeded, in forcing htm back on to
the line, where he was caught by the
wheels and so injured as to be easily
despatched.; ' '. -
In India lately a tragi was stopped
by a large flsh. . This occHirrcJ during
floods In Calcutta where theSrats-.
rose tn the streets to the height ot the t ,
car wheels, and the fish, can led by the
current, became Jammed in the spokes ..
thus causing the vehicle to com to a
UndsUlLTit-BIts. ,., Si;
Imported Strvant Unsatisfactory. '
"The theory that It Is good policy
to get a servant from the other side of
the water and break him or her In to
suit the requirements ot the house
hold is pretty well exploded," said the
head-of a large family. "Three times
in flvs years 1 have made the experi
ment but I never shall again. It takes
about eight months to teach a raw
foreign girl her business. After she
has learned it she usually leaves to
take service In another family. It Is
curious that some of the most valua
ble servants In Europe become utterly
worthless when they are imported In
to this country.
"Like many other Americans, I fre
quently have been struck by the e"'c
lency of servants In English bi -holds,
and both my brother and I im
ported them from London to set i
waitresses and houaeninlila. We lv
never found them available. Ti a ; -fercnt
conditions governing tlm r .
tions of master and servnnt a'l m: t. In
variably turn their heads, and they n
.seldom able to do anytlilns on' .it'
the beaten path of their Uutl -s.
Iran servants must have n all e
efficiency. An E-t; n 'i h -;
would no rune t cf ;
the minor fiiin-tli.ua t.f t i i
of 'iu
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