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VOLUME XVIII.
FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY. DEOii'lDKiV 16. 1003.
NUMDEIv 50
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WINGS CF
At sunset, lib -3 th. rosy light III dying,
, tar dotrn tie pathway of the Weak.
I saw a lonely dove in ellcno flying
To beat ret. :
Pilgrim of air, I cried, could I but borrow
s, 'i'v wxmWIriR wltige, thy freedom bleat,
T1 fly away fiuuteViwy. sarctul eorrow
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Ami lad my rest.
Henry ran
BROTHER FELIPE'S IIEUORY.
It wm Tory generally weed In the
monastery that it could be nd difficult
matter tor Brother Felipe to forget the
world, v The difficulty for him would
have been to remember It: He could
not even remember the little worldly
calli which, even in a monastery, must
need be Darkened to from day to day,
and. though In themselves trivial are
yet, when properly responded to, of
no small use in keeping the deril at
bay. For example, the call to meals.
Fasting to the proper and enjoined ex
tent is an excellent thing; no brother,
not even Brother Antonio, would have
dared deny it. For by fasting the Desh
Is mortified, as it should be. But to for
get the times and ueaaons for the par
taking of food altogether, as Brother
Felipe sometimes did, is to go to ex
tremes. And when, as also sometimes
happened. Brother Felipe forgot when
he was, as matter of rotation, kitch
ener ftrr the day, the mortification I
other TPl rather than ot himself
was excessive.
" If he die not forget to prepare a
meal, Brother Felipe waa as Ukely as
noli to err on some other Bide of his
--memory. Such was the case when, be
ing engaged in the composition of a
- liquor for which the monastery was fa-
t mous throughout the province, he
used, quite unsuspected, soda by mis-
lake for sugar. Brother Antonio suf
fering from a sharp attack of rheum
which required In the abbot's opinion
as well an in Brother Antonio's a
warming draught, was the victim of
this monstrous brew. His words, as
he rushed from the buttery plucking
t his chest, which the torrid liquid
was burning from within, were such
as had never been dreamed of In that
unworldly place, and caused his broth -
' Broth' r Antonio did penance for the
words, as did Brother Felipe for the
brew. Brother Fe..pe did it without a
grumble. He deugbied in doing pen
ance another strange thing. . u
" Often he Implored something to be
yut upon him when from his confession
then was no need of It. Only It must
be borne In mind that ha never could
remember anything not even his sins.
"And that in Itself becomes a sin,"
. said the abbot upon one occasion. , ?
' "Punish me, therefore; punish tne,
Father," Felipe replied, and was given
his wish; though, It must be admitted,
if absent mindedness made him a sin
ner, it also prevented him from being
' a Sufferer, seeing that he usually for
got that what be was -uing was a
penance, and he had npne of the pangs
of conscience. Of this doubtless, the
Abbot was aware. V..V.
The others . often . Wondered what
Brother Felipe had been like In the
outside world.' They -themselves had
. been so different In some ways.. Not
In all, of course. Brother Antonio had
never hated meat and wins then any
" a than he did now. The difference
'that now be tried to oats them,
n tried to hats the past, and if
"poke pt It, which was sel
vnok ot It with feat and
e. onAhe'other hand,
tfiunderbolt once or
midst by 'speaking of
--he past with obvious
as beyond question.
bis b ,
of his li
;o, the only proofs
not unvtslted by
the devil in his youth being certain
suggestions of quick temper. Once
for nothing at all b bad knocked
a brother down, sign of deprwily.
Indeed, in anybody else but Brother
Felipe. Somehow it was, like its
cause, nothing at all in him, Ths ab
bot bad visited it mildly, plainly find
ing It impossible to punish overmuch
one who was beyond doubt as uncon
scious of bis sin at a summer tky that
a moment before bad been, streaked
with lightning. . '
Every one was agreed. In fine, that
Brother Felipe Was without guile. But
for bis wool gathering wits he might
have been a saint , Also but tor what
follows. . ' ' '
It 1 possible,' though not easy, to
forget the world at ad times except
one. That Is in time of war, It the
enemy thunders on, one's gates, he
brings the world with him. Neither
prayers nor excommunications ean
keep blm out. And so, one might say,
a captain la stronger than the devil
himself, who is r-ot, at least at his
ess in a holy place. . If this be any
excuse for what Brother "Felipe did,
I let It be told in his favor.
It was after the melting ot the snows
In the year 180. You know the events
f t that year? The arch enemy Napo
i on had thrown his men, with equal
: lain find cunning, into the Penin
e 'a, and the Spaniards, remembering
t r glory, had risen. Skirmishes, be-
1 win-lit defeats, victories, all
' the patriots had tasted, and It
s t ty one of the last briefly, since
i ! u no piiu-e fur the details of the
that (.pt. HeTpolet, with 400
. i- I v.
h htinpor and tie-
f
i the Frwh main
i B 1 l 1 them
t 3 V. 'f could
" '- v. i any
, t .) l..t,.r!.
t: . r .
A DOVE.
But when the dunk Mmy Tell wee weaving,
uae ctttue idm aove, to BeeK ner nest.
Peep i o tu forest where her mate waa grlev
iit
i u ore wu true rest,
Peace, heart of mlae! bo longer sigh to
r wanaert
' Lose not thy Ufa In fruitless quest,
There are so hspry. Islands over yonder)
liom. some ant teak
byke, in "The Builders, and Other Poema."
t
Brother-Pedro, sent on an errand Into
the uttia, bad come back with the sound
of trumpets In his ears, bounds of
firing, too, to make the world seem
furiously near. The abbot might ex
hort to prayer and fasting; he might
speak of vows In which neither war
nor rumora'of war had any part But
the tidings came kept coming. Only
they knew so little that the first cot
tages ot Calls d'EtftW Were In flames
and smoke steaming p from the val
ley before the brothers knew that a
detachment of (be French army was al
ready there. '
"And about to march npon the mon
astery, my Father," cried the peasant
who first cam to them. After Jones
it was already these Frenchmen who
feared neither God nor devil they
would arrive before dusk, having, it
seemed, utterly detest ad the Spanish
soldiers.
"Yon are sure that we are defeated?"
asked the abbot, forgetting in his
trouble that ha and the brothers bad
no part nor side with earthly armies.
The peasant swore to that, and to
many other things, and those that
came after him, awutly, swore to tne
same; Therefore It was clear to the
abbot that tor the time being work
must take the place of prayer. There
werp precious and sacred things In the
monastery that must be moved away
and bidden till the danger was past
Uvea, too, , though they were vowed
away from the world, must not be giv
en over to these Dating soldiers. "Rag. '
Ing and drunk with wine and blood,"
the peasants said. The abbot besUrred
himself, and the brothers did likewise.
Btrangely enough, only Brother Fe
ipe, who in bis moments of Jorgetful-
ness was wont to spea" vorld as
present and""'
ot th .""hJ
-i.iinot an enlu y
thln&,Mrshowsi no Interest in thi
tidings of battle that had been broughtt
up and bandied from tongue to tongue
for these many days past Som had
thought it a sign of grace In him, as
indeed. It would have been In any oth
er, -But most of the brothers opined
that Felipe bad no mind for these
things. The sound of a musket would
go Into on ear with himand out of
the other, just as th sound ot the din
ner ball would. '.:
'Ani now that h has been given
paint box," said Brother Antonio, not
without envy, "he require nothing in-
sld of blm.- ......
He referred to the Illuminating ot a
missal, which had of late been set as a
task to Brother Felipe In lieu of the
kitchener's work which should have
been bit lot tor the week. ' This by
special petition of all the brothers, ,
Brother Felipe liked hit painting. Be
sat in 4 windowed alcove ot th ball,
tucking hit brush for hours together,
the missal before him, and who knows
where hit wltt were? He was sitting
Ilk this when the tidings of the
Frnch marauder cam, and through
all th bustl be tat on. No on dis
turbed him, because there wa much
to be done, and little time te do It, and
that being so, Brother Felipe wa not
accounted helpful So little Urn was
there, Indeed, what with the burying of
some ot the weightier things in the
grounds outside the monastery and the
collecting ot the chalices and precious
candlestick for pottage, that by th
time all was ready, and the' abbot bad
assembled bit flock In the rear ot the
great hall and unlocked the secret door
into the passage that leads out on to
the hills a mil away, there came to
th car of all the most frantic shouts
and roaring ot that shameless ballad,
the "Marseillaise," showing that the
French were at hand. Luckily they J
sioppea i or utile to nre tne outouna
Ings, at It was found afterward.
"Let ua fly!" cried torn of the weak
er brothers. But the abbot raised bit
hand.
"Be strong and' of good spirit," said
ha, "Ar all present?" '-'
"Brother Felipe It sUll at his paint
ing," cried several together. , :s
' "Brother Antonio will fetch him,"
said the abbot calmly. "The rest will
proceed. First ot all, those carrying
the chalice." ,,
A pungent smoke was wrapping
that other end of the hall where Broth
er Felipe sat at his task all unconscious
and It busked Brother Antonio's voice
aa he came near and called,
"Hasten, Felipe, hasten- W ere go
ing Instantly. Th French are on
Brother Fellp looked up.
"Bor be said. "I wlU come."
But he made no attempt to come. It
might have been no more than the
summons to dinner. Antonio thought
bitterly and shouted again, "Come, lose
no time."
"Tee," said Brother Felipe, amlay.
Ar Brother Antonio, as he fled back
through the smoke to the aooot, who
was aware that Brother Felipe was
attll sitting at his missal and three
Frenchmen k-vambllng la at the win
dows with drawn swords.
The rest the sbbot saw before closing
the secret door behind himself and the
brothers,
froth r r ' w -1 h t ovr his
missel, painting steadily.
"Are you slive, p's!" a ' I t e 1 -1-er
of the r rem limcn.
"Yes,
i'-t!y ss
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F.ni 1 F tdipe, s-
ti t
other An
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been called captain, Dazed, Brother
Felipe looked for a. moment TJien
like a man waked from sleep his eyes
lightened.
"Brother!" he said tad this time hi
said it with a terrible vole
"Phllllpe!" 'Ci
It was the Frenci c5ts!a who salrf
this and In his turn looked dazed. But
Brother Felipe spoke very slowly:
"I thought that I had killed you,
Louis, and there was do mors for me
to do In ths world. Are you raised
from the dead?
A cloud ot smoke curled In at that
moment, and for that moment the ab
bot waa blinded. Only be heard a
scream from the Frenchman, shriller
than that last and from Brother Fe
lipe no word. Then the smoke cleared.
The French captain was on the stone
floor, his bead beaten In with the stool
which Brother Felipe held still in bis
band. He held It as a shield now, for
the other two were upon him, and at
the window a swarm of French con
scripts, yelling for vengeance for ti,2
dead captain. It teemed to the abbot
that Brother Felipe was no longer a
monk now, but soldier, who would
die bravely. , -j
. Very noiselessly, therefore, he gave
the sign-to those within the passage
to advance, and himself shut the door
upon that fight V. C. Fry, lit Black
and White.
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English Company Issues Policies
Against the On Dlsess. i ,
Insurance against appendicitis hat
been undertaken , by th Royal Ex
change Assurance company of Eng
land, which will Issue policies at th
rate of 11.25 year for every $500.
The bolder Is guaranteed all th med
ical, surgical and nursing expenses up
to th amount Insured. In comment
ing upon this Impolitic policy, Lancet
wonders bow the applicant can an
swer th Question, "Havo you or any
of your family ever suffered from ay.
pendlcitia or from any of the symp
toms pertaining to it?" What la
meant by "family." and Is a pain is
the bellv a avmntnn nf hla itlaeiua
onlyt Moreover, hat th patient th
requisite medical knowledge eitho
himself or bis family to give a
mating answer?
The ln"" .crlm-
pany's leaflet says nuic com-
15,000 oiterationsVot during 1901
the United Ki"' er performed la
Were th"-usdom for appendicitis,
world V ,o go many : In the whole
h" jThe comnanr estimates that
JVut 1 in 00 per annum w"l
f lacked by the disease. But wcuia in
rate: be the tarn In the United State
with Its appendiceal beliefs as Im
Mervatlve England T And then bor
about all the other ailments and aocl
dents which t may happen to, on
TherV are A thousand ways In which
one mar be sick or die; should the
prudent tean nek secnr a policy for
each one orthem? This would in time
result ID distinct term ot monomania,
a morbophobla which might be called
insurance disease, Could the compa
nies devise a policy for these afflicted
ones? American Medicine.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS., -
t A child ot t should weigh (1 pounds,
be 41 1-1 inches In height and have a
chest girth of 23 1-4 Inches,
A large part of the tropical fruit
sed In the United States It raised by
th transportation companies which
bring it :: ;v ' v.
Out of the 13,500,000 people In Mex
ico lest than 1,000,004 can read, though
the first printing press in the world
was set up In Mexico.
- An economic centts of the town ot
York, England, showed that 3.000 out
of the 70,000 Inhabitants live habitually
below the etarvatlon line. .; ; ,-.
When accomplished the Romanlza
tlon of th Japanese language will put
th final touch ot victory to th revo
lution begun 40 year ago. ( ' --j
The exports of American flour to
Hong Kong In 1891 were 457,690 bar
rels, and in 1901 1,198,893 barrels an
Iter ot 941401 barrel. .
Owing to th Berlin hansoms baring
India rubbor tires, complaint was made
of danger to th public, and they bare
now been Supplied with bells.
George Wharton of Repaupo, N. J.,
has a swarm of beet under the eaves
of bit bouse that has produced a bun
dred pounds ot honey this season. .
The wagon's of the London Ore com
pany are to be supplied with bells to
that the firemen will no longer be com
pelled to utter cries to clear the street
The Yellowstone Park proper Is one
third larger than Delaware and the ad
Joining government reserves make an
area nearly equal to that ot New Jer
sey. - . '
' The Bashl-Basouk shaves his bead
I except a tuft at the crown, which is to
be used Dy tne angel to jera mm to
Paradise if he should be slain by his
Intended victim.
The latest statistical estimates to
the German empire place the popula
tion at 58,549,000. From these figure
it appeara that th population baa In
creased 1.46 percent In the last year.
' A Hungarian bride at Vlsegrad, nar
Budapest, cue near losing her life
through using a celluloid comb. Hav
ing come into contact with the flame of
a candle, it sot fire to her clothes: her
huHbivnd hoard her crloa and succendoJ.
In saving her; but both had to be t.k
en to tne hofiplial.
The expcriiiMMiis of Onnart svmH
ciH'3 la the r;u. :nir of cotton In C.i'r-
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ON F02 SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE BY THE
REV. Dt,D. WsoLAURIN.
abject! Lot) f.nd the Vl.lon of Cdii-Lore'
k, JathaOa' Interpreter of the Kingdom
""'of Heaven, of All tUe Spiritualities-
; The Bldtlle of teif. ,
' BROOKLTit, N. Y. Sunday morning, in
ft, John's Mi E, Church, the Kev. Dr.
Ifontld D. WacLaUriil, pantor of tua Boo
Ond Baptist Church) Kochaateri Breached
to the usited tongreratioda the fjrtal aer
fion lit a teriea of eight oil "III Greatcat
Thin Id the World." Hit Ipecial Subject
waa "Love and the Vision oi Hod) or, the
Eye That Seci All Wondem." The text
waa from I Corinthiana xiii:13: "For sow
we ee in a mirror dark!y, but then face
to face." Dr. MaeLaurin said:
' Lot ia the onlr interureter of Ond. Wa
aw last Sunday that to love only are di
vine revelation! made, and that to perfect
Wve only can psr.Vt dlivic rivc!ourei be
made. The converse truth is aqmllv valu
sble, namelr: "That love ia the only inter-
areter ol God, of all in the kingdom of
od, et all spiritualities. Nor mint you
think that tliit ia itrang or aroitraiy. We
have aeught m all nr aerviees t siaeaver
the analogy between the law of the spirit
ual realm and the lawe with whiat. wa are
familiar,
a You will find that this, aaraalyt That
love ia th only interpreter, ia part of the
ditciplins of Ufa in every direction, as
some One has well said I "Love acea farth
est, hears quickeet add feels dee peat." -
Two illustrations of that proposition
have been given; one witli regard to the
realm of nature. Let aa say that two men
n journeying through your beautiful
f ark; one aeea th genera conformation,
he general outline of street and sweep of
field and ahimmering lake, and he notice
that there are treea bordering the drives
and walks, but that is nil. He has his
eyes chiefly ea th ground. He does not
bear the birds; or, if he does, it is not to
discern one songster from another. Now
take the other. This man not only sees
the general conformation nt. ths landscape,
the general plan of ths artist who laid it
Out, but he sees the treea, he sees, he dis
tinguishes one from another. He notes
tne nowers mat spring; be notes not only
is enriched ia bis mind and heart.
nas mane me ainerence Between y
men? The one h.)-snd..fa
f nature. F -
cause he lo" l etofnui. ..
ture k
-r tire is kindi
disc
si. and so aba makei
.at the other man does
Uf.jnf .7ory: WWJ
pond and lake snd the reflected oveVlrani I 5i a VT ' StJI
tag foliage snd is ministered to by fcem. 'ty , 4nd.h ?
At th .nrf nf th. i.. th. I love h.iht. H. is inconceivable to me. I
'MS"
o men visit th Metropolitan Museum
j j i . ' I
i an, aim ni eay 10 vuuee wuu uj i
ot have seen those art treasures. It is
worth a visit and much study. One ol I
these men Tarries through it in s perfunc
tory way. u, ne notices were are large
f utures snd small ones, but he baa no
im. for those little bit. of paintings that
adore the walla. If then ia a big gilt
frame on One of the picture., he admire,
it greatly, but it ia a bore, and he harries
out, and wonders why people find so much
in the art galleries of the world. The
other man discovers in aome sin all piece
the product of a master, and b stand,
entranced befor it for noun; snd yo
will see bis .yes suffused with tsar, and
If you notice you will see his lip is tremu
ous. He pay. no attention to th. fr tc;
he sees ths seal at the artist, and b. is
profoundly stirred. 1 have seen men all
in tean before some masterpiece in th.
galleriee of Europe: their soul finds th.
soul of th. artist. They interpret him in
hia finest moods; Cey bav. com to know
him.
fiuch men eome nearest te interpreting
the Creator, Himself; for of all th. sons
of men none stand higher than th. artist.
He who can take s piece of raw material,
a piece of ordinary canvas, and make it
ripple like a river, make it roar like th.
mighty ocean, carrying s ship full rigged
npon its bosom; a man who ean make it
blossom into a rose, or who ean paint upon
it s battle seen., preserving the heroism
and valor of men; a man who ean, by
color, lay before you all that ia beautiful,
all that is divine in th. world, surely
stsnds tint among the son. of God, and
nearest to the Maker Himself in that b.
ia S creator. ' . .
The lover of art see this. To blm thee
tilings are disclosed, while th man who
does not love sees little. Ths same ia true
between men. To whom do you disclose
yourself f Who ia sbl. to interpret you?
Ths man who bates youf Surely not. He
is always misreading you, misinterpreting
your motives. It ii the man who loves
yon. He interprets you, be know. you.
i 6o 1 think ths proposition ia justified
that Jove is the only interpreter ot God.
Tola brings, me to th. first point I desire
to bring to you thi. morning, namely, this:
That there is a time in the life of every
ntan when be ha no vision of God and
spiritual realities. I wish you to mark
that. There is s tims in th. lift of every
than when be has no vision of God and
spiritualities. It covers aU that period
of his dife during which he Is unrcgener
ate, when there ia absolutely no vision of
God snd spiritual realities. The Apostl
faul will justify that assertion, tor you
will find him wring in this same epistle,
that "th. natural man perceivetb not the
tilings of the apjrit of God, for they are
foolishness unto him, snd he cannot know
them because they ar apiritually Judged."
The nature! man is not in the realm in
Which he can interpret spiritual realities.
This mysterious force in. the orgaai
kingdom w. call hfe. - Who know the or
gam. kingdom we call hfef Who knows
what it ia? But we know it is there, snd
ws know it weaves bodies in which jt
dwells) that it is a miracle snd that it per
forms miracles of trannformation . V We sr.
acquainted with it. iThey would not call
it a miracle were they to know what it is.
When lite is busy, it ia performing these
transformations, but th. atom cannot un
derstand the results of life forces; they are
foolishness unto it. They sn utterly con
trary to ail it lute ws nf the operation in its
kingdom; - -
Now. do vou know there is another king
dom f A third kingdom. Which is above
tb organic snd in which all higher life
faftea dwell: a third kinedom whuee fore.
is the spirit of th. living God. - And until
Stnan has com. into th lit of that kmg
o'm evervthinff that we aav tranauiree in
ft is foolishness to him' in th. '"natural,
klngdomjust as Paul says, "For tb. nat
ural man reeeiv.th not the things of th.
.tiitit of Ood, for they are foolishness unto
hnn, and be cannot know them, for they
are apiritually judged." H. has not en
tered that third kingdom. He does not
know its law. He doea not understand its
r' tnomena; in fact, he doea not see them.
,t(iica things! "ty. hath not aeen, nor
r beard, neither nave entered into the
heart of man, the things" What things,
l'aulf "The thinea that God has prepared
for them that love Him." 6o there ia a
time when there ia absolutrlv no vision of
(ioil, and no vision of spiritual realities,
Snd it is vastly valuable that men both la
tne church and out of it shall recngnire
that greet fact. Had men out of the
ehurch discovered that great fact, they
Would have been saved from many failures,
aa Boliiiy Jinrns in another connection
sav: "It wad frae mony a bludcr free us,
anl foolish notion."
. Kut uniil a nmn has been touched by
tlie fin.'.-r of (ioii will his ears be oi.fntj
to the imrmomes of the third kirn hm;
not until his cvps have haii the vwnn oi
that knrinm and Ihb hart made c
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havi come Bp, ffke Hfm, to meet the hosts
out of arait ti'ihiilBticiis, it my be, having
our robes' Washed ami indite white in the
blood of the Lamb. Till then'i guoii-tyi .
That 'which they had was a metal poitsheq
on one surface; sometimes of silver, but
usually it was a round piece of metal pol
ished as well aa they eon Id do it, to which
was Sttficlipd S handle. Now, you can see'
such ft mirror Wouiti njt tcflert clearly, as'
our splendid mirrors' rt0(tli imaees that
were before itv Now it is that furnished
the Apostle Paul with this striking Mitt
tration: "For now we see in s mirror, in
riddle."
Why, the gospel itself, ia ss camera ob
scure, in. which w see reflected the things
of eterjtit', What we see ia not the thing
itself, but only, the reflection of it. What
w se cannot be the thibg itself, but only
the reflection 01 it. That l What the gos
pel iai The fourfold gospel does not give
us the living Christ) it Only give the inw
age of the living Christ. It is imperfect i
so far as man has had part in it, and in a
far as the reflector will give only an im
perfect image of the reality, and w must
never forget the fact that what ws ar
looking upon in spiritual things ia not th
objecui themselves, but only the reflec
tions. Nor must we forget that the def)
nition is made enigmatic, that the objects
look like riddle to im also, because the. eye
of the soul has not a clear vision. What wa
see, depends on what onr heart is. How1
often w are troubled by th mists snd
togs that trise from ths lower levels of our
own Uvea, How often you sod I know
what it is to be loet in the fog that settle
dowa upon us as the racing yacht Were
lost the other day in their final reach for
the goal; utterly lost, hidden themselves
snd bidden from all about them) and like
th challenger, w are apt to get out of
our Courts and lose time in the race for ths
goal. So w must not forget that both th
mirror and the eye that sees contribute to
ward the enicmaa oi our bio and th nls
maa that surround us.
Let ua look for s moment or two at
life's riddles ss thev relate to God Him
self. Now, I bav s deal of sympathy for
th mulUtudea of men who and it hard to
see God. They bear from the pulpit ot
"God's omuiae-ance. Hia mniDreeenee. Hia
eternity, He fills immensity, God is spirit."'
Now, what sort of sn ides ean a maa get
from these descriptions of th Eternal?
And be hears, "Yon must love God," that
tne sum total ol the gospel in s word, so
is concerned, is mis, mou
mage of Him. I cannot
w(l Utl OaI-- Jti'
tn know 1 1 mi III nil (mil
God understands this s heaptfettcr
Vineny theologians do. 8o He said,
T-Utteranc ot God," the WokL shall
AAma isitA human
relations; He shall take
.1 ... it. .h.n A.
i lar mm uuit
iflCon Him, the nature
end tne ladder oi divinity, emptying
mself, until He reaches th. lowr rungs
I ' it. .k.ll 1. th.
OR ouulBiiiir, Hutu aunu imw.w u
valley ol human me- so tnai men can loucn
nia. that men ean hear His voice, so
thst mtD caa look opon Hia face snd in
rfne Him and in touching Him and in
seeing Him, they ahaU bear and touch snd
to living uoa.
n.j -. i L. ..... h. j.
van miiHii uv tun uj maj j -,.."
no mirror km enoush to reflect Him, and
erven ia that which is "the express image
of His person, th. Christ 1 bav been
talking about, we have been seeing, as I
said only s moment ago, only the reflection
ot Him. W do not see Jeans; we only
see the image of Jeans in this fourfold or
fivefold mirror, the New Testament I am
saying this te order to relievo, skeptic
minds of real difficulties. I am saying this
to relieve Christians of real difficulties.
The one tiiiug w. need to cultivate above
all els la sincerity. W. should not say
that w ses God when we do not. We
should not pretend to have larger vision,
than ws possess. When it is impossible
tor us to have a dean, clear cut definition,
we should simply wait and realize with the
Apostle Paul that what we see is really in
a mirror, and makes it look like riddle, to
n. very often. sv.t..,.,,4
W. an puzzled over th. mystery of th.
incarnation. How could God com. down
snd cloth. Himself in sa infant of day..
Our unenlightened friends sn trying hard
to aiuninete tne miraej oi tea incarnauon
from theology. They had better reaure
thtr limlta- thero era tinea in th. imafffl
we cannot understand. Th. mystery of the
Trinity, Who can comprehend that august
doctrine f We must simply wait. Then
are so many things we cannot . compass
that if We try to we than find ourselves
hntuIaaaVr landed (n the fniM. Wa lost
wtnt to remember that what w. bare, even
in th Jtibls, ss nly a mirror is wtuca wa
see, ss only In s riddle, th. realities.
. Now let aa notice again life's riddle, s
they relate themselves to ourselves. What
strange creatures we are. What strange
things yon and 1 sometimes dol How un
accountably we sometime act I v Wast rid
dies we are to ourselves I Can vou under
stand why von took a liven course theJ
other day! Vou step aside frem your own l
Ideal! as a your own preaetermi nations, as
to what your career should be. Can you
understand why you mid those things th.
other day? Why you were so blind as to
do those things? How often men bav. said
to me, "I eannot understand myself; I do
not understand why I did that thing. Why,
really, 1 cannot explain it. zoa cannot,
unaaved rjeraon. von eannot explain why
you r'v " in a .tat of alienation from
God. It what th. Bible says is true, there
i. pending over you sn endlea. hell, or
there is availing lot you an endless bf. of
blias. Now, would you not think that such
alternatives, a aingaom or wram, open
to you, vou would settle th. great ques
tion f Why, som. of you have lived for
sixty yean with th. greatest problem in
th aniverss still unsolved. It has been
my privileg to deal with I great many
men who had lived until they were thirty
or-forty or fifty years old, snd many pt
tnem have ssid, I eannot understand why
I did not yield before. - What riddle
an to ourselvaal How strangely we act I
. How often men fail in their strongest
pointl Why, you would say, for instance,,
that sa Elijah would never b found s
quaking coward, whining under a juniper
tree; a nian.who could defy th. king and,
ki ta mm Hefv tha woman, th. wif.
of the king, falling down and saking that
b. might die. Elijah ia not the only one.
Borne nien that you know have failed, when
they failedr in their very strongest point.
What an enigma v areto ourselves. Who
can understand himeell? I would give
more to know my ow lf than all .Is
beside, save Uod ana Jesus mrist. -
lMw at th eniema of so many lives.
Take, for intance, the problem of personal
suffering. Why is it that then a .o much
suffering f Why is it that some of the best
people are crucilled so awfully! Why ia it
that aom. of th. most refined soula bav.
the arrows driven furtheat into their quiv
ering hearts! Do you know why? Can
you explain it! Can you explain the re
verses that enme, and eome to th very
Ko.t nf neonle! Do vou know why aome
of the noblest of men and women are re
duced from comtort, trom arnuence,
th,n,rli th meanness of their own chil
dren or through the rascality of truated
frienili, to almost penury!
I know s woman of a refined, aensitiv
spirit, who has been for more than a third
of a century cruciiied to a wooden man.
bome preacher, of course herself consent
ing, more tiian a third ol century united
her to that wooden man. I am not draw
ing upon my imagination; X have them
r J,t. in m minil: I know them. Not only
a blockhead of a man, but a man with a
wnodeo heart, .lust the onwaite ot ma
wu. in hr asiiiiationa. r- uiement and
(ntiBitivini""S. it whs bird t'-r nie all the
time 1 ku. iv th-m n"t to il.--i.i-e hn as I
would a u and 1 t..mk t.-. otry and
d-u 'Mir ii.d siim'-t t'- -e their own
f .. r as t - f would d"l a cur, Knw,
v hv was
.it WUIIWHl Cl'';
1 to that
:d t l r,
known, and what I have a! .filer is true.
One of the most faithful in the ehurch,
loyal to the pastor, foremost in missionary
work and one of the most noble souls I
knew, and I am not sun but that there ia
the relation ef cause and affect. Is not
that wooded Bisrt the cause of th. beauty
of her character! Ha not hi. imperfec
tion of nature, his coarseness driven that
soul to communion with Him who Is the
chief among ten thousand snd th. On al
together lovely!' And has not her eontac
With His transformed her into His like.
newt, whom sh. love., not having aeen!
May it Dot be that we grow in .pit of
our weights, snd thst these deprivations,
these sltlkitions, this bard disposition, if
you please, may it not b that they ere
WM.ii.hta ,nfjknHd tit develotl US into tbS
larger manhood snd the greater nobilitie
ot th. eoulT lioos tt Jesus unnsi.
story in brief is the incarnation, is ths
ministry, is Getheeman., is the cross, is
th. grave . Would Jesus ever bav. become
th world's Saviour bad He not known
Gethseman snd the agony of th. cross!
Could He have touched the heart, th. sore
hean of the world, had He not gotten
down to the very loweit depths snd felt
again snd again ths iron in His sensitive
soulf '-'t ' ' ;- -'-V '''' '
It may M, fellow sufferer, it may b.
gentle woman, that your deprivation, that
your losses, your heart disappointments
will minister to your transformation and
to your final exultation, until you snail
be in spirtiusl stature abut to stand even
shoulder to shoulder with th. Man who
wa. acquainted with sorrows and griefs.
atb on His thron.." We shall see mm.
V shall km Him face to face. Every
problem will b solved. W sbeU be wiOi
Him forevermore. ; -.-- .
Beloved, we will never all meet together
ner2, but ws may all rt together yon
der. We will never all se each other,
therefor, bars. Let ua eo hv. that w
ball all se each other yonder, when w.
h.. like Him. ta meet the boats
trat pf girest tribulVlons, it may be, having
our rone, wasnvu aim uiu
blood oi the Lamb. Till then, good-bye.
' now, m conciugtiuii, men
Ing whea w ibaU hv tht ptrfect riwom
r or now wo wn ui miiiwi 1
it . . . M ,
A young girl fifteen yeara ol im,
laughter loving, happy Christian girl, was
suddenly thrown upon a bed of severe sick
ness; indeed, all on. aide was totally per
alvxed and sh. was stricken inW almost to
tal blindness. Her family Ahysicisn, sfter
making a very careful examination, said to)
tn. Borrowing iricnua, aw;
peek uuve, uvwi I 'f . i
-wy 'sa respo ip, xwtor, now
1V1I1IZ IlttM
is not true
I shall see th. King in
so, beiovoa. onr orn 0.7. '-T r.
Your best days and mine, the dayi when
an uw tniata ,-r-,i
ths douds have been dissipated by the
II J TT;- Vua Am jrhfl Alt tM
sninmg m. a -... "7", " j day
whSw ahaU we the King in His beauty.
tlOall sWlTsIs WWTCU, UVW V' w j
LVi!" ht .n it im not ret mtda
Swb.-.h,U:".kn.w
that if US mil 0. maniiesHra """""i,
like Him. for w. shall se Him even aa He
is. Ton snd I to be like Him who neeaetn
not to b. tow sDont ...- - Ya
wns WSS in man- ,7. i
Him, who was independent of ravy.
all material substances snd forces! Xou
and I to b like Him who on the Mount of
Traneflguratlon ahone eo that the disciples
j i.j .1 .U. anl.ndnr oi HI.
wore owwu i.e.- ...
..a v 1 1 1. t, litre Him
Tjoh. w .""that vS.nih,pany
""1. j j t. i... h.k . the Rrh e. von-
ncoraeo.n vu .... fY.Lr ii.' ttim
Cer in siorr. xo -r
who ha overcome and ia now ntting on
h throne 01 tne umvenre.
lie has said. "He that overcometh wiU I
!iv to sit with Me on My inrone,
also overcame and am sst down with My
. ' a.1.. mmm ceft lies
Alany men iw "Y: , ,
fa ths ordinary epttio. of that term.
Xheur wnoio uie nir u .
never breaths snything but falsehood, Md
vat wey.eouie iue.y vu. ---
M convict xnera ip v..-
faavma told a lie. Truth is s matter of ths
r." :VLZ. ..h hi.. in anirlL OUr-
pose, wbat w would do if w 1 could; snd
n man know, what h. would do if h
could. We a, the victims of our own ig-
noranoe; we cannot measure ""-
man .hall aav. "I know I .hould nv Co
that." H may b. talking the Unguag. ot
a fool; th adequate temptation V"S
assailed him, ha ha. never been locked
riTi.TMnm.n( which mean, fail-
tag Si that particular direction. Truthful.
neas is a natter 01 tons sa wen .
.1 .... t.ll a fas without
trumr nst n trw oiu
snd depW iwnetntmg quertipn. M.n
Uugh Ii..; shrug U,
gest Ties. A man may tell lies to htmsell.
Whan M thta pertect man wno
gospel, no ainnity 01 ministry.- u
from heaven, no tragio croaaf - Joseph
Parker. - ' - . -v
AJMMi Wth Ood. -
r ,. j t. frh. lit. rt uner
X OUT UW mm., - -
man and every woman, however different
they Sr irom one anumer, wn ... .
Him. In Him there is th. perfectnes. of
.very occupation; th. perfect trading, the
perfect housekeeping, th. perfect handi
craft, the perfect school teaching, they ar
ail in xxim. in mm ij '"i",1
of that incomplete act which you did yes
terday. In Him lay the posaibls holmes.
Him lie th. shaolut. purity and loftiness
of that worsnip wnicn wo n ""'"'"
have stained so with impurity and baae-
. . - ti: A H ih. nerfer-t
neaa. id v w e t j
idea of life, and of .very action of hfe, an
and then go lonn, ana ov aim aw.ua".
fulfil it. that i. th. New Testament con
ception of a strong, successful life. How
imnl. and how eioriou. it isl Phillips
Brooks. - -: -
tin Dally Lira.
A few people live their lives lik. S novel,
ti.. .h.fe .v.rv fhantitr haa a beanns
on the wheela and that a continuous
thread run through all. But moat of us
pas. our day. aa it we thought them a vol
ume of ahort atoriea, which hare not nccesa.
aarily any connection with each other.-
James Weber Linn.
, ,"' 1 - ' ' ' '
KITE8 AS WAR ENGINES.
Used for 8hlps to Tsk Photograph
f From Great Height.
The kite, which used to b regarded
a a mere toy. Is now In constant nse
fof making meteorollglcal observa
tion In the upper regions of the at
mosphere.
But the kite used for scientific pur
poses la a very different Instrument
from the Bat linen arrangement which
Is often such a source of sorrow to
over-expectant boyhood. The modern
kite will sail at a distance from th
earth of a mile or more, and requires
a small engine to coll up Its metal
string and bring It back to terra firma.
A number of kites have been or
dered by the admiralty for use dmlng
the summer maneuvers, and It Ii the
intention, we understand, to srm these
kites with cameras so that views may
be taken, from great helfcMB.
riiotosrraphy for purposes of ' war-
fure Is not a now d"a. A long aro ss
the yenr l!i'i7 tlie lute R. Woodbury
pft.".W
till
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FOB VAIN AND PLAIN.
THE INTERESTING PROCE83 OF
MAKING AN AMERICAN MIRROR.
Foreign Competition M.t Th Servlc
; of Expert Workmen Largely Re
f. quired Through AH of th Many Op
eration Selecting th Glaa Mir
ror of th Ancient.
When one .tops to think that there
Ii acarcely a family In this country to
pcor but that there I within the bome
a mirror, the Importance of the Indus
try of producing mirror In the Unit
ed States I at once tppareut In the
average household much of the furni
ture It fitted with mirrors, from the
dresser ot the bedroom to the bat
rack In the ball, To supply this' de
mand for mirrors an army of skilled
workmen find employment, and the
way they produce these goods la, like
all work tn glass, Interesting.
The quality of the glass which goe
to make mirror it an essential con
sideration. For the superior beveled
mirrors the One plate , glast it used,
and also more work Is required to
produce the finished article. A good
quality or well-chosen pleoe of glass It
required to make a really good mirror
ot any kind. However, there may be
defect In the glass at it come to the
mirror-maker's hands, but these, It not
too serious, may be removed, A good
ly part ot the labor la mirror making
comet to perfecting the glass used.
Both tcratchet and stain must be re
moved at far at possible,
At the time of the selection, a black
cloth It placed behind the glass which
it ia desired to use. The inspector!
look, through the glass at an angle
which enable them to quickly dis
cover all delect.' When the prepara
tion ot the glast is begun all scratches
are r.wtlrllT removed hv holding It
"P011 "JHfrisht buffing wheel?
I COY
fed with felt, after which tt la
A horizontal popiyon while the
mains are removed with what it
known as a "blocking machine." As
In the work of smoothing blanks for
cut glas. these operations require
skilled labor, and It Is in the labor that
the biggest Item ot mirror making
come In. A novice could easily spoil
a fine piece ot glast at numerous stag-
of the operations required. An or
dinary mirror, not a beveled one. of
course. Is. following the removal - of
scratches and stains, ready for it coat
of ailver, '
. Plate glast to be made Into beveled
good It held wralnst a horltontal iron
roughing wheel, which, in conjunction
with aand and water, glvea to It the
desired bevel shape, though several
subsequent operations ar required to
adequately polish it The second op
eration with beveled glast ' ia per
formed with aa emery wheel, which
serves to remove the sand and further
clean and prepare the surface. Next
comet a borisontal grindstone, and
then the wooden polishing wheel with
pumice stone. The buffing wheel
with rouge npon it brightens the glass,
after Which It 1 altogether ready tor
the silver solution which ia to reflect
the light.
There are different methods and dif
ferent solutions employed upon the
backs of mirror. The use In silver
baa to quite an extent taken the place
of the former methods ot diatrCrutlng
mercury. It ia claimed that the tunpsaJujnAjnuBlcHnd w11TlMrVerdtasbut will
of mercury ar unwholesome lor tne
workmen. In the second place, the
newer methods provide tor a more
rapid production - of mirror, aim,
where sliver Is used, as It Is today, in
place of mercury, a greater percent ot
light I reflected. '
One of the earliest methods tor put
ting quicksilver upon glast consisted
In first placing sheet ot tin foil npon
the surface while the glast lay in a
horizontal position. . When the tin toll
bad been tightly pressed down to the
glass It was next covered by quicksil
ver, which 'mediately- formed an
amalgam with th tin.Tha superfluous
mercury was then run oft and a wool
en cloth spread over the surface, upon
which weight were applied and al
lowed to remain for at least 24 hours.
The glast wat then removed to a
table with a movable top admitting ot
gradually Increasing, thus 1 allowing
the unamalgamated mercury to tlowly
drain off, the remainder always ad
hering closely to the glast. Wbea dry
a fine quality of shellac la applied by
means of fine brushes. This It to
keep out the moisture. After the back
bat beea fully protected the mirror I
considered ready, for a general clean
ing and brightening np, and eventual
ly a trip to the thousands of marts,
where mirrors are eagerly sought by
tain and plain people alike.
Mirror making upon an expensive
scale date back little more than 200
year, though the use of amalgam for
the purpose ws known long before.
Rude glass mirrors were made nrst in
Italy, "about 600 years ago. One- of
these since has occupied a place in
Holyrood Palace in the apartment of
Queen Mary. In the European Muse
um there are relic of the very earliest
forms of mirrors. Including those of
the Egyptians, which were of bronce
and which later came to be used by
the Greeks and Romans.
It ia not difficult to Imagine bow
easy It would be tor any civilized man
In any age to conceive the Idea ot
some kind of mirror. All about us In
nature reflections of ourselves are
a common occurrence, indeed, history
tells us that even in civilized age man
has dopended upon water as a mirror,
AlthotiKh the InduBtry of mirror man-
Inn upon an extensive scale Is of such
recimt origin, It did not. lil-e bo many
lndui'rlos of that day, first ume
proportions in America, To England
1,,,!,, 1 t tne credit for this, and It
datt'S Irmn 1CT3.
The im ports ot plate erlasg for nilr-
ro'4 f 1 it 1 n no !.:ne e
do-
, 1 ll I'M i V o 1 t
v i.h h Blsova tl' I"-
i j (.', i (f '
la nui .-115. 1 r ' " '
l',iC si ! '
t ! d 1- ' r !
f 1
I
practically all the German plate Im
port are now also , unsllvred. In
1900 which is the last year concerning
which the government has published
mirror statistics, the Imports -' of pol
ished and silvered . Imports to the
United States amounted in value to
but about 112,000. The polished and
unsllvered amounted to but ,226,295.
Philadelphia Record
' SOUSA'S RAGTIME TALK.
Says Syncopation la Poetry to Hit Ed.
': ' . . ucateoj Ears,
; "Ragtime will never die. As long aa
Faust' is sung ragtime will be played,"
aid Philip Sous one day recently. He ,
was standing In the lobby of the Andl- '
torlum Hotel. Near by, sayt the Chi
cago Chronicle was a group of women'
admiring bis every gesture. ' !'.
"Ragtime fad r" b asked, and
there wa surprise in his voice. "Rag
time will never die." Tne composer
flicked a speck of dust from bis coat
and the women murmured: "How love-
iy." i.-,
"Tt ia easier to express the feeling
of the people In ragtime than in any ,
form 6f music. Wbat are the thing
most written about In muBlcT" The
composer stopped- to knock tti afthfiB ' " '
trom bit vest, and the women, mur
mured: "Divine!"
"Poets write of father, mother and
sweetheart," he continued. "Ragtime
must have been Invented to tell that :
those words mean, ... Ragtime Is" not
modern. Bach wrote ragtime." Mr.
Souaa's right band dropped to his aide.
Then It was gently raised until it rest
ed la bis trousers pocket. "Divinely
graceful," said the women. V
- "Tou know the origin Of ragtime?
Not Well, in the oldea days when the ,
lords Invited the peasants to feasts la
celebration of some great event th.
Kys"
ssfifk.
efrrtirJlclans
took their places and the master of
ceremonies' waived his insignia of au
thority. Then when the , musicians
struck up the muslo,'the master of
ceremonies shouted: Now rag! And
they ragged.' They bave been ragging
ever since.''..." .? :
Thecomposeremployed, the free-arm
movement In extracting a cigar from
his pocket and the match did not sput
ter. "Magnificently graceful, the
women said. ' " -
"Ragtime will be played thousands
of years from now; We made a bit in
Europe by playing ragtime. We played
Smoky Moke' for King Edward. ,
Fine!' be said. Then he clapped hit
bands and asked for a repetition, "Ex-
traordlnaryr be said when we finish
ed. That ought to keep the people
over here from opposing it. The Em
peror of Germany also thought rag
time very fine. The Csar of Russia
wu Just as pleased. In fact, they all
liked it
The composer placed bis right toot'
three inches In front of bis left and
placed hi left band over his hip.
"Wonderful," echoed the women.
There It a possibility of ragtime be-'
ing overdone at present," be continued.
"One selection makea a bit. Compos- -en
Immediately attempt to imitate It
The result t one good number and
scores that are insufferably bad. But
after a while the bad will sink to the
'bottom ud the good; clever bits will
float on top to' amuse people ta the
centuriet to cOsne. Yoa can. say for
me that I thlnjpalfver ragtime Is gen-
be more thought of by the gen'
that are to come.1
, A Road Climbed a Tr.
, General Chambers McKlbben ' waa '
once tent out to examine and report
upon a road in the far west. He was
ordered to ascertain Its condition and
where it led to. He followed Instruc
tions carefully, and in bis report de
tailed bow it followed certain brooks
and streams, went over rolling prair
ies, passed different groves, and final
ly up a bill and climbed a tree.
- "I think you bad better leave that
out," 'said bis commanding officer.
"This report Js to go through, tbe
usual military channels and will be
filed. A road would not go up a tree.
"That Is where this road went," In
tlsted McKlbben. ."It kept getting
fainter and fainter, but It led up the
bllf and right upto that tree. There
was no evidence rWven a trail behind
the tree, but It waa bfajui'lfar up tow
ard tbe top, and that wajfTBM
the trail. No, sir; this report stands.
I am prepared to ubetantlate every
part ot it."
And it I to recorded In the arch
ive of the war department Wash
ington Post '
Panle on a Pullmsn.
A Quthrte man, tired and sleepy, en
tered an east bound Choctaw passenger
on the Texas Panhandle last Friday
nlgbt and asked tor a lower berth in
the Pullman. The porter told blm that
there was nothing left except an upper
berth, and the traveler crawled in,
kicking and grumbling. Late at ni; M
after everybody waa asleep the train
stopped at a water tank. In pullin ;
away the fireman failed to lift V
spout which poured forth a deluge nt
water as th Pullman went by. Ti - i
window were open and a flood of
ter dashed into every lower berth nr -to
the tank. Men and women Bpni ;
from their borths drenched to tiie t" i
and In consternation as to the 1
Many beueved that the train had r 1
through a bridge Into a rivor. V. ; r
was an inch deep on the Pullnmn f -r.
The Guthrie man, snug and dry 1,1 ! 1
uncomfortable upper brth tlrti ', . 1 ! ;
stars and laughed at the drciis, j.un
sa City Times.
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