NUMBER 51.
VOLUME XVIII.
.FRANlvLIN. N. ;G..' "WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1903.
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It thinful Ugkt thaU put to A,gkt Mm .A. aa fW- rtwM, jw,, wJTftow
Tkt uvrrui wkiclbcutvnyj ,Tht beUj ring out tvilh ftttat chimtb And fan tkt ruddy blast anttr. '
Ltt lad and lass tht glad hours pott
Piironth. logs and stttHsm gUam, musicjo tMrhym,., Piu fo
. And drom,nsong, old ftu4s and wrong, . : No glom ahouU biMn &Astw Hd,
.'1 .. A',J'-TU I V
JtOM. HE llttlo Green Elf at In
v V front of his doorway. He
O I 0 (ad very nice house. A
4 long time ago a rabbit bad
TKWt' lived In that hole among
the roots of the tree, but the little
Green Elf had lived there for years,
ever since the cow at the olu Kobold,
hls.futker.-
The cow never Etant to eat Kobold,
,ni4 a leaf. 8he
ter she bad swal
"mala all love the
4- to hurt tbein
o round huuie
for the
The hou
Udy
Inutile.
There was mostf for a carpet. In the
corner was the Dnntrv with rlpnn
acorn cups and saucers. An empty nest
ww ine oeo, wirt oaa: 'ear pillows
and spreads.
' ITsuflllT th lltt1 flMM fi!lf wna ma
ry, but this night he fas torrowfuL
He sat In a bunch with his hands
clasped on his knees. There were holes
in nis green coat and the wind blew
In.
"Pretty sort of weather," he said In
gruff voice, bee; use his throat was
ore. "Not much to eat, and no thistle
down to pay the PUles for a new over
coat Never knew such a winter
Drooas empty, milkweed crop a fall
are, no pumpkin seeds to be bad at
any price, and the nuta all covered up
with snow! Whew But It's cold!
And Christmas Eve, as sure as I live!"
"Chee, chee, tee, tee, chee."
The little Green Elf stopped shiver
' Ing and listened.
"Chee, chee, tee. Fine night, Isn't
Kt How do you do down there r
"It's the Lame Squirrel." aald the llt
tie Green. Elf.- "I thought he must
be' froien thla bitter weather, or
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"'I
not to sure of that." aald the
"Got anything to eatr'N -"
leuty " came the ptowgpice.
"Wre' good baric othls tree, Twd,
I'm cLnwn icicle. I'm watching
the Ctlrlstmae tree -going Into "town,
fine tight! You ought to be up here."
Thi llttlA Oroon Vlt im1nniA him
"hands. He began to whistle softly to
himself. Then he took his pine needle
Drooih and swept the enow out of his
bouse. Next. he scampered off over
the snow. lie was not gone long. When
noise doing It that one of. the sleeping
crickets "woke up. .
"What are you doing?" she asked,
peering in at tlie door. ' r -
"Sh." said thfe little Green Elf. "If s
be came back, he was dragging a hem
lock branch. He stood It np in the mid
dle of the floor. He made so much
a Christmas tree for the Lame Squir
rel. Don't yon tell him."
"Got any fixings for ltT" inquired
the Cricket .
"Oh, a few," said the little Green
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ij
Glad Ridings of 8feaf $oy.
By Prockhorst, 1825.
Elf. "rin rolnir to Iiaiiit mi a luur
of chestnuts I was saving for din
ner 10-morrow."
'Hold onT' said tl. Ointt imi
lust waken a few firefl 1a in ha lltrtiia
on the tree.' "
A Snowbird fluttered by. "What Is
going onr she snld, looking In at the
door.
".Sh," snld the llttlo Green" Elf. "A
Christmns tree for (lie Lame Squirrel."
" V'nit a minute." snl.l the Snowbird.
"1 il Wing a bunch of wheat for the
t. ..."
t'f the Frwt I allies put Ms head
: ' td door. 'Vou M'cm to be iff
t me j 'i i ' I (
Sul tvtn barf bl tad and rat. '
'If. was a heMrfTful Christmas tree,
The moon ett(e out an burnose to look
at It There la stood In the middle of
Green Elfi nurlnr. Fmm thA
to the bottom It waa ihlnlnv with
tile fireflies for lights and the front
;"" . wuuvu w Tvuc. ww urn
huu. On every twig there were note.
Thera wera rlmlna nf nln muulloa
After Yt was all finished, the little
ureen l!iland a friendly Pixie went np
me tree retch tttJjtme BanlrreL
They were a long Mjie bringing blm
aown. xoo see ne""vvos so very lame
and na hnninnr thnt hA tamm .Aalt.
While they were gone, aomethlng bap-
penea. isoDoay every round out who
aia it. remaps Santa Claus passed
by; but wonderful things were left in
the little Green Elfs parlor. -
When be reached the door with the
Lame Squirrel, be stood still. He
nibbed his eyes to see If be were
asleep. The same Christmas tree stood
there, but it was ten times more bonn.
tlful. There were slow worms and
fallen stars to make It brighter. There
were hundreds of nuts, hazelnuts, but
ternuts, walnuts, chestnuts. There
were bags of pumpkin seed, and cans
of milkweed. BeHt of nil was a green
ulster for the good VHr. "Green Elf.
All night long the ' Lame Biinirri-I
sat up and ate nuts. All night long
the little Green Elf danced around the
('hrlxtnias tree In her new given ul
ster; and the rest, of the wondfolU
the I'ixlis. Hit Koboldx. the Omniies.
the Trolls, all came out and danced.
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AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED
"AFTERWARD."
the r.e. J. B. 'Lsckwood, Formerly tth
Connectlcnt LliltaM, Dc)rM that
th tVhota Eolf ma at Llf i 8old
Cdm Whia To Hold th Kpjword,
llaodKLTft, K. 1T, Tht Rv. 3. H. Lock
trood. putor of the Kdtigattlck (Cong.) M.
E. Church, preached SundKr tndrnlni m
Grace M. E. Church in the absence of the
paitor, the Rev. Dr. John E. Adams. Mr.
Lockwood is well and favorably known in
Brooklvu and on Long Island, where he
hi held teveral naatoratee. He waa born
and educated in Brooklyn and studied la
before he entered :the miniitiy. He had
the diatinction of being last year, the only
Clerical member of the Connecticut Leg
islature. He took for the subject of hie
sermon, "Afterward," Hie text ws from
Hebrews, xii:2i "Now no chastening, but
the present etemeth to be joyous, .hut
srieVoue; flevertlie'.e s. afterward it yield
cth the peaceable fruit of righteousness
anto them which are exercised thereby.
If r. Lockwood said:
Let a consider the tingle word "After
ward" at our text. If yeu grasp that word
and its rich content of comfort yon will
hare caught the whole message of the eer
luon, and yon will possess a most valuable
solvent for life t perplexing, and often dis
tressing, problems.
Human life is mvsterlous enir a that
has lurceMfully baffled the efforts persist
ently made by the profound et thinkers of
our race for its solution, 'What it life!"
It the still pustling question of questions.
At the biologists and their fellow scientists
have not succeeded in tellin ut just what
that elusive thing we call physical life ia,
neither have poett, prophets, philosophers,
nor even philanthropes been able to tell
ut adequately what real life is.
Here Is this strange thins we cttll life,
with itt many tnd varied phenomena, and
the more profoundly and comprehensively
we itudr it the more confused it leave us.
There are experience! poiifitely joyous and
experiences positively painful, sad there
are experiences partially joyous and par
tially painful, and we look at this great
mass of life's complex drts an-t are quite
baffled to know the meaning of it ail. Still,
with our hearts, ss well as with onr heads,
we ask again the irrepressible inttrrogs
tin. ww ;. tif.V . - , V
At we, indeed, only a kt -f anlmali-jflf T
high class animals, to be 1111 .-, but onlr ai I this
mills, nevertheless, tprunr iron) the primA4.,J
vai mua and risen to our present inteiir
nal and moral exaltation and giorv
painful ttep and tin- Hefw--pla7
under abortlv in -' fit cosmit asrici
ture to serve tome future cron.
a little flW ft we! From mud
to mil' rm of evolution
Or is it some anlendid
' , - .r- auh we are in, working
-rot us, the immortal participants, t far
ore exceed ins and eternal weight Of glory
lat ahall thrill the soul forever! Have
we been but blind snd stiroid workers si
the loom of time, weavine an imsffinarv
fabrie thst really had ao exittenee, even ai
"one that besteth the sir," or are we let-
Bally engaged in some rati work of marvel
ous design, whose pattern we tee not clear
ly and in all its comprehensive details, but
Which oar Muter Workman knoweth well!
Let us look si the three proffered expla
nations of life. Jf'irat, there ia the doleful
and distressing answer of philosophic pes
simism which assures us that things art
surely growing worts ill the time, the
world it rolling down hill and there tre no
onset mat can tie applied. 1 he world
now it better than it will ever be hereafter.
If yea like that view, accept it. No, w
mutt not say it ao. jnot, do von like it,
hut it it true! That ia tht wtv to n. i it;
for, pleasant or repusnant, wt mutt accept
what it true. But this view cannot possi
bly be true nnless the proposition on which
It is based is slso-true, the proposition of
the foal who said in his heart, "There is no
And la the second else ws have the an
swer of philosophic optimism, which ss
sertt that things tre steadily getting bet
m; mat, wnrreas me lo-aay it lar oerter
man it wat luuu or lu.uou years ago, it will
be far better 1000 or 10.000 veara henca.
But this prevalent theory is scarcely sny
improvement oa the other, except to the
superficial thinker, for it makes no previ
sion lor me perpetuation ot personality.
Where will you snd I be when those fsr
off improvements of our race arrive! Thit
materialistic philosophy offers ns of the
present no immorttlity, and hence no op
portunity for the adjustment of life's pres
ent elarina injustices. I am alad to helieva
thst the race that shall be resident here
1000 years from now will be a better race.
But I would like to be in existence some-
wnere, too, wnen tne Better day dawns.
Ana even ir i enuid rise to tn annarh tin-
Selfishness libs onto that which noeta some
times sing; when, temporarily, they happen
to be in mat that mood, and could tav I
wat content to live and die and cease to
exist here or anywhere else if only, as a
result of my having lived a while, future
generation! might be lilted a little higher;
Still, one mast feel that that pretty snd.
sfter all. rather morhidlv sentimental
scheme does not satisfy the imperative de
mands ot our souls that wranaa ahall be
adeouately righted, that innocent sufferers
shall be compensated and that outraged
helplessness shall be avenged.
Now comes Christianity, with its ample
answer. It admits all the facts, hs ap
parent injustices of the present, the pros
perity of the unrighteous, the triumphing
of the wicked, and. on the other hand, the
fullering, snd the teeming defeata of God's
heroes and taints in the fierce, hot contest
of life: snd then it speaks one blessed
word, "Afterward!" snd we can be pa
tient: After we have heard that divine word
ws can sea the wicked spread himself like
a green bay tree, and still we "rest in the
Lord and wait patiently for Him, and we
refuse to fret ourselres because of him
who prospereth in hit wsyt, because of the
man who bnngetb wicked devices to past.
The whole puuling enigma of life it
solved St once when yon hold the keyword,
snd that word ia the single word ot tht
text, "Afterward!" ,
That it to tav. yon can set no satisfac
tory explanation of this strange and some
what feverish thing we call life, unless you
imai oi wnat is to iouow. A noted Amer
ican orator, in a famous sentence of Ii:j;
hat told at that we have no lamp with
which to guide our feet in the future ex
cept the experience of the past. He con
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properly estimate the future unless we
base our judgment on the experience of
the past, jtiow wo miy go on and supple
ment Patrick Henry's fsmiliar dictum by
saying that we have no lamp to reveal the
meaning of the present, except the light of
the future. "Afterward" it the word thst
explaint the mysterious disciplining and
chastening! of the present. If you will
grasp that word with firm, athletic grip, it
will settle for yon all these ditlicult prob
lems that so frequently confront vour soul
and disturb your heart.
W hen you coma to tome terrific exper
ience in lite that all but shatters the very
foundations of faith when our soul fulls
stricken and wounded on life's crutd bat
tlefield a thousand arrowa of temptation
piercing the spirit and many a tword of
torrow thrust through the heart so that
all you can do it to cry in agony and terror,
"JViv God, inT God, hast 'liiou forsnken
me?" Then alieve the tumult of griff and
the roar of the block billows, may God
send some ministering anscl of memory to
whmper with soothing voice this one word,
"afterward;" and the soft, sweet beauty ot
it shall solace your aching heart and the
peace of God shall once more Hood your
old. a ,
If von look at the lives of the irceut and
re;il "licro,. of our race vou will im l tn.-v
rn'i'-d n.. 'ty ",.vr fiom the m ur.n
ot the hitine. I mcv k"'l one eve o i tne
' alLcl wald. ' lueses dad 1'e-pect uiuo
tne rcco.i
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der and gentle WoTtf "discipling." Thst il
really what the present chusteningt mean
vou are being made a disciple vou are
taking Christ's yoke upon you and learning
of Him as He has invited you to do. You
are entering into the fellowship of His suf
ferings. But. "beloved, if we suffer with
Him. we thall also reign with Him after
ward!" After all, how blank and dull, and sadly
monotonous life Would be without ltt
crises of pain. The problem of Pain- how
It hat vexed at and how pnin hat pained
ns, and yet how it hat enriched ntt At
many a spice plant gives forth Its most fra
grant perfume only when bruised and
crushed, so a human heart does ltt best
for other hum.in hearts sft'r some soften
ing: grief has visited it. MartlneaM said I
"A world without a contingency or an
aeony could have no hcroi and no taint.
There ia no epic of the ov'tin''1 end ni
Ivric without the surprise of torrow and
the sigh of fear. Whatever touches and
ennobles as in t e lives snd voices of the
past it s divine birth from human doubt
and pain." , ' ' . ,
The sculptors have a maxim to the ef
fect that "all that it not tUtue must be
hewn swav." At first onr livet are like a
rough snd quite meaningless block of mar
vl wt.k wnmnit a Inn ham ansla and manv
s blemish. And si Michael Angela said of
tut stone thrown on the rubbish heap'. . 1
see an angel there and I mutt .get bim
out." so Gnd sees the best there it in yon
and He it determined to bring ii nut, even
if He must needa nse chisel and mallet.
And now tha blows are strnck, the chitel
rutt detn. the chins fir. "The more the
marble wastes the more the statue grows."
Thus continues the divine sculptor Hit
work snd lsbor of love, until there sttnds
forth, sfterwsrd, a glorious tout cf majes
tic dimenaiont snd Chrittlike beauty.
" Tit the Matter who holds the chitel,
snd day by day .
He is chipping whatever environs the form
That under His skilful cutting the form
may be
Wrought silently out into beauty, of such
degree .'.---- .
Of faultiest and full perfection, thst sngel
Shall gan cm the finished product with
-, new nrrnrite.
That even Hit matchless pstience could
gtav nit own
Feature! a son such fractured and stubborn
There ii, nnforlnnatelv, another side tjj
promotion, f or tne wicsea at wen
- wnj there it sn "after-
""Melancholy scene I
3WJonrpTSrtA.
wif peace and
rtfwretchec! sequel
-.latiira nf things must
rbe-v
mirl defiance at God's be
ia for the tonls of men.
nevd
.TnJr ss tha tears nf the righteous now
shall If terwsrd be transmuted into eternal
gemt. sparkling forever in the light of
heaven, so the very gems of ths wicked,
the tawdry tinsel tnd trinkets snd toys
that now seem so bright snd sttrsctive,
trill be found, sfterward. to be but ths
perishable accessories ot a mid nightmare
of revelry and rioting. The empty, idle
frllaeies with which they tported here,
killing time and killing tools, shall sfter
wsrd become whins that lath them torever,
scorpions whose tting is eternel. tesrs thst
are never wiped away, but which unceasing!-
aeld -and scarify the soul like biting
acidt eating the heart forever.
Pot the devil's dun the inevitable order
Is just that now a little temporary pleas
ure, jdat enough to bait the toul success
fully; snd afterwird, desolation snd sn
gnith indescribable, v - :
So, to turn it all np what kind of an af
terward are you going to have! That de
pend! on what kind of a present you are
hiving. Would you not prefer to tuffer
afflictions with Ood't neonle snd afterward
hive glory unspeakable than to enjoy ths
pleasures of tin for a season, snd after
ward suffer the inevitable aftermath of
despair! Say "vet" to thst proposition
and I will say "Amen."
leelag ths Beaaty. -
Some persons tra slwsys looking for the
dark things of life, snd of course they find
what they are looking for. Others are al
ways looking for the bright things, and
thev find them. Bishop Nicholson, of Mil
waukee, relates that during the first years
n his ministry parish matters, social and
financial, were in a bad way. and straight
ening them out wat alow work. He wat
much discouraged one day when, having
gone to New York on business, he stopped
to look at the Brooklyn Bridge, then
building. A man, covered with dirt, was
woikins aa the abutments. "That's pretty
dirty work you sre engaged in." said the
bishop. "Well, yea," anawered the laborer,
"but somehow ws don't think of the dirt,
but of the beauty which is to come out of
our work." "It was the lesson I needed."
tsvs the bishop, "snd I went back to Phil
adelphia the better for it." It it a lesson
which we all need. Happy, indeed will
be those who learn and apply it. N. W.
Christian Advocate.
Oar Part Ksientls..
God hat a place for each one of nt, and
a work for each one of nt. God doet not
expect us to fill mors thsn our own pltce,
or to do mora than our own work; but
each one of us is important in his or her
own sphere. AH the offerings of the
Jealtby in the courts of tht temple of
erutaiem were well in their time and
amount. But the poor widow, who had
only her two mitea, should not havs felt
that her gift waa unimportant. It seemed
tt if Jesus sat wstching and waiting for
that little offering; and the ttory of her
dnm her nart has been told the world
over in the centuries since then, ss a les
ion and at an inspiration. Even though
our part ia but a little one, God, at it were.
watches and wain tor ta-i. aunuay
School Timet.
' The Larger Ut.
I am ouit clear that one of onr wont
failures ia at the point where, having re
solved like angels, ws drop back into the
Old maiier-oi-iact ilia ana ao just wnat we
did before, because w have always dons
it. and because avervbodv does it. and be
cause onr fathers and mothers did it, sll
of which may be the very re: on wny ws
should not do it. There is no station of
life, snd no place of one's home, where, if
he want to enlarge his life in csring for
people outline nuuaeii, ne may ant inn
tin a career of enlargement which shall ex
pend indefinitely. And we thall find the
(answer to our question to be thst the man
who enters upon infinite purposes livet tha
infinite life. He enlarges his life by every
experience of life. Phillipt Brookt.
Dally Duties
I cannot sav that the tree cart of a
man, in relation to God, seems to me to
De, to give sll that it canned, and claim
nothing that' is not given, - And I pro
foundly believe that whoever rill cheer
fut) v surrender himself to the daily duty
and the prayer of faith, will not long be
leu in tne snauows, out win emerge imo
light which he knows to be divine.-
daines Marlineau.
LARDED BEEF.
A bit of shoulder or some other Ini
expensive piece of beef makes an ex-l
cellont larded pot roast, and when
properly prepared It ia almost equal to
good rib roast. A lean cut which
would otherwise lack fat Is moat suit
able for llirdlng, and pork which Is
firm gnd young Is the best. The strips
i-iiouul be cut a;; H.t
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SAVED BY A DEAD RACE.
MY8TERI0U3 WELLS. AM 10 THE
. ' MOJAVE DE8ERT8 WA8TE. ,
Built with Skill, Centuries Ago by an
, Unknown People, and Today They
Frequently Prevent Lost Traveler
from Dying of Thlrat'
- Numbers of menvowe their lives to
the providence of a race which baa
passed away : and been forgotten.
Neither histccy nor tradition tells
aught of It, and It Ii known only by a
few of Its works which survive, ;
, Thla forgotten rac wan the desert
dwellers of a prehistoric period. Their
home was In the great desert region of
eastern- California, which Is really one
unbroken desert, although it baa been
divided by the geographer Into two,
known as the- Mojavo desert and the
Colorado desert.
In these deserts are found several
water holes known aa Indian wells.
They have been walled in to protect
tho water from th encroaching sands
of the desert, which otherwise would,
age ago, have burled the water many
feet deep, and tha wells would have
been lost ' , ,
The walls are built with skill and
perfect knowledge ot the action ot the
winds which sweep the plains. They
are so arranged and constructed aa ef
fectually to protect the precious water
from the drifting sand, and they lave
withstood the elements and warded off
the sands for more than three centur
lea since white men began to traverse
those desert wastes, and it la not pos
sible to state bow many centuries pre
vious to that time.
The walla guard three side of the
well, the fourth aid being graded and
leading gradually down to the water.
Borne of the wells are deep In the
earth, in which case the grade extends
some considerable dlstanceVbacK. In
such cases atop lead dowfffrom one
nLih&mtitmJor the if nvenlenoe ot the
human visit)
The known Instances ln'leUfifcthj
wells have proved . life savers" are
many. Not many years ago two men
drove down Into the Colorado desert,
bound for Yuma. .They bad a canvas
top wagon and a span of mules, and In
the wagon waa a aupply ot water.
One of the men had made the trip
several times and waa supposed to be
familiar with the route. The mirage
often confuses the most expert of
desert guldeepsuid the man became be
wildered and got off the course.
: The watering : place at which they
expected to replenish their aupply waa
missed, and they ran out of water.
The men and the beasts began to suf
fer the tortures of thirst. They be
came utterly bewildered and knew not
in which direction to turn.;'; :?
When despair waa settling down up
on the men one ot the mules began to
tug vigorously at the bit In a frantic
endeavor to turn from the course they
were pursuing. The- driver tried to
Keep him on the old way, but the mula
was obstinate and continued to pull at
the reins.,- Finally the drlver'a com
panion remonstrated.
"Let him have his head," he aald.
"These animate often smell water a
long ways. Maybe he will take ua to
a spring."
. The animal pulled away to the right
ao strongly and persistently that he
drew, his mate along With htm. The
course was changed to right angle
with the cne they had been pursuing.
Two hours later, when the men begun
to lose faith In the sagacity of the ani
mal, they came to an old Indian well,
deep and walled. -
Another Mojave desert experience
did not have so happy an ending. Two
desert prospectors, running shcrt of
suppliee at their mine np In the Death
valley country, started for Daggett fo
rcDlenlsh their atock. They watered
up for the first stage of the journey,
expecting to replenish at a certain
oasis, 'which they were due to reach
abont neon of the second day out. '
Early In the morning ot the second
day they were overtaken by one of the
most dreaded of desert visitations, a
sand storm. For a time they, strug
gled bracely on, vainly hoping to be
able to reach the oasis before the
storm got too bad for travel. Thla
they were unable to do.
The animals became frantic and un
manageable, and they were obliged to
unhitch them and tie them to the shel
tered side ot the wagon with burlap
over their heads to keep them from
stampeding. Then the prospectors
crawled Into the wagon and waited for
the storm to cease. i
JLong before tb storm abated their
aupply of water gave out, and when
the wind died down and they could
again proceed the mules showed signs
of collapse. Before they -had made
ten miles one of the animals dropped
down and expired.
Then the - men : . knew that It
was to be a ' battle for life.
The : wagon waa abandoned. A
pack of ' the provisions was
hastily prepared and strapped to the
remaining mule, and' the men trudged
on afoot, leading the animal. .They
went some miles out of their course.
and had to retrace their atepa, but be
fore they got back upon tha trail again
one of the men gave out and sank
fainting to the earth.:-
The provision pack was then thrown
eft and the unconscious man waa
thrown across the mule and strapped
to the saddle. Before , water was
reached he died. Ills companion
Anally reached an old Indian well, and
be and the mule were refreshed. When
be bad somewhat recuperated be led
bis mule back to the abandoned provi
sion pack, the Journey was resumed
a" I Daisgett was finally reached In
safety.
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found his dead body upon the burning
sands. Newport Sun. .
PRIVATE BALLOONS. '
Sir Vincent Barrlngton Telia of Thslr
Ua by Brltiah Aero Club.
Sir Vincent .Kennett-Barrlngton,
the enthusiastic amateur - aeronaut,
says that England la far from being
the beat country in the world for bal
looning by amateurs, for the reason
that with water all around It, there is
little opportunity for aerial flights In
certain winds without being blown
out to sea. Whenever the aerial navi
gators find themselves making toward
the mouth of the Thames, after rising
ever London, they descend again as
soon aa possible, knowing that' other
wise they will soon be over the water.'
It ia possible, however, to cross th
English channel In a balloon In a fair
northwest wind, and the trip has been
made by several of the British ama
teurs. They have their aeronauts,
however, much as the - aatomobillsts
have their chauffeurs.
Balloons such aa those used by the
Englishmen cost about $750, are made
ot silk and are good for about -two
years, although they will sometimes
last, with care, for three or four years.
Sir Vincent remarked In his conversa
tion on the subject that he much pre
ferred to make an ascension in a two
year old bsllcon than In one which
was more than three years old. , The
silk Is very delicate In texture, and
the club employes dry and repair a
balloon very carefully after each as
cension. Sir Vincent says that It Is a
great strain on a balloon to navigate
against the wind, and that In the same
way there is more strain on
a captive balloon than on one
which - rises ' free. He himself
regards an ascent In a .' captive
balloon fully in ilinfWTITH Hil T" o up
it a freeojrlv The danger
larffeljjm possible rending of the
falsrlc. T"ho best balloona are now
made In sections, just as ships are
made less liable to sink by being con
structed In compartments.
It la not pcsslble to guard complete
ly against rending, for the expansion
of the silk in coming into the sun
light after contracting In the Intense
cold of a cloud makea a great strain
on the fabric Another trouble ot the
amateur aeronaut la the water, which
often forma by condensation in a hol
low on tog of the balloon when pass
ing through a cloud. It there la only
a little of this its weight makes a dif
ference, and If there la much of It the
balloon : If often forced ' downward
some thousand feet by the extra
welghC,.;i;i;;i::-;;;;S'P'
Sir Vincent does not regard the as
cent In an ordinary balloon as very
dangerous, although he admits that a
aky voyage in an airship la a good deal
of a hazard. In ordinary ballooning
he saya the principal thing to be ac
quired la skill and Judgment In hand
ling the ballast Each balloon takes
up, aa a rule, three bags of sand bal
last containing 60 pounds each, and
the trick la to navigate without being
obliged to throw out more than two
thirds of this before making the de-
aired landing. The last third Is usual'
ly needed to make the aerial craft
come down decently and In order,, at a
suitable place, and some of the Eng
lishmen are getting to be rather pwf),-
clent In the matter, It appears. A
handful ot sand makes a difference In
the height at which a balloon will ride,
and It is clear that If the aeronaut
runs cut of ballast while high In the
air he will be compelled to rely on the
release of gaa to control the descent
ot the balloon and will find it extreme
ly difficult to come down gracefully.
Th balloon grounds la London , are
reached by many members ot the club,
In their automobiles, and the automo
biles are also used to follow the court
of a balloon In crdea- that observers
may be on hand at the landing place.
Boston Evening Transcript. ,
Where Turnips Are a Luxury.
In "A Woman Who Went to Alaska,"
tht woman herself tells of her first en
counter with a vegetable garden on the
way down the river from Dawson. Such
luxtlrlea aa the ordinary "truck patch"
represents are practically unknown on
the tables of the Yukon Valley. "Aa we
neared the delectable spot," writes the
many experienced woman, "the river
banka were lined with canoes; many
natives stood looking at us from the
shore', and while stevedores handled
the wood, many passengers visited the
town, It waa not long before they
came back with handfuls of turnips,
just pulled from the ground, Which,
had these been the most luscious fruit,
could not have been eaten with more
relish.' ". ' '.;
"I tried to buy one from a young
man, but he had evidently been long
away from such luxuries, for he re
fused to aell. Afterward his gallantry
got the better of him, and he politely
ottered me one-half ot the y turnip,
which I took with thanks.
"An my brother poeied the precious
thing, I asked him how long It waa
since he had eaten one. Two years,'
he promptly replied..
"Knowing that he 'waa especially
fond of such things, I ate a small slice,
an!,gav blm the remainder."
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Remarkable 8hootlng.
An Interesting Illustration of the ex
cellent toarkmansiatp of Uncle Sam's
men behind the. guns, as developed
during the recent Inspection trip of
the naval committee on the United
Ktatos steamship Dolphin, gays the
Vashlnpton Blar, has Just come to
lU;ht Representative Roberts of Mas
snohusotts was of tho party. Approach
lug Gunner's Mnte Spocr cf the shin.
Mr. I - i'"i's o' .'rcd him a dollar to bit
a sea gnu, r iM r tonic a forty pound
6 -mnmnr'rn i on s muomaric g!
b' -t a t 1 snot he popped a f
t n ti.e f,y at 4c0 y.ud. C"..
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CYNICAL OAAN'PA. .
Gran'pa'a a cynical, tunny old man "-
Kindly, but humorous, too.
Talks, plaja and woikt Just as hard aa be
cant ,
Hasn't the time to feel blue.
Ever so moon tribulation he's bad,
But declares, and he wickedly grlnai
"1 here's nothing can make a fellow to autd
As kicking him hard on the shins I"
"Baffled ambition,'' says gran'pa, "hurt
sore-.
Throws a ebap down la tha dumps. '
Poverty hnmblua a man more snd mot) ., ,
Misfortune may give bim hit tramps.
Unrequited affection may mux a man sad.
Men aiay be punished for sins,
But tbere'a nothing can make a fellow so
, "" mad '
As kicking him hard oa the shins I"
Cynical gran'pa sayst "Life leaves Its soars,
But soars lose tuelr pain by and by.
sNothlug'e worth while 'Death merciless 1
niars I"
Gran'pa gives vent to a sigh.
Be eyes little Paul and hit features grow
glad,
And be sings, at s romp se begins!
'There's nothing otn make a fellow so mad
At kloking him hard on the thiol 1"
Pittsburg Dbpaton.
HUMOROUS.
A stone weighs less In water than
It doea outside, but a trout always
weighs most In the water. Somer
ville Journal
"I did not know that I had so many
close friends," said the Bporter, turned
down in his tenth attempt to borrow . .
,6. Yale Record. ;
f Bings There goes a particular friend
of mine. Bangs Friend o yours, eh?
Well, he can't ba overparticular. Phil
adelphia Bulletin. .
- "What did you see about that whole
sale butcher's sign that caused you to
giggle so?" "Headquarters tor bind-'
Quarters!" Houston Post , N
Customwrjwhat do you attribute
uyr e mosnann yi "si hi , i
p? Dealer To Judlcioua advertiae-
ing. Chicago Dally News.
A correspondent writes to inquire if
Idiocy Is absolutely incurable. It ia In
the case of the man who stops to argue
with a woman. Buffalo Times.
"I think I'm not hard to get along
with." "Faith, nayther am I, mum!
Whin a misthress Is doln' her best, 't
Is mesllf thot overlooks lota av
things!" Puck.
She Do you believe that mosquitoes
smile? He Well, It they are not smil
ing this season with all the openwork
waists around, they never wilL Yon
kers Statesman. , . . ,
"Gracious! What in the world la
that man ordering such a lot of dishes ;
for? Will he be able to eat them?" ."Oh.
no. He merely likes to show that he
can pronounce all those French
names." San Francisco Bulletin.
Mr. Perkins That's a pretty likely
lookin' boy you have there, Sam. Mr.
Dobbs He's good enough if he wasn't
so all fired slow. Why,. If that boy
had a' had a job bulldln' the ark w
wouldn't a' had the flood yit Roches
ter Democrat
"Say," demanded the ugly Individual ,
suddenly appearing from a dark alley,
"what time la It?" "You're Just about
two minutes late," replied the Chlc
agoan; "that other gentleman you aee
running away has my watch."-Phll-adelplila
Vnm.j.,y
"Is the prisoner going to plead In
sanity as his defeifvt?" asked the court
tnograhirJudgliiJse a
nectlon'ot an attorney," repIIedVthe
lawyer, who had failed to get the
"I should say be . was," Cincinnati
Commercial-Tribune, . , .
"I don't like these references," said
the housewife. "Well, mum," return
ed the applicant for a position, "I did
not write 'em ao it ain't my fault If
you 'don't Ilk 'em Jest you go to th
people as gave 'em to me an' tell 'em .
so." Chicago Evening Post .
"I always take things as they come."
said the pickpocket aa he dexterously
relieved the man ahead of him ot a
watch and purser ' And I take men as
I find them," added the policeman.
clutching htm gently but firmly by th
arm. Dubuque Telegraph-Herald.
A Philadelphia parent wrote to a
school teachers In that city "Miss
Brown: You must stop teach my Liz-
sle fislcal torture shee needs yet read
In and figors,.BttsVms more aa that,
If I want her to do Jumpln I kin make
her Jump." New Haven CktDnlcle.
Mrs. Nexdore There's a newbabyTiT
the bouse the other side of you." Mrs.
Peppery Yea, I've heard It Mrs. Nex
dore Poor little thing; It does cry so.
Mrs. Peppery Yes, but It's so ac
commodating. It always cries at the
right time and. drowns the noise of
your daughter's piano. Philadelphia
Press, 'V '.' ; .
Young Mosquito Splker Btll savs
that If I'll Join In with him and a
buncS of others, be will take us to a
place where there is a family of seven
tat people who sleep with screen!- i
windows and scanty covering Old
Mosquito Look here, my laddy, you
must pay no attention to these j :
rich-quick schemes sprung on on1- i
line you by the sharpers. Baltimore
American.
Ancient Insurance.
Juvenal In bis satires mentlm
remarkable butilness that wns ear '
on In ancient Rome. K consisted, i
buying houses on Are. Tha apix-i,-hurried
to the scene of the cm "
tlon attended by slaves carrjii ; t
He Judged the chances of p;i-
and made a bid to t!,o d ' - p
Owner, who was, as a rulo, ( .t t .
cept anything. 1 h b,t
air baste, this earlu t of f
Bet his slaves instantly to -
secured what ho con ,1 :
he even put out tho f ; i ,
nmdo a court. It v t a i
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