VOLUME XIX.
IN THE LION'S DEN.
?1
By HERO
Circuses are In Ill-repute among cul
tlvated people, as I am very well aware
and when I say that I am a circuit per
former, and that my parents were cir
cus performers before me, I do not ex
pect much interest or sympathy from
what is called the better class of read
ers. But, nevertheless. It is a fact tht we
people who ride bareback horseB,
swing at the risk of our worthless
lives from the giddy trapeze, leap
through blazing hoops, and double our
selves into footballs it is a fact, t say,
that we have hearts nay, even souls
quilf as much as legs and stomachs.
My mother was a refined woman, and
ran away from a homo of luxury and
pride for love of my father, who was
a somewhat celebrated tight-rope dan
cer. And although It, would seem that
she gave up everything, and gained no
thing, I do not think she ever regret
ted it
Not that I would be understood as
counselling wealthy young ladles to
elope with circus performers; I only
mean to be understood that my moth
er's love for my father outlasted pas
sion, poverty, and time itself.
She used to ride In the ring some
times, but m;.' father was never will
ing. Still she persisted, because her
grace and beauty attracted so many
more to the circus; and you know
that upon the crowd a show of this
kind drawa depends Its existence.
One night, when I was about ten
rears old, and had begun to make my
self useful In small boy parts, we were
jxhlbitlng hi Monmouth, a large town
which gave us extra good patronage.
The people were loud in their lis for
Madam Zelnaire, for ?o my mother was
leslgnated on the bills, and Ghs, anx
ious to please them, appeared on Sul-
an, herfciKorlte horse.
need on my father's
(1 Int,
THE
STRONG.
sinister-looking fellow, and from the
first I distrusted him.
Of course, you have anticipated that
he fell in love with Inez indeed, it
could not well have been otherwise;
for Inez was so lovely and bewitching
that all who came within the sphere
of her Influence were fascinated.
She gave him no encouragement, for
the deaf girl was no coquette, and in
the World she loved only me.
AndrtiB fcxercised a certain sort of
mesmeric power which was his, and to
which no doubt he owed much of his
success In subjecting wild animals to
his control.
He had not been a fortnight with our
troupe before he declared his love for
Inez In the most passionate terms, and
was very quietly rejected. He was an
gry, and chargea her with loving me,
and she proudly confessed it.
At first Andrus was very cross and
sulky, but after a time he rallied, and
was very sweet and complaisant tp
both Inez and myself.
By and by he offered to teach her
his art of llon-tamlng. Mr. Page caught
at the idea greedily, for although a
good man In other respects, ho was
ready to do almost anything to make
money, and he foresaw that a female
I Ion-tamer would be a great acquisi
tion to his exhibition. An announce
ment that a young and lovely woman
would enter the don of wild beasts
would draw thousands.
Inez loved her father, and was quite
ready to do anything to please him,
and, besides, there was a wild sp'rit
of adventurous daring In the girl,
which made the idea of danger attrac
tive to her.
When first I heard the project men
tioned, I was filled with the direst
apprehension. I distrusted Andrus
more than I distrusted the wild b
As fo
In his ferocious jaws. Simultaneously
the black-hearted Andrus dashed open
the door of the cage and fled.
It was then that Prince aroused him'
self, and with a roar that shook the
place to its foundation he turned ur
on the now cowering and frightened1
Cain. Such a fearful combat as en
sued I trust I may never see again.
I had broken from those who would
have held me back, and thrown my
self Into the den at the very first, and
over my prostrate bddy, as I clasped
my dead love to my heart, these twd
kings of the forest settled their dead
ly revenge.
Prince was victorious. Cain lay
crushed to atoms in his iron JawB; and
When only blood and broken bones re
mained of his adversary, Prince came
to my side and looked down upon the
dead face of his gentle mistress with
eyes in which t am sure I read an al
most human grief. He touched her
gently with his hugs' paW, he put his
nose to her cold cheek, and then turn
ing away, he hid his face In his paws,
and for two days, they told me after
ward, he would neither eat nor drink.
For weeks after the death of my
darling I was mercifully unconscious,
wrestling In the gripe of brain fever,
which came near being fatal; but
youth and good constitution triumphed,
and I came back to life and to a sor
row which shall never end until I
clasp hands with her on the other
shore
You ask what became of An
drus? When he left the cage on that
fattl night he had to pass through the
den of the tigers. He had loet his
self possession, and the beasts made a
meal of him. It was Just as well for
him, for I should have killed htm the
moment I had gained strength enough
to do so; for I knew then, as 1 know
now, that he had sworn Inez should
never be mine, that he would give her
to death sooner than to mo, and he
coubtlcss goaded Cain on to the fatal
attack.
As for me, I travel still with the
re Is my especial care.
jLgreat deal, and 1
suppose, as
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FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
I A SERMON. FOR SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCCURSE ENTITLED
"BREAD UPON THE WATERS,"
the Iter. KilWard Nile beriares tfhwt th
Opinion of the Worldly Bcttnoihlit la
Not a Supreme Court WhoM Decisions
Are Binding- on the Christian.
BnooKLVN, N. Y. Sunday morning, in
ti.e White Church (II tishwick Avenue Re
formed) the pastor, llev, Edward Niles.
preached oil Brenil Upon the Water.
The text was froiri hdelesiastes xi: 1:
"Cast thy brim! UKn the waters, fdr thou
sh.ilt find it after many days." Air. Nilcs
sa id:
The honk of Kcclesiastcs ia tho life re
view of the wisest and richest man of hit
nay. Every slaitment lius been tested.
A young man might have laid the tame
thing with equal c!ocUCfice and convic
tion, but the imtinrsm'i nu the mind of
the elderly reader would be, "Yen, lira ad
vice is all very well in theory, but what
does he know about life?"
The Woids of the aged Solomon are open
to no such criticism. Our text ia the hrst
of the bhort, pithy sentences with which
tie teachings of his wonderful career are
summed up.
In thought lie goes back to the early
days of his reign. Then his country was
insignificant. Jerusalem itself was a pi
oneer city only thirty-three vears old. His
people iMire something of the same Na
tion to the surrounding nations as did the
Boers of a dozen vears ago to the Euro
pean countries. They were strong, relig
ious self contained, with few extremes of
poverty or wealth, who had partially en
slaved, partially exterminated, the orig
inal inhabitants of the land. Yet, they
were mostly isolated on their plantations
and lacked the polish of refinement and
culture, which only conies with long set
tlement of a country and contact with the
great world.
Solomon recalled how ardently he had
entered into the work of putting his sub
jects abreast of the times. He had wid
ened the borders of the land until they
reached the Red Sea. There a dockyard
Was established, a fleet of ships was bt'ilt
and launched, marking the first ventures
of the Jews in commerce.
Humart nature being the same in ill
ages, we can be sure that many a Jewish
fogy remonstrated. "What, take hard
earned money, the result of so much toil in
the fields, and put it in these tubs, to go
on no one knows where, to return no one
knows when, if ever? Young King, don't
he so foolish as to throw away our money
on the sea."
The day when these ships sailed off in
search of trade and profit was likiiavmade
the occasion of treat pageant by I.HLpv
ernment to counteract these grum
but as week after week went hv Tind
month followed month, nothing was heard
i uioae union discussed snips, i tie vise
's Decame an me wiser, laook
s more Knowingly and croaked
nsoiateiy. ihe timt came, ho
on in the dim distance the v,
ea discerned a white spec
onking , more in ten.'
NKLD
those whom she has been teaching. A
whole church year passes and what has
been accomplished? In the tyes of the
worldly ectmrttritst. such wearing and tear
ing labor is very foolish, According to his
method of computation nothing pays save
what brings in material profits. Such like
conception merits Solomon's characteriza'
tion, 5'A1I this is vanity and striving after
wind." . .
The Opinion of the worldly economist is
not a supreme court whose decisions are
binding on the Ohristian, Nothing done
for others is ever lost. If performed for
(iod and humanity with faith in results
the reward will be inevitable.
Hetter men and purer women are the
certain products of every teacher' spirit
ual venture, in casting her bread upon the
waters, for ilia return it may sometime
bring,
It is ant to he a far cry to the manifes
tation of results. The many days of our
text may mean never on this corner of the
universe, so far as the pocketbook, the
standing in the community, the tangible
influence, upon others ia concerned, ict
even so,
"Ours is the gracious service whence
Comes, day by day, the recompense ;
The hope, the trust, the purpose staid,
The fountain snd the noonday shadcl
And were this life the otmost span.
" The only end and aim of man,
Better the toil of fields like these
Than waking dreamt and slothful ease.
Though the recipients be unworthy of
our charity, unappreciative of the value
we attach to time, abuse our benevolence,
the money We give, the hours we use, the
thoughts we devote ta them prove to us
who have tried it that
"What we spent, we had.
What we saved, we lost.
What we gave, we have."
The breid we have cast upon the waters
returns to ua in a different form, but in so
satisfactory a way as to make it our one
regret that we failed to invest more alter
the same fashion. The more money we
give away the less remains in our bank ac
count, the mora sunshine is in our facet
and hearts. The more intelligence we scat
ter abroad the more we glean for our
selves. The more prayers we olfer up fur
others, tin better we know how 10 prav
for our own needs. The more our hearts
sympathise with the pains of others Ihe
larger will our hearts become.
The more we disregard the worldly wise
ru'.e of selfishness the greater is our tine
prosperity. Says Jakn G. Holland;
'Give and spend,
And be sure that God will send.
For only in giving and spending,
Do you fulfill the object of His sending. '
Now we enjoy the interest. The time
will be When the accrued principal of our
courageous investment in stock will finally
come to i aturity. In that great day we
shall find that every cup of eojd water,
every old oat, every piece of brcd, every
kind word, every calf on the tick, if im
pelled by love, was done only incidentally
to the unworthy and really to the All
Worthy. We shall hear the voice of our
beloved Matter say, "Inasmuch as ye have
done it unto one of these My brethren,
even these least, ye have done it unto We.'
Then will the
tnitll 'i"ie pia t uniisn
nroverh be manifest;
ivc in
T PRESS.
20, 1901 NUMB Kli 3. -
VISITING HOUSEKEEPER
A NEW PROFESSION WHICH ORIG
INATED IN NEW YORK.
Women of Education Wanted to In
crease the Number A Firm of Wom
en to Do Everything Women Dis
like Doing Bachelor Life Made
Easy.
Tha prophecies of Mrs. Charlotte
Perkins Oilman and others that the
servant question Will ultimately be
solved by abolishing the mistresses
has at least this basis of reason In It;
bad management creates bad service.
The woman who has chaotic Ideas of
conducting a household can hardly ex
pect her domestic machinery to run
smoothly, no matter how many hired
servants she pays to attend to tho de
tails. On the other hand, there is no doubt
that tho dissatisfaction attending the
profession of domestic service lies
deeper than this. The economic Inde
pendence of women Is reaching out
and far, and every woman Is begin
ning to realize that she has the same
choice of congenial labor as men. It
is not necessary to Inquire why choice
so seldom points to domestic service.
Every one knows the facts.
Mrs. Oilman says that tho outcome
of the -It nation Is the placing of all
houseuc.j work In the hands of trained
experts outside the home. The experts
will not be classed as servants, paid as
servants, or treated as Inferiors.
The Rich Already Provided for.
There are Indications that such a
state of affairs Is likely to be brought
about In certain classes of socloty, es
pecially In the luxurious class, who
can afford to pay for exemption from
the care of life. One Indication Is the
visiting housekeeper. There are a
number of these in New York at the
present time. Several keep expensive
advertisements in the leading papers
and magazines, which is evidence that
their business pays well. These visit
ing housekeepers have a clientele of
women whose houses they visit daily
or at stated Intervals, taking entire
charge of the servants, the marketing,
the bills, the household shopping, the
linen In a word, the domestic routine.
The mistress of the establishment
places a certain weekly amount in the
hands of the housekeeper, gives her
general .directions as to the style she
er the unnecessary part of tho furni
ture has been collected, such things as
curtains, linens, bathroom fittings, and
the like being neglected. Expert buy
ing of these saves both time and vexa
tion, if net money. Keeping the
things in repair is another function of
the housekeeper. '
To become a visiting housekeeper
on a small scale is within the capacity
of many women who desire to earn
money and are not trained to other
than dcmostlc life. An acquaintance,
or at least the possibility of obtaining
good introductions in the class whero
such work Is demanded, is tho first
necessity. The Qualifications are. be
sides a thorough knowledge of the art
of housekeeping, tact, energy, amia
bility, and perserveance Just the
qualifications needed to succeed In
any business venture. Tho profession
is one where education and refinement
count as capital. Practically all the
women who have gone Into It havo
had mese two desirable qualities as a
basis for their success. New York
Post.
AMERICA'S FIRST REPUBLIC.
It Was Not the United States, but the
Republic of Louisiana.
The first republic in this hemisphoro
to succeed In compelling recognition
of Its Independence was, of course, the
republic whose proud capital is Wash
ington, D. C. But there was an earlier
one which died soon after Its birth, of
which little or nothing Is said In our
American histories. The Louisiana
Purchase exposition must be credited
with a revival of tho memory of the
"Republic of Louisiana," which had Its
tragic little existence some years be
fore Patrick Honry and Sam Adams
were talking about revolution In the
north.
When France, in 1764, ceded Louisi
ana to Spain, the subjects of King
Ixuis XV. objected tp the transfer
without their consent. The local gov
ernment submitted the question to the
council, which, under the lead of Nich
olas Chauvln do Ralfreniere, rose In
revolt. Lafrenlero called a' convention
of the people at New Orleans, while
the new Spanish governor was on his
way to the colony, and the convention
selected a delegate to go to Paris to
dissuade the French king from his
. .... ,L. te-
course. Louis av., noweveiv
the delegate and sent back1
the people muBt recognize.
WHAT FATHER SAID. J
"Ah," fnther sighed,
And shook his bead,
And then he frowned
and sternly said:
"This football Is
A brutal game,
Where men rejoioe
To maul and malm,
I'd stop It all
If I'd my way."
John snillod In bis
Peouliar way:
"Come and look at
The game today."
John was his son ..
Ho played left guard,
And played the game
Extremely bnrd. -His
father scowled
Until a rush
Was made at John; ,
Then in the hush A
That held the Held
We hear him shout; . k.
"Git op, there, Jobal
What you about? ,
Slug that big guy ,
And knock him out!"
"Ah!" father sighed,
When John arose,
"He got one ear
And broke a nose,
And pulled an arm
Clear out of place,
And mode his mark
On every faoe."
And that same night
His throat wot raw
From yelling "Rah! j
Kaboombaahaw I
Koex I Koex I
Wow I Itahl Bah! Bah!"
Chicago Tribune.
HUMOROU8.
"Pa, what's platonic love?" "It's gen
erally a bunch of trouble ln disguise."
Chicago Record-Herald.
"That," said a literary burglar, "is
another story." And then he climbed
the porch. Kansas City Joujnal.
"We get along excellently together,"
he explained. "You see, he never bor
rows anything but trouble,, and that's
all I ever loan." Chicago Post.
Church When they Introduced that
flatirOn building ln New York they
forgot something. Gotham Wnat'i
that? Church The cyclone cellars.
Yonkers Statesman.
"I can't say that I like Pavi--"'
pictures. Perhaps It's bees
appreciate them,'
either because.
them or
wishes her home to maintain, and
Ity of Spain,
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