THE
FRA
KKLIN PRESS
VOLUME XIX.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF IT.
Write It down ez gospel
No matter what dcy say,
De alrthquake never hurt you
'Less you, In do airthquakowayl
De Lawd he made do country;
Man 'low do country bis;
But de Are never burn you
Ef you stay from whar It 1st
You 'blcege ter rlckernlze It,
En know what makes a load;
Ef you ain't a-wanlin' trouble(
Give trouble all de road!
Frank L. Stanton in the Atlanta
Constitution.
Hiss Knollys Decides.
"It's evident you'ro English, Miss
Knollys," said Ricky Norris. regard
ing hla vis a vis scnitinizingly.
He and Miss Knollys were sitting
tn the quaint little garden of the pen
sion In Paris where Miss Knollys and
her mother were spending the month
of June. It was a court surrounded
on all sldos by the walls of high
houses, under one of which the sally
port ran.
The walks were graveled, the flow
er beds were in exquisite order, and
in the middle of the space a circlo
was marked ofT by a hedge of box
wood. Directly opposite the entrance
to this circle was a little gray stone
statue of some nondescript Venus.
At the foot of the pedestal stood a
little iron table, and all round the
l edge of boxwood was a circle of iron
hairs.
Miss Knollys had pnle gold hair,
eautlful blue eyes, the proverbial
Ingllsh skin of milk and rose?, and
er name was Violet, as an English
pin s should be. She were a white !
waist and a tan llnun skirt, and sho
was fresh and wholesome looking, but
flfere was not a vestige of style about '
with her slippered
and her
Mr
ipne was siting.
me with her mother, Will you eomo,
too, monsieur?"
"I Shall be delighted." said l)uy,
"If Miss Khollys In going,"
The count concealed his chagrin as
best he could,
"Mother is but, but t shriulti like
very much to go," Bald Miss Kriollys;
rolling up her work and putting on
her sailor hat.
"Why don't ydu ask if it's eri
straight" asked Dicky,
"Isn't It?" said Miss Ktioliys, ser:
busly, putting up a questioning hand:
"It Is charming," Said the cojint:
"There," Bald Dlckyi lipping it to
the right angle:
The cbunt glared.
They started.
The pavement was narrow and the
street crowded.
The count was a few steps ahead.
"Are you going to marry him?"
whispered Dicky.
"I must. But I said I would not
tell him until tonight," she said,
looking up at him forlornly,
"Oh. conle ta America with me,"
said Dicky.
The exigencies of the walk id a few
minutes throw Dicky ahead.
"You have decided, mademoiselle?"
said the count, his eyes glowing.
"I will tell you tonight, monsieur,"
said Miss Knollys.
the Lion and the Unicorn are not
to be driven from their position.
"Ah! mademoiselle, I live but for
your 'Yea!'" he murmured.
And then the pathway widening,
Dicky fell back beside them.
A little farther on a scaffold block
ed the walk, and they had to go out
Into tho street.
Suddenly round the corner plunged
two huge horse3, dragging a driver
less wagon loaded with stone,
The count skipped nimbly into a
niche,
Dicky caught Miss Knollys by the
arm and swung her behind a beam,
and stood in front of her, shouting
and waving his arms.
The horses swerved a little, but the
hubs of the wheels grazed him as they
passed.
DID THB BUDDHISTS DISCOVER
AMERICA!
Ancient Narrative 8tates This Country
Was First V lilted By Them,
in Harper's Professor Fryefi of the"
University of Gafliffirtila; Wrings ta
light new evidence tending to prove1
that Buddhist' priests discovered Am
erica one thousand years before the
saillilg 8f Columbus: The ovtdence
is both documentary And" erfbitemtlal,
Of the evidence of early Chinese docu-'
ments Prdofessor Fryer says:
"The narrative etMes that there
was a Buddhist priest named Hui
Sheii, originally a native of Cabul, who
In the year 499 A. D., during the reign
of the emperor Ying Yuan, came
from the country of Fusing to King
chow, the capital of the dynasty of
Tsl, situated on the river Yang-tee.
The country being In a state of revo
lution, It was not tin tfae year 602
thai he had an opportunity of gdlfig to
the court or the emperor Wtl f I, Of the"
new Liang dynasty. tit gav6 pres:
ents to the ompcror of curious articles
brought from FUsang, among which
was a matorui looking like silk, but
the threads of which could support a
great weight without breaking. This
was evidently tlie fibre of tho Mexi
can agave, lie also presented a mir
ror of ft foot irl d'ametr: possessing
wonderful prupcitles, and resembling
thoje In use la M?xico nnd other lo
calities In America at that time. The
emperor treated him a3 an envoy
from Fusang, and deputed-one of the
four principal feudal lords, named Yu
Kie, to Interrogate him re porting
the country, and to take down his
story in wrltiilf: This Was Mcar.ling
ly done, with only perhaps here and
there a typographical error which can
be easily explained.
"Among things. Hul Shen said that
the people of Fusang were formerly In
ignorance of the doctrines of Buddha,
but during the reign of tie Chinese
emperor Ta Ming, . the Sung dynas-
T). them wprn flva hlk.
r"ika. from Cabul,
mulgated
iiks,
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FRANKLtft. & a.-WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY.
A SERMON FOR SUiNDAY
A BEAUTIFUL bisCOURSR BY THE REV.
DR. C. L, COOJELL,
Sobteri: A Sdrt itfeifM With Donbt-Uo
Not lie impatient tfltN fti Only Con
tllitie to Mule Toward h tisjlll toil
lo SeeTrdtf. tylll ' Ton;
Brooklyn, N. T. Sunday mo'rHiiVs; irt
the Hanson Place M. K. Church, the Hev.
Dr. Charles L. .Goodcll preached on "A
Snr Method With Doubt." The text ni
taken from IJoflipI ,i 18, "And I have
heard of thee that thou cirist tnalle. Inter
pretations and dissolve doubts. Dr
Gqodell said:
If Daniel were alive today, with his
abillt? to1 dissolve don'ots unimpaired and
nnimpeached, he t:iid he (ht busiest
man of his time. And yet buri it ,nd
more an age of doliht than any ntlief
which preceded it. There wa infidelity
a hundred years a;ro in or u-iivcrsitics
and U flippant skepticism anions educat
ed people which' i nowuite outgrowo.
hut it will always remain trSe that, every
generation must settle its owii uo'ub'tir
The feneration is made no of the indi
vidual ond tha great questions of the soul
lire pfrwrtnt question. They must ht
wrought but fdr .the trtfltt part by indi
vidual stress and stt-uggle'.- Tiler are
phases of doubt that receive .greater em
phasis than others at n eiveri time. In fmo
Eenerntion a deictic philosophy seems td
riumph.in another agnosticism is at the
fore. The veneration, now passing has
fought out the great battles' of evolution
and we may fairlv ear that its (Henry is
in no way a menace to the Christian faith,
'fhnrr ha-e been hot battles on the Held
M biblical criticism. Positions once held
nv tih.twd greitt forces bve been proven
untenable. nnd the .orthodox party bv (riv
ing up whnt could ndt be defended has
made its position stronger' than ever be
fore. The doubts to which I wish to refer Ann
which I would be glad to scatter as spec
ters n' the night are not so much of the
theoretical as of the practical sort. They
are the kind which make stout men weak,
which paralyze great upward movements
in society, and cut the nerve of personal
devotion.
It in rot .slrrtnsff nt" unreasonable that
we should have donKlj. we begirt life
knowing nothing. We' journey' irl the1
land of the urknown nt every ten'. We'
investigate nnd experiment nnd question.
Little by little with material brought from
the unknown we build the structure
which we call knowledge, nnd in doing
this wc form a liabii Which masters ns. It
will not let us rest. Life hat become a
great interrogation point, and our jonr-'
nry a voyage of discovery. V?e sail into
every beckoning hay. One is a fair har
bor and nothing beyond: another a stretch
of sandbar and shoal and we are fortu
nate if We (ire itb!e tn put acain to sea ; while
t i tr IUm Mn..lU n
un whose tide we go to gior-
in . a dclccub.e country.
thinks cannot top' his
mocked by it i.d
adventurous
ib he must
'iver
e tMng to do,
inemorr of 'Vvilli'ani Wtn-iJswcn-lb, f rite)
philosopher and poet, who, bv. a special
gift ni calling of Almighty (iod. iVhethef
ns discoursed on man or nature, failed not
to lift up the heart to holy things tired
fftt of maintaining the cause of the pour
and JlffffUe and so in perilous timet was
raised up to lll cWef minister, not only
of noblest "loeay, but ttgh and tacred
truth." , ,,
Before you seek any further 'or the di
solving of your doubU. ask y.-urtelf hon
estly . th question: "Am I unalterably
Hveri over td fight doing? Am 1 ready t
6mv, the Voice within me as steadfastly
as SdcWleS, 6becd hit daemon,' even
though it shou'ltf tjf&i mf purpon-a and
bring bitter losses?
It will be easy to believe in imltlriffflilv
when wj try to live a life that it good
ft)l find yourself in doubt nnd uncertain
ty. Mf is it thus with you" 1hre can
be but one hnsiteY, You have thrown
yourself in holy surrender nt the feet of
t' e truth von have known. It costs tome
thing to do that. J pity the man who had
nfl Bttfiel In his life; no place where he
has faced Gdd. itnd dutv nnd snid: "t
;n ik. Jivlnl' ''irrHi nitffhi. rani
had hit Damascus, Luther bis Krfijrt, Wet
lev his Aldenn?ate, and ll shnell. Ictr'
ing to the students of Yale, said: "There
it S (drcv lodged iu the little bedroom of
c -e of tfie'if 4ffmitprics whieli I nr dod
His receding ntf1 mf note, allowing it
never to be lost. A
Do not be impatient with VnW flrtiinr,
rnilv be ture that vou are moving toward
the llsh'. yon do tee. Not what we arc.
But telift ( ard becom ng; not where we
stand, btft hccj we come and whither
we go these iff. fli great things about
which we should be concerned.
The fruit of the tree of faith Way be
f-liickfd too soon and it is then valueless
It takes d tflt e.son to ripen the best of
nature's products' ilnd. there arc some
things in faith which only yfiif and frott
and storm will bring to maturity.
It hat been said that one of the greatest
talents in religious discovery is the find
ing how to hang fP nuestions without be
ing anxious", about thent. Look t 'hem
now arid Ibcri at they hah nd by nnd by,
when vou turn sctro 6orncr of thought,
vou will be delighted aild.flstdnished tones
how quietly and easily they open their se'
cret and let yon in. I know a great tench'
er of mathematict who always kept some
hard problems by him. He would work
on one awhile and put it .mck m Ins
pocket still incomplete. After wcekt or
ttirmths the problem would be solved tnd
indthef tak Its place in tut inougni,
Thfft an! mirn ha i!
ance: "Lord, I believe
never thought enougn
ihey have no ay
die for a man or
lieve anything thi
l:t ,tiai positioi
forlaulc inome i
must adjouin
not be imnatie
of my questio
life towara w
fact does not
have settled
dav when all
' One ef nid
taught the M
of culture an'
at the head
years. Her f
Jhe became t
close of If
title from r
hake hands
restMsufferr
t ay
r A
y in
J me
r "f
li JL Mine !
f nu ine
f e clear.
ears tgo
I a limy
Ie had been
ol for many
liled bcY and
I taw her at tne
Iter- way up the I
Sit he miglit
Ny-hVOf her I
Nit the migni
SjfhVof her
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Vejion
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SJ
3, 1901
Fragrant Leaved Plants.
For th window garden we still pre
fer the fragrant leaved plants, such
an many of the polarganlums, and
such flowers as perfume' the air dain
tily and not oppressively, says a
southern writer In Gardening. Ona
plunt of Olea fragrans and one of
Daphno odorata wo always keep In
tho window of the living room.
Why so Many Fail.
Many people never got to the front
In tho poultry business because they
struggle and work from year to year
only to bo beaten again at the shows
fttld by practically some beginner, but
Anally aftur losing five or ten years'
time they find that their mistake was
In always buying something cheap in
stead of paying a little moto and get
(ifla; good foundation stock. The
quickeY A man buys good blrds to
breed from the sooner he Is started
right in tho fancy and the sooner he
will get a share of the business. T.
B. King In American Poultry Journal.
Place Por an Incubator.
The proper place to put an Incuba
tor la in a room or cellar where the
tempcrSfttrs ta not variable. The
greatest trouble with a cellar Is too
much moisture'. No matter If tie
temperature n the room Is high or
low, so It It not subjected to sudden
changes, A brick cellar where It Is
not too oist Is the best .dace. By
having J story above the room Is not
affectoT by tho heat from the sun,
and Ifie thick brick walls do not cool
dff fd quickly when It is very cold out-
A great deal ot trouble can be
olded by having the Incubator In a
worn of this sort. Tho room should be
tfetl ventilated so as to nave a con
stant circulation of pure air. Do not
put the Incubator where It will be In
a draft. Connecticut Farmer,
Investing Surplus Money.
fti some sections the crops for sev
eral years have enabled the farmers
to pay oft outstanding obligations and
st'll have surplus money for Invest
ment. Much of this surplus money
will be placed in savings banks and
considerable Invested In bonds and
mortgages, both good Investments, as
rule. The farm la the best Invest
ment for any surplus cash one has
and unless It contains everything that
will go to help in increasing the profit,
one has no right to Invest his
funds In other ways,
field that can be drained
la'ly Increase Us yield?
"NJits
-NO,
irk. Are
have been formed. The reduction ot
the foliage ot a tree limits Its nutrition
and more or less strikes at the vitali
ty of the tree.
Heavy pruning should only be done
as a last resort. A safer method
would be to stop cultivation or to seed
down with a clover crop, or the plow
might be run a little deeper, so as to
cut off the surfaco-feedlngocts and
root prune the tree. Pruning for
vegettttlve or wood growth Is that
which has been outlines tor the grow
ing tree. Cut out all dead, broken
and deformed limbs and those which
cress and rub one anothor.
Care should be taken to keep the
tree from suckers, so that there Is a
free circulation cf air through the
tree and the sunshine let In sufficient
ly to give the fruit a good color.
Line Fence Questions.
There seems to be some difference
of opinion, even among lawyors, but
it seems certain that whero the fence
line has been laid out and a fence
built each man must build and keep in
repair his share. Should he neglect
his part, or refuse to keop It In proper
repair, and cattle bremk into his field
over hla part, he cannot recover from
their owner for damages. If there Is
no fence now on the line, notice, giv
ing 30 days' time, can be served upon
him to build it.
If he refuses to build It and serves
a notice on you that he elects not to
build, you can build all, and use It,
but he will have to pay for half the
day hs pastures or uses his land next
to It. ,From thla it seems that In
some cases both men may be right.
Various circumstances alter the le
gal standpoint, and one should consult
a lawyer If he Is bound to "look for
trouble" before he begins. In case
cattle get out, and pass through the
woods or "commons" and get Into
other fields on the other sldo of the un
fenced part, the owner is liable; hence
a man must take care of his cattle.
In case of neglect to repair properly
or build up existing line fences, no
damage can be collected; hence a man
need not care for his cattle. Neigh
bors had better spend more time than
they think they ought to tn keeping
food fences, rather than to "law" It;
and always bear In mind the maxim:
a good fence makes good neighbors.-
C. 1. Chapman.
Horticultural Notes.
The mcrnlng glories on the oast and
west sides of the house, have frequent
ly remained open all day.
A screen of climbing nasturtiums on
the south side of a porch has been a
delight through out the entire summer,
growing prettier each day.
In setting out or transplanting
shrubs or roccs, mako the place pre
pared for It largo enough so that the
roots will not be cramped. And fc-m
the soil thoroughly.
NUMBER 5
mm
WITH THE USUAL APOLOGIES.
Alone she walked the oceanUtrand,
Her parasol was in her hand;
She stood and wrote upon the sand
His name, the year, the day.
As slowly from the spot she passed.
One llngorlng look behind she cast,
"Wave, .wash It out!" she sighed at
last,
"His name's mud, any way!"
Chicago Trlbun -
NE PLUS ULTRA. .
May Alice isn't at all nervous .
Clara Not in the least. I've kn&rn
her to keep cool In a bargain countct
rush. Town and Country.
FAME. .
"How do they get on together?" .
"Famously! They quarrel contin
uously, and their quarrels all get Into
the newspapers."
RELIEF IN SIGHT.
"Your salary Isn't enough to sup
port my daughter, sir."
"I'm glad you've come to that con
clusion so early, sir." Detroit Free
Press.
OTHER WAY AROUND.
catching?
Fresh No, It's taking. Yale Rec
ord. MISUNDERSTOOD.
"Did your father strike you as being
a man of brains?"
"No as being on the front steps
after midnight" Cincinnati Commep
clal. ,
CAUTIOUS.
"But why did you not send for the "
doctor next door wtnen you became ,
suddenly 111?" asked his friend.
"You forget," answered the sufferer,
"that I have been learning to play the
cornet recently.'" Puck.
LIVINQ ON THB PROCEEDS. .
"He's slmpy living on his automc
bile this winter."
"Why, I thought he couldnt afford?
to run Uie thing."
"That Isn't It He sold
delphla Ledgor.
It" Philip
HIS
-JIydragojyJta4ata Is oneof our
"Have any
as,ked the doc.
r
Mi m JllM jr