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VOLUME XIX.
SINGING HE RODE.
Bong tbst clangs like the battle,
Boug, keen ax the wind Mint nipi,
I rode uwiiy to tin1 iluwn of D.iy
And euoli song niw to my lipa.
Youth surely I spent it !
Life it win mine tit spcilfl !
And tho cleiir red line ip( the morning
lay
Eastward without an cud.
Further tlimi thought will reach them,
Backward into the ilnrk,
The Lords of my Mouse were ranged
uway,
The men of might and of mark.
Powering the height;, behind me
The Tower of mv own lrao line
Mine as the azure 1 i ) ol the h. :u'(
And the bend of the brow be mine.
My shadow gullnpi d behind me,
The heights of ni home were lit,
A cold nun broke through a tw in let ky
And I rode in 1 lie blaze of it.
And ever recurrent l-iniri i tsr
I sung it under my breath
The gathered tioivi r of the t-inlnji
The chorus of Love and Death.
Till I knew not. tho time that knew me,
Wan now from the pa-t apart,
For the nous that chinned like the kin
of swords,
For the chorus that broke the heart.
Harper's Weekly.
i MioQTi nf Vfloro
Rachel was dead. Curiously the vil
lagers eyed the door, whose crape
streamers told the talc this ancient
crone, familiar to their streets for
years so many that none hut the aged
remembered her as other than old.
had passed under the transforming
touch, hack into the youlhland. And
in their eyes curiosity and awe mingled
Strangely with something like triumph.
Neighbor women who had long
looked askance at Rachel and her ways
now freely entered her poor cottage,
washed its windows and floors, and
with scrupulous conventionality turned
face to the wall its rude pictures.
With no ungentle hands they robed
"'I 'fcg nn my iancy; ann, ' " t-itsfiri ,Jviv the
nl ""jalo nreaeh Some great noi.'. who hnd evidently mtmaJr kjiiir
tJ inklng
ocl
- I tain
I -qent.
j ach Color to Itself.
H "hianj In he Cherokee
55,1 sral satis-
Thl XUrned.
' 1 Hcrr on n
RACHEL MORRIS.
Died October 23, 18.
A Thousand Year In Thy Sight Are at
Yesterday,
Wilmctta Curtis, In New York
Times.
A GOOD MEMORY.
Ths Peculiarity of This 8ens Are
Many.
Good memory la a subject regarding
which a good deal of nonsense is habit
ually talked. We often hear people say
that they have a good memory for cer
tain things, but a bad one for othei
things. This I believe to be a delusion
A man's memory may be good or It maj
be bad, but It can not well be good for
one thing and bad for another thing. It
might as well be said that a bottle wa
good for holding brandy, but bad fot
holding whisky. In the case of a feeblt
intellect all Its faculties will bo
feeble memory, judgment and all the
rest but they will not bo feeble for one
purpose and vigorous for another pur
pose. The fact Is that our memory Is
In Itself equally powerful or feeble
for all purposes, but we remember
best those things which Interest us
most, and so say that we have good
memories for such things, while we
forget those things which do not in
terest us, and wo say, accordingly,
that we have bad memories for thoso
things. Horace Walpole used to say
that his memory was all-retentive a:
to the names of persons and of places,
but that It was absolutely Impotent In
regard to dates. It has been said or
him by Macauley, I think that ho
could tell you the name of the grand- .
aunt of King Ethelwald, but that ha
could not tell you whether she lived in
the year 600 or In the year 1500. The
truth was that he took an Interest In
names and genealogies, but none in
dates. Similarity, In his Introductions
to "Anne of Geierstoin," Scott aptly
says:
"I have through life been entitled to
adopt old Heatlle of Melklldale's answer
to his parish minister when the latter
was eulogizing him with respect to the
same faculty: 'No, doctor,' said the
honest border laird, 'I have no eom
manrl of my memory; It retains only
g hit my fancy; and.
reach
A SEKM0N FOR SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE BY THS
REV. D. J. BA.C2M SHAW.
Aa Interesting: Lesson Drawn From the
Tst ' Knn With rattence Krtp
Jeaua m l'Atteru Itefore You In the
JUce of Life.
PniJfClCTOW, N. .T. The Rev. Dr. John
Balcom Siiaw, pastor of the Wcet Km1
Presbyterian Church. Manhattan, pmi.-lird
Sunday morning before the st.ident ot
Princeton University. He took his text
from Hebrews xii:l: "Run with itallc'iuc'
Dr. Shaw said:
There is a vast difference between walk
ing with patience and running with pi
tience. Mot!i are hard, incalculably hard,
but they are hard in very different ways,
ml call for graces which are exact oji
poaites. Walking with patience re
quires the grace of repression or rfi-ip
nation. The spirit leaps ahead hut the
body mint needs la behind. We want
to run, but we have to walk, and a m'.aw
pace when one feels be mi;:ht maU
iiaste and oujrht to nmke haste is might
ily aggravating.
Walking with patience is one of the
young man's struggle. He wants to get
on and up, with quick speed, but cir
cumstances nie holding him back. J I e ban
a mother to support, he works for an tin
appreciative firm, he tacks the proper in
fluence, he has no friends at court, he
can comma nd no capital. Therefore, he
must stay clerk wnen he deserves the
superintendencv. He must go to business
when he would prefer a profession. Creep
ing wheji j'ou are eager to lie leap'n?
can you imagine a greater tax upon pa
tienee than that?
Walking with patience is poverty' prob
lem. To suffer want when nthrrs no more
t'.esrrvin tlinti you are in affluence, and bt1
resigned to it, it is the hardest pnn-ibie
task. That is the bottom cause of all
our labor agitation impatience und r lim
itations. Walking with patience is misfortune's
mission. To be he'd ba?k hv reverse, dis
abled by sickness, retarded by circum
stances, felled by a great sorrow, no that
we must wilk instead of run the?c are
among the most difficult experiences ol
life, and are these not experiences 1 hat
come to all? Who oL us, tne most pros
perous and fortunate, those whose track
has the fewest up grades upon it even
the young college man with his own la
cunar problems to solve and struggle to
meet who of us does not hud frequent
need to cry out with face turned upward?
I want the love that all thing sweetly
bear,
Whate'er my Father'a hand may choose
to serin
I want the love that patiently endures
. rnkpn A lull (.miru. tu till, u-linnl At ant. I kj!!in.
FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY
m a perfect model or pattern. 1 trftrt?
the author of this epistic means all I his
here. r
I. Jesus the supreme goal of our lives-
our highest purpose, our commanding as
piration, 'out to whom all our energies run
and upon whom all our ambitions and ac
tivities terminate,
'Lord, let me not he tou content,
Vith life in trifl'ng service spent,
', dake nn Aspire.
Vhcn day with petty eares arc fillcl.
Let me with holy thoughts be t hi i lit J,
- Of sc .nettling highei.''
This must be our constant prayer, if
are tj run the hurried and hurrying race of
modern life and p.eserve our etpiiposc
through it all; and that 'Vonvrthing high
er" to which we must aspire is the sen'-ce
of Christ . Let a man Legiu to live Ins lite
in devotion to Him, for His s;ike and unto
His honor, turning ail the intensity and en
terprise of his strenuous existence low-trd
that as his goa', and his life will speedily
Icse its feveri.ih hc.it and grow calm and
steadfast and serene He .ted not sl.ickeu
his pace a bit. If that be its Kn;' he Inn
continue to run and on o its clof-e he will
remain uatieut despite li.a e,i uoi.ing con
ditions. He may make hu.-te to get rich,
to acquire leadership, to attain filters-;, to
exalt Jesus Christ instead of self, if the un
seen be his chuf aim and aspiration, and
the material but a means thereunto, he
will go through life patient-proof, and the
tumuli and fever of tho igt will never get
into his soul.
"For this is peace to Io-e t he lonely note
Of self in love's celestial-oitleie 1 (strain;
An 1 this is joy to liud one's self agjni
in Him whose harmonies forever float
ihrwigh all the sphere of song, below,
above,
or God is music, even as Cod is iovc."
Oh! this is what our hard-headed busi
ness mm need, this is what our nervous,
scif centered foeiciy women need, this is
the great need of our ambiiious and eager
youth, to make Jesus Christ, His glory and
service the sobering, absorbing, controlling
ambition of their lives. Is this not the
first great look our author eunnieiuls to us
looking unto Jesus, as our supreme pur
pose? And what is the second?
Second Looking unto Jesus for power in
our lives, as our great emancipator from
tho bondage of this materialistic a:e.
"Have you ever thought, my friend!
As you daily toil and plod
In the noisy paths of men,
How still are the ways of God?
"Have you ever paused In the din.
Of traffic's insistent cry,
To thin., of the calm in the cloud,
Of the peace in your glimpse of the sky?
"Go out in the quiet fields,
That quietly yield you meat,
And let them rebuke your noise,
Whose patience is still and sweet."
Jeaus Christ alone can bring the quiet
ness of the fields and the calmness of the
cloud info o"--U,aJWn we turn, at
t. its hi
ami
IN A KEKNKL OF COKN. !
SOME BY-PRODUCTS SECURED
FROM THI8 SOUKCE. '
When It Begins Going Through Its
Transforming Process On of the
First Results Is a Separation of the
Germ Starch and Grape Sugar.
Although health food3 for humanity
nro niticii more widely advertised,
there are also what might be called,
without any great stretch ot the Imag
ination, health foixis or animals, Bays
ti:e New York Times. Home of tho
most Important are by-products in
the series of chemical operations that
is constantly turning millions of ker
nels of corn Into starch and glucose
the first product serving humanity, to
the tune of many thousand tons year
ly, In the preparation of Its cotton
goods, ami the second eventually
reaching the human stomach, in even
larger quantities, through the pleas
ant medium of confoctionery or soda
water. An ordinary ear of corn con
tains many Industrial possibilities
even including corn cob pipes, and vul
canized rubber mats for libraries and
public buildings many of whlclh have
beeu developed only during the last
two decades. On their commercial
side tho total value of these products
has been recently Illustrated by the
formation of a highly capitalized com
bination of the corn pronuct Interests,
while, on the theoretical side, the sub
ject forms an Important field of study
In theoretical laboratories, as, for ex
ample, In the starch and sugar labor
atories of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, where it was first made
a matter of student Investigation.
Important as are the by-products
obtained from corn, the ultimate pro
ducts of the corn kernel, starch and
glucose, are by far the most Import
ant Glucose, a thick, colorless syrup,
Is Indeed very generally known, and
has a very 111-derserved popular reputa
tion as an adulterant. As a mutter
of fact It is not. broadly speaking, an
adulterant at ail, but a valuable com
mercial agent which accomplishes
certain ends In candy making and in
the preparation of soda fountain sy-
without being In the least In-
Quantlties of It are
confectionery,
partly be-
or-
IT, 1004.
?ra,pe'' an'deaJ. ,ee.BtJDf Tr;
manufacture of sparkling aloe, t'i
;;ases which It gives off during for
mentation prodnclng tho necessary
sparkle better than any other agency.
And corn Is also largely used In the
production of malt food and llquora,
which owe their valuable properties
to maltose, or malt sugar, derived
by chemical transformations from the
starch in gra'ns.
UNMARRYING LAWS ABROAD.
In France the Wedding Presents Go
With the Divorce.
"There are many curious and inter
esting facts regarding the marriage
and divorce laws of fcrcign countries,"
said II. J. Brown, who recently re
turned from a trip abroad, where I19
made a study of the question.
"Breaches of promise are averted
in Hungary by an express declaration
of tho civil marriage act (1S95) that
the relations created by a betrothal do
not give tho rlgnt to command tho
conclusion of a marriage, but If either
party withdraws Trom an engagement
without Just reason! he or she is
bound to grant compensation to the ex
tent of the outlay Incurred. Divorce
In the English sense dees not exist,
but tho courts can decree the personal
separation of a married couple with
out dissolving the bonds of matrimony.
"A curious law prevailing in France
provides that, before being married,
children of a family, although over
age, shall seek In respectful and for
mal terms, tho advice of their father
and mother. It makes no difference,
however, whether the consent of par
ents Is given, for the couple can bo
married a month after under any cir
cumstances. This Is also the case in
the Netherlands.
"A divorce further entitles the inno
cent party to recover all the presents
he or Bhe may have made.
"According to the constitution of the
Netherlands, the civil marriage must
always precede the religious cere
mony. Tho latter, indeed, Is left en
tirely to the conscience of the parlies
concerned. There Is also n law pro
viding that no man or woman under 3u
can marry without the consent of par
ents. If the consent be refused, tho
ccuple have to appear before a judge,
who advises them as he thinks best.
"Many countries have now abolished
all marriage fees. This is the case In
Norway, while In the Netherlands cer-
days in the week are set apart
hen persons may be married without
'Indianapolis News.
Charcoal for House Plants.
Nothing is bo good, says Vlck's Mag
azine, for house plants as charcoal.
Use It In lumps for drainage In the
bottom of pots. Plilverize It and mix
It with the soil as you would use a
fertilizer. It keeps the soil sweet and
pure, makes vigorous growth and gives
depth to the color of both foliage and
flower.
Make Haste Slowly.
All farmers, advises Michigan Far
mer, should keep an account with each
crop. Then, farmers, stand by the
ones that stand by you. Do not drop
those you know how to grow for thoso
you do not. Hold on to corn, wheat
and clover while you -are trying alfal
fa, cow peas, sorghum, etc., and after
you have got well acquainted and your
new-found friends have really proved
themselves better than the old ones,
then, and not until then, would we
bid the old ones adieu.
In the Carnation House.
In the carnation house watering
must lie done carefully and always on
the forenoon of a clear day, If possible,
to a!'r.'v the house to dry up before
night. When watering Is needed, a
thorough one should always bo given,
enough to wet the bench through, and
yet you should not make It so heavy as
to was all the fine particles of manure
through the bottom. Sometimes a
bench will dry out in spots, and the
spots should be watered accordingly.
But bear In mind always that nothing
is more harmful to plant life than re
peated dribbllngs. James T. Scott in
American Gardening.
Rose Cuttings.
A lady who is quite successful In
starting roses from cuttings, showed
us her rose bed in which rose bushes
of good size and vigorous growth were
pointed out as having been started
from cuttings, while Interspersed
among the various bushes were small
cuttings recently planted which gavo
equal promise of growth, each being
protected with a tumbler or a fruit
jar. Her method Is to take cuttings of
rosea which have had the bloom on,
as It Is her Idea better bearing bushes
will be obtained In that way.
Mix plenty of sand with the dirt In
which they are planted, and after
pinching off all the lower leaves (and
of courso the bloom if it has one) in
sert pretty deep In the soil and press It
firmly around them. Cover with a
glass which should not be removed
for a month. Tho glasses were to be
lso through tho wtntf as a
ie coia. jr.-..,..
N U MM Kit 7.
Seventh He needs to know
that
trusting to hick in a game of
is the shoal upon which most barks
have been wrecked in the worl of
finance.
Eighth He needs to know that the
first dollar Is the hardest to get, that
a dollar saved is two earned, and that
a dollar so Invested that it returns an
other will bring the answer In all en- .
terprise.
Ninth Finally he needs to "watch
and pray," and the more watching he
does the less praying he will need to -do.
New York Tribune Farmer.
Build up Your Own Dairy.
Th farmer who keeps cows to pro
duce milk or butter needs a dairy cow.
If beef is the object in view he want!
an entirely different cow. It is impos
sible for him to produce both success
fully and with profit from the same
animal.
Often I have this question asked me
by our patrons: "Where can I get cowb
giving a large quantity of rich mllk7"
There are two ways of getting jwch
animals one by purchasing, the "Oth
er by growing them yourself. A man
who starts out to buy high class dairy
cattle will soon learn that tho man who
understands his business is not selling
his best cows until their days of use
fulness are past. V
When a man offers to sell a cow
that promises to be a good milker for
any reasonable price the buyer is apt
to discover after he purchases her that
she deceives her looks and that she has
come secret fault which will show it
self later on.
Dairymen who are excellent JudgeB
of cows will sometimes get hold of
first class animals, but, as a rule, they
will buy them from men who are not
acquainted with their business and
with whom the possession of a cow of
this kind is an accident Even then
only a few of these cows will come up
to his requirements or give anything
like the satisfaction of those that he
might raise himself, and I think that (
when be counts the time and. money - '
that he spends in experimenting in
this way he will come to the conclu- ; '
slon that the best way for' ttfe 'dBhrwk- '
farmer to Improve the quality of the
herd is by raising his own stock. It .
does not take so many years to grow
up a herd in this way as one might
suppose. -In
raising up a herd himself there "
are several advantages to be derived,
the principal one of which Is that he is
able to control the breeding. Milking
qualities are hereditary, and the heifer
whose sire's dam and grandam are also
good milker's will be a good milker
also.
In raising calves for the dairy al
ways feed for milk Instead of beef, and
the heifer Intended for the dalrj
should not have the seme treatment in
feeding as the heifer intended for calf
production only. The dairy cow is
better as a len animal than as a fat
rme, and she hould be kept during her
mJuj