North Carolina Newspapers

"VOLUME XIX. FRANKLIN. N. 0, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1904. - NUMl?l:i: 21 TO A WATERFOWL. Whither, niidst falling dew, -VA11 day thy wings have) fanned, While glow the heavuus with the last At for height, the cold, thin atrnos steps of day, . . phero, -.- - Far, through their rosy depths, dost P T, to the welcome thou pursue jgThy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark tby distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted In the crimson sky. Thy figure floats along. ' , . . .. ,. , . . Seek'st thou the plnshy brink Of weedy lake, or marini of river wide. Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean-side? There Is a Power whose care Teaches thy wuy ntong that pathless coast, ' The desert and Illimitable air, Qouo wandering, but not lost. A Pair of Prospectors. A NARRATIVE WHICH INVOLVES SOME UNWRITTEN LAWS. B WILL LEYIHGTOH COMFORT. The tale of how a gold rush started up Mammon Canyon, came back to Palo Pinto, where It began, In frag ments, much the same as a herd of cattle is rounded up on the home range after ' a stampede. It was pieced together and calmed Into a rea sonable narrativo by Nip Fowler, who Is the Palo Pinto correspondent for ail existing newspapers. Here are the facts: There was Ditsey Forncrook, pros pector; there was "Flre-pox," a Btrang er burdened with many devils; and there was Frek Muldoon, the second, a master of men, guns and trials. These three carried out a drama of few words. Ditsey was down to the rinds and gristle of bis last slake and looking for a "pardner" to so uu the Mammon with him for the gold cure. No one offered until "Flre-pox" drifted into Palo Pluto. Following is Nip Fowl er's description of the stranger: "Ho had .no word iQjsay about who or what he was, but hoiked bad to us bad and twltchy and susirte!OB9r-A-qutck step behind and he'd leap abdut like a cat caught snoopin' what knows better. He was pocked. Oh, yes, he. was pocked drop and red like har vest moons. So we named him. His eyes were busy and small and shiny black, and the whites were yellow. His ears were pointed like his teeth, and his Hps wore paper-thin. We saw he had left something behind that did not lay easy, but Ditsey was looking for a pardner and didn't stipulate a ffi.an.tp do his hAnd when 'Flre-pox' said he'd gofijfeey said 'buen.' Two days Jney pulled up the canyon wnn three burros." The straneer didn't nrove entertain ing, but he could work and travel and handle packs. He used a bivouac for eating and sleeping purposes only, but he knew all about the erecplngs and hidings of the yellow virgin who makes the harlequins of the many. Dit sey was pleased. He figured that their joint capacity would start a rush up the canyon. And he was right One dawn when Palo Pinto was three weeks behind. Ditsey opened his eyes to find that his pardner was be yond the camp circle and that no breakfast was in progress. A few min utes afterward, "Firc-pox" crawled In. His eyes were as big as walnuts, bright as fire, and mad as poison. He Jerked up when he saw that the other was awake. "Couldn't sleep," be croaked. "Sun must a-whacked me, yisterday. Take the packs on. I'll rest a Bpell an ketch up 'long tojvi.ids nightfall." Ditsey believed in letting a good man have his little peculiarities. He swallowed some crackers and jerked beef and set out with the burros, ask ing no Questions. He msy have deter mined upon a peeled-eye policy In con nection with "Fire-pox." He may have deemed It peculiar that a sun-mad bud die should have turret! up In the gray morning with nls p'ck In his hands, limestone dust upon his boots, sweat upon his face, and an unholy light in his eyes. But this is conjecture and the facts are not yet spent. It was the middle of the afternoon and Ditsey was pushing on alone. There had been no sound from behind for nine solid hours. The sun struck the east wall rf the canyon and show ered down, hot as cinders. The man and the burros clattered around a swerve of the gorge, and all beheld ahead an untethered buckskin, pony and a little man sitting upon a rock, placidly smoking a cigarette. It was Frek Muldoon, II. His real name Is forgotten. He called himself after the greatest trail er of them all, the man who stopped the lqpe war of Crooked Knife, Apa che. Like the . first Muldoon, he worked alone, shot from the hip, brought back his man and drank him self still in dull seasons. Moreover, he was of the same jockey bulls, and, like the first Frek, could bide his thirst, camel-fashion. In short, a man would be just as safe running with a can of nitro-glcerlne through a jammed freight house in the dark as to have the second Frek on his trail. "Hullo, sheriff," Ditsey called pleas antly. "Say," Muldoon Questioned, squinting up at the other, "who're you hitched to this trip?" .Ditsey grew wise, looking at the lit tle, scarred, gritty face below. He scrutinized the canyon and th sky, and answered mildly. ' " Tears t' me, I'm hlttin it op alone, sheriff." Muldoon was quint for a half min ute, then volunteered: "I'm out fur a sneak, Ditsey, that's too mean fur Bhootln'. That's why I'll take him back alive alius exceptln' the chance that he squirms. If he squirms, I ride back to Campinas alone, and I guess the populace will take my word fur his funeral. 1 crossed the canyon two days ago back at the Mutton trail. The trail said thay was two of you, Ditsey, quit lyln'!" "Is the chap you want a young feller with a clean face, sherlffr the pros pector asked craftily, 'after a pause. Though the dark night it near. And soon that toll shall end; Boon shalt thou find a summer home, and rest, . And soream among thy fellows; reeds shall bend, ' Boon, o'er thy sheltered nest. Thou'rt rone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form,- yet, on mv heart Deeply Wh sunk the lesson thou host And shall not soon depart: He who, from gone to mne, Guides through the boundless sky thy certain night. In the long way that I must tread alone. Will lead my steps aright. William Cullcn Bryant. "I reckon you couldn't miss it wid er," Muldoon remarked. His squlntly black eyes wero storming the other's intelligence. "What did he do over your way this feller?" Forncrook faltered. ; "Among other trifles, he killed a man fur money a decent man! He's clean loco when there's money In sight!" There was another pause. In which the prospector struggled with primary laws and a memory of the morning; while Muldoon listened intently, his ear close to the limestone wall of the canyon. The latter raised -his head finally with a smile as hard and cold ac ice. "I've known you fur years, Ditsey," he said Blowly. "You ain't no trail In' arburtus that 'ud sicken an' die If the props was knocked frum under. There ain't no better man In these parts, but if you've happened onto a prick-eared, dirty-eyed, pox-branded pardner, then I'm going to take him back to Campinas, er leave him here -fOT thcDore vultures. Somebody's comln'!" Muldoon read all be cared to know In the face of the tner- He bent forward to listen a secomM!"16' and Just at this Instant Ditsey lea'' upon him. The weapons of the Hill's? sheriff were taken away without tend erness. "I want t' return th" compliment, sheriff," the man on top panted. "Thar ain't a better man than you In these parts but he's my pardner! So fur ipp - I Jujowa. he's been .square done his day's work each daylight, 'ceptln' today. I can't stand by, sheriff you see, I can't, being his pardner!" "I didn't think you'd do It, Ditsey," Muldoon muttered with little appear ance of hate. "I'm his pardner, sheriff! I hopes I didn't hurt you!" "If you'd a-stumblcd onto any gold," Muldoon said gloomily after a moment, "he'd a-been workln' it alone. That's tho sort of a pardner he'd a-been to you. I'll get him DltBeyt" "I've taken care of one Forncrook when this was a newer country, sher iff!" Thus they represented their laws while the twilight crawled up from the river-bed and dimmed the ribbon of sky. They both heard footsteps now, but as "Fire-pox" turned tho swerve of the gorge, only Muldoon saw him. Ditsey was covering the sheriff with all his eyes and some metal reinforce ment . "Here's a man sob he wants you, Flre-pox." Forncrook called without moving his head. "Ef you don't want t' see him, grab a snack o' provisions from the packs an' git! I'll keep the sheriff here till th' raorntn'!" There was a low, shaking cry from "Flre-pox" then a frenzied clatter of boots, which sound the distance quick ly dwindled. . "Th' scut!" Ditsey muttered. Muldoon's lips were curled contempt uously, "You ought to have seen th' sneik creepln' creepln' 'round th' bend, his hand at his holster," he re marked absently. "He dldnt seem t' be lookin' for his pardner with love In his heart I'll git him! By the way, Ditsey, drop your gun. I'll stick till mornln'. My word! T'wont be no both er t' jerk him up. He didn't stop fur a sandwich even!" The prospector promptly turned over the other's weapon. "Let's eat aomepin, sheriff," he said thoughtfully. Partly because he had a violent Idea, and partly because the sheriff and the other had gone back, Ditsey turned toward Palo Pinto in full daylight He drew up at nightfall at the , camp where "Flre-pox" had complained of heat troubles, and asked to be left alone. In the earliest light of the next day, Ditsey set about his Idea. He remember bow "Fire-pox" . had come Uv coverd with sweat and stone dust and carrying his pick; he remembered the look in "Fire-pox's" eyes, and what the sheriff had said about his man being "clean loco when there's money in sight;" he recalled the sher iffs word picturo of "Fire-pox coming around the swerve in the darkening canyon. A little search, and yet a little more search, and Ditsey came to a spot low down on the canyon wall which was covered with artificial plaster and dry shrubs. He scraped away the artful coating and beheld golden promise which "Flre-pox" had schemed to develop alone. And Ditsey was humiliated most of all because, it was proven that another man's eyes were keener for "signs" than his own. He lingered there alone for many days enthralled In study. It was no belated outcropping, but 'one of na ture's great caches. When there re mained but provisions Jo see him back to Palo Pinto he staked out exactly the claim he wanted and left the spot, jealous of the sua above and the wa ter beneath. . V He was surprised ' to find that the hunted "Flre-pox" hnd not left the I canyon at the Mutton Trail crossing. At least the tracks of Muldoon's pony continued beyond, and --that was enough. It was the fourth midday: Ditsey saw a black moving clot on the river bank 200 yards ahead. The burroa Jorked up often as the blotch was neared and sniffed the sudden oppres sions of the air. The .man strained forward, chilled, yet sweating. A vul ture arose with a roar that shocked the canyon then others) Dltsey's un derstanding was : all : but complete. Which had fallen the sheriff or his man? - v-. . - : Ditsey passed by, brushing the far wall of the canyon, choked by the hot blasts of tainted air. A boot pro truded. The sole was broad and flat In no way akin to the sheriff's. Frek Muldoon was likely spending his re ward by this time back In Campinas, Evidently "Fire-pox" had squirmed. Back In Palo Pinto at length, Dit sey Forncrook told a tale that touched upon the finish of . "Fire-pox" and turned half the town up the canyon for claims. New York Evening Post 8CARCITY OF WHALEBONE. Monster of ths Deep Which Furnished . the Article Nearly Extinct Experts say there Is only about six tons of whalebone left In the world. That means that the Greenland whale that carries about half a ton of the "bone" In its cavern of a mouth. Is well nigh extinct says London Mod ern Society. To or 12 of these gigan tic whales yet roam the Arctic seas, and when these are killed there are none to take their place. There are other species of whales that yield ba leen, or whalebone, but It Is coarse and small, and In no way to be com pared to the great shining plates, eight or ten feet long, which are taken from the mouth of the Greenland whale. The cachelot, or sperm whale, is hunt ed for Its oil and Its spermaceti; it possesses no baleen, having Instead a row of stput white teeth yielding ex cellent ivory. Whalebone is curious stuff, being light, flofixible, tough, and elastic to a degree that renders it unique for many purposes. Steel has taken Its place In the umbrella trade and In corset man ufacture, but whalebone holds its own in tho best dressmaking establish ments. There are mechanical brush es, too, which must be made of whale bone until. Indeed, some other sub stance is invented or discovered equal ly durable and springy. An old law, never yet repealed, gives the whale bone of any derelict whale found on the coasts of Britain to the queen con sort "for her own use and behoof, and the busking of the bodices of her dames and maids." pil., claimed this perquisite when a nland whale came ashore on the NnrfnTTVcoBsi. it was me time hooped Mtlco4tjl and J2!l Ices, and tflr-eJHBen s delight In re ceiving such an unexpected supply of stiffening Is chronicled In a letter from pretty Mary Bellenden to Lady Suf folk: "And I, too, have my share," the maid of honor finished triumphantly. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. Forty-live only of the crew of the liner Kaiser William II. are ordinary sailors, the remaining 555 being mechanics, etc. A man who lives at Belfast, Me., claims to have the record for railroad accidents, having recently been In six within forty-eight hours. On the German Emperor's birthday the Inhabitants of Cologne are allowed to cross the Rhine bridge free, provid ed they go on foot Carriages pay as usual. Penobscot county claims the oldest horse In Maine, if not In the country, His name 1b Tommy Fostlett. He IS forty-two years old. and there Is no question about his age. Expert mountaineers who require three hours or more to ascend the snowy slope of the Mexican volcano Popocatepetl can slide down the iame slope safely In ten minutes. Mr. H. C. Robinson, who has spent two years In scientific Investigation in the Mallay peninsula, recently exhib ited to the zoological section of' the British association a specimen of a fish know as the "mud hopper," which by means of strong fins under Its body is able to move about on lanj for dis tances of at least twenty yards from its watery nests in the swamps. Value of First Impressions. A man who won his way from er rand boy to millions and a seat In the United States senate, and whose name Is mentioned in connection with, the presidency, was chatting with a group of young men about chances in life and the best way of using them. This question was put to htm by one of the - company : "Suppose, senator, yon reached a city with only : 12 in your pocket and with nothing in pros pect What would you do with the money?'" .. - The Bena'or looked at the celling, made a few calculations, and replied: "I should, of course, be travel stained. My first' visit would be to a department store, Vhere I should spend a dollar for a shirt, a collar and a pair of cuffs; not the best quality, of course, but clean and presentable. Then I should seek a good barber shop with baths attached. I should make a bargain with the attendant to give my clothes as good a brushing and s vice for other; but neither God nor nature cleaning at possible .while I was In the , h" " pleasure in seeing our shoulders tub. Bath ii i cent clothe. 15 cent aAMaS Then I should want my hair trimmed ; things and no(b moved, for God and u and a shave, which would mean - 40 ; tare have ordained sufficient sources of cents more a dollar ninety in all. Ten ; cents would not be much for food.; still, a sandwich and ' a cup ot coffee would suffice. Then I'd look for work, and I'd get It. And as I got along, whenever It came to a pinch between appearances and food, the first consid eration all the time would be clothes." This Is the extreme, you gay. So it is. But it happens that the men who follow il generally get along the best There never waa a time when first Im pressions added so much .as they do today, and without a good appearance a valuable first Impression ' is almost Impossible. Baltimore Herald. A. SEM0N FOR SUNDAY AN INTERESTING DISCOURSE BY THE - REV. ROBERT MACKENZIE. SahJaetl "Ths Trials nl Triumph fLIV The OiMdt and th Inelda Basra a' Strength-Th WnkiM of This Pre- m Day Llf of !waatlai BrooicxTK, N. Y. DriRoberf Msc senile, pastor of the Rutgers Presbyterian Church, Manhattan, preached Sunday on "Th Trial and Triumph of Life." Hia text was found in Acta IX : 22-24: "And now, behold I go bound in the spirit into Jerusalem, not knowing the thins that shall befall aw there. Sav that the Holy Ghost witaesaeth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. But none of these things move me, neither count my lifo dear unto myself, so that 1 might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of th Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of .th grac of God." Dr. Mackenzie said : Paul feels himself set to a definite nor pose in life, something appointed of God and worthy of himself. He isv detn mined to finish his course successfully. Each of us is called of God to liv some -definite purpose, to add by our lives to the sum of the good in this world, to do something and to be something for God. To accomplish this purpose Paul saw that be had to nan through many trial, temptations, difficul ties. He is looking back upon those through which he has already come and forward to those he saw he must yet meet. He knew that bonds snd afflictions await ed him if he pursued his present purpose further. He saw his life aa a very stormy one. Hia frienda sought to persuade him to change hi course, to pom promise a little with his purpose, to adapt himself more prudently to the wavt of the world in which he found himself, to be less straight forward, and sa escape those bonds snd afflictions that threatened. He was not indifferent either to the dangers of the way nr to the kindly Intereai of hia friends; but he answers: "What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? For I am ready not to be bound only, but also to d'i for the name of the Lord Jesua." Then the calm conclusion of our text: "None of these things move l e." It is difficult to ret up to the level of Psul. he is the most determined. Uncompromising straight-on man in this book of great characters. Yet there are ordinary human steps leading to this level; all woo will csn rise. "The things" of our text have not passed away with Paul. Triala are behind, bonds and afflictions are before every man that will make a worthy course across tbit life. When you build a P for the North Atlantic you must take storms and ice bergs into account snd build according. y. When you would build boy for business, for honor, for goodness, for Christian ser vice in this community, you must take "these things" into account. Last year's lebergs have melted in summer seas, but new ones hare formed and will meet-the sailor of this year, 'i'tae North Atlantic is ever the same a scene of storm and ice. ihe particular triala that overlook Paul may not fall on anv of ua. but others will come, bearing other names, equally disturb ing to our souls, inn world is ever tbe same a acene of many trials. Only a few are exempt, only a few are permitted to land with their hand at their back and their backa to the tire looking out upon the storm. There are such people.. We are giad when old people can do this, but the young people who csn do it. or do do it. arc uub iu in envicu, out uiuvu. Atust men must go out and meet th stojuwi''tuCse I tilings opposition, rogugntions, disap pointments, ienma5nslneet them and itch them, as best thev become men, snd all the better men tor meeting; them. "These things'' move some men mightily; they seek to edge their way out of the storm, they change their course, compro mise with their original purpose, choose some leu strenuous way through life. Some young men form a purpose to go to college, when the bonds of mathematics and afflictions of Cicero's orations come be tween them and their purpose "these things" move them out of their course. They compromise with their purpose and look for an easier way. Some men go fur ther, they finish their preparation, face their profession, meet the difficulties inci dent to any such beginning, complain, flinch, fall out discouraged, despairing, laiccijT nviug. unuwooa on tn streets. Some men, ilk Psui, are ur ' W moved by these things. These are u . spared toe storm nor aoes tne storm nest less hard upon them: yet they keep their faces to it, keep to their purpose firmly, often bent like tree, but like trees well rooted, recover themselves) often like William Tell going through a pass of his native Alps on a narrow path cut in the face of tb preci pice, the mountain wind blowing a gale against him; unable td make progress against it, unable to stand againat it,, he lay down in the path, but belay with hia lace to nia goal ana crawled to it. Men knowing their full share of the trials of life are yet able to say, each in his own measure, "None of these things moved me.' Most of you here belong to that number. Your life in youth was not cast in easy places; your present life is not spent in sheltered places. Most of you were cast as young men into this, or some simitar stormy community to make your own way. Xou have been met repeatedly by the stprm of "these things" in business, in home and in your Christian life; yet you an uera to-aay witn your laces to your purpose, your purpose well in hand, able to say after aa well as before ths storm, None Of these thinsra nmvn turn " How is this explained? Take the life of suca men as job, and Joseph and Daniel ana x-aui men wno nave set before us ex amples of how much the human heart can bear and not break, what bonds and af flictions it can endur anrl nnt. ha mjnl. moved. Take the men and women of your vnu avtjuaiuiance ana onserration on whom these things have broken with full force and yet they are cheerful, sunny, sympathetic people, reaching a middle life ot j '? ?oaot. ""d n old age of charity and faith and hope people whom it is good to know, people who show into what rich coinage the rough ore of human nature can be minted. How is their triumph ac counted for? By the fact that if life has its scenes of trial, life has also it sources of strength in which to-sadure and triumph over th trials. - v Af ter all, if yon will think about it, this life is seen of compensations. On the "'" taings are balanced by other things. On the whole, life is not so bad as w were taught to expect it: the fears of pessimism are not realised by healthv men: our vouna Ipkh wi- iama. than tb experienced fact. "Oh I Yes,'' aio a colored woman, "I hare had a great manv trouble in in life m-t never happened." When they do happen we find that there have been compensating preparations in which to meet them. If nature smites the Norway and the Oregon pint trees with its north winds it Isys ths Dro tec tins moss on that M th. tree. If nature allures the animal to tbe Arctie it wraps and haps it in furs. Man is not neglected in this distribution of compensation, no trial has overtaken you more than is common to man, no trial is put upon you more than you are able to bear, with th trial there is some wsy of escape, of compensation. Both God snd nature lav burdens on ua. for life i a; uipuna tor cnaracter in ourselves, for ser- "MD f tnem. there are outside sources: The vouns snear at wheat beginning to grow in the bleak winds of November or March finds itself supported by a little barrel of flour in the grain out of which it springs. The young caterpillar waking up to begin its lift finds itself providentially deposited by its winged mother on some green leaf oa which it can feed while yet too weak to for age for itself. Take your ewa children, von can count up "these things" of trial that beset the child tn an extent that would make you sigh with pity. They have come into a world fraught with psin, privation, dangers to body snd to mind. They are wrapt in no furs, furnished with no" M'ennona, provided with no stored an food in themselves. How csn thev bear "these things'' and not be moved? How ran they bear them and be hsnpy? Yet they are bfppy. scarcely is tue tear dry ou th little lace when the wreathed smile of sn angel cornea there. For the child also draws' ite first strength from outside source. "God bath e the solitary in families." God lets down on the child in normal society the protect'on and pro viaion of home. This is tin necessity and sanctity of the home; not only that it is Christisn. law. not onlv that it is moral Is, but simplv that it is nstural law. There are inaide sources of strength. Neither God nor nature moils the child. Ry 9 o'clock nature withdr.iwi her morning dews leaving .he growing things to find new sources of strength in which to atsnd nnmoved is the sultry or thi stormy noon. Not now the outside dew. but the inaide sap. Nature giving the sprouting grain an outside sunply for its .'rut few days now leaves it to send its own roots into the earth, its green leaves into the air, and by ita own inward activities trsnsmute them into life and growth. Th first green leaf exhausted the caterpillar must now move off to find a new leaf for itself. From the children of men. too, God withdraws the early haptiam. The youth must one day leave home and its protection end pro vision snd bv the exercise of his own pow ers wring a living for himself. If now he is to meet these things and not be unduly moved, if he is to meet them like a true man with courage and strength and tri umph he must develop the sources of strength within himself. Here exactly is the wejxness of this ores en t dsy. Every age has its own strength and nre-eminence. The strength of our day ha been the discovery and snnlicstion of the forces of nature, hv art and science, to ur daily living in all ita branches. W have turned the bullock cart Inlo the auto mobile, the lardy aickle into the etenm harvester, th postman going three mile en hour with letters into the telegraph and the telephone. Yet it is alwsvs true that from the greatest etreneth falls a shadow ing weakness. Our fathers had but few outside force on which lo rely. Not long were they allowed to lie in the cradle, not long lo plav in the nurserv. Nature was ringed and rough with them. The old farm house stood far from its neighbor, drifts of snow or swollen streams often lay between. When the wintry night closed in there was no public place of amusement, no stirring procession of multitudes under he electric lights of the streets, but moon light snd shadows on the lonely country road. If the family would psss genial evening they must develop the inside sources of the home, of the hesrthatoue in the log csbln. and find (be comedies and tragedies of life en the stage of their own minds snd hearts. No newspaper or mag azine allured them ont of themselves. There, in their own little world, at their own fireside, they thoiicht out their poli tics, their literature and their.theoloiry. In education the schools were poorly fur nished, the teacher but noorlv trained, the text books but few ami serving the suc cessive member of the family in turn If they were to he educated thev must finl their education by) the nainful development of their own powers of Memory anil rede tinn. You have seVn pictures of the poor school house in which Dnniel Wester or Henry C!ey was trained, or. going a gen eration further hack, we may think of the simple school in which George Washington or Patrick Henrv wn educated; yet out of such school houses came leaders who founded States, wrote constitutions, built a republic, grann'ed with the diolomsev of Europe; out of them rime orators whose eloquence, though dead on the printed page, still thrill the res-ding soul. Gather them out of this primitive school house, cloiict them in the Colonial Congress in rhiladeln hia to wsiiion ont n their own minds, their destinies and that of i il, nd what was the re- suit? In religio: vr.steri were bare fresco on the wall. ho inward vision of spiritual things: no organ rolled its music to lead their praise: no gifted voices in s selected choir lifted them out of themselves on the waxen wings of Icarus: no grace of rMoric made theology easv. They were left to the de velopment of their own Inward sources of praise, or prayer and ot thought. Ana what TTomerie characters thev were! Jona than Edwards in barren Stnckhridge made himself the first philosopher of his age. It may well be feared that the church of to-day is doing tor the young people just what the schools are doing for them, sur rounding them with ever increasing outside religions props snd sta.vs-societies, clubs, brotherhoods, guilds, and now. to sdd to this, comes the threatening addition of a "scientific pedagogy" for the simplicity of the Sunday-school. Some ot you were brought uo in a Sunday-school where there were just twe outside sources to help, th Bible and a question hook without an swers. You Icarne l to know your Bible, von ram out of that school into Uie church snd into a Christian service that has filled the world with Christian pttiian iiintntf. rlwi RimHnv-ai'hftols of our chil dren afe furnished with a Vsllombross of lesson leaves primary, intermediate, quar terly, Snd the teachers with a variety of helps, readv made expoaitions, to he famil iarised in the hour between breakfast and Sunday-school. Ask the average scholar tl turn to ths second chapter of Zcphaniah or ct Titus, and see the vain turning over of unfamiliar pages. What can yon ex pect? How should they cultivate the in ward sources of memory and reflection when you hav excused them by supplying them with all conceivable outside su porta that make memory and reflection anper floods. Do you remember that solemn parable of the ed falling on atony ground, onieklv erowiae on the hallow soil and a auickly withering before the heat and the rought of the growing day? because hav ing exhausted the supply or tn o-uisiae ource. "it had no root in itself." As Christian men, let ua lean less and less oa these temporary and childish outside sup ports and develop these inward source of thought, of reflection, of conscience, of high duty with which God haa endowed us. that amid all "these things" of task and of trial we may riae a the sea gull against drowning wave, blinding spray, baffling wind, rise into the calm of the unner air bv means of its own well disci plined wingj - Vtaaa Wi Katarn to God, Vm liava Mn tha heavena srav with dull and letden colored clouds, you have seen the earth chilly and comfortless un der its drifts of unmeltiug snow: but let the sun shine, and then how rapidly does the sky resume its radiant blue, end the fields laugh with green grass and vernal flower. ... ... , . B. m it ha area with a withered and a wasted life when we return to Ged and suffer Him to send Hia bright beam of light upon our heart. I do not mean that tho nun or misery under which we are suffering will necessarily be removed even for Christ H was not sot but peace will come and strength win come, ana res ;n.Hon will come, and hope will come nd we shall f el able to bear, anything rhich God shall send, and thougn lie slay as w still snail sees mm, ana even u tn blackest elokd of anguish s.ems to shroud His fact from us, even on that cloud shall ths rainbow shine. F. W. Farrar. MARSHMALLOW9. Dissolve one-half poual of gum ar able In two cups ot water and strata It, add one cup ot One graaulated suy ar and let It simmer until like honey. Add the whites of four eggi that ha.ve been well beaten. The erg should bo put In slowly and tbe mau twined con stantly. When the consistency changes and the candy becomes ilquld p nu It into a pan dusted -with corn starch and dust the top with the same. As It cools cut or mark Into squares. Any flavoring may be added that taste di tts. WHOLE WHEAT GEMS. Mix two cupfuls ot '-whole wheat flour with one teaspoonful of salt and two teaapoonfuls of sugar; beat the yolks of two eggs; add one cupful of milk to them, beating all the while; add the milk and eggs to the flour and beat until smooth; then add one cup ful of lukewarm water and the whites" of ths eggs beaten stiff; beat well and fill hot greased gen pans two-thirds fully9' bake In a svilelr oven twentv t mjnus. AEMY OF. THE MIKADO, RULES OF WAR USED BY, JAPAN FOR ELEVEN CENTURIES. ...... ( ... Hereditary Fighters Who Combine the Latest Methods of Scientific Warfare ' With Rules of Tactics Over a Thou 'sand Years Old Give Your Enemy a Chance to Run Away. It is true that the' Japanese army Is largely inspired by the military science of modern Germany, yet it Is a mistake to suppose that the Japanese generals ignore the battle tactics ot their own ancient heroes, writes James Creelman, In the New York World. There are recognized rules of warfare which have been In use in Japan for more than eleven centuries Ideas taken originally from Chinese generals who wrote in the third century after Christ The astonishing tactical and strate gic intelligence displayed by the Jap anese generals who are pitted agnlnst the veteran commanders of Russia is supposed to be wholly due to the Influence of European schools. But a glance at the tactical rules observed by Japanese warriors In Japan ever since the eighth century reveals prin ciples offensive and defensive, which, with some modifications, are applied successfully today. Here are some of the Hdeaa set forth In the accepted code of the fighting samurai, copied from the Chinese In the eighth cen tury. "An army undertaking an offensive camptlgn must be twice as numerous as the enemy." The invention of smokeless powder and long-range, small-calibre arms.of course alters that proposition. "A force investing a fortress should be numerically ten times tho garrison. "Troops for escalade (an attack In volving the scaling of walls) should muster five for every one of their foes. "When the adversary holds high ground, turn his flank; do not deliver a frontal attack. "When he has a mountain or river behind htm cut his lines of communi cation. "If he deliberately assumes a posi tion from which victory Is his oirty es cape, hold him there but do not mo lest him. "If you can surround him, leave one route open for his escape." This rule was applied by the Japan ese ten years ago when they allowed the Chinese garrisons to escape at Plngyang, Talienwan and Port Arthur, instead of forcing them lo make a last desperate stand. "Be warned of an ambush when you see birds soaring in alarm, and If break cover lu your direction out for ar "When you Vlv' post your advance guard W rear; guard at a distance from the banks', and never approach with the bulk of your troops. "When the enemy Iras to cross a river, let him get well engaged In the operation before you strike at h'm. "If a marsh Iw.i to be traversed make celerity your first object. "Pass no copse, enter no ravine nor approach any thicket until your scouts have explored It fully." Tbe war correspondents who are writing about the conflict In Asia from the viewpoint of the hotels in Toklo have much to say about the bearing and spirit of the Mikado's soldiers. But when the correspondents are per mitted to see the Japanese forces In the field they will discover an army that marches practically without Dags, music or ornamental pomp a silent, patient, patriotic soldiery which can fight or starve or work without rest and still maintain its cheerfulness. These men need no banners, or gaudy trappings, no drum-beats or bugle calls to stir them. Tbe explanation of this singular quality of the Japanese soldiers is that they Inherit the austere traditions of the samurai. Until Japan accepted Western civilization under the com pulsion of the American Commodore Perry's guns her men were divided In to two classes the fighters, or samurai and the bread-winners. Tbe samurai bad a .swaggering contempt for the worklngman which is not wholly ab sent In the Japanese army today. In deed, every Japanese military force carries with it in the field a large body ot coolies or laborers, who relieve the soldiers from manual toil performed by the troops of other nations. The ordinary proportion today is about one coolie to every two soldiers. . The ancestors of tbe men who are fighting Russia were for centuries sub jected to a discipline which 'shows its effects now. Take the rules formulab ed by Kato Kyomasa, one of the two Japanese generals who conquered Corea three hundred years ago. They applied strictly to the samurai of every rank: . - "1.- The routine ot service must be strictly observed. From 6 a. m. mili tary exercises shall be practised. Arch ery and gunnery niust not be neglect ed. If any man shows greater pro ficiency than his comrades he shall re ceive extra .pay. . "1- Those that ' desire ' recreation may engage in hawking, deer-hunting or wrestling. - - - "3. With regard to dress, garments of cotton or pongee shall be worn. Any one incurring debts owing to extrava gance of costume or living shall be considered a law breaker. ' - , "4. The ttaple of diet shall be an nulled rice. . At social entertainments one guest for one host is the proper limit ' Only when men are assembled for military exercises should many dine together. "5. It Is the duty of every ssviurai to make himself acquainted with the principles of his craft Extravagant displays of adornment are forbidden in battle. ;, J- Dancing or organizing dances Is unlawful; it is likely to betray sword carry I ng men b o4'r of violence. Whatever a man noes should be done with bis heart Therefore for a sol dier military amusements alone are suitable. Tbe penalty for violating this provision Is death by suicide, "7. Learning should be wcouraged. Military Rooks must be read. The Bpir it of loyalty and filial platy must be educated before all things. Poem composing pastimes are not to be en gaged In by samurai; to be addicted to such amusements Is to resemble a wo man. A man born a sumarai should live and die sword In hand. . Unless he be trained thus in time of peace he will be useless in the hour of stress. "Whoever finds these rules too se vere shall be relieved from service. Should Investigation show that any one Is so unfortunate as to lack man ly qualities he shall be singled out and dismlssod forthwith. The imperative character of these instructions must not be doubted"." ' The spirit developed under such dis cipline is largely responsible for the Japanese soldier's freedom from effem inacy, corruption or loose and unsol dlerly habits. Every man who wears the Mikado's uniform today feels that ho belongs to a caste and proudly ac cepts its traditions. FIT FOR A PRINCE88. How a Great Artist Decorated His Lit tle Daughter's Room. Charles Francois Daubigny Is the name of a famous artist. He was not, however, always famous, and once he was a little boy, playing around and having fun Just as you do. Now in France some mothers do strange things. It is their . custom to send their tiny baby children off Into the country to be taken care of. by a farm er's wife. When they are order and are less trouble to their parentsthey are brought back to live at home. This is what happened to the little Charles'1 No doubt he enjoyed It very much,' however, for all children like the coun try. When ho grew up to be a big man, his passionate love for the coun try continued, and he chose a home near the very place where he had been brought up. The name of this place Is Auvers-sur-Olse, and it is a little town not far from Paris. It is not at all like an American village, with its new houses and barns, but is merely a collection of old stucco houses, one church also old and picturesque, and a few strag gling shops. Here ho made a home for himself and family, and It was here that somo of his most famous pictures were painted. He had a queer boat built on which he lived for days at a time, moving about on the river at his will. Thus he was able to secure effects one could get in no other way. It Is not of this, however, that I wish to tell you. When you grow up, you may read a great deal yourself about tills famous painter of nature. What I wish to describe to yori is the room which he decorated for his little daughter who liked fairy tales just as much as American children like them. When people go to Auvers to see the famous painter's room, they are seldom shown this special room, which to young folks is certainly one of the most interesting in the whole house. piibt Daubigny spent much of his vflinaTNe "me m aecori room for thelsimmeL2'hls lltff girl.. It may not be work which added to his fame, but the love which In spired it is more lasting than fame. The room Is not large, but just large enough to be cozy and comfortable. The walls are all painted, and are di vided Into panels, in each of which are painted characters or scenes from the talcs the fortunate little maiden liked best. I wonder If you would have chosen the same ones? The Fox and the Grapes occupy an Important place, Hop o' my Thumb has a fine panel; and Red Riding Hood just as you knew her is there and the wolf Is there, too, and ever so fierce. At one end of the room was the dainty bed, with its French hangings, and where the curtains part Is painted an apple tree, right where the little girl could see It the first thing every morning. It may bare -brought to her mind the memory of many happy hours passed in the shade of such a tree. There were birds flying hither and thither, and a nest is tucked away safely. In the forks of the branches. In the nest are little speckled eggs, so beautifully painted that Mademoiselle Daubigny mlgh almost have expected each morning to see them hatched out and to find Bcrawny, yellow billed bird lets In their stend. Between the panels are painted toys strung together in the most tempting Way, and above them all Is a frieze of wild flowers those who grow all around the town of Auvers popples, bluets and others. Can you Imagine anything more charming to look at upon awaking In the morning? i Even the smallest works of this ar tist are worth many hundreds of dol lars, so you see this young lady was very much favored. But 'when her kind papa had 'done so much and worked so long for her. his little daughter's delight in her room no doubt more than repaid htm for all his trouble. St Nicholas. Running Trains Without Stops. . . Belgian railroad managers have planned the running ot trains on a system that " will obviate the loss of time and power occasioned by stops. A Belgian pornal, Electro, gives this outline of the project: "The train, which may be drawn by any power, has attached ' to the rear end a car equipped with motorsenabling it to attain a speed somewhat above that of the train. Before approaching a station the passengers and baggage Intended for that point are trans ferred to the rear car. The latter la then detached from - the train and brought to a stop at the station, the train proceeding at full speed. Pas sengers who wish to take the train In other points are placed on a car simi lar to that detached from the train. This stands on a side track, and on the 'approach of the train has passed the station, the car proceeds out upon the track at full speed, catches the train and is coupled to It, transfers ita passengers to the train, and receive those for the next stop, when . the process is repeated," i At th Present Tim. Jlmpson The horror of war are certainly unspeakable. Simpson And the hamo of the na val commanders are equally unpro nounceable. Judge. Ninety-eight percent of the 60,000 blind of Japan support themselves by practicing massage. THE GRUMBLER. We all hnve known this kiud of tmsu He vigorously kicks; In Winter frost and Hummer sun, Wo find 111 m ut Ills tricks, And so, to satisfy his soul, . ' i "T would hnve to come to pass That he could cully mots the snow And shovel oft the grass. -McLandburgh Wilson, in Puck. . JUST FOR FUN "Five dollars!" exclaimed an indig nant man who had used the longdis tance 'phone for as many minutes; "and yet they say talk Is cheap." ; He (wishing to make It up again after a quarrel) "Good morning!" She (freezlngly) "You'ro mistaken,, sir, I think." He "Oil, I beg pard n, I mistook you for your mother." Ally Sloper. Miss Gaussln "I understand that you are aa good as married to Miss Roxley." . Mr. Batcheller "Just as good and- even better. I'm not going to be married to anybody." Philadel phia Press. , . Another opera was being produce3 In New York. "I shall assign twenty men to write It up," said the great editor. "Nineteen to describe the peo ple In the boxes and one to describe the play." Chicago Daily News. "I see Brightley's name is beirg mentioned pretty often in the finan cial columns of the newspapers these days." "Yes? Then we may bej;in to look for his wife's nami In the so ciety columns." Catholic Standard and Times. i . "That new man of yours," said the proprietor of tho store to the depart ment manager, "seems to bo a mighty hard worker." "Yes," replied the lat- ter, "that is his specialty." "What working?" "No, seeming to." Syra cuse Herald. stranger, "frequently disagrees with me." "Oh! there's a man living In this town who is worso off than you. The weather never agrees with him." "What's the matter with him?" "He's the local weather forecaster." Phila delphia Ledge;!?' "You write 'your first name very well .Indeed. Miss Pinkie," criticized the writing teacjier, "but you make a sad botch of the 'Johr.son' part of it" wnat is the difference, Mr. spencen ' asked the pretty girl. '! expect to change the Johnson part ot It some day." Chicago Tribune. "There's onb thing that I can say -about my daughter," said Mrs. Cum- -rox. "She has a fine disposition." Have you known her to :aeet any Yes, the way she can sit down I liiiiTTT llf ill M I'll' illejJlL'i the piano shows that she must hav a extraordinary pitlenco." Washington Star. "What Is an anecdote, Johnny!" asked the teacher. "A short funny tale," answered the little fellow. . i uai s rignt, saia mo teacnor. ow, . Johnny, you may write a sentence on uiu umunuuuru uumaininK tne woru. Johnny hesitated a moment and then wrote this, "A rabbit has four legs and one anecdote." Bridge "I thought you would never allow a lady to stand In the street car so long as you had a ueat to give her. . I noticed you sat all the way . down last evening, notwithstanding there was a lady hanging on to a strap." Rhodes "I know, but tfiat lady didn't count. That was caly mr mite, dnn't you know." Boston Transcript The Fist in Politics. . The politicians In Portugal appear to 6e men of vigorous convictions and even more vigorous resources. They have recently Introduced the regime of ' muscular politics a regime which has met with great approval throughout the kingdom. Thus, at a recent meet Ing of the cortes, when the question of ' finances, which Is always a pressing and highly exciting question, was being t discussed, the Portuguese vocabulary was found to be decidedly Insufficient 1U1 lUD pityei OAU1H03IUU ut tllO urpsw. ferent views and sentiments which pre vailed among the members of the sev eral parties. Hetfce, they were anxious ! fully to impress one another wjth the - force of their arguments, they enlisted the service of their fists to supply what their tongues had failed to make plain. A lively scene ensued. ,The represen tatives of the opposition, though in the minority, got hold of the stiff-necked - conservatives and gave them a thor ough thrashing, amidst the hilarious applause of the audience. Bilk hats were smashed, eyes blackened, nose broken all to the delight of the audi ence, which (till continued to cheer, the vigorous oppositionists, indeed, some of tbe onlookers got so excited that they finally left their places and polned the com pa tan ts, administering some well-aimed blows , at tbe humili ated conservatives, till the police had to be called in. Several gentlemen of the audience- were- arrested, and the meeting adjourned. The people have been eagerly expecting some duels as a proper finishing up of the affair, but so far no challenges hav been report-i ed. Boston Transcript ? I, . Folly of Being Wle. Prof. Phelp UBod to tell. with glen the way he achieved a reputation f knowing a thing he hated. Ho t walk with Prof. Newton, who lb-tin the world of mathematics, and stui ed offjit once to discuss an abstn problem. Mr. Phelp's mind could i )follow,and wandered to other thin. AAt last he was called back when t: professor wound no with "which yi see gives us X." "Doos It!" a.ln d f Phelps, politely. "Why, doesn't i exclaimed the praftwsow V" ' alarmed, at the possibility of a , in hi calculations. Quickly liis t ran back and detected a mi -"You are right, Mr. Phelps. You 1 right!" shouted the professor, doesn't give us X: it gives us Y." from that time Prof. Pheljn looked upon as a matlienintii ; dlgy, the first man who ever t the professor. Christian It 1