PRESS,
VOLUME XIX.
FRANKLIN. N. ft. AV El)?iE&DA Y. JUNE 1, 1904.
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FRANKLIN
THE RAT,
Tale of the "Th'.rd Decree."
by J. RAM6EYV REESE.
Th ohlef of th detectives Sat
alone id Mulberfjr street. From behind
the tnn twinging door which led from
hit tartrate Office to the assembly
room tad the Rogues' Gallery he could
bear a rumble of vdlcei while the de
tective sergeanti taiked over the
; crooks who had ben "stood up" at
fbii call for Identification ahd future
remembering. The Bystem of memor
ies at Police Headquarters is primary,
but Undeniably effective.
He could even distinguish the click
of the brass catches as some one
searching through the "gallery" un-
loosened panel after panel of tho
hinged wall photograph album. The
chief's brows were contracted and he
pulled at his beard. He had not been
head of the Central Office for many
months, and, besides, he was alone
and might allow himself momentary
' relaxation of features forbidden him
hi the presence of his subordinates,
who must be Impressed with an offi
cial front
It was annoying worse than an
noying It was dangerous. The mur
der was a week old, and already the
newspapers were In full cry over the
Inefficiency of the department He
knew that the Detective Bureau was
expected to "make good." And "mak
ing good" meant making arrests. If
the situation had ''. been a desper
ate one he would r.ot have ofdered
the bringing In The Rat the night be
fore. Warren and Murphy had taken
him in McTurk's, with the Sing Sing
cell chalk tint still in hlb face. He
had not been out six weeks, and he
was very drunk. And so the Rat had
been taken, and the chief of the de
tectives had sent across the street to
say that reporters might call at four
and be told how the mystery had been
solved, He sighed heavily as he re
flected, for the Detective Bureau was
more td be desired than a precinct.
And he had been long enough in uni
form to relish the privilege of wearing
citizens' clothes, to say nothing of
having his picture printed in the news-
fiapers a great many times, with as
iite remarks upon crime which he fre
quently distributed, neatly typewrit
ten. He looked at his watch. It was half
after three. Then he leaned forward
In his chair and touched an electric
desk button. A uniform sergeant re
sponded. The chief nodded. "Harry"
he said, "bring in The Rat."
The green door opened and closed,
and opened again as The Rat entered.
He slouched half way across the room.
and. turning, glared .at the chief, who
I morning affably enough
to a chair placed so that
ffom the courtyard would
Hie appearance did not belle his
tltla thia man Thi Ua TJ- ... .
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sharp featured, stunted creature, with
thin hair tha grew far down upon his
; neck and clustered about his eyes,
which were set strangely close to
gether. His mouth lacked the curve
of expression, without which no mouth
, la human; and the upper lips was so
abort that It gave one the Impression
. of being continually drawn back in an
ugly sneer. Not a pleasant spectacle
to dwell upon was The Rat
The chief looked at him hungrily.
"If I could only make him stand for
R,".he thought, "It would be the pret-
- tiest sort of a story. He looks the
part- The papers would print dla-
, grama of his bead, and sent women re-
porters to write about inherited crim-
' Inal Instinct. It would square me for
It months." This Is what the chiet
thought. What he said was, "So
you've come back to us, eh"
, The Rat swore. "Cut that out" said
the chief, pleasantly. "You're sober
now. We're only holding you till you
. tell na where you were Tuesday night
That's all. They found 'Dutch' Galla
gher over on Crystal Square early
, Wednesday morning. There was a
knife and a red handkerchief, Rat.
These?" With a quick movement the
chief whipped' the knife and bandker
' chief from the top drawer of his desk
and held them towards the prisoner.
But The Rat was emotion' uj. Uu
looked at the detective and the ob
jects he held In his hand. There was
no surprise or (right only hatred In
his gaze.
The chief leaned over the desk. His
voire was soft and almost appealing.
It came from between his lips that
.were well-nigh locked, and he touch
ed The Rat's arm. "It's silk with a
bloodstain."
The prisoner swore again compre
hensively. "I ain't afraid of your
third degree," he snarled. "Bring It
along. I know it's coming. They told
me all about it up the river. There's
- a greengooda man np there In tier 7,
aimed Bnrka. Ha wnrlra in ha k..i
house because ho ain't
tnnA nitofl Us-.'- ,-. m
-- .f.vw m.m.v m qw, vug D1UU (Ji Q1B
face stove In, and three fingers twist
ed together where two of your ward-
.men give him the Jltsu turn. You
hired stoolpldgeon to squeal on him,
and because he wouldn't split on a pal,
yon done him." VThe man's voice rose
to half a scream. "You done him,"
be howled, "Just as you'll do me."
"Don't be fool," said the chief
gently. There were beads! of perspira
tion oa his brow. He would have
liked to beat in the face of the sodden
creature In front of him. But Instead
he purred to him. "This was different
Rat, he said wheedlingly. "Galla
gher was drunk. You know' he was
always ugly when he was drunk. There
wae fight He was going to kill you,
and you killed him. You killed him
in eelf-defence. You understand In
self-defence." ,
The Rat leered openly. "Doyers
street f r you,," he chuckledl with a
cunning look. "Doyers street and the
Ion o"pe dreams."
The chief threw himself back In his
chair, disgustedly. The electric fan
whirred upon the shelf above his
head, fluttering the loose desk papers,
and twisting awry the coarse red locks
about The Rat's -forehead. Otherwise
It was very still, and It wag also very
warm. They had taken the bracelots
Of the prisoner, and he sat twiddling
his greasy felt hat between uncertain
thumbs. Thg chief chewed in un
lighted cigar add walked to the open
wlndbw; As he stood gazing gloomily
down into the ir (Yiiirtvarrt thare
came the sudden flourishing notes of a
street piano, playing to the urchins
from Mott strpn on tha lit Hn nt .
phalt beyond: He could hear the echo
or me nappy Children's voices while
they flocked to tha mnatn hn Ha
knew Just bow It looked, although the
airty wick wall hid It from him.
There Was tha imlllna-.famMt Italian
girl with the tambourine, gathering
ine niCKeis from the Idlers strung pre
cariously along the iron basement
railing, watching the dancing. Even
the nurses from St Barnabaa's Home
next door were peeping appreciatively
out of the downstairs wlnrinwa Tha
piano was finishing the final bars of
me iniermezso from "Cavaileria Rus
tlcnna." left over from tha last atnn.
ping place on Elizabeth street The
chief wondered why.
Then here was 'a oulr.k naiisa aa tha
man at the crank turned the change
stop, and a gay waits tune floated over
the brick wall Into the courtyard. By
the shrill little cries of delight that
followed it. tha rhlnf ttnaw tha nhll.
dren were dancing. He turned away
from the window delectedlv. Tha nlann
rasped upon his nerves. As he turned
ne saw me Rat sitting upon tht edge of
the chair, his head raised tiwirHa
the sound of the playing, and swaying
10 me ecnoing rnythm. The chief
stared for an instant nH than aiM
softly Into hlB seat behind the desk.
as me street piano rippled!
There's just one girl in the World for
me.
Only one girl has my sym-pa-thee.
She's not so very pretty, nor yet Of
high degree,
But there's Just one girl in this world
for me.'
The Rat was mumbllnir In hlmnplf
and smiling as If he were remember
ing something pleasant His lips were
curled back to the gums, and his en
joyment was- not edifying, and when
his gaze wandered past that of the
chief, the head of the Detective Bu
reau knew that it penetrated the gray
cartridge paper of the wall behind
him, and knew. too. that Tha Rat's
mood was far flung. The man was
sim jeming nis head with the staccato
tempo of the piano.
Coney. Coney and two
on the deck by the dago fldlers both
ways," he muttered. Ho nalrt it
aloud, but it was as If he were talking
to nimseir. The chief's hand moved
towards the electric mian-hutton inri
then paused irresolute. The outpour
ing notes 01 the street piano trickled
like cool water through the room
closeness.
"Coney In the stlmmArtlma " nwnl.
ed The Rat vacuously. "It's Qod's
own country. Coney f'r me of a Sun
day afternoon wit' the sunshine and
me trolleys Jamful '8 the limit, what!"
He Swelled OUt his snarmw nhaat
proudly towards the playing: "'S the
limit" he chuckled. "Wit' a shine
and a new cellurold rim on and nlckal
stogie In yer transom, yer on fr yer
money, and yer it Say, I've danced
in Stauch'a wit' Mame."
The Rat's voice softened almost
Imperceptibly, but the chief caught
the change and gripped the sides of
his chair, breathing Irregularly as If
afraid. to break the spell.
"There was a Job of dlshwashln' at
the Tivoli; six plunks comin' reg'lar
every week wlf now and then a small
plk in the pool room over the Volks
Garden. I was wearin' real clothes
and I made good. It was me swell
front what won out wit' Mame. I
wasn't pretty, but me front sent me
home in a canter. And Mame wasn't
no chowder party pal. She'd a mem'ry
overnight and a good eye f'r a white
man. And the man what says she
was. struck on 'Dutch" Gallagher's a
liar. r
A fierce anger wiped the smile from
his scattered features, and made the
chief recoil in almost fear. The very
devil was in the stunted ex-convict's
face, and the knotted pulses In his
thin temples were throbbing riotous
ly beneath the tight drawn skin.
"There's Just one girl in this world
for me," rippled the piano from out
side, with a final hunt nf trv,i
Then the music ceased suddenly with
tho hollow knock the ltd of a box
makes when it Is let fall. And at the
uuuuu, '.tie list's head drooped upon
his breast again.
The chiefs right band crept slowly
to the pencil tray and scrawled a few
words upon a piece of paper which he
gently tore from a yellow pad. "Keep
the Gulney playing. Dont let him
stop," the pencil traced. He looked
furtively at The Rat The little man's
head was still sunken upon his soiled
waistcoat and he did njt notice when
the other tiptoed to the green door
and thrusting a hand out beyond, tip
toed back again to the desk, waiting.
The renewed tinkle of the piano
floated Into the courtyard, and the de
tective smiled as be distinguished the
tune. It Was the refrain of a senti
mental ballad, which made the audi
ence at Tony Castor's applaud wet
eyed. The chief had watched them do
It more than once. So be stared at
the shrunken man before him expec
tantly. .
Seems to me it sounded like the birds
at play,
Darling,
Sue, dear, don't believe I'm chaffing.
Bless your heart,' I love you in the
: same old way." . '
Slowly The Rat raised him from his
lethargy. His bent shoulders quiver-'
ed, and he was no longer the huddled
heap in the chair, Inert and limp. Up
went his head as he listened up, un
til his gaze met that of the chief.
"look here," he said hoarsely. "He
let her starve. He let her starve on
the top floor of Cannon street tene-1
mnt I wasnt wise to It up the river. :
I wasnt wise to It. I kept hammer
ing away on a Sing Sing stone pile,
thinkin' he was lookin' after her. Why.
I ueileved hlra square. It was stripes i
aud the ston pile fr me, and fr o.ra
the Bowery of a Sat'rday night wit'
the .easy come-ons ready waltln' on
the pavement,
"He come tef see me in the tombs
before they took ine Utf 'I'll look at
tef Mame, s'eitf the,' he said; And wit
that t horsed the deputies in the
smokln' car and give me p'edigret Id
the warden's office like the real
thing; t thought 'Dutch' was right
The calendar ain't turning like no rou
lette wheel up at Sing Sing: - But it
went a heap faster wit' the letters
from 'Dutch' what give Mame's love
at the end: Mame" didn't write. She
wasn't no, scholar: And how was I
to know that 'putch' was lyln'i" -
The Rat halted waveringly; But
the piano refrajn sent hlnj plunging
on; "They took t me good conduct
time off and I got me ticket of leave:
And I was fr the home route wit' i
new suit of paper clothes and me
stone-pllo cush In 'em. I hadn't let
'em TTr-? I was comin'. I wanted to
surprise Mame. It was dark w'en I
got ter Cannon street I meets
Sweeney, the Janitor, on the top of
the stoop, after rushln' ' the can.
'Fifth floor?" I asks, thinkin' maybe
Mame had moved. 8weeney eyes me
and says, 'Wot're you handin' me?'
'Mame Oilllgan, you mutt,' I says, and
pushlv past him made as if ter go
upstairs.
'Sweeney crossed himself, and wit'
that I kuowed there was somethla'
gone wrong, It Struck me cold be
fore he spoke, and I've never felt
warm since but once." The Rat's
yellow teeth rasped against one an'
other like a terrier worrying a bone.
He went on thickly,
'Didn't they put you next?' says
Sweeney. 'Next ter what?' t asks,
'Mame Gilligan's dead in Bellevue
these six months' he says."
The Rat put one hand to his head
painfully. "When Sweeney says that
sonietnin' busted In here," he said,
"I've been gone a bit in me nut ever
since, but not too much gone f'r find'
in 'Dutch' Gallagher. Why, a dog
wouldn't have treated Mame the way
he d done it She'd been starved;
The ambulance doctor what come
wheii Sweeney found her senseless In
the hall said she hadn't ten eat id'
enough f'r weeks. 'Dutch' had left
her. She'd hocked everything ahd
had except the ring I'd bought her.
They buried her wit' that on. He'd
been writln' to me and sendln' me
Mame's love after she was dead, and
he knowed It I'd been doln" the time
f'r both of us, and he'd let Mame
starve."
Calmly The Rat's hand went out to
where the knife lay upon the desk by
the stained handkerchief. The chief
did not stop him. His breath was
coming and going in little puffs, and
his mouth was trembling at the corn
ers, as if he were trying to be very
calm and found it hard work. The
Rat took up the knife ai
navo grascialJrteTralyold nme. He
rooiea hU fingers about the handle
and weighed the blade in his grasp.
it was an mechanically, Jerkily done.
"He was deailn' faro in a bract
game on Fourteenth street" he Said,
'I waited fr him that night Add
when I seen him leave I followed him.
When be got to Chryatle street I was
wlf him, but ho didn't know It I
sneaked up them stairs behind him
quiet as death, and when I turned
around at the top landln' ter look by
the gaslight if anyone was followln',
I seen Mame walkln' up after me and
pointln' toward 'Dutch' jon ahead, add
I knewed then I was doln' what was
right"
The Rat's voice wavered for the
moment. His lips parted drily, and he
licked them with a swollen tongue.
It was as if he were going oa. Then,
of a sudden, there came the hollow
sound of the street piano stop, as
the Italian at the crank changed
tunes. The chief started to his feet
with a smothered curse. In through
the open window crept the music. It
was Inexorable:
"Break the news to mother.
Just tell her that I love !.'.
Just say to her I"
Like one startled from an awful
dream, The Rat shivered and rolled
his eyes in a quick effort to find their
true focus. His stare fell upon tht
face of the eager watcher, add then
upon his own hands with the open
knife. Outside, the street piano
wailed industriously. The detective
met his rush with the heavy nickel
butt of the telephone receiver fair
upon the forehead.
From rjfilnd the green swinging
doors rushed two In uniform. .They
looked from the unconsclotu man to
the chief, who was tugging at his
beard with his arm- crossed. "And
the papers will say we gave him the
'Third Degree,'" he said smiling
vaguely. . . .. . , . ''. .
To a little group In the room came
the incessant vox humana of the
street hurdy-gurdy.
"Take him out," said' the ; chief
shortly. "He'll be all right la an
hour." Andfor God's sake stop that
plana" New York Poet
. An Outrage.
Unless every old maid and widow of
Fort Dodge, la, proposes to some old
bachelor cr widower and is accepted
by him before the end of the present
year, Gowrie, a town of 1000 inhabi
tants in the southern part of this coun
ty, will be the possessor of a public 11
brsry fund at the beginning of the
year 1905. Mayor E. W. Sorter has
undertaken the task of ridding Gowrie
of Its Inhabitants who are now enjoy
ing single bliss.- ; ri ,v
To do this he has issued a procla
matl'.i the conditions of which art
that fery woman of marriageable age,
wheiuer iV has bad experience in the
connubial ventureor not, must take ad
vantage of tho rights afforded her by
leap year .and make a proposal to
some man of marriageable age who
has not already taken unto himself a
wife, or be find, at the end of the year
not less than fl nor more than f 5.
A still greater penalty Is made for
refusal on the part of an old bachelor
or widower to receive the advances of
tho fairer sex. Any man found; guilty
of this mtsdemaanor will be subject to
a fine of not less than $10 normoro than
Money received in payment of
fines Is to be used for a public library
fund. Mayor Eorber is of the belief
that no man should live alone, al
though, afrange to say, he is a bache
lor. Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin.
' A SERMON FOR SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED
: ."JONAH'S StA EXPERIENCES."
tka lUn ita 4oH fl. ttaeW Show
&olJain.a KIToM and Haitim in.
BoMM Witnar Qalokly tladtSrraif
Mtul Ha luSTamd la This Wat.
, Gli-6 KaiXs; N; T; The Jtev;. Dr.
John R. MncKiy, pastor of the) First Tret
byteriaa Church here; preached 8unday
fnorniug tin 'The Significance at Jonah
Sea Experience.'?. The text was from
Jonah iJ2. Dr. MacKsysaid:
. One of the nireat ways td ruin any cause
is to be abV successfully td heap ridicule
upon it., Make it tidicu'ous and yod bar
hiinea it. Ai soon , it become, the butt
of common tslk and the standing joke' for
the fanny column of Hie newspaper, it
power is gone, its influence sealed. , And
so soon as ah individual becomes the centre
of a community's jokes and sneers his in
fluence is gone. Human effort and influ
enee wither mote quickly under sarcasm;
and ridicule thin in any other way. In
this wsy many a good cause and many a
good person has suffered at the hands of
persons who have never seriously tried to
understand the cause or tha person. In
this way many a great human heart has
been placed upon its Calvary and made to
bleed and suffer the keenest agony. In this
way many a noble, sincere, sensitive soul
is going through its Gethnemane or is be
ing nailed to its cross on this very Sabbath
day.
This Is how I believe the work and life
of Jonah have suffered, Unthinkingly, un
feelingly, sarcastically, peop'e have asso
ciated Jonah with a whale, and a joke be
ing the easiest and cheapest way of show
in wisdom they have exhausted all their
Wisdom there. -
We Cannot keep too often reminding
Ourselves that we shall cintinde to mis
the true meaning of the Bible and most of
its orest tpnchlna tinla w rfnmhf ni
every incident mentioned in the Old Tes
tament give not only the story of some
person, with all the local coloring1 sur-
SDunqing mm as a man ana an inmviaual,
ut also and more important, that there i
a zreat tvorld trnth to h revnled, and
this individual, with his local coloring, his
beett chosen as the medium through which
to reveal nd teach that Jruth- And,
therefore, the great Bible dlfficultie, with
so many, nave arisen because thev have
been, satisfied to centre all their thought
and interest on the individual and his lo
cal details, and in this way have mined
the great truth intended to be taught
truth bq great that were it grained it
would then become a key by which to
open Up and understand the incident it
self. This i,how Jonah has wffered at our
hands. And o:r task is now in a few
words td take another look at Jonah to
try and tee him in the light Of the great
truth intended to be taught and iee if
thereby we can the better understand tb
story itself.
. Bethink yourselves bock into the eirlie
stages and gradual growth of the human
net. To them at to us there crime prob
lems to be solved. We have the benefit of
their efforts and can profit by them in our
problems. Put the further back we go tha
less tnd less did thev hare to. help them 1
solve their problems. Yet they felt the full
force of each one and had t(0 make an ef
fort of some sort to solve it. ) The problem
wot not always the tame. 'Sometimes it
was social, sometimes It Was tpairaical.
sometimes it was national, toTrtiiaft it
was'nncircciimi. sometimes it
If n
fBfresence of God impinging upon them.
They have forced themselves to formulate
certain conceptions about Him. Then thev
iouna that certain of their experiences did
not agree With these conception of God.
ado tnere tneir aimcuities arose. This i
the meanidg of the book of Jonah. Who
ever wrote the book felt the difficult of a
great intellectual and nation! problem.
This led him to take the story of the pro
phet Jonah, that, having thrown H into
parabolic form, he might the better
through it explain to the people what he
thought was God s own solution of this
particular problem.
What, then, wat that difficulty, that
problem? Tho people of Israel believed
that the love and sympathy of God were
confined to themselves. Hi Mis fa
or, Ilia blessings were for them and them
alone, God was their God and all the rest
of the World was outside.. There wo but
one human family that had a divine rela
tionship, and that wat Jewish. Quite true,
there were other nations, and thev had to
live, but they had to lire without God. He
aid not belont to them, thev had no claim
vnon Him. That was the real traditional
Jewish feeling.
But a few people were growing up who
had a newer and truer conception of God.
and a broader outlook upon man. One oi
them felt he Would like to relieve this nay
tow, limited, wrong conception of Qod.
This led him to write the book, Ihd id
oomg so ne toot Jonah at the representa
tive of the bid narrow .Tawiah iiaa. ant
showed how Jonah's ideas became broad
ened, and thus taught the broad, full love
of God for all men taught not only the
clemency oi uoa, DUt also mat MS loves alt
tnen. There, then, is tha nalinnal nmh.
iem, to teach that God is God of atl men
and loves themand the intellectual prob
lem, to teach the Jewish Deonle and all
other people that God it everywhere. Let
us sec, into, now tnit aouole sided prob
lem was solved and satisfactorily Illus
trated in Jonah's experiences that God is
everywhere and that God love all men.
Jonah did not believe this. God was not
everywhere as Jehovah. This Jonah had
been taught and this he believed. This was
the very atmosphere in which he lived and
moved and hao) his being. Thit wat his
babyhood t lispinz. his boyhood's teaching
and his manhood's patriotism. But on
day there broke into hit mind a new
thought: "Why should not God care for
toe people in that other city just as well
at i Hi does for the people in this eityf
Why should Jerusalem be any more fa
vored than Nineveh? Tha people are not
Jews, but why should God not care for
them just as well at if they were Jewe?
Why should there not be a brotherhood of
mankind stronger than all the limits of
national and family prejudice? Why not?"
That thought came to Jonah lits s voice
which teemed to say to him, "Then, Jonah,
why don't you go and tell them about
God? Why doa"t you go and tell them
they may have God's favor as well a other
people?" Thit thought so burned itoelf
Into Jonah's mind and heart that he felt
it must be God's will also to bless other
people beside Jews. But Jonah being a
dyed-in-the-wool Jew could not toleratn
that. He therefore said, "Now. if I gef
.... .1 - L ' 1 - . I i .
vhw ut mw iuw,ij ir n wiiuc (nil moilgus
will leave mt, for God is not evervwhere
to press it upon ma ar He is in tsrael."
He did not cars very much where he went
if only he could get away from that voice.
The voice troubled him. H felt that
voice wss eaiiing him to do something he
was tun wat right, but he did not wish to
do it. This it the sphere in which ws so
often an Jonahs. That voice we have al
ways heard, and like Jonah we have tried
to ttiBe it. Yea, we get just at angry with
God and our friends when they dan to
keep suggesting it to us; we do not want
to hear about the right when we don't
want to do it. Jonah, therefore, fled. He
did sot can when. That ship going to
Tnhih was opportune. It mads him de
cide that the safest place for him would be
at tea. God was never known to have spo
ken to a Jew on the tea. And to now Jo
nah felt he would be safe from God and
that voice. That it why he to rapidly and
peacefully got asleep.
Now thst it ftirt whv a rtorm was neces
tary. Jonah had to team, and through
him all men had to learn, that God it pres
ent as much on tea as upon land on an
ocean greyhonnd at on a Tsrshitli mer
chantman. And Jonah learned i. And
Jonah accepted it. At once he admitted,
"I hare done wrong. et me into the tea."
And the stortr. erased. The lesson had
been learned, and thronjh Jonah the
Israelite learned that God it everywhere,
and no man can art away from Him. That
a fish should pick him up and cast him
whott it a mere incident nf the parable.
It i simnly that part of the story which
teaches that if a man reront Ood will re
ceive him and care for him nnd give him
anotlw chance-. It is the (S;i:m rtnoi.
tion of fmm's "ofhor rknci1"-n ,-lJir...n
I'HpPm !i 9 l -t ! at f.snv:,ti to t
Cod V ..- , i ' , ; 1 J
particular form of service for winch EM
life hat been endowed and prepared.
To have learned that God it even-when
was also to learn that since God is God
then can be no limit to His divine love
that God has love and blessing for all peo
lis and every person. So that in Jonah
eing east into th tea, it wa not a pun
hment. hut On method of a fuller rere
atioo of tiit can and love of God for tho
Who became Willing to obey Him. Our tor
tow is not punishment, nut s method for
S higher' and fuller revelation of God's love
sod blessing. There is often S little tinge
Of atheism in our tlmuht about Christian
trouble. Or sorrow. It doe dot seem right
id speak, of any Christian sorrow a some
thing allowed of God and overruled td 4
higher purpose. . All Christian sorrow., a
well as all Christian experiences Srrf but
different methods of God's own throuib
?rhich He, gives higher and fuller revela
ions,df His love and blessing, and devel
ops ilis. people to hetter fitness for service.
And this is what Jonah, learned, and hnv
ine learned it he .went at on Ji to that citv
of Nineveh and delivered the meaaaie (oa
bad given him to deliver. He. tells the
Ninevi'e all be know abo"u't the love of
God.. He tells them,also all ahout the piire
and righteous demands of God, and that if
thev persist in living t'.eir awful lives of
selfishness and sin destruction must come
to tliem as it must come to all men who
persist in sinning.
The city did repent and Ood did bless
the people. And in this way Jonah learned
that the verv blessings he had himself re
ceived and his peonle had received wen
not for themselves alone, but alto for oth
ersNineveh arid every other Nineveh thot
needed tho knowledge of the love and
riehteousness of Ood. It this that makes
this ptrsb'e of Jonah so like the pa rubles
of Jesus illustrationi of the love of God
and of what God expect from those who
already have teen b'esaed.
And thit second thought was Inst is viv
idly taught at the first one. After preach
ing for about five weeks in Nineveh. Jonah
thought Cod wat showing too much favor
to this city. He was granting it too many
blessing. This he regarded as a verv nain-
fill reflection tinon Jewish traditions, and
thit he resented. At the close of a day's
preaching ho went out into the country to
think it all out and have real satisfactory
grumble about it all by himself. He eat
down near to a large, big leaved gourd,
whose refreshing shade, a the tun moved
around, kent its burning rays from harm
ing him. Next morning he went back to
the Mm place, (hit tne gourd had with
ered during the night. Jonah got angry,
and in his indignation pitied the gourd
thus destroyed to toon. But at be cooled
off and hit reason and hit heart again as
serted themselves, that voice seemed stain
to speak within him, "Jonah, what a fool
ish, unreasonable creature you are! Hen
you pity this gourd, and yet you find fault
with and Upbraid God becauae He hat
thowd Hit pitying love and blessing to
ward these. people of Nineveh an not sin
ful, sorrowing human being of more value
than a eourd? That Was enough tot .to
nah. He Waj latisfied God did can for
the people of Nineveh, and that i'- wa
Godlike to do o: yc, and what Wa more
important., that Hit love and bleating Wen
td be made known td theiri through the
people already blessed. That it the .teach
ing of the book of Jonah', that it the let'
ton Jonah learned, that he mutt Offer God
missionary service a wall as worship, that
he must offer God tervic st well as love,
that to carry the message of God' lore td
Lis fellow men it to worship Sod. . ,
Do von know. I think thatus what Ood
still aska? And yet. and yet, I sometimes
think w rebel against the thought oi it
quit a much as Jonah du!.JBnt is w
ay been JeobrutfTli tn
nan this morning, it we an not going to
help th people of our Nineveh, who is
going to do it? Like Jonah, we spend
enough upon ourselves; we do not deny
ouneVv a single thing we set our hearts
upon social parties, theatres, entertain
ment, home comforts, bodily comforts, tra
vel by land and tes. And these hav all
their own place but we mut not forget
the people in Nineveh. In addition to our
Own en for ourselves and our worship,
tee haveon othr responsibility the peo
ple id Nineveh, for them I tpeak this
Iporuirtg, We may take to sea s Jonah
did, hut it i not S very profitable busi
ness. Much better respond to tho T-ord
gladly. True, ws do not say with Jonah
that God is not everywhere, or that His
love is not for every creature that is th
Very essence of our creed, but we msy say
With Jonah, Let tome ens elt help Nine
veh. I don t want to do it; if Nineveh
can t fake ear of itself and some one must
help them, let some One else do so. This
is not what w are going td tay to-day.
We an going to say, rather, tell e When
our Nineveh is, tell ua how w cari beet
help at thit particular time and we will dd
it! My answer is, thit home mission offer
ing is our Nineveh.
Why should we? Because it it Godlike.
God Himself is our supreme example. Be
cause it is good for us to give we feel our
brotherhood better and the joy of giving
become ours. Because new American
communities need our help to fill them
with hope, and by church privilege inspire
them with those am God-given princi-
Elea aad truths that have made New Eng
tnd and New York, that hav made our
selves and given u our prosperous environ
ment. For God' take, for our own take,
for America's soles, this is our opportunity.
We want the people to know the aame
God w know snd to apeak to Him at con
fidently ts we do and call Him "Father."
When the people come toiether on Sun
day we want them to be able to say with
na "Our Father." When they gather their
Kttte. white-robed children around them
at the even hour, we want them, children
and parent together, to say "Our Father."
When they come to lay any of these little
one out on the hillside and plan: upon th
marker th word "Our Darlinr," we want
them also confidingly to say, "My Father."
And when they themselves come to the
edge of the deep water and wonder what
ferryboat i to bear them across their Jor
dan w want them trustfully, lovingly, to
be able to put their hands outward and up
ward and say. "My Father." That it out
Nineveh. Will you help? Help us unto
Him! .' . ' -
"111 Hot Itifrt to Keep .
Sh wa oniy a poor, tick, old woman,
but a royal soul dwelt within her homely
body. The i esconess found her, after
climbing a long, dark stairway, in a poor
little room, dark, but neat and clean. On
a tiny table lay an open Bible, and oppo
site the bed hung a picture of the Good
Sherherd. .
"Ay, my dear lady," she taid, when the
deacones (poke of th picture, "many a
time I lie hen all alone looking at Him
tnd at the little lamb He earriaj ti ten
derly, and sometimes He seem to look at
me so kindly that I can almost hear Him
saying, 'Til cot forget to keep you.'"
The deaconess went away feeling rtronger
For the simple expression oi faith. .
V True greatness lie not in never falling,
A in Mini every time w fall,
" : ENGLISH HONEY CAKES.
Put three-oAiarten of a pound of but
ter In a saucepan and melt Stir In
gradually two and one-halt pounds ol
sifted flour, and keep stirring til)
lightly browned. Turn out on a board
and make a hole In the ratre. Dis
solve one teaspoonful each of salt and
soda In a little water an 1 pour Into
toe Hour. Mix well. Stir m s'lffl
clent water to make a aofC flexible
paste. Knead thoroughly, divide Into
small portions, round them and make
a dent in the center of each. Put on
a buttered baking tin and bake s
golden brown. Put a half pound of
honey snA a pint of water in a sauce
pan over the fire and stir until r
duced to a syrup. When the cake
are cooked, pour the syrup over them
and pot again ta the oven until th
syrup Is soaked In well. Then an
range rtt a hot dish and serve at one
n s
The meet valuable almanae In te ,
world Is preserved In the British fcTtv
siMim. It Is written in rpl liik en
j . : i, t 1 Is 1 "v,, it to f' S
A Pair
HINTS 13
Manure and Fertilizer.
The "American Fertiliser" reminds
Its readers that the farmer who uses
manure and fortlllser thereby gains
from the toll mora than he applies, be
cause th materials which he adds to
the soil ssrvs to render soluble the In
ert plant foods existing In the soil;
and as it takes capital to tnaks money
In business, so It takes manure And fcr
tillzers to make the soil more Wbser"
vlent to the demands of the farmer.
Every dollar expended for plant food
to be applied to the soli Is an Invest
ment Which in- the future is sure to
bring good returns, because of the
abundiin.ee of faw material! existing
In the soil ready for use when prop
er methods are' applied fur d flving
them ftom the vast stores which are
always In reach with the aid of suit
able appliances. The growing of green
crops for manure benefits the land
not only by returning to the soil that
which, may have been derived there
from and' from the air, but also,
through chemical action of plant rooU,
which have the capacity of changing
the characteristics of the various
"salts" In the soil, and as the roots of
plants appropriate carbonic acid as an
agent in neutralizing the alkaline mat
ter, various compounds are formed.
Alkalies also neutralize acids, and
there Is a constant tendency to effect
chemical changes by reason of the uee
of green foods, manures, fertilizers,
plaster and llmo. The soil is the bank
of the farmer upon which he can draw,
but he must first make his deposits.
Cultivation, tile drainage, the use of
certain crops and a knowledge of the
characteristics and requirements of the
soli will give the Intelligent farmer a
great advantage over him who does not
carefully consider the reserve of plant
foods In the soil.
Care of Farm Implements.
Most people seem to think that if
the tools and lmplemonta are protected
from the Influence of the sun, they suf
fer no Injury during the rainy and low
ering weather. But this Is a serious
mistake.. The Influence of any and all
kinds of weather. Is always more or
less Injurious to farm Implements,
whether the various parts are made of
Iron, or a portion oniy of Iron, and the
remainder of wood. As a general rule
the injury and damage done to farm
Implements by Udtiecewsary exposure
to the influence Of the weather wears
out the working parts more than all
the labor that Is performed with them.
d .this ts more emphatically live
aiuiia uie ruumh, kucio iuoii, na
breezes highly charged with saline 2h?
terial, come In contact with those
parts of Implements which have pol
ished steel or Iron surfaces. Several
hundred miles away from the seashore,
mechanics experience little difficulty in
keeping their saw blades and other
steel tools from rusting. But . near the
salt water, steel plows, sews, cultivator-teeth,
polished bearings on mowing
machines, steel rake-testh, and all
such Implements, rust very quickly
when not in actual use, if the polished
surface is not oiled or varnished.
Plows are left frequently standing In
the ground with the damp earth in
contact with the polished mould-board
and land side. The consequence is
that a thick scale of rust Is found over
the entire surface, thus destroying
more metal than would actually wear
Off In some time when the Implement
Is in use. The true way to take care
of such tools is to wipe the polished
surface" dry, and oil It with any kind
of oleaginous material which has nd
saline material In it, or to varnish the
surface. The Epltomlst
Comparisons of Dairies.
If those from whom the cows are
purchased should take the same view
of the matter as the dairyman the
animals would soon realize a price
that would place them beyond the
reach of those desiring them for the
dairy, but the breeders of such cows
find a profit In keeping calves in or
der to sell them at maturity to the
dairyman. What is the consequence
of this mode of conducting a dairy?
It Is that the dairyman keeps twice as
many cows as he should, In order to
derive quantity of milk and butter
that may be produced from a smaller
number of animals. If the yields from
any two dairies are compared It will
be noticed that the product of one Is
different from that of the other, for
it ts an Impossibility to collect a herd
of common cows of uniform quality,
nd even if the yields from, the two dai
ries approximate certain amount a
difference will be created by the meth
ods of management, no two dairymen
following the same rule. In purchasing
such cows they must be taken solely
upon the honor of the dealer, and until
tested' the dairyman cannot know
whether he has a bargain or not. For
tunately, our common stock of the
present day Is better than, that of a
few years ago, but it Is due solely to
the Infusion of an occasional dash of
thoroughbred blood.
Observation of many dairies will
reveal the fact that a majority of them
use mostly common cows. The term
"common" Includes not only the scrub
native but also those cows Uiat though
somewhat above the average, are un
known to the dairymen so far as their
breeding, Is concerned. The pretext
for this Is that dairymen can better
afford to buy cows Uos to raise them.
Calves and heifers require room In
the stables, and the dairymen are more
disposed to utilize such places with
cows In full .flow of milk rather than
to keep young stock, -they believing It
a more economical method of doing
business. Philadelphia .Record.
8trawberry Culture. '
The king of small fruits Is the straw
berry, esys I. M. Merrill, Mich., In The
Farmer's Voice. After years of ex
perimenting I have settled down to the
raising a few kinds, those of standard
excellence and have found my trade
growing year by year.
Where one Is situated near a large
city Uie strawberry grower experiences
little trouble In disposing of his crop,
but away out In th,e country, awuy
from the great centers of trade, the
problem Is a fi.r d'Serent one, an.! nn
1 i a r i 1 i rn aitSSttnH, fnr t'n
work I would advise him to let small
fruit entirely alone. r
Fruit raising Is a business by itself
and will ever remain such. The gen
eral farmer had bet. not dabble in it
To become a successful fruit raiser
requires, as I have said, an aptitude
for the) work, indefatigable Industry
and a large degree of patience. Possess
ing these there IS BO danger of a fail
ure. In my own case I found that it la one
thing, to raise the fruit and another
thing to sell It People can be educated
up to the fruit habit
When I first set out with a few
crates of berries to seek customers I
was truly surprised at the lack of in
terest displayed by people in general.
My first customer was a farmer who
reckoned he'd take a quart for the
woman and young ones.
Still another farmer, a wealthy cat
tle raiser with a large family, refused
even to look at my wares, sniffing at
the Idea thai "strawberries" were In
any wsy necessary for the family table.
But mark you, this same man Is now
an eager customer of mine to the tune
of from fifteen to twenty crates of
berries every year, with no grumble at
the price.
He says his folks can't get along
without the berl.es both fresh and
canueJ ; and yet before I began selling,
the only small fruit the family saw,
from year's end to year's end were a
few small wild berries.
I had many amusing experiences dur
ing my first year In the business, and
was at one time well-nigh discouraged
but came out with flying colors in the
end and lived to rejoice over the vic
tory. Arguments for Orchard Cultivation
I am aware that there Is a strong
prejudice In many parts of Massachu
setts against the cultivation of apple
orchards. This Is only prejudice, how
ever, I am sure, and will be overcome
In time. I have never yet heard of a
man having an orchard suitable for
cultivation who, having once fairly
tried good cultivation with, modern
orchard implements, has afterward
gone back to sow his orchard down
to grass. On the other hand, I do
know of men who have made the op
posite change, namely, from the sod
system to cultivation, and who have
found it entirely satisfactory. I could
show Instances of this In some of the
largest and best orchards In western
Massachusetts and still more so in Ver
mont, where I have' been longer ac
quainted. The arguments against cultivation
are commonly four: (1) that plowing
cannot be done In an orchard; (2) that
It Injures the trees; (3) that It Is too
expensive; (4) that it Injures the qual
ity of the fruit. These objections can
nswered very briefly.
Tie objection that It cannot be
dnnn 14 SaaSJiswerea ny tne I3JMk.
it is done doTtfraBtfintjy fcS on
large scale. It is harder to do in an
old orchard which has never been cul
tivated, and under such circumstances
may not be advisable, but even so, it
con often be successfully and profitably
accomplished. I have myself once
done this with an orchard of two acres
of badly neglected trees between SO
and 40 years old, and the results were
entirely satisfactory.
2. If an old uncultivated orchard is
put under the plow, the tree roots are
considerably torn, and some damage
Tho best proof of this lies in the fact
may result Orchards cultivated froa
the beginning are absolutely uninjured,
(which, by the way, Is a fact) that
many of the very best orchards in
every part of the country are under the
plow annually.
3. Cultivation Is more expensive
than doing nothing at all, but it pays
better.
4. There is some show of reason in
the statement that cultivation has a
bod effect on the fruit The fruit Is
sometimes less highly colored and
does not keep quite so well. On the
other hand, It Is larger, sorts better at
the sorting table, and brings a larger
return to the acre, because there ts
more of it. Finally, I ought to draw
attention to the fact that In the larg
est, most famous and most successful
apple regions of this continent Nova
Scotia, upper Ontario, Western New
York, Michigan and the great apple
belt of the Central States cultivation
Is generally recommended and. prac
ticed. Prof. F. A. Waugh for Lowell
Journal.
i
Horse Note.
A lump of salt should be kept In
each manger. '
The chill should be taken off the
drinking water.
Corn In the ear with wheat-bran is'
good for variety.
Shredded or cut corn fodder is good
for a change in place of hay.
The frog should never he cut but left
a big pad to take Jar and keep the
legs sound.
- The sharp cold air will not hurt
them but never leave them out in a
storm. . '";''. ''
' Any ragged tags maybe cut off, but
Insist that the knife shall go no furth--er.
Never allow the bars to be cut
or weakened.
Do not keep the colts tied .up In
stalls day after day. A colt must have
regular exercise while growing to de
velop Its muscles and tendona.
'''Work horses cared for and fed In
this manner will far more than pay
for the grain eaten during the winter
by the-extra work they will do In the
spring.:'. - --'L':.' :
If allowed to run down on coarse
feed and no grain, It will cost much
more to get them fitted for work In the
spring than if kept In good shape all
winter.
' Great care should be had In shoeing
horses In winter. The sole should be
left as thick as nature made It to pro
tect the sensitive foot from uneven fro
zen ground.
It ts not necessary to feed the Idle
work horses as much grain as when
doing hard work, but If they are ex
pected to do bard work In the spring,
they must be leapt thrifty and In good
flash all winter. ,
At the end of February Increase the
feed, and be sure they have plenty of
i exercise In yard or harness, and they
! 1.. nn 4 In Bli.a f,,- ' a
I Will HO,,.', l rMMU-o T
bard sprit!:? work, with, Ve'7 1. rs-
IN 1954
With fumigated coat ana bftr -
And chlorinated cone, "
I stand before the portul that 1
Protects my pretty Jane.
. Her worthy father lots me In
Unlock the sturdy hasp
And gives my dlsinteoted fin -
A bygienlo olatp. . ,- ..
Papa, with wisdom rarely ripe, .
Departs with scant delay,
And with bit Pasteurized pipe,
Betakes himself away;
While I to Jane do quiukly go '
Upon tho sofa snug
And on that maiden fair bestow
An ontiseptio hug.
Before the evening wholly flleg, ,
Upstairs the coyly trips,
And perfumed gciniloidos applies
Unto her dnlniy lips.
Then oometh gladness eostaoy
Just undiluted blissl
When lovely Jmiuy give to ma
A sanitary kiss.
-W1U 8. Adklns, In Puok.
JUST FOR FUN ,
"That English party claims to be It
lord." "Probably he is one. I notice v
that he loves a cheerful giver." Puck.
"You talk an awful lot about your
self, Catherine." "Woll It keeps me
from talking about other people." Da-
trolt Free Press.
Actress I have been robbed of my .
jewels. Hotel Clerk It won't do any
good; there Isn't a newspaper In the
town. Town Topics.
Tenaweek It is a socret, sir, but I : t
am engaged to your daughter, and.
Old Gotrox Have no uneasiness, sir;
It will go no further. Town Topics.
Stranger Seems to me this crowded
street is a queer place for a hospital.
Native Well, I don't know. Two trol
ley lines meet here. New York Week
ly. ' ...;
The Higher Education. Dolly ;
Were you pleased when Charley pro
posed? Polly Pleased? I came pret- 1 ,
ty near giving him our college yell.-" :
Puck. '':
"Is he a war expert?" "Well, he's v '
one of the 18,000,000 people who know
just how the war in the Far East
Bhould be conducted." Chicago Even
ing Post
Edyth Why do you doubt Mr. Slow
man's sincerity? His voice has an
honest ring. Mayme Yes, but that is j -not
the kind of ring I'm looking for. -
Chicago Dally News.
"Your husband lost his temper In a ' , ,
little dispute we had," said Gazzam to
Mrs. Bickers. "That doesn't matter," '
replied Mrs. Bickers; "he has plenty . .
left" Detroit Free Press.
u borrowed that 100 marks '
from me you arm-foii needed It for
a short time." "Exactly, and I only
had It a short time I spent it all :
that day!" Fllegende Blatter.
Spartacus Why do you suppose Mo-
per committed suicide just when he
did? Smarticus As a matter of policy.
His insurance would have expired the
next day. Baltimore American. -
Patience I always think of all the)
mean things I have said during the
day, before I fall asleep at night Pa
trice Gracious! Do you stay awake as
long as that? Yonkers Statesman.
Visitor How do you get along with
out models for your child studies? .
Daubley Oh, that's easy. I just have
my wife read me one of her club es
says on model children. Chicago Dally
News.
An old Scotchwoman, when ndrlnsd a
by her minister to take snuff to keep
herself awake during the sermon, re- -plied:
"Why dlnna ye put the snuff In
the sermon, mon?" Glasgow Evening
Times.
"Oh, I've found a grand intelligence .
office," said Mrs, Van Albert "Charge
you $1 for one cook?" asked her bus
band. "One? Why they agreed to let
me" have four cooks for $3.98." Chlo- .
ago Daily News. j '
Jim It seems to me that the law
yer who Is defending your case is us
lng some pretty extravagant language.
Jam You'd think it wasucU-nore( ,
extravagant ify.oyijfew how much he ;
is xhaiwtsi the for his services. Bal
timore Herald. . ' ,
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No Fare for a Doll Under Three.
True kindliness does not abound in
any, particular place. A conductor on
a Ridge avenpe car the other day gave
an example of how the ordinary things '
of life may be made attractive by the
presence of a little kindliness. The car
stopped and a little girl carrying a
large doll, got on. The conductor came
In to collect her tare. The little girl,
who was about 6 years old, handed
him nickel. He looked at it and
then at her, but didn't register the
fare. Her expression was that of perplexity.-"-The
conductor then - leaned
down and askod her for the doll's
fare. 'That request made the little
gtrl's perplexity , even greater. But
the conductor quickly asked, her
whether the doll wasn't over three
years -old, and to her negative reply
he said: "Oh, I tbjugut she wns, nnd I
was waiting for her fare. Then be
smilingly pulled the register strap,
and the other passengers who had wit
nessed the occurrence somehow or
other felt better for this little touch
of whimsical comedy. Phlladplpl 'i,
Record.;.:.
. first Novllst of Japan.
Alzakl Tokutaro, better known
Koyo Sanj, died recently In. Japan.
Koyo Sang may rightly be called tlm
father of the Japanese novel. He w
the first writer to Introduce renll'
fiction Into his native country. link . i
before his time the so-called Jnpnn
novels consisted merely of dluli
and pithy sayings. Character r
lng, plots, snd the like were en
unknown. When his books df
real life first appeared they rn
great stir throughout the ci
Since then, however, several i-r
younger writers have follow. 1 i
footsteps of Koyo Sang, ami In i
in many other matters, tnn j
promise to adopt the met hods u
lea and Euroiio, and will uri-i!
In t!ie near figure rr--.!t a ,.
I v r- l iiit ")! tusj 1 i t . . :
t . i. ....-'i:it.