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olUMBX1X.
MAlVKUN. If. C.i WEDNESDAY. JULY 20, 1904.
JNUMBlii: 29.
?RAKKLII
TOE
THE 8EA
O, the sweeping awing of the blue-gray
WHIR
Ad thev nlrele before the eve.
And the swerving dip of 'the breast
mlrlp - -
Of the irulls thnt te iwnrd flvl
They bitntr and bulnuoo, tliey waver
and float v
With an Idle air nnd an aim remote,
men siiuuoiiiy eienve i-ne skji
i, And naught know wo of their query
or fiuest
As they pause a breath en a blue ware's
breast,
Or the secrets hid In the closing; blue
Where they sail and sail aud are lost (o
view.
0, the fret and worry, the cark and
care, ,
They stifle u here ashore! '
O, to brent he nlof t In the swift free air,
Awny from tho world and Its grim
despair,
To be fetterless evermore;
To follow to bournes of the fuhled
Hpring.
Where youth's gay fountains lisp and - His watch with the ghostly, Changing
siug, sens.
t. . Nanny Eaton Waterhouso, In the Criterion.
Ue Unruly Member,
By HELEN FORRE8T GRAVr-8. 1 - ?
a VWWVV
You would have recognised Rose
Lodge as the residence of an unmar
ried female, bad you seen It In Rn-:
ia or Japan, or on the very shore of
the Ganges! It bore the unmlstakablo
impress of single blessedness on Its
portico and front steps the box-edged
borders spoke It as yilnly as If every
leaf and twig had been a voice.
The very dead leaves and fa,Uen
r rose petals did not have .a chance to
wither away in peace on the closely
shaven grass, but were whisked away
with a garden broom almost ere they
were fallen, and the flowers blowed
stiffly in geometrically shaped beds,
while 'love-in-idleness" and ."bache-
Jor's" buttons were not even folerated
v'wlthln the 'green-painted -gates. .
While the cottage opposite wai.such
a contrast. Built In the simple Gothic
style, Its eaiements twinod and shaped
"with clematis and honeysuckle, and its
garden walks a graceful wilderness of
' bloom and fragrance, it bad all the as
pect of an Inhabllated Eden, and the
1 key of the difference-between the3e
two cottages was that one was peo
pled by a young married couple, the
other by a lady of a certain age, and
very uncertain prospects of matri
mony. "My dear," said Mrs. Carroll Miss
Cynthia Arran was receiving morning
visitors In her blue, chintz-furnished
boudoir, a room which she had fitted
up exactly after the description of the
boudoir of Lady Blanche Somebody In
the last novel that she had perused
"my dear, who are your neighbors?"
Miss Peckham put up her eyeglasses,
Mrs. Johnson put aside the curtain to
obtain a better prospect and Miss Ar
ran answered; carelessly:
"Oh, a bride and bridegroom, t bc
JAynra Winston and her hus-
band
"Do you know Ihem?"
"Only by sight!"
For Miss Cynthia did not deem II
necessary to state that she had called
on the new arrival, but that Mr. and
Mm. Winston, having somehow heard
Of Miss Arran'B reputation as a gener
al gossip, and female edition of Paul
Pry, had neglected to return the visit,
i "I know all about 'em," said Mrs.
Johnson, mysteriously, wagging the
roses In her bonnet front. "He used to
visit Amelia Raymond, didn't he? Peo
ple always thought that would be a
match, until Agnes Brown came along.
He's a lawyer, isn't he?"
."Yes," said Miss Arran; he's a
lawyer."
"Perhaps that's he?" questioned Mrs.
Johnson, with a nod of the head to
ward a black-coated figure in the shad
ow of some lilacs.
"No," Mias Arran answered, "that's
a gardener that comes by the day.
Frank Winston Is too fine, it seems,
to trim and prune, his own trees and
bushes. But he's In Boston just now
at least that is what their chamber
maid told my maid of all work."
"In Boston!" crwled Mrs. Johuson,
elevating both hands; "and they not
married three months yet!"
"I thought it looked bad," sighed
Miss Arran, "but I make a point of
never interfering with my neighbor's
business."
"Of all things, I despise gossip," said
Mrs. Johnson. "Does she seem to pine
much, dear?"
"Not she," said Miss Cynthia, with a
toss of her curls. "I Just wish you
f ' .. could hear her slag opera airs at that
V , piano." . . '
S" ." "Does ha write to her?-
K "I've' never seen the postman pome
'" there yet,; -said Miss Arran, mourn--
fully,
"Ah h h!" groaned Mrs. Johnson.
"That's what come of love-matches. I
never did believe In 'em, for my part.
- Well," rising to go, "I am sorry they
"W..n -so 111 suited to each other. If I
was a little acquainted with her. I'd
... i go over "to. offer her some sympathy;
v. but folks do say she is too haughty
to appreciate any such attention.
' Pride must have a fall, sooner or later
" ' that's all I've fcot to say."
- Mrs. Johnson took her leave, and
pretty young Agnes Winston, trimming
her roses in front of the Gothic cot
. tage, never dreamed of the beady black
' eyes which were watching her, as the
elderly widow went by. Or perhaps
the sunshine would have been less ra
' , dlant, and a vague fear would have
overshadowed the glow and softness of
'' ' th July atmosphere. ,
.Mrs. OutoU bad sat, and silently ab
. sorbed 'he conversation In Miss Ar
a ran's boudoir, but she was not sd tacl
' turn at the nest place' at which she
lied. ' '..-;;
! "Do you know the Wlnstons?" sh
asked of Mrs. Ma). Murrtll.
"The young people who have just
rented Frankland JCottage? No, but
- W brother, George, knows Mr. Win-
ston." ' :: .-, ; -. ,
"AM sighed Mri Carroll, "how lit
tie young folks drW what's In store
for, 'em In this Jlcked world. Else
they'd all stey single, that's ,my cpln-
' loO." " ' f ' -' ' '
; " "What do yon mean?''' demanded
Mrs.' Murrell. ( - r .
"Don't you know?"
1 iul can't posnibhr Imagine What you re
. talking auout," i
GULLS.
And O. for the chaiule at that Wild,
. f im limm :
Of bird with a tireless wlugt
. ' ., ,
Hear the tern's ooarae cry as the otoud
loom hlnck.
' As the whtte-capj surge, on the tern
pest's trauk, 1
These warders of seevaretV fate, t ,
ruwtw iwiiin.n'j. -
The white sails soarfyf Tat) Wind Dlo
Anover vihk vitro
Hear them shriek aloud their discord
- ant konsj .
"Beware the sea! Beware the seal
- Man's Implaoahle enemy!" ' : .
Song the bold young Viking heard
Far in the North, from, the warning
: bird;
Song of the years on the vacant sens.
Far as the enrth's antipodes.
This witches' bird with the moan of
man, !
This gray olit wand'Mna; charlatan
Ilnth kept in calm and In booming
breeie ,
VVVVV
"Well, Mr Winston has left his wife,
and she Is there at home singing opera,
pong te other, gentlemen,, and . the
young couple don't even correspond.
I believe people think she has rtlscOv
ercd that he carcB more for 'Mella Ray
mond, his old sweetheart, than he ever
did for her. Amelia has an aunt In
Boston, and t shouldn't wonder If he
has gone there for the express purpose
of 'tnett1cr.r t W f
You donl tell me H orld MM..
MirJ. Murrsll, and sway she want, th
moment Mrs. Carroll and taken her
leave, to see what old Mrs. Ginger
thought about it.
"Have you heard the rad hews about
the Wlnstons?" she asked, untying heir
hat Etrings, and fanning herself vio
lently. "No; what Is It?" asked Mrs. Ginger,
pricking up hef ears like an ancient
war horse at the Bound of artillery.
"Why he has left her and gone to
Boston to meet his old sweetheart,
Amelia Raymond, and she is practic
ing for the opfra she always had a
good voice you know with lots of for
eign gentlemen at her house. It Is
very Imprudent of her, under the cir
cumstances, you know what Agnes
Brown always was. Maj. Burrcll al
wnys said that Frank Winston would
never make a Steady husband."
"Well, I never!" cried Mrs. Ginger.
"I Bhall cee her aunt at the sowing cir
cle this afternoon, and I mean to ask
her if it is true."
"Oh, there's no mistake about it!"
said Mrs. Murrell, eagerly. "I had It
from the very best authority."
Yet the good woman really believed
what she said. There Is no accounting
for the glamour thai female tongues
will cast about female when once the
evil spirit of gossip Is abroad-.
"Pooh! stuff and nonsense!" said
Brother George, a good-looking young
attorney, when his rister Imparted to
him the "dreadful tidings" which were
now In brisk circulation. "I don't be
llevo a word of it!"
"It's all true, nevertheless!" asserted
Mrs. Murrell.
"Why, I've been there a.sain and
again since the wedding, and they are
the most devoted couple I ever saw."
"Ah!" slgherd Mrs. Murrell, "there
Is always something wrong where you
see so much outward show. I'm Sorry
for them, very!"
George Wrexham pulled his mus
tache In sore perplexity, and when the
rumor reached him for the third time,
be walked straight to the telegraph of
fice and sent off a brief message:
"To F. Winston, Esq., Parker House,
Boston: What's this people are say
ing about you and your wife? Better
come home and see about It?
"George Wrexham."
Aunt Barbara Brlndale, at the sew
Ing circle, heard the tidings with In
credulous astonishment.
"Our Agness parted from her hus
band and going on the stage!" she
crled.dropplng her thimble In dismay.
"Fiddlesticks! a likely story, indeed!"
But, nevertheless. Aunt Barbara
rolled up her sewing half an hour ear
lier than usual, and went to Frank
land cottage, to see what on earth it
all meant.
Agnes Winston welcomed th old
lady with a bright smile evidently no
serpent had as yet stung away her do
mestic peace.
"My dear," said Aunt Barbara Brln
dale, "when is Frank coming back?"
"Day after to-morrow, I suppose,"
said Agnes Innocently. "Why?"
"And and Is Miss Raymond to ac
company him?" asked the old lady,
somewhat hesitatingly.
Agnes opened her soft blue eyes.
"Miss Raymond? Why should she?"
"Because people say they are there
together, my dear," blurted out Aunt
Barbara, feeling herself grow very hot
and uncomfortable.
"People tell a wicked, dastardly
falsehood? then!" cried Agn,es, stamp
ing her tiny foot passionately upon the
floor.- "How dare they say such things
about my Frank?"
"Yes, but listen to It all, my dear
It's the talk of the town, and such rum
ors putt have some shadow of founda
tion. I really thlsk yog ought to know
t" i .
Aunt Barbara told tbe whole tele as
It had been told to her, and Agnes
Winston straightway went Into hys
terics; not that she really believed It
oh, no, she was too loyal-hearted a
wife to do that but she always had
felt a tort of lurking jealousy of Ame
lia Raymond, and she had not had a
letter from Frank in two whole days,
and. v.v. -, .-v..-."-...
But just a Aunt Barbara had reck
lessly showered half a pint of cologne
over her niece, the door Dew open and
In walked Mr. Winston's self. .
"What does all this mean, about
your going -on the stager he demanded
fiercely, "Where are the men who are
haunting my house in my . absence,
Agnes? I Insist on hearing the whole 1
truth at oitre!" - . , ,-,
"You had better go back to Amelia
Raymond," sobbed Agnes, vindictively,
and she cried more bitterly than ever.
"Men, Indeed! there hss been no man '
about the place but Mike, the gardener.
and old tncle Joceiyri'who brings the
dally paper' before wa are 110 lh the
morning.'1 - .
"Children," said Aunt Barbara,, lay
ing a warning hand od Frank's arm as
be was about to burst forth In retrlm
(nation, "hush! and let's have matters
explained. It sterns to me we have all
allowed ourselves to beqome the tools
Of gossiping tongues."", v
- And 8h6 related, piairily and suc
cinctly, what she had heard,, and how
It had reached her, tracing the tongue
Of venom back to Mrs. Carroll and
Miss Arran, with pretty direct accur
acy. . -".v
' Agnes burst out laughing through
her tears.
"Frank," said she, "we might have
known better than to believe such Idle
gossip, Let iiB treat it as we would
Idle wind, i never dreamed of leav
Ing you, of of going on the stage."
"And t hiven't seed Atnella Ray.
mond sloe she was here to tea, a
month ago," said Winston, with some
thing like a amll dawning on his puz
zled countenance. '
; "Let It be a iesson Id you, dhlldren."
said Atmt Barbara, fttadly, "to trust
one another In spite of everythlhs, and
net to bellevfl more than one-sixteenth
art of what yoa hear in this world."
And th world, which had prepared
Itself for all the delicious Items of a
divorce suit, was disappointed, after
all.-New Yofk Weakly.
Vh' Candy MasitV
Sacchsro.Tianlses Says a Medical Man
Ar Lis"?! te Premature Baldness.
There tj the sacchnro:uantac now.
Only a day or two ago some authority
came forth and declared thtt sweets
wer kronar tor clilldrta. - nd so we
hugged Ourselves b sa ."1-told-you-oo"
glee; for In tho-da-s of our 'youth It
was we whd were rl?ht about that
candy business. But here come3 a
Prof. Ops I on, an Engllshmari, with tor
rlble truths. He knows of young of
the species who are es much addicted
to their chocolates rs p. toper to his
rum.
These snccharmonaiacfi, thesd su
gar rluttons, early pay the penalty for
allowing their apatites to enslave
them to indiscretion. Baldness smites
them prematurely. The insides of
their pst.es are also affected. The
teeth fa.e awp;- H!:e the morning
dew. This me-llcsl n:an thinks that'
the candy habit will soon rrowd aside
the drink evil. It will subjugate rac?s
and lovel nations. There will soon bo
a Woman's Christian candy abolish
ment league.
The enormous dema-d for sweets
leads to ariulterntlcn Children are
sure to buy whe'e the:' get the most
for their moner. And so the best
children and the worn candy invaria
bly form a Junction. Tons of pre
served fruit candy is Innocent of fr.ult.
Chocolates are especially nnuv nf ailnl.
teratlon. Innumerable chemicals find
their way Into childish1 stomachs, to
the Instant dete'loration of the chli
dra. there are factory acts In plen
ty, but ttioy do not happen to coror
candy factories. Boston Transcript.
.QCAINT AND CURIOUS:
In the flssh of an electric spark 125
mllllonths of a second In duration a
rifle ball cnu be photographed In Its
flight.
Though more populous than this
country, the RuBslan empire has but
800 newspapers. Th number In this
country Is S2,(l63.
Thirty convicts recently escaped
from the sJIkolosk-lTssurl Jail In tfbe
rla by driving a tunnel 180 feet long
under the building.
No tree, has ever been found larger
than the Sicilian "chestnut of a hun
dred horses." It Is he less thin, ioi
feet In circumference:
The fcbrdnation rbbe presonted to th
etopreii Of Russia was of fur. It
weighed only It ounces, yet was worth
16000, or $365 per ounce.
Tbe life of a dime is only four or
five years, because It changes hands 10
times wblle a half a dollar is moved
once from one person's pocket Into the
till of another.
In Copenhagen ah apartment house
has been Opened containing 25 suites
of four rooms each. There is only one
kitchen, and meals in sent up by the
dumb-waiters. The cost of a suite,
with meals and care of room. Is about
$225 a person a year.
Carts, Wagons, drays, trucks, ' etc.,
are not employed largely In Syria and
Palestine. Qn the farms a wagdn of
any description Is hardly ever i6h.
Grain is brought In On the backs of
camels and donkeys. Delivery wagons
re unknown la Syrian cities. .
M. Maximln Crapplef, an Inhabitant
of Calx, France, who recently died in
his 50th year, was the head of a family,
which for patriarchal sis beats all
records In the world. Himself tbs eld
est of 10 children, his mother at her
death In 1880, at the age of 94, could
boast of 144 children, grandchildren
and great-grandchildren. M. Crappler,
during his lifetime, became an uncle
or great-uncle no fewer than 263 times.
V . t .... ........
A reginsnt of the Berls tribe of In
dians Inhabits th Island of Tlburon,
In th gulf of California, and is ruled
entirely by lh women. Formerly th
tribe numbered about 5000, but is now
shrunk to a few hundred, living a life
of almost complete Isolation, and re
fusing to Intermarry with any of th
Indians of th mainland. The woman
Is master of the household, and a coun
cil of matrons Is at th head of pub
lic affairs,
: It Is not known just how long mos
quitoes can ltv,,but thalr average life
Is mur!! longer than Is ordinarily sup
posed. Thousands of them II v
through winter, hibernating or asleep
In dark places In barns or house cel-
lars. In sparsely settled localities,
where they cannot And such places for
shelter, they llv through th winter In
hollow trees, and, even though the
temperature may fall far below f reel
ing, they ar not winter killed, but on
the approach of warm weather bV
miM active again. . '
A SIMON M StfNDAt
An eloquent discourse entitle.
the universal IN religion'
fcbe Rev. C. i Palmer Directs Attantlod
to Csrtala Forms or Doctrines Com
mon to AltBvorj System of llelisloa
Hal Some Uoncefitlon ol God.
.klNOSTOir; fj; Y.f-Iii th Rsformed
Church bf the Comforiff art Sunday tnarn
ins; the Rev: C: h: Palmer preached d
Scholarly discourse entitled Th Univer
sal in Religion. .
. Tylor. in Primitive' Culture; says: "He
who only knows one religion can no hiore
understand that religion, than he who only
understands one language can master that
language." By which he means, that oue
canuot adequately appreciate any system
of faith and practice without some knowl
edge of th history, doctrines and customs
of systems Other than his own, any mors
than on tart master his .native1 tongue
Without nif. knowledge tit Its , togniteJ:
It is undeniable that a studj; of the various
SVstemi discloses a religious tubstrntutri
hnd phenomena, bt which nd intelligent
Student is willing td b deprived.
The population of the world is estimated
at 192,000,000. Of tjlit number 100,000,000
are pagan or heathen, which represcnta th
very l"esi grade of humanity. There ar
Supposed to be I73,000;(XiO Brahmann: The
nominal Snd professed fofioweri of BiiddnU
and Confucius are estimated at 420,000,000;
Mohammedans number mdre than 200,000:
000. Christians, including lioman Cath
olic; Greek Church and Protestant, aie
computed at 400,030,000. The whole of
K.lstcrn Aiid it occupied by the Buddhists,
India by the Bialnuans; Afrinl; Australia
and the South Sea islands by the ragari
tribes. Parts cf Kurope: Asia tlnd Afiici
py the Muiiamtneilaup; uie largest part of
Lurope'and America by Chrituans.
I Tile (omens tire e!iuai;ication of the ro
igions of the world tvere such lU iltcse-
rue and fa'ip religions; natural and superj
natural, pajdu and revealed; spiritual and
Superstitious. Such classification is not
billy confusing td the student of compara
tive religions, but is unjust, ior every
Ivstem contains some truth. A better
classification ill 1. Tribal, 2. Ktlinic.
S. Catholic: The tribal includes All sys
tems which have nd Htnal; priesthood,
creedj sacred Writing, architecture be
hiusic. The ethnic religions aro cdnlinca
to one nntion; suclij for example, was the
j-elixion Hf Kgyptj which for A thousand
years was limited to its national, borders:
The system of Assyria was confined to
Assyria; the religion of Greece was con
fined to the Hellenic race; that bf Rome
ft) the Romans; of Confucius td China;
Braliuianiinl is confined td India, aud the
faith of the ddaa Wad limited t th
Scandinavian ot Teutonic races. The
Catholic synteins, in spirit and method,
know- no limit in either time dr ter
ritory. They aspire to conquer the
world. Such were Moses, Zoroaster; Bud
dah, Mohammed and Jeans. Kthuic relig
ions were evolved out of their own life.
Catholic systems were formulated, intro
duced Sua promulgated by lid Inspirit!
prophet.
It is not my purpose to trace the brigirf
if religion, the evolution or development;
or to compare the merits of each, out to
Very briefly direct attention to certain
iorms or doctrines common to all.
Such conception is either just or unjust,
true or false, right or wroiiR, though no
faith, even among the most degraded, is en-,
tircly destitute of some truth cdncsriiiiis;'
lied. Christianity' it tb oiib system: tvhicti
has an adequate disclosure bf the attri
butes of Jehovah, because Jesus became irt-ii.-nate
the reveal the Father. "He that
hath seen Me hath seen the Father." And
tven Christianity cannot condense in a
E ingle definition a comprehensiv descrip
ion of thl Supreme Being, Mr the Idea is
ot simple but complex. The lowest cori;
Ception of bod is known as animism, which
is belief in spiritual powers as opposed td
materialism. It is the unformulated no
tion of the most undeveloped tribes; and
has no place in the Christian system ex-
!ept as clarified Slid perfected in angel
logy and dcnionoIOBVI l'H'.J'theism' is
ound principally in the ethnic systems,
n Kpypt the divine elements were seen
dwelling in nature. The Greek deities
were not personifications, but persons, di
vine .men snd women. In the Vcdic
Hmns of India the forces of nature are
spiritualised into objects of reverence and
love. The most marked form of pantheism
appears in the Hindu religion, which ia
in its extreme development, thai the tirti'
yerse is Ciod, and God is tiiS universe':
Christian science savors of it. The doc
trine of the divine imminence may be so
forced as to .eliminate the personality of
God. Ditheism is belief in two hostile
powers which was a tenet of Zoroastrian
lsm. Triads appear in the ethnic and Cath
olic systems. 1 he Christian doctrine of the
trinity ia a necessaty and natural concep
tion of God, 'and becomes clear if it is
Understood td represent Him as on in es
sence but three ill forut: Mondlhejstt .is
ttflncipallv, characteristic bf the Catholic,
sterns; tHqueh traces are. found in the
pagan and ethnic Deeply imbedded in
every heart is the convn .on ol an Al
mighty personality, and that such person
ality is back of all forms and images, and
that the latter becomes efficacious because
of th power of God.
An possible theories about the origin of
the universe are reducible to four. 1.
That it had no beginning, but haj always
existed either in its present or anotner
una. iv iiue me eiernuy qt matter has
been advocated lv soma it h i
Wine a popular belief) aadjt does hot M
peal td modern science: but among the
primitive tribes we presume, many think
bf the handiwork bf God without com
tnencement Snd culmination, i; . That it
came ny a process of evolution. This the
bry had been modified in recent yeara by
Biblical scholars and philosophical think
ers, with the result of a most hearty ac
ceptance on the part of some thorough
studenas and devoted scientists. 3. An
other view is that it came by a process
pf emsnstion. The difference betwscn evo
lution and smauation seems to be, that th
former ia a growth up to and Including a
certain completeness,, whil the Ultfr be
gen "with the dark abyss Bf infinite being,
fend by means of a series bf emanations br
fallings away from this, inconceivable first
Jssence, gradually readied an , Intelligent
Creator.and ad intelligent creation:0 This
theory is Oriental in its drigin: appearing
prat in the cosmogony Bf the Uindiiii
Conservative Christisn Schdlar ate di
Med on this doctrine. Some Hold that
pod ereated; that it;- actually . made;
brought into existence, the material out
of which all things were formed. Others
hold that Ht amply cut; carved and fash
ioned the universe out ol pre-existing ma
terial. It is difficult to my just what form
is acceptable to -the majority of Christian
scholars. Evolution as w now understand
it is certainly aceopted by men whose sin
cerity we cannot question and whose schol
arship commands universal admiration.
Iter is' g. spirit in man and th inspire
i ui toe Aiimgnty givetn it understand-
j' r 'owe,t and most ignorant pagan,
and the most intelligent Christian is born
w possession ot it. Th practice of the
human family from the very first confirms
th statement, "that the spirit of man
loeth upward." All believe in a spirit
orld and that access is had to it through
irayer. Mea pray either because they ob
tain what they tsk for, or because the act
w a blessing in itself. Th Sioux Indians
P-Spirits of the dead, have mercy en
us. (Th ulna of Africa pray to, their
ancestors "1'eoplt of our house, people of
our house; tattle. People of our house,
good luck and health." A Delaware In
dian prayed thus "O Great Spirit above!
aav mercy on my children and my wife,
let them not mourn for me. Let m no
ceed in this enterprise, slay my enemy, re
turn in safety to my family and friends,
that we may rejoice together. Have pity
on me and protect my life." Th negro
on th gold coaat prayed "God give ma
to-day rice and yams, give me slaves, riche
and wealth. Let me b brisk and swift."
Th Karens of Bitrmah prsy to the harvest
goddess thus "Grandmother! thou guard
est my field look out aharp for thieves.
If they come bind them with this rope.
Such are a few forms used by the childlike
rsces; the ethnic systems disclose a higher
and more enlichtcned conception of invo
cation. The Vedic hymns are filled with
adoring homage Of which God now, of
which of the immortals, shall we invoke
the amiable name? Let as invoke the ami
able name of Aditi; Ani, the god of tire.
ia addressed as th Divine' AionSrch, fd
Chins the Worship bf ancestor Is Con'
stantly practiced: On an Assyrian tablet
are found these words: ."May I never feel
the anger and wrath bf God: The ancient
Mexicans addressed God,- 'The' God bt
whom we live, Thou omnipresent; Wnd
knoweth. all out thoughts, and giveth all
gifts." They baptised children with this
formula, Let these holy drops trash away
tbe sin that it received before' the founda
tion of the world, so that the child may bd
new born." In the Catholic religions wo'
discover an element less conspicuous than
in the others. It is pardon for past ains,
reconciliation with God and growth in
grace. .It would bt interesting to trace
under this division the' practice of sacrifice,
hyinnolQji?' and bth'er fdrms tlist enter Into)
worship; but We tpass bit.
inspiration implies tlml hiah must daro'
a rapacity to be Inspired, which makes it
a human faculty aud therefore ' Common
to all. Inspiration in its largest sense is
the sight of inward truth, a truth which is
seen within the mind. A thought will
come while one is walking, conversing,
reading or meditating. It is a kind of
inspiration, Poets have been inspired to
write, poetry. Scientists have been in
spired td fdrniUlst the sciences, musicians
to compose, nilisid; Cdlumbue td discover,
Newton and Kdisori td both disedrei' snd
invent: Inspiration differs iri quantity
and quality; religions being the highest;
The V edas and Zend Avesta are considered
inspired by their cult. The Mohammedans
believs the Koran is inspired of God and
therefor infallible, nnd Christians make
the same cdntentiona for the Scriptures.
There is a ldw arid crudf form if inspira
tion among the! ilndevelopid races; wriicli
is not committed to vi itiu. 'lh; Samaicd
of Sibfria ha? diviners who work them
selves into n fiHrn; y bcf.no, delivering ora
cles. The notion of inspiration apicared
in the insanity df tile Pj'thian priestess
a..d the Greek diviners Who fell into
trances: Jii the religion bf Greece It ep
pearcd as an alien element: The wi.tj
ilaiici of the Bacchantes; the shriek; and
sclMnccrationa of the Coryhtantcs were
considered forms of inspiration. In the
Hindu religion it appears in the Yoga,
that is one whri seeks God by withdrawing
front the things bf sense: Painful posi
tionj Sre assumed; contortions of tho limb;
suppression of breath and bther incred
ible mortifications. The Greenlandcr has
his prophets, who abandon the converse of
men and remain in fixed intensity of
thought until they hear and see the spirits.
B.famd wai (cihipcllcil to" utter (hi invotj
un'ary prd .hetry; nnd Lie priests bf Bartl
cut themselves with lances. Sometimes ill
o -r own country; at protracted nieetings;
men have the "jerks." The Shakers ttantc;
the Mohammedans whirl. These seem ah.
turd to Us, but they disclose this, that all
mankind would ascertain the will bf God:
From time immemorial the human racu '.,
bus had some intimation of -an endless
life, 'i'lie most degraded savages and the
most enlightened , philosophers share the
conviction that death docs ndt end hii
The Hottentot, and the Fiji Islander agrcH
with Plato and Aristotle. The Ksquim.itix
in the Arctic circle, the native of Siberia;
the Australians, the i'atagonians believe
that the grave is the cradle of- another
life. All the religions of antiqu'ty believe
in immortality; Kgrjit, China, India, IYr
h, Greece; ftdmc, M:xicd, Peru; the Tar
tar tribes Of OrMiril Asia; thC htgroes of
Central and tt'estefn Africa ,iind the isl
snds of the Pacific, all contend that while
the body retnrns to dust: the spirit gees
to God, Whd gave it: The North Amer
ican Indian believes in duplicate souls,
one remaining with the body, the other
departing during sleep. It has been
claimed b some thnt Buddhism is an ex
ception, but it is not: The teaching of
lluddh:sm is td annihilate by the destruc
tion of desire:. It is not claimed that this
is successful, but that tbe spirit becomes
incarnate in one form or another until it
rests in Nirvana. The transmigration of
souls was taught by the religion of .Egypt,
hene they mUslnied their dead, it ia
found in Briihmanisni. ahiririg" the Greek
philosophers Pythagoras; Eippcddcles and
I'lato. By the Noo-l'latoi.ists, Jewish
Cabbala, Arub philosophers, by brigin ana
other church fathers. Also by the Gnos
tics, Manichcans, Druids and in more re
cent times by Fourier. Christianity be
lieves ill eternal life, and that Jesus be
came flesh, not oniy to diselos God, but
to hring life and immortality to light.
Man is a moral being, because he has a'
moral nature. He has a moral sentiment,
moral ideas and a moral power. The
moral seutimcnt is the sense of right and
wrong, which produces a feeling of duty
and obligation. Moral ideas consist in the
belief tha certain acts are right, others
wrong. Moral power. is the ability to do
the right and mlt the wrong: , Feeling,
thought and will cannot be elinnu;
mated from any moral test. ijlvq
the childlike races have some conception
of right and wrong, though often very
much below the Christisn standard;
enough, however, to he classed among
those who are not without God. But
few, if any, have been discovered without
enough moral ability to say yes to the
right Anil lift Id tlla Wrong, It is no, de
nied that the moral standilrd is different
in each syater.i, and that what may be)
right in one. may be wrong in another,
The temples bf Indis and Chin encoUuge
vices which are too low to mention, The
underlying principle of Brohmaniam .is to'
'gratify every desire. The test of Chris
tianity is the type of life it produces. The
liberal, consistent, devoted business man,
father, brother, son, the position of
mother, sister, daughter, tho Chr.stian
home, i-chool, hospital and the National
flag, They are the result of the code of
ethics-tlie Bible, On has only to read
fny df the standard works an lh life ol
the nations Id brder td be tonvideed that
Christianity is capable bf producing th
ideal life; That While every systehi con
tains jome truth; Christianity is tlilj truth.
The re!ig;bL"3 wdrld is possiag threiugb
great change. Td just what we tire cdnv
ing no one is confident, though the indi
cations sre that Christianity is destined
to encircle the globe.
1. Christianity ia tbe one system that
is making civilization. We lament the in
difference and anathy on the part of Chris
tians, hut it is" not to be compared with
the lethargy of heathenism.
i, Christianity is destined to spresd,
because it has th Bible, church, Sabbath,
and has produced utyps of civilisation
that satisfies th enlightened mind and
renewed heart:
3: All th aggressive system hr.v the
Inspiratidd bf an inspired prdphet. W
have th greatest of them alh Christ is
seeking th nations) :iid they are seeking;
Limi -'--r.--;'--v - -
4. Christianity not only contains all
the truth of all other systems, but much
not possessed by others.
Be not anxiou about to-morrow. Do to
day's duty, fight to-day't temptation and
do not weaken and. distrust yourself by
looking forward to things which you can
not see and could not understand if TO
aw them, Charles Kingslcy,
; Th World's New Ships.
. According to the annual report of
IJoydf' Register, the total number of
vessels, exclusive ot warships, launch
ed in Cmat Britain during the past
year was C07, of l,190,Clg gross ton,
Of there CZi Were steamers. Else
where i49 steamer of 79S.28S tout
and 401 sailing vessels of 156,808 ton-,
were launched, in addition to 78 war
vessels of 23!,210 .Ion displacement.
The new tonnage In til United States
was 3S2.000, In Germany 134,000 aol
!a Franee 93.000. .
In Great Britain the sailing tonnag)
decreased by about 92,000 tons, whtla
tbe steam tonnage Increased by 497.
OOQ. Of the ' tonnage launched , In
Croat Britain 99 3-4 per cent, was
s;eel. A feature of the French ship
building Is tho abandonment of the
construction of large sailing vessels
Tho- wreck returns for the year
show that tha tonnage of all nation
fflltles totilly .loat, broken up, etc.,
amounts to about 744,000 tons, of
which 49X00 was stosm tonnage. The
net Increase of the orld's mercantile
tonnage during 1003 was about 1,402,
CIO ton
CUSTOM OF PARLIAMENT.
(4dW Stringers ltritlm Wander
- Within $acfed Preelnct. .
' The" stranger within the) parliamen
tary gate1 dt Wfetmrnstef) continues
periodically to excite A ftod deal of
Interest.
The elective chamber resembles Vir
gil's Avernus In that there aro many
easy and different approaches to It,
and that night ami rfayft Us portals,
at least, are open Jo the crowd. Un
authorized entrants may, therefore,
now and then cludo the most sphynx
eyed Of doorkeepers. Never In my
timd ha the" casual Invader actually
toted1 In1 a division.
i have repeatedly Sceli Sirailgcrs
from Westminster hall, mixed tip In
a little group of M F.'s, pass unchal
lenged through the lobby, then In
troducing themselves id thi Interior,
find sitting-room below the gangway
for a time. The moment of detec
tion and ejection, sooner or later, In
variably comes.
Ill l87d two strayed revelers from
the licensed vietUslers' dinner table
walked in unnoticed", fieftlflps even
not quite conscious, and Fat dowtl hot
far from the sergeant-at-arms, within
three feet of so sympathetic a neigh
bor da th ttreat tetotaler,-8!r Wilfrid
Lawsoti himself j Mil romained there
nearly half an hour'.
They might have stayed longer bad
not one of them caused his companion
to laugh Immediately by the sugges
tion that ht should oail on Mr. Speak
er for a song.
In tbe summer bf 187& dufltln the
debate on the calling of Indian troops
to Europe, a deeply Interested visitor,
hot hearing quite well from his proper
place1 bcidtf fhfl gallery, moved sev
eral yards tip. Sd us to ba tilte closo
to the member on his legs, whd hap
pened to be Sir Gorjre Campbell.
He only reached the place of new
mfimbtfrs Waiting to bo sworn; of
these there) wtfrg Several. Only nn In
discreet exhibition of interest In tho
debate' i fllselosed thtt intrude, who
just at h waited art opportunity of
getting neejet-TtS'Ths Speaker, found
himself, a prisoner and lil Cflnrso of
removal by the sergeant-at-arms.
Very often these experiences at His
Majesty's theatre royal of St. Steph
en's jiaHfcd fCoffl tho purely comic In
to the broadly farc-laf in the old days
the visitor unfurnished with 6 Mem
ber's card could generally get Into
tho gallery by giving a silver coin
to the custodian. Hence, of course,
fnttiiy NWi-H or less authentic stories
hf droll mlslakea.
Toward th close of (he Inst century
the 8ergeaTi1-af'sriaxejsjjiii(S''d fain gilest3
in 'Gossett's room" by ffsVng' how a
successful applicant for remission
showed his gratitude by presslnjfjjaif
a crown into the terrible official's palnTvJ
Similarly Disraeli's atorney-general,
politely giving an "order" to some
one he overheard asking for the absent
Sir John Cross, received Sip6dC. For
an exactly similar service an eloqiidnt
Irish member, A. M. Sullivan, was re
warded with twice that sum. The
third niarqttis of Salisbury, prime min
ister till lo2, Otirel stowed himself
equally obliging, luii was !l lavish
ly recdmpensed; the stranger whWnl
he had helped out of some small dif
ficulty could only put In his hand
8om$ coppers to get a glass of beer.
T. H. S. fisJCotl, In Chamber's Journal.
A 8trenuOus Hunter.
An Interesting exhibition of photo
graphs at the Modern Gallery. No. 175
Bond st net, consists of over 150 photo
graphs of birds, beasts, reptiles and In
sects, taken by Mr. Cherry and Rich
ard Keartori lh yarldus' MCt at Great
Brltan during the last 12 years.
Mr. Cherry Bald that It took seven1
days of 10 hours each, burled up to
his neck In mud, to obtain th fine pic
true of the "great crested greabes" sit
ting; on her nest.
T() get a snapshot at a nightingale
he bad to1 lire five days in ft green
painted tent covered with iy jr.
II trie'tj also to obtain phonograpTi
records of. the bird's notes1, but the)
whirr ot the machine made the song
ster stop.
To get moor and field birds Mr.
Cherry had to get Into a bullock hid
or He In a trench beside a dummy
sheep.
Mr. Kearton was lowered 200 feet
down a cliff, which ran sheer down,
ttilbthef 500 test to the sea, at St, K1J
dd, in th Outer Hebrides, and got
some excellent pictures of falcon and
6thef Interesting birds. Hd brought
away a trophy Id the shape) of ft horsed
hair rope over ioo yeslrs old which
had been handed down as an heirloom
through generations of cliff-cllmbbrg.
London Express.
Fighting Labor Legislation.
- Lately the labor leaders, It is
claimed, have come Into possession of
many confidential documents ot the
National Association of Manufactur
ers which beaf directly Upon pending
labof legislation and which In their
opinion will assist them In the pre
entatfon of their argument for various
bill. Several days agd the Star" print
ed an extract from a document oT this,
character which bor upon the intl
Injunctlon bill and which urged the
varloui associations and employers to
petition the members of the house
cmmltte on Judiciary to make an un
favorable report upon th measure.
Within th past few days, the offi
cials of th federation have, It Is said,
come Into possession of confidential
documents of th Employers' associa
tion hearing , upon the eight hour bill
with reference to the necessity of unit
ed action among "the employers to ac
complish the defeat of th bill. Al
though one of the documents bear a
date of several months ago, the labor
leaders are of th opinion that Ilk
'letter! ar at present being circulated
by th Employers' association In the
hop of ultimately defeating the eight
hour bill. The document referred to la
signed by President D. M. Parry.
Washington Star.
Orat AlasVan lvr.
Alaska has an ares ot nearly 600,000 (
iquare miles, and a coast line longer .
than that ot the United States proper.
A part of this territory I drained by
river whose length la 2200 miles. Into
this gret stream Hows other large riv-
erf, wnose vancys nave oeen niue ex
ploredyet, and whose characteristics
are unknown to us.
JAPAN6SC FIGHTERS.
Tale from th Firing Lln a Print
ed In Toklo Newspaper.
A letter written by Iwajlro Uyeno,
an Offlcsr on the Japanese cruiser
Toklwa, la published In the Toklo
newspapers, . H was one ot the "seventy-seven
dashing party" that sunk
the ton-jftden ships In the Port Ar
thur harbor 60 trance. He writes bo
fore going on the adventure: "For
tunately I was selected as on of the
party ordered to undertake a certain
dosperatfl work, and have to leave this
ship this evening and onibark on a
steamer. I have, thercforo, littlo hope
of roturnln; alive; indeed, t ought not
to expect it, for it is just the occasion
when I should offer up my life for the
sake of tho emperor. This Is an hon
or which 1 hardly deserve. As I will
go on duty with this resolution I am
prepared to die at my post. So be
prepared to hear tho worst any time
about fi'fl from my friend Muratake.
My life is not flllno, for It has been of
' ;red to the emperor, and now to be
distinguished with the honor of being
picked out for this special work, this
Is Indeed a glory to mo, as It will also
serva as an occasion of increasing the
honor of th family. You must not bo
grieved, therefore, flven when the re
port of my death reaches) you; rather
you ought to celebrate the event for
tha sake cf your country."
Lieut. Masakl of a Japaneso war
ship writes to his wife: "After all,
thcr.e is plenty of luck in battle, and a
fellow of good luck cannot die even If
ho wish to. For Instance, a shot or
ball cannot hit a lucky dog like me.
Oil the occasion of the fight of Feb. 9
the only things I had In my bosom
were the charm yoil scrst me and a
photograph of Iko (the lieutenant's
eldr-st son). During the nlL'ht I toqk
n;y post ofi a barbette and directed
tho fire of tho broadsides, but when
ti e ranee had Increased I ordered to
cease flrlnr. Tl.en I took out. Iko's
photosrai'.i. and turned its face toward
the scene of the battle, addressing It
as If ft were Iko In person. 'If as a re
sult of this war,' I said to It, 'the situ
ation of the far east h firmly fixed,
and no war should occur during your
lifetime, then you might think your
self born lu vain as an ofllcer's son.
Therefore you should carefully ob
serve this scene from your photograph
so that the sight may inspire in yoit
the proud warrior spirit worthy of a
man. If. however, fortune favors you
with a chaflCO of being under fire, as I
am now. then there U all the more
reason to observe the scene carefully
for rour future benefit.' "
Knginecr Mlnamlsawa wni wound
ed In a ep battle, where ho distin
guished himself on board tho Kasuml.
On his arrival at Saseho, "I was aston
ished td find," remarked the officer
Jh a creat deal of amusement.
"UirHvCofllns brought and to hear
some ontiUJIng out: 'Where it tho
corpse of EnginePsMinamlsawa?' '1
am that corpse,' I beaded In reply-''
His Veracity Was Admirable.
Once a number of klndrsd spirits
were enjoying a supper in the laud of
hums. When 'he cloth was removed
aiid (he usual toas were proposed
some) on suggested a song. The efforts
of the first Scotchman met with such
a hearty reception that others were
induced to follow his example".
In the end It was found that every
oh had contributed to the evening's
eiitrtalnmsnt but the medical gen
tleman who ncmiiiled tho vice chair.
"Come, come", Df. Macdonald," said
the chairman, "we cannot let you es
cape." The doctor protealed that he could
not sing.
"A matter of fact," he explained,
"my vhlc Is altogether unmusical
and resembles the sound caused by
the act of rubbing a brick along the
panels of a door."
The cpmpany attributed this to th
doctor's motlcBiy. Good singers, he
was reminded, always needed a lot of
Iff easing.
"Very well," said the doctor, "If you
can stand It, I will sing."
Long before he had finished his audi
ence was uneasy. The unwilling; sing
er had faithfully described his voice.
There Was a painful silence as the
doctor sat down, broken at length by
the voice of a braw" Scot at the end
ot the table.
"Mon," he exclaimed, "your slngln'S
no up to much, but your veracity's JuBt
awful. Ye're rlcht aboot that brick."
Tit-Bits.
The Lapl Laiull.
It is a new trait in th commercial
relations of the peoples of the earth
that minister of finance in one coun
try should make an elaborate present
to one of the most powerful guilds In
another. The Russian employ a very
effective method of mosaic, using es
pecially turquoise and lapis lazuli,
with metal or stone background, an
art they may have Inherited from By
tan Hum when they were Christianized
by Cyril and Methodius. The large
vase, which will be presented to the
New York stock exchange by the Rus
sian minister of finance, is ot white
marble and stands four feet high. It
is said to ba richly decorated with
lapla lasnll. a atone to greatly valued
by Russians that thS finest pcimn
re for tbe 'most part absorbed by tha
subjects of the Czar, to that they arc
rather difficult to procure In other
lands, especially in America, The gift
Is an acknowledgment of the hoapl
able action ot the : stock - exchange
when It became advisable to. list Rus
sian securities in this market. Tha
On new building ot the exchange, af
fords a fitting place tor the display ot
this very uncommon gift.
'' Great Egg Town.
; The. town of Petaluma, Cai, la ode
of tha greatest egg-producing centre
of th world. There are In thla town
800,000 hns, and laat year their own
era shipped 1,600,000 doten eggs and
old 10,000 dozen -poultry. As many
as 14,000 dozen eggs have been shipped
In one day. Wouldn't It b good
Idea to plant more of our eastern
farm to poultry T "From tha Field of
Fact" In Four-Track New.
Tha Indiana legislator has mad It
a misdemeanor for a railroad to per
mit men In the operating department
ft, work more than If hour continu
RECIPE FOR POEM8.J"
Find llrst thy metro. If tbo task ba
hard
Consult thy KoaU and Shelley ."-In
them is
Home meusiire thnt will suit a busy
bard,
('Twns ''Adonis" I used in writing
this!).
Then, If thy rbythmlo feeliug run'
amiss,
Ilcod thou the ticking clock It may
transfer
Those befits from out its criininl abyss
All choked with wheels, to where thine
own works whirr;
Then sit thee culiuly down boforo thy
typewriter. i. ,t
Seek next thv subject. Let the matter '
ho
Not ns it stranger, but some bid, old
friend, -As
"Dciith," ", Daisy," "Spring," or
" Constancy."
Then for thy rhyming dictionary
send, ,
For oft its echoing columns hap to
lend
A few poetic thought to lilm Who
gleuiis.
And keen lu nilud until the veryend
Ihnt line Is best If none know what 1
means.
Thus do the poets write their verse for
lllHgHZilH'f.
Itiirfcuss Jnhiisoii, in Harper's M.agu
zuie.
JUST FOR FUN
Old Gentleman (to small boy, who la
nursing a skinned knee) Did you fall .
down, little chap? Small Boy Yep
didn't think I fell up and dashed agin
a cloud, did yer? .
Country Clergyman I don't believe V
a Wall street man possesses a particle
of reverence. Curbstone Broker Did '
you ever see one handle a thousand- '
dollar certificate?
Grayce Maude's new coat Is so suit- "
able for her, don't you think? Edythe i
Why, it hasn't any shape. Grayce
That's Just it. Neither has Maude.
Houston Chronicle. - 7;'::;
"If there are only three essentials
to a home," remarked the pudgy little .'
matron, after the others had said their
say, "they are rugs, hardwood floors
and a man." Chicago Tribune.
A Berlin paper says the best pre---ventlve
of appendicitis Is to walk on '
all fours three times a day, 20 minutes-
ut a time. But who wouldn't rather
have appendicitis? Denver P.epubll- ,
can.
"How dare you. sir!" exclaimed tho .
indignant girl. "I couldn't help It, '
Maud," pleaded tho now penitent
young man. "You were so maddening
ly klssable!" Still. It was fully 10
seconds before she quite forgave him.
Chicago Tribune. ;-r
"How Is your daughter getting on
with her piano studies? First rate,"
..Bwpril Mr-rnm-ni "Rhp.'a pntflng" '
to be a line performer. Six- months ago
she couldn't play anything but tunes;
and now I. can't stand It to listen to
her five minutes." Washington Star
Gaylord Nlco reputation you've got.
Wlldalrs What'n the matter with ItT
Gaylord Well, Mrs. FrerUlcdby was
telling me how glad she Is you don't '
call on her daughters. Wlldalrs Huh,
sh needn't be afraid tho season for -"speckled
beauties" don't open till
April.
"Why do women always cry at a
wedding?" asked one of tbe spectators, .
"It's to make the bridegroom fee) that
any woman would be throwing herself
away by marrying him," responded the
confirmed Old bachelor. "The object is
to take some of the starch out of him." ,
Chicago Tribune. rr
"But your hero and heroine got mar- A
ried In the middle of the story, Ho
do you expect the public to keep on .
being interested in a book like that?"
"Ah," said the new author, "but they
get divorced In the last chapter and
live happily ever after. So, you see, i
the reader Is made twice glad tor one
price of admission." New York Hflr- ,
aid. '
The man who had had his namo
changed from John Smith to Gagadlg
Olgadab, In order that it might b I
as unlike John Smith as possible sat
down years afterward ajrdmedibatelte-
"I see now," he saldthat I overdid
It. If I had made It James Walker or j
Thomas Be son, for instance. It would
have been all right. Whenever I regis
ter at the hotel the clerk looks at tha 1 j
name, grins, and says, 'O, yes, you're
the man that used to be John Smith.' "
Thereupon he gave himself another
kick. Chicago Tribune. V j
"Dear sir," the general manager ot
the fire Insurance company wrote to
the local agent, 'a few waaks ago your !
negligence In falling to notify the own- -ers
of a large office building that their
Insurance waa about to expire and to
solicit them to reinsure lost a customer
for us, and we gave you a month's no
tice to find another situation. Inas
much, however, as that building burned
day before yesterday wa have decided
to recall tha notic. We will overlook
th offense this time but don't let it
happen again." Chicago Tribune. ,. ,
- Whn a Ctar Dlaa. "
v A feature ot every dead Czar'a fun
eral la the appearnce of two men In
mediaeval armor, one mounted and
tha other on foot. The mounted
knight weara armor of burnished gold
nd Yiior up. He symbolizes life. The
knight on foot wear armor Sot coal
black steel. Hla visor la closed, mi
he bear a drawn aword, two-tundcd
nd shrouded In crape. He symbol U
ea death. :'':;-';v; "
Tha weight of these ' fulta may be
Imagined when It I remembered that
fallen knight had usually to wait to
tie lilted, It being Impossible to rn'
the weight of hla own: armor T
most powerful men of th Imp-; 1
Guard are selected to wear the nr
bollc suits, therefore; but on every or
caslon tha burden of the knight
foot haa proved beyond human em!
nee. The soldier who served at t
obsequies of Nicholas I. fell i
exhaustion on reaching Ibe church
83. Peter and Paul, where the r
mausoleum Is.
; At the funeral of hi encc
Alexander II.. the unfortunate I
.knight fainted during the man-h .
the Winter palace and died tti ,t
at th hospital, whither he win '