PRESS,
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XIX.
FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY. JULY 37, 1904.
NUMIiKi; 30
ANK
HE FR
LIN
A 80NQ FOR THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
We treacL a bettor earth to-elny
Than that the father know;
A broader sky line rounds uway
To realm of deeper blue, "
More amplo Is the human right,
More true the huniuu kuii;
The law of God has Iieou a light
To lead the lives of men.
Me led our generation on
1 Iu mist of smoldering lire:
To more than all the centuries gone
The marching yearn aspire.
Across the amvurd sweep of timo
We strain our vision dun,
And all the line roll and climb
To lose thuiusclvus iu 111m.
ESTHER'S OPINION.
u By HELEN FOHHEST GRAVES.
Mr. Martin had just come In to tea.
It was one of those sultry summer
evenings when the lsaves hang stir
storm. lessly on the trees, and dull electric
fires blaze along the erust, foreboders
of a storm.
It had been very hot all day, the
farm-hands had lagged at their work
on the lowland meadow, and all the
world's wheels seemed to revolve as if
they were weighted. Mr. Martin was
very tired, and withal, a llttlo cross.
Perhaps Mrs. Mar'ln was tired, too.
She, poor soul, had been up since four
o'clock in the morning. She had
washed, taken rare of four cows' bilk,
prepared three meals for the hungry
farmhands, been up 1n the quarry
woods to search for a family of ad
venturous young turkey-chicks, sooth-'
ed the sorrows of a teething baby,
and mended up the suit of clot'iics
which Betsey Blim, tho talloress, hail
declared "not worth a needleful o'
thread!" because Thomas, her hus
band, had said that "willful waste was
woeful want," and that there was a
deal of wear in the suit yet, if only
that waa a stitch taken here and there.
But her cheek3 w?rf pink and her
eyes sparkling when Thomas came In.
for all the heaviness of hrr heart and
the dull pain in her back, for liltl"
Bather had come home from boarding
school.
Esther, the youngest sister of nil,
the darling of the family-circle from
which Mrs. Martin camp, the pet for
whom they all had scraped and pinch
ed so that site, at least, might have a
"Boston education."
And Esther sat in the window-seat,
grown Into a blooming young woman,
with bronze-brown hair lying In
fluffy masses over her fair forehead,
porcelain-blue eyes, and a dress all
trimmed with ribbon bows.
"Look, Thomas!" cried Mrs. Martin,
excitedly, "it's Essie! Essie come home
two days before we expected her!"
"Yes, I see," said Hr. Martin, in the
cold, measured tones which always
dampened his wife's enthusiasm like
jany- drops of freezing water.
"How do you do, Esthei? Ruth, what
are you putting cold chicken on the
table for? Corned-beef is plenty I
am sure. You had a great deal bel
ter save the chicken for the men's
breakfast. Working folks have hearty
oppelites."
"EBther is fond of cold chicken,"
whispered Mrs. Martin.
"No one need want anything better
than good cornediheef," judicially pro
nounced Mr. Mailln. "Put the chicken
back into the pantry, and tbe apple
Jelly with It. Good stewed goosebep
rles are relish enough for anybody.
We must economize in little things as
well as large ones if we don't want
to end our days in the poor-house."
And Mrs. Martin sorrowfully obeyed,
while Essie watched her brother-in-law
with large, grave eyes betokening
Inward surprise.
At the end of a week, Mr. Martin
addressed his sister-in-law with seri
ous purpose.
"Well, Esther," said he, "you've
been here a week now."
"Yes," said Essie, 'Tver been here a
week."
"A week is a good long visit," re
marked Mr. Martin.
"It's long enough for some things,"
said Essie.
"Mrs. Martin thinks she would like
to have you stay," went on Mr. Mar
tlon, after a p izzled glance at the blue,
shining eyes. "And although, of
course every one adds to the expense
in a family like this, I've no objection
t'o giving you a home, provided you
are willlug to earn it by hard work."
"Stop!" cried Essie, jumping up. "I
haven't asked you for a home yet.
And I don't mean to. And you are
only making me the offer because
Doctor Dorian says Ruth will break
down unless she has strong maid
servant to help her with the' house
work. But there is no money that
would hire me to make myself such a
drudge poor Ruth is."
'Hoity-toity!" said Mr. Martin.
"Toting woman, you don't consider
whom you are talking to."
"Yes, I do," said Essie, with eni
jphasls. "To a Bluebeard, to a stock,
stone, a man who Is grinding his
Wife's life out on the pitiless wheel of
money-making. No, I wouldn't live
as Ruth does, not if you would put me
In a palace!"
, "Hdraph!" said he. "Fine ideas you
hare got at this fashionable boarding
school of yours. Well, if you don't
like my offer, you're not obliged to ac
cept It Be a fine lady, if you please,
and sea where it will land you."
By way of answer, Esle marched out
of the room with all the dignity of a
royal princess. She only stopped in
the kitchen long enough to kiss Ruth,
who was in the midst 'of a baking.
"Poor darling,"' raid she, "how I
wish I could carry you off with me.
For stay, I won't!"
"Life is hard work, Essie, said Mrs.
Martin, beginning tn cry, In spite of
herself; "arid it's -a woman's duty to
help her husband."
"And mean to help mine when 'I
have one," said Essie, blushing bright
ly. "But not by wearing myself out,"
vTrV Mgrt,n jnoon nig head."-:!v'-:-5!!
s "if Stephen smith It foolish enough
to marry that saucy gipsy, she'll lead
him a pretty life." said he. "I wonder
if she expects to sit on a satin sofa!
all her days, with a rose in her hard,
and ber hair frizzled, in that prepos
terous fashion, all over her eyes? Hut
We gnzo upon the won past-
A blind mid tumbling surge,
Ami slowly, from the weltering vast .
Behold a Ion' tuergc.-"
The water seems to heave and sway
In clmos undented.
Vet not a foam Hake goes astray,
For He wo wind and tide.
Oh, Purpose of the stumbling years,
Oh, Wistful Need and Hope.
Whereby In all the woven spheres
The atoms yearn and (rope;
Flow through the wandering will of man
A tide of slow deoree,
. And merge otir-strlviugs in the plan
Tl.at draws the world to Thee.
Chicago Standard.
I warn 'em, thoy need never come to
me for help! Esther has treated me
with too much insolence or me ever
to receive her again."
"I am sure she did not mean any
thing," said' Mrs. Martin, apologetlcal-.
iy. ,
"Well, then, her words belied her
meaning," remarked Thomas Martin,
grimly compressing his Hps.
But Stephen Smith was apparently
undaunted by the pomibiiyJes of ruin
predicted by Farmer Martin, for he
married Esther and, went to tho city
to live, within three months.
"I'll five 'era a year to come back
here and eat humble pie," said Martin
vindictively.
"Oh, Thomas, don't talk so!" said
his wife. "One would think you would
be glad to have some ovil befall
them!" .
"And so 1 should," said Martin,
viciously grinding hlj teclh together.
"That girl neeii3 a lot ct humbling,
and 1 hope she'll get It."
Threo years afterward there came
one of thosr terrible droughts that un
do a farmer's life-work in a season,
anil swept away his prospects as an
autumn wind sweeps a sere forest.
The cattle died, a pestilence broke out
among the flock of sheep, which Thos.
Martin had just brought a high wind
blew bis best barn over, and diastcr
stared him in the face on every side.
"It's no use uilklng." he said. "I
can't meet this year's interest on the
mortgage. The place will have to go."
"Oh, Thomas!" groaned Mrs. Mar
tin, who, poor soul, now lay all day
on a hard wooden lounge, and groaned
to see how woefully she was needed at
tho helm.
"I can't help It," said Martin.
"Everything Is against me."
"It's only five bundled dollars," said
Mrs.' Martin. ' You might borrow it."
"Who'd lend to me, I'd like to
know?" said Martin,, remembering
with a sigh how lie bad hardened his
face against every humble suppliant in
tho golden days of his prosperity.
"There's Esther's husband," sug
gested Ruth. "I've beard that he Is
doing well in Boston. And, after all,
Esther's my own sister."
Mr. Martin's features contracted In
to a hideous grimace. Of all the bit
ter cups which circtiniHtanies had held
to his lips of late this was the bitter
est. But it had to bo swallowed. There
was no nelp for it.
"I didn't suppose Smith's folks lived
as genteel as this." mid he to himself,
as a neat maid led him across an oc
tagonal vestibule, floored with black-and-red
marble, and fragrant with
flowers, under tho golden fringe of an
antique portiere' into a large, tastefully-furnished
room, where the sing
ing birds, the open piano, the low sat
in sofa all betokened no lack of
money.
Yes Mr. Smith waj at home. He
had not yet gone fo the store, and
presently he came in, waving welcom
ings to tbe man who had married Es
ther's sister.
"Lend you - thousand dollars?" said
he. "Of course we can lend you a
thousand dollars. What Is money for
If not to help each other with. Oh,
yes. We've a tnug little sum laid
up in the bank, and we live very com
fortably. My business? Yes, It's tol
erable, but It never got us all these
things," glancing at the soft arabes
ques of the carpet, the graceful folds
of the crimson silk curtains, and the
easel filled with proof engravings.
"That Is my wife's doing."
"Eh?" said Mr. Martin, staring
around him.
"Yes," said Smith, wlih a certain,
aulet satisfaction. "Essie Is an ar
tist, you know a designer. She In
vents patterns for the paper-hangers
and upholsterers. They are glad to
pay her fifty dollars a week.''
"Fifty dollars a week!" exclaimed
Thomas Martin. "Why that's more
fifty dollars is, I mean than poor
Ruth made by all her poultry for a
year. Well, I never!"
In all his life he had never respect
ed Essie as her respected her now.
"She has money' laid up," said Ste
phen Smith. "And If she's the woman
I think she Is, she won't grudge It to
help her sister's husband In a pinch."
Gall and bitterness gall and bitter
ness! But, thought poor Martin, with
a sigh, how was Stephen to know all
that had come and gone?
Essie's right step, oo the passage
way, sounded at this JnsUnt' and she
came im dressed In a picturesque
brown linen blouse; her hair still
shading her forehead, like a fringe of
floss silk, after the old, graceful fash
ion. -
"Yes," she said, brightly, when her
brother-in-law's errand was stated to
her; "of-course you shall have it I
owe yr'i as much as that, I - think,
Thomas, were it only to erase from
your memory that last scene of our
parting. How defiant and insolent it
was to be sure!" and she laughed the
sweetest of mellow laughter. ''But I
insist upon It, still, that my theory was
correct; a woman can work, without
becoming a drudge."
"Perhaps she can," slowly and un
willingly admitted Thomas Martin
"perhaps she cant But it didn't use to
,J sp, in my mother' days.',' lf v , ,
: And he sighed to think of poor Ruth,
broken down In the meridian of her
days, by the cruel necessities that drive
the wife of q American farmer to her
doom. Wa it bis own fault? Per.
haps It was. . . .
Essie' thousand dollar loan wo the
straw which saved him from flgurn
tive drowning. He paid the interest,
bought a new flock of merino sheep,
and weathered the storm. ' 1 :
And the next year when Essie came
to the farm to assist her sister, for
the first time the found Ruth sitting
on the piazza, and watching the little
lambs play in the sunshine with list
lees, heavy eyes.
VYes,". said Ruth, "I can't work any
more. But Thomas is very kind. He
don't grudge tbe hired girl's wages,
and he Is always saying he wished he
had taken more care of me in the old
times. But It's too late now. You
were rlcht, Essie, when you said you
wouldn't stay on here,, and help with
the housework." "
"Yes," said Essie, fondling the thin
hand which lay on the arm of tbe
rocking-chair, "I think I was right"
New York Wvekly.
CHEWING GUM GETTING 8CARCE.
Price of Schoolgirls' Delicacy In Raw
Form t8oarli.j).
According to men who make a busi
ness of going into the woods and pick
ing spruce gum for sale In connection
with gum of other kinds, the tost of
gathering the lump3 is Increasing, and
tho quantity that an active man can
gather In a day of hard work is' de
creasing every year, writes a Bangor
(Me.) correspondent.
The best gum the largest and clear
est lumps, sweet flavored and free
from pitch is taken from medium to
large trees that are In vigorous
growth. Very old trees, those pat
riarchs of the woods that towor high
above their neighbors and have ceas
ed to grow, yield brittle gum, which,
although It looks clear and good,
crumbles ii the mouth and leaves a
bitter taste. Young sprucos yield a
pitchy gum, which requires years to
become firm and tit to chew. Conse
quently, the gum hurvist m'ust be ob
tained from the middle-aged trees,
and as these are felled in millions cv
cry year by the lumbermen, the gum
supply Is gradually becoming less.
A year ago good spruce gum was
sold in Bangor at $1.15 a pound. This
year the jobbers gladly pay $1.35
pound. Twenty yars ago the finest
gum wan plentiful here at 40 to 60
cents a pound, and a pound Is suffl
cient to supply a girls' high school
for a week. Fifteen cents an ounce
is the retail price in Bangor.
'The best gum turns lilac color when
well chowed. Philadelphia Record.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Tho propellers of the fast auto boats
revolve 1250 times a minute, giving a
spec J of 25 mllos an hour.
Of all the money transactions In the
count Iy, 97 percent arc carried through
by cheek; only 3 percent by notes or
gold.
Every fire station in Berlin Is equip
ped with an oxygen apparatus for re
viving persons overcome by smoke
and boat.
Radium Is the'most remarkable, sub
stance on earth. The energy that a
gram will give out before it Is entire
ly dissipated would raise 500 tons one
mile high.
Of the 12,700 newspapers and peri
odicals published In Germany, more
than 27 percent are in other languages
than German, 9 percent being In Eng
lish alune.
Austin Smith of Clinton, N. Y., Is
tho oldest living college graduate in
this country. He cclehratcd his 100th
birthday recently and was graduated
from Hamilton college in 1828.
A German statistician states that ev
ery year the dentists use about $500,
000 worth of gold and that tho richest
gold mines In a few canturles will be
graveyards and cemeteries.
There are upward of 80,000 inhab
itants on tbe slopes and skirts of
Vesuvius. If it were not for the fer
tilizing effect of the volcanic products
not more than one-tenth of that num
ber would be able to find means of
subsistence there.
Walnut is only employed in France
In cabinet and carpenter's work. In
1902 tho Imports of walnut were 2452
tons and exports 5623 tons. During
the last four years the imports have
steadily declined, white exports have
increased from 3640 tons in 1899 to
5C23 tons in 1902.
El Cafetal.a coffee trade journal pub
lished In Now York, is authority for
the statement that the quantity of cof
fee yearly bought and sold In the
world's trade is worth $255,000,000,
which probably corresponds to a net
yield from over 1,800,000,000 coffee
trees In full bearing.
A jeweler In Turin has made a tiny
boat of a single pearl. The hull is
finely shaped, and might serve as
model Tor a racing sloop, the sail Is
of beaten gold, studded with diamonds,
and the binnacle light is a perfect
ruby. An emerald' serves as Its rudder
and Its stand Is a slab of Ivory, Its
weight Is less than an ounce, and it is
said to have cost $5000. .
It Is difficult ' in .Germany for a
professional rogue to enter a family
as a domestic servant There every
servant has a character book, In which
the mistress must enter the dates of
the coming and leaving of the servant,
with her character while In the ser
vice. This the girl Is obliged to take to
the nearest police station and have it
dated with the official stamp, thus pre
venting the manufacture of bogus rec
ommendations. - Behind the Maries'
"So you're going to send his letters
back, are you?" asked the blonde.
"Yes," replied the brunette, with
tears In her eyes. "But not until I
have copied them all. They will make
a splendid book, and I hare a lovely
title, for them already "The Letter!
of a Lazy Lover." Cincinnati Times
Star. .,;;,,,.-;, ??: ".';,'' 7 -,7
Agricultural Implemeuts to the value
ot $22,951 308 were exported from the
United etates during ine year 1903,
TOKPEDOESIN WARFARE
THEIR SUCCESS IN CHILI, BRAZIL,
CHINA AND JAPAN.
Low Cost of tho' Destroyer Devices
by Which Battleships Hope to' Es
cape Destruction by the Swift Ma
chine. The Whitehead automobile torpedo
may bo regarded as the parent of al
most all tbe automobile torpedoss
which are now in use In the navies of
the world, writes Sir William Laird
Clousa in the London Telegraph.
Our own serv're torpedoes, which are
made at Woolwich, at Portland, and at
Leeds; the French service torpedoes,
many of which arc made ot Toulon;
the Russian service torpedoes, which
are made in. Russia; the German ser
vice torpedoes, which are made In Ger
manyall owe their existence to the
original lnentlon Of Mr. Whitehead,
an Invention now more than a genera
tion old; and although each national
type differs somewhat from every oth
er, each still bears a strong cousinly
resemblance to t!he service torpedo
which the firm of Whitehead makes to
day at Flume, on the Adriatic, for
such powers as have no torpedo manu
facturing plant of their own. Among
these powers is Japan.
It Is true that the original White
head was a weapon that traveled on
the surface of the water only, while the
modern automobile torpedo Is essen
tially a submarine engine. Many
years, nevertheless, have now elapsed
since the marvellous weapon, by steady
evolution, became extraordinarily per
fect and formidable, although It Is but
tight to add that Its Improvement hvs
been continuing from first to last, and
is not yet at a standstill. Strange to
say, however tho significance of the
automobile torpedo as a factor In naval
warfare is only now beginning to re
ceive adequate recognition.- The
weapon has always had its enthusiastic
champions of course, although until
quite recently they have been the few,
while its detractors have been In the
majority. According to some, the tor
pedo was little better than a bogey;
according to others, it was suitable
for use only against vessels at anchor,
or vessels, with lncompete.it, if not
.criminally careless, crews on board;
according to yet others. It could never
be employed with advantage against
ships of the civilized and well-disciplined
races, especially if such ships
chanced to be under way.
It was admitted that the automobile
torpedo had won success during tho
civil war In Chill, during the revolu
tionary lighting In Brazil,- and airritrg
the conflict between .lapan and China;
"but," said the wiseacres, "wait until
one of the leading naval powers Is
concerned, and then you will see that
although the torpedo may be all very
well against South Americans or Yel
low Men, It won't work against civ
ilized Europeans."
In spite of this sort of discourage
ment, which reached them from within
tho various services as well as from
without, torpedo officers have never
ceased to study and develop their fa
vorite weapon. They increased Its
speohVfrom 10 to 12 to upwards of 30
miles an hour; they increased Its range
from 300 or 400 to a couple of thousand
yards or more; tbey Increased its explosive-carrying
capacity from 30 to
nearly 200 pounds; and they increased
the accuracy of Its submarine flight,
both literal and vertical, until, even
In a cross-running tideway, Its pre
cision could be depended upon. By
means of a device which Is now being
perfected In America the speed of the
weapon can be Increased to some 40
miles an hour up to .2000 yards. The
process employed is a mere superheat
ing of the compressed air as It is fed
from the "flash," or reservoir, to the
driving machinery; and It Involves
little additional expense. We know
now what the Japanese, acting not
against careless and ignorant Celes
tials, but against the finest officers and
best ships of a leading European navy,
has been able to do with this perfected
engine of destruction. No one will
ever again decry tho power of the tor
pedo.
And this terrible torpedo, in iu
most highly developed form, costs only
about 400. A big battleship cost
anything from a million to a million
and a half sterling; yet, as events
have shown, it may easily fall victim
to Its small and absurdly cheap foe.
Of course, I do not mean that the mere
outlay of, say 400 Is likely to be the
sole expenditure involved In the crip
pling of a 13,000-ton Czarevitch. The
torpedo, if used at sea, must be dis
charged from a vessel of some sort,
by men who must Inevitably run some
risk. But the craft which are usually
employed on torpedo work are small,
costing, it may be, no more than from
16,000 to 60,000 apiece, and having
but small crews. Thus, there may be
on one side but 25,000 worth of ma
terial and IS and 20 lives, and on the
other..!., ship worth 1, 200,000, with.
750 people on board; and.'as we have
seen the cheap little boat may spoil
the career of the splendid machine.
Even if the, big ship do her worst In
such a case, she can do nothing ade
quate. Let her sink half a dozen of
her twopenny-halfpenny opponents and
drown all their erews, she most still
have run awful rlBks risks which are
quite opt of proportion to the objects
to be gained, - 7i
la there, then, It will be asked, no
way of safety for the big shipT Un
doubtedly there Is. The nose ot the
modern torpedo Is furnished with a
"cutter' ; which will shear a way
through any ordinary ateel net that
may be hung round a ship for her pro
tection ; hut there are nets and our
navy possesses them which are cut
ter-proof, and, moreover, these nets, al
though at much Inconvenience, can be
kept hanging round tbe threatened
vessel, even while she is moving at low
speed through the water. Such de
vices, combined with the keeping of a
good lookout by means of fast scouts,
the cultivation of coolness and accura
cy at gun practice by night as well as
by day, proper knowledge of the
uses and limitations of tbe searchlights
with which every modern Vessel is
provided, and the maintenance of per
fect discipline. In all circumstances,
ihould deprive the torpedo and the tor
pedo boat of some of their terrors.
Nevertheless, ths-Mnsce must always
be a very serious one Indeed
It may be worth while to add that
the Japanese are understood to be In
possession of a few automobile torpe-
does Of altogether exceptional size
having a diameter that is of as much
as 24 Inches, or six Inches more than
the biggest service torpedo of other
nations. Whether any of these were
with the fleet off Porl Arthur is, however,-
doubtful.
It will also be useful to add that at
the opening of hostilities Russia may
have had about 20 destroyers and 12 or
15 serviceable seagoing torpedo boats
at or near the scene of action. At the i
same period Japan had at her disposal
not fewer than 20 destroyers and 60
torpedo boats of various classes, all fit
for work. Some of these can scarcely
fall to play an "important part later
In tbe campaign.
BRAIN REST.
Medical Disquisition on the Curatlv
Properties of Prolonged 8leeps.
As long ago as 1R83 Dr. 3. Leonard
Corning of New York brought forward
this plan of managing functional nerv
ous disorders in a monograph entitled
"Brain Rest, a Disquisition on the
Curative Properties of Prolonged
Sleep," and In a silb.iequeqt edition.
published in 1SS5, the whole matter
of practical manar?mont was elaborat- jt j, , difficult for ns to understand re
ed to tho last detlil. Says the Medical Unions truths that God was oKigcd to
Record. Dr. Corning obsorves that draw them out in diagram iipon the natu-
, ,,ti. ral world, therefore a minister mnv go
"as applied to the brain, rest Implies (o nm(wt nnv hrnl)ch of m(me ,, ,?,,
uomethlng totally different from that sermon. "Go to the .nt," says the
which is described by the term when wise man Solomon. Consider the "Lillies
used In connection with -the muscle, ' Jlri"L-Tyj Si1P'"V ,,l',,.h b.ronk-
, , . , , . . , Ait beast and bird, day and night, the cliang-
joint or spinal cord. This radical dlf- ing ,esilon8; n nhond with spiritual
ference Is chiefly owing to the fact lessons, and the faded leaves, blown wildly
that tho brain being an organ, of the about by 'lie wilder winds of autumn,
lnl,ll,.f,lol nrncea ret In so far wl"rl "P "r '". "nl M0 '
as it concerns that organ, means noth
,
ing less than a cessation of mental!-,
zation, with all thereby Implied. It la
impossible by a mere flat of the will
to cause cessation of thought; the
very Idea embodies a contradiction,
for tho will as physiologically under
stood is itself a product of very com
plicated Intellection, and cannot, there-
fore, be regarded as a thing sul gen-
eris- a something without the pale
of other psychical processes." Only
during Bleep Is tho ideal repose of
the cerebral faculties realized. But
while a physiological amount of sleep
Is sufficient to achieve this In health,
the period of unconscious repose must
be greatly augmented when by over
taxation or inordinate mental strain
the nerve cell has become devitalized,
and Is no longer able to hoard up a
sufficient store of energy during the
usual period of unconsciousness. It
is in such cases that prolonged sleep,
Tt -HlCfip-jiBBiiilued for 10, 15, or even
20 hours at a time, aWo7eS-M 91081
striking results. ''
"As a, rule," observes Dr. (Jornlng,
"I am in the habit of secluding tk
sublect in a darkened room, eventual
ly for from 10 to 15 hours at time,
according to the amount of sleep It
. , . . .v- ... .
24 hours. I do not, however, attempt
great things in the way ol Bleep at
first; hut, on the contrary, the dura
tion of the period of unconsciousness
is progressively increased by the
utilization or habit, Vvdrotherapy, ap
propriate food, and, In urgent cases,
moderate medication." In extreme
cases the period of sleep is prolonged
to as much as 20 hours at a time, the
patient being awakened and given
small quantities of nourishment and
then allowed to sleep again. He
warns, moreover, against the evils ac
cruing from attempts to keep in bed
nervous, Irritable persons while in a
conscious condition. Such Individuals
should be told to lie down only on
the appearance of drowsiness, which
in intractable cases, may be brought
on by the moderate use of sedatives,
during the latter part of the day, and
exceptionally by the exhibition of hyp
notics before retiring. Recumbency,
then, Is purely Incidental, the prolong
ed unconsciousness Is all. In thus
strenuously Insisting on the Tad leal
difference between cerebral and or
dinary corporeal rest. Dr. Corning has
rendered a substantial and practical
service.
Cupld'a Strategy.
Two young men of the neighborhood
were rivals for the hand of a pretty
girl. One of them was poor and hand
some and the other was a slowwltted
fellow with considerable money. The
capitalistic, one conceived the Idea of
buying off his rival. He offered him
1100 to go away and stay away for six
months. The poor young man said
he would consider that matter, and be
did In company with the girl. They
agreed to take the money of the young
man, get married and go away togeth
er. The deal was completed and the
poor young man got his money and
started for Denver. But he stopped at
the first station, where he was joined
by his lady love and they were mar
ried by a justice ot the peace. The
rich young man consulted a lawyer
and was told that he had no grounds
for a suit; ' that the young man had
kept his agreement by going, away;
that It wasn't stipulated that he should
go alone. And' the local-paper says
the town Is laughing at the thought
of that honeymoon trip at the ex
pense of a rival. McCracken (Kan.)
Enterprise.
Living for Ideals.
That was a wise old clergyman who
urged his brethren not to admit young
men to the ministry unless they were
evidently more broad minded and en
thusiastic In their faith than their el
ders. "We must allow," he said, "for
the Inevitable shrinkage." The same
allowance Is necessary tn every life for
the sure closing tn of the real bon
the Ideals of youth, and the unavoid
able narrowing of bops and aim that
must come with middle age. The
more idealism we start with, the more
certain to receive, ine more joyous lire
will turn Out to be aa we go on living,
The dreariness Of the: middle-aged
view of life springs largely from the
tact that its Ideals are so shrunken at
to be no longer a source of vitality,
ot renewal. As long as we believe
In Ifte, and in love, and In friendship,
anfln heroism, and in other ideal pos-
slbllltles, life is worth living, aad we
are strong to take our part In it Liv
ing for Ideals It happy and courageous
living. Living without them is "the
dull gray life and apathetic end."
Harper's Batar.
' A SERMON FOR SUNDAY
, . -
1 . 7: . .
an 'ELOQUENT DISCOURSE BY THE
REV. W. T. BEST.
"Cmled Leaves," the Subject of a Helprnl
Talk The, Knritose Variety of Ltarea- ,
All Must Stand Itie Storms of Ufa '
Allho and Como to the Snina Kntl. j
Chasm Falls, N Y. The folli-wing
sermon, entitled "Faded Lenvrn." wm
E reached here by Hie Rev. William T.
k'st. He took as his text "We s'.l do fade
as leaf." Isa. M:,
Nature has oace morf been dismlvd
of her green foliage, "and the .stnrls
in the heaven knoweth her appointed
time snd the Turtle Snd the Cnne
and the Swallow", have Rone to a
warmer region. While looking from my
study window, I notired the leaven fal'ihi
and the children playing moni; the di nd
IravfH that lay upon the eroind. 1 then
ftnn to think o the pant vcar. 1 re
memliercd distinctly it birtli Wheu we
knelt together in t lie Watrh-nieetin and
reconwerated ouraelves to the .Muster.
The thoughts of its youth revived t liosi
pleasant memories that can bo anpreciatcd
only by or.e living in the Adirondack
But, oil, how changed everything appears
to day! The same river glides b the .
doof and the nme mountains are on '
either side of the hon.se, vet a c'.oud nf ,
sadneri hovi-rs o er me as I watch th
leave fall from Hie treea. "All! tli"se
are harbinger of approaching storms; the
indication that another summer's warmth
snd beautv is rn'iotit to be succeeded by
aoors, seeming to say. What about uar
tiod has commissioned us to carry a mes
sage to man, and mingllne with the dirge
nf autumn, comes the sadder dirge of the
Prophet Isaiah, "We all do fade as a
leaf."
I. The 1 ndless Variety of Leart.
Though there are sA many different
kinds of leaves in the world it is doubt ful
if there are two eAves of miv i!uu pv.
sctly alike. Then all species ot leaves are
, 0kl may wi(nM, ynri ofVn.li
not. louno on one tree, lhc kin, of white
uiBiory; me caiuornian pine mav have
existed centuries before Lcif the Luckv
discovered Yinland; the Parliament Oak
has seen IjOO vears of Knronean nfnarpsx:
the cedars of Lebanon date their birth
from the time ot the flood and the Boa-
bah ot hcnegsl claim to be over 5000 vara
old; yet the leaves they 'ave scattered
are but as a dron to the e?ean comnareil
to the number that have fallen to the
earth.
"God hath made of one blood a!l nn
tions of men," and though there are so
many different races of mankind it is
doubtful if there could he found tu-n mpn
iat any race exactlv Blike. Thev diK'er as
do the leaves, iiiecialr. is this true
from a religious sUndnoiMSfcir all men
no not hold the same religioTt belief.
Die main thing, however, is for altMo be
long to Christ. Let the fig leaf utterHI
voita of warning. th manle n.ei ;
sweetness and the olive bring its message
of peace; yet there are timt. in every life
when naught can b found but the weep
ing willow.
Perishing, perishing! Hark, how they call
Unng us you? Saviour, oh, tell us el
ft,,
W e are so weary, so heavily laden,
And with long weeping our eyes have
grown dim.
"Go ye into all the world. ; nd preach the
gospel to every creature.
Il.Some Leaves Are Higher I'n in Thi
World Than Others, But All Must
otana tne Mormi of Life Alike and
Come to the Same End.
Some people are determined to go un in
this world, even if they go down in the
nexi. jnen lose tneir health trying to get
weana, ana then lose their wealth trying
get health. God has a place for everv man
in this world, whether it be in the minis
try, at the work bench, or fcllowing the
lw. ii escn man nnu his right place
im mere ue at nis Dcst tor uod. It is
useless ! a leaf at the lower part of the
tree to I trying to get to the top, but
in each leaf in its proper place goes to
make a perfect tree. ' For as we have
trtany members in one body, and all mem
bers have not the same office; so we,
being many; are one body in Christ." Let
lis lpnrn t)inrA in (',..l..n..n. ......
.u....,.v, , n .iu .but: n iniB
we are therewith to be content." "nm.
ning with vatience the race set before us,"
and we shall u surely hear the "well
(tone as the man with the greatest num
ber of talents.
The millionaire tan wear but ore suit
of clothes, sleep in one bed and eat but
one meal at time. In many respects
his riches only increase hie troubles, and
it is a mistake to suppose that he is not
subject to msny of the disappointments
common to men. On the other hand, let
ns not try to throw a romance about tha
poor man lot. Poverty is hard, cruel,
unrelenting. But ss surely as the different
kinds of weather ire a necessity to the
leaves, so surely are the storms of life
necessary to -our highest good; for
'If all were easy, if all were bright,
Where would the cross be?
Where would the night?
But in the hardness, God gives to yon,
Chances of proving that you are true."
Death places the leaves all on the same
level. Raid a widowed lady, whose hus
band fills a drunkard's grave, as she stood
bv the t-rave of th oralihv !.
pvho had taken his money: "Ah! von are
on a level witn my husband now." Yes,
death places ns all on a level. Where are
now the vast armies of the Assyrians,
Grecians, Persians. Romans? As with the
warrior so with the peaceful, as with the
rich so with the poor. Millions have gone,
millions more are on their journey.
"The boast of heraldry, the pomp of
power.
And all that beauty, all that wealth era
. .
Await alike the inevitable hour.
The paths of glory lead but to the grave."
HI; The Decay of the Leaf is Sometimes
Hastened by External Circum
stances. It may be affected bv insert.
moistore, excessive cold, etc., te. Then
Vn the leaf is plucked from the tree
while in lull bloom.
"The wfcked shall not lire oat half their
days. God gives every man so long to
live, tl he takes ear of his body (which
is the temp'.e ot the Ho'.y Ghost) be will
probably live out his appointed days. Yet
now often we see people called from time
into eternity just at the. moment when
their brightest hopes are' about to bs
realised. Moses basl led Israel through
the wilderness. . He has borne up under
their msrmurings and backsliding, and
at times he has had to stand alone when
it seemed as though his shoulders could
not carry the ear and responsibility
placed upon them. Yet he has looked for
ward to this glsd moment as the tine
when his character shall be vindicated
and he shall lead the oeoDle. triumnhantlv
lead the people into th Promised Ijind.
But now tin command comes from hea in,
Moses, ascend Kebo to diel ' Ah! this
ft tragedy surpassing anything Shake-
spearean, y it occurs almost every aay.
A vessel V. wrecked at sea, train has
jumped th track, a hotel baa taken fir
. snd men and women just on" lb v of
realising their - highest ambitions are
snatched from this into another world.
IV. The Leaves Fsde in Concert Though
i They Fall On by On. -
"On cannot count the number of plume
which those frost are plucking from th I
hills." . Tho aisles of the wood will be
xveiwd with a heantiful came of manr
colors. The imagination n scarcely nv
prehend tho number of lesve that are
falling. Th grave i the great city. It
has th laregst population, the Icnjest
streets, , th greatest number ef hands,
billion of ves, though thev se not.
Kinfi and 4Hin r there, urator,
statesmen, yea, men of every rank and eon
dition, yet it is the great eity of silence.
Neither work, nor device. Dor knowledge,
nor wisdom are there. The multitude of
the dying and the dead are ss th autum
nal leaves drifting under our feet to day.
"One bv one, one by ;, we shall soon,
yes soon b there."
V. Let Us Proceed to Inquire, How Do
the Leaves Fade?
1. They fade naturally. It is wlist con
stants occurs. After the summer is gone
and the fruits ore fully ripe, they change
their color, lose their interesting hue and
drop in rapid succession to the ground.
"Man that is born o. a woman hath but
a short time to live, and ia full of misery.
J. coineth up. and is cut down like a
flower; lis llcelh as it wee a sliudow, snd
never ronfrtiucln fn nc stay. In tlie
mids. of life we are in death," and science
teaches that we are more apt to e Mian
to live, all our tendencies are toward
death, and it is one contir ial struggle to.
keep soul : nd body together. Where nr.'
now the builders of llnhe!? Abraham and
his seed? David and Solomon ? Daniel, the
prophets, the apostles and the great men
of the past? Only remembered by what
thev have done. They hci:.g dead are
still speaking. The serpent comes to the
sinner, coils about his body, presses hid
heart livhtiy, and then comes the itwful
stinr:. The same sci'tient romes to I he
f'lirlst iaii. Hut oil, how changed! The
(lirintiaii, as he looks him in the eyes,
r;ni crv out: "Ob, death, where is thy
si.iig?'' "I have been dying fer many
years, now I shall begin to live."
2. They Fade Gradually.
The different periods of life are ton
pared to tho revolving seasons of the
year. Childhood nnd youth when life ii
all expectation and hope, are like a beauti
ful ilay ninrnyig when tbe sun shines
brightly, an I the dew is upon the lloweis,
nnd everything is beautiful and lovely.
Nature is bursting her bars and is giving
promise of the unfuldrd splendors of a
summer's glory yet to come. But oh, how
quickly time passes bv! Th hoys and
rirls of yestprifny are the men and women
if to day Then, for none of us is there
uich a thing as an evcrenduring man
liood. "We pursue our course, from child
hood, with ita vigor nnd beauty, to age
Ivilh its feebleness ami decay, with the
nnfniling continuance of tbe rounding Rea
son?. Out- in.ncli is an uiiintcrniiiU'il one
from the cradle 'o the i;ive." Hut, oh,
how we shrink nt the thought of going
down the western horizon of our pbvsi
cinl ptcenetb! The Unves, which a few
d.iy.i mo felt the lirsf touch of tho frost
tcivo d.iy by d.'.v liren changing iu tint,
lite Noil; i' .is li'-v completed in a dny.
No. it bs b-cii :' "z on gr.iduully nnd
after awhile, lcif c tier leaf, they will fall
to the giou.id. Ni ith you and me.
I rom r.iv to .lay we hardly notiee the
rliange, but the frosts have touched us.
VI. There is a (.renter Beauty nnd (!lory
Attached to the Leat in Its Fading
end Dying Conditio-- Than at Any
Time in Its Life.
Along the lake shores and river banks,
and up the slopes of the mountains, "there
is an iue.cscribnble mingling of gold, and
orange, and crimson, and saffron, now so
bering into drab and ninrnon, now flaming
into solferino and ecirlet." In the morn
ing the forests look as if they were trans
figured, "anil in the evening hour . . . .
as i. the sunset had burst and e'ropped
upon the lenves." r'iine of the mountains
n linear to be all on....ure, as if thev were
siibinerged in the glory of the I.etrd. Said
Kev. C. C. Townsend. ns he stood by the
parsonage gate. nnd looked upon the scene:
Isn't that beautiful? I must being my
ire up - erj to see that toeage. J tow
en while driving along the road we no-
ii.tr'3 where t lie leaves have tade t
at the fir9W.0,,cn ' tue frol all turning
a russet broiflV o ne ,"'"ls .o study
1 1, or The .Swjmthcred in no vase.
Thev are lnu 7 il." No one cares
snythinKsfiaii ssmii lillllL. faUfll hi till!
death of the wicked. Ihey do not live
out half their days, but pass sway into
oluckness, anil darkness, and despair with
out a ray of light . cheer the gloom.
But, thank Cod, such is not the death of
the Christian, for, "the path of the just
is as the shining light, which shineth more
ind more cnto the perfect day." What
t beautiful sight it is behold father and
mother in Israel who have spent their
lives in the service of Christ come down t
;ross the river. Oh, what halo of glory
there is about them! What words of peace
ind joy and comfort proceed from their
lips, and how strangely near the Holy
Spirit is as the Angels gently loosei the
lilver cord.
"Fade, fade, enrh earthly joy,
Jesus is Mine."
And the fading body nutters and falls
downward as the leaf, while "the spirit
returns to God who gave it." Oh, that iu
this sense, too, we may all fade with the
beauty and glory of the leaf.
VII. The Leaves Fall Only to Kisc Again.
It is one of th.- laws of nature that
nothing is really lost. Things change their
condition, but exist in nnother form, in
the juice and sap and life of the tree the
leaves will come up again. Next May the
South wind will blow the resurrection
"trumpet and they will rise." So with
our loved ones who sleep in Jesus.
They shall not all sleep, but they shall
be changed. "For if we believe that Jesus
died and rose again, even so them also
which sleep in Jesus will Cod bring with
Him. For the Lord Himself shall descend
from heaven with a shout, with the voice
of the archangel, and with the trump of
God; 'and the dead in Christ shnll rise
first. Then we wfaic! are alive and remain
shall bs caught up toge....r with them ia
the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air,
and so shall we ever be with the Lord."
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
VIII. Tn the Heavenly Jerusalem th
Leaves Shall Never Fade.
"Soon will the shadows of earth's life be
past,
Sorrow and partings be over at last;
Soon shall we meet in the 'Mansions of
Day,'
Meet where our loved ones can ne'er fade
away."
Then Eeekiel foretold the blessings of
the Messiah's kingdom he spoke of them
under the figure of trees growing on a
bank whose leaves should not wither, but
be for medicine. Wdien John saw in apo
calyptic vision the heavens opened, and
the new Jerusalem descending down froy
Cod out of heaven. He saw in tbe midi.
of the street and on either side of th
river, th tree of life, and the leave of
the tree were for tl e healing of the na
tion. '.'There the sun never set, md tha leave
never fade.
There the righteous forever (hall shin
like the star ,
In that leautiful city of gold."
Alcoholism is extremclv rare in tho Ital
ian army. In 1001, th latest for which
figure arc available, only twenty-live caset
acre admitted ta this hospitnl.
, Her Experience tn Bloomers,
As displaying the point of view ot
various civilizations, the experience
of a French professional woman who
wore bloomers as a matter of con
venience Is Interesting. She - was
treated by the savage tribes with
deference and fear, stoned In Chicago,
arrested- In Texas, and canon near be
ing burned as a witch In South Am.
erica. Judging by thu strictest stand
ards of chivalry, 'the savages seem
to have behaved best tn tbe matter.
Baltimore American.
The great need ot the world, Includ
ing the literary world In large de
gree, the Chicago Chronicle states, hi
to shake off the prevailing taste for
making light of everything, and to
demand tttat Its writers, of whatever
grade, shall write out of fulness of
knowledge, out of genuineness of
thought and only when they feel sure
the have something worthy to say.
Thire Is neod also of the vital dis
covery that the funny man is not
necessarily a hunmrlst.
"FIRST BOY IN."
Shirt's In a knot an' if ain't on right t ,
Hair's p-pluaterod against my head .;
Lips bub-bub blue an' my lingers w biter
, lluh, I reokou my eyes Is red! ..
Teeth oh-chatter an' I 1-iook sick? ' ,
Wob-wob-wobble-ln' with my onlnf
Just g-got out o' th' cr-or-criok.
Br-r-r-rl But I was th' tlrat one lnl
8ovl Th' was me an' th' Gr-Oreen boys,
Ilicksey Murphy all' Bub-blll Urowu
Fib li li but my teeth make a lot 0'
noise 1
We wen-wen -went to tlr1 edge o' towtt.
Where til' will willows grow up ae
thieki
I sb-sli-shed to th' very skin, -'
Then gr-r-r-rl I wus in th' crick. .
Out ngiiin but th' first one ml
Bub-blll list UK' if it fel-felt cold.
"No." I au-sn'hl, "it's wuriu uu' uloe."
Big n li-lie ns I ever told . . -
lion bon lii;ie-t, it's worse 'n lee, f
All Hi' others, they tli-ilivcd ipilck;
I got out on th lunik to grin. :
Gi ul They Fpultered t here in th' crick
Just til' same, I s th' first in.
Mil railed to me when I started out t- ;
Sntd to stn-stny on our own street. . !;
She'll want t kiiow what I been about-
I'm going home logo get some beut. -,e,-.
Tee-teeth clmtter, my huir Is slick,
Treiii-treiii-troiiilile-lif in my eiliin i
Hoy I It's iluiuly ilow-elown tlr t-rlck!
Honest, 1 wus th' first one in.
Cliieage Tribune.
UST FOR FUN
Today's choices are tomorrow's hab
its, next week's character. Life.
In the battle of life don't spend too
much time manoeuvring for position
Punch.
"Did she marry tho young heir to
tbe estate?" "No, bIh; married tho at
torney." Cleveland Leader.
Clara What did you break off your
engagement with Chnrllo for? Maud
I felt as if I out'lit to be getting mar- ,
rled. Life.
First Moth Have you anything on
hand toninht? Second Moth Yes, I'm
invited to n camphor ball. Philadel
phia Record.
Ho (smilingly) You remind mo of
an old friend of mine. She (haught
ily) Indeed! How old, please?
Yonkcrs Statesman.
"He has quite a delicate wit, I've
heard." "I wouldn't say 'delicate,' ex
actly. 'Sickly' is tin' propel' word."
Philadelphia Lode,. -v.
"They haven t been marriod long,
have they?'' "I nuess not. She still
thinks hef husband looks like Napo
leon." Chicago liocorrl-lleriih!.
enthusiastic mediocrity often passes
for talent. A hot sausage Is not more
nutritious than a cold sausage, but it '
Is more highly thought of. Punch. , .
"What's he going to call It?" "Por-l
trait of a I.adv.'" "But It doesn't look
like her at all!" "Then he might oall
It 'Portrait of Another Lady.' "Life.
Experiments having proved that wa
ter Is a dangerous clement In which
to entrust Pussian war vessels, the
18 torpedo boats ordered by Admiral '
Makaroff are being sent by railway,
Punch.
Mask "Do you think Kmoline had'
a good time?" Kate "I guess so. Moth
er and I took to our beds after. she
left, and she writes that she took to
her bed as soon as she got home."
Cincinnati Tribune.
Mrs. Newlywed "John, 1 think baby
has swallowed my pearl necklace." Mr. ,
Newlywed "By George! You seem
to be determined to bring that young
ono up with the tastes of a million-
aire's child." Judcc.
"Groat guns!" exclaimed the absent
minded man. "I have stuck the light
ed end of this cigar in my mouth." -"How
fortmrate you were In dlscov-
erlng it nt once, dear," rejoined his
good wife Chicago Dally News.
"Young man," said Rev. Goodman,
"some day you'll bring your father'
gray hairs In sorrow to the grave.' " -"No
danger," replied young Rakcl, :
"he hasn't any; worrying about m'.
has made him bald." Philadelphia
Ledger.
"Wealth," said tho putative young
plutocrat, "Is not worth striving for.".
"How do you know?" fiercely demand
ed the proletariat. "You don't have
to strive for yours!" "That only shows, r
gentlemen," he rejoiced, sadly, "thaT"x
you don't know how reluctantly the
governor loosens up." Chicago Trlb-,
une.
The conversation turnod upon the ; 1
alderman from . the 'Steenth ward.
"What do you suppose he's worth?"
asked the man with the patch over
his eye. "Nobody knows," said the
man with the cinnamon beard. "Socio.
times you can buy htm for $50, and
at other times it takes $500." Chica
go Tribune. 1 7 f
Multiplication of Bacilli. : ;.
In our laboratories, under suitable .
conditions of food and warmth, a
bacillus splits in half an hour Into two
parts, each of which splits again In
half an hour, and so on, and Tt baa
been estimated that a single bacillus,
if given similar conditions In nature,
would, within a week, give rise to
progeny numerous enough to 011 the'.
Atlantic ocean. Such overbalancing is
largely prevented by the protoxoe,
which feed upon the bacteria, Increas
ing as they increase,' and decreasing
as this food supply gives out. The
protosoa, in turn, are eaten by ani
mals like the worms and shellfish,
these by others,' arid so on, the bal
ance of nature being so delicate that
no form increases disproportionately
tor any length of time, although, like
the locust plague, or the California
fruit-tree scale, or the gypsy moth,
some forms may occasionally predomi
nate. Gary N. Calkins, in Century.
k , ' Iron In 8and, .
A curious sight on the coast of Java
Is a long stretch of shore, about 29
miles In lengthr where the sand is
filled with' particles of magnetic iron.
In sorne places it Is said that the sur
face sand contains 80 percent of iron.
It can be smelted, and a company bns
been formed to exploit the deposit a.
Alpine flowers and plants are no
quickly becoming extinct that stroi
measures are to be taken in the tfui'
for thf-tr pfserva'lon.