THE -FRANKLIN PRESS,
VOLUME XIX.
FRANKLIN. N. C, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 31.'19Q4.
NUMBKK 35.
jHia
I knew one who bad prospered.
To whom pi I icely fortune fell,
Yet dku who tolled along below
Conceived uo hate for blm, and no
Old frteud refused to wish fclra welL
Ho tasted of the pleasure
Aooorded to the rloh Hlone,
But never In hi earn forgot
The hardships of the poor or sought
J'lth their suiall joy to fat hit own.
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THE CHOICE OF TWO.
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By GERALD
Lorry was standing at the door of
his forge a tall, strong man of 50,
with the carriage of an old soldier jjho
could still swing the lance or saure,
though be had left the army some sev
en years or more. The sun was aglow
In the cloudless sky, and the heat was
oppressive. Behind, the range of hill!)
rose blue-green in, the distance. From
the road came a merry jingle of har
ness bells and then a cloud of dust,
and then a wagon, drawn by twp oxen,
rumbled up the Incline. The driver
nodded pleasantly to Lorry.
"You have heard the news, master "
he Bald. "No? Well. I can't stop, but
here's a newspaper. Road that." And,
with another nod, he whipped up hla
jaded cattle and pao3cd on.
The blacksmith sat down on a bench
and leisurely unfcldcd the paper. When
he had read a few lines his face dark
ened, and he rose to his feet. His wife
came out at this moment. She was a
comely dame, with cheeks as ruddy as
the apalei In lif r orchard. Th
chard. They losked
at each other for a few hWn"ti
out speaking.
"Annette," said Lorry at last, crum
pling up the newspaper In his stro-ig
band. "1 hive bcrn reading the 'De
bate.' "
His wife ravo a little start, but
quickly recovered.
"N'o 111 news of Pierre, Biirely?" said
she.
"No. no," answered her husband;
"no need to be alarmed. Pierre Is all
right so far as 1 know. But the Ger
mans are at their old tricks. Not con
tent with conquering, they must Insult
as well. You remember my remark
ing that I had seen three or four fel
lows rolling about tho village in the
uniform of French soldiers, and won
dered how they came to be -there, and
what they were doing away from the
regiment? Well, the secret is out.
They have elected to b? subjects of the
emperor tit Berlin. And to think that
we should be outraged by the presence
of such renegades! Thoy are no long
er Alsatians, but German wolves."
"What can you expect, Felix? It Is
not altogether the fault of these poor
fellows," remarked Annette. "To be
sent to Algeria tli Ink how far. And
the lads grow sick for home."
'"""Hush!" said Lorry, checking her
with a peremptory gesture; "you do
not understand. Yo'i have grown so
accustomed ' to the women folk here
abouts that you liavo co:ne down t
their level, and think as they do. I
tell you them men are cowardB and
traitors, and If I thought our Pierre
was capablo of such Infamy, as sure as
my name Ib Lorry, sometime trooper
Jn the cavalry of France, I would drive
my sword through his body!"
He walked quickly into the house,
and Annette followed him. Ho no
ticed tho flush on her cheek, and felt
abashed, he hardly knew why. Per
haps he had spoken too roughly.
"Bah! I am a fool to worry about
such things, be said, laughingly. "As
If it Is at all likely! So, so; I will
take a little walk to calm myself." He
put on his hat and went out.
She waited till he was gone, and
then got her work-basket and sat down
at the window, as was her custom of
an afternoon. The sun shone full and
bright on the cornfield; there was the
path winding away to It In curves of
dazzling white; and, lower down, the
village church, with the burial ground
nestling by Its side, and the sheep
drowsily browsing uader the shadow
of the trees.
"They may bo traitors." she thought,
remembering her husband's words,
"but their mothers must rejoice to see
them agnln."
And she sighed, thinking of the day
her own boy left home, alert and trim,
with his rifle on his shoulder. Only
two years ago, yet It seemed an age'
The tears started to her eyes. It was
well for Lcrry to talk, but when would
Pierre return to her.
Suddenly the needle dropped from
her hand, and she trembled In her
chair. She heard the garden gale
wing back on Its hinges. But the
dog did not bark, though the intruder
muBt have passed close to hla kennel.
"Mother!"
She sprang up with a cry. He was
standing In the docrwey, hla hair
rumpled, bis gay uniform soiled with
dust; pallid, shamefaced, more like a
criminal than a soldier. She guessed
what bad happened. 'The wretched lad
bad returned with the rest, and bad
been prowling about the place all day.
not daring to enter while his father
was there. She would fain have chlded
blm, but had not the courage. In fal
tering tones he told her how tired b
bad grown of the prolonged toll and
hardships of the war; how he had been
til, and bad yearned tor comfort and
peace of home. And his comrades had
teased blm, had called him "Prussian"
because of his Alsatian accent
The mother's heart excused all. She
made him sit down, and brought him
food; but he could not eat A burn
ing thirst seemed to consume him; he
called for water and drank glass after
glass with avidity. '.-i ,
- So the minutes slipped away." Pres
ently a footstep crunched on the grav
el walk.
. "Pierre! Here Is yon father back al
ready! 1 must speak to blm and ex
plain. Oh, hide! Quick, quick!" She
seized blm by the shoulders, pushed'
him Into a cupboard, and turned round
sharply '
: She heard a sudden exclamation, and
confronted Lorry, with eyes fixed on
the red Zouave cap which jHerre had
left on the table. ' . - -
"What does that-mean T said be.
There teas an Instant of silence, save
for the sound of the blacksmith's hea
vy breathing. The next, and she was
FORTUNE.
' n.
Fate one day turned annui him
And ruthlessly took ill he, had, ,
And then I heard men honestly,
In sorrow and In sympathy
The rich and poor exclaim "Too badl
I look on him with envy.
And If a oholoe were mine to make,
The fortune that Fate snatched away
Would tempt me not while t might lay
Claim to the love she couldn't take.
& E. Klser.
WHITING.
I beside him, her hands clasping his
.arm.
"I have something to say, Felix," she
began.
u He moved away till he reached the
wall behind htm, where his old sabre
was uanglng, a bit of trl-color ribbon
round the hilt. He took It down with
the firm touch of a hand turned back
ward while listening, with no sign of
nervousness.
'.The truth, now, Annette! He has
returned?"
She bent her head so that he could
not see her face. Then she twisted
herself from him with an unexpected
suddenness, he -olce breaking Into a
sob.
"You will not you shall not harm
him!" she cried. "He has come back
because he loved me and wished to see
us again."
There was an inward struggle, 'and
then tho woraa" conquered. Yes, sho
was right to defend the boy who had
forsworn his country, and whom It
Tva-ilMS8iJl4nhone8t soldier's dignity
to, notice further. HeTrT2w now hh
sword, saddened and subdued"! 0MT'w , .n ... , .
memories stirred at his heart; be
thought of the days when that recre
ant son was a little child and smiled
and played about his knee. All that
was a dream, and this tho awakening.
"Wife," he said, speaking quickly,
"you need have no fear. It Is no longer
any concern of mine. Let Pierre do
as he pleases. I shall Bee him In the
morning."
She stole one anxious look at his
face, and saw that a sense of something
serious to come was now overshadow
ing his mind.
"Felix!" she exclaimed.
He advanced a step toward the door,
then stopped and looked back.
"Not now," he said, and left her.
He .stayed outside till darkness set
In. and the house was closed. All
tho30 long hours ho walked In the gar
den, pacing with measured steps from
tho orchard to the well and back again,
without any sense of fatigue.
Pierre appeared to be in a sort o.
stupor when Annette released him
from the dark interior of his hiding
place. He looked around blm helpless
ly. "I am weary," he said, "and will go
to bed."
And he went upstairs. Once his head
was oi the pillow he sank In placid
and dreamless sleep.
He awoke, lying still, In the morning
sunshine. The window was part open,
and he heard passing footsteps In the
garden, and the ring of hammer and
anvil from the forge. His mother was
standing at the bedside with a cup of
mlHt. His gaze wandered slowly
round the room, and he say his father
come suddenly In.
Pierre blinked his eyes, but they
were somehow dim. He tried to speak,
but speech died abruptly from bis Hp3.
"You had better get up," said Lorry.
"And by the by, put on the work
- lothcs you were accustomed to use
before you joined the army. No sense
to' don a uniform you are not longer
fit to wear."
"But my comrades will think it
strange, father," remonstrated .Pierre,
humbly.
"Do as I tell you," remonstrated his
father. "Time enough afterwards for
explanations."
For the next few minutes he was
busy moving boxes and opening draw
ers In the adjoining chamber, and
when shortly after they met blm pgaln
In the kitchen, he was dressed for a
journey. The hard look was still In
his eyes, as, declining the wife's prof
fered help, he stirred up the fire and
tolled a pot of coffee. With this and
some bacon and brown bread, a pot of
honey, and a dish of bard biscuits
baked the day before, he set out a
"treakfast for three, and then mo
tioned them to sit down to it
Annette watched him unceasingly,
but the smile for which she longed did
not appear. It was a relief to all when
the meal waa over.
Then Lorry rose and spoke his last
words.
"Pierre," he said, almost solmenly,
"yonder stands the forge -It Is yours.
The garden, the bouse they are yours,
too. The vines, the beehives, the or
chardall belong to you. Since you
have sacrificed your honor tor these
things, It Is only just that you should
have them. Henceforth, you are abso
lute' master of everything In the place,
I am going away. I shall enlist as a
volunteer In your own regiment, the
Third Zouaves I, an old sergeant of
the Imperial Guard. You owe France
fire years of service, and I must pay
them for you."
"0 Felix! Felix!" cried his wife, im
ploringly. "FatlrerP said Pierre, and covered
his face with his hands.
He heeded them not; he was no.w
clear of the house, striding briskly
along the broad high road. Annette
rushed to the door, but it was already
too late, The blinding tears shut ,.im
out from her view, and she saw him
no more. New York News.
. Wooden Shoes.
"The wooden shoe," says A. Quner
hlsh of Holland, "is worn almost ex
clusively by the peasant classes, and
they And them more comfortable than
the leather shoes that are torn la
America. The foot Is clad In a heavy
woolen stocking, and then slipped In
to the shoe without fastening.- They
never fall off because the people are
used to wearing them. They would
not exchange, because any other kind
would not be comfortable. The shoes
are elm wood and cost from ten to
fifteen cents of American money. Two
pairs will last a year."..
UPERSTITIONS OF THE MALAYS.
Peculiar Belief of an Eastern People
In 8igns and Omens.
You can scarcely ever get your mon
ey from a Malay on Friday, because
they believe that If they pay.thelt
creditors on a Friday they will be
overtaken by penury. Malays never
shave or cut tholr nails on Saturday .
or Tuesday, because these are ' un
lucky days, and If they do part with j
their hair or nails on these days they
believe that they will always be in
trouble or will die quickly. The Ma
lay never sleeps In the afternoon, for
such an action shortens lifel When
a rat bites a Malay's clothes, It signi
fies III luck, and usually the rat-bitten
clothes are given to the poor.
There Is a kind of bird called by
the Malays Rowk-rowk which does not
build a nest, and lives In fields. The
Malays say that whoever obtains -a
Rowk-rowk's nest will become lnvla-
ible as soon as he puts the nest on
bis head. Of course, the Malays be-
lleve that there Is such a nest, despite
tho fact that the bird never builds one.
If a Malay feels that his right hand
Is Itchy, be Is glad because be will
receive a large sum of money, and It
he feels that his right eye moves, he
knows that he will see a foreign
friend. If tears Issue from either eye,
he understands that a relative of hlj
will die, and If he too often forgets
bis promises to his many friends, he
is aware that he will die and will
shed tears rather profusely.
When there Is an ecllpso of the
moon or sun the Malaya abstain from
taking food and perform their ablu
tions, in order that no contagious dis
ease may attack thorn. Crows aro an
111 omen, and whenever a crow caw
caws near a Malay habitation, it
means death to some one of tho in
mates. Supposing a Malay walks along
I A vita ft mnA anilitiinl e 111 a lr fa I
crosses oeiore mm, ii--ru.1 .......
turn back and walk another pathT'FiigJ
crossing of tho black cat signifies dan
ger involving the loss of life.
You teldom see Malays bite their
nails, because this action Is likely to
lead the doer Into poverty. If a Ma
lay sees a pig or a Chinese funeral
before tho sun rises, say at 6.30 a. m.,
he knows that he is lucky, and what
ever he does on this day he Is Bure to
meet with succeis. Dreaming ol
jumping a brooklet assures the dream
er that death will ensue In a short,
time, and In this csbo" the unhappy
man generally distributes alms to the
poor so that his life may be prolonged.
To see a monkey In the morning Is an
III omen and signifies that the seel
will lose money heavily In trade.
Penang Straits Echo.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Japanese and Germans
have the
same average brain weight.
Jf cork Is sunk to a depth of 200 fee
In the sea it will not rise again to the
surface.
At Rome, Italy, twins wero recently
born to a couple, both of whom aro
over 70.
Nineteen million Immigrants reach
ed tho United States In the 80 years
ending with 1900.
The jadge worn by the l.orrf Mayo.'
of London is studded with diamonds
to the value of $600,000.
Austrian laws prohibit marriages be
tween Christians and Jews and be
tween Christians and infidels.
Considering their nutritive value po
tatoes are about twice as expensive
as bread, and milk Is even dearer.
Tamarisk timber 4000 years old has
been found in perfectly sound condi
tion in ancient Egyptian temples.
English coal Is used as far as possi
ble on Japanese warships, because the
Japanese coal gives off much more
smoke.
A rifle bullet is traveling at its great
est speed not as it leaves tho muzzle,
but at about ten feet In front of the
muzzle.
A toothbrush Is to be provided for
each cf tho children in the Hampstead
workhouse, and they aro to be trained
to use it in class drill.
A deposit of asphalt, estimated to
contain about 500,000 tons, has been
discovered on Table mountain, hear
Cape Town, South Africa.
William Ludlam, who died at Oyster
Bay, N. Y., at the age of 88, made his
own coffin ten years ago, and had kept
It In his house all that time.
Five of the seals of government or
capitals of provinces In the Dominion
of Canada axe named Reglna after the
late Queen Victoria of England. '-
The biggest lump of coal ever dug
out of the earth Is that raised from cne
of the WIggan collieries. It took nine
months to hew It out of the seam, and
It weighed over 12 tons.
The Americans and English, al
though they consume twice as much
sugar as the French and Germans,
bave much better teeth. The Ameri
can dentist, however, ranks first in all
countries.
A Oern-an professor says that over a
large area of central'RussIa the mag
netic needle does not point north or
south. It Is In one part deflected to
the west, and at another part to the
east, and at one place It points due
east and west.
Calve as Philanthropist.' -A
Paris paper says that time, Em
ma Calve has founded a sanatorium at
Cabrieres, near her residence In the
Aveyron. There nearly 80 young girl
In need of pure air and medical at
tendance are received every summer,
all the expenses are being borne by
the great singer. It Is reported that
burglars have paid a visit to the sana
torium and removed everything they
could lay their hands on. Mme. Calve
has nevertheless given Instructions
for the preparation of the sanatorium
for the reception of the annual con-v
tlngent of sick girls.
KOBEANS A PRETTY RACE
M08T 8TRIKINQ THING ABOUT
THEM 18 THE WAY THEY WALK.
Tho Korean Duds 1a Said to Be Quite
a Superior Article Is Called "Vang
Ban," or Noble, and He Oppresses
the Common People Woefully.
Although months ago, i,t seems only
yesterday that whenever I had half
an hour to spare In Seoul I used to
Bit In a shop and watch the crowd of
passers-by. It. was situated in the
main street, just inside the gate. A
few small purchases had brought me
the eternal friendship of the proprie
tor, who always bad a long pipe ready
for me, longer than my arm, so that
he always hsd to light It The peo
ple, as seen In everyday life, liferent
mo more In a strange country than
) palaces or show places. It I had to
( chtosji, I would prefer to see a Slum
' to a "Baedeker" "sight" In a new
city.
My friend was a vender of brass
pots of all sizes but of only three
shapes, that shone like burnished gold
on the shelves around, and were ar
range! outride the open front There
was no fr.is or bustle about his busi
ness, or Importuning for custom; he
would sit calmly with his legs tucked
under him on the platform, about two
feet off the ground, smoking innumer
able pip?s and wrapiwd in Oriental
calm a:id his voluminous white gar
ments. The laundering of his other
suit or suits, appeared to be perpetual
ly in progress, as could be heard by
the. wback-whacl; of tbe slicks heating
cu a roller, which came constantly
from the back of the premises telling
that his wife wa3 at work at the Kor
ean method of Ironing, by which the
i llspensable satln-Ilke gloss is given
to tho Burface.
N-JiWjiaa jjtrfljut and Interesting pro
cession that passed outside. The Kor
eans are dlstlnctlySa handsome race.
They aro not in theMeast like either
of their neighbors, the C&lnese or the
Japanese. Although they Hve the
oblique eyes of the MonKollaV. their
noses are. as a rule, straight, or?WUt- .u uu, ue.Bn,.o..H,uu u, ... n
lv nniii .hoi. ,..i.,a. hirf, .njftel away. Where even ho novel
their oval facc3 clear-cut and Indlvld-
v il. The majority of a Chinese crowd
look to mo always as If their heads
had been cart In bullet molds, while
it is quite otherwise with the Koreans.
Tho most striking thing about the
Korean Is the way he walks. He car
ries himself better than the man of
any place I know. There Is practical
ly nothing to Indicate to a stranger
difference of rank, but as you watch
a man coming along tho street there Is
a slight swing, redolent of Immenee
dignity, that points out the patrician
to the most casual onlooker. Some of
them look as If they were always
walking up the center of a palace
chamber to the dais, amid admiring
cyce. It Is not swagger, but a very
quiet, superlative self-consciousness ot
their own worth of position. The
young "Yangban," or noble, is a deli
cious study. No London, Paris or
New York swell, flaneur or dude is In
it with him. His white suit is spotless
thcro is net a hair straying from
his "Mnng-Kun," a crownless skull
cap of horsehair gauze coming well
down over his forehead and fastened
eo tlg'utly as to produce a permanent
groove In his skin and frequent head
aches, to be borne for the sake of
fashion. On this his hat, also of horse-
hair, is poised and tied under his chin.
by black ribbons. If ho has brown
balr, It has been darkened with lamp
black to the fashionable shade. He Is
Invariably attended by a servant, he
carries nothing for himself, not even
his pipe; even going to school their
books are carried for them. When he
travels be is attended by as many ser
vants as he con possibly muster. When
he rides, he docs not even hold the
reins of his diminutive horse. It Is
led, and servants attend him on either
side of tho high saddle on which he la
perched. Seoul simply swarms with
these young toffs, who come up from
all parts of tbe country to this center
of that political Intrigue In which tSe
Yang-ban lives, moves and has his be
ing. He never all his life doer, any
work himself; th' would be the worst
of bad form and a1togi.hr Infra dig,
but he Is not above being sported
by his relatives, and will even wink
at the fact of his wife at home surrep
tltloucly taking in Washing to" earn a
Lttle toward the household expenses
of perhaps a big pretentious yamen,
covering a lot ot ground and In a
chronic etate of dilapidation and de
cay. These Yang-bans are the curse'' ot
Korea., The common people are woe
fully oppressed by them. If a peasant
Is known to have accumulated a little
money It Is not long before the lo
cal Yang-ban comes down on him,
perhaps nominally fcr a loan, which
Is never repaid, or perhaps for a levy
Sure and simple, If the hind objects,
e Is promptly taken to the Yang
ban's yamen and kept there "until he
pays, or is Imprisoned on some trumped-up
charge and kept locked up until
his relatives produce the r quired
amount.
1 One great peculiarity of the 'streets
of Seoul Is that during the daytime
practically no women are to be seen
about. One occasionally sees an old
woman of the lower class, dressed
very much as the men, but Wearing
her cloak over her head, holding it
with her hands, so as to conceal the
lower part ot her face. About- 8
o'clock In the evening the great bell
of Seoul tolls, which Is the signal for
men to retire off the streets, and gives
permission to the women to emerge
from their seclusion. This extraordin
ary regulation la strictly enforced,, ex
cept as regards blind men, foreigners
and persons going with prescriptions
let the sick. Korean men are fre-
quently found going about with stick !
pretending to betollnd; but such Is the
rigid seclusion that the majority of
the ladles of Seoul have never seelf Durango, Mexico, now claims first
the streets of tholr city by daylight i
From I o'clock until It the streets are
alive with women, most of them at
tended ,by servant carrying lanterns.
During this time tbey go visiting
their friends. At 12 o'clock the great
bell tolls again, from which time they
have to be Indoors, and men are again
at liberty to go out if tb.ey like,
don Chronicle.
Losj.
LONELY CORNER8 IN ENGLAND.
Place In Which a Strange Face la
Not 8een for Months.
Mr. James Blyth, writing of "Iso
lated England" In the London Dally
Mall, describes some singularly lonely
corners of the populous Island. Buys
Mr. Blyth:
"I myself lived for two years in a
village on the edge of Norfolk marsh
lands where there was no doctoi
within seven miles, where there waa
no telegraph office for delivery with
in five miles, where until recently the
only village postofflce was a silt in a
hollow elm against" the churchyard,
and where the great excitement dur
ing the Boer war was the dread lest
the enemy should effect a landing and
invade the marshes. And there art
plenty of villages which are worse
off than this, to say nothing of the
houses of the marshmcn dotted about
the sodden flats, and the shepherds'
huts on the fells and in the dales of
the moor country. These lonely
dwellings go weeks, bye, and months,
without seeing any strange face to
break the monotony of the eternal
dally round a monotony of which
their Inhabitants arc happily uncon
scious. "One of the Diamond Jubilee postal
reforms was that there should thence
forth be at least one free delivery ot
letters at every house In tho king
dom. And I find that (except wuere
It Is absolutely Impracticable) where
there Is such a rarity as a letter foi
one of even tho most secluded cot
tages every effort Is mndo to carry out
this reform. But there are some tracto
of fenland the marsh houses on which
are so secure from Invasion In tbcli
strongholds of ooze, mud, aud watci
that even now tbe letters addressed
to them aro left at tho nearest pub
lic house often three or four miles
across the reeking level. I do not give
the actual names of these places out
of consideration for the postmaster,
who was honest enough to admit the
fact and vexed that It should bo a
fact. To all these Isolated corners
news of the world comes through
the postman. When this dlsscmlna
tor of knowledge has no letter to do-
II - I ,1... l,.l L. 1 ,1... n....n
penetrafesUffiors are picked up (of
ten in strange a'&irbled forms) on
visits to the nearest marltst town 01
favorite Inn." v
The Simple Career.
My wife and I rise dally at 3 a. ni
and clothing ourselves as lightly as
the absurd conventionalities of mod
ern civilization permit, we go Into the
garden and work hard for two hours.
Tho garden Is small and wo fre
quently have to dig it up and replant
it two or three times a month to get
the requisite amount of exercise.
This, together with deep draughts of
freBh air and distilled water, consti
tutes our breakfast.
The simplifying of our diot mado
life too easy for my wife, bo I con
cluded to let her help mo in business.
Therefore at 5 o'clock wo start on our
25 mile walk to town. Wo work in
my office, with the window wide open,
until noon, when we rise, brush the
snow off our backs, If any has drifted
In, and take our luncheon of fresh
ozone. At 6 p. m. we walk home to
dine. This third meal 1b our heart
iest. It consists of two cents' worth
of beans, peas or lentils, eaten raw,
and masticated, very, very thorough-
I'1; flve cent8' wortn of
distilled
water. Occasionally we vary this re
past by substituting an apple, orange
or two figs for tho beans. No ono
who has not tried the diet can have
any idea how delicious food tastes to
us.
Thus, as you see, our table costs
us only about 49 cents a week. We
are saving up for a $50,000 home, and
we feel that we will almost reach the
record made by the Ladles' Home
Disturber homo-builders. Life.
A Tiger'. Charge.
A writer in the Bombay Gazette de
scribes the rare experience of seeing
the charge of a famous man-eating tig
er, which ended harmlessly. "A cam
el with a sllpnlng load had," the writer
Bays, '"been halted not far from his
lair, when with a 'wroutf' (once beard
never to bo forgotten) the tiger
charged for the man leading the camel.
The tiger, I have no doubt, would have
carried off the cimel man. but when
he saw the long, and to him unfamil
iar, neck ot a camel coming between
him and bis Intended victim I daresay
he thought things were not quite as
he had calculated. Anyway he paused
casually surveyed the whole party, and
with tall erect calmly walked back in
to the jungle. The camel man was
either so frightened or the whole
thing from beginning to end had oc
cupied so short a time (less than a
minute, I should judge) that he did not
stir from the place where he was when
the tiger Drat made his attack."
Conundrum In Hla Brevity.
A comical story is just now going
about among London journalists. 1 It
concerns one of their number whose
"copy" Is so charged with amazing ab
breviations that sub-editors and com
positors bave difficulty In wrestling
with It The contractions, as a rule,
are understood; hut tbe other evening
sub-editors and ; compositors were
"floored," for, In a report of a sermon
made by this particular journalist there
was this "tu." Solution was sought
In vain, so tbe writer had to be seen
In order that an explanation might be
got "What's this tur asked the
chief subeditor. "Simplest thing In the
world," said tbe abbrovlationist:
"What else could It be but 'transsub
antlatlon?' -
World's Highest Watorfill.
For a long time tho highest known
waterfall In the world was the Ccro-
sola cascade In the Alps, having a
drop of 2400 feet. But a waterfall in
the San Cuayatan canyon. In the state
'lace.:... It was discovered by some
prospectors ten years ago in the great
barranca district, which is called the
flerras Desconocidas. While search
ing tor the famous lost mine Naran
jal, a grer. . roar of water was heard.
With much difficulty the party pushed
on and up the mighty chasm until
..they beheld the surerb fall, which Is
said to be not less man 3000 feet hii.;!i.
A SERMON FOR SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED
."THE INDUSTRIAL CONFLICT."
the Bcv. John I. Long- Gives Some
Wholewme Advice About Freeent
Iay Problem The Canees ot lli
content and tbe lteuieillee.
BaIitlow, L. I. In the o'.d First Pres
byterian Church here, Simdny morning,
the Key. John D. Long, paatc-r, preached
on "The Industrial Conflict." The text
H-ns from Kcclesinstee ii:22: "What liith
a tnan for all his labor?" Mr. Long said:
The writer of this text was asking to
the rewards of life. Let us nccoinin )datc
it to the conflict now waging between cap
ital and labor. It is the old question of
the laborer nnd his hire. What are the
teachings of Holy Writ on the question?
Here, as elsewhere, we believe that the
Gospel applies, for as Kuskin suggests, t lie
Gosel bears upon lift at eveiy point, and
is either good for everything 01 good for
nothing. -' -s
Civilisation is based unon labor human.
animal, mechanical. What we call c a i 1 1 1
is at Dotcom only accumulated Inlur. J lie
lay laborer Inys brick in a wall; tint in
labor. He raves up a part of Ilia wage,
nd that becomes cauital. jM.'clmnnai Ta
bor, by which most of the world's work is
tow done, is human labor invested in lua-
hinerv. and workinu thioiuli the name.
1 Of course, money or capital is ecircd
not only through saving aud invmlion,
put in many other ways; yet human rlToi t
19 back of it all. and it become a sort ot
call loan upon the bank of lalini. Waa it
not Emerson who said, "He that bath a
dollar is master of all to the extent of that
dollar?"
Vast fortunes have lcen piled up by
those who have invented machines by
which mechanism may take the place of
human hands. Thus the inventor is en
abled to draw the wiic of thousand. We
all know how largely the machine has su
perseded the naked hand in the manufac
ture of a thousand ard one articles ol
daily use. Take, tor example, pins and
needles and nails.
To be i.urc. many prcat f.irtun'-s have
been made by other nuans ilian l y ma
chinery, but in thu main tii,- wealth ol
modem times i fo-.tmicd u,.i:i iiicciauica:
labor.
Before asking what the letter or s-iirit
the llible teaches on the labor (jut 'lion, I t
us face the situation of to-uay. Organized
labor and capital arc in conHict. J lu re
aro strikes and rumors of i-hii.i-.-i. Kuli
strike is a battle in l lie war.
It may be well to observe that oi-gnnizrd
labor has as vet only a fraction of tile total
labor army, but il is a fraction that is in
creasing. Why this warfare? Iletause labor on the
one hand is diesptislicd with its share of
the rewards of mdustiy, and because, on
the other, capital constantly seeks to re
duce the cost ot production, by opposing
the demands of labor.
Other iaolors, however, enter into the
situation. One niises from the develop
ment of the modern corporation Wheth
er corporations have souls or not, the-y lack
in large measure the eh'iiient of personality
and the personal touch. Men who worli
corporation are uork'ng 111 the main
for uKMiUjinonn entity. Now, we remem
ber that .iiTrM't the old tune Romans the
word for sTlanSsWaj also the word for
ciieiry. N.
Further, there has bccVviujilisho:H'sty
in corpora lu dealings,' Take MWings as
tlie corrupt! purchase of- public friiXicuw"
1...W ,-,,. il, ., ,.l ...,jiin
necessities of life by reason ! unjust coinN
Dinntiuns to keep up prices, these and
other similar crimes against t lie commu
nity have done much to iiirl-unc not only
labor, but tho general public against capi
tal. Also, the rising standard of life, by which
the living wage gets further and further
from the meagre, pittance that would stif
lice to support the Irugal Chinaman, lends
the laborer to constantly demand a more
and more generous wirje.
Still other giouiuls of hostility might be
referred to, such as thj natural, though
sinful, envy of the rich by the poor; thu
ostentatious luxury of the rien, the growth
of class distinctions between the poor and
the rich and the iimjuaiity of pecuniaty
rewards. The men who discovered the
priceless boon of anesthesia who found
that surgery might be rendered painless by
the use of such agents as chloroform and
ether gained but little money from their
discoveries. They doubtless might have
traded on the world's fear of pain, and by
using the patent laws and secrecy secured
wealth beyond the dreams of avarice, but
to their honor they did not. On the other
hand, the men who introduced such im
pioved and cheapened methods as the Bes
semer process of producing steel gained
money by the hundred millions. Po peo
ple are tempted to ask, "Have not some
men been rather scltish, to Bay the least,
ill the acquisition of their wealth? And
may they not have obtained a little more
than their share?"
Before we go further let us ask what is
to be the probable outcome of the war be
tween labor and capital? Is it an irrepres
sible coiitlict. or ( 111 the opposing interests
be reconciled? The answer is already be
in; given. Jake such a situation as may
now be seen in the coal trade oi Chica.ro.
After hitter lighting the dealers and the
teaiiHters have come together 10 monopo
lize the coal trade of the city and keep out
all competition. Wages and piofits have
been put up at the expense ot the oinside
public. This is likely to go on more and
more.
The ultiinnte outcome, unless tho tend
ency is checked, will be organization ail
along (lie line until we have collectivism- a
vast organized machine, in which men wiil
be cogs and individual initiative and per
sonality will be restricted to an extent that
will largely arrest the progress of civiliza
tion. But let us take a breath and turn to the
Bible. What are the teachings of the Bible
in regard to labor and wealth? The Old
Testament is plainly anti-capitulistic. In
proof of this you have but to read tne laws
regarding capital in the Book of Leviticus
laws that, it enforced, would compel
Slain living as surely as the iron coin of
parts. 1 tear what was laid down there.
Land was allotted in small parcels to the
families of the tribes, and could not be
alienated except for the term of fifty years.
'And ye shall hallow this fiftieth year,
and proclaim liberty throughout all tbe
land unto all the inhabitants thereof; it
shall be a jubilee onto you; and ve shall
return every man unto his posBessfon, and
ye shall return every man unto his family."
(Leviticus xxv : 10).
Interest could not be charged on loans.
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and
fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt
relieve him; yea, though he be a stranger
r sojourner: that he may live with
thee. Thou (halt not lend hira thy money
upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for
increase." i Levities xxv:35-u).
Finally, there was the statute of limita
tions with, reference to loam. "At the end
of every seven year, thou shalt make a re
lease. And this is the manner of the re
lease; .very creditor that lendeth aught
unto his neighbor shall release it." (Deu
teronomy xvil-2). - - -.
The attitude of kht Old Testament to
ward wealth is perhaps best reflected in,
ths prayer of Agur "Give me neither
poverty nor richea lest I be full,
nd deny Thee, and say, Who is the Lordf
or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the
name of my Uod in vain." (Proverbs
xi:8-v). .:-;'.'
I need hardly remind yon that the great
character dominating every page of the
New Testament waa a poor man, without
house or home. Hia attitude toward labor
en the on hand and capital en the other
may be imagined. It is well put by Dr.
Henry J. Van Dyke: -r 4
"Never in a costly palace did I rest an
golden bed,
Never in a hermit's cavern have I eaten
idle bread.
Boru within a lowly stable, where the cut
tle round Me stood, ' .
Trained a carpenter in Nazareth, have
toiled and found it good. k
They who tread the path of lilior follow
where My feet have trod;
They who work wit limit complaining d
the holy will of tiod.
V'here the many toil together, there am I
among My own;
Where the tired workmnn slcejieth, there
am I with him alone.
I, the prip-e tn;st pni'ih knowledge, dwell
i t v -.:-.
T, tho bread of heaven, am broken in tho
sacrament of life. .
While there is never any bitterness in
the Master's utterance regarding wealth,
His views may be readily gathered from
such parables as that of Dives and Lazarus
(Luke xvi.lU).
Again, we nave the same attitude in the
paasage on the camel and the needle's eye
(Matthew xix:23).
Not only was the Wd poor, b.it His
apostles were all poor men, who placed no
value on wealth, l'.tul. the greatest of
apostolic preachers, supported inniself by
manual labor, and taught "They that will
be rich fall into temptation ami a snare,
and into many i.ulish and hurtful lusts,
which drown men in destruction aud per
dition. For the love of money is the root
of all evil" (I. Timothy yi:-J0). On the
whole, the attitude of the New Testament
is one of warning against the seductions cf
wealth.
The evangelical churches stand upon the
word of Scripture, and ro in svmpnthr
with labor. In .'act, of some 7,ojo,O0U cf
male members in the evnngelical churches
of our land, hot less than D,0fO,UO0 are
wage earners or manual la hums. Mo that
the claim that the modern church has de
parted from the position occupied by th'
apostolic church is not well founded.
What, then, from th'j letter and spirit of
the Bible in connection with the teachings
of experience is to be suggested as a means
oi curing the quarrel between labor and
capital ?
First, let there be closer personal rela
tions between the rich and the poor. Irft
them meet together in the fellowship of
God's house and the Divine Fatherhood.
Out of mutual acquainfance will come mu
tual respect, and a recognition of a com
mon humanity.
You may remember Emerson's story of
the quarrel between the mountain and the
squirrel, where he says:
"The mountain and the squirrel
Had a quarrel,
And the former called the latter 'Little
prig.'
Bun replied,
'You are doubtless very big.
But all sorts of things and wculhcr
Must be taken in together
To make up a year
And a sphere
And I think it no disgrace
To occupy my place.
If I'm not as large as you.
You are not so small as 1 ;
And not Iwilf so spry.
I'll not deny you make
A very pretty st'iiirrel track.
Talents differ, all is well and wisely put;
If 1 cannot carry forests on mj back,
Neither can you crack a nut."
Then there should be a deeper interest
taken by capital in the financial well being
of labor, buch devices as profit sharing,
old age pensions and the like will give the
workman a sense of greater security and
of partnership with capital.
Interest taken in the proper homing of
labor, although not always appreciated, is
in the right line. So, too, the introduction
of the social secretary as an intermediary
between the corporation and the employe.
Another thing needed, not so much in
the interests of iabor or capital, but in tho
interests of the innocent tion-eoinbatants,
is compulsory arbitration, applied at least
where the public sulfers intolerable incon
venience, as in the ease of a railioad, tele
graph or coal strike. Compulsory arlwtni
tion may not always be atifuetury to the
combatants, Lilt it is essential to the pi'aeu
and comfort of those not involved in the
controversy. This teniedy, or military coi.
trol, as in '.lie recent railway strikes in
Holland and Austriu, should be used to
iirotect the public.
Tmr-jovereign remedy. However, nuisl on
noiJiy reWllie to legal means but by I ho
application ottfae royal law. Jomesjfjijli,
after speaking ot TJirWWtions liiMmti tin,
rich and the poor, says: 'ii ve fulfill the
royal law according to the Scripture!, thou
shalt love tiiy neighbor as thyself, ye ilu
well." This is the aqua regia, the royal
solvent, in which we may solve all tile hard
asperities of conflicting interests.
Only as men come to know tiod through
Christ, whom lie has sent, and so conic to
love their fellow men, will it he possible to
solve these ourstions of ccutrovcrsy iu a
way that will insure the permanent pro
gress of our civilization.
What we need, after all, is not measures,
but men.
"The world wants men large hearted,
manly men;
Men who shall join in chorus and prolong
The psalm of laoor and of love.
The age wants heroes heroes who shall
dare
To struggle in the solid ranks of truth;
To clutch the monster, ciror, by
throat;
To bear opinion to a loftier seat;
To blot the error of oppression out,
Aud lead a universal freedom iu.':
tho
Fneea That Com.'ort One.
"I wish some people knew just how
much their faces can comfort one!" The
speaker was a young woman who had
passed through deep sorrows; she was tell
ing a friend how many people comforted
her, though they were uuconscioua of it.
The Kpwurth Herald tells the story. "I
often ride down in the same street ear
with your father, and it has been such a
help to me to sit next to him. There is
something so good and strong and kind
about him, it lias been a comfort just to
feel he was beside me. Sometimes, when
I have been utterly depressed anil dis
couraged, he has seemed somehow to
know just the right word to say Ui me;
but, if he didn't talk, why I just looked
at bis face, and that helped me. He prob
ably has not the least idea of it, tor I
know hi,n so slightly, and 1 don't suppose
people half realize, anyway, how much
they are helping or hindering others! '
Theie is a great deal of this unconscious
kindness in the world. Moses wist not
that his face shone. The best people ate
not aware of their goodness. According
to the old legend, it was only when it fell
behind him, where he could not see it,
that the saintly man's shadow healed the
sick. This is a parable, tioodncss that il
aware of itself has lost much of its charm.
Kindnesses that aro done unconsciously
mean the most.
NEWS OF THE FAR EAST
The Vladivostok squadron sunk a
Japanese steamer la the Pacific.
Jopnri officially protested to tbe Bus
slan Government against alleged vio
lations of tbe rules of war.
Chinese arriving from Tort Arthur
at Chefoo say 4000 Japanese took ns
outpost and were then blown up by a
mine. ,
The German steamer Lisbon was
stopped and searched by a Russian
warship u the Gulf of Finland, then
released.
The Pacific Mall Steamship Line
asked tbe United States Government
for protection against possible leisure
by-Russians,
The Japanese captured the British
steamer Pel-Ping, owned by the Cul
nese Engineering and Mining Com
pany, of Shanghai.
It was reported from St, Petersburg
that tbe cruisers snid to Lave been
purchased In Germany bad Joined the
Vladivostok squadron. - '
Llaoyang advises said that the Rus
sians bad assumed tbe offensive, and
that General Kuropntklii had tnkeu
ebargc of aggressive operations.
A Russian Imperial nkase, calling
447,000 recruits to the colors, has been
issued, and almost all the remaining
naval reserves bave been ordered out.
The Russian losses at tbe battle of
Wnfang-Kao are now estimated at
3000; many trains bearing wounded
bave reached Llaoyang and Mukden.
Advices from General Knroki'i head
quarters said that the recent fighting
hdd resulted In Ihe Russian I6ss of tbe
best positions on tbe Liao-Ynng aud
Mukden roads. -
Lord Lansdowne, lu discussing wllli
Russia's representative the pnnsase of
the Dardanelles by volnnter fleet ves
sels, called attention to the Id itlsh obli
gations under the treaty vi;U Jiipun.
TO A GIRL ON A DRE8DEN PLATUt
Who were you I In your dainty day .
Did you once tread a measure,
And huvim with the beaux' hearts plaf,
Your whiiu their pleasure?
Did you look out above your fan J
With piquant glauce,
And muke a willing slave of man
Dotweeu the dnuuet? ,
Or lived you iu some poet's brain
An urtist's fimuy
A bounty he could only feign .
By neuroniamty?
Perhaps poor ulinp he loved you too,
F.iii'h graceful Hue a
Tribute to one be only knew '
Ou Dresden china. ' . .-,
Where'er you lived your lazy life, '
Ivuth hour Eittih minute
Brimming with love aud laughter rife, i
A mail was In 111
So yon won immortality
Picture and liullud, -
And looking up, yuu now win me
Through lobster stilmt I .
Kute Mnsteraon, in Life.
JUST FOR FUN )
Piker Why did they call the med
iaeval period the "Dark Ages?"
Professor Because It was knight
time. Cornell Widow. -.
"Has (your flying machine ever been
actually used?" "Yes," answered tho
young Inventor sadly. "The servant
used it for lighting the fire last
week!"
He Do you think blondes have
more admirers than brunettes? She
I don't know. You might ask Miss
Turner. She has had experience In
both capacities. v
"His wife Is an ardent temperance
worker, isn't she?" "Yes; she won't
travel In the west because she heard
that the climate is stimulating.
Cleveland Leader.
"It's ridlculouB," remarked the pros
perous tailor, "to say clothes don't
make the man." "Think so?" "Cer
tainly!" rcpllod the tailor. "Why,
they've made me!"
The Conventional Hoodoo Man on
the Bank How's fishing? Flshernuru
Well, It's purty good, mister, consid
erln' that this Is a presidential year.
Chicago Tribune.
"Do you think I am capablo of act
ing a part?" asked the stage-struck
youth. "I do," replied the busy man
ager; "and tho farther apart we are
when you act the better it will suit
me."
Scribbles I think I'll write a son- ,
net to Miss Lovey. Crlttlck Don't J
do It. It may turn her against you. i
Scribbles I thought she liked poetry.
VrimtrF trim lilHiff aalfrllajqllpssw"
Press.
Nellie Dear me, I wish Jack and I
could have a little quarrel. Edith (In
surprise) What for? Nellie Why, If
we don't have a loverB' quarrel now
and then people won't believe we are
really In love.
The Typewriter You told. mo you
were going to ralbe my salary last
week, sir. The Boss I know; and I
did raise It. But I expect to bave a,
very hard time to raise It thla week.
Chicago Journal.
Mrs. Snlffen Did that Lumtum girl
ever succeed In reforming her hus
band? Mr. Snlffen Not completely,
although I hear she has reached that
point where he can resist everything 4
but temptation. Collier's Weekly.-- I
"I wonder why Mr. Cacegle Sys v
he attributes his bucccss to the fact
that he was able to employ men who J
were cleverer than he was. ' " "Ton (
wonder why he says It?" "Yes."
"Because be knows that they cani
...I. 1-1 ,
now." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
PRESERVING MEAT BY ITEAM.
An Australian Method Which Is
Em-
ployed en Steamships.
Keeping meats sweet and pure In a, 1
refrigerator by means of steam sounds
a bit queer, doesn't It!" I was asked 1
by George L. Cameron, superintend-
ent ot a meat packing establishment,'
who continued in explanation without j
awaiting my answer. ' "Yettkt is a j
method now in vogue on theSi'S I
steamers which 'carry meats from thTV
country and from Australia to Europe.
Meat placed in refrigerators where the ;
atmosphere Is kept contlnuauVjlLan
average temperature of from 86 toNo
degrees will remain fresh, but not en- i
tlrely untainted for an Indefinite per- j
lod. . ' . '
"I think the Australians solved tbe
problem first They worried over the
matter for a long, long time, and
adopted expedient after expedient. :
tried experiment after experiment, but
all without avail, until ; some one
thought of using steam to volatillie
the gases which caused these annoy
ing conditions and draw them off. A
team pipe was placed In a wooden
duct at the bottom of a refrigerator
chamber stored with meat; the gaHcu
ot this kind are low lying, and tho
duct led directly to the brine tanks.
This experiment occurred at Sydney,
and for 89 days the refrigerator com
partment was kepi closed, at the cm
of which time It was opened, th
meat drawn forth and every pie
thoroughly tested. It waa as fresh
pure, without the slightest sin
tion ot bon otSor or mold, as on t
day It was packed. The gases I
been volatilised by the steam, cum
off by the wooden duct and the ent:
noxious condition purified by the b
tanks.' With this aid to the refrb
tion process, provided care be t:
that "the temperature never fall.; t
low freezing point save occanlui:
o that the meat will not become t
en, meat may now be kept for )
and be perfectly fresh when
forth for ' consumption." St( I.i
Globe-Democrat :
j i .till One.
"Hello, DHL old manl Well,
I haven't seen you since tbe o,d
when we used to ma around t
er."
. "No, Jsck. Ah! those old 1
What a fool I used to be tin n "
"I tell you I'm glad to see y l
havenl cbanid a bit, ol it
Pblla ! ''.' ' 1 ' -'.
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