HE -FRANKLIN PRESS.
VOLUME XIX.
FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY.. SEPTEMBER 7, 1904.
NUMiSIW.36.
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Y-AND-BY,
Oh little boy, oh roorry boy,
I bear your laugh ring out:
Tour heart 1 Mill the fount of trust,
But you shnll learu to doubt
Oh you will doubt and you will tlgb
Tor otaanoea that you let go by.
And Mime day you will plan to do
Great things, grutid thing, the tamo
- as I,
And thou lit waitlug, too.
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When Fortune Knocked.
Hoi the Flam of tbe Sefflsl Daughters ud tbs Mercenarj Sons-in-law Wen
Thwarted bj id Ablr-Sodled lad with I Ladder.
By Helen WWtney Clark.
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"It's fur your own good, maw,'
urged Elmlra, the youngest daughter,
persuasively. ''You know you're kind
o' deef o' late years, an' llvln' here
alone like you've bene a-doln' la pow
erful dangersome. Seth thinks so, too.
An' he says you'll be a heap better oft
llvln' with some o' us."
"Course you will," chimed In Becky,
the widow's second daughter, oho
was a sallow, jaded looking woman,
with an untidy wisp of tow-colored
hair twisted into a knot and fastened
at the nape of the neck with a single
hair-pin irode of a bent knitting-nee
dle. "Why, you'll hev three months at
a time with each one o' us, takln' It
turn an' turn about, an' not a lick o'
work to do! Nothing but set In the
rockin-cheer from mornln' till night.
To poor, tired Becky, who seldom
had a moment free from household
cares and perplexities, the prospect of
nothing to do but sit in a rocking
chair from morning until night seemed
like a foretaste of Paradise.
Mrs. Coppage. however, held a dif
ferent opinion. "I don't want to set
an' do nothing all day," the objected,
bitterly. "Ncr I don't want to be drag
'round from pillar to post an from
post to pillar! I want to stay right
here In my ole home, an' milk the cow,
an' churn, an' make picltles an' apple
Bass, an' tack carpet-rags, an' sew
patchwork, a.V stech!"
"Now, look here, maw, put in Ada
line, the eldest of the three sisters,
determinedly, "jest lisien ot me. It's
all nons'ueo to talk like Hint. What
kin you do in a ulo ramshackle o' a
house llko this? All alone, too, fur
we can't ary one o' ua leavo home
every whip-stitch to come an' stay
with you. as you know very well."
Mrs. Coppage wiped the tears from
her eyes, and lcoked up briskly. "I
could git your cousin Margie, poor
sister Phoebe's darter, to come an'
stay with me. She'B out o' place now,
anyway, an' her brother's wife be
grudges her every mouthful she eats.
She could milk the cow an' help with
tbe chores. An' If yoi girls would on
ly let me keep the ole place while 1
live It won't be many years" her
liceEhook a little, "I wouldn't bbU
fur nothing more froiri any o' you!
There's the garden, you know, an' tho
milk an' butter an' the eggs. WSiy,
we could live like cows in clover! Ah'
besides. I could kuit sockf They
pay forty cents a pair over to Turkey
Holler-"
"Now, that's all foolishness, maw,"
Interrupted Adaline, Impatiently. "How
do you reckon you an' Margie could
git 'long with only one cow to milk?
An' you know yourself you had to sell
the team, an' every other hoof o' stock
on the place 'ceptin' the milch cow,
to pay the taxes, an' back lnt'rest on
the mor'gldge. An' besides, the lan's
all run down so It's too poor to raise
black-eyed peas!"
"Not to mention that the chlmley
smokes, on' the clapboards is all a
blowln' oft the ruff," Interpolated El
mlra, with a pitying look at her moth
er's sad face.
The -widow bowed her head on her
hands, and the ready tears gushed
forth. "I've lived here ever since I
married your paw," sho sobbed, brok
enly. "He cleared the lan' bisself, an'
put out tbe orchard. Them pippins
was Jest a-comin' Into bearln' that year
he died. He'd a' paid off the mor'gldge
rut an' branch, afore now If he'd liv
ed, poor man!"
It was the mortgage on tbe old
homestead which caused all the trou
ble, the widow being unable to pay
even the Interest, which had accumu
lated for soveral years, and her sons;
in-law having declined tq assist her.
"No use throwin' good money after
bad," they declared, Individually and
collectively. "Best let the ole place go.
It's most eat up with Interest now, an'
your maw kin bev a home with us long
as she lives."
And despite her objections, the wid
ow was forced to accept the proffered
terms.
"Let me stay here at least till after
the sale," she pleaded, and her request
was granted.
"But you better git Margie to stay
with you," urged Elmlra. " 'Taln't fit
tin' fur you to stay here alone, beln'
you're so deef; you wouldn't skeercely
- bear It ft the house should burn down."
The three sisters, who lived In an
adjoining township, having married
well-to-do farmers In that locality,
'bad met by appointment at the old
homestead to lay the ultimatum which
had been decided upon before their
mother. Though a little selfish, they
were not really heartless, and no doubt
believed the change was a necessary
measure. Their husbands could very
well have afforded to keep the interest
on the mortgage paid up during the
widow's lifetime, but as they said, the
expense would eat up the value of the
farm and be of no especial benefit to
, themselves. So it was -decided to let
tbe mortgage be foreclosed.
"Seems to the maw Is agin' awful
fast," remarked Elmlra, as the sisters
took their departure In the hired con
veyance which had brought them to
the farm.
-'"Not much wonder, seein'' paw was
sick to long, an' her llvln' all alone
here since be died,", assented Adaline.
"I wanted her to come an' live with
me, but she wouldn't hear to reason.
Maw is powerful sot In bar way, 'pears
like.",
Margie Filbert was very glad to keep
her aunt company during tbe remain
ing weeks of her stay at the farm, and
p"vu a great comfort to the lone
ly woman. '
We say that by-and-by we'll f ne-
The task that wait and wult,
Forgetting, In our foolish way,
W hlle we procrastinate,
That now's the fairest by-and-by
That you may ever know or I
"Sometime" Is only put to rout
When meu are both and wbeu they
die,
' And full in love and out.
E. Klser, In The Chicago Record-Herald.
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j , "Too bad the kitchen chlmley
smokes so," sue declared on tne second
day of her stay. "If you don't mind,
Aunt Clary, I'll git Dave Tall in an to
come over an' see what's the matter
o' It. Must be filled up with swallora'
nests, I reckon."
Mrs. Coppage looked up from her
knitting. "To be sure, Margie! I'd be
real glad if he'd come. An' mebbe
h'll nail the clapboards on the ruff,
took The wind a-soughln' through
makes a buddy feel real creepy! I
hain't been up to the loft bedroom fur
I dunno the time when, jest on account
o' It"
"Them loose clapboards docs make a
curl's hummin' sound," admitted Mar
gie. "I've notice it mycelf.-But I reck
on Dave kin Buttle 'em."
"Dear, dear," sighed the widow,
while her knitting-needles clicked an'
accompaniment to the collloquy, "I'm
afcarcd It'll bo a g30d while fore Dave
an' Margie kin marry. Dave is real
stiidy, an' industrous, too, but farm
hands Is as plenty as blackberries, an'
has to take what they kin git. If
'twasn't fur that mor'gldge, now, him
an' Margie could marry an' live here,
an' I wouldn't hev to go trapesin'
'round, a-llvln' here an' there, with
Ad'line an' Elmlry an' Becky. A nice
time I'll hev, with all them kids, too.
Six or seven apiece they've, got all
'round, an' the wust-bchaved young mis
I, ever see, if they air my own gran'
cllildern!" The brown old farmhouse, embower
ed In black-locust trees, Its quaint
gabled porches overrun with hop-vines
and coral honeysuckle, took on an add
ed pioturpsquncss In the hazy autumn
sunshine. The widow's one cow wa3
licking her calf across the half-broken-down
rail fence, and the striped quails
were calling "Bob White! Bob White! "
from the neighboring corn-fields. As
the red barn hens vvero cackling and
guinea-fowls chattering, as if they
were having a contest as te which
could make the most noise.
Mrs. Coppage, her face well shaded
by a black sunbonnet, was gathering
round pippins In the near-by orchard,
with a view to having apple dumplings
for. dinner.
Dave Tollman had already arrived,
and hud climbed a rickety ladder to
Investigate the smoky ihlmucy.
The widow's meditations, which were
none of the brighten!, we may be sure
were suddenly Interrupted by a pin :
ing shriek from Margie, and dropping
her pippins, she flew to the house.
"Is Dave killed?" she gasped, on dis
covering the young man reclining
limply on the porch, while Margjo hov
ered over him with the camphor bottle
in her hand. "I wa3 afcarcd that lad
der would break!"
Dave grinned sheepishly. "No, Miss
Coppage, the ladder didn't break," he
announced, as ho tenderly chafed his
ankle-bone. "I I got bec-Btung. an'
dropped to the ground," he added. In
answer to the widow's puzzled look.
Mrs. Coppage started first at Dave
and then at Margie in bewilderment.
"Bee-stung?" she repeated, incredul
ously. "Yes, mou. There's a swarm o'
bees has made a hive o' your chlmloy,
Miss. Coppage. "The hull Inside o' tho
ruff Is lined with honeycomb, too-chock-full
o' honey! It's a fact, an' no
mistake. Put away the camflre, Mar
gie, my ankle is all right again.
'Twasn't nothing but a bruise an' you
an' Miss Coppage come an' take a '
peck fur yourselves."
The two women climbed gingerly up i
the ladder, one at a time, and discov
ered the truth of Dave's assertion. The
high-gabled hip roof of the old home
was a regular storehouse of honey.
"No wonder you felt creepy. Aunt
Clary," laughed Margie, "with all
them bees a hummin' overhead! Jjucky
me Clapboards Plowed on, too, or they
couldn't 'a' got In."
'If I wasn't as deef as an adder I
light 'a' beared 'era." admitted Mrs.
Coppage, "though I hain't slop' In
that part o' the house since your uncle
died."
Dave looked shrewdly at the accum
ulated sweets. Part of the comb was
discolored, as If with age. but a largo
portion was of a golden straw-color, I
bright and attractive.
There ain't a grain less'n a -ton
comb an' all." he declared, "an" its
wuth forty cents a pound If it's wuth a
cent."
Tho widow was overjoyed. "If
there's half as much as that it'll pay
utt the mor'gldge an' leave a hundred
dollars to boot," she assured herself.
mentally, "an I sha'n't have to leave
my borne an' live 'round with the girls
after all!"
"Is It true, maw," demanded the
three daughters, as they sprang nim
bly down from the red farm wagon
which bad brought themselves and
their husbands brimful of curios' ty to
learn the truth as to the wonderful
mmors they had heard. -
Is What true?" asked Mrs. Coppage,
as she welcomed ber guests Impartial
ly. y
Why, that Dt s Tallman found
scuds o' honey in hi house, an' that
htm an' Margie air a-goln' to marry
an' run the place?" expounded Ada
line, the self-appointed speaker. In a
strident. voice. :
The widow smiled. She wore a new
Wrapper, the daughters noticed, and
seemed to have recovered several
yearo-cf her, age since the lnt time
they had seen her.
"Oh, yes, It's true enough, so fur as
It goes,"' she returned. "But yon
hain't beared the hull o' It, Dave he
sold tbs honey fur tne to a big hotel
In the city at a fancy price. An' I've
paid off the mor'gldge, bought a couple
more cows an' a new team, an' got a
snug bit o' money put away In the
bank,"-' ; ''.., '' -V-
"Wall, I declare!" chorused the sis
ters, Bhrtlly. "An' you never let us
know nothing 'bout It!"
"Didn't hev time." smiled the wid
ow, calmly, "You Bee, Dave was
bound htm an' marble should marry
today, '0 we had to hustle like a cat
eatin' sassage to get her Clo's ready.
The suremony Is over, an' we air jest
about to sot down to tbe weddln' din'
ner. So come , on an' help eat It;
there's a-plenty o' good vlttles fur
all."
But not cvon the bountiful feast
which was spread, and. to which they
did ample Justice, could gllnd the
sons-in-law to the egregious and Ir
remediable blunder they had made,
"The fat's lu the flro now," they re
flected. "If we had a-pald the Interest
on that mor'gldge we'd 'a' bad a share
In tho profits o' the honey blznoss, to
Bay nothing o' bciu' remembered In
the ole lnd:-'s will. Bv.t It's too Icto
now."
The clewing facci of Margie and
Dnvo did not add to the haziness of
the unbidden nucsto, who soon de
parted with r.o atle-jpt to disguise
their Injured feelings.
Fortune had knocked at their door
In vain. Woman's Home Companion.
RATS IN COLD 8TORAGE.
Rodents Get Used to Low Tempera
ture and Like It.
When eoH storare was first intro
duced into this country tho chilly
3torago rooms were absolutely free
from rats and ro'co The tempera
ture was kept considerably below tho
freezing point, nnd In the cold sur
roundings rata and mice were unable
to live.
In time,, however, tho rich stores
packed away there proved too tempt
ing for thieving rodents, and they be
gan to make Inroads Into the cold
storage rooms at first paying a hur-rlc-J
call and as soim as they had tak
en a few nibbles rushing with a shlv.
er out Into warmer place3.
Gradually, however, these visits
were lengthened and hcrume more fro
quetil, not without considerable nior
tnlity among the rati, but in tho end
tin ro grow into being what is known
as the "cold storage rat." This anl
mal has neither tail nor ears, both
having been frozen for his ancestors,
resulting in their total loss to tho
families of the first intrepid pirates
of cold storage.
These earless and tailless cold stor
ago rats ore perfectly at home In a
temperature below the zero mark.
They thrive on wintry atmosphere,
and very probably If they were driven
out into the warmth of a heated room
they would suffer a preat deal and
perhaps many would perish.
This, I think, Is one of tho most
striking examples of how the animal
kingdom in the. wise economy of na
ture can adapt Itself to the most sev
ere surroundings. Atlanta Constitu
tion. QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
I'rtcle Sam's paasenger rolling stock
wouU make a solid train 500 miles
long.
A clam recently taken from Green
wich Hay, Rhode Island, weighed an
ounce over two pounds.
One of the curiosities of tho Isle of
Mahe, In tho Indian Ocean, Is tho cha
pel that I:: built of coral.
One in sixteen of tho inhabitants of
the United Stales has a rlircct In,
tvrest in the pension disbursements.
A gallon of water a day is drunk by
every Japanese who practices, as
nearly all do, the gymnastics known
as jlu jtsu.
Netting had to be put over the whis
tle of a big power house at Racine,
Wis., to shut out the sparrows that
nested there and choked It.
There are 190.227 professional beg
gars in Spain. In some of the cities
beggars are licensed to carry on their
trade. Seville is the only city In the
kingdom which forbids begging In the
streets.
Senator Stewart of Nevada enjoys
the distinction of being the only man
In the senate who has never been
shaved. His beard began to grow
when he was 16, and has been growing
for 60 years.
The average age of the Japanese
navy is lower than that of any other
navy In tbe world. No one over 20
years old Is accepted for enlistment.
The average height Is S feet 4 inches
less than the average height of any
other navy in the world.
Tbe custom of throwing old shoes
and rice has prevailod for many years
in America, Engand and Scotland. It
came from the Eastern nations and
was originaly Intended as a sign ot re
linquishment by the relatives ot their
authority over tho brije.
Extraordinary qualities are possess
ed by tho River TInto, in Spain. It
hardens and petrifies the sand in its
bed, snd If a stone falls In the stream
and slights upon another. In i few
months they unite and become one
stone. Fish cannot Uve In Its waters.
James Pompelly, a cobbler at Ever
ett, Wash., has one of nature's curios
In the shape of an endless alder root
that evidently grew around a log about
a foot in diameter. .There were orig
inally several small branches, but It Is I
impossible to discover the point where
the ends crew toirelhcr. formfnv an !
almost perfect circle. The curio vas !
found by a small boy. Everett
(Wash.) Record. '
." Macbeth Consoled.
: Macbeth was fearing he bad mur- ,
dered sleep. i
"Nay," comforted, his spouse; "you
never played the cornet till 13 o'
clock at night."
Thus consoled he tried to forget
the little ffalr of Duncan. Saturday
Evening Post '
A SERMON x FOR SUNDAY
A 6TR0NG DISCOURSE ENTITLED,
"AN ADVANCE ORDERED." ;
Tht Bn, Dr. Jobs B. Adams Tolls of the
. Law of rnsNHM Kaeinpllfted In h
waxinc Blrons: or Ins Infant ws
noma sella our innerltaac
BTimm vw suneniuce.
)KLTW, N. Y, Having been ap
I Presiding Elder of the New York
t of the New York East Conference,
' BROOKLTlf,
pointed
JJistnct of the New York Knit Conference,
wt. Mjr, tfunn c aiihius, puior 01
Grace M. E. Church, preached Ins closing
a little more, than two years he has had
marked success. The debt of the church,
$20,000, wis canceled in January, 1903, the
mortgage burned and the chinch is now
ire fmm incumbrance. Sunday morning
Dr. Adaw preached on "An Advance Or
dered.' The text was from Exodus Siv:
IS: "Speak unto the children of Israel,
they g forward." Dr. Adams said:
When this advance was ordered, the Is
raelites wen' encamped ofV the coast of
the Red Sea.- Before them was the sea
spread out for miles and leagues, and they
had neither bridge nor boat, nor pontoon
by which to cross it. Behind them was
the army of Pharaoh, with horses and
chariots, with trained warriors snd skilled
commanders, Intent on their capture or
destruction. On either aide, it would seem,
were formidable obstructions mountains,
or fortresses, or something that could not
be passed for the Israelites saw no way
of escape and cried out for fear. In this
perilous and apparently hopeless situation
the people reproached Moses for the dread
ful extremity to which they had been re
duced; whereupon that holy man apaled
to God for help, and then came, probably
in tones of thunder that sounded in the
ears of all the peop'.e full and clear above
the roar of the sea, this strange order:
"Wherefore criest thou unto Me! Speak
unto the children of Israel that they go
forwsrd."
Leaving now the literal narrative, ex
cept as we may have occasion to recur to
it incidentally, let us attend to the moral
meanings and uses of tho text. The case
before us is exceptional in nothing but the
physical facts; the moral truths and un
derlying principles of this case are always
and everywhere present among the people
of God. Indeed, the principles here in
volved are so general and the analogies of
universal history are so wide and complete
that I think we ere justified in regarding
this text as the law of the universe ap
plied to the church. The physicsl occasion
of thlfl fPYt in all nt I - - t i-1 t .
-, ... . v. . m vantuiai unill, r.1,
rinds its duplicate in the moral occasion
tit tllia wvim Wa . ,L- -L:iJ
tc me 1-llliUrCU W
Israel ourselves. I can prove it by St.
Paul: '"If v h rhri.iV ik.. ... ...
Abraham's seed, and heirs according to
iiiu promise. ine ned sea is before us.
Not that Red Sea that washes the sondB of
Arabia nntl flnnta Ilia pam-... t ,1..
East, but the Red Sea of moral hindrance
a sea that is deeper than the Atlantic
Ocean and wider than the Pacific. Phar
aoh's army is pursuing us. Not the an
tiquated Egyptian division, now extinct,
but the infernal brigade itself, still in the
field And atrit'v n J.,.
". , -y-.-j - in ccijf iur-
ticu.ar and these enemies from the neth
ermost nu, umpired with inconceivable ha
tred ond. in the words of Milton, "armed
with hell flames and fury," and following
us in overwhelming numbers and with un
appeasable fierceness. Such is our situa
tion this very hour, and as wo stand to-doy
amid tliee threatening environments, the
captain of our salvation call to us from
heaven, "tio forward," and in obedience
to this order lies our duty, our safety and
our happiness.
Let us annroach our aubjtct step by
step. Uod is the author of the universe
The universe existed in tho Divine "Mind
aa an ideal before it existed in itself as
a substance. The ideal was complete and
Derfert aa well Kwnntir,,! J . i ,
the first states of the actual i .lverse did j
" pne meai oi me Ui-
yine Mind. What then! Did God fail?
Did His active energv -irovs unequal to
Hu beneficent intentions? By no means.
God gove the universe this imperfect form
at first, not because He could not do other,
wise and had to abandon His ideal but be
cause He saw it better to realiie His ideal
gradually through the law of progress than
to realize it suddenly by an act of crea
tive power, reliberately aid of His own
volition GoJ. made the universe a crude
mass of unorganised matter and force;
and then, intr sting His aubHme work to
the law of progress operated by respon
sible intilligenees, He directed that in due
time all should be reduced to order, har
mony and beauty. This is "ie story of the
universe in its entirety and in its parts.
This is the story of the worlds and of their
productions. This is the story of minerals,
vegetables and animals; of general species
and individuals; of angels, women and
men. This is the story of matter in all its
combinations, of life in all its forms, and
of mind in all its phenomena. This, in
brief, so far as we have yet learned, is the
story of all oreation, and of all propaga
tion. Let me illustrate what I me,.n by the
ak. God s ideal for the oak is a majestic
tree, six feet lu diameter ai.d ten feet in
height, with mighty roots taking deep
hold of the rocks and ini.hty branches
weeping the clouds a very giant that can
wrestle with the storms and plav with the
lightnings. Put in its beginning, as it
sprouts from toe acorn, the oak la a tiny
hoot which the foot of a little child could
efiectually crush. God makes it thus and
ays to it, "Go forward;" and then the lit
tle plant, obeditnt to tbe Divine com
mand, through cloud and sunshine and
changing season, soon goes on and out and
np, until at last, by means of the law of
PrSffe n th ,fu"n o' growth, it has
fulhlled the word of God, and stands be
fom the eyes of men in all the imposing
grandeur of its towering and solid mstur-
Take the eagle as another illustration,
trod a ideal for the eagle is an imperial
bird of great size and trength, with
amazing keenness of vision and with pin
ions for majestic flight, the mountain crag
its castle, and its pleasure ground the sky.
i i i. . MV,nB ,aea' lor this noble
bird. But the vouns- enilet mri trm
the
shell a feeble little creature, and if
. vicsiun, ids II
you could see it during the first week or
" " nisHince, ana coaia stroke with
your hand its soft yellowish down and
look into iti pals bluish eyes, it feeble
ness would probably excite your pity. But
ss the little thing feeds and exercises, it
grows and strengthens, until at last, un
der the operation of this law of progress,
it can soar from the nest, launch into the
air, gas directly into the noonday sun,
beat dowu the storm clouds under its
even foot spread of wings, Ind sail' from
continent to continent, through the oceans
of uure above, over the oceans that roil
below. ." . ,
But in this discussion we must rise out
of life into mind, and then still ascend
front the intellectual to the spiritual. Ws
will, therefore, consider man as ansrillua
tratioa of the truth ws are pursuing.
God's ideal for man Is a most exalted and
sublime being, with mental and moral en
dowments of tremendous scope, to im
measurably superior ra parts and powers
to all else ws know, that It seems the whole
creation must culminate in him. Ood de
signed man in Hit own image, intended
him for communion snd companionship
with Himself, determined to make him His
vice-regent here on the earth, and pro
posed at last to share the government of
the universe with Him forever. The
thought of such dignity is an astonishing
and overwhelming conception, but nothing
less than this is God's ideal for man, if I
read the Scriptures aright.
But the distance between inception anil
sompletion is sreater here than elsewhere,
E'ot only because man is destined to rise
igher than other creatures, but also be
cause he begins lower. It is a well-known
lace tnat the'young of tne human species !
is inferior in strength and activity to the
juuug ui nmnj oi lira lower animals, irue,
we walk round the cradle of the sleeping
infant with soft and reverent step, and
thU im filtln II 1...M 1 1-- J .
..... . u...... un,ni iivcii hjwu uuwn I
on human infancy with reverence. I doubt i
if it is too strong to say that God stations
a quaternion of guardian angels al tbs four I
wuiuvrv ui o"rj iHiie crip in tne isna.
But the reverence with which we regsrd
the child arises from a prophetic instinct
ol what the child will be, rather than from
any perception of what it now is.
The human baby la the absolute extreme
of feebleness, helplessness and icnoranre.
It cannot stand, nor walk, nor even ererpi
It cannot think. It does not know. It
has no true perception, nor any mental ac
tion whatever, apart fro.4 what we call
instinct. It is utterly without the moral
experiences without love, without bate,
without hope, without faith. Though be
longing to the Kingdom of God, it l-nowa
aa little of God as Herbert Snencer used
to insist he and the rest of mankind knew.
It is nothing but a bur. -lie of unconscious
organised life, with inherent capabilities
not yet manifest. U hasn't ability enough
to recognize itself, nor will it ever have
memory enough to remember itself at this
stage of its being. Were it not for that
first miracle of Piovidence in human life
the mother's love it would perish from
the earth oa the day of its birth.
But wait a little and see. Wait until
the mother's fostering care, and the fath
er's disciplinary training, and the instruc
tion of the scboo'a and the churches, and
all the various appliances of Christian civ
ilisation have wrought their vast part in
connection with the universal law of de
velopment and progress and then observe
the child, now become the man. How
wonderful and indescribable the retult!
That little child now stands erect and sur
veys the high places of the earth, lis
climbs the heights, and, walking with God
on the horns of the mountain),, be sur
veys the heavens. Ho counts the stars
and calls them by their names. He knows
he is superior to suns and systems. Ilia
heart thrills with pulsations that arc
mightier than ocean currents or solar in
fluences. He sees. He knows. He un
derstands. Hn reasons. He feels within
himself the mighty mastery, lie rails out
to God, and God answers him. The scep
tre is already in his hand, and the crown
is iu sight that the Son of Man Himself
will soou place on his brow. Henceforth
he is king, and alive foreverinore, with s
life that will rule the world and coucutr
death.
Such is the law of progress which is
here applied to the church, both collec
tively and individually. We are here sol
emnly commanded to rise up and setie our
inheritance. Never before in all the ages
was there such a concurrent blast nf tnim.
pets from a)l quarters of the globe calling '
the church to go forward. Let the col- !
umns lorm and the march begin.
"I Omn Them Mysair."
Said a mother to me one day: "When
my children were young I thought the
very best thiug I could do for them was
to' give them myself. So I spored no
pains to talk to them, to read to them, to
teach them, to pray with them, to be a
loving companion and friend to my chil
dren. "I had to neglect my house often. I
hadlno time to indulge myself in many
things, which I should have liked to do.
I was so busy adorning their minds and
cultivating their hearts best affection
that 1 could not adorn their bodies in fine
clothes, though I kept them neat and com
fortable at all timca.
"I have my reward now. My sons nre
ministers of the Gospel; my grmvn-up
daughter Is a Christian woman. I have
plenty of time now to sit down ond rest,
plenty 01 time to keep my house iu order,
plenty of time to indulge myself, besides
feoing about my Master s business wher
ever He has need of me. I hav a thou
sand memories of their aliihlhood to com
fort me. Now that they have gone out
into the world, I have he sweet con
sciousness of having done all I could to
make them ready for whatever work God
calls them to do." Life and Faith. .
Frlnrlptrsor ST.if.tHly
Possibly there is too little attention fiv
en by the leaders of religious thought to
the relations of sin to society and to im
pressing the duty of abstract righteous
ness upon all classes of men. It is not
sin in i(s relation to God that we mean,
but sin as it affects man's value to him
self snd to society '.lie sociological aspect,
of a violation of Cod's law. There are
some ihen who can be reached only in this
way. Sin against God has no terrors for
them. The thought of future acountM
bility does not appeal to them; but its
temporal consequences, its effects on civ
il and social life and upon the sinner him
self, may, if rightly presented, have a
deterrent influence. Tne world to day is
blinded by vicious ideas of riht and
wrong. Sin, in some quarters, is less ob
noxious than a breach of social etiquette.
Iniquity is justified in many quarters if it
can be made to pay. But societv is safe
only as correct principles of morality dim
inste it, and correct ideas will conic only
through leaders of religious thought.
United Presbyterian.
VV'ronf Actios; From Wrong Thinking.
In China a man is required to monm
three years for the death of his father,
100 days for the death of his mother, and
not at all for the death of his wife. In
deed, a Chinaman would feci dinra-i-il
if he showed any sorrow on account of
the death of his wife. This tells its own
lory of life in a heathen country with a
civilization thousands of years old. lie
tmined Church Record.
Simplicity.
Simplicity is the crowning jewel of all
virtues. Great messages, great trullis,
great discoveries and great event a:e
ever simple in their elements. Simplicity
makes tho great nobler and lifts the ob
scure to places of eminence. It is th"
bright charm of innocent, childhood and
the radiant gem of the old and IcuvuruV
Maxwell'a Talisman.
THE GAME OF TITRTI.B
Here's a game for boys and girls
who have good, strong mnscle3. It
Is called "Turtle."
Any number may play, and no dm
player Is "It." for all are "It" to
gether. The gamj commences by each
choosing f.ie kind of turtle ho In
tends to be. One perhaps Is a land
tortoise, another a snapper, another a
mud turtle, and so on. Then they all
sit In a row, resting their chins on
their knees, and each holding his left
ankle with bis right band, and hlc
right ankle with his left hand. This
is a very difficult position to keep.
At a given signal tho turtle start tor
a goal a short distance away.
It Is the object of the game for tbe
turtles to waddle to tho goal and back
to the starting point without remov
ing their hands 'from their feet. Many
let go before the proper moment, the
others shout "dead turtle" and keep
oh, leaving their unfortunate com
panion In the background. The rules
of tbe game demand that he wait there
until tbe first successful racer reaches
blm on bis way back, and touches him
with bis elbow, by which be is sup
posed to Instill new life Into the poor
desd turtle. Tbe Istter immediately
starts out again, and finishes in the
best style be can. As there are al
ways several desd turtles he Is nevei
lonely In bis effort to suceed. Thf.
winner Is, of course, the one who re
turns to the starting place ft rat.
Farm snd Live Stock Journal.
HOW TO WHITEN PIANO KEYS
" l-o whiten piano keys, wash them
with a strong solution ot nitric actd
to an ounce ot soft water. Use a
piece of soft cheese cloth to wash tbe
keys, being careful not to let the solu
tion run down between thtm.
: Whitening or prepared chalk mixed
with lemon juice l an excellent polish
to apply w'jlle lbs keys are moist.
Badly discolored keys can only be
remedied by calling In a careful work
man, '.-.v
Bank teller and bookkvfper shuilil
bs go4 acrobats, s thr bars to per-;
form balancing feats anuy. 1 '
Low Head Fruit Trees.
For several reasons fruit trees with
low beads are to ba preferred. They
resist the winds better, the fruit Is
more easily gathered, and the bark In
sect which lays its e;;gs on the bare
trunk to be batuhed out by the warm
sunshine Is headed ol.
Aa to Milking.
6o not put more cows on your hired
men's hands than thoy can milk with
out physical discomfort. Some men
can milk 12 cows comfortably when
others will havo tired hands and arms
at tho eighth animal. Tirod human
muscles cannot properly dralu the milk
from tho tow's udder.
Lice on Cherry Trees.
Tobacco water Is better than any
thing else for killing lice on cherry
trees and other fruit. Apply boiling
water to tobacco sterna, soak for a few
hours and thin out to color ot weak
cofTee. Use with large trqe syringe or
knapsack sprayer, applying very thor
oughly. It must be used before the
leaves curl and prrtect the Insects.
Protecting the Radish Bird.
To prevent worms from destroying
radishes, sprinkle tho grcund well with
salt, ou each Bide of the row, as soon
as the plants are well up. Take a
sharp stick or a table fork and work
It onto the soil. The worms will eoon
let the radishes alone, and seek other
quarters. The salt wUl not Injure the
radishes but ssem to give them a gocd
start
Hints About Oats.
Oata can be made to provide an
abundance of food by being grown and
cut while the heads are In the milky
stage. The straw Is then in a palatable
condition, containing portions of th
nutritlun which havo been arrested on
their way to (111 out the heads. When
cut in this green condition the straw
and heada are cured like bay, can be
bundled, and tluen stood on the ground
for winter use. The proper way to feed
oats cured In that manner Is to pass
them through a fodder cutter and they
will be eaten readily by horses, cattle
and sheep.
Finishing Barley.
Barley for feeding purposes has the
greatest fec'dlug value somo time before
It is dead ripe, and at this period alno
thero Is the heaviest weight per bushol
as well as tho heaviest chop of grain;
but for malting purposes it 13 essen
tial that tho "maturation" process,
which takes plac? when It is allowed
to stand till It is dead rlpo, should be
complete. During this time the kernel
of the grain Is converted from a
"steely" or "flinty" to that of a mcaly
or Btarehy condition. Simultaneously
the percentage of starch Increases and
the albuminoids decrease.
The Potato Field.
Ono sure way of having sufficient
moisture to grow a large crop of pota
toes Is to cover the entire potato field
with a six-inch layer of straw. As a
rule tho potatoes should be allowed to
come through the ground well. Then
cultivate rather deep, and near the
potato row, then cover with straw. The
first cultivation tends to prevent the
young potatoes from setting on Just
under the straw. It straw is applied
Immediately after planting, the new
tubers grow at the bottom of the straw,
later, as the straw packs down, and
rots away, the newly grown crop may
be partially exposed to the sun great
ly to tho Injury of the 'uallty of tho
tubers.
Sheepfold and Piggery.
Petting sheep Is almost as good as
feeding them.
A hog naturally Is a clean animal;
man has made him dirty.
For satisfactory results In any flock,
the ram must be thoroughly well bred
and typical of tho breed he represents.
Salt should be in constant supply.
Sheep like good, clean and warm quar
ters In winter and plenty cf good fod
der. There Is a great difference between
oily and gummy wool. A sheep with
oily wool will keep fat while one with
gummy wool will grow thin or even
perish.
Pure water and plenty of It is rel
ished by dogs. But don't make them
drink great quantities ot thin slop In
cold weather for th: sake of the grain.
Better teed bctii separately.
A Good Dog House.
Even the farm dog ought to be made
comfortable and a cheap and practical
dog bouse Is readily made out ot an oil
barrel that Is purchasable at any coun
try store. First, turn a Jet of Hvo
steam Into the barrel for a ccuple ot
hours to cleanse it thoroughly down to
the wood and also to lessen the smell
of oil. Second, saw out ot one bead a
round piece to make a hole of a diame
ter large enough for the particular
dog to go through comfortably and the
bouse is finished. Resting between
two good sized stones and with a stake
two Inches square and 18 inches or
so long, driven Into tho grcund at the
front and back of this barrel-house will
render It stationary for the dog but
portable for other purposes.. Filled
with straw or shavings this house will
be ever dry and' comfortable on ac
count of Its shape for tbe dog to lie In
and particularly desirable because ver
min will give house and dog alike a
wide berth on account ot the petro
leum smell of the barrel. This la the
dog .house which one sees In use In
Buropri among tbe foresters. ,
. Rowen Hay.
Farmers are scarcely Inclined to
give as much credit to tbe value of
rowen bay as they should, remarks
the "Cultivator." They pronounce It
light and say it has but little substance
to It "It does not spend well" Is a
common remark. Ws know It Is light
when well cured, and If the feedot
gives his animals tbe same bulk that
he would of the first cutting of timo
thy, he will be apt to feed too little to
obtain tbe best, results from It. It Is
so well liked by the cattle and sheep
that they will sometimo seem to salt
for more, oven when they have had
enough, and It digests more readily
and thus allows them to come to the
next meal with a good appetite. Tha
only fair test Is lu feeding tbe weight
as would be given of other hay and
continue its use for some weeks, mark
lug results. Where wc have had timo
enough to do this we have seen no
reason to think a ton of it was not
as valuable as a ton from the first
crop. We could obtain as much milk
from It as from early cut clover; the
Bheep east as vigorous lambs and hnil
as much milk for them, and all young
stock would , thrlvo on It. If ono
has but a little It may be best to use
it at only one feeding a day, but we
likcr to save it and give the cews be
fore they calved and tho sheep before
they dropped their lambs.
Poultry on the Ranp;;
Many who raise poultry seem to
think that thero Is no good reason why
they should not pick up their entire
living during the summer, if given
plenty of range. It Is an exceptional
field that will furnish all the fowls
require. Green food and animal food
ore about all the fowls will get on the
range, so that they should be fed at
least once a day, having the ration of
cralu In about the same variety as
fed during tho whiter, but leaving out
the corn almost entirely. IjoIc over
the range and see If it is likely to pro
vide enough in the way of sharp and
email stones to give the fowls tho grit
they need, and If not, see that tho
grit-box Is placed where they can get
at It during the day, and have anothor
In the poultry house to supply their
wants in this direction nlylit and
morning.
If It is neeeBsary to feed somo corn
do not make it more than one-quarter
of the grain ration and f,ivc It to the
fowls In the morning before they ara
turned on to the range. Dan't forget
tho water during the summer, both on
the range and at the ho-.isps, letting
them have ell the cool, fresh water
iitey want before they aro turned out
in tn-mornlng and again at night be
fore tilfc2is2L clva the fowla
n litfln rnrn nn. SiBHsasfciWJ
range will do thel
Indians as Customers.
Mrs. J. I. White is from Porter, I.
T., where her husband runs a store.
Porter Is a brand new town and Is now
In the boom state. There are a great
many Indians about Porter and they
are the store's best customers.
When Mr. White went to the terri
tory, he supposed the Indians would
'icmand as low priced goods as it is
possible to sell, but found out that tho
redskins were not jutt as he sized
them up. Tho Indians want tho sport
iest things on tho market. They turn
up their noses at cheap clothes and
want loud colors and costly garbs.
When Christmas came It was natural
to suppose that the Indians would also
want costly sweets as w.dl as costly
clothes, and Mr. White was surprised
to find that tho Indians pai-scd up the
high priced candles and bought tho
cheapest kind possible. Tho most they
could get for the money was the kind
they wanted. The Indians argued
that they ate the candy nnd no one
snw it, but with the clothing It was
different, as every one saw the clothes
they wore. The red man is much
more particular about what be put", on
his back than what he puts In his
stomach. Emporlu Gazette.
Way to "Get Rich Quick."
There is no disputing the fact that
In America, at least, the men aro
coming to have a terror of baldness
fully equal to tho similar terror in tho
woracr.. It Is not difficult to under
stand this phenomenon In the women,
even In the married ones with the hus
band problem com'ortnbly settled.
But how explain it in tho men? says
the Saturday Evening Post.
Tho women never did lovo them for
their umbrageous locks, or, Indoed, for
any other quality of beauty which men
recognize In each other; and though
there are Instauee-i of men having
failed or succeeded In life according
as they were beardless or endowed
with patriarchal face-draporles, where
is there an instance of a man having
lost numbers In the line of promotion
in any business or profession through
loss of hair oh the head?
Can It be that this growing fond
ness for the pleasures of youths an'd a
growing distrust ot tbe substantiality
ot the pleasures of old age( whereof
sad-taced old men have discoursed so
lengthily. Let ua hope not. - But
what a fortune awaits the discoverer
of a sure-enough hair-restorer!
Youngest Confederate Soldier.
John W. Mayhall of Marshall county
makes the claim that he Is the young
est Confederate Veteran living. 1 Mr.
Mayhall Is about IS months younger
tbsn any other person who claims this
distinction, It seems. ; At the age ot
14 years, 4 months and 7 days he en
listed In Company H, Captain Gales,
Twelfth, Alabama Infantry, on March
IT, 1881. Mayhall was at the first bat
tie of Manassas, the siege of York
town, the battles of Williamsburg,
Seven Pines, Malvern Hill, second
Manassas, South Mountain and Sharps
burg. After serving In these battles
he enlisted In Wheeler's Cavalry and
followed Sherman to tbe sea. He sur
rendered with tbe cavalry at Greens
boro In April, 186S. Mr. Mayhall was
for several years, until recently, a
deputy United States marshal. Hunts
vine (Ala.) Correspondence of the
Nashville American.
Ah
bout 1000 shlps'cross tbe Atlantic
very month, wrK
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THE EARLIEST 8WEET CORN.
And How One Suburbanite Secured
the Best. . v
"What In tho world are you doing?"
lnquirod the local postmaster, on bis .
vvuy to church.
"Planting corn," replied the shame
less commuter. (
"Why, you must be crazy, Perkins.
Don't you know folks 'round hero ,
dou't plant corn for a month yetnot
until tho middle of May?"
"Yes. 1 know It; and I'll have fresh
corn on my table two weeks before
you do. See if I dou't."
"It's too cold and wet The seed,,
will rot In tho ground."
"What If It does? How much shall
I loove? Five cents worth of seed! I
can plant early corn four times beforo
jou even begin to think about ordur
lnu your uced: You're sure not to get
any curly com. aud I stand a chunco,
nt ltaiit."
"Well, If your cdiii do03 get up," re
plied the vlllapo prc-phct as ho walked
away, "the frxmt'll ketch it." ,
Perkins made r.o reply. He had
something "up his uleeve." He was
prepared to cover tlio young plants
with eld newspapers if frost should
threaten, : .. :
lint tho season favored l'crkhis. He
dldu'l have to bother with tbe papers,
and instead ot two weeks, it was a
whole month this "greenhorn" from .
ibe city had fresh sweet corn dally
en bis table before thu local sages
bad any of their own. This Is the -J
four .season ho bau beaten his neigh- ,
burs by jit least a fortnight; and, as
luck would have It he never had to
squander uu extra nlcklo for seed. '
The truth Is that Perkins Is not here
tic in tills matter. It is orthodox hor
ticultural practice, as well as good
common sense, to plant tho early va- '
rl tics a full month before the main
crop. Yet few people realize it The ;
common thins is to plant both early
and lute corn with tho other hot-sea-
sun crops, and then poke fun at tho
"1 tia-eaiiy" varieties which are not
i ;a ly. "if I've not to chooao between
good rern and a poor Joke," says Per
kins, ' I'd rather have the corn."
Country Lite in America. ...-i
A Daniel Webster Story.
Mrs. I.eiitia Tyler Semple, who was
mistress of the White House durln
I'lVMdent Tyler's administration, lit
just celebrated in Washington her 8.
birthday.
"The slatesmnn I liked best in ,
youth wus Daniel Wubstor," Mrs. I
pie said the other day. "He
handsome man anil he talked
remember a banquet one nlght
the subject of death and dying"
up, and Sir. Webster told us a s
that was half funny and half pathetS
"lie said that un old woman lay
very ill, and after a time she went
off into a trance. She lay so still In
this tranco that they thought the end
and when she opened her
tlm at lust, hPT lUlhtinnfl jallL
to her in a surprised tone:
Mandy, wo thought ye wus
dead.'
"The poor old woman looked at her
husband a moment nnd then she burst
into tears. , ;,'
"'And lie never bawled a bit," she;
sobbed. 'Ye thought I was dead and
ycr eyes wuz dry. Couldn't ye have
bawled a Utile bit, Julie?'
"The old man was deeply moved, and
he did actually bawl then. But his
wife said sadly:
"'It's too laic now. Dry yer eyes.
If I'd really been dead and ye'd
bawled, 'twould have done me some
good. But It's too late now.' "
The Kiwi.
In New Zealand is found tho kiwi, a
V
T
1 1 I I I I 1 is
strange bird of the ostrich f""'lY Oftijay"
triches have two loes, but the extinct
moas had three toes; so also have the
existing emus, cassowaries and rheas,
or South America ostriches. The kiwi,
however, differs from the other stru
thious birds In having four toes. Fur
ther, the khvl cannot bo said to be
quite ostrlchlike, for In size It is not
larger than an ordinary barnyard
fowl. It has a small head, with a
large and muscular neck and a long,
slender hill " it;i the distinguishing
feature that the uostriU are placed
very close to its tip. The legs are
short, but the muscles on the thighs
are well developed and the feet are
strong and powerful and provided with
sharp claws. It is a hirdlovold of
any external trace of wings, and there
is no trace of tail visible, while It la
covered with lorrr narrow, balr-liko
feathers, ami on the fore part of the
head and sides ot the face are strag
gling, hair-like foolerB. Chicago
News. - .
Magnificent Texas.
Some Idea of the state of Texas may
be formed with the aid ot a tow statis
tics. Its extreme length Is 020 and
its breadth TG5 miles, comprising an
area of 205,780 square miles, , It has
243 counties, 19,500,000 acres of Im
proved farming land, and farm prop
erty of the value ot $902,000,000. The
number of Its farms Is 852,100. Its
population, as shown by the last cen
sus was 3,048,710, being In point of
numbers the sixth state In the Union.
Those which exceed It are New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri and Illi
nois, whose aggregate population Is
23,656,276. Yet tbeir total area Is only
262,010 square miles. This Is less
by 370 square miles than Texas, which
would not be equalized were Connec
ticut and Rhode Island thrown In. If
tbe population ot Texas were as great
to the square mile at New York's it
would be 49,598,220, ' or nesrly twice
that ot the five states mentioned.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Laziest People on Earth,
It 4s hardly an exaggeration to say
that the Koreans are tbe laziest people
on earth. All day long they He about
the streets smoking their gigantic
pipes. A native pipe IP. a six-foot
length of bamboo wltb a metal bowl,
and 1 carried tucked into the neck
band and down the trouser leg. All
work Ot very nearly every kind Is dotm
by women, who occupy perhaps t. .
most degraded position held by t'
sex of any nation. The unfortim., :
female population Is collectively a
beast of burden and denied even t
most elementary recognition as 1 .
man beings. A Korean girl h ,.: .
name; she is nwrely ki.n ,
"Daughter, of S'o-aml So," hi r ;