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8h FRANK PRESS. O VOLUME XIX. FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY.-SEPTEMBER 14, 1904. NUMUKIi 37 LIN THE The dram of the drummer must not be dumb Rub-a-dub-dub-a-dub-dub. "0 mother, my mottier, the time bat oome ' When a drummer must beat on -hit little brown drum; A voloe there Is, aud it vails to some Rub-a-dub-dub-a-dub-dub." With a little drumstick In each brown hand. ' Rub-a-dub-dub-a-dub-dub, The drummer be drummed at the head of the baud; Be drummed them to sea and he drummed them to land, And he drummed the oolors over the sand Rub-a-dub-dub-a-dub-dub. . . SYLVIA'S PET BURGLAR. TTTttTttTtTTI "Listen to me," Bald Sylvia. '"You know I can never be more than a Bis ter to you. I have a great regard for you, Percy, and have at times almost loved you. But you are so indolent, so lacking In spirit, that I can never be your wife. Our temperaments are so different. Let us remain friends, then, and never return to this topic again. If you do I shall excuse myself when you call. Now, what I wished to see you about Is one of our new neighbors." I had known Sylvia from boyhood. In the suburbs whore we lived life was as quiet as in a country village. Liv ing alone with an old housekeeper, my books and collections, I depended entirely upon Sylvia for woman's so ciety. But I had felled to win her love. Her people thought a great deal of me in fact, had always treated me as a son, and I was positive that my entrance into the family would have been hailed with satisfaction. But I was a booky, Indolent young man, with no desire for a strenuous life, and Sylvia was very strenuous. I be lieved even as I sat there disconsolate in their little drawing room that should I join a fire brigade, put up for parliament, or be arrested for scorch ing in my motor-car, the coals of love would burst Into flume. But I sim ply could not do those things, and Syl via remained a sister to me. One point was in my favor. I had the entree to Sylvia's home at all times, and thus far no rival had pre sented himself. My only hope was to tire her out. Although placed above the need of earning my own living, I was not weak, merely too indolent to make an effort. "Your neighbor?" I prompted. "Yes, our new neighbor. He' burglar, you know," she explained, with much animation. "Don't you find that Inconvenient?" I suggested, trying to conceal my amazement. "Oh. no! 'What's more he is going call on us," she replied. "Do you tell me this to make me jealous?" I demanded. Dont bo a goos3, Percy! I want you to know him and have him call on you. I told his wife that 1 would got your consent to have him call some .flight when you were out, when It wouldn't annoy you," Bhe continued. "To commit burglary In my house?' I gasped. "Yes." And she nodded her sweet head eagerly. "Sylvia," I said sorrowfully, "I wouldn't mind being vaccinated for your sake. You know, darling, but I've always loved " No more of that, Percy," she in terrupted sternly, "or I Bhall leave the room. 1 had supposed myself safe In promising a rnend your hearty co operation In anything f desired. If I have made a mistake we'll say no more about It." I was crushed. "I apologize, my dear Beg par don; don't go. Of course, Sylvia, If you have given your word, and are set on being burglarized, why let your friend come. I presume he Is a stran ger here and has had bad luck In busi - dbbs. If I can help him I shall be pleased to do so. Is he young?" "Oh, nd! And she laughed glee fully at my obvious Jealousy. "Let me explain. His wife la the dearest, weetest little lady In the world. They have always lived happily together, but ho la now suffering In his old age with a mild mental affliction. He is perfectly rational except at night, when he is seized with an Irresistible desire to commit burglary. Barring that, be is a perfect dear of a man." "Oh, he Is not a self-made burglar, ebT Not professional yetT Well, who else Is he to practise upon?" I Inquired, relieved to know he was not dashing Claude Duval. "Well," said Sylvia checking off on her pink fingers, "he Is coming here to your place" "Thank you!" I murmured. "To Randall's," she continued, frowning, "and to Penderby's. There re four good places booked already." "Is he fussy?" I asked. "Does he In sist on calling at different house very night In the week?" ' "Not at all. Soma nights he won't even go out. The doctor aay ha will N enred within tlx months. Why, he used to use a dark lantern and take the moat valuable things la the house. : Now he goes out with a common lan tern, with a big market basket on his arm, just Ilka any honest man, and take anything he come across." "But I will not have to sit up for him, will I?" I Inquired, feeling that the old man Would prove to be a bore, "That's the best part of It!" the crleoV "Just leave the side door un locked, and don't pay any attention to' his coming and going. Then on the next morning his wife . will return everything1 he has taken." "Stolen," I corrected. ' " "No, taken," she Insisted. "Just as you say, Sylvia. But, re member, If any on makes it complaint you and I will go to jail with him as L accomplices. Beema an If he ought to draw np a confession setting forth the fact that we are Innocent," I caution ed, for I did not like the Idea of Sylvia mixing up in such schemes. - "It's purely a family affair," ah aatd. "Besides, he hardly ever takes anything of value." I ventured tv doubt a little; but this DRUMMER. The little pay bullanoymBe to slay. w;ir-a-uuu-o,iiD-a-iun-auo. ' Aud the poo little drummer he feared to tay. But what he feared more was to run away; So he stayed and he drummed aud be cried, "Horrayl" Rub-a-dub-dub-a-dub-dub, He was shot. And they burled him un der the sand, Rub-a-dub-dub-a-dub-dub, - With a little drumstick iu each brown baud. And the little brown drum, that be might stand At the head of the hosti of. God's com mand , With a rub-a-dub-dub-a-dub-dub 1 Gouverneur Morrlsjn The Century, offended her, and I hastened to beg her pardon. Somehow I was always begging her pardon. Then I went home and secreted several rare vases, and retired with the side door unlock ed. He did not visit me that night, however. He went to Randall's and carried oft some of the coal, and took Penderby's milk. I heard Penderby swearing softly as he caught the city train the next morning. II. Personally there was nothing In Mr. Tlmbs, our burglar, to excite anti pathy. He was a short, fat, placid faced old gentleman, with a fringe of stiver hair and the most Innocent blue eyes imaginable. On two different mornings I saw his wife cheerfully returning the fruits of his night's work, and learned later that she had insist ed on paying for the coal and milk. Then he came to me. I was awaken ed by a loud noise downstairs, and gained the first floor Just In time to see him tugging away at a saddle-bag chair. "Let me carry your basket and lan tern and give you a lift," I offered, po litely. He smiled cheerily, and patiently waited till I slipped on some clothes. "Won't you come back?" I Invited, when he had got the chair over to his house. "I can't tonight," he said sorrow fully. "I've go to go to Randall's and get a bicycle, and I've half promised to call for Penderby's bnby tonight. So, you see, I have my hands full." Then he added fretfully: "So much to do, end so little time to do It in. I ought to have an nsslBtant. If my wife wasaf t ,bo economical I'd have one. Busiest time of the year for me, and no one to aid me." I left him after expressing my re grets, but. took care to go after the chair In the morning. Mrs. Tlmbs thanked me for my forethought. She had just carried over a small sack of coal to Sylvia's home. ."But he's getting better fast," she declared enthusiastically. "I can re member when I had to carry things back on the sly, or it would break his heart." -If It would soothe him at all to keep the chair" I began. "Oh, no! In the morning he doesn't remember anything about it. He would know it wasn't his property, and would worry as to how It came here. But I thank you for your kind offer." In the afternoon I called on Sylvia, and found her admiring some lace. "See!" she cried. . "He took thla, and must have rumpled It dreadfully, for he had a lot of potatoes In the same basket But dear Mrs. Tlmbs washed and Ironed It all out." "How do you arrange for his vis its?" I asked. "Oh, we let him have the lower floor. and lock the doors at the head of the stairs. He Is so used to our house that he seldom disturbs us now. I had an awful time prevailing on papa to let him come In. But you know papa always does aa I want him to." But doesn't it displease him to find doors locked?" I asked. 'No; he may feel aggrieved and ran on the doors and ask for the keys. Then we tell ulm we cant And them in the dark. Oh, It's such fun! You see, we never know when we get up what we will And missing. The other morning he cleared out the kitchen and pantry, and papa had to get his breakfast in town. And, would you believe It, Mrs. Tlmbs wanted to pay for the breakfast!" She certainly is a generous woman and has a great deal to worry her," I assured her. But after this conversa tion I kept the upper part of the house locked. . Then passed a lucky week with no visits. It waa a great relief, as It spared me from calling on Mrs. Tlmbs every morning to cart back my be longings. Her husband had stolen the saddle-bag chair on four consecutive ntghts, and on each 'occasion I was forced to help him carry It home. I told Sylvia that I could not stand it much longer; that aba could not now accuse me of being Indolent. "Dont begrudge a good deed," she sald.v " :-':, I don't," 1 replied. "Only he might take something less heavy." I remember It waa Friday morning when I was aroused from a deep sleep by some one hammering on my front door. I looked out of the window, and, to my great astonishment, beheld Syl via's father. - .-.-. ,; No one 111, la there?" J cried. l am," he said hoarsely. "I am sick at heart for being an Idiot, Syl via's burglar took off 3000 in bank notes from my library aafe last night I've been over to tae , house, and there' no one at home at least, I can't arouse any one." I hustled Into my clothe and joined him.- . - But I thought Tlmbs wa almost cured V I expostulated. "Cure be hanged! Looks more as if hla wife had the same ailment. Did he visit you last nlghtT" I hurried Into the house, and on be holding the saddle-bag chair, was about to answer In the negative, when I thought of my collections. On open ing the cabinet I saw that about 400 worth of pearla waa missing. I told Sylvia' father and We than hastened to Randall's house. Randall was a Jeweler. His losses he estimated at bout 1009. fenderby was minu gold watch and 100 In money. "I should say he was cured," grin ned Randall sardonically, after he had rushed to the police. I founj Sylvia In tears, but could not stop to comfort her,1 for her father and I had determined to try to And clues. A milkman told us he had met a silver-haired couple driving a foam' Ing horse toward Bow berry, an ad' joining town. We got a horse and trap and gave chase. Just two miles this side of Bowberry we sighted our quarry. Tlmbs was in the middle of the road, frantically tugging at the harness. As we drove up he sprang Into his carriage id whipped up the horse. But the harness broke again, and before he could repair it we were upon him. I grappled with him, and found to my surprise that he had mus cles hard as steel. Back and forth we swayed, while Sylvia's father held Mrs. Tlmbs. I really believe my man wouia nave oeaten me u ne naa notu tired to reach his side pocket When he did that he loosened his grip on my throat and I threw him. After some farm laborers had come to our assistance we discovered that his pock' et contained an ugly looking revolver. On returning home we met some of the police. Calls himself Tlmbs, eh? Why, this is Tommy Rogers! There's a reward of 50 for his capture! Better call and get It." "Aud his wife?" sobbed Sylvia. "She is worse than he Is, If possl ble," declared the officer. "Sylvia," I suggested meekly, once we were alone and I had satisfied her that I was uninjured, "don't you think I've been strenuous enough to win you?" "Yes dear," she whispered." New York News. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. There is one leper for every 600 of the world's population. A thread of spider bilk Ib decidedly tougher than a bar of steel of the same size. 'The Bret equestrian statue erected In London was of Charles I., In White hall, 1678. Pope Pius X., has adopted a white dove, which was one of the pets of his predecessor. Twelve years ago there were two thousand Japanese In the . United States. Today there are 24,300. British troops In India have lately celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of being permitted to wear mustaches. A wine cask has just been built In California to hold ninety-seven thous and gallons. Its Iron hoops weigh for ty thousand pounds. Captain Frltz-Egger, a Swiss cavalry officer, has invented a method of horse shoeing by fastening the shoe to the hoof with metallic bands. There Is a wild flower In Turkey which Is the exact floral Image of a humming-bird. The breast Is green, the throat yellow, the head and beak almost black. The coffee tree reaches Its maximum of production In about twelve years, and should continue in full bearing for fifty years, though some trees are known to be as old as eighty-two years. ' It has been estimated by an expert in the employ of the government that agricultural machinery reduces the number of men employed to do a given amount to one-third, while manufact uring machinery reduces the number to one fiftieth. Snyder, the biggest horse In the world, Is owned In Cleveland, O. The horse Is a Percheron gelding, foaled In 1900. He la the tallest horse In the world, standing twenty-one bands (7 feet) and weighs 2700 pounds, proba bly the heaviest horse In the world. There Is an elm tree In the depart ment of Ardeche, France, which is vig orous and flourishing, though it has at tained the patriarchal age of 793 years. According to official document it was planted on the grave of a nobleman In the reign of King Phillip II., about 1202. A cow put to pasture In West Han over, Mass., could not be found by her owner, Charles Knot last September, and It waa supposed she had strayed away. Her dead body wa found re cently. The animal bad pushed her head through the rungs of a ladder, and being unable to extricate It had starv ed to death. Baseball Knocks Out a Mill. " Baseball has been assigned as the cause Of the death of many grand mothers of office boys during the heat of the season devoted to the national game; but In this city, where they do strange things, a common, ordinary, everyday baseball waa the cause of suspending operations for half a day at the Slater mill In Pawtucket and throwing several hundred employee Into idleness. . . . , The shutdown was caused by the breaking of a belt which transmit power across the street and Into the strand of which ball was batted while some of the operative were en gaged In practice on 'Church street. To make repair It wa necessary to suspend operation for half a day. Providence Journal. The Te-Hee Bade of Qioglelani f The giggley girl always agrees with you. - She just ha to. It take goose berry pie to make her soul Inspired with mirth and poesy, but the giggley girl, pray who Inspires her? The worst place in the world for her to go Is a funeral, for when she flies around with the people to take the last look at the departed, if the bou quet Is not on hla lapel straight, she I almost sur to giggle, and such an act would be vile. But how can the giggley girl help It she's Just built that way a sort of grinning, tehee ing moukny from the Jungles of Glg gleland. Vermilion (S. D.) Republican, A Garden Suggestion. '- A good way to plant pole beans I with aweet corn says Country Life In America, Plant the beans In the same hill with the corn (after the com is op); and the beans will clamber all over the corn-stalks after the ears are harvested. It saves the bother and ex pense of poles, and we think corn stalks look better than bean poles. The Squaah Vln Borer. The squash vine borer eats into the stem and does damage because It can not be reached n the vines. The on ly remedy la to watch for them as they appear and destroy them. For the striped cucumber beetle kerosene emul sion, sprayed on the hills early In the morning Is claimed to give good re sults, the ground to be also saturated so as to have the work thorough. Forcing a Second Crop of Berries. ' A Vermont farmer reports success in producing a second crop of straw berries last year by cutting off all the leaves and stems close to the ground after fruiting the first crop njid apply ing a dressing of nitrate ofjsoda. They blossomed again In September and produced -a crop smaller In amount than the first one, but very profitable. The plan, however, could not be ex pected to work well except In cool. wet seasons. Little Profit In Cooking Feed. v The utility In cooking feed tor ani mals, and especially for pigs, waa giv en most attention In the days previous to investigations by experiment sta tions. Cooking feed Is no longer re garded as an economical practice for fattening animals. However, for breeding stock and sick animals, and for animals which It Is desired to put Into the very highest condlton, cook ing may be practiced with good re sults. If expense is disregarded. Pigs so fed show marked tbriftlness and health. Care of Pastures. Many pastures are ruined In the be ginning by putting stock on the grass before the plants are well established. Trampling of the pasture by the feet of cattle does more harm than the eat ing of the grass. The first year, of the pasture should be devoted entirely to its growth. When the grass reaches a height that permits of its being cut it Is better to run the mower over It, cutting high. Fertilizers and manure should be used liberally, and should weeds make an appearance It will pay to pull them out as under no circum stances should they be allowed to pro duce seed. Middlings for Poultry. Middlings (sometimes railed "shorts" and "seconds" and also known as fine bran) should always be used as a por tion of the soft food. A good propor tion is ten pounds of ground oats, five pounds of bran and three pounds of middlings to which may be added a pound of bone meal, three pounds of ground meat and a quarter of a pound of salt Thla makes an excellent food for laying bens and growing chicks. and not so fattening aa an exclusive diet of cornmeal. It Is a mixture that la almost, complete In flesh-forming and bone making material and Is not v iry expensive. Cropbound. A reader of Westminster, S. C, asks what will cure crop bound? Prevention I best of all remedies, and will save all work and worry. Exercise and grit will positively prevent all cases of crop bound, and aa both are necessary to the health of the fowls, we can scarce ly understand why crop bound should exist Make the fowla work, and take their food slowly, and not gorge them selves at any time." Feed all grain so that the fowls will have to scratch for It, and even soft food should be given so that the fowls may not greed ily devour it Orlt must be kept con stantly before the fowla and nature will suggest the time tor taking It They will consume much of it though but little at a time, but cannot possi bly exist without it Home and Farm. CloVsr Hay For Poultry. One of the beat green foods for poul try during the winter la clover bay. and when one can readily grow clover and know how to cure it, It is a much cheaper crop to raise than vegetables for the purpose of supplying . green food. Poultry thrive on It and it cer tainly Increases the egg production. One plan la to cut the clover when It to In full bloom, doing the work late in the day when there is promise of And weather for several days. The next mornlnf the swath I gone over with the tedder and again later in the day so that all of it ha a chance to become dry. It la then raked ' Into mall windrow and left for two or three hour when It to taken Into the barn and packed In the tight mow, be ing left there with the door of the- barn closed to heat. - :' , , After It la heated another lot may be put In the mow to go through the same process. Almost every farmer has a way of hi own of curing clover and any way which will give result I de sirable, the object being to have bright hay to feed during the winter. Bear In mind that the hay must not be put uuder cover until It Is dry enough, yet, on the other hand, It must not be so dry that the leaves and blossom will be lost in handling. , Attaching Ctlery. We were living where we had quite little garden plat and used a place that had been used for a wood pile to plant celery on. I raked aside the chips, then spaded the ground to about eight inches of depth. After breaking clods of earth I raked In stable manure and then marked the bed off In rows one foot apart, in June. Aa the ground frequently became quite dry we water ed it by hand. We planted the self- bleaching celery, of which there are two varieties, the White Plume and fltolden Self-bleaching, both of which are useful for eRrly use. Plant late varieties If you Intend to plant fur bleach it but when I saw the green color of the stalk waa giving place to a yellow color I pinned newspapers around the. tops. After being covered for a week or more I found the celery to be nicely bleached. Some tie mat ting around the stalks for the purpose of bleaching. The new system of bleaching, as it Is called consists of setting the plants so close together that they will crowd each other and furnish their own shading from the sun's rays. Of course,, with the late varieties and those other than the self-bleaching varieties the hilling Will probably be the most satisfactory method of bleaching. Cecil Abel Todd, In The Epitomlst -Embden Geese, In the days of our forefathers geese were more commonly kept than at pre sent At least thla was the case in Western Pennsylvania. The usual complement of poultry generally in eluded a few geese. In favorable local' Hies the flock would number from teu to twenty. Every thrifty wife had her feather beds, and often sold feathers each season to the local dealer, who, in turn, sent them to the city. But, owing to a change in taste and the country becoming more thickly settled geese breeding Is not as generally fol lowed as in former years. This, in my opinion, Is a mistake, says George En ty of Templeton, Pa., as there are few fowls that can be kept at as small cost as geese. Embden geese are pure snowy white in plumage, with orange yellow legs and beaks and pearl eyes. They are very large, a pair often weighing fif ty pounds or over. Tbey grow rapid ly and are easily restrained by a fence a couple of feet high. As layers they are fairly good, but not the best known. However, a good goose will lay twenty or more eggs In a season, For best results in batching, the geese ought to be two or more years old Four or Ave geese for each gander Is a common allotment The eggs will gen erally hatch well when geese are not made too fat during the winter. To avoid this make a large part of their rations cut clover, green vegetables and fruit. Much water Is not a necessity in goose keeping, although they appre ciate a pond or stream once in awhile. They need plenty of pure water to drink and water enough to take a bath occasionally. These, with good pas turage and a very little grain food and fallen fruit wIlL grow -the goslings and have them In good shape for skall market - All geese are very hardy, and can stand almost any amount of cold or heat, but it Is best to provide a build ing or shelter for them In bad weather and where weasels, minks and foxes are numerous the coop for the gos lings' use should be rat proof. New York Tribune. Dairy Notes. Now Is a mighty good time to weed out the loafer cows. Watch each cow to see that she eats her food up clean. Better keep Ave cows on full feed than ten on scant fare. If butter Is worked too much It will have an oily and greasy look. Make the most of the dairy wastes by feeding to young and growing stock. Breed the heifers reasonably early and cultivate In them the habit of early maturity. A cow in order to be a prolific yleld er of milk, must be a hearty eater with good digestive powers. Dairying, like any other business. Is more successful wben grown into grad ually, as experience is gained. ' ,A good herd of milk cows is a steady source of income, whether the product be sent to the market In the form of milk, cream or.giltedge butter. Insurance. The repairs of the South Methodist Episcopal church, which was badly damaged several weeks ago by wind, have just been finished, and now the property is really 'better .than it was before the storm. The building was Insured against tornadoes, and when the adjuster made settlement is was agreed that the damage sustained was $1300, which sum was promptly paid over to the church officials by -the company. The work of repairing was commenced at once .-thereafter, and after everything bad been placed in statu quo it was found that there was. juat $300 of the insurance money re maining in the treasury of the church. The question then arose aa to what should be done with Vie surplus fund. After much deliberation It was Anally agreed that the money did not belong to the church, but to the insurance company. Whereupon the sum was paid back to the company. Hobart (Okla.) News-Republican. . - ...-,.. v . Our Dally Paper.-' -- The first number of any American newspaper wa Benjamin Harris "Publlck Occurrences . both Foreign and Domestic," published In Boston on December So, 1(190. But the au thorities suppressed It after the first Issue. Fourteen years later on April ,24, 1704, Jams Campbell, postmaster or Boston, .issued the first number of the Boston News-Letter, a weekly newspaper, which lived for seventy two years. . Th second American newspaper, the Gazette, wa printed In Boston, and the third, the Weekly Mercury, In Philadelphia. The first New York newspaper, the New York Gazette, wa established In 172S. Now there are more than 2000 ually news paper and 15,000 semi-wee kites and weeklies published In the ; United States. Kansas City Star. A.f-luge House. The largest dwelling house In the world Is the Frelhaus, In a suburb of Vienna, containing In all - between 1200 and 1600 rooms, divided Into Up ward of 400 separate apartments. The Immense house, wherein a whole city lives, works, est and sleeps, has II courts fivo open and eight covered and a garden within It walls. The fleas of Peruareexasperatlngsly annoying anil Insatiable. It Ib cus tomary In that country for a group of human beings to have ft lamb near them, to attract the f!as from them- A SERMON FOR SUNDAY AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED. "WHO ARE SONS OF COD?" th Rev. Robert A. MaeFaddea Dedans That the Four Bonnes f Success Ate ' Wood, WIU ol tbe Mesh, Will of Mm ml ioa, wl00,1' N- Y.-The Rev. Robert A. AUcKaddcn, of Dan vers, Mass., preached Bunday in the I.afayette Avenue Presby terian Church. 1 1 the morning his subject nan "Who Are the Kons of God!" He said: My subject is "Who Are the Sons of W.l' and my text John i: 13: "Which were lorn not of blood, or of the will of the llcsli or of the wiil of man but of God." Here are four sources of auecess set in CMtnut-blood, will of the flesh, will of man and God. At first "sight they are 1'iual; but a second sight reveals the war fare that ever goes on between heredity and environment on the one hand anil faith in God on the other. This contrast implies, though does not state, that the one true success is spiritual success, and tor this a secret power is to be furnished. 1 ok cr in life means all the way through to the Una!, a victory ora difficulties, and difiic-.iitics cannot be ultimately overcome esoept through this secret iwwer. Every life lived and every work done has somewhere its sufficient explanation. God has never jet permitted an accident in ilis world. Kvery deed has its pedigree. So much producing energy in the cause means so much energy in the effect. Then is no such thing as luck. Every life has its pedigree, oung men are so apt to think chance plays the great part in life, to they wait for their chance. Tbey sea some one do easily the thing he under takes, and they leap to the belief that there is some trick about it. If they only had the trick they could do it, also. Such yijung men need to be informed. The man who succeeds to-day in business, scholar ship or politics succeeds because he knows now, and he knows how because he has learned how. lie who does not know hovr is foreordained to failure. There is no more important question the young man can auk himself than how he can prepare for life as not to be a castaway; "not lost in the next world, but shipwrecked in this." For the ratio between what mnn ia an1 what he can do is a constant ratio. Every man will have all the power he earns, and the power that he has will tell, not because people like it or like him. but becauna it power, and as such can keep itself erect wunout ucine nronued no Dv a labor union or ueiu in its place u ilace because it is somebody's son. It follows, then, that tha moat imnnrt. ant tiling a boy can do is to get ready. It is inspiration to know that every ounce of encivy put irto work in the early years is so much distinct guarantee of usefulness in the adult years. And nelt to getting ready, the. father should tell bis boy that he must get ready for rough weather. The boy must learn to handle the boat of his own experience if he is not to be driven upon tne shallows or into the breakers. As he meets and masters the difficulties that leset him getting out of the harbor of the high school or the college, he is equipping himself for (hi nmip, tlt.it. will l..il rhi'm onlUe hiih seas. John, then, here uoints out the DossiMs wuys of getting ready. Tie asserts that permanent success does not de'ifend unon blood, will of the flesh, or will of man. tills into the four F's: Family, fore, fur. Diallings, faith. John says hrst a man s success does not deuend 'unon his family. l)r t.vmnn AK. inui nas ueveiopea tnis thought rational ly: mat no people are great or good sim ply because of their ancestry. "The exeat. ness of America does not depend primari ly upon its Pilgrim history." Ko one would for a moment dispute this with him. But 1 desire to emphasise this from the domes tic viewpoint. A man's spiritual success, says John, does not denem) nnnn hia fam. ily. Then it makes no difference what the family, the Bible lavs no stress unon timi dity, lie who says this does not know the ruble, the llibls lays great stress upon heredity. When it writes the Ufa nf a Jreat man it begins with hi parents. Tha oundationa of one generation are in all respects laid in tha antecedent generation. In an important senso th boy begins to live when his father beirinu to live. Th cuuu w oe parent connnuea uown into uvw Kvueruuon. inis is science, ana it is good science. But this is Scrinturs. and it is good Scripture. Scripture emphasised nerutmy long oeiore science wss born, Hannah th ninth.,. tt Tu... . eiiHlu,li Mary, Lois and Eunice are all 'uagnifictni monuments, ine inristuin women who would duplicate these glorious sons must first duplicate their matchless mothers. As believers ir. the Bible we hare an in terest in heredity. It is the Gospel expec tation that the children grow up bearing ine pnysicai leatures ol their parents, sc. in time they will come to embrace and ex emplify the parents' faith. That's what Timothy did, in whom the great apostle rejoiced so much. Heredity is mighty, but let us not think it is almighty. Heredity gives us tendency, but it fives as noth ing eise. ine cnuarcn oi gooa parents take in goodness more easily than the chil dren of bad Da rents. The children of edu cated parents acquire ideas more easily inau moss ot ignorant parents, ina lath er, who for five and twenty years has been saying: "two times two are four, I guess 1 II make it hve, gives to his baby child the tendency to make the nirn multinli- cation, but the child mint make the choice belora it becomes to him a sin. How I wish that that great sermon of Henry Ward Beeecher on "Heredity Influence" could be printed as a supplement to our courses in ethics. tV.t sermon makes men tremble at what they may bequeath to their children. But after all, the trace of God is stronger than the sin of man. What a man is he chooses to be. Weak ness, tendency ire handed down, but th choice is made by the individual himself. Your spiritual success, young man, does not depend unon vour ancestry, vonr her edity, your father s habits, or your family. John says no man is safe simply because oi nis lamuy. But it does not denend unon vour tier- sonal force, which is a free translation for the New Testament word "flesh.'. It stsnds for the snimal man, not necessarily the. bad snimal man. It means a strong, vigorous force in the man himself.- Now. John say this strong, vigorous force will never give a man his spiritual supremacy. Let me illustrate, rather than debate, the proposition. Noah must have had a strong and vigorous will, but it did sot insure him against drunkenness. Simeon had a mighty will, but it was no match tor tha dark eyes of Delilah. David, what a glor ious career in overcoming obstacles! What Vioor! Whst rjowert Tint in tha nrawiMi of hit guilty love he was weak and wretched. The Rev. Arthur Dlmmerdale, in that greatest American novel, "Th Scarlet tetter," had a mighty will, bat b was mi in tne presence oi neater rrynn. That great .'Irishman, greater than any other, who ruled with a rod of iron; who took the miserably misunderstood prob lem of boms rule and lifted it into a cen tral place in ths world's thought; who thrashed the London Times; who wrought miracles in tho House of Common, and who lifted William E. Gladstone into th ofile of Prim Minister for th fourth time; thst man, at the aenith of his pow er, wss discovered te have invaded another man's horn and was liring in a hidden and illicit way. The people of Great Britain tor him from hi throne, trampled his inme in the dust, and within three months he was laid away in his gray with a brok en heart. A th traveler to-d walk by In unmarked graa In tb Mt. Joy Oftimw tery of Dublin, he says: "No, Mr, Par Hell, a mighty will doe not make ever front man safe. What shall father tU theif bevsf That a weak will is tb better for them VNay,' verily. Great fore is t the boy what momentum is to th rifle ball. A boy without will cannot live. He need en try ouiidf- he ran aequir, but this alone will not make hint morally safe or spiritually strong. The hop of a man is not in his family, not ) his fore, nor yet Is it in his fiirnl-lnn? i) which I use as the equivalent for the wni of man. John sfiva. nt-ither the itvlividu tf nor the world wh! he p;iv'd hv its fiirniahimr. When Jon-ii nit n i'lcx t !,. -(..le of the r"'!,;-s t r b ir.ii.., . ,. ,t, 1 Ik , i i np to-day. Only educate and train; that is sufficient. Your section is not so white washed with this system of ethical culture ss soma other I know. But wa never can emphasis too often or too positively th axial tenet of Christ's creed that what a man need primarily is not accession of brain, but a fresh hesrt; not illumination, but reconstruction, the establishment in him by grace of something thst is not in him by nature. Illumination of the brain is never clarification of th heart. There was a man in our American life who was born of the best fsmily, with a personal fore that commanded men and captivated women, whose furnishings could scarcely be surpsssed, and yet there has not walked across the pages of American history a blacker hearted villian than Aaron Burr. I am aa far as possible from saying that knowledge make a man worse; my only contention is that it has not iu itself the power of making men better. Ideas, edu cation alone, can neither reconstruct the life nor recreate the heart. Thi is a thoughtful age; men are brainy; all about ua there is a passion for new ideas; but our most urgent necessity is not of idea but of power. What we need most of all is not schooling but bap tism, and that is to come through faith. What is this faith that is to give us the supreme victory and insure our safety! It is st this distinct point that we begin to learn the real meaning and purpose of faith. Every little while I am told by one and another that he would like to have faith in this particular matter in regard to the Bible, or in regard to Christ in the fu ture life as though if his mind could only b brought intellectually to consent to it, the consummation would be reached and a great result schieved. Being prepared to assent to this or that particular statement in regard to Christ, for example, is a very distinct thing from faith. Faith is per sonal attitude, personal relationship. Faith is such a personal yielding of ourselves to another as brings us into living contact with that other and so makes us recipient of what it lie in thst other to confer. The child becomes like his father by faith in his father, became his faith is that inward surrender that makes him susceptible to every impression that goes forth from his father. A child's faith toward his mother is not faith that what his mother says is true; it is faith in his mother, the hiding of himself in ths one life that enwraps them both, so that he lives in the sweep of her inspiration and grows up toward manhood y I he annronriation ol personal vigor, wis dom and sweetness hourly made over him. And that is cast in the same mold as uos pel faith, which is aa a cord by which the living Chriet holds the believer to Him elf. Faith is not a condition wherein we hold to something or somebody, ss that iu which we are held by something or some body. It is not holding a doctrine, but be ing held by a person. "I know whom I have believed." The iron filings stick to the magnet, not because they try so hard to stick, but because they are mastered by the magnet. Faith, then, ha for its very essence a personal self-commitment, one ounce of which is worth a whole ton of intellectual affirmation. It is this sense of being held by God thnt makes s man safe and secure. I' do not know how the grace of God can tike a man like Soul of Tarsus snd make him Paul the Apostle; but no man will nuestion his knowledge when he says: "I Itve, vet not I, but Christ liveth in me. That is exactly what John B. Goiigh cried as he went like s flaming torch blaung the wav for a multitude of hopeless drunk rds. Th hope, and the only hope, for us all is in the grace of God. If I were to strike a tuning fork on this desk and hold -it to my ear not one in this room could heathe sound thereof, but I could hear it and tone my violin. Strike it again and instead of hoMmg.it to my ear, set it u nn thla riaak. lnStaMlV tne SOVUU Ha heard everywhere. hear? Not the tuning fork, for the tuning fork makes no louder sound the second time thsn it did the hrst. What no you hear! You hear this hard wood desk, which haa no music in itself, but just as soon as it comes in contact wiui a musical instrument it itself becomes musical and delights every one that has music in his Wirl- , . . The individual life may be insignificant ilone bv itself; it may come from a good family or a bad: it may have great forco .... litil,' it mav have choice furnishinsts or ,. knt tha aafetv and security OI sll will depend upon the personal sen surrenuer .0 tlie SOn OI WOO, WOO niunc una ui r to make them Sons of God, which are born not of a family or of force or of fur nishings, but of faith. Fowar of mn Ideal. A beautiful statue once stood in the market place of an Italian city. It was the ttatue of a Greek slave girl. It represented thi slave as tidy, well dresseu snu nana oma A rained unkemnt. forlorn street ihild. comma- scross the statue in her plev, stopped snd gased at it in admira tion. She was entrsnccd and captivated by it. She gated long and admiringly. Mover! hv a sudden immilee. she went home and washed her face and combed her hair. Another day she stopped sgain be fore the same statue and admired it, and received new inspiration. Nest day her tattered clothes were wsshed and mended. Each time she looked at the statu ah f'und something in its beauties until she wss a transformed child. Treasury of He ligious Thought. Wanted! "A Positive Oospei. It ia the nreacher of positive faith snd .onviction who most deeply impresses a congregation and who ha tbe greatest itaying power among a people. Nebulosity f tielief and statement doea not commend lim to the public. A nrm grip oi irutir nak.-j him atong and vigorous in preach ng and influential in and persuasive in ipuit snd activity. The more clear cut ha s ia his views-of Bible doctrine and pro '.tea. thu more ready are choice and in- rehigent souls to accept him a their re iaioua anhta. and the ereater their cont inued Influence in the community in which it is centered. A larger enthusiasm is quickened among its adherents, and a growing increase in the number of recruits is sura to follow his faithful snd sealous ministry. The Presbyterian. Th Vint Basalt of , ' Fverr real and searchine' effort of self- improvement is of itself a lesson of pro found humility. For ws cannot move a step without learning and feeling the way wardness, the weakness, the vacillation ol our movements or without desiring to be set upon th Rock that is higher than ourselves Williem Ewart Gladstone. litltOnUm, Wa redue lit to th pettiness of our daily hyiD; ws should exslt our living to the granaeur ox uie. inuiis irew, The completely successful result ot 8lg. Marconi's attempt to keep vbe passenger on board the Cunard liner Campania supplied with a dally new bulletin during the voyage to New York represent by no means the least of the recent triumphs of wireless telegraphy, says the London World. On no single day doe there seem to have been any failure In the supply of news, communication with the Am erican stations having actually been established before that with the Eng lish stations ceased. It nay there fore be taken for granted that the mid Alantlo dally newspaper ha come to stay, and the practical value of sue an Institution to travellers between the Old and th New World cannot be over-estimated. In time, no doubt a similar boon will be at the service of seafarers bound even upon the long est voyages; and It will then Is neces sary tor those who desire to obtain complete rest and change by escaping beyond the reach of newspapers to seek what they require alsewherw than In "tbe pathless tracks of ocean." V -' is P'v no ! LUXURY IN CAMP LIFE EQUIPMENT OF AN UN-TO-DATE LODGE IN THE WILDERNE83. The Dirt Floor Has Given Place to . the Camper's Carpet of Heavy. Can vasNo More Pine Bough Beds Afternoon Tea a Feature. Tho taint of Midas has penetrated even the camper's lodge, end the man who accepts an Invitation for a week's hunting and fishing In what he sup-- -poses ia n hut in a wilderness finds himself hedged in with luxuries, says the New York Sun. To be sure they are camp luxuries, but they fairly shriek dollars' stocks and bonds, Just , the same. The good old dirt floor, ldeaf rocep-. tacle for emptying a man's pipe, has given place to a camper's carpet of heavy white canvas. On each corner ; and. If the Door pace is large, at Intervals between the corners are fast ened big rings, firmly buttonholo . stitched with twine, which are held down by pegs or staples. Pine bough beds have been bug- V ceeded by hanging berths made of heavy canvas or striped ticking. Tbey are covered on all sides and fitted with ventilators, and covored with fine nt-tting to keep out mosquitoes A mattress and a pillow are pro vided, aud at either did of the berth is a long, narrow pocket, such as is seen In sleeping car berths, for cloth- lng. Four ropes or chains are used to suspend tho berth from the ceiling of the shack. These are especially popular for use outdoors or on porches. Instead of the old-fashioned table -settings of hotel china and dim tin- a ware, the owner of the camp now sends up a camping or picnic case of table flttiiiKS. compactly stowed in a wicker case. These are fitted out to serve from six to 242 persons, and contain plates, knives and forks, two sizes of spoons, a mustard set, salt . and pepper shakers, sugar bowl, carv- . ing platters In nickel and china, but- ter Jar, servq's for made dishes, cups with hinged handles, and several" sizes f of flasks. The last, with tho butter Jar, are covered with wicker. Tho cups with folding handles are of metal, but elab- . . orate sets are also shown In the old fashioned English blue ware. Portable ico chests are regarded as absolutely essential. They come in oak and enamelled tin, bound In nickel, are about three feet long, two feet wide, and from three to four feet high, and stand on rollers. Next to the Ice Is a compartment for water, and this is supplied with a faucet. A smaller icebox, tfhaped not unlike a large stein Is useful for one day trips. It is a hollow cylinder of heavy Inware, holding a jjass 1ar two 'nchea mailer In dfaraeter thaTlurrttrMMifcBaaai If tbe liquid to he chilled is carried In the jar, the space between Jar and tin case Is nscked with Ice. If loe for drinking water Is to be carried In the -Jar, then nothing Is packed between glass and tin cylinder, and the cur- . rent of cold air thus formed prevents the ice moiling In the Jar. The Ideal clock for a camper's lodge Is ono that swings from the wall, -but occupies not more than 6 by 4 : inches of wall space. The face of the clock Is little more than two inches -in diameter, but is covered by a eon vex glass which magnifies the figure -on the dial until they can be seen clearly at long range. , These clocks come In leather mount ings of all colors. In some of them the figures on the dial ara magnified until they seem an Inch ""i )ffjHf size, but they can be seen only when the camper looks squarely at the clock face. Viewed from the aide - 1 they become invisible. '; ,t " When there are women in the party an afternoon tea equipment Is almost essential. This Is a little hamper, supplied with a little, wicker dish, for crackers; a teapot, kettle and alco- ' hoi stand and burner combined; a butter Jar, knives and spoons and " frlnge'd napkins, cups and a sugar bowl, also wicker covered. The newest thing In cooking ap paratus Is a combination stove that would make the homemaker In a Har lem flat sit up and take notice. On one small cooker can be boiled at once eggs and coffee, whlttfon lower ' tier bacon or chops can be broiled. And tbe whole thing Is not more than a foot high. ' ' The frame is of nickel or brass, and at the base Is an alcohol lamp with a flame surface of Zli tncnes-Above this the perforated broiler, and on the next tier ia a deep kettle or cooker. Fitted Into this Is a folding tray with three holes for eggs to be set in , endwise. This compartment Is tilled with water, and dipping deep In to It Is a cylinder with a tine wire net bottom, like the Insldo of a French drip coffee pot This Is suspended from the cover and holds the coffee. ' The egg are literally boiled In the coffee, and the two cook In about the same time. : . . .. .v.- - Armchair are no longer luxuries; In camp, but common article. They follow the general lines ot a campstool and the back and arm and leg fold qp into a snug, compact square box. , Unnatural Hlatory. . staring the opening day ot Kinder garten tbe family life wa being dis cussed with the tots In the circle as directly appealing to the little ones fresh from home. : 'Now, children, we have talked about "bar own home and little bird and squirrel families that have their homes in trees and on top ot the ground; can yon tell me any animals that have their heme In the ground!" Up Jumped curly-headed Barnett, enthusiastically crying "Yes'm, Satan!" Llpplncott's. ' An American King. An American named Gay is pm . cully king of an Island ot 70,000 an- In the Hawaiian group. He and 1 wife reign in kindly fashion over 1 i natives, dusky people who are Jiict i, i loyal as If they knew several wor . of English Instead of not a word. -j. Gay Industry Is sheep-raising, and r. pays. The diililia was introduced rrpn fur the valim rf h ! - "f!i!e for V, n I " , Jt I d'd not till the to Vf-a. .'.